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New Latino center raises questions DANNIE HIGGINBOTHAM

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Minnesota State is thinking about the future with its plans to build an on-campus Latino center.

Although a set location hasn’t been decided upon, one possible spot is near the student activities center, where the Greek office,

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Spending $70 on a predesigned Halloween costume is so last year. With today’s economy and college budgets working against students, creating something less traditional while saving cash is the way to go.

One way to save is by shopping at area thrift stores for an original, innovative and resourceful look. Combined with combing closets and craft stores, students have all of the opportunities they need to make their own costumes — even on a budget.

Draping in a white cotton sheet, cutting two holes for eyes and screaming “boo” is not the only way for students to make a homemade costume.

There are several ways to create one for less than $15, saving both time and money, and endless opportunities for creative looks. Costumes such as hippies, rock stars, celebrities, angels or devils, vampires, gypsies, doctors and even fictional characters such as leprechauns are glowing with potential.

Thrift stores around Mankato are encouraging

students to shop at their establishments before spending the big bucks.

“Using varied items to create unique costumes is such a fun shopping experience for Halloween and we love helping the students create fun outfits,” said Laura Butzer, MRCI Thrift Shop and volunteer resources manager.

“MRCI offers a large selection of kids to adult Halloween costumes as well as assorted pieces at an unbeatable price.”

Some of Mankato’s thrift stores include Again Thrift Store, MRCI Thrift Shop, Vine Thrift Store, Salvation Army Thrift Store and Neighborhood Thrift Store.

Other pieces for costumes can also be found at variety stores such as Party City, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Hobby Lobby and Michaels.

According to a survey conducted on cnbc.com, the average costume for 2009 costs roughly $45. Although cost is down tremendously from previous years because of the economy, spending for the holiday is anticipated to reach $4.75 billion, with a large portion of that going towards costumes. This is yet another reason for students to understand that creating a

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Sexual assault near Lincoln Park A 23-year-old Mankato woman reported she was sexually assaulted early Sunday morning near Mankato’s Lincoln Park.

The woman told police she was approached by a Hispanic male in his late 20s while walking on the 100 block of Grove Street at around 3:05 a.m. The man identified himself as George during a

conversation with her and was estimated to be between 5-feet8-inches and 5-feet-9-inches and 160 pounds. During a conversation, the man said he was going to help the woman find the place she was looking for.

“He then punched her, knocking her to the ground in an alley,” said Mankato Police Cmdr. Debbie McDermott.

Once on the ground, the woman told police he got on

top of her and continued to hit her and, at one point, he attempted to take her pants off.

The woman fought back and was able to escape to call police at a nearby residence around 3:25 a.m. According to a Mankato Free Press report, the woman was then taken to Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital where she was treated for minor injuries and released.

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LGBT center, and veteran’s affairs are located. The area also offers couches and a satellite computer lab for students.

The proposed location would move LGBT and veteran’s affairs and take away from some of the available lounge space.

Still, no final arrangements

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QUESTIONS “If we want to be a multicultural school like we claim to be, we should have a bigger center.” continued from 1 have been made.

“We need to make a decision soon,” said Interim Dean of Students Walt Wolff, adding the university would like the center up and running by spring semester. It is the university’s goal to have the location decided on this week.

The decision still needs to go to the Student Union board for consultation.

Wolff said the university is setting its sights to the near future. By 2015, the number of graduating Caucasian seniors in Minnesota will have decreased dramatically — from about 53,000 this year to 46,000. In return, the number of graduating Latinos will number a little more than 3,000 — an increase of more than 1,000 graduates.

The new center would also benefit current Latino students.

Guadalupe Quintero, Director for Chicano-Latino Affairs, said a Latino center would provide a stronger support system for MSU’s Hispanic population.

“It would be a place for them to hang out, a place to feel where they belong,” Quintero said. She

said the extra space would also be beneficial, as Latino affairs has books full of information on scholarship resources and various aspects of Latino culture, but nowhere to display them.

Some are upset about what they feel is a lack of communication with the students.

“Where the hell is the student feedback?” asked psychology sophomore AJ Pitts, who said he didn’t know what was wrong with the current multicultural center.

Although the new center would go in an area frequently populated by members of fraternities and sororities, Pitts pointed out that many people, not just Greeks, used the area.

Others are surprised by the suddenness of the situation.

“They didn’t advertise it at all, and they should have,” said Moisés Lima-Guerrero, secretary for the Chicano Latin-American Student Association (CLASA).

Lima-Guerrero said he believes people would use a Latino center, but that he would rather have a bigger multicultural center rather than a separate one

for Latinos.

“If we want to be a multicultural school like we claim to be, we should have a bigger center,” he said.

Though some have expressed concerns that a specifically Latino center may show favoritism towards one minority group, Michael Fagin, vice president of institutional diversity, said the name was a misnomer and wasn’t only for one group.

“All Mankato students will have open access to the center,” he said. “It will serve all students, like students with an interest in Latino culture or anyone who wants to understand the role of Latinos in America.”

Fagin said the center wouldn’t encourage segregation between students. Rather, it would promote cross-cultural integration.

“I think any structure put up would foster integration,” he said.

Quintero agreed, saying it would help students learn to share their culture, as well as hopefully help with student retention.

The Latino center wouldn’t

serve just the student population — it would also house the Plaza Comunitaria, a program brought to MSU by a recent agreement with the government of Mexico.

The Plaza Comunitaria will help Mexican immigrants who never finished school in Mexico earn their diplomas, providing programs and materials in Spanish and encouraging adults to finish school and consider higher education.

Quintero called Plaza Comunitaria another recruitment tool, since the way to attract members of the fast-growing Latino population was to recruit by whole families.

“It helps families become familiar with the university and

its system,” Quintero said. “Once they know it’s a friendly place, they will motivate their children to go to college.”

Quintero said, that while all the groups on campus deserved more space, priority should be given to Latinos.

“The average age of Latinos in the U.S. is 14,” she said.

“They’re the largest minority group, and the population is growing fast.”

Fagin thinks that serving the needs of one population will help the overall community.

“By putting things in place to better serve Latinos, we can better serve the population,” he said.

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REBECCA MCQUISTON

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As Halloween approaches, many students have their purchased costumes hanging on the door ready to be worn.

Though few may know a large distributer of Halloween costumes is rooted right here in Mankato and may just be the origin of that very costume.

HalloweenCostumes.com and CostumesGalore.net began with Jenice Fallenstein, making costumes for her children: Julie, Lisa, Heather and Tom. The Fallenstein family celebrated the holiday at great lengths with house and yard decorations.

Eventually, the family turned their favorite holiday into a business.

In 1992, the business began with Julie and Lisa renting costumes from their garage.

Tom began selling costumes online nine years later. He graduated from Minnesota State University with a degree in computer science in 2004 and by 2005 both businesses merged and became HalloweenCostumes.com.

Tom is the CEO and president; Julie Fallenstein-

Johnson is executive vice president and works closely with the vendors and handles much of the buying. Jenice Fallenstein serves as the CFO and works with daughter Heather Fallenstein Madison, who is also a vice president, in the accounting department, rentals and returns. Lisa Fallenstein Holthaus owns her own photography studio (Elite Portrait Design) and shoots products and costumes for the company.

In the beginning the site was run solely by family members.

As the site grew, they had to hire more people to keep up with the orders. A business once ran out of the home now operates in a 9,000-squarefoot building on Front Street.

Currently, HalloweenCostumes. com employs 40 full-time people year round and up to 200 people for the fall season.

Bob Ringer a Mass Communication major at MSU works in the shipping department. “People walk around in accessories like bunny ears and hats,” said

Ringer about some of his co-workers. He said some of the costumes he ships are very elaborate and has even had to ship some in pieces because of the size.

“You can find anything you want. You can be Gene Simmons to Austin Powers to a sexy mad hatter,” said Tom Roys, who also works in the company’s shipping department and is a student at MSU. Ringer plans to attend a “monster mash” in Minneapolis this Saturday. “I’m hoping to see some of the more extreme costumes we ship out,” he said, “Like the $500 authentic Gene Simmons costume.” The costume comes complete with his identical platform boots.

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Handy tips for traveling abroad Dictionaries, international cell phone service can be lifesavers MATT SAUER

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Overseas travel can be a frustrating — and costly — endeavor. Passports, plane tickets, finding things to do: it seems that nearly all foreign travel decisions are wrought with possible oversights. With proper planning and a little luck, however, anyone can find traveling abroad to be an enjoyable and enlightening experience.

The first thing to do when planning a vacation is, obviously, selecting a destination. Traditional out-ofcountry hotspots for Americans have been their neighbors — Mexico and Canada — but according to the American Society of Travel Agents, many Western European nations have become increasingly popular.

ASTA’s travel statistics show that in 2008 Italy was the most popular country for American vacationers, with about 19 percent traveling there. Mexico was second, with 16.1 percent, and the United Kingdom third, with 12.5 percent. Caribbean countries and France both tallied 9 percent of American vacationers crossing into their borders.

“Me and some friends spent two weeks in London,” said Lisa Tomlinson, an English major at Minnesota State. “We went to

see the castles and museums, but I liked seeing Shakespeare’s home the most. If I could choose somewhere to go next it would probably be Rome, [also] for the history there.”

Finding airline tickets, frustrating as the idea might be, can be an easy and cost-

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picking out the major museums or tourist attractions might be beneficial. Partygoers, on the other hand, probably want to find the biggest bars and strip clubs in the tri-country area.

Of course, anybody looking to travel out of the country will need to obtain a passport,

can start by picking up a map or cruising Google Earth to become familiar with the territory they’re planning to visit. Itineraries might sound like something only middleaged women scribe up, but having a solid plan of what’s going on is important both

Don’t worry about mastering the language or anything ... we mostly just tried to figure out the everyday stuff.”

effective process if tended to correctly. According to the United States Department of Travel, many airlines offer discounts for flights purchased several months in advance.

However, they also note the reduced rates many flights get when they aren’t filled to capacity, so it’s good to pay attention for awhile before jumping at a ticket price.

Once a destination has been decided, create a list of things to do in that area that would appeal to the trip’s intended purpose. If vacationers are planning to embark on an educational, quiet trip, then

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or have their existing one renewed. This can be a bane to many spontaneous travelers, as the waiting period for a new passport can sometimes exceed a month.

“Three months for me,” Tomlinson said. “I almost think they forgot about it. Two weeks before I was supposed to leave my dad actually called [Tim Pawlenty’s] office and one of the secretaries helped me get it in time.”

Before getting off the plane, the USDT recommends travelers have a decent idea of what they’ll be doing and where they’ll be going. Travelers

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“My GPS and Japanese dictionary saved our asses,” said Heather Coulter, a sophomore at MSU who visited Japan over the summer. “We rented a car that had a GPS, and that was a

lifesaver. I kept driving on the wrong side of the road, because it’s reversed there, but it always beeped when we were too far over. The GPS had a translator in it, so we didn’t have any problems ordering fast food.

That’s pretty much all we ate there. ” Many vacationers also buy travel dictionaries or language learning software before they travel abroad, another strategy that has earned the USDT’s approval. Software that is consistently ranked among the best include – without picking favorites - Tell Me More and Rosetta Stone; though both are relatively expensive and might be overkill for the average vacationer’s needs.

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mostly just tried to figure out the everyday stuff. It was pretty easy to pick up the basics after you hear the language for a few days. You kind of get forced to pick it up.”

Cell phones, naturally, are another piece of technology that travelers never go without these days. While Verizon Wireless is the only company to sell plans and phones (namely the BlackBerry) which include worldwide coverage, most other cellular companies offer optional international services, which vary in price from company to company.

Regardless of the plan, however, an increased fee is involved with worldwide coverage. Sprint International, for example, requires users to buy a specialized phone from them, and pay a monthly or by-the-minute fee. This would be on top of the regular Sprint phone a user pays for each month, but might be more costeffective than an entire plan based on international coverage.

Despite the added cost, a cell phone could be a lifesaver in the off chance that anybody gets lost or injured, and any amount of international charge could be worth a speedy rescue.

Ultimately, the key to a successful vacation of any kind is planning. Being prepared early on can help save money and time, and will help to negate any stresses that might appear during the trip, which is the last thing anybody wants when they’re holding hands next to the Louvre.

More travel tips can be found at www.travel.state.gov.

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Extreme conditions and competition 24-hour computer program design competition put thirteen MSU computer science majors to the test HEATHER MOELLER

staff writer

Minnesota State students participated Friday in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’s Xtreme Programming Competition 3.0.

Thirteen MSU students participated in the two-day competition, which started Friday at 7 p.m., forming five teams. The competition involved the contestants receiving problems and designing a computer program to solve them.

“The quickest most, accurate solution wins,” said participant Josh Vander Hook.

Vander Hook said the competition was open to undergraduate students at any university with an IEEE chapter. This year was the first time MSU students participated in the competition.

Vander Hook said one reason he liked the competition is that MSU Computer Science Department students got a chance to showoff their technical major and a chance to work with businesses.

Three businesses sponsored the MSU students in the competition: General Mills, FPX and Mavsoft Consulting.

FPX provided pizza for the contestants.

“There’s always room for pizza,” MSU student Cutler Steidl said, “it’s like a computer memory; there’s

dan moen • msu reporter MSU student Joe Wagner takes part in the competition, where students had 24 hours to design a program.

always some space … for pizza.”

The atmosphere in the hour leading up to the start of the competition was jovial. Some contestants sat in their groups and talked about anything but the contest. Other students played video games while they waited. According to computer science department chair Dean Kelley, video games were something each of the 13 students has in common. When the first

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ASSAULT continued from 1 The police are still searching for the suspect.

Cmdr. McDermott said the incident has similarities with a sexual assault reported about a month ago. Both suspects had similar descriptions and both incidents occurred during the early morning hours in the same area of town.

The detective division will continue to investigate the potential connections, Cmdr.

McDermott said.

Police have advised that no one walk alone in this area late at night or early in the morning. Anyone with information about the assault can contact the Mankato police at 387-8780.

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Senate discusess free printing issues Abuse of privileges leads to some budget concerns MATT SAUER

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Wednesday’s Minnesota State Student Association meeting was a full one, with a visiting student government President, discussion of future campus renovations, and a business student’s abuse of paper.

St. Cloud State University’s student government President Michael Jamnick spoke first during Wednesday’s meeting, voicing his intention to mend past differences between the MSU and St. Cloud student governments and open a policy of cooperation.

“I know [our senates] have had differences in the past,” said Jamnick. “We’re looking to overhaul our student rights program, as well as make a lot of changes to how our campus operates. We thought the best way to begin planning for this would be to visit with other universities in the state and see what they’re all doing right.”

Members of the MSSA and Jamnick also briefly discussed their shared concerns about budget cuts and projected losses, including the possibility of continued job losses in the future.

A brief on the upcoming renovation of McElroy and Crawford halls, as well as the future destruction of Gage towers were on Wednesday’s agenda as well. The new buildings will continue what Julia Sears hall began in 2007, and will bring new housing and cafeteria options for students.

Plans call for new dormitory wings to be added to McElroy and Crawford residential halls, together providing over 1,200 new rooms that will be used to replace Gage when it’s closed.

Carkoski Commons will also be ultimately demolished and rebuilt in an area between Sears and Crawford halls.

The renovation idea came after management acknowledged the need for a new cafeteria and commons area, as Carkoski Commons – which is more than 50 years old – is in need of repair or replacement. The project will ultimately cost about $100 million by completion. The cost for simply replacing or rebuilding the existing buildings was reported to be the same.

Problems in the College of Business’ printing system

were also brought up during Wednesday’s gathering.

Students in the College of Business programs are taking advantage of the free printing given to their students, which has spawned concerns over paper availability later in the year.

According to the college, their yearly printing budget is nearly one-third through, explaining that many students seem to be printing out entire e-books, multiple copies of the same projects, and even blank paper.

“I’m told there’s one student who’s printed 10,000 pages this semester,” said College of Business senator Jayme Pretzloff. “[IT] thinks he might have paid for an e-book, then printed it off a bunch of times — for free- and sold these copies to his friends. We don’t know if that’s what’s happening here, but it’s a problem.”

The student’s name was not released, however Pretzloff says IT can look up printing habits for any student on campus, making a perpetrator easily found.

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This November, men on the Minnesota State campus will say goodbye to their razors and grow moustaches in order to raise awareness for men’s health issues.

The idea was brought to campus by marketing senior Jason Reisch, who picked it up from an Australian friend while studying abroad in France.

According to the web site us.movember.com, Movember began in Australia in 2003, when a group of men joked about ’80s fashion and how it was time to make the moustache cool again.

In order to justify their new looks, they decided to use their mos (slang for moustache) to raise money for prostate cancer research.

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Much like no-shave November and Decembeard, men start out the month clean-shaven and let it grow.

Doug Mayo, vice president for university advancement, plans on shaving off his beard for the first time since he was 16 in order to grow a moustache for Movember.

“My wife has never seen me without facial hair,” Mayo said.

Mayo said he thought Movember sounded like a

cool idea and also appreciated Reisch’s initiative in starting the program at MSU. “My dad is a cancer survivor, so this really makes a difference for me,” he said.

Reisch said he hopes the Movember movement will grow on people.

“Hopefully I won’t be the only one with a moustache,” he said.

Anyone interested in joining Movember, either as a mo bro or supportive mo sista can visit Reisch’s web site, www.beamoverick.com.

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Getting into the Halloween spirit Autumn-themed festivities take place across the world October’s grand finale — Halloween — is this weekend. The festive array of frightening décor and plump pumpkins is enough to get everyone into the holiday’s spooky spirit. Each year, All Hallow’s Eve gives people a good excuse to get dressed up as someone (or something) completely different.

Trick-or-treating, costume parties and haunted houses are among the many popular ways to celebrate here in the United States. Although college students are a little too old to be knocking neighbor’s doors in search of candy, many are likely purchasing costumes for

the occasion.

Originally said to be used to ward off demons, mummies, witches, goblins, vampires and other horror-inspired symbols have become the faces of the festivities. Halloween originated as an ancient Celtic festival in Ireland, but to Irish, Canadian and American present culture, it is largely consumer-driven, centered on the empire of seasonal products. The National Retail Federation estimates the total spending for the holiday this year to reach upwards of $4.5 billion in the U.S. alone.

But the U.S. isn’t the only country with an autumn

celebration. The holiday has been heavily westernized and the way the U.S. celebrates it has influenced other parts of the world, but there some spiritual traditions have remained intact.

In Mexico, Spain and Latin America, El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is part of a three-day celebration that starts Oct. 31. Designed to honor the dead, the holiday is based around the belief that the departed return to their homes during this time of year. Families construct altars decorated with candy, flowers and photographs to honor the spirits of loved ones.

Although the origins of the holiday center around rituals and spirits, the melting pot that is Halloween has developed into a symbolic holiday that is less about the dead in the U.S. and more about having fun.

What is now a massive industry was once an ancient tradition ample with paranormal possibility — but the eerie energy is still alive.

So stock up on candy and don outrageous attire or stir up the cauldron and host a cemetery séance.

‘Tis the season of superstition: Happy Halloween.

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What are you dressing as for Halloween?

Katie Kaufman • So • Accounting “A pirate.”

Neal Boegel • Sr •Phy Ed / Health “I’m dressing as the green turtle sheel from Mario Kart.”

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“A safari girl.”

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Good night, don’t let the bed bugs bite Uninvited bed guests can really get under the skin

My roommate, Theresa, and I were so excited to Since the senate failed to provide, I said I was going leave our tiny one-bedroom apartment in Highland to head out for Devonshire to microwave my specialty, Hills and move into our spacious Devonshire palace.

Easy Mac. Theresa moved in early August and I followed “You’re going to Devonshire?” asked the senate’s about three weeks later, when I got back from Ecuador. secretary Cheri Bowyer, likely one of the wisest When I moved in I noticed Theresa was covered with a women in the world. “Are you going to go interview bunch of strange red bumps, and she said she had been them about that bed bug problem?” itching uncontrollably since about A light bulb went off in my head and a week after she moved in. Since everything finally made sense. it was the first time she had ever According to MedicineNet.com, bed bugs lived in a home with carpet, she was were common in the U.S. before World War convinced she was allergic to it, but II and became rare after the widespread would eventually become used to it use of the pesticide DDT, since placed on as time continued. restricted usage. They’re still incredibly A month and a half passed by and common in other places of the world — I I eventually started getting a little heard stories in Ecuador about students at itchy, too, but I didn’t think much of my school having to deal with them — and it and attributed it to dry skin. By they’re becoming more common in the this time Theresa had started itching U.S. because of increased international so badly that she couldn’t sleep at immigration and travel. Although they can night, and it caused her to be too be found in unsanitary conditions, they also tired to pay attention in class and thrive in clean environments and spread started messing up her hard-earned easily in crowded living quarters, like Dannie Higginbotham dorms or apartment buildings.

GPA. She went to the doctor, who told This explained the little reddish-brown her it was probably scabies — little bugs, which can bugs we had seen around the apartment and why it was be picked up simply by trying on infested clothes at worse for Theresa in her bed at night. It was the same the store, that burrow under your skin and bite — and bed she had slept in without problem for the entire gave her a cream to use and ordered me and our other summer, so we have no idea where the bugs came roommate, Eric, to use the cream as well. We also had from. We also heard rumors about other tenants in our to wash all our clothes and bedding, or seal them in complex facing the same problem. garbage bags and leave them for eleven days.

I called management to tell them our issue and, While we were in the process of de-scabiesizing, two weeks later, they sent in an exterminator who set I visited the office of the Minnesota State Student up giant heaters in each room of our apartment that Association to sniff around for food, as I normally do. heat it to 140 degrees, which should have killed any

bugs and eggs instantly. We were also told to wash all our laundry and bedding again, not an easy task to do when half the washers and dryers are out of order.

There hasn’t been too many problems since the exterminators came. I was itchy for a few nights, but haven’t been for others, so part of me wonders if I’m just really paranoid about bed bugs and getting itchy from worrying about them. My roommate is positive she saw two the other day, but the exterminator came back and didn’t find anything, so I guess we’ll have to see what happens.

Bed bugs can live in clothes, furniture and bedding, so they and their eggs can be in used furniture or clothes. They can live up to 18 months without feeding on a human, so they may be present in vacant houses.

They can even live in the walls, meaning that these little suckers are one of the most annoying things to ever have to deal with. I actually would’ve preferred scabies.

We still have no idea how we ended up with bed bugs, but we’re pretty sure Theresa didn’t bring them in when she moved into the apartment, since she brought everything she had been using all summer without any problems. Our friend Pradeep is convinced they were planted by the vulture-like security guard who swoops down on us when we turn on our TV, but this seems highly unlikely for obvious reasons.

This situation has been annoying, stressful, and all around just stupid — as Theresa says, “Bed bugs really get under my skin.” We’re not sure where we are in our battle with bed bugs, but we know we’ll fight each and every one of them until we’re sure all those little bitches are dead.

-Dannie Higginbotham is the Reporter news editor.

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COMPETITION FAMILY “The practice continued from 4 problems didn’t do them justice.”

“Basically our selection is continued from 6 problem came in, the volume of the room dropped to near silence.

“It gets like this when students get problems in my labs too,” Kelley said.

According to Yanwei Wu, computer science faculty member, the students’ solutions were scored in two ways: on a yes /no basis as to if the solution solved the problem and on a scale of the time taken to solve the problem.

By late Saturday afternoon, the students were still quiet.

They got varying amounts of sleep, from none to a couple hours. One student, Joseph Dobmeier, said he slept for 15 minutes or so on a couch outside the room.

Dobmeier said the problems from the contest were more of a challenge than he had expected.

“The practice problems didn’t do them justice,” he said.

unmatched,” Tom Fallenstein said. “We have thousands of costumes. Imagine what you can fit in a little store in the mall and take that times 100. We are competing nationally instead of locally for prices and we pretty much beat any local price.”

HalloweenCostumes.com and CostumesGalore.net ship, nationally and internationally, couples costumes, adult and children costumes and even pet costumes. Whatever your flavor, there is a company right here in town that can meet your costume needs.

“If you go onto HalloweenCostumes.com we offer free shipping for those within 30 miles of Mankato,” said Tom Fallenstein. “We do next-day shipments on Friday night for last-minute shoppers.”

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Illegal alien costume causes uproar, protest MIAMI (AP) — Immigrant advocates are urging retailers to pull a Halloween costume depicting a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words “illegal alien,” while a group that supports strict immigration laws says such a move impinges on freedom of speech.

Beyond the holiday uproar, the dispute highlights the controversial nature of the phrase illegal alien — still the government’s official term for those in the country without a visa, though many national politicians and media increasingly avoid using it.

Since Friday, when the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights in Los Angeles first raised the issue, companies including Target,

Walgreens and eBay have removed the costume from their inventory. Still, many local retailers continue to stock the costume that also comes with a “green” card — which technically makes the alien legal.

At costume stores in Miami, the responses have been mixed.

Don King, whose mother immigrated from Cuba, bought pirate and Homer Simpson costumes Tuesday at Halloween USA in midtown Miami, where the costume is on sale but has attracted few customers. “It’s a joke,” King said. “I really don’t think much of it.”

A few miles away in the Little Havana neighborhood, workers at a popular costume store said it was not something they would carry because it was discriminatory. They do stock

a human taco costume, replete with a Mariachi hat.

Cashier Carmen Torres, who recalled facing discrimination after arriving from Cuba as a young girl in the 1960s, said the costume was tasteless. “They haven’t done anything bad. you can punish those who are criminals, but not people who are trying to, trying to work,” Torres said.

Target has said it sold the costume online only and that it was posted by accident because it did not meet the company’s standards. eBay said it asked sellers to remove the costume because it “does not allow items that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance, or promote organizations with such views.”

COSTUME Witches, vampires, pirate, and cats all easy costumes to make continued from 1 costume of their own is simple and budget friendly.

Also noted were the top 10 costumes for Halloween 2009.

Hit costumes include witches,

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Variety Editor ‘Paranormal’ better than normal horror vs. food The tale of the Eagle Lake monster

NATE BRENNAN

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I used to be very serious about competitive eating, at least as serious as one can be about such a tongue-in-cheek “sport.” Every July 4, more than fireworks I looked forward to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest so I could watch the great masticators of our time such as Joey Chestnutt and Takeru Kobayashi tear through 50+ hot dogs in 12 minutes.

So when I heard of the Eagle’s Nest restaurant in Eagle Lake, Minn. and its infamous Duke Burger, a 3+ lb. behemoth of melded ground beef and bun, my mouth watered at the

opportunity to rip it to shreds and claim my place in eating history.

Like a beacon calling the hungry drivers of route 14 to take a break from the road for a nice meal, the Eagle Lake water tower marks the location of the Eagle’s Nest, which has been open for more than 34 years and has been serving the Duke for more than 20. And last Friday, I answered its call and went into the Eagle’s Nest, ready to destroy the larger than life meal.

Unfortunately, my place in history was less than solidified after failing to even come close to conquering the Duke Burger.

Duke / page 13

nate brennan • msu reporter The Duke Burger, the pride of the Eagles Nest in nearby Eagle Lake, Minn. is more than 3 lbs. of delicious and dominating burger.

web photo First-time writer/director Oren Peli achieves success with “Paranormal Activity” by bringing genre back to its roots.

JACOB BOHROD

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With a tense, grinding buildup that lasts the majority of the film, “Paranormal Activity” shows a patience that few thrillers can manage to compete with. The jump-starting fright phenomenon is slow to begin, but when the lights start to illuminate the theatre, there’s no denying that this film will keep you up at night.

The film follows young couple Katie and Micah as they attempt to capture on tape evidence of the paranormal presence that has supposedly followed Katie throughout her life.

Produced for around $15,000, the entire film is shot through Micah’s portable camera which he goes nowhere without.

“Paranormal Activity” is a combination of “The Blair Witch Project” (1999) and

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Kairo” (2001), mixing a low-budget, documentary style with the chills of ghosts, demons and poltergeist. The film’s realism is what drives it, as those who are blind going into the film question throughout: Did this actually happen?

“Paranormal Activity,” unlike many of its horror/thriller rivals of the day, is more concerned with quality than quantity. Katie and Micah are full, three-dimensional characters whose personalities affect the plot instead of vice versa. Who they are and how they manage as a couple effects how they deal with being terrorized by the thing they can’t explain.

Much like “Blair Witch,” “Paranormal Activity” makes the camera its own character. As its being hauled around, peaked around corners and subject to what the couple does not see

while they sleep, the audience begins to feel like the kid that’s forced to go first into the haunted house. In this way, viewers actually play a role through the eye of the camera, making the film that much more real and that much more terrifying.

The quality is also in the pacing: the film stacks up the tension bit by bit, letting the audience relax on occasion between night scenes, but is relentlessly warning of the further terror to come. When the couple isn’t dealing directly with demonic possession, they are slowly piecing together information and discussing their next move, a progression that only further adds to the suspense.

The only problem with this structure is its repetitiveness.

The audience is in constant wait of a climax, which bodes well

Paranormal / page 13

Movie theatres aren’t playgrounds

Take notice and don’t see-‘Saw’ kids DEAN GORDEN

staff writer

Kevin Greutert wants to play a game. The veteran “Saw” editor, making his directorial debut with the franchise’s sixth installment, needs no chains, timers, ovens, traps or keys.

This time the game isn’t subject to an abandoned building or a basement cellar, but to movie theaters across the country.

The target is any moviegoer willing to submit their money

for a ticket to yet another “Saw” bloodbath. And the question asked is simple: Does anyone have any interest left in this convoluted torture series?

Though audiences aren’t bound to some grisly death trap with their seats ticking away the last few seconds of their lives, sitting through this film may be as challenging as any “Jigsaw” death puzzle.

Five years since its original entry, this annual collection of obscene gratuity begs to

question whether or not fans continue to show up out of mild curiosity or out of some disturbing Halloween ritual.

Either way, “Saw VI” continues to offer everything as expected — mindless violence, expected plot twists, an underachieving cast and foul taste left in the mouths of its viewers.

In the sixth installment, Jigsaw’s apprentice, Mark Hoffman, and his ex-wife Jill Tuck collaborate in the capturing of William Easton,

an executive at an insurance company. Much like his job, Easton must decide who will live and who will die in a series of morbid traps and games that follow the same progression as

Saw / page 12

movieweb.com If you ‘Saw’ the first, you certainly don’t need to see the sixth installment of this fledgling franchise.

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Impact and family bring All Hallow’s Eve to CSU Ballroom Wednesday night

NATE BRENNAN

variety editor

Just like “The Munsters” and “The Addams Family” before it, Impact’s All Hallow’s Eve event Wednesday will be a spooky family affair.

Coordinated by Impact Concert Company Chair Miles Kipper, the Halloween concert and costume contest will feature New Primitives, whose leading man is Miles’ father, Stanley Kipper.

“It means the world to me to have my father perform on campus,” Kipper said. “He has played on campus a few times over the years and it’s always

one of my favorite events of the year.”

The elder Kipper spent the early years of his life touring and recording with some of the most famous names of blues and rock n’ roll such as Little Richard and Bo Diddley. He also composed musical scores for films and commercials.

But after returning to Minneapolis, he helped form New Primitives, which has since been voted Best Reggae Band of the Year five times since 2003 by the Minnesota Music Awards.

“I admit I have a huge bias as it is my father’s band, but I honestly feel they put on an

extremely energetic and unique show every time they play,” Kipper said. “I think people will enjoy this show because it is something new and different.

I’m positive that a lot of people on campus haven’t heard anything like [New Primitives] before.”

Along with the reggae performance, the All Hallow’s Eve event will play host to a prize-giving costume contest that’s a lot more treat than trick. Impact Vice-President of Public Relations Catherine DeBates informed the Reporter that Halloween Gift baskets filled with items worth up to $50 will be given to winners of

most original, funniest and best overall costume.

The All Hallow’s Eve event will run from 8 to 10 p.m. and is free and open to everyone. For

more information, contact Miles Kipper at miles.kipper@mnsu. edu or 507-389-6076.

SAW Move along, nothing to see here ... continued from 11 prior “Saw” films.

“Jigsaw,” though long since deceased (he actually died in “Saw 3” for those keeping score), makes yet another cameo and the fallout of his death continues to convolute a plotline that has too many twists to even try to keep track of.

The “Saw” franchise, which first horrified audiences with its ultra-gore and disturbed torture, has since lost style points with its constant reiterations and desperate attempts at goreinduced shock value. And after five films, did anyone really think another sequel was going to accomplish anything?

As early as “Saw III,” the

franchise’s visuals began to cross a line where audiences may start to question why they even subject themselves to such disgusting content. The series continues to lose interest because its reliance on shock value doesn’t hold half the impact that it once had. So why do these films continue to be released?

Based on profit margins, the “Saw” series can now be considered as one of the most successful movie franchises of all time. Over the course of six films, the Saw franchise has grossed nearly $670 million worldwide, while the budget of all six films combined has

yet to reach $50 million. And although its financial success surely doesn’t account for taste, don’t be surprised to see this franchise continue to disturb viewers and test the knowledge of roman numerals in the near future.

Considering the content of such films as these, along with its incredible financial earnings, it seems reasonable to question what this says about moviegoers of this generation. Oh well, here’s hoping for “Saw VII 3D” come next fall.

courtesy of New Primitives’ MySpace Stnaley Kipper, father of Impact Concert Company Chair Miles Kipper, will perform with his band New Primitives Wednesday in the CSU Ballroom

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DUKE “We call it ‘world famous’ because it actually is,” said Eagle’s Nest owner Dave Dittrich. “... they want something odd, but completely American, and what’s more American than a burger?”

PARANORMAL Horror film from first-time writer/director Oren Plen offers a refreshing take on the horror genre

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Voted best burger in Southern Minnesota, the Duke Burger gives its proprietary location of Eagle’s Nest a legend, something “world famous” to boast. This of course has lead to people coming from all over to try to take down the legendary burger.

“We call it ‘world famous’ because it actually is,” said Eagle’s Nest owner Dave Dittrich. “When international students and visitors come (to America), they want something odd, but completely American, and what’s more American than a burger?”

Dittrich, who bought the bar from his father Les, the inventor of the Duke burger, went on to say that the people you’d expect to finish the Duke are rarely the ones that do. He remarked that more often than not it’s the scrawny guys that finish it over the big jock types.

Three women have completed the burger and two of them have been Minnesota State students.

“They were two really tiny girls that each finished it solo and it blew my mind,” Dittrich said.

Dittrich said the restaurant doesn’t have a comprehensive list of those who have finished it, but he plans on making a Facebook page soon so people can easier submit their photos of eating and finishing the Duke.

Minnesota State student

Mike Marzinske, who grew up just more than 20 miles away from the restaurant in Lake Crystal, Minn., has been among those that have defeated the gargantuan meal.

“My bowels weren’t regular for at least three days afterward,” Marzinske joked.

Marzinske, who ate the burger as part of a competition with a friend about a year ago, finished the meal in just under an hour, using a technique of cutting the burger up in fourths, then eights and finally small, manageable portions.

Other than pride and experiencing the legendary burger, however, there isn’t an exact incentive for eating the Duke, something that could turn potential buyers away.

“I was disappointed I didn’t get a shirt or my picture on the wall,” Marzinske said.

Yet while the Duke itself is seemingly incentive-less, it doesn’t mean its restaurant is without incentive as well. With lower than average prices and above-average taste from dishes featuring great burgers and one of the best philly cheesesteak sandwiches you will ever encounter outside Philadelphia, the Eagle’s Nest is well worth the 10-mile trip for anyone looking for a new place to eat delicious food.

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for a thrilling ride, but frustrates when that climax doesn’t come when expected. This becomes a distraction late in the film as viewers lie in wait for something “big” to happen, constantly questioning when the movie will pick up.

It’s refreshing to see a horror movie return to its roots, focusing on what’s “horrific” about how humans view the world rather than what in the world scares us. How Micah sees his role as a human being in relation to what exists around him becomes the truly terrifying subject of the film. The fact that we are not always in control — of our loved ones, of ourselves and of the other beings of this world — is what scares us the most in “Paranormal Activity.”

Nary a cheesy or laughable moment exists throughout the couple’s experience, as queues from shows such as “Most Haunted” and “Ghost Hunters” are seemingly replicated in depicting a truly eerie demonic presence. The sounds of the house prove to be one of the scariest elements of the film— the repeated thud of footsteps on the stairwell becomes a trade-

mark of the evil in pursuit of Katie. Even the always-present whir of the camera—what might be called the film’s only soundtrack—is enough to push viewers down into their seats.

The ending, which supposedly was altered upon Steven Spielberg’s suggestion, in my opinion, could have been done differently, but still serves justice to the overall picture. The lack of credits is another way “Paranormal Activity” feeds the realism, a trick first time writerdirector Oren Peli was smart to use.

With a calculated, intelligent script and an uncanny knack for realism, “Paranormal Activity” is the best scare cinema has had to offer in a long time. The film’s unbelievably low production cost coupled with its breakneck shooting time (reportedly 7 days) proves that good movies rely on the fundamentals of film making, not the size of its star’s salary.

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The quick fix Tegan and Sara

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“Sainthood’”

“Twilight Original Soundtrack”

The identical twin-sister duo of Tegan and Sara Quin are unfortunately known as much for their sexuality — both are lesbian — as they are for being a quality power-pop duo. But the Canadian sisters’ may be able to tip the scales of interest more toward their music with their recent effort, “Sainthood,” which is arguably their most complete and proficient LP to date.

The second album produced by Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla brings the familiar power-pop stylings from album predecessor “The Con” (2007), but the duo brings more of a punk energy while musing on topics of unrequited love and relationship.

An album featuring original music made for and inspired by the second installment of the overhyped vampire film series, the “Twilight Original Soundtrack” may make the film viewable on its own.

With appearances by indie darlings Grizzly Bear and Bon Iver to slightly more mainstream favorites such as Ok Go and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, the soundtrack feels more like a gathering of the indie greats hoping to tap into the ridiculously grandiose film’s unfathomably gigantic audience than a collection of artists inspired by a great film.

While that doesn’t make it any less of a quality collection of music by some of the best and moodiest indie rock has to offer, it does give the album a very cumbersome feeling.

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You may know them from video games such as “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” as the electronic band whose music seems too fast to even play on medium-level difficulty. But the Boston-based electro-rock band Freezepop is much more than a video game gimmick. The band manages to incorporate so many genres in their distinctly sexy and fun electro style on an album that is as great as it is unique.

The band from Portland, an area known for its post-punk and folksy musical output, brings an energy listeners are unaccustomed to hearing from the Northwestern. With incredibly upbeat guitar hooks and dancey electronic accompaniments, the high-energy Hockey are something entirely different. Singer Ben Grubin singing seems too pretty to be true and it’s his lyrics and execution of them that makes this album a great dance record that fans of disco, blues, punk — hell, any genre — will enjoy.

— Nate Brennan, Variety Editor

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Maverick runner James Krajsa has made his mark in his time at MSU KELSEY SCHULTZ

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dan moen • msu reporter The Moorhead native will be tough to replace. Krajsa has been named an All-American twice in his time as a Maverick.

For the second year in a row, Minnesota State cross country runner James Krajsa has claimed victory at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship. This year’s took place at the Greenwood Golf Club in Bemidji, Minn. on Saturday.

The senior won the event with a time of 25:33, leading MSU to a second place finish overall. The win also resulted in Krajsa receiving First Team All – NSIC honors.

The overall winner of the meet overall was Augustana.

“He leads by example,” said cross country head coach Mark Schuck of Krajsa. “He’s very competitive and a good motivator.”

During the 2009 season, Krajsa received the NSIC Athlete of the Week two weeks in a row during September and then again during the week of Oct. 5.

“It’s a good honor,” Krajsa said. “I’m trying my best every day and I don’t need to be rewarded.”

Besides being NSIC Athlete of the Week, Krajsa has also been a two-time All-American in cross country and track. He has also received the All-Academic

Finishing on top

James Krajsa | Men’s Cross Country Finished eighth last year in nationals. Guided MSU to the 2008 NSIC championship. Krajsa has been named NSIC Athlete of the Week three times this season.

American for scholastic success.

Krajsa’s teammate and co-captain Jonathon Stoltman says Krajsa “is very outgoing, works hard, and is motivated. It’s a lot of fun having Krajsa as a captain.”

Besides being the go-to-guy and co-captain, Krajsa stated that one of the things he focuses on is pushing the fact that team unity is of the highest importance.

“Being successful is a team effort,” Krajsa said. “You have to be a family.”

Each year coach Schuck has helped Krajsa improve not only on the team, but in life in general.

“He’s taught me a lot,” Krajsa said. “I’m becoming smarter and still developing.”

According to Schuck, Krajsa’s dedication and his intrinsic value are a couple of the best qualities he brings to the team.

“He will be missed. You don’t replace a guy like James Krajsa,” Schuck said.

While it may seem Krajsa has been running all his life because of the success and awards he has

received, he has been running cross country since his sophomore year at MSU. When at a high school state tournament for track and field, Krajsa was noticed by Schuck after he won the state championship by running a 4:20 mile.

“Each year I’ve gotten better and better,” Krajsa said.

Schuck stated that as a distance runner’s age increases, he or she becomes increasingly better.

When looking at the success that Krajsa and the Mavericks have had the last few years this should not be taken lightly.

“All seven guys count on each other,” Krajsa said. “You have to be willing to make sacrifices and think positively.”

As the season nears its end, the main focus for the team is to make it to nationals and be among the top finishers.

Krajsa and the Mavericks compete in the North Central Regional meet in Wayne, Neb., on Nov. 7.

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staff writer Members of the Minnesota State men’s hockey team should be upset at the imposters who were sporting its jerseys Friday night on the ice at the Verizon Wireless Center, because the team on the ice Friday wearing purple and black certainly wasn’t the same one as Saturday.

And the team on the ice Friday cost the Mavericks two valuable Western Collegiate Hockey Association points.

The Mavericks came back after an embarrassing 6-0 loss to No. 17 Wisconsin Friday to salvage a series split with a 3-2 win Saturday, the Mavericks first in WCHA play. The Badgers were 0-4-2 in their last six games in Mankato prior to the weekend split.

Zach Harrison scored Saturday’s game-winning goal at 12:22 of the third period on a power play, taking advantage of the second of two fiveminute majors committed by the Badgers.

Mavericks coach Troy Jutting said Harrison might have been the only player who played hard Friday night as well, and Jutting changed his lineup for the series’ second game.

Every player who didn’t play Friday was in Saturday (except for an injured Jason Wiley), and veteran players Kurt Davis and Justin Jokinen were healthy scratches. Brett Peterson made his collegiate debut and Austin Lee got the start in net.

“Some guys that don’t sit much were out,” said Mavericks forward Adam Mueller, who scored the Mavericks’ first goal Saturday. “It just shows

that whoever wants it more is going to be in the lineup and anything can change from night to night.”

The Badgers took an early lead Saturday with a Blake Geoffrion power-play goal in the first, but Mueller tied it at one apiece with a rebound goal at 2:55 of the second. Harrison snapped a shot as he crossed the blue line which deflected to Mueller who gathered the puck and found the net.

It was the Mavericks’ first goal in six periods.

“It was a big goal for us,” Jutting said. “We hadn’t scored in four periods against them.

To finally get one by them was a huge lift.”

Eriah Hayes made it a 2-1 game when he scored at 8:34 off a nifty centering pass from Harrison, but Wisconsin

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dan moen • msu reporter Senior forward Zach Harrison had two assists and a goal in the Mavericks victory over the Badgers on Saturday night.

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staff writer Presumably the biggest game of the season took place on The Pitch Saturday afternoon when last year’s regular season Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champions Winona State brought their high-octane offense to face the Minnesota State women’s soccer team.

The match contained a slurry of excitement and started quickly when Winona’s junior forward Lauren Sturdivant opened the action with a goal after only one minute and 59 seconds. Not to be outdone, the Mavericks answered one minute later off the boot of senior midfielder Gina Paletta.

After both teams survived the opening punch and counter-punch Winona broke the tie at 34:33 as Sturdivant tallied her second of

the game and seemed to be in an unflappable zone.

Although it seemed Winona had a throat hold, the Mavericks refused to lie down, returning the goal at 49:50 as junior forward Ann Kincaid earned her fourth goal of the season.

Both Maverick goals came off an assist by freshman forward Brittany Henry.

It seemed like momentum had shifted after the Maverick’s second goal but they just had trouble finding an answer for Sturdivant, who posted her third goal of the game at the 52:03 mark and added an assist at 60:17, downing the Mavericks 4-2.

After only allowing one goal all season on The Pitch, the Mavericks’ defense was overwhelmed, giving up four in one afternoon.

Senior goalkeeper Sheila Reynolds had no words to describe the loss. “There is so much running through my mind that I wouldn’t even know where to start to explain it,” Reynolds said.

“I think we are all disappointed with the result of the Winona game, but we will face them again and prove that we are a better team than what the score shows.”

Although it seemed the air had been removed from the party balloons, the team had less then a day to recover and meet Upper Iowa on senior day.

On Sunday, the defense that seemed unsuccessful against Winona posted a goose egg, only allowing two shots in the match, one of which was on goal. The offense came in the form of goals from Paletta and Kincaid. Paletta

and Kincaid scored their second goals of the weekend, lifting the Maverick’s to a 2-0 win and a split of the weekend.

Reynolds seemed unchallenged in the match as the defensemen only allowed one shot to be attempted on goal.

With the split the Mavericks sit alone in fourth in the conference standings. The win by Winona catapulted them to the top spot and into prime positions to repeat as regular season champions.

“Our team has all the right tools we need to advance well into the tournament this year,” Kincaid said. “We just need to keep our confidence and trust in each other high and I think we’ll be pretty happy with where we end up.”

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staff writer It wasn’t exactly the weekend the Minnesota State women’s volleyball team was hoping for. After winning their first ten matches of the season, the Mavericks have found themselves facing their first real bumps in the road.

The Mavericks (22-4, 12-2 in conference) have lost two of their last four matches. On paper that doesn’t sound terrible but one has to consider that their two losses are against opponents the Mavericks are neck and neck with in the conference. It also was the second time in a week the Mavericks were shut out in a match.

Wayne State was licking their chops when the Mavericks entered their gym Friday night. The Wildcats were tied for second with MSU in the conference and trailed by ten points in the national rankings.

“Wayne is a very good team and they are well-coached,” said head coach Dennis Amundson. “Going to their place to play for the first time is tough.”

It proved to be too tough for MSU. Wayne State fed off the crowd energy and took advantage of the Mavericks’ mistakes. The Wildcats won the first two games by scores of 25-18, then finished off the Mavericks with a 25-23 vic-

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MEN’S HOCKEY continued from 15 tied it at two when Brendan Smith scored early in the third from the slot.

It wasn’t long after Brendan Smith’s goal when Craig Smith received a game disqualification and five-minute major for a checking-from-behind penalty on Mavericks captain Geoff Irwin near the boards.

Irwin was helped off the ice and didn’t return.

“When Geoff went down that lit a fire under us,” Harrison said, “and no matter who was out there we wanted to win that game for him and for our team.”

The Mavericks couldn’t score on Craig Smith’s penalty but got another chance when Ryan McDonagh committed the same mistake, but this time on Hayes. Harrison eventually scored the game-winner when

archive photo • msu reporter Sophomore setter Britt Stamer leads the team with 1,105 sets and is one of the more accurate servers, with a 96 percent serving rate.

tory.

Like the loss to Concordia, the Mavericks were in every game but failed to finish off the Wildcats when they were getting close. The Mavericks will have to fix this problem quickly because they still have very tough opponents coming up.

“We still need to get better at communicating on the floor,” said sophomore setter Brittany Stamer. “We need to be able to finish these games against our conference opponents.”

This was a disappointing weekend since the Mavericks lost ground in the conference standings. Concordia still remains on top and now Minnesota-Duluth is all alone in second place. The Mavericks fell to third; however Wayne State has played one fewer match and will leap ahead of the Mavericks if the two teams finish with the same amount of losses.

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James Gaulrapp controlled the puck in the zone and his deflected shot found Harrison by the net.

Lee made 31 saves for his second win of the year. Kevin Murdock stopped 24 shots and gave up five goals Friday night until Phil Cook relieved him and made 10 saves and allowed a goal.

The Badgers scored three times in each of the first and second periods Friday to earn the win.

Harrison finished the weekend with two assists and a goal, and Joe Schiller, Jerad Stewart and Gaulrapp had an assist each.

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time this year saw themselves drop. MSU is now ranked No. 14 in the national rankings.

Amundson has said before that he only focuses on things the team can control and not look too much at the rankings, but it will be alarming if the Mavericks fall any further.

The one positive the Mavericks can take out of the weekend is that they once again did a good job of bouncing back. MSU beat Augustana the next day in five games, in what proved to be a very AMUNDSON hard fought match.

Augustana has been one of the hotter teams in the conference but the Mavericks knew it would have been devastating to lose both matches of the weekend.

“We haven’t had a letdown, which has been good to see,” Amundson said.

The Mavericks still need to prove they can beat ranked opponents. They have only beaten one all year and, as good as their record looks, if the team can’t beat their best opponents then they will not be elite nationally.

The Mavericks will have another chance this weekend when they welcome No. 11 Minnesota-Duluth to the Taylor Center in a crucial NSIC matchup.

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It was hard to believe that the Mavericks football team had the No. 5 team in the country by the looks of the first half on Saturday against Southwest Minnesota State.

Fortunately for the Mavericks, the adjustments that were made at halftime seemed to be the right ones.

The 42-32 shoot-out against Southwest clinched the Mavericks a share of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference South Division title. Ironically, it happened on senior day.

The Mavericks and their secondary struggled in the first half, trailing 25-21 (the first time the Mavericks have trailed this year at half) and allowed 247 passing yards and three touchdowns from SMSU gun slinging quarterback Ryan Ratekin.

It was certainly a tale of two halves for the MSU secondary.

Ratekin lost his touch in the second half — throwing three interceptions and just 121 passing yards.

During the first half, Ratekin was hitting receivers nearly at will down the middle of the field, and it didn’t look like the Mavericks defensive backs had an answer.

“It was real frustrating,” said

junior cornerback Troy Jones.

“We didn’t know what to do.

We were just on the field unable to make adjustments. They were just getting yard after yard.”

If the secondary was to blame for the first half blunders, then they were definitely the ones to credit for the sudden surge of life in the second half.

“We put our guys in better position to make plays,” said MSU head coach Todd Hoffner.

“We got a lot more pressure on him and made him hurry his throws.”

After a crucial Mustang fumble inside the MSU threeyard line, the Mavericks struck first in the second half on a 28-yard run from redshirt freshman Jake Aberg. Aberg showed patience on the run and used his shiftiness to maneuver around Mustang defenders. The score put the Mavericks up 28-25.

The Mustangs and Ratekin were looking to respond, but with a virtually one-dimensional game, the Mavericks knew what was coming. The Mustangs only ran the ball 12 times in the entire game, compared to throwing the ball 55 times.

Junior cornerback Bryce Kinnery read a Ratekin pass on the sideline and intercepted it, giving MSU the ball back in the third quarter.

Aberg would go on to score again for the Mavericks, putting them up 35-25. Ratekin continued the pass the ball, and the Mustangs shied away from

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Troy Jones (11) and the rest of the MSU defensive backs turned things around in the second half of Saturday’s game against the Mustangs.

the middle of the field, even though they had early success there, and decided to throw the ball down the field.

This wasn’t nearly as effective. Ratekin tried to force another pass down the field, but Jones made an incredible interception, his second of the day.

“I kinda liked that we knew they were going to throw the ball,” Jones said. “It gives us opportunities to take the ball away.”

Off of the Jones interception, senior running back Ernie Walker pounded the ball into the endzone and clinched the win for the Mavericks.

The win put the Mavericks at 9-0 overall with just two games left.

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