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Morris Hall gets face lift to enhance learning in the classroom LISA STEVENS Staff Writer

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Morris Hall 208, the seethrough classroom with the Rise ticker display featuring stock quotes and sports scores, has attracted a lot of attention from passersby.

The room has been significantly remodeled, and it is not finished yet, Dr. Brenda Flannery, Dean of The College of Business, said.

The room has all new furniture, technology, carpeting and paint. Students’ chairs are on wheels to encourage interactivity and group work.

Four world clocks featuring major financial trade zones are hung on the wall.

New York, London, Tokyo and Mankato (which has the same time zone as Chi-

cago, a major trade area) are featured, Bryan Hoffman, Technology Director for the College of Business, said.

He said there are still plans for the room to have a frosted branding logo across the glass window. Faculty is considering having a mural painted on the wall with the rise ticker.

One of the main reasons for the remodeling was the Maverick Student Investment Fund (MSIF). Five years ago, Dr. Steve Wilcox, a Professor of Finance, along with the rest of the department, decided it would be exciting to have students invest real money in the stock market.

MSIF allows students to use $250,000 of the Univer-

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College of Business receives $250,000 commitment Commitment will help the program in a number of ways relevent to professional growth.

SAM WILMES News Editor Minnesota State University, Mankato has recently received a $250,000 commitment from the United Prairie Bank. The commitment will be spread across two departments- the College of Business Global Solutions Center and the College of Business’ Integrated Business Experience course.

The College of Business Global Solutions Center will be receiving $150,000, slightly more than the Integrated Business Experience’s $100,000 commitment.

The commitment will lead to the Global Solutions Cen-

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ter building being one of the best in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system (MnSCU), according to the College of Business Dean, Brenda Flannery.

According to Flannery, the United Prairie Bank Integrated Business Program is the first named program in the MnSCU system.

The commitment will help students exclusively within the programs. Financial support will increase, including for student scholarships, paid summer internships and support for program leader Kathy Dale.

Dale, an Associate Pro-

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MSU to celebrate rich history and heritage with third annual Founders Day In the wake of the University’s 145th anniversary, a Founders Day celebration will take place next Monday at the Lincoln Lounge inside the CSU. REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief Minnesota State University, Mankato will celebrate its 145th year in existence Monday with its annual celebration of Founders Day. Located at the Lincoln Lounge inside the Centennial Student Union, Founders Day’s aim is towards the faculty, staff, students and the community who have come together to create a dynamic place like MSU. “This is our third Founders Day we’ve celebrated,” Associate Director of Student Activities Greg Wilkins said. “We are trying to create more traditions here at MSU as milestones and be able to celebrate some of the great things we have done as an institution.”

“There has been a lot of talk about the idea of having traditions,” CSU Communications Coordinator Lenny Koupal said. “I think there is a real strong effort right now to create those kind of traditions.”

Though Founders Day is still in its early stages of occurrences, there is a lot scheduled for the event next Monday that begins at 11 a.m., which includes a welcoming address from MSU President Richard Davenport, followed by a performance from the Maverick athletic pep band and cake and MSU wristbands handed out to those in attendance.

Wilkins said they have also been working with the alumni office to get emeriti faculty to come to campus on this important day. Of those prestigious faculty members, President Emeriti Dr. Margaret Preska will be in attendance.

Preska served as the President of MSU from 1979 to 1992 and the vice president for academic affairs and equal opportunity officer the four years before that.

In her time at MSU, Preska saw the schools enrollment increase to 16,500 students, as well as bringing in new construction projects, like the Ostrander-Student Bell Tower, the Andreas Observatory, the Wissink

Image Courtesy of the University Archives at Minnesota State University, Mankato Old Main Hall, shown here in 1884, was built in 1870 and served as the primary campus building until it burned down in 1922. The building played host the “lower campus:, which was located down the hill and used as the primary campus until the decision was made in 1979 to move the entire University to the :highland campus or :upper campus.

Center and an addition to the Memorial Library. She was also quite involved in the funding efforts of three construction projects on campus, which included Pennington Hall and the Alumni and Foundation Building.

More recently, Dr. Preska is the namesake for MSU newest dormitory, Preska Hall, which stands four stories tall and holds 500 students.

“I think it’s really the intent to get back to what was in our roots,” Koupal said.

“The fact that the transition has happened over the years, going way back from the very first building downtown to Main Hall, where still a lot of alumni kind of gravitate to that spot.”

Inside our roots, this University became Mankato

Normal School in 1868 and kept that title for 57 years, until it turned into Mankato State Teachers College in 1921. That name would stay until 1957 when the Teachers was dropped to make Mankato State College, which hung about until 1975 when it was changed once

again to Mankato State University and finally, its current name, Minnesota State University Mankato, which begun in 1999.

In its humble beginnings, the University was located at the bottom of the hill near present-day downtown Mankato and featured Old

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MORRIS “I personally feel really proud of the faculty,” Flannery said. “We really have an outstanding program and wonderful facility.” continued from 1

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Roger Severns, a Professor of Finance.

The rise ticker on the wall has an annual Bloomberg subscription, which constantly shows market updates. The glass window was installed to attract attention to The College of Business.

The majority of finance classes are taught in MH 208.

“It’s inspiring teaching in that room,” Chen said. “The technology is superior to what we have in other classrooms.”

Chen said he does not find the room distracting and students’ feedback has been equally positive.

The room has open-lab times for finance and business students.

Flannery said the funding for the remodeling came from three sources: a College of Business technology fee, a College of Business fund and university repair and restoration.

MH 208 was not the only room remodeled for The College of Business. Morris Crossroads, a place for stu-

dents to do schoolwork between classes on the second floor, was also renovated.

The Council of Student Business Organizations (COSBO) wrote a grant to get funding for the renovation of Morris Crossroads.

Now, about 30 students can fit in the Crossroads to do different tasks. Students can sit at team tables, stand at counters, use computers and print schoolwork.

The Crossroads keeps students close to faculty. There are also going to be custom couches installed, Flannery said.

The College of Business also renovated Armstrong Hall 320, an accounting classroom. Dr. Bill Brown, the Department Chair, said about $80,000 of furniture was installed in the room.

Such furniture includes an upgraded quality of chairs and student tables with shared computer screens.

“I personally feel really proud of the faculty,” Flannery said. “We really have an outstanding program and wonderful faculty.”

COMMITMENT “United Prairie Bank’s gift to the building project not only helps the college move forward in our fundraising goals, but it encourages and supports our vision as we move into the future of business education.” continued from 1 fessor of Management, was appointed the Faculty Chairwoman of the Integrated Business Experience program at the beginning of the fall semester.

The IBE program at MSU serves to give students realworld experience in operating a business. Students participating in the program learn to run a business from start to finish- they develop the organization, raise money and deliver products and services.

Students participating in the program will not keep the profits they make while running the business. Instead, the money they make will be donated to a local charity.

The IBE program is also award-winning. They received the 2012 MnSCU Excellence in Curriculum Programming Award.

The program helps students on the journey to graduation. They receive credit for four required core classes and a three-credit practicum.

Interim Director of Communications & Events for The College of Business Elizabeth Johnson is thankful for the commitment from the bank.

“United Prairie Bank’s gift to the building project not only helps the college move forward in our fundraising goals, but it encourages and supports our vision

as we move into the future of business education,” Johnson said.

She also knows the significance of tbe United Prairie Bank’s gift in terms of reputation.

“This elevates our reputation among other state institutions and ensures our ability to continue providing innovative programs to our students,” Johnson said.

“United Prairie Bank is engaged in partnership at every level- from one-onone time with students, to naming the IBE program, to helping us move toward the future with the Global Solutions Center building,” Johnson said.

“United Prairie Bank’s gift to the building project not only helps the College move forward in our fundraising goals, but it encourages and supports our vision as we move into the future of business education,” Johnson continued.

To Johnson, the IBE program is unique.

“The Integrated Business Experience is an innovative and experimental program that breaks down department silos and integrates course work for a real-world experience for students. IBE students complete the course with a deeper understanding of real-world business, because they didn’t just learn about it, they lived it.”

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sity Foundation’s money to invest in the stock market.

Students make decisions on what they want to invest, then the class votes on the decisions as a whole. The profits or losses from investments affect the fund, Dr. Leon Chen, an Assistant Professor of Finance and Advisor of the Finance Club said.

Students work under advisors to make guided, informed decisions.

“It really is about giving students the opportunities to do what they want to do in the real world,” Chen said.

He said the students’ decisions are overperforming, and the fund now has more than $300,000.

“The idea was for there to be a lab for the fund,” Flannery said. For years, the department wanted a finance lab. The remodeling plan started two years ago to transform the room into both a lab and a classroom.

The lab makes expensive databases available to students, which they otherwise wouldn’t have access to, Dr.

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The lowdown on the shutdown While the government has been shut down for over two days, the only good thing congress seems to do is for themselves.

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ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer For those of you living under a rock, the federal government shut down on Tuesday, after congress failed to come up with America’s budget for 2014. During the shutdown, all government employees deemed non-essential will be furloughed. It is the first time the government ha been shut down since 1995-1996.

The phrase “essential government employee,” just sounds like an oxymoron. The government has been shut down for more than two days, yet the country has not plunged into total chaos. It sounds like the government is pretty nonessential.

What employees, offices and

activities will be suspended during the government shut down?

Here is a short list of what has been declared non-essential: •The Consumer Product Safety Commission will not be able to recall faulty products in the marketplace.

•All national parks and monuments, including Yellowstone, Alcatraz and the Statue of Liberty are closed.

•The Department of Alcohol and Tobacco cannot approve labels for recently made products.

•The FDA will stop routine health inspections of food service businesses.

•The IRS will delay tax refunds, although we still have to pay our taxes on time.

Over 800,000 federal workers have been sent home without pay, and the shutdown will cost the country $1.6 billion dollars

a week, $300 million a day and $12.5 million an hour.

So what “essential” government employees will continue to be paid during the shut down? Well, thanks to the 27th Amendment of the Constitution, which was passed in 1992, congress must continue to be paid in the event of a government shutdown.

The same group of people whose job is to set the country’s budget are constitutionally required to receive payments, even in the event that they do not complete their job. Here is another fun fact; it was congress that voted to pass the amendment in the first place.

Call it circumstantial, but the last government shutdown to occur happened just three years after the 27th amendment was passed. And politicians wonder why they are mocked in American society.

Some members of congress, such as senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) have already publically declared their intention to donate their paychecks to charity until the shutdown ends. It sounds nice, but frankly it is too little too late. Even if all of congress gave up all of their paychecks, that still doesn’t help the 800,000 Americans waiting to go back to work.

The sad thing is members of congress are more focused on pointing fingers than finishing the budget. You can blame either Republicans or Democrats if you want, but the fact of the matter is it took both sides of the aisle to put America in the sticky situation it is currently in. I wouldn’t mind seeing every member of congress replaced, just to show future politicians that if they don’t do their job, then they won’t keep their job.

Corrections: In the October 1st editior of the Reporter in the article titled, “Nationally-known speaker speaks at Ostrander,” a line in the article reads One out of four colored women will be raped. It should have read, One out of four women of color will be raped. Also, in the article titled, “Thanks, Mavericks, for painting the town” the article was written by Leeanna Walterson. The Reporter apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused.

“What do you think of the government shutdown?”

JOEY VEGEL, SOPHOMORE LAW ENFORCEMENT “I think it could have been avoided.”

MOHAMMED ISLAM, GRADUATE STUDENT SOCIOLOGY

ADAM WARD, JUNIOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

ABDULLAHI NUR, GRADUATE STUDENT POLITICAL SCIENCE

“ There is no knowledge behind it.”

“If the GOP dropped the ACA funding fight they could negotiate.”

“It’s unfair.”

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BEYAN GONOWOTO “The government shutdown is necessary to reduce the deficit. This shutdown is necessary only if members of congress take a pay cut.”

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Sorority spotlight: Phi Sigma Pi While small, the sorority provides the close-knit caring atmosphere many enjoy.

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HANNAH KLEINBERG Staff Writer With over 100 affiliated branches across the nation, MSU’s Phi Sigma Pi division stands out against the rest. It’s possibly the smallest fraternity on campus, with only 10 members, but also the cheapest- for initiates, the first semester is $200, and every semester following is $100.

Phi Sigma Pi is a national co-ed honors sorority that prides itself not only in academic success but also diversity. While open to all majors and both sexes, you need a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA to be accepted into the family.

Born on November 26, 2007, Phi Sigma Pi is one of the youngest Greek organizations on campus.

Phi Sigma Pi was built on the foundation of scholarship, leadership and fellowship and they hold true to those standards today.

Their philanthropy is ‘Teach for America,’ a nationwide organization that is dedicated to assisting underprivileged schools by sending out experienced teachers to gain experience in the field.

This semester, Phi Sigma Pi is supporting their philanthropy by holding a school supply drive and collecting notebooks, backpacks, pencils and other educational necessities

for the company. They also do a variety of different volunteer acts in the community, such as raking the town and doing highway clean-up. On Tuesday they also hosted a blood drive on campus.

Julia Lautizi, a first-year member, had only positive things to say about the sorority. She was rushed last semester and said that because of the tight-knit group, everyone was glad to help, making her feel accepted by all.

Current Sorority President Jessica Kay couldn’t agree more- she explained that you can lose the bonding in bigger groups that you get with Phi Sigma Pi, and she says that while it’s sometimes stressful, her presidency is a worthwhile experience. It’s her last semester in term as president and also her senior year.

Most of the money that goes into the fraternity comes back to the members. Last semester they used some of their funds to take them all on a trip to the Minnesota Zoo, which is only one of the many activities they participate in.

They also use the money to host small events, provide snacks like cookies or lemonade and other things that can help bring them all together.

Free pizza will be provided at their informational meetings on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Morris Hall, room 103, or at 9 p.m. in Morris Hall, room 210.

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zations begins on Monday and ends the following Friday. Phi Sigma Pi should be a strong candidate if you’re looking for a fraternity that will not only welcome you but give you a unique experience that other fraternities and sororities can’t compare to.

Tennessee church bus crash kills eight DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A bus taking a church group home to North Carolina blew a tire, veered across a highway median and crashed into a sport utility vehicle and tractor-trailer Wednesday in a fiery wreck that killed eight people, authorities said.

Fourteen other people were hurt in the accident in northeastern Tennessee, including eight who were in critical condition.

The bus was carrying members of the Front Street Baptist Church in Statesville, N.C., which is about 140 miles east of the crash site.

The group of seniors, known as Young at Heart, had been to the 17th annual Fall Jubilee in Gatlinburg, Tenn., an event featuring gospel singers and speakers. Its website described the gathering as “three days of singing, laughing and preaching” for “mature and senior believers.” .George Stadfeld, who has been a member of the church for eight years, said he knew everyone on the bus.

“We’re all shaken,” he said.

“As bad as it is, they’re all Christians and I know where they’re at. I’ll join them later.”

Dionne Stutts, wife of Front Street Baptist senior pastor Tim Stutts, said her husband and another pastor from the church were en route to the wreck site.

“They had been there and

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they were on their way home today,” she said. “We are devastated and just ask for the people to be praying.”

Authorities said the bus crossed the median and the cable barriers that divide the interstate about 2 p.m., clipped the oncoming SUV and slammed into the tractor-trailer, which burst into flames.

Several hours after the crash, clouds of smoke still rose from the tractor-trailer and tree branches that lined the highway were charred.

The bus was on its side next to the tractor-trailer, lying across two lanes of traffic and extending partially into the median.

The bus itself didn’t actually catch on fire, but there was some “heat exposure,” Jefferson County Emergency Management Director Brad Phillips said. Emergency responders were able to remove people who were alive rapidly to get them away from the flames and other Good Samaritans provided assistance.

The SUV was about 50 yards away from the tractor-trailer. It was still upright, but the back half had been completely ripped off.

The interstate was completely shut down in both directions, and the scene was eerily quiet, despite the presence of many emergency workers.

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FOUNDERS DAY “Though Founders Day is still in its early stages of occurrences, there is a lot scheduled for the event next Monday that begins at 11 a.m., which includes a welcoming address from MSU President Richard Davenport, followed by a performance from the Maverick athletic pep band and cake and MSU wristbands handed out to those in attendance. Wilkins said they have also been working with the alumni office to get emeriti faculty to come to campus on this important day. Of those prestigious faculty members, President Emeriti Dr. Margaret Preska will be in attendance.” continued from 2 which was completed in 1924.

Main Hall, the cornerstone building of the old ”lower campus” (downtown Mankato), has been in existence for many years, though according to Wilkins, was almost torn down but kept alive thanks to a few outstanding members in the community.

“That building (Main Hall) has a lot of interesting history but at one time, it was going to be demolished and it was retired faculty that came together and they are the ones who actually kept that building alive and made it what it is today,” Wilkins said. “They were able to put there money together and keep it from being raved, so that was a real blessing to keep some of that history in the lower part of Mankato.”

In the middle of the 20th century, MSU president Clarence Crawford and state senator Val Imm were instrumental in creating the idea for a constricted campus, located where the University is presently, which was nothing but a cornfield during that time.

By 1964, Armstrong Hall was completed for the “upper campus” and by 1979, the Wigley Administration Building had been completed and the decision was made to cease existence on the “lower campus”, turning the present-day campus into the only campus for the University, bringing the idea of Founders Day into play as we celebrate the rich history of this University and community.

“Founders Day is an opportunity for our university to celebrate its founding 145 years ago,” Davenport said.

“We’re grateful to the leaders in the city and state who raised the $5,000 necessary to open the Mankato Normal School in 1868. There were 10 students in our first graduating class, and we are proud to say that we have more than 111,000 alumni today.”

Image Courtesy of the University Archives at Minnesota State University, Mankato The upper campus, or Highland Campus, in its early stages in 1970. Here we can see the basic layout of the current campus in its infancy.

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October blu-preview JAMES HOUTSMA A & E Editor After Earth (October 8) Oh, this movie.

The sad thing is that the film fails on almost every level but does nothing so heinous as to deserve any feelings, negative or negative, about it whatsoever (much like Will Smith’s painful performance in the film). And yet, I still roll my eyes every time I think about it and attempt to pretend it doesn’t exist, and more importantly, that I didn’t spend almost $9 on admission.

If there’s any trace chance you think that this is a “so bad it’s good” movie, sweep it away because you’re in for five minutes of hilarity and over 90 more of stagnant boredom.

Run! Run from the garbage!

Much Ado About Nothing (October 8) Given that the movie never really gained a true “wide” release in theaters (wide is only wide if it reaches the dinkiest of towns, re: Mankato), home video is where most viewers will enjoy Much Ado About Nothing.

Honestly and truly, this is the best way to view it.

Being a micro-budget adaption of a stage show that looks like it was shot by a film student and his troupe over a weekend, Much Ado About Nothing doesn’t do much to justify a visit to the theater but should play wonderfully at home. Even if Shakespeare isn’t your cup of tea, Joss Whedon’s direction (simple to a fault production withstanding) and the actor’s performances should win over most viewers and garner more appreciation in the right environment.

Definitely Rent It!

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The Purge (October 8 -- Rental, November 5) The Purge is a pretty interesting sci-fi concept that’s squandered on a not-that-interesting home invasion thriller. Having a world where all crime is legal one night a year doesn’t receive any exploration beyond being

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an excuse for the police to not show up when some inexplicably masked goons show up to stalk and murder. Even the powerduo of Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, along with that creepy Reese Wakefield guy, can’t pick up the slack after the initial

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No Hesitation with NIN’s latest Reznor’s new album may throw some with its simpler sound but will not disappoint.

ERIK SHINKER Staff Writer Returning from an indefinite hiatus brought about in the wake of 2008’s The Slip, Trent Reznor’s musical moniker Nine Inch Nails is back and remains a force to be reckoned with.

Hesitation Marks takes the band into new sonic territory while still remaining in sight of where they’re most comfortable.

Longtime fans of the band will be satisfied, if not glutted by the industrial tour de force’s return, though a simpler sound may cause some waves within the fanbase.

After about a minute of ambient noise titled “The Eater of Dreams”, the album kicks off with “Copy of A”, showcasing a background reminiscent of the 8-bit sound of 1980s video

game soundtracks. The usual syncopated rhythms are present and a repetition that sounds like a copied and pasted vocal take adds an interesting element, further making the songs sound like something artificial and mechanical.

In “Came Back Haunted”, dissonant chimes hover over a dragging modulated synth that oozes like digital molasses.

Heavy percussion and an eventual introduction of a guitar riff add weight to the song, building throughout.

“All Time Low” showcases more ominous noises and a whining guitar that sounds far off in the distance. A throbbing bass drum is accompanied by some funky bass and guitar parts to create a grooving tune.

Completely switching gears, Reznor surprises with the upbeat “Everything”. Yes, a Nine Inch

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Nails song has just been called upbeat. Thick with spastic guitar angst and catchy harmonies during the chorus, “Everything”, while seemingly out of place, is a breath of fresh air on an album that describes a dismal aural dystopia.

Performing an about face back to their hard hitting industrial sound, “I Would for You” combines more ambience with a heavy amount of synthesizers and syncopated percussion. Drill noises make an appearance, as well as overdubbed, backwards recorded strings during the chorus. A tremolo picked guitar line adds tension that then is expelled into a somber piano part.

For a usually niched artist, Nine Inch Nails has both shown the mastery of their genre, as

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well as some well-done variety on it. Die-hard fans may be polarized by the simpler sound of the album when compared to those previous, but it doesn’t hit you in the face with what it is.

It is an album of music, and one that is executed well at that.

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Fans of Once Upon a Time tuned in Sunday, eager for an even more enchanting plot to unfold. Creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, also creators of the acclaimed series Lost, picked up right where they left off in the premiere, “Heart of the Truest Believer”.

Central to this season is the new location of Neverland and the mystical creatures that come with it, as well as new characters including mermaids, lost boys and Robin Hood.

At the end of the season two Henry had been taken through a portal to Neverland. The new season begins with Captain Hook leading a ship voyage of Emma Swan, Snow White, Charming and Regina, the Evil Queen.

Although going to save Henry is essential to the plot, the whole ship-ride seemed lengthy and contained unnecessary bickering between the characters. In the past we have seen them fight but the focus seemed off. The bold colors these characters normally displayed felt pastel and dull.

Luckily mermaids are introduced to the series to distract from this plot hiccup. These menacing beauties aren’t going to be singing “Under the Sea” anytime soon. True to folk legend, Horowitz and Kitsis create sensational creatures that provoke thought in comparison to the well-trimmed stereotypical Disney counterparts.

Little information is given about the mermaids. Perhaps they stand as a foreshadowing element but it will be interesting to see the character development for these creatures. It’s been rumored Ariel will make an appearance. The

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ONCE UPON A TIME “These menacing beauties aren’t going to be singing ‘Under the Sea’ any time soon.”

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BLU-PREVIEW “The Purge is a pretty interesting sci-fi concept that is squandered on a not-that-interesting home invasion thriller.” continued from 7

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scaled sirens were a glimmer in this bickering ship crew.

This is not the only one we are seeing a glimmer of hope from. Rumpelstiltskin is back and has ditched his Mr. Gold persona. Deception is at its highest. Rumpel is heavy with trickery which could lead to an interesting season.

Rumpel looks even better than he did previously without his scaly skin. The toy given to Rumpel in Neverland begs the question on which sides of him we will see: the harsh Rumpel or the soft side often seen with Mr. Gold. Horowitz and Kitsis excel at displaying this twisted character.

One of the highlights of this episode is learning that a character, Neal, we thought was killed off in the finale of season two is returning to the cast. Horowitz and Kitsis are playing beautifully with the character of Neal, showing off a magical side of him. After watching this character develop, it’s nice to see another facet has emerged in the genius that is being displayed in his characterization.

The episode has its moments yet overall it did not contain the punch needed for a season premiere. If there was any punch it was the much awaited reveal of Peter Pan. These are the characters we crave. Horowitz and Kitsis beautifully packed deceptive intentions in one pre-teen. This was the deception that needed to be shown from beginning to end. Peter Pan may be a lost boy but his appearance is keeping Once Upon a Time in the radar.

Once Upon a Time airs on ABC Sundays at 7 p.m. Seasons one and two can be viewed on Netflix.

Rain: an artistic, if flawed effort

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interest of this dystopian future is dropped for the cheap, routine thrills the producers knew they could cash in on.

For the sake of being ironic, it would be appropriate to say that The Purge will purge itself from your memory within a few hours of viewing. The saving grace is that it’s a shockingly short movie, given today’s average runtime. Good for a rental, not much more.

Rent it someday

Pacific Rim (October 15 -- Rental, November 12) Giant robots pummeling giant monsters? Check. Characters that are cartoony-er than the giant mechs they inhabit?

Check. The perfect summer movie? Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves here.

What Pacific Rim is is good fun. Not an exceptional movie by any means but a movie that has its heart in the right place.

Director Guillermo Del Toro’s enthusiasm for the project is completely admirable. He’s simply out to make a respectful homage to the kaiju genre in Japanese lore that’s as entertaining as it can be. In spite of a bloated runtime, some underused main characters and frustratingly obstructed battles between the titans, he still succeeds.

Del Toro is a kid in a candy store with Pacific Rim and imbues the so-so script with

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a mega dose of breathtaking excitement and appropriate humor, so much so that the movie overcomes itself and becomes a solid two hours and twenty minutes of fun that will no doubt look and sound spectacular in high def.

Rent it!

The Conjuring (October 22 -- Rental, November 19) Thematically, The Conjuring isn’t breaking a whole lot of new ground in the horror genre.

However, there’s something to be said for familiar things that are made very well.

That is truly where The Conjuring excels. Virtually all horror tropes are on display here, including creepy dolls, old houses, haunted items, witchcraft curses, gnarled trees, possession, and the go-to uniform for a haunting -- the white nightgown. It’s how all these elements come together that is so masterful.

James Wan delivers what is quite possibly his best film -- a tense, haunting feature full of thick atmosphere, rising malice, genuine performances and expertly filmed segments that make for a film that burns itself into memory. Not only is this a new classic to revisit around Halloween time, it’s as close as we have come lately to a new horror classic, period.

Must own!

There is an on-going argument about whether video games are art as developers have been adding more and more examples of games that are strong examples for the art side of the argument.

One such game is SCE Studios Japan’s Rain, which was released on the Playstation Network on Tuesday.

The game focuses on an invisible boy who is in search of an invisible girl. Luckily, they are stuck in a world where it is always raining so all you see is their silhouettes in the rain. Not so lucky for them, the world is also inhabited by a race of invisible monsters that are trying to attack the kids. The only way they are able to survive is by hiding under roofs, boards or anything else that will stop the rain from falling on them.

The game is visually stunning. Each of the levels you travel through is a different part of a seemingly sleeping town.

The sound effects of the falling rain, mixed with these serene landscapes make for an artful experience.

The game is super-charming in its simplicity. Things don’t get too bogged down with complicated controls. Moving, jumping, pushing and running is really all there is to the game.

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The game also does a good job of teaching you how to play the game without forcing you to go through a tutorial that takes you out of the game.

For all of its good points, Rain has some problems.

Throughout the game, the story is delivered to you through text on the screen. The problem with this is while you are running from an invisible monster that kills you with one hit, you sometimes don’t have time to read the floating text.

In addition to sometimes missing the story, Rain also suffers from some poor camera angles at times. This, added to the fact that your main character is invisible, makes it hard to follow what your character is doing.

The game is also on the short side. In the two hours I played I already made it through half the chapters. In general, will only take you anywhere from four to five hours to complete.

Rain is available now on the Playstation Network for $14.99.

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Soccer team finishes road trip with five Northern Sun victories The last few weekends the Mavericks became the road warriors of the NSIC. With one loss to Grand Valley State, the squad went 5-0 in the NSIC, including a win over Northern State this past weekend. our ladies have done so far this year.”

The team was tested during the last six games. It was a stretch that included five NSIC road games and a game at No. 2 Grand Valley State. Over the stretch the Mavericks have shown the can compete with the best on the road.

“We’ve learned that we are a very resilient group that has grown up a lot over the course of the last month by having to play those road games and be able to perform at the level that they did with such a young team. I think it speaks volumes to their character, and their resiliency and the determination that this group has,” Bahl said. “Throughout that process I think we have grown a lot as a team. We have grown to together, and I think that we are better off down the road because of it.”

The Mavericks started the weekend out with a 5-0 victory over MSU-Moorhead Saturday.

The game featured two goals

from both junior midfielder Emily Moris and Kronforst and one goal from junior forward Rebecca Pederson. Freshman midfielder Kiana Nickel and sophomore defender Emily Erickson earned assists in the

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game. The Mavericks finished the road trip with a 2-1 win at Northern State. Kronforst scored both goals in the match.

“We are playing really well right now, but we still have little details or little mistakes here and there. It is stuff that

I think is preventing us from taking the next step,” Bahl said. “It’s the little things, the little mistakes here and there that can get us in trouble down the road if we don’t eliminate them.”

“I think just in general as a team we are really playing well.

Every member on our team is improving on a daily basis and that is really what it’s all about,” Bahl said.

The Mavericks return home for the first time since Sept. 8, for a two-game home stand this weekend. They will put their 27-match NSIC unbeaten streak at The Pitch on the line when they host Minot State at 4 p.m., Friday followed by a game with University of Mary at 1 p.m., Sunday.

“We are happy to be at our home turf and in front of all of our fans. I know some of our fans travel to the away games, but it is just a totally different thing on our own turf,” Kronforst said. “We’re ready for games coming up.”

David Bassey • MSU Reporter After eight games in the NSIC, junior forward Krofnorst (pictured) is second in the conference in points per game with a 1.88 average.

LUCAS RYAN Staff Writer Korey Kronforst earned Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Week Honors after scoring two goals in both games over the weekend, helping the Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s soccer team stay unbeaten in conference play.

Over the weekend the Mavericks finished a stretch of six consecutive road games, winning all five NSIC games played during that time. The Mavericks (7-1-0, 5-0-0 NSIC) are now ranked fifth by the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II Poll released Tuesday and with the wins the Mavericks improve their NSIC unbeaten streak to 25 matches.

“I think that this weekend

we all started just to connect a lot better. We picked up our speed of play and our pressure, which helped a lot. When we start picking up our speed we are taking it at the teams,” Kronforst said.

Kronforst had a breakout weekend scoring four goals.

She now has six goals and three assists this season giving her 15 points, which is tied for the league lead.

“Ever since I have seen her play back in high school she has always just been a handful for opposing defenses to deal with. The energy and the intensity that she plays the game with is a hard thing to find in the way that she displays it,” Mavericks head coach Brain Bahl said. “I think she is going to continue to do great things, and she will continue to improve just like the rest of

David Bassey • MSU Reporter Currently the Mavericks sit tied for fifth in the NSIC in goals scored with 15 and tied for sixth in goals against with 10.

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MSU hockey player Zach Lehrke cuts career short due to injury DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer In every athlete’s career there comes a time when they are faced with the realization that they can no longer play the game they love. Maverick men’s hockey forward Zach Lehrke came to that realization sooner than he had hoped. A medical condition forced the senior forward to hang up the skates just before his final season began.

The loss of any player to a team hurts, but Lehrke’s departure will be deeply felt by his teammates, coaches, and fans.

For those who have watched MSU men’s hockey the last few years, it’s easy to see Zach loves the game. There may be other players on the ice that work as hard, but no player could outwork Lehrke. The Park Rapids, Minn. native played the game with energy all over the ice, making his presence felt.

After having a limited role as a freshman, he was one of the go-to players for the Mavericks the past two seasons. Often times running the top of the power play unit, Lehrke finished towards the top of the scoring chart for MSU in his sophomore and junior seasons.

As a sophomore, Lehrke tied for the team lead in goals with 13 and finished with 23 points on the year, good for fourth on the team. He improved his point total to 25 his junior season

on eight goals and 17 assists to place fourth in scoring a second straight season. The speed and tenacity in which he played with will be missed and remembered

by Maverick fans this season.

It wasn’t an easy decision, but when it came to his health, Lehrke didn’t want to take any risks.

“It was an extremely tough decision to hang them up, I love the game of hockey so much and have put so much time into it that it stings to be done, but the hope is that I won’t have to suffer from the condition as much,” Lehrke said.

It’s clear that Zach would have skated through the pain had this been something minor, but he had been skating through the pain long enough. This was something he has dealt with his entire hockey career and become increasingly difficult to handle.

“I have had this my entire life, but the higher the levels I have been going up the tougher it has been to deal with,” Lehrke said.

So what is the name of this condition? We’re not exactly sure about that, but Zach explained the condition as best he could.

“I get cramps all over my body, from head to toe. It is very painful and has made life miserable many days. I usually get them everyday no matter what, playing hockey and working out makes them that much worse. There have been many days where whether it is

After three years of Maverick hockey, forward Zach Lehrke has to call it quits just before the start of his senior season.

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after a workout or a skate that I have not been able to move for several hours after. There are also days where I don’t do any type of physical activity and I still cramp up. I made the decision based on the fact that I hope I won’t be in as much pain anymore,” Lehrke said When hearing it explained like that, it’s hard not to respect the way Lehrke played through the pain for so many years.

Hockey players are known to

keep skating after blocking shots and even breaking bones in some cases, but those injuries are temporary. Zach was living out the dream of playing Division I hockey, even though his body was constantly trying to hold him back.

It’s hard to see a great player like Lehrke hang up the skates, especially when it’s due to something he can’t control, but he knew it was the right decision for him personally.

“It was the best decision both for me and my body, and I didn’t want to dread each day I woke up knowing how much pain I was going to have to suffer through again,” Lehrke said.

“Basically I told myself that enough is enough and I just kind of snapped about it this year.”

On behalf of the MSU community and Maverick hockey fans, I say good luck Zach, and we will miss watching you play this season.

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