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Longboarding emerges as a popular new RSO New video takes in 26,000 views on Youtube in 4 days

Energy conference lights up MSU Franken and former WCCO anchor to speak at conference

•courtesy of the msu longboarding club Members of the club at the Minneapple Bomb competed in a push race from downtown Minneapolis to uptown. LINDSAY PETERSON

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•web photos Senator Al Franken and former WCCO news anchor Don Shelby are scheduled to speak at the conference. CHRIS HOUCK

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The International Renewable Energy Technology Institute will be holding its conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato, starting on Oct. 7. The conference will continue through Oct. 10. The conference will focus on the issues of renewable energy and will also include several key speakers, who will discuss and share their ideas on the potentials of renewable energy. Doctor John Frey, the director of the IRETI, spoke about the conference at MSU. “The conference will con-

sist of exhibitors of companies that want to show their product to others as well as the speakers,” said Frey. The speakers are a major part of the conference and will include industry folks that can talk of their personal experience of implementing a biomass business project.” Among the speakers at the conference will be Don Shelby, former WCCO news anchor who’ll be speaking on achieving energy security at 7 pm in CSU 253. Fran Swain from Poet will speak about the most recent developments in biorefining on Monday at 11 a.m. in Ostrander Auditorium.

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The passion in a new student organization at Minnesota State University, Mankato inspires students is inspiring to get active and be a part of something great. Freshman Peter Young, 20, studying computer engineering technology and his friend Tikhon Esaulenko, 20, a junior studying international business, brought a big idea to campus this fall for longboarders – one large club for all. By creating a Facebook group, Young and Esaulenko encouraged beginner to expert student boarders to join them on the streets of Mankato to increase their skills and enjoy the increasingly popular hobby together. “I used my networking skills. It was so crazy how it started up. One day 20 kids, the next day 60 kids, now were up to 120 kids,” Young said. Formerly named Mankato Longboarding/Rollerblading Club, the MSU Longboard Team has more than 120 student members since it was put into action the first week of fall semester. “We took the rollerblading out because no bladers ever

showed up,” Young, president of the MSU Longboard Team said, “We promote safe longboarding, discuss events, make videos and promote other clubs like the ski and snowboard club.” The committed turnout at each meeting includes boys and girls and averages about 30 students each time, bringing talent of all levels together to help each other get better. “If there’s a fallen soldier you go back and help them, you don’t leave them behind, and we want everyone to have fun. Peace, love and longboard,” Young said. The team of students meets every Thursday and Friday in the CSU at 4:30 prepared to head outside and shred together, until whenever. “We just go out until were done,” Esaulenko, vice president of the MSU Longboard Team said, “That might be hours for some of us.” A recent video entitled MSU Mankato Longboarders: Fresh Sesh, features the MSU Longboard Team and was filmed by Nick Nothem, a freshman physics major. The video was uploaded

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to YouTube Saturday and has already been viewed more than 26,000 times. “A lot of hardworking boarders on there,” Young said, “There’s been blood, sweat and tears put into it.” All it takes to be a member is to own your own longboard and pay a $10 fee, which gets you a team t-shirt. “If you bring your longboard with you to class everyday you’re probably the kind of person who would like to the join the club,” Esaulenko said, “We want people to come out and come together, we’re all bros.” At their club meetings, the team heads out to the hills behind the Gage towers to warm-up for about an hour before they break off into groups of ten or so members on missions to explore the city of Mankato. “We want to make students better at longboarding and for students to be able to have their skills increase from when they first joined our club,” Young said. “And, to promote the sport of longboarding,” Esaulenko

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