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AMANDA HINDE Staff Writer Well, Homecoming Week is here and it’s as festive and joyous as usual. The scent of tradition and excitement is almost palpable in the cool fall air. Something that has been a part of Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Homecoming for 81 years will be taking place on Saturday: the Homecoming Parade.

The tradition for the annual Homecoming Parade started in 1934 as a precursor for Homecoming week celebrations. The parade will be held this year on Saturday, Oct. 10, beginning at noon. The Mavericks are set to play against the Augustana Vikings.

Normally the parade route would start going down Maywood Avenue and then wind its way through the main streets of campus, but all of that changed last year. Instead of going through campus, the route was changed to parade down Warren Street, right on the line of on-campus and off-campus.

Bill Tourville, 2014 Homecoming advisor, explained: “Switching the parade route to Warren Street dramatically changed the population of students attending

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the parade. More off-campus students felt welcome to come to the parade because it was right in their backyard,” he said.

The route change was shown to be a marked success. More than 3,000 students, alumni, and Mankato community members were at the parade last year.

Rachel Hoehn, the Student Events Team Homecoming promotions and partnerships chair, participated in the parade last year: “I would say the major difference would be more participation from the Mankato community in the parade [this year],” she said.

Some of those community businesses are Erbert & Gerberts and Jersey Mike’s, to

only name a couple.

“It’s exciting to see the Mankato community come together in such a uniform way!” said Hoehn.

that line-up begins at 10 a.m. in lot 16. That includes sponsoring Mankato businesses, Recognized Student Organizations, and MNSU offices in

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“More than 3,000 students, alumni, and Mankato community members were at the parade last year.”

Right after the parade, the Homecoming football game will start at 2 p.m. at Blakeslee Stadium. For those of you who are in the parade, a reminder

the line-up.

All Homecoming events are planned by a student-led organization called the Student Events Team. Previously known as IMPACT, this organization’s goal is to operate fun, interactive, educational events for students to take with them after they leave campus. If you or any one you know of is interested in joining the Student Events Team, helping during their next event or even volunteering, the Student Events Team meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in CSU 245. If you want to help solely for Homecoming this week, the meeting time is every Thursday at 4 p.m. in CSU 173.

Happy Homecoming Week!

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Feature Photo: Pie an MSSA Senator

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On Oct. 7, MSSA senators sportingly took a pie in the face from students. Here, one student laughs as she smashes the whipped-cream pie into this senator’s face.

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Mu Lambda celebrates 25 years of establishment This Honor Society of Nursing take care to the next level.

KAARINA MAKI Staff Writer On Thursday evening, Oct. 1, 2015, the Mu Lambda chapter here at Minnesota State University, Mankato celebrated 25 years of its es-

tablishment. Mu Lambda, a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, is the Honor Society of Nursing. MSU is one of more than 650 colleges and universities around the world to have a Sigma Theta Tau International chapter.

The event started off with a silent auction and people mingling and recalling their accomplishments when they were involved in the chapter, or their recent accomplishments while still heavily involved in the chapter. These include participating in Habitat for Humanity, book clubs, walks put on for fundraising,

“The group [was] a mixture of old members, new members, nursing students and professors in the nursing school here at Mankato.”

Reporter Archive and recently establishing the first women’s shelter in Blue Earth County. After about an hour of socializing, it was time for the two speakers of the night to share their presentations and memories with the rest of the group, a mixture of old members, new members, nursing students and professors in the nursing school here at Mankato.

The first speaker was Senator Kathy Sheran (DFL, District 19), a former professor here at MSU and now a part of the Minnesota Senate. She discussed her passion for health services and nursing.

In fact, her passion for health has led her to become Chair of Health, Human Services and Housing Committee.

She says that when she was

a nurse, she had a process of looking for data and scientific research that backed up any decisions made for patients, and now she applies that same nursing process when

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Students hunger for giving at Campus Kitchen Donating a meal can give more than a full stomach.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer Have you ever been interested in helping other people in our community? There is an easy way to give back to the community right on our campus. The Campus Kitchen at Minnesota State University, Mankato, a part of a national network of Campus Kitchens run by college students, invites any students to volunteer for the organization to help package meals and deliver them to people facing food insecurity in Mankato.

The Campus Kitchens, a prestigious national non-prof-

it organization, aims to address issues of hunger relief, recover food that would otherwise go to waste and provide free meals to people suffering from hunger in the school community.

“I think students can learn a lot about little ways in life that make a big difference,” said Karen Anderson, assistant director of the Community Engagement Office at MSU. “You need to think about the fact that they are not just desperate for anything. Food in our culture, in most cultures, is much more than just sustaining life but it’s also about socializing. It’s about enjoyment, it’s about being together and enjoying the time. So it’s not just about making the food, but the synergy of making the food and giving it to somebody.”

The local restaurants that donate free meals to help those suffering food insecurity in our community include Panera Bread, Tandem Ba-

“‘Food in our culture, in most cultures, is much more than just sustaining life but it’s also about socializing. It’s about enjoyment, it’s about being together and enjoying the time.’”

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gels, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

“I love our donating partners. I highly encourage everyone to go there and dine and thank them for their support of Campus Kitchen,” Anderson said.

However, while the Campus Kitchen generally gets adequate protein and desserts from the donations of those local businesses, sometimes fruits and vegetable can be easily absent from the menu, according to Anderson. Thus, the Campus Kitchen at MSU started planting its own garden for those in need in our community this spring.

Students and volunteers of the Campus Kitchen so far managed to grow tomatoes,

cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, squash, radishes, etc.

“We are not just giving out meals, we are trying to provide healthy meals for people in the community,” said Nathan Steussy, graduate assistant for CEO. Still, Campus Kitchen at MSU is looking for local businesses and organizations that can donate fresh vegetables and fruits because it is still difficult for the organization to produce enough fresh plants to help all people in need in the community only from its own garden.

According to the statistics that the Campus Kitchens provided on its website, about 40% of U.S. food is wasted each year while 1 of 6 Americans don’t know where their next meal will come

from.

The Campus Kitchen at MSU serves the ECHO Food Shelf, Salvation Army, Blue Earth County Services, Welcome Inn, and Theresa House and prepares about 112 meals every week.

Volunteer shifts for Campus Kitchen are available on Monday from 4 to 5 p.m. or from 5 to 7 p.m., and Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m.

For more information about the Campus Kitchen, please visit the Community Engagement Office on Orgsync to sign up for a shift and learn about other service opportunities that are available in CEO, or directly contact Karen Anderson at karen.anderson@mnsu.edu or 507-389-6076.

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MU LAMBDA Continued from page 3 “Schweer described three important traits that Sigma Theta Tau International fosters in its members: leadership, education and research.”

ursuline.edu listening to people present their bills in the Senate. She looks for the data and scientific backing to make sure the bill is legitimate and has merit to it.

She also described how the Judiciary Committee is the same as nursing. Her first concern is if prisons are receiving the proper health care in order to help inmates.

Sheran is a big advocate for this way of thinking, and encourages people involved in nursing to remember how important it is that everyone receives health care.

Another topic that is important to her is reducing the toxic stress in the environment. When she says toxic stress, she means the way people with mental illnesses

react to situations and how they are treated in the healthcare system. She ended her speech on an inspiring note, saying that in this last year Minnesota spent more money beginning to meet obligations to help these mental health patients than in the last 20 years altogether, which will help patients receive adequate care, rather than being turned away from hospitals or being incarcerated.

The second speaker of the night was Dr. Kathryn Schweer, the current chapter President of Mu Lambda and former Dean of the School of Nursing here at MSU, from 1987 to 1994. She described how she got involved in Sigma Theta Tau International back when she was in graduate school.

When she arrived at MSU, she knew she wanted to establish a chapter here due to the rich nursing history the university already had. Once Schweer became dean, she started working in order to make her dream a reality. In 1990, she accomplished what she set out to do, and the Mu Lambda chapter was established.

Schweer described three important traits that Sigma

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Theta Tau International fosters in its members: leadership, education and research.

Perhaps that’s why when looking at prospective new members of the chapter, they require a GPA of at least 3.5 and that the student was in the top 30% of their class!

These high standards are important to the organization, though, since it is the Honor Society for Nursing.

Once Mu Lambda was established, it helped elevate the fame of the Nursing School at MSU. Schweer ended her speech by addressing the current and prospective nursing students at the event.

She told them to find a men-

tor, both during school and once you start working in a hospital. She said finding a mentor is important because it means there will always be someone there to help you.

At the end of the event, both Senator Sheran and Schweer, being former nurses themselves, agreed on something very important that they want all prospective and former nurses to know: even when you’re old and decide to retire, you will never stop being a nurse.

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Editorial & Opinion

Two schools, different Homecoming One students compares his experience at MSU and SMSU.

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WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer This is an interesting topic to discuss in the honor of the Homecoming tradition that is a part of life everywhere. I just wanted to let you fellow readers out there know that while I do cheer on the Mavericks in any way I possibly can, I wanted to also let you know that I do have a special place in my heart for a different university as well.

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POLICIES & INFO en.wikipedia.org Yes, I attended Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minnesota. There I went to their Homecoming events under themes like

“Flash forward to 2014, and I have recently returned to school, here at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and their Homecoming events are a lot more elaborate.”

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“SMSU Rocks,” which I remember from my freshman year back in 2008. They had a concert and a lot of other fun events. That year, they unveiled a new facility dedicated to football and soccer.

I remember back when I was there they didn’t do so well in either sport.

Flash forward to 2014, and I have recently returned to school, here at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and their Homecoming events are a lot more elaborate. Here there is a dodgeball tournament, a food-eating contest with no hands,

and a bigger, more prominent artist performance for students who have tickets to go see it.

This year, it’s Jerrod Niemann, a country singer.

Since Mankato is a bigger town for a college or university than Marshall is – about twice as big – I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t go with a better-known person. I remember one year

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What does Homecoming mean to you?

International students share their first-time Homecoming experience. riencing their first homecoming events.

IRODA KARIMOVA Staff Writer The beginning of this week was very busy on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato. This Homecoming week is promised to be exciting. While the homecoming is a normal event for local students, for international students, it is something you see in the news or seen on television or movies before coming to the US. It marvelous to see what you have heard hundred times with your own eyes.

Homecoming events bring more and more amazing experiences with lots of activities. Student activities, fun moments, and a variety of food helps new international students get introduced with the idea of homecoming easily.

So in a very busy moment in a crowd of students at Wednesday’s Food Contest, I met some international students with full a mouth expe-

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Satoko Hanaki, 19-yearsold, studied in Kwassui Women’s University in Japan, and she studies Communication Studies at MNSU. You seem so excited. Is this something new for you?

“I roughly thought there would be American football game, and king and queen would be chosen among senior students. That all that I knew. This is because in my country, Japan, there is no event like this. Honestly, I didn’t have any expectation, and I even thought there would nothing that I could enjoy, but from the beginning of Homecoming week realized that my idea was wrong. I have been enjoying this homecoming week so far. Campus was covered with

purple and gold; there were original T-shirts for homecoming for only $5. Moreover, even the fountain changed its color. Purple!

“I really like it because it is all planned by MSU students, and there are many events through a week, so even we are not in the students organization, we can be involved by attending events and being surrounded by purple and gold. There are some communication differences between the culture I was born (Japanese) and here.

When I really love being here is whenever I smile at people I do not know and they give me a 120% smile back at me!

But don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t mean that Japanese people do not smile, but we are a little bit shy people.

Also in Japan, we traditionally use the honorific language to the people who we meet for the first time, and the older people, so it is very different but feel so good that we can talk in the same language no matter who they are. And most of the people here are very friendly. I would say … super friendly, maybe because it is Mankato!”

I see you often volunteering. Do you like it so far?

“I live on-campus so I can find and enjoy every activity thank to the information from my CA! This is one of

the reasons that I love living on-campus: being close to campus and joining most of the student activities. But I’m missing some student activities because of tons—yes tons—of assignments.

“Anyway, Homecoming is something new and a piece of education system that is so American! I will join the Homecoming parade as a volunteer. Besides earning Cultural Contribution Hours, it sounds more fun for me as there will be a lot of international fellows like myself, so I decided immediately to take part in it. I’m excited to meet

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many people there. And I’ll be proud to present my culture in my Japanese attire, wearing traditional clothes “Jinbei”. So I’m so excited. I do believe I can be a bright cultural council to introduce Japanese pop culture there.”

Eighteen-year-old Ishna Verma is from India and studies IT at MNSU. You were so active in Americas Night. Now I see

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YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer Any Minnesota State University, Mankato undergraduate students who are interested in achieving academic progress outside of the classroom can grab an opportunity to conduct their own research either individually or

for scholarly work, finding a project mentor, proposing a scholarly project, providing internal funding programs and sharing scholarly work locally, regionally and nationally. Students will be inspired by lots of young researchers and gain great educational experiences through these opportunities that URC provides.

“We have a vision to find opportunities to promote undergraduate scholarship, research and creative activities for the entire campus,” said Karla Lassonde, director of the Undergraduate Research

“The URC helps students gain invaluable research experience that is significant in a real-world setting or for a master’s and Ph.D. program.”

Research Symposium, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Conference, Posters at St. Paul, and National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), the biggest national research conference for undergraduate students. The next year’s NCUR will take place from April 7 to April 9 in Asheville, North Carolina.

“We help support scholarships for students to go and present their research on a national scale, which makes our institution feel proud that we are able to deliver the message of why undergraduate research is so important to us on a national level,” Lassonde said.

According to Lassonde, faculty members at MSU can also benefit from the URC program. Faculty can volunteer to be a research mentor and work with a student or several students to pursue their research interests.

“The research suggests

that when students are better connected with faculty advisors, they have a higher success in jobs and graduation,” Lassonde said.

The URC helps connects students with faculty mentors through the Faculty Council from all colleges and departments, and the Mentor Match program, parenting with an online database called ‘Scholar Bridge,’ where students can sign up to search for faculty mentors both on MSU’s campus and on other campuses who are participating in this resource.

Although the process of getting started with research began at the early of this fall semester because students who want to attend the NCUR should submit their research abstracts by Oct. 5 and the Fall grant for undergraduate research is due Oct. 9, it is still not too late for students to get involved in URC. Participants still have an opportunity to apply for Posters

at St. Paul where students get an opportunity to meet with legislators and present their research to those folks, MnSCU Conference of Undergraduate Scholarly and Creative Activity that will take place in Winona, Minnesota, and Undergraduate Research Symposium at Minnesota State University, Mankato, on-campus symposium that takes place every April.

Spring grant is also available next semester which is due Feb. 12, 2016.

URC at MSU provides students and faculty with opportunities that uphold the university’s mission to promote learning through effective undergraduate scholarship and research.

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The participating senators had a lot of smiles throughout the event, which gave the whole campus a great Homecoming vibe.

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An interview with MSU’s Salma Abdelhamid From the MavCARD office to ISA Liason, Salma keeps busy at MSU.

IRODA KARIMOVA Staff Writer Every student who got an acceptance letter to Minnesota State University, Mankato walks on campus full of joy, excitement, and motivation.

But before the fun of school begins, one of the first things you have to do is to get your MavCARD. At MSU, your MavCARD is your important “friend,’ of which you cannot do important activities without. Your MavCARD acts as a pass for the library, food, health services, busses, and possibly your money if you have Wells Fargo synced with it. Anywhere you are on campus, its important to have your MavCARD. In the MavCARD office, the people are so nice and you feel welcomed. So, students who got their i.d. this year definitely know sunshine smile girl Salma!

Salma Abdelhamid, 19-years-old, is from Egypt and studies Finance at MNSU. “My on-campus job gives me the opportunity to meet a lot of people around the campus. I not only meet students, but also faculty members, professors, librarians,

Salma Abdelhamid works for MSu’s MavCARD office.

and many others. When I’m walking around the campus, there are a lot of faces that I recognize because they stopped into the MavCARD office. Some of the students who stopped at the MavCARD office say hi when thee see around the school. Also, I get to meet all the new students who come to Mankato to school. Freshmen, new international students, transfer and exchange students; all of them! It feels good to be one of the first to help them for their future development in campus.”

What do you do outside of the office?

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Playing it and watching it. I play volleyball, soccer, and swimming. Some people

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got surprised because I lay sports and I wear hijab. I have to say, yes I love my religion and I do practice my religion,

but it doesn’t prohibit me to enjoy life, to socialize, and to try to be healthy by being active. I wear my hijab and love it from my heart but at the same time I’m the same modern person who is on the stage of developing my personality. I have my aims and my goals. So first of all I’m a lady and I try to keep organized. I also love hiking. I love nature and hiking gives you spirit of power and communication of you with nature.”

It seems you are about to be active in Homecoming events? Do you have homecoming back in your country?

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Rachel Swansen wins Medallion Hunt

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer It didn’t take long for the coveted homecoming medallion to be found this year.

Around ten minutes, to be specific.

Rachel Swansen, a senior majoring in information systems who returned to MSU this semester from a half-year study abroad experience in the Netherlands, discovered this year’s medallion at the koi pond, located outside the

“I was just walking around outside, hanging out by the koi pond and then I just kind of looked over and I saw something sitting on the log,” she recounts.

“I went and picked it up and I looked at the back and I thought ‘oh dang! That’s the medallion!’ It was kind of a surprise.”

She adds that given the fact that many students hang out near the koi pond, it was bound to be found early in the week.

This homecoming’s medallion offered an impressive prize bundle. Totaling a value of $4,500, prizes include six months of free rent from Live Active Kato, two Maverick hockey tickets, and $185 in gift cards to local businesses, including Scheel’s, Kwik Trip, and the Mankato Coffee

“Totaling a value of $4,500, prizes include six months of free rent from Live Active Kato, two Maverick hockey tickets, and $185 in gift cards to local businesses, including Scheel’s, Kwik Trip, and the Mankato Coffee House.” northeastern corner of the CSU. This was her first year participating in the campus-wide medallion hunt.

“I actually wasn’t even really aware of it until this year,” she says.

“My friend just messaged me and said ‘hey, check this out! We have to go look for the medallion!’”

Though she had made plans to search during this homecoming week, she never got the chance – she came across the medallion before she even began hunting for it.

House.

Swansen noted that she was aware that there was some controversy that this year’s hunt was unfair in some way. The official Homecoming Medallion Hunt page put these concerns to rest posting on Tuesday that “the Medallion was found fair and square by a student. No information was leaked out as there is only one student and one faculty member on this entire campus that know the where-abouts of this Medallion.”

Students Elliot Conwell and Cristina Roche participat-

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ed from the very beginning.

“We were very excited to start searching for the medallion this year so we laid out an entire system of where we wanted to search. We wrote out the clues and all the possible places to search,” says Conwell, noting that they went first to the Alumni Center and then to the library.

“It said something about ‘flying high’ or something like that in the clue, so we decided that since there were bird stickers on the windows of the library, we thought that that would be a really cool

place. Plus, around the bend there’s a little curve around the backside of the library.”

Roche adds that they were on the right trail.

“We had a couple ideas of where to look and we went to almost every one before we found out someone had already found it. Turns out the place we were about to go look for it next ended up being where it was found. We were surprised it had been found so early in the week but the adventure was fun even though it was short-lived.”

All of the clues, including

the ones that would have been posted if the medallion had remained hidden, can be viewed in front of Armstrong Hall facing the fountain.

Though the medallion hunt is over, there are many more fun homecoming events yet to be enjoyed this week, including the homecoming parade, the hockey game against Nebraska – Omaha, and the football game against Augustana.

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Feature Photo Continued: Pie an MSSA Senator

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MSSA Speaker Jessica Farah helps senators prepare for the “Pie a Senator” event outside Armstrong Hall. The event was set up to help students learn more about their student body representation.

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German and Austria Study Abroad Tour 2106 This cultural experience revolves around credits and culture.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer Any students who are interested in a short-term faculty-led study tour program at Minnesota State University, Mankato can join the ‘Germany & Austria 2016 Study Tour’ that will happen over 2016 spring break for 11 days, from March 3 to 13.

Through the ‘Germany & Austria 2016 Study Tour,’ students will travel to major cities in Germany and Austria

deeper understanding of the political history, culture, art, architecture, and customs of both countries.

“We want students to be able to travel to Germany and Austria with the understanding of cultural and historical background of both countries through this educational tour,” said Nadja Kramer, professor in the German major program.

Joseph Kunkel, another professor who is in charge of the study tour program also said, “The one thing students say is that it’s the best thing they did, funniest and the best learning experience that they had in the university.”

“Professors like to change people. That’s why we are professors. We like to have people change and improve themselves. Traveling the world makes you see differ-

Reporter Archive in the tour. All classes are for three credits and registration is by permission only. The courses will meet Monday and Wednesday from 3:30

www.internations.org – Berlin, Nuremberg and Vienna. Students who want to gain an international experience but don’t have enough time to go study abroad for a semester or a full academic year are especially welcome to join the program.

According to the official brochure of the program, the study tour will be much more than a tour of beautiful sights and famous places. Students will be able to develop a

ently,” Kunkel continued.

Students who want to join this program have different options of classes to take to develop an intellectual context for their travel experiences. They can enroll in a class of Political Science 201, 410, 510 of Professor Joseph Kunkel or German 443 of Professor Nadja Kramer, which is taught in English. Students must be registered for one of those classes to participate

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During the first half of 2016 spring semester, all students taking those classes will meet separately some time but also together others to get to know each other, learn about the countries and prepare for the tour.

“This is one of my favorite classes to teach because it gives students a cultural and historical background and students can share their

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“Students will be able to develop a deeper understanding of the political history, culture, art, architecture, and customs of both countries.”

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WHAT IS HOMECOMING? Continued from page 7 “Also I thought it is only for current students, not for freshmen or international students. I like this because there are many events that everyone can get involved.”

you are also active in Homecoming week.

“I’m new here and everything is new for me, so I try to be involved to learn American culture. I come from India. As far as I understood, Homecoming in the US welcoming alumni students back to school. It feels so warm

for freshmen or international students. I like this because there are many events that everyone can get involved.

“In South Korea, there is a sort of Homecoming week but not like here. Here is big and kind of fun. Fascinating!

Students usually celebrate it themselves, and it is kind of exclusive, because they usually enjoy with only same major students. Also, there are not many campus events back in my country. I wonder how students here manage being a volunteer, working, and also studying. I was just positively shocked for so many student activities and events organized in campus.

I also try to get used to it and

“Actually, comparing it with my culture back in India, I can say that we don’t have a name to welcome alumni students, but it is just current students welcoming alumni in their schools.” and welcoming here, and its nice that alumni get the opportunity to come to campus where they used to study many years ago.

“Actually, comparing it with my culture back in India I can say that we don’t have a name to welcome alumni students, but it is just current students welcoming alumni in their schools. We have a dance and song performances for them, as well as organize food, too. We invite random alumni to the stage to talk about their school years, about what they did like and disliked on campus. However, it is fun for me to watch everything happening during Homecoming week. It is a great way to meet different “generations” of campus all in one time.”

Heejae Jung is 22-yearsold and is from South Korea. She studies Mass Media at MNSU. “I thought Homecoming was just celebration for starting a new semester. I have never thought that it is such a big thing. Also I thought it is only for current students, not

I try to be active as other students do. I did tabling for free t-shirts and was more than fun because I could meet lots of other students and get to know them better. They like T- shirt and I like what I do in campus. And I’m happy that

I can be also the same student who can manage activity, work and study together.

I have never thought that I can do it. The Mavericks and MNSU rules!”

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All of the participating senators were great sports and two awesome MSSA representatives took a moment to smile for the camera during the event.

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while I was at SMSU, they were thinking of getting Taylor Swift to come to campus, but unfortunately that didn’t work out so well because her busy schedule prevented her from coming. MSU is a bigger university, so obviously they probably have the money and clout to make a person like Swift make time for us.

I’m personally not trying to bash the efforts of the Student Events Team – they’re doing a fabulous job with the Homecoming events.

As I have said before, the events are better than SMSU in a lot of ways. First off, MSU’s events are numerous and they have a lot of better stuff when it comes to the Homecoming. They can get a prominent singer like Niemann come and perform for students who have tickets, which is always a plus.

That’s not to say SMSU doesn’t pull off a good Homecoming as well. The events are smaller and less

numerous, and that’s okay considering that SMSU is more than twice as small as MSU. They can get a prominent artist like Niemann, but that’s okay as well for a small school.

Finally, they have events that utilize the Mustang name very well, which is something that both schools do very well. They utilize both mascots to the fullest extent.

I just would like to conclude by saying that I do have my heart in both places, but I am glad that I came to MSU in the fall of 2014 after taking a year off from school and figuring out what to do with my life. I wouldn’t have gotten to know all of you that I do know here, and all of these new friends are a good thing to have.

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meaning of homecoming. All I knew was that it was a week at the beginning of the new school year. Different events, activities or unusual performances like food contest, parade. It’s something really “American,” very warm and welcoming. People celebrate something, but I do really don’t know what do they celebrate. I love how the school gets nice decorations that give a spirit of homecoming for the whole week. I like cake decoration event most. I’m the president of the Middle Eastern student Association and I’m also the MSSA Liaison of International Students Association.

It seems you work and study 24/7. Study, on-campus job, student activity, volunteering and doing well on your Association; how do you manage to do it all?

“Well, as I said, I’m lady who tries to keep myself organized. I love this saying: “Where there will, there is a way.” Maybe the secret is in that motivation.

After having a conversation with this nice 19-year-old girl, I felt more motivated.

I’m happy to know such nice people who are trying to do their best from today being aimed for the future.

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The homecoming pie senator event started at 10 a.m. and ended at 12 p.m. The students and senators had a good laugh and celebrated homecoming.

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A&E Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in review Final chapter plays well, but fails to provide closure to the saga.

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MATTHEW EBERLINE A&E Editor When Metal Gear Solid premiered on the original PlayStation way back in 1998, it introduced a whole new type of videogame to an industry dominated by repetitive puzzlers, mindless first-person shooters, and colorful cartoon platformers.

With its cinematic cut scenes, stealth-oriented gameplay, and strong anti-nuke message, Metal Gear Solid redefined action and storytelling in gaming and showed the world that videogames hold the power to produce a serious and complex narrative on par with that of any major Hollywood thriller.

Since then, Metal Gear

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rector Hideo Kojima to the lofty heights of videogame legend. With such a significant legacy behind it, the Metal Gear Solid franchise

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The top five films every Education major should see A look at the five most inspirational education-related films.

MARYSA STORM Staff Writer Teachers, for better or worse, shape their students.

The following movies focus on the former and should serve as good inspiration for all education majors out there.

Matilda (1996) Based on a children’s novel of the same name, Matilda follows the story of a bright girl growing up in a house

that doesn’t believe in reading and going to a school with a cruel principal who looks down upon children.

Thankfully for Matilda (Mara Wilson), she has Ms. Honey (Embeth Davidtz) as her teacher. Ms. Honey, as her name would suggest, is as sweet as honey, and, despite family issues of her own, she is kind and patient with her students. She’s an excellent example for anyone hoping to teach elementary kids and the movie itself makes for a fun, cute watch.

Finding Forrester (2000) If you’re going for English Education, or just a fan of Sean Connery, than Finding Forrester is a good choice for you. In the film, Sean Connery acts as William Forrester, a reclusive writer whose

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This film—despite being a bit stereotypical—seems to

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The Little Mermaid debuts at the Orpheum Classic Disney musical to open on Minneapolis stage.

KAARINA MAKI Staff Writer Minneapolis is about to go under the sea, where mermaids and talking fish are just part of another normal day and the audience has the chance to be a part of this world. Disney’s The Little Mermaid is making its stage debut at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis starting Oct. 8.

The same story from the classic 1989 animated film is brought to life onstage. A young mermaid named Ariel has always been interested in the human world, despite her father’s belief that humans are ruthless and dangerous.

When Ariel saves a human, the young and handsome

minneapolis-theater.com Prince Eric, she falls in love with him and wants to become human in order to win his heart. She goes to the evil sea witch, Ursula, and asks to be turned into a human, giv-

ing up her voice in exchange for a pair of legs. Along with her friends, Flounder and Sebastian the Crab, Ariel learns what true love really means and teaches everyone how

acceptance can be the first step to peace among everyone, fins or no fins.

The same songs that everyone fell in love with are also featured in the show, in-

cluding “Part of Your World,” “Kiss the Girl,” and the show-stopping “Under the Sea,” which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1990. The same story that captivated everyone ranging from 5 to 65 and ushered in Disney’s second Golden Age is sure to capture audiences again when the characters and story jump right out of the film and onto the stage.

What better place for a show about mermaids than the Land of 10,000 lakes?

The show opens at the Orpheum Theatre at 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, and runs from Oct. 8-18. There are matinee shows each weekend, and an evening performance during the week. Ticket prices range from $39 to $134 and can be bought online at hennepintheatretrust. org, over the phone at 1-800982-2787, or at the State Theatre box office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or Saturday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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Sam Smith releases song for upcoming Bond film “Writing’s on the Wall” to be opening theme song for Spectre.

KAARINA MAKI Staff Writer Early in the morning of Monday, Oct. 5, popular artist Sam Smith released a new music video for his James Bond theme “Writing’s On the Wall”, which can be viewed on Smith’s Facebook page or on Vevo.com. He released the full video a week after he teased it, as well as sharing a 15 second clip of

the video’s beginning.

Last month, Smith officially announced that he would be singing the title song for the new Bond film, Spectre, after denying rumors that he was going to be involved with the film. The video contains both footage shot of Sam Smith in various locations in Rome and footage from the new James Bond film, starring Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci.

In a statement, Smith said, “I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it.”

The video follows Smith’s latest accomplishment with the song, which is having the first ever Bond theme reach Number One on iTunes back in September, passing Adele’s theme for the last Bond film of the same name, Skyfall. theverge.com

““I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it.””

What else has Sam Smith been up to? Well, he’s currently working on his second album, as well as touring his first album, In the Lonely Hour, which features popular tracks such as “Latch,” “I’m

Not the Only One,” and “Stay With Me.” With his already astronomical popularity continuing to rise, it’s most likely that his second album will be a hit with anyone who appreciates his high notes and

soulful voice.

Spectre is due in movie theaters November 6.

Smith’s song, “Writing’s On the Wall,” can be purchased on iTunes.

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GAME Continued from page 21 as one of the most influential videogame series of all time, and it’s safe to say that modern videogame narratives would not be where they are today without it. It’s a shame, then, that the latest (and probably last) entry in the series—Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain—fails to live up to its rich narrative legacy.

As a gameplay experience, The Phantom Pain is one of the best to release in a very long time. In a dramatic departure from earlier entries in the series, The Phantom Pain places players in an openworld setting and allows them to tackle mission objectives in a variety of different ways.

For each mission, players can choose which weapons and equipment they bring with, provided they have amassed enough resources and completed the necessary research and development requirements needed to unlock them.

Depending on their play style and the kind of equipment they’ve brought with them, players can choose to conduct reconnaissance on enemy outposts, sneak in and destroy communications equipment, call in an air strike or helicopter support, or simply arm themselves to the teeth and go in guns blazing. In The Phantom Pain, the choice is yours and there is no right or wrong way to approach your objectives, though some methods may

metalgearinformer.com Skull Face (left), the antagonist in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. be more difficult than others depending on the mission and the type of equipment available to you at the time.

The Phantom Pain also incorporates a solid base-building mechanic, similar to the last major entry in the series, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, which allows players to manage and build their headquarters—Mother Base—into a massive and awe-inspiring fortress. The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system introduced in Peace Walker is back in a big way, allowing players to extract a

number of resources encountered in the field, including vehicles, cargo containers, mortars, gun emplacements, and even enemy soldiers and local wildlife. Everyone and everything you extract is recruited and incorporated into the staff and infrastructure back at Mother Base, allowing players to simultaneously build up their forces and defenses as they play through the various missions and side operations.

The setting of The Phantom Pain bounces back and forth between Soviet occu-

Maverick Marching Band to perform indoors Band set to perform Oct. 13 in Ted Paul theatre.

ALYSSA MORDAL Staff Writer The Maverick Marching Band continues to reinvent itself as it plans to perform in a major indoor marching band concert. Though the marching band is only two years old after going on hiatus and reforming in Fall 2013, it has rapidly grown in size and popularity. Having begun with 30 students, the band now consists of 117 students, all of whom will be performing inside the Ted Paul theatre.

Band director Michael C. Thursby is enthusiastic about the chance this gives students and people of the community to

really hear the marching band in ways they may not have before.

“The indoor marching band concert is an opportunity for people to come hear our music in a different setting,” he said. “We will be performing our field routines (seated in the theatre). It will give people an opportunity to really enjoy the music.”

The indoor performance provides new opportunities for the marching band and the audience, as it will be able to direct the attention solely on the band and the showmanship of its musicians. Fans and newcomers alike will be able to enjoy favor-

ite songs such as “Hey Baby” and “Sweet Caroline” in full swing on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

“It is different because the audience is very close to the band as we perform—it allows us to show off all of our music,” Thursby said.

“The concert will be very fun for all of our fans and exciting for people who might not know who the Maverick Machine is!”

Tickets are available at $7 for MSU students and $9 for general admission. For more information, visit the MSU music events page or the music box office.

pied Afghanistan and the Angola-Zaire border region in central Africa. In crafting the environment, the team at Konami has not only created a truly open world, but a dynamic one as well. The game features a full day and night cycle, as well as a fairly simple weather system.

At any time, a sandstorm or rainstorm (depending on the region) may blow in, causing significant reductions in visibility and sound. When you deploy on a mission, you are free to choose whether you want to deploy during

the day or at night, and you can even choose what type of camouflage you want your uniform to incorporate in order to make the most of your stealth capabilities.

With its dynamic openworld environments and endless approachability, The Phantom Pain is a big game with a hell of a lot to offer.

While the game’s Afghanistan and Angola-Zaire regions lack the scale and density of other open-world titans such as The Witcher 3 or the Grand Theft Auto series, I never felt constricted during any part of my playthrough. The locales are absolutely stunning and offer an intricate level of detail capable of rivaling any other major sandbox game released in recent memory.

While there are virtually infinite possibilities in how you can carry out your objectives, the game never feels too easy and there were a number of instances where my infiltration plans fell to pieces and I had to scramble to keep myself from being detected or killed. The game tempers its approachability with some challenging enemies and level design, and even a single unaccounted-for patrol can cause your best-laid plans to come crashing down around your ears. The way The Phantom Pain balances player choice with challeng-

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FILM Continued from page 21 checking out.

The Miracle Worker (1962 or 1979) Both the 1962 and ’79 versions of this movie focus on a woman who some may consider to be the ultimate teacher. The Miracle Worker is based on the true story of Anne Sullivan, the woman who worked with a young Helen Keller and helped her learn how to communicate despite Keller being blind, deaf, and mute. Both the original and remake are raw and heartbreaking at times, but they’re also examples of excellent teaching.

Freedom Writers (2007) The story of a misplaced teacher working with troubled students has gotten

work of her own—she picks up additional jobs in order to fund her teaching—she gets through to the students and inspires them to connect with one another and peruse post-secondary education.

Dead Poets Society (1989) Robin Williams, in one of his best-known roles, is an English teacher at an elite boy’s school full of the world’s future doctors, lawyers, and engineers. As an alumnus of the school, William’s character, John Keating, understands the pressure the boys are under and teaches them to appreciate poetry and to seize the day.

Freedom Writers is a genuine-

“Matilda follows the story of a bright girl growing up in a house that doesn’t believe in reading and going to a school with a cruel principal who looks down upon children.” to be pretty cliché (so much so that South Park parodied it), but, with that being said,

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Feature Photos: Homecoming Bonfire

MSU and the Student Events Team hosted a homecoming bonfire on Monday night behind Blakeslee Field. The Maverick Machine played several sets of pepband favorites and Z99 brought radio favorites for the rest of the evening.

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Seven horror movies to watch in October A look at the best horror movies to get you excited for Halloween.

WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer Halloween is finally upon us. It is the time of the season where we can spook our friends, family, and co-workers into submission and they would have several opportunities to get you back. There are seven films that you might consider having the lights down for and scaring your friends for hours on end. Of course, you could always play any of the Resident Evil games in the dark and spook your friends that way, but these films can definitely get your spine tingling with fright as you watch them. These films can be watched in no particular order and you may or may not agree with them.

However, it is suggested that you watch at least a few for the Halloween season, just to scare your roommates, your friends, and your family. #7 Final Destination (2000) This film is more of a thriller than a straight-on horror film.

This film stars Devon Sawa as Alex Browning, who has a premonition that the plane he’s on (bound for Paris) will explode and kill everyone onboard. This causes him to go crazy and he and several of

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Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. his classmates are banished from the plane. Sure enough, the plane does explode and kills everyone. Naturally, Browning is under suspicion by the FBI for the accident.

Originally written as a spec script for The X-Files, this film and its four sequels are recommended to watch if you don’t mind the excessive violence and blood. #6 Friday the 13th (1980) Yes, this list includes the original versions of the cult classics and not the remakes.

In this film, Mrs. Voorhees and her son, Jason, begin ter-

rorizing campers and camp counselors at Crystal Lake.

Many campers and counselors die. This film spawned several more films, including crossover films with A Nightmare on Elm Street and even a television series. #5 Halloween (1978) In the original version of this film, Michael Myers (Nick Castle) begins terrorizing the

fictionalized town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Specifically, Myers terrorizes Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut) and her friends. This film is an interesting film to watch, but if you really want to be scared, watch the 2007 Rob Zombie remake. The effects in this version can be seen as cheap compared that version. However, if you’re an

original film enthusiast, then this would be a good one to watch. #4 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) The original film that spawned several sequels and a crossover film with Jason Voorhees and the Friday the 13th franchise has several teenagers stalked in their dreams and thus killed by Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Johnny Depp makes his feature film debut as Nancy Thompson’s (Heather Langenkamp) boyfriend, and one of Krueger’s victims. It’s a good slasher film. #3 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Based on the novel published in 1988 by Thomas Harris, this film was the first widely considered horror film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. In this film, Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster, the first of two actresses to play the role), a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of imprisoned serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), to catch a serial killer known as “Buffalo Bill” (Ted Levine).

This film spawned several sequels and a prequel. It’s usually the one that combines horror and crime drama that all others are measured by.

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GAME Continued from page 24 ing elements makes for an immensely entertaining experience and invites a sense of fulfillment at the end of most missions.

However, for all its achievements and successes, Metal Gear Solid V is still far from a perfect game. The D-Horse (which players start off with as their first form of transportation) controls almost as poorly as Roach from CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 3.

As with Roach, the horse’s controls are occasionally unresponsive, and the decision to use the square button (on the PS4 version) as the accelerator is baffling as it makes simultaneous camera control (with the right control stick) incredibly awkward and frustrating. The actual vehicles—including jeeps, trucks, tanks, and APCs—handle just as poorly and feel incredibly sluggish, like boats moving through molasses rather than actual ground vehicles with wheels and treads. While these are all relatively minor grievances, they became increasingly irritating as I spent more time with the game, and by the end I had long since decided I would just avoid the horse and vehicles all together. With that being said, none of these issues were bad enough to seriously detract from my enjoyment of the game, though incorporating better transportation mechanics would surely have provided the game with a smoother and more refined open-world experience.

In addition to its core single-player experience, The Phantom Pain also offers a couple of multiplayer modes in the form of Forward Operating Base (FOB) missions and the newly introduced Metal Gear Online. While I wasn’t able to spend too much time with either multiplayer mode, I will say that

mgsforums.com the time I did spend with them brought almost nothing new to my experience with the game. FOB missions are simple and straightforward.

You infiltrate another player’s FOB and steal some of their staff and resources from them in order to advance your own base. The missions are fun at first, but quickly become repetitive and boring with very little offered to change the pace. Metal Gear Online is hardly any better, and feels like a blatant rip-off of the Call of Duty and Battlefield series. Honestly, the only difference I noticed between those games and Metal Gear Online was the use of The Phantom Pain’s mechanics rather than the first-person mechanics found in the aforementioned series. I never expected much from the multiplayer since I first heard of it, but it’s still disheartening to know that there isn’t much left to entertain once the story has wrapped up.

While The Phantom Pain’s gameplay and world design are (mostly) phenomenal, its narrative is significantly less so. Set in 1984, Metal Gear

Solid V: The Phantom Pain continues the story of legendary Special Forces soldier Big Boss, previously known by the codename Snake. The Phantom Pain picks up where the prologue—Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes—leftoff, with Snake awakening from a nine-year coma after a surprise attack on his private army’s offshore home, the first incarnation of Mother Base. From here, Snake goes on a personal quest for vengeance against Cipher, the shadowy organization responsible for the attack that left Snake and his allies crippled and hungry for blood.

Before I dig in to what’s wrong with the story, let me first say that The Phantom Pain features some of the strongest writing in the history of the franchise, tackling a long list of mature themes such as nuclear deterrence, child soldiers, and the importance of language in warfare and population control. The story of this game carries some significant weight, but unfortunately begins to fall apart just before the second chapter rolls around.

From chapter two onward, The Phantom Pain’s story fails miserably. Most of the later missions are simply older missions reintroduced with a heavier difficulty level and contribute absolutely nothing to the game’s overall plot. The few missions that do advance the narrative feel scattered and disconnected, as if they were spread out simply to fill space in an otherwise unfinished story. The ending (the true ending, not the one offered up at the end of chapter one) is a complete and utter disappointment, with a plot twist as despicable as anything filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has produced since his one-hit-wonder, The Sixth Sense. In fact, the ending is so bad it makes the entire game seem like a complete waste of time and entirely irrelevant in the timeline of the series.

Although The Phantom Pain is supposed to be the

link that bridges the gap between the stories of Big Boss and his successor, Solid Snake, the game completely fails to do this and offers no closure whatsoever to an otherwise outstanding saga.

By the end, the game leaves the player with more questions and fewer answers than when it began, culminating in an extremely disappointing experience that I honestly never thought I would find in a game by Hideo Kojima. I understand that a significant portion of content had to be cut because Konami felt the need to rush the game in its later development stages, but the end result is ridiculously jarring and leaves a massive black mark on what would have been an otherwise outstanding conclusion to the series.

Ultimately, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a fantastic videogame, with a layer of depth and detail not found in previous entries in the series. As a narrative experience, however, The Phantom Pain is practically an outright failure, with its piecemeal structure and completely unnecessary ending. If you’re a longtime fan of the series, or you’re looking for a gripping open-world military experience, then Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a fantastic game that will entertain for hours. If you’re looking for something with a strong narrative and conclusive ending, however, you may want to steer clear of this one.

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HORROR Continued from page 27 #2 Species (1995) This film spawned a theatrical sequel and two madefor-video sequels. In this first film, a motley crew of scientists and government agents led by Xavier Fitch (Sir Ben Kingsley) try to track down Sil (Natasha Henstridge, in her feature film debut), an alien-human hybrid, before she can successfully mate with a human male. If you want a sexy, scary film, this is one that is right up your alley. #1 Poltergeist (1982) “They’re heeere!” This film, which spawned a franchise (which is believed to be cursed due to several crew members’ deaths) and a reboot this year, has a family

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being terrorized by a ghost in the television set. This film has been parodied several times, most notably in the Family Guy episode “Petergeist,” which aired on May 7, 2006. Watch the episode on Netflix to see how they parodied it.

There you have it. Seven films that can be watched for Halloween. Of course, except for Species, these films have been parodied on shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy. If you want to have a fun time, watch those. If you want to be scared, watch these films. Of course, there is a whole host of other films on Netflix, and hopefully one will be to your liking.

Minnesota based artist speaks at MSU Jenny Schmid discussed printing, inspiration.

EMMANUELLE KOUAME Staff Writer Jenny Schmid, a Minneapolis based artist, hosted a public lecture at 7.pm on Monday, Oct. 5 in Centennial Student Union’s Ostrander Auditorium. A reception followed the lecture at the Conkling Art Gallery, where the artist’s prints are cur-

rently on display in an exhibit until Wednesday, Oct. 21.

The artist talked about her career, her collaboration with Ali Momeni, and the creation of Bikini Press International. Bikini Press International is Schmid’s printing company that creates all things printmaking, from lithographs and etchings to t-shirts and buttons. Schmid also took the opportunity to talk about some of her prints, such as The Charmer and The Vixen.

“The inspiration to create those pieces came by observing some of my friends who are really charismatic; some people are naturally

magnetic, other people are instinctively attracted and hypnotized by them,” she said.

Nevertheless, Schmid believes that art should also serve a deeper purpose.

Indeed, through her prints she wants to make people think about contemporary issues such as feminism, self-identity, and freedom.

Jenny Schmid’s style and perspective is singular, her artwork is worth seeing.

Once again, thanks to the Nadine B. Andreas Endowment for Artists and Scholars, the art exhibit is free and open to the public in the Conkling Art Gallery located at 139 Nelson Hall.

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Sports Mavericks host weekend rugby

SCORES: FOOTBALL October 3, 2015 Mavericks............................... 38 Peacocks.................................10

VOLLEYBALL October 2, 2015 Mavericks...................................1 Wildcats......................................3 October 3, 2015 Mavericks...................................3 Vikings...........................................1

SHAWN CLOSE Staff Writer A full slate of Maverick rugby wrapped up on Saturday, with both the men’s and women’s teams defending their home turf. The men’s team faced off against Duluth while the women’s team took on St. Cloud.

The men’s team hosted the three-time defending national champions, who were the clear favorites in the match.

The Mavericks played hard, scoring early with a penalty conversion by freshman Alex Van Heel, adding a try by Paul Kontny halfway through the second half.

Despite spirited play, the Mavericks fell to a superior Duluth team 70-10, in an out-

SOCCER October 3, 2015 Mavericks...................................5 Dragons.......................................0

Photo By Yohanes Ashenafi come that was never really in question.

“I think we learned a lot about our team,” commented co-caption Tyler Antony.

“The score doesn’t look good but we did a lot of things well, we also have a lot to work on.

They’re a great team and even though we didn’t win we learned a lot by playing them.”

The women, also at home,

played St. Cloud in the first game of back-to-back matchups. The Mavericks bulldozed St. Cloud, winning 55-0 and dominating every part of the game.

“It feels good to win like that, “ stated co-caption Brittany Tricarico, “but we can’t get complacent. We suffered a hard loss last week and we need to keep working hard in practice so it doesn’t happen

again.”

The men’s team will host Bemidji on Saturday at 1p.m., while the women’s team travel to St. Cloud for a rematch of last week’s game.

Tyler Antony for the men’s team: tyler.antony@mnsu.edu Bailey Johnson for the women’s team: Bailey.Johnson@mnsu.edu

October 4, 2015 Mavericks...................................5 Wolves.........................................1

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Maverick women finish fourth The Mavericks shot an overall score of 662, led by Genie Short who took fourth overall individually with a 157.

KELCIE RICHMOND Staff Writer The Maverick women’s golf season is well underway with the Purple and Gold doing very well, coming off a fourth place finish at the Bearcat Fall Classic last weekend.

The Bearcat Fall Classic was held in Maryville, MO. The Mavericks came together to shoot 662. They finished only 32 strokes off the first place champions from Iowa Western whom shot a 630.

Eight teams participated in the tournament, which was held at the Mozingo Lake Golf Club. The other seven teams were Park University, Northwest Missouri, Southwest Baptist University, Rock-

second with 152, Damla Bilgic took third place for Iowa Western CC with 155 and MSU sophomore Genie Short took fourth place with 157.

Several other Maverick players placed in the top 20.

First to place after Short was senior Kanyapak Sethasompobe, who tied for seventh with Becky Koepp from SMSU with a score of 163. Freshman Madison Jewell tied for 10th with Ashley Bixby from SMSU and Whitney Dostal from Iowa Western CC with a score of 165. Abbe Partington came in 13th along side of Katlin Kalish from Rockhurst, Megan Will from SMSU and Maddie Propst from Northwest Missouri with a score of 166. Rounding out the players from MSU were Hannah Van Amber and Haley Tollette who tied for 19th with a score of 168.

Head coach for the Maverick’s is Nick Campa. He was been with MSU since 1988 and led the women to five North Central Conference titles, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1998

Photo Courtesy of Minnesota State Athletics Campa was not super impressed with the women’s play this past weekend.

“Unfortunately, we had a bad tournament this past weekend,” Campa said. “But we hope to make a come back at the NSIC Championship.”

The Mavericks have done better on the scoreboard in previous tournaments this

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hurst University, Iowa Western Community College, the Southwest Minnesota State University and Clarke University.

Northwest Missouri shot 641, SMSU shot 657, then in fifth after MSU was Rockhurst who shot 689, Southwest Baptist shot 703, Park U shot 709 and Clarke U shot 714 for eighth place.

Sena Ersoy from Iowa Western CC took first individually with an overall score of 143. Kaleigh Ashen from Northwest Missouri took

and 2001. He has also sent 14 MSU teams to the NCAA Division II regional tournament and three of those teams won the regional title.

The MSU women have a smaller team this season. This year’s squad has two seniors, one junior, three sophomores and five freshmen.

“We have a very young team and will experience growing pains,” Campa said.

“But the talent is very deep with five freshmen that show a lot of promise and sophomores that have shown fast improvement.”

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“So far we have played four tournaments,” Campa said.

“I feel the most successful tournament as the Mustang Invitational because we came from being in fifth place after the first day to winning the tournament on the final day.”

MSU also won a dual tournament against SMSU, which was held in Marshall back in

September. The Mavericks won the dual with a final day score of 305.

The NSIC tournament is this coming weekend, Oct. 10-11, in Brainerd, Minnesota.

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Maverick men looking to go back-to-back The Mavericks hope to win their second NSIC championship in two years.

ERIC KRIESEL Staff Writer With the first two rounds of the 2015-2016 NSIC Men’s Golf Championship, held at The Jewel Golf Course in Lake City, Minnesota, finished the Mavericks golf team is in a great position to leave the rest of the NSIC Conference looking like how Drake left Meek.

The Mavericks continued to show off the same ball-striking dominance they have had all year as they drove their way to a first round team score of 286, the lowest of any team all tournament. In the second round the Mavericks shot a 297, giving them a total score of 583 (+15) as they began their run to a second conference title in as many years.

Sophomore Kelton Schmitz continued to anchor the young Mavericks squad as he shot the best single round of the tournament on the first day shooting a 69 (-2). Schmitz followed that performance up with a second round score of 75 (+4) to finish just two over par and in tie with three others for best individual score through the first two rounds of play.

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“The Mavericks hope to keep the momentum up through the winter and finish off the conference tournament with another conference championship.”

Gonzalo Martinez shot a 71(E) for the first round and a 76(+5) for the second round good enough to also earn a top-ten spot finishing five over par and grabbing a share

of 7th place. Junior Tommy Brandabur shot single round scores of 73(+2) and 75 (+4) to finish in a tie for 11th.

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par and in a tie for 17th, along with freshman Francisco Hernandez, to round things out for the Mavericks who were

able to place its entire team inside of the top-20.

The NSIC Tournament will take a break now until spring when it will finish the final two rounds of play on April 9-10, 2016 at the Paradise Point Golf Complex in Smithville, Missouri.

The Mavericks hope to keep the momentum up through the winter and finish off the conference tournament with another conference championship.

“It has always been our goal to win conference and get back to super regionals after the heartbreaking finish last year. We have a very talented team and have shown that we can compete with some of the top teams in the country,” Coach Bryant said.

If they are able to finish off what they have had in mind all sesason the Mavericks will move on to the Super-Regionals in Chicago and wipe away the memory of last year’s painful final round playoff loss to Indianapolis and earn that coveted national championship bid.

Until then, the Mavericks will continue to play in tournaments and invites in order to stay ready for the spring.

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Minnesota Wild offense preview

LUKE LONIEN Sports Editor The Minnesota Wild start their season tonight and have set their lineup for the most part, according to the Start Tribune’s Michael Russo.

These predictions are using the lines that I believe will start the season for the Wild.

Justin Fontaine will start the season on the IR and will most likely replace Chris Porter in the lineup when he returns.

Zucker - Koivu - Niederreiter This will be the starting line for the Wild most games, because Koivu is the best face-off man the Wild have, and it can be pretty good offensively. Setting Koivu up with a couple of the Wild’s best snipers is not a bad idea, I just don’t know if I have the confidence in Zucker to repeat a 20-goal season. I think he will have 17/10/27 season, because I have never seen Zucker set anything up. He is a scorer, not a play-maker.

He doesn’t have a lot of size, but he has a Parise-like work ethic on the ice. I’m not saying his talent level is the same as Parise’s, but he skates hard and fore-checks well. I think this will give Nino a chance to set up in front of the net and around the circle to fire off some shots.

If Niederreiter plays like a man and uses his size to his advantage he could score 2530 goals. That is his ceiling.

Photo Courtesy of startribune.com Zach Parise led the Wild in points with 33 goals and 62 points.

With the amount of ice time he should be receiving early in the year another 20-goal season is not out of the question. 22/15/37.

Koivu just has to play better. It is pretty simple. Last season he played like a thirdline center. If the Wild want to go anywhere he has to be a play-maker, or he will have to have his ice time decrease and we all know Koivu is not up for that. Koivu will be a good two-way player has he takes pride in the defensive zone. 15/35/50 for Koivu.

Parise - Granlund - Pominville This will be the most dangerous line for Wild offensively. Parise is a stud and should have a 65-point season with a

ceiling of 80 points. He is the engine that powers the Wild.

If Parise isn’t successful the Wild will not be able to compete in the West, and none of use are worried about it because of his work ethic.

33/40/73. Man, that is a lot of points for an offense that will not put a lot of goals on the board. I guess I just really like

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Granlund has to stay healthy, as he centers the best two wingers the Wild have. If Granlund isn’t successful on this line, can he be successful in the NHL? I’m not sure.

If he stays healthy he could have around 50-points, which is not enough for a top-line center in the Western Con-

ference. Luckily, Koivu will be matched up with the opponents top center because he is better defensively. Personally, I would like to see Vanek and Parise play together, but that just will not happen.

12/40/52 for Granlund.

Pominville will have more goals this year. 18 was a fluke season and he will be better. Pominville’s shots just couldn’t find the net last season. He should be around the 55-point mark this season.

He needs to produce with this line. It is very important for the Wild to get that line going early in the season.

25/30/55 Vanek - Graovac - Coyle I love Charlie Coyle’s game.

He will have a big role with the Wild, killing penalties and possibly getting worked in on the power play. He has a heck of a shot from the right side and can play in the defensive zone. I want his point total to be higher than 35 points but I would think he would have around that again. Coyle has incredible size and is playing with a creative mind in Vanek.

They will not have a ton of ice time, but I think they will be very fun to watch, if Vanek is engaged. I’ll go with a pretty big year for Coyle; 15/27/42.

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"If Granlund isn’t successful on this line, can he be successful in the NHL? I’m not sure. If he stays healthy he could have around 50-points, which is not enough for a top-line center in the Western Conference.” move of Coyle to the wing; I think he will be better over there, which brings in Tyler Graovac. He is a big boy, standing at 6’4” and 206 pounds, has a scorer playing with him in Vanek, which should be fun for a young player. This will be a good checking line for the Wild with Coyle and Graovac’s

This line will provide the Wild with a lot of energy and kill a lot of penalties. Do not expect them to put goals in the net, but they will keep the game close and will keep the flow of the game. This line has the potential to give the team a boost in game.

Haula needs to play better than last season; he looked

“The Minnesota Wild start their season today and have set their lineup for the most part.” size. 5/12/17 for the young gun.

Vanek had 52 points for the Wild last season, and people were expecting more.

Frankly, people were expecting more from everyone on the Wild last season. He has a very high ceiling, but his ice time just isn’t there. He will be on a power play, and should be the key player on the second unit. Do not be surprised if Vanek is second on the team in points. The dude can flat out score. 30/30/60 is his ceiling, but a more realistic option is 27/25/52.

Porter - Haula - Carter

lost. 20-points isn’t out of the question for him. 7/13/20 Carter will be on the PK and can generate some offense, the Minnesota State University, Mankato alum (should be around 15 points.

I really like his game and his commitment to his role.

5/10/15 I do not know much about Chris Porter, but he plays hard. Porter won’t see a ton of ice time, but could put some points up there. 3/7/10 The Wild will have to step up offensively and it starts with the Parise-Granlund-Pominville line. They will

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Mavericks to battle Augustana at The Blake

TOMMY WIITA Staff Writer Five games in, and the Mavericks are rolling.

Starting the season off with five wins is always a good thing, and it is starting to be expected by Head Coach Todd Hoffner’s squad year after year. The Mavericks will now play their homecoming game on Saturday against the 4-1 Augustana Vikings.

MSU has continued to dominate teams thoroughly, as they still have not given up a single score in the second half of each of their games this season. Last week against the Upper Iowa Peacocks, they scored 31 points in the second half to seal the deal and victory. Minnesota State is 47-33-2 all-time in homecoming contests, and they have won their past four matchups. The number one ranked team will look to continue its success on homecoming this Saturday.

The Mavericks this season have fully dominated when it matters. In five games, they have averaged 39.2 points a game, and have allowed 40 points total on defense. In their past three games, they have only given up 13 points.

The running game has continued to be the storyline for the Mavericks offense, as they are averaging over 262 yards a game. Passing has continued to get better as the sea-

Photo By Trevor Cokley looks to be mainly Pieruccini’s job. Pieruccini has a passer efficiency of 137.3 through five games, and has shown flashes of greatness.

He has passed for 665 yards and five touchdowns, to also go with 224 yards gained on the ground with three more touchdowns. The sophomore has had quite the bunch of receivers to grab his passes, as you cannot go wrong with any of these guys.

Senior Kyle Riggot has been the possession guy, with 15 catches on 226 yards.

Sophomore Ty Dennis has been the deep threat, as he has recorded 11 catches on 276 yards and three long scoring touchdowns. Some others that have made a difference on the receiving core

“The Mavericks this season have fully dominated when it matters. In five games, they have averaged 39.2 points a game, and have allowed 40 points total on defense.”

son grows older, which will be encouraging. Senior running back Connor Thomas has 539 rushing yards through five games, along with six touchdowns. The other senior running back in Chad Zastrow has looked great the past few games, as he has 277 yards and three touchdowns on the season as well.

The quarterback situation looked to be shared between senior Ricky Lloyd and sophomore Nick Pieruccini to start the year, but it now

are Bryce Duncan and Jameer Jackson, who each have touchdown of their own.

The defense has been terrorizing offenses of all kinds.

Senior Tyler Henderson is having yet another fantastic season, leading the team in total tackles with 33. Some other standouts this season have been Marcus Gooden, Rob Myers, Josh Gordon, Evan Perrizo, Bryce Dominick, and Jordan Campbell. Of course, the entire defense’s success would not work with-

out a team acting and playing united.

The Vikings of Augustana might have a tough time getting the offense going against such a great defense, as really no team has been able to get much going against the Mavericks defense. They have allowed as a whole only one rushing touchdown all season, and 2.2 yards per rush. Aside from the running game, the passing game is not really an option that opponents have had a success with either. The team has recorded 11 interceptions this season, including four last weekend against Upper Iowa.

The Augustana Vikings are 4-1 this season, and it is by no fluke. Their offense can be very potent at times, as they have scored 34 or more points in every game this season. They have defeated Bemidji State, St. Cloud State, Southwest Minnesota State and Minot State. Their one loss came on the road in Moorhead to Minnesota State Moorhead, 35-34.

The Vikings rank 35th overall in the country in passing offense, so the Mavericks will have to be ball-hawks in this one to change the momentum. They are led by quarterback Trey Heid from Lakeville, Minnesota who will have to be contained by the defensive line as he can also scramble when need be.

If the Mavericks can set the pace on defense, it could be a lopsided game. Otherwise, look for Augustana to give MSU a tough matchup come Saturday.

Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.,

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Timberwolves: Mixing young and old Minnesota’s team has a lot of young talent to be excited about.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer There is a feeling Minnesota Timberwolves fans are having that hasn’t been felt in a while. It’s that strange, warm feeling in the belly. That feeling is hope.

Wolves’ fans have a lot of reason to be excited entering the 2015-16 season. A team that is chock-full of talent, ranging from experienced veterans to promising rookies it’s hard not to cross off days on the calendar until tip-off.

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the center of a lot of trade rumors this offseason. While none of that came to fruition, it’s something to keep an eye on as the season progresses.

If Rubio can’t stay healthy and on the court for the entire year, his time with the Wolves may be coming to an end sooner rather than later.

The shooting guard spot looks to be taken over by second year player Zach LaVine.

Interim coach Sam Mitchell indicated on SirusXM radio that he “absolutely” has intentions of starting him there.

Last year’s starter Kevin Martin is also set to return, but he was among the many that dealt with injuries throughout the season. Having the young gunner start at the two makes sense, but Mitchell noted that LaVine could still lose the privilege before the season debut.

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"If Rubio can’t stay healthy and on the court for the entire year, his time with the Wolves may be coming to an end sooner rather than later.”

Photo Courtesy of startribune.com much needed veterans to the squad. Power Forward Kevin Garnett is returning, likely for limited minutes again. In

addition to him, Minnesota picked up Tayshaun Prince and Andre Miller, adding much needed more experi-

ence.

The biggest moves in the off-season didn’t come from free agency though. This years draft is what should be mostly credited for adding the extra level of excitement.

Coming off a season where the Wolves notched the worst record in the league, Minnesota would nab the number one pick in the lottery.

With it they would take the Kentucky Wildcat’s Karl Anthony-Towns. Towns is a much needed addition to the team, and will fill a position that has been lacking for some time. Last year’s starting center Nikola Pekovic is returning, but has failed to develop into strong starter in his time in Minnesota. Towns averaged 12.8 points and 7.2 rebounds during this year’s summer league, giving just a sneak peek of what he could do. Right now, the sky is the limit for the center that still hasn’t played in a full time

role.

While it was known Towns was #1 choice prior to the draft, it was what happened later that stunned most. Minnesota and Cleveland once again met up for a trade. After the Cavs selected point guard Tyus Jones at 24 in the first round, they sent him to the Wolves shortly after. In exchange the Cavs received both the Wolves second round picks Cedi Osman and Rakeem Christmas, as well as a second round pick in 2019.

Jones, a Minnesota native hailing from Apple Valley, will be backing Rubio at the point.

It hasn’t been all sunshine in Minnesota though. Head coach Flip Saunders announced in August that he was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma. It is currently planned that Saunders will return to the helm this season, but there is no current time frame. In the meantime Sam

Mitchell has been promoted to interim head coach, while Milt Newton will take on a bigger role doing front office work.

The first game of the season comes on October 28th when the Wolves travel to California to take on the Los Angeles Lakers in their first game of the season.

For those waiting for the first game at the Target Center, the home opener will happen November 2nd against the Portland Trailblazers.

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