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Mankato Marathon closing in One of Mankato’s biggest yearly attractions approaches.

ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer After many months of preparation and training, the 5th Annual Mankato Marathon is almost upon us.

The Marathon, which will take place on Sunday, October 19, is being hosted by Visit Mankato and Final Stretch, and will be sponsored by local groups including Radio Mankato, the Mankato Free Press, Enventis and Minnesota State Mankato, University. There will be many events over the course of the weekend.

“There are many different races being run for all types of people,” said Radio Mankato Promotions Director Jeff Lang.

“On Saturday there is the Toddler Trot and Diaper Dash for children, along with the Scheel’s

and Under Armor Sport and Health Expo on MSU’s campus.

On Sunday, the big day, the Marathon and half-marathon will be run, along with the 5K, 10K, relay race.”

Since the Mankato Marathon was started five years ago, it has become one of Mankato’s biggest events during the year. Last year’s marathon drew nearly 5,000 runners from more than 30 states.

“Expect there to be a similar number this year,” Lang said.

The Expo offers an event for individuals who would like to participate in marathon weekend, but can’t or don’t want to run. The expo will have booths to visit, and merchandise that can be purchased from various local businesses.

Marathon weekend will also contain the Orthopedic & Frac-

greatermankato.com Photo of a previous Mankato Marathon, which begins on the MSU campus. Nearly 5,000 runners attended last year’s marathon.

austin360.com Dick Beardsley, a Minnesota native and keynote speaker for this year’s Mankato Marathon.

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ture Clinic Speaker Series, which allow interested runners to talk to experts, who will give successful training tips and practices. This year’s keynote speaker is Dick Beardsley, the long-distance runner and Minnesota native, who famously finished second to Alberto Salazar at the 1982 Boston Marathon, which has since been referred to as the duel in the sun.

The marathon, which is an accredited race and allows runners to qualify for the high prestigious Boston Marathon, has both Men’s and Women’s divisions.

Last year’s men’s race was won

by Eric Theis of Arlington, Minnesota with a time of 2:34:54.

The women’s race was won by Amy Halseth, of Minneapolis, with a time of 2:58:22.

Though the marathon will bring in a lot of tourism and fun memories to Mankato, it does have a small negative side: the traffic.

“A lot of the roads are going to be blocked of for the races,” Lang warned. “Be advised, make sure you look up the course

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routes ahead of time, even if you aren’t attending. Especially since the race is starting on MSU’s campus this year.”

However, no matter the traffic, weather or result it can be assured that many people involved will have a great weekend.

“Ever since it has come the Mankato, the marathon has been a fun event for us to take part in,” Lang said. “It’s a great event for us to be a part of us a company, and also a great way for us to help bring in some more fun to the community.”

Those who would like to see the race map, are interested in registering, or have any questions whatsoever about the marathon should visit www.mankatomarthon.com. The website also contains in-depth stories about the training that runners put into a marathon, and a contest to determine the marathon’s “boldest runner.”

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October marks Domestic Violence Awareness month Organizations stress to spread awareness for growing epidemic.

BROOKE EMMONS Staff Writer Domestic violence, or intimate partner violence, can happen to anyone. Any gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and income level call fall into an abusive relationship. In the United States, one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. The women who are at the greatest risk of becoming victims of domestic violence are from the ages of 20 to 24.

The survivors face high rates of depression, sleep disturbances, anxiety, flashback, and other emotional distress.

October is national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and it’s time for everyone to come together and stop domestic violence. The most disturbing fact of domestic violence is that most incidents are never reported.

To help change that and the other statistics, speak up, speak out, and make a difference for the victims of domestic violence.

Purple, the color of Domestic Violence Awareness Month can be worn during the month of October to express your sup-

port. Use this as a tool to tell others about the cause and why it is important to you. Be sure to wear purple on Thursday, October 23 for #PurpleThursday.

National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), also asks to help by changing your social media profile and cover photos to show your support for NNEDV. Do this by creating a sign, such as “I stand with NNEDV,” or simply upload their logo to your account.

NNEDV will also be participating on social media, sharing a fact a day with the hashtag #31n31, so follow them in order to share or retweet their information to others.

Also, for the first time ever, supporters of the cause can become members of NNEDV. This will allow you to share your stories and inspirations of why you support the act of ending domestic violence.

Supporters can also make a donation to NNEDV in honor of a person in their life who has been impacted by domestic violence.

In October 1987, the first ever National Domestic Awareness Month began. In that same year, due to the overwhelming support and attention the month

got. Just two years after that, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month Commemorative Legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress.

The Week of Action 2014 takes place October 20 to 24.

Monday, the goals are to talk to a friend about Domestic Violence. Tuesday, join the NNEDV’s chat on twitter to raise awareness. Wednesday, donate to NNEDV, your state/ territory coalition or local program. Thursday, wear purple for #PurpleThursday. And finish the week on Friday by calling your local congressman to ask for increase funding for domes-

tic violence.

Also, you can help by knowing the signs of domestic abuse.

Get help from local centers like the Women’s Center on campus or national call centers if you or a friend exhibits any of the following signs. If a partner, makes you or a friend feel worthless, intimidates or threatens to harm, tries to control what you do or see, pressures you into unwanted sex, controls access to money, or stalks you.

These are the top signs of domestic violence, and you could help save your own life as well as your friend’s.

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‘Rock the Vote’ inspiring young voters to take a step Figureheads of pop culture act in movement.

NICHOLAS JOHNSON Staff Writer

With state and national midterm elections now under a month away, the pop culturedriven, youth voter advocacy group Rock the Vote has thrown itself back into the political ring with a video released this week featuring rapper Lil John and celebrities such as Fred Armisen, Whoopi Goldberg, Lena Dunham, Ireland Baldwin and others.

In the video Lil John sings from behind a podium as celebrities dance in front of staged voting booths, notably Lena Dunham in what could be described as large pink granny panties, intercut with individuals and couples stating their personal reasons for wanting to vote. Stated motivators include prison conditions, deforestation and reproductive rights.

Rock the Vote got its start in 1989 with videos airing on MTV and has featured cultural icons such as Madonna, Macy Grey and Justin Timberlake.

The current video, whose hash tag titles it #TURNOUTFORWHAT seems to reflect the general national mood to midterm elections of disinterest and lower

turnout by pulling its talent from what could be described as “BList”ers versus the star power seen advocating during the 2012 election cycle. The 2012 Rock the Vote theme of #WEWILL and accompanying video also seems to posses a more positive and focused message compared to this year’s offering whose title ambiguously asks the viewer what they care about while simultaneously stating it isn’t worth the effort.

Ironically, actor Fred Armisen states, in his self-deprecating style, “I’m turning out because I want to impress my friends. That’s the only reason I do anything,” which seems to add to the video’s unfocused generality when compared to Rock the Vote’s previous endeavors.

Critics of this year’s Rock the Vote video have pointed out that the issues listed as important within the video, all of which are social issues, do not reflect those issues which are polling as being important to today’s youth vote such as the economy, immigration, health care and terrorism.

Critics have also taken issues with the GOTV effort as being juvenile and that it speaks down to the youth of today as unmo-

tivated by civic responsibility and uninterested in politics past catch phrases.

Other critics have been less intellectual in their response to the Rock the Vote video and simply asked, “What does Lena Dunham taking her clothes off again have to do with anything?”

The 2014 midterms are being seen as battle for control of the U.S. Senate with 55 seats currently held by Democrats or Senators that caucus with Democrats and 45 held by Republicans and of the 100 seats, 36 are up for election. The current perception is that the Republicans will retain control of the House of Representatives through this cycle.

The midterm elections take place November 4th across the country with early and absentee voting taking place before that on a state-by-state basis. Rock the Vote is active on college campuses and assist students in registering to vote and information regarding procedures to vote if you are out of state or unable to vote at your polling place on November 4th. MSU students can contact the Campus Hub for further information about voting.

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Is it evil to judge a book by its cover?

shockingdaily.com One of the many depictions used to prove that we make judgments based upon looks. Shown above is Jefferson Moore.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer While checking my Facebook newsfeed, I recently happened to look through an article, shared by a friend of mine, titled “Judging America: Photographer Challenges Our Prejudice By Al-

ternating Between Judgment and Reality.” It had several pictures of people and compared each two picture of the same person with different characteristic.

When I first saw the pictures, I was quite shocked, as I assume other people were too, because each two pictures were of the same person, and they were so different from one another it was hard to recognize them as the same person. For example, in the

first picture, which is attached to this writing, one looks like a gangster in the street, and the other is a Harvard graduate elite.

Joel Parés, a U.S. Marineturned-photographer, intended to warn the danger of prejudice and criticize how people’s background such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status and sexual orientation, or appearance can affect others’ perception and judgment.

The impact of the pictures was enormous. Almost all people who left their comments on the pictures were shocked about how they can be so biased based on other people’s appearance.

The comments were full of selfreflection and of their personal experiences of when they had biased perception on others.

Prejudice is very dangerous.

Nobody would deny that. Judging a book only by its cover can cause narrow-minded perspectives and even dissonance in society.

However, I don’t entirely agree with the message the photographer tries to convey. In other words, I believe that appearance is also an important aspect used to form people’s perception and viewpoint, and it is not wrong.

For instance, if you look at the attached picture of Jefferson Moore, you would notice that the left picture is what the photographer intended to look bad. The man in the left picture is holding guns with an anti-societal smile on his face, and his body is covered in tattoos. He is triggering a negative reaction for viewers and making them think he comes from a lower level social class.

However, can anybody judge people who judged the man based on his appearance? I don’t think that people should be judged because it is a part of the process of human’s natural perception. We perceive people as

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“What’s the first thing you notice about a person when you see them?”

CHEENOU HANG, SOCIAL WORK “Whether they’re nice,”

PACHING YANG, EXERCISE SCIENCE “Their smile!”

MICHAEL SPIELVOGEL, ATHLETIC TRAINING “How they carry themselves as a person and their eyes.”

COURTNEY IGBO, MASS MEDIA “Their smile!”

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First U.S. Ebola patient dies BROOKE EMMONS Staff Writer The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola, Thomas Eric Duncan, died on Wednesday October 8, at 7:51 a.m. at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where he was diagnosed.

Mayor Mike Rawlings of the City of Dallas, where the death took place, released a statement, saying, “We are deeply saddened to learn that Mr. Thomas Duncan has passed away. We appreciate the dedicated service of the emergency and medical personnel who worked diligently to care for him. On behalf of the city of Dallas, I extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Mr. Duncan. I remain confident in the abilities of our health care professionals and the medical advances here in the U.S. and reassure you we will stop the Ebola virus in its tracks from spreading into our community.”

Duncan was diagnosed September 30, after having returned from Liberia, where it is believed he contracted the disease. While in Liberia, Duncan had direct contact with a

woman stricken with the disease days before he left for the United States.

After being wrongly diagnosed with a low-grade viral fever, Duncan returned to daily activities until his illness worsened and he returned to the hospital. Then he was diagnosed and quarantined and later treated with the experimental antiviral drug, brincidofovir.

New information shows that Duncan stated during his travels to Liberia he had no contact with Ebola patients, but neighbors say otherwise. According to the witnesses, Duncan helped transport a 19-year-old pregnant woman to the hospital where she was denied admittance.

The woman died three days before Duncan left, and due to never being officially diagnosed, was buried quickly and normally. But, relatives claim the conformation of the disease comes in the aftermath. Many of the people who had contact with the woman have fallen ill and some have died. Along with Duncan, the woman who washed the sheets where the 19-year-old woman slept also got sick and has already died.

All people who had contact with Duncan are currently being monitored and quarantined.

Of the 50 people, only 10 are considered high risk. Still, all 50 are visited twice a day to receive checkups to look for symptoms, the biggest sign being high temperature. None have showed any symptoms thus far, Dr. Tom Frieden of the CDC announced on twitter Tuesday. They will continue to monitor daily.

Mayor Rawlings assured, “I want to reinforce to the public, that this was an isolated incident of the Ebola virus; contracted by the individual while residing in another country. This is sad news for all involved. We will continue to work in partnership with Dallas County to do everything possible to protect our public health and all of the City of Dallas.”

Investigations are also being conducted on the state’s competency to the situation, after it took nearly a week to clean Duncan’s vomit covered apartment.

At least 8,033 people have contracted the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. Of those, 3,866 people have died. A sec-

nydailynews.com Thomas Eric Duncan, who caught the disease from a 19-year-old being treated in Liberia.

ond outbreak, unrelated to the West African, began September 22 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In this area there have already been 68 cases with 41 confirmed deaths.

Studies by the CDC have

predicted at least 550,000 cases with possibilities of numbers reaching 1.4 million.

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California bill may affect all NICHOLAS JOHNSON Staff Writer Marvin Gay sang sweetly, “Let’s get it on” on his like-titled 1973 album, but if policy wind is blowing out of the west, he may need to start singing, “Let’s get it on?”

“As California goes, so goes the nation” is a phase borrowed from Maine in regards to political winds and adopted to refer to manufacturing standards, with California having a large population base and some of most stringent regulatory laws in the nation, manufacturers understand that products built to California requirements will meet most if not all requirements of other states, but with California’s new Affirmative Consent Law (SB-697) also referred to as the “yes means yes” law and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordering New York campuses to follow suit, it may also come to refer to laws regarding sexual activity on college campuses.

Although the statute, signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown, does not further criminalise sexual assault, it does require any state college that receives state funding to adopt the law’s definition of consent in their policies or risk losing that funding.

The bill states that, “Affirmative consent means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity,” and proponents of the law have heralded it as positive step in preventing sexual assaults.

The bill also moves the burden of proof from the accuser to the accused with the accused needing to demonstrate “reasonable steps were taken to ascertain whether the compliant affirmatively consented,” which law supporters advocated for as creating an environment more conducive towards sexual assault victims being willing to come forward.

Opponents of the bill have stated that law is putting the government into the bedroom and that it works to criminalise any sexual act between partners that isn’t verbally or contractually agreed upon. Similar, non-legal adoptions of such policies have seen parody on Saturday Night Live in a sketch game show called “Is it sexual assault?” and has been rich material for comedians and bloggers alike, with running quips revolving around the need to constantly ask. One anonymous blogger responding to an article from Brietbart News posted on their website in regards to California’s new law wrote, “Oh Baby. Yes? Yes? Yes? Yes?”

Others have also pointed out, in criticism of the law, that those willing to sexually assault another person are also those willing to lie about it, so requiring continuous verbal consent only makes something generally perceived as awkward and sometimes confusing, as even more so and doing nothing to stop the criminal sexual predators.

MSU’s own policies reflect that of a majority of campuses in regards to the consent of individuals when engaging in sexual activities, often touted as “No means No,” but as the President of the United States and his administration continue to push increased action on campus sexual assault, such as with the recent “It’s On Us” nationwide public service campaign, we may see changes to those polices, both here at MSU and across the nation.

For the MSU student who chooses to engage in sexual activity it will mean a greater awareness -- not only for males, who are generally the greatest perpetrators of sexual assault, but women as well -- because if you don’t ask, “May I stimulate your genital area orally?”, you may be breaking a law.

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how they are portrayed to us.

Just because people think he looks like a dangerous gangster with guns, it doesn’t mean they did something morally wrong.

In another picture, a woman who holds a weapon with Islamic traditional clothes, but is actually a nurse in New York City. In reality, if I see an Islamic woman holding weapons in the street, I would perceive her as a dangerous terrorist regardless of her socioeconomic status.

In this respect, I believe people who express themselves by means of appearance cannot argue that they are the only victims of stereotype, because they are the ones who make the stereotype.

As I mentioned, I am not arguing that judging people only by their appearance is right.

However, I believe the people with an anti-societal appearance also have a responsibility, because they affect others and

cause people to mis-perceive them.

In fact, without any interaction with others, people have only one way to think who the others are: appearance. This is human instinct, which is inherited from the ancient times. Ancestors had to quickly conclude who would be their friends or enemies, and the only way they could select is judging others by their looks. That is key to how we humans survived.

Judgment happens subconsciously at nearly first moment when people see others. Even though my first impression on others might be wrong, I cannot stop perceiving them based on their appearance before I have a chance to get to know them.

In conclusion, I believe that appearance is a significant factor for perception or judgment, and it is not entirely wrong to make the perception based on it.

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“Stripped down and mellow” Communist Daughter hosts intimate show with great atmosphere.

CHELSEY DIVELY Staff Writer An excellent indie-rock performance was overshadowed by the opening night of Beauty and the Beast, but this musical experience was a true gem and you missed out. The band Communist Daughter is best described as “stripped down and mellow”

as the artists channel their insecurities and doubt into a cultivated haunting harmony with a dash of 1960s protest music. One of their songs is about a bridge in San Diego that people repeatedly keep jumping off of and the feelings regarding suicide. The only real issue with the performance is that the sound levels were off—feedback was an is-

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sue for the bass player and it was not necessary to mic the drum in such a confined place because mellow indie music doesn’t need a microphone on a drum unless it’s for recording purposes.

While other bands often dress similarly to give the group a “look,” Communist Daughter consists of six people with very different styles: the drummer

was barefoot with a baseball cap on, Adam (guitar player) looked like the epitome of a hipster, the bass player had a Beatles haircut and dressed in all black, the female lead wore jeggings, the keyboardist wore an odd sweater like you’d see on an episode of “I Love Lucy,” and the male lead is best described by his incredible beard. While the individual

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members have very different styles their music has a definite sound and their value of one another is clear.

Lead singer John Solomon, who met guitarist Adam Switlick while they were in college, formed the band. When asked how they met, John jokingly re-

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The ultimate anti-date movie Shocking twists and riddles make Gone Girl a must-see.

JAMES HOUTSMA Editor in Chief Appearances can be deceiving.

At face value, Gone Girl, the film adaptation of the 2012 novel

by Gillian Flynn, presents itself as a mystery thriller, not terribly unlike any other. But as events

unfurl in this tale of the aftermath from a wife disappearing, everything you think you know gets thrown up in the air and the film becomes something else entirely.

Something sinister; something you won't see coming; something that will knock you flat on your butt, time and time again, then consistently draw

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you back in before pulling the rug out again.

Any project of director David Fincher has some guaranteed level of quality but Gone Girl isn't just quality -- it's superiority.

On the day of their five-year anniversary, struggling bar owner Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) comes home to find his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has vanished, leaving behind only a series of anniversary riddles and a broken coffee table.

What starts off as a community search for the missing Amy eventually starts to cast doubt on Nick's side of the story. Is this really a kidnapping or is murder the more likely rationale?

[As a general disclaimer, so much of the surprise of Gone Girl comes from the, well, surprises. It doesn't take long at all before a slew of amazing twists

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It's not hard to see Gone Girl as a very unique type of flower.

On the outside, Fincher has con-

structed a very technically detailed, perfectly designed blossom. Shots are composed to the brink of perfection -- very much in line with Fincher's compulsive eye for detail -- while the shifting perspectives in the plot paint

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Delve into Tarkir New cards, renewed mechanics in latest Magic: The Gathering release.

TEREASA HATTEN Staff Writer Magic: the Gathering, also simply called Magic, is a competitive card game that has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1993. Every year since 2009 they have released brand new expansions and blocks that carry rich storylines and lore, the newest of which is Khans of Tarkir (KTK). Although there were pre-release events during the weekend of the 20th, KTK was officially released September 26 with a total of 269 new cards.

This set begins the new block –sets that are interrelated, share a universe, and mix well together in deck construction. For standard games, players construct a deck of 60+ cards from the much larger collection that is the archives of Magic. Each player can customize their playing method based on the style of cards they have chosen; some methods rely on attack power while other may base their deck on enchantments or other control methods.

Commander, Standard, Modern, and Legacy are the four most common styles of deck building and competition. Standard 60-card decks, based on the current and recent blocks, are the most common and are used in almost all sanctioned tournaments. Commander decks consist of 100 cards, built off a

single “commander” card that dictates the deck color or colors.

Modern decks are often the most competitive, as the pool of cards is much larger – players may use any cards released since 8th edition. Another far-reaching format is Legacy which may use any and all legal cards and sets.

With each new block, new

prevalence of multicolor cards in the set, this has restricted use of mono (single color) or dual (two colors) decks.

Besides pre-release events, a set release also involves a game day event, occurring roughly a month after the release date.

While the pre-release allows players to get an idea of how the

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plied that they both “majored in feelings with a peace studies minor.” It wasn’t until Molly joined that people actually began to care and commit to the band—as his wife, she was an important aspect in John’s reform.

John underwent treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, he didn’t realize how bad his addiction was until after he wrote a song apologizing to Molly and realized that not even music could make it better. This is when he decided to undergo treatment at rehab. While in rehab, two of their songs were aired on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy and he had to get special permission in order to

watch it in the facility. Now John is an advocate for seeking treatment and encourages people to not fall into the pattern of alcoholism.

Overall, the performance was relaxing with introspective music. The band members were quirky and happy to answer audience questions and bring about a laugh on stage, even when the light board operator accidentally went to a blackout in the middle of a song.

This local band is out of St. Paul, if you get the chance definitely check them out or watch episode “P.Y.T” on Grey’s Anatomy.

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card abilities are introduced.

With the release of KTK we have seen the return of two game mechanics: delve and morph. Delve allows players to lower the cost of a card by exiling cards from their own graveyard (discard pile). Morph seems complicated at first look, but is quite useful if a player is low on mana (land) and adds an element of surprise in competitive play.

Following KTK’s release, we have seen an increased use of tri-color decks because of the

new set works on its own, the game day event allows players to see how the new set will mix with the cards that have already been introduced.

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GONE GIRL

“Gone Girl is nothing if not an intellectual

farmers market of ideas on psychological motivations, media coverage in personal crisis’ and what’s really at the heart of a marriage. It’s hard-hitting stuff that’s presented in a masterful way.”

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an idyllic picture, lulling you into a false sense of security.

Then the pedals start getting peeled back and the thorns spear through. Flynn's story (which she adapted into screenplay format for the film) continues to top itself in depravity after a point, while the author's acerbic wit shines through in a number of terrific monologues and interactions, throughout which there is a whip-smart sense of humor despite every subsequent moment of the movie pushing into sicker territory.

Ever since the book was first released, there has been the question of whether Flynn's story is feminist or misogynist.

Sorry to say, but it doesn't seem likely that the movie will put that debate to rest (I'm inclined to think it's a bit of both, for reasons better left unspoiled.) But trust me, this isn't the only thing the movie will have you thinking about. Gone Girl is nothing if not an intellectual farmers market of ideas on psychological motivations, media coverage in personal crisis' and what's really at the heart of a marriage.

It's hard-hitting stuff that's presented in a masterful way.

It's no coincidence that Gone Girl is out right at the beginning of awards season because the film has the potential for some serious gold. Fincher cements

himself at the top of the directorial achievement roster for the year with this moody Rubik's cube, even though the only problem the film has comes from his not being able to power through to the end, similar to his remake

the movie just as much as Flynn's writing.

Gone Girl is the anti-date movie. It takes the concepts of love and marriage and blows them all to hell. Fincher and Flynn's work is intelligent and

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of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Similarly, Flynn's brilliant writing sucks you in from moment one and deserves any and all acclaim that comes its way.

Affleck does well in his role as the embattled husband (all worries about Battfleck are pretty much gone), and The Leftovers' Carrie Coon steals scenes as Nick's sardonic sister Margo, but this is Rosamund Pike's show. Embodying the visage of classic film noir actresses, Pike is stunning in her role and makes

finely crafted and the cast performances are impeccable. Like a great piece of art, it enters your psyche with its profound observations and refuses to leave. On that level alone, there may not be a better film this year.

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It’s Maverick hockey season!

They are back! The no. 13 men’s hockey team opens up their regular season playing the other Mavericks this weekend.

DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer On Sunday night the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hockey team took to the

Mike Hastings

ice for their first matchup of the year in an exhibition game against Trinity Western University (B.C.). The Mavericks cruised by the Spartans in a 12-1

romp where they outshot Trinity 53-5.

Though an entertaining game for Maverick fans to see all that scoring, these are mere tune up games to get the team back into a game mentality. This weekend the Mavs face their first true test of the season.

On the road for a two game non-conference series, Minnesota State faces off against the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks this weekend. UNO, a former member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, now plays in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

While these two teams used to be conference foes, they haven’t played since the first round of the WCHA playoffs in 2013 when MSU defeated UNO in a three

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Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter After scoring just two goals last season, sophomore forward Michael Hentebrinker (17) scored two goals in less than two minutes to start Sunday’s exhibition game.

Fesenko plays for two families While playing basketball for his Twolves family in the U.S., Fesenko’s family in the Ukraine is struggling.

DENZELL CASTRO-OATS Staff Writer The Wolves have already started preseason game action and are looking like a new, rejuvenated team with young, athletic legs. With a diverse roster, this team reaches corners of the world from Montenegro to Senegal, and to Ukraine. It shows a mix of the world’s talent.

And with this mix of cultures comes an interesting story from T-Wolves’ center Kyrylo Fesenko. Fesenko, a native of Ukraine, has signed with the Wolves after a few stints in the D-league despite the war that is happening in his home country.

“It is unsettling to see the kind of stuff that is happening just hours away from my home state,” Fesenko said in an interview. “I worry about my family that is surrounded by the war that

is happening over this political unrest.”

Following the Ukranian Rev-

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olution in February 2014, Russia sent troops to nearby Ukraine on an invasion mission for problems stemming from political drama involving current Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Reaching deep into Ukraine, war has broken out between the

Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter Center Kyrylo Fesenko’s last NBA action was with the Indiana Pacers where he played three games in the 2011-2012 season.

two sides and a declared battlefield is just only 5 hours away from Fesenko’s hometown city of Dnipropetrovsk.

And currently while here in Minnesota playing basketball, Fesenko leaves behind all of his family and friends in Ukraine.

“I am worried about my mom my wife and my friends and family,” Fesenko said. “They are all back home, and it is tough to watch things unfold there from my perspective here in the U.S. Two of my friends have already enlisted so all I can do is pray for the safety of them and my family.”

Fesenko also recently married this past summer in Ukraine before leaving for the U.S. “I do miss my wife a lot. I skype her every day. Her along with my mom. It’s the least I can do,” Fesenko said.

But the good thing is that it’s finally “quiet” near their home according to Fesenko’s mother.

Fesenko says, “The bombs have stopped going off so often

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MAVERICKS HOCKEY “I feel like I’ve improved every year,” Lafontaine said. “Coach Hastings expects a lot each and every year and that expectation keeps getting higher and higher.” continued from 10 game series at home to advance to their first WCHA Final Five appearance since 2003.

While UNO went 17-18-2 last season and have missed the NCAA tournament the past three seasons, they cannot be overlooked. Last season, MSU had

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Bryce Gervais The junior forward scored two goals and had two assists in the Mavericks’ win on Sunday.

a rough start, going 4-6 in their first ten games and had to go on a 12-0-1 run to win the WCHA Final Five and make it into the NCAA tournament for the second-consecutive season. Wins in these non-conference series’s help in the NCAA Pairwise rankings, making it so a team doesn’t have to win their conference to make the NCAA tournament.

The UNO Mavericks may appear on paper to be the inferior team this weekend, but they have plenty of firepower up front to give MSU a good run. Leading scorer Dominic Zombo returns after burying 17 goals last season along with sophomore Jake Guentzel who posted 34 points, including 27 assists. A big help could be former Duluth East standout Jake Randolph.

Randolph led the United States Hockey League in scoring last year on his way to garnering league MVP honors. He’s a potential NCHC Rookie of the Year winner this season.

MSU has plenty of big guns up front too, though. Seniors Matt Leitner and J.P. Lafontaine return as a dynamic duo who led the third best power play unit in the country a season ago. Lafontaine led the nation in power play goals for much of the season until finishing second by season’s end.

“I feel like I’ve improved every year,” Lafontaine said.

“Coach Hastings expects a lot each and every year and that expectation keeps getting higher and higher.”

The offensive geniuses the Mavericks have should help this weekend, but their biggest asset may be in goal.

Sophomore Cole Huggins is

expected to start the season as

Brett Stern Captain Stern scored two goals and had one assist on Sunday.

the no. 1 goaltender after winning WCHA Goaltender of the Year last season and being a Second-Team All-WCHA goaltender. Behind him is junior Stephon Williams, who won Goaltender of the Year the previous season.

Two wins this weekend would get MSU off to a good start before they play in-state rivals Minnesota-Duluth next weekend in a home and home series.

The puck drops at 7:37 p.m.

Friday night at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha with a 7:07 p.m. start on Saturday evening.

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y y and there are less jets flying overhead she said to me a few days ago.” n That’s the little bit of security Fesenko can hold , on to. s “I think war is most outdated solution to any problem in today’s world. It’s stupid and ridicum l o m . y r -

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lous, and we see that it solves nothing time after time.” Fesenko said. “But playing here in Minnesota while all of that is going on, I have more motivation than usual to play not only for me, but to bring my family here.”

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