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Deal reached to end shutdown While not seen as a victory for Republicans, the deal ends the shutdown while ensuring the nation’s bills will be paid on time.

RYAN BERNDT Staff Writer Democrats and Republicans have finally come together and reached an agreement to open up the government and continue with their duties.

While weeks of uncertainty have passed, members are hopeful that votes in the House and Senate will assure the federal government gets back on track just in time for debt ceiling talks.

The deal is seen as a defeat for the Republican party. In fact, the only thing Republicans will get out of this will be better income verifications for people getting insurance under the new health care law. President Obama’s Affordable Care Act

will remain unaffected despite efforts from Republicans and members of the Tea Party.

The spark of bipartisanship in both the Senate and the House didn’t stop there.

Members have agreed to raise the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling until February 7th to allow more talks. However, this all depends on if the deal is passed by the Senate, House, and the President. 200 votes from Democrats and 20 votes from Republicans in the Senate would be needed.

Although this is great news for both federal government workers who have been away from their jobs for days and anyone wishing to head to a national park or monument, the

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Internship Program granted $700,000 from local company Project FPX helps students by offering paid internships, a rare commodity.

LISA STEVENS Staff Writer Project FPX, an internship program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, for students in the Computer Information Science Department, recently received a commitment of more than $700,000 from FPX, LLC. FPX, LLC is a Mankatobased software company that creates computer programs for companies to increase their sales. FPX, LLC offers pricing, quoting and proposal generation solutions.

Student interns for Project FPX are paid $12 an hour to perform software development tasks.

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sor of Management Information Systems and Director of Project FPX, said the program is mutually beneficial for FPX, LLC and its student interns.

The program began in August 2010 when Wells met with representatives for FPX, LLC and explained the benefits of having students work for the company. Students are a lowcost, local resource, Wells said.

Students majoring in Computer Information Science are required to complete an internship related to the field.

Student interns for Project FPX work about 20 hours per week during school and 40 hours per week during breaks. The longer duration of Project FPX internships compared with most other

internship opportunities allows students to learn more, Wells said.

“This is a great opportunity to expose students to working in the Mankato area,” Wells said.

Many graduates want to stay local and continue working for FPX, LLC, and the company has hired full-time graduates over the years, Wells said.

He said most graduates who worked for Project FPX now make about $50-60,000 a year with their undergraduate degree.

“Every person who has graduated and worked for Project FPX has gotten a full-time job in the field,” Wells said.

Wells said there are currently four student interns for Project

FPX, but there are usually four to nine.

Alex Sorenson, a Junior at MSU majoring in Information Systems, has been an intern for Project FPX for about eight months. He said the program has allowed him to gain skills like critical thinking and problem solving, which have helped him succeed in his classes.

“We know how to work with each other very well,” Sorenson said, referring to the other student interns. “It’s a lot of fun and a lot of real-world experience.”

Sorenson said he has been working on a fair amount of different tasks, like working with Selenium, a browser automation system, and doing quality assur-

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ance tasks to ensure processes are running smoothly.

Project FPX has an office located in Wissink Hall. Sorenson said a benefit of working for the program is the convenience of being able to walk to the office between classes.

He he has also worked in the FPX, LLC office in downtown Mankato during Winter Break last year, when he started his internship.

FPX, LLC has been in Mankato since 1983 and was formerly name Firepond Inc. For the company’s 30th anniversary, it is paying for the student interns of Project FPX to attend a celebration and private concert in Minneapolis where the band Train will be performing.

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DEAL “The spark of bipartisanship is commendable, but long overdue.

As time progresses and more bills are passed, the default date will still limger and more talks will be needed before the government figures it out.” continued from 1

Republican party is expected to suffer.

“It’s very, very serious,” Senator John McCain said Tuesday, “Republicans have to understand we have lost this battle, as I predicted weeks ago, that we would not be able to win because we were demanding something that was not achievable.”

The Republican Party has been split between the more moderate leaning conservatives and members of the more conservative element of the Republican Party, the Tea Party.

Ted Yoho, Republican member of the House, couldn’t support the deal.

“I think there’s always hope there can be a final package I can vote on, but this is not the one.” Yoho, along with other members of the Tea Party and those associated with Heritage Action, a conservative

group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, are expected to vote against the agreement.

Financially, just the news of an agreement have yielded positive results in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which were both up 1 percent on Wednesday.

China, an outspoken critic of U.S. policies, has stated frequently that the lack of effort

by U.S. politicians is shameful.

If the nation were to default, worldwide consequences were to be expected.

This spark of bipartisanship is commendable, but long overdue. As time progresses and more bills are passed, the default date will still linger and more talks will be needed before the federal government has things figured out.

Until then, the nation can rest easy knowing the government is back in business.

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Concerts, bike lanes discussed at MSSA meeting PRATAKSHYA BHANDARI Staff Writer The 81st MSSA Senate’s weekly meeting began on Wednesday with a lot of empty seats. Even though two Senators, Jackson Zemke for the college of Arts and Sciences and Rebecca Wegscheid for Crawford, were inaugurated during the meeting, it is still a matter of time before the 81st Senate is complete and running in its entirety.

Director of Residential Life Cindy Janney presented to MSSA as part of the student consultation process about a possible increase in the Room and Board rates for the academic year 2014-2015.

Student consultation is a process where the university consults the student board before making a decision that

directly affects MSU students.

The Residence Hall Association (RHA) hopes to get these new rates before the beginning of the 2014 school year to provide incoming freshmen with plenty of time to make informed decisions.

Room and Board rates are exempt from the tuition freeze policy as they aren’t mandatory services.

Homecoming Chair Leanne Walterson presented about homecoming 2013 and possible changes for homecoming 2014 in terms of policies, budgeting and event organization.

There was a lot of concern in the Senate over the low attendance during the parade and weekend activities, which was attributed to the rainy weather as well as the decreasing enthusiasm for homecoming events over the past few years.

Mark Constantine, the newly appointed Director of Centennial Student Union and Student Activities, briefly spoke about his enthusiasm on becoming a part of the MSU family after serving many different institutions.

He hopes to use available resources in collaboration with the MSSA to provide an enriching and fulfilling experience for all MSU students.

The Senate also seemed enthusiastic about a possible concert that IMPACT is hoping to organize sometime in spring 2014. Currently, IMPACT has put up a survey on its website to find out if students are interested in having a grand concert on campus.

Among other goals, the Senate also discussed on a possibility of building a bike lane around campus as well as making black and white printing free on campus.

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Special prosecutor sought in Missouri sexual assault case MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri prosecutor said Wednesday that he’s asking for a special prosecutor to look at the case of a 14-yearold girl who says she was plied with alcohol and raped by a 17-year-old acquaintance.

The announcement from Nodaway County prosecutor Robert Rice came amid increased scrutiny in recent days over how he handled the case.

Melinda Coleman, the mother of 14-year-old Daisy Coleman, claims justice was denied when Rice dropped felony charges against the 17-year-old boy in March 2012, two months after Coleman found her daughter passed out on the family’s front porch in below-freezing temperatures. The mother also has said the family had to move from the small town of Maryville because of harassment over the allegations.

The county sheriff and Rice have insisted their investigation collapsed after the Colemans became uncooperative with investigators and refused to answer questions. Coleman says she and her daughter did cooperate and that investigators didn’t do enough to push the case forward.

Rice stood behind his earlier statements at a news conference Wednesday but said he was asking a court to appoint a special prosecutor because of publicity surrounding the case and recent media stories questioning the integrity of the justice system in the county. Rice said the special prosecutor will investigate and decide whether charges will be refiled.

The incident happened in January 2012, after Daisy and a 13-year-old friend left the Colemans’ house in the middle of the night to meet some boys.

Daisy’s 13-year-old friend also said she was forced to have sex with a 15-year-old, while another 17-year-old allegedly recorded the incident on a cellphone. The 15-year-old was charged in the juvenile system.

Charges against the 17-year-old who allegedly videotaped the incident were also dropped in March 2012.

Daisy said the boys gave her alcohol and she doesn’t remember much of what happened next. The boys said the sex was consensual.

Rice has said there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue the charges because the accusers had stopped cooperating and asserted their Fifth Amendment

right against self-incrimination.

Rice said Wednesday that he had been concerned about the Colemans’ decision and so he had asked that they assert their Fifth Amendment right under oath in a deposition. He said he couldn’t release the deposition because it’s a closed record.

Asked to speculate on the accusers’ reasoning, Rice said, “I can’t go into their minds. I don’t know. I can tell you this: We were very careful, very deliberate to make sure that they recorded that there was no misunderstanding, that they understood that at that time when they invoked their Fifth Amendment right that by doing so was going to force the dismissal of the case, that they understood that.”

Melinda Coleman did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment after Rice’s announcement. But in an interview with The Associated Press earlier in the day, Coleman insisted she would help investigators in any way she could, even if the case never made it to trial.

“I think just having it looked at fairly and having other people know how much we were bullied goes a long way. Even if that’s all that ever comes out of it,” she said. “That may be enough to move on and have some peace and some security.”

The Associated Press does not generally name victims of sexual assault but is naming Daisy Coleman because she and her mother have been granting public interviews about the case. The AP is not naming the boys because there are no longer active charges against them.

Robert Sundell, who represented the teen accused of assaulting Daisy, was out of the office Wednesday and didn’t immediately return phone message left before and after the news conference.

In a statement Tuesday, Sundell said his former client cooperated with the investigation and freely admitted to the sexual encounter. He said that while many may find his former client’s behavior “reprehensible,” the legal issue was whether a crime was committed.

The case has drawn international attention to Maryville and city officials said they’ve had to increase police patrols because of threats made against residents and the city in general.

However, Coleman said harassment her family faced in the town was from just a few

residents, mainly friends and family members of the accused boys. She said that otherwise, she liked the town.

The mother of the boy accused of assaulting Daisy pleaded with people to stop making threats against people who are from Maryville, telling reporters that some people no longer feel safe going to work or school.

The case has drawn comparisons to one in Steubenville, Ohio, where two 17-year-old

high school football players were convicted of raping a West Virginia girl after an alcohol-fueled party in 2012. The case was furiously debated online and led to allegations of a cover-up to protect the city’s celebrated football team.

Before Rice’s announcement Wednesday, pressure had been building on Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster to intervene. Koster’s office has said it had no authority under state law to reopen the investigation on

its own.

Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones, a Republican who had called on the Democratic attorney general to step in, said the decision to seek a special prosecutor is good progress.

“However we get to the point of examining this matter more closely is really irrelevant to me,” said Jones. “The point is there seemed to be too many questions out there about this case for it to just be suddenly closed.”

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Examining the Tea Party and other elements Beyond the exterior of a grassroots movement, the Tea Party is a well-oiled corporate machine.

SAM WILMES News Editor The Tea Party movement, established in 2009, has been called many things by its supporters and members- grassroots, anti-establishment, constitutionalists and patriots, amongst many other descriptions.

Unfortunately, the Tea Party is really none of the above.

Instead, the Tea Party consists of a two-branched system-the middle class who provide the ground game and fanaticism needed for an organization, and the head financial providers of the organization, the ones who don’t want to be seen or heard in the movement.

Like puppets on a string, the members and supporters of the Tea party can’t - or rather won’t - see who is pulling themCharles and David Koch, among the richest people in the country. The Kochs oversee a $100 billion annual oil empire based in Wichita, Kansas. They are estimated to oversee one of the largest polluting oil companies in the country.

They have never shied away from politics- taking a hardright stand, even supporting a libertarian candidate in 1980 to the right of Ronald Reagan.

Like the puppetmasters they are, the Koch brothers are excellent at portraying a message that benefits all Americans- the rich, the poor and the “middle class.”

Like all propagandists, the players behind the Tea Party are adept at instilling anger and fear among the people they want to control.

The Tea Party lists 15 nonnegotiable core beliefs- amongst them, “english as our core language is required, traditional family values are required and gun ownership is sacred.”

What better way of appealing to scared people? Unfortunately, this tactic has been used again and again in the past year.

Corporate interests similar to the ones funding the Tea Party have sank their claws into issues like gun ownership, and have been extremely successful in the process.

In the wake of the Newtown shootings, gun shops routinely sold out of guns and ammunition in anticipation for the “Gun Grab” that was going to happen.

Out of all the fear, anger and

anticipation the only group that benefitted out of the situation were the gun makers, and the NRA. The Koch brothers and other wealthy benefactors to conservative organizations like the Tea Party unfortunately know this. People who waive flags, shout “socialism!” and decry the amount of spending going on in Washington unfortunately neither know the facts or the puppetmaster controlling what they know.

In 2000-2008, before President Obama was elected, and before the Tea Party was created, former President George Bush was growing government spending between 7.3-8.1 percent a term.

Since President Obama has taken office, spending has slowed to 1.4 percent.

This doesn’t matter to the Tea Party type, because they are not dealing with facts in this situation- they are dealing with both raw emotions and simple thinking due to the molding of people who are quite simply tired of paying taxes.

The Koch brothers don’t need Social Security. They don’t need Medicare or Medicaid and they certainly don’t need food stamps. Why would they want to pay taxes toward something they neither like or need?

So, instead of going along with the current system, the Koch’s and others of their group instill hatred amongst the middle class and the poor- they use their money to buy media sources to tell people what to think.

While many on the right tell you that welfare recipients are buying extremely expensive gifts, Iphones and other toys, the average family on welfare only receives $287 a month from the government.

While we show anger towards the poor and the destitute, the leaches as some may call them, we don’t look at the growing disparity between the rich and the poor in the last 30 years- executives have seen their pay grow at 127 times the level of the average worker.

But, due to the ever-growing influence of the Koch Brothers, Fox News, and other conservative media influences, any mention of narrowing the ever-growing gap even slightly is shouted down as socialism- as “redistribution.”

For those who decry President Obama’s “socialism,” I recommend you look up the actual definition. For those who decry the out-of-control spending and the bums leeching off the system, I recommend you take a look at where you are receiving this information, and the facts.

If you do, you may realize

that the information you are receiving is not being sent from a source with your goals in mind.

If you only saw the larger puzzle behind the individual piece, you would see that the answer is not as simple as they would like you to think.

So, with this in mind, I recommend you to take a look at the Koch Brothers, Fox

News, and all of the different media outlets that some of you undoubtedly watch.

Trace the money- trace where the Tea Party and other media outlets and organizations get their money. When you find the source and the goals of the source, you will have a greater view of what is going on.

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Washington state approves rules for pot industry SEATTLE (AP) — Washington adopted rules Wednesday for the recreational sale of marijuana, creating what advocates hope will be a template for the drug’s legalization around the world.

Mexico, Uruguay, Poland and other countries and states already are reviewing the new regulations, which cover everything from the security at and size of licensed marijuana gardens, to how many pot stores can open in cities across the state, said Alison Holcomb, the Seattle lawyer who drafted Washington’s marijuana initiative.

Washington will tax pot highly and cap total production in the state at 80 metric tons.

“We feel very proud of what we’re doing,” said Sharon Foster, chairwoman of the Washington Liquor Control Board, as she and her two colleagues approved the rules. “We are making history.”

Washington and Colorado last year legalized the possession of up to an ounce of pot by adults over 21, with voters deciding to set up systems of statelicensed growers, processors and sellers. The measures put state officials in the difficult position of crafting rules for a fledgling industry barred by federal law for more than seven decades.

The board devised Washington’s regulations after nearly a year of research, debate and planning, including public hearings that drew hundreds of people around the state.

Sales are expected to begin by the middle of next year, with supporters hoping taxed pot will bring the state tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, with much of the revenue directed to public health and drug-abuse prevention.

Colorado approved its pot industry rules last month, and sales are expected to start in some cities there at the beginning of 2014.

The two states’ laws are largely similar, although Colorado voters are considering whether to tax marijuana at a much lower rate, with no limit on total production.

Colorado also will allow stores to sell both recreational and medical marijuana. Both states will require such measures as seed-to-store tracking, background checks for license applicants, and child-resistant packaging.

Washington liquor board members said they tried to strike a balance between making marijuana accessible enough that legal pot would undermine the black market, but not so acces-

sible that it would threaten public health or safety. The board hopes the sale of legal marijuana will capture about one-quarter of the total pot market in the state, for starters.

Under the rules, the board will issue licenses for up to 334 marijuana stores across the state, with 21 of them in Seattle — a figure some have questioned as too low, considering the city estimates about 200 medical marijuana dispensaries already are operating there. The City Council has passed zoning regulations for pot businesses that would require medical marijuana dispensaries to obtain a state license or stop doing business by 2015.

The rules limit the number of licenses that anyone can hold to three — an attempt by the board to stamp out any dreams of marijuana monopolies before they start. They also prohibit out-of-state investment in pot businesses and require qualitycontrol testing of marijuana by third-party labs. Packages must carry warnings about the potential dangers of pot use.

Hilary Bricken, a Seattle lawyer who is advising businesses that hope to obtain marijuana licenses, said her clients largely are content with the regulations, though some are disappointed by the three-license max and the ban on out-of-state money.

“It’s a huge undertaking, and the board has been extremely fair,” she said.

Washington’s rules take effect in one month, and the state plans to begin accepting license applications Nov. 18.

Under Colorado’s rules, businesses must use a state-run online inventory tracking program to document the plant’s journey from seed to sale. Marijuana also must be placed in opaque, child-resistant containers before being taken out of a store, and recreational pot stores won’t be allowed to advertise to people under 21.

Marijuana shops are set to open in Colorado in January but only in a handful of cities that have voted to allow them, including Denver.

The federal government announced earlier this year that it would not sue states over plans to tax and regulate marijuana sales for adults over 21, provided they address eight federal law enforcement priorities, including keeping pot off the black market and away from kids.

Washington’s legal marijuana law includes zoning requirements keeping the businesses away from schools, parks and playgrounds.

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Recognizing a true winner in the state of Minnesota Although overshadowed in popularity to other sports teams in the state, the Lynx have proved their worth.

MIKELL MELIUS Staff Writer It is hard to argue that there is a topic tweeted about more than Vikings football on Sundays in Minnesota. Rain or shine, winning or losing, thousands of people attend, watch, and critique every aspect of the game.

In the case of the Minnesota Vikings, it’s typically the losing end and a harsh critique by even the most die-hard fans. With a current record of 1-4, the 2013 season has, so far, been a less than desirable thing to watch.

However, it is still watched, religiously.

Last Thursday, October 10, the Lynx, Minnesota’s very own WNBA team, won the 2013 WNBA championship.

Not only did they win this year’s championship title but it is the second championship title they have won in three years, as well as it being their third consecutive trip to the WNBA finals.

Although they are champions in the world of women’s basketball, the Lynx take second place when it comes to the attention, and respect of Minnesota sports fans.

As a former basketball player

I have a world of respect for athletes.

Knowing first-hand the hard work and dedication that goes into a sport, especially basketball since the season tends to be longer than most, I can’t help but awe at the success pro athletes have obtained.

All pro athletes have to sacrifice things, or else they wouldn’t have the success they do. They

position. The average salary for an MLB player is $3.4 million.

In the NBA, the average yearly salary is $5.15 million. These prices are just salary alone- not counting endorsement deals, clothing, or any other income an athlete may be making.

When it comes to the WNBA, the average yearly salary is $72,000. Even the highest paid WNBA player,

“In the case of the Minnesota Vikings, it’s typically the losing end and a harsh critique by even the most die-hard fans.” put in endless amounts of time and give up moments with their families only to be on the road for weeks at a time.

The women who play in the WNBA sacrifice the same amount as any other pro athlete, if not more, but always get the short end of the stick.

The average yearly salary for an NFL player is roughly $2 million, varying on their

Tamika Catchings, only makes $105,000. These are salaries that can definitely provide adequate lifestyles, but when juxtaposed with the salaries of other pro athletes, it’s hard to ignore the difference.

The WNBA season runs from June through September, with the finals in October. Since the salary is so much lower for the WNBA, many players spend

their “off” season overseas, playing October through May. Off seasons are crucial to pro athletes since their specific seasons are non-stop action.

A WNBA player will spend the entire year working just to make what an NBA player makes during their season, and even then they come up short.

To me, however, the money aspect is not what’s most troubling. It is the respect. The Lynx have been consistently successful for the last couple years, yet no one seems to notice, or if they do notice, they don’t care.

It would make sense that if you actually have a pro team winning titles; you care, regardless of gender.

The Lynx accomplish the highest possible goal in women’s basketball and get a small parade through Minneapolis.

The Vikings accomplish one winning season in the last three years and will soon be home to a brand new stadium in 2016.

While I know there are WNBA fans out there, and people who respect the players, I can only hope that the attention and media coverage increases.

Women’s basketball has come too far to just be swept under the rug.

“Do you think religion is important on a campus?”

PAUL OBENG-AMAOKO, SENIOR MASS MEDIA “I’m indifferent about it, but I would probably feel it is important on a private school campus.”

ABEL GEBREMISAT, SENIOR FINANCE, ACCOUNTING

REDIET KASSA, JUNIOR FINANCE, ACCOUNTING

“ Religion’s rules are no different than the justice system- it is good.”

“I think it’s important, but at the same time it shouldn’t be forced.”

DULA ABDISSA, JUNIOR FINANCE, ACCOUNTING “Yes, it is important! Without God everything is vanity, according to Ephesians 2:11.”

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New RSO, ‘The Herd’, attempts to get more students at athletic events As a registered student organization, ‘The Herd’ has quickly become the official student section of MSU sporting events, with hopes of expanding.

REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief Duke University has the Cameron Crazies, a raucous band of college basketball enthusiasts that make Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke’s home floor, one of the toughest places to play in the country. At Arizona State, fans line up for a long time to try and get as close to the front as they can of Dante’s Inferno, the name given to the student section at ASU football games.

Though Minnesota State University, Mankato is miles behind those schools in terms of enrollment and overall school spirit, Brandon Emanuelson is attempting to get a single-unified student section for all Maverick athletics.

The Herd’, Emanuelson’s brainchild, is a registered school organization with one goal in mind: match MSU’s athletic prowess with a big-time student section to increase student attendance and participation at Maverick sporting events.

When you look through MSU’s recent successes in collegiate athletics, you start to wonder where the regular students play into all of this.

Of course you see a dominating track record set forth

by MSU in the win column, yet Blakeslee Stadium and the Taylor Center sit unattended and noiseless during key Maverick events, which Emanuelson hopes to change as soon as possible.

“Right now we are the official student section through MSU athletics and go to football, men’s basketball and men’s hockey games,” Emanuelson said.

“We started last February with just basketball so we’re trying to slowly add sports, until we can add them all.”

“It started with just two rows of seats in the stands at the Taylor Center last year, we tripled it to six rows by the end of the year. Now we have 500 members linked to our Facebook page,” Emanuelson said.

The notion started with Emanuelson, who is a

community advisor at the McElroy Residence community. He then went to his hall director with an idea of a single unified student section, which was then sent to John Hyttsten, the hall director of Julia Sears and current faculty advisor of The Herd.

Hyttsten already had a similar idea for a res/ed initiative that he wanted to do and that is where the idea came about for The Herd.

Currently, The Herd has no means of funding in which they do not do themselves, but Emanuelson has big plans for the student section, including expansion to different departments and possibly an office in the future.

“I don’t know how far down the road this is but we want to have an office someday,” Emanuelson said.

“Just like IMPACT or Greek Life, I feel the student section could be an office. We are also trying to expand a design team, a marketing team, a social media chair and official photographers.”

Photo Courtesy of Brandon Emanuelson Emanuelson sees the opMembers of The Herd at MSU’s homecoming football game against Augustana last month. The Herd currently portunity approaching for goes to football, men’s basketball and men’s hockey games but is looking to expand to more sports. winter sports as the men’s hockey team plays their first home series this weekend against UCONN, which he hopes yields fans, and maybe even a few to help start the cheers.

“Our voices get pretty run out by the end of the game,” Emanuelson said.

If The Herd can keep building a fan base and expanding towards more sports, there is no reason why it should not be the official student section for many years to come.

“Cheering with everySIGN UP body who is a Maverick is TO WIN A fun,” Emanuelson said. “I PAIR OF wanted to create more school spirit, make people proud SPEAKERS! to be a Maverick and really show that off.”

“When I came to college, there was this expectation that college sporting events would be more fun than high school sporting events. It is all about getting in that 744 JAMES AVENUE • MANKATO, MN 56001 student section and being apart of something bigger than yourself, which is a lot of fun.”

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Opinion: ‘The Herd’ is exactly what athletics and students need MSU is at the top of the division II sports world as of recently, and that can only go up as ‘The Herd’ attempts to make MSU a tough place to play.

REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief Go to any MSU sporting event. If you look up at the scoreboard, you will more than likely see the purple and gold putting up more points than the other squad. No matter what sport you are into, MSU is currently one of the best division II programs in the country, meaning the sport you like is probably right up towards the top with the rest of them.

That being the case, why is it so hard for the University to get more students to their athletic events? It would be one thing if another academic year meant a further plunge by our athletic department, but their meteoric rise should mean more students want to go to these events, which is not the case.

Since first coming to this university four years ago, the amount of students at a game has not changed a whole lot in my eyes, even though the athletic department is currently worlds ahead from where it was back then.

With MSU getting its first registered school organization in the form of a student section, this could ultimately mean a drastic change in how many students attend athletic events.

‘The Herd’, as it is known officially as an RSO, is currently trying to take the elements of success in Maverick athletics and help turn our student section into one of the best in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, which it should be anyway with everything going on in the world of sports on campus.

As the individual who led the student section at basketball games in high school, I am completely on board with The Herd and its executive board. At the small high school of ROCORI in central Minnesota, the Spartans boast one of the top basketball programs in the area as they are consistently fighting for conference championships and state tournament berths year in and year out.

As the leader of the students during games, the Rat Pack as we were known back then, I was responsible for getting the crowd into a frenzy during almost all home and away basketball games.

Though we were one of the smallest schools in the conference, we consistently packed gyms all over the area and made our home gymnasium one of the toughest places to play basketball in the conference. The proof- my senior year, as the basketball squad fell just three times at home the entire season.

Being in charge of that many students, you begin to realize how much effect you can have on a game when the entire school is behind you. People say you have no consequence on the outcome from the stands, they have no idea what they are talking about as I could see from the front row how much we as a student section could effect the game.

Slowly towards the end, the chants began to get louder and louder as the other team’s players started to stare us down more and more with every made shot for the home team in which we would cheer for, and every miss they would put up.

That is what we need here at MSU. If our athletic programs are already as good as they are now, imagine what it would be like to have half of one side at Blakeslee Stadium completely filled with Maverick student supporters cheering their lungs out.

Even in the basketball and hockey world, the Taylor and Verizon Wireless Center’s are both good enough facilities that if the students were to pack the sections behind the hoop or the goal, Mankato would be one of the toughest places for any opposing team to go to.

So if The Herd can hit the ground running and pack the stands for football, basketball and hockey games, who is to say they will not spread to all sporting events of the university?

If they can, all sports, not just the ones they currently cheer at, will benefit and turn our school from one of the best Division II athletic programs in the country to a national powerhouse and a force that must be reckoned with.

So get on Facebook, like The Herd’s page, and get out and support MSU. This current stretch of athletics is the best this school has ever had and with more supporters, The Herd can take it to the next level.

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t b a P t d r e c d i l o David Bassey • MSU Reporterc A Front-row members of ‘The Herd’, cheering on the MSU Mavericks at Blakeslee Stadium. This group could affect i Maverick athletics positively if the student body supports it.

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Obama presents Afghan war vet with medal of honor Medal of honor recipient wants to return to the the field of battle,uncommon in the annals of US history.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years after risking his life in Afghanistan, William D. Swenson solemnly received the Medal of Honor on Tuesday in a case of battlefield bravery with some odd twists: The young Army captain questioned the judgment of his superiors, and the paperwork nominating him for the award was lost. He left the military two years ago but wants to return to active duty, a rare move for a medal recipient.

The nation’s highest military honor — a sky blue ribbon and medal — was clasped around Swenson’s neck by President Barack Obama at the White House. The president described how Swenson repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to recover fallen comrades and help save others during a battle against Taliban insurgents in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on Sept. 8, 2009. The fight claimed five Americans, 10 Afghan army troops and an interpreter.

Swenson is the second Medal of Honor recipient from that fight, just the second time in half a century that the medal has been awarded to two survivors of the same battle, Obama said. Two years ago, Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer for heroic actions in the 2009 fight.

Obama noted that although America’s highest military honor has been bestowed nearly 3,500 times, never before had the public been able to see any of the bravery it was designed to recognize.

Video taken by the medevac crew’s helmet cameras shows Swenson delivering a severely wounded soldier to the helicopter and kissing him on the head before returning to the heat of battle.

“A simple act of compassion and loyalty to a brother in arms,” Obama said at the East Room ceremony attended

by Swenson’s parents, Julia and Carl, along with Vice President Joe Biden, first lady

Michelle Obama, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and others.

Swenson also invited some of the Army soldiers and Marines who fought alongside him, and survivors of the five Americans.

Swenson, 34, of Seattle has been unemployed since leaving the military in February 2011. He has requested to return to active duty, rare for a Medal of Honor recipient, and his request is being reviewed, Army spokesman George Wright said.

A sober Swenson said the medal didn’t belong to him alone. “This award was earned with a team, a team of our finest. This medal represents them. It represents us,” he said in a brief statement afterward.

He declined to answer questions.

Swenson was a trainer and adviser embedded with the Afghan Border Police Mentor Team in support of 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,

10th Mountain Division when dozens of Taliban insurgents ambushed him and his team that September morning as they headed on foot to meet with village elders in rural Ganjgal in Kunar Province in northeastern Afghanistan.

Under a barrage of rocketpropelled grenades and mortar and machine-gun fire, Swenson returned fire before risking his life to help evacuate a wounded comrade, Army Sgt. Kenneth W. Westbrook, 41, of Shiprock, N.M. Westbrook later died from his wounds.

Swenson then made several trips to pick up injured Afghan soldiers and the fallen Americans, first by driving an unarmored Ford Ranger truck into battle and then grabbing a Humvee when the pickup gave out. He finally climbed into a second Humvee with a crew that included Meyer to retrieve the other fallen Americans.

Obama said Swenson is a “pretty low key guy” who would prefer a Pacific Northwest mountain trail surround-

ed by cedar trees to White House pomp. But, perhaps alluding to the partisan budget dispute gripping Washington, he said: “I think our nation needs this ceremony today.”

Swenson complained to military leaders after the fight that many of his calls for help were rejected by superior officers. After an investigation, two Army officers were reprimanded for being “inadequate and ineffective” and for “contributing directly to the loss of life.”

Swenson was first nominated for the award in 2009 but the paperwork was lost. It was resubmitted in 2011.

Swenson is the sixth living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan, and the first army officer so decorated since the Vietnam War, the Army said. Swenson’s previous military honors include a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star Medal.

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Florida bullying case raises questions for parents After 14-year-old Rebecca Sedwick killed herself after being bullied, questions have been raised to parents nationwide over the epidemic.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — When two girls, aged 12 and 14, were arrested in a bullying-suicide investigation in Florida, many wondered: Where were their parents and should they be held responsible?

The mother and father of the older girl went on national TV and defended their daughter — and themselves.

They said they often checked their daughter’s social networking activity and don’t believe their daughter bullied Rebecca Sedwick to suicide, as authorities have charged.

Whether or not you believe the family, experts say parents should use Rebecca’s case to talk to their children.

“Sit down and say, ‘I know most kids won’t tell their

parents, but tell me what you would want from me if you were being cyberbullied,’” said Parry Aftab, a New Jersey-based lawyer and expert on bullying.

She advocates a “stop, block and tell” approach.

“Don’t answer back, block the cyberbully online and tell a trusted adult,” Aftab said.

In Rebecca’s case, she did talk to her mother about the bullying and even changed schools, yet the tormenting continued online, authorities said. About a month ago, Rebecca decided she couldn’t take it anymore and jumped to her death at an abandoned concrete plant.

It was a Facebook comment over the weekend that Polk County Sheriff Grady

Judd said led him to arrest the girls. He repeated the online post from the older girl almost word for word at a news conference Tuesday. “’Yes, I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself but I don’t give a ...’ and you can add the last word yourself,” Judd said.

The sheriff was aggravated the girl’s parents allowed her access to social networks after Rebecca’s death and said he made the arrest so she wouldn’t bully anyone else.

In an interview with ABC News that aired Wednesday, the 14-year-old’s parents said their daughter would never write something like that and the girl’s Facebook account had been hacked, a claim police don’t believe.

14-year-old Rebecca Sedwick killed herself after experiencing extensive bullying.

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“My daughter don’t deserve to be in the place she’s in right now and I just hope that the truth comes to the surface so we can get out of this nightmare,” her father told ABC News.

A day earlier, he told The Associated Press by phone: “My daughter’s a good girl and I’m 100 percent sure that whatever they’re saying about my daughter is not true.”

The girls were charged as juveniles with third-degree felony aggravated stalking.

The sheriff said even if they are convicted, they probably won’t spend time in juvenile detention because they don’t have a criminal history.

He identified the girls and showed their mug shots during the news conference, but AP generally does not name juveniles charged with crimes.

Police also considered charging the parents, but so far can’t prove complacency or that they knew about the bullying, sheriff’s spokesman Scott Wilder said Wednesday.

Authorities said about a year ago, the bullying began after the 14-year-old girl started dating Rebecca’s ex-boyfriend. The older girl

threatened to fight Rebecca while they were sixth-graders at Crystal Lake Middle School and told her “to drink bleach and die,” the sheriff said. She also convinced the younger girl to bully Rebecca, even though they had been best friends.

Judd said the younger girl had shown remorse while the older one was “very cold, had no emotion at all upon her arrest.”

The younger girl’s father told ABC News he wished he could have done more.

“I feel horrible about the whole situation,” he said.

“It’s my fault, maybe that I A don’t know more about that S kind of stuff. I wish I did.”

He did not return a telephone call from AP. David Tirella, a Tampa attorney who has represented the families of bullying victims in lawsuits against schools, said the publicity over Rebecca’s case and the charges may further awareness in a way that few cases have in the U.S. “Victims are being empowered, families are talking about it,” said Tirella, who is also a Stetson University law professor. “We took a big step forward in Florida to help protect victims.”

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‘Sin by Silence’ to be presented at MSU

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Documentary to spotlight women put in the worst of circumstances.

ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer Having helped change the United States outlook on domestic violence abuse and victims, the award-winning documentary Sin By Silence will be showing at Minnesota State University Mankato.

Focused on domestic violence in America, the documentary tells the history and story behind the group Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA), a group of women who were sentenced to prison after killing their husbands or significant other in self defense after being abused.

The CWAA, which is based at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif., was the first inmate-initiated and inmate-led group in the history of the United States prison system.

The film will be shown at Ostrander Auditorium on Wednesday, October 23, at 7 p.m. as a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month at MSU. The documentary is 49 minutes long and is free of admission.

In particular, the documentary follows the lives of five female prisoners/domestic abuse survivors, and the struggles the women have faced to try to gain their freedom once again.

Through their stories of terror and hope, the audience will be able to understand the cycle of domestic violence in America, and to notice the signs of an abuser and/or abuse victims.

The documentary was originally released in 2009, to coincide with the 20 year anniversary of the CWAA. It was

shown around the country that year as part of a grass roots tour titled “Stop the Violence.”

Since the films creation, a California state law named the “Sins By Silence” bill was passed in 2012, which will help incarcerated victims of domestic violence.

Since the CWAA was founded in 1989, more than 20 women in the group have been paroled from prison using the Battered Women’s Defense, including group founder Brenda Clubine.

Clubine was released from prison in 2008 after having been locked up for 25 years. She was originally convicted of first -degree murder and sentenced to 16 years to life for killing her abusive husband in 1983 after he threatened to kill her.

Originally released in 2009, the documentary has won numerous awards, including Sacramento Film and Music Festival award for Best Documentary, and the Cable Fax award for best show or series play on cable.

Anyone wanting more information on the documentary or on any events during Domestic Violence Awareness Month at MSU should contact the Women’s Center in CSU 218.

For more information about the CWAA you can visit sinbysilence.com. The site allows for the public to help join the legal process of a victim of domestic abuse who is trying to be paroled.

For those who can’t attend the documentary at Ostrander, the world television premiere of Sin by Silence will be shown on Investigation Discovery tonight at 7 p.m..

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The Reporter’s definitive Halloween playlist “Vampires” -- Atmosphere

“Funeral March” – Frederic Chopin

“Scream” -- Avenged Sevenfold

“The Boogie Monster” -- Gnarls Barkley

“Bat Country” -- Avenged Sevenfold

“Necromancer” -- Gnarls Barkley

“Black Sabbath” -- Black Sabbath

“Everyone I Know Has Fangs” -- He Is Legend

“Children of the Grave” -- Black Sabbath

‘’China White II” -- He Is Legend

“Don’t Fear the Reaper” – Blue Oyster Cult

‘’The Number Of The Beast” -- Iron Maiden

“Monster Mash” – Bobby “Boris” Pickett

“The Munsters Theme” – Jack Marshall

“Danse Macabre” – Camille Saint Saens/Franz Liszt

“Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” -- Johann Sebastian Bach

“Spooky” – Classics IV

“Halloween Theme” – John Carpenter

“Beetlejuice theme” – Danny Elfman “This is Halloween” -- Danny Elfman “Wolf Suite” – Danny Elfman “Fresh Blood” -- Eels “We’rewolf” -- Every Time I Die

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Ruse and Cleaves to highlight music performance series this week JAMES HOUTSMA A & E Editor A magical musical experience awaits listeners this Thursday when Bella Ruse stops at MSU. A duo that practically defines the word “character”, Bella Ruse has a unique act and sound that they will be brought to Halling Recital Hall. Made up of vocalist Kay Gillette and guitarist Joseph Baker, the group’s sound has been described as mixture of airy folk and crunchy pop.

With their laboratory of specialized instruments ranging from suitcase organ, typewriter, kazoo and glockenspiel, Bella Ruse has traveled the country in their vegetable oil powered van to open for the likes of Sarah Mclachlan, Kate Nash and Heart. Gillette’s voice has been described as “truly unique” by Performer Magazine.

To experience the indie duo firsthand, tickets can be purchased for $12 and $11 for students with a valid MavCard.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Leaving behind the whimsy of Thursday’s performance, Monday will see Slaid Cleaves take the stage along with Scrappy Jud Newcombie.

Cleaves is bringing his signature brand of songs about the woes of the working class that have been called “powerfully direct” by NPR. The title track of his new album “Still Fighting the War” speaks volumes about Cleaves’ subjects, ranging from soldier’s struggling to readjust to society after suffering from PTSD to the everyday plight of most Americans just to get by in these harsh times.

Originally from Maine, Cleaves soon became known as “one of the finest songwriters from Texas when he moved to the lone star state and started playing barbeque pits and open mics in the Austin area.

Tickets for “An Evening with Slaid Cleaves” are $15 and $13 for students with a valid MavCard. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 21 in Halling Recital Hall. Advance tickets are recommended and can be purchased online at www.mnsu.edu/music/ or at the music box office.

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Simple crockpot recipes for mouthwatering soups

[Note: From Cindy Buban’s My Three Best Recipes] 5 cups shredded frozen hash browns (1 bag) 1 cup onion, chopped 2 cups chicken broth 1 cup cream of chicken 1 cup cream of mushroom 2 cups milk ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper

Directions: Separate hash browns and put them into your slow cooker.

Mix your chopped onions into the hash browns. In a separate bowl mix the rest of the ingredients. Put that mixture in the slow cooker. Add 1 cup of water and mix hash browns water and mixture well. Cook on low for six hours or on high for four hours. If it looks dry add more water accordingly.

Serve with your favorite toppings, cheese, bacon, chives. If you would like it to add meat, shredded chicken can be added to enhance to the recipe. A yummy fall dinner that is very easy and requires little work.

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“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” – Marilyn Manson “Tubular Bells” -- Mike Oldfield

MIRANDA BRAUNWARTH Staff Writer

With cold weather coming, it’s time to dig out the slow cooker (or invest in one) and make warm soups to come home to after a day of class. What’s great about soup is that the ingredients are inexpensive and a big batch can usually last for a couple of meals. Not only is soup filling but it tastes a lot better than Ramen Noodles.

There are many soups you can make from traditional chicken noodle to spicy Italian variations as well as yummy fiesta flavors -- there’s no reason to get bored with all the soup options you can try. Soup is also an easy way to recycle leftover meats and veggies from previous dinners. As well, soup can easily be altered to be made simpler or 7to use what you have available in your kitchen.

Because of the many options soup creates, using noodles is only one way to go. Potato soups can also be very delicious especially topped with sour cream, chives, cheese and bacon.

This crockpot potato soup is a creamy baked potato perfect for weeknight meals.

Crockpot Potato Soup

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For those who like things on the spicier side here’s a warm, savory chicken tortilla soup.

This recipe is large and will keep you warm for days. It’s a versatile recipe because you can add as little or as many ingredients as you want based on what you like. Whatever you add, it will be a nice warm dinner in between studying for upcoming midterms.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

gies -- a great dinner for chilly nights.

If you’re looking for something non-traditional in a soup and you want to stay in season with the month of October look no further than this easy pumpkin soup. What’s nice about this recipe is that it makes a small batch perfect for sampling if you’re new to pumpkin soup.

This easy soup can be paired with other dinner options.

“Living Dead Girl” – Rob Zombie “Somebody’s Watching Me” -- Rockwell “Engel” – Scala & Kolacny Brothers “I Put a Spell on You” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins “Superstition” -- Stevie Wonder “Wolf Like Me” -- TV On the Radio “Werewolves of London” – Warren Zevon “Requiem Mass in D Minor III. Dies Irae” – Wolgang Amadeus Motzart

Easy Pumpkin Soup [Note: From Sizzlin’ Savage blog.]

2 ½-3 cups shredded chicken: canned, cooked yourself, or rotisserie picked up at local deli 1 can Rotel 2 cans tomatoes (fire roasted suggested) 1 can corn (white and yellow hominy can be used) 2 cans of beans, choose from following: pinto, black, kidney or great northern 48 oz chicken stock 1 packet ranch mix 1 packet taco mix Directions: Using your can opener, open all cans and pour contents into your slow cooker. Drain only the juice from the bean cans.

Add ranch and taco packet mixes. Mix well. Add your chicken.

Lastly add chicken stock. Add as much or as little as you want depending on your preferred consistency. Don’t forget salt and pepper for taste. Cook for six hours on low or four hours on high. When done, serve with cheese and tortilla chips on top.

What’s nice about this recipe is its ability to easily create it to your own liking and experiment with different beans and veg-

[Note: From Susan De Bow on her blog Designs of Home] 1 can vegetable soup 1 15ounce can of pumpkin puree 2 cups of milk 1 chicken bouillon cube ½ teaspoon garlic ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning 4 slices of cooked bacon chopped or packed bacon bits ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice Directions: Open all cans and place all ingredients in your slow cooker.

Mix well. Cook on high for two hours or on low for four.

This yummy pumpkin soup will get you in the fall mood; a good weekend lunch in between fall walks and reading a good book while wrapped in a blanket.

Homemade soups fill you up and keep you warm on wonderful fall days. As well they require little effort and give you a feeling that you made it yourself. There are so many easy recipes to try that for the majority demands only your can opener. So soup up!

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Wonderland shows potential in new OUAT spinoff

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MIRANDA BRAUNWARTH Staff Writer ABC spinoff Once Upon a Time in Wonderland showed potential for brilliant storyline, as well as utterly discombobulating components in its premiere last Thursday.

The original creators of Once Upon a Time, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, have gone about creating a nightmarish, silly Wonderland spinoff.

The show is based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice. In this version, Alice is an adult held in an asylum in Victorian England. The world is very dark and reminiscent of the popular American Horror Story.

Within the first five minutes of the show, we receive many flashbacks that aid in the storyline. The storyline is the most enduring part of this new spinoff, such as in this first episode where we are given much information about the characters and it’s extremely easy to follow.

The casting of Alice will help this storyline in episodes to come. Alice is played by Sophie Lowe who has already shown the audience two very different states of Alice. She plays emotions breathlessly as a lost woman, as well as a woman with lots of spunk and bravery who takes care of herself. It’s always nice to see a strong woman character like this.

What is questionable about the sanity of this series is the fairytale mash-up that Horowitz and Kitsis have created. Not only do we get Wonderland but we also have “Arabian Nights” elements.

No Aladdin so far, however,

Jafar has made himself a prominent villain who flies around via a magic carpet. This characters development will be interesting due to his already manipulating presence.

We all know that Jafar has always been after one thing, a genie to grant his wishes. What a genie is doing in Wonderland is questionable but the genie, Cyrus, is very important to our heroine Alice. We don’t know much about Cyrus other than he’s got the cheesy romantic angle down, most importantly towards Alice.

There is one character, Knave of Hearts, who is a complete mystery. He shows strong ties to Wonderland and to Alice but is the only character who is dressed in modern day clothes.

At the beginning of the show, Knave makes a short appearance in Storybrooke, the setting for Once Upon a Time.

It’s nice to see intriguing characters as it gives the audience a reason to keep watching.

Wonderland could not be complete without the characters who reside there. However the CGI that creates many of them is downright cheesy.

It will be hard to take what seems to be a major character such as the white rabbit seriously. The CGI is amateur in creating a seriousness to the show. It’s a shame when they have John Lithgow, a wonderful actor, voicing the white rabbit who looks misplaced.

The CGI with the Cheshire cat does not get much better but is an improvement over the white rabbit. A fight scene that occurs between Alice and the cat is awkward. It feels Alice is merely fighting with herself due

to the inability for the CGI to be smooth.

In general, the Wonderland setting is very inconsistent.

Parts of it are wild and actually remind me of Wonderland and in that sense I’m ok with the CGI. But there are times when it looks like we are in forest of reality. This could be problematic if there is any world jumping such as there is in Once Upon a Time.

The Red Queen is not forgotten about in this Wonderland.

After all the darkness from the asylum it would be nice to see an equally apposing force for Alice to deal with in Wonderland. In this respect Horowitz and Kitsis have failed to prove that The Red Queen is this opposing force.

In fact, the Queen lacks the luster of any evil force. She gives orders but has little impression compared to the Once Upon a Time counterparts Regina and Cora, who were drowning in revenge. It will be nice to see the Queen’s story unfold and we begin to understand her.

The most endearing part of this spinoff is the in-depth storyline that has already been created in the premiere. It almost makes the bad CGI forgettable.

As well, it seems to have no affiliation with its Once Upon a Time predecessor creating a fresh start for new viewers of the collection. Hopefully Horowitz and Kitsis once again keep audience craving more and create a seriousness in a bizarre Wonderland.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland airs of ABC at 7p.m.

The premiere can be viewed at abc.com.

Costume Quest: affordable fun for Halloween ADAM MILLER Staff Writer Just in time for the upcoming holiday, Double Fine has released its Halloween based role-playing game Costume Quest on iOS. Originally released in 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network, Costume Quest puts you in the role of one of two twins as you head out into your new neighbor hood to trick or treat. Shortly after, your twin, who is dressed as a giant piece of candy corn, gets mistake for real candy and kidnapped by monsters.

It is up to you to save her so… you know, your parents don’t get mad. But while you are on your mission to save her it doesn’t stop you from making friends, gathering candy and making new costumes. Of course, all of these things will help you fight the monsters that have come to ruin your Halloween.

The monsters seem to be attempting to gather as much candy as they can for some nefarious reason. Your mission will take you from your neighborhood, to the mall and finally to small town in the country.

The best part of this game is the costumes that you will be putting together. For instance,

finding a scarf, sweatpants and rope will give your character a ninja costume. But instead of just changing the way you look, costumes are a key aspect to combat. Whatever costume you are wearing is what you will be when battle starts.

When you are wearing the cardboard robot costume, in combat you will be a giant robot that attacks enemies with a barrage of missiles, or as the Statue of Liberty you have the ability to heal your friends in battle.

After you are done with the storyline of the game, there is also an in-game add on available to add in a new level with additional costumes and more content. The Grubbins on Ice add on takes place a few months after the original ends. Your team goes to find proof that the monsters that you fought on Halloween really do exsist.

This time you will be in a snow covered village.

The game is fun, light hearted and reminds you of the good times you had trick-ortreating with your friends. And now that it is available on the iOS, you will be able to play it on the go.

The game is currently available for $4.99 and the in-game add on, Grubbins on Ice, for an additional $1.99.

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TV Line: comedy roundup Big Bang Theory and Parks & Rec soar while New Girl flounders.

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ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer Comedies are difficult to make a proper assessment on.

After all, aren’t they successes solely if they manage to make the audiences laugh? The shows under review here are well into their respective runs, some more than others, but what they all have in common is that they are consistently funny week after week and are shining examples of what brilliant comedy writing and performances can offer.

The Big Bang Theory (CBS) is still a ratings juggernaut, well into its seventh season, and there’s a very simple reason for it -- this is a well-oiled machine, pumping out jokes that work with actors that are likable and give impeccably perfect line delivery. To keep the series from feeling stale and repetitive, it helps enormously that around season five the gang brought in two female regulars to inject some new life into the mix: Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) became girlfriend to Sheldon Cooper, who doesn’t know the first thing about the opposite sex, and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) stole Howard’s (Simon Helberg) heart and became Mrs. Wolowtiz.

Season five featured the series at a creative rut, with very few of the jokes hitting at all, and the plots seemingly regurgitated from earlier, better episodes and the characters becoming more and more cartoonish – especially in regards to

Howard and Raj (Kunal Nayyr).

But season six seemed to be the start of a creative resurgence.

The series hasn’t ever regained the relentless hilarity of its first two seasons, where the jokes were crisper and funnier but for a show so late in the game, it’s still immensely pleasurable.

Watching Sheldon navigate the do’s and don’ts of relationships that he’s well inept for never ceases to bring out a smile and the shenanigans that Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) get into, now in a stable year-long relationship, is a welcome reprieve from the ridiculous separated-couples drama of seasons four and five.

Even Howard, who was once the most disgusting character, is more tolerable, now a married spud and trying to work on growing up. It’s Raj who has devolved the most into a full on caricature -- the writers’ scapegoat for any and all questionable deeds and jokes.

Five episodes in, The Big Bang Theory’s seventh season is working quite well, delivering some genuine laugh-out-loud moments, interesting character pairings, new plots and, most importantly, new jokes. Whether the series can maintain this level of quality is a frightening question, especially considering each of the actors contracts expire at the end of this seventh year and the future of the actors involved is more or less wait-and-see. But for now, it’s still appointment television every Thursday night.

Whereas Big Bang Theory is universally known, Parks

& Recreation (NBC) survives more under the radar, much to the detriment of its ratings, but possibly for the better for its boundless creativity. Far too often, someone makes the statement that a show is “laughout-loud” funny and that series doesn’t quite warrant it. Parks & Recreation can be declared the funniest series on network television and that would be an understatement. What makes this show work, even in its sixth season, is the vastly different set of characters that inhabitant the parks department at Pawnee.

Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) is strong, loud and independent, whereas her boss/mentor Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) hates the government and renounces the world – watching the two of them interact is dynamite hilarity and wit.

There’s April (Aubrey Plaza) who just wants to cause turmoil for everyone; Tom (Aziz Ansari), who barely does anything qualifying as work if it doesn’t involve texting or Instagraming; Andy (Chris Pratt), a doofus with half a brain but all heart; Chris (Rob Lowe), the healthobsessed runner trying to find a place in Pawnee, and Ben (Adam Scott), husband to Leslie, and loves accounting just as much as his wife.

With such a stellar cast, Parks has very rarely dropped the ball, its most mediocre outing being its six-episode freshman run. Since then, the series knew what it was, and has been firing on all cylinders ever since.

Season six is no exception. All

available seasons are streaming on Netflix now. It’s advisable to go catch up immediately, and watch Parks & Rec live to secure a long future for the series.

New Girl (FOX) premiered in 2011 and became the funniest show that year. It came back fall 2012 with a season even funnier and cleverer than ever, tackling a big Ross/Rachel type romance with more suave and brilliance than most shows can boast. Five episodes into its third season, New Girl, unfortunately, appears to be stumbling. Nick (Jake Johnson) and Jess (Zooey Deschanel) are now dating and although the series tackled their blossoming romance in the middle part of season two perfectly, here the romcom clichés seem to be coming out, like the girl wanting the guy to change and the guy reluctantly giving in, or the guy deliberately sabotaging a good thing for some inexplicable reason, etc. New Girl always found a way to take clichés and make it their own monster, but lately, there’s nothing very fresh about them.

Much like Raj on Big Bang Theory, Winston (Lamorne Morris) is a character the writ-

ers don’t quite know what to do with, so they throw every ludicrous and out-there storyline his way, hoping it will stick.

This isn’t necessarily something new, but the material that’s been handed to Winston’s character has increasingly become more and more bizarre. It wouldn’t be outside the realm of possibility that Winston grows a twirled mustache, wears a Jafar uniform and threatens to awake a genie and destroy the world – the character is that far gone in the world of preposterous.

The shows strength from the get-go has been the group dynamic, and that, at least, doesn’t falter in the slightest.

It also helps that high-caliber actors like Jake Johnson and Max Greenwood (who plays the love-to-hate-him-yet-lovable Schmidt) can say or do nearly anything and they elevate those actions or dialogue into the funniest, most amusing thing to be seen all week. New Girl is struggling but it has a track record of two near perfect seasons under its belt, so even at its most inconsistent, New Girl is still one of the funniest shows on television.

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Gravity isn’t dropping any time soon Captain Phillips shows a strong debut but not strong enough to keep down Cuaron’s visual spectacle.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Gravity” won’t be held down.

The Warner Bros. astronaut adventure directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney landed in the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Gravity” earned $44.3 million, raising its domestic total to $123.4 million.

“They say what goes up must come down, but that’s not really true with ‘Gravity,’” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box office tracker Rentrak. “To have opened as big as it did last week and only drop 21 percent, that’s really an amazing hold. It’s a direct testament to the word of mouth on the movie.”

“Gravity” also fared well overseas, making $28 million in 38 territories such as Russia, Australia, Germany and

Spain.

Sony’s “Captain Phillips” launched in second place with a respectable $26 million. The high seas drama directed by Paul Greengrass stars Tom Hanks as a cargo ship captain who is held captive by Somali pirates.

“We think the success of ‘Gravity’ will also bode well for ‘Captain Phillips,’” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony Pictures. “This is the extraordinary kind of film that we think audiences will flock to over the next several months moving forward.”

The animated Sony movie “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” gobbled up third place in its third weekend with $14.2 million, bringing its domestic haul to $78 million.

The weekend’s only other new release, “Machete Kills,” opened in fourth place with $3.8 million. The gun-toting

sequel from director Robert Rodriguez and starring Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez is the follow-up to “Machete,” which earned $11.4 million when it opened in 2010.

5. “Runner Runner,” $3.7 million ($5.3 million international).

2. “Stalingrad,” $15.5 million.

6. “Prisoners,” $3.7 million ($7.4 million international).

3. “Despicable Me 2,” $10.1 million.

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7. “Insidious: Chapter 2,” $2.6 million ($7.1 million international).

4. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” $9.1 million.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

8. “Rush,” $2.4 million ($6 million international).

1. “Gravity,” $28 million.

5. “Now You See Me,” $8.2 million.

6. “Prisoners,” $7.4 million.

9. “Don Jon,” $2.3 million.

1. “Gravity,” $44.3 million ($28 million international).

10. “Baggage Claim,” $2 million.

2. “Captain Phillips,” $26 million.

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7. “Insidious: Chapter 2,” $7.1 million.

8. “Planes,” $6.2 million.

3. “Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs 2,” $14.2 million ($9.1 million international).

4. “Machete Kills,” $3.8 million ($575,000 international).

9. “Rush,” $6 million.

Estimated weekend ticket sales Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas

by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:

9. “Hwayi: A Monster Boy,” $6 million.

9. “Young Detective Dee: Rise Sea Dragon,” $6 million.

10. “Turbo,” $5.4 million.

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MSU women’s soccer ready for tough finish of regular season The women’s soccer program has proved how good it is with a new coach and multple players not only filling shoes from last season’s squad, but exceeding those expectations and now is ready to finish the regular season strong.

LUCAS RYAN Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s soccer team has clinched a spot in the postseason with two wins over the weekend, but will face tough tests in their final six games.

The Mavericks remain unbeaten in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and now are in sole position of first in the NSIC standings. With the wins, the Mavericks extend their unbeaten streak in the conference to 29 matches and move up to the third spot on the NSCAA/ Continental Tire NCAA Division II Poll released on Tuesday.

Five of the six remaining games will be played at home where the Mavericks haven’t gave up a loss since 2012, but that record will be tested. The final three weekends MSU will play four games with opponents

currently in the top five in the NSIC standings. The gauntlet will begin during this weekend’s home-stand with a matchup against the second place (tied with Southwest State) University of Minnesota Duluth.

“We are so excited to have home games. A lot is going on this weekend, breast cancer game, signing day and we are just pumped. We are ready to go,” Junior forward Jessica Bowe said. “I feel like we are just getting better. We are connecting more and now we are ready to take on these teams.”

The Mavericks have been impressive the first two-thirds of the season even if they started the year with several unknowns.

A new head coach took over for Peter McGahey, whom just led the Mavericks to their most successful season in MSU history.

The Mavericks also lost nearly

David Bassey • MSU Reporter Freshman forward Maddy Smith has played a big part in head coach Brian Bahl’s first season at MSU. She’s second on the team in goals scored with five and has one assist on the season.

David Bassey • MSU Reporter Sophomore defenseman Emily Erickson is a big reason why the Mavericks have only allowed 12 goals so far this season.

half of the starters from the 2012 team that amassed a 17-1-5 record in 2012 and made it to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.

After losing so many pieces of the team that was so successful in 2012, the 2013 season looked, in some ways, to be rebuilding year, but that is not how the team has been playing.

The new head coach and the younger players have picked up where the prior previous players and coaching staff left off winning. MSU started the year needing several younger players, such as junior forward Korey Kronforst, freshman forward Rebecca Peterson, freshman forward Maddy Smith and freshman midfielder Kiana Nickel, to step into important starting roles.

“You never know how freshman are going to adapt to the colligate game. It is a lot faster and more physical game then they are used to, but all of them have stepped up. It is starting to click for them. The game is starting to slow down for them a little bit,” Assistant Coach Ben

Jones said.

The Mavericks started the weekend off-right Friday with a dominating 7-0 win versus Wayne State. Eight different Mavericks recorded points including Kronforst earning a hat trick and extending her point streak to seven games, totaling 11 goals during the stretch.

Kronforst leads the NSIC with 12 goals and 27 points, good for a 2.25 points- per-match average.

Other Mavericks who got a point were senior goalkeeper Brittany Cygan senior, forward Tori Meinhardt, Nickel and Smith, all earning goals in the victory. Junior goalkeeper Molly McGough and sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Hoeppner combined for three saves while holding Wayne State scoreless.

The Mavericks owned a 29-7 shot advantage in the match.

“We played real well the first game. You know, it is always nice to score a lot of goals and give a lot of players experience and be able to rest your starting players,” Jones said.

After a dominating 7-0 victory Friday, Sunday’s game went down to the wire. With only minutes remaining in the match MSU scored giving the Mavericks a 3-2 win in overtime.

“Augustana is a good team.

I think the game in the end will help us out at the end of the year with some of these other tougher games coming up,” Jones said MSU found themselves down 1-0 going into the second half.

The Mavericks responded in the 69th minute when Nickel scored her fourth goal of the year to even the game at 1-1. Bowe made it 2-1, but the lead would last less than a minute. MSU gave up a penalty-kick-goal after fouling an Augustana player in the box.

Neither team scored until with just three minutes remaining in the final half of overtime Bowe scored her second go-ahead-goal of the match with Nickel getting credit for her second assist in the game. With the win, the Mavericks now have

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Wild off to a mild start With the 2012-2013 season out of the way, the Minnesota Wild needed a few games to get going but are starting to gel as of late, winning three of their last four games.

Wild’s forward Ryan Suter finished year’s shortened season with 32 points on four goals and 28 assists.

DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer

Web Photo Entering his seventh season in the NHL, Mikko Koivu (pictured) has five assists in seven games to start the Wild’s 2013-2014 campaign.

nesota. Kuemper has potential as a big goaltender, but it’s clear he isn’t ready for NHL shots yet. On Tuesday, the 23 year old from Saskatchewan gave up three goals on seven shots versus Toronto before being pulled in favor of Harding. If the Wild can find some consistency in goal, they should do just fine

this season in their quest to make the playoffs for a second year in a row.

Minnesota finishes off their four game road trip with games against the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight and then against the Florida Panthers on Saturday before returning to St. Paul.

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The Wild are off to a 3-2-2 start to the season. While not a great start, it’s not bad considering they started out 0-1-2 before winning three straight games.

Those numbers are good enough to have them tied for third in the Central Division with St. Louis, and 14th in the 30-team league.

More importantly, they seem to control most of the play this season and their puck movement has been incredible. With new additions and young players stepping up and producing offensively, the Wild look like a team that can hang with anyone.

They look like a completely new team, and for the most part, they are.

Remember when we signed NHL enforcer Matt Cooke in the offseason and no Wild fan wanted him in Minnesota? Well despite his checkered past in the NHL with suspensions and fighting, Cooke leads the team in points through the first seven games with six and is second on the team with three goals.

That’s right; a former goon in the league leads our team in scoring. But that’s not a bad thing because the more players the Wild have that can produce, the better off they’ll be. Parise is coming along nicely in his second season in a Wild sweater as he leads the team with four goals, three of which were scored on the power play. Parise is also one of the hardest working players in the league and his fast play and aggressive fore checking forces opposing players to turn the puck over multiple times per game. Suter on the other hand, is among league leaders in average time on ice, playing just under 30 minutes per game. Then there’s Jason Pominville, who captained the Buffalo Sabres before coming to Minnesota. Pominville is one of the go to players on the power play, scoring all three of his goals with the man advantage.

These additions have undoubtedly helped the Wild, but how are their youngsters doing?

Cal Clutterbuck was a fan favorite in Minnesota, so it was disappointing to see him traded away for a guy who had scored a combined three goals in the

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past two seasons. The New York Islanders sent the Wild Latvian native Nino Niederreiter in exchange for Clutterbuck, which turned out to be a pretty sweet deal on our end. Niederreiter was the fifth overall draft pick in the first round of the 2010 NHL draft, but hadn’t been able to prove himself over the last few years as a steady NHL player.

Now he is playing alongside Mikko Koivu and Parise on the Wild’s first line. While he certainly has help playing with those two, he has shown he can keep up, scoring a goal and two assists thus far. Niederreiter isn’t the only young European player on the team contributing, though.

The Wild were pretty excited last season when their 2011 10th overall pick Jonas Brodin of Sweden made his debut. He played in 45 of 48 games for the Wild and contributed offensively, but at times looked as if he could not keep up. This season, the 20-year-old-defenseman has been seeing top minutes for the club and has produced two goals and three assists to rank second on the team in points.

Another second year player may have found a permanent spot on the roster in Mikael Granlund.

Last season the Finnish forward bounced around between the Wild and their AHL affiliate the Houston Aeros, now the Iowa Wild. Granlund has looked much improved this season and seems to have earned himself a spot with the big boys while registering three assists so far this season. With all of these players playing well early on, the only question mark for the Wild remains between the pipes.

Niklas Backstrom has been the Wild’s starting goalie for the last seven seasons, but it’s no secret that he is often battling injuries and forced to sit out of the lineup. In last week’s game against Nashville, he suffered a lower body injury, and Josh Harding was forced to come into the game. Harding has since gone 3-1 since taking over for the injured Backstrom, but he isn’t a guy that can play every night. Although a very capable backup and potential starter, Harding was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a year ago and his body will not allow him to play the minutes that the Wild need him to while Backstrom is out. So in the meantime, Harding’s backup is Darcy Kuemper, which could be trouble for Min-

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Minnesota State (6-0) at Southwest Minnesota State (3-3)

6 p.m., Saturday • Mattke Field RECAP: The Augustana Vikings kept the game closer than the Minnesota State University, Mankato football team expected, but the Mavericks would prevail with a 20-10 victory with winds blowing up to 25 miles-per-hour. After finding out that the football would travel far with the wind in the passing game, the team went back playing Maverick football, which is zone running, and it worked. They put on a running game exhibit, led by senior quarterback Jon Wolf. With his team high 91 rushing yards, the Mavericks rushed for 231 yards against a team who prides themselves in stopping the run. Sophomore running back Connor Thomas and junior running back Andy Pfeiffer both got a handful of carries and Thomas finished with 56 yards while Pfeiffer had 46. Despite how bad the wind was, Wolf only had eight incompletions on 19 attempts and threw for 187 yards, including a 53-yard game-clinching touchdown pass to senior receiver Dennis Carter. Just like every other game this season, Carter led all Mavericks in receiving with 111 receiving yards. Defensively, it was arguably their best game of the season. If the hail mary touchdown at the end of the first half was taken away, the defense only gave up 38 total yards in the first half. They would continue to put pressure on the Vikings quarterback and picked off two passes in the second half, which were big game changers. Senior defensive end Chris Schaudt and senior linebacker Isaac Kolstad both totaled a team high six tackles.

HISTORY: To say the Mavericks have had the Mustangs’ number is an understatement. In the 11 times these two teams have played each other, the Mavericks came out on top in all of them, including last season’s nail-biter. Four quarters weren’t enough in this matchup, setting up one of senior placekicker’s Sam Brockshus’s game-winning field goals after the Mustangs couldn’t score in the second overtime. The Mavericks won 34-31.

MSU NOTES: With the combination of the win over Augustana and West Alabama upsetting former no. 1 Valdosta State 49-30, the Mavericks are now the no. 1 Division II college football team in the AFCA and Division2.com poll. In the NSIC, the 6-0 squad sits near the top when it comes to rushing with a fourth rank in rushing yards per game with 251.3 and second in yards per carry, averaging 5.9. As Wolf leads the Mavericks in rushing yards (458) and touchdowns (6), he has also displayed an improved arm and has a conference leading 62.6 completion percentage to prove it. In his 979 passing yards, Carter has received 424 of them and has scored four receiving touchdowns. The two other primary ball carriers in Thomas and Pfeiffer have been a great duo with strong, nose to the grindstone running with Thomas at 346 rushing yards and Pfeiffer with 241. Junior receiver Austin Rieder has developed nicely into Wolf’s second receiver. In six games, Rieder has caught 12 passes for 204 yards with one touchdown. Defensively, the Mavericks have done the best job in the conference at keeping their opponents out of the endzone, with only giving up 13 touchdowns in six games. Their main focus on defense is to stop the run and to have a conference leading 2.8-yards against per carry average, that’s getting the job done. Their two athletic defensive ends in Schaudt and sophomore Josh Gordon anchor their front seven with both players having a team-high four tackles-for-loss. All three starting linebackers in Kolstad, junior Kris Fleigle and Tyler Henderson have taken great pride in tackling while Fleigle’s 36 total tackles leads the squad.

SMSU NOTES: The (3-3) Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs possess one of the most explosive offensives in the NSIC with arguably the best quarterback-running back tandem in Charlie Kern and Tyler Tonderum. After six games, Kern sits third in the conference in passing yards with 1,676 with 15 passing touchdowns and possesses a 62.2 completion percent, which is second in the NSIC. Tonderum has ran over every team they have faced as he leads the NSIC with 1,175 yards and averages seven yards per carry, which is very impressive at the Division II level. As he also leads the NSIC with 13 rushing touchdowns, he rushed for 343 yards in their win against MSU Moorhead. Their offense also has one of the most productive receivers in the NSIC in Anthony Dean. From Tampa Bay, Fla. he is third in the conference in receiving yards with 665 yards and is first in receiving touchdowns (10) and receiving yards per game (110.8). The defense is a different story. As the offense puts up 40.3 points a game, their defense gives up 33.7. Their biggest playmaker is defensive end AJ Page, and he is a big kid. Standing at 6-foot-6, 231 lbs., the Hopkins graduate possesses the team high in tackles (63), tackles-for-loss (10), and sacks (5).

PREDICTION: This will be one of the more entertaining matchups the Mavericks will encounter this season based on how explosive their offense and our defense are. Both teams possess many playmakers and play for those big plays. The Mavericks showed last weekend they can be patient and march down the field slowly, which will give them an advantage. If the Mavericks can contain the Mustangs from making big plays, which is easier said than done, then they will come home 7-0, but it will be a close one.

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MSU SOCCER “After losing so many pieces of the team that was so successful in 2012, the 2013 season looked, in some ways, to be a rebuilding year, but that is not how the team has benen playing.” continued from 21 a 3-0 record in overtime games this year.

“I think what has allowed us to be so successful is that we never stop believing that were going to win,” Bowe said. “We know we are going to win, it might be harder than we expected, but we know we are going to win.”

Bowe tied a career-high with four points on two goals in the win on Sunday, earning her the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week. “(Bowe) is a versatile player for us. She has played in the back and been a defender for us a little bit, in the middle, and then up top, so she has kind of been a utility player,” Jones said.

Mavericks (11-1, 9-0 in NSIC) have spent most of the first twothirds of this season on the road but will final enjoy a stretch that features five-straight home games. The home stand will begin Friday against St. Cloud State (6-5-1, 3-5-1 in NSIC).

“It is really nice to get back home. We have been on the road so much. I think it will be another advantage to get back home and sleep in our own beds,” Jones said.

St. Cloud has the fifth most corners in the NSIC with 5.83 per game but has struggled in conference play with only three wins.

MSU should get some scoring chances in the game Friday because the Huskies goalkeepers have had to make the third most saves in the NSIC. The Huskies always play hard and like to counter attack from their defensive style Jones said.

Sunday’s match will feature two of the top teams in the NSIC. UM-Duluth (9-2, 8-1 in NSIC) is coming into the game ridding a four game-winning streak recording two shutouts in that stretch. Duluth only has two losses this season, with both coming on the road. “(Duluth) have a couple of really good attacking players that we need to watch out for…They have been tested, and they should be ready to come in,” Jones said.

Duluth ranks third in the NSIC with 2.45 goals per game. MSU will have to keep a close eye on Duluth’s leading scorer Junior Forward Maureen Stormont, who has recorded 11 goals and three assists while scoring six game-winning goals this year.

Friday’s game starts at 3 p.m. and Sunday’s kickoff is at 1 p.m. with both games at The Pitch. Sunday’s game will be the breast cancer awareness game and following the game, the MSU players will be available to sign autographs.

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No suprises in MLB awards predictions as 2013 dwindles down As Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer dominated on the hill, Miguel Cabrera and Andrew McCutchen did their job at the plate, leaving no shockers for the postaseaon awards.

REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief The postseason of the MLB has once again turned the season of fall into the season of the fall classic as the four teams remaining have given us a few great weeks of baseball which should only improve after the culmination of the championship series’.

But as we move toward the World Series, it is a great time to look back on the season and give a few predictions on how some of the major awards will play out once the final tarp is put on and baseball goes into hibernation mode until the winter months.

AL MVP Miguel Cabrera – Detroit .348, 44 HRs, 137 RBIs Surprise, surprise; though ‘Miggy’ did not live up to his full potential one year after taking home the triple crown, he did play well enough in 2013 to take home his secondconsecutive American League MVP award. His batting average of .348 was good enough to be tops in the AL for the third straight year and his prowess at the plate also brought in the same amount of homeruns as last year (44) with just a couple less RBIs (139). Had it not been for the power-hitting sensation of Chris Davis out of Baltimore, Cabrera might have gone for

the Triple Crown two years in a row, a feat almost unthinkable to those in the baseball world.

Though many still believe for the second straight year that Angels outfielder Mike Trout should be the one taking home the hardware, the award is most valuable, not best stats. Though Trout’s five-tool approach towards the game makes him one of the more valuable players to ever dawn a pair of cleats, you cannot look past the fact that with Detroit’s late-season depleted lineup, many wonder whether the Tigers would have even made the playoffs without Cabrera. Though Detroit has been a force this year due to their pitching more than their hitting, anything less out of Cabrera might have ended with Cleveland taking over the AL central.

NL MVP Andrew McCutchen – Pittsburgh .317, 21 HRs, 84 RBIs His numbers do not jump off the page. In fact, McCutchen’s totals in the major offensive categories only boast a top-three ranking in just one category, on base percentage, where only two players got on more

than ‘McClutchen’. He did put together a 20-20 (20 homeruns, 20 stolen bases) season for the third straight year, but many people cannot look past McCutchen’s mere 84-RBI season in 2013.

I call to mind former Twin (and now teammate of McCutchen’s) Justin Morneau, who capped off a stellar 2006 campaign by taking home the American League MVP. Many wondered how Morneau was voted MVP, as his batting average was seventh in the American League, alongside an 11th place finish in the homerun category and second in RBIs. Once again, it is not the ‘Best Statistical Year’ award; it is the most valuable player. Without Morneau, the Twins would have never made a late-season surge towards the postseason like they did that year. Though they were swept by Oakland in the divisional round, but Morneau’s play was the true catalyst to a playoff squad, much like McCutchen with the Pirates AL Cy Young Max Scherzer – Detroit 21-3, 2.90 ERA, 240 SOs

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Web Photo McCutchen’s heroics in Pittsburgh were not statistically the best, but he did propel the Pirates towards the playoffs, making him a clear choice for the National League Most Valuable Player.

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AWARDS “But as we move towards the World Series, it is a great time to look back on the season and give a few predictions on how some of tje major awards will play out...” continued from 24 Another surprise pick out of Detroit (not really), Scherzer might as well had put a down payment on a banquet hall to honor himself with the Cy Young Award after going midway through the month of July without losing a game.

His 21 wins were the most in baseball in 2013, and he provided ace-like moments throughout the season, almost knocking Detroit 1-man Justin Verlander off his throne.

Scherzer may have never thrown a no-hitter or even flirted with one in ’13, but his 22-start stretch from early May to late August where he went at least six innings apiece is the kind of pitcher he was this past year, ice cold, no mistakes.

Scherzer gave meaningful performances week in and week out and if it was not for consecutive tough losses in early September, Scherzer may have found himself at the top of the list for the best single-season winning percentage.

NL Cy Young Clayton Kershaw – Los Angeles Dodgers 16-9, 1.83 ERA, 232 SOs

Many thought the ‘Boys in Blue’ were out of the race quickly as they dropped frequently through the NL West rankings throughout the season, but the bat of some newcomers along with a dominant pitching rotation was the reasoning behind the Dodgers making a push for October. More precisely, Clayton Kershaw, who capped off an amazing 2013 ocampaign that should bring the 25-yearold his second Cy Young. Kershaw also will bring home his third-consecutive

ERA title, quite a feat for a lefty.

Though Matt Harvey of the Mets and rookie Jose Fernandez of Miami could also be considered Cy Young candidates, as well as closer Craig Kimbrel of Atlanta, Kershaw’s ability to win is unlike any other in baseball, which should continue for many years in the young southpaw’s career.

AL Rookie of the Year Wil Myers – Tampa Bay .293, 13 HRs, 53 RBIs As last year boasted three potentially dangerous rookies out of the American League in Trout, Yoenis Cespedes and Yu Darvish, this year is the exact opposite, as the dwindled-down AL award goes to Myers, who played just 88 games in 2013. Though his stats are not unbelievable, Myers did hit the highest batting average and drove in more runs than any other rookie in the American League. He also finished second in the homerun department by a rookie to Twins outfielder Oswaldo Arcia, who blasted one more than Myers. Proof of depletion in the AL comes from my backup choice for the ROY, Jose Iglesias of Detroit, who hit.303 in 109 combined games with Boston and Detroit. Though his average boasts better than any other rookie, Iglesias hit just three homeruns and knocked in 29 RBIs to take him out of contention.

NL Rookie of the Year Hyun-jin Ryu – Los Angeles Dodgers 14-8, 3.00 ERA, 154 SOs

I know many of you are thinking I have fallen off the deep end with this pick as many see Ryu as the third-best rookie in the national league, but I feel this kid has been under appreciated all season long and deserves some recognition. In the category of pitching performances by a rookie, Fernadez of the Marlins put up Cy Young-like numbers in ’13, which many believed would get him some Cy Young votes as well as an easy pick for the NL ROY. Fernandez was lights out in the final stretch of the season, going 9-2 from July to September while finally finding his form.

Others believe that Dodger-newcomer Yasiel Puig should get the ROY award, as he finished 2013 with a .319 batting average along with 19 homeruns and 42 RBIs in just 104 games played and 432 plate appearances. Puig is often seen as the guy who turned the Dodgers season around as they now battle for a spot in the World Series.

But one stat I feel is necessary for ROY voting is consistency, which helps Ryu knock the other two out of the water. Ryu has been a solid three-man for the Dodgers all season long, backing Kershaw and Zach Greinke every time through the rotation. At a 14-8 clip, Ryu was dazzling, especially when his team needed it in the later months, like August. In that month, Ryu started six games for the Dodgers, going 4-2 through the stretch. Besides getting beat up a little bit by the BoSox, Ryu was dominant all through August, which played a huge role in getting the Dodgers back to the playoffs.

MLB playoffs exciting at postseason midway point

REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief Playoff baseball is another sport in itself, a sports that brings the excitement level of the game to new heights as each night culminates in another hard-fought battle between two postseason eager squads trying to reach that next step.

For the 10 teams that reached October in the MLB, just four remain now as the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals fight in an event that should be billed as the two top NL teams in the last century. On the other side of the playoffs, you have the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox duking it out as the two find

themselves trading heavyweight blows back and forth until there is one team remaining.

I got to say it; I love the four teams that are left in the playoffs. Though many see the Tigers as boring and the Cardinals as annoying more recently, I am a traditional type of guy.

As much as I understand that the world is always changing and certain teams have to go through different eras of winning and losing, nothing makes me more excited for the playoffs then knowing it boasts four teams in the championship series who all have outstanding traditions on the diamond.

Though the Dodgers haven’t made a run towards anything spectacular in a while and the

Red Sox technically have as many World Series trophies in the last 90 years as the Twins do in the last 20, I love the old squads. Those teams that bring ritual into the game, those teams that have been there a million times and plan on being there a million more. Sorry A’s and Rays, but if either of you two new-age squads would have made the championship series, I would not have been a happy camper.

So far in 2013, the series’ have been great and the competition has been fierce, starting in the NL, where the Dodgers took a 3-1 series over the Braves and the Cardinals downed the

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AL Manager of the Year Terry Francona – Cleveland (92-70) These two are probably the easiest choices for post-season awards, and that includes Scherzer for the Cy Young (which has to be nearly unanimous at this point). The facts put these two so far ahead of everyone else; it really should not be a contest. Francona took a lackluster bunch of Indians from a 69-94 record in 2012 to the play-in game for the final Wild Card Spot in 2013. Had it not been for the red-hot Detroit Tigers, I think it is safe to say that Cleveland would have been the winner of the AL Central.

NL Manager of the Year Clint Hurdle- Pittsburgh (94-68) As for Clint Hurdle, the former Colorado skipper who was kicked out of Denver after a slow start in 2009, he finally found his form in Pittsburgh in 2013, his third year in charge of the Pirates.

Last season the ‘Bucs’ started out hot, but Hurdle could not control the squad towards the end stretch. That changed in 2013 as the Pirates reached the playoffs for the first time since 1992.

This will be the first time either of these two managers will take home the highest honor in baseball coaching, but both have proved in 2013 that they are still capable of putting out a solid nine and game managing teams to the playoffs.

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AWARDS “For the 10 teams that reached the playoffs, just four remain now as Los Angeles and St. Louis fight an event that should be bill as the top two NL teams of the last century.” continued from 25

Web Photo Ortiz lifted the spirits of all in Boston once again as his grand slam in the eighth inning in game two of the ALCS proved to be a difference maker as the Red Sox and Tigers are now tied at two games apiece.

bandwagon-proned Pirates in five. The Dodgers-Braves series probably presented the most postseason drama, as the leagueleading Braves failed to hit a single homerun during their NLDS bout.

I think more was expected from Atlanta, who everyone thought would at least put up a fight with the red-hot LA Dodgers, but give the Dodgers credit, their pitching staff, which has been boasted as one of the best in the MLB all season long, completely dominated the Braves in all four games.

A-town may have snuck out a 4-3 victory in game two behind a stellar pitching performance from Mike Minor, but after Clayton Kershaw’s astonishing one-run performance in game one, it was about all she wrote for the Braves as they knew they would see Kershaw at least once more, plus Zach Greinke and Hyun-jin Ryu a game apiece.

Also out of the NL was the Cardinals and Pirates series, which was an instant classic with a back-and-forth like atmosphere throughout the five-game set. Though I was disappointed to see the ‘Bucs’ eventually fall to the Cardinals, give credit to

the red birds for coming back from a 2-1 deficit to knock off the Pirates, which included a win at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, which was more reminiscent of college football stadium then it was a baseball park.

Moving to the AL, where the Athletics are slowly turning into the mid-2000s squad they were, which compiles of making it to the playoffs and turning a few heads before falling in five games during the divisional series. The Tigers were the better team and they deserve to be in the ALCS and tied with the Red Sox at two games apiece, but with Justin Verlander on the hill for the decisive game five, was there any doubt that Detroit would take the series? I know many see Max Scherzer as the better pitcher of the two now, but you never count a win with Verlander on the dish.

As for the Red Sox, who knocked out the tiresome Rays in four games, they have made more noise in their first two wins against the Tigers in the ALCS then has been made all postseason by the other series’.

After Anibal Sanchez’s (and the Tigers bullpen) onehit performance in game one,

it looked as though last year’s events would happen again as the Detroit pitching staff would dismantle the American League one opponent after another.

That seemed to be the case in game two once again, as the Red Sox were held to just one hit throughout most of the game.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, Boston down late in the game at Fenway, they haven’t produced a whole lot of offense until one swing from David Ortiz changes it all.

Detroit should have taken a 2-0 lead that more than likely would have ended in a sweep of the BoSox, but ‘big papi’s longball into the bullpen in right kept the hopes alive for Boston, who now finds themselves in a two-all tie with the Tigers heading into game five tonight in Detroit.

With the Championship Series’ winding down, we will know our World Series teams by Sunday night, if the ALCS goes all seven games. Its tough to make a prediction at this point, but the one thing we all know will come out of this is some good playoff baseball, just like always.

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