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Exploring spirituality

Conference to discuss different spiritual perspectives KRISTINA MORITZ

staff writer

This weekend marks the 30th year of The Woman & Spirituality Conference, which was originally born in 1981. Community members will gather Oct. 22-23 to learn about and ref lect on various spiritual and religious traditions practiced by men and women.

This occasion will furthermore fulfill individual’s hopes of creating a multicultural democracy in America. This year’s theme is “Creating a Multicultural Democracy: Religion, Culture and Identity in America.”

The event will take place in the CSU Ballroom at Minnesota State University, Mankato and has been a part of the college’s Gender and Women’s Studies Department for several decades.

Among the community welcomed, there will be students, staff and Mankato citizens of all ages and types.

The two-day conference is expected to attract hundreds of participants and will include a keynote speaker, discussions, exhibits, dialogue and numerous celebration activities. In addition, there will be 90

vendors and more than 100 workshops.

The purpose of the conference is to provide a nurturing setting for discussion and celebration of the individuals from many different spiritual and religious backgrounds that are attending.

The meeting and celebration does not advocate or dismiss any viewpoints or ideas; however, it recognizes and honors the similarities, as well as the differences between individual’s upbringings and beliefs.

“I think this event is important and inspirational because it brings people together from all different walks of life, and allows us to learn about and from one another,” said Adjunct Professor of the Gender and Women’s Studies program and former conference attendee Jenelle Haddad.

To begin the celebration, students can participate in the opening ceremony and keynote speaker presentation Saturday morning. During this time they are encouraged to register for the conference, emerse themselves in workshops or attend the conference for credit.

This year’s keynote speaker is Winona LaDuke,

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“We are very excited to have the esteemed LaDuke as our keynote speaker.

LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is an internationally acclaimed author, orator and activist.

A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities with advanced degrees in rural economic development, LaDuke has devoted her life to protecting the lands and life ways of Native communities,” said professor and chair of the Gender & Women’s Studies department, Dr. Maria Bevacqua.

LaDuke, a Native American, is founder and CoDirector of Honor the Earth, a national advocacy group encouraging public support and funding for native environmental groups. She is also the recipient of many awards, and founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, which is one of the largest reservation-based, non-profit organizations in the country.

“In addition to numerous articles, LaDuke is the author of a number of nonfiction titles including All Our Relations, The Winona LaDuke Reader, Recovering the Sacred: the Power of Naming and Claiming, Food is Medicine: Recover-

• web photo Winona LaDuke will be speaking on campus Saturday morning as part of the Women and Spirituality Conference.

ing Traditional Foods to Heal the People and her latest, The Militarization of Indian Country. She has also penned a work of fiction, Last Standing Woman, and a children’s book, In the Sugarbush,” Bevacqua said.

The Department of

Gender and Women’s Studies hopes that all types of individuals will attend the event and gain valuable insight into others’ perspectives through listening to speakers and participating in discussions or workshops.

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Remodel, not renovation

Business students seek to remodel Morris Hall common area STEVEN VANG

staff writer

As the campus changes with construction on the exterior, Morris Hall, a building shared by the College of Business, Department of Ethnic Studies and Department of Dental Hygiene, unveils plans for new interior designs.

The Council of Student Business Organization (COSBO) student advisory group, consisting of the MSSA College of Business senators and presidents of the business RSOs, are discussing proposals to improve the Morris Hall second floor commons area with better designs to attract students to better utilize the space.

A group of students who frequently use the space shares similar opinions saying, “Sometimes you walk by and that’s it because there’s no seats or space to study.”

It’s an important location to focus on particularly during the winter months because it’s the intersection of Morris Hall, Armstrong Hall and Highland North so people are always passing through the area.

The proposed plans feature an accessible space for more students to use at one time.

“It provides more students with more seating options,” said College of Business dean

Brenda Flannery.

The area currently doesn’t accommodate to students for use in between classes due to the lack of workspace and outlets for students who have laptops. The proposed plans include remodeling and rearranging the commons for a more inviting environment.

The ultimate goal is to increase productivity rather than having a complete renovation.

While the ultimate goal is known, business students are still seeking possible plans for the remodel. The proposed plans are vague and do not offer much information as to what the space will actually look like after the remodel.

Major changes that are taking effect and students can expect to see aside from the relocation of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Honors Program will be the renovation of the MH 265 suite for the Honors Program.

An office and the open area will be resized for a smaller office but in turn provide for a larger student work area. The storage/kitchenette room will also expand to promote workplace relations among staff by increasing staff interaction rather than crammed rooms that isolate co-workers.

The renovation is scheduled for winter break and

angela kukowski• msu reporter The intersection of Morris Hall, Armstrong Hall and Highland North will be the sight for MSU’s latest renovation project.

should be completed before students resume class for Spring semester.

Another major change will be the replacement of the HVAC which is the technological heating and air conditioning compartment in the building by the beginning of the next academic school year. Because the current system is an original unit that isn’t efficient and lacks proper temperature measurement,

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“The HVAC is badly needed. …[For] the air handler, you have to run it almost all night long just to keep the temperature up so things don’t freeze,” said Director of Planning and Construction Paul Corcoran. “The new technology can monitor and track that, which will save the university money.”

Funding for the MH 265

suite came from a one-time funding from the 2010-2011 academic school year, while the HVAC renovation came from a state legislator program called Higher Education Asset Preservation (HEAPR) totaling more than $2.5 million.

“By the end of this, we’ll hopefully have high efficiency and hopefully it’ll make everybody much more comfortable,” Corcoran said.

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ZOMBIES ARE TAKING OVER! ONE WRITER DISCUSSES CREEPY CRAWLIES IN OUR CURRENT CULTURE GRACE WEBB

zombie enthusiast There are some things in life I don’t understand: quantum mechanics. Russian.

Planking. The overwhelming appeal of zombies.

Don’t get me wrong, I like scary movies as much as most people. But if I had my choice, I’d be watching something that had to do with vampires, those suave and sexy creatures of the night. I can’t comprehend why anyone would like to watch a horde of rotting, undead ghouls chase down people and eat their brains.

That’s not scary; that’s just disturbing.

But I realize I am in a minority. Zombies are more popular than ever. Within the past two weeks, Minnesota State University, Mankato has been the site of two zombie infestations. First, a group of students held a “zombie protest” against the 10-year war in Afghanistan, with protestors showing up dressed as the undead and holding signs saying, “You don’t need a brain to know the war needs to end.” Then last week, IMPACT hosted its monthly Mavs After Dark night with the theme “Zombie Prom.” Students showed up as both zombies and zombie slayers and could participate in everything from a zombie shooting range to tarot cards.

These zombie-themed events on campus made me curious as to what else was going on that had to do with zombies. How did zombies even begin in the first place?

I dug a little deeper and here’s what I found…

Stories of zombie-like creatures were first recorded in the late 1800s. African voodoo beliefs held that

sorcerers could revive dead people and control them, since the dead no longer had their souls. Our typical American zombie, however, didn’t show up until the 1960s.

Zombies have been in pop culture for decades, with the “first” zombie f lick, White Zombie, appearing on theater screens in 1932. Zombies didn’t really make it big, though, until George A. Romero’s 1968 cult classic, Night of the Living Dead.

Now, more than 570 movies revolve around zombies.

Some are legitimate horror f licks, but others are campier tales (The Harvard Zombie Massacre and Die, You Zombie Bastards!) or B-movie junk (Aah! Zombies!! and Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!). There’s even a “musical” about zombies: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.

(Don’t be fooled, though; I watched it, and there are only two or three songs… such disappointment.) And, of course, we can’t forget “zombie erotica” such as Erotic Nights of the Living Dead.

Notable video games and TV shows also use zombies as the main plot point.

AMC’s “Walking Dead,” one of the channel’s highest-rated shows, is all about a small band of survivors battling a massive zombie infestation.

But zombies aren’t limited to media entertainment.

Even old-fashioned books have picked up on the zombie trend. Within the last few years, Jane Austen’s literary classic, Pride and Prejudice, got a gruesome makeover when author Seth GrahameSmith added zombies to the original story in his version, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The novel climbed

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high on the New York Times bestseller list and has sold more than 700,000 copies.

A movie adaptation is slated for 2013.

In fact, as evidenced by MSU’s recent zombie activities, the undead are spilling out of popular entertainment and into real life. The University of Florida revamped its emergency procedures in 2009 to include how students and staff should react to a zombie attack. The six-page plan included a form employees could fill out in case they had to shoot undead coworkers and the recommendation that U of F staff and faculty be given firearms for personal protection.

This particular zombie survival plan only stayed on the U of Florida’s website for two days, until it was revealed that a tired website manager had concocted it

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But other real-life organizations have come up with zombie survival plans as well. After the Japanese earthquake and fears of nuclear radiation earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention featured an online post by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan about how to properly prepare for a zombie apocalypse. The article included suggestions such as what to put in an emergency kit and planning evacuation routes.

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displays yet, but customers can go to the chain’s website and either enter the “I am Human” or “Me zombie” section. Humans are able to find tools such as chain saws, nail guns and protective gear, and zombies can find caulk for peeling skin, bolts for broken bones and even air fresheners. The website also includes a free “zombie preparedness” guide and a Q-and-A section for frequently asked zombiethemed questions.

It looks like our culture’s fascination with zombies is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. As much as I prefer smooth Tom Cruise-esque bloodsuckers, I suppose this may be for the best. At least now I know where to turn when the brain eaters do take over.

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Students suspect enhanced enforcement Mankato police say they haven’t increased texting and driving enforcement

CASSIE RAYMAN

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Are Minnesota State University, Mankato students paying the price to text and drive?

At MSU, students have been abuzz about police cracking down on cellphone usage while driving, but City of Mankato Police say they haven’t changed their enforcement.

The City of Mankato’s Detective Commander Matt DuRose said that Mankato police haven’t necessarily been pushing stricter enforcement but more simply, just keeping the usual watchful eye.

“We have only written 10 citations since Oct. 4. The incidents of the citations have involved witnessed violations by the officers, [and] driving complaints in which others observed poor driving conduct,” said DuRose. “One involved an accident with injuries and a couple others

involved the driver going through a red light and being stopped for that.”

DuRose said that Mankato police haven’t had a lot of instances involving texting and driving type behavior making it hard for DuRose to pinpoint a specific age group or general area that is more commonly known for texting and driving citations. Although DuRose was unable to identify the specifics of texting and driving citations, popular speculation points towards teens and college students.

According to Minnesota State Statute 169.475, no individual may operate a motor vehicle while using a cell phone to compose, read or send messages when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic. This law, although well known, perhaps just isn’t impacting students and teens as vital enough to banish from their driving habits.

While many MSU students may be guilty of texting and driving, more than a few are still getting by without getting caught. Yet, getting away with such a crime may be making students too comfortable, which could eventually land them with $125 fine or more, depending on the incidents’ circumstances. While the fine is expensive, students could be facing much bigger issues like accidents.

According to a Harvard study, 2,600 deaths and 570,000 injuries are caused each year due to cell phone use while driving. While these statistics may be shockingly and devastatingly high, there are still some instances in Minnesota where cell phone usage or texting is allowed while driving.

According to the Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, texting while operating a motor vehicle is permitted when the texting

is voice-activated or handsfree, when the individual is seeking assistance in reporting a traffic incident, medical emergency or serious traffic hazard or when one is in belief that a person’s safety is in immediate danger.

If one is not experiencing any of these specific circumstances, it is still legal to speak on the cell phone in most other situations given that the driver of the vehicle still operates safely within the law while speaking on the phone.

As with many new laws, there is debate surrounding the laws prohibiting texting and driving. Some feel texting and driving citations aren’t harsh enough to prevent further violations while others feel the law is entirely unnecessary.

MSU senior Karie Hodgin sides with those who feel the law is not only important, but also necessary.

“I think it puts a lot of other lives in jeopardy texting

while driving. The focus is not on your and others safety,” Hodgin said.

Statistics show that MSU students, as well as other college students around the world, are bordering the typical age group on record for traffic citations involving cell phones. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 20 percent of citations given for distracted driving are for persons 16 to 20 years of age.

Whether the NHTSA recorded age group encompasses a majority of the MSU student population or not, Mankato City Police have found that MSU students and Mankato teens aren’t truly to blame, at least not so far.

With only 10 citations on recent records, it appears the Mankato area will have to wait before the possibility of statistics on driving and texting citations in their neighborhood can be made available.

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40 days of protest A new approach to abstinence

Pro-lifers pray outside Planned Parenthood MEGAN KADLEC

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Abortion has been a topic of debate for decades. Often, when discussing basic values and political beliefs, an individual is asked whether they are pro-life or pro-choice.

A pro-life effort to stop abortion in Mankato and throughout America, 40 Days of Life is hoping to achieve their goals through prayer, fasting, peaceful vigil and community outreach.

A branch of the group has been hosting a peaceful prayer vigil outside Mankato’s Planned Parenthood since Sept.

28, and the protests will continue through Nov. 6.

According to the 40 Days for Life website, the campaign “takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families.”

The Saint Thomas Moore Newman Center, located on the corner of Maywood Avenue and Warren Street, across the street from Minnesota State University, Mankato has also been participating in the campaign. In the center’s yard are 137 flags, each meant to represent an unborn child lost due to abortion.

Those who oppose Planned Parenthood generally claim religious reasons for their beliefs, however more than 68 percent of women receiving abortions have identified themselves as either Protestant or Catholic.

The campaign, born in College Station, Texas, by four individuals, has coordinated eight 40 Days for Life campaigns since 2007. Campaigns have been started in 337 cities across the United States as well as communities in ten countries.

“We were all praying around an old wooden table, wondering what we could do to impact abortion numbers in our local community,” said 40 Days for Life campaign director Shawn

Carney.

The campaign began small, with a few individuals walking door-to-door, asking whomever answered to pray for a stop to abortion.

“We had knocked on Planned Parenthood volunteer’s doors, Planned Parenthood employees’ doors, and all of them were so shocked we were willing to go door to door that they were just nice to us because they were bewildered that the crazy pro-lifers were going door to door,” Carney said.

The group is targeting Planned Parenthoods across the country because the institution is responsible for 332,278 abortions each year. In the United States, the total number of abortions every year is 1.37 million.

Under the 1973 United States Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade, abortion is legal in all 50 states. The decision established that women have a right to self-determination, or the decision whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term, but that this right must also be balanced by the state’s interest in preserving fetal life. Prior to this decision, abortion was illegal in 30 states.

Planned Parenthood provides not only abortions, but also write prescriptions for birth control as well as providing STD testing. Abortions account for three percent of all Planned Parenthood services, but nearly 41 percent of all income.

Forty Days for Life founder David Bereit spoke to campaign participants in Mankato at the beginning of October.

Bereit said Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes but also a state where more than 11,000 abortions were performed last year.

“It struck me as terribly twisted,” Bereit said.

A group of individuals plan to stand outside Planned Parenthood Saturday in protest of 40 Days of Life.

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Grad students sign petition to teach masturbation in schools

JUAN AYALA

staff writer

Masturbation has been a taboo subject for decades.

Though on the decline, teen pregnancy still exists and sexual intercourse among teenagers without protection is still very high. Abstinence seems to be the only solution so far.

A new approach of the problem has been taken from six graduate students from the Gender and Women’s Studies master’s program at Minnesota State University, Manakto. Their proposal is to teach masturbation as a way of abstinence.

“The point of teaching safe touch is that we feel that masturbation is one of those really stigmatized issues to talk about. It’s taboo and so we thought it was important for kids to have the knowledge and the acceptance of masturbation as a totally natural thing,” said Megan Peters.

Because the current sexeducation curriculum in Minnesota does not focus on masturbation, they wrote a

right to petition to the state of Minnesota to include masturbation as a form of abstinence. They want schools to talk about masturbation.

“Different schools are allowed to talk about it if they want to, but there is no mandate to discuss it,” said Samantha Coffin, “We just want them to include it, because abstinence only is not necessarily working and we have the statistic that 81 percent of parents would actually support it as an option.”

The group is not focused on teaching technique. Their approach does not include how to masturbate. They just want schools to teach masturbation as a natural thing, as something to do instead of engaging in potentially dangerous activities.

“I think once you get over the initial shock, but after you start telling people why we are doing it they start understanding that it is a safe way. You are not going to get sexual transmitted infections, you are not going to get pregnant, it teaches a lot about

your own body,” Coffin said.

They believe that if kids are given the right tools, opportunities and options, they will make good decisions as a result.

“There is a bigger notion around this that children as young as two are told that touching themselves isn’t right, and if they are teaching that young that it isn’t right than we have to reteach them that it is right,” says Kaitlyn Kenealy.

The group is looking to create allies and relationships with people to put together a documentary to educate people on the topic.

“People have been really receptive so far,” Peters said.

Dec. 7th, the group will have a discussion table in CSU 254. They will show a documentary about the topic and people will have the opportunity to participate and be part of it.

To see the petition to the Minnesota Legislature you can go to www.thepetitionsite.com/I/TeachSafeTouch.

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Wild animals on the loose Exotic animals set loose by owner

•web photo Construction signs are used to warn drivers about wild animals on the loose in Ohio Wednesday. The animals were set loose by their owner before he committed suicide.

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Homeowners took cover indoors Wednesday as sheriff’s deputies with high-powered rifles hunted down and killed dozens of lions, bears, tigers and other exotic beasts that escaped from a wild-animal park after the owner threw their cages open and committed suicide.

After an all-night hunt that extended into the afternoon, nearly all of the 50 or so escaped animals had been either gunned down or captured alive, authorities said. As of midafternoon, the only animals still on the loose were a wolf and a monkey, according to the sheriff’s office.

As the big-game hunt went on, schools closed in the mostly rural area of widely spaced homes 55 miles east of Columbus. Parents were warned to keep children and pets indoors.

And flashing signs along highways told motorists, “Caution exotic animals” and “Stay in vehicle.”

“It’s like Noah’s Ark, like, wrecking right here in Zanesville, Ohio,” said Jack Hanna, TV personality and former director of the Columbus Zoo. “Noah’s Ark filled with tigers and lions and all leopards and a few monkeys and whatever, and it crashes here, and all of a sudden they’re out there.”

Officers were under orders to shoot to kill for fear that animals hit with tranquilizer darts would run off and hide in the darkness.

The owner of the privately run Muskingum County Animal Farm, Terry Thompson, left the cages open and the fences unsecured before committing suicide, Sheriff Matt Lutz said.

Authorities would not say how he killed himself, and Lutz wouldn’t speculate on why he did it or why he went out with what appeared to be one last act of vengeance.

But Thompson had had

repeated run-ins with the law and his neighbors, and Lutz said the sheriff’s office had received numerous complaints since 2004 about animals escaping from the property. Thompson had gotten out of federal prison just last month after serving a year for possessing unregistered guns.

“This is a bad situation,” the sheriff said. “It’s been a situation for a long time.”

John Ellenberger, a neighbor of Thompson’s, speculated he freed the animals to get back at neighbors and police.

“Nobody much cared for him,” Ellenberger said.

Neighbor Danielle White, whose father’s property abuts the 40-acre animal park, said she didn’t see loose animals this time but did in 2006, when a lion escaped.

“It’s always been a fear of mine knowing (the owner) had all those animals,” she said. “I have kids. I’ve heard a male lion roar all night.”

The sheriff said his office started getting calls Tuesday evening that wild animals were loose just west of Zanesville on a road that runs under Interstate 70. He said deputies with rifles went to the animal preserve, where they found Thompson dead and all the cages open.

Several aggressive animals were near his body and had to be shot, the sheriff said.

Lutz said his main concern was protecting the public in the area, where homes sit on large lots of sometimes 10 acres.

Nearby Zanesville has a population of about 25,000.

Hanna defended the sheriff against criticism that the animals should have been captured alive.

“What was he to do at nighttime with tigers and lions, leopards, going out there?” Hanna said. “In the wild this would be a different situation.”

Hanna told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that if an

officer shot a bear, a leopard or a tiger with a tranquilizer at night, “the animal gets very excited, it goes and hides, and then we have his officer in danger of losing their life, and other people.”

The preserve in Zanesville also had cheetahs, giraffes and camels. Lutz called the animals very big and aggressive but said a caretaker told authorities they had been fed on Monday.

White, the preserve’s neighbor, said Thompson had repeatedly been in legal trouble.

“He was in hot water because of the animals, because of permits, and (the animals) escaping all the time,” White said. A few weeks ago, she said, she had to avoid some camels that were grazing on the side of a freeway.

At a nearby Moose Lodge, Bill Weiser said: “It’s breaking my heart, them shooting those animals.”

Bailey Hartman, a night manager at a McDonald’s, also said it saddened her that the animals were shot. But she said, “I was kind of scared coming in to work.”

Ohio has some of the nation’s weakest restrictions on exotic pets and among the highest number of injuries and deaths caused by them. In 2010, an animal caretaker was killed by a bear at a property in Cleveland.

On Wednesday, the Humane Society of the United States criticized Gov. John Kasich for allowing a statewide ban on the buying and selling of exotic pets to expire in April. The organization urged the state to immediately issue emergency restrictions.

“How many incidents must we catalog before the state takes action to crack down on private ownership of dangerous exotic animals?” Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO, said in a statement.

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IndyCar CEO: Focus is on Wheldon, safety

IndyCar CEO Randy Berough investigation; fortunatenard said Wednesday night ly, that has already begun, the best way to honor Dan and we have the protocols in Wheldon is finding a way to place to get this done,” Berprevent another fatal accinard said. “This was a tragic dent. accident, and IndyCar needs The two-time Indianapolis to understand everything 500 winner was killed Sunpossible about it.” day in a fiery 15-car accident There’s been very little at Las Vegas Motor Speedpublic comment from Indyway. IndyCar has launched Car’s stars since the accident. a formal investigation that The top drivers have been Bernard hopes will lead to largely silent except for an improved safety measures. occasional Twitter post.

“We’ve got a lot to do, Bernard said Wednesday and we don’t have any time night that the industry has to mess around,” Bernard banded together this week to told The Associated Press on focus on supporting WhelWednesday night. don’s family and preparing “We need answers.” for his memorial service.

IndyCar initially said ForFuneral arrangements have mula One’s governing body yet to be announced, but and the Automobile Competi- a public memorial service tion Committee of the United is scheduled for Sunday in States were involved in the Indianapolis. investigation. IndyCar clari“This has been a very fied Wednesday that neither difficult time, but we have to organization has a formal stay focused more than ever role in the investigation. right now,” Bernard said.

But Bernard, in his first “The first thing we have to comments since announcing do is take care of the WhelWheldon’s death, stressed don family and make sure the investigation must help we are there to help them IndyCar ensure there will anyway we can.” not be another accident like IndyCar has helped launch Sunday’s. a memorial website for Whel“We must continue to don, established a trust fund move forward with a thor- DRIVING SAFETY / page 10

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MSSA learns power of negotiation ALLISON MATTHEWS

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Systems of power were the main focus for Minnesota State Student Association’s Wednesday meeting.

Scott Olson, provost and vice president for Academic and Student Affairs spoke to MSSA about learning how to understand and navigate power structures within large and complex systems.

The main system he was referring to is Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Minnesota State University, Mankato, is one of the seven universities it serves along with 24 two-year colleges, according to the MnSCU website.

Olson spent last year in St. Paul working as Vice President in the chancellor’s office for MnSCU. During Olson’s time there, he learned three lessons of power that he believes will stick with MSSA and the student body.

His three lessons included spotting dynamics within systems, looking out for invisible functions of systems and understanding the powers of systems. He learned how

students could be included in power dynamics.

“Systems are attracted to systemic problems,” Olson said.

MnSCU is a system that looks to issues that affect the larger population it serves, which is about 434,000 students in credit and non-credit based courses.

Olson said that MnSCU does not necessarily deal with individual campus concerns such as student life or school pride, but it does provide MSU along with the other six state universities protections and allocations.

“If you have 31 institutions seeking money, how do you allocate the money?” said MSSA President Matt Lexcen.

Lexcen said one of the main concerns of MnSCU is moving students from high school to higher education and beyond.

Assistant Director of Greek Life John Bulcock said MnSCU consists of experts who provide guidance to the institutions it serves. It deals with many legislative issues, and it has the ability to find solutions, according to Bulcock.

“The systems office functions like an ozone layer,” Olson said. “You’re never going to see the holes in the layer.

They’re doing invisible things that actually benefit us.”

Olson said Minnesota State University Student Association is a system of MSSA. MSUSA is a nonprofit organization that serves more than 75,000 students in the seven state universities. Its goals are to educate students on the issues surrounding higher education, according to its website.

“MSUSA is there to make all seven shine,” Olson said.

Olson encouraged MSSA to take the “yes, if” approach rather than the “no” approach when it comes to dealing with power systems.

“It’s very easy to say no, but saying yes is far more powerful for those in influential positions when you don’t have control in final decisions.”

Olson encouraged senators to learn the power of negotiating.

“The minute you say yes, if you’re negotiating, you can make it be what you want it to be.”

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DRIVING SAFETY Contact between two cars can trigger a massive accident, which is exactly what happened Sunday. continued from 9 and organized the public service at Conseco Field.

“Those were the things that were very important for us to get done as quickly as possible,” Bernard said.

“Everyone in this community is so focused on letting the Wheldon family know our thoughts and prayers are with them, and we are doing everything we can to support them.”

Wheldon’s death was the first fatal accident in IndyCar since Paul Dana was killed in 2006, but safety concerns have been raised about the wisdom of racing at the highbanked Las Vegas track.

Because of the open-wheel design of the IndyCar, the cars cannot race side-by-side on the progressive banking at Las Vegas and wide open through the turns without creating substantial risk.

Contact between two cars can trigger a massive accident, which is exactly what happened Sunday.

Wheldon came upon the accident, ran over another

car, and his car spun through the air into the catch fence.

The open cockpit appeared to take a direct hit with the fence.

Bernard declined Wednesday to discuss the safety questions surrounding Las Vegas, saying he preferred to keep the focus on Wheldon this week.

That seemed to be the shared thinking throughout the auto racing community, as both former Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya and five-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson called for attention to be directed on Wheldon’s life.

“I think people really have to forget about (the blame game),” Montoya said. “Now with the social media and everything anybody’s opinion really counts. And I think the only opinion that really matters right now is the one where we worry about Dan and his family. Let’s let IndyCar deal with their problems.”

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Mavericks rally, upset No. 10 Wayne State Despite dropping the first set 30-28, MSU took the next three to solve its woes against ranked foes.

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Even though the No. 19 Minnesota State, Mankato volleyball team has been in the middle of the top 25 all season long, they had suffered five straight losses to ranked opponents in conference play.

That all changed Tuesday night in Mankato.

After dropping the first set to No. 10 Wayne State, the Mavericks rallied back to win the next three and knock off the Wildcats.

It was a great effort coming from MSU, as they really reassembled after losing the first set, something they have struggled with this season.

“We really stuck with the game plan,” head coach Dennis Amundson said of the big victory for MSU. “Our passing was consistent and our kids made aggressive swings at the ball all night.”

Those two points would be the keys to the Mavericks achieving a victory Tuesday night at the Taylor Center. MSU out-assisted Wayne State by 23 assists, and had 21 more kills angela kukowski • msu reporter than the Wildcats as well.

Sam Dale (15) and the Mavericks had plenty of reasons to celebrate MSU statistically did just Tuesday night, as MSU finally prevailed against a ranked opponent.

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about everything better than Wayne State, with another big category being digs. The Mavericks had three players tally over 20 digs, as Brittany Stamer, Chelsea Fogarty and Alli Rice had 26, 24 and 20 digs respectively.

Stamer also contributed 61 assists on the evening, giving her 883 on the season. This leaves her only 50 away from setting the MSU all-time assist record, a feat that could be accomplished as soon as Friday and likely by the end of the weekend.

“She is starting to really create offense for us,” Amundson said about the senior captain for MSU. Brittany Stamer “But you can’t forget if we don’t pass, Brittany doesn’t have much to do. Alli Rice done a great job stabilizing our serve receives.”

The Mavericks started off the match behind, eventually dropping the first set by a close

30-28 score. MSU led 26-25, needing just one more point to close the door, but Wayne State set up a 5-2 run to take the first set.

Set two was also close, as the two teams fought back and forth all set long; but a big block by juniors Kayla Berning and Courtney Steinhauser brought the Mavericks to 25 points and gave them the two-point victory 25-23.

Things would only go up from there for the Mavericks, as set three saw MSU going on a mid-set 10-4 run to give them a six-point lead 20-14. After three Wildcat points, MSU would score the final five points of the set, four of them coming on kills, for the 25-17 victory.

The Mavericks’ strategies were improving as the game progressed, as it seemed every serve was going their way.

“As the match wore on, we really got a feel for who to serve to and we were able to make them one-dimensional in their attack,” said Amundson.

Set four again was fueled by a 10-4 MSU run, as the Mavericks would end up taking the set and match.

MSU’s offense was incredible the whole match, as it had

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Football

MSU welcomes Wildcats looking to remain amongst NSIC elite

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While most Minnesota State, Mankato football fans have already turned their attention to Thursday, October 27th’s nationally televised game against Augustana, this Saturday’s game against Wayne State may actually be the bigger game.

While Augustana stumbled out of the gate and currently sits one game out of the five-way tie for first place in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, Wayne State has gone from a preseason afterthought to a prime contender with a 5-2 overall record. In many ways, it could be like looking in a mirror for the Mavericks on Saturday.

“They’re 5-2, just like us.

We’re hitting that stretch right now where all the teams are good,” said MSU senior defensive tackle Brad Kemnitz. “Their offensive line is good, so we’ll have to come out and play our game; be fast, tackle and make sure we’re

Wayne State When: 2 p.m. Saturday

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Where: Blakeslee Stadium staying fundamentally sound.”

After dropping the first game of the season to non-conference opponent Nebraska-Kearney, the Wildcats caught fire and went on a five-game winning streak before last weekend’s narrow defeat on the road against Concordia-St. Paul.

Just like the Mavericks, the Wildcats have surged from anonymity and established themselves as a legitimate threat to win the NSIC. At the moment, both MSU and Wayne State are a part of the five-team pack leading the NSIC with only one conference loss, and one of them will drop out of the group this weekend.

Led by redshirt freshman quarterback Nate Most, the Wildcats are nothing new on offense,

falling pretty close to a balance between passing and rushing in a system that’s pretty familiar to the Mavericks.

“Actually, Wayne State kind of runs the same offense that we do, so we see that every day in practice and in the drills that we do, so as long as we come out with an all-out effort and make sure we finish tackles, we should be good,” Kemnitz said.

This week it’s Wayne State’s defense that looks to potentially cause problems for the Mavericks.

Both of the Mavericks’ losses came against aggressive defenses that weren’t afraid to put pressure on the quarterback.

Wayne State looks to be the most aggressive defense the Mavericks have faced yet, leading the conference with 17 sacks thanks to an intimidating defensive line led by Richard Daniel and Jeff Pokorny. Daniel leads the NSIC with 5.5 sacks so far this season, while Pokorny’s 2.5 is also one of the highest totals in the league.

While it will be up to the offen-

sive line to help neutralize Wayne State’s pass rush and buy senior quarterback Jon Daniels as much time as possible, it will be up to Daniels to step up and try to angela kukowski • msu reporter Junior wide receiver Adam Thielen and the MSU pick apart the Wildcats’ shaky passing game are primed for a big day on Saturday. secondary, which ready to play. has given up an average of 210.2 If the Mavericks can bring the yards-per-game and ranks in the energy and jump out to a quick bottom half of the NSIC in pass lead in their second-to-last home defense. game of the season, there’s no reaIt really all comes down to son they won’t still be tied for first energy. While Wayne State has place when the country watches the potential to seriously take them take on Augustana on CBS advantage of one of the MaverCollege Sports Network a week icks’ biggest Achilles’ heels— from today.

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Since the first matchup befour players record double-digit tween these two teams, Winona kills on the evening. Chelsea has been on a 7-4 NSIC Fogarty led the way run and has been playwith 23, and fellow juing good volleyball. nior Jill Storlie finished “They (Winona) right behind her with are much improved 18. and have something to “This was a great prove,” Amundson said. start to help set the stage MSU will also face for a strong finish to Upper Iowa on Friday the season,” Amundson Chelsea Fogarty night. This next month said. “We need a lot of volleyball will be more wins though.” very pivotal to decide With this win, the Mavericks are 6-6 in conference the outcome of MSU’s season, as they will need to keep playplay, holding down a seventhing well to get an invite to the place spot in the NSIC. They NCAA Regional Tournament. will have a chance to play three When asked what his team of these teams ahead of them again in their final eight matches had to do to get back into Regionals, Amundson kept it of the season; one of them besimple. ing Winona State, who MSU “Win and beat people who defeated earlier in the season 3-1 and faces off against this can beat people.”

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MSU ready as Winona State comes to town with first place in NSIC on line JOEY DENTON

staff writer The last few weeks, the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s soccer team has dominated teams on both sides of the field, but this weekend a true test will arise when the Winona State Warriors come to town on Saturday.

The No. 5 Mavericks (12-1-1) and the No. 25 Warriors (11-2-1) are both 9-0 in the NSIC and will be competing for the outright lead in the conference.

“Not only do we have a history with Winona; but we are tied, both undefeated in the conference and Saturday will determine the conference leader,” said senior defender Sarah Schellinger. “We want to continue our winning streak and momentum (heading) into the (NSIC) tournament.”

The only difference between the two teams is their style of play. The Mavericks play a fastpaced up-tempo offensive game, while Winona likes to settle down offensively and play good defense.

“If it’s anything like the past year, they are a strong and physical team that plays very defensively,” said junior forward Brittany Henry.

Both teams have very strong defenses that like to put pressure on opposing teams, as both teams haven’t given up very many goals in the last few weeks.

The Mavericks are on a sixgame streak without allowing a goal, while the Warriors just had their eight-game shutout streak snapped in their 2-1 victory over the University of Mary this past

weekend.

“They have had a lot of success so far this season, and this is the most important game this season because it is the next game on the schedule,” angela kukowski • msu reporter said head coach Junior midfielder Brianne West leads the NSIC with Peter McGahey. 10 assists and could be key to solving Winona’s “D.” “Our plan is leader in junior field general to play Maverick soccer for 90 Brianne West, who has 11 helpers minutes.” this season.

Another similarity between “Our offense has been very the two squads is their results in successful this year,” said junior their non-conference games this forward Nicole Dooher. “I think season. Both teams played then the biggest reason comes from No. 1 Grand Valley State and both our high-pressure defense, which tied them 1-1. Both teams also leads to a successful attack. All travelled to Denver and lost to the girls are unselfish and deterMetro State. mined to get things done.”

The Mavericks, led by last The Warriors are coming week’s NSIC Offensive Player into this weekend on a 10-game of the Week Brittany Henry, will winning streak, and their defense come into this game first in points, has been a big reason why, only goals scored and assists in the allowing two shots to hit the back conference. of the net in those 10 games. Their While Winona State is also in senior goalkeeper, Anna Belpedio, the top half of the NSIC offensive is currently first in the conference stats, they are tied for first with in shutouts with eight. the Mavericks with only eight The Mavericks have been lookgoals allowed. ing forward to this matchup, and The Mavericks style of play they can’t wait to show Winona has also played a big part in their what they’re made of. offensive success this season.

“I am very excited to play During this 11-game winning them this weekend. We are a very streak, the team has outscored its different team from the past and opponents 40-4.

Winona is going to be surprised,” The Mavericks also have four said Henry. players in the top-10 in goals scored and have the NSIC assists

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Meet the Mavericks SOCCER (NSIC) School

Conf. OVR

MAVERICKS

FOOTBALL NSIC North School

Div. Conf.

St. Cloud State 2-0 Minnesota Duluth 2-0 U-Mary 1-1 MSU-Moorhead 1-1 Bemidji State 0-1 Northern State 0-1 Minnesota Crookston 0-2

3-1 3-1 2-2 1-3 3-1 0-4 0-4

NSIC South School

Div. Conf.

MAVERICKS

2-0 Augustana 2-0 Wayne State 1-0 Winona State 1-1 Upper Iowa 0-1 Concordia-St. Paul 0-2 SW Minnesota State 0-2

4-0 2-2 4-0 3-1 1-3 1-3 1-3

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Winona State Minnesota Duluth Bemidji State U-Mary MSU-Moorhead SMSU Augustana Concordia-St. Paul Upper Iowa St. Cloud State Crookston Northern State Wayne State

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Tyler Elbrecht, an Edwardsville, Ill. native, is sporting the “C” as a captain of the Minnesota State, Mankato men’s hockey team this season. The junior defenseman is a two-time letter winner and ranked third on the team last season with a +5 plus/minus. Elbrecht was honored last season as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete and was an All-Academic selection.

Q&A with Junior Defenseman Tyler Elbrecht Q: How did your path lead you to MSU? A: I came to Minnesota State after playing three years in the junior leagues. I began playing AAA hockey for the St. Louis Blues. From there, I played my first year of juniors in the NAHL. I started off playing with the St. Louis Bandits before being traded to the Alaska Avalanche. I spent three months with the Avalanche. The following year I played for Omaha in the USHL. We won the national championship that season. I played for the Bandits again in my final season of juniors. I was the captain of that team and we won the national championship.

Q: What does it mean to be named the captain of this year’s team?

A: It is a great honor. It is a great feeling being selected to represent the team and the university as a whole as a captain.

Q: How would you describe yourself as a leader?

A: I lead by example. I try to do all of the right things on and off the ice. I like to push my teammates by pushing myself because you cannot expect people to do something you are not doing yourself. I like to be inspirational and encouraging at the same time.

Q: What is your favorite road trip and why?

A: My favorite road trip is going to Alaska. It is a five-hour flight. But when we arrive, we always eat dinner at Eli Zuck’s house. There is nothing better than a home cooked meal on the road.

Q: What is your favorite part about home games?

A: My favorite part is playing in front of the home crowds. It is always great to hear the crowd roar when you make a good play or someone scores a goal. Nothing better than Ole, Ole, Ole!

VOLLEYBALL (NSIC) School Conf. OVR Minnesota Duluth 12-0 21-0 Concordia-St. Paul 12-0 21-0 SW Minnesota St. 9-3 15-6 Wayne State 8-4 15-6 Winona State 7-5 13-8 MSU-Moorhead 7-5 9-10 MAVERICKS 6-6 13-7 Upper Iowa 6-6 13-9 Northern State 6-6 11-8 Augustana 5-7 11-9 Minnesota Crookston 3-9 9-13 St. Cloud State 1-11 5-15 Bemidji State 1-11 4-15 U-Mary 1-11 2-19

Q: What is a typical game day like?

A: A game day is the same, whether we are home or away. I get up and eat a good breakfast. Then we have a pregame skate for about 20 minutes. Then we have a team lunch, followed by a nap. After that we have a late lunch, with yet another nap. Then, it’s game time!

Q: What is one thing that the people don’t know about you as a person?

A: I would rather watch a chick flick than a horror movie.

Q: What are the goals for the team this year?

A: To make the WCHA Final Five and the NCAA tournament.

Q: Was there an upperclassman that you looked up to the last few years?

A: I really looked up to Ben Youds. We were on the same defensive line for two years before he graduated. We had common goals and were able to push each other every day.

Q: Who is your favorite NHL player?

A: Chris Pronger because I love his style of play. He has that certain edge that you must have to be successful.

Q: How would you describe your playing style?

A: My job is to be lights-out on defense and not let people near my goalie. I love getting under people’s skin and stirring the pot around the net.

Q: Who is the fastest skater/hardest slapshot/best stick-handler?

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“I knew I wanted to do something a little different,” said Sikkila, who graduated from MSU with a BFA in printmaking in 2009, and is currently pursuing her master’s degree. “It’s not framed, it’s not confined to a certain space.”

“Peppermint Puke,” which looks like any grandmother’s bathroom except for the voluminous mass of fulgent pink foam either oozing into or out of a toilet, a mounted deer head and three hundred paper cut-out raccoons swarming towards a bucket of cupcakes, creates a scene that is disturbing, exciting, and smells a little bit like cake batter.

Perhaps the most impressive element of the piece is the raccoons, which Sikkila individually cut-out by hand.

“Repetition is really important in my work. I have kind of, like, a obsessive personality.”

The brainstorming process for Vulture Culture began last June. The other artists, handpicked by Sikkila, were given creative freedom in the context of the theme and their allotted space in the gallery.

“We didn’t want our work to be separated…it all kind of mingles together,” explained Sikkila. “It’s a little overwhelming.”

Broc Toft, a ceramics major in his fifth year at MSU, was able to construct his piece by using excess materials from his upcoming project Repetitive Play.

“That was kind of like the idea of the show,” said Toft.

“Not necessarily dumpster diving, but using these things that aren’t necessarily used otherwise”.

On the exhibit’s opening night, it viewed great success, as an estimated 100 people were in attendance; one of the biggest crowds ever drawn to the CSU gallery. The opening also included a special performance by Sikkila, in which she laid on the floor under the foam and raccoons, vomited a pink substance onto the floor, and walked out of

his month, the Centennial Student Union art gallery has featured an exhibit that has stretched the boundaries of contemporary art further than anything the gallery has featured in its past.

For the first time in the gallery’s history, the glass walls (that have given the space its pristine fishbowl image) have been completely covered up by a smattering of American iconography that incites the intellect to observe the darker demented underbelly of our culture.

LOGAN GRAHAM | staff writer The gallery, aptly titled Vulture Culture, has created quite the buzz amongst those hip to the Mankato art scene and beyond. Within the gallery, nine separate pieces “Inside the gallery, the cultured come together to instill a sense in the viewer art enthusiast is forced to grapple that they are not looking at art in a gallery, but with projections of dark, cynical that they are within the art itself. The exhibit, which falls under the category of “installation criticisms of our culture emblaart” (art that is created to be within a particuzoned on a backdrop of footage lar space) shatters any preconceived notions of that creates a sense of evil and dewhat art “should” be and replaces them with strikingly off-the-wall pieces, both figuratively struction...” and literally.

Inside the gallery, the cultured art enthusiast is forced to grapple with projections of dark, cynical criticisms of our culture emblazoned on a backdrop of footage that creates a sense of an evil and destruction to the soundtrack of haunting, over-reverberated recordings of film scores and Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl.” Ceramic blocks, a collage of more raucous images on print paper, an array of posters signaling to the fall of Western civilization and a comicbook-esque reference to a superhero called “The Shadow” add a chaotic ambience to the gallery’s most commanding image: “Peppermint Puke,” an installation piece

by MSU grad student and Vulture Culture mastermind Dana Sikkila, is undoubtedly the most captivating chelsea miller • msu reporter and visually appealing work in the The Vulture Culture Exhibit ran through Wednesday, Oct. 19 and featured an array of gallery.

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innesota State University, Mankato students have likely heard, or at least heard of, the campus’s public radio station, KMSU. The station, housed in the second floor of the Alumni Building across the street from the Taylor Center, contains three recording studios from which they can broadcast music, live talk, and pre-recorded content throughout Mankato and the surrounding area.

What many students may not know is that, under certain circumstances, access to these recording studios is available for free, and can even be used for homework assignments.

“We basically have three production studios,” said KMSU General Manager James Gullickson, “two of which get a lot of use, the third not a ton.”

Each studio has a sign-up calendar on which students and staff can claim time to record.

“The traffic in between the studios is immense,” said Sam Sundermeyer, producer of the Southern Minnesota Radio Project, a student-run radio program.

“Looking at our signup calendar, you can see that huge blocks of time are already filled up,” noted Programming Director Karen Wright. “We have people that will sign up a month or more ahead of time when they know they have regular programming just to get a spot.”

Priority for studio time is given to the student volunteers and on-air personnel who keep the station operational, as KMSU broadcasts 24/7, but students who take the initiative could get in to take advantage of the facilities.

“As far as access to the general student population, we definitely would have that availability,” Gullickson said.

“But the only caveat with that is: Anyone who wanted to come and use the studio would have to have some kind of training so they would know what they were doing.”

Students that haven’t been formally trained to use the programs and hardware in KMSU’s studios would have to sit down with Gullickson, Wright, or Sundermeyer to make sure the sensitive equipment is being used properly.

Even students that have experience with sound recording would have to be tested first.

“Each program in audio is a little different,” Wright said.

“There is a bit of a learning curve to use it,” Sundermeyer added, “but once you get it down, it can be pretty easy.”

After finding a time, determining what the equipment is being used for, and showing students how to operate everything, the KMSU studios can be used for purposes as diverse as school projects, radio shows, and podcasts, among other things.

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christian hagen• msu reporter Studio space is available for students to use for academic, or recreational audio work. Studio time can fill fast; “The traffic in between the studios is immense,” said Sam Sundermeyer, producer of the Southern Minnesota Radio Project, a student-run radio program.

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CULTURE “I think what I’m giving is a little bit more of a bigger thought that would fit maybe in a bigger city,” Dana Sikkila continued from 15 the gallery. Sikkila believes it was the mystery of the exhibit that helped it gain so much attention.

“I’ve learned, even in my own work, that you don’t want to give too much information”.

Sikkila hopes that the attention and press attained by Vulture Culture will bring more support to the Mankato art community. Sikkila, who will be taking on the position of coordinator at the downtown art gallery, the 410 Project, in 2012, is hoping that her familiarity with both the on and off-campus art communities will help her to serve as an effective mediator and build a more artistically inclined culture here in Mankato.

“I think what I’m giving is a little bit more of a bigger thought that would fit maybe in a bigger city,” said Dana, who may be better recognized by her logo: a print image of her Boston Terrier, Murphy.

Vulture Culture will be viewable in the CSU gallery through Wednesday, October 19. The exhibit, for all of its hits and misses, is absolutely worth taking the time to take in. It is thought-provoking, eye-appealing and at times, weird for the sake of weird. Though at times the absence of pieces in the gallery can leave it feeling empty, and the simplicity and placement of some paintings seems a little amateur, the effect of the gallery as a whole is definitely profound. That is the idea of Vulture Culture; not to create a gallery of individual works, but rather to create a space in which people can place themselves and let the vibration of the room bury itself into the mind, where hopefully they can come to a better understanding of themselves and the world around them.

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“Our approach is always, ‘Yeah, how can we help you?’” Gullickson said. “`How can we help you to get whatever it is you need completed, whether it’s a podcast or something else?’”

continued from 16 “We have a variety of different people that use [the studios],” Sundermeyer said. “We have a group of high school kids that do an obligatory show, called ‘The Obligatory Show,’ and they use it about every other weekday.”

“Our approach is always, ‘Yeah, how can we help you?’” Gullickson said. “`How can we help you to get whatever it is you need completed, whether it’s a podcast or something else?’”

Gullickson expressed frustration that the station is not more accessible to the general public, because of factors such as time (the Alumni Building is locked down at night) and available space, but he offered a possible solution for those who may be interested in using the facilities: “My goal is to figure out a way so that if you can get really good quality raw audio recorded, there might be other places where you could do some of the editing and things.

You wouldn’t need a studio for that, you’d just need a computer and headphones,” Gullickson said.

After that, it would be up to the students’ creativity to figure out what to do, and to find an audience who would listen.

• christian hagen James Gullickson, KMSU General Manager, sits down in front of one of the station’s boards in a studio available to students who can use them for a variety of different audio needs.

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•web photo Thor gears up for another adventure, currently in pre-production, to hit screens (presumably) on Nov. 13, 2013.

Marvel’s Thor 2 is shaping up for a Nov. 15, 2013 release. Original movie director Kenneth Brannagh has opted not to return to the directing chair.

Instead Patty Jenkins, who received critical acclaim for her 2003 drama Monster, has officially signed on to helm the sequel. This early in pre-production, story details aren’t readily available, although Marvel President of Production Kevin Feige promises a new villain and more world-hopping.

Fox is also moving ahead with Taken 2, scheduled for Oct. 5, 2012. Stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen are expected to return. Early reports indicate the plot finds a grieved father of one of the slain henchmen Neeson killed in the original seeking revenge. He executes a plan to kidnap Neeson’s character, Bryan Mills and his wife, forcing their daughter Kim to save them. The sequel will be directed by Olivier Megaton, fresh off the meager Zoe Saldana vehicle Colombiana.

Another honey-hole Fox is eagerly developing a sequel for is a fifth Die Hard film.

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Fox also announced the beginning of pre-production for the second Percy Jackson film, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, based off Rick Riordan’s book, for March 26, 2013. Logan Lerman will return as the titular teenage hero as will co-stars Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson. The Lightening Thief director Chris Coumbus is not expected to return.

In the television world, there have been more successes and failures since last week’s issue. The bad news is that the heavy axe of cancellation has befallen ABC’s Charlie’s Angels, plagued with plunging ratings and negative buzz, and TNT’s Memphis Beat. The good news is that the CW gave full season orders for freshman shows Hart of Dixie, The Secret Circle, and Ringer; Syfy has picked up Haven for a third season; HBO renewed Boardwalk Empire for a third season after impressive ratings in the first few season two episodes; and ABC has given full season orders for new shows Revenge and Suburgatory.

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