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University mourns passing of former assistant SAM WILMES News Editor Former Assistant to the President Carol Stallkamp has passed away. Stallkamp, who began her 34-year-long tenure at Minnesota State University as a Student Loan Clerk Typist in 1978, is one of the most beloved and important members of the MSU community in the last 50 years.

Stallkamp also served as a cashier, loan assistant, contract assistant, and office manager.

She was given emerita status after she announced her retirement on January 4th.

She was also honored by the Young Women’s Christian’s Organization’s (YWCA) SHERO (She Helps Everyone Realize Opportunities), an award that recognizes women who make a beneficial impact on the community. She was nominated by the President’s office Committee on Women.

Stallkamp also received the Outstanding Service Awards in the President’s division in the 2009-2010 school year.

The visitation for Stallkamp was held last Saturday at Woodland Hills Funeral Home & Chapel.

A memorial service followed. ““It is with great sadness that I share with you that my dear colleague Carol Stallkamp passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 15,” Davenport wrote. “Carol was an exemplary public servant and colleague who always held herself and her co-workers to extremely high standards. She was as patient as she was assertive, and she always acted in the best interests of our faculty, staff and students.

“On behalf of the University community, I extend heartfelt sympathy to Carol’s family, friends and colleagues.”

Web Photo Carol Stallkamp (center), being presented the SHERO (She Helps Everyone Realize Opportunities) Award by the YWCA.

Snaza, King fill positions

SAM WILMES News Editor Two administrative positions have been filled at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

DeeAnn Snaza has been named Director of Human Resources and Sandra King has been named Interim Assistant to the President.

Snaza’s new position will entail overseeing all aspects of the Human Resources office, including compensation, classification, performance management, recruitment/selection, benefits administration, professional development and workers compensation.

Snaza has spent more than 17 years in the Human Resources field. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from MSU. Since 2006, Snaza has exclusively worked in the Human

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Resources Office as an Assistant Director and an Interim Director from July 2009 to January 2010.

Snaza also has experience from other universities, including a brief stint at St.Cloud State University, serving as Interim Director of Human Resources from February to May 2011.

She is looking forward to her new position.

“I am excited to be working with a wonderful team of human resource professionals, along with our university faculty and staff. We will be looking to try and automate some of our forms/ processes in human resources, along with providing accurate and efficient consultation on a variety of human resource topics,” Snaza said.

According to a University press release, President Richard Davenport is excited for Snaza to fill the role.

“Snaza’s experience both

within and outside of the University will be an asset to us as we continue moving forward in enhancing our human resources services,” Davenport said.

“As an exemplary team player, her strong leadership and communication skills and commitment to diversity will continue to guide our human resources team and campus community in successfully meeting our institutional goals and objectives.”

Sandra King has been in her position since September 26th.

In her position, she is assisting in managing projects involving President Davenport and assisting staff on behalf of President Davenport.

King, who holds an Educational Doctorate from St.Mary’s University in Winona, has been employed with MSU since 2004.

Along with Snaza, King is an MSU alum. She holds a Masters

of Business Administration and a Bachelors degree in Human Relations.

She has previously held positions in the College of Education and the College of Business. King has extensive experience outside the field of education.

She has held a number of government positions, exclusively at the county level, which included negotiation and labor relation committees. She also served as an intermediary for other government officials, as well as for constituents.

She is also a veteran, having served in the Army for 10 years.

Although her time spent in her position is young, she does miss some aspects of her previous work.

“I miss the students, being a faculty member for years, that’s what you miss, learning names, knowing faces, where certain people are headed,” King said.

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She says that it’s too early to know what aspect of her job will take up the most time, but she is expecting to be handling many job duties. She places a heavy emphasis on doing things in a solid way.

“I want to learn to do my job well,” King said.

“When I was in the Army the saying was ‘be all you can be’ - that sense has stuck with me, the sense of wanting to excel at anything you do.”

“As we continue moving forward with our focused institutional goals and objectives, Dr. King’s academic and non-academic experience will be an asset to our university,” Davenport said.

“Her strong communication and leadership skills, along with her commitment to diversity, will enhance the President’s Office to continue to be successful.”

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Massachusetts teacher slain, 14-year-old charged in murder

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Well-liked math teacher becomes the third homicide victim in schools nationwide this week.

DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A 14-year-old high school student described by classmates as soft-spoken and pleasant was accused of killing a wellliked math teacher, whose body was found in the woods behind the school.

Law enforcement officials recovered the remains of 24-year-old Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer early Wednesday, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said. The teen will be arraigned Wednesday on a murder charge.

Police started investigating after Ritzer was reported missing late Tuesday night, because she had not returned home from work and was not answering her cellphone.

Investigators found blood in a second-floor school bathroom and soon located the victim, he said. He did not say how Ritzer died.

“She was a very, very respected, loved teacher,” Blodgett said, calling the killing a “terrible tragedy.”

The boy also was reported missing Tuesday after not coming home from school. He was spotted walking along a road in neighboring Topsfield at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

His name was not made public because of his age. He faces a district court arraignment Wednesday.

Ritzer had a Twitter account where she gave homework assignments, encouraged students and described herself as a “math teacher often too excited about the topics I’m teaching.”

She was a 2011 graduate of Assumption College, a school spokeswoman said Wednesday. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in math, a minor in psychology and a secondary education concentration, according to the college’s 2011 commencement program.

Chris Weimert, 17, was a student in Ritzer’s geometry class last year. He said she had taught at the school for two years and was a warm, welcoming person who would stand outside her classroom and say hello to students she didn’t teach.

“She was the nicest teacher anyone could ever have. She always had a warm smile on her face,” he said.

Weimert said the suspect,

who he knew from seeing him around school, “seemed like a good kid.” He said, “It really threw the whole town of Danvers a curve ball.”

Kyle Cahill, a junior, said he knows the suspect from the soccer team. He said the 14-year-old moved to Massachusetts from Tennessee before the school year began and was a top goal scorer on the school’s junior varsity team.

He called him a quiet, nice kid.

“He wasn’t violent at all. He was really the opposite of aggressive,” Cahill said.

Cahill said there was a soccer team dinner Tuesday night that the accused teen skipped, and team members were wondering where he was.

“We’re all just a family. It just amazes me really,” he said.

“I’m just stunned.”

Ryan Kelleher, a senior who also plays soccer, said the arrest of the soft-spoken student didn’t make sense to him.

“From what I know about him and seeing him every day, it just doesn’t add up that he would do such a thing, unless this was all an act to fool somebody,” the 17-year-old said.

Kelleher took Ritzer’s algebra class last year and said hello to her on Tuesday in the hallway. He said students related to the young teacher, who liked to wear jeans and UGG boots just like the students.

“She just loved to come to school and just teach and teach students and help them succeed,” he said.

There was no reason to believe anyone else was involved

and there was no public safety danger, authorities said.

All public schools in Danvers, about 20 miles north of Boston, were closed Wednesday.

The high school’s students were planning a candlelight vigil near the school Wednesday evening.

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allegedly killed by a student in the U.S. this week. A Sparks, Nev., middle school teacher was allegedly shot by a 12-year-old student on Monday.

Web Photo 24 year old teacher Collen Ritzer was shot and killed yesterday, the 2nd school fatal shooting in a week.

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Opinion: take advantage of every opportunity to advance your career Fairs and conventions can help you in search of a well-paying job.

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So, the business or organization that you work for has decided to invest a few bucks in you and send you to a big professional conference/convention in some other part of the country. I know most would be thinking, yes, a week-or-so off of doing anything while getting sent to a big metropolis to go to conferences which I have no intention of going to.

It’s perfectly natural, as I myself had similar thoughts last year when I was sent to Chicago in the fall and New York over spring break to learn more about the expansive world of journalism. My original intention was the normal thinking of a collegiate: go out there, hit up a few seminars and meetings but mostly enjoy yourself, use the time you get outside of Mankato to see a different part of the country and live it up for a few days.

While that is a decent plan for anyone that enjoys exploring new areas, the conventions themselves can be more of a help to you than some allocated time off in a remote location.

Any convention, for whatever the purpose and whatever you are supposed to learn about can be a huge step ahead in your

present work and your future in that certain area of business.

Any kind of expo, seminar, conference or convention is packed full of vital information that is meant to do nothing but help you on your path towards a better future. From the MSU Career and Internship Expo taking place this week in the CSU Ballroom and put on by the Career Development Center, to the Forbes Conference, a nationally

If you are like myself and enjoy sports writing, they offer many different sports seminars of different variation to make you know more about different topics, ultimately making you a better all-around sports writer for when it is time to job hunt.

If you think you already have a pretty good idea on what you want to do and how it should be done, most conferences offer many other different topics.

how to turn yourself into a better boss, which will ultimately help your business become better at whatever it is you do.

Another great aspect of a convention that almost all offer: professional marketing.

Although the CDC Job and Internship Expo is an obvious one under the category of getting your name out there in hopes of landing a job, almost all conventions come with some form of

“Any convention, for whatever the purpose and whatever you are supposed to learn about can be a huge step ahead in your present work and your future in that certain area of business.” syndicated event put on by business owners where business philosophy is discussed, can help you someday down the road.

Think of all you can see when going to a certain seminar, all the vital tools that are presented to you in order to make you better at your job. At our journalism conventions, which I am currently taking part in down in the bayous of New Orleans, there is a vast variety of different topics you can go see that pertain to the journalism field.

Every conference we go to is full of leadership sessions as well as different media variation seminars. These sessions are aimed at making you a better leader, manager or person in charge when its time to do some actual bossing, which many of us face now that we are truly growing up.

Although some of these leadership sessions merely point out how to backdoor your way out of simple office tensions that occur on a regular basis, they can help you gain knowledge on

marketing yourself or another.

At most conventions, the seminars and sessions are ran by a prominent member in the field you are studying for. For us they are big-time journalist names in the area, others might have some prominent members in business discussing certain aspects of the job during a session. Even though most people will follow suit in doing this at a convention, it is never a bad idea to stop and chat with the person after the individual session is over.

Just introduce yourself, talk a little bit about what they were talking about and drop a business card on them while you are leaving so they know you mean business. If they give you their email to ask them questions after the convention is over, use that to send them one asking if they have any job openings or internships that you could check out. Trust me, it will sound a lot better when you start the email with “we talked outside the conference for a few minutes afterwards” then simply saying “I was at your session at that conference.”

Past that, most conferences also put on similar job and internship fairs somewhere at the event, so checking out one of those can get you numerous ideas on what you want to do and where you want to do it.

So even though most of us have work, class and probably more work to deal with, it is never a bad idea to drop yourself right in the middle of a conference and actually go in with the intention of learning new information. We all could use a week-long break somewhere else for awhile but trust me, the information you will miss by skipping out on sessions will hurt you in the long haul.

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October: a month to remember those in need Breast cancer, bullying and domestic violence speak to the need to continue to combat these destructive issues.

ASHLEY GERKEN Staff Writer Domestic Abuse Awareness month has increasingly been reaching people through TV commercials; I see them all the time. Breast Cancer Awareness is not apparent in the media as the dominant cause anymore for October.

October used to be associated with the colors orange, purple, black, green and pink. Yes, pink.

Pink has always stood out to me as representing Breast Cancer Awareness, which was the only thing I associated October with, except for Halloween.

There are many things that can be represented in a month. I heard this month is also National Squirrel Month, which is rather silly. However, Domestic abuse and breast cancer are rather serious, and they should be recognized.

Major athletes wear pink while playing their games on national television. Even high schools have fundraisers such as Dig Pink for volleyball in local communities. NFL football players prove that even the big, tough guys can wear pink.

Even the announcers would tell stories about why the players wore the color. Most athletes and professionals know someone

who has fought breast cancer.

Commercials from NO MORE have celebrities, athletes, corporate leaders and advocates encourage bystanders and victims to stand up for no more domestic violence or sexual assault.

Last year there was another similar commercial done by another company that had President Obama, as well as other famous men inform men not to be an abuser.

Local university ads of athletes promoting no violence can be witnessed hanging up on bulletin boards. When a recognizable male figure can represent a cause about abuse maybe people will listen. Most victims are woman and children. It does put a woman in a vulnerable representation.

However, women can be

just as violent as men.

Besides these two wellknown causes there has even been another cause.

The first story I heard about this month was about the town of Blue Earth’s Green Giant wearing a new color. Not only was I surprised it was not pink, but it didn’t have anything to do with domestic violence neither, which would be indicated by a purple color.

The Green Giant is wearing orange for Bullying Prevention Month. The mayor even changed the name of Blue Earth to Orange Earth for the month of October.

Domestic Abuse, Bullying Prevention and Breast Cancer are all represented and associated with the month. I think it is awesome we can celebrate the people who overcome these

“Pink always stood out to me as representing Breast Cancer Awareness, which was the only thing I associated October with, expect for Halloween.”

tragic occurrences, but everyone can do their part to raise awareness. When abuse or cancer occurs, limited people involved get away unharmed.

Commercials need to continue featuring athletes, politicians and other public figures to stand up for something others should follow. These figures are important role models and I hope the people in the commercials keep to their endorsements otherwise there will be people let down who look up and follow the leaders.

I think the most serious of problems are overlooked in our society, and I am pleased other causes are being brought to the attention of others.

Media and local novelties, such as the Green Giant, are third person experiences in which people can observe what needs to be realized. Some people honestly don’t see any of these problems going on or have relatives and friends that have experienced this.

Awareness is what helps things happen. Awareness helps with prevention.

Prevention is the best way to ensure good health. These days, health is one of the only things a person can really value that is his or her own.

“What does Domestic Violence Awareness month mean to you?”

JAMES CLAYTON, SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS “I was unaware of Domestic Violence Month.”

LEXI CHOUINARD, JUNIOR DANCE/SOCIAL WORK “A month to bring awareness to Domestic violence situations that go unnoticed or anattended to.”

FAHEED OWOKONIRAN, GRADUATE STUDENT ENGINEERING “It’s a month that should let the world realize that not everyone lives in a happy home.”

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Dead marathon suspect tied to 2011 killings their necks slit and their bodies reportedly covered with marijuana. One of the victims was a boxer and friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was fatally shot at his Orlando home during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers in May, authorities said. He had turned violent while being question, according to authorities.

The filing is prosecutors’ attempt to block Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from getting certain information from authorities, including investigative documents

associated with the Waltham slayings.

“The government has already disclosed to Tsarnaev that, according to Todashev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in the Waltham triple homicide,” prosecutors wrote.

According to prosecutors, the ongoing investigation into the 2011 slayings is reason not to allow Dzhokhar Tsarnaev access to the documents he’s seeking.

“Any benefit to Tsarnaev of knowing more about the precise ‘nature and extent’ of his brother’s involvement does not outweigh the potential harm of exposing details of an ongoing

investigation into an extremely serious crime, especially at this stage of the proceeding,” prosecutors wrote.

Prosecutors also said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is not entitled to the information because his brother’s criminal history will be relevant, if at all, only at a possible future sentencing hearing.

A phone message left for a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office was not immediately returned Tuesday night.

A message left for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s federal public defender was also not immediately returned.

Authorities allege that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 20, and 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, ethnic Chechens from Russia, planned and carried out the twin bombings near the finish of the marathon on April 15. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces 30 federal charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction and 16 other charges that carry the possibility of the death penalty.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a gunbattle with police as authorities closed in on the brothers several days after the bombings.

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BOSTON (AP) — Slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was named as a participant in an earlier triple homicide by a man who was subsequently shot to death while being questioned by authorities, according to a filing made by federal prosecutors in the case against his brother, surviving bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

According to the filing made Monday, Ibragim Todashev told investigators Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a triple slaying in Waltham on Sept. 11, 2011.

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MSU professor spotlight: Joseph Kunkel Kunkel’s classes may be mostly lecture, but the Government professor enjoys heated debates with his class over topics that take the national spotlight.

ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer From a young age, Professor Joseph Kunkel had a strong idea of what he wanted to do for a living.

“I was interested in politics at an early age. My family was interested and active in politics as well,” Kunkel explained.

After meeting with professors and seeing what they do, Kunkel started to like the idea of it for himself.

A native of St. Louis, Miss., Kunkel went on to earn his undergrad at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. He would later obtain his PhD and MA at the University of Minnesota.

Kunkel married his wife Mary Beth Nygaard in 1978, and a year later he began teaching Political Science at Minnesota State University Mankato, where he has been working since. The couple have two children together; sons aged 32 and 28.

Although he tends to teach a lot of lecture- based classes, Kunkel favors small group work.

He finds classes more productive if some sort of simulation or discussion can take place. Students in some of his smaller classes have had a chance to take part in congress simulations.

Many heated debates have taken place over topics such as gun control, gay marriage, No Child Left Behind and the Transportation bill. Even though the discussions can get heated, Kunkel says that students tend to enjoy the simulations.

Kunkel also used to take college students to Dakota Middle School (in North Mankato), which was the site of a “Citizen Education” course. Each college student would be given a team of middle school children, where they would be taught democratic theory and techniques. The program, however, ended nearly 10 years ago.

Professor Kunkel loves to travel, although he hadn’t realized it until recently.

“Up until 2000, I had never been out of the country,” said Kunkel.

That was the year Kunkel and his wife took a church trip to Rome. Enjoying historical and contemporary Europe, Kunkel returns every year with a group of students over Spring Break for a study tour. In the past 14 years the group has traveled to either Italy or Germany.

This year the Study Tour will

be traveling to Germany and Austria from March 6 to March 16, 2014. Anyone interested should attend an informational meeting on November 14 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm in Armstrong Hall, room 302.

Besides pleasure, Kunkel also has traveled Europe on business.

Kunkel taught and studied in Nuremberg, Germany in the Summer of 2011, thanks to a Fulbright Grant.

A man of many interests, Kunkel bikes and swims three miles a week. He also plays the 5- string banjo in the band Bully Pulpit Bluegrass, which can be heard on KMSU. Web Photo

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Six essential Halloween movie viewings JAMES HOUTSMA A & E Editor Trick R’ Treat – The anthology film is a staple of the horror genre and while it’s making some inroads back to the limelight through the efforts of movies like the V/H/S series, Trick R’ Treat is arguably the best example to come out in decades.

The long-delayed collection of horror stories never made it to theaters but through video and Netflix audiences have discovered the macabre glee the awaits with Trick R’ Treat.

Set on Halloween night, four vaguely connected stories unfold involving a homicidal school principal (Dylan Baker), an innocent young girl (Anna Paquin) being stalked in true red riding hood fashion, a groups of neighborhood kids exploring the legend of a horrible school bus “accident” in a real hands-on way and a miserly old man (Brian Cox) coming face to face with a mischievous Halloween sprite.

Trick R’ Treat boasts not only the requisite scares but a devilish sense of humor that fits like a glove with the holiday. Switching between laughter and shock never felt so easy. Michael Dougherty’s lean, mean Halloween machine plants itself firmly in the pantheon of must watch holiday classics.

Halloween – As if this list would be complete without it. What can be said about Halloween that hasn’t been said already? Whatever is said about it can always come down to the same bottom line: masterpiece.

From the chilling opening POV shot, it’s clear something special and terrifying is about to unfold. John Carpenter delivers a restrained thriller, surging with atmosphere and shadows, and gives birth to the modern slasher movie using a movie that has practically no gore.

If you haven’t sat down with Halloween yet, I feel sorry for you because everything from

this movie has been referenced at one point or another afterwards, enough so to make it look like it’s one that doing the stealing. Before the endless sequels and abhorred remakes, both of which explain far too much instead of relying on mystery, there was the original horror classic – Halloween.

Sleepy Hollow – Tim Burton practically lives Halloween every day and while many of his works could be marked as the one to watch, Sleepy Hollow stands out just for its sheer beauty in production.

A reimagining of the classic Washington Irving tale about nebbish Ichabod Crane and the legendary Headless Horseman that haunts the quite town, Burton’s film is a work of gothic art brought to life. Spurts of blood jump out against the fall drabness and a thick fog engulfs the soon to be headless victims. Danny Elfman’s foreboding music and Johnny Depp’s charismatic performance elevate this to a fun fall watch. Just don’t lose

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Frankenstein/The Bride of Frankenstein – Any of the classic Universal monster movies will do but if forced to choose, it would still come down to both of James Wales’ Frankenstein films.

Though not completely faithful to the story that inspired it, 1931’s Franken-

stein is the timeless portrayal of Doctor Victor (Henry in this case) Frankenstein and the monster he made out of stolen bodies and a defective brain. Colin Clive’s mad wail of “It’s alive!” as the monster’s arm slowly rises is a definitive movie moment, as is Karloff’s first appearance in full creature attire. The whole movie bleeds gothic

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Fifth Estate needs a better story to leak ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer The Fifth Estate is a movie without a clear voice. Visually, it’s treading along the lines of Paul Greengrass’ Bourne movies with the quick cuts and gorgeous locales. Storytelling-wise, it wants to be many things at once.

It wants to celebrate Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), the whistleblower who formed the website WikiLeaks which uncovered and spilled government secrets and his ingenuity and drive. Yet, it also wants to paint him into the villain role, as a man driven by ego and a blind sense of morality.

It wants to seem equally opportunistic regarding the right and wrong of revealing classified government secrets without any redactions, giving both sides equal say but it’s fairly clear what side director Bill Condon and writer Josh Singer are on. It wants to be thrilling, artsy, nuanced, tragic, and even.

What it is, basically, is a movie that survives on the shoulder of

two outstanding lead men and cool visuals because the script certainly doesn’t quite know the story it’s telling.

WikiLeaks has exposed the secrets of corruption in Kenya, video footage of a helicopter airstrike in Baghdad, detained prisoners of Guantanamo Bay and thousands of unredacted U.S. State department documents, a leak that plays the central basis of this movies moral conundrum. Created by Julian Assange, the site becomes a celebrated phenomenon, unmasking the government’s secrets so intricately alive online that the site is immune from injunctions and any acts to bring it down.

Assisted by Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl), the two form a brotherhood of sorts but as the years pass by, a friction forms in their ideologies. WikiLeaks has become this indestructible monster and Assange can’t deal with the credit being split, which makes him question Daniel’s loyalties.

Everything comes to a head with the U.S. classified documents case, as Assange and Daniel

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battle over the moral high ground of what to do with the names of undercover men and women who could be harmed if their identities are revealed.

What works in The Fifth Estate are the two leads. Benedict Cumberatch is mesmerizing as Assange. His accent, his measured speech pattern, his white hair, his mannerisms – all come together to create a sort of enigmatic nature to the

character. Indeed, for most of the movie little is understood about Assange and even by its end, nothing really confirmed.

The identity of Assange is made up of gossip and off-the-side remarks, making the character all the more interesting. Unfortunately, when Assange takes a more adversarial stance in the third act, the character feels more like a whiny adult who couldn’t get his way and less the

fearless, determined whistleblower he was idolized to be.

Daniel Domscheit-Berg doesn’t come off any better, although audiences can connect to him better than Assange thanks to a romantic interest subplot that doesn’t really go anywhere. Furthermore, he’s the figurehead for the “we must redact these names” argument,

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Secret World explores Lovecraftian adventure in online game

ADAM MILLER Staff Writer

There is a world that is hidden from our sight by secret organizations that are trying to stop it from destroying the world. This is The Secret World.

If you’re looking for a game that will help you get into the mood for Halloween or if you’re just a fan of Lovecraftian creatures, demons and even the obligatory zombies, then you might want to check out the massive multiplayer online game, The Secret World. Made

by Funcom The Secret World takes you were no other MMO does -- into a horror filled world ruled by secret societies. The thing that really makes this game stand out is that it is set in a modern world, not in a fantasy world with elves and dwarves.

However, that doesn’t mean you wont have magic and be fighting dragon-like creatures.

The game focuses on three secret societies: The Dragon, The Illuminati and The Templars. Your character will be recruited by one of these three societies and be plunged into a battle that has raged for longer than most realize. Your choice of societies will have an impact on the story of the game and also on what team you’re on during player vs. player content.

The societies are able to group up to do the non-pvp content in the game but you are restricted in that you can only join a guild that consists of players in the same society as your character. However, many players have overcome this obstacle by forming three chapters of their guild and using a custom-made chat channel as their official guild channel.

The actual gameplay will be familiar to anyone who has played a MMO in the past. You get a hot bar full of actions and you make a build for whatever task is at hand. Where the game breaks off is how you learn these abilities. Unlike level based MMOs, The Secret World works with a skill based system.

As you complete quests and kill monsters, you will gain action points which will be sued to purchase the abilities that you want. With enough time and effort, you can buy every ability in the game and be able to choose what role you want to partake in.

In The Secret World, you will be completing quests to progress the storyline of the game. There

are main storyline quests which will take you from a small island, to Egypt and finally to Transylvania. Along the way you will also be able to pick up a few different types of quests. The game features the normal “kill about X of these creatures and collect this many heads of dead” things. But the quests that really shine through are the investigation missions.

Investigation missions are longer quests that require you to use the resources available to your character in a modern setting, namely the internet. The game comes with a built in web browser for just such missions.

An example of this is in one early quest you find a broken radio tower that you need to fix. The only thing you have to go on is a serial number and brand name of the tower. Google searching these will bring you to a website set up by the game to teach you how to repair the tower. It is these “thinking outside the box” quests that really give the game something that sets them apart.

In addition to quests, the game does have dungeons that you can run with friends and guild members. Each dungeon has at least two difficulties, some more. The dungeons have a good mix between basic battles and ones were mechanics are more important than gear. Despite not having levels they are restricted by gear level.

Namely, if your gear isn’t good enough, you won’t be able to enter.

The game does have its flaws.

There is only a set number of quests in the game, although more are being added with each update, once you have done them all you are able to re-do them to keep the action points coming into your character. But a lot of the quests then get repetitive and even the well thought out investigation missions get boring when you remember all the answers.

The Secret World can be purchased from most retailers online for a variety of prices. The game is over a year old now and went from its subscription based model to a pay once model. So after the core investment in the game, players won’t need to put any more money into the game to enjoy it. Like other games that have this free to play model however, there are item shops to buy new outfits, buffs, and even small update packs that unlock new quests for players.

FIFTH ESTATE “Benedict Cumberatch is mesmerizing as Assange. His accent, his measured speech pattern, his white hair, his mannerisms – all come together to create a sort of enigmatic nature to the character..” continued from 7

which, depending on what side the viewer is on, will either make them a fan of Daniel or a fan of Assange. The cast of characters that remain – such as Laura Linney and Stanley Tucci – stand (or sit) around and discuss the moral and legal implications of WikiLeaks and accomplish little else.

When it comes right down to it, there’s nothing wholly thrilling about the film, or particularly deep to latch onto.

Two men bonded like brothers who break apart due to differences in morality would make compelling drama but this doesn’t quite succeed in that.

Condon is a competent director and even provides some interesting visuals by presenting a virtual world that exists in Assange and Daniel’s headspace, representing all the work and victories they’ve accomplished but even his skills can’t help a messy script.

The frustrating thing about The Fifth Estate is that there is a really, really magnificently entertaining and interesting movie somewhere in there -this just wasn’t the right script.

Assange is a wholly complex individual, as his many personas in this film can attest to and this movie didn’t quite give the character justice. Regardless of its imperfections, any parties interested in the way information is shared in this day of age, the moral quandary of publishing documents as is or censoring segments, a friendship turned sour, or a general history of WikiLeaks, this film is a good introduction to these ideas that haven’t fully crystallized. At the very least, The Fifth Estate works as a great launching platform for any intrigued persons who want to look up the real truth behind Julian Assange and the many news-shattering reports from the WikiLeaks website.

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HALLOWEEN MOVIES “Colin Clive’s mad wail of “It’s alive!” as the monster’s arm slowly rises is a definitive movie moment, as is Karloff’s first appearance in full creature attire.” continued from 7

horror and serves as the birth of the modern monster movie.

For all intents and purposes, the movie is perfect.

Equally as impressive though, is its sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein. One of the rare sequels that is as good as, if not better than the original, Bride introduces a dash of dark humor, a mad doctor far worse than Frankenstein, a voice for the monster and, of course, the titular woman in white. Watched back to back, the Frankenstein movies are a scary bit of movie fun and an essential lesson in where it all came from.

The Thing (1982) – The Thing delivers on so many different purposes. It’s a remake that is better than its original and an alien film that is actually deathly frightening and pessimistic.

When a team of American scientists in Antarctica take in a wild huskie after a Norwegian helicopter tries to shoot it, all hell breaks loose. Turns out the dog is an alien life form

that can assimilate anything it touches and perfectly disguise itself as that person. Honest mistake.

The thing about The Thing is that it weaves between the terror of paranoia – not trusting your fellow man out of fear they may be something inhuman – and the body terror of the horrible mutilations that happen when the creatures takes form. That with the barren isolation of Antarctica and a rather open-ended note the movie ends on makes The Thing one of the most effective sci-fi horror movies ever.

Take note, John Carpenter now makes up 33% of this list.

The Conjuring – Yes, this one is incredibly recent but it’s also incredibly well done. The Conjuring echoes the best of the horror films of the seventies in restraint and sheer suspense along with some nifty camera work. If you missed it in theaters, The Conjuring will satisfy all your haunted house/ possession needs and leave you shaken.

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Streaks increase for women’s soccer in a Northern Sun weekend Two more wins in the NSIC win column bumps the Mavericks up nationally and will make this upcoming weekend even more important.

LUCAS RYAN Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s soccer team is streaking to the end of the regular season.

After winning both games over the weekend and improving their record to 13-0-1, the team remains unbeaten in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The Mavericks have extended their NSIC-unbeaten streak with the wins and are now in sole possession of the longest unbeaten streak in conference history.

The Mavericks haven’t lost in their last 31 conference games as well as their last 31 home matches. These streaks extend all the way back to the 2011 season and are ranked 12th and 13th, respectively, in Division II history.

MSU is now ranked second in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II Poll with Grand Valley State (12-0-1) ranked first. GVS gave MSU there only loss of the season earlier this year.

The no. 2 team has accounted for more than half of their season’s goals in their last four games (18), and this offensive production is coming at a much-needed time, as they are currently in the midst of the toughest stretch of the regular season.

Emily Erickson

MSU’s less experienced players continue to be impotant contributors. Sophomore defender Emily Erickson entered the weekend without a goal in her college career, but she finished the home stand with game-winning goals in each game.

“I think we are starting to connect and know each other’s strengths and how to play and get around players and get up the field really well,” Erickson said.

“I think we are really starting to hit the peak of our season.”

The Mavericks started off the weekend with a dominating 7-2 win against St. Cloud on Friday.

Six different Mavericks scored goals, including junior forward Korey Kronforst with two goals.

Kronforst now leads the NSIC in goals (14) and points (32). Senior midfielder Tori Meinhardt, junior midfield Emily Moris, freshman forward Maddy Smith and freshman midfielder Kiana Nickel also added one goal for the Mavericks.

“I was really pleased with how we came out. We got three on the board pretty quick,” head coach Bahl said. “Our attack looked really sharp.”

Going into Sunday’s game against Duluth it appeared as though the winner would need more than one goal to win the game. The game featured two of

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David Bassey • MSU Reporter Junior forward Jessica Bowe (above) has accumulated six points so far this season with three goals.

Three more losses makes six in a row for Mavericks volleyball

In a six game losing streak, the Mavericks look to change things this upcoming weekend in North Dakota.

LUKE CARLSON Staff Writer

David Bassey • MSU Reporter Junior outside-hitter Jenna McNallan (above) posted four digs in their 3-2 loss against Sioux Falls.

Two home games at the Taylor Center this last weekend turned into a couple of duds as the Minnesota State University, Mankato volleyball team dropped both contests and fell to a 4-7 conference record and 8-10 overall record on the season.

The Mavericks fought hard in both matches but were overpowered by both of the visiting

squads, at times succumbing to fatal errors.

The first team to roll into town on Friday night was the No. 6 Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs, and the action picked up early and often in the home tilt for the Mavericks.

In a back-and-forth battle, the Mavericks and Mustangs were neck and neck in the opening round. The opening set would not be decided until the Mustangs broke a late tie and won the set 27-25. Sophomore out-

side-hitter Chandra Honebrink led all Maverick attackers with six kills in 12 kill attempts. Junior outside-hitter Tiana Runck and freshman middle-blocker Krista Hassing each added four kills in the set.

The second set saw the Mavericks fall into a seven-point hole early. The home team could not recover and ceded their second set of the night to the Mustangs, 21-25. Freshman

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VOLLEYBALL “The Mavericks were determined to wipe away the sweep from the previous night when the Sioux Falls Cougars came to town Saturday afternoon.”

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continued from 9 middle-blocker Lexi Platz led the Mavericks in the middle set, succeeding on five of seven kill attempts.

Early in the third set, the Mavericks battled back and jumped out to a 6-3 lead. But once again, Southwest would prove too much for the home team when the Mustangs went on an eight-point run and eventually took the set 25-17, winning the match against the Mavericks three sets to none.

Honebrink managed four kills in the final set for MSU. Honebrink finished the match with a hitting percentage of .357 and contributed 12 kills.

Freshman defensive-specialist Haley Fogarty led the Maverick defense with 11 digs total in the three-set match. As a team, MSU hit .147 and had four blocking errors to just three blocks.

The Mavericks were determined to wipe away the sweep from the previous night when the Sioux Falls Cougars came to town Saturday afternoon.

The Mavericks got off to a fast start against the Cougars in the first set of the match.

Behind three-kill efforts by both Runck and Platz, the Mavericks cruised to an opening-set win by a score of 25-16. MSU had a .462 hitting percentage as a unit with no attacking errors.

The Maverick offense stayed hot and snatched the second set by a score of 25-23, growing their match lead to 2-0. The home team posted a .500 hitting percentage with 18 kills on 30 attempts and three attacking errors. Platz led MSU with five kills in the set.

Sioux Falls came back from the intermission, regrouped and battled to a victory, taking the third set from the Mavericks 25-23 and cutting into MSU’s match lead. Attacking errors were a theme for the Mavericks in the third set, with the home team committing eight of them while only posting 10 kills.

The Mavericks would once again be pounced by the Cougars in the fourth set, losing the set 25-18, leveling the match at two sets apiece. Hassing posted three kills and a .500 hitting percentage for MSU in the set.

The final set of the night would see Sioux Falls climb all the way back from a 0-2 set deficit to win the match three sets to two against the Mavericks, taking the fifth set 15-11. The Mav-

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ericks were once again plagued by errors, committing seven of them and only capitalizing on eight of 22 kill attempts.

Platz and Honebrink led MSU with 13 kills each in the home loss to Sioux Falls. Runck and Hassing followed up with 12 and 11 kills, respectively, on the night.

The Mavericks had to move on quickly as the no. 1 team in Division II volleyball visited the Taylor Center on Tuesday. After three matches, the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears were able to load up the bus with another tally in the win column.

In their 25-15 first-set win, the Golden Bears went on a 16 to six run after both teams sat on nine points. Platz led the Mavericks with three kills and .500 hitting percentage.

After losing the second set 25-17,the Mavericks were plagued with 11 attacking errors in the third set, losing 25-17.

The volleyball team heads to North Dakota for another NSIC weekend, featuring the University of Mary and Minot State. Friday’s match against the Marauders starts at 7 p.m., and the Minot State game starts at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

the best offenses in the NSIC, but the defenses played very well against these high powered offenses.

“Our backline really stepped up today. We weren’t clicking, we couldn’t finish off opportunities in the attack and our back line really stepped up and shut a really potent attack down and even scored,” Bahl said. “I am really proud of how they came to play.”

Erickson added her second game-winning goal of the weekend in the 55th minute. After a corner kick was cleared, Erickson gained possession and took a shoot from 30 yards away. It found the back of the net.

“I was just waiting up on top and saw my opportunity and I took it,” Erickson said.

MSU held UMD off the board the entire match, only allowing two shots on net.

Junior goalkeeper Molly McGough recorded shutouts in both games, giving her seven shutouts on the season and 31 in her career.

The Mavericks will put the NSIC and home-unbeaten streaks on the on the line when they return to action Friday to host Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls has just two wins this season,

but the Mavericks still should not overlook in anticipation for Sunday’s game with Southwest Minnesota State.

Sunday, the Mavericks host Southwest Minnesota State (13-1, 10-1 in NSIC) on senior day. Both teams come into the game with identical overall records so Sunday’s matchup could determine the NSIC conference champions.

The game with Southwest will feature the best scoring team in the NSIC against the one of the best teams at not allowing goals. Something will have to give Sunday afternoon.

Southwest has the second best goals-against-average allowing only .69 goals each game with just nine allowed this season. On the flip side, MSU has scored 36 goals this season averaging 2.5 goals per game.

“Southwest has had a lot of success this year. So (we need to be) focusing on things that we always focus on, which is high pressure and going forward attacking as fast as we can and just playing together,” junior midfielder Sidney Temple said. “I think that is the biggest thing; just play our game and we will successful this weekend.”

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