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Charting the Future hits MSU campus ‘Gallery Walks’ to enlighten students who attend.

chartingthefuturemnscu.com The Diversity team, comprised of a group of people who aim to help students find diversity.

BROOKE EMMONS Staff Writer Charting the Future Gallery Walks will be making their way to Minnesota State University Mankato this week.

The group, a part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU), is working towards bettering the programs within the states higher education system.

After two years of discussion and collaboration, the team has

compiled ideas to debut in a 39 stop event series called Gallery Walks. It is here at these events that the implementation teams will present their ideas for feedback from faculty and students.

“These events represent a key milestone in the Charting the chartingthefuturemnscu.com The Student Success team, which will be coming to give students insight on how to be successful.

chartingthefuturemnscu.com The Education Technology team, which will also be a part of the ‘Gallery Walks’ package,

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Future initiative,” says Rassoul Dastmozd, president of Saint Paul College, where the tour began. “In light of the significant challenges threatening the ability of our system to meet its commitments to the state of Minnesota, this work could not be more important. As a member of the Student Success team, I am very much looking forward to hearing what students, faculty, and staff have to say about our initial ideas.”

Teams were compiled from all 24 schools in the MnSCU system. They include campus student leaders, faculty, student associations and staff. These groups met in May and were tasked with creating plans to allow the implementation of recommendations presented by

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the MnSCU Board of Trustees.

The recommendations include: dramatically increasing the success of all learners, developing a collaborative and coordinated academic planning process that advances affordability as well as transferability, certifying student competencies and capabilities, expanding the use of technology, providing comprehensive workplace solutions, and redesigning financial and administrative models to reward collaboration. Implementation teams looked at these recommendation goals and developed ways to include them throughout the entire MnSCU system. The events happening now, Gallery Walks is where

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Veteran’s Day 5k arrives for another year Memorial run will take place on Nov. 8.

NICHOLAS JOHNSON Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Army ROTC will be having their ninth annual 5K Run this Saturday, Nov. 8, in honor of Veteran’s Day and the memory of First Lt. Michael

Fasnacht, a graduate of MSU and Army Ranger who was killed by an IED while on patrol in Iraq.

The race begins at 9 a.m. with check-in and same day registration taking place at the Taylor Center from 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Early registration

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The Maverick Battalion, MSU’s very own Army ROTC program. The Army ROTC program is who’s holding the 5k.

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is open now, which offers a reduced cost and guarantees a race t-shirt. The race itself will take place around the MSU campus and surrounding area with a brief ceremony to commemorate and honor the men and women who have fought and sacrificed for this nation, as well as the highlight ROTC program itself and recognize the efforts of those that work towards its continued success.

Timothy Adams, Assistant Professor of Military Science and 20 year Navy veteran, speaking about the motivation for the run said, “[Michael Fasnacht] A member of our unit, Ranger, infantry, a fantastic guy, a wonderful young man – died and in his honor we have created this education fund. There’s a plaque on the wall in his honor.

We use this run and the fund to keep alive his memory.”

Speaking on a matter related to the goal of honoring the memory of First Lt. Fasnacht, Adams stated that efforts are under way to have the new junior high school being constructed on the east side of Mankato named after Fasnacht. The recommendation has been made with the city

freedomremembered.com Michael Fasnacht, the fallen soldier to which this run is held in memorium to. He’s remembered by many.

and Adams asked that members of the community interested in seeing the school named in Fasnacht’s honor to contact the

city in a show of support.

The ROTC program at MSU offers a minor in Military Sci-

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Everyone deserves a birthday The Women’s and LGBT Center accepting donations for children.

mnsu.edu Samantha Hedwall, the assistant director of the Women’s Center, who plays a strong hand in the donations.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer

Everyone Deserves a Birthday, a donation event of the Women’s Center, and affiliated mwith the Committee Against Domestic Abuse (CADA), will take place from October 13 to October 31 in the Women’s Center at the Centennial Student Union, in room 218, and the LGBT Center in the Centennial Student Union, room 194,

at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The donation event, also called CADA Birthday Supply Drive, is for children who live in the shelter of CADA. Birthday party supplies for the children will be gathered at MSU and all the donations will be given to the children’s benefit at CADA in Mankato.

The donation of the birthday party supplies includes streamers, balloons, themed cups and

Yohanes Ashenafi • MSU Reporter The growing donations for the drive, located in the Women’s Center. There is an alternative drive location at the LGBT center.

plates, and party hats. In addition to these supplies, any kind of decorations related to birthday parties will be welcomed.

“We will drive donation of birthday party supply for our

event,” said Samantha Hedwall, assistant director of the Women’s Center. “I believe everyone deserves a fun birthday. Thus, we will gather hats, napkins, plates and other items

for decorating birthday party for children who live in the domestic abuse center in Mankato.”

Participants of the donation

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Many push for more library hours One student explores the study opinions of fellow library-goers.

“Yes, I study, talk to people, and make connections.”

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Yohanes Ashenafi • MSU Reporter The Memorial Library, where countless MSU students devote hours of their time to studying and other academic pursuits.

the university has an alternative small area in its library that opens for 24 hours regardless of weekends.

Apart from those universities that open their libraries for 24 hours, a lot of state universities open their libraries longer than the Memorial Library, the main

library at MSU, in general. For instance, Illinois State University opens its library for 10 hours on Saturday and 17 hours on Sunday. That is, it opens 2 hours longer on Saturday and 4 hours longer on Sunday than MSU’s library.

The insufficient library hours

matter for students most especially before their exams. It is difficult for students to study in their places after library closes.

“I cannot find any other places to study besides home after the library closes,” said Anna

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“Do you spend time in the library, and if so, what do you do?”

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The library hours of Minnesota State University, Mankato are from 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. during weekdays except Friday. On Friday, it opens at the same time, but closes earlier, at 7 p.m.

On weekends, the operation hours of the library are much shorter. It only opens for 8 hours on Saturday and 13 hours on Sunday.

However, compared to other public universities, the library hours at MSU are too short. In fact, public universities such as Ohio State University, Michigan State University, Oregon State University and Colorado State University opens their libraries for 24 hours during weekdays at least.

These public universities’ library hours are longer even on weekends than the library hours of MSU. For example, in Colorado State University, it opens Morgan Library, the university’s main library, for 13 hours on Saturday and 12 hours on Sunday.

The biggest difference with the university, though, is that

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JOSH DENN, PHILOSOPHY “Yes, I like to study there.”

LIZ EKMAN, MASS MEDIA “Yes, I do homework and study for upcoming tests.”

LIZ ANDERSON, MASS MEDIA “Yes, I do homework and study with friends.”

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Ebola vs. the common flu: which is the bigger threat?

Staff writer weighs the severity of the two ailments.

NICK GRECULA Staff Writer All of America, as well as the world, has been watching the Ebola pandemic unfold in Western Africa, asking “Do we need to be afraid?”

Since the initial outbreak of Ebola in February 2014, the world has been helping coordinate efforts at isolation of the virus that has a case fatality rate of 70.8 percent. The most recent diagnosed cases of Ebola in America have particularly sparked debate about the virulent nature of the disease and whether or not Americans should be worried about an epidemic on our soil.

The Ebola disease is or the virus can be contracted through blood or other bodily fluids of an infected person or animal, predominately primates. The virus is not spread through air, but the fruit bat is the known carrier for the disease, spreading it to other animals and humans through contact of living or dead animals. When contracted, symptoms usually start between two days or three weeks including fever, sore throat, muscle pain and headaches. Then vomiting and diarrhea occurs, accompanied by rashes. In se-

vere cases people begin to bleed both internally and externally, and ultimately if death occurs, it’s due to low blood pressure and fluid loss.

The Ebola disease isn’t a joke, and is a very serious illness that has and still is claiming many lives in Africa.

However, not everyone dies from the disease and survival is constituted to good medical care and early detection of the illness. The Ebola virus is not as contagious as everyone thinks; unless you are constantly in contact with Ebola patients, the odds of contracting Ebola are extremely low, so long as you routinely wash your hands. In fact the Center for Disease and Control prevention suggests “practicing careful hygiene” as the first and foremost means of preventing Ebola. Unless you’re a health care professional that elitedaily.com is treating Ebola patients, you need not worry. Even if you are The signs and symptoms of Ebola. Ebola is transferred through bodily fluids, not through the air. that health care professional that they would charge Duncan rus. Later two nurses contracted came in at 4,869 in west Africa. treating Ebola patients, the CDC for lying on the customs questhe virus and successfully beat The worry about the virus is has enforced strict guidelines on tionnaire about his contact with the virus due to early detection unfounded; however Ebola is a how to handle the patient, and victims. Despite this blatant and good medical treatment. risk, the CDC has taken steps to extreme preventive measures to disregard for the security of It is the opinion of this writer mitigate the risk so that translimit exposure.

America’s welfare, he continued that the Ebola virus is not the feral is not possible, including The arrival of the Ebola to quarantine for travelers and state home to Dallas, Texas, where he biggest threat to American’s America is due to the negligence of the art treatment and containwould eventually have symphealth. Instead if Americans are of Thomas Eric Duncan, who toms of flu. Though the healthto worry, then they should worry ment. So instead of worrying traveled from Liberia carryabout Ebola, worry about the flu, care professional he initially about getting their flu shots, as ing the virus. If Duncan did and get your shots. saw, mis-diagnosed him with the the flu claimed 53,826 lives in not succumb to the disease, the flu, he would later return and be 2013 alone, compared to the Liberian government declared properly diagnosed with the viEbola virus, whose death tolls

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LIBRARY “I cannot find any other places to study besides home after the library closes.” continued from 4

Kang, biomedical science major at MSU. “However, it’s hard to focus on my studies again at home if I couldn’t finish them in the library till 2 a.m. This is a lot more inconvenient before my exams.”

For such students at the college of biological sciences, it is more inconvenient when it comes to library hours because they have a lot of laboratory classes in their majors so they always lack of time so study in the library after their classes.

According to Kang, she has classes till 5 p.m. on Friday.

When she wants to study at the library after her classes, it is difficult to study even just for 2 hours because staff in the library force students to wrap up their studies and leave by turning off the light around 6:30

p.m. to 6:40 p.m.

“The library hours are not even till 7 p.m. on Friday as it says. It just makes me feel pressure to leave so I cannot concentrate on my studies at the library,” Kang said.

“The university is obliged to provide efficient academic environment for students in pursuit of their academies because students pay tuition to the university,” Kang continued.

Bethelhem Legesse, electrical engineering major, also gave her opinion about the MSU’s insufficient library hours.

Legesse said, “All libraries in universities in my country open for 24 hours. I think MSU should hire more people for increasing the operation hours of the library.”

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technology major, agreed these students’ opinions that library hours should be extended.

“I think the library closes too early and it is not as open enough on weekends. I tend to leave a lot of things till weekends so the library hours are so inconvenient for me,” Rayani said.

I believe that MSU should work on the problem of its library hours. As the three students said, library hours are not sufficient for the students to fulfill their academic goals.

If operating the library for 24 hours is not possible for the university, I think MSU has to suggest any alternatives such as making specific areas in the library open longer time.

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CHARTING “In light of the significant challenges threatening the ability of our system to meet its committments to the state of Minnesota, this work could not be more important.” continued from 1

they will present their ideas to a larger group. The goal of these events is to create discussion amongst members of MnSCU schools in order to gain feedback on the ideas.

Faculty, staff, students, and the community are encouraged to attend.

Those who attend will be briefed on the multiple ideas that have possibilities of being implemented. This will include specific directions and concepts. They then will have an opportunity to discuss the ideas.

The products of these tours will be featured later in a Spring 2015 Gallery Walk.

Charting the Future is aware of the changing markets and the need of a strong higher education system as well as the rising amount of student

debt after graduation. They have said they embrace these challenges and opportunities.

They also know their colleges and universities must think differently about how they keep higher education affordable and accessible throughout Minnesota.

Through the development of future ideas, they are asking themselves the questions of how to fulfill their promises to students through the present challengers as well as use the challenges as an opportunity to better the schools.

MnSCU Charting the Future Gallery Walks will be at Minnesota State University Mankato October 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union, room 245.

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BIRTHDAY “Donations will be given to the children’s benefit at CADA in Mankato.” continued from 3 event will have to drop off their donations in the designated bin placed in the Women’s Center or the LGBT Center at MSU at any time between October 13 and 31.

However, according to Hedwall, the donations related to birthday party supplies would be much more preferred to birthday gifts for the children of the shelters.

“I would appreciate if people donate personal items such as clothes, but I would prefer birthday party supplies for our event,” Hedwall explained.

“Through the event, I just hope to raise awareness about the CADA shelters and the children in there. If people take the time to donate any extra items for the children, they might brighten our event,” Hedwall continued.

CADA and the Women’s Center collaborated on the donation drive for the children in the shelters in Mankato because both organizations have the same mission to protect the weak and vulnerable in society and provide a framework to advocate their right.

The Committee Against Domestic Abuse (CADA), Inc. is a non-profit domestic and sexual violence victim’s advocacy and shelter organization based in Mankato, Minnesota. The organization has been providing safety and support to victims of domestic and sexual violence through education, advocacy and shelter for over 30 years.

The shelter program that CADA provides for the victims are served in the eight counties in South-Central Minnesota

such as Blue Earth, Nicollet, Brown, Waseca, Watonwan, Faribault, Le Sueur and Sibley County.

The Women’s Center at Minnesota State Mankato is on the purpose of fostering a healthy, safe and engaging campus community for women students at MSU. It aims to draw full and active participation of women students for the students’ personal and educational pursuits. The Women’s Center also provides advocacy and leadership opportunities for all MSU students.

For more information, it is available to contact to the Women’s Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato at 507-389-6147.

VETERAN 5K “We will use this run and the fund to keep alive his memory.” continued from 2 ence and is designed to educate and train students pursuing an officer’s commission in the US Army, Army Reserves, or Minnesota National Guard.

“I considerate it the toe in water approach,” Adams said in regards to participation in the ROTC and commitment levels, “which would be to come to our Military and Science Leadership one hundred level class.

You don’t have to participate in weekend exercises – you don’t

have to participate in anything else, but if you want a little bit more we have leadership laboratories. Those lead up to, two times a year we go up to Camp Ripley. They get to live like they’re in the Army for a couple of days, which they love. The last couple of years we’ve been on the rifle range.”

“You can join as a junior,” Adams answered when questioned about the window of opportunity for those interested

in a commission in the Armed Forces, “You participate in the class and we’ll send you to a camp in the summer. Then if you do well in the two years – we can still commission you.”

The Army offers tuition assistance as well as repayment of college loans as incentives for service and the amounts depend on active or reserve status and is open to all majors.

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Halloween costume trends, past and present From Barney to Miley, America has seen it all.

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BROOKE EMMONS Staff Writer Every year Halloween comes, and with the thousands of possibilities for things to dress up as, there are always the popular costumes.

In years past America has seen a many different iconic Halloween costumes. When Barney & Friends aired for the first time in 1993, there were thousands of purple dinosaur costumes. In 1996, the movie Scream had the greatest influence, as middle school kids to older adults dressed as the serial

killer Ghostface.

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter ignited a rage of black capes and lightning scars in 2001. After being a major costume in the 1970s, Star Wars returned after the final episode “Revenge of the Sith”, premiered in theaters in 2005.

Miley Cyrus managed to appear on two Halloweens in two very different forms. In 2007 Miley’s pop-star alter ego appeared amongst kids and teenagers as Hannah Montana. This costume was typically sequined dresses, blonde wigs, cowgirl boots, and cheap jewelry. After

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Miley’s 2013 VMAs performance a much more mature Miley costume arose. Many dressed in one of her iconic jumpsuits with their hair tight buns and used her VMA foam finger as a prop.

Shelby James-Beneke and Kendra Frandrup, two MSU sophomores can remember the craze last year.

“Minions were everywhere.”

James-Beneke said. Minions were some of the stars of Despicable Me, a popular animated movie from 2010.

“There are always tons of

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spirithalloween.com Maleficent should prove to be a hit costume this year, thanks to the recent blockbuster film.

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Mankato Brewery hosts the Halloween spirit From curses to Creature Features, Mankato is in the swing.

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If you are looking for something new to do around Mankato, it is recommend to check out the Mankato Brewery.

They offer a variety of unique craft-beers created by a team of brewers.

It’s co-founded by Minnesota State University graduates Tim Tupy and Tony Feuchtenberger.

Tim is an active member in the community and he sits on the Board of Mankato Greater Growth. At Mankato Brewery, almost all their products from the labeling to the boxes are directly from the Mankato and Southern Minnesota area. They hold regular events and free tours and love doing anything

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they can to support the local community. Tim had been brewing at home for years until he finally decided he and Tony decided to open the first brewery in Mankato since the last Mankato brewery shut down in the late 60’s.

In the late 1800’s, until prohibition, there was several other breweries in Mankato. After prohibition, only one brewery still remained intact. Several companies and owners tried their luck but were often struck down by misfortune. Fires, unexpected death of owners, and corruption was the result of several of these disasters. Some historians even believe that brewers in Mankato are cursed due to events surrounding the 38 Dakota that were executed in

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Dating back to the time of the executions, nine companies had attempted to brew in Mankato.

The most successful only lasted 10 years, until it eventually engulfed in flames days following the arrest of the owners for revenue violations.

Most wish the team of Mankato Brewery better luck than that of past breweries in town. Not all necessarily believe in curses or hauntings, but if the curse continues that means you only have a short time to head

on down and check out what the Mankato Brewery has to offer.

All joking aside, head on in on Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturdays 12 to 7 p.m. to check out their tasting room and try all their different varieties. They offer famed classics like the Mankato Original, an IPA called Haymaker, and plenty of other beer pleasures. Only good things about their IPA’s from local friends who love trying getting their hands on new beers. They also offer seasonal varieties that are featured in the summer, fall and the holidays. The brewery is also a great gathering place for large or small groups looking to rent a gathering place. Go online to mankatobrewery.com to find pictures, events, free tours

and any other information you may be seeking.

In spirit of the Halloween season. The Mankato Brewery invites you to come on down for their “Halloween Creature Feature” from 7 to 10 p.m. this Halloween, October 31. They will have live music and, of course, plenty of cold beer. There will be a silent auction to benefit the Blue Earth and Nicollet County Humane Societies (BENCHS).

They are located at 1119 Center St., North Mankato, Minnesota.

Remember to always be safe and plan a sober ride. As always, you must be 21 to drink with proof of I.D. However, they invite everyone down for Halloween to come enjoy the festivities.

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COSTUMES “Miley Cyrus managed to appear on two Halloweens in two very different forms.” continued from 8 nurses, cops, and vampires too.”

James-Beneke added.

Austin Lane, a MSU junior remembers past Halloween fads too. “Snooki from Jersey Shore was really big for awhile.”

“Zombies have always been huge,” said McKinzi Hogg Franz, a sophomore at MSU. “Ghosts, too,” her friend Piper Cleaveland, a junior at MSU, added.

Many people has been discussing what the costumes will be this year. Caribou Coffee even asked the question “What will you be for Halloween this

year?” on its chalkboard in the Stadium road location. To think of the next best costume, Hogg Franz and Cleaveland thought of the movies from the past year.

“There are always some from movies.” Hogg Franz said.

“Probably a lot of Elsa and Anna from Disney’s Frozen.

Also I think people will dress up like zombies, like The Walking Dead.”

“Thinking of the chalkboard in Caribou Coffee, I think there will be a lot of Jersey Shore characters as well as the Kardashian,” Cleaveland said.

Jacob Royce, a sophomore at MSU, brought up the controversial Ebola costume. “I think people will just talk about it. The costume will not go as far. It’s more something to talk about than actually wear.”

The most popular costumes being sold on amazon this year are both old and new. For women, a Maleficent costume from the fairytale Sleeping Beauty is extremely sought after.

This trend is from Angelina Jolie’s version of the evil faerie in the 2014 movie Maleficent.

Also popular for women is Cat

woman and Wonder woman.

As for men, the Bavarian man costume is trending as well as the ever-popular banana suit.

Why the banana suit is so popular is unknown but it continues to be a hit year after year.

Though iconic Halloween costumes are always a hit, there are still some really unique options out there for 2014.

“I am going to be a day of the dead doll, with half of my face painted like a skeleton,” Hogg Franz said.

“I am going to be a ram by making big horns with some old

stuff and wearing cute clothes with it,” Cleaveland said.

“A couple weeks ago I went home and grabbed some nerd stuff from high school homecoming, so I am going as a nerd,” James-Beneke said.

Low cost homemade costumes are on the rise, especially amongst college kids. With sites like Pinterest, anyone can find a way to make either the iconic costume of the year or something completely unique.

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Mavericks knock off No. 5 Mustangs The team still has a hard time on Friday nights in conference play, with last Friday’s loss giving them four-consecutive losses on Fridays in the conference this season.

LUKE LONIEN Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato volleyball team knocked off the no. 5 ranked team in the nation this past weekend. The Mavericks took it to Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, winning the match 3-1.

The Mavericks kept their trend of struggling Friday, but coming back strong on Saturday. This is the fourth top 25 team that the Mavericks have knocked off this season.

Even after knocking off the number five team in the nation, head coach Dennis Amundson is still looking for improvement on those Friday matches.

“We can only keep the momentum if we play well on Friday’s,” Amundson said. “It’s great that we knocked off four top 25 teams, but we have to back it up with consistent results everywhere else.”

Amundson stated that it

proves this team and program is moving in the right direction as well.

“It proves that we are moving in the right direction, but it also proves that we do not like to show a lot of consistency, so that seems to be the challenge moving forward but I think our kids are up for it,” Amundson said.

The Mavericks set the tone early as they were leading 8-2, before finishing off the match, holding the Mustangs to 14 points in the first set. The Mavericks controlled the set early and finished out with a 25-14 win. The Mustangs flipped the script in the second set, leading 8-2 early, but the Mavericks were able to stick it out and score a 7-3 run to bump the score to a 21-17 Maverick lead. The Mustangs kept themselves in the game, but the Mavericks were able to grind out the close 25-23 set victory.

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Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter After tonight’s big game against Concordia-St. Paul, the Mavericks are host this weekend with University of Mary visiting on Friday and Minot State rolling in on Saturday.

Football stays afloat over Augustana Vikings It was closer than they would have liked, but the Mavericks still get the job done in Sioux Falls.

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Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter Sophomore quarterback Nick Pieruccini had a career day Saturday with 183 passing yards on 13 completions and two touchdown passes with one pick. Oh, and he also ran for 125 yards.

Minnesota State University, Mankato’s football team’s 34-28 win on the road keeps the unbeaten season going against Augustana.

The 8-0 Mavericks clinched the game by fielding an onside kick in the final two minutes.

The Mavericks didn’t fare too well in the first quarter as they were down 14-7 and had to pick up their game against a 4-4 Augustana team. On defense, the Mavericks shut down Augustana in the second and third quarter to help give the offense room to work.

The Mavericks defense didn’t do anything spectacular during the game Tyler Henderson and Alec Vesper shared a tackle for a loss. Jordan Campbell had one fumble recovery for the winning team, while safety Nathan Hancock led the team with nine

total tackles while Rob Myers, Henderson and also Kris Fleigle had seven total tackles each. The sack happy Maverick defense couldn’t come away with any in Saturday’s game.

The defense allowed Trey Heid, Augustana’s quarterback, too much breathing room as he completed 20 of 34 passes for 258 yards and two touchdowns.

Augustana didn’t rush the ball as they could only total 171 yards on the ground between three people.

On offense Nick Pieruccini led the way through the air completing 13 of 17 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns; he also had one interception.

Pieruccini also rushed the ball 20 times for 125 yards and two touchdowns; his longest rush being a 22-yard gain. Ricky Lloyd also jumped under center

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Break out the brooms Sophomore forward Bryce Gervais was named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week after kocking in three goals this past weekend, including both game winners in the Mavericks’ sweep over Alabama-Huntsville.

DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hockey team started conference play off right this past weekend with a sweep at home over Alabama-Huntsville.

With their first Western Collegiate Hockey Association series of the 2014-2015 season, the Mavericks peppered the Chargers with shots all weekend, but had a little trouble finding the back of the net behind Chargers’ goaltenders.

On Friday night, MSU outshot Huntsville 18-7 in the first period, and 19-7 in the second period, but the game remained scoreless heading into the third.

The Mavericks didn’t want the Chargers hanging around too long, though, and J.P. Lafontaine put the Mavs on the board first with a goal 51 seconds into the third period.

“It’s frustrating, but the way we looked at it was they hadn’t been in our end,” Lafontaine said. “We thought it will go in eventually.”

Senior Matt Leitner threaded a short pass through a Huntsville defender to Lafontaine, who went top shelf over Carmine Guerriero’s blocker to take a 1-0 lead. Shortly after, the Mavs would extend their lead.

Junior forward Bryce Gervais would bury his second goal of the season 3:31 into the third on a power play after a Michael Huntebrinker shot was kicked out by Guerriero and on to the tape of Gervais, who pumped it home for a 2-0 lead.

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vais said. “We tried to focus on the positives.”

Though a series of penalties put the Mavericks at a five-onthree disadvantage late in the third period, MSU a killed off the penalties to get back to even strength. Then with 30 seconds remaining in the game, the Chargers scored a goal from Brandon Carlson to cut the lead in half with their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker.

However, on the ensuing face off, senior Zach Palmquist dumped the puck into the empty net to seal up a 3-1 Maverick victory and earn their first two WCHA points of the season. In dominating fashion, MSU outshot the Chargers 57-18 in this one, with Guerriero making 54 stops.

“Goalies at this level, you give them an opportunity to see the puck and they’re going to stop it,” Maverick Head Coach Mike Hastings said. “[Guerriero] was good. We had some real quality opportunities.”

On Saturday the Mavericks didn’t throw as many shots at the Charger goal, but had more luck finding the back of the net.

Senior captain Chase Grant put the Mavs up in the first period when he redirected a Jordan Nelson pass that found it’s way past Guerriero. Palmquist also recorded an assist on the play.

Huntsville fought their way back, though.

In the second period, Josh Kestner deflected a shot past MSU goaltender Stephon Williams to even the score at one apiece. From there, the Mavs kept rolling through.

“That’s about as solid a period as we’ve played,” said Hastings.

“On both sides of the puck I liked our teams responsibility with and without the puck.”

Gervais scored a slick goal on the power play when Huntebrinker found him alone in front of the Charger goal and set him up for the go-ahead goal. Then in the third period, freshman C.J. Franklin found Teddy Blueger streaking through center ice, and Blueger made a few quick moves around Guerriero before burying a highlight-reel goal to extend the lead to 3-1.

Gervais would finish things off with his third goal of the weekend and second of the night while short handed when Leitner threaded a breakaway pass to him and Gervais slid it between Guerriero’s legs for a 4-1 lead.

With the sweep, the Mavericks move to 4-2-0 on the season and 2-0 in conference play. Notable around the WCHA, conference rival Ferris State was swept this past weekend by Michigan Tech. Last season, MSU and Ferris State battled as the top two teams in the league.

“After losing the third period at home last weekend, it was nice to play the way we did this weekend,” Hastings said.

Next up for MSU is a road series this weekend at Bowling Green State University. Last season MSU went 3-2 against BGSU, including a victory in the WCHA Final Five Tournament. Puck drop for this series is at 6:07 p.m. for both Friday and Saturday night’s games.

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Another weekend, another sweep for women’s soccer The Mavericks have their last regular-season game at home against Winona State on Saturday.

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Freshman midfielder Jenny Hoerter has three goals and two assists so far this season.

TOMMY WIITA Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s soccer team had two games this past weekend, both on the road against the UMD Bulldogs and the St. Cloud State Huskies.

The Mavericks are currently ranked number one overall in the NCAA-II rankings, and these

Sidni Trotter Sophomore defender was named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Week this past weekend.

two games were no free wins.

The first game was set for Friday night against the Bulldogs, and the Mavericks once again found a way to get the W. Earning two unassisted goals was all the Mavericks needed, as MSU defeated UMD by a score of 2-0.

With the win, these ladies moved to 15-0-0 overall and 120-0 in the NSIC, continuing their greatest start ever in program history. With the loss, the Bulldogs dropped to 6-9-0 and 6-60 in league play. The first half contained no scoring, as both

defenses were active early. MSU outshot UMD 9-3, but Bulldogs goalkeeper Marissa Rosa would not let one go by as it was a 0-0 tie at the half.

The Mavericks came out in the second half with intensified pressure that paid off dearly. In the 55th minute, junior Korey Kronforst wanted to shoot but lost control, but the ball found its way over to sophomore Dana Savino, who booted it from 15 yards out that resulted in her ninth score of the season and gave MSU a 1-0 lead.

In the 74th minute, senior Rebecca Pederson anticipated a poor pass by the UMD defenders and stole the ball to tally her second goal of the season, giving MSU that extra breathing room.

In the final minutes of the match, the Bulldogs had a few scoring opportunities but the Mavericks stood tall, producing their 11th shutout of the season, defeating

UMD 2-0. Senior goalkeeper Molly McGough made two saves on the evening and moved to 130-0 on the season. With the shutout, Molly now has 28 in league play and is one shy of tying the all-time record for career shutouts in the NSIC. Sunday afternoon was a scheduled match against rival St. Cloud State, and the number one ranked Mavericks did not disappoint. MSU defeated SCSU 3-0, moving to 15-0-0 overall. With the win, the Mavericks clinched at least a share of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Regular Season Championship heading into the final week of the season and clinch the number one seed in the conference tournament.

Senior Rebecca Pederson made a huge impact Sunday afternoon, as she got the start over the injured Kiana Nickel. Pederson contributed her first goal of the match in the 21st minute off a pass from Korey Kronforst to put the Mavs up 1-0. MSU got their second goal from Pederson in the 65th minute off a corner kick from senior Emily Moris. Pederson took the corner and headed it into the back of the net to grab a 2-0 lead for the Mavericks. It was Pederson’s 4th goal of the year, and Moris’ 11th helper of the season. In the 82nd minute, redshirt freshman Laura Schwickerath scored on a pass from freshman Caitlin Foley to put the icing on the cake for Minnesota State.

Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter Lexi Pszanka has put in two goals and has zero assists in her freshman campaign.

Senior Molly McGough produced her eighth shutout of the season and made one save on the afternoon. McGough has now tied the record for most shutouts in NSIC league play with 29. Sophomore Sidni Trotter was named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week for her great defensive performances. She played all 180 minutes for the weekend, and was a key element for the Mav-

ericks to get two more shutouts.

Minnesota State (16-0-0, 130-0 NSIC) will be back in action next weekend as they travel to Upper Iowa to take on the Peacocks on Friday. They will then finish off the regular season at The Pitch on Sunday against Winona State at 1 p.m.

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FOOTBALL “The rushing attack was the Mavericks’ ‘it’ factor. Connor Thomas rushed the ball 18 times for 109 yards with one touchdown and Andy Pfeiffer had 15 rushes for 97 yards and one touchdown.”

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The Mavericks dropped set three, but jumped out to an early five-point lead in the fourth set and never looked back. MSU knocked off the Mustangs with a 25-19 set win. Krista Hassing led the way for the Mavericks with 19 kills, and added 6 blocks in the match. Chandra Honebrink added in 12 kills of her own. Ellie Van De Steeg was impressive again, adding 48 assist to her season total to get her over 1,000 on the season. Haley Doran and Rissi McNallan led the way on the defensive side, totally 13 digs each. Haley Fogarty added 12 digs of her own in the upset win.

The Mavericks took on Sioux Falls in Sioux Falls, but the result was not as great. The Mavericks opened up in the first set trailed to the Cougars, but were able to use a late 5-1 run to get a late 21-17 lead. The Mavericks were able to take a 1-0 lead with a 25-21 set win. After dropping sets two and three, the Mavericks fought back to take set four.

Down 6-5 early, the Mavericks scorched a six-point run to take an 11-6 lead. The Cougars made a late push to get back into the set, but a Cougar error tied the match up at two sets apiece.

The Mavericks were unable to get anything going in the final set. Tied at six, the Cougars went on a 9-3 run to take the set

15-9 and the set 3-2. Hassing led the Mavericks with 18 kills, followed by Honebrink who had 8 kills. Van De Steeg chipped in 44 assist along with her seven kills. Haley Fogarty added 20 digs for the Maverick defense, while Van De Steeg had 9 digs of her own.

“We just did not play well on Friday; we let another team swing at us and swing at us without responding. Then you go to bed for the night, and you start swinging on another club,” Amundson said. “It was like a tale of two cities type of thing, but we will get there.”

The Mavericks are at a 14-8 (10-5) record after the weekend, with an upcoming bout on Tuesday against the third ranked Concordia St. Paul in St. Paul. The Mavericks knocked off Concordia early this year in Mankato and look to do it again on the road. “You walk in the gym and there are seven national championship banners hanging there consecutively, but it all depends on who believes what on the night.” Amundson said. “We just have to be better than them tomorrow night.”

The Mavericks then have a home stand weekend taking on University of Mary on Friday, then take on Minot State on Saturday. Both matches are in the Taylor Center.

with 10 interceptions and has 19 as a team. So switching quarterbacks could be a little tricky.

Sioux Falls will be the Mavericks toughest challenge this season. The Mavericks will host them Saturday and hopefully the home crowd can give them the

boost they need to win another. If the Mavericks offense can come out swinging and put up points early I think they will win 34-24.

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and completed 2 of 3 passes for 11 yards. Austin Rieder was the third guy to jump in at quarterback and threw one pass, which ended up getting intercepted.

Dorian Buford ending up being the for sure hands hauling in six receptions for 70 yards and two touchdowns, making it 10 on the season. Keyvan Rudd also had a good day catching four passes for 44 yards.

The rushing attack was the Mavericks’ “it” factor. Connor

Thomas rushed the ball 18 times for 109 yards with one touchdown and Andy Pfeiffer had 15 rushes for 97 yards and one touchdown to add to the Mavericks’ 535 total yards on offense.

Minnesota State will continue its undefeated season against the number 10 ranked Sioux Falls Saturday, who moved up four spots after defeating Winona.

MSU will have to go back to the drawing board because Augustana came too close to dethroning

the number one ranked team and Sioux Falls is undefeated as well.

MSU has had multiple quarterbacks under center throughout each of its games, but it may not work against Sioux Falls. Solomon St. Pierre plays for Sioux Falls and is leading the NSIC

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Freaky film favorites Exploring the horror genre for your viewing pleasure.

TEREASA HATTEN Staff Writer

Halloween is this Friday and that means tons of candy and lots of scares. Fear is an emotion most people avoid on a regular basis, but for Halloween being afraid is all part of the fun. There are plenty of ways to provide the fear, but perhaps the easiest way is through movies.

The horror genre of film is overflowing with monsters, serial killers, and more, with subgenres of gore, psychologi-

cal thrillers, zombies, possession, and paranormal. To get the proper variety of scary movies, pulling one from each of the categories give you the best spooky viewing experience this Halloween.

Gore – Saw: Jigsaw first hit the big screen in 2004 and has never lost its appeal to viewers.

Six more films were made documenting Jigsaw’s games, and eighth installment was discussed but never made it to production.

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“Saw is universal. Everyone has seen Saw. My grandmother has seen Saw.” It is amazing that the hype surrounding this film hasn’t died down in ten years –making it a go-to scary movie this Halloween.

Paranormal – The Exorcism of Emily Rose: This film is about a court case on a questionable exorcism that occurred on Halloween (of all days), the

scene and the premise make it a fitting possession film for this Friday.

Monster – Dawn of the Dead: Zombies, sex, humor are all of the things a modern zombie flick needs to be successful. As far as a zombie movies go, Dawn of the Dead is one of the top choices; even its parody, Shaun of the Dead, only helped to make this movie more popular and widely viewed.

Killer – Halloween: First of all, Mike Meyers may not be known for his roles as a movie serial killer, but this is still a classic. If there was ever a movie to watch on October 31, it’s one titled Halloween.

Psychological – The Shining: Jack Nicholson did a fantastic job with his character. Of all the classic horror films, The Shining is the most enduring. It

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American Horror Story gets Showy First episodes of season reveal series wear and tear. bag, the major flaw of the series’ design is starting to show. Simply put, diminishing returns are catching up fast.

Freakshow takes us to Jupiter, FL, circa 1952, as conjoined twins Bette and Dot (Sarah Paulson in a dual role) are forced to join one of the last remaining freakshows in the country after they are implicated in some suspicious criminal activity.

Run by Mistress Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange), a limelight-hungry German ex-pat, the community houses such mistreated “freaks” as Jimmy, the Lobster Boy (Evan Peters), Ethel, the Bearded Lady (Kathy Bates, sporting the most confounding accent this side of Baltimore) and Meep the Geek, who makes his living biting the

JAMES HOUTSMA Editor in Chief When it debuted in 2011, the most profound thing about FX’s American Horror Story wasn’t its blend of psycho-sexual horror, rather its ability to make the kitchen sink route work, throwing as many horror plots and nods out there as they can and still bringing it all together nicely.

This ambitious approach worked really well for showrunners Ryan Murphy and Brad Fulchuck for a while, giving us two stellar seasons of the anthology series: Murder House and Asylum.

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LORIEN MEGILL Staff Writer The Merely Players production of War of the Worlds Live Radio Play opens the 2014-2015 season for the Community Theatre. This two act show begins with a “docudrama” that incorporates a 1930s feel through time period-appropriate commercials, media, and elements of slapstick comedy while looking at the history around the original broadcast of War of the Worlds (and the subsequent panic that the broadcast caused). The second act is an adaptation of the Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio play (based on the novel

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With all the options out there, this list was not an easy one to compile and there are obviously tons of other great movies, so I have compiled an honorable mention list: Honorable Mention Psycho – serial killer Norman Bates also delivers on the psychologically disturbed front. It just missed the list simply due to the fact that some people just haven’t seen the classics.

Honorable Mention Scream – directed by Wes

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Craven, it’s the most popular scary movie of our time. The only reason it didn’t make the list is because it should only be viewed in its entirety, and a movie series is difficult to put on a list because of the length.

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heads off chickens.

Things quickly go from crazy to mental breakdown with the arrival of strongman Dell (Michael Chiklis), whose history with Ethel and ambitions to assume control of the show over Elsa cause sparks to fly.

Not only that, the Jupiter police are dead set on punishing the freaks, while a shifty conman and his assistant (Dennis O’Hare and Emma Roberts) are plotting on getting their hands on the twins for reasons that might be described as museum related.

Lest we forget, there is also a murder clown making the rounds in the Jupiter area doing exactly what you would expect murder clowns to do.

This synopsis is only referring to the first three episodes and only covers about half of the story arcs already established.

It’s a lot to keep track of, and while there will always be plotlines that are more interesting than others, everything this season just feels like the air has been let out. There’s no shortage of great visuals going on, with Paulson’s performance as Bette and Dot providing a fascinating look at acting, while Twisty the Clown Killer is every bit as terrifying as people may lead you to believe.

And yet, the show hasn’t yet tapped back into that magic that kept you tuning back in, week after week. Characters, despicable as they usually are in this show, haven’t shown the type of charisma that past years have, with the mute clown assuming the role of most intriguing character over the usually terrific Lange, who is saddled here with her least interesting role on the show to date.

AHS certainly isn’t known for pulling its pieces together early on (mystery, people) but the current plotlines they have

going don’t seem to demand any continued investment.

Here we go with another love triangle, only this time it’s with the conjoined twins, the lobster boy and the faux fortune teller (sounds awesome on paper, we’ll see how it goes on film).

Meanwhile the strongman is a jerk because he’s impotent, because sympathy. Even the appearance of a ghostly freak legend (Wes Bentley) on Halloween hasn’t reached its potential thanks to him being overly conversational.

Part of the problem early on might be the fact that each early episode runs upwards of an hour, as opposed to the standard 43 minutes, without much justification. If there was an abundance of cool things going on, this would be awesome; as is, it just feels like we’re getting less for more.

[At least part of this problem could be solved if someone just sat Ryan Murphy down and screamed into his face that “THIS IS NOT GLEE.” Every episode thus far this season has featured a hackneyed musical number, owing to the fact that somehow this freak show is focused around singing. This was a cute, inventive turn that one time they used it in Asylum; it then became questionable when they kept bringing in Stevie Nicks in Coven; now the tired gimmick needs to be retired. Forever.]

Freakshow still has plenty of time to pick itself up, starting with this week’s concluding chapter to the annual Halloween episode, so who knows, maybe this season can pull off the hat trick and get back to greatness. But just going by these first few episodes, it simply looks like they’ve hit that point with all great TV shows and are running on a definite lack of steam.

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three full-length albums featuring Meany’s unique songwriting style, which utilizes jazz-influenced rock that doesn’t follow traditional patterns (the sound produced has often been compared to that of Steely Dan).

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Recently, Terramara won the WB Minnesota-sponsored “Strictly Original” New Music Competition, where the audience and a panel of judges out of hundreds of local bands se-

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Birdman: it’s a bird, it’s a man, it’s an existential crisis Keaton carries zany, uneven Oscar hopeful like an expert.

JAMES HOUTSMA Editor in Chief

From the opening drum riff and the very first image of a comet burning bright in the sky, director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu makes it clear that you will be using your brain throughout Birdman. The Mexican director establishes from the get-go that his story of a former Hollywood star grappling to put together a Broadway production will be an “ideas movie.”

True to his word, Birdman is rife with ideas, both thematically and in technical experimentation, that throw caution to the wind and just go for it. As one might expect, some ideas stick and some do not, but among the best of them is the decision to bring in both Michael Keaton and Edward Norton to really show us what they’ve got.

In an effort to escape his image as an aging celebrity, Riggan Thompson (Michael Keaton) is writing, producing, directing and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Apparently the universe has other plans, as Riggan is pushed to his wits end by the antics of a new, difficult costar (Edward Norton), who has set his sights on Riggan’s troubled daughter/assistant, Sam (Emma Stone). If that’s not enough, Riggan also must ward

off a venomous theatre critic intent on sinking the show, as well as his own impending mental collapse, brought on by the lessthan-helpful disembodied voice of the character he made famous, Birdman. Oh, did I mention he may also be developing telekinesis?

At the core of things, Birdman is about Riggan’s descent into madness, and on that level, the film is well done. It can not be stated enough how much Keaton’s performance adds to the pathos of the movie, with the veteran actor expertly carrying the film. It’s Keaton’s comeback show but Norton, Stone, Naomi Watts and Amy Ryan all make their presences known. Horrible as it sounds, the plot points of Riggin’s downfall are delightful to watch in that special, dark comedy type of way.

It’s in how Inarritu goes about showing that story that things become a mixed bag. Some gimmicks are actually really cool and others show that the director is too preoccupied with making “art” that the natural intrigue gets lost in favor of manufactured intellectualism. Much as I hate calling things pretentious, this fits the bill in more than one area.

In the camp of things that are awesome, Antonio Sanchez’s 100 percent drum kit score (barring just a few classical soundtrack interludes) pays off, flooding the film with improvi-

ew.com Michael Keaton ironically plays an aging superhero actor in Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).

sational street beats that marry the film’s spastic psyche with the rhythms of New York City.

Perhaps the biggest trick Innaritu tries to pull off is the illusion that Birdman is one long, continuous camera take. While it sounds awesome in theory (especially considering Gravity’s Emmanuel Lubezki handles the cinematography), the trick works amazingly for scenes with a lot going on, bobbing and weaving in between different character actions, then often fails in the slower sections of the

story, leaving in the vacuums of momentum that editing could have rightfully done away with.

By the end, most of the film’s pacing is shot.

Outside the main dilemma of Riggan’s fall from grace, Innaritu and his co-writers have a lot to say on the state of film vs. theatre, criticism, relevancy in the modern age, etc., but it too often feels just like a superficial look at these ideas (better than nothing, I guess). Character nuances are spelled out plainly in monologues, rather than shown naturally -- again blurring the line between cinema and theatre for the worst.

And where would the film be without a helping of magical realism, highlighted beautifully

by Riggan’s zany hallucination of Birdman himself, taunting

the actor to abandon his quest for artistic integrity with lots of ‘splosions, which audiences apparently eat up. It’s a fun sequence and the most bombastic moment of an otherwise downplayed area of the movie.

Birdman is worth the price of admission alone in watching Keaton and his fellow co-stars do their thing. And while some of Innaritu’s artistic nuances definitely work -- weird as it sounds -- it’s hard not imagine what the film could have been if the filmmakers had played things just ever-so-slightly more straight.

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Long tweet the Queen First monarch to email continues her tech savvy streak.

The message appeared to be typed ahead of time, and bizarrely appears to have been sent using the Twitter for iPhone app, even though video showed the queen was using an iPad or a similar tablet device. Officials wouldn’t say if the queen personally wrote the message or comment on the electronic discrepancy.

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