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Timberwolves thank MSU sports management students Students given free home-opening tickets, chartered bus, free VIP dinner PAT DELANY
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The Minnesota State sport management program had a goal: sell 1,000 tickets to a Minnesota Timberwolves pre-season game that took place at the Taylor Center last month. The opportunity was largely brought on by Glen Taylor, the owner of the Timberwolves and an MSU alum. Taylor, along with everyone who works in the organization could not have been more pleased with how the event turned out. The students sold all the tickets and also did a great job working the gates at the game. “I told the students that this is a big
opportunity for us and if we do a good job more opportunities like this will come,” said Dr. Jon Lim, associate professor for the sport management program. “Our students have so much potential; it’s our job to utilize it. Where else would students have an opportunity like we have.” The student’s hard work paid off last week when they received lowerlevel seats to the home-opening Timberwolves game, along with a chartered bus and a free dinner in one of the clubs VIP banquet rooms. It appeared as if the players wanted to show their appreciation as well. Minnesota rallied back late in the
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submitted photo MSU President Richard Davenport poses with Glen Taylor sport business leader scholarship winners Megan Hejhal and Greg Weis. To the right is Davenport’s wife, Mary.
Expanding education
MSU looks to expand satellite campus at 7700 France Ave. ASHLEY WALL
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submitted photo The 7700 France Ave. campus opened its doors in Sept. 2008. A ceremony was held, with former Minnesota State Student Association President Ryan Anderson in attendence.
In 2008, Minnesota State expanded its campus to provide convenience and more options for students. One year later, the demand of the new campus is rising. The extension of the Mankato campus is situated on the third floor of the 7700 France Ave. building, located off Interstate 494 in Edina. The building is also home to multiple businesses such as Federated Mutual Insurance, eCapital Advisors, Universal Hospital Services and Radiant Research. Enrollment at the Edina campus is up this year. In 2008, 1,048 students were enrolled at
Edina. This semester alone, the campus has reached 700 students. By spring 2010, the Edina campus hopes to attract at least 1,000 students and by 2011 at least 2,000 students. “The fact that the numbers are growing shows that there is a lot of need. It’s really worth it and we’re in the business of serving students the best we can and we know that there are students there that need to be served,” said Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Scott Olson. Most students enrolled in the Edina campus are non-traditional students. According to Director of Twin Cities Partnerships Ann Goebel, 65 percent of the traffic on campus is students receiving their master’s degrees. Master
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Page 6 Editorial...................................4 Voices......................................5 Classifieds...............................8 Variety......................................9 Sports....................................13
Thinking ahead about spring registration
Why you should support your local music scene
Editorial, page 4
Voices, page 5
‘This is it’ review
Soccer play off preview
Variety, page 9
Sports, page 13
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continued from 1 game to beat the New Jersey Nets 95-93 on a last second buzzer beater to cap off a very special evening. “The way they treat us and the generosity they show, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Lim said. Minnesota State has unique relationships that have strongly benefited everyone who is a part of the sport management program. The Timberwolves are not the only professional franchise that MSU is affiliated with. It also has strong relationships with the Minnesota Vikings, Lynx, Twins and the Swarm. In fact, many of the workers you will see during Vikings training camp are sport management majors. The experience that has come along with events like these has been tremendous for students searching for jobs upon graduation. “You are not going to have opportunities like these anywhere else, I can guarantee you that,” MSU President Richard Davenport said.
MSU is quietly putting together one of the best sport management programs in the country. Out of all the schools in the Midwest, MSU is the only one to be nationally recognized. This recognition has helped numerous graduates find careers with a variety of sport organizations. A perfect example would be MSU alum Luther Hippe, who has risen to become director of operations for the Vikings. “It is so exciting to be able to see my students finding jobs with these teams,” Lim said. Students are starting to notice how prominent the program is here. In 2006 there were just 120 students in the major. That number now is at 315, nearly a 300 percent increase in three years. The number of students enrolling isn’t the only thing on the rise. The average GPA for undergraduate students is now at 3.33, a total that Dr. Lim said has significantly increased since he first arrived. With all the achievement the major has had, it makes sense
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why so many local teams keep offering graduates opportunities. While at the game, Dr. Lim was able to connect with a number of former students who are now employees of the Minnesota Timberwolves. With all the success, the number of MSU sport management graduates who are employed by teams in the area should continue to grow. Timberwolves President, Chris Wright expressed to the students how much he and Glen Taylor appreciated all the efforts. “We were impressed by all the work that was put in going into that game,” Wright said. “I can see why Glen speaks so highly of the university.” Experience, unique opportunities and high job placement are just a few reasons why MSU has developed such a positive program for its students. Free Timberwolves tickets may be a nice little perk as well.
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Zeno estate to aid Mankato students Scholarships available for incoming freshmen REPORTER STAFF
A $1.1-million scholarship endowment gift from the estate of Warner A. Zeno will go to Minnesota State students from Mankato and will generate approximately $40,000 per year. Applications for the scholarships, which are for incoming freshmen who were born in Mankato and attended the Mankato School District, are expected to be available sometime next semester. Each year more than 100 students from Mankato public schools, and five or ten from Loyola High School, go on to attend MSU, according to the Mankato Free Press. “We are deeply grateful to Warner A. Zeno for this very generous gift,” MSU President Davenport said. “It is not only a gift to the
university, but a gift to the entire Mankato community. The scholarships will benefit deserving Mankato students, and those young people, in turn, are likely to pursue careers in Mankato and become the next generation of leaders for Mankato, the state and the nation.” Former Mankato businessman Zeno, who founded Zeno Glass Company shortly after he returned from service in World War II, died earlier this year at age 90. His estate has made substantial donations to numerous Mankato organizations, but none larger than the MSU endowment. University Advancement is finalizing details of the Warner A. Zeno Family Scholarships.
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Students should be smart about the registration process
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Do you attend local music concerts? Why or why not?
Useful tips can help students make the most out of their schedules Class registration for the Spring 2010 semester begins next week, but students should already be taking into consideration their potential schedules to plan accordingly. The process varies drastically based on the individual, but there are some general guidelines that everyone can benefit from. For those still in the early or middle stages of the college experience, it is a smart idea to balance general education courses with program requirements. Upper division classes are designed to be more challenging and time consuming, so it could be beneficial to blend these with others that will take less time and focus. Often students who sign up for classes don’t take into
consideration the difficulty of the course load, so it is helpful to keep this in mind to avoid drowning in excessive work and reading toward midterms, the busiest time of the semester. For those on their way out the door with graduation on the horizon, it is vital to meet with an academic adviser to review transcripts before registering for classes. It just takes one overlooked requirement to push graduation back another semester, so avoid this mistake at all costs by making sure all necessary program requirements are complete. Academic advisers are extremely swamped during registration time so if students need to meet with
them, they should be setting up meetings as soon as possible. Windows for registration are based on the amount of credits each student has — students with the higher number of credits register earlier than those with less. Students should inform themselves of their registration window and have a clear plan before logging in to sign-up for courses. Unfortunately, these plans almost always fall through as course sections fill up fast. So, it is smart to have a plan A, B and even C. Alternative plans, classes and elective options can keep students who want to be full-time from falling under when the classes they really need are full.
Students should take their time to evaluate what they need to take and what is offered and available. In addition to taking a look at class section offerings and program requirements, students should be making decisions that will best suit their lifestyle, time commitments and other obligations. A new registration feature, the Class Registration Builder, is another helpful way to prioritize and plan for the coming semester. This can be accessed at www. mnsu.edu/schedule/. Class registration decisions will set the tone for next semester and there is much to consider, so take the time and effort to do it right.
Katie Berg • Sr • Spanish “I don’t really listen to the music they play here.”
DeAnthony Clark • Fr • Music Production “I really only go to concerts for class and to see the Looney Goons.”
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Abbie Christensen • Sr • Music Industry “Almost always. A lot of my friends play in bands and as a music industry major, I feel it is important to support your local music scene.”
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Supporting Mankato’s local music scene
Nate Brennan Music means a lot to me. It inspires greatness, emotes feelings people didn’t even know they had and, above all, brings people together. Which begs me to question: Why don’t more people in this town support local music? The city I grew up in, a town of barely 11,000 in southern Illinois called Herrin, was hardly a metropolis. Mankato makes Herrin look like Redneck Podunk, U.S.A. Yet, every weekend, there were kids young and old from Herrin, as well as other small surrounding cities, devoutly attending whatever collection of bands were playing at Teen Town, the local music venue that also served as dancehall to middle school children every other Saturday. And I, who attended my beloved Teen Town regularly, will be the first to say that the small music venue pales in comparison to the What’s Up Lounge, Chopper’s, the Red Sky Lounge, the Sugar Room and any other venue in Mankato that houses musical acts on a regular basis. Furthermore, the local
college, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, which is made up of very similar demographics as far as population and number of bars/music venues, continues to rake in thousands of locals and students at their concerts on a weekly basis. So I ask again, why isn’t this happening here? Why aren’t you people supporting the local music scene? It’s not like there aren’t shows to go to and it’s not like there aren’t local bands to play them. It isn’t even that Mankato doesn’t get bigger name acts to come here and play the small venues, because we do — Mac Lethal and Freezepop are upcoming at the What’s Up Lounge and Brother Ali, P.O.S. and Quietdrive have already played there this year. And just a short while ago Green Day passed through Mankato often, and as the legend goes, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong fell in love with Minnesota State alumnus Adrienne Nesser while she was working for Pagliai’s Pizza. Yet every weekend, droves of the young adult population of Mankato head to the same bars or the same houses to do the same drinking with the same people — over and over. Is this out of a fear of getting out of one’s comfort zone, an obsession with the familiar or just because that’s where the people are? Even more frustrating is the fact that the only time the masses do congregate to a local music concert, it’s the vomit-inducing Johnny Holm Band. You do realize it’s just a cover band, right? And you do
realize that there are millions of cover bands that do the same, if not better, job than the Johnny Holm band. Hell, most Holm fans don’t even know that his last name is Holm, always saying Holmes, confusing him with the “larger than life” ’70s porn star. Please don’t take this article as finger-pointing or bitching and whining, because it isn’t meant to be. It’s supposed to be a wake-up call, a quick jab to the collective conscious of the people of Mankato, specifically you college students and younger adults. I want Matt Smith to know his music isn’t “fallin’ on deaf ears.” I want Forever Dumb’s favorite place to play to be in their hometown of Mankato, and not Rochester. I want Charlie Wheeler of the Style Biters to know that all the work he does to make sure bands still come to this town and its residents have some music to watch isn’t just a waste of time. We can make Mankato a better place for local music, but you have to help. My name is Nate Brennan. And I am here to recruit you.
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Latino night features marachi band, authentic food, modern and traditional mexican dance performances LAUREN MEYER
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Many gathered to celebrate the festivities Minnesota State’s 14th annual Latino night Friday. The night, held in the Centennial Student Union ballroom, began with an authentic Mexican dinner along with music and entertainment from a mariachi band. Later in the evening were several performances from different dance groups, including students from the Chicano Latin-American Student Association (CLASA). Latino Night moved from being celebrated in the spring to now being celebrated around the same time as Hispanic Heritage Month, which is September 15 to October 15. “We want to be able to share our culture with the university and the community,” said Guadalupe Quintero, coordinator of Latino Night. Each year CLASA hopes to strengthen their program and make every effort toward achieving their goal of promoting diversity on campus. CLASA is made up of nearly 70 members that all came together to work hard and take part to make the event possible.
“Family is what we know and need in our culture, that is what CLASA has been for us,” said Juan Muñoz, president of CLASA. The organization is always recruiting members and opens their doors for anyone that wishes to join. CLASA currently consists of members that are 30 percent non-Latino. “We want students to know that they can join and be involved even if they are not Latino- American. The more people involved the better,” said Thuy Huynh, a performer in the songs “Ritmo Latino” and “Rockin’ Reggaeton.” Huynh is a 3-year member of CLASA and choreographed several dances for the night. The organization meets once a week to plan events and talk about diversity issues around campus. The cultural organization also strives to teach others about their culture and clear up any misinformation that people have about Latino-Americans. The group has been meeting for several weeks to practice and prepare their dances for Latino night as well as the Beauty of Cultures that was held on campus in the middle of October. Luz PimentalAvila, former president of CLASA has performed in Latino night for five
consecutive years. “I love the student involvement and how close all the members become after putting on the show,” Pimental-Avila said. Latino Night is CLASA’s biggest and most popular event, held at the end of the two-day Latino conference that members of CLASA are involved with. “This culture event is to wrap up and celebrate all that we have learned throughout the conference,” Quintero said. “It’s a fun opportunity for students to share their talents with one another.” MSU has the largest Latino college fair in the region and has a growing number of Latino-American students. Dr. Scott R. Olson, provost and vice president of academic affairs, attends each and every diversity event and works closely with the organization to help them promote and teach others about the importance of diversity. “I am happy to be here and support the students, Olson said. “I am proud of the Latino students on campus.”
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in Business Administration and Master of Public Administration are the top degrees students pursue at the Edina campus. Students also have an assortment of upper-level undergraduate courses to choose from, such as courses in elementary education, communication studies, nursing and special education. “We’re trying to develop new programs to reach new audiences and we need to grow the numbers,” Vice President for Strategic Business, Education and Regional Partnerships Dr. Robert Hoffman said. “We’re really trying to reach greater audiences.” MSU was asked to broaden the university in the southwest metro area by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU). MSU has 2-year institutional partnerships with other MnSCU schools, such as Normandale Community College, but does not have another 4-year institutional option. The expansion of a 4-year university is nothing new. MSU Moorhead, St. Cloud State University and University of Minnesota-Crookston are just some of the universities that are becoming visible in the Twin Cities area. “Students pay public-type tuition and get quality that’s as good or better than what the private institution is going offer,” Olson said. “So that’s why we’re there — there’s a huge need for that, especially in this economy.” Goebel said one reason why it is necessary for MSU to be located in Edina is because the rate of high school graduates peaked last year and the Mankato campus may see a decline in enrollments within the next few years. “We have this shrinking pool of high school graduate rates, so we’re just trying to build another pipeline,” Goebel said. “Our focus is partnership, so the campus is a touch-point for MSU to be wellknown up there.” Hoffman estimates the cost to run the MSU campus in Edina is at least $500,000, but said the key is to increase revenue, which MSU is picking up wherever it can. “What I say is the minute we open the door up there, that’s the cost we have to cover. We pay for it by revenue in, costs out,” Hoffman said. “In other words, revenue in means we have to have enough courses offered up there so that we could support the facility. And if we don’t, then if there’s a deficit, we take it from the Mankato campus budget. The quicker we can break even up there the better off we will be as a university. And if we exceed costs then we share it with the
departments or colleges back on campus.” Hoffman said this year would not be the year the campus breaks even, but he would be pleased if it could next year. Statewide budget cuts in the years to come have many students worried about their student careers on both MSU campuses. “Part of the sense of urgency on the budget side forces us to collaborate a lot more,” Goebel said. “We aren’t trying to cannibalize this campus, but if we have a dwindling set of majors, that might add another pipeline, and with this visibility, we can recruit in both directions. With the metro campus, we can help open their eyes to opportunities down here in Mankato.” The cost for a student to attend the campus in Edina is different from the Mankato campus. On top of basic tuition, an extra $50 per credit is charged and $35 per credit for online courses is required for students enrolling with the Edina campus. This extra fee has some Edina campus students upset. “They charged $50 per credit so we had an extra like $800 charge to come here and so that was kind of a downer,” said Brittni Enright, a student on the Edina campus. “They’re charging us for the student fee in Mankato for the parking, the workout facility and whatever else and then we were being charged to come here too, which is kind of a double standard because we don’t use anything down there, and obviously we’re not going to drive an hour out of our way to use the workout center.” Louis Teerlinck, another student on the Edina campus,
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Band of the week: Useful Jenkins
The art-house ‘Antichrist’ DEAN GORDEN
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photo courtesy of Useful Jenkins MySpace page Useful Jenkins formed their bond around the campfire and continue to use their campfire jams for inspiration. DREW CLAUSSEN
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Fate is a tricky concept to grasp for some people. People claim that they met the love of their lives due to fate and some say that they owe their lives to fate. Fate is all around, you just have to look for it. For the band Useful Jenkins, fate might be the reason they’re together. Useful Jenkins, a Mankato band made up Pat Forsyth (guitar, lead vocals), Lucas Volz (lead guitar, backup vocals), Travis Blunt (guitar, didgeridoo,
backup vocals), Ryan Donahoe (bass) and Josh Harvey (congas, Djembe, aux percussion), is not your typical band made up of high school friends. They actually met over some un-common circumstances. First Josh and Pat met when their parents began dating, and they eventually married, making them stepbrothers. They started to hang out a lot and played a lot of music. Lucas was a friend of Pat’s from around that time and met Josh through him. Travis and Ryan were friends and they met the rest of the group
when Travis started dating and eventually married Josh’s sister, making him Josh’s brother in law, and Pat’s stepbrother in law. So it’s kind of like a family band. The group liked to spend a lot of time going camping and sitting around campfires goofing around with music. Then in 2006, the four of them (Ryan didn’t join the band until about a year after their first official show) decided to form Useful Jenkins.
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Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist” is a beautifully grotesque film. In an unconventional approach to the horror genre, von Trier’s latest is incredible in its presentation. It’s cinematography; sharp cutting and tremendous editing work should all be considered for further film studies dissection. But while the film’s aesthetics are brilliantly displayed, the narrative of this art-house horror is driven by gratuitous sexual violence and fraught with misogynistic exasperation. Although brilliantly acted by its small cast of Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, its storyline of the couple’s retreat from the world after losing their
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son is lost in its own pretentious ambitions. The couple, known on-screen as only he and she, turn to satanic interpretation and blame over their son’s death that only furthers the audience’s distaste and questions to what point does crude violence compromise artistic value? The film’s horror lies in real-world casualness, if only at first. The film’s opening scene is a raw and heart wrenching chain of events where we find the couple preoccupied in a vivid sexual display while their young boy navigates his way through an open window. The tragedy occurs under such an incomprehensible amount of chance that the realization of the boy’s death is felt thoroughly
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‘This Is It’ for die-hard Jackson fans JACOB BOHROD
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It’s not enough to say Michael Jackson was eccentric. Michael Jackson, at least in his later years, was a caricature of himself, a part he perpetuates even in death in “Michael Jackson’s This Is It.” “This Is It” was previously going to be Jackson’s final tour, a production that would match Jackson’s life in size and scope, sparing no expense in creating a memorable farewell to pop music for the man that practically invented it. After Jackson’s untimely death, however, the superstar’s concert co-director, Kenny Ortega, was left with a massive pool of unused talent and effort and hours of stock rehearsal interviews and footage. Thus was born “This Is It,” a documentary meets musical that is more a tribute film than
anything else. Ortega is a middle-aged Jackson fan-boy who kisses the
ground MJ walks on throughout the film. In many scenes, Ortega gushes over the musical icon
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while treating him like a child at the same time, an attitude that is oddly fitting when dealing with
the Peter Pan wannabe. Ortega’s enthusiasm for Jackson and his comeback plays heavy-handed in the tone of the film. Instead of seeing Jackson, his crew and the production objectively, we see it through the weepy eyes of Ortega who, like many, idolized Jackson. The film is a compilation of tryouts, interviews, rehearsals and film snippets made for the concert, which is made clear as something that was going to be as over-the-top as MJ himself. The London concert, which sold out every ticket of its 50 shows before Jackson’s death, was most likely going to be the biggest live musical performance of all time. To see the extent to which Jackson, the musicians and the crew were going to in order to please the die-hard fans is saddening, because
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A friend of mine once described Weezer’s career as such: “Imagine you’re in a plane, and you keep flying higher and higher, and everything’s great. Then, for no discernable reason, you jump out the cargo hold doors. You deploy a parachute, but then, for fun, you cut the strings and go into a freefall. Then you land face-first on a flagpole and are blown to bits.” Consider “Raditude” the twitching remains of that skydiver. Once the darlings of the alternative rock scene, honestly nerdy not because it was funny but because that’s who they were, Weezer has devolved into something resembling a Frankenstein’s monster of dishonesty. The stitching on the assembled body parts of its compositions is plainly visible, and the band grunts as it stumbles through the world, ruining everything it touches. The very concepts of every song on “Raditude” are stupid and contrived. Just examine the song titles: “I’m Your Daddy,” “The Girl Got Hot,” “Can’t Stop Partying,” “I Don’t Want To Let You Go.” I don’t know what
turns in the road led Weezer to become Simple Plan, but they need to make a u-turn, and do so quickly. The grotesquery begins with the rollicking and catchy yett wholly soulless “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To,” the first in a collection of songs that are all radio-ready but not at all cohesive. From there, it is stop after stop in a parade of disappointment and confusion. Rivers Cuomo took time off from the band a few years back to complete an English degree at Harvard, which is interesting, considering his lyrics are akin to a thirteen-year-old boy who’s never read a poem in his life. “Tonight I’m leaving all my worries and my problems in my house/I’m going out with my homies and we’re gonna let it all hang out,” he sings on “Let It All Hang Out.” The songwriting is so derivative it’s as though these songs weren’t even written by the same band that made such classics as “Say It Ain’t So” and “Buddy Holly.” In fact, they weren’t, at least not totally. Weezer decided to try a new tact with “Raditude,” sharing songwriting duties with such artists as The All-American Rejects, Jermaine Dupree, and their producer, who has previously written hits for Kelly Clarkson and Rihanna. With such a crack team of critically worthless musicians, it’s not surprising that Weezer has met a level of dreadfulness so potent you can almost smell it through the speakers. To say that they are experimenting with different sounds isn’t even a
compliment in this case; “Can’t Stop Partying,” among the worst songs I have ever heard, features a hip-hop style (and bizarre rap interlude from none other than the aforementioned Dupree) that will likely make it the party jam of the tone-deaf in 2009. It was suggested by some that Weezer’s last album, referred to by most as “The Red Album” because of the color of its cover, was really an elaborate prank on the band’s fans and record label. If that’s true, and “Raditude,” a title suggested by actor Rainn Wilson (presumably as a joke), is a continuation of that idea, then consider Weezer Andy Kaufman-level prank geniuses, because every second of this release seems to have taken a considerable effort to polish and shine to the point of narcissism, on a level that no prank album should ever be. But if it is, as I suspect, just a band that’s sold its soul to the business of music without the sense of integrity or positivity that built years of goodwill and a large cult following, then the results are nothing to be lauded, or even listened to. Weezer has made its third masterpiece of awful, a monument to consumerism, idiocy and vapid selfindulgence. Let’s hope the band collects the check and goes home. One more album like “Raditude” and the music industry might finally collapse upon itself in shame.
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JACKSON Farewell tour documentary an exercise in fanboy-ism by its director, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing continued from 9 what a show it would have been. Three-dimensional film, outrageous pyrotechnics, a cherry-picker that lifted MJ into the crowd, flying ghost puppets to accompany “Thriller” and a bulldozer were all shown as would-be elements of the extravaganza. It is both disappointing and touching to know how much talent and hard work was siphoned into putting together the concert, and, in an awshucks sort of way, to know that a show like that could never be put on by anyone else but Michael Jackson. During the rehearsals, the King of Pop does little more than his signature shimmying dance moves in an effort to conserve his voice and strength, making it a bit tiresome by the end. In many ways Jackson’s age shows, but it is suggested throughout that he was conserving energy for show time. There is no questioning how his voice faired, however, as he still sounded like the Jackson we’re all used to, able to hit the highs of “Man in the Mirror” along with the gritty lows of “Smooth Criminal.” Ortega does justice to what were going to be the themes of the concert: love (or as MJ would say, “L-O-V-E”) and conservation of the environment.
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In classic over-the-top Jackson form, footage of a digital forest being burned and bulldozed (hence the bulldozer on stage!) along with a little girl was to play behind him for a portion of the concert. Between footage of dancers crying as they explain how MJ has effected their lives to snippets of Jackson perfecting the music in service of the fans, Ortega sentimentalizes the monolithic musician’s actions, intentions and aim. It is hard to dismiss that Jackson had a significant influence on the global community, but despite Ortega’s efforts, it is equally difficult to forget the less-thanglorious aspects of Jackson’s odd, eccentric persona, or the less-than-favorable moments of his life, at least as long as there are still people around who remember them. “This Is It” is the definition of fanfare, something that even moderate Jackson enthusiasts wouldn’t be wrong to watch and enjoy and something that MJlovers will cherish. And despite the fact that it will be hard not to remember the King of Pop for some of the stranger, darker sides of his life, “This Is It” proves that the music he made will be the truly unforgettable thing about Michael Jackson.
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JENKINS Mankato roots-rock band is part family, part campfire band “We had a lot of fun playing together and decided we wanted to get more serious about it and actually start putting some songs together,” Forsyth said. After three years and about 200 shows played across the upper Midwest, they are still going strong, coming a long way from playing around campfires. The band will embark on their first tour, the “One to Nothing” tour, which will get under way Thursday at Chopper’s in downtown Mankato. “The tour is going to be a great time,” Forsyth said.” It’s hard to say what constitutes a tour, we usually travel a few hundred miles every weekend to play shows, but it’s definitely the longest we have been on the road so far.”
The band will be on the road 12 days playing 10 shows in 10 different cities. They will be touring with Sean Shiel, who is a friend of the band’s and will open up for them in all the shows but the last one. Useful Jenkins has a very unique type of music that can’t be nailed down to one genre. It has been described as bluegrass, acoustic rock, jam and reggae. “Basically we play music to have a good time,” Forsyth said. “I think it crosses a lot of those lines and boundaries that people like to put on music.” Their music has a raw and deep-rooted feel that makes the listener want to tap their feet and bob their heads. They are heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan,
Sublime and many more, and often do cover songs from said artists during their shows. Useful Jenkins’ first LP, “Fast Eddie,” was released in late February of this year. Sales for the CD have been very well and it has gotten a great reception everywhere the band has played. “Fast Eddie” is available at Professor’s and Tune Town in Mankato and online at Amazon and iTunes.
“Its great to have a tool like iTunes that makes music from around the world accessible,” Forsyth said. “We have sold CD’s in China, Germany, Japan, all over the world, and it wouldn’t be possible without programs like that.” Useful Jenkins have definitely risen through the music-world rankings in the past couple of years and they show no signs of stopping anytime
depression and self-loathing, mindless sexual perversion along with head-turn-inducing violence, “Antichrist” is a beautifully shot but utterly useless cinematic experience. Caught up in his own artistic agenda, von Trier only reiterates his critic’s claims of being overly misogynistic through his portrayal of the dead boy’s mother along with the disgusting shock value that makes up the better half of the film. Dull dialogue, along with a slow plot, only make room for senseless bloodshed, genital mutilation and irrelevant sexual display up until the very end. And even the film’s own conclusion feels indifferent to its story. Pass on “Antichrist,” because nothing but chaos reigns in this terrible waste of potential.
soon. “In five years hopefully we are doing exactly what we are doing now, traveling, playing shows, meeting loads of people and musicians, and basically just having a good time,” Forsyth said. Something tells me that in five years they will still be doing exactly what they’re doing now, it’s fate.
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ANTICHRIST Gruesome art-house film wastes potential continued from 9 through the boy’s parents as well as the audience. Attempting to cope with the boy’s death, the couple painfully loses touch with their lives, which illustrates the real horror of the film. Pulling from his own experience with depression, von Trier seeks to articulate a sense of complete hopelessness that reaches to unimaginable depths. But when the couple decides to retreat to its cabin in the woods, the story becomes broken. Relying on strange artistic imagery (Dafoe’s character finds an injured fox in the woods that shrieks “Chaos Reigns!”) and misogynistic sexual violence, suddenly the film becomes too preoccupied in trying to shock its viewers than conclude its half written story. By the film’s end, “Antichrist” fails to exhibit any relevance at all. Littered with half-conceived ideas of
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dan moen • msu reporter Freshman forward Brittany Henry scored the first goal of Saturday’s game, just three minutes into action.
While many were celebrating Halloween, the Mavericks were celebrating a blowout victory against Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Saturday afternoon the Dragons hosted the Mavericks but forgot to bring their game as the Mavericks won 8-0. With the regular season wrapped up on Sunday the Mavericks were rewarded with the No. 4 seed in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament. They will welcome University of Mary to The Pitch Wednesday at 1 p.m. Freshman midfielder Brianne West started the barrage on Saturday at the 12:59 mark in the first period with an unassisted goal. The team would follow that up with seven more goals. Both senior midfielder Gina Paletta and freshman forward Kate Nielsen helped out with two goals apiece. While junior forward Laura Leber, senior defender Abby Maxson and senior forward Kristen Coughlin pitched in with a goal each. Although defense was clearly not necessary against the Dragons, senior goalkeeper Sheila Reynolds and freshman
goalkeeper Natalie D’Adamio split time in the net and combined for six saves. “It’s always a good feeling to get a win,” Reynolds said. “We were playing for the team as a whole and a win brings us another step closer to where we want to be in the postseason.” After the dismembering of MSU-Moorhead, the Mavericks took the offensive show north Sunday and seemed to be in a groove against the University of Minnesota-Crookston. An embarrassment of one team didn’t satisfy their hunger, as they posted an 8-1 victory over the Golden Eagles. Freshman forward Brittany Henry along with Nielsen and Coughlin donated two goals each, while Leber and sophomore forward Sarah Schellinger added a goal each. Again, after the blow-out was apparent, Reynolds shared the net with D’Adamio. The lone goal of the weekend was given up by D’Adamio at the 77:32 mark off a header. The Mavericks will now gear up for Mary. “Having that first game at home is awesome,” Leber said. “We love playing at home because of the fan support as well as we’re so comfortable on our own field. We really use our
home field to our advantage by playing the ball wide and long.” In their only meeting this year, the Mavericks came out victorious 2-0 over Mary. The rest of the bracket shakes out with Winona State firmly planted in the one seed, hosting Concordia-St. Paul. The two seed went to Minnesota-Duluth as they host Northern State and St. Cloud State grabbed the three spot hosting Bemidji State. Throughout the tournament the high seed will host the lower seed and the second round looks to be primed for a rematch of last years’ championship game with Winona State and the Mavericks. “I have no doubt about us making a run into this tournament. We have a point to prove against a couple teams,” Leber said. Although the Mavericks hold the four seed in the conference and their only three losses came from Winona, Duluth and St. Cloud, the Mavericks are still ranked second in the NCAA Central Region Rankings while Winona, Duluth and St. Cloud sit below sixth. If the Mavericks can sneak out a few wins in the NSIC tournament, they should be primed for a spot in the national tournament.
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The MSU football team has grabbed headlines and turned heads all season long, and with last weekends’ 48-17 win over Upper Iowa, the Mavericks will look ahead to St. Cloud State to close out a great and hopefully for the Mavericks, an undefeated season. Not only did the Mavericks bring their record to 10-0 against the Peacocks, they also clinched the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – South Division title. The game started with redshirt freshman Jake
Aberg running in a five-yard touchdown. The Mavericks were successful on the two point conversion, as quarterback Steve Pachan hooked up with Ernie Walker. The Peacocks would hit a field goal in the second quarter, which would be the last score for Upper Iowa until the fourth quarter. The Mavericks put up points, and they put them up fast. Speedy return man Kelvin Rodgers ran back a kick for a 78-yard touchdown. This effort helped Rodgers win this week’s NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week Award. After the Mavericks had already lost quarterback Ryan Fick due to injury earlier this season, Pachan also went
down after being hit hard, and according to head coach Todd Hoffner, is questionable for this weekend’s action with head, neck and back pain. “As a head coach, no matter who you put on the field, you expect them to do well and compete,” Hoffner said. “We do the things we need to do and try to put guys in position to succeed to help us win the ball game.” The Mavericks plugged in freshman Cody Rose at the quarterback position, and before the half was over, Rose ran for two touchdowns and also connected with Cameron Sprecher to give him a passing touchdown.
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dan moen • msu reporter Kelvin Rodgers had a kick return for a touchdown in Saturday’s game and also added an interception.
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Rose has spent time playing wide receiver this season, but was moved to quarterback after Fick’s injury. The time Rose has spent at both receiver and quarterback has helped him immensely while learning the offense. “Playing quarterback lets you know every position,” Rose said. “Making the transition was pretty easy.” MSU led 38-3 going into half and there wasn’t much the Peacocks could do. The Peacocks outscored the Mavericks 14-10 in the second half, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Rose finished 10 for 17, for 135 yards, one touchdown and one interception along with 27 yards on the ground and three scores. Aberg led the Mavericks on the ground, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns. Wide receiver Omaar Balton finished leading all receivers
with 75 yards on three catches. The Maverick defense, which was rattled two weekends ago in the first half against Southwest Minnesota State, recovered nicely forcing three interceptions. Junior defensive end Bryan Schmid added another sack to his stat line, as did Michael Robinson. Troy Jonnes led the team in tackles with five. MSU will test its undefeated record against St. Cloud State on Saturday — A win will likely mean a first round bye, along with home-field advantage — a loss could cost the Mavericks both. Rose and the Mavericks know the implications and importance of this game against the Huskies. “It’s definitely a big game,” Rose said. “We take it every game at a time and this is a big game for the seniors. We plan on pulling out a win.”
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MSU hangs tough with No. 2 Denver ericks a 4-3 lead. Denver tied the game a few minutes later and the teams skated to a 4-4 While a winless weekend tie after a scoreless overtime. in Denver might be slightly The Mavericks lost 4-3 Friday frustrating for the Minnesota night to second-ranked Denver State men’s hockey team, the at Magness Arena. Mavericks at least got last Although the Mavericks year’s top goal scorer, failed to get a win Kael Mouillierat, against one of the back on track. WCHA’s hottest teams, Mouillierat netted they were able to grab a his first goal of the point from the Pioneers season in Saturday’s with Saturday’s tie, game after scoring 17 something no team that goals a season ago. had played Denver has “It was really big Kael Mouillierat been able to do this year. for Kael,” Mavericks “I thought we played coach Troy Jutting very well,” Jutting said. said. “It was starting to get to “We played a great hockey him and scoring that goal will team in their building and I allow him to play with a little thought the kids performed more freedom and with a little very well. We could have easless pressure.” ily won both games with the Mouillierat’s goal came at way we played.” 10:11 of the third period on a power play to give the MavMen’s Hockey / page 15 JOSH BERHOW
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HOCKEY Tyler Pitlick scores first two goals of his short career
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The MSU women’s hockey team headed home from Columbus last weekend feeling as if they just left behind some points that appeared to be theirs for the taking. The Mavericks lost their undefeated status, getting swept by the Ohio State Buckeyes in the two-game series. However, the game the team regrets was Friday’s 7-6 heartbreaking defeat, in which the Mavericks appeared to have control, only to have a victory slip right out of their grasp. After winning their first four games using stingy defense while aided by outstanding goaltending, the one thing the Mavericks needed to work on was capitalizing on more scoring opportunities. The Mavericks did just that in the first game against the Buckeyes, as they found a way to score goals and took advantage of pretty much every opportunity
presented to them. Unfortunately, the defense and goaltending that had previously been the team’s strengths were not able to hold onto a two-goal lead on two separate occasions in the third period. “We were scoring goals, but we weren’t playing extremely well and it eventually caught up with us,” said head coach Eric Means. “When you have a lead in the third period you have to find a way to win. You can’t give away wins.” Junior goaltender Paige Thunder received her first start in net Saturday afternoon, but got little help from her teammates, who appeared to come out flat after Friday’s wild game. The Mavericks allowed two more power-play goals and didn’t show any signs of life until junior forward Lisa Edman notched the team’s first and only goal of the game to cut the Buckeye lead to 3-1. The 4-1 loss dropped the Mavericks to 3-2-1 overall and 1-2-1 in the WCHA. “They won every battle one-
on-one,” Means said. “Their intensity level was greater than ours the whole weekend.” The Mavericks struggled on the penalty kill all weekend, and it especially cost them on Friday, as they gave up three power-play goals, including the game winner. Saturday’s game was no different, as the Buckeyes added two more power-play goals. VOLLEYBALL The MSU volleyball team took down Bemidji State and No. 11 Minnesota Duluth this weekend. These wins put the Mavericks back to No. 2 in the NSIC. The Mavericks defeated the Beavers 3-0 on Friday and took down the Bulldogs 3-1 on Saturday. Junior Amanda Beekman recorded her 1,000th kill during Friday’s game and led the Mavericks with 16 kills againt UMD. Freshman Chelsea Fogarty led the Mavericks with 29 combined kills over the two matches.
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