November 5, 2015

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MSU premieres “World’s Got Talent” event

IRODA KARIMOVA Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato is a place of cultural diversity where many cultural backgrounds meet in purple and gold, making campus more interesting, international, and diverse.

It’s also a place where students can apply their artistic skills toward the academic experience. Maybe one of your friends has a great talent you didn’t know before, and it’s amazing to know that students on campus continue to work toward improving their talents.

In light of these many talents, the Kearney International Center is sponsoring its premiere. World’s Got Talent on Nov. 17.

World’s Got Talent event team is busy with preparations and assisting young talented students with their performance to develop it in competitive degree.

Free henna, a photo booth, and many surprises are waiting for guest. Audience members are asked to vote for the acts they like the most and help their favorite performer talents to win.

First prize is a $100 gift card, trophy, and video story on the winner. Second prize is $75 gift card, and third prize is a $50 gift card. Four subti-

tle winners will get a $10 gift card for titles such as Best Outfit, Best Cultural Act, Best Unique Art, and Best Performance with a Social Message.

Also all the participants get a certificate and cultural contribution hours for participating.

“I do really encourage everyone to participate and be a part of this event which organized for the first time,” says Dolly Baruah, who was tabling in MavAve. World’s Got Talent is the first competition/ show of its kind of this campus indeed, never having such a show put on at MSU. “Never before has such a platform been given to International Students in this school,” replied Faical Rayani. “The participants are from all over the world and so are their talents. The sky is the limit for what I expect on the day of this event.”

The event promises us to be fantastic showcase of culture and talent. By the words of organizers for this contest, the guests will witness unique acts such as magic, martial arts, dance, bands, and many other acts. Exposing the local population to different cultures and ideas has been

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SPORTS: Photo Courtesy of Dolly Baruah a long-term goal of the International Student Association.

“As a performer, I feel that this event is a really good platform for all the international domestic students to showcase their talent. I believe this will bring more communication and collaboration between them,” said Shekhar Baruah At lunchtime today, I met one of the very active students Marjorie Oguenda-Joseph. She was excited to share with her experience on World’s Got Talent.

“Being in the World’s Got Talent contest committee is something which makes me very proud. Being able to show how we international students can be talented and are ready show how far and great our talents are. What is interesting about this event is

that it is open to any kind of talents. So it makes the public be on surprise from one to another.”

After having a conversation with these talented students, I began to ponder my talents. Maybe I should also participate in this event!

Interested? You have still time! This year is just the beginning. It is also opportunity for those who believe in having a career using their talents to be well known on campus, and moreover in Mankato.

Public speaking and not being shy to perform your ability is one of the small steps of future leaders.

The event will kick off with cultural booths, henna, and snacks. Save the date for Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. where stars will shine in the campus sky for you in Ostrander Auditorium.

Campus debate between Democrat and Libertarian students highlights common ground

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer Last Tuesday, the College Democrats hosted a debate between themselves and the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a libertarian student group, in Ostrander Audito-

rium in the Centennial Student Union. The event, which lasted roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes, was free and open to the public.

Representing the College Democrats were students Jonathan Soucek, Jeff Mathwig, and Johann Hollar. Representing YAL were students Rebecca Holmberg and Wes Huntington as well as Anthony Lehman, who graduated last year. The College Democrats were referred to as just “democrats” during the

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debate and the Young Americans for Liberty were referred to as “libertarians.”

The debate, moderated by College Democrats president Jack Lindsay, was conducted town hall style; members of the audience posed the questions to the debaters.

For each question, both sides sent up one representative to the podium. The inquirer from the audience indicated which side would respond first. After the initial response, the other side was given the

opportunity for a rebuttal.

After the initial response and rebuttal, both sides had another opportunity to respond.

The questions asked by the audience reflected many common hot-button political issues. From beginning to end, the questions were as follows: the Affordable

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Have fun, be fit, get your groove on!

Latin dance courses in Pennington could spice up your Thursday nights.

IRODA KARIMOVA Staff Writer When does your weekend consist of? Do you relax or go to parties? Do you read a good book? For many, working out may not be on the agenda for the weekend. But for some students at Minnesota State University, Mankato, dancing is on the docket for a great weekend.

Victoria Panzetti Camasmie, an international student from Brazil, leads a Latino dance group here at MSU. This young, sporty girl motivates many students with her Latino Dance courses she organizes every Thursday at 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Pennington Hall.

When I came to take some photos of the event, the hall was full with about 35-45 students with an excellent mood and sporting attire.

Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi Talking to all of them motivated me to attend Latino Dance courses, too.

Victoria always wanted to come to the U.S. to study, and she is living out her wishes. She was happy to be accepted to MSU, Mankato, because studying in the US was her dream, to meet new people, know different cultures, and challenge herself.

She studied in Sun Prai-

rie, Wisconsin, for a year as an exchange student in high school, and after that she decided to come back and pursue higher education in American society. It is not a secret getting out of own comfort zones and challenging ourselves is what makes us see where we belong in society. And MSU is a place for opportunity to expand our cultural knowledge and have

new experiences every day.

I asked her about her dance background. She was excited to tell me that dance was always her big part of her life.

Of course! Brazil! How could she not love dance? But everyone can dance (somewhat) but not everyone can teach and motivate others for doing it.

Victoria has been dancing ballet since she was a child

(oha!), tap, jazz, and in high school she was part of the dance team. In Brazil, Zumba is a very famous aerobic fitness dance program, and Victoria started going to Zumba classes and just fell in love with it.

How did you get into the role of instructing for MSU’s Latino Dance course?

“During my first year at MSU, I went to Zumba classes that the school fitness group offered and I became friends with the instructor, as she noticed my grace and nice movements during energetic and fast dances in Zumba classes. She asked me if I would be interested in teaching Zumba, I was kind of excited and speechless, because I was just delighted and confirmed my positive answer.”

Different cultures have different songs, dances, rhythms, and styles, so Victoria thought to bring Brazilian

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‘Food for Folks’ can’t help but ask for cans Local charity benefit reaching out during National Hunger Awareness week.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer The Concert Production Team at Minnesota State University, Mankato will host a charity benefit concert called, ‘Food for Folks’ on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 7:45 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Pub 500, located at 500 S. Front St., Mankato, Minn.

The purpose of the charity concert is to benefit the Emergency Community Help Organization (ECHO) Food Shelf in Mankato by encouraging community members to donate non-perishable food items and to celebrate the National Hunger Awareness week, which is Nov. 14 through Nov. 22.

“The event is really to benefit our community and bring awareness to national hunger,” said Rachael Winch, chairperson of the Concert

Company Committee of the Student Events Team at MSU. According to Winch, all donors who bring in can-food items will receive a raffle ticket for prizes and be able to apply to win drawings for gift cards and clothing provided by local sponsors.

The Concert Production Team at MSU will present three performers from out of town and out of state at the charity concert; Andrea Lyn, Erin Kaylor and Sydney Frank.

Andrea Lyn, a singer-songwriter from Minneapolis, was a featured artist on the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand in 2014. More information of Andrea Lyn can be found on her Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/alynmusic. Erin Kaylor and Sydney Frank are both country artists from Indianapolis who perform acoustic-style music.

“The ECHO Food Shelf helps a lot of people in the community and we thought this would be the good way to get back to them and give musicians a chance to give their talent to the community,” Winch said.

Food for Folks is free and

BY-NC-ND by Roadsidepictures open to the public. The grand prize drawing will take place at 10 p.m.

“Everyone is invited in all ages, so just come and bring can-food items and win prizes,” Winch said.

The sponsors of the event include around 20 local businesses or organizations such as Pub 500, Tunetown, NaKato Bar & Grill, Pagliai’s, Mecca Tattoo, Cactus Tattoo, Rhap-

sody Music, Scheitel’s Music, The Mankato Symphony Orchestra, The Coffee Hag, Toppers Pizza, Kwik Trip, Blue Bricks Bar, and the Student Events Team at MSU. The Emergency Community Help Organization (ECHO) Food Shelf provides emergency food assistance to people in Blue Earth County and North Mankato. ECHO Food Shelf serves around

1,620 households and distributes 103,000 pounds of food in the Mankato area every month.

For more information about the charity concert, please contact the Dale Haefner by email at dale.haefner@ mnsu.edu or call the Performance Series Office at 507389-5549.

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Five simple ways to reduce your stress levels.

ELLYN GIBBS Staff Writer Even though midterms are over, I still find myself buried in a pile of assignments and stress-gulping Caribou coffee. Good intentions for productivity nosedive into me clicking back and forth from tab to tab on my browser. If you feel just as stretched thin as I do, here are some steps you can take to de-stress before our flood of finals.

Listen to classical music.

I’m feeling eyerolls galore. But you have earbuds, so no one will ever know you’re listening to a composer-turned-skeleton instead of your usual country doom metal or post-hardcore punk soul that no one can identify anyway. Seriously, though, there is scientific evidence to prove that classical music has the power to lower your blood pressure, help you fight depression, and increase your mental alertness. I have definitely found that modern hits soon clog my brain with noise while classical soothes me and helps me focus.

Take a social media fast.

Maybe you can’t give up all your social media, but we have so many profiles now that I find even staying off one simplifies my life. Are you constantly following hashtags on Twitter? Waiting for more likes on that new Facebook

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Challenge yourself to stay off that social media until your big test is over or your paper is written.

Clean your desk.

The more clutter I have in my room, the less I can think. Take a minute to turn off your phone and focus on clearing the largest surface in your dorm. Throw away all the molding coffee cups, candy wrappers, and scraps from that Halloween costume making fiasco (all refuse from your roommate, obviously), and dust the surface so you can have a place to think and

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Don’t check your phone in bed or first thing in the morning.

Your mind needs a chance to recuperate from the constant buzz of your glittering social life. Right before you close your eyes, turn your electronics off and put them across the room so you’re not tempted to log back into life.

When you get up, let yourself think about nothing for a while – watch the sunrise, get dressed, eat an actual breakfast. Then check your phone.

You might be surprised how much smoother your day goes.

Go on a walk.

Drive off alone and leave

your phone in the car. Then, take some deep breaths and let that chilling November gale freeze your troubles away as you walk through the woods. Even the leftover leaves crunching underfoot have a soothing effect. According to science, the air content in forests is chemically similar to antidepressants, so, there’s that.

Hopefully these tips will help you keep your grades up and take care of those dark circles under your eyes. It also helps to go to bed early and stay hydrated, but you’ve heard that already from your mother.

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“My best friends from high school, Cher, Ger, and Andy. They taught me a lot and always helped me.”

“I would say my parents. They push me to never give up on my dreams and always support me.”

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“My high school ESL teacher because she believed in me and invested time for my future.”

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10th annual Veterans’ 5k Run races to Mankato Citizens lace up for those who have served our country.

ELLYN GIBBS Staff Writer If you’re looking for a way to acknowledge Veterans’ Day with more than just a Facebook post this year, there’s still time to participate in the 10th annual Veterans’ 5K Run, hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato’s ROTC on Nov. 7. This race has become a tradition at MSU to honor First Lieutenant Michael John Fasnacht, a graduate of MSU who was killed in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. Fasnacht graduated in 2003 and was killed only two

years later on June 8, 2005, at the age of twenty-five. He was driving a Bradley Fighting Vehicle near Adwar, Iraq, when an explosive detonated nearby and he lost his life. He left his wife Tresa behind him, whom he had originally met at MSU, and his parents of Janesville, MN. To further honor Fasnacht, his ROTC branch chose to use the registration money from the race for the Army ROTC Michael John Fasnacht Scholarship Fund.

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istration costs $27 and takes place on Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. in Myers Field House at MSU. The race begins at 9 a.m. The runners will be divided into age groups of 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60+. There will also be a silent auction with items from the Mankato

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African Students’ Organization for Development & Progress meeting

Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi KOULIGA KOALA Staff Writer On Friday, Oct. 30 at 5 p.m., CSU 238 was occupied by four great speakers and a sizeable excellent audience.

The African Students’ Organization for Development and Progress (ASODP) organized the roundtable to bring students and professors together for a panel. The goal of the conference was sharing ideas and experiences to empower students in the projects and initiatives development in Africa.

At 5 p.m., the room was full of students. It suddenly sounded like this was the moment that everyone waited for. For students, they were ready to hear the professors to learn how to gain skills and hear perspectives. The conference was aimed especially at African students, but the room was full with students from other RSOs as well.

The moderator, Cleef Detoh-Messan, introduced the speakers and then gave each five minutes to give a brief presentation on his/her topic. Students heard Dr. Kebba Barboe, Professor and Chair of the Ethnic department, Dr. Porter, Professor and Chair of the Urban and Regional Studies Institute, Dr. Booker, Professor in the College of Business, and Dr. Johnson, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Government.

According to the moderator, Dr. Vieceli, Professor and Specialist of African politics, could not make to the roundtable.

The four present speakers respectively addressed topics of governance and development, local government comparative analysis, community development, and human development.

Dr. Darboe, who was the

first to speak, highlighted the importance of governance for the development of Africa. He called for students to understand the different cultural values and the diversity of ethnic groups of African countries. This way, they could help establish better democratic societies that will respond to the aspirations and needs of the communities.

Dr. Porter, who has lived, taught, and worked with local governments in Ghana, gave a comparative analysis of the African governing system and the challenges between the Africa social and cultural values and the modern administrative system. She pushed students to work towards finding policies that will allow Africans to stay connected to their values without failing to assume their responsibili-

the stories about your communities, go to the village and ask grandma, and make sure you have your tape, your pen or pencil ready,” Said Dr. Johnson.

For Dr. Booker, in order to reach development, Africa should focus on developing the human resources to take up initiatives. The human brain is what is needed the most for students to transform the existing resources of their countries to meet the needs of the people. She encouraged students to use their education and training that they get to that efforts.

The most interesting part was the questions written down and read by the moderator to the professor who took their time to provide very thoughtful, real-life and experience based answers to the students since the

“For students, they were ready to hear the professors to learn how to gain skills and hear perspectives.” ties as civil servants. She also talked from experience that understanding how African people do ordinary business should be understood that way and be developed without supplanting the roots of the already existing businesses that people already benefit from.

Dr. Johnson made some moving statements, challenging students to understand the cultural values and the history of their communities if they want to make an impact. Students should identify with what is important to their communities and build on that as a foundation for development. “If you want to know your history and hear

goal was to make sure that students get skills and perspectives about Africa and development. Everything was amazing, especially the interactive discussion between the audience and the professors who were open to hear perspectives. The speakers drew examples from the United States, Eastern Europe, African countries and other places to make their points clearer to students while keeping Africa as the main focus of the moment. That is what was needed: hear about perspectives to empower students by saying how they fit or do not fit!

For students, this is definitely an event to replicate!

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Continued from page 2 culture into MSU with a class called Latin Dance.

It is, however, also a challenge and healthy spending once a week dancing.

Zumba has many songs in English, but Victoria tries to have the majority of songs in either Portuguese or Spanish to keep originality and share the culture through her dances.

Since Zumba and Latin Dance in general has also became famous in the U.S., many students like to attend the classes and try to learn different moves.

Some people come people just for health.

Victoria’s goal is to be fit, so by teaching this class, she helps improve her dance skills and also be fit.

Are you going to make dance your career?

“My biggest dream is to have a job that I like and to be able to travel around the world, meeting as many new cultures as I can. Dance is my hobby, dance is a piece of my Brazilian culture, dance is a part of me which can’t be divided as it came since I was a small girl, trying to learn to dance since kindergarten.”

Dancing to a song is different than listening to it. Vitoria hopes she can bring some diversity to students who are like her and want to embrace different cultures and challenge themselves.

Good Luck, Victoria, challenge yourself and motivate others.

So let’s dance every Thursday at PH 102 at 8 p.m.

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Profile in Professionalism: Advice from an educational advisor

By Johanes Rantetana, Abdu Hakami, Sahabi Fataou, and Saleh Al Hashil It was a great day when we had an opportunity to have an interview with a kind person. She is Mandy Prorok, the education abroad advisor at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The interview took place in her office. It was a good interview as we talked about many interesting subjects such as life experiences, work experience, and stereotyping. Furthermore, as a kind advisor she also gave us advice for the new generation and for international students.

We first asked Ms. Prorok, “What was your dream when you were young?” She said, “I think I often dreamed about other countries and cultures because I had a lot of family members who travelled when I was young… I have an uncle who was in the Navy and so his family would send me a post card from all the different places they were traveling.” Additionally, she said “I also had grandparents who

were in education and they got to travel for education quite a bit, so when I was little I got all these postcards from cool countries and locations and so I was always dreaming about what those places were like.” We also asked her about an important goal in her life and how she would try to accomplish it. She replied that she thought her biggest goal was to just keep travelling and that she could do that through the job that she has now. She explained that it is kind of an expectation that she has and luckily every other year she gets to go to a country and visit a program that MSU students experience while they are abroad.

Then, we asked her, “As you work with international students, what is the most challenging part about your job?” She answered,” I think it is probably all the rules and regulations on immigration and even with academic requirements, trying to help everybody make the best situation possible while following all the rules and regulations

and policies and such, which can be difficult sometimes.”

We also asked her with curiosity whether it was hard to be an education abroad advisor. She immediately replied by saying “Yes and no.” She explained that it was a lot of fun but also a lot of work because the programs she works with are not just the 17 sister universities that MSU has official relationships with. In fact, MSU students have over 500 different program choices, so she has to try to advise them depending on what the students’ choices are each semester.

Then we asked about our topic, stereotyping, and what were some examples of stereotypes that she had encountered as a part of her job. She immediately replied, “Some of them could be really simple like people not understanding what language is spoken in other countries.”

She gave an example, “I myself studied in Scotland, and I remember before I left that someone asked me if they spoke English there.” We

also asked her in what ways stereotyping could be harmful. She replied by saying, “Especially when it comes to people, I think you guys can appreciate that stereotyping some people from a certain country or certain culture is wrong because each individual person is 100 percent him or herself.”

Then we moved to another topic by asking what advice she would like to give to international students. She told us to not by shy and to try and interact with American students while we are here at MSU. She also added that she knew from personal experience that it is not easy to do since it takes a lot of courage to approach someone and to

try and talk to them. We ended our interview by asking her, “What advice would like to give to the younger generation?” She replied with a great answer, “Carpe diem… take every opportunity you are given throughout your educational years because after you graduate from university, I think a lot of people get too bogged down with daily life, so take advantage of those opportunities, meet people, have at least one overseas travel experience even if it is just for one week.” We really appreciated Miss Prorok’s time and all the valuable advice and information that she gave to us.

Profile in Professionalism: An afternoon interview with a classic film professor

By Ali Almarri, Salem Wafi, Yun Li On Monday afternoon, our group had an interview with one of the greatest MSU staff members, Professor Steven Rybin, who is a professor of film studies in the English department. He was very kind to accept our invitation to conduct the interview with him in his office. We wanted to know about his personal and professional life and also his opinions about film and movie production and advice from him for the younger generation.

First, our group questioned Professor Rybin about his personal life. We asked him where he grew up and what his best memory from childhood was. He said that he grew up in the Midwest and that he was born in Omaha, Nebraska, 36 years before.

He lived there for 8 years but then he and his family had bounced around before they had come to Minnesota for a couple of years when he was a kid. He added that he had spent most of his childhood in Colorado and that he had never been in Mankato before he had taken the job at MSU. Then, we talked about his favorite childhood memo-

ry when he had been living in Nebraska with his family. His favorite memory was when he and his family would drive down to Kansas City to see baseball games and there was a beautiful stadium there.

We also asked him to imagine where he saw himself 15 years from now. First, he responded with amazement, “Oh wow, that’s a big question.” Then he answered, “Hopefully I’m still working here because I really enjoy working here, living here, and teaching film.”

With curiosity we also wanted to know about his professional life. We asked Professor Rybin, “Where did you work before you came to MSU?” He answered, “Last job was in Atlanta, Georgia, at a college called Georgia Gwinnett College… it was a small college and I worked there for five years before coming here.”

Then, we asked him why he decided to become a film professor rather than a movie director or producer. He said that was a great question, and that a lot of his students were asking him the same thing. He explained that he was always fascinated by film history, and he liked watching older films and learning more about them, so for him he just enjoyed that process

of learning. He also mentioned that he had tried writing scripts and making films when he was younger, but he had found that he had just enjoyed film studies more.

At that moment we asked him what was challenging or difficult about his job. He thinks the challenging part is the technology. He expressed that with film and being a film professor, he needs the technology to work. Once, when a technical problem occurred during a class, he explained that while the technical difficulties were being worked out, he decided to act out the scene as a temporary solution. He concluded by saying that technology could sometimes work against you but that it is something that film professors need.

After that, we talked about his opinions about film and movie production, and we asked him if he prefers older movies or current movies and why. He said that he enjoys watching both. He likes going to see new movies and he

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Profile in Professionalism: The multi-skilled worker

By Seigo Aono, Berry Kone, Abdullah Alimam We were looking to obtain new knowledge by doing an interview, and the right person to help us get that knowledge was Mr. David Clisbee who is a multimedia consultant, an audio visual education specialist, and an ESL instructor with a lot of experiences in more than one subject. Our interview took place just outside of the Centennial Student Union building because we didn’t want it to be too formal. The topics we talked about were his life experiences, his jobs, his opinion about some movies and multimedia corporations, and his advice for us.

At first our group asked Mr. Clisbee about his life experiences. We asked Mr. Clisbee, “Where did you grow up and what is the best memory from your childhood? He responded, “I am from Kansas City, Missouri, and that’s kind of a funny thing because I am from the Missouri side and people from that area make a really

up against the cliff and we were about 300 feet up and my brother and I were at the very edge and we were looking over and we took some rocks and threw them and then the force from the air was so strong that even that high up the rocks would come back up and that was a lot of fun.” He concluded his story by saying that even though it was very dangerous, it was a very good memory. Another question that we asked him with enthusiasm was the following: “What kind of things grabbed your attention when you were a teenager?” He responded, “Well, I went to an all-boys high school and it was a Jesuit-run high school and it was kind of a big deal to play soccer there, so I played soccer there and I wasn’t very academic at all and I think that I was more interested in going fishing with my buddies, sitting in coffee shops, and trying to talk to girls.”

Secondly, we asked him about his jobs. He said that he works in a lot of different capacities where he has a lot

“[Clisbee] said that it could be valuable to be able to work in more than one area because it would open up more opportunities for [students.]” strong distinction if they are from Missouri or Kansas and there are actually quite a few jokes about that and there has been a rivalry between the two states that goes back and predates the Civil War.” He also said “My best memory from childhood was when I was in the 6th grade and my grandparents took my family to Ireland and it was a really cool experience, but what I remember the most from that trip was my brother who was four years older than me and he and I went out to the Aran Islands and went out there to this old ancient ruin and below it was a gigantic cliff … the water just bashed right

of different roles. He also told us that the root doing of all these types of jobs was from his curiosity. One of his jobs is as an audio-visual education specialist and his main tasks are to make films and animation. In relation to animation, he focuses mainly on light animation and graphic information. His second job is as a language instructor in the IELI (Intensive English Language Institute) program. He said that it is a lot of fun and that it helps to keep him on his toes.

Thirdly, we asked him for his opinion about some films and corporations. First we asked Mr. Clisbee, “Who is your favorite movie director

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and which movie do you like best from that director?” He responded, “I really like Quentin Tarantino’s work most of all and I think that his work really shows how much he knows about film and how many films he has watched. He knows what he is doing because in order to do something new, something fresh, you have to know what exists and in order to become an artist who breaks the rules you have to know the other rules in such a solid way.”

He also explained, “My favorite film from Quentin Tarantino is Pulp Fiction… it is crude and cool and just visually stunning and the fact that you can make a film that is both violent but very cool is an amazing triumph… and to do it in a nonlinear fashion where the stories are going on all over the place and with different story lines is truly a work of genius.” The second question that we asked him was about multimedia corporations and what he thought the successful ones would need to have. He said that the number one thing would be for them to listen to what their client wants and to do what their client wants. He added that they also needed to think about how they were

Photo Courtesy of David Clisbee going to help people know what they want and to anticipate that.

Finally, when we asked him about his advice for the younger generation, he said that it could be valuable to be able to work in more than one area because it would open up more opportunities for them. Then we asked Mr. Clisbee what advice he had for international students. He told us that we probably already knew what the best advice would be which was to just go and talk to people as much as we can. He gave an example

from his own experience at MSU. He came to MSU ten years ago and he has learned a lot of things about this university by drinking coffee with people, eating lunch with people, and playing golf with people. He said that while there is great value in studying hard, it is also of great value to engage with people outside the classroom. That is how we ended our awesome interview with him. Yes we did get the knowledge that we were looking for!

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Profile in Professionalism: Captain in a sea of knowledge

By Paulo Sierra Luna-Mohammed Alhaddad- Moses Kim We met with Mr. Thomas Gjersvig in his office, who is the director of International Student and Scholar Services at Minnesota State University. The first time that international students meet him is during the orientation week, and during this time you can recognize Mr. Gjersvig for his captain’s hat. We wanted to know more about his work, his experience in learning a second language, and a little bit about his life.

Our first question was about Mr. Gjersvig’s life experiences. We asked him what he is grateful for in his life.

Mr. Gjersvig said that he is grateful for many things and particularly for his parents who were very good people.

They installed good values in

him such as helping people and being grateful for that.

Next, we asked him, “Why did you decide to be the director of International Student and Scholar Services?”

He responded, “Yes it’s probably a job or a position people don’t aspire to, or think to become, but I would say for me it was a combination of many different things that had happened in my life.”

Most importantly was his experience in the Peace Corps: “Going overseas and spending time with the United States Peace Corps helped me to live in another culture and to understand what it is like to have to learn a new language.” He continued, “So when I came back to the United States I first worked with Mexican-American migrant farm workers from the Texas area and then later on I was later hired at a commu-

“‘I would just say that first you have to realize that you will have ups and downs and there are going to be times where its normal to miss home, to miss certain foods, and to miss family members… that is normal and that is okay.’”

nity college and I was working in many different areas including working with international students and I decided to start focusing on international students and helping them get visas and other immigration-related matters”.

Then we asked him what advice he has for learning a new language. He said that when we have the chance to speak with native speakers to please do it because that was how he was able to learn and speak Spanish. He had the opportunity to have conversations with native speakers of Spanish and even though he made mistakes and he had difficulty expressing himself, he became more and more confident. He also said that as we receive opportunities to be with and speak with students from the Mankato area, that over time we would become more and more comfortable to speak with them.

Additionally we talked about his job and his experience in a different culture and we asked him, “What advice do you have for adapting to a new culture?” He said, “I would just say that first you have to realize that you will have ups and downs and there are going to be times where its normal to miss home, to miss certain foods, and to miss family members… that is normal and that is okay.”

He also added, “What I al-

PROFILE Continued from page 7 was really exciting to go to see The Martian movie, but he hasn’t had the chance to see it yet. He concluded his answer by saying that if he had to choose, he would choose the older films. He explained that he loves watching the classics and that he loved discovering older films that people had forgotten about.

He also added that he was now teaching film history and that it was so much fun for him to teach that class.

Finally, we asked him how filmmaking will change in the future. The professor believes that filmmaking is moving away from just

going to see movies at the movie theater. He said, “Today you can watch movies on YouTube, and I think filmmakers will find a different way to get their work out, and find a different way to fund their films.” He also added that independent filmmakers create their own films using YouTube and Kickstarter. He concluded by saying, “It’s not expensive any more to make a film, just take a camera and make your own movie.”

At the end of the interview Professor Rybin gave some advice to the younger generation. He said, “Keep doing what you are doing”.

He thinks that the younger generation is very tech savvy. He explained that there were things on the internet that he couldn’t understand, but that his students could.

In addition he encouraged the younger generation and his students to watch more films from the past because he thinks that looking at the history of film is really important, and that we could be inspired by old films as well as new films.

Overall, we are grateful to Professor Rybin to give us a chance to have this interview with him, and for giving us his precious time.

The ‘Profiles in Professionalism’ articles are the result of an interview assignment that was designed to develop international students’ English listening skills in a course entitled ‘ESL 102: Academic Listening and Speaking Skills’. Groups of students were assigned to an MSU educator or administrator who had agreed to be interviewed. After creating questions related to life experience, work experience, a topic of their own choosing, and advice for international students, students met with their interviewee and audio-recorded the interview. The outcome of this assignment is represented in these four articles. We are very thankful to the interviewees and to the MSU Reporter for participating in this bridge-building project.

-Glen Poupore, PhD., Assistant Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics

Photo Courtesy of Thomas Gjersvig ways tell students is to watch themselves if they start to only think about home and to begin to feel that they are starting to not like it here… if the student starts having those sensations and feels that way then maybe it will be important for them to talk to somebody about it such as a counselor or somebody in our office who has already gone through what the student is feeling.”

We were also interested in knowing if he had any advice for the younger generation.

He said, “I guess, I think that as a society here in the US we get so wrapped up into acquiring material possessions and we just focus on how big our house is, or how big our

car is, you know those things, maybe that is not the important part, to me it’s how you treat people and what kind of relationship you have with neighbors and with the community”.

When we talked about international students, we asked him “What advice do you have for international students?” He said “In general do not be afraid of asking questions and reach out to resources that are here to be able to help you and that there is no such thing as silly questions and that you can ask us anything”. We were very grateful for Mr. Gjersvig’s time and thankful for his wise advice.

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DEBATE Continued from page 1 “Both sides expressed a desire for the United States to move away from the traditional two-party system.”

Care Act, illegal immigration, gun control (with a follow-up question about the treatment of mental health), prison sentences for drug offenses, the government’s role in finding cures for terminal illnesses, student loans, the stagnant poverty rate, media bias, taxation of religious institutions (with two follow-up questions asking for clarification on stances), climate change, socialism, minimum wage, the United States’ role in the Middle East, and marijuana legalization.

Unlike we are accustomed to seeing among national politicians, both sides seemed to find consensus on

tional two-party system. That bipartisan divide was not on display Tuesday afternoon.

Of the three YAL debaters, only one – Anthony Lehman – self-identified as a Republican. Jeff Mathwig for the College Democrats noted that he did not identify as a Democrat.

Both sides were fairly content with how the debate panned out.

“I think it’s a step in the right direction for our two clubs,” said Mathwig, noting that he hoped that they could work together to initiate a get-out-the-vote effort for this coming March’s caucus.

“I was very happy that it

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“Unlike we are accustomed to seeing among national politicians, both sides seemed to find consensus on nearly every issue.” nearly every issue. The issue that spurred the most debate was the discussion of the potential taxation of religious institutions.

Both sides expressed a desire for the United States to move away from the tradi-

ing,” said Nathan Pesklo.

“I definitely think it could’ve been done better. I think the idea of having the debate was great, [but] I think there was too much agreement that was going on across the aisle.”

Isaac Jones, another audience member, also would’ve liked to have seen more distinctions between the two

sides’ viewpoints.

“A lot of the questions that came up here were just things that libertarians and democrats agree on and I don’t think that that necessarily fostered as good of a debate,” he said.

“A lot of the time, [the debaters] left [their answers] vague. They said ‘I agree’ and

‘I think it’s a valid point,’ but they wouldn’t say ‘I do or do not approve of this particular policy.”

The Young Americans for Liberty meets every Thursday 6 p.m. in Armstrong Hall 233 and the College Democrats meet every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in CSU 203.

was a civil debate,” said Lehman.

“I think we had a healthy dialogue.”

Some audience members, however, offered some criticism.

“It was certainly interest-

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A&E Five films every biology major should see A look at the five most interesting films related to the biology field.

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MARYSA STORM Staff Writer There are a lot of reasons you may be a biology major.

Perhaps you’ve always been interested in animals and zoology is your calling, or maybe you were inspired by a certain episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy you watched in your youth. Regardless of what brought you to your major, here are a few biology-related movies that will help keep that passion alive.

Jurassic Park (1993) Based on a novel by Michael Crichton, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park explores the what ifs associated with bringing dinosaurs back to life. The film, along with being full of super cool, super scary dinosaurs, explores the ideas that life will always find

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a way and that just because someone can do something doesn’t mean that they should, both of which are excellent messages for the aspiring biologist to take with them.

Outbreak (1995) Disease, infections, outbreak. It’s never anything we really like to think about and the fear associated with disease is something that movies have been capitalizing on

for years. Outbreak, starring Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey, is one of those movies. The film takes place in 1994 and charts the events following the outbreak of a deadly virus in America. It’s not a pretty movie, few disease movies are, but it has good biology and ethics floating around it.

Spider-Man (2002) While the merits of Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man is up

for debate, the film’s biological magic is indisputable.

It’s thanks to a genetically modified spider that Peter Parker (Maguire) develops spider-like super powers, and messing with biology also leads to the creation of Spiderman’s arch nemesis, the Green Goblin (Willem Da-

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CSU art gallery hosts photography exhibit Artwork by Aashish Maskey will be on display until Nov. 11.

EMMANUELLE KOUAME Staff Writer Aashish Maskey is a graduate art student from Nepal who chooses photography as his main area of interest.

He is currently exhibiting his work in the art gallery located in the lower basement of the Centennial Student Union.

Coming from Kathmandu in Nepal, Aashish accomplished his undergraduate degree at St. Cloud State University and chose Minnesota State University, Mankato for his master’s degree; the project exhibited in CSU 23 is his capstone project.

In his statement, Aashish says, “This body of work represents the contents of my conscious and subconscious mind, connected through my intuition. It is a visual story of polarity which perhaps resides within us all.”

The fact that his work has such an intimate inspiration that we can all relate to makes it very reflective in nature.

He works the shadows and the light in a way that gives a sense of serenity and a multi-dimensional feel to his work. The fact that he uses the timeless black and white style gives a lot of intensity to the different pieces.

The artist argues that he chooses the black and white style in order to depict the fine contrast between “darkness and playfulness.” Fascinated by the idea of polarity, this style gives him the freedom to “play” with the

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WEEK: NOW MOVIES Friday August 7th PLAYING Fantastic Four Goosebumps INandKATO: Ricki the Flash

Shaun the Sheep Cop Car The Diary of a Teenage Girl Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet

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Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi darkness, representing his subconscious and the light representing his consciousness.

Talented and humble, Aashish would like to be a fine art photographer in the future.

Conscious of the decline of fine art consumers through time, he would like to pur-

sue a degree in Information Technology as well, in order to be able to sustain himself and have the financial freedom to practice his art. Aashish’s work is definitely worth seeing. The reception was on Monday, Oct. 26, but his work is still being displayed until Wednesday, Nov. 11.

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A Christmas Story: The Musical comes to MSU Play based on popular film to debut this Thursday night.

JAKE SULLIVAN Staff Writer As the Yuletide season comes around each year, people become more and more concerned with their annual traditions to make their holidays bright. Perhaps it’s a trip to visit family, hearing a certain song on the radio, or even a favorite Christmas movie. This year, MSU Mankato’s department of Theatre and Dance is participating in the festivities as they present A Christmas Story: The Musical. An adaptation of the quintessential 1983 holiday movie, the show breathes a new and most wel-

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A Christmas Story is based

“An adaptation of the quintessential 1983 holiday movie, the show breathes a new and most welcome life into one of the most enduring films of the season.”

come life into one of the most

on the writings of famous author and storyteller Jean

Shepherd, and tells the story of young Ralphie Parker and his infamous quest to receive the perfect Christmas gift—a Red Rider BB Gun—despite the admonitions of every adult in his life, telling him “You’ll shoot your eye out!”

Together with his family, including his Old Man (played with show-stopping, side splitting hilarity by Gabriel Sell), and his Mother (Erin Horst), Ralphie must find a way to make it through one

Adele to release new album this month Popular artist releases track from upcoming album.

KAARINA MAKI Staff Writer Okay, it’s been almost two weeks since Adele released her new track, “Hello,” and fans have now had a chance to relax, and of course, memorize the entire song. The new track, which was released on Oct. 23, has been dominating radio stations and news headlines.

The song is a little taste of what’s to come on Adele’s new album, 25, which will be released on Nov. 20. The full track list is 11 songs long, but that’s not what is interesting about this new album.

Last Wednesday, Oct. 21,

the popular singer wrote that her “last record was a break-up record”, but this newest album is “a make-up record. I’m [Adele] making up with myself.”

If all of this news wasn’t enough for clamoring fans, the singer also released the music video for “Hello”, which was directed by Xavier Dolan—a young director from Canada—on the same day that she released the track. The six-minute video was quick to break records, and within 24 hours of its release, the video was viewed on the popular site, Vevo, nearly 28 million times. This accomplishment broke the Vevo record for most views in a single day. The previous champion, Taylor Swift, had her “Bad Blood” video viewed 20 million times in a single day on Vevo.com.

Right now, it seems like Adele is in a good place in

her life. “Hello” is currently the number one song on the iTunes chart, pre-orders for 25 are making it the number one album on iTunes, it’s predicted that the album will easily surpass 1 million sales within its first week of release, and her new single was the fastest-selling single of 2015 in the U.K. Oh, and did I mention that she will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, along with host Matthew McConaughey, on Nov. 21? Not to mention that Adele will also be performing at Radio City Music Hall on Nov. 17.

If you can’t afford tickets to New York City, though, don’t worry. NBC will tape the performance for a special titled Adele Live In New York City, which will be aired on the network Dec. 14. The popular singer is also lined up to perform on NBC’s Today Show on Nov. 25.

of the most precious and delightfully stressful times of the year The musical, while perhaps not finding its glamour and glitz on stage (despite a wonderfully versatile set by faculty scene designer, John Paul), does so in its performances and music. Composed by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, winners of the 2007 Jonathan Larson Award, the show finds itself as both an homage to the original film and as its own entity, with a flashy, jazzy score harkening back to the Golden Age of Broadway. Despite the colorful additions of song and dance, the musical is sure to please fans of the cult hit film as well, including all the classic moments, such

as the bunny pajamas, the disgruntled mall Santa Claus, and of course, that oh-so infamous “Major Award.”

The show is also a milestone for the theatre department, as it marks the inaugural show directed by new faculty member, Melissa Rosenberger. A seasoned veteran of the theatrical world, Rosenberger began her position this fall, filling in the faculty gap that has existed for two years, and her appointment has been a welcome change for the department.

“It finally feels like the whole department is complete, set in stone,” says Gabriel Sell. “Its great because [Rosenberger] is so open to getting to know everyone and everything. She’s so proactive about becoming part of our department.”

Tuesday night, community members and theatre majors were treated to a preview of the show, and the response was explosive. Garnering a standing ovation, the cast and crew are surely looking forward to a hilarious and sentimental transition into the holidays with A Christmas Story: The Musical.

The show will run at 7:30 p.m. from Nov. 5-7 and 1214, and at 2 p.m. from Nov. 7-8 and 14-15 at the Ted Paul Theatre in the Earley Center for Performing Arts. Ticket prices are $22 regular; $19 for seniors, youth 16 and under, and groups of 15 or more; and $15 for students, and can be purchased at MSUTheatre.com or by calling 507389-6661.

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The Star Wars movie saga in review MSU Reporter

A look back at the popular franchise in time for the new film.

WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…” In honor of the new Star Wars film that broke the Internet a dozen times over it seems, it would make sense to do a retro film review of the six previous films in the series. The Clone Wars film, made in 2008 and technically the seventh film released to theaters, doesn’t count in this review because the film is set in the three years between Episodes II and III, and is thus not counted because it is classified as being part of the Expanded Universe of the saga.

FEATURing: The Star Wars Saga

to be a Jedi Knight under the tutelage of long-living Jedi Master Yoda (voice provided by Frank Oz of Muppets fame). Luke learns that Darth Vader (in costume by David Prowse, voice by James Earl Jones), is his father.

The ending clearly sets up the sequel, which the original

“The Force is definitely strong with the franchise, and from the look of things, it won’t die down anytime soon.”

For the purpose of this review, we will go in order of production instead of the order of the saga. The very first film, aptly named Star Wars and later retitled as Episode IV: A New Hope, was released to theaters on May 25, 1977. Through a distress call he unintentionally receives, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and a band of unlikely heroes rescue Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and join the rebellion against the evil Galactic Empire.

The second one made was Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and it was released on May 21, 1980. After being the driven from the icy planet of Hoth, Luke trains

trilogy concluded on May 25, 1983 with the release of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In the sixth installment, Luke and his band of rebels find a way to cripple the Empire, defeat Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), and celebrate the victory over the destruction of the Empire, or is it? I guess we will find out in The Force Awakens how much of the Empire has survived in the 30-year gap between the films in terms of chronology.

In the meantime, there was a 16-year gap between productions and Star Wars creator, George Lucas, announced in 1997 that he would complete the saga

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he had started by making a prequel trilogy, starting a love-or-hate relationship with these films.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace opened in theaters on May 19, 1999.

This film, set 33 years before the fourth film, deals with a blatant invasion of the peaceful planet of Naboo by the Trade Federation, all orchestrated by Palpatine to give him the Chancellorship of the Republic, the predecessor to the Empire. Jar Jar Binks, one of those love-him-or-hatehim characters, made his debut here.

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones was released three years later on May 16, 2002, in the hype of Pottermania and the public’s obsession with The Lord of

the Rings, and as such didn’t do so well in the box office.

The film is mainly about the rumblings of thousands of star systems threatening to secede from the Republic, led by a renegade Jedi Master named Dooku (the late Christopher Lee) and eventually it leads to the Clone Wars, one of the most explored areas in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, with two television series (one whose pilot episode was a theatrical film) and a whole host of other media.

Finally, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith— widely considered to be the best of the entire prequel trilogy—arrived in theaters on May 19, 2005. In it, the Clone Wars are nearing an end, the Empire is formed after Em-

peror Palpatine is revealed to be the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, and we see the origins of how Palpatine got his very wrinkled look that was seen in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

All six films form the basis for the Star Wars saga, which will obviously continue with this brand-new sequel trilogy, starting with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens on December 18. Other Star Wars films planned for development include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (December 16, 2016), Star Wars Episode VIII (May 26, 2017), a Han Solo origin story in 2018, and finally the last part of the sequel trilogy, Star Wars Episode IX, which will release sometime in 2019.

The Force is definitely strong with the franchise, and from the look of things, it won’t die down anytime soon. All six films fit together beautifully, and with origin stories probably squeezed into the 19-year gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope in the coming years starting with Rogue One, we are in for an explosion in the Force.

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Activision announces purchase of King Digital Call of Duty publisher to buy maker of Candy Crush Saga for $5.9 billion.

NEW YORK (AP) — The company behind the hugely successful “Call of Duty” video games is launching an all-out attack on the mobile gaming market by shelling out $5.9 billion for the maker of “Candy Crush Saga.”

Activision Blizzard’s purchase of King Digital Entertainment will help it keep pace as video gaming continues to move away from TV-connected consoles to smartphones and tablets.

And it’s bound to add new players to Activision’s ranks, such as women, who haven’t been especially interested in the company’s violent games up to now.

But the move comes at a hefty price, especially for a company that has seen its sales and profit drop in recent years.

And while “Candy Crush” is notoriously addictive, it has waned in popularity for some time, and it’s unclear when or if King Digital’s next hit mobile game will come.

It’s becoming increasingly important for video game companies to make their products accessible in both console and mobile formats, making Activision’s move an expensive but necessary one, said David Lord, CEO of JumpStart, a Torrance, California, company focused on

Photo Courtesy The Associated Press educational mobile games for kids.

“This gives them access to the mobile market at a time when the console market has had a tremendous year,” Lord said, “but we’re not sure where it’s going to go.”

And it’s not just console games that are moving over to mobile devices; mobile games are being played on consoles, too. It’s about being able to reach players wherever they may be, Lord said.

The takeover will create one of the world’s biggest entertainment networks, with a combined total of more

FILM Continued from page 11 foe). Sure, artistic liberties may be taken in regards to biology in Spider-Man (or any Marvel movie for that matter) but it’s still a decent biology-related watch, especially if you don’t want to deal with anything disease or primate-related.

Gattaca (1997) Gattaca takes place in a not too-distant future where children’s genetic makeup is predetermined by their parents. Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) is a man who was created naturally and is therefore genetically inferior. That doesn’t stop him from realizing his dream to travel to space though and Freeman goes through great lengths, from faking DNA samples to extreme surgery, to do so. The film explores the concept of test tube babies and what the future holds as scientists

learn more and more about genetics. It’s not quite as unnerving as Outbreak, but the fear it installs for the future brings it pretty close.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) While the 1968 Planet of the Apes no doubt inspired—or horrified—our parents, it is the modern prequel that makes this biology movie list. This film explores the origins of the planet of the apes and how it all started with the testing of a drug meant to cure Alzheimer’s. This testing, done by the drug’s creator Will Rodman (James Franco) and on a chimpanzee named Caesar, not only leads to a strong bond between man and primate but to the increased intelligence of Caesar. Unfortunately, this all leads to tragedy.

than a half-billion monthly active users in 196 countries, by Activision’s count.

Activision said it sees tremendous potential in the mo-

bile gaming market, predicting it will generate more than $36 billion in revenue by the end of 2015 and grow more than 50 percent by 2019.

But while people might not mind spending $60 for the latest “Call of Duty” game, many balk at the idea of handing over a few dollars on a game for their smartphone, making it tough to make money off such products.

Most people play “Candy Crush” for free. The company makes money by charging them for more lives or other extras that allow them to play more often.

“It’s always harder to monetize on mobile, but on the same token you have many more people in mobile,” Lord said. He said that if only a small fraction of the millions of people playing a hit game pay for extras, it can be a windfall for the game’s owner.

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Sports Mavericks travel west to battle the Cougars The sixth-ranked Mavericks have their toughest opponent of the season as they will battle the seventh-ranked University of Sioux Falls.

TOMMY WIITA Staff Writer The Mavericks will ultimately face their toughest challenge this season, as they will hit the road to face the Cougars of Sioux Falls this upcoming Saturday.

After a 55-17 decisive victory on the road against Southwest Minnesota State University last week, the Mavericks stand with a record of 8-1 overall and in the conference. On the road this season, MSU is 5-0. Sioux Falls had a bounce back game last week as well, as they shut out Concordia-St. Paul 49-0. The Cougars are also 8-1 overall this year, as well as in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Both teams suffered their only loss of the year on October 24th, as the Mavericks were upset at home by

by a score of 35-27. Sioux Falls has not and will not play Winona State this season.

Both teams have been oh so similar in 2015. Through nine games, the Mavericks have averaged 40.4 points per game. The Cougars have averaged 42.7. The Cougars on defense have only given up an average of 18.9 points per game, while the Mavericks have only given up 13.9.

With both teams having explosive offenses, expect every defensive stop to prove worthy in this contest.

The biggest difference comes on offense, as the Cougars have gone to the air compared to the Mavericks keeping it on the ground.

Sioux Falls junior quarterback Luke Papilion has thrown 27 touchdown passes and is ranked 25th in the country in passing yards (2,409). Papilion has thrown for more than 300 yards in three games this season, but that will be tough to do against such a stout defense of the Mavs.

The Minnesota State University, Mankato football

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Winona State 31-27 and the Cougars lost to rival Augustana 35-28. The Mavericks beat Augustana earlier this season,

team as a whole ranks 20th overall in total rushing yards.

Sioux Falls is 34th in total rushing yards, so the Cou-

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Photo by Trevor Cokley gars do have a very balanced attack. The Mavericks will have to stay consistent in the passing game, as sophomore quarterback Nick Pieruccini passed for 288 yards and two scores through the air last week against SMSU. On the defensive side of the ball, both teams have been dominant. Minnesota State Mankato is ranked 4th in the nation concerning total defense. Sioux Falls is at 46th, but they have played at a consistent level all season long.

The key for the Mavericks will be defense, and keeping the Cougars out of the redzone. The Mavericks are also ranked 3rd in scoring defense this season, but they have not faced an offense like that of Sioux Falls yet this season.

They faced the 8th ranked passing offense in the country at Winona State, and they lost that game.

Tied for first in the country in passes defended is senior defensive back Solomon St. Pierre for Sioux Falls. Look for St. Pierre to make an impact against the Mavericks passing game. Mavericks’ senior defensive lineman Joshua Gordon has the third most sacks this season, as he will create chaos against the Cougars’ offensive line. He is also is tied for third in tackles for a loss.

Last season in the Mavericks’

27-14 win over the Cougars, Gordon recorded four sacks of seven total by the Mavericks defense. The defense also was able to force three turnovers in the victory.

As if both teams could not be any similar, both head coaches on each team have had almost the same success as well. Sioux Falls Head Coach Jed Stuart has done well in his six seasons with the Cougars, as he has recorded a 52-14 record so far. MSU Head Coach Todd Hoffner has also been with the program for six years, as he has a 56-15 record to date.

It should be a fine matchup, with fans at the edges of their seats. This game could also give great implications for playoff seeds, as both teams are ranked in the top ten. With a possible loss, either team could drop below the ten best teams. MSU will have to take care of the ball on offense, and shut things down on defense. It may come down to a battle of field position as well, as both teams have very respectable defenses.

Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. in Sioux Falls on November 7th. The game will be aired on ESPN3, as this will be MSU’s second nationally aired matchup this season.

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VOLLEYBALL November 2015 September7, 17, 2015 @ Wayne State Winona State University Wayne, NE Taylor Center

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY HOCKEY November September6-7, 27, 2015 2015 @ Ferris State Roy Griak Invitational Big Rapids, MICH Minneapolis, MN

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Feature Photo: Maverick Volleyball

Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi Krista Hassing (11) and Nevena Vukomanovich (5) have played crucial roles for the Mavericks this season. Hassing leads the Mavericks in kills with 366. She also has 69 blocks. Vukomanovich has had 82 kills and 75 digs this season.

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Mavericks split on the road this weekend

KELCIE RICHMOND Staff Writer We are re-publishing our volleyball coverage due to the misprint in the last edition of the Reporter.

The Minnesota State Mankato volleyball team played aggressive on the road this past weekend. The Mavericks swept the University of Minnesota, Crookston Friday and were just barely defeated 3-2 by Bemidji State University on Saturday.

The purple and gold’s first match of the weekend kicked off at 7 p.m. Early on in the first set the Golden Eagles looked tough, holding onto the lead 12-9. The Mavericks kept their cool and played through the deficit. Something must have sparked MSU as they went on a 16-4 run to end the set; nine of those points were kills. The Mavs took the set by a score of 2516.

The second set seemed easier for the Mavericks who led the entire set. UMC was plagued with seven attack errors and the Mavs’ impressive offensive play. The purple and gold ended the frame with a .583 hitting percentage compared to the Golden Eagles’ .172 hitting percentage.

UMC fought back in set three, trying to force a fourth frame of play. The Golden Eagles were ahead 23-19 over MSU. The Mavericks did not

Haley Fogarty (1) has 422 digs and 63 assist this season. back down however, ending the set on a 6-0 run. Two of those points were attack errors by UMC, three were kills

by MSU and one was a killer

formed fantastic offensively, ending the night with a match-high 18 kills for a .600 attack percentage. Hassing also tallied five blocks in the

“Freshman Autumn Risch continued to impress as she added 37 assists to the state sheet. Junior Haley Fogarty played well defensively with 16 digs and also collected two service aces.” ace by the Mavs. MSU inched out the set win 25-23, sweeping the Golden Eagles.

Junior Krista Hassing per-

victory. Junior Courtney Anderson also recorded five blocks and seven kills.

Freshman Autumn Risch

Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi continued to impress as she added 37 assists to the state sheet. Junior Haley Fogarty played well defensively with 16 digs and also collected two service aces.

Saturday afternoon the Mavericks took on the Bemidji State Beavers but couldn’t grab the win. BSU defeated the Mavericks 3-2 with scores of 32-30, 25-17, 18-25, 14-25 and 15-11.

The first set saw extended play, with each team scoring at least 30 points. MSU took an early lead in the set 11-4 before BSU took over and tied things up at 17. The Mavericks awarded the Beavers several points because of bad sets, attack errors and service errors.

The Mavericks posted a

very low .028 attack percentage in set two, allowing the Beavers to take the set 2517. The Mavericks tallied just eight kills in the set, three attack errors and two service errors.

MSU did not give up in set three. The Mavericks turned their attack percentage around in frame three with .407 percent. The purple and gold were able to collect 14 kills in the set.

The Mavericks went into domination mode in set four with a commanding score of 25-14. Hassing took control offensively in the set with 10 kills of her own. The Beavers struggled at the net with just nine kills and a .161 attack percentage.

The fifth set did not go well for the Mavericks. BSU took control early with a 7-1 lead and the Mavs were never able to recover losing 15-11 and the match 3-2.

Even though MSU didn’t get the win they were able to out shine BSU offensively with an overall attack percentage of .259 percent compared to the Beaver’s .191 attack percentage.

Hassing again lead the Mavericks with 22 kills, four blocks and one ace. Anderson collected 12 kills and junior Sydney Geisness tallied nine. Fogarty grabbed 22 digs in the loss as well.

With the weekend split MSU’s overall record is 15-9 and 9-7 in NSIC play.

The Mavericks will continue their regular season play on the road this coming weekend when they take on Augustana Friday and Wayne State Saturday.

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Mavericks take down Nanooks twice, move to .500 MSU was able to make it consecutive weekends sweeps with impressive play.

The Mavericks now sit with a 4-0 record in the WCHA. ited with an assist on the goal and that marks his first point of his college career.

The two teams went into the third period tied and it remained that way until 12:45 mark when Brett Knowles took a one-time pass from Gervais and buried it past Jones to give the Mavs a 3-2 lead midway through the third.

The Mavericks maintained their lead for the rest of the game and were able to complete their second series sweep against a conference team in a row. The victories bring the Mavericks record to 4-4-0, including 4-0-0 in conference play. They will continue conference play this coming weekend when they face off against the Ferris State Bulldogs at the Ewigleben Arena in Big Rapids, Michigan.

ERIC KRIESEL Staff Writer The Mankato Maverick’s hockey team came home to the Verizon Wireless Center this last weekend riding high after a victorious road weekend sweep at the hands of the Bemidji State Beavers the week before. They were able to keep the momentum going against the Nanooks of Fairbanks Alaska as they were able to pull of the second series sweep in a row to bring their record back up to 4-4.

MSU came out of the gates hot on Friday night tallying three first period goals to take a commanding lead much to the pleasure of the hungry home crowd. All three first period goals came from defenseman and it was junior Casey Nelson who got it started for the Mavs with a shot from the left circle at 10:11 of the first period to beat Fairbank’s goalie Davis Jones stick-side to give Nelson his first goal of the year.

Sean Flanagan was also able to beat Jones at the 12:52 mark in the first when his shot from the top of the circle found its’ way into the net. Jon Jutzi then continued the scoring by beating Jones with a wrist shot at the 14:26 mark to conclude the most impressive period of Maverick Hockey thus far into the season, as they headed into the intermission up 3-0.

Coach Hastings was very

Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi Jordan Nelson (16) has five career goals including one game winning goal. pleased with his team’s first period performance saying, “We talked about trying to get off to better starts because we haven’t played with a lead, or much, and so it was good to get the first one and I thought our power play did their job and thought we had a good first 20 minutes.”

Fairbanks refused to give in after the poor first period however as they fought back early in the second by first

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tallying a goal from Marcus Basara just 24 seconds into the period while on the power play. At the 4:37 mark in the second period the Nanooks were able to cut the lead to one when Peter Krieger was able to receive the rebound from a teammates shot and bury it backhanded past goalie Jason Pawloski.

With the pressure on late in the second senior forward Bryce Gervais was able to add on some insurance to the lead with his goal scored at the 10:11 mark. Sean Flanagan was able to find the net for his second time of the night in the third giving him his second goal to go along with two more assists, and more importantly a 5-2 Maverick lead. Flanagan’s goal would conclude the scoring as the Mavs were able to hold of Fairbanks for the rest of night and finish with the 5-2 conference victory.

Saturday night’s game did not contain as much scoring as Friday but certainly contained the same amount excitement. The Nanooks got it going early when John Mullally scraped for a rebound and snuck the puck past goaltender Cole Huggins to give Fairbanks a 1-0 first period lead.

The defenses took over from then and not until the 8:03 mark in the second was Teddy Blueger able to beat Jones and tie the game up 1-1. Freshman Daniel Brickley was one of the Mavs cred-

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Atlanta, New Orleans and Santa Clara to host college title game AP - Atlanta, New Orleans and Santa Clara, California, were selected to host College Football Playoff national championship games from a group of nine cities and regions.

The Atlanta Falcons’ new stadium, which will open in 2017, will be the site of the championship game scheduled for Jan. 8, 2018. Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, the home of the San Francisco 49ers, will host the January 2019 title game. The New Orleans Superdome will be the site of the January 2020 championship game.

The playoff management committee, comprised of the FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, also considered bids from South Florida (Sun Life Stadium), Houston (NRG Stadium), Minneapolis (U.S. Bank Stadium), Detroit (Ford Field), Charlotte, North Carolina (Bank of American Stadium) and San Antonio (Alamodome).

“Any of the nine could have hosted this event,” College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock said.

Bidding communities were guaranteeing between $13

million and $18 million to the College Football Playoff.

This season’s championship game will be held Jan. 11 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the home of the NFL’s Cardinals and the site of the Fiesta Bowl. Next season’s championship game will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, the home of the NFL’s Buccaneers .

Each of the first six championship games will be held in different states.

Though none of games will be played in northern cities.

Hancock said they were given serious consideration, but there were logistical stumbling blocks for both Minneapolis and Detroit.

Minnesota is hosting the Super Bowl in 2018 and the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four in 2019 and there was some concern among the management committee about placing the game in a city that was coming off two straight years of hosting major events.

“Given this climate and given the other cities, we didn’t feel like we needed to go back-to-back-to-back,” Hancock said. “It was a significant factor for them.”

He said Detroit’s bid for the 2019 game was hampered by the city’s convention center not being available because of an auto show.

Atlanta (Peach Bowl) and New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) already host bowl games that are part of the playoff semifinal rotation. Atlanta also is bidding to host the 2019 or 2020 Super Bowl in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

“The opportunity to play in the brand new stadium, stateof-the-art stadium” was one of the main reasons Atlanta was chosen, Hancock said.

Hancock said the longtime relationship between the Sugar Bowl and the conferences, which dates back to the Bowl Championship Series, was not a deciding factor in awarding the 2020 game to New Orleans.

“An excellent bid that people worked very hard on,” Hancock said. “A community people have enjoyed in the past. Concise, walkable downtown footprint.”

Levi’s Stadium in Northern California will host the Super Bowl in February, is the home to the Pac-12 championship game and has held an outdoor NHL game and WrestleMania.

“We came together as a region to get it done. Super Bowl 50 helped pave the way,” said Al Guido, San Francisco 49ers chief operating officer. “We’ve proved ourselves as a venue that can host major events and can do really big capacities and bring economic impact into the region.”

Hancock said College Football Playoff representatives will be onsite during the

lead up to the Super Bowl to check out transportation, hotels and stadium operations.

“We’re going to learn a great deal from that Super Bowl,” Hancock said.

Northern California has never hosted a college football championship game.

“It shows we’re serious in our desire to move this around,” Hancock said.

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