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MSU student Matthew Zocher died after his plane crashed in rural Wisconsin Wednesday night. He was flying home to see his family for Thanksgiving.

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MSU students home for winter break become targets for burglary ELISE KONEZRA

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Within the next two weeks, Minnesota State University, Mankato students will be finishing their finals packing up and heading home for winter break. When these students are receiving Christmas presents at home, how do they keep the rest of their belongings in their unoccupied houses, apartments or dormitories safe?

Winter break and the weeks after students return are common times for not only residential break-ins, but vehicle break-ins as well.

New Christmas presents become a target for thieves.

After Christmas, break-ins occur more because the odds of breaking into something and finding something of value to steal is greater.

Burglaries are occurring in the Mankato area on a regular basis, although Matt DuRose of the Mankato Department of Public Safety claims that it’s tough to decipher whether there are more

break-ins during the regular school semester versus winter break-ins. He instead said that there should be an awareness that these breakins occur year round.

A few places were broken into this year already. One apartment in Highland, and one house downtown were broken into with stolen items reported.

“Pretty much everything of value was taken: My XBox, laptop, cash, clothes, cologne,” said MSU student Jack Edwards.

The most common items reported stolen are electronics. Gaming consoles, televisions, DVD players and laptops are commonly stolen.

These items are easy to conceal and very portable for thieves to take and are some of the most common possessions in a household.

Living rooms and kitchens are commonly the first rooms entered by thieves in a household, and this is where most of the items reported stolen are found.

“We have been finding lately that spare change and cash from wallets and purses are being targeted by thieves,” DuRose said.

Thefts from vehicles and burglaries continue to be common and many involve these items being stolen in addition to electronics.

There is no way to track these items and they can be used anywhere.

Places such as Craigslist, eBay, and pawn shops are common places thieves sell the items they have taken.

Police are able to track certain items at those places.

Serial numbers can also play an important role in the findings of your stolen items. All serial numbers get entered into a nationwide computer should they be found in a traffic stop, or a service call, which can be tracked to the local case file.

In order to stop the burglary from occurring in the first place, make sure windows and doors are locked

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Switching Roles

President Davenport to take over MSSA office Thursday

Matthew Zocher dies on his way to visit family for Thanksgiving

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news editor A Minnesota State University, Mankato student died after his plane crashed Wednesday night in Wisconsin.

Matthew Zocher, 24, died from injuries after the small-engine plane he was piloting crashed.

The plane was decorated with a purple and gold MSU logo, though the plane did not belong to the University. The plane is owned

by North Star Aviation of Mankato.

Zocher, a North Star employee, was granted permission to use one of the airplanes to f ly from Mankato to his family’s home in Merrill, Wis. for Thanksgiving.

The crash occurred near Athens, Wis. about 25 miles north of Wausau in a heavily wooded area. This was Zocher’s last known location based on radar from an Athens-area landing strip.

A relative of Zocher called the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to report that his nephew had not arrived to his destination.

Zocher was a junior at MSU studying Aviation.

He was also a member of the Maverick Flight Team.

Zocher began attending MSU in the fall of 2010 and hoped to graduate in December 2012. Before at-

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tending MSU, he was in the ROTC Program at Michigan Technological University.

Zocher was piloting the plane alone and the cause of the crash is under investigation. According to Rob McGregor, Zocher was working on instrument training and had f light experience with the Diamond DA twin engine plane.

“The campus community is deeply saddened by this tragedy,” said President Richard Davenport.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Merrill. The family requests memorials be given to The Maverick Flight Team of Mankato, Minn., the Merrill Wrestling Association, Trinity Lutheran Church or any other charity organization.

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news editor Last week, MSSA President Matthew Lexcen had the opportunity to take on the role of President Richard Davenport when he led the president’s council meeting.

This week, the roles have switched yet again.

Davenport will be stepping into a student leadership position on Thursday in order to meet with students across the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus.

Cindy Froemel, the MSSA office manager, will be taking meeting requests from students. She will set up 15-minute appointments with students wanting to talk to Davenport.

Lexcen urges students to take advantage of this opportunity, though he would like students to keep their questions professional. However, he does want students to share their honest feelings about the University, whether positive or negative.

Students can sit down with Davenport and talk to him on a one-to-one basis to address any questions or issues.

Students who just want to

meet Davenport personally are also encouraged to make an appointment.

Davenport will be available from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Lexcen said that he apologizes for the limited number of time slots. With a university of this size, Lexcen would like Davenport to be in the office for a week, though he said he was still grateful for the opportunity.

“Thousands of students each year graduate from institutions having never met a soul from upper administration,” Lexcen said. “Be one of the few who have.”

Davenport takes over the MSSA office once a year, according to Froemel.

Davenport was appointed president of MSU by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees in 2002.

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No purchase necessary Should Stomper’s Cinema be funded by student fees?

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At Minnesota State, Mankato, the CSU offers what is called Stomper’s Cinema. This is possible through the Impact Programming Board committee, headed by Nicole Marella, who’s an Impact board member from Student Activities.

Bill Tourville, Assistant Director of Student Activities and Campus Programs said, “The majority of films that come every semester are preview films.”

These are films that are currently out of theatres

but not yet available to rent on DVD, Blu-Ray or to buy online.

“It is a real unique opportunity for students to see some films when no one else can,” Tourville said.

Limited by either the release date in theatres or on DVD, the selection of movies is key to the Stomper Cinema’s success. Because a portion of student fees are used to contract movies, Stomper’s Cinema is free of charge for anyone attending MSU. “I know they try to diversify [the movie selection] as much as possible, however the films are expensive,”

Tourville said. “Our return on investments are really high but there is a lot of money that is used, so they try to go for which films will draw a good amount of people. If we only have 50 people show up, it is not really worth the investment.”

Tourville also said there will be a greater selection of films starting spring semester.

Besides the great Hollywood fight scene sometimes seen when attending the Stomper’s Cinema, students are able to see documentaries, independent, and even

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According to Tourville, next semester will yeild even better selesctions, but at what cost?

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The Kid’s Take: “I Ate Too Much Stuffing” KYLE RATKE

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Despite what your grandmother tells you, it is possible to eat too much stuffing.

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Here’s my Thanksgiving goal: Hide downstairs with a giant plate of stuffing. Turn on football. Text my sister and tell her to sneak me more stuffing.

Sit on the La-Z-Boy unable to get up, feeling like I’m going to puke and wondering what exactly is in stuffing. (Nobody knows) (Reason No. 383 why I’m still single.)

The sad thing is, this is what America does during the holidays. According to my friends at eatright.com, five percent of Americans gain five to 10 pounds during the Holiday break. That my friends, is a lot of stuffing.

That got me thinking, is there a way to avoid this? Can I still

pig out and eat healthy? Well, my friends, after Googling for the last four hours, I’ve found out that every food that I love is bad for me. Christmas might be rough.

What shouldn’t you eat over break if you don’t want to look like you’re in your third trimester when you return to school?

You’re asking the wrong person.

I’ve looked at web sites. One says, “if you eat vegetables, don’t dip it in a dipping sauce if you want it to remain healthy.”

Well, duh. The dipping sauce is to cancel out the healthiness, don’t you know how Americans think?

That’s all I have for this week.

Is this a disappointingly short article? Wait, don’t answer that.

As always, thanks for reading.

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Letter to the Editor

Scarlet Letters: Sex Talk from a professor Do you ever wonder why your roommate covers himself in Vaseline while watching Jersey Shore? Are you curious why your girlfriend insists on having sex in the astrophysics section of the library? Have you ever taken off your underwear and asked yourself, “What the hell is that?”

If yes, then you are not alone. We all have sexual questions that we don’t have answers to. Combine our sexual ignorance with embarrassment stemming from cultural taboos about sex and we are left with sexual myths, confusion, and shame.

Where does our sexual ignorance come from?

There are many claims that we are living in an increasingly sexually saturated culture. If that was true, shouldn’t we all be sexual wizards with the power to

be sexually omniscient?

The reality is while there has been an increase in sexual saturation, the saturation is merely suggestive. Case in point: when we turn on the television, we are bombarded with sexual innuendo, not sexual explicitness. The media always inserts a modern fig leaf to avoid explicit dialogue or depictions, leaving our culture to be a sexual tease. The result is a watered down, misleading, and juvenile presentation of sexuality. Our culture is a Disney version of sex.

If we truly lived in a positive, sexualized culture, we wouldn’t become red-faced if someone says ‘penis’ or ‘vulva.’ We wouldn’t be offended by a nipple on TV. We wouldn’t dry heave if our parents talk about buying anal beads. And most importantly, we wouldn’t

have dozens of obstacles between a sex question and a sex answer.

That’s where this column will find its place. As a sex researcher, therapist, and educator, the most rewarding part of my job is contributing to the destruction of sexual myths and taboos by initiating frank and explicit dialogue on sexuality. But with any initiation, there must also be reciprocation.

That’s where you come in. What do you want to know about sex? I could write endlessly about random facts that impress (i.e., induces discomfort in) friends at a party. For example, did you know the clitoris is several inches long and is shaped like a tuning fork? Did you also know that some women can ejaculate up to eight ounces of f luid during orgasm?

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Additionally, I could write passionately and tirelessly about sexual politics, like trying to dissect why the late Jerry Falwell partially blamed lesbians for 9/11.

But these ideas would only be serving my interests. I want to know what questions you have and what topics you would like to discuss. I want to meet your sexual needs. Wait; let me rephrase that to sound less like the “casual encounters” section on Craigslist. I simply want to provide accurate information in response to your specific questions about sexuality. I envision an NC-17 version of “Dear Abby.”

So, if you don’t trust that Wikipedia article about labiaplasty or are skeptical about your best friend’s assertion that he is a g-spot expert, send your questions my way. You can submit

your questions at scarletletters.org/questions/ or simply email me your inquiries at eric.sprankle@mnsu. edu. All submissions will be kept anonymous so you don’t have to worry about a classmate asking you, “Hey, aren’t you the guy that wanted to know if masturbating to Dairy Queen commercials is normal?”

Let’s work together to debunk sexual myths and to eliminate sexual taboos and stigma. I initiated this dialogue; I am hoping that you will reciprocate in this conversation in order to increase the sexual literacy and health of our culture.

Plus, it’s fun to write ‘penis’ and ‘vulva’ in a public forum.

Eric Sprankle is the assistant professor of psychology at MSU.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — By one account, Richard Beasley was a devoted mentor to a 16-year-old high school junior, taking him to church almost weekly, going fishing, playing video games and involving him in volunteer work.

The teenager’s mother paints another picture of Beasley, 52 — that of a man who threatened her son and who once said that he knew where the teen lived and that “I know where your mother lives.”

Whatever the nature of the relationship, it apparently ended this month after the teen was charged with attempted murder in a scheme that police say lured applicants for a phony Craigslist job posting into deadly robberies.

Police believe two deaths are connected to the scam but haven’t said whether another body found Friday is linked.

A fourth man who said he answered the same ad survived a shooting, while a fifth man says he interviewed with Beasley for the fake job as a

farm hand but decided not to take it.

“Richard was always a very giving person,” Beasley’s mother, Carol Beasley, has said. “He reached out and helped a lot of people.”

Beasley, a self-described minister, has been jailed on unrelated prostitution charges. Messages were left with his attorney seeking comment. The AP generally does not identify juvenile suspects and is not naming the teenager or his mother.

Beasley has a criminal record dating to the 1980s.

He was convicted in Texas of burglary and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in 1985, sentenced to a 40-year prison sentence and placed on parole for 34 years in 1989.

Previous charges in Ohio include aggravated menacing, tampering with evidence, possession of criminal tools and illegal cultivation of marijuana, court records show.

Following Beasley’s return to Akron in 2003, he ran a halfway house, helped deliver food to the poor and vouched for fellow offenders, tell-

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ing judges they had changed their ways, the Akron Beacon Journal reported over the weekend.

Police say the halfway house was a front for prostitution, the newspaper reported, and Beasley was awaiting trial on prostitution and drug charges when authorities took him into custody this month.

The teen appears to be placing blame on Beasley, his attorney told the newspaper.

Beasley’s mother has said that her son had taken the boy to The Chapel, an Akron megachurch, since he was 7 or 8 years old, according to WEWS-TV of Cleveland, and that they did volunteer work together, such as delivering food to the needy.

“The most I can say is, this is just a big shock to us,” Carol Beasley has said. “I pray it’s some other person and not him.”

A church spokeswoman said Beasley had no involvement with youth activities at the church and that while his mother had long attended services, Beasley showed up only sporadically.

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Beasley was not sanctioned through The Chapel, Tammy Kennedy, the executive assistant to the senior and executive pastors of The Chapel in Akron, Ohio, told ABC News.

The events leading to the arrest of Beasley and the teen began Nov. 6, when a South Carolina man who answered the ad was shot in Noble County before escaping, hiding in the woods for hours and then hiking to a farmhouse in the dark, police say. The body of Norfolk, Va., resident David Pauley, 51, was found the following week.

Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, was found buried Friday near an Akron-area shopping mall. He had been shot in the head. A third body was found Friday not far from where Pauley’s was buried in a hand-dug grave.

The boy, a junior at Stow Munroe City Schools about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, was questioned by the FBI at school on Nov. 16, then arrested at home later that day, school spokeswoman Jacquie Mazziotta said Monday.

He has been warned he will face trial as an adult and could face more than 40 years in prison, his mother told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday from her home in the Akron area. A judge planned a hearing in Noble County on Tuesday.

“My son is not a monster,” his mother said. She stopped short of saying he provided the tip that led to the discovery of the Akron-area body but said he “has told everything he knows.”

“He’s a scared little boy,” she said.

The farm advertised on Craigslist does not exist; the remote Noble County area where two bodies were found 90 miles south of Akron is property owned by a coal company and often leased to hunters.

The men who interviewed for the Craigslist ad came from around the country but shared much in common.

They were middle-aged or just beyond, between 47 and 58 years old.

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HOLIDAY BURGLARIES “I can’t stress enough for CRAIGSLIST CASE “How many other people have filled out an appli- people to lock their doors and windows,” said Mankato cation, met with a guy and, you know, police officer Matt DuRose. and no one knows they’re gone right continued from 1 now?” continued from 5 They needed work badly enough that they were willing to travel hundreds of miles on the barest of details about the job. Above all, they seemed the type of men whose disappearances might go unnoticed for a while.

Ron Sanson, of Stow, said he responded to the ad and met Beasley at a shopping mall food court outside Akron on Oct. 10. Beasley told him he was looking for an older, single or divorced person to watch over a 688-acre farm in southeast Ohio — the kind of man, Sanson says, whose disappearance might not be quickly noticed.

“How many other people have filled out an application, met with the guy and, you know, and no one knows they’re gone right now?” Sanson has said.

The teenager’s mother said she has been inundated with calls from those who know their son, saying he wasn’t capable of violence. She urged prayers for victims’ families and for her son’s exoneration.

“Pray for the families and pray that America and everybody else finds the real monster that robbed these families of their men,” she said.person to watch over a 688-acre farm in southeast Ohio — the kind of man, Sanson says, whose disappearance might not be quickly noticed.

“How many other people have filled out an application, met with the guy and,

you know, and no one knows they’re gone right now?” Sanson has said.

The teenager’s mother said she has been inundated with calls from those who know their son, saying he wasn’t capable of violence. She urged prayers for victims’ families and for her son’s exoneration.

“Pray for the families and pray that America and everybody else finds the real monster that robbed these families of their men,” she said.

at all times. Many burglaries occur due to unlocked vehicles or homes. By locking doors and windows, you are greatly decreasing the chances of becoming a victim. Although, there still are people who kick in doors and windows to enter a house.

Students are advised to ask their friends who have stayed in the city to check on their apartment or dorm while they are gone. Commonly stolen items should be locked in a safe or brought elsewhere. If some of the items have serial numbers, keep track of the makes, models and serial numbers.

This will be the best source to track the item if it were to be stolen. If there is no serial number, write down a good description or make a personalized marking that can easily be distinguished.

During break, the chances of forced entry increase as there are fewer people around to report loud noises or see the break-in. Many apartments and dorms are also left unoccupied, leaving these residences vulnerable.

If a student or community member sees or hears suspicious people, they are urged to call 911 to report it, DuRose said.

If a break in were to occur in your own place, first call 911 to report it. An officer will arrive to gather information related to when and how it may have occurred.

They will look for any evidence to collect and document the incident.

“I can’t stress enough for people to lock their doors and windows,” DuRose said.

The use of security or motion lights are very helpful too, if possible. Lock up valuables and keep close track of your items. Meet your neighbors and watch out for one another.

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Singer Charlotte Church: Press destroyed my career LONDON (AP) — She was just 13 when Ruper t Murdoch asked her to sing at his wedding.

Charlotte Church was given a choice: a 100,000 pound fee, or a chance to generate good will with the media magnate by perfor ming for free. She wanted the cash, but her record company and manager said no, it was better to make friends with Murdoch, head of a global news and enter tainment empire.

“Despite my teenage business head screaming ‘Think how many tamagotchies you could buy!’ I was pressured into taking the latter option,” she told Britain’s press ethics committee. “This strategy failed ... for me.”

Church, 25, told Britain’s media ethics inquir y Monday that the Murdoch press, and other British tabloids, had r uthlessly tor mented her since she was a child singing sensation, blowing her credibility “to bits” and badly damaging her career.

She said press intr usion had a devastating impact on her family life and

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par ticularly on her mother.

Church said her mother had tried to kill herself in par t because she k new a newspaper was planning to expose her husband’s extramarital affair.

The for mer teenage singing sensation told the inquir y in calm, measured tones how cameramen tried to take photos up her skir t and down her blouse and published “intimate” details about her sex life when she was just 17.

“I couldn’t get my head around that,” said Church, 25, who blamed tabloid phone hacking for much of her lost privacy.

“I’ve been made a caricature for so long, and this person por trayed in the tabloids really isn’t me,” she said. “It’s not the person I am, and it’s had a massive impact on my career. As an ar tist, I f ind it hard to be taken seriously because my credibility has been blown to bits.”

Church also described how one newspaper had a countdown before her 16th bir thday to mark the moment when she would reach the age of consent and be

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“It just felt hor rible,” she said.

Church, a pop and opera singer with a spectacular voice, was the latest prominent person to tell the committee how Britain’s unscr upulous press has invaded their privacy and damaged their lives.

She said she suspected her closest family members of leaking secrets when in fact the media were getting details about her life from illegal phone hacking.

Prime Minister David Cameron set up the inquir y in response to the scandal that began with illegal eavesdropping by the News of the World tabloid.

Murdoch closed the newspaper in July after evidence emerged that it had illegally accessed the mobile phone voice mails of celebrities, politicians and even crime victims in its search for scoops.

More than a dozen News of the World jour nalists and editors have been arrested, and two top London police off icers, along with Cameron’s media

adviser and several senior Murdoch executives, have resigned.

The inquir y, led by Judge Brian Leveson, plans to issue a repor t next year and could recommend major changes to Britain’s system of media self regulation. In its f irst two weeks, the committee has heard a stunning litany of press abuse.

Church told the inquir y how impressed she had been with Murdoch’s power when she went to sing at his wedding in the United States — and how her effor t to gain his favor was a dismal failure.

“He f lew us on his private jet to New York, which was amazing, then we went onto his boat, which had a grand piano on it, which I was amazed by, and I sang at the ceremony,” she said.

Before Church testif ied, a man who had been ar rested on murder charges and then cleared told the committee that tabloids had destroyed his reputation with false front-page stories.

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said the negative coverage of him was so widespread that some people still assume he is a “weird character” who should be avoided, even though he was cleared of wrongdoing.

He was ar rested last year by police investigating the murder of his tenant, Joanna Yeates. Another man has since been convicted of the crime.

Jefferies said he felt he could not go out in public because of the smears.

Broadcast jour nalist Anne Diamond told the committee that the Murdoch press had waged a vendetta against her — even sending a repor ter impersonating a doctor to the hospital when she was giving bir th.

Last week, Har r y Potter author J.K. Rowling, Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller all testif ied about the devastating impact that unscr upulous British media have had on their lives, along with the parents of murdered 13-year-old Milly Dowler and missing 3-year-old Madeleine McCann.

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Man sentenced to time served in LA stowaway case LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man was sentenced Monday to the five months he’s already been in prison for breaching airport security when he used an expired boarding pass to get a free ride on a Los Angelesbound flight from New York.

Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a stowaway charge that carried a maximum five-year prison term. He has been in prison since his June 29 arrest at Los Angeles International Airport, when he tried to board a Delta flight with an expired boarding pass.

The case has raised questions about the effectiveness of airport and airline screening procedures.

Noibi told federal investigators he was able to go through security screening in Los Angeles by presenting a boarding pass, his student identification and a police report that said his U.S. passport had been stolen.

In sentencing him, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real agreed with federal prosecutors that the time served was sufficient punishment. Authorities said it appears Noibi just wanted to travel for free.

Noibi, who has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Nigeria, boarded a flight in New York on June 24 using an expired boarding pass with someone else’s name on it, authorities said. The Virgin America crew

didn’t realize until mid-flight that an extra passenger was aboard in a premium seat that was supposed to be empty.

Noibi spent several days in Los Angeles before he was arrested at the airport after trying to board a Delta Air Lines flight with another expired pass. A search of his bag found about 15 expired boarding passes, none in his name, authorities said.

He acknowledged he did not pay for the Virgin America flight and said he had traveled to Los Angeles to recruit people for his software business.

Real ordered him to pay restitution to Virgin America and serve one year of supervised release.

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FILMS

To See Over Winter Break

The semester is quickly concluding and once winter break arrives, many students will

find themselves in a daily routine that consists of partial hibernation, shoveling, possible employment, moving your car for the plows and/or digging out your car, and more shoveling. Luckily, the late winter/ Oscar season is neck and neck with summer as the best time to stop by your local multiplex and catch what’s new. Here we offer you seven flicks released between finals week and “W hy don’t you introduce your your-self to the class?” that might just bring a bit of life into your icy coma. And perhaps they will be quite good, too.

JAMES HOUTSMA | staff writer

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (December 21)

(December 16)

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hile not quite as cerebral as its famed main character, 2009’s Sherlock Holmes proved to be fun, satisfying entertainment that brought a fresh take to the Holmes mythology. The sequel has brought back what worked well from the first movie (Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Guy Richie directing, Hans Zimmer composing) and provides some new material to chew on (Professor Moriarty, Noomi Rapace, a broader story spanning across Europe, and a new mysterious plot in the works). As with most second installments, the hope here is that Shadows will bring enough original material, while still retaining the spirit of the original without becoming a carbon copy of it.

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (December 9)

This adaption starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong,

Tom Hardy, and other perpetual British villain-types has been released internationally for months, to great acclaim. A taught espionage thriller, Spy probably won’t have the “flash-bang” feel of a James Bond adventure (wait until next winter for that) but smarter dialogue and story, with more subtle performances. Oldman is already getting Oscar buzz for his role, something he is long overdue for.

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n general, film remakes have proven themselves to be artistically worthless cash-grabs. But some rare exceptions exist, and this already looks to be a major one. Fresh off his Oscar snub for The Social Network, David Fincher and his trademark green lighting are trying their hand at an internationally best-selling novel. Tattoo has already been adapted for to the big screen in its native Sweden, to great praise, but with a cast including Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, and Stellan Skarsgaard, along with the return of music duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Fincher’s version may just give the original a run for its money.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (December 21)

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ecember 21 is shaping up to be a memorable day, is it not? Com ing off M:I. 3 (widely considered the best Mission: Impossible movie), Ghost Protocol already looks to be a worthy follow-up when it comes to action spectacle. Director Brad Bird has already proven he can make a pretty great animated movie (The Incredibles, Ratatouille), so a new installment of a popular live action franchise should hopefully be a piece of cake.

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A Heart-Felt Film For All

CHRISTIAN HAGEN

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The Muppets Hit Theaters With Delight Twelve years after the release of their last film, a be-

The Adventures of Tintin & War Horse (December 21 & 25)

Remember a time when Steven Spielberg made mov-

ies instead of putting his name as a producer of those god-awful Transformers movies? Harder still, remember the last time he made an actually good movie? Well The Beard knows you’re worried, so this Christmas he’s coming at you with a double whammy.

First up, The Adventures of Tintin is a rousing, well, adventure flick adapted from a classic funny pages character, telling the story of a journey to find a lost ship.

Created completely using motion capture, and with Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) producing, Tintin will likely please anyone who’s a fan of Indiana Jones, Pirates of The Caribbean and the like.

Then just days later, Spielberg fully intends to make you cry on Christmas. War Horse is the tear-jerking story of a young man being separated from his cherished horse during WWI and their mutual journey to be reunited. Where Tintin is The Beard in action-adventure mode, War Horse is the other side of the coin, harkening back to Schindler’s List & Empire of the Sun and his emotionally strong movies. These two films put together should make up a full Spielberg-ian experience.

And the best part of all; it seems Spielberg has finally allowed John Williams to come out of whatever dungeon he’s been keeping him in since Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to score both movies.

Shame

(December 2)

Probably the riskiest entry on the list, there’s a surprisingly long list of things that may keep you from seeing Shame. First, the story about a man having to deal with his sex addiction when his sister decides to move in is not at all light-hearted fare.

Secondly, the movie only opens in limited release on the 2nd, so for almost everywhere except select cities, the release date could be anywhere as late as January or February, depending on how much award buzz it gets (much like what happened with Black Swan and The King’s Speech last year).

Lastly, the film has been slapped with the NC-17 rating. Most theaters won’t carry films with this specific rating, but the film actually wears it as a badge of honor and continues to market it, so we may see a different outcome this time.

Either way, the film stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, two superb actors on the rise, and deserves mention for taking so many risks.

loved film and television franchise has returned to brighten theaters with one of the most pleasant pictures of 2011.

The Muppets, the first official theatrical Muppet film since 1999’s Muppets from Space, was conceived as a project of love by actor and writer Jason Segal, previously responsible for one of the last decade’s funniest films, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The longtime Muppet devotee set out to revive the classic Jim Henson creations and remind everyone of their charm.

In that goal, he has definitely succeeded.

The film centers on Gary (Segal) and his little brother Walter (a puppet), who, after accidentally discovering a diabolical plot to destroy the long-vacant Muppet Studios by evil oil baron Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), try to rally the old Muppet gang back together to save their old home.

Along the way, Gary and Walter are accompanied

by Gary’s long-term girlfriend, Mary (the always-lovely Amy Adams). And, of course, there’s all your favorite felt friends: Kermit, Fozzie, the Swedish Chef, Rowlf, Animal (and the rest of The Electric Mayhem), Gonzo, and Miss Piggy. While the new characters are a blast, no one can top the old standbys as they seek to reclaim their classic theater.

What follows is a series of splendid musical numbers, hilarious meta references, celebrity cameos, and heartwarming nostalgia.

The film’s best elements, aside from the titular puppet pals, come from the main human cast. Adams is almost cartoonishly chipper, just slightly less so than in her starmaking role in Enchanted. Cooper is goofily menacing; after revealing his wicked scheme, Richman’s flunkies cackle while Richman simply sneers “Maniacal laugh!

Maniacal laugh!”

But no one seems more perfectly emblematic of the Muppet spirit than Segal, who loses himself so brilliantly in the fun of the picture that when he’s literally shown in Muppet form later in the film, it’s hardly a surprise; he belongs in this world, and it shows.

There are some pacing issues. The plot moves at a brisk, almost baffling speed, occasionally causing viewers to get lost in exactly what is happening when to whom and where.

This could be due to the film’s running time. The Muppets’ original script was three hours long, but Disney demanded it be cut to just 98 minutes. Younger viewers will have no problem with this, but older fans might just want to see their heroes on screen an hour or so longer. If nothing else, a Director’s Cut of this film would make a must-own home video release.

There also aren’t quite enough of the stellar celebrity appearances that have helped to make past Muppet films so memorable. There are even a few familiar faces that pop on screen for mere seconds, sometimes without even delivering a line. It’s a small quibble, but it doesn’t quite measure up to the classic formula.

Still, seeing the old Muppets crew on the same screen together again is enough to make any viewer smile.

Jim Henson and Co. know exactly the right balance between kid-friendly zaniness and snappy gags for adults.

When Kermit’s new butler, the appropriately-named 80’s Robot, offers his guests a choice between Tab and New Coke before crashing into a wall, the laughs heard in the audience will be from young and old alike.

And if you have any love in your heart, even the tiniest nugget of respect for Muppet history, the collective performance of “The Rainbow Connection” is guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye and put a lump in your throat. I can say with absolute certainty that there wasn’t a dry eye in the theater when I took in the film, including my own.

The Muppets was a make or break project, both for Segal and for the Muppets themselves. Thankfully, they manage to do just about everything right, striking the perfect balance of joy and wistfulness and reminding a new generation of viewers just what it means to be “the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational” show of all.

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A WEDDING AND A FUNERAL (or ‘THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 1’ Review) ANDREW SIMON

staff writer

This is the

beginning of the end for fans of the Twilight books and movies, and they couldn’t ask for a better swan song. Within the last couple of years since the books became a global sensation, it’s been popular to rag on the Twilight brand, and deservedly so in some cases, but this review will try to be as objective as possible, and will not draw comparisons between the source material and its cinematic adaptation, instead focusing on the movie as a whole.

For the uninformed, Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is all about the wedding of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), their honeymoon, the consequences of that union, and the vampiric rebirth of Mrs. Cullen.

The film finds a nice balance between the romantic beats and the more dramatic, life-or-death plot that consumes the last half of the picture. For those who want

to escape with Edward and Bella as they stop beating around the bush and finally marry in an extravagant ceremony surrounded by friends and family (human and supernatural alike), or see the lovers consummate that love after three films of teases, or are looking for some spectacular action scenes after the battle melee that climaxed Eclipse, they’re all in for a treat.

Breaking Dawn, Part 1 delivers, moreso than any of the prior efforts, pushing ahead as the franchises’ strongest production. It’s as if now that Bella has decided on Edward once and for all, the story can move past the ‘will they/won’t they?’ soap opera elements and instead concentrate its efforts on crafting a story that is, admittedly, compelling. There’s real emotion and gravitas to the events that unfold here, from the blissful honeymoon of Edward and Bella to her life-threatening pregnancy that challenges alliances and basically causes problems for everyone.

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Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter) and director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls), the drama, action and horror hit home more than ever before. The film is separated into two distinct areas: the wedding/honeymoon and its fallout. For those anxious to see how the wedding is brought to life, they will be quite happy by what the film delivers. The first hour is dedicated entirely to the bride and groom, paced delicately to give the couple just enough happiness before the bad starts piling on. By far, the fallout, comprising the last 40 minutes of the movie, is its most gripping. With some marvelous makeup and digital effects, Bella is transformed from a happy newly-wed to a pale, frail, skin-and-bone girl on the brink of death. The ticking clock put on Bella’s life and the race to save her is intense storytelling, a beautiful 360 from the blissful tale of the first half.

Unfortunately, the actors aren’t quite up to snuff to bring Rosenberg’s script to life. Kristen Stewart has the capacity to be a

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genuinely good actress when she wants to be, but she, and costars Pattinson and Lautner, just seem to be asleep at the wheel. This is surprising, given that the film’s predecessor, Eclipse, showcased these three at their acting high.

The real scene stealer here is Billy Burke as Bella’s father, providing the best one liners of the entire series, and breathing some life into these otherwise zombie performances.

Overall, Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is quite an impressive film. Even if the actors aren’t up to game, the story is gripping enough to keep audiences entertained from beginning to end thanks to Rosenberg’s superb script and Condon’s creative direction. The lead-in to part two, scheduled to hit theaters one year from now, is predictable, but exciting nonetheless, leaving a whole canvas of possibilities to be explored in the concluding chapter.

Judging from this first half alone, the Twilight Saga is ending on top.

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REECE HEMMESCH

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After losing a tough matchup to Michigan Tech two weekends ago, the Minnesota State, Mankato men’s basketball team dropped both of its matchups over Thanksgiving weekend in the Terrace Hotel/Ledger Media Tournament in Lakeland, Florida.

The two losses bump MSU to a 1-3 record heading into conference play, which begins this weekend.

“Both teams were extremely athletic, competitive and could shoot the ball well,” senior Stephen Kirschbaum said of the competition.

“Having to play on back-to-back nights was a great test and gave

MSU 85 MSU 65 us a taste of how the conference schedule works. We have Armstrong 90 Limestone 78 to make sure we come out each first half. night focused. No matter what That being said, Armstrong Athappens the first night, you have to lantic led most of the way, and took brain-dump for the quick turnaround a double-digit lead late in the game. the next night.”

But MSU would cut its deficit to The Mavericks dropped their five points at 90-85 just before runfirst game Friday night to Armning out of time. strong Atlantic by a close 90-85 “We had plenty of offense on score. the night, but when you give up Saturday’s matchup would not be that many points it’s going to be as close, as MSU fell to Limestone hard to beat any team,” Kirschbaum 78-65. said.

“We had trouble defending the Friday night saw junior guard DJ dribble-drive penetration all night.”

Hoskins lead the way for MSU with Kirschbaum also reached doublea team-high 22 points. digits for MSU on the night, as he The game went back-and-forth contributed 15 points in the losing as the teams milled around a fiveeffort.

Sophomore center Connor point differential for most of the

O’Brien also added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

The second game of the tournament was once again a high-scoring shootout in which MSU could not claim a victory.

This contest again was back-andforth early in the game, but an 11-2 run with seven minutes left would give Limestone a 12-point lead that would stick through the rest of the game, handing MSU its second loss in as many days.

Saturday night’s leading scorers for MSU were the youngsters on the team, as freshman forward Zach Romashko led the way with 20 points, with O’Brien and sophomore Travis Meinders each contributing 10 as well.

The Mavericks are playing their young players so far this season, and the freshman class has already been called on a lot.

“This (freshman) class has had more pressure to produce early on than any other class I can remember,” Kirschbaum explained of the youth infusion. “Even though we have a lot of fresh faces this year, our expectations have not been lowered at all.”

MSU begins NSIC play this weekend, as they head out west to take on Wayne State Friday night and Augustana on Saturday.

Augie was recently ranked as the No. 16 team in the country, and is the preseason pick to win the NSIC.

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The Reporter’s Top-5 Fall Athletes REPORTER SPORTS STAFF

Henry takes home top honors after leading the MSU women’s soccer team deep into the playoffs.

1.

BRITTANY HENRY, JR. FORWARD, SOCCER

Henry was the most explosive player on the NSIC’s highest-scoring team, winning the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year award after leading the NSIC and the Mavericks in scoring with 14 goals and 34 points.

The junior foward also received First-Team All-NSIC honors and was named to the Daktronics Women’s Soccer NCAA Division-II Central Region First Team.

Henry also tallied six assists while leading the NSIC in shots (87). She also was clutch when the Mavericks needed her to be, recording seven game-winning goals.

2.

HENRY

BRITTANY STAMER, SR. SETTER, VOLLEYBALL

Stamer was definitely the Most Valuable Player for the MSU volleyball team this season, and perhaps has been for the last few seasons.

The senior setter used her skills and leadership to help guide the Mavericks to a 20-win season and an NCAA tournament berth.

Stamer racked up a team-high 1,283 assists this season en route to becoming MSU’s all-time career assists leader. She also led the Mavericks in digs with a career-high 429, finishing her career fourth on the school’s all-time dig list.

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The junior wideout led the Mavericks with 705 yards receiving and six touchdowns on 45 catches, but also contributed in the running game and return game. He rushed for 163 yards and four touchdowns, while averaging 29.4 yards per kick return with two scores. This helped Carter earn First-Team All-NSIC honors.

4.

Daniels, the senior transfer from Nebraska-Omaha, paid immediate dividends for the Mavericks at the most important position on the football field, taking the starting QB job at the start of the season and running with it.

He led MSU to an 8-3 overall record and the NSIC South division title, completing 63.5 percent of his passes for 2,077 yards and 18 touchdowns. Daniels also showed off his mobility this season, rushing for 189 yards and three touchdowns. First-Team All-NSIC.

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Men’s Hockey

MSU salvages only one point at home against Seawolves

The Mavericks were in danger of being swept by one of the WCHA’s worst teams, but rallied from a 5-1 deficit on Saturday night.

JOEY DENTON

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Alaska Anch.

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It was an up-and-down weekend for the Minnesota State, Mankato men’s hockey team, but a lot of positives came out of the team’s 5-4 loss and 5-5 tie this weekend against Alaska-Anchorage in Mankato.

Friday’s matchup was a back-and-forth battle right from the get-go. Just a minute after the opening face-off, junior forward Eriah Hayes shot from the right side of the net, with the puck hitting a Seawolves defender and going into the net to give the Mavericks a 1-0 lead.

MSU kept the momentum until the end of the first when Jordan Kwas tied up the game at 1-1 with 1:40 left in the period.

The Seawolves felt they had the momentum, but the Mavericks took it back after sophomore forward Zach Lehrke scored a shorthanded goal five minutes into the second period.

And once again the Mavericks would lose the momentum and the lead after the Seawolves

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scored two goals, including a breakaway goal off a turnover near the center of the rink to make it 3-2.

The Mavericks responded with an unassisted goal by the birthday boy, senior forward Justin Jokinen, with 6:30 to go in the period.

The Seawolves took the momentum once again to start the third period, scoring 2:15 into the period. And once again the Mavericks took the momentum right back with another Lerkhe goal off a rebound from a Hayes shot.

With the game coming down to its final six minutes tied 4-4, the Seawolves shot the puck and it bounced off senior goalie Austin Lee 10 feet into the air and landed in the crease. As both teams were fighting for the puck, the Seawolves got it to squirt through Lee for the gamewinning goal.

The game was all about the

momentum, and head coach Troy Jutting knew MSU had a chance to take that momentum and run with it.

“I think at times we played well enough to grab the momentum, but then unfortunately we’d have a real costly turnover in our own end,” Jutting said.

The players knew they played well, but with costly turnovers and some mistakes that’s all it takes to lose.

“I felt we created good opportunities.

I think just the few mistakes we made in the defensive KARAMBELAS zone hurt us. We got to win those little mistakes that will ultimately turn into goals,” said Hayes.

The second game of the series resulted in a tie, which usually teams have mixed feelings about. But after being down 5-1 in the middle of the second period, it was a hard-fought and well-deserved point for the

Mavericks.

“We thought we played well enough to win both nights, but obviously being down 5-1, at that point coming back is a good thing and we are going to take that as a positive going into next week,” said freshman forward Matt Leitner.

The Mavericks didn’t get off to the start they wanted.

After the Seawolves took the first period 2-1, with a goal by Leitner keeping the Mavericks in the game, the Seawolves went off. They scored three unanswered goals to start the second period to extend their lead to 5-1, making the crowd of 2,591 people at the Verizon Wireless Center very quiet.

But the Mavericks knew it wasn’t over. After freshman goalie Evan Karambelas came in to make his collegiate debut, the team seemed to turn it on.

“When he (Jutting) called my name, I definitely got a big adrenaline rush and I just wanted to go in there and do the best I could,” he said.

MSU slowly started to come back, scoring two power play goals before the end of the second period, one by Hayes and one by freshman forward JeanPaul Lafontaine to make it 5-3.

In the third period, the Mavericks inched back to a 5-4 deficit with Lafontaine scoring another goal at the 17:45 mark.

Nearing the end of regulation with the Mavericks still finding themselves down one, senior defenseman Joe Schiller would score his first goal of the season with a slap shot off Jokinen’s pass to tie the game at five.

After a scoreless overtime, that was the final score.

“When you are down 5-1 that early in a hockey game, especially with the adversity we have had, it would have been easy for the players to pack their bags,” Jutting said. “I am proud the way they stayed together, stuck together and kept working hard to get themselves a point out of the game.”

Women’s Basketball

Mavericks extend season-opening winning streak to four games TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer

Behind the usual double-double from junior forward Ali Wilkinson, the Mavericks pushed their seasonopening winning streak to four games, knocking off the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds 59-50 on Saturday.

Wilkinson led the team in points (12) and rebounds (13), but MSU did manage to spread out its scoring a little more than in previous games.

Two other players (Aubrey

Davis and Jamelia Hudnell) finished in double figures with 10 points apiece, and Jennie Noreen, Laura Weber and Jamie Bresnahan all finished one field goal short of double-digits with eight points apiece.

The Mavericks also shared the ball well, as Davis and Hudnell each dished out a team-high four assists, and four other Mavericks would record at least one assist in the game.

But UW-Eau Claire did put up a fight.

Senior guard Nicole Christian-

son led the Blugolds with a gamehigh 19 points, and 6’5” center Ellen Plendl finished with 13, proving to be a matchup nightmare.

While the offense was efficient and good enough to defeat UW-Eau Claire, a growing concern may be the team’s field goal percentage. The Mavericks finished 25-65 (38.5%) on Saturday, which

was consistent with their season average of 38.7 percent, good for 11th overall in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

As impressive as MSU’s 4-0 start is, the Mavericks have yet to go up against any NSIC-caliber teams. Fans are about to find out how good the team actually is pretty quickly though, as MSU

prepares to hit the road for an NSIC-opening road trip to Wayne, Nebraska on Friday and Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Saturday.

It’s been tough to tell how good the 2011-12 MSU women’s basketball team can actually be so far this season, but regardless of the level of competition, the 4-0 record is tough to ignore.

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