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The grey area Shaded or shady Alcohol use can complicate sexual grading? assault cases, leaving survivors Use of two grading scales afraid and lacking justice leaves students with

ELENA SHUFELT

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In the United States, one out of six women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, women in college are four times more likely to be sexually assaulted.

This has been brought to light recently at Minnesota State Mankato with the Oct. 10 and Nov. 7 reported sexual assaults in campus dormitories.

NBC’s Law and Order: Special Victims Unit recently aired its first episode focusing on sexual assault on college campuses.

The episode, “Grey,” centers on how the circumstances under which an assault took

place can become unclear, especially if alcohol is involved.

“I hope that it really brings the issue to the forefront that we need to talk about alcohol abuse on college campuses and its relationship to date rape,” said executive producer Neal Baer.

Though sexual assaults are fairly common on college campuses, he said often times they have been kept quiet by using disciplinary committees instead of getting outside police forces involved.

Baer said when alcohol is involved, people are sometimes less likely to report an assault. He said because the survivor may not remember the exact

circumstances or if he or she consented or not, he or she often decides not to report it.

Peer pressure can also be a factor, he said, because if a friend is somehow involved the survivor might not want to affect other relationships in his or her life because of the report.

“They’re afraid they’ll lose their friends. They’re afraid of what their friends will think of them, and we have to change that norm,” Baer said.

Women’s Center Violence Awareness and Response Coordinator Som Mongtin said people under 21 might not report a sexual assault if they were under the influence of alcohol because they fear the

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mixed feelings GRACE WEBB

staff writer

Shaded grading is the reason that a 91 percent will get students an A in one class and an A- in another.

Some professors use shaded grades, which include B+’s and C-’s, while others stick with the firm A-B-C-D-F scale.

According to the Minnesota State Mankato Registrar’s Office, roughly 470 professors use some sort of shading grading scale in their courses. There are benefits and detriments to both systems.

Professors who use shaded grades make the argument that shaded grades

better reflect the quality of students’ work. If a class has no shaded grades and a 90-100 percent is an A, a student who earns only a 92 percent will have the same grade on a transcript as a student who earned a 99 percent. Some professors say breaking the grades up more helps to show which students turned in better work.

“I shade grades because it gives a better indication of how well the student did in the course,” Gregory Taylor, who teaches Spanish courses at MSU, said. “There’s a big difference between 80 and 89.”

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Minnesota State Mankato Dining Services, run by Sodexo, is finding various ways to reduce food waste. Dining services started Trayless Tuesday last semester as a pilot program at Carkoski and Gage dining halls to prevent students from carrying too much food at a time and creating more waste.

The idea behind the program was to identify how much food waste there was when students use trays versus when student did not use trays.

“What we found was, on average, we went through about 11 more cans of garbage on days we had trays,” said

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Novak added that the size of a garbage can is 60 gallons and they usually weigh 55 pounds when they’re filled in.

For all of the 2010 spring semester, dining services had Trayless Tuesdays. In the end, the Resident Hall Association found most students decided to support the sustainable effort, so Trayless Tuesdays were made permanent.

In addition to reducing the food waste, Dining Services also discovered a drastic reduction in water waste because it didn’t have to use the dishwasher as much to wash the

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Honor and education A talent-filled Quilt display commemorates, panel discusses relevance to MSU evening MEGAN KADLEC

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Students showcased their passions for music and creative arts at Voice and Vision Nov. 23.

For the average student, Dec. 1 will be a regular day full of studying for final exams. However, for the LGBT Center, the day is one of education and honor. It is World AIDS Day and the Minnesota State Mankato LGBT Center and the Rural AIDS Action Network, or RAAN, will host a slew of events to both educate about HIV/AIDS and honor those who are diagnosed with or have died from HIV/AIDS. “It’s a good way to teach people about something that, quite frankly, has fallen off a lot of people’s radar,” said Jessica Flatequal, the director of the MSU LGBT Center.

The Centennial Student Union Ballroom will house the AIDS Memorial Quilt for display between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. today and tomorrow.

The quilt is a reminder of the AIDS pandemic. Fortyfour thousand individual 3x6 memorial panels have been sewn together by families, friends and lovers to commemorate the lives of people who have died of AIDS. Of the 44,000 panels, 16 will be on display in the ballroom this week. Only on photos by wale agboola

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Give Me Liberty and Give Me Death: Four Loko Ban Infringes On Our Constitutional Right (To Act Like Idiots)

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As of-age adults in this fine nation, we are endowed with certain inalienable rights, the most often-used of which may be the right to act like a complete idiot, given its being done in a way that doesn’t break any law.

From Custer’s last stand to Congressman Joe Wilson yelling out “You lie!” during a speech given by President Obama, outward idiocy has been well-displayed and rightly unpunished throughout America’s short history.

Yet today, much like a classmate’s indiscretion causing the whole field trip to be cut short, our journey riding shotgun with Four Loko on the road to non-sobriety may be coming to an end.

Alcopop, a designation for malt beverages with added flavoring (and surprisingly not a description of the music stylings of Lil’ Jon), is nothing new. Sparks had its moment in the sun with its labeling as “hipster crack.” The “Jager-bomb” is still a mixed-spirit favorite at Staten Island

family reunions and watering holes around the country. On Homecoming, I even partook in imbibing a product called Joose, primarily because its spelling is so EXTREME (read: stupid).

But it is Four Loko, mostly due to its slightly higher percentage of alcohol content than its counterparts, that’s become the scapegoat to legislators’ wishes to save us from ourselves.

Well I’m more than happy to inform you sanctimonious worriers of idiotic college students that we don’t need saving. Just because a few of us idiots were more idiotic than others and overdosed on the beverage does not make the beverage the reason for their deaths, their inability to make rational decisions and calculate the basic mathematics of their bodies is to be blamed.

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amount of Four Loko (or any alcoholic beverage or taking 21 shots on your birthday) is a bad idea, then you’re begging to be a nominee for next year’s Darwin Awards.

To quote Minnesota State Mankato student Zach Gronholz from the Reporter’s feature on Four Loko last week, “If someone is stupid enough to drink too much [Four Loko], that’s their fault.

They should know their limits.”

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Can you think of a better answer to poor college students’ prayers than a $2.50 drunk in a can?

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ASSAULT DNA and fingerprint evidence often rare, alcohol can make witnesses appear unreliable

SODEXO Some say Trayless Tuesdays cause more mess than it’s worth

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consequences of being underage. That should not be the case, she said, because if they were sexually assaulted that would be the focus, not the drinking.

Assistant County Attorney Mike Hanson said sexual assaults are the most underreported crimes, with an estimated 10 percent reported. In 2009, there were only eight cases where someone was charged with criminal sexual conduct in Blue Earth County, though a higher number of assaults were reported.

Hanson said if the victim was under the influence of alcohol during the assault, it can make a case more difficult to prove because his or her memory might be affected, and a defense attorney could use that against the victim. He said while in some cases the influence of alcohol can make the victim appear unreliable, it can sometimes show that the victim was taken advantage of by the attacker. In any case, a sexual assault can be hard to prosecute because usually the only witnesses are the victim and the attacker.

“It’s not like it is on

television where they always have DNA,” Hanson said.

“It’s fairly rare that we have any type of DNA or fingerprints to assist us in prosecuting these types of cases.”

Mongtin said students should remember that they can report sexual assaults to many people, including the Women’s Center, security, a professor and police.

She also said the number of assaults is not so much a security issue as it is a lack of education, since the best way to prevent assaults from occurring is through teaching the perpetrators what is considered sexual assault and when they need to stop.

At MSU, the Women’s Center is notified when a sexual assault occurs on campus. Mongtin said the center wants to provide a safe place for survivors to share their feelings, learn what their legal options are and get information about counseling.

The center’s goal is not for survivors to report crimes, but for them to have all the information to make a decision about what the next step to take is.

“I let them know that there are lots of resources and my door will always be open for them,” Mongtin said. “I don’t expect them to make a decision right away or to come back within a week to make a decision. It might take a few months.”

To educate students about sexual violence, the center helped create the group Peer Educators Acting for Change and Equality, which visits classrooms to act out scenarios to show what abuse looks like and how people can intervene to prevent it.

The scenarios are often in a party setting to show students what kinds of things to watch for that they might not think is connected to rape or abuse. It also teaches students what consent is and the appropriate way to get it. If consent is not given verbally, a possible sexual assault could be committed without the perpetrator realizing it until it is over.

“It [getting consent] doesn’t have to be a mood killer,” Mongtin said. “The mood killer is if you found out you raped a person.”

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trays.

Stopwastingfood.org is a website Sodexo promotes, and the company has put up posters on campus to show the difference in how long it takes to make food versus the seconds it takes to throw it away.

The company also placed those posters in the resident dining halls to raise awareness.

“When people are there putting their dishes away — half of the dishes full of food — maybe they’ll think about that,” Novak said. “We have those posters up there to raise awareness, so the students may just take one plate at a time instead of taking two or three plates at a time.”

Campus Kitchen also gets the Dining Services’ accessed foods.

Both the Residence Hall Association and students help make the choice work with Campus Kitchen to save money and feed more families in the community.

However, dining services has received complaints from students as well.

Benjamin Brooks, who was an RHA member, voted against Trayless Tuesdays, while the majority of his group supported the idea.

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said. “A lot of people have this weird idea that the trays cause more waste because they need to wash the trays. What happened was people dropped their plates more. They try to hold more than they can hold with two hands. It just makes more mess. I really wish they would bring the trays back.”

Brooks actually talked to the manager once, but nothing has changed.

“It’s disappointing, but just gotta deal with it,” he said.

“There’s always going to be someone out there that is unhappy,” Novak said. “We can’t please everybody. But it’s our job to make sure we tell them why we made this change and continue to raise awareness about sustainability.”

Dining Services also replaced Styrofoam containers with compostable papers in Retail Areas in the Centennial Student Union, Wissink Hall and Myers Field Market Place.

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and disadvantages to both systems. Students can feel cheated when 90 percent work earns the same grade as perfect 100 percent work.

On the other hand, if some professors use shaded grades and some don’t, a student who received an Ain a course that uses shaded grading could have to compete with a student who had an A from another class that didn’t use the shaded grading. Both students could have earned a 92 percent overall, but one will receive an A while another might get an A-. This doesn’t always seem like a fair comparison either.

MSU students have mixed feelings over which way is better.

“I like unshaded grading somewhat because it helps me keep my GPA up,” said Daniel Bonnell, a junior majoring in urban planning.

“On the other hand, it can

be a bad thing; if I’m at 89 percent in a class, I’d much rather have a B+ than a B. I like shaded grading because it reflects the work you put into a class better.”

Sophomore Erika Koenig said she likes unshaded grading as well.

“It allows the student to receive the grade that they deserve in their class,” she said.

She did say, however, that she feels shaded grading is a better representation of a student’s performance, though she said she thinks students are more likely to slack off with shaded grading because the grade drop isn’t so significant for missed assignments.

MSU freshman Kirsten Shemon has the complete opposite viewpoint.

“I think teachers should use A+’s and B-’s,” she said.

“We [students] would make the effort more... to reach

for the next step rather than looking at it as, ‘I have an entire letter grade to go.’ If you see you’re at a B, you can take the initiative and say, ‘I would like to move my grade up to a B+.’ It’s like a little booster.”

Taylor said he wasn’t sure how shaded and unshaded grading affects students’ GPAs. “If the shading figures into their GPA, I suppose it would be a disadvantage to them,” he said. “On the other hand, it might encourage them not to be satisfied with their grade if it’s, say, a B-, and work harder in the course to get a B or a B+.”

“Teachers who are stricter may use unshaded grading, [while] teachers who are more lenient use shaded grading,” Koenig said. “I believe it depends on the class and the teacher’s method of teaching.”

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rare occasions has the entire quilt been displayed. Though the quilt may be incomplete at MSU, Flatequal hopes it will affect students in a big way.

“We were looking to do something special this year, and this program is really a poignant and memorable way to memorialize some of the folks who have passed away, but also to show the important activism surrounding the epidemic,” she said.

Jim Chalgren, who founded the LGBT Center as a student in 1977, will have his portion of the quilt on display for the MSU community. Chalgren was influential in the MSU community and passed away from AIDS in 2000.

Today there will be an HIV/AIDS Informational Panel at 7 p.m. in the ballroom. The panel will consist of advocates, medical

experts and community members with some relation to HIV/AIDS. The session will be a chance to educate and engage in dialogue with the MSU community.

“I hope they walk away with a renewed sense of the [fact that] people’s lives are affected by HIV every day and that this is something that is still relevant today,” Flatequal said.

CSU 283 will be the site for free and anonymous HIV testing, provided by RAAN, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday. Appointments can be made by calling 1-800-966-9735. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Whether a student gets tested for HIV, visits the AIDS Memorial Quilt or attends an informational panel, there are many ways to participate in World AIDS Day across the MSU Campus.

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Obama proposes salary freeze WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year freeze of the salaries of some 2 million federal workers, trying to seize the deficit-cutting initiative from Republicans with a sudden, dramatic stroke. Though signaling White House concern over record deficits, the freeze would make only a tiny dent in annual deficits or the nation’s $14 trillion debt.

“Small businesses and families are tightening their belts,” Obama said in brief remarks at the White House.

“The government should, too.”

The administration said the plan was designed to save more than $5 billion over the first two years.

The proposal, which must be approved by Congress, would not apply to the military, but it would affect all others on the Executive Branch payroll. It would not affect members of Congress or their staffs, defense contractors, postal workers or federal court judges and workers.

Obama’s move was an attempt

to get in front of Republican plans to slash federal pay and the workforce next year, when they will flex more legislative muscle than now. It came a day ahead of Obama’s meeting at the White House with both Republicans and Democratic leaders — his first with Republicans since the midterm elections — and two days before the deadline for recommendations by his deficitreduction commission.

The president said the economy and federal spending were at the top of the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, one he said he hoped “will mark a first step towards a new and productive working relationship” between the two parties. Because of GOP midterm gains, “we now have a shared responsibility to deliver for the American people on the issues that define not only these times but our future,” Obama said.

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, on track to become House speaker in January, said he was pleased with the president’s announcement.

Concerns about North Korean activities heighten U.N. studies revelations of uranium enrichment plant

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is studying how to respond to revelations about a new uranium enrichment plant in North Korea, as well as the country’s shelling of a populated island in neighboring South Korea, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Monday.

Rice spoke after the powerful 15-member group held routine consultations on U.N. sanctions against communist-led North Korea. The United States is one of the council’s five permanent, and most powerful, members.

She said the that council’s concerns about North Korea’s nuclear activities have been heightened by its attack last week on Yeonpyeong, an island under U.N. command and administered by South Korea.

Two South Korean marines and two civilians were killed in the shelling.

Rice said the U.S. and other council members were holding consultations with China, another permanent member of the council, and other countries in the region.

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“We continue to call on North Korea to cease its irresponsible actions against its neighbors, to fully abide by the terms of the armistice, and to adhere to its international obligations,” said Rice. “We will continue to work with the international community to maintain peace and security in this region as we simultaneously confront the threat posed by

North Korea’s ongoing nuclear activities.”

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WikiLeaks documents urge U.S to attack Iran Saudi Arabian king says nuclear program must be destroyed

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister said Monday that newly leaked U.S. diplomatic memos provide clear proof that the Arab world agrees with his country’s assessment that Iran is the chief danger to the Middle East.

According to the documents released Sunday by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia repeatedly urged the United States to attack Iran to destroy its nuclear program.

The king was one of several Arab voices in the documents calling for tough action against Iran — prompting accusations from the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that the leak was intended to stir “mischief.”

“We don’t give any value to these documents,” Ahmadinejad told a news conference in Tehran. “Iran and regional states are friends. Such acts of mischief have no impact on relations between nations.”

Ahmadinejad alleged the leaks were an “organized” effort by the U.S. to stir trouble between Iran and Arab neighbors, but he insisted the effort would fail.

Arab nations just across the Persian Gulf are known to be wary of Iran’s rising regional influence, military power and nuclear activity. The leaked documents, however, reveal a much higher degree of alarm in the calls for U.S. military action.

The U.S. has helped several Arab nations in the Gulf increase their anti-missile defenses and itself has a naval presence in the region.

After condemning the leak, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the deep concerns about Iran among Arab leaders reflect the reality.

“It should not be a surprise to anyone that Iran is a great concern,” she told reporters at the State Department, adding that the comments reported in the documents “confirm the fact that Iran poses a very serious threat in the eyes of her neighbors.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran is the greatest danger to the region. In Tel Aviv, he said the released documents proved that Israel and moderate Arab countries have far more in common than they publicly acknowledge.

“The greatest threat to world peace stems from the arming of the regime in Iran. More

and more states, governments and leaders in the Middle East and in far reaches of the world understand this is a fundamental threat,” Netanyahu told a news conference.

He also suggested that a unified front against Iran could reshape the region. If “leaders will say in public what they say in private there might be a breakthrough,” he said.

“Leaders should be ready to tell their people the truth.”

The release of the documents could be embarrassing to Arab nations wary of being seen as too close to America.

Among the most damaging revelations came from the Saudi king, who urged the United States to attack Iran to wipe out its alleged nuclear weapons program.

The documents also said officials in Jordan and Bahrain have openly called for Iran’s

nuclear program to be stopped by any means and that leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt referred to Iran as “evil,” an “existential threat” and a power that “is going to take us to war.”

The blunt language will likely heighten tensions in the Middle East, said Eugene Rogan, the director of the Middle East Center at St. Antony’s College in Oxford.

“It is a little shocking, that they are encouraging America to take military action.

That will cause bad feelings between the Iranians and Saudis,” he said. “There will be repercussions.”

The release of the hundreds of thousands of State Department documents has had explosive consequences, prompting governments around the world to ask whether the United States could be trusted.

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Protest leads to riot in Egypt

Fueled by rumors that ruling party committed fraud in parliamentary elections ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Protesters set fire to cars, tires and two polling stations, clashing with police firing tear gas in riots that erupted around Egypt on Monday over allegations the ruling party carried out widespread fraud to sweep parliamentary elections.

The country’s most powerful opposition movement, the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, acknowledged that its lawmakers may be all but completely swept out of parliament by what it and other called rampant rigging.

That’s a significant blow to the group, which held 88 seats — a fifth — of the outgoing parliament, and it is widely believed that it was the government goal to drive out its only real rival’s lawmakers.

The election showed the Brotherhood’s limited options after repeated crackdowns in past years — including the arrest of some 1,400 of its activists in the weeks ahead of the vote.

Brotherhood figures admitted they could do little to stop vote rigging, fearing that protests could make their movement appear violent and bring a harsher crackdown amid uncertain political times.

internet photo The Islamic fundamentalist Msulim Brotherhood acknowledged that the elections were rigged.

“We were very restrained and were given instructions from up top to be extremely restrained,” said Sobhi Saleh, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria. “We want to show the world that we are not thugs, we will not resort to violence.”

Sunday’s parliamentary vote was overshadowed by a presidential election set for next year, which is clouded in uncertainty because the man who has ruled Egypt for nearly three decades, 82-year-old President Hosni Mubarak, has had health issues and underwent surgery earlier this year. Many

believe Mubarak is positioning his son, Gamal, to succeed him, but there is widespread public opposition to any “inheritance” of power.

Saleh said the Brotherhood was hoping that over the long term the rigging would discredit the ruling National Democratic Party in the public eye and draw people to the movement.

“We have a vision. There is no doubt we will have a new president in the next two years at least. Either Hosni who is ill, or his son — who is disliked,” he said. “When I lose seats this time, I will gain sympathy on the street. People know these elections were rigged.”

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

New Picasso work discovered in garage Heirs claim it was theft

PARIS (AP) — Pablo Picasso almost never stopped creating, leaving thousands of drawings, paintings and sculptures that lure crowds to museums and mansions worldwide. Now, a retired electrician says that 271 of the master’s creations have been sitting for decades in his garage.

Picasso’s heirs are claiming theft, the art world is savoring what appears to be an authentic find, and the workman, who installed burglar alarms for Picasso, is defending what he calls a gift from the most renowned artist of the 20th century.

Picasso’s son and other heirs say they were approached by electrician Pierre Le Guennec in September to authenticate the undocumented art from Picasso’s signature Cubist period.

Instead, they filed a suit for illegal possession of the works — all but alleging theft by a man not known to be among the artist’s friends.

Police raided the electrician’s French Riviera home last month, questioned him and his wife and confiscated the disputed artworks.

Le Guennec and his wife

say Picasso’s second wife gave them a trunk full of art that they kept virtually untouched until they decided to put their affairs in order for their children. The Picasso estate describes that account as ridiculous.

“When Picasso made just a little drawing on a metro ticket, he would keep it,” said JeanJacques Neuer, a lawyer for Picasso’s estate. “To think he could have given 271 works of art to somebody who isn’t even known among his friends is of course absurd.”

The pieces, which include lithographs, portraits, a watercolor and sketches, were created between 1900 and 1932, an intensely creative period for Picasso after he moved from Barcelona to Paris.

Among them are a richly colored hand study; a sketch of his first wife, Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova, resting an elbow in a seated pose; and a collage of a pipe and bottle.

The collage and eight others in the stash are worth 40 million euros on their own, Picasso’s estate says. All of the art is now held by the French agency charged with battling illegal traffic in cultural items.

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door-busting deals to drive consumers towards their stores as consumers push the stores to their limits for better sales.

The retailers try their best to extract the most out of recession-stricken customers.

The efforts of most retailers have resulted in longer lines outside flocked to department stores stores, more customers and more money spent across the country, searching for both in-store and online this year, according to the New York Times.

The Wall Street Journal online as opposed to increase of 12 percent “Some stores in in-store in the coming from last year. the [River Hills] mall years. While more Another branch of opened at midnight and more tech-savvy e-commerce which which is earlier than INCREASE IN MOBILE consumers embrace the showed a massive usual, and even more increase was mobile ridiculous,” said Sarah merging of marketing SHOPPERS THIS YEAR shopping. According to and technology, it is safe *According to ShopperTrak.com Thomson, an MSU ShopperTrak, 5.6 percent to assume that it will junior who works for a of people logged onto popular retail store. take more than a cell a shopping site using Even though the phone to stop old-school and ShopperTrak, a after the death of a a mobile device, an in-store sales during consumers from camping data analyst to retailers, WalMart employee in impressive 26.7 percent this Black Friday show in the freezing weather. said the total amount 2008. Opinions of Black somewhat of an increase, increase from last year. of Black Friday sales Friday may vary from Looking at these online sales show made this year add to “gross” to “disgusting” statistics and the tremendous growth. more than $10 billion. to “absolutely icky,” Almost all in-store door- current trends of online The increase from last as some Minnesota marketing, one could buster deals could be year was recorded by State Mankato students expect retailers across found online at most ShopperTrak as a mere expressed, but the the country to focus sites including J.C. economic phenomenon is 0.3 percent growth. The more on making a profit Penney, Best Buy and total amount spent this something both retailers Radioshack. Analysts year, however, was a and consumers can’t HUGE SALES! believe the reason for record, according to the afford to ignore. this is the increasing WSJ as many popular Recent years have popularity of online proven that Black Friday retailers chose to have earlier and longer-lasting shopping. In an article is a day of maximized published in the WSJ, deals. Some stores even profits for most chain TOTAL BLACK FRIDAY I.B.M’s Coremetrics chose to open early stores. Each year, SALES said the average online competing retailers come in efforts to attract *According to the Wall Street Journal sale was nearly $200, an shoppers. up with more and more Black Friday, one of America’s biggest celebrations of capitalism, may not be the most joyous of celebrations from a consumer perspective.

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Making a splash in progressive literature Feminist columns give readers fresh ideas of equality MELISSA ZINS

MSU graduate student, the zine is “anti-oppressive.”

“It is a place for people Four Minnesota State who have social justiceMankato graduate students oriented ideas or thoughts to are making ripples in the express what ever they would waters of oppression and like,” said Reynolds. social injustice with their The feminist print attempts feminist zine, “Making to bring to light issues that Waves: A Feminist reach beyond oppression of Collective.” The zine started women and supports justice as an assignment for Jeni for all who feel oppressed.

Haddad, Justine Johnson, “If someone wants to speak Sophie Reynolds and Laura on something, this is the place Schultz and blossomed into to do it. Critical thinking, much more. asking questions and wanting The zine is a culmination to know why things are the of poems, academic writings, way they are,” said Johnson. drawings, paintings and other The zine challenges people creative pieces that bring a to look beyond prejudice voice to the voiceless and and support equality for all provide a social outlet for people. those who want to be heard.

“Making Waves” is not According to Reynolds, an exclusively reserved for MSU students. It is also open for submissions from the Mankato community.

It accepts creative pieces from individuals of any age, gender, race or background.

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Everyone is welcome to submit their work for the zine or even get involved with the group and find a warm environment with people who are eager to listen and help.

Although feminism has had its struggles with those who don’t understand its movement and values, feminists continue to thrive and send out their message with “Making Waves” in Mankato.

“We feel like there is a misunderstanding of what feminism is. These stereotypes of bra-burning, hairy, man-hating women who just want to be surrounded by people just like us, who think

just like us, are completely untrue,” said Reynolds.

“Feminism is just working for equality, diversity and respectfulness for all people regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation or age.

There are so many different components to it.”

Every semester, “Making Waves” has a release event in the Centennial Student Union to build support and celebrate each new issue. They publish one issue per semester.

What Haddad, Johnson, Reynolds and Schultz hope for the future is for students and faculty to continue working on the publication after they graduate. They started with 12 submissions from students

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and a few members from the community, and the number of submissions is growing. Their zine is making its presence known, not only on campus, but around town as well. They are proud of the issues they have published to date.

“You feel very accomplished, and very fulfilled,” said Reynolds.

Although the release event for this semester’s issue has passed, there is always spring semester to look forward to a new issue. .

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Open studies major gives students options Students have opportunity to study fields ‘out of fashion’ ABBY HOLST

staff writer

Ever get the feeling you don’t know what you’re doing here? What if there was a way you could end all the laborious searching and create any major you wanted right here at Minnesota State Mankato?

The dream is real, friends.

A Bachelor of Science degree in open studies (a “create your own major” of sorts) consists of 45 credits with three selected areas of emphasis and no minor required. The program wasn’t encouraged as much a few years ago, and it’s still not an easy or quick fixStudents should come in with a plan and have a sensible idea of what they want. Student relations coordinator Connie Miller can help put together an outline before the proposal goes through a required approval process.

“I think students would be surprised to find all the people here to help them get what you want,” Miller said.

Ashley Liddell, a sophomore, explained that she is undecided because none of the majors here really interest her, but she doesn’t want to transfer. After learning about the open studies option, she seemed more confident about her education.

“I like the fact I can be specific about what I want to

do and major in something I can use instead of taking pointless classes,” Liddell said.

Miller says open studies students are usually few, and must be self-motivated.

She says the major offers them mobility, but in the end it comes down to how the student markets themselves in the job world ahead.

With more than 140 undergraduate programs at MSU, some students still have trouble finding the right fit.

One degree missing is a fashion major. Although MSU did have a fashion program roughly 10 years ago, it was cut due to budget restraints. Don’t rule it out just yet. Jill Conlon, department chair of family consumer science, says there are opportunities for students interested in fashion design and marketing currently on campus.

“There are some people with an innate passion here,” said Conlan. “I think we could work with more than we do.”

Conlon observed an ambitious student several years ago at MSU who combined business, art, and family consumer science classes to create her own “fashion design” major. Classes exist within the family and consumer science department that students may not know about which could help towards a degree in fashion. Textiles and

clothing construction, taught

by Conlon herself, allows students to get hands-on and learn a lifelong, beneficial skill: sewing.

“It’s not to make you the perfect housewife making clothes for your kids,” Conlan said. “It’s giving students the knowledge to further their futures in this business.”

Conlan says the fashion world is very competitive, risky and detailed. One shouldn’t go into it merely based on the thought, “I like shopping!” but instead with a business mindset in addition to the creative aspect.

Conlon herself majored in clothing, textiles and design at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and earned her Ph.D. at Iowa State, two schools in the Midwest she says have outstanding fashion programs. Yet, as Liddell and Miller point out, transferring to one of these schools is not the only option. Classes can be combined from any three areas of study to correlate to interests and career goals.

Although nursing and business programs are the strongest at MSU, Miller says students should not shy away from a major in arts and humanities.

Some other courses offered include clothing and people, which focuses on quality and the consumer, and clothing and cultures, which studies why people

wear what they do according to their society’s values. International students at MSU have volunteered to speak to the classes throughout the years to give a firsthand perspective on their own culture’s fads and faux pas, an event Conlon says is great for the students. Conlon made it clear they let anyone into the class who is interested, and the fact that some of the courses are 300-level should not be daunting.

Recently, Conlon has seen an increased interest from students in sewing classes, which she says comes from influences such as “Project Runway,” the online craft

store Etsy, the current recycling trend and design shows on HGTV and the desire for personalization. Classes are full, but there isn’t an overriding interest for a fashion major at MSU, which would require additional faculty.

“Fashion can also be, not only a career, but a creative outlet,” Conlon said. “I think we all need that.”

Conlon, whose passion has always been sewing, says she is also here to help any students interested.

“It’s really exciting to be able to spark that same passion in somebody else,” she said.

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Kanye takes one step back, two steps forward TIM GAGNE

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Kanye West proclaims “I fantasized about this back in Chicago” in opening track “Dark Fantasty,” and it seems that West’s fifth studio album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” has endured his journey from fantasy to fruition. “MBDTF” is exactly what fans of West have been waiting for.

West’s previous record, “808s and Heartbreak,” was muddled with the use of AutoTune and synth-pop, but he has shaken the shtick from his music and is again focusing on what makes him so unique, his innate lyrical wit and his ability to compose music.

The track “Runaway,” is an ideal example of West’s ability to blend and twist musical standards to create something special. The stinging piano accompanied by the startlingly naked beat serves as the perfect balance to West’s cautionary tale of his self-deprecating ways.

With “Hell of a Life,” West shows his sampling skills through the use of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” to create a staggeringly good beat and hook in his

confession of love to a porn star. West’s pace and tempo throughout “MBDTF” is exceptional as always. “Hell of a life,” along with “Lost In The World,” are prime examples of the talent that West possesses.

The album features a variety of contributing artists.

“Monster,” a thumping battle featuring West, Jay Z and Rick Ross, has its spotlight stolen by new-comer Nicki Minaj, who has impeccable flow and proves that she can hang with the big boys.

The ever-talented John Legend provides the hook for “Blame Game,” a moody track which has West boasting about how he is better than a past relationship. With pounding drums and blaring horns, Rihanna once again joins West in “All of the Lights,” where West tells a tale of abuse and redemption in order to save his daughter “from that ghetto university.”

An exceptional album, only twice does it become lengthy and unnecessary.

Chris Rock joins West at the end of “Blame Game” for a not-so-funny tale of how West taught a girl everything she knows in the bedroom. The skit goes on for too long and

ends up taking away from the song. In the same sense, the talk box at the end of “Runaway” is unwelcomingly lengthy. While talk box can be effective in small doses, the three minute solo is a low point on the album. However, the flaws are minuscule in the overall grandeur of the album which continually produces hit after hit.

West has always claimed to be one of the best in the rap game, and with “MBDTF” being an ambitious collection of crazy-good beats and smart lyrics, it may be hard to argue against him.

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After losing last season to an injury, senior guard Andrea Walsh looks to put the Mavericks in the same position they were in when they won it all in ‘09 TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer

Better than perhaps anybody else, senior point guard Andrea Walsh understands the sort of identity crises facing the Minnesota State Mankato women’s basketball team.

Two years ago, fans watched the Mavericks make an improbable run through the NCAA tournament and claim the program’s first-ever NCAA Championship. Walsh was there, running the show as a starting guard.

“It was a dream come true — something every athlete can only dream about,” said Walsh, who started all 34 games in 2008-2009 and ended the season at sixth in the nation with a 2.34 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Fans and coaches alike looked to her as an expected

leader in 2009-2010, but before the season even started, the reigning champs were dealt a serious blow when Walsh — one of the most efficient guards in Division II — was declared out for the season with a back injury.

Despite their success the season before, the Mavericks dropped from the ranks of the contenders last season, ending the season barely above .500 (15-13) and losing to perennial-threat Concordia-St. Paul in the opening round of the NSIC Tournament.

Gone were the likes of NCAA Elite Eight Tournament team members Heather Johnson, Joanne Noreen and Alex Andrews — the heart and soul of the previous season’s championship team.

Key returners like gritty

point guard Tiffany Moe and scoring machine Liz Trauger did what they could, but in the end, the Mavericks looked nothing like the dominant force they were the year before. Walsh was there, watching from the bench.

“I felt like it made me understand the game a little better,” said Walsh “It made me realize your favorite thing in life could be taken away at any moment so don’t take it for granted.”

After seeing both success and disappointment over the last two seasons, the Mavericks face a turning point this season. With the hangover from the National Championship behind them — Andrea Walsh — the lone starter remaining from 2008-2009 — will be forced into a critical

leadership role that may have implications on the future of the program.

“It’s a new role for me, something I’m still getting use to,” said Walsh. “I have more of a silent leadership style, but I am told I need to be more vocal.”

Whether or not she’s ready as starting point guard and the only senior on the roster, this year, it’s Walsh’s team.

“We want to be better than a .500 team, win the conference and make it to regionals,” said Walsh of the team’s goals for the season.

Despite inconsistent play so far this season, including a big win against California (PA) and a disappointing loss to UW Eau Claire, the Mavericks have turned enough heads already to garner the 25th overall ranking

in the USA Today/ESPN Division II Coaches Poll.

So far it seems Walsh’s impact has been felt. Team scoring has been spread out, with sophomore forward Ali Wilkinson’s 11.8 points per game average the highest on the team. The Mavericks are getting more than five points per game from eight different players as Walsh has picked up where she left off, spreading the wealth with an eyepopping 3.60 assist-to-turnover ratio already this season.

With freshmen and sophomores making up 12 of the 17 players on the roster, it’s up to Walsh to bridge the gap between present and past. This year, it’s up to the Mavericks to prove they’re ready to let go of the past and move forward as a program.

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Women’s hockey

Mavericks swept for second straight weekend Things were looking up two weeks ago as the Mavericks were coming off two straight sweeps, but the last two weeks couldn’t have been worse for women’s hockey LEE HANDEL

staff writer

The Minnesota State Mankato women’s hockey team was happy to depart Detroit on Saturday after coming up empty in two non-conference games against Wayne State over the weekend.

Despite entering the series looking like the favorite, the Mavericks were blanked by the Warriors 6-0 on Friday and 1-0 on Saturday.

Wayne State entered the weekend 5-6 overall and 1-3-0-0 in College Hockey America play, facing competition that is not believed to be as good as what the Mavericks see week after week in the WCHA. Although none of the current Mavericks had ever faced the Warriors, the program had its fair share of success against Wayne in the past, going 102-0. That being said, the MSU offense did not show up in Michigan, which led to two disappointing defeats.

Things couldn’t have started out any worse for the Mavericks in Friday’s contest, as the Warriors took control early by racing out to a quick 3-0 lead before the end of the first period. Unlike MSU, Wayne State was finding many different ways to score on the Mavericks, scoring its first goal on the power play, second

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off a Maverick turnover and third at even strength.

Despite the early deficit, the Mavericks continued to get quality scoring opportunities the rest of the way but did not turn any of them into goals. The Warriors — despite getting outshot 31-22 in the game — managed to capitalize whenever they were given the chance and scored three more times in the second period to ice the 6-0 shutout. The Mavericks did defend the power play well, only allowing one power play goal despite giving the Warriors the man-advantage eight times.

“We killed penalties very well,” said head coach Eric Means. “I never looked out onto the ice and thought they were outplaying us.”

Junior goaltender Alli Altmann struggled in net for the Mavericks, but did make 15 saves. The bigger story in the game was the play of Wayne State netminder Delayne Brian, who turned away 31 Maverick shots in earning the shutout.

“She anticipated plays well and was on all of our angles the entire game,” Means said.

The Mavericks came out firing early in Saturday’s game, but still could not find the back of the net. Although the scoreboard read all zeros after two periods, MSU had dominated play. Despite outshooting the Warriors 31-13 through the first 40 minutes, the Mavericks had nothing to show for it.

Things got even worse 13 seconds into the third period when Wayne State scored the go-ahead goal on a rebound. With Brian in net, the Mavericks knew they were in trouble, and didn’t muster a goal yet again in another shutout loss to the Warriors, this time 1-0. Brian stopped 36 shots in capping off a masterful weekend in net for Wayne State.

“Our inability to score was

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the difference,” said up with 22 saves and Means. “For the most only one goal alpart, we got the shots lowed.

“I think having we wanted. It has just the pressure to not been feast or famine have two bad games for us this season and in a row helped me we have been all over bounce back,” said the board offensively.”

Altmann. “I just Even though the wanted to redeem team failed to win a Alli Altmann myself and it means a game in Michigan, lot that coach gave me Altmann was able another chance.” to bounce back in net on The Mavericks (6-8-1, Saturday after surrendering 5-7-0-0) host Robert Morris six goals the previous night. in non-conference action this Coach Means decided to give weekend at All Seasons Arena. her another chance against the Warriors, and Altmann stepped

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POSITION BREAKDOWN

Men’s hockey

MSU earns big non-conference sweep

GUARDS

Noreen

Noreen has gotten off to a slow start this season, averaging just 6.8 ppg compared to last season’s 11.8. Don’t expect this to last much longer. Noreen is an above-average shooter who can score at will when driving to the basket. Walsh is the team’s best ball-handler and her turnovers will be minimal.

She will have a huge impact on this team.

PAT DELANEY

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Walsh

POSTS

Weber

After two seasons behind both Alex Andrews and Liz Trauger, it appears as if Weber is feeling more comfortable. Wilkinson leads all MSU scorers with 11.8 ppg along with eight rebounds. This doubledouble threat is only a sophomore. Expect these numbers to grow.

Wilkinson

X FACTORS

Barber

Barber is a 3-point machine. Her freshman year, she was 50% from the line. If she gets hot, watch out. Having drivers like Walsh and Noreen should help Barber. Thiesfeld has started all four games this season and is 41% from the 3-point line. With her or Barber in the game, defenders better be ready to defend the line.

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PREDICTION: Losing point guard Tiffany Moe will hurt the Mavericks, but expect Walsh to pick up the slack. She’s never been a scorer, but on a team with Noreen, Barber and Wilkinson, she might not need to. If head coach Pam Gohl and the Mavericks can get other teams to respect their post game, expect their shooters to thrive. MSU is predicted to take eighth in the NSIC. This is a younger team, but with the experience of Walsh, Noreen and Barber (all on the 2008-09 National Championship team), expect them to place in the top-5.

The Minnesota State men’s hockey team had a lot to be thankful for as they headed home after a successful weekend on the road.

Winless in their last five games, which included two frustrating sweeps, the Mavericks found themselves on the winning end in both games against Mass-Lowell.

After a much-needed week off from playing, the Mavericks went on the road and got a convincing 8-3 victory Friday night. They followed that up with another impressive effort Saturday, winning 3-2. The rest seemed to pay-off for the Mavericks after appearing to be getting worn down by the constant travel.

“It was definitely perfect timing,” said senior defenseman Ben Youds. “Being on the road for a month and a week is not easy — especially with the buildings we were going into.”

The 11 goals scored over the weekend tied the amount MSU had scored and its three previous series combined. The Mavericks had been frustrated all season with their lack of ability to find the back of the net but Youds said he knew things would start to change.

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“You could see in practice that we were started to score goals,” Youds said. “We just need to make sure we’re doing the same thing in the games that we do in practice.”

The Mavericks were able to benefit from having senior forward Ryan Galiardi back on the ice after missing much of the road trip with a lower-body injury.

Galiardi scored his first two goals of the season Friday and added an assist as well.

The Mavericks also got a huge contribution from junior forward Justin Jokinen who scored his first career hat-trick and the first for MSU since Nov. 20, 2009.

“It feels really good,” said Jokinen. “ I didn’t expect it going out there but I thought all our guys played really well. We just gotta keep shooting the puck like that and good things will happen.”

The Mavericks will have a great opportunity to build on the momentum they started last week-

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A couple more good series will add some new life to the Mavericks as they head into the second half of the season.

“We still have plenty of games left,” said Youds. “We’re just taking it a day at a time and making sure we’re getting better.”

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KYLE RATKE

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Dear Derek Jeter, You’ve been great over the last 15 years or so, we’ve all loved you.

Since 1995, you’ve hit over .300 11 times, stolen over 320 bases and had over 1,100 RBIs. You’ve won the Rookie of the Year, been selected to the All-Star team 11 times and have had countless teenage girls in the New York area wonder how you’re still “single” after all these years.

(Well played, though. Seriously, who’s lived a better life than you over these last 15 years? You’re a great baseball player, well-respected and can and have gotten any female you’ve wanted to. My life seems depressing after typing that.)

You have five rings and have made $205 million in your career (just on the field).

You think you’ve given New York everything — and to be honest, you’ve given them/ us quite a bit. The only person I can think of that’s given more is perhaps yellow taxi cabs, or Carson Daly on the old school TRL. You’ve gone above and beyond the call. You’ve had a great career, everyone seems to love you and better yet, just when it looked like Nomar Garciapara was going to sneak up on you and become the best shortstop in the league in ‘98, You decided to say, “Eff this shit” and went on to win the World Series in 98, 99 and 2000.

Not too shabby, Jeter.

Your contract is up and you deserve to get paid, right? Why is everyone all of the sudden calling you selfish and greedy?

What happened to being the poster child and having everyone wish they were you? (not because of baseball, but because of Minka Kelly.)

I’ll tell you what happened.

You could have gone in two different directions with this new contract. You could’ve asked for a cheaper, or discounted price, being it’s with the team that gave you all your opportunities. Everyone knows you’re an aging shortstop that hit .270 last season. You’re not exactly a “hot commodity.”

The Yankees have offered you a three-year, $45 million contract.

Fair, right?

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An open letter to Derek Jeter — and why he might be going crazy million per year? Are you on crack? Were you, Stephon Marbury and Isaiah Thomas friends when they were in New York? This is crazy talk.

Let’s go through the facts: You are a 36-year old shortstop that is coming off of your worst season ever, hitting .270 with 10 home runs and grounded into 22 double plays.

But you got better in the playoffs? Nope. You hit .231 against Texas and had just one RBI in nine combined games against the Twins and the Rangers.

Your defense is aboveaverage, but guess what? Omar Vizquel has been a stud fielder since ‘89. The highest he’s gotten paid was $6 million back in 2004 and he was 37.

Weird thing is he hit .297 the year before...

You’re asking for Alex Rodriguez money right now. And guess what? Not even Alex Rodriguez was worth Alex Rodriguez money! I should know.

The one thing you need to realize, Mr. Jeter, is that this is a business. It’s not like the Yankees are snubbing you here

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“So you’re telling me being loyal and ridiculously good-looking doesn’t ensure me $24 million per year?! Outrageous!”

or just traded you to the fucking Pirates. They are prepared to pay more money than you are worth, so deal with it.

Don’t be that guy that ended his career with a shitty team because he was too selfish with his old one. You’ll look like a d-bag.

You have a chance to make $12 million a year to be a team icon, start for another year or two with your age and you will still be with Minka Kelly?

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