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A picture is worth... a nice display? Kearney International Center hosts photo contest

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first place winners in each category will receive a prize. The winning photos will be displayed in The International Center. All photos will also be used in future publications for The International Center. Photos of shimmering ocean views, smiling faces, and diverse cultures caught the attention of students Monday morning. Those students that took the time to explore the International Photo Contest were amazed by the variety of photos submitted by the 46 participating students at MSU. “I just walked by and the photos caught my attention,” said Education professor Maurella Cunningham. “The photos give excitement into the world beyond and definitely will inspire people to

staff writer Walking past the Centennial Student Union’s Lincoln Lounge this week you may find yourself daydreaming of far away places. For the first time since 2007, the International Photo Contest has returned to Minnesota State University, Mankato to help celebrate International Education Week. The theme of this year’s photo contest is, “A Global Perspective Through a Personal Lens.” The photos will remain on display Nov. 14 – 18 for judging. Students, faculty and staff from the MSU community are encouraged to stop by the Lincoln Lounge between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to vote for their favorite photos. Votes will be tallied and

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• courtesy of the msu international center This photo was a past winner of the International Center’s Photo Contest. Current entries are on display in the Lincoln Lounge.

Remember November

Hunger and poverty are spotlighted in awareness campaign MADELINE GREENE

shannon rathmanner• msu reporter The men’s basketball team tips off in its first game of the season.

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staff writer With the holiday season around the corner, many students are focused on what December has to offer. From the end of fall semester to those spending the holidays with their families, November is just a means to an end. That is not the case with Campus Kitchen and the Office of Community Engagement as they urge student’s to Remember November. Remember November is a campaign developed through the Minnesota State University, Mankato Office of Community Engagement. The campaign was designed to build awareness, raise funds and celebrate our collaboration with partners off campus in support of neighbors who are managing economic insecurity. “Hunger and poverty are on the rise throughout our country and in our community,” said Director of Community Engagement, Denise Billington-Just.

“Campus Kitchen has been developing student leadership in support of our neighbors for six years and has served over 60,000 meals. We collaborate with many throughout the community over mutual vision and use this time to build awareness and to celebrate our accomplishments.” Remember November was brought to MSU last year, after a decision was made by the Campus Kitchen Student Leadership team and staff. Their idea was to make it a growing campaign and an annual event for the campus community. “It is important to remember that the face of poverty looks at us each morn in the mirror. With compassion, leadership, and creative problem solving, each of us makes a difference and helps make Mankato a gentler place to live,” BillingtonJust said. Throughout the month, students, volunteers and staff will raise awareness for the hungry

through a series of events and fundraisers. A few big events headlining Remember November include TurkeyPoolza and Rock Hunger Away, a Red Sky Lounge event for Campus Kitchen. TurkeyPoolza is a fundraiser of sorts, to raise enough donations to make a special meal for those in need for Thanksgiving. From Nov. 1 through Nov. 18, students and staff can make a donation to TurkeyPoolza by making a contribution to the donation boxes positioned by the cash registers in the Centennial Student Union or by visiting the Office of Community Engagement in CSU 173. Over a month-long period in their Music Management and Concert Production course, Samantha Johnson, Nick Kolstad, Andy Kunz, Alex Bichler, Nikki Doorenbos, Rose Caswell, Steve Ebner and Dan Nonweiler have worked under the guidance of

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THE MSU SOCCER TEAM LOSES IN OVERTIME TO END ITS SEASON DURING THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT - PAGE 12

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Encouraging education

MSU student creates foundation to aid students in Sierra Leone ELISE KONEZRA

staff writer One Minnesota State University, Mankato student is taking big steps to create a better world for millions living in poverty. The Momojah Lansana Development Foundation hopes to donate textbooks to the oldest university in West Africa, the FBC University of Sierra Leone. The MLDF is focusing on helping the poor. In December, the MLDF hopes to launch their scholarship program to help students with tuition, books and even clothing. “We will be donating hundreds of clothes to many in need for Christmas,” Lansana said. The foundation was named after the sole founder, Momojah Sombi Lansana. Lansana spent his childhood in Sierra Leone and now dedicates his life to making conditions better for the children currently living in poverty. Lansana said that he would like MSU students to help with the organization

rather than working on the projects himself. The foundation aims to see people accessing health facilities in Sierra Leone to promote healthy citizenship of the country’s poorest individuals. The organization wants to aid the education of children as well as free the underprivileged, while providing food for those who are hungry. Most importantly, it wants to facilitate a safe and peaceful environment for children to grow and learn. Lansana hopes that, some day, Sierra Leone will be self-sufficient in all developmental markers, especially relating to education. “We embrace development in all quarters and we actively seek to be partners in development since our inception, and our goal is to ensure a daily increment in the passion we have for development,” Lansana said. MLDF is a local nongovernmental organization taking on charity activities in Sierra Leone. Lansana said he has only good intentions of aiding those individuals living below the international

• courtesy of momojah lansana The Momojah Lansana Development Foundation strives to help impoverished children in Sierra Leone.

poverty line in Sierra Leone. Without the intention of fully supplying their needs, humanitarian gestures are the organization’s main focus. Lansana’s life in Freetown, Sierra Leone was difficult, to say the least. He was often forced to choose work over his education and spent many afternoons trading cold water for food so his family could eat at night. Education was not Lansana’s top priority and, as a result, his academic standards for himself crumbled. Studying Political Science at MSU, Lansana hopes to impact the lives of children in his home country, so they don’t have to tread the path he did. The MLDF has already donated food items to a school for the blind. They have also donated food items to the epileptic home in Rokupa. The MLDF also donated school materials to the Go primary school at Koya Town in Wellington. They have also constructed a hand-pump water well to ensure that citizens will drink clean and safe water. The MLDF has future plans to provide free health checkup clinics around the country. Lansana wants to create scholarships for students to serve as a motivator to encourage the importance of education. The organization hopes to donate more food items throughout the country, and provide more hand-pump water wells around the country to provide clean and safe water all over Sierra Leone. “There are thousands of people out there who want to speak to someone, see people, access health facilities, sleep under a roof and feel important once again,” Lansana said. “But because they are poverty stricken, they live to dream for the rest of their lives.”

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PHOTO CONTEST “It is a matter of everyone coming over to different countries and having new experiences.” continued from 1

“Students are often attracted to visual things… think of Facebook, people are always looking at other people’s pictures rather than reading something so [the photo contest] is just another way to share students’ experiences abroad and see all the different things you can do… so kind of bringing the world and how exciting it can be to MSU,” said Graduate Intern at The International Center, Christine Dornbusch. The student staff at the International Center are • courtesy of the international center optimistic about the success Venice, Italy. A former winner for of this year’s photo contest. the Kearney International Center. Hopes are high that the contravel abroad. It brings back test may become an annual memories of the places I part of International Educahave been.” tion Week. The photo contest was “It is a matter of everyopen to all MSU students one coming over to different who have spent time studycountries and having new exing abroad and all internaperiences. College is the time tional students currently atto do it. After college people tending MSU. Students were settle down and start having allowed to enter their photos families,” said Australian into one of three categories: international student, Fabian landscape, cultural experiPresta. ence and defining moment. The photo contest not The deadline to submit phoonly promotes MSU’s study tos was Friday, with many abroad opportunities but submissions from students. also helps encourage diverThe student staff at the sity among its students. The International Center is the international photo contest is reason for this year’s Injust the kick off of a long list ternational Photo Contest of events to celebrate Intercomeback. After questioning national Education Week. why the International Center Students are encouraged to no longer held the annual attend as many of the events contest, student workers as possible. Just look for the spearheaded the project from dozens of posters around start to finish even coming campus this week for the in over the weekend to set up dates and times. the display.

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The Art of Flight

How enrollment increases impact MSU SARAH POWELL

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Enrollment at Minnesota State University, Mankato continues to grow. In 2010, MSU was the second most popular in-state university for Minnesota freshmen. In terms of number of credit hours taught, MSU is No. 1 in the MnSCU system. St. Cloud State University is ahead in terms of a strict head count, but MSU is teaching more full-time students. MSU is definitely a top choice for southern Minnesota. About two-thirds of MSU’s students come from within 150 miles of Mankato. Data from the Institutional Planning Research Assessment department shows that undergraduate enrollment in Fall 2011 was 13,718 students. That is a 2.6 percent increase from 2010. Dr. David Jones, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, was hired only four months ago and has since then been working on an enrollment plan for MSU. “No, right now, MSU doesn’t have a strategic plan for enrollment, but that is what I was hired to do,” said Jones. Jones has been working on an audit of the competition to see how MSU compares to other schools in admission deadlines, orientation costs and hous-

ing deposit amounts. “I believe it is not only important for us to excel in all areas of enrollment, but we need to have a healthy understanding of the other institutions our students consider,” said Jones. He also has a communication audit in process to see how MSU is communicating with its prospective students and how it is getting the message out. Many departments at MSU, such as financial aid and admissions, send out their own letters and information. Jones said the departments could be crossing paths. The goal for MSU enrollment right now is to find the balance of the number of students MSU’s programs and facilities can support. There is no set number of students MSU wishes to enroll. Students choose where they would like to enroll in school for a number of reasons. The location, the cost, or the academic programs are all reasons students chose to come to MSU instead of some other college or university. However, sometimes students choose MSU for reasons the university has no control over. “MSU was far enough away from home that my parents couldn’t just ‘stop by, but close enough that I could still go home if I wanted to,” said MSU senior Sarah Svegal.

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MSU Ski and Snowboard Club shows film, gears up for winter

• courtesy of bret romberg The MSU Ski and Snowboard Club plans to travel to Colorado this winter to meet with other colleges. ELISE KONEZRA

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Winter in Minnesota means snow. While some Minnesota State University, Mankato students dread the snow, others are ecstatic to hop on their skis or snowboard for yet another season. MSU’s Ski and Snowboard Club is one of the biggest student organizations on campus, next to Residential Life. This year, about 115 students are involved in the organization. The numbers typically rise throughout the year as well.

To join, students merely need a passion for skiing or snowboarding. Membership fees are $20. This will give you access to events the club promotes, a club t-shirt, and numerous giveaways. The Ski and Snowboard Club plans trips every year to different states to experience new snow and terrain. This year, the first week of January, they plan to take a trip to Copper Mountain, Colorado to do just that. They either carpool or ride a coach bus.

“The [winter break trip] is our main feature event that we offer through the club. Every year we take about 60 kids from the MSU campus out west and meet up with other colleges,” said Ski and Snowboard Club President Bret Romberg. December 3rd and 4th is a Welch Village trip. Members who are going on the trip will ride during the day and then reside in the onsite cabins.

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Diversity & International Education Week Join us for a Film Screening & Discussion.

Tuesday, November 15 4:00-5:30pm. Library ERC (lower level)

A Small Act The film 'A Small Act' bears witness to the ripple effect one singular action can have. A scholarship to a Kenyan boy allowed him to complete school. Now a UN lawyer, he seeks out his sponsor and establishes a scholarship program in her name.

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Remember to keep your chin up A&E Editor Brian Rosemeyer makes a list of little things that make him smile

BRIAN ROSEMEYER | a&e editor

This time of year can be a drag. Winter is fast approaching. Classes are past their midterm points and finals are bearing down as workloads are ramped up. The news is bleak and turbulent as our society continues its growing pains. It gets dark outside at about 2 p.m. The stresses of the holidays are already building. Heating bills are about to start rising. The birds are flying away. You’re getting older everyday. And everyone you see is constantly inching themselves toward their own death. BUT, not all is devoid of nice. Life is still full of small victories and happy coincidences. There is plenty to smile about even in the face of all the nasty we bog through. Here is a list of good feelings to pick you up. -When you wake up before your alarm clock. -When you get mail directly from the mailman. -When the two cars in front of you at the stoplight have blinkers that strobe in unison -When someone asks you for a crossword puzzle answer, and you totally know it. -When you find a dollar or two in your laundry.

-When someone throws something to you, and you catch it with total composure, like a badass. -When you lose something, and in looking for it you find a bunch of other stuff you thought you lost and forgot about. -Three chambered peanuts. -When you flip through the radio fast and combine the different announcers’ words to form funny sentences. -The prospects of looking under couch cushions. -When you’re not sure whether a paper is due the next day or not, and in checking the syllabus you find out it isn’t due until next week. -Actually pretty clever vanity plates. -When you remember the thing on the tip of your tongue without any help or Google. -When you’re in a public place and notice a baby staring at you. -When you park without a permit, and nobody catches you. -Banks with Dum Dums. -Old people being mischievous. -When you get a dog to do that leg thing when petting it. -When you get off work early because it’s slow.

-Funny things written in dust. -When you take apart and put back together all the pieces of a pen. -When you push elevator buttons for other people. -When two totally different things happen to fit together perfectly. -When you catch someone singing when they think no one else is around. -When you notice spelling errors in books. -When you sit in the car after it’s parked because one of your favorite songs is on the radio. -When you shake burnt out light bulbs. -When it’s sample day, and you didn’t even know it. -Two or more sneezes in a row. -When objects look like funny faces. -When the printers on campus don’t take all three minutes to load.

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-Revolving doors in general. All of these beautiful things and more happen all over the world every single day. It’s easy to get snagged up in all the stress and junk of this time of year, but it’s

just as easy (if you try) to get ahead of it and lose yourself in the simplest of things. So go ahead; unscrew that loose bolt with your fingers, listen closely to the gurgle of a coffee maker, breathe in the smell of a hairdryer, and keep your chin up.

• web photo Revolving Doors and three chambered peanuts make A&E editor Brian Rosemeyer happy.

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Give a hand up to a neighbor in need.

FOOD DRIVE FOR CAMPUS KITCHENS When: Wednesday November 16th, 2011 Where: Centennial Student Union 11:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.

HELP STOP HUNGER! CHILI COOKOFF

DONATE, ENJOY & VOTE! 11:00a.m. - 1:00p.m. For more information on the many ways you can help stop hunger within our community, visit www.HelpStopHunger.org.

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Bishop: College football scandal pains the church BALTIMORE (AP) — The scandal over a former football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys “reopens a wound” for the U.S. Roman Catholic Church, a leading bishop said Monday. Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the crisis at Penn State reminds the bishops of their own failures to protect children. In the church, the case of one abusive priest in the Archdiocese of Boston in 2002 led to years of revelations that bishops throughout the country had moved guilty priests among churches without alerting parents or police. At Penn State, former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky has been charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years, and school administrators have been accused of not doing enough to stop suspected abuse when it was reported to them. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty.

“It reopens a wound in the church as well,” said Dolan, the New York archbishop. “We once again hang our heads in shame.” Dolan made the comments in response to a reporter’s question at a national meeting of bishops in Baltimore. He said the scandal shows that abuse of children is not limited to any particular faith or to clergy. Still, he said the church has “a long way to go” in making up for its mistakes. Dolan said he would welcome a partnership with Penn State administrators on a national education campaign to stop abuse. Among the bishops’ reforms is “safe environment” training in each diocese for adults who work with children, which helps them identify when a young person is at risk. “Our love and prayers go out to the victims, the families and the whole Penn State community,” Dolan said. “I know it’s a bit of a cliche, but we know what you’re going through.”

• web photo Former Penn State Football coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of using charity as means to sexually assault young boys.

ART OF FLIGHT “Red Bull is a worldwide organization that sponsors numerous pros and other events.” continued from 3

Thursday evenings there is always a Ski and Snowboard Club representative at Mount Kato. Also, these are riding days that club members have the opportunity to come to Mount Kato and snowboard together. The club meets every other Wednesday in Armstrong Hall 101 at 9:15 p.m. The club also implements video premieres into their meetings, according to Romberg. Last Wednesday, the Ski Snowboard Club provided the public with a premiere of The Art of Flight, which was released this fall. The more than 60 MSU students who attended the event received free Red Bull energy drinks and popcorn.

At the end of the event, a free snowboard was awarded to one raff le ticket winner, Danny Bardon. Multiple gift cards were given out to other raff le ticket winners. Red Bull is a source that the Ski and Snowboard Club connects with in order to promote video premieres like The Art of Flight. They contribute with posters and f lyers to promote and give out at the event. “Red Bull is a worldwide organization that sponsors numerous pros and other events and to have someone like that sponsoring some of our events is really a cool concept,” said officer of the club Webster Cox.

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REMEMBER NOVEMBER “This is a time for anyone to come out and present their skills and talents to help those in need.” continued from 3 Professor Dale Haefner in order to gain some real hands-on experience in the music industry field and put on a quality concert. Rock Hunger Away will take place Wednesday at the Red Sky Lounge. The event is sponsored by Performance Series Director Dale Haefner and his Concert and Production class here at MSU. The event will take place from 7-10:30 p.m. (Only those individuals over the age of 21 can get in after 9 p.m.) and the price of admission is $3. “For this project, the class learned how to identify talent for the performance, define a target

audience, select an appropriate venue for the performance, create a project-planning schedule of tasks needed to promote the event utilizing traditional and social media methods, perform those tasks, and develop a budget,” Haefner said. Local bands like The Noble Gases and Dr. Lee and the Terminally Chill will perform and all proceeds from the show will benefit the University’s Campus Kitchen Program in support of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Nov. 14 – 18. “As an individual, this events brings to mind the importance

of others around you and the community you live in,” said volunteer Dillon Petrowitz. “This is a time for anyone to come out and present their skills and talents to help those in need. By being civically engage in a community or organization, it gives people a sense of accomplishment and care giving that they might not have known they could have given elsewhere.” Students can donate time, dollars and food in November to help those in need. They can also attend the events or get involved with Campus Kitchen by contacting Billington-Just.

• web photo Campus Kitchen paired with the Office of Community Engagement to start a hunger and poverty awareness campaign.

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