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Monday, February 10, 2014

Volume 90, Number 24

PRAVIN DANGOL / VISUALS EDITOR

The 35th annual Trivia Weekend started on Friday. Volunteers lined the phone banks and were treated to food and drink in appreciation for their assistance.

Volunteers help out with KVSC’s Trivia Weekend born from a collaboration of KVSC staff and ideas online.

“We’ve never done a sports theme, and this year it was particularly attractive because it lines up with the Olympics. The timing just seemed right,” said Trevor Klopp, Program Direc-

Patty Petty STAFF WRITER

Olympics this past weekend, some in the St. Cloud region and beyond were working on their own contest: The 35th annual KVSC Trivia Weekend. The trivia fun began Friday afternoon, and delivered 50 hours of trivia questions to 56 teams.

This year’s theme, Trivia Sports Playing Network, was

with the weekend in various ways along with the support of local businesses. “We have about 60 different community partners that help with supporting us, whether it be food, prizes for teams, or other needs,” said Jo McMullen-Boyer, Station Manager. All volunteers and staff are treated to food and drink long after the weekend’s festivities end. Ideas come from staff, in appreciation for their assistance over the weekend. alumni and volunteers.

Volunteers are recruited during the weeks preceding the With nine trivia questions being served during each of the contest, but many are returning. Klopp, the program director, 50 hours along with the occasional audio speed round that in- began by volunteering as a requirement for a class. “I waited creases the number to 18, it requires an all hands on deck apTrivia / Page 3 proach. Along with KVSC Staff, alumni and volunteers assist

Speakers discuss peasant farming Ryan Hanenburg STAFF WRITER

On Feb. 4, Paul Baidoo, of the Dept. of Geology and Regional Farming of the University of Cape Coast, held a presentation on the role of peasant farmers in ensuring food security for Ghana. He started with a quick overview on the country of Ghana, which helped familiarize the audience with the country. Some things you may not know about Ghana are

language, the religions are mainly Christian, Indigenous, some of the causes of food insecurity, among which are among other things, gold and poverty combined with high food prices, prolonged lack work at SCSU, which was of investment in infrastrucconducting research on child ture such as roads, irrigation, labor in cocoa-growing areas and storage facilities, poor of western Ghana. soil, pressure for population growth, violent ethnic conto the audience the concept of “food security” which is ting more pressure on water “when all people, at all times, availability, accessibility, suphave physical, social, and ply and demand.

The Sawla-Tuna-Kalba safe, and nutritious food.” district was chosen at random For this to be ensured, food must be available in the area Farming / Page 5 of concern and it must be ac-

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The D.O.A. Hole team celebrates by getting together and having fun.

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Trivia team gets ready for the weekend Bailey Vertin NEWS EDITOR

Days of cooking and hours of cleaning have led up to this weekend’s main events. In the Tenvoorde household, Trivia Weekend is the big holiday that everyone must take part in. This week, Trivia Weekend was held throughout the

city of St. Cloud, and many petition that takes place over 50 hours and contains nothing but themed questions and long hours of trying to stay awake in the hopes of getting up in the top ten. For Randy and Becky Tenvoorde, this long weekend is spent in the company of family members and cases of beer.

Spending his days as the

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Senior Graphic Designer for Thelen Advertising, Randy Tenvoorde is the founder of the D.O.A. Hole Trivia Team, which began back in 1993. Inspired by his older brother, Tenvoorde has watched Trivia Weekend ever year while growing up in St. Cloud.

After being a part of his brother’s group, Ten-

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High-ranking

university fore the Student Government (SG) during Thursday’s meeting.

Called to order at 5 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the Atwood Cascade Room, the initial open gallery session featured President Potter, Vice President for University Advancement Matt Andrews, Vice President for Finance Administration

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Addressing the senators, President Potter started off the open gallery addressing the concerns of the weatherrelated shutdowns of the SCSU campus.

“In the two closures we had recently, we tried to get notices out early. We were trying to make the best solutions for all,” Potter said.

After discussing the recent closures, Potter moved into cial state of the university.

Liberian culture on display

tions of an enrollment decline of 5 percent for the academic year compared to last year, Potter did say the university is on target to have a balanced budget. In addition, Potter any staff reductions or layoffs However, this new academic year the university will be facing negotiations for employee contracts.

While other MnSCU institutions are in a state of re-

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until the last shift, and really wished I had volunteered earlier in the weekend.

I came back the next year and did more hours. You’ll see grandmas to grandkids on the phone banks.”

The phone banks are made up of approximately 30 phones with volunteers to answer them. From there, if teams get the correct answer, the phone bank volunteer awards them points through a computer program.

There are three types of questions: audio, visual, and the traditional ask/ answer question. These require the attention of teams on all forms of technology. A visual trivia packet with different pictures is handed out when teams register and are later posted on line. Teams try to identify what they are repreposed on air. Audio trivia will pose a question from snippet of audio on air and is not necessarily about what is heard. The ask/answer questions can prove to be a challenge, in that some are based on the theme of the weekend, but others may seem very random.

Technology has changed the way the game is played. Dana Johnson, KVSC’s Social Media and Public Relations Director, spoke of a team who were playing out of St. Paul, outside of KVSC’s listening range and before streaming online was available. “They would set a phone up against a radio in Minneapolis where they could get the signal and listen to the questions via the phone. Now, we’ve had a soldier play from Afghanistan.” Johnson mentioned that this year included some questions posted on the KVSC Facebook page and encouraged all involved with trivia to use the Twitter hashtag, #triviaweekend, which trended locally last year. Teams were using it throughout the weekend to show their appreciation of the contest or their frustration with

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Volunteer Julia Gray was recruited by her husband to help with scoring, ers are so much easier,” Gray said. She joined a team for some time, but came back to volunteer after her team disbanded, which gives her a unique perspective when answering the phone banks. “I can appreciate what the teams go through. It can get intense and exciting. You’ll hear people cheering and clapping in the background for an 80-point question.”

A common theme is that many involved return, including alumni. A group known as “The Goat Posse” is responsible for the pre-show leading up to trivia and produce funny bits that are played throughout the weekend. They are the weekend and play some favorites or even surprises. The 2 a.m. hour on Saturday featured some mixes of Top 40 songs.

When asked about the history of the contest and why in the middle of February, Johnson, the social media and public relations director explained, “Trivia Weekend was started by KVSC and the Residents Hall Association (RHA) as a way to alleviate the winter blues.” The event was mostly comprised of campus teams, but then expanded to include off campus teams.

While in recent years there may have been a decrease in the overall number of teams, the number of people may not have necessarily dropped off.

“We have teams that merge, and there are remote players, playing from New York or even Australia,” said Trevor Klopp, the Program Director for KVSC. “Some began as high school teams and continued as adults.”

While the weekend was fun, it had to come to an end. The awards ceremony was held in the Ritche Auditorium on Sunday evening. The top team Traveling Trophy. Each winning team gets their name added to the urn.

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KVSC was simulcasted with UTVS. The campus TV station provided 50 hours of live broadcasting.

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UTVS teams up with KVSC to simulcast Trivia Weekend Vicki Ikeogu EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

While KVSC’s trivia weekend will be broadcast across the airwaves, another media outlet at SCSU will also be aiding in the coverage of “TSPN: Trivia Sports Playing Network.” For 50 hours, campus television, UTVS, will be simulcasting the event with non-stop coverage.

Executive Producer (EP) of Trivia TV Production, Michael Wiener, has worked on the TV

“I started out the same as any other student.

I worked with UTVS, worked on UTVS shows, took production classes,” Wiener said. This year, however, Wiener has taken the lead.

During the fall 2013 semester, Wiener was asked to be the EP of trivia weekend. Knowing all that it entailed due to working under the former EP, Doug Fish, last year, Wiener had a lot of work to do to prepare for this.

Having to prepare custom graphics, visual trivia graphics, scrolling bars with trivia teams and scores, and special name captions, Wiener, with the help of associate producer Chris Hovel and engineer Wesley Beskar, spent weeks preparing for this.

In addition to all of the custom graphics de-

MSU Job Fair Orientation 11 a.m.

If you feel like you’re not prepared for job fairs, then join us at Centennial Hall 207.

You will have a chance to meet prospective employers and work on that resume.

Women on Wednesday 12 p.m.

This week Women on Wednesday will be featuring Dr. Niloufer Merchant. The topic this week will be about the challenge of navigating two ethnicities.

were a bit rough, he said that he’s happy how things have turned out. Since then, the team has added a website where details of their celebrations can be found, along with pictures of their activities.

“We all have lots of fun,” Tenvoorde said. “A lot of us get together and just drink beer and answer questions.”

Every year, the Tenvoordes get together with close family and friends and each person brings a different kind of beer. This annual Beer Tour features many different tastes and is accompanied by an assortment of chips, cheese, and Becky Tenvoorde’s sausage and gravy. Everyone brings their own computer, and the only rule in place is that everyone is required to show at least once a day throughout the event. This year there were about 15 people present at the Tenvoorde residence and everyone enjoyed the beer tasting and laughs that go with D.O.A. Hole’s team competition.

“We have lots of traditions,” Becky Tenvoorde said. “We’re a very tightknit group, and we all of a lot of fun together.”

One of these traditions is the Dead Pool draw that takes place during Trivia Weekend. Throughout the year, the group takes tabs on what celebrities die, and whoever has the most points wins a trophy, which is given during the 50hour competition. As for the main competition, the Tenvoorde’s are just happy to be a long-standing part of the festivities.

Festivities start at 3:30 on Friday afternoon and begin with a light lunch between teammates before people begin setting up their computers. The Tenvoordes decorate their house full of Trivia memorabilia from previous years, and then they bring out the snacks and beer.

“We do really well for being a small team,” Tenvoorde said. “No one ever goes hungry, and we all drink a lot of beer.”

This celebration is fostered by the idea that the competition is just for fun.

While admitting that the team members get pretty competitive with each other, the Tenvoordes are just happy to have been doing this for so long and to be able to continue doing it throughout the years. The best part about trivia for the Tenvoordes is getting together with their family and having fun learning about a new topic. Even though sports isn’t the D.O.A. Hole’s specialty, all of the team members are happy to contribute to this long-standing tradition of beer, dead people, and trivia.

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Bruce Petersen went into question writing after being a part of a trivia team since 1983. When the team disbanded in 2006, he went to work the on the phone bank, which led him to writing questions about two years later. Pemagazines, and even album covers. Those are always good with pictures and writings.”

While he may have been the one stumping teams with the questions, he can relate to their struggles throughout the weekend. “I remember a question about Merle Haggard, the country singer. He had gone to a bar called Billy Bob’s and bought the entire bar the same drink. The question was about which drink it was. We called the bar in Texas, and a waitress had told us ‘a shot of Jack Daniel’s’. We were told it was wrong and called her back, and as we were talking to her, a guy in the background told her that it was a c.c. waterback, which happened to be a number one song Haggard sung with George Jones.” tion. He related another anecdote in which the 10-year-old son of another

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signed to look similar to the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics, UTVS shot all of their commercials for some of the sponsors of trivia weekend; and with all the behind the scenes work done, UTVS was ready to kick off their 50 hour simulcast.

Sophomore Alex Curtis, a mass communications major, had already logged 16 hours Saturday afternoon. “This is my second year. I only did it 10 hours last year,” he said.

Sitting in the director’s chair, Curtis was doing several positions. “I’m directing as well as technical directing. I’m making sure everything is looking pretty,” he said.

In the control room of the UTVS studio, Curtis was responsible for the transitions UTVS had between their live studio talent and the talent in by students and community volunteers that have come back to help with this major event.

Each of the approximately one dozen UTVS productions is designated a time slot and is retent is completely up to them. Ranging from make-overs and Wii sports, UTVS students and community members were given their creative license to create their own content.

“I’ve been doing this for 15 years,” said on-air talent and community member Gary Zimmer-

mann. Hosting and co-hosting several shows during UTVS’s trivia coverage, including “Loveline with Gary Z”, Zimmermann is a veteran when it comes to TV. “I like getting some reaction from the audience. I interact with people out there,” he said. love, Zimmermann’s show was broadcasted at 1:00 a.m. Sunday.

Zimmermann is not the only community volunteer to make an appearance during trivia weekend. SCSU alumnus Ryan Buonamia has been helping out with KVSC’s trivia since 2002.

And once he graduated in 2004, he found himself coming back for more. After forming a trivia team, Buonamia found it better to come back to the studios, back to his old stomping ground.

“It’s about hanging out with people I haven’t seen in a while,” Buonamia said. Knowing all the work that goes into the production of this 50 hour simulcast, Buonamia said it was a fun experience when he was a student coming up with content.

While this may be KVSC’s main event, UTVS does its part to contribute to the successes of this event.

“It’s fun for us to do, its unique. And its incredibly hard to do, but we have lots of fun doing it,” Wiener said.

Wednesday

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Located in Centennial Hall 207, come and learn how to write a resume that will get you noticed. Can’t make it to any of the seminars? Watch “Resume Writing 101” in the at our website at www.stcloudstate.edu/ careerservices.

Wednesday Internship Search 2 p.m.

Find out what resources there out there to help you’ve been looking for.

Join us in Centennial Hall 207 if you are interested in learning how to obtain an internship.

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Join us in Centennial how easy it can be to interview effectively. No registration is required and it is open to all SCSU students and faculty.

Thursday Career Services Open House 10 a.m.

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Life experiences changes student’s outlook Ivana Sreckovic STAFF WRITER

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Fabián González Espinosa is a student who comes from three different parts of the world. He was born in Zarzal, Colombia, but he spent most of his childhood in Mexico City. He has been in the U.S. for nine years so far, tions when he studies abroad. With his recently-received American citizenship, Espinosa now has a triple citizenship--Colombian, Mexican and U.S.

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was most interesting for me was the fact that schools were built in a way where you could enjoy the warm weather of outside more,’’ Espinosa said.

Especially in school, he experienced some cultural shock in a few differnew kid in the school,’’ he said.

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hard to completely change countries and not know when you will see your grandparents, aunts, or cousins,’’ Espinosa explained.

International relations and political science are the subjects Espinosa here at SCSU, he already became involved at the university’s news station, UTVS, as well as helped establish the Latin American Student Association.

Also, he is a vice president of his dorm, Lawrence Hall. Espinosa emphasized that he had a great time doing that.

The main differences between the U.S. and his home countries are the

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food in school in Mexico, and it was very delicious. Here in the U.S. it seems Espinosa said. The other thing he notices while being here is people being shy when they meet you. “I was used to people having and equal level of He moved with his family to the U.S. looking for better opportunities St. Cloud has the great International Relations program, which was one as the right environment for him, due to the larger variety of international students, especially the ones he has become friends with. for quite a bit of time, I would have to say that the hardest part is meeting so many awesome people in my life, but knowing that one day we will all have to say goodbye at some point and not know when we will see each other again.’’

Besides Colombia and Mexico, Espinosa has visited many states in the U.S. so far, as well as Spain, France, and the Czech Republic, which is where he is planning to study next semester. Since he loves traveling and experiencing new places, Espinosa decided on going to the west coast during spring break with his friends.

Even though his mother tongue is Spanish, and he has been learning English his whole life, Espinosa knows Portuguese. Also, he studied Latin for one year, after which he switched to French. Here at SCSU he took a Russian class that helped him both read and write in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Next year he will be studying Czech since he plans to be in Prague for a semester, which is the capital city of the Czech Republic. “I learned that it makes a bond with people when you are able to say something in their native language. A quote that I have always found to be true is from Nelson

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Fabian Gonzalez Espinosa was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his time in Mexico City. He is now interested in the subjects of international relations and political science. Fabian is quickly learning English and looks forward to a government job.

Mandela and it says, “If you speak to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. But if you speak to him in his language, that goes to his heart,’’’ he said.

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that we have to understand no matter where we are in life, we are lucky to be where we are because no matter what, someone has it worse than one does.

We need to appreciate this opportunity to be able to meet so many people here in college because even if we don’t know it, each friendship along the way of our lives makes us who we are, one peace at a time.”

Campus fair features international festivities Linda MacLeod CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Campus Services Info Fair took place in ebration featuring studies in foreign languages and culture took place in the Atwood Memorial Center ballroom on Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The purpose of both events was to inform students about services, opportunities, and programs

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Departments that offer student support services were well-represented with 34 exhibits.

Promoting a Caring Community (PACC) coordinator Nicole Jadodzinski explained the program for suicide prevention on campus. She said some of PACC’s services include faculty training and online training for students. The group participates in many campus events to raise awareness and to reach out to those who need help. An upcoming play, “Suicide Punch Line”, is planned.

Check the SCSU calendar or contact PACC for details. The Women’s Center is presenting “That Takes Ovaries!” Feb. 18 to19, at 7 p.m., in the Atwood Theatre. The program is free but tickets need to be picked up in advance at the Atwood front desk, Electric Fetus, or Jules Bistro.

Friendly faces were found in abundance

health services, and many others showcased their offerings. For example, many opportunities exist to hone musical skills by participating in instrumental or choral groups. Why not sign up with the Husky Sports Band and contribute to school spirit while making new friends? The Miller Center representatives were there as well as HuskyTech staff to introduce StarID--which will feature one login for HyskyNet, eServices, and more--coming Multicultural Student Services offers programs ticultural Tutoring, and Advanced Preparation (APP) to assist students academically and improve their educational experiences at SCSU. The Multicultural Activities Center encourages students to get involved with student cultural organizations to enrich their social lives while attending SCSU and to learn more about other students’ backgrounds and countries from around the globe. “Brother Center’s conference room. The group aims to instill leadership skills and help black male students Stop by the Department of Campus Involvecollege years and add valuable experience to your resumes. Learning a foreign language or studying abroad also builds resume credentials.

The International Celebration Festivities eager to explain support networks and organiza-

Besides an extensive array of table displays, there was entertainment, speakers, and lots of stage and was a reminder of the countries from around the world represented by students attending SCSU. Joshi Nikhil from Nepal was on-hand to talk about the weekly Cultural Café on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial Hall 100. A Philippines’ presentation is scheduled for Feb. 14. Nikhil, the president of the International Student Association, said the event is free, traditional food is served, and presentations last about 30 minutes. Students and community members, including children, are welcome to attend. There are currently about 90 students from Nepal on campus, which comprises the second largest international contingency attending SCSU. The number is decreasing, however, according to Nikhil, due to U.S. visa restrictions.

Nathan Wendel, a German major, spent one summer in Eichstätt, Germany. He said the Cendents to design their own study abroad programs because of an extensive list of third parties approved by SCSU. “One of the coolest” experiences he had was attending a dinner party with students from eight different countries, all speaking German. Wendel said he has studied German since the seventh grade and considers himself in elementary school is now possible in the St. Cloud metro area.

Espanol Vista Clara at Clearview Elementary and Guang Ming Academy at Madison Elementary.

These young students are getting a “jump-start” on learning about Spanish or Chinese culture and language which may help them continue their foreign language studies in college. At SCSU it’s possible to earn a BS major (or minor) in German, Spanish, and French. Immersing one’s self in a foreign language study, or better yet, studywholly possible simply by reading a text book or completing lab work.

Want to experience Harry Potter “magic”?

The British Studies Program invites students to sign up for a semester in Alnwick, England, and stay at this castle which appeared in the Harry Potter movies. Subject areas taught are humanities and social sciences. Students are required

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The Campus Services Info Fair showcased a variety of international opportunities.

taught by SCSU teachers and the Alnwick program is considered a branch of SCSU. Weekend excursions are planned for additional learning experiences and all credits transfer and count toward SCSU degree programs. Contact the Center for International Studies for more information or go to its website, www.stcloudstate.edu/educationabroad.

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Farming Continued from Page 1 for the study from a Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) report which showed each region’s food security. The district was picked as it was in one of the top three most insecure regions. The objectives for the study were to examine the nature of the food security problem and to identify challenges to food security.

They selected 70 farmers in the region based on their household food security and socioeconomic variables. They used semi-structured interviews and observations to collect data.

They found that there were generally more men on the farm, and the majority of the subjects were aged 46 or above. They found that many of them had little to no formal education, and that the majority inherited the land they farm. Most of them learned how to farm themselves or through passed down techniques, and they were self-funded.

When asked if they were able to meet food requirement until the next harvest, 59 of the gies for when they face hard times, which include catching animals and birds, utilizing traditional storage facilities, buying food from the market, having the kids drop out of school to help on the farm, and in extreme cases migrating to southern Ghana.

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The study found that major challenges to food security in Ghana were the bad roads, bad supply of water, poor soil, lack of health posts/clinics, and low number of schools. They came to the conclusion that poverty needs to be addressed in the region. The government’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program should be extended to the district. The government should help supply water to those living in the region. They should also improve roads and schools in the region and they should intensify agricultural extension activities. The currently stand is cumbersome. The District Assembly should also encourage more NGO’s to extend to the region as there is currently only one active in the district.

Baidoo was then asked,“What can SCSU students do to help?” He said that one way they could help was by spreading the word about the situation in Ghana as this will help promote awareness of the problem. He also said that studying abroad in the country would help concerned students to understand the problem better.

Kristy Modrow, Expenential Learning and Outreach Co-ordinator of the School of Public Affairs, said that Baidoo was asked to present as “faculty members requested him when asked”.

She said that students should be aware of the Winter Institute on Feb. 12-13 which is an Economics forum for Central Minnesota.for the study from a Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) report which showed each region’s food security. The district was picked as it was in one of the top three most insecure regions. The objectives for the study were to examine the nature of the food security problem and to identify challenges to food security.

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don. The main focus of her report dealt with the unveiling of StarID. “At this point we have over 7,500 people that have activated their StarID. We still have 5,800 accounts to activate. And we have about 180 staff and faculty that have yet to activate their account as well,” Gordon said.

Working on a student activation drive, Gordon said the process for the conversion will start Mar. 7 at 5 p.m. During the downtime period, Gordon said the IT department will be working on migrating all the accounts from the old Tech ID and HuskyNet ID to the StarID. “We believe most services will be backup and running by Saturday,” Gordon said.

After spring break, Gordon said the HelpDesk anticipates lots of questions about this new conversion when students come back to campus.

“We are planning to have roamers (IT staff members) in every building wearing shirts with the StarID logo on them. They will be available to answer questions,” Gordon said.

Gordon then sought out questions from SG. Senator Amy Pexa asked if students will need new ID cards with the new StarID on them.

Gordon said there will be no need to have a new card.

Senator Ben Uecker asked if there will be an email change to current and new students.

Gordon said there will be no change to current student’s email accounts. For new freshman, their StarID will not match their email accounts. However, email accounts will be changing for

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trenchment, Potter said SCSU is not at that point.

“We are in fact not in peril,” he said.

“Fundamentally, you can say the university is secure and well managed,” Potter said. “Spirits are pretty good on campus.”

With no questions directed toward President Potter from SG, SG Vice President Gunnerson thanked Potter for his attendance and called forward VP for University Advancement Matt Andrews.

New to the university, Andrews said he was forming a basis to fundraise and engage with SCSU alumni. “I’ve done a lot of work over the last six months to understand the culture and alumni at SCSU,” he said.

After his report, SG did not have any further questions for Andrews, and he was thanked.

VP Gunnerson then moved to introduce VP for Finance Administration, Tammy McGee, to the podium. Another new hire to the university, McGee provided a brief overview about the workings of her department. our budget targets,” McGee said. “We also will be embarking on our budget.”

Among things McGee brought up were new positions the Finance Administration was while McGee said Furan-Super is doing a good job, they are hoping to stabilize the position.

In addition, McGee said they are in the midst of creating a new position for the university.

The new position, which deals with safety and risk management, will provide SCSU with a person responsible for overseeing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. This new position would also be responsible for creating an emergency preparedness plan for the university.

Finally, McGee said her administration is looking at negotiating contracts with Metro Bus. During her round of questioning, Senator Chad Robinson asked McGee to clarify this point.

McGee said SCSU currently pays approximately a half million dollars to Metro Bus, of this $300,000 is designated for the free ride and shuttle services Metro Bus offers SCSU students and staff.

and middle initials followed by the student’s last name. If there are any students with the same information, they will be assigned a number (1, 2, 3...).

After the conclusion of Gordon’s open gallery, Student Government heard a presentation overview of parliamentary procedure. respectively. reports. Vice President Gunnerson adjourned the meeting at 7:11 p.m. The next Student Government meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 13.

Phone bank volunteers share a bond “I actually live in Iowa,” Babberl said. Coming up here once a year for this weekend is a way to reconnect with the Vicki Ikeogu friends she has made over the years.

This year, Babberl has been given a new position at the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF phone bank. Called the phone supervisor, Babberl is in charge It’s the top of the hour. A brief respite. All of a sudden, of managing all of the volunteers.

“I answer any of the questions phone bankers have. I also one phone rings. Then another. Correct. Wrong. Incomplete.

It starts. Working the phone banks for KVSC’s 35th annual trivia weekend contest is full of the sounds of constant phone call in and get the questions repeated and I also provide them ringing. The calls of hopeful teams scrambling to get the right with point totals,” she said. answer before time runs out.

KVSC’s trivia phone bank hotline, held in Stewart Hall Niehaus, known to trivia teams as Captain Insanity.

“I ran into a friend of mine, they had brought it up and it rooms 117 and 119 was staffed with approximately 30 phones, each in front of a computer. Working in three hour shifts start- sounded like fun,” Niehaus said. Four years later, Niehaus still ing at 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon and concluding at 7 p.m.

Logging more than 23 hours at the phone bank Saturday Sunday. Volunteers were given an alias for the weekend and afternoon, Niehaus said he is hoping to put in about 44 hours were prepped on how to address each team as they called in. straight on the phones. Armed with multiple energy drinks, And then it was off to the races as anxious teams desperately Niehaus was ready to beat his personal record at the phone tried to give the correct answers.

To some it may seem intense, but for veteran phone bank banks.

Even though the phone bank was staffed by many veterans workers, its what they live for. to trivia weekend, there were plenty of new voices. “This is Kelly Babberl, known as Queen Bee for the weekend, has been doing this since 2007.

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Hearing about this event through his soon-to-be stepdad, Vogel said it sounded pretty interesting and decided to join the ranks. Using a portable phone complete with a headset, Vogel was planning on staying on the phones until 9 p.m..

“The only time it gets overwhelming is when the old phone are ringing. Then it gets hard to hear,” he said.

Along with Vogel, Vamsi Kota, a.k.a. Obama, was new to the phone bank. “It’s been about three and a half hours,” Kota said of his shift. ing this next year. “It’s pretty fun. During hour 24 there was a lot of calls suddenly, but I like it. It wasn’t very hectic,” he said.

But what most of the phone bankers will tell you, its not just the fun of the event, but the people that make KVSC’s trivia weekend a must-do event.

“Its kinda been like a family,” Babberl said.

“It’s the one time of the year you get to spend with family.

It’s all one big family,” said phone supervisor and 6-year volun-

Describing how trivia weekend is not complete without seeing some familiar faces, Kantor said returning volunteers have a special type of relationship. One that they get to look forward to every year during February.

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A l e t t e r t o S t . Va l e n t i n e

Meg Iserloth MANAGING EDITOR

Dearest Saint Valentine: I’m on to you.

Wikipedia tells me you’ve been through a lot, but no one can agree on what exactly.

There are tons and tons of theories out there, and all of them are pretty brutal.

That makes me a bit skeptical right off the bat.

Most people seem to think you came from Rome, where you did a bunch of soldier weddings or something so the Romans put you in prison. This is all hearsay, so I don’t know what exactly was up with the Romans-we all know how much of a gossip Wikipedia

can be--but it seems to me they were at a loss with that one. If your weddings sparked the guests to party so hard that you got thrown in prison for it, they must have been pretty awesome. The only explanation I can think of, then, is that you must not have invited the Roman soldiers to party hardy too. They were probably jealous.

But why shouldn’t they be? Who throws the best ancient weddings in Rome without extending an invitation to the po-po?

Not cool, Valentine.

Not cool.

So Wikipedia tells me you then decided to ‘heal the daughter of your jailer’? I’m not even sure what that means exactly, but if that’s what the kids are calling it these days...

Now this is where it gets a little weird.

Did you actually send the guy’s daughter a letter signed “Your Valentine”? I mean, you gotta do what you gotta do, I guess. It just sounds a little straightforward, that’s all.

Think about it from her point of view: say you’re a young woman living in Ancient Rome, and the guy your father just hauled off to jail for disrupting the peace with his insane house parties is now telling you that you pretty much own him.

Oh, and the guy who sent the letter is dead.

You, Valentine. You’re dead. You literally gave it to her right before you were about to be executed. So much for stability.

It’d be one thing if you actually did know each other, maybe were deeply in love, that kind of thing. I could endearing pet phrase or something, and it’d be pretty cute in the right context. But the jailer’s daughter?

Come on, man. Sign yourself up for some dating sites, get out of the house once in a while. Go meet people.

Something.

You can do much better, is what I’m saying.

But

apparently

there are a lot more of you out there than I thought. Some of them are said to be priests, some are hardly mentioned at all. One Valentine even got a crown of daisies put on his skull after he died.

Pretty cool, I guess, but still too mysterious for me to be comfortable.

Seems a little suspicious that the symbol of love and closeness can’t even bother to stop by once in a while and introduce himself, don’t you think? If you just want to be left alone, well, it takes two words to tell someone to piss off. It’s not that hard, Saint Valentine... if that is your real name.

Jack Valentine from Norfolk goes door to door, giving people sweets and presents and stuff. All the children are afraid of him for some reason, but hey, who’s complaining?

Yet in America, the best thing I’ve ever gotten was in elementary school, when some kid was handing out Scrappy

Doo cards with stale suckers shoved inside of them. You don’t understand, man.

Scrappy Doo is the worst!

So many St. Valentines have passed through history, yet not one of you have even tried to leave candies and cakes at my doorstep? Yes, I’m in an apartment building, but that’s no excuse.

You bring candy for one person, you bring enough for all.

Everyone knows that.

Be prepared ahead of time so it won’t be a problem.

Except for that one me who plays her music really loud at six in the morning every day. Leave her out of this.

With that out of the way, my cats and I will be here waiting. You’d better come soon. I think my siamese is drooling on the couch pillows...

Signed,

Quote of the Week “I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.”

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Kirsten Kaufman OPINIONS EDITOR

With February 14 approaching fast, everyone is going to start complaining about how much they all hate Valentine’s Day and how the whole idea is utter nonsense. “All it’s about is buying presents and candy.” Yes, along with Christmas, Halloween, birthdays…

Basically, there are three types of people on this glorious day. who are completely in love, spending ridiculous amounts of money on their loved ones, spending all day with them, and just being happy.

The second type are those who constantly complain about how

Valentine’s Day is just a hallmark holiday and it’s a waste of a day, secretly wishing they had someone to spend it with but instead they throw a big antiValentine’s Day party.

And third are those who are genuinely sad and stay in all day eating ice cream and crying, whether from a recent breakup or just because they’re super emotional.

When I was a freshman in high school I knew that all I wanted was a boyfriend on Valentine’s day and when it didn’t happen I was sad and alone with some other single friends. We got together and had one of those lame parties.

As the years passed, I became very bitter about the day. I hated seeing all of those cute, happy couples making out for all of the world to see. I hated the idea of having to buy candy for friends because I couldn’t do it any other day. But mostly, what I really hated, was seeing boys walking around

with a bouquet of out to their girlfriends.

I only hated it so much because I never got one. year of college, I really got over the whole idea of it. I just treated it like a normal day, as everyone else should, paying no mind to those sickening couples you’d see in the dining hall. I just decided to think, “Hey, they’re happy and it’s none of my business to tell them to stop.”

This year, actually having a boyfriend, the hype has really gone down. I know I’ll get to see him and I know he’ll want to take me out to dinner and that’s really all I want. I don’t and chocolates and a giant stuffed teddy bear and diamond earrings… I could go on and on.

I’m not going to hate on Valentine’s Day any longer. Yes, it’s overrated and people freak out over it every single year but what it

really comes down to is this: All people want to do is show everyone else that they’re happy and in love and if it takes a truck load of candy and a two-ton teddy bear then that’s how it’s going to be.

There are always going to be those people who are bitter and negative about it but the best thing you can do is either ignore them or tell them to shut up.

It doesn’t matter how you celebrate V-Day, whether you’re with the love of your life, alone with a gallon of rocky road and a sad movie, or with your friends having a few drinks and enjoying each other’s time. We need to stop obsessing someone to spend it with. Here’s a piece of advice one of my high school friends gave me when I was 16: the more you look the But the moment you truly stop searching, it’ll come to you.

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Emily Tushar COPY EDITOR

It’s that time of year again: National Single’s Awareness Day. While some go out with their choose to mope about how their solidarity will be the death of them.

This is wrong. Don’t be that person. Being single is not, I repeat, not a bad thing. This especially includes holidays such as Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day has been twisted and warped into a holiday that appears to validate the relationship status of others, but what does it do for single people?

There are a lot of

marketing themselves as if it were “eHarmony”.

Again, don’t do that.

Instead of being the stereotypical girl who stays at home eating candy and watching unrealistic romance movies, do something.

Don’t be that sorry sucker that ends up spending the whole day playing video games, or getting outrageously wasted at the bars. We can do better than this, folks. Do something for yourself, for your parents, your siblings or your friends.

What I am desperately stressing here is this: You are okay, even if you are single. Guy or gal, gay or straight, just go out and do something for yourself. Buy yourself something nice instead of envying the couple making eyes at each other next to you. That’s

their situation. Not yours. So move along.

Personally, I am dismissing Valentine’s Day. I view it as President’s Day, or one of those workshop days that K-12 teachers receive. It’s not that important. If anything, it’s just annoying. For those who are anti-pink, this holiday must offend you to exponential levels.

You are not obligated to buy anything for anyone on Valentine’s Day, just because it’s a holiday. If you are, in fact, going to go purchase something for a loved one, make sure you are buying it because you care and not because it’s February 14th.

So, if you are single, embrace it and show your appreciation for your loved ones. I know I’ll be doing just that. And buying some chocolate. Because we this holiday, just like Halloween, is candy.

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UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday 2/12 Huskies Got Talent Ritchie Auditorium 7 p.m.

Thursday 2/13 Players Open Mic Night #2: Love Poems Headly Hall 227 7 p.m.

Friday 2/14 Twin Cities Jazz House of Pizza - Sartell 7:30 p.m.

Friday 2/14 Mark “Hazzy” Hasbrouck Veranda Lounge 9 p.m.

Friday 2/14 Storyteller Kevin Kling and his Merry Band present ‘The Love Show’ Paramount Theatre 7:30 p.m.

MOTOKI NAKATANI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Board members of the St. Cloud Liberian Student Association gather on stage in just some of the many fashions put on display at Liberian Night.

A celebration of culture at Liberian Night Matt Rieger MARQUEE EDITOR Whenever a student association puts on a culture ence on these cultures. Liberia is a country that was not safe from the colonization of Africa in the 19th century. The capital city in Liberia, called Monrovia, the United States of America. At Liberian Night, we learned that the country had been in civil unrest and has had two civil wars in the last 30 years. The U.S.backed government was overthrown in a coupe in 1980. The country then went through two civil wars and lots of bloodshed. The unrest came to an end in 2003 with a peace agreement. With the violence seemingly over, the country began working towards and free elections in years, and elected Ellen Johnson try. Saturday night’s Liberian Night did not shy away from telling the audience about the civil unrest in Liberia over the last couple decades. They interspersed documentary clips of a woman being interviewed about surviving the unrest and war.

This is the 4th annual Liberian Night put on by the Liberian Student Association (LSA). The preshow had contemporary Liberian electronic/dance music being bumped through the Atwood Ballroom, making the ballroom feel like a late night dance club.

The LSA was started back in 2009, with its current president Jacquelin Page. The night’s MCs were

Earl and Carl. Earl is an engineer, and Carl is a musician. According to Earl, the LSA was started for Liberian students to celebrate culture, identity, and fellowship. Along with the telling of the Liberian civil wars, the LSA also made vivid a documentary about a Liberian orphanage called “Rainbow Town”. This documentary follows a woman named Ma Feeta and the orphanage she helped create and run. According to the “Rainbow Town” website, with 60 percent of Liberia’s population under the age of 20, the nation’s future is dependent on the knowledge and skills of its youth. An estimated 182,000 of those youth live in 128 orphanages around Liberia. Through donations, “Rainbow Town” can give a child a college education for $2,000 USD. cooked up a nice meal that included cassava leaf.

Cassava is the third-largest source of food carbohydrates in the tropics, after rice and corn. Main dish servings included meat pie and pork. For dessert, we were treated to a coconut pastry as well as a couple other assortments of Liberian pastries.

One of the performers at Liberian Night was a local up-and-coming Twin Cities rapper, Dramuzic.

Dramuzic has been making music for four years, and seriously for two of those years. She performed one of her songs called “Miss America”. “Miss America” is about being yourself among a world telling you to be things you don’t want to become. Dramuzic shared a cool moment where she had been brought on stage this past Thursday at the Hopsin show at The Cabooze.

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Twin Cities underground rapper ‘Dramuzic’ performs her song ‘Miss America’ Saturday at Liberian Night.

‘Pour’ and ‘Ben Jammin’ K’ at The Keller Kirsten Kaufman OPINIONS EDITOR phenomenal bands: Pour and Ben Jammin’ K. Fans came from all over to hear these two groups put on a spectacular show and were not disappointed. First in total. Their lead singer is Jon Sullivan, followed by bass player Derek Strand, Max Eichhorst playing guitar and doing some vocals, Jake Berry on guitar, and his brother Johnny Berry on the drums.

Apart from The Keller, Pour has played shows at The Red Sky Lounge in Mankato, Minn. as well as The Cause Bar, The Nether Bar, and The Whiskey Junction, all in Minneapolis. Their next show will be at The Red Carpet in St. Cloud on Feb. 21. Pour played for a little over an hour, gearing fans up and earning a lot of deserved applause. Once Pour was done, Ben Jammin’ K took to the stage.

A student at SCSU, Benjamin Kath, has been writing and making his own music and preforming since the age of 17. He is a rapper/hip-hop artwas called ‘Girls on the Hunt’, which was about picking up chicks at the bar. It was funny because I was only 17, but all good things start somewhere, right?” Kath said. town of Buffalo, Minn., called “The Vault”. “I can’t even explain how nervous I was but I had really awesome friend support so it went really well for my a CD.” Since he started, Kath has done around 20 shows, playing in the Ritsche Auditorium on campus, singing in the Open Mic nights, and winning

The Battle of The Bands on Mar. 22, 2013. Currently, Kath has around 15 songs that are recorded and ready to be performed. Titles include “Watch and Learn”, “Choices”, and “Surrounded”, just to name a few. Currently, he is working on another ten 100 songs but I’ve thrown a lot of them out,” Kath said.

Many of his loyal fans came out Thursday night to watch him do what he does best. The set list was

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‘Ben Jammin’ K’ rocks out at the Keller Bar Thursday night in St. Cloud. packed with everyone’s favorite songs, including his newest, titled “Wake”. He performed “Wake”, “Jammin’ O’clock”, “My Favorite Day”, “Heavy Hitta”, “Wise Guy”, “Retro Geek”, “Passionate

Man”, “On the Daily”, “Gotta Keep My Head On”, “The Turnaround”, “Watch and Learn”, an encore song. Kath also includes friends in his shows and songs. “Gotta Keep My Head On” was written and performed by Jared Downs featuring Kath. Student Ernest Langston-Shelley wrote “My Favorite Day” (which he performed), along with “Watch and Learn” and “The Turnaround”. Choir student Allesson Stensing can always be found at Kath’s side singing backup. Stensing has been singing with Kath for around three years and usually sings on every one of his tracks.

Everyone joined in singing along and dancing in front of the stage to make the night completely unforgettable. At the end of the show Kath thanked everyone for coming and handed out CD’s to anyone who wanted them, giving all 55 away, and not having enough for everyone. Just by watching Kath perform you can tell how much he really loves it, plus he has a lot of fun on stage, making it even more enjoyable to watch and listen to.

All of Kath’s friends would love to see him make it big someday, giving him all of their support and love at every single show. “My dream job would be to one day work in the music industry and still be rapping onstage,” Kath said. He hasn’t yet announced the date of his next show but one thing is for sure, all of his fans will be ready and waiting to cheer him on once again.

For further interest in either of these bands check out their Facebook pages. www.facebook.com/OldSkoolJamster for Ben Jammin’ K or www.facebook.com/pourtheband for Pour. Check ‘em out!

Twin Cities concert calendar Feb. 11 - 17 Twin Cities singer-songwriter Lucy Michelle will hold a country-western ‘mixtape’ Valentine’s Day (February 14) at the Ceder Cultural Center. Joining her will be he ‘Blackberry Brandy Boys’, ‘Frankie Lee & the Decade’, and DJ Bill DeVille.

British lads, ‘Arctic Monkeys’, will play a sold out show at First Avenue February 14. This is the second to last stop on their winter tour.

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‘Arctic Monkeys’ will play First Avenue on Friday, Feb. 14.

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Minn. singer-songwriter Lucy Michelle is putting on her Valentine’s Day ‘mixtape’ at the Ceder.

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Moving production of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ the play enjoyable. “I thought [the play] was really good,” she said. “I like the main points of it.”

Among the main themes, the one that stood out to Weldon the most was “seeing things from someone else’s point of view before you judge.”

“I thought that was nice,” she said.

Though some of the elements of Lee’s novel seemed un-

Meg Iserloth MANAGING EDITOR

Harper Lee’s popular novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” was brought to life for audiences on the Paramount stage through the stage adaptation of the same name. Dramatized by Christopher Sergel, the GREAT Theatre play is a condensed ver-

characters, and themes found in the original story.

The play was a part of The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

At age 13, audience member Hannah Weldon has already seen several stage plays. To Weldon, “To Kill A Mockingbird” stood out among the rest. “I really liked this one,” she said. “It

“To Kill A Mockingbird” takes place in Maycomb, Ala., in 1935. It is told through the eyes of Jean Louise Finch (Julia Hemminger), the adult version of child protagonist Scout Finch (Emma Lathe). Scout, her older brother Jem (Matthew Evans), the black maid Calpurnia (Daighton Ripp), and occasionally their friend Dill (Connor Schafer) live with the siblings’ father Atticus Finch, an attorney with a strong moral compass and an abundance of wisdom.

When a black man named Tom Robinson (Jerome Akubue) is accused of raping Mayella Ewell (Jamison Kent), a 19-year-old poor white woman with an alcoholic father named Bob Ewell (Garrett Lathe), almost the whole town seems to be against him. When Atticus is asked to represent him, however, he has every intention to do so fairly and justly--even if it means risking his reputation as an upstanding white man in the segregated society he lives in.

Weldon was in the process of reading Lee’s book the night she saw the stage adaptation. “I’m halfway through, so I guess I didn’t really get to the ending yet,” she said.

That didn’t seem to deter her, however, as she still found

on their own by watching the events unfold in front of them-the production was an overall success. All of the actors portrayed their characters realistically and emotionally, including the three child protagonists, and it was clear that each one was invested in their roles.

Khalil Uvero, who played Tom Robinson’s wife Helen, said she thought the play went well. “There were a couple of times when we messed up our lines, but other than that I think we did a pretty good job,” she said.

Daighton Ripp, the actor portraying the Finch’s AfricanAmerican maid Calpurnia, said she also felt the play went well--aside from a small hiccup.

“There was one time when I accidentally killed Jem,” she said. “When [Lathe] asked, ‘Is Jem dead?’ I accidentally said, ‘Yes.’ I can’t really recover from that... so that happened.”

“It’s really hard playing a role like this, and having to be somebody older, too, and portray that,” Ripp said. “It’s really hard, but I like a challenge, so it was fun.” the N-word all the time,” Uvero said. “Even though I’m not Uvero said she still enjoyed herself among the cast. “My favorite part was getting to know the cast and becoming a family,” she said. “That was my favorite part.”

“I liked stepping into somebody else’s shoes, especially my “That’s what I liked about it.”

All GREAT Theatre productions are cast through open auditions, and although many of the actors in “To Kill A Mockingbird” have already been in a stage production through GREAT Theatre, it was not a requirement for the role.

Among those returning to the GREAT Theatre were Jerome Akubue (Tom Robinson) from St. Cloud, John Augustin (Judge Taylor) from St. Cloud, Cathy Cooley (Stephanie Crawford) from Madison, Wis., Julia Hemminger (Jean Louise) from Cold Spring, Jamison Kent (Mayella Ewell) from St. Cloud, Emma Lathe (Scout) and family member Garrett Lathe (Bob Ewell) from Little Falls, Greg Pierson (Heck Tate) from Mon-

ticello, Daighton Ripp (Calpurnia) from St. Cloud, Ken Ripp (Reverend Sykes) from St. Cloud, Connor Schafer (Dill) from Clear Lake, Joseph Wall (Walter Cunningham) from St. Cloud, Randy Warzecha (Atticus) from Bowlus, and Matthew Evans (Jem) from Sartell, who had been in the GREAT Theatre summer camp in 2010-2013.

This play was also the debut for a number of actors, including Solveig Anderson (Mrs. Dubose) from Moorhead, Elizabeth Calpas (Maudie Atkinson) from Clear Lake, Joel Miron (Mr. Gilmer) from Sartell, Peter Pederson (Boo Radley) from Greenbush, Matthew Toumi (Link Deas) from Sauk Rapids, and Khalil Uvero (Helen Robinson) from St. Cloud.

Emma Lathe, who played Scout as a child, said she thought being in the play was fun.

no callbacks, I thought it was bad news,” she said. “I thought [being in the play] was really cool.”

Lathe’s favorite part of being a part of the play was “getting to see the progress of the whole cast. It’s not just watching yourself get better, but everyone else gets better, also. That’s pretty cool.”

Matthew Evans, the actor behind Jem, said he thought it

I have never had this big of a part,” he said. “I’ve been acting since fourth grade, so this is a big accomplishment for me. It was a lot of fun.”

Evans said his favorite part was “getting to know the cast, then making new friends, especially the adults because they can be good connections throughout your whole life.”

Connor Schafer, who played the Finch’s cousin Dill, said he thought the production was a very fun challenge. Schafer’s favorite part of being in the play was meeting the cast and having fun with the performance.

None of the three child actors on set had read Lee’s book, but said they each studied the movie version closely for their roles.

“I thought it was a little easier having a family member in it,” said Lathe. “If I didn’t have a family member, I’d probably have to watch the movie quite a few times to try to understand knowing what was happening.”

“I had to watch the movie,” Evans said. “I’d never gotten the chance to read the book. I had to work on my southern accent a couple times before I tried out.”

“As for me, I had to watch [the movie] so many times to The actor who played Tom Robinson, Jerome Akubue, on the other hand, had previously enjoyed Lee’s novel and found

“I actually heard about [the auditions] last year when I was in high school when they threw up the roster,” he said. “I actually got a call from them after the auditions had happened, saying they were looking for a person to play Tom Robinson.

I had to audition with a couple other people, but it was nice.”

“I actually thought it was a very awesome opportunity,” he said. “I read the book, and I absolutely loved it. To be able to be part of a team that brings that story to life was mindblowing and very satisfying.”

As for the play itself, Akubue said that while he thought it went really well, there’s always room for improvement. “I think it went really well, but I feel like from every actor’s standpoint, it’s like, ‘Oh, we could have done better, even just a little bit,’” he said.

“I think the best part was the storm scene,” Akubue said. and I was just like, ‘Woah! That looks really nice!’”

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courtroom scene,” he said. “It demands a lot of emotion to say, ‘I am a target of so much racism, but at the same time I know what happened and I really need to get this out to everybody.’

That’s what happened.”

In a moving moment during the courtroom scene, Robinson is revealed to be missing nearly all of his arm from an accident he suffered years before. Since both of Akubue’s arms are healthy, the actor had to make due. “We kind of just decided that we were going to put it against my torso and just kind of let it hang there with the hand, and make it look like it has been busted and it cannot do anything else,” he said.

When it comes to stage actors, Akubue dismissed some of the stereotypes. “Actors aren’t nerdy,” he said. “We’re actually pretty nice individuals. We tend to nerd out a little bit, but for the most part we’re doing a good job.”

To learn more about auditions for the GREAT Theatre, visit GreatTheatre.org/audition.

‘San Fermin’ is the orchestrated child of musician Ellis Ludwig-Leone.

‘San Fermin’: A well crafted composition of heartache, youth, and unrequited love Sam McIntosh

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San Fermin (pronounced SAN fur-MEEN) is a fun discovery I made a month ago when I was browsing through music at the Electric Fetus. The store was playing their album, and I heard the pedestrian baritone of Allen Tate, which reminded me of The National’s Matt Berninger.

And when I heard the contrastingly lush vocals of Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe of the band Lucius, I was immediately intrigued.

I have since then acquainted myself well with their album, and now I’m glad that I just happened to be at the Electric Fetus at the right time. San Fermin is an orchestral wig-Leone, a Yale graduate.

San Fermin’s self-titled debut M was released Sept. 17 from Downtown Records.

The album should be listened to as a whole, and it’s not necessarily a collection of radio-friendly singles, though most buzz has been about a standout track, “Sonsick”, and with good reason. The song starts with an easy-feeling drumbeat, delicate vocals from Laessig and Wolf, and some horns later follow, much like The National or Sufjan Stevens. The chorus is a burst of harmonies that sing of a the song’s anthemic composition to its melancholy lyrics.

It is impossible to listen to this song once. After you permanently stuck in your head, playing like a soundtrack

to your life, making everything you do feel more epic and meaningful, and for that you might be grateful.

The album has several peaks and valleys, with 17 tracks, but rest assured, the album isn’t too long, because a few of the songs serve as short instrumental interludes.

Other great tracks off the album are “Casanova”, “Methuselah”, “Bar”, and “Torero”. “Casanova” provides devastating lyrics such as “I can’t fall asleep in your arms, so tell me a story and I’ll put myself to sleep.” “Methuselah” has charming harmonies from Tate, Laessig, and Wolfe that will have you singing along instantaneously. As much as there are soft moments in the album, there are often moments that punch, with instrumental bursts like “The Count”, and there are several songs with wailing vocals, much in the same vein as Dirty Projectors.

This band has gained a lot of buzz from NPR, including a Tiny Desk Concert, which features the female lead singer Rae Cassidy, who is part of the touring ensemble.

I might be sad that Laessig and Wolfe don’t tour with the group, but the Tiny Desk Concert convinced me that Cassidy has the singing chops to belt out the vocals with the right amount of heightened emotion.

San Fermin is a great band for someone who likes orcan occur together, or incongruously. This album is one that you can rock out to without abandon, and curl up to when you want some quiet downtime. I give it an 8 out of 10.

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Softball ready for its third annual tournament Ryan Fitzgerald STAFF WRITER

For a decade the softball team has hosted a tournament in the Husky Dome in February, and this will be the third year that it’ll be called the Kelly Laas Memorial Invite.

Mar. 2, 2011, will mark the three year anniversary of the tragic death of Laas, who died from ovarian cancer, and this tournament always brings back memories of her.

“It’s gone by pretty quickly,” head coach Paula U’Ren said. “This is only the third year we’ve done it with ‘coaches versus cancer’ type of stuff.”

The tournament guarantees each team four games and there are no brackets, hence, no real championship game. The team with the best overall record will be named the winner.

A total of eight teams will be participating; four from the NSIC and four from the MIAA, so teams in each conference will play one another.

“We set the bar real high this year because we expect all these teams to be tournament teams,”U’Ren said. “This is big competition and some of the best teams out of that (MIAA) conference.”

One advantage SCSU has venturing in the tournament is the luxury of practicing and playing in the Husky Dome.

Playing in a dome differs vastly from playing outside on grass and dirt, as the ball can take unexpected hops and bounces. Moreover, the white on the top of the dome can be troubling When playing in the Husky Dome, if the ball hits the top of the Dome and it falls into the glove of the opposing team it’s considered an out. On the other hand, if the ball hits the top of the Dome and it falls anywhere in play it’ll count as a strike on the batter.

“It seems like a faster-pace game and I think a lot of us like it,” senior third baseman Steph Roan said. “We like to think we know all the cracks and crevices.”

The softball team is coming off one of its best years since 2008 (28-26, 12-12 NSIC), making it to the NSIC playoffs in Rochester, Minn. Recent polls have SCSU eighth in the 2014 NSIC Coaches’ Poll.

It all starts with pitching, and SCSU has one of the best pitchers in junior Kelly Franks, who is on the NSIC watch list.

She had an earned run average of 1.69. Franks struck out an impressive 275 opposing hitters during the season, and was named to the 2013 All-NSIC Second Team for her success on the mound.

In recent years SCSU has struggled to put together and maintain a healthy pitching staff.

Thus far they have four pitchers in the rotation with Franks, Kendra Merritt, Senna Francesconi, and Rebecca Harps.

“I think Kelly is one of the best arms in the conference,” U’Ren said. “Just an overall staff is what we’re excited for this year.

“Kendra Merritt is healthy coming off leg injuries the last couple years and she’s in a good place right now. So we’ve got some depth and that’s something we haven’t had.”

The Kelly Laas Memorial will be a good place to see where the women are at before they playing the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

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Kelly Laas died from cancer in 2011, but her memory will live forever at SCSU. Not looking too far into the future, this will be a good stepping stone to set the tone for the upcoming season, and the team is excited to get back to game action.

“Coach talks about how we have to take one game at a time so we’re just focused on this though.”

SCSU will swing in the New Year and ding off the tournament against Emporia State on Feb. 21 at 11 a.m.. They’ll play one game on Feb. 22 and two games on Feb. 23, hoping to get into midseason form for its travel to Florida.

Men’s hockey gains crucial NCHC points

Ryan Fitzgerald STAFF WRITER

The saga of losing at home was put to rest with No. 6 SCSU (15-6-5, 9-4-3 NCHC) coming away with a crucial four points in an enduring weekend of college hockey.

SCSU was able to get vengeance over No. 15 Denver NCHC.

Friday It was like in the olden days of hockey for SCSU, who skated to a 2-2 against Denver University in bouncy ball of a game.

Denver gained the extra point with the shootout victory, with Gabe Levin barely gliding down the ice and sliding 0-for-5 in shootouts this season.

“They are what they are and what can you do?” SCSU head coach Bob Motzko said of the shootout. “It’s kind of hard to coach a shootout but you pick your players and try to score.”

A bad penalty by Andrew Prochno almost cost St. Cloud State the game, with Denver’s Trevor Moore tying the game at 2-2 on the power play. SCSU struggled on the penalty kill, usually one of their strong suites, letting Denver go 2-for-3.

“You don’t get 64 points at 17-years old in the USHL almost a point-a- game player,” Denver head coach Jim Montgomery said. “Power-play goals were big because it was just good to get goals.”

“We’re a team that’s struggled to score 5-on-5 all year long, so our power play needs to come through, although St. Cloud’s penalty kill was real good,” Montgomery said.

Lucky to come away with any points in the affair, SCSU took foolish penalties, giving a good team more room on the already big Olympic-sized ice to get creative and score.

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Senior captain Nic Dowd (26) looks for an open teammate against defensively sound Denver University.

“I thought we had some let downs, especially in the last second,” Motzko said. “Those were the two times we hunkered in our game except the two bad penalties.”

Sauk Rapids native, Ethan Prow, tallied the go-ahead goal on the power play at 17:35 of the second period for SCSU on a laser beam of a shot from inside the top of the circles. Jonny Brodzinski and Kalle Kossila were credited with the assists.

The power play has been like a bad relationship all year with a lot of ups and downs, but tonight SCSU was able to go 1-for-2 and bury the puck when needed. That was almost enough to lift SCSU, along with Faragher playing strong.

Faragher has struggled of late, with his GAA going up to 2.68 and save percentage dropping to .904, but made 30 saves playing a key role in the tie.

Faragher has struggled seeing the puck and kicking out huge rebounds in his late-season slide, but the man behind the mask was as cool as a summer’s breeze for his team.

“The past three weeks I’ve pretty much felt the same,”

wrong guy.”

Senior captain and leader, Nic Dowd, gave SCSU a 1-0 Dowd streaking to the net for the dandy.

Denver seemed to wake up minutes after Dowd’s goal and was all over SCSU the rest of the game as Ty Loney puck on the ice past Faragher on the far side, tying the game at 1-1.

Loney’s goal ignited Denver and helped them outplay SCSU for a majority of the game, making SCSU look like they were riding a roller coaster.

“At times it was a St. Cloud game with a lot of transition, and at times it was a Denver game with puck possession,” Montgomery said. “We started possessing the puck more and stopped putting pucks in the middle.”

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MEN’S HOCKEY: The Huskies skate to a much-needed home stand against Denver / 12

SOFTBALL: Coming off one their best seasons, they gear up for Kelly Laas Tournament / 9

UFC: Going through a bit of a change with some marquee stars out of action / 12

WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Women play a tough series against MSU to gain series split / 11

WRESTLING: Still reamins

OLYMPIC HOCKEY: An inside look at all the groups and what to expect / 12

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Wrestling stays dominant at home this weekend

Alec Clark CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Friday The No. 4 ranked SCSU wrestling team (15-1, 4-0 NSIC) returned home for a match against the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs (10-4, 4-1 NSIC) after two wins in South Dakota last weekend.

The Huskies improved to 15-1 overall,4-1 NSIC with a pair of dominating road victories last weekend over Minot State University and University of Mary. SCSU is currently riding a four-match win streak, which SMSU will look to break. SMSU is coming off a win over Minnesota State Mankato last week and will look to improve to 11-4, 4-1 NSIC, but will have to overcome a much higher-ranked St Cloud. brothers, Kyle and Jacob, leading it, with Andrew Rodas also winning a match, but ultimately weren’t able to overcome the early hole they put themselves in.

SCSU dominated the lower weight levels, leading off with Tanner Johnshay. Johnshay absolutely dominated his match, scoring 18 and holding SMU’s Antonio Meikel to six points to put SCSU up 4-0. Johnshay improved to 21-7 on the year.

Nationally ranked at No. 2, Andy Pokorny jumped out to a big 9-1 lead over Justin Reinsma, only to have it lessened to a 10-6 win for Pokorny. Coach Steve Costanzo said “Andy got a takedown, and turned him several times.” As the Pokorny - Reinsma match went on, Reinsma started to come back. “He did a great job controlling [Andy’s] shooting hand, so he wasn’t able to attack and get his sweep to get the initial takedown like before.”

Costanzo went on to say that Reinsma did a good job of controlling the tempo and tying Pokorny up. “He was tying him up, he did a good job of controlling ties and slowing Andy down.”

Pokorny was able to hold off Reinsmas charge to get the decision and three points for SCSU. Pokorny remained undefeated on the year, improving to 10-0.

Both No. 4 ranked Matt Nelson and Josh Howke won their matches in dominating fashion, but perhaps the biggest moment of the night came from Clint Poster. Poster, the No. 5 ranked wrestler, managed to get a pin in 3 minutes against SMSU’s Codie Lane. Costanzo praised Poster on his pin. Costanzo said that the key to the pin was Poster’s ability to scramble. “He got in on the legs, and into a bit of a scramble. Put him in a bad position.” Costanzo went on to say Poster is good at that, and almost to a leg attack, but its hard to scramble with Poster, because he generally ends up on top, and in this case he did and got the pin for us.”

After the intermission, SMSU came roaring back with Kyle Begin handily defeating Gabe Fogarty in a major decision, while his brother Jacob beat Clayton Jennisen in another one-sided affair for three more points. Andrew Rodas of SMSU defeated Dylan Braun in a closely contested match and obtained the decias Chris Brassel and No. 3 Austin Goergen, both of SCSU, were able to put away their opponents to give SCSU the win, 26-10.

Costanzo said that there were positives to take away from the match, as well as some negatives from the match. “We can feel pretty good about some of our matches. But even the ones we won, Southwest State did a pretty good job of controlling tie ups,” Costanzo said. Costanzo believed that SMSU did a good job of controlling the tempo of the match throughout the night.

“Southwest did a good job of controlling tie ups and the tempo of the match. They did a good job of slowing some of our better

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guys downs. Kept them from scoring a lot of points,” he said.

Costanzo also went on to say that the two Begin brothers did a really good job. “They both wrestled really well. They went up against our guys Gabe Fogarty and Clayton Jennissen who are both really tough and hard to beat. I thought we made them look good tonight.”

SCSU improves to 16-1, 5-1 NSIC, while SMSU falls to 105, 4-2. The second match of the series will conclude Friday night at 7 p.m. at Halenback hall, when SCSU takes on No. 17 Augustana (11-4, 4-1 NSIC)

Ted Leroux CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Saturday The SCSU Wrestling team not only extended their winning streak this weekend to double digits, but did it in convincing fashion against the likes of Southwest Minnesota State and Augustana College.

Hallenbeck Hall was the resident “Domination Station” for the Huskies that started on Thursday versus the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State. The lightweights were the forces that propelled SCSU to victory as Tanner Johnshoy and Andy Pokorny dominated in their lightweight matches, winning by a combined score of 28-12 over the Mustang wrestlers. After the matches, the Mustangs climbed back into the overall match by claiming three consecutive wins in the middleweight classes; but when it came to the heavyweights, the Huskies captured the wins and eventually a team victory over Southwest Minnesota State.

Entering Saturday, SCSU had won nine straight matches and

the fourth-ranked Huskies were looking to extend their winning streak to double digits, and they did that in convincing fashion.

Saturday started with a stalemate battle between Tanner Johnshoy and T.J. North, but North gave Augustana the early lead.

The next match set the tone of the individual matches to come as Zach Stewart pinned his opponent, Morgan Engbrecht, three times as Stewart eventually won on a technical foul. Huskies head coach Steve Costanzo was very impressed with Stewart’s performance, “I was really impressed with the way he went out not just to get the win but to go out in dominating fashion and get that technical foul.”

Although Augustana’s Jeremiah Peterson was able to win a hard-fought match over Matt Nelson, SCSU was able to win the next four individual matches and thus grasp onto a controlling team lead. Heading into the 174-pound weight class, the Huskies had a 21-6 team advantage and were well on their way to a victory.

SCSU was on the attack all night and Augustana seemed like they were on their heels in the early matches. Coach Costanzo was also impressed with the beginning minutes of matches. “I think from the very beginning our guys initiated most of the attack in all the matches... we were always on the attack,” Costanzo said. Heading into the heavyweight classes, SCSU had all the momentum and was looking to carry this momentum to a huge victory over seventeenth-ranked Augustana. Augustana halted the SCSU run in the 197-pound weight class as Augustana’s Jayd Docken was able to hold off Chris Brassel in a physical match that didn’t result in many points. Docken was victorious in a 3-2 decision.

Every wrestling match is headlined by the 295-pound weight class and this match is usually the most competitive and entertaining. The match between SCSU’s Austin Goergen and Augustana’s Michael Lowman was entertaining but not exactly competitive. “I just love how he (Goergen) wrestles, he has a lot of energy... he is always looking to score points... not a lot of guys can hang with his pace,” Costanzo stated. This energy from Goergen propelled him to a pin win in the heavyweight match. Prior to the pin, Goergen had a 15-0 lead over Lowman and was dominating him with multiple holds.

SCSU was in control of the majority of the matches during this dual against Augustana and the fourth-ranked Huskies captured their tenth straight victory. SCSU improves to 17-1 and 6-0 in NSIC matches. Next, the Huskies travel to Mankato to take on the Mavericks on Feb. 13 in an NSIC dual.

Women’s hockey loses Friday, earns shootout win Saturday

Derek Saar STAFF WRITER

Friday The Huskies traveled south to Mankato to open their weekend series with the Minnesota State University Mavericks Friday night. SCSU entered the game hoping to snap their seven-game losing skid.

After opening a 2-0 lead, the Huskies surrendered four unanswered goals in the third period, including an empty-netter, as the Mavericks came out on top by a score of 4-2.

With the loss, the Huskies now fall to 4-24-3 overall and a 3-20-2-1 record in WCHA play, as the Mavericks are now 1019-0 and 5-18-0-0 in the WCHA. After Friday night’s action, SCSU trails the Minnesota State Mavericks by three points at the bottom of the WCHA standings as the Huskies and Mavericks entered the night deadlocked at 12 points apiece.

After being arguably the best player on the ice last weekend against Ohio State University, freshman Lauren Hespenheide continued her solid play for the Huskies, netting both SCSU goals, tallying her second and third markers of the season.

Hespenheide opened the scoring at the coming from fellow freshman Payge Pena; Christa Moody recorded the second assist, to give the Huskies a much-deserved 1-0 lead heading into the locker room. The Huskies out-shot their opponent 16 to 7 in the opening 20 minutes.

The Mavericks came out hungry in the second period, out-shooting the Huskies 197, as goaltender Julie Friend stood tall in the

goal of the night past Minnesota State net minder Erin Krichiver with 13 ticks remaining on the clock. Hespenheide’s goal was set up once again by Payge Pena, giving her two assists on the night, and leading scorer Molli Mott.

But the old saying “a two-goal lead is the worst lead in hockey” came to fruition.

Minnesota State was able to break through on the scoreboard midway through the third period. Tracy McCann would then od, tying the game at two with 7:50 remaining in regulation.

Kathleen Rogan put the Mavericks up for good with the game-winning goal at the 16:40 mark and McCann “sealed the deal” with an empty net goal.

Julie Friend ended the game with yet another 30-plus save performance between the pipes for SCSU in a losing effort, stopping 33 of the 36 shots she faced.

The Huskies will now look to earn a split in game two of their WCHA series as the two teams take the ice Saturday afternoon for a 3:07 p.m. puck drop.

Saturday The Husky women’s hockey team would see game two of their WCHA series with intrastate rival Minnesota State go the distance on Saturday afternoon.

Regulation play and overtime were not enough to settle the contest between the Huskies and the Mavericks as the two respective squads ended the game deadlocked 3-3. The Huskies were able to come away with a 1-0 shootout victory on their way to earning two points in the WCHA standings. both teams, but for WCHA purposes only, the Huskies earn an extra point with the ries of the season.

The Huskies are now 4-24-4 overall and 3-20-3-2 in the WCHA, the Mavericks reof the season and now post a record of 1019-1 accompanied by a 5-18-1-0 record in WCHA play.

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Freshman forward Lauren Hespenheide (No. 9) notched two goals on Friday, lifting her season point total to seven.

SCSU was victim of a sluggish start, getting out-shot 16 to 5 by Minnesota State, and were fortunate to trail by only one goal der Julie Friend’s admirable play in net. Kelsie Scott put the Mavericks up on the scoreboard at the 15:12 mark.

The Huskies evened things up at one with a power play-goal from the stick of Audrey Hanmer, as the natural defenseman reBurke was also credited with an assist.

The Mavericks then responded with a power-play goal of their own at 15:34 of the second period to regain their one-goal lead, despite the Huskies carrying the play for much of the period, getting plenty of pucks to the Mavericks’ net, out-shooting Minnesota State by a 17 to 9 margin.

The topsy-turvy nature of Saturday afternoon’s contest continued as the Huskies’ Molli Mott tied the game at 4:13 of the third period. Helpers were credited to Julia Gilbert and Burke recorded her second assist of the afternoon.

Minnesota State took back the lead once again, as Nicole Germaine’s unassisted goal at 12:53 made it a 3-2 hockey game.

Mott struck once more for the Huskies mark to tie the game at three. Skye Kelly and Payge Pena recording assists on the goal. Pena ending the weekend with three assists between the two games.

The Huskies were unable to register a riod. Minnesota State outshot SCSU for the game 39 to 31.

Lauren Hespenheide scored the shootout winner for the Huskies in the second round. Friend made stops on all three Minnesota State shooters to give the Huskies two points in the standings.

The Huskies now have a week off before ending the regular season at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center as they will face the Bemidji State University Beavers Feb. 21-22. Puck drop is slated for 7:07 p.m.

Friday and 3:07 p.m. Saturday.

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more. SCSU has never been a team to shy away and looks forward to the challenge. different tomorrow.”

Saturday It was ‘80s night at the Herb Brooks Center, but thanks to two kids born in the ‘90s, SCSU skated away with the 4-2 comeback victory.

No way did SCSU want to play back-to-back overtime games against a team that has 12 overtime games to its credit, so doing whatever it took lifted SCSU to victory.

“I thought all our young guys played real well, especially Charlie,” Dowd said. “It’s good for

goaltender Sam Brittain from the top of the circles.

Morley was the one who kick-started SCSU, scoring the tying goal at 10:52 in the third period “Dowder made a great play on the faceoff giving Prow time and he’s got such a great snap shot me right on the tape for the tying goal.”

mance SCSU put on the power play. Generating 11 shots on the man advantage, SCSU couldn’t that kid (Brittain) makes it look easy.”

For himself, Dowd had a game, scoring two goals and getting the assist on Prow’s game-winner.

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an empty net goal at the end of the game.

“He’s the ultimate leader, getting big goals for us at anytime,” Morley said of Dowd. “But it’s the details of his game that comes through and uses a lot of energy.”

Daniel Doremus channeled his inner Alexander Ovechkin on a pretty backhand goal that beat freshman Charlie Lindgren’s short-side glove high set-up by Moore.

Lindgren made his fourth start and was in for Faragher, who was a healthy scratch for the night.

Husky goaltender Ryan Faragher held the Huskies in Friday recording 30 saves.

“We made the decision to go with Lindgren last Monday knowing we were going to play him

said. “It was a big game for us because we needed the win and Nic Dowd led the charge for us.”

SCSU will need all of Dowd and the best performances from the rest of the team if they want to get any points against University of Minnesota Duluth this weekend. UMD is one of the hottest teams in college hockey with a seven-game unbeaten streak.

“I knew coming in Coach challenged us seniors in pregame today so I knew it was time to step up,” Dowd said. “I’m exhausted but I knew I had to make plays and it’s our time to lead because you’re only a senior once.”

to play both goalies and it’s something we’re going to look at going forward.”

Denver knew it had to control the puck and stay away from the transition game which SCSU the puck over.

said. “We were playing inside that so we tried to meet it at the point of impact and we got away from the net.”

Denver thought it had the game won when Butcher scored at 9:59 of the second period, but the leadership of Dowd proved to be a big component in the much-needed victory for SCSU.

Changing of the guards is good for the UFC Mark Schrom STAFF WRITER

With the fall of former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and the resignation of former welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre, the balance of power has shifted in the UFC. For the better part of the last decade Silva and St-Pierre enormous pay-per-view numbers for the company. Both can be largely credited with getting the company to where it is today.

St-Pierre is undefeated since 2007, and relinquished his hold of the welterweight belt in December to take an undisclosed amount of personal time.

Well, the answers are relatively simple. The UFC isn’t going anywhere, they will continue to grow, and any number

in the division.

Now the division is more competitive than ever with the

“throne,”.

Let me use Jon “Bones” Jones as an example.

Dos Santos, and others like Alistair Overeem, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, and Mark Hunt.

and numerous more styles. to be mixed martial artists. Fighters are doing moves that were before thought to be impossible. elbows better than anyone in the UFC. His long 84.5 inch reach and six foot four frame allows him to dominate opponents in his weight class, therefore allowing him to keep people at a distance with bone-crushing power.

Jones has become the youngest champion in UFC his-

for years after losing his title to now current middleweight champion Chris Weidman in July, and losing in the re-match after a gruesome leg break after Weidman checked Silva’s leg kick.

defenses in light-heavyweight history.

While Jones controls the light-heavyweight division currently, other divisions are more competitive than ever with

questions are being raised about the future of the UFC. Will the company be able to keep expanding across the world?

Will they continue to grow and control the MMA community?

Fighters such as former light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Daniel Cormier and others have changed weight classes to pursue new challenges in different weight classes since the belts have changed guards.

The heavyweight division continues to get better and better. Less than 10 years ago, the heavyweight division was

events?

Well, you can never forget about featherweight champion Jose Aldo or bantamweight champion Renan Barao.

Both are a class above anyone else in their division, and both have basically obliterated all the challengers beneath them. year that is sure to draw massive pay-per-view numbers.

Lastly, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, will draw huge numbers on any card that she is on.

Since entering the UFC in Feb. 2013, Rousey has taken the Octagon by storm. She has won both of her UFC contests via arm-bar, and has won her last seven by arm-bar as well.

She has a lot of passion for the sport, and since her debut on the reality tv show “The Ultimate Fighter”, Rousey will continue to draw in numbers for the UFC as long as she remains champion.

Point is, regardless of the loss of both Silva and St-Pierre, the UFC will continue to remain in good hands.

Continue to expect face breaking knockouts, gnarly submissions, and bloody wars.

I mean, what else would’ve brought the sport from the television deal with Fox?

Sochi Olympics, men’s hockey preview Derek Saar STAFF WRITER

The 2014 edition of the Winter Olympics sonal favorite, Olympic hockey.

In my mind, nothing beats the emotion and passion that surrounds international hockey.

Nations come together. Even fans of archrival one another to represent their respective country.

Now, let’s get down to the nitty gritty. Four years ago, Canada took home the gold in an overtime thriller on home soil in Vancouver against archrival the United States. The talk surrounding these 2014 Olympics has been mostly about who will take out who this year, the U.S. or Canada?

This is mostly due to media bias here in the United States and also north of the border, but there are also the usual suspects in Europe that also have a gold medal in their sights.

Now lets go through a group-by-group preview of the men’s ice hockey tournament that will take place in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 12-23.

Group A The host nation, Russia, will look to keep the gold medal from leaving the country.

Superstars such as NHL goal-leader Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsyuk headline their lineup. 16 NHLers grace their roster, and goaltending should be solid for the Russians, which has consistently been their phy winner (award for best goaltender in the NHL) Sergei Bobrovsky and Semyon Varlamov will be the Russians’ one-two punch between the pipes. Besides Canada, Russia has the most pressure placed upon their shoulders in any international tournament

and the Olympics packs it on even more. The Russians have come under criticism in the past couple Olympics due to underachievement and will attempt to silence their critics.

Joining the Russians will be the United States; this will be a tough test for the Americans right off the bat in the group stage, playing in hostile territory against the hosts. Team USA is out for revenge with a “gold or bust” attitude after losing in overtime to bitter rival Canada in the gold medal game in 2010.

12 players from that team will be making the trip to Sochi. Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise will wear the C for Team USA and hopes to lead them to gold this time around. quest for gold.

Defense will be key for Slovakia, as the Boston Bruins’ Zdeno Chara will lead the way for Slovakia, as will Chicago’s Marian Hossa up front. The St. Louis Blues’ Jaroslav Halak should provide solid goaltending for the Slovaks in their quest to be Group A’s dark horse.

Slovenia brings up the rear for Group A. NHL All-Star caliber player, but that won’t be enough as he is the lone NHL player on Olympic appearance in men’s hockey.

Prediction: Look for Team USA to squeak by the Russians to top Group A, Slovakia third, and Slovenia fourth.

Group B Defending champion Canada headlines Group B. Many pundits believe Canada could have two teams compete in the Olympics and ether could take home the gold.

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby is the obvious leader of Team Canada and this

lineup has virtually no holes in it, until you get to the goaltending. Montreal Canadians’ net minder Carey Price and the Vancouver Canucks’ Roberto Luongo make up the top-two tandem for the Canadians, Luongo being the man in net for Canada last time around after replacing Martin Brodeur in the group stage. Luongo has a history of faltering in big time games and Price has had lackluster moments in the NHL as well, although Price did lead Canada to a World Junior Championship back in 2007, so he does have fond memories of international play.

Finland is an interesting team, as most brand of hockey, but not the Finns. Finland brings a North American style physical element and isn’t afraid to grind games out on the boards. Finland also brings with it two phenomenal goaltenders in the San Jose Sharks’ Antti Niemi and the Boston Bruins’ Tuukka Rask, arguably the best goaltending tandem in the tournament. Don’t be surprised to see either Rask or Niemi steal a couple games for the Finns, even against group favorite Canada; although being without captain Mikko Koivu is a pre-tournament blow to their lineup.

Austria will have the New York Islanders’ Thomas Vanek at their disposal, as he is having another great year in the NHL despite his teams’ struggles. His teammate on Long Island, Michael Grabner, and the only NHLers on the roster for the Austrians.

Norway possesses the New York Rangers’ leading scorer Mats Zuccarello as he is the lone NHL player on the roster, but he will be without much help against teams such as Canada and Finland.

Prediction: Can’t bet against Canada taking Group B, Finland second, Austria edges out Norway for third.

Group C Sweden comes into the Olympics in search of gold. Sweden won the gold in Turin in 2006. The Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist will be in net for the Swedes and they will bring a starstudded lineup to play in front of him. Henrik Zetterberg leads the way as the Swedes have a nice blend of young and veteran NHL talent throughout. Daniel Sedin will be without twin be a minor blow if any for the Swedes, as they have great depth throughout their roster.

Swedes a run for their money in Group C. led by seasoned veterans Jaromir Jagr and former NHLer Petr Nedved, who now plays in Canadians’ Tomas Plekanec could provide a spark.

Latvia is another team with one NHLer, youngster Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres. Latvia brings nine players from KHL team Dinamo Riga, the powerhouse professional club of Latvian hockey, so there will be some familiarity throughout their lineup. their surprise silver medal at the World Chamhorse and nearly upset Canada in 2010. The Wild’s Nino Niederreiter and New Jersey Devils’ Damien Brunner lead the Swiss up front.

Don’t forget Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller as he will need to play great hockey for the Swiss to make a run. bringing up the rear at fourth.

Final Prediction: Gold: Sweden Silver: Canada