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Martin Luther King, Jr., Day played host to many events including an informative breakfast and a volunteer opportunity held at the Salem Lutheran Church.

Pam Beard, Executive Director for Kids Against Hunger, enjoys seeing all of the volunteers accomplish the large task of putting together that many packages in one day. She thinks it’s cool to see families bring out there kids and get accompanies the families and volunteers, Anderson’s favorite them involved in the community in such a way that gets them active in stopping hunger. part of the day is getting to know the neighbors.

“We’ve got kids here who are helping pour the rice “St. Cloud has always had a helping heart,” Anderson through the strainers,” Beard said. “We let them taste the said. “We get a lot of people here to help out for a great rice too, so that they know just what they’re packaging.” cause.”

Beard reminded the volunteers that the reason they pack Anderson is joined by many people in the community, bland foods into the boxes is because people who haven’t families, and volunteer groups consisting of people over eaten for a long time can get sick if a food is too strongthe age of four. Kids and parents lined the tables, stacking provisions into boxes and pouring rice into packages. Marcus tasting. Even though Beard admitted to being extremely busy, she said that she was happy to be a part of something that Anderson, one of the organizers for Martin Luther King Jr. created unity within the community. St. Cloud volunteers got day, has seen people of all ages and backgrounds come in and help for a two hour shift. Each shift consists of about 150 to meet their neighbors while learning about world strife and working to make a difference. Anderson and Beard hope that people who typically package $10 worth of supplies each.

This work can lead to over one million packaged meals. This this unity continues onto next year, in which they’re already was last week’s number as over 500 people gathered together planning to have a better turnout.

“This is such a great opportunity,” Anderson said. “As we to help with the cause. Many of these provisions go to the local food shelters, but a lot of it is shipped off to Jamaica and help others, we get to know ourselves and our neighbors.”

Afghanistan where starvation is a major problem. been serving as pastor at Salem for nine years, and has been a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service since

Bailey Vertin NEWS EDITOR

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a day dedicated to a man who fought for equality and peace. On Monday, volunteers gathered at Salem Lutheran Church to honor his name by joining together for a better cause. Between the hours of 1 p.m. and 9 p.m., over 600 people consisting of various groups and families stood in front of boxes full of rice and carefully packaged them to send out to countries in need.

This act is a tradition in St. Cloud in which families gather together to support others in the struggle against hunger.

This year Salem Lutheran Church collaborated with munity with the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. This a 16-year-old girl who wanted to give for her birthday. Kris Anderson, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church, applauds St. Cloud’s dedication to bettering the community, and the

happens today, and I hate it when people say it doesn’t, that

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In addition to her work at Multicultural Student Services, Yang also volunteered to take charge of catering and decor at the Conference this year.

Hosted by the Multicultural Student Services, the conference lasted from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25. Included in the conference were events, keynote speakers, continental meals, and concurrent sessions representing all types of diverse groups.

“I think it’s fantastic that St. Cloud can brag about us holding this conference,” English said, a volunteer for the event. “So many people come, and we have great speakers,

somebody with that.”

“I know racism does exist in St. Cloud State University,” MANAGING EDITOR English said. “The conference is a way that people of color - can get a voice, and can get other people to understand what are the issues facing people of color and other diverse groups. ence at SCSU was cut a day short last weekend due to poor I think it’s a good way to counter the dominant white culture weather conditions, but that didn’t stop students across Minat St. Cloud State and in St. Cloud in general.”

“It is such a rewarding feeling to see young students from that did occur.

“I think the St. Cloud school has a reputation about rac- all difference schools across Minnesota come and show their know St. Cloud has the nickname ‘White Cloud,’ and I know ist incidents, sexist incidents, and you still get this today,” said support,” said Kelly Yang, a graduate assistant for Multicultural Student Services. “They all possess the hunger and that outside of the college community tends to be a pretty eagerness to learn more and grow as a person and that is what person of color, they will tell you how they’re followed around Diversity/ Page 3 in a store, how they got pulled over by the cops. I mean, it still we hope for when hosting this conference.”

Bailey Vertin NEWS EDITOR

It’s the beginning of the year, but the counseling and psychology departments at SCSU are already celebrating a victory. This year the school has been recognized for their dedication to student mental health and has received the JED Seal to show recognition of a school’s commitment to being a JEDCampus, which is proof that the school is dedicated to the mental well-being of its students.

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The JEDCampus program is a nationwide initiative of The JED Foundation, designed to help colleges and universities explore and enhance their mental health and suicide prevention programming. Schools that demonstrate they have comprehensive mental health programming as evidenced by the responses to the JEDCampus self-assessment survey, receive a JEDCampus Seal, which is valid for two years. While many at SCSU have worked to achieve this seal, everyone is still surprised by actually receiving it. Nikki Jagodzinski, Coordinator of Suicide

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Laverne Cox tells story in the story line.

Meg Iserloth MANAGING EDITOR

ange is the New Black” spoke about her life through the years as a transgender AfricanAmerican woman, her emotional and physical transition from childhood to now, and male gender roles play in our society.

In “Orange is the New Black,” Cox plays a transwoman named Sophia Burset who is sent to prison for credit card fraud. Sophia is also a hairdresser for many of the inmates

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ago and watched the whole season,” said Ana Rad, an accountant at Lakes Marketing Group. “I love it. It’s brilliantly unique and every character is so interesting. I’m hooked.”

Rad says she loves the character of Sophia, and the fact that her role is played by a real transwoman only enhances the experience. “It makes Sophia’s story much more believable and personable,” she said. “It also brings attention to Laverne Cox as a person

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conservative, non-diverse community, except for with the recent immigration of Somalis and other refugees and immigrants lately. I think it’s a redeeming factor that St. Cloud can brag about, that we host this conference, and we really make an effort to spread awareness and education, and allow people to tell their stories about their diversity on issues related to race, sexual identity, and sex such as male and female.”

Keynote speakers and special guests at the Conference this year included Tou Ger Bennett Xiong, Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, Ka Vang,

Laverne Cox

Continued from Page 1 be had on transgendered people and awareness to the biases against them.” season. “It was an interesting take on love triangles.

I am looking forward to the next season.” “[Sophia] was a great character in the show,” the challenges of being a transgender.” enhanced the experience, since it was believable.” “[The casting] completely enhanced [Sophia],” Rad said. “Laverne Cox is amazing. She’s inteltimes inappropriate, questions are posed to her. She is a much-needed voice in Hollywood and I respect and admire her courage.” speech was everything she had expected and more.

“I came out feeling fantastic from the event,” English said. “Going in, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to relate as much, being that although I’m an ally to the queer community, I do not identify as queer myself, or any form of queer. Being that the main part that people tend to focus on Laverne Cox is her trans rights advocacy, I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to relate. But as soon as she started talking, I was like, ‘This is exactly what I came for.’”

English is double-majoring in women’s studies and international relations. She also works at the Women’s Center on campus, so many of the topics brought up by Cox spoke to her. people [that she is] transgender,” English said.

“The part that bugs people the most is the fact that she is gender stereotyped, the fact that she is acting outside the gender she was assigned at birth. That’s really what I study. A lot of what I study is not only women issues, but the idea of gender stereotypes and the idea of gender roles.”

In interviews throughout the years, Cox has often told the story of a phone call her mother received when she was in third grade about an incident that happened in the classroom. According to Cox, her teacher told her mother that if she didn’t take her to therapy soon, “her son would end up in New Orleans wearing a dress.” In Cox’s home town of Mobile, Ala., the phrase is considered to be a heavy-loaded insult.

What Cox had not revealed in many interviews, however, is the story of the ‘incident’ leading up to the phone call, in which Cox had innocently purchased a small paper fan at a Six Flags gift shop and used it to fan herself in the classroom while batting her eyelashes, pretending to be Scarlett

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Renée Hogoboom, Laverne Cox, Joshua Fredenburg, Jeff Johnson, Ashley DuBose, Bill Shannon, Dr. Tamrat Tademe, and Nontombi Naomi Tutu.

“Multicultural Student Services takes pride in knowing that the workshops and keynote speakers allow these students to leave with new knowledge in bettering themselves both personally and professionally,” Yang said.

“Honestly, it is essential that our school supports these kind of events and promote these events, and becomes proud in these events so that when people look back they can say St. Cloud State was trying to address these issues of racism at that time instead of just ignoring it, which is what a lot St. Cloud look better in the future, that they were addressing these issues if they can get together in a safe place and talk about these issues.”

O’Hara from “Gone With the Wind.” She also relayed in detail to Thursday’s audience the aftermath of the phone call, the therapy sessions which followed, and her mother’s painful reaction to the entire ordeal.

When asked if Cox has ever visited New Orleans in a dress to spite those who had hurled the phrase at her as a slur before her transition, she laughed, saying, “As an adult, I have not, actually.

I have never. But I am going to Tulane University next month in New Orleans, and I will be sure to wear a dress.”

Though it took her mother a long time to get used to using the proper gender pronouns of ‘she’ and ‘her,’ Cox was happy to report that her mother has now accepted her transition, and even corrects other people when they refer to Cox as male.

“There were times when I got goosebumps,” English said. “She talked about how people were trying to police her gender, saying how they called her a ‘f**’ or a ‘p***y’ because she didn’t act male enough for male stereotyped gender. She talked about how in sixth grade she tried to kill herself, and feeling utterly hopeless. I think a lot of us have gone through that stage where you’re trying to become yourself, and you’ve felt like you’re so outed by society that death is better than actually going through and trying to overcome when society is going against you so much. I really related to that hopelessness.”

In “Orange is the New Black,” Cox’s twin brother plays Sophia before her physical transition into womanhood, giving an interesting visual insight for fans of Sophia and Cox alike. In real life, Cox and her brother have always had a close relationship, yet Cox is very quick to remind fans that her childhood and that of her twin brother are still separate.

“The interesting thing about being an identical twin is that you can grow up in the same house and have completely different experiences,” Cox said. “I believe that is the case for my brother and me. He’s My story is not his story, and my brother, I love him tremendously. He’s brilliant in a lot of ways.”

“My brother has been a major force in my life,” she said. “Really, he’s been the most stable male force in my life. I love him tremendously. We’re in an interesting place right now with a lot of things-and we’ll talk about that in the book.”

The book in question, written by Cox herself, is expected to be out in Fall 2015, she said. It will tell Cox’s full story, including many personal details not currently spoken of in conventions or interviews.

To anyone who is interested in these topics and more, Cox encouraged them to look for the book when it comes out.

“She started talking about how she’s a feminist herself,” English said. “The part I really related to is when she talked about intersectionality. Intersectionality is looking at the different parts of your life

where you cross, whether it’s your class, your race, your gender, your location, if you have any disabilities. That makes a person and where a person comes from. A lot of times people focus on just gender, just race, just queer.”

“With her, she was looking at how she is a woman of color, a trans woman of color, a feminist, and the gender stereotypes,” she said. “As soon as she went in, she was talking about what it was like to be from the lower class, being poor; what it was like to be black from the lower class; what it was like to be a feminine male from the lower class and black. She talked about how there’s already sexism, there’s already racism, and there’s already homophobia, but if you combine all three, you pretty much have the most dangerous formula of being a woman of color in the queer community, where homicidal rates are the highest, harassments are the highest, suicidal attempts are the highest. Just being outed by society is extreme.”

Cox also grew up in a Christian household. Although she no longer believes in organized religion for herself, she still holds on to the spiritual aspect

“There were times when I got goosebumps...” of Christianity that was ingrained into her at a young age.

“Religious discussions are very tricky to get into, and I really like to stay away from them,” Cox said.

“For me, it’s important to speak personally when it comes to this. I grew up Christian and I grew up a church-goer. Now I don’t believe in organized religion for myself personally, but I do believe in God, and I do believe in spirituality.”

“I do believe that God made us as who we are; I really do,” she said. “I believe that God made me exactly who I am, doing exactly what I am doing as I am in this body that I currently inhabit. I believe that in my spirit. I feel like all of you here are a testament to that; I feel like my life is a testament to that. By that I mean that I feel it’s all possible because there is a higher power. I believe that God loves me, and I believe that God made me really, really beautiful.”

“The one thing I’ll say on [religion] is that it is really not for us as individuals to judge other people,” she said. “It is for God to judge us. If we’re religious people, I believe our job is to love other people, and to love other people even when they might [hurt] us. And when they might disparage us, that we love them.”

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A little bit of luck and a lot of hard work are some of the many characteristics that have shaped 19-year-old Carlos Fitts.

Growing up in Lima, Peru, Fitts said the connection to Minnesota started at a young age. “My dad works in tourism,” he said. “He had met a few people from here that were visiting Peru. One of them knew a lot of people here. They kept bringing more and more people down to visit.”

With all of these returning tourists, Fitts said his family eventually became friends. “We got to know them,” he said.

But Fitts never seriously thought about studying abroad, not until his abroad came from one of his high school teachers.

“One of our high school professors was from Stillwater. I talked to him and he guided me,” Fitts said.

Taking such a major step required a lot of guidance and research, but more importantly, advice, most of which came from his tight-knit family. “My dad studied here, in Texas. He came here with $500 in his pocket and a few friends. He had to learn English before he started school,” Fitts said.

Fitts’ mother had also studied abroad, getting her master’s degree in biology in Scotland, so they understood some of the choices and decisions the 17-year-old had to make. “My dad said if you wanted to go for it, then do it,” Fitts said.

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To commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, SCSU’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education is pleased to present ‘The Typist.’ This free event will be located in the Atwood Memorial Center Voyager’s Room.

Wednesday Volunteer and Service Learning Fair 10 a.m.

Located in the Atwood Memorial Center Main Lounge, join dozens of community agencies seeking volunteers, service learners, and interns. Learn about local agencies and how your skills/knowledge community!

Wednesday Women on Wednesdays 12 p.m.

Dana Johnson and Linnea House will be speaking in the Atwood Memorial Theatre, and will be speaking about unplanned pregnancies and crisis pregnancy centers.

Minnesota State Universities Job Fair Orientation 2 p.m.

Multiple orientation sessions will be available to students who wish to be more prepared for job fairs.

This event is free and is being held in the Career Services Center in Centennial Hall.

Thursday Sidestreet 10 a.m - 3 p.m.

This event will feature student organizations and corporate sponsors. The free event is held in the Atwood Memorial

choice for Fitts.

“I knew the family friends. But my parents had to have had a lot of trust knowing I was leaving and knowing I wouldn’t be going back right away.”

Flying with his sister to the United States, fresh out of high school, Fitts said the weirdest thing was when his sister dropped him off during orientation week. It was that moment that Fitts realized he was on his own.

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had to get out of my comfort zone,” Fittz said.

Fitts with a lot of opportunities to practically use his skills.

With two more years of schooling to go, Fitts said he has not really thought about what he would do after he graduated.

“I can’t even answer that to my dad yet,” Fitts said. “But he said I should wait to see if I have a good opportunity,” he said.

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everything by himself was an adjustment, but he said it got better.

A junior now, studying computer science, Fitts has come a long way from those freshman days. “I wanted to accomplish what I wanted to do,” he said.

And accomplish things he did. Last summer Fitts was offered a technology internship with the Minnesota Twins. Helping to develop an inventory system, Fitts lived and worked down in the cities for three months with the ball club.

“It was a cool experience,” he said.

And because of his internship experience, Fitts now works at Maverick

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Carlos Fitts now works at Maverick Software Consulting at SCSU. But though the whirlwind of experiences Fitts has had in the last few years, his hard work and dedication to his degree and his family keep him going.

“I feel so lucky. Everything just worked out. It worked out really, really nice.”

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Huskies to challenge UMD in Polar Plunge Patty Petty CONTRIBUTING WRITER

No, it is not another sequel to the cheerleading

Dog” challenge that the SCSU has put forth to the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD) to take the plunge and raise money for a good cause.

funds for the Special Olympics of Minnesota, with cooperation from Minnesota Law Enforcement agencies. This year’s event will take place on Feb. 15, in the cold waters of Pleasant Lake, between Rockville and St. Cloud.

The Special Olympics of Minnesota keeps a very busy calendar of events for athletes throughout the year. They host three games per year to coincide with spring, summer and fall seasons, and

SCSU collaborative group. Greek organizations, student organizations, residence halls and athletic groups have helped to participate. “Last year, we had at least one student from France plunge, which is quite the experience, in that they don’t do that back at home,” Susan Jordahl, Director of Communications and Community Relations for the Herberger Business School, said.

The university is serving as one of two locations for park and ride for both participants and spectators since parking is limited at the site. Atwood Memorial Center will serve as a pre-plunge check-in location on Valentine’s Day afternoon, with check-in on the day of at The 400 Club, located at Pleasant Lake.

When asked about checking the weather, Stroman stated, “Well, I already know I’m going, so if

that’s what I’m wearing, even if it’s 5 degrees out.”

Stroman estimates anywhere from a quarter to half of the participant wear costumes. “I saw one Special Olympics organization was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the 1960s. The Special team, that was Batman, Superman, a bunch of Olympics website states that through sports, “ath- comic book heroes, all dressed up with masks and capes to match with small type shorts. That was letes ... celebrate their abilities, not disabilities.” pretty funny to see,” Stroman said. “We’ve seen Erik Stroman, a business major, is completsome Hawaiian costumes,” Jordahl added. ing an internship through the Special Olympics After jumping, there is a warming tent where and serving as the SCSU ambassador for the Top Dog Challenge. When asked why students choose jumpers can change into warm clothes afterwards, “The jog back is a little cold,” Stroman said. ging rights, too. You go out and jump in with your tors who are willing to brave the cold. friends and you get to tell everyone you did it.”

While the plunge began 17 years ago at Como Stroman also added, “you’re motivated by trying Lake in St. Paul, the Top Dog Challenge is only to raise money for a good cause.” three years old. Susan Jordahl explained, “It There are multiple teams that make up the

started with a phone call from the UMD business school to Diana Lawson, dean of our business school. It was only three weeks before the event, so we didn’t have a lot of turn around time then, but we came really close to beating them. So, every year we get a little bit better.”

Jordahl and Stroman have begun to get the word out, by starting a Facebook page, participating in Family Fun Night on New Year’s Eve, hosting a table in Centennial hall and the placement of three thermometer posters to keep track of donations. They plan to update the posters weekly and will place change donation bins at food service locations within Atwood. There is also a go- between for the school ambassadors that has been helping the schools plan a few things. Stroman expects that to begin at the North Star Cup Hockey Competition since both schools will be there.

SCSU has raised approximately $3500 compared to UMD’s total of $1400, with Jordahl’s Dog Challenge motivates some, Dean Lawson chose to up the ante last year. She stated that if plunge. That offer still stands, as it was not met in Students looking to participate in the Plunge or for more information about the event should contact Erik Stroman at ster1001@stcloudstate. polarplungemn.org/group/scsu. Students need to sign up with or as a team under the SCSU group in order to help become the Top Dog.

Career Services sponsors interview seminar Ivana Sreckovic STAFF WRITER

Career Services Center organized an event entitled “Interviewing to Impress” for SCSU students Resume and cover letters are only the beginning for getting a job or applying for anything at all. Even if they liked your resume and cover letter, it’s not enough to be good on paper. You have to show your best side during the interview and convince them why you should be the one they will choose to hire.

Graduate assistant at Career Services Center, Anna Martyna, was the one who gave students a few tips and tricks for being good at interviews, and she was the one who gave the lecture for the students about this topic. With the lecture, Power Point presentation, videos and possibility for asking questions, students were able to learn and get a lot out of it. “Ideally, we would love for every student on campus to utilize our services, so they can be as prepared as possible to successfully enter their do research on the occupation you are applying for. “One of the best things you can do is research key words or key items they are looking for and you will be able to get that from the job description,” Martyna said.

An interview is a two-way thing. Your potential employers are interviewing you for a job, but you are also interviewing them, and that’s why it is quite important to research the company or emThat’s why informational interviews are something you should go for if you have that opportunity.

That’s why you always need to have some questions for the end of the interview. Otherwise, you might not seem interested or serious enough for the position. Also, it is not a good thing to show should always pick at least one thing you have to work on, and something you are not great at. You want to show your will for improving that thing.

Show both strengths and weaknesses, things you are good at, as well as things you are bad at.

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Anna Martyna, SCSU Community Counseling graduate student and Graduate Assistant at Career Center, giving a presentation at the Interviewing to Impress event.

“We are all human. We all have improvements that we need to make. But the point is that you are making that extra step to do something about it,” Martyna said.

Not only are the things you are saying important, you need to take care of your dress and the You need to think about the way you are standing or sitting, have a good handshake, be careful with facial expressions and body language. Be sure to make good and direct eye contact, because you don’t want to seem nervous or insecure.

Smile and be positive. “You don’t want to force a smile by any means, but allow your natural character to come out. They want to know that you have professional experience, but they also want to know that you have a personality too,”

enthusiasm.

Verbal and nonverbal communication are equally important for leaving the best impression possible. The things you should work on and show that you are good at are communication, leaderand initiative.

“It is extremely important to be prepared for an interview. The interview is your opportunity to cate to that employer that you have the necessary skills and that you are the ideal candidate for the position,” Martyna said.

So skills, knowledge, and experience are the anything. In the end, follow up on the interview.

Thank-you cards or thank-you mail would be perfect for that.

HBS Dean Lawson to leave SCSU During her eight-year stay at the university, Lawson’s direction has provided HBS with a competitive advantage for her students. “We’ve built a really good relationship with businesses and alumni.

That’s how I know we are doing well,” she said.

Lawson attributes most of the success she and HBS have had during her tenure to the faculty and staff. “It the experience of building a team, a strong team, where everybody on the team has been a contributor to our success,” she said.

During these last few months at SCSU, Lawson said she will continue to work on expanding the

Vicki Ikeogu EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

After nearly eight years as the current dean of the Herberger Business School (HBS), Dean Diana Lawson will be stepping aside at the end of this academic year.

At the end of her stay here at SCSU, June 30, Lawson will be heading to Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan to become a dean over their school of business.

“I’ve been looking at other opportunities,” Lawson said.

According to Lawson, the average tenure of a dean is about four years. And being in this position for double that time frame, Lawson said it was time for a change.

“I had told the President and the Provost a couple of years ago that I was looking. I think it is important for a person to be forthcoming,” Lawson said.

Searching the market for open positions that would work the best for her, Lawson’s search led her to Grand Valley.

“Their program is similar to ours. It is a regional comprehensive school. I will be focusing on developing external relationships and engaging alumni,” she said.

Over the last eight years at SCSU, Lawson has brought lasting changes to HBS. “When I came here eight years ago, there was not clear direction. But it was no fault of the faculty or staff,” she said. She cites three years of instability due to multiple interim deans for the reason.

revisions to the MBA program so it can be implemented, and collaborating with faculty on some of their more pertinent projects, Lawson hopes these next few months will lead into a smooth transition for HBS. But as much as Lawson will miss some of her responsibilities and her role at SCSU, it is the people that she will miss the most.

“Everyone has been very supportive. They all say the same thing, they are happy for the opportunity, but sad for the loss,” she said.

And while missing her co-workers, Lawson will also greatly miss the students she has worked with.

“Working with students is one of the most rewarding things I can do. Our students have great PRAVIN DANGOL / VISUALS EDITOR opportunities ahead,” she said. “I just want to thank Dean Diana Lawson will be leaving SCSU. them for the opportunity to work with them.”

Her last day is June 30.

“Being here eight years has provided consistency,” Lawson said. The consistency to go through academic year without major changes.

SCSU, she is looking forward to the next step in her life.

“I can’t lie about it, I like change and new adventures. And this is a new adventure.”

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Seal Continued from Page 1 seling department, it’s a win for the whole school,” Jagodzinski said.

Working with suicide prevention has taught her that there can never be enough awareness for signs of suicide.

And while the seal doesn’t ensure that there won’t be mental health issues still on campus, the JED Seal is awarded to schools that exhibit comprehensive mental health promotion and suicide prevention programming, based upon evaluation of the school’s survey response. The seal shows students, their families, and others that the school displaying the seal has a program consistent with The JED Foundation’s recommended best practices to perfection. The seal is awarded to schools that surpass a threshold of measures in each domain of a mental health and suicide program on campus.

SCSU has been recognized as a leader in these departments and can now proudly boast a JED Seal, something that sets the college apart from others. Jagodzinski collaborated with John Eggers and the psychology department to obtain this prestigious recognition. Eggers is the Director of the Psychology and Counseling Department, and has helped complete the survey that is required to be recognized as a JEDCampus.

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nition by outsiders.”

Jagodzinski and Eggers have both worked over 20 hours together to get the school’s efforts towards mental health. In order to receive this recognition, school administrators have to complete a survey that is a voluntary self-assessment reviewing the school’s current campus health and suicide prevention programming. Upon receipt of the self-assessment survey, the JED Foundation compares the school’s responses to the recommended practices outlined in the Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention on College and University Campuses developed by the JED Foundation with input from leading experts in mental health and higher education. report and phone consultation with practical recommendation for enhancement. Administrators and counseling professionals can use the survey results and feedback to inform an action plan for enhancing emotional health programming on campus. This feedback contains suggestions for program enhancements, not mandates, for colleges and universities to consider implementing.

The survey introduced includes eight strategic imperatives: strategic planning, identifying students at risk, increasing help-seeking behavior, developing life skills, providing mental health services, promoting connectedness, following crisis management procedures, and restricting access to potentially lethal means. While Eggers believes that SCSU has performed well in all of these categories, it has been made obvious by the survey that the school’s best is in providing mental health services.

Even though this honor provides distinction in the mental health programming, Jagodzinski and Eggers both agree that there is always room for improvement. Looking towards

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SCSU has just recently been honored with the JED Seal for its dedication to mental health service. the future, the psychology and counseling department hope to improve upon the strategic planning area. While providing the care needed is important, Eggers believes that the best strategy is to teach people how to recognize the signs of suicide risk in other students. The JED Seal boosted moral in the mental health services departments, but Eggers and Jagodzinski both agree that this was a victory for the whole school.

Abortion rally held on Atwood Mall

Staff Report The University Chronicle has recently won 10 awards at the 147th annual Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA). Competing against college newspapers across the state, the University Chronicle was one of many recipients honored at the MNA awards banquet on Jan. 23. site, receiving recognition for its easy-to-read style.

In addition to best website, four University Chronicle Gnirk with his investigative reporting story ‘Veteran Resource Center seeks new location,’ Nadia Kamil with her photo story on Johnny Holm, Joshua D. Levine with his editorial ‘Coexist banner abuses religious symbols’ and Bree Heller with her ‘Powder Ridge: College Night’ advertisement. awards. They were Tiffany Krupke with her government/ public affairs reporting story ‘University explores paying for additional police support,’ Molly Willms with her investigative reporting story ‘Saffari sues Potter, SCSU,’ Vicki Ikeogu ness,’ Arick Then for his editorial ‘Has education failed us?’ and Bree Heller for her ‘Your University, Your Newspaper’ advertisement.

The Chronicle was also honored with two third place awards. They were Jason Tham with his column ‘Three things to watch as a college student in 2013,’ and a general excellence awarded to the paper as a whole.

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Students and staff gather on the Atwood Mall on Jan. 22 to commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

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A student holds up a sign in support of birth control at the rally on the Atwood Mall.

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UPCOMING EVENTS Tues 1/28 KVSC Top 88 Albums of the Year Countdown 5 p.m. 12 a.m.

MOTOKI NAKATANI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The duo of guitarist/rapper Prince and rapper/poet Charles perform their acoustic brand of hip hop and poetry on Wednesday in Atwood.

Weds 1/29 Dr. King’s Open Mic Night brings musicans, poets to Atwood Dream Mixed Blood Theatre GRR Library 12:45 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

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On a chilly Wednesday night at Atwood’s Quarry Lounge, students gathered for some midweek entertainment that’s put on

by UPB Department of Campus Involvement and made possible by the eager talent of students wishing for a chance to express their musical, singing/rapping, or poetry skills. It’s a good way for students who live on campus to muse themselves for free when they are bored on a school night, as well as see what’s happening on the smallest of scales for music without having to travel far. The night started out with a couple female students doing a couple pop covers. Up next was a guitarist who teaches lessons at “Rocktown Music” named Franklin.

We then moved into the dominant theme of the night; night was a guy who went by the name of “Prince.” Prince accompanied himself with an acoustic

guitar. He sang an original song titled “Wicked Games,” a song he wrote about a bad relationship he had been in. Many of the songs sang or rapped about were about relationships. Many students as or work on building a lifelong

other. The “Young Money/Cash Money Records” effect is very evident in the rap styles and lyrics of the rappers who performed.

The rapper “Prince” played guitar while a rapper accompanied him.

They rapped about partying, women, and getting lots of money or material goods. The R&B rapping style was also prevalent in the duo’s rapping. It’s a hybrid mix of switching from rapping to singing.

As with these events, you’re going to get students who are more artistically talented than others.

However, that is half the fun of open mic night. It’s not supposed to be a spectacle of a well traveled musician, but the wonder of an up and coming rapper, musician, or

Sat 2/1 Justin Ploof Pioneer Place 9 p.m. 12 a.m.

Sat 2/1 Turning Rebellion Into Money: A Tribute to Joe Strummer First Ave 7 p.m.

rapping. Charles rapped about looking beyond what is in their turbulent environment or the things bringing him down the most, but he has a sense of being stuck and unable to escape his situation of struggle unless he has the help of the people around him. He dedicated his set to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. These student open mic nights of wreak of sleek produced, mainstream pop or rap styles as a way of appeal to everyone. This a common theme with our MC. The MC of the night was Chelsea. She mused the audience members with cheesy, pop culture puns and jokes.

Only at one moment did I feel like I was watching bad karaoke.

At open mic night, eclecticism is the theme. Talent ranged MOTOKI NAKATANI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER from pop singers, country singerDifferent styles of music and speech songwriters, rappers and poets. Up came out on Wednesday that ranged from and comers need not be shy about country to poets to hip hop. putting their talents for display for their fellow students.

Cirque Zuma Zuma comes to St. Cloud Matt Rieger MARQUEE EDITOR

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and writing talents.

‘Cirque Zuma Zuma’ is a traveling group of African acrobats and can be described as an African version of “Cirque du Soleil.” The show is produced by John Jacob of African Acrobats International. With about 120 performers available, Cirque Zuma Zuma has no shortage of talented acrobats. On their website, they promote themselves as having ‘established the ultimate African Circus. The cradle of all cultures, and the ultimate source for all music, dance, and ritual for all humanity.” ing I have been able to see in quite some time, so I was interested in what kind of display they would be putting on. The opening act was a female performer with a wild display of hula hoop. Her psychedeliccolored, stripped pattern body suit

made for some interesting visuals.

It seemed as if whirling shimmers of light and color were cast to the of her body movement with the hula hoops. I was unable to keep track of but it had to be somewhere around a baker’s dozen, if not more.

The show then featured two acrobats performing a chair stacking and balance act. The one acrobat ascended to the top of his own construction, while his accompanying partner tossed him chairs to stack. During the spectacle, grooving, jazzy African rock boomed from the Ritsche Speakers. When the acrobat a top the chairs had reached his last chair, he whistled out for his partner to toss him the last chair. The performer then proceeded to do a chair tower.

The next act featured more bal-

ancing acrobatics. One of the female performers accompanied a different male performer from the chairstacking display. This performance featured balancing atop a table as the base and then gradually building up. The male performer used large cylinders as his tool of choice while he used a board to rock back and forth. It felt as if his balancing was like trying to surf or knee board. He ders perched on top of a stool on top of the base table. The next thing they brought out to play with was a long, cushioned pad. It signaled the start of some Zuma Zuma jump tumbling featured the acrobats jumping through two large hoops. tumbling, we saw a solo performance of the human pretzel variety. With her prominent front ‘fro, much in the vein of Janelle Monae, and all yellow

body suit, she was quite a spectacle of any Olympic gymnast. Watchher bright yellow body suit was like taking clay and molding it into your desired shape.

The show concluded with all six members of the Cirque Zuma Zuma team waving various African nation center stage was a different female ible one. This female performer laid backwards and upside down on a special chair while she performed amazing feats of juggling with her painted pot as well as a small square table.

Cirque Zuma Zuma was a fun spectacle of African acrobatics of a different kind.

PRAVIN DANGOL / VISUALS EDITOR

Cirque Zuma Zuma brought their African style of Cirque Du Soleil acrobatics to SCSU on Thursday night.

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‘Catching Fire’ portrays dystopian future Ciara Pritschet STAFF WRITER Before I begin this review, I have to confess something. I have never read “The Hunger Games.” I have watched the comparison to the original book from whence it came.

Trust me, I realize how huge this oversight in my life is. me, so let us shift our focus.

The biggest difference between “Catching Fire” and “The Hunger Games” is that there is more of an emphasis on politics in “Catching Fire” than there was in “The Hunger Games.” While some people may be disappointed since they are fans of the “combat and survival” aspects of the movies, I was very pleased.

The political implications of having two survivors—er, “victors” of the Hunger Games are not pleasing to President Snow, who delivers an ultimatum to Katniss Everdeen: convince him that she really does love Peeta Melark, or he will kill her, her family, and her friend/crush, Gale.

After Snow gives her that ultimatum, Katniss and Peeta go on their victory tour to all of the other 11 Districts, ending in the Capitol. At every stop, Katniss has to make sure to try and sell the idea that she actually is in love with Peeta to President Snow.

Things get off to a very rough start in District 11, the home District of Thresh and Rue, both of whom helped Katniss during the Games. After abandoning the script in order to speak directly to the families of Thresh, and especially Rue, a riot starts.

In the last movie, Snow spoke of how dangerous hope could be if left uncontrolled. He watches as his granddaughter wears her hair in a braid and says everyone at school and the other Victors upsets him as the riots spread from district to district. At the prompting of his new Gamemaker, he calls in a Quarter Quell, something that happens once every 25 years.

The Quarter Quell takes the place of the Hunger Games that year, 75 years after they started. Instead of tributes taken from the general population of boys and girls, the tributes for the Quarter Quell come from the surviving victors of each District.

None of the victors are happy about this. With riots

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spreading, and the army of Peacekeepers moving through the Districts, unrest is spreading through Panem.

Katniss, being the only female Victor from District 12, is picked again. Peeta ends up being the male tribute once more.

The politics of Panem and the Hunger Games are shown once again through fashion. Cinna once again works with Katniss as her stylist. The larger role politics play in this movie are underscored by the scene where Katniss is interviewed on TV in a dress that President Snow insisted she wear.

However, Cinna designs the dress to turn into something else when she spins, which has serious repercussions for him.

The arena and the Game itself, however, are worth the wait for people who aren’t all that interested in politics.

Panem has been playing this Game a long time, and has many tricks up its sleeve to keep the Tributes hopping and the people entertained.

The end twist is surprising to those of us who haven’t read the books, and leaves you very shocked and wanting to All in all, I liked “Catching Fire” better than I liked “The

Hunger Games.” The blatant discussion of how to manipulate people through the media they consume was a scene that I loved.

Furthermore, Katniss is the second hero on the big screen that I have seen who struggled with PTSD. In “Iron Man 3,” traumatic things he went through.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is something many people where you must kill the other players, like Katniss went

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humanity to the characters.

I give “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” a 9 out of 10. On its own, I felt that it was a good movie, with a good look at a dystopian future and the politics behind it from the viewpoint of two teens helplessly caught up in it just trying to survive.

Of course, someone who has read the books probably would have something else to add. Unfortunately, I wasn’t

Second ‘Hobbit’ goes on a dazzling adventure Ciara Pritschet MOVIE REVIEW It’s been more than a month since “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” was released in theaters. Therefore, it’s high time that “The Chronicle” reviewed it.

“The Desolation of Smaug” is the second in Peter Jackson’s series of movies based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s book, movie endeavor, we were introduced to our hobbit in question, Mr. Bilbo Baggins, along with the 13 dwarves and the meddling wizard Gandalf, who had pulled Bilbo out of his comfortable life in his home in Bag End to have that most unhobbit-like of things, an adventure.

We join the group right after they have escaped Azog the White Orc with the help of Gandalf ’s acquaintances, the eagles. Still weary of Azog and his bloodthirsty band, they take refuge in Beorn the Skinchanger’s house. While Beorn is not fond of dwarves, he is even less fond of orcs, and agrees to aid the Company by loaning them ponies to help get them to the edge of Mirkwood forest.

Once they arrive at the edges of Mirkwood, Gandalf leaves the Company in order to do wizard business that we never really followed in the book. In the movies, however, we follow Gandalf ’s adventures as well as the Company’s.

According to the movies, Gandalf, along with Radagast the Brown, is investigating the Witch King of Angmar, who is the one gathering the orcs and organizing them.

Another large difference between the book and the movies is the presence and involvement of two Mirkwood elves, Legolas and Tauriel. Neither was in the book, though many people remember Legolas from “The Lord of the Rings” series.

Tauriel takes issue with King Thranduil about his reluctance to do anything about the evil orcs and spiders massing outside of the boarders of Mirkwood. This leads her into chasing a group of orcs, which are in turn chasing

Meanwhile, the Company, who had been captured by the Mirkwood elves, escape and head to Laketown, where they meet another change from the books, Bard. While in the books, Bard was merely a guardsman in a booming town, here he is something of a smuggler in a struggling economy.

It is here that we must discuss some of the casting choices for the movie. While Orlando Bloom is reprising his role of Legolas, it is important to note that he is not actually doubling up and playing Bard as well. Bard is played by someone else entirely, Luke Evans, who is apparently Bloom did in “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

Notable British actor Stephen Fry also puts in an appearance in Laketown as the Master of Laketown.

The dwarves eventually do get to the Lonely Mountain, and we do get some great scenes with the dragon, Smaug. The scene between Bilbo and Smaug, where the dragon wakes up and discusses with Bilbo how he has no idea what on earth Bilbo is, while Bilbo attempts to not be eaten, was very dynamic.

Martin Freeman, who plays Bilbo, is very good at being the ‘normal person thrown into a completely outrageous situation,’ and he shows it very well here. Someone who ing to talk down a dragon, and it comes across pretty well in that scene.

Despite being about two hours long, they still haven’t reached the end of the story yet. The ending is actually very abrupt.

I won’t be saying more of that, to prevent some spoilers, since even if it’s been a month since the movie has been out, and roughly 70 years since the book was released, there are still people out there who haven’t seen the movie and don’t know the story.

As for the movie itself, I think we split the wrong Tolkien book into parts. Despite that, however, “The Desolation of Smaug” is an adventure movie that embraces, for

PHOTO COURTESY OF 3BPBLOGSPOT.COM ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ continues Peter Jackson’s adaption of Tolken’s work.

the most part, what it is: a swords-and-sorcery quest movie.

Its weakest points, I thought, were the forced “love triangle” between Tauriel, Legolas and Kili, which was a plot point that the actress playing Tauriel, Evangeline Lilly, didn’t act out, and was put in their through editing tricks after the fact.

The second weak point, I felt, was the overly-heavy foreshadowing every time Bilbo’s Ring was onscreen, or even thought about. While “The Hobbit” is a prequel to “The Lord of The Rings,” there are several scenes where

Despite this, “Desolation of Smaug” is a fun and enjoy-

Life goes on: Remembering Aaliyah Meg Iserloth MANAGING EDITOR by an unlicensed pilot crashed in the Bahamas, killing nine of its passengers. The pilot, Luis Morales III, was later found to have traces of alcohol and cocaine in his system.

Just like that, R&B lost a beautiful, kind-hearted talent--known by fans as just Aaliyah--at 22 years old.

Born Aaliyah Dana Haughton in Brooklyn, New York, Aaliyah was the second and youngest child in her family. Her interest in music began when she was little. Her mother, Diane Haughton, enrolled her in voice lessons, and it was because of this that the young singer would perform in her church choir and at weddings and charity events.

When she and her brother RaPHOTO COURTESY OF FUZE.TV

Below: Aaliyah outstretches her hand during a VMAs after party.

moved to Detroit, Michigan. It was there that Aaliyah landed a part in the stage play “Annie.”

grade at the time, the opportunity sparked Aaliyah’s desire to be an entertainer, changing the course of her life--and her legacy--until the day of her tragic death.

As an adult, she enjoyed a lot of success as a unique icon in the hip hop and R&B world. Aaliyah described her own sound as “street but sweet,” with ties of R&B, hiphop, and pop woven into her musongs as well, including elements of electronica, latin pop and heavy metal.

Aaliyah also focused on her public image throughout her career, daring to be different by wearing baggy clothes and sunglasses in order to portray her true self on stage. She started many fashion trends that spread worldwide that are still prevalent to this day, including a combination All America Tour ad campaign.

To add to that, she wore all-black on stage.

She would have turned 35 on Jan. 16 of this year.

Last summer, in an effort to pay tribute to the singer, Chris Brown brought Aaliyah back to sing and dance as a hologram in his music video “Don’t Think They Know.” Drake has also paid his respects to Aaliyah in recent years by posthumously using unreleased vocals in his own music, as well as sporting a tattoo of the late great star on his back.

To this day, many acclaimed critics still praise her sound and subject matter in her music, including Rolling Stone’s Keith Harris, who said Aaliyah and Timbaland’s 1998 hit “Are You That Somebody?” was “one of the ‘90s R&B’s most astounding moments.”

In fact, Aaliyah is often credited as being one of the most hop in the ‘90s. If it weren’t for her contribution to the industry at that time, critics have argued, that corner of the music scene would be a lot different today.

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Third place at North Star Cup brings needed boost Friday

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North Star College Cup Continued from Page 9

Saturday

Minnesota Gophers reign supreme over the Huskies Jeremiah Graves SPORTS EDITOR

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the Gophers multiple chances early in the period.

Fitzgerald was up to the task and kicked

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Saturday The Gophers picked up right where they left off on Friday night, scoring just 32 seconds into Saturday night’s contest.

Minnesota Gophers junior forward quick goal, her 15th goal of the season, beating Husky goaltender Katie Fitzgerald’s of Bona’s stick, contrary to Friday’s contest where she tallied eight shots on goal, with no reward.

In attempts to shake up some offense, Huskies coaching staff bounced the lines around moving freshman Kelsey Salaens to the left wing of center Julia Gilbert and right wing Abby Ness. In the process, senior assistant captain Molli Mott will take the left side of freshman center Lauren Hespenheide and freshman right-winger Payge Pena.

In another effort to concoct the winning formula, sophomore SCSU goaltender Katie Fitzgerald got the start after Julie Friend Senior defenseman Michelle Burke made her way to the box for tripping, giving the best power-play in the nation their second opportunity in the period.

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over two minutes of power-plays.

SCSU picked up a man-advantage at the 15:36 mark of the second period, which included a few shots and opportunities with no reward.

Minnesota capitalized on an odd goal from behind the goal-line, hitting the back of Fitzgerald, after an opportunity in front, The awkward goal was scored by Gopher junior forward Meghan Lorence for her 12th goal of the season, keeping her stick hot after notching two goals in Friday’s contest.

Burke broke the offensive drought for the Huskies with a blast from the point that goal of the season took care of Leveille’s shutout streak, totaling at 219:31, and since Jan. 11 against Ohio State. against the Gophers, there’s no better team Burke’s goal was assisted by freshman Hespenheide after winning the draw.

The Huskies killed off yet another power-play from the No.1 team in the nation. Unfortunately, just seconds afterwards, Minnesota’s Milica McMillen snuck one past Fitzgerald.

Trying to help block the shot was Husky assistant captain Cari Coen, but the puck tipped off of her glove and ended up going over the shoulder of Fitzgerald.

McMillen’s goal moves her season total up to eight, and gave the Gophers a 3-1 lead.

Mott almost notched a late goal for the Huskies to cut the lead to 3-2 but she couldn’t bury the opportunity, and SCSU

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Senior defenseman Michelle Burke scores the lone goal of the weekend for the marched to the locker room down 3-1.

The Huskies’ offense had performed better in Saturday’s contest, putting 12 shots on net through two periods, but still managed to give up 32.

The third period was plagued with penalties to start, with just under :30 seconds of of the period.

Unfortunately, the Huskies couldn’t capitalize on their power-play, which was nothing new for the team over the weekend, shots.

something going.”

Fitzgerald came up big for the Huskies when needed, recording four saves through ing the game close with a few huge saves game with a solid 44 saves, but suffered another loss, moving her record to 1-8-1 on

the season.

Minnesota controlled play the rest of the way, locking in their 12th straight win, which is good for the longest unbeaten streak in the NCAA. With the win, the No.1 ranked Gophers elevate their record to (241-1, 18-1-1-0 WCHA). to stay out of last place in the conference where they’re currently No. 7-of-8.

The Huskies will be back in action Jan. 31 at 7:07 p.m. to take on Ohio State University in the comforts of the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

The women will also take part in National Girls and Women in Sports Day sponsored by St. Cloud State Athletics on Saturday, prior to the women’s hockey game. The event will be held in Halenbeck Hall North Balcony from 2:15 to 3:45, girls and boys ages 14 and under get in for free.

For more information on the event go to http://scsuhuskies.com/news/2014/1/22/ GEN_0122145238.aspx.

Baseball’s third annual Grandslam on Grand Staff Report

The SCSU baseball team will be hosting its third annual Husky Dugout Club Grand Slam on Grand Lake Ice Fishing Contest this Feb. 1.

Eddies on Grand Lake, which is located 10 miles west of St. Cloud, will play host to the contest, offering a wonderful travel experience in the Central Lakes region between Cold Spring and Rockville. have our little social there afterwards… we name the winners there, and they have a little band playing.”

Students will only be charged $15 to attend the event, and if more than 25 students sign up, free transportation will be provided by bus from Halenbeck Hall at 11 a.m. For those students who are interested in signing up for a day on the lake, a table will be set up at Garvey Commons throughout the week.

Students can also sign up by emailing Bruce Thompson at: brucethompsonscsubaseball@gmail.com.

Tickets for those non-students interested in dropping a line are $25 per hole if purchased in advance, and $30 per hole if purchased the day of the event. There is a two hole maximum per participant.

Registration, hole selection, setup, visiting exhibitors, and refreshments begin at 10:00 a.m., with the Husky baseball team and coaching staff drilling all the ice holes prior to the event. just under 500 people out there.” great business sponsors.” $1000 cash, and thousands of dollars in additional door prizes and give-aways throughout the event.

For those interested in helping support the SCSU Husky baseball team, but don’t Coolers are also allowed. For those that stick around after, there will be a live band in Eddies after the contest. the lake before we are able to play some baseball.”

For anyone who wants more information on the contest rules, directions, prize list, or registration, contact the contest chairperson Angie Ditty at (612)-386-5684. The SCSU For those interested in registering online, visit www.Grandslamongrand.com.

Tortorella in NHL headlines once again Derek Saar STAFF WRITER

Old time hockey came back to life in last Saturday night’s National Hockey League match-up between the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks.

Just two seconds into the game, a line brawl broke out between the two clubs, with

But that wasn’t the end of it, as Tortorella intermission, but was held back by Flames players outside their dressing room.

Actions by both coaches resulted in the NHL’s decision to suspend Tortorella for 15 days without pay, while Hartley was slapped In Tortorella’s post-game press conference, he was asked why he didn’t start his

The result of the brawl was an astonishing 152 penalty minutes recorded between the two respective teams, including six game misconducts, at the two-second mark of the

dissolve the situation right there. Tortorella responded by saying he couldn’t possibly put his top players in harms way as it was clear to him the Flames’ intentions were to start the

Now, let’s dissect the cause of this brawl and the repercussions of the incident, namely for the head coaches of both Calgary and, more-so, Vancouver.

Flames head coach Bob Hartley named his starting lineup prior to the game, send-

In this case, Tortorella was protecting his star players and was disgusted, rightly so, with Hartley’s apparent decision to begin the game torella seems to be overboard to many, but he

response, Canucks head coach John Totorella, thing from anybody” mentality, sent out a line At the drop of the puck and throughout the brawl, Tortorella was seen endlessly barking at Hartley from the end of the Vancouver bench. Hartley had a smug smirk on his face, ignoring Tortorella’s rant as if, he didn’t exist.

on your sleeve” to a T. Tortorella’s tirade on the bench, coupled with his heat-of-the-moment decision to attempt to enter the Flames’ dressing room between periods, gave more than enough evidence for the NHL to suspend the Canucks’ head coach.

Another factor that possibly could have factored into this decision is the actions of Tortorella’s former team, the New York Rangers, in March of 2012 when a line

brawl broke out off the opening draw against their arch rivals, the New Jersey Devils. It is a strong possibility, but nobody knows if this was the case or not concerning the NHL’s disciplinary board’s decision regarding Tortorella’s suspension.

The track record of Tortorella seems to have gotten him a longer suspension than almost any other coach would have received if they performed the same action last Saturday night. For example, if the Minnesota Wild’s Mike Yeo, along with many other head coaches across the league, were placed in the same situation and taken the same course of action, the discipline would probably have been less. Perhaps Yeo and other coaches would have been suspended for two or three games, maximum.

This is an unjust criterion of decisionmaking by the NHL disciplinary board. Track record aside for Tortorella, ask coaches from across the league and most would have done close to the same thing. Attempting to bust into the Flames’ dressing room may have been crossing the line, but in the end, what player wouldn’t want to see their bench boss sticking up for them in such a manner?

The actions of Tortorella showed that he has his players’ backs, so to speak, which can only bring the Vancouver Canucks team closer together and want to lay it all on the ice for their head coach game in and game out.

In this instance, Tortorella let his emotions

get the best of him, which, if you follow the NHL, is of no surprise whatsoever.

The Canucks’ offseason trade of coaches from the Rangers’ organization only to head west to Vancouver in order to replace Alain Rangers vacancy), may have been what the doctor ordered in the long run for Vancouver. would affect the Canucks, in comparison to Vigneault’s calm demeanor. Both respective expectations year in and year out, but the Canucks’ continuous saga with goaltender Roberto Luongo and their repetitive failures in the Stanley Cup playoffs, highlighted by Bruins, have added to the immense pressure of a Canadian hockey market.

As of right now, the Canucks aren’t a favorite to win the hockey’s holy grail, sitting in seventh place in the Western Conference standings. Some may say the actions and resulting suspension affects the Canucks negatively, not having their head coach behind the bench. But Tortorella, who showed that he is willing to do whatever it takes, even if he may cross the line in some cases to stick his neck out for his players, is admirable in every sense of the word.