Fall 2011 marked the semester Minnesota State University, Mankato would launch a multi-million dol-lar marketing campaign in order to improve the university and draw new students to the area.

The Big Ideas campaign, as it is commonly referred to, is a comprehensive cam-paign that proposes ideas that, “if achieved would skyrocket [MSU] forward in a way that will transform our institution for years to come,” according to Presi-dent Richard Davenport.

The campaign seeks to transform many aspects of MSU by focusing on fundraising in f ive areas: scholarships, technology, study abroad opportunities, environmentally friendly campus and research.

Davenport said the campaign is about MSU students and how their big ideas will impact the com-munity as well as the world.

“Their big ideas are what this campaign is really about,” Davenport said.

In an attempt to achieve big ideas and real world thinking, Davenport set aside $4 million in one-time funds that would be used to advance the Univer-sity.

He invited students, faculty and staff members to submit proposals for projects they believe would contribute to MSU’s mis-sion, vision, strategic plan and educational goals. What resulted were more than 130 proposals totaling more than $25 million.

“[The proposals] all were a testament to the innova-

Minnesota State Student Association hosted a senator panel to answer students’ most hard-hitting questions about student government in Ostrander Auditorium

Wednesday.MSSA senators and ex-

ecutive leadership gathered to share their experiences on student senate and how they can improve communi-cation with students.

When asked about some

of the favorite parts of being a senator, Off Campus Sen. Mike Ramirez Jr. said lob-bying at the Capitol is his favorite way to bring stu-dent issues to the forefront of decision-making and having that face time with Minnesota Legislators.

College of Allied Health and Nursing Sen. David Schieler said that one of his favorite parts of being a senator is advocating for students.

“I really feel like no mat-ter what I’ve done, what I’ve done for the students really matters,” Schieler said. “We actually fought for what we wanted. Advocating for those students really makes my day.”

Academic Affairs Coor-dinator Sarah Koenen said, “You get to see an idea spark from the students around and actually see re-

sults and get to see student input.”

To better meet the needs of Minnesota State Uni-versity, Mankato students at the 7700 France loca-tion in Edina, senators said that they were interested in communicating with those students more.

McElroy Residence Hall Sen. Amanda Blomgren said MSSA is visiting the 7700 France location throughout the academic year to get feedback on their campus.

Senators were also asked how they could meet the needs of nontraditional students. Schieler said that most senators and execu-tives in MSSA have talked with the Dean of Extended Learning Becky Copper-Glenz to learn more about the needs of non-traditional students.

Schieler said that main-

taining a dialogue between administrators and students is one of the ways to better meet student needs.

In addition to sharing their favorite parts, MSSA also explained some of their biggest challenges being on student government. Presi-dent Matthew Lexcen said that it is daunting for stu-dents to make decisions and recommendations in meet-ings with professionals who have degrees and experience in higher education.

“We’re put into meetings with administration, faculty and professional staff, and now we’re charged with coming up with recommen-dations,” Lexcen said. “We recommend a little over $9 million. For students to do that without a degree is nuts.”

Lexcen also said that one

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Many Minnesota State University, Mankato students living in the dorms rely sole-ly on their meal plans while others prefer the f lexibility of being able to buy things not offered by the cafeteria.

Students say that they more concerned with con-venience than they are with buying their own groceries and cooking their own meals to save money.

For the academic year, the Department of Residential Life offers four meal plans: the Maverick AnyTime at $2,189, the Maverick 14 at $2,274, the Maverick 160 at $2,024 and the Maverick Flex at $400. Each meal plan has its perks and are designed for the interest of the students, but there are limited slots available for each option.

Maverick AnyTime only includes 65 Flex Dollars per semester, but students can eat at the cafeteria anytime they want and have unlimited meals. Maverick 14 includes 150 Flex Dollars and 14 meals per week.

Maverick 160 comes with 160 meals per semester which can be converted into 5.10 f lex dollars per meal but is restricted to only two con-versions per semester. The Maverick Flex only comes with 200 Flex Dollars per semester, with no meals.

“Flex Dollar balances on

the Maverick Anytime, Mav-erick 14 and Maverick Flex Plans remaining at the end of Fall Semester will carry over to the spring semester but do not carry over to the next ac-ademic year,” says University Dining Service. “Flex Dollar balances on the Maverick 160 plan remaining at the end of fall semester do not carry over to spring semester and do not carry over to the next academic year.”

Many students oppose to the conversion restrictions.

“If you’re paying this much for this food, you should be able to convert your meals into f lex dollars any time you want,” says Kirstin Davidson and Andrea Roberts, both students who live on campus.

The deadlines for convert-ing Maverick 160 meals are on Nov. 30 and April 30.

Despite the variety of restaurants in the Centen-nial Student Union, students emphasize that convenience is most important by prefer-ring dormitory services such as Chet’s Place and the Julia A. Sears: C-Store & Grill to buy food and snacks for their dorms.

“I have the Maverick Any-Time plan so last semester, I spent all my Flex Dollars by October. If I had more Flex Dollars I would use it more,” says Ty Keller.

Keller said that with unlimited meals he doesn’t

feel like he would make a purchase of additional Flex Dollars and would rather rely on his unlimited meals.

“I rely strictly on the food on campus because I don’t have a car or anything” said dormitory resident Robert McDermott.

Students see student meal plans as a convenience rather than cooking their own food or buying their own grocer-ies.

“During my first semester at school I bought my own groceries, but it became too much to afford on top of meal plans,” Davidson said.

Contrary to students who

live on campus, Sean Thao, an off-campus student who lived in the dorms last year, said that the cost and conver-sion rates aren’t worth invest-ing into.

“For $5-8, I’d prefer some-thing that’s not like McDon-alds and wouldn’t want to convert meals because you don’t get the full amount,” says Thao. “I’d buy f lex dol-lars if you can get the same dollar amount because the conversion rate should be kept the same; we’re practi-cally losing money coming here and for the meal plan we’ve paid for.”

Many students indicated

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Not only do Flex Dol-lars have the same monetary value as the dollar, but also it includes bonus amounts, and Flex Dollars purchased aren’t taxed.

Therefore, students have more potential to save money on-campus food, snack and drink purchases. Flex Dol-lars can be used at all food vendors on campus.

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challenge he faced is navi-gating professional relation-ships with students or staff and staying bipartisan, especially in meetings.

“It’s easy to dwell on all the negatives,” Lexcen said. “It takes a lot more gump-tion to identify the problem, start the solution and keep moving.”

Vice President Moriah Miles said, “I learned to respectfully push the enve-lope.”

Miles explained one instance when she was in a meeting and she thought she made a wrong decision by speaking up, but in reality, she made really important and valuable points.

Miles said that one of her biggest challenges is com-municating MSU’s budget with students in simple terms. Miles said that the budget changes not just yearly or monthly, but daily.

Students were sent a mass email Feb. 29 about the senate panel. However, few students attended the panel. Many senators agreed that reaching out to students is a difficult but crucial task to fulfill MSSA’s value of be-ing the voice for students.

Ramirez Jr. said that MSSA plans to use more marketing techniques for next year’s student panel, even if it involves senators canvassing in the Centen-

nial Student Union.After the event, College

of Education Sen. Hilary Geesman said that MSSA’s weekly meetings include an open forum for anyone to share their thoughts or questions. She said that she wants to see the senate pan-el become an annual event well attended by students.

“The idea behind the open forum was to provide an avenue to speak with students about what we have been working on and about what else we could begin to tackle,” Geesman said.

Lexcen said that while the forum was executed well, MSSA learned an im-portant lesson.

“An all-student email, prior to Spring Break, about an event after Spring Break, is an awful idea, not to be considered again, ever,” Lexcen said.

“My suggestion for the 80th [Minnesota State Student Association] would be that there’s nothing that sells better than somebody’s face and making it really real for people,” said Col-lege of Arts and Humanities senator David Rosencrance. “MSSA is not just four let-ters. It’s actually a group of people who are rock stars, and you should come listen to them.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — Occupy Wall Street activists on Monday called for supporters to skip work on May 1 to protest what they’re calling police brutality during 73 arrests in New York during the weekend.

Several dozen activists joined members of New York’s City Coun-cil for a news conference in Zuc-cotti Park to complain about police tactics. On Saturday, police started detaining people after hundreds of Occupy supporters gathered in the park to mark six months since the start of the movement.

Occupy organizers across the country have been mobilizing for months toward a one-day general strike in May.

They’re encouraging people to stay out of work and school, and to refrain from spending money. In New York, a coalition of unions and worker justice groups are planning a solidarity march through the city.

Council members at Monday’s news conference included Ydanis Rodriguez, a Manhattan Democrat who denounced police actions, while proposing that the council create a “Protester’s Bill of Rights” to establish basic rights.

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The Increasing Popularity of CohabitationGrace Webb discusses how couples moving in together may not always be the best idea

Imagine: a young couple is eating at their favorite restau-rant. They’re both juniors in college, with their whole lives ahead of them. After dessert, the man gets down on one knee and, eyes filled with emo-tion, asks tremblingly, “Honey, will you… move in with me?”

Wait, that’s not what you imagine every time you think about your significant other?

Cohabiting isn’t a new phenomenon, but it’s becom-ing much more acceptable in modern society. According to research done by the Universi-ty of Denver, about 70 percent of couples live together before marrying or live together with-out getting married in the end. While this used to be frowned upon, most people don’t bat an eyelash when a woman announces she’s moved her things into her man’s apart-ment or when a young couple decides to buy a house—be-fore they exchange vows.

Here’s the catch: Is it a good idea?

There are many reasons for and against cohabitation. People in favor of moving in together before tying the knot say it’s a good idea to “test the waters” before making a

lifelong commitment. After all, how well will you really know someone until you argue over whose turn it is to wash the dishes and figure out who gets to shower first in the morn-ing? It’s easy to be with your boyfriend when you’re both having a good day and trying to please each other, but what about when you hate your life?

Another reason for cohabi-tation is the purely economical side: it’s cheaper. In this econ-omy, finding a job and paying rent is pretty tough at times. If two people live together, that’s half the expense! If you lose your job, your girlfriend will still have hers, and you’ll have time to find another job before you’re evicted.

Co-habitating is a con-venient way to solve long-distance problems as well. If your girlfriend gets a fantastic job and moves halfway across the country, are you going to be able to afford hopping on a plane and visiting her every other weekend? It’s easier if you just come along too. You can get an apartment together and make a place for your-selves without the angst of try-ing to stay connected by phone or email.

Other people say co-habitating isn’t a good idea at all. Besides the usual religious

concerns, people say cohabitat-ing can make breakups even worse. If you’re living in your boyfriend’s apartment and the two of you break up, you have to find another place to live and lug all your stuff out with you. It’s even worse if you’ve bought a house together. Then how do you two divide every-thing? Some people may opt to stay in destructive or unhealthy relationships just because it will be so difficult to extricate themselves from the situation when they’ve put down such strong roots.

Another fear some people have about cohabitation is that couples will use each other without intending to enter into a more permanent relation-ship. As the saying goes, “Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?” Why would a man (or woman) want to enter into the responsibilities and challenges of marriage when he gets all the sex he wants, someone to help him pay his bills and someone to help with housework?

People who argue against cohabitation also have some pretty strong statistics to back themselves up. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, as recorded in the New York Times, couples who live together before marrying

are six percent more likely to divorce before ten years of marriage, with only 12 per-cent of these couples reaching the 10-year mark. About 45 percent of cohabiting couples don’t even marry, according to rayfowler.org, and those who do marry are up to 50 percent more likely to divorce than couples who didn’t live togeth-er before marriage. Based on these statistics, it could seem that cohabitation isn’t good practice for marriage but rather great practice for divorce.

In the end, it’s up to the

couple. They have to decide if they’re choosing to move in with each other because they honestly want to live with each other or because it’s cheaper and more convenient. Living together before getting married doesn’t necessarily doom all future marital happiness, but it does make it harder to truly settle into a healthy married life. Personally, I’m going to wait until I say “I do” to share a bed with a man. The odds are a lot more in my favor then.

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It is only seven weeks before graduation becomes a reality for some Minnesota State University, Mankato students.

For many, it is crunch time to create a good impres-sion on potential employers. The Career Development Center wants to aid stu-dents with their questions of what’s to come after the cap and gown.

An event entitled Job Search Prep Series will be held on Thursday, March 22 and Thursday, April 5. This first-time event aims to reach out to students who are near graduation and want to learn more about how to navigate job searching con-fidently.

JSPS calls for 50 students to attend each event. Ac-companied by a free lunch, attendees will have the op-portunity to grill guest em-ployers about anything they would like to know about job searching. On March 22, at 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in CSU 284, employers will answer any and all questions

with their own knowledge and tips about their own search experience.

The second session on April 5 at 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. is held in the same rooms as session one and will feature hands-on job searching tables with em-ployers present to help students undergo the pro-cess. Students will rotate in four 20-minute sessions with local employers. The four stages are based on the stages of a job and internship search, it will include: self-assessment, finding a job or

internship, applying for a job or internship and interview-ing.

Each event is equipped with nine employers engag-ing in different fields and industries, providing advice tailored to fit the needs of the students. A student can sign up for just one session and is not required to attend both.

Attendees are expected to dress casual. Spaces are lim-ited; sign up for a valuable learning experience that will only help, not hinder.

The search is onCDC hosts its first Job Search Prep Series

megan kadlec • msu reporterThe Career Development Center will be hosting its first annual Job Search Prep Series this month.

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Newt Gingrich apparently thinks the Founding Fathers made a terrible mistake when they established an indepen-dent court system. Under his proposals, judges would please the President, Congress and the public or suffer the con-sequences. Presidents could ignore court decisions they dislike. Congress could haul judges before it to explain their decisions and jail non-compliant judges, and unpopu-lar judges could be fired and their courts abolished.

Even some very conserva-tive judicial critics have ex-pressed outrage at Gingrich’s proposals. One of George W. Bush’s Attorneys General, Michael Mukasey, called them “outrageous and dangerous;” Alberto Gonzalez condemned “bringing judges before Con-gress, like a schoolchild being brought before the principal.” Columnist George Will wrote that Gingrich would replace legal reasoning with “raw political power.”

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Gingrich mirrors Nazi propaganda officer

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Planning and budget sub-meets sifted through the various proposals, ultimate-ly sending the Presidential Cabinet recommendations based on selected projects.

“Last fall, I invited liter-ally everyone on campus to submit project propos-als to help the University create ‘Big Ideas,’” Daven-port said. “The University community responded in a magnificent way. All of the submitted ideas had merit, and it was a diff icult selection process. We thank everyone for their great proposals.”

Some of the projects included the funding to hire an academic advisor for those students who are completing their Bachelor’s degrees online and off-campus and the creation of a f irst year seminar class geared towards undeclared majors.

Other projects include developing an early warn-ing system to identify and retain at-risk students as well as conduct research pertaining to enrollment management recruitment and retention data analysis.

Project costs range from $7,900 for the funding of a College of Business study abroad trip to $691,928 being awarded to install a new dental simulation and technology lab.

The College of Busi-ness plans on traveling to

Belize during Spring Break of 2013 as a function of an upper-division marketing course. Kristin Scott is a marketing professor who will be leading the short trip to South America next year.

“We’re going to be visit-ing fair trade businesses,” Scott said. “That’s the curriculum of the course, so the idea is to introduce students to the topic of fair trade before hand and then we’ll be going in and seeing chocolate plantations that are fair trade.”

While some of the proj-ects focus on academics; others focus on the renova-tion of the campus. Funding was allotted for the renova-tion of the Sound system in Elias J. Halling Recital Hall as well as the connection of the Memorial Library to the Centennial Student Union.

In addition to the 31 selected proposals totaling more than $4 million, com-ponents of four additional proposals will be funded based on alternative sourc-es of money or promises of action.

“It is tremendously satisfying to see the abun-dance of wonderful ideas on campus,” Davenport said. “We have no shortage of Big Ideas to launch our university to a new level of greatness.”

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were protesting peacefully,” Rodri-guez told the news conference. “We are calling on Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly to fight for our constitutional rights as hard as they fight terrorism.”

Bloomberg countered that mem-bers of the NYPD were respectful of protesters’ rights.

“This police department knows how to control crowds without excessive force,” the mayor said. “They do allow you to protest but they don’t let it get out of hand.”

He said police have put up barricades around the park again because protesters were breaking park rules against setting up tents in the privately owned public space.

But Liesbeth Rapp, a 27-year-old activist who was there Saturday, said police “charged” protesters and forced them in groups onto nearby sidewalks.

In tears, Rapp said she ended up next to a young woman who suf-fered a head injury in the scuffle.

“We were all on the ground, and they were on top of us,” she said. “She was holding her head and screaming.”

Rapp said officers ignored the woman’s call for medical help, and it took more than a quarter of an hour for medics to respond.

“Hey, hey, ho, ho, Ray Kelly’s got to go,” the activists chanted Monday, referring to the commis-

sioner.While Occupy organizers have

been clamoring for the May general strike as a springtime renewal of their movement, it’s impossible to gauge the expected response.

Last November in Oakland, when the Occupy movement was at its height, a daylong general strike resulted in a five-hour protest at the city’s port, the nation’s fifth-busiest. In solidarity, hundreds of Oakland teachers skipped school, leaving too few substitutes to keep some classes running.

Supporters in New York, Phila-delphia, Los Angeles and elsewhere held smaller-scale demonstrations.

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Sneaky spring has sprung! During a typical sea-son, students would still be layering shirts under-neath coats topped off with hats and gloves. But take a look around; Minnesota State University, Mankato students are breaking out the short shorts and f lip-f lops. Spring is here, but are you ready for it? You could dig out your old jean shorts and f lowery tops from last season, or check out the hot new trends and be ahead of the game!

Designers have made their move, and spring fash-ion trends for 2012 are quickly taking f light. Most seasons, designers take a liking to a certain style or print. This season, it’s a solid color’s turn. Designers across the board have boldly declared the orange hue of tangerine tango as the can’t-go-wrong color. This years trends are edgy, f lirty and light. Currently in the spotlight are high wasted pants, sun basted shades, heavenly fabrics, off the shoulder tops and stripes galore. Crochet vests also add the perfect spoonful of sweetness to any plain old outfit. Just when we thought designers couldn’t get any bolder, they unleashed the dub step of fashion. No fear clas-sic patterns such as plaids, stripes and polka dots. Futuristic prints are here. Futuristic patterns include pixilated prints, swirling graphics and metallic sol-ids.

Other new trends included…-Cheerful Color Blocking: Pair a color blocked

oversized top and a neutral pant, or work a color blocked dress and be wrapped in color. Hint: Be careful not to mix more than three colors to avoid being rainbow girl.

-Anoraks: Cool toned Anoraks are in for the rainy days ahead.

-Super-bold Patterns: Vibrant and mystical. This style emphasizes the double-take attention with its mirror-like geometric shapes and parrot prints.

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-Pajamas: P-J style pants are in. I am not talking about your old pajama pants with tinker bell or num-bered sheep printed across them. These pants have a stretchy waist and a tight ankle dipped in a classic pattern or solid shade.

-Black and Yellow: Not sure if this trend stemmed from bumble bees or Wiz Khalifa’s top charter but they accent each other beautifully for spring.

Now, you probably are feeling shopping anxiety (itching to check out Forever21 online and wish-ing heartbreakers would get here already), but also realizing you are a broke college student. Don’t fret my friend. Start with your own closet and make two piles: one for the keeps and one of the bye-byes. Don’t just throw away the clothes your sick of; sell them through a consignment shop and make some cash. Mix outfits you normally wouldn’t, approach it like a game of Tetris and see what works! You will be surprised with all you can pull off. Lastly, every girl has that top, pants, skirt, necklace or whatever that they bought one energetic day when they were feeling bold. And there it sits backstage in your closet, not to be worn once. This is your season, pull it out and work it!

A Guide to Your Hot SpringEMILEE STRUSS | staff writer

The Popcorn

The Muppets – What’s been described as the happiest movie of 2011 makes its way home.

Jason Segal plays Gary, whose brother, Wal-ter, is a Muppet (mom must’ve gotten a few awkward questions in her time). Anyway, both are huge Muppets fans and end up bringing all the Muppets back together in an attempt to raise enough money to repurchase their studio from an oil magnate.

The Muppets is a phenomenon — a sick, twisted phenomenon of endless joy, cameos and charm. Kids today like them and kids of yesteryears remember them with unwavering fondness. Heartless voids of emotion, like this writer, apparently don’t get their appeal, but accept it all the same. The movie is simply there to entertain you any way it can, and by all accounts (minus Fox News) it succeeds.

The Muppets is available immediately on Netf lix, Redbox, and digital rental/purchase.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ironi-cally, what’s been described as the feel bad movie of the year arrives the same day.

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist is hired by an elderly billionaire to solve the mystery of his niece’s disappearance. After

teaming up with the cyberpunk-hacker and total basket-case known as Lizbeth Salander, the two are drawn into the path of a longtime serial killer.

This is not a film for the faint of heart or the short of attention. Dragon Tattoo con-tains more than one graphic rape scenes, and an overall feeling of dread. And after a while you start to feel the 2 hour 40 minute runtime. Still, there are some great performances here by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. It is an engrossing mystery guided by the masterful hand of director David Fincher. Just try listen-ing to “Orinoco Flow” again after seeing this.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will be available immediately on Netf lix, Redbox, and digital rental/purchase.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Car chases, gadgets and explosions step aside for paranoia and anxiety to reign in Thomas Alfredson’s espionage thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

George Smiley is a recently (forcefully) retired agent of British Intelligence in 1973. He’s brought out of retirement to investigate the accusation that there has been a mole working at the top of British Intelligence for years.

As far as reactions to this movie go, there seems to be a significant culture gap. In es-sence, it seems to play much better if you’re British. Reviews were astronomical back in September when it opened in the U.K. And the film was also showered with nominations

at the British Academy Film Awards. Then it opened in limited release in the U.S., and the reviews were a bit less enthusiastic and the movie was, for the most part, ignored at the Oscars. It’s ultimately up to viewers to explore the puzzling plot and controlled, restrained tone and make of it what they will. It may prove rewarding for some.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will be available April 17 on Netf lix, April 3 on Redbox, and immediately on digital rental/purchase.

The Sitter – You know how these days Jonah Hill is thinner and doing projects where his characters are likeable? Well, forget that bull!

Hill plays a suspended college student who is coaxed into babysitting his neighbor’s three kids. In order to score with his girlfriend, he needs to make a cocaine run, for which he brings the neurotic kids along with him (be-cause what the hell). Supposed hilarity should ensue.

If the premise doesn’t sound appealing to you, you probably won’t like it. If it does… you probably won’t like it. The movie is a bar-rage of bad humor relying on the use of bad stereotypes and made worse by bad filmmak-ing. Maybe the only reason to watch this is to see just what a train wreck it is. Did I mention it’s bad?

The Sitter will be available April 17 on Net-f lix and Redbox, and immediately on digital rental/download.

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As the band played, their rock-steady beats would speed up, slow down, and speed up again, after which the style would take a 180 degree turn to a dub-mix techno sound. The crowd would break down into slow-staggered dances then, just as the beat would pick up, start jumping up and down like it was their last day on earth. This is exactly how Jon Wayne and The Pain used their style to provoke the crowd emotionally; happiness and deep pain mixed into one feeling.

But to start, where does all this pain come from? How does Wayne sing about tragedy and then build it into euphoric hap-piness? A quite obvious an-swer relates with Wayne’s past struggles with the grips of heroin addiction.

“I am a former heroin addict. I’m not trying to judge, but if you want out, there’s a way,” ex-plained Wayne, reminiscing about his major influence of pain. “To be concise, if you’re struggling, keep going, and let’s dance.”

Dance, is there any other solu-tion? This pain and personal anguish that Wayne has experi-

enced formulates into something beautiful. It formulates into messages of optimism conveyed through quality music. His sor-row echoes through the micro-phone and everyone can hear it; they can feel it. And this is what makes Wayne and The Pain’s mu-sic so great; their ability to touch

the base of everyone’s emotions and make them feel what they, themselves, have felt in the past.

Like these wise words; “Those Punta’s never cared about the life!” This lyric from Wayne’s song, Move Away/Ska Cake Reg-gae, sets a great example of what Wayne has been through, and the be honest, what he could go through again, which is cop-ping tar from Chicano dealers

down in Southside Minneapolis, a dirty business, yes. But this is how Wayne channels his sorrow, through the means of his music. Many of us can easily relate.

Apart from Wayne’s personal experiences, he and his fellow members are, of course, inspired by other musicians.

“Our influences include Bob Marley, Sublime, STS 9, and Bass Nectar,” Wayne said.

All these bands/musicians have played a pivotal role in shaping Wayne’s musical style. It’s like they’re all rolled into one joint, smoked, and the clouds that come out represent the sound of which Jon Wayne and the Pain produce.

But it’s not just their sound that makes The Pain the band that they are today; it’s their enthusiasm and their devotion to the progression of their band. They’ve literary been on the road for the past 2 ½ months playing and recording up and down the Western seaboard from Seattle to Los Angeles. They even obtained the opportunity to record at the Famous 17th Street Studio in Costa Mesa, Cali.

“We performed 250 shows in Costa Mesa and we also recorded two new tracks at 17th Street,” explained Wayne.

This right here is just beauti-ful, a band based out of Minne-apolis, equipped with only a drug habit and a few instruments, set their minds on a dream and pre-vailed. Though at times, the road got a bit bumpy, they kept it to-gether and did what they needed to do. So in the wise words of Jonathan Wayne, “there is a way, there is a way…”

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MSU Women’s Tennis: The Mavericks dropped two matches last Saturday, but rebounded the next day by defeating Southwest Minn. St. 9-0 to snap a five-match

losing skid. Freshmen Shealyn Bakke, Laura May and Joey Bosch all won their singles matches, along with juniors Hailey Robb, Brandi Dohmen and Kathryn Gavin.

MSU Men’s Hockey: Former Maverick forwards Joe Schiller and Michael Dorr have both signed professional contracts with teams from the East Coast Hockey

League. Dorr signed with South Carolina and Schiller signed with Las Vegas.

Huettl propels Mavericks to a weekend split, defeating No. 7 WinonaNo. 16 MSU 3St. Cloud St. 5

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The No.16 Minnesota State, Mankato softball team showed some resilience this weekend, suffering a 3-5 loss to St. Cloud State, but came back the same night and defeated No. 7 Winona State 3-0. “Overall, we showed per-severance this weekend as we battled back from a tough loss against St. Cloud to beat Win-ona,” senior pitcher Kendra Huettl said. “Obviously our goal and expectation was to come out of the weekend 2-0, but I feel we learned from the loss and that it will only help us in the future.” The Mavericks got off to a slow start offensively in the first game on Saturday, only getting one hit in the first three innings. The Mavericks first score came from senior first baseman Chelsea Erickson’s RBI double in the fourth inning, bringing in sophomore catcher Kelly Wood. Down 3-1, the Mavericks made a seventh inning come-back with junior outfielder Lauryn Morris hitting a RBI single and Wood hitting a sac-

rifice fly to right field, bringing in senior outfielder Melanie Upchurch, this week’s NSIC Player of the Week. In extra innings, St. Cloud scored two runs off two singles to take a 5-3 lead and the Mav-ericks couldn’t come back. Upchurch finished the game two-for-four with one walk and scored one run. The Mavericks came back the same night and took care of business against a different team, defeating No. 7 Winona State 3-0. Huettl said the team had a talk after the St. Cloud loss to get ready for Winona. “We talked about quickly learning from the mistakes we made during the St. Cloud game and then letting the out-come of the game go,” Huettl said. “We knew we needed to step up our energy and inten-sity and come out aggressive from the get-go” The Mavericks started right out of the gate against Winona, scoring one run off a Morris single to center field in the first inning, bringing in Upchurch. In the third inning, the

Photo courtesy of Sport PixSenior pitcher Kendra Huettl shut down the seventh-ranked Warriors’ offense, throwing a complete-game four-hit shutout while striking out five Winona State batters. Huettl improved to 9-3 with a 1.11 ERA on the season. MSU SOFTBALL / page 10

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Golden Gophers ousted from Final Five by UND, get a two seed in NCAAsREECE HEMMESCHstaff writer

The 2012 WCHA Final five was once again a momentous weekend in college hockey for everyone in the surrounding states this past weekend, with the University of North Dakota once again taking home the Broadmoor trophy. Seriously, do the Fighting Sioux even try in the regular season anymore? North Dakota has won the WCHA tournament three years in a row now, and every year is the same story. The Sioux come out of the gate with a high pre-season ranking, blow a few games early and never quite have ev-erything working at the same time during conference play. Then when the calendar flips to March and tourney time rolls around, the Sioux start to play to their potential, which is why you have to give credit to UND and head coach Dave Hakstol for showing up to play at the most opportune

time of the season. After North Dakota’s five victories in the tournament, it has now received the No. 1 seed in the West region for the upcoming NCAA hockey championship, which will be played over the next three weeks. Had the Sioux lost their play-in game in the Final Five to the Huskies of St. Cloud State, it would be a much tougher road for UND and would have likely involved it drawing a very low seed, or possibly not one at all. After UND took out SCSU 4-2 Thursday night, the stage was set for a classic UND-Minnesota matchup on Friday night, which had only hap-pened 287 times before then. It was a key game from both teams’ perspectives, considering a Gophers victory could have possibly gotten them a No. 1 seed in the tour-nament, while another win for

UND would just add on to its resume and give them more momentum heading into the national tournament. After the Gophers created a 3-0 lead towards the end of the second period, the Sioux marched back to what would be one of the more amazing comebacks in the history of the Final Five. UND would get one score late in the second period, and then would pour in five goals during the third and final pe-riod to hammer the Gophers by a final score of 6-3. This heartbreaker contin-ued the Friday night woes of the Gophers, as they dropped their 10th Friday game of the season, a feat that has haunted them this entire year. The Sioux then went on to smash third-seeded Denver University 4-0 to win the tour-nament and ensure a one seed

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UND’s Ben Blood (left) and the Gophers could see each other one last time this weekend in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Mavericks extend their lead to 2-0 with Upchurch scoring on a throwing error. Then in the fifth, they scored their third run on a wild pitch, bringing in Redd. Huettl pitched a complete game, allowing no runs on four hits and striking out five bat-ters. This was her ninth win of the season. Offensively, Morris got one hit in three at-bats while get-ting the games only RBI. The team took this weekend as a wake-up call. “We took away the impor-

tance of being aggressive in all aspects of the game as well as playing our style of softball each inning, no matter who the opponent is,” Huettl said. Huettl was honored last week with her third NSIC Pitcher of the Week award. “The award shows that we are playing well collectively as a team,” Huettl said. “We played several tough oppo-nents throughout the course of those weeks, doing the small things right in order to get the wins.”

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heading into the big dance. Four teams from the WCHA ended up making it to the tournament. North Dakota and the Gophers will continue their play at the Xcel Energy Center for another week in the West region. Normally the selection committee is good about keeping teams from the same conference out of each other’s brackets, but every year there is a game or two featuring conference foes going all-out for the win. Denver will head to Green Bay, Wisc., where they will be the third seed, and Minnesota-Duluth will return to the tour-ney as the defending national champions and play in Worces-ter, Mass., where they are put in the same bracket as overall No. 1 seed Boston College. The Gophers face a tough first-round opponent in third-

seeded Boston University, re-newing the East coast-Midwest rivalry that took place in the 1970s. The only good thing about the second-seeded Gophers’ draw is the fact that they will not have to play a game on Friday for the entire tourna-ment. The winner of their first-round matchup with BU will move on to play the winner of fourth-seeded Western Michi-gan and top-seeded UND. For all you college hockey bracket busters out there, North Dakota is coming off seven straight victories and 10 straight goals scored, so plain and simple: pick the Sioux. If the Gophers and Sioux were to both win their opening round games, it would set up an all-out death match at the X this Sunday to decide who goes to the Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla.

COLLEGE HOCKEY continued from 9

MSU set to host UMD after two weeks offBaseball

TIGE HUTCHESONstaff writer

It’s been almost two weeks since the Minnesota State, Mankato baseball team’s last game, and head coach Matt Mag-ers and his players are itching to play a game again. Fortunately for the Mavericks, this weekend’s opponent, the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, will be in a similar situation by the time Friday rolls around. “They’re kind of in the same position that we’re in since they haven’t played in a week,” Mag-ers said The Bulldogs (5-7 overall) are coming off their own trip to Winter Haven and Auburndale, Fla., and will be dying to wash off the memory of last Wednesday’s 6-9 loss to Alderson Broaddus by the time they arrive in Mankato on Friday. Last season, the Bulldogs fin-ished 15-16 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (21-25 overall) and managed to squeeze into the NSIC Tournament after finishing in sixth place. This season, the NSIC pre-season polls again have Minne-sota-Duluth finishing sixth and narrowly making the postseason, but the Bulldogs are bringing back enough of last year’s talent to push for a higher spot, and there’s no excuse for taking them lightly. “They have a good team,” Magers said. “They’re well

coached. They’re very fundamen-tally strong; they throw strikes, play good defense and they’re bringing back a few key position players from last year, so they’re a pretty disciplined team and we’re going to have to come out and play some of our best baseball.” Duluth’s pitching staff is led by senior righty Collin Stinogel (1-1), who has held opponents to a .194 batting average in four starts and leads the Bulldogs in innings pitched with 17, despite averaging only 3.71 strikeouts per game. At the plate, Minnesota-Duluth is led by senior shortstop Marcus Riewer, who leads the team with a team-best 17 hits and .386 batting average. The Bulldogs also depend on

offensive production from seniors Mike Darley (.368 batting aver-age, 14 hits) and Anders Engberg (.306 with seven RBIs), while utility junior Jordan Smith (.310 average) has been a pleasant surprise early on. While it may be a little early to predict just how good Minnesota-Duluth will be this season, Mag-ers insists on a winning series as a key in the final weeks before the NSIC regular season begins. “Our goal is always to win three out of four conference games and we think that will put us in a good position to be in the conference tournament,” he said. “We feel with the high-quality preseason schedule we had, these next two weeks will help prepare us for the conference season.”

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