Volume 88, Number 31

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Opinions...........7

Marquee.....8-10

Sports........12-16

Shakespeare returns to Pioneer

SCSU wrestling stays undefeated with a huge 19-12 win over Upper Iowa.

The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) performed at the Pioneer Place.

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Page 16 - Women’s BBall sweeps

Wrestling remains undefeated

Events

Calendar

Women On Wednesday

12 - 12:15 p.m.This event is free and open to the public and will take

place at the Atwood Theater. There will be speakers, an LGBTQ panel. Presenters

include Kayla Lubbers, Dao Vang and Treaver Johnson. This event is sponsored by

the Women’s Center.

“What Color Is Your

Personality?”

12:30 - 1:45 p.m.This event is free and open to the public and will take

place at Atwood in the Cascade room. This session

will educate attendees on what the primary and secondary colors of their

personality are.

Saturday

Wednesday

Monday

Budget Advisory Group

11 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.This event is free and open to the public and will take

place at Atwood in the Mississippi room. This event

is a meeting to look over SCSU’s budget and Steven Ludwig will be speaking.

Vagina Monologues

6 - 8:30 p.m.This event is $5 for students and $10 for the public. This will take place at the Atwood

theater. There will be a speaker and a silent auction. 90% of the funds raised will

Center’s Gender Violence Prevention Program.

Liberian Night

5 - 9:30 p.m.This event is $10 for students

and $12 for community members. This night will showcase Liberian history, culture, food and music. The event is sponsored

by Multicultural Student Services.

Thursday

Learned Pigs wins trivia weekend

John Russett

ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Hold on to your butts.The debate on whether to make SCSU

a tobacco-free campus is not dead yet. On

Room in Atwood and ended in Student Gov-ernment passing a resolution in opposition to the second phase of the tobacco ban.

Voting down, twice, to push this resolution to the next meeting, the majority of Student Government members were adamant about making their opposition to the tobacco policy public.

While the resolution does not specify any

completely tobacco-free on Aug. 1, 2012, it was seen as a public declaration that Student Government is opposed to the eradication of smoking at SCSU entirely.

“It is a public declaration that our student government is evolving,” said Jarrod Wiggins, Minnesota State University Student Associa-tion campus coordinator.

The resolution clearly stated Student Government was not wholly opposed to the tobacco policy already in place. The issue was

policy.“Sheltered areas provide a solution to the

opposition of phase two,” said Nicholas Gar-land, Student Constitution Review Committee

chair.The question was raised as to whether

there had been any student opinion gathered on the tobacco policy since the phase one was put into place on Aug. 1, 2011.

“We did get student opinion on whether they wanted a smoking ban, or not,” said Christopher Norton, Student Government vice president. He went on to say there has been no direct effort to gather student opinion on the implementation of the smoking ban and how it is going.

Samantha Ivey, Student Government presi-dent, said the university did receive a grant for going tobacco-free, which paid for the signage

Student Government opposes tobacco ban

JUN-KAI TEOH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Jo McMullen-Boyer hosts KVSC’s 33 1/3 Trivia Long Play’s awards ceremony.

Chelsea Christman

BEAT REPORTER

33 1/3 may be just a number, but to KVSC, the university radio station, it symbolizes much more. In honor of the 33rd anniversary of KVSC’s an-nual Trivia weekend, the number acts as the central theme. Vinyl records spin at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute, and the station still plays records, so the chosen theme corresponds well.

Imagine enduring 50 hours of trivia questions, challenging your mind, body, and spirit. At KVSC, 88.1 FM, announcers ask questions to teams listening on the air and online. While some questions are based on the theme, others range from different

subjects, such as pop culture, history, and sports.

Jo McMullen-Boyer, station man-ager of KVSC, has been involved in every step of Trivia since she received her position in 1992.

“Trivia weekend takes months of work, and we start narrowing the theme every year in the summer,” McMullen-Boyer said.

In August, KVSC announces the theme. In the following months, they move on to the steps of designing the campaign, creating posters, ensuring sponsors, and advertising with media as the date approaches. Writers create the questions all year long, drawing on knowledge from any source, even personal experiences.

Points range from 10-500 per

Most questions require more than

answers, so all team members must be ready for an information scavenger hunt.

Each question is also open for a certain amount of time. Volunteers answer the phone lines, waiting for teams to call in with their responses. A question is “closed” after time expires and the announcer tells the answer on air.

“Teams can call in and keep guessing until a question is closed, so it is very interactive,” she said.

KVSC keeps teams and listeners updated on scores every hour, except during the last few hours, which

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Government / Page

Brenna Casey

BEAT REPORTER

In November 2012, the citizens of the United States will elect its 45th president. As Elec-tion Day approaches, candidates prime their voters with enthusias-tic speeches and tell-all ads.

On Jan. 6, Republican candi-date, Ron Paul, held a town-hall meeting and rally for fellow sup-porters. The event took place at 4 p.m. where veterans, students, and members of the community gathered to support Paul and his campaign for presidency.

Former member of the U.S. Air Force and National Guard, Texan Representative Ron Paul has been an active member of the United Stated legislative branch since 1976. After marrying his high school sweetheart, Carol Wells, Paul attended Duke Uni-versity School of Medicine where he became an Obstetrics and Gy-necologist . Throughout his medi-cal career, Paul is said to have delivered more than 4,000 babies. Paul and his wife of more than

grandchildren themselves. After a failed presidential campaign in 2008, Paul is now reattempting to obtain the Republican presiden-tial nomination.

Opening for Paul was SCSU professor and current Republican member of the Minnesota House

Ron Paul

speaks in

St. Cloud

Ron Paul / Page

BRENNA CASEY / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Ron Paul discusses his cam-

paign plans at the River’s

Edge Convention Center.

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builds suspense about the score lists.Trivia attracts not only locals, but a wide

range of players across the nation.“We have teams from two people to 60

people plus, and even teams outside the Mid-west. One team is playing from Norway this year,” McMullen-Boyer said.

Every team develops unique strategies and prepares for the weekend. Tommy Balistreri, a trivia volunteer and former player, said he was once a team captain.

“I played for six years, and it is really fun but a lot of work to get everything together. I loved it, but I love volunteering more,” Balis-treri said.

He explained that, as a team leader, one has to organize all the players, the location, food, computers, and any other resources before trivia weekend begins. Teams need a plan, cohesiveness, and a headquarters.

“Some teams have headquarters in their homes, libraries, or rent places, and it re-

ally takes a lot to organize before you play,” McMullen-Boyer added.

Along with trivia, KVSC runs a chal-lenge line. Run by a band of people known as the “Goat Posse”, the challenge segment is worth no points. It is an add-on to the main trivia questions, offering comic relief and the chance to challenge other teams to perform wild dares.

Balistreri works with the challenge line. Among multiple humorous stories, he detailed one challenge legend.

“There was a challenge between two teams to race across Lake George wearing only a jockstrap, and the two guys showed up and ran over the frozen lake,” he said. In the middle of winter, players completed the dar-ing challenge, yet they received no points for the antics.

The radio station’s Trivia weekend attracts players for entertainment and glory.

After the 50-hour marathon of constant on-air questions and productions, the top three trivia teams receive trophies. Only the winning team receives a traveling trophy, which is a golden urn they are allowed to keep for one year. The winning team’s name is also written on the trophy.

An award ceremony is held in Ritsche Auditorium on Sunday at 8 p.m. to pass out awards and celebrate. The winning team is

hall of fame.“People are exhausted and we have some

really goofy awards. You are in there with ev-eryone from the college student to the lawyer to the teacher, all celebrating that they made it through another Trivia weekend,” McMullen-Boyer said.

After the award ceremony, contestants and all involved can attend a party at the Red Carpet Night Club and listen to the Shake a Hamster band perform.

The event would not be possible without the help of volunteers and sponsors. Volun-teers include current students, alumni, and community members. Most volunteers work in the phone banks, which are set up in the Department of Mass Communication’s com-puter labs. Businesses donate food for fuel and other resources. Sponsors this year include Sodexo, Bernick’s, Kemp’s Dairy, D.J. Bitzan, Perkins, and more.

“I think the radio station’s trivia weekend has become one of the bigger campus com-munity connections. Students are learning

a lot of hands-on skills in event planning, promotions, and more. Many alumni and vol-unteers come to help, and it is a campus entity that really connects with the community,” McMullen-Boyer said.

KVSC, which is run by staff, students, and volunteers, estimates about 175 people help with Trivia weekend.

“Ultimately, I think, it is a good, posi-tive event at the university that engages a lot of students and community members in the same event,” McMullen-Boyer said.

KVSC’s annual Trivia weekend remains a reliable form of entertainment, spread-ing beyond only the SCSU campus. The event started on Friday, Feb. 10 at 5 p.m. and continued until Sunday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. It is funded and sponsored by SCSU, multiple sponsors, and the work of staff, students, and volunteers. For more information about Trivia, the radio station, or to get involved and register a team, please visit www.kvsc.org.

For more information on trivia, please see Michael Runyon’s story on page eight of the Marquee section.

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JUN-KAI TEOH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Phone bank volunteers take teams’ answers. The phone bank is located in Stewart Hall.

TriviaContinued from Page 1

of Representatives, King Banaian, and radio personality, Sue Jeffers.

For 27 years, King Banaian has taught economics at SCSU. -

ian encouraged the enthusiastic crowd to continue to stay posi-tive.

“The race is up for grabs,” Banaian said. “You guys are going to be part of the process that maybe changes the course of this race… You have the opportunity still to turn this race around.”

Paul’s Minnesota Campaign Director, Marianne Stebbins, reminded the crowd of the seriousness of the upcoming events in reference to the state caucuses.

“Whether we win here or not is entirely your choice,” Steb-bins said. “Everything we believe in comes down to the next 24 hours.”

Prior to introducing “the Thomas Jefferson of our time,” Jeffers continued to elaborate on the importance of the state caucuses, reminding the audience of the 2008 caucus in which 223,000 Democrats voted in comparison to the mere 63,000 Republicans.

“The world belongs to those that show up,” Jeffers said. “It is so important… These candidates have track records that we can look at and see what they stand for. All the candidates talk a good game. Actions speak louder than words.”

Accompanied by his wife, Carol Paul, and granddaughter, Linda, Paul was welcomed by a standing ovation and chants.

Throughout his speech, Paul addressed several key issues including the War on Terrorism, Social Security, national debt, unconstitutional legislation, and the Federal Reserve.

In 2009, Paul wrote “End the Fed” in which he argued that “in the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without con-sidering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve.”

The Federal Reserve System is responsible for regulating and overseeing monetary and credit conditions. It acts independently from the federal government as it is an entirely separate entity.

Paul additionally stated that if elected he would repeal the

Patriot Act which was enacted after Sept. 11.Under the Patriot Act, the government is permitted to

monitor any individual suspected of terrorism without certain evidence.

According to recent demographic polls, over half of Paul’s supporters are 18 to 24 years-old.

“Freedom is a young idea,” Paul said. “Young people are inheriting a mess because we’ve been very careless. There’s been too many people in Washington who have not taken seriously the

exciting is that because of the trouble we’re in… people are real-izing that [the government]’s not working.”

Throughout the audience, an array of veterans and local col-lege students from St. John’s University and SCSU came together to support Paul.

Veterans Rian Ling and Thomas Huffman attended the event in support of Paul as he was “pro-veteran and anti-war”.

“[Ron Paul] is a constitutionalist, he’s the only one that understands the constitution,” Huffman said. “Ron Paul has solu-tions…”

Similarly, local students from SCSU, including junior Joe Borkhus who is currently majoring in economics, attended the event in hopes of furthering encouraging Dr. Paul.

“He represents the Constitution, he’s the only one that does,” Borkhus said. “He wants a limited government, and is for the people and the states’ rights.”

“I always knew that Ron would be an achiever. In 1995, Ron went back into Congress after 13 years of delivering babies because he felt like they weren’t doing anything,” Carol Paul said. “He always said ‘What good would money be if our country is gone?’ and that the country was sick too, so he had to go to Washington and become a legislator.”

Paul went on to hold another rally in his state-wide tour at the Minneapolis Convention Center later that night where nearly 2,000 individuals attended in order to show their support for his 2012 presidential campaign.

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Joe Edmonds

COPY EDITOR

For many people that attended SCSU, Francis H. “Fran” Voelker was somebody who will be remembered by his impact on the university and mass communication department, as well as being a caring person to all.

School. He primarily taught English classes, but was very active in the school’s community as well. He initiated the

Foley is now known for their successful wrestling program across Minnesota.

After teaching at Foley for six years, Voelker moved to SCSU to begin teaching English in 1959.

“I think he had a broad variety of interests in educa-tion,” said Richard Hill, former SCSU professor. “He

The Department of Mass Communications was not an -

marily taught English. After, he switched to mass commu-nications and became a regular chair for the department. During his time as a professor, Voelker had a deep bond with many of his students.

Tom Elliot, current sports columnist for the St. Cloud Times was one of his former students.

“The newspaper business can be a tough racket; some-times the compliments don’t come often or easily,” said Elliot. “Fran always seemed to have something nice to say.”

Voelker’s devotion to teaching and to his students was displayed to his colleagues as well.

“He was always very tender, gentle and loving when interacting with his students,” Hill said.

During his time teaching, Voelker was a very active as chair for the Mass Communication Department and

Organization, now the Faculty Association, that helps promote improving the quality of education at SCSU. He went on to become the president of the Mass Communica-tions Department toward the end of his career.

“He started a lot things that had not been done, par-ticularly when he was head of the department,” said Hill.

Voelker, along with his wife Mil, were the authors of several textbooks used in the mass communications courses. “Mass Media: Forces in Our Society” had several different versions published in 1972, 1975 and 1978. On the side, he also published “Legends of the Padrnos Fam-ily”, “History of Big Birch Lake”, as well as making major contributions to Impressions Magazine.

Together with his wife, they established the Fran and Mil Voelker Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship is in-tended for Mass Communication majors and offers $300 to students. However, a strict grade point average is required, as well as good career ambitions.

Voelker was an active member in the SCSU commu-nity as well as the St. Cloud community. He held season tickets for Husky athletics for 35 years, and was considered a regular for many of the basketball games. He was also active in his parish, Christ Church Newman Center.

Francis Voelker passed away on Feb. 2. The family has made a request that all memorials be made to Christ Church Newman Center or the Fran and Mil Endowed Scholarship for the Mass Communication Department.

The life and times of Francis Voelker

BRENNA CASEY / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Supporters gather around Dr. Paul after his speech for autographs, photos, and comments.

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NIRAJ LAMA MOKTAN / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Andy Ditlevson, associate director for Employment Services talks about how students should be well-prepared for job fairs. Some students have not been prepared for job fairs in the past.

Shun Jie Yong

VISUALS EDITOR

Students often get caught by not being well pre-pared for a job fair interview, and some even blame the employers at the job fair that never get back to them.

To help students to be more prepared at job fairs, the Career Service Center at SCSU has started Job Fair Orientation. Job Fair Orientation events started on Feb. 1 and will be ending on the Feb. 15 according to the Career Services Center website. In the orientation, Associate Director for Employment Services, Andy Ditlevson, presented ‘’Key to Success at the State University Job Fair’’ with the help of a Powerpoint slide.

‘’The job fair orientation we have been doing is

said employers told the Career Services Center that students today are as well-prepared as they used to be, even compared with 10 years ago, which is the reason they do all the seminars.

‘’Students are required to wear formal attire such as suit, shirt and tie so they will look more profes-sional; thus the employers from the private company

-son said. He also said a good resume is required during the actual job fair.

Ditlevson said every year there are more than 100 students in the student lounge but they are not talking to the employers.

‘’No one is going to hire you in here and you are not going to get an interview, why don’t you go out there and take the initiative to talk to the employ-ers?’’ Ditlevson said.

‘’When students get the interview, they need to prepare a well-written introduction will help the students stand out from the competitors. You have to also request business card from the employers and send them ‘thank you’ email, thus the interviewer/employer will remember who you are,’’ Ditlevson said.

‘’To show that you really want the job, you as a students have to follow up with the company, to show that you do really care,’’ Ditlevson said.

Ditlevson said Career Services Center also has a Resume Writing Seminar, Interview Prepara-tion Seminar, Job Search Seminar and Networking Seminar to help the students to be more prepared for upcoming job fairs.

‘’This is my second time attending the Job Fair Orientation,’’ said Sussie Zhu, senior from the Mass Communication Department of SCSU. Zhu said the Job Fair Orientation is very important to the students. The Job Fair Orientation also provides students with guidance to the right track.

‘’I can also apply the tips from the orientation to my marketing classes, so students have to attending to the Job Fair Orientation,” Zhu said.

will be scheduled on Feb. 14 and 15. Students will have to grab the chance to get themselves prepared.

Job fair prepares students

STAFF WRITER

The battle between pro-life and pro-choice views has been in society’s rear-view mirror for decades now. On one side of

on campus, the SCSU for Life educating and raising awareness on the disagreement surrounding abortion.

The SCSU for Life organiza-tion was started by a freshmen student, Rosana Molina this past

of starting an organization during her church teen retreat in Wash-ington D.C. for the duration of a speech given by a fellow pro-life educator.

“I was really inspired but it wasn’t until I attended Main Street when the idea formed,” Molina said.

SCSU for Life has a couple events in the near future such as Tracie Rademacher, a local resident in the St. Cloud area who will be giving a speech on March 20. Rademacher had an abortion at the age of 16 and is hoping to

-edge with students about the dangers of abortion and how it af-fected her physically, emotionally, and psychologically.

The other side of this critical issue is the Women’s Action for Liberation and Leadership group which was started in 1970 by a former professor. It was originally intended to be a small-group that was to be discussion based on women’s issues, but it gradu-ally grew into something more. Women’s Action for Liberation and Leadership is not only a pro-choice group but they also deal with many other issues involving women and raising awareness.

“We don’t just focus on pro-choice rights; there is a whole spectrum of things we do,” said Jenna Stammen, the president of Women’s Action for Liberation and Leadership. They also work very closely with the Women’s Center on campus and arrange

numerous events. On Feb. 15 they will be attending the pro-choice lobby day at the capitol, which they will be lobbying amongst

be tabling for Valentine’s Day at the Crisis Pregnancy Center in St. Cloud.

On Wednesday, Feb. 8 SCSU for Life showed the documentary “Blood Money” at the Atwood Theater, a pro-life documentary that is narrated by Martin Luther King’s niece, Dr. Alveda King. “Blood Money” takes a look over the abortion industry and shows raw confessions of abortion vic-tims and racism.

“It goes over how abortion is a racist tool to eliminate African Americans,” Molina said.

The Women’s Action for Liberation and Leadership group came to the Atwood Theater an hour before the documentary was showing with pickets that adver-tised their group and pro-choice opinions.

“We knew SCSU for Life was showing ‘Blood Money’ and we wanted to collaborate with the Women’s Center and show that there is a pro-choice group on campus,” said Kate Lyn Carter.

SCSU for Life were not aware picketers were going to be at their event.

“Women shouldn’t have the choice to kill their baby and us as

-cided it has lots of good facts and information,” said Mirna Kojic.

Two very different opinions on

issue of abortion.“We are here to challenge

what we believe are the myths about abortion,” said Jane Olsen, director of the Women’s Center. The opinions of these two op-posing groups are set and other SCSU students formalized their opinions as well.

event,” said Ryan Shaughnessy.No matter the morals and

opinions of others. One thing is for sure, it seems as though the politics of abortion has reached SCSU.

SCSU groups’ take on the abortion issue

ONLINE EDITOR

The Winter Institute is an an-

featured talks, letters, and panel discussions about relevant eco-nomic issues for 50 years in a row on Feb. 29. This year, the Win-ter Institute will focus on green economics and environmental

speeches from prominent econo-mists and business leaders, as well as journalist Chris Farrell. There are also two panels this year: an economic panel to predict what’s happening with the international, local and regional economy, and a panel that will focus on green technology and business.

Institute will be located at the Best Western Kelly Inn in St. Cloud, and the following day at SCSU’s campus. According to their website, the Kelly Inn venue will include an economic panel with keynoter James Hamilton, a pro-fessor of economics at University of California, San Diego, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research,

as well as Wells Fargo Senior Economist Scott Anderson, SCSU Economics Professor King Bana-ian and Steve Hine, the director of the Minnesota Labor Market

Other key speakers in this year’s Winter Institute are Lynn Scarlett, a scholar at Resources for the Future (RFF) in Washing-ton D.C., Judy Poferl, president and CEO of the Northern States Power Company-Minnesota divi-sion of Xcel Energy, and Richard Morgenstern, a senior fellow at RFF and former director of the

Federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Ming Chien Lo, the interim director of the summit this year, said they strive to be very inclu-sive, reaching out to everyone in St. Cloud, including “faculty, students and staff, as well as ad-ministrators, [and] communities outside campus. We talk a lot of the business leaders as well as con-cerned citizens who are interested in various economic projects.”

“Obviously this is a communi-ty outreach program, so it’s really a venue that allows lots of com-munications between the campus as well as the communities outside

of the campus,” Lo said. “There

ideas, [building] a stronger net-work between the university and the community, and in addition, for obvious reasons students will have a lot of learning opportuni-ties. It’s really a wonderful learn-

Lo said that a lot of the talks and panels are free and open to the public, including students. The only fee would be to pay for meals, the prices of which can be found on their website.

“I hope students can take this opportunity,” Lo said. “If their professors encourage them to come, that would be great. ... Of course, this year’s theme is green technology and green business. It is a growing, more important topic for almost everyone in the area and in the country, so I hope students will cherish the opportu-nity.”

Registration, schedules, pric-ings and other information can be found on the Winter Institute’s website, stcloudstate.edu/winter-institute/registration.asp. Early-bird pricing ends Feb. 17 and registration closes Feb. 22.

Winter institute to focus on green energy

related to the tobacco ban.

Many reasons were cited for the opposition to the complete eradica-tion of smoking from campus. One that drew most of the dis-cussion was the lack of receptacles for cig-arette butts, resulting in trash from smokers discarding their butts in places other than those designated for their disposal.

Wiggins said it was important to make their position clear to the admin-istration, saying that Student Govern-ment has supported the administration’s vision but that the

Student Government doesn’t agree with the direction in which it was taken.

The current tobacco policy for SCSU states:

“August 1, 2011 (Phase I) - The entire campus will be tobacco-free with the

-tently signed outdoor designated tobacco use areas and private motor vehicles, as long as tobacco users demonstrate respect for individuals and the environment. All forms of tobacco use (smoking and smoke-less) will be banned from all buildings as of this date.

Resources for ces-

sation will be publi-cized and efforts will be made to promote access to cessation programs for those who wish to discon-tinue using tobacco. The sale of tobacco products on cam-pus property will be

period and eventually be eliminated.

August 1, 2012 (Phase II) - Entire campus will become tobacco-free. Tobac-co use will be permit-ted in private vehicles as long as tobacco users demonstrate respect for individu-als and the environ-ment.”

GovernmentContinued from Page 1

SHUN-JIE YONG / VISUALS EDITOR

Soon, SCSU will be a totally smoke-free campus.

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Business

Technology

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Corn brings in $6.7 billion for Minnesota farmers. Minnesota corn represented 9 percent of the nation’s

corn crop in 2011.

Brenna Casey

BEAT REPORTER

The World Wide Web has intricately woven itself into the lives of over one billion people since the mid-1990s as handheld and mobile devices have allowed for instant ac-cess to unlimited amounts of data and information. Over half of all Americans use the internet on a daily basis and spend an average of 60 hours online per month. However, in this wealth of information lurks a much more sinister

The 21st century world of crime now includes cyber-stalking and internet scams as victims willingly display their most personal information for all to see. Since a young age, children are taught not to talk to strangers, yet for more than a decade, millions have unknowingly put themselves at risk.

“Facebook-creeping” and various other forms of cyber-stalking have become household terms within the modern world. As individuals now have the capability to instantly upload pictures as well as post our current location. Users are willingly providing information to a vast audience. While many Facebook users believe that their private infor-mation is hidden from public view, recent site updates have revamped security measures and reset previous settings. Perhaps one of the greatest updates to the Facebook site

What would Grandma say? It is vital to remember that once a status, photo, or video is posted it is permanently tattooed onto the cyber world. Recently, potential employ-ers and college recruits have taken to exploring social networking sites in order to learn more about a prospective job candidate or student. As updates have continued to improve sites such as Facebook, it is now possible to hide

-tive eyes. The new list function recently added to Facebook now allows users to pick and choose who all is capable of viewing certain content.

Another aspect of the internet that few have come to understand is the vast difference between Hypertext Trans-fer Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). According to wisegeek.com, HTTP is the process in which information is exchanged through-out the internet. The major difference between the two is the security. The security aspect means that the informa-tion transferred is encrypted prior to the exchange so, in theory, it will prevent individuals outside of the user and the allowed parties from accessing private information. It is possible to “eavesdrop” on a computer that is not func-tioning on a HTTPS site as the data is not secured. Prior to purchasing a good or service online, it is highly recom-

credit card and personal information.Fast, free, and easy to use, Skype and various other

programs now help users to each in touch with friends

and family from nearly anywhere in the world. Built-in webcams and other video devices now allow users to have face-to-face conversations regardless of location. However, accessing an unsecured webcam is disturbingly simple. By simply inputting “view/index.shtml” into the Google search bar, countless unprotected webcams are made accessible to the average internet patron. Connectsafely.org suggests that when a webcam is not in use, using a small piece of tape or post-it will help to prevent from prying eyes. Often times, a light will alert the user that the webcam is in use; in order to prevent unwanted usage, do not access or download any foreign material or emails as Trojans or worms can allow attackers to manipulate private computers.

Another aspect of the internet that often goes unno-ticed is spam. Whenever an email address is given away to a store or website, it is not uncommon for the email to be sold and circulated to other companies or organizations. It is recommended that users create a separate email account strictly for public usage. When stores ask for an email ad-dress along with a purchase, either decline to share your information or provide an alternative email account. Not only will this help to keep down junk mail numbers, but also prevent potential threats to personal security.

For more information on how to protect yourself from internet treats, please visit netsmartz.org.

How to protect your private information on the web

Science

Molly Willms

SCIENCE COLUMN

Minnesota corn grow-ers may be left short in seed supply this year.

Due to unfavorable weather conditions all over the country, corn seed sup-pliers have limited inven-tory.

A wet spring in the north last year delayed seed corn planting and hurt seed yield.

That, coupled with a drought in the south, which later moved north, led to a large cut in seed corn supply.

In 2011, Minnesota corn farmers harvested 1.2 billion bushels. They planted 8.1 million acres and harvested 7.7 million. Minnesota corn represent-ed 9 percent of the nation’s corn crop, according to the Minnesota Corn Growers Association website.

Syngenta, a leading na-tionwide seller of seed corn headquartered in Minne-sota, saw a 15 to 25 percent cut in production.

In an interview with

Minnesota Public Radio, Eric Boersma of Syngenta said that supplies of hybrids are especially low, with some of the higher-quality hybrids being nearly sold out. Syngenta’s stock value dropped on Feb. 10.

Another seed corn company, Pioneer Hi-Bred, has been telling buyers to go elsewhere for the seed varieties they have the least of.

This news comes at a bad time for farmers. Corn prices are very high: bushels are selling for about $6.20 each.

Boersma also said Syn-genta may make up some of their lost inventory in the winter months, when they will buy seed corn from South America.

Corn brings in $6.7 billion yearly for Minnesota farmers. Over the next few months, corn farmers will have a better idea of whether this limited avail-ability in seeds will have

overall yield

Low seed supply

hits MN farmers

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Protestors clash with riot police outside of the

Greek Parliament.

Hannah Swift

BUSINESS COLUMN

Political leaders in Greece are working to come up with a plan for the economic crisis in hopes to ensure a $170 bil-lion bailout for the country, Greece’s second major bailout since 2010.

However, Eurozone ministers have yet to approve the plan.

According to a recent article on BBC.com many in Greece dislike the austerity measures Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and others have proposed. Riots and protests have broken out across the country, many supported by the unemployed and unions.

With unemployment at about 20 percent many in Greece are still reeling from the effects of the last bailout deal.

Papademos has warned that the consequences will be “disastrous” if a new bailout plan is not passed.

If a plan is not passed by parliament the country will face bankruptcy in March. Government employees will not be paid, savings would be lost and vital imports would be

disrupted.Among other things the new budget plan proposes cut-

ting 15,000 government jobs and lowering minimum wage by about 20 percent.

Needless to say, things are not boding well for the people of Greece. Whether the plan passes or not, Greece is in the depths of a recession that will take time to recover from.

in the bailout. The European Union(EU) and the Interna-tional Monetary Fund would need to approve the plan as well.

Some in the EU have voiced their concerns about offer-ing Greece a bailout saying that the bailout will put more strain on the other countries in the Eurozone.

One other option would be for Greece to be disbanded from the EU, which would spell even more trouble for the country. If this measure is taken, Greece won’t be the only

-dence in the EU because they will be worried their invest-ments will not be protected.

With Spain, Portugal and several other countries strug-

the outcome of their own economic struggles.A vote on the austerity measures by parliament was

expected to occur late Sunday night.

Greece politicians vote amidst turmoil

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We’re not all slackers.I hear the term “slacker”

being used more and more by my professors and instructors lately. They use it to refer to those of us who don’t start the assignment until the day of, or study for the test the night before.

as a person, especially a young

disaffected, apathetic, cynical, or lacking ambition.

Personally, I don’t think of myself, or my peers, as such.

Now I know that there are some students who do lack mo-

heart goes out to them. No one said college would be easy.

time student with two jobs, as well as required out-of-class

coupled with family crises, I

the exact opposite of who I am.

It boggles my mind that some professors feel that their class is the only thing that stu-

students to go to school full time, that means 15-18 credits, 5-6 classes per week.

Although some professors may think that their class is much more important than anything else, students can’t

afford to feel that way if we expect to get anywhere in life, we need our education. And concentrating on one class per semester would keep some of us in school until retirement.

I just don’t think that the term “slacker” is the appropri-ate label for full-time students, or part time students, for that matter.

I speak only for myself,

that those of us who work

homework in between) just to

our professors’ salaries) don’t appreciate being referred to in such demeaning terms.

I would be a perfect student. There just isn’t enough time in

I wish that being a “full-time” student meant that one was doing nothing besides be-ing a student. If that were the case, using the term “slacker” would be appropriate for those who failed to complete assign-ments and studies in a timely manner.

Students who complete the work on time should be left alone; it is none of the instruc-tor’s business when it gets done. As long as the assign-ment is complete by the time it is due, why should it matter?

To those instructors who applaud your students’ per-formances regardless, I salute you.

To those instructors whom feel the need to call already stressed out students’ names, I offer you a hearty, “back off ”.

This is not to say that school should not be a priority, it should be one of the highest.

of more than just studying. Oh how I wish it didn’t.

The concept of technology fasci--

municate, to work and to learn.Still, I am admittedly something

of a Luddite.Social media has affected interper-

Yet here I sit, wishing it wasn’t so popular.

My beef isn’t with the technology itself, it’s with the way people use it on a regular basis.

I was recently lucky enough to be able to attend a journalism confer-ence out-of-state. I attended lectures and sessions with some of the top

the New York Times, Judy Upton of

Chronicle of Higher Education and many more. I attended a lecture with

Steele and Len Downie, Jr., an editor at the Washington Post who presided

I was awe-struck. I took notes like a madwoman and asked as many questions as I could. More than any-thing, I wanted to show respect to the

All around me, my peers were typ-ing away on laptops and tweeting on cell phones.

Note-taking using technology isn’t an issue for me. I think it’s a perfect use of the latest tools to make com-

from a session with legends in your

and resources?

a Twitter account is so that potential

with social media and up-to-date on

times and know how to be up-to-the-minute with important updates.

of social media.While it’s important to build your

resume and skills in college, there’s a time and place for making yourself look better.

When you’re being taught by

of the biggest moments in journalism and recent history, it’s not the time to look out for number one.

The way we communicate is changing, there’s no question about

that. What hasn’t changed is that there’s a lot to be learned from face-

-sonal communication, especially when

I maintain that there are things that can only be learned by being present with a person who knows what they’re teaching. Maybe it’s

learned, the most profound, deep-seated lessons, weren’t things I read on the Internet.

Human relationships are still important, too. If I were lecturing to a room full of aspiring journalists, I’d be most impressed by the ones who were present and engaged in the mo-

a good journalist should. If I were to hire from this pool, these would be the students I’d remember.

When you’re in a situation with

try listening. Tweet later, if you must,

with the “scoop.”Listen completely before you

speak at all. This is the mark of a good journalist, and it’s not a bad tip for any profession.

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Take off your judgement goggles: stop labeling

Lauren Willms

OPINIONS EDITOR

-alities, by simply being “a part of the tribe.”

power of labels. While labeling helps make -

ketplace, labeling people, though, stirs up an entirely different effect. Does the following

sound familiar?

seeker.

And the list goes on.Admit it, we use labels to identify people

whether or not we like doing so. I mean, some of these labels help us to recognize certain personalities and decide if we want to belong to those particular “tribes.”

people, I often form impressions based on the

walk. Then I think to myself, do I want to befriend this person? Little did I realize how bad that is until I imagined how I would feel if

think anyone likes to be called names or being -

notations.Labels are bad. When we put a label to

someone, we immediately shut our system to only attributing the person to characteristics that may only apply to a minor part of their

eat Shakespeare, watch Shakespeare, shower

part of Shakespeare in me is just a small por-tion of my being; it is not me. To some people, these labels are like a sword stabbing into their

Yet, our society is so fond in labeling its people. Think about the word “hypocrite” and see how many names show up in your mind right now. Because of the consequences, we need to get rid of this labeling culture com-

Be mindful. While it can be a habit for

therefore we need to think twice before putting a name to a person. Think, will this label affect

reinforce any stereotypes?

special and I wouldn’t want others to see me as just one or two labels. So, consider yourself

My professor once said, you can only best

are the best measurement for one’s persona?

people around you the opportunities to show you that they are different. It may take awhile, but it will be worth the time knowing that all

-cal.

-able to put a name to people whom are too complex to generalize.

Jason Tham

ALUMNI CONTRIBUTOR

Molly Willms

MANAGING EDITOR

conformed to the Twitter epidemic which has swept across

anyone has to say is deep or profound enough to exceed the 140 character limit.

at the lunch table or for passing time. Bragging about that “epic night” or complaining about what you hate in the

Who cares? No one cares that your physics course is hard, what you’re eating, or that you’re currently doing “down dog” in yoga class. The only reason why the major-ity of “followers” follow anyone is to make sure that their

that complains or whines about a task at hand only helps

as a whiny, intolerant human being. Additionally, if you “retweet” more than you tweet, that only goes to show how unoriginal you are.

Another aspect of the world of Twitter is its ability

bands, and Lady Gaga. You do not know them. You are not

friends with them and in no way are you forming a connec--

one the satisfaction of knowing that someone so successful

-cally reduced the amount of time required to track an ex’s

thinking when they’re doing it and who they’re doing what-

of its existence and is instantly categorized into the realm of Twitter.

-

necessary to follow them back, apparently. This is like going

The purpose of social networking sites is to help con-

Brenna Casey

BEAT REPORTER

Too many twits on Twitter

Will social media swallow us whole?

Fitting ‘slacking’ into our busy schedules

Mike Runyon

NEWS EDITOR

Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women has made the play by becoming the winner of KVSC’s 33rd annual trivia competition.

The competition ran for 50 straight hours last weekend and was themed around vinyl records.

The name, 33 1/3 Trivia Long Play comes from the rotations per minute (rpm) at which 12-inch vinyl records are played. 33 1/3 rpm is the slowest speed vinyl records are played at, with 45 and 78 rpm being the other two speeds. KVSC is known for playing vinyl records and many music-lovers prefer records over any other medium.

This year’s trivia competi-tion saw 67 groups compete for the grand prize: recogni-tion. A ceremony with rewards presented to the top teams took place Sunday night at the Red Carpet. The Shake a Hamster Band played a live show during the reception.

Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebies is one of the teams that competed for the prize. They took 15th place and consisted of around 15 members.

Matthew Kilanowski, the team captain, said “I don’t know why I play trivia. I think it’s the people more than anything. This is my annual reunion with all these people who come to town. My brother is from Alexandria, we’re from the cities, we have people com-ing up from La Crosse. Jocelyn

-body who can’t make it, we’ll be chatting with. We have our friends from Norway in the chat room now.”

This is the 15th year of competition for the local Zoom-dweebies. The team’s name is a reference to the movie “Break-fast Club”. The team started with Matthew and a few friends competing from their parent’s house.

year we were on one computer -

tion came on and someone went, ‘Should we turn on the computer and look this up?’ That’s how it kinda went the whole weekend. It was like ‘should we do this?’ ‘Should we do that?’ Somehow we ended up 28, so above the 50th percentile.”

The competition can get rather heated, with some teams playing practical jokes on each other and other teams com-

ing up with creative ways to compete. Many trivia players get very little sleep during the 50-hour marathon.

Kilanowski said, “I will probably catch around six hours of sleep this whole week-end. I’m going to try as long as I can hang in there.”

Some teams bring in phone-books and call local bookstores to look up titles and authors.

Youtube to look up scenes from movies and cartoons.

Zoomdweebies created a website to chat with their friends from abroad to answer

basically a chat system that

Zoomdweebies also record the

them back whenever they need

On the other side of trivia sits the phone-bank operators. The operators are volunteers who pledge three or more hours of their time to listen to the teams call in their answers. Any volunteers who worked more than 15 hours were given a KVSC Trivia t-shirt. Vol-unteers receive free food and drinks from local businesses.

Teams are given a number during trivia. The number system is in place for a few reasons. One is to keep team’s anonymity so that phone-bank

operators can’t skew things in their friend’s teams favor and the other reason is that a num-ber system is more convenient to use.

Questions are asked throughout the night. Some

were given to the teams before-hand. The teams could look at

-tions.

KVSC sees a huge spike

weekend, which overloaded and temporarily disabled the website. KVSC has a backup way to track team scores and was not heavily affected by the downtime.

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Monday Night Jazz at The Pioneer Place, Monday, Feb.

13 at 8 p.m.

The Acoustic Project at The Local Blend, Monday, Feb. 13

at 5 p.m.

Rumours & Dreams: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

at Pioneer Place onFeb. 13 - 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Open Mic Night at The Local Blend, Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 7

p.m.

Heidi Steadman-Grids Art Exhibit in Atwood Memorial Center Ballroom display cases

Feb. 13 - 16

Atwood After Dark - All About Fame at Atwood

Memorial Center, Friday, Feb. 17 at 9 p.m.

Huskies Got Talent at Atwood Memorial Center

Ballroom, Feb. 17 at 9:30 p.m.

Anthony Perry at the Veranda Lounge, Friday, Feb.

17 at 9 p.m.

Andrew Walesch at the Veranda Lounge, Saturday,

Feb. 18 at 9 p.m.

Liberian Night at Atwood Memorial Center Ballroom,Saturday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m.

Mid-Minnesota Woodturners Association Exhibit at St.

Cloud Public Library,Feb. 1 - March 16

‘Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals’ Art Exhibit in the Atwood Memorial Center

Gallery Jan. 16-Feb. 23

Intaglio Abstract Images Exhibit at Falcon National

Bank at 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Jan. 6 - Feb. 29

The team side of TriviaUPCOMING EVENTS

JUN-KAI TEOH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Volunteers answer phones for KVSC’s 33rd annual Trivia Weekend.

JUN-KAI TEOH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Ashley Carlson DJs for KVSC Trivia weekend.

Ashmika Patke

MOVIE REVIEW

“One for the Money” is an example that only because it is a movie based on a novel does not mean it is any good and

-ing it.

“One for the Money” is based on the 1994 book, of the same title, by Janet Evanovich.

The book is one among a popular series about the extremely opinionated Jersey na-tive, Stephanie Plum.

Janet Evanovich is a well-known Ameri-can author of several books.

“One for the Money” is about a feisty Jersey native, Stephanie Plum who is broke and unemployed. After losing her car to a debt collector, being badgered by an over-crowding family resorts to bounty hunt-ing to obtain money she becomes highly desperate for some fast cash and stoops to her ultimate resort of convincing her sleazy relative to employ her as a bounty hunter at his bail bonding company.

She learns how to manage her job from a robust colleague. She quickly learns her

especially for a newbie with pepper spray as a weapon and without handcuffs but that doesn’t maintain her from going after her offenders.

has to nab a homicidal boxer, disappearing and dying witnesses and an ex-boyfriend from high school. Despite the fact that arresting her ex would be a conciliate pay-back and a bulky paycheck, it turns out to be more callous than it seemed.

She eventually learns the hard way that earning fast cash is more deranged than it looks especially in bounty hunting. Her interfering family complicates her situation making her wonder if she really is “one for the money”.

Perhaps, the cast and crew should try to round up the people who did like this movie. It might not be easy but at least the amount of people won’t be much.

opera actress Katherine Heigl.Other actors in the movie are Jason

O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, Sherri Shepherd, and Debbie Reynolds.

Jason O’Mara plays Joe Morelli, the criminal and ex-boyfriend. Daniel Sunjata as another bounty hunter, Sherri Shepherd and Debbie Reynolds plays her bizarre Grandma Mazur.

The movie was released nationwide on Jan. 27, but it probably won’t be in theaters for long. If anyone wants to squander their money seeing a contemptible movie in theaters then this is the movie to see.

The movie is approximately 91 min-utes long and is rated PG-13 for language, sexual references, violence.

The movie was directed by Julie Anne Robinson and produced by Lakeshore En-tertainment and Lionsgate Entertainment.

Participation in this movie was evidently a regrettable decision and puts a perma-nent blemish on this otherwise competent actress’s career. Hopefully, this resourceful actress can recompense with much better movies.

The book deserved much better than this deplorable, languid undertaking at a commendable movie. This nefarious movie is more odious than several declined shows.

My rating for the movie, “One for the Money” is two out of 10.

-thor, Janet Evanovich and one star to the engrossing actress, Katherine Heigl.

This is undeniably a movie I’ll never be seeing again.

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REVIEWS.movie.game.album.book.theater.

Movies:

MichaelThin IceThis Means WarOn the Ice

Bullhead

Games:

Grand Slam Tennis 2Crusader Kings IIWarpTales of the AbyssRhythm Heaven Fever

Albums:

Shearwater: Animal JoyHowlin Rain: The Russian WildsBarry Adamson: I Will Set You FreeTennis: Young and OldBand of Skulls: Sweet and Sour

‘One for the Money’ falls short of expectations

YASMIN TCHMOLA / ASST. VISUALS EDITOR

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Coming Out This Week: Movies. Games. Albums.

Stephanie Trottier

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The opening night of “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)” at Pioneer Place on Fifth Avenue was a night full of shirts with bil-lowing sleeves, wigs, and tights, not to mention various props.

To start off the play, Dan Barth, the owner of Pioneer Place, stepped on to the stage and greeted the audience. According to Barth’s introduction, “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)” is the play that opened Pioneer Place 13 years ago. Although the play is the same, the three-person cast is not, according to Zach Curtis, an actor in the new cast. The other new members are Lee Adams and Paul Reyburn.

The play summarized most of Shake-speare’s 37 plays, while others were merely mentioned by title or by characters coinciding within the mentioned play. Each of the three actors took turns with introductions to Shake-speare’s works and his history, even quizzing the

audience on the extent of their Shakespearean knowledge.

and Juliet”. This play was given a short scene-by-scene synopsis. The next play to be sum-marized was “Titus Andronicus”. This tragedy is parodied by the representation of a cooking show where Titus kills his daughter’s rapists and turns their remains into pies. As a substitute for blood, pink silly string was used.

Many of Shakespeare’s plays in this perfor-mance have summaries with comedic purposes in mind, even if the Shakespearean play is a tragedy. For example, the play “Othello” had its plot turned into a rap. All three actors took part in this modern musical spin on “Othello” while

About 16 comedies written by Shakespeare were summarized or mentioned in one section of the play that was performed as an old-time radio show. While many of the historical plays, like “Henry IV”, “Henry V”, and “Richard III” were shortened into a football metaphor with a crown as the football and the winner striking the

popular Tebow stance.Shakespeare did not only write plays. He

also wrote sonnets. “All 154 [sonnets] are men-tioned in one sentence,” Curtis said.

The play involved audience participation much of the time. Instead of beginning seating in row A, they started with Row C so that the actors would have enough room to run on and off the stage while interacting with the audi-ence.

Pioneer Place, but he has been acting since his youth.

“I was given a choice to go to juvie or take an acting program,” Adams said, adding that he chose the acting program and “just loved it.”

Although “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm

at Pioneer Place, Curtis said that this play is the 27th production he has participated in at Pioneer Place.

According to Curtis, he has been acting since high school and has been the artistic direc-tor for the Paul Bunyan Playhouse in Bemidji,

Minn., for six years where he works with Lee Adams.

Reyburn, who played most of the female roles, said that he began acting in elementary school in Moorhead and has been in several Pioneer Place productions such as “Chicago” and “The Full Monty”.

When asked if any of the performers would be attending the upcoming Shakespeare Festival in May, each member of the group said he is looking forward to it. Curtis said that he was especially looking forward to the performance of the original “Romeo and Juliet”.

“[The event is] fascinating ... [St. Cloud] has a good arts community… It’s great,” Curtis said.

According to Pioneer Place, the three men will perform “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)” Feb. 10-12, 16-19, 23-26 and March 1-4 with Monday through Saturday performances starting at 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Pioneer Place brings Shakespeare to life

RATING:

Bernard is a one-year-old, neutered Beagle mix. He was surrendered because his previous owners felt they didn’t have enough time for him anymore.

He is housetrained and did great around all ages of children as well as other dogs and cats in his previous home.

Bernard has a lot of energy and knows how to sit and come. Bernard needs some work on his house manners; however there are some good handouts available at the shelter to help ad-dress his tendencies. An exercise regime would be on the top of the list.

A dog his age will

to burn off energy; it’s up to the owner to help channel that energy ap-propriately.

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ARTS

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IFE

Aquarius: 1/20 -­ 2/18You  have  a  lot  on  your  plate  this  week,  but  try  not  to  let  it  take  a  toll  on  your  personal  

life.

Pisces: 2/19 -­ 3/20You  need  some  balance  in  your  life.  Don’t  be  afraid  to  stand  up  

for  yourself.

Aries: 3/21 -­ 4/19Take  time  to  make  sure  you’re  showing  your  loved  ones  you  

care  this  week.  

Taurus 4/20 -­ 5/20It’s  time  to  broaden  your  

horizons  and  experience  some  new  things.  Don’t  be  afraid  to  step  out  of  your  comfort  zone.

 

Gemini: 5/21 -­ 6/21This  is  the  perfect  week  to  

check  off  a  large  chunk  of  that  ‘to  do’  list  of  yours.  

Cancer: 6/22 -­ 7/22Working  with  other  people  

your  point  of  view  calmly  and  clearly.

Leo: 7/23 -­ 8/22The  week  will  go  smoothly  for  you.  Take  a  risk  and  speak  out  about  something  you  feel  

or  want.    

Virgo: 8/23 -­ 9/22

this  week.  Stick  with  the  necessities.    

Libra: 9/23 -­ 10/22

socialize  and  make  new  friends  this  week.  You  will  be  friendly  

and  inviting.  

Scorpio: 10/23 -­ 11/21You  have  many  gifts  and  

talents,  don’t  be  afraid  to  share  

Sagittarius: 11/22-­12/21 This  week’s  lesson:  pick  and  choose  your  battles.  Time  to  

think  big  picture.  

Capricorn: 12/22 -­ 1/19Focus  on  your  career  this  week.  It’ll  pay  off  later.    

Robot joins musicians at PAC

PETS OF THE WEEK: Bernard and Cosmo

Leah Carr

MARQUEE EDITOR

An unusual guest visited the SCSU Performing Arts Center on Tuesday; unusual, because she isn’t human.

Her name is MA-RIE, and she is a robot.

is a Monochord-Aero-phone Robotic Instru-ment Ensemble, and she joined forces with three (human) musicians to put on a show that, accord-ing to SCSU professor Scott Miller, was “unlike anything we normally have on stage.”

Dana Jessen and Michael Straus, founders of the electroacoustic music group EAR (Elec-tro Acoustic Reed) Duo joined with Troy Rogers, an SCSU alumni and founder of Expres-sive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI) to create “Man & Machine: a human & robotic musi-cal instrument perfor-mance & talk”.

Rogers’ passion for robotic instruments be-gan while he was work-ing towards his master’s degree at the University of Oregon. He enrolled in a program called Intermedia Music Tech-nology where he worked with other musicians as well as visual artists.

“Through that I became interested in sce-narios that allowed me to, not just create notes and music and such, but

explore other time-based media,” Rogers said.

This interest led him to design MARIE later on, in the basement of his northern Minnesota home. After meeting Straus and Jessen while studying at the Univer-sity of Virginia, the trio teamed up, received funding for their project, and were given one month to revamp MA-RIE’s design and write music for what would be-come a successful tour to the East Coast, Europe and elsewhere.

The performance began with Jessen, a bassoonist, and Straus, a saxophonist, playing their respective instru-ments with a large screen showing Norwegian

landscapes at the back of the stage. It wasn’t until the second number that MARIE, who was placed between the two musi-cians, made her musical debut of the night.

Once the music started, MARIE im-mediately lit up. The light grew brighter and brighter as she began to harmonize her own sounds with those of Jessen and Straus. Throughout the show, MARIE demonstrated her ability to process dif-ferent elements of music such as tempo, pitch, tone and improvise along with the other musicians, leaving the audience with expressions of both amazement and confu-sion.

Rogers describes the group’s genre of music as a combination of many.

“We all have interests and so we’re often interested in bringing in elements from different genres, so it’s hard to pin it down to one,” Rogers said.

While audience members in the Ruth Grant Recital Hall at SCSU seemed, at times, to be awestruck, entranced or extremely relaxed by the perfor-mance, Rogers said that crowd reaction varies from place to place.

“I’ve learned that I’m never going to know how people are going to react to this, I just kind of sit back and enjoy,”

he said.“I think its like going

to a magic show,” said Miller. “You can spend your time trying to think ‘how did they do that?’ or you can sit back and enjoy what happens.”

A former music theory major at SCSU, Rogers’ passion for music has continued to motivate him to pursue new forms of musical expression.

“It’s a driving com-pulsion, to discover,” he said. “Sometimes it’s about discovering your sound, sometimes it’s about discovering new modes of interaction, creating new patterns and exploring percep-tion. I’m interested in sort of stretching the

bounds of perception by creating patterns that maybe I’ve never found before, and so there’s an element of discovery in the way that I’m making music.”

As for the future, Rogers wants to continue to “get people excited” about what he’s doing

between instrument design and composing music. He even joked about the possibility of an arts colony complete with nano-brewery, nano-distillery, robot workshop and cheese-making factory.

“You never know,” he said. “Maybe musi-cal robots as toys for children.”

This Valentine’s Day recipe is a sweet treat for all, single or in a relationship. This recipe is quick, simple, and fun to make. Enjoy this decadent breakfast with a

Ingredients1 cup mashed fresh strawberries1/2 cup white sugar2 tablespoons cornstarch1 cup water1 cup milk6 eggs1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened1 teaspoon vanilla extract3/4 cup white sugar8 slices bread, cut in half diagonally1 teaspoon butter8 sliced fresh strawberries1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar for dusting1 cup whipped cream

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ries.4. Cook and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and

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Saxophonist Michael Straus and bassoonist Dana Jessen, the EAR (Electro Acoustic Reed) Duo featuring EMMI’s

newest robotic instrument, MARIE (Monochord-Aerophone Robotic Instrument Ensemble).

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This shelter hopping is getting old. He has welcomed attention from all ages of visitors at the shelter and would welcome a chance to take it to the next level. Cosmo has fun playing with feather teasers and would probably have even more fun if he had the chance for some interactive play with you!

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Lin-sanity is taking the NBA by storm, as Jeremy Lin seems to be giving the New York Knicks a much-needed

winning streak without Car-melo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire.

Lin is drawing compari-sons to Denver quarterback Tim Tebow with the way he impacts his teammates during games and talks about his faith afterward.

Knicks fans seem to be falling more and more in love with this unexpected phe-nomenon.

Jeremy Lin came with an intriguing story even before he escaped the New York Knicks’ bench.

born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, Har-vard graduate and nomad who crashed on a teammate’s couch when his brother’s place wasn’t available.

In just one week, Lin’s proven he’s so much more.

-ketball player.

has put up an astounding 109 points, which is the best four game point streak even topping Michael Jordan and Allen Iverson.

Lin scored a career-high 38 points Friday night to lead the Knicks to a 92-85 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. After scoring 28 and 23 in

outplayed Kobe Bryant in front of a national TV audi-ence, leaving delirious fans without their voices and his coach without the words to describe it.

But the real question: is Lin for real or is it just a lucky streak? I happen to think this is just a lucky streak because in reality he hasn’t played any good teams beside the Lakers, who are slowly fading away.

Furthermore, with the delay the season had makes

teams play more back-to-back games and sometimes even three in a row.

My argument is that anybody who is fresh like Lin was, and is can, go on a streak like this because scor-ing in the NBA is up due to a lack of rest.

I am not taking anything away from the way he is play-ing, but it’s hard to fathom that he is going to be an up-coming superstar in the NBA like many analysts are saying.

Be that as it may, the whole league and Knick’s fan base seem to think this kid is for real with few skeptics out there.

All-stars Kevin Durant and Rudy Gay are among the players who are constantly tweeting about the play of Lin.

It shows the impact Lin has on the league because those two players are among the elite and aren’t easy to impress, but I am still not buying Lin in the long run.

The only one who isn’t talking about Lin is the point guard himself, a spiritual and humble person, D’Antoni and his teammates.

The Knicks began sell-ing Lin merchandise Friday, and one souvenir stand on the concourse level ran out before the game even started. The NBA says Lin has been the top selling jersey online since last Saturday, and the Knicks are the top-selling team this week.

Why all these reasons players, fans, and coaches are saying it still doesn’t mean that he is going to be an elite player. New York fans are the toughest fans to please and when Lin’s game starts de-clining he will feel the wrath of New York and ultimately be forgotten.

There have been many average players who have had good games or a streak of good games and ultimately didn’t live up to the hype sur-rounding them.

For example, when Bran-

don Jennings was a rookie he scored 55 points in a game and was said to be a star on the rise, and he is far from that. Hedo Turkoglu had two

span when he was younger, and again while he is a solid player, he’s not the player people thought he would be.

This is a great story. Don’t get me wrong, but I think labeling Lin as Linderella, Lincredible, and Super Lin-tendo are a little premature. Fans seem to give too much praise to athletes because of a few good games. I don’t see Lin having a huge impact for the Knicks as the season continues.

When Anthony returns to the starting lineup on Tuesday, how will the both of them mesh? I don’t think too well because Anthony is a player who takes too many shots and really doesn’t like to get his teammates involved.

Now, Lin and Stoudemire I see more of a connection because Lin resembles Steve Nashs’ style of play. When Nash and Stoudemire played

together in Phoenix they were basically unstoppable.

But I can’t see Lin, Stoudemire and Anthony having too much chemistry when all three are on the court together. Their styles of play really don’t match up well with each other and I see some complications in the future.

While Lin has proven he is not a one hit wonder I still don’t think he is going to be the player people are making him out to be.

Every body loves an underdog story and this story is certainly that captivating the nation. Lin’s story does give hope to players who have to work hard to get to where they want, and especially to kids of Chinese and Taiwan descent.

Ultimately, this feel good story will evaporate into thin air and sooner or later there will be another Lin that comes from nowhere, and people will jump on that band-wagon as long as they play well.

Sports & FitnessPage 12 - University Chronicle Monday, February 13, 2012

Sitting all day could slowly be kill-ing you.

The truth is shocking, but recent studies show that the above state-ment is true. The human body is not designed to sit all day, and yet that is increasingly what it is being forced to do.

As students, most of our class time is spent sitting, not mention some of our workdays.

As soon as you sit, electrical activ-ity shuts off in your legs. You begin to burn no more than one calorie per minute, and enzymes that break down fat drop off function by 90 percent, according to medicalbillingandcoding.org. After 20 minutes, good cholesterol drops 20 percent. People with sitting jobs have twice the rate of cardiovas-cular disease that those without sitting jobs do.

Enough of the scary stuff: counter-acting the negative effects of sitting all day is relatively easy.

GET UPIt sounds simplistic, but you prob-

ably don’t do it as often as you should. Walking burns 3-5 times the energy that sitting does. To make sure you do it, set an alarm on your phone or computer. When it goes off, stand up, stretch, go for a 5-minute walk, take the stairs and move your arms. It gets

of the negative processes begun by sitting.

STAY UPA big problem with sitting all day

at work is that it rarely ends there. Most people go home and sit down to eat dinner, watch TV, play video games, surf the web or read. Make sure you’re getting your recommended 30 minutes per day of vigorous ex-ercise, and leave that alarm on your phone going when you sit down to relax. Make it a point to get up and move around as part of your relax-ation routine.

WATCH YOUR BACKPosture is another vital component

of your body’s health. When sitting, remember the 90-degree rule: your knees, hips and elbows should be bent at right angles. Your screen should be at eye-level and your back should be straight, with your forearms tucked to your sides. Some say that a 135-de-gree angle puts less strain on your back – try both, and ask your doctor if you can’t decide. Bonus: see if you

muscle groups all day, as you sit.

GET IT DONELifehacker.com offers this tip: keep

your to-do list by your couch or desk. That way, you can take advantage of natural breaks (commercials or down-load time) to not only move around, but get that trash taken out or those papers dropped off in the mail. You’ll not only be improving your health, you’ll be making your workday more

IT’S A STRETCHEven stretching at your desk is a

way to get your body in motion. While you’re reading a document, stretch your arms over your head and lean gently from side to side. While they’re up there, roll your head from side to side, says WebMD.com.

WALK YOUR TALK

taking meetings on the go, especially if a co-worker or professor knows the implications of sitting all day. In the cold weather, take skyways and walk around bigger academic buildings as you discuss work- or school-related topics.

The most important and easiest tip: don’t forget what sitting does to your body. Put up a sticky note on your computer or notebook that says “WALK.” Take the stairs whenever

to talk to them in person instead of calling or emailing. More ideas will come to you if you just remember how good movement is for the human body.

HOCKEYW - Bemidji State

Feb. 17, 2:07 p.m.

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Sit all day and pay the price

WEEK OF FEB. 13 - 19A ‘Linderella’ story

Columns

Molly Willms

HEALTH COLUMN

PHOTO COURTESY OF MIDWESTSPORTSFANS.COM

Alex Lessard

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Fridays Game

The #1 Wisconsin Badgers showed their true colors when pounding the Huskies 5-0 in Friday night’s game. It seemed as if the outcome of the game was predetermined because the Badgers came to own the Huskies in the goal category.

very entertaining, with Wis-consin having many scoring chances and the Huskies having few scoring chances.It was only a matter of time until the Badgers would break the 0-0 tie. At

the Badgers Hilary Knight would break that tie by beating freshman goalten-der Julie Friend.

No more than 2 minutes later, Friend would be bat-tered by many of Wiscon-sin’s shots, and Carolyne Pre’vost would take advan-tage of a rebound and put it into the back of the net while Friend was on her back looking for the puck.

the Huskies were down 2-0 as Friend had stopped 15 of the 17 shots on goal by Wis-consin. With only 4 shots on goal, it was apparent that the Huskies needed to start generating shots on goal on the Badger goaltender.

Wisconsin’s Brianna Decker would receive a pass while standing on the door step that would open up

the 2nd period with a goal coming 3:21 into the pe-riod. Wisconsin’s freshman forward Blayre Turnbull would give Wisconsin a 4-0 lead after sliding the puck

a breakaway at 8:01 in the 2nd period.

The 2nd period would end 4-0 in favor of Wiscon-sin. The Huskies were able to generate more shots than

shots on goal between the

was evident that they made a change to their game plan. Although the Huskies were able to generate shots, they were unable to shut down the Badgers offense. The grand total of shots for Wisconsin was 29 by the end of the 2nd period.

The third period started out with a few good scoring chances by both teams, but it was Wisconsin’s Brooke Ammerman that would take advantage of one of these scoring chances. Ammerman slapped the rebound into the back of the net, right around the middle of the third period. This would be Wisconsin’s

game, which gave them a 5-0 lead.

Wisconsin’s offense would prove to be too much for the Huskies to handle. The entire game was con-trolled by the Badgers. Al-though both teams seemed to have their fair share of goal scoring opportuni-ties, it was the Badgers that

would capitalize on those chances. Wisconsin’s goal-tender Alex Rigsby faced 20 shots on goal, denying them all and recording a shutout.

Friend on the other hand faced 41 shots on goal

them. The Huskies tallied 10 penalty minutes while the Badgers spent a total of eight minutes in the sin bin.

Saturday’s game

- staff report

The number one ranked Wisconsin Badgers earned a sweep over SCSU this

on Saturday at National Hockey Center.

The Badgers carried

over their momentum from Friday night’s game as they took a 4-0 lead at the end

for the Badgers were fresh-men Katy Josephs, sopho-more Brittany Ammerman, senior Caroline Prevost, and junior Stephanie McKeough.

Wisconsin would contin-ue surging halfway through the second period when senior Brooke Ammerman made it 5-0.

The Badgers continued to play tough, but SCSU wouldn’t give up. Huskies junior Alex Nelson nar-rowed the Badger lead to 5-1 when she put one in the back of the net with

play in the second period. Sophomore Julia Gilbert and junior Haylea Schmid recorded assists on the play.

SCSU continue to play tough, but senior Hillary Knight helped the Bad-

with just over 12 minutes remaining in the game. This was Knight’s 28th goal of the season, and also her sixth point of the game as

Wisconsin’s previous goals.Senior Brittany Toor

would tally one more for the Huskies, but it was too little too late as the Badgers

-tory. Freshmen Abby Ness

recorded the assist on the play. It was her 11th assist on the year as she leads the Huskies in that category.

Freshmen goalie Julie -

riod before being replaced by senior Tayler VanDe-nakker for the rest of the game. Friend recorded 13 saves off of 17 shots before being pulled. VanDenakker played well in relief as she stopped 27 of the 29 shots that she faced.

SCSU hosts Bemidji State next weekend in the

-tional Hockey Center. Fri-day and Saturday’s games will both be at 2:07 PM.

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Peacocks redshirt senior Winston Robbins wrestled tough in his 8-2 decision over redshirt freshmen Josh Howk.

The next three matches were crucial for the Hus-kies as another loss could have handed them their

dominated from start to

Merritt. Merritt owned Up-per Iowa’s Blake Sorensen

the Huskies tie it back up at 12-12.

The 174-pound match might have been the most entertaining of the day as redshirt junior Shamus O’Grady pulled off a huge win to help SCSU take a 15-12 lead going into the

redshirt junior Wade Gobin. O’Grady improves to 8-0 on the year to stay undefeated. This gave the Huskies a 15-

match.“I had to stay focused

and go out there with the right mindset as it was more of a challenge for me

because this was only my eighth match of the year,” said 174-pound wrestler Shamus O’Grady after his huge victory.

The momentum was in favor of SCSU going into the 184-pound match between SCSU’s redshirt se-nior Derek Skala and Upper Iowa’s redshirt junior Mitch Schultz. Skala wrestled tough and earned the only major decision of the day by

“The duel kind of went how I thought it might go. I knew it was going to be tough and it would come

174-pound, and 184-pound matches,” said head coach Steve Costanzo.

“It was a tough match and a lot of those matches could of gone either way,” added Costanzo.

gave the Huskies a 19-12 victory on the day to help them remain undefeated. SCSU travels to Mankato

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Husky Jacob D. Horn lifted his opponent from the back and slammed him down to the mat as he won in a

5-2 decision to even the match 9-9 at Halenbeck Hall Sunday afternoon in front of a packed house.

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with a jump shot just inside the three point line.

At this point in the game the crowd was beginning to come alive and SCSU fed of that energy the crowd sup-plied for them.

MSU quickly took the lead as Connor O’Brien took over for MSU scoring their last six points in the game. “He’s tough to stop when he steps back and hits that seventeen footer,” Schlagel said.

The Huskies didn’t get discouraged because Putz

points to give the Huskies a 62-61 lead with 58 seconds left adding to his 22 points.

When the Huskies appeared to shutdown the MSU offensive attack, O’Brien hit a clutch jumper with 34 seconds to regain the lead 63-62.

Bergstraser then hit the game winning lay-up on what seemed to be a broken play as Kevin Levandoski completely missed every-thing and Bergstraser was in the right place at the right time. “I saw it was going to be short so I just grabbed it and saw an opening,” Berg-straser said.

The Huskies didn’t play to their potential for a bet-ter part of the game, but when it mattered they came through. “I was frustrated

with the way we played,” Schlagel said. “But I respect and admire the courage they had to get a win.”

Saturday’s Game

SCSU’s poor defensive performance led to an 85-69 loss against Southwest Minnesota State who simply outworked the Huskies in many facets by scoring 36 points in the paint.

This marks the second time the Mustangs have beaten the Huskies this sea-son. “Scoring points in the paint has been a bright spot for us all season,” SMSU Head Coach Brad Bigler said. “It’s a great feeling to win twice against this team because I know how well they’re coached.”

of the game the Huskies looked like a team that wasn’t going to lose by 16 points. They were shooting the ball well and playing good defense. “They started to hit some three’s and really beat us off the dribble,” Schlagel said.

The Huskies were up by nine points with 10:01 of

to lose some steam halfway

After SMSU called a timeout, it seemed as if the Huskies weren’t playing with any intensity. “We just lost

our intensity,” Rothstein said. “They were taking it to us and we weren’t taking it to them.”

half is when SMSU took the lead and never looked back. “They just never back down and people like Jordan Miller can shoot the ball from anywhere on the court,” Rothstein said.

The Huskies were down 44-37 at halftime, but it could’ve been worse if it weren’t for Rothstein and Shaun Jensen who had 26 of the 37 points.

The second half the Huskies were able to cut the lead to four points at 13:35 of the half, but again the inside penetra-tion SMSU was able to get caused problems for the Huskies.

SCSU caught a little momentum when Roth-stein made a huge block on Lavione West. West thought he had an easy breakaway dunk but Roth-stein made a great hustle play. “I knew he was going try and dunk it, and I had to make sure that wasn’t going to happen,” Rothstein said.

It wasn’t enough as the Huskies were never able to play up to the level that

minutes of the game.Furthermore, three of

scored 17 points or more as SCSU had no answer for them on either side of the court.

This loss puts some pres-sure on the Huskies as they are only one game up for

second place in the NSIC with MSU Moorhead and SMSU hot on their heels.

Intensity is a concern for the Huskies as they try to

-ond place. The last couple weeks they’ve been drop-

ping off intensity wise and they can’t do that anymore. Somehow the Huskies must

intensity it once had and it must be from them nobody else, according to Rothstein.

would always answer right back with a quick bucket and never let the Huskies get ahead.

MSU wouldn’t let the Huskies get comfortable in the offensive zone making

setup any plays and made them force most shots.

The Huskies were able to go in the second half, down 29-28 on a nice shot from Nicole Anderson, and would hope that momentum would carry over.

But the offensive woes continued for the Huskies for most of the second half and their passes were atrocious. “We never got down on ourselves and just

though we weren’t playing well,” Wagner said.

The Huskies didn’t pick the pace up until just around six minutes to go in the game when they were down by 14 points.

Rachael Moen hit some

that helped the Huskies win. The biggest one was at 3:41 when she sank a three-point-er that seemed to spark the rest of her teammates.

Benson on the next possession spotted up for a three and hit nothing but net to trim the lead to three points. “I think this was the momentum changer that really changed the game,” Fish said.

She then made two free-throws at 2:28 to make the score 57-56 in favor of the Mavericks.

During this span the Huskies stepped up and played shutdown defense, especially Wagner. “Boy

defensively,” Fish said. “She never lets people get com-fortable because she’s got such quick hands.”

Wagner played great on defense and made a huge block with 45 seconds left to help secure the Huskies 60-57 lead.

But before that, Wagner hit the game winning shot at 1:56 to put the Huskies up 58-57. “I love to play

defense I really do,” Wagner said. “I’m really not that good of an offensive player.”

Aaryn Booker also scored 17 points in the game and hit shots when she needed to, but none more important than a mid-range jumper at 1:08 that sealed the victory. “The girls just hit shots when they needed to and that’s all that mat-ters,” Fish said.

This comeback victory really shows what kind of character the Huskies have and are a team that will never go away no matter what. Especially since that every victory is so important

season, according to Fish.

Saturdays game

the weekend with an 83-55 victory over Southwest Min-nesota State, concluding a four-game win streak that places the Huskies in 8th in the NSIC, two games in front of Northern State.

SCSU was in control from beginning to end as they never gave up the lead with the score being tied twice. “We just hustled a lot and played hard the whole game,” Nicole Anderson said.

Benson again had a

of her 16 points; most of them from behind the arc as she went 5-7 from three-point range. “She’s hitting her shots, it’s really good,” Anderson said. “She was

The offensive action for the Huskies was a lot more up tempo than in Friday’s game. Shots kept going in as they shot 50 percent from

The bench was also big for the Huskies contribut-ing 27 points with Christina Steele leading the way with eight points as she went a

“We just came out with a lot of intensity and focused on what we needed to do,” Fish said.

Defensively the Hus-

kies were on point as they usually are shutting down SMSU’s top player Abby Kenealy for most of the game. “We had good ball pressure and didn’t allow them to go to her as much as they would’ve liked,” Fish added.

In the second half, the Huskies came out click-ing on all cylinders when Booker made two back-to-back baskets to open the half. The Huskies then started to play more inside

for SMSU. “We are at our best when we play that style of ball,” Fish said.

SMSU started to play aggressive on defense sometimes, too aggressive because all the Huskies had to do was make one pass to an open player for easy uncontested baskets.

Before the game, the coaches told the players that they needed to be aggres-sive on offense and score in transition because of the aggressive style SMSU plays defensively. The players were told they needed to attack, and that’s what they did a majority of the time, according to Fish.

For the most part, the Huskies played a well-rounded game, but like in Friday they seemed to struggle on the defensive boards allowing SMSU to get nine offensive rebounds

successful and get to where we want to go we need to be a better rebounding team,” Fish said.

The upcoming road for the Huskies doesn’t get any easier as next weekend they are taking a long road trip to South Dakota when they play Northern State and North Dakota to play U-Mary. “It’s a long road trip, .but we’ll pull it together,” Anderson said.

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Brett Putz steals the ball from an MSU defender and follows up with a layup

that set the Huskies a point ahead in a game that the Huskies won 64-63.

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Rachael Moen pulls off a fastbreak and gets fouled hard by a MSU defender.

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Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there

The SCSU wrestling team remains undefeated after its clos-est match of the year against the Upper Iowa Peacocks in front of a packed Halenbeck Hall for senior/alumni day.

This was easily the tough-est opponent for the Huskies on

matches to determine a winner.The Peacocks started off the

match with a close victory when redshirt sophomore Carl Brog-hammer recorded a 1-0 decision in the 197-pound weight division. This gave Upper Iowa an early 3-0 lead, which is something that hasn’t happened too often for the Huskies this season.

SCSU would bounce back in the second match with a 2-0 deci-sion by number-one ranked Jacob

Kahnke over senior Zach Rosol in the 285-pound class. Kahnke’s re-cord improves to 28-1 on the year.

Upper Iowa would earn the next victory in the 125-pound class. Redshirt senior Kyle Pedretti wrestled his way to a tough 3-2 de-cision over SCSU’s Dylan Wright.

The Peacocks also earned the next victory in the 133-pound class. Redshirt junior Trevor Franklin worked hard to earn his 3-1 decision over redshirt junior

Andy Pokorny. This gave the Pea-cocks a 9-3 lead after four matches.

The Huskies fought back in the next match with a 9-6 deci-sion by freshmen Jay Hildreth over redshirt freshmen Duane Richard-son in the 141-pound class. This was an interesting match as both Hildreth and Richardson attended Council Bluffs High School in Iowa.

SCSU would also earn a vic-tory in the 149-pound division.

SCSU’s redshirt junior Jacob D. Horn recorded a 5-2 decision over freshmen Jordan Rinken. These two victories helped the Huskies climb back into a 9-9 tie after six matches.

Upper Iowa would take a 12-9 lead after they won the next match in the 157-pound division. The

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Theo Rothstein steals the ball from an MSU de-

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The women Huskies got sweet revenge as they downed Minnesota State 64-52; ending the game with a 17-4 run putting them at 8-8 in the bunched up NSIC.

-ement and seemed to be lackadaisical. “Things weren’t go-ing our way and we weren’t communicating well,” Amanda Wagner said.

It was apparent that the Huskies were struggling for most of the game and let MSU get 13 second chance points. The Huskies were having trouble rebounding on the defensive side allowing MSU to get 14 offensive rebounds.

Head Coach Lori Fish said. “There was a time in the sec-ond half where we turned the ball over six straight posses-sions.”

Defense for the most part is what allowed the Huskies to stay in the game. “If we don’t let us get down because of

get it done,” Fish said.Jessica Benson kept the Huskies in the game during the

been really on her game the last couple of weeks,” Fish said.

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Nicole Anderson going up against an MSU player as

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Redshirt senior Tad Merritt takes down Upper Iowa’s Blake Sorensen during his match on Sunday afternoon at Halenbeck Hall. Merritt defeated Sorensen by a

Friday’s Game

On a night where the Huskies seemed to play out of character, they barely escaped with a 64-63 victory over Minnesota State on a reverse lay-up by Tim Bergstraser with nine seconds left in the game.

and for that matter, most of the game.All eleven players in uniform saw

action in the game. “We didn’t have a whole lot going for us tonight,” Head Coach Kevin Schlagel said. “We just kept rotating people until we got some-one to play with some energy.”

The Huskies did manage to go into halftime with a 31-28 lead, but they failed to capitalize on scoring chances which allowed MSU to keep it close.

A large part of the Huskies lead was the play of Bergstraser who had nine points, and Brett Putz, who also had nine points which were all three-

pointers. “We’ve been struggling with our shooting lately, and it was good to see Putz come out of it tonight,” Schlagel said.

MSU managed to gain momen-

when Alex Hanks stole the ball and made easy lay-up as time expired.

The Mavericks started the second

three pointers to start the half, giv-

minutes.Turnovers seemed to be a constant

thorn in the side for the Huskies as they uncharacteristically turned the ball over 19 times in the game. “We were turning the ball over like nobody’s busi-ness,” Schlagel said. “The last couple games it’s getting to be too frequent.”

simply outplaying the Huskies by get-ting to loose balls and dominating the offensive glass that gave them opportu-nities for second chance points, accord-ing to Schlagel.

It was easy to see how frustrating

the Huskies were getting for a major-ity of the game because it seemed that nothing was going their way. “They are a scrappy team and got to a lot of those 50-50 balls,” Bergstraser said. “We can’t be a 10 minute team down the stretch if we want to succeed.”

The last seven minutes of the game was intense for both teams as the ac-tion kept going back and forth, but the Huskies defense woke up in that span to help secure the win. “I think our de-fense was the turning point in the game the last seven minutes,” Schlagel said.

MSU had a 13 point lead at 7:46

consecutive points to trim the lead to a more manageable seven points.

Theo Rothstein made a huge three point play at 3:43 and was able to put the Huskies down two points and on the next possession he tied the game

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