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With the holiday season around the corner, many students are focused on what December has to offer. From the end of fall semester to those spending the holidays with their families, November is just a means to an end. That is not the case with Campus Kitchen and the Office of Community En- gagement as they urge student’s to Remember November. Remember November is a campaign developed through the Minnesota State University, Mankato Office of Community Engagement. The campaign was designed to build awareness, raise funds and celebrate our collaboration with partners off campus in support of neighbors who are managing economic insecurity. “Hunger and poverty are on the rise throughout our country and in our community,” said Director of Community Engage- ment, Denise Billington-Just. “Campus Kitchen has been developing student leadership in support of our neighbors for six years and has served over 60,000 meals. We collaborate with many throughout the com- munity over mutual vision and use this time to build awareness and to celebrate our accomplish- ments.” Remember November was brought to MSU last year, after a decision was made by the Cam- pus Kitchen Student Leadership team and staff. Their idea was to make it a growing campaign and an annual event for the campus community. “It is important to remember that the face of poverty looks at us each morn in the mirror. With compassion, leadership, and creative problem solving, each of us makes a difference and helps make Mankato a gentler place to live,” Billington- Just said. Throughout the month, stu- dents, volunteers and staff will raise awareness for the hungry through a series of events and fundraisers. A few big events headlining Remember November include TurkeyPoolza and Rock Hunger Away, a Red Sky Lounge event for Campus Kitchen. TurkeyPoolza is a fundraiser of sorts, to raise enough dona- tions to make a special meal for those in need for Thanksgiving. From Nov. 1 through Nov. 18, students and staff can make a donation to TurkeyPoolza by making a contribution to the donation boxes positioned by the cash registers in the Centennial Student Union or by visiting the Office of Community Engage- ment in CSU 173. Over a month-long period in their Music Management and Concert Production course, Sa- mantha Johnson, Nick Kolstad, Andy Kunz, Alex Bichler, Nikki Doorenbos, Rose Caswell, Steve Ebner and Dan Nonweiler have worked under the guidance of www.themsureporter.com Minnesota State University, Mankato Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Voices............................................4 A&E ................................................9 Sports..........................................12 Classifieds..................................15 inSidE: twitter.com/@msureporter facebook.com /msureporter WEdnESdAY H 38 L 20 THURSdAY H 41 L 31 A picture is worth... a nice display? Kearney International Center hosts photo contest JENNA WENDINGER staff writer shannon rathmanner• msu reporter The men’s basketball team tips off in its first game of the season. • courtesy of the msu international center This photo was a past winner of the International Center’s Photo Contest. Current entries are on display in the Lincoln Lounge. Remember November Photo contest / page 2 Remember Nov. / page 6 MADELINE GREENE staff writer Hunger and poverty are spotlighted in awareness campaign Walking past the Centen- nial Student Union’s Lincoln Lounge this week you may find yourself daydreaming of far away places. For the first time since 2007, the International Photo Contest has returned to Minnesota State University, Mankato to help celebrate International Education Week. The theme of this year’s photo contest is, “A Global Perspective Through a Personal Lens.” The photos will remain on display Nov. 14 – 18 for judging. Students, faculty and staff from the MSU com- munity are encouraged to stop by the Lincoln Lounge between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to vote for their favorite photos. Votes will be tallied and first place winners in each category will receive a prize. The winning photos will be displayed in The Interna- tional Center. All photos will also be used in future publi- cations for The International Center. Photos of shimmering ocean views, smiling faces, and diverse cultures caught the attention of students Monday morning. Those students that took the time to explore the International Photo Contest were amazed by the variety of photos sub- mitted by the 46 participat- ing students at MSU. “I just walked by and the photos caught my attention,” said Education professor Maurella Cunningham. “The photos give excitement into the world beyond and defi- nitely will inspire people to THE MSU SOCCER TEAM LOSES IN OVERTIME TO END ITS SEASON DURING THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT - PAGE 12 MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 12

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With the holiday season around the corner, many students are focused on what December has to offer. From the end of fall semester to those spending the holidays with their families, November is just a means to an end. That is not the case with Campus Kitchen and the Office of Community En-gagement as they urge student’s to Remember November.

Remember November is a campaign developed through the Minnesota State University, Mankato Office of Community Engagement. The campaign was designed to build awareness, raise funds and celebrate our collaboration with partners off campus in support of neighbors who are managing economic insecurity.

“Hunger and poverty are on the rise throughout our country and in our community,” said Director of Community Engage-ment, Denise Billington-Just.

“Campus Kitchen has been developing student leadership in support of our neighbors for six years and has served over 60,000 meals. We collaborate with many throughout the com-munity over mutual vision and use this time to build awareness and to celebrate our accomplish-ments.”

Remember November was brought to MSU last year, after a decision was made by the Cam-pus Kitchen Student Leadership team and staff. Their idea was to make it a growing campaign and an annual event for the campus community.

“It is important to remember that the face of poverty looks at us each morn in the mirror. With compassion, leadership, and creative problem solving, each of us makes a difference and helps make Mankato a gentler place to live,” Billington-Just said.

Throughout the month, stu-dents, volunteers and staff will raise awareness for the hungry

through a series of events and fundraisers.

A few big events headlining Remember November include TurkeyPoolza and Rock Hunger Away, a Red Sky Lounge event for Campus Kitchen.

TurkeyPoolza is a fundraiser of sorts, to raise enough dona-tions to make a special meal for those in need for Thanksgiving. From Nov. 1 through Nov. 18, students and staff can make a donation to TurkeyPoolza by making a contribution to the donation boxes positioned by the cash registers in the Centennial Student Union or by visiting the Office of Community Engage-ment in CSU 173.

Over a month-long period in their Music Management and Concert Production course, Sa-mantha Johnson, Nick Kolstad, Andy Kunz, Alex Bichler, Nikki Doorenbos, Rose Caswell, Steve Ebner and Dan Nonweiler have worked under the guidance of

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

JENNA WENDINGERstaff writer

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

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

the Lincoln Lounge.

Remember NovemberPhoto contest / page 2

Remember Nov. / page 6

MADELINE GREENEstaff writer

Hunger and poverty are spotlighted in awareness campaign

Walking past the Centen-nial Student Union’s Lincoln Lounge this week you may find yourself daydreaming of far away places.

For the first time since 2007, the International Photo Contest has returned to Minnesota State University, Mankato to help celebrate International Education Week. The theme of this year’s photo contest is, “A Global Perspective Through a Personal Lens.”

The photos will remain on display Nov. 14 – 18 for judging. Students, faculty and staff from the MSU com-munity are encouraged to stop by the Lincoln Lounge between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to vote for their favorite photos.

Votes will be tallied and

first place winners in each category will receive a prize. The winning photos will be displayed in The Interna-tional Center. All photos will also be used in future publi-cations for The International Center.

Photos of shimmering ocean views, smiling faces, and diverse cultures caught the attention of students Monday morning. Those students that took the time to explore the International Photo Contest were amazed by the variety of photos sub-mitted by the 46 participat-ing students at MSU.

“I just walked by and the photos caught my attention,” said Education professor Maurella Cunningham. “The photos give excitement into the world beyond and defi-nitely will inspire people to

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One Minnesota State University, Mankato student is taking big steps to create a better world for millions living in poverty.

The Momojah Lansana Development Foundation hopes to donate textbooks to the oldest university in West Africa, the FBC University of Sierra Leone.

The MLDF is focus-ing on helping the poor. In December, the MLDF hopes to launch their scholarship program to help students with tuition, books and even clothing.

“We will be donating hundreds of clothes to many in need for Christmas,” Lan-sana said.

The foundation was named after the sole founder, Momojah Sombi Lansana. Lansana spent his childhood in Sierra Leone and now dedicates his life to mak-ing conditions better for the children currently living in poverty.

Lansana said that he would like MSU students to help with the organization

rather than working on the projects himself.

The foundation aims to see people accessing health facilities in Sierra Leone to promote healthy citizen-ship of the country’s poorest individuals. The organization wants to aid the education of children as well as free the underprivileged, while pro-viding food for those who are hungry. Most importantly, it wants to facilitate a safe and peaceful environment for children to grow and learn.

Lansana hopes that, some day, Sierra Leone will be self-sufficient in all develop-mental markers, especially relating to education.

“We embrace develop-ment in all quarters and we actively seek to be partners in development since our inception, and our goal is to ensure a daily increment in the passion we have for de-velopment,” Lansana said.

MLDF is a local non-governmental organization taking on charity activities in Sierra Leone. Lansana said he has only good intentions of aiding those individuals living below the international

poverty line in Sierra Leone. Without the intention of fully supplying their needs, hu-manitarian gestures are the organization’s main focus.

Lansana’s life in Free-town, Sierra Leone was diffi-cult, to say the least. He was often forced to choose work over his education and spent many afternoons trading cold water for food so his family could eat at night.

Education was not Lan-sana’s top priority and, as a result, his academic stan-dards for himself crumbled. Studying Political Science at MSU, Lansana hopes to impact the lives of children in his home country, so they don’t have to tread the path he did.

The MLDF has already donated food items to a school for the blind. They have also donated food items to the epileptic home in Rokupa. The MLDF also do-nated school materials to the Go primary school at Koya Town in Wellington.

They have also construct-ed a hand-pump water well to ensure that citizens will drink clean and safe water.

The MLDF has future plans to provide free health checkup clinics around the country. Lansana wants to create scholarships for stu-dents to serve as a motivator to encourage the importance of education. The organiza-tion hopes to donate more food items throughout the country, and provide more hand-pump water wells around the country to pro-vide clean and safe water all over Sierra Leone.

“There are thousands of people out there who want to speak to someone, see people, access health facili-ties, sleep under a roof and feel important once again,” Lansana said. “But because they are poverty stricken, they live to dream for the rest of their lives.”

travel abroad. It brings back memories of the places I have been.”

The photo contest was open to all MSU students who have spent time study-ing abroad and all interna-tional students currently at-tending MSU. Students were allowed to enter their photos into one of three categories: landscape, cultural experi-ence and defining moment. The deadline to submit pho-tos was Friday, with many submissions from students.

The student staff at the International Center is the reason for this year’s In-ternational Photo Contest comeback. After questioning why the International Center no longer held the annual contest, student workers spearheaded the project from start to finish even coming in over the weekend to set up the display.

“Students are often at-tracted to visual things…think of Facebook, people are always looking at other people’s pictures rather than reading something so [the photo contest] is just another way to share students’ expe-riences abroad and see all the different things you can do… so kind of bringing the world and how exciting it can be to MSU,” said Graduate Intern at The International Center, Christine Dornbusch.

The student staff at the International Center are optimistic about the success of this year’s photo contest. Hopes are high that the con-test may become an annual part of International Educa-tion Week.

“It is a matter of every-one coming over to different countries and having new ex-periences. College is the time to do it. After college people settle down and start having families,” said Australian international student, Fabian Presta.

The photo contest not only promotes MSU’s study abroad opportunities but also helps encourage diver-sity among its students. The international photo contest is just the kick off of a long list of events to celebrate Inter-national Education Week. Students are encouraged to attend as many of the events as possible. Just look for the dozens of posters around campus this week for the dates and times.

• courtesy of the international center Venice, Italy. A former winner for the Kearney International Center.

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

Encouraging educationMSU student creates foundation to aid students in Sierra Leone

ELISE KONEZRAstaff writer

• courtesy of momojah lansanaThe Momojah Lansana Development Foundation strives to help

impoverished children in Sierra Leone.

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

Diversity & international

eDucation WeekJoin us for a Film Screening & Discussion.

Tuesday, November 154:00-5:30pm.

Library ERC (lower level)

A Small ActThe film 'A Small Act' bears witness to the ripple effect one

singular action can have. A scholarship to a Kenyan boy allowed him to complete school. Now a UN lawyer, he seeks out his sponsor and establishes a scholarship program in her name.

Enrollment at Minnesota State University, Mankato continues to grow. In 2010, MSU was the second most popular in-state university for Minnesota freshmen.

In terms of number of credit hours taught, MSU is No. 1 in the MnSCU sys-tem. St. Cloud State Uni-versity is ahead in terms of a strict head count, but MSU is teaching more full-time students. MSU is definitely a top choice for southern Minnesota. About two-thirds of MSU’s students come from within 150 miles of Mankato.

Data from the Institu-tional Planning Research Assessment department shows that undergraduate enrollment in Fall 2011 was 13,718 students. That is a 2.6 percent increase from 2010.

Dr. David Jones, As-sociate Vice President of Student Affairs and Enroll-ment Management, was hired only four months ago and has since then been working on an enrollment plan for MSU.

“No, right now, MSU doesn’t have a strategic plan for enrollment, but that is what I was hired to do,” said Jones.

Jones has been working on an audit of the com-petition to see how MSU compares to other schools in admission deadlines, orientation costs and hous-

ing deposit amounts.“I believe it is not only

important for us to excel in all areas of enrollment, but we need to have a healthy understanding of the other institutions our students consider,” said Jones.

He also has a communi-cation audit in process to see how MSU is commu-nicating with its prospec-tive students and how it is getting the message out. Many departments at MSU, such as f inancial aid and admissions, send out their own letters and informa-tion. Jones said the depart-ments could be crossing paths.

The goal for MSU enrollment right now is to f ind the balance of the number of students MSU’s programs and facilities can support. There is no set number of students MSU wishes to enroll.

Students choose where they would like to enroll in school for a number of reasons. The location, the cost, or the academic programs are all reasons students chose to come to MSU instead of some other college or university. How-ever, sometimes students choose MSU for reasons the university has no con-trol over.

“MSU was far enough away from home that my parents couldn’t just ‘stop by, but close enough that I could still go home if I wanted to,” said MSU se-nior Sarah Svegal.

How enrollment increases impact MSU SARAH POWELLstaff writer

Winter in Minnesota means snow. While some Minnesota State Universi-ty, Mankato students dread the snow, others are ecstat-ic to hop on their skis or snowboard for yet another season.

MSU’s Ski and Snow-board Club is one of the biggest student organiza-tions on campus, next to Residential Life. This year, about 115 students are in-volved in the organization. The numbers typically rise throughout the year as well.

To join, students merely need a passion for skiing or snowboarding. Member-ship fees are $20. This will give you access to events the club promotes, a club t-shirt, and numerous give-aways.

The Ski and Snowboard Club plans trips every year to different states to experience new snow and terrain. This year, the f irst week of January, they plan to take a trip to Copper Mountain, Colorado to do just that. They either car-pool or ride a coach bus.

“The [winter break trip] is our main feature event that we offer through the club. Every year we take about 60 kids from the MSU campus out west and meet up with other col-leges,” said Ski and Snow-board Club President Bret Romberg.

December 3rd and 4th is a Welch Village trip.

Members who are going on the trip will ride during the day and then reside in the onsite cabins.

The Art of FlightMSU Ski and Snowboard Club

ELISE KONEZRAstaff writer

shows film, gears up for winter

Art of Flight / page 6

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

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This time of year can be a drag.

Winter is fast approaching. Classes are past their midterm points and finals are bear-ing down as workloads are ramped up. The news is bleak and turbulent as our society continues its growing pains. It gets dark outside at about 2 p.m. The stresses of the holidays are already build-ing. Heating bills are about to start rising. The birds are f lying away. You’re getting older everyday. And everyone you see is constantly inching themselves toward their own death.

BUT, not all is devoid of nice. Life is still full of small victories and happy coincidences. There is plenty to smile about even in the face of all the nasty we bog through. Here is a list of good feelings to pick you up.

-When you wake up before your alarm clock.

-When you get mail di-rectly from the mailman.

-When the two cars in front of you at the stoplight have blinkers that strobe in unison

-When someone asks you for a crossword puzzle an-swer, and you totally know it.

-When you find a dollar or two in your laundry.

-When someone throws something to you, and you catch it with total composure, like a badass.

-When you lose something, and in looking for it you find a bunch of other stuff you thought you lost and forgot about.

-Three chambered peanuts.-When you f lip through the

radio fast and combine the different announcers’ words to form funny sentences.

-The prospects of looking under couch cushions.

-When you’re not sure whether a paper is due the next day or not, and in check-ing the syllabus you find out it isn’t due until next week.

-Actually pretty clever vanity plates.

-When you remember the thing on the tip of your tongue without any help or Google.

-When you’re in a public place and notice a baby star-ing at you.

-When you park without a permit, and nobody catches you.

-Banks with Dum Dums.-Old people being mischie-

vous.-When you get a dog to do

that leg thing when petting it.-When you get off work

early because it’s slow.

-Funny things written in dust.

-When you take apart and put back together all the pieces of a pen.

-When you push elevator buttons for other people.

-When two totally different things happen to fit together perfectly.

-When you catch someone singing when they think no one else is around.

-When you notice spelling errors in books.

-When you sit in the car after it’s parked because one of your favorite songs is on the radio.

-When you shake burnt out light bulbs.

-When it’s sample day, and you didn’t even know it.

-Two or more sneezes in a row.

-When objects look like funny faces.

-When the printers on campus don’t take all three minutes to load.

-Revolving doors in gen-eral.

All of these beautiful things and more happen all over the world every single day.

It’s easy to get snagged up in all the stress and junk of this time of year, but it’s

just as easy (if you try) to get ahead of it and lose yourself in the simplest of things.

So go ahead; unscrew that loose bolt with your fingers, listen closely to the gurgle of a coffee maker, breathe in the smell of a hairdryer, and keep your chin up.

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

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Thursday evenings there is always a Ski and Snow-board Club representative at Mount Kato. Also, these are riding days that club members have the opportu-nity to come to Mount Kato and snowboard together.

The club meets every other Wednesday in Arm-strong Hall 101 at 9:15 p.m. The club also implements video premieres into their meetings, according to Romberg.

Last Wednesday, the Ski Snowboard Club provided the public with a premiere of The Art of Flight, which was released this fall.

The more than 60 MSU students who attended the event received free Red Bull energy drinks and popcorn.

At the end of the event, a free snowboard was awarded to one raff le ticket winner, Danny Bardon. Multiple gift cards were given out to other raff le ticket winners.

Red Bull is a source that the Ski and Snowboard Club connects with in order to promote video premieres like The Art of Flight. They contribute with post-ers and f lyers to promote and give out at the event.

“Red Bull is a worldwide organization that sponsors numerous pros and other events and to have someone like that sponsoring some of our events is really a cool concept,” said officer of the club Webster Cox.

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

Professor Dale Haefner in order to gain some real hands-on experience in the music indus-try field and put on a quality concert.

Rock Hunger Away will take place Wednesday at the Red Sky Lounge. The event is sponsored by Performance Series Director Dale Haefner and his Concert and Production class here at MSU. The event will take place from 7-10:30 p.m. (Only those individuals over the age of 21 can get in after 9 p.m.) and the price of admission is $3.

“For this project, the class learned how to identify talent for the performance, define a target

audience, select an appropriate venue for the performance, cre-ate a project-planning schedule of tasks needed to promote the event utilizing traditional and social media methods, perform those tasks, and develop a bud-get,” Haefner said.

Local bands like The Noble Gases and Dr. Lee and the Ter-minally Chill will perform and all proceeds from the show will benefit the University’s Campus Kitchen Program in support of National Hunger and Homeless-ness Awareness Week, Nov. 14 – 18.

“As an individual, this events brings to mind the importance

of others around you and the community you live in,” said volunteer Dillon Petrowitz. “This is a time for anyone to come out and present their skills and talents to help those in need. By being civically engage in a community or organization, it gives people a sense of accom-plishment and care giving that they might not have known they could have given elsewhere.”

Students can donate time, dollars and food in November to help those in need. They can also attend the events or get in-volved with Campus Kitchen by contacting Billington-Just.

REMEMBER NOVEMBER “This is a time for anyone to come out and present their skills and talents to help those in need.” continued from 3

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

campaign.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The scandal over a former football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys “reopens a wound” for the U.S. Roman Catholic Church, a leading bishop said Monday.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the crisis at Penn State reminds the bishops of their own failures to protect children.

In the church, the case of one abusive priest in the Archdio-cese of Boston in 2002 led to years of revelations that bishops throughout the country had moved guilty priests among churches without alerting par-ents or police.

At Penn State, former as-sistant coach Jerry Sandusky has been charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years, and school administra-tors have been accused of not doing enough to stop suspected abuse when it was reported to them. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty.

“It reopens a wound in the church as well,” said Dolan, the New York archbishop. “We once again hang our heads in shame.”

Dolan made the comments in response to a reporter’s question at a national meeting of bishops in Baltimore.

He said the scandal shows that abuse of children is not limited to any particular faith or to clergy. Still, he said the church has “a long way to go” in making up for its mistakes.

Dolan said he would wel-come a partnership with Penn State administrators on a national education campaign to stop abuse. Among the bishops’ reforms is “safe environment” training in each diocese for adults who work with children, which helps them identify when a young person is at risk.

“Our love and prayers go out to the victims, the families and the whole Penn State communi-ty,” Dolan said. “I know it’s a bit of a cliche, but we know what you’re going through.”

Bishop: College football scandal pains the church

• web photo Former Penn State Football coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of using

charity as means to sexually assault young boys.

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OUTSIDE SALES FULL-TIMEMANKATO, MN

The Fastenal Company a leading industrial and construction distributor would like to invite ambitious, hard-working individuals to apply for full time Outside Sales position. Applicants should be able to bring new ideas and improvements to our growing business.

Applicants must be able to work 50 hours per week, posses valid drivers license and be able to lift up to 75lbs.

Apply at: www.fastenal.com or contact Corey at 507-388-6400 with questions

Deadline: Thursday, November 16, 2011 EOE

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