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“Along with the experience students attain by getting to test out defense moves, they also are required to complete a final project.”
While some students are sit-ting in class listening to their professor lecture or are taking notes, the students in Darlene Loiselle’s self-defense class are learning the basic groundwork it takes to defend themselves against an attacker.
“Avoid, escape, and destroy is a motto we have,” said Lo-iselle. “This class is all about building self-respect and con-fidence.” Loiselle, or Dar, as her students call her, has been teaching self-defense at Minne-sota State University, Mankato since 2008. “It teaches them that they are vulnerable, and to react,” she said about the class. Loiselle started teaching self-defense by helping out a friend. “She wasn’t able to take on the
amount of students so I helped out.”
Five years later, the self-de-fense class is thriving. “There is room for 25 students per class and it always fills up,” she said. Self-defense is offered every
semester, fall, spring and sum-mer, with three 50 minute class-es between 12-3 p.m. The class always occurs twice a week and there is a new topic every day. Topics cover everything from sexual harassment, spousal vio-lence, car, home and travel safe-
ty, honing your intuitions, and even discussing women’s roles in specific cultures. Setting boundaries is also a big topic discussed. “You decide what your life looks like,” Loiselle said. “If you allow disrespect
it will only keep happening.” Right now the class is self-de-fense for women, but Loiselle says she hopes to get a self-de-fense class for men as well.
I was able to sit in on a class where the women put there freshly learned defense moves
to the test. Guy volunteers dressed up in red suits, giving them the look of an animated combat character, and the stu-dents, decked out in head gear, combat gloves, as well as arm and leg pads, were given a cou-
ple minutes to punch, kick, and defend themselves from their faux attacker. “You can be a lady and take care of yourself too,” Loiselle said.
Loiselle makes sure to push her students to show them that they can fight back. “We’re not
trying to turn the girls into Tae Kwon Do experts, but get them to do what they physically can,” she said. “Using their voices is probably the best thing they can do. The bigger the scene you make the better.” Along with the experience students attain by getting to test out defense moves, they also are required to complete a final project. Each student has to conduct research on an organization or a resource that women can use if they are being abused or feel threatened. The second half of the final project includes each student finding a defense move they have not already learned and share it with the class.
“I know that I’m helping them,” Loiselle said about her students. “I believe that this class is changing lives.”
Unique class teaches students to defend themselves
MIKELL MELIUSStaff Writer
Students are taught the valuable skill of self-defense in case of the worst.
Minnesota State University, Mankato has moved from 38th to 34th in international student enrollment, according to the an-nual “Open Doors Report,” re-cently put out by the Institute of International Educational.
According to the report, Minnesota State, Mankato has 885 international students, up from 770 in last year’s report.
MSU has seen a 72% in-crease from 2005-2012 in in-ternational student population, and the growth has been seen as a positive contribution to the Mankato community at large.
According to analysis con-ducted by the Open Doors and The Association for Internation-al Educators analysis, Minneso-ta State Mankato international students and their families gave $19.2 million to the local econ-omy in the last school year, up
three million dollars from the 2011-2012 report.
In the past, MSU has been selected to receive U.S. Depart-ment of State-funded students by organizations like the Insti-tute for International Education, The International Research and Exchange Board and World Learning, an organization that sends students via the Thomas Jefferson and William Fulbright Scholarships, the Global Under-graduate Exchange Programs in Eurasia, Pakistan, Central Asia, East Asia, Pakistan, Serbia, Montenegro and the Pacific.
More than 90 countries are represented at MSU, with most coming from Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Nepal.
Students from many coun-tries in Africa are represented on campus, such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.
MSU moves up the diversity list
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47 students are from Ban-gladesh, 34 are from China, 40 are from India and six are from Turkmenistan.
Six are from Brazil, seven are from the Ukraine, and eight are from Australia.
The University has long term goals for the continuing advancement of student en-rollment that include increas-ing student enrollment from the current mark of 15,409 to 17,000.
For that goal to come true, international student enroll-ment will need to continue to increase.
Jahvi Henry is pleased with his experience at MSU thus far. A sophomore, Henry wants to double major, but as of now is majoring in Automotive Engi-neering.
The only student from Anti-gua & Barbuda, Henry loves the opportunities available to him here.
“It’s a nice place, there are a lot of opportunities here, de-pending on where you come
from,” Henry said. The only thing he doesn’t enjoy about his new home is the winters, ac-cording to Henry “They suck.”
Henry is pleased with his ma-jor. “My major is really a great program, I go to my professors and they are really helpful and easy to talk to, it’s definitely better than what I expected it to be.”
While Henry was very ner-vous when leaving his home country, he would recommend this to everybody pondering a move to the international stu-dent realm.
“Yeah, of course, this is a wonderful opportunity.”
“We have the right to speech in this country, it’s not a dicta-torship, it’s more accessible, you find more stuff here than you do in my home country.”
Henry is thinking about join-ing an organization on cam-pus.
“I am thinking about join-ing MSSA, that environment is nice.”
Web PhotoThe International Center helps MSU’s international population with a wide array of resources.
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Christmas tree sellers have a tighter timeframe this year to generate revenue.
With Thanksgiving fall-ing on the latest possible Thursday this year, tree grow-ers have one less weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas to sell their spruce, pine and firs.
Jim Whorton, owner of Chub Lake Tree Farm near Carlton, is already selling trees.
“We’ve been opening on the Friday after Thanksgiv-ing for 30 years now. But not this year,” Whorton said. “I couldn’t wait that long.”
Whorton told the Duluth News Tribune that he figured he had little to lose by opening
early this year.“We were going to be here
anyway. It just meant getting prepared a little earlier,” he said.
Doug Hoffbauer sells trees in Duluth and Superior, Wis., and started selling wreaths, garlands and other decorations early this year, but not trees.
“I don’t see much inter-est in trees quite yet,” he said. “Thanksgiving is enough of an event already. I think people want to get through one holiday before they start work on the next one.”
Few people who plan to host
a large Thanksgiving gathering want to add setting up and deco-rating a Christmas tree to their list of chores, Hoffbauer specu-lated. And anyone traveling out of town to spend the holiday with family would be unwise to leave a thirsty, freshly cut tree untended.
Instead of trying to rush the season, Hoffbauer said he’ll be-gin sales the day after Thanks-giving as he has in the past. He’s bracing for a mad rush, how-ever, given the shortened time between the holidays.
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November is the time of the year for giving and being gener-ous, and one former MSU Mav-erick has embraced this in a big way.
David Backes, arguably one of the most famous alumni in Minnesota State University his-tory, has donated items most could only dream of giving. The former Maverick hockey player has made a name for himself in the NHL, being named captain of the St. Louis Blues, appearing in the NHL All Star game, and skating for the United States in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Even though is on ice achieve-ments are quite illustrious, it is his off the ice actions that has the people of Mankato talking.
Earlier this November, Backes donated $24,000 worth of brand- new hockey equip-ment to the Mankato Area Youth Hockey Association, including 150 hockey sticks, 70 sets of skates, 60 helmets an over 1000 pucks, amongst other items.
The gear showed up just in time for the MAHA’s “Try Hockey For Free Day.” Accord-ing to officials, 91 kids from the area participated in the event, doubling the turnout from last year.
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While hockey is very popular in Minnesota, one reason less kids play the sport is due to the cost of equipment. Backes’ do-nation allowed many students to try the sport, students who may not have otherwise had a chance.
Backes reportedly donated $12,000 worth of Bauer hockey gear to the organization. The MAHA would have had to pay double that price had it pur-chased all of the equipment it-self, but as a professional hockey player, Backes was able to get a discount.
As amazing as his donation was, it is not the first charitable
NHL player gives back in a big wayact Backes has been apart of.
Backes, along with his wife Kelly (also a graduate of MSU), work along side the Five Acres Animal Shelter to rescue aban-doned and neglected animals. Their charities, named David’s Dogs and Kelly’s Kats, respec-tively, feature local dogs and cats in St. Charles County, Missouri in hopes of finding homes for the animals.
Some of Backes’s rescues have been through the air as well.
Backes, who got his pilots license in January 2012, has in-volved flying in some of his pet rescue missions. Backes once flew to Houston with his wife and a flying instructor, just to
save three dogs from being euth-anized at a shelter. He also flew to Salem, MO to save Phineas, a yellow lab who was taken from his family after being accused of biting a girl in the neighborhood.
Hearing Phineas would be put down, Backes flew to Salem to save the dog, and brought it back to Five Acres Animal Shel-ter, which does not euthanize un-wanted animals.
Through 22 games this sea-son, Backes has 10 goals and 12 assists. The St. Louis Blues cur-rently are tied for the third best record in all of the NHL.
Anyone who wishes to con-tact the MAHA can do so at the associations site, www.manka-tohockey.com.
MIKELL MELIUSStaff Writer
MSU alum gives back to the community in a way that benefits hockey.
Web PhotoDavid Backes has helped with many philanthropic causes in recent years.
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America’s infrastructure, the glue that has formulated one of the greatest civilizations on Earth, is unfortunately beginning to crumble before our very eyes, all while we seem perfectly pow-erless.
Electrical lines are becoming outdated, cracks are beginning to form on roads and many dams are threatening to burst, some with the potential to harm thou-sands of people.
Unfortunately, with budgets being tightened in Washington, trillion dollar investments in in-frastructure seem nearly impos-sible, but, sometimes national needs trump monetary ones.
Our electric and water bills are feeling the pain of the de-creased efficiency of our crum-bling infrastructure.
With 25 percent of drinking water leaking from our water system before we even drink it, electric and water bills have sky-rocketed by 50 percent in the last four years, adding another weight to an already stagnant economy.
According to The Fix We’re in for: The State of Our Na-tion’s Bridges 2013, a staggering 66,405 bridges remain structural-ly deficient, bridges that require significant maintenance, reha-bilitation or replacement.
It is estimated that 260 million trips are taken over defi-cient bridges in a day, more than
four times the 68 million people who eat at McDonald’s world-wide daily.
The average bridge is engi-neered to last 50 years, while the average age of a US bridge is 43 years.
The current state of dams was graded at a “D” level by the American Society of Civil Engi-neering. According to the grade, there were nearly 14,000 high-hazard dams in 2012, with the need to protect an ever-growing amount of people. Needed in-vestments add up to more than $20 billion, according to the re-port.
It is estimated that seven tril-lion dollars is needed to be spent on infrastructure in the next ten years, and at this point some pol-iticians need to re-evaluate their
positions before it’s too late. While Republicans helped
pass an $8.2 billion investment to repair the nation’s waterways, they remain stridently opposed to President Obama’s much larger proposal to invest in the nation’s ports, bridges and power lines, due to their opposition on any tax increase.
While I understand philo-sophical differences, unfortu-nately the infrastructure doesn’t. The infrastructure doesn’t un-derstand politics, money, and it surely doesn’t wait for anybody. It goes when it goes, and when it does we will be looking at a sig-nificant loss of life and wonder why we didn’t act sooner.
Life is about making deci-sions that involve risk and re-ward. If the potential reward is
greater than the potential risk, you should take the chance.
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I would be willing to take these steps, because I know the importance of the issue, because the issue transcends you and me- the issue involves everyone. This issue transcends black and white, Indian and Hispanic, rich and poor, this issue cuts to the core of what it means to be an Ameri-can, the need to invest in the in-frastructure that makes us strong.
Infrastructure investment needed to avoid catastropheWhile the cost is high, the cost of doing nothing is even greater.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Within 24 hours of an interim deal aimed at reining in Iran’s nuclear program, world powers raised hopes Mon-day for the first face-to-face talks to end the Syrian civil war as the United Nations called the war-ring parties to the table.
But huge gaps remain. The opposition remains vague on whether it will even attend the Geneva conference called for Jan. 22, and both sides hold fun-damentally different visions on the very basics, particularly the future role of President Bashar Assad.
Nevertheless, Monday’s an-nouncement of a date for the talks after months of delay produced palpable hope that the precedent of successful nuclear negotia-tions with Iran might open new diplomatic channels that could help broker an end to the nearly 3-year-old civil war in Syria that has killed more than 100,000 people.
The nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers was announced in Geneva on Sun-day. Success in negotiations on a final accord could pave the way for normalization of ties between Iran and the West, reshaping the Mideast political map.
As Assad’s staunchest ally, Iran has given him significant financial support and is believed to have sent military advisers, trained pro-government mili-tiamen and directed one of its proxies, Lebanon’s Shiite Mus-
lim Hezbollah, to fight alongside Assad’s troops.
U.N. spokesman Martin Ne-sirky played down the possibil-ity that the negotiations with Iran played a direct role in the move-ment on Syria, which followed a meeting in Geneva of senior dip-lomats from the U.S., Russia and the U.N.
The two tracks “are very sepa-rate, both tracks have been going on in different formats, in differ-ent locations,” he told reporters. “So I would simply say that it was a good weekend for diplo-macy.”
Still, a senior member in the main, Western-backed Syrian op-position coalition expressed hope the nuclear deal would transform Iran into a “positive regional player,” relinquishing its support for Assad.
“We hope the Iranian nuclear deal will provide impetus for a Syria deal,” Abdelbaset Sieda of the Syrian National Coalition told The Associated Press. “The Iranian government must cut re-lations with the regime and leave the choice to the Syrian people.”
A break between Iran and Assad is unlikely in the short term given the foothold the al-liance gives Tehran in the Arab world. Still, a thaw between Iran and the U.S. — which backs the opposition coalition — could prompt Tehran to encourage Assad to make concessions, at least enough to keep talks going.
“If the Iran talks had not
worked or if the Iranian deal had not come about yesterday, I think it might have been more hard-go-ing today,” said Salman Shaikh, director of the Brookings Doha Center. “In terms of the diplomat-ic atmosphere, there’s certainly a feeling of some impetus.”
The conference aims to work out a roadmap for Syria adopted by the U.S., Russia and other major powers in June 2012 — including creating a transitional
government leading to the hold-ing of elections.
Enormous challenges lie ahead. Even participation by both sides is by no means guaranteed.
Under pressure from the U.S., the Syrian National Coalition has dropped conditions that Assad step down before any talks and has eased demands for guarantees ahead of time that he will not be part of any transitional govern-ment — demands that the Syrian
Syria takes aim to build on Iranian deal momentum
government has roundly rejected.But the coalition is sticking to
its condition that Assad release detainees and allow humanitarian corridors to provide access for desperately needed aid to rebel-held areas.
“These are trust-building measures that need to take place ahead of any talks, otherwise all efforts to convene a peace confer-
Web PhotoIranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Lavijani (center) is hopeful the Iran deal will lead to peace.
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ence are futile,” Sieda said.Previous attempts to bring
Syria’s warring sides together have failed miserably, mainly because of disputes over who should represent the opposition and the government, as well as whether Iran, Saudi Arabia and other regional powers should be at the table, and — above all — whether Assad will remain in of-fice in the future.
Syrian officials say Assad, whose troops currently hold mo-mentum on the ground in Syria, will not surrender power and may even run again in elections due in mid-2014. The opposition says Assad cannot be part of any transition.
The Syrian government, in its first comment Monday, said it is ready to take part in a peace conference, while insisting it has a “constitutional duty” to protect the Syrian people from the “crimes of armed terrorist groups,” a reference to the rebels.
“No one should underestimate the difficulties ahead,” U.S. Sec-retary of State John Kerry said in a statement Monday. He called the meeting the best opportunity to “form a new transitional gov-erning body through mutual con-
sent.”White House spokesman Josh
Earnest said Monday that remov-ing Assad is the goal of the talks.
Nesirky suggested that the world powers were confident all sides would attend, saying the U.S., Russia and the U.N would not have announced the date “without consultations beyond that trilateral group.”
In a further complication, even if the Syrian National Co-alition represents the opposition at the table, it has limited con-trol over the myriad rebel groups fighting Assad’s forces, including dozens of Islamic brigades and al-Qaida-linked groups who say they won’t put down their weap-ons until Assad steps down.
“The Geneva conference is an American-Iranian game that aims to boost Iran’s reach in the re-gion,” said Mahmoud Allouche, a rebel spokesman in central Syria, echoing the sentiment of many fighters who mistrust the coali-tion and are suspicious the Iran nuclear deal would indirectly strengthen Assad’s hand.
Louay Safi, a senior coalition member, said the opposition has received “promises” from the Americans and “indications”
from the Russians that they will do “whatever they can” to get the government to open humanitar-ian corridors and release detain-ees.
“If the (Syrian) regime is go-ing to defy both of them, then I don’t think we have anything to talk about,” he said.
The U.N.-Arab League’s top envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said the creation of the transition-al government “will be one of the most important elements that will have to be agreed upon during the conference.”
Brahimi said the United States, Russia and the United Na-tions would meet again on Dec. 20 to prepare for the conference, including working out the com-plete list of participants. He said Iran and Saudi Arabia “will cer-tainly be among the possible par-ticipants.”
The opposition said it was dead set against inviting Iran to the talks.
Shaikh, the analyst, said both the government and the opposi-tion haven’t changed their politi-cal positions one iota.
If the conference is held, he said, “there’s a great danger that they’ll just talk past each other.”
Web PhotoUS Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saul-al-Faisal.
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Déjá vu in Bowling GreenFor the second time in a two
week span, the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hock-ey team was able to salvage a se-ries split with the Bowling Green State University Falcons after losing the Friday night game. After being swept by the Univer-sity of Minnesota last weekend, the Mavericks looked to put a couple tallies in the win column to get them back on track.
In Friday night’s game in Bowling Green, Ohio, there were a couple of surprises.
Senior forward Zach Lehrke returned to the team last week af-ter hanging up the skates earlier this season due to a rare medical condition he has had most of his life. He missed the first 10 games this season, but has now returned to the Mavericks’ lineup for the remainder of the season.
Also a surprise, freshman goaltender Cole Huggins started in goal on Friday night. Not a surprise because of how he has played; Huggins has done quite well for himself, excusing the two losses he recorded at Min-nesota as simply just facing a better team with one of the best offenses in the nation. But surprising because last year’s WCHA Goalie of the Year win-ner, sophomore goaltender Ste-phon Williams, has played little over the last couple of weeks.
The Mavs got off to a good start Friday night, leading the Falcons on the road 2-0 after the first period. Freshman defense-
man Sean Flanagan recorded his second goal of the season on an assist from junior forward Matt Leitner. Just a few minutes later, junior forward J.P. LaFontaine buried a power play goal assisted by Lehrke, his first point in his first game back. Junior defense-man Zach Palmquist also record-ed an assist on the play.
Although the first period seemed to be all Mavericks, the second period was owned by the Falcons.
Just 16 seconds into the sec-ond period, Falcons forward Mark Cooper netted a power play goal to bring the score within one. The Mavericks tried to separate themselves from the Falcons but couldn’t find the back of the net. At 6:47 of the middle period, Cooper scored his second of the night when he tied the game on an assist by Fal-con’s forward Matt Pohlkamp, a Brainerd, Minn. native.
The third period saw what seems to be becoming a famil-iar sight for the Mavs against the Falcons. Bowling Green’s Adam Berkle scored a shorthanded goal to give the Falcons a 3-2 lead early in the period. The Mavericks gave up two goals while on the power play to the Falcons when they last played in Mankato. The Mavs came back though, scoring a shorthanded goal of their own when freshman forward Zach Stepan buried a sharp angle shot to tie the game 3-3 with 11:37 of the period, assisted by sophomore Teddy Blueger.
The first 60 minutes ended in
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a tie and the two teams headed for overtime.
With just 32 seconds remain-ing in the extra period, Cooper completed the hat-trick, scoring his third goal of the game and the game-winning goal on the power play with Berkle getting an assist on the play.
Saturday night saw Maver-ick head coach Mike Hastings change things up.
Huggins, who had started the previous four games, was on the bench, giving Williams a chance to get back to his winning ways.
This didn’t last long, though, as Williams gave up two goals in the second half of the first period to Mike Sullivan on the power play, with Cooper scoring his fourth goal of the weekend. Down 2-0 after the first period, Williams was back on the bench and Huggins would start the sec-ond period.
There wasn’t much action in the second period until with 3:22 remaining when the Mavs got their power play clicking. The preseason WCHA player of the year, Leitner, scored his first
goal of the year with the man ad-vantage with LaFontaine getting the lone assist.
The Mavericks then headed into the third period down 2-1 before their power play unit struck again.
At the 8:40 mark of the third, LaFontaine found the back of the net for his second power play goal of the weekend to tie the game 2-2, assists once again go-ing to Lehrke and Palmquist.
The third period would
David Bassey • MSU ReporterSophomore forward Bryce Gervais (above) was the hero of the weekend with the game-winning game in overtime on Saturday night against Bowling Green. Gervais has scored four goals with one assist in 12 games this season.
Men’s basketball returns four starters for their journey to another highly anticipated season
LUCAS RYANStaff Writer
The Minnesota State Univer-sity men’s basketball team enters the 2013-2014 seasons with high expectations with four starters returning from last year’s NCAA tournament team.
Last season the Mavericks fin-ished with a 28-5 record, tied a school-high in wins while claim-ing the NSIC regular season championship, but lost 76-73 in an overtime heartbreaker to rival Wi-
nona State in the NCAA Division II central region finals.
“We left something on the table there where our guys have really gone through the summer, worked extremely hard and gotten themselves prepared so another great Maverick basketball sea-son,” Head Coach Matt Margen-thaler said.
The Mavericks return four starters from the 2012-2013 sea-son including junior guard Zach Monaghan and junior center As-sem Marei who were both re-
ceived All-NSIC First Team ac-colades last season.
“I am very fortunate to have four starters coming back after last year’s season starting with Assem Marei at the centers posi-tion who had a great summer this past summer playing with team Egypt and making it to the Africa National Championships,” Mar-genthaler said
Marei averaged 14.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game last season and Monaghan recorded a team-high 184 assists, and 75
steals, while scoring 389 points including 59 three-pointers. The two were major contributors a year ago and have both had a strong start to their junior seasons through six games.
“Zack Monaghan is a young man that played very very good for us last year and has come back stronger, more confident. I would put them in a category of the best point guard and center in the na-tion,” Margenthaler said.
The eighth ranked Mavericks have started this season with 5-1
record suffering their only loss to Alaska-Anchorage in the CCA Tip-Off Classic in Anaheim Calf Nov. 9. Currently (prior to Mon-day’s game) the Mavericks are riding a four game nonconference winning streak with conference play just around the corner.
This season the Mavericks are holding opponents to 64.2 points per game while posting an aver-age of 88.7 each game. Sopho-more guard Gage Wooten leads
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The no. 12 Mavericks bring back Second Team All-NSIC members in Zach Monaghan and Assem Marei.
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the Mavericks in scoring with 88 points, averaging 14.7 points per game followed by Monaghan with 14 points per game. Monaghan leads the Mavericks with 30 as-sists and 11 steals through the first six games.
At this point MSU has out re-bounded their opponents on aver-age by 14 boards per game with Junior forward Zach Romashko and Marei averaging a team-high six rebounds per game. Sopho-more forward TJ Okafor leads MSU with seven blocks.
“Every year our region from top to bottom is one of the best in the nation. Playing in the South-ern division we go against Wi-nona State twice, we go against Augustana twice, we have South-west twice. So if you look at it our schedule is very very tough from top to bottom in our league,” Mar-genthaler said.
MSU (5-1) enters NSIC play Saturday when the Mavericks travel to St. Paul to play the Gold-en Bears of Concordia-St. Paul
Football GamedayJoey Denton • sports editor
St. Cloud State (11-1)at Minnesota State (11-0)
12 p.m., Saturday • Blakeslee Stadium
RECAP: It was a week of rest for the Minnesota State University, Mankato football team, and it was needed after playing at a high level for 11 straight weeks. The last time the Mavericks were on the field they walked off as victors of a 73-7 contest at Upper Iowa. During their first-round bye of the NCAA Divi-sion II playoffs, the St. Cloud State Huskies were fighting to keep their season breathing and succeeded. As the sixth seed in Super Region 3, they upset the third seeded Henderson State Reddies 40-35, giving them at least one more week of their 2013 season. Running back Michael Walker ran for two of the three touchdowns the Huskies put up in their 20-point second quarter to get a 27-14 lead at halftime. With 7:33 left in the game, the Reddies put together quite the comeback with a 25-yard Devin Rodgers touchdown pass, bringing the deficit to six points. The Huskies put a hiccup in the comeback with Walker actually throwing a 47-yard touchdown to Dan Brown just 17 seconds later, but the Reddies weren’t done. After HSU’s receiver Kevin Nichols’s five-yard touchdown grab, they forced a Huskies punt and received the ball with 12 seconds left but failed to capitalize.
HISTORY: This game will mark the 78th time these two schools have met on the gridiron, with the Huskies having the 41-32-4 advantage. The Mavericks have only taken one of their last four meetings, which was last season’s 25-21 win in St. Cloud.
MSU NOTES: The 11-0 Mavericks come into this second-round matchup rested and ready for NCAA playoff action. After a 7-6 deficit at halftime against Augustana back on Oct. 12, the NSIC regular season champs has been improving and has played its best football through the final leg of the regular season. After coming back and winning 20-10 over the Vikings, the Mavericks have outscored their last five opponents 266-64, including a 52-27 victory over the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State, which finished second in the NSIC-South. Yesterday, senior quarterback Jon Wolf became the third Maverick to make the final nine finalists for the Harlon Hill Award, which is given to the top performer in NCAA Division II. To go along with his 29 total touchdowns, Wolf’s 1,719 passing yards (11th in the NSIC) and 1,047 rushing yards (8th) is a big slice of the team’s conference leading 43.5 points per game average. Led by senior defensive end Chris Schaudt, who won the NSIC Co-Defensive Player of the Year award, the Mavericks rank sixth in all of Division II in points scored against average with 14.5. Schaudt was one of seven players named to the NSIC South Division All-Conference First Team Defense, only allowing just less than 269 total yards per game, which is third in Division II.
SCSU NOTES: The no. 12 Huskies make their way to Blakeslee Stadium as the Mavericks’ first NSIC opponent in postseason play in team history with an 11-1 overall record and 10-1 in the NSIC. Just like
the Mavericks, St. Cloud had a turning point in the regular season and is playing its best football right now. After losing 34-7 against the University of Minnesota, Duluth Bulldogs, the Huskies went on a rampage through their final six games of the regular season, out-scoring their opponents 286-73. With last weekend’s first-round win, the Huskies rank fourth in both points per game (36.6) and points allowed per game (20.3). In 12 games, quarterback Phillip Klaphake, who was a Harlon Hill Super Regional 3 cadidate, threw for 3,050 yards and 26 touchdowns along with 525 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. In their running attack, Michael Walker has led the way with 775 yards and 17 touchdowns, averaging 4.8 yards per carry.
PREDICTION: Saturday’s game will no doubt be the toughest game for the Mavericks in the past few weeks and for this rivalry to take place in a postseason setting, this game will mean even that much more. Both of these teams deserve to be at this point, but the Mavericks will show how athletic and smart the team is and move on to round three.
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end in a 2-2 tie, and these teams would head to overtime for the third time in four games playede against each other.
Just 1:30 into overtime, ju-nior forward Chase Grant found sophomore Bryce Gervais in front where Gervais buried the game winning goal, his fourth tally of the season.
Although a series split was not ideal for the Mavericks, it is much better than being swept in a conference series.
Currently, the Mavs sit tied for sixth in the 10-team WCHA standings with Lake Superior State. While that doesn’t look good, it is still early on in the season and four of the top five teams have played two or more games more than the Mavs. A sweep at home over Alaska-An-chorage would serve them well this weekend and could place them as high as third in the con-ference behind Ferris State and Bemidji State who sit at number one and two respectively.
For a team who has struggled early on finding ways to score, especially on the power play, the Mavericks may have found some help in Lehrke. The Mavs scored three power play goals over the weekend, Lehrke assisting on two of them, which is promis-ing. The big question mark is in the net, where Minnesota State can’t seem to find a permanent
solution. Huggins has done well so far in his young career, but Williams was the top goalie in a much tougher conference last season, and Hastings is still waiting for him to come around this year.
At home this weekend, the Mavericks look to gain four crucial points in the WCHA
standings when the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves come to town. Anchorage has played two more games than the Mavs, but sits directly ahead of them in the standings, so a sweep would put the Mavericks in the right di-rection. The puck drops at 7:37 p.m. on Friday and 7:07 p.m. on Saturday night at the Verizon Wireless Center in downtown Mankato.
the Mavericks in scoring with 88 points, averaging 14.7 points per game followed by Monaghan with 14 points per game. Monaghan leads the Mavericks with 30 as-sists and 11 steals through the first six games.
At this point MSU has out re-bounded their opponents on aver-age by 14 boards per game with Junior forward Zach Romashko and Marei averaging a team-high six rebounds per game. Sopho-more forward TJ Okafor leads MSU with seven blocks.
“Every year our region from top to bottom is one of the best in the nation. Playing in the South-ern division we go against Wi-nona State twice, we go against Augustana twice, we have South-west twice. So if you look at it our schedule is very very tough from top to bottom in our league,” Mar-genthaler said.
MSU (5-1) enters NSIC play Saturday when the Mavericks travel to St. Paul to play the Gold-en Bears of Concordia-St. Paul
University(3-1).Junior guard Terez VanPelt
leads the Golden Bears offense with 65 points and 15 assists through the first four games fol-lowed by senior guard Clay Olstad with 61 points and 10 assists. Con-cordia is averaging 77.8 points per game while holding opponents to 69.2 points. The Golden Bears have been tested already this season with an exhibition game against the University of Minne-sota (101-67 loss) and will make the Mavericks earn a victory Sat-urday.
“Any time you have you have a 22-game conference schedule it is a marathon, not a sprint. Well play five games in our conference before Christmas, so we get going early. Every season you look at the conference and wonder how in the world you will ever get through it because it is a grind. I think with top coaches we have in our league it’s fun, it’s exciting and it’s always a challenge to play in the North-ern Sun,” Margenthaler said.
HOCKEY continued from 3BASKETBALL “Every season you look at the conference and wonder how in the world you will ever get through it because it is a grind. I think with the top coaches we have in our league it’s fun, it’s exciting and it’s always a challenge to play in the Northern Sun”continued from 7
the Mavericks, St. Cloud had a turning point in the regular season and is playing its best football right now. After losing 34-7 against the University of Minnesota, Duluth Bulldogs, the Huskies went on a rampage through their final six games of the regular season, out-scoring their opponents 286-73. With last weekend’s first-round win, the Huskies rank fourth in both points per game (36.6) and points allowed per game (20.3). In 12 games, quarterback Phillip Klaphake, who was a Harlon Hill Super Regional 3 cadidate, threw for 3,050 yards and 26 touchdowns along with 525 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. In their running attack, Michael Walker has led the way with 775 yards and 17 touchdowns, averaging 4.8 yards per carry.
PREDICTION: Saturday’s game will no doubt be the toughest game for the Mavericks in the past few weeks and for this rivalry to take place in a postseason setting, this game will mean even that much more. Both of these teams deserve to be at this point, but the Mavericks will show how athletic and smart the team is and move on to round three.
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For any series to hit fifty years, let alone celebrate it, is a momentous achievement, espe-cially a show that was so close to getting axed before the second story even aired. Doctor Who has long defied the odds and risen to unprecedented global popularity.
On November 23, to com-memorative fifty years of Doc-tor Who, 94 countries across six continents simulcast the 77-min-ute anniversary episode The Day of the Doctor, starring current Doctor Matt Smith, previous incarnation David Tennant and the enigmatic War Doctor, John Hurt, introduced at the end of last series.
Shrouded in mystery for months, The Day of the Doctor promised one thing: the Who-mythology would be shaken with the most important day of the Doctor’s life.
The Day of the Doctor deliv-ered.
Months after the end of series 7, The Doctor and Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) reunite when U.N.I.T. (a special British task
force designed to deal with alien threats) asks for their assistance dealing with unusual paintings, where unknown things have been breaking out. In an earlier time-line, The Doctor (Tennant) is en-joying a nice picnic with Queen Elizabeth I, which then is ruined by the shape-shifting Zygons, red sucker monsters who want to take over the earth. In an even earlier timeline, the War Doctor possesses the Moment, a device that he will use to destroy Gali-frey and the Daleks alike to end the Time War and is prepared to push the button. These three timelines converge at one impor-tant interval as one impossible decision is made that will change the Doctor forever, bringing to fruition the painting that started it all, “Galifrey Falls.”
This episode is big. The scope of Day of the Doctor is flab-bergasting in comparison to the black-and-white, cheap in-door photography of the original epi-sode, “The Unearthly Child.” The special effects here are of the quality of an exquisite Holly-wood-budget magnitude, making the interior of the TARDIS pop out like never before and bring-
ing viewers into an unwinnable war of merciless machines and falling skyscrapers.
There were callbacks and shout-outs aplenty to the past fifty years to the extent it’s hard to imagine any fan displeased. The fists-to-the-air conclusion on Galifrey was a stunner; the War Doctor regenerating into a familiar face, the original black-and-white title card used at the episode’s beginning, an unex-pected cameo here and there, David Tennant repeating his fa-mous final line (“I don’t want to go”) and so much more, making this episode an Easter egg hunt of Doctor Who past and present.
All the actors were on top form. David Tennant effortlessly fell back into place as the Doc-tor and his quips and energetic dynamic with Matt Smith are truly the funniest parts of the whole special. John Hurt brings a sense of gravitas and weight to every word and every action he says and makes. There’s a real sense of danger and sadness to this man whose sole purpose is to wage war and bring the end to it all with an unbearable option, all thanks to Hurt’s amazing per-
formance. But perhaps the real stunner
of the cast is Jenna Coleman, who is so powerful and emotive as Clara that it’s very clear that the Doctors would turn to no one else but her for advice. She may not be the toughest compan-ion the Doctor has ever had but she’s one of the most intelligent and compassionate -- the rock to tether him to humanity when he’s too far gone in hate.
Written by Steven Moffat, The Day of the Doctor is filled with inside jokes, clever witticisms, and loads of potential time para-doxes and plot contrivances that make very little sense. Three TARDIS’ in one room should create a big enough paradox to destroy the universe, and with a smart bit of writing, Moffat by-passes, ever so slightly, the prob-lem of the Doctor traveling back in his own timeline, but there’s so much to love from the open-ing minutes of adventure to the melancholy finale that it’s worth forgiving any and all nitpicks.
By episode’s end, the show ends up being something unex-pected and very Christmas Car-ol-y that it’s nothing short of bril-
liance. What’s amazing is how Moffat has radically changed an important part of Who my-thology from the last nine years without really changing anything at all. The Doctor now has a new destination, a new, redemptive goal to achieve when he regener-ates into the Twelfth Doctor on Christmas. Until then, Moffat has crafted a perfectly enormous and satisfactory anniversary spe-cial that paid homage to what came before, yet looks forward to the future.
By making it all about The Doctor instead of a new nemesis to fight this week, Day is also one of the more emotional epi-sodes in a while. It’s hard not to feel the sheer weight of The Doc-tor’s impossible decision right there with him, or the glee and annoyance in interacting with his multiple selves. The Day of the Doctor has a bit of everything for everybody and it’s one of the best Doctor Who episodes in a long time. A truly engaging celebrat-ing of fifty years, November 23 truly was the day of the Doctor.
The Day of the Doctor will be available on DVD/Blu-Ray De-cember 10 from BBC America.
JAMES HOUTSMAA & E Editor
Many sequels are like a kid riding a bicycle for the second time. Sometimes they have suc-cessful first outings and think they’ve got everything down. They then proceed to rush it, lose control and fall face first on the unforgiving pavement.
The Hunger Games: Catch-ing Fire isn’t one of these cases. Rather, it’s in the camp of those that have a mostly successful first outing (only swerving on about six occasions), come back more determined than ever to prove themselves and deliver the goods, making it easily more memorable than its predecessor.
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) may have emerged victorious from the Hunger Games with her friend/partner/wishful love interest Peeta Ma-lark (Josh Hutcherson) but now she must fight survive more than ever. With rebellion sprouting up across the districts of Panem af-
ter Katniss’ act of defiance, Pres-ident Snow (Donald Sutherland) decides it’s time to make an ex-ample of Katniss and destroy her for the world to see. Against un-believable odds, the girl on fire is thrust back into the world of the Hunger Games for what may be the last time.
Where The Hunger Games was very much an unsure fresh-man effort from an up and com-ing studio and a director for hire, Catching Fire finds confidence in nearly every area it needs to.
Francis Lawrence takes over directing duties from Gary Ross and the results are night and day. Lawrence not only brings the ex-citement and danger of the titu-lar game to life with admirable skill but conveys a true sense of bleakness throughout. It’s not a stretch to say that, even by the standards of a universe centered around kids killing one another for the government’s amusement, Catching Fire is two and a half hours where practically nothing good or cheery happens. Just
when you think things can’t get worse for our heroes, it certainly does and it’s this pessimistic es-calation that works so well in the movie’s favor.
Jennifer Lawrence continues
to own the screen as Katniss, with several of her emotional beats through the story hitting home in a great, effective way. The anguish she is thrust into throughout the movie is truly
palpable due to her acting prow-ess, brought to a head in a de-pressing section where she is se-lected again to fight to the death.
MIRANDA BRAUNWARTHStaff Writer
I know that I’m not the only one counting down the days to stuff my face with turkey and all the fixings.
As well, I’m planning on which delicious dessert I’m going to make to share with my fam-ily after the turkey has been de-voured and we’re drinking coffee and sharing memories.
These recipes break away from the traditional pie and are simple so that you’re not crowd-ing the kitchen the turkey and all the fixings are being prepared in.
These tasty morsels are pre-pared to just the right size so that you won’t feel too bad in enjoying them.
This first recipe is exactly that, being a two bite, Apple Pie Bite. Ready in a little over 10 minutes these cinnamon flaky bites will lead to three or four more.
The best part is that it only calls for three ingredients, mean-ing you’ll have time to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Pa-rade.
[Note: This recipe from Big-oven.com]
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Day of the Doctor worth celebrating
Catching Fire blazes past its predecessorHunger Games sequel is a taught, endearing adaption.
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palpable due to her acting prow-ess, brought to a head in a de-pressing section where she is se-lected again to fight to the death.
MIRANDA BRAUNWARTHStaff Writer
I know that I’m not the only one counting down the days to stuff my face with turkey and all the fixings.
As well, I’m planning on which delicious dessert I’m going to make to share with my fam-ily after the turkey has been de-voured and we’re drinking coffee and sharing memories.
These recipes break away from the traditional pie and are simple so that you’re not crowd-ing the kitchen the turkey and all the fixings are being prepared in.
These tasty morsels are pre-pared to just the right size so that you won’t feel too bad in enjoying them.
This first recipe is exactly that, being a two bite, Apple Pie Bite. Ready in a little over 10 minutes these cinnamon flaky bites will lead to three or four more.
The best part is that it only calls for three ingredients, mean-ing you’ll have time to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Pa-rade.
[Note: This recipe from Big-oven.com]
Apple Pie BitesIngredients:1 package crescent rollsSliced apples (with or without
peels)Cinnamon to flavor
Directions: Unroll all of the crescent rolls and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon across them. If you want, you can add a little melted butter for extra flavor. Place the apple slices in the unrolled cres-cents. Roll them up and add cin-namon on top to your liking. At 350 degrees Fahrenheit, bake for 11 to 12 minutes.
As good as apples are many believe it’s really not Thanksgiv-ing without the pumpkin. This Pumpkin Pie Dip recipe is com-plete in as little as five minutes and allows your family to nibble as compared to having a giant slice.
A perfect dessert to bring out later in the evening to pair with turkey sandwiches while making your shopping plans.
[Note: This recipe from the food blog “Cooking Classy”]
Pumpkin Pie DipIngredients:
8 ounce cream cheese, soft-ened
2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin 1/2 cup sour cream1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon ginger1/4 teaspoon cloves (optional)1/4 - 1/2 cup caramel sauce,
store bought or homemade Graham crackers, chocolate
crackers or gingersnap cookies for servings
Directions: This recipe calls for a hand mixer. Using your hand mixer, beat on low the cream cheese and powdered sugar for one minute to combine. Move to medium to get the mixture fluffy.
Add canned pumpkin, sour cream and spices.
Move to serving dish if serv-ing right away, otherwise put in refrigerator.
If you decide to use caramel sauce, put on top. Serve with your cookies or crackers.
My mouth is watering just thinking about these sweets. Don’t forget: no matter how much you eat, there is always room for dessert.
Unfortunately, her love tri-angle between Peeta and Gale (played again by acting cement slab Liam Hemsworth) still features stilted dialogue and an unhealthy focus that works against the great things going on elsewhere. This part of the story is still stuck in the me-diocre mid-ground of the first movie and could use a healthy revamp to avoid comparison to other subpar tween romance adaptions (for there is no short-age, lately).
Katniss’ story and portrayal is almost tweaked enough to be fully invested in but until then we can relish here in the awe-some work by the veteran sup-porting cast.
Many returning members are given new dimension, such as Elizabeth Banks’ Effie Trin-ket, while others like Stanley Tucci’s Caesar Flickerman continue the shtick we love. Sutherland’s Snow comes to the forefront and shows his calm, yet seething persona as the real
face of evil in this series.New additions like Phillip
Seymour Hoffman and Jeffrey Wright bring even more pres-tige to the series while Sam Clafin does well in the role of Finnick Odair.
In fact, just about everyone involved has upped their game (including some increased trust/money from the studio) and it shows. Despite a few pacing issues here and there, as well as the aforementioned lovey dovey problems, Catch-ing Fire is one of the more exciting, endearing second installments to be put out this year.
The third installment, Mockingjay, will be an inter-esting puzzle to work around due to its increased violence and seemingly meaningless split into two films but with this creative crew returning for the ending, the hype that comes with it will truly be justified.
7.5/10
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CATCHING FIRE “Just when you think things can’t get worse for our heroes, it certainly does and it’s the pessimistic escalation that works so well in the movie’s favor.”continued from 10
Day of the Doctor worth celebrating
Thanksgiving dessert recipes to
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