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Gaede nets series winner, sends Mavericks to first Final Five tournament since 2003.

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter RYAN LUND

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Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hockey player Max Gaede didn’t hear his name ring from the rafters at the Verizon Wireless Civic Center often this season.

As a matter of fact, the name “Max Gaede” was heard just once, but for the sophomore forward once was more than enough, as Gaede’s game-winning second period goal finished off the struggling University of Nebraska, Omaha Mavericks, earning MSU its first Final Five berth since 2003.

Gaede’s breakthrough goal capped a wild weekend for the Mavericks, as Troy Jutting made his emotional return to Mankato following the veteran head coach’s ousting in favor of former Omaha assistant Mike Hastings.

The scene at center ice Sunday

night was one of mixed emotions, as MSU’s seniors met their former coach in the handshake line following the gritty series victory, while head coach Mike Hastings faced his former team.

“I’m happy for my guys,” said MSU head coach Mike Hastings.

“But I don’t take any pleasure in having that happen to those guys.”

But while the postgame scene may have been emotional, the games themselves appeared just as intense.

It took almost 70 minutes, but Friday night’s win before an announced crowd of just 2,800 gave MSU a razor-thin lead in the tightly contested series.

UNO got on the board first thanks to senior forward Brent Gwidt, who beat Williams just 5 minutes into the first period to put MSU down 1-0 early.

Sophomore defenseman Zach

Palmquist would answer before the period was out, rifling a power play tally home from atop the circle to tie the game at one apiece with three minutes to play.

The hometown Mavericks rallied for their first lead of the game at 3:47 of the second period, as sophomore Jean-Paul Lafontaine brought MSU’s power play to life once again.

Lafontaine’s 9th goal of the season would not put MSU on top for long however, as Omaha junior Matt White brought the two squads of Mavericks level at 5:53 of the second period.

WCHA scoring champion Ryan Walters gave Omaha the lead at 18:24 of the period, wristing his 22nd goal of the season past Williams to make it 3-2 UNO. Lafontaine struck again late in the game, hooking up with freshman Bryce Gervais for the

Saskatchewan-born rookie’s 8th goal of the season at 9:39 of the period, sending the soon-to-beformer rivals to overtime tied at three.

Nearly twenty minutes after Gervais’ tally, Chase Grant ended the series opener at 7:10 of overtime, converting yet another feed from Lafontaine to give MSU a gritty 4-3 win.

With its back against the wall once again, Omaha responded in the encore, becoming just the second WCHA team to win on the road this postseason thanks to a pair of unlikely heroes.

But while both teams may have struggled to generate offensive chances early, Stephon Williams picked up where he left off, sending the crowd to its feet with a sprawling empty net save; appearing to stop the puck at the goal line with his outstretched stick early in

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the first period.

Responding to the crowd’s tentative enthusiasm, MSU sophomore Matt Leitner finally broke through at 10:46, one-timing a netside poke check by fellow sophomore Chase Grant past Faulkner to give his Mavericks a 1-0 lead.

Freshman Jon Jutzi put his 6’2” frame to use just a few minutes later, chasing down a breaking Ryan Walters, before leveling the recently named WCHA scoring champion near the MSU blue line to keep the lead alive.

UNO followed the defensive effort with a freshman showcase of its own, as rookie center Tanner Lane netted just his 7th point of the season, batting a contested puck through a goalmouth scramble to make it 1-1 at 14:17.

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It’s a word that many have never heard prior to the recent economic events but has likely worn out its welcome in the past month; the omnipresent “sequester.” Taking effect on the first of the month, the sequester has had profound effects on many aspects of the economy and has been a hotbed for economic and political debate.

“Sequestering” is an austerity measure; that is, a policy used by the government to reduce budget deficits during times of national financial distress. Introduced in the Budget Control Act of 2011, the spending cuts were initially set to begin January 1st of this year amidst debate over the “fiscal cliff,” another economic buzzword as of late.

However, the cuts were de-

layed for another two months by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The cuts total about $85 billion this year and would continue forth at a similar pace for the next nine years, totaling 1.2 trillion in overall cuts.

Balancing the federal budget has generally been one of the few agreeable objectives in Washington; however the methodology has been widely scrutinized. Republicans emphasize the importance of aggressively balancing the federal budget while Democrats criticize what they say is the blunt nature of the cuts.

“The sequester is here until President Obama accepts the need for spending cuts and reforms that help put us on a path to balance the budget. That’s it,” said Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in an interview last week with

political website Roll Call’s GOP blog.

“There’s a smarter way to cut spending. That’s why we passed two bills to replace it.

But the President insisted on it, and did almost nothing to stop it — so it’s here until he changes his tune. He got his tax hikes. Now, it’s time to actually deal with spending.”

Meanwhile, President Barack Obama exhibited a different tune in regards to the spending on the eve of the sequester.

“It’s just dumb, and it’s going to hurt. It’s going to hurt individual people, and it’s going to hurt the economy overall,” reported Olivier Knox of Yahoo News.

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National service versus America

ALEXANDER COHEN

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Charlie Rangel wants to give you a job, and he doesn’t want to let you turn it down.

Rangel, a Democratic Congressman from New York, is proposing a law that would force every young American to perform two years of national service - possibly even military service - starting by the age of 25. College students could postpone service, but only until they graduate or turn 24.

Some of the costs H.R. 748 would impose on you are obvious: It would take away two irreplaceable years of your life, spending them on purposes that may not contribute to your goals. It might cause skills you’ve developed in high school or college to waste away from lack of practice before you can bring them to the school or career where you want to build on them. And it could disrupt important relationships, sending you far from the people who are important to you.

And that’s saying nothing about the physical and psychological harms you could suffer if you’re forced to go into combat - harms Congressman Rangel, who was wounded in the Korean War,

knows very well and still wants to impose on unwilling victims. It’s saying nothing about the possibility that you might be sent to war and never come back.

But beyond all those obvious costs to you, the bill risks subtler costs we can’t afford to overlook - costs to you, costs to the country, and costs to all of us, even those (like him and me) who’d be exempted on account of age.

Rangel thinks this bill would teach patriotism.

“You may go in screaming and yelling,” he says, “but when you come out, you salute the flag.” In other words, you might go in hating what your country is doing to you, but you’ll come out honoring the government that did it - because you will have been forced into the habit of doing whatever the government tells you and, if you’re in uniform, of saluting and obeying all the vast hierarchy of officers the government placed over you.

That is the opposite of the way a free society teaches patriotism, and that is the opposite of the kind of patriotism a free society needs.

A free society earns its citizens’ patriotism by protecting their rights.

More precisely, a government earns respect, affection and loyalty by making and

enforcing laws under which people can live their lives, exercise their liberty, and pursue their own happiness.

In such a society, you can see that your government is providing the security you count on - that it’s protecting you from criminals, from foreign enemies, and from anyone who, under the guise of government, would take over your life (see: Charlie Rangel). When you see that your government is performing that vital function, valuing it is a matter of justice.

And a free society needs its citizens’ patriotism to protect all its citizens’ rights. In voting, in serving on juries, and in countless other ways, Americans are called upon to stand up for freedom. That means being prepared to say no to author-

ity figures: to incumbent presidents who trample liberty, to prosecutors who accuse innocent people, to police officers who abuse suspects, to legislators who propose unjust laws, and so on.

When neither you nor someone especially important to you is an obvious victim, it’s your patriotism, your liberty-loving patriotism, that tells you to stand up for the principles of freedom - because you count on those principles being upheld when it’s your freedom on the line. But if you accept Charlie Rangel’s kind of patriotism, the kind that salutes even when your own freedom is taken away, you give up the kind of patriotism that won’t let anyone’s rights be trampled if you can help it.

“Are you heading up to St. Paul this weekend to support the men’s hockey team?”

RACHEL thomas, senior psychology “No, but I’d like to experience it someday.”

Which kind of patriot do you want to be?

Alexander R. Cohen is managing editor of the Business Rights Center and associate scholar at The Atlas Society. He writes and lectures on moral and political issues, and he recently edited “Myths about Ayn Rand.” He has taught constitutional government and bioethics at the City University of New York.

Cohen earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at American University, his law degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and his master’s in philosophy at CUNY; he then continued his study of philosophy at the University of Virginia before moving to Washington to focus on advancing human liberty.

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Break brings sun for some, cold for others

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While some Minnesota State University, Mankato students enjoyed “Spring” Break either working or relaxing at home, others got to enjoy the week-long vacation in warmth that this area can only dream of right now.

It would have been a perfect Spring break weather-wise in Minnesota if we could have only turned back the clock one year. Last year at this time heat records were broken; It was 79 degrees on March 17, 2012. This year, however, temperatures have been struggling to break 40 degrees.

For many students, shoveling snow and watching it drift right back to where it had started a few days before was not the ideal way to spend the week away from school, but, as was the case for many other college students, sometimes finances get in the way of what they want to do.

While cold here, MSU students who traveled south enjoyed all the benefits of summer: time spent at the beach, alcoholic drinks enjoyed on the sand, and great times with friends.

Junior Dental Hygiene major Kate Kramer enjoyed her trip to South Padre Island.

“It was a very long drive

down and back, about 24 hours each way, but it was completely worth it! We stayed at the Isla Grand hotel, which was right on the beach, and right behind all of the daily beach parties,” Kramer said.

“We had a blast heading down to the beach everyday where there were dance contests and free stuff thrown out every day. Overall it was a super fun trip, I’m so glad I got to experience it all!”

Junior Jen Ellingsen traveled to Florida with some friends to enjoy the sun.

“Four friends and I went to Fort Myers Beach in Florida.

Weather was so great I wish I could have stayed. Had a great time and am considering going back for next Spring Break,” Ellingsen said.

Graduate Student Zach Erdmann spent spring break taking make up exams.

“I did go to Vegas the week before for a week long NIRSA (National Intramural Recreation Sport Association) convention,” Erdmann said.

Nationwide it is estimated that 2.1 million college students participate in spring break annually. According to the site OOHLALA, men are far more likely to experiment sexually while on spring break. Seventy percent of men and 19 percent of women surveyed would be open to have

sex with a stranger.

The first collegiate Spring Break occurred in 1935 at the College Swim Forum. Strangely, the first Spring Break was meant as training for future competition. When the event was done 3 years later, more than 300 swimmers showed up.

Spring Break has definitely evolved. The economic boom in the two states of Florida and Texas alone is shocking.

Students in these two states alone spend an estimated billion dollars.

According to the website, students’ pocketbooks also take a hit. The survey found that students spent an average of $1,100 during the trip.

Additional spring break facts are similarly shocking.

60 percent of party attendants are estimated to have run-ins with police, and 50 percent who engage in sexual relations do so with no protection.

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children. Special education will lose $644 million while Head Start, a federal program that promotes school readiness for children up to age 5 from low-income families, will lose $406 million according to a report by the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

The iconic Yellowstone National Park has experienced sequester effects as well. The National Park Service (NPS) has had to deal with cuts already, to the tune of $113 in instant spending reduction.

Over the last decade, NPS funding has fallen by 13 percent. The sequester cuts an additional 5 percent to the NPS, which has had consequences. At Yellowstone, the West Entrance opening will be delayed a week until April 26, while the south, east and northeast entrances, which gather a lot more snow, will be pushed back an additional 2-3 weeks.

About half of the sequestration would take place in

the form of military spending cuts according to a report published by CBS News.

Around $46 billion in cuts would be implemented from the sequester on top of another $50 billion dollars in cuts that already had been put in place for the Defense Department. Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz., warned about the military cuts on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

“If you deprive the military of the ability to train, the ability to have f light hours for our pilots and air crews, the ability of our people to have the right kind of equipment to fight with, then you are putting us in danger in my view,” McCain said.

It hasn’t been entirely doom-and-gloom in the economy, however. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) recently reached a 5-year high amidst a 10 day winning-streak. Additionally, unemployment has continued its general downward trend, reaching a national level of 7.7 percent.

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Mavericks punch ticket to first Final Five in 10 years

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Lane and Leitner would represent the two team’s only offensive production through two periods, as Williams and Faulkner settled in.

The Sarnia, Ontario senior appeared to find the rhythm that eluded him at times this season early in the second period, sprawling across the crease to preserve the tie, as Faulkner’s Mavericks continued to clog the neutral zone.

Faulkner had a bit of help along the way, as MSU junior Johnny McInnes rang a wrister off of the post midway through

the frame, before returning the favor a few minutes later, blasting a one-timer that was swallowed up by Faulkner.

The goaltending duel continued well into the third, as the oftquestioned Faulkner matched the WCHA goaltending champion save for save.

In the end however, a chance deflection would force a decisive round three.

Sophomore defenseman Jaycob Megna worked the puck down low for UNO’s Brian O’Rourke to Williams’ left, before the winger’s errant centering pass glanced off the stick of Eriah

Hayes, and straight into the sites of sophomore Dominic Zombo, who beat Williams cleanly to break the longstanding tie and put Omaha up 2-1 at 5:21.

In a show of confidence in his electric freshman, head coach Mike Hastings sent first year forwards Teddy Blueger, Bryce Gervais and Dylan Margonari to the ice with just 34 seconds to go, as the trio attempted to break the tie with an empty net behind them.

Once again, Faulkner held, sending MSU home empty and ensuring that four teams would be in action Sunday, following

then no. 4 North Dakota’s 2-1 loss to unranked Michigan Tech.

“It didn’t happen tonight,” said Hastings of his team’s inability to finish. “I don’t have a problem with my team tonight.”

In the end however, finishing wouldn’t prove very problematic for the home team, as MSU roared back in the finale, punching its ticket to St. Paul in the process.

Chase Grant worked the puck behind Faulkner towards the UNO goaltender’s right side, throwing the puck out front for Gervais, who rifled a one-timer past Saturday night’s first star to give MSU an early 1-0 lead at 8:23.

But rather than surrendering the lead once again, the hometown Mavericks pressed the attack, as MSU’s secondary scoring found its touch.

After a scrum for the puck at the UNO blue line derailed an MSU rush, freshman Taylor Herndon, playing in just his 11th game of the season, collected the puck amidst the chaos, springing sophomore Max Gaede on a quick breakaway, before the seemingly snake-bitten forward shifted the puck to his forehand and past Faulkner to make it 2-0.

The goal, Gaede’s first of the season, sent an already charged MSU bench into frenzy.

UNO continued to test the lead in the second period, registering 13 shots on goal, but Williams held strong, stoning an Omaha breakaway midway through the period.

Dominic Zombo put the visi-

tors on the board once again in the second period, as an Omaha shot from the bottom of the right circle hit traffic in front, sliding past Williams to make it 2-1 MSU. The one-goal margin held through the opening minutes of the third period, before a familiar face put the game out of reach.

With MSU set up in the zone following a roughing penalty to UNO’s Josh Archibald, Jean-Paul Lafontaine fed Matt Leitner from behind the net, as the Mavericks’ leading scorer notched his 45th point of the season, blasting a one-timer past Faulkner to give MSU a 3-1 lead with just 15 minutes left to play.

In the end, despite a series of penalties to both teams and an empty Omaha net with more than 5 minutes remaining in regulation, the home team held on, as the Mavericks found themselves celebrating the team’s first Final Five berth since 2003.

The no. 8 ranked Mavericks hit the ice at 2 pm Thursday for the WCHA quarterfinals, facing off against the University of Wisconsin at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The MacNaughton Cup champion St. Cloud State Huskies, who swept the Mavericks in a pair of 5-2 blowouts this season await the winner of Thursday’s game.

For MSU however, the tournament is business as usual.

“We’re not stopping there,” said Max Gaede. “As long as we play as a family, four lines deep and playing hard, I don’t see a team in the country beating us.”

MSU wins two over weekend, on to central region championship

After winning the NSIC tournament, the Mavericks men’s basketball team took two wins in the central region tournament; will face Winona State tonight for a spot in the elite eight.

JOEY DENTON

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While some students were down south drinking tequila sunrises on the beach, the Minnesota State University, Mankato Men’s Basketball team stayed up in the land of 10,000 lakes getting their work done during spring break.

After claiming their second NSIC tournament championship in three seasons with a 73-68 victory over the Bemidji State Beavers, the Mavericks got to bring the 2013 NCAA Division II Men’s Central region bracket to Mankato for a weekend of high-

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flying basketball.

On Saturday, the Mavericks were first contested with the Wonder Boys of Arkansas Tech and prevailed 81-65. With just a three-point lead heading in to the locker room, both teams continued to battle for the lead until the Mavericks manufactured a 40-24 run in the final 13 minutes of regulation.

As the team shot 29-58 from the field and 3-15 from behind the arc, senior guard Jarvis Williams led the Mavericks with

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19 points to go with his five rebounds and two assists. Sophomore Assem Marei was the king of the boards with 12 rebounds and 12 points in the contest.

Head Coach Matt Margenthaler knew if they were able to get out and run they were moving on.

“I thought we competed at a high level tonight. We rebounded the ball extremely well and got out in transition and finished,” Margenthaler said. “We got some guys in foul trouble and I thought our bench and depth really

showed tonight too, which has the last couple weeks.”

Sunday’s game had a different tale but with the same ending with an 86-65 win over the Harding Bisons.

The Mavericks dominated the paint in the first have with their 11 second-chance points and 24 points in the paint and finished the first half with a 41-28 lead.

The Bisons would knock off the Mavericks’ lead to as low as eight points before the Mavericks pushed a 17-6 run in the middle of the second half; then it was smooth sailing in to the championship game.

While the Mavericks shot 2951 from the field and 5-14 from downtown, they only allowed the Bison to shoot 27-59 from the field and 6-21 from the three while forcing nine turnovers, which impressed Margenthaler.

“Harding runs a great motion offense and I thought we had one of our best defensive efforts all year long from our guards all the way to our posts,” Margethaler said.

Williams was joined by Marei and junior guard Gage Wooten with 16 points each and junior

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shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Sophomore Assem Marei was dazzling over the weekend with a combined 28 points and 19 rebounds in MSU’s two wins over Arkansas Tech and Harding. MSU now faces conference-rival Winona State for a spot in the NCAA elite eight.

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Sports guard Jimmy Whitehead came off the bench to provide eight points of his own.

Williams, the NSIC Tournament’s MVP, feels good about this weekend, but knows there is work to be done.

“The past weekend went great. I feel, as a team, we came even more together. We played two good teams, but we simply did what we do as a team and that’s play our game, but it’s not over. Tuesday will be a war,” Williams said.

With only two players on the squad with some NCAA experience, junior forward Conner O’Brien has provided the numbers and leadership this year’s team is going to need when moving on. After being a member of the NSIC conference All-Tournament team, O’Brien averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in the two wins this weekend.

On Tuesday night, the no. 6 Mavericks will be given a muchwanted rematch against the 26-7 Winona State Warriors at the Taylor Center at 7 p.m.

These two high-caliber teams have already met twice during the regular season and split the series at one win apiece. The Warriors came to Mankato back in December to be sent home with a 78-70 loss, but the Warriors returned the favor as they defeated the Mavericks 75-64.

After the Warriors were upset in the second round of the NSIC Tournament, they were paired up with Northeastern State on Saturday and won 70-57. They then prevailed in the second round with a 77-65 win over Augustana. Warriors center Clayton Vette has performed like the NSIC regular season MVP with 18 points and eight boards in the first round and 20 points in the win over Augustana.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Both teams have been moving through the regionals relatively with ease, but Margenthaler feels if his squad can get key stops and fly down the court, they can stay with anyone.

“Our guys are dialed in right now and when we are dialed in on the defensive end, we get out in transition and there’s no one better, and I truly believe that,”

Margenthaler said.

Williams agrees as their game plan with this team has proven to work back in December.

“We just have to play our game. They have good players, but it’s going to come down to who has the most heart,” Williams said. “I know we want this bad so we going to give it our all like we know how too.”

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It was only a matter of time before L. Frank Baum’s magical Wizard of Oz universe was swept up into Hollywood’s current creative fallback on reworking classic fairy tales.

The early footage did little to alter the perception that Oz the Great and Powerful would be just another Alice in Wonderland clone, soullessly playing on name recognition while offering nothing new except a giant battle at the end.

Little could anyone guess that with the proper guidance from the right director behind the curtain, Oz the Great and Powerful could turn out to be the sweet and clever standalone story it is, that despite some of its faults, recaptures a generous amount of the magic felt watching the 1939 classic.

Oscar Diggs, commonly referred to as Oz, dreams of greatness when he’s not breaking hearts and swindling

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money as an illusionist at a traveling circus. After his hot air balloon is caught in a twister on the Kansas prairie, Oz is transported to a magical land that bears his name.

The inhabitants of Oz, including three mysterious witches, are more than happy about his arrival due to a prophecy that claims he will save them all from the dreaded Wicked Witch. Now Oz is faced with a dilemma: can he rise to the challenge and be a great man, much less a good one?

Director Sam Raimi has gotten some flak from yours truly in the past years for his handling of the Spider-Man trilogy (2 being the exception), so imagine the surprise in finding practically everything that worked about Oz had to do with his involvement.

Raimi has approached the material with a light-hearted nostalgia that revisits popular

elements from The Wizard of Oz, such as the yellow brick road, the emerald city, the flying monkeys and their wicked master, among others.

Yet Oz the Great and Powerful never acts a retread of The Wizard of Oz, nor is it a dark, gritty action movie update for modern audiences.

Sure, there’s that generic prophecy/savior crap producer Joe Roth keeps shoehorning into every one of his productions but it is not as selfserious as others nor is it the focus of the movie.

Instead, Raimi crafts a new, standalone story while keeping true to the spirit of the original in various ways.

Whereas his trademark sentiment seemed so cumbersome in the Spider-Man movies, Raimi’s warm-hearted stylings find a better home in Oz, giving an honest look at this magical place, unsullied by the cynicism that plagues family-oriented movies today.

We’re made to actually care about Oscar’s growth as a character, including a touching side story about a little girl made of porcelain china and how it paralleled an incident back in Kansas.

You can ask anyone about The Wizard of Oz and for a majority of people it won’t take long before flying monkeys or wicked witches are mentioned, usually in the context of things that gave them traumatic nightmares when they were younger.

Terror has always been an integral part of the Oz universe, so who better to helm this latest adaption than the director of the Evil Dead movies? Raimi’s distinct camera angles and usage of a certain old crone are dead giveaways to his past in horror, and while this film doesn’t even approach the instant trauma that is Return to Oz, the 1985 sort-of-sequel to the original (look it up and never be the same again), Raimi certainly holds the fort on these elements.

It’s fairly apparent that the characters are headed towards a climactic showdown at the finale but the movie takes an unnaturally clever route to avoid becoming the typical “sword fight with giant flaming boulders battle” while also showing how Oscar came to be known as the great and powerful wizard we know.

It’s a commendable and refreshing twist that shows some effort was put into the story as well as the visuals.

A movie with this much heart and wit is a rare find in the blockbuster crop and that heart is only augmented

by Oz’s gorgeous visuals and Danny Elfman’s whimsically wonderful score.

But while those aspects are highly commendable, other things are not quite right in the land of Oz. Many are just munchkinsized nitpicks, such as charactors looking pasted onto the

background, a few bad dubs, some cheesiness or a slower build-up period right after we’re introduced to Oz. The casting of Oz may be the thing that has some throwing apples at the filmmakers.

Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, and Zach Braff are all well-suited in their roles but James Franco and Mila Kunis are likely to divide opinions.

Franco is surprisingly bearable here, showing some range he hasn’t in his other star roles. However, by now it’s widely enough know that the role of Oz was originally going to Robert Downey Jr., whose scheduling conflicts caused him to pass.

The problem is that certain scenes felt like they were written for Downey and now you’re watching the actor who was the filmmakers third choice doing scenes that were made for their first choice.

Yes, Franco does that stoner grin that makes you want to punch him in the face, but most of the time he levels out to a healthy mid-ground of not wanting to punch him in the face.

Mila Kunis, on the other hand, has the odd progression of being flat and not trying hard enough in the first half to being really over the top and trying too hard in the second.

While she does have her moments, saying she was miscast may not be too much of a stretch. Had her character’s arc not been so interesting, this would have been a bigger detriment to the movie, same with Franco.

Even with these flaws, Oz the Great and Powerful is an entirely fun and watchable film thanks to its infectious spirit that makes you feel like a kid again. In a season that’s been marred by “meh”, something this honest and enjoyable seems magical indeed.

7.5/10

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

An Editor’s Thought:

The All-American College Road Trip

leep was impossible. It is always impossible to get the night before leaving Mankato to ride a grueling fourteen hours past the border into South Dakota and trekking across Nebraskan cow fields in a maddening effort to get to Colorado Springs. It is an exhausting drive to make, but leaving at 5:30 a.m. helped a great deal. By 6 p.m. the same day, yours truly was rolling on the high plains of eastern Colorado like a surfer riding land waves in an ocean of hills.

Getting across Nebraska without losing your mind is an accomplishment in itself.

There is nothing in the Cornhusker state except fields upon fields of cows. From Omaha to Sterling, Colo., it is a painful 400 plus miles of cows crowded together in pens awaiting impending slaughter.

During this stretch of road, the windows were kept up for six straight hours in order to block out the pun-

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After the game, it was downtown Denver, which is a very spread out city. It’s like a stretched out Minneapolis with a mediocre bar scene. But the bars there are more distinct than a mid western bar.

Ceilings are very high and the bottles on display go straight to the roof. They’re warehouses of booze. But, again, the city is very spread and makes for plenty of walking.

In this writer’s opinion, Colorado is made for outdoor fun and is very beautiful.

The bar scene is okay. It is better to go hiking and drink a six-pack while soaking in a magnificent view than to go bar hopping. Then again, bar hopping always works.

Just remember, when you get there you must drive back.

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Springs isn’t anything special. Just a few bars and nightclubs make up the downtown area, but drinking at a bar while your sight is drifting off into the mountains definitely makes for an enjoyable time – especially when you know you’re going hiking in jagged mountains the very next day, then leaving for Denver to watch the Minnesota Timberwolves perform against the hometown Nuggets.

The fans in Denver are way more animated about their basketball than Minnesota’s finest. Every fan was involved with the game; screaming and yelling at he referees for making bad calls, damning Ricky Rubio for being so good, and starting chants every five minutes to intimidate the visiting squad. The drinks accumulated and so did the

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frustrations dissipate within seconds.

It is such a coincidence that these mountains were like gods considering Colorado Springs is a city the dwells around a fantastic rock formation called the Garden of the Gods.

These gigantic rocks resemble the devil’s red teeth covered in a mold of prickly green trees and bushes. If you have the chance, hike through this area, for it is a phenomenal sight.

We arrived in the Colorado Springs like rock stars.

At a friend’s apartment, located blocks away from downtown, we were greeted with a bag of potent edibles and a quarter of blue cheese.

Legal, and juicing out with mouth-watering skunk, we hit the sweet leaf and made way towards downtown.

The bar scene in the

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gent stench of cow leavings.

It didn’t work…

After that torturous endeavor of traveling across vast foul smelling nothingness, the Nebraskan cow lands slowly but surely transformed into a wavy ride of hills via past Sterling on Interstate Highway 76. This meant the enormous Rocky Mountains were now only a stone’s throw away.

Past sterling it took two hours to gain sight of Denver’s skyline and another 45 minutes of heavy rush hour traffic heading south towards Colorado Springs on I-25.

By then, yours truly and his friends were capable of ripping each other’s throats out due to extreme irritability. But once past Denver, giant snow covered mountains appeared before us like gods in the night. It made our

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING

Parking & Transportation Policies, Budget, and Capital Improvements Wednesday, March 20, 2-13 Centennial Student Union Ballroom 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Hearing DOCKET:

1) Opening statement establishing ground rules for Annual Public Hearing on Parking & Transportation Policies, Budget and Capital Improvements.

2) Introduction of volunteers serving on Parking Advisory Committee and the independent Parking Citation Appeals Board.

If you cannot attend the public hearing, please email your comments or concerns to david.cowan@mnsu.edu by 10 a.m., March 20th.

Constituency

Parking Advisory Committee

Parking Citation Appeals Board

Administration or Excluded or MAPE (Minnesota Assn. of Professional Employees)

David Cowan, PAC Chairperson

Kyle Snay (MAPE)

Classified Employees

Patrick Pearce (Alternate – Julie Dornack)

Darlene Hughes

IFO Faculty Association

Autumn Hamilton

Bonnie Shult

Student Association

Jose Barriga (Off-Campus)

(Vacant)

Student Association

Paige Sparkman (Residence Halls)

Cody Ingenthron

MSUAASF (Minnesota State University Association of Administrative & Service Faculty)

Mike Lagerquist

Kate Hansen, Board Chairperson

Ex-officio Nonvoting – Student Financial Services Representative

Jodi Orchard

Not Applicable

Ex-officio Nonvoting – Parking & Traffic Services Coordinator; Parking Citation Appeals Board Liaison

Sue Edstrom

Sue Edstrom, Appeals Board Liaison

Ex-officio Nonvoting – Planning & Construction Department Liaison

Marty Rost

Not Applicable

Ex-officio Nonvoting - Residential Life Office

Cynthia Janney

Not Applicable

Ex-officio Nonvoting - Residence Hall Association President

Naha Chum

Not Applicable

Ex-officio Nonvoting - Minnesota Assn. of Professional Employees (MAPE)

(Vacant)

Not Applicable

Ex-officio Nonvoting - Minnesota Management Assn.

(MMA)

(Vacant)

Not Applicable

Ex-officio Nonvoting – University Scheduling

Shirley Piepho

Not Applicable

3) Proposals for Change

• 7 Year Capital Improvement Plan for summers 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

• Proposed Income and Spending Plans for 2013-14 - $1,513,662 Income Forecast; $1,438,813 Spending Estimate.

• 3% rate increase proposed for permits. Annual 3% rate increases

are tied to 7-Year Parking Capital Improvement Plan.

• Additional 10¢ per credit hour added to existing 75¢ mandatory “Green Transportation Fee.” The $30,203 estimate generated from the 10¢ increase would shift more bus related expenses from the Parking & Transportation Fund to the Green Transportation Fee account allowing parking permit generated receipts to cover “parking” bills. In past years all busing costs were covered by bus pass sales and parking funds.

• Revenue plan assumes that the Free Lot (Lot 23) would no longer be “free” but would require a $62 nine-month plastic parking permit.

Estimated receipts for FY’14: $25,792 for 416 stalls.

4. Open forum for input from public.

(Please step up to the microphone and state your name and address.)

5. Adjourn the Annual Hearing on or before 2:00 PM.

www.mnsu.edu/parking/hearing