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MSSA hopes to see Presidential Debate increased voter turnout heats up competition CHELSEA MILLER

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ELISE KONERZA

assistant news editor Presidential and vice presidential candidates of the 80th Minnesota State Student Association elections battled prospective opinions and ideas in front of Minnesota State University, Mankato students, Wednesday.

Just days away from voting day, David Schieler pleaded his case for the vice president position pairing up with the Maverick Ticket and Mike Ramirez, the presidential candidate. Ramirez’s opposing candidate Soyal LamaShrestha prepared his case for the student audience in the Centennial Student Union as well.

The candidates first introduced themselves with a short two-minute prologue of their involvement with the University and their purpose for running in the election.

Candidates shared the same common knowledge that students are not fully aware of what MSSA is or does.

The question was asked what each candidate’s plans were for working with students and administration to achieve the 12 strategic goals. Schieler suggested how the campus structure and student body is utilized, as well as they run and operate – working together and compromising. Shrestha asks that the University exemplifies their strength and build a distinguished university.

Ramirez wants to work with the administration to build on good relationships and work with the students to get their voice heard on the 12 strategic goals.

As for the number one priority for next year, Shrestha wants to ask if people know about MSSA, and if not he wants to inform the students of MSSA, so that they can break the barrier and work toward a solution for the problems on campus.

Ramirez stressed that every student has a bright future in the workplace and that should be the goal to allow students to reach their full potential.

Schieler also wants to inform students of MSSA and wants to decrease the amount of meetings and implement more fun and more connections with students saying, “We need to enjoy it.”

What each candidate has to offer regarding products, services or initiatives when they are elected is very important regarding what is in store for

• courtesy of the mssa presidential candidates MSSA presidential candidates Soyal Shrestha (above) and Mike Ramirez (below) discussed political issues Wednesday in a public debate.

MSU students next year.

Ramirez wants to amplify user-friendly technology, print from your laptops, and be more involved with bonding issues like renovating the Verizon Wireless Center and give the women’s hockey team an opportunity to play there. Schieler and Shrestha would like the student body to tell MSSA what projects they should work on.

The issue was brought up regarding online and offcampus students’ involvement with the University in Mankato and if they should pay more or less if they are not getting the fully acclimated use of the sources they are paying for.

Shrestha suggests that we do not use all funds for campus events and try to lower fees. Ramirez is close with the 7770 France Ave. campus and admits to already asking students questions – yet it hasn’t really brought up much concern. Schieler wants students to be engaged enough to know what the question is about; he acknowledges that it is a complicated issue, and it is something that needs full explanation.

“The Green Transportation Fee” has been a hot issue

during this year’s election.

Ramirez is in favor of the fee and claims that it pays for itself. Schieler is also in favor and says that parking pays for some buses and would rather not pay more for buss passes than a small student fee.

Shrestha suggests that with the limited parking, the fee is a logical solution.

With the growing population of international students, all candidates agree that it is an important part of the University and must be addressed. All candidates seek to raise student involvement with international student groups and organizations.

“I love how diverse this population is,” Ramirez said.

As these are just some of the most important issues regarding the MSSA election and what is in store for students next year, candidates strive to make the University a better place for each student. Schieler wants the student body to turn up the volume of their voice and stand behind an issue, “apathy needs to end.”

The MSSA general elections will be today, April 10.

Students can vote on campus or online.

The Minnesota State Student Association elections are today, yet the encroaching date does not stir as many students to action as the candidates would hope. Both students and candidates must be infor med for an election to be successf ul, so what will it take to get students to care?

Cur rent MSSA Vice President Moriah Miles witnessed a lot of passive behavior from students during the last election and even some aggressive opposition towards par ticipating.

“They just don’t want to hear about it,” Miles said.

Many appeared to be immediately tur ned off by campaigning around campus because of the amount of adver tising already present in their daily lives.

“I told people while passing out f lyers that it’s not about religion or money, just vote,” Miles said.

It appears that many people on campus have a hard time placing blame on anyone but the students themselves. Sophomore JD Vander wiel voted at last year’s election and plans to vote again this year.

“People are ignorant – luckily college is where

you can expand your mind,” Vander wiel said.

Miles’ campaigning landed her the MSSA Vice President position with a total of 1,022 votes; almost double the amount of the other two opponents.

Miles aff iliation was with Students Together On Making Progress, the same par ty that backed the MSSA President Matt Lexcen.

In fact, out of the eight MSSA academic senator spots, six were given to candidates also aff iliated with STOMP. This trend can be seen in previous years, like in the 20082009 election where both the MSSA vice president, president and majority of senator spots were won by candidates with the Mavericks Standing Up par ty.

“STOMP par ticipated in lots of events like the inter national volleyball tour naments,” Miles said.

Miles attributes much of the tur nout of last school years election to the publicity that sur rounded the athletic referendum on the ballot. Students were given the oppor tunity to suppor t or not suppor t the fee increase needed to save four athletic programs.

“It really was the swimmers,” Miles said.

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A WORLD WITHOUT MEDIA

Campus emails are becoming spam

This may sound like a small nuisance in the big picture, but the level of useless emails students are receiving for campus events is crossing the line into Spam territory.

As an off-campus student, I do not need to know about student forums that will happen two hours from now. As a vegetarian, I probably don’t need to know about the free beef jerky event that was advertised to ALL of the 15,000 students and 1,800 staff members at Minnesota State University, Mankato (“ALL” is written in caps just like the six times “FREE FOOD!!” appeared in the header of that email).

And anyone should be worried that every student included on the many mass emails sent by groups or departments are having their name and email address published each time the “Bcc:” function is not used.

I, myself have received the personal contact information of 2,916 of my fellow students in just one email. That is no small nuisance and it cannot be undone.

MSU is desperate to show

the world how modern and tech-savvy we are. By sending out a deluge of clip-art and forwarded emails, we are proving the opposite to be true.

This week, I have begun to filter out emails coming from sources other than my own department and I doubt that I am the first or the last person who will. As on-campus emergencies become a more common occurrence, reliance on email outreach will grow and it is sad that by diluting the outgoing information stream with worthless invitations and reminders, someone will one day ignore a message they truly need.

A modest proposal: Advise all departments to only send mass emails by using “bcc”.

No more invitations sent on the day of an event. Think before sending emails to ALL students and staff: “Is this really something so general in appeal that 17,000 people will be happy to find it in their inbox, or is it an abuse of power?”

Matthew Schneider is an MSU student.

MEGAN KADLEC | news editor

Imagine waking up to a world where you couldn’t use your cell phone, watch television, check your email or even listen to your iPod at your leisure. What would you do with your free time?

How would you communicate with your friends and family?

This was my life for two days last week. While this may not seem like a long time to ditch the technology, it was definitely a difficult experience.

My Media Ethics professor, Chuck Lewis, gave our class an assignment at the beginning of the term that required we participate in a self-study media deprivation and write a paper about our

experiences and how media impacts our lives, both positively and negatively.

My initial reaction was that the assignment would be impossible to complete with my work schedule. As a student journalist, media is everywhere. I’m constantly checking my email for press releases and messages from my staff members.

I frequently check my Facebook and Twitter in order to stay up to date on the latest news. After I found two days I wouldn’t need to use media for my job, I grew excited about an opportunity to focus solely on my academic pursuits and my friendships.

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many ways. It allows is to communicate instantly, receiving up-to-date news reports within minutes of an event.

Media is also incredibly involuntary. It is forced on us whether we like it or not.

When walking through the Centennial Student Union, a student can’t help but notice the cheesy love song coming from the speaker system.

(Who chooses the music in the CSU anyway? It’s a mix of the weirdest genres ever.)

While driving down the street, one can’t help but see the billboards advertising a variety of products. Even my roommates control my media usage, particularly through the television consumption in my apartment.

On any given day, I am unable to cook a meal without hearing the television in the background.

Media also acts as a medium for expression. As a music enthusiast, my Zune has more than 8,000 songs, and I listen to multiple artists and genres depending on my mood. If I were you tell a friend to listen to a

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“I’d be carrying a lot more books around and it would take me longer to do most of my homework.”

“Boring, everything would stop.

I wouldn’t be here because I’m a computer engineering major.”

“I would learn to be less dependent on technology and actually use what the world has to offer.”

“It would be a good thing to some extent. Technology is a positive but has left some people out of touch.”

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Requiring culture

Cultural graduation requirement proposed LINDSAY PETERSON

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A challenge proposed by President Richard Davenport has the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for Minnesota State University, Mankato searching for a resolution.

In an August convocation speech, Davenport spoke to faculty of 12 future challenges for the University to accomplish. Challenge 9 refers to a non-credit bearing, culture requirement for graduation.

“What seems to be lacking in the body of experiences is the chance for all students to expand their knowledge and appreciation for our many different cultures around the world,” Davenport said.

UCAP is responsible for the oversight of the curriculum and is in charge of what goes into the undergraduate bulletin. UCAP is actively requesting the input from the campus community for implementing the challenge.

“One of the struggles is that we don’t want to minimize the goals of the

purple and gold requirements,” Chair of the UCAP Committee and professor of Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services Ronald Nickerson said.

Gold and purple-labeled courses draw diversity into the General Education curriculum, but Davenport would like to broaden this experience.

“I believe we can do more to prepare our students in the area of understanding world cultures and global issues,” Davenport said. “I believe we will make a difference in our student’s overall education if we required a broader exposure to international perspectives.”

Requirements for gold courses initiate students’ experience outside the classroom. The learning outcomes include the ability to interact with individuals from diverse populations, demonstrate an understanding of diversity and the ability to respond to conditions of marginalized populations.

Purple courses require students to master an

understanding of diversity as well. In addition, these courses give students the ability to identify the impact of oppression, understand U.S. societal issues of diversity as well as issues across the world and develop an understanding of historical and contemporary social relations across the world.

“When combining the writing intensive courses, as well as the purple and gold Diverse Culture requirements for graduation, it’s almost a full semester of classes only to fulfill the curriculum,” Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Studies and International Education Claudia Tomany said.

The discussion for a new graduation requirement has yielded ideas, however, no decisions have been made on how to implement the challenge.

Suggestions have included the addition of a Cultural/International graduation requirement, working it into existing purple or gold

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VOTER TURNOUT “Just log-in, it should take no longer than three minutes.” continued from 3 ardy, the athletes urged students to vote, “Yes.” More people voted on the referendum than the president nomination. Although 1,796 people suppor ted the fee increase and 1,287 said they did not, University President Richard Davenpor t over tur ned the vote and eliminated the programs.

This year’s election ballot will have a spot for students to vote on the proposed “Green Transpor tation Fee,” which will also affect many students lives like the athletic referendum.

If the Green Transpor tation Fee is approved, the Stomper Express, which makes r uns to Walmar t, River Hills Mall and Old Navy, would r un six days a week instead of three.

The fee would extend nighttime transpor tation all the way down James Avenue as well.

Just like the cur rent bus hub at the Centennial Student Union, PAC plans to have another hub down-

town with routes to Nor th Mankato, campus, and the East end of Mankato.

The fee would also benef it those who choose to bike by upgrading bike racks and increasing bike parking space.

W hile the green fee would increase tuition $.75 per credit or $9 per semester, all transpor tation in Mankato and Nor th Mankato would be completely free with a MavCard. If students f ind this deal appealing, they have the oppor tunity to vote in favor of the fee Tuesday April 10.

“Green is good,” said Vander wiel.

Unlike federal elections, voting for MSSA off icers do not bring up issues of accessibility. On the day of the election, a student can vote on campus at any of the polls set up. If even that seems to be too much effor t, online voting is also available.

“Just log-in, it should take no more than three minutes,” said Miles.

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MEDIA DEPRIVATION “It’s crazy what you learn about someone when you are actually listening.” continued from 4 song at any given moment in time, they would easily be able to understand my emotional state.

What I found during the deprivation period was that the silence was unbearable.

I never realized how much I rely on music and television to fill the silence in my world. If someone isn’t talking to me, it’s comforting to have music softly playing in the background, regardless of the activity.

However comforting this music may be, I also found that it was extremely distracting. While writing essays, I found that I could achieve my goals more quickly without music in the background than I could when I was jamming out to my favorite song.

I also discovered that instead of focusing on media while with my friends, I was actually having face-to-face conversations. It’s crazy what you learn about someone when you’re actually listening.

During my deprivation period, I hung out with a close friend and instead of listening to music while we worked on a project he was completing, we filled the silence with conversation.

I genuinely believe that I learned more about him that evening than I ever knew before.

It’s almost scary how much college students are absorbed in media and technology. I once went to a party where more than 15 students were sitting in my friend’s living room, watching “To Catch a Predator.”

Instead of socializing with friends, they feel more comfortable watching television. It’s sad thinking about the individuals we look past because we’re so focused on sending a text message to someone simply stating, “What’s up?”

Media benefits our lives as much as it harms them.

Like everyone else, I enjoy media. I breathe media, especially for this job. Our society has changed for the better due to media, but there are also drawbacks to the changing world we live in.

While I don’t encourage tuning out from the world and becoming a hermit for months on end, I do challenge you to take a step back and think about how media inf luences your daily life.

It might be beneficial to ditch the iPod while your running or log out of Facebook when trying to finish an essay. Like most things that bring us happiness or satisfaction, media is best enjoyed in moderation.

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Mom found three adults dead at day care

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(AP) — A mother who had a suspicious feeling after she dropped off her toddler at a home day care Monday returned to the house a few minutes later to make a grisly discovery: three adults inside, shot dead.

The woman’s child was unhurt and no other children were at the day care at the time. Police had made no arrests by Monday evening and were seeking a suspect in his mid-20s, believed to have fled on a BMX bicycle.

“It’s a tragic day for the city of Brooklyn Park,” Brooklyn Park Police Chief Michael Davis said. “We are going to bring whoever is responsible for this to justice.”

Two nearby community colleges were locked down for several hours after the shootings were reported at 6:30 a.m. Both had re-opened by Monday afternoon, after police spent the day canvassing the area and using police dogs to search for the suspect.

The day care, called Visions and Butterflies Child Care, is licensed to care for as many as 12 children. DeLois Brown, 59, is listed in state records as the license holder in good standing, with no adverse rulings or restrictions. The license is valid through February 2013.

No one responded to a call to the home Monday afternoon.

Police did not release the identities of the victims or the woman who found them.

Police Inspector Todd Milburn said the mother dropped off her child at the house and

spoke with someone there. As she was leaving, she saw a man near the house on foot, and something about him raised her suspicions.

“There was some reason for her to call back to the home,” Milburn said.

The woman called the day care and was talking to someone at the house when the line went dead, Milburn said.

She returned to the home and found three people had been shot. She grabbed her child and called 911. Police confirmed the victims were dead when they arrived.

No one else was inside the home when the woman returned, Milburn said.

Milburn said the woman saw the same suspicious man nearby, on a bicycle, when she returned to the day care.

Police said they had no information on how many children were typically cared for at Brown’s home, or when they were normally dropped off.

A neighbor, Hakeem Hughes, 18, said he heard screaming coming from the direction of the house around 6:30 a.m. but didn’t pay much attention because children often played outside the home.

When he went to catch his bus to school, he said police told him to go back inside because a gunman was on the loose.

“I’m just shocked about it,” Hughes said. “They are good people. They are innocent people.”

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A small group of people stood in the street several houses down, sobbing and hugging each other.

Brown’s LinkedIn profile lists her as follow-up coordinator for Pink Purse Project Inc., a women’s and girls’ empowerment organization. She worked for nearly nine years in the nearby Osseo Area Schools system as a child care instructor and later child care site supervisor.

Ron Brown, DeLois’ brother-in-law, said DeLois had just moved her parents to Minnesota from the St. Louis area. He said his brother, Joseph, died in February, and DeLois brought her parents up to Minnesota from Illinois just last week so she could take care of them.

“She called us a week ago today, to say they made it back safe and sound with a truckload of furniture,” Ron Brown said.

Brown said DeLois and Joseph didn’t have any children together, but DeLois had children before the pair were married.

A neighbor, Lisa Johnson, said that since Joseph died, the house had been busier, with more people coming and going.

Johnson said she saw a moving van outside Brown’s home a week ago.

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Healthy habits for students

Food and Fitness Expo seeks to educate, inspire ELISE KONERZA

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Thursday, April 12 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the first f loor of the CSU students will have the opportunity to diverge themselves in an array of health conscious information, food samples and prizes.

Sponsored by the Minnesota State University, Mankato Student Health Services, Health PROs, Campus Rec, Hy-Vee, Student Dietetics and Nutrition Organization, Eta Sigma Gamma, Sun Moon Yoga – Julie Dickhudt, the Human Performance Department, Maverick athletics and the graduate class HP 645, the event will provide distinct information that will suit to any college student’s need.

The event will provide free food samples, fun fitness ideas, nutrition jeopardy, make-n-take trail mix, the opportunity to speak with a Hy-Vee dietician, blood pressure screening, yoga and massage information and games and prizes.

The goal of the Food and Fitness Expo is to provide MSU students with information on healthy nutrition and fitness habits in a highly active manner. Students will receive tangible information and resources on nutrition and fitness that they can take home with

“At this stage in the discussion, a clear solution has yet to emerge.” continued from 5

Students use Otto Rec Center to keep up with their fitness goals.

them. There is no charge to participate.

This will be the fifth year the Health Education office has hosted a spring event focusing on nutrition.

This is only the second year that fitness has been incorporated.

In a most recent National College Health Assessment survey from 2010, it revealed that 66.9 percent of students surveyed engaged in moderate intensity cardio or aerobic exercise for at least 30 minutes for one to four days within the past seven days compared

to 59.8 percent of students in 2009. Implicating that college students are starting to become more health conscious and aware.

Susan Kramer, a graduate assistant of Student Health Services and Health Education, suggests that the easiest way to start to identify and change unhealthy habits is to use choosemyplate.gov. It is a website that is regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture.

A few tips from the website include: make half your grains whole, eat a variety

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of vegetables, consume the recommended servings of fruit daily, eat lean sources of protein and make sure you are eating calcium rich foods.

For increasing physical activity, the website suggests that you choose activities that you enjoy and can do regularly so that you maintain your interest in staying physically active by varying your activities.

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While the proposal makes sense, there is no obvious answer to creating a cultural graduation requirement.

“At this stage in the discussions, a clear solution has yet to emerge,” Lexcen said. “However, I am given great faith by our administration, faculty, staff, and more importantly, students on their ability moving forward to create a solution able to meet growing needs of the global economy.”

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f you’re into seeking qualifications for being one of the biggest stars on the planet, then you will likely find many of them attributed in Nicki Minaj. Somewhere in between halftime Super Bowl appearances, a No. 1 album and having the indisputable song of the summer in 2011 with “Super Bass,” Minaj was able to hit the studio and officially return with her sophomore set “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.”

It’s apparent from the first cut on the album, Roman Holiday, that this is Nicki Minaj’s world and all who enter are subject to every accent, braggadocio rap and outland-

ish personality. It’s a world that has evolved during the past three years into something of a monster; an immense presence within the hip-hop community that even the most callous critics cannot deny. The specific world of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is an inconsistency at times with her title as a female rapper. The evidence lies in the fact that this set of songs, displays just as much singing and dancing as her trademark rapping personas.

In actuality, Roman Reloaded could have played similar to Nelly’s 2004 double album endeavor; each disc playing to a respective crowd. In this case those who prefer Minaj at her most unhinged, haughtily delivering off-the-wall lines, will devour the first half of

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here’s something about our town. Geographically speaking, we keep the Twin Cities at arm’s length. Because of this, we save ourselves from the burden of over crowding, yet this also enables for us the advantage of utilizing the perks of human saturation; when we see fit. Socially speaking, we are large enough to house a wide variety of ideals and values, yet small enough to enjoy them in a fuller spectrum. Culturally speaking, we make the most of it.

Take, for example, the Good Thunder Reading Series.

The Series began in 1983, and throughout the years has furnished an array of literary talents for our community to learn from and enjoy.

The idea is simple, but effective. Through the help of Minnesota State University, Mankato, and many other grants, the Series invites accomplished writers to speak and hold readings before the general public.

Professor Rick Robins has been director of the Series since 1986, and is currently on sabbatical. Heading into 2012’s season, Professor Candace Black has assumed the role.

“I’ve been involved [with the Series] since 1984, and have been the interim director since August [of 2011],” said Black. “It’s really grown a lot. The budget has grown a lot. It’s gotten big.”

The main focus of the Good Thunder Reading Series is to provide a function in which a diverse base of professional authors speak to share their craft and ideas. The Series has

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ankato’s favorite fish recipe: combine 2-parts literary-based musician, 1-part guitar, and 2-parts voice with a wide assortment of chords and themes, and mix them in a social setting such as a bar, park or wedding and fry in a thick batter of stage light and cheer. The final product is complemented well with beer, wine, coffee, cherry soda or water. This is the making of Fish Frye.

All food analogy aside (it begs for it anyhow), the Mankatobased band Fish Frye has been at-large for nearly five years, playing its eclectic brand of folkrock- pop to pleased audiences around the region. The duo is comprised of Joe Tougas, marketing director of the YMCA (50) and Ann Rosenquist Fee, publications director at MSU (43). Aside from both being talented musicians, the two are also accomplished writers.

Even the genesis of the collaboration is tied with literary bindings.

“For a long time I worked at the Free Press,” said Tougas. “And toward the last five years that I worked there, I covered arts and entertainment and was told about this band comprised of business men and women who played for charity.”

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JAMES SCHUYLER HOUTSMA

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he Darkest Hour – The simple truth is that we just haven’t had enough awful alien invasion movies lately. Luckily, The Darkest Hour is all over that.

Earth has once again been invaded, this time by electric creatures, here to harvest the planet’s energy, including life forms.

The catch here is that they’re invisible (“No, trust me,

it’ll be super scary. What are you talking about? Of course they won’t interpret it as saving millions of dollars in special effects.” – discussion at a board meeting I made up). Now, four American tourists in Moscow team up to survive and fight back.

The concept of aliens turning people to ash is kind of morbidly fascinating (2005’s War of the Worlds, anyone?), but it’s been said that while this movie may look some-

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MUSIC “The stories within songs, and songs within stories, weave an intriguing mix on their 2009 debut record, Konsbruck.”

MOVIES “By all accounts, Meryl Streep’s performance as Thatcher is truly remarkable and every bit Oscar worthy.”

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continued from 9 The band Tougas covered for the Free Press had Fee as a vocalist. And it so happened that the band Tougas was in at the time, Blue Velveeta, was in need of a new female vocalist, as theirs had recently left town.

“So that’s how we met,” said Tougas.

“And after [singing with Blue Velveeta] went on for a couple years,” Fee said, “a mutual friend of ours asked us to do a duet thing for her wedding, so we did it.”

At the wedding, the two played a number of hit songs from the 60s and 70s, including John Denver and Johnny Cash. The types of songs the two played that night weren’t the style that Blue Velveeta usually associated with, but Tougas and Fee enjoyed playing them so much, and the crowd reaction seemed so great, that the duo found the want to do it again, and again.

“We both just realized that we loved that stuff,” said Fee. “And [we] loved the response it got.”

After regular gigs at the Sugar Room, and the audience’s growing appreciation for Fish Frye, the group decided to take it a step further.

“It just lead to a natural inclination, on both of our parts, to start writing original songs,” said Tougas. “And that became more rewarding, artistically.”

The two synthesize their literary and

tonal talents in their songwriting style. The stories within songs, and songs within stories, weave an intriguing mix on their 2009 debut record, Konsbruck.

The writing process varies for Fish Frye, but the output is always on target.

“Sometimes we’ll have an idea that we’ll bring to the table, or a riff, and sometimes something will just appear,” said Tougas.

“And sometimes we’ll just say ‘it would be cool to do a song about...’ and build off a one-sentence description.”

The stories that appear on Konsbruck are based off of fully formed and dynamic characters within rich settings, interacting in literary fashion and housed in a musical realm.

The literary themes stem from both artists’ writing backgrounds. Samples of Tougas’ and Fee’s pen-and-paper work can be found in the Stardust and Faith collection from the Blue Road Press and other sources. “[Our writing] kind of speaks to what we each really like to do,” said Fee. “I always find Joe’s stuff as really sharp story telling.

And mine is more tense-work, flash fiction and prose.”

Fee has an Master of Fine Arts in fiction as well as publishing free-lance, and she continues to produce literature. Tougas’ roots are in journalism and creative writing.

“It’s a really fun challenge,” said Fee, “learning how to boil down a 1,000word thing into four verses and a chorus.”

“Songwriting is where I’m really comfortable,” Tougas said. “And maybe that comfort comes from getting to try your work out right away and getting an instant response through performing. It’s a different animal than just reading.”

Konsbruck can be purchased at any one of Fish Frye’s frequent shows, online, or at Tune Town.

As for the name Fish Frye, it originated from a Blue Velveeta song about an argument over dining options. And yes, sometimes people do show up • web photo to one of their promoted Fish Frye’s debut record, Konsbruck, was released in 2009 and concerts expecting a buffet features 16 original compositions from Fee and Tougas. of deep fried fish.

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The Iron Lady – The movie that broke Meryl Streep’s Oscar nomination streak of 11 movies for 30 years debuts on home video this week.

The biopic centers on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she recalls the struggles of her life, as a woman against the odds in male-centric English politics to the price she paid for power and her decline into dementia, to the imaginary phantom of her now dead husband.

By all accounts, Meryl Streep’s performance as Thatcher is truly remarkable and every bit Oscar worthy. The movie that accompanies it, however, has been met with much more skepticism. The movie tells an edgeless, neutral tale of overcoming the odds that’s meant to be agreed upon. But Margaret Thatcher was in no way someone everyone could agree on. To simply breeze through the most controversial parts of a controversial person’s life takes away a lot of the intrigue and meaning for such a movie to exist. See it for Streep’s performance or if you don’t like being forced to take political sides.

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SERIES “One of the biggest appeals to bringing some of the best writers of our generation into our humble community is the accessibility and intimacy of the Series.” continued from 9 featured writers such as Tim O’Brien (The Things They Carried, Tomcat In Love), Elizabeth Alexander (poet; Praise Song for the Day, which was read at Barrack Obama’s inauguration), George Saunders (Pastoralia, In Persuasion Nation ), most recently, renowned poet Sharon Olds (Satan Says, One Secret Thing ), and many, many more.

“Even before I was a faculty member [at MSU], when I was just a writer in the community,” Black said, “the opportunity to have the variety of writers come to town once a month has just been so enriching and empowering.”

Geoff Herbach (author of Stupid Fast ) is an English professor at MSU and is also regularly involved in the Series.

“It’s become very well known in Minneapolis as well,” Herbach said.

“It has really made Mankato out to be a hot literary spot.”

Booking the eclectic range of authors, from emerging writers to bona fide literary giants, takes a lot of care and work. “[Rick Robins] always has a list running,” said Black. “And he’s always sort of keeping aware of whose books are coming out.”

One of the biggest appeals to bringing some of the best writers of our generation into our humble community is the accessibility and intimacy of the Series.

“I’ll walk through the kitchen at the reception afterwards and I’ll see a student speaking with somebody like George Saunders at one o’clock in the morning,” Herbach said. “You absolutely could not get this access in a place like the Cities. We have these enormous, great talents come to Mankato, and there’s something about

the vibe of this series that makes them very comfortable in having regular conversations with regular people.”

The events schedule for a Good Thunder Reading Series event begins in the morning, where the visiting author will hold a meeting with an audience (open to the general public) and just talk about whatever comes up. In the afternoon, some authors hold radio interviews. And later that evening, the author will give a reading with a larger audience (averaging around 150 attendees).

The dynamics of the series, and the community it involves and promotes, has become something of great interest as Mankato continues to develop its own brand of creative culture.

“The writers who are a part of this community really support each other,” said Black. “And that community will often get together for workshop groups.”

“In other communities, [the culture] sort of segments into age groups or interests,” Herbach said.

“But what’s really interesting here is that there are so many different workshop groups that are bubbling around, and there’s such a diversity of ages and genres working inside those workshops, and that’s super exciting.

If you get published in a bigger city, your peers might hate or resent you, but if you get published here, everybody’s cheering. It’s like there’s sort of a Mankato spirit.”

Whether we have a geographical advantage, an ideal population, or we just care more, Mankato and the Good Thunder Reading Series promotes and cultivates the rich literary soil in which this generation, and generations to come, of authors and readers will continue to flourish.

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MINAJ “...this is Minaj’s world, full of strange nuances and immense beats as well as sugar coated pop...” continued from 9 the album while those who favored her David Guetta team up on “Turn Me On” will be more than satisfied with the latter half.

At 19 tracks deep, the disc runs a little long and does become exasperatingly redundant once the Top 40 pop-infused tracks run together like one continuous dance mix.

When Minaj decides to flex her vocals, her strengths lie in cuts like “Young Forever” which complements her voice and balladry instead of force-feeding a danceable but average track as filler. The album, as a whole, would have been done a service by nixing cliché tunes like “Pound the Alarm” “Automatic” and “Beautiful Sinner,” which play tediously and can all be found in some form or another on today’s charts. These formulaic tunes are especially startling considering the distinctive persona Minaj carries as an entertainer.

But what can be seen as a detraction of her music is also Minaj’s biggest attribute in terms of being widely accepted into mainstream pop music. There are probably very few suburbanites that can recite her verse from Yo Gotti’s 2009 single “5 Star Chick,” but there are, inarguably, plenty of young girls carpooling in minivans to soccer practice that are belting out “Starships.” It is this realization that controls much of Nicki Minaj’s sound and further progresses her move to being one of the fastest growing figures in mainstream music.

Rap music’s golden children all come to lend a hand on Roman Reloaded including label-mate Drake, Young Jeezy and the always welcome veteran Nas on “Champion,” which is hands down one of the paramount moments on the

album. The track is an uplifting affair that finds all participating parties in top-notch form. Recent Def Jam Records signee, 2 Chainz, gives support on the simplistic and spacey “Beez in the Trap.” “I Am Your Leader” assisted by the likes of Rick Ross and Cam’ron is as much head-nod inducing, as it is hilarious. Chris Brown hops on “Right By My Side,” a ready for radio, crossover record that should be impacting everyone’s brainwaves this summer. Head honcho Lil Wayne is featured on two songs: “Sex in the Lounge” and title track “Roman Reloaded.” Both churn out middling results. At any rate, it’s Minaj and her over the top antics that have always been the star of the show, even when guests are present.

Categorization of the album Roman Reloaded will likely drive fans and critics crazy as it is either everything or nothing that they expected. It’s been apparent by her recent music that the day would come when we would hear the dance diva as well as the rapper.

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Sports Tuesday, April 10, 2012

MSU Women’s Tennis:

Junior Kathryn Gavin is ranked No. 11 in the Central

Region, and the Mavericks are ranked sixth as a team.

MSU Football:

The Mavericks’ annual Spring Game will take place this Saturday

afternoon at Blakeslee Stadium. The intrasquad scrimmage is set to kick-off at 2 p.m.

MSU Track and Field:

Maverick sophomore Chris Reed won the shot put and

junior Garrett Eklof won the 5,000-meter run at the Carleton Alumni Open last week.

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Mavericks get back on track with four-game sweep of Marauders MSU received some quality performances from some of its lesser-known pitchers and freshman shortstop Connor McCallum.

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TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer

It’s never a bad weekend when you’re able to sweep your opponent, even when you do it in blowout fashion like the Minnesota State, Mankato baseball team did in Friday and Saturday’s doubleheaders against the University of Mary.

The Mavericks (9-1 NSIC, 21-5 overall) had little trouble with the Marauders (2-12, 3-25), easily going 4-0 on the weekend with wins of 6-1 and 11-1 on Friday, followed by 6-2 and 15-4 triumphs on Saturday.

But the problem with blowouts is that, despite misleading statistics and final scores, it can be hard to learn much from them. While it’s probably dangerous to put too much stock into the results of a weekend series against a 3-25 team, there is one thing that can definitely be taken away, especially following a series against Concordia that raised as many questions as it answered. That is momentum. shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Some of the concerns goSenior starting pitcher Ben Kincaid threw a complete game for MSU in ing into the Mary series were Friday’s 6-1 win over Mary, allowing only one run while striking out 11. regarding MSU’s offense

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following last Tuesday’s 6-0 game two loss to the Golden Bears. It was important for MSU to look to rebuild some of its offensive swagger, and that’s exactly what it did over the weekend.

“In a couple of the games, their pitchers weren’t able to throw strikes and we took advantage of that and had plenty of base runners. But we also had some big two-out hits and some guys really step up and continue building success at the plate,” said MSU head coach Matt Magers.

While the usual McCallum suspects like seniors Matt Kuchenbecker, Patrick Dockendorf and Jeremy Sudbeck got back to their usual offensive production, one of the guys that really came on strong was freshman shortstop Connor McCallum.

After having a pretty quiet day at the plate on

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Friday, McCallum went on a tear in Saturday’s doubleheader, recording two hits, two runs, two RBIs and his first college home run in game one and somehow managed to get even better in game two (two hits, two runs and four RBIs).

Another positive thing that MSU took away from the sweep was even more options and confidence in its pitching staff. The Mavericks took advantage of Saturday’s double-header as a chance to reach into their bullpen and offer starts to a pair of guys that hadn’t gotten the nod yet this season.

Saturday’s first game saw senior Nick Sutherland make his first start of the season.

Sutherland, who has been a natural so far this season as MSU’s go-to closer, made the most of the start, recording the win after giving up only three hits in five innings.

Fellow reliever Jason Hoppe was given the start in

Baseball Recap / page 13

Softball

MSU pummels Peacocks, earns road split with third-ranked Winona St.

JOEY DENTON

staff writer

The Minnesota State, Mankato softball team had a true test this past week, and when the dust had settled the Mavericks proved that they were ready to compete for the top spot in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

On Saturday, the Mavericks travelled to take on the thirdranked team in the country, Winona State, and defeated the Warriors 1-0 in the first game. Both teams fought back and forth and the pitching was extraordinary, but it came down to one play.

In the top of the seventh, junior MSU infielder Abby Sonner jacked a solo home run for the game’s only run. The blast was Sonner’s fifth homer of the season, and head coach Lori Meyer knew that something big had to happen for either team to win.

“I knew the longer the game went that it was going to come down to a play like that,” Meyer said.

After losing the opener, the Warriors knew they weren’t going

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to let another game slip away. So in the second game of the double-header they showed why they are ranked third in the country, winning 7-4 and snapping the Mavericks’ 14-game winning streak.

In the bottom of the first frame, the Warriors came out with hot bats and scored six runs on five hits and one Maverick error.

With the deficit 2-7 in the top of the fifth, the Mavericks got some runs back with sophomore infielder Lindsay Erickson driving in senior outfielder Melanie Upchurch, then Erickson scored on junior catcher Kelly Wood’s RBI single, her 15th RBI of the season. But that wasn’t enough, as the Mavericks were shut down the next two innings to lose the game 4-7.

Meyer knew Winona was going to come out with some fire, but the damage was too much to come back from.

“In the second game, Winona came out fired up, hot and very

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aggressive at us and simply went out swinging that first half-inning,” said Meyer.

Once again, senior pitcher Kendra Huettl brought her “A” game to the mound this past weekend.

In Friday’s 7-4 MSU victory over Upper Iowa, she pitched six innings, giving up four earned runs on eight hits en route to her 14th win of the season.

The Mavericks came back the second game Kendra Huettl and won 12-4 to complete the sweep over the Peacocks.

Then in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Winona, Huettl was untouchable.

She completed the game, only giving up three hits while fanning eight batters to get her 15th win.

Meyer is impressed and proud of Huettl and the senior season she is having, not just on the field but

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off the field also.

“She’s had a very good senior year,” Meyer said. “She’s worked hard for five years.”

What a lot of people don’t know is that Huettl has already graduated with a nursing degree, which is arguably one of the toughest degrees offered at MSU. According to Meyer, the Mankato native has a full-time position ready for her when the softball season is over, and that shows how hard-working Huettl has become in her career here.

Huettl has not only worked hard to earn her nursing degree, but has also worked on her game year in and year out to develop into one of the NSIC’s top pitchers.

Pitchers in the NSIC need to retool themselves every season and develop their game in order to be successful, and Meyer thinks she has done just that.

“She’s worked at retooling herself,” Meyer said. “She hasn’t been satisfied with just being the

same pitcher every year.”

Meyer is happy with the results the Mavericks got against such tough opponents on the road, sweeping No. 23 Augustana and Upper Iowa before splitting with No. 3 Winona State.

“To be on the road for six games and to come out 5-1, I’m glad we were 5-1,” she said. “It will be nice to back home, no doubt, but If we let down, regardless whether we are on the road or at home, we are going to be beat,” said Meyer.

This weekend concludes the road portion of MSU’s schedule, and the Mavericks have their first of five home double-headers on Wednesday when Concordia St. Paul comes to town. The first game will begin at 2 p.m. behind Gage.

“With five double-headers left, we do have a target on our back and we’re a team that a lot of people are going to be gunning for.”

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Sports

Major League Baseball

Are 3-0 teams legit? Should 0-3 teams panic? Here’s what to make of it: REECE HEMMESCH

staff writer

Major League Baseball is back in full swing after the opening weekend concluded Sunday night. The outcome is that baseball is back in business and summer is almost here.

Through the first weekend of play, there were five series that ended in sweeps across the league, with every sweep being laid upon by the home team.

This means that five squads are sitting pretty with three wins and zero losses while others are questioning their squad as they search for that elusive first win.

In the American League, the East has two teams starting off the season hot and two other squads who were surprisingly swept after the first weekend.

The Rays and Yankees clashed in their first series of the year, which saw the Rays take all three from the Yankees in close fashion.

Tampa used great pitching from ace David Price in game two and Jeremy Hellickson in game three to obtain the wins from the Yankees, and also scored 17 runs off the Pinstripe pitchers.

The Rays have great hitting in their lineup this season, but it will be their pitching that will get them glory. Considering they swept division rival New York without even showing off Rookie of the Year hopeful Matt Moore, the Rays are in for a great 2012.

Yankee fans everywhere, relax. Yes, I know you just got swept on opening weekend for the first time in 14 years, C.C. Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda didn’t look too good and your Hall of Fame closer blew his first save opportunity. But the season is young and the Bronx

Bombers will be fine.

Boston fans should also calm down despite a poor start. The Red Sox were overpowered by the heavy sticks of the Detroit Tigers, possibly one of the best offenses in the American League.

The Sox got off to the same start last season and everyone was worried. But Boston has too good of a squad this year to be down about the beating that Detroit placed upon them, and they’ll bounce back and be at the top with New York in no time.

Detroit is looking exactly like the team we expected them to be after their trouncing of BeanTown: a hard-hitting squad who will grind out wins. The Tigers looked impressive in their opening series, and I do not see them fading back to the rest of the AL Central at any time this season.

As for the Orioles, they looked good against the Twinkies, but who wouldn’t?

The Orioles will have a better season than their recent past, but the AL East is just too good for them to come up with a reasonable amount of wins.

Twins fans, get used to it.

You’ve read enough reports all offseason to know that the Twins will more than likely not be a serious threat in the AL Central.

This writer hasn’t given up hope yet, but it could be departing soon. Side note: The Twins might just set a new major league record for most groundouts in a season after hitting 45 of them in their first three games.

In the National League, the Mets organization is riding high for the first time in a very long time after their sweep of the Atlanta Braves, but this glimmer

of promise should dissipate very soon.

I don’t see the Mets as a legitimate contender this year, and they will struggle once the season really shifts into full-gear.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Braves looked pitiful in their first series, but will recover and can still have a great season. They probably will not touch the Phillies for the top spot in the East, but could be a Wild Card team if they play up to their potential.

Out West, the Diamondbacks completed the sweep over the San Francisco Giants, relying on great pitching performances from their starters to get the wins.

I have never been impressed with the lineup Arizona brings to the table, but obviously manager Kirk Gibson is doing something right because the team always seems to put up runs.

Arizona is a loaded gun and is looking for redemption after a heartbreaking playoff exit last season. In the end, these are the top two teams in the West and will be all season long.

The Giants simply were not ready to play, only corralling 12 hits total in the final two games of the series. One of these teams will be in the playoffs, and the other will be right in the thick of things in the Wild Card race.

Even though Arizona impressed the first weekend, they will both be fine.

In summary, the 3-0 starts for the Rays, Tigers and D’Backs are legit, but the Mets and Orioles are not for real. The 0-3 Yankees, Red Sox, Braves and Giants should contend come season’s end, but the hometown Twins might be in trouble.

Web Photo Former Twins All-Star Johan Santana threw five shutout innings for the Mets in their 1-0 season-opening win.

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BASEBALL RECAP continued from 12 five games in a row and game two, and managed to they’re playing their best fight off eight hits and three baseball of the season right runs to record the win. And while MSU’s four-man rotanow,” said Magers. “Wayne tion isn’t likely to change, State is a program that always Sutherland and Hoppe demplays defense well. They have some pretty good pitchers, onstrated enough confidence but they’ll also probably play to give the Mavericks plenty a little more small ball than of flexibility and options we’re used to. They moving forward.

“TJ Larson, Sutherbunt, hit and run more than we’re used to, land and Hoppe are but ultimately they’re kind of in the mix to be our fifth and sixth going to be a tough starters,” said Magers. opponent and we “It kind of all depends, need to see what we and you take it gamecan do against them.”

With MSU’s by-game and seriesSutherland schedule getting a lot by-series.” tougher very quickly, Looking ahead, the Mavericks are close to the Mavericks will host the staring down the barrel of Wayne State Wildcats (9-5 some of the biggest series’ of NSIC, 18-10) in a doubleheader on Wednesday with a the season. But taking it one chance to add two more wins game at a time is the only to their conference record and thing MSU can do right now, and the Mary sweep was a keep the momentum alive. “[Wayne State has] won great start.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

MSU Men’s Hockey Coaching Search

Heir Apparent: Five Coaches Who Could Reshape Maverick Hockey Ryan Lund • staff writer

The search for Troy Jutting’s successor is on.

After 12 years behind the bench at MSU, the veteran head coach is being reassigned within the organization, reportedly to assist the president as the WCHA enters it’s most tumultuous realignment in the conference’s 50-year history.

Much has been made of Jutting’s removal, of the state of the program and of its recent failures.

The Mavericks advanced in the postseason just once during Jutting’s tenure, while the past two seasons saw the team finish near the bottom of the conference.

But this isn’t about the past, positive or negative, it’s about the future and the far-reaching impact of this new hiring.

The days of the current WCHA are numbered, and with national powerhouses North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Denver set to vacate college hockey’s most elite conference following the 2012-13 season, the stage is being set for a massive shift in the balance of power.

In short, the throne will soon be vacant, and the window for would-be kings to claim it is growing narrow.

With a strong crop of freshmen, a stronger recruiting class and a renovation of the ailing Verizon Wireless Center in the cards, MSU is seemingly just one vital piece away from a chance to run the board in the new WCHA. In order to contend, MSU needs a head coach with the experience, the will and the recruiting power to make all of this happen.

Historically, MSU’s biggest problem has been recruiting in a state of hockey that has become increasingly crowded in recent years.

Thankfully there are plenty of viable options available, and if I were athletic director Kevin Buisman, these five names would be at the top of my to-call list.

Mike Guentzal

(Assistant Coach, University of

Minnesota) One of the biggest names on this list, and also one of the most successful, has been involved in Minnesota hockey for decades.

The veteran assistant spent 12 years assisting Don Lucia between 1994-2008, helping the team to back-to-back national titles in 2002 and 2003.

After a few years spent assisting Dean Blais as he built Nebraska-Omaha into a title contender, Guentzal returned to the Gophers last summer amidst one of its most tumultuous periods, helping the team to the WCHA regular season title, along with a place in the 2012 Frozen Four.

More importantly, Guentzal is a proven recruiter, assisting in the development of NHL stars Phil Kessel and Eric Johnson.

Guentzal might bleed maroon and gold, but he’s shown little resistance to the idea of branching out, and a chance to orchestrate the same sort of rebuild that he assisted with in Omaha might be reason enough for the veteran assistant to change his colors once again.

Cary Eades (Assistant Coach, University of

North Dakota)

Eades Guentzal might be a household name to Gopher fans, but Cary Eades, a veteran of 15 seasons at the University of North Dakota, has an impressive resume all his own.

Eades got his start as an assistant at North Dakota under legendary head coach Gino Gasparini, helping the Sioux to a national championship in 1987. He served as the head coach of the boy’s team at Warroad High School from 1994-2004, leading the team to three state titles and an impressive .787 winning percentage during his tenure. Eades returned to North Dakota the following year, and continues to serve under head coach Dave Hakstol.

A power play specialist, Eades has coached UND’s special teams units into some of the most successful in the country during his tenure, including the nation’s most efficient powerplay in 2007 and 2009. The Sioux have reached the NCAA tournament in each of the eight seasons since his return, including four berths in the Frozen Four and a record three consecutive conference postseason titles.

Eades is another proven recruiter, having brought NHL all-star Jonathan Toews to UND, along with linemate and current NHL player T.J. Oshie, as well as Hobey Baker winner Ryan Duncan. Hakstol’s coaching staff is notoriously loyal, comprised entirely of North Dakota graduates. Eades might be a flight risk however, if the right offer presents itself.

Derek Lalonde

(Head Coach, Green Bay Gamblers - ECHL) Regarded by many as the premiere coaching acquisition of the offseason, Lalonde’s rise has been meteoric to say the least. In just his first year with the East Coast Hockey League’s Green Bay Gamblers, Lalonde became the winningest rookie head coach in ECHL history with a record of 45-8-3.

Lalonde spent five seasons

under Denver head coach George Gwozdecky, focusing on goaltender development and recruiting.

Lalonde assisted in the recruitment of 11 NHL draft picks, including recently minted Minnesota Wild rookie Jason Zucker.

Prior to his time in Denver, Lalonde was an assistant at Ferris State University, helping the team to its first CCHA regular season title in 2003.

Lalonde will likely see heavy interest from a number of teams looking for an upgrade behind the bench, although a spot in the new WCHA might appeal to the young yet experienced head coach. Outside of the conference, Lalonde is a leading candidate for the position.

Don Granato

(USNTDP, U-17) Don Granato might not be as familiar to Maverick fans as some of his fellows, but the head coach of the United States National Team Development Program’s under-17 team has an eye for talent and plenty of experience.

Granato is another veteran of the ECHL, having coached the Green Bay Gamblers to backto-back league championships in 1996 and 1997. He won it all again in 1999 as head coach of the Peoria Rivermen, before moving to the AHL in 2000 with the Worcester IceCats, where he became the winningest head coach in team history en route to four consecutive Calder Cup playoff appearances. Despite the veteran recruiting pull of Guentzal and Eades, Granato deserves consideration as a powerful recruiter in his own right thanks to his standing within the Ann Arbor, Michiganbased USNTDP. Granato currently coaches a number of top college prospects, and has connections throughout the game’s various levels. His connections, along with his direct ties to USA Hockey, could prove invaluable to the Mavericks.

Mark Johnson

(Head Coach University of Wisconsin Women) The dark horse on the list is also among the first that I would call. Mark Johnson is a name with plenty of meaning for Minnesota hockey fans thanks to his key role on the 1980 United States Olympic team. His contributions to the Miracle on Ice aside, Johnson has compiled an impressive resume since returning from Lake Placid with gold around his neck.

The 2004 recipient of the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding service to hockey is a veteran of nearly 700 NHL games over his 11-year professional career.

Johnson returned to the international stage as an assistant coach for the US men’s national team in 2000 and 2002, before signing on as head coach of the Wisconsin women’s team.

Johnson led the Badgers to their first national title in 2006, replicating the feat in 2007, 2009 and 2011. Johnson continued his tradition of Olympic excellence in 2010, coaching the US women’s team to a silver medal at the Vancouver games.

Johnson is a proven winner whose success on the largest stages is well documented. Whether or not he would be willing to vacate his position at Wisconsin remains to be seen, but Johnson is definitely worth a look, and would likely bring a large level of recruiting power to MSU on his name alone.

Odds-On Favorite In my opinion all of these names merit strong consideration, but the veteran leadership that Cary Eades can provide earns the North Dakota assistant my vote.

Eades has more than a decades worth of experience running UND’s particular brand of bruising hockey, a run-and-gun style also employed by national powerhouse Boston College. Both systems emphasize speed and physicality, taking full advantage of the smaller, NHL-sized rinks in the WCHA and the tighter play that they facilitate.

Eades is reportedly extremely interested in the position, and signing him sooner rather than later would go a long way towards easing the minds of Jutting’s recruits, preventing the defections that typically accompany a coaching change of this caliber.

In a perfect world I would strongly recommend the services of Mark Johnson as well, but the notion that he would leave a program that he has spent the past 10 years building for an unproven men’s team is questionable.

Some people might bristle at the reported nationwide search, or at my failure to include women’s coach Eric Means, but at this point he simply doesn’t fit the bill.

I have no doubt that Means or one of Jutting’s former assistants would do an adequate job, but adequate will not be enough to contend in the new WCHA. In order to orchestrate change one has to be bold, and boldness often requires a bit of work. If Buisman truly wants to turn this team around he will need to be bold, and he may need to cut a bold check.

The clock is ticking however, and MSU isn’t the only school with an eye on it.

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