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‘Education not discrimination’

Members of CAP stage protest DANNIE HIGGINBOTHAM

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Students of all nationalities and races gathered in protest Monday to show their support of the College Access Program (CAP).

With signs saying “CAP=Diversity,” “Give everybody the same help” and “We pay for education, not discrimination,” protestors marched to the president’s office to speak with Minnesota State President Richard Davenport about their concerns facing the program.

“He’s basically threatening to get rid of the program,” said CAP student Ashley Lopez.

Members of the College Access Program protested what they felt was discrimination against its staff and students.

Reviving local music for youth editor in chief

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A group of friends with a vested interest in music joined forces with an existing company to man a new multidimensional project for a cause — resurrecting local music for Mankato’s youth.

Jim Inman, Gared Stimpert and Jory Harris are spearheading the manylayered project that includes a venue, record label, recording studio and production company for local up-andcoming musicians.

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Front St., this all-inclusive endeavor re-established itself in June after the three men teamed up with the Stardoc studio owner Rich Collins.

The Tank — the venue — is an all ages, alcoholic-free place for local musicians to be seen and heard.

“The music scene in Mankato is predominately 21-plus these days so we want to give younger people a place to see shows,” said 25-yearold Inman, a McNally Smith audio production graduate.

Two packed shows have already taken place at The Tank, but the official grand

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CAP / page 8

Sculpting history

Downtown prowl: second in a series

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wale agboola• msu reporter

JENNY POLLOCK

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dan moen • msu reporter The bell tower stands near Trafton and Ford halls.

Take some time when you are on campus and look around.

You’ll notice that there is a vast array of art work built into our campus. There are sculptures scattered about, each different from the rest. If you are like most students, you might be puzzled by one or two of them.

“The Fountain,” located right in the center of Minnesota State outside of the Centennial Student Union, was installed in 1969, using water jets to create a spiral effect. The sculpture inside of the fountain was installed six years later. The sculpture was created by former art department faculty member Roger Johnson.

“The sculpture solved

mechanical problems with the pump as well as fills the space with art,” said Jim Johnson, art department chair.

“Pillars” is a work of art that challenges on a daily basis.

It consists of eight limestone blocks with a selection of seven academic areas written on them, leaving one block blank.

A specific type of limestone was used from Vetter Stone Company in Mankato.

“Limestone of that color can only be found here. They send it all over the world,” Johnson said. “Pillars” is located on the corner of Stadium Road and Ellis Avenue. As I walked from Gage to class every day I would wonder why some of those blocks are upside down. I

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News editor shares last leg of Ecuador series

Far-out festival illuminated on screen

Mavericks dominate Truman State

New program — students selling textbooks

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REVIVING New venue wants to provide resources for struggling artists continued from 1 opening is set for Sept. 19.

Inman, who originally started the label, One for the Records, in his basement, said Collins is the building owner and still plays a vital role in decision-making, but they manage and run the legs of the operation. Inman said the label currently has two groups signed and 10-15 bands waiting for the upcoming Stardoc studio to open. Inman is also in charge of Metacin Man, the production company also running out of the office.

Minnesota State student Stimpert said the group is fully devoted to the project that so far, isn’t turning much of a profit.

“It is an investment in the

community for local music,” the marketing and art senior said. Stimpert will graduate in December and plans to pursue this full-time. He is a member of local band AntiCycle and said he wants to provide resources and opportunities to struggling artists.

“I want musicians to have trust in us and our establishment so we can flourish in the future, record their music and help promote their album,” he said.

“This is a safe haven for any musician who needs a place to play,” Inman added.

Harris, 23, who runs sound and is technology support for the venue, said the group has been involved

wale agboola• msu reporter Gared Stimpert (left), Jory Harris and Jim Inman are opening an all ages, alcohol-free venue, for area musicians.

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SCULPTING Bell tower not actually a bell continued from 1

speculated many possibilities (the philosophy block was trying be philosophical, but then why was geology upside down?)

I thought some guys playing a prank flipped them upside down. None of these answers are correct. The artist Steven Woodward wanted to make the students ask “Why?”. The upside down academic areas Philosophy and Geography represent areas that aren’t mentioned, leaving room for investigation. The name “Pillars” reflects the students who study a discipline here at MSU– the things they learn here are the pillars for the rest of their life.

“I like Steven’s idea. It used

to be a parking lot there. He sculpted the grass. It was very effective the way he takes the environment into consideration,” Johnson said.

The Ostrander Student Memorial Bell Tower, located behind Trafton, isn’t technically a sculpture but a work for engineering. Despite no actual bell, it can still make some noise, playin music through a system called a carillion.

The bell tower was added to our campus in 1988, costing $275,453. A large portion of the funding came from Lloyd B. Ostrander a former graduate of MSU. Arnoldus J. Gruter, former Artist-in-Residence at MSU,

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“Waves” is a red sculpture that represents a segment of the ocean. There are two parts– a static part which does not change and a dynamic part that is ever-changing. There is always a Pacific Ocean and an Atlantic Ocean, but Gruter said “At no two moments in history, however, is the ocean the same.” According to Gruter, this correlates to university life because the faculty, buildings, library, and campus are

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photos by dan moen • msu reporter Significant sculptures are scattered throughout Minnesota State’s campus and vary based on artist, medium and meaning.

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A brand new way to buy used New Student-2-Student program helps to find cheaper textbooks LAUREN MEYER

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When it comes to purchasing textbooks at the start of the semester, many students struggle to afford the bookstore prices. The Ethnic Studies Student Organization (ESSO) has found a new way to help Minnesota State students get the books they need at a fee students are able to afford. Vang T. Xiong is one of the innovators created the Student-2-Student program. As a first year adjunct professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies and a Doctoral student with the Department of Counseling and Student Personnel (CSP), Xiong came up with the idea to arrange students to sell textbooks to other students. Professor Xiong is also a former senator of the Minnesota State Student Association, whose main priority is to come up with ways to reduce costs on campus.

The Student-2-Student program kicked off during the beginning of the spring semester in 2009, but has recently become a hit this fall.

“It’s really a win-win situation for everyone that chooses to buy and sell,” Xiong said.

The process is done in four steps. First, students bring their used textbooks to the table set up in the Centennial Student Union. Second, those students selling their used books purchase a receipt for fifty cents to place their name and set the price they wish to sell their books for.

Third, students in need of a particular book can check with the table to see if it is available. Once the book has been sold, Student-2Student contacts the seller of the book. The organization collects 15 percent of profit sales and the rest goes to the student. If no one purchases the book the seller will be contacted to pick up the text.

“It’s simply like selling on eBay but you’re helping your classmates out as well as supporting student club’s fundraiser,” Xiong said.

The 15 percent that the ESSO receives contributes to diversity activities and supports students participating in cultural conferences.

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Protest leaves more questions than answers Monday’s protest by the College Access Program left a lot of people — attendees, administration and others involved — confused. Somewhere along the line, the speakers at the protest ended up with facts and numbers that significantly varied from the information university officials had and used them as a basis for protest. Even one attendee — a member of CAP — wasn’t sure how the group discovered 34 students would be sent home because of financial aid.

In addition, no one seems to know how they discovered 90 percent of the 60-something CAP students went through enrollment verification this past summer and fall.

Although Provost Scott Olson said he would never think of closing CAP, many members thought this was exactly what the university was planning. It’s possible members and leaders of CAP got confused or afraid, it’s possible the university is hiding something and it’s possible there were simply some communication issues between the two parties.

One thing is for sure — more investigation needs to be done to find out what exactly went wrong and how to fix it. With a university so focused on diversity, it’s doubtful this is an issue of racism.

Instead, it’s far more likely lines of communication got crossed as two parties engaged in a small struggle for power.

The students in the protest stood up for what they believed in based on what they were told and did so in a peaceful way. This in itself is a courageous step to take. Next time, however, they should take more care to be informed and know what the university thinks and says before staging a protest.

The students didn’t contact President Davenport, Provost Olson or the MSSA beforehand to double check the facts and see what the numbers really were; they only made accusations and asked questions. Now we’re asking the questions — what’s really going on?

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Congress needs to act quickly to bring aid to Minnesota farmers

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On Thursday, August 20, I spent a part of my day visiting a local pork producer here in southern Minnesota with Senator Al Franken, Rep. Terry Morrow and others. During the course of this visit, I learned that through not fault of their own, Minnesota family pork farmers are in dire trouble and need assistance if we hope that these important family farms will remain viable in our state.

Because of the serious economic instability facing our farmers, I have urged our congressional delegation to act quickly and appropriate an additional $50 million before the end of the fiscal year on September 30 that will help not only our farmers, but also Main Street businesses, survive over the next year. This is a crucial appropriation that could make the difference between survival

and bankruptcy for thousands of family farmers across our state.

Here’s the problem: through no actions of their own, American pork producers find themselves facing a “perfect storm” that is causing them serious economic problems in Minnesota and across the country. Trade relations with China, a major market for our country’s pork products, are dismal. Skyrocketing feed prices that may be related to increased global demand for corn, food shortages elsewhere, and ethanol production, are hurting farmers’ bottom line.

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We need a two-pronged approach in order to hit this problem head on, because if our family farms go down, the economic issues will have a ripple effect throughout rural Minnesota. Look at the statistics: the local pork producer we visited last Thursday loses about $40 for every pig it sells. The equity in the farm operation has fallen from 80 percent to 35 percent.

Unless immediate action is taken, they will lose the farm by mid-2010, and that farm failure will mean that 23 other families will no longer be able to raise

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I urge Congress to take immediate action to help our family pork fact with all deliberate speed in providing the much needed assistance to Minnesota. We can’t afford to wait.

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Ciao, no adiós News Editor Dannie Higginbotham says goodbye to Ecuador

I spent my last weekend in Ecuador, two days after my birthday, on tour with the Ecuadorian boy band my friend Orlando sings and dances in.

He is one of four members of the meringue group Control. There’s Pablo, the lead singer, Juan and Esteban.

Orlando invited Elise and I to accompany his band to a show they had in Pindal, southern Ecuador. We planned to visit Peru, since we’d first spend a night in Huaquillas, about 10 minutes from the border. We’d leave Saturday morning and returning Monday night because Elise and I didn’t have class. It was Aug. 10—­ a national holiday celebrating the first fight for Ecuadorian independence.

Elise and I arrived at the bus station at 2 a.m. Orlando was incredibly insistant on arriving on time, reminding us at least four times the day before to come at 2 o’clock, exactly 2 o’clock.

We waited a few minutes for Orlando and another 10 for Juan. While we waited, we watched a guy who, for some reason, had a box with three adorable roly-poly kittens. They kept trying to escape, and every time he blocked one from getting out another one would try to climb out the other side.

We played musical chairs on the bus since we hadn’t actually bought tickets and needed to be moved around. Elise and I sat in the front, Orlando and Juan in the back. We all took motion sickness pills and fell asleep.

Everyone should ride a South American bus at least once in their life.

It’s a completely unique experience; to be sitting in one spot but at the same time, constantly moving up and down and side-to-side.

It was six-hour ride to Huaquillas.

Our hotel didn’t have air conditioning and the electricity kept shutting off the fan as we all tried to nap. Still, we managed to get a few hours’ sleep before we ate lunch and left for Tumbes, Peru.

Even though we could only spend a few hours in Peru, we still had to go through the migration process. Elise and I had to bring our passports and we all had to fill out papers before we could cross the border.

The border was crowded with people and vendors selling souvenirs , fruit, tennis shoes and anything imaginable.

The coolest thing about Peru were the moto taxis— motorcycles with carriages attached to the back. There were more moto taxis around than regular taxis. We rode in one on our way to Tumbes, Elise sitting on my lap since there was only room for three people.

We went to lunch and walked around in the nearly unbearable heat, unsure of what to do. None of us had brought much money and we didn’t really understand the conversion factor between Peruvian nuevo soles and Ecuadorian dollars, so we were afraid of buying anything for fear of getting ripped off. We did, however, try a few different drinks in Tumbes, including Inca Kola, “The flavor of Peru”, and they all tasted like bubble gum.

There really wasn’t a whole lot to do in Tumbes, so we left after a few hours.

Two taxi drivers offered to take us to immigration for $2 then the border for another $5, so we agreed. Along the way they started talking about how they were tour guides, how they could take us to the beach for 300 soles total, how we could and should see the surrounding coastal cities since we could leave this very night. Since we couldn’t afford it,

we declined.

We got our passports stamped and headed back to Ecuador. On the way, the drivers told us since we weren’t taking the tours we would have to pay more for the ride- 40 soles, or about $12, per person. We argued with them and reminded them we agreed on $5 but they wouldn’t back down, so when

we got within walking distance to the border we asked them to stop and gave them some money. They wouldn’t let us leave. Instead, they demanded we pay them $20- not soles. We kept arguing with them and eventually brought over a policeman, who told us to pay. I was the only one with Ecuadorian/American money, so I gave the drivers $20, told them to do something I can’t write in this newspaper, and walked away.

I didn’t exchange all of my money as we left the border. I kept the coins simply because I liked what the translation meant- un nuevo sol- “a new sun”. When I got back to Cuenca I asked one of the hippies to make a sol into a necklace to remind me of the lessons I learned, the friends I made and the sol I left behind in South America.

That night we went to the bar to celebrate my birthday. We went to bed late and woke up early, all of us in pain.

We didn’t have much time to kill; we had to catch our first bus to Pindal at 10 a.m., so we met with Esteban and Pablo and ran to the station.

We rode for three hours until the bus dropped us off in a small town I never learned the name of. After waiting 20 minutes for the next bus, we decided to ask a shop owner when it would be arriving.

luggage and climbed in.

After another three hours we got to a small roadside shop and the driver let us off, saying he was going a different way.

Thankfully, the shop owners gave us a lift the extra 20 minutes to Pindal and we finally arrived.

Before we left, Orlando told Elise and I that the people who contracted his band offered to pay for two rooms in the hotel and most of our meals. We weren’t expecting this hotel to have nearly as many cockroaches as it did, but we did expect the rooms to have bathrooms.

Instead there was one communal bathroom, downstairs from all the rooms, with two toilets and one shower.

None of us showered that weekend, since we didn’t want to go near the dead cockroach being eaten by ants.

I didn’t really realize I was with a boy band until the boys changed into their shiny costumes and started putting on their makeup. I even held the mirror for Orlando as he put in his show contacts and curled his eyelashes.

We got to the show around 11 p.m. but the bandl wasn’t set to perform for another hour, so Orlando sent me out on a desperate search for a shot of whiskey to calm his nerves. Thankfully, there was a free bottle in the performer’s station.

Pablo turned out to be a great front man and the other three were backup singers and dancers, complete with choreographed dance moves. They sang and danced for an hour, after which the crowd demanded an encore. All in all, they ended up playing until 3 a.m.

We woke up the next morning at 8 and left Pindal at 10, but we didn’t get back to Cuenca until 10:30 p.m.

The final week was depressing. I didn’t want to leave, and every night when I tried to go to bed I couldn’t sleep because I kept thinking “This is my last Monday in Ecuador. This is my last Tuesday in Ecuador…”

Thursday was Elise’s last day so Orlando, Juan, Leah, another gringa in the school and Luis, Orlando’s boss and I went to our favorite discotheque, Copacabana, for a going-away party.

I spent the next night in another discotheque with Luis until I had to leave for the airport.

My first week back I was in a haze.

Cuenca had become my new home, a dannie higginbotham• msu reporter place to relax but also learn, a place to remember while I took the time to “What bus?,” she answered. forget. In the U.S. I’m always stressed, We stopped a passing truck and asked in Ecuador I never worried. I miss the the driver if he knew anything. He said friends I made but I’ll never forget the there was no bus that day and a taxi ride experiences we had and the lessons they to Pindal would cost at least $40, but we helped me learn. could ride in the back of his truck for At least I have a reason to go back. most of the way for $3 a person. Left with no other option, we loaded up our

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CAP “We’re hungry for education. As low-income students, we’ve struggled to get classes in.” continued from 1

According to its page on the MSU website, the CAP program, which began in 2006, identifies and recruits students who show promise of success and helps them with the transition from high school to college. It works with underrepresented students of various ethnic, cultural and economic backgrounds and may give provisional admittance for high school seniors to MSU. All students in the program must keep a two-year academic performance contract with CAP. Students at the protest also voiced concerns over the new representation of CAP. Previously it had been a part of the Department of Institutional Diversity under its Vice President Michael Fagin, but last spring it was moved to the duties of Davenport. Some students were also uneasy about the fact that their new department does not actually have a member of a minority.

“By taking us away from the Department of Institutional Diversity, we are losing diversity,” Lopez said.

Biology freshmen and CAP member Tamiyah Lewis said she was concerned Davenport wouldn’t be as involved as Fagin.

“I feel like he won’t be with us,” she said. “I feel he won’t do as much as Fagin.”

The students also argued that 34 CAP students were being threatened with being sent home because of financial aid issues,

though some attendees are unsure of how the number was obtained.

“They want to send us back because we don’t have the financial aid you should’ve given us,” said Lewis. “I worked my butt off to get here and I don’t want to go back.”

Lewis said these students were still stuck in the verification process. According to the Campus Hub page on the MSU site, verification involves collecting Federal Income Tax Returns and W-2 forms from students and parents to check the accuracy of the FAFSA data. This can happen before or after a student is awarded financial aid and requires the student to submit a worksheet along with the tax documents proving their income. Each year the Federal Processor chooses about 30 percent of students for verification, though the school may choose to verify an applicant as well.

“My heart is torn and broken,” Lopez said, “because 34 students have worked hard and finally had the opportunity to go to college with CAP and make something of themselves.

Then for someone to come and say they can’t ­­— it breaks my heart.”

Lopez claimed the financial aid process was discriminatory.

“Out of the 61 new CAP students, 90 percent of them have gone through the verification process for both the summer and fall,” she said. It is

unclear where the statistic came from.

Business and accounting freshmen Tamandre Hudson said he had to turn in his financial aid four times before it was processed.

Mass communications and international business freshmen Vanessa Chandler had a similar story.

“I’m in the verification process still,” Chandler said.

“My parents have sent in so many forms but the university still says they haven’t gotten them.”

Lopez said CAP has brought a lot of diversity to the MSU campus.

“We’re not here to put in spots for diversity,” she said, “we’re here for an education. It would be a damn shame if this program was closed.”

“Statistics say we’re not supposed to be here,” Lopez said. “But we’ve proven statistics wrong. We’re hungry for education. As low-income students, we’ve struggled to get classes in. But now we’re in college, facing the statistics.”

“I stand here proud and say I am a part of CAP,” she said.

Although most of the protest took place in the MSU mall, it began with a march to the President’s Office, where the group attempted to speak to President Davenport. Since he was out of the office attending meetings at the 7700 France Ave. campus, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

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Scott Olson spoke to the group instead.

“If we’ve got unhappy students, we want to understand what the issues are,” Olson said.

The main point of the conversation was for the students to schedule a meeting with President Davenport for later this week. Olson said no one from the organization had scheduled a meeting with him or the president before Monday, so what he learned was what he saw. He said he gathered that students were concerned about financial aid issues, the respect shown towards CAP students and staff and the new organizational placement of CAP but doesn’t know where the idea of closing CAP came from.

“We have no plans whatsoever to close CAP — none,” he said. “I’m incredibly proud of CAP and it won’t close when I’m here.”

Olson called CAP “incredibly successful” at taking in students who may not have had the opportunity to go to college and making them successful.

“They really are an amazing group,” he said.

Many students were upset Davenport didn’t attend the protest. Olson said it was

because Davenport received notice of the protest on Friday, which wasn’t enough time for him to change his plans.

“From the standpoint of students, notice on Friday for something on Monday seems like a lot of notice but for a president, no,” Olson said, adding that Davenport has had this meeting planned for about four months. “There are certain duties and obligations.”

Minnesota State Student Association Vice President Bob Dooley feels some of the protestor’s fears are unfounded.

“If CAP is under the watch of the president, that’s good because it means there’s less hoops to jump and it has the potential to be more beneficial,” Dooley said.

Dooley also cited Davenport’s strategic goal of promoting diversity as another benefit for CAP. “Davenport is a big supporter of diversity, going abroad and bringing international students in,” Dooley said. “[CAP] might not get as much attention but Davenport does support diversity hardcore.”

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SCULPTING New sculpture, “Gravity Wave,” was added to campus this year continued from 4 constant, while the students and their new ideas, concepts, and research can change.

This sculpture was made as a memorial for Jerry Berger, a student who was killed in an industrial accident in 1969.

“Chthonic,” also made

by Gruter, was installed on campus in 1975. It is located in between the library and CSU. “Chthonic” is two spheres of different sizes that intersect.

The shapes used are inspired by the ancient Greeks. It is made mostly of polyurethane foam surrounding plywood and steel piping. Gruter carved the polyurethane with knives and rasps, then coated the sculpture with many layers of special paint. “Throughout the years the sculpture has been repainted several times,” Gruter said. Like Gruter’s other work, this symbolizes the way the steady, never-changing campus interacts with the alwayschanging student population.

The big sphere represents the campus while the small sphere represents the students.

“The two support each other.

One can not do with out the other,” Gruter said.

“American Ceramics,” in the library, was made by Joyce Kozloff. It consists of ceramic tiles with abstract maps on each tile.

“It’s abstract versions of cities that lie on the 44th parallel, where we are,” Johnson said.

The tiles are mounted on the wall creating one big abstract map.

“I like them all, but I am partial to Joyce’s piece,” Johnson said.

“Spin” consists of black cement-cast spheres made by Janet Lofquist. This sculpture was installed on the east entrance of Trafton in 1993.

It was put near the building entrance to present a welcoming feeling as one enters. A percentage of“Spin” was funded by an arts program. When the state of Minnesota pays for a building, up to one percent of the total cost can be applied to a piece of art work for the public.

Artists from all over the country apply to to do the work. “Spin”, “Pillars”, and the most recent addition to campus, “Gravity Wave” were all funded by this program.

“Gravity Wave” was added to campus this year at Ford Hall.

The sculpture was made by Brower Hatcher and is placed on a brick wall. It is made mostly of wires that fill spaces.

“If you look closely there are recognizable objects, things you’d recognize from your every day life,” Johnson said.

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First off, “Taking Woodstock” is not a telltale account of what happened in the sphere of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. For those simply wishing to see Jimi Hendrix shred through “Star-Spangled Banner” or Janis Joplin belt out “Piece of My Heart,” check the local video store for the Woodstock documentary.

This film isn’t even about Elliot Tiber, the central character in the film and the man who coordinated with Woodstock Ventures to hold the legendary festival in his small town of White Lake, NY. Instead, Oscar-winning writer/director Ang Lee’s film is a thought-provoking glance at perception and human relationships concealed behind a mask of comedy and split-screen chronology.

Something critics have denigrated the film for is its lack of Woodstock’s musical performances. While this seems like a gaping omission from Lee, the director understands the music was just the soundtrack for the peace and love displayed by the festival’s attendees.

Max Yasgur, the owner of the dairy farm that became the festival grounds,

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Have you heard of that one Southern blues-rock band that plays all the big festivals?

If you asked “Which one?” you’ve already hit on the exact problem with The Black Crowes’ new disc, “Before the Frost… Until the Freeze” In 11 songs, the hit cult band fails to elicit any real feeling of excitement or newness. These are all songs you’ve heard many times

before. The only thing innovative about the album is that, while it’s technically a studio album, it was recorded in front of a live studio audience. But a studio audience does not a good record make.

Now, it’s true that certain genres can only be played so many different ways. Blues music, in particular, is very

Crowes / page 16

Zombie bores in bloody ‘halloween’ sequel JACOB BOHROD

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One of the first of a wave of remakes meant to re-energize and re-establish an otherwise played and creatively starved series, Rob Zombie’s 2007 “Halloween” was a good effort, but made a lot of the same mistakes that continue to beleaguer the slasher genre.

Now, two years later, Zombie returns with “Halloween II” and proves that Michael Myers should have died a long, long time ago.

The refreshing distinctions

that saved the 2007 film from failing completely, such as a thorough look into the childhood of Myers, which remained untouched since the pop-culture icon first started slicing up teenagers back in 1978, are completely absent from its sequel. The film starts off directly where the last one ended — and this is Zombie’s first mistake.

“Halloween II” adopts the poorly constructed plot and laughable dialogue that made the second half of the 2007 remake so disappointing.

With little briefing, we are placed in the hospital with protagonist Laurie Strode,

who shot Myers in the head at the end of the last film.

Unbeknownst to Strode, Michael Myers has survived (who would have guessed?) and has infiltrated the hospital looking to finish Strode off, thus beginning another two hours of running and hiding.

With a weak central plot, “Halloween II” relies on the random victims of Myers to provide the meat of the story (no pun intended). Zombie adds scenes of unimportant and unrelated killings in an obvious effort to supplement a tattered main narrative.

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HALLOWEEN ‘Halloween II’ adopts the poorly constructed plot and laughable dialogue that continued from 13 made the 2007 remake so disappointing As if it hasn’t been established enough already, Zombie emphasizes Myers’ ability to easily take down those who oppose him on numerous occasions. Myers kills six people in two separate scenes who are completely unrelated to the story, providing unsatisfying “fluff” that incites boredom rather than suspense.

A “disturbing” series of dream sequences are littered throughout the film, bringing back Myers’ mother from the last movie (played by Zombie’s wife, Sheri) in an effort to add a sort of spiritualism to the film. Aesthetically reminiscent of “The Unborn” (2009), the sequences suggest (in a highly underdone way) that all the Myers share some sort of spiritual wholeness, thus inevitably connecting Strode, Michael’s long-lost sister, to the killer. If done correctly, this emphasis may have been slightly interesting, but here comes off more like a plug for Sheri Zombie’s acting career.

“Halloween II” also brings back Samuel Loomis, Myers’ lifetime psychiatrist who spends the movie traveling to different venues promoting his new book based on the life and

movieweb.com Zombie continues to use his movies to springboard his wife’s career (Sherri Moon Zombie, left).

times of Michael Myers. This final side story is the most unfocused of them all. In it, Zombie criticizes those who prey on the misfortune of others, using tragic events for their own profit. Although clear, the message comes as a footnote to the picture as a whole, merely providing another distraction from the lacking plot.

Following the lead of many modern directors who cram too many storylines, ideas and themes into their films, Zombie becomes bogged down with his own ambitions and ends up with multiple unsatisfying, unfinished and undeveloped narratives in one movie. Instead of achieving a cohesive and effective message, “Halloween II”

leaves the confused and bewildered. “Why did he kill that guy? Was he in the first one? Where is the killer? Why are we watching this?”

Despite the film’s inability to deliver a meaningful and enjoyable experience on the whole, I don’t want to completely discourage Zombie.

He obviously has cinematic vision, adding some interesting

stylistic compositions and artistically creative sequences to the film. In one scene, a blurring effect is added as Myers takes a victim in slow motion.

The actual murder is presumed and not shoved in our faces like usual, which was both refreshing and eerily effective. Later, Zombie pulls the camera back to watch Strode flee in the moonlight, overexposing the lens in a visually pleasing composition.

These examples of creativity save the film from becoming an utter loss.

The slasher genre is a slowly fading trend. What was once a new and exciting statement about violence and fear is now a played shadow of its former self. Where others such as “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” succeeded, the “Halloween” remakes fail to revitalize a fading legacy and are a clear example of how none of us, no matter how hard we try, can’t breathe life into something that was never alive to begin with.

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WOODSTOCK Ang Lee’s new film a glance at perception and humanity continued from 13 apologizes to no one when the townsfolk of White Lake, NY are angry at Tiber for helping the festival come to town, saying he had gotten countless “thank you”s from the Woodstock crew in just a few short days, something he’d never gotten from his neighbors in the decades of operating his farm.

And it’s through Lee’s contrast between the counterculture and contemporary society in which he expresses the film’s themes of love and perspective.

Whether it’s a motorcycle police officer with a flower in his helmet who signed up to work the festival in order to bust some hippie skulls and instead finds them overwhelmingly pleasant or Tiber’s father feeling the spark of life come back to him, Lee obviously wants people to break down the barriers that prevent them from loving one

another.

Stylistically, “Taking Woodstock” is more reminiscent of Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet” (2003) than “Brokeback Mountain” (2005).

In a very funny scene, the hippie theatre troupe that lives in Tiber’s family’s barn (the Earth Light Players) puts on a performance as part of a local pre-Woodstock free show and aggressively puts the audience, consisting of the White Lake locals, on trial. The troupe strips down to nothing and exclaims, “Our nakedness will reflect your own!”

On the surface a comically bold statement, but what Lee is trying to get across is the hippie’s acceptance of themselves and everyone around them, compared to the locals unwillingness and inability to truly be free and love both themselves and others.

web photo Lee portrays hippies genuinely rather than drowning them in cliches.

web photo Liev Schreiber (right) is sure to garner Oscar consideration for his role as an ex-marine transvestite named Vilma in “Taking Woodstock.”

The repeated peace and love theme expounded from the hippie characters within “Taking Woodstock” may sound clichéd and trite. But from the bare feet to the brown acid, Lee does a marvelous job at maintaining their sincerity as genuine oddities that accept everyone with love.

In a scene that could have completely ruined this depiction, one that on the surface seemed like a futile attempt to display drug use, Lee beautifully paints Tiber’s acid trip as a metaphor for changing perceptions of the world and one’s self.

“Everyone with their little

perspective,” says Tisha, a member of the Woodstock Ventures team, to Tiber.

“Perspective shuts out the universe, it keeps the love out.”

Unlike that of the hippies, Elliot Tiber’s story within the film resonates more with “Brokeback Mountain,” albeit much more light-hearted.

Wrapped in ambiguity throughout much of the film is Tiber’s homosexuality. Lee doesn’t subtly suggest his sexual orientation as a simple writing trick here, but does so as “coming out of the closet” was a magnanimous and often dangerous decision.

What Lee did behind the camera isn’t the only story to take home from “Taking Woodstock.” Imelda Staunton’s brilliant portrayal of Tiber’s tough Russian-Jewish mother and Liev Shreiber’s depiction of an ex-marine transvestite named Vilma will give them serious consideration for “Best Supporing Actress” and “Best Supporting Actor,” respectively.

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CROWES In 11 songs, the hit cult band fails to elicit any real feeling of excitement or newness continued from 13 much trapped within its own conventions.

But rock music, and blues for that matter, has advanced over the decades to the point that we shouldn’t be subjected to the same sounds over and over again. And on “Before the Frost…, Until the Freeze” The Black Crowes are so spectacularly regular it’s as if they’ve taken a musical laxative.

There are a few moments of interest. The album’s closer, “Last Place That Love Lives”, begins as a stark, pining ballad, with only singer Chris Robinson’s voice and acoustic guitar serenading the beauty behind a woman’s eyes.

Lyrically, it’s below-average fare. The words are so dripping

with sentimental syrup the stickiness is bound to get into every pore of your body. But musically, it’s captivating, particularly when a Civil War-era band cuts in and carries Robinson through to a calm conclusion.

But that’s the last song on the album, and frankly by then it’s too late to really care.

It’s clear that these songs were not meant to be paid attention to. The Black Crowes, who commonly perform outdoors, often at festivals where many people mill about and can barely focus on a band for a full-length set, have seemingly written the whole album on a stage when no one was watching.

Every song lacks even a hint of true meaning. “Feel like a

thief/Who knows he’s been framed./Leaving the watch/But stealing the chain,” sounds like it almost has something going on behind it, until you realize that it’s a pointless series of words strung together in a rhyme so Robinson’s voice can twang and sound profound without having to come up with anything profound to sing.

The end result is music that blends into the background, something you could maybe dance to at a concert and could maybe leave on while you’re driving with the windows rolled down and the wind rushing by so you can’t really hear the stereo anyway.

Listening through the album A Long Time (Waiting on

Love)” from “And the Band Played On”, or “Appaloosa” from “Houston Don’t Dream About Me.” In the end, you might think you’ve listened to a few really long tracks instead of 11, the longest of which is just under eight minutes.

Perhaps the saddest part about all of this is that The Black Crowes are obviously a technically proficient band, as many festival jam bands are.

Several tracks feature well-done (if uninspired) guitar solos from Rich Robinson and Luther Dickinson. They’re tight performers, which makes one wonder just why they would stick to such blandly safe material and not try to do something different with their talents.

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Defensive back Kelvin Rodgers not only wanted to make sure that the first game of the season against Truman State started well, apparently the senior also wanted to make sure it ended well.

In the 31-13 rout over the Bulldogs, Rodgers closed the game with a 60-yard interception return for a touchdown, clinching the victory for the Mavericks.

“It always feels good to come out and beat a team on the road,” wide receiver Vinny Flury said. “ We’ve got a lot of momentum going into the home opener.”

The Bulldogs struck first with a field goal from Mickey Masucci, but after that, it was all Mavericks.

Fullback Ernest Walker punced in a one-yard touchdown, followed by a sixyard touchdown from running back Julian Phipps, the Mavericks took a demanding 14-3 lead before halftime.

Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the Mavericks weren’t done.

Senior quarterback Ryan Fick threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Omaar Balton and an unlikely player took it away from there.

Right before halftime, freshman kicker Sam Brockshus kicked his first collegiate kick and it was a

long 46-yard for the rookie, but he made it through the uprights and gave the Mavericks a commanding 24-6 lead going into halftime.

The 46-yard field goal looked as if it could have gone farther.

“I think he would have made it from 55,” said running back Jake Aberg.

Another Maverick leader is also very fond of him.

“Sam is the man,” Flurry said. “To come in and hit the second longest field goal in MSU history is pretty impressive.”

It was clear that the Mavericks and Bulldogs weren’t evenly matched and the second half was a stalemate, as both teams scored seven points.

“One of the most impressive things was our will to win and our competitive spirit to win here tonight (Saturday),” said head coach Todd Hoffner in a press release. “I think our defense stepped up big when it had to and our offense responded early. It takes a team to win and I thought our guys played well as a team.

Redshirt freshman Aberg was a big reason for the victory for the Mavericks as he led the rushing attack with 14 carries for 86 yards along with two receptions for 13 yards.

The Mavericks carried the ball 35 times for 180 yards, another 53 of those coming from Phipps. “(Splitting carries) benefits us a lot,” Aberg said. “We have a great offensive line and

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it keeps us fresh. It’s better than having one of as at 90 percent and the other one worn out.

Fick contributed in the passing game going 13-23 for 136 yard and a touchdown.

Four of those passed were caught by Flury for 54 yards.

As coach Hoffner said in the postgame interview, defense was a huge factor in this game, or lack there of for the Bulldogs.

All 14 teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate played over the weekend, but the Mavericks, after just one week, find themselves tied for fourth, being they played a non-conference opponent.

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The women’s soccer team displayed two sides of their this weekend: a team that can outscore opponents and that can grind out a defensive struggle.

Both games were played at home.

On Friday they pummeled Ferris State 6-0 in the nonconference season opener.

Laura Leber led the team with three goals, accomplishing that feat for only the second time in her career. Senior

goalkeeper Sheila Reynolds recorded her 13th career shutout, inching herself only 1.5 shutouts away from capturing the record for most shutouts in a career.

“A lot of these shutouts are not me, they’re mostly the team, so it is good to know that I have this awesome team in front of me that helps fend off easy shots that I can stop,” said Reynolds.

Junior forward Jessie Audas started the onslaught at 40:57 in the first half. Shortly after senior midfielder, Gina Paletta

Neilson stuck in a goal at found some nylon giving the 38:41. A defensive battled Mavericks an early 2-0 lead. ensued for the rest Leber took over in the of the first half and second piling up three majority of the second. consecutive goals. The A clear out found rout ended with a goal Leber in the open by junior forward Ann field. With just over Kincaid. a minute to play, After dismantling she outran the only the Ferris State Bulldogs they took Reynolds defender in her way aim at the Minnesota and scored teh final Duluth Bulldogs on tally in the Mavericks’ Sunday 2-0 win.

“I think overall our The Mavericks jumped out to an early lead again.

Soccer / page 20 Freshman forward Kate

With the way the NCAA tournament is set up, getting off to a good start on the season is crucial. Last year was good evidence of that for the Minnesota State volleyball team. Despite finishing with a winning record, including seven in a row at the end of the year, the team still missed out on a bid for tournament play.

The Mavericks would tried to avoid a slow start this year when they hit the road to play in the UNO Showcase tournament in Omaha, Nebraska. After winning their first two matches, the Mavericks were out done by Emporia State.

MSU rebounded and defeated Abilene Christian for a 3-1 weekend.

“It was nice that we were able to continue the winning we finished with last season,” said head coach Dennis Amundson.

“It is awfully important to get off to a good start it really sets the tone early Thompson on.”

The Mavericks looked in sync for most of the first day, as Tarleton State and Truman State proved to be no match.

The match against Tarleton State started with a dropped set, but the Mavericks dominated the rest of the way winning the next three sets, 25-14, 25-12, and 25-8.

The momentum carried over to the Truman State game. The Mavericks would split in the first two sets, but then took control in sets three and four winning both by a score of 25-14.

“It was a good start to the season,” said junior Amanda Thompson. “We all felt good out there.”

The Mavericks would have to show redemption in game two of the tournament.

Emporia State knocked off MSU quickly winning three straight sets. two of the three sets were close but MSU

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couldn’t find a way to finish them off.

After a promising first day the Mavericks seemed to have lost their luster. They started their next match against Abilene Christian losing their fourth straight set of the tournament. However, this time the Mavericks were able to pick themselves up and won the next three sets to conclude the weekend.

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While MSU is happy with the way they started, they know there are still plenty of areas of their game they can improve on.

“The tempo of our offense has got to be faster still. We’re going to be focusing on that all week,” said Amundson.

The Mavericks will also try to cut down on some defensive lapses, which coach Amundson attributed to some

missed opportunities. For now though MSU is enjoying a strong start to the season and will look to continue their strong play into next weekend.

The Mavericks next match will be in Winter Park, Fla, when they begin the Rollins College tournament. The first of four matches will be Sept. 4 at 11:00 a.m.

Time change Due to last nights Minnesota Vikings broadcast against the Houston Texans, the Todd Hoffner Coaches Show on AM 1230 KYSM The Fan Mankato has been moved to tonight at 7 p.m.

Coaches Association Top-25 poll.

Leading the poll was Concordia-St. Paul who received all first-place votes and are also in the NSIC. Other NSIC teams include Southwest Minnesota State (8), Minnesota-Duluth (11) and Augustana (25).

The next poll will be taken on September 7.

Player of Week The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Cross-country Conference has anThe men’s cross nounced that MSU country team has been freshman kicker Sam ranked ninth going into Brockshus has been the 2009 season accordnamed the league’s ing to U.S. Track & Special Team’s Brockshus Field and Cross Country Player of the Week.

Coaches Association The Spencer, Iowa Top-25 poll. native, converted all four of his The Mavericks are just one extra point opportunities and of two teams ranked from the booted a 46-yard field goal NSIC. The other is Augustana on his first career attempt. He who is ranked at No. 17 also kicked off five times, covMSU begins the season ering 279 yards and averaging Friday, September 11 in Col55.8 yards per kick. legeville for the St. Johns The 46-yard field goal is the Invitational. third longest in MSU history.

Preseason Poll The MSU volleyball team has been ranked #18 in the latest American Volleyball

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Sports

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Five pro athletes you have to love

There are a lot to choose from, but one staff writer narrows down his list

PAT DELANEY | staff writer

When you walk in my room you will basically see a sports museum. Posters, old newspaper articles and Viking footballs take up the core of my walls.

Now people may think that by this point in my life I should start to grow out of a fan obsession. The fact of the matter is I am a 21-year-old guy who still has an 8-year-old mentality when it comes to cheering for my favorite athletes.

I want to show all guys that you don’t have to be ashamed to have man crushes on your favorite male athletes. So I made a list of five professional athletes that I think you have to love.

5. LeBron James: The two best players in the NBA today are Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. James is, however, the player I think of when I think of the NBA. The reason being the way King James markets himself. His commercials are hilarious and his products can be seen worn by basketball enthusiasts all over local courts. The way James dominates on the court and shows off his fun-loving personality makes him a very lovable athlete.

4. Alexander Ovechkin: After Wayne Gretzky retired the NHL has been looking for a player who can bring the same excitement to the game.

While many believe it is Sidney Crosby, my vote goes to Alexander Ovechkin.

No player has made more highlight reel plays over the last three years than Ovechkin. If you haven’t seen any of them, just go to YouTube and prepare to be wowed. Ovechkin also isn’t afraid to lay a check and play defense. The pure passion he always plays with makes it impossible not to respect him.

3. Joe Mauer You can’t live in Minnesota and not put Joe Mauer on the list. The hometown hero has established himself as perhaps the best catcher in all of baseball, and he probably has the sharpest facial hair as well. Mauer is on his way to his third batting title, a feat that has never even been done by an American League catcher.

Now that Mauer has added power to his game, a 2009 MVP award may be in the works.

Mauer might be the most feared hitter in the American league, although you would never know it with Mauer’s easy-going personality.

With all that said Mauer makes the list mainly because of his priceless milk commercials.

Thanks to Joe you will always find me pouring it on.

2. Usain Bolt: I hadn’t watched a lot of track in my day until I saw Usain Bolt

at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

His name fits perfect for him because the man really is a bolt of lightning.

Bolt is so fast that he usually celebrates four steps before he even crosses the finish line. The Jamacian sprinter just broke two of his own world records last week at the Track and Field World Championships.

What makes Bolt’s performances so impressive is his preparation. He has stated that he sleeps in, eats chicken nuggets, and takes a nap before he runs. Not your ideal preparation, but Bolt is that special.

1. Adrian Peterson: All Day, Purple Jesus, or, as I like to call him, the savior of the Minnesota Vikings, Adrian Peterson is easily my No.1 athlete. Since being selected as the Minnesota Vikings top draft pick in 2007, Adrian has been nothing short of amazing.

I could talk forever about Peterson but I’ll just let the numbers do that: 3,101 yards in first two years, third best all time; 296 rushing yards in 2007 Web photo against San Diego, NFL record; With a pose like this, it’s hard not to love the speedy Usain Bolt.

Rookie of the Year, two time All Pro, and it goes on and on.

As good as a he is, Adrian seems to be a good person as well. If you go to training camp you won’t see a player stay and sign more autographs and smile while doing it. Adrian gives back to the community and has not Gene or KIP bruender let his stardom go to his head.

All these reasons make Adrian Peterson No. 1 on my list.

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Sports

FOOTBALL Truman State unable to respond to Mavericks second quarter explosion continued from 17 By just looking at the numbers alone without a score, it looks like the game should have been much closer, but the 21 unanswered first-half points from the Mavericks may have knocked the wind out of the Bulldogs.

The Mavericks will now gear up to play the Bemidji Beavers on Saturday at home.

Their first home game of the season and first NSIC game.

“Last year we lost the first game and we went into Bemidji, not beating them like we could have,” Aberg said. “A lot of our guys are confident, offense, defense and special teams. We are ready to work hard.”

THE RUNDOWN 18 First Downs 22 166 Net Rushing Yards 84 136 Net Passing Yards 205 302 Net Total Yards 289 13-23-0 Comp.-Att.-Int. 19-36-2 2 Turnovers 0 1-4/4 Punt Returns/Avg. 2-10/5 4-68/17 Kickoff Returns/Avg. 5-154/30.8 4-10 11-18 Third-Down Conv.

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100% Red Zone Efficiency 66% 1-0 2-6 Sacks-Yards 1-1 2-3 Field Goals 30:34 29:26 Time of Possession

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SOCCER Leber scores four goals over weekends sweep of Minnesota-Duluth and Ferris State continued from 17 organization, our shape and our intensity both offensively and defensively to this point of the season is good,” said head coach Peter McGahey “We’re in a good spot.”

Leber led the team with four goals in two games and has bumped herself past Katie Alberg (19972000) for fifth in school history with 27 career goals, only seven away from her running partner last season Carly Petersen.

Also moving closer to an individual achievement is Reynolds, with the two shutout this weekend.

She is only 0.5 way from holding the career shutout record. She will be looking to capture it against either Metro State on Friday or Regis University on Sunday. Both are located in Colorado as the team starts a six game road trip.

“I like the road trip and Colorado is a fun experience,” said Reynolds “It’s going to be exciting.”

wale agboola• msu reporter Laura Leber scored a hat trick in her first game this season and then added a goal against Minnesota-Duluth on Sunday.

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Convenient & Inexpensive Air Conditioned/Heated Fast: Every 12 Minutes Guarantee Purple, Orange and Dark Green Minnesota State Mankato Permit Holders each receive a bus tag to ride FREE between campus and lots 20, 21 & 22.

All Buses Travel Through the Campus Core, Gage Corner, McElroy, and Lots 20, 21, 22 & 23 on Class Days CAMPUS EXPRESS ROUTE 1.................................Runs to 10 p.m. Monday - Thursday Devonshire, Southridge, Weimert Properties, Quads, Highland Hills, Meadow View, Homestead, College Park, Summit, and Stadium Heights.

CAMPUS ROUTE 8 & MAVERICK SHUTTLE........................... Campus bus shelters on Minnesota State, Mankato property and College Park, Summit.

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BUSES, SH U T T L ES & E X PR ESSES

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Regular Bus Service

Type of Service

Destination Points

Financed By

Academic Year Coverage Times Days of Week

Campus Express Route #1 Minnesota State University Mankato provided service using leased City bus

Minnesota State Mankato Campus buildings and parking lots. Also services nearby apartment complexes.

(22 minute run.)

Minnesota State Mankato Student Senate and activity fees, cash fares, ads, Federal transportation subsidy.

7:30 AM 10:00 PM

Campus Circulator Route #8 Minnesota State University Mankato provided service using leased City bus

On-campus "circulator" to campus buildings and parking lots. (15 minute run.)

Minnesota State Mankato Parking Program funds, ads, cash fares.

7:30 AM 6:00 PM

Route #6 City of Mankato provided link to city-wide bus network.

City bus route which starts at the Cherry Street Ramp area, goes through the MSU campus, and ends up in the Madison East Shopping Center.

(30 minute run.)

City of Mankato, cash fares, ads, Federal transportation subsidy.

Shuttles

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Red Eye Shuttle Minnesota State University Mankato provided on-campus van service

On-campus "circulator". Red Eye Shuttle will be running on a bus-like pickup and drop-off schedule.

Minnesota State Mankato Parking Program funds

Maverick Shuttle Minnesota State University Mankato provided on-campus van service

On-campus "circulator" which will follow the Route #8 bus schedule. The Maverick Shuttle is also equipped with a cell phone allowing curb-to-curb service.

Minnesota State Mankato Parking Program funds augmented with some M&E state support.

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Stomper Express Minnesota State University Mankato and City Partnership

Departs Gage on the hour.

MavCard ID holders ride free; others pay $1.50.

• Picks up at each of the residence halls • University Square, College Station, Devonshire, Southridge Terrace • Walmart, Panera Bread, River Hills Mall

Partnership between the City of Mankato and Minnesota State Mankato.

No student activity fees or Parking Program funds are being used.

6:00 PM 11:00 PM

Late Night Express City of Mankato Operated

Pick-up only from Downtown Cherry Street Ramp area and dropped off in the Highland Campus area apartment complexes. No one is driven from the campus area apartments downtown to the Cherry Street Ramp area. No residence hall service.

City of Mankato operated service with $1 ridership cost. No Minnesota State Mankato funding is provided for this service.

12 Midnight 3:00 AM Saturday

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12 Midnight 3:00 AM Sunday

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College Connection Jefferson Lines

Destination points and connections to Minneapolis and Sioux Falls.

Tickets sold at the Campus Hub (507) 389-1866. For more information, go to www.jeffersonlines.com or www.mnsu.edu/parking.

Twin Cities departs in evening, Sioux Falls departs in morning. Times are subject to change.

For current departure times please check with Campus Hub or Jefferson lines web site. Picks up and drops off at BP Gas Station by Happy Chef on Hwy. 169.

Kato Cab: 388-7433.

Land to Air Express

Connection to Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport & Twin Cities.

3:00 PM Mon.-Fri.

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