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Drive hammered, get nailed 2011 Minnesota Impaired Driving Facts reveals 1 in 7 Minnesota drivers have a DWI on record

• web photos Blue Earth County ranks fifth in the state for DWI conviction rates at 84 percent.

LINDSAY PETERSON

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“67% of Maverick Fans have 0 – 4 drinks when they party, “ according to Student Health Services at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

This underscores the concern for students who get behind the wheel after they have been drinking.

Do they know the severity of their possible misjudgment?

It’s not just about what could happen to them, but other students, family and friends are on these same roads. Is it really worth the potential consequences? Are current sanctions not harsh enough?

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety, or OTS, released the final 2011 Impaired Driving Facts Report Aug. 31 and revealed a “wide-range view of the problem.”

In 2011 there were 29,257 Minnesotans arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated, “1 in 7 drivers have a DWI on record, and 1,265 Minnesotans have 10 or more DWIs.” 334 of the convictions were in Blue Earth County, 27 of which the drivers were convicted for their fourth or more time.

“The number of accidents that are caused by drunk drivers and the fact that a number of them are repeat offenders is deplorable. It’s sickening that people continue to drive after drinking. I don’t even want to risk it after having one drink,” Brianna Lundin, a music education major at MSU, said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first-time offenders, on average, have driven drunk about 87 times before they’re ever caught and someone in America is killed every 48 minutes due to an alcoholrelated crash.

“I think that maybe students drink and drive because they want to get to a party or get to another party and they don’t think that they’ll get caught. The cab may cost ten dollars now, but that’s better than paying ten thousand dollars later for a DWI,” Brianna McLaughlin, a dietetics major at MSU, said.

368 people died in traffic crashes in Minnesota in 2011 and 111 were crashes involving a drunk driver. The state has made progress in recent years, reducing the number from 185 a decade ago, however these preventable fatalities require people to understand

what is happening and make a combined effort to stop drunk drivers.

“The progress we’ve made to limit drunk driving deaths is far eclipsed by the tragedies created by this behavior every year, “ says Jean Ryan, impaired driving programs coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, “Enforcement and education efforts are leading the change in behavior, but it takes everyone’s committed responsibility to stop these preventable deaths.”

In Blue Earth County, the cost of alcohol-related crashes in 2011 amounted to $2,255,100.

The top five Minnesota counties for DWI conviction rates were: Red Lake with 93 percent; Lyon with 92 percent; Wilkin with 92 percent and Polk with 90 percent. Blue Earth follows behind with 84 percent.

“I can’t understand how people can be so careless about other peoples lives, everyone is at risk with a drunk driver on the road,” Courtney Jacobs, a junior music education major at MSU, said.

The population estimate of Blue Earth County for the year-end of 2011 is 64,067.

According to the report from the OTS, 10.5 percent of Blue Earth residents have an impaired driving incident on record.

“Looking at the numbers in the statistics really shows people are being too reckless and I think people should really take the time to think about what they’re doing before they make a big decision like driving after drinking.”

Joel Vangel, a junior sports management major at MSU, said.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says it’s a crime in all 50 states to operate a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher. Students may not realize that it doesn’t take much to get there.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it would take a 180pound person around three beers. At which point this drinker would likely be experiencing lack of concentration, reduced information processing capability and impaired perception.

The current sanctions for first-time offenders in the United States are fines and possible license suspension in addition to alcohol assess-

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ments and treatment.

“July 1 marked one year of the state’s ignition interlock DWI sanction. More than 4,000 DWI offenders are using ignition interlock to benefit road safety and ensure legal, sober driving,” according to the OTS. This breath test is linked to the ignition system and requires drivers to blow into the device to start the car as long as their BAC is below a certain level and will prevent repeat offenses. Studies by the Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program show they reduce drunk driving by 64 percent.

A University of Minnesota survey revealed that 88 percent of 1,200 registered voters agree that it should be mandatory to install alcohol ignition interlocks in the vehicles of all convicted drunk drivers.

“I believe that the license should be revoked permanently for repeat offenders. Once you are caught for driving after drinking, it should be gone.

That is my belief,” Adebowale Adejumo, an electrical engineering graduate student at MSU, said.

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Mankato transportation is going in circles The city implements three new roundabouts ERIC PERRINE

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The Blue Earth County Highway Department nears the end of three joint-effort roundabout projects with the city of Mankato and the Minnesota Department of Transportation; the roundabouts are part of a larger five-year highway department plan.

Construction for the three roundabouts, one of which is located at the intersection of Stadium Road and Victory Drive and the other two at County Road 12 and the Highway 14 interchange, began this past spring, according to Alan Forsberg, Public Works Director and County Engineer for the Blue Earth County Public Works Department.

Blue Earth County Highway Department is the lead role in this construction.

The roundabout construction is based on a fairly new design concept from SRF Consulting Group, Inc., which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., according to Forsberg. Final design concepts and the decision to construct the roundabouts were based on an informal intersection control evaluation or ICE study. The study looks at various intersection options and decides which is the most appropriate based on safety, traffic volume and traffic delay.

“It wasn’t the formal ICE study, but it was an evaluation of the alternatives, and it included alternative alignments,” Forsberg said.

Intersection design, which generally consists of stop signs or signal lights, has recently started incorporating the roundabout option.

“Well, there are a number of considerations when you choose an intersection design,” Forsberg said. “A few years ago the choice was

stop signs and signal lights, now there [are] a number of other options including roundabouts.”

The construction of the roundabout at the intersection of Stadium Road and Victory Drive “included quite a bit of roadwork” and amounted to a total cost of nearly $2.7 million, according to Forsberg. Roundabout construction costs are only slightly more than signal lights; however, they come without the maintenance associated with signal lights. The roundabouts do come with their own tradeoffs, though, which include: overhead-intersection lighting and possibly more effort to plow and maintain the medians.

Snow maintenance, such as plowing of the roundabout, is distributed between the city of Mankato and Blue Earth County.

Mankato is responsible for the branches that run east and west, while Blue Earth County is responsible for the north and south branches.

Safety is always a concern for those who are driving; and, new intersections like roundabouts, may present unfamiliar driving techniques. Since roundabouts move traffic in a slow, circular fashion, unlike traditional “Tintersections,” chances of fender-bender type crashes increase rather than serious, fatal type crashes associated with T-intersections, according to Forsberg.

A few roundabout-driving tips can make the firsttime experience and all subsequent trips much easier for drivers. Drivers should watch for signing that will direct them into the correct lane before entering the roundabout. Once the sign for the correct lane is

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located drivers should slow down and merge into that lane only when it is safe.

Before merging, drivers must yield to pedestrians, as they have the right-ofway, drivers must also yield to all circular traffic.

Do not stop and do not pass while in the roundabout. When exiting the roundabout, drivers must remember to once again yield to pedestrians, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. For more information regarding roundabout driving tips, citizens of Mankato and Blue Earth County should visit http://www.dot. state.mn.us/roundabouts/.

The decision to construct the roundabouts passed through “several levels of public involvement” before construction started, according to Forsberg.

Plans for the construction were consented by both the Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners and the Mankato City Council. The highway department also hosted an open-house event where citizens of Mankato

•coutresy of patty o’connor Patty O’connor took this photo of the new roundabout while flying over Mankato on a Ford tri-motor airplane.

and Blue Earth County could learn of the department’s five-year plan, which includes the roundabouts.

Residents who were most affected by the Stadium Road and Victory Drive roundabout live in the townhouses located to the north of Stadium’s west branch. The land where the

townhouses are located was developed despite the public records which state that the land behind the townhouses had been platted and set aside for a future road project, according to Forsberg.

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MSU Graduate Showing a committment to learning through Recieves experience International international International Center hosts annual study abroad fair Tuesday Recognition TIM FAKLIS

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A recent Minnesota State University, Mankato graduate has been nominated for an international award.

Dana Simonson is one of four finalists for The International Atlantic Economy Society’s prestigious 2012 Undergraduate Student Research Paper Competition.

Simonson graduated from MSU in Spring 2012. Simonson, who majored in economics, completed a research paper on the effect the switch to EBT cards has had on food stamp participants.

She wrote the paper for Economics 482, which is a Senior Research Seminar class.

Simonson, who is a financial analyst for IBM in Rochester, Minn., is a 2006 graduate of Owatonna High School.

Her research paper “Has the Switch From Food Stamps to EBT Cards Affected an Individual’s Decision to Participate In the Food Stamp Program?’’ was submitted by Simonson this spring.

Simonson is one of only two Americans chosen for the award.

Simonson is among 50 students from 10 different countries worldwide who submitted papers.

The competition was fierce.

Research papers were submitted from students attending some of the best colleges in America, including Stanford, Princeton, Boston College, Brown University and many others, Rutgers said.

Other finalists include Boris Georgiev of Denmark with “Implications of Public Debt on Economic Growth and Development,” Colin Gray of Stanford University with “Responding to a Monetary Superpower: Investigating the Behavioral Spillovers of US Monetary Policy,” and Jia Li Yeong of the United Kingdom with “Price Dispersion in Online Grocery Stores: An Analysis of the UK Market.”

The competition included blind judgment. Student names, universities and countries were kept secret from the judges.

MSU is the only school without a Ph.D. program to be represented in the judging event and in the accompanying conference.

Nine judges were chosen. The judges hailed from China, South Korea, Greece, Poland and the United States.

The conference will be held Oct. 4 through Oct. 7. Hosted in

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College is such a short period of one’s life; wouldn’t it make sense to try to experience everything that you can during that short period? Leaving your school for a semester may not seem like something that makes the most sense in terms of getting everything you can out of a college experience, but studying abroad can be just that.

On Tuesday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on MavAve in the Centennial Student Union, the Kearney International Center will be hosting its yearly Study Abroad Fair, which will provide a chance for students to get their questions answered by faculty, leading certain study abroad programs that take place all over the world.

There is an abundance of people who consider studying abroad, but the percentage of people who follow through and actually take the chance to make a new experience is minimal.

So, why take that opportunity?

“Studying abroad can increase a student’s intercul-

tural competence and global understanding. The experience can expose you to areas of your major field that you could not encounter in the US.” Christine Dornbusch, the former Interim Education Abroad Advisor, said.

“Students can earn credit toward their major, minor, elective, or general education requirements by studying in another country. There are tons of options: study, intern, or volunteer; go for winter or spring break, summer, a semester, or an entire year; live in a residence hall or apartment or with a host family; the list goes on and on,” Dornbusch said.

Some people may be specific on what country they would like to study in. They could go into the situation with low hopes.

The study abroad fair leaves most with plenty of options for a student interested in travelling during their college experience.

Not even taking into account the providers and faculty-led program options, current exchange students from Germany, Norway, Finland, Australia, Austria, Japan, and the Neth-

Deadline: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 12:00 pm in MH 265

erlands will be at the fair to promote their home universities and hopefully convince some MSU students to consider doing what they did for a part of their college careers.

Any major has the option to study abroad. If you are undecided, you can still study abroad. There are opportunities to earn credit towards an academic major, minor, general education, and electives. Some students might see studying abroad during a semester, winter, or summer period away from their home and friends as the same as getting the an educational experience if they stayed home at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Christine Dornbusch disagrees.

“A student who studies abroad has shown a commitment to learn about a culture other than his or her own. Their experience will broaden their entire worldview and introduce them to new people, possibly a new language, and a new perspective on others’ values.”

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The Fonz makes a visit to Madison East Mall Friday

JOEY DENTON

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Even after the ‘70s sitcom Happy Days left the air, Henry Winkler, also known as Fonzie, is still putting smiles on his fan’s faces as he is traveling with the Open Arms Organization to raise awareness of the medical condition called Upper Limb Spasticity.

For those who don’t know what Upper Limb Spasticity is, it’s “a condition when the brain causes excessive activity of the muscles of elbow, wrist and fingers, causing them to be stiff or tight” according to Open Arms.

Winkler, a television actor, writer, producer and now the Open Arms Campaign Ambassador, was personally affected by this condition when his mother, Ilse Anna Maria Winkler, had the condition for ten years before she died from a heart attack in 1999.

Traveling around the country raising awareness Winkler found his way to Mankato, a town he said he could never pronounce right, making people laugh in the Madison East Mall, Friday.

Today, the most popular treatment for this condition is having Botox injected into the troubled areas, and Winkler’s mother died before she ever got to use it.

“I thought to myself, wow I wonder if the possibility was

open to her, how could that have changed her life, because I watched the joy get ripped out of her body,” Winkler said.

Three years ago, Open Arms asked him to become the organization’s spokesperson, and he accepted the opportunity.

“I have had the honor of going around and meeting caregivers and doctors and therapists and patients who have literally seen this extraordinary change because of this therapeutical use of Botox,” Winkler said.

Before Botox was used as the primary source of treatment, very hard and draining physical therapy was the way to go.

Winkler’s mother did use the physical therapy, but Winkler found out how helpful the Botox treatment is and wants to spread the word across the nation.

“That’s why I’ve joined forces with an incredible team of national patient advocacy organizations and Allergan, Inc., maker of Botox to raise awareness of upper limb spasticity,” Winkler said.

What makes this a humble act from Winkler is that he is still traveling around for his mom, while he is still a very busy man acting and writing children’s books.

Winkler, a husband and father of three, has appeared in five television shows and a new movie, including the TV shows

Handy Manny, Up All Night, Hero Factory, Children’s Hospital and his most popular role as Eddie R. Lawson in the USA sitcom Royal Pains.

He is starring in the upcoming film Here Comes the Boom with Kevin James and Salma Hayek with a release date of Oct. 12.

Along with acting, Winkler has written 23 children’s books dating back to 2003. According to Amazon, his most popular book Niagara Falls, or Does It? was published in 2003.

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STUDY RESEARCH ABROAD “A student who studies continued from 3 abroad has shown Montreal, the winner of the a commitment to IAES conference will receive a $500 award, a commemorative learn about a cul- plaque, and publication in the Atlantic Economic ture other than Journal. The winner’s work will be published in the May or his or her own.” continued from 3 opportunities, and it will all be explained in more detail at the Study Abroad Fair this Tuesday. Anyone looking for a new, interesting experience, or who has even the mildest of interest in studying abroad, might want to take some time out of their Tuesday afternoon and see what the University, and several others around the world, can offer them.

June 2013 edition.

The inception of the award in 2007 has been given to students from the London School of Economics, Columbia University, and Politecnico di Milano.

The IAES, founded in 1973, “identifies a need for increased communication among economists across countries. Through its two refereed publications and two conferences a year, IAES promotes the dissemination of economic and financial research within the international community.”

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Mavericks escape St. Cloud with victory

MSU’s defense forced six SCSU fumbles to bring the training kit back to Mankato and keep the Mavericks undefeated.

JOEY DENTON

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The Minnesota State University, Mankato football team faced some adversity as they brough the traveling training kit back to Mankato in a 25-21 victory over St. Cloud State.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Mitch Brozovich was the man of the hour as he gave the team the lead after junior quarterback Jon Wolf left the game due to a lower leg injury in the third quarter.

With 6:54 to go in the fourth quarter, Brozovich drove the Mavericks down the field on a nine-play, 55-yard drive capped off by an 8-yard touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Keyvan Rudd to put the Mavericks up 25-21 with 2:33 left in the game.

Rudd ended the game with five catches and 52 yards including the first catch of the game which was his first catch of his Maverick career.

To be tossed in the third quarter of a close game, a rivalry game too, is always hard for a first year quarterback, but Brozovich didn’t let that get to him as he finished the game with 113 passing yards on 10 completions with a touchdown.

“I thought he played outstanding,” head coach Aaron Keen said. “He came in and threw the ball very well from the beginning and obviously finished off strong.”

Sophomore Andy Pfeiffer led the offense on the ground with 47 yards on 14 carries.

This was the first game this season the Mavericks were down in the second half as the Huskies quarterback Phillip Klaphake threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Chad Peterson to take a 21-16 lead in the third quarter. With being down and their starting quarterback getting hurt, the Mavericks handled adversity well.

“We knew St. Cloud was an outstanding football program They have a rich tradition and it’s a great rivalry game for both programs, so you are going to be put in some adverse situations in games like that, and I thought our guys responded remarkably well to those adverse situations,” Coach Keen said.

The defense against the rush was stellar on Saturday as they held the Huskies to 23 rushing yards of their 197 total yards and also forced six fumbles and recovered one. That makes 12 forced fumbles in the last two

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Junior defensive end Chris Schaudt had a hay day on saturday as he led the defensive charge for MSU with six tackles and two sacks. His performance earned him NSIC defensive player of the week honors.

games.

“I think what kept our spirits high and what kept our confidence high is that our defense continued to go out on the field and do their part in shutting down a very good offensive team,” Keen said.

The rush defense was led by junior defensive end Chris Schaudt, who was awarded the Northern Sun Intercollegiate

Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Schaudt had six tackles, five of them solo, two sacks, a forced fumble, a recovery and two pass breakups.

“We really believe Chris is the best defensive end in the league, and it shows up against good teams like that looking to put pressure on the quarterback in the pass game,” Keen said.

Before leaving the game,

Wolf threw the ball for 142 yards on 11 completions and a touchdown. Wolf’s severity of his injury is uncertain but will be evaluated during this week in practice.

On Saturday the Mavericks start their two game home stand with Minnesota State, Moorhead coming to town. The game will begin at 1 p.m. at Blakeslee Stadium.

MSU wins two over weekend, streak continues The Mavericks women’s soccer team continued their impressive home win-streak over the weekend taking two from NSIC foes Bemidji State and Minnesota-Crookston.

RYAN LUND

sports writer

The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and the Bemidji State University women’s soccer team might be worlds apart, but they woke up Monday morning with one thing in common; they’ve both been burned by long kicks

this season.

Just a week after Minnesota Vikings rookie Blair Walsh drilled home a pair of 50-yard field goals that sunk the Jaguars, senior Cassie Weik led the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s soccer team with a pair of equally impressive boots.

Weik converted on two free

david bassey • msu reporter Senior Brianne West found the net for the first time this season against Bemidji State over the weekend to help MSU defeat Bemidji State 5-0.

kicks Saturday, her first, a seventh minute blast from 30 yards out which gave the Mavericks a 1-0 lead before the MSU captain moved back another 10 yards in the 30th minute, converting on a 40-yard chance.

The Mavericks outshot the Beavers 14-2 in the first half, but the offensive barrage would continue after the half.

Sophomore Breanna Steele netted her first career goal in the 50th minute on an assist from junior Courtney Vallarelli.

Senior Brianne West gave the Mavericks a bit of insurance in the 69th minute with a first of her own, her first goal of the year, assisted by the ever-present Nicole Dooher.

Rookie Korey Kronforst continued to impress in the 76th minute, capping the blowout with a rare header that will likely live in the memory of Bemidji State goalkeeper Sonja Barr long after

Sunday’s match has faded.

Goalkeeper Molly McGough continued her march through the record books, logging her 13th career shutout, tying the sophomore with Allison Vroman for third on the Mavericks all-time list.

The Colorado native is now just seven shutouts away from Sheila Reynolds (2006-2009) school record of 20.

McGough faced little resistance from the Beavers however, as the Mavericks outshot their north country rivals a whopping 34-8.

The win followed a 3-1 win over a similarly overmatched Crookston team in which the Mavericks outshot the Golden Eagles 28-7, with goals coming from three new faces.

Junior transfer Caitlyn Graboski tallied her first goal as a Maverick, spotting a Cassie Weik corner kick in the 25th minute.

The Mavericks added another goal in the 40th minute when another corner kick, launched this time by senior defender Lianna Morrow, found the back of the net courtesy of fellow defender Haley Petterson.

Sophomore Jessica Bowe added her first career tally just three minutes later, set up by Korey Kronforst and sophomore Sydney Temple.

The wins mark a substantial milestone for the 2012 Mavericks, whose 17 game home unbeaten streak matches a school record.

MSU has not lost at home since October 31, 2010, a onegoal shutout against Bemidji State.

The Mavericks return to action Saturday at 1 p.m. in Mankato, facing off against Northern State.

MSU holds a 5-1-1 edge in the team’s all-time series with the Wolves, including a 5-0 drubbing in 2011.

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Poets Carl Adamshick and Dorianne Laux Vist MSU

to the world.”

Just as Freud uses psychoanalysis to explain our his year marks the 31st birthday unconscious mind communicating with our conscious for Mankato State University, Mankato’s Good Thunmind, Adamshick uses free writing to explain the commuder Reading Series. In honor of this celebration, MSU nication of our feelings through writing. Adamshick and invited Oregon poet Carl Adamshick and North Carolina Laux encouraged writers to study their own writing. What poet Dorianne Laux to share some of their recent work. makes writers write about the topics they chose? Why do Besides sharing their latest accomplishments, they also their topics change ever so quickly? These answers are the prepared a workshop, “The Craft of Writing,” which was key to what our unconscious mind desires to communicate open to the public on Thursday, Sept. 13th. The two poto the world. ets opened up to share the secrets of poetry, and answer Adamshick brought the workshop back down to reality questions compiled from the audience. by making the comment, “[Writing] is not an intellectual During this workshop, Laux recited, by heart, a poem endeavor.”

Adamshick, who has never attended a writer’s written by Edna St. Vincent Millay called Assault. Laux conference or residency, wanted to transfer the simplicity facilitated the thought process of allowing words to of writing.

Logically, Adamshick has tapped into the simbecome movements of feeling and character. Assault is plicity of writing through several pieces. Adamshick is the written in seclusion, silence and wonder. A verse from author of the poetry collection Curses and Wishes. He also the poem read, “Who will walk between me and the • web photo is the winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy crying of the frogs?” Laux explained this verse embodies of American Poets and the Oregon Book Award. the question, “Who will walk with me through the troubles Although Laux and Adamshick represent different places of life?” and backgrounds, they both stress the development of the inSince Laux teaches poetry in the MFA Program at North ner writer.

What is the unconscious trying to communicate to Carolina State University, she naturally combed through the the conscious?

Adamshick developed his poetry out of boreimaginative stanzas of poetry with ease. Laux was a finaldom while living in Portland. He was barely holding a job; ist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner broke and living just a few blocks form Multnomah County of the Paterson Poetry Prize. Her most recent collections Library. During an interview for The Oregonian, Adamshick include The Book of Men and Facts about the Moon. Laux is explained that he would go daily to the library, specifically also the author of Awake, What We Carry and Smoke. After to the poetry aisle, and randomly pick out three volumes. He Laux had finished sharing, she opened up the workshop to would then take these books to the map room and read the any questions the audience had. Laux received laughs from volumes cover-to-cover. Literally cover-to-cover, he would the audience after she confidently commented, “We’ve now even read the copyright page. Adamshick added, “I did that established poetry as the finest [writing] of them all.” for many years.”

Secondly, Adamshick exposed the relation of Freud’s This persistence eventually led him right into the developpsychoanalysis and what writers call “free writing.” Freud ment of his own picturesque art. Laux developed her talent developed psychoanalysis to explain human behavior, their out of desire to relate to the every day human being. Her • courtesy of good thunder experiences and thought process. Freud believed that a hupoems can be peeled back with many layers, or taken for face mans drives are largely deemed by the unconscious mind. value.

Both Laux and Adamshick are continuing to travel, share their craft, and Adamshick commented, “I like to think of the two in conjunction [psychoanalyhelp others progress in poetry. sis and free writing]. Writing is physical, it is your body trying to communicate

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September 18 Home Video Releases JAMES SCHUYLER HOUTSMA

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The Cabin in the Woods – Almost everything going on right now with the horror genre is ass backwards.

Beyond-mediocre garbage makes up a vast majority of the current offerings and the oh-so-rare horror movie that’s actually great will be lucky if it avoids being put on the shelf for years. Such was the case with The Cabin in the Woods, one of the most brilliant and funny horror movies in years.

Five college students, not that different from the typical murder bait you see in these movies, head up to the jock type’s cousin’s friend’s someone’s cabin (guess where) for a weekend of murder bait activities. We’re introduced to this, though, after the movie opens with a witty workplace chat around the water-cooler between two office workers. Why a regular old horror movie would start off this way and what relevance this scene has soon becomes clear as the movie progresses into a spiral of madcap insanity.

The Cabin in the Woods is not a

regular horror movie. It is not terrifying (not to say regular horror movies are in any way) and it’s not supposed to be. What it’s supposed to be is a wild and clever satire of the horror genre through the eyes of Avengers’ writer and director Joss Whedon. The film contains a great many observations on horror movies that are both spot on and hilarious, which is what makes the movie such a blast to watch.

And once the final twenty minutes roll around…well, best brace yourself. Do not miss it and do not dismiss it because it’s not the banal crap you would expect from a normal fright flick.

The Cabin in the Woods is now available on Blu-ray/DVD and all rental services.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – In a market dominated by movies that skew mainly to younger audiences, it’s cool that there’s a movie like this to appeal to older audiences.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a luxurious resort in India which caters primarily to British retirees or elders. A widower, a retired couple low on cash, a judge and his wife, and

a former housekeeper in need of a hip replacement make up the current party of guests who find out the hotel may not live up to every description of “best,” but ends up being more fulfilling than they had hoped.

Judging by the feel of the movie, this could be the next biggest “mom movie” (a movie your mother will more than likely enjoy to a great degree) since last year’s The Descendants. Warm inspirational stories can be good every now and then. But warm inspirational stories set in an exotic setting, starring British acting royalty like Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Maggi Smith?

This sounds like a sooner rather than later kind of deal.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is now available on Blu-ray/DVD and VOD, and will be available on Netflix and Redbox October 16.

Katy Perry: Part of Me – Why go to an actual concert when movies have taken over that experience as well?

Like others that have come before it, the part-biopic, part-concert footage movie about the rise to fame of

Katy Perry/Katheryn Hudson is made primarily for the fans. And while it’s supposedly high on the list of quality concert movies, you will be much better off if you’ve kept up with all the highlights of Katy Perry (mainly knowing when to hiss at Russell Brand).

Katy Perry: Part of Me is now available on Blu-ray/DVD and all rental services.

Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures – Check one more landmark for Blu-Ray off. The wait is over because the original Indiana Jones movies are debuting on Blu-Ray this week. Spielberg has been taking his time with restoring many of his classic movies to the format, but this is right up there at the top of his most anticipated titles. Even if it does include the much maligned fourth movie, film aficionados and Jones fans should be pleased to receive the complete adventures in pristine picture and sound with a plethora of extras.

Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures is now available on Blu-Ray.

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