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Homecoming 2010

Stomper Conquers the World ... one cause at a time

Getting into the spirit

Pep rally, parade gear students up for Saturday games MEGAN KADLEC

staff writer

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Focused on creating school spirit among both students and community members, Minnesota State’s Homecoming Weekend will start off with a bang Friday evening at the Homecoming pep rally. Continuing in the spirit of Homecoming, there will be a parade at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, followed by the football game at 1 p.m. against St. Cloud State University at Blakeslee Stadium.

The pep rally will be in Myers Field House and is open to both students and community members.

Much like a classic pep rally, cheerleaders and athletic teams will try to instill excitement in students for the football, hockey and volleyball games Saturday.

IMPACT went all out for the annual Homecoming concert with two featured artists instead

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of the typical one. As a part of the Music Therapy Tour, Red Umbrella and Heath McNease will be performing at the pep rally on Friday.

The pep rally will include a “Yell Like Hell” competition in which teams will perform original cheers that relate to this year’s Homecoming theme. The cheers or chants will be evaluated by a panel of diverse faculty judges, and points will be awarded to teams for the Homecoming competition.

“The Yell Like Hell Competition should be pretty exciting. The sororities will probably do typical cheerleaderlike cheers, but it will be funny to see what the fraternities or the men’s rugby teams come up with,” Wisnew said.

The two artists will share the stage with pep rally activities, the focus going back and forth between Red Umbrella, Heath McNease

and other pep rally classics. While both artists are cover bands, Red Umbrella, the main act, has a rock sound, and Heath McNease plays mild, acoustic guitar with a few Britney Spears covers.

Because of the variety of musical styles presented in the concert, there will be something for MSU students with different musical tastes.

“The team really pushed for a cover band this year. Students seem to have more fun when they know the lyrics and can sing along in the stands,” said music industry major, Brittany McDowell.

Pep rally tickets for community members cost $5, and MSU students get in free with their Mavcards.

“Plain and simple, [the pep rally] will be tons of fun. It’s not something you will see in your friend’s apartment,” Wisnew said.

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inside Franken comes to campus (3), Faux fear-filled day at MSU (8) The Kid’s Take live-blog from game one of the Twins’ ALDS (29) Homecoming a must-win for football (23), The Kato drink guide (31)

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Combining fun and philanthropy

Giving a little gains a whole lot BOB RINGER

staff writer

This year’s Homecoming theme, “Stomper Conquers the World… one cause at a time,” places the annual tradition’s focus not only on the upcoming football game and festivities, but on leaving a legacy behind at Minnesota State will make all Mavericks.

For the first time this year, Homecoming Week’s theme was selected specifically with the goal of getting students involved and promoting Maverick philanthropy.

“This year we were really trying to use the height that surrounds Homecoming and the student attention that we get to promote a theme of awareness of the community, both locally and in the global sense,” said Kevin Wisnew, IMPACT’s vice president of public relations.

The 2010 Homecoming theme calls for students and alumni to find a cause they are passionate about and to take action to “conquer” that problem. The MSU

IMPACT team and Homecoming Committee have partnered with Campus Kitchen to combat poverty and food insecurity by raising money and collecting canned goods for charitable organizations during Homecoming week.

Food insecurity is a term used to describe the problems facing people who are unsure where their next meal will come from and do not have a reliable food source.

The MSU IMPACT team and Homecoming organizers hope to make food insecurity in Mankato a thing of the past.

Teams made up of Res Life groups, student organizations, fraternities and sororities and off-campus groups will compete throughout Homecoming week in events designed to stomp out hunger. Teams will participate in a canned-food drive and sculpture contest Thursday.

Last year the Homecoming canned-food drive collected more than 900 pounds of non-perishable food items. However, this year’s

goal is to collect more than 1 ton, according to Associate Director of Student Activities Gregory Wilkins.

Goods collected during the canned-food drive competition will be donated to Echo Food Shelf, a local charity.

During the Homecoming parade and football game, students and alumni will be able to donate canned-goods for the ECHO Food Shelf and contribute to collection buckets for Campus Kitchen’s “Change for a Cause.”

Wilkins, who has 25 years of experience working in the student activities field, is proud that this year’s theme is focused on giving back to the community and hopes a successful week will leave Mavericks with a valuable lesson.

“Being in college, we are privileged in that we are able to get an education,” said Wilkins.

“Part of this is about, hopefully, creating some dialogue, but then it’s also for us to show that if everyone just gives a little, we are able to gain a whole lot.”

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A dime for a dinner Pocket change feeds the hungry for this kitchen

MEGAN KADLEC

staff writer

Campus Kitchen and IMPACT have begun a partnership to collect pocket change to feed those in need with a drive entitled, “Change for a Cause.” The cause is new this year and will be a focus for the entirety of Minnesota State’s Homecoming Week. The weeklong campaign strives to raise awareness and money for Campus Kitchen.

Campus Kitchen is an initiative that brings students together, community organizations and on-campus dining professionals to fight hunger in the city of Mankato.

University Dining Services join together with local restaurants to donate left over and surplus food to combat hunger in the community.

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for this year was chosen by a panel of student volunteers who deliberated many ideas and eventually decided on “Stomper Conquers the World ... one cause at a time.” Voted on by the student population, this theme shows how greatly the student body wants to help those in need. The collaboration between the groups seemed obvious once the IMPACT team decided to focus on the issue of food-related needs.

“We are using the energy [of Homecoming Week] to promote this idea of one cause at a time. This year, we are focusing on poverty and food insecurity,” said Kevin Wisnew, the vice president of public relations at IMPACT. The main level of the Centennial Student Union will house a table where students

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Franken comes to MSU Former Congressman Tim Penny joins

GRACE WEBB

staff writer

Every year, the Truman and Reta Wood Scholarship Dinner features special guest speakers, and this year will bring someone especially influential in Minnesota — Senator Al Franken. He and fellow guest speaker Tim Penny, a former U.S. Congressman, will speak at the dinner, which starts at 5:45 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom.

The Truman and Reta Wood Scholarship was named after Truman Wood, a former Minnesota State professor of political science and law enforcement, and his wife Reta, a teacher in Mankato Area Public Schools. The scholarship is for MSU

students involved in political science, both in class and in their community, so Senator Franken and Congressman Penny are perfect picks to speak at the dinner. Franken, whose talk will focus on Minnesota higher education, has advocated education issues since starting his Senate service in 2008. He is also a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Penny is also very involved in education. He served for six years in the Minnesota State Senate before going on to serve six terms in Congress. He is the President of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation and a Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s

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Surprises around every corner

House of Serendipity brings happiness

ALEXI ROSKOM

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A pleasant surprise around every corner is the focus of the House of Serendipity. A campaign created by Leonard Koupal, Centennial Student Union communications coordinator, to generate spontaneous moments of happiness for students to discover in the CSU. “We took that idea of Serendipity and merged it with a House of Blues feel and came up with the House of Serendipity and our new vision for providing a pleasant surprise around every corner,” Koupal said.

The CSU is for the students to partake in any activity of their choosing; relaxing, studying, grabbing a bite to eat, playing billiards or bowling in the Maverick Ballpen, enjoying resources within the building, getting involved in student activities and enjoying the atmosphere.

There are purple booklets, with perforated pages distributed around the CSU and locations on

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campus to help promote the House of Serendipity.

“It is our new marketing piece that mixes factoids about the CSU with coupons from our building tenants. But the best part is the photos of our students. We’ve included about 30 portraits of students – many of these students are familiar faces around the CSU. We have students from MSSA, the CSU Board, IMPACT, International Student Association, and students who work in the

building. It’s a great cross-section of the diverse student population found in the CSU as well as the campus,” Koupal said.

The CSU offers ongoing activities and a wide variety of entertainment to appeal to the entire student body. The CSU has been trying to bring performers into the building to provide entertainment between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. It’s always in search of new performances and collaboration

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One plate, no hands, gone in less than a minute Homecoming eating contest puts students to the test at the table Students competed to see who could eat an entire plate of spaghetti the fastest. photos by dan moen

Lee Werner successfully defended his title. Last year he won the Toppers eating contest.

Ten students competed in each of the three heats.

GRACE WEBB

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Spaghetti, red sauce and no hands is the perfect recipe for messy faces — as two dozen students can attest after Wednesday’s eating contest.

IMPACT put on the contest as part of its Homecoming Week events, both to provide a fun time for students and to raise awareness of Mankato-area hunger needs. IMPACT worked with Campus Kitchen this year to raise funds during the eating contest (and other Homecoming Week events) for both Campus Kitchen and the ECHO Food

Shelf.

This year, about 30 students competed in the eating contest.

There were three rounds of about 10 students each. The winner of each round progressed to the final round. Fraternities, sororities, registered student organizations, and residence halls all sent students to represent them.

The contest was quick, messy and thrilling. All the students representing groups did a great job chowing down on the spaghetti noodles — they appeared to be inhaling the food rather than eating it. Faces were smeared crimson with sauce and the crowd — about 40 students —

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but at the same time, I was up against some great people, some great eaters … so we were all just looking to have fun.”

Greg Wilkins, the director of Student Activities, was this year’s eating contest master of ceremonies. He has been greatly involved with IMPACT for Homecoming events, and the group asked him to emcee again this year after he hosted last year’s contest.

“It’s such a blast, and it doesn’t take a lot of time, and it gets lots of people involved,” Wilkins said about the contest. “I thought it was a wonderful group of individuals [who participated]

cheered enthusiastically.

The final round came down to representatives from the Vietnamese American Student Association and Delta Sigma Pi, plus another write-in competitor who just came to eat. Lee Werner, of Delta Sigma Pi, won the contest within half a minute.

Werner has experience in eating contests, since he was last year’s Homecoming eating contest winner as well.

“I just came here looking to have fun and to represent my fraternity,” Werner said. “Since I won last year, I kind of got [dragged] into it this year. It’s always nice to win something,

from a variety of student clubs and organizations.”

Wilkins said last year, the food for the contest, breadsticks, came from Topper’s, but this year IMPACT worked with an on-campus vendor, Sidesco, to use the pasta.

“It’s all about the fun and Mavericks representing and creating a cause,” Wilkins said, “and our cause was trying to end hunger in this greater Mankato region. It doesn’t really matter who wins, it’s about affecting change on campus, and just seeing the participation that we had this afternoon was a great joy.”

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Editorial: It’s Homecoming, Celebrate Responsibly

It’s Homecoming weekend and what’s on most students minds are expectations to have days and nights filled with epic epicness. However, students must make the distinction between all-out self-gratification and acting like an adolescent asshole.

In the past few years, the Minnesota State University, Mankato community has seen increased regulation regarding its alcohol usage. In turn, local bars have been cracked down upon and slapped with penalties at the very whisper of late-night specials. While the reactionary stances taken by the city and higher-ups at MSU may be unjust to we students, their reasoning behind their reactionary decisions isn’t.

Whenever a student dies from an alcohol-related incident, such as Amanda Jax did in October of 2007 on the night of her 21st birthday, debates over college binge drinking will ensue.

But instead of denigrating an entire student population for the actions of a few, or suing the pants of anyone who caught a glimpse of their drinking, how about we all collectively point our fingers at ourselves and take responsibility for our own actions.

You can be youthful without being an idiot. You can party hard without being irresponsible. You can get drunk without being eligible for detox or death. You can hit on that fellow student you’ve had your eye on without sexually harassing him or her.

You can drunkenly debate without starting a fight.

We are all adults here. It’s time we begin behaving in such a manner — responsibly.

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Student forgot class supplies while at bank ALEXI ROSKOM

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A suspicious package was discovered to be a false alarm after it was found abandoned in the Centennial Student Union Tuesday evening. The CSU and Wigley Administration building were evacuated as a safety precaution.

Students who subscribe to Star Alerts received a text message informing them of the situation after the unidentified package was found on the floor outside of the Campus Hub and Wells Fargo Bank.

After the package was discovered, CSU Building Coordinator Nadeem Mohamed was alerted and contacted security who followed emergency procedures to protect the safety of the building and students.

“We were glad to run through all the proper protocol produces even though it was a false alarm ... the security

of the building and people are on the floor while he cashed most important and all incidents a check at Wells Fargo. Police should be handled in the same asked the student to describe the manner,” Mohamed said. toolbox, and then he identified The CSU was put on a full by a photograph the student was lock down, and the Mankato able to go inside to retrieve the Fire Department, Mankato container.

Public Safety officers and The fast response and MSU Security responded to the communication demonstrates situation effectively. the university commitment to A building parameter was the safety of students, faculty, established to further protect staff and the public. student, faculty and staff from any danger.

During the incident, a student came forward indicating that the container might be his containing supplies from a class.

The student recalled that submitted photo he may have The package was found by the Campus Hub and Wells Fargo. left the box

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Man who threatened to shoot professor taken into custody Transported to hospital for mental health evaluation

NATE BRENNAN

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On a busy day for fearing the worst for campus safety, it was reported yesterday that a 23-year-old male suspect had entered into the Minnesota State classroom of professor William Wagner and threatened to shoot the professor and “shoot up the school, too,” according to a Mankato Department of Public Safety news release.

At 12:37 p.m. Tuesday, Mankato Department of Public Safety police officers responded to MSU’s Armstrong Hall to field the complaint made by Wagner, who stated that the individual had entered his classroom and became disruptive. Not recognizing the individual as a student of his, he asked him

to leave. The male subject became upset and then made threats to Wagner.

When officers arrived, they found that MSU security had already detained the suspect until police officials could take him into custody. No weapons were found on the suspect or in the immediate area.

The 23-year-old male suspect was found to be a Mankato resident and not a student at the university. After being taken into custody, he was then transported to Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital for a mental health evaluation.

Charges for the suspect are being requested through the Blue Earth County Attorney’s Office for Terroristic Threats and Disorderly Conduct.

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Proposed tobacco ban needs revisions MSSA wants clarification

ELENA SHUFELT

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The tobacco holocaust isn’t here yet.

The Minnesota State Student Association voted for Health Services to revise its proposed policy on the banning of tobacco on campus. President Tom Williams said a number of items need to be changed before MSSA stands behind the proposed policy. The senate does plan to back some form of the policy in the future though.

“To make a decision on it tonight and say we don’t support it outright isn’t the best decision right now,” said Vice President Anderson.

First, it needs to address issues of implementation and enforcement of the ban, which can be accomplished by reviewing what other universities have done to make tobacco-free campuses work.

Williams also said it needs to look at what options students living in residence halls would have if a ban was put in place.

Senator Mangione showed concern for neighborhoods and University Square.

“You’re just pushing the problem somewhere else,” he said.

The proposed policy also has to be discussed with faculty and staff before it moves forward.

Senators debated about what options MSU would have if a different tobacco policy was adopted. Mangione suggested the idea of painting lines 15 feet away from entrances was considered, but some opposed it stating that smoke would still affect students away from doors.

Vice President Brett Anderson gave some history on tobacco campaigns in the past, stating that most were unsuccessful. He also reminded the senate that there was an uproar when the Freedom to Breathe Act was implemented, but now people have adapted to it. If a ban were to take place on campus, it would just take students time to adjust to the change.

Williams said it is likely that Minnesota legislation will pass a statewide tobacco ban on college campuses within the next few years. Senators agreed it would be easier to enforce the statewide law than it would be to enforce the policy. Many agreed still, that MSU needs to be proactive, and should look into a tobacco ban before a state law is made.

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On Saturday, spectators can expect to receive candy and other giveaways as they watch the parade. Student organizations will display floats that focus on the Homecoming theme. Faculty judges will be present to award points to the floats with the most creativity and innovation. The top three floats will be displayed during and after the football game behind Blakeslee Stadium.

The IMPACT Homecoming and Special Events Team has been actively working on Homecoming since spring semester of last year, and members are extremely excited for both the pep rally and the parade.

“To have [Homecoming] finally here is exciting,” said Kevin Wisnew, IMPACT vice president of public relations.

The theme for this year’s homecoming is “Stomper Conquers the World ... one cause at a time,” chosen by a volunteer panel of students.

Based on this theme, the IMPACT team urges all community members to bring a non-perishable food item to the parade. The cans collected will be donated to the ECHO Food Shelf.

In previous years, students and community members alike have expressed their enthusiasm for both the pep rally and the parade, so hopefully they will both instill spirit in MSU students and community members as they prepare for Saturday’s athletic events.

with other departments and organizations on campus. A production of “Chicago” in the Hearth Lounge provided a refreshing taste of the theater department.

“Our expanding goal is to expose students to diverse music and performing arts,” Koupal said.

The CSU board recently became fascinated in the House of Serendipity theme.

“It is an exciting, fun idea that we should be more involved in,” said Nikki Sabby, union board member.

The union board would like to help encourage the spontaneous activities around the CSU. Lauire Woodward, Director of the CSU and advisor to the union board helped support and spread homecoming school spirit, by lending the CSU 220 office to Union Board members and Stomper to use as a home base Tuesday afternoon. The CSU became a lively place when union board members Erika Masias and Brittany Bulthuis helped bring Homecoming cheer and smiles to students in the Union by handing out t-shirts and purple and gold beads for school spirit.

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in the success of bringing smiles and laugher by approaching unsuspecting students and placing beads around them. The excitement of Stomper was seen on the CSU Mall when a crowd of people chased down Stomper for a picture, homecoming beads and a hug. Stomper also generated more unexpected delight by spreading homecoming cheer to the first floor of the library. The CSU strives to create these serendipity moments to share with the entire university population.

“The shared philosophy among CSU staff is that the student union is the students’ living room. It’s a building that operates on student fees and should be a welcoming and relaxing place for students.

Adding the Serendipity component also makes it an exciting place for those on the inside looking out. As staff members we are constantly looking at new efforts — like our popular outdoor chess set — that provides new experiences and new reasons to come to the CSU. When we can do that, everyone gets the satisfaction of unexpected delight. That’s what the House of Serendipity is all about,” Koupal said.

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FRANKEN Award winners look POCKET CHANGE Money raised will purchase packaging materials, meal prep supplies and dersert forward to meeting Franken, items to feed hungry Penny, Reta Wood and Board continued from 2 register to build sculptures out of the cans collected. The sculptures will be judged by a panel of faculty judges based on creativity and style.

Points will be awarded to competition teams for both participation and placing in the event. After judging, the cans will be donated to the ECHO food shelf of Mankato.

In making a competition out of collecting canned food products to donate, IMPACT has found a fun, inspiring way to increase both awareness of the need in the community and help combat that need.

If they are not part of a competitive team, students have another opportunity for friendly competition during the campaign. IMPACT has decided to see who can raise the most amount of money for Campus Kitchen: Julia Sears, Gage, Crawford, McElroy

can make donations. Students can stop by to donate between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., or at any IMPACT event throughout the week. After a donation, students will receive a sheet of paper on which they can write their names for recognition.

Names will be located on the flex screens in the CSU for the duration of Homecoming week.

“Money raised during the week-long campaign will be used to help purchase essential supplies such as packaging materials and meal prep supplies, as well as additional food items such as cookies, candy bars, and other desert items to be served in the meals,” said Wisnew.

The annual canned-food drive and sculpture contest will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the CSU. Competition teams

or all off-campus. The winning team who donates the largest sum of money will be announced at The Second City Comedy Show.

Though the winner won’t have a material prize, the feeling of helping the impoverished will hopefully be more than enough, and of course, there are always bragging rights.

In addition to the planned canned-food drive and donations table, community members are urged to bring canned goods to donate to the Homecoming Parade at 11 a.m. Saturday.

College students usually have tight budgets, and IMPACT recognizes this, but they also know that every penny counts when trying to combat food insecurity in the community.

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Klugman said she is both excited and nervous for the upcoming dinner. She and fellow scholarship-recipient Lauren McConkey will both speak at the dinner. Klugman said she is also excited to meet Senator Franken and former Congressman Penny.

“Having them there to recognize the Woods Scholarship is a wonderful representation of what the scholarship means to so many people and the importance of community,” Klugman said.

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Besides the dinner and speeches, Saturday’s event will include a silent auction starting at 5 p.m. Seats at the event cost $60 per person and $20 for current MSU students. The focus of the night is to honor students who won the $4,000 awards — considered some of Minnesota State, Mankato’s highest student honors.

This year’s winners are Ariel Klugman and Lauren McConkey.

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Hit and run MN officer victim dies arrainged in hospital for homicide

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Charges could be upgraded against a hit-and-run suspect in Mankato now that the 20-year-old victim has died.

Authorities say Thanh Tri (tree) Vu, who lived in Burnsville and Mankato, died Friday at a Mankato hospital.

KEYC-TV reports Vu was on life support until his brother could return from military service overseas.

Police found Vu critically injured in a parking lot early on Sept. 24. Witnesses say he had been struck by a car that sped away after a fight.

Vu’s body was sent to Ramsey County for an autopsy. A 20-year-old man was facing charges of criminal vehicular operation and failure to stop after a traffic accident.

The Free Press reports any new evidence will be sent to prosecutors to consider new charges.

HIBBING, Minn. (AP) — A former Chisholm police officer accused of killing a man in a bar and wounding two others has been arraigned on homicide charges.

Forty-seven-year-old Jason Mark Musburger was arraigned Friday. The Duluth News Tribune says the charges include first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.

Police reports say Musburger had a confrontation with his ex-wife at a bar in March. They say a man intervened, wrestled Musburger to the floor and held him until Musburger conceded defeat.

Authorities say Musburger left and returned with two guns.

He allegedly shot and killed one man and injured two others, including the man who had bested him.

Defense attorney Jim Perunovich says he plans to call into question whether the shootings were premeditated.

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Ecuadorian officers detained after revolt against president Total of 46 allegedly participated

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s interior minister said Wednesday that 46 police officers have been detained for alleged participation in the police revolt against President Rafael Correa that claimed five lives.

A lawyer for some officers said a total of 57 were in custody and being held incommunicado.

In announcing the arrests, Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh said prosecutors had voice recordings that indicate last Thursday’s uprising went far beyond a spontaneous revolt by officers upset by a new law that would strip them of promotion bonuses.

Prosecutors said they also detained a retired army major who was at Quito’s main police barracks when rebellious police roughed up and tear gassed the president.

The revolt ended when army commandos rescued Correa in a hail of gunfire and concussion grenades at a hospital where he had been surrounded by insurrectionists.

But Correa said Wednesday that “the coup is not over.”

“We will investigate ... all these things and try to take

all precautions so there won’t be a repeat,” the president told reporters.

Lawyer Patricio Armijos told The Associated Press that 57 police officers were being held at the police force’s dog training unit.

He said authorities were not permitting the officers to talk

with anyone.

Armijos said the prosecutor’s office has notified attorneys it is starting a preliminary investigation.

“Which means that it will initiate a criminal proceeding, but we do not know the charges, the evidence or the case,” he said.

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New college bullying code of conduct NJ introduces legislation after suicide NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg said Wednesday he’ll introduce legislation requiring colleges to adopt a code of conduct that prohibits bullying and harassment following the suicide of a student whose gay sexual encounter in his dorm room was broadcast online.

Lautenberg, D-N.J., made the announcement at a town meeting on the Rutgers University campus in memory of 18-year-old freshman Tyler Clementi.

Clementi, a promising violinist, jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River on Sept. 22 after the intimate images of him with another man were webcast, and his body was identified days later.

Clementi’s roommate,

Dharun Ravi, and another Rutgers freshman, Molly Wei, both 18, have been charged with invasion of privacy, and authorities are weighing whether bias crime charges should be added.

Clementi’s death has prompted a national discussion on the plight of young gay people and bullying. The Rutgers event, organized by the university and the gay rights activist group Garden State Equality, drew about 300 students and others, including U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and actress/comedienne Judy Gold, a Rutgers grad and gay activist who won two Daytime Emmy Awards as a writer and producer for “The Rosie O’Donnell Show.”

Bible-only jail sued in SC No library, just paperback bibles

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina jail was sued Wednesday over its policy barring inmates from having any reading material other than the Bible.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the policy on behalf of Prison Legal News, a monthly journal on prison law.

The 16-page complaint says officials at the Berkeley County jail in Moncks Corner, about 100 miles southeast of Columbia, are violating several of the magazine's and inmates' constitutional

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Since 2008, the publishers of Prison Legal News have tried to send magazines, letters and self-help books about prison life to several inmates at the jail, the complaint says. Some were sent back, and in July a jail official wrote an e-mail to the publishers referencing the jail's policy.

Our inmates are only allowed to receive soft back bibles in the mail directly from the publisher," First Sergeant K. Habersham noted in the e-mail. "They are not allowed to have magazines, newspapers, or any other type of books."

The jail confirmed Wednesday that it doesn't have a library and that the only reading material its roughly 450 inmates are allowed to have are paperback Bibles. A spokesman for Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne

DeWitt said the sheriff had not seen the lawsuit and could not comment. The spokesman also deferred comment to deputy county supervisor Chip Boling, and there was no answer at an office phone number listed for Boling after business hours Wednesday.

"Not only does it prevent communication and clearly violate free speech rights, it also violates the establishment clause because it discriminates on the basis of religion," said David Shapiro, an attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project.

"The information that's being blocked and censored is information about prisoners' basic legal rights."

In addition to unspecified punitive damages, the lawsuit also asks a federal judge to order the Bible-only policy halted and to let a jury hear the case.

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Star witness barred in civilian Mexico traces guns Starts program three years Guantanamo Bay case

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee barred the prosecution’s star witness Wednesday from testifying, dealing a major setback to the government’s effort to build criminal cases with evidence obtained through harsh CIA interrogations overseas.

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the witness could not take the stand because investigators learned of his existence through coercive questioning of the defendant, terrorism suspect Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, at a secret CIA camp.

“The court has not reached this conclusion lightly,” Kaplan wrote. “It is acutely aware of the perilous nature of the world in which we live. But the Constitution is the rock upon which our nation rests. We must follow it not when it is convenient, but when fear and danger beckon in a different direction.”

The ruling stunned prosecutors, who asked for and received an immediate delay in the case while they decide whether to appeal. It

also re-energized the debate over whether terrorism suspects captured overseas should be prosecuted in civilian courts and whether the American justice system is up to the task.

Despite the setback, Attorney General Eric Holder said at a Washington news conference that he remains confident the Justice Department can successfully prosecute Ghailani in civilian court. He noted there have been over 300 successful prosecutions in civilian courts in terrorism cases.

The delay came during the final selection of jurors in the case against Ghailani, a Tanzanian charged in the 1998 bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa. The twin attacks killed 224 people, including a dozen Americans.

The man who was supposed to be the government’s star witness, Hussein Abebe, said he sold explosives to Ghailani that were used in the bombing. But defense lawyers said prosecutors never would have learned about Abebe if Ghailani had not divulged his identity while undergoing harsh interrogations at a secret overseas CIA camp in 2004.

Ghailani’s attorney, Peter E. Quijano, praised the judge’s ruling.

“It is the Constitution that won a great victory today,” Quijano said. “This case will be tried upon lawful evidence, not torture, not coercion.”

Michael Farkas, a former Army judge advocate and now a civilian attorney, said the ruling shows why those backing military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees contend that “civilian criminal courts are no place for war criminals.”

He said the military rules of evidence do not give defendants some of the protections they are afforded in the civilian justice system.

“In a military tribunal, this witness would not have been precluded,” Farkas said.

Anthony S. Barkow, executive director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at the New York University School of Law, called the ruling “a significant blow” to prosecutors. But he noted that Ghailani was indicted before they learned about the witness, and he said they presumably have ample evidence without him.

after it was announced

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. and Mexican officials are just now fully employing a gun-tracing program touted as a key deterrent to weaponssmuggling, nearly three years after it was first announced in Mexico and weeks after an inspector general’s preliminary report called it underused and unsuccessful.

Not enough Mexican investigators had been trained on or had access to the electronic database designed to trace illegally seized weapons to origins in the U.S., a top official at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Wednesday.

“It doesn’t mean the system is not working. It’s not working as well as it can,” said ATF deputy director Kenneth Melson. “The information was being submitted by people who didn’t know how to trace guns.”

He and Mexico Attorney General Arturo Chavez Chavez signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday that will increase to 30 a month the number of people trained

to use the program, known as eTrace, an electronic database that can trace the manufacture, import, sale and ownership of guns.

It will also expand access to eTrace to the Attorney General’s intelligence and data-gathering divisions across Mexico.

About 20 people have been trained to use eTrace in Mexico. U.S. and Mexican officials announced in January 2008 that the system would be introduced in Mexico, but it was not implemented in Spanish until last December.

Melson said the system, when used properly, can provide strategic and intelligence information to fight gun-smuggling, establishing trafficking patterns as well as identifying weapons sources.

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“Runway” guru admits suicide attempt NEW YORK (AP) — In an empathetic public service announcement video directed at depressed young people, Tim Gunn says he tried to kill himself when he was 17.

The “Project Runway” host and fashion guru made the video for the Trevor Project, an organization dedicated to youth suicide prevention. In it, Gunn addresses “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth” and says that when he was a teen, he was “in quite a bit of despair” and took more than 100 pills.

Speaking directly to the camera, the 57-yearold Gunn says he is “very happy today that attempt was unsuccessful.” He promised to those experiencing similar hardship: “It gets better. It really does.”

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Taste of MN kicked off Harriet Island Food and music festival failed to repay debts

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The annual Taste of Minnesota apparently is getting kicked off St. Paul’s Harriet Island next year because of outstanding debt.

Organizers of the Fourth of July food and music festival were supposed to have a plan to repay unpaid debts presented to the city by Monday. Instead, International Event Management LLC, which manages Taste, asked for a 30-day extension.

The Star Tribune reports Mike Hahm, the city’s Parks and

Recreation director, sent a letter to the company Wednesday saying St. Paul wouldn’t grant the extension.

Hahm says the city will begin looking at other options for events at Harriet Island for the 2011 Fourth of July weekend.

Andy Faris, managing partner for International Event Management, couldn’t be reached Wednesday morning.

Despite an updated lineup of music and food vendors, Taste of Minnesota lost money this year.

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Police drug trafficking FBI cracks down on Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of FBI agents flew into Puerto Rico to round up dozens of police officers accused of aiding drug traffickers Wednesday — one of the darkest days yet for a force tarnished by recent allegations of brutality, discrimination and incompetence.

In pre-dawn raids, about 1,000 federal agents swept up about 130 people, including nearly 90 law enforcement officers accused of providing security to drug dealers on a U.S. territory where police are struggling to curb spiraling crime and rampant drug smuggling.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said it was the largest police corruption investigation in the FBI’s history.

“We will not allow the corrupt actions of a few to destroy the good work of so many,” Holder said at a news conference in Washington.

“The people of Puerto Rico deserve better.”

The suspects include a dozen prison guards, two soldiers in the U.S. Army, three National Guard soldiers and civilians.

The indictments allege law enforcement officers provided security for drug deals in exchange for payments ranging from $500 to $4,500, Holder said.

FBI agents conducted 125 undercover drug transactions between July 2008 and September 2010 that formed the basis of the indictment, he said.

Among the charges included in the 26 indictments are conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, attempt to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking offense.

A total of 77 police officers from state and municipal precincts across the island were indicted, including a member of the governor’s motor pool, said Luis Fraticelli, special agent in charge of FBI operations in Puerto Rico. He said another officer admitted to an undercover officer that he had killed a man.

“Honor was sold for drug money,” U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez said.

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WI blind to sex offenders for 12 hours Electronic monitoring system shut down

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An electronic monitoring system tracking sex offenders, parolees and others shut down, leaving authorities in 49 states blind to offenders’ movements for about 12 hours, authorities said Wednesday.

A system operated by Boulder, Colo.-based BI Incorporated unexpectedly hit its data storage capacity Tuesday morning, which blocked notifications to prisons and other corrections agencies on about

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Tracking devices continued to record movement, but corrections agencies couldn’t immediately view the data.

The company has substantially increased its data storage capacity and hasn’t heard of any safety issues, Waldo said. People being monitored were unaware of any problems.

“In retrospect, we should have been able to catch this,” Waldo said.

In Wisconsin, prison officials had local police and probation agents detain about 140 sex offenders at local jails until the GPS tracking was back up and their whereabouts during the outage could be confirmed.

The offenders were never aware they weren’t being tracked, state Department of Corrections spokeswoman Linda Eggert said. The shutdown affected about 300 people in Wisconsin, most of them sex offenders. She said the agency

examined the offenders’ GPS movements and was certain the shutdown didn’t drive anyone to commit a new crime.

BI contracts with about 900 government agencies across the country for monitoring and notification services, including real-time monitoring and delayed notifications about offender whereabouts. The agencies vary widely, Waldo said, from state prison systems to local sheriff’s departments to pre-trial service entities.

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Game 1: TBS analyst thinks Twins have a real shot against Yanks TBS analyst Buck Martinez saw the Twins and Yankees play during the final week of the season and called to tell me he thinks the Twins have a great chance to win this series. Martinez, a former big league catcher and manager, is working today’s game between the Rays and Rangers. He also does color for Blue Jays telecasts and was at Target Field for Toronto’s first two games against the Twins last week before heading to Boston for Yankees/Red Sox. (Star Tribune, Joe Christensen) Twins slugger Jim Thome would trade a 600th home run for a World Series ring Jim Thome signed with the Twins last winter primarily because he wanted another shot at a World Series. But, at age 40, Thome found something along the way A second wind. “This year has really revitalized me, in a lot of different ways,” he said, “from how (manager Ron Gardenhire) has used me and just being around these young guys that have so much fun.” (Pioneer Press, John Shipley) Twins out to end curse MINNEAPOLIS — There has been nothing romantic about the underdog Minnesota Twins meeting the big, bad New York Yankees in the postseason.

There have been no heart-warming tales of the little guys overcoming long odds.

No Hollywood endings for the unlikely hero against the Evil Empire. (AssociatedPress, John Krawczynski) Yankees-Twins Preview There has been nothing romantic about the underdog Minnesota

Twins meeting the big, bad New York Yankees in the postseason. There have been no heart-warming tales of the little guys overcoming long odds. No Hollywood endings for the unlikely hero against the Evil Empire.

The Yankees are 9-2 against the Twins in the past decade in the first round of the AL playoffs, following 3-1 triumphs in 2003 and 2004 with a sweep last season.

The domination likely has made the Yankees more hated in the Twin Cities than in any metro area outside of Boston. (ESPN) Getting Moss presented “rare opportunity” Brad Childress said Wednesday the Vikings’ decision to

send a third-round pick in the 2011 draft to New England for wide receiver Randy Moss had less to do with Sidney Rice’s hip injury and more to do with “a rare opportunity” to get a potential Hall of Fame player. The Vikings coach, speaking at a news conference at Winter Park, said the plan is for Moss to arrive at the Vikings facility either late Wednesday or early Thursday. He will then practice on Thursday as players return to work after a day off and take part in Monday night’s game against the New York Jets at the New Meadowlands. (Star Tribune, Judd Zulgad)

Shooter Now: Who was really behind the Vikings’ trade for Randy Moss?

There are several ways to view the Minnesota Vikings’ acquisition of eccentric wideout Randy Moss from New England.

One theory: Did quarterback Brett Favre direct the Vikings to make the deal?

Remember, when Favre was with the Packers, he stumped for Green Bay to get him.

Another theory: Favre turns 41 on Sunday and has said he definitely won’t be back next year. With the Vikings in accelerated pursuit of public money for a new stadi um, owner Zygi Wilf could use a replacement marquee player to go along with running back Adrian Peterson. Wilf might need Moss to keep his team relevant to fans.

(Pioneer Press, Charley Walters) Randy Moss returning to Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS -- When Randy Moss first came to Minnesota 12 years ago, he electrified a stagnant franchise and immediately turned the Vikings into Super Bowl contenders.

Now the Vikings need him to do it again. The New England Patriots traded the seven-time Pro Bowl receiver Wednesday, giving Moss the exit he expected all along and sending him back to the place where he became a superstar.

“He is a tremendous competitor and was an integral member of the Vikings organization,” Vikings coach Brad Childress said in a statement. “Once again, owner ship was completely supportive of our efforts to add a valuable football player to our team. I know the entire organization is thrilled to welcome him back to the Twin Cities.” (ESPN) Breaking down the blockbuster Moss trade from every angle

The Vikings know Brett Favre wasn’t too happy about leaving

Hattiesburg in August only to find out days later the injured

Sidney Rice wasn’t going to be around to throw to in the first half of the season. So in as bold a win-now move as you’ll ever see, they went out and landed Moss, the one player Favre has openly pined to play with for years.

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Saturday much more than just homecoming The Mavericks have dropped their last two games and need to win to avoid a drop to the bottom of the NSIC PAT DELANEY

staff writer It will be a must win for the Minnesota State football team Saturday. With a record of 3-2, the Mavericks can’t afford another loss if they want to keep their postseason hopes alive.

The Mavericks will welcome the 4-1 St. Cloud State Huskies, who handed the Mavericks their only regular season loss a year ago.

It is homecoming week on the MSU campus and the Mavericks will want to treat the home crowd to a victory.

With attendance likely increasing beyond 4,000 people on Saturday, the Mavericks will have plenty of motivation to put their best efforts out on the field.

“It’s always nice to be able to play on your home field in front of your fans,” said head coach Todd Hoffner.

Homecoming has been kind to Hoffner since becoming the Mavericks head coach in 2008.

The Mavericks are 2-0 under Hoffner in homecoming games and will need that streak to continue.

The Huskies hold a 4-0 NSIC record and are one of seven teams currently ahead of the Mavericks in the NSIC South Division. The Huskies offense is averaging more than 34 points- per- game, fourth in the conference. The MSU defense will need to be better against the Huskies if it will have any chance of winning this game.

The defense has allowed an average of 35 points-per-game in the two losses. The Huskies

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The Huskies use a threeheaded monster when running the ball. Running backs Chad Peterson, Dante Steward and Damon Treat all will get carries on Saturday, and have been effective throughout the first five games this season.

The Huskies also have an elusive quarterback behind center. Phillip Klaphake can make plays with his arm and legs. He has four rushing touchdowns on the season and can be a matchup nightmare for defenses. The Mavericks have struggled getting to the quarterback the last two weeks only recording one sack. Being able to contain Klaphake will pose as the Mavericks most important task.

“It’s a challenge being able to contain a scrambling quarterback,” said senior linebacker Matt McQuiston.

The Mavericks offense will have an opportunity to continue their recent success on the ground. The Huskies defense is allowing an average of more than 100 yards-per-game so the Mavericks will likely use a heavy dose of Taylor Brookins.

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tric the last time the Mavericks were home rushing for 183 yards and three touchdowns.

Senior quarterback, Steve Pachan will be under center for the second time during homecoming. It will be Pachan’s first start at home since getting injured in the opening game.

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Yin and Yang: The Beekman Sisters

The sisters feed off each other on and off the court TIGE HUTHCESON

staff writer If you take the time to sit in on an MSU volleyball practice, your eyes will immediately be drawn to senior outside hitter Amanda Beekman. Beekman is the team icon: graceful, confident and outspoken. Amanda is one of the biggest offensive threats in the NSIC. She ranks seventh in the NSIC in kills, averaging 3.15 per game, and her fingerprints are all over MSU’s NSIC-leading .283 hitting percentage.

If you can manage to pull your eyes away from Amanda, you may notice a girl on the other side of the net, who seems a little too comfortable digging up Amanda’s kills. The girl is a little shy, but she’s also aggressive and tenacious. The unfamiliar girl’s name is Dani Beekman and she’s Amanda’s younger sister.

Somewhere, in Marshall, Minn., Southwest Minnesota State’s volleyball coach is losing sleep over the sisters that escaped his backyard and ended up at MSU. Amanda provides the offense while Dani, still working to establish herself, is quickly picking up recognition for her defense.

“Dani’s biggest strength is that she’s such a hard worker,” Amanda said. “She literally will go for every ball; she comes from out of nowhere.”

Considering her age, Dani’s aggressiveness is quite impres-

hard that is to do.

But the normal sibling rivalries and roles don’t apWayne State ply to the Beekman sisters.

When: 7 p.m. Friday Things like jealousy and Where: Taylor Center - Mankato expectations are meaningless. Amanda’s accomplished sive. But it’s not like she develvolleyball career is only reason oped it on her own. for celebration between the two, “Ever since we were little causing neither bragging nor we would put up a net in our pressure. backyard and play pepper. We’d “When we’re on the court, go out every day after school and we’re not really sisters; she’s just pepper until supper time,” said another teammate. I don’t Amanda. feel any pressure [to fill The yin-yang her shoes],” said Dani. effect is astounding.

“I think [Dani] has an Those long hours in enormous amount of pothe backyard turned tential as long as she keeps the sisters into working hard.

She has a unique counterparts: great attitude, she’s really Amanda’s dynamic positive, and she’s really offense has pushed Dani to become a Dani Beekman a team player; she really cares about the team more gritty, relentless than anyone,” Amanda defender. said. “She does all the little The effect is also true of the things that show how much she sisters’ personalities. respects and loves her team.” “[Amanda] has really helped When all is said and done, me with my confidence. And her love and respect for their team passion for volleyball has really is perhaps the biggest bond the rubbed off on me too. I look up Beekman sisters share.

While to her as both a volleyball player 2010 is Amanda’s final year as and as a person,” said Dani. an MSU volleyball player, the “She’s pretty much my backpersonality, attitude and pasbone. “ sion she made synonymous with “I’ve learned a lot from MSU volleyball will be upheld [Dani]. She has a neverending

by Dani. The Beekman dynasty effort, she never gives up on the is stronger than ever, even if it’s ball, and she pushes everything.

Dani, not Amanda, that’s carryShe’s taught me a lot too,” said ing it on.

Amanda, happy to credit her younger sister. And if you have siblings, you understand how

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MSU Soccer Gameday

SOCCER (NSIC)

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MAVERICKS (5-4-1, 3-1-1 NSIC) @ Augustana (3-5-2, 2-2-1 NSIC) AND Wayne State (3-3-3, 0-2-3 NSIC) 4 p.m. ., Friday 1 p.m. Sunday RECAP: The Minnesota State women’s soccer team is riding high after two momentum-building victories last week.

The Mavericks won two games in two very different fashions, prevailing in both a blowout and a low-scoring overtime thriller. The Mavericks began the week by throttling conference foe Southwest Minnesota State 9-0 at The Pitch last Thursday. They then traveled to Grand Forks, N.D., where they eked out a 2-1 nail-biter over the North Dakota Fighting Sioux in double-overtime. The struggling Maverick offense got back on track against SMSU, as the team more than doubled their entire season’s worth of scoring up to that point. Struggling offenses have been the theme in the NSIC early this season, and the Mavericks will square off against two more teams this weekend who are having a hard time scoring goals in Augustana and Wayne State.

HISTORY: Like most conference opponents, the Mavericks have had their fair share of success against the Vikings and Wildcats. They are an impressive 11-2 against Augustana all-time, outscoring the Vikings 57-6 in the 13 previous matchups. This includes a 3-1 Maverick win last year. Although the Vikings are 2-0-1 at home this season, the Mavericks are 5-2 when playing at Augustana. The Mavericks have never lost to Wayne State, going 5-0 against the Wildcats all-time while never giving up a goal. The teams most recently met last year, with the Mavericks coming out on top 2-0.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks had a number of players break through offensively against SMSU last week, as seven different players scored a goal. Senior forward Laura Leber led the attack, notching her first and second goals of the season while also picking up an assist. The two goals bumped Leber into third place all-time for goals scored as a Maverick. Sophomore forward Brittany Henry also recorded two goals, both coming late in the blowout. Henry would continue her clutch late-game goal scoring three days later, booting home the game-winner in the second overtime last Sunday to give the Mavs the 2-1 victory. Henry’s three goals in the two wins earned her NSIC Offensive Player of the Week honors earlier this week. Fellow sophomore Nicole Dooher tied the UND game 1-1 with a goal late in the second half, which helped set the stage for Henry’s heroics. Dooher leads the Mavericks in points with 11. Freshman goalkeeper Brittany Cygan earned her first career victory in goal as a Maverick last Thursday, while sophomore Chelsey Eley picked up the win on Sunday.

AUGUSTANA NOTES: The Vikings are coming off two heart-breaking overtime losses to Winona State and Upper Iowa, and have already played six overtime games this season. They are led by Katie Shandri and Stacy Dally on offense, who have scored four and three goals respectively. Goalkeeper Amanda Wagner has been solid for the Vikings, boasting a .867 save percentage.

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VOLLEYBALL (NSIC) School Conf. OVR Wayne State 7-0 16-0 Concordia-SP 7-0 12-4 Minnesota-Duluth 7-1 15-1 SW Minnesota State 6-1 14-2 St. Cloud State 5-2 10-5 Augustana 5-2 9-7 MAVERICKS 3-4 11-3 MSU-Moorhead 3-4 7-8 Winona State 3-5 8-8 Upper Iowa 3-5 5-11 Bemidji State 2-6 8-8 Northern State 0-7 8-8 Mary 0-7 4-12 Minnesota Crookston 0-7 0-15

WAYNE STATE NOTES: The Wildcats are led by the NSIC’s leading goal scorer, senior forward Megan Dias, who has a whopping seven goals on the season. Dias will be looking to put her team on the scoreboard for the first time ever against the Mavericks in her last season at Wayne State.

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Cross Country

Both men’s and women’s teams off to fast start DREW CLAUSSEN

staff writer As the temperature drops and the leaves change colors, both MSU cross country teams are heading down the final stretch of their respective seasons.

Men’s The Mavericks Men’s cross country team started the season ranked second in the NSIC and seventh in the NCAA. So far this season the team has participated in four meets placing second, third, seventh and third respectively.

“So far I feel our season has gone better than expected,” said Dan Kromer. “Individually everyone has experienced some success, our next goal is to put it all together at one meet.”

Kromer along with Sam Lance are serving as a senior captains for this year’s squad.

Sophomore David Barmassai was awarded the NSIC Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week after his performance at the South Dakota State Classic on Saturday. Barmassai was the top finisher for the Mavericks in the 8k race finishing ninth out of 106 runners.

The Mavericks have one more regular season meet before the NSIC Championships and the NCAA Central Region Meet.

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Women’s The MSU Women’s cross country team started the season ranked fourth in the NSIC and tenth in the NCAA. The team has finished fifth, 18th and fifth in their three meets this season.

“I think we have gotten off to a great start this season,” said senior captain Jenny Hoese. “We are a pretty young team, and a lot of the girls have shown a lot of improvement from the beginning of the season.”

The team is trying to avoid a mid-season slump, keep practicing hard and hopefully peak at the end of the season.

“Practice is so nice because we have so many of us that run by each other,” Hoese said.

“We push each other to do better, and it keeps us motivated.”

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“I feel it is extremely important to remember Caty, even though she was only with us a for a short time,” said women’s cross county head coach Jen Blue. “She loved to run and this is a great way to honor her and remember her.”

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staff writer With just a couple weeks until Midnight Madness, now is the time to jump back on the Minnesota State men’s basketball bandwagon and regain your hoops fever. The only problem is, it seems like many MSU students have neither caught the hoops fever nor ever been on the bandwagon to begin with.

These Maverick sports fans must simply still be in search of where the team plays its games, because once you see this team play, I can’t imagine how you couldn’t be hooked.

I have been attending men’s basketball home games at this college for three years now, and I oftentimes feel guilty that I do not have to pay to watch this product on the court. I find it amazing how it seems to take the first five home games or so to draw the same attendance

from students as the Midnight Madness. Is a free t-shirt really that hard to get around here?

If you are a basketball fan or played basketball growing up, it is more than well worth your while to attend these games.

The basketball fans who aren’t attending are missing a team that is annually on top of the NSIC standings and contending for a regular season and tournament title. More importantly, they are missing a style of play and roster of players that has no business being in the NSIC or Division-II for that matter.

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HE’S BACK: STRAIGHT CASH HOMEY EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Brett Favre finally got his wish. He will be playing with Randy Moss and the Vikings couldn’t be happier about it.

The Super-Bowl-or-bust Vikings got Moss from New England on Wednesday for a 2011 draft pick, another eyeopening acquisition that comes just in time to rejuvenate a stagnant offense for a challenging stretch of games.

The Patriots gave the seventime Pro Bowl wide receiver the exit he expected and sent him back to the team that turned him into a superstar after drafting him in the first round in 1998.

There are still plenty of fond memories around here of Moss’s electrifying performances, along with his colorful comments and contrarian behavior.

“He can still go downtown and get the football, which is a stand-alone factor,” Vikings coach Brad Childress said. “He could sprain his toe here sometime coming up, and you could say that he’s 33, it’s old age.

But there’s always risk-reward.

I don’t necessarily see this as boom or bust. I think he’s got some more football in him.”

The Vikings play at New York on Monday night, and Childress said without hesitation Moss would be in uniform against the Jets — in his old purple No. 84.

“Man, we wish this would have happened a week later,” Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson said.

The drama will be high around here all month. Check out Minnesota’s last two games in October: at rival Green Bay, and then at New England.

“In this business, there are complex and often difficult decisions, but it is my responsibility to make them based on what I feel is best for our football team, in both the short term and long term,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “I am grateful for the opportunity to have coached Randy Moss and aside from facing him as an opponent, I wish him the very best for the remainder of his Hall of Fame career.”

The Vikings didn’t practice on Wednesday. Moss is expected to join the team on Thursday and talk with reporters afterward.

He will move from catching passes from Tom Brady to Favre, who desperately needed a downfield threat after Pro Bowl receiver Sidney Rice had hip surgery in August. Struggling Bernard Berrian has been a nonfactor, and Percy Harvin — when healthy — is better suited for the slot position.

“This is an exciting move; I think everybody feels that in the locker room,” Favre said on the team’s website. “It’s rare you get to play with a future Hall of Famer and get to appreciate their talents up close. Randy Moss is a great player and his career speaks for itself. I’ve admired him from a distance for a long time, and you can’t help but be impressed by the guy.”

Moss spent his first seven seasons in Minnesota, where he set all kinds of records and became one of the most exciting playmakers in the league.

He burned Favre’s Packers often, racking up 9,142 yards and 90 touchdowns during his first stint with Minnesota and fueling a run to NFC title game appearances following the

A shot of the Minnesota Viking’s website after the Randy Moss trade on Wednesday morning.

1998 and 2000 seasons.

Tired of his attitude and wary of a hamstring injury that hampered him in the 2004 season, the Vikings traded Moss to Oakland in 2005. He wore out his welcome there and the Raiders sent him to New England in 2007. Favre was frustrated at the time the Packers didn’t land Moss; they discussed a trade with Oakland.

Childress, though, denied on Wednesday that Favre lobbied for this move. The coach said owner Zygi Wilf gave his blessing on Monday.

“I don’t think any of us thought this guy was going to be available,” Childress said.

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The live (kind of) ALDS blog Kyle ratke

Here are my live thoughts during the first game of the YankeesTwin ALDS. Some are random.

Some are odd. I hope some are entertaining. Enjoy.

Anyone else think it’s weird that Derek Jeter is having an awful year by his standards, hitting .270?

Nick Punto would kill someone for a .270 average. Really, he showed me the knife.

Think the Twins gave C.C. an all you can eat buffet and the latest China Star? I wouldn’t bet against it.

Top 1 Not like these two pitchers have pressure on them or anything after watching Roy Halladay pitch before this game.

There was a lot of talk on whether or not Francisco Liriano should be our ace. He struggles at times, but he is the only pitcher on our staff with ace type of stuff.

We saw that in ’06 and we just saw it when he struck out Jeter.

Boom.

How great is this? Hearing the crowd in the background without looking at an ugly white tarp?

I don’t care how cold it is, this is great.

3 up, 3 down. Can we score here and just multiply everything by nine?

Bottom 1 It appears as if C.C. has indeed took up that buffet offer.

How can you be so fat and so good?

“C.C. Is a big old workhourse, loaded with talent,” said a TBS announcer.

He forgot creampuffs.

After Denard Span hit a single, Orlando Hudson bunted him over to second.

Small ball. Smart move.

Joe Mauer struck out and Delmon Young continues to amaze me. How can you be in good shape and an MLB outfielder and be that slow? Can we have Matt Stairs run for him? I vote for that.

Top 2 After getting the first two guys out, of course Liriano walks Marcus Thames. This is what will get the Twins in trouble.

Why are people still thinking

Jorge Posada is good? He is hitting .248. Okay. Punto, you don’t need to kill anyone for .270. Just pretend you are Posada. You’re Italian, right?

Another random thought: Are all networks’ “pitch tracks” the same? They have to be somewhat different, right? Just something to think about.

Of course Posada gets a single after I type that. Damn you, Jorge!

Okay, we got out of it. I feel like at any moment A-Rod and Mark Texiera are going to grow five feet and gain 300 pounds and start hitting balls out of the stadium.

Let’s hurry up so this doesn’t happen.

Bottom 2 Note to C.C.: Jim Thome is probably the last guy you want to hit. I would pay $300 for that fight. Or to watch C.C. bingeeating before hand.

Never walk the guy in front of Cuddy. (That has never been typed before.)

I said at the beginning of the game, if the Twins have any chance at winning, they need to jump out and take control. This is what’s happening. I love my life.

“He just gave up a two-run homerun, but C.C. loves pitch-

ing.” -TBS Yankee Lover.

Comment from EIC Nate Brennan, “Stop blowing the Yankees.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

The Brewers match-up.

Sabbathia vs. Hardy. Was that Hardy’s first double of the year?

Hardy has been somewhat disappointing this year, but God I love his beard. I have a neck beard.

Enough said.

Twins up 2-0 after two. Can we stop now?

Top 3 These announcers are horrible. I am pretty sure John Smoltz was just talking about not having netting behind home plate and how some young fans might not recognize this. Yeah, the young 60-year-old fans out there have never seen nets before.

I might put this game on mute. The Yankees are good. I get it. But who is at home and leading the game? Maybe compliment the Twins once per inning. I am counting.

Jeter’s single to left field is why we need a new left fielder.

With any other outfielder you hope they dive and try to catch it.

With Young, you hope he doesn’t do anything. “Just go get the ball after it hits the ground. Get away

from the ball. GET AWAY FROM THE BALL!!!”

Ad. rep. Jared Hensch on Delmon Young catching a pop fly, “Man, he makes that look difficult out there.”

Yep. Franky ends the inning by striking out A-Rod. Do I smell a return of ’06? Great Liriano. A very unclutch A-Rod? Bad news about 2006: We lost in the first round of the playoffs to the A’s. I was there. Well, it was a good thought.

2-0 Twins.

Bottom 3 O-Hud gets the single, steals second and on a dribbler to first, Hudson goes to third.

This is what makes us the Twins. Talented, but scrappy.

Taking that extra base never pays off, right?

When the next pitch goes through Posada. Hudson scores.

Twins up 3-0.

They just showed Gardy jumping up and down. Really, if I have a kid in the next five years (let’s pray not), I want Gardy to dress up as Santa Clause and visit my house. My kid will be scarred for the rest of his life believing he saw the real Santa, but it’s

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worth it. Reason No. 439 why I am single Top 4 More on Gardy. How has he never won Manager of the Year?

He has managed the Twins for the last nine years and made it to the playoffs in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2010. The first five were with an overachieving and underpaid line-up.

Just saying.

Oh yeah, Liriano goes three-up, three-down. So Johan Santana, you’re right, going to the Mets was such a good choice.

Glad things are going well for you there?!

Bottom 4 Second quote of the day from Jared when talking about Joe Girardi and his braces, “Man, some girls with braces. I don’t know.

Makes them look young.”

Uh oh. That didn’t sound good.

And no runs.

3-0 Twins.

Top 5 Granderson, struck out. Gardner, struck out. Jeter, fly out. Well, that was easy.

Bottom of 5 If you would have told me that a team were to be up 3-0 in the bottom of five, I would have

Thursday, October 7, 2010

MEN’S BASKETBALL bet my life on the Yankees. Am I an awful fan, yes. Am I glad this bet wasn’t available, yes?

When people say they are going to bet their life, what are they actually betting? They already have their life… And I digress.

Still 3-0.

Top 6 Franky just sent down 10 straight batters. Craig Sager’s jacket just made me vomit.

LEAVE CRAIG ALONE! I just Tweeted, “Teach me how to Franky.” I love my life.

And now Marky Tex ruins my fun with a double.

We will see if A-Rod is 2009 A-Rod or 2006 A-Rod…. And we walk him. Not a bad thing to do with one out and a runner on third. No chance at a double play with Cano up, but I will trade a run for an out.

Or he can get a base hit to right and a run scores. No outs. I didn’t accept this trade.

With close to 100 pitches, Liriano strikes out Thames and let’s another run up after a Posada hit. Did I rip on Posada before?

I shouldn’t be doing this live.

Karma always gets me.

3-2. I am officially scared.

Oh, now the game is tied..

I don’t want to know how to Franky anymore. He is out.

Granderson hits a triple to put game at 4-3.

I need Bert Blyleven to say something stupid to make me feel better about myself.

Quote from Jared, “Why is Jose Mijares in?”

Yankees up 4-3.

Bottom of 6 “Liriano came out too fast like a ghostbuster while C.C. has been the steady veteran.”

Okay, one as allowed four in 5 2/3. One has allowed three in five. What’s the difference here?

Really, C.C. won’t give you a high-five after the game. I want to puke. I am muting the game.

Until I see Sager that is.

They walk Thome again and Cuddy comes in and hits a double. I am telling you, don’t walk the guy in front of Cuddy...

Kubel walks. Where is the steady veteran now, John Smoltz, Mauahahahah!

Veterans always walk rookies with two outs during a bases loaded scenario in the first game of the ALDS? Right?

Valencia (going to be an absolute stud) walks, Thome, thank God he didn’t have to run, scores.

Tie ball game just like that boys and girls.

After a Hardy strike out, it’s 4-4....

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continued from 26 program reloads, basketball. MSU has a replacing its star fundamental team filled players lost to graduwith former D-I players ation with either new who make highlight-reel talent from within plays each and every or a new crop of D-I game. They also play in transfers. Many of a state-of-the-art arena these transfers have thanks to Timberwolves local ties from their owner Glen Taylor.

Matt Margenthaler high-school days Many college students in the state and are put way too much value coming back close into whether their school to home because they buy into is D-I or D-II in a certain sport. what this program has to offer.

For example, our hockey games The Mavericks’ style of play sell out whether the team is is addicting, as they play a wide- good or bad mainly just because open NBA-style of basketball it is our only “D-I” sport. I can that people want to watch. This understand that, and Maverick is unlike Big Ten basketball, hockey games offer a great whose fans sell out each and fan experience. What I can’t every game to watch two teams understand is why Maverick stall and sit in zones with the basketball games don’t get the hope that their team will break same attention. Our basketball 60 points and win. team has a D-I caliber venue and The Mavericks run a fastD-I caliber players, so it needs paced offense that gets everyone to have D-I caliber fans. involved and they often score This year’s squad could be more than 80 points. They also one of the best yet, so look past possess the dunk factor, with the D-II label and come watch multiple players on the team that this “D-I” team that just so hapcan throw down at any moment. pens to be playing in your own Every other team in the NSIC back yard. Besides, the games might have one player who can are often well in hand early in actually dunk in a game. the second half so you can still NSIC rival Winona State sells get a head start on your weekend out their “high school gym” evfestivities. ery game to watch a fundamental and boring team that wins playing a grind-it-out brand of

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Well, it’s that time of the year again. Leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping and student loan money has been all but wasted in the blink of an eye (let’s be honest, it didn’t even last the first week). Now, while paying for things like rent,

phone bills and the ever popular “one-night-stand-that-turnedinto-child-support-payments” are important, even when money gets a little tight one must never forget the importance of spending some of that hard-earned cash on a little “me” time.

And what’s a better way to spend a little “me” time then by going out and killing brain cells.

That’s why we at the Reporter have searched high and low for the best and cheapest drink and food specials around and have made a handy little “cheat sheet” of what’s going on where, how much it is and when it is happening. You’re welcome.

BWWs is mostly known as the place to go for an inebriated late night meal, it also

South Street Saloon South Street Saloon (ooh, alliteration!) is another bar that has everything growing college students needs in their night life. Games to dominate some fools on? Check. Great drink specials? Double check.

South Street is one of

the only bars that has a night special that goes past 11 p.m. How do they get away with it, you ask? No idea. Does anyone really care? No, we’re just happy that they give the people what they want.

Every day - Happy hour 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.: $1-off domestic taps and bottles

Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the heavyweights in the downtown scene. While

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Monday – Buy one burger, get one free Tuesday – $.50 traditional wings Wednesday - $.85 breaded chicken tenders Thursday - $.55 Boneless wings

Monday – Miller High Life bottles $1.50 Tuesday – Domestic taps 16-ounce $1.50 Wednesday – Domestic bottles $2, 8 p.m. – close Thursday – Domestic bottles $2, 8 p.m. – close

Monday through Friday $3-off appetizers after 9 p.m.

Thursday – 8 p.m.-11 p.m. 16-ounce Long Islands Friday – 8 p.m.-11 p.m. 2 for 1 Captain cokes Saturday 8 p.m.-11 p.m. 2 for 1 bottled beer All day every day, 23-ounce beer of the month $2.50 (this month’s is Coors)

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Blue Bricks Blue Bricks is the central “hang out” bar of the downtown scene.

With multiple couches in the center, a two-section patio on the outside and a

plethora of seating spots scattered elsewhere inside, Blue Bricks dares you not to take a load off and relax while enjoying a drink or two (which usually leads

to six or 10 more). Blue Bricks is a nice breath of fresh air from the usual hectic scene that downtown can turn into.

Grain Belt premium $2 all day every day Monday – Happy hour ($1.50 domestic bottles and $.50 off all drinks) noon – 11 p.m.

Tuesday – Happy hour 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. and $2.25 specialty bottles 7 p.m – 11 p.m.

Wednesday – Happy hour 3p.m. – 7p.m. $2 designated pints (changes weekly) and $2.50 call drinks 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Thursday – Happy hour 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. $.75 off all taps 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Friday – Happy hour 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. and food specials varying each week Saturday – Happy hour noon – 5 p.m.

the U.S.” by Clark Judge, a CBS Sportsline writer, is one of the premier sports bars in the Mankato area and is sure to give you your money’s worth.

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Guimont is right. From food and drink specials every night to karaoke, comedy and trivia, there is always something going

on at Boomtown. Viking players can be seen hanging out at Boomtown during training camp (well, all except the elusive Silver Fox, Brett Favre). And with the slew of college kids that swarm Boomtown on a nightly basis,

Boomtown is and always has been the spot to go on top of the hill.

“There is no reason for me to go downtown,” Amanda Pucket, a recent Minnesota State Mankato graduate, said. “They have everything I need here.”

Monday – Medium 1–topping pizza $6, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Tuesday – Boneless wings $.50 each (minimum of six), 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Wednesday – Italian Philly $6.95, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Thursday – Burger basket $5.95, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Friday – Buy an X-large pizza, get a pitcher of beer for free 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Saturday – Two medium 1-topping pizzas $14.95 or two medium specialty pizzas $18.95, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Sunday – 1-topping X-large pizza $9.99 and $5.00 off specialty pizzas 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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Mel Gibson’s ex feared for life

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva said she feared the Academy Award winner might kill her during a fight earlier this year, giving her first public internet photo account of an Oksana Grigorieva (left) accuses Gibson of hitting argument she and choking her in a January confrontation. claims turned violent. abuse to authorities until months The Russian-born musician later, after the couple broke up accuses the “Braveheart” star and became embroiled in a bitter of hitting and choking her and custody dispute over their infant claims he had a gun during the daughter. The Los Angeles January confrontation.

County Sheriff’s Department “I was scared for my life and has completed an investigamy daughter’s,” she told People tion into Grigorieva’s domestic magazine in a story published violence claims and turned its Wednesday. “I thought he would results over to prosecutors. kill me.”

The agency also is investiGrigorieva also told the gating Grigorieva after Gibson magazine she did not leak claimed she tried to extort him. now-famous tapes purportedly Grigorieva, who is living in a of the actor in a series of racist home provided by the actor, said and misogynistic rants. Audio she didn’t immediately report of the actor-director’s rants the violence in part because she was leaked to celebrity website didn’t want to humiliate him.

RadarOnline.com, which has But she told the magazine that said the tapes did not come from she now is fighting her ex-boyGrigorieva. friend for her daughter.

The recordings were made a “I’m standing up to a bully month after the alleged physical who is very rich and famous,” abuse. she said.

Gibson’s representatives did Grigorieva said in the internot participate in the People view that she hopes her daughstory and declined to comment ter, who turns 1 later this month, on Grigorieva’s interview. will love and forgive Gibson.

She did not report the alleged

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Music industry catches up on the 3-D craze

Justin Bieber and Black Eyed Peas working on 3-D movie-concerts

NEW YORK (AP) — At the beginning of the re-emergence of 3-D, the focus was on film, with movies like “Avatar” paving the way for the technology to become an integral part of the cinema experience.

Soon TV followed, with sporting events like the World Cup featured in 3-D, and companies such as Sony and Samsung rolling out 3-D televisions.

Now, the music world is making sure it isn’t left behind in the 3-D revolution. Justin Bieber and the Black Eyed Peas are planning to release 3-D movie-concerts, while the music video for Shakira’s World Cup anthem, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” had a version in 3-D. Even acts like Sia and the Broken Bells are producing 3-D clips.

“It’s not the ‘80s 3-D, like, the way people think of 3-D. It changes the art form of storytelling. It’s pretty amazing. It’s a whole new freaking jump-off,” said the Peas’ leader will.i.am.

Oscar-winning director James Cameron, whose groundbreaking “Avatar” has become the topgrossing movie in history, says 3-D’s spillover to music will find success.

“Music videos in 3-D, it’s natural, that’s great,” he said.

Cameron’s production company, Pace, will produce the Peas’ upcoming project. Will.i.am says 3-D music content will alter the way we watch music videos and concerts — and record labels have taken note.

JeanBaptise Duprieu, senior director at Sony Music International, says the company will “produce a lot of 3-D content this year.”

Duprieu says when he presented Shakira’s “Waka Waka”

video to Sony staffers, they felt a sense of closeness to the Latin sensation.

“The reaction was, ‘Wow, we feel so much closer to the artist ... and really immersed (in) what’s going on,’” Duprieu recalled. “So I think generally the impression is a better connection and a more sort of real vibrance going on.”

The Peas performed a 3-D concert in New York’s Times Square in March, and other musicians like Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers and Kenny Chesney have released 3-D concerts. International singers Kylie Minogue and Sia have also filmed some of their recent live shows in 3-D. Veteran rockers U2 did so in 2006 on their “Vertigo” tour.

Peter Shapiro, co-founder of 3ality Digital and producer for 2008’s concert film “U2 3D,” says the music film helped pave the way for more like it. But he adds there are plenty of challenges with creating good 3-D material for the music world.

“If it’s not done well and the cuts don’t match, you can hurt people’s eyes,” he said. “3-D likes to be slower than 2-D. So if you’re watching TV ... 3-D lends itself to feeling like you’re there.

You want to forget that you’re watching a recorded image.”

Cameron says 3-D music content will find more successful in clips that won’t have too much action going on.

“It’s not that 3-D works against you when you cut fast, it’s just that you don’t have time for your eye to lock in 3-D so you’re not getting the value out of it,” Cameron said. “But some music videos are long, sustained takes — so that’s the kind that will work the best.”

Duprieu agrees, explaining

that Sony plans to film 3-D content with its classical musicians — including a recent recital with pianist Lang Lang.

“You would think classical music is pretty static and you would not feel that much stuff going on, but actually because of the depth of 3-D, you really actually enhance the listening experience and connection to the music by having that shot in 3-D,” he said.

“It can actually be overwhelming to have too many cameras and too many different angles,” he added.

Outside the Shakira clip, others have since produced 3-D music videos and content. Guitar Center Sessions, a program on DirecTV Inc., features live 3-D performances, including recent shows with Peter Gabriel and Jane’s Addiction. A representative for the channel confirmed that there are plans to shoot about 15 more shows before the end of the year.

Rock duo Broken Bells released a 3-D video for their latest single, “October,” and the video for Bon Jovi’s new single, “What Do You Got,” was shot in 3-D. Wayne Isham, the director behind the Bon Jovi clip, says 3-D music videos are an opportunity for “music videos to blow everyone’s minds again.”

“I think it’s going to be a rebirth of performance again in music, because with everything that’s going on with the Internet and everything that’s going on with the lack of a true MTV channel where people are not having ... the ability to show their videos, I think now bands are going to be able to showcase themselves ... in the most simplistic sense,” Isham said.

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Top 5 generic rom-com movie titles LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Life As We Know It” is a new romantic comedy in theaters this weekend, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel as two single adults who are thrown together to raise an orphaned child when their mutual best friends die in an accident.

But you’d never know any of that from the title.

Romantic comedies tend to be formulaic by nature, which in theory is part of their allure: You know the guy and the girl will end up together in the end.

It’s all very safe, familiar and comforting. But these movies also tend to have safe, familiar, comforting titles. Not so much the classics, such as “It Happened One Night,” ‘’The Philadelphia Story” or “The Apartment,” which have some clever relevance to what actually happens in the film. “When Harry Met Sally ...” is about ... when Harry met Sally.

More recent rom-coms, however, have had titles that tell you nothing and are essentially interchangeable. The following five are so bland, it took me a while just to remember them, much less recall what the movies themselves were about: — “Life or Something Like It” (2002): I think of this

movie every time as time I see director, the ads for writer, “Life As We producer Know It.” and star Five years in the from now, follow-up I’ll wonder to his deto myself, but “The which was Brothers the one with McMulAngelina len.”

Jolie starring This one as a platiis also num-blond about the TV news dysfuncinternet photo tional, reporter? Oh yeah, it’s this “Definitely, Maybe” stars Ryan Reynolds as some guy doing stuff. intertwined one. You can lives of New about? OK, here’s a refresher: understand York Irish Ashton Kutcher and Amanda the confusion. In case you can’t brothers and the women they Peet repeatedly meet each remember, either, Jolie has a love. For good measure, one of other over a seven-year period. seemingly perfect life, until a them is played by Jennifer AnisThey’re always in different cities ton, queen of the average romanpsychic homeless man she interand involved with other people views tells her she’ll be dead in tic comedy. Although there are a week. That’s plenty of time for but somehow their paths keep many women involved here, “the crossing because, naturally, her to engage in wacky on-air one” is Cameron Diaz, which is they’re destined to be together. antics and fall for the tough-guy understandable, even though her Despite some predictable romcharacter, a former prostitute, is cameraman (Edward Burns) the ex-fiancee of one brother and with whom she’d always clashed. com moments, including an the mistress of the other.

Not exactly a high point in either awkward serenade and a crucial scene at a New Year’s Eve party, actor’s career. this was a surprisingly sweet — “Head Over Heels” movie, with Kutcher and Peet (2001): It’s a Go-Go’s song! It’s — “A Lot Like Love” enjoying a goofy playfulness. a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie! You (2005): One of the most egrekids are both right. It’s also a gious offenders in this category.

— “She’s the One” (1996): shameless rip-off of “Rear WinWithout looking it up on the But isn’t there always a “she,” dow” (now there was a movie Internet Movie Database, do and isn’t she always “the one”? with a strong, succinct title), you seriously know what this is More from Edward Burns, this

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Madcap hilarity ensues, including plenty of scatological humor and pratfalls. Hey, maybe the title was pretty precise after all — but for all the wrong reasons.

— “Definitely, Maybe” (2008): Despite the weak title, this is by far the best movie of the bunch. It is that rare thing: a romantic comedy with a brain and surprises to boot. Leading a strong cast, Ryan Reynolds stars as a dad whose 10-yearold daughter (Abigail Breslin) demands that he explain to her where she came from and who else he dated before her mom.

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Jonny B’s How can you not love a bar that is open at 11 a.m. and is so close to campus? Need to forget about that awful test you just bombed? Want to get your mind off of that horrible paper you just turned in?

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Jonny B’s, along with helping students selfmedicate, offers a delicious assortment of sandwiches, all of which you can make your own way with its sandwich fixings bar. The next time you needing a pick-me-up in the middle of the day, ditch the 5-hour energy and fix that 2 o’clock feeling with a nice Jonny B’s sandwich and brew.

If you’re looking for the best Bloody Mary in Mankato, look no further than Pub 500. Its homemade recipe is the quintessential mix for anyone who truly appreciates

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Pub, along with its Bloody Marys, also has a vast selection of beers to choose from, and if you want you can go on Pub 500’s world beer cruise. If you are a

brave enough soul (and have the liver for it), Pub will reward anyone who completes the tour with a fleece jacket (lots of beer and free clothes? Sounds like Christmas).

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wale agboola• msu reporter Downtown’s best place for a Bloody Mary, Pub 500 also has a full menu to take care of those late-night cravings.

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Full Menu 11am 11pm

Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m.

Half price taps & 50¢ off all drinks

5 OFF

$

ANY ORDER OF $25

Please present to server when ordering.

Expires 11/30/10.

Good times. Great food. 20 Taps.

G O M AV E R IC K S!

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Thursday, October 7, 2010