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Old main village: just one of the mankato haunted photo and illustration by dan moen

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Mankato’s scarier side...............................3 Door leads Men’s Hockey into new season........15

Voices.......................................................4

5 Movies That’ll Shock Your Bones..........22

Halloween weeknd fun.............................5 Volleyball hopeful in must-win weekend............16

A new approach to Halloween.................5

Twistedly Wicked Variety Show............23

Gubernatorial candidates hash out issues..6

Alternative candidates smoke two-party system..........................7

Women’s soccer heads home for last time............19 Search Engine Opti-what?.....................24

Drag show goes all out............................10

World and Nation...................................11

Plastick Musik Visits MSU....................25

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Mankato's scarier side Eerie legends spring from the city's violent history ANNE LEMERE

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Mankato is an old city with a violent history. Considering it held the largest mass execution on the U.S., on the corner of East Main and North Riverfront, it is no wonder the area is surrounded by mysterious urban legends.

On Minnesota State Mankato’s campus alone, there have been rumors of suspicious movements bumping in the night. Room 113 in the Memorial Library is said to be haunted by a former female student in search for her technology project.

According to the Haunted Mankato website www.citymankato.us, it is said that the room gets cold before she arrives. So next time you’re studying late and feel the room getting cooler, beware.

You may no longer be alone in Room 113.

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itself. occupies the Another office across previous from the room. resident at She said she Gage A, Elise has never seen Schwartz, anything or said that she been there was in the late enough, elevator by but she said herself in the she has heard middle of of the rumor the night and before and the elevator done research dropped. on it.

She said Gage that she was Towers, home on ground for many freshmen, is courtesy of haunted mankato level and the According to the Haunted Mankato website, this photo, taken in 1921, is elevator made rumored by the only known picture of the Gage Towers ghost. it to the third the website to be near an old floor before A Tower. it fell back cemetery and Former Gage A residents to ground level and the doors is now haunted by a young girl Amanda Chesness and opened. Schwartz said she hanging from a tree behind Heather Christianson were took the stairs for the rest of Gage. Beneath the girl is the roommates who had many the year afterward. shadow of what appears to incidences where their lights The MSU campus is not be her lover. It is said that and computers would turn on the only area of Mankato that people can hear soft crying, is reported by the website to but some have just had strange around 3 a.m. Chesness also be haunted. Many of the older occurrences happen within the said many times the volume on the TV would turn up by downtown buildings have dorm rooms, especially Gage

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Old Main Village, a senior living home and the old MSU campus, is rumored to be haunted by a young college girl who jumped down an elevator shaft from the third floor in the 1920s. It is said she can be seen roaming the halls and heard making noises from the elevator, which has been walled up.

The Wine Café on the corner Riverfront and Plum is said to have been an old hotel, according to the co-owner Diana Baumann. Baumann said she agrees with the legend that the building is haunted, and she has a photo to prove it. She took the picture of the café at 1:30 a.m. on Superbowl Sunday 2004. She said she was wasting film around the café, and it was not until the photos were developed that she saw the image. The photo shows a light with a face looking through it, but

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Halloween A new approach to Halloween weekend fun Many students going out Honors Program trick-or-treats for canned food instead of candy or indecisive about plans GRACE WEBB

staff writer

When we were kids, we’d dress up as sparkly fairies or white-faced ghosts and go around the neighborhood asking for sweet treats on October 31. But how do college students celebrate Halloween?

Going out with friends is always a popular thing to do Halloween night (with or without costumes). Many of the Minnesota State Mankato students we polled said they were planning to either go out of Mankato to other cities to meet up with friends or they were thinking of going downtown with friends. One male student even said his whole group of friends is going in matching “Scrubs” outfits.

Some students knew exactly what they were going to do something every day of the weekend, such as Tayler Miller. She said she was attending tonight’s Halloween Costume Dance put on by the MSU Swing Club, then going home Friday to be with family and coming back Saturday to hang out with friends. She wasn’t sure what she was going to do Sunday, however, besides

sending out a mass text to all her friends to come up with some fun activity.

“Since it’s on Sunday, it’s kind of hard to plan anything,” Miller said. “[I’ll have to] play by ear.”

Many other students, however, had no idea what they were going to do. Many hadn’t decided, and others said they weren’t planning on anything. One male student said he was just going to watch the football game. “[I’ll] see if there’s anything going on with friends,” said Sarah, a student reading in the Centennial Student Union who said she really didn’t have any firm plans yet.

Not every student, though, has time to enjoy Halloween weekend.

Britany Porter is a student athlete whose bowling team will be traveling most of the weekend for its first tournament. The team left today around 9:30 a.m., and the trip to the tournament takes nine to 10 hours squeezed in a van. Porter doesn’t expect to be home before midnight Monday morning, but she said it works out all right

MEGAN KADLEC

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Halloween has traditionally been a day for little kids to go trick-or-treating in costumes to collect candy. In college, these activities drastically change; students go to wild parties and often times females show some skin. The Honors Program at Minnesota State Mankato is taking a different approach to the celebration of Halloween.

Students from the Honors Program have been busy organizing a Halloween food drive for the holiday. The students will go door to door from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Halloween asking for canned food items to donate to the ECHO (Emergency Community Help Organization) Food Shelf in Mankato.

Unlike last year, fliers will be distributed to households a few days prior to the event so residents can prepare their food items for donation in advance.

“This year we are trying to ramp it up and be more efficient with it,” said Honors student Kurtis Malecha. “That way it

doesn’t seem so rude. Last year, people were taken aback by it and didn’t want anything to do with [the food drive] because they were angry.”

The idea originally stemmed from the Make a Difference project. The project requires all first year honors students living in the Learning Community to participate in a volunteer program within Mankato. Grace Webb, a sophomore Honors student, initiated the program.

“I started working with Halloween canned-food drives during high school, when my fellow National Honor Society students and I went around our neighborhoods collecting food for the needy. Last year, we needed a project for our Honors learning community, so I suggested doing the canned food drive in Mankato,” Webb said.

Due to the success of the food drive in its first year, the Honors Learning Community decided to try again this year.

The group brought in more than 200 pounds of food last year, and they hope that by expanding their efforts to include more

houses they will reach a much higher goal this year.

“We’re hitting four times [the houses] as last year so we’d love to see a thousand pounds, but we cannot guarantee,” Malecha said.

ECHO needs donations now more than ever. The economic recession has been hard on individuals, families and business owners. However, among the hardest hit are the food shelves.

“It is good to make a donation to food shelves in such a time of need. With the economy, people aren’t necessarily donating food all of the time. The first thing people cut is donations [to food shelves and charities],” said Malecha.

Donations are especially needed during the fall months.

High donations are seen in later months around holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. “[ECHO] was really appreciative of it last year. This is the greatest time of need.

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Gubernatorial candidates hash out issues Dayton, Emmer and Horner debate at Bresnan Areana BOB RINGER

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With midterm elections fast approaching, gubernatorial candidates Mark Dayton (D), Tom Emmer (R) and Tom Horner (Independent) debated in front of a packed crowd at Minnesota State Mankato’s Bresnan Arena.

Each candidate addressed the crowd with a two-minute opening statement before the first question of the debate.

The debate began with a question on putting aside partisanship and ending the legislative gridlock that has hampered progress at the state capitol over the last six years.

Horner was first to answer.

“The first step to eliminate partisanship is to appoint a cabinet based on qualifications and skills, not politics,” Horner said. He added that the next governor must be able to go beyond the legislature to engage the public, something he said his opponents aren’t willing or interested to do.

Horner added he is willing to be a lightning rod for Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike when it comes time to make a difficult vote.

In response, Dayton pointed to his nine years of experience in the state’s executive branch. He

explained that he consistently worked outside of party lines during those years.

He also cited working with members of both parties to gain congressional funding for the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program, which offers veterans support upon returning home from abroad.

Emmer argued for a bill that would allow the governor to declare a fiscal emergency.

The bill gives the legislature 45 days to present a balanced budget. He said this would cause both sides to find out where they agree and identify points of disagreement in order to reach a compromise.

Candidates also addressed issues of education, particularly how to adequately fund state colleges and universities despite budget problems.

“The commitment to a higher education in Minnesota has slackened in the last decade,” said Dayton.

“That’s sacrificing the future of our state.”

Minnesota’s tuition costs are among the highest in the nation. To ensure students will be prepared for the jobs of the future, the state must be willing to invest in higher education, Dayton said.

Though Emmer’s proposed budget lowers spending on

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continued from 5 because she only has late classes on Monday. Still, she added, last year her team didn’t leave on time, so it’s uncertain when exactly she’ll get back to Mankato. At any rate, she won’t have time to dress up and go trick-ortreating.

Some students are keeping busy with work over the weekend. Alyssa Albrecht will be working most of the weekend at ValleyScare in Shakopee. She works at a haunted house.

“Sometimes, it’s really boring because it’s slow, but sometimes it’s really fun,” Albrecht said.

Albrecht’s friend Gina Carswell said she was attending a costume party over the weekend and going as Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” She made the costume herself.

This year’s Halloween falls on Sunday, which can make it difficult for students to find activities to do while still getting enough sleep for Monday’s classes. However, if students think hard enough, they can certainly come up with some fun things to do while still being safe and responsible.

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Tuesday night, before the major party candidates hit the stage in Bresnan Arena, the “alternative” candidates held their own debate. The event was sparsely attended, but did feature a passionate exchange of ideas.

The debate was organized and moderated by members of the Mankato Area Activist Collective. Gubernatorial candidates Ken Pentel of the Ecology Democracy Party and Chris Wright of the Grassroots Party attended the event but Resource Party candidate Linda Eno did not. Howard Hanson, Eno’s running mate, represented the Resource Party at the debate.

Each of the candidates seemed to have their own favorite issue which they included in nearly all of their responses, regardless of the question.

Pentel railed against the concept of corporate personhood, which was upheld by the Supreme Court last year. Pentel also proposed a system of proportional representation for the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Wright spoke mainly about the legalization of marijuana and the positive effects it would have on the state’s economy, as well as the environment.

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HAUNTED People hear voices at on Halloween Eve at Rasmussen Park — the burning site of eight women believed to be witches continued from 3 Baumann said when she took the photo there was nothing there.

Many other incidents like this have happened, Baumann said, like three wine glasses falling and hitting her on the head, but never breaking.

The Haunted Mankato legend called the basement haunted, but Baumann disagrees: “The only thing I don’t like is the centipedes.”

The backroom is a different story, she said. When she used to do overnights, she would stay clear of that area because she said it feels like someone was standing over her.

Haunted Mankato also tells the tale of Carnegie Art Center on Broad St., and how it is said to be haunted by Mrs. Paine, who resented children

because she could not have her own. According to the site, Mr. and Mrs. Paine owned most of Mankato, and the now art center was their home.

Following her husband’s death, Mrs. Paine donated their home to the city with one condition: no children under 18 were allowed in. The legend goes that Mrs. Paine is still in the house roaming during tours.

“Workers often say a lady at the back of the crowd will start to explain things in the house, but when they look for who was talking, a person in the place where the voice came from is just empty space,” the site said.

On Glenwood Ave, close to the cemetery, is another area reported to be haunted. The site said a male hitchhiker

internet photos Legend says a hitchhiker in a green jacket haunts the area near the Glenwood Cemetery.

internet photos Diana Baumann, owner of the Wine Cafe, said she has felt like someone was standing over her in the backroom.

wearing a green jacket haunts the area. The legend says if people pass him then he will return about a mile later, but if they stop to pick him up, he will disappear. Stephanie Rigdon, an MSU junior, said that she has never seen him, but jogs around that area and feels a strange presence following her.

It is also said that an Irish man who lived in a house by the stop sign on Fifth St. killed his wife and children.

“If you go there late at night and stop at the stop sign, then turn your high beams on the stop sign, you will see blood dripping down from the sign,” the site said.

People supposedly can also hear footsteps coming toward them and an Irish song; the footsteps will get louder until one can feel hot breath on his or her cheek.

If you’re still not a believer that Mankato is haunted, dare to visit Rasmussen Park on Halloween Eve. The website’s legend said voices and singing can be heard at the stone houses, as well as the small of a camp fire. It is said to be the place were eight women, known to be witches, were burned.

CANNED continued from 5 food from us,” Malecha said.

ECHO is appreciative of all forms of donations including food, money and volunteer time.

Money donations are especially important since they allow ECHO to purchase food for distribution at reduced rates and at times where food donations are low. ECHO also accepts non-food items including cleaning supplies, personal hygiene products and baby items such as diapers and wipes.

The non-profit organization was founded in 1981 in a church basement and has since expanded significantly, providing food assistance to Blue Earth County and North Mankato. According to ECHO, between 30 and 40 households benefit from the services it provides each day.

Members of the Honors Program view this event as not only a volunteer opportunity but as a bonding experience for Honors students. Some Honors students see the event as both a way to help to community as well as a chance to dress up and go trick-or-treating for candy as well as cans.

“While we ran into some road bumps, overall it was a great success, and we agreed it could be an Honors community tradition. We’re looking forward to this year’s event and hope to collect even more food to help the needy in the Mankato area,” Webb said.

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GUBERNATORIAL Candidates shared ideas on how to ensure all residents of Minnesota are treated fairly, poposed solutions to save energy continued from 6 education, he will challenge MnSCU to lower tuition costs, said Emmer.

Horner looked to the future to find new solutions to education problems.

“We have to stop asking the question of ‘How much?’ and start asking the question of ‘What for?’ What do we need to achieve as a state for prosperity, for job growth, for opportunity for all of the people in this audience?”

Horner said.

Horner added that universities should focus on programs that will prepare students for jobs new industries will create.

Candidates were also asked how they would ensure that residents of greater Minnesota are treated fairly.

Dayton acknowledged many rural citizens have a feeling of disconnect or distrust towards state agencies. Restoring economic development and tourism programs in rural cities would help revitalize such areas, he said.

The state must create an environment for rural success by investing in agricultural and renewable energy research by integrating universities and colleges into local communities, said Horner. He also called for a tax policy that would help small businesses to create new jobs.

High taxes, out of control spending and big government has alienated rural citizens, said Emmer. Streamlining regulations and lowering taxes is essential to creating more jobs.

The debate also touched on alternate energy sources.

Dayton explained a proposed energy-savings fund, which was initiated at the University of Minnesota, Morris, where buildings have

been retrofitted to be more energy efficient. The fund would allow state schools to follow suit, saving money on energy and in turn paying off the loan. The fund could revolutionize the use of renewable energy within a decade, according to Dayton.

Emmer called for regulations to be streamlined once again to allow private industry to invest in renewable energy. He also said many different resources should be explored, calling for the government to lift the moratorium on nuclear energy.

The public sector should be involved in research and innovation said Horner, adding that private companies can then take new technologies and commercialize them, said Horner. He also stressed how important conservation will be in the future.

Much of the night consisted of questions from the audience, including which government-funded programs deserved the biggest cuts.

Health and Human Services is an area that must be examined, according to Emmer.

“We must start to address how we deliver those social safety net services,” Emmer said. “Whether it’s health care, housing or food, we’ve got to start talking about how we do that at a state level.

That’s where we have to address the spending going forward.”

Horner said the problem is not with taxes and spending, but on delivering services more efficiently. By cutting down on paperwork and unfunded state mandates, he said he believes the state could reduce spending on human services.

Dayton suggested raising

dan moen • msu reporter The audience was able to ask many questions at the debate, which is the last of the campaign season.

the income tax rate on the wealthiest four percent of Minnesotans. However, he was opposed to raising other taxes. Expanding the sales tax would increase the tax burden on middleclass taxpayers, he said.

The debate featured a variety of topics, touching on everything from voter fraud to how sex offenders should be punished, before the candidates gave their closing statements.

The closing statements

gave each candidate a chance to emphasize the message of his campaign.

Emmer used the opportunity to make a call to arm for conservatives, urging them to fight big government and higher taxes. Horner told the audience he offered a step not to the right or left of the political spectrum but forward towards the future.

Dayton, having the final word of the night, stressed his commitment to the middleclass and his devotion

to investing in education.

The lively audience was mostly respectful to the candidates, though moderators, Bill Salisbury of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Joe Spear of the Mankato $1.50 Press, had to remind the audience several times to hold its applause until the end of the debate.

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The new law closed a loophole that led the state’s highest court to overturn a man’s conviction for sending sexually explicit instant messages to someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl.

But Internet content providers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and others sought to block enforcement of the law as it applies to broad-based Internet communications. They did not seek to bar enforcement against sexual predators or others who use the Internet to send harmful material to minors.

U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel ruled Tuesday that the law, as it is now written, violates the First Amendment.

“Our goal is to ensure that our laws keep up with modern technology in order to protect kids from sexual predators on the Internet,” Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a statement.

She said her office will draft an injunction that addresses the concerns raised in the ruling and will examine if the law needs to be changed to be sure “law enforcement has the necessary tools to protect children online.”

The new law was passed quickly by the state Legislature after the Supreme Judicial court found in February that the old state law that imposes criminal penalties for disseminating material harmful to minors did not cover electronic communications.

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electronic communications were added. Penalties include to up to five years in prison or a fine of as much as $10,000 for a first offense.

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Association of American Publishers, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and others filed a federal lawsuit in July challenging the new law.

The content providers argued that the new amendments amount to “a broad censorship law” that would ban from the Internet a variety of information that could be seen as harmful to minors, including material about contraception, pregnancy, literature and art that adults have a First Amendment right to view.

They also argued that people who disseminate information through a generally accessible website cannot discern the ages of those who view the information and that, as a result, the law inhibits the free speech of adults.

Zobel agreed.

“The plaintiffs have demonstrated, without question, that the 2010 amendments ... violate the First Amendment,” Zobel wrote.

The judge did not specify in her ruling how the injunction would be enforced. She ordered the plaintiffs to submit a proposed injunction after seeking the agreement of the state Attorney General.

John Reinstein, legal director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, said the state could choose to appeal the ruling to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the case could go to trial for a final judgment or the law could eventually be rewritten.

“We think this is the right decision, and the solution is for the Legislature to re-examine this and see if there is language which is appropriately respectful to the First Amendment rights of all people,” Reinstein said.

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Walz looks vulnerable

Fears being pushed out, still has an edge over Demmer WABASHA, Minn. (AP) — A Democratic surge carried Tim Walz into Congress four years ago, pushing out a Republican who had held the office for 12 years in a major upset. Now Walz is hoping he won’t meet the same fate in a year tailored for Republicans.

The former teacher is counting on southern Minnesotans to remember why they liked him enough to send him to Washington twice before, while Republican challenger Randy Demmer and his allies hope to benefit from a national bout of anti-incumbent fever.

Walz is considered Minnesota’s most vulnerable incumbent, though national observers still give him a slight edge over Demmer, a state legislator. But the 1st District is swing territory that goes with the political currents, putting Walz in office in a big Democratic year after installing his predecessor, Gil Gutknecht, in a major Republican wave.

Demmer has tried to portray Walz as too far left for a moderate district, but Walz has been helped by endorsements from two prominent Republican moderates, former Gov. Arne Carlson and former Sen. Dave Durenberger. The beefy incumbent also is backed by the National Rifle Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ political arm. He has blue-collar appeal as a former National Guard command sergeant major who coached high school football in Mankato before taking office.

The election may come down to voters like Jim Schurhammer, an independent who is generally dissatisfied with politicians but still likes Walz. The 59-year-old farmer from Kellogg owns school buses and said Walz is the kind of politician he wants working on education issues.

“He knows how it works,” Schurhammer said, as he headed to an Irish pub in downtown Wabasha to meet friends.

The district stretches from hilly river valleys near Wisconsin to flat farmland leading to South Dakota and includes regional centers such as Rochester, home of the renowned Mayo Clinic.

Republicans and their allies have spent $500,000 just this

month on TV ads attacking Walz for supporting the economic stimulus and health care overhaul, a theme Demmer has also hammered, but the message had yet to reach Tony Purvis of Wabasha. The 47-year-old insurance adjuster described himself as the kind of independent voter who put former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura in the governor’s office a dozen years ago.

Purvis said he hasn’t decided how he’ll vote in the congressional race.

“We gotta stop spending money,” he said. “I voted for Bush the first time around and he spent like a Democrat so I wasn’t happy with him, either.”

Walz often zings Demmer

— and draws attention to his own common-man background — by referring to the former business owner as a “millionaire.” Demmer, who sold a bookkeeping company and three auto parts stores in 2007, declined to say how much he was worth but described himself as a selfmade businessman.

But Walz isn’t relying entirely on personal appeal to win a third term. He has attacked Demmer with the charge that he wants to privatize Social Security, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has supported him with nearly $250,000 in ad spending this month.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 23-year-old Maplewood man is charged with criminal vehicular homicide after he allegedly drove into a man and woman walking in the street near the University of Minnesota campus. The woman died from her injuries.

Authorities say John Robert Peterson admitted he was driving the vehicle that hit the pair about 3 a.m. Sunday. The woman, 23-year-old Kandyce Stoffel of North Mankato, was severely injured and removed from life support Monday.

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LimeWire ordered to disable key services NEW YORK (AP) — Lime Group, whose LimeWire software has allowed people to share songs and other files over the Internet, received a federal injunction Tuesday to disable key parts of its service.

The privately owned company and its founder, Mark Gorton, have been wrestling in court with the Recording Industry Association of America, the body representing the U.S. recording industry, for four years. The RIAA contends that LimeWire’s software encourages illegal

sharing of copyright-protected music. In May, Lime Group was found liable of copyright infringement; a trial to determine damages is expected in January.

The injunction, issued by U.S. District Court in New York, compels Lime Group to disable LimeWire’s searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and distribution features, effective immediately.

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MSU prepares for big challenge The Mavericks have a chance to climb up the regional rankings if they can defeat No. 6 Southwest Minn. St. TIGE HUTCHESON

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Nobody in the nation would deny that the sixteenth-ranked Minnesota State Mankato volleyball team is better than average. For most schools in Division II, that would be grounds for celebration. But with a 16-6 record and a roster full of respected names, “better than average” isn’t quite good enough for the Mavericks.

“We’ve seen our potential,” said senior hitter Amanda Beekman. “We’ve seen that we can play with any team in our league, let alone the nation.”

The Mavericks have sat all season waiting to finally be msu athletics sport pix recognized with the elite status Sophomore Samantha Dale leads the Mavericks with 262 digs and is second on the team with 3.28 digs per game. they deserve. However, the season is growing thinner by team in the NSIC, leading the with Diedrich and Groth also plan.” the day and the Mavericks are conference in kills (15.43 per leading the NSIC in kills per “Every game throughout running out of time to prove game) and assists (14.37 per game. the season is important and themselves. One of their last game).

“No matter who our oppowe need to go into each one chances to launch themselves “We have been working a nent may be, we need to try to the same,” said Beekman “But into powerhouse status is on lot on altering our blocking maintain a winning mentality, knocking off a team like this Saturday, when to be able to keep our focus and consistentwould really help going into the Mavericks shut down ly keeping our energy high,” regional rankings.” take on No. Southwest’s said Storlie.

The stage is set for one 6 Southwest SW Minnesota State offense, as MSU hasn’t taken on of the biggest games of the Minnesota State When: 1 p.m. Saturday well as digSMSU since September 18, season. At 4 p.m. Saturday, the in the Taylor ging around when the still-developing Mavericks will get one of their Where: Taylor Center-Mankato Center. our blockMavericks stumbled out of last chances to prove to all of “Southwest is ers,” said MSU sophomore Jill Marshall, Minn., with a 3-0 Division II that they’re an elite one of the most well-rounded Storlie. loss, their first of the year. But team. teams in our conference. We’re Leading the charge for things have changed and even “We need to come in with going to need to focus on all SMSU is the three-headed though the AVCA Coaches Poll attitude on Saturday,” said parts of our game,” said Beekmonster of Mary Groth, doesn’t reflect it, the MaverBeekman. man. “We match up pretty well Brooke Burmeister and icks feel they’re a much better Maybe it’s time to stop bewith them, so if we take care junior Devin Diedrich — the than last time. ing so nice about it. With time of our side of the net, it will be AVCA Player of the Week and “We have become more running short, a win over No. a really good game.”

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The top six teams from the region will make postseason play, and even if the Mavericks won out, they are unlikely to advance.

Augustana will certainly be a tough opponent, as it’s averaging 33 points per game led by running back Joe Clark, who is averaging 80 yards per game on the ground.

Clark and the Augie offense will be going up against a talented but inconsistent Maverick defense.

The Mavericks have held their opponents to 15 points or fewer five times this season, but have allowed them to score 28 or more points on three occasions.

What Maverick defense shows up will be a huge factor in this game.

The MSU offense will be led by running back Taylor Brookins who rushed for 55 yards last weekend against Wayne State.

Will Brogan should get the start at quarterback, as he has started since Steve Pachan’s injury in week one.

Look for Brogan’s favorite receiver tandem, Cody Rose and Adam Theilen to step up.

An MSU win would be the 25th for head coach Todd Hoffner.

The two teams meet up 1 p.m., Saturday.

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MSU Women’s Hockey Gameday Lee Handel • staff writer

Minnesota State (2-3-1, 1-3-0-0 WCHA) at No. 1 Wisconsin (6-0-0, 4-0-0-0 WCHA) Pat Delaney • staff writer

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Minnesota State (1-2-3, 1-2-1 WCHA) at Alaska Achorage (1-4-1, 0-2-0 WCHA) 7:07 p.m., Friday • Sullivan Arena 7:07 p.m., Saturday • Sullivan Arena RECAP: The Mavericks got in the win column last weekend going 1-10 against Colorado College. Alaska Anchorage was swept last weekend

by Minnesota-Duluth.

HISTORY: The Mavericks lead the all-time series (33-20-6) and Mavericks coach Troy Jutting is 26-9-5 in his career against UAA. Last year the Mavericks went 3-1-1 against the Seawolves and are 9-2-1 in the last 12 games.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks are feeling good after earning their first WCHA victory of the season against No. 19 Colorado College.

The power-play has continued to struggle though with the Mavericks only going 3-21 with the man advantage. They have also allowed two shorthanded goals. Senior defensemen Kurt Davis leads the Mavericks in scoring with seven points. Sophomore goaltender Phil Cook started both games last weekend and Jutting may continue to go with the hot hand in net. Cook lowered his goals-against-average to 3.46 after making 79 saves last weekend.

AA NOTES: The Seawolves returned 15 players from last year’s roster and are led by senior forwards Tommy Grant and Sean Wiles. Grant has six points on the season, while Wiles has four. The Seawolves have gotten solid production from freshman forward Jordan Kwas who has five points on the season. The Mavericks will likely see both AUU goaltenders this weekend. Rob Gunderson and Chris Kamal have each played three games this season. Gunderson has a 3.01 goals-againstaverage and Kamal has 4.90 goals-against-average.

STAT: This could be a good weekend for the Mavericks to break out of their power play slump. UAA has the worst penalty kill in the WCHA. Through six games, it is a dismal 71 percent on the penalty kill.

RECAP: Life in the WCHA can be awfully challenging at times, as the Mavericks are about to find out this weekend. MSU travels to Madison to play the top team in the entire country, as they will square off with the heavily-favored and undefeated Wisconsin Badgers. The Mavericks are coming off a strong weekend at home where they split with a very-talented North Dakota squad. The Mavericks stole the first game of the series 4-2; thanks in large part to a hat trick from freshman forward Kathleen Rogan. The Sioux bounced back the following day, defeating the Mavericks convincingly 5-1. The Badgers hosted Ohio State last weekend, winning the first game 6-5 in an overtime thriller. They then capped off the sweep of the Buckeyes with a 5-2 win in the second game.

HISTORY: The Mavericks beat the mighty Badgers for the first time in program history 5-3 last February in Madison. Junior goaltender Alli Altmann saved a career-best 48 shots and sophomore forward Lauren Zrust scored two goals in the memorable Maverick win. The Badgers won the other three meetings last season and now lead the all-time series by a margin of 43-1-2 over MSU. MSU NOTES: Youth has stolen the show early on for the Mavericks, as Rogan’s hat trick was the first by a Maverick since 2008. She now leads the team in goals with four and in points with six. Fellow freshman Tracy McCann notched the game-winner on Friday, her first career goal as a Maverick. Freshman phenom Danielle Butters got her first career win in her first career start in net for the Mavericks, saving 28 shots in the big win over UND. The following day, freshman Nicole Germaine tallied her first career score as a Maverick to account for the team’s lone goal in the 5-1 defeat. Junior forward Moira O’Connor is second in goals and points, with two and four respectively. Moira O’Connor Head coach Eric Means was impressed with Butters’ play in net, but intends on maintaining a rotation in goal with junior starter Alli Altmann.

UW NOTES: The Badgers are led on offense by junior forward Hilary Knight and sophomore forward Brianna Decker, with 11 and 10 points respectively. They rotate two goalies, sophomore Becca Ruegsegger and freshman Alex Rigsby, who have both gone 3-0 on the season.

PREDICTION: The Mavericks have a positive recent reference to look back on and draw confidence from heading into Madison, as they got the monkey off their backs last year with the historic win at the Kohl Center. While a W in either of these two games would be huge for the program, expect the Badgers to remember what happened last season and take care of business at home.

PREDICTION: The trip to Alaska Anchorage is always draining for players because of the extreme difference in time zone. However, it will not affect the Mavericks enough to stop them from earning three points this weekend.

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Trying to open the ‘Dorr’ to success In his first full season with the Mavericks, Mike Dorr and company hope to turn a few heads in the WCHA

PAT DELANEY

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For most kids growing up playing hockey in Minnesota, their dream is to play college hockey at the University of Minnesota.

And why wouldn’t it be?

The Gophers have a rich tradition of winning, they are one of the biggest programs in the WCHA conference. They consistently play in front of 10,000 people at legendary Mariucci arena.

Minnesota State junior forward Michael Dorr thought he would be enjoying all the perks of playing at Minnesota.

Dorr signed his intent to play for the Gophers after establishing himself as one of the best high school hockey players in Minnesota.

Dorr was an All-State selection in both his junior and senior seasons at Roseville High School. He was also a finalist for the 2007 Minnesota Mr. Hockey award and being named Star-Tribune Metro Player of the Year.

Despite these accomplishments, Dorr never really fit in with the Gophers. The excitement of wearing the maroon and gold wore off quickly after receiving little playing time early in the year. Dorr would end up only playing in two games for Minnesota.

“I wasn’t even given a chance to prove myself,” said Dorr. “I think the two games I played in I got eight shifts.

How am I supposed to prove myself in eight shifts?”

The process of choosing it with exceptional skills and a new school began all over relentless effort. He is being again for Dorr after deciding counted on more than ever this to transfer out of Minnesota. season after the Mavericks lost NCAA rules forbid coaches five of their top scorers from from talking to players who are last year’s team. transferring during the season, “For us to be successful, but that rule doesn’t include we are going to need Michael players talking to players. to produce,” said head coach This worked in favor for the Troy Jutting. “We will be Mavericks. They had one of counting on him.”

Dorr’s former teammates on Dorr has taken that message their roster. to heart. He heavily increased Adam Mueller was a his workout regimen in the freshman at MSU when Dorr off-season in preparation to be informed his former teammate the offensive threat this team that he was transferring. is in need of. Like the Mueller recomrest of the Mavericks, mended MSU as a Dorr wants to prove good fit for Dorr. Dorr that this team is better and Mueller had been than the 10th place friends for years, growteam that they were ing up only a couple projected to be. miles apart. The two “We can kind of talked frequently and it use it as incentive to Adam Mueller say ‘screw you’,” Dorr led to Dorr joining the Mavericks. said. “It’s not some“A lot of my comthing we can avoid. munication was with Adam,” We are just focusing on putting Dorr said. “Adam was defiourselves in a position to give nitely a way for me to comourselves a shot to win.”

Playing college hockey is a municate and get a feel for stepping stone for many playthe school before making that ers to continue their careers jump.” when they are finished. This Due to NCAA rules, Dorr is true for Dorr who said he had to sit out the first half of would love to continue to play the season when he arrived hockey after college. An opat MSU last season. But Dorr portunity he said was diminmade his presence felt when ishing at Minnesota. he was finally able to lace up Dorr thinks back to a time his skates and take to the ice in when he was with his father a purple uniform. Dorr led the talking to Jutting about the Mavericks in scoring during possibility of playing for the the second half of the season Mavericks. Jutting said he with 16 points. would be given an opportunity At 5’10, 189 pounds, Dorr at MSU that wasn’t given to doesn’t possess overwhelmhim at Minnesota. ing size, but he makes up for

“He told me that how I played would be the main factor in how much I would play,” said Dorr.

That statement has held true and Dorr is now getting the playing time that he was never given while with the Gophers.

Through six games Dorr has established himself as the scoring threat the team knew it was getting when he transferred.

His five points lead the Mavericks forwards in scoring and that number should continue to rise with the amount of shots Dorr puts on net. Dorr leads the Mavericks in shots with 25.

Dorr has become more comfortable at MSU after being here for more than a year.

He said he is putting a lot of

pressure on himself to produce with the hope of helping this team move from just being an after-thought in the WCHA to being a real contender.

“Right away this season you could tell that all the guys on this team really click,” Dorr said. “There is no group of players that distance themselves from rest of the team.

We want to make it to the WCHA final five and then get to the NCAA tournament.

Once we’re there, anything can happen.”

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Minnesota-Duluth (9-4-2, 9-2-0 NSIC) and Bemidji State (12-3-0, 8-3-0 NSIC) at Minnesota State (9-6-1, 7-3-1 NSIC) 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday • The Pitch RECAP: The Mavericks wrap up their regular season slate this weekend at home in Mankato. With seeding in the upcoming NSIC tournament at stake, the Mavericks could really use two wins in their final two conference games. The Mavericks are currently positioned in fourth place in the NSIC standings and are looking up at second place Minnesota-Duluth and third place Bemidji State. While catching UMD is unlikely, the Mavericks would bypass Bemidji for sole possession of third place with two wins this weekend. The Mavericks’ two opponents this weekend matched up last weekend, with UMD defeating Bemidji 1-0. MSU is coming off two heartbreaking 2-1 losses on the road last weekend at Upper Iowa and Winona State. The two setbacks dashed the Mavericks’ hopes of becoming the NSIC regular season champions, but hopefully gave them the motivation needed to achieve success this weekend.

HISTORY: The Mavericks have a winning all-time mark against UMD, but they have not dominated the Bulldogs as much as some other NSIC foes. MSU leads the all-time series 117-2, but UMD took two of three from the Mavericks last year. The Mavericks will be out for revenge, as one of the two Bulldog victories came in the NCAA Tournament when they shut out the Mavs 2-0. MSU does have Bemidji State’s number, however, winning all five previous matchups between the two teams. Although the Mavericks have outscored the Beavers by a whopping 38-1 in the five matchups, the Beavers required overtime to be beaten last season in a 1-0 Maverick win.

MSU NOTES: Despite controlling the Upper Iowa game last weekend, the Mavericks were hurt by two team lapses in the second half that allowed the Peacocks to take a commanding 2-0 lead that MSU could not make up. Sophomore Brianne West scored the Mavericks’ lone goal on Saturday, even though MSU outshot Upper Iowa 22-6 in the game. Sunday’s game in Winona had a similar script for the Mavericks, as they outplayed the Warriors but couldn’t capitalize on enough opportunities to score. Sunday’s setback did involve some luck for the home team, however, as the Warriors scored their two goals on a corner kick and a free kick. One of the two kicks even bounced off a Maverick last and into the net. Sophomore forward Brittany Henry gave the Mavericks a 1-0 lead in the second half that they could not hold with her team-leading ninth goal of the season. She was set up by a great pass from fellow sophomore forward Nicole Dooher.

UMD NOTES: The Bulldogs have a balanced offensive attack led by freshman forward Dani Potter, who has a team-leading six goals and 15 points on the season. Although they are balanced on offense, their strength is defense, allowing just nine goals on the season. Goalkeeper Hannah Bengston sports a miniscule .64 goals against average and has posted six shutouts.

BSU NOTES: The Beavers are led on offense by Ashley Ellefsen and Jamie Ford, who have 20 and 18 points respectively. Goalkeeper Samantha Ross has also played well this year, with an impressive .90 goals against average.

PREDICTION: The Mavericks play their best soccer in front of the home fans, entering the weekend a perfect 5-0 at home in NSIC play. They have outscored their conference foes 23-2 in those contests. Sunday’s game against BSU on Senior Day could have big playoff implications. Look for the Mavericks to end the conference schedule perfect at home.

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“Ichi the Killer”-Director Takashi Miike’s infamous 2001 film that perpetuated the growing torture porn genre remains the most fucked up film I’ve ever had the unfortunate pleasure to see.

A film rooted in sadism, masochism and rape, “Ichi the Killer” turns the twisted, horrific and downright strange into its playground, tapping the darkest pools of humanity to create something that sticks to the viewer’s mind like a bad memory.

After his boss disappears, Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano), a yakuza henchman obsessed with both inflicting and receiving pain, goes to every length to find him. Along the way he discovers a disturbed young man, Ichi (Nao Omori), who doubles as a wayward superhero relishing in the sickeningly sexual in his spare time.

While it has nothing to do with Halloween, this film will surely make your holiday a brain rotting, gag-inducing experience.

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“Mysterious Skin”-Gregg Araki’s 2004 film chronicling the life of a young, gay prostitute (a mature, enigmatic Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and where his life intertwines with UFO-crazy Brian (Brady Corbet) hits a level of disturbing rarely visited on the glittering screen.

Thought-provoking and powerful, “Mysterious Skin” turns sex into a weapon, assaulting audiences with the hidden and, at times, brutally harsh side of sexual infatuation. Neil (Gordon-Levitt) rides

the line between stone-hearted hedonist and pondering young man forced to grow up too quickly, creating a dualistic character one can’t help but empathize with. And by grounding the film in the real, Araki better grips the psyches of his audience, refusing to let go long after the credits roll.

This film won’t leave you checking under your bed or locking your bedroom door at night, but its striking openness and provocative content may send a tingle down your spine when you least expect it.

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“Antichrist”-For all of its indulgences and over-stylizations, “Antichrist” is a graphically beautiful example of shock-horror that doesn’t crumble due to lack of structure. And while Danish writer/director Lars von Trier shows his bleeding ego via an excessive slow-mo opening and proudly controversial misogynism, the final product is something terribly, delightfully horrible.

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Gainsbourg play a couple torn by the death of their infant child.

In order to face their problems, they escape to a secluded cabin in the woods, hoping to emerge fully healed and ready to move on. Instead, a series of grotesque supernatural events send them spiraling toward murderous madness.

Scene to close your eyes during: Let’s just say genitals and scissors have an unfortunate meeting.

“Requiem for a Dream”-Choosing an entirely different route than the other films on this list, “Requiem for a Dream” explores drug addiction at its nitty-gritty core. Darren Aronofsky weaves four separate stories of people unable to disconnect from destructive narcotics.

What drives this character study, more a discovery of the life-disintegrating power of chemical usage than their inevitable self-implosion, is the slow dissent of once well-

meaning people. The fucked-up factor comes to life through the lengths the characters are willing to go to feed their addictions, which for one character means selling her body to an underground sex club and a seemingly innocent not-so-secret suitor alike.

In the final, most memorable scene, the four stories crescendo with each character hitting a hellish rock bottom. This culmination serves as one of cinema’s most gut-wrenching, effective endings in fucked-uppery.

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When two American tourists find themselves in need of roadside assistance in rural Germany, they seek the help of nearby Dr. Heiter, who precedes to drug them, planning to incorporate the two panicked girls in a demented operation. The retired doctor, played keenly by the gaunt Dieter Laser, who specialized in separating Siamese twins, wishes to reverse the procedure, connecting three human

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If it weren’t for the spotty acting (remedied later in the film by two-thirds of the centipede’s inability to speak) and writer/ director Tom Six’s oddly balanced plot, “The Human Centipede (First Sequence)” could have extended beyond its gimmicky pull into something great. Instead, it’s worth a one-time late-night Halloween viewing, but not much more.

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MSU and Mankato Mosaic put on a truly ‘Wicked’ performance

JAKE BOHROD

in the dark nature of their deed and how it affects their separate psyches.

On the days before Hallow“It’s literally destroying one een, fans of the performing arts character, who has become bitter will be given more options than and aggressive and dark and just trick or treat. How about just hateful toward everybody,” song or dance? Poetry? A play?

Wagner said. It was this play How about four of them? that convinced him to work on Mankato Mosaic Theatre the show.

Company and Minnesota State One of the difficulties of Mankato’s Young Performing preparing for the performance, Artist Association are teaming besides coordinating the songs, up for “Twistedly Wicked,” a dance numbers and poetry readHalloween-themed performance ings between the plays, Wagner that combines the various inelaborated, was keeping the two stitutions of live arts, including plays he’s directing from blendsong, dance, short plays and I’m ing together. sure a couple of severed heads “When I walk into rehearsal for good measure. for the ‘Zombie Brothers,’ I’m Both organizations advocate not thinking about ‘DeProfunfor better collaboration between dis;’ when I’m walking into the different artistic fields, ‘DeProfundis,’ I don’t think of something that drove them to ‘Zombie Brothers,’” he said. putting on a variety show.

“That would greatly influence “It allows for a little more the quality of the rehearsal: If creativity,” Launa Helder, the I walk in thinking (‘Zombie president of Mankato MoBrothers’) is going to be like saic, said. “We wanted to have ‘DeProfundis,’ we’re not going something fun, something that to be able to get to the heart of would kind of pull people in the piece.”

— performers and With “Twistedly audiences alike.”

Wicked,” both orAfter returning ganizations hope to to the arts (“I kind better make apparof, for the lack of ent the abundance better words, ran of talent Mankato away from it a few has to offer. It’s this years ago”) and goal that propels finishing her theater the two young and dance degree at professionals, and MSU in the spring keeps them comof 2009, Helder mitted to a town helped found the that has provided company that sumopportunities on mer. Since then — many levels.

“Twistedly Wicked” “I think there’s a will be Mosaic’s huge venue for (the third show — the arts) here, but it’s theater group has just not utilized,” worked to promote Wagner said. “I performance art submitted photo think that the larger as a collaborative “Twistedly Wicked” is the Frankenstein’s Monster of perforcommunity needs whole, in which mance shows, piecing together theater, dance, poetry and more. to see that there are dancers, musicians so many opportuniand thespians can ties to go to a good coexist and produce solidified liked it, but it was kind of one of performing theater production works. (in Mankato).” those things that you can’t stop This sentiment gels well with thinking about.”

If you go: the Mankato Young Perform--What: “Twistedly Wicked” The final two, “DeProfundis” ing Artist Association, whose Halloween variety show and “Zombie Brothers Café,” president, MSU student Benja--Where: Ostrander Auditoripolar opposites in terms of tone, min Wagner, aims his unifying um at Minnesota State Mankato will be headed by Wagner. efforts at the theater and music --When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and “Zombie Brothers Café” departments of the university.

Saturday chronicles small-town post“There really isn’t a lot of --Tickets: $7 regular and $5 apocalypse life, where the charcollaboration between the two for seniors, students and youth acters, including famous figures departments. I find that utterly in advance; $8 and $6 at the such as Janis Joplin and Jim ridiculous,” Wagner said. “Coldoor. Tickets can be purchased Morrison, discuss everyday life. laboration is necessary between at Mankato Mosaic’s website, “I refer to it as an elaborated theater and music. I decided mankatomosaic.tripod.com, sketch comedy piece,” Wagner something had to be done about said. The play was written by at the Emy Frentz Arts Guild it.”

Eagle Lake’s t.d. barna. building during regular hours, or Wagner’s belief in incorpoConversely, “DeProfundis,” at the time of the show. For more rating the performing arts stems by Jacob Kempfert, deals with information, contact Mosaic at from a desire to draw as much mankatomosaic@gmail.com. the destructive nature of shameattention to the field as possible. ful acts and secrets kept. In This article ran in the Oct. While variety shows may seem 1912, two men are busy bury21 Currents section of the intimidating, in a grandiose way, ing bodies in the basement of the idea is that there’s something their hotel. The conflict resides Mankato Free Press

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for everyone to like.

“It’s different, but at the same time, it’s more exciting, because it gives the audience more of a pallet to work with,” Wagner said.

Four short plays serve as “Twistedly Wicked’s” main course, chosen among submissions and selected with balance in mind. “(Two) of them have a little bit more of a darker theme, (and two) of them are a bit more lighthearted, but with that Halloween twist to it,” Helder said.

“GPSed” tells the story of two teenage boys who are taken hostage by their car’s GPS. Written by Greg Abbott of North Mankato, the play maintains an upbeat style, but not without a tinge of menace to remain in the holiday spirit.

Helder will direct “Your Desolate Seat,” written by MSU student Mitch DeDeyn. “(‘Your Desolate Seat’) is about a writer who is tormented, haunted by his ex-girlfriend,” Helder said. “When I read it, I

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If you aren’t already aware, the Age of the Internet is upon us. As students graduate every semester and go on to bigger and better things with their professional careers, it is important that they know a thing or two about marketing online. Very few know this better than CEO of SEOwhat. com, Catherine Seven.

Seven, a Mankato native, got her start in the dot com business 12 years ago in Seattle while working with a start-up company that was selling advertising online.

That was when her dream became a reality, but the dream became a nightmare after the dot com bust. Despite the fall, Seven didn’t give up on the Internet world. She took her knowledge and experience and created SEOwhat.com, located on South Front Street, in 2003.

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and is the practice that makes websites search-engine friendly.

The search engines pick up keywords by using a series of complicated algorithms, which allow their robots to “crawl” or “sweep” through the Internet and arrange search results according to relevance. It is Seven’s job to figure out how all of the

search engine engineers think and how they want to optimize their sites.

“Google’s algorithms just changed about two weeks ago and I’m watching my Twitter feeds and I’m watching everyone flip out, but I’m not because the way we do things,” Seven said. “I do things the way Google wants them. At the end of the day, I am going by their rules and making sure we have links and good and fresh content and all the different anchor texts and variables that make up Google’s algorithms that make you have better rankings.”

Unlike some who conduct mass spams, have link farms (a group of websites that hyperlink to other sites in the group) and use other black hat SEO techniques, Seven and her staff only go by white hat methods that don’t try to deceive the system.

“Our rankings are going to take anywhere between three and six months before you start seeing results instead of three weeks because what we are doing is going to work and it is going to stick,” Seven said. “So when Google’s algorithm does change, you may drop a little bit because everyone drops when they shuffle their database, but you’re not going to see yourself completely gone all the

way out. That’s the big difference between what I do and everybody else.”

SEOwhat.com’s business does not stop at search engine optimization. It also offers search engine marketing (SEM), social media optimization (SMO), press releases, consulting, web design and graphic design, making the business a one-stop-shop for marketing and public relations on the Internet.

“What we have been doing for the last seven years is taking a marketing firm or a public relations firm or agency and putting it online,” Seven said. “We do everything a PR agency would do for you here, but online.”

In this ever-evolving world, what we learn in class may not be what is being rolled out in today’s market. The key is to stay informed and continue to educate oneself in order to stay competitive.

“Use the knowledge that you learn in college, but still use reality as how you are going to get your career, because a textbook is only going to get you so far,” Seven said. “It’s going to give you the basics, it’s going to teach you how to take a left turn and use your turn signal, but it’s going to take your brain to be able to turn the wheel. You have to go forward in life with a mind that is open to change.”

katie erickson • msu reporter Catherine Seven, middle, sits with two employees at the SEOwhat.com offices in downtown Mankato. The small company offers a full online public relations service from behind a short bank of computers.

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Plastic Musik beats away on MSU campus MITHILA MANGEDARAGE

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At 8 p.m. Tuesday, the CSU Ballroom didn’t have too much of a concert atmosphere for Plastic Musik, an experimental drum show organized by IMPACT. The audience of about 75-100 were seated, mostly in groups of two and three with about three empty chairs between one another, and not making very much noise.

When a moderately obese man, with an awkward expression and a water bottle, was seen on stage 20 minutes past the scheduled time, the audience didn’t seem to have any idea of what was in store for them. After messing around with the plastic

tubes that were on stage, it definitely looked very out of place when he slowly walked up to the DJ console and started fiddling around.

I wasn’t impressed, nor was the audience.

Then out of nowhere, five men dressed in dorky-looking sweaters, bearing equally awkward expressions as the aforementioned man, appeared on stage.

Then they started pounding away on the laundry tubs on stage with plastic tubes. It didn’t take long for the audience to realize it was a remix of “Pump It” by the Black Eyed Peas and “Misirlou” from “Pulp Fiction.”

It was followed by a surpris-

ingly mild reaction for easily impressed Mankato crowds.

However, it was evident Plastic Musik, from Las Vegas, was immediately forgiven for the late opening. There was a lot of movement right off the bat — it was fast, it was energetic, it was loud.

The solid entrance was all it took for Plastic Musik to win the crowd, even on a Tuesday night. The pace, high energy and well-timed choreography was on display right from the get-go.

If this still sounds like “America’s Got Talent,” it was.

But Lady Gaga’s “Pokerface,” played with plastic tubes by five guys with a little help from a funny-looking DJ, took it a step further. This time the crowd’s response was much better, and Plastic Musik actually deserved it. The group went on stage to play for a small crowd, nonetheless energized, and three songs into the set, they were already sweaty.

With the crowd on their side, the group went on to play renditions of a couple more famous tunes, including the likes of “You Spin Me Round (Like A

wale agboola • msu reporter Plastic Musik drums on laundry baskets to produce a unique sound.

Record).” After taking a few minutes to talk to the crowd, they proceeded to play the next section of their show, the classical tunes.

Familiar Beethoven and Mozart pieces were performed with Plastic Musik’s own twist, and energetic choreography — lots of switching between drums, running about on stage and throwing plastic tubes in the air with a classical tune in the background.

The highlight, however, was the DJ, mentioned before, rubbing two shopping bags together and playing the triangle (with a plastic spoon and hanger!), and actually producing a listenable sound!

A very impressive Jazz session, a question-and-answer session with the audience and a couple more ‘80s and rap tunes later, Plastic Musik called it a night.

“Overall, the event went smoothly and we were really pleased with the band’s interaction with the audience and performance, but a little disappointed on the low turnout,” said IMPACT’s Rachelle Rose Timm.

But working with what they had, the group was able to make it at least a memorable Tuesday evening, their ability to engage an audience and make their talent known prevailing without question.

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