University Chronicle October 12th Issue

Volume 86

Monday, Oct. 12, 2009

Number 7

Treasures found at Homecoming clean-up Danielle Naumann CONTRIBUTING writer

A dead squirrel and an nearly empty bottle of Jose Cuervo were among the treasure items found at the Volunteer Connection’s annual Homecoming Neighborhood Clean-up yesterday.

SCSU students and members of the community collected enough garbage from the campus and the surrounding blocks to fill an entire dumpster, all while searching for unique items to qualify for the treasure contest.

Despite the morning’s

snowy 35-degree weather, Cody Jones, a Volunteer Connection graduate assistant, said numbers of participants were still around the average amount expected compared to previous years.

Many student organizations and teams joined in the clean-up as a team building activity.

Students and community members came alone and in small groups as well.

“We try to get four to six people in each group and then assign them a one to two block section to cover,” Jones said.

In previous years, enough

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f we can inspire just one person by doing this, we have made a difference.”

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students participated in the clean-up to consider the outer blocks of the community as part of the clean-up as well.

According to the map provided at the event, the

blocks covered spanned from first avenue on campus to ninth avenue and from second street south to tenth street south.

The terrain covered ranged from the SCSU cam-

pus, the river walk, surrounding residential neighborhood and parking lots.

The motivation of the clean-up was not just to clean-up the neighborhood, but to find a piece of trash that could be considered a treasure.

If a group found a unique piece, they could enter it in the contest for a chance to win a $25 gift card and their name on the hubcap plaque.

In the past, treasures have included furniture, shopping carts, cell phones and car parts.

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” a pass-

ing participant quoted the familiar saying as he continued along his assigned area.

Many volunteers present yesterday agreed that cleaning up the neighborhood is not only good for the environment, but helps shape the community’s view of the students at SCSU. Some volunteers yesterday said they thought the clean-up was a good way to change the negative way SCSU students are viewed are viewed by some people.

“People will judge us no matter what, so when we do

•See Clean-up / Page 5

Crime report released by Public Safety Valerie Steffl ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Carl locker/ staff photographer

CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank James Bullard said that he did not think the current unemployment rate would reach 10 percent during his presentation in the Atwood Theater.

Federal Reserve Bank speaker predicts economic recession has likely ended Mike Runyon Staff Writer

SCSU alum and president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis, James Bullard said the recession has likely ended at a presentation in the Atwood Theater Friday.

The theater was nearly full as James presented his views on the economy.

Bullard’s presentation covered most of the contributing factors leading up to the recession.

It showed that oil prices peaked higher in 2008 than

they did in 1981’s recession.

It also showed what hit the consumers the most, which was the home index price.

The presentation showed the home index price has turned around at the beginning of July of this year. The home index price is the price of housing in the U.S. According to the graph, initial unemployment has also fallen in the past few months.

Bullard said that he was confident unemployment would not hit the 1981 level of 10 percent.

The graph also showed the levels of the financial stress for the markets, having them peak at five percent stress and taper down to two percent current rates.

Bullard said that two percent was the extreme for financial stress before the recession.

Bullard said the core issue is to stop the Federal Reserve from having to bail out large investment firms.

“These investment firms are like lumbering giants, and when they fall, they hurt all of the market,” Bullard said.

He also mentioned that the banks were not necessarily too big to fail, but they were too big to fail quickly.

During his presentation, Bullard said that the $1.5 trillion bailout had tripled the U.S. monetary base. He said that he and other economists were worried about the impact this would have on medium term inflation.

Medium term inflation is the loss of the purchasing power of the dollar over a medium period of time caused by an expansion in

•See Speaker/ Page 5

SCSU’s Public Safety Department released the crime report for 2008, which showed consistent numbers reflecting the level of safety on campus.

According to the 2009 Public Safety Department’s A Report to the SCSU Community, most numbers remained consistent from 2006 to 2009, and were comparable to other universities of the same size.

The numbers account for the events that occurred within Public Safety’s jurisdiction, which includes all of campus until the sidewalks cross Fifth Avenue Jennifer Furan, security coordinator of SCSU’s Public Safety acknowledged that the population of SCSU ranks within the top 100 cities of Minnesota.

In comparison, the level of safety is significantly less as compared with other places with the same amount of inhabitants.

The report also presents that SCSU’s campus property is a safe place, compared with the campus’ immediate neighborhoods and St. Cloud’s surrounding community.

The report shows that from 2007 to 2008, burglaries on campus dropped 29 to 12, liquor law violations dropped 174 to 148, and arrests rose from 202 to 207.

According to Mankato

State University’s Campus Report, statistics, which can be found at msu.com/safety, St. Cloud is consistent within their reported numbers.

From 2007 to 2008 their burglaries increased from 13 to 24, alcohol violations dropped from 620 to 493, and arrests rose from 167 to 308.

The one number that took the most dramatic leap in the report was the amount of disciplinary referrals that Pubic Safety was involved with.

Disciplinary referrals spiked in 2007 with 1,037 referrals as compared to 2006’s 633 referrals and 2008’s 684 referrals.

These disciplinary referrals are matters that were brought to the attention of public safety in the residence halls and then referred to another department such as Residential Life or Student Life and Development.

These reports include alcohol, drug and other related student disciplinary disturbances.

Furan can only speculate as to what changed in the year of 2007.

“The largest decrease in the disturbances in the residence halls can be attributed to a combination of different factors,” Furan said. “In the 2008-2009 school year, the residence halls changed the hours that they locked their doors to where students had to check in all residents at

•See Crime report/ Page 5

Career Fair Prep Party advises students on interviewing Jennifer Roberts Staff Writer

In a job market that can take months to get a job interview, students at SCSU were given an opportunity to participate in the Career Fair Prep Party (CFPP), an event that provided students with the opportunity to meet employers and prepare for future career fairs and job interviews.

Educational stations included information on how to greet an employer, research an employer, dress and how

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to improve a resume.

Volunteers, businesses and professors were present to make the experience as beneficial as possible for the students in attendance.

“So far so good,” Andy Ditlevson, associate director of the Career Services Center, said in the first hour of the event.

“Of course we’d like to see as many students attend as possible. In this job market, people are waiting months for job interviews and here students have employers just waiting to talk to

“I

think it helps people build more confidence, learn how to dress and provides a lot of good pointers.”

Helen Rose PREP PARTY ATTENDEE

them. It is a tremendous opportunity and a great learning experience,” Ditlevson said.

The room filled with ac-

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To provide more information about Outdoor Endeavors, the challenge course hosted an open house.

tivity as students participated in each station, meeting with employers and receiving advice on how to approach the job market.

Steve Froeschl, employment manager of Securian Financial Group, spent his time during the event helping students prepare for their

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introduction to employers.

“Most students are doing fine [with their introductions] but there are points that we can give them that will give them an advantage,” Froeschl said.

How to dress was also a popular station, with several Macy’s consultants volunteering their time to give advice on clothes and makeup choices.

“A lot of individuals have been asking what to invest in, and the best thing you can

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Special hockey section

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Meet the 2009-10 hockey teams and expert panel picks of the WCHA.

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Bulletins

Local

Man injured on Fifth Avenue ST. CLOUD – A St. Cloud man received minor injuries early this morning after a car struck him. The accident occurred Sunday morning at 2:34 a.m. on the 10 block of Fifth Avenue South.

Corey Clarence Miller, 38, was driving north on Fifth Avenue South when a 22-year-old man jumped out from the sidewalk, police said. Miller was not able to stop and he hit the 22-year-old. The injured man was taken to St. Cloud Hospital and no charges will be filed.

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Packers’ fan accused of stabbing after Monday’s loss

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MINNEAPOLIS- A Packers’ fan was charged with stabbing another man outside a Minneapolis restaurant Monday after they argued over the Packers lost to the Vikings, authorities said.

The criminal assault charges filed Wednesday reported that 30-year-old Ryan Hinderaker bickered with a 41-year-old Vikings fan about the game.

Police report that Hinderaker was wearing a Packers T-shirt.

After the game, the man followed Hinderaker outside to confront him about his behavior. The Packers fan pulled a knife out of his pocket and stabbed the man in the stomach.

The man Hinderaker stabbed sustained injuries that were not life threatening but needed surgery. Hinderaker called 911 and turned himself in after the incident and was charged with felony and second-degree assault.

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Cabinet kills 5-year-old girl at school WACO, Texas- A large open cabinet with children playing inside fell on a 5-year-old girl at a Texas middle school and killed her.

The accident happened Wednesday in the gym at the G.L. Wiley Middle School in Waco. The school district official, Dale Caffey, said that two or three children including the 5-year-old Princanna Strain, climbed into the rolling cabinet while chasing a lizard when the cabinet fell on her. Princanna was pronounced dead at the hospital while no other students were injured.

World

5 years in jail, 1,000 lashes for sex talk on TV

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia- A Saudi Arabian court convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his lawyer said.

Talking about sex publicly is a taboo in ultraconservative Saudi Arabia. The man’s layer, Sulaiman al-Jumeii, said he plans to appeal.

Weird news

Body on top of building turns out to be a moose carcass

1. (10/4/09) Intoxicated Individual, Shoemaker Hall 2. (10/5/09) Drug Confiscation, Shoemaker Hall 3. (10/5/09) Theft (Personal Bicycle), Miller Center 4. (10/6/09) Medical (Laceration), Mitchell Hall 5. (10/6/09) Intoxicated Individual, Eastman Hall 6. (10/6/09) False Fire Alarm, Riverview

ANCHORAGE, Alaska- A maintenance crew discovered what looked like a mutilated body with a severed head on top of an Anchorage office building. Officers responded to the call Wednesday to discover the body was the partial carcass of a moose.

Anchorage Police Lt. Dave Parker said officers are not sure how the remains got on top of the building. Parker thought it could be a prank, or that someone decided to skin a moose under the midtown Anchorage sky.

He said it would have been possible for someone to fling the remains to the top of the one-story building. Parker said the spinal column and ribs had been there awhile. The Anchorage Daily News reports the building’s maintenance crew will be responsible for removal.

Who Knew?

• In England, in the 1880’s, “Pants” was considered a dirty word.

• Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

• The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice.

• The average person laughs 13 times a day.

• Dogs can hear sounds that you cant.

• Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

• It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are acInteresting events from the past cidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

• A toothpick is the object most often choked on by -1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats Americans.

• Every 45 seconds, a house -1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citizens with dual catches on fire in the United States.

nationalities • The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

-1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is the first woman to • Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day. light the Olympic flame • One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh -1977 Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, and water.

• More money is spent on garsmashes into a cop van dening than on any other hobby.

-1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant • In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds.

-1988 Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations • Rice paper does not have any rice in it.

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Spirit Points earned at Husky Challenge Emily Peterson News Editor

Hands were covered in egg yolks and dizziness led to falls Wednesday as students competed for Husky Spirit Points at the Husky Homecoming Challenge outside Atwood Memorial Center.

Student groups could earn spirit points by attending athletic events and participating in other Homecoming events.

Teams with the most spirit points at the end of the week are eligible for prizes such as T-shirts, a private movie showing and a pizza party.

Michael Harwerth, along with other volunteers, was asked by Campus Recreation to come up with an activity student groups could perform to get spirit points.

The results were an obstacle course that groups of six or less could do as a relay and an egg toss competition.

“It’s been a blast so far watching people go through the obstacle course,” Harwerth said.

Parts of the obstacle course included throwing footballs through a hoop, bean bag toss, running through hurdles and throwing flying discs.

Janna Idzerda from the SCSU Concert Choir Group said she had a difficult time completing her part of the course after spinning around with her head on the end of a baseball bat.

“I knew that I should have been going the other direction but my feet were not paying attention to what my head was telling them,” Idzerda said.

“People don’t usually think of people in choir as the most athletic people but we gave it a try.”

The egg toss competition was a task that could be com-

pleted by two members of a group. After each successful catch one member took another step backward.

Within one hour of the challenge, the egg toss record distance was 60 feet.

Guy and another group member came five feet from meeting the record before the egg broke in his hands.

Guy said he had hoped the egg would break on him rather than the other group member.

“You never get a chance to do this stuff all the time,” Guy said.

Ali Vranicar, a elementary education student also had a raw egg crack in her hands before reaching the 60-foot mark.

Vranicar and another group member, first-year student Laura Drays represented the Fourth Floor Holes Hall Girl’s Team by completing the egg toss and obstacle course together.

Drays said that she thought that the obstacle course and egg toss were her favorite ways of earning spirit points.

“This gets you more involved,” Drays said.

While Harwerth said that he was pleased with the turnout for the event, Drays said that she thought the event should have been planned for later in the day when more people would be done with class.

The Campus Recreation music van and zamboni were parked outside Atwood to draw the attention of more team members.

More groups showed up for the obstacle course later in the afternoon.

Different group members could come throughout the afternoon to earn more points for the team.

Prep Party Continued from Page 1 do is invest in just one nice suit,” said 20-year Macy’s employee Deb Meyer.

“You don’t want your outfit to be the ‘most memorable.’

You should stick with a basic

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EVENTS TODAY

• International Film SeriesThe Climates

At 7 p.m. in the Atwood Theater shows a story of a university instructor as an inattentive husband to his professional wife, Bahar.

TUESDAY

• Frederick Hoxie “Getting Lewis and Clark Right: Who Cares? Why Worry?”

7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Miller Center Auditorium, features the opening of the national traveling exhibit about the explorers.

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Music education senior Dan Brant participated in the egg toss event during Homecoming Week.

suit in a color such as black or grey.

Over a dozen companies such as General Mills, Target and the Mayo Clinic, had participants at the CFPP. Many of those companies are looking to hire students for both internships and postgraduation jobs.

“This event is a really

great idea. It helps you put your best foot forward. I think it helps people build more confidence, learn how to dress and provides a lot of good pointers. It also provided me with the opportunity to talk to employers about internships,” Helen Rose, a junior psychology major, said upon completion of the four stations.

Students unable to participate in the Career Fair Prep Party may be able to attend another CFPP which is planned for January and can also log on to the Career Services Center’s Web site to view a video on how to prepare for a career fair.

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Quarry, OPPA hosts its fundraiser dance, a tribute to Michael Jackson

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MSUSA discussed in town hall meeting Jun-Kai Teoh Managing online editor

The role of the Minnesota State University Student Association (MSUSA) was more clearly explained during the last Student Government Association (SGA) Town Hall Meeting.

Jennifer Weil, State Chair of MSUSA, was invited to join the meeting and to discuss campus issues.

One of the roles of MSUSA is to represent student interests in the Minnesota Legislature and also to act as a liaison with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) to ensure that the opinions of the students are heard.

All students that attend one of the seven MnSCU universities, which SCSU is part of, are members of MSUSA, which collects 43 cents for every credit hour taken by a student.

Weil said that MSUSA is currently undergoing a strategic planning process to reevaluate their accomplishments and to determine the direction of the organization.

One of the four areas that MSUSA is currently focusing on is providing more information to students to ensure that students are aware of the issues that impact them.

They are also working on engaging students with policies and issues that might impact them and getting alumni more involved to provide better networking opportunities for students.

“Basically keeping good contact with our alums and bringing them back to be more part of our conferences,” Weil said.

“But also as possible mentors to our student leaders and our association so that we can build better connections.”

“We’re really fortunate to be in Minnesota, where it’s the best state for non-profits and we’ve the best non-profit community in the nation.”

The book rental program was brought up again at the meeting by representatives from SCSU Bookstores and

the Textbook-1 bookstore.

Weil said that both Metropolitan State University and Minnesota State University Mankato are currently piloting book rental programs and are also looking into an online delivery system.

The books that are offered are mostly entry level, general education course textbooks.

Weil said she has heard of many students that would go to a class and see how long they can last without purchasing a textbook simply because the cost of textbooks was too high.

“What they’re really losing is not that extra grade but that extra knowledge,” Weil said.

MSUSA was able to get $500,000 put into rental programs during the last cycle and it was available to every institution that applied for the funding.

However, Weil said that for this budgetary cycle MSUSA will probably be evaluating the idea and may not push as much for funding.

“There’s a push for doing something,” Weil said.

“I think it’s more of we just don’t know what the answer is.”

Terence Glommen-McCloskey, the Student Constitution Chair of SGA, was also present at the meeting.

SGA is planning to update their student constitution and McCloskey emphasized that the constitution defines both what SGA does and also student rights.

“The first three or four pages is all about students and the rest of the pages on how the student government protects that,” McCloskey said.

The student constitution is planned to be discussed more thoroughly by McCloskey in the upcoming SGA weekly meeting on Thursday.

The next SGA Town Hall meeting is planned to be hosted at 3 p.m. in the Mde’ Wakan room of the Atwood Memorial Center.

Students are welcome to attend and ask questions or provide feedback.

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Emily Peterson/ News editor

High elements including the climbing wall, walking platforms, swinging ladders and cargo net were the most popular attractions at the SCSU Challenge Course open house Wednesday.

Course challenges teamwork Emily Peterson News Editor

Camouflaged by telephone poles and wires, the SCSU Challenge Course hosted its second annual open house Wednesday.

Despite the 38-foot tall climbing wall, student manager for the Husky Challenge Course Melissa Hansen said that the course could be more popular among the SCSU students.

“Nobody really comes out here unless you want to park,” said challenge course staff member Winner Marube.

The open house was free to SCSU students, faculty and staff from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The goal of the open house was to give more information about the challenge course as well as other opportunities available through Outdoor Endeavors that students might

not know about.

Hansen said that the true purpose of the challenge course is to improve group communication and teamwork.

The course’s zip line and swinging ladders are the tools used to build teamwork and communication within a group.

Youth teams, sports teams and local businesses are some of the most popular groups that visit the challenge course.

The course is usually available any day during the week from April to November based on requests made by groups.

The groups usually hear about the challenge course from word-of-mouth.

Hansen said that this type of word-of-mouth is their best form of advertising given that there are few other advertisements for the course.

Groups usually begin on

the ground getting to know each other and building trust.

Members also learn about safety and how to use the equipment including the harnesses and ropes.

From there, the groups usually move to low elements that include tasks that are a maximum of three feet off the ground.

Higher elements include a giant swing, walking platforms and vines and are usually saved until the group has gone through the other teamwork activities.

“That’s a huge fear element for some people and if they know they’ve got their peers behind them, it’s a little more encouraging when they’re up there,” graduate assistant for Outdoor Endeavors Sara Steffen said.

Many of the group development activities can hit the road and visit other venues in the community through the

course’s mobile program.

The challenge course staff is also able to alter the group activities to make them fit with the specific goals of a group.

“You can so a lot of different things with a lot of these elements that you wouldn’t really think of,” Hansen said.

Many of the low elements of the challenge course were added last summer.

Adding to the course is something that the staff tries to do in order to keep the elements new and interesting to returning groups.

Currently the staff is working to turn a telephone pole into a platform for a free fall activity.

Hansen said she hopes these new additions to the course as well as the open house opportunities will help expand the program to the SCSU community.

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Protestors speak out against Afghan war Sean Trebus Staff WRITER Wednesday, Oct. 7 saw an opposition to the Afghan War outside of the St. Cloud Barnes and Noble bookstore.

Many activist groups attended the event, including Benedictions for Peace, Pax Christi USA, and Alternative to War. Among those attending the protest was Eunice Antony who was representing Benedictions for Peace and the party of Pax Christi.

“We (the demonstrators) believe that spending so much on war is not getting us anywhere, and the way to build peace is to converse openly about the option,” Antony said. “We only build more hatred by killing.”

Pax Christi, among the organizations represented at the demonstration, is also known as the National Catholic Peace Movement, whose statement of purpose is, “to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence.”

Also present was Rita Koll.

“It is literally taking bread out of the mouths of children and poor families of this country,” Koll said.

“In terms of the healthcare and how much really goes toward the military budget, we can’t continue to support that.”

“We say we can’t have health insurance because it’s too expensive, but we never think about how much of that money goes to the war effort as well,” Antony added.

“Nobody questions that. It’s sort of untouchable. There’s something about war that is in our blood, in the way that we always seem to turn to it as the answer. We can be creative enough to find an alternative.”

Sean Trebus/ Staff Photographer

Protestors against the Afghan War lined the sidewalk outside Barnes and Noble book store.

Career Fair welcomes 60 copanies Jennifer Roberts Staff WRITER

similar opinions including ones of self-gratifying motivation.

“It is great to take part in an event like this. It really makes you feel good,” said Volunteer Connection graduate assistant Shiyanke Goonetilleke.

Although many treasures were entered in the contest, the consensus among participants seemed to be real focus was on

doing something positive for the community.

“If we can inspire just one person by doing this, we have made a difference,” Jones said, recalling a previous year when two children saw them cleaning and joined-in because of it.

two percent. He said that trends show that the short term inflation for consumer goods could possibly slow or stop.

Bullard’s presentation showed that “shadow banks” were another major factor leading to the bailout.

“Shadow banks are banklike organizations that look and act like a bank, bur are not necessarily a bank,” Bullard said.

He said that these groups had a major expansion before the recession and had little to no regulation.

He said a key factor to stop another recession from happening was the regulation of such groups.

During his presentation, Bullard said that in order to stop another recession, he felt that the federal reserve should have more control over the financial decisions of the United States.

Bullard’s presentation showed countries that were not impacted by the global recession. These countries included China and India.

Bullard said that China was not hit by the recession because it was importing technology from the west in order to expand. He also projected that when China was fully developed, it would be four times the size of the U.S.

Dozens of employers lined the room at the College of Business Career Fair for several hours on Thursday as students met with potential employers in the Atwood Ballroom.

Many students took the opportunity to network with employers looking to hire both interns and full time positions.

“It has been an excellent opportunity. An excellent way of learning, creating and networking,” said Eunice Gyamerah, a student required to attend by his management class. “It’s an excellent idea for teachers to push students [to go].”

Over 60 companies participated in this year’s event, which is a decrease from past years.

Typically, the career fair has drawn in about one hundred companies but this gap may correlate with the job market and business environment.

Well-known companies were among those that attended the event, including General Mills, Walgreens, Cargill, TCF Bank and more.

A list of companies present, along with descriptions, key facts and position listings has been available on the career services Web site for several weeks.

This has shown to be a resource for those planning to attend, learn about companies that interest them and what positions they would be hiring for.

Students also had the opportunity to attend the “Career Fair Prep Party” earlier in the week, on Tuesday.

The event aimed at helping students prepare for the career fair by giving them

2009 report looks like the alcohol related offenses will mirror 2006 and 2008.

SCSU and the St. Cloud Drug Task Force began working collaboratively this year, meaning the numbers in drug violations may decrease from the 2008 report.

According to Furan, all campuses are required by law to release the crime reports ev-

ery year and they are useful to inform students about what happens around them.

The reports can make them more aware. Not only are these numbers helpful for students, they can be useful for parents of current and prospective students.

The level of safety at SCSU can be attributed to a number of departments who work collab-

oratively to give students a safe environment.

Because the campus is not perfect, Public Safety uses these numbers to assess what the campus needs to work on.

One area that Furan said she thinks that SCSU students need to pay special attention to is the amounts of thefts that occur on campus.

“Most of the thefts that oc-

Danielle Naumann Staff Photographer

Students that participated in the clean-up were able to enter any unique pieces they found for a chance to win a gift card.

Clean-up Continued from Page 1 do things like this, it’s like we’re saying ‘hey, we’re in this

together,’” Jones said.

The volunteers also shared

Speaker Continued from Page 1 the amount of money in the economy.

Bullard’s presentation had a couple of plans laid out to lower inflation caused by putting liquidity in the markets.

Among the plans were near zero interest rates and asset buying. Bullard didn’t go far into details as to how these plans

would work out.

When asked about the depreciation of the dollar bill due to inflation, Bullard said he would not comment on the value of the dollar but did agree that it has depreciated.

Bullard said that the inflation for consumer goods was at an unofficial one and a half to

Crime report Continued from Page 1 the front desk and there was increased staff in the halls.”

She also speculated that the

year of 2007 could have just been an anomaly.

Furan said she sees that the

tips about dress, resumes, introductions and the research of companies.

Several more opportunities to meet with employers and attempt to land an internship are planned for the rest of the school year.

Government Job Fair is planned to be on October 26th, which is expected to be held at the University of Minnesota.

“Since the Federal Government is the big employers actively hiring right now, all students should consider attending the event,” Andy Ditlevson, associate director of the Career Services Center, said.

More information on the Government Job Fair can be found at http://www.mcucsa. org/govjobfair.

Ditlevson also mentioned two other career fairs that are planned for spring semester.

The Diversity Job Fair is planned for Jan. 29 and the Minnesota State Universities Job Fair is expected to be on Feb.19 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, this event requires advanced registration in the career services center.

To prepare for these upcoming career fairs, there is a video available on the career service’s Web site that offers some great tips and advice for students and graduates.

For those that are graduating soon or are looking to get the internship experience, the College of Business Career Fair provided an opportunity to practice job search skills and network with potential employers.

An internship experience not only can provide students with course credit, but can also look great on a resume and provide the experience necessary to move along in their career.

cur on campus are in places with great public use like the fitness center, the Miller Center and Atwood,” Furan said.

Public Safety is also there for SCSU students at all times and is always available to assist with questions..

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Health care solutions in top ten countries

I am not stating The annual Dana that the Norwegian United Nations huJohnson healthcare system man development is the answer for index was released America. I am statMonday, Oct. 5 and ing, however, that Norway takes the it is a prime examnumber one spot. ple of a successful The index is government funded compiled by the UN healthcare system.

Development ProThankfully for gramme (UNDP) America, the other and ranks 182 counnine countries on tries based on such Editor this top ten list also criteria as life exset examples of sucpectancy, literacy, school enrollment and gross cessful government funded health care systems. Those domestic product per capita.

The United States is ranked countries are: Australia, Ice13, down one spot from last land, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, year.

But what fascinated me Switzerland and Japan.

If the citizens in American most about this list is the fact that the top ten countries all can learn one thing from these have some form of universal, countries it is the fact that a government funded, eating government funded health care tax-payer’s dollars, national program does not mean that they will lose the option of prihealth care system.

With the recent tea-bag- vate healthcare.

All of these countries have ging uproar claiming President Obama’s socialists ways some form of private healthwill be the end of freedom in care system still in place, alAmerica as we know it, this lowing their citizens to opt out seemed odd to me that no one of the public system.

Yes, the citizens that opt pointed out that the top ten livable countries all have health out of the government program care plans that resemble Presi- still have to pay taxes on the program. Yes, paying taxes dent Obama’s.

It’s no surprise to me that sucks. Yes, it would mean that some politicians and mostly America would also have to citizens feel the need to throw budget in and prioritize health tantrums at local town-hall care.

But there are some scary meetings; they are confused undisputable facts about and upset by rumors and lies.

Many believe they are go- America’s current system: The ing to lose their full-coverage health care system set in place medical benefits and be forced discourages small businesses to wait in line for hours at a from starting up, or people hospital for the lower-class from being their own employcriminals that are too lazy to er. Because buying insurance on your own costs you three find a job with benefits.

There are so many nega- times as much as the coverage tive connotations that sur- you can get from an employer.

Many other Americans round Universal Health Care in the American society; it just who are willing and able to pay proves how ignorant and self are still denied insurance due to previous illnesses or condiinvolved American’s can be.

We have what are consid- tions that insurance companies ered to be the ten best coun- decide are too risky or expentries in the world to look for sive to cover.

There are now more than examples of successful universal health care but yet the de- thirty million American citizens who cannot get coverage. bate roars on.

In just a two year period, So let’s look at those countries, how terrible can their one in every three Americans government funded health care goes without health care coverage at some point. really be?

The facts about our system In first place is Norway.

According to healthcare-econ- and other government systems omist.com, all Norwegians are that I have highlighted above insured by the National Insur- are the ones that I felt are most important to highlight. ance Scheme.

Obviously this is a complex This is a universal, taxfunded, single-payer health issue and many factors need to system. Compared to France, be considered. What I am askItaly, Spain and Japan Norway ing from you, as a reader of has the most centralized sys- this column, is to thoroughly tem. The Norwegian tax bur- research this issue before you decide to cause uproar at a den is 45 percent of GDP. Norwegians can opt out town hall meeting.

Take a look at this study of the government system and pay out-of-pocket, which cre- conducted by the UN Develates several private medical opment Programme and the top ten countries based on life clinics.

Downfalls of the system: expectancy, literacy, school there are significant waiting enrollment and gross domestic times for many procedures. product per capita.

And take a look at each Also care can be denied if it is not deemed to be cost-effective of their health care programs. (both also downfalls of the Take a look at President system currently in place in Obama’s speech made to congress, about health care, which America).

Benefits of the system: is published word for word on There are no copayments for www.NYTimes.com on Sept. hospitals stays or drugs; there 9.

After I have looked at all of are only small copayments for these things I feel that if Ameroutpatient treatment.

Any treatment and exami- ican citizens and politicians nations connected to a preg- got over their preconceived nancy are 100 percent free. ideas and negative stereotypes From the very first check up of universal health care, we until the delivery; no cost at could come up with a program all. And after the birth a year that would never leave a citiof maternity leave is required zen without health care. And for the mother and a minimum maybe America could get back into the top ten again. of six weeks for the father.

The opinions expressed on the Commentary and Opinions pages are not necessarily those of the college, university system or student body.

Letter to the Chronicle For public’s own good, Chronicle needs to call out Bachmann as the lunatic she is.

We have no media in this town. The SC Times is widely regarded as a terrible news source by all local residents, and their website is a disgrace to the entire internet itself.

My point is someone needs to report on Michelle Bachmann, our U.S. Representative. She is the butt of the national media’s jokes.

Last week on the House floor she lobbied that healthcare reform would lead to “sex clinics” in our highschools.

These “sex clinics” would offer abortions to our highschoolers. She of course got

on board with the idea that reform would create “death panels” to kill nana and papa.

These are outrageous lies and no one is reporting them here. St. Cloud is a very liberal town, obviously due to a very liberal univerisity.

We need to get the message out that we have a lunatic representing us here, we need to get the students out to vote he out of office next term.

But for now someone just needs to call her out! She is speaking for you and me and she is embarrasing us!

I want the Chronicle to take on the responsibility of speaking for all of us in St. Cloud, because Kare11 or the Pioneer Press is not going to do it for us, call her out please!

Chris Cantey SCSU Student

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Africa a continent; not a country Lwando Scott columnist

Quote of the Day:

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acred cows make the best hamburger.”

Mark Twain Author/humorist

Straight for a week This week, something happened to me that I never thought would happen.

I became straight.

It all started with a vivd, and almost real, dream. It involved me and a girl.

When I woke up, I thought it weird that I had a dream about a girl, and not Zac Efron.

So I contemplated what this might have meant.

I’m not one to question my sexuality, but I’m also not a hypocrite. Since I’ve been open about sexuality with people I’ve met, I often receive the same question, “How do you know?”

The truth is, I don’t know.

Not for 100 percent certain anyway.

I think we all lie on a spectrum. I think it’s perfectly natural for men to be into men and same with women.

I always explain that it’s because of our obsession and acceptance of beauty.

Whether you are straight or not, you can’t help but stare at someone beautiful— no matter what’s dangling, or not dangling, between their legs.

Almost every guy has admitted to me that yes, they have found several guys attractive, but they aren’t gay.

I don’t believe they are either. I don’t necessarily believe in being gay. That’s not to say I don’t identify myself with that label, because I do.

I have an inkling that I will spend the rest of my life

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with a man or alone with several cats.

This, by society’s standards, labels me gay.

I have found women attractive and I have even been stimulated by the thought.

But it’s not in the same way as the thought of a man.

I walk a very fine line with this thought because to a lot of people in the GLBT community, I am saying something that sets us back 50 years.

To people in the GLBT community, I am essentially saying that there is no such thing as “G” or “L”. Really it’s just “B,” and of course “T.” I think if we didn’t get so caught up with what is in between our legs, we could all live a much more relaxed and wonderful lifestyle.

I am not saying everyone should sleep in a mass orgy—we don’t want to prove the extremist conservatives right.

I am saying that people need to do more than just

“experiment” with one another.

They need to always be open for an encounter, not an “experiment”.

I was open to my straightness this week. I had my “dream” on Sunday, I watched the Vikings play the Packers on Monday and actually cared about what I was watching.

I went to the division championship game for the Twins on Tuesday and I yelled, hooted, hollered and even drank beer.

I was dressing worse and worse by Wednesday. (Although I realize there are many straight men who dress nicely, I was falling into the cliche).

On Thursday, I even thought about asking a girl out on a date, something I haven’t considered since I was 15.

Then, on Friday, I found myself at the first speech meet of the season and staring longingly at a beautiful, blonde bombshell who kept smiling at me and winking.

I felt all giddy inside and excited for this new and exciting adventure.

This adventure I would begin with this drop dead gorgeous boy!

Yep, no need to fear,

by Saturday I was back to my old self, a card carrying proud homosexual.

I guess when it comes down to it, “I’m just a gurl who cain’t say no!”

The skinny on fashion expectations

There has always been controversy over the looks of fashion models in the pages of magazines and on the runways.

Ever since the 1960s, with the discovery of the model Twiggy, thin has always been best, and the models keep getting thinner.

The fashion industry has been under scrutiny for a long time on the use of unhealthy looking models. One of the reasons this has always been an issue relates to one’s own body image.

Girls and boys see the ads and photos in magazines and believe that is how they are supposed to look.

In the past month, we have had a step forward and step backward in regards to magazines portraying a healthy body image.

The November issue of Glamour magazine contains the “Beautiful Bodies” spread; a pictorial that contains seven plus-size models in the nude.

Each model is interviewed and tells her story about experiences in the modeling industry. The majority of them reveal they used to have bad dieting habits to be able to model at the industry’s “normal” standards, and they realized how harmful and damaging it was to their bodies.

They are proud and confident to go back to a healthy weight, and still able to look

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and feel beautiful.

The magazine has received a large amount of positive feedback on their pictures from their readers.

Glamour has also released a statement saying they are committed to showing a wide range of body types and racial diversity in upcoming issues.

It is great to see such a well-known and popular magazine stepping up and finally giving readers what they have been asking for: models and women who look more like them.

Glamour has made a great decision and I hope they stick with their commitment.

This past week, an ad for Ralph Lauren’s new fall collection became very controversial.

The ad features a model so heavily airbrushed, her head is larger then her pelvis.

Ralph Lauren has issued a statement saying they are taking responsibility for the problem, and taking precau-

tions so that it will not happen again.

The Lauren ad is so gross and alien-looking it is hard to believe that any girl would strive to look like that.

The need to airbrush an already horribly skinny girl to almost nothing is uncalled for. This does not make the clothing or the brand look any better.

It is also interesting that Lauren decided not to withdraw or apologize for the image.

The unfortunate aspect about this ad is girls will see this and believe they need to look this way.

Because she is a model representing a major fashion label, and will be seen in many large fashion magazines, this will somehow give her credibility and validation that this is how women should look.

We are making so much progress with healthy portrayals of models. Glamour is great for featuring averaged sized women in their pages, along with stories on the struggles of trying to maintain an unhealthy and unrealistic weight.

I hope more leaders in the fashion industry take a lead from Glamour and learn from the mistakes of Ralph Lauren in regards to what people want to see in magazines and what will benefit everyone in the process of loving one’s body.

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Most people who know me know that I am South African, actually even those who don’t know me; they at least know that I am not from around here.

My country of origin is situated at the southern tip of the African continent. Now there seems to be a general confusion about “Africa.”

I want to take some time and this piece to clarify a few misconceptions about this continent, and yes it is a continent and not a single country.

Excluding the much disputed Western Sahara territory, the African continent consists of 53 countries that include the islands associated with the continent like Madagascar.

The nations on this continent have different social, political and economic structures.

In other words South Africa is different from Ghana, Ghana has nothing to do with Morocco and you cannot take a bus ride from Senegal to Tanzania, so the probability that I have a met a friend of yours that has traveled to Ethiopia while I lived in South Africa is zero to none.

So please stop asking me if I know a friend of yours that did volunteer work in Uganda and expect me to say I ran into your friend, as if Uganda is a twenty minute taxi ride from South Africa.

Why even assume that I have been to Uganda? I have found that even people of African descent (people who were born and partially raised in Africa) use the word “Africa” as an umbrella term when describing social, political or economic issues facing the countries in the continent.

Even “Africans” themselves, especially those in the Diaspora, keep on perpetuating the idea that “Africa” is a culture, as if there’s one homogeneous way of life across the continent.

Franz Fanon was much attuned to this phenomenon when he stated that “the native intellectual who has gone far beyond the domains of Western culture and who has got it into his head to proclaim the existence of another culture (which is the African culture) never does so in the name of Angola or of Dahomey.”

This overarching look at the African continent is not geographically sound and leads us to more misunderstanding of the continent, its countries and most of all, its people.

I was once told that I am a bad representation of “Africa” because of my sexual orientation.

This was puzzling on many accounts; firstly I have never claimed nor have I been elected to represent my country, let alone a continent. There is no one way to be “African,” no one holds a monopoly on “Africaness” (whatever that means).

There are various ways to be “South African” (Zulu, Christian, Xhosa, gay, Afrikaans, Muslim, farmer, straight, traditional ect.), can you imagine then the multiple ways one can be “African.”

This leads me to the war(s) issue; although there are several conflicts going on in the continent involving different countries, the majority of the continent is fairly stable.

I am not saying attention shouldn’t be drawn to the bloody areas, what I am saying is that you need to be specific with regards to the “war torn Africa” you are talking about.

You can’t just throw around statements like “there’s war in Africa” without both qualifying them and stating where in particular is this war.

This blanket treatment of Africa is not only annoying; it shows a lack of geographical knowledge and an extreme sloppiness when it comes to details.

I am sure this happens with other continents too, like Asia but I still think it’s more exaggerated with Africa. It’s uncommon to hear people talking about Europe as a continent in the same broad way as people do about Africa; people are usually more specific about the countries located within that continent.

So next time, before you introduce me to your friends as “my friend from Africa”, after I specifically told you that I am South African, think about whether you would do the same to your German, English or Norwegian friends.

I think that there’s something extremely lacking in the geography departments (and society as a whole for that matter) in this part of the world when people who have graduated high school and are pursuing degrees in institutions of higher learning cannot distinguish the difference between a continent and a country.

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Headphones unify recital hall Megan Junkermeier a & E editor

Headphones, despite their intent for individual use, are being used as a new method of amplifying recitals, as demonstrated through the First Monday new media series on October 5.

Scott Miller, SCSU Music Professor and Kristian Twombly, SCSU Assistant Music Professor performed at the recital using an electronic medium. This is the initial performance to start First Monday this year.

They were seated on stage, as students and participants sat on the floor. Each participant plugged personal headphones, which they were required to have, into adaptors, so they could share the tunes.

“This is a shared experience,” Twombly said. “This allows people to have both the shared experience and the personal and intimate experience through the headphones.”

Headphones are individualistic, so when people listen to music in a solitary fashion, the effect is different even when people are surrounding them.

“A lot of people listen to music through headphones today,” Miller said. “Most of that music is not meant to be heard through headphones, though.”

A recital of any size includes sound and dynamic that is shared among many listeners. This recital however, where the people were

listening from the floor, as the hosts were onstage, created a different atmosphere.

“A lot of the sound did not work outside, but worked inside the headphones,” Twombly said.

This sound allows for the magnitude of the tune to create a personal reaction.

“No one can get that experience except through the headphones,” Miller said, “The relationship changes.”

As the music traveled through headphones of the students, it seemed to form a channel, as a shared experience between the listeners.

Gradually, as the tones increase and decrease, the emotion of the room thickened. Both the participants’ appearance and mannerisms changed, as did the tempo and feel.

“People were paying a lot closer attention at this recital,” Twombly said. “Even though most of it was live, a lot of people had their eyes closed.”

Headphone recitals are performed internationally.

The first London Placard was in 2003, known as Le Placard, a headphone festival, which has become increasingly popular with each year.

“I never thought of doing this,” Twombly said. “I was wondering how to get 20 or 30 people to listen [through headphones] at the same time.”

As this was the first recital like this performed at SCSU, there were a few technical difficulties that Miller and Twombly had to overcome in

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Dr. Kristian Twombly sloshes around a bowl of liquid while tapping on it to create eerie ambient sounds. order to proceed.

“Apparently the fade out is the only appropriate cadence,” Miller said as he completed a tune at the recital.

For a diverse use of technology, Miller used a Wiimote, used as a controller with the Wii game system, to change pitch and tones throughout the recital.

“Using the Wii-mote changes things,” Twombly

said. “If you move it to one side, it does one thing and if you move it to another side, it does something else.”

As students listened on their headphones, Miller spun the controller, lifted and turned it to create a variety of effects on the sound.

“We are hosting SEAMUS 2010,” Miller said. “We are thinking of different types of performance.”

SEAMUS 2010 is the National Conference set for April, in which students will be considered for competition in their music works.

Students who apply for the National Conference are automatically considered for ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission. First prize is awarded $1250 and second place is awarded $750. Both winners are also recognized

at the next conference. The deadline to apply is October 15.

For more information on the SEAMUS 2010 conference, visit the Web site at www.seamus2010.stcloudstate.edu.

The schedule for the First Monday music series is listed on the SCSU Event calendar at www.stcloudstate.edu/ events.

International Film Series includes Woody Allen Meaghan Block asst. A & E editor

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Daisy, the new ‘Brand New’ album, has evolved in its maturity and variety.

Daisy blooms in a brand new direction Valerie Steffl asst. news editor

Brand New reinvented itself with an entirely ‘brand new’ sound with the Sept. 22 release of their fourth album, Daisy.

When Brand New released its first album, Your Favorite Weapon, the band’s sounds and lyrics could be interchanged with their poppunk counterparts like Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday.

Brand New has since stopped using eyeliner and ripping on girlfriends of old friends.

Daisy seemingly takes the dedicated Brand New listener to a whole new level of doom with its consistent primal screams and lyrics that address marriage (not girlfriends) and loss.

Even though it is refreshing that Brand New’s lyrics and style has matured as their initial fan base grows older, one may wonder if they have gone too far. It is a bit depressing that there is barely a hint of the Brand New we fell in love with back when the turn of the millenium.

Over the years, Brand

New has reinvented their sound and their lyrics have matured.

Your Favorite Weapon was consistently full of angst, Deja Entendu featured tracks of textured indie rock sounds and acoustics that offset the hard rock sounds and broke its incredibly punk pop image.

Their third release, The Devil and God are Raging Inside of You proved to Brand New’s audience that they were no longer pop-punk and were never going back.

This release was filled with somber songs like Jesus Christ and Milstone, which have consistently dense and dark lyrics.

When a band reinvents itself like Brand New has, it is hard for the dedicated traditionalists to fully appreciate new sounds because they fell in love with the band hearing entirely different music. But like all relationships, both parties have to evolve and learn to love and embrace the changes.

The album opens with Vices, which incorporates a phonograph recording with a woman singing and then immediately pummels the lis-

tener with a screechy, abrasive guitar.

The album goes on to Gasoline and Bought a Bride where the screams seem to be present through the whole tracks and the listener may say ask where did Brand New go?

The band gives relief with “screamo” track You Stole, consistent beats of At the Bottom, countryish sound of Sink, and chill sounds of Daisy and Noro that close out the album.

The guitar work toward the end of the album seems to make up for the lack of that instrumentation in the beginning.

Overall, the album can be acclaimed for its innovation, creativity and variety.

Dedicated Brand New followers who have evolved into appreciating “screamo” tracks in their own maturity will fully appreciate the newest edition to their Brand New library.

Brand New has gone from angsty to eerie and deathly which may cross the line for those who were hooked when Brand New sang Jude Law and a Semester Abroad.

An intentionally hidden theme connects the series of ten films in line for the International Film Series this season, only to be revealed as the season progresses.

The Film Series Department hosted the series in conjunction with the International Cinema course.

It is co-sponsored by the University Program Board and the Learning Resources and Technology Services.

Films are Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Atwood Theatre, with the exception of the Nov. 16 showing which will be played in the Miller Center Auditorium.

“All films revolve around a central theme that becomes clear as the series progresses. Each film is followed by a discussion, led by Professor Philippe Costaglioli,” explained UPB Films coordinator Anna Swenson.

All films are presented with English subtitles.

The Series is open to students, faculty, staff and com-

munity members.

There is a dedicated group of community members that attend the International Film Series each year.

Often times, many of the films are United States premieres, having never been publicly released in the United States.

“With this film series we can’t be certain if they have or have not, though,” said Swenson.

This is especially true since “Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona” was directed by Woody Allen and is sold in stores on DVD. Professor Philippe Costaglioli chooses the films based on the theme of the series.

UPB purchases the rights to a film through Swank Motion Pictures.

This year the film UPB contributed is “Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona.”

The Film Department procures the rights to the rest of the films through the various companies that hold their distribution and exhibition rights.

“The International Film

Series is a great opportunity for any cinephile (one who loves films) to see motion pictures they would otherwise probably never get to see,” said Swenson Films that were already shown in this series include the 1988 Polish film from Krzysztof Kieslowski, “A Short Film about Love” and “Tulpan,” which showed this past Monday and was made

by Kazakhstan filmmaker Sergei Dvortsevoy in 2008.

The remaining line up of films is as follows: Oct. 12: “The Climates”

by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey (2006).

Oct. 19: “In Love We Trust” by Wang Xiaoshuai, China (2007).

Oct. 26: “Love Song” by Christopher Honore, France (2007).

Nov. 2: “Spider Lilies” by Zero Chou, Taiwan (2007).

Nov. 9: “Lower City”

by Sergio Machado, Brazil (2006).

Nov. 16: “Wonderful Town” by Aditya Assarat, Thailand (2007).

Nov. 23: “Dolls” by Take-

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Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona is one of the few US films that has been included in the International Film Series, an unusual occurance in their series.

Karen O sings to the wild things University Chronicle Monday, Oct. 12, 2009

Megan Junkermeier album review

Some kids would be happy with a time-out if it meant heading into a monster-ridden land filled with eccentric folk tunes by Karen O and the Kids.

Karen O, lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a popular indie rock group, has now broadened her fan base to younger kids and teenagers through her new record for a movie based the children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are.” Though the music has an acid-folk feel, the movie reaches to a younger crowd, leading a more diverse crowd to discover Karen O, and very possibly, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

She has recently teamed with a group of kids, amongst other artists to record the soundtrack for the motion picture “Where the Wild Things Are,” which will hit theatres on Friday.

The soundtrack was released September 29.

The artist is listed as “Karen O and the Kids” since groups of children singing are part of the accompaniment to her leads in the songs. Sections of the soundtrack include movie clips as well.

The plot of the childhood tale begins with a boy named Max, who is sent to his room by his mother because of misbehaving, but is led into a world of strange creatures after putting on a costume.

If any costume led to a world of folk music on a trip, it would be hard not to screw up in attempt to land in that place.

The song titled “All is Love,” was first released as a single first. It is still rated with the highest popularity.

Karen O begins, as a group of kids join her in the upbeat singing, lifting their spirits to the sky. There could not be a more perfect theme for a heartwarming monster movie.

“Capsize” is even catchier. If listeners keep in mind the original style of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ front-woman,

the staccato and the quick inclines and drops in vocal style are prevalent.

Kids can really groove to this one.

Rumpus is one of the more upbeat songs in the soundtrack, after one of the monsters is crowned king.

This one includes clips from the movie, which makes the track relatable to those who will remember it.

Originally the trendy, bold and eclectic front of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O has hit another area with her new work.

To help build a soundtrack for a children’s movie will allow other types of listeners to discover her music, as opposed to in her early career.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were originally found through the scene and indie crowds of the past, but now have a chance to be reached through this album, as well.

As far as the movie world is concerned, thematic and dramatic tunes need to be combined with softer and subtle tones to lead into different parts of the movie.

“Hideaway” reaches a low, solemn emotion, as does “Cliffs,” where even Karen O’s ooh’s and aah’s are a beautiful intermission in the album. Her transcendent heights during her soprano tone rings through the entire song, causing a calm sense of peace.

There is plenty of variety throughout the album. Karen O’s methodical lead rings through in “Worried Shoes,” bringing an image of setback or disappointment in the monsters’ lives.

Spelling is a significant part of the lyrics, which is a noteworthy child-oriented feature. In songs like “All is Love,” Karen O and the Kids spell the word ‘love’ as the beginning of the chorus, and in “Capsize,” the title is spelled from the beginning.

Despite the acid-like influences in music style that reach older crowds, touches like these simplify the songs in a way that reminds one of growing up, which reaches the kids in awe of this childhood tale come to life.

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The ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ soundtrack was released September 29, featuring Karen O.

Sean Smuda depicts dreams through photos Photography

by Smuda, “Blueprints and Dreams,” is featured in Kiehle Gallery

Staff Report

Sean Smuda makes his dreams come true through his photography on display at SCSU. For his presentation to the SCSU attendees, he displayed his “Blueprints and Dreams” series most specifically along with other fascinating works he had dis-

played in previous shows.

Smuda is a Minneapolisbased photographer who dabbles in arts across the board ranging from photography, to music, to editorials, to whatever else may strike his fancy.

The exhibition and artist talk were held in Kiele Gallery on the afternoon of October 7.

According to the Saatchi

Gallery’s Web site, “Unlikely recombinations of transportation solve or escape the world’s problems such as: a sail powered bike; a hot air ice house; or a political apology marionette. Titled as poems in different languages, they discretely dissolve and extend the boundaries of the how and why of travel.”

Smuda was introduced to the audience as also occupy-

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Bill Gorcica (on the right), gallery director, introduced photographer Sean Smuda Wednesday at the Kiehle Hall’s gallery. Smuda delivered an artist talk to a group of SCSU Art students and faculty.

ing the position of curator and gallery director of shows for the Shoebox gallery on Chicago and Lake Street in the twin cities for over 5 years, along with making a living as a commercial photographer.

At the artist talk, Smuda explained the origins of this compilation, saying that he actually started the series with one specific work which can be only vaguely described as depicting a bicycle with a sail attached to it.

These represent the curiosity of seeing more of the world than where one was born and how interested people are in that discovery.

He explained that it originally began as a reaction to another series, then became a work he was sort of pondering for a while.

Then an e-mail invitation changed the whole outlook and process, thus putting the work into progress.

Smuda was invited to participate in a Chinese bicycle culture show at a gallery.

This, as perfect of timing as it was, prompted him to then begin working in a frenzy to complete the piece.

In the process, he made certain to stick to a basic theme he wanted in keeping with literality.

It was at that point that the e-mail became an inspiration for an entire new gallery he would soon embark on; that creation turning out to be the “Blueprints and Dreams” series.

With the completion of the bicycle piece came the thought of “why stop at China?”

Smuda modified his sights from the idealized Chinese landscapes, to the expansive and diverse beauty that is France, Cambodia, the US, Mexico, Germany, Poland, Norway, Russia, among perhaps others to come to the series.

All of these works from various parts of the world are

to also be seen as something similar to poems, though also with Smuda proclaiming it sometimes “unfair to bourdon an image with words”.

There is beauty throughout the pieces of his collection, clear when viewing the pieces.

In addition to the appearance, the viewer cannot overlook the possibility of some symbolism or meaning behind the layout of what they are seeing in the pieces.

His depth and the perception incoroprated from the dreams mix with the subtle texture of the appearance to create the photos.

Without doubt, Smuda took the audience through and explained the different meanings behind the displayed pieces, including those not a part of the “Blueprints and Dreams” series that he had set out for viewers to appreciate.

Smuda’s career as an artist has been building since he first started practicing photography at the age of twelve.

From there on, he attended art school in Brussels, the Great Books Program, and the Boston Museum School.

From there he moved back to his hometown of Minneapolis during what he sees to be the city’s “musical heyday” and dove into the performing and visual arts scenes, having resided in it ever since.

This year Smuda was awarded the city’s Mosaic commission, celebrating its diversity.

His work and more information can be viewed at http://www.seansmuda.com.

His Web site includes examples of editorial, nuptial and arterial photographs.

Smuda’s show will continue through October 30 in the Kiehle Gallery in the Visual Arts Cetner.

For more information about the show call 320-3084283.

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Halo 3: ODST brings more action Gabriel Grimmer Game review

Two years after the release of one of the most popular first-person shooters out there, Bungie has created “Halo 3: ODST.” Out only for the Xbox 360, this prequel takes place during the events in “Halo 2”, but unlike the story that is taking place through the main trilogy with Master Chief.

With a change in characters and following a different story. ODST can be understood by most of the people who have not yet played the original trilogy.

The Covenant is a fanatic gathering of alien races that attacks Earth.

The ODST, also known as Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, accidentally land on Earth while trying to land on an enemy ship.

With this, the squad of ODST is separated.

Playing as rookie, a new recruit to the ODST going around the city finding items that the previous squad members have dropped.

Upon further investigation of these items, shifting to the perspective of a different squad member and finding out what happened to them during the time of there use.

All while fighting or sneaking by the Covenant to get to your objective. As the ODST, also having access to the VISR, or the Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance.

This VISR is basically an advanced Night-Vision, but it also shows the outlines of objects.

Using this outline, helps to identify whether its environment, ally, or enemy.

While the Campaign is quite fun, it is also quite short, but the length of the game can almost be ignored with the addition of Firefight.

Firefight is a survival mode taking place in one of many different arenas.

In this mode, enemies from every section of the game will come in wave.

It is the player’s job to kill every single alien that is sent at you before you run

out of your allotted amount of lives.

Each set of waves increase in difficulty with the additions of enemy enhancements, such as throwing a lot more grenades then usual to having twice as much health.

Also, for both the Campaign and the Firefight, there are different difficulty levels.

The Easy and Normal difficulty levels are quite easy for people that are new to FPSs, but the Heroic and Legendary levels increase in difficulty dramatically.

The graphics in “ODST” are very well done, where as in “Halo 3”, they are pretty much exactly the same.

The weapons and enemies also sound exactly the same, so there is not anything changed there.

However, the music in this game is excellent.

Not only is the music itself very well done, the music fits and enhanced the feeling of the game altogether.

This makes it one of the strong points of the game.

For what most experienced Halo players were waiting for the most in “ODST”: the multiplayer option.

The Campaign and Firefight both allow four people to play at the same time, but only two people on a screen at once.

So, to have four people playing at once, LAN or XBOX live is needed.

For those who want to play online against other people, there is not anything special in “ODST.” However, ODST does come with a second disk with the “Halo 3” multiplayer, which has everything “Halo 3” has other than the campaign.

This disk also has every map pack that has come out for “Halo 3”, Heroic, Legendary, and all six maps from the Mythic Map Packs.

Also worth mentioning in the multiplayer section is that this game also comes with a Beta invite for Halo Reach, the next installment in the Halo series.

In the end, this game was a perfect addition to the Halo series, especially since it a

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Halo 3: ODST altered characters and story to bring a new style of playing in the gaming world.

change from playing as Master Chief.

With the co-op missions and the unique Firefight mode, there are quite a few reasons to buy “ODST,” especially if you haven’t bought “Halo 3” or any of

their Map Packs.

Buying this game right away and finding it to be surprisingly different then “Halo 3,” and since I don’t really play the Halo 3 multiplayer, this game is worth

its price.

However, the shortness of the Campaign and the many players who only play the online PvP multiplayer would find this game a disappointment.

Even with the Halo

Reach beta coming out in 2010, wait to buy this game until it goes down from the 60 dollars it is right now.

Remember, renting is always an option.

Brand new album released by Paramore Jian You Hoe album review “Brand New Eyes,” the newest album by Paramore, appropriately brings a ‘brand new’ sound to their past work.

The album contains 11 tracks and a few bonus tracks on the different album editions that consist of the deluxe edition, iTunes deluxe edition and international edition.

The album was released on September 29.

“Ignorance” was selected as their single for this album, which became popular on sites like iTunes long before the album was released.

It was released under Fueled by Ramen a subsidiary label of Warner Music Group.

The album receives mostly positive professional reviews such as all music, Alternative Press, Rolling Stone and Absolute Punk.

Most of the songs in the album are written by Band lead singer Hayley Williams and Josh Faro, who is also the lead guitarist and backing vocals for the band.

The album falls under the genre of alternative rock and pop punk.

The first lead single to promote the album is “Ignorance”.

The song starts off with strong electric guitar strumming.

Later it is combined with some drum patterns. In the verse of the song, vocals are introduced to the track, but with less powerful guitar strumming and drum patters.

However, once the chorus of the track is reached, the electric guitar, vocals and drum sounds are back with full power and strength.

A music video was re-

leased to promote the song.

It starts of with all the band members playing in a dark room.

While Williams started to use a light bulb attached to the room and used it as a microphone.

She also used it to shine at other band members while she sang.

The video ended when Williams was successful tied by the light bulb wire with the help from other band members.

Song titled “Careful” is another interesting track on the album.

The song definitely has a different tone and feeling compare to the first single.

It has a song structure of verse chorus verse.

The beginning of the song was a strong and powerful electric guitar strumming effects and rock drum sounds.

While the vocals are being sang in a strong and consistent voice by the vocalist.

Besides that, the song titled “Turn it Off” is catchy, due to its addictive electric guitar melody and the lyrics of the song.

When the song hits the chorus, Williams gives powerful rock vocals, while the lyrics also give a meaningful and personal experience feeling to some listeners.

Another song on the album that was catchy was “Playing God”.

The song gives a feeling of a combination of the bands pop and rock genre.

Overall the song is not as vocally and instrumentally powerful compared to the other tracks on the album.

But, it shows a good harmonization of both melody on the electric guitar and background sound on the drums.

Constructive lyrics fill

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Paramore delivers their pop-punk style through their album “Brand New Eyes,” released September 29.

the songs, and as the vocals belt, the message is sent.

With powerful pop rock vocals and the skills of electric guitar strumming and drum playing displayed by the other band members, the

album rocks like the previous.

The album was produced

by Rob Cavallo, who has also produced albums by the Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day and other bands.

He also produced the Dave Matthews Band’s newest album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which was a change of pace from his original band genre.

Paramore is currently on

tour, promoting the new album and are set to play with bands like the reuinted ‘No Doubt’.

Paramore’s ‘brand new’ work is something to look into.

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Huskies drop two at homecoming Husky volleyball falls to Bulldogs and Beavers on Parents day Staff Report The Huskies lost their third and fourth straight matches this weekend.

They fell to 2-8 in the NSIC and 7-13 overall after the losses to the MinnesotaDuluth Bulldogs and the Bemidji State Beavers.

The Huskies matches

were the first two of four that will be called “Dig Pink,” in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

To fund awareness for breast cancer the Huskies will be selling “Dig Pink” t-shirts for $10 at all of their October home games.

Friday

Friday the Huskies took on the Bulldogs of Minnesota-Duluth.

The Bulldogs came in ranked number 10 in the nation and boasted an undefeated record in the NSIC.

The Huskies looked to change that as a kill by freshmen Taylor Beebe tied the first game score at 18.

But the upset was not meant to be for the Huskies as they fell to the Bulldogs.

They lost the first and closest of the games 25-19.

They lost the next two games 25-17 and 25-13.

Leading the Bulldogs was Alyssa Nelson who had 14 kills. Also in double-digit kills was Anna Zyvoloski.

Rachel Jacobson added 21 digs for the Bulldogs.

The Huskies’ first-year hitter Lauren Cipperly led the

Bigya Pradhan/ Staff Photographer

First year hitter Taylor Beebe wills one over the net Friday at Halenbeck against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.

Huskies with 10 kills and Kiersten Mormann added 24 set assists.

The SCSU digs leader for the match was freshemn libero Sarah Madden with 12.

Saturday

Although they lost three straight to the Bemidji Beavers, the games were much closer than the final score portrayed.

The Huskies lost the first game 25-23 after a Courtney Bitter kill.

Game two turned into a marathon as the Huskies and the Beavers battled back and forth.

Eventually the Beavers came out on top 32-30, winning three straight points to take the set.

The third set was a more comfortable win for the Beavers as they shutout the Huskies and ruined their homecoming.

They took the last game 25-20, taking a 16-15 lead on another Courtney Bitter kill an never looking back.

Courtney Bitter led the victorious Beavers posting 41 set assists, 10 digs and eight kills, including those two important ones.

Also in double-digit kills for the Beavers were Nicole Olson and Laura Slinger who had 14 and 13 respectively.

Four Beavers had doubledigit digs in the match. Brie Groskreutz led all players with 16.

The Huskies were led by junior middle hitter Kayla Tschida who had 15 kills and 12 digs.

Also posting double-digit digs were Chelsea Nagle and Sarah Madden who had 11 and 14 respectively.

Kiersten Mormann led the Huskies with 35 set assists.

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Sophomore in star role Logan Marxhausen asst. Sports editor

Saturday the Husky soccer team played on a snow laden field, defeating the Bemidji State Beavers with 2-1 victory with Alexandra Pafko assisting the first goal and scoring the winning goal.

“Alex is one of the best in the game,” said head coach Rebecca Heiberger.

“She has been doing well since the off-season.

She is very dangerous, very competitive, she works hard and she is a leader out there. She is invaluable, finishing opportunities for the team. She is willing to do whatever it takes.”

Pafko has five assists and eight goals on the season scoring 21 points overall this fall.

“We can’t overlook any games,” Pafko said. “Playing good teams like Bemidji State and Minnesota Duluth this weekend will be tough. We are getting ready for both teams in our morning practices.

“Cold weather doesn’t bother me. We practice in the mornings so we are used to colder weather when we are on the field during afternoon games.”

Pafko, a sophomore forward, hails from Blaine, Minn. where she started playing soccer.

“I play for the love of the game,” Pafko said.

“Ever since I can remember I have been competing with my sister in the backyard. We would juggle, shoot and pass with our dad or by ourselves.

“I can feel when my sister isn’t on the field. I feel her missing. She is always there. I do like playing with her more than not.

My sister came here and this was one of the schools that wanted me to come play soccer for them. They have my program and soccer. That is good enough for me.”

Pafko’s sister, Jessica Pafko is one year older than Alexandra. Jessica Pafko is a defender for the Huskies.

“We just became used to playing with each other,” said Alexandra Pafko.

“We played separately during the summer and I could feel that she wasn’t on the field. We came back and picked it up where we

bigya Pradhan/ staff photographer

Sophomore Alexandra Pafko warms up at Husky stadium Friday morning. She was recently named the NSIC player of the week.

left off. It is a confidence builder to play with her.”

Pafko loves the thrill of soccer. She played soccer, basketball and ran track in high school before coming to St. Cloud State.

“I love all sports,” Pafko said. “It is something about soccer that I just love. To score a goal is indescribable. Soccer is physical, aggressive and the speed of the game is always moving.”

Pafko has been the biggest offensive production the Huskies have seen

since Trista Cooke had 10 goals in 2006.

“There isn’t a lot of games that stand out to me,” Pafko said.

“Although there are certain games that you do hold to heart. Beating Mankato earlier this season was a great feeling. I remember the hog pile at the end of the game and we hadn’t beat Mankato in about six years. When we beat Mankato is was huge confidence builder and it showed our team that we actually are better then at

“W

e played seperately during the summer and I could feel that she wasn't on the field. We came back and picked it up where we left off.”

Alexanda Pafko

SCSU forward

the beginning of the season.

“Another game was last year when we were playing Duluth. We were down at halftime 2-0. In the second half we tied it at 2-2 and went on to win in overtime 3-2. ” Coach Heiberger has always been supportive of her team as well as Pafko.

“Heiberger brings a lot for this team,” Pafko said.

“She is the type of coach that can have fun, but we get down to business. I have leaned a lot from her about movement with the ball and finishing opportunities.

“When we became No. 1 in the NSIC she didn’t even mention it walking into the next day. She didn’t act different and she didn’t coach different.

She was trying to keep our heads level and prepared for that day.”

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First year Lauren Cipperly spikes one to the Bulldog side of the net Friday at Halenbeck.

Disappointing weekend for Husky hockey Staff Report The St. Cloud State men’s hockey team opened their season at Miami (Ohio) University this past weekend.

Miami, the runner-up NCAA Champions from the 20082009, continued to display season excellence in their sweep over the Huskies.

Friday The Huskies dropped their season opener 3-2 against non-conference rivals, the Red Hawks, in overtime.

St. Cloud State sophomore, Oliver Lauridsen tallied the first mark of the game at 17:42 with a crisp slap shot from the blue line.

Assisting on the goal were senior, Craig Gaudet and junior, Garrett Roe The Huskies out shot the Red Hawks 14-10 in the first period. The Hawks came out strong in the second period quickly evening up the score at 1-1 with a goal from Miami freshman, Curtis McKenzie.

Close to seven minutes after McKenzie’s tally, Miami scored a power play goal when Red Hawks junior, Pat Cannone fired one past Husky goalie, Dan Dunn, at 8:06.

Miami continued to control the pace of the game throughout the rest of the second period, and the majority of the third.

The Red Hawks were able to keep the score in their favor until 18:01 in the third when St. Cloud State junior, Brian Volpei shot a rebound past Red Hawks goalie, Cody Reichard.

Assisting on Volpei’s goal were sophomores, Jordy Christian and Sam Zabkowicz at the end of 60 minutes of play, the score was even and the game went into overtime.

Despite strong Husky offensive aggression, Miami was able to find the back of the net with 1:52 left in overtime. Red Hawks junior, Carter Camper, notched the goal off a rebound shot by Tommy Wingels, clinching the season-opener win for Miami University.

Saturday The final game of the opening series match between the Huskies and the Red Hawks started and ended slow for St. Cloud State.

After two scoreless periods, Miami University finally found the back of the net while on the power play 5:22 into the third period. Scoring for the Red Hawks was Jarod Palmer.

Twenty seconds later, the Red Hawks sealed the win by getting another goal past St. Cloud State’s first year goalie, Mike Lee at the 5:42

mark.

The Huskies found themselves to be out shot 27-20 and shutout by the runner-up National Champion team.

St. Cloud State will take the ice this weekend at home, taking on Union College. Game times are 7:07 p.m. Friday, Oct 16 and 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct 17 at the National Hockey Center.

Women The Huskies played in their first WCHA game this season, facing the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Friday night. Duluth overcame the Huskies, and won 5-3.

This game marked the forty-fourth meeting between the two teams.

The Bulldogs lead the overall series 34-8-2 over the Huskies, dating back to the 1999-2000 season. However, in the 2008-2009 season, SCSU went 2-1-1 against Duluth.

The Bulldogs opened the game with a quick goal

by Audrey Cournoyer at the 1:06 mark in the first period.

St. Cloud State’s Alternate Captain, Caitlin Hogan responded quickly to even up the score about a minute after Duluth’s first tally. Assisting on the play was fellow Alternate Captain, Holly Roberts.

After a penalty on St. Cloud State’s Katie Allen for holding, UMD was able to once again regain the lead with a power play goal at 6:52 in the first period. Scoring for the Bulldogs was Katherine Wilson, a freshman from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

After 20 minutes of play, Duluth out shot the Huskies 16-6.

Caitlin Hogan notched her second goal of the game in the second period at 11:10.

Assisting on the goal were Holly Roberts and freshman defenseman, Kylie Lane.

This would prove to be the only goal the second period would witness.

Going into the third, the score was even at 2 each.

The Bulldogs, once again, took the lead after a goal from Jessica Wong at 3:01. Duluth’s Emmanuelle Blais scored the game-winning goal 42 seconds later.

St. Cloud pumped up the heat, and brought the score to 4-3 on a 3 on 5 penalty kill. Caitlin Hogan scored her third goal of the game, completing her hat trick, at the 10:52 mark in the third.

Diana Karouzos tallied the assist on the shorthanded goal.

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Sports Scoreboard MLB Standings

American League (Final Regualar Season) East New York Yankees Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

W-L 103-59 95-67 84-78 75-87 64-98

GB -8 19 28 39

Central Minnesota Detroit Chicago Sox Cleveland Kansas City

87-76 86-77 79-83 65-97 65-97

-1 7.5 21.5 21.5

West LA Angels Texas Seattle Oakland

97-65 87-75 85-77 75-87

-10 12 22

National League (Final Regular Season)

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Erica Beacom gets a kill on Friday at Halenbeck.

Volleyball Continued from Page 13 In the Match Sarah Madden broke 300 digs and is not sitting at 305 for the season.

Just 68 more and she will be top-10 all time for most digs in a season.

Both Tschida and junior Ashley Shields are over 200 kills on the season.

Tschida easily surpassed her career high which was 193.

With the loss the Huskies drop to 2-8 in the NSIC and 6-16

overall.

Up next for the Huskies are the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs.

They play Friday in Marshall at 7 p.m.

Saturday the Huskies play at 4 p.m. in Mankato.

Their next home games are Oct. 30-31 against Wayne State and Augustana. The games will also be “Dig Pink” matches.

Hockey Continued from Page 13 Despite the momentum gained from Hogan’s hat trick, the Bulldogs managed to find the back of the net at 12:18 with a goal from Laura Fridfinn-

East Philadelphia Florida Atlanta New York Mets Washington

W-L 93-69 87-75 86-76 70-92 59-103

GB -6 7 23 34

Central St. Louis Chicago Cubs Milwaukee Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh

91-71 83-78 80-82 78-84 74-88 62-99

-7.5 11 13 17 28.5

West LA Dodgers Colorado San Francisco San Diego Arizona

95-67 92-70 88-74 75-87 70-92

-3 7 20 25

MLB Playoff Matchups (Sun. afternoon)

Minnesota Twins (0-2) vs.

New York Yankees (2-0) Los Angeles Angels sweep (3-0) Boston Red Sox (0-3) Phildelphia Phillies (1-1) vs.

Colorado Rockies (1-1) Los Angeles Dodgers (3-0) sweep St. Louis Cardinals Oct. 11

son.

SCSU pulled goalie Ashley Nixon from the net with 56 seconds left in regulation, but were unable to produce another goal.

NY Yankees at Minnesota (night) Philadelphia at Colorado (night) Oct. 12 Phildelphia at Colorado NY Yankees at Minnesota (if needed)

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Sports Schedule Football NSIC Schedule Games Saturday Wayne State at Winona State MSU Moorhead at Minnesota State Bemidji State at Minnesota Crookston St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth Upper Iowa at Augustana Northern State at Mary Concordia St. Paul at Southwest Minnesota State

Soccer NSIC Schedule Games Wednesday York College at Wayne State Games Friday Concordia St. Paul at Upper Iowa St. Cloud State at Winona State Games Saturday Bemidji State at Mary Minnesota Crookston at MSU Moorhead Minnesota Duluth at Northern State Wayne State at Minnesota State Augustana at Southwest Minnesota State Games Sunday Augustana at Minnesota State Bemidji State at Northern State Concordia St. Paul at Winona State Minnesota Duluth at Mary St. Cloud State at Upper Iowa Wayne State at Southwest Minnesota State

Volleyball

Games Tuesday Nothern State at MSU Moorhead Mary at Minnesota Crookston Bemidji State at North Dakota Games Friday Augustana at Upper Iowa Northern State at Bemdji State Wayne State at Winona State St. Cloud State at Southwest Minnesota State Mary at Minnesota Duluth Concordia St. Paul at Minnesota State Games Saturday Mary at Bemidji State Concordia St. Paul at Southwest Minnesota State Wayne State at Upper Iowa St. Cloud State at Minnesota State Northern State at Minnesota Duluth Augustana at Winona State MSU Moorhead at Minnesota Crookston

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The best darn guide to the NHL With so many things going on in the sports world these days, from Kyle Stevens pre-playoff playoff games to the looming NFL trade deadline and the continuing recovery effort from last Monday night, it is easy to lose sight of the NHL. There are all sorts of plot lines weaving through the frozen ponds that deserve attention.

The most important is how each team will do, and how good their chances are of hoisting Lord Stanley’s Cup. Let’s start in New England.

Northeast Boston is the trendy pick because, well, there is no other viable option. Montreal can score, but so does whomever they are playing.

Ottawa is average across the board. Buffalo, despite its best efforts, is still not Canadian.

Winners: Everyone except Toronto.

Losers: The Maple Leafs.

They gave up all hope at a future when they gave Boston

two first-round picks (2010 and 2011) and a second round pick (2010) for Phil Kessel.

Then they signed the former Gopher to a five-year, $27 million contract.

Kessel is good, but even if they have Ovechkin, I would say they got fleeced.

Atlantic Pittsburgh is the favorite, if for no other reason than they are the defending champs.

Philadelphia should push the Penguins, but a title makes Sidney Crosby seem less like a snotty kid and more like a standoffish vet.

Winners: The Islanders.

They got their Crosby with No. 1 pick John Tavares in last June’s draft.

They’ll get their other Crosby with the first pick in next June’s draft.

Losers: New York City.

The Rangers gave Marian Gaborik $7.5 million a year to play 30 games.

Southeast Washington wins this division by virtue of being the only team capable of doing so.

Winners: Printing companies. Map makers should reap massive profits from everyone in D.C. who need directions to find their home in the Southeast.

Losers: The world of hockey. Raleigh and Atlanta?

Tampa Bay and Sunrise? They have hockey teams there?

What’s next, a team in Arkansas. (I’m kidding, Bettman.

Don’t even think about it.)

Pacific The west coast has teams too? L.A.? San Jose? Phoenix? Dallas is in the Pacific division?

The Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA pulls more fans than the Kings and the Coyotes can’t seem to figure out if they’re coming or going.

Anyway, the Sharks will win, and then fold in the playoffs like Kimbo Slice facing a real, sober fighter.

Winners: There are no winners here. Losers: Uh, Dallas.

Do you even have to ask?

Central Chicago got more than a prolific scorer when they drafted Patrick Kane. They got a playmaker that can intimidate even the stingiest of cab drivers.

The Red Wings had better look out. If Kane feels the least bit slighted, he may beat one of them and empty the contents of their pockets. (There are no pockets in breezers? I don’t think Kane cares.)

Winners: St. Louis. They

should sell out several games this year with two Stanley Cup contenders in their division.

Losers: Ohio.

Seriously, the Browns and Bengals are the definition of loser and the Cavaliers can’t win with LeBron. And the Indians? Yeah, right. Go, Blue Jackets?

Northwest Calgary and Vancouver will battle in anonymity for this division.

Edmonton could give Canada the top three spots, but keep an eye on the Wild. They have a new coach and a new up-tempo style.

Some say that the Wild don’t have the type of players to succeed with speed and finesse as opposed to the grindit-out style they’ve played forever.

The thing is, no one knows. With Jacques Lemaire gone, the concrete skates are in the shed, players will have a defined role and uttering the word “offense” won’t result in a public tongue-lashing.

Winners: The State of Hockey. Finally, the greatest hockey fans in the nation get a chance to watch hockey. Losers: Canada. Yeah, I said it.

East playoffs There should be some

good matchups in the early rounds, but the one series everyone wants to see is Washington and Pittsburgh.

Ovechkin and Crosby should meet in the conference finals for the second year in a row, and the outcome will be the same.

I only hope that Ovie drops his gloves in front of the Pittsburgh crowd and KO’s the Kid. West playoffs Chicago will give Detroit fits in the conference finals, but the Red Wings are just too experienced to let the Blackhawks get by them.

Unless Detroit forgets to take their afternoon naps or to restock their Geritol supply, the Wings should get by the Hawks.

Stanley cup Finals Pittsburgh versus Detroit.

Crosby gets title number two, but remains the worst interview in professional sports.

Winners: Versus. They still make me turn the channel at intermission, but their game coverage is getting better every year.

Losers: Any couch made in the late 1960s. Run and hide, flowered davenport. I saw Don Cherry around the corner.

Favre not out for revenge 252080A02

What has Brett Favre done for the Vikings?

The answer is everything that has Logan been good.

Marxhausen Favre has been hated b and scrutinized by many for coming back and playing for the Minnesota Vikings to reap revenge on the Green Bay Packers.

First of all, I think Favre is going to make a better judgment on risking his recently turned 40-year-old body against the beasts that make up the defensive per-

sonnel of professional football players.

Do not even make an argument that money is an issue. I have seen more Wrangler and Sears commercials with Favre in it now more than ever.

Favre has been the quarterback that Minnesota fans have missed so dearly since the days of Randall Cunningham and the early peak of Daunte Culpepper’s career. Not to mention the defense was solid and balance with a huge offensive team with the triple threat (Randy Moss, Cris Carter and Jake Reed).

Looking back at the

team last year, Adrian Peterson shouldered the offensive load rushing about 20-25 times a game.

He had to do that two seasons in a row not being able to make it past the first round last postseason losing to Philadelphia in the first round.

The Vikings were 1-3 in the first four games in 2008 with Jackson quarterbacking the offense losing the first two and Gus Frerotte splitting the second two.

The difference between Frerotte and Jackson was experience and confidence in the pocket.

Favre brings in more ex-

perience than any quarterback in the NFL. Favre has broken many records over the course of his career for one distinct reason. He is good.

A lot of fans have come around to see that Favre can still win and triumph over adversity and make the clutch plays that put another tally in the win column.

No, Favre is not the player he once was. He cannot get hit 10 times a game and still walk away unhurt.

There is some baggage that comes with Favre, but with recent success, that baggage doesn’t seem to be weighing down the Vikings.

What else can Favre do to make everyone finally decide that it was a good decision for him to come out of retirement?

I do not expect Favre to start every game. I do not expect him to remain unharmed and injured. The fact is that the Vikings haven’t seen this success for a long time.

The Vikings just finished the fifth week of the season at 5-0. So the question is, why can’t fans be happy that the Vikings finally have a team that can get it done and win?

Unless of course you are a Packers or Bears fan.

The “I’ll Just Have One More” Martini 3 oz. gin or vodka 1/2 oz. dry vermouth 3 olives 1 automobile 1 long day 1 diminishing attention span 1 too many Combine ingredients. Drink. Repeat.

Mix with sharp turn, telephone pole.

Never underestimate ‘just a few.’

Buzzed driving is drunk driving.

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Monday Oct. 12, 2009

Husky Homecoming:blowout edition

Karl Locker/Staff Photographer

Matt Hansmann celebrates with his teammates after the first of many touchdowns. The Huskies won 65-7 over Crookston, scoring a record 55 in the first half.

Tyler Ohmann sports editor

The most that the Huskies football team has ever scored in a game was 71 back in 2006 against MinnesotaCrookston.

They looked to break that record on a cold homecoming Saturday.

They fell just short, winning the game 65-7. However they did lead 55-0 at halftime, which was a record.

The Huskies wasted no time putting points on the board. On their first offensive play senior quarterback Mitch Watkins hooked up with leading receiver Fred Williams on a 67 yard bomb.

After Justin Delgado missed the extra point, the Huskies were in the lead 6-0 with only 16 seconds off the clock.

“Scoring right away, it really helps everyone out, build on it get your confidence up,” said SCSU defensive linemen Ross Kees. “Everyone is psyched the whole time, it’s real easy to keep going from there.”

Kees was playing his first game back after missing three weeks with a sprained MCL in his right knee. He was grateful to come out with a fourth win in a row.

“It feels great, get on a roll, just keep winning. We have Duluth next week, get a win out of that, we’ll be top of the conference,” Kees said.

On Minnesota-Crookston second play, sophomore Matt Hansmann picked Golden Eagles quarterback Lon Garfield and returned it 45 yards for the touchdown.

After that the Huskies

SCSU 65 Minnesota-Crookston7 At a Glance

Rushing Yards Passing Yards First Downs Turnovers Sacks

SCSU Golden Eagles 212 38 160 55 19 9 2 3 5 0

never looked back, scoring 34 points in the first quarter alone.

“It gives you great momentum you hope, when you come out and score like that, it gets everybody fired up, it changes the tables a little bit,” Underwood said. “The key thing for us is they know they all aren’t going to come simply, we liked them because we’ve been a long methodical drive type team. When you can combine those and make drives without stalling out that shows character throughout the game.”

The Huskies certainly did that throughout the entire first half.

Coming out in the second half the Huskies did not look quite as sharp.

“Its pretty easy to lose your focus when you are up that much, but most of the guys out there were doing pretty good staying out there and staying in the game and not just letting up because [we] were up by so much,” Kees said.

He was happy with the defensive output the Huskies provided.

“It just helps us know that we can stop these guys, not let them score any points, unfortunately we did, but you know our first, second strings shut them out we just had

“I

t gives you great momentum you hope, when you come out and score like that, it gets everybody fire up, it changes the tables a little bit.”

Scott Underwood

SCSU head football coach

a really good game today,” Kees said.

Underwood was not surprised by the Huskies’ secondary’s success in the game.

“The key thing is they gave them balls they could make breaks on, they were from one hash out to the other numbers, our guys caught made one guy miss and took it to the end zone,” Underwood said.

Despite such a lopsided victory Underwood still thinks there are things that need to be worked on.

“We had some guys that were mix-matched in there a little bit that haven’t played a lot of spots, that probably slowed us down a little bit, you know the biggest thing we had problems with were exchanges from center to quarterback and certainly some coverage stuff,” Underwood said.

The Huskies defense held the Golden Eagles to 93 total yards offense and only three of that came in the first half.

Five Huskies recorded sacks and Tyler Niedfeldt also turned an interception into points when he took a Tim Ennis pass 47 yards into the end zone.

Sophomore Brandon Geiss who had 78 yards and a touchdown and junior Donte Steward who each had 79 yards rushing and a touchdown led the Husky running game.

Before being pulled late in the first quarter senior Mitch Watkins was 7 for 9 for 135 yards and two touchdowns.

The second half was a different story for the Husky offense that only managed to score 10 points. However, they had a different game plan

going into the second half.

“What we did was took all of our starters out of the game, put the guys who haven’t played much in, gave them opportunities, like ‘here’s your game-day experience’ gave all our kids a chance, lets see how you perform,” Underwood said.

Next week the Huskies travel to Duluth to take on the Bulldogs of MinnesotaDuluth.

The Bulldogs are undefeated in the NSIC this season

and are ranked eighth in the nation.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at James S. Melosky Field.

Underwood hopes that this week’s win provides them with momentum heading into that game.

“We sure hope so-its better than losing, we know that,” Underwood said.

Andrew Jacobson/ Staff Photographer

Brandon Geiss runs Saturday at homecoming.

Mother nature bested by runners Tyler Ohmann Sports Editor

It is 23 degrees and it feels like 14, most people are wrapped up in a quilt or warm blanket in the safety of their own bed at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday.

However, 284 brave souls battled the elements on the banks of the Mississippi running the Homecoming 5k at SCSU. “It was freezing, you couldn’t get your pace going, because it was so slippery, there was ice the whole way,” said SCSU junior Sasha George.

This was George’s first time running the Home-

coming 5k and it was colder than she expected.

“I ran Earth Day in March, and I figured it would be chilly but it was a lot warmer, it was windy, but it was warmer,” George said.

The first-place finisher was Chris Duffy, who had a time of 18:09, beating the next closest finisher by nearly a minute and a half.

It was also Duffy’s first time running the race.

“I am a graduate student at St. Cloud State and this is my first semester, so this is my first time doing this race,” Duffy said.

He was a little more ac-

“I

think it's a homecoming tradition, I think it brings in a lot of alumni, students, faculty and community together.”

Chris Haukos

Homecoming run coordinator

customed to the weather, which may have been why he did so well.

“Every year I run the snowflake shuffle in St. Joe and it’s sometimes below zero for that,” Duffy said. “I think some of the people here aren’t quite used to it, I run year round so I’m used to the cold weather like that.”

George finished the race in just over 27 minutes.

“I could have done better, but it was fun,” George said.

Event coordinator Chirs Haukos is obviously passionate about the race.

“I think it’s a homecoming tradition, I think it brings in a lot of alumni, students, faculty and community together, I think its an excellent family event,” Haukos said. “I just love to see the families come out and do something enjoyable and healthy and just getting together with alumni and the student volunteers are my favorite all the students come out

on a Saturday morning, 30-50 of them and help put this event on in 20 degree weather.”

Although the turnout was down about 80 from last year, Haukos said that the same amount preregistered.

“We had a really good turnout; better than expected, considering the weather,” Haukos said.

Everyone agreed that the weather was too cold, however, they still enjoyed the experience.

“At midnight when I saw that it was snowing and sleeting I was pretty bummed out, but it actually turned out better than I thought, because at least it was not really windy,” Haukos said.

“It was extremely chilly, it was extremely slippery, beyond that it was fun. My lungs were burning a little bit from the cold air,” Duffy said.

Despite the cold weather, most of the runners had fun and were glad for the experience.

Tyler ohmann/ Contributing Photographer

Chris Duffy, an SCSU graduate student, finished first with a 18:09 at the Homecoming run.

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University Chronicle

2009-10 Season Preview

Husky SPECIAL SECTION Hockey

2009-2010

Hockey Preview Huskies ready for new venue Logan Marxhausen Asst. Sports Editor Come October of 2013, the Husky hockey program and their fans will be enjoying the recently finished renovations of the National Hockey and Event Center.

“We feel very fortunate in the existing facility and all its purpose it has served over the years,” Morris Kurtz, Director of Athletics, said.

“We have been utilizing the original facility and we are now merely enhancing it. It was a challenging process, but we are excited about the National Hockey and Events Center and all it future potential.”

The National Hockey Center was original finished in 1989. With the renovations that are in place, the new building will be able not only host hockey games, but will be capable of hosting concerts, theater productions, speakers, ceremonies and various other athletic events.

“The current program is doing very well and we hope to maintain the status of the pro-

gram,” Kurtz said. “Along with all the renovations to fifth avenue, we think the renovations to the NHEC will serve its purpose well.”

The Civic Center as well as the NHEC are considered the “anchors” to the extensive redevelopment of Fifth Avenue, which will include additional housing, and commercial and retail facilities.

“The National Hockey Center has always been viewed as just a hockey facility,” Athletic Development Director Sara Granheim said.

“With these renovations the current building will be able to hosts certain events with a greater capacity. It was definitely in need of an upgrade.”

Granheim works with alumni and with athletics for scholarships and fundraising.

“Right now we are in the quiet phase of the campaign,” Granheim said. “This project will cost over $30 million. We have received private gifts as well as 6.5 million from the state of Minnesota. The public kick off for the new NHEC will be in the Spring.”

Mayor Dave Kleis, State

Rep. Steve Gottwalt, Governor Tim Pawlenty, State Rep Dan Severson and State Sen. Tarryl Clark attended the ceremony celebrating the signing of the bonding bill in 2008.

JLG Architects of Alexandria, Minneapolis, Minn., Grand Forks and Fargo N.D., was selected to head up the renovations that will start in August 2010.

JLG has had past experiences such as the $100 million Ralph Engelstad Arena and the Corporate Center in Grand Forks, civic centers in Bismarck and Fargo, N.D., the North Dakota Museum of Art, The Mississippi Master Plan for Elk River, Minn. with various other projects completed in the Upper Midwest.

The main differences will include 20 to 30 luxury suites and additional general seating.

The entrance ticketing, administration, pro-shop, concourse, restroom and concession areas will be upgraded. The total number of seats for an event will hold around 8,000.

“It is a wonderful facility,” said Head Men’s Hockey Coach Bob Motzko.

“A lot of things have happened in 20 years. I think our fans and supporters will benefit greatly. It is for the University as well as the community. It is going to be fun for the overall experience.

“I think we as sports fans are

happy. The XCEL Energy Center is a great place for hockey and the Gophers have the new TCF Bank Stadium for football.

The sports enthusiast welcomes changes.”

The new renovations are for enhancing the fan experience

and creating an event center for central Minnesota.

“We are the state of hockey,” Motzko said. “We play in an aggressive league. Our school has been terrific as well as in need of an upgrade. The new NHEC benefits will be felt by many.”

photo courtesy of www.stcloudstate.edu

The proposed new National Hockey Center. Contstuction begins in 2010.

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09-10 Schedule Home games in red * Conference games

Oct. 16

John Ammerman

Sam Zabkowicz

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Brett Barta

Garrett Raboin

Garrett Roe

Union College 7:07 p.m.

Oct. 17

Union College 7:07 p.m.

Oct. 23

Minnesota-Duluth* 7:07 p.m.

Oct. 24

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3

4

5

6

7 (C)

9 (C)

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defense

defense

defense

defense

defense

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Ben Hanowski

Jared Festler

Travis Novak

Jordy Christian

Mitch Ryan

Nick Oslund

Aaron Marvin

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Dec. 11-12

Chris Hepp

Ryan Lasch

Ryan Peckskamp

Brian Volpei

David Eddy

Taylor Johnson

Oliver Lauridsen

Minnesota-Duluth* 7:37 p.m.

Oct. 30-31

Michigan Tech* 6:07 p.m.

Nov. 13

North Dakota* 7:37 p.m.

Nov. 14

North Dakota* 7:07 p.m.

Nov. 20-21

Wisconsin* 7:07 p.m.

Nov. 27-28 Denver*

8:37/8:07 p.m.

Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 p.m.

Colorado College* 7:07 p.m.

Jan. 2-3

Brown University 6:07 p.m.

Jan. 8

Michigan Tech* 7:07 p.m.

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20

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Defense

Forward

Forward

Forward

Forward

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Qunnipac 6 p.m.

Tony Mosey

Drew LeBlanc

Mike Lee

Nate Hardy

Dan Dunn

Bob Motzko

Jan. 9

Jan. 15-16 Jan. 22

Minnesota* 7:07 p.m.

Jan. 23

Minnesota* 5:07 p.m.

Jan. 29-30

Colorado College* 8:37/8:07 p.m.

Feb. 5-6

Alaska Anchorage* 7:07/5:07 p.m.

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Feb. 12-13

North Dakota* 7:07 p.m.

Feb. 19-20

Wisconsin* 7:07 p.m.

Mar. 5

Minnesota State-Mankato* 7:07 p.m.

Huskies to write their own story Senior defensemen Garret Raboin thinks this years Huskies are unique Tyler Ohmann sports editor

As freshmen Garret Raboin and Ryan Lasch got their first taste of the NCAA Tournament.

That year Husky hockey notched 22 wins thanks in large part to the freshmen Lasch.

Lasch had 39 points on the season, but the Huskies were upended in the first round of that NCAA tournament losing 4-1 to Maine.

As sophomores they were once again disappointed, as they could not take home an NCAA tournament victory.

As seniors, they are hoping to change that this season.

“It’s definitely some motivation, in the fact that this is your senior year and you want to go out on top like that,” Lasch said.

Raboin is thinking along the same lines.

“I think every year were going in it looking to win, but seeing as it’s the last time around definitely has a different tone to it than it has the last three years,” Raboin said.

SCSU head coach Bob Motzko looks at it a little differently.

“They’ve had three cracks at the NCAA tournament been in it twice, and to say they have opportunity to play in it three out of four years, there is not a lot of players that have that opportunity in college hockey,” Motzko said. “I think that’s our goal right now, find out how good we can be, move forward and become a very good WCHA team and if we do that it takes care of our business.”

Before their season opener against the Red Hawks of Miami (Ohio), the Huskies played an exhibition match against the University of Lethbridge at the National Hockey Center.

St. Cloud State Huskies Coach: Bob Motzko 2007-08 Record: 18-17-3 (13-13-2 WCHA) Rank: 5

Key Returners: Ryan Lasch, F; Garrett Roe, F; Garret Raboin, D Key Losses:John SwansonF/D; Michael Olson, F;Jase Weslosky, G Newcomers: Ben Hanowski, F; Mike Lee, G

They came out with a win besting the Pronghorns 4-3 thanks to two goals from highly recruited first-year player Ben Hanowski.

“He’s very talented, obviously in his first game he gets to show off his offensive talents and gets a couple goals.

I wish I could sit here and tell you it’s going to be that easy all year, but our league is just not that way,” Motzko said.

“He’s awful talented and he’s a hard worker to match that and a terrific kid and were just looking forward to him having an outstanding freshmen season.”

Scoring the other two goals for the Huskies in the game was junior Brian Volpei. The victory did a couple of things for the Huskies according to their coach.

“I think its just one step to get started and that’s the big thing, were able to pull the jerseys on and maybe get some of the nervousness out, get on the rink,” Motzko said.

Raboin and Lasch are fitting into their leadership roles quite comfortably.

“I Just try to bring energy to the rink everyday, try pass on things that I’ve learned in my three years here so far that might help make the road a little easier to travel for the younger guys,” Raboin said.

“We have some confidence you know knowing we have an older group from last year. If we put some wins together here that’s always going to improve our confidence,” Lasch said.

They both agree though that the young guys are still going to be key, they hope they will follow the lead of the seniors.

“They got some talent you know, they came in they were working hard for us early in

Andrew jacobson/ Staff Photographer

SCSU denfensmen and senior captain Garret Raboin skates to stop in an exhibition against Lethbridge early this season at the National Hockey Center. the fall during the lifts and everything and you can see their hard working paying off for us out on the ice, so hopefully they can keep up the hard work,” Lasch said.

Raboin echoes Lasch’s optimism about the new guys.

“I think they are coming along well, Raboin said.

“We know they are going to contribute for us, and they are good guys, they are falling into some roles on the team and I think they are going to do a nice job for us.”

The team this year is

missing what they thought would be a large part of their success—goaltender Jase Weslosky.

“Jase Weslosky played a lot of minutes for us, and so those minutes are up for grabs,” Motzko said. “We really like our goaltending right now, with Dan Dunn returning in his junior year; these guys are going to battle hard, were going to throw them in there and replace those minutes.”

“We’re fine with the situation that we’ve got right now,

we’ve got good goaltenders and they are going to battle out for the job this year and it’s going to be exciting to see,” Lasch said.

Raboin thinks that this year’s team is different than any other he has played on.

“I think were going to be our own team. It’s not going to be like any other teams, we are unique in the players we have, were going to write our own story,” Raboin said.

The Huskies hope that story includes an NCAA victory.

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Meet the 2009-10 Women’s Hockey

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Katie Allen

Jenaca Fredheim

Diana Karouzos

Holly Roberts

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Ashlan Lambert

Alecia Anderson

09-10 Schedule Home games in red * Conference games

Oct. 23

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Oct. 24

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Courtney Josefson

Felicia Nelson

Brittany Toor

Meaghan Pezon

Danielle Hirsch

Kelly Meierhofer

Minnesota* 4:07 p.m.

Oct. 30-31

North Dakota 7:07 /2:07 p.m.

Nov. 6-7

Minnesota-Duluth* 7:07 p.m.

Nov. 13-14

Bemidji State* 7:07/2:07 p.m.

Nov. 20-21

Wisconsin* 2:07 p.m.

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Defefnse

Haylea Schmid

Katie Kemmerer

Ellie Sitek

Lisa Martinson

Jocelyn Zabrick

Caitlin Hogan

Nov. 27-28

Brown University Noon/11 a.m.

Dec. 4

Minnesota-State Mankato* 7:07 p.m.

Dec. 5

Minnesota-State Mankato* 7:07 p.m.

Dec. 11-12

Ohio State* 2:07/1:07 p.m.

Jan. 2

Providence 3:07 p.m.

Jan. 3

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Mercyhurst 3:07p.m.

Jeff Giesen

Jaclyn Daggit

Tayler VanDenakker

Anna Donlan

Ashley Nixon

North Dakota* 7:07/4:07 p.m.

Jan. 15-16 Jan. 22-23 Wisconsin* 2:07 p.m.

Jan 29-30

Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m./2:07 p.m.

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Minneosta-State Mankato* 2:07 p.m.

Feb. 7

Minnesota State-Mankato* 3:07 p.m.

Feb. 12

Minnesota* 7:07 p.m.

Feb. 13

Minnesota* 2:07 p.m.

Feb. 19-20

Ohio State* 6:07/1:07 p.m.

Four captain the Husky ship Huskies decide four captains is better than three to lead the determined Huskies.

Katharine Blum Staff Writer The Huskies are looking forward to a strong 2009-2010 season led by an impressive senior class, boasting eight exceptional players.

The team will rely on the senior class to step up and lead the team throughout the season.

“It is really important that the seniors and team leaders are doing things the way we want them done and better than everyone else. That way, the freshmen see how things are accomplished and can see what Husky hockey is all about,” Head Coach Jeff Giesen said.

Giesen agreed that there are additional things the team anticipates from the veterans.

“Obviously there are added expectations of the seniors.

They know what is supposed to happen and how things are supposed to work. They need to carry those skills with them at all times,” Giesen said.

“If they are working as hard as they can, and doing the things they need to do, then it all works out in our favor.”

Out of eight seniors, four players, instead of the usual three, were awarded the privilege of wearing a “letter” on their jerseys. Giesen declared, “The vote was that close. Our team voted, and obviously they picked 4 great leaders. I did not have any problem with having the extra captain.”

Claiming the “C” is senior Felicia Nelson. Nelson, a St. Paul native, transferred from Minnesota State after one season to play for St. Cloud State.

Last season, Nelson played in 33 games tallying 21 points (8 goals, 13 assists). In her career, she has played in a grand total of 71 games, scoring a total of 46 points (23 goals, 23 assists).

Picking up one of the Alter-

nate Captain positions is fellow senior, Danielle Hirsch.

Hirsch is from Bloomington, Minnesota, and played hockey in high school at Shattuck St. Mary’s. In her career, she has played in 107 games notching 40 points (3 goals, 37 asssists). In 2008, she earned the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week and set the Husky single season record for defenseman assists with 18.

Clinching another Alternate spot is St. Cloud native, Holly Roberts.

Before becoming a Husky, Roberts played for Warroad High School where she was a five-time letter winner for hockey. A key player for SCSU, Roberts has scored 77 points (33 goals, 44 assists) in 112 career games. Last season, she was tied for team lead in penalties with 54 penalty minutes.

Along with Hirsch and Roberts, senior Caitlin Hogan also sports an “A” on her jersey.

The Oakdale, Minnesota local led the team with 136 shots and earned WCHA Scholar Athlete honors last season.

In a total of 112 games, Hogan has tallied 84 points (34 goals, 50 assists) in her career at SCSU. Although having four strong recognized leaders, Coach Giesen does not expect them to carry all the leadership roles on the team.

“I don’t get too hung up on having a letter. I expect all of our seniors to lead, whether it is Meaghan Pezon, Katie Kemmerer, or Felicia Nelson. Just because you do not have a letter does not mean you cannot be a leader. All of our players are expected to do things to help lead the team,” Giesen said.

However, it is extremely beneficial to the team to have a strong core of accomplished players leading the team.

“Player ability helps leadership because when the other players see how highly skilled

players work, and how much effort they put into the game, they think, ‘I want to be like that’ The leaders have to perform and bring everyday- they cannot really take a day off when everyone is looking up to them,” Giesen said.

Leadership is not the only thing the Huskies value. The team has placed a huge emphasis on team chemistry and unity on and off the ice.

“Our first and foremost core values as a team are community and unity. All the decisions I make are based off of what is best for the team. The girls know that they need to put the team before everything else. We try to facilitate some things so the girls get to know each other and become that unit, but they do a good job of accomplishing it themselves.

They have found over the past few years how important it is to get along and to have a good relationship with everyone else,” said Giesen.

“The girls are definitely friends off the ice. They have a lifelong friendship that carries on even after they graduate.”

Despite being in the most competitive conference in the United States, Coach Giesen expects nothing but the best from his team.

He said, “It is not even a question that the WCHA is the toughest conference in the country. There is a reason they have won 11 straight national championships.

Regardless, I think we are headed in the right direction.

We found out our first weekend that you cannot just play one game of the series and not the next. I have high expectations and I think the players have high expectations, so hopefully that will carry over.”

The Huskies will return home to the National Hockey Center to play conference rivals, University of Minnesota, Friday, Oct. 23 at 2:07 pm.

File Photo

Senior and alernate captain Caitlin Hogan awaits a pass in a game last season. She is one of the leaders on this senior-dominated Husky squad.

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WCHA standing predictions 1 Expert 7 Panel Picks Colorado College Tigers

Denver Pioneers

Coach: Scott Owens 2008-09 Record: 16-12-10 (12-9-7 WCHA)

Coach: George Gwozdecky 2008-09 Record: 23-12-5 (16-8-4 WCHA)

Key Returners: Joe Colborne, F; Anthony Maiani, F; Patrick Wiercioch, D; Marc Cheverie, G Key Losses: Patrick Mullen, D; J.P Testwuide, D

Newcomers: Drew Shore, F; Matt Donovan, D

North Dakota Fighting Sioux

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Coach: Dave Hakstol 2008-09 Record: 24-15-4 (17-7-4 WCHA)

Kevin Allenspach- hockey writerSt. Cloud Times 1. Denver 2. Wisconsin 3. Minnesota 4. North Dakota 5. St. Cloud State

6. Minnesota-Duluth 7. MSU-Mankato 8. Colorado College 9. Alaska Anchorage 10. Michigan Tech

Key Returners: Richard Bachman, G; Brian Connely, D; Bill Sweatt, F Key Losses: Chad Rau, C; Eric Walsky, F Newcomers: Mike Boivin, D; Scott Winkler, F

MSU-Mankato Mavericks

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Coach: Troy Jutting 2008-09 Record: 15-17-6 (11-13-4 WCHA)

Tyler Ohmann- University Chronicle sports editor 1. Denver 2. Minnesota Key Returners: Chris VandeVelde, F; Brad Eidsness, 3. Wisconsin G; Chay Genoway, D Key Losses: Brad Miller, D; Andrew Kozek, F; Ryan 4. SCSU Duncan, F 5. North Dakota

Newcomers: Joe Gleason, D; Andrew MacWilliam, F

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Wisconsin Badgers Coach: Mike Eaves 2008-09 Record: 20-16-4

6. Colorado College 7. Alaska Anchorage 8. Minnesota-Duluth 9. MSU-Mankato 10. Michigan Tech

Mike Doyle- color commentatorHusky Productions 1. St. Cloud State 2. Denver 3.North Dakota 4. Wisconsin 5. Minnesota Duluth

6.Alaska Anchorage 7. Colorado College 8. MSU-Mankato 9. Michigan Tech 10.Minnesota

Key Returners: Kurt Davis, D; Geoff Irwin, D; Kael Mouillierat, F; Austin Lee, G Key Losses: Mick Berge, F; Mike Zacharias, G Newcomers: Evan Mosey, D; Tyler Pitlick, F

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Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Coach: Dave Shyiak 2008-09 Record: 14-17-5 (9-14-5 WCHA)

Marty Sundvall- SCSU hockey stat crew

(14-11-3 WCHA) Key Returners: Brendan Smith, D; Jamie McBain, D; 1. Denver Derek Stepan, F 2. North Dakota Key Losses: Shane Connelly, G; Tom Gorowsky, F 3. Wisconsin Newcomers: Justin Schultz, D; Craig Smith, F

4. Minnesota 5. Colorado College

Minnesota Golden Gophers

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Coach: Don Lucia 2008-09 Record: 17-13-7 (12-11-5 WCHA)

Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs

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Aaron Bjorkstrand- play-by-playHusky Productions 1. Denver 2. North Dakota 3. Minnesota 4. SCSU 5. Wisconsin

Key Returners: Jay Barriball, F; Alex Kangas, G; Ryan Stoa, F; Jordan Schroeder, F Key Losses: Justin Bostrom, F; R.J Anderson, D Newcomers: Seth Helgeson, D; Zach Budish, F

Coach: Scott Sandelin 2008-09 Record: 22-13-8 (10-11-7 WCHA)

6. Colorado College 7. Minnesota-Duluth 8. MSU-Mankato 9. Alaska Anchorage 10. Michigan Tech

Kyle Stevens-University Chronicle opinions editor 1. Denver 2. North Dakota 3. Minnesota 4. Wisconsin 5. Minnesota-Duluth

6. SCSU 7. MSU-Mankato 8. Colorado College 9. Alaska Anchorage 10. Michigan Tech

Jordan Weinand-ice side reporter Husky Productions

1. Denver 2. North Dakota 3. Minnesota 4. SCSU Key Returners: Justin Fontaine, F; Mike Connolly, F; 5. Wisconsin Jack Connolly, C Key Losses: MacGregor Sharp, C; Josh Meyers, D Newcomers: Dylan Olsen, D; Dan DeLisle, F

6. SCSU 7. Minnesota Duluth 8. MSU-Mankato 9.Alaska Anchorage 10. Michigan Tech

6. MSU-Mankato 7. Minnesota-Duluth 8. Colorado College 9. Alaska Anchorage 10. Michigan Tech

Note: Rankings are based on the average of all the panelists. SCSU’s information can be found on page 18.

Key Returners: Kevin Clark, F; Paul Crowder, F; Josh Lunden, F; Jon Olthuis, G Key Losses: Mat Robinson, D; Brian Bales, F Newcomers: Daniel Naslund, F

Michigan Tech Huskies

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Coach: Jamie Russell 2008-09 Record: 6-25-7 (2-19-7 WCHA)

Key Returners: Drew Dobson, D; Jordan Baker, F/C; Brett Olson, C Key Losses: Alex Gagne, C; Geoff Kinrade, D; Rob Nolan, G Newcomers: Anthony Schooley, F; Tommy Brown, D