University Chronicle December 7th Issue

Volume 86

Monday, Dec. 7, 2009

Number 15

Former coach responds to accusations Mike Runyon STAFF WRITER

Jesse Reyes, ex coach for the SCSU cheerleaders responds to accusations that he intentionally kept money from the squad that was supposed to fund a cheer camp.

Reyes said “I had no intention of keeping the money for myself.” Reyes went on to explain that confusion with his bank account coupled with an accident over

the summer lead to incomplete payment to the camp.

“I had said that I could take the money and put it in my account and I could send it off to the company we were going to do the camp with,” Reyes said. “I figured it would just be faster.”

Reyes said that he had sent money orders to a different company and confused it with sending money to the camp for the cheerleaders.

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“I

had no intention of keeping the money for myself” Jesse Reyes FORMER SCSU CHEERLEADING COACH

zations like the cheerleading squad go through special 900 accounts, which act as a business accounts.

Reyes said that he was

unaware of any rules SCSU had regarding transferring money.

John Lewis, advisor to the cheerleaders, said that

not going through these venues puts them in the situation that they are in right now.

“If those steps would have been in place, we wouldn’t be in the situation that we are in right now,” Lewis said “It is unfortunate, but they will learn from it, It’s a teaching lesson for both sides.”

“I had no intention of keeping the money for myself,” Reyes said “I had every intention of sending it off to the company so we could

SCSU history meets LGBT history

Tyler Ohmann SPORTS EDITOR

migrants.

She said immigrants working in the U.S. face many forms of discrimination, and even though she holds the position of a supervisor of packing construction tools, her pay does not reflect that.

“Because I’m illegal, I’m given the heaviest and hardest work.”

Because of her illegal status, Oritz said she faces even more forms of discrimination.

After 13 years of working at her job, she said she gets one week of break time a year and she makes $10 per hour.

Ortiz said because of her

Student Government Association (SGA) voting began Monday, Nov. 30.

One referendum question looked to gain the opinion of the student body as to whether the student athletic fees should be raised to keep Husky sports events free for students.

The increase would be twenty-six cents per credit hour and would keep events like Husky hockey games free for students. The current fee was set in 1995.

“We are the only school in the WCHA that does not charge students to come to athletic events,” said Morris Kurtz, SCSU’s athletic director. “Some schools have determined that charging is not a deterrent; that is not our philosophy.”

According to SGA president Michael Jamnick, the SGA was approached a few years ago about raising athletic fees.

“The department of Athletics approached student government and the government administration at the time decided they didn’t want to do anything,” Jamnick said.

Jamnick said he was unhappy with that decision and after he was elected, he met with athletic leaders to try and figure out a solution to the budget deficits the athletic department was facing.

“One thing that was a glaring problem was that we haven’t increased the student fee, despite the fact that ticket prices have more than doubled,” Jamnick said.

According to Jamnick, the vote took place because the fee allocations committee needed a decision on whether to raise the fee for their budget proposals, which they finish before winter break.

The vote took place from Nov. 30-Dec. 2.

In all, 1,696 students voted. Jamnick said this is a pretty good turnout for a fall election.

“One of the things we have been trying to work on is getting the word out to students more,” Jamnick said. “Just getting people to understand [that] this is the level that you have the most direct input.”

One person who voted Tuesday was Kevin Enge, a junior Business major.

“I just saw them sitting here and decided to help them out,” Enge said about his reason for voting.

The SGA had two laptops set up in Atwood with someone who could assist people in voting.

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Students vote to raise fees

Casey Cromwell

The “30 Years of Courage, Commitment and Change” event in Atwood’s Cascade room brought a piece of human rights history to the SCSU campus.

“This is an incredibly important event,” said Director of LGBT Resources and event organizer Heidi Aldes.

“This isn’t just part of SCSU history, it is part of LGBT rights, disability rights, women’s rights and really, human rights as a whole.”

“30 Years of Courage, Commitment and Change” celebrated 30 years of commitment between Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson.

The couple met at SCSU when Kowalski met Thompson in a physical education class in 1974.

In 1979, the couple vowed their love for each other and exchanged rings in an impromptu personal ceremony in their car on the side of a stretch of Midwest Highway.

In 1983, Kowalski was struck by a drunk driver.

The accident left Kowalski in a coma, and then severely disabled from head trauma.

The accident forced Thompson to reveal their relationship to Kowalski’s parents.

Unwilling to acknowledge their relationship, Thompson was barred from bringing Kowalski to their home or even general visitation rights to the nursing home where Kowalski stayed.

Without a durable power of attorney, Thompson was powerless to claim guardianship of Kowalski.

“Absolutely make sure that as young people you are legally protected in case competency ever becomes an issue, a durable power of attorney will allow you to outline your wishes should you ever be disabled, and are available for free in every doctors office and online,” Thompson said.

Thus began a nine year legal battle and a nationwide movement to bring Sharon Kowalski to live with Thompson.

“This case was about so much more than partner rights. This was about the rights of the disabled, of women, gay or straight. It

pay for their camp.”

The cheerleading team recently hired two new coaches. Mike Morrison, one of the new coaches said that now money is handled much more strictly.

“Because of what happened, we’ve become a lot more knowledgeable about the money situation,” Morrison said.

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Mr. and Mrs. Claus ride in the St. Cloud Winter Nights and Lights parade which ran through downtown St. Cloud beginning at the public library and ending at the Civic Center.

Winter parade lights up Downtown Emilie Thiessen STAFF WRITER

The seventh annual St. Cloud Winter Nights and Lights parade took place Saturday beginning at 5 p.m.

The parade route began at the public library and ran through downtown ending at the Civic Center. Many local businesses and organizations were featured in the parade, all with lit up floats to celebrate the holiday season.

The parade, themed “Tis the Season to Sparkle!” was heralded by the downtown City Council as “one of the brightest traditions within our area” and a “great opportunity for your business, organization, or family to

participate in community festivity.”

In addition to the parade, many other activities were offered throughout the day including pre-parade shopping, downtown dining, visiting Santa and listening to Christmas carolers after the parade.

Attendees were also encouraged to bring food shelf donations for local charities.

The Martini family was one of many families that watched the parade Rob Martini, a SCSU alumnus and a father of two, explained why he likes to come to the parade. “[It’s] mainly for the kids.

The kids like the parade, the lights and the candy,” Rob

Martini said.

Rob’s wife, Krista Martini who is also a SCSU alumnus, said she also comes for their kids, Andrew and Audrey.

She said her kids especially love to see Santa after the parade, one of the many activities geared towards children.

Dave Martini, Rob’s father, explained that he is just relieved to see more people downtown when events like the parade take place and especially enjoys coming out to the parade to support downtown businesses.

He said he hopes events like the winter parade continue to grow in hopes of revitalizing the St. Cloud

downtown. “[It] gets people downtown again,” Dave Martini said. “Just walk around and look at the empty buildings and you wonder why. It’s terrible.”

Fred and Roberta Rupp were out Saturday night volunteering with Cathedral High School and ringing bells to raise money.

“Only Minnesotans do these things, you know,” Roberta Rupp said.

The couple agreed that it was great to see so many people out in downtown despite the temperature.

The SCSU Cheerleaders

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Immigrant speaks on unfair treatment Jun-Kai Teoh MANAGING ONLINE EDITOR

The Research Group of Immigrant Workers in Minnesota (RGIWM) organized a presentation on immigration at 2 p.m. Friday at the Atwood Theater.

“We don’t come here to take things from you,” presenter Nelly Ortiz said.

Professor Stephen Philion, director of the Research Group of Immigrant Workers, said they anticipated about 100-125 attendants but were pleasantly surprised at the turnout, which was more than 200 people.

During the question-andanswer session, there were still approximately 100 people remaining in their seats.

“We don’t come here to take things from you,” Nelly Ortiz said.

Ortiz, an immigrant worker from Chicago that came to the U.S. about 15 years ago, gave a presentation titled “Why We Leave.”

Her presentation was translated by Tony Nelson.

Ortiz, originally from Ecuador, spoke about her past life experiences and explained the hardships that she went through in order to come to the United States.

Oritz said at the age of 18, she decided to move to the U.S. due to the lack of opportunities in her own country.

She worked for CocaCola for a year, but said she decided to leave the job as she was psychologically and

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The Simply Health fair had booths from both on and off campus groups offering health information.

sexually harassed.

She went door-to-door promoting Coca-Cola to people.

Ortiz said she accumulated a debt of $9,000 when she attempted to enter the U.S. She said she had to pay smugglers, called “coyotes,” to sneak through the borders.

Her journey took her from Ecuador, to Guatemala to Mexico and from there she snuck across the border to the U.S. “We love this country.

We do the right things, we pay our taxes,” Ortiz said.

“We just need to be legal,” Ortiz said she wants people to see immigrants from a different perspective.

She wants people to have a better understanding of im-

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The Pioneer Place on Fifth, the Paramount Theatre and the Black Box bring holiday shows to St. Cloud.

Hogan gets career point 100

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In her final year, Hogan becomes the second Husky to break 100 point mark.

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Oil spill leaves minimal damage STAPLES, Minn. – Clean up crews contained a large oil spill south of Staples. An environmental official says there was no damage to the surrounding bodies of water.

Stephen Mikkelson of the Minnesota Pollution Control agency said that 210,000 gallons of crude oil spilled out of a pipeline by Friday morning.

Contracters recovered most of the oil and the cleanup of the contaminated land was expected to last through the weekend. The Koch Pipeline Co. will be conducting a full investigation as soon as the cleanup is completed.

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$40 million grant to change education

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MINNEAPOLIS- Minnesota’s teacher training will undergo a significant overhaul with the $40 million from the Bush Foundation grant.

About half of the state’s teachers are expected to retire or leave the profession in the next decade. This is creating an opening that will change how the next generation is trained to step into the classrooms to increase student achievement, said foundation president Peter Hutchinson.

“Today, students mainly go to class, take notes and read books. That’s got to change,’’ he said. The infusion of money will be used to aggressively market the teaching field to the state’s best and brightest, and to provide less training in university classrooms and more inside local schools, guided by mentor teachers.

The $40 million is the biggest single investment the St. Paul-based foundation has ever made, Hutchinson said. With the plan, 14 universities in Minnesota, North and South Dakota will guarantee that the 3,500 teachers they graduate each year will be able to lift student test scores in their classrooms in one year, each year.

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Nation

Unemployment rate drops significantly WASHINGTON- The jobless rate dropped to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the beginning of the recession.

This is rare and encouraging news for the labor market.

The relief may be temporary as many economists expect the unemployment rate to climb into next year as the economy continues to struggle to create enough jobs for the 15.4 million people who are not currently working.

Last month, 11,000 jobs were lost but this was an improvement from October’s 111,000, according to the Labor Department. These figures are much better than the 130,000 Wall Street economists expected.

There was other positive news in the report. The average work week rose to 33.2 hours, from a record low of 33 hours. Economists think employers will increase hours for their current workers before hiring new ones.

World

Obama sends troops to Afghanistan

KABUL- U.S. Marines and Afghan troops on Friday launched the first offensive since President Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against the Taliban communications and supply lines, a military spokesman said.

Hundreds of troops from the 3rd Battalion, and 4th Marines were dropped behind Tailban lines on the northern end of the Now Zad Valley of Helmand province. In all, about 1,000 Marines and Afghan troops took part in the operation known as “Cobra’s Anger.”

There were no reports of NATO casualties. The spokesman for the Afghan governor of Helmand province, Daood Ahmadi, said the bodies of four slain Taliban had been recovered. He said 150 Afghan troops were taking part in the operation, which located more than 300 mines and roadside bombs by Friday evening.

Weird news

Couple finds egg laid with a cross

Burleson, TX- A Texas couple say one of their hens laid an egg with a cross on the end of it. Pam and Tracy Norrell of Burleson, who displayed the odd-shaped egg and said they think it’s a sign of encouragement during the holiday season.

Tracy Norrell said he gathered eggs one night when he picked up one that seemed to be unusual. It was not smooth by the other eggs and had what appears to be an indentation on one end with a cross on it.

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Local tattoo shop Potter speaks sticks up for charities to SGA on SCSU updates Joseph Froemming SENIOR EDITOR

Wingnut Tattoo and Piercing may be known for its work in body art, but the company also involves itself in many aspects of the St. Cloud community, including benefits and charity drives.

Shane Post, one of the co-owners of the establishment said the business has been involved with these community benefits since the store opened, which was around six years ago. “Every event we do, we try to do something charitable, do something to give back to the community,�

Post said.

Last month, Wingnut offered veterans and family members of veterans discounts on piercings and tattoos and this month the business is planning on offering discounts for customers who bring in non-perishable foods that they donate to the food shelf in town.

They are also offering discounts if customers bring in toys for the Toys for Tots program as well. “Since we’ve opened we have done food drives and Toys for Tots drives,� Post said.

Wingnut has donated 419 pounds of dog and cat food and 500 pounds of cat litter and other assorted items for the Humane Society. “We’ve also donated around $10,000 in gift certificates for different silent auctions and charities, like the MS fund raiser and breast cancer events and stuff like that,� Post said.

Wingnut’s events range from customer appreciation events with raffle tickets, gift certificates and discounts. “We then donate that money to places like the Humane Society,� Post said.

Wingnut did a benefit for some friends of their store who were suffering monetarily due to medical bills

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Boxes for food shelf and Toys for Tots donations sit under a tree at Wingnut Tattoo and Piercing.

from one suffering from breast cancer. “They were losing their house and we helped them raise $10,600,� Post said.

Ryan Schepp, one of the artists working at Wingnut said he had worked at many tattoo shops, but is proud that Wingnut does these benefits. “It’s great to work for a place that gives back to the community,� Schepp said.

Post said the Toys for Tots and food shelf drives have been successful so far. “Toys for Tots is hit and miss because most people don’t really expect that in a tattoo shop, but the food shelf is usually does really

well,� Post said.

As for January, Post said he is unsure of what they will be doing as of yet.

Wingnut also sponsors local sports teams. “I think we sponsored seven softball teams, three volley ball teams and a handful of pool teams and dart teams,� Post said.

Post added that Wingnut even sponsors race cars a trapshooting league. “These events and community work was in my mind from the beginning.�

Post said.

SCSU President Earl H. Potter III addressed the Student Government Association (SGA) Thursday to update the body about ongoing developments across campus.

Many issues were addressed from building renovations to academic program reviews.

However, Potter said like many others, his chief concerns for the university are the continuing budget constraints the administration must face. “It is concerning for all of us,� Potter said. “The uncertainty continues.�

Potter said the $1.2 billion shortfall for the coming year would mean additional cuts for SCSU though he is still unsure as to the degree of those cuts.

Potter continued by saying the budget squeeze is forcing the university to aggressively evaluate current academics. “We are in the process of reviewing every academic program and their cost effectiveness, and we are just in the process of completing strategic planning and review for athletics,� Potter said.

Potter said he was comfortable with enrolment rates but said it could be affected in the near future. “Enrolment is solid,� Potter said. “But there will be some impact on who we are and the way we work in consequence of recent approval by the MNSCU [Minnesota State Colleges and Universities] board of a name change and admission change from St. Cloud Technical College to St. Cloud Community and Technical College (SCTC).� “Over the next few years, that [name change] will reshape the relationship we have with that institution,�

Potter said.

Potter said the administration would immediately

inform the Student Association when the exact changes needed to be made at SCSU, because of the SCTC name change.

Potter said SCSU has already been receiving many calls inquiring about the new apartments for students. “We will begin, right after the first of the year, seriously marketing the Fifth Avenue Live! student housing,� Potter said.

Potter addressed the National Hockey Center renovations and also said more information would be available about that after the first of the year. “Planning for the renovations to the National Hockey Event Center is ongoing,�

Potter said. “[There is] a lot of good work and I am very excited about that project.�

The Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF) was also discussed. “It [ISELF] is the $42 million capstone project to our Science Campus,� Potter said. “It is absolutely essential to the future of this University and for the economy of Minnesota.�

Potter said because ISELF is funded solely by the state through the bonding process, students should support it on the state level. “It is a very competitive, attractive project but it is a big one,� Potter said.

Potter talked about the current renovations to Brown Hall and stated he hopes they will remain on schedule and finish soon. “Brown Hall is nearing completion and will be open for use in the spring term,�

Potter said. “We weren’t sure that everything was going to be finished and thought that perhaps only the auditorium would be done, but we are going to be all ready for spring term and that is pretty exciting.�

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From 9a.m. to 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall 215, Career Services gives students an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an employer to network, get career tips, resume and interviewing help and the chance to ask other questions. The employer will be TCF Bank.

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Class hosts a simple health fair Megan Junkermeier A & E EDITOR

Volunteers dressed in pink, marking their passion for health, attracted people to the Simply Health Fair on Wednesday in Atwood, attracting SCSU students and faculty to gather more information about how to remain healthy.

Professor Rod Dobey teaches Health 430, which is a senior seminar and the class that hosts this fair once every semester and covers areas of health such as physical, emotional, intellectual, environmental, spiritual and social.

The objective of the class is a hands-on experience and that the class gains a realistic experience in this area of work.

Some of the booths included organizations and businesses both on and off campus including Snap Fitness, Women’s Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Student Health Advisory Committee, YMCA, OPAA and Planned Parenthood.

Other services are available like the Campus Recreation and U Choose are on campus organizations that offered information at the fair.

But, their focus is to reach the public as a whole, not simply the SCSU campus.

“I like the campus resources because it is close for the students, but a lot of the public deals with stress too,” Nikki Kidd, a student in the Health 430 class, said.

At the health fair, there was a large amount of people wandering around Atwood approaching the booths to ask

questions, pick up pamphlets and get massages.

SHAC was one of the booths that was offering information and a quiz for students to fill out on an iPod Touch.

“We are looking into a tobacco-free campus,” Katie Opsal, President of SHAC, said. “We are also looking into an on-campus psychiatrist.”

This organization is also working on getting the H1N1 vaccines.

Tia Lartch is one of the student workers in the Counseling and Psychological Center on campus in Stewart Hall.

“Working at the center teaches you how to connect with oterhs you might not connect with,” Lartch said. “It causes you to be patient and more aware of other peoples’ feelings.”

People donated funds and items; there was a drawing for many participants to win prizes like clothing, tickets, various products and other gifts.

“The students have to send out letters to potential participants and donors, decorate and figure out transportation and raise money to cover the costs,” Dobey said. “I know what needs to be done and I provide them with the framework.”

The fair will continue every semester through Dobey’s Health 430 class.

“People have found it informative and fun over the years,” Dobey said.

Lisa Dempsey, Certified Life Coach and owner of Diatia, offered a booth and information to students.

“I help people with energy in their work and am certified in Reiki, which is a Japanese method of massage, which

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should be known that we were never after special rights, we were and are after equal rights,” Thompson said.

After nine years of a le-

gal struggle, Sharon was allowed to live with Thompson in 1993.

The event opened and closed with performances by

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Attendees at the Simply Health health fair received zen massages Wednesday in Atwood. helps you to work better,” Dempsey said.

Her methods of lifestyle and image management offered a more spiritual aspect of health, versus the psychological and physical aspects that were also offered at the fair.

“It is focused on connecting the mind, body and spirit,” Dempsey said. “I believe

a person that is not taking care of themselves emotionally and spiritually is not truly healthy.”

Diatia, the Wellness Center that Dempsey owns, is focused on getting people healthy from the inside out.

She recommended that students are to focus on self-care as they are being bombarded with homework assignments

Judy Fjell, long time friend of the couple and activist musician.

Speakers included Minnesota Senator Tarryl Clark, who stressed the importance of activism in one’s own city.

Additionally, Sue Wilson, long time attorney on the case, gave insight into the legal intricacies and struggles through the eyes of the person who lived it.

Co-author of the book “Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home?” Julie Andrzejewski also spoke at the event, stressing the importance of fighting for human rights.

The evening culminated with partners Sharon Kowalski, Karen Thompson and Patty Bresser receiving St. Cloud 2009 Trailblazer Lifetime Achievement Awards.

and not to forget to take care of themselves.

Programs like 4-NOW, of Planned Parenthood offer free birth control for students that cannot afford it, which the representative was explaining to students passing by.

“We hope to provide the community with the knowledge of health resources in the community so they know how

to take advantage of opportunities,” Dobey said.

The Health 430 class thought of different groups and organizations to include so that students and faculty, and the public is more aware of the campus resources.

“We want to make people more aware of what SCSU has to offer,” Lartch said.

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Parade Continued from Page 1 were also present in

downtown, and walked in the parade to represent SCSU. There were many that volunteered to cheer that night including senior Ashley Demorett, junior Maddie Ritt and junior Jenna Holm.

The three explained that the only way to keep warm was to stay active and con-

tinue cheering throughout the parade.

Holm said even though it was cold, they all had a great time “wishing everyone a merry Christmas from the SCSU Cheerleaders.”

The parade lasted for about a half an hour, ending around 5:30 p.m.

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Coach reponse Continued from Page 1 Reyes owes the squad about $2,000 and plans on paying them back as soon as possible.

“As of right now, we are working on a plan to pay them back. I am paying this team back all the money that was lost,” Reyes said “I’m just working my butt off to get the money as quickly as possible.”

Morrison said that Reyes has gotten a new job and was using the money to pay off the cheerleaders.

Reyes said that he was unaware that the cheerleading team had contacted a lawyer or had planned any legal action.

“I don’t want it to be a big deal,” Reyes said.

Reyes hopes to pay them back and continue with his normal life.

“It was never my intention to hurt the team,” Reyes said. “I’ll never honestly stop apologizing about this.”

Although Reyes has paid back $500 of the money,

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The Coborn’s float drove down West St. Germain Street Satur

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An e-mail was also distributed to the student body with a link to where they could vote.

Kurtz said he liked the current policy and believes that it fosters the atmosphere that is present at Husky athletic events.

“There is no question that we feel that the outstanding atmosphere we have is due in large part to the students being there and we look forward to having that policy continue,” Kurtz said.

“I think it would continue to promote the atmosphere we have at the sporting events,” Jamnick said.

“Goalies don’t like coming to our arena because we have such a phenomenal student section, so that’s part of the experience,” Jamnick said.

Jamnick, Kurtz and Enge all said they thought attendance at sporting events could drop if the referendum did not pass.

According to Jamnick, ticket prices would be determined by the fee allocations committee and based on what they decide, the athletic department will budget.

“On the extreme end, we could stop paying the ticket fee and start paying full price for tickets,” Jamnick

said. “That would be about $15 for a student to go to one hockey game, if we were to not have that fee at all.”

He also said that another possibility would be to have students pay for tickets but at a discounted price.

There is no quorum or minimum amount of students needed for the referendum to pass, but a low voter turnout could factor into the fee allocation committee’s decision on the matter.

“I utilize the program [and] as far as where my loyalties lie, I was elected to just do whatever the majority of the student body wants,” Jamnick said.

The referendum passed with just over 73 percent of students voting in favor of the referendum on the ballot.

status, people make many unfair assumptions about her.

“They look at me like I’m ignorant,” Ortiz said.

Ortiz said she decided to embark on this presentation trip at the risk of losing her job, as she had lie to her superior to take leave from her job, and even then her employer

threatened that she might lose her job if she does so.

“What I ask from you, is to respect us,” Ortiz said. “Respect us as we would respect you.”

Nelson said one of the biggest myths about immigrants is that they don’t pay taxes.

He said that in fact, immi-

much still must be paid before the cheerleaders can attend nationals. Morrison said that the cheerleading team has tried to have SCSU pay the money with Reyes owing the remainder to SCSU, but the University has been unwilling to help.

“I understand that it has to do a lot with the times we’re living in now,” Morrison said in response to SCSU’s decision.

Reyes does not have any intentions to coach in the future.

“I’m never really going to get over the fact I’ve made this kind of mistake and I’ll probably never live it down,” Reyes said. “I always had their best intentions at heart and I just messed up.”

grants pay taxes just as everyone else, but they don’t get the benefits.

Nelson said it is an insult to say that immigrant workers send all their money back and that they steal jobs.

“Our entire economy rests on the backs of immigrant workers, exploited workers,” Nelson said.

Ortiz and Nelson are part of the Mexico Solidarity Network, which runs the Centro Autonomo in Chicago for immigrants to share experiences with the community there.

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Tony Nelson (left) translates for Nelly Ortiz (left) during her presentation.

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There is such a thing as radio that doesn’t suck If you had the to pay hundreds of Dana option, would you dollars to see a singJohnson take commercials off er lip sync for two of television? I feel or three hours in an most viewers would arena with crappy answer yes to that. acoustics? Societies The thing is, standards of “good there are radio stamusic” have dropped tions that give you so low it sickens me. that option.

At one point, That’s right, arena shows meant commercial-free ramusicians playdio. What blows my ing instruments and Editor mind is despite this singing music that amazing fact, these they actually wrote. stations (Independent Public Now arena shows consist of Radio) remain less popular than pop stars bordering on stripthe commercial radio stations. pers, lip-syncing to music that A majority of public places they paid someone to write for in St. Cloud continue to tune them. Once again, who’s to in to stations such as KDWB, blame? Commercial radio staB96, 93X, KCLD or whatever tions and all of the people who other Top 40 station is popular listen to those stations. at the time.

Want to learn what good St. Cloud has this gem of a music actually is? Want to bestation called 88.1 FM KVSC, come immersed in a music playing all genres of music, but scene with real musicians and staying away from the Top 40 real DJs who pick out their own hits heard on the twenty other music that they play on air? stations. Yet a majority of resWell, the channels to listaurants, shopping stores, cof- ten to in Minnesota for this are fee shops or other public places KVSC, “Your Sound Alternain St. Cloud shy away from this tive,” and Minnesota Public station.

Radio’s 89.3, The Current.

So who is to blame for this Both stations have sometrend? The listeners of commer- thing to offer that the other does cial radio stations of course. not. KVSC is a local voice for Yes, you should feel guilty St. Cloud. Broadcasting out of for listening to commercial the basement of Stewart Hall radio. They are the demise of (wait a minute, SCSU has a good music as we know it. campus station?), this station Commercial radio is Goliath plays a variety of music genres and independent radio is David on a daily basis. Listeners can who is fighting for musicians also listen online at KVSC.org. everywhere.

KVSC does have one thing The only music played on that dictates it’s programming. commercial radio stations is All of the music played cannot whatever Clear Channel Com- be a top 40 hit, currently or premunications deems “good” viously. Why place such a strict music. And Clear Channel de- rule over its DJ’s? It’s simple, cides who is played based off of really. Hundreds of Clear whatever record company has Channel stations have already the most money. played that music for weeks to They pick catchy songs, years on end across the nation; play them over and over again these songs have been played throughout the day and let ad- enough, and one less station to vertising dominate a majority play them, the better. of the air time. Therefore the But how will listeners get programming on these top 40 their Rihanna fix, you ask? How radio stations is dictated by one will they go one day without thing: money.

Britney Spears or Kanye West?

The programming on inde- Well it’s simply really; they can pendent radio stations is dic- buy that CD instead of waittated by one thing: music. So ing for the song to come on in why do people continue to tune between commercials or other in to top 40 stations? The only shitty music. They can just pop reason I can come up with is the CD in instead of flipping that they want to hear a song through channels to try to find it that they know. Everyone loves (often while driving, which we to sing along to their favorite all know is dangerous.) tunes, and obviously they know These solutions to a severe all the words considering the music problem are so basic, yet same 40 (that’s a high estimate) many people need to catch on. songs are played over and over Listeners of Independent again throughout the day.

Public Radio need to advocate But this concept is crush- and support the stations if these ing music scenes everywhere. stations are to be successful Not only are 5 percent (another and save any music scene that high estimate) of musicians be- remains. ing heard on a massive scale, I beg of you, turn your FM those 5 percent are rarely the dial to Independent Public Rabest musicians out there. Since dio. Ditch the commercials and when did it become acceptable save the music.

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Sieg Heil to Führer Oprah Kyle Stevens OPINIONS EDITOR

March of 2011 cannot come fast enough. Yes, I will turn 30 that month, but my present will be far more than I ever expected.

Oprah will “retire.”

Of course that does not mean she will be falling off the face of the planet like a tarnished home run hitter from the Bay. No, instead she wants to focus on other things, particularly her magazine, book club and TV network, OWN. It stands for Oprah Winfrey Network, but I think it’s a thinly veiled boost of her “own” ego.

But there is a much larger event that will commence once Oprah leaves daytime television, and one that will keep her in the spotlight for years to come.

With the ever expanding role of primary elections, Oprah’s desire to exit stage right, means she could have a plan to enter staged politics left—as in donkey-democratic left.

It seems to be the perfect situation for Oprah to leave daytime talk and dive head first into politics.

Vice President Joe Biden had better be looking over his shoulder, because the Queen of Nice may be hunting him down.

Sure, it may be far-fetched.

But what else is Oprah going to do?

She has enough people to run her other interests while she makes the final play in her attempt at world domination.

Oprah is largely credited with advancing the notion that African-Americans are not just capable as, but bankable as well.

For this, she deserves every dollar and word of respect that she gets. No matter what her future, she certainly bridged a gap in American society that can now never be closed.

Many have even claimed that if were not for her, Obama may not of had the chance to run, let alone be elected.

There is some truth in that, I’m sure. She is a powerful woman.

With Obama’s approval numbers waning, and Biden incapable of doing, well, anything, Oprah could prove to be the kick that the Socialist party needs for reelection in 2012.

She likes to give away cars, makeup and health advice.

She wants everyone to drive, be beautiful and healthy. It’s like Germany in the 1930s.

She gave birth to the careers of Dr. Phil (who is as much a doctor as Obama is a deserving peace prize winner) and Dr. Oz, who should be called Dr. Poo. (Seriously, the guy is more concerned with feces than most proctologists.)

While Bill Gates spends large amounts of money on schools and treating sick, third-world children, Oprah wants everyone to be accepted—which apparently means comfortable in front of a HD TV while watching her network.

Of course, Oprah is all for health care reform, but she shouldn’t be. Where would her show be if there were no more episodes dedicated to her fluctuating weight, crazy celebrities and personal make overs?

Yet another reason to leave the show behind: When the government pulls its own head out of the ass of the ass, health care may cover, and treat, the

obese, insane and ugly.

When, not if, Oprah runs for office, whether nationally for Biden’s spot, or more locally as mayor of Chicago, her victory margin will trump all others in history.

Her following is enormous, though like American Idol, there are millions who can’t stand her.

Oprah has a knack for making trivial subjects the focus of the nation.

James Frey wrote a brilliant piece of fiction that duped Oprah, and therefore, the rest of the country. Her noso-gentle berating of him in a following episode was classic Oprah.

Chiding Frey for not being honest was an annoying affront to my senses. Where was her nastiness when his book was nominated for inclusion in her book club, thus guaranteeing millions in sales.

With one political party in a free-fall from the previous regime, and the other doing their damndest to fail once again, Oprah is in perfect position to take the political world by storm.

There is no doubt in my mind that she will run for national office in 2016. If Obama falls far enough, and reelection is unlikely, maybe we see her and Billary make a joint run with the Clintons as president and Oprah as next in line.

But Oprah should weigh her options more closely. Perhaps leaving the chair in front of the cameras for a spot behind them is the right thing for her. To be sure, it would be the right thing for the country.

There is already enough direction less giving on Capitol Hill, do we really need the face of our country to be a celebrity with even less experience than the current one?

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gather the experience in the reporting field that is necessary to advancement.

Whether being a staff writer, Assistant Editor or Editor is the desired position, beginning as a contributing writer will start print journalism majors with the skills to begin writing articles for a newspaper, getting the idea of how it works and will help you choose whether this is what you love and really want to do as a career.

Right now, the majority of the writers at the Chronicle are majoring in studies other than Journalism, like English, Sociology and even French, which goes to show how many students in journalism are not exercising their opportunity to learn and practice their reporting skills at the Chronicle.

Future journalists should take advantage of this ideal opportunity to write in as many different areas they can, and working for the Chronicle will allow them to do so.

From writing a news feature to an album review, an opinion to an article covering an on-campus production, various stories to report on will assist writers in dipping their toes in and diving into the pool of reporting so that they can swim into the competitive field after the diploma has been earned.

Living in the now helps students procrastinate Grades are great but no substitute

The time of the year has arrived that almost all college students dread.

Kyra Yes, evLoch eryone, finals week is here.

This is a time when many different emotions are running high with students, and everyone is feeling strung out.

Most students are stressed and frustrated with the load of final projects and tests during those last few weeks.

Some might also be in a panic to try and learn concepts and skills they have put off the whole semester.

These emotions are very familiar to me as we near the end of the semester.

Time management is a very important skill to learn and maintain, but I am failing to grasp the concepts of this skill Every year I vow that I will change my bad procrastinating habits, and every year it is the same.

I hate the feelings of not being prepared or ready for a test and letting things pile up so I am working on them all through the night.

However, it is always around finals week where my procrastination is at it’s worst.

I feel so unmotivated to do homework as it nears the end of the semester that I put it off until I eventually get myself into a worse situation.

I continuously do this to myself to the point where I am pulling all-nighters and turning in projects 15 minutes before they are due.

If I were able to manage my time to equally space out my assignments and deadlines, many of my problems would be solved.

I would not be nearly as stressed as I have been, I would not be frustrated with myself, and I would not order pizza as much either.

I believe that my problem comes from the fact that I am a live-in-the-moment kind of person.

As much as I want to time manage and stick to a schedule, something else always comes up that is more appealing then doing homework.

I tend to do things spur of the moment and never really think about the future.

This is becoming a problem; I enjoy living in the moment but never think about how those actions will impact the future and the consequences I get from those actions.

Now that I have recognized my problem, I hope that I will be able to motivate myself to become more organized and to manage my time better through the rest of my college career.

Having those skills will definitely help in surviving finals week and being successful at the end of the semester.

Mom always knows best

Practice makes perfect, even in print. But, there is no way this can happen without taking initiative to practice in the first place.

Choosing a major can be complicated, and one way to make sure to know that print journalism is the area of study that you want to stick with would be to actually write and report—and see if you like it.

That is just the beginning—the bare minimum to know that this is what you want to be doing.

That being said, it is vital for a print journalism student to actually have job experience when they enter into the field.

This is unlike areas of study like mathematics, where concepts and theorems are put into use through fields like engineering.

Writing is an art of blending words together so that they mesh into a sentence, explaining and articulating exactly what is desired to be told.

Just like the various art fields, writing takes experience to amplify your capabilities to being a journalist.

Good grades and a high GPA are not enough in fields like journalism. The practice of forming sentences using perfected diction and syntax just for writing, in addition to the use of AP Style in articles are

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vital abilities in a successful print journalism student.

This is a dangerous field in terms of lack of job opportunities, making it a very competitive one.

Not only is it hard to compete after acquiring a bachelor’s degree, but imagine how difficult it would be to be hired without having any prior job experience.

This is what the University Chronicle offers, for example.

A realistic job experience that is on-campus and readily available for print journalism majors to exercise what they have learned in beginning classes and further their abilities in reporting.

Taking advantage of this opportunity is a starting point, and gives the opportunity necessary to build a resume and

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With the spirit of Thanksgiving still up in the air, you can’t help but think of the things you are most grateful for in your life.

I find myself thinking about the most important woman in my life, my mother.

I am grateful for the life she gave me, but most importantly I am grateful for the life lessons I’ve learned through this woman, that I will probably share with my own kids one day.

In high school I once told my mother that I wanted to dazzle the world. She told me to relax, the time will come for all of that when I get done with school.

When I was selected to go on a study abroad program in my second year of college, my mother reminded me that this was now the time to dazzle the world. I learned that there is time for everything, and that tenacity should be at the centre of your life.

Whenever I was going out with my friends, my mother would always remind me to do everything in moderation.

My mother knew that my friends and I would not be drinking soda all night long, so she always cautioned us do to do everything in moderation, no matter what it is we were doing.

I still try to do everything in moderation; it’s not easy but it keeps you out of trouble.

When I started college everybody was talking about being sustainable and saving the environment by recycling. This was nothing new to me as in my house we were already recycling because of economic reasons and also it made sense.

We always cleaned yogurt and ice-cream containers, 2 liter bottles of milk and all kinds of re-usable containers for use when going on a trip or when my mother doesn’t want to give people her Tupperware—because people are bad at returning cute dishes.

While the recycling was not initiated by “environmental” concerns, it was recycling none the less. Now it comes organically, where I have re-usable containers in my room I don’t even know what to do with.

I used to watch my mother cook all the time. In my first year of high school I could whip up easy meals. By the time I finished high school my mother came back from work and dinner was ready.

This is a treasured skill, especially as I learn that so many people don’t know how to cook.

I think my future partner will also appreciate it.

I learned from my mother that the presentation of the self to the rest of the world is important.

My mom paid particular attention to how I addressed and made sure that I looked good. I would like to believe that I still know how to present myself to the world.

My mother also has an eye for all kinds of beautiful things, which is probably why I can’t stay away from glittery, gold and glamorous things.

My mom has an insatiable love for intellectual pursuit.

She never finished high school because of boycotts and riots in the struggle for freedom in South Africa, but she went back to school after 10 years and graduated.

She then enrolled into college and graduated—in her 30s—with honors in political science.

My mother and I used to do homework at the same time, she would sit in the kitchen and I would sit in the lounge.

Today I can’t help but take my education seriously; my mother showed me the significance of intellectual development.

My mom was also an example of perseverance, discipline and believing in the power of your dreams. My mother tells me that there’s nothing sadder than something that is “well begun, but half done”.

My mom preaches finishing what you start, or you will have an incomplete life, and incomplete is as good as never doing it at all.

One last thing my mom taught me was that there is a man called “Mpumelelo” (Mpumelelo means success in Xhosa).

This man is seating on a mountain, and the only way to get to this guy is by climbing the mountain.

I am currently on this mountain and my mom keeps telling me I will get to him; I must just keep on climbing.

Just like most people living in the 21st century, my life is a struggle. But people like my mother bring unprecedented joy to my life.

These are lessons from an African woman.

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Jaspersen’s art shown in Atwood Marli Stewart

ASST. ONLINE EDITOR

Jason Jaspersen, an award winning artist from New Ulm, has sculptures and paintings featured in the Atwood gallery through Jan. 14.

“My favorite is The Boy From Fond Du Lac because it looked like one piece from far away, but up close it’s made out of chalk, pastel, postage stamps and a map of Wisconsin,” Kate Eckel, visual arts

coordinator for SCSU, said. “I like that when you get up close to a piece you can see all the depth.”

That piece is of a picture of Jasperson’s grandfather, who was a missionary for 40 years in Japan.

“He arrived in Tokyo and said it was just leveled, the whole country was leveled,” Jaspersen said. “He was the only one there with a vehicle of any kind and he built up a kind of Lutheran mission soci-

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Jasperson constructed a piece as a result of his planar study.

ety from scratch and now there are several churches around Japan that are associated with his work.”

The piece has personal connections with Jasperson because of the work his grandfather did, who was just a kid from Fond du Lac Wisconsin.

“It is a little about a person’s history, his displacement, and that he spent a huge chunk of his life in Japan but his heart is back home,” Jasperson said.

“The piece shows him as an old man in profile and he has his eyes closed and is drawn on a map of Wisconsin.”

The image of Jaspersen’s grandfather is surrounded by stamps from Japan, so the imagery speaks of both those places.

The piece won first place at a New Ulm show a week before he set up in Atwood.

“When it gets attention, I start to realize I’m onto something,” Jaspersen said.

Students wrote in the comment book that his work was “breathtaking, encoding and captive” and that he had an “amazing use of texture and mixed mediums,” or that his work was in some way spiritually moving.

“I would say that I’m a Christian artist, but not a lot of my work is necessarily about bible stories or bible characters,” Jaspersen said.

Jaspersen likes to take the idea of very normal, everyday things and elevate them by making art about them.

“I like that art is a way of communicating things that can’t be communicated in other ways,” Jasperson said. “I feel like there are things that art can do that words can’t.”

As a child, he experimented with vision and hearing, doing different things like plugging his ears and listening to the sound or closing his eyes and pressing until he saw stars or weird things happen.

“Hopefully a good art piece

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Jasperson’s piece, called “Jeremiah,” shown in the Atwood gallery. or a good artist gets at some universal things, some things that everybody knows, but maybe we don’t talk about,” Jaspersen said.

He feels that these things are universal in a way, but people don’t really feel the need to talk about them.

“I think people remember way more than they know,” Jaspersen said. “Some of what art does is internal, it happens inside the viewers mind and hopefully I can help you experience your own life.”

When she first talked with Jaspersen, Eckel thought he was just bringing sculpture.

“He does a variety of work with plaster, painting and bronze work; t’s interesting to see that [artists] can move into all these different mediums,” Eckel said. “He was pretty low-key and shy at first, yet as he got more comfortable he opened up and you can see that

reflection of his personality in these pieces.”

Jasperson’s different philosophy on art history is that he has a “deep respect for the past.”

“The more I learn about art history the less significant he feels,” Jasperson said.

The 20th century dealt with renouncing history and was focused towards making art that no one has seen before and figuring out a style that is completely the artists’ own.

“I do feel like the human figure has been off for avantgard artists for a long time, Jasperson said. “We don’t do that because the figure has been done for centuries but I feel like it’s making a comeback and I want to ride that wave.”

Eckel and her advisor for the Univeristy Program board, Janice Courtney, both enjoyed the depth of the sculpture and the significant effect of light in

the pieces.

“I loved [that with] each piece, [Kate took] photos from a different angle and you could see the raw materials that Jason used.” Courtney said. “Most artists become so refined that they don’t allow that raw material to show.”

The depth and angles of the pieces were also to their interest. The shadows and where the lights were coming from drew in Eckel’s interest as well.

“I could see something different through the camera than what showed up with the flash, which is pretty cool,” Eckel said.

When Jaspersen listed off his favorite artists, one was Donetello.

“I like all of the ninja turtles,” Jaspersen said, “You can’t go wrong with them.”

To see more of Jaspersen’s artwork visit his website: flickr. com/photos/jjjaspersen

BODIES exhibition comes to the Metro Briana Holm STAFF WRITER

DANIELLE MOE / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Kayann Comeuax performed first at the Spoken Word Night.

Spoken word features Acomeaux Meaghan Block ASST. A & E EDITOR

Spoken word is an art form, much like poetry, but often times the intention behind writing a spoken word piece is to hear it performed, hence the name.

Wednesay night was a night dedicated to spoken word, hosted by UPB it went from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Atwood Quarry.

The night featured the artist Acomeaux (AH-combooo), an inclusion which was the idea of Joe Gonsoski-Dinzeo, a student, who pitched the idea to the UPB board of bringing in Acomeaux.

“I thought about other local artists, but I pitched Acomeaux because I’ve worked with her before in Minneapolis and we connected on a personal level because of our pasts,” Gonsoski-Dinzeo said.

She performed for about half of the night’s event.

There were opportunties that night for students to get

up on stage and share their own forms of spoken word.

With six spots available, only three students read their pieces and work that they had put together.

During her performance Acomeaux read a love poem claiming that she “can’t do a performance without reading just one love poem.”

The poem was called Moonlit Love, because she wrote it by moonlight at 3 a.m., because she doesn’t have time to really write during the day since she is usually busy taking care of her young son.

“All I had was moonlight; I woke up and had the inspiration to write,” Acomeaux said.

“But, I was too lazy to get up and turn on the light and I really had to write.”

Acomeaux included the crowd during her performance, asking questions about when most people write.

Writing about love is a complicated and common

subject for poets.

“The way I think about love is that sometimes its really beautiful, but sometimes its really ugly,” Acomeaux said.

“So, I wrote this poem, and it just really describes my heart at this particular moment, maybe its not as sweet as I originally described it, but its my idea of love.”

She gathered a staggering applause after midnight, a time expected from college students.

Depending on the artist, their style of spoken word varies.

Most of the time, it has a more musical approach than poetry.

But with each artist is a different style, much like the variety of unique snowflakes or finger prints.

“It all started out for me when I was younger and didn’t know how to express myself,” Gonsoski-Dinzeo said. “I found music and words to be an escape.”

Poetry is often an escap-

ing of words and expression and to speak them can allow for a connection with the audience and their interpretation.

“As I got older I started going to Minneapolis more and that’s where I found the spoken word community,” Gonsoski-Dinzeo said. “I used it as an outlet and a way of expression.”

Most spoken word is derived from personal experience and most pieces are longer than other types of poetry.

The Twin Cities is also an area that has become a melting pot for a myriad of different types of artists and spoken word work.

“I think for Minnesota writers, spoken word is a growing theme in Minnesota,” Gonsoski-Dinzeo said.

“You don’t have to have a particular talent for rhyming, just having your story and using it.”

Step outside of your textbook and step into Bodies… the Exhibition, now in the Mall of America.

Designed for all ages, this self-guided tour takes you through all of the human body’s vital systems, such as the respiratory, skeletal, circulatory, reproductive and endocrine systems and does it in ways the average human doesn’t see.

All of the human specimens are real people. All bodies are preserved according to standard scientific methods.

The bodies are then immersed in acetone to eliminate all the water, with special care given to the brain.

The brain is the most difficult to preserve because it’s made up of fat and water, so it needs to be placed in a bath of cold acetone.

Then the body is put in a large bath of silicone or polymer and then sealed in a vacuum cleaner.

The vacuum cleaner takes out the acetone that leaves in a form of gas. Polymer replaces the acetone, entering all of the tissues and cells.

Scientists then apply a catalyst to harden the specimen to avoid decay. It can take up to a year to preserve an entire body, or a week to preserve a select part.

“I wasn’t offended by anything. It was a very enjoyable experience,” said Susanne Theis, a mother of three.

“I liked seeing the brain and all of the insides,” said Theis’ six year old son, Andrew.

Health issues are highlighted in this exhibit.

The effects of obesity, breast cancer, colon cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, ectopic pregnancy, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone fractures and the ef-

fect on lungs from smoking are featured.

A section at the end of the tour features fetuses, from 18 days after conception through birth. All of the fetuses died from complications during their mother’s pregnancy.

Visitors are told before they enter this section what it contains and given the option to bypass this section.

“Seeing promotes understanding and understanding promotes the most practical kind of body education possible,” Dr. Ray Glover, Chief Medical Director for Bodies... the Exhibition, said. “The body doesn’t lie.”

Visitors are given the opportunity to hold a human brain and kidney at the end of the exhibit.

Staff members are also available, walking through the exhibit and ready to answer questions from visitors.

All of the humans featured in the exhibit died from natural causes.

Laws prohibit the disclosure of any information regarding the specimen’s identity and/ or their cause of death.

All of the bodies are from the Dalian Medical University Plastination Laboratories in the People’s Republic of China.

Bodies… the Exhibition is located on level four in the East wing in the Mall of America.

Adult tickets are $22 and the exhibit is open Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

It’s recommended to allow 60 to 90 minutes to complete the exhibit.

Self-guided audio tours are also available to supplement and expand your experience for an additional $5.

Photography is not allowed. The exhibit runs until January 10.

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Downtown theaters dominate holiday entertainment Dana Johnson EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Central Minnesotans looking for holiday entertainment need to look no further than downtown St. Cloud.

Three professional theaters, all within three blocks of each other, have their December calenders booked with shows.

Though churches and other community organizations often offer holiday events sometimes for free, these theatres owners promise they offer shows for everyone in the family. Shows that are worth every penny.

“What we try to do at the Pioneer Place on Fifth theatre is we try to find at least one show that will appeal to everybody,” said Dan Barth, co-owner of the Pioneer Place on Fifth. Barth is in charge of booking the theatre all year round.

“With that in mind we book a comic play every year, a nice theatrical production that would appeal to families, organizations, groups and business parties,” Barth said.

This year that holiday comedy is “The Bible Christmas Story (Abridged),” presented by Pick-A-Line Productions and starring Eric Webster, Zach Curtis, Shanan Custer and Paul Reyburn.

This production is based on “The Complete Word of God (Abridged)” an original comedy by Adam Long, Reed Martin and Austin

Tichenor.

“Our whole goal is to try to find something that will appeal to everybody,” Barth said. “So there is usually at least one event that the citizens of central Minnesota will surely like to take in.”

For a complete listing of shows at the Pioneer Place along with ticket information visit www.ppfive.com.

“We have got a lot this year. Throughout the month of December we are running 27 nights and we are running 36 shows in those 27 nights. We have a lot of doubles and it is a lot of fun,” Barth said.

Another neighboring theater on St. Germain street is the Black Box theatre. Producing fewer shows each year then the Pioneer Place or the Paramount theatre, the Black Box tends to feature local actors in their productions.

For the last five years the Black Box has played host to Christopher Trussell’s “Scrooge.” This adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is being directed by Peter Donohue and features about 20 community members.

“It’s an excellent piece of theatre, you have to see it,” Donohu said. “I hate Dickens, its dreary, its depressing its generall not fun. This particular version though is so up-beat.”

Donahue said that the Black Box repeats the production each year simply because they enjoy doing it and because they have a nice set piece that they leave up

year-round.

To order tickets for “Scrooge” call 320-2559703.

The theater farthest down St. Germain street, and probably the largest stage in St. Cloud, is the Paramount Theatre.

This theaer has December booked with a ballet, a play, musicians and a variety of other acts.

“Everything that is happening this month was booked and put into stone well over a year ago,” said Laurie Johnson, Performing Arts Director of the Paramount theatre.

“The work we do here is all about local groups in our area. This building exists to serve local groups. So all of our local and regional performers get the stage first and then with time that’s left I book the stage or buy talent.”

Johnson is in charge of booking the stage at the Paramount theatre all year round. A lot of the acts that will be performing in December 2010 are already booked.

This December one of the Paramount’s main holiday productions is “The Nutcracker,” which is presented by the Central Minnesota Heart Center along with Minnesota’s own Stroia Ballet Company.

For more information about performances at the Paramount theatre and to purchase tickets visit www. paramountarts.org.

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Christopher Trussell’s “Scrooge” is being performed this December at the Black Box Theatre in downtown St. Cloud.

Black Box Theatre “Scrooge”

December 10 - 14, 17 20 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20.

Pioneer Place on Fifth “TheBible ChristmasStory (Abridged)”

December 3 - 6, 10 - 12, 17 - 19, 4 and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $24 Adult, $19 Senior/Student.

December 13, 15, 16, 20 - 23 all shows sold-out except: December 23 at 4 p.m. Tickets: $22 advance, $25 door.

Ha! Ha! Show”

Holiday

December 27, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12 advance, $15 door.

Michael Johnson

December 28, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $21 advance, $24 door.

Spencer McGillicutty

December 30, 8 p.m.

Tickets: $12 advance, $15 door.

Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $20 advance, $23 door.

Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Rickets:$25.

“The Nutcracker” presented by the The Surahoolies Central Minnesota Heart Center “ reunion show December 11, 12, 13,

“ A n d r e w Walesch’s Jazzy Christmas”

“Ring of Kerry Irish Christmas”

Today, 1:30 p.m. Tickets: $18.

December 14, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $15 advance, $18 door.

“AtChristmas withMickSterling”

“Christmas Through The Years” featuring an all-star orchestra - Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12 advance, $15 door.

Christmas Show”

“Robert Robinson presents Songs for “Tina and Lena’s 25th Anniversary the Season”

December 29, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $8 advance, $10 door.

Today, 7:30 p.m., Tickets: $19 in advance.

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“Blimp Rockin’ New Year’s Party” “Fabulous New Years Eve Bash Featuring:The Fabulous Armadillos”

December 31, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $75, limited to the first 150 people.

Paramount Theatre

“Girl Singers of “Rock n’ Roll Xmas Spectacular, the 50s Hit Parade

7:30 and 2 p.m. Tickets: $19.

The George Maurer Jazz Group

December 14, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $20.

“Holy Bells! A Deer Camp Christmas”

December 16, 17, 20, 22, 27, 7:30 and 2 p.m. Tickets: $19.

“Christmas with John Tesh” December 21, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $35.

“Mister”

December 26, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12.

Tonic Sol Fa

December 29 - 31, 7 and 4 p.m. Tickets: $24.

Louie Anderson

December 31 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $28.

University Chronicle Monday, Dec. 7, 2009

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Trombonists feature choral music Megan Junkermeier A & E EDITOR Director Mark Springer led trombonists to play both solos and choral music at the Trombone Studio Recital. Trombones, with their chromatic capabilities, featured this style because “it’s a perfect match to have trombones play choral music,” Springer said.

The recital was in the Performing Arts Center on Monday Nov. 30 and featured seven trombone players, playing both solo and group pieces.

Solo performances were done by Steve Minkler, John Gladen, Adam Tervola Hultberg, David Kent, Seth Adams and two other guest trombonists were included in the group per-

formances.

“When you take lessons, there are regular lessons and studio lessons where the players can hear each other and give comments or feedback,” Adams, a fifth-year senior, said.

“The trombone studio is open to anyone who wants to play.”

When Minkler was not performing soloist pieces, he was playing accompaniment parts on the piano for other soloists.

“There are enough students to do some exciting literature,” Springer said. “This group is very excited to play trombone choral music and don’t get a chance to really play it any other place.”

Hultberg played “Concerto”

by Gordon Jacob, which was a powerful but smooth piece and struck through the middle of the

performances. “Unaccompanied Study,” by Sigmund Hering was played by Gladen, which had a faster tempo and was louder and stronger than other pieces selected for the recital.

One of the group performances was Drei Equali, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, and included the seven trombonists. One of the performers was absent, so the other students had to make up for that part and remain more alert of the dynamic required to make it work.

“Beethoven wrote for reasons either angelic or for damnation,” Springer said. “We’re hoping he chose this for the angelic reasons.”

The choral aspect of the trombone recital was one of the more noteworthy aspects of it.

BEATRICE CHUNG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The trombonists perform the “Great Lakes Octet” as one of their group

“A couple of years ago we started choral music,” Adam said. “Then we would invite other students to help form octets for some of the pieces.”

“Great Lakes Octet” was originally set up for eight trombonists, but since only seven were at the recital, they altered it to a septet instead. This piece was composed by Eric Ewazen, is both smooth and melodic and is written specifically for trombones.

“Ewazen takes the voices and treats them independently,” Springer said. “He has a keen sense on how to write for the trombone.”

The music department at SCSU has many opportunities for its students to play and perform, unlike some larger schools or more difficult programs.

“There is a huge opportunity even for people who are less serious that want to play with serious musicians,” Adams said.

“If you aren’t music major, you would be playing with music majors and learn from them.”

Students with a good handle on playing the trombone can join and be involved, not only music majors, and they will be able to take lessons and play in studio performances. If they have taken lessons in the past, or have participated in band or orchestra, it will be beneficial.

The trombone studio allows for students to work in a closeknitted community to learn and grow from each other’s styles and work ethics.

“In smaller groups, you are more responsible for what you are doing,” Adams said. “There is more pressure but a better experience.”

The group is playing music that requires responsibility and

BEATRICE CHUNG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Seth Adams plays the bass trombone during his solo piece. the music selected is challenging.

“Often, they’ll play a piece and think they can’t do it but

the transformation from ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can’ is rewarding,” Springer said. “It is exciting to see the group work.”

The common experiences between the students amongst the trombone studio

work is a challenge that all the students are a part of.

“What I enjoy about a college atmosphere is that it allows the students to take the notes they can already play and bring music to life,” Springer said. “It is rewarding to see them realize their full potential.”

International Film Series ends with Woody Allen Megan Junkermeier FILM REVIEW Entangled romantic and artistic desires unveil during “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” in which the characters experience social and relationship fixtures outside of the social norm.

This Woody Allen film was shown in Atwood as the last International Film of the series this semester on Mon. Nov. 30.

Narrating leads the film with short explanations and transitions, giving it a feel of a storytelling as opposed to a straightforward Hollywood movie.

The film begins with Vicky, played by Rebecca Hall and Cristina, played by Scarlett Johansson, traveling to Barcelona for travel and study and they are both best friends but very different in personality from the start.

Vicky is uptight, rational and closed off emotionally.

Cristina is very passionate, loving and desiring something more than a simple solution to life.

Her artistic and abstract way of thinking leads her to decide to take a trip once she and Vicky meet Juan Antonio, played by Javier Bardem, once they stay in Barcelona.

Cristina’s appearance had a sort of ‘Marilyn Monroe’ quality to her though, a sensual and sexual being.

Woody Allen definitely goes outside of the usual movie style to bring concepts of a different type of relationship between Juan Antonio, Vicky and Cristina.

Juan Antonio’s ex-wife, Maria Elena, played by Penelope Cruz, assists Cristina in an artistic way the same way she assisted her ex-husband, through passion and inspiration.

Maria Elena’s insanity and lewd behavior, including suicide attempts and murder attempts against herself and her ex-husband, respectively, actually coincide with her personality in the sense that it is very extreme.

Conversation between Vicky and Cristina is witty for their differences in tastes in men, life and love.

Between Vicky and Juan Antonio, he attempts to be wooing and sensual, but her skepticism merely shoots all of his attempts down, while

Cristina falls weak at the knees for him.

Cristina is looking for more in life than the man Vicky is about to marry who she refers to as “factory made zombies” or men of “cookie cutter molds.” Vicky remains cynical because, as of recent rumors that Juan Antonio harmed his wife, she tells Cristina to shy away from “candidly made wife beaters.”

Cristina is rather impulsive and passionate and was determined for “dalliance with a Spaniard.” She is a character that is relatable and desirable because she represents a personality that too many people have lost a hold of, which is one of ambition and perseverance.

She does not want to settle until she finds what she is looking for and Woody Allen gives this type of drive a sense of rationality.

Juan Antonio made it perfectly clear that over the weekend he was suggesting to Vicky and Cristina to attend with him was a chance for last days of freedom before Vicky got married and for both, it was a chance for a sexual escapade that would be both exciting and sponta-

neous, or so the way he was trying to sell it.

The witty banter and conversation between the characters, especially with their personality differences, leads the dialogue in a hilarious manner.

Sexuality is a rather important and prominent part of this movie, as it dives into the differences between the sexual relations between Juan Antonio and the three women, each separately, and the relationship that evolves amongst Juan Antonio, Cristina and Maria Elena as a threesome scenario.

Maria Elena’s insistence on speaking in Spanish to Juan Antonio, while causing a Spanish-English language barrier between them and Cristina represented the special bonds between Juan Antonio, but once all three of them formed their relationship, they all contributed and shared in loving, artistic and loyal ways.

Spanish was described and exemplified as a romantic and beautiful language.

Not translating keeps the original meaning because sometimes that can be lost in translation.

Woody Allen brings

characters to the table, especially like Cristina and Maria Elena where artistic experience, love and passion are all worth abandoning the run-of-the-mill social responsibilities in the world.

Especially in a city like Barcelona, the art of love and the love of art entwine in a beautiful journey where romance holds until the journey is complete. Then all that is left is what has been found, and Cristina still searches for something more, never settling for less than a true passion and love.

Woody Allen’s expression of theme and meaning in this movie seems to show that passion and romance is in the journey and that once it is obtained and fulfilled all that is left is either love or hate towards one another.

As art and love remained a swirled part of the important journey the characters were on, Juan Antonio said, “I was filled with real emotion and I had to express it.”

So, art was the way that the characters represented their feelings, emotion and passion. It was through their love of art and the art of love.

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“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” offered perspectives on art, love and sexuality.

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The game will be released in late January.

Mass Effect 2 be released soon Jun-Kai Teoh GAME COLUMN Christmas break is coming, finals are looming, and the cold Minnesotan winter is freezing.

Students are pouring over their books, finalizing their travel plans and suiting up to combat the upcoming months.

All that’s on my mind however is that with each passing day I’m getting one day closer to the release of “Mass Effect 2.”

The “Mass Effect 2” hypemachine (also known as the publicity department) has done a wonderful of blowing my mind (also known as convincing me to spend hard-earned money) and has successfully crept into my soul (also known as crept into my soul).

The original “Mass Effect” was an epic space opera. It had all the makings of a science fiction fantasy masterpiece.

It was similar to Star Wars meet Star Trek, with the added bonus option of sexing up your crewmates into some inter-species kinky “cough cough” session.

The game was great, but it wasn’t without its quirks. It sneaked some well-worn ideas, gave it a fresh coat of paint, garnered raving reviews and obsessed fans (case in point, me) but at times it was just really ridiculous.

The game had really long elevator rides.

By long, what was meant was that a person could watch

both the Star Wars Trilogy (the original one, not the prequel joke) and the uncut Lord of the Rings trilogy and the elevator ride would still be going on.

So maybe it wasn’t that bad, but it was pretty dull and boring.

Those elevator rides were essentially loading screens, and they took forever.

While the occasional dialogue between the characters were interesting, they couldn’t possibly make it up for the dreadfully long ride.

Mass Effect 2, apparently, attempts to fix this. What supersneaky Chronicle spies (I kid) have caught the developers saying was that Mass Effect 2 would have loading screens instead.

“We’ve tried to make the loading screen more interesting this time by adding interesting visuals and information.”

Now, unless we’re talking about interactive Asari pole dancing coupled with Volus doing the “Macarena”, loading screens really aren’t much of an improvement from the elevator rides.

Until more news about it surfaces, there’s still too little to judge the loading methods of “Mass Effect 2.”

Nonetheless, Electronic Arts’ hype machine has crept into my soul anyway. I scour the Internet for every single tidbit about “Mass Effect 2.” I crave the pleasure I will be experiencing on release day.

Publicity! It’s “Massively Effective!” (think Pokemon).

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Roller skis help prepare Huskies Tyler Ohmann SPORTS EDITOR

Despite a lack of snow the SCSU Nordic Ski team has been practicing every morning.

Without snow the team has been using roller skis to prepare for the upcoming season.

“We use roller ski’s, just like roller blades or the skating version of regular skis,” head Nordic ski coach Jeremy Frost said.

The team heads out every morning around 7 a.m. and skates from school to other neighborhoods in the area.

“Basically where there is a paved surface of reasonably good quality we can ski on that,” Frost said.

Senior skier Katelyn Prow has her own views of roller skis after having a snow less fall.

“I’m sick of roller ski’s,” Prow said.

However, she was happy to look out her window this weekend and see a thin blanket of the white stuff.

“It’s good, but now you can’t go outside in roller ski’s because it’s too wet,

but you can’t ski because there isn’t enough snow,” Prow said. “You’re in the in between stage.”

The Huskies were able to escape to Montana November 25-26 to take part in a sprint.

“It was about close to 7,000 feet, so for us coming from lower elevation and going up, that makes it a little more difficult,” Frost said about the race. “That particular type of race, the competition is as good as it gets.”

Frost was happy to get the team on some real snow and was also happy with their performance.

“We have individual goals, we are looking at each athlete and saying we want improvements in technique and fitness and then hopefully that relates to increase in performance,” Frost said.

Nordic skiing in college has two types Frost, one is called classic and the other is freestyle.

“Classic skiing is more of a traditional style, like walking or running,” Frost said. “Freestyle is more like skating on ice skates or rollerblading.”

Races he said can be anywhere from five to 15 kilometers in length. This he says is what sets Nordic skiing apart from other sports, especially alpine skiing.

“I think when you compare it to a lot of other sports, the unique thing is there is no stopping,” Frost said.

“The longest races we do would be fifteen kilometers and depending on the weather conditions, it could take you up to an hour to complete. There is no timeouts there is no breaks.”

That fitness needed by a Nordic skier doesn’t come from meets, it comes from practice.

“When we go out and practice often times we practice two hours straight,” Frost said.

This year’s team is an experienced bunch, returning eight juniors and a senior this season.

“I think it will help, they have had a chance to see what college skiing is like.

I think they have a full understanding of what it is.

I think that that will help them improve,” Frost said.

Prow being the lone senior on this year’s roster doesn’t make her the leader she said.

“There isn’t really like a leader-type role, we all lead each other we all do what needs to be done in order to become the best,” Prow said.

Frost’s goals this season are in seeing the team improve from last season.

“I would certainly say we are always trying to improve each year,” Frost said.

Prow also stated improvement being a good measure for success this season.

“To do better than last year. Do better at the regions, just get better and improve,” Prow stated as her goals this year.

Despite the limited spotlight on the sport Frost still believes that there is a niche for Nordic skiing in Minnesota and at SCSU. “I think it’s definitely a Scandinavian sport and there is a huge population of Scandinavian’s in Minnesota,” Frost said. “I think there is a lot of people who don’t know about it, but at the same time there is quite

“Basically, where there is a paved surface of reasonably good quality we

can ski on that.”

Jeremy Frost

a huge following in that in high school skiing in Minnesota it’s very popular so I think that follows suit to college.”

“It’s an endurance sport, so anybody who is endurance-oriented would be successful,” Frost said.

Prow believes that lack of knowledge about the sport hinders the sport’s ability to gain more attention.

“I don’t think a lot of people know what it is,” Prow said. “If you get into it enough, if you understand it, it’s fun to do. “ Frost also thinks that living in Minnesota winter cannot be ignored and that is why winter sports flourish here.

“Living in Minnesota, having winter, the conditions certainly vary again, you look outside and there is not much snow now, but it is coming and it will come,” Frost said.

The Huskies will compete next on Dec. 12-13 in Ironwood, Mich. The Regional is held Feb. 2021 and Nationals are from Mar. 10-13.

SCSU head Nordic ski coach

Huskies win one, lose one SCSU men Logan Marxhausen ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The men’s team took to the court this past weekend in back-to-back NSIC games to start out conference play. The Huskies took on Winona State and Upper Iowa this weekend.

The Huskies started strong against the Warriors (1-0 NSIC, 5-1 overall) in the first half, coming out shooting 48 percent. The Huskies were ahead by as many as 10 in the first half only to give up their lead in the beginning of the second half.

The Huskies had success against the Warriors last season, beating them in all three meetings, but Winona State had the Huskies’ number in the second half.

The Huskies started out strong in the second half taking a strong 11-point lead with 13:13 to go in the contest.

Winona State then fought their way back to take their first lead since they were up 6-9 with only six-and-a-half minutes of game played.

The Huskies struggled from downtown, shooting against the Warriors going 7-26 beyond the arc while shooting 2-for-15 for threes in the second half.

The duo of senior Matt Schneck and junior Jesse Fisher in the paint helped the Huskies shoot the perimeter shot in the first half, but was limited with looks in the second half.

Schneck finished the game with another double-double performance making 15 points

and grabbing 14 rebounds.

Fisher added 12 points for the Huskies.

Junior co-captain Taylor Witt was on the receiving end of the Schneck and Fisher dominance in the first half shooting three-of-five from behind the arc and four-forfour from the charity strike.

“When I am attacking and the shots are falling, it makes a world of difference,” Witt said.

“The first half and the beginning of the second half were when the shots were falling.

For a while I wasn’t looking for my shot, we couldn’t get it inside, and then we were a standstill team. You have a lot more confidence on the defensive end when you’re hitting your shots on offense.”

“We use[d] Taylor [Witt] the same way we do every night,” said head coach Kevin Schlagel. “The game was a matter of us playing together as a team and controlling the turnovers, which we didn’t do.”

Winona kept their lead taking it back for good at the 6:50 mark. They had four players in double digits in the point’s category and shot the ball nearly 55 percent in the second half finishing the game shooting 50 percent.

The Huskies had a total of 27 fouls while Winona had 17 in a game where 55 free throws were attempted.

The Huskies came as close as 70-72 with 39 seconds left in the game, but couldn’t close out the rest of the game losing 77-72.

“They beat us fair and

sweep Staff Report

The Huskies traveled north this weekend and took on the Seawolves of Alaska-Anchorage.

On the road trip, the Huskies notched their first sweep of the 2009-10 campaign, winning 3-1 Friday and 3-2 Saturday.

The sweep put the Huskies to 8-6-2 overall and 7-4-1 in the WCHA.

Friday

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Senior Matt Schneck drives to the basket Saturday agains the Upper Iowa Peacocks at Halenbeck Hall. The Huskies won square,” Schlagel said. “We got beat by a very good basketball team. They got to the free throw line well enough.

That has been the makeup of the last two games.”

The Saturday edition of the weekend’s game was played against the Northern Iowa Peacocks (1-1 NSIC, 2-5 overall).

Instead of three pointers being the main issue this game, free throws were the story of the Huskies’ (1-1 NSIC, 4-2 overall) second half of the

weekend.

As a team, the Huskies shot 29-43 from the charity strike. Schneck, who has had troubles in the past with free throw shooting, went 11-of13 from the line, finishing the game with a team-best 23 points and 13 rebounds.

Sophomore Brett Putz sparked the Husky offense in the first half, hitting three shots behind the arc. He finished the game with 17 points and going 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Witt went 7-for-

10 from the free throw line to finish with a total of 19 points and four assists.

The Huskies changed their pace from Friday night’s game and worked the ball more inside than outside. The Huskies went from 26 three-point attempts against the Warriors to only 9 against the Peacocks.

The Huskies also out-rebounded Upper Iowa 35 to 22.

SCSU will venture to Minnesota State University Moorhead for an 8 p.m. game Friday evening.

Diving gets clean sweep Tyler Ohmann

cy Torgerson said.

Taking second Friday was another first year diver Chris White who got 445.25 points.

Springing off the board for the first time this season was Sean Kildahl who tallied 292.25 points, putting him tenth for the day.

SPORTS EDITOR

The SCSU diving team flipped, twisted and piked their way to a two day sweep at home this weekend.

The SCSU diving invite was held this weekend at Halenbeck Hall with nine teams, including the Huskies competing.

Saturday

Friday

Friday saw the Huskies capture two first place honors. In the Women’s one-meter, junior Cassi Mrozek took first garnering 413.20 points, a nationally qualifying cut.

“I already qualified, but it was nice to qualify again,” Mrozek said. “It’s always nice to know you can step it up against a lot more girls.”

Nikki Weber finished in fifth in the event notching 351.10 points.

Rounding out the SCSU women were Hannah Peters in eighth with 329.70, Melissa Krohn in eleventh with 323.55 and Allison Tracy who had a score of 315.15 in exhibition.

The SCSU men’s Saturday went just as well, as they went one, two in the threemeter.

First Luke Weber took first scoring 487 another nationally qualifying cut.

“It was something nice to get out of the way,” Weber said.

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Chris White, an SCSU freshmen, dives Saturday at Halenbeck Hall. He took second on both boards.

Their coach too, was glad the national cuts are being hit early.

“Its great because its that one thing less that we have

to worry about, and now we can just start packing on the dives, degree of difficulty and work on refinishing everything,” diving coach Tra-

Saturday’s results were just as good for the Huskies as Friday’s.

Weber again took first, this time in the one-meter charting a score of 505.85, a season best for the Huskies.

Chris White again took second with a 402.25.

For the SCSU women, Cassi Mrozek again took first place, giving the Huskies a clean sweep for the weekend. Her score of 408.7 was her best on the season on the three-meter.

Rounding out the top ten for the Huskies was Allison Tracy who took sixth, Hannah Peters in eighth and Nikki Weber in ninth.

Participating in a home meet was something new for Luke Weber, but it didn’t seem to slow him down or trip him up.

“I didn’t really know how to dive here because we never had a home meet before, so I like it,” Weber said.

With so many teams and divers competing the days can get long, but Torgerson

and Mrozek admit it is worth it.

“There is a lot of numbers, it’s long and it’s intense and that’s what we need,” Torgerson said. “I think that to have a meet like this, just helps them get prepared mentally. We’ve had some mishaps go on this weekend, but it’s just a good experience for them.”

“They get long, but it’s a championship list, so it prepares us for nationals,” Mrozek said.

The Huskies are happy to have competed well at home.

Both Weber and Mrozek have their explanations of why things went well.

“We had a pretty mellow practice at the end of the week, just so we could focus and prepare for the meet and relax, that’s the big thing to relax,” Weber said.

Mrozek’s says her success stems from mental preparedness, focus and visualization.

Torgerson was overall happy with the SCSU divers efforts and sees potential in them.

“I know what they are capable of, and nothing is perfect yet, but we’re seeing a lot of promising things come together,” Torgerson.

This is the Huskies last meet before break. They next spring back into action on January 9 at the St. Johns/ St. Ben’s invite.

Friday, three first period goals proved to be enough for the Huskies, who took down the Sea wolves 3-1.

To give the Huskies a 1-0 lead in the first senior Ryan Lasch put one past Jon Olthuis on the power play. He received assists from juniors Garrett Roe and Tony Mosey.

Lasch’s goal was his team-leading ninth on the year.

Later in the first Nick Oslund scored his second goal of the year taking passes from Ben Hanowski and Drew Leblanc.

The third first period goal came courtesy of Jordy Christian. The lone assist was given to Aaron Marvin.

Mike Lee had a solid performance in net, saving 15 Sea Wolves shots.

Sean Wiles scored Alaska-Anchorage’s lone goal in the loss, it was his sixth on the season.

The win put the Huskies in a tie for third place in the WCHA.

Saturday

Completing the weekend sweep the Huskies defeated the Sea wolves 3-2 on Saturday.

Alaska-Anchorage struck first as Kevin Clark scored his eighth goal of the season, on the power play.

SCSU evened the score late in the first as Nick Oslund scored his second goal in as many games. He was assisted by Oliver Lauridsen and Taylor Johnson.

The Huskies took their first lead with: 25 in the second period as Aaron Marvin took passes from Jordy Christian and Oliver Lauridsen to score his first goal of the year.

Marvin would score the eventual game-winner later in the second. Assisting on the play was Ryan Lasch.

Craig Parkinson brought the Sea wolves within one goal, but it was not enough.

Mike Lee started his second consecutive game and produced another solid night in net.

He saved 27 shots in 29 chances.

This was the first sweep of the season for the Huskies and it put them in to a three way tie with Minnesota-Duluth and Wisconsin.

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Saturday

The Huskies played another close game with the Mavericks, but in the end the Huskies pulled off the win, defeating the Mavericks 1-0.

After the first period of play, the score remained tied at zero, despite some great offensive chances by both the Huskies and the Mavericks. At the end of the period, Minnesota State had an eight shot advantage over the Huskies, finishing out the period with seventeen shots on goal, compared to SCSU’s eight shots.

The Huskies would open the second period on a carry-over two minute power play after Minnesota State’s Ariel Mackley was given a body checking penalty at end of the first period.

However, no scoring would come from the five on four opportunity.

The Mavericks also missed out on a six minute power play between 8:59 and 15:46 when Danielle Hirsch, Callie Dahl,

and Ashley Nixon would each receive consecutive penalties.

The second period would remain scoreless at the start of the second intermission, with the Huskies outshooting MSUMankato eight to four.

Holly Roberts tallied the only goal of the game at 12:21 in the third period after picking up the puck in the neutral zone. She carried the puck into the Maverick zone on a one-on-two play.

Roberts was able to split the defenders, and send a quick wrist shot into the Maverick net. Kelly Meierhofer tallied the lone assist on the goal.

The goal proved to be the game-winning goal, along with Roberts’ ninety-seventh career point.

Ashley Nixon was proud of how her team was able to steal the win, and the split in the series.

“Our whole team played well in the second and third period, and that led us to be able to come out with the win,” Nixon said.

NFC Season Standings (Sun at 5 p.m.)

North W-L Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit East Dallas NY Giants Philadelphia Washington

Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

7-4 5-6 4-7 1-11

South New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay

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Senior Holly Roberts scored her ninety-seventh career point on Saturday.

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Continued from Page 16 and set up a mission to go out strong.

“We all got together and talked about how we wanted to really make this one count,” Hogan said. “This summer I think all of us put in that little extra. And I know I didn’t waste a single second out on the ice this summer. That time [was] valuable.”

While the team got off to a sluggish start, they are now in solid position and have won four of their past six, including a 1-0 victory at the National Hockey Center on Saturday.

“I think we have finally found our groove,” Roberts said. “Our confidence has grown and we are ready to take on the rest of the regular season.”

And as long as they keep winning, they’ll stay as far away from Hogan’s stick as possible.

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West

Hogan “The guitar has always interested me,” she said. “I always wanted to play it. And I’ve always been a musically inclined person.”

Hogan previously played the piano and saxophone before she picked up the guitar in eighth grade.

“I play a lot of acoustic stuff like Jason Mraz and new age music,” Hogan said, “My thing now is to take a song and turn it into an acoustic one.”

Her roommates seem to enjoy it.

“Sometimes we will get some friends together [and] just sit around and listen to her play,” Roberts said. “The best thing is [that] I could just say about any song and she’ll be able to play it. She’s pretty amazing.”

Senior Pact The senior-heavy Huskies squad met after last season

10-1 7-4 5-7 2-10

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Freshmen Nicole Anderson defends a Peacock guard Saturday at Halenbeck. The Huskies held the Peacocks to 60 points in the victory.

As a team, the Huskies outplayed the Peacocks, outrebounding them 36-27. Twenty of the Peacocks’ 60 points were from the free throw line (2027).

The remaining forty points were from 19-50 shooting from the field. The Huskies finished the game with 50.8 percent shooting with 10 players scoring at least once.

Barlow started the game hot from the field, scoring the first ten points of the game to give the Huskies a 10-0 lead with just four minutes of the half played.

The largest lead the Huskies established in the first half was twenty points when they were ahead 28-8 at the 8:56 mark.

The Huskies came into the second half with a 37-21 lead and only advanced from there.

The Huskies eventually built up their lead to 28 points in the second half. When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the Huskies finished victorious 81-60.

The Huskies travel next weekend to Minnesota State University Moorhead on Friday and the University of Minnesota- Crookston on Saturday.

12-0 6-6 5-7 1-11

AFC Season Standings (Sun at 5 p.m.)

North W-L Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland

9-3 6-5 6-6 1-10

East New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo

7-5 6-6 6-6 4-8

West San Diego Denver Oakland Kansas City

8-3 8-4 4-8 3-9

South Indianapolis Jacksonville Houtson Tennessee

12-0 7-5 5-7 5-7

Football during the week...

Monday- Baltimore (6-5) at Green Bay (7-4)--7:30 start on ESPN. Thursday- Pittsburgh (6-6) at Cleveland (1-10)-7:20 p.m. start on NFL Network.

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Sports Schedule

Men’s Hockey WCHA Schedule

Games Friday Colorado College at St. Cloud State Denver at Minnesota Duluth Minnesota at Michigan Tech Wisconsin at North Dakota Minnesota State at Bemidji State Games Saturday Colorado College at St. Cloud State Denver at Minnesota Duluth Minnesota at Michigan Tech Wisconsin at North Dakota Minnesota State at Bemidji State

Women’s Hockey WCHA Schedule

Games Friday Ohio State at St. Cloud State Wisconsin at Minnesota State Games Saturday Ohio State at St. Cloud State Minnesota at North Dakota Wisconsin at Minnesota State Bemidji State at Minnesota Duluth Games Sunday Minnesota at North Dakota Bemidji State at Minnesota Duluth

Men’s Basketball NSIC Schedule

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

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The Tide sways in Bama’s favor

There apparently is kryptonite for Tim Tebow after all.

It’s called Crimson Tide.

Jake Hats off to Alabama Laxen after their 3213 win over Florida Saturday in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome in the SEC Championship game. They didn’t even need Forrest Gump to return any kicks.

I would just like to congratulate Nick Saban and Alabama at this time for winning the National Title.

A little premature you say?

Not really.

The SEC has proven in recent years that it is the most

solid and complete conference in the nation.

The Big 10 has its defenses. Just about every other conference has its offenses.

But nobody has balance like the SEC. Year in and year out they produce the most complete teams featuring the biggest, fastest and strongest recruits.

They draw the most fans and the most attention.

College football in the south is just a way of life.

It’s something we as Yankees couldn’t understand.

While the New Orleans Saints are turning in a once in a lifetime kind of season, the LSU Tigers from the Bayou is still the team of the state.

And when a team can go through an SEC schedule and

title game undefeated, we better take notice.

In the BCS era, the SEC is 5-0 in National Championship games (Florida with two, LSU with two and Tennessee with one). You can also add another to Auburn in 2005, which went undefeated in the regular season and dominated in its Sugar Bowl game but didn’t get into the official title game.

Of all the BCS Bowl games the SEC has also produced, the best record at 12-5 (.710) for a major conference.

The Pac-10 is second, thanks largely to USC’s annual domination over a Big Ten team in the Rose Bowl, at 9-4 (.692).

The Big East is 6-5 (.545) thanks to Miami’s old dynasty and going back in the day when

Rich Rodriguez was actually being a good coach at West Virginia, where he was 2-0.

The Big 12 is 5-7 (.438).

Texas has gone 3-0, but each win has been decided by 3 points or less. Like we saw in the Big 12 title game on Saturday, the referees will give them breaks.

Oklahoma has proved that it gets overrated every year by the computers with five consecutive BCS game losses in a row (lost last year’s BCS title game, the 2007 and 2008 Fiesta Bowls, the 2005 Orange Bowl, and the 2004 Sugar Bowl). In that span they’ve lost to both SEC teams they’ve faced LSU and Florida, both in the title game.

The Big Ten is 8-11 (.412).

Ohio State has been the pre-

mier team from this conference, winning its first four BCS Bowl games. But they’ve lost three in a row, including two blowout losses to the SEC’s Florida and LSU in the title game.

The ACC is a lowly 2-9.

The early decade dominant Florida State teams have five of those losses. And BCS buster Utah itself has as many wins as that whole conference (2-0).

Then we will throw in independent Notre Dame, which is 0-3. Their last loss signaled the downfall for former coach Charlie Weiss: a 41-14 blowout loss in 2006-07 to LSU in the Sugar Bowl.

So after looking at all this I want to say, congrats Alabama. I surely won’t bet against you.

Empty Wallets, seats and promises

The future of sports in Minnesota is not looking up.

Sure, the Twins have Kyle one of the best Stevens overall players in the big leagues, and their roster has fewer holes than it once did.

But the fact that they have failed to land a decent player via free agency in recent years has fans wondering when, if ever, the local nine will sign a top name.

Once again, the Twins will enter a season with Nick Punto in a potential starting role. A tee-ball coach would bench this guy.

A pitching staff that was once the pride and anchor of the team is now a laughable stockpile of has-beens, couldhaves, and should-haves.

The days of fleecing the league for hidden talent are over.

There are still some Lirianos and Nathans out there, but as soon as Bill Smith asks, the other end hangs up.

New ballparks usually sell out for the first two years on the “wow” factor alone.

Let’s hope so, because

after two more years of fighting to make the playoffs with AAA talent, Mauer and Morneau are going to want out.

The Timberwolves are in the worst professional sports league this side of the MLS. No matter what the team or league wants to argue otherwise, there are nowhere near 15,000 people at Target Center.

Who can blame the absences? In 2007, the team traded its biggest star to an east coast team for Al Jefferson, draft picks and, well, four guys with a heartbeat.

The year before that, they traded Brandon Roy, future Rookie of the Year, to Portland for Randy Foye, future Washington Wizard.

Last year, they fired their head coach and gave the job to Kevin McHale, the same guy responsible for the Garnett and Roy fiascos.

Then to top it all off with whipped cream and a cherry, they drafted four point guards. Yes, they traded two of them and were stiffed by another, but that is exactly what happens when you’re the Wolves. Even the Trail Blazers and Sam Bowie laughed at that.

The Xcel Energy Center

hasn’t seen this many empty seats since the day before construction ended.

Hockey in Minnesota isn’t faring much better. Gone is the only owner the Wild has ever known, Bob Naegele.

Gone is the only coach the Wild has ever known, Jacques Lemaire.

Gone is the only goal scorer the Wild has ever known, Marian Gaborik.

Somehow, TV announcer Dan Terhaar survived.

Where’s the justice?

The new owner, Craig Leipold, previously owned the Nashville Predators. Anyone that can sell hockey to Nashville has snake oil in his or her veins.

Todd Richards, the new coach, came from Pittsburgh.

His stamp was all over the high-flying, high-scoring Penguins. Of course, that stamp is property of Sidney Crosby and cannot be recorded or retransmitted without the expressed written consent of the NHL. There is as much in common with Richard’s style and his team as there is with public relations and journalism.

They all play hockey, but flashy goals and spin-masters don’t come from defense and accountability.

This is where I would talk about the next star of the team, but there is not one single thing to like about this team.

Derek Boogaard can still kill a wolf with a smile, but the longer they let him play barefoot, the longer I worry for his post-career health.

Mikko Koivu has had to battle oppressive defenses, lousy teammates and the shadow of his brother for his entire career. At least he’s out of the shadow now, but that’s what happens when you fall too far behind.

Looking through the roster, I can’t even find another player to rip on. That’s the sign of a bad team.

Then there are the Vikings.

Oh, how this state goes crazy for the Purple. Even “Purple Rain,” was at the Chicago/Vikings game. I thought he/she was dead.

The Metrodome seats 64,121fans. Currently they are selling 99.4 percent of their tickets, good for twenty-fifth in the league in attendance. Washington, by contrast, sells 93.2 percent and averages 85,450 fans per game, second best behind Dallas. (The Cowboys can seat the population of the St.

Cloud area.)

A new stadium is certainly needed. The Metrodome is horrendous. There is not one redeeming quality in its concrete and carpet. The issue at hand is who has to pay for it.

The Twins got the taxpayers to foot the bill for Target Field. It was the same for the Gophers, though that is a University situation and is completely different.

Recently, state lawmakers and busybodies told the Vikes “no” again.

With Gov. Schwarzenegger allowing a stadium to be built near L.A., the talk of the Purple leaving for California has heated up again.

To improve their chances of staying put, the Vikings pursued a retired quarterback hoping that magic was still left in his right arm.

They got him, finally. And there is, thankfully.

But no stadium is going to get done. Not with this economy and two stadiums already on the tab.

This may very well be the end of the road for pro. football in Minnesota, Super Bowl trophy or not.

Zygi Wilf is a smart guy.

Soon he will stop pushing for a new home, and start looking for a new state.

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Huskies goose Mavericks Saturday Katharine Blum STAFF WRITER

SCSU’s Women’s hockey team finished this weekend’s series with a total of three out of four possible points against the Minnesota State- Mankato Mavericks.

Before this weekend, the Mavericks held the slight advantage over the Huskies in the all-time series, beating SCSU 21-20-4 dating back to Nov. 21, 1998.

Friday night, the Mavericks pulled off the win in a shootout, giving MSUMankato two points, and SCSU one point.

Saturday night, the Huskies pulled off the win to gain the split.

Friday For the first time in the

2009-2010 season, the Huskies were forced into shootout to decide the fate of the game.

Unfortunately, St. Cloud State was unable to pull off the shootout win, and lost 5-4 to the Minnesota State Mavericks.

Minnesota State’s Jackie Otto opened up the scoring at 9:14 mark in the first period.

Tallying the lone assist on the first goal was Emmi Leinonen.

Husky Senior Captain, Felicia Nelson, responded quickly to post her ninth goal of the season to tie up the game at 12:59. Caitlin Hogan gained the only assist on the goal.

At the start of the first intermission, the score was tied at one, with the Huskies out shooting the Mavericks eight

to five.

SCSU broke into the lead after Caitlin Hogan scored on a power play opportunity at 7:38 in the second period.

The goal came after fellow senior Meaghan Pezon sent a shot in from the point, and Hogan sent two quick wrist shots into the Maverick’s goaltender Alli Altmann’s direction.

The lead was not held for long, as Maverick forward Emmi Leinonen scored an unassisted goal at the 10:02 mark.

However, once again, the lead was taken back by SCSU at the 13:18 mark in the second period on a power play goal. Meaghan Pezon took a shot from the point, which was redirected by Caitlin Hogan, Senior Holly Rob-

erts was able to tally her first goal of the game, bringing the Huskies to a 3-2 lead.

One minute and twentyfour seconds later, Minnesota State’s Holly Snyder tied the game at three with her second goal of the year. Moira O’Connor chartered the lone assist on the play.

At the end of the second period of play, the game remained tied at three, with the Huskies having a two shot advantage over the Mavericks.

Holly Roberts quickly opened the third period of play with an unassisted goal at 2:56. After stealing the puck in the Maverick’s zone, Roberts was able to outmaneuver Mankato’s net minder and wrist one into the net for her ninety-sixth career point.

However, the Huskies

were not able to hold on to the lead for the first win of the series after Ashley Young was able to tie the game at five with a goal at 9:16 in the third period. Lauren Smith and Ida Clark assisted on the gametying play for the Mavericks.

The third period would end with the game tied at four to send the teams into a five minute overtime. SCSU goaltender, Ashley Nixon deflected all seven overtime shots.

Altmann had two overtime saves for the Mavericks.

Since there were no points scored in overtime, the WCHA rules that the game should be decided in a shootout, instead of ending in a tie. The shootout is a recent WCHA phenomenon, beginning last year. Each team is allotted three skaters to go

on a one-on-one against the opposing goalie. The team with the most goals scored at the end of the shootout takes home the two points. The losing team is given one point.

In the shootout, the Huskies would be held without a goal, as Altmann made all three saves against SCSU. MSU-Mankato senior Kala Buganski netted the game winner in the third round of the shootout.

Husky net minder, Ashley Nixon is no stranger to shootouts.

“We had a few last year, so it was not like it was a new experience for me. I would much rather have shootouts than overtime,” Nixon said.

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SCSU women split home series Logan Marxhausen ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The Huskies women’s basketball team opened up their conference play last weekend starting against Winona State on Friday evening at Halenbeck Hall.

The Huskies struggled from the field right out from the gate. In the first half, the Huskies shot 9-for-25 from the field with 4-of-the-10 coming from beyond the arc.

The Huskies leading scorer, junior Talisha Barlow, was held to only two points in the first half. She finished the game with 11 points while the Huskies finished with 37.9 percent from the field.

“We had a lack of execution on both ends of the floor,” said head coach Lori Fish. “Part of our game plan was to not help out too much because Winona is a great shooting team. We settled for too many outside jumpers and our percentage wasn’t good. Talisha [Barlow] is trying to do everything off the dribble right now. She needs to realize that sometimes she has to step up and just take the shot. ” Freshman Amanda Wagner had a strong first half for the Huskies, scoring all her 10 points consecutively. She had 10 of the last 12 points the Huskies scored in the first half.

The Huskies trailed at halftime 37-27, allowing Winona to outscore them by nine points in the points off turnovers category (17-8) in the first half.

“Our defensive plan was to stay at home,” Fish said.

“I wasn’t concerned with our defense. I was more concerned with our lack of offense. We can make mental mistakes because we can fix them, but we can’t keep

making the same mistakes over and over again.”

The Huskies worked hard in the second half to close the gap, but fell short.

The Huskies recorded 16 offensive rebounds to Winona’s seven, but could not put the ball in the hoop shooting 13-33 in the second half.

The Huskies had their second half deficit as low as six points as many as five times, but could not comes closer than that.

Winona State had four players hit the double figures mark with first year Katie Wolff leading the team with 20 points.

“It was a good game, very intense and a little stressful,” Wagner said.

“We have to execute more.

Winona was a great outside shooting team. We did the best we could out there and there is always another day.”

The Huskies must have believed that statement with the way they came out on Saturday. The early 4 p.m. game proved to be a much different story than the previous day.

The Huskies showed much offensive prowess, starting the game with a 20-1 lead with six-and-ahalf minutes of game played.

The Huskies had a two-digit lead from the 15:42 mark for the rest of the game.

Sophomore post Christina Steele scored a career high 18 points. She went 7-for-12 from the field and four-of-four from the charity strike in 15 minutes of work.

Sophomore guard Becca Friestleben and Barlow each tallied 16 points. Jordi Gerking rounded out the last of the Huskies in double figures, scoring a season-high 10 points.

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Senior alternate captain, Caitlin Hogan, became only the second Husky ever to score 100 points.

Hogan gets point 100 Jake Laxen STAFF WRITER

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Jordy Gerking, an SCSU sophomore, looks to pass Saturday at Halenbeck.

Don’t touch Caitlin Hogan’s stick.

The senior’s veteran SCSU women’s hockey teammates already know that. The freshmen of the team have also learned it by now in the 8-9-1 season.

It’s a big no-no.

“We know just to let her go do her thing,” said senior teammate and roommate Holly Roberts. “She is really organized and knows how to get ready for a game. We just let her go do her thing.”

Hogan has set up a detailed routine before her games, with the heart of it centered around her stick.

“I just can’t have anybody touch my stick before the game,” Hogan said. “I set it up by the bench all by itself. I am really meticulous in my pregame. I’m very superstitious.”

But before the stick becomes a taboo of touch, Hogan carefully prepares it for the game. After dressing she begins taping the stick in a slow, meticulous fashion.

Later Hogan spells out one motivational word on the nob of the stick with wax. She selects a different word for each game (previous words have been shoot, hustle and score).

“I end up covering it all up with wax but I know that word is there,” Hogan said.

“It’s all about making the motions to do it. Then doing all you can to accomplish the goal wrote on there.”

After Hogan’s stick is set up, she begins jumping rope.

She then joins a group of her teammates out on the ice for a game of hockey hackey sack.

“I really like to work up a sweat before the game,” Hogan said. “It helps me relax and sort of get in rhythm.”

While Hogan’s pregame routine is detailed and some might say even excessive, she has proved whatever she’s doing is working.

Hogan has played in all 130 games of her career. She currently leads the team with 13 goals and 22 points.

“For it being my senior year I am the most comfortable I’ve ever been,” said Hogan. “I mean, you have been through all types of games

and all the different road trips. I’m just the most prepared that I’ve ever been.”

Success isn’t a new thing for Hogan. She has recorded season point totals of 29, 24 and 31. She has a total of 106 points and is one of three Huskies in the 100-point club.

“The best word to describe her is consistent,” SCSU head coach Jeff Giesen said.

“She has played at the same high level over her four years so consistently. That’s a real tough thing to do.”

Hogan admits she was shocked at how fast she made the transition to the college game. In 2006-2007, her freshman season, she was tied for the team lead with 17 assists.

“I was watching an old hockey game the other day when we played the Gophers and I was pretty shocked at how composed and how well I was playing,” Hogan said.

“I mean, coming in you don’t think that you’ll play much.

Everyone out there is elite.

You learn that quickly. But I guess I was able to work hard enough to cross over into college.”

After her freshman break-

out, teams zoned in on her.

But they were unable to slow Hogan from being a high impact player.

“I think it’s her work ethic off the ice and in the weight room,” Giesen said. “She has been so dedicated to improving her game. And out on the ice she does all the little things right and isn’t afraid to get in front of the net and try to make something happen.”

Guitar Hero

At home, Hogan is a lot like her pregame routine.

“As a roommate, she is really clean and neat,” Roberts said. “She is just a very organized person.”

The organization helps in the classroom, where she is pursuing a Business Marketing degree. She was named a WCHA Scholar Athlete last year and graduated in the top 10 percent of her North High School class.

But outside the rink, there is one thing that makes her a free spirit: the guitar.

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