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Events Calendar Wednesday Women on Wednesday 12 p.m. This event will include speakers talking about abortion. Located in the Atwood Memorial Theatre.
Wednesday Career Prep Party 11 a.m. A special event where employers talk about what is needed to MEG ISERLOTH / MANAGING EDITOR
Map of the U.S. based on the laws governing the use of marijuana.
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contains severability clause. According to Mark Dayton, who is signing the bill, the only chink in the chain has to do with law
Page 1 major political party that a majority oppose to medicinal use, so given that you would think the upcoming legislation would be a slam dunk,” Smith said.
the DARE propaganda we grew up in the more people realize it’s a relatively harmless substance and
the upcoming bill,” St. Cloud Tech student Dan Kosrecovery at risk because it gives them an excuse to use marijuana.”
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Nice” by giving everybody an equal shot, but according to Smith, a recent HGLU report showed that to be arrested than their white counterparts. This survey also had a subliminal message in it
ational use. use is a good thing or bad thing. the upcoming legislation because it has been known as being more conservative than other states, but is did pass the gay marriage amendment in 2012.
punished or denied any right or privilege; declares that measure not be construed to supersede prohibi-
This event will teach
Medicinal marijuana users are also able to possess third-party source. This includes purchasing mariuse the drug recreationally. In addition, medical mari-
juana has touched many states, including Minnesota,
Under Amendment 64, residents are also allowed to grow marijuana as well. For those wanting to grow the plant, Colorado law states that it has to be done
the union to legalize recreational marijuana. With
most growers will have to grow their plants indoors. Growers are also limited to six plants that can be
Federal regulations
legalize the drug during the November 2012 elec-
According to CNN, Colorado’s state government is expected to tax recreational marijuana 25 percent. posed on merchandise, making recreational pot one This amount does not include additional local taxes
cannot sell pot. There also has been major restrictions on where one can light up. It is illegal under the Colorado law to smoke in public places such as sidewalks or parks. Consumers cannot test their product out in the
month. However, store owners have estimated gross-
Rules and regulations
to recreational usage. Not alone to regulate recreational marijuana usage, it is not the only one. Washington state will also be joining Colorado later this year as the second state to legalize recreational marijuana. There is still ongoing debate
sales in the state. Medical marijuana
will have over the industry, including the impacts on ment.
Known to Colorado residents as Amendment 64, purchase marijuana legally. However, certain restricchase only a quarter-ounce. Marijuana can only be
ence as long as marijuana does not cross state lines. However, there is still talk in regards to what the
Revenue Service. However, it is still unclear what
state revenue is expected to bring in approximately
place in Centennial Hall 207. No registration is required.
Friday
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residential halls. While smoking in campus residential halls is currently not against any state law, smoking juana to private property, which has to be approved by the owner. Colorado’s law also prohibits driving while under -
Thursday
as unbiased as possible and were conducted with the
Marijuana regulations in the U.S. Staff Report
Located in the Atwood Memorial Ballroom.
Interviewing to Impress 11-11:50 a.m.
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marijuana; provide that physicians who recommend
graduates. You can get your resume reviewed and practice your introduction with actual employers.
purposes will still be required to receive a prescription. This will allow consumers to purchase medicinal up.
Diversity Job and Internship Fair 1 p.m. Many Minnesota employers will be on the Atwood Memorial Center. Come and meet employers who hire SCSU students. all students and in all majors. No registration required.
Friday Power and Diversity Keynot Speaker Laverne Cox 7 p.m. Power and Diversity speaker and actress Laverne Cox. Students must have a ticket to attend this event. can be reserved at the
MEG ISERLOTH / MANAGING EDITOR
Desk or at www.scsutickets. com. Held in Stewart Hall in the Ritsche Auditorium.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
MnSCU students prepare for new ID system Patty Petty CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Imagine if you will, a college experience with less usernames and passwords. Sounds pretty good, huh? St. Cloud State Information Technology (IT) Services, and the MnSCU system as a whole, have
Other than reducing the amount of logins for
ferent accounts that require 10 different passwords, you could have weaker passwords, or similar passshould change their name or choose to continue words. If there are similar passwords, it can make it or supplement their education at another MnSCU easier, but one compromise could affect all acschool. Approximately 10 percent of current counts.” Ghosh recommends that students choose SCSU students take courses at other MnSCU strong passwords, using special characters and institutions. This ID will travel with the student number combinations, and make these passwords through MnSCU. There are only six campuses that longer. “A 16 character password is not necessarily do not use StarID at this time. “We did not want to as strong as an eight character, but it is stronger. Be
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The Star ID will help students that transfer schools in the MnSCU system. SCSU will switch to the new system in early March. all of the information and have begun working on implementing the StarID. The StarID will replace the SCSU ID/ Tech ID (the eight digit number used for e-services) web space and e-mail login) students currently use. Students will not lose their eight digit TechID, also known as the SCSU ID, which will remain imprinted on their SCSU campus card. Their email address will not change either. The only thing that will change is the ID used to log in and access HuskyNet. Students who have transferred from other MnSCU colleges that have implemented the StarID as well as current non-faculty staff since it is used for time sheets. Professors will be making the change along with students. “Students may have noticed a banner upon logging into the HuskyNet portal after winter break that there is a button asking you to “claim your StarID now,” Casey Gordon said, the director of technology support at SCSU. A yellow exclamation activation. This will be crucial to students, because after Mar. 7, this will be the only way to use the current HuskyNet services. The migration to the new login will begin that night after classes in order to coincide with spring break and to avoid major inconveniences to users. Gordon states the different components to HuskyNet will gradually be brought back up and students should expect to see an email as services are brought back online.
ences, but we did not want to be the last either,” Gordon said about the conversion. The StarID will not be much different from other usernames and passwords. It will be comprised of two letters, four numbers, and two more letters. It will be assigned to students after they
“Approximately 3,700 SCSU students have already activated their StarID accounts.” sent to their designated address, including reminders about information security. Security and safety is another reason to reduce logins and passwords. Professor Tirthankar Ghosh, director of the Information Technology Security dia, banking, and purchasing logins like Amazon, which require passwords, too. If you have 10 dif-
aware of threats and be careful.” Once students have completed the activation, the StarID will be their login at SCSU after spring break, or when they log in at MnSCU institutions that have already implemented the program. During the week that students return from spring break, IT services plans to have staff roaming in each building on campus to answer questions and help students if a problem arises or if they still need to activate the StarID. If a student has used a personal computer or mobile device on campus StarID, too. Students or faculty who are looking for more information on the StarID can click on the buttons that appear on the HuskyNet portal, the technology page tab from the main university website, or by visiting HuskyTech Services. Their locations in the Atwood Memorial Center, across from Copies Plus. logins that Gordon has seen since starting in her role at IT Services seven years ago and is hopeful that various avenues of communication will prepare students for the change. “Approximately 3,700 SCSU students have already activated their StarID accounts. We will be raising awareness through KVSC ads, a table at the campus services fair, post cards, and table tents.” Gordon said. “We don’t want to surprise anyone.”
SCSU student maximizes on exchange program with South Korea university (for six years), middle school (three years) and high school (also three Ivana Sreckovic years). “Koreans give value in faith and courtesy. Koreans have a lot of STAFF WRTIER passion in education,” Park said. Nevertheless, she had problems One of the universities in South with using her real name here, beKorea has an exchange program with SCSU, which gives its students a cause of the different pronunciation great opportunity to feel and experifor most of students here. “A lot of ence the United States. “I want to see more broad world people get confused, so I just tell them to call me ‘Moon’ which is with diverse perspective,” said easier to remember,” she explained. Moonhee Park, one of the students Even though Park has been here who is now using this chance. Park is a sophomore at St. Cloud and her only for three months, she said that - she likes her stay here a lot. The biggest, and probably the main probtion. “I’m going to be a elementary school teacher in Korea. Experience lem, she is facing here is the weather. “Even though Korea has the winter of educational system in United season, the wind and the freezing States will be helpful for my future feeling to my skin is totally different. career.” I’m still worried about the January The Korean educational system here, because I am already wearing is made up of an elementary school
the warmest clothes I have.” The biggest differences she noticed between the U.S. and Korea are the language, the food and relations between people. “Language contains a lot of cultural values of a country. Koreans emphasize courtesy between older and young people,” ently was one of the most challenging tasks.” In South Korea, they don’t eat bread, or fry food as much as we do here. They usually eat rice, a variety of spicy food, and soup with a lot of vegetables. Also, she is missing the opportunity to drive so she can go wherever she wants easily. Even though she has only been here a few months, she has already been to Minneapolis, and Chicago as well. Not only that, her birthday was the occasion for visiting
Minneapolis. Even though she has been there recently, and she didn’t like how cold it was, she said that she had a lot of fun there. traveling list, so she went there for the fall break with her new friends, international students at SCSU as well. It was a three-day trip and she enjoyed it a lot. “Beautiful architecture of Chicago and the city view that is near by Big Lake. Especially impressionism was touching my heart,” Park said. of studies at SCSU and she will be in St. Cloud until May next year, Chicago and Minneapolis are not the only cities in the United States she plans to visit. Her future plans are Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York. Winter and spring break will
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Local business aids students in finding the right apartment for the right price Bailey Vertin NEWS EDITOR
Majoring in Architectural Studies, Zoe Chaves has always had an interest in planning out maps of buildings, and the expense issues that go with creating a structure. However, this interest would later fuel an eagerness for helping information right in the palm of their hands. Graduating from Brown University, Chaves got involved person business that gathers data about pricings for apartments in the local area. Going by zipcode, this app allows students to search for different housing options and how much rent will be per month based on how many people will be living together. This tool helps students decide whether or not to live alone, or how many roommates they really need each semester. Chaves remembers attending ing an apartment and how many ways she needed to split the rent. “Splitwise wants everyone to have access to the data,” Chaves said. “I wish I had something like this back in college, so it’s cool that students will have this tool available to them.” Chaves enjoys being able to help students further cut costs in an aspect of independent living that isn’t always cheap. With over two million residential living zipcodes entered in the database, Splitwise has broadened its horizon by stretching across the United States and reaching thousands of college students. With an easy-access website and a readily available cell phone app, Splitwise has made sure that everyone will be able to get a hold of this information. “People connect to data when they see it,” Chaves said. “Our goal was to make sure that this knowledge was available to anyone who needed it.” Splitwise also offers users the unique option of paying bills and debts back online via the app. Integrated with PayPal, this feature gives roommates different accounts and allows them to pay each other back for any outstanding debts that roommates owe each other. This gives roommates an easier way to split costs and save money. Chaves believes that in order for students to have a good college experience, it’s essential to evaluate costs and be able to plan accordingly. Kayla Schmitt, a student attending SCSU, has been looking into getting an apartment for the next school year and is struggling to decide which apartment she wants to live in. Evaluating costs and deciding on roommates, Schmitt feels the pressure of having to juggle all the information that goes into making this decision. “There’s a lot that goes into deciding on which one to live in, and if there’s an app that just gives you all of the information then it will be so much easier to choose.”
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Keep the ‘buts’ out of your sentences
Meg Iserloth MANAGING EDITOR
Calling attention to a stereotype by denying you’re perpetuating it for fear that you’ll be seen as a sexist, or a racist, or a homophobe, or an all-around jerk, usually makes you sound like one anyway. The people in my life who I see fall into this trap again and again don’t seem to realize it either. Maybe it’s because they haven’t had it pointed out to them before. Maybe it’s because they don’t know how else to word their opinions--even if the original thought wasn’t actually
be in shambles. If someone says something that makes you mad, of course you’re allowed to be mad. But I also want to say that, at least in my own friends and family circle, these sorts of things are often just innocent mistakes, so as both a woman and a lesbian who has to deal with these misunderstandings on a daily basis, I have to remind myself that they probably do mean well. At the same time, why should I be the one who has to read everyone’s minds? It is for this reason that I
because they’re afraid that someone will take it the wrong way. (And then there are always those people who actually are bigots and jerks, but for the sake of this article and my sanity, let’s pretend for the moment that they don’t exist.)
few guidelines for everyone, including myself, when trying not to offend people. First, actually sit back and examine what you’re saying. Is it actually sexist, racist, homophobic, otherwise bigoted, or just plain mean? If you have to stop and think about that question, then it’s probably a yes. The problem might not be with your wording, but your thinking. If that’s the case, keep your awful opinion to yourself. Second, if you honestly know your thought or opinion isn’t actually offensive but you’re worried about it sounding bad anyway, just say it without the bells and whistles. Keep the “buts” out of your sentences.
foremost that getting upset or offended over what someone else says is not, in itself, a bad thing. If we always measured our opinions of people based on the “listen to what I think, not what I say” mentality, the world would
yourself saying something like, “I’m not trying to sound sexist, but if a girl is already in her twenties and can’t cook, I’m not interested,” consider instead, “I want to be with someone who can cook.” Bam. Simple, straight
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to the point, and it keeps the whole prospect of gender out of it. After all, in this scenario, why does gender even matter? There’s nothing wrong with being attracted to someone who can cook, and if you happen to be attracted to girls too, then whatever. What, do you want a medal or something? Just say what you mean. We’re adults, we More importantly though: if you aren’t sexist, why would you have to specify you aren’t before saying something? If you aren’t, you aren’t. Insisting that you’re not before the sentence even comes out of your mouth puts you in automatic defense mode, and it makes people wonder if you really do have something to hide. You know that one kid in elementary school who would blurt out “it wasn’t me!” before asking who drew hearts all over the desk with a sharpie? Well, every time you slip a “no offense, but” or a “not to be sexist, but” into a conversation, you’re being that kid. Don’t be that kid. It’s pretty straight-forward, really. Ask yourself tough questions, and if you’re still in the clear, then act like you’re in the clear and just say what you want to say. If you still offend someone, go back to step one and see if you missed anything. Or better yet, stop and listen to what they have to say. You might
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Catholic Church needs to right its wrongs
Vicki Ikeogu EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
It’s easy to be a discouraged Catholic these days. Trust me, I know. It seems as of late there has been an upturn in the number of accusations and alleged sexual activity committed by priests across the state. And while most of the attention has been focused on the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, other dioceses in Minnesota, including the St. Cloud Diocese and the St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, have released lists of priests suspected of having ties to child molestation. What makes this a rather huge blemish in the already tarnished reputation of the Catholic Church is the fact that history once again seems to be repeating itself. Choosing to ignore events such as this for a rather long period of time does nothing for the reputation of the Church with fellow Catholics or just the general public. Growing up, I was always told to own up to a
mistake. Denying or lying about it would not make it better, in fact, it often made it far worse than it should have been. So when rumors of sex abuse started during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s of priests, churches, dioceses, and bishops scrambling to cover up child abuse crimes, one can only imagine they would be in for a world of hurt. I mean, come on, hiding something like this from the general public is never a good thing. So low and behold, over 10 years later this same stuff is popping up again. In the face of such crimes, the Church and high ranking tackle these events internally again. And only if there is a leak to the public does word come out about this. With Archbishop John Nienstedt of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis under administration’s failure in protecting young children, his diocese and several others across the state attempted to save face by providing lists to the general public of priests that have been believed to be involved in sexual misconduct amongst children. However, when one looks carefully at these lists, most, if not all the priests, are deceased. First off, I highly doubt that all of the trouble-maker priests have
died in the last few years. To me, and many other Catholics out there, pardon us if we do not take your word on this. It seems a little bit too coincidental for this to have happened. Even if this did happen, and all of the so-called “bad priests” are gone, why did the dioceses across the state chose to release this list now, after more allegations have appeared? In my honest opinion, this looks and smells like a public relations move. Something Church leaders have come up with to save face and make it look like they are doing something about an issue they have known about for years. And who does this hurt the most? The general public, yes, but the victims especially. They are the ones that have had to live with the actions committed to them by these priests. They have had to live with the fact that no one had seemed to have done anything about this. Making oneself look good at the expense of someone else is wrong. Hopefully, this latest scandal among the Minnesota dioceses will show the church that it needs to practice what it preaches. Let’s right these wrongs and move forward in a positive light.
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It’s unavoidable. When living in Minnesota, everyone has to endure the cold, winter weather. Every Minnesotan encounters the tasks of driving on ice, going 10 miles an hour under the speed limit, and waiting those extra few of minutes for your car to warm up in the morning. On Jan. 6, Governor Mark Dayton ordered all K-12 public schools to close down their doors because of the frigid temperatures that were on their way. As we all know, the temp dropped all the way down to -30 with a wind chill of -50 in some places, St. Cloud being one of them. News reporters were saying that exposed skin would freeze within a few minutes and everyone was advised to stay indoors. Unfortunately for me, I had to work the following Tuesday and it took a few tries to get my car to start. Luckily, I had just replaced the battery.
Every winter we go through this harsh weather and every year my fellow students and I trudge through it to get to our classes. SCSU should, in all honesty, close campus more often when those cold winds roll through. This past Thursday is a prime example of what I’m talking about. With blizzard conditions growing as the day progressed, the blowing wind only got colder but students were still expected to attend class. This is not entirely fair to those who live off campus half an hour away or more. What if their car doesn’t start? What if the roads are just too dangerous to drive on? People have been driving in these conditions for decades but all it takes is one little slip up to cause a car accident, causing delays for everyone else. Not to mention that the person or persons in the accident could be seriously hurt. Most, if not all, of the professors on campus understand that the weather in Minnesota can change at the drop of a hat. They say that a simple e-mail stating you cannot make it that day is acceptable. But what if the weather delays you for two days, or three? Will that e-mail still count? What if you’re the one in
the accident and your car is totaled? I’d like to say yes, but with how important it is to attend class every day it would just be better for everyone if campus were closed. Obviously, I’m not saying that SCSU should be closed on every day that it’s “a little cold,” but when the wind is blowing the snow around and making it hard to see in front of you it’s a pretty good sign, especially when the temperature is below zero. This goes for those who live on campus and have to walk to their classes. Odds are that you don’t live right next to every one of your classes so you’ll have to do some walking to get there. If you live in Holes Hall and have a class in Riverview, that’s a pretty long walk when the wind is blowing 20 miles an hour and the temperature is below freezing. The same goes for the students living in Shoemaker Hall who have to walk to Garvey when they want to eat. What it comes down to is this, if high schools throughout the state are closing because of cold weather and snow, then it’s reasonable that SCSU, along with other colleges, should be closed for the safety of the students.
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Charlie Parr performs live at Bo Diddley’s on 6th Matt Rieger MARQUEE EDITOR Outside Bo Diddley’s, it was breezy and cold. Inside though, the scene was warm and cheery like that of a large family dinner. At Bo Diddley’s in downtown St. Cloud, Duluth based musician Charlie Parr’s twangy folk and bluegrass rang out with warm reverb and songs that sounded as old as the hills. Charlie was the featured musician Friday night as part of Granite City Folk Society’s Main Series. Born in Austin, Minn., Parr now bases out of Duluth. his love of music older than the 1940’s and his knowledge of folk, bluegrass, and blues. Charlie is a true embodiment of roots music. Paul Imholte spoke before, in-between, and after about Charlie, as well as upcoming shows. Paul is on the Board of The Granite City Folk Society. “Charlie is part of our Main Series. We also put on a another series called ‘Five & Dime.’ ‘Five & Dime’ series shows are a bit more casual
than the Main Series concerts. Each performance is $5 or $10 at the door, “ Imholte said. Family gatherings often involve humorous stories from your everyday life. Charlie Parr was like that old uncle who always had a good story to tell. Charlie told of getting new pants to scraping the ice off his sidewalk. “I sit up here and speak a lot, but ironically, I’m terrible at public speaking, “ Parr said. Charlie brought out his acoustic guitar with a colorful rooster painted on the back. “This rooster was painted by my son when he was three. It originally had no feet. After he was disappointed the rooster didn’t have any feet on it, I decided to add some feet,” Parr said. Charlie Parr sings with folk, bluegrass, blues, and goshe has penned many songs himself, he still sings a host of traditional blues, gospel, and bluegrass. After playing a couple songs with a acoustic 12-string guitar, he pulled out the rooster-detailed steel guitar
and began playing a fast-tempo bluegrass tune. It was as if the musicians of old bluegrass were being channeled through Charlie. He also sang a tune about his hometown of Austin, a tune he humorously says his mother doesn’t like. One of Charlie’s tunes, “Jubilee,” made it’s way to the Blind Boys of Alabama through musicians Phil Cook and Justin Vernon. Vernon produced the album that “Jubilee” appears on. Charlie’s picking skills are dazzling and effortless. The set of tunes ranged from fasttempo bluegrass to slow and thoughtful folk tunes. One person called out for a tune called “Dead Cat on a Live Wire.” Charlie said even though it was a sad song, he honored the request and played it. Some upcoming shows for the Granite City Folk Society shows at Bo Diddley’s include Chuck Suchy on Jan. 31, Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin on Feb. 14, and The Bills on Feb. 18. All show times are at 7:30 p.m.
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1/23 - 1/27 ‘The Typist’ Free Film Showing Great River Library Friday1/24 Greg Herriges Bo Diddley’s
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The Current’s 9th Birthday Party Celebration with Actual Wolf, Strange Names, Lizzo, Har Mar Superstar, Cactus Blossoms, Heiruspecs, Howler, and Caroline Smith, Friday Jan. 24th, First Avenue.
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St. Cloud’s annual Craft Beer Tour beans which, goes well with coffee
Matt Rieger CONVENTION REVIEW This particular beer convention was not quite a full craft beer exposition. There was the presence of large independent brewers or branches of large corporate beers like Sam Adams, Blue Moon, and Leinenkugels that took away from some of the credibility of calling it a “craft” beer exposition, but with the presence of such great Minnesotan breweries such as Lift Bridge, Third Street Brewery, Surly Brewing Co. and Summit Brewery showed up. Many other well-known national breweries like Bell’s, who are well known for there “Two Hearted” ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Alaskan Brewing Co., and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. were there. me to the Deschutes Brewery stand. Deschutes Brewery is a Bend, Ore. based brewery estab“Hop Henge”. Fans of both a hoppy taste and ale will enjoy this 9.5 percent ABV (alcohol by volume) brew. My next stop took me the Bell’s Brewery stand. Bell’s is based out of Galesburg, Mich. I sampled the “Smitten Golden Rye Ale” and the “Double Cream Stout.” The Rye Ale has combination of citrus to the overtones of the rye malt, and has a wonderful crisp taste. The Double Cream Stout, as you can imagine by its name, is a dark Next I visited the Tallgrass Brewing Company out of Manhattan, Kan. They had a brew called “Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweet Milk/ Sweet Stout.” This is their best-selling beer. It is infused with vanilla
a Russian Stout. At 10 percent ABV, it was the strongest beer I had during the convention. It was very I mingled around with fellow patrons and even played a game of Hammer-Schlagen. For those of you who are unfamiliar, HammerSchlagen is a drinking game where you take a nail and attempt to nail it into a piece of wood using the back of a hammer. cal brewer was with Lift Bridge Brewing Co. from Stillwater, Minn. “Farm Girl” is a Belgium Saison The “Hop Dish” is a golden colored American IPA is Lift Bridge’s best selling beer. It is a unique blend of seven different varieties of hops with citrus, pine, and tropical fruit notes. Lift Bridge currently produces about 45,000 barrels per year. They said their aim was to double their barrel output to 90,000. My next stop came at another local favorite, Third Street Brewery. They are out of Cold Spring, ferent types of beer at their stand. I sampled a beer called “3 way.” It was a lighter ale and citrus- like hops. I then stopped off at the Minnesota-favorite Summit Brewing Company. They were offering three different beers. Saga IPA, a Pilsner, and their newest brew “Frost Line Rye Ale”. The “Frost Line Rye Ale” was a tasty, malty ale with a hint of spice. Saga IPA is a dark hoppy yet sweet tasting IPA. IPA drinkers will enjoy this one. The end of my journey led me to two Colorado-based brewers. First was the Ft. Collins-based O’Dell Brewing Company. They
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offered a beer called “Wolf Picker.” It was a bitter hoppy beer with a hint of pine, and a crisp golden ale. The other was Boulder, Colo.based Boulder Beer. I sampled their
best seller called “Summer Haze.” The vendor described it as an alternative hoppy beer. It has a nice crisp feel and an excellent bitter aftertaste. Their other brew, “Never
Summer Ale,” was hoppy and smoother with a bitter dark taste.
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New animated feature ‘Nut Job’ delights Ashmika Patke MOVIE REVIEW “The Nut Job” is a computer-animated Canadian comedy movie about a wide variety of eccentric animal friends who work together to execute the largest acorn heist ever. So 2014 is seemingly off to a cheerful start with Job” based on the children’s book, “Surly Squirrel” by Peter Lepeniotis. “The Nut Job” is the tale of multifarious group of park animals who plan a seemingly impossible mission that leads the rambunctious creatures through a complicated adventure in attempt to execute a immensely challenging acorn heist stretching the friends to outrageous extents. “The Nut Job” features the voice talents of the talented comedians, Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Jeff Dunham, Sarah Gadon, Maya
Rudolph and more. Will Arnett voices the main protagonist character, Surly, a purple squirrel. Brendan Fraser voices the main character, Grayson, a grey squirrel. Gabriel Iglesias voices Johnny. Liam Neeson voices Raccoon, a self-declared leader of the park’s animal community. Katherine Heigl voices Andie, an orange squirrel. Jeff Dunham voices Mole. Sarah Gadon voices Lana. Maya Rudolph voices Precious, a pug dog. The other voice actors include Stephen Lang as King; Annick Obonsawin as Jamie; Scott Yaphe as Lucky; Robert Tinkler as Buddy, a rat and James Rankin as Fingers. Released on Jan. 17, in both 3D and normally, this animated movie is rated PG and is about 86 minutes long. The screenplay was writ-
ten by Lorne Cameron and the author, Peter Lepeniotis while the movie was also directed by the latter. This movie was produced by Graham Moloy and distributed by Open Road Films. From easy laughs to humorous action, “The Nut Job” matches its own title well with continuous comedy. The movie poster features the hungry park animals staring in fascination through a glass window at plates of nuts. The caption reads “No nuts, no glory” in all capital letters. The soundtrack consists of random dance songs scattered through making 10 tracks altogether and was composed by Paul Intson. Production for the animated movie began in early 2011 followed by animation and recording in 2012 and 2013. In late 2013, it was Korean entertainer PSY would have a cameo appearance during the ending
credits which will also have his hit song, “Gangnam Style.” This foreign song may have been a popular hit in 2012 but now is too out-of-date. The movie budget was $42.8 million. Between its premiere day, opening weekend and current showings, the movie has generated $4,800,000. “The Nut Job” received widely negative reviews. “The Nut Job,” pun intended, takes its title literally by its aimless plot and senseless humor and altogether a lame comedy movie. The ent animals running around in panic causing messy wild-
with much less cuter animals have charmed viewers with their unique stories and comical entertainment. The movie is fairly similar to the 2005 successful animated comedy, “Over The Hedge” consisting of forest animals attempting a dangerous heist of human food, but the
story lacks depth and emotions. The negative response was expected having been foreseen from the trailers. The only positive parts were the accurate voice-overs by the talented comedians and the detailed animation particularly of the animals and nature. Despite all the obvious faults, overall this enjoyably silly movie is somewhat entertaining with funny action and of course nutty characters but probably not a good movie to view repeatedly. My rating for the computer-animated comedy movie, “The Nut Job” is 7 out of 10. nitely worth waiting until its DVD release or even its television premiere and is likely to entertain movie-goers to some extent. Despite the rough start to 2014 with be better. Rating: 7 / 10
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Rollercoaster series leaves Huskies with a bitter taste STAFF WRITER
Moses parted the Red Sea with his hands and No. 3 SCSU parted the Herb Brooks Center in their throwback red jerseys, tying Western Michigan 5-5 at a red-out game on national television. Western Michigan gained the extra point from the win in the shootout, and SCSU is still winless in all four shootouts this season. Nic Dowd, a senior from Alabama, was Moses for SCSU, scoring the go ahead goal and tallied his 100th career point at 7:37 of the third period to give SCSU a 5-4 lead. Desperately needing something after the Broncos scored three goals in the second period, Dowd provided that spark and did it in stylish fashion. “I’m not thinking about scoring my 100th point because I’m very disappointed and, it’s very tough to swallow,” Dowd said of the tie. “We gave up two leads with one of them being games like that.” Chase Balisy played spoiler, scoring the tying goal with 16:38 left in the third period, which was his second of the game. Balisy also scored the Broncos’ fourth goal to tie the game at 4-4. It looked like SCSU was going to skate away with an easy victory after being up 4-1 with 15 minutes left in the second period, but the Broncos galloped back in the game in front of 4,806 screaming fans. “We made some boneheaded mistakes that were really simple and it turned out to be a crazy college hockey game,” head coach Bob Motzko said. SCSU played uncharacteristically on were also outshot 24-22. That’s the fourth time they’ve been outshot this season. Moreover, the passing for St. Cloud was dismal at best, as pucks were bouncing of their sticks and boards like a bouncy ball on cement. “This is two weeks in a row that we’ve done some uncharacteristic things and when we do that we’re in trouble,” Motzko said. “A couple guys struggled tonight with passing and that caused some trouble.” SCSU was good on the power play, going 3-for-5, but was atrocious on the penalty kill, giving up two goals on four Bronco powerplays. “I didn’t like the goals we gave up on the penalty kill with one on the rush and the other on a one pass goal,” Motzko said. “I knew that our power-play would make strides after Christmas and they played great on the power-play.” Jimmy Murray got things rolling early for SCSU, scoring on a great individual effort at Broncos goaltender Frank Slubowski. Murray, a sophomore, did not stop there,
adding his second goal of the game at 13:57 of the period on a tic-tac-toe passing play from Nic Dowd and Joey Holka. the faceoff and luckily the puck bounced to me and I was tired of shielding the defensemen off and just shot it,” Murray said. “My second goal was easy because all I had to do was knock it in an open net.” In between the Murray goal, the Broncos tied the game 1-1 on a nice spin move from Justin Kovacs, who spun around in the crease and snuck the puck between SCSU goaltender Ryan Faragher. After Murray’s second goal, SCSU poured it on with two power play goals from Kalle Kossila and Cory Thorson to make it 4-1. Slubowski was then replaced by Lukas Hafner, who made some key saves. As the crowd became louder, the Broncos played better, scoring three unanswered goals. Mike Cichy started the rally of with a power play goal with Shane Berschbach and Balisy following his lead with even strength goals. “We’re not a team that likes to give up a lot of goals,” Murray said. “We made a couple mistakes that cost us, whether that was back checking or not picking up a guy.” It was visibly seen how disappointed SCSU was after the game, with many long faces because of how the game panned out. The Huskies hope to put this game behind them and play better in episode two. “We have to put the past behind us and use what we learned to play a better game tomorrow,” Dowd said. “Western is not a team that’s going to roll over and die, and we have to play a more consistent game, not just 30 minutes.”
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Saturday contested game. Two of their two game series against NCHC foe, the Western Michigan the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Although the Huskies came out with the loss, head coach Bob Motzko called this the Huskies’ “best game since Christmas.” “Every guy in that locker room left it all out there tonight and we had a few unfortunate breaks, we just couldn’t get the bounces,” defenseman Kevin Gravel said. That seemed to be the mantra surrounding the Huskies’ locker room after the game. Motzko elected to go with a smaller forward lineup Saturday night, in an apparent attempt to shake things up after blowing a 4-1 lead to the Broncos Friday night. Motzko replaced Daniel Tedesco and Joey Holka with Garrett Milan and T.J. Belisle. Saturday night was just the second time Belisle has cracked the lineup for the Huskies. Jarred Rabey replaced Ben Storm on defense as well. Western Michigan opened the scoring at
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Sophomore defenseman Ethan Prow passes back to his defensive partner. sel, set up by a pass from below the goal line from Nolan Laport. Sheldon Dries recorded the second assist. SCSU responded with a goal from Kalle Kossila, with a wrist shot from the left wing boards that found the top shelf glove side on Broncos goalie Lukas Hafner. The goal was Kossila’s seventh of the season, with helpers credited to Jonny Brodzinski and Ryan Papa.
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unbelievable shot like he always does and put it top shelf for the goal,” Brodzinski said of the tying goal. The Huskies were handed a golden opportunity to seize the lead late in the second period as Western Michigan committed three penalties in a matter of 2:06, including two too many players on the ice infractions 1:04 apart. SCSU was unable to capitalize on 4:06 of continuous power-play time, 1:54 of which was with a 5-on-3 advantage, keeping the score deadlocked at one goal apiece heading into the third period. Western Michigan was able to take a 2-1 Kenney Morrison scored on a breakaway on Western Michigan end. Morrison slid a backhand shot underneath Huskies goaltender Ryan Faragher. Shane Berschbach’s outlet pass set up the goal for the Broncos, and goalie Lukas Hafner was given the second assist. “I was back playing the rush and wasn’t aware there was another guy coming down, I have to be aware of that,” Gravel said, who was the last man back on the play. “Moving forward, it’ll be little things like not getting beat to their defenseman making a nice pass there and [Morrison] making a nice move on [Faragher] for the goal.”
controversy struck as the puck was put into the Broncos’ net after the whistle was blown. Replay showed the puck was never covered in the crease. “We have all the technology and all these people and it’s a goal, it’s the second time it has happened to us this year,” Motzko said of the “It’s a crying shame it was one heck of a hockey game, both teams played their heart out.” The Huskies went on the power-play after the goal review but were once again unable to score with the man advantage as the Broncos hung on for a 2-1 road victory. he was able to make the save. It was the same play we scored on the night before,” Gravel said. SCSU ended the game going 0-for-6 with the man advantage. Ryan Faragher stopped 17 “We missed the net about eight or nine times on point blank chances,” Motzko said of the power-play struggle throughout the game. “Give their penalty kill and their goaltender credit though.” The Huskies’ next game pits them against archrival and the No. 1 ranked University of Minnesota Golden Gophers at the Xcel Energy this Friday night. Fellow in-state rivals Minnesota State University and the University of Minnesota-Duluth will face-off at 4 p.m., with the winners and losers of both games playing one another on Saturday.
SCSU baseball’s third annual Grandslam on Grand Jeremiah Graves SPORTS EDITOR
The SCSU baseball team will take advantage of the unfavorable weather by hosting their third annual Husky Dugout Club Grand Slam on Grand Lake Ice Fishing Contest on Feb. 1. “I don’t know how it got thought up,” SCSU sophomore Karl Sorenson said. “It improves every year with new guest speakers, and new entertainment.” Eddies on Grand Lake, which is located 10 miles west of St. Cloud, will play host to the contest, offering a wonderful travel experience in the Central Lakes region between Cold Spring and Rockville. “The goal of the fundraiser is to gather Husky supporters and get excited for the season,” Sorensen said. “We give out accomplishments from the year before such as all confer-
ence.” The event also provides a special SCSU discount and free bus transportation, which departs from Halenbeck Hall at 11 a.m., but students must sign up with Bruce Thompson at: brucethompsonscsubaseball@gmail.com. Registration, hole selection, setup, visiting exhibitors, and refreshments begin at 10:00 a.m., with the Husky baseball team and coaching staff drilling all the ice holes prior to the event. lasts until 3:00 p.m. prizes, with the grand prize of $1000 cash, and thousands of dollars in additional door prizes and give-aways throughout the event. For those interested in helping support the SCSU Husky other activities are available for entertainment. Some of
food. Coolers are also allowed. For those that stick around after, there will be a live band in Eddies after the contest. son said. “We love having alumni attend to see old players.” “This is a great way to get the team together and enjoy a night with the Husky family.” Tickets for those interested in dropping a line are $25 per hole if purchased in advance, and $30 per hole if purchased the day of the event. There is a two hole maximum per participant. For anyone who wants more information on the contest rules, directions, prize list, or registration, contact the contest
For those interested in registering online, visit www. Grandslamongrand.com.
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Friday
Halenbeck Hall Pool and the Huskies swimming and diving teams played host to St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict for a dual meet Friday evening. Husky dominance in the pool continued with the men handling the Johnnies 173-109, and the women overpowering the Blazers 173-118.
place titles, with 11 being earned by both the men and the women. Tyler Magalis scored a 293.30 on the one-meter to notch the title. Behind him was Joseph McGrath in second Aaron Rooney took the three-meter title, scoring
Taking the title on both one-meter and three-meter boards was senior Mary Woodson with scores of 259.95 and 254.55. Notching second place on both boards was Tori Raihle, scoring 246.2 on one-meter, and 246.25 on the three-meter. The Husky 200-yard medley relay teams both swam to
Abby Rasmussen, Meghan Carmichael and Kelsey Leeson,
of Bob Simson, Napoleon Howell, Joe Burns, and Matt
Jake Stoll wasn’t part of the relay as usual, and couldn’t participate Friday because of illness.
Rasmussen also took the title in the 50-yard breast-
Also during the event, former SCSU diver Luke Weber was awarded his NCAA Division II National Champion Ring, after his three-meter diving victory in the 2012-13 NCAA Tournament. “I put together the best meet of my life when it mattered the most,” Weber said. “I wanted to do the ceremony here at home, because this is where it all started, and this is where I wanted it to end.” Weber’s success hasn’t stopped after becoming a national champion. The Mankato native graduated in 2013 with his Bio-Med degree, and is continuing his schooling at Palmer College of Chiropractic, located in Davenport, Iowa. The Huskies have a short turn-around as they get back into the pool for a grudge-match against South Dakota State University on Saturday.
Top: Alex Bryson rallies the Huskies together after Schmitt competes in the 1000-yard freestyle on Friday against St. Benedict.
Saturday
The Huskies Swimming and Diving teams returned to action on Saturday for parent/senior night, hosting the Division I South Dakota State University Jackrabbits. Both the men and women swim teams fought their way to well-deserved victories with the women edging SDSU 151-149, and the men getting the better of the Jackrabbits with a 157-143 triumph. “They hammered us pretty good last year, in sports you don’t forget that stuff,” head coach Jeff Hegle said. “This
Senior Mary Woodson scored 218.5 on the one-meter boards, earning her the third place selection. place on both the one-meter and three-meter boards, with scores of 259.1 and 280.55. Ahead of him was teammate scoring 277.5, and 287.4 on the three-meter board. Carmichael and Kelsey Leeson made up the women’s 400yard medley relay team, coming out with a time of 3:59.67
have beaten their women.”
The men’s 400-yard medley relay team of Bob Simson, Napoleon Howell, Joe Burns and Jake Stoll also captured
their own. “We were away at their home pool last year and they took it to us,” Alex Bryson said. “We really wanted to defend our pool this time and make sure we got the victory.” The Huskies held it together on the diving boards as well with junior Tori Raihle taking the title with a score of 258 on the three-meter, while coming in second on the one meter board with 230.5.
Howell also took the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke as well as in the 200-yard breaststroke with times of 58:07 and 2:11.06. Bryson turned in a time of 9:40.12 in the 1000 free
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For the women, senior Carmichael grabbed the 200-
“I try and treat every meet the same,” Carmichael said. “Having my parent’s here and all the other parent’s here is an added bonus.” Jasmine Lee took the title in the 200-yard backstroke 200-yard IM after posting a time of 2:10.85. Rasmussen was the victor in the 100-yard breaststroke turning in a time of 1:06.87. Hart posted a time of 1:00.48 in the 100-yard backstroke placing her in the top spot. Rounding out the evening, Stoll, Bryson, Joe Burns, and Chris Tung turned in a time of 3:07.75 in the 400yard freestyle relay, which granted them the title. Husky seniors will swim or dive competitively in Halenbeck Hall, but not before leaving their marks on the program. “Our seniors really stepped it up for us, I couldn’t be prouder of them,” Bryson said. “I’m so happy that I got to share three of my years here with them, they’ve been great leaders for us, in the pool and out.”
Women’s basketball earns weekend split Derek Saar STAFF WRITER
Friday The SCSU women’s basketball team (9-6, 5-6 NSIC) began their North Dakota swing visiting NSIC foe University of Mary Marauders (8-6, 6-5 NSIC), falling by a score of 86-80. This was the second of two meetings between the Hustime around at Halenbeck Hall on Dec. 14. half, which consisted of seven lead changes and two ties. Despite the lead changes, Mary was able to pull away from the Huskies before the break, taking a 13-point advantage into the dressing room after the conclusion of the opening 20 minutes of play, 43-30. The Marauders wouldn’t look back for the remainder of the game after taking the lead on two McKenzie Foster free throws with 7:07 remaining in the opening period. run. Mary started where they left off in the second half and lead with 15:02 remaining in regulation. The Huskies fought back, but were unable to get within striking distance in the closing minutes. The Huskies were able to take advantage of the charity stripe, cashing in on all 21 free throws attempted in the second half. The Huskies outscored the Marauders 50-43 in the second period but were unable to subdue Mary’s Senior forward Jessica Benson was able to surpass the 1,000-point benchmark for her career as a Husky on Friday night, and also led the Huskies in the points column for the game. Benson contributed 23 points, going 9-for-19
also recorded her tenth double-double of the season, coming down with 10 boards for the game. Benson is the 28th player in program history to join the 1,000 point club and joins fellow teammate, senior guard Sam Price. Price also reached the 1,000 point plateau against the Marauders at Halenbeck Hall on Dec. 14. Besides Benson, three other Huskies recorded double digit points. Senior guard Rachael Moen ended the night as SCSU’s second leading scorer with 17 points, going throw attempts. Price and sophomore forward Lexy Petermann scored 12 and 11 points respectively. Mary’s Linda Murray led the way for the Marauders Mary ended the game shooting 57.1 percent from the game. The Marauders edged out the Huskies on the boards as well, 38-31. The Huskies were outstanding from the free-throw line shooting 88.5 percent in comparison to the Marauders’ 60.7 percent. The Huskies will head north to Minot, N.D. to take on the Minot State University Beavers on Saturday afternoon. Tip off is scheduled for 4 p.m.
Saturday The Huskies’ basketball squad bounced back from their 80-86 loss to the University of Mary on Friday night with a 86-73 win over the Minot State University Beavers Saturday evening in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference match-up, ending their North Dakota road trip with one win and one loss. Like the previous night’s game against Mary on Friday ing between the Huskies and the Beavers with SCSU taking the season series with two wins, as the Huskies were Halenbeck Hall on Dec. 13, 92-85. The Huskies improved to 10-6 overall and 6-6 in NSIC play with the win, Minot State falling to 12-4 overall and
8-4 in the NSIC. SCSU trailed early on, but was able to take the lead just change of the matchup. The Huskies opened a sizeable advantage into the locker room. The Huskies’ largest lead of the game was 33 points minutes of the second half, giving the Huskies a 74-41 advantage on the scoreboard with 13:13 remaining in the second half. Minot State responded in the latter half of the second period, cutting SCSU’s lead down to 13 points, but it proved to be too little too late for the Beavers. Senior guard Sam Price led the way for the Huskies with 15 points on the night, while shooting 5-for-10 from Sophomore forward Karissa LeCaptain ended the game with a career high 13 points coming off the bench for the able to record seven rebounds. the points column, Jessica Benson and Rachael Moen each ended the game with 14 points, while Carley Jeffrey added 10 points. The Huskies once again took advantage from the freethrow line shooting 82.5 percent as a team. percent for the game. SCSU shot 49.3 percent from the Minot State’s Carly Boag led the Beavers in scoring Saturday night with 26 points, making 13 of 15 shot at-
The Huskies will return home next weekend for two games at Halenbeck Hall. SCSU will host Northern State University on Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. and will return to action the following night against Minnesota State University Moorhead at 4 p.m.
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Men basketball endures long weekend split Ryan Fitzgerald STAFF WRITER
Friday The SCSU men’s basketball team suffered an 88-83 double-overtime loss to the University of Mary on Friday night. Mary (2-10 NSIC, 4-13 overall) went 7 of 8 from the free the win over SCSU (7-4, 11-4). Leading the way for the Marauders was Matt Musungayi. The 6-foot-6 senior had 31 points, nine rebounds and three steals in 47 minutes of playing time. He also scored 7 of the 15 points in the second overtime. The Huskies were led by Kevin Levandoski, who had 20 Jordan Poydras had 15 points, Scott Stone and Damarius Cruz each had 13 points, and Matt Craggs had 11. Poydras had a chance to tie it with one second left in the double overtime, but his three-pointer missed. Michael Johnson got the rebound and was fouled, making SCSU led 36-28 at halftime. The score was 64-64 at the In regulation, the Marauders’ Demonta Henry made a layup with one second to tie up. throws with six seconds left to tie it, but missed the second. Mary’s Chris Mason got the rebound. since the 2005-06 season. The Huskies played two double overtime games, both against Augustana College, and both ending in losses.
Saturday Apparently, two 40-minute games in two nights weren’t quite enough for the St. Cloud State men’s basketball team. The Huskies played only one overtime Saturday in beating Minot State 88-85 before 1,140 fans at the Minot State Dome. The victory helped SCSU salvage a weekend split. The
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The Huskies handled U-Mary in Halenbeck Hall with a dominating 80-55 victory on Dec. 14. Huskies lost 88-83 in two overtimes Friday at the University of Mary. Poydras had a big game against Minot State. The 6-foot3 sophomore point guard poured in 32 points on 10-for-19 He played the entire 45 minutes. The Huskies (8-4 NSIC, 12-4 overall) also got 25 points, a career-high from Craggs, 12 points from Stone, and 11 from Levandoski. Craggs, a 6-6 senior, had nine rebounds to pace SCSU cleaning the windows better than Windex. Thomas Korf, a senior forward from St. Cloud Tech, had ing 3 of 5 from three-point range with a 2-for-2 effort from the
The teams were tied at 72 through regulation. Williams made a layup with four seconds left for Minot State to send it into overtime. 1:36 to go on a Poydras three-pointer. Stone made 4 of 4 free-throw attempts down the stretch to clinch it. point baskets and were 26-of-38 from the free throw line. three-point baskets and were 22-of-29 from the free throw line. Minot State out-rebounded the Huskies 40-32. The Huskies are at home this weekend with a pair of NSIC games against Northern State on Friday at 8 p.m. and Minnesota State University Moorhead on Saturday at 6 p.m.
SCSU women’s hockey swept by North Dakota Jeremiah Graves SPORTS EDITOR
The SCSU women’s hockey team ventured west to the Ralph Engelstad Arena seeking vengeance on the No. 4 ranked University of North Dakota. Despite their efforts, the Huskies dropped both games, sliding their record to (4-19-3, 3-14-2-1 WCHA) and elevating UND’s record to (14-5-2, 11-4-2-1 WCHA).
Friday Untimely goals and special teams seemed to be the theme in Friday’s bout, with the Huskies getting muzzled in a 4-0 loss. Solid Husky goaltending and defense held SCSU in 17-4. Unfortunately, continuous pressure cracked the egg and UND netted one with just eight seconds remaining in the opening period. The North Dakota power-play goal came off the stick
“When you give them that much time and space, they’re going to put the puck in the back of the net.” Special teams seemed to lag for the Huskies, going 0-4 in the second period. They created only two shots in 6:03 minutes with the man-advantage, and gave up a shorthanded tally. 12:29 mark of the third period. With Warroad, MN native Layla Marvin, they buried a one-timer from the left circle on the power-play. Junior defenseman Johanna Fallman and sophomore forward Shannon Kaiser were credited with the assists on the play. The 4-0 UND lead stood the test of time and a late power-play rally by the Huskies. evening. UND’s freshman goalkeeper Lexie Shaw kicked
play was credited to Meghan Dufault.
four shots on net in 10:03 minutes on the advantage. SCSU’s record falls to (4-18-3, 3-14-2-1 WCHA), and No. 4 North Dakota’s record rises to (14-5-2, 11-4-2-1 WCHA). The series continued the next day at the Ralph Engelstad Arena, with the puck set to drop at 2:07 p.m.
and sparked the offense for the remainder of the game.
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the post, and I should have came out and challenged her. It put our team in a hole.” A momentous UND team hit the ice in the second period, controlled the play, and found the twine twice.
The Huskies produced a better effort in game two of the series against UND. However the effort wasn’t enough to escape the sweep, with North Dakota taking a 3-1 victory. With the win the No. 4 ranked UND record moves to (15-5-2, 12-4-2-1 WCHA), while the Huskies record trickles to (4-19-3, 3-15-2-1 WCHA).
stanza, with freshman defenseman Gracen Hirschy capitalizing on a two-on-one opportunity, cutting across the front and beating Friend to the far side. The goal marked Hirschy’s sixth of the season, and the assist on the play went to freshman Susanna Tapani. North Dakota extended their lead to 3-0 at the 13:17 mark in the second period, on a shorthanded goal by junior Andrea Dalen. After beating her defender with a toedrag, Dalen pumped a shot that beat Friend’s high-glove. The assists on the play were awarded to Jakobsen and freshman Halli Krzyzaniak. UND carried a 3-0 lead into the tunnel after the sectwo periods. “They’re the No. 4 team in the country,” Friend said.
period on a breakaway opportunity, which was snuffed out by Husky goalkeeper Julie Friend. ing too much control, and North Dakota leading the shot chart 8-4. Special teams couldn’t produce for the Huskies again, going 0-3 in the period and hitting the net two times in 4:53 minutes on the advantage. The Huskies fought through a momentum swinging period, until sophomore Hanna Brodt found the back of the net at the 11:41 mark, giving the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
slot, beating UND goalkeeper Shelby Amsley-Benzie over the shoulder. Sydney Burghardt was awarded the assist on the play. UND’s senior Michelle Karvinen evened things up late in the second period, off of a pass from freshman Amy Menke. Karvinen notched her 12th goal of the season, The remaining three minutes went scoreless, with UND leading the shot department 21-12 after two periods. “Shots on-goal are just a statistic everyone likes to look chances,” head coach Jeff Giesen said. “Our chances for and chances against are much more even than our shots on goal are.” The Huskies managed to pump three shots on net on their lone power-play in the second, as well as killed one off just 3:07 into the period. a loose puck goal, collecting her 13th goal of the season. Menke was credited with an assist on the play, as well Being down 2-1, the Huskies pulled Friend with :40 left the twine. Late heroics weren’t in favor of the Huskies, who surmounted some pressure but couldn’t get the red North Dakota’s Jakobsen put the game to rest with an empty netter with :15 seconds remaining, handing the Huskies a 3-1 loss. Friend got her fourth straight start and was up to the “It’s been kind of a coache’s gut decision right now to go with Friend for four in a row,” Giesen said. “Fitzgerald’s of them.” In the other crease, Amsley-Benzie recorded 20 saves, nine of which came from the SCSU power-play, which With the loss the Huskies record falls to (4-19-3, the six-game road stint coming against the University of Minnesota. The Jan. 24-25 series against the No. 1 Gophers is scheduled for the puck to drop at 7:07 p.m. both nights at the center faceoff dot of Ridder Arena.
Minnesota living up to hockey hotbed Ryan Fitzgerald STAFF WRITER
Ask almost any Minnesotan what they think about Minnesota and the most common responses have to do with heat, cold, hunting and hockey. Self-named the “State of Hockey,” Minnesota raises some of the best hockey players throughout all ranks, especially in the high school and college ranks. The North Star Cup Challenge will unveil its inaugural tournament this weekend and has a contract that will expand over the next four years. The tournament will take place at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Deriving from Minnesota’s moniker of the “North Star State,” the title gives a unique and memorable portrait of Minnesota’s deep history as a college hockey hotbed. “When we began discussing this tournament, one of the things we knew we needed was a tournament name that would instantly catch the attention of college hockey fans in the state,” Minnesota associate athletic director and men’s hockey administrator Tom McGinnis said to Nathan Wells of “SB Nation.” “We feel that the North Star College Cup
accomplishes that, and we are looking forward to a great event at Xcel Energy Center in January.”
likes the idea of keeping the in-state rivalries intact because it’s good for the fans and the game.
and one team will be idle each year, with the exception of the U of M because they will play host each year. Bemidji State will not participate in the inaugural tournament this year. The four-team tournament style will see Minnesota State University Mankato against Minnesota Duluth on Friday at 4 p.m. Powerhouses SCSU and the University of Minnesota face off at 7 p.m. Basic tournament rules are in place with the winner of each game squaring off at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The puck will drop at 4 p.m. for the loser of each game. The idea of the North Star Cup derived from the change of landscape of college hockey that took place this year with the birth of the NCHC and Big 10 hockey conferences.
WCHA so it’s a great opportunity and a great venue with St. Paul being the hockey capital,” Motzko said. “The difference with the old Final Five and this is we know when we’re going to be in it instead of the Sunday before, so it helps the fans and alumni. “But the biggest thing is that it sets up rivalries to continue to play and excitement for the fans of being in one venue. One city to plan events sets up the chance for a really special tournament once a year,” Motzko said. In upcoming years, St. Cloud is scheduled to have the U of M and Minnesota State University Mankato on its schedule for the regular season, so it’s going to limit their opportunity to play teams from the from the east coast. Motzko expressed that in the year off they get from the tournament they would like to schedule more east coast schools in their schedule. “At least in a four-year cycle we can plan on an eastern team in our schedule,” Motzko said. The real excitement is Friday’s game when No. 1 U of M skates off against No. 3 SCSU in what should be a perennial matchup. The
were part of the WCHA and as of this year SCSU and Minnesota Duluth became part of the newly added NCHC. The U of M moved to the Big 10 while Bemidji State and Minnesota State University Mankato stayed put in the WCHA. SCSU head hockey coach Bob Motzko
Gophers have won two of the last three games played against their friendly rival. SCSU has been in some big games in the past two seasons and, according to goaltender Ryan Faragher, the game between the Gophers and Huskies hasn’t been on his or his team’s mind as much as people would think. “It’s always fun when we play them because it’s such a big rivalry, but we just got to look at them like any other team and take it to them,” Faragher said. “The whole team hasn’t really looked too far ahead to this game. We are just excited for the fans to see some good hockey.” A low sports market is expected this week due to the bye-week before the Super Bowl, which should increase turnout for college hockey games. Tournament packages or single session packages are still available for purchase, with whole packages costing $80, which are good for every game, and $45 for single session packages, which are good for games on either Friday or Saturday. Minnesota has been dubbed the “State of Hockey” for a reason and this is another example that’ll continue to showcase why that nickname is spot-on.