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Student government clashes over homecoming, tobacco policy Tiffany Krupke NEWS EDITOR
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MnSCU administrators are prepared to raise tuition at universities within its system.
SCSU reacts to tuition raise Andrew DeMars NEWS EDITOR
MnSCU administrators have made what they call a “modest” proposal to raise tuition for students enrolled in their schools. Obviously, not everyone will feel the same about the tuition increase. From government of-
here at SCSU, it is time we share viewpoints on the matter into a collective pot. Some highlights of MnSCU’s reasoning behind the proposal is to afford better state of the art technology for students, open more internship possibilities, and funds compensation adjustment for faculty members. Student government here at SCSU and MSUSA backed MnSCU’s recent proposal for many reasons. Nick Neuman, MSUSA board member and Chair of Legislative Affairs Committee for SCSU Student Government, provides
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reasoning for backing the proposal. “MSUSA, we backed the MnSCU proposal,” Neuman said. “We supported the budget proposal as a whole because it also included additional funding that we would get from the state. I would say ideally, no tuition increase is the goal, but we understand it has to be a balanced approach between students and additional funding from the state in order to move forward in higher education.” Cuts in state support over the past decade have shifted the costs of education from the state to students and their families. Back in 2002, the state covered 2/3 of the cost of an MnSCU education with students paying 1/3. By now, these ratios have nearly reversed. a big issue,” Neuman said. “I think students should be concerned, and almost outraged even, at that. I
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feel that we need to make higher education more of a priority and do that through additional funding to get those funding levels back to where they were 10 to 15 years ago.” MSUSA Campus Coordinator and student government member Sara Salas-Ramirez shared her input on the matter. “I do have to agree with Nick,” Ramirez said. “So I think students just need to become more aware that it is a problem that those roles have reversed. I think out about this reversal, I feel like there will be more voices coming out and speaking against this.” It is important for students not only here at SCSU, but also enrolled in all MnSCU schools to be informed about this. In the 2003-2004 academic year at SCSU, the cost per-credit for a
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Three proposed referendum questions were struck down at the Student Government meeting this week. The non-binding referendum questions would appear on the ballot of the spring SG elections. The questions, authored by Sen. Ian High, would ask voting students if they favor or oppose: -Amending the SG constitution to change the vice president eligibility requirement -Changing the name of “Winter Celebrate week”, to “Homecoming Celebrate week”, where hockey would be the main attraction. -The return of designated smoking areas. The questions were voted down after much debate. SG members remained split on the issues of homecoming and the return of designated smoking areas. SG Constitution Amendment The current SG constitution requires any member of the Student Association to have served a minimum of one academic term as a member of Student Government to be eligible to serve as president or vice president. The objective of the referendum question is to eliminate the one-term requirement to run for vice president. The question was met with criticism from several members of the SG body, who felt experience is vital for SG. The possibility of the
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SG president resigning, leaving an inexperienced vice president to take over, was also a concern. “I just want to say that I think that this is a really bad idea,” said Sen. Samantha Carley. “You need experience to understand what is going on here. You need experience to be a senator.” High disagreed and said that the vice president runs meetings, and is also a budgetary person. If an applicant has a strong background in those areas, they should be allowed to run, said High. High also said the resignation of a SG president shouldn’t be a concern. Sen. Jacob Thomfohda said that he agreed with the amendment. He also felt that the possibility of a SG president resigning was small. “That should not be an issue in the future or really should it be an issue ever,” Thomfohda said. “What happened with Jarrod was an extraordinary circumstance and I don’t know why you would run for president if you plan to duck out half way through your term.” Muerhoff, who became president after the resignation of former Pres. Jarrod Wiggins, disagreed with the amendment. “I think it is very important that we provide great opportunities for people to get involved. We are only a strong body if we have strong people involved with it,” Muerhoff said. Muerhoff felt that the president and vice president roles were not for someone without experience. Muerhoff was in SG
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for two years before she became vice president. “This is a very naïve amendment to suggest. If you are not in this position, you don’t understand the responsibilities that are expected of you in this position,” Muerhoff said. Muerhoff said that the position involved a huge learning curve, regardless of prior leadership experience. “If you want this position, you should have the foresight to involve yourselves in this body before you decide to run,” Muerhoff said. “As for people saying the president will never quit, that’s what I thought,” Muerhoff said. “You can’t say they won’t quit.” Sen. Mohamed Soumah echoed her concerns. Soumah said that SG should be looking for more – not less – experience in a leader. “An organization with a leader without experience is like a boat on a desert,” Soumah said. Soumah felt that the amendment wouldn’t cultivate positive leadership. “Let’s be considerate. We need charismatic leaders with experience in this organization,” Soumah said. The referendum was opposed unanimously. Change “Winter Celebrate Week” to “Homecoming Celebrate Week.” The second proposed referendum question caused further debate. The referendum question asked whether to change the name ofWin-
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SG discussed referendum questions at their meeting, hosted in the Cascade Room of the Atwood Memorial Center.
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SG Continued from Page 1 “Winter Celebrate week” to “Homecoming Celebrate week”, where hockey would be the main sport attraction. Just this fall, SG passed a referendum asking students if they supported the return of homecoming. A total of 689 students voted, 576 of whom said they wanted homecoming to return to SCSU. Because the referendum was non-being, no further action was taken to bring back homecoming. Homecoming was replaced with “Celebrate!” in the fall of 2011, a yearlong series of events with the goal of planning events for students, alumni, and families. Sen. Chelsea VanLoon questioned whether homecoming really would bring back more alumni. “Is changing the name of this going to attract more alumni? If it isn’t, I don’t think it should be changed because then it really isn’t
a correct use of the word,” said VanLoon. Chairperson Sara Swenson said that Celebrate events are already being planned, and it remains unclear if the dates will line up with a hockey game. Sen. Beau Jacobson felt there was a need to bring back homecoming to strengthen alumni relationships. “It’s more than just the students; the community wants it too,” said Jacobson. Chairperson Courtney Downing disagreed and expressed apathy over the return of homecoming. “There is a difference between being a voice for the students and just being redundant and disrespectful to the people we work with,” Downing said. “I don’t really care if homecoming comes back because to be honest, I agree with Potter when he says it is an excuse for people to get really drunk,” she said.
regardless. Muerhoff disagreed with calling the referendum the homecoming referendum passed in the fall. “We passed a homecoming referendum last semester with less than seven percent of students participating in the vote. If people are saying this is something that students care about, why aren’t they voting?” Muerhoff said. Muerhoff also felt the fall homecoming referendum damaged the relationship between SG and
Potter. “He was super disappointed with this body,” Muerhoff said. “He had a lot of frustrations.” The referendum did not pass. Return of designated smoking areas The referendum question would ask students whether they support the return of designated smoking areas. The university is the sixth of seven universities in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to be tobacco-free. Tobacco-free means: the use, sale, free distribution or advertising of smoking and smokeless tobacco products is prohibited on university property, including buildings, walkways, arenas, playing areas and in university owned vehicles and motorized equipment, according to the SCSU
website. new tobacco policy began Aug. 1, 2011, which restricted tobacco use to designated campus locations. Sen. Jacobson said that because students can’t smoke on campus, they are going a few blocks away and it is affecting the community. Jacobson was in favor of passing the referendum. Carley was concerned about the question because of the $13 million grant SCSU was given to go tobacco free. “It is completely out of our hands and I don’t think there is even the tiniest possibility of this changing,” Carley said. VanLoon felt the return of designated smoking areas would be premature. “One year is not enough time to tell if this is actually going to can make an effective change,” VanLoon said. “If this is happening
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MnSCU Continued from Page 1 resident of Minnesota student undergraduate including tuition and fees was $136.63. After a decade of increases of tuition costs for this academic year of 2012-2013, the cost per credit including tuition and fees for a Minnesota resident student here at SCSU has jumped to $242.35 for a resident on campus and $280.65 for those living off campus. How about the cost percredit of non-Minnesota residents attending SCSU? In 2003, the cost per-credit after tuition and fees was $271.68. Now, the cost percredit for this academic year including tuition with fees for non-Minnesota residents in 2012-2013 has jumped to $485.55. Stephane Koueda, an international student from Cameroon here at SCSU, voiced his opinion on the proposal. “I don’t think it is a good proposal,” Koueda said. “We have a lot of international students here. It is already hard enough for international students to come up with the funds in order to attend here. Plus, ships well enough as it is, so I don’t see the point in raising the cost of tuition.”
High stressed the importance of perseverance. “If we don’t try, who is going to? Are we just not even going to try to be voices for the students right now?” High asked. Chair Warraich didn’t feel there was harm in allowing students to weigh in. He said that colleges get bad reputations for being party schools, but students
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Tanya Schloesser: What a joke! They will be received, yet the students don’t see it. They should already be getting this entire list without a hike in tuition! Student Loans are already astronomical for a student getting out of college making an average of $30-40K! Please, oh please can we pile on more debt and face the consequences later? BOO! Jeska Anderson: Re-prioritize the budget. More for students tuition and less for aesthetics around campus.
@chalerrsea: I think the answer is obvious #TuitionIsTooHigh already... Danielle McGrath: Would anyone who is a student have a positive thought about a tuition increase? Nathan G Anderson: Bullsh*t. Follow us on twitter @UniversityChron Not all students enrolled in MnSCU schools will experience the intended Not everyone will be able to use the upgraded technology, attend an internship, etc. So is it still fair to increase tuition rates for everyone? Costs will go up for said students, but they will not directly experience “That’s a hard question,” Neuman said. “Some students may see it as fair, but some students may not see it as fair. The tuition that each student pays isn’t necessarily all going towards their own education. When a student pays tuition, it goes to the university to be spent and utilized for all the programs, not just directly
for that student.” King Banaian, a professor in the economics department here at SCSU and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, shares his insight on the matter. “During a period in 2003 and 2004, we went up more than 10% in each of two years, which is a huge increase and was really a big piece of that role reversal.” Banaian said. “If the state should decide to keep as I’ve heard at least one of the chairs of the higher ed committees say, then chances are this won’t even be enough without causing some changes.” SCSU cut programs a few years back in order
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to save on spending for the school (including the aviation program) in hopes to save $610,000 a year in expenses for the university. Even with these cuts, tuition costs for students are still on the rise. “To cut a program it is extraordinarily painful,” Banaian said. “Its not criminal, but its probably a good thing every once in awhile to go back and look and say ‘is every program I put in place in 1980 still doing something useful in 2013?’ It’s just purely factual.” Student Government here at SCSU encourages students to come to them and voice their opinions on matters concerning the university and other MnSCU schools across the state
“The reason tuition is increasing is because the state is not funding like they used to,” Neuman said. “That disparity has to be made up somewhere and it’s made through the students paying their tuition. Going right to higher ed committee in Minnesota legislature, we have to get them to fund more.” “It’s not uncommon to see students graduate—you know—with twenty, twentysand dollars worth of debt,” Banaian said. “Is there a tipping point? I absolutely believe there is a tipping point. My question is, are we near it? I don’t know, I just don’t know.”
Roller Derby Movement in the 21st Century 9:00-10:15 p.m. Learn more about Roller Derby Culture and derby lore, derby names and numbers, the derby community. Admission is free and will take place in the Cascade Room in Atwood.
Wednesday An Evening of Student Directed One Acts 7:30 p.m. Presented by the Theatre Directing III class, this performance will take place on the Arena Stage of the Performing Arts Center Wednesday and Thursday night. Cost is free to attend.
Thursday Digital Storytelling 5 p.m.-5:45 p.m. What is digital storytelling? F2F and online tools and methods for digital storytelling the discourse of storytelling. This free workshop will be in the Miller Center room 205.
Friday Feedback Fridays 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. SCSU students and alumni can meet with many top employers. You can use the time to ask for feedback on your resume, do a mock interview and ask for career advice. Cost is free and will take place in Centennial Hall room 205.
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Psychologists give interactive presentation Andrew DeMars NEWS EDITOR
The human mind works sub-consciously while problem-solving, making assumptions and coming to conclusions while working off of reactions in certain scenarios, while using logical and elaborate thought for others. On Thursday evening there was a workshop entitled “Thinking, Fast and Slow”. The workshop was interactive with multiple demonstrations, going in-depth on how human minds work. The workshop is based on the book “Thinking, Fast and Slow”. Joe Melcher, a cognitive psychologist, was one of the presenters running the demonstration. Early on, he asked for those attending to say words associated with systems one and two of the thinking process of the mind. System one is known to be fast, intuitive, and emotional. Dealing more with reactionary and impulsive thought. System two, however, is slower, deliberative, and more logical. System two uses more analytical reasoning to solve
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problems. “A lot of people say system one is bad and system two is great. This is not correct,” Melcher said. demonstration those attending were grouped in pairs. They were then assigned a letter, which corresponded to a set of digits in a list. One person was the experimenter while the other was labled the “subject.” On very fast timer, the subject was presented a set of four digits, where they quickly had to add three to each digit after seeing the numbers for no more than two or three seconds. The task proved to be attending thought this dealt with system one in the cognitive process where, in reality, it dealt with system two. In the next exercise, the audience was given a list of to unscramble the letters to formulate as many words as possible. Here were the Ores Telpa Lakts Etms
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Radishes and brownies were served in an experiment to test changes. Sblosmso Elfa The audience was then asked how many words they got out of each one as well as if they came up with leaf so, this is because the mind is unconsciously on the topic of plants since all of the prior words are most commonly unscrambled into rose, petal, stalk, stem blossoms. There are other words, but this demonstration was to demonstrate how rapid the unconscious mind works. The human memory grabs things and
makes associations. Later, the audience was tested with the Stroop task. The Stroop effect is a demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task. When the name of a color is printed in a color not denoted by the name naming the color of the word, it is prone to errors and known to take longer than when the color of the ink matches the name of the color. The effect is named after published the effect in English in 1935.
Many have already experimented with this task. Regardless, the test showed how quickly human minds can differentiate between text and color of words. Most of those attending were faculty and staff here at SCSU. The second session is scheduled to discuss applied topics comprising the remainder of the book. Focus will be on those of greatest interest to participants. The second session will take place April 5.
Women on Wednesday explores the FACE Act Andrew DeMars NEWS EDITOR
On March 21 the University Women’s Center continued its Women on Wednesday series featurDecades of Courage and Activism. The focus of this week’s event was RespondFACE Act. Presenter Sonia Brummer spoke alone, as her scheduled companion speaker Terry Sallas Merritt was unable to attend due to illness. Brummer’s presentation and connection to this week’s theme is through her volunteer position as Clinic Escort Program Coordinator for NARAL Pro Choice Minnesota. Abortion Clinics have a history of violence in
the United States. Bombings, death threats, arsons, kidnappings, assaults and murders have all been committed in the name of the pro-life movement. To combat such violence, every week, Brummer, along with other volunteers, stand outside a privately owned abortion clinic in South Minneapolis and work to protect those who are entering. Brummer explained that the pro-life protesters that visit the clinic she volunteers for are regulars and don’t usually provide threat beyond intimidation. “One of the reasons we’re there is to minimize drama… and we’re physical buffers. We’re just there to be there.” A main topic covered in the presentation was the FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) act. The FACE act is a 1994
law passed in order to assist women in exercising their constitutional right to abortion. Basically, the law was created to protect women who are entering abortion clinics from violence and intimidation while also providing tougher rulings to those convicted of doing so. However, Brummer feels that this piece of legislature isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. “I think the FACE act is a false sense of security… People who plan these types of things, people who are strongly anti-choice… already know there are consequences. The FACE act only helps us out after it happens.” Brummer explained that even with legislation in place, making patients feel safe isn’t easy. “We still have protesters that are adamant and show up every time the clinics
open and serving women with abortion services that are harassing people as soon as they park their car. And if you didn’t know better with everything in the media, you’d think ‘What’s going to happen to me? Not safe.’ so most people don’t get out of the car when that happens.” SCSU student Pat Bickmann found the presentation eye-opening. “I learned a lot of new things,” Bickmann said. “90% of what the presenter said was new knowledge to me” Bickmann also said he attended the presentation as extra credit and left feeling shocked. “All the different things that can happen to someone exercising their own beliefs, like murder? That’s crazy…I would not mind learning more,” Bickmann
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said. Brummer’s tactic to keep women safe is to have enough volunteers to outnumber picketers. This provides a sense of security for the patients entering the clinic. However, getting and keeping volunteers for her program isn’t always easy. “I tell people very honestly, we don’t have police standing there with you. Yes people could be walking up with weapons…I have no real way to protect us.” However, Brummer asserts that she believes in the work she’s doing. “When I see people and words to thank me but I feel it…that’s probably the best part. It’s really awful that this work exists but here we are.”
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Vos to retire as Atwood Director The Chronicle would like to apologize and correct an error in a story that was published on March 4. In our article about Atwood Director Margaret Vos’s retirement, some editorial miscommunication resulted in factual errors about Vos’s life. Vos’s son is 29 years old. He graduated from Notre Dame Law School, and is now married and practicing law in Colorado. Vos and her husband, Leo, will have been married 40 years this fall. The Chronicle is sincerely sorry for any error in facts. We always strive to use the utmost caution in verifying facts, but we are prone to human mistakes. Please report factual errors to us on our website as soon as you spot them, and we promise to verify facts and correct errors in a timely manner.
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I like to walk. It is one of my favorite things. I walk for pleasure, places. I walk everyday with my dog, and sometimes I run. Two weeks ago, I ran. I have a great time running with my dog and boyfriend around the beautiful Lake George. Everything went smoothly. I began my usual walk to
going to lose it. I had wondered why I was feeling so downand-out-lately. I had little motivation for homework, work, and healthy eating. It took me a few days of sulking to realize that my routine had been interIt amazed me that one small change in daily life can hit pretty hard; even make me feel depressed. I had gotten used to walking and running, it made me feel alert, accomplished. I like to look at the scenery and be outside, and I love my dog (I forgot to mention, Lucie was madder than I was that I couldn’t go for walks). Now, I had to not
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Quote of the Week Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It nerving ease. It begins in your mind, always ... so hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don’t, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.
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Experiential learning is not just a plus; it’s a must refers to a goal-oriented program that is tailored to a student’s educational and professional development needs to give the stuthat can leverage his or
replace the time I usually took walking, but I had to
intense pain in my left heel the entire walk there, causing me to limp. I thought nothing of it, but I decided to contact my boyfriend’s mom, an orthopedic nurse, to see what she had to say. I guess I have tendonitis. I was told to RICE: Rest, Ice, Compress, and Elevate. And take ibuprofen on the regular. I thought, “It’s a bummer that I won’t be able to go for walks or runs for a while until this heals, but that shouldn’t be more than two or three days I would think.” WRONG. Over a week later, I’m sitting here at work, icing my ding dang left heel. There is a point to all of this, and here it is: I didn’t realize how something as seemingly unimportant as my own foot could have such a huge effect on my life. I tried limping, walking on it, hopping around, but nothing made it any easier. I may sound like the biggest baby on the planet.
which walking and running gave me. All because of a silly foot. A foot, something that gets you places. It is there
I come from a family who likes our routines. Take one daily nap away from Grandpa, and he’s
never know when you’ll get tendonitis.
time, it is there when you graduate college, get married, start a life. occur to me how important it really was until I couldn’t use it anymore. I know I will heal; I am lucky that something worse didn’t happen. I will be healed and walking/ running in no time. Losing the ability to do something that was automatic really put things into perspective for me. It taught me to not take the things I have for granted, even if it is something I use without thinking. It has also taught me to not hate workouts so However, I would feel pretty incomplete without it, so this week has proven. In the end, be thank-
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week hits, I am motivated to talk about the importance of getting some this summer for college students. I received a call last week from a student hiring rep of a sales company who was looking for recommendations from student club presidents to put forward the names of their respective members who may be interested in a summer internship. So, I asked around the members of my club and found that most of my fellow colleagues have already secured a summer internship. While I am contented with the achievements of these students, I wonder how many students out there have not considered an internship yet. If you have been around SCSU long enough, you should have heard about the push on new pillar of the institution to promote student involvement in actual work setting and practice real businesses with professionals in their respec-
cipline. Internships, case studies, volunteer connections, community services, education abroad, and -
this listed as top requirement: successful candidates should have substanor 1-2 years of related equivalent combination of preferably presented in a strong portfolio. I mean, how do you watched how some of my hardcore friends who went to school during the day and still worked 20-30 hours a week at various service and administrative industries. These friends of mine
effort. The key here is practiancient Chinese proverb goes, “I do, and I understand,” learning is better done hands-on than sim-
as a college sophomore.
communication skills and client servicing ability. I was put to shame for my complaints about how tough school was and that I was not having enough time to rest. These undefeated college warriors have proven to me that perseverance prevails. When these students graduate, their resumes look unbelievably spicy. They are the ones who will be able to nail the questions their potential employers throw at them cause they have lived it. While learning about the concepts and theories in our disciplines is imporriential learning is equally vital to give the student an overall education on the
I wanted to apply for has
I think colleges should
riential learning program allows students to involve kind, which will help them to deepen and broaden their understanding on a concept or situation, typically built within their With the number of degrees awarded each year at universities across the nation hiking and outavailability in the market, strong GPA is no longer a tough mission. When everyone is a 4.0, whose 4.0 is better? The answer: the one It was frustrating to
make practical learning programs a compulsory component of a bachelor’s degree. “It always amazes me that higher education didn’t think of this sooner. For me it’s a no-brainer. If you’re going to position your students well, you’ve got to give them graduate,” said Patricia Cormier, president of Longwood University in Virginia, on U.S. News Education portal. I think our system needs a serious review when an English or Philosophy student asks, Since it is becoming a common practice for employers to see prior gral to the hiring process, communications, universities and colleges should program internships or their curricula. Furthermore, students relevant know-how of their disciplines; they will also get to build valuable relationships with profesto establish if a student is not already active in the game. Traditionally, earning a college degree has been good enough to throw a celebration. But in today’s name of the game.
The culture of the ‘Harlem Shake’: a rhetoric of arbitrary subcultures Pop culture has become incredibly fragmented. At one point in time, not too freakishly long ago, there were only a few channels on network TV that served
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Now that we can all agree that the Harlem Shake phenomenon is over, I think it is about time we ask ourselves the long overdue question of “What the hell was that?” Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enknew) that soon the fun of it was going to collapse under its own silliness. The aftermath of the Harlem Shake phenomenon almost feels like the return to reality after a psychedelic trip: one moment we were there dancing around in Brother’s Bar performing the most vulgar and ridiculous looking dance before we knew it we woke up with a bit of a hangover questioning how we could allow ourselves to get so lost in it. I have a theory for how such silly things gain can gain such momentum online, and it revolves around pop culture itself.
could mention “I Love Lucy” or analyze a rival football game, but your options were relatively low. Today’s world is a whole new ballgame: literally thousands of TV chan4chan are all different medias that on of entertainment. These new technological entertainments have given rise to new subcultures which in turn can give rise to more arbitrary boundaries created them” mentality. There are two types of people in this world: those who thought the Harlem Shake videos were hilarious and those who simply did not get it. I do not wish get it, but I do not understand the backlash against it. For that matter, I don’t understand a lot of the backlash for most spectacle that last means of community we have in an American nation so deeply pitted against one another for political and petty reasons. There seems to be little we can congregate over any more, so why not let us congregate for the sake of congrega-
There should be healthy debates about whether or not using ‘Harlem Shake’ as an expression of creativity and teamwork is appropriate for the workplace.
tion even if for a bit over a few 30-second long clips of people dancing strangely?
culture is to be popular. Many people seem so ready to get
video, I found it amusing but not especially cool. However, once I started seeing more and more of them my appreciation for it grew. “These people get it,” I would think to myself. “These people completely understand how dumb this video is, but they’re still having fun with it.” Perhaps this is a sign of how low pop culture has sunk over the years, but then again the primary purpose of pop
phenomenon and how stupid it is, but I fail to see what is the point about getting so upset about these sort of things. Just have fun with it.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
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UPCOMING Variety of music at Battle of Bands EVENTS ON CAMPUS
Trombone Studio Recital Performing Arts Center, Gant Recital Hall March 25, 8:00 p.m. Free Open Mic Night Atwood Memorial Center, Quarry March 27, 8:00 10 p.m. Free
Rock/metal band Hollow playing at the Battle of the Unsigned Bands in Atwood Memorial Center Ballroom.
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The 21st Battle of the Unsigned Bands was waged on Friday, with 4 bands enlisted
The third band was Underlit, which is
An Evening of Student Directed One Acts Performing Arts Center, Arena Stage March 27-28, 7:30 p.m. Free
The winner of the 21st Battle of the
Live radio from KVSC at Pioneer Place
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Theater: Beyond Therapy Pioneer Place March 18-30, 7:30 p.m. & 2 p.m. on Sundays $21 adults, $18 students/ seniors Comedy: Veranda Variety Hour Pioneer Place March 29-30, 10:30 p.m. $5
KVSC’s Granite City Radio Theatre featured a new episode of radio drama called ‘Shades Brigade’, music from Collective Unconcious, and a live trivia challenge hosted by Dan Barth. Past installments of GCRT can be heard online at KVSC.org.
Paul Imholte Bo Diddley’s Pub and Deli March 29, 7:30 p.m. $10 Electric Cover Band Red Carpet Nightclub March 30, 10:45 p.m. 2:00 a.m. No cover charge
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sion”, they may think of a simple instrument that produces only a few sounds. Tatsuya Nakatani proves that this is an incredibly limited view of the music that percussion is capable of. Nakatani performed on Tuesday at the Performing Arts Center along with Scott Miller, a professor at SCSU. Nakatani is an “experimental percusis constantly trying new things in order to invoke new sounds from ordinary percussion instruments. He uses a variety of tools to create his art including traditional drumsticks, cymbals, bowstrings, and even kitchen tools. The concert started off with a foreboding sound not unlike that of a suspenseful scene from a horror movie. This was done with gongs that appeared to be the size of a redwood’s trunk and large bowstrings similar to those used for a cello. Nakatani also used the bows to create a sound that sounded exactly like the “bwaaan” sound from the movie “Inception”. This was accompanied with some very impressive bass drum footwork that was both fast and precise. After the opening, the piece transitioned to scratching a tom-tom with what appeared to be some kind of fork as well as smaller cymbals. This created a sound that was less traditionally musical than the previous section but very visually impressive as it had a lot of movement and rapid switching of
Tatsuya Nakatani is an experimental percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan.
instruments. He then used the bows on a cymbal was oddly reminiscent of the velociraptors Nakatani then used smaller cymbals to create more high-pitched screeching that sounded similar to a wind instrument like his bows on small metal bowls to create musical shrieks, which are heard as ambient noise in video games or movies. It felt similar to sounds that would
normally be made with string instruments like a violin. The whole production had an extremely otherworldly feeling to it, with unfamiliar sounds coming from familiar instruments. The concert was not just audibly impressive but visually as well. Nakatani was like a whirlwind of music; constantly moving and switching instruments. The performance looked exhausting for Nakatani, who had sweat dripping from his brow. Miller commented, “I feel exhausted just watching him.”
The level of activity required by Nakatani made the concert an incredible show as well as a sublime musical piece. The second half of the performance was a duet with Scott Miller, utilizing the KYMA digital synthesis system. Nakatani’s performance was quite similar, but the way that Miller used the system to amplify and manipulate the music made for an entirely new musical production. The second half had a rather electronica feel to it as well as being more traditional music.
Atoms for Peace release dancy new album ‘Amok’ Christopher Timp ALBUM REVIEW
meteor soars over the Hollywood Sign. The Capitol Records building sits much like the Leaning Tower of Pisa as a car sign. The apocalyptic scene depicted in Stanley Donwood’s artwork for Atoms for Peace’s debut record, “Amok”, couldn’t catch the essence of this record any better. That is, unless they had included a picture of project leader Thom Yorke doing one of his famously bizarre dances. Formed in late 2009, Atoms for Peace harnesses the talent of Yorke, long-time Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Dark’s Mauro Refosco, and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. Released on Feb. 25, a little over three
years since the groups’ conception, the record offers little sonic proof of the diversity boasted by the project. There are not showing his style. His bass parts are really no different from anything Colin Greenwood might play on a Radiohead album. The album seems to be an extension of the territory that Yorke dabbled in with Radiohead’s album “Hail to the Thief ”. Since the 2003 release, Radiohead has moved on from that sound and has issued two new entries into their genre morphing catalogue. Yorke, who released a solo album named “The Eraser” in 2006, had seemed to be indicating that he’d rather delve further into the sounds of “Hail to the Thief,” but with a lot more computer involved. In a Rolling Stone interview last November, he at one point referred to how the band could not quite match some of the complicated parts he had mixed with
computers on the album, but was hoping to get it right for live performance. This is evident when listening to the high glitch, electronic mixing of “Amok”. The organic instrumentation is there to supply the grooves, but the beats are what really stand out in this release. Despite havate what parts of the beat are human or machine. Songs often start with the core beat immediately, rather than coming in after the paranoid melody introduction that albums involving Yorke usually provide. This creates a very upbeat, danceable record. “Default”, the second song on the album, delivers a jittery percussion arrangeactually piercing the skull with every hit. Songs such as “Stuck Together Pieces” and “Reverse Running”, a few songs that have an organic groove to them, are each
eventually overcome by frightening synth modulation that calls to mind the scene of destruction on the record cover. One of the strongest tracks on the record, “Dropped”, comes in with a melancholy infused arpeggiated synth melody, coupled with the movement of a quick dance beat. The beat falls out of sync from its tight schedule, emphasizing Yorke’s lyrics as he sings, “And I fell apart,” only for the bass line to collect the song back into form. Despite the disappointing translation of the all-star talent gathered for this record, “Amok” comes off pretty strong in the sense that it is a great showing of the progression of what Godrich and Yorke started with “The Eraser.” However, fans’ hopes for a strong showing from the other artists in Atoms for Peace’s line-up are as artwork.
Tina Fey in top comedic, dramatic form in ‘Admission’ Andrew Gnirk FILM REVIEW
“Admission” stars Tina Fey, who plays Portia Nathan, a Princeton admissions worker with an isolated, stagnant life. Portia’s life is void of meaningful relationships, and she has a dedication to nothing except her career. Fey’s sense of humor is still as on-point as ever, and she delivers many laugh-worthy lines and moments. From party, Fey puts herself in comedic situations throughout the a woman around age 40 who prioritized her career over the opportunity to get married or start a family. Fey had a similar role in the movie “Baby Mama” and her NBC sitcom “30 Rock.” However, “Admission” digs deeper than those other works. Both had emotional moments, but by the time its credits roll, “Admission” has covered much more emotional territory. man, a teacher at a non-traditional high school that helps children learn skills to improve third world nations, and question typical reasoning. He has an adopted son, Nelson (Travaris Spears), who was born in Uganda. the layers peel away things become more complicated. Nelson longs for the stability that is present in Portia’s life, and dislikes how erratic his father is.
more so unique and compelling. One major standout is Portia’s mother, Susannah (Lily Tomlin), a former women’s studies professor who lives alone out in the country. She spends her days tinkering with bikes, working outside, and making sure her dogs know how to hunt for their own food. attend Princeton despite his mediocre high school career. He spends his time incessantly reading and practicing his ventriloquism act. be the child of Portia, who gave up a baby for adoption while she was in college. Portia ends up having to process sional dilemmas while doing so. One of the main themes of “Admission” is the frustrations and challenges of being a single parent. Susannah
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had a wife or girlfriend to help raise Nelson, and Portia gave her child up for adoption to avoid being a single parent. All three characters face considerable self-doubt about the way they’ve treated their children, and all for very difsides of the same issue. “Admission” seems to be setting up a played-out, stereotypical ending throughout, but throws several curve balls toward the end that bring the plot somewhere else entirely.
realistic, ending. “Admission” is a must-see for anyone who enjoys Tina tional drama with the right amount of humor. “Admission” receives an 8/10.
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Husky Sports Huskies fall short of reaching WCHA Finals Wisconsin wins Broadmoor trophy Sean Davich
period unassisted goal of the
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To make matters worse for Minnesota State, Stephon Williams was injured on the play and left the game after being helped off the ice. Phil Cook
Wisconsin vs MSU
Coming into the Final Five tournament, Wisconsin needed a few quality wins to make the NCAA tournament. A big win over 8th ranked Minnesota State was a great start. Jefferson Dahl scored two shorthanded goals, and Tyler Barnes had two goals and an assist to power the 14th ranked Badgers to a 7-2 win over the Mavericks. “The game was an interesting one,” said Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves. “I don’t think that one would have suspected the number of goals that we scored.” That’s because Wisconsin has climbed back into contention with strong defense and excellent goaltending from Joel Rumpel. And now, because of the way they executed their gameplan against Minnesota match with the St. Cloud State Huskies. The Huskies have the WCHA Final Five’s #1 seed and shared the MacNaughton Cup with the Minnesota Golden Gophers after the regular season ended. The scoring began just 1:03 into the game. Badgers right winger Tyler Barnes broke away and put the puck past Mavericks goaltender and WCHA Rookie of the Year Stephon Williams to give Wisconsin a quick 1-0 lead. It was an unassisted goal for Barnes. “Obviously, not the start we wanted,” said Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings, who was also voted WCHA coach of the year. didn’t go the way we wanted.” Then the penalties began. A total of 12 were called in the game, and 8 of them were called on Wisconsin. The winger Joseph LaBate for tripafter the Mavericks power play his two shorthanded goals. He beat Williams inside the near post and Wisconsin claimed a 2-0 lead at the 6:11 mark. The lone assist on the goal went to left winger Ryan Little. Dahl was rather modest shorty. When asked about said, “I just kinda wanted to throw it on net and see what happened, and fortunately it went in.” wasn’t quite done yet. The Badgers found the net again just two minutes after the Dahl goal. Left winger Nic Kerdiles trickled a shot in through Wilof the year, and Wisconsin had a 3-0 lead before the halfway point of the opening frame. The Badgers had the start they wanted. In the second period, things really started to get out of hand. At the 7:08 mark, Badgers center Brendan Woods was called for hooking, and Minnesota State was on its fourth power play. But nearly two minutes later, Wisconsin got another shorthanded goal from Dahl. Earlier in the penalty, Dahl rang one off the post. On his next chance, however, he put away his second shorthanded goal of the game was his 7th of the year and the assist went to Jake McCabe. found the net a couple minutes after Dahl’s 2nd shorty. After Wisconsin defenseman John major for charging, Mavericks defenseman Zach Palmquist scored his 7th goal of the season to pull his team within 4-1. Wisconsin would respond, however. Less than two minutes after Palmquist’s goal, Tyler Barnes backhanded one past Williams for his 13th goal of the season and second
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riod, the Mavericks were back on the board. With Ramage still in the box for Wisconsin, right winger Eriah Hayes onetimed the puck into the net for his 20th goal. Minnesota State they had a comeback in them. “I like the way we battled back,” Hayes said. “We didn’t quit.” But the comeback wasn’t to be. Wisconsin salted the game away with two more goals in the third period. Defenseman ter past Cook from the point for his 3rd goal of the year and left winger Joseph LaBate clanked one in off the pipes for “I wanna give them credit for their play tonight,” said Hastings, referring to Wisconsin’s effort. But he also added, “I think we helped them score goals tonight, and we’re too good of a hockey team to do that.” Eriah Hayes agreed with what Hastings said about Wisconsin’s effort. “You’ve gotta give all the credit to Wisconsin, coming out hard like that.” While it was a rather poor game discipline-wise for Wisconsin, they did get the job done by capitalizing on Maverick mistakes, and they moved on to face top-seeded SCSU in the Friday afternoon “It was a successful night for us tonight,” Tyler Barnes said. “We’re gonna go back, and put it in the back of our minds.”
CC upsets UND
The Colorado College Tigers needed to beat a very tough archrival just to get to the Final Five. Now that they ended #6, North Dakota’s 3-year Broadmoor streak in an overtime thriller, they feel they can take on anyone. Rylan Schwartz had a goal and an assist, and Peter Stoykewych bounced one in off of a UND player in overtime to give the Tigers a huge 4-3 victory. “We’ve been on a good run here,” said Colorado College head coach Scott Owens. “We didn’t really let that crowd affect us too much early.” “Congratulations to CC,” said North Dakota head coach Dave Hakstol. “They’re grinding out wins and they’re doing a great job. They got the job done tonight.” North Dakota came into the Final Five this year, having claimed the last three tournament titles. This was their earliest elimination in a while, and they found it hard to digest. “I’ve never felt like this before,” said North Dakota senior Danny Kristo, referring to his previous 3 years, where he helped his team win 3 straight Final Five titles. “Overall, we played a pretty good hockey game, but pretty good doesn’t get it done this time of year,” Hakstol said. Schwartz, the starting center for the Tigers, opened the scoring just over three minutes into the game. He buried one right in front of North Dakota goaltender Clarke Saunders for a power play goal, his 13th of the year, and Colorado College sent an early message to their rivals. UND wasn’t going to go away quietly, however. Drake Caggiula, a North Dakota left winger who was serving a charging penalty when Schwartz scored, wristed one home in the goal crease at the 14:23 mark to tie the game. Assists went to Rocco Grimaldi
and Carter Rowney. Then Kristo snuck one past Tigers goalie Joe Howe on his near side with just 9.1 seconds left with a 2-1 lead and the game’s momentum. “The goal with 9 seconds to go really hurt,” said Owens. “But we kinda persevered.” Did they ever. During the second period, Colorado College tied the game. The team was given a penalty for having too many players on the ice, but 12 seconds later, Alex Krushelnyski broke away and backhanded the puck past Saunders for his that ended the second period with the teams tied at 2. Early on in the third period, the Tigers reclaimed a one-goal lead. Hunter Fejes had possession of the puck in the slot, and he beat Saunders for a 3-2 Colorado College lead. The crowd of 17,038 at the Xcel Energy Center was mostly North Dakota supportive, and they were absolutely stunned at how the regular season’s 8th place team was playing so far against their own team. However, nine minutes later, they woke back up. Caggiula whacked in a rebound for his second goal of the night, and the game was tied at 3 at was able to break the regulation stalemate, and the game went into overtime. North Dakota had an overwhelming advantage in scoring chances in regulation, 14-4. Yet somehow the WCHA’s Cinderella team managed to take them to the extra session. “There were some missed opportunities,” said Hakstol. That wasn’t even the half of it. North Dakota had 6 power play opportunities, and they didn’t cash in on any of them. power plays go, especially early,” Kristo said. “I don’t think we were clicking on all 8 cylinders.” In the extra session, the Tigers pulled out the victory-and slayed another giant in the process. Off a faceoff, point and the puck somehow found its way into the net. The goal was originally credited to Jared Hanson, but the play was reviewed. The goal stood, it was rewarded to Stoykewych, and the Tigers were rewarded for their effort with their biggest win of the season. Their with 2nd seeded and top ranked Minnesota. When Stoykewych was asked whether his game winning goal (which was only his second goal of the year) was his biggest one, he replied, “For sure,” to some laughter. With an effort like the Tigers had tonight against the three-time defending Final Five champions, they don’t see how they can’t win again. “We just got a real good team concept going and it’s a huge win for us and we’re just gonna keep enjoying this and playing as a team here,” Owens said.
This was supposed to be the year that the St. Cloud State Huskies ended their WCHA tenure with a bang. Instead, the end to their time in the conference was more like a bubble popping-possibly more than one bubble. The 14th ranked Wisconsin Badgers gave their NCAA tournament hopes a big boost Friday afternoon, riding a suffocating defense and excellent goaltending from Joel Rumpel to defeat the 7th ranked Huskies 4-1. The win moved Broadmoor Championship game since 2000--and put a large dent in St. Cloud State’s
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NCAA tournament hopes. “ You’ve gotta tip your hat to Wisconsin,” Huskies head coach Bob Motzko said. “He let us get our feet underneath us,” Badgers head coach Mike Eaves said, referring to Rumpel’s effort in the net on the afternoon . Just under two weeks between WCHA conference rivals, SCSU split a series at Wisconsin. The 4-2 win for the Huskies in Game 1 of that series clinched a share of the MacNaughton Cup for them, as well as the WCHA’s All they needed was a win or tie the next night to win the Cup outright, but Wisconsin prevented that by winning the in Bemidji State, the Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the the cup on their own and the WCHA’s #2 seed. But none of that matters now. The Huskies fell to 13th in the Pairwise Rankings with the loss. Pairwise mimics the NCAA tournament selection process, with the top 16 teams qualifying. Wisconsin sat at 16th after the game, but with an automatic spot going with the Broadmoor championship trophy, the Badgers still controlled their own destiny. Wisconsin opened the scoring just over halfway through tender Ryan Faragher at the 10:46 mark, and the Badgers Then at 13:13 of the period, Frankie Simonelli went into the penalty box for cross checking, and the Huskies made them pay. At 14:29, center Nic Dowd connected with left winger Ben Hanowski on a beautiful pass, and Hanowski one-timed it past Rumpel to tie the game at 1. It was Hanowski’s 16th goal of the year. Neither team found the
net anymore in the opening period, although the Huskies shot was put on net, but Joel Rumpel’s stick somehow came out of his hand and it went inside the net and knocked the puck aside to the wall. “It was a weird play,” Rumpel said. “A little luck on my side there, but I’ll take it.” “It could’ve been a turning point in the game, no question about it,” Eaves said. The teams went into the in the second period, Wisconsin retook the lead, and this time for good. St. Cloud State defenseman Taylor Johnson went into the sin bin for hooking, and this time it was Wisconsin converting on the man advantage. John Ramage shoulder from the slot, and it found the back of the net. Wisconsin went up 2-1 at the 2:08 mark of the period. That was the score at the end of the second. “We liked our spot,” Huskies captain Drew LeBlanc said, referring to SCSU’s could come back. In the third period, things went from bad to worse as the Huskies completely unraveled. They were whistled for 6 penalties in the game, with frame. SCSU’s fate was essentially sealed at the 10:16 mark. Defenseman Tim Daly was game misconduct for checking from behind, and Wisconsin used the ensuing power play to give themselves breathing room on the scoreboard. Just 13 seconds into the man advantage, Ramage shot from the point, and Nic Kerdiles tipped it past Faragher for a 3-1 Badgers lead. Tyler Barnes sealed the game with an empty net goal at 18:49 of the third period. Joel Rumpel made 30 saves for Wisconsin, and Ryan Faragher stopped 17 for the
Huskies. “As the game went on, they got stronger,” Motzko said. “We just didn’t get the bounces tonight,” LeBlanc said. Now SCSU’s season is in peril, while Wisconsin is on a hot streak and on the verge of making it into the NCAA tournament. When asked about the Huskies tournament hopes, Motzko responded with two words: “Bubble trouble.”
CC ousts MN
No highly ranked team is safe in the path of Colorado College. The best WCHA teams haven’t been able to stop the Tigers, and now only Wisconsin stands in the way
Championship title. Rylan Schwartz and Charlie Taft had a goal apiece for the Tigers, and Peter Stoykewych, Eamonn McDermott and Alex Krushelnyski each added an assist as ColoBroadmoor Championship out the top ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers, 2-0. It was the second time this year that Minnesota had been shut out, 2-0 home loss to the Denver Pioneers back at the beginning of the month. “I thought overall it was an excellent hockey game,” said Tigers head coach Scott Owens. Both Tiger goals were scored in the second period. Schwartz beat Gophers freshman goaltender Adam Wilcox and Charlie Taft took advantage of an ugly Minnesota turnover in the offensive zone and scored from the slot at 4:24. “To be honest, the goal
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Sports & Fitness Intramural Husky Slam Jam competition WCHA
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Continued from Page 9 was a little lucky,” Taft said, referring to his capitalizing on the Gopher turnover. goal is huge for us,” Schwartz said. Minnesota lost the game despite outshooting Colorado College 35-20, but it seemed like the Gophers were completely uninterested in this game, since it felt like their NCAA tournament status had already been sealed. Still, it was not the way they wanted to depart the WCHA, and now they await where they will be placed. “We obviously didn’t do enough to put ourselves in a position to win tonight, certainly from an offensive standpoint,” Minnesota head coach Don Lucia said. “We weren’t on the net enough to be in a position to score on the rebound.” When asked about how the loss will affect the team’s PRAVIN DANGOL / ASST. VISUALS EDITOR
Minnesota defenseman Seth Helgeson said, “I don’t think it should at all. Obviously, this is just a bump in the road.” The Colorado College Tigers, meanwhile, returned to the Broadmoor title game to Denver back in 2005. And since they’ve made a living feasting on highly ranked teams in the WCHA playoffs so far, there isn’t any reason they can’t defeat one more in the Wisconsin Badgers. “They’re obviously playing very well,” Lucia said.
WCHA Final Five Broadmoor Championship
Even though it was not the matchup that anybody
expected, it was still a matchup that had everything on the line for both teams. And the winner will have truly deserved their Broadmoor championship title.
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Men’s tennis ousted by Northern AZ, women’s splits with Augustana, Bemidji
WCHA’s current format, that title will belong to the Wisconsin Badgers. Tyler Barnes had one goal to give himself a total of four for the Final Five. Sean Little and Nic Kerdiles also found the net for the Badgers, and Wisconsin completed a marvelous season turnaround by defeating the Colorado College Tigers 3-2 in the Broadmoor Championship game. The victory also earned an automatic spot in the NCAA tournament for the surging Badgers. Colorado College place in the WCHA regular season standings and went on round of the playoffs, knocking out their archrivals in three games to earn the trip to St. Paul. Then they took care of #6 North Dakota in overtime But they fell just short of the #14 Badgers and an improbable NCAA tournament berth. “It was a good game,” said Scott Owens. “I was impressed with the way they played. But it seemed like we were always about a step behind.” “They put it out there,” said Mike Eaves. “One team wins, one team loses. I sure hope they walk out of the arena with their heads up.” The scoring opened late in the 1st period. Barnes found
the net off a rebound for his 15th tally of the year at 19:43 and Wisconsin led 1-0 after the opening period. Early in the second, the Badgers struck again. Little tipped a Jake McCabe shot from the point past Tigers goalie Joe Howe for a 2-0 Wisconsin advantage. It was Little’s 3rd of the year and it came at 3:28. But Colorado College wouldn’t give up their only chance at the NCAA tourthe 7:19 mark of the second period, Charlie Taft received a beautiful feed from Rylan Schwartz in the goal crease and put the puck past Rumpel half. Wisconsin restored their two-goal lead at the 16:25 mark, however. Nic Kerdiles, the Final Five’s MVP, managed to tip the puck past Howe’s left side off a shot and rebound by John Ramage. Then, near the end of the second, Schwartz broke away for Colorado College and he managed to loft it into the net’s top shelf in the crease, pulling the Tigers within 3-2 after two periods of play. “Just kinda read the mistake by the defense,” Schwartz said. “It gave us quite a bit of momentum, but it just wasn’t enough.” “There was a good sense of positive feel,” Owens said about the end of the second. “We got a little bit of momentum. We felt pretty good about it.” period, Colorado College starting applying the pressure. Joseph LaBate went into the box for tripping, giving the Tigers a much needed power play early on in the frame. But Rumpel stood tall. Once the game reached ally picked up for both teams. Then, with 9.4 seconds left, Colorado College’s fate was sealed. William Rapuzzi was penalized for tripping, and title in 13 years. Joel Rumpel
Badgers, and Joe Howe had 30 for the Tigers. Howe also deserves credit for all the other saves he made throughout the entire tournament. In the 3 games that Colorado College played this weekend, Howe faced 100 shots. He saved 94 of them. Meanwhile, early on in the season, it seemed like Wisconsin would be a nonfactor in the WCHA. They started off 1-72, which included being swept at home by Colorado College. And even when they got hot, a killer 3-2 overtime home loss to nonconference foe Penn State almost got them written off completely. When asked about the Penn State loss, John Ramage said, “They really came a long way from the start. We didn’t play terrible in that game; we
had a lot of chances and we just didn’t put them away.”
But the Badgers responded beautifully to end the regular season-and now here they stand as WCHA Final Five and Broadmoor trophy champions. And with a stiff defense like theirs and an offense clicking on all cylinders right now, hoisting one last trophy this season…in April.
SHUN JIE YONG / VISUALS EDITOR
Cassandra Brown is 10-5 overall this season and 4-0 in NSIC play. Staff Report
Men’s
The Northern Arizona men’s tennis team lost in the sense that it traveled to Minnesota, having to deal with unfamiliar weather. Fortunately for Northern Arizona, it was about the only loss, as it went on to defeat SCSU 9-0 on Saturday at the Fitness Evolution Tennis Center in Sartell. In singles play, the Huskies lost all six matches, and only brought two to the second set. In doubles play, it was more of the same. Kester Black and Shaun Waters defeated Matt Sturgeon and Jordan Peterson 8-3, and that was as close as the Huskies would get. The Huskies are now 4-10 and after starting the season 3-3, they have lost seven of their last eight matches. SCSU doesn’t play until April 6, when it travels to play the University of North Dakota.
Women’s
The women’s team, on the other hand, was a different story. -
tana on Friday, the Huskies bounced back to defeat Bemidji State on Saturday at the Fitness Evolution Center. The loss to Augustana wasn’t pretty, as the Huskies fell 9-0. The closest match came in doubles play, Maribelle Siegfried and Gabbie Pung fell 8-6 to Hannah Gebauer and Jessa Richards. Thankfully for the Huskies, they bounced back in a big way, defeating Bemidji State 8-1 just one day later. Bemidji’s Caley Westin beat Hanna Kantor 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 to open up play, but after that, it was all about the Huskies. Laura Hintzen defated Emily Rollings 6-1, 6-2, in match No. 2, while Tori Marlton defeated Nicci Hedtke 6-1, 6-3 in match No. 3. In doubles play, Siegfried and Pung defeated Emily Rollins and Caley Westin 8-2 in match No. 1. Marlton and Jordee Matson defeated Hedtke and Carlie Loeks 8-0. SCSU won match three by defeault. The Huskies are now 11-9 overall and 5-1 in NSIC play. They will host rival Minnesota State University, Mankato on April 4 at 2:30 p.m.
SHUN JIE YONG / VISUALS EDITOR
Sports & Fitness
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Florida trip comes to an end as Huskies play over without a hitch.”
Jeremiah Graves STAFF WRITER
has continued to stay hot at
The Huskies have a welldeserved break this weekend
ting average. She’s leading the
more of a mental challenge than a physical challenge when you get to the end of
on the team in hits with 24. The Huskies have been on ing a very rigorous schedule against teams with various styles of play.
into extra innings and four of those games turned into Husky wins. “That really comes down to great leadership on our
“We have outstanding team chemistry which is essential to a team’s success.” They will remain on the road for the next four series,
a lot about how we have
Merritt, and Jackie Manrique have been stellar with the ball, posting an ERA barely over strikeouts a game. standing job calling the game and leading the defense,” behind the plate, Hogan leads the team in the batters box with a .337 batting average, doubles. “I’m trying to make the most of every at bat this year,” Hogan said. “I just take what the pitcher and defense are giving me.”
“The great thing about going on the road is that you can start the game off by putting pressure right away on Scoring runs early in the game was a large factor for the Huskies in the Rebel Spring Games. In their wins
conference season will be a against Minnesota Duluth on their home turf. The Bulldogs -
ning streak.
will play host to the Huskies ing the best start to a season they’ve had in three years and aren’t looking to stop anytime soon. The games on April 2 are scheduled to be at Minnesota but has potential of being those were the circumstances, this would be the Huskies’ home opener, which will be played in the Husky Dome. The original schedule
condition, the games will be moved to the Husky Dome, so no matter what, we will be watching softball. “We are feeling really positive about where we are at
innings, setting the tone early and often.
said. “We have played a very challenging schedule… and we felt that was important
Hogan said. “It’s been really great to have so many people be able to step in and take
games.”
Lieser tosses another no-hitter to lead the Huskies past Sioux Falls in NSIC opener three runs, and Sean Bor-
Jeremiah Graves STAFF WRITER
The Huskies scored early and often, picking up
walks and scoring twice. The Huskies went on to score twice in the second as well as in the fourth and
and two more in the second, runs. “It was a total team effort with everybody through 9,” said sophomore Karl Sorenson. Sorenson ended Saturday 2-4 with two RBI’s, Eric Loxtercamp went 3-4 with
game with three errors and no hits. Sunday’s game was much of the same, with a dominating offensive perfortotaled six hits in the match
one RBI, two hits and an inside the park home run on base going 4-for-4 with three RBI’s. Mike Jurgella had 2 RBI’s, three runs and two hits. runs in back to back games,” Sorensen said. lead through four innings and tallied 5 more runs
scratched across another one in the 9th. mound for the Huskies, he hits and allowed no earned runs. Ryan Diers and Nick Maiers both got an inning of relief in, to wrap up the Husky win. “Lieser was dominant the best he has in two Dolan told Husky Athlet-
ics. “If be can continue to throw like that in a starter’s role it’s going to be a huge bonus for us.” “The pitching has been stellar all season and continued with Scott Lieser throwing a no hitter, along with strong relief pitchers to said. The Huskies record -
per Iowa State for a double
with their series this past weekend being cancelled due to weather. “This is the type of team we know we can be,” coach Dolan tells Husky Athletics. “Yes we are only two losses really haven’t clicked on all cylinders offensively like last night. Even many of our outs were quality hard hit at bats. We need to continue this approach at the plate.”
VIKINGS COLUMN: The Blair Walsh Project paid off big for Vikings He’s such an incredASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Kyle Ratke has been examining the state of the Minnesota Vikings and what fans have learned about the team He has examined the quarterbacks,running backs,receivers, offensive and defensive line, linebackers and defensive backs so far. This is the special teams edition. career as a high school kicker.
almost don’t pay attention that’s what we will attempt to do. In his six seasons with the Vikings, Kluwe has never averaged less than 42.3 yards per punt during a season. His net-average important than a punter’s was 39.7, the highest it’s been during his career. I’m not sure how he yet. Maybe it’s his off the
Punter Chris Kluwe be all that critical with Kluwe. I’ve interviewed him twice for The Kid’s
His days in Minnesota seem numbered, though. This offseason, Kluwe is set to have a minor knee procedure, but anything for a knee with a punter is serious.
is comfortable and nice old kid in a radio studio? He wins in my book. a book. craft. So yeah, he’s not
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player. He’s also been an advocate for same-sex marriage and for punters And he has his own band. Talk about the world’s most interesting man.
year contract he signed It’s worth noting the team signed something future’s contract right after and had a net-average of 38.8 yards that season.
Blair Walsh
When the Vikings cut Ryan Longwell, one of the most accurate punters in
league history, before the any idea what the Vikings were thinking. It wasn’t for kickers are paid chumpchange compared to other positions in the league. I immediately went to the draft board to look at kicker prospects for players who might be worthy of a draft pick. So I watched and waited. Then the Vikings drafted this kid out of Georgia named Blair Walsh. Who is this guy? Is he related to “He had to have had pretty good numbers in college, right?’ “Let me check.” senior season as a Bulldog, In case you’re wondering, that isn’t good. But, for some reason, General Manager Rick Spielman wasn’t worried about that. What Spielman saw, was a kid who could boot the ball out of potential to be an accurate kicker, especially indoors. Well, yeah, I think it’s safe to say you nailed that one, Rick. He drafted the best kicker in the league, in my opinion. -
He was born three months earlier than I was. I should have been a kicker.
I don’t know a lot But for what it’s worth, I do think that the long-
snapper gets a bad rap. He could have 45 great snaps and nobody notices him, but as soon as he puts one over the punter or holder’s head, his career is over. No sarcasm intended here, but this job actually has a lot of pressure on it.
played quarterback in high school and was a state champion in tennis. I just found this interesting. As always, thanks for reading. Enjoy your week. You can follow Kyle on Twitter @Kyle_Ratke.