www.themsureporter.com Minnesota State University, Mankato Thursday, January 26, 2012 twitter.com/@msureporter facebook.com /msureporter •web photo The members of the United States Congress stand to applause President Barack Obama (pictures above) as he gives the 2012 State of the Union Address Tuesday evening. An America built to last Obama’s 2012 State of the Union recapped MEGAN KADLEC news editor While many students at Minnesota State University, Mankato were busy studying or hanging out with friends on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama was deliver- ing the annual presidential State of the Union Address in the United States House of Representatives Chamber. While politics may not be of much importance to many students at MSU, the annual State of the Union Address is essential in determining the president’s views of the coun- try and his approval ratings. In the speech, Obama focused on education reform, creating new energy sources in America and repairing the country’s infrastructure with money that was not used in the Iraq War. Obama opened by thank- ing the Armed Forces for their services during the past decade. “These achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness and teamwork of America’s Armed Forces. At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations,” Obama said. “They’re not consumed with personal ambition. They don’t obsess over their differences. They focus on the mission at hand. They work together.” Obama proposed a new defense strategy that ensures America maintains a strong military while trimming the budget. He said that average Americans should strive to be more like the Armed Forces and that if they did, a new United States would emerge victorious. “We can either settle for a country where a shrink- ing number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by,” Obama said. “Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules.” He went on to argue that these values were bipartisan in nature and did not lie in any particular political party. “What’s at stake are not Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. We have to reclaim them,” Obama said. Obama also discussed the current economic crisis in America and how his admin- istration has helped. In the six months before he took office, America lost almost four million jobs. Another four million jobs were lost before Obama’s policies went into effect. In the last 22 months, more than three million jobs have been created. Obama argued that the economy will only get better through American manufacturing. Master Lock CEO told Obama mere weeks ago that it actually made sense to bring jobs back to America again. The union- ized plant is now running at full capacity in Milwaukee. Obama proposed many tax programs that would benefit American companies who are keeping their jobs in the U.S. as opposed to outsourc- ing. He also announced the creation of a Trade Enforce- ment Unit that would inves- tigate unfair trade practices in countries like China and the adaption of streamlined training programs that will land more Americans with specific skill sets and jobs to match. Obama then turned his focus to the educational sys- tem. He urged every state to require that students stay in high school through gradu- ation, or until they are 18 years old. Colleges need to keep their costs down, and federal loan interest rates need to be lowered in order for students to afford the increasing cost of seeking a college education, Obama said. The President also stressed the importance of new energy sources and providing tax break for entrepreneurs look- ing to start their own busi- nesses. “So much of America needs to be rebuilt. We’ve got crumbling roads and bridges. A power grid that wastes too State of the Union / page 7 Voices ............................................4 Sports.......................................... 11 A&E ..............................................15 Classifieds ..................................19 inSidE: THE MSU WRESTLING TEAM HOPES TO GET BACK INTO THE MIX OF THINGS AGAINST AUGUSTANA AT HOME - PAGE 13 ALSO: TRYING TO GET IN SHAPE FOR SPRING BREAK? - PAGE 4 FRidAY H 31 • L 16 SATURdAY H 24 • L 8
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•web photo The members of the United States Congress stand to applause President
Barack Obama (pictures above) as he gives the 2012 State of the Union Address Tuesday evening.
An America built to last
Obama’s 2012 State of the Union recappedMEGAN KADLECnews editor
While many students at Minnesota State University, Mankato were busy studying or hanging out with friends on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama was deliver-ing the annual presidential State of the Union Address in the United States House of Representatives Chamber.
While politics may not be of much importance to many students at MSU, the annual State of the Union Address is essential in determining the president’s views of the coun-try and his approval ratings.
In the speech, Obama focused on education reform, creating new energy sources in America and repairing the country’s infrastructure with money that was not used in the Iraq War.
Obama opened by thank-
ing the Armed Forces for their services during the past decade.
“These achievements are a testament to the courage, self lessness and teamwork of America’s Armed Forces. At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations,” Obama said. “They’re not consumed with personal ambition. They don’t obsess over their differences. They focus on the mission at hand. They work together.”
Obama proposed a new defense strategy that ensures America maintains a strong military while trimming the budget. He said that average Americans should strive to be more like the Armed Forces and that if they did, a new United States would emerge victorious.
“We can either settle for
a country where a shrink-ing number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by,” Obama said. “Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules.”
He went on to argue that these values were bipartisan in nature and did not lie in any particular political party.
“What’s at stake are not Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. We have to reclaim them,” Obama said.
Obama also discussed the current economic crisis in America and how his admin-istration has helped. In the six months before he took office, America lost almost four million jobs. Another four million jobs were lost
before Obama’s policies went into effect.
In the last 22 months, more than three million jobs have been created. Obama argued that the economy will only get better through American manufacturing. Master Lock CEO told Obama mere weeks ago that it actually made sense to bring jobs back to America again. The union-ized plant is now running at full capacity in Milwaukee.
Obama proposed many tax programs that would benefit American companies who are keeping their jobs in the U.S. as opposed to outsourc-ing. He also announced the creation of a Trade Enforce-ment Unit that would inves-tigate unfair trade practices in countries like China and the adaption of streamlined training programs that will land more Americans with
specific skill sets and jobs to match.
Obama then turned his focus to the educational sys-tem. He urged every state to require that students stay in high school through gradu-ation, or until they are 18 years old. Colleges need to keep their costs down, and federal loan interest rates need to be lowered in order for students to afford the increasing cost of seeking a college education, Obama said.
The President also stressed the importance of new energy sources and providing tax break for entrepreneurs look-ing to start their own busi-nesses.
“So much of America needs to be rebuilt. We’ve got crumbling roads and bridges. A power grid that wastes too
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Between balancing course-work, student organizations, internships and part-time jobs, students can get easily over-whelmed. Add balancing a checkbook, filing taxes, applying for FAFSA and paying bills to the mix, and a student’s workload can seem daunting.
The beginning of spring semester means four major things for most students at Minne-sota State University, Mankato: tuition balances are due, text-books need to be purchased, W-2 tax forms are available and it’s time to start filling out FAFSA paperwork so students can afford to finish school.
In order to combat some of the stress and anxiety surrounding these often-complicated financial matters, the Reporter has put together a list of tips and tricks students can use to make sure their financial future is in check.
Filing taxes early is key in not only receiving that tax refund check sooner, but also in mini-mizing any stress a student might have about filing taxes. If stu-dents wait until March 31 to file their taxes, they will have no time to ask questions or straighten out any problems they may have.
W-2 tax forms are avail-able online for student who are employed at MSU and other em-ployers should be making those documents available for employ-ees within the next few weeks.
Students should apply for fi-
nancial aid as soon as possible as well. While it doesn’t necessarily seem important to do in Febru-ary, it actually is.
The sooner a student fills out their FAFSA forms, the sooner they will receive a confirma-tion on how much money they will receive from the govern-ment in grants and subsidized or unsubsidized loans. Knowing this amount early is crucial to determining how you will pay the additional balance on your tuition, if there is a balance.
While not directly related to taxes or FAFSA, it is also important that students work out a budget to follow each month to ensure they don’t go into debt before they graduate from college. It is hard enough to pay off student loan payments in an entry-level position, let alone try-ing to pay off credit card bills and car loans.
One finance professional said if students of all ages knew how to manage their money before graduation, the U.S. economy would be in a more positive situ-ation.
“If our educational system had any financial courses that enabled young children and eventually high school or college students to grasp the concept of money management and the impact it has on your entire life, the coun-try would not be in the position it is today,” said debt expert Jason Simons. “I truly believe that the lack of education in this area is the cause behind most of the fi-
nancial problems we have today.”Whether or not poor money
management is directly related to the economic recession across the nation is a matter of opinion. However, students can benefit from knowing how to make a budget and knowing how to stick to it.
A budget is simply a compari-son of how much money some-one makes a month versus how much they spend. For example, if a student makes $500 per month, a budget will simply allow that student to properly budget how much money he or she can spend on certain things such as rent, groceries, electricity payments and entertainment.
While many adults frown upon students having credit cards, they do serve a purpose. If a student uses a credit card to buy gas and groceries and pays the full balance on their credit every month, there will be no conse-quences.
In fact, that student will have a credit score when they graduate and will often be better qualified to lease a car, rent an apartment or receive a loan of any sort.
It is when these students don’t know how to use their credit cards or pay of their card balances that they get in trouble. Searching for your credit score may be one of the most valuable pieces of advice given to young
professionals. Individuals often don’t check their credit scores simply because they don’t know how to do it.
“Unfortunately, a high per-centage of the people who call our company have never pulled a credit report or don’t have any idea how to read one,” Simons said. “We expect that someone who owns a home or drives a car automatically has the ability to manage their money.”
Whether taught as a young child or just learning about finances, it is important for stu-dents to realize what forms they need to fill out, when and why to avoid sometimes disastrous results.
Number crunching your financesF o r m s m a d e e a s y f o r s t u d e n t s i m p l i c i t y
MEGAN KADLECnews editor
angela kukoski • msu reporterAn MSU student uses the time he needs to study to fill out tax forms.
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Diversity is a part of ev-eryday lives of students at Minnesota State University, Mankato, but do students actively think about the diversity in their lives?
Minnesota State Univer-sity Student Association hosted “Unveiled” Monday night in the CSU Ballroom to explore diversity and gets students talking about it.
The title for the event speaks for its self as it sought to unveil the many stigmas attached to diver-sity and how diversity plays a role on campus.
Host Timothy Akhalu explained that discuss-ing diversity makes many
people feel uneasy, but it is important to address people’s different identities, especially at MSU.
“Diversity is moving beyond simple tolerance,” Akhalu said. “It’s about celebrating dimensions in individuals.”
Akhalu said that MSU makes it a priority to ad-dress diversity. Diversity is a part of the five core values at MSU. Integrity, access, responsibility and excellence make up the other four core values.
During his presentation, Akhalu asked audience members to define what diversity meant to them.
One audience member
said, “It is being accepting of all different cultures.”
“Life is diverse,” another audience member said.
Akhalu said that diver-sity is not an issue, but it is a lifestyle.
Office of Disabilities Assistant Director Beth Claussen spoke about the ways people with dis-abilities are marginalized in society and how MSU ad-dresses needs for disability services.
Claussen explained the different societal models throughout history that guided public opinion of disability.
The religious model stated that disability is the
result of sin in some form, according to Claussen. The medical model focused merely on the diagnosis of disability. The charity movement had good inten-tions but ultimately pitied people disabilities, Clausen said.
The current social model paves the path to use “people-first language” as the basis for addressing dis-ability awareness. Inter the social model, people should not be viewed solely based on their disability. It is just one of the many aspects that make them who they are, according to Claussen.
Claussen said that 20 per-cent of people in the world will have a disability at some point in their lives.
The Office of Disabilities accommodates about 600 students each year by pro-viding a variety of resourc-es, according to Claussen.
Claussen said that ad-dressing disability is about learning to move beyond its stigma.
“Why does it [Office of
Disability Services] be-long on campus? Because learning is a part of life,” Claussen said.
Claussen described her 13-year-old son as stubborn, lover of all things orange colored, a hunter and who has down-syndrome.
“Disability does not define who he is,” Claussen said.
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center Pro-gram Advisor Julia Keleher spoke about the ways the LGBT Center addresses diversity.
Keleher said she came out to her family and through that, she became diverse. She said that a 14-year-old boy committed suicide recently because he was relentlessly bullied for being gay and that he is just one of many who commit suicide or hurt themselves due to bullying or discrimi-nation.
“Without that respect for diversity, things like that shake you to your core,”
Unveiled MSUSA event promotes diversity through Monday night presentation
ALLISON MATTHEWSstaff writer
• web photo MSUSA hosted Monday’s diversity event.
Unveiled / page 9
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Let me start out by say-ing that I love my parents. They’re both great people, but the truth is, they have absolutely no idea what I’m actually doing at college.
I can’t help but feel like this is an idea that resonates amongst many, but not all, of the students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
For example, last semester I was in the library work-ing on a final paper when I received a phone call from my dad. I answered primarily because usually when he calls there is something of immedi-ate relevance that needs to be attended to.
A few sentences into the conversation, my dad’s train of thought came to an abrupt halt when he decided I wasn’t speaking loudly enough. I explained that I was in the library and that speaking loudly was highly frowned upon. As I tried to explain this, I made my way to the en-trance of the library in hopes of being able to raise my voice loud enough for my dad’s ability to hear but before I
made it there, my frustrated dad had already hung up the phone. Needless to say, he didn’t understand the library is a place of quiet on most oc-casions, nor did he understand that it was going to take me more than 15 seconds to reach the entrance of the library. I don’t believe we ever resolved the issue to be discussed on the phone either, now that I think about it.
My library incident was one of many college related incidents where my parents and I had a misunderstanding about “what the hell I was do-ing”. Some of these incidents resulted in attempts to explain the concept of college credits, how long a semester lasts, what it meant when I men-tioned I was writing a “final paper,” general education re-quirements and why I was so stressed out during, and prior to, what I feel my parents had come to understand as “the notorious finals week.”
My experiences alone though are not the only mo-ments of frustration college students can share in trying to communicate with their par-ents just “what the hell they
are doing.” One of the major topics
that I feel I tend to hear most often from my college peers is what I like to call the “having a hangover in class” disagree-ment. (Clever, I know.) Most parents do not see why it is acceptable to have a hangover in class. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t acceptable, but for some students it’s just going to happen.
First of all, if you’ve had this disagreement with your parents, it’s probably best you don’t tell them next time you have to depart from class early because you thought you were going to throw up mid-lecture. Unless, of course, you have a legitimate illness not related to your alcohol consumption the night before.
Second, what I feel most parents are missing is that while college is a place of furthering one’s education, socializing is still a part of the college experience as a whole. Socializing need not always involve alcohol, but in some instances it does.
These sometimes alcohol involved instances, to name a few, may include a birthday,
a successful completion of a major exam, a good grade on this major exam or not com-pleting the take-home portion of your major exam because your laptop decided to crash at the most inconvenient of times. If you’re anything like me, the frying of your hard drive on your laptop may feel something similar to the end-ing of the world.
My point is that college students need the freedom to socialize in reward for all the stresses and hard work put into attending college, or their pursuit of higher education may seem somewhat fruitless.
Consuming alcohol before a full day of classes is not necessarily my suggestion, but it is the reality for some. So, while parents may be right that rolling into class with a hangover is irresponsible, they could still try finding some understanding in the strains of college life that may have caused this drinking.
These strains are far great-er on those students who not only work full-time but also are full-time students. Spend-ing eight hours on campus
CASSIE RAYMANstaff writer
Parents / page 7
Do your parents really under-stand your college lifestyle? It’s that time of year again:
the time when everyone tries to follow through with their New Year’s resolutions and attempts to get in shape for Spring Break.
For the four years I’ve been here, it’s almost comical how routine this all is. The gyms will be packed for the next few months, which can be annoy-ing to the consistent gym-go-ers. Chances are after the first week of March, the gyms will be dead again and people will have no motivation.
Why does it have to be like this? The Reporter doesn’t think it should. This issue features ads from local gyms, fitness centers and other ways for you to stay in shape.
Whether the school gym is too packed, or you’re graduat-ing soon and need to look for another way to stay in shape, give some of these places a shot.
If you’re one of those people who will be in shape for the next few months and then fall back off the tracks in the middle of March, that’s your business.
For those of you who are serious, take these opportuni-ties into consideration.
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JD: It would to definitely have to be covering the Vikings training camp. I was so nervous that I almost passed out when I got to talk to Jared Allen and Chad Greenway. I mumbled a little bit, but they understood my questions. Talking to the players and writing about them made me realize that being in sports journalism is something I would love to do for the rest of my life, and I would like to thank The Reporter for giving me that opportunity.
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Local service organi-zations gathered in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom Wednesday to represent, promote and educate students and the Mankato community of new opportunities.
These opportunities represent a service learning objective. The organizations were well-developed and professional in every sense of the matter.
Organizational spokes-persons were well-versed in what each organization had to offer and the personal benefits that go along with each, as well as community wide benefits.
One featured organi-zation coined the phrase and title of, “Resistance to Globalization.” Anika Cristwell, a Minnesota State University, Mankato graduate student focusing on non-profit leadership, spoke on the organization’s behalf. The organization exemplifies that students can make a difference and
get involved in changing the world.
Specifically, Cristwell said the group is a knit-ting circle. Students will have the chance to learn self-sufficiency and build strong relationships within the organization. You will be granted the opportunity to learn how to knit and crochet. In the making, is a “Mitten Fund,” which is very new to the organiza-tion. This fund will central-ize the makings of knitted or crocheted mittens and scarves to Africa.
“We’re going to make mittens and scarves that are actually warm, not cheap store-bought ones,” Cris-twell said.
If you are interested in joining, the organization meets Mondays at 4 p.m. outside the LGBT Center.
Corrections Club made an appearance representing a display for students who may be interested in correc-tions, sociology, political, or social behavioral majors or any major. It is a great way for students to get in-volved and gain experience
within their major. The club invites guest speakers to meetings and takes prison/jail tours. Corrections Club meets bi-weekly and varies between Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m. Contact the club president Alicia
Reyes or Kelli Cline for more information.
Public Relations Stu-dent Society of America (PRSSA) was also a school featured organization at the fair. PRSSA is a student-professional organization
that explores the business world of public relations.
The club also branches off with Expertise PR, a student run public relations firm. Expertise PR is cur-rently promoting an event at
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So you’ve spent all this time sitting in classes, learning all the tools that will help you land your dream job. Wait just a second; do you even know what your dream job is?
Say you have just really enjoyed the classes you are in, fallen into a major from the days when you were just wor-ried about getting some general education credits out of the way or maybe you chose your major without knowing what you wanted to do with it when you graduated. Either way, you’ve been taking classes for the purpose of earning a degree and someday finding a job.
You are not alone if you are feeling a little nervous about how your major can evolve into a job that you enjoy. I’ve been a declared Mass Media major for three and a half years, and some days I’m not sure what oppor-tunities are out there for me or what my dream job really is.
While you are feeling lost and confused about what you can do with your major, there are a few options to calm your nerves and get you looking at perspective options for the job hunt. It isn’t going to be easy, but by the end you will be sure to know what direction you are headed.
Talk to your professors. Most of the time your professors have
worked in the field they are teaching. They can give you an idea of what jobs and opportu-nities are available for someone who has your personal skill set. And since you are in their classes, they know what your strengths are, which allows them to guide you to what part of the field that you would be most successful in.
Talk to your advisor. Your advisor may have resources that can help you in your search for the “dream job.” Whether it be online or referring you to a col-league, they might have some useful guidance that will help you head in the right direction. Another nice thing is that they know what other classes you’ve taken, and they may be able to give you a look into how you can connect all the things you have learned in college to a certain job or career.
Visit the Career Develop-ment Center. I know I have said this before and it may seem as if I am giving the CDC the
utmost praise… it is because I am. The CDC is one of the best places on campus to help you plan for the future. I mentioned before that they have resources that link what you are studying to a career path. Whether you need help or just want to look through their reference materi-als, it is always a good place to stop for help when it comes to the next step.
Do some Internet research. I mean, it really is as simple as typing… what can you do with a __________ major? It may seem oh so simple, but I prom-ise you’ll learn a lot more than you expected and may find that your dream job is a lot closer than you had first imagined.
See you next week, Maver-icks. Until then, search for what your dream job is. You may be surprised at the possibilities and opportunities out there in your field of study. If you start looking now and dreaming big, you won’t be sorry. I promise.
Preparing for theReal WorldMADELINE GREENE | staff writer
Major Decisions
megan kadlec • msu reporter
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is worth $415 billion, putting it neck and neck with Exxon Mobil as the world’s most valuable company. But by standard Wall Street mea-sures, its stock is a bargain.
There’s a big discrepancy between Apple’s earnings and its stock price, and it became even more glaring on Tuesday, when the company reported results for its latest quarter. The well-managed launch of the iPhone 4S and the ever growing popularity of Apple products around the world con-spired to send earnings and sales zooming past analyst estimates.
Apple’s sales were $46.3 billion in the quarter that ended Dec. 31, up 73 percent from a year ago. That’s more than twice the revenue of its old nemesis, Microsoft Corp.
Net income grew 118 percent to $13.06 billion. That’s more than Google Inc.’s revenue for the quarter.
Investors cheered —sort of. Apple’s stock rose 6 percent Wednesday, hitting a new all-time high of $454.45.
And analysts believe the stock should be trading higher, based on the earnings expected this year. Before the earnings report, 45 Wall Street analysts who follow the company believed, on average, that Apple should be worth about $556 per share. After the report, the analysts rushed to raise their estimates, some as high as $650.
“This isn’t supposed to be hap-pening to a company of this size,” said David Rolfe, chief investment officer at Wedgewood Partners Inc., manages a $150 million fund where Apple is the largest compo-nent. “In our collective investment experience, none of us have ever seen this before.”
There are two main reasons for the missing hundred-dollar bills in Apple’s stock price.
One is Apple’s policy of hoarding the cash it makes, like a dragon resting on a pile of gold. It doesn’t pay dividends or buy back stock like many companies do. The policy is all the more strik-ing when you consider the size of the cash pile: $97.6 billion. That’s enough for a $100 special dividend for every Apple share.
For years, analysts have been pressing Apple for a plan to do something with the cash. The com-pany’s standard response has been that the cash gives it flexibility to buy other companies and strike long-term supply deals.
But on a post-report confer-
ence call with analysts on Tuesday, chief financial officer Peter Oppen-heimer hinted that a change might be in the air, saying the board is in “active” discussions about what to do with the cash.
“I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a dividend by the end of calen-dar-2012,” said Michael Walkley, an analyst with Canaccord Genu-ity.
The dividend would be impor-tant, not so much because it would directly reward shareholders, he said, but because it might vastly expand the number of investment funds that would be allowed to buy Apple stock.
Growth-oriented funds already own a lot of Apple shares, and can’t stomach any more. Apple has “run out of room,” in the words of analyst Toni Sacconaghi at San-ford Bernstein.
Meanwhile, value-oriented funds have rules against buying companies that don’t pay divi-dends, and own few Apple shares, he said. He, too, thinks it’s likely that Apple will institute a divi-dend, which would raise the stock price by broadening the range of funds that will own Apple.
The other main reason for the low stock price appears to be that Apple has grown so big, so fast. Investors and analysts have refused to believe that a company of that size can grow at an annual rate of 73 percent, like it did in the latest quarter.
Wall Street analysts have been “woefully conservative on Apple,” Rolfe said. “The mantra has been: Hey, a company this size just can-not keep growing at these unbe-lievable rates.”
Scott Sutherland, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan, does believe Apple’s earnings growth will slow. But even if today’s breakneck pace can’t hold up, and growth moder-ates to 21 percent per year, the shares are still worth $585, he said.
There’s no sign of growth slow-ing this year, however. Apple is expected to launch the iPad 3 in a few months, and perhaps a TV set some time this year. This summer, analysts expect an iPhone with a new look and the ability to use Verizon Wireless’ and AT&T Inc.’s new high-speed “LTE” data net-works. That would be the biggest iPhone launch in years, Sutherland said.
“It will crush the iPhone 4S launch,” he said.
Apple juggernaut gets little investor respect
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MSSA elected new faces and shed light on upcoming campus events at its Wednesday meeting.
There was a full house at this week’s Minnesota State Student Association meeting. It included a presentation from Community Engagement, senator elections, and a lot of future event an-nouncements.
Assistant Director of Com-munity Engagement Denise Bil-lington came before the senate to reinforce the awareness of the programs impact on the commu-nity. Community Engagement is a program which connects stu-dents to service opportunities in Mankato. Billington introduced three students who then voiced why the program is important to them.
“It is beautiful to have a system in place that brings students together around service to develop leadership skills,” Bil-lington said.
Election for the senate seats that will represent Arts and Hu-manities, undeclared, Crawford, and off-campus students took place. All were filled except the off-campus spot. Michael Cain, Lance Skelig and JT Mandebvu were sworn in tonight and took
their seats at the table.“I thought I could give back
to a school that gave me so much,” Cain said, “And figure out why my academic success happened and what was going on behind he scenes to make that happen.”
IMPACT has a long list of exciting new events like tonight’s “Dubsteppin’ in the CSU,” which will take place, as the title denotes, in the new Centennial Student Union Ballroom. Also in the CSU, Stomper’s Epic Birth-day Bash will be on January 28 at 9 p.m. featuring free food, bowling, billiards and plenty of free prizes. Students could win a football autographed by Vikings player Toby Gerhart and other autographed sports memorabilia.
“Also a sweet grand prize which I can’t reveal,” said Im-pact’s public relations chair.
The Maverick Bullpen has been given a completely new look, and students will see many upcoming events held there to show off the new design. For Super Bowl Sunday, the Bull-pen will host a screening of the pre-show on 55-inch monitors. Students can watch the game with friends and enjoy the snack bar.
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much energy. An incomplete high-speed broadband net-work that prevents a small business owner in rural America from selling her products all over the world,” Obama said.
Obama said that in order to rebuild America, half of the money the nation is not using to fight the war should be used to pay off debt while the other half should be used to rebuild the nation.
Obama also discussed tax breaks, proposing that the wealthiest two percent of Americans should not be receiving tax breaks, that everyone should pay their fair share of their taxes.
“When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it’s not because they envy the rich,” Obama said. “It’s because they understand that when I get tax breaks I don’t need and the country can’t afford, it either adds to the deficit, or somebody else has to make up the difference – like a senior on a fixed income; or a student trying to get through school; or a family trying to make ends meet.”
In addition to tax breaks and new policy, Obama pro-posed a Veterans Jobs Corp that will aid communities in hiring veterans as cops and firefighters “so that America is as strong as those who defend her.”
Many Republicans, and
some democrats, doubt Obama’s ability to lead the country. Obama addressed the issues of partisan at-titudes in America and said that, despite ideological differences, everyone is still American.
“I recognize that people watching tonight have dif-fering views about taxes and debt; energy and health care,” Obama said. “But no mat-ter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right now: Nothing will get done this year, or next year, or maybe even the year after that, because Washington is broken.”
The economy is in crisis, partisan disagreements are as
heated as ever, though Obama urges that as long as America stands together, the country will never falter. Though possibly idealistic, the tone of the speech made those in attendance proud of their country.
“Each time I look at that f lag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. No one built this country on their own,” Obama said. “This nation is great because we built it together. This nation is great because we worked as a team. This nation is great because we get each other’s backs.”
STATE OF THE UNION “Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes.”continued from 1
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the RedSky Lounge Green-house Effect event. Feature artist, Prof is the headliner and will perform the day of the event at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.
“PRSSA offers experi-ence to public relations students to fundraise and support the club, while hav-ing public relations profes-sionals speak at some of the meetings and taking trips to public relations firms,” said junior Isaac Hanson.
Julie Walker, a speech professor at MSU, attended the event promoting her new organization that fo-
cuses on teaching computer skills to adults. Walker takes the time to initiate and teach the world of the web to adults who may not be knowledgeable in the practices and offerings of the web, making it less daunting for adults to claim a Facebook page or open an e-mail account.
About 30 organizations attended the event, show-casing their best and bright-est hoping to acquire new members or simply hand out informational materials to promote their organizations.
RESOURCE FAIR “It is a great way for students to get involved and gain experience within their major.” continued from 5The Republican presidential
nomination process has grown increasingly complex, with constant shifts in momentum and leadership, civility and controversy.
After a strong debate per-formance that surprised many pundits and viewers, Newt Gingrich climbed from the back of the Republican field to the forefront by winning the South Carolina Republican primary by a wide margin.
With Rick Santorum’s late stunner in Iowa and Mitt Romney’s strong win in New Hampshire, there have been three Republican contests with three different winners. The only remaining Republican can-didate who hasn’t won a state is Ron Paul.
Suddenly, the contest is anyone’s game and the next few weeks will make all the differ-ence. Florida looms on January 31, and whoever wins that will
be the presumptive leader going into February’s races and may launch them forward into Super Tuesday on March 6th.
Here’s a run-down of some of the standout primaries and caucuses on the horizon:
-Jan. 31: Florida. Polls show Romney and Gingrich in a statistical tie. The two have traded barbs over integrity and conservative credentials, while Santorum has tried to sway values voters and Paul has stuck to his libertarian guns.
-Feb. 4: Nevada. After a difficult senate race in 2010, Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid came out on top in Nevada, possibly indicating that Tea Party Republican politics won’t win over voters there.
-Feb. 7: Colorado, Minneso-ta, Missouri. The first multiple-state voting day of the pri-mary season. If the four current contenders are still swinging momentum and leads, this could be the day that a clear winner emerges. At the very least, one
person might drop out, if they haven’t already.
-Feb. 11: Maine.-Feb. 28: Arizona, Michi-
gan. This may be the ultimate pre-amble to Super Tuesday. If Romney is still in the fight and can convince moderates in Michigan of his credentials, he might take the lead. If Gingrich is trailing, a strong-enough showing in Arizona can swing things in his favor even if he loses Michigan voters. Mean-while, Arizona might be a place where Santorum and Paul can make a last stand to stay in the race.
-March 3: Washington.-March 6: Super Tuesday. 16
states and territories will vote on one day which may make or break the election and decide the Republican nominee. If there’s not a clear victor before this date, there will most likely be one after. If it’s still close coming into this day, expect vicious rhetoric and very harsh debates.
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Center serves about 5,000 students every year through its events and program.
Keleher said that the LGBT Center serves all students and advocates for diversity within MSU.
One way to address diversity in classrooms is through the LGBT Center Peer Advocate Program, ac-cording to Keleher.
Professors and instruc-tors can request LGBT
Center staff and students to partake in a panel discus-sion to begin a dialogue on LGBT awareness.
“There is a great sense of community at the LGBT Center,” Keleher said. “We welcome all students to come.”
Akhalu explained that Keleher and Claussen come from just two of the many centers on campus that contribute to diversity on campus.
Akhalu said that some of
the biggest components of diversity is forgiving others and moving forward.
“Forgiveness is a big part of human life that people don’t want to do,” Akhalu said. “There is no such thing as a born leader. You can be diverse and be a leader. Leaders learn how to be a leader through society. It’s about respect, inclusiv-ity of others around and an open heart.”
UNVEILED “There is no such think as a born leader. You can be diverse and be a leader.” continued from 3
attending classes then jetting to work to complete an eight-hour work day is not easy. Just because we’re young doesn’t mean we’re capable of putting in 16-to-17-hour days, just so everyone is clear.
I have only touched on a few college disagreements I have experienced and seen my fellow college students at MSU endure with their parents. This gap of under-standing could most definitely have something to do with the social changes within each generation, which is another complex story all on its own.
So, while some parents may be completely under-standing of their student’s college lifestyle and stresses, some parents are not. As frustration may drag on for many, including myself, I feel it’s important for students to know they are not alone. Just know, fellow students, that somewhere out there at this very moment, another student is struggling to explain to their parents exactly “what the hell they are doing at col-lege.”
PARENTS “Some parents may be completely understand of their stu-dent’s college lifestyle and stresses.” continued from 4
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Mavericks travel to Winona searching for big upset The No. 6 Warriors are sitting atop the NSIC and will be out for revenge at home against MSU, who ended Winona’s season last March.
REECE HEMMESCHstaff writer
For the struggling Minnesota State, Mankato men’s basket-ball team, the past few weeks the talk has been about the one signature win the program needs to push itself back into its win-ning ways. All the Mavericks need is just one well-played game in this middle part of this season to give them the drive to finish out the season strong and possibly make a run in the conference tournament. While last weekend’s mini-upset of Minnesota-Duluth is a positive step, the really big win could not come at a better time than this weekend, when the Mavericks head east for a big matchup with No. 6 Winona State. Over the past few years a huge rivalry has formed between these two squads that has pro-duced incredibly close matchups that almost always feature two of the top teams in the NSIC. Since MSU rejoined the con-ference in 2008 after a stint in the now defunct NCC, Winona and the Mavericks have met six times on the court, with four of those contests going to MSU, but the last two wins have been Winona’s. Of those six matchups, five
of them have been decided by seven points or less, with the only larger margin of victory coming last season when the two teams met at the Taylor Center. MSU dominated that game from start to finish, claiming a 19-point victory. But Winona would have its revenge on the Mavericks later in the season, knocking top-seeded MSU out of the NSIC tournament in the second round. The two squads squared off one final time with everything on the line in the NCAA Region-als, with the Mavericks ending the Warriors season with a 96-81 triumph at Bresnan Arena. Since then Winona State has taken over the top spot in the conference so far this season, posting an impressive 12-1 con-ference record and 17-2 overall record. The Warriors have won their last six games, all in convinc-ing fashion, after a mid-season stumble saw Winona drop its first conference game to North-ern State by a score of 60-58. The Warriors have since re-gained their confidence and are now ranked sixth in the National Division-II Coaches Poll. MSU will certainly have its hands full all night with Winona,
Photo Courtesy of Sport PixSophomore guard Jimmy Whitehead (10.6 points per game) is one of the few Mavericks who had a hand in last season’s big win in Winona. Rest assured the Warriors and their fans will be hungry for a win on Friday.
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Women’s Basketball
MSU eager to start a new streak after consecutive setbacksTIGE HUTCHESONstaff writer
After hitting its first losing streak since the beginning of conference play last weekend, the Minnesota State, Mankato wom-en’s basketball team will have its hands full again when it tries to put an end to it this weekend. The Mavericks are preparing for weekend road games against Upper Iowa and Winona State, two very improved and confident teams. MSU will also have to play in two of the Northern Sun Intercol-legiate Conference’s most hostile road environments. In the first matchup of the weekend, the Mavericks will take on the Winona State Warriors (11-8, 6-7 NSIC), a team that MSU unexpectedly upset 66-55
in Mankato back in December. It’s a safe bet that the Warriors will be looking for some revenge at home in McCown Gymnasium. “It’s always a battle when we play Winona State,” said MSU head coach Pam Gohl. “They’re playing with confidence right now and they really feel like they can play with anybody, and we’re going to have to bring our very best to beat them at their place.” Last time at home, the Maver icks managed to hold Michelle McDonald (15.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game), an All-American candidate and one of the best players in the NSIC, to just eight points in 32 minutes of action. While senior forward Laura Weber does deserve a lot of credit for containing McDonald so well
last time around, MSU will need her to do it again on Friday. “[Weber and McDonald] both played great defense on each other and they ended up kind of cancelling each other out, and
sometimes that just hap-pens when you have two really strong post players going against each other,” Gohl said. “We’re not going to change a lot
of what we did last time, but we know [McDonald] is going to be a little more aggressive this time. She’s one of the best posts in the league and we have to make sure
we’re ready to go.” Awaiting the Mavericks on Saturday is the Upper Iowa Pea-cocks (1-16, 1-12 NSIC). They are a team that, despite only one win to show for it, has improved a lot and is playing its best bas-ketball of the season. “Upper Iowa is a much-im-proved team. They only have one conference win, but they’ve been in a lot of very close games this season,” Gohl said. “They play really well at home; it’s a tough place to play and we’re going to have to be ready to go.” Led by a 5’9” backcourt of Whitney Kieffer (14.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game) and Jeri Jacobson (13.1 and 6.2), the Peacocks sit dead-last in most of the NSIC’s offensive statistical categories, but have the weapons
to put up points on any given night, especially at home. This matchup could be consid-ered a trap game if Gohl’s squad doesn’t arrive ready to play. But while Upper Iowa shouldn’t be taken lightly, Friday night’s matchup against the War-riors will speak volumes. The Mavericks have already proven they can hold their own against any team in the league, but with weekend series’ starting to repeat and familiar oppo-nents getting another shot at one another, this time will be a little harder. After turning heads and com-ing out of nowhere in the first half of the season, the Mavericks will now be asked to prove them-selves again without the element of surprise.
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RECAP: Sometimes when a squad is struggling to get wins like the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s hockey team is as of late, the best opponent to face is a top-tier opponent because it forces the underdog to raise its level of play. The Mavericks hope that will be the case this weekend when they welcome the University of Minnesota to All Seasons Arena for what is al-most always the most-anticipated home series of the season. MSU enters the weekend having lost five in a row after winning its first game of 2012 at Bemidji State. The Mavericks were swept by St. Cloud State and Ohio State the last two weekends, falling into last place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Last weekend in Columbus, the Buckeyes avenged their two home losses to MSU from last season by defeating the Mavericks 3-1 on Friday and 4-2 on Saturday. Last weekend was a bit kinder to the Golden Gophers, who defeated Bemidji State 3-2 at Ridder Arena on Friday before tying with the Beavers 3-3 on Saturday. The third-ranked Gophers currently sit in second place in the WCHA, six points behind the front-running Wisconsin Badgers.
HISTORY: The Mavericks did not fare too well when they traveled north to Minneapolis earlier this season in October, as they were swept by the Gophers and completely shut down by standout Minnesota goaltender Noora Raty. MSU dropped the first game 0-3, and then were blown away in the second contest 0-7. The Mavericks lost all four games they played against the Gophers last season as well, getting outscored 16-3 in those contests. Minnesota has also had its way in the all-time series between the teams, holding a decisive 51-3-3 advantage over MSU. The last time the Mavericks defeated the Gophers was when they did it back-to-back during the 2006-07 season.
MSU NOTES: The MSU offense has really struggled to click this season, and last weekend was no exception. The Mavericks’ lone goal in last Friday’s 3-1 setback came from sophomore forward Tracy McCann on a rebounded shot from junior Erika Magnusson. The score against Ohio State was the third of the season for McCann, who is an Ohio native. Saturday’s 4-2 defeat featured another slow start for MSU, falling behind 4-0 before scoring the game’s final two goals. Junior blue-liner Emilia Andersson converted on the power play for her fourth goal of the season, with assists going to junior Lauren Smith and senior Jackie Otto. Sophomore forward Kari Lundberg followed by notching her team-leading seventh goal of the season, with McCann and junior Lauren Zrust tallying the helpers. Sophomore goaltender Danielle Butters impressed when given the opportunity in net on Friday, saving 33 of the 36 shots she faced… The Mavericks are averaging only two goals per game this season, but are giving up only three goals per game. They are also averaging nearly as many shots per game (29) as their opponents (31), so they simply need to create more high-quality shots. Smith, along with sophomore forward Lauren Barnes, lead the team in scoring with 16 points apiece. Barnes leads the team in assists with 12, while Lundberg’s seven goals pace the squad. Not having the goal-scoring capabilities of sophomore forward Kathleen Rogan the last 17 games has really hurt MSU offensively. Rogan, along with injured senior forward Moira O’Connor, accounted for two of the Mavericks’ three scores against the Gophers last season. Zrust scored the other goal… MSU’s Eric Means, who used to play for the Gophers, is still looking for his first win over his alma mater as a head coach.
U of M NOTES: The Mavericks aren’t the only WCHA team to be shut out by Raty, the junior goaltender from Finland, who has 21 shutouts as a Gopher and could break the school record with another one this weekend. She also leads the WCHA in goals against average this season. On offense, Minnesota is led by sophomore sensation Amanda Kessel (21-28—49) and senior Jen Schoullis (17-26—43).
PREDICTION: One win for Means and the Mavericks this weekend in Mankato would almost certainly be the highlight of the season, especially if they do it with Raty in net. However, the Gophers need both of these games and likely will take them. MSU will, however, score in both contests to postpone Raty’s shutout record.
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especially in the post. Junior center Clayton Vette is Winona’s most dominant force down low. Vette is currently eighth in the NSIC in scoring, putting up 16 points per game for the Warriors. He also aver-ages almost seven rebounds per game for WSU. The big man from Winona will most likely be a major prob-lem for the Mavericks due to the fact that they do not have a true center on the team. Freshman forward Zach Romashko will more than likely take on the role of guarding Vette for this one, but Vette has a one-inch height advantage
over Romashko, not to mention two more years of experience as well. Winona’s Grant Johnson will also be a key factor in this one, averaging over 15 points per game at the guard position; but don’t rule MSU out of this one just yet. The Mavericks lost a close one to Winona earlier this season in Mankato by a score of 78-72. If MSU can hang with the Warriors and shut down their two key players, the Mavericks could leave Winona on Friday night with a big upset win under their belt.
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RECAP: Last weekend was all about momentum and keeping its composure for the Minnesota State, Mankato men’s hockey team, as it lost a 1-2 heartbreaker on Friday before winning a 5-4 thriller on Saturday in two over-time games against Nebraska-Omaha. Both teams went goal-for-goal all weekend, and once again the Mavericks continued to show signs of just how good this team can be. Last week’s WCHA Offensive Player of the Week, junior forward Eriah Hayes, had a four-point weekend, including a hat trick in Saturday night’s big 5-4 win. Sophomore forward Johnny McInnis also had a clutch performance in that game, scoring the game-winning goal in overtime while also picking up an assist in the game. Junior goalie Phil Cook had his first weekend of starting both games this season, and he still played at a high level. He recorded a win and a loss, stopping 35 shots on Friday and 39 shots on Saturday. HISTORY: The Mavericks travel way up north to Bemidji to play a very familiar WCHA team, the Bemidji State Beavers. In their previous eight outings against the Beavers, the Mavericks have gone 7-0-1. But in their 94-game history the Beavers have 36 wins, 45 losses and 13 ties against the Mavericks. MSU NOTES: Right now the Mavericks are showing that they have the tools offensively and defensively to compete in this league, they just need to put them together in the same game. Since Christmas, the Mavericks are 3-3 and all three of those losses are on Friday nights. In those three losses, they have been outscored 10-4, and in their victories they have outscored their opponents 11-5. On Saturday, Head Coach Troy Jutting moved Eriah Hayes to a different line, joining freshman forwards Jean-Paul Lafontaine and Matt Leitner, which seemed to be a good fit that night. With Leitner’s vision and passing and Hayes and Lafontaine’s ability to put the puck in the net, it should continue to be a very efficient line.
BSU NOTES: The Beavers are coming into this weekend tenth in the conference with a 5-9-2 WCHA record. Last weekend they were swept in Denver, with 3-6 and 2-3 losses. Before getting swept, the Beavers were on a five-game winning streak, including a win against Denver and sweeps of Alabama-Huntsville and Bowling Green. The Beavers have had their struggles offensively and defensively throughout this season, ranking tenth in both goals scored per game (2.56) and goals scored against per game (3.44). Offensively they are led by junior forward Jordan George, who leads the team in goals scored (12) but has only one goal in his last six games. Goalie-wise, the Beavers have been going back and forth with veteran Dan Bakala and freshman Andrew Walsh. Both of them have put up similar numbers, but the youngster Walsh has more wins in fewer starts this season.
PREDICTION: The Mavericks have had a rough time starting a series off on the right foot this season, losing every Friday game so far. According to McInnis, one of their vocal points is to get off to a good start this Friday. After three Friday losses in a row, the Mavericks have a chance to turn that around and come home with at least one win this weekend.
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MSU wrestlers prepare for make-or-break weekendRYaN LUNDstaff writer
The Mavericks will fi-nally wrestle in the comforts of Bresnan Arena this week-end, hosting an NSIC matchup against rival Augustana on Saturday in Mankato. Before that, MSU must take care of business on the road against No. 3 Upper Iowa to-morrow in Fayette, Iowa. The Mavericks are in a rut as of late and are winless in their last four matches, with their last win coming back on January 7, a 35-6 victory over Central Missouri. They will attempt to rebound after a disappointing three-loss performance at the Ranger Duals in Kenosha, Wis. last weekend. The schedule won’t get any easier, as MSU will travel to Fayette on Thursday for a matchup with the third-ranked Peacocks. Upper Iowa remains unde-feated in NSIC duals follow-ing its 28-9 home victory over Southwest Minnesota State University on Sunday. The current UI squad also includes national No. 1s Kyle Pedretti and Trevor Franklin. These two standouts will make upsetting the Peacocks tomor-row difficult for MSU. The Augustana Vikings, hold-ers of an impressive 9-1 overall record, enter the weekend com-ing off a three-win showing at the Wheaton Duals in Wheaton,
Illinois. Augie junior Jordan Rich-ardson and sophomore Steve Poffenberger went undefeated in the Duals, each recording three wins on the weekend. The Mavericks, traditionally one of the top contenders in the NSIC, are in the midst of one of their worst showings in recent memory with a 2-5 overall record. The team has spent much of the season battling injuries to key grapplers, including senior Aaron Norgren, but head coach Jim Makovsky believes that the problem lies outside of the team’s injury woes. The team, he says, simply needs to start putting in the ef-fort. “We have to accept the basic premise that there are two op-tions when we go out there: win or die trying.” A higher level of competi-tion from MSU, however, may not be enough to stop streaking Augustana this weekend. The Vikings, off to their best start since the 2003-04 season, have won eight of their last 10 matches, which includes their current four-match winning streak. MSU and Augustana will face-off in Bresnan Arena at the Taylor Center at 7 p.m. this Saturday in Mankato.
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Haywire, story wise, doesn’t stray too far from what you’d expect from an action movie. Almost everything else, however, does. And in going against your expectations, Haywire goes above and beyond the regular fare.
Haywire is the story of Mal-lory Kane, a freelance covert agent who is burned during a job in Dublin. Now she’s on a mission to find out why she was betrayed and get ven-geance on her enemies. And yes, I too just thought of more than 10 movies with the same plot. That’s not to say it’s a bad or disengaging plot in any way, it just needed to be thrown out there that it has indeed been done before.
The magic comes from just about everything else that’s pres-ent. This is directed by Steven Soderbergh, who has proven himself versatile when it comes from jumping between different genre movies like Ocean’s Elev-en, Traffic and Contagion. The guy always brings a great degree of intrigue and life to his mov-ies, and this is no exception. The cinematography has a great color scheme and that clean, digital feeling similar to Contagion.
Soderbergh also brings back his Ocean’s composer David Holmes. Holmes is a DJ by trade, and it shows. He once again carries over those infectious, jazzy beats from Ocean’s, creat-ing an atypi-cal score for an action movie, in the best way
possible. Soderbergh also reminds us of
his knack for assembling a stel-lar cast. Just hearing names like Ewan McGregor, Michael Fass-bender, Michael Douglas, Anto-nio Banderas, Channing Tatum and Bill Paxton in one roster is enough to at least catch the eye of casual moviegoers and to make
film buffs drool. They’re all reliable as ever and a few of them share the honor of getting absolutely destroyed by our main char-acter.
Which now brings
us to the cornerstone of this mov-ie’s uniqueness. Mallory is played by real life MMA fighter Gina Carano. And in her first ever starring screen role, she is….. not bad, actually. There were a few stiff read-ings here and there, but in all honesty, she’s got a strong screen presence and Soderbergh (wisely) doesn’t de-
HaywireA Review
JAMES SCHUYLER HOUTSMA | staff writer
Between a heated Republican presidential primary season, a contentious legislature, and the President’s recent State of the Union address, politics have been dominating the American news.
But whether the speeches and rallies have you feeling a tad uninspired or feeling fired up for a major election year, there are plenty of options for dramatic entertainment to get yourself invested in the politi-cal process.
The following is a list of productions from within the last 10 years that exemplify the best of American political drama.
The West Wing - Aside from being the most award-winning series in television his-tory, The West Wing is also one of the most inspiring. It’s true
that it has a liberal bent (crit-ics sometimes referred to it
as “The Left Wing”), but conservative characters
like Ainsley Hayes and Arnold Vinick
keep the show balanced and
worthwhile for both
sides of the
aisle.
Best of all, Martin Sheen’s President Bartlet is one of tele-vision’s finest characters.
The Ides of March - A new release on home video this month, The Ides of March stars Ryan Gosling and George Clooney in two of their best roles to date as, respectively, a political strategist and the beloved candidate who employs him. A stellar cast grounds the production from top to bottom in realism, but it’s the focus on Gosling and his character’s difficult choices in the face of life-changing scandals that makes the movie stick with audiences.
Milk - A true American tragedy is retold in inspir-ing fashion as Harvey Milk tackles oppression on behalf of a previously unheard gay community. Sean Penn shines in his best role to date, play-ing America’s first openly gay politician to perfection, netting him an Oscar for Best Actor in 2008 when the film was also nominated for Best Picture.
Battlestar Galactica - Few would have thought that a re-booted series about humans battling robots in space would have been so deeply political, but Battlestar evokes many of America’s greatest politi-cal dilemmas with surprising sincerity and intelligence, including a season in which the human protagonists are slowly worn down by their villainous opponents until they resort to suicide bombing and deplorable tactics, revealing to the audi-
ence that all along the enemy we’ve been watching is us.
Charlie Wilson’s War - Tom Hanks
plays Charlie Wilson, a lazy congressman
who hasn’t made his
mark on Washing-
ton and
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mand too much dramatic weight from her that she can’t yet deliver. But here’s what makes this movie stand out:
There are some pretty great movies with main characters who are bad-ass women (Hanna), some okay ones (Salt) and some ter-rible ones (Sucker Punch). But in almost all of them (and in reality, almost every modern action movie, The Bourne Series being the main example here) the hand-to-hand fight scenes go by in a highly edited, lightning quick blur. The actors fighting probably don’t look too terribly great or natural at it, so the editors cover it up, and the audience suspends their disbelief for the sake of not ripping their hair out.
But this movie has brutal, naturalistic fight scenes, with few edits, that work so incredibly well because Carano can actu-ally do those things in real life. Take into account that while filming her battles with Tatum, Fassbender, and McGregor, a safety team had to be on set to make sure that she didn’t accidently kill them. It’s this amount of believability and the refusal to (literally) pull punches that makes Haywire so ultimately sat-isfying.
And, surprisingly enough, the movie is not without its subtle proddings about how viewers react to women and violence. The audience I saw it with f linched just a little the first few times Mallory got bashed around. They were even more surprised when they saw how hard she bashed back.
But Haywire is first and foremost an action movie and doesn’t try to fool you into thinking otherwise. It’s another example of a prime director taking B-movie material and making it A-grade entertainment. And with a brisk 95 minute runtime, the movie is fresh air, not only in January (a month historically deprived of good movies), but in all recent action movie mem-ory.
BANG! “This movie has brutal, naturalis-tic fight scenes, with few edits, that work so incredibly well because Carano can actually do those things in real life” continued from 15
doesn’t really care, when he suddenly takes up the cause of helping Afghanistan defeat the Soviet invasion in the 1980s. The film is sur-prisingly light-hearted for a film about such a serious subject, which can make it a little less realistic, but if you’re looking for a breezy primer on how we got into, and out of, Afghanistan, look no further.
Inside Job / Restrepo / Waiting for Superman - 2009 was a monumental year for documentaries that chronicle the major issues of modern politics. Inside Job is an award-winning look into the financial disaster that caused the world’s markets to fall into a crisis. Restrepo is the haunting and brutal look at a squadron of American soldiers trying to defend Afghanistan’s most danger-ous outpost. And Waiting for Superman is a cogent call-to-action which exam-ines the failures of Ameri-ca’s schools and how we can save them for the futures of our children.
POLITICS “Be-tween a heated Republican presidential primary season, a contentious legislature, and the President’s recent State of the Union address, politics have been dominating the American news.”
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The Oscar NomineesThrough the eyes of Christian Hagen
It’s rare that people complain about the Academy Awards be-fore the ceremony.
But such is the case with the 2012 Oscar nominations; many writers, myself in-cluded, have drafted lengthy, often furious diatribes on how ridicu-lous and pathetic this year’s awards nominees are.
Why the anger? To be crude: The Academy has lost their balls.
Just a few years removed from The De-parted, No Country for Old Men, and The Hurt Locker, the Best Pic-ture nominations read like they were written by Oprah’s Book Club. Gritty, honest, compel-
ling, artistically advanced movies like Drive and Shame and The Ides of March are absent from the list. Even raunchy but criti-cally beloved comedies like 50/50 and Brides-maids were snubbed.
What was nomi-nated? Sap. Treacle. Molasses. In a list of nine films (the rules were changed this year so that there will be between five and 10 nominees, depending on votes), there are throw-back Hollywood come-dies (Midnight in Paris, The Artist), rote dramas (The Descendants, The Help, Moneyball), and a few cheesy fam-ily fillms (Hugo, War Horse, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close).
The only nominee with any artistic am-bition is The Tree of
Life, an experimental, abstract, and hard-to-watch drama that mov-iegoers mostly haven’t even heard of.
Now, it’s common for people to bemoan films that were left out. But the volume of movies left off the list, when compared to what’s present, is inexcusable. Extremely Loud, for ex-ample, boasts the lowest RottenTomatoes score of any film ever nomi-
nated for Best Picture, and has been ignored by audi-ences and critics alike; War Horse is much the same story.
Why were they nomi-nated? Politics. Big names like Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg bought their way into the nominations. In a year where the Acad-emy banned certain practices of campaign-ing because they all but rigged the awards for The King’s Speech last year, it’s the same story all over again.
The acting awards are less egregious but more perplexing. Why did the child from Extremely Loud get a nomination over a much-lauded per-formance by Albert Brooks in Drive (also
nominated: Jonah Hill for Moneyball. I like the guy, but “Academy Award Nominee Jo-nah Hill” is a bizarre phrase). Why were Ryan Gosling and Mi-chael Fassbender, who were in several brilliant roles throughout 2011, nominated for exactly nothing?
Other things to note: There are only two Best Original Song nomi-nees. Thankfully, one of them is from The Muppets....Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who won for their Social Network score last year, were not nominated for their Girl With the Dragon Tattoo score....Kristen Wiig’s screen-play for Bridesmaids was nominated for Best Screenplay, as was the script for The Descen-dants, co-written by Community actor Jim Rash.
CHRISTIAN HAGEN | web editor
Best Picture, 2012Hugo,
Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, Tree of Life, War Worse, The Artist, The
Descendants, Extremely Close & Incred-ibly Close, The Help
Demian Bichir, George Clooney,
Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman, Brad Pittt
Best Actor 2012
Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Rooney Mara,
Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams
Best Actress 2012
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They’re hard rockers with style, a style that involves an infusion of hard guitar riffs, hip-hop, dance and funk. Modern Condition and The Anticycle are true bands that remind us that the old school Sub-lime and Red Hot Chili Pep-pers sound is still available for enjoyment. And they show us that the main-stream nonsense on your car radio isn’t always the best outlet for musical satisfaction.
Even for those who enjoy drunken dancing in the club, ev-ery orifice of the musical body is penetrated by the styling of these two bands. You could either be bouncing around in a mosh pit full of bruise covered faces or you could be sensuous-ly grinding against a sexy fox on a sticky dance f loor. Both bands music can harmoniously intertwine with either setting.
Modern Condition was formed just over a year ago in the Huskie city of St. Cloud. Members include Josh Johnson, Mike Lardy, Andy F., Junty, and a man who simply goes by the name, “Q.” They bring to the table the many forms of music that can be utilized into making quality ear candy.
Johnson explains as so.“We use the different ele-
ments available to make an upbeat sound and a tasty treat.”
Included with this upbeat sound are the lyrics themselves and the deciding factors of their inf luence.
“We try to tell stories about our lives and the people around us. Our mindset is the honesty about who we are, that’s what resonates with people,” ex-plained Johnson.
And they are indeed honest with who they are. Many of the lyrics in their songs are all about getting messed up and do-ing wrong. Yes, other songs are different, but getting messed up pops out and takes a cold hard grip of attention, and Modern Condition runs straight into it instead of running away.
The AntiCyle’s music comes off as a bit more garage band-
like. Members Gared Stimpert, James Inman, Jason Keuhl, Ryan Raider and Johnny E. Lectrik produce a sound that scratches more of a reggae/punk itch with a hip/hop ointment to sooth it out. 311 and System of a Down definitely comes to mind when listening to this band. There are many hip/hop type spits in the lyrics while the guitars jam rampantly through-out many of the songs.
Stimpert, tries to elaborate a bit more about his band’s music.
“In General, format wise, our music goes for funk rock, with one guitar, drums, reggae base-lines and hip/hop vocals.”
They, too, try to convey cer-tain distinct messages in their music and are trying to keep a strong foothold planted in the underground music community.
“Through our writing, we try to send the various mes-sages that we can, but mainly it’s for a good time. We are a band that seemed to begin as a union of hip/hop, indie rock and progres-sive screamo that ma-tured into a coalescence of these styles and more funk, acid metal,
reggae and hip/hop,” explained Stimpert.
Underground, indeed, they are. Their instruments have that raw like feel as if they were plugged into the electric out-lets of a mother’s garage. Like the Green Day of the Kerplunk days, The AntiCycle is a band of the true nerve of punk rock, even though their sounds differ all around.
So come one, come all to The Red Sky Lounge on Janu-ary 28th where you can see both these bands perform their wide array musical antics.
For a sample of both of the band’s visit, www.reverbnation.com/moderncondition or www.myspace.com/theanticycle.
Modern Condition & The AnticycleEMRE ERKU | staff writer
Two Bands, One Show, Lots of Fun
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