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Mankato scam targeting international students

Islamic Awareness Day event answers misconceptions about Islam.

YUSEONG JEONStaff Writer

Several international students at Minnesota State University, Mankato reported Thursday, Feb. 26 that they had received calls from individuals claiming to be police officers of the Internal Revenue Service, threatening the students and asking for money.

The students said they had checked the phone number of the calls on the Internet and it matched with the real phone number from police. They, however, were suspicious of the calls because the claiming po-lice officer or representative of IRS had a very thick accent and threatened students that they will be deported or deprived of their university degrees if they don’t give money.

“The first student who reported came in and was pan-

icked and said that he received a call from the police and he knew that it was a police num-ber because he looked up the phone number on the Internet,” said Donna Casula, assistant director of the Kearney Interna-tional Center at MSU.

Casula called the number back and she said it was the pa-trol supervisor’s phone number.

Kearney International Center had sent an email to MSU students and called a police and 911 right after it received the IRS scam reports from sev-eral international students. It warned students that the calls are a scam so students must not fall for it or give their personal information over the phone.

“I thought it was really hor-rible how international students would go after other interna-tional students,” said Filip Geor-giou, a student worker at the Kearney International Center.

Casula said this is not the first time that international stu-dents were exposed to this kind of scam and demanded money.

“It is not the first time. International students have been schemed before.”

According to Casula, in the

past, international students who were on the Internet in their apartment had a website pop

PRATAKSHYA BHANDARIStaff Writer

The Muslim Student Asso-ciation at Minnesota State Uni-versity, Mankato is organizing an event to talk about the mis-conceptions regarding Islam: “Clearing the Fog: Dealing with the Misconceptions about Is-lam,” Tuesday, March 3 at 6 p.m. in the CSU Ballroom.

Tickets for the event cost $2 and can be purchased at the door or online at goo.gl/awX98I.

The Muslim Student Asso-ciation is a Recognized Student Organization at MSU and has been active on campus for many years. There are currently more than 400 Muslim students on campus, and the organization aims to provide facilities and support for students. It provides students with a venue for the Friday Jummah prayer, and also seeks to educate with a lecture before the prayer. The lecture as well as prayer is open to anyone who is interested in attending.

“It is a good place to get in-formation, instead of getting information from unreliable sources, and not knowing what is right, and what is wrong,” Fai-zan Rauf, president of the Mus-lim Student Association said. “We are hoping to organize a

weekly informational session separate from the prayer session so that people living in other re-ligion, who don’t feel comfort-able attending the prayer, can also attend.”

Along with Eid celebrations twice a year and other weekly

events, the Muslim Student As-sociation also organizes Islamic Awareness Day once a year to create awareness about Islam. This year, the association will host a keynote speaker, Yusha Evans, who will lecture on the topic of clearing misconcep-

tions. Evans is an Islamic scholar

who is the founder and co-founder of two Islamic television stations in the United States. He works as a full-time lecturer, appearing on many Islamic sta-tions and traveling throughout the world, lecturing about Islam. The psychology major exten-sively studied world religions, and accepted Islam after reading the Quran in 1998. During the event, he will talk about miscon-ceptions and provide references from the Quran, as well as an-swer questions from students.

“Most of the time people don’t actually look at referenc-es when they hear something. We will tell them where the re-sources are, so that if somebody speaks about something that is written in the Quran, they know the whole context,” Rauf said. “Our purpose is to educate peo-ple about Islam.”

Dinner will be served after the lecture.

Student group seeks to clear the fog

All students warned not to give out personal information over the phone.

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We commemorate a prosperous life and say goodbye to a beloved star.NICOLE SCHMIDTStaff Writer

It’s amazing how certain television characters have a way of finding a special place in our hearts. Their words and actions become familiar, sadness and triumphs becoming our own. For thousands of fans, the calm, logical Star Trek character Spock was that special on-screen friend.

Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the pointed-eared Spock, died in Bel Air Friday. The 83-year-old suffered from

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an illness that makes it difficult to breathe.

Nimoy was truly an incred-ible man. Born in Boston on March 26, 1931, he acted for

television and movies, directed, took up some photography, and did a bit of singing. However, Nimoy is best remembered for his part as Spock in the success-ful and famous Star Trek series.

Spock is a half-human, half-Vulcan science officer driven by the quest for logic. His human side prevents him from being to-tally emotionless, a continuous tension in the television series and movies.

Nimoy did an excellent job at playing a very difficult charac-ter. Timely eyebrow raises and unmistakable gestures added

a layer of wit and humor to the Vulcan. Spock is now an iconic figure that has surpassed time and generations. Nimoy recently played a role in the new 2009 and 2013 Star Trek films, of

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Remembering Leonard Nimoy

which Trekkies (or Trekkers, as he preferred) rejoiced at seeing Nimoy in pointed ears once more.

Needless to say, Nimoy created a strong bond with his costars. William Shatner, the actor who portrayed Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series, tweeted, “I loved him like a brother. We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capac-ity to love.” George Takei, the actor who played Hikaru Sulu, said “We return you now to the stars, Leonard. You taught us to ‘Live Long And Prosper,’ and you indeed did, friend.”

Through his life during and after Star Trek, Nimoy sought balance between the fame he

received from Spock and the desire to be known in another way. But in the end, he found peace in it all. “I am not Spock,” he said. “But given the choice, if I had to be someone else, I would be Spock. If someone said, ‘You can have the choice of being any other TV character ever played,’ I would choose Spock. I like him. I admire him. I respect him.”

Spock would be unfamiliar with the complete sadness felt world-wide at Nimoy’s death, yet not unsympathetic. It defies logic, the attachment we have. Yet, I think Nimoy would un-derstand. He was human, after all. We can’t help but feel an ache at his passing. It feels like

losing a friend. However, in the appropriate words of Spock, we can find comfort: “I have been, and ever shall be, your friend.”

Nimoy’s final tweet, posted a few days before his passing, is a fitting reminder of his phi-losophy and pursuit of balance: “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP.”

However cliché this may seem, there is no better way to send off Nimoy then with a sincere, heart-felt “live long and prosper.” You will be missed.


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We commemorate a prosperous life and say goodbye to a beloved star.

losing a friend. However, in the appropriate words of Spock, we can find comfort: “I have been, and ever shall be, your friend.”

Nimoy’s final tweet, posted a few days before his passing, is a fitting reminder of his phi-losophy and pursuit of balance: “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP.”

However cliché this may seem, there is no better way to send off Nimoy then with a sincere, heart-felt “live long and prosper.” You will be missed.

up saying they were FBI and the student was download-ing something illegal. They demanded the student go to Wal-Mart and withdraw $200. Casula said the students actu-ally did it and they lost their money.

“Our government does not behave this way. Anybody whoever calls anyone asking for money, demanding money and making threats is mostly likely not a legitimate per-son,” Casula said.

The reason students’ information could be stolen is that type of information (including phone number and address) is considered direc-tory information that is not protected.

Students who don’t want their information to be on the directory information can go to the Campus Hub at MSU

and fill out a form so that their information will not be released.

“Students can choose to restrict access to their direc-tory information, if they don’t want to, by going to the Cam-pus Hub,” Casula said.

The Mankato police have asked and encouraged students to call 911 and make a report if students receive any of these scam calls so that police can investigate and put a stop to the scams for inter-national students.

Spoofing is the new form of scam pirating the real gov-ernmental centers’ or some-one else’s number.

According to Federal Communications Commis-sion, caller ID spoofing is that callers can deliberately falsify the telephone number and/or name relayed as the Caller ID

SCAM “Kearney International Center had sent an email to MSU students and called a police and 911 right after it received the IRS scam reports from several international students. ”

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Institutional Di-versity at Minnesota State University, Mankato is welcom-ing guest speaker Dr. Derald Sue to present in the Os-trander Auditorium this Wednesday, March 4, at 2 p.m.

The presentation, Microaggressions in Everyday Life, will be followed by a reception in the MavAve Lincoln Lounge in the CSU.

Sue is a Professor of Psychology and Education at Colum-bia University and also works with the School of Social Work. His publica-tions, books and media publi-cations address fields including multicultural psychology, edu-cation, counseling and therapy with work in the psychology of racism and antiracism. His mul-ticultural research began before the field was widely pursued, and has created theories and

writings that have improved the field for young scholars who are interested in issues of minority mental health and multicultural psychology.

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Mankato YWCA has rec-ognized and named Dr. Avra Johnson a 2015 Woman of Distinction for the 43rd Annual Women of Distinction Event presented by Jones Metal Inc. The event will be held Thurs-day, March 26th at the Verizon Wireless Center. There will be a social hour and silent auction beginning at 5 p.m. The dinner and program will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Avra Johnson is currently an Associate Professor in the De-partment of Government teach-ing courses in political science and public administration. She has taught at the college level

for over 15 years at Minnesota State University, Mankato and Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. At Minnesota State University, Mankato she served five years as Interim Assistant Vice President of Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment.

In 2011, Avra received the Pathfinder Award in Mankato. In years past, she has been trained as a diversity trainer from MSU Institutional Diver-sity. Dr. Johnson feels that all of her life she has been working on issues of eliminating racism and empowering women.

She has been a member of NAACP, along with her as-sociation with YWCA Avra has presented on the issues of diver-

sity and co-wrote an article on racism with a colleague at the university. As a member of her church, she has written articles for the newsletter dealing with funding for the Black College Fund and the Center for the Victims of Torture. In addition, Avra has her students to read, attend and write about issues that address racism and sexism

The YWCA has been in the Mankato area for 88 years. Dr. Johnson is among two other women who are being awarded as a Women of Distinction. Each of the women nominated have made a large impact on the community. Their efforts have helped women to live inde-pendently, combat ignorance,

actively try to end gender vio-lence and provide community assistance.

YWCA’s Director Barb Dorn says, “Dr. Avra Johnson was heavily involved as she was YWCA’s board chair.”

“She definitely embodies the empowering of women and eliminating racism. She’s a tremendous role model.”

Dorn continued on to say, “We hope that people from Minnesota State, Mankato come to this event, because it is a great thing to be honored for. Tickets are going fast, so you have to be sure to get them now.”

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There’s no place quite like homeOne students explores what patriotism means to all of us.

Are you proud of where you come from? When you introduce yourself to someone new, is it with a sense of pride that you say “I’m from Mankato,” or “I’m a Minnesotan,” or “I come from Japan”? Do you see your home as a key part of your identity? Take a moment and think about where you come from and what that place means to you.

No matter who you are, you have a home. For me and most other MSU students, my current home is Mankato and MSU it-self is very much a home for me. What I consider my true home, where I’ve spent the majority of my life, is the Como Park neigh-borhood of Saint Paul. For some, who have lived in many places,

determining one’s true home can be a difficulty but no matter what, you are a part of some com-munity that is tied to a specific geography, and this is a home for you. Homes come in many varieties and levels: a home can be a village in the mountains or a city built on the plains. It can be a massive country like the United States, or a small one like Ecuador. Planet Earth is a home to you, in a way, as is the physi-cal house you grew up in. When I travel, it fascinates me to think that this foreign place, which I have no experience of and may never lay my eyes on again, is someone’s home—that place is just as familiar to those people as my own neighborhood is to me.

I think this concept of “home” is so important. That’s why it disappoints me when I – all too often – hear people nonchalantly put down their home. “We’re just a flat, frozen wasteland,” I’ll hear a fellow Minnesotan say. “My town is so boring” is another comment I hear repeated ad nau-seam. “How can you say that?” I want to say to them. “How can you dismiss your own home like that?” Your home is an es-sential part of who you are. You have been so deeply shaped by

the people and landscape of the geographic location you inhabit. Your home is a part of you. Your home has raised you and made you who you are today. Gratitude is a far more deserving response to this fact than complaint. You are a member of your communi-ty. Be a loyal member. Be patri-otic not just to your country, but to your state, your city, and your neighborhood.

Patriotism seems to be a dy-ing virtue in the modern age. It’s viewed as suspicious or back-wards. We seem to find cynicism much more appealing. I think this anti-patriotism comes from two fears. First, that patriotism causes us to turn a blind eye to

the flaws of our homeland and second, that it serves as a jus-tification for prejudice towards others.

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Previously unknown, Tum-blr user Swiked has launched into brief stardom for causing a worldwide intenet frenzy re-garding a dashing little dress with a very controversial color scheme.

Somewhat anticlimactic, right?

However odd, many of you are likely smirking and nodding your head at this point, followed by a mental comment some-where along the lines of “that dress is so white and gold” or “how do others not see that it’s clearly blue and black?”

If you haven’t heard the full story, a picture was posted on Tumblr of a two-colored dress the end of last week. The two friends were in disbelief when they were discussing the dress: one said it was white and gold,

the other insisted it was blue and black.

Naturally, they decided to post it and inquire to all who would listen: “what color is this dress?” Before long, the dress was everywhere. It was like magic. One minute my news feed was filled with the same boring statuses of weekend an-ticipation and attempts at hu-mor, the next minute, it was all about the dress. Statuses, shares, memes…the gang was all there! It also didn’t take long to see an-noyed statuses telling everyone to shut up about it already.

So for the last time, what col-or is this dress? If you must know (have you been lying awake at night?), the literal, real-life dress is indeed blue and black. But that is somewhat irrelevant as know-ing the dress is blue and black doesn’t make the people seeing white and gold magically see it for what its actual color is.

Several theories explaining the mysterious dress are out there. Some think it’s a hoax, or that a friend is tricking them. False. Others think different smartphone screens present the colors in a different manner. Also false. Some guess science is at work here, and that’s closer.

In the most general laymen’s terms, the picture was taken in strange lighting. This lighting portrays the dress so that our brain must choose what to see: lighter colors or deeper colors. Your genetics play a part in this process and needless to say, I won’t try to explain why rods and cones are acting the way they are in your eyeballs.

Despite the logistics, what’s even more fascinating than what’s going on scientifically is what’s going socially. I find it ex-tremely amusing that a picture of a dress could go global in such a short time. Think about this: a picture of a dress taken in funny lighting went across the world in a day, more or less. A friend of mine in Finland texted me, de-manding me to tell what colors I saw. I mean, CNN, one of the top news stations in the U.S., had an article on the dress. CNN!

Nevertheless, it’s hard to not act like we aren’t interested. Stars like Taylor Swift (team blue and black) and Jimmy Fal-lon (white and gold until the end) weighed in, along with countless other celebrities.

Even more interesting is than the allure of the mysterious dress is that just like that, it’s

Photo courtesy of Tumblr user Swiked

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College presidents in Minnesota face plagiarism allegations

MINNEAPOLIS — Two community college presidents in the Minnesota State Col-leges and Universities System are denying allegations of pla-giarism made against them in the past month on a blog.

The Star Tribune reports the blog posts accuse un-named presidents of not prop-erly crediting other writers in doctoral dissertations. The first post in early February was later confirmed to be about Annette Parker, presi-dent of South Central College in North Mankato. Dorothy Duran, president of Minnesota State College-Southeast Tech-nical in Winona, confirmed the second post made Thurs-day is about her.

Parker said she gave proper attribution to sources. Duran stands behind her work and said excerpts in the blog “take it out of context,” leaving out some citations.

MnSCU said in a statement that it supports its presidents and called the allegations “reckless.”

The accusations in Thurs-

day’s post were made by a group calling itself Minneso-tans United for Higher Ed. The group wants change in Chan-cellor Steven Rosenstone’s administration and has hired a private investigator.

Faculty unions and man-agement in MnSCU have been in a dispute over Rosenstone’s plan to overhaul the system.

“We’ve uncovered two academically dishonest presi-

dents, and there are more,” said group spokeswoman Ni-cole Helget, a former teacher at South Central College who was fired in January. She cir-culated an email critical of Parker’s decisions.

University of Richmond professor Jeffrey Harrison, who co-authored an article Parker is accused of lifting from, said she went “far be-yond what is acceptable” in academic writing.

“It is an understatement to say that Annette has ‘bor-rowed heavily’ from our work,” Harrison said in a writ-ten statement. “Nobody with her background and training could have engaged in such gross misconduct innocently.”

Parker has asked Western Kentucky University to review her dissertation. She got her doctorate in education from the school in 2012.

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Thumbs up for Apple

Emojis have been livening up text and online messages for a very long time with a seem-ingly endless parade of birthday cakes, animals, and familiar faces. However, there has been a growing demand for more diver-sity in the smiles, frowns, and silly faces that are available.

After years of complaints to Apple for not developing a more diverse range of emojis and with many people questioning the largely whitewashed palate of emoji options, the wait is over: Apple has just come forward with information on their new emojis to be released on a later date.

After the largest outcry on the topic, which took place in March of last year, the wheels started creaking into motion. Apple contacted the Unicode Consor-tium after the complaint and both have been working to estab-lish more diversity in the emoji characters coming out in the iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3 updates.

The original emojis were made in Japan in 1999 for their own texting pictographs. In the beginning all the emojis were grey—originally intended to be of a neutral race that was de-signed to be unbiased. We’ve come a long way from 12x12 pager emoticons, however we always need to continue improv-ing.

The Unicode Consortium is in charge of making the guide-lines and regulations for emojis in many technology companies; they are the reason that you can send emojis from an iPhone to a friend using an Android phone without them getting one of

those empty boxes—that gets annoying.

I have been known to sling an emoticon around a time or two and I always wondered why they had just stopped at a certain range of skin tone. With that in my mind, I keep mostly to the yellow smiley-faced ones—it was recently pointed out to me that they all look a lot like round Simpsons characters.

The new selection of six skin tones is modeled after the six tones of skin of the Fitzpatrick scale, a standard for dermatol-

ogy. Thomas Fitzpatrick, a Har-vard graduate that designed the scale, made the scale from the different ways each skin tone re-acts to ultraviolet light.

Even after this major win for diverse communication, I spoke to many people who didn’t have any idea that these new emojis had been developed despite the fact that Unicode came out last

November with the plan. In my research of the announcement, I found that there has been very little writing or discussion on the topic.

Sydney Duski, a freshman majoring in Accounting and Fi-nance hadn’t heard of it:

“It’s a good idea. I can see how having the most of the emo-jis a yellow color can be kind of racist.”

When asked if she was look-ing forward to the new selection of emoji Duski was neutral:

“Not really, I really only use

the yellow emojis and that’s not very often. But it’s still a really good thing to do.”

The new characters will be included in the new Unicode 8.0 regulations coming out in June of 2015. So keep your eyes open for the new update later this year!

New emojis added to existing pictograms to improve diversity in messaging.

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of the community? Love of home naturally leads a person to commit themselves to its wellbeing.

Richard Armah, president of the African Student Orga-nization for Development and Progress, expresses this sen-timent.

“We all have that yearn-ing and zeal to be proud and nationalistic about where we come from,” he says. “As Af-ricans, we still recognize that more still needs to be done and we each look for ways to bring about positive change and sustained development on the continent.”

The threat of prejudice, the second objection to patrio-tism, is certainly a concern. Pride in one’s own homeland is only a few steps away from disdain for the homelands of others. Patriotism has of-ten been a source of war and conflict: German patriotism under Adolf Hitler was a cen-tral cause for the tragedy that was World War II, it could be argued that American pa-triotism has played a role in our country’s history of rac-ism against black individuals and immigrants, and Russian patriotism is at this very mo-ment bringing about conflict in eastern Ukraine. These are examples of patriotism to the extreme, yet we don’t need to throw out the idea of patriotism altogether just be-

cause there are instances in which it is abused. Prejudice is not a requisite of patrio-tism. I would compare being a good patriot to being a good sport. A good sport is a proud member of their team and is driven to see the team suc-ceed but a good sport doesn’t hate the other team. There is no need for compromise be-tween pride in one’s team and respect for other teams – the two values are not mutually exclusive. In the same way, one can be proud of one’s homeland, yet still admire those from different home-lands. I’m a proud Minneso-tan, but I don’t hold anything against Wisconsinites.

Whether you like it or not, you are a member of some-thing greater than yourself. You belong to a physical lo-cation on this planet; you be-long to a home. Your home has shaped who you are and it is the primary place where you experience the world. Be proud of that fact! In all of its beauties and imper-fections, your home is truly yours. Whether your home is Sao Paulo or South Korea or southern Minnesota or Eu-rope, honor your home with your loyalty. You are a part of your home and your home is a part of you.

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Springtime car care

RAE FRAMENews Editor

Every winter, I get into the holiday spirit by preparing my vehicle for winter disasters like being snowed into my car on the freeway or getting a flat on a dark back road. Despite the wor-rying and constant recommen-dations, I rarely get around to filling up my car with the widely promoted “emergency kits” that are recommended by many fine retailers.

As we slowly merge into spring and warmer weather, I en-courage all of you to move your emergency blankets to the back seat and prepare a summertime checklist for the warmer months. Luckily, getting a flat tire mid-July will not land you in the hospital with frostbite, but tak-ing a few hours to tune-up your vehicle might help your trusty beauty last another year without any serious malfunctions.

Do a little automotive spring cleaning.

Around mid-February, we start to notice the build up of soda cans, takeout packaging, and half filled frozen water bot-tles. Busy schedules can still ac-commodate a little tidying up if you take a few grocery bags out

to your car and empty out the garbage gradually as you pass by your complex’s dumpster. For non-garbage items, you might even find that a trip to Good-will’s donation center might be necessary.

Get a car wash. As the snow begins to melt,

we see impossibly long lines at the car wash. It’s hard to imag-ine anyone choosing to sit five cars deep just to get a rinse, but in all honesty, this is very good for your car. If you’re like me, you don’t usually bother with car washes, but taking your baby through a deluxe wash at least once a year will purge out the salt and other elements that can accelerate rust and other damage at five to ten dollars a go, basic washes can increase your car’s longevity without breaking the bank.

Check your tires. Warmer weather will bring

about noticeable change in your tire pressure, be on the lookout for flats during these changing seasons. Many students who are preparing for major spring break road trips should make sure their tires are ready for the mileage.

Stock up.Gasoline is only one of the

essential fluids your car needs

to operate to its fullest potential. If you’re waiting to get that oil changed, the warmer weather means you could save a few bucks by doing it yourself. If you’ve drained your wiper fluid this winter, be aware that warm days mean muddy roads and murky windshields.

Pick up next year’s winter gear.

Apparently, we are approach-ing swimsuit season already, and that means stores are moving their winter stock at unbeatable prices. Now is the time to pur-chase those little things your mother is always encourag-ing you to have on hand: hand warmers, extra mittens, wind-shield scrapers—and all around a dollar a piece. Don’t spend a fortune next November because you’re sick of scraping your car with a broken credit card.

Spending a little time and money on your car this spring is a great way to repay your ride for putting up with icy roads and bitter temperatures. If you ever have questions or a task you can’t do yourself, visit any of Mankato’s friendly and qualified auto centers to get the job done right.

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You’re never too old for Rock n’ Roll

Minnesota band camp has been un-leashing inner rock stars since 2009.

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A Minnesota band camp is giving baby boomers and younger musicians a chance to prove they are never too old to rock and roll.

Since 2009, Rock Camp for Dads has allowed hundreds of dads — and moms — to un-leash their inner Jimi Hendrix without the hassle and costs of organizing a band.

Tom Hammersten, 52, an insurance company underwrit-er, recently sang lead vocals in a live performance at Rock Camp. The married father of three also has performed in an Allman Brothers tribute band, an ‘80s music group and a Brit-ish punk rock band at camp.

“It’s something different all the time. You’re not playing the same songs over and over and over again,” Hammersten said.

Rock Camp offers 10 cours-es a month. All amps, drum kits and microphones are provided — all campers have to bring is their guitar, bass, drumsticks and desire.

Campers range in age from late 30s to early 60s (since the camp serves alcohol, campers must be at least 21 years old) and are divided into three lev-els — Rock 101 for beginners up to Rock 301 for advanced musicians. After four weeks of rehearsing with their new bandmates, campers hit the stage for a real gig.

“By the end, you’re a really tight band. It’s really magical,” said Mitch McMillen, Rock Camp’s owner and co-founder.

Mark and Kathleen Stoehr recently fronted a Fleetwood Mac band at Rock Camp. The married couple met 30 years ago during a community the-ater production of “Hair.”

“You can see somebody who comes in here and you think, ‘Looks like somebody’s grand-pa,’” said Mark Stoehr, 55.

But, he continued: “Just be-cause you’re old doesn’t mean ... you can’t rock. It’s true.”



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Former quarterback will serve 100 hours of community service.MANKATO, Minn. —

Former University of Minne-sota quarterback Philip Nelson apologized in court Monday to a former Minnesota State football player who suffered a serious brain injury in a beating outside a nightclub last year.

Nelson, 21, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and won’t have to serve jail time for his part in the May 11 attack on Isaac Kolstad. Nelson pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fifth-degree assault under a deal reached in January in which felony charges were dropped. Another man still faces more serious charges in the attack.

Kolstad, 25, told the court his life has been “changed forever,” The Free Press of Mankato reported.

“I can’t hold my own children without someone else watching me,” Kolstad told a packed courtroom. “My doctors

are afraid I will have another seizure and drop them. I can’t drive. I can’t work. I can’t cook my family dinner.”

As part of his sentence, Nel-son got credit for two days he’s already served in jail. Prosecu-tors had recommended a 15-day jail sentence.

Nelson said in Blue Earth County District Court that not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about that May night. He maintains he can’t remember kicking Kolstad in the head and said he wants to take responsi-bility for his actions, the Star Tribune reported.

A prosecution expert con-cluded that the kick did not lead to Kolstad’s severe brain injury. But Kolstad told the court that “Philip Nelson made decisions that night that left me with per-manent brain damage.”

Kolstad is still undergo-ing physical and occupational

therapy, including for his speech and motor skills, and he spoke haltingly in court.

Kolstad’s wife, Molly, told the court that she has forgiven Nelson and talked about her husband’s lengthy recovery, saying Nelson should thank her family.

“It’s through our hard work that Mr. Nelson is not faced with murder charges today,” Molly Kolstad said.

The Kolstads’ attorney, Ken-neth White, said his clients were disappointed with the sentence and will likely sue Nelson.

Trevor Shelley, 21, of St. Peter, still faces the more seri-

ous charge of felony assault in the attack. Shelley is accused of punching Kolstad in the head and knocking him to the ground before authorities say Nelson kicked Kolstad in the head.

Nelson was removed from the Rutgers football team soon after the brawl. He had trans-ferred there from the University of Minnesota.

Nelson sentenced in assault case

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Shortly after dusk along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disap-peared into the night with 275 pounds of gold bars.

The guards working for Transvalue Inc. of Miami re-ported pulling off to the side of the interstate about 6:30 p.m. Sunday after their vehicle be-gan having mechanical prob-lems in eastern North Carolina, according to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office.

The guards told police they were surprised by three armed men driving a white van who ordered the guards to lie on the ground, tied their hands behind their backs and then marched them into nearby woods.

The robbers then helped themselves to barrels filled with about $4.8 million in gold before making their getaway. Transvalue said its employees were not injured during the heist.

Transvalue chief executive officer Jay Rodriguez said the truck carrying the gold bars left Miami about 4 a.m. Sunday. The load was headed to Attle-boro, Massachusetts, a town south of Boston nicknamed “Jewelry City” for the large number of manufacturers based there.

“At this time we are work-ing with the authorities to try and resolve this matter,” Ro-drigez said. “We are offering a $50,000 reward for any infor-mation leading to the arrest of

these criminals.”Though Interstate 95 is one

of the busiest roads on the East Coast, the rural stretch where the robbery occurred is relative-ly isolated, bordered by trees and farms.

Shelley Lynch, spokeswom-an for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Charlotte field office, said agents are assisting the local sheriff and are work-ing to determine whether a fed-eral crime has been committed.

According to its website, Transvalue specializes in trans-porting cash, precious metals, gems and jewelry in armored trucks. The company says its shipments are insured for up to $100 million.

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Dawn spacecraft will reach end of eight year journey to Ceres, further study.


Dwarf planet a big deal for NASA

PASADENA, Calif.— A NASA spacecraft is about to reach the end of a nearly eight-year journey and make the first rendezvous with a dwarf planet.

The Dawn craft will slip into orbit Friday around Ceres, a dwarf planet the size of Texas. Unlike robotic landings or other orbit captures, the arrival won’t be a nail-biter. Still, Dawn had to travel some 3 billion miles to reach the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

“It’s been a roller coaster ride. It’s been extremely thrilling,” project manager Robert Mase of the NASA Jet Propulsion Labo-ratory said Monday.

Ceres is the first of two dwarf planets to receive visitors this year. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is barreling toward one-time planet Pluto where it will arrive in July.

Launched in 2007, Dawn made the first stop of its journey at the asteroid Vesta. It beamed back more than 30,000 images of the rocky world inside the as-teroid belt before heading to its final destination.

Dawn began its approach to Ceres in December, and last month it snapped pictures of the dwarf planet that revealed two mysterious bright spots inside a crater. Scientists will have to wait until the craft spirals clos-er to the surface in the coming months to get sharper images. It will get as close as 235 miles above Ceres’ surface, or roughly the distance of the International Space Station above Earth.

Last year, European research-ers not connected with the mis-sion detected water plumes spewing from two regions on Ceres. The source of the plumes remains unclear.

Deputy project scientist Carol Raymond said the shiny patches — possibly exposed ice or salt

Photo Courtesy of the Associated PressRobert Mase, project manager for the Dawn mission at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, speaks at news confer-ence at JPL in Pasadena on Monday, March 2, 2015. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to slip into orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres on Friday, the last stop in a nearly eight-year journey.

— were a surprise and could be related to the plumes. Dawn car-ries an instrument that should be able to detect the plumes if the surface is still active.

“The team is really, really ex-cited about this feature because it is unique in the solar system,” Raymond said of the spots. “We will be revealing its true nature as we get closer and closer to the surface. So the mystery will be solved, but it is one that’s really got us on the edge of our seats.”

The $473 million Dawn mis-sion is the first to target two dif-ferent celestial objects to better understand how the solar system evolved. It’s powered by ion pro-pulsion engines, which provide gentle yet constant acceleration, making it more efficient than conventional rocket fuel. With its massive solar wings unfurled, it measures about 65 feet, the size of a tractor-trailer

Vesta and Ceres reside in a zone between Mars and Jupiter that’s littered with space rocks that never grew to be full-fledged planets.

The two are “literally fossils that we can investigate to really understand the processes that were going on” during the for-mation of the solar system, Ray-

mond said.Dawn entered orbit around

Vesta in 2011 and spent a year photographing the lumpy sur-face and taking measurements of the second massive object in the asteroid belt from different altitudes.

Unlike rocky Vesta, Ce-res —discovered in 1801 and measuring 600 miles across — is thought to possess a large amount of ice and some scien-tists think there may have been an ocean lurking below the sur-face.

Dawn will study Ceres for 16 months. At the end of the mis-sion, it will stay in the lowest or-bit indefinitely, said Mase, add-ing that it could remain there for hundreds of years.

Scientists will get a glimpse of another icy dwarf planet this summer when New Horizons ar-rives at Pluto. Once considered the ninth planet, Pluto was de-moted to dwarf planet in 2006, seven months after New Hori-zons was launched.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The work of mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy has made an appearance in the Gaza Strip.

In a short film posted on his website, the popular street art-ist appears to have sneaked into Gaza through an underground tunnel from Egypt. The video combines footage from the Israe-li-Hamas war last summer, with political commentary about the coastal strip’s misery.

Some of Banksy’s work is seen as well, such as a draw-ing of a playful kitten, children swinging from what looks like a black watchtower and a Greek goddess cowering against a re-maining concrete slab of a de-stroyed structure.

The video ends with the fol-lowing message on a wall in Gaza: “If we wash our hands of the conflict between the power-ful and the powerless we side with the powerful — we don’t remain neutral.”

Banksy publicist Jo Brooks confirmed on Friday that he vis-ited Gaza, getting there through a tunnel. Brooks would not say when the visit took place.

Local residents were skep-

tical about this account since Egypt has stepped up its military campaign against the tunnels and destroyed most of them after last summer’s war.

Mohammed Shenbary, 29, said a Western artist arrived with a Palestinian translator about three months ago and started painting on the remaining wall of his battered home in Beit Ha-noun, in the northern Gaza Strip. He said the man looked to be in his mid-30s and painted the kit-ten in about a half hour.

“He asked me not to remove the wall and to maintain the painting,” Shenbary said, adding that the now-famous graffiti has had little impact on his life.

Jamal Abu Eitta, a 60-year-old, on whose home there is a graffiti depicting a watchtower, was equally unimpressed.

“We don’t care about it. Gaza streets are full of posters, graffiti and drawings,” he said.

It’s not Banksy first foray into the Mideast conflict. He previ-ously drew a painting of a girl pulled upward by balloons on Israel’s West Bank separation barrier.

Graffiti artist surfaces to create art in war-torn city.

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MacNaughton Cup will come down to final weekend

Unable to earn a series sweep over the weekend, Minnesota State and Michigan Tech will have to wait until Saturday for

one of them to hoist the Cup as WCHA champions.

Close, but no cigar, as they say. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. This past weekend, crowning the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s champion nearly happened, but was one goal away from happening.

Minnesota State University, Mankato had the opportunity to win their program’s first ever MacNaughton Cup as the regular season champions of the WCHA, but it was spoiled by the same team who spoiled their Cup hopes last season, Michigan Tech. Last season, the Mavericks missed out on the MacNaughton Cup by one point in the WCHA standings when they tied with Tech on the final day of the season, giving Ferris State the championship. This season was similar in the way that Tech played the spoiler, but this time they could possibly reap the benefits.

Playing at home in front of the fifth largest crowd the Ve-rizon Wireless Center has ever seen for a game, the Mavericks gave it their all on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd of 5,172, but it wasn’t enough. Hus-kies’ goaltender Jamie Phillips was phenomenal, giving Tech a chance to win in a game where they were severely outplayed.

MSU got on the board first halfway through the first period when a dynamic duo found their former magic.

Last season, seniors Matt Leitner and Jean-Paul LaFon-taine combined for one of the most lethal power play combos in all of college hockey, but LaFontaine has struggled to find that same scoring touch he’s had throughout his career at MSU. In this game, though, he played big.

While on the power play, Leitner slipped through a pair of Tech defenders before sliding a pass down low to LaFontaine. LaFontaine one-timed the pass into the top corner of the net

past Phillips for a highlight reel goal and a 1-0 lead for the home team. The game would then see nearly two full periods of play without scoring to the end.

Halfway through the second period, Tech’s Reid Sturos tied the game on a partial breakaway following a defensive lapse by the Mavericks. From there, the game would go scoreless into overtime.

In overtime, the Mavericks had the better of the chances, including a breakaway oppor-tunity by Dylan Margonari, who fired just high over the net. Neither team was able to bury one in the extra period, and left the building with one point from the draw. This was good for Tech, who sits in second place behind MSU, but unfortunate for the Mavericks. Phillips recorded an outstanding 43 saves in the game.

If the Mavericks were able to win both Friday and Saturday night’s games, they would have been crowned MacNaughton Cup champions. However, with-out a sweep, the Cup would not be awarded until this weekend, the final of WCHA regular season play.

Not discouraged by the tie, the Mavs came out Saturday night and took care of business. In front of a standing-room only crowd of 5,446, the Mavericks answered the bell after a Tech goal late in the first period, and tallied two of their own.

“It was unbelievable, just the support,” defenseman Zach

Palmquist told Shane Frederick of the Mankato Free Press. “To see the white towels waving around, especially on senior night, it created a buzz and, I think, definitely got the boys going.”

Fifteen seconds after going down 1-0, Margonari buried a rebound past Phillips to tie the game. Looking like these two teams would head to the locker room knotted at one after the first, the Mavericks took the lead in dramatic fashion. With just four seconds remaining in the period, junior Jon Jutzi netted his third of the season with a seeing eye shot from the point to take a 2-1 lead.

The second period would see the Huskies tie things up at two apiece when Chris Leibinger was sprung for a breakaway af-ter exiting the penalty box. Once again, though, the Mavs would get a response from an unlikely hero.

Carter Foguth, known for his steady defensive play rather than his goal scoring ability, floated a wrist shot through traffic from

the point that Phillips never saw, and the Mavericks took the lead, a lead they would hold on to. A third period goal on the power play from Bryce Gervais, his 21st of the season, would give the Mavs the breathing room

they wanted, and sealed the deal in this one, giving MSU a 4-2 win and three of four points in the weekend series.

While the Mavericks weren’t able to celebrate a Cup-clinch-ing victory on Saturday, they still had a celebration of sorts following the game. As the last

regular season home game of the year, it was senior night.

Following the game, MSU honored seniors Max Gaede, Chase Grant, J.P. LaFontaine, Matt Leitner, Zach Palmquist, and Brett Stern during an on-ice ceremony. Coach Mike Hastings also acknowledged the builders of this program, bringing this team to national prominence from where they once were. Hastings thanked former coach Troy Jutting. He was then joined on the ice by Don Brose, the man who started MSU’s hockey program, coaching the team for over thirty years, bringing them from the Division III and Divi-sion II levels all the way to the now Division I status.

Looking ahead, the Mav-ericks can still win the Mac-Naughton Cup outright. Tech, however, is nipping at their heels, now three points behind MSU. Two points this weekend against Bemidji State would give MSU the Cup, while Tech would

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Maverick hoops gets two conference tournament winsIn dominating fashion, Minnesota State collected a pair of tournament

wins over two conference foes this past weekend.

The Minnesota State men’s basketball team opened up the NSIC-Sanford health Tour-nament with two dominant victories.

The Mavericks opened up the tournament with an 83-52 vic-tory over Minnesota Crookston, the Mavericks then continued their dominate play with a 96-74 second round victory over St. Cloud State.

Senior Zach Monaghan provided the spark early for MSU as he scored the Maver-icks’ first 12 points of the game, going 4-of-4 from beyond the three-point line. The early spark helped the Mavericks to an early 17-7 lead.

The Mavericks were able to push the lead to 15 after a Lucas Brown lay-up, the Golden Eagles wouldn’t let the Mavericks get away easy, as they cut the lead to eight with 7:21 to play in the half.

MSU was able to respond quickly after the short UMC run, as the Mavericks went on a 19-4 run to finish the half with a 43-20 lead.

Monaghan led the Mavericks with 15 points in the first half. Senior Conner Miller added seven points and four assist in the half for MSU. Senior Assem Marei chipped in four points and six rebounds for the Mavericks. As a team the Mavericks shot 59.3 percent from the field in the first half.

Tyler West led UMC with seven first-half points, while Kevin Larson added four points for the Golden Eagles. As a team, the Golden Eagles shot just 28 percent from the field.

The Mavericks kept their foot on the gas pedal in the second half, as they led by as many as 25 for the remainder of the game. The offense got going again in the second half, as they were able to push the lead to 40 with 13:11 left in the game, help-ing them cruise to a convincing 83-52 victory.

Monaghan led all scor-ers with 23 points and he also dished out four assists. Miller tailed 14 points and a team-high five assists. Marei added in 10 points and seven rebounds.

Senior Zach Romashko scored eight points in the game to put make himself the 39th member of the 1,000 point club at Minnesota State. He is the third Maverick to reach the plateau on this team joining Monaghan and Marei. This is also the first time in program history that three players have reached 1,000 points in a sea-son.

West led the Golden Eagles

with 12 points, while Tim Lubke finished the game with 11 points.

As a team, the Mavericks shot an outstanding 57.9 percent from the field, including going 10-of-23 from beyond the arc.

UMC shot just 36 percent from the field, seeing some suc-cess from beyond the arc, con-

necting on 6 of their 18 tries.

With the loss, UMC finished their season with a 7-20 record, while the Mavericks moved to a 23-6 on the season.

The second round game was another offensive clinic for the Mavericks, as they put up 96 points. St. Cloud State couldn’t keep their offense going in the second half, as the Mavericks held them to 29 second-half points in the 96-74 victory.

The Mavericks opened the game on a 7-0 run, but the Hus-kies got themselves right back into the game. With 7:36 left in the half, the Huskies led by seven, but the Mavericks were able to get control of the game.

The Mavericks got on a 9-0 run in the final two minutes to finish the half, but the Huskies were able to cut the lead to six at the buzzer when Jordan Pydras hit a three-pointer with three ticks left on the clock. The Mav-ericks took a 51-45 lead into the locker room.

Sophomore Mike Busack led MSU with 15 first-half points, Monaghan chipped in 13 while passing out four assists. As a team, the Mavericks shot 47.1 percent from the field, and connected on 13-of-15 from the free-throw line.

Scottie Stone led the Huskies with 12 points in the first half, while Eddie Alcantara had 10 points and seven rebounds in the first half. As a team, SCSU shot 45.2 percent in the half, going 9-of-12 from beyond the three-point line.

In the second half the Maver-icks were able to open the game up, pushing their lead to 10 with 12:49 left in the game. MSU out-

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Zach MonaghanMonaghan led MSU with 23 points

over UMC

Zach RomashkoDuring the game against UMC, Romashko joined the 1,000 point

club, eclipsing the 1,000 point total for his career

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Frank VeldmanVeldman took first place in the high

jump for with a 6’9.75” jump.

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Minnesota State finds success at 2015 NSIC Indoor Championships

The Mavericks men’s track team took the 2015 NSIC indoor Championship this past weekend while turning in great perfor-mances through both days of competition.

After a load of preliminary runs in day one, the Mavericks would earn a mass of their points throughout the day to jumps.

Starting with sophomore jumper Frank Veldman in the high jump. Veldamn’s efforts would earn the first first place title for the Mavericks in high jump where he jumped an impressive 6’9.75’’ yielding a quick ten points to the Maverick campaign. Sophomore Benjamin Ojika also placed in the event jumping 6’4’’ earning him a fourth place finish in high jump.

Carrying on with the jumps, freshman Geno Bullard and sophomore Rumeal Harris earned fourth and fifth in the long jump respectively. Bullard led the Maverick charge with a season best of 23’2.5’’ on the first jump of the day. Harris would feed off of Bullard’s suc-cess jumping 23’0.5’’ to take a close fifth.

Senior Austin O’Brien added his talents on the distance side placing in the 3000-meters finishing sixth at 8:32.12.

To round out the completed events, the distance medley relay team, consisting of Brendan Gessner, Justin McMurtry, Al-exander Schoneberger and Ryan Ness finished fourth with a time of 10:34.33.

The Men’s team would con-clude day one sitting atop the 15 team conference with 45 points. Moorhead was right behind the Mavericks in second place after combining 40.5 points with a day of finals to go.

Day two would see a com-bined Maverick effort as final races told the story.

In the final round for the 60-meter hurdles all four Mav-ericks punched their ticket to finals, but the Mavericks would compete without the talents of Hunter. The Mavericks would only go on to place three in the 60-meter hurdles. Ojika scored the top Maverick spot in the event at fourth with a final time of 8.44. Senior Nathan Hancock hurdled to a new personal-best of 8.51 in sixth and with true freshman Zechariah Copeland right behind him in seventh.

Four Mavericks also took part in the final running of the 60-meter dash. After an impres-sive preliminary finish of 6.67 by senior Emmanuel Matadi the previous day, he would go to the final round solidifying his dominance in the event placing first with a time of 6.70.

Wayne State’s Braxton Adams would break up the field running a second place time of 6.77 and Kyran Stewart placing third, came in at 6.80. Bullard and Richard Wilhite, Jr. joined Matadi and Stewart in the final where they assisted the Maver-ick effort in earning 22 points in the event alone.

The 200-meter dash saw much more of the same for the Mavericks. Running four indi-viduals in the 200, the Maver-icks managed to qualify all four runners to the final round. 2014 Indoor 200 meter Champion and senior Anthony Gustafson rounded out the sprinting quartet finishing in sixth while Matadi, Stewart and Wilhite would go to sweep the top three places on

the podium.Matadi again, finishing in a

speedy fashion clocked in at a time of 21.42. Stewart behind Matadi finished in 21.75 and Wilhite coming in third finished with a season best of 21.99.

Continuing with the sprints, another true freshman Javontee Brice would see a final round

of the 400-meter dash. After a preliminary run of 50.27, Brice couldn’t gain the position needed in the final race to better his time. Brice took a seventh place finish with a time of 51.19 earning his first points as a Maverick.

Experienced mid distance runner Victor Bowen earned his right to the final round of the 600 meter dash after posting a time of 1:24.08. But in the final round to earn points for the Maverick board, Bowen would

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Frank VeldmanVeldman took first place in the high

jump for with a 6’9.75” jump.

Ben OjikaOjika finished fourth in the high

jump and lef the team in the 60-meter hurdles.


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There may be snow on the ground, but baseball is here

With spring training in progress, Tommy Wiita takes a look at how the American League is shaping up for the start of the season.

The sun is shining, and we have reached the month of March. With that being said, that means Spring Training baseball has arrived in Florida and Arizona. With March Madness coming soon and the NBA and NHL playoff runs going on, it can be easy to forget America’s pastime in-between. This offseason was quite busy, as there were the buyers, sellers and the teams that just did not do a whole lot. These are my outlooks for each American League division this season, and what to expect from each team in a nutshell from the long sum-mer ahead.

The Central Division might be a wide open race between all five teams this season. The Detroit Tigers have been the pe-rennial favorites year after year, but losing ace Max Scherzer will hurt them in the pitching department. Still, they have Jus-tin Verlander, David Price and Anibal Sanchez. Miguel Cabrera is aging and Victor Martinez is coming off knee surgery. The Tigers need to make something happen relatively soon, because they are not getting any younger or healthier. Though, for the Tigers, it will not come easy against the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins.

Minnesota added an old face to their lineup this year, steal-ing Torii Hunter away from Detroit in free agency. They also added Ervin Santana, which will no doubt give them a decent rotation for once. The Royals are coming off a season where they won the American League pennant. I do not recall anyone predicting that. Their core re-mains mostly the same, so it will be interesting to see if they can have repeat success.

The White Sox got up and made things happen in the offseason, signing starter Jeff Samardzija, reliever David Robertson and first baseman Adam LaRoche. The Sox of the south side of Chicago made some gutsy moves, and are hoping they can start building a winning trend around their 2014 Rookie of the Year Jose Abreu.

Then there is the Cleveland Indians. The tribe has had a way of keeping great depth on their roster, and now they have a Cy Young Award winner in Corey Kluber to lead their rotation. The Indians will stick around for the race again this season, knowing it very well could be a 4-5 team scuffle by late August-September.

The East could be coming down to just two teams when it matters; maybe three if there are changes made. To start off, the

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put up a career performance in the 600-meters finishing third in the field of eight at 1:22.05.

The crowd was awakened after an exciting finish in the final run of the mile where senior Austin O’Brien saw a third place finish with a time of 4:20.65, less than a stride behind first-place.

The men’s triple jump seemed to be the crowning moment to put the Mavericks ahead of the rest by a comfort-able lead. The pack of Veld-man, Ojika and freshman Alex Campbell was led by senior Khalil Jor’Dan in the event where the Mavericks secured the top four spots.

Veldman and Campbell would see career best jumps at 47’1’’ and 46’9’’ respectively as they took second and third behind Jor’Dan’s first place jump of 48’5.5’’. Ojika earned the fourth place spot rounding out the group.

The last ten points of the

meet would come through an impressive 4x400 relay team of Bowen, Hancock, Matadi and senior Zach Gearman. After trailing behind Minnesota Moorhead and Minot through two legs of the relay, Bowen surpassed the two teams hand-ing off the baton to Hancock first place. Hancock held this position through the finish line clocking in at 3:19.17.

As predicted, the Mavericks efforts in the two day Champi-onship meet would earn them their fourth straight NSIC in-door title by a 43 point Margin. Souix Falls came in second gathering 120 points and Moor-head in third with 96.5 points.

The year will go on for National Qualifiers. Automatic national qualifiers Matadi and Hunter will await the national stage in March. They will po-tentially be joined by four other teammates after the deciding period.

TRACK & FIELD “The Men’s team would conclude day one sitting atop the 15 team conference with 45 points. Moorhead was right behind the Mavericks in second place after combining 40.5 points with a day of finals to go.”continued from 15

story most followed will be Alex Rodriguez returning to the New York Yankees. That alone will be a setback for the Bronx faith-ful, as they will not succeed to better days with him still on that field in pinstripes. Their current roster does not look promising for success this year; even Ma-sahiro Tanaka may be a question mark in the health criteria. No “Mr. November” magic will be happening in the Bronx this season.

You cannot get much worse than the Tampa Bay Rays how-ever, as they have lost their ace David Price to the Tigers, man-ager Joe Maddon to the Cubs, and general manager Andrew Friedman to the Dodgers, in all of a matter of months. They are back to the beginning of rough times in Florida.

After losing Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis this offseason, the Orioles are about to take a tremendous step back this sea-son compared to their division title last year. It looked almost as if the Baltimore organiza-tion sat on their hands during the offseason, as it would have been ideal to pick up a pitcher or two and maybe a bat. Instead, they go into spring training as a regressed team. They will need to do something during the season if they want any chance this year.

The Blue Jays may have their best team assembled in years, after getting Oakland third base-

man Josh Donaldson and Pitts-burgh catcher Russell Martin. Young starter Marcus Stroman of Toronto is blossoming and may be the next power arm we see here in the majors. The team of the north may have the roster to compete for the East. There is one team that may stand in their way: the Boston Red Sox.

Boston finished in last place last season, and they needed a makeover. Losing Jon Lester does hurt, but adding Wade Miley, Rick Porcello and Justin Masterson will most certainly help. The offense is bolstered with adding Pablo Sandoval and the return of once highly touted Red Sox prospect Hanley Ramirez. If the Red Sox can add maybe one more big, power arm they can be a lock this season for the division title. It should be fun to see how the Toronto-Bos-ton match ups look this year.

A lot has happened in the wild, wild west. The Houston Astros have made huge strides as a club, and they should only improve more this season. There is plenty of young, raw talent, but they are still a couple years away from completely com-peting. Some guys to keep an eye on in Houston are George Springer and Jose Altuve.

The Texas Rangers have taken many steps back. From once being a playoff team to now barely winning games, it has been a drastic downfall. They are stuck in-between

rebuilding and competing, and it is not wise to do that. The Rangers are not expected to do much these days. They still have All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre, but there needs to be a state of urgency in Texas.

Billy Beane and his Oakland Athletics are always a mystery at the beginning of each season. This season in particular is peculiar, as Beane has traded away key pieces this offseason. Unless Beane can pull a rabbit out of his hat, this year may be a lost one for the Athletics. The division is too tough, and it is all rounded out with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Seattle Mariners.

The buzz around Seattle is real, and the competitive team on the field is a reality as well. With Nelson Cruz coming to the Mariners, they loaded a power bat into their lineup with ease. The Angels are the favorites, es-pecially if the offense clicks like they started to last season. With Mike Trout on your team, how can you not be a favorite? The rotation should be improved as well for this season, and hope-fully the Angels can get over the absence of losing their second baseman Howie Kendrick to a trade in the offseason.

AMERICAN LEAGUE “This offseason was quite busy, as there were the buyers, sellers and the teams that just did not do a whole lot.”continued from 16


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On the big scale, both MSU and Michigan Tech have seem-ingly clinched spots in the NCAA Tournament with the success they’ve had this season. While MSU had been atop the NCAA pairwise rankings for the vast majority of the season, the tie on Friday night saw

them slip to the no. 2 spot by the narrowest of margins. Still, with only two regular season games remaining on the year and with the top 16 teams mak-ing the NCAA Tournament, it is seemingly impossible for the Mavericks not to make their third consecutive appearance in the big dance. Where they want to end up, however, is a different story.

As the NCAA Tournament is formatted for men’s hockey, the 16 teams in the field are split up into four different regional tournaments, with the champion of each regional tournament

advancing to the Frozen Four. If the Mavericks finish out strong and head into the NCAA Tour-nament ranked among the top four teams, they will receive a no. 1 seed in one of the regional tournaments, handing them a first round match up against a no. 4 seed who landed in the 13-16 range, a favorable match up for MSU.

Meanwhile, Tech sits in the no. 7 spot in the pairwise rank-ings, also giving them all but a sure spot in the tournament. However, there is no margin for error with the Huskies as win-ners of their conference tourna-

ments get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. What does this mean? Essentially, if a team that is outside the top 16 at the end of the season wins their conference tournament, they are in, and the no. 16 team is pushed out. The more teams outside the top 16 that win their conference tournament, the more teams that get pushed out of the tourna-ment.

While both the Mavericks and Huskies will still be playing at the end of the month, their focus right now is on that of the MacNaughton Cup. The Mavericks head to Bemidji this

weekend looking for at least two points to secure the Cup for the first time, while Tech plays a home-and-home series with Northern Michigan, looking for a series sweep.

“This group has done a good job of focusing on just today.” Said MSU head coach Mike Hastings. “They’ve done a good job of forgetting if yesterday didn’t go well and I haven’t seen them look too far ahead. Hope-fully we go right back to that on Monday.”

MACNAUGHTON CUP “It was unbelievable, just the support,” defenseman Zach Palmquist told Shane Fred-erick of the Mankato Free Press. “To see the white towels waving around, especially on senior night, it created a buzz and, I think, definitely got the boys going.”

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scored the Huskies 37-18 in the final 15 minutes of the game to grab a 96-74 second-round win.

Six Mavericks tallied double digit scoring, led by Marei who posted a double-double, scoring 21 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. Monaghan added 15 points and 11 assists to secure a double-double for the Mavericks as well. Busack added 20 points for the Mavericks as well, while Romashko, TJ Lake and Miller added 14, 12 and 10 points respectfully.

Stone led SCSU with 19 points in the game, followed by Poydras who tallied 17 points for the Huskies.

As a team, the Mavericks shot 50.7 percent from the field, while the Huskies were held to 38.5 percent from the field.

With the loss the Huskies finish their season with a 18-12 record, while the Mavericks pushed their record to 24-6. The win also put the Maver-icks in the Semi-finals of the NSIC tournament, putting them against MSU-Moorhead Monday afternoon.

MEN’S HOOPS“Senior Zach Romashko scored eight points in the game to put make himself the 39th mem-ber of the 1,000 point club at Minnesota State. He is the third Maverick to reach the plateau on this team join-ing Monaghan and Marei. This is also the first time in program history that three players have reached 1,000 points in a season.”continued from 14

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Ah, the plight of the PG-13 horror flick. A film whose trail-er boasts psychological terrors perfect for sweaty-palmed teen-agers on their group dates. But what if you’re not a 13-year-old kid on a cliché movie date but a horror junkie looking for some real scares? Is going to see The Lazarus Effect worth the over-priced movie ticket and an hour and a half of your life? Believe it

or not it might actually be. The Lazarus Effect, directed

by David Gelb, follows a group of university researchers, along with a student assigned to docu-ment their experiments (Sarah Bloger), as they work towards a way to bring the dead back to life. A trial proves successful for the group and they manage to not only bring a dog back to life but to cure him of his ailments as well. The team’s excitement is short lived though as a viola-tion of their grant guidelines is

leaked to the university and their work is confiscated. Desperate to redeem the three plus years they’ve spent on the project, the team, headed by engaged couple Frank (Mark Duplass) and Zoe (Olivia Wilde), sneak back into the lab with hopes of recreating the experiment. Things go be-yond horrifically wrong during

their attempt though and Zoe dies. Despite reluctance from the rest of the group Frank uses the experiment to resurrect Zoe. While she does come back to life it’s not without some negative consequences.

The Lazarus Effect has all the elements of an interesting story, in fact, it might have too many.

As the film progresses argu-ments of science versus religion, regrets, relationships and even conspiracies are all pulled into play but they are almost all aban-doned in some way or another. Viewers are asked to question how their research was leaked

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Those seeking summer employment need look no further.A summer at Valleyfair

WES HUNTINGTONStaff Writer

If you need a job for the sum-mer look no further than Val-leyfair. According to numerous reports, Valleyfair is looking to hire 1,600 seasonal full-time employees across various de-partments. Located on the far fringes of Shakopee, Minnesota, Valleyfair offers many benefits to being an employee. You earn free tickets for your friends and family members after 30 days of employment, and numerous ride nights with free food and hanging out with your friends. To weigh in on whether or not you should work at Valleyfair, several students from numerous schools responded. The students explained how they got their jobs at Valleyfair and gave advice for future employees.

“I got involved with Valley-fair because my twin sister Ka-

tie had worked there for several years in rides and suggested that I come work in the Safety and

Security department to get expe-rience for my Law Enforcement degree,” said Allie Rogers, a se-

nior Spanish and Law Enforce-ment major at Minnesota State University, Mankato. “I finally caved and applied last spring and got the job for the 2014 season! My advice for people thinking of applying would be to do it, especially for people consider-ing law enforcement as a career. The training Valleyfair provides us and the exposure we have to things in the park will really help prepare someone for a career in LE.”

Ann Kopitzke, a student from Luther Seminary, agreed.

“If you’re looking for a job in Law Enforcement, and if you would like practical experience, apply there. You also make re-ally great connections.”

Tess Bunker, a senior Recre-ation, Parks and Leisure Servic-es student stated that: “My time with Valleyfair began summer of 2011. One of my friends from high school had recently applied

there and she told me to apply so we could work together. After being hired as a Ride Operator in 2011, I fell in love with the amusement industry.” Bunker was promoted – a frequent thing happening throughout the sum-mer – to a Team Lead in 2012, and Supervisor in 2013. Last season, Bunker was the Training and Auditing Supervisor. This season Bunker will be an Opera-tions Supervisor. Her advice, she says, “you won’t regret it! There are a lot of different departments you can apply for. It is a physi-cal job where you are outside re-gardless of the weather, which is one of my favorite things about it, but it isn’t the easiest job out there.”

Hollie Christensen, a Psy-chology major from Southwest Minnesota State University, had this to say regarding Valleyfair, who is hopefully returning for a

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The Merely Players put on a Neil Simon classic.The Good Doctor comes to Mankato

LOREN MEGILStaff Writer

This Friday, March 6, Merely Players Community Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor opens. The show features over 50 cast and crewmembers including several families. The ability to offer this

type of family experience to lo-cal community members is part of what makes Merely Players so special. Volunteers live in North Mankato, Mankato, Janesville, Waseca, and Northfield.

This Neil Simon play, which

originally ran on Broadway in 1973-1974, is a collection of comical adaptions of many of Anton Chekhov’s writings. It is divided into 11 scenes that have been crafted as individual short plays within the context of the larger show. Each of these miniature plays has a different director, costume designer, and

cast. This structure has allowed for the featuring of many first-time directors, costumers, and technical crew. Merely Players’s Artistic Director Jonas Nissen led a one-day intensive directing workshop for the eleven new di-

rectors, each set to direct a scene. Nissen also provided individual mentoring of all of the directors and their casts throughout the rehearsal process, which began in mid-January. Head Costumer, Molly Smith and Technical Di-rector Curtis Fleigel have been working with new volunteers on the costuming and technical

aspects of the show (set design, lighting, sound) respectively, since mid-January. The show also includes many first time-actors making their stage debut.

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This opportunity provided to the volunteers to stretch their theatre muscles has resulted in an opportunity for the com-munity to see a wonderful, hi-larious show. In the play, an un-named writer leads the audience through this collection of stories as he struggles to overcome his writer’s block. The stories told range from that of a government clerk’s hilarious breakdown af-ter accidentally sneezing on his superior, an older man and wom-an who work through taking a chance on each other through song (the one musical scene fea-tured in the show), a conniving mother who tries to cheat her governess out of her pay, and a man who gets his son a rather

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of the amusing and thoughtful variety of scenes presented in The Good Doctor, to see them all make sure you’re in the audience. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, or $10 for youth, and are available at http://www.merelyplayers.com or at the Lincoln Community Center box office. Group ticket sales are also available. Perfor-mances are at the Lincoln Com-munity Center on March 6, 7, 13, and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 and 15 at 2 p.m.

This production is spon-sored in part by Xcel Energy, Mankato Health Care Foun-dation, and in part by a grant from the Prairie Lakes Region-al Arts Council, through the State of MN Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Last Comic Standing finalist leaves MSU students in stitches.

WES HUNTINGTONStaff Writer

On Monday, Feb. 23, Minnesota State University, Mankato welcomed Chloe Hilliard, an African-Amer-

ican comedienne from New York City. The event was put on by IMPACT, and was held at 7 p.m. in the Ostrander Au-ditorium. Over 50 people at-

tended the event. To warm up the audience,

fellow comedian Ian Fidance, also from New York City, per-formed for 15 minutes. He men-tioned he resides in Brooklyn, and also drew laughs from a case of mistaken identity. He mentioned that he has been mis-taken numerous times for being Jewish, only to have the people who had mistaken him be blind-sided by the fact that he is in fact Italian. He also gave the audi-ence raucous laughter when an entire section was mysteriously deserted, saying that they were the upcoming freshmen class. He also mentioned – to more laughter – some many awkward

moments in his life. What was great to hear from Fidance was he was a recovering alcoholic, after several students told him that MSU was a dry campus. Fi-dance’s performance was enjoy-able for a warm-up performer,

and warm up the audience he did before Hilliard took the stage.

Hilliard was quick to mention that she was a finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing reality

show. Hilliard also made a few students be known to the rest of the audience. The two students – Ariel and Karl – were frequent-ly a part of the night’s routine. They were good sports, espe-cially Karl, who was frequently used as a part of Hilliard’s rou-tine when it came to topics such as how friends meet and such. The first story she mentioned was about a time when she went to go visit her grandparents in South Carolina. Her grand-mother gave her advice about relationships – if Hilliard ever wanted a man to keep, he better make a cake for her. That drew thunderous laughter from the audience. She also went into a

mini-lecture on spending habits of African-American women. She said that $1 billion was spent on hair from African-American women. That drew amazement and shock from the audience. She also went into a story about

people using the adjective “prin-cess” to describe well-behaved girls. She gave advice about it, saying that people should refrain from using it unless the daugh-

ter was the parents’ personal princess, not a princess to soci-ety. That was funny and also in-teresting. Finally, she went into some stories of female advocacy. The performance left the audi-ence laughing hard and often, especially when the middle sec-tion had almost two full rows of students from a special edu-cation class taking notes on the performance. Hilliard was taken aback by this news, and kept the audience laughing even coming toward the end of the routine. Hilliard’s performance is fun and overall entertaining. She kept the audience entertained and had the audience eating out of her palm.

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third summer: “I would totally recommend it. This is a great experience to meet people from literally all over the world. I came in shy too. Valleyfair is a great place to start working on that. Like every job, there is down spots; but I think it leans towards the better side. There are so many perks and opportu-nities that you get by just work-ing here. Come check out what you’re missing.”

Jonathan Jarocki, a Criminal Justice major from Upper Iowa University, had said he got into working at Valleyfair because he always knew it would be a fantastic job. He also said he took the job because he wanted a job with more hours and mon-ey. He just had this to say, “Just do it.”

Garrett Albright, a Cinema Production/Screenwriting stu-dent from Minneapolis Com-munity/Technical College, said he got into working from a high school friend who recommend-ed he worked there. He then worked at Valleyfair for two seasons. Albright’s advice is, “I highly recommend Valleyfair to any and every one. Valley-

fair has such a wide variety of jobs that anyone can find some-thing that interests them. In the end Valleyfair is the best job ever because it make every day you work The Best Day Ever!!”

Felicia Richardson, a se-nior Elementary Education major here at MSU, said she got into working at Valleyfair when she racked her brain one spring trying to find out what job she wanted to do over the summer. She later said she had the best summer of her life. She finally had to this to say, “Who wouldn’t want to work in a place where people come to have fun and be happy?!”

Finally, Katie Rogers, senior Communication Studies stu-dent here at MSU, had advice for prospective employees, “Be prepared to work a lot. Also, have a positive attitude.”

Overall Valleyfair is a won-derful summer job to gain ex-perience that can be used to build your resume with addi-tional perks that can’t be found anywhere else. If you want to avoid a cubicle for the summer, check out Valleyfair!

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MATTHEW EBERLINEStaff Writer

Last month, we saw the launch of two highly antici-pated video games in the form of Evolve and The Order: 1886, both of which released to some unexpected controversy sur-rounding their lengths and, in relation, to their overall quality. The negative argument toward their lengths seems to take two stances; that neither game is worth purchasing because their respective lengths aren’t worth the price of a new title, and that neither game is worth purchas-ing simply because they’re short and short games are “obviously” bad games by default.

The price argument I can un-

derstand. At an average of $60 a pop, video games have become an expensive pastime, and when a particular game fails to offer more than an afternoon’s worth of entertainment it becomes in-creasingly difficult to justify that purchase. For a medium as pricey as games, it’s hoped, even

expected, that the player will get the most bang for their buck. At the same time, however, there seems to be this preconceived notion developing within the gamer community that a short game automatically equates a bad one.

At first, this notion might make sense to the jaded gamer that’s seen way too many hot new titles rush out the door only to become buggy, unfin-ished, and unplayable messes. But what this argument fails to take into account is everything else that makes a game, well, a game. Nowhere does it take into account a game’s narrative, or the gameplay developed to con-vey that narrative (or not; not all games are narrative based, after

all). As with a film or TV show, a game is ultimately the sum of its parts, whether that sum equates to a good game or a bad one. A film critic wouldn’t say a three hour film is automatically better than a film that’s only an hour and a half, simply because the former is longer. Rather, a film’s

worth, its value, is judged by the quality of its content and struc-ture, of the parts that make up the whole. So why should games be treated any differently?

Now, I have yet to play Evolve or The Order: 1886, and as such I can’t pass judgment on either of them, nor can I say with any certainty whether or not they are worth anyone’s time or money. But what I will say is this:

A game’s length, or lack thereof, is not indicative of its quality as a whole.

This statement is especially true in the ever-growing indie sector, where many developers simply lack the resources and funding to create games that can last for more than three or four hours. Take for example Papers, Please, Gone Home, or The Stanley Parable. All three of these games were lauded by critics and consumers alike for

their creativity and innovation, yet all three deliver experiences that can be completed in roughly three hours or less, depending on the game. But if you look at the reviews for these games (from both critics and consumers), you’ll find little in-depth dis-cussion regarding their lengths. Certainly, there are some re-views that take this into account, but you’d be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of articles labeling any of these games as “crap” simply because they can be completed in a single af-ternoon. Rather, you’ll find a number of well written (some-times not so well written) pieces breaking down the mechanics of the respective game or relat-ing a personal experience in the game that touched the player in a profound way. Whether either game is good or not is dependent on which reviewer you ask, but

the point is that they are evalu-ated and judged for what they are as a whole and for the kind of experience(s) they impart to the player, not for how long it takes to get from beginning to end.

Video games are a young medium and they’ve only re-cently begun to come into their own as an art form. As video games continue to morph and grown into a larger part of our culture, the way we look at and talk about them also needs to change. Gone are the days when games were little more than flashy toys, subject to the most rigid type of product re-views. Games, like film and TV before them, are becoming deeper and more personal expe-riences, and the way we critique them must reflect these changes if the medium is to blossom into its full potential.

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MATTHEW EBERLINEStaff Writer

Grammy Award winning singer song-writer, Tim Mc-Graw, recently announced his first return to Nashville in six years, with a concert at Bridge-stone Arena set for Aug. 15. The performance comes as part of McGraw’s Shotgun Rider Tour,

running from June through Sep-tember. The tour will include music from his newest album, Sundown Heaven Town, as well as supporting performances by Billy Currington and Chase Bryant.

Winning three Grammy Awards and selling over 40 mil-lion albums across the globe, McGraw’s music is some of the most popular in the coun-try genre, with hit singles like

“Live Like You Were Dying” and “Over and Over” topping the charts at #1 for more than ten weeks. USA Today calls Mc-Graw “One of country music’s most consistent hitmakers for the past two decades,” while The Cleveland Plain Dealer refers to him as “One of those artists who just makes you feel good being in the same room with him, even

if there are 18,999 other people sharing the space.” The Associ-ated Press writes, “20 years af-ter his breakthrough hit, ‘Indian Outlaw,’ McGraw still pushes at country music’s boundaries.”

McGraw’s 13th album, Sun-down Heaven Town, premiered at the top of the Billboard Coun-try Albums Chart with the hit track, “Shotgun Rider,” at #1 for four weeks. In addition to his album sales and Grammy

Awards, McGraw’s list of ac-complishments include winning 16 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music As-sociation Awards, ten Ameri-can Music Awards, and three People’s Choice Awards. He has also received critical acclaim for his acting work, appearing in productions such as Friday Night Lights and The Blind Side,

as well as the upcoming Disney film Tomorrowland, premiering May 22.

The Shotgun Rider Tour will span across the nation, including in cities such as Chicago, De-troit, and Indianapolis. Tickets are currently available in select cities. For more information on the Shotgun Rider Tour, visit www.timmcgraw.com.

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but at the same time they are also forced to question just what exactly the point of the twisted dream sequences flashed on the screen earlier. They are also in-vited to bring their own spiri-tual views into question but once again that train of thought is abandoned. That being said, the story isn’t bad and odds are that most viewers will be more likely to just sit back and enjoy it rather than try to rip open the plot holes.

While the plot actually holds up well in comparison to most horror flicks the scares are up for debate. Jump scares make up the main bulk of the film and I don’t think many horror veterans will spend any portion of the flick huddled into their theatre seat and or with their

feet pulled up to their chest. They may, on the other hand, find themselves at their seat’s edge. The film builds suspense well. In fact, a large portion of the film is spent building up to Zoe’s actual death and her re-turn from what she refers to as Hell. Even with the slow build, horror is subjective and the ending is up to interpretation as well.

All in all, the verdict is that the film isn’t a total waste of time and that there should be minimal to no regrets in seeing it. I just wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who is prone to sei-zures or who has a hard time with dead animals because - spoiler - the dog dies. Again.

It’s not the size that matters, it’s how you use it.Small game doesn’t mean bad game

the point is that they are evalu-ated and judged for what they are as a whole and for the kind of experience(s) they impart to the player, not for how long it takes to get from beginning to end.

Video games are a young medium and they’ve only re-cently begun to come into their own as an art form. As video games continue to morph and grown into a larger part of our culture, the way we look at and talk about them also needs to change. Gone are the days when games were little more than flashy toys, subject to the most rigid type of product re-views. Games, like film and TV before them, are becoming deeper and more personal expe-riences, and the way we critique them must reflect these changes if the medium is to blossom into its full potential.

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