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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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Minnesota State will still have to make more cuts outside of faculty and programs, according to the budget forecast presented Tuesday.
The cuts will have to come from non-faculty and staff or non-salary items. This could possibly include equipment such as computers, or supplies like department paper budgets.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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Minnesota State honors students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the Minnesota Capitol and watch their government in action Thursday. The eight students, plus honors director Christopher Corley and honors professor David Engen, arrived at the Minnesota Capitol building in St.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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At last, the stress reliever we have all been waiting for has arrived. It's spring break time for Minnesota State and students can finally put their books and laptops to the way side for a week of indulgence.
Some will travel to the warmer regions of the world, while others might simply choose to stay and chill in Minnesota.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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Paying respects to track and field, cross country I realize there are a lot of Minnesota State sports to cover in February/March but when there's an MSU team that wins a conference I think they deserve coverage from the Reporter. As an MSU Track and Field/ Cross Country alumni I am frustrated that the Reporter isn't giving the MSU Track and Field teams the recognition they deserve for the outstanding seasons they have had.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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It's March, which means it is National Nutrition Month. So what does this have to do with you? Although it's easy to consider eating a mundane day-to-day task, it's worth it to take some time to really think about what you put into your body. Proper nutrition can improve your health and well-being, and healthy habits cultivated now will benefit you as you age.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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The Southwest Minnesota State basketball team is fighting for their NCAA tournament dreams.
They are fighting to push their seniors last game, one game longer.
They were not ranked in the latest Cenral Regional poll, meaning they need to win the NSIC tournament to get an invite to the big tourney.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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The Minnesota State women's basketball team struggled on the road this season and entered the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament with a 4-9 record in away games.
The poor road record was a big reason MSU almost didn't make the conference tournament.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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Minnesota State (12-18-2, 6-17-2 WCHA) vs. No. 4 St. Cloud State (20-10-4, 15-8-3) 7:05 p.m. Verizon Wireless Center (Fri.); 7:05 p.m. National Hockey Center, St. Cloud (Sat.) TV:Charter Main Street (Ch. 14) Radio:1420 KTOE RECAP: Minnesota State looks to end the regular season on a high note and upset No.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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Now that the Minnesota State women's hockey season has come to a close, it is time to look back on the year and hand out individual awards to some of the main contributors for the Mavericks.
Offensive MVP: Ashley Young
The senior forward from South St.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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The NCAA announced that 10 Minnesota State track and field athletes will be participating in the NCAA Division II indoor championships in Albuquerque, N.M.
The women will be sending senior Brittany Henderson, who will be participating in the 60 and 200-meter dash events for the third straight season.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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Arizona is 30 times better than Minnesota. That's what I learned in the last week. Great weather, women wearing sundresses year-round (my personal favorite), strange homeless men that bark at people and a great baseball field.
Note on the barking man: This guy was in a wheelchair barking at people while asking for 83 cents.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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Without a doubt, regular consumption of healthy food and monitoring of nutritional intake are tasks most college students readily ignore.
From quadruple bacon cheeseburgers to Venti Mocha Orange Frappa Latte's, there's no denying the instantly available, delectable delights that regularly wrap their greasy fingers around the taste buds of Americans.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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As spring break approaches rather quickly at Minnesota State, many students have already been preparing for their warm destinations by heading to the tanning salon.
Planet Beach Contempo Spa, located across the street from campus, has seen a definite increase in tanners within the last month.
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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03/03/2010 10:00 PM |
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In "She's Out of My League," a new comedy from Jim Field Smith in his full-length directorial debut due out March 12, Jay Baruchel plays a familiar character. A nice, quiet, offbeat 20-something, Kirk Kettner becomes involved with a woman he's not used to receiving even a passing glance from.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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Keisha Hebrink is beautiful, very busy and, by her own admission, also a bit gullible.
So she believed her boyfriend Josh when, on Christmas Eve 2008, he said he needed to stop at their church to check his dad's mailbox.
But mail wasn't on Josh's mind that night.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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Dawn Rae Davis has a secret. She is in her first year as an assistant professor of gender and women's studies at Minnesota State, but she wasn't always a professor.
Though she grew up in Minnesota and Iowa, she has lived in many major U.S. cities, from Boston to Los Angeles, because of her rather surprising former career: acting.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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"I have about 600 favorite students," Thomas Gjersvig, Director of the Kearney International Center at Minnesota State, said, with a big smile on his face.
On a snowy Monday, his office inside the international center is warm and lightly ornamented with small souvenirs from many countries.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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Minnesota State student Miles Kipper plays a key role in bringing musical performances to MSU.
A senior in the international business program, Kipper joined Impact's Concert Company because of his appreciation of music and desire to be involved on campus.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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After teaching an introductory acting class during the fall for the first time at Minnesota State, Joey West decided to try a different approach.
He backed off on lectures this semester and has his new section of students taking learning on their feet. The non-traditional techniques and improv activities the MFA candidate in the Department of Theatre & Dance acting program implemented are already getting his students to open up.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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Before Maxime Colange arrived in the United States, he knew he wanted to become involved in a very American aspect of college life: a fraternity.
In France and most European countries there are no fraternities or sororities.
"Before coming to Minnesota I knew I wanted to join a fraternity," Colange said.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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Every Friday last semester freshman Erika Koenig would bike six miles up and down Stadium Hill to get to school.
While the freshman was enrolled at Minnesota State, that's not where she was going so faithfully, rain or shine. She was biking to Monroe Elementary School in North Mankato.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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When Minnesota State basketball senior point guard Jesse Clark came to Mankato as a walk-on in 2005 from Sioux Falls, S.D., he knew he could play at the Division II level.
He'd be lying if he thought it would all go as well as it has.
"To be honest, I just didn't really get recruited by DII schools," said Clark.
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02/17/2010 10:00 PM |
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Meet Lt. Col. Joel Stephenson. He is many things to people who know him - soldier, leader, husband, and father. Stephenson has only been in Mankato since last summer but feels the people he's met and the help he's received from Minnesota State has been incredible.
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