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How to plan for a successful semester Goal setting, class materials and campus resources can aid your success
EMMANUELLA SHOKARE Staff Writer The holidays are over and everybody is trying to adjust to the new schedule that we have now. For some, this is their first semester while others are returning to continue from where they ended last semester. Either way, we all want to end up finishing this semester successfully. There are some ways we can plan to have a successful semester. 1) Planning - Yes, you need to plan. This is the first week of resumption and professors are already giving out the syllabus and stating the do’s and don’ts for class. Note the due dates for assignments,
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exams and other activities that are stated in the syllabus and what the professor says about class in your planner. This will help you keep track of what you are supposed to do for that class and also help you be more productive. In order to do this, you have
to go to class and try to be present at all class periods. Most times, professors say things that can help you in the class, information that might not be on D2L, so make sure to attend class. 2) Books and other class materials - Usually,
at the beginning of class, professors talk about the essential materials that are needed for their course; the earlier you get these items, the better. Sometimes, you may not need to buy them, especially textbooks; most textbooks are available in the
library and you can check them out to study or do your class assignments. Now is the best time to get all you may need for your class. 3) What are your goals? We just entered a new year and most of us must have set our New Year’s resolution. It’s one thing to set them, but another to take it a step further and accomplish them. What are your goals for this semester and how can you accomplish them? The beginning of the semester is the best time to sit and think of what you want to accomplish this semester, how you can accomplish them and what resources are around you that you can usitlize to help reach your goal. Think about your other semesters: what did you do wrong or right? What method has helped you
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Don’t be cooped up indoors this winter Embrace the snowy weather and cold conditions with these tips
MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer The semester has begun, with the hassle of trying to find the ideal rhythm of balancing classes and studying while still having some personal time. This is the main goal of a majority of students during the first week. The weather, which proves to be the main dilemma primarily during the early spring season, will
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undoubtedly be another obstacle to overcome this semester. Winter is upon us and sometimes it feels tiring to get up in the morning especially when there is immense snowfall with freezing temperatures outside. However, embracing each season of the year could prove highly beneficial to both mental and physical health. The majority of people tend not to be fans of the winter season and winter blues—characterized by low energy—combined with a lack of motivation is very common. However, there are several ways to keep active and embrace the winter,
making it as delightful as any other season. Exercise is one of the best ways to stay active and inspire motivation during the winter
elevates one’s metabolism, providing sufficient energy to go through one’s day feeling refreshed. A healthy diet is something
“Embracing each season of the year could prove highly beneficial to both mental and physical health.” season. Exercise acts as both a great way to stay healthy and maintain one’s weight, plus it is an amazing stress reliever. A good workout
that goes hand in hand with exercise and provides the body with needed nutrients for it to function at an optimum level. Slacking off
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and eating unhealthily during the winter is very tempting as an individual feels the weather is draining. However, maintaining a balanced diet is essential for a healthy lifestyle. Treating oneself and having something to look forward to is another way to embrace winter. Winter has shorter days and longer nights thus calling it a day as soon as one arrives home is often the norm during the winter. There are numerous activities one can engage in both on and
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Singing Hills Chorus brings people with dementia together to make music Jan. 10, 2018 (MANKATO) -- The Mankato & North Mankato ACT on Alzheimer’s Action Team is looking for members for its Singing Hills Chorus. The chorus brings together people living with dementia and care partners for weekly rehearsals and a public performance. The chorus will be led by Music Director Kristin Ziemke, owner of Avenues Music Therapy. The chorus welcomes any person who is living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia who can attend the structured weekly rehearsals and who wants to make good music and friends. There are no auditions, and no musical training or experience is necessary. Volunteers are available to sing alongside participants, taking instructional notes, helping them follow the music and lyrics and ensuring they have an enjoyable experience. Rehearsals include social time for singers and volunteers, and participants receive personalized music books
and practice CDs. There is a variety of music, with songs that are both familiar and challenging. Tunes are adapted as needed. The theme for the spring session is “Sentimental Journey.” The chorus will sing songs about places and memories of summer vacations, from the coasts, to the mountains to camp. The chorus costs $25 per person, though scholarships are available. People with dementia must register with a care partner. The cost includes rehearsal and practice materials, refreshments and a performance scarf. Rehearsals will be on Thursdays from 10-11:30 a.m. from Feb. 1 through May 10 at School Sisters of Notre Dame (170 Good Counsel Drive). Parking is free. There will be social time from 9:30-10 a.m. and 11:30noon on rehearsal mornings. There will be no rehearsal on March 29. Register online at singinghillschorus.org. If you would like to pay by check, download the registration
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form, which can be found on the website. If you would like a registration form mailed to you or emailed to you, call (507) 519-0626 or email katoactonalz@yahoo.com. Volunteer singers will be paired with the chorus member living with dementia. Care partners may sing in their own section. Email or visit the website to learn more about volunteering.
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Continued from page 1 to succeed? 4) School resources There are some resources around school that are in place to help you succeed. There is the Tutoring Center and the Writing Center to name a few; utilizing these resources can make you successful this semester. Do not forget to use office hours. The professors here at MNSU are here to help you, so it is beneficial for you to utilize their office hours. 5) Start studying now - Studying before and after class is a good way to prepare for upcoming exams. This will help you
understand the course material. Do not wait for a few days before the exams to study. And don’t wait until finals week to try and push your grades up; start now. Also, take opportunities to gain extra credit when you can; those little points may help. 6) Stay healthy - It can be hard to find time to prepare healthy meals and exercise which could lead many students to rely on junk food. Try to find a day in the week to prepare some healthy meals and to exercise. This will help reduce stress and burn out. 7) Monitor and evaluate
- How am I doing? Am I learning anything so far? How are my grades; are they what I planned to get? Am I studying right? Am I putting as much effort in what I am supposed to? It goes a long way to monitor and evaluate your progress; you will know where you need to improve and how productive you have been. 8) Be positive - Try to keep away from negative thoughts because it only brings you down. Keep a positive mind and work hard to achieve your goals that you planned for this semester.
The spring concert is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on May 12 in the Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel. Tickets will go on sale in March. About the Action Team The Mankato & North Mankato ACT on Alzheimer’s Action Team aims to help create communities that are engaging, respectful, safe and informed for people with Alzheimer’s and their families. The team’s activities have included creating and maintaining a resource guide that identifies local and statewide Alzheimer’s and dementia resources; hosting the Alzheimer’s Association’s “Get the Facts” series; hosting a dementia friendly faith community training; and training businesses and
agencies on how to recognize the signs of Alzheimer’s disease and create dementia friendly spaces. The Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging (MNRAAA) provides fiscal sponsorship for the Action Team. MNRAAA advocates and provides information and funds for senior services in 27 counties in southwest Minnesota. Stratis Health provided start-up funding for the Singing Hills Chorus. The Bloomington-based nonprofit supports efforts to build a culture of quality in health care through its Building Healthier
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“Our Revolution” and a betrayal of trust for one writer Opinion
BILL HAMM Staff Writer Not all stories have a happy ending. We can hope this one still does, but it has a rocky start to recover from. Many of us Bernie-backers have held high hopes for the group, “Our Revolution,” to carry on that great platform of Bernie’s. Reality seldom meets expectations. After multiple attempts since September, by myself and others on campus, I finally connected with the “Our Revolution” group through CD1 candidate Johnny Akzam. As fate would have it, it just happened to be as they were coming upon their first ever endorsement of Minnesota candidates. A questionnaire was used to base this endorsement process on. This questionnaire is my basis for questioning; it could easily be described as a classic Push Poll; each section (under group headings such as Social
Justice) started with a long descriptive statement (the world of realities) followed by a group of targeted questions, several in degrees of support format. Much could have been forgiven about this effort, if not “for
“As a Bernie-backer and a social/racial justice advocate, reading through their questionnaire left me short of seeing any clear path to freedom.” the rest of the story.” As a Bernie-backer and a social/racial justice advocate, reading through their questionnaire left me short of seeing any clear path to freedom, and instead on our long road back from being this country’s second most racist state. Right behind Wisconsin, folks. The questionnaire I printed off was Tina Liebling’s answers, an interesting read. If you are familiar with the term “whitewashed,” it is used to describe the intentional loss of descriptive content in writings concerning racial issues. This is the best way to describe this questionnaire in question.
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Continued from page 2 Communities Award. The Action Team models the Singing Hills Chorus on one out of the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis called the Giving Voice Chorus. Singing Hills Chorus is the first group in outstate Minnesota to utilize the Giving Voice toolkit. About Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is progressive brain disease that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Nowhere in this survey will you find the words racism, police brutality, racial profiling—such as DWB (Driving While Black) and DWI (Driving While Indian)— dispropor tionate racial arrest and conviction rates,
Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. The disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of dementia cases and has no current cure. The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that 92,000 Minnesotans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, a number that’s projected to increase to 120,000 by 2025. Another 251,000 Minnesotans support their loved ones in a caregiver role.
the racist school-to-prison pipeline, racial disparities, or the 4 to 1 higher birth mortality rate for women of color in Minnesota. Nor will
you find any support for the legalization of the cannabis, the number one tool used by police and the justice system to persecute the outrageous 11 to 1 per-capita racist arrest rate in metro Minnesota. In place of all that racism stuff, this strongly RCV (Ranked Choice Voting) group decided for us that the issue of RCV is now a Bernie issue in Minnesota. This group has invaded every political effort in Minnesota, since at least the beginning of the Independence Party. They have become an invasive political species here, and, worse than that, research hasn’t been kind to them. Studies out of Ireland and Australia show strong indications of racism. A U.S.
study shows reduced voter participation because of increased complexity and, worst of all, the process can be “gamed,” meaning a group of voters can conspire to enhance their candidates position. The very fact that this “whitewashing” took place in the presence of RCV dominance should alone be a clue here, folks. In conclusion, what we expected is not what we got. So as not to leave on a sour note here, most groups have overcome this infestation to their advantage, but some, like the IP, have not. If “Our Revolution” is to be of any use to the faithful, it is going to have to be re-made in our image.
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Continued from page 1 “With a new year comes new opportunity and grasping every chance to make the present better than the past all depends upon an individual’s ability to act.” off campus, thus powering through along with keeping active could make the night worthwhile. Acting on one’s New Year’s resolutions is another way to embrace the winter. It may sound like a cliche for many, as the stereotype that people hardly ever fulfill their resolutions is present. Although this could be the year to prove that mind over matter and pure dedication are the basics one requires to achieve their goals. With a new year comes new opportunity and grasping
every chance to make the present better than the past all depends upon an individual’s ability to act. Planning a cold weather activity is also another way to embrace the winter. Different sports like snowboarding or ice skating are excellent choices to partake in during the season. However, if you are more of an indoor person during the winter season, there are numerous indoor activities. Some of these activities include: bundling up and enjoying a hot beverage while socializing
with friends, readying up the fireplace to tell stories over the weekends or enjoying a great flick with loved ones; the list all depends on how creative one can get. The winter is a magnificent season with amazing wonders and spectacles all around. Taking the time to enjoy these exceptional gifts is truly heartwarming and will without a doubt aid one to get through the season with delight.
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Suicide should not be somebody’s entertainment Remarks on YouTuber Logan Paul’s video making fun of a suicide victim
Opinion TAEHUI PARK Staff Writer Suicide cannot be somebody’s entertainment. I thought I had heard amiss when my friends talked about the incident, centering around a famous YouTuber, Logan Paul. I barely knew about him, only that he is notorious for obnoxious behaviors. I didn’t take it seriously at first because most of the famous YouTube creators not only try to be more eccentric and erratic but also make up many fake videos with eye-catching titles, so-called “click-bait,” to get more attention from viewers. Logan Paul, 22, who is a YouTube star with 15 million followers, many of whom are young kids, has been getting a lot of backlash from the media since he uploaded the controversial video on YouTube. Paul posted a video from his travels in Japan. In the video, Paul and his friends visited the Aokigahara forest, which is known as a destination for suicide victims. They encounter a dead man who had committed suicide by hanging and take a moment to have a few “laughs,” appearing to mock the man right next to his dead body. In the following video, Paul apologizes for joking about
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the suicide victim. Along with the apology video, he also posted another written apology on Twitter, saying he
vide. I’m often reminded of how big a reach I have and with great power comes great responsibility. For the first
“As a result of releasing the controversial video, he has been slammed by many people, including celebrities because of his obnoxious move.” “intended to raise awareness for suicide and suicide prevention,” and he was “ashamed” of himself. “I was misguided by shock and awe, as portrayed in the
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time in my life, I’m regretful to say I handled that power incorrectly. It won’t happen again,” Paul said. As a result of releasing the controversial video, he
has been slammed by many people, including celebrities, because of his obnoxious move. However, what annoys me the most about his behavior from the video is that he walked into the infamous forest in a foreign country with the intention of seeking another interesting story to be able to monetize his video and made fun of the suicide victim, in front of his dead body. I don’t know what the victim had been through in his life, but the victim was a person who had a family loving him. He chose to kill
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NYC sues, divests from oil firms over climate change NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is taking on the oil industry on two fronts, announcing a lawsuit Wednesday that blames the top five oil companies for contributing to global warming and saying the city will sell off billions in fossil fuel investments from the city’s pension funds. Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio received immediate blowback from some of the companies, while winning praise from environmentalists and others. “We’re bringing the fight against climate change straight to the fossil fuel companies that knew about its effects and intentionally misled the public to protect their profits,” the mayor said. “As climate change continues to worsen, it’s up to the fossil fuel companies whose greed put us in this position to shoulder the cost of making New York safer and more resilient.” The city alleges the fossil fuel industry was aware for decades that burning fuel was impacting climate change. The defendants in the city’s federal lawsuit are BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell. Three of the companies shot back against the mayor’s accusations, while two others — ConocoPhillips and BP — declined to enter the fray. “Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global issue and requires global participation and actions,” said Exxon Mobil’s Scott Silvestri. “Lawsuits of this
kind — filed by trial attorneys against an industry that provides products we all rely upon to power the economy and enable our domestic life — simply do not do that.” Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall called the lawsuit meritless and said the litigation will do nothing to address climate change. Curtis Smith, a Shell spokesman, said the courts are not the venue to address climate change. New York’s lawsuit, filed in federal court follows similar litigation filed by San Francisco, Oakland, and Santa Cruz in California. Also Wednesday, de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer said they intend to divest the city’s five pension funds of roughly $5 billion in fossil fuel investments out of its total of $189 billion. They say the divestment is the largest of any municipality in the U.S. to date. “Safeguarding the retirement of our city’s police officers, teachers and firefighters is our top priority, and we believe that their financial future is linked to the sustainability of the planet,” Stringer said. Clara Vondrich of the DivestInvest campaign says the city joins a movement that started about six years ago. She says hundreds of institutional investors managing assets of over $5.5 trillion have taken their money out of fossil fuel investments. Last month, Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans
to have the state pension funds also divest from fossil fuel investments. He and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli are creating an advisory committee to examine the way to proceed with divestment. In November, Norway’s central bank urged the Norwegian government to consider divesting oil and gas company shares held in the $1 trillion oil fund. Vondrich said other cities and entities selling off fossil fuel interests have included Berlin and Washington, D.C.; insurance companies Swiss Re, Axa and Allianz; and educational institutions such as the University of Oxford in Great Britain, Stanford University in California and Trinity College in Ireland. Philanthropies have included the Wallace Global Fund and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, notable because the late John D. Rockefeller grew his wealth as an oil baron. Kyle Isakower, vice president of the American Petroleum Institute, has previously said that divestment is a “tactic of misinformed activists” that is “incompatible with job creation, affordable energy, and economic prosperity.” The industry group’s New York executive director, Karen Moreau, accused him of hurting pension holders in “a disgraceful way to score cheap political points.” Linda Kelly, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Association of
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Continued from page 4 “The [Aokigahara] forest, spread out across the foothills of Mt. Fuji, is considered to be the second most popular suicide spot in the world.” himself to avoid unbearable pain, then somebody shot the miserable scene with a camera laughing at him. It’s really hard for me to understand the whole incident as well as his real intention of shooting the scene, but I believe his behavior in the forest cannot be easily excused. “Our hearts go out to the family of the person featured in the video,” said a statement from YouTube. “YouTube prohibits violent
or gory content posted in a shocking, sensational or disrespectful manner. We partner with safety groups such as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to provide educational resources that are incorporated into our YouTube Safety Center.” The Aokigahara forest, called the sea of trees, is the most infamous forest next to Mount Fuji in Yamanashi, Japan. The forest, spread out across the foothills of
Mt. Fuji, is considered to be the second most popular suicide spot in the world. In 2014, the suicide rate in Japan was 17.6 per 100,000 people, according to data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Korea has the highest suicide rate with nearly 30 deaths per 100,000 population, followed by Japan, Hungary, and Slovenia with nearly 20 deaths per 100,000 population.
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Manufacturers, a trade group, called the lawsuit a stunt. “Ironically, this attack on energy manufacturers comes at a time that New Yorkers have depended on natural gas and heating oil to carry them through the recent extreme cold,” she said. “The mayor’s announcement may raise his profile, but it will do nothing to address climate change and will ultimately
fail.” Longtime environmental activist Bill McKibben called the actions by the city “one of a handful of the most important developments” in the past 30 years. “The mightiest city on the planet has now sort of walked into a real fight with the richest and most irresponsible industry on the planet,” he said.
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Honduras next in line for US decision on protected migrants TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — This week’s news that the Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 migrants from El Salvador is also rattling nerves in neighboring Honduras. A decision on the fate of more than 50,000 Hondurans living in the United States under TPS is expected in July, and it could have severe social, economic and political consequences for the Central American nation. Experts say that as in El Salvador, the return of tens of thousands of people — plus, potentially, an untold number of their U.S.-born children — threatens to exacerbate already-grave problems like high rates of murders and other crime, political instability, widespread poverty and income inequality. “The exit of so many compatriots from the United States would be a social bomb that will immediately explode in Honduras,” analyst Raul Pineda Alvarado told The Associated Press. Perhaps most immediately, there would be a hit to remittances, which typically account for about 20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product — though most of that is sent by Hondurans who would not be affected by cancellation of TPS. Billions of dollars sent home each year help households feed and clothe children, buy a car, build a modest home and keep the lights on. Those expenditures then filter out into the broader economy. Olga Martinez, a 42-yearold cleaning worker in Tegucigalpa, relies on the $150 a month she receives from two sons who are in the United States under the TPS program. It’s a significant sum in one of the hemisphere’s most impoverished countries, where about 65 percent of the population is poor and many make do on the equivalent of a dollar or two a day. “If I don’t have that money, I don’t know what I will do,” Martinez said. “My life will be very hard because they will come and there is no work here.” The U.S. made TPS available for Hondurans after Hurricane Mitch ravaged the country in 1998, killing about 7,000 people and devastating the agricultural sector. The measure allows migrants to live and work in the United States legally. Like with other countries, it was by definition supposed to be temporary until conditions caused by the disaster
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improved back home. But over the years, successive U.S. administrations kept it in place, believing that other problems such as poverty, corruption and gang-driven violence would have made it difficult for the country to reabsorb those citizens. The Trump administration has made clear it is putting the emphasis back on the word “temporary” as it evaluates TPS, withdrawing it for some 46,000 Haitians and 2,500 Nicaraguans in November and now for the Salvadorans. Back in November it delayed a decision on Hondurans for six months, saying it needed more information. Homicide rates in Honduras and El Salvador have fallen significantly in the last year, though both are still among the highest in the world. Street gangs known as “maras” are ubiquitous and prey on small business owners and families through extortion. For both nations the violence is “still at epidemic levels,” said Christine Wade, a professor of political science and international studies at Washington College in Maryland. “So you would basically be returning people to highly insecure countries.” Pineda said a flood of returning TPS recipients, in addition to migrants without legal status being deported under a more aggressive U.S. immigration stance, threatens to swell the ranks of the un- and underemployed, aggravating economic inequality and producing “high levels of ungovernability.” Honduras is already in the throes of political instability following a disputed November election in which President Juan Orlando Hernandez won a new term and his opponent alleged fraud. At least 17 people died last month in protests over the vote. “Considering how they
operated the last election, I don’t think there’s any evidence whatsoever that the government there can manage the return of 50,000 or 60,000 Honduran nationals and thousands perhaps of their relatives anytime soon,” said Michael Allison, a professor of political science at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. “The country and the political and economic conditions are worse there today than in 1998 when Mitch struck.” Even Honduras’ school system could be sorely tested by an influx of children unaccustomed to learning in a Spanish-language setting, with scarce resources available to accommodate their needs. Allison said he expects not all 50,000 Honduran TPS recipients would return, with some likely remaining illegally and living on the margins of society, others making for Canada or another country and still others seeking residency through marriage or employer sponsorship. But Her nandez’s government clearly sees the El Salvador decision as a harbinger and is bracing for impact. “We Hondurans were given the opportunity of six more months for a decision to be made, and the Salvadorans were not,” Hernandez said Monday. “Nevertheless we must begin preparing for the eventuality that our compatriots would have to return.” “We must think about how we open the doors to them and how they can bring their goods and resources free of taxes to restart a life with greater facilities in Honduras,” he added. Like the Salvadorans covered by TPS, who were given a grace period through September 2019 before they must leave the United States, Honduras
is now hoping for broader immigration legislation that could include relief for TPS recipients. Hernandez said his government is aggressively lobbying the Trump administration and U.S. lawmakers.
“It is the U.S. Congress that is the key piece for the 56,690 Honduran TPS recipients, since they will decide how to enter into an immigration policy that would benefit Hondurans,” said Marlon Tabora, the country’s ambassador to Washington. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a Colorado Republican, introduced a bill that would end TPS while granting permanent residency to qualified enrollees of the program. It’s also possible that Honduras could win another 18-month extension out of political considerations. Last month Honduras was one of just nine countries to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Washington’s decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
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Insidious: The Last Key is fourth installment in series Thrilling franchise should die out after latest film release
LUCAS TOLBERG Staff Writer
Within certain horror movies, it seems as if some monsters just won’t go away, especially if these monsters keep providing Hollywood and film producers copious amounts of money. “Insidious: The Last Key” Red faced demon is the fourth film in the successful insidious franchise. Wan, decided to take on The latest installment is a a different project. Robitel prequel of sort that revolves has impressed audiences around psychic and lead- and critics alike with his diing lady Elise Rainier as she rectorial debut in the 2014 fights a new demon from possession film “The Taking of Deborah Logan.” the further. In the new insidious film, Director Adam Robitel Robitel proves to have a carries on the Insidious seknack for creating some ries after the previous director of the series, James great horror atmosphere
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and some stunning imagery. Unfortunately, this alone does not make the newest film worth the price of admission. The chronology of the Insidious series is a little bit confusing. The newest movie is a sequel to “Insidious Three” which was a prequel to “Insidious One” and
“Two.” This movie centers around the psychic Elise (Lin Shaye) and her sidekicks Tucker (Angus Sampson) and Specs (Leigh Whannell). The three of them are paranormal investigators who personally help anyone who reports to be living with a ghost or demon. Elise gets a call from a
man who lives in Five Keys, New Mexico who is experiencing intense demonic hauntings in his recently bought home. However, the house that this man now lives in is the childhood home of Elise. The film frequently flashes back to Elise’s difficult past in this house with her abusive father where she discovered her power of communicating and seeing demons and ghosts. During her childhood in this house, she accidentally unleashed a powerful demon named Key Face (yeah, I know kind of a stupid name), who is the antagonist of this film. After returning home after 50 years Elise must face her demons from the past both literally and figuratively. As far as most fourth in-
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John Green uses personal experience for inspiration Turtles All the Way Down gives an authentic POV on OCD
AMANDA HINSHAW Staff Writer
Christmas break. Those are probably the best two words that any college student might agree with. Christmas break allows all of the students to catch up with family, friends, and to celebrate the holiday season. The holiday break from school allows college students to catch up on shows that they may not always have the time to watch during studying and finals week. This also allows them to maybe even get caught up on sleep. I think that’s another word that can get added to the list of words that college students might agree with: sleep. Besides the typical socializing, video games,
shows and movies that college students like to get caught up on, one of those indulgences may even be books. This was my case because there was one book that I have been dying to read ever since it was published. It is called “Turtles All the Way Down” and it is written by John Green. Green wrote “The Fault in Our Stars” and it went on to commercial success with its own theatrical debut. Green certainly has a knack for writing young adult fiction novels and he tackles a lot of the issues that seem to be overlooked or avoided. In “Turtles All the Way Down,” Green decides to write about mental illness because while it is a controversial subject, it should be discussed.
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Many fans of John Green probably already know this, but he actually suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder.
While writing “Turtles All the Way Down,” he found it very difficult to write because he has suffered from OCD since
childhood and he felt em-
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Coraline is a hair raising thriller for all age groups MSU Reporter
Reality and the fantastical merge for this film adaptation
MARIO ESCOTO Staff Writer
SPOILERS AHEAD The film “Coraline” (2009) was directed and written by Henry Selick. Coraline did have a book and was written by Neil Gaiman. Imdb’s Metascore for Coraline is 80 while Rotten Tomatoes is 90 percent. The genre of this film is animation, family, and fantasy. I would also include scary since the film has some dark and twisted scenes. Coraline is rated PG by Motion Picture Rating for thematic elements, scary images, strong language and suggestive humor. My goodness, I wished I could rate the film 10 out 10. It does an excellent job of setting up the mood, introducing the characters and slowly showing foreshadowing throughout the film. Anyone who was raised by neglectful parents can relate to Coraline, except we don’t get to go to a fantasy reality of button eye parents. “Coraline” is a film based on a young girl who moves to an old house with boring and neglectful parents. Throughout the film, we are introduced to the parents and how they behave with their daughter Coraline. Coraline’s father does his best to interact with his daughter but ends up being a workaholic. While Coraline’s mother is stubborn and always angry with both Coraline and her husband. What “Coraline” does best is setting up the mood by introducing the characters’ personalities. Not many films do this since they think it’s waste of time and money. But, in this film, it does it in a quick and fun manner. For example, Wyborne aka ‘Wybie’ is a character who is shy, quite annoying and funny. He is an important character throughout the film and a
CORALINE character who kind of backlashes Coraline with a doll who almost looks like her. Another character is a black stray cat who can talk about a different reality. He also plays a key role in guiding and warning Coraline on why her button eye parents are darkly twisted parents. The reason why I brought up these two characters because at the end of the film they all become strong friends. Another interesting aspect is the way the author introduces the characters. When I first saw Wyborne aka ‘Wybie’ I thought he would ask lots of questions throughout the film. Nope, I was wrong. He is a character that holds lots of secrets and is shy, but a funny character to know. When we first meet him, his body is resembled by an introvert person, which perfectly matches his character description. There are other characters who behave like this, such as Coraline’s parents and kind of the black cat. A character in the film who is by far the weirdest character and yet energetic would be Sergei Alexander Bobinsky also known as both Mr. B or Mr. Bobinsky. By far, this is the second character who kind of scared me in the film. His appearance is a Russian guy with blue skin, inconsistent body shape, constantly performing acrobatics and extremely tall. His personality is bold and truthful with his words, but I wasn’t sure on what was the purpose of making this Russian guy have an inconsistent body shape. Now, if you’ve watched
this movie before you know that there is so much foreshadowing throughout the film. An example would be the well at the beginning of the film. When Coraline was outside playing with a stick she heard a rock fall from a hill. When she picked up the rock she threw it back to the hill and heard a loud cat screaming in pain. As she heard the cat’s scream, she began to run as quickly as she can. Until she reached a point where she was standing in a circle of mushrooms resembling a circle. That is when Wyborne came in with a painted skull mask with a LED light that allows him to zoom in into the ground with his motorcycle. The well and Wyborne skull mask were used to prevent the button eye mother of Coraline from escaping the fantasy dark reality. Another thing I’d point out early was the scary, dark tone in the film. If any children under the age of 13 watched this movie alone, they can possibly get nightmares from Coraline’s other mother, Bedlam. To describe Beldam, she is a character who almost resembles Coraline mother. Beldam has button eyes as sockets, her skin is white as paper, however when Coraline makes her mad. She becomes taller, thinner and quite sinister for a PG-rated film. My favorite scary part in the film is when Coraline had to challenge her Beldam to getting her parents back in her reality. After Coraline collected the three ghost children she faces Beldam in her dark
and scary room. The ghost children warned her that even if she wins her challenges she wouldn’t let her escape the room. Both Coraline and the black stray cat had to think of something fast before the whole dimension fell apart. Coraline pointed back to the door where she came in the first place. When she did Beldam was over there unlocking the door, and stating that her parents were not in there. All of a sudden Coraline shouted she won’t stay here and threw the stray cat at Bedlam’s face. Once the cat landed on her face the cat scratched the Bedlam’s eyes and the whole dimension started to fall apart.
Coraline and the ghost children help her seal the door preventing her from entering Coraline’s world. As Coraline was escaping, Beldam began to scream and shout at Coraline saying, “Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me! I will die without you.” When I heard that part the music started growing intensely and my arms began to get some goosebumps on my skin. Coraline did make it out alive and that scene right there would make any child be afraid of Bedlam. In the end, Coraline saved her parents and everybody began connecting with each other. Especially Coraline’s parents, they began to grow flowers outside of their home with their neighbors. I would seriously and highly recommend this movie to anyone.
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ROME (AP) — Consumer advocates in Italy demanded refunds for ticketholders Wednesday after an expert concluded that almost all the paintings in a Genoa exhibition devoted to Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani were fakes. The expert, appointed by a Genoa court as part of a prosecutor’s probe, determined that at least 20 of the 21 paintings displayed during the 2017 Ducal Palace exhibit were clearly forged, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The palace shuttered the show in July, three days before the scheduled end of its four-month run, after prosecutors began investigating the doubts art experts had expressed over the authenticity of the paintings being attributed to Modigliani. The palace, which had outsourced the show to private organizers, is itself seeking damages for the embarrassment caused by the episode. Consumer advocate Furio Truzzi urged exhibition-goers Wednesday to seek refunds based on
fraud. His organization set up a hotline for people who bought tickets or traveled to Genoa to see the show. Noted Italian art collector Carlo Pepi, who was among the critics who questioned the provenance of the works displayed in Genoa, described the paintings as “garbage” in an interview on Italian state TV’s RaiNews24. Modigliani, the early 20th century artist whose style as a painter and sculptor was distinguished by elongated necks and faces, died in poverty in Paris in 1920. Modigliani fakes have caused embarrassment before in his native country. Three marble heads fished out of a canal in Leghorn during the 1980s were initially hailed as long-lost Modigliani masterpieces. Instead, it turned out a trio of local students crafted the sculptures as a prank in 1984. In closing down the exhibit in July, the Ducal Palace noted that it had outsourced the organization of the show, including the
Art critic Rudy Chiappini
selection of the works to be displayed. The palace said it would “seek legal protection for its rights and public image.” The owners of the paintings put on display in Genoa were likely to seek a counter-opinion from other experts, since actual works by Modigliani would be worth millions of dollars. The court-appointed expert, Isabella Quattrocchi, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Italian news reports said she concluded
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consistent with the kind Modigliani used.
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TURTLES Continued from page 9 barrassed to talk about it head-on. Green hinted that while writing this novel, it became a form of therapy for him, as it allowed him to look at it from a different perspective. For those who may not know what “turtles all the way down” means, it was actually an old philosophical joke. According to Urban Dictionary, this phrase can be used to win an argument, as long as the reference is understood by the other. WARNING: There may be some spoilers in this brief summary of the book, so out of courtesy to readers that may not have read it, I will keep it to a minimum. The story focuses on Aza Holmes, who is a 16-year-old high school student, and she is struggling with OCD and multiple anxiety disorders. Aza is convinced that she is not entirely herself, pointing out that she thinks of herself to be almost fictional in a sense.
She also has an irrational fear of contracting a disease and she has a ritual where she will break open a callous on her finger and sanitize it often. As bizarre as the first chapter may be, it does give the reader an insight into how Aza’s thought process works. Once she begins researching the same things over and over, even when her therapist has told her not to, her fears start to take over her thinking. The reader can see that the spiral begins once she looks up this information on her smartphone. Aza mentions that the bad thing about a thought spiral is that once it starts, it is unknown when it will ever end. After reading this book, it hit very close to home for me, as I have a family member who suffers from depression and anxiety. I have even witnessed an event like this take place, where she even started to hyperventilate because her anxiety was
so far gone. Other aspects of this story are that she and her best friend are on the hunt for a fugitive billionaire. Aza doesn’t think she will make a very good detective because of her thought spirals that interrupt her thinking and it just seems that she is trying to do so much to keep everyone happy. The weight of that responsibility never sits well on someone already suffering OCD, along with multiple anxiety disorders. Overall, I certainly enjoyed this book. It can allow an individual to really get inside the mind of someone who is suffering from this disorder. I think it can be an invaluable tool to help develop empathy towards others who suffer. My only hope for others is that they will enjoy the book as much as I did.
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INSIDIOUS Continued from page 9 stallments in horror franchises go, this one is not terrible. However; it is still not good by any means. The biggest downfall for this movie is just how unnecessary it feels. The story or character is not intriguing enough to have any audience member really care about what is going to happen. Another major flaw this movie has is its script and the acting. The dialogue is very unrealistic and cliche and with the cheesy acting, it actually caused a lot of unintentional laugh out loud moments in the theatre I was in. Some of the worst parts of this movie come from the sidekick characters Tucker and Specks. These characters are supposed to be the comic relief of this movie, but almost everything they say is so unfunny that it is actually cringe-worthy. I have never hated characters in a movie as much as this since Jar Jar Binks in “Star Wars: The Phantom
Menace.” On a bright side, the creature design for Key Face is very impressive and quite frightening looking, but this can get weighed down by an overabundance of jump scares and lack of logic behind this antagonist besides just to look scary. Lin Shaye, who plays Elise, does do a good job with her character and is putting her all into the performance. The backstory and the flashbacks of Elise are probably the highlights from this movie. There are a couple scenes between Elise and Key Face that are truly intense and suspenseful. Overall, “Insidious: The Last Key” is not good, but it’s watchable. This is definitely the worst movie in the franchise, but the Insidious franchise is still a lot better than most other long-running horror franchises like “Saw”.
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NFL looks to repeat crazy Wild Card round this week
COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer First of all, I’m very glad to be writing for the NFL column again, as I have enjoyed writing these throughout the season and I’m truly excited to be bringing them to you in the playoffs. Second, the Wildcard weekend was far from chalk, contrary to expectation. As we head into the Divisional Round this Sunday, here’s a quick recap of everything that happened last weekend. Tennessee Titans Stun The Kansas City Chiefs 2221 The Titans showed little to no reason for anyone to take them over any of the playoff teams because the Titans were not exceptional in any key aspects. However, Derrick Henry shined in the playoff spotlight, rushing for 156 yards and a score on 23 carries. The workhorse back out of Alabama was able to get the max reps with starter DeMarco Murray. This was clearly the right move, as Henry proceeded to bowl over Kansas defenders, putting the Titans on his back
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as the Titans stormed back for the victory. Headed into the playoffs, the Titans were bland at everything, but with Henry as the go-to back, the running game is terrifying. Atlanta Falcons Sore Past Los Angeles Rams 26-13 A lot went into this game and the Falcons looked great in several specific categories, but they were all vibrantly apparent for the same reason: The Falcons were clearly the playoff weathered team. The Rams looked shell shocked early, following the two fumbles on special teams by Pharoh Cooper. Despite a solid defensive showing in the first half, the Rams looked young and thrown out of
whack from the very beginning. The Falcons tightened up on defense by tackling well and kept players like running back Todd Gurley from getting yards on screens or sneaking out of the backfield. They also got the ball to Julio Jones plenty this game as Jones finished with 94 yards and a score. The Falcons did what a veteran playoff team should do: Get back to their strengths and force mistakes. Jacksonville Jaguars Wins Slugfest With Buffalo Bills 10-3 This was a game that featured two less than impressive offense pitting themselves against great defenses. This game boiled
down to the Bills offense being more mistake prone than the Jaguars, as the Jacksonville quarterback Blake Bortles looked absolutely terrified to throw the ball. This lead to him running for 88 yards and leading the team since Buffalo was selling out to stop running back Leonard Fournette. While it does not seem like the Jaguars can beat man to man coverage at all, their corners are studs. A.J. Bouye and Jalen Ramsey may be the best cornerback duo in the playoffs (yeah, I said it Vikings fans) while also having a savvy veteran in Barry Church makes them only more intimidating as a secondary. Two
turnovers, a pair of sacks, six tackles for loss and seven quarterback hurries is plenty of disruption to win a messy game. New Orleans Saints Survive Carolina Panthers 3126 The Saints have a Hall of Fame quarterback in Drew Brees. It is that simple. When the running game stalled up, the defense missed tackles and Carolina quarterback Cam Newton willed his team back into the game, Drew Brees turned up the heat. In a season that watched Brees take a backseat to the running backs Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram, Brees was not as heralded in the narrative that went with the Saints. However, Brees reminded us of the caliber player he is by throwing for 376 yards and two scores. This makes the offense of the Saints even scarier. Predictions for the Divisional Round: Tennessee Titans vs. New England Patriots: Patriots win 37-24 Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia Eagles: Falcons win 28-17 Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Steelers win 24-16 New Orleans Saints vs. Minnesota Vikings: Saints win 35-31
Alabama football wins D-I Nat’l Championship
The Crimson Tide roll over the Georgia Bulldogs in overtime to clinch fifth title in nine years
COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer In a game where everything, including the unexpected, happened, the Alabama Crimson Tide came back to win the NCAA D-1 football national championship by topping the Georgia Bulldogs in a thrilling overtime win, 26-23. The SEC clash for college football dominance was a
compelling, smash mouth football game. The Tide was pushing for the fifth title under coach Saban, while Georgia’s Kirby Smart was not only vying to be the first former Saban assistant to knock off the Tide, but also take the Title in year two of his head coaching campaign. The Bulldogs came out fast on defense, looking like the far superior team, racking in 13 straight points after a missed field goal from Alabama. Georgia started the second quarter with two impressive drives of 50-plus yards which ended in field goals. Despite the lead only at 6-0, the problems for Alabama were also grossly ap-
parent. Bama quarterback Jalen Hurts could not pass the ball, and his team suffered from that throughout the game. Hurts finished the second half with only 21 passing yards and his 47 yards on the ground were the only thing that helped Bama get passed midfield. Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm looked great in the opening half, putting together three big drives and finally getting his team in the end zone before the half thanks to a Mecole Hardman touchdown. He refused to back down despite the early interception, zipping the ball all over the field. But as the game went on,
you could sense that the tide was changing. At halftime, some changes clearly needed to be made for the struggling Tide, who had no answer for the Bulldogs defense that was selling out on pressure. Enter here, backup 5-star quarterback from Hawaii: Tua Tagovailoa. “We talked about the ways we would play him, we had seen him on tape and taking snaps so at halftime there was no question they were going to him, they were struggling and they needed some momentum,” said Kirby Smart to ESPN in a post game press conference, following the devastating loss. “He gave them some juice
and swung the momentum back to them.” On his second drive, Tagovailoa drove 56 yards in seven plays, eclipsing Hurts’ total passing yards in one drive with 44 and finding Henry Ruggs III in the end zone to make it a 13-7 game. Could the Tide be back in this game with merely a second string signal caller? Not if Fromm and company had anything to say about it. Hardman was set loose on a 80-yard score to put the Bulldogs up 20-7, seemingly
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NBA All-Star game voting polls open JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has changed the format of AllStar voting. This was done to make the All-Star game more exciting to watch for the fans. The NBA has done-away with the old Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference match-up. Instead, “two captains will draft the 2018 AllStar teams from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves, making selections without regard for conference affiliation. The captains will be the All-Star starter from each conference who receives the most fan votes in his conference” (NBA.com, 2017). Milwaukee Bucks’ super-
star Giannis Antetokounmpo was the top vote-getter in the first return of the All-Star votes, which was released on Jan. 4, 2018. Antetokoumpo had received 863,416 total votes, while LeBron James was trailing closely with 856,080 votes. The biggest surprise from the first returns of the voting was that Los Angeles Lakers’ rookie point-guard Lonzo Ball has received more votes than NBA veteran Jimmy Butler. The five players that I believe should make the All-Star game but probably won’t are: Rajon Rondo (NOP), Bradley Beal (WAS), Vince Carter (SAC), Zach Randolph (SAC), and Dwight Howard (CHA). Rajon Rondo is having another great year for the Pelicans. Rondo is averaging 7.4 points-per-game (PPG), and 8.3 assists-per-game (APG). Rondo has recorded eight games with over 10 assists in 24 appearances this season, including a 25-assist night
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Charlotte’s Dwight Howard has had an all-star caliber year with the Hornets so far this season.
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Milwaukee’s Antetokounmpo (right) is the leading vote-getter for the NBA All-Star game so far this year
against the Brooklyn Nets. Rondo has returned to form in New Orleans after spending the last few seasons with Dallas, Sacramento, and Chicago. Rondo has never been a true scorer, but can pass the ball like nobody’s business. Rondo deserves to be in the All-Star game because he brings the flashy passing to the game that nobody else does. Bradley Beal is having the best year of his career, which makes it even more unfortunate that he will not be voted to the All-Star game. Beal is averaging a career best 23.6 PPG, 4.4 rebounds-per-game (RPG), and 3.6 APG. Beal has scored over 35 points in five games this season, including a 51-point performance against the Portland Trailblazers. Bradley Beal won’t make the All-Star team because the guard-play is too high across the league right now. With guards like Steph Curry, James Harden, Kyrie Irving, and Chris Paul available for the two captains, the only way I see Beal getting into the All-Star game is as a reserve and that is still a very slim chance.
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Vince Carter deserves one last All-Star nod. At the tender age of 40 years old, Carter has been limited by injuries this season, but has proven to be a tremendous leader on and off the court for the Kings this season. Carter has also shown some flashes of the young Vinsanity that we all once knew. When Carter matched up against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, he showed that he can turn the clock back and ended up finishing the game with 24 points. We don’t know how much longer Carter has left in the tank, and I think one last nod to one of the greatest to ever play the sport of basketball would be welcomed by all. Zach Randolph has more than earned a spot into the upcoming All-Star game with his performances this season. Randolph is averaging 15.2 PPG with 6.9 RPG to tag along. Zebo never fails to entertain when he is on the basketball court. Randolph is one of the very few old-school basketball players left tin the league. Randolph played in an era that was much more physical, which is
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evident with how physical he continues to play on defense. Zebo is also the type of player willing to lay it all out there on the court. I have been saying this for about two months now, but Dwight Howard (below), in my opinion, is the clear-cut MVP of the NBA this season. He has completely resurrected his career with the Charlotte Hornets, as he is averaging 15.7 PPG and 12.1 RPG. Howard has not averaged over 15.0 PPG since the 2014 season when he was with the Houston Rockets. Howard recently moved into 19th on the all-time rebound list as well. Howard is also consistently putting up stats on the stat sheet, accounting for 21 double-doubles on the year, which is only second to Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons whom has 26 double-doubles. Howard is fun to watch on both ends of the floor, but also at the freethrow line. Howard has been known to struggle at the freethrow line in his career, but has corrected his shot since arriving in Charlotte. Howard is currently shooting 59 percent from the free-throw line.
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ALABAMA continued from 13 holding victory out of reach for the young Tagovailoa. But this quarterback was far different than the one taking snaps in the first half. Tagovailoa showed poise and command in the pocket while, most importantly, looking for options downfield instead of trying to run with the ball. Hurts was gunshy, dashing from the pocket early and not going through all of his reads. Tagovailoa looked surgical calm in the face of a deficit and a Georgia pass rush that racked up three sacks. The freshman contin-
ued to keep the Tide in the game, driving down for two field goals. Despite everything going wrong at once for the Tide (throwing an errant pick, Bama’s Mekhi Brown punching players and his own coaches, a player collapsing in the secondary and getting driven to the hospital), the Tide continued to roll. In the fourth quarter, some blitz packages finally started getting to Fromm, as he was sacked six times and started missing open receivers on flat routes in an attempt to rid himself of the football. That
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“The resilience of the team showed after halftime with the way they responded down 13-0,” said head coach Nick Saban on the field to ESPN after the comeback win. “They just kept playing the next play, great competitors on this team great mental toughness, really proud of these guys for what we did here tonight.” is when Tagovailoa had his best drive going all the way down the field to and finding receiver Calvin Ridley on 4th down to tie the game at 2020. In overtime, the Georgia kicker Rodrigo Blankenship was the hero who nailed the 51-yard field goal despite Fromm’s blunders, taking the
lead. But Tagovailoa had one more miracle left in him, finding DeVonta Smith on the go route the play after getting sacked, throwing the goahead touchdown to win 2623 in the instant classic. After 11 seasons with the tide, Saban has claimed five titles for the Tide and won 87 percent of his games. Sa-
ban also won his second title with a freshman quarterback, as Tagovailoa racked up 166 yards and three scores in the turnaround victory. He now has six total, tying him with Alabama legend Bear Bryant, as the rumbling Tide continues to be the most dominant thing in sports.
The rise of the big man in college hoops
JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer We have just about reached the halfway point of the basketball season in the NBA and NCAA for this season and there is one similarity that nobody is talking about: the big man refuses to quit. Not only do big men perform the best in the NBA, but the big men of college basketball are also playing extremely well. College basketball lacks great teams this season, but the big men of men’s basketball are making up for that loss by commanding the spotlight themselves. You probably have never heard of these big men, so allow me to introduce you to: Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagley III, Mohamed Bamba, Jock Landale, Angel Delgado, and Jordan Murphy. Deandre Ayton is a big man who plays for the No. 17 ranked Arizona Wildcats. The 7- foot-1, 250-pound freshman center is averaging 20.4 points-per-game (PPG) and 11.6 rebounds per-game (RPG) while still improving. The Bahamas native has recorded a double-double in 11 of 16 games for the Wildcats this season. Ayton is currently 36th in PPG and tied for sixth in RPG in all of Division I basketball. Marvin Bagley III is a name that you may be more familiar with, as he is a member of the Duke Blue Devils. Bagley is also a freshman, who stands at 6’11” and weighs 234 pounds. Bagley has been a key member for the Blue Devils this season and is averaging 22.5 PPG and 11.5
RPG. The Phoenix, Az., native has helped lead the Dukies to No. 13 in the nation with a 13- 2 record. Bagley is currently 16th in PPG and eighth in RPG in all of Division I basketball. Mohamed Bamba is a long way from home but has been making a big name for himself. The freshman is a native of Harlem, NY, but plies his trade for the Texas Longhorns. Bamba has proven to be a strong defensive-stomper for Texas this season, leading them to a 10-5 record. The 6’11” forward is averaging 11.9 PPG, 10.6 RPG, and 4.6 blocks-per-game (BLK). The Saint Mary’s Gaels have had lots of luck finding foreign-born players that have had success in Moraga, CA., and this year is no ex-
ception. Leading the way for the Gaels is 6’11” junior big man Jock Landale. Landale comes from Malvern East, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Landale is averaging a career best 21.3 PPG and 10.2 RPG. Landale is currently 25th in PPG and 19th in RPG in all of Division I basketball. If you haven’t heard of Angel Delgado yet, now would be a good time to familiarize yourself with him. The 6’10” senior center comes from the Dominican Republic and plays for No. Seton Hall. Delgado is the complete package when it comes to big men. He performs on a consistent basis and keeps his team in ball games. Delgado is the oldest big man that you should be
aware of. Delgado is averaging 14.6 PPG and 11.8 RPG, while having a double-double in 13 of Seton Hall’s first 16 games. Delgado is currently third in the nation in rebounds-per-game. Delgado has also nearly averaged a double-double in each of his four seasons at Seton Hall. Delgado averaged 9.3 PPG and 9.8 RPG in his freshman year. In his sophomore season, he averaged 9.9 PPG and 9.3 RPG. Delgado’s best season has come in his junior year at the program, where he averaged 15.2 PPG and 13.1 RPG. The final big man that is having a spectacular year includes Minnesota Gopher forward Jordan Murphy. Murphy has been a Gopher for three years now after at-
tending high school in San Antonio, TX. The first two seasons have been difficult for Murphy, but he seems to have finally put it all together in his junior year. Murphy is currently averaging 18.9 PPG and 12.7 RPG. Murphy has snatched so many boards this season that he is ranked second in nation in reboundsper-game, averaging 0.9 more rebounds than Angel Delgado. Basketball experts claim that the big man is extinct in basketball, with the game becoming more of a threepoint game. I disagree with that entirely. There are many big men in college basketball who are making a name for themselves this season, and these are those players who proved the experts wrong.
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