January 19, 2023

Student Government appoints first 2023

senator

By JULIA LIN Editor in Chief

The 90th Student Government appointed the first senator of the new year, Camille Hart, to fill the College of Allied Health and Nursing position during Wednesday’s meeting. Hart is a sophomore, majoring in communication science and disorders from Red Wing, Minnesota, and plans to help students in the College of Allied Health and Nursing to connect more with each other.

“One thing I’d love to do is connect more with my college. Right now I’m unsure who I would reach out to for allied health itself, but being a part of this group would give me an opportunity to talk to more people in my college and see if they have any ideas and how to better our experience,” Hart said.

Currently, she is the only senator for the College of Allied Health and Nursing with several spots available within that college. “I would take this opportunity to help everyone in allied health to feel like they have a voice and are heard,” Hart said.

Several senator vacancies still remain open in various categories such as the College of Science Engineering and Technology, Residence Hall At Large and Off Campus senator. Those positions will become available later this month.

Other orders of business in the meeting consisted of an officer report from Senator Roshit Niraula who has been meeting with a student group the “Wayfinding Wizards,” that are actively working on an app to navigate buildings around campus, specifically Trafton. Some of the features include voice commands, voice outputs and live tracking.

“We are looking at a bunch of live tracking that is both on budget and completely free,” Niraula said.

The mobile application ideally would launch at the end of the spring semester.

Service day in honor of MLK

By CARLY BAHR Staff Writer

The Community Engagement Office and Mavs in Action hosted the annual MLK Day of Service in the Centennial Student Union Monday which included various projects for local organizations.

Some of the projects from the event included dog toys for the Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society (BENCHS) and tie blankets for the Connections Shelter.

“Even though we can’t make a big difference in just one day, we can still do these little projects that each make a little im-

pact in the community,” said Mavs in Action Vice President Jacob Rangitsch. “

This is a great day for anybody in the community to just come and do something, service-wise, on this day off where a lot of things aren’t open. It’s a good day to just come together and do some service.”

The event was open to students and members of the community. Although many attendees were members of the Community Engagement Office subset, Mavs in Action, there were also some students who chose to volunteer on their day off from classes.

Coffee sparks conversation of change on campus

By EMMA JOHNSON News Director

Students don’t typically have the time or resources to meet with higher faculty about campus issues. Yesterday, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Henry Morris sat down with a group of students in the Women’s Center to listen and address their concerns over coffee.

Morris started the conversation by talking about equity gaps on campus and how success rates vary by student. He emphasized Equity 2030, how “higher education has failed diverse people” and how Minne-

sota State students and employees need to reflect upon their demographic.

“As of right now, domestic people of color are about 20% of Minnesota’s population. We say we believe our student population should be reflective of that,” said Morris. “We historically have these gaps where students are not succeeding equitable rates.”

Grad Student BriShaun Kearns brought up how offering certain classes during certain times or semesters can impact undergrad student success.

“There really needs to be some accountability for not tell-

DOMINIC BOTHE • The Reporter

MLK Day of Service was hosted in the MavAve on Monday, allowing students to participate in a variety of community service projects.

LILLY ANDERSON • The Reporter

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Henry Morris listened to students’ concerns in the Women’s Center on Wednesday.

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Anger grows in Virginia after shooting

By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE The Associated Press

When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia’s coast, the community reacted with collective shock.

But the sentiment percolated over 12 days into rage from parents and particularly from teachers, with many lambasting school administrators Tuesday night for what they called a misguided emphasis on attendance and other education statistics over the safety of children and staff.

During a three-hour school board meeting dedicated solely to public comment, Newport News teachers and parents said students who assaulted classmates and staff were routinely allowed to stay in the classroom with few consequences. They said the shooting of Abigail Zwerner could have been prevented if not for a toxic environment in which teachers’ concerns are systemically ignored.

“Every day in every one of our schools, teachers, students and other staff members are being hurt,” high school librarian Nicole Cooke told the board.

“Every day, they’re hit. They’re bitten. They’re beaten. And they’re allowed to stay so that our numbers look good.”

Addressing superintendent George Parker, Cooke said: “If Abigail had been respected, she wouldn’t be in the hospital right now.”

The shooting occurred on Jan. 6 as Zwerner taught her first-grade class at Richneck El-

ementary.

There was no warning and no struggle before the 6-yearold pointed the gun at his teacher and fired one round, police said.The bullet pierced Zwerner’s hand and struck her chest. The 25-year-old hustled her students out of the classroom before being rushed to the hospital.

Newport News police said the 6-year-old’s mother legally purchased the gun but that it was unclear how her son gained access to it.

A Virginia law prohibits leaving a loaded gun where it is accessible to a child under 14, a misdemeanor crime punishable with a maximum one-year prison sentence and $2,500 fine.

No charges have been brought against the mother so far.

Community reaction shifted

into anger late last week after the superintendent revealed that Richneck administrators had learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting. But a search did not find the 9mm handgun despite staff looking through his bag.

Zwerner’s shooting was “completely preventable — if the red flags had been taken seriously and proper procedures clearly communicated and followed,” Amber Thomas, a former school psychologist in Newport News, told the board.

Thomas left the school system early in 2022 after working there for a decade. In an interview with The Associated Press, she recalled a time when a “teacher was assaulted by a student — and that student faced no disciplinary action at all.”

DYLAN LONG • The Reporter

BILLY SCHEURMAN • The Associated Press

Camille Hart is sworn into the 90th Student Government senate Wednesday night. Hart hopes to connect students in the College of Allied Health and Nursing.

Community members spoke about issues and solutions to violence in schools following the shooting at Richneck Elementary by a six-year-old that left a teacher in critical condition.

Art professor sues after firing over Prophet Muhammad images

Joe Roeser and Carson Davis are members of Sigma Nu Fraternity with Rangitsch. They were both creating Valentine’s Day cards for senior citizens with markers and colored paper.

“I’m trying to channel my inner artist in me and try my best to make these look nice,” Roeser said.

“It’s easy enough for me and it’s a great cause. I enjoy being here.”

“I got here and looked around and I saw there were not many people doing the cards so I just kind of tried to fill in where there was help needed,” Davis said.

“I’m studying accounting, I have zero creativity, so I was trying to ask, ‘Are there any requirements for these?’ and they were like ‘No, just go at it’.”

One of the higher-skilled projects was knitting scarves for a local church, which Mavs in Action Service Secretary Isabella Pearson participated in since she learned to knit from Anderson

This is her second year as a member of Mavs in Action.

“I had done a little bit of volunteering before Mavs in Action but not much, so once I got more into it with Mavs in Action, I decided I really liked it and I wanted to continue,” she said. “There are a lot of different projects we have out here that we are going to do.”

Community Engagement Office Assistant Director Karen Anderson helped oversee the student-organized event and distributed the creations to the local organizations.

Many of the projects roll over into the next year’s event with some new depending on new ideas and weather and time limitations.

“Projects are based on what we can do inside in less than three hours,” said Anderson.

She said honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr. through acts of community service is an opportunity “to make a difference in the situations you are in,” when seeing an injustice.

Around 2011 she attended a knitting conference in Illinois where she witnessed a Black woman being ignored by one of the instructors while other, non-Black attendees were helped and given materials and instructions.

By MARGARET STAFFORD The Associated Press

Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course, while the university admitted to a “misstep” and plans to hold public conversations about academic freedom.

In her lawsuit, Erika López Prater alleges that Hamline University — a small, private school in St. Paul — subjected her to religious discrimination and defamation, and damaged her professional and personal reputation.

“Among other things, Ham-

line, through its administration, has referred to Dr. López Prater’s actions as ‘undeniably Islamophobic,’’’ her attorneys said in a statement.

“Comments like these, which have now been published in news stories around the globe, will follow Dr. López Prater throughout her career, potentially resulting in her inability to obtain a tenure track position at any institution of higher education.”

In Minnesota, a lawsuit can be started by serving a summons and a complaint to the party being sued.

Attorneys for López Prater said the lawsuit was served to Hamline University on Tuesday and will soon be filed in court.

Hamline University President Fayneese Miller and Ellen Watters, the Board of Trustees chair, released a joint statement Tuesday saying recent “communications, articles and opinion pieces” have led the school to “review and re-examine our actions.”

“Like all organizations, sometimes we misstep,” the statement said. “In the interest of hearing from and supporting our Muslim students, language was used that does not reflect our sentiments on academic freedom.

Based on all that we have learned, we have determined that our usage of the term ‘Islamophobic’ was therefore flawed.”

“We were learning how to do a new quilting technique and she was in front of me, but for some reason the person who was giving away the samples to work on was not giving her anything. I’m like ‘What is wrong here, what’s going on? She was here first, give it to her,’ but she wouldn’t even acknowledge her. I’m like ‘Are you kidding? It’s 2011 and that still goes on that blatantly?’ I was flabbergasted. So as soon as I got something I turned to her and said, ‘Here, I’m happy to help you. If you want to walk through this together, I’m happy to work with you together,’ and she said, ‘This sort of thing still goes on all the time,’” Anderson said.

Anderson said doing acts of service for one’s community is often the most attainable way for a person to begin to make an impact.

“The King holiday was really designated to be a day of service, but what can you do in one day that is really going to make a big impact? I’m not sure we’ll be able to change voter rights laws or that we’ll be able to make equity in the world in addressing racism. But little projects like this do make a difference in the community. It is really all those things adding up together that makes a big difference.”

ing us when classes are being moved or putting in required classes that overlap considering how much you’re spending to be here,” said Kearns. “It’s huge for the success of your future.”

Grad student and Grad Assistant of the Violence Aware-

ness and Response Program MK Thao addressed the issue of security on campus and how multiple students have come to her expressing how security has disregarded their concerns.

“I felt like it was just one student, and that maybe it was an isolated thing, but it’s been multiple students now saying

‘I pressed the emergency button and nothing happened’ or ‘they’re speaking to me over a speaker,’” said Thao.

Morris said it’s important for higher faculty members to have conversations with students to let them know faculty is listening to them directly, not

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Musk depicted as in Tesla trial

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE The Associated Press

Elon Musk was depicted Wednesday as either a liar who callously jeopardized the savings of “regular people” or a well-intentioned visionary as attorneys delivered opening statements at a trial focused on a Tesla buyout that never happened.

Lawyers on opposing sides drew the starkly different portraits of Musk for a nine-person jury that will hear the threeweek trial, which is focused on two August 2018 tweets that the billionaire posted on the Twitter service that he now owns.

The tweets indicated that Musk had lined up the financing to take Tesla private at a time when the automaker’s stock was slumping amid production problems.

The prospect of what would have been a $72 billion buyout fueled a rally in the company’s stock price that abruptly ended a week later after it became apparent that he did not have the funding to pull off the deal after all. Tesla shareholders then sued him, saying that Tesla shares would not have swung so widely in value if he had not dangled the prospect of buying the company for $420 per share.

Nicholas Porritt, a lawyer representing Glen Littleton and other Tesla shareholders in the class-action case, promptly vilified Musk as he addressed jurors.

“Why are we here?” Porritt asked. “We are here because Elon Musk, chairman and chief

A federal judge on Friday, Jan. 13 2023 rejected Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s bid to move or delay a trial over a misleading tweet about a potential buyout of the electric automaker.

executive of Tesla, lied. His lies caused regular people like Glen Littleton to lose millions and millions of dollars.” He also asserted that Musk’s tweet also hurt pension funds and other organizations that owned Tesla stock at the time.

Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, countered that the run-up in Tesla’s stock after the tweet mostly reflected investors’ belief in Musk’s ability to pull off stunning feats, including building the world’s largest electric automaker while also running SpaceX, a maker of rocket ships.

“Mr. Musk tries to do things that have never been done before. Everyone knows that,” Spiro told the jury.

Spiro added that Musk had been in advanced talks with representatives from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to take Tesla private.“

He didn’t plan to tweet this,” Spiro said of Musk’s Aug. 7, 2018, statement at the heart of the trial. “It was a split-second decision” aimed at being as transparent as possible about the discussions with the Saudi fund about a potential deal.

After saying “funding secured” for the buyout, Musk then followed up with another tweet that suggested a deal was imminent.

Musk’s tweets attracted the attention of securities regulators, who concluded that they were improper and that he was lying. In a settlement, they forced him to pay $40 million and required him to step down as Tesla chairman.

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, who is presiding over the trial, ruled that the shareholders lawyers can’t mention that settlement in the case.

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just over what they’ve heard.

“We have made changes based on what students something students have told us because it’s sometimes really easy when you’re part of something to see where maybe hurting people unintentionally,” said Morris.

Both Thao and Kearns mentioned how appreciative they are having their issues be addressed directly and how Morris handles them directly.

“Oftentimes students are left in the dark about what’s happening to their concerns when they make a bias report or when they’ve sent out an email. It gives you kind of like a gist of whether or not your concerns can be addressed,” said Thao. “It’s good to know that he assures you right there right then that he will work on it and he’s already working on it, or it’s something that has been brought to the table multiple times.”

“It’s very reassuring, especially knowing that directly after this, he starts drafting emails and making appointments and we know it’s being

taken seriously. It has, like, the investment that I’m making [in voicing concerns] in this institution and that’s kind of being returned back to me,” said Kearns.

Thao said that students should attend because most concerns aren’t isolated and several other students might share them. She said hearing about other issues on campus allows students to see the struggles of others and can help further shine light on them.

“It could be something that you think is minor, but raise up the awareness and they’re gonna try to do something about it. It can be important to the university,” said Thao. “It’s a nice time to really see what’s going on in the community here and the concerns of the people living in that community with you.”

Morris is planning to have conversations with other departments over the next few days to discuss what students brought to the table.

“All these people don’t report directly to me, but I have the ability to be a catalyst of conversation,” said Morris.

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MLK Day reminds us of equity

Martin Luther King Day was Monday, honoring the works and social advancements of the late Martin Luther King. King led a nonviolent campaign for racial justice in the 1960’s. King sought for equality for all African-Americans, as well as the economically disadvantaged, through peaceful protest.

His work for civil rights led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or gender, as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination for voting.

It is evident through King’s past that he valued education. At just 15 he entered college, after skipping two years of high school. He went on to become student body president and graduate at the top of his class at Crozer Theological Seminary, and even went on to earn a master’s degree in theology.

It’s easy to feel far removed from historical events of the past if they happened more than a decade ago. But when it comes down to it, the events surrounding Martin Luther King were only 58 years ago, meaning there’s a pretty reasonable chance your parents were already alive when he was assassinated.

Martin Luther King was also born the same year as Anne Frank. History is a lot more relative, and more importantly recent, than many think. The point is that many act like the days of racism are buried in the days of the past, when in reality that’s not the case. People have just gotten better at masking it.

Minnesota State has one of the most diverse campuses by student population in the entire state, with students coming from all across the globe to study on campus. We as students, but more so as people, need to understand that at the end of the day, skin is just an organ protecting our body from the elements. It comes in a variety of colors and shades, all equally beautiful. Most importantly, we don’t choose how much melanin exists in our skin.

The idea seems like a pretty obvious thing to say, especially considering the general public’s growing non-tolerance towards racism, but there are still apparently people who need the reminder.

Racism is taught, not inherited. Many of the racial microaggressions that plague the minds of many are taught by our elders, who were alive during an age where bigotry was a social norm. They lived in an age where presenting as anything other than white was inherently incorrect, and passed it on to their children. It is our responsibility to break that chain and not just reject the racist status quo, but be anti-racist.

If you want to make a remark or joke on someone’s appearance, and it isn’t something they can change about themselves within ten seconds, it’s not worth bringing up in the first place.

My new home for a little while

By ANDREA SCHOENECKER Staff Writer

I am truly on my own for the first time in five years.

This past fall, I decided on a whim that I wanted to do a domestic study abroad exchange program in hopes that it would help bring me the courage to study abroad internationally. I am doing an exchange through a program called National Student Exchange.

Through this program, I had the option to pick a school within the US, US territories or Canada to study at. I chose to go to the University of Wyoming in Laramie. If it was not for the help of the exchange office, I don’t think that I would have been ready for this big change that occurred in my life in a matter of three months.

Since my arrival in Lara-

mie, I have already fallen in love with the area. I feel like I am in a small town but have the benefits of a big city. This feels comforting to me and gives me a small sense of home. It is a bit surreal to me to actually be here since it all happened so quickly.

Wyoming may not seem like it’s all that exciting to some, and it has been questioned many times by my friends as to why I chose another cold place to go to when I had the option to go somewhere warmer.

Growing up, my dad talked about his life out here in Laramie and I dreamed of the day that I would get to see the world that he had told me about. It gave me a sense of wonder and awe that I have never been able to explain. It is a bit weird dreaming of a place my whole life and finally getting to not only visit the

area, but move there. With the mountains surrounding me from every angle, a constant calm feeling has been at my side from the views. The mountains have always made me feel at home; since I got here, I have yet to feel anything less than comfortable.

The first thing I did when I arrived was explore some of the town and the surrounding area to get a feel for the new place that I am calling home for the next few months.

We went to a pyramid that was out in the middle of nowhere, toured a historic prison and saw a tree that was growing out of a rock. It took me no time at all to start hiking and finding unique things to see. I am an avid lover of nature and I have been presented with endless opportunities to explore. I still feel a bit like a tourist in the area

“What’s your all-time favorite movie?”

Photo courtesy of Andrea Schoenecker Starting a new adventure at the University of Wyoming in Laramie has given me a sense of adventure.

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Polar bear attacks young mother and son

By MARK THIESSEN and PATRICK WHITTLE The Associated Press

A polar bear chased several residents around a tiny, isolated Alaska Native whaling village, killing two people in an extremely rare attack before another community member shot and killed the bear, authorities said

The fatal mauling of a woman and a boy happened Tuesday in Wales, an isolated Bering Strait coastal community located on the western-most tip of the North American mainland — about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Russia — that is no stranger to co-existing with polar bears.

Like many far-flung Alaskan villages, the predominantly Inupiaq community of roughly 150 people organizes patrols when the bears are expected in town, from July through early November, before the sea ice forms and bears head out on the frozen landscape to hunt seals.

That makes what happened this week almost unheard of be-

cause polar bears are normally far out on the ice in the dead of winter and not close to villages, said Geoff York, the senior director of conservation at Polar Bear International, a conversation group. The last fatal polar bear encounter in Alaska was in 1990.

“I would have been walking around the community of Wales probably without any (bear) deterrents because it’s historically the time of year that’s safe,” said York, who has decades of experience studying polar bears.

“You don’t expect to run into bears because they’d be out on the sea ice hunting seals and doing their thing.”

It’s unclear if this attack was related to climate change, but it’s consistent with what is expected as the Arctic continues to warm at four times the rest of the Earth, changing the ecosystem in ways that are still not fully understood, York said. However, this particular bear is a member of a population that is doing fairly well, said Andrew Derocher, a professor of biological sciences at University of Alberta

because my excitement is still very fresh for the surroundings.

For this semester, I will be living in the dorms which has been

a bit of an adjustment, but I was blessed with a very sweet individual from Switzerland as my roommate. A lot of me forgot what it was like to live in such close quarters with another in-

dividual, but I have not felt that adjustment to be the struggle I thought it would be.

I feel grateful to have a roommate who is as new to Laramie

as I am as it makes me feel less isolated.

I am excited about the vast amount opportunities that I am going to have to see a new part

of the world. I am hoping to explore the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and I have a goal of visiting as many coffee shops as possible and going snowboarding at least once while I am here.

and an expert on polar bears.

Alaska scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey in 2019 found changes in sea ice habitat had coincided with evidence.

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A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers.

‘We’re ready to show the fans what we’re about again’

By KARSON BUELOW Staff Writer

This weekend, the No. 17 Minnesota State University, Mankato Men’s Hockey team will return home for the first time since Dec. 16 as they host unranked Lake Superior State for a set of CCHA conference games.

The Mavericks come into this weekend having won four straight games against quality opponents, including a 5-0 shutout win last Saturday against Arizona State.

“When you can start to talk about multiple veterans and then some secondary young guys contributing offensively in addition to the goaltending we’ve been getting from Keenan Rancier, we’ve become more difficult to out,” said Minnesota State Head Coach, Mike Hastings. “Hopefully that continues this weekend.”

In addition to the momentum that has brewed to start the second half of this season, the Mavericks are looking to bring a little extra intensity this weekend and pick up their first home win since Nov. 19.

“It’s been a while since we’ve played a home weekend here and we know the last two weekends what happened with not getting any points,” said senior captain, Cade Borchardt. “So that’s been sitting with us for a while and we need to be ready and show the fans

what we’re about again.”

While the Mavericks have been able to win four straight to start the new year, the Lakers have been struggling, losing three out of four games against conference opponents.

The Lakers currently sit dead last in the CCHA standings with a 4-18-2 overall record and 3-12-1 in conference play.

The Lakers have also been struggling so far this season in player scoring, with only two players sitting above 15 pts on the

season. Junior defenseman, Jacob Bengtsson, and senior forward, Louis Boudon, currently lead the team with 16 pts.

For the Mavericks, goaltending was a question mark heading into this season with the departure of Hobey Baker winner, Dryden

McKay. But it seems as though Rancier has silenced the critics in his last four starts.

Having accumulated 100 saves and a shutout in his last four starts, the Victoria, British Columbia native has given his team a lot of confidence and is a key aspect of the win streak the Mavericks have put together.

“He’s definitely given us a lot of confidence,” said Borchardt.“He’s looked really good in practice and the games. When you’re making saves like that and keeping them off the board when they get good chances, it really helps us out a lot as a group.”

In addition to solid performances from several Mavericks the past two weekends, Hastings mentions that the possibility of seeing freshman forward, Simon Tassy, in the lineup this weekend is high.

“Simon’s doing great and he’s completely cleared,” Hastings said.“We’ve been patient because we want to put him in a position where he can succeed. He’s been training like an absolute madman and he’s prepared for the weekend, so I look forward to him having that opportunity.”

Minnesota State will return home this weekend as they play host to Lake Superior State for a CCHA conference clash. Puck drop is set for 7:07 p.m. Friday and 6:07 p.m. Saturday.

‘Team hockey’ propels Mavs to six straight wins

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer

Success has been simple for the Minnesota State Women’s Hockey team in recent weeks, and the team will endure another tall task this upcoming weekend against the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers.

“We’re playing with a lot of confidence,” said junior forward, Sydney Langseth. “We’re playing team hockey right now.”

Despite taking down previously-ranked No. 14 St. Cloud State this past weekend, the Mavericks still remain outside the top-15 rankings in USCHO’s weekly women’s college hockey poll. Minnesota State won a close game Jan. 13 against the Huskies 3-1, where a late third-period goal from Langseth gave the Mavs a 2-1 lead before an eventual empty-netter sealed the game.

The following night, the Mavericks blew St. Cloud State out of the water.

The 4-1 final was indicative of the performance Minnesota State had that night, but a 41-18 shotson-goal advantage tells the story a bit better.

In spite of a great weekend, the Mavs did not find themselves cracking the top-15.

They will have a chance to break that spell this weekend with a good

two showings against the Wisconsin Badgers.

When asked about the series against Wisconsin, Langseth was enthusiastic about the opportunity to play another one of college hockey’s best teams.

“We’re all really excited,” said Langseth. “With our three series winning streak, that definitely gives us some momentum going into the series. All the lines are meshing really well right now too. So, I think if we just stick to our game plan, it’ll be a good weekend.”

Langseth has been a solid offensive force for the Mavericks this season on her own, tallying six goals and seven assists for 13 points.

That sits Langseth at seventh on the Mavericks in points, eight of which have come in the team’s last six games.

With another top-15 matchup coming up against Wisconsin, the Mavericks will have to continue to be on top of their game, and Langseth will surely help them stay there.

To do so, Langseth explained, “I have to continue to not overthink things and play to my strong suits. I like to lean on my teammates. Playing team hockey has really elevated our game on top of mixing up the lines. That has really generated something for us.”

After their sixth straight win

MSU

a two-game away

Jan. 21 and Sunday, Jan. 22.

this past weekend, Minnesota State now sits above .500 for the first time this year at 13-11-0.

The Mavs are now also solidified at fifth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) standings with 22 points.

Fourth is a far reach this late in

the season, as Minnesota Duluth currently holds an 11-point advantage on the Mavericks.

However, with a string of successful weekends and a sweep over Duluth in early February, the Mavericks could get it done.

The Wisconsin Badgers are in

Minnesota State’s way, however, and after two-straight losses to No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus this past weekend, the Badgers will be hungry to defend home ice and get back in the win column.

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

MSU Men’s Hockey team holds their first two-game home series of the spring semester against Lake Superior State Friday, Jan. 20 at 7:07 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 21 at 6:07 p.m.

LILLY ANDERSON • The Reporter

Women’s Hockey team aims to extend their six-game win streak as they travel to University of Wisconsin-Madison for

series Saturday,

Mavericks to close out four game road trip

Women’s basketball team gears up for part two on the road

By ALI REED Staff Writer

By HAYDEN LEE Staff Writer

With just over a month left in the regular season, Minnesota State sits at 13-5 overall and is currently in fifth place in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

This week, the Mavericks will be taking on the number one and three teams in the NSIC. Their first opponent will be Northern State, who are currently tied for second place with Minnesota Duluth with a 13-5 record as well, but are 9-3 in conference play. Their next game will be a matchup with Moorhead State, who currently stands alone atop the conference

rankings with a 15-3 record. Unfortunately, the Mavs will not have the luxury of playing in the Taylor Center for either game, as their long road trip continues.

Over the past few weeks, the Mavs have been without Brady Williams, Malik Willingham, and now sophomore guard, Harrison Braudis, who was playing with a slipped disk in his back, but sat out the teams’ last two contests.

Despite their misfortune with injuries, Mavs Coach, Matthew Margenthaler, emphasized being able to continue looking towards their next opponents rather than the sulking about the injuries.

“We’re really banged up right now, but no one is going to feel

sorry for us, and we’re not going to make excuses,” said Margenthaler.

Looking forward to Friday, the Mavericks will head over to Aberdeen, South Dakota to take on the Northern State Wolves. This matchup will be huge for both teams, as both are top 5 teams in their conference and are gunning for more than just a win this Friday night. The Wolves have won 7 of the last 8 matchups between the two, and the Mavs hope to change the narrative moving forward.

The 2022-23 Wolves roster includes a star guard at the top in senior Sam Masten, who on the year has managed to lead the team in points with 17.7 per game, is tied

After conquering the north last weekend, winning back-toback road games, Minnesota State’s Women’s Basketball team is looking to continue their momentum as they are set to travel again Friday and Saturday.

Tied for the least amount of losses in the NSIC, the Mavs are sitting pretty at number two in conference standings, with an overall record of 14-2 and a 10-2 record within the conference.

Halfway done with their fourgame road trip, MSU is first preparing for a trip to Aberdeen, South Dakota. There, they will go head to head with the 10-8 Northern State Wolves in their den.

This matchup has a long back and forth history, dating back to 1979, with both teams showing dominance on their home court. At home, the Mavericks have an 8-3 record, whereas in Aberdeen, they obtain a less impressive 2-7

record. The Wolves are led by Head Coach, Paula Krueger, who has a 175-184 overall record as a collegiate head coach. Top scorers for the Wolves include Laurie Rogers, Kailee Oliverson and Rianna Fillipi, with 200, 199 and 193 points respectively.

MSU won last year’s matchup, but are 2-8 within the last 10. However, with a 7-1 record on the road, the Mavs don’t seem to be intimidated away from home this season and have the right tools to come back with the win.

Saturday, the Mavericks are heading back north in Moorhead, Minnesota. They take on one of their sister schools, the 8-8 Minnesota State, Moorhead Dragons.

With an even longer history between these two teams, dating back to 1976, the Mavs have shown a bit of dominance over the Dragons, with a matchup record of 27-18. Although, within the last 10, the Mavs are close to an even record, being 6-4.

Seeking to break the streak against SCSU

By CHARLIE GROEBNER Staff Writer

Coming off a big win in last week’s matchup, Minnesota State hits the road for a Saturday matchup. They are yet again scheduled to take on an NSIC rival as they prepare to face Saint Cloud State.

Last weekend, the Mavericks jumped out to an early lead in a matchup with Southwest Minnesota. However, midway through the contest, the Mustangs took advantage after falling behind. Although the turning point was freshman, Caleb Meunier, pinning his opponent to give them a comeback victory, earning Head Coach, Jim Makovsky, his 300th win.

Currently sitting at 1-1 in the NSIC, they look to continue building momentum leading into the final months. However, their next opponent is one that will be the biggest challenge to climb.

The Huskies are a team that

has constantly given the Mavericks trouble in the past. Since joining in 2010, the Mavericks have yet to beat the Huskies at home and on the road. Last season, the Huskies dominated the Mavericks 34-7, continuing a thirteen-game winning streak against them.

Entering this weekend’s matchup, the Huskies are certainly not flinching from the challenge. Ranked number three in all of Division II, the Huskies are red hot after defeating fellow NSIC opponent, Augustana, in a dominating 30-3 win.

Led by longtime Head Coach, Steve Costanzo, the group currently has six wrestlers who are in the top ten or higher in all of Division II, the most out of any school currently ranked within both the NSIC and Division II rankings.

However, out of everyone, the main person to watch out for is Redshirt Senior, Abner Romero.

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

MSU Men’s Basketball team plays Friday, Jan. 20 against Northern State and Saturday, Jan. 21 against MSU Moorhead, as they seek to return to the win column.

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

MSU Women’s Basketball team hopes to continue their win streak, as they play consecutive away games against Northern State Friday, Jan. 20 and MSU Moorhead Saturday, Jan. 21.

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

MSU Wrestling team hopes to remain victorious as they head to St. Cloud State Saturday, Jan. 21 for their next dual.

Senior spotlight: Emily Beckmann

By LUKE JACKSON Staff Writer

Minnesota State, Mankato’s senior track star looks to continue her last season with the team on a high note.

Emily Beckmann has been running track for ten years now. She played volleyball and softball during her time at Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial High School but found the greatest success in track and field.

Since coming to Mankato in 2018, she has since ran the 60m, 200m,400m, 600m and 800m. During the 2020 season, Beckmann competed in the Northern Sun Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 600m run. The following year, she competed in the 2021 Maverick Classic where she was able to break her personal records and record a 1:03.15 in the 400m dash.

“So far in this year’s season I have a good starting point in the 600m and I’m excited to see where that goes. My biggest goal is to run under 1:40 for the 600m this season,” Beckmann said.

So far this year, the Mavericks are starting off hot. MNSU has taken first during their first two opens here at Mankato. Beckmann and the team look to continue their success for the rest of the season.

Other than her personal goals for her races, Beckmann is just looking forward to spending her last months with the team.

“This year I am mainly just looking to make new memories with all the friends I have made on the team,” Beckmann said. “The energy here is amazing and I am excited to have one last season with everyone.”

Beckmann has learned many life lessons while being on the team, but her biggest takeaway while being a Maverick is to never give up on yourself.

“You’ve just got to keep going,” said Beckmann. “Never think you’re not good enough. I didn’t think I would be good enough but I stuck with it. Believe in yourself and you can do anything.”

She rolls with the punches and doesn’t give up. Beckmann reflected that her most memorable time as a Maverick was finishing a race with only one shoe on; a perfect example of perseverance.

“One time at SDSU during the 400m dash, someone cut me off and they slipped in the back of my shoe and I finished the race with-

out one of my shoes,” said Beckmann.

In her free time, Beckmann and her roommates like to take her dog on hikes throughout Mankato. She frequently explores Rasmussen park and visits the buffalo and waterfalls at Minneopa State Park.

Beckmann is majoring in applied leadership with a minor in sports medicine. After graduation, she will look to become a flight attendant to satisfy her love for traveling. Beckmann hopes to travel as much as possible and see what the world offers.

You can catch Beckmann before she’s done at a series of meets held in Mankato over the next few months.

Demonstrators protest NCAA’s transgender athlete inclusion

for the lead in rebounds per game with 6.8 per game, and leads the entire NSIC in assists per game with 6.6. Masten is complemented by Moni Jacksen, Augustin Reede and Josh Dilling who all are shooting over 37% from beyond the arc this season and have surely helped Masten’s assist numbers.

In what should be another tough matchup, the Mavs will travel to take on the no. 22 ranked Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragons Saturday. The Mavs

won at home last year in what was another close game, 74-68 and hope to extend their winning streak against the Dragons to two games.

However, nothing is easy in the final month of play, as every team is trying to stack as many wins as possible in order to move up in the standings. This season, the Dragons are led by sophomore guard, Jacob Beeninga, and senior guard, Lorenzo McGhee. They lead the team in scoring with 17 and 14.3 points per game and form a formi-

dable one-two punch. Down low, 6’7” junior forward Dane Zimmer is averaging 7.9 rebounds per game and poses a threat to anyone trying to score in the paint.

With two top five teams on the schedule for this weekend, the Mavs need to be locked in and ready in order to keep their season afloat.

“We have been playing well and extremely hard, but we just need to be able to finish,” said Margenthaler. “We just need to execute better down the stretch.”

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines and about two dozen demonstrators outside the NCAA convention Thursday protested the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports and threatened the association with legal action if it doesn’t change its policies.

Gaines competed in last year’s NCAA swimming and diving championships against Penn’s Lia Thomas, who became first transgender woman to win a national title ( the women’s 500-yard freestyle). She also placed fifth in the 200 freestyle, tying with Gaines.

“Today, we intend to personally tell the NCAA to stop discriminating against female athletes

by handing them a petition that we have garnered nearly 10,000 signatures on in just a couple of days,” Gaines said, kicking off more than an hour of speeches that attracted a few onlookers and a handful of quiet counter-protesters.

The topic has divided the U.S. for the past several years, with critics saying transgender athletes have an advantage over cisgender women in competition. Eighteen states have passed laws banning transgender athletes from participating in female school sports; a federal judge earlier this month ruled West Virginia’s ban is constitutional and can remain in place.

The NCAA has permitted transgender athletes to compete since 2010.

The Dragons are led by Head Coach, Karla Nelson, who has accumulated an impressive record of 385-228. Their leading scorers include Natalie Jens, Mariah McKeever and Peyton Boom. They all have scored over 200 points and have a gap of over 100

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Hailing from Fresno, California, he is the reigning and defending champion at 174 pounds and currently is the highest-ranked

points between them and their other teammates.

Saturday’s matchup should be ineresting, as the Mavericks continue to prove themselves on the road, while the Dragons continue to prove themselves at home.

With top scorers like Joey Batt, Destiny Bursch and Natalie Bremer, all scoring over 200

points on the season, the Mavs should have no trouble putting up big numbers in this weekend’s games.

This weekend will be a big test for the MSU Mavericks, where they have the opportunity to show their competitors what they’re truly made of.

member on the SCSU roster. All eyes will be on him as he looks to continue his dominance.

This contest is set to be a tale of David and Goliath, as rivals pre-

pare to clash. The Mavericks seek to end a streak that still follows them to this day, while the Huskies look to prove that they are indeed the alpha of the division and conference.

DARREN ABATE • The Associated Press Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, second from right, stands during a rally on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, outside of the NCAA Convention in San Antonio.

DYLAN LONG • The Reporter

Senior track star, Emily Beckmann, looking forward to making memories with her teammates during her last season at MSU

VA RI ET Y

Crafternoons brainstorm Zine ideas for March

By LAUREN VISKA Staff Writer

The Women’s Center hosted an event Tuesday for students to get their creative juices flowing and brainstorm ideas for the center’s zine to honor the theme of “Bodies” for Women’s History Month.

Women’s History Month is in March, and the center is having these Crafternoon events to get students more information about this month.

BriShaun Kearns, the graduate assistant for the Women’s Center, said the event helped inform students and encourage sharing about things such as body image.

“Because of how information was shared, especially about menstruation, abortion, birth control, physical safety and things like that, it was important to inform how we took up space and what we did with our bodies,” said Kearns.

“We’re also doing a lot of sharing imagery of bodies to normalize the different ways and things people focus on with it. Whether it’s body shape, size, ability, or different things, and all of the different ways that something as simple as one word, like bodies, can show up for everybody.”

Kearns explained to the

group of students what a zine is before they started.

“A zine is essentially a piece of regular printer paper with different information.

Sometimes people will fold them up, so they have multiple pages, or they’ll just kind of be

like pamphlets with different sections,” said Kearns. “People would make these little crafty zine things and leave them all over the place for people to pick up. It was a good way to share information about any activism that was going on.”

Kearns also talked about the history of zines while students worked on them.

“There is a long history of using zines to subvert kind of mainstream publishing of materials dating back to the 60s and 70s into the 90s before the

internet was super popular,” said Kearns. “Sometimes, there were just pictures designed to empower and inspire the people involved in activism or marginalized within the community to engage in the work, stand up for themselves, or be true to who they were.”

The Women’s Center will edit the final zine, which will be shared around campus.

“Most likely, we will make photocopies and find a way to compile them, whether we share copies on the Facebook page with people’s permission or keep them in here in the Women’s Center,” said Kearns.

“We might also put them in the library, whatever that may be, at the end of the month, obviously with the discretion of the authors of them, of course.”

This zine will continue until the end of Women’s History Month.

“We’ll sort of keep building the zine, whether it takes one person a little while to finish one or whether people do multiple and keep coming back and whatever, building sort of a library of them,” said Kearns.

If students want to contribute, they can go to the center’s Instagram profile, @wcentermankato, to find more information on when the upcoming events are.

New art exhibition sweeps Conkling Gallery on campus

JULIA LIN • The Reporter

Yesterday’s Crafternoon event was the second of four crafting events this month, all hosted by the Women’s Center. Crafting supplies are always included, and the events are open to anyone interested.

Photos by DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

The Conkling Gallery opened a new art exhibition Jan. 11, titled “SWEEP.” The artists being featured are Linda Lopez and Matthew McConnell. Lopez is a first generation artist, whose abstract works explore everyday ideas through imagining and sculpting a vast range of emotions embedded in the mundane, everyday objects around us. McConnell is a master’s degree holder, with a history of solo exhibitions being held all across the world, including China, Australia and New Zealand.

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95 Prosecutors weigh options in shooting by Alec Baldwin

By MORGAN LEE The Associated Press

scribed the killing of Hutchins as a “tragic accident.”

By FRANCES D’EMILIO The Associated Press

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said. She was 95.

The agent, Paola Comin, didn’t provide details. Lollobrigida had surgery in September to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall.

She returned home and said she had quickly resumed walking. A drawn portrait of the diva graced a 1954 cover of Time magazine, which likened her to a “goddess” in an article about Italian movie-making.

More than a half-century later, Lollobrigida still turned heads with her brown, curly hair and statuesque figure, and preferred to be called an actress instead of the gender-neutral term actor.

“Lollo,” as she was lovingly nicknamed by Italians, began making movies in Italy just after the end of World War II, as the country began to promote on the big screen a stereotypical concept of Mediterranean beauty as buxom and brunette.

Besides “The World’s Most Beautiful Woman” in 1955, career highlights included Golden Globe-winner “Come September,” with Rock Hudson; “Trapeze;” “Beat the Devil,” a 1953 John Huston film starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones; and “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell,” which won Lollobrigida Italy’s top movie award, a David di Donatello, as best actress in 1969.

In Italy, she worked with some of the country’s top directors following the war, including Mario Monicelli, Luigi

Comencini, Pietro Germi and Vittorio De Sica.

Two of her more popular films at home were Comencini’s “Pane Amore e Fantasia” (“Bread, Love and Dreams”) in 1953, and the sequel a year later, “Pane Amore e Gelosia” (“Bread, Love and Jealousy”). Her male foil was Vittorio Gassman, one of Italy’s leading men on the screen.

Lollobrigida also was an accomplished sculptor, painter and photographer, and eventually essentially dropped film for the other arts.

With her camera, she roamed the world from what was then the Soviet Union to Australia. In 1974, Fidel Castro hosted her as a guest in Cuba for 12 days as she worked on a photo reportage.

Lollobrigida was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, a picturesque hill town near Rome, where her father was a furniture maker.

Lollobrigida began her career in beauty contests, posing for the covers of magazines and making brief appearances in minor films. Producer Mario Costa plucked her from the streets of Rome to appear on the big screen.

Eccentric mogul Howard Hughes eventually brought Lollobrigida to the United States, where she performed with some of Hollywood’s leading men of the 1950s and 60s, including Frank Sinatra, Sean Connery, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner.

Over the years, her co-stars also included Europe’s most dashing male stars of the era, among them Louis Jourdan, Fernando Rey, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Alec Guinness.

While Lollobrigida played some dramatic roles, her sex

symbol image defined her career, and her most popular characters were in lighthearted comedies such as the “Bread, Love” trilogy.

With lush eyelashes and thick, brown curls framing her face, Lollobrigida started a hairstyle rage in the 1950s known as the “poodle cut.”

Gossip columnists commented on alleged rivalries between her and Sophia Loren, another Italian film star celebrated for her beauty,

In middle age, Lollobrigida’s romance with a man 34 years her junior, Javier Rigau, from Barcelona, Spain, kept gossip pages buzzing for years.

“I have always had a weakness for younger men because they are generous and have no complexes,” the actress told Spain’s “Hola” magazine.

After more than 20 years of dating, in 2006, the then79-year-old Lollobrigida announced that she would marry Rigau, but the wedding never happened.

Her first marriage, to Milko Skofic, a Yugoslavia-born doctor, ended in divorce in 1971.

In the last years of her life, Lollobrigida’s name more frequently appeared in articles by journalists covering Rome’s courts, not the glamour scene, as legal battles were waged over whether she had the mental competence to tend to her finances.

On her website, Lollobrigida recalled how her family lost its house during the bombings of World War II and went to live in Rome.

She studied sculpture and painting at a high school dedicated to the arts, while her two sisters worked as movie theater ushers to allow her to continue her studies.

A Santa Fe district attorney will announce Thursday whether charges will be brought in the fatal 2021 filmset shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal of the Western “Rust.”

Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said a decision will be announced Thursday morning in a statement and on social media, without public appearances by prosecutors.

“The announcement will be a solemn occasion, made in a manner keeping with the office’s commitment to upholding the integrity of the judicial process and respecting the victim’s family,” said Heather Brewer, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office.

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being wounded by a gunshot during setup for a scene at the ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021.

Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding the director, Joel Souza.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza, who led the initial investigation into Hutchins’ death, described “a degree of neglect” on the film set.

But he left decisions about potential criminal charges to prosecutors after delivering the results of a yearlong investigation in October.

That report did not specify how live ammunition wound up on the film set.

Taking control of the investigation, Carmack-Altwies was granted an emergency $300,000 request for the state to pay for a special prosecutor, special investigator and other experts and personnel.

Baldwin — known for his roles in “30 Rock” and “The Hunt for Red October” and his impression of former President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” — has de-

He has sought to clear his name by suing people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that was handed to him on set. Baldwin, also a co-producer on “Rust,” said he was told the gun was safe.

In his lawsuit, Baldwin said that while working on camera angles with Hutchins during rehearsal for a scene, he pointed the gun in her direction and pulled back and released the hammer of the gun, which discharged.

New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator determined the shooting was an accident following the completion of an autopsy and a review of law enforcement reports.

New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau has levied the maximum fine against Rust Movie Productions, based on a scathing narrative of safety failures, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires of blank ammunition on set prior to the fatal shooting.

Rust Movie Productions continues to challenge the basis of a $137,000 fine by regulators who say production managers on the set failed to follow standard industry protocols for firearms safety.

The armorer who oversaw firearms on the set, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, has been the subject of much of the scrutiny in the case, along with an independent ammunition supplier.

An attorney for Gutierrez Reed has said the armorer did not put a live round in the gun that killed Hutchins, and believes she was the victim of sabotage. Authorities said they’ve found no evidence of that.

Investigators initially found 500 rounds of ammunition at the movie set on the outskirts of Santa Fe — a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and what appeared to be live rounds.

Industry experts have said live rounds should never be on set.

WARNER KREUSCH • The Associated Press

SETH WENIG • The Associated Press

Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzu looks at the book “Italia Mia” held by Gina Lollobrigida in her villa in Rome, Dec. 1, 1972 when the star presented it to the press and some art personalities her book - a selection of pictures of Italy which took her two years to complete and edit.

A Santa Fe district attorney is prepared to announce whether to press charges in the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

Leslie Jones promises to be herself hosting ‘The Daily Show’

By MARK KENNEDY The Associated Press

Comedian Leslie Jones will be taking a temporary whirl as host of “The Daily Show” this week, and she says viewers can expect her trademark — some blunt, edgy humor.

“I’m not Jon Stewart. I’m not Trevor Noah, I’m Leslie Jones. So I’ll be bringing that vulnerable honesty,” the “Saturday Night Live” alum joked in an interview on the eve of her new gig.

Jones’ stand-in as host on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on the Comedy Central topical show yields to four more upcoming weekly gigs by comedians: Wanda Sykes, D.L. Hughley, Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman.

Jones’ guest on Tuesday will be Morris Chestnut, starring in “The Best Man: The Final Chapters.” In a video promoting her guest host gig, correspondent Roy Wood Jr. is seen helping her practice identifying prominent people like Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Supreme Court Clarence Thomas.

While this week marks the first time Jones has appeared on “The Daily Show,” she’s no stranger to MC-ing, having guest-hosted “The Ellen Show”

and taking charge of ABC’s game show revival “Supermarket Sweep.”

“No assignment to me is ever different. It’s always them asking for me. Pretty much what I come to deliver is me. So it’s not really too much different than when I

used to do — updates at ‘SNL’ or doing standup, you know?” she said. “It’s all talking.”

Over the years, “The Daily Show” — first hosted by Craig Kilborn, then Jon Stewart and more recently Trevor Noah — has skewered the left and right

by looking at the day’s headlines with a jaundiced view. Noah stepped down late last year, and no permanent successor has yet been named.

On “SNL,” three-time Emmy Award nominee Jones did impressions of Whoopi

Goldberg, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, Omarosa Manigault Newman and, most memorably, Donald Trump.

During her run from 2014 to 2019, she routinely hit on Colin Jost while appearing on his “Weekend Update” desk, calling him things like a “little salty oyster cracker,” and showing off her complicated and fictional relationship with fellow cast member Kyle Mooney.

Her viral tweets earned her an NBC correspondent job at the 2016 and 2018 Olympics. She hosted the BET Awards in 2017 and starred in the 2016 “Ghostbusters” remake.

Jones said she has been keeping up with daily events and personalities to ensure “The Daily Show” is still topical under her watch, but she’s also got stuff planned.

“We got already a lot of ideas wrapped up and what we want to do and what we want the show to look like,” she said.

“Of course that changes with daily events. If something big happened, of course, we would have to change it for that. But, yeah, we got a lot of stuff that we already want to do.”

Asked if she’d be interested in inheriting the host’s chair on a permanent basis, Jones was non-committal. “I don’t really want to answer that,” she said.

JORDAN STRAUSS • The Associated Press

Leslie Jones appears at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2018. Jones will be taking a temporary whirl as host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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