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Clinical Sciences building opens at ribbon-cutting ceremony Building provides new opportunities for College of Allied Health and Nursing.
LUKE LARSON Staff Writer Last Friday afternoon, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to officially open MNSU’s new Clinical Sciences building on Warren Street. The event began with a news conference that included speeches from MNSU president Richard Davenport, Allied Health and Nursing dean Kris Retherford, trustee Bob Hoffman, nursing professor Colleen Royle, and MNSU senior Kellie Metzger. Tours of the new facility, which showed off new technologies such as simulators used by dental hygiene and nursing students, were offered to attendees following the news conference. The building houses three departments within the College of Allied Health and Nursing: nursing, dental hygiene, and communication disorders. It will, however, also be used by other departments within the
Photos by Bo Ahn college. Some finishing touches have yet to be made to the building, but it is now operational. The building, which was originally conceived as an idea in 1998, is the result of many years of hard work and planning. This included the long process of lobbying the idea to the state legislature. At long last, the idea received the support it needed in 2014
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when it was included in the state bonding bill and passed by Governor Mark Dayton. From the planning phase to completion of construction, President Davenport says, the project spanned a total of six years. President Davenpor t recalls that the idea was brought to his attention by Kaye Herth, the former dean of the College of Allied Health
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and Nursing, who made “a convincing argument that we needed a new clinical science and allied health building that would provide space for her entire college.” The building, however, fell short of the original ideal which would have included all of the college’s seven departments. At the news conference, President Davenport expressed his desire for a Phase II project that would accomplish this goal. He optimistically thanked local legislators in advance for the support he hopes that they provide in accomplishing Phase II. President Davenpor t emphasizes that his excitement for the new building comes from the opportunities that it will be affording the students who use it. Quoting the words of a friend, he closed his news conference address saying that “new bricks and mortar are wonderful to behold, but it’s the people and the learning that takes place in the building that really matter.” Kellie Metzger is a senior in
the communication disorders program. “Now that we finally have our clinical sciences building, we can take advantage of the multiple opportunities that we were so excited about when we first broke ground on the building,” she said in her news conference speech. “Students get to learn in an incredible environment, faculty get to teach within state-of-the-art facilities, and clients have access to high-quality affordable care. I can’t wait to get started!” The building represents a new healthcare option in Mankato, as students will now be offering various clinical services to patients under faculty supervision. This benefits both students and the Mankato community, offering students the chance to gain hands-on experience and community members the chance to access affordable healthcare. “Because our students will be working with community members and because our clinics are much more visible and easily-accessible, the community can actually come in and receive hearing tests, dental cleanings, and restorative functions,” says Retherford. “Those are things that they might not have had access to without this facility. And [the community is] actually providing a service to us because our students get to – with great oversight by our experts – get that clinical experience.” Vice President for University Advancement Kent Stanley notes that this is the seventh building inauguration President Davenport has attended since his term began in 2002, and the first of two that will be held in a short amount of time. The date for the ribboncutting ceremony for the new University Dining Hall, which is already in operation, is yet to be announced.
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New University Dining Hall a sweet addition to campus Students use new hall for first time after a year and a half of construction.
ALISSA THIELGES Staff Writer The new University Dining Hall officially opened its doors to the public this semester and is ready to serve hungry students and faculty. Construction of the dining hall began back in June 2015 and finished November 2016, just in time for spring semester. Plans to build the facility began
their comments have been mainly positive said Ron Bigley, a cashier at the dining hall. “They like that it’s really modern,” he said. “They feel like they are getting a Division I level dining hall.” The only complaint he has heard so far is that once you get your food, it’s a far walk to find a spot. The new dining hall is over twice the size of Carkoski, with 49,075 gross square feet of residential dining space, compared to Carkoski’s 22,155. It can accommodate 3,000 students daily without the worry of long food lines or crowding, which was a common occurrence in
“Most of the food is made right in front of students, and there are clear walls between the cooks and students so you can see what is being made.”
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after it was determined that the old dining hall, Carkoski Commons, was too small to meet the demands of the growing student population. Carkoski was built to
Carkoski. Though bigger, the new building was designed with efficiency in mind. The dining hall has LED lighting
of in an environmentallyfriendly way. In terms of service, the food stations have been expanded and spread out to avoid traffic back-ups. The old food stations, such as Deli and Grill, remain available, but some new additional stations include a Creation Station, which does made-toorder omelets in the morning and a bakery which bakes fresh goods each morning. Stations have also been upgraded in order to run
serve only 1,800 students efficiently. Upon demolition of the Gage Hall Tower in 2013, Carkoski became the only dining hall on campus and around 2,700 students were being served in the limited space, according to the Residential Dining Facility Pre-Design Report. Students have been eager to take in the new facility and
and other energy-efficient fixtures to conserve energy usage and reduce energy consumption. The building is also set up so that the heat produced by the ovens and other equipment will be used to help control the overall temperature of the building. The university has even incorporated composting, so food waste will be disposed
more smoothly. For this reason, the salad bar was created with two lines, the pizza station now has four ovens — to help “crank pizzas out like crazy,” said Bigley — and the simple serve station now has their own equipment rather than sharing with other stations. “The main goal is to serve people more quickly and
more easily,” said Bigley. The other focus is transparency when it comes to food production. Most of the food is made right in front of students, and there are clear walls between the cooks and students so you can see what is being made. This will also help better serve those with food allergies. “I’m proud of this facility,” said Bigley. “I think we’re offering a really great venue for students here.” As for the old building, no definitive long-term plans have been made yet for its use, says Nicole Faust, MNSU, Mankato’s Residential Communications Coordinator. In terms of the near future, it will continue
to stand as it contains the Residential Life Office, ResTech Services, Student Health Ser vices and Pharmacy, a computer lab, and Chet’s Place. The space where the old dining hall used to be is being used as a storage area for future renovation projects in the residential halls. Ultimately, however, Carkoski will be demolished to prepare for the next phase of construction, said Faust, which will include an indoor walkway between the residential communities and the dining hall. No date has been set for this next period, but it will be something to keep an eye out for if you are around in a couple years.
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After women’s marches, can numbers translate to real change? DENVER (AP) — Deb Szeman, a self-described “h o m e b o d y,” had never participated in a demonstration before hopping on an overnight bus from her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to attend the women’s march on Washington. She returned on another bus that pulled in at 4 a.m. Sunday, full of people buzzing about what might come next and quipping that they would see each other at the next march. “I wouldn’t have spent 18 hours in Washington, D.C., and taken the bus for seven hours both ways if I didn’t believe there was going to be a part two, and three and four and five,” said Szeman, 25, who works at a nonprofit and joined the National Organization for Women after Trump won the White House. “I feel like there’s been an awakening,” she said. More than a million people turned out Saturday to nationwide demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump’s agenda, a forceful showing that raised liberals’ hopes after the election denied them control of all branches of federal government. Now, the question is whether that energy can be sustained and turned into political impact. From marches against the Iraq War in 2003 to Occupy Wall Street, several big demonstrations have not directly translated into realworld results. In Wisconsin, for example, tens of thousands stormed the state Capitol in 2011 to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s moves to weaken unions. Walker has since been re-elected. Trump also won the state in November as Republicans increased their hold on the statehouse, part of the GOP’s domination of state-level elections in recent years. Organizers of Saturday’s
Gloria Steinem, center right, greets protesters at the barricades before speaking at the Women’s March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump’s presidency, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) marches are promising 10 additional actions to take during the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency. So far, the first and only is for supporters to write to their senators or representatives. Groups scrambled so fast to arrange the massive demonstrations in only a few weeks that they have had limited time to determine how to channel the energy into additional action. But, they promise, it’s coming. “The left has really woken up and said, ‘My gosh, we’ve been fighting the symbolic fight, but we haven’t been fighting the institutional fight,’” said Yong Jung-Cho of the activist group All of Us, which organized protests at the inauguration as well as the women’s march. There’s still value in symbolism. Saturday’s immense crowds ruffled the new president as his press secretary falsely contended that Trump had broken a record on inauguration attendance. Jamie Henn of the climate action group
350.org said that reaction is a hint on how to build the movement. “Size matters to this guy,” Henn said. “It’s like dealing with a schoolyard bully and some of us need to go back to middle school and revisit what that’s like” as they think up new tactics. Saudi Garcia, a 24-year-old anthropology student at New York University, is a veteran of Black Lives Matter protests in New York. She rode to Washington with longtime, largely minority activists to block checkpoints to the inauguration. She was heartened to find herself in a very different crowd Saturday, which she described as largely white women, many of whom brought young children to the women’s march. Garcia hopes those women stay involved in fighting Trump. “We need to be like the tea party was in 2009,” Garcia said. “Those people were relentless — showing up at town council meetings, everywhere.”
Stan A. Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, co-authored a study of how the nationwide demons trations that launched the tea party movement led to increased conservative political clout. Higher attendance at individual demonstrations correlated with more conservative voting by congressional members and a greater share of Republican votes in the 2010 election, when the GOP won back the House, he said. But, Veuger cautioned, it wasn’t automatic. The tea party activists also went home and volunteered in
local organizations that helped change the electoral results. “Political protests can have an effect,” he said. “But there’s nothing guaranteed.” One positive sign for the left, he added, was that the women’s marches seemed to draw an older crowd not deeply rooted in demonstrating — people who are more likely to volunteer, donate and vote. Beth Andre is one of them. Before the election, the 29-year-old who works in crisis services at a college had bought a ticket from her home in Austin, Texas, to Washington to watch what she thought would be Hillary Clinton’s inauguration. After Trump won, she canceled the trip. She was heartbroken again when she realized that meant she could not attend the women’s march. But a friend invited her to a meeting to plan a women’s march in Austin instead. Andre has never been involved in a protest movement before. Still excited after Saturday’s demonstration, she’s planning to attend lobbying workshops by her local Democratic Party and is thinking of running for office. “We want to be able to harness that energy and anger that we have right now and turn it into something good,” she said.
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MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer Today, technology has become a lifestyle; it’s everywhere and continuously growing. Social media is everywhere, encompassing almost every topic. One truly fascinating aspect of technology is that almost every individual is addicted to Netflix. Binge watching is something every Netflix lover has in common with the other. Television companies are aware of this, releasing an entire season of a TV show at once and banking on fans to be glued to the couch, watching episode after episode. Netflix has become the number one stop for any series looking to make a mark. Fans’ addiction to Netflix has also played a huge role in creating a larger and broader market for the company. Founded in 1997, Netflix specializes in providing streaming media, on demand online and via DVD by mail. Netflix expanded its business with the introduction of streaming media, while retaining the DVD and Blu-ray rental service. Two decades later, Netflix is reported to
(CC BY-SA 2.0) by theglobalpanorama have availability in over 190 countries and over 93 million subscribers worldwide. What usually keeps people hooked on shows is the cliffhangers at the end of each episode or season. Suspense created by not knowing what will follow causes the body to produce an excess of CRH, a hormone that mediates the release of other stress hormones in the body, causing the body to remain alert. Another reason for continuously watching a series is to feel accomplished. After finishing an episode and checking it off the list, one of the hormones triggered is dopamine, which is associated with pleasure. Finishing an episode or a series allows fans to feel like they have achieved a task, leading to a release of dopamine in the brain. One simple reason why most people are addicted
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to Netflix is that it makes them happy. Watching different shows that one can sometimes relate to, laugh or be fascinated with is interesting for anyone. Plus, bright lights, from one’s TV, laptop or whatever device they may be enjoying their favorite show from can naturally increase levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter commonly known for its contributions to happiness and well-being. However, addiction to anything is not a matter to be taken lightly and can cause serious harm to one’s academia, work or daily routine. Getting few hours of sleep can also have some catastrophic effects on one’s health. Therefore, how does one overcome the addiction to Netflix, or better yet, control it? One strategy is to always pause a show in the middle to avoid the cliffhanger at
the end of the show. This way one completely avoids the need to know feeling of the show or season might end or what may happen in the next episode. It also aids one in doing different tasks that the Netflix shows keeps them from doing. Another way is to come up with a schedule or a fixed number of episodes to watch before going to bed. This way, one can get enough sleep and stay on track with whichever show they may be watching. In summary, finding a good balance is truly vital for an overall healthy life. Overconsumption of entertainment media is a very easy habit to fall into that can make one forget that the outside world exists. Every individual has the right to enjoy themselves, but setting one’s priorities is important for being successful in the future.
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Marking Roe anniversary, abortion foes pin hopes on Trump TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents expressed optimism Monday that President Donald Trump’s early months in office would advance their cause as hundreds converged on the Kansas Statehouse to mark the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Trump, inaugurated Friday, has promised to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court with what he has called a “pro-life” justice and has said he would sign antiabortion measures approved by the Republican-controlled Congress. Even as GOP governors and legislatures enacted a raft of new antiabortion laws over the past decade, the movement faced a big obstacle from Democrat Barack Obama’s eight years as president. “I have high expectations,” said Karin Capron, a 69-yearold retired chemist from the Kansas City suburb of Mission who has been active in the anti-abortion movement for more than four decades. “The more hear about him (Trump), the more I think he can be very helpful to the pro-life movement.” Longtime anti-abortion activists mixed with private school students and joined prominent state officials at the annual Rally for Life, one day after the 44th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade ruling. The rally, which is regularly the largest annual political event at the Capitol in Topeka, was accompanied by worship services and workshops — a prelude to the movement’s paramount
Photo Courtesy of The Associated Press event, the annual March for Life on Friday in Washington. The rally included prayers for Trump and seeking an end to abortion. Trump on Monday reinstated a ban on providing federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option. The policy has been instituted by Republican administrations and rescinded by Democratic ones since 1984. The anti-abortion rally has drawn several thousand people to the Statehouse in the past; the crowd Monday had as many as 1,000 people. But a women’s march and rally Saturday drew more than 3,000 people — many of them concerned about abortion rights. Marilyn Ault, of Topeka,
now 78, became an abortion rights supporter in the early 1960s after watching a friend recover from an illegal abortion. Ault, who ran the local Battered Women’s Task Force, said she recalls fellow abortion-rights activists thinking after the Roe decision, “That was it, and we wouldn’t have to worry about it,” she said. Capron, a lifelong Catholic, said she became active in the anti-abortion movement in 1973, following the decision, after seeing a slide show at a church that featured pictures of aborted fetuses. She’d just had a baby, and recalls, “I said, God, I’ve got to do something.” She has protested and handed out literature outside abortion clinics and staffed anti-abortion booths at fairs.
She has marched to raise money for crisis pregnancy centers and worked as a pregnancy counselor. Capron hopes Congress approves a measure to halt funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading provider of abortions. Another congressional proposal would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. At the state level,
tough new restrictions on abortion are being pushed in numerous Republicancontrolled legislatures. For example, Ohio and Kentucky, within the past six weeks, have joined about 15 other states in banning abortions after 20 weeks. Newly released data shows that the number of abortions in the U.S. fell to about 926,000 in 2014, the lowest level since 1974 — the year after the Roe v. Wade ruling. Reasons for the drop include the surge of abortion restrictions and the increased availability of effective contraceptives. At the Kansas rally, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, touted the 17 anti-abortion measures he’d signed into law in six years in office. “That doesn’t just happen,” he said. “It’s years of toil. It’s years of prayer.” But Elise Higgins, a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood Great Plains, said the group was encouraged by the turnout at Saturday’s rally and others across the nation. “We know that reproductive rights are on the line now, and they’re not going anywhere without a huge fight,” she said.
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reactivated it Monday, saying she wanted to “sincerely apologize” for the “insensitive” tweet and “deeply regret” her actions. NBC had no comment. Barron found support from Chelsea Clinton, with the former first daughter saying he “deserves the chance every child does — to be a kid.” This isn’t the first time “SNL” has gotten in trouble for joking about the president’s children. In 1993, then-cast member Mike Myers had to write an apology letter to the Clintons after a skit that mocked Chelsea Clinton.
“She’s a kid, a kid who didn’t choose to be in public life,” ‘’SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels said at the time. He also acknowledged that said his show treated then 9-yearold Amy Carter “a little rougher” during the 1970s when Jimmy Carter was in the Oval Office. The current controversy over Barron Trump comes as President Trump has lashed out at the way “Saturday Night Live” has lampooned him, with the president saying Alec Baldwin’s semiregular portrayal of him “stinks” and calling one of the skits a “hit job.”
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Trump’s ‘running war’ on the media undermines trust NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s “running war” on the media is continuing into his presidency, with statements over the weekend calling into question the extent to which information from the White House can be trusted. White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday will hold his first daily press briefing, at which he could face questions about a statement Saturday night that included demonstrably false assertions about the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration and a promise by the new administration that “we’re going to hold the press accountable.” Some Trump supporters will no doubt cheer the continued antagonism toward the media that was central to the Republican’s campaign for president. Now the stakes are higher. Press secretaries have been lied to by their bosses, or misled reporters through the omission of information, but veteran journalist Dan Rather said Sunday it was the first time he could recall false material being delivered in this way. “I hope that people will
An image of the inauguration of President Donald Trump is displayed behind White House press secretary Sean Spicer as he speaks at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Spicer made two unprovable statements in his briefing: that photographs of the audience at Trump’s inaugural were intentionally framed to minimize the appearance of support, and that Trump drew the largest audience ever to witness an
“Some Trump supporters will no doubt cheer the continued antagonism toward the media that was central to the Republican’s campaign for president.” stop, pull back for what we in television call a wide shot and see what is happening,” Rather said. “This is a deliberate propaganda campaign.” Spicer, a longtime Republican operative who most recently was the spokesman for the Republican National Committee and also worked for President George W. Bush, is known for fighting tenaciously for his employers. His briefing on Saturday followed a Trump appearance at the CIA where the president criticized the media for reporting his criticisms of the intelligence community. He also took exception to stories saying the crowd for Friday’s inauguration was smaller than those for predecessor Barack Obama. Trump declared that journalists are “the most dishonest human beings on Earth,” saying “I have a running war with the media.”
inauguration. But he also made statements that were quickly disproven: that the Washington Metro system recorded more riders on the day of Trump’s inaugural than when Obama was sworn in for his second term, that Friday was the first time that white floor covering was used on the Washington Mall, amplifying empty spaces, and that it was the first time spectators were required to pass through magnetometers to enter the Mall. Spicer’s briefing, during which he did not take questions from reporters, was televised live on Fox News Channel and MSNBC. CNN did not air the session but showed highlights later. Trump’s first press conference after he was elected, held on Jan. 11, also took aim at the media. Coming hours after news reports revealed intelligence
officials had presented Trump with unsubstantiated and salacious allegations regarding his relationship to Russia, Trump and his team condemned news organizations that disclosed details, calling out CNN and BuzzFeed as “disgraceful” and refusing to take questions from a CNN reporter. Confronted by “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday with “falsehoods” stated by Spicer, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway called them “alternative facts.” She accused Todd of laughing at her and said he symbolizes how Trump has been treated by the media. One person who has been in Spicer’s position, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, said it seemed clear to him that Spicer was acting on orders from his boss. Press secretaries have to walk a fine line between reflecting the thinking and wishes of the president while trying to help the people covering him do their jobs, said Fleischer, who, like Spicer, worked for George W. Bush. Fleischer said he never knowingly delivered false information to the press while at the White House. “You can’t do that,” he said. “It will shorten your career.” When Spicer faces the press on Monday, he needs to elaborate on his argument, “take the hard questions and demonstrate reasonableness,” Fleischer said. The conservative website breitbart.com led its site with an article headlined: “White House press secretary
Sean Spicer blasts media’s ‘deliberately false reporting.’” The article said that Spicer’s “criticism of the media’s fake news reporting resulted in a media meltdown on social media.” It’s a crucial time for Spicer’s reputation. A press secretary whose word can’t be trusted has no value to anyone, said Terence Hunt,
a longtime White House correspondent and editor for The Associated Press who recently retired. “You can’t tell lies in the White House,” Hunt said. “Somebody will smoke you out, on issues large and small. The president’s integrity and credibility are at stake in everything you say, so be super careful.” If the White House can’t be trusted to tell the truth on a relatively trivial matter like crowd size, the public will wonder about the reliability of information on important topics like terrorism or the nuclear capabilities of North Korea, said Ben Mullin, a managing editor at the Poynter Institute who does a podcast on the relationship between Trump and the press. Rather, a former CBS anchor who famously tangled with the Nixon White House during the Watergate era, said the situation saddened him. “I don’t think the American people as a whole, whether they supported Donald Trump or not, want a situation where the press secretary to the president comes out and knowingly tells a lie,” he said.
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Mavericks dominate Marauders, 33-7 The wrestling team has won three consecutive matches to put their record at 6-3.
COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer Minnesota State romped the University of Mary on the mat in a lopsided affair that saw the Mavericks come out victorious 33-7 with matches that ranged from 125 pounds to 285 pounds. “Little disappointed in the way we started and there are definitely things we need to work on and get better at,” said Minnesota State head coach Jim Makovsky of the team’s performance. “But we celebrate a win tonight because we had some good performances tonight and once we got to the middle and upper weights, I thought we moved better and that’s where we were good.” The night started out well for the University of Mary, as Josh Jenson and Tate Barnhardt defeated Trevor Schultz and Paul Selman of MSU, jumping out to a 7-0 lead
Photo by Breana Orlando True-freshman Matthew Blome (top) dominated in his time on the mat, as he defeated his opponent by a 15-0 score late in the match on Friday night. over the Mavericks early. The Marauders only could muster those points during the entire match. “He’s an athlete and one of the fastest guys I’ve ever met. If you’re not using [those
attributes], it’s a problem,” said Makovsky of Selman’s disappointing finish. “There’s definitely a mental block there and some fear we have to overcome [as the season goes on].”
Louie Sanders and Reed Cronin took the mat in a tight bout, as Sanders edged out Cronin 11-10 to put the Mavs on the board 7-3. The next men up were Daniel Close for MSU and Hunter Eckert for
the Marauders. Close made short work of Eckert in a blowout match 8-1, and propelled the Mavericks squad to within one in a 7-6 affair midway through the night. Minnesota State gained their first lead of the night on Logan Saltou’s performance over Donnie Leuer, as they matched take-down for takedown early, but Saltou was able to outlast him in a 15-8 win that further increased the Mavericks’ lead up to 9-7. The fastest bout of the night went down between MSU’s Dylan Herman and Mary’s Paul Michaelson. In the second period, Herman launched a viscous series of attacks that lead to a swift pin and win over Michaelson. The Mavericks lead 15-7, with more matches remaining.
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Track and field shows promise at Jim Emmerich Invitational The men’s and women’s teams finished in the top-five over the weekend.
COREY YUMAN Staff Writer Minnesota State’s men and women’s track and field teams participated in the Jim Emmerich Invitational over the weekend as they traveled to Brookings, South Dakota. Mavericks sophomore Khadiya Hollingsworth shined on the day, as she broke a school-indoor track and field record in the high jump with her jump of 5’10”. Hollingsworth not only set the school record, she also qualified nationally and the jump is currently the best in the current NCAA Division II track and field season. Senior Brieanna Puckett also had a great day and placed a personal best time in the 200-meter dash (25.32), landing her a third-
place finish. Puckett also took third place (18’25”) in the long jump. Senior Haley Kruger earned a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:13.54), which met provisional qualifying standards. Back on the field, senior Brianna Ziolkowski also participated in the high jump and earned fifth place with
Brieanna Puckett
her 5’4.25” jump. Senior Ariel Thomas competed in the triple jump and placed a dis-
tance of 39’9.25” to give her a third place finish. Thomas did not stop there however, as she also secured a second place (18’2.25) finish in the long jump.
had a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash, placing a time of 22.04. True-freshman Dalton Bialke finished fifth in the 600-meter run with his time of 1:23.33. The team
with a leap of 16’2.75”, which also met provisional qualifying standards. Junior Michael Sandle took fourth in the long jump with a distance of 22’11”.
“Mavericks’ sophomore Khadiya Hollingsworth shined on the day, as she broke a school-indoor track and field record in the high jump with her jump of 5’10”.” After 15 events scored, the Mavericks were sitting in fourth place with a score of 50. North Dakota State held the top spot with a score of 107. The men did not have any record-breaking performances on the day, however that does not negate the productive day they did have. Sophomore Tanner Ogren
of Ogren, sophomore Reid Diamond, sophomore John Schuster, and sophomore Isaiah Calderon-Pitchford competed in the 4x400-meter relay and finished third overall (3:17.08). The time met the provisional qualifying standards. On the field, sophomore Mitchell Valli participated in the pole vault and took third
After 15 events scored, Minnesota State ranked fifth, scoring 29 points. South Dakota State finished first in scoring with 101. The men and women will be back in action when they host the MSU Open and Multi on Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28 at Myers Field House.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Falcons, Patriots cruise to Super Bowl LI Packers and Steelers sent home after possessing longest winning streaks.
COLT JOHNSON Staff Writer The Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots cruised to Super Bowl LI on the backs of elite-level quarterback play from MVP candidates Matt Ryan and Tom Brady. Two of the most highly anticipated games of the year had debatably the best sets of quarterback matchups in recent memory. In the NFC, Ryan and the Falcons faced Aaron Rodgers and the redhot Green Bay Packers, who had won eight games straight entering the matchup. In the AFC, future Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks were set to square up in Brady and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger. The NFC Championship was the opener for Saturday’s games. The Falcons started the game with the ball and scored on a 13-play drive that went 80-yards and killed over six and a half minutes. The drive ended on a two-yard touchdown pass from Ryan to wide receiver Mohamed Sanu. Atlanta would take a 7-0 lead early on in the game. Green Bay took over on offense after a touchback resulting from the kickoff. Rodgers brought the Packers 52-yards down the field into field goal range on seven plays. They were unable to convert on third down, leaving it up to kicker Mason Crosby to put three points on the board, but he ultimately missed the attempt. The Falcons began the drive in good field-position after the missed field goal attempt by Crosby. Ryan and the rest of the offense started with the ball on their 31-yardline and went marched 59 yards on 12 plays, finishing off the drive with a Bryant field goal. Atlanta stretched the lead to a 10-0 score, pressuring the Green Bay offense to put points up in a hurry. The Packers 64-yard drive looked like it was meant for the end zone, until a fumble by fullback Aaron Ripkowski on the one-yard line flushed their hopes down the drain. The Falcons scored a touchdown off the ill-timed turnover, extending the game to a 17-0 lead. It would be more of the same domina-
Photo courtesy of The Associated Press While Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady (pictured) dominated in the AFC Championship, his Super Bowl LI opponent Matt Ryan dominated in the NFC Championship for the Falcons. tion by Atlanta in the second quarter, as Rodgers was pressured and intercepted. Atlanta wasted no time in scoring immediately on the drive there after. At the end of the half, it was 24-0. The Falcons jogged into their locker room knowing the second half would merely be a formality. The final score of the game was 44-21 Falcons, with Green Bay scoring 14 garbage-time points. “Matty Ice” finished the game with 392 passing yards and four touchdowns on 27 of 38 passing, adding a rushing touchdown. His performance could have potentially solidified his MVP candidacy. All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones finished the game with 180 yards receiving and two touchdowns on nine receptions, leading the team in receiving. Rodgers finished the game with three touchdowns and one interception, with 287 passing yards. He also led Green Bay in rushing with 46 yards. The lack of a running
game, pressure on Green Bay’s offensive line and a weak secondary is why the Packers are heading home. The Falcons will be playing in their second Super Bowl in their team’s history, as they are yet to win one. Atlanta lost in their only appearance in the 1998 season to the Denver Broncos, 34-19. In the AFC Championship game, a dormant rivalry was revived. Roethlisberger and Brady have met eight times in their careers before they met this season in the playoffs. Brady had gone 6-2, including winning the only playoff game in 2004 that the two have played in against each other, according to bleacherreport.com. The Patriots started the game with the ball and kicked a field goal for the first three points of the game. After several changes in possession, New England got the ball back and scored on a 16-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Chris Ho-
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gan. The touchdown pass by Brady would extend the lead to 10-0. The Pittsburgh Steelers would score on the next drive, but at a large cost. Twotime Pro-Bowler Le’Veon Bell would leave the game with an apparent groin injury. Backup DeAngelo Williams would be the benefactor, scoring a rushing touchdown on a fiveyard run. Kicker Chris Boswell missed the extra point attempt for Pittsburgh, making it a 10-6 game. New England eventually scored again midway through the second quarter on a 34yard touchdown pass to Hogan for his second of the game. The Patriots would push it to a 17-6 game, but with less than two minutes to go in the first half Pittsburgh notched a field goal to bring the game within a touchdown and two-point conversion. The score at halftime was 179, and the Steelers were set to receive the ball to start the third quarter.
Pittsburgh squandered their attempt to close the gap, ending their drive with a punt. The Patriots scored several drives later on a one-yard touchdown run by running back LeGarrette Blount, making it a 27-9 ball game. Things were not going Pittsburgh’s way after Bell was taken out of the game; his absence was missed and it was visible on the field. With 2:36 left on the clock in the third quarter, the Steelers had a limited amount of time to make up ground, and the first play of the next drive Pittsburgh wide receiver Eli Rodgers fumbled the ball and the Patriot’s Rob Ninkovich recovered the fumble. Julian Edelman would score a 10-yard receiving touchdown that ended up being the dagger to solidify the game. Brady and the Patriots won by a final score of 36-17 over the Steelers. Through the air, Brady had passed for 384 yards and three touchdowns, completing 32 of 42 passes. Hogan finished with 180 yards and two touchdowns on nine receptions, eerily similar to Jones’ effort in Atlanta. Edelman finished with a respectable 118 yards and a touchdown on eight receptions, highlighting the receiving core of New England. Super Bowl LI is now set. The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons are set to face of in Houston, Texas., February 5 at NRG Stadium. Will Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick capture their fifth title together? Could Atlanta bring a title to a city that has not seen one in professional sports for 22 years? There are many storylines to follow in this year’s big game, and it should turn out to be quite the matchup.
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Women’s swim and dive team remains focused
JAMES ANDERSEN Staff Writer The Minnesota State women’s swimming and diving team have continued their dominant ways this season. Since winter break, they have placed second in the Rochester invite, won their duel against the University of Sioux Falls, and won the University of Wisconsin Stephen’s Point Invite. They also traveled to Puerto Rico over winter break to compete in a training tournament. While the results don’t count against their season, the Mavericks posted the best scores in that trip. All this success has head coach Nate Owens in good spirits. “Our season has been going really well since our mid-season meet in early December,” he stated. “There are several women who are currently ranked in Division-II for their individual events.” Senior Cheyenne Rova
is ranked in two different events. She’s ranked 4th in the country in the 50-meter freestyle and 25th in the 100-meter freestyle. Junior Cecilia Hake is ranked 5th in the 100-meter backstroke. Junior Chelsea Calhoun is ranked 25th in the 200-meter backstroke. Junior Taylor Bass is ranked 39th in the 200-meter butterfly stroke. The young Maverick divers are also ranked this season. Freshmen Jaycie Klein and Lauren Hake are ranked 17th and 18th, respectively, in the one-meter dive. The Mavericks also have four relays that are in the top-25. The 200-meter freestyle relay are ranked 10th, the 400-meter freestyle relay are ranked 12th, the 200-meter medley is ranked 11th, and the 400-meter medley is ranked 13th. Owens expects his players will post even better scores in the Championship meets. Now that the regular season is over, the Mavericks shift their focus to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Championship meet, which is coming up in a couple weeks, and the NCAA Championship that’s later in March.
“These last few meets against the University of Sioux Falls and the Stevens Point Invite have been good final tune-ups before our team is fully rested for the NSIC Conference Meet,” said Owens. This marks the point of the season where the Mavericks put their training into hyper-drive. “After some time at home over the winter break, our team has been training hard during the past month in preparation for the last opportunity to compete this season. We’ve performed well these past two meets considering that we’ve been in a peak training phase and the athletes have been fatigued,” said Owens. When asked about his thoughts on the upcoming Championship meets, Owens stated “We have a great young team that should take second within the NSIC Conference and be a top-25 team at the National level.” The Conference Championship meet will be held in Rochester, Minnesota, from February 7-10. The NCAA Championship meet will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 8-11.
WRESTLING When the All-American Adam Cooling took the stage against Dane Fischer, the night really seemed to slip away for the Marauders. Cooling was bigger, stronger and faster than his opponent. He was in control the entire match and won 12-4, putting MSU up 19-7. However, the Cooling bout did draw drama, as a twist of Cooling’s ankle late from Fischer brought the entire Mavericks coaching staff to their feet in protest. “There was emotion there, I didn’t like it, but I’ll have to watch the tape once the heart rate is down,” said Makovsky on the questionable play. “I’m all for playing physical but I don’t like when you put a guy in a position where you are trying to hurt him, so I wasn’t a fan of that.” The showdown between Matt Blome and Jonathan Pleach finished in the first period on Blome’s dominat-
cont. from 7 ing 15-0 start, which gave him the default win immediately, putting the Mavs up a stunning 24-7 score. Minnesota State’s Chaydon O’Fallon had the easiest match on the night as he put the Mavericks up 30-7 on a forfeit from the Marauders. The final event saw MSU’s Chris Zimmer take on Dominic Tubor in the heavy weight round. It was a tightly contested match, but it was Zimmer who came out with the 6-2 victory to help the Mavericks seal the 33-7 victory. “From a team perspective, it is nice to see guys take good, calculated risks,” said Makovsky. “We have to trust our stuff a little more and get after it and try to get points.” Minnesota State will be back at home this Thursday to take on Upper Iowa and try to extend their winning streak to four.
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The Glass Menagerie comes to Andreas Theatre Tennessee Williams’ classic play premiers at MNSU January 26.
ALEXIS VENCILL Staff Writer The Theatre and Dance Department’s first show of the semester, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, will be playing at the Andreas Theatre Jan. 26 to 29 and Feb. 1 to 5 at 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $11 for MNSU students and $16 for general admission. Around 1941, Williams wrote a short story entitled Portrait of a Girl in Glass. This short story would go on to inspire his famous play, The Glass Menagerie. The play tells the story of the Wingfield family, set in St. Louis in 1937. The play is told through the memories of the narrator, Tom Wingfield. Tom’s father is not a part of the family forcing Tom to support his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. His mother is a proud woman who often reminisces about her past and the gentlemen callers she once had. She desperately wants the best for her daughter and wants
Photo courtesy of the MNSU Theatre and Dance Department to see her settle down with a nice man. Amanda fails to see her daughter for the shy, delicate person she is. Laura is embarrassed by being physi-
cally crippled and chooses to hide away rather than interact with society. The Glass Menagerie explores the Wingfields’ intri-
cate relationships and the struggles they face in an uncertain, unfamiliar world. The Glass Menagerie singlehandedly launched Williams’ ca-
reer. It opened in Chicago to a small audience, but quickly grew and was moved to Broadway in 1945. The play, largely based on Williams’ own life, went on to win the prestigious New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. Due to the popularity of Williams and his work, directing one of his shows could prove to be a daunting task. This is a welcomed challenge, however, for the director and MNSU professor Melissa Rosenberger. Rosenberger knew from the start that she wanted to differentiate her production from others by using the Reading Edition of the script instead of the Acting Edition to inspire her show. Most productions follow the Acting Edition but the Reading Edition is the script Williams preferred and wanted passed on. “He felt very strongly about what he included… He
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Film review: The Watcher is a stereotypical horror flick MSU Reporter
2016 movie starts out strong, but the energy dies out halfway through.
CALEB HOLLDORF Staff Writer Horror complimented by a bit of thriller—this combination of movie genres encapsulates what The Watcher is all about, and it’s hard to go wrong with. Emma (Erin Cahill) and Noah (Edi Gathegi) are a young couple from the east coast moving to the west in their search for a fresh start. The hopeful couple buy what seems to be the house of their dreams at a comfortable price. The Los Angeles neighborhood is developed, but it also holds warning
NOW PLAYING: THE WATCHER signs for danger to come. Emma and Noah are unaware of the house’s unnerving history. There was a death from a long lasting illness, but the details of the case were not specified. During the first night in their new home, Emma hears
knocking coming from downstairs. Curiosity gets the best of her when she makes her way downstairs and into their living room. She finds the front door unlocked and cracked open. Assuming nothing is out of the ordinary, she pushes the
door shut to make her way back upstairs. A repetitive, loud banging is coming from their inner walls and Emma becomes too terrified to respond or move. Noah hears the loud noises as well and comes downstairs to investigate. He grabs
his broomstick from the living room and walks out onto their front porch. A red X is painted next to their door with a peculiar small black envelope attached to the center, with the words “Read Me” written on the front. They bring the mysterious, creepy letter inside to read. It warns them about living in their new house because someone else is watching them, urging the two to leave immediately, signed by the Raven. Chalking the whole occurrence up to a group of rambunctious teenage kids, the letter is thrown away. This is the couple’s first encounter with the Raven and it isn’t their last. The Watcher has quite a bit
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Album review: Soul Low’s Nosebleeds is an angsty journey Milwaukee band’s sophomore album explores the drawbacks of the Digital Age. CHRIS BERTRAND Staff Writer Tonally wavy, effectually angry, affectionately fierce, professional, immature, timeless, just passing by. These are just a few ways to describe Soul Low’s new album, Nosebleeds. The album (released early last August) pulls the listener along an angst-driven journey through adolescent awakenings—the realizations we have on the cusp of maturity—and revels in its own youthful wisdom. The Milwaukee band has made major steps in becoming a recognizable presence in their hometown. With creatively ornamented albums like Nosebleeds, their musical presence has been nationally lauded and exposed to a wide audience. The pilot track, “Frenemies,” begins with a drudging pace and Jake Balistrieri’s unique, seemingly inebriated voice explaining the hazards of combining drugs with love: “that’s how it works/ and when it hurts/ it does change us/ I wanna be with you/ but when it’s done.” Despite the temporary highs, the lows of any relationship are pushed lower with drug use; to tell someone that you don’t want to be with them until the drugs wear off should be a wakeup call to both parties. Balistrieri echoes the frustration that follows such a conversation when he sings, “I got nothin’ but an attitude/ cuz you’re my friend/ but you’re my enemy.” While Sean Hirthe’s input on the keys echoes the background of the chorus with a shade of hope, the reality is that no life can be entirely void of friendly complications, and in those situations it’s best to buck up and hash out the differences. The trouble is, this doesn’t always happen. Attitudes and pride often get in the way of our social well-being and that concept feeds into Nosebleeds’ second track, “Tied in Knots.” Watery tones from Balistrieri’s guitar, Hirthe’s drip-drip keys, Charlie Celenza’s splashy percussion and a bassline from Sam Gehrke that reminds me of trying to hold a freshly-caught walleye in your hands—all these elements produce this pearl of a song that openly criticizes virtual reality. Balistrieri suggests that the listeners “Don’t get tied
(CC BY-SA 2.0) by Nina in knots/ trying to be popular/ cuz you’re not/ You look so good online/ but in life you’re behind.” In contemporary days when millions of people create their own image on the Internet we find ourselves assuming false identities that are counterproductive to the development of our actual realities; there are dangers in and on the screen and if we’re not careful we’ll get caught like fish in a net. “Be Like You” propels this idea further by examining the mindset of someone who wants to protect and promote their own qualities
and in turn doesn’t want to have the qualities of another person, but ultimately accepts that those other qualities are also part of who they are. Soul Low raises questions about identity that are enamored by the present; technology may be in the process of uniting us, but little, individual, neurological wires are the victims of such a union. My favoritism, however, lay with “Let the Wind Blow,” a soul-destroying and unfortunate aria about an unstable but loving mother and an adolescent that muses about older life. An a capella
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intro states, “Quiet the only way to sing/ dying the only way to be/ do you believe in me/ will I live past twenties/ do I want to get old/ I’d rather die young.” To question death at such a young age as one’s twenties seems a mistake, but a depressive mindset tends to promote an early demise. The story of the mother is sad, and I don’t suggest reading the rest of the lyrics unless you want a tear brought to your eye. But the rest of the song is horribly beautiful and speaks for those with depression across every generation. Other honorable men-
tions from Nosebleeds are “Ritalin Kids,” which hosts three voiceless choruses that Hirthe occupies with colorful and diverse sax solos, “The Adulterer,” which is Balistrieri’s most dynamically impressive vocal track, and “Hard to Gage,” a soft and beautifully simple song to a distant lover. Nosebleeds was released on Gloss Records and is the second fulllength album from Soul Low and, undoubtedly, not the last.
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Film review: Let the music free your soul and Sing!
DAVID PARPART Staff Writer By popular demand, we are seeing more and more competitions on TV over cash and contract grand prizes. But is it just about the money and the contract? Or is it more about sharing talent/sharing one’s talent with the world? Sing takes you behind the scenes to show you how tough a competition can be beyond the lights. Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, the film follows Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey), a dapper koala who presides over a once grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal—some might even say delusional—optimist who loves his theater above all else and will do anything to preserve it. Faced with his life’s ambition crumbling before him, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition. This is the third computer-animated movie in the
past few months that feature actual singing by the characters, after Trolls and Moana. It features the voice talents of Garth Jennings, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Offerman and Tori Kelly. This movie shows the struggles of putting on a show and the possible disasters that happen when risks are taken. There is no main protagonist and character development was crammed together while interweaving a mediocre story. That is not particularly an issue for me because the message was presented clearly. Taking away the essence of a contest didn’t stop the criticized host and his contestants from finishing what they started. Without the presence of fierce competition and malice towards each other, the contestants wowed their passionate audience. This was a musical that’s not about winning but simply performing. This is a dream scenario for every performer out there. Sing brings together a tal-
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ented cast and writers for a movie that transcends some of the other animated movies out there. Every voice actor delivers a great performance and the animators nailed it. The pacing and directing are also very well done. The most exciting part of the movie was the lesson in it, which was that people will do what they want to do when they want to do it and to never be afraid of doing what you are good at! It is undeniably effervescent and will make you leave your cares in the cinema and burst with youthful glee as you witness the effect of the performances on the little children (and some adults), and the happiness they express in their actions. The one thing I took from this movie is the quote that was the focus of the entire film: “Don’t let fear stop you from doing the thing you love.” Keep dreaming and never stop doing what you love to do.
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MENAGERIE Continued from page 10 was bored with what was on stage at the time and wanted to bring more life to it,” said Rosenberger. “I’m in love with what he was in love with at the time.” Although it was written in the 1940s, Rosenberger believes the story is still very much relevant today. “I think all the characters in the story to me are very desperate for change and they just want things to be better,” said Rosenberger.
“I think people feel really scared right now, unsure and lost. There will be at least one character that will make you go, ‘I know how they feel.’” The Glass Menagerie has a small cast comprised of Luke Steinborn, Samantha Buckley, Ashley Gunn and Salvatore Frattallone. The show opens Thursday and runs through Sunday, Jan. 29, then runs for a second weekend from Wednes-
day, Feb. 1 to Sunday, Feb. 5. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. each night and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are available in the Performing Arts building’s box office from 4 to 6 p.m. on weekdays, or starting an hour before each show. Tickets are $11 for current MNSU students and $16 for general admission.
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going for it in the opening sequences of the film, but the energy dies out about halfway through. From the start, the film clips along at a steady, flowing pace that doesn’t leave too much ambiguity to the viewer about what’s happening. One of my favorite scenes is the house showing scene where the couple receive a tour from a real estate agent before moving in. The quirky real estate agent has just as many one liners as any single 50-year-old woman might have and she serves as an early juvenile comic relief. Before leaving, she says, “If you need anything, just text or holler and I’ll slip my blades on and skate right over.” Most horror movies project their characters as being rash and self-harming, unable to make logical decisions when danger arises. Even though Emma and Noah aren’t psychic,
they still take safety precautionary measures via setting up home surveillance, contacting the police, and even reaching out to their friendly neighbors for advice. This takes away the frustration of watching characters walk straight into their doom. The letdown comes when scenes jump from one to another without properly explaining how that’s possible. It leaves the viewer feeling like they missed something, but really this is just an ineffective tactic from the creators to build confusion and anxiety. Despite the occasional choppy filming experience, horror fans will appreciate The Watcher for what it does. The movie fits the stereotypical cliches with little twists to make it its own.
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Nielsen: 31 million viewers saw Trump’s swearing-in NEW YORK (AP) — Nielsen estimates 31 million viewers watched TV coverage of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. That audience total, measuring continuous coverage by 12 broadcast and cable networks, soundly beat the
20.6 million who viewed President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. But a president’s second swearing-in typically logs a drop-off in viewership. Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 was seen by 37.8 million people.
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