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Students help give kids free Event brought MNSU Asian American RSOs together dental care AMIRA ABDULKADIR Staff Writer

TAEHUI PARK Staff Writer The 2018 Lunar New Year took place in the CSU Ballroom Saturday, Feb. 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

It was an event created to celebrate and share Asian cultures with the public. Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese Chunjie, Vietnamese Tet, Korean Solnal, Hmong Nyob Zoo xyoo tshiab, and Spring Festival, is a festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon of the lunar calendar, which is about two weeks long.

This event was presented

by Asian Pacific Student Organization (APSO) in

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collaboration with fellow recognized s tudent organizations, Vietnamese American St u d e n t Organization ( VASA), Chinese American Student Organization (CASO) and Korean Student Association (KSA).

The 2018 Lunar New Year event provided great entertainment and joy with cultural booths, a

lion dance, raffles and various performances. The cultural booths were very enlightening to people who are not familiar with Asian cultures, as they could learn and experience each culture of a different country in Asia.

“I think what I enjoyed the most was interacting with people, having fun, and it was a great time to get to know the culture of a

different country,” Ji-Young Jang said. Jang is part of the Korean Student Association.

“I was surprised that each Asian country has very similar but different culture to one another.”

The night also offered

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Commandant’s Trophy presented to Pres. Davenport Award recognizes Sam Pawlik’s achievement in Marine leader’s course

KATIE LEIBEL Staff Writer The Commandant’s Trophy was presented to President Richard Davenport Feb. 2 in honor of Sam Pawlik, who had the best performance in the Platoon Leader Course at Quantico, Virginia. This is the first time the trophy has come to Minnesota State University, Mankato and is considered a huge honor.

The trophy was given

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Student Success coordinator for MNSU. “He’s a great guy.

We found out about this about six weeks ago, and I’ve gotten to know him since then.”

The Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Course (PLC), where Pawlik, 21, earned his award, is an alternative for college students who wish to become commissioned officers in the United States Marine Corps. College students can enroll in PLC when they are a freshman, sophomore, or junior in college. PLC summer

out at the beginning of the men’s Hockey game by group of marines from the Marine Recruiting Station in Fargo. The award goes to the university of the highestranked officer candidate

each summer. President Davenport, along with Pawlik, were there to receive it.

“This is one of [Pawlik’s] career aspirations, to serve the Marine Corps,” said Tim Adams, Military and Veteran

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On Jan. 1 and 2, kids were given free dental care in the clinical building.

Give Kids a Smile was a free dental clinic for children in which cleanings, exams, x-rays, fluoride varnishes, and sealants were provided to children completely free of cost. This event was planned and provided for by Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Department of Dental Hygiene.

The event was a statewide effort to provide free services to children, whether or not they can pay, because they deserve to get the treatments they need. Area dental professionals helped out at the event as well.

The event was part of a national program sponsored by the American Dental Association. Planning for it began back in October 2017.

Both days were busy and successful. Students were encouraged to attend the event as well and 97 out of the 110 student slots were filled.

This event proved successful in two different ways: Everyone was able to receive the care they needed and the student dental hygienists were able to assist alongside of practiced professionals.

There were 40 dental hygiene students who participated in the event on Thursday under supervision of an instructor. This experience helped them a lot as they got to experience a real patient face to face. They also assisted the community volunteers who came on Friday. They learn a lot during these two days as they saw so many children.

“The event went as expected,” said Brigitte Cooper. “The majority of patients came to their appointments and we provided care as expected.”

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an abundant variety of performances from K-Pop dance and singing to the Japanese traditional dance, “Sōran Bushi” and Thai dancing.

“We have been practicing for this performance every day for two weeks,” said Seung-Hwan Yoon, one of the K-Pop singing performers.

Photo courtesy of David Bassey

“There are many people who like K-Pop at MNSU and I wanted to perform at least once before graduation.”

The unique photo booth, which was made from colorful petals and flowers, was also one of the popular photo spots where visitors took many pictures.

“We put a lot of effort

into elaborating the photo booth above everything else,” APSO President Ian Yang said. “I’m so happy that people like the photo booth.

APSO tried to make a better event this year. I think that is the reason why many people came for today’s event.”

After the show, there was also a live music after-party

brought by DJ Chen. The support which four Asian student associations have for one another was evident at the event.

“A lot of people attended the event, more than we expected. I appreciate all the support and effort of volunteers, performers, and all the members who helped

us to make this great event, “ Yang said.

The 2018 Lunar New Year helped bring about a sense of community among the Asian students at MNSU, inspiring all of us to do great things and to be proud of who we are.

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Continued from page 1 “The trophy was given to the university in honor of Pawlik’s superior performance and an award was also presented to Pawlik.” classes typically range in size from 200-300 students.

Pawlik’s graduating class had about 140 students.

To be eligible for this program, students must meet weight and fitness requirements, maintain a 2.0 average GPA, and be a fulltime student at a college or university. This program is meant to screen all of those requirements, as well as their leadership potential. The screening is done by training the students to operate with little to no sleep on military tasks and memorization. This helps the leaders to see how well the students function in stressful and demanding environments.

The trophy was given to the university in honor of Pawlik’s superior performance and an award was also presented to Pawlik in recognition of this accomplishment.

Pawlik is a sophomore at MNSU and a member of the Marine Corps. He is from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where he attended Eden Prairie High School. He’s is currently studying exercise science at MNSU. He joined the Marine Corps in 2015 to follow in his older brother’s footsteps.

Pawlik’s older brother was unable to attend the ceremony as he was out of state at the time, but in attendance were about twenty family and friends, as well as veterans from MNSU and the Mankato community who supported Pawlik on his accomplishment.

Pawlik found out about the award just after the program was over.

“It was kind of shocking.

They kind of keep everything a secret so when you find out, everything is based on

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like an overall grade, and you don’t know your grade for the overall duration. It kind of came to my surprise,” Pawlik said. “It has definitely motivated me to do better.

It’s nice being recognized for a lot of hard work.”

The Commandant’s Trophy will be kept in the Veteran’s Resource Center of the CSU in honor of Pawlik’s

accomplishment. They hope to find a good home for it, and keep the trophy safe to allow everyone to see it for years to come.

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Protests in Twin Cities come to an end after Super Bowl

BILL HAMM Staff Writer “This obscene waste of money is over,” yelled a protestor as the game ended and the week of protesting came to an end.

It was a long week of protests for the metro as cameras and police came from everywhere to prevent potential rioting. It’s unclear whether the security was there for the demonstrators or the fans.

On Friday, Feb. 2, campaigners against the Super Bowl protested about corporate greed at Home Depot and demanded that corporations stop supporting actions against immigrants and start respecting their

janitors with better pay. The demonstration was organized

by Navigate MN and Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL), a pro-immigrant activist group protesting the Federal crackdown.

Also on Friday was a protest at Minneapolis Mayor-elect Jacob Frey’s residence, demanding police disinvestment and

the city “get cops out of schools” and end the “school to prison pipeline.” The event was organized by the Young People’s Action Coalition (YPAC), a group dedicated to organizing high school students in movements for justice.

In opposition to School Board Chair Rebecca Gagnon, they chanted, “Hey

“It was a long week of protests for the metro as camera’s and police came from everywhere to prevent potential rioting.”

demilitarization. Minneapolis police worried protesters would move to cut off traffic on a nearby street but that did not occur.

On Saturday, it was the students’ turn to demand

hey, ho ho, SRO’s have got to go,” and, “Bow down Gagnon—we the students are the bomb! We ready, we coming!” SRO is an acronym for School Resource Officers who are stationed in schools

Gymnastics doctor scandal goes beyond prison sentences DETROIT (AP) — Larry Nassar’s final sentence for serial sexual assault now turns the scandal’s spotlight toward major institutions, including Michigan State University, where many of his abuses occurred.

The former sports doctor was sentenced Monday to 40 to 125 years in prison, his third punishment since early December.

Nassar admits penetrating young girls and women with ungloved hands while claiming to be treating them for back and hip injuries. He often saw young gymnasts, but a judge noted Monday that the 260-plus victims were in fine arts and other sports, too.

Here’s where things stand while Nassar sits behind bars: NEXT STOP Despite his convictions, Nassar is unlikely to spend a day in a Michigan prison. He’ll first serve a 60-year sentence in federal prison for child pornography crimes. And at 54, it’s doubtful he would outlive the federal term, even if some time is shaved off for good behavior.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons won’t discuss where Nassar will be housed, although his assignment eventually will become a public record.

Prison consultant Edward

Bales says there are three or four sites that house sex offenders. He says federal prisons usually are safer and more comfortable than a state prison.

BEYOND MICHIGAN Nassar’s future is locked up, but criminal investigations aren’t over. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week ordered Texas Rangers to check “gut-wrenching” claims that Nassar assaulted some of the world’s best gymnasts while they trained at a ranch used by USA Gymnastics, southeast of Huntsville.

The ranch is owned by former national team coordinators Bela and Marta Karolyi. USA Gymnastics has ended its relationship with the ranch. Olympic champion Simone Biles says she was abused there.

Separately, the U.S. Olympic Committee asked a law firm to investigate how the committee responded to allegations about Nassar.

WHAT DID THEY KNOW? Michigan At torney General Bill Schuette, a Republican candidate for governor, is demanding that Michigan State empty its drawers and computers of any information related to Nassar, who committed assaults as a campus doctor.

Victims have repeatedly

accused Michigan State staff of missing opportunities to stop Nassar as far back as the 1990s. Schuette named a special prosecutor on Jan. 27 and said no one is off limits as his office tries to determine if any other crimes were committed.

Reporters tagged along Friday as investigators collected some records, a step that was knocked as a “political stunt” by a spokesman for John Engler, MSU’s interim president and the state’s former governor.

The school has denied any cover-up.

EVEN MORE SCRUTINY Bill Beekman was named MSU’s interim athletic director Monday. Besides running sports, he might have to respond to demands from the NCAA. The NCAA two weeks ago said it sent a letter of inquiry regarding potential rules violations related to Nassar’s crimes.

There also are calls for Congress to investigate USA Gymnastics. The U.S. Education Department, which has power to enforce anti-discrimination law on campuses, said it’s reviewing how Michigan State handled complaints about Nassar.

in full uniform, including weapons, something many want to end.

Also on Saturday was the water protector’s demonstration at U.S. Bank, demanding they divest from oil and gas pipelines.

Super Bowl Sunday brought three events/actions: the march to the stadium, the blocking of the light rail line to the stadium, and the blocking of the stadium’s main entrance. The march to the \ tadium started at Peavey Park and did block traffic for a bit as follower cars were added due to the cold weather.

Shortly after 3 p.m., protesters managed to block the light rail service to the stadium by chaining themselves across the track.

It was reported that 17 of the

Question: How much money was spent on the CSU 50th Celebration— including advertising, food, banners, etc. What account did this come out of?

Answer: “The CSU expenses related to our 50th Anniversary totaled $19,909.58.

Expenses were paid from CSU Administration, CSU Communications, and a CSU Foundation Account.

We will re-purpose all of our displays, banners, and items throughout the building to be used for years to come. Some promotional items were used during Orientation

40 or so protesters at this site were arrested and the tracks were cleared by 3:45 p.m.

The third arm of the protest was the blocking of one of the stadiums entrances, which ended after negotiations with police. At the stadium protest, more than 300 protestors from 22 organizations took a knee to protest police violence and brutality in Minnesota.

Winona LA Duke and her “Stop Line 3” group were there in their recently repurposed and brightly painted bus protesting as well. Some estimates say that over 500 people were involved on a very cold and windy Sunday through sheet Minnesota resolve.

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COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer It was all the frozen north has been hyped up to be, with temperatures hovering around zero for kickoff and a snowstorm the day before Super Bowl Sunday.

It was a poignant reminder of the reputation Minnesota has built.

And yet, there was a welcome to the tundra that was common throughout the week leading up to the big game. The welcoming crew, thousands strong, were a jovial bunch, despite the cold and the volunteer status.

Despite the weather, the events at Nicollet Mall, the convention center and outside the U.S. Bank Stadium were well attended.

They were fun and the entire week had a festive nature.

Despite the weather, despite the sting of the home team just missing the Super Bowl in their home stadium, the city had an excited anticipation around hosting the game. From Jan. 29 (when the teams flew into the airport) to the Feb. 4, the city was excited to show off what Minneapolis has to

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offer.

There is always talk of hometown pride, representing one’s state with dignity because of the attachment to place or

live somewhere that they did not grow up, the notion of an attachment to one specific community is a harder one to stomach every year.

Over the week leading up

“Even though the city was one game away from their team representing them in the Super Bowl, Minneapolis was a great host city.” allegiance to a community. As it becomes more customary for people to move around for college, work and just to

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to the game, Minneapolis was proud to be the ones putting their city on display.

Even though the city was one

game away from their team representing them in the Super Bowl and even though they were forced to endure the a**hole Philadelphia Eagles fan base, Minneapolis was a great host city.

As someone who has grown up in or around Downtown Minneapolis for most of my life, not only was I proud of my city for the job they did, I was also proud to be in my community for the game. Sitting in downtown Minneapolis and the city light up in purple during the halftime show, there was a great sense of pride about being a part of the Minneapolis community.

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“My kid’s bleep don’t stink.”

“Tide commercial.”

“Avengers movie.”

“Tide commercial.”

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Dow plunges 1,175 points in worst day for stocks since 2011 NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 1,100 points Monday as stocks took their worst loss in six and a half years. Two days of steep losses have erased the market’s gains from the start of this year and ended a period of record-setting calm for stocks.

Banks fared the worst as bond yields and interest rates nosedived. Health care, technology and industrial companies all took outsize losses and energy companies sank with oil prices.

At its lowest ebb, the Dow was down 1,597 points from Friday’s close. That came during a 15-minute stretch where the 30-stock index lost 700 points and then gained them back.

Market pros have been predicting a pullback for some time, noting that declines of 10 percent or more are common during bull markets.

There hasn’t been one in two years, and by many measures stocks had been looking expensive.

“It’s like a kid at a child’s party who, after an afternoon of cake and ice cream, eats one more cookie and that puts

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500 index, the benchmark most professional investors and many index funds use, skidded 113.19 points, or 4.1 percent, to 2,648.94.

That was its biggest loss since August 2011, when stocks were reeling as investors were fearful about European government debt and the U.S. had its credit downgraded after the debt ceiling impasse.

The Nasdaq composite fell 273.42 points, or 3.8 percent, to 6,967.53. The Russell 2000

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them over the edge,” said David Kelly, the chief global strategist for JPMorgan Asset Management.

Kelly said the signs of inflation and rising rates are not as bad as they looked, but after the market’s big gains in 2017 and early 2018, stocks were overdue for a drop.

The Dow finished down 1,175.21 points, or 4.6 percent, at 24,345.75.

The Standard & Poor’s

index of smaller-company stocks sank 56.18 points, or 3.6 percent, for 1,491.09.

The slump began on Friday as investors worried that creeping signs of higher inflation and interest rates could derail the U.S. economy along with the market’s record-setting rally.

Energy companies, banks, and industrial firms are taking some of the worst losses.

The S&P 500 has fallen

7.8 percent since January 26, when it set its latest record high. Investors are worried about evidence of rising inflation in the U.S. Increased inflation might push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more quickly, which could slow down economic growth by making it make it more expensive for people and businesses to borrow money. And bond yields haven’t been this high in years. That’s making bonds more appealing to investors compared with stocks.

The stock market has been unusually calm for more than a year. The combination of economic growth in the U.S. and other major economies, low interest rates, and support from central banks meant stocks could keep rising steadily without a lot of bumps along the way. Experts have been warning that that wouldn’t last forever.

As bad as Monday’s drop is, the market saw worse days during the financial crisis. The Dow’s 777-point plunge in September 2008 was equivalent to 7 percent, far bigger than Monday’s decline.

Stocks hadn’t suffered a 5 percent drop since the two days after Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016. They recovered those losses within days.

The last 10 percent drop for markets came in early 2016, when oil prices were plunging as investors worried about a drop in global growth, which could have sharply reduced demand. U.S. crude hit a low of about $26 a barrel in February of that year. A drop of 10 percent from a peak is referred to on Wall Street as a “correction.”

Banks had some of the biggest losses on the market Monday. Wells Fargo sank $5.91, or 9.2 percent, to $58.16. Late Friday the Fed

said it will freeze Wells Fargo’s assets at the level where they stood at the end of last year until it can demonstrate improved internal controls.

The San Francisco bank also agreed to remove four directors from its board.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil

sank 10 cents to $2.75 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Bond prices jumped after a steep decline on Friday. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 2.71 percent from 2.84 percent. That hurt banks by sending interest rates lower, which means banks can’t charge as much money for mortgages and other types of loans.

The dollar fell to 109.70 yen from 110.28 yen. The euro slipped to $1.2399 from $1.2451.

Gold declined 80 cents to $1,336.50 an ounce. Silver dipped 4 cents to $16.67 an ounce. Copper rose 3 cents to $3.22 a pound.

Stocks in Europe also fell. Leading political parties in Germany, which is the largest economy in Europe, have struggled to form a government.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Union bloc and the centerleft Social Democrats are still in talks about extending their

“Stocks hadn’t suffered a 5 percent drop since the two days after Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016.” fell $1.30, or 2 percent, to $64.15 a barrel in New York.

Brent crude, the standard for international oil prices, lost 96 cents, or 1.4 percent, to $67.62 a barrel in London.

Wholesale gasoline lost 3 cents to $1.85 a gallon.

Heating oil shed 3 cents to $2.02 a gallon. Natural gas

alliance of the past four years.

Britain’s FTSE 100 lost 1.5 percent while France’s CAC 40 slid 1.5 percent. The DAX in Germany shed 0.8 percent.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.6 percent and the South Korean Kospi shed 1.3 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index sank 1.1 percent.

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House Republicans working on averting another shutdown WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are grappling for a strategy to avert another government shutdown at midnight Thursday.

They scheduled a closeddoor session Monday evening to brief House GOP lawmakers on a way to pass a stopgap funding bill that could last through March 23 to buy time for progress in implementing any follow-up budget pact and, perhaps, pass immigration legislation.

One option, GOP aides said, would be to pass the stopgap spending bill by marrying it with a fullyear, $659 billion Pentagon spending bill. The aides required anonymity because lawmakers hadn’t been briefed.

Republicans are scrambling to pass the measure through the House since they can’t count on support from Democrats — who feel stymied by inaction on legislation to protect young immigrants from deportation — to advance the legislation.

That approach of pairing the Pentagon’s budget with only temporary money for the rest of the government

wouldn’t go anywhere in the Senate, vowed Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who said it “would be barreling head first into a dead-end.”

On the other hand, the Senate might respond with a long-awaited spending pact to give whopping increases both to the Pentagon and domestic programs. Talks in the Senate on such a framework appeared to intensify in hopes of an agreement this week, aides and lawmakers said.

The situation in both the House and Senate was murky, though it’s clear Senate Democrats have no appetite for sparking another government shutdown.

The broader budget picture is one in which GOP defense hawks are prevailing over the party’s depleted ranks of deficit hawks while Democrats leverage their influence to increase spending for domestic priorities such as combating opioid misuse.

The result could be the return of trillion-dollar deficits for the first time since former President Barack Obama’s first term.

Details are closely held and

subject to change.

But at issue is a two-year deal to increase caps on spending set by a failed 2011 budget deal. Republicans have pushed for defense increases in the neighborhood of $80 billion a year and have offered Democrats nearly as much — $60 billion or so per year — for nondefense programs.

Add in $80 billion to $90 billion worth of hurricane aid for Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, health care funding and money for President Donald Trump’s border security plan, and the final tally could total close to $400 billion.

The potential cost, over the 2018-19 budget years, would rival the deficit impact of last year’s tax measure over that period.

“Republicans for years have made all of these bold promises to rein in spending,” said Brian Riedl, a budget analyst at the conservative Manhattan Institute. “And

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they’re doing the opposite.”

The potential agreement would significantly exceed Trump’s request for a $54 billion increase in defense spending — to $603 billion before adding war funds — above the current cap. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said negotiators are “very close to a budget agreement.”

Meantime lawmakers are struggling to sort through a solution to protect younger immigrants soon to be at risk of deportation with Trump’s elimination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, established by Obama. House Minority

Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has linked progress on the budget with action to address the program but other Democrats are beginning to agitate for delinking the two, lest the opportunity for a budget pact be lost.

After last year’s tax bill, the Congressional Budget Office says the deficit for 2018 will hit about $700 billion — before any fresh increase. Next year’s deficit is already estimated to reach $975 billion, so the brewing agreement would mean the first $1 trillion-plus deficit since Obama’s first term.

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Mavs continue ice magic The men’s hockey team look to close out the year strong

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The men’s hockey team is approaching the season finally at a rapid pace, as they faced off versus the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves on Friday and Saturday.

Both games, the Mavericks lit it up on offense, kicking around the Seawolves’ defense up to the tune of 11 goals in the pair of games.

The opening game was a 7-1 rampage for the Mavericks, with the home team outshooting the visitors by a stunning 43-18 margin.

Freshman Dallas Gerads found the net for the second time as a Mav, putting in his first goal of the season. It was quickly followed by Marc Michaelis, as the Mavs found themselves off to the races in the first period up 2-0, with no slowing them down.

After an Austin Azurdia goal put Anchorage up for the first time since Jan. 5, Nick Rivara answered for the Mavericks in under two minutes to tie the game at 1-1, followed by Parker Tuomie grabbing another first-period goal to take the advantage.

During the 2nd period, Gerads found his second goal of the weekend. Zeb Knutson continued his phenomenal season over the weekend by netting his second goal in as many days against the Seawolves in the second period of game two, giving him 13 this season and 32 points.

With a 4-1 lead headed into the final period of the weekend, the Mavericks seemed to have wrapped up Alaska nicely, but Anchorage came into game two with some fight in them after the six-goal embarrassment from the night before. They made a late-game push that started with Jonah Renouf sliding one past Mavericks goaltender Connor LaCouvee. The Mavericks pushed till the final minutes of the game with a two-goal lead when Azurdia

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found the net yet again for the Seawolves after they had pulled their goaltender.

The Seawolves fell short in a 4-3 game. Despite the loss, they shot far more efficient than the previous night, with only 18 shots on goal but this time finding three scores. The Mavericks were the ones who stayed consistently dominant on offense and had a winning

effect, with 46 shots on goal.

The victories over the weekend not only set the Minnesota winning streak to five games, it also set the Mavericks at 21-7 this season.

Now the Mavericks set out on the road to play the Alabama Huntsville Mustangs in a twogame series over the 9th and 10th.

The New England Patriots squared off with the Philadelphia Eagles in the bold north to see who would win Super Bowl VII on Sunday.

Nick Foles, the backup Eagles quarterback, entered the game as the underdog against the best in the game, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. He was expected to do something that so many great quarterbacks before had tried and failed repeatedly, and that’s to come into the game and outduel the league MVP while head coach Bill Belichick tried to make him play left handed.

Early on, the Eagles changed the look of their offense by going away

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Basketball squads fail to capitalize on win streaks

JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer The men’s and women’s basketball teams had a pair of away games this weekend, as both teams traveled to Duluth and St. Cloud. The men’s team entered the weekend on a six-game winning streak and looked to keep the momentum going as their season winds down, while the women’s team looked to continue their winning streak moving into this weekend.

Men’s summary The Mavericks took care of business against the University of Minnesota – Duluth Bulldogs Friday night, earning a 76-58 victory. This win also pushed the Mavericks to seven consecutive wins. This

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game was also a great example of team basketball on the part of the Mavericks, as each player who entered the game would score at least two points.

Charlie Brown led the Mavericks with 14 points and three assists. Chris Hendrix and Cameron Kirksey also scored in double figures, with 12 and 11 points respectively.

Minnesota State was hand-

ed a boost off the bench from Carter Asche, who shot three-for-six from behind the three-point line. Freshman guard Jamal Nixon also came into the game and pulled down six rebounds.

The Bulldogs were led by Brandon Myer’s 23 points and nine rebounds.

The Mavericks traveled to St. Cloud on Saturday for a match-up against NSIC rivals

St. Cloud State.

The Huskies entered this contest with a record of 166, including a 12-4 conference record. The Huskies, like the Mavericks were also on a winning streak entering this contest. The Huskies had won five consecutive games entering Saturday.

Brown led the Mavericks again, this time scoring 26 points, while providing six

rebounds and four assists.

Carlos Anderson would add another 11 points while coming off the bench.

The Mavericks were, unfortunately, no match for the Huskies, as they would pull off the 80-71 victory. St. Cloud ended MSU’s winning streak at seven consecutive games.

Gage Davis led the Huskies with a game-high 33 points and eight rebounds.

The player of the game was undoubtedly Sean Smith of the Huskies. Smith logged his sixth double-double of the season against the Mavericks. Smith would end the game with 11 points, a gamehigh 14 rebounds, and seven blocked shots.

With the weekend split, the Mavericks move to a record of 19-5, including 15-3 in NSIC play. The Mavs fall to second place in the NSIC

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with the defeat at St. Cloud.

The Mavericks will return to the stomping grounds of Mankato this week to face Upper Iowa on Friday and Winona State on Saturday.

The Mavericks hold a home record of 9-2.

The Peacocks of Upper Iowa have struggled this season in NSIC play. They hold a NSIC record of 7-11.

In the reverse fixture against MSU, the Peacocks were beaten by the Mavericks by a final score of 86-83.

Upper Iowa has a road record of 5-5, meaning this game could easily go MSU’s way.

On Saturday, the Mavericks will host the Warriors of

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Winona State. This contest may prove to be a little more difficult, as the Warriors have a NSIC record of 11-7.

This may not be of much importance, however, because the Mavs defeated the Warriors by a score of 83-72 in the reverse fixture in Winona.

Winona State also holds a road record of 5-5. With the victory in Winona going to the Mavericks, I do not see a reason why this game would not either.

Women’s summary The women’s team had a heartbreaking weekend, with a pair of losses to the University of Minnesota – Duluth Bulldogs and St. Could State

Huskies.

On Friday, the Lady Mavs traveled to Duluth to face the Bulldogs. The Mavericks would enter this contest with a two-game winning streak.

Unfortunately for the Mavs, the streak would end there, as the Bulldogs would win by a score of 68-55.

Claire Ziegler would record her seventh double-double of her senior season for the Mavericks. Ziegler would end the game with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Taylor Klug led the team in assists with five, while adding 11 points as well.

The Bulldogs had three players score in double figures, compared to MSU’s two.

Minnesota – Duluth was led by Sammy Kozlowski, who finished the game with a game-high 20 points, six rebounds, and eight assists.

Emma Boehm would add another 19 points and five rebounds, while Katie Stark would contribute 11 points and six rebounds.

The Mavericks traveled to St. Cloud on Saturday to face-off with the St. Cloud State Huskies. Unfortunately, the Huskies would pull out the 68-67 victory against MSU. Claire Ziegler recorded her eighth double-double of the season against the Huskies. Ziegler finished the

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contest with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Monica Muth added 11 points for the Maverick starters as well.

The MSU bench played extremely well, with three players coming off the bench to score in double figures.

Freshman Brooke Tonsfeldt would contribute a season-high 14 points, three rebounds, and four steals from the bench. Taylor Klug would also add another 13 points and three steals as a reserve.

Kirstin Klitzke would add 10 points and three rebounds of her own.

This effort by the Mavericks was still not enough to take down the Huskies.

The Huskies were led by Tori Wortz. Wortz would end

the game with a game-high 19 points, while dishing out five assists. Andrea Thomas, Nikki Kilboten, and Madelin Dammann all would finish in double figures for the Huskies. Dammann was close to a double-double, as she ended the contest with 11 points and nine rebounds.

With the pair of defeats, the Mavericks fall to a record of 8-16, including 6-12 in the NSIC. The Mavericks look to turn things around this week as they will host the Upper Iowa Peacocks and the Winona State Warriors.

The Mavericks have a better record at home this season than on the road. They are 5-6 at home

Rob Gronkowski in the endzone for a last second touchdown-tying score, but it was to no avail.

The Eagles did what few could, and that’s defeat the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

The Eagles now have their first world championship in franchise history, and if they continue to play like they are right now, this may not be the last time they win the big game either.

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from all the run-pass option looks, trusting Foles to go deep on back shoulder passes, completing a beautiful 34-yard pass to Alshon Jeffery. The Eagles went up 9-3 in the first quarter.

The Eagles continued to build on their lead against a soft Patriots defense, posting 13 more points in the second quarter. Former Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount

ran the ball well and finished with 90 yards and a score.

Jeffrey was a key impact player in the first half and recorded 73 yards.

The Foles that had trounced the Minnesota Vikings was back it again, dicing up the Patriots disinterested defense for 373 passing yards and three scores, only making one mistake on an early interception. The Patriots

hung around with 12 first-half points despite miscues like a missed extra point and bumbled field goal attempt.

But Tom Brady and company were not going to go away, despite losing receiver Brandin Cooks in the first quarter or getting failed by the defense yet again. Brady put together a game for the ages, posting 505 yards and three touchdowns through the air against the league’s 4th best defense.

However, the Patriots hung right with them, scoring 21 points in the second half and going up for a brief 3332 lead. In the end, the better defense finally made the play that Philadelphia had been dying to see for 58 minutes. Brandon Graham finally broke through to strip the ball from Brady, with rookie Derek Barnett falling on the ball to secure the victory.

A field goal put the Eagles up 41-33 and put them up for good, despite a unbelievable drive lead by Brady and the Patriots offense during the last play of the game.

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Del Toro’s The Shape of Water film of the year worthy Director uses beautiful imagery and emotional storytelling RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer

Monika Antonelli, an MSU campus librarian recommended “The Shape of Water” after a film shoot for my individual study at her house a week ago.

No matter how busy I have been this semester with my hour commute from Fairmont, taking eighteen credits, and working at a part-time job, I wish I would have seen the film much sooner.

So many things could be said on many levels.

Do I discuss the beauty in how the images flowed together, scene after scene like the movement of water? Do I marvel at the absence of sound at the most appropriate moments that evoked strong emotion? Do I ram-

Del Toro (left) and Sally Hawkins (right)

ble about how Eliza, the main character, had the most powerful voice despite that she had none except when she chose through her persistent gestures and penetrating expressions? Do I list all the messages that could

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be received through such an imaginative film filled with such humanitarian themes?

I will do my best to touch on all the questions for the space I have for the article since it deserves unfathomable credit. I

agree with what Antonelli said after I had watched the entire movie-I vote the best picture award for “The Shape of Water.”

The opening images of bubbles rising, clocks ticking and a sleeping woman floating set the mood for

the multiple messages the film delivers.

Set during the 1960s, “The Shape of Water” is about a friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship between a mute woman who is a maid and a strange creature from South America who is more human than most of the other characters in the movie.

But the movie involves much more than that, in the lives outside of just that main relationship through the interactions and the conflicts. As for the messages, the one that resonated the most with me was the debate of what or rather who is truly

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MSU’s 1984 is an unsatisfactory show of ideas Overly thought-provoking plot leaves audience confused

KATIE LEIBEL Staff Writer

The play “1984” is based on the renowned book by George Orwell on a totalitarian land in which the government works to change the way people think by eliminating the people who work against or think differently than the dictator.

The government employs tactics such as creating a language called “newspeak” in which no one is able to say anything against the government because the words used to voice any opinion other than the governments have been omitted.

The book is a thought-provoking and heart-wrenching read. The play adaptation at Minnesota State University, Mankato worked hard to

Winston (left) and Julia (right)

demonstrate the same ideas as the book, but the show was confusing and did not completely succeed.

“1984” is about a man, Winston, working for the outer party to support their

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dictator “Big Brother,” who is “always watching.” Winston’s job is to take the names of people who have been executed for their doubts of “Big Brother” and erase them from all of history. Winston walks into

work one day and notices his colleague missing.

His colleague is now an “un-person,” incinerated for his “thought-crimes” against the government.

Winston must begin omitting his colleague from his-

tory.

The play did an unsatisfactory job trying to display the ideas of “un-person,” “newspeak” and “thoughtcrimes.” It wasn’t until after the show when I did more research on the novel and the adaptation that I was able to put together what everything meant.

The plot of “1984” is hard to portray as it has many twists and turns but could have been done better.

Winston falls in love with a colleague named Julia.

They both realize that neither of them supports the tyrannical government and begin to work against it.

They work to buy a house together, which is a dangerous thing to do in this

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Handsome Ghost performing with flor at Entry The band is playing in Minneapolis this Friday, February 9th

CALEB HOLLDORF A&E EDITOR

Made up of singer/ songwriter Timothy Noyes and producer/multi-instrumentalist Eddie Byun, Massachusett’s born band Handsome Ghost will be playing at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis with flor this Friday.

The band is on the rise with over 60 plus million streams in total, and have constantly been releasing new music since their assembly.

Handsome Ghost has performed with various other talent, such

Eddie Byun (left) and Timothy Noyes (right)

as MisterWives, BORNS, The Mowgli’s, X Ambassadors, Grizfolk, Great Good Fine OK and more.

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Handsome Ghost’s LP “Welcome Back” is out now via NYC’s Photo Finish Records and

is available for stream & purchase via all DSPs. The 11-song album follows 2015’s “STEPS” EP and 2016’s “The Brilliant

she introduces it to him.

She gets in the habit of choosing records and playing them on a recorder when she brings him hardboiled eggs during her lunch break.

She also taps to the music while she mops down the floor in front of the water tank where he is held captive. One of the messages integrated into the plot is that actions carry more meaning than words do.

The most powerful scene of both Eliza and the creature is one of their first together and a long shot foretells that they will become friends. In the long shot, the creature is close to Eliza but what dominates the frame the most is the long chain that imprisons him.

But when she extends the hardboiled egg to him, it is implied to the audience that it is her peace offering to him despite how the rest of the humans have treated him.

I have never seen so many people sit through

rolling credits for so long.

The lady who had earlier joked to me about having saved a seat for me told me she usually never watches any science fiction or fantasy movie genres but “The Shape of Water” caught her attention.

I responded by saying that all the best imaginative films are supposed to reflect humanitarian or deeper themes than just impressive graphics or strange creatures but those movies are few and far in-between.

I know that is why I am a writer who is exploring becoming director in the future or at the least, aspires to work behind-thescenes.

Because even if you are not a director, creating the small moments no one else is necessarily conscious of, still matter. Life is sacred, no matter what or who it is and humans are the ones who forget it the most and use excuses.

But we all could do so much better than what we

Glow” EP. The founder Timothy Noyes has taken on other directions on his path to being a folk musician, including having been a teacher and philosophy major.

He began diving into music via playing shows and open mics in his spare time while being a teacher for a high school in the Bronx. Noyes crafted a new project, Handsome Ghost, when a publishing deal enabled him the ability to pursue music full time.

Handsome Ghost gives such a great performance, with appearances of live session with Past, Billboard, City Winery, SoFar Sounds, Illegal Mezcal Presents and more.

WATER Continued from page 9 a monster.

The creature who is introduced appears somewhat close to a human, except for webbed hands and feet, various amounts of color and texture on his skin gives the initial impression that he is a monster.

But after you learn more about his situation, you are put into his skin, soto-speak. Richard, one of the main characters who leads the team of scientific investigators, stuns him with a gun for his enjoyment and as a way for him to show who is in charge.

In another scene, the audience learns that Richard is married to a beautiful wife with well-behaved children and in the way he operates, he is a man of power in more ways than one.

With a word about power, Richard also preaches about how man is supposed to dominate over the animals because they are “created in the Lord’s image.” Yet with how he treats even the men be-

low him, he does not value their lives but manipulates them for his own benefits.

If they ultimately fail him, then he verbally threatens and physically abuses them much like how he does the creature.

Eliza, with no voice, carries the most weight when it comes to those she has relationships with, especially the creature when she sees how much Richard tortures him.

Awareness grows in the audience in of how much the creature and Eliza have in common as the plot unfolds. Eliza was an orphan and abandoned by a river and ironically, the team of scientific investigators discovers the creature near a river in South America.

But since Eliza realizes how scared the creature is because of his situation, she finds one of the deepest forms of communication to build a connection with him.

Music becomes the language that both the creature and Eliza use to communicate, especially after

are and films like these serve as reminders to examine our actions in the mirror.

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7 weeks later and Jumanji is no. 1 at box office Released in December, Jumanji once again takes top spot

NEW YORK (AP) — The heir to “Titanic” is ... “Jumanji: Welcome the Jungle”?

For the first time since James Cameron’s 1998 disaster epic, a December release has topped the weekend box office in February. Seven weeks after first opening in theaters, Sony Pictures’ “Jumanji” again took the top spot at the North American box

office with an estimated $11 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

On a sluggish Super Bowl weekend, that was good enough to surpass last week’s no. 1 film, “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” The third installment in the YA trilogy slid 58 percent in its second week with $10.2 million in ticket sales. Though “The Death

Cure” is behind the pace of the first two “Maze Runner” films, it’s made $142.9 million overseas, including an international-best $35.2 million this weekend.

But it’s the fourth weekend out of seven in which the “Jumanji” reboot, starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, has led all films domestically. It has carved an unlikely path on route to its record-setting run. Met

with little initial fanfare, “Jumanji” played second fiddle for its first two weeks of release to “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

But riding good word of mouth and relatively little family-film competition, “Jumanji” has become one of Sony’s biggest hits ever, ranking behind only its “Spider-Man” films. It has now grossed $352.6 million in the U.S. and Can-

ada.

The Helen Mirren-led haunted-house horror film “Winchester” was the sole new wide release on a weekend that Hollywood typically cedes to football.

The poorly reviewed Lionsgate-CBS Films release, about the true-life tale of the 19th-century heiress Sarah Winchester, opened with $9.3 million.

kept the show interesting.

Rietveld was the best part of the show in my view.

The show attempted to emulate the greatness of one of the most well-written stories of all time, but it was not perfect. The show was confusing, lost its message, and didn’t display the plot well. Even those familiar with the book found the show hard to follow. It was abrupt, choppy and seemingly random.

Despite its imperfections, it was done at the perfect time in which our society has been questioning the government, the news, and the media.

“1984,” has one more weekend of shows left,

which will be Feb. 7-11.

Tickets are $11 for students of MNSU, $14 for large groups and seniors and $16 for the regular admission price. “1984” is being shown at the Andreas The-

atre in the Earley Center for Performing Arts.

1984 Continued from page 9 society. Though they worry they will be caught, they continue to fight for the life they want to live.

The first act ends with a giant light fixture falling from the ceiling as Winston and Julia are dragged away after learning that they have been watched by the government on telecasters the whole time.

I might add that this same light fixture adds nothing to the scene and is never used. At first, I thought it was an actual light falling from the set until I saw the wires attached to it. It was odd.

Following the end of act one were the torture scenes. In the scenes, Winston is being electrocuted, stabbed, starved, deprived of sleep and threatened with rats.

All of these things were executed in an awkward manner and did not add anything to the show other than a slight discomfort from the poor execution of the scene. It almost felt unnecessary.

The show ends with Winston and Julia, each having betrayed each other, being added back into society after months of torture.

They act different, love their dictator, and watch telecasts of war in their spare time. I didn’t realize the play was over until all of the actors stopped and began bowing.

The costuming in the show is bland and basic because the cast is meant to all look the same in jumpsuits with numbers on them. This made it a bit hard to tell characters apart when they came on stage in the same or similar

costume playing different roles.

It was particularly difficult when a government worker who had just been handing out work assignments a couple scenes prior came on stage playing a child, and the only distinguishing way to tell that she was playing a child was through the actress’ voice.

The audience was incredibly confused.

The one thing that I thought was executed perfectly in the show was the role of “Landlady,” played

by Delaney Rietveld. Her work was truly captivating. Rietveld had fun with her part, took some acting risks, made them work and

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