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Summer Job Fair comes to CSU Ballroom Students explore job opportunities at annual professional event.

STEPHANIE VOGEL Staff Writer Have you started looking for summer jobs or internships yet? If not, it might be a good idea to start thinking about it. The annual Summer Job Fair took place in the CSU Ballroom Wednesday, Feb. 8. Every year, this event is hosted by the Recreation Majors Club, with support from the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services (RPLS).

About 54 companies had a booth set up at the event, with types of jobs ranging from construction, to summer camps, and even retail. Some of them came from the Twin Cities area while others were based locally, in or close to Mankato.

Kaitlyn Sturdy, the co-coordinator of the RPLS Summer Job Fair, explains why it is important to look for summer job opportunities this early in the semester: “Companies always tend to hire and look for people in advance, so definitely making those connections and talking with people now gives you the upper hand.”

(Public Domain) by Image Catalog She stressed the importance of networking with potential employers, and talking with employers even if you are not interested in a summer job.

The Summer Job Fair provided a chance for RPLS students to find opportunities which would help them complete their major. Sturdy explains, “In the field of RPLS, you need field experience, which is a hundred hours of

service. So a lot of these agencies will definitely meet that criteria for you to fit the field experience.”

Most of these positions are volunteer, but sometimes students are paid. Many summer camps, livein programs, and camp counselor jobs were at the fair for RPLS students to discuss and organize their service hours.

Events such as the Summer Job Fair provide an opportunity for students to get their name out. Not only can a summer job add to your resume, but also to your skill set and experience in the work force.

Volunteer opportunities are also available to help build character and increase your sense of philanthropy and service toward others.

Volunteer positions look great on a resume and can impress future employers.

Not only were summer jobs available at the fair, but full-time positions for after graduation were as well. A full-time position could start with getting your foot in the door during a summer or part-time position. Working with a company for a short amount of time could definitely lead to something more permanent.

A word of advice while looking for summer work or any type of work: do not limit yourself. You might think that since your major is in accounting, you have to be an accountant. But different skill sets taught in your major can be applied to many different jobs. Someone in accounting could go into marketing, business, et cetera. You might also have that one “dream job” in mind, or that one position or company you are striving for. If you take a risk and try something new, you might find you enjoy it, maybe more than you thought you would.

Trying to understand what you may overlook Sometimes, a small part of life can lead you to bigger plans.

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LUKE LARSON Staff Writer It’s been said one man’s trash is another man’s

treasure. But oftentimes, one man’s treasure is hiding right in front of his eyes.

What do you overlook?

The question is difficult, of course, because if the answers came readily to your mind, they aren’t something that you overlook. Why might it be important to train yourself to be more perceptive to the things that you overlook?

Oftentimes finding a new hobby, passion, or friend is not really finding something

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new, but rather realizing the value of something that you’d known about all along.

I can think of several examples from my own life.

I love languages and, recently, I’ve become fascinated with Afrikaans, a descendant of Dutch spoken in South Africa. I’ve been aware of it all my life – it comes first on every alphabetical list of languages, after all – but it hasn’t been until now that I came to appreciate how

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interesting it is. I’ve always known about the Canadian province of Quebec, but it wasn’t until high school that I recognized how cool it is that there is a small, culturallydistinct, French-speaking region in North America.

And I’ve always had a vague idea of what the sport of cricket is, but it wasn’t until I thought “hey - I wonder how you play cricket” that I found a fun new hobby. All three of these examples are now

interests of mine that bring me happiness and enrich my life.

The same principle applies to interpersonal relationships, as well. Many of the people I have become closest to in life are not people I immediately clicked with. They are often

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Students hold Vigil of Solidarity at MNSU

RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer Despite the bitter cold nipping at hands and faces, it did not affect dozens of hearts from spreading warmth to individuals who unified at the Centennial Student Union mall Wednesday evening.

Because of President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban immigrants from seven nations, MSSA Vice President Maria Ruiz Mendez decided to hold a vigil on-campus. The atmosphere kindled a fire of passion and anger, but also hope that unifying as a whole will spread love.

“I’m here because this is what I should be doing, supporting humanity,” said PJ Glover, a Gender and Women Studies major a few minutes before the vigil. “This is something that everyone needs to have human rights for. It’s bothering me because there have already been two deaths that have been documented with a reason and that shouldn’t be a thing. We can’t have a country and run on the ideology that certain people aren’t allowed in.”

Once the vigil started, Mendez thanked everyone for their presence, then President Faical Rayani, originally from Saudi Arabia, also welcomed the group for whatever reasons brought them there in support of solidarity.

“We are left beyond confused and fearful,” Rayani said, speaking for the international students and immigrants. “Some of us have worked ungodly hours

Photo by Matthew Eberline to get an education. Some of us are sent here through the sacrifice of our families.

Do we not have a place in this country? Are we not as equal as other citizens of this country? What will happen to us?”

America has long been known as the melting pot that has openly accepted immigrants. But ever since the attacks on 9/11, the scars have not vanished. In fact, paranoia has still infected the country. It appears to be difficult to let go of the past as people still live in their fears.

Rayani seemed to echo these same sentiments.

“I could rattle on for days about how Muslim aggression makes up a very small fraction of terrorism around the world,” he continued. “The immigrant

population is what holds this country together. I don’t think this country was founded on xenophobia. The fact of the matter is, we’re here to stand together… we are not here not out of spite, but in celebration of each other.

There has not been a day where I personally have not been made to feel welcome by a friend, a coworker, or even a stranger.”

David Jones, Vice President of Student Affairs, also shared a few words, including Minnesota State University’s core values: in integrity, respect in diversity, access that create opportunities, responsibility to those it serves by providing an education and a solution, and excellence in academic and non-academic life. “For over 150 years Minnesota State University

in Mankato has been a place where people gather to prove themselves to our community… these core values have served us well,” he added. “We may need to address challenges ahead.

We are living in dynamic times,” he said. “What we do have is a campus community that is a learning organization that can explore many issues in open and productive ways.”

Kellian Clink, a librarian at MNSU, asked the community to look around and notice all the faces around them and reminded them that they are all immigrants. “I just want to say I love students and it’s such an amazing place where you can learn so much and love one another,” she said. “Let us know our stories and love one another by the process of discovery and

learning who the other is.”

Jason Teiken, a local attorney, had heard that the vigil would be hosted on the MNSU campus and decided to attend because of its importance “We’re concerned about the order and its effects,” he said. “There’s thousands of people: couples who are separated, children separated from their parents and parents separated from their children for an order that is nonsensible and won’t actually keep us safe.”

The evening ended with a singing of “We Are the World,” and then Dr. Abo Habib closed with a couple prayers: “O Allah! Reconcile with love and understanding between our hearts, and resolve our broken affairs and guide us towards peace and paths of guidance. Take us out of the darkness of falsehood, ignorance, and evil to the brightness of truth and guidance.”

Mendez thought the turn-out for the vigil was “fantastic” and plans to educate students through events and supporting them by hearing them out. She said that there’s always a place in the multicultural center for students to come and talk and feel welcome.

“There’s always challenges when you do something,” she said. “You never know how many people will turn up. When we were talking about it, we said that even if it was just one person who shows up and we have an impact, we will be happy.

But obviously, the more, the better.”

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Four voters sue, claiming NC ballot protests libeled them RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four North Carolina voters sued a political activist for libel Wednesday, claiming he falsely accused them of voting illegally last November because they were felons or had voted in other states.

The lawsuit filed in Greensboro by the liberal Southern Coalition for Social Justice contends William Clark Porter’s false characterizations of improper voting led the four plaintiffs to face “ridicule, contempt or disgrace.” Porter didn’t respond to telephone or email messages seeking comment.

“We want to send the message loud and clear that it is wrong to intimidate voters by accusing them of

committing a crime without having any evidence to support the claim,” coalition attorney Allison Riggs said in a statement.

It may be among the first voter defamation cases of its kind, said Lloyd Leonard of the Washington, D.C.-based League of Women Voters and Candice Hoke, an election law professor at Cleveland State University.

“This is the first time we have heard of someone wrongfully accused of voting illegally sue to set the record straight,” Leonard, the group’s senior advocacy director, wrote in an email.

“People should not get away with lying about voter fraud.”

State records show Porter filed three of the 55 post-

election challenges by Republicans and their allies as then-Gov. Pat McCrory fought a losing battle to overcome an Election Day deficit. “With each passing day, we discover more and more cases of voting fraud and irregularities,” McCrory campaign manager Russell Peck said nine days after the November ballot.

But nearly all of the protests were subsequently dismissed or sidelined by majority-Republican elections boards because the contested votes were too few to overturn election results.

McCrory conceded almost a month later to Democrat Roy Cooper, who took office in January.

State Senate leader Phil

Berger indicated legislators could re-examine elections laws this year, saying the 2016 election raised concerns about the “potential for fraud.”

Porter’s complaints had named one dead person he said voted, nine voters he alleged cast ballots in other states, and eight felons who he said voted. The four plaintiffs said Porter was wrong when he identified them.

One of the plaintiffs, Louis Bouvier of Greensboro, said he has voted in North Carolina since 1988 yet was accused of voting in two states.

“My son and I share a name. That’s likely why someone accused me of

voting in two states,” Bouvier said in a statement. “But it’s a sorry state of affairs when someone can accuse you of a crime without properly vetting or researching the facts.”

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Continued from page 1 acquaintances I didn’t give much thought to until a conversation, a discovered mutual interest, or a mutual friendship suddenly sparked a deeper friendship.

The “aha moment” that occurs when you find something of great value hiding in plain sight is one of life’s most satisfying joys.

One of my favorite parts about travelling is that it makes it impossible to

overlook the place you’re travelling to. It’s one thing to glance at a coastline or a highway on a map, but it won’t give you the same appreciation that walking along a coastline or driving along a highway will. No amount of research will give you the intimate knowledge of a place’s culture and physical landscape that personal experience gives you.

It’s a simple but

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MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer A regular exercise routine is key to a healthy lifestyle, along with a good diet and proper rest. In addition to that, exercise also has a various number of benefits including self-esteem.

Exercising offers a number of psychological benefits, including increased selfesteem, improved mood, and the ability to cope better with stress — not to mention pride in one’s physical accomplishments.

However, finding the time and motivation to exercise can be an issue for many.

The majority of people in society today have sedentary lifestyles; the most movement their body goes through is from the car to their workplace, home or school. Lack of exercise for any individual is a clear way to disaster. Human beings were born with limbs that were meant to be used, and one takes this ability for granted when they fail to do so. Failure to exercise also causes several health-related issues, like clinical depression which occurs in people who are less active in comparison

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After a good workout, the human body naturally produces chemic als resembling opiates, which gives one a feeling of wellbeing and selfconfidence. Regular exercise also leads to weight loss and weight maintenance, ensuring that individuals are not only conscious of their weight but can also regulate it. In addition to that, the body produces serotonin during exercise, a mood chemical that can help people who are depressed.

A theory holds that increased levels of serotonin may have a positive impact on people experiencing clinical depression. If the theory is true, then exercise is a more cost effective way to treat clinical depression than taking prescription drugs.

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Exercise also results in some phenomenal effects on the body, including strengthening one’s heart and bones and lowering the risk of chronic diseases, high blood pressure, and feelings of anxiety. Exercise does not have to be complicated; a simple workout 20 to 30 minutes long every day is enough. Picking an activity that suits one’s interests and making it a habit keeps one’s body in check and is a great confidence booster.

As people age, the relationship between exercise and self-esteem continues to be important. People who consistently exercise as they get older have stronger, more flexible bodies. Plus, exercisers are less likely to have serious health problems than non- exerciser s.

Meditation is also a form of exercise that stimulates

the prefrontal cortex of the brain that controls happiness levels and healthy immune function.

An individual also sleeps and regulates their emotions better after exercising, leading to more effective social interactions and a positive self-image.

Exercise has a plethora of benefits, each one having significant value both mentally and physically. Engaging in exercise activities is easy and aids one in living a healthy life. Fitness and confidence through exercising regularly also enables one to stay sharp in their daily activities, presenting themselves in an upright manner. The pain and discomfort one feels exercising today will be the strength and confidence they feel tomorrow.

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Feature photo: MNSU students hold Vigil of Solidarity

Students showed up to the vigil with signs protesting President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

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A Series of Unfortunate Events redeems itself on Netflix New series written by book’s creator stays true to its source material.

DIANA ROJO-GARCIA Staff Writer I’m sorry to inform you that A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix is a highly addictive and incredibly lamentable story of the Baudelaires.

The series premiered on Netflix on Jan. 13, releasing all eight episodes to binge watch if you so dare. Netflix took on the adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s children’s book series A Series of Unfortunate Events which were published in 1999. The series includes 13 books following Snicket’s stories of the misadventures the Baudelaire orphans endure and their escapes from Count Olaf’s schemes to get their fortune.

The Netflix adaptation takes the first four books of the series, A Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, and The Miserable Mill, splitting each book into two 50 minute episodes, which gives the deserved time and dedication to each book. This is unlike the adaptation that was done in 2004

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by Paramount Studios and Nickelodeon, which jammed the first three books of the series into a very condensed one hour and 48 minutes.

The show stars the aspiring actor Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris), as the new guardian of the Baudelaires after their massive inheritance. Sunny

Baudelaire (played by Presley Smith, voiced by Tara Strong) who likes to bite things with her four teeth, Violet Baudelaire (Malina Weissman) the inventor, who always ties her hair in a ribbon when her inventor gears start, and Klaus Baudelaire (Louis Hynes), the reader. Although they are

young and have vast differences in qualities, they are all incredibly intelligent.

They start off in the first episode spending their day at the beach and Mr. Poe (K. Todd Freeman) meets the children shortly after to warn them that their parents have passed away in a fire, which

begins their “series of unfortunate events”.

The series continues and follows the children in their encounters with adults that seemingly want to understand and help them, but fail to do so, ultimately leaving them to save themselves from Olaf’s miserable disguises.

This adaptation, unlike the movie in 2004, stayed true to the books. The details in the settings alone are apt and keep the true tone of the books. The beach is cold and gray, Olaf’s house is as dark and disgusting as the villain he is, and even the characters give off the same tone of misfortune. The most vital part, just as in the books, is that Snicket (Patrick Warburton) narrates the Baudelaire’s story, popping in and out as a fly on the wall. The difference in this adaptation is that Snicket is actually on screen, or blatantly showing his face

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Netflix picks: Find out Dory’s story in Finding Dory Disney Pixar film reminds us about life’s little intricacies.

CALEB HOLLDORF Staff Writer Getting to revisit your childhood is one of the most nostalgic experiences any of us can do (that is, the good parts of it). It’s a funny thing how sights, smells, and sounds can trigger so much within our minds, resurfacing memories we thought to be forgotten.

The long awaited sequel to Disney Pixar’s Finding Nemo took 13 years to arrive, but now it’s finally here and worthy of the wait. We see our beloved Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) remember little bits and pieces of her patchy

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Finding Dory takes on some new water, plot wise, but ultimately, the film has an all too familiar end result fans can appreciate, along with a

few tissues to wipe away their tears.

The story begins with little baby Dory in her early years receiving training from her mom and dad. Big and magenta eyed Dory tells us, as she puts it, “I suffer

from short-term remembory loss”. The cuteness overload already starts flooding in and, as anyone might guess, things only get heart wrenching from here. A small nod toward those with disabilities with a character such as Dory

is both heartfelt and realistic.

Her parents know Dory’s memory is nearly non-existent, as well as her attention span to fixate on any one thing. The parenting duo try to use song and rhyme in order to help Dory remember little things, such as her name and what her condition consists of.

This tactic is naturally unsuccessful with how young and curious Dory is, as we see her wander through life alone, constantly introducing herself to other fish with, “Hi, I’m Dory, have you seen my parents?” Poor Dory is always apologetic by nature, for she is always repeating herself regarding thoughts and events.

This can prove to be annoy-

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Madonna faced sharp questions in Malawi adoption process Pop star answers candidly during process to adopt third and fourth children.

LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — Madonna was asked “uncomfortable questions” by a judge in Malawi during the pop star’s successful application to adopt more children from the southern African country, according to a court document obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Judge Fiona Mwale detailed her reasons for letting Madonna adopt the 4-yearold twin girls in a ruling on Tuesday, saying she was satisfied that Madonna “is motivated by her desire to offer a home, love, protection and guidance.”

Madonna, who has two other adopted children from Malawi, previously described reports of a new adoption process as false, saying she was in the country for charity work. But on Wednesday she said in an Instagram post that “I can officially confirm I have completed the process of adopting twin sisters from Malawi and am overjoyed that they are now part of our family.”

The singer filed for adoption in a high court in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital, on Jan. 25, court and government

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press officials said. The Associated Press last month reported that she was seeking the adoption, but at the time she denied that any such proceeding was underway.

“The petitioner is a professional performer and I guarded myself against the danger of her merely reciting a well-rehearsed speech by asking her some rather uncomfortable questions to which she gave very candid answers,” Mwale said in her

ruling.

Mwale said she didn’t challenge Madonna, 58, on Malawi’s residency requirements for adoption, saying the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal had addressed the issue in the pop star’s previous adoption.

“In determining her motives, I questioned the petitioner at length about the impact of her decision which could be construed as robbing Malawi of its most pre-

cious resource, its children,” the judge wrote.

Madonna said the children will keep their birth names as part of an effort to preserve their identity as Malawians, and a Malawian carer will travel with the children to the United States to ease their transition, according to the ruling.

The twins were delivered by cesarean section and the mother died within a week because of complications

from the birth, the court document said. The children have five older siblings and the father, who was at the Jan. 25 court hearing attended by Madonna, had remarried and was unable to provide for all his dependents, it said.

In 2006, Madonna founded the charity Raising Malawi to address the poverty and hardship endured by the country’s orphans and vulnerable children.

In 2013, Malawi accused Madonna of exaggerating her contributions to the impoverished country and unreasonably demanding special treatment during a tour there. The pop star denied the accusations. On a visit to Malawi in late 2014, she met newly elected President Peter Mutharika as well as the father of her adopted, Malawi-born son.

Mwale noted that the pop star has raised $7.5 million for her latest project in Malawi, the construction of a pediatric surgery ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. The ward is scheduled to open early next year.

Protagonist in Vatican leaks scandal leaks more in new book ROME (AP) — The most colorful protagonist in the Vatican’s leaks scandal — an ambitious, name-dropping communications consultant — has emerged from a bruising trial with a baby, a business and a book describing the behind-the-scenes drama of Pope Francis’ reform efforts.

“In the Name of Peter” hits

Italian bookstores Tuesday, seven months after author Francesca Chaouqui received a 10-month suspended sentence for conspiring to pass confidential documents onto two journalists.

In an interview Monday, Chaouqui called the book her “testament of truth” and said she doesn’t fear a possible new Vatican trial for pub-

lishing confidential Holy See documents in her book.

“I’m ready to defend myself in Italy with all the strength that I have,” she told The Associated Press in an interview at a downtown Roman hotel. “I’m not the same person who went (to the Vatican) like an obedient puppy who they put on trial.”

Chaouqui was the lone

DORY Continued from page 6 ing and a true nuisance to anyone in her life.

Dory remains swimming by herself until she rams into Marlin (Albert Brooks) in a scene we saw from Finding Nemo, and the audience is brought back to where we left off 13 years ago. She found Marlin, the duo found Nemo, and, in a way, Dory has found a new family.

The beautiful thing Finding Dory reminds us of as viewers is the intricacies that play into what the human condition entails. We all have flaws, we all have our strengths; some of us are more heavily equipped

on either side of this spectrum than others. And yet, there’s still room for us to treat each other with equal compassion, to play to each other’s strengths as a means of leading happy, fulfilling lives.

In one of the opening scenes that are used in Finding Dory, we see what a typical day is like in the life of the forgetful Dory.

She lives with Marlin and Nemo in their secluded condo-like reef. We see her follow Marlin on his way to drop Nemo off at fish school and she helps out a class’s Sting Ray teacher. He knows Dory has short-term

memory loss and so do the students, but they love her all the same, and treat her just like they do each other It’s amazing what valuable lessons kid’s movies teach younger generations, but it’s even more amazing what they can teach, or more so remind, us adults about life. Finding Dory shines light in areas of life that are ironically forgotten about, but, as Dory’s mom told her when she was younger, you just need to keep swimming.

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woman on an eight-member papal reform commission tasked with compiling information about the Vatican’s vast financial holdings and recommending ways to improve efficiency and transparency.

In the book, Chaouqui recounts the commission’s utter dysfunction, as members went their own ways and angled for prominence with Vatican authorities behind each other’s backs. She reproduc-

es emails and previously unpublished documents, audits and proposals for financial reform.

“It tells how the commission, in reality, failed in its mission,” Chaouqui said. “In reality, it created an enormous chaos, enormous.”

Three of the commission members ended up with continued Vatican roles; Chaouqui and two others ended up on trial.

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The Bunnies are back in town: Playboy Club reopening in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — The tightly corseted Playboy Bunnies, with rabbit tails and ears, will soon be back in business in New York City.

Three decades after the original Playboy Club closed in Manhattan, an apparent victim of changing American tastes and views on women, a new one will debut later this year in a hotel a few blocks from Times Square.

The club on West 42nd Street “will be one of the most chic and sophisticated venues in the world,” promises Playboy Enterprises spokesman John Vlautin.

It will have a lounge, a restaurant, a game room and, of course, the Bunnies, though with some updates to the outfits. Other Playboy clubs are already operating in

London, the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and several places in India. Another is set to open in the spring in Shanghai. New York’s club will be in the Cachet Boutique New York Hotel, replacing the gaythemed Out Hotel, which closed last year.

If the club opens as scheduled, it will be in a city that began the year with hundreds of thousands of women taking to the streets to protest the presidency of Donald Trump, in part because of remarks he made that were perceived as chauvinistic.

The timing may be off, says travel guidebook publisher Pauline Frommer.

“Retro is in, but I’m not sure this type of retro,” she says. “We live in this era when thousands of wom-

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en are gathering in marches to protest. I’m not sure the zeitgeist is right for Playboy now.”

Industry observers said the key to success is how the brand will be presented to prospective guests. Will it be seen as a luxurious enclave, a nostalgic throwback, or a place where “75-yearold guys walk around in silk pajamas?” travel guru Peter Greenberg asks.

“As a concept, Playboy has the word anachronism written all over it — outdated, irrelevant — so I don’t know what the cachet is today,” Greenberg says.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner opened the first club in Chicago in 1960. He quickly expanded the operation to 30 clubs around the world.

A chance to leer at the Bunnies wasn’t the only attraction. The clubs also featured top musicians and other entertainers. New York’s version opened on East 59th Street between Fifth and Madison avenues in 1962.

The next year, feminist Gloria Steinem worked as an undercover Bunny and wrote an expose for Show Magazine entitled “A Bunny’s Tale.”

Among her revelations: The pay was lousy, the male customers propositioned the female staff, and she was forced to get a gynecological exam and take a test for venereal disease before she was hired.

Former Bunny Kathryn Leigh Scott has fonder mem-

ories of the New York club.

An acting student who lived on her minimum-wage pay, plus generous tips, Scott was 19 when she got the job.

“Yes, it was chauvinistic by today’s standards, but back then, one felt protected and there were stringent rules we used to laugh about. It was more paternalistic than chauvinistic,” says Scott, now a Beverly Hills resident and actor who starred in the cult television classic “Dark Shadows.”

She said she was never asked to undergo a gynecological exam and was “treated extremely well.”

“It was an opportunity and it was fun. You put your school clothes in a locker and put on a satin costume,” she says.

Scott, 74, is the author of

a history of the Playboy club titled “The Bunny Years,” for which she interviewed 300 former Bunnies.

The original clubs remained popular and lucrative for years before faltering in the 1980s. “Bunnies Go From Risque to Passe,” read a Los Angeles Times headline in 1986, the year the club there closed as did the New York one. The original clubs were all defunct by 1991.

Changing mores have altered Playboy magazine, too, lately. The magazine, still sold in 23 countries, no longer allows full nudity in the U.S. edition, favoring articles and images of broader news interest. Cooper Hefner, the 25-year-old son of 90-yearold Hugh, is now its chief creative officer.

EVENTS Continued from page 6 instead of being in the shadows, adding an omnipotent characteristic to Warburton’s character.

Daniel Handler, commonly known by his pen name, Lemony Snicket, had a lot to do in order for the series to maintain the true essence the books had.

In the 2004 adaptation, Handler and Barry Sonnenfeld started off in the production and writing of the movie. However, due to some financial setbacks, they were scraped off the

script leaving Handler and his script completely out of the movie, which really deviated from the books.

Lemony Snicket and Count Olaf will continue to remind and urge you to change shows while watching this new series when you stream it on Netflix, but for those with a strong stomach, don’t take their advice.

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Maverick softball returns to action this weekend CHELSEA DORVAL Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks softball team is headed to St. Cloud, Minnesota this weekend for the Regional Crossover/ Kelly Laas Memorial Invite.

The Mavericks closed out the 2016 season with a 45-17 overall record and finished atop the conference with a 23-6 record in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

Minnesota State was voted to finish first in the NSIC Preseason Softball Coaches’ Poll, earning a total of 15 first place votes. Minnesota Duluth and Winona State round out the top three, with UMD garnering one first place vote.

“That is just on paper, paper means nothing. We need to take care of business, we need to do what we need to do offensively, defensively and pitching-wise,” head coach Lori Meyer said. “The

game is won between the white lines, not on paper” Senior pitcher, Coley Ries, was also named the NSIC Preseason Pitcher of the Year after finishing the 2016 season with a 29-7 record and a 1.18 ERA. Ries managed to strike out 434 and kept opposing batters to a .151 batting average. She threw 26 complete games and a total of nine shutouts.

“We have five of our top seven hitters returning and two top pitchers. Two thirds of our outfield is back and all but first base is returning in the infield,” said Meyer.

McKenzie Paap, sophomore outfielder, also had a noteworthy season. She finished second in the NSIC with a .448 batting average and seventh with a .473 on base percentage. Paap also notched 28 runs batted in (RBI) and struck out only 11 times in her 192 appearances at the plate.

“Right now we are at a point where Wednesday’s

practice will be number 23.

We just need to play someone else,” Meyer said. “Our batters need to face other pitchers, and our pitchers need to face other batters.

Once that happens, we can re-evaluate and adjust accordingly.”

The Mavericks take on the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears at 1:30 p.m., followed by the Viterbo V-Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. On Saturday, they will close out the weekend by playing the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers at noon and the Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers at 2 p.m.

Minnesota State won both of their games against the Golden Bears during the 2016 season, propelling their overall record to 49-182 against CU. Concordia-St. Paul finished the 2016 season with a 12-36 overall record and 6-22 in the NSIC. The Viterbo V-Hawks finished their National Association of Inter Collegiate Ath-

Reporter Archives letics (NAIA) season with an overall record of 10-43 and 3-20 in the North Star Athletics Association Athletics (NSAA) Conference. This will be the first time the Mavericks take on the V-Hawks.

The Mavericks have an 11-4 record against the Lopers, with their last meeting resulting in a 6-1 win for Minnesota State at last year’s MIAA/NSIC Crossover in St. Cloud. The Mavericks lead

the all-time series 11-4.

Minnesota State last met the Rangers in 2008 at the Rebel Spring Games when the Mavericks edged Wisconsin-Parkside, 5-4. The Rangers however lead the all time series 3-2.

After the weekend tournament in St. Cloud, the Mavericks will then be headed to the UAM 8-State Classic February 17-19 in Arkansas to take on six more opponents.

Consistent play will determine MNSU’s fortune Men’s hockey enters the final two weeks of the regular season sitting third in the WCHA.

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer As the season comes down to the final two weeks, the focus zeroes in on playoffs and seeding. The concern for the Minnesota State Mavericks is their Jekyll-and-Hyde play over the course of the season. Sitting at the second seed, six points behind Michigan Tech, they have a chance to make a jump to the number-two spot over two weeks after a break this weekend.

While the priority is home ice (something the Mavs have already accomplished) the difference between playing Bowling Green at number three or Alaska at number four is huge.

The Mavericks have scored 22 goals in four games against Alaska, and twice they put up seven goals. If they can achieve the second seed, they would host a team that has let their offense run wild on three of the four meetings. On the defensive side, the goaltender’s play has been a mixed bag of

Reporter Archives Along with production from their veterans, the Mavericks will need their underclassmen like sophomore Max Coatta (12) to step up in the postseason. results. Both Cole Huggins and Jason Pawloski have seen extended playing time, and both have good performances paired with some to forget. Yet again, here is the advantage for Minnesota State, as a fresh goaltender in Aaron Nelson gives the Alas-

ka squad a new challenge that they have not had an opportunity to feel out and learn to play against. With the X-factor possibly being a new goalie and the continued success on offense, this is who the Mavericks would ideally want to play.

If they remain at the third spot and end up playing Bowling Green, two things will be key. Firstly, they will need to net the first goal against a stout defense. Setting that momentum early will prove to be vital for MNSU. Bowling Green has let up five

or more goals only four times this season, and on the other side MNSU has scored five or more six times. With strength going up against strength, scoring that first goal will be key to help the Mavericks play aggressively all game.

Secondly, the upperclassmen have to step up. While this will be needed all post season, when playing against a solid defense the older players need to show up in a big way. C.J. Franklin did just that in the second game against Bowling Green earlier in the season.

Whoever they play, the Mavericks desperately need to find consistency. They are coming off a road series after losing a game in which they had 43 shots on goal, then beating the same team 5-0 on 27 shots on goal. They have had one road sweep and the last time they swept a team at home in regulation

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Women’s basketball hits the road The ladies have won their past four of five games heading into the weekend.

CHELSEA DORVAL Staff Writer The Minnesota State women’s basketball team will head out on their final road trip of the season Friday, with their first stop at Upper Iowa at 6 p.m. The final game of the regular season will be at Winona State on Saturday at 4 p.m.

The Mavericks, who have won four of their last five

son last Saturday against St. Cloud. It was great to see our team bring a defensive intensity from the tip and to sustain that for the entire game,” said head coach Emilee Theisse about the series.

Minnesota State got going early on, finishing the first quarter 23-12 after Logan Anderson converted a threepoint play giving the Mavericks a 10-point lead. The Mavericks finished off the first half

Photo by BoHyun Ahn Mankato-native Claire Ziegler is having a productive junior season, averaging 11.9 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game. games, are coming off an 83-55 win over the St. Cloud Huskies. The victory propelled the team to an overall record of 13-9 and a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) record of 9-9.

“We are coming off one of our best and most complete performances of the sea-

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na Schroeder, back-to-back double-double games for her third of the season and two three-pointers in the third.

The team ended up shooting 43.5% [30-69] from the field and 75% [15-20] from the free throw line. Brittany Scherber contributed a game-high 21 points for Minnesota State while Claire Ziegler also put up double-digits while adding six rebounds.

“Without a doubt, we are going to have to bring that defensive focus with us on the road this weekend for our final regular season road trip.

Our team has learned that when we make plays defensively, we are a good basketball team and we bring that intensity to all of the other areas of the game,” said Theisse.

Minnesota State is averaging 72.5 points per game, third in the NSIC, compared to the 67.6 by its opponents.

They are also collecting 43.9 rebounds, first in the NSIC, posting 55 against St. Cloud State for the second highest total of the season. The team has a 13-2 record when leading in rebounds this season.

The Upper Iowa Peacocks have a record of 3-19 overall and 3-15 in the NSIC. The Mavericks, who have already defeated the Peacocks once with a final score of 74-63 on Dec. 10, lead the all-time series against Upper Iowa 19-0.

Upper Iowa is averaging 60.0 points per game versus their opponents’ 71.6 and accumulating 36.3 rebounds per game.

The second game of the series, the Mavericks will face the No. 23 ranked Winona State Warriors. The Warriors have an overall record of 19-5 with a 14-4 NSIC record.

WSU have won three of their last four with a recent 65-53 victory over Northern State.

The Mavericks fell 79-64 in their first meeting with the

Warriors Dec. 9 at the Taylor Center with WSU leading the all-time series 34-17. The team is averaging 67.7 points per game, as opposed to their opponents’ 57.5 while leading the NSIC field goal percentage (.460) and threepoint shooting percentage (.382) this season.

The Mavericks will return home to face the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs at 6 p.m. on February 17 at the Taylor Center to close out the regular season.

HOCKEY cont. from 9 was October 15. They have explosive offensive nights, followed by scoring trouble the next. Nights when the goaltender, whoever that may be, plays like a brick wall, followed by a night that features three goals going in that honestly shouldn’t have.

With two weeks left in the season, this team will find out their true identities. They will need their best players to show up every night, with veteran leadership a must in order to make some noise in post season play. Their Rhythm also needs to run fluidly for all three consecutive peri-

ods. They also need one of these goalies to set themselves apart from the other without backtracking the best night.

If this team rallies around their stud upper-class, which would fuel the great young talent, as well as having one goalie rise to the playoff occasion on the next couple of weeks, this team will make a deep run.

If not, they will have trouble with any opponent they match up against.

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Men’s hoops face Peacocks, Warriors next Head coach Matt Margenthaler believes MNSU is playing their best basketball now.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer The Minnesota State men’s basketball team is gearing up to hit the road this weekend and will be looking to continue to build upon their fourgame winning streak from the last two weekends. With just two weekends and four games left on the schedule for the regular season, the team is starting to focus on what it will take to put it all together.

“I’m just glad we put ourselves in a position at the end of the season to play for something. Not only playing for a conference championship in the division, but a high seed in the NSIC tournament and a NCAA post season bid,” head coach Matt Margenthaler said.

On Friday, the Mavericks head to Fayette, Iowa to take on the Upper Iowa Peacocks (16-8, 13-5 in the NSIC) and on Saturday are back in Minnesota as they take on the Winona State Warriors (10-12, 7-11 in the NSIC). While the Mavericks dropped games to both teams earlier in the year, Coach Margenthaler doesn’t look at this weekend as ‘revenge’ games.

“It doesn’t matter if we

beat them or got beat by them, we prepare the same way every weekend,” explained Margenthaler. “I just think that it’s been so long, these two teams we’re playing are different teams than we played the first time. I think we’re a different team.

I think we’re playing better and with more confidence than the first time around.”

The Peacocks are on a losing side of a streak as they dropped both of their games against Northern State and Minnesota State Moorhead.

Before the back-to-back losses, Upper Iowa was on a fivegame winning streak. The last time the Mavericks and Peacocks met was on Dec. 10 of last year. Behind 16 points from Josh Weeber, the Pea-

cocks picked up an 82-77 win.

Upper Iowa has five men averaging double-digit scoring and in the lead is Jordan Hay with an average of 12.1 per game and adding 6.4 rebounds. Following closely behind is Jimmy Roth with 12.1 points per game. Carson Parker is just behind the two with 11.5, but also has a team-leading 95 assists.

“Upper Iowa is a team that’s very gifted. We’re going to have to defend them.

They put the ball on the floor extremely well, attack the rim, and have three or four shooters that can hit the three,” noted Margenthaler.

Winona State is also on a two-game losing skid and has lost five of their last seven games. The Mavs and

Warriors met earlier in the season and being led by Isaiah Gray’s 26 points, Winona State walloped Minnesota State 89-64.

The Warriors’ Riley Bambenek leads the team in scoring with 15 points per game.

Issiah Gray is averaging 11.5, Tommy Gathje is averaging 11 points per game and a team leading 4.9 rebounds per game, and Josh Mongan leads the team in assists with 83 on the year.

“You wanna be playing your best basketball at the end of the season and I think we are right now,” said Margenthaler.

Minnesota State plays Upper Iowa on Friday at 8 p.m. and Winona State on Saturday at 6 p.m.

Track and field teams show out at Ted Nelson Classic

JAMES ANDERSEN Staff Writer The Minnesota State men’s and women’s track and field teams found success in the Ted Nelson Classic this past weekend.

The day started off with sophomore Vance Barnes taking second place in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.97. The lady Mavericks claimed the top three spots for their 60-meter dash. Junior Karlona Gregory (7.71) took first place, sophomore Gabi Gaines (7.75) at second, and sophomore Afure Adah (7.76) finished third.

For the long-distance runners, junior Austin Pasch finished first in the 1000-meter run with a time of 2:30.16.

The men’s 4x400-meter relay team earned first place with a time of 3:17.90. The women long-distance runners also found similar success.

Sophomores Bobbi Patrick (1:38.01) and Jessica Boespflug (1:40.59) finished second and third in the 600-meter race, respectively. The women’s 4x400-meter relay earned second place with a time of 3:54.93.

The men’s side performed extremely well in the field events. For the triple jump, the men’s team swept the board. Junior Michael Sandle took first place with 52’3.75”.

This was Sandle’s second best jump of the season and with that, he now owns the first and second best triple jump measures in the entire Division-II. Junior Mitchell Valli set a personal best in the pole vault as he cleared 16’7.25”. This mark ranks him fifth nationally.

The Mavericks earned first place in the high jump for both men and women.

Sophomore Khadiya Hollingsworth grabbed the top spot

with a jump of 5’9.25”. Sophomore Jeff DeCock set a new personal record at 6’11.5”.

This mark ranks him fourth in Division-II. For the men’s throwers, senior Bryan Caffin had a great day. He finished second in shot put with a throw of 49’6.5”. He also finished fifth in the weight throw at 56’3.75”.

Assistant coach Chris Rombough was pleased with his team’s performance.

“We had a solid outing

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this weekend, we had good showings from Mitch Valli, Mike Sandle, Jeff DeCock, and Khadiya Hollingsworth,” Rombough said.

The Maverick track and field teams are nearing the end of their indoor season.

Rombough stressed the opportunities to qualify for post season competition is dwindling.

“The opportunities to qualify for both the conference and national meets are

nearing an end…we must take each opportunity to its fullest and not have the mentality that there is always another chance,” said Rombough.

MNSU’s next event is on the road at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. Events will be held all day on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11.

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