February 9, 2021

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TUESDAY • FEBRUARY 9, 2021 Alum Hosts Online Event About ‘Growing up Global’

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By JULIA BARTON Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato alumnus Sophia Hoiseth shared her experience of global citizenship while talking about how her time at MNSU shaped the way she educates and empowers others.

Last Thursday Hoiseth hosted “Global Hour,” an hour-long event via Zoom which showcased the experiences of different students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members of global education, and shared her story about the gift of “growing up global.”

Hoiseth was born in St. Paul moved to Poland as a young girl from 19992007. Fluent in both Polish and English, Hoiseth lived in Peru and Qatar during her teen years before moving back to Minnesota. She’s also traveled to Oman, Kenya and Italy.

When she came back to Minnesota in 2017 as an 18-year-old, Hoiseth said it was her first time living in her hometown yearround since she was born.

Immersed in a culture very different than the one she grew up in, she said she noticed many difficulties and surprises while living here.

“When I came back here to Minnesota I was so excited to sink my hands into everything like football games and the culture here,” Hoiseth said. “Looking back, I realize that is how I found how to build community and really make it feel like home.”

“During my time at MNSU I joined clubs and Student Government. I wanted to be engaged in with my professors and fellow students, but I also really got involved with

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Tuition, Vaccines, Retrenchment Discussed at ‘Meet and Confer’

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DAVID FAULKNER • SPX Sports Players from Minnesota State and Bowling Green packed the penalty boxes after a fight late in the third period Saturday night resulted in 72 minutes of penalties.

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Univeristy looks for Road Safety Solutions

By BAILEY BRENDEL Staff Writer

Over the past few years, Minnesota State University, Mankato has been looking into numerous ways to help build traffic safety measures on campus. Recently they have put out more emergency phones, otherwise known as the blue safety poles, to help students feel safer when walking around campus and to help with any issues they may have.

However, the university wants to provide more for its students.

“I know right now, specifically with traffic safety, we’re working on a couple things. One issue is at the top of the Stadium Road hill. As you come up the hill, we’re trying to get a light in the arrow so that you can yield,” says MNSU Student Government President Andrew Trenne.

“A few other things we’re working on specifically for traffic safety and in terms of the school are crosswalks.

You know around our campus there’s a lot of pedestrian traffic, but there’s not a lot of crosswalks in places where people

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KJERSTIN HALL • The Reporter MNSU students walk across the Stadium Road crosswalk.

might not think there needs to be,” Trenne adds.

Getting to and from Lots 1 and 2 from campus is a concern for many students.

According to freshman Kendra Dowe, “I park in Lots 1 and 2, and not only is it a long cold walk across campus each day, but crossing the road is honestly scary. You never know how fast cars will come flying up so crossing the road is a bit scary.

There are also shuttles that are supposed to take you to and from the parking lot, but I rarely

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see them so walking across campus late at night and with these cold temperatures makes it very scary.”

In addition, freshman Amber Lovely comments, “I live in Julia Sears, so it is a shorter distance than most, but in the winter the walk is horrible. It is so terrible to walk there, and the shuttles are never there when you need them.”

Another example of poor traffic safety would be on the

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President Davenport, along with several other administration members, joined a Zoom call with several members of Student Government, including Student Government Andrew Trenne for a “Meet and Confer” last Thursday.

The purpose of these periodic meetings are to keep the administration connected with the student body via representatives.

Several large topics were discussed at this meeting, including summer and fall semester plans, potential tuition increases and a vaccine update. Other topics discussed was the future of the Lincoln Statue and potential use of retrenchment.

Interim Provost Matt Cecil spoke to the current plan for summer semester, saying that “Summer looks a lot like now, which sounds like a bummer, but it’s going to look a lot better than last summer”.

There is more hope for the fall semester though, with faculty planning for the best case scenario of having the campus completely open. This is likely to be downgraded to a lesser capacity, but Cecil said that it is easier to go from a full schedule to a reduced one, than the other way around.

“Scheduling like it’s a normal semester, understanding that likely what we are likely to see in the fall, we’d like to see an increase in openness overtime.” said Cecil.

Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Dr. David Jones spoke at the

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Trump Lawyers Blast Impeachment Trial as ‘Political Theater’

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday blasted the impeachment case against him as an act of “political theater” and accused House Democrats on the eve of the former president’s trial of exploiting the chaos and trauma of last month’s Capitol riot for their party’s gain.

Trump’s legal brief is a wide-ranging attack on the House case, foreshadowing the claims his lawyers intend to present on the same Senate floor that was invaded by rioters on Jan. 6. The sharp-tongued tone, with accusations that Democrats are making “patently absurd” arguments and trying to “silence a political opponent,” makes clear that Trump’s lawyers are preparing to challenge both the constitutionality of the trial and any suggestion that he was to blame for the insurrection.

“While never willing to allow a ‘good crisis’ to go to waste, the Democratic leadership is incapable of understanding that not everything can always be blamed on their political adversaries, no matter how very badly they may wish to exploit any moment of uncertainty on the part of the American people,” the defense lawyers say.

In their brief, they suggest that Trump was simply exercising his First Amendment rights when he disputed the election results and argue that he explicitly encouraged his supporters to have a peaceful protest and therefore cannot be responsible for the actions of the rioters. They also say the Senate is not entitled to try Trump now that he has left office, an argument contested by even some conservative legal scholars, and they deny that the goal of the Democrats’ case is justice.

“Instead, this was only ever a selfish attempt by Democratic leadership in the House to prey upon the feelings of horror and confusion that fell upon all Americans across the entire political spectrum upon seeing the destruction at the Capitol on Jan. 6 by a few hundred people,” the lawyers wrote.

House impeachment managers filed their own document Monday, asserting that Trump had “betrayed the American people” and that there is no valid excuse or defense.

“His incitement of insurrection against the United States government — which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power — is the most grievous constitutional crime ever committed by a presi-

ANDREW HARKIN • Associated Press People shelter in the House gallery as rioters try to break into the House Chamber Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol.

dent,” the Democrats said.

The trial will begin Tuesday with a debate and vote on whether it’s even constitutional to prosecute the former president, an argument that could resonate with Republicans keen on voting to acquit Trump without being seen as condoning his behavior.

Opening arguments would begin Wednesday at noon, with up to 16 hours per side for presentations.

Under a draft agreement between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the proceedings will break Friday evening for the Jewish Sabbath at the request of Trump’s defense team and resume on Sunday. There will likely be no witnesses, and the former president has declined a request to testify.

This impeachment trial will be different because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Rather than sitting at their desks through the trial, senators may be spread out, including in the “marble room” just off the Senate floor, where proceedings will be shown on TV, and in the public galleries above the chamber, to accommodate social distancing, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

Trump’s second impeachment trial is opening with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold him accountable for the violent Capitol siege and Republicans who want it over as quickly as possible.

The proceedings are expected to diverge from the lengthy, complicated trial that resulted in Trump’s acquittal a year ago on charges that he privately pressured Ukraine to dig up dirt on a Democratic rival, Joe Biden, now the president. This time, Trump’s rally cry to “fight like hell” and the storming of the Capitol played out for the world to see. Trump very well could be acquitted again, and the trial could be over in half

the time.

Biden will be busy with the business of the presidency and won’t spend “too much time watching,” press secretary Jen Psaki said when asked on Monday.

Trump is the first president to be twice impeached, and the only one to face trial after leaving the White House.

The Democratic-led House approved a sole charge, “incitement of insurrection,” acting swiftly one week after the riot, the most violent attack on Congress in more than 200 years. Five people died, including a woman shot by police inside the building and a police officer who died of injuries the next day.

So far, it appears there will be few witnesses called, as the prosecutors and defense attorneys speak directly to senators who have been sworn to deliver “impartial justice” as jurors. Most are also witnesses to the siege, having fled for safety that day as the rioters broke into the Capitol and temporarily halted the electoral count certifying Biden’s victory.

Instead, House managers prosecuting the case are expected to rely on videos from the siege, along with Trump’s incendiary rhetoric refusing to concede the election, to make their case. His new defense team has said it plans to counter with its own cache of videos of Democratic politicians making fiery speeches.

“We have the unusual circumstance where on the very first day of the trial, when those managers walk on the floor of the Senate, there will already be over 100 witnesses present,” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who led Trump’s first impeachment, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“Whether you need additional witnesses will be a strategic call.”

Democrats argue it’s all about holding the former president accountable for his actions, even though he’s out of office.

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what it takes to make a place feel like home and how to make it feel better.” Hoiseth stated.

Making her mark, she started a club her freshman year at MNSU that had the main goal to educate girls world-wide — a cause she’s passionate about.

“Without educating girls we are not going to move forward as a country and world and it is something that is holding us back,” Hoiseth continued.

This event was made to vocalize the ideas of how we can connect with others to advance our education about many topics regarding international students.

Making international students feel welcome — as well as encouraging curiosity among students and faculty in hopes of bridging the gap between themselves and students from other countries — was a topic of discussion during the event.

“I just want to make sure everyone knows that MNSU is committed to our global education,” said Anne Dahlman, Interim Dean of Global Education said. “I want it to be known that if anyone has ideas regarding international students, or creating more opportunities for getting our American students to go

abroad, there are options for you and to always ask.”

Hsinhuei Sheen Chiou, a professor in the Department of Speech at MNSU, discussed an upcoming project she is working on during the event to help empower Black, Indiginous and People of Color (BIPOC) at MNSU. “We want to be able to find ways to reach out and empower these students,” she said. “We want to let them know that being here is a wonderful thing, and if students are running into difficulties we are here for them and we encourage them to get involved in activities to further make it feel like home.”

Sharing her thoughts on the future, Hoiseth said, “I picture myself living in Mankato 10 years from now and would love to participate in a non-profit mission.

Also I do think white people have a lot of work to do in this country to repair the damage that has been done.

I can’t think of a community that I feel like needs love and respect like Mankato does with its history and treatment of Native American people to the acts of violence against my Black friends. So I do feel committed to stay and continue working here.”

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KJERSTIN HALL • The Reporter Harris Deno’s art can be seen at an exhibition in the Conkling Gallery in Nelson Hall.

By SYDNEY BERGGREN Staff Writer Beginning Feb. 8 Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Conkling Gallery will feature the first in the series Masters of Arts in Studio exhibitions that will be open to the public.

The Master of Arts in Studio is a path art students may choose to refine and develop their craft. Students who have completed undergraduate art degrees but wish to enter the art world often realize they want more knowledge and experience with content and other practicing artists and historians.

“In the MA they can push past the intermediate and advanced classes into intensive, individual focus and personal aesthetic development,” says Art Department chair Gina Wegner.

The students will graduate with their MA in May. The first to showcase is Harris Deno, an MA in Ceramic Sculpture.

Deno credits his passion for ceramics to his high school art teacher. He says

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At the moment, Mankato is in the early stages of getting the vaccine.

“Blue earth county is only receiving 200 doses, which are still stage one, which are focused on healthcare professionals,” said Dr. Jones.

Dr. Jones concluded by encouraging students to not wait for vaccines from the University, and if they become available from other resources, to take advantage of those.

he was given the opportunity one summer to assist her in cleaning her classroom in the mornings and learned to throw on the potter’s wheel in the afternoons.

“She was incredible,” he said.

Deno’s exhibition is titled “Reclaim.” He described how the medium itself is really his focus, as there are so many things that can be done with the material. Throughout the passage of time and formation of clay, so many different things have been created, and people’s minds often go to very different places when considering the material.

“It’s like how a spark plug may conjure an image of your father or an old antique bird may conjure an image of your grandma. There are just things you can’t control about the perception of clay,” Deno stated.

This exhibition will also include materials such as carpet, wood, canvases and paint.

“My wish was to evoke conversations between materials, and relationships be-

The Vice President for Finance and Administration Rick Straka spoke to the financial situation of the University.

“We have about a 3 million dollar problem that we need to solve,” said Straka.

Various solutions were brought up for this issue, as funding from the state level will be difficult to attain.

Straka brought up raising tuition as one of the solutions to the funding issues.

“The state says to us ‘you have another source of income, ‘” said Straka.

Retrenchment was also brought up at the meeting.

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tween maker and material,” he said.

While he says he understands his art does not need to be legitimized, and that it will evoke whatever emotions in the viewer that it will evoke, he views it as an “opportunity to share how [he] respond[s] to the works, and [his] own reflections and opinions on them.”

Deno is participating in an Artists’ Talk 11 a.m. Feb. 16 over Zoom to create conversation around his work and to answer viewers’ questions.

The link can be found on the MNSU Art Department Facebook page.

Deno will be the first of four Masters of Arts exhibitions, and his show will run from Feb. 8-26 in the Conkling Gallery, Nelson Hall room 139. The Conkling Gallery is open weekdays, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. If you wish to see the showcase but cannot attend during regular hours, you may contact the department at 507-389-6412 to set up a viewing time, or you can take a virtual walkthrough on their Instagram page @ mnsu_art.

that it is on the table, but did not confirm that it will be used.

The Buildings and Landmarks committee spoke at the meeting about the findings from their review of the names of the various landmarks and buildings across campus in wake of the killing of George Floyd.

The purpose of this review is to do deep dive research on each of the people the buildings are named after.

The committee proposed further review is needed on the Lincoln Statue that is located in the Centennial Student Union. This review will be done by April 30, 2021.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 54% of kids ages 12-17 who smoke use menthol cigarettes.

As a college student I have seen the habitual impacts of smoking stick with my peers throughout the years. A habit not originating as a young adult but as a kid due to the menthol cigarette exposure in their youth.

In many Minnesota counties almost all retailers sell menthol and flavored tobacco products. With each of these retailers there is a high chance that these cigarettes will be on display for a discounted price.

Within walking distance of almost every school there is a retailer that has the availability, affordability, and accessibility of menthol and flavored cigarettes to kids. This is why there needs to be a policy that prohibits the sale of menthol and flavored cigarettes in all stores.

During an hour lunch break a bunch of friends from school walk over to the gas station across the street to buy some slushies. As they walk in an older high school kid is propped against the Redbox smoking a cigarette that smells like mangos.

The kids bustle in and get their slushies as a woman buys a pack of discounted menthol cigarettes with some spare pocket cash. The kids go to checkout and are eyelevel to a wall of colorful pocket-sized boxes they can’t help but notice.

There are lots of flavors and colors just like the slushies in their hands. The group of kids start to wonder why cigarettes are so bad.

It only takes minutes to be exposed to modern tobacco selling techniques. The consumer spotlight once on young adults and adults has now began to shine on the younger population.

In college, I have seen the negative impacts that youth tobacco exposure brings to the lives of many college students.

As a sister of a little brother that loves buying slushies from gas stations, this terrifies me.

We need to take part in the primary prevention of habitual tobacco addiction in college students. We need to prohibit the sale of menthol and flavored cigarettes in all stores.

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dent Government is pushing for the university’s support to get projects started by giving their support to the City of Mankato Representatives.

“We currently do not have improvement projects in our queue for this area,” Mankato City Manager Susan Arntz said.

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By MAXWELL MAYLEBEN Editor in Chief Although this week’s extreme cold has us wondering whether or not we will ever see warm weather again, it is about that time that people start thinking about the dreaded “summer body”.

With spring break rapidly approaching, another fear of students is looking good on the beach resort during their vacations.

While yes, exercise is great for making us look good on the beach to get that fire instagram post, that should not be the only goal of it.

During this time of a global pandemic, it is crucial to focus in on our mental health and work toward feeling good doing things that we can still control.

Exercise is one of those things.

Whether it is going for a run after a stressful day at work, hitting the weights five times a week, or just going on a thirty minute walk around campus, getting some form of activity into your daily routine is proven to be a mood enhancer.

But of course, we all run into the main issue… the excuses.

Whether it is because you are “too tired all the time”, “don’t know what to do” or even “I don’t feel like it today”, we are quick to justify not putting in work to better ourselves.

The biggest problem with each of those excuses is that the best way to get over them is by actually exercising.

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Consistent exercise has been proven to boost energy throughout the day. Training your muscles gives them more strength and endurance, which in turn, gives you more energy to make it through the day.

When it comes to not knowing what to do or how to go about getting in shape, this should be no excuse.

There are crazy amounts of resources both on and off campus when it comes to how to exercise and be healthy.

Whether it is utilizing the Otto Rec Center, going to group workout sessions that are offered by the University, or simply watching one of the millions of exercise Youtube channels, there is a plethora of resources to learn how to better yourself.

The biggest and scariest excuse though is “I don’t feel like it”.

This is the hardest hurdle, because it is simply you telling yourself that exercise is some-

thing you are choosing not to prioritize. It is the hardest excuse to break through, because there are no external factors, it is just your own mind.

Especially during this time of pandemic, it is so easy to just stay in and not leave your couch. This can be detrimental to one’s mental health as well as physical. If we can work to get through the roadblocks that we set up in our mind, we will be able to live a much healthier lifestyle.

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“IT’S THE RIVALRY” The Mavs took matters into their own hands, literally, to sweep Bowling Green

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor Those are the three words that head coach Mike Hastings had to describe the series and type of play in the Mavericks sweep against the No. 12-ranked Bowling Green Falcons.

The Mavs (11-2-1) moved up to rank No. 3 in the country after they took a 4-0 win on Friday and 5-1 on Saturday in their home series against the Falcons (16-6-0).

The first five minutes alone showed just how hard of competitors these two teams are. Following an icing call immediately off the center ice face-off to start the game, the next whistle didn’t come until almost nine minutes of play, when McKay consumed a shot from the slot in his chest.

The Mavericks found the first goal of the game in the second period after taking advantage of a power play opportunity after BGSU’s Max Johnson took an interference penalty in the offensive zone. MSU’s Sam Morton came out of the box and handed the puck to Julian Napravnik, who entered the zone with Jake Livingston and Nathan Smith in an odd man rush.

Napravnik dropped the puck behind himself for Livingstone to pass it across the ice for Smith’s one-timer goal, his third of the year.

Minnesota State took the second goal of the game following a five minute major from Bowling Green, as Livingstone and Zmolek cycle around the top of the zone, when Zmolek finally fired a shot from the point that got deflected from Dallas Gerads to take the 2-0 lead.

Walker Duehr then gave the Mavericks a 3-0 lead after skating behind the net, searching for a pass, but ended up taking a shot for himself and finding the top left corner past Bowling Green’s Eric Dop. In his first game back since his injury, Riese Zmolek made it look easy, casually skating into the zone, making a move past every Falcon defender, just to backhand it past Dop’s glove side, making it a 4-0 game for the Mavs and sealing the win.

Junior goaltender Dryden McKay continued his string of stellar performances in this shortened season with his seventh shutout of the year, and his 21st shutout of his career, moving himself into second place in the NCAA all-time shutout leaders, being tied with former Bemidji State goaltender, Michael

Photos by MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter The Mavericks swept the Bowling Green Falcons in a physical series at home. Reggie Lutz led the Mavs with two goals on the weekend, and Dryden McKay earned his seventh shutout of the year.

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“Every time we play it’s a battle,” head coach Mike Hastings said after the game. “Whether you talk to [Bowling Green head coach] Ty [Eigner], his staff, myself, our staff, our players, I think we’ve got a lot of respect for each other.”

One might argue that the respect that coach Hastings is referring to, now only goes one way.

With 30 seconds left in the third period of Saturday’s game, Bowling Green’s Will Cullen entered the zone chasing Jared Spooner, when Cullen threw Spooner into the boards head first. An unaffiliated news source for the Bowling Green Falcons hockey team tweeted following the play, “I always try to remain as neutral as possible.

But Cullen’s hit on that play should earn him some games off. Embarrassing play.” The hit resulted in a full-line brawl between the two teams, with plenty of discussion going on between the players on the benches. The play alone ended with 72 minutes in penalties, including three 10 minute game misconducts and a disqualification against Cullen. This was Cullen’s third game misconduct on the season, earning him a one-game suspension at the least. The Maverick Captain Zmolek was also booted from the game for fighting with the Falcons’ Sam Craggs, while defending his teammate in the altercation.

The events that led up to that point is what built up the frustration for the Falcons, including five goals from four unique scorers, including three goals in under three minutes to end the second period.

The scoring started with Shane McMahan’s first career goal, as he grabbed the puck behind the net from a deflected shot, circled out to the bottom of the face-off circle, and ripped his shot off the inside of the top left corner post, to take an early 1-0 lead just five minutes into the first period.

The scoring would quiet down until late in the second period, when Ryan Sandelin took a questionable interference call at the six minute mark and the Mavericks killed the penalty successfully. Sandelin immediately got out of the box and took a pass from Smith.

Sandelin took the puck to the top of the face-off circle and went top shelf on Zack Rose, giving the

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Wrestling Improves to 4-1 with win over UMary

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QUINCY TAKES CONTROL Anderson’s career-high 31 points help lift the Mavs in the home finale

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The Minnesota State wrestling team took their fourth win of the year against the University of Mary Marauders.

The Mavericks (4-1) who are coming off their first loss of the season against the St. Cloud Huskies looked like their old selves again in their demolition against the Marauders.

MSU started the meet with five straight wins, beginning with Trenton McManus, who is ranked No. 9 in the country at 125 pounds, took an 11-1 major decision over UMary’s Jeremy Leintz and improved his record to 5-0 on the year. Brock Luthens then improved his record to 3-2 after a 5-2 decision over Laken Boese at 133.

Kolbe O’Brien beat out Drew Steidler by fall in 4:59 to give the Mavericks a 13-0 lead going into Kyle Rathman’s duel. Rathman, ranked No. 2 in the nation at 145 pounds, won by a 9-1 major decision over Chandler Mooney, improving his season record to 5-0. Cooper Siebrecht then took a 6-2 decision at 157 pounds to give the Mavs a 20-0 lead.

The streak ended when Brody Nielsen lost a 6-2 decision to Braydon Huber at 165, giving UMary their first points on the day.

No. 3-ranked Trevor Turriff won his 7-5 decision over his old high school teammate and No. 11-ranked Max Bruss, to improve to 5-0 on the year.

Dylan Butts took the final victory of the night for the Mavericks with a 4-0 decision over Grant Litke, putting the Mavs in the lead 26-3.

UMary snagged the last two wins of the night Matt Kaylor’s major decision over Matt Blome and No. 12 Dom Tudor’s decision over Max Villnow.

After the match, head coach Jim Makovsky commented, “there’s a lot of good...but there’s a lot of teachable moments,” he said. “We’re trying to be the best version of ourselves we can be.”

The Mavs are looking forward to their final match of the year against UW-Parkside this Thursday at home.

The Minnesota State University swim and dive team is getting set for the NSIC Championships starting Wednesday, Feb. 10, and proceeding through Saturday, Feb. 13.

The Mavericks sit just behind the University of Sioux Falls Cougars in points with 585.95, and capping off the regular season with a 4-0 record.

The Mavericks last meeting against the Minnesota State University-Moorhead Dragons was canceled due to COVID-19 testing protocols, so an intrasquad meet was held in place of the duel.

The championship will take place at the Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo, North Dakota. The swimming preliminaries will take place at 10 a.m. each day with the finals at 5:30 p.m., and the diving preliminaries will take place on Thursday and Saturday at 1 p.m. with finals during the evening with the swimming events.

The event will not allow any spectators due to COVID-19 protocols.

The Mavericks are ranked No. 24 among NCAA Division II schools and No. 2 in the NSIC. The Mavericks have a promising chance at advancing past the conference championships with an outstanding record in the shortened season, outsourcing their opponents 795-375.

Junior swimmer Anja Enervold leads the Mavericks in points with 610.35, and most recently won two events against the Huskies in the 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke with times of 59.17 and 2:06.17, respectively.

Freshman swimmer Ella DeFever sits right behind Enervold with 605.75 points on the year, and also recently took first place in the 100m freestyle with a time of 54.84.

The Mavericks also excel in the 400 medley relay with the likes of Enervold, DeFever, Emily Goodman, and Kayla Rinderknecht.

Freshman swimmer Olivia Meinberg has been having a great year for herself as well with 585.70 points.

Sophomore Quincy Anderson leads the Mavericks in scoring with 218 total points over 12 games.

By DANIEL MCELROY • Sports Editor Photos by MANSOOR AHMAD • Media Director The Minnesota State men’s basketball team (8-4) split their series this weekend against the Winona State Warriors (4-5).

The Mavericks dropped two games in a row for the first time this season, following a loss to the Sioux Falls Cougars, and losing their first game against the Warriors this past weekend.

Friday’s first half was as close as could be, with the lead only getting greater than six points. The first half scoring was back and forth and proved that the Warriors, who sit at sixth in the NSIC standings, can put up a fight when they need to. The Warriors ended the first half in the lead by a score 45-40.

Through the first half, the Mavs were shooting 57.14% in field goals and 66.67% from three point range.

Winona State extended this lead even further in the second half by as much as 17, and went on a 13-1 run to start the second half.

The Mavs attempted to cut this lead as much as possible to make it a close game, but came up empty handed.

Warriors forward Taylor Kevion recorded a personal and team season-high of 30 points in the win, while playing 37 minutes.

Mavericks’ Devonte Thedford led the team in points with 24, shooting 8 of 14 field goals, and making all six free throws.

Quincy Anderson scored 13 points in the loss and shot four of 13 field goals, while making three 3-pointers.

MSU came back to Bresnan Arena on Saturday with fire in their eyes.

Although the Warriors got on the board first with a layup, the Mavs took a commanding early lead of 16-6 with points from Malik Willingham, Thedford and Anderson.

WSU brought it back to a tight game and cutting the Mavs lead to no more than two possessions, and even tying the game with just more than a minute a remaining in the half, but a layup from Anderson and 3-pointer from Thedford put the Mavs in the lead 42-37 going into the locker rooms.

Despite a very close first half, the second half was anything but. The Mavs outscored the Warriors 47-27 and took the win 89-64.

Anderson had a career game for himself, scoring 31 points and shooting 12 of 19 field goals. Anderson also led the team in rebounds with six.

Willingham scored 17 in the win, making a team-high over the weekend five three-pointers.

Brady Williams got himself in double-digits as well, scoring 11, making 4-of-5 field goals, and three of 3 three-pointers.

Devonte Thedford led the Mavs in scoring with 24 points in their loss against the Warriors on Friday.

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Women’s Hockey manages to Split Series with Huskies

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor Following a series sweep that gave momentum in favor of the Mavericks, MSU split their series against the St. Cloud State Huskies.

The Mavericks (7-10-1) got shutout by a score of 4-0 in Friday’s loss, but came back swinging on Monday with a 4-2 win over the Huskies (4-12-1).

The Huskies started the scoring on Friday night with Emm Gentry’s goal from the slot, after receiving a pass off the high boards from Klara Hymlarova following Mariah Gardner’s hooking penalty almost six minutes into the second period.

Just 35 seconds later, the Huskies force a turnover against the Mavericks and find themselves in a 2-on-1 odd man rush. Tristen Truax makes an attempt to take away the passing lane as the lone defenseman, but Talyor Lind manages to get the puck over to Laura Kluge and go top shelf on Calla Frank’s blocker side.

For the third goal of the game with 5:30 remaining in the second period, the Huskies caught the Mavericks on a line change and enter the offensive zone in another 2-on-1 situation, with Frank making the initial save from Jenniina Nylund’s shot, but Gentry managed to grab the rebound and bury the puck for her second goal of the game.

Another 2:33 later, the Huskies found their fourth goal of the second period and the game from Hannah Bates, who fired a shot from

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter Sophomore forward Kennedy Bobyck scored a goal for the Mavs Saturday against the Huskies.

the point and managed to get through traffic and give the Huskies a 4-0 win.

Huskies freshman goaltender Sanni Ahola recorded her second career shutout against the Mavericks, stopping all 38 shots she faced.

An area that the Mavs excelled at and head coach John Harrington have been working on improving all season was the faceoff circle, going 31-21 in faceoffs. Brittyn Fleming led the centers winning 14-19 faceoffs.

The Mavericks kicked it into gear on Saturday scoring four goals of their win and splitting their final series of the year with the Huskies.

Truax found the net first for the Mavericks on Saturday after giving a pass to defensive partner Madison Oelkers and taking it back, to walk into the zone, make

two moves on St. Cloud defenders and buried the puck with just under two minute remaining in the first period.

Just over five minutes into the second period, the combination of Lind and Kluge connected for the second time this weekend, after Lind forced a turnover in the Mavericks zone and gave Kluge a lane to take a shot and tie the game at one a piece.

Less than two minutes later, the Mavericks caught the Huskies on a bad line change this time around, giving Sidney Langseth a break away opportunity. Langseth came down the ice and made Emma Polusney bite and go down a move, when Langseth went to her backhand and buried the puck past a scrambling Husky goaltender.

Another three minutes later, Polusney makes a costly

mistake, skating out of the net to clear a slow rolling puck in front of her, but mistakenly passes it directly to Kennedy Bobyck, who has a wide open net and scores her second goal of the year.

MSU’s final goal of the night came off some excellent teamwork and passing after a tic-tac-toe play from Mariah Gardner, to Jamie Nelson, to Kelsey King, giving King her eighth goal of the year.

The Huskies found the net once more on the night but it was not enough as the Mavs took a 4-2 win.

King’s goal kept her atop the goal scoring leaders for the Mavericks and moved her into fourth in the WCHA. Calla Frank had a great night between the pipes stopping 27-29 shots and improved her record to 6-8-1.

Mavericks Split Series, Drop Overtime meeting with Warriors

By DANIEL MCELROY Sports Editor

The Minnesota State women’s basketball team (65) split their series this weekend against the Winona State Warriors (2-6) in their final games on the road.

The Mavs won the first meeting of the weekend by a score of 76-59 and extended their win streak to three games, but fell to the Warriors in overtime on Saturday, 95-91.

The Mavericks start out the first game of the weekend in a hurry, taking the lead 11-0, and don’t lose the lead for the entire showing. The Mavs extended their lead to 19 points several times throughout the fourth quarter, with the scoring being spread through the whole Mavericks roster.

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter Joey Batt bounced back with 27 points in Saturday’s loss against the Warriors.

Tayla Stuttley led the scoring with 15 points and tied for the most rebounds with seven. Brooke Tonsfeldt and Rachel Shumski each recorded 14 points, and Joey Batt ended the day with 12 points and recorded a team-high for

the season eight steals.

The Warriors came out on Saturday being a bit more aware of what MSU was capable of. Although the Mavs got on the board first, WSU were not far behind them, and managed to find their

first lead of the game when it mattered most, in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks regained the lead by 9 with 55 seconds remaining, but the Warriors scored four times with a layup, free throw, and two 3-pointers to tie the game with 24 seconds remaining. A jumper from each team was missed in the final seconds to push the game into overtime.

The Mavs were outscored in overtime 17-13, and dropped the series finale 95-91.

Batt had the game she’s been waiting for, earning 27 points and played 39 minutes, both were the most for the Mavs. Batt also recorded a season-high for the team with 11 field goals made.

Rylee Menster had the second most on the Mavs with 17 points, while Stuttley led the team in rebounds with nine.

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Just over a minute later, Smith did a fantastic job killing time behind the net and making several moves on the Bowling Green defenders, as he found a passing lane to the front of the net, giving Jared Spooner his second goal of the season on a one-timer.

Another one minute and thirty seconds later, the Mavs find themselves in a two-onone odd man rush, with the iconic duo of Elk River natives Jaremko to Lutz taking a 4-0 lead, with Minnesota State scoring three goals in the final 3:15 of the second period.

Following the Mavericks barrage of goals, Bowling Green swapped goaltenders and sat Rose on the bench, and brought Dop back to end the weekend for the Falcons.

With just three minutes into the third period, Lutz came off the bench and into the Falcons zone in a hurry, turning the puck over, grabbing it for himself, and fired it past Dop for his second goal of the night and seventh of the season.

The Mavericks closed out the night with a 5-1 win and a sweep against a top ten team in the country.

Minnesota State allowed only one goal across two games against the top goal scoring team in the league, who coming into the weekend, were scoring an average of four goals per game.

“Last night combined with tonight, I thought Dryden McKay, when we did break down he was there for us, especially early tonight,” Hastings said following the game.

Regarding how the game ended on Saturday night, Hastings commented, “It’s not good. We’ve got to protect players and hopefully that happens,” he said with a concerned look and an unimpressed facial expression.

Concerning the health of Spooner who got hit, all Hastings had to say, again, was “not good.”

The Mavs closed out the weekend with eight unique goal scorers, including Lutz tallying two of his own to put himself as the Mavericks leading goal scorer with seven.

Smith added a goal and two assists on the weekend, Napravnik tallied two assists, and Borchardt recorded one assist, to put all three of them at 16 points on the year, all leading the Mavericks in points.

McKay stopped 50 of 51 shots he faced this weekend and improved his overall record to 11-1-0, lowering his goals against average to .84 goals allowed per game, and brought up his save percentage to .959.

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Buccaneers Win Second Super Bowl, Brady’s 7th Photos by GREGORY BULL, CHARLIE RIEDEL,DAVID J. PHILLIP, and CHRIS O’MEARA • Associated Press

Bucs, Lightning, Rays transform Tampa Bay into Titletown ASSOCIATED PRESS Fans, many of them of them not wearing masks, poured into downtown streets and packed bars and nightclubs around the city to celebrate another professional sports title for Tampa Bay, which is building a reputation as a home of champions.

Los Angeles has reigning world champs in baseball’s Dodgers and basketball’s Lakers, however, it’s difficult to top the collective success of this region’s Super Bowl-winning Buccaneers, Stanley Cup champion Lightning and World Series runner-up Rays while playing through challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s hard enough to win a title in any sport, let alone the same city being able to nab two and almost get another at the same time,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.

Super Bowl Sunday was a travel day for the Lightning, who flew to Nashville, where they watched Tampa Bay’s 31-9 rout of the Kansas City Chiefs as a group at their team hotel.

“Congrats@Buccaneers!

Thanks for the birthday present,” captain Steven Stamkos, who turned 31, wrote on Twitter, where he also posted a photo of teammates posing in Bucs gear in front a giant television screen showing Tom Brady celebrating after the game.

“You feel like you’ve got a stake in the game when it’s your home team. That was the cool part about watching the game and watching all the guys in the room cheer. It was a really cool feeling,” Cooper said. “I know we’re not part of the NFL, but you feel a part of it. So it was great. Impressive.

What a showing. It was fun to watch.”

The Lightning made their entire postseason run in NHL playoff bubbles set up in Canada, hoisting the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history in September.

The following month, Major League Baseball’s Rays captured their second American League pennant in a bubble setting in California before losing to the Dodgers in six games during a neutral-site World Series played in Texas.

The Bucs’ second NFL title was especially sweet because they won three straight road playoff games to become the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium.

Brady gets 7th Trophy in a Season to Remember ASSOCIATED PRESS So much of it looked familiar — from the heartfelt rendering of the national anthem, to the silvery, star-studded halftime show, to Tom Brady standing there at the end with a mile-wide smile, awash in confetti.

So much of it looked strange — from the maskedup coaches on the sideline, to the cardboard cutouts in the half-empty stands, to Brady — what? — wearing pewter-andred pants and a helmet with a Buccaneer, not a Patriot, on the side.

History was made, just as it always is, on a picture-perfect Sunday evening at the Super Bowl. Brady and his new team, Tampa Bay, sliced and diced their way to a 31-9 thumping of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs to help the NFL put the final exclamation mark on a season that many thought could never happen.

But this kind of history?

Brady adding to his record with a seventh Super Bowl title, but with the long-suffering Bucs, not the front-running New England Patriots? And with 7,500 of the most precious tickets in sports given to health-care workers — the world’s unsung heroes — who mingled in with those cardboard cutouts, and only a few thousand live, hard-core fans?

This is the way football looks as the world veers into the second year of a deadly global pandemic.

Twelve months ago, the Chiefs stood on top of the podium, a few hundred miles away in South Florida, with Mahomes being touted as the quarterback of the future and the virus now known as COVID-19 thought by many to be scary, but well bottled up, a world away in China.

As the pandemic raged across the globe, and into the United States, where it has now killed more than 440,000 people, the world recoiled and tried to contain the damage, with each country and each state enjoying varying degrees of success.

The NFL used its offseason to plan and try to find a way to keep football alive. Its mission — applauded by some, derided by others — was to provide a sense of normalcy, to give fans of America’s most popular sport a diversion from the frightening routines and lifeand-death choices that confronted them on a daily basis.

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