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Pan African Conference promotes diversity Three-day conference discusses issues facing African Americans

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TAEHUI PARK Staff Writer The 42nd Annual Dr. Michael T. Fagin Pan African Conference took place at Minnesota State University, Mankato from Wednesday, Feb. 7 to Friday, Feb. 9.

The conference focused on the theme, “Vindicating the Suffering of Our Ancestors and Earning the Respect of Future Generations.” The conference aimed to build student leaders and provide them with an opportunity to discuss issues that affect African-Americans.

The theme of the conference was put on by organizers in the Black Lives Matter Movement and a social justice organization, regardless of actual or perceived socio-economic status, sexual identity, disability, gender identity or expression, creed, religious affiliation, immigration status, or geographic location.

The first day of the conference kicked off with a pre-conference workshop and opening performance.

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The workshop highlighted “experiments in creative writing for the page and stage” in the CSU Ostrander Auditorium, facilitated by Junauda Petrus and Erin Sharkey from Free Black Dirt.

Along with various performances and the feast of delectable African cuisines, there were also a series of panel discussions on issues centering around African-Americans.

The speakers included State

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Flu season worse this year, says Health Services Tips on how to stay healthy and avoid contracting the flu

MADISON DIEMERT Staff Writer With winter comes the flu, and every year it’s a little different.

With this year’s strain in

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particular, however, there has been an increase in people catching the contagious virus.

Student Health Services has been seeing students with both influenza A and B and say this flu season is worse than the years before.

It is important to understand what this virus is and how to take precautions to avoid catching it.

Most people have contracted the flu a few times in their life and probably know

what it feels like—you’re achy, feel nauseous, tired, and so on. But it’s important to understand all the symptoms of the flu and how it differs from other viruses, like the common cold.

Jodi Egeland, a medical director at MNSU’s Student Health Services, says the symptoms of the flu “are usually of sudden onset” and that people can experience things like a high fever, headache, chills, fatigue,

body aches, and even some chest discomfort.

“Cold symptoms usually begin more gradually and it is common to experience a runny or stuffy nose with sneezing, sore throat, a cough, and sometimes fatigue,” said Egeland. She also said that if you have the cold, there

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RecycleMania is a competition that challenges colleges in the United States and Canada to improve their recycling.

There are a number of categories to measure how a campus can reduce its waste. The percentage of waste recycled is counted as well as a category dealing with the minimization of food waste.

Paul Prew, co-chair of the Environmental Committee at Minnesota State University, Mankato, said that the university has participated in this competition since 2013. MNSU has generally been improving its recycling rates, but other campuses, with more aggressive recycling program, have recycling rates of over 80 percent.

MNSU does have room for improvement and RecycleMania is a way to help keep the campus focused on developing innovative ways to improve its recycling and generally reducing its waste.

At the Game Day event last year, MNSU had 20 student volunteers who contributed 96 hours to help improve its recycling.

The university placed 16th out of 30 in the Game Day Basketball Event with a diversion rate of 72.37 percent, compared to 15th out of 24 in 2016 with a diversion rate of 62.2 percent.

The campus improved by over 10 percent and diverted nearly 75 percent of its waste in the game day event last year. Despite these strong efforts, MNSU moved down in the rankings, which shows how tough the competition is.

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The competition works by measuring the trash, recycling, and composted material. The waste is collected and then it measures the amount of material that people threw in the trash and how much was then recycled. Those weights are used in the rankings for the RecycleMania competition.

The Student Environmental Committee members have worked hard to promote recycling during the event to reduce the amount of trash and increase the recycling rates. Erik Olson, student co-chair of the Environmental Committee, Monica Warner, president of the Environmental Student Organization, and Medea Myhra, from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, have been leading the effort.

In addition to the ecological benefits of recycling materials, MNSU could save money if students, staff, and faculty recycle more.

The university is charged to haul away our trash, but recycling is free. While it may take quite a lot of plastic bottles to add enough weight to be noticeable, we are effectively throwing away money when we put recyclables in the trash. Everyone on campus can help out by making the effort in putting their recyclables in the proper bins. The more people get into the habit of reducing their waste and recycling, the easier it will be to continue to recycle.

Anyone interested in helping out with RecycleMania can contact the Environmental Committee.

There are volunteer opportunities for RecycleMania, but there is also a standing subcommittee that works on recycling throughout the year.

Another subcommittee is interested in composting, which is another way to reduce our waste on campus.

This group recently brought a resolution to MSSA to expand composting on campus, which the MSSA voted to support.

All of the subcommittees are made up of a mixture of dedicated students, staff, and faculty. Prew stated that he is constantly impressed by the dedication of folks on campus to volunteer to make this campus more sustainable and help save money in the process. Everybody is welcome to join the efforts and RecycleMania is one way to get involved.

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Snow Daze spreading spirit among students Old tradition renewed in hopes of becoming “winter Homecoming” KAITLYN JORGENSEN Staff Writer This week is Snow Daze hat Minnesota State University, Mankato, put on by the Student Events Team.

Snow Daze began as an MNSU tradition in the 1980s and continued through the early 2000s. This was an exciting week packed full of festivities dedicated to igniting school spirit even in the coldest months of the year.

No one is certain why Snow Daze fizzled out.

Some speculate that it was due to changes in student leadership; once an earlier group of students graduated, the remaining underclassmen did not have the same motivation to continue with the snow days tradition. Nearly fifteen years later, the Student Events Team has worked hard in an effort to revive this old school tradition and have a lot planned for the upcoming week.

Free for students, the events started Monday, Feb. 12 with pop ring toss and karaoke in the Lincoln Lounge. Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be big screen Rockband in the Ostrander Auditorium and Hole in One, a mini golf game, in the Hearth Lounge. On Wednesday, a food eating contest will take

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place in the Hearth Lounge at noon and free bowling and trivia will go on in the Bullpen from 8-11 p.m.

Thursday, Snow Drop Bingo will take place in the CSU Mall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Family Feud ending the week of festivities at 7 p.m. in the CSU Ballroom.

Those who would like to participate in Family Feud can start registering Thursday at 6:30 outside the ballroom.

Any proceeds made from tipping the various rock band performers will benefit the Dance Marathon and Children’s Miracle Network.

Snow Daze can be comparable to the “winter Homecoming Week.”

“Although we always have pride on campus, during the spring semester, it isn’t as noticeable,” said Kristin Mossman, the Homecoming Tradition and Spirits Chair on the Student Events team.

“Bailey [Hofmeister] and I decided to do Snow Daze as the spirited event for the semester. The goal with Snow Daze is to create the same feeling of homecoming, just on a smaller scale.”

The Homecoming Tradition and Spirits Chair is in charge of holding events during the year that bring spirit to campus.

Hofmeister holds the Special Events Chair for the Student Events team.

“We both wanted

something that was similar to homecoming to bring more pride and spirit on campus during the colder months,” said Hofmeister. “Kristin’s chair was created to help bring pride all yearlong and not just over Homecoming Week. We are also very excited to see the tradition of Snow Daze back on campus.”

The hope is that Snow Daze once again becomes an annual event here at MNSU. “We hope it stays around after this year,” Mossman said. “I would love to see it become a tradition here and continue to grow each year as Homecoming has.”

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“If you think you have the flu, schedule an appointment with Health Services.” is rarely a chance of you having a fever. But if you do, it’s going to be low grade.

Now that you know the differences between the viruses, the next step is knowing how to protect yourself. Of course, you should use everyday practices such as washing your hands and staying away from those who are infected with the flu, but Egeland also encourages students to get the flu shot.

“Our clinic still has them available,” said Egeland.

“If you do experience Influenza you should get plenty of rest [and] drink healthy fluids such as soup, juice, and Gatorade, in addition to water.”

Egeland also recommends staying out of work and class until your fever dies down without the help of medications to prevent spreading the virus to others.

Acetaminophen and

ibuprofen can be used to treat your fever and pain, but Egeland says that if you have shortness of breath, any chest pain, abdominal pain, or you can’t keep any fluids down, you should seek emergency medical attention, as those are severe symptoms. She also says to seek emergency medical attention if “your fever goes above 103.5 degrees.”

Egeland urges students to go to the Health Services’ website if they need any more information on the flu virus. If you think you have the flu, schedule an appointment with Health Services. Egeland says Health Services is “able to test patients with a rapid flu test that is more than 90 percent accurate.”

It is very fast and students should get their results fifteen minutes after taking the test.

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Representative Ilhan Omar; Minneapolis City Council member Andrea Jenkins; lawyer and civil rights attorney Mawuli Davis; Black Youth Project 100 National Director Charlene Carruthers; film director Damon Davis; co-founder of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now, Paris Hatcher; community organizer and co-executive director of Freedom, Inc., M. Adams; and former Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Bernadeia Johnson.

The conference ended with a keynote address by Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., a civil rights movement activist and authority of the strategy on nonviolent social change.

“Because you are making history, it is important for you to maintain the notes about the experience that you haven’t reached,” said Dr. LaFayette. “We need to appreciate the fact that we are making a difference. It is for the future that we are making but we will never see. We have to appreciate every moment and we have to record a document for the moment.”

The conference was also enlightening to a person who is not African-American.

“I haven’t had a chance to see and experience the issues centering around African-Americans. I’m really glad that I participated in this conference. I don’t think

I am able to fully understand their issues by just attending this conference once, but I could see what they are seeing and how they feel from their point of view during the conference,” said Seung-Hwan Yoon, a senior political science major and international student.

The Pan African Conference aims to develop and enhance the leadership skills in collegiate black young adults, providing opportunities for academic scholars, professionals, and community members to discuss issues that affect descendants of Africa on a local, national and international level.

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BILL HAMM Staff Writer How is it that under a democrat Governor, we go from the 9th most racist state in America when he took office, to the 2nd most racist state today, according to MPR’s 2017 survey?

How is it that every progressive/liberal political organizations in Minnesota refuses to use words like racism, racial justice, racist arrest rates, racist police brutality, racist conviction rates in our criminal justice system, or racist bias in our education system especially

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reform, and education gap? This rewording of the truth has a name and it is “whitewashing,” the intentional downplaying of

“It was clear to me that racism is not recognized by this, the Minnesota organization that should be leading the battle.”

surrounding punishment?

How is it that we would rather use terms like racial discourse, social justice, police misconduct, justice

racial issues by white liberals and progressives so they don’t have to deal with the violent reality of Minnesota’s blatant racism.

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opening year for me as I have used the opportunity to contribute to all these organizations based on their racist public interaction.

It started in July with my appointment to the State DFL Central Committee.

At the first meeting, I nominated myself for the State Chair Position. I did this in opposition to their horribly whitewashed legislative agenda that refused to recognize Minnesota racism in any form. It was clear to me that racism is not recognized by this, the Minnesota organization that should be leading the battle. I spoke my piece, got a hardy thank you from several delegates of color and a few whites,

and business went on as usual. This has not ended the discussion or the pressure for change, which we must follow.

Next is “Our Revolution MN” (ORMN), an effort many of us expected to promote racial justice and the rest of Bernie Sanders plank.

The sad reality was a huge surprise to many of us; we found that instead ORMN was taken over by a white group promoting the racist RCV voting system instead of standing against racism. Two sub groups, the Duluth ORMN

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World Anthropology Day to be celebrated Feb. 15 at MNSU KAITLYN JORGENSEN Staff Writer MNSU will be celebrating World Anthropology Day on Thursday, Feb. 15.

The events will begin at 10 a.m. in Trafton Science Center North, Room 359 where they will host an Anthropology open house. There will also be faculty-led tours of the anthropology laboratories from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., for all to come in and learn about anthropology. Snacks will be provided in addition to

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Anthropology Day targets celebrating and raising awareness for the study of anthropology. Simply put, anthropology is the study of humanity. Anthropologists are interested in the earliest primate ancestors, past peoples, and in people living today, both locally and globally.

Anthropologists want to understand differences and similarities, and why these exist.

“This is a great time for anthropology,” said Dr. Alisse

is open to today’s anthropologist graduates.

They range from public health to bilingual education to international development.

Anthropologists will share their work around the globe.

MNSU anthropology faculty members have ongoing research projects, both locally within Minnesota and around the globe in Mexico, Tanzania, England, and Scandinavia. Dr. Rhonda

Dass and Dr. Chelsea Mead work with sovereign Native American nations.

MNSU alumni, Joshua Anderson, played a crucial role in 2015 for getting the first Anthropology Day event off the ground while working as an intern in Washington D.C. for the AAA. The AAA, founded in 1902, has grown to include more than 10,000 members, and is now the world’s largest

professional organization of anthropologists. The Association is dedicated to advancing human understanding and tackling the world’s most pressing problems. The AAA always hosts Anthropology Day on the third Thursday in February so as to avoid conflict with school breaks and any major holiday.

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In addition, the Emeritus Dr. Paul Brown will be giving an informative talk, titled “Race and the Fallacy of White Supremacy,” in CSU

Waterston, President of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). “Today’s anthropologists are making remarkable contributions to human understanding and tackling the world’s most pressing problems.”

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and Southern Minnesota ORMN are questioning those connections, but this betrayal undermines the organization of Berniebackers for the midterms here in MN and will likely take well into next year to correct.

The next group “Justice Democrats” grew out of the “Young Turks” effort and claims to be backing the Bernie platform. The reality is that they are again a white dominant group that has also copped out

and settled for the “safe words,” making them worthless to the cause of racial justice. This group has all the appearance of being a DNC front organization dedicated to dividing Bernie supporters for the DNC’s benefit.

On caucus evening, Tuesday, Feb. 6th, McAllister College hosted Dr. Nekima Levy-Pounds as its keynote speaker. She is a powerful speaker on the issue of progressive/ liberal refusal to embrace

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Mavs upset No. 5 Ohio State

The women’s hockey team defeated the Buckeyes, 3-2, on home ice

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KEVIN KORBEL Sports Editor The Mavericks closed out the season series with the Ohio State Buckeyes this past weekend, upsetting the no. 5 team in the nation on Friday, 4-1.

During Friday’s matchup, senior Lindsey Coleman scored 29 seconds into regulation and Minnesota State women’s hockey never looked back at that point.

The team received two goals from Coleman, the game-winning goal from senior forward Amanda Conway, an insurance goal from junior forward Rebekah Kolstad and two assists from freshman forward Brittyn Fleming, while sophomore goaltender Chloe Crosby

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stifled the Ohio State attack with 35 saves.

In the third period, Crosby made 15 stops for a total of 35 for the game and Kolstad added the Mavericks’ final goal, her second of the season, at 13:43 to make the final score 4-1. Sophomore defenseman McKenzie Sederberg chipped the puck ahead to Kolstad in the Mavericks’ defensive zone. Kolstad skated the puck down the ice and, going towards the left side of

the net, backhanded a shot that snuck through Zeglen’s five-hole as she shifted in the net. Sederberg was credited with the assist.

The Minnesota State defense blocked 25 shots, including seven by senior defenseman and team captain Anna Keys, and five by Hinze.

Fleming increased her team-leading assist and point totals to 15 and 19, respectively.

“It’s a big win for the Mav-

ericks . . . we have a depth of a lot of talented players, and it’s nice to see everything finally come together tonight,” said head coach, John Harrington, after the Mavericks huge victory over the Buckeyes.

After the Mavs upset the Buckeyes, the teams would then play on Saturday night,

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Blome, Farmah lead team to victory The wrestling team up-ended both its opponents this past weekend DAVID BASSEY Staff Writer This past weekend, the Minnesota State Maverick wrestling team squared-off in a pair Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) duals in Aberdeen, SD and Marshall, Minnesota.

The Mavericks tamed the Northern State Wolves on Friday, 42-3, and rode the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs on Saturday with a 27-6 over the team, improving their record to 8-4 overall and 5-3 in the NSIC.

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Against the Wolves, the 174 pound sophomore Zach Johnston quickly regained the momentum for the Mavericks with a decision victory over Kaden Campbell. Senior wrestler Corey Abernathy quickly followed suit with a decision victory, scoring two takedowns and a near-fall over Riley Lura. Sophomore Matthew Blome began a streak of five matches with a fall in the first period to extend the Maverick lead 12-3 in the 197-pounds class.

Sophomore Andrew McFall began the second half with a quick second period fall over NSU Juan Castellanos, his first of the season.

In the 133-pound class, junior George Farmah gained the quickest pin of the night over Jens Knutson to get a quick six points for the team.

Sophomore Louie Sanders was victorious over Josh Moore, while freshman Kyle Rathman won by a major decision over Griffin Hieb,

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gaining his tenth bonus-point victory of the season. Junior Daniel Close certainly closed the lid on the night with a decision win over Tanner Olson, a terrific way to cap the night of terrific dual victories for the Minnesota State.

On Friday, the Mavericks traveled to Marshall where sophomore Blome was phenomenal on both days with a

victory over Jack Ryan in the 197-pound weight class. In the 285-pounds class, Chris Zimmer pounced over Ben Thompson of SMSU giving the Mavericks a 9-0 lead early.

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The men’s hockey club continued their season-ending push to the NCAA tournament with another pair of victories against the Alabama Huntsville Mustangs, moving the no. 5 Mavericks to 23-7 on the season.

Another weekend, another showing of dominance for the club, as the offense went on a scoring rampage, outscoring the Mustangs 9-3.

This selfless group showed up with an offense that showed no backing down the whole series.. After the initial two periods only yielded a lone Parker Tuomie goal (he also finished with two assists), the Mavericks were up 1-0 in headed into the third. The Mustangs started to show signs of life following a goal in the first 1:14 of the period, thanks in large-part to a goal by junior defenseman, Kurt Gosselin.

The Mustangs were leading 2-1 after a power-play goal off the stick of Christian Rajic slipped past Connor LaCouvee. The offense of the Mavs sprang back into action in response, with a late Marc Michaelis goal keeping the Mavericks from the upset loss and into overtime. It was the clutch offense in the overtime as well that saved the Mavericks, as C.J. Seuss slapped in the game-winner with 27 seconds left.

The offense that scored two goals against a crunched clock showed up to play in game two.

Nicolas Rivera netted the first goal to go up 1-0 in the opening period, which was followed up by Dallas Gerads finding the net on a power play and giving the

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Men’s basketball split final homestand The duo of Brown and Krieger help lead the Mavs to a 20-6 record on the season

JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer For what’s been a very successful year for the team, Maverick’s Men’s basketball played its final homestand of the season this past weekend in Mankato. The Mavericks split the weekend series, earning a victory against Up-

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per Iowa and losing to Winona State on Friday and Saturday night.

The Mavs enter the final week of regular season play with an overall record of 20-6, including an impressive 16-4 in-conference record. Minnesota State is tied for second in the NSIC with St. Cloud State, who has an identical record with MSU. Minnesota State defeated the Upper Iowa Peacocks by a score of 99-92 on Friday.

The Mavs defeated the Peacocks 86-83 in the reverse fixture last December in Fayette, Iowa.

Charlie Brown and Kevin Krieger led the Mavericks with a game-high 26 points each. Krieger registered his third double-double of the season in the win, finishing with 26 points and 13 rebounds on the night. The combination of Brown and Krieger teamed together for a perfect 17-17 from the free-

throw line.

Chris Hendrix also had a double-double against the Peacocks, his fifth of the season. Hendrix would finish with 15 points and 12 rebounds on the evening.

After successfully beating the Peacocks on Friday, the Mavericks would fall victim to the Winona State Warriors on Saturday, losing 78-90 at home. Minnesota State defeated the Warriors 83-72 in Winona last December.

Both Brown and Krieger finished with a team-leading 21 points, while sophomore Cole Harper notched 16 points. Kendrix added nine points, six rebounds and four assists as well. As a team, MSU shot 56.7% from the field, including a 9-of-20 (.450) showing from downtown.

Tommy Gathje led the Warriors with a game-high 24 points and seven rebounds.

Minnesota State has lost two of its last three games.

The Mavericks will play their remaining two regular

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season games on the road this weekend. On Friday, MSU will travel to Marshall to face Southwest Minnesota State. The Mustangs will have a record of 19-7 when they host the Mavericks on Friday.

On Saturday the Mavericks will travel to Sioux Falls for a battle in the final regular season game against the Cougars. The Cougars currently have a record of 17-9 and will host Concordia – St. Paul on Friday.

The first round of the NSIC Tournament will begin Feb. 21 at the Taylor Center in Mankato.

MEN’S HOCKEY continued from 7 Mavericks an early two-score lead.

“They are a selfless group, they support each other and continue to work at their game,” said Mavericks head coach Mike Hastings, in response to the depth and contribution of all four lines. “So when someone’s number is called, they are successful.”

It was the fourth goal this season for the freshman Gerads, and his third in two weeks, speaking to the depth of the Mavericks hockey even over the course of the long season.

While the hot start was a big difference from the open-

ing game, the power play scoring was the true key for the Mavericks. The Mavericks scored twice in each of the remaining periods and three times on seven Mustangs penalties.

“The first night we struggled in the power play and we couldn’t get one to two until late in the game and it wasn’t on the power play,” said Hastings to the MSU athletic department. “That group is pretty prideful and went out, they executed both groups and scored a power-play goal and we’re going to need that as we continue to go on here late in the season.”

The result was a 6-1 dominating performance from the Mavericks, which included Seuss’ second goal of the weekend and Michaelis pulling in a goal along with a pair of assists. As the Mavericks rolled to their eighth-weekend sweep this season, the team continued to prove all the ways they can find wins.

After this weekend, the team’s record is now 23-7-0, in large part thanks to a seven-game winning streak, and are all alone in 2nd place in the WCHA standings. This upcoming weekend, the Mavs will face-off against rival, Ferris State. The team will

WOMEN’S HOCKEY continued from 7 only for the Mavs to lose a crushing nail-biter, 3-2, in the series finale on Saturday at the Verizon Center.

On Saturday, Minnesota State led No. 5 Ohio State 2-1 at the end of two periods, but allowed two unanswered goals in the third period to suffer a 3-2 setback in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play.

The Mavs struck gold first, getting points on the scoreboard at 11:00 of the second period when junior forward Rebekah Kolstad rocketed a slap shot from the right circle for her third goal of the season. Senior forward Han-

nah Davidson and sophomore defenseman McKenzie Sederberg assisted on the play.

After Rebecca Freiburger tied the game at 1-1 with a goal for the Buckeyes at 13:48, freshman forward Tristen Truax put the Mavericks back in front 2-1 at 18:19 of the second. Following a shot

by Kolstad, Truax batted the rebound out of the air for her fourth goal of the season.

The game remained 2-1 going into the second intermission, but Minnesota State was unable to hold off a surging Ohio State, which outshot Minnesota State 16-2 in the

third period and scored the final two goals of the game, making the final score 3-2.

Charly Dahlquist tied the game at 2:59 and Emma Maltais scored the game winner at 13:13.

Crosby again became clutch at net, making 36 saves for the Mavericks on the evening.

Minnesota State concludes the WCHA regular season with a two-game series against Minnesota Duluth next weekend at the Verizon Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 2:07 p.m., on Friday and Saturday.

play them at home at the Verizon Center this Friday and

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Mavericks manhandle Peacocks, Warriors

AARON YOUNG Staff Writer Going into the weekend, the women’s basketball team looked to recover from backto-back losses as they faced the Upper Iowa Peacocks and Winona State Warriors.

The Minnesota State Mavericks responded to adversity well as they were victorious in the doubleheader. What was a slow and bumpy start Friday night turned into smooth sailing ship for the Mavs, as they won 68-43.

The team continued their dominance the following night, destroying the Winona State Warriors in unprecedented fashion, 90-67.

Claire Jordan served up the highlight reel with 17 points,

9 rebounds, and 3 blocks in the first game. Jordan would follow up that performance with 21 points in the following night.

Against the Peacocks, three players scored in double digits as they had no trouble setting the pace of the game. A lockdown defense prevented the Peacocks from reaching double digits in the 1st. In addition, their opportunistic offense resulted in a 13-0 run to end the 1st, including a couple of 3’s late.

They continued their dominance throughout the game by taking advantages of turnovers that led to buckets.

Brooke Tonsfeldt had 5 steals as the team scored 29 points off turnovers to go along with 17 steals on the game. In addition, their persistent defense forced 2 shot clock violations, as well as an offensive 5 second violation in the 4th.

Not only did the starting five put points on the board during the weekend, they got a lot of help from the bench.

Claire Jordan

Kristen Klintz scored 14 of 28 bench points against Upper Iowa on Friday, and Brooke Tonsfeldt helped with 10 of her own in their victory Saturday night.

Kristen and Brooke were 2 of 5 players to hit double digits in a blowout win against Winona State. The supporting cast combined for 22 points to go along Jordan’s 21, Muth’s 12, and Dahl’s 11.

The Mavericks drilled a season-high 14 three pointers Saturday night, a season-high for the team this year. Thanks to 48 percent shooting from beyond the arc in the first and

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44 percent in the second, the Mavericks found their groove and kept with it en route to a win in their second game of the weekend. Claire Jordan hit 5 triples followed by 2 from both Monica and Logan.

To add on to the 42 points from downtown, the Mavericks scored 28 points in the paint, being persistent with 7

second chance points. Continuing the theme of defensive domination, Minnesota State scored an additional 20 points off turnovers.

The team hopes to end the season on a high note this weekend as they face Southwest Minnesota State on Friday night and Sioux Falls Saturday night.

ing with a huge decision victory over SMSU’s Cole Hennen.

The only match losses of the dual nights were Dylan Herman in the 165-pound class on Thursday and Friday night, followed by Kyle Rathman on Friday night, a decision loss for the Maverick wrestling squad.

The Mavericks return to the mat on Feb. 23 and 24 in St. Cloud where the Mavericks will compete in the NCAA Division II Super Region 3 Tournament. The team is looking to come together at the right time, which will be key for the Mavericks this year in the tournament.

WRESTLING continued from 7

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Sophomore wrestler Andrew McFall, who fought in the 125-pound weight class, kept up the pace with a decision win over Taylor Curtis, thus his 15th victory of the season.

Junior George Farmah edged out a victory with a major decision victory over Brock Buysse, securing multiple takedowns.

In the 141-pound class, sophomore Louie Sanders scrapped out a decision win with a timely takedown ending with 12-10 over SMSU Trent Butcher.

Junior Daniel Close won with a decision at the 157-pound class ranking him third with 17 wins this season.

Sophomore Zach John-

ston restarted the streak for the Mavericks with a decision win over SMSU’s Griffin Osing, thus stretching his streak to six straight matches with a win.

Senior Corey Abernathy gave the Mavericks their eighth win of the night, end-

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To the Bone is nothing short of a spectacular story Netflix original sheds light on the struggles accompanying anorexia CALEB HOLLDORF A&E Editor

“To the Bone” (2017) is an honest yet comedic lighthearted drama that tackles a widespread issue with pure heart and empathy.

Anorexia is an emotional disorder that I personally have little knowledge on. The Netflix original gives insight into the intense emotional disorder through the main protagonist’s, Ellen (played by Lily Collins) struggle to recovery.

One of my favorite scenes and elements from the whole film plays out right away in the first minute and half. Ellen is sitting around the arts and craft’s table of an inpatient program with six other patients and a supervisor.

One of the other girls is going on about the different pressures she feels from her family, friends and society to simply eat something. Ellen pipes in to say there is no point in blaming everybody else.

Ellen’s supervisor asks her if Ellen could respond to the other girl’s remarks without being so insensitive about her feelings.

Ellen just holds up the poster she made that reads “Suck my skinny balls”.

This opening scene gives the audience a good idea about Ellen’s sense of humor and her portrayal of not caring about anyone.

Ellen’s family is one of kind, to the say the least. Ellen has three mothers, a sister, and a father who doesn’t seem to want to be a part of her solution. Ellen was

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living with her father as of late but no signs of progress were made. Ellen is losing weight faster than she’s gaining it back.

The film follows Ellen’s up and down roller coaster to recovery at her fifth

inpatient treatment center.

Ellen finds friendship with most of her other roommates and creates bonds so strong they make her question what’s important in her life.

“To the Bone” is a great

feel good film guaranted to be an enjoyable watch from start to finish with its charismatic dialogue.

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Keillor’s plaque no longer displayed on Scholar Walk

University of Minnesota removes plaque due to Keillor’s allegations MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota has removed a plaque honoring humorist Garrison Keillor after he faced allegations of sexual misconduct.

Keillor’s plaque is no longer displayed on the school’s Scholars Walk, which honors outstanding university faculty and alumni, Minnesota Daily reported . But some of Keillor’s song lyrics from an early radio show are still featured on campus.

Keillor graduated from the university in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in English.

The longtime Minnesota Public Radio personality is known for telling folksy stories about his fictional Minnesota hometown of Lake Wobegon on “A Prairie Home Companion.”

He was fired last year after facing allegations of workplace sexual harassment.

In a statement Monday, the university said Keillor’s plaque was removed along with others last month as

part of a regular rotation.

Thirteen new names were added, including former Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Minnesota Lynx player Lindsay Whalen.

“The panels were designed to be rotated on a regular basis in order to keep the gallery dynamic and highlight a larger group of individuals over time,” the university said.

On his Facebook page, Keillor said Monday the removal of his plaque was “a relief.”

“The idea of the Walk was some nameless bureaucrat’s and was an embarrassment anyway: a great public university is about equality and anonymity and I’m proud to be a U of M grad, no need for a plaque,” Keillor wrote.

Keillor was accused by a woman who worked on his radio show of dozens of sexually inappropriate incidents over several years, including requests for sexual contact and explicit sexual communications

and touching.

Keillor has denied the allegations and says that the radio station fired him without a proper investigation.

An outside investigation looked into dozens of allegations regarding Keillor’s sexually inappropriate conduct, MPR President Jon McTaggart wrote in a letter to members published last month.

MPR has removed from its website archived “A Prairie Home Companion” shows featuring Keillor.

The network also ended broadcasts of “The Writer’s Almanac,” Keillor’s daily reading of literary events and a poem, and ended rebroadcasts of Keillor-hosted “Prairie Home” shows.

Keillor, 75, retired in 2016 as host of “Prairie Home,” a Saturday evening radio variety show he created in 1974. The show, now titled “Live from Here,” continues with Keillor’s handpicked successor, mandolinist Chris Thile.

Obama jokes about portrait

Attempted to negotiate for smaller ears WASHINGTON (AP) — When Barack Obama speaks, people listen. At least they did when he was in the White House. But that kind of authority didn’t hold much sway when it came time for his presidential portrait.

At a ceremony Monday to unveil portraits of him and former first lady Michelle Obama, the former president said artist Kehinde Wiley cheerfully ignored almost all of his suggestions.

“He listened very thoughtfully to what I had to say before doing exactly what he always intended to do,” he said. “I tried to negotiate less gray hair, but Kehinde’s artistic integrity would not allow it. I tried to negotiate smaller ears and struck out on that as well.”

The final product depicts Obama sitting in a straightbacked chair, leaning forward and looking serious while surrounded by greenery and flowers. Michelle Obama’s portrait, painted by Amy Sherald, shows her in a

black and white dress looking thoughtful with her hand on her chin.

Both artists were personally chosen by the Obamas.

The portraits will now hang in the National Portrait Gallery, which is part of the Smithsonian group of museums. The gallery has a complete collection of presidential portraits. A different set of portraits of the former first couple will eventually hang in the White House.

“I am humbled, I am honored, I am proud,” Michelle Obama said. “Young people, particularly girls and girls of color, in future years they will come to this place and see someone who looks like them hanging on the walls of this incredible institution.”

Barack Obama spoke of his choice of Wiley, saying the two men shared multiple parallels in their upbringing; both had African fathers who were largely absent from their lives and American mothers who raised them.

The former president drew

multiple laughs from the audience for his remarks, starting out by praising Sherald for capturing, “the grace and beauty and charm and hotness of the woman that I love.”

Obama said he found the process of sitting for the portrait to be a frustrating experience.

“I don’t like posing. I get impatient and start looking at my watch,” he said, “but working with Kehinde was a great joy.”

Wiley said the depiction of Obama surrounded by greenery and flowers was meant to “chart his path on earth” through the choice of flowers. The painting includes chrysanthemums, which are the official flower of Chicago; jasmine to evoke Hawaii, where Obama largely grew up; and African blue lilies to honor Obama’s Kenyan father.

“Being the first African-American painter to paint the first African-American president, it doesn’t get

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