February 16, 2016

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Say cheers to MSU’s Mocktail Hours Come to the Maverick Bullpen for some music and mocktails.

INSIDE NEWS:

JAMIE KANKAALA Staff Writer If you are looking for a fun break from studying this week, the Student Events Team has you covered. The Student Events Team is hosting Mocktail Hour on Feb. 16 and March 22, “out with the cocktails, in with the mocktails.”

The events will be located in the Maverick Bullpen, which is in the lower level of the Centennial Student Union, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Show up, drink mocktails, watch the entertainment, hang out with friends, and have fun!

For each of the events there will be a different student performer for your entertainment and free mocktails.

For those of you who do not know, mocktails are fake cocktails. They are basically like yummy nonalcoholic punch.

All students are welcome to come join the fun and bring their friends. Bowling

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mnsu.edu and billiards will also still be available for students for a small extra charge. Billiards

These two events will not be MSU’s first Mocktail Hours.

The Student Events Team has hosted this event in the past and it was a hit with the students. Many students love the free mocktails and many said the entertainment was also great to watch and listen to.

The last Mocktail Hour that took place was on Jan. 12 which featured J-Lite, the winner of the Singer Songwriter portion of the Battle

“The Mocktail Hours are a fun opportunity for students to get a break from studying and socialize with friends and even meet new people.” will be $4 for an hour per table and bowling can cost as little as $2. Playing games while listening to free entertainment is always a fun time for everyone.

of the Bands that took place last semester. It sure was a fun event for the students to attend and have a great night with friends.

The upcoming Mocktail Hour events are the first to be held in the CSU Bullpen. Similar past events were hosted in Chet’s Place or Jazzman’s.

The Mocktail Hour is a fun opportunity for students to get a break from studying and socialize with friends and even meet new people. Watching the student performances and drinking mocktails is also a relaxing way to end your evening. Like what was stated

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BIG seeks to improve black students’ lives

From paperback to the big screen

Student group aims for a uniform vision and peer support.

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GABE HEWITT Staff Writer The season five episode of the sitcom A Different World titled “The Cat’s in the Cradle” starts out innocently. One of the main African American characters playful-

ly bets a group of Caucasian football fans of the opposing team that his team will win.

After the Caucasian fans lose their bet, the episode takes a turn when one of them begins spray painting a racial slur on the African American character’s car.

This episode was shown at a recent meeting for the student group Black Intelligent Gentlemen (BIG). It was followed by a discussion described as a “feelings session” by President Abdul Nakumbe. BIG meets on Tues-

days at 6 p.m. in CSU 238.

BIG was founded in 2011 on the ideal of improving the lives of African American males in the college system.

“Historically, people of color have been less likely to enter college and once they enter, they are half as likely to graduate,” Nakumbe said.

“The goal of BIG is to give our members the tools they need to not only survive college, but to thrive in this institution of higher learning.”

Since its inception, BIG has been a median for discussion

of race and diversity issues on all levels as well as a resource for struggling students. While the group’s name may contain the words “black” and “gentlemen,” its membership is open to all demographics.

Nakumbe is finishing up his second term as the group’s president. In addition to planning a number of diversity-related events for the 2015-2016 year, he and his

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MSU students dream big in the Theatre program Aside from the bright lights, theatre is a practical major.

ELLYN GIBBS Staff Writer Many dream of seeing their name in golden lights, or holding an audience spellbound with a heart-wrenching soliloquy. However, there is so much more to a career in theatre than singing beneath a spotlight.

To discover what the life of a theatre major is really like, The Reporter spoke with Stephanie Mattison, a senior at Minnesota State university, Mankato who is a double major in Theatre and Mass Media, and Steven Labine, a MSU student ambassador and part of the BFA program.

Practicality of Theatre Mattison said that the director of their department commonly reminds them they are “masters of communication.” Theatre majors are very personable and can cater to people’s needs. They have a high knowledge of people and their emotions, as well as how different personalities act and behave. They can transfer this skill into success in occupations like marketing and sales, because they can easily discover how to appeal to customers.

“Theatre is more practical than people give it credit for,” Labine said.

Labine is currently preparing to work as an actor. He also hopes to someday teach theatre to college students himself. “I would love to keep engaged in the development of new talent,” he said.

mnsu.edu MSU Theatre will perform “Rumors” from Feb. 18-20 & Feb. 25-28, 2016.

Mattison chose her double major in theatre to gain experience with film and learn how to really dive into a character.

She also would like to use her talents in television advertise-

matically move into the generalist tier. The generalist requires less credits to complete, and is less demanding. Due to her double major, Mattison is a generalist, which allows her time to do her best in both departments.

To enter the BFA program, a student must audition. There are three tracks within the BFA: Acting, Musical Theatre, and Design / Tech.

The theatre faculty evaluates a student’s audition, and they are only able to audition twice throughout their time at MSU. Once in the BFA program, there are more required credits and every class comes with a more demanding workload. The BFA requires students to audition for all the mainstage shows as well. Some students elect to audition for the BFA right when they enter college as freshmen. Mattison related that this plan allows students to stretch out the credits necessary and avoid an overload

“[Theatre majors] have a high knowledge of people and their emotions, as well as how different personalities act and behave.” ments.

The stage still holds its allure; numerous MSU alumni from the theatre program are now successful actors, as widespread as Chicago, Portland, and California. Acting on cruise ships is a popular type of employment. Many jobs also exist in the technical part of theatre, which involves working lights, props, and costume design.

Major Structure The MSU theatre program is three-tiered, into the categories of generalist, BFA, and MFA. If MSU accepts a student’s application, they can auto-

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Finally, the MFA is the master’s theatre program. It is exclusive to those who have already finished an undergrad in BFA. Once a student advances to the MFA tier, their workload grows even heavier.

“They also have to teach intro level classes or work in our costume and scene shops,” said Labine.

Homework Load For the theatre major, homework is a shapeshifter. It constantly morphs from writing to listening exercises, to memorizing. And of course, there is the time spent on stage.

Mattison said that written work dominates the first couple years, and after that there is more studying and memorizing. There are listening labs, and each student learns five new dialects per semes-

ter. They also read a lot of plays.

“When you do a scene for class, you must read the whole play to go around it,” said Mattison. Even for the avid reader, this can be a daunting task. “If you’re reading plays that were written in Ancient Greek, and then translated, that’s a lot of work.”

Labine summed up his usual homework load. “On a daily basis, I usually have a play to read, an acting or directing class I need to memorize lines for, vocal exercises and singing, my job on campus and rehearsals six to seven days a week. If I have time to get back to my apartment, it’s only for dinner.”

A Major for the Passionate Theatre may sound like a formidable undertaking, but its high demands force students to chase success with everything they have. “If you decide to do [theatre], don’t give up, because it will be worth it in the end,” said Mattison with intensity.

She advises students not to hesitate in taking every opportunity they can. With three musicals, four mainstage shows, and six studio shows every year, opportunity is widespread.

Due to the variety of people and stories explored, this major is characterized with a unique vibrance. As Labine phrased it, “There is never a dull moment in theatre.”

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Sexual assault still remains an issue MSU’s Laura Schultz comments on recent actions of Roosh V.

LATISHA TOWNSEND Staff Writer According to the RAINN. org [Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network], every 107 seconds another American is sexually abused. Experts on the website define rape as “sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent of the victim.”

On Feb. 6, millions of men worldwide were scheduled to meet in 43 countries for private meetings in support of legalizing rape on private property. One of the private meetings was set up in Duluth, Minnesota.

A man who goes by the name Roosh V, who is also self-proclaimed activist for men’s rights, stirred up quite a controversy this month. On his blog, titled Rooshv.com, he stated that the problem with rape isn’t a man problem, but more about a woman not being safe enough

with her body. His solution was to “make rape legal on private properties,” and that will teach women to learn preventable acts. This is victim-blaming at its finest.

L a u ra Schultz, Violence Awareness & Response Coordinator from the Women’s Center at MSU, weighed in on the matter.

“This proposed rally and the philosophy that its organizers hold is overtly sexist and homophobic, re-victimizing, and hateful. Sexual assault is a very real crime as are its effects on victims and survivors. I see between 70-100 victims and survivors of gender-based violence per year.”

She also argued from her educated perspective that “we need folks to be engaged in the conversation

about sexual assault and how to end it, not how to legalize it. My office organizes several workshops, discussion

we are committed to ending violence, especially when we know that there are folks who hold beliefs like these.”

E v e r y person who supports that equal rights of all Americans can assist in the positive progression of humanity.

The purpose of these pro-rape rallies is said to be in an attempt to clear the names of those who were falsely accused. According to Schultz, that seems pretty unrealistic. She states

“Sexual assault is a very real crime as are its effects on victims and survivors. I see between 70-100 victims and survivors of gender-based violence per year.”

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groups and other events that I welcome students to be a part of. It’s imperative that

that “the number of false reports of sexual assault is very low in line with the number of false reports of any other crime.”

In fact, rape statistics on RAINN.org found that in the last five years, 68% of assaults were not reported. That is not a typo.

What is interesting to know is that these men are preaching about their limited safety, but don’t rape victims have the right to fight for their safety as well?

For more information on women’s issues and how MSU students can be a part of major changes, visit the Women’s Center at CSU 218!

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter to students regarding Tet Lunar New Year Addressing concerns with our article published Feb. 2, 2016

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RAE FRAME

alyssa.frame @mnsu.edu OR AT reporter-editor @mnsu.edu

SPRING FALL 2015 2016 RAE FRAME Editor in Chief On behalf of the staff of the Reporter, I would like to reach out to all concerned parties regarding our featured article on the Tet Lunar New Year celebration at Minnesota State University, Mankato. It has been brought to my attention that there are inconsistencies and inaccuracies within this article that have misrepresented the Vietnamese American Student Association (VASA) and the Asian American Affairs (AAA) office, as well as any other individuals or groups who feel personally affected by the content of this coverage.

It is important for me to

note to our readers that students involved with the 45th annual Tet Lunar New Year, event here on campus put in two to three months of work to prepare for an event that sold out, with roughly 250 persons attending. In the words of Sang Yang, Director of Asian American Affairs, “This event was successful due to the inclusion of students, faculty and staff from MSU, and community mem-

Photos Courtesy of VASA and the AAA office

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bers which demonstrated the great example of the inclusion that Minnesota State University strives for.”

I would like to formally congratulate all the students and staff who worked very hard to organize and produce this event on campus, and wish to apologize to anyone who has felt disrespected or misrepresented by the article. Respecting all students on our campus is my primary concern as Editor in Chief, and I will be making the necessary changes to ensure that we continue to grow as a publication, recognizing the people involved with campus events and portraying their accomplishments accurately.

The Vietnamese American Student Association is composed of MNSU students who have come together to recognize and preserve the Vietnamese culture and build a community here on campus, and the Reporter must do a

better job seeking out and recognizing student group efforts and missions across campus.

Through communication with student advocates, our office has received a great deal of feedback that will allow us to better our approach to campus journalism. I am very thankful for the Asian American Affairs office for communicating the concerns and advising me on ways that the Reporter can more appropriately and accurately convey student events to the student body at large.

It is my hope that all students here at Minnesota State University, Mankato feel encouraged to submit concerns, questions, or suggestions to me in-office or via email at reporter-editor@mnsu.edu.

I look forward to serving our campus community better as we move forward into this New Year.

-Rae Frame, Editor in Chief

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Vacationing to infinity and beyond What you need to know about the space tourism industry.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Galactic later this month in Mojave, California, is preparing to roll out its new SpaceShipTwo, a vehicle the company hopes will one day take tourists to the edge of space. It comes roughly 15½ months since an earlier incarnation was destroyed in a test flight, killing one of the pilots. Despite the setback, the dream of sending tourists to the edge of space and beyond is still alive. Space tourism companies are employing designs including winged vehicles, vertical rockets with capsules and high-altitude balloons.

A look at projects currently under development: VIRGIN GALACTIC The most prominent space tourism program, the commercial space line founded by adventurer-business mogul Sir Richard Branson will use a winged rocket plane dubbed SpaceShipTwo, successor to SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 won the $10 million Ansari X Prize that was intended to spur the industry’s development.

SpaceShipTwo is designed to be flown by two pilots and carry up to six passengers on a suborbital trajectory to altitudes above 62 miles (100 kilometers), an internationally recognized boundary of space.

Like early U.S. X-planes, Virgin Galactic’s craft will be carried aloft by another aircraft, called WhiteKnightTwo, and released at about 50,000 feet before its rocket engine is ignited for a supersonic thrill ride to the fringes of space and a view of the Earth far below.

The space line says SpaceShipTwo’s cabin is roomy enough for passengers to float during a few minutes of weightlessness before beginning an unpowered glide to a runway landing.

A key feature of the design is the so-called feathering system — a term derived from the feathers of a badminton projectile. Twin tails extending rearward from the tips of each wing rotate upward as a means to slow and stabilize SpaceShipTwo as it re-enters the atmosphere. The “feathers” then rotate back to their normal position for the rest of the glide and landing.

Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo was destroyed on Oct. 31, 2014, when a co-pilot prematurely unlocked the feathers during a powered test flight and aerodynamic forces broke the craft apart.

The co-pilot was killed but

Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press An undated image provided by World View shows an illustration of the World View space capsule which is complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a lavatory and a 360-degree view. the pilot parachuted to safety.

The company will roll out its new SpaceShipTwo later this month in Mojave, California, but the timeline for testing and commercial operation has not been released.

Hundreds of people have put down deposits of $250,000 for a chance to fly into space with Virgin Galactic, which plans to operate from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

BLUE ORIGIN Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin project is testing a vertical-takeoff rocket topped by a six-passenger capsule for suborbital hops.

Like Astronaut Alan Shepard’s pioneering 1961 flight during Project Mercury, the capsule separates from the booster rocket and descends beneath parachutes without going into orbit around the

Earth.

The unconventional twist is reusability.

Blue Origin recently conducted a test launch from Texas in which the rocket dubbed New Shepard performed a vertical landing, slowing its descent by relighting its engine as it fell back to Earth. In January, the company launched the same rocket and it again landed intact.

Blue Origin says that during flights passengers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness after the capsule separates from the booster. Passengers will be able to leave their seats and float about the capsule before a signal tells them to be reseated for landing.

The company has chosen Florida for its base of operations. Details of space tourism operations have not been released.

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XCOR AEROSPACE The company has spent years developing a rocket plane named Lynx that is intended to be capable of making multiple flights each day with a pilot and one passenger aboard.

Unlike Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, the Lynx will take off under its own power from a runway, climb toward space and then glide back to a runway landing. XCOR also plans flights surpassing an altitude of 62 miles.

In December, the company said it reached a milestone in development of the Lynx propulsion system by successfully using waste heat to drive essential engine parts, eliminating the need for large and heavy tanks of compressed gas.

XCOR, now headquartered in Midland, Texas, also reported progress late last year in

completing structural components of its first Lynx as well as a flight simulator system for pilot training.

The company says it has more than 350 clients. The price of booking a seat rose from $100,000 to $150,000 on Jan. 1, but the company has not said when flights will begin.

“The fact is that we are in a process in which you just can’t rush things,” Lynx test pilot Harry van Hulten said in press release last fall.

WORLD VIEW The Arizona company plans to loft passengers to altitudes above 100,000 feet in a capsule suspended below a “parawing” and a helium balloon.

The trip some 19 miles high would be to “near space” but would give a substantial view of the Earth far below while avoiding the stress of G forces endured during rocket flight.

Compared to flights on rocket-powered space tourism vehicles offering a few minutes at the top of a suborbital trajectory, World View envisions spending two hours at the maximum altitude, with amenities such as a lavatory.

The two-member crew then begins the landing process by venting helium until the capsule descends to 50,000 feet.

The balloon is then released and the parawing allows the capsule to glide to a landing spot.

The company announced last month that it plans to conduct launches from Spaceport Tucson.

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Some key opinions from Justice Antonin Scalia The 79-year-old Justice offered colorful commentary while alive.

AP-- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the conservative and provocative judge who died at age 79, was known for pointed language, fiercely held opinions and a sardonic wit that at times invoked fairy tales, foreigners and hippies.

Since joining the court in 1986, Scalia weighed in — often colorfully and memorably — on the major issues of the day, including guns, gay marriage and the death penalty.

Some of the significant opinions he wrote for the court’s majority — as well as the dissents for which he is perhaps even better known: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER, 2008 Scalia was responsible for the majority opinion in a seminal Second Amendment case, writing for the court in a 5-4 ruling that upheld the right to have guns for self-defense in the home.

Turning aside a District of Columbia ban on handguns, Scalia leaned on English and colonial history in declaring that the individual right to bear arms clearly exists and is supported by the ‘historical narrative.”

In the concluding lines of the opinion, which divided the court’s liberals and conservatives, he acknowledged the views of those who considered the Second Amendment “outmoded” at a time of serious gun violence and

when “our standing army is the pride of our nation.”

“That is perhaps debatable,” he wrote, “but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.”

BROWN v. ENTERTAINMENT MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, 2011 In an opinion that namedropped Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella and Homer’s Ulysses, Scalia rejected attempts

by California to restrict the sale or rental of violent video games to children.

A state, he wrote in the majority decision, has the authority to protect children from harm, “but that does not include a free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed.”

California’s argument would make more sense, he added, if there was a longstanding tradition of restricting “children’s access to depictions of violence, but there is none.”

What to make, he wrote, of how Cinderella’s evil stepsisters get their eyes pecked out by doves? Or of Odysseus, a hero of Greek mythology, blinding Polyphemus the Cyclops with a heated stake?

“And Hansel and Gretel (children!) kill their captor by baking her in an oven,” he wrote.

ROPER v. SIMMONS, 2005 Scalia famously dissent-

ed from a 5-4 decision that declared the execution of juvenile criminals to be unconstitutional. He took a similar stance in 1989 when he wrote the opinion, Stanford v.

Kentucky, that allowed states to use capital punishment for killers who were 16 or 17 when they committed their crimes.

In his biting Roper v. Simmons dissent, he ridiculed the notion that states that had abandoned capital punishment altogether should be included in a discussion about the juvenile death penalty.

Consulting states that had no death penalty about making an exception for offenders under 18, he wrote, “is rather like including old-order Amishmen in a consumer-preference poll on the electric car. Of course they don’t like it, but that sheds no light whatever on the point at issue.”

And he took particular exception to the majority’s willingness to take guidance from foreign courts and legislatures, saying that the meaning of the Eighth Amendment should not be “determined by the subjective views of five members of this court and like-minded foreigners.”

OBERGEFELL v. HODGES, 2015 Scalia’s dissent in this landmark 5-4 case, which gave same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide, was in

some ways vintage Scalia: mocking, angry and unabashedly sarcastic.

He noted bluntly that the Constitution did not mention a right to same-sex marriage before going on to lampoon the majority’s opinion — written by Justice Anthony Kennedy — as pretentious, egotistic and, at times, “profoundly incoherent.”

Had he joined in an opinion written like Kennedy’s, he observed wryly in one footnote, “I would hide my head in a bag.”

“Today’s decree says that my ruler, and the ruler of 320 million Americans coastto-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court,” he said at one point.

Elsewhere, he ridiculed the other side’s assertion that a couple, through marriage, can discover freedoms “such as expression, intimacy and spirituality.”

“Really?” he wrote incredulously. “Who ever thought that intimacy and spirituality (whatever that means) were freedoms? And if intimacy is, one would think freedom of intimacy is abridged rather than expanded by marriage.

Ask the nearest hippie.”

LAWRENCE v. TEXAS,

2003 Twelve years before the Obergefell decision, Scalia dissented from a seminal gay rights opinion that struck down a Texas law banning sodomy.

The 6-3 opinion in Lawrence v. Texas reversed an earlier ruling from the court, Bowers v. Hardwick, that upheld the constitutionality of a law banning gay sex acts.

While the majority decision stressed the importance of respect for personal privacy, Scalia, taking the unusual step of reading his dissent from the bench, accused his colleagues of having “taken sides in the culture war” and having largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda.

He maintained that even though he had “nothing against homosexuals,” the opinion could open the door to same-sex marriage.

The decision would represent, he warned, “the end of all morals legislation.”

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earlier, the next Mocktail Hour will be Feb. 16 in the Maverick Bullpen from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. However, if you miss that event but would still like to attend a Mocktail Hour, the Student Events Team is hosting another Mocktail Hour on March 22. We hope to see you there!

The Student Events Team is a student-led organization that produces exciting, interactive, and educational events where students can make long lasting memories while celebrating their Maverick

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If you would like more information about the Mocktail Hour events, feel free to contact the Student Events Team Concert Chair, Rachael Winch, by phone at 507-380-6076 or by email at Rachael. winch@mnsu.edu.

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“This year I’ve striven to stress the importance of service learning opportunities and what benefits they provide to the college experience,” he said.

Vice President Mustapha Sanneh joined BIG when he transferred to MSU in 2014 and part of his responsibilities is to get the group more recognition.

“The biggest issue facing African American students on campus is the lack of unity,” he said. “I see that this campus is primarily white, but I do see we have a fair amount of African Americans as well.

I think the problem is we cannot get all of the African American students on one page together.”

Sanneh envisions BIG becoming a national organization with a chapter at each university. In the short term, he’d like to see BIG at MSU have a central location for students to gather and use as a resource.

“BIG would be a lot bigger if we could reach out to these students and let them know, ‘Hey, you have a group here that understands what you’re going through’,” he said.

Nakumbe has big plans for the group both this semester and into the future. The group will be having two of what

he calls “signature events” in March including one on March 22 titled “Policing Police.” They’ll be highlighting their accomplishments at an end of the semester celebration and sending off its graduating members.

“The organization didn’t look anything like it does now. Abdul came in and had this passion I didn’t understand,” Liaison Officer David Cox said. “While I don’t know what we’re going to do in the future, know it’s going to be spectacular.”

The group’s adviser, Dr. Timothy Berry will be speaking at its Feb. 16 meeting.

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Sports Mavericks run wild at Ted Nelson Classic

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COREY YUMAN Staff Writer This past weekend both the men and women’s track and field teams competed in the Ted Nelson Classic.

On the men’s side of things senior Kyran Stewart got a first place finish in the 60-meter-dash with a time of 6.75.

Freshman teammate Jake Gourley finished very close behind him, setting a personal best time of 6.81. Gourley would also later finish in first in the 200-meter dash, placing a time of 22.01.

“That puts 3 in the top 15 for us in the 200m when including Senior Richard Wilhite who we rested this weekend,” said Coach Jim Dilling.

In the 60-meter hurdles portion of the day, junior Ben

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Mavericks claimed both first and second place positions in the high jump. Frank Veldman took first as well as qualified for nationals with his jump of 6’08.75’’. Alex

Kyran Stewart Ojika and freshman Anyah Nutter finished sixth and seventh, with times of 8.42 and 8.46 respectively.

Freshman Joe Williams had a great day as he placed first in the 400-meters. He cemented the victory with a 50.75 time.

The 4x400 relay team was also able to secure a first place victory. The team of Javontee Brice, Reid Diamond, John Schuster, and Kyran Stewart finished with a combined time of 3:19:58.

“Our multi-event group of junior Ben Ojika, and three freshman Joe Williams, Anyah Nutter, and Jack Curtis have truly come up big for us and they will be representing us this weekend in the

ing one of the most versatile runners on our team,” Coach Dilling noted.

Switching over to the women’s side, it was also a good day for the team. In the 60-meter dash, two Mavericks placed third and fourth by Brianna Holt and Karlona Gregory with times of 7.84 and 7.85.

A school record was broken by junior Altonice Williams when she recorded a time of 8.49 in the 60-meter hurdles.

This was her third time breaking the record, and is sitting 4th in DII. Freshman Afure Adah took home a first place position when she

Ben Ojika Campbell took the second place spot with his jump of 6’06.75”.

The triple jump’s first and second place spots were also taken by Mavericks. Junior Michael Sandle placed first with a jump of 48’09.50’, while Campbell took another, second place spot with a jump of 47’03.50’.

“Sophomore Austin Pasch has done a phenomenal job for us in the mid distance be-

Joe Williams placed a time of 24.91 in the 200-meter.

The 400-meter could have been considered the Mav

women’s event as five of the top 10 places were Mavericks.

Jessica Dieringer lead the way for the girls and placed fourth with a time of 59.22.

In the 600-meter, junior Haley Kruger placed first with a time of 1:34:68.

“Haley Kruger missed the school record in the 600 by .28 and is sitting 9th in the country in the 800,” said Coach Jennier Blue.

The 800-meter also saw a first place finish from sophomore Megan Allen from a time of 2:17:79. Junior Maddi Sjelin was right behind her in second with a time of 2:19:26.

The 4x400 portion of the day was also a bright spot for the Mavs. Senior Mackenzie Beals sophomore Stacy Smidt, along with Kruger and Williams took the first place spot after placing a time of 3:57:17.

Senior Faryn Wirkus took a second place prize home with her jump of 13’01.50” in the pole vault.

“Faryn Wirkus had a big PR and automatically qualified for the national meet,” Coach Blue added.

Morgan Stampley placed third in the weight throw with a distance of 49’09.75’’, which was a personal best for her.

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Mavericks split in final road games KELCIE RICHMOND Staff Writer The Minnesota State women’s basketball team played their last two road games of the regular season this past weekend, splitting the games 1-1.

Friday, the Mavericks fell to Winona State University Warriors 61-69 but Saturday they were able to capture an impressive win 65-61 over the Upper Iowa University Peacocks.

The first match-up of the weekend proved to be difficult for the Purple and Gold.

The Warriors hold an overall record of 24-2 and are ranked number nine. The Mavs were only down four in the first quarter partially because of sophomore Claire Ziegler who recorded seven points and three rebounds.

During the second quarter the Warriors stretched their lead to 11 points due to their impressive amount three point shots. The Mavericks were down 29-40 at halftime.

Ziegler didn’t score in the second quarter but her and junior Sammie Delzotto were tied for seven points each at halftime.

MSU stepped up big time on the defensive end during the third quarter, holding the Warriors to 29 percent from the field and no made shots from beyond the arc. The Mavericks were able to outscore the Warriors by eight in

the quarter and found themselves down by just three going into the final quarter of regulation.

WSU never let the Mavericks get within less than two points. The Warriors also didn’t miss a free throw the entire game. WSU made two free throws with .5 seconds left to seal the game.

Surprisingly, the Mavericks had a better field goal percentage with 39 percent from the field compared to the Warriors 36 percent.

Delzotto led all scorers for the Mavericks with 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Ziegler added 13 points of her own and nine rebounds.

Saturday night the Mavericks found themselves playing their final regular season road game in Fayette, Iowa against Upper Iowa.

The Mavericks were able to obtain a large lead throughout the entire game; the Peacocks attempted to make a comeback and got within three points but were never able to recover.

During the first quarter junior Britney Scherber scored eight of the Mavericks 16 points to give MSU a fourpoint lead going into the second quarter.

Sophomore Claire Jordan helped the Mavs out by scoring six points during a second quarter run to give MSU a 3318 lead at the halfway mark.

Scherber had 14 points of her own at halftime, including three three-pointers. Ziegler had a steady halftime performance with six points, six rebounds and three assists.

Early on in the third quarter the Mavericks were leading

Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi Senior McKenize Hoelmenn averages 7.8 points and 6.5 rebounds a game for the Mavericks this season. the Peacocks 43-24. UIU was able to cut the lead to nine going into the fourth quarter.

The Peacocks kept their run going in the final quarter getting within four points of the Mavericks. However, MSU shot a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line to seal the win for the weekend.

Mavericks fall to Badgers

DREW MEZZANO Staff Writer The Mavericks were on the road this past weekend taking on the number two ranked Wisconsin Badgers. This weekend series would end up in a sweep for the Badgers as they defeated the Mavericks on Saturday afternoon 4-0 and then again on Sunday 8-1.

In the first period, the Badgers grabbed a quick lead making it 1-0 at 16:57 of the period. The Badgers outshot Minnesota State 15-4 in this

period. Both teams had one power play opportunity aside, but neither team would capitalize.

The Badgers would add two more goals to their lead in the second period. Baylee Wellhausen scored by beating one of the defense and and scoring high glove side on goalie Brianna Quade.

Just over two minutes later at the 7:58 marker, the Badgers would pull ahead by three on the scoreboard. Going into the third period on Saturday the Badgers had posted 31 shots on Brianna Quade.

Wisconsin would tally one more goal in the third period to finalize a shutout against the Mavs. Brianna Quade made a season-high 49 saves on 53 Badger shots in this game.

These two teams would face off again on Sunday marking the Mavericks final regular season road game.

This game would be heavily controlled by the Badgers.

Wisconsin grabbed the early lead yet again in the first period of Sundays game. The only goal in this period was scored by the Badgers, and they also outshot the Mavericks 8-5.

Captain Katie Johnson would score the lone goal of the weekend for the Mavs in the second period. This goal would come on the power play when Johnson forced a shot through traffic, finding the back of the net. Unfortu-

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The Mavericks shot 47 percent from the field and 17-25 from the free throw line but they also had 21 turnovers.

Scherber led the Purple and Gold scorers with 26 points, while Ziegler recorded another double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

MSU will play their last

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Hockey ties twice on the road

programs transition to Division I. The Mavericks were able to take the lead in Saturday night’s game with a goal in the second period. C.J. Franklin was able to score the goal off a one-timer, the goal was Franklin’s 13th of the season, best on the team.

Matt Salhany scored in the third to tie things up and for the second time in as many nights the Chargers and Mavericks headed into overtime.

Once again neither team was able to score in the overtime period, and the game once again ended in a tie despite the Mavericks leading the shots category 50-20 during Saturday’s game.

Junior Cole Huggins was in net both nights and his record now sits at 7-8-2. The Mavericks record overall now stands at 15-10-7, while they are 134-7 in conference play, first in the WCHA

ERIC KRIESEL Staff Writer The Mavericks headed down south Saturday and Sunday to take on the University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers, and when all was said and done the Mavericks win and loss totals were the same as both games ended in ties.

Throughout the first game on Friday night the Mavericks found themselves trailing the Chargers three separate times, but were able to answer every time. The first goal of the night came from Charger freshman Madison Dunn with the Mavericks a man down at the time. Shortly after Bryce Gervais nabbed his 11th goal of the year and the Mavericks and Chargers headed into the second period tied 1-1.

Brent Fletcher put the Chargers back into the lead with a goal early in the second, this time with the Chargers a man down. The Mavericks once again tied it up in the second from Zach Stepan who scored for the Mavericks on the power play. Dunn was credited with his second goal of the night to put the Chargers back up when the Mavericks lost control of the puck while trying to establish an extra attacker due to a delayed penalty, and glided all the way down the ice into the open net. That was the final score of the period and the Mavericks went into the third

Photo by Trevor Cokley Mike Hastings holds a 95-46-14 career record at Minnesota State. down one goal 3-2.

Gervais tallied his second goal of the night to tie things up for the Mavericks in the third. The goal came on the Mavericks power play at the 13:50 mark of the third and was the last goal of the period. The teams headed into overtime, but neither team was able to find the net and the game ended tied 3-3.

Teddy Blueger was credited with two assists on the night allowing him to join Minnesota State’s Century Club for achieving 100 career points. He is the 11th Maverick to join the club since the

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The Badgers were relentless in the third period scoring six unanswered goals.

Three of which were scored

in a span of one minute and 23 seconds apart. The final score on Sunday was 8-1 in favor of Wisconsin. The Badgers would outshoot the Mavs 57-12.

The Mavericks will end the regular season next weekend

on home ice when they host the number six ranked Bemidji State Beavers. Friday’s game is set to start at 7:07pm and Saturday’s game is set to start at 3:07 p.m.

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Mike Yeo fired because player gave up

LUKE LONIEN Sports Editor Mike Yeo deserved better.

It’s pretty simple.

The team he stuck up for gave up. They threw their coach under the bus. It is a horrible tragedy, and Yeo deserved better.

Watching the game Saturday afternoon, it looked like the Wild had no fight.

No grit. They played with no energy. Even Zach Parise, the motor to the Minnesota Wild, looked like he had no energy.

Yeah, everyone on the team is sick of losing, and the only people that can do anything about it gave up.

To me, one person in this organization did not give up, and that was the one person that lost his job.

Funny how that works, right?

The players were not putting forth the effort needed to win games. The Front Office did not do one thing to try and shake up this roster. GM

Chuck Feltcher said he was listening for trades, but would move the pieces needed to land a true number one center. Mike Yeo did not quit, and he deserved much more than he received from this team.

It is a flat out shame. The Wild had to fire a good coach because a bunch of veterans couldn’t get their heads on straight and play hockey.

Yeah, hockey is a game of bounces and bad breaks and a whole bunch of things that players can’t control. I get that, but this team is not even

Photo Courtesy of The Associated Press playing hockey right now.

They gave up on the coach, the team and the organization.

The under-preforming veteran’s that Yeo stuck up for, which is may be Yeo’s biggest fault, absolutely gave up. Yeo deserved better.

The Wild as an organization is complete mess. Fletcher put this team together and has to deal with it. So many bad contracts and so many

under preforming players, it’s a shame. They signed Parise and Ryan Suter to win cups now, and it looks like the team is nowhere close to winning Lord Stanley. So many bad trades at the deadline just to make a move. Chris Stewart for a second-round pick. Are you kidding me?

There are two players on this team that look to give a damn. Parise and Charlie Coyle. The rest don’t even

same to care.

I’m not sure how a team with a lack of a true scorer thinks it can come out with no energy and expect to win in the NHL. This team is built on energy and playing as a team.

These guys aren’t even doing that.

The team doesn’t just lack a skill player. The Wild lack skill players in general, they are a bunch of third-line players on offense right now.

This team is a complete wreck, and the best option at the moment looks like to start over. You signed two players to $98 million deals, and the best option looks like to start over.

How can that be?

Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek, Mikael Granlund are all missing from the ice. You can go down the complete roster and every player is not preforming to expectations.

Except for Coyle and Parise.

It is so frustrating to watch a team that used to play with so much passion, fight and grit, and play this terrible. They have to dig deep and make a run, or Fletcher should be fired. Heck, Fletcher should be fired now.

It’s pretty simple. Yeo deserved better.

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A&E From paperback to the big screen A look at five books headed to theaters later this year.

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KAARINA MAKI Staff Writer If you go on Pinterest, you’ll find thousands of lists that tell you what books you should be reading this year, or what the 100 best books of all time are. There are lists that range from the best books for interviews, to books that kids will treasure forever. But what if you don’t have time to read 100 books when you barely have enough time to watch an episode of your favorite show on Netflix? What if you just want to read the book before the movie comes out?

In case you have enough time, here’s a list of five books being turned into films this year that you can read!

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CC BY-SA 2.0 by gadl Moyes What would you do if you went from being an athlete in extreme sports to being a quadriplegic, unable to move your arms or legs? You would most likely need an assistant, which is what Will Traynor needs when he becomes a quadriplegic. Luckily, a lovely girl named Louisa comes in to help him, and through-

out the story their friendship grows and grows. The release date for the film is March 4.

Allegiant by Veronica Roth The third book in the Divergent series, Allegiant is the last part of Tris Prior’s story of breaking the faction system and what lies outside the gates of their old community. The story will be split

into two films, with the second part of the story being named Ascendant. Part 1 will be released March 18.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s top 25 episodes A rundown of the sci-fi spin-off’s best moments on television.

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In 1991, Brandon Tartikoff, head of Paramount Pictures, asked Rick Berman, executive producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation, to create another Star Trek series. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) took a dramatic turn in storytelling for the franchise as it was the first series not set aboard a starship (deliberately chosen as the series was running at the same time as The Next Generation), but instead aboard a space station, christened Deep Space Nine.

The series premiered the first week of January in 1993 to the highest ratings it would

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CC BY 2.0 by Ryan Somma ever achieve in its seven-year run in syndication. Today, Deep Space Nine is known as the “black sheep” of the franchise because of its different setting, darker themes, and more dramatic storytelling. Here are my top 25 episodes of Deep Space Nine, presented in no particular order to continue celebrating

the golden anniversary of the Star Trek franchise. #1 “Emissary” Of course, I couldn’t start this list off without talking about Deep Space Nine’s epic pilot episode. This, of course, establishes the main characters, such as Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) as he takes

command of an abandoned Cardassian space station orbiting Bajor following a 50year occupation. This in turn becomes one of the early themes of the series: the ongoing hostility between the

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TREK Continued from page 13 “The series premiered the first week of January in 1993 to the highest ratings it would ever achieve in its seven-year run in syndication. Today, Deep Space Nine is known as the ‘black sheep’ of the franchise because of its different setting, darker themes, and more dramatic storytelling.”

Cardassians and Bajorans. As a passing of the torch, Patrick Stewart guest stars as Captain Picard. #2 “Duet” This episode is one of DS9’s finest hours. In this episode, we finally get to learn more about the brutality the Cardassians put the Bajorans through during the occupation. When a Cardassian passenger complains of a disease called Kalla Nora, the crew (especially Nana Visitor’s Kira Nerys) is shocked to learn that the passenger who calls himself Aamin Marritza is actually Gul Darhe’el, the brutal leader of a forced labor camp. What is shocking is that Darhe’el is actually Marritza, posing as the hated leader to make the Cardassians understand what happened was really bad. Guest star Harris Yulin turns in a brilliant performance. #3 “The Nagus” This episode is designed as a comic relief episode, one that would recur throughout the series. In The Next Generation, the Ferengi were designed to be the new threat to the Federation that wasn’t the Klingons or Romulans.

However, the first appearance of the Ferengi in “The Last Outpost,” proved to be disastrous. In DS9, the writers sought to change the perception of the Ferengi by having them become more comic relief than they already were. In this episode, we are introduced to Grand Nagus Zek, the supreme leader of the Ferengi Alliance, played by veteran character actor Wallace Shawn. Zek announces that they will be making

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business inroads in the Gamma Quadrant, and the person to lead it will be Quark (Armin Shimerman). #4 “The Homecoming”/ “The Circle”/ “The Siege” One of the things that DS9 did fairly well was to have story arcs spanning several episodes, something that was unheard of in 1994 (at the beginning of the second season) but is now commonplace. This epic three-part arc kicked off the second season in high gear with a political revolution centered on Bajor, called “The Circle,” in which the Bajorans want all off-worlders expelled from the planet. The three-part episode is one of the best story arcs in all of the franchise, but not as exciting as the Dominion War arc later on in the series. #5 “Rules of Acquisition” This episode is important in the history of DS9, and not because it’s another Ferengi episode. This episode marks the first mention of a Gamma Quadrant power called the Dominion, something that would reverberate throughout the series from this point onwards. It is also the first episode to deal with Ferengi females as well, and how badly they’re treated in Ferengi society as evidenced by Pel (Helene Udy). #6 “Necessary Evil” An attack against Quark leaves him nearly dead and re-opens a five-year murder mystery aboard the station.

Through the narration of Security Chief Odo (Rene Auberjonois), we learn about the occupation days aboard the station and what things were

like back then. This episode spawned a sequel of sorts, “Things Past,” in season five. #7 “Blood Oath” Kang, Koloth, and Kor were the three Klingons that Captain Kirk dealt with back in his day. These three Klingons arrive on the station to meet up with Dax and tell her that they have located the Albino, a Klingon who murdered Kang’s godson when Dax was Curzon Dax, the eminent ambassador to the Klingon Empire. This episode shows us what happened to these characters between the time when the three Klingons met Kirk and the present day. #9 “Crossover” If you liked the mirror universe, you’ll love this episode, which is the first of a multi-episode arc spanning several seasons. In this episode we learn what happened to the Terran Empire following Kirk’s crossover in the original Star Trek episode “Mirror, Mirror.” This episode is a great adventure and also teaches us a life lesson: interfering in other people’s affairs could have disastrous consequences, as evidenced by several of the alternate characters.

Rene Auberjonois as the human-hating Mirror-Odo and Colm Meaney as a disheartened “Smiley” O’Brien turn in wonderful performances. #10 “The Search” (Parts I and II) The third season really got the ongoing threat of the Dominion ramping up into high gear. In this episode—a continuation of the previous season’s finale—the crew’s mission is to go into the Gamma Quadrant and find the Found-

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the magic in Matilda or wanted to eat your weight in candy because of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, these stories defy time and always find new audiences. In this story, a young girl named Sophie meets the Big Friendly Giant (or BFG, for short), and he shows Sophie all of the adventures to be had in giant country. The film will be released on July 1.

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness The perfect story for

Halloween, a young boy must cope with his mother’s terminal illness. With his coping comes a monster who, night after night, visits the young boy to tell him stories. The film is set to be released October 14.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander/ J.K. Rowling Did you really think the Harry Potter fandom was just going to let the magic end with The Death-

ly Hallows, Part 2? Of course not! Magic never really ends, and this story proves it. The book itself is in a textbook format and describes all of the magical creatures in the Wizard world. The film will follow the adventures of Newt Scamander, the wizard who wrote the book back in the 1920s. The film will come out November 18.

ers of the Dominion. There’s only one question: how? This episode features the emergence of the U.S.S. Defiant, a starship originally designed to fight the Borg. The Defiant becomes a prominent figure in the series from this point onward. #11 “Defiant” A sequel to The Next Generation’s “Second Chances,” this episode has Commander Riker’s twin, Thomas Riker, stealing the Defiant with plans to use it for the Maquis’ purposes of gaining territory.

This one’s a top-notch action story. #12 “Past Tense” (Parts I and II) This episode has its genesis in a newspaper article from the Los Angeles area, in which the city was discussing blocking off about 20 city blocks for the homeless to live. In this episode, Sisko, Dax, and Bashir are trapped in the mid-21st century, just

as the Bell Riots, one of the pivotal events in the formation of the Federation (social reforms), begins to ramp up.

This is a good two-part episode to watch—even in modern times—and it has a good message, something Star Trek does best. #13 “Visionary” O’Brien gets a dose of radiation poisoning and this, in turn, shifts him every five hours to another point in time five hours in the future. This is a good time-travel story because it marks the first and only time we see the station explode. #14 “The Way of the Warrior” This feature-length fourth season opener brought over Worf from The Next Generation, perhaps in an effort to

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TREK Continued from page 14 boost ratings. In this episode, the Klingons decide to abandon the Khitomer Accords after the Federation Council decides to condemn their invasion of the Cardassian Empire because they believe Dominion agents overthrew the government. #15 “The Visitor” A freak accident sends Sisko into subspace and leaves Jake (Cirroc Lofton) fatherless. This is a good story to watch, even for the emotional aspects of the story. #16 “Little Green Men” DS9’s writers always attempted to shed some light on cult phenomena. In this case, they decided to tackle the long-fabled 1947 crash of a UFO in Roswell, New Mexico. But instead of Martians, they decided to have Quark, Rom (Max Grodenchik), and Nog (Aron Eisenberg) be the aliens. #17 “Homefront” & “Paradise Lost” This two-part episode is centered on Changelings— Security Chief Odo’s people—on Earth following a bombing at a diplomatic conference that left 27 people dead. This two-part episode was originally supposed to be the cliffhanger of the previous season, but due to Paramount’s insistence that no cliffhanger ending was to be made for the introduction of Worf, this was held off until later. Robert Foxworth (The Questor Tapes) turns in a brilliant performance as Admiral Leyton. #18 “Rules of Engagement” Worf is put on trial for apparently murdering innocent Klingon civilians while on convoy duty. It is one of many good trial stories like “Court Martial” in the Original Series and “The Drumhead” in The Next Generation. #19 “Shattered Mirror” The third entry in the mirror universe on DS9 shows us the Terran Rebellion (formed after the first visit) driving

CC BY-SA 2.0 by pmarkham the Alliance (the main force in the mirror universe’s Alpha Quadrant) off of the station and fending off an attack by the Rebellion’s version of the Defiant. Mirror-Worf, originally written in the first one (changed to Telok and played

by John Cothran, Jr.), is here shown as the Regent of the Alliance. #20 “…Nor the Battle to the Strong” This episode has Jake and Bashir traveling to Ajilon Prime to respond to a distress call. This showcases the horrors of war first-hand, which were shown again almost two years later in the episode “The Siege of AR-558.”

This episode however, is like M*A*S*H Star Trek-style. Plus, hearing the internal thoughts of Jake Sisko as a potential story makes the emotional aspect even better. #21 “Trials and Tribble-ations” This 30th anniversary show has the crew traveling back in time to the classic Tribbles episode in order to prevent alterations to history. A nod to The X-Files is made in the anagrammed characters of Dulmer and Lucsly from the Federation’s Department of Temporal Investigations.

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#22 “Doctor Bashir, I Presume?”

This episode has Dr. Louis Zimmerman (Robert Picardo, from Voyager) selecting Bashir for a new long-term holographic doctor program.

However, a disturbing secret from his past—genetic re - sequencing — des troys the possibility. Brian George (known for playing Babu

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Russell, a science-fiction writer. This episode is often cited as one of the best episodes of DS9 ever. #24 “Take Me Out to the Holosuite” A baseball-filled episode is one of the brighter moments in the Dominion War story arc that permeated throughout the last two seasons. Captain Solok (Gregory Wagrowski), an old rival of Sisko’s, challenges him to a game of baseball pitting his crew against Sisko’s. It gave rise to the word “Niners,” which became a nickname for fans of the series. #25 “What You Leave Behind” How do you close out a series as epic as DS9? You do it exactly like this. This finale brings all of the storylines (some left hanging since season one) together and ties them up beautifully. The Dominion War comes to an end, the characters move on, and the ending will leave you with a tear in your eye.

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