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No verdict for 3 cops in Floyd killing after 1st day of deliberations

Presentations from Students United and fee proposals hit the senate

By MAXWELL MAYLEBEN

By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER

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The 89th Student Government of Minnesota State University, Mankato met last night with a presentation by Students United as well as the first round of fee allocations presentations.

Students United State Chair Emma Zellmer, Vice Chair Arnavee Maltare, and Treasurer Pierre Young spoke to the senators on the functions of the non-profit organization.

Students United is recognized by the Minnesota State System as the official representation of students that attend any of the schools within the system.

During their presentation, Zellmer asked the senators to fill out a survey regarding the Students United budget and how it is spent.

Young spoke to the senators about the program priorities as well as gave a mid-year advocacy update. He mentioned several areas in which they are advocating, including COVID-19 advocacy, International Student Healthcare, and sustainability. The leaders also presented their legislative agenda, which included supporting the Minnesota State Capital investment program, doubling the pell grant, and increasing funding for Open Educational

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State Chair Emma Zellmer (center), Vice Chair Arnavee Maltare (right) and Treasurer Pierre Young (Left) address the MSU Student Government about opportunities with Students United.

Resources. There were three fee presentations from Student Health Services, the dome, and outdoor facilities.

Student Health Services is responsible for an on-campus medical clinic, pharmacy and health education on campus and is located in Carkoski.

During their presentation, Student Health Services spoke to their goals of expanding telepsychiatry initiative, support mental health initiatives, as well as adapt to the changing needs from the pandemic. Stu-

dent Health fee requested to receive a 10 cent increase, the first increase in the fee since 2018. This comes after a projected decrease in credit hours, which directly affects the funding of the health services.

Next, Sam Steiger spoke about both the campus recreation facility and the dome fee.

For the facility fee, Steiger spoke to the senate about how this fee funds the outdoor recreational fields and their upkeep. This fee works to pay off the debt of the renovations to

the facilities, as well as pay for various maintenance costs.

Steiger then spoke to the dome fee.

In 2018, a referendum was passed by the student body to add a new fee for students to pay for the Seasonal Sports Dome. The dome will be paid for over the next 10 years at a fee of 83 cents per credit banded at 12-18 credits.

In upcoming weeks, there will be continued presentations from different fees, including the Student Activities fee.

By ALEXANDRA TOSTRUD Staff Writer

Of all the ways for Minnesota State University, Mankato students to get involved on campus, joining a learning community is one that leads students to lifelong connections and academic success. By grouping students with similar majors in the same courses and residential halls, they have the opportunity to learn both in and out of the classroom.

“What students tell us is that the largest benefits are the built-in study groups. Learning community students are pre-enrolled together, so they have the ability to study together. If a student misses class, it’s pretty easy to find someone to catch notes from because you already know 25 other peo-

ple in your class,” said Jean Clarke, the director of learning communities. “Students in learning communities also have a proven higher GPA.” Clarke oversees all 18 of MSU’s learning communities, including the programs that continue past first-year involvement. “We offer second-year learning communities for business, nursing, and elementary education.

Three quarters of students continue into second-year communities,” she added.

Currently, MSU students are not required to live in a designated residential hall to be a part of a first year community, a policy that changed due to COVID-19. While the living-learning aspect of the program can be extremely helpful for students, living in a different hall or off-campus

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Learning Communities leads students to success

MSU is equipped with 18 learning communities with various majors.

does not affect the benefits students can gain from joining a learning community. “I already had a roommate that wasn’t a part of my community. Even now, one of my [off-campus]

roommates is in my learning community,” says sophomore Quinn Ellingson on her experience living outside her learning community. Although she is COMMUNITY on page 5 

A jury wrapped up its first day of deliberations Wednesday without a verdict in the federal trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights when he was pinned to the ground for 9 1/2 minutes as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into his neck.

J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care.

Kueng and Thao are also charged with failing to intervene to stop Chauvin during the May 25, 2020, killing that was captured on bystander video that triggered protests worldwide and a reexamination of racism and policing.

Jurors deliberated all day Wednesday without reaching a verdict and were expected to resume their efforts on Thursday.

Prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that the three officers “chose to do nothing” as Chauvin squeezed the life out of the 46-year-old Black man.

Defense attorneys countered that the officers were too inexperienced, weren’t trained properly and did not willfully violate Floyd’s rights.

All 12 members of the jury — eight women and four men — appear to be white, although the court has not released demographics such as race or age. A woman who appeared to be of Asian descent was excused Tuesday from the panel without explanation; a man who appears to be of Asian descent remains as an alternate if one of the current 12 cannot continue.

Lane is white, Kueng is Black and Thao is Hmong American.

The jury is a sharp contrast to the panel that deliberated the state murder case against Chauvin. That jury was half white and half nonwhite, according to demographic information provided by the Hennepin County court.

The federal jury pool was selected from throughout the state.

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US vaccination drive is bottoming out

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Abolition newspaper revived

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

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Nurse Jordan Ledbetter prepares to perform a test for COVID-19 outside the Marion County Health Department in Hamilton, Alabama, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022.

By JAY REEVES Associated Press

A handwritten log kept by nurses tells the story of the losing battle to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19 in this corner of Alabama: Just 14 people showed up at the Marion County Health Department for their initial shot during the first six weeks of the year.

That was true even as hospitals in and around the county of roughly 30,000 people filled with virus patients and the death toll climbed.

On many days, no one got a first shot at all, while a Mexican restaurant up the street, Los Amigos, was full of unmasked diners at lunchtime.

The vaccination drive in the U.S. is grinding to a halt, and

demand has all but collapsed in places like this deeply conservative manufacturing town where many weren’t interested in the shots to begin with.

The average number of Americans getting their first shot is down to about 90,000 a day, the lowest point since the first few days of the U.S. vaccination campaign, in December 2020.

And hopes of any substantial improvement in the immediate future have largely evaporated.

About 76% of the U.S. population has received at least one shot.

Less than 65% of all Americans are fully vaccinated.

Vaccination incentive programs that gave away cash, sports tickets, beer and other prizes have largely gone away.

America’s first newspaper dedicated to ending slavery is being resurrected and reimagined more than two centuries later as the nation continues to grapple with its legacy of racism.

The revived version of The Emancipator is a joint effort

by Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research and The Boston Globe’s Opinion team that’s expected to launch in the coming months. Deborah Douglas and Amber Payne, co-editors-in-chief of the new online publication, say it will feature written and video opinion pieces, multimedia series, virtual talks and other content by respected scholars and seasoned journalists. The goal, they say, is to “reframe” the national conversation around racial injustice.

“I like to say it’s anti-racism, every day, on purpose,” said Douglas, who joined the project after working as a journalism professor at DePauw University in Indiana. “We are targeting anyone who wants to be a part of the solution to creating an anti-racist society because we think that leads us to our true north, which is democracy.” The original Emancipator was founded in 1820 in Jonesborough, Tennessee, by iron manufacturer Elihu Embree, with the stated purpose to “advocate the abolition of slavery and to be a repository of tracts on that interesting and important subject,” according to a digital collection of the monthly newsletter at the University of Tennessee library.

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Amber Payne, left, and Deborah Douglas co-editors-in-chief of the new online publication of “The Emancipator” pose at their office inside the Boston Globe, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Boston.

Before Embree’s untimely death from a fever ended its brief run later that year, The Emancipator reached a circulation of more than 2,000, with copies distributed throughout the South and in northern cities like Boston and Philadelphia that were centers of the abolition movement. Douglas and Payne say drawing on the paper’s legacy is appropriate now because it was likely difficult for Americans to envision a country without slavery back then, just as many people today likely can’t imagine a nation without racism. The new Emancipator was announced last March, nearly a year after the killing of George Floyd

by Minneapolis police in May 2020 sparked social justice movements worldwide.

“Those abolitionists were considered radical and extreme,” Douglas said. “But that’s part of our job as journal-

ists providing those tools, those perspectives that can help them imagine a different world.”

Other projects have also recently come online taking the mantle of abolitionist newspapers, including The North Star, a media site launched in 2019 by civil rights activist Shaun King and journalist Benjamin Dixon that’s billed as a revival of Frederick Douglass’ influential anti-slavery newspaper.

Douglas said The Emancipator, which is free to the public and primarily funded through philanthropic donations, will stand out because of its focus on incisive commentary and rigorous academic work. The publication’s staff, once it’s ramped up, will largely eschew the typical quick turnaround, breaking news coverage, she said.

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With war drawing closer, rebels ask for help

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press

The Kremlin said rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine asked Russia for military assistance Wednesday to help fend off Ukrainian “aggression,” an announcement that immediately fueled fears that Moscow was offering up a pretext for war, just as the West had warned about.

In an emotional late-night address to his nation, the Ukrainian president rejected Moscow’s claims that his country poses a threat to Russia and lamented that a Russian invasion would cost tens of thousands of lives.

“The people of Ukraine and the government of Ukraine want peace,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Russian, hours after declaring a nationwide state of emergency. But if an attack threatens lives and freedom, “we will fight back.”

Zelenskyy said he tried to call Russian President Vladimir Putin late Wednesday, but the Kremlin remained silent.

Anxiety about an imminent Russian offensive against its neighbor soared after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the separatist regions’ independence, and the West responded with sanctions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the rebel chiefs wrote to Putin, pleading with him to intervene after Ukrainian shelling caused civilian deaths and crippled vital infrastructure.

The separatists’ appeal comes after Putin sanctioned the deployment of troops to the rebel territories to help “main-

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A Ukrainian serviceman stands at his position at the line of separation between Ukraine-held territory and rebel-held territory near Svitlodarsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022.

tain peace” and the parliament granted him permission to use military force outside the country.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the separatists’ request for Russian help was an example of the sort of “falseflag” operation that the U.S. and its allies have expected Moscow to use as a pretense for war.

“So we’ll continue to call out what we see as false-flag operations or efforts to spread misinformation about what the actual status is on the ground,” she said. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said

the country requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council. He called the separatists’ request “a further escalation of the security situation.”

In Ukraine, lawmakers approved President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decree that imposes the state of emergency for 30 days starting Thursday. The measure allows authorities to impose curfews and restrictions on movement, block rallies and ban political parties and organizations “in the interests of national security and public order.”

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concern among Ukrainian authorities after weeks of trying to project calm. The Foreign Ministry advised against travel to Russia and recommended that any Ukrainians who are there leave immediately.

“For a long time, we refrained from declaring a state of emergency ... but today the situation has become more complicated,“ National Security and Defense Council head Oleksiy Danilov told parliament, emphasizing that Moscow’s efforts to destabilize Ukraine represented the main threat. Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly

voiced concern that pro-Russian groups inside the country could try to destabilize it, including a pro-Moscow political party represented in parliament.

The introduction of the state of emergency follows Putin’s move Monday to recognize the independence of rebel regions in eastern Ukraine, where a nearly eight-year conflict has killed over 14,000 people.

Russia on Wednesday evacuated its embassy in Kyiv as hopes for a diplomatic way out of a new, potentially devastating war in Europe waned. The U.S. and key European allies accused Moscow of crossing a red line Tuesday in rolling over Ukraine’s border into a separatist eastern region known as the Donbas, with some calling it an invasion. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the Russian force of more than 150,000 troops arrayed along Ukraine’s borders is in an advanced state of readiness. “They are ready to go right now,” Kirby said.

The latest images released by the Maxar satellite image company show Russian troops and military equipment deployed within 10 miles of the Ukrainian border and less than 50 miles from Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.

In response to Russia’s action, President Joe Biden allowed sanctions to move forward against the company that built the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and against the company’s CEO. “Today, I have directed my administration to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG and its corporate officers,” Biden said in a statement.

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SPRING 2022 EDITOR IN CHIEF:

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The advantages of studying abroad

MADISON DIEMERT

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Editorial Once you reach college there’s more options available than you might think when it comes to where you would like to continue your schooling.

Some may think of their college education options as out-of-state or in-state, but they should also expand their options to across the globe.

In college the opportunities of studying abroad becomes more apparent, with several organizations attending global engagement fairs and other outreaches that encourage students to continue their education in countries around the world.

It is important in general to learn more about cultures you may not be familiar with, and studying abroad can become the perfect way for you to accomplish extensive learning about those cultures.

Study abroad organizations have expanded tremendously since the beginning of their creation, and now allow students to travel to mostly any country they may be interested in studying in.

The options are endless, and so are the benefits of trying it out.

If you are passionate about a language and would like to continue learning more about it, traveling abroad to the origin of the language will help you expand your knowledge and fluency without intense effort. You will also naturally enhance your social network

NEWS DIRECTOR: Julia Barton julia.barton@mnsu.edu SPORTS EDITOR: Kole Buelow kole.buelow@mnsu.edu VARIETY EDITOR: Emma Johnson emma.johnson.5@mnsu.edu MEDIA/DESIGN DIRECTOR: Mansoor Ahmad mansoor.ahmad@mnsu.edu

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while studying abroad with other students, teachers, and potential employers. There is an invaluable relationship to be built with international cultures, which can further help you build life-long friendships.

Some of these connections can also help you build career opportunities which could include internships, job offers, or even business partners.

The wider you build your social network, especially if it is abroad, the greater likelihood you could be connected with an exciting career

opportunity in the future.

Despite the obvious benefits to your future career, there are also many other benefits to help spice up your life.

Study abroad opportunities allow you to expand your worldwide view and learn about new cultures. You will easily become more comfortable with people from different backgrounds and will help you start to value the unique experiences they bring to the table.

Gaining a perspective on how others live their lives will help you be a respectful human

when meeting with someone of the same culture in the future.

The most intriguing advantage of studying abroad is being able to see the world.

Not just are you exploring the world, but you are learning and really experiencing the culture.

So many people have dreams of visiting and exploring countries they have never been to before, and studying abroad can become your ticket to doing so while also preparing to earn your degree.

“Have you ever considered studying abroad?”

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“Yes, in Japan or Korea.”

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“Yes, it’s a good way to get an alternative perspective on things.”

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Redlien Column: “We Just Wanted to Dance Letters

By JEREMY REDLIEN “Jocks and Broads welcome, Blacks, Gays, and Hippies stay away.”

That was the gist of a sign that went up in downt o w n Mankato near the Tr a d e r and Trapper Discotheque in late 1975. The owners of Trader and Trapper denied responsibility, but previous incidents of racism and homophobia led to a protest by local activists at the bar.

The protest was simple.

Have men dancing with men and women dance with women. A reporter from Minnesota State University’s newspaper The Reporter was asked to attend to document what would happen.

On Jan. 22, 1976, when the six men involved in the protest were spotted dancing together by the Trader and Trapper management, they were asked to leave. When those involved did not, the management then went on to claim that others had made violent threats against the six men. This threat was not idle, as one of the men involved had been assaulted in a previous incident. When the six men still refused to leave, the management called the police to have them removed. The police came, asked the six men to leave, and warned them to not return to the bar after they left.

The impact from this incident would be far reaching for Mankato’s still nascient queer

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rights movement. A year after the incident, Jim Chalgren, who had been involved in organizing the protest, said to The Reporter, “Most of my family want nothing to do with me anymore and two of us lost jobs because of the Trader and Trapper incident.”

An anniversary party a year after the incident was held to help remind people of the indecent and that local LGBTQ people were still fighting against discrimination.

The incident also drew attention at the state and national level. Activist Jim Baker, notable for having participated the oldest same-sex marriage in the US, which was certified right here in Blue Earth County, encouraged the activists to take the case to the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Chalgren would be interviewed

by Time magazine in 1977 because of his activism and the Trader and Trapper incident.

In this interview Chalgren is quoted as saying, “It can still be a disaster to identified as gay in Mankato.”

“I just want to dance,” Chalgren would write in his self published work “Mankato Poems”, clearly referencing the incident. Dance was important to Chalgren, who was involved with the campus dance group Orchesis.

Men dancing together has a long history of being taboo. It was one of the activities banned in New York City in the late 1960s, and thus played a role in the Stonewall Riots. As was true in NYC, lesbians and other women dancing together was not as taboo or generally forbidden. Several contemporary arti-

BENEFITS OF LEARNING COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY from page 1 not in the dorms, she still has all of the same opportunities as the other members of her community who live on campus.

Ellingson is a member of the second, and final, year elementary education community, where focus for the spring semester is set on program applications.

“Working with our coordinator has been a lot of help.

She’s helped with every question we’ve ever had about applying, which is helpful because none of our professors go over it a ton. It’s been really nice to have an experienced senior who’s already done this giving us tips and insights,” Ellingson noted.

First year communities have a strong focus on academics and campus involvement.

“The weekly study sessions were the most beneficial. I really enjoyed engaging with the other people in learning communities, and we could work through problems together.

We also went to the engagement fairs and housing fairs,” 

cles in The Reporter state that women dancing together at the Trader and Trapper were not harassed. Because of the Trader and Trapper protest, among other incidents, local LGBTQ activists led by Chalgren would fight for the Mankato City Council to pass an anti-discrimation ordinance to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

While the Mankato City Council would never pass such an ordinance, Chalgren was successful in establishing the second oldest college LGBT Center in the United States right here at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Today, same sex couples dancing together are a common sight, and Mankato’s annual Pridefest frequently includes dances as part of celebrating our queer community.

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says Aidan Ryan, a freshman in a business community. “On day one, we went to this learning community event and I met lots of people. Some I haven’t talked to since, but others I’ve since built long standing friendships with,” he added.

Ryan joined the program at the beginning of the Fall 2021 semester.

However, students can apply through the end of the academic term for second-year, junior, or senior communities.

“We have a research learning community, so if there’s folks interested in undergraduate research, it’s a great opportunity. We will work with anybody who has an interest,” says Clarke.

Dear campus and community, we respectfully invite you to participate in an evening screening of the film “Crip Camp,” as well as the post-film discussion.

This film documents the struggle of people with disabilities through recent American history, and the sacrifices they made to address bias and prejudice. The post-film discussion will include individuals with lived experience, including Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson, Minnesota Governor’s Council on Disabilities member, and Partners in Policymaking graduate.

Our peer has had their fundamental welfare diminished on our campus. Thus far, the burden of addressing ableism has been primarily placed on the student when it affects all.

We learn about discrimination, but we do not learn about ableism.

Ableism includes a lack of awareness of your surroundings and diminishes everyone’s experience in our community.

As a class, we are hosting this film because it documents the constant challenges and sometimes threats faced by people with disabilities.

The ADA was passed because people with disabilities came together and demanded their rights be recognized and addressed. We hope you will join us and that the event will be beneficial to our community, fostering positive relationships between all participants.

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Women’s hoops onto NSIC tourney

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Mavs battle Tech in season finale

By KARSON BUELOW Staff Writer

The Minnesota State women’s basketball team finished off the regular season this past weekend with wins against the Upper Iowa Peacocks and the Winona State Warriors. The Mavericks finished off the regular season 20-5 overall and 16-5 in the NSIC. This is the first time since the 2013-14 season that the Mavericks have reached the 20-win mark, and the fourth time in head coach Emilee Thiesse’s career. MSU also claimed the top spot in the NSIC south division and secured the important first round bye.

This season has proven to be an exciting season for the Mavs. Thiesse spoke about how far the team has come since the beginning of the season. “We started this season really hot and cracked the top-25 rankings,” Thiesse said. “We were doing some really good things.

We knew we just needed to get better at making some ingame adjustments.”

MSU also announced Monday they have signed Lino Lakes native Hannah Herzig, who will join the Mavs for the 2022-23 season. The 6’0” combo guard averages 21.8 pts per game and recently surpassed the 1,000 pt mark at Totino-Grace High School.

Herzig was also named All-Northwest Suburban Conference honorable mention as a junior and played for the Centennial High School team, who finished third in the state in 2019.

Thiesse was excited when talking about the new addition to the upcoming class.

“We are really excited,” Thiesse stated. “It’s going to be a super exciting, complete class.”

The ending of a historic regular season for the Mavericks women’s basketball team also means the start of the NSIC tournament. MSU is set to take on Southwest Minnesota State University in the first round of the tournament. The Mavs and Mustangs split the regular season series with each team winning and losing one game.

MSU took game one by a score of 96-74 and dropped game two 46-63.

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Senior goaltender Dryden McKay (29) is a semifinalist for the Mike Richter award and a nominee for the Hobey Baker award. McKay has been a major key to the Mavericks’ success, stopping .934 percent of shots to propel MSU to the MacNaughton Cup and another No. 1 ranking.

By KOLE BUELOW Sports Editor

After clinching the regular season MacNaughton Cup this past weekend in their series against Bemidji State, the Minnesota State men’s hockey team is set to travel to Michigan Tech’s home ice this weekend to play their final twogame series of the season.

The Mavericks claimed their seventh MacNaughton Cup in game two of the series

against the Beavers, which is awarded to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association’s regular season champion. The 5-1 win on Saturday propelled the Mavericks to a 29-5-0 overall record and 21-3 record in the CCHA, which equates to 62 points.

MSU will face Michigan Tech, who clinched the second seed in the upcoming CCHA tournament with their shootout win over Ferris State on Saturday.

The two teams played earlier this season at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato where the Mavericks swept the Huskies.

The Huskies have presented one of the biggest challenges to the Mavericks this season, with MSU squeaking out a close 2-1 win in overtime and a 3-1 win in regulation.

The Mavericks are likely to play without top goal scorer and junior winger Ryan Sandelin due to an injury. Sandelin

has had a breakout junior year, scoring 19 goals while tallying 11 assists in 33 games played.

MSU is also likely to miss their top scorer, junior Nathan Smith, who recently competed at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Despite a tough battle, Team USA was eliminated in the quarterfinal round of the tournament.

Mavericks’ head coach Mike Hastings also competed in the games, but was picked BATTLE on page 9 

Men’s basketball falls to NSU in tournament

By KOLE BUELOW Sports Editor

After defeating Winona State on home court this past weekend, the Minnesota State men’s basketball team traveled to South Dakota to take on Northern State in the first round of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament.

The Mavericks finished out the regular season with a 16-9 record heading into the tournament which granted the team a six seed. MSU was seeded into facing Northern State in Aberdeen for the first round with the chance of moving onto the quarterfinals in Sioux Falls on Feb. 27.

The two teams got to a

back-and-forth start in the first five minutes of action before the Mavs started pulling away.

A 14-0 run pulled MSU ahead 21-14 before NSU answered with a layup on the offensive end. The remainder of the first half was contested evenly until the Mavs pulled away once again to bring an 11-point lead into the intermission.

The second half opened with buckets from each squad.

MSU remained up by ten points at the 9:42 mark of the second half, until Northern State dwindled down the lead and eventually tied the game at 55 with 3:28 remaining.

The teams brought a 5757 tie to the 2:10 mark until NSU’s Sam Masten hit a

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

Sophomore guard Quincy Anderson (10) totaled 21 points, six rebounds, and three assists in the Mavs’ loss to NSU on Wednesday.

jumper in the paint to give the Wolves a two-point lead. The Wolves and Mavericks would

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Women’s hockey onto WCHA tournament against No. 5 Duluth

By KOLE BUELOW Sports Editor

With the regular season coming to a close this past weekend, the Minnesota State women’s hockey team now enters the end of season Western Collegiate Hockey Association tournament as the fifth seed.

The Mavericks battled with the sixth seeded Bemidji State Beavers over the weekend, which proved to be a pivotal series in setting the standings for the upcoming WCHA tournament. MSU and BSU came into the two-game series one point ahead of each other in tournament seeding, with Minnesota State holding that one point lead.

All the Mavs needed was a win in regulation on Friday to clinch the fifth seed in the tournament and they did just that.

MSU defeated Bemidji 2-0 in the contest which slotted them into facing No. 5 ranked Minnesota Duluth in the first round of the tournament.

The fifth seed and Duluth were the two outcomes the Mavericks wanted coming into

the WCHA tournament, as they would have had to face either No. 4 Wisconsin or No. 2 Ohio State if they would have given up the spot to Bemidji.

Wisconsin and Ohio State both swept Minnesota State in the season series this year, and would have been tough opponents to take down on away ice.

Instead, the Mavericks get the Bulldogs who have taken all but one of the games over the Mavs this season.

The first two games the two teams played were split on the Mavericks’ home ice, with the Bulldogs taking the first game 0-7 and the Mavericks taking the second 4-2. The teams most recently played in January in Duluth where the Bulldogs won both games by scores of 2-4 and 3-5.

MSU’s top line of senior Brittyn Fleming, junior Kelsey King, and junior Kennedy Bobyck has been outstanding for the Mavericks as of late. The three forwards are the top scorers on the team up to this point of the season, with Fleming leading the charge.

Fleming has 16 goals and 24

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HOOPS from page 8 Minnesota at 44-22. However, the last ten matchups have proven to be a toss-up at 5-5.

Thiesse mentioned what the focus has been for her team these past few weeks and heading into playoffs. “Over the past few weeks, our biggest focus was to be in the present and to soak in every opportunity to be together,” she said. “To make

our opportunities full of experience and energy and to just enjoy that.” In addition, Thiesse said, “Our energy has probably been the best it’s been all year.

We want to continue to carry that momentum and energy into the first round of playoffs.”

Minnesota State will take on Southwest Minnesota State on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls, SD.

TOURNAMENT from page 8 erick Kyreese Willingham sent NSU’s Jacksen Moni to the free throw line. Moni would make both free throws to extend the Wolves’ lead to four. MSU sophomore Quincy Anderson responded with a jumper at the 33 second mark but two more free throws from Moni would keep the Wolves at distance.

A clutch three pointer from Anderson would bring the Mavs within one with 23 seconds remaining but a foul from redshirt freshman Brady Williams would send Moni to the line again. Moni would sink both free throws to give NSU a three-point lead that would send the Mavs rushing to score on the offensive end.

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MADDIE BEHRENS • The Reporter Senior goaltender Chantal Burke (41) started her first two games as a Maverick his past weekend in the team’s series against Bemidji State. Burke saved 47 shots and recorded two shutouts to help the Mavs clinch the fifth seed.

assists this season for a total of 40 points. Fleming’s one goal and two assists has propelled her into first place in points in a season as a Maverick as well as tied for first is career points at 109 with 2009 graduate Maggie Fisher. Following her are King and Bobyck, who fill the sides of Mavs’ first line as wingers.

King is second on the team in points at 37 with 16 goals and 21 assists and has an opportunity to also surpass the previous single-season points record this

BATTLE from page 8 to travel home early and made his first appearance behind the bench since leaving the games this past Friday for the Bemidji Series. Hastings explained postgame that Smith would not return home until after the closing ceremonies, which took place on Feb. 20.

Smith is expected to be on his way back soon, but it is highly unlikely he will return to the lineup until the CCHA tournament. The junior forward led the Mavericks in scoring until the most recent series at 41 points, but senior Julian Napravnik tied the first place spot this past weekend.

Smith has 15 goals and 26 assists this season in 28 games played while Napravnik nearly mirrors Smith with 16 goals and 25 assists in 30 games played.

Senior netminder Dryden McKay remains a stone wall in the Maverick net, starting in all but one game for the Mavericks this season.

McKay is a semifinalist for the Mike Richter award, which has been awarded to the top 

Anderson took the shot but came up empty giving the Wolves a 62-65 win in the first round of the NSIC tournament.

The Mavericks’ season now looks to be over with the team finishing 16-10 overall and 9-9 in conference play. The Mavs ended with an amazing 11-2 record at home but struggled away at 3-8.

weekend. Bobyck rounds out the group with 25 points of her own, compiled by nine goals and 16 assists.

In net the Mavericks have relied on junior Calla Frank for most of the season, but due to injury the Mavs have turned to senior Chantal Burke. Burke entered the lineup for the first time this season in game one against Bemidji State, and collected her first shutout as a Maverick in her first start.

Burke also collected another

goaltender in college hockey since 2014. McKay is also a nominee for the Hobey Baker award along with fellow teammate Smith, which is awarded to the best player in college hockey.

McKay holds a 29-4-0 record between the pipes while supporting a .934 save percentage with nine shutouts.

The goaltender has been a major key in keeping the Mavericks ranked No. 1 in the nation in the USCHO Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Poll.

MSU also appears as the No. 2 ranked team in the PairWise Rankings, which determine seeding for the upcoming NCAA tournament in April.

Minnesota State will be going up against Michigan Tech this weekend in Houghton at the John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

The Michigan Tech Huskies come into the matchup 19-9-3 overall and 16-6-2 in the CCHA. The Huskies have proven themselves to be one of the better teams in college hockey this season, and have earned the No. 14 spot in the

shutout the night after, saving a total of 47 shots over the weekend. MSU is unsure who will start this weekend in the blue paint, but it sounds more likely than not that Burke will make her third career start as a Maverick.

The 14-17-1 Mavs will have a tough task against the 22-9-1 Bulldogs this weekend, but are prepared to spoil the Bulldogs’ WCHA tournament run with two wins and a ticket to the next round of the playoffs.

most recent USCHO rankings.

MTU also appears at No. 12 in the PairWise and could make a big jump in the rankings if they steal a game or two from the Mavericks this weekend.

Tech is led by their senior class, with six of seven of their top point getters in their final years with the program. Forward Brian Holonen is the team leader in points and one of the top point getters in all of college hockey with 42.

Holonen also appears in the top two for goals scored with 20 to go along with his 22 assists. Following behind Halonen is forward Trenton Bliss, who has scored 11 times this year while tallying 24 assists.

Bliss is the only other Husky to surpass the 30-point mark.

The Huskies rely on junior netminder Blake Pietila in the blue paint, who has started in 31 games this season. Pietila has earned himself 19 wins in the 31 starts, holding a .920 save percentage and 1.85 goals allowed average in those games.

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Alum follows traveling passion

By EMMA JOHNSON Variety Editor

When students first come to college, many are uncertain of what they will be majoring in.

Over the course of their undergraduate years, they may find their interests change, along with what they’re studying at school.

While Minnesota State University, Mankato alum Emily Jansen graduated with a BFA in musical theatre, she is now living as a digital nomad, otherwise known as people who engage in the traveler lifestyle while engaging in digital telecommunications.

Born and raised in St. Peter, Jansen’s interest for traveling started when she was young by going down to the local travel agency and collecting brochures of places that she wanted to visit, along with watching classic ‘90s movies that were set in different countries.

“I’d watch movies like “Balto” or “Anastasia”, and instead of enjoying those movies for what they were, they made me want to go to Alaska or Russia when I was older,” said Jansen.

“I always knew that I wanted to travel, I just didn’t prioritize it for a long time.”

Jansen graduated with a theater degree from MSU back in 2013 and found a steady stream of work by teaching theater classes and performing at both Old Log Theatre and Theater Latte Da in the Twin Cities.

While working on a show in Missouri, Jansen found a howto book for traveling the world on a tight budget, and since

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MSU alum Emily Jansen studied theatre, but is now currently living as a digital nomad. She documents her journey and travel tips on her blog.

then never looked back.

“I booked a ticket to Europe and spent three weeks traveling in Germany, London and Portugal. I didn’t have a lot of money at the time, so I used the Couchsurfing app to connect with locals for homestays,” said Jansen. “When I came back, I was hooked.”

Jansen created her blog, “The Wanderlust Rose,” back in 2018. She posts photos of her adventures along with travel tips and jobs that are available around the world. However, it was a work in progress as Jansen had no idea what she was doing.

“It was a pretty daunting

task to start, but I just took it step by step and slowly built up a large online readership. My blog now has about 18,00020,000 monthly readers and is continuing to grow,” said Jansen. “The best part of the community has been launching my own curated trips so my readers/social media followers can travel with me.”

Jansen credits her time as an MSU Theater for not only teaching her about hard work and dedication, but giving her the skills to become a digital nomad.

“Theater has given me the confidence to think on my feet when things go wrong while traveling and the people skills to connect with anyone abroad,” said Jansen.

“I have also worked as a tour guide and travel host in my travels, which required strong public speaking skills that I had developed during my career in theater.”

While Jansen enjoys the variety of her lifestyle and how she’s visited multiple countries, living as a digital nomad isn’t easy.

Staying up-to-date with appointments and switching phone plans to stay connected are just a few of the struggles that come with the new lifestyle Jansen is living.

“Packing for multiple trips in a row can turn into a logistical nightmare. My suitcase at the moment is full of things for beach holidays, winter trekking and modest Middle Eastern travel. It’s a bit chaotic to try to have everything you need with you at once,” said Jansen.

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A performance day in life of MSU lead actor

By LILLY SCHMIDT Staff Writer

When audiences sit down for a play, they only see a masked version of the actors and the polished production they work to create.

It draws a viewer to wonder what a day in the life of a lead actor may be. Miles Cowan, a senior at Minnesota State University, Mankato, plays Tartuffe in the Theater Department’s production of “Tartuffe”.

8 a.m. Monday Morning: Wake up and make a cup of tea.

“First of all, I’ll start my day with a nice cup of tea or a nice hot cup of coffee,” said Cowan. “Hot tea is good for the voice, which is our biggest tool as actors.”

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Miles Cowan, who plays the titular character in MSU’s Theatre “Tartuffe” has long days filled with classes before heading to perform.

9 a.m.: Go to classes From there, Cowan attends

classes before his performance.

His first class of the day is Act-

ing Scene Studies, where Cowan observes students and gives them suggestions on where they could improve.

“I’m there performing and I’m watching scenes and we talking through [situations], giving suggestions to our peers who are performing,” said Cowan. “Then I have Theater Management after that, which is the money side of theater, the business side.”

His third class of the day is History of Western Theater, followed by a music skills class.

He then sneaks in dinner quickly before the bulk of the day.

6 p.m.: Call to theater Although the show doesn’t start until 7:30, Cowan has various preparations to complete beforehand, the first of which is makeup.

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Works on Paper shows printmaking

By SYD BERGGREN Staff Writer

Students at Minnesota State University, Mankato can find a variety of on-campus clubs that spark their interest in different mediums of art, and Works on Paper is just one of them.

This registered student organization has been running for 10 years, being founded in 2012. Throughout the years the group has held weekly meetings where students are able to socialize and practice different printing techniques, including screening printing t-shirts, carving woodblocks, and printing patches and cards.

The group’s advisor, associate printmaking professor Josh Winkler, says the goal of Works on Paper is to familiarize students with installing and exhibiting artwork on and off campus.

“Club exhibitions convey a tangible understanding of artwork functioning within a community while preparing students for future artistic careers and graduate studies,” stated Winkler.

“Traveling to galleries and museums in the cities, or to national academic conferences, opens students to the broad applications of print media in the fine arts and beyond.”

Despite the pandemic slowing the group down, they are determined to get back on their feet by hosting more meetings to gain more participants.

“These meetings are run by students and are open to anyone interested. We hope to get regular Friday meetings going again after spring break and continue in full force this coming fall semester,” said Winkler.

Graduate student Mai Tran, a current member of the RSO, said they host a variety of workshops, art shows, and print and t-shirt sales to fundraise for their members.

“Our club helps make printmaking art more aware to those within MSU and beyond. We usually have sales, visiting artists, field trips and more [to offer],” said Tran.

Works on Paper attends printmaking conferences whenever possible, and they have been to cities such as Knoxville, TN, Cheyenne, WY, and Portland, OR. “We have kept up with fundraising this year, selling prints on campus to raise PRINTS on page 11 

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TRAVEL from page 10 “However, it’s worth it!”

Jansen’s advice for those who are considering going digital is that while it’s exciting to be moving constantly, slow traveling and getting to know the local culture is the best way to experience the lifestyle.

“I had a place in Poland for six weeks and it allowed me to live like a local and really get to know the country while having a homebase where I could leave most of my luggage,” said Jansen.

“It allows you to fall more deeply in love with a destination and truly appreciate the country beyond the tourist stops you’d only have time to see on a quick trip.”

For those wanting to read more of Jansen’s adventures or to learn more about the digital nomad lifestyle, head over to her blog at thewanderlustrose.com. 

ACTOR from page 10 “Makeup isn’t necessarily one of my strong suits, so I like to take a little bit of extra time,” shared Cowan.

“My character’s a bit more sinister and evil, so [the theater department] wants me to cover a nice foundation of something a bit more pale and do an angular, darker cheekbone.”

After makeup comes costume which includes wigs and tights.

Cowans then warms up with a series of exercises and tongue twisters, his favorite being ‘Will you wait, Willy Wonka?’

“You’re supposed to over exaggerate the movement of your mouth and your enunciation, and that really exercises the muscles of your lips and tongue to help you really be able to move them quickly and still hit the noises accurately,” shared Cowan.

Before the cast heads on stage, there’s a group chant they all participate in.

“We will stomp around a bit and we’ll use our voice and then we say, ‘One, two, three, team theater!’ because we’re a team too,” said Cowan. “I don’t know where [the chant] came from, but it’s always been here for me, so I just do it. It’s a good time and it really gets us all hyped up before the show.”

7:30 p.m.: The performance Following the show, the cast strips their costumes, greet the audience, and head home. Once Cowan makes it back home, he’ll lay down and watch a movie or TV to unwind if he doesn’t have other work to complete.

“The Theatre Department here is busy, so there’s always work to be done. So I will often say ‘I need to do a little bit of work before I go to bed,’” shared Cowan.

“Without fail, I’m always really hungry after a show, so often I’ll make a bowl of pasta or throw a pizza in the oven to wind down, but it’s also as my reward for the performance in a way.”

After going through this exhausting day, Cowan heads to bed and is ready to do it all again on the next performance day. 

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Oscars slimming down before show

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press

To combat slumping ratings, the Oscars are undergoing a radical slimming down, with eight awards to be presented off-air during next month’s telecast of the 94th Academy Awards.

In a letter sent Tuesday to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the group’s president, David Rubin, said that the awards for film editing, production design, sound, makeup and hairstyling, music (original score) and the three short film awards (documentary, live-action and animated) will be presented at the ceremony before the March 27 live broadcast begins on ABC. Now, instead of starting the ceremony and broadcast all at once, the Dolby Theatre ceremony will begin an hour before the telecast does. The presentation and speeches of those early eight winners will be edited and featured during the three-hour live broadcast, which Rubin emphasized would still provide each winner with their “Oscar moment.”

Rubin said the changes were necessary for the future health of the Academy Awards.

“When deciding how to produce the Oscars, we recognize it’s a live event television show and we must prioritize the television audience to increase viewer engagement and keep the show vital, kinetic, and relevant,” wrote Rubin.

“This has been an important focus of discussion for quite some time. We do this while

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The Oscars are presenting awards early to eight different categories before the show is broadcast next month.

While ratings have plummeted due to COVID-19, the academy is having multiple hosts to boost ratings.

also remembering the importance of having our nominees relish a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

The possibility of pulling some of the Oscars’ 23 categories from the broadcast has long been a matter of debate.

In 2019, the academy initially sought to air four categories — cinematography, editing, makeup and hairstyling and live-action short — in a shortened, taped segment. But after a backlash ensued, the academy reversed itself days before the show.

But ratings have continued

to fall. Last year’s broadcast, severely altered by COVID-19, plummeted to an all-time low of 9.85 million viewers. (In 2018, 29.6 million watched.)

Pressure has mounted not only with the Oscars’ longtime broadcast partner, ABC, but within the academy to innovate a cultural institution that has long resisted change.

This year, after several hostless Oscars, producers are turning to the trio of Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes to emcee. The show, produced

by Will Packer, will also recognize the favorite movie as voted

on by fans on Twitter.

In remaking the Oscars to be less of a march through awards, the Academy Awards will become a little more like the Tonys and the Grammys, which have similarly shrunk the number of awards handed out during their telecasts. That hasn’t stopped a ratings slide for either, though. Both the Tonys and the Grammys notched new viewership lows in 2021.

Some have argued that no tinkering can stem the tide against any network television broadcast in a more diffuse, streaming media world.

WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITS PRINTS PRINTS from page 10 funds for conferences. [Students] see amazing work and become part of the contemporary printmaking conversation by sharing their own creations.

A few students will be traveling to the Southern Graphics International Conference in Madison, WI this March,” shared Tran.

Tran feels she has gained a larger perspective from being a part of the RSO. “Being involved in the printmaking club helps me gain much more confidence in everything. I made new friends who have different backgrounds, but share the same interests in art and print. Some of the members aren’t even art students,” shared Tran.

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Works on Paper has been around for 10 years and allows students to specialize in printmaking techniques such as carving woodblocks.

on field trips and conferences.”

Winkler, who has been the Works on Paper advisor for

eight years now, loves many things about his position.

“Seeing our students teach

others, often non-art students, printmaking processes at club meetings while building community is one of the highlights of the club for me,” shared Winkler. “I also love it when print students are able to travel to conferences.”

The printmaking students will be hosting an exhibition reception at the Grand Center for Arts and Culture in New Ulm, where they will be showcasing their newest work Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. The exhibition will also highlight a collaborative exchange project between Winkler’s printmaking students and MSU Professor Michael Torres’s poetry students.

The exhibition is open Feb. 25 to March 25 and will be open to the public Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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