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Old Town Mankato filled with lively spirit Businesses’ entrepreneurial drive leaves downtown thriving.
DIANA ROJO-GARCIA Staff Writer For many in Mankato, the bar scene known as “downtown” is where the weekend nightlife thrives. Old Town Mankato—the original downtown—in contrast, is a much lesser known part of town, where niche shops are still channeling the energy of the area’s traditional beginnings. A year after Mankato was founded in 1853, downtown had already begun to develop a flourishing selection of shops and services. It housed “a hotel, two stores, two lawyers, two tailors, a quarry, a saddler, a millwright, warehouse, and a school,” according to the Blue Earth County Historical Society. Since then, downtown has had a vast number of other businesses, such as saloons, restaurants and stores, continuing to be the local hub for shopping and leisure until the 1970s, when most stores and businesses “were altered or eliminated as a part of Urban Renewal.” MNSU has also taken note of Old Town for its booming entrepreneurial spirit and energy in the last decade. The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be calling this pivotal location its home in the next couple of months. The CIE will be located on 424 N. Riverfront in the old Hubbard building. The space was donated by Curt Fisher. The organization is dedicated to entrepreneurs and innovators, with their main goal being “to facilitate the launch of the next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators and dynamic organizations through education, outreach and research,” according to their website. “The Old Town tour is something I started doing because I’ve been teaching entrepreneurship now for
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Photo by Diana Rojo-Garcia a couple years as adjunct,” said the first director of CIE, Dr. Yvonne Cariveau. “My entrepreneurship class is fantastic—just the coolest students. They are people who see problems and want to solve them. Old Town to me is a perfect example of what happens when those kinds of people go out into the world and start doing stuff, and I want my students to see that this is you in a couple years,” Dr. Cariveau continued. “The best place, the one single place that I could think of in Mankato that I can take students and show them multiple people who are doing what they want to do, is Old Town.” With the expansion of MNSU’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, students can take a tour of their own and meet our neighbors. Old Town is also gaining the respect and attention that it deserves. Less than 10 years ago, more than 40 storefronts were vacant, and now only about six are available. More and more businesses have
decided to call Old Town their home because of its vibrant history and nostalgic importance. “We wanted it to be nostalgic,” says owner of Mary Lue’s Yarn & Ewe, Peggy Grey. “It’s cozy enough to be a yarn shop.” Mary Lue’s Yarn & Ewe business, a classic shop with long and narrow floors and high ceilings, opened in 2007. The walls are filled with every type of yarn conceivable, along with examples of just about anything you could possibly create with yarn, like adorable baby sweaters. Even if you don’t know how to knit or crochet, Mary Lue’s offers classes that accommodate varying skillsets. The Coffee Hag, situated kitty corner from CIE’s future location, has been a staple of the Mankato community since they opened their doors in 1997. Their specialty is— of course—coffee, but the Coffee Hag offers many other services, known for being the local hub to hang out, listen to music and support local artists. Owner Jenn MelbyKelly often can be seen
helping set up for shows or simply greeting customers with a warm welcome. “We have one group of people we cater to here— human beings,” said MelbyKelly. “We want people to feel good when they’re here. People have said it’s a second home. It’s community first, coffee shop second.” Walking down North Riverfront, you will find other stores dedicated to sharing their owners’ hobbies, lives, and passions with others. Old Town is a community of its own, where each business supports the other. Gallery 512 Boutique has a passion for bringing “unique and on-trend fashion at affordable prices to their rural Minnesota community.” The boutique is run by sisters Jessica and Danielle. They first started their business in October of 2013 in New Ulm and founded their second location in Mankato during October of 2015. The store also plays a Harper Bazaaresque role downtown that many have been longing for since the early 1980s. Salvage Sisters sits right
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next to the boutique. The store is full of trendy colors and homemade knickknacks as well as beautifully remodeled and restored furniture. Owner Heather Fisher has turned her small store into a booming business. Even so, they help others do what they love, offering “Pinterest Parties” that allow you to learn a new skill. In addition, Fisher displays personally selected pieces and crafts in her store in order to support local businesses. “Old Town is a hub of entrepreneurship,” said Fisher. If you start to get thirsty or hungry strolling down Old Town, there are plenty of options to fill that void. Midtown Tavern, now owned by Angi and Nik Proehl, offers both great beer and food. Angi and Nik Proehl have been the new owners of Midtown Tavern for a little more than a month. It’s a classic bar feel with wood paneling and a high top bar. It’s a hidden gem of Mankato that has been neglected, and one that the Proehl’s have gathered to shine. “We’re firm believers in doing things local,” says Proehl. “We all work together, so we source locally as much as possible.” Curiousi-Tea House, Arizona Olive Oil, and Freisen’s partner with each other in order to provide their customers services and compliment their products. Gallery 512 Boutique also displays their products on furniture provided by Salvage Sisters. The beauty of Old Town is that its businesses and tenants all act together to maintain a close relationship with Mankato’s history and local community.
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LUKE LARSON Staff Writer L as t Wednesday ’s MSSA meeting began with presentations from Vice President of Undergraduate Affairs Dr. Ginger Zierdt, Zoology Club president Taylor Heid, student John Neitge, and MNSU librarian Kellian Clink. Dr. Zierdt spoke on plans for widespread reform of the student advising system at
raised in MSSA during the 2008-2009 academic year. Dr. Zierdt says that the current proposal stems from that original decision by MSSA to establish a task force to address the issue. During her presentation, Dr. Zierdt touched on four critical issues. 1) The importance of fostering relationships between advisors and advisees. 2) The importance of advising students as early as possible. Dr. Zierdt would like to see students’ questions related to study abroad, transfer credits, and career options answered as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary wastes of
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student time and money. She even proposes that students be connected with an advisor before even taking their first class at MNSU.
3) The importance of connecting undecided students to advisors. Dr. Zierdt notes that confusion and dissatisfaction with advising is higher among undecided students. 4) The importance of training faculty to provide highquality advising. Dr. Zierdt notes that both students and faculty have expressed dissatisfaction with the advising system, many faculty lamenting that they are not properly equipped to advise students effectively. A key feature of the plan is to create a centralized advising center where information between various campus departments and organizations can be shared to offer students optimal advice. “We want to do right by you,” said Dr. Zierdt. “You’re paying a lot of money to come here. We want to give you the best service we possibly can.” Zoology Club president Taylor Heid gave a presentation on the beefriendly campus movement that she and her club are leading. She summarized the movement and made the case to the senators that MNSU should take action
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to attract bees to campus. She emphasized that the movement is focusing on educating MNSU students and faculty on the important role bees play in our world. She argues that the more educated a person is about bees, the more likely they are to save them. She noted that she has been in contact with Saint Catherine’s University and hopes to emulate beefriendly initiatives that they have taken. Heid spent much of the presentation quelling fears about bee stings, an issue that had been raised at a prior MSSA meeting. She noted that MNSU should focus on attracting nonstinging species of bees and that areas with the most bees would be located on the outskirts of campus. Senators reacted positively to the presentation. “You
are a powerhouse of environmentalism,” said President Faical Rayani to Heid. For more information on the bee-friendly movement, refer to the Feb. 2 Reporter article “Bee-friendly campus project aims to be friendly to bees.” Student John Neitge expressed concern over the fact that an MNSU graduate assistant found guilty of violating the university sexual misconduct policy continues to teach students. He argued that punishment has not been sufficiently enforced. Dr. Zierdt commented from the gallery that the administration is looking into
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NICOLE SCHMIDT News Editor Last week, I was walking out of Walmart and saw a beautiful sunset. Arms full of grocery bags, I somehow managed to get my phone out of my pocket and take a picture for my Snapchat. After opting not to use a filter, I posted the photo to my story, put my groceries in my car, and left for home. After getting home, I opened my Snapchat and saw
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“With so many photos being taken, the power of the picture is at odds.” story after story of various pictures of the same exact sunset. Different captions, filters, and angles were used, but one constant remained: the sunset. I put down my phone and began to wonder about the power of the photograph in
Because of it, we live in a time where almost everything is pictured. Pictures are taken at parties, in class, and even in the bathroom. Don’t believe how many photos are taken daily? According to DMR Statistics, about 2.5 billion photos are
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sent via Snapchat daily. Yes, daily! That’s a lot of photos taken throughout the year! With so many photos being taken, the power of the picture is at odds. Some may insist that the photo is stronger than ever, and increasing the number of photos increases photo literacy in society. For example, photos are a great way to convey social news events, such as photos taken at rallies, protests, conventions, etc. You don’t need to be there to get the feeling of what the scene looked like, and the photos shown are not filtered through mainstream media. However, others may argue that the photograph may become less meaningful,
with the most powerful images being washed away in the sea of daily photos. Because of the commonality of photos, seeing great pictures is becoming a normal thing, and the impact of photography may be diminishing. Ads, social media, and almost everything in between is filled with fullcolor photos, and this may lead us to see the world of words and opinions as nothing more than in black and white. While both arguments have legitimate points, whether positive or negative, the photograph is something that continues to inspire and promote people to take action in society.
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Continued from page 3 “The fee, paid for each credit by all students in the Minnesota State system, may increase by either 5¢, 10¢, or 15¢. A 5¢ increase would produce an estimated $78,750 in additional annual revenue, 10¢ would produce $157,500, and 15¢ would produce $236,250.” the issue immediately. Librarian Kellian Clink announced a storytelling event taking place on Wednesday, March 29 from 7-8:30 p.m. Clink pointed to data from the JED Foundation that show that more than half of college students are stressed most or all of the time and that 45% of college students think that everyone else around them has it all figured out. “Storytelling is so important,” she argued. “It’s never been more critical that we understand each other’s stories.” Katelynn Ogunfolami promoted the Black Student Union and Black Intelligent Gentlemen RSOs. She announced that a Black Student Union event featuring a dance and live speakers and performances will take place following the March 16 Pan-African Conference. In his report, President
Rayani announced his candidacy for president of Students United, the body of student government that represents all students in the Minnesota State system. He also mentioned a potential student fee increase that was brought up at the last Students United meeting. The fee, paid for each credit by all students in the Minnesota State system, may increase by either 5¢, 10¢, or 15¢. A 5¢ increase would produce an estimated $78,750 in additional annual revenue, 10¢ would produce $157,500, and 15¢ would produce $236,250. President Rayani noted that the fee has not been changed for over a decade. Senator Yulia Podorova noted that the 10¢ proposal was the most popular option among the representatives at the last Students United meeting. President Rayani brought
up last Thursday’s Meet and Confer with MNSU President Richard Davenport. Meet and Confer is a monthly meeting between MNSU students as a bargaining unit and President Davenport. At the meeting, the Integrated Academic Advising Model was discussed, along with a massive, long-term plan to build new athletic facilities on campus. Rayani argued that the current facilities are far from adequate. Rayani also noted that there is one vacant position to be filled on the Elections Commission and that it may not be filled by anyone who will be running for office in this spring semester’s election. Vice President Maria Ruiz noted in her report that 52 students have signed up for the Enterprise rental car service. She expressed disappointment that the number was not higher.
Speaker Fred de Ruiter announced in his report that he will be running for Vice President of Students United. He also noted that the RSO Committee is seeking someone to fill its Chair position. He also noted that MSSA would make an effort to rectify the situation brought up in John Neitge’s presentation. Senator Peterson gave a report lamenting the gender disparity within the College of Allied Heath and Nursing. She cited the fact that in forty-five years of the dental hygiene program, there have only been three male students. She noted that while women are often encouraged to enter maledominated programs, the opposite is not true. She hopes that that is reversed in the College of Allied Health and Nursing. She also mentioned an upcoming
presentation on issues of race to be held March 31. Only students and faculty of the College of Allied Health and Nursing are permitted to attend. Senator Abdul Aziz gave an update on the Student Affairs committee. He noted that Student Affairs has been and will be dealing with the following topics: funding of the Environmental Committee, a proposed offcampus Safe Walk program, an idea to make MNSU a bike-friendly campus, and the Maverick Adventures program. Senator Martin announced that an inclusivity event inspired by the Feb. 1 MSSA open discussion on President Trump’s executive order suspending travel from seven countries will be held on April 10.
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Men’s basketball defeats CSP, loses to UIU The Mavericks hustled the Golden Bears, but fell short to the Peacocks in the NSIC tourney.
COREY YUMAN Staff Writer Joey Witthus and Aarias Austin combined for 24-second half points to help the Minnesota State men’s basketball team outscore the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears 47-24 in the second half to advance in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Tournament on Sunday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Mavericks showed early indications the game was going to be dominated by MNSU, but Concordia-St. Paul made sure to keep things within striking distance. At the halfway mark of
the first half, Minnesota State led 19-11. The Golden Bears’ Ted Brown and Diallo Powell answered back, combining for eight points to help cut down the deficit. Minnesota State built their lead back up to seven with three minutes to go, but the Golden Bears went on a 6-0 run to end the half to bring the Mavericks lead down to one heading into the half, 2726. The second half was the Witthus and Austin show, as the two accounted for 50 percent of the Mavericks’ offense. The Golden Bears took a one-point lead to get the second half underway, however the lead was fleeting as Minnesota State’s Jay Knuth hit a jumper to regain the lead and the Mavs were in firm control from there. Within the next five minutes, the Mavs built their lead up to double-digits and only
led by single digits once the rest of the way. With seven minutes left, the sequence of Austin hitting a three-pointer, Witthus hitting a layup, and Austin drilling a jumper the Mavericks built their lead up to 20 points, the biggest lead of the game aside from Pope Grant putting them up late in the game, with just over five minutes to go. The Mavericks’ Austin finished with 21 points, seven rebounds, and five assists. Joey Witthus had 16 points and seven boards, Knuth scored 11 points, and Cameron Kirksey added eight points and four rebounds off the bench. The Golden Bears were led by Powell’s 16 points while Brown added 12 points. Concordia-St. Paul had the edge in the battle of the boards, 37-34. The Mavericks shot a game-best 45 percent from the floor as a team. The Mavericks then faced
Upper Iowa next, which proved to be a much more challenging game. Both teams entered the game 21-9 overall, and Minnesota State
Jon Fuqua had lost twice to them in the regular season, the last one coming in an overtime decision. In a back-and-forth affair, the Mavericks certainly had
their hands full in the first half. Upper Iowa was able to shoot 50-plus percent from the floor, as the Mavericks shot under 40. The second half of play started out well for the Mavs, as they went on an 11-4 scoring run to open the first five minutes of play. As they have been all season against the Mavericks, the Peacocks showed they wanted it more. The Peacocks would ultimately make more plays in the end, as they defeated the Mavericks 63-55. Senior Jon Fuqua finished with a game-high 20 points and 14 rebounds. With the loss, Minnesota State’s season could very well be finished. The NCAA Division-II selections will be this upcoming weekend to decide if the Mavericks will have more basketball to play.
Track and field NSIC champs once more The men won their 11th consecutive title, and the ladies won their third consecutive.
RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer After an impressive performance over the weekend, your Minnesota State Mavericks are now able to call themselves conference champions. The MNSU track program has been extremely solid over the past couple of years. For the men, this is the 11th-consecutive NSIC conference title and for the women this is their third-consecutive conference title. On the men’s side, the team started off strong in the sprints. In the men’s 200 meter dash, sophomore Tanner Ogren took first place with a time of 21.99. Shortly thereafter, the impressive trio of John Schuster (48.51), Isaiah Pitchford (49.02) and Dalton Bialke (49.08) took first, second and third, respectively, in the 400-meter dash. For the relay teams, MNSU earned a couple top-two finishes. The 4x400 got things going as MNSU finished first with a time of 3:18.29. The men’s distance medley also
competed well, finishing second (10:24.94). In the field events, junior Jeff DeCock took home first place in the high jump. Jeff had an impressive leap of 6’11.75”. In the men’s shot put, senior Bryan Caffin took first with a throw of 53’4.25”. Michael Sandle also had a great day in the field events. Assistant coach Chris Parno explained why this day was so memorable for Michael.
Michael Sandle “Michael Sandle had a historic day while taking down the ‘top point scorer’ at the
Championships,” Parno said. “He bettered his national leading and school record triple jump at 53’10”. His mark ranks #3 across all NCAA divisions. He then came back with a pair of second place finishes in the long jump (24’3.5”) and the high jump (6’10.75”). His 26 points was the most scored by any other male at the meet.” The women’s team found a lot of success in the middle distance events. In the 600-meter run, senior Taylor Glover finished second with a time of 1:35.83. To spite a slip up in the preliminaries of the 800 meter run, junior Megan Allen came back during the finals with a strong performance, finishing second (2:12.69) only behind her teammate Haley Kruger who finished first (2:12.27). For the Lady Mavs, a sprinter stood out to Parno. “Afure Adah had the most impressive overall performance. She broke an impressive conference record in the 200 meter with a time of 24.53 and also took down the title in the women’s 60 meter
Photo by Adeolu Asaolu with a new personal best of 7.59. Her 200 meter time is currently fourth in division II.” Looking ahead to the final and possibly most important indoor meet of the season, the team is now focused on the national championships which will be held in Birmingham, Alabama March 10-11. “We should have 18 individuals going to the national championships, which is
one of the highest combined numbers in program history. With both teams ranked top 10 nationally, it’s an exciting time as we prepare for the championships,” Parno said. “We are in position to bring back some national champions and many All-Americans so it’s just trusting where we are at and representing the Mavericks!”
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Maverick baseball rolls against Minnesota-Crookston Steady pitching and hot hitting propel MNSU to 13-0 all-time record against UMC.
CHELSEA DORVAL Staff Writer Minnesota State Baseball opened their 2017 season with an 8-2 win over University of Minnesota - Crookston. The Mavericks took on the Golden Eagles in a late night match-up Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The game got underway at 9:36 p.m. in the new Minnesota Vikings facility with senior Eric Petersen and junior Josh Wenzel getting the game off to a quick start. Petersen got the Mavericks started with a single to left field, followed by Wenzel hitting a home run down the left line to bring home Petersen in the first inning. Petersen put up a total of two runs on two hits in four at bats during the game. Minnesota State kept the momentum going with Wenzel earning another run bat-
ted in (RBI), bringing home junior Dylan Dresel in the second inning. Wenzel earned a total of three hits on four at bats and two runs. Wenzel contributed four RBI’s to the season opening win. Junior starting pitcher Brody Rodning earned the win, throwing two innings without allowing a hit while striking out four Crookston batters. The Mavericks cycled through six other pitchers who collectively allowed only three hits in 31 at bats. Senior Mitchell Bauer retired three batters his only inning on the mound while junior Dalton Roach struck out two batters in his one inning of work. “It was a great team win. It helped getting runs early in the game, which allowed our pitchers and defense to settle in. We were able to use many players; hopefully this gives us some positive momentum as we head to Florida,” head
coach Matt Magers said. The Mavericks doubled their score in the fourth inning, earning four more runs with senior catcher Hunter Harnisch, mashing a homer to left center. Petersen followed by singling to right then stealing second. Wenzel then singled up the middle to bring Petersen home. Wenzel eventually advanced to third on a wild pitch before coming home on a fielding error by the Golden Eagles’ shortstop. Minnesota State put up a total of 12 hits and eight runs in the contest with the pitching staff allowing only three hits and striking out 13 Golden Eagles. “It was a good team win, we got a lot of contributions from a lot of different guys which was really good to see,” said assistant coach PJ McIntee. With the win, the Maver-
Reporter Archives icks all-time record against Minnesota-Crookston remains spotless, at 13-0. The team will head out on their first road trip to Florida with the first of their seven games slated to start at 10:30 a.m. Thursday against Virginia-Wise. The Mavericks first home game, and first conference match up will take place
March 18 at noon in Mankato against the University of Mary Marauders. Last year, Minnesota State won three of the four games against the Marauders with their overall record being 15-2 against them. The four-game series will consist of two days of double-header baseball over the weekend.
Twins hoping for better success in 2017 and beyond Minnesota will rely on new leadership and growth of players going forward.
COLT JOHNSON Staff Writer Spring Training is underway and the Minnesota Twins have a lot of ground to make up if they have any plans to improve on last season’s disappointment. The Twins had an organizational overhaul after parting ways with long-time general manager Terry Ryan. The change in front-office management came after a franchise-record low in wins. The Twins finished the season 59-103, displaying their worst season in team history. The hiring of Cleveland’s assistant general manager Derek Falvey made a statement saying the Twins organization is looking to change the culture of the franchise. Falvey was handed the reigns of a franchise with a lot of promise. In an article written by mlb.com’s Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo, and Mike Rosenbaum, the Twins have the fifth best farm system in the MLB according to their rankings. Minnesota has six players ranked in the top 100 prospects in the MLB. Some of
the familiar names are outfielders Byron Buxton, Max Kepler and right-handed pitcher Jose Berrios. Buxton is the No. 2 ranked prospect in all of baseball, and not far behind him is potential future ace, Berrios, at the No. 19 spot. Another player to keep an eye on this spring training is shortstop Nick Gordon, brother of Miami Marlins second baseman, Dee Gordon. The youngster will likely start the season in the Minor Leagues, but could move up with quickness. With loads of talent in the Minor League system, the future is bright for the Twins, but in recent past players like Buxton and Miguel Sano have been less than impressive at times. Fans can try and be hopeful, but they have gotten little proof that the team is capable of winning games at a greater clip. Over the last six seasons, the Twins have lost 90 or more games in five of the six seasons and have a total winning percentage of just .418 since the 2010 season- which was the last time Minnesota made it to the playoffs. In Minnesota’s first four spring training games this season, they have gone 2-2 after beating the Marlins 9-6 in a home game on Monday at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers, Florida. There has
been a bright spot so far in the Twins’ first four games this Spring Training as well. In just three games played and seven at-bats total, Byung-Ho Park, the Twins’ Korean signee from last year, has hit two homeruns and four RBI’s with a batting average of .571. It’s still very early and it’s only Spring Training baseball, but it’s encouraging to see him playing well. After the posting fee for the rights to talk with Park and his agent as well as signing him to a four-year contract, the Twins invested $24.8 million into
Park. Everyone wants to see a good return from a large investment and the Twins and their fans might be seeing the start of that return beginning to happen. The major changes the Twins made in the offseason may have been the push in the right direction that they needed. The team was appearing stagnant and as hard as manager Paul Molitor tried
to mix things up and keep them playing well, the lack of veteran talent and consistent play from the younger players were major contributions to their losing season; that, and their abysmal pitching rotation. Minnesota may now be starting to trend in the right direction, but preseason baseball play only means so much at the end of the day.
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Men’s hockey splits final regular season series The 19-11-4 Mavericks will begin playoffs this weekend at the Verizon Wireless Center.
COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks ended the season with a tough road challenge, as they faced off against the top team in the WCHA in the Bemidji State Beavers over the weekend and split the series to finish the regular season 19-11-4. The games took a change of pace for the Mavs, as the weekend only saw six goals scored and rested heavily on the defense. It was the perfect change of pace series to ramp up for playoff hockey. Coming off of a solid performance against Northern Michigan, Cole Huggins received the start in game one on Friday night. However, the Beavers were undaunted by the MNSU defense and Jordan Heller marched down to score the opening goal midway through the first period. “I thought they had the majority of the play in the first period and we didn’t generate a lot offensively,” said Mavericks head coach Mike Hastings after the game. “We did move the puck very well and our possession time in their zone was often nil.” The second period started out with a Mavericks power play that helped Marc Michaelis fire a shot that ricocheted off of a Beaver stick and through the five hole of
Reporter Archives Michael Bitzer. Yet another period would see only one goal scored as the game was evened at 1-1. The Beavers stormed back midway through the third period as Myles Fitzgerald took back the lead for BSU on a power play goal that was sent rocketing past Huggins from outside the face-off circle, continuing the goal-a-period trend and getting the Beavers a 2-1 lead. The Mavericks stayed behind on the board despite outshooting BSU 2725 in the defensive battle, as Beavers goaltender Bitzer was able to hold down the net for the victory and ended the Mavericks win streak
at three. “We have to score more than one goal,” said Hastings when talking improvements for game two. “We’ve seen that that formula doesn’t work right now, we just have to beige in what we’re doing. This time of year you need to go out and earn everything and tonight was that kind of game.” The next night, the Mavericks and Beavers went back to war for the final game of the 2016-2017 regular season. The goaltender carousel continued to turn, a fitting way for the Mavericks season to end, as this go-around saw Jason Pawloski in the net,
making his first start since December 17. In the first period, MNSU failed to help out the goaltender with back-toback penalties, which led to a five-on-three goal from the Beavers’ Gerry Fitzgerald as he hit the net over Pawloski’s shoulder late in the period to give BSU the early lead once again. Despite the goal, Pawloski still had 11 saves to start out the game. “I thought we showed a lot of fortitude tonight, with the caption getting thrown out for finishing a block,” said Hastings after Saturday nights game. “That’s kinda tough to swallow when you have to deal with a five-on-
three but they did a good job and stayed in it.” But the Mavs had fireworks in store for the second period. This time the Mavs found themselves on the good side of a five-on-three power play with Zeb Knutson wasting no time in netting his 13th goal of the season, grabbing a goal quickly to even the game at 1-1. It only took a minute and a half for Zach Stepan to add a wrap-around goal to take the 2-1 advantage late in the second period. “You get down to this time of year and there are many things that can happen in front of you; you wanna give guys a chance to prepare for potentially reaping what’s ahead,” said Hastings when Pawloski’s play came up. “We’ve been looking for someone to be a catalyst between our posts, thought tonight he definitely was and he’s the reason we went on.” The third period was a solid cap to a great performance from Pawloski, who had 27 saves on the night and made a case for playing time in the playoffs with an outstanding finish to this game against the top team in the WCHA. The Mavs will now be back home to take on Alaska in the first round of the playoffs this weekend, March 3rd-5th.
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Banjo duo to close out Mankato’s Banjo Hour series The Lowest Pair, Laura Karels and comedian Michael Callahan to perform.
CHRIS BERTRAND Staff Writer The inaugural season of “Banjo Hour with Captain Gravitone and the String Theory Orchestra” will conclude on March 4 with a final show at The Loose Moose Saloon and Conference Center in Mankato. For those of you who don’t know, Banjo Hour is a musical series that began last fall and has brought great artistic talent to our region. The previous four Banjo Hours occurred, with great avail from the local community, at the Treaty Site History Center in St. Peter and welcomed the jazz trio Rio Nido, guitar/fiddle combo Pushing Chain, acoustic virtuoso Dean Magraw, and the Celtic-fusion folk-rock of Lehto and Wright, as well as Minneapolis comedian Michael Callahan, banjo expert Tom Nechville, and various local “Hot Spot” songwriters from around the area. These artists have a dense history of performing in the approximate Midwest and the city of St. Peter has been fortunate to receive them periodically over the past few months. However, thus being mentioned, the movement of Banjo Hour from St. Peter to Mankato is an exciting affair
The Lowest Pair playing at SXSW 2015. to say the least. Mankato (a town that has undergone a wave-like fluctuation of live performances) can only benefit from the addition of a series like Banjo Hour, and one hopes that this expansion will persuade future Banjo Hours to occupy a larger geographical sector while still maintaining its humble aesthetic. Time will tell, but the ball is certainly rolling in the right direction. Alas, let us digress to the immediate matter at hand: the end of the inaugural sea-
son. And what an end it will be! The featured artist for this season’s Banjo Hour finale is The Lowest Pair, an unbelievable banjo duo that joyrides the edge of brilliance with their sheer skills and poetic musings. Palmer T. Lee and Kendl Winter met at a music festival in Minneapolis a few years ago and they’ve been musically crushing it ever since. The duo recorded its first album, 36 Cents, in Trampled by Turtles headman Dave Simonett’s basement and have since produced four
(CC BY-NC 2.0) by bobtomli albums including Uncertain As It Is Uneven, The Sacred Hearts Sessions, I Reckon I’m Fixin’ on Kickin’ Round to Pick a Little, and their most recent Fern Girl & Ice Man - all of this within a few short years. Lee and Winter (with their rustic Americana look that conjures the depressive agrarian farmer and his wife in Grant Wood’s classic painting “American Gothic” and replaces the pitchfork with a banjo, the neutral black apparel with rugged flannels, and the shrewd, calculating
stares with soul-stealing desire and determination) will undoubtedly round out this year’s Banjo Hour series in serious musical fashion. Immense, raw talent radiates from The Lowest Pair and fans of bluegrass and stringbased music in general will certainly kick themselves for missing them at the Loose Moose. Callahan will also return to perform his comedy and magic at this Saturday’s show and the featured local “Hot Spot” artist is Mankato’s own Laura Karels of Bee Balm Fields. Karels’ passionate acoustic performances, known well in Mankato, cause a swooning sensation that will blissfully collide with the roots of The Lowest Pair. Banjo Hour is funded, in part, through the Minnesota State Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and Nechville Music. Patrick’s on Third, Morgan Creek Vineyards, Mankato Brewery, and the St. Peter Food Co-op are additional sponsors. Tickets for this Saturday are available online at captaingravitone. com or at the door. Also, if you are a student with a MavCard or if you bring a copy of this newspaper to the Loose Moose, you will receive a considerable discount.
Album review: Hippo Campus’ Landmark an impressive debut Twin Cities band displays an eclectic mix of tracks on rookie album.
KRISTINA BUSCH Staff Writer Twin Cities indie-rock quartet Hippo Campus released their debut album, Landmark on Feb. 24. The album comes after the two EP’s they released in 2014 and 2015, Bashful Creatures and South. The band is comprised of friends who met in high school in St. Paul, Jake Luppen (vocals/guitar), Nathan Stocker (guitar/vocals), Zach Sutton (bass), and Whistler Allen (drums/vocals). On the streets, they are commonly known as Turntan, Stitches, Espo, and Beans.
Hippo Campus has toured with bands like Saint Motel and Walk the Moon, and this year, earned a slot at Bonnaroo, a music festival in Tennessee. The band also just announced their first headlining tour, which covers the U.S. and some parts of Canada. The album Landmark includes an eclectic mix of songs. “Way it Goes,” a song that was released before the album came out, is catchy and fun. The song has interesting lyrics, such as “Degenerate, counter-culture, crying Socialist / Hip-to-lazed crazed abstractionist / We’re
weird, but Lord knows we’re trying.” “Monsoon” slows things down with soft vocals and lyrics like “the pleasure’s good as the pleasure’s sound / my chin held shut so my heart can talk louder.” “Poems” is also a slower song in the album with calming vocals and gentle instrumentals. “Epitaph” stands out as a song in the album, and is full of feelings and reverberation. I really liked the song because its sound reminded me of a band I really like, The Japanese House. “Epitaph” mixes lush dream pop with melodic guitars, making it a
beautiful song. The lyrics also add depth to the song such as in “I know a place out beyond these pines / Where the sky falls down with the cumulus cries / A winter song for a January type / I could tame my heart / I could blind my eyes.” “Tuesday” is another one of my favorite songs. It’s an upbeat track, poking fun at how drinking can influence relationships. With lyrics like “My friends say we are the lucky ones / In terms of our relationship / Alcoholic tendencies underneath our fingertips / I think I love you, I think I know you / Or is it only
liquor speak?” the song is just as fun as it is relatable. The song “Vacation” sounds like a perfect roadtrip song with lyrics like “I’ve had my time in the present tense / I’m taking vacation where vacancy’s permanent / I’ll find my inner tranquil there.” If you’re taking a trip for Spring Break, Landmark is a great album to listen to if you’re on the road or on a plane.
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Retro review: The Devil Wears Prada tells two stories One character loses herself in her work, the other is under extreme pressure. DAVID PARPART Staff Writer Warning: This review may contain some mild spoilers. In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated-in-journalism Andrea “Andy” Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), the ruthless and merciless executive and chief editor of the Runway fashion magazine. It is a job set to fast-track her career in journalism if she can survive a year working for Miranda and a dream job that “a million girls would kill for.” Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant, Emily (Emily Blunt) advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist, Nigel (Stanley Tucci) helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. From here, Andy, with no sense of fashion at all, begins a fish-out-of-water drama as she is thrown into a lifestyle full of the fast-paced, threeinch-minimum-heel-height, diet coke and coffee substance abuse. Andy works really hard to deal with Miranda’s endless unimaginable demands. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationships with her boyfriend Nate (Adrien Grenier) and her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. The genius of this movie is that there are two distinctly different ways to view its storyline and moral. The first is to see it as an example of how easy it is for people to lose their integrity when they land in a bad environment and how wrong it is for bosses to treat their employees poorly. In this version of the story, Andy reluctantly
Meryl Streep at the 2009 Rome Film Festival. takes a job as assistant to the editor of a prominent fashion magazine even though she wants to be a serious journalist. As time goes on, she forgets what is important in life-for example, she misses her boyfriend’s birthday party because she has to work late, puts up with the unreasonable demands of her tyrannical boss at any hour of day or night, starts to enjoy the shallow pursuit of dressing well, loses her sense of humor, betrays her boyfriend by flirting with an attractive writer at a party, and agrees to her boss’ request that she replace her co-assistant on a trip to Paris even though her colleague has been dreaming of the trip for months. The magazine editor, Miranda Priestly, in this version is a cold, self-absorbed and calculating boss-from-hell who enjoys tormenting the people who work for her and cares only about outer beauty. In the end of this story, Andy regains her principles, summons up the courage to quit her horrid job at the meaningless fashion magazine, goes to work for a newspaper where she can make a difference in the world, gives
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away her couture outfits and goes back to not paying an overly large amount of attention to how she looks, and demonstrates in various ways that she, once again, cares about other people. In the other story, Meryl Streep’s character is an extremely talented fashion editor who is under tremendous pressure to make her magazine successful artistically and commercially. She is obsessive about her work because she cares about it and because she knows that she must do it extremely well in order to keep her position. She feels that her work is meaningful because it holds up an entire economic industry that includes mainstream as well as couture clothing and because it helps people of all sorts to enjoy life more. She believes that no one can do her job as well as she can, and she probably is right. She puts a huge amount of time into her job (losing two husbands and missing out on important time with her daughters as a result), and demands that the people who work for her show at least a fraction of her own dedication to their jobs as well as help to make her
HIPPO CAMPUS Continued from page 10 On discussing Landmark, the band said, “The album became a collision of two versions of ourselves, each trying to have control of everything. The first, a suffering archbacked, wild man rubbing two sticks together to make fire in a barren cave. The other, carefree in reflection, drenched in
summer and whiskey with its writing hand working flawlessly. One side of the coin is seeking honesty, real reflection, therapy. The other, a cynical child, utilizing irony to tear down a ship we had worked so hard to build.” These themes can be heard throughout the album. Some songs are
laid back and some are intense. Some are pop-influenced and some have a more profound sound. The myriad of elements in Landmark makes it a great listen and each song has its meaning and purpose.
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life a little easier. Because she is a perfectionistic and under time pressure, she expects the people around her to be ultra-competent at all times and throws out chilly little comments when she feels her employees are not doing a good job or especially wasting her extremely precious time. She knows how business works as well as how to use her power in order to get what she needs in order to create a high-quality magazine and, in a cut-throat business, keep her job. At one point, she hurts her most valued employee in order to keep herself from being fired, but it seems likely that she will help him to obtain other opportunities in the future. She is aware that the people who work for her are scared to death of her and that her general reputation is that of an icy terror, but she can’t figure out how to do her job well plus have people like her. She also fails at all at-
tempts to explain to other people why she acts as she does. After Andy (whom she thinks of as her protege) quits, she is disappointed that the promising young woman decided to opt out of a career in the fashion business. Nonetheless, she is impressed and pleased that Andy is successfully seeking out her own chosen path in life, and helps her to do so by giving her a stellar letter of recommendation. In this reading of the story, the magazine editor is a tragic character of classic dimensions, in that she is not able to sustain relationships or obtain understanding from people around her while exercising her substantial professional and creative gifts. This film develops more than just the fashion industry, as it focuses and relates to any and all jobs in the world that you would want to go after. It shows a great resemblance on how high the demands are in these kinds of jobs. The Devil Wears Prada is a sort of dramatic comedy, with magnificent performances and a great final message. Meryl Streep is fabulous, as usual, in the role of a cruel bitch; Anne Hathaway is excellent and very beautiful performing the naive and sweet Andrea, a girl who sells her soul to the devil, but returns to her origins and principle; and Emily Blunt is also great in the role of the caustic and jealous colleague of Andrea. I thoroughly enjoy watching this movie each and every time whenever I can.
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