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Hockey presents MacNaughton Cup at Verizon Center Team came home to Mankato Tuesday to present the trophy to their fans The ceremony began around 6 p.m. and lasted about a half hour.

Paul Allen, Richard Davenport, upon others spoke to the crowd on Tuesday night, along with the team’s player captains were some of the speakers Tuesday night. All speakers addressed the success comes from the fans at the Verizon Center, in part because they are 14-1 on the season when they play in Mankato.

The public event ended with fans being able to meet, talk and receive autographs with the players. The main topic that continued to come up throughout the night was the idea that the team still has unfinished business – winning

ANDREW NEURURER STAFF WRITER The Minnesota State Mavericks men’s hockey team came home Tuesday night to present the MacNaughton Cup at the Verizon Center.

Despite splitting the series against Alaska Fairbanks this last weekend, the Mavericks were able to clinch the cup after winning 6-1 on Friday, Feb. 22. The Mavericks won the overall season series versus the Nanooks 3-1.

The celebration was open to the public where it drew a decent sized crowd. The doors opened at 5:30 p.m.

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and fans were greeted with food and refreshments. The

MacNaughton Cup was held on display in the waiting area

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where fans were able to take pictures with the trophy.

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LGBT Center Tea Talks discuss eating disorders

OLUWATOMIKE BALI STAFF WRITER The LGBT Center started a series called “Tea Talk” and their second edition of the series was on eating disorders in the LGBT community.

Lindsey Murn, a resource from the Counselling Center facilitated this series, started off by asking what people knew about eating disorder, in which people shared their ideas on what they think eating disorder is about, various replies stemmed from the main types of eating disorder which is bulimia, anorexia and binge eating and they physical consequences of eating disorder.

Murn went ahead to

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talk about the signs and symptoms one can notice in themselves or their friends.

Talking about some of the main signs, Murn said, “Preoccupation with weight body, appearance, dieting exercise and food. Restricting

certain food groups which isn’t very good as we all want a kind of balance.”

She also mentioned that being secretive about skipping meals, vomiting or being obsessed about body weight and not wanting

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people commenting about it is another warning sign to look out for.

Other warning signs she mentioned were GI problems, menstrual irregularities, mood changes, depression.

Murn further talked about

the statistics which shows that there are about 20 million females and 10 million males with eating disorder. She mentioned that the LGBT community is at higher risk of binge eating than their straight peers and research for the gay community is very limited.

Furthermore, she discussed some of the risk factors which increases eating disorder in the LGBTQ+ which could be “fear of coming out and the fear of rejection, internalized negative beliefs towards ones gender orientation, body image and traumatic experience of bullying, discrimination and violence.

Murn said pointed out a protective factor for the LGBT community is a sense of connectedness to the LGBTQ+ community. Being

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BridgeMNSU, UC Berkeley foster discourse on gun control

JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER It’s one of the most argued over topics in America.

Elected leaders have lost seats over the issue. It has fueled anger, resentment, and frustration among Americans. What issue is this?

Gun control. It’s difficult to imagine an issue on which the country is more split down the middle, or a subject more controversial.

On Tuesday, BridgeMNSU, a Registered Student Organization on campus, hosted an evening event concerning the issue. It was part of a study done by

the organization alongside the University of California, Berkeley.

“We collaborated with the UC Berkeley, with what we call the Mind and Person Perception Lab.” Andrew Weinzierl, who works with BridgeMNSU, said. “We conducted the study, based on how people interacted typing on Skype versus how they interacted when talking in person.”

The Mind and Person Perception Lab, or MAPP, which has published over fifteen scholarly articles since 2013, is part of a project by the UC Berkeley. It is primarily concerned with psychology, but it delves into the political as well, since political psychology is a subdiscipline of both psychology and political science.

Half of the participants spoke in person, while half

typed on Skype. Participants were rotated after completing their conversation with their assigned partner, so that they could converse with another.

As participants in a study, they received debriefing information after the event was completed.

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controversial topics and encourage ideological diversity.

They’re just in time, too.

Many Americans, largely thanks to social media and geography, live in political “bubbles”, wherein they encounter few people with views that challenge their

“The idea behind BridgeUSA (and its MNSU chapter) is to free people from these political bubbles by exposing them to ideological diversity.”

Minnesota State University, Mankato chapter of BridgeUSA, an organization which seeks to foster responsible discourse on

own.

The idea behind BridgeUSA (and its MNSU chapter) is to free people from these political bubbles by exposing

them to ideological diversity.

That exposure, to people who may not necessarily think the same way as oneself, is an important part of intellectual development.

Their website describes this diversity like so: “Viewpoint diversity refers to the state of a community or group in which members approach questions or problems from multiple perspectives.”

The RSO is partnered with other organizations equally committed to the expansion of intellectual political discourse. Among those organizations are Heterodox Academy, which also seeks to break down ideological barriers, and Allsides, an organization which provides news articles from a variety of sources across the political spectrum, labelling them according to ideological position.

Pakistan says “2 Indian warplanes downed, pilot captured” MUZAFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured a pilot, answering an airstrike a day earlier by Indian fighter jets inside Pakistan and raising tensions between the nucleararmed rivals to a level unseen in two decades.

Within hours Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan went on television urging peace talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying both countries needed to step back from the brink and warning that “miscalculations” could drag their two countries into a war that neither side would benefit from. “Let’s sit together to talk to find a solution,” Khan said.

There was no reply from Modi, but India acknowledged one of its air force planes was “lost” in skirmishes with Pakistan and that its pilot was “missing in action.” Pakistan’s military later circulated a video of a man with a mustache who identified himself as the Indian pilot, sipping tea and responding to questions, mostly by saying, “You know I can’t answer that.” He appeared in good health as he was questioned about his hometown, his aircraft and his mission.

The downing of the Indian aircraft came on a chaotic day that also saw mortar shells fired by Indian troops from across the frontier dividing the two sectors of Kashmir kill six civilians and wound

several others. A helicopter crash in the region also killed six Indian air force officials and a civilian on the ground.

Pakistan responded by shutting down its civilian airspace.

The Indian warplanes went down Wednesday morning in Kashmir, a mountainous region claimed by both India and Pakistan since almost immediately after their creation in 1947. One of the downed planes crashed in Pakistan’s part of Kashmir while the other went down in an Indian-controlled section of the Himalayan region, Pakistan’s army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor said.

He said Pakistani troops on the ground captured the Indian pilot. He had said earlier that two pilots were captured, but did not explain the discrepancy.

“We have no intention of escalation, but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm,” Ghafoor said.

India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman, Raveesh Kumar, said one of India’s MiG-21 fighter aircraft was missing and India was still “ascertaining” whether its pilot was in Pakistan’s custody.

He said one Pakistani aircraft was shot down, something Pakistan denied.

Meanwhile, Indian police said officials recovered seven bodies from the wreckage of the Indian air force chopper that crashed in an Indiancontrolled sector of Kashmir, including six Indian airmen and a civilian on the ground.

They gave no cause for the

crash.

Senior police officer Munir Ahmed Khan said the chopper crashed close to an airport in the Budgam area, on the outskirts of the region’s main city of Srinagar. The Srinagar airport, which was shut along with two other airports for civilian flights in the region, is also an air force station.

Witnesses said soldiers fired in the air to keep residents away from the crash site.

Meanwhile, the Foreign

Ministry in Islamabad said the country’s air force was carrying out airstrikes Wednesday from within Pakistani airspace across the disputed Kashmir boundary but that this was not in “retaliation to continued Indian belligerence.”

Ghafoor, the Pakistani military spokesman, said the strikes were aimed at “avoiding human loss and collateral damage.”

The shelling earlier Wednesday by India hit the village of Kotli in Pakistani-

controlled Kashmir, killing six civilians, including children, local police official Mohammad Altaf said.

Kashmir is split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both in its entirety.

Though Pakistani and Indian troops in Kashmir often trade fire, the latest casualties came a day after tensions escalated

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A student’s journey living with dyslexia and ADHD

MARIA LY STAFF WRITER Megan Furr, a Minnesota State University, Mankato Student in the elementary education program continues to battle with dyslexia and ADHD as she strives to finish her degree.

It all started in the first grade, when she looked at the board and couldn’t understand anything that the teacher was teaching or what was written on the board.

In the second grade her condition continued to worsen as her teachers started to notice her lack of progress in school and suggested her parents get her tested for a learning disability.

Furr states, “During this time, I was this little kid who was only in the second grade and feels like she’s already failing at everything because she doesn’t understand simple things like math and reading skills that other

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classmates could keep up on but I couldn’t.”

After going to the Mayo Clinic and going through a series of tests, Furr was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, or what was referred to at the time – ADD. She says, “I remember being really sad about it, thinking ‘Well there is something wrong with me, I am stupid. I’m so dumb that they even have a word for it.’”

Depending on the day, she feels different about her diagnosis from time to time.

She said, “Some days when I’m having a hard time reading and writing and other things, I get really mad at myself and call myself dumb, which is really bad but I do. Where other times, I’ll say to myself, ‘It’s ok, it’s not a disability, it’s an ability. I have to work 10 times harder than other people to get an assignment done, I need a longer time to do it, but I can do it!’”

Daily in college, Furr struggles with things most students never have to worry about. She always fears that she’ll be called to read out loud, that she’ll have to be the designated writer during

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sharply following a pre-dawn airstrike and incursion by India that New Delhi said targeted a terrorist training camp in northwestern Pakistan.

The strike Tuesday was India’s first inside Pakistan since the two nations’ 1971 war over territory that later became Bangladesh.

Pakistan said Indian warplanes dropped bombs near the Pakistani town of Balakot but there were no casualties.

The violence Wednesday marked the most serious escalation of the longsimmering conflict since 1999, when Pakistan’s military sent a ground force into Indian-controlled Kashmir at Kargil. That year also saw an Indian fighter jet shoot down a Pakistani naval aircraft, killing all 16 on board.

Residents on both sides of the de-facto frontier, the so-called Line of Control, said there were exchanges of fire between the two sides through the night into Wednesday morning.

Hundreds of villagers fled border towns in both India and Pakistan.

In New Delhi, Indian officials said Wednesday at least five of their soldiers were wounded in firing by

Pakistani troops along the volatile frontier.

Lt. Col. Devender Anand, an Indian army spokesman, said Pakistani soldiers targeted dozens of Indian military positions across the Line of Control throughout the night. An Indian military statement said that “out of anger and frustration,” Pakistan initiated an “unprovoked cease-fire violation.”

The statement said Indian troops “retaliated for effect” and claimed to have destroyed five Pakistani posts. It accused Pakistani soldiers of firing mortars and missiles “from civilian houses, using villagers as human shields.”

On Wednesday, Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, told state-run Pakistan Television he was in touch with his counterparts across the world about the “Indian aggression,” adding that New Delhi had endangered peace in the region by Tuesday’s airstrike inside Pakistan.

India’s external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, said Wednesday her country does not wish to see further escalation of the situation with Pakistan and that it

group work in-class, she gets things mixed up when speaking aloud, she worries about saying the wrong thing to a professor, she struggles with spelling and has to worry about essays, she struggles with tests and reading, she has trouble focusing, etc.

Because of her learning disability, she was often bullied or looked down upon.

“They wouldn’t give me the opportunity to do things.

They would say, ‘She can’t do this because she’s dyslexic.

She can’t do that, she can’t sit still. Don’t ask Megan’s help, she doesn’t know what the hell is happening,’” said Furr.

Even teachers made her feel incapable, Furr states, “People told me I was dumb, including teachers, multiple times. They said, ‘You won’t ever make it to college. If you go to anything, it would be community college, you’ll get a certificate.’ I had a professor this one time who told me I shouldn’t be a teacher.”

Her learning disabilities have motivated her to become a teacher despite everyone telling her she can’t, “Growing up I always told myself, ‘I am never going to be out of the school, like I’m

going to be stuck in school forever, so the best way to do that is to be a teacher. I originally did not want to be a teacher, and spend my entire life stuck in school, but now I figured out I have a passion to teach the second grade, because that was the year I was diagnosed. I want to help students like me right then and there, and reassure them that they’re not dumb, it’s ok to have this, everyone’s brain works differently.”

Furr wants to help all kids, “I want to help kids basically learn, so they can do better and bigger things. I

will continue to act with responsibility and restraint.

She said the limited objective of India’s preemptive strike inside Pakistan on a terrorist training camp Tuesday was to prevent another terror attack inside India by the Jaish-

e-Mohammad extremist group. The latest wave of tensions between Pakistan and India first erupted after Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for a Feb. 14 suicide bombing on Indian paramilitary forces on the Indian side of Kashmir that

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want to be that role model that teaches that you can do things, it’s ok, and be an example of that. I don’t want to be that teacher that makes them feel stupid. I want to be that teacher that makes them feel empowered.”

When asked if she wanted to get rid of her learning disabilities, Furr says, “I don’t think I would, they make me who I am. I wouldn’t have the personality I have right now.

All that struggle made me a hard worker. It taught me it’s ok to take your time. It’s ok to ask for help.” killed more than 40 troops.

India long has accused Pakistan of cultivating such militant groups to attack it.

Pakistan has said it was not involved in that attack and was ready to help New Delhi in the investigations.

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Faculty forum discusses fate of democracy JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER Exposure to ideas incongruent with one’s own ought to be one of the most important and interesting aspects of one’s life. I know that I enjoy conversing with people whose views might defy my own. I have friends who disagree with me about politics, religion, social structures, and, of course, football (I’m a Patriots fan, so that one is inevitable).

But far too many Americans rarely have constructive encounters with those who disagree with them about particular issues. There are a number of reasons why.

For starters, there’s Facebook and other social media sites. These websites enable us to personalize our news diet, thereby allowing us to engage in spectacularly bad examples of confirmation bias and information sorting.

It causes fake news to spread like the plague.

Another issue is selfsorting. Simply put, liberals are moving to be with other liberals, and tend to have social circles composed mostly of other liberals.

Conservatives, likewise, tend to live with and have social circles consisting of other conservatives. There even exists a company called ConservativeMove, which helps right-leaning people in states like California move to Texas. The problem with self-sorting is that it makes political divisions extremely rancorous.

Increasingly, Americans of different political leanings don’t speak to each other, don’t live with each other, and don’t date each other. If we want to tackle partisanship and polarization, perhaps we should begin with our social lives.

Big Ideas

This month, the Big Ideas Challenge is in full swing.

With over 40 started applications and 20 completed applications, the judges have made their final picks for the next phase of the competition.

Only seven teams have made it to the next phase.

They will have a month and half to work with their mentors and create a viable business plan to pitch it to a panel of judges on April 15.

Keep an eye out for more coverage on these bright student ideas.

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It was a solemn scene at Ostrander Auditorium on Tuesday, as leading professors from the Department of Government came to give their insights on the fate of democracy and liberalism.

“Liberalism”, in this context, does not refer to the ideology of any political party, but rather the founding principles of the Constitution. “I understand liberalism here to mean a free and open society in which people are free to control their own destinies.”

Dr. Frederick Slocum, one of the speakers at the forum,

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that we’re done for if we don’t rethink and take some

“Speaking from an international perspective, Dr. Inglot said that there are cultural and economic reasons for the current issues facing liberal democracy.” noted.

Seven professors spoke at the forum. Dr. Frederick Slocum, Dr. Jacqueline Vieceli, Dr. Kevin Parsneau, and Dr. Tomasz Inglot represented Political Science and its subdisciplines.

Law Enforcement was represented by Dr. Thor Dahle and Dr. Carl Lafata, and Urban and Regional Studies was represented by Dr. Beth Heidelberg. The panel was moderated by Dr. Joshua Berkenpas.

Speaking from an international perspective, Dr. Inglot said that there are cultural and economic reasons for the current issues facing liberal democracy. Dr. Heidelberg pointed to cases wherein cities were threatened by the federal government or state legislatures because of political disagreements.

“We’re seeing policies being developed to be almost punitive with regions that don’t agree with upper levels of government.” she said.

“I think that we do have a crisis.” Dr. Vieceli said.

“I’m not going to say that we’re done for, but I do think

action.” She pointed to the decline of civic education in America as part of the problem. “We haven’t really done civics education in our primary and secondary schools consistently for thirty or forty years.”

Dr. Lafata said that this lack of education has impacts on law enforcement as well.

“Education is incredibly important, not only for officers to empathize with the people that they serve and protect, but also so that they understand the law.” He pointed to examples wherein state police officers were asked to enforce federal immigration law, which is not in their jurisdiction to do.

How to fix the problem?

For Dr. Slocum, any solution in the U.S. has to start with managing partisanship.

“I think it’s important to address polarization and one approach to doing this is to address gerrymandering and the sorting of people into likeminded enclaves.”

He pointed to cases in Wisconsin and other states wherein legislatures had, in effect, chosen their own voters by drawing electoral maps in such a way as to

guarantee them a persistent majority, thereby thwarting democracy.

Dr. Dahle emphasized that humanity has made progress, and that we are not living in the worst of times “Is crime worse than it was in the past? It’s not.” He added that deaths in military action have also declined, Dr. Vieceli emphasized the importance of free speech and civility, especially online.

“We cannot attack each other on social media or use these labels of liberal or conservative as pejorative

labels, because it shuts down free speech. I would also suggest that we separate news and entertainment.”

At the end of the presentation, Dr. Parsneau added the importance of bipartisan respect for democratic norms. “Those of us who believe in institutions and norms need to stand up for them, even when it isn’t in the specific interest of our party or side, because nothing damages those norms more than when people let it slide when it’s their side.”

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The never-ending stress of midterms

Why assignments being bombarded on students is the worst

MADISON DIEMERT NEWS EDITOR Midterms are upon us poor, hungry college students as we reach the month of March.

Midterms are probably the most stressful thing next to making sure your rent is paid on time or that you’ve actually been eating some vegetables this week. You go through the first two months of the semester with projects, papers and maybe a few quizzes, and then you’re on a nice long spring break. Then BAM! You’ve got three exams to study for, a presentation, and a 10-page paper, all due within two weeks of each other.

That’s a lot of work for one person to do all on their own. Then add all the activities you’re in- writing for the newspaper, taking photos for the photography club, fundraising for your organization, whatever. That just adds a whole boat load of stuff that you have to balance, and that can be so stressful. And if you’ve also got a job…

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stuff going on, there can seem like there’s little to no time to relax. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve actually relaxed since winter break.

Midterms are no doubt important, but there has to be some sort of leniency when it comes to them. Professors load way too much onto students all at once, trying to get their exams and papers done as soon as possible when moving onto the next topic. In my opinion, this really isn’t good for students, nor does it help our scores.

Imagine having two huge exams within a day of each other, four short stories to edit, two response papers to finish and a presentation to prep for. All within the same week. Honestly if you’re a student, you probably don’t

even have to imagine it, but still. It’s absolute horror.

Now if you have all this junk on your plate, do you think you’re going to do well?

No. You’re going to study as much as you can for your two exams, only finish three of the stories but half ass them, and do as little as possible to prepare for your presentation.

Because not only is that a lot within itself, you also have other obligations.

This isn’t good for our grades. We’re struggling just to get by. It’s the worst time you’ll ever experience in college besides your first hangover. It’s hell.

Obviously, midterms shouldn’t be obliterated from curriculum, but professors have to be more mindful of what they’re putting their

students through. Some of them are. I know of a few professors who have just decided to forgo certain assignments because they could tell our heads were about to explode from stress.

But many other professors don’t notice, and don’t care.

Then they wonder why we do so bad in their class.

I think educators should reconsider the way they go about midterms. There is no need for me to write an entire essay and do a presentation by Thursday for the same class! Why couldn’t I have done the presentation earlier? Or done it later in the semester?

I asked one of my friends what they thought, as well. This week alone he had two fivepage writing assignments, an exam, a group project, and a take home quiz. Keep in mind that he is a junior in mechanical engineering. He’s already decided he’s just not doing one of his papers, too, because it’s too much for him.

He’d rather get a zero on one assignment and do well on the rest of his work, than do mediocre on all of them.

These are all just things for teachers and professors to consider. Often times, I hear my professors say, “I was a student too!” But they surely don’t act like it.

Take this as a cry of help from one student to all her professors. School and life is hard enough as it is!

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Mavathon 2019: Let’s dance for the kids

On Sunday Feb. 24, Dance Marathon held its annual fundraising Mavathon, a longstanding tradition at MNSU, at the CSU ball room.

The 10-hour long event

was aimed at fundraising for patients of Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minnesota.

This year at Mavathon, the total money raised was about

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Continued from page 1 connected to a community has been linked to fewer eating disorders.

In conclusion, she shared some tips on how to help people we know who are going through eating disorders which she tagged “CONFRONT”.

Murn ended the event

with a mindfulness activity which she walked everyone through, a deep-thinking, body-positivity activity and she encouraged everyone to write their thoughts on a paper to keep. Murn also entertained some questions.

$26,500. The event featured multiple dance routines and games with participation from various teams comprising of sororities, fraternities and other student groups.

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Internationally renowned Tab Benoit to perform in Mankato

MARK REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER

Blues artist Tab Benoit will be performing March 17 at Hooligan’s Neighborhood Pub, 1400 East Madison Ave., Mankato.

Co-sponsored by KMSU and Minnesota State Univeristy, Mankato’s Performance Series, the concert will start at 7 p.m. Whiskey Bayou Revue will start the show. It’s a band composed of artists from Benoit’s record label “Whiskey Bayou Records,” featuring Eric Johanson, Eric McFadden, Corey Duplechin and Tab Benoit on drums.

Hailing from Houma, Lousiana, Benoit learned blues from living blues legends including Tabby Thomas, Henry Gray and Raful Neal while playing at the Blues Box in Baton Rouge.

Now, his virtuosity is

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known worldwide. He was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album and has won five Blues Music Awards including two B.B. King Entertain-

er of the Year awards, which offbeat magazine said is “universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in Blues music.”

“On his own, Benoit plays the whole band on his guitar, picking, strumming, banging... and he does it effortlessly, in a style that’s as comfortable on an arena

stage as it is on a back porch,” said John Kessler of NPR. Benoit also appeared in the 2009 Voodoo Music Arts Experience, an annual music festival in New Orleans, along with a massive array of high-profile artists including the Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, KISS, Deadmau5, Neil Young, My Chemical Romance and many more.

Outside of his music, Benoit has been a major activist for the conservation of Louisiana wetlands. In 2004, he founded “Voice of the Wetlands,” an organization dedicated to spreading awareness of declining conditions in the wetlands of Louisiana.

Voice of the Wetlands also hosts music festivals as part of their awareness programs. They provide traditional Cajun food, music, art and history of Louisi

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Blue Ox Jazz Babies bring Southern sounds to the north

MANSOOR AHMAD STAFF WRITER

The Blue Ox Jazz Babies brought their Southern music to the north when they shared their jazzy tunes Tuesday in the Centennial Student Union on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato.

While this wasn’t the group’s first visit to the campus, it certainly was a firsttime experience for many students gathered around the “Old Abe” statue at the Lincoln Lounge.

Known all across southern Minnesota due to their distinct sound, the Blue Ox Jazz Babies started their featured performance strong, playing an unmis-

takably Southern, jazzy melody.

Manning a custom washboard that sported a Ford Motor Company logo was Tom Owens. He was joined

by Debbie Schreyer on the banjo. Owens and Schreyer are actually married, and their chemistry while playing is rather remarkable.

Just as the banjo compliments the washboard, the band is beautifully anchored through the tuba, with support from the trombone. In fact, that is one of the features of the band that creates the unique, upbeat fusion of sounds from the south and the north.

Taking a walk through the hallways of the CSU felt akin to what it probably would’ve felt like walking through the streets of New Orleans during the mid 60s.

It was as if someone had turned the clock back. To describe the Blue Ox Jazz Babies best would be to say

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it was as if one was listening to a melody accompanied by a section playing for Louis Armstrong.

Perhaps the most distinct

difference would be the band’s Midwestern influence on their performances, being more upbeat than relaxing at moments. While

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“Macbeth” ends it’s haunting reign at the Earley Performing Arts Center LUCAS TORBORG A&E EDITOR The MSU Theatre department’s production of “Macbeth” ended after two weeks of performances.

“Macbeth” is the classic tale of a Scottish general descent into madness after murdering the King Duncan to take over the throne of Scotland. The play is very familiar to most, however, this latest production of the Shakespearean classic truly embraces the horror elements from the original.

“Macbeth” was directed by the department’s professor of directing and acting, Heather Hamilton, who has directed various other plays prominent in horror themes, such as the 2017 season’s “Frankenstein”.

“My favorite part of the story is all the spooky ghost and witch stuff,” said Hamilton. After seeing the production, it is no surprise that this is one of Hamilton’s favorite aspects of the play. The set consisted of a dark rock formation that is filled with gothic lighting

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and gloomy sound design created by graduate student Benjamin Kramer. Overall the atmosphere created by the production team gave the audience a feeling of impending dread. Numerous scenes featured gallons amongst gallons of fog to the point of which half of the auditorium was filled in it at one point.

The three witches, played

by Sam Buckley, Sandiana

Mervio, and Martha Cubillos, which grant Macbeth the deadly prophecy, really heightend the horror elements of the play more so than any other production of the play I have seen in the past.

Not only did Hamilton want to focus on the horror elements from the source material, but she also wanted to reinforce specific themes present in the story.

Minnesota Storyteller’s Series features Martin Zelar MANKATO, Minn. –The Nadine B. Andreas Endowment Program and the College of Arts and Humanities welcomes Martin Zellar, the inaugural performer for the Minnesota Storyteller artist-in-residence and performance series at Minnesota State Mankato.

Zellar will share the stories of his music and career in a unique concert format with his band, The Hardways, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 in the Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center for Performing Arts, 320 Maywood Ave. Austin native Martin Zellar first appeared on the Twin Cities music scene in the late ‘80s as the lead singer and songwriter for the alt-country band The Gear Daddies.

The Gear Daddies released

two albums on Polygram Records, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and toured extensively for three years before amicably parting ways in 1992. Zellar continues to record and perform as a solo artist and with his band, The Hardways, releasing eight more albums on the Rykodisc and Owen Lee Recording labels. More than 30 years down the road from his first release, Martin Zellar continues to make his living writing, recording, and performing music. And he’s happy and grateful.

Martin Zellar say, “It’s just who I am. I would not be happy doing anything else.

The same things that made me want to do it in the first place are still there. The writing part is really what I love, love, love. I love to perform,

but it’s writing that really keeps me going.

Robert Hillburn of The Los Angeles Times writes, “ …writers, from Dylan to Springsteen, often tell us far more about the human condition by concentrating on life’s everyday moments.

That’s the strength of Martin Zellar …”

General admission for the concert is $12; Minnesota State Mankato students will be admitted free with a valid MavCARD. Advance purchase or registration is encouraged. Those who wish to purchase tickets online should go to www.mnsu. edu/music.

For more information, call the Performance Series office, (507) 389-5549.

“We were really interested in the fact that the witches summon a spirit in the form of “a bloody child.” Why a bloody child? Add to this the Macbeth’s missing child and all the other attacks on children in the script, and we decided that children in danger must be a super important theme in the play,” Hamilton said.

Although being part horror story, at its true core, “Mac-

beth” is a character piece that asks the question of what makes someone do the unthinkable, what motivates certain undesirable actions.

Often times adaptions of the tale portray Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as being pure

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What’s coming to Netflix in March?

Netflix looks to continue it’s hot streak this month

KOLBY SPOMER STAFF WRITER

Netflix has proven in their first two months of the new year that they can make hits manifest from anywhere and everywhere. “Tidying Up” came out of seemingly nowhere to become one of

scribers can look forward to a plethora of viewing options in the realm of film, as the streaming service looks to add hit films such as “The Notebook”, “Apollo 13”, and “Sweeney Todd”.

Later on, in the month films such as Disney’s latest Winnie-the-Pooh adventure “Christopher Robin” and the classic kids romp and historically trash movie “Spy Kids 2” will become available.

Originals are coming in all shapes and sizes this month

interesting, as it will seemingly deal with the three title words in various different ways. Each episode is supposedly going to have its own artistic direction and the showrunners, namely being director Tim Miller and producer David Fincher, instill confidence in many that the series will become a hit.

As the month unfolds, we’ll get a better idea of how things play out for the series mentioned, but something tells me that if a

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Will the new battle royale game “Apex” dethrone “Fortnite”?

KOLBY SPOMER STAFF WRITER

Last year, “Fortnite” took over gaming worldwide.

The free-to-play model, usage and acceptance of memes, and support of popular streamers like Ninja resulted in the game gaining an unprecedented amount of revenue, totaling over $2 billion on the year. However, a new game has appeared out of seemingly nowhere with hopes of stealing the throne out from under the juggernaut.

“Apex Legends”, developed by “Titanfall” developer Respawn Entertainment, has seemingly taken note of what made “Fortnite” such a big hit as they used the free-to-play model and streamer influence schemes to full effect. Announced and released on the same day, publisher EA helped move the project along by advertising the project in seemingly guerilla fashion.

The company paid popular “Fortnite” streamers to play their game instead, and as a result got the target audience to see exactly what was being offered. The response to the game was universally positive, as the game has accumulated 25 million players. At its peak thus far, the young game garnered 2 million concurrent players. In comparison, “Fortnite” had only 1 million players total in its first month.

The biggest difference between the games, however, isn’t found in statistics or dollar signs.

“Apex” is a smoother, better-developed shooter.

While “Fortnite” has its charms, to some, “Apex” plays much like a modern first-person shooter with small excentricities sprinkled in like interesting character abilities and the sliding mechanic.

To be fair to “Fortnite”, the game laid quite a bit of groundwork for “Apex”.

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the platforms most popular talk shows, “Russian Doll” surprised many, including myself, with its deep themes and engaging story, and “Umbrella Academy” has captured viewers looking for something a little more pulpy and fun.

That isn’t to say mainstays haven’t performed well either, as “A Series of Unfortunate Events” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” wrapped up their respective series with finesse and prowess previously only seen by the likes of HBO. This month looks to have a little of both, as Netflix adds some heavy hitters to their lineup.

Starting on the first, sub-

as well, with “Triple Frontier” dropping on March 15. Starring prominent actors such as Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac, this story of ex-soldiers looks to be Netflix’s newest Bird Box moment.

In the television sphere, originals “Arrested Development” and “Love, Death, & Robots” are expected to perform extremely well. The former is going to conclude season five of the Bluth family’s well-known escapades as they try to stay sane within each other’s company, often times resulting in complete disaster to the delight of fans everywhere.

The latter looks to be

show like “Tidying Up” or “Umbrella Academy” can become a hit, then things like “Love, Death, & Robots” should have little to no problem getting there as well.

Outside of what has been highlighted, there are many other films and television series becoming avaliable for streaming this month as well, ranging from classic film such as Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” to the anime classic “HunterxHunter”. Be sure to check in on the first yourself so you don’t miss out on all the great options.

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ana. They invite people to “come fall in love with the Wetlands and you too will see how special they are.”

“The more I dug into things – the more I looked for ways that I could make a difference in the world, the more I realized that music was that way,” Benoit said in an interview in the documentary “Expedition: Blue Planet.”

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evil. However, due to the multi-layered performances from the leads, Gary DuCharme who portrayed Macbeth, and Megan Kueter as Lady Macbeth, the characters feel more empathetic which make the themes of regret and guilt even more distinguished.

The cast of Macbeth was made up of 47 people consisting of college, student, locals, and even children.

“It’s super fun to direct kids.

They have such awesome ideas and it’s amazing seeing how much they tune right into Shakespeare. It does take some additional repetition, however. College students take one rehearsal and extrapolate tons of stuff from it. Little kids tend to need to drill things a bit more,” Hamilton said.

Although, it tells the same old story, the MNSU Theatre department managed to make this Shakespearean classic fresh again while also delivering the thrills and chills of the original source material.

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the Lincoln Lounge isn’t fitted with acoustic speakers, or structured like an auditorium, the music resonated within the hallway like aged wine flowing through a cask’s tap. And that is a testament to the Blue Ox Jazz Babies’ music. Their music has burgeoned beautifully over time, and what we heard is

quite possibly the best they have ever sounded.

The CSU Serendipity Music Series brought in yet another local act that not only performed for the jazz aficionados, but also for those who might not have come across the beautifully elegant genre of jazz music.

While “Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds” is seen as the first real big battle royale focused game, “Fortnite” is the real reason as to why it is a new gaming genre entirely.

Every game from “Call of Duty” to “Tetris” has adopted the game mode in some capacity.

“Fortnite” looks to be losing players to “Apex”, despite its historic statistics and record-breaking fiscal year. The game’s player base is down nearly 48 percent this month, and a large part of that is attributed to “Apex” emerging as a legitimate contender.

With all of this in mind, will “Apex” really overtake “Fortnite”? In my unprofessional opinion, no, it will not. “Fortnite” has a big advantage on “Apex”, and it is the kid friendly aspect. Not only will parents see the cartoon features and “fun” dances as more child appropriate, but kids will see these features and chose it instead as well. So, for now, expect both games to co-exist for a while.

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Mavericks upset by Bemidji State at home The team lost in the first round of the NSIC Tournament; NCAA tourney bid now in question

BRADY OLSON STAFF WRITER The first round of the NSIC men’s basketball tournament ended in disappointing fashion for the Minnesota State Mavericks as they fell to Bemidji State on their home court by a final score of 66-56 Wednesday night.

The first half started off with both teams trading baskets, as the Mavericks would take an early 6-5 lead.

Bemidji would respond by shooting lights out from beyond the arc, hitting four threes in the early minutes of the game. They would stretch out to a five-point lead before

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Junior guard Juwan McCloud (0) and the Mavericks struggled the whole game versus the Beavers.

MSU came roaring back, tying things up at 24-24.

Unfortunately for the Mavs, that mark was the last

time the Mavs would hold either a tie or the lead on the scoreboard, as Bemidji closed the half on a 15-2

run, and head into the locker room with a 39-26 advantage.

While the Mavericks held the advantage in steals and

offensive rebounds, they were atrocious when it came to getting the ball through the net, as they went 10-for30 shooting in the first half, along with a horrendous 3-of15 from beyond the arc.

In the second half, the Mavs would come out firing, almost instantly bringing the deficit down to nine points.

However, the Beavers would respond almost instantly, as the two teams would begin trading baskets.

Junior guard Kevin Krieger, who spent the season averaging 14 points per game, wouldn’t score until scoring a three midway through the second half. That three, however, would spark a short 8-2 run that would draw the bring the Beavers’ lead

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Lady Mavericks fall to the Huskies, end their season The team lost to St. Cloud State in the first round of the NSIC Tournament Wednesday night

KEVIN KORBEL SPORTS EDITOR The Minnesota State women’s basketball team was eliminated in the first round of the NSIC Tournament at the hands of the St. Cloud State Huskies Wednesday night 63-80 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. With the loss, the 2018-19 basketball campaign is officially over for the team.

In the opening minutes of the game both teams came out firing from behind the arc, trading a pair of threepointers and forcing several turnovers.

After a layup by MSU senior forward Ashley Reed, the St. Cloud State was trimmed to 11-9 with 3:53 to go in the first quarter.

Coming out of the media timeout, the Huskies went on a 7-1 run to close out the quarter, taking an 18-10 lead into the second.

In the second quarter, the Mavericks struggled to garner

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Senior guard Monica Muth (3) and the Mavericks are going home after losing first round of NSIC Tournament. any momentum during the quarter, being outscored 9-17 by the Huskies in the quarter. The story of the half was the Huskies’ lockdown defense, as they forced the

Mavericks to shoot only 34 percent from the floor, as the Mavericks went into the half down 35-19.

Both offenses opened up in the third quarter, as the

Mavericks scored 20 points during the period, but the Huskies hung in there with the Mavericks, scoring 17 points of their own to hold a 52-39 going into the fourth.

In the fourth quarter, it looked as if Minnesota State would make a small run for the Huskies’ money, as they trimmed the lead to 10 points several on several occasions late in the quarter, but were unable to close the gap beyond that during the rest of the game, as the Huskies ran away with the 80-63 victory on the night.

A pair of sophomore forwards led the Mavericks in scoring on the night, with Brooke Tonsfeldt scoring 13 points while adding seven rebounds and steals as well as four assists, followed by Tayla Stuttley scoring 12 points of her own.

Junior forward Taylor Drost finished with 10 points on the night.

As a team, Minnesota State shot 33 percent from the floor compared to St. Cloud State, who shot 48 percent from the field. The Mavericks stole the ball 13 times in the game and forced a total of 19 turnovers from the Huskies.

The team ends the season with an overall record of 14-13 on the season, which is an improvement of one extra win from last season.

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Minnesota Twins off to solid start in Ft. Myers The team has won four of their first six games at the beginning of spring training

AARON YOUNG STAFF WRITER The Minnesota Twins find themselves in the midst of spring training to begin the 2019 campaign, and so far, they’ve been having a lot of success, winning four of their first six games after a victory against the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday evening.

Center fielder Byron Buxton has been on a tear during spring training, hitting .750 with two home runs and a staggering 10 RBI’s.

Right fielder Max Kepler has also seen similar success so far in spring training in 4 AB’s has 3 hits, 2 home runs, and 2 RBI’s as well.

24-year-old Luke Raley has been impressive so far for the Twins as well, recording a .600 BA and reaching on base three times.

Outfielder Eddie Rosario, in three games, has reached home four times and driven in two runs for the club.

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The Minnesota Twins have been off to a good start so far to begin the spring training season.

One of the biggest storylines this season is their signing of former MLB player, Rocco Baldelli. Baldelli enters the league this season as the youngest manager in the MLB at 37 years old. Despite being the youngest manager in the MLB, the team doesn’t seem too concerned about

his age.

“I think we are all concerned with what type of person he is and how he treats the players and how we treat him as well,” pitcher Taylor Rogers explained.

Baldelli’s outlook for his first season is quite simple actually, as he said in an

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interview with Fox Sports, “I think the goal is to just go out there and be yourself and keep encouraging [guys to play].”

Also new to the team is first base coach and Minnesota native, Tommy Watkins.

“It’s a blessing to be in my hometown and come to spring training.”

He is still in disbelief and expresses his thoughts on being the coach.

“You don’t know it hasn’t hit me yet. It sure is getting closer with spring training starting and getting on that plane to Minnesota.”

Both coaches will be getting prepared for both the remainder of spring training and the season ahead.

The Twins focus this year should be getting back to the playoffs. Last year, the Twins missed out after having a 78-84 season. The last few years the squad hasn’t fared well.

The last time they made the playoffs they lost to the Yankees in the Wild Card, which seems to be a team they can’t get passed.

With spring training underway, the Twins are looking to continue their momentum against the Rays, as they play the team tonight at 5:35 p.m. at the Rays’ spring training ballpark in Port Charlotte, Florida.

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the National Title.

The public event ended with fans being able to meet, talk and get autographs with the players.

Winning the cup was impressive, but it also helps boost the publicity of the University and the hockey team.

Davenport, president of the University said, “What it does, more than anything, it raises our hockey program nationally. The national scene and our university, which as far as I’m concerned, [is]

really important to showcase our institution.”

Davenport noted that the hockey team are ambassadors for the University, finishing by saying, “We’re very much proud of them, the community is too.”

Kevin Buisman, the Director of Athletics for MSU, also had high praise for the hockey team’s success, “We’re incredibly proud of the team. You know, they’ve had a lot of success and it would be easy to take it for granted, but it’s a difficult

trophy to win.”

This was the men’s hockey teams’ fourth MacNaughton Cup victory in the last five seasons.

The team’s focus is winning the Jeff Saure Cup, the WCHA conference tournament and of course taking home the National Title.

The fourth ranked team in men’s D I hockey will be facing Bemidji State at home this weekend, concluding the regular season.

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With Zion injured, his draft stock may also hurt After the injury he suffered days ago, have we seen the last of him at Duke?

JOHN LAFOREST STAFF WRITER While the NBA is inching closer and closer to the NBA playoffs, there’s another thing to keep track of over the next couple of months, and that’s which team ends up drafting Zion Williamson out of Duke after the injury he suffered days ago?

The 6’7” ft, 280 lb phenomenon has been put in front of comparisons between him and LeBron James due to his freak-like athletic gifts ever since freshman year of high school.

Seconds into a matchup against well-known rival North Carolina, Zion ripped through his shoe and landed awkwardly.

Zion left the game and has still not returned to action following the fall.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said Monday there is no timetable for Williamson’s return from a grade 1 knee sprain. The team has played three total games since the departure of their star and have a record of

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Duke freshman forward Zion Williamson (1) was injured a couple of games ago after his shoe tore apart when making a cut for the basketball. His return is still to be determined.

1-2 in those games.

Krzyzewkski has also noticed the differences in paly since the star player went down especially after a hard fought lost to Virgina Tech.

“Against Syracuse, they played zone, and it

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really didn’t matter that we didn’t have a second big,” Krzyzewski said. “Once we started the game [versus Virginia Tech], it was obvious we weren’t getting our normal movements offensively and defensively, because they’re accustomed to Zion being

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down there. We had to make some adjustments.”

Zion is currently slated as a top-3 pick according to the ESPN mock draft. Top-3 pick means Williamson will be in the lottery which guarantees him millions his first year in the NBA. For years there have been talks from not only professional athletes, former college players and even musicians like Jay-Z expressing their displeasure of college athletes not being compensated.

The main argument for why players should get paid is that the NCAA has are making billions of dollars’ worth of revenue each year from some of the most popular sports that we love to watch. The players that are putting their physical health on the line

and are not seeing a suitable financial reward.

The other side may argue, well Williamson is getting paid. He gets a full-ride scholarship to arguably one of the best schools in the country.

Zion gets to travel the country for free and go places other students might not have the opportunity to go.

Zion’s stock has risen immensely since playing for Duke with all his talents on display. If he were to stop playing, his stock might fall, which affects his finances on the next level. College basketball is an opportunity for Zion to improve his overall skill set and become a better player if he stops playing now it’s hard to say how much better he can get.

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to a 53-47 margin late in the second half.

The Mavericks would have plenty of opportunities following the run, but just couldn’t muster the offense necessary to complete the comeback. The Mavs went 0-for-7 from 3-point range in the final nine minutes of the game, and were 2-for-14 from deep in the entire second half.

With their NSIC Tournament hopes dashed, they will have to sit and wait as they find out whether or not they will be competing in the NCAA Division II Tournament. There are 64 teams in the tournament, with each of the eight regions sending eight teams. Out of the eight teams, three are conference champions while five are at-large bids.

In the latest Central Region rankings, Minnesota State was No. 7, ahead of MinnesotaDuluth and Augustana. MSU’s best hope is that they can stay ahead of Augustana, and hope that no bid thieves play their way into a conference title. However, with such a bad loss now on the resume, the clock may have struck midnight on the Mavericks and a trip to the dance.

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