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JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks have successfully proven that they were worthy of being the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament, upsetting the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats on Saturday, and then defeating the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs on Sunday. Both games were played in Maryville, Missouri.

During the first game of the weekend for the Mavericks against NWMSU, the Bearcats were the No. 1 seed and the defending national champions. Luckily for the Mavericks, NWMSU was without their best player, Justin Pitts, who was sidelined with an ankle injury.

Current Bearcat player and former Maverick Joey Witthus was a game changer for the Bearcats. Witthus,

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who’d spent the first two years of his collegiate career in Mankato, finished the contest with 19 points on the day for the Bearcats. Witthus transferred to NWMSU last spring and averaged 11.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for them this season.

The two teams looked even through the first 20 minutes of play, as the Mavericks went to the locker room with a 22-21 lead. Carlos Anderson gave the Mavericks the last second lead before halftime with a buzzer-beating three-point step-back.

Things would change coming out of halftime, as this half would be controlled by the Mavericks. Charlie Brown had scored zero points in the first half but would score all of his 23 points in the final half. Brown would finish the game with 23 points, five rebounds and four assists.

The No. 8 seeded Mavericks would upset No. 1 NWMSU by a final score of 60-50.

After upsetting the Bearcats in the first round, the Mavericks were back in action on Sunday in the round of 32, as they

played the No. 4 Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs.

The storyline going into this game against SMSU was that the final four teams in the Central Division of the NCAA Tournament were all from the NSIC. The four teams included Minnesota State, Southwest Minnesota State, Northern State and St. Cloud State.

The contest between MSU and SMSU was back and forth from the opening tip-off, as the Mavericks led heading into halftime by a score of 41-40.

The second half was no different. Each team would exchange baskets, with neither team having more than a five-point lead during the second half.

The Mavericks would go on to hold onto the halftime lead and win by a final score of 74-70.

The two key players for SMSU were Carter Kirk and Ryan Bruggeman. Kirk would finish his final game with the Mustangs with 23 points and nine rebounds. Bruggeman

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MSSA election season to begin soon, applications open KATIE LEIBEL Staff Writer The Minnesota State Student Association applications for candidacy for the 2018-2019 school year are now open.

Students can go online and visit the MSSA OrgSync portal and apply for the open positions.

MSSA has 33 seats that all students are able to run for and they can use these positions to make changes, big or small, on campus.

Meetings are every Wednesday at 4 p.m. where students work to make positive changes to Minnesota State University, Mankato.

As a senator, students typically represent a specific part of campus. For example, a social and behavioral science student might represent

the SBS college and work to make changes to benefit the department or fix problems that the department is facing. The senator is not limited to helping that department, however, and can change almost anything on or even sometimes off campus.

Joshua Atencio, the elections chair of MSSA, brought up an issue that off-campus students were facing that MSSA recently changed.

“Previously there was an issue of lighting on the street between Kwik Trip down to just past Jake’s Stadium Pizza. This was brought up as an issue because it was an area a lot of students used to get from MNSU to their off-campus home,” Atencio said.

“MSSA helped to resolve this

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Minnesota State unanimously passes ‘affirmative consent’ revision

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Students United Vice Chair Lexi Byler, Minnesota State Chancellor Devinder Malhotra, and Students United State Chair Faical Rayani

GABE HEWITT Editor-in-Chief The Minnesota State Board of Trustees revised its sexual conduct policy on Feb. 21 to define sexual consent as affirmative.

The new revision came in large part due to a push from Students United, an advocacy group made up of Minnesota State university students, formerly the

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MNSU student and Students United State Chair Faical Rayani said university students have been pushing for this revision for three years.

“Affirmative consent is the verbiage used to describe a consensual sexual activi-

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Melissa Harris-Perry, author, professor and activist, to talk at MNSU

KATIE LEIBEL Staff Writer Mi nne s ot a St ate University, Mankato is welcoming journalist, author, scholar, and activist Melissa Harris-Perry to campus on Thursday, March 15, at 7 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom.

Harris-Perry is a famous, thought-provoking speaker and is well-known in many communities. She is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University. There, she is the faculty director of the Pro Humanitate Institute where she founded and became the director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center.

Harris-Perry has received

a B.A. degree in English from Wake Forest University and a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University. She also studied theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York, making her a wellinformed speaker on these hard topics. Harris-Perry has served on the faculty of the University of Chicago, Princeton University, and Tulane University.

Harris-Perry has also been awarded honorary degrees

York University.

Harris-Perry is known for the 2012-2016 “Melissa Harris-Perry” television show on MSNBC as well as her time being the “Editor-at-Large” for Elle.com from 2016-2017.

She has also written several books on political and theological ideologies and their impact.

Because of her accomplishments and qualifications, Harris-Perry was asked to speak at the

“Harris-Perry has written several books on political and theological ideologies and their impact.”

from multiple universities including: Meadville Lombard Theological School, WinstonSalem State University, Eckerd College, and New

13th annual Carol Ortman Perkins Lectureship, which is a co-sponsorship between the Women’s Center and the Department of Gender

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and Women’s Studies. This lectureship was created to try to bring more feminist scholars and activists to campus every year to talk with the community, and was created to commemorate Dr. Perkins’ retirement after being the chair of Gender and Women’s Studies for over ten years.

Dr. Perkins’s commitment to gender equity helped make the department the safe and accepting place that it has become today.

This lectureship fulfills and promotes the Women’s Center’s, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies’ and Dr. Perkins’s mission to promote feminist scholarship and activism and to encourage the exchange of ideas on campus.

As the speaker for the 13th annual lectureship,

changes to make that can help our school be one of the best,” Brinkman said.

To apply to be a part of MSSA, students can log into OrgSync, search MSSA, and find the application listed under the “Forms” section.

Campaigning officially be-

gins March 18. The filing deadline for the Vice President and President positions is March 27, but for all other Senate Seats the deadline is April 3. Election Day is April 10 and voting will open at 8 a.m. and end at 6 p.m.

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Essentially, students can work to make changes that make campus safer, easier to navigate and more accepting.

MSSA is constantly changing and shaping the university in many ways, such as providing more printers around campus or working on the annual budget to decide how the university will spend student fees at the end of the year.

Not only does MSSA benefit students by allowing them to make changes with the help of the university, it also allows for students to make connections and gain valuable knowledge and experiences. It’s a resume-builder and shows that a student cares about their environment, a quality that employers may seek out.

Atencio added that MSSA helped him to improve his public speaking skills, work well with others and meet a lot of great people. He described MSSA as, “a great opportunity to be involved and get things done on campus.” Atencio added, “If you have any concerns or creative ideas you think can make Minnesota State University, Mankato better, this is the way to do it.”

Atencio encourages all students to apply and run for a position in MSSA. “In my mind, I believe the

more diverse backgrounds we have enables us to see things from all different angles from which we can overcome obstacles that we might not see if all students are from a particular college or major.

Diversity is a very powerful trait and I think that it is un-

derutilized at times,” he said.

Nolan Brinkman, Speaker of MSSA, said that he strongly recommends to any students looking to get involved on campus to join MSSA. “There are a lot of great opportunities, amazing people to meet, and meaningful

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EMMANUELLA SHOKARE Staff Writer I hope that everyone enjoyed their Spring Break; people (like me) could not wait for it and now it’s over in just the blink of an eye.

Here are some ways to keep focused/motivated for class after the Spring Break: 1. Planning and getting organized This week would be the best week to get into it— reviewing the syllabus, reviewing your calendar and marking out important dates, such as deadlines for assignments and exam dates, to make plans to finish them all on time. Create goals.

Create a to-do list for your daily planner and plan to get everything done on time.

Draw out strategies that could help you in order to be better than the previous half of the semester.

2. Assess your learning to this point in the semester According to Tory Rogers in his article, “Surviving College after Spring Break” (Augsburg University), after Spring Break, it is beneficial

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for students to review their performances on tests, projects quizzes and papers from the previous weeks and read the class notes that were given before Spring Break.

This helps the students to refresh what they have learned previously in class

students and your professors. Meeting other students outside of class will help you to be aware of what is happening in class. It will keep you refocused and updated on the deadlines for upcoming assignments and projects. Also, going to

“Create a to-do list for your daily planner and plan to get everything done on time.” and adjust study strategies that would help them to keep their grades up or try to get a good grade for a class.

3. Meet with other

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the professors’ office hours when you are stuck or have questions or concerns can help; the earlier the better, as there may still be time to

make up for missed points.

4. Prioritize and focus on only what is important All your body wants to do now is to catch up with friends and talk about how your Spring Break was and want to know of theirs. The last thing you want to do right now is focused on schoolrelated activities, such as catching up with classes and getting all your work done.

However, once you get all your work done, you will then have time to catch up with friends. For some students, there may be lots of tests and assignments just after this Spring Break; if you know that you have a major exam

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Spring into these activities as the weather warms

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NIYA BASHA Guest Writer As the weather warms up a bit, there are many fun things to do in the spring. It’s a great time for young people to start something new or launch a new project.

For people who live in climates where spring can be rainy or muddy, finding outdoor activities can be a little more of a challenge.

But, there are plenty of things you can encourage yourself to do so you do not grow bored and so you do not stay glued to your electronic devices.

Easter, picnic, camping, and outdoor activities are

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drag yourself out of bed on a Sunday. Rather than tearing through the toys in your Easter basket with happiness, you’re responsible for filling them and you never get one of your own anymore. But that does not mean Easter cannot

“Take advantage of the warmer weather and go on a picnic because the snow will be here again before you know it.”

some of the best activities to do in spring.

The older you get, the less fun holidays seem to get.

Instead of waking up early and thrilled to see what gifts were left by the Easter Bunny the night before, you have to

be fun anymore. You can still be creative with your egg hunting ideas and have fun with your grown up friends.

Going for picnics is also a great thing to do. Take advantage of the warmer weather and go on a picnic because the snow will be here

again before you know it.

Camping is a very fun thing to do in spring as well. Whether you’re roughing it in a tent or taking it easy in a cabin, you can find the perfect spot for camping. State forests and state parks offer a variety option for campers.

For people interested in gardening and farming, a touch of green will get you into spring. Humans are not the only ones embracing the warmer days—animals are too. Take your dog for a walk; they will enjoy it more than you. If you have been tempted to try an outdoor sport, now is the time to sign up and get fit this spring.

For MNSU students, spring is when summer 2018 registration opens, so anyone wanting to take summer classes, this is the time to consider.

Harris-Perry has the honor of stepping into a role filled by predecessors such as Lilly Ledbetter, Gloria Steinem, Wilma Mankiller, Laverne Cox, Anita Sarkeesian, and many others who have all lectured before her.

The assistant director of the MNSU Women’s Center, Renée MitchellMatsuyama, voiced that she was excited to have Harris-Perry speak.

“One of the things I think is really great about her is that she does a lot of really in-depth research and critical academic writing and thinking, but presents things in such understandable ways,” said Mitchell-Matsuyama.

Mitchell- Mat suyama has worked for about two

years to bring Harris-Perry to MNSU and encourages everybody to come to the event.

“If you already know who she is, you are probably already planning on coming, and if you haven’t, look up a video of her talking, and you will know how exciting it is to hear her speak,” she said.

For more information about this event, other Minnesota State Mankato Women’s Center events or to inquire about tickets, visit www.mnsu. edu/wcenter or visit the Women’s Center’s Facebook page. Tickets are available for free for the Melissa Harris-Perry event at the Women’s Center in CSU 218.

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Continued from page 5 or assignment, try to get it done before the due date. Also, breaking big projects into parts will help you get your work done and increase your selfconfidence.

5. Finals This may sound too early but this is the time

to start studying for finals.

This would help you to be familiar with previous topics that were talked about in class. It will be helpful for final exams that are cumulative. This will help reduce the stress of studying a week or two before finals.

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Immigrants sue US over end to temporary protected status SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration’s decision to end a program that lets immigrants from four countries live and work legally in the U.S. was motivated by racism and leaves the immigrants’ American born children with an “impossible choice,” according to a federal lawsuit filed on Monday.

Nine immigrants and five children filed the suit in federal court in San Francisco to reinstate temporary protected status for people from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan.

The status is granted to countries ravaged by natural disasters or war. It lets citizens of those countries remain in the U.S. until the situation improves back home.

The lawsuit — at least the third challenging the administration’s decision to end temporary protected status — cites President Donald Trump’s vulgar language during a meeting in January to describe African countries.

“They did it because of xenophobia, and we need to make sure that we say it loudly so that everyone knows,” said Martha Arevalo, executive director of the immigrant advocacy group, Central American Resource Center.

Arevalo spoke at a rally to announce the lawsuit outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco that was attended

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by some of the plaintiffs and dozens of demonstrators, some carrying signs that read, “Let Our People Stay.”

One of the plaintiffs, Cristina Morales, said she came to the U.S. in 1993 at the age of 12 after fleeing El Salvador to escape domestic violence. She received temporary protected status in 2001 and now works as an after-school teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She was accompanied at the rally by her 14-year-old daughter, Crista Ramos, who along with her 11-year-old son, Diego Ramos, are U.S. citizens.

“I don’t want the government to split my family and to lose my home, my friends and the opportunity for a good education,” Crista said.

Morales, 37, her voice quivering with emotion, said

she has nothing to go back to in El Salvador.

“If I pay taxes, health insurance, my house and the education of my children, what I have done wrong,” she said.

The lawsuit names the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a defendant.

The department declined to comment on pending litigation.

More than 200,000 immigrants could face deportation because of the change in policy, and they have more than 200,000 American children who risk being uprooted from their communities and schools, according to plaintiffs in the case filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and other immigrant advocates.

The children face the “impossible choice” of

leaving their country with their parents or staying without them, according to the suit.

“These American children should not have to choose between their country and their family,” Ahilan Arulanantham, advocacy and legal director of the ACLU of Southern California, said in a statement.

It’s the latest lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over its crackdown on immigration.

A case filed last month by Haitian and Salvadoran immigrants in Massachusetts also alleges the decision to end temporary protected status was racially motivated.

The NAACP has filed a separate lawsuit in Maryland on behalf of Haitian immigrants who received temporary protected status.

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Continued from page 1 ty between two individuals that are fully aware of and clearly consent to the sexual activity in an unambiguous way,” he said. “Affirmative consent emphasizes that if sexual activity happens between two individuals, there must be clear signals sent by both partners to indicate consent. These signals must be sent and received by both or all partners and everyone is held responsible.”

Rayani went on to say that the revision puts on emphasis on expressing consent with the word, “yes,” rather than the lack of “no.”

“Many times, individuals are too intoxicated, too frightened or too anxious to say ‘no’ to sexual activity,” he said.

Student governments at all seven state universities unanimously passed the revision before sending it to the 15-person Board of Trustees to be voted on. Students United worked closely with Minnesota State Chancellor Devinder Malhotra, university presidents, campus Title IX officers and the Inter Faculty Organization to help draft the revision.

“Our involvement as students was key and everyone’s cooperation and collaboration was what made it happen. We were able to centralize and drive the conversation while leveraging the relationships we had built,” Rayani said.

Image courtesy of Students United

With Minnesota State including this new revision, now all public higher education institutions in the state have an affirmative consent policy. The University of Minnesota passed a similar revision in its sexual conduct policy in 2015.

“Not only were we able to make a difference this year but our state of Minnesota and university system has now become an example for the rest of the nation,” Rayani said.

Six sexual assaults have been reported to MSU Campus Security since August 2017. Former MNSU student John Owen was sentenced to four years in prison on Dec. 5, 2017 for the rape of a 16-year-old female in the Preska Residence Com-

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munity in September 2016.

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 11.2 percent of college students will experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation.

“It’s very impactful. It’s not common to have a huge influence on a policy, especially a systemwide policy such as this one,” Students United Vice Chair Lexi Byler said in video on the group’s Facebook page.

In addition to the revision passing, Students United is working on several other initiatives including making textbooks free and advocating for open education sources. For more information, visit studentsunited.org.

MANKATO -- Students in two MSU-Mankato classes, Social Change in the 21st Century and Feminist Research and Action, are hosting an event on Wednesday in conjunction with the national #Enough events occurring around the country.

The students will gather at the MNSU Free Speech Zone (near the fountain outside of Centennial Student Union) from 10-10:30 a.m. The event will honor those killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland and educate the community about the need for increased gun legislation.

Across the country, students will be walking out of class for 17 minutes at

10 a.m. that day to bring attention to congressional inaction in response to widespread school and gun violence. Students and allies are organizing the national school walkout to demand Congress pass legislation to keep us safe from gun violence at our schools, on our streets and in our homes and places of worship.

MNSU students sent letters to professors teaching at that time to encourage university-wide attendance at the event.

Contact: Dr. Laura Harrison, 715-902-0278, larua.harrison@mnsu.edu ; Dr. Carol Glasser, 949-2785583, carol.glasser@mnsu. edu

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The Huskies won the three-game series this past weekend at the Verizon Center, sending the Mavs home

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer For the first time since November, the Minnesota State Mavericks men’s hockey team dropped back to back games, getting bumped out of the WCHA playoff race by the visiting Michigan Tech Huskies.

Things started out great for the Mavericks during this three-game series, starting out with a win 2-1 on Friday night over the Huskies at the Verizon Center. However, the Huskies roared back with 4-2 and 2-1 wins to bounce the Mavericks out of contention for the WCHA tournament.

Despite the Mavericks starting the series with another win, marking their third straight in the postseason, a 2-1 victory seeming a bit slow paced for a team that just scored 14 goals in two nights on Alaska, but it was still a victory for them on Friday night.

MSU posted 28 shots on goal while both Jared Spooner and Jake Jaremko (power play goal) found the back of the net. It was as well as a quiet offensive night could have gone for the Mavericks.

“At this time in the year, games are hard to finish,” said MSU head coach Mike Hastings to reporters following the game. He commented on the slow offensive night for the Mavericks on the heels of explosive offense against Alaska. “The 2-0 cushion was a big step to getting us some room, but you knew Tech was going to make a push.”

But the game was enough to give Michigan Tech a devastating blueprint for success later in the series. The Huskies had already started to dig in on defense, giving up a sparse amount of shots from outside, staying clean in the penalty column and forcing MSU to live on a light goal count.

Tech played like Bemidji State played the Mavericks to close out the regular season, with superb hockey that watched them score four

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The Mavericks look to get back on track after losing two straight games for the first time since November. The Mavericks await who their opponent will be, as the tournament field of 16 teams will be revealed on March 18.

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goals on 21 shots, taking a 2-1 lead in the opening period and building on it with goals in every one of the following periods. They also played clean hockey, with only three penalties that yielded a late, second-period Dallas Gerads goal. The combination of forcing the Mavericks to shoot outside contested shots and giving them only a few opportunities to take advantage of resulting in a huge victory for the Huskies.

But MSU was still home, in postseason hockey, with an offense that posted over 130 regular season goals.

What followed was an absolute brawl on Sunday night, as both teams (literally) scratched and clawed for a victory to advance.

Both teams racked up an

incredible amount of penalties early in the game, combining for 12 of the 13 total in the first and second periods alone. The scrappy match was low scoring and brutal, waging war for three periods with the only flashes of offense coming from Zeb Knutson and Jake Jackson in the second stanza to tie the game 1-1. After slugging out the game, the teams were headed to overtime.

Following the battle that was the opening three periods, Jackson sealed a win for the Huskies with his second goal of the night at the 15:57 mark of the OT period. The goal knocked off the Mavericks, sending the Huskies to the WCHA finals and putting MSU on the couch.

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over the weekend, though they played well again tonight, I thought their goaltender was the difference in the series and so I want to commend them and wish them luck,” said Hastings following the disappointing finish to the weekend. “This was tough for our seniors, for this to be their last game at the Verizon, but there is another day and that will be the NCAA Tournament.”

The top performer on the weekend was no question, Patrick Munson. Munson at net for Michigan Tech was key for the Huskies this week-

end, finishing the weekend with a 41-save night to make the next round and totaled up 72 saves and two wins in both games he started. He helped propel the team over the heavily-favored Maverick hockey team.

With the loss, the men’s hockey team now awaits to see who their next opponent will be in the tournament.

The Mavericks are now 299-1 overall and will await the announcement of the NCAA postseason field, which is scheduled for March 18 when the 16-team bracket is unveiled.

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Women’s golf tee-off in Vegas AARON YOUNG Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks golf team came out of two tournaments in the last week with better than par results.

The first one took place on Wednesday at Angel Park Golf Course in Las Vegas, NV. The squad came out in first place with a score of 336 at the Maverick Spring Invitational. Over the weekend, they were two strokes short of victory, trailing Rocky Mountain College 649 to 647.

Minnesota State finished 21 strokes up on second place Winona State, with a final team score of 336. The Mavs took out their golf clubs

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and did damage with them, beating runner up Winona State, who had a score of 357 and Southwest Minnesota State having 359.

The results show just how

dominant the Mavericks were in the Invitational, claiming the top three spots in the rankings. Freshman Maddy Messin finished first and came close to putting up

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The Mavericks were led by the tag-team effort of Charlie Brown and Chris Kendrix. Brown finished the contest with 19 points, three rebounds and four assists. Kendrix would also score 19 points and add an additional five rebounds.

The victory was sealed when freshman Jamal Nixon was fouled in the final 30 seconds of play. Nixon would pull down a defensive rebound with 21 seconds left before being fouled. The Mavericks were leading 70-68 when Nixon was fouled.

With the Mavericks in the bonus, Nixon would have a crack at a one-and-one. Nixon would make the first freethrow to give the Mavericks a 71-68 lead. Nixon would sink the next free throw as well to put the game out of reach for the Mustangs.

Kevin Krieger would make two more free-throws in the final seconds to give the Mavericks the 74-70 victory.

Cole Harper commented on the team’s recent success.

“We are built different,” said Harper. “We have a never say die attitude. We were given a No. 8 seed in a year where we weren’t expected to make it into the tournament.

We don’t have anything to lose and that shows on the

court with guys fighting for loose balls and rebounds. We are giving it everything we have and are loving every second of the journey.”

With the two victories, the Mavericks advance

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her personal best, which is 78, clocking a tournament low 79. With that she earned medalist honors. Juniors, Haley Tollette and Abbie Partington, placed second and third, scoring 84 and 85.

During the weekend at the Mexican Golf Junior Association (MJGA), the Mavericks couldn’t keep up with Rocky Mountain, finishing second.

Only two strokes, separated these two but that was all it

took in the end.

Tollette was the top Maverick, shooting rounds of 83 and 75, she ended up tying for fifth place individually.

Two behind her was Genie Short. The senior had two rounds of 82 and 77. Rounding out the ranks is sophomore Maddy Schintz at 160.

The Minnesota State Mavericks will travel to Waterloo, Iowa on March 30 to compete in the UIU Invitational.

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Kissing Cousins: Minnesota Vikings Edition With free agency beginning this week, should the Vikings pay for Kirk Cousins’ services this offseason?

KEVIN KORBEL Sports Editor As free agency officially begins on Wednesday, rumors are swirling about the Minnesota Vikings emptying their pockets for Washington Redskins starting quarterback, Kirk Cousins, this offseason, who was let go after the Redskins traded for Chiefs starting quarterback, Alex Smith. If the rumors are true, Kirk could make upwards of $30 million per year.

There are many reasons the Minnesota Vikings will be in hot pursuit for his services this offseason. With many teams this offseason looking to upgrade at the starting quarterback spot, the Vikings may not be the only team clamoring at the bit to get his services. Teams like the New York Jets, the Denver Broncos, and the Arizona Cardi-

nals are all rumored to be contenders for the quarterback’s services. As a fan, you have to ask is he even truly worth the amount he’s going to get paid this offseason?

There are many positives and negatives that go along with signing Cpt. Kirk during free agency: Positives 1.

Had great numbers the last couple of seasons Last season, Kirk Cousins was top 10 for a lot of the quarterback categories in the league. He threw for over 4,000 passing yards on the season, with 25+ touchdowns for the third season in the row in both categories.

2. Makes Vikings huge contenders for a Super Bowl If the Vikings decide to go through with this deal, they are basically setting themselves up for a Super Bowl run for the next couple of seasons. With the addition of Kirk Cousins, he’ll be surrounded with a supply of talent on offense, which includes players like Dalvin Cook, Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen, and Kyle Rudolph.

They’ll be scary contenders for years to come if they finish the deal with Kirk.

Negatives 1.

Price tag might be too high for an unproven quarterback While he does have a lot of success throwing the ball in the regular season, Kirk hasn’t seen much in the NFL in the postseason. Kirk has yet to win a playoff game in his career, which is very scary for the amount of money you’re paying him.

2. Still need to pay their top players Stefon Diggs, Danielle Hunter, Anthony Barr, and Eric Kendricks will all need to get paid next offseason, and if the Vikings sign Kirk Cousins to a long-term deal, chances of locking all those players down will be downright difficult for them to do.

They’d be lucky if they signed at least two of these players with Cousins’ cap hit.

3.

The team made it far with a 3rd string quarterback If you told me at the beginning of the season that the Vikings would be led

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Free-agent quarterback Kirk Cousins (above) is set to have a huge pay day from an NFL team this offseason to the NFC Championship game with Case Keenum as our starting quarterback, I would’ve called you crazy.

With the success of the defense, alongside an explosive offense in 2017, the Vikings

had an unimaginable year. If they make it that far without Kirk, who says they need to pay the price tag on Kirk to play for a Super Bowl.

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Preview: Good Thunder Reading Series

Authors Lesley Nneka Arimah and Jessica Guess speaking this week CALEB HOLLDORF A&E Editor

Minnesota State University Mankato will be hosting author Lesley Nneka Arimah and fiction and creative nonfiction writer Jessica Guess from Tuesday, March 13 through Thusday, March 16 as part of the Good Thunder Reading Series.

Not all events will be happening on campus, as some are at different locations across Mankato.

Arimah was this year’s Eddice B. Barber Visiting Writer, amd will hold a workshop daily Tuesday-Friday, March 13 to 16 from 10-11 a.m. at the Emy Frentz Gallery, located at 523 S. 2nd St. in Mankato.

On Wednesday, March 14 from 7:30-8:30 pm, Arimah and Guess will both do some reading from their material in the Centennial Student Union, Room 253.

On Thursday, March 15, there will be a Craft Talk from Arimah from 3-4 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ

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Jessica Guess (left) and Lesley Nneka Arimah (right)

(150 Stadium Court in Mankato).

Arimah is originally from the United Kingdom but currently is residing in Minneapolis. She is the author of the short story collection, “What It Means When a Man Falls from The Sky,” and a forthcoming novel.

Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harpers, GRANTA and elsewhere.

Arimah is the recipient of the Commonwealth Short

Story Prize, an O’Henry Award, and support from the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and other organizations.

Her stories have been shortlisted for the Caine Prize, a finalist for the National Magazine Award, and included in “The Best American Non-required Reading,” and O’Henry Prize anthologies.

Guess is from Fort Lau-

derdale, Fla. She is an MFA candidate in Minnesota State Mankato’s Creative Writing Program, a composition instructor and a workshop leader for the Good Thunder Reading Series outreach program.

Her work has been featured in Luna Station Quarterly and Mused BellaOnline Literary Review.

In 2017, Guess attended the Voices of Our Nation workshop, where she stud-

ied with writer Marjorie Liu. She is the recipient of the 2017 Robert C. Wright Award.

As always, all Good Thunder Reading Series events are free and open to the public.

For more information please visit the Good Thunder Readin Series website at http://gt.mnsu.edu.

Horror short film LOOK-SEE is free on Youtube Endless jumpscares will make audiences edgy during this short

MARIO ESCOTO Staff Writer

The purpose of this film “Look-See” is to scare the audiences in the most abstract way with an eyeless monster with unbelieve powers to kill its victims.

The monster is a humanoid creature who wears a classic suit, with long skinny creepy fingers, a jaw that is bigger than a human being and finally no eyes.

The humanoid-monster reminds me of a creepy agency that works for the government who spies on anyone. Even though this creature has no eyes, it has a way to lure its victims to

its traps and loves to toy its victim’s mind in the darkest ways.

“If you yourself cannot release, then it will come to take a piece,” the eyeless suit monster said.

This quote is by far the most fearsome and deadly quote I have ever heard in my life. The quote can be confusing at first, but this is a warning to anyone who reads the note the monster leaves behind on the floor.

The purpose of the note is to have the victim release something they treasure the most out of their lives.

For example, the treasure item can be anything from cakes, photos, rings, or

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anything that the victim they treasure the most in their lives. However, if the

victim doesn’t release their most treacherous item, then the monster will kill

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Trump talks violence with video game execs WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump raised concerns about the graphic depiction of violence in video games at a White House meeting Thursday with members of the industry and some of their most vocal critics.

Searching for ways to respond to last month’s Florida school shooting, Trump has questioned the impact of video games, although decades of research have failed to find a link between gun violence and graphic depictions of violence in games. Meeting attendees said he sought to hear from all sides.

“He asked a lot of questions and he raised concerns with the violent nature of these games and asked the question: Is this causing the kids to have (this) violent behavior?” said Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo. The White House put out a statement after the meeting, saying Trump “acknowledged some studies have indicated there is a correlation between video game violence and real violence.”

The statement included a link to a YouTube video with clips of video game violence.

While some studies have shown a connection between gaming and emotional arousal, there’s no evidence that this heightened emotional state leads to physical violence.

Attendees offered opposing views after the meeting.

The Entertainment Software Association released a statement saying it had brought up “the numerous scientific studies establishing that there is no connection between video games and violence, First Amendment protection of video games, and how our industry’s rating system effectively helps parents make informed entertainment choices.”

Melissa Henson, program director for the Parents Television Council, a conservative watchdog group, said there is evidence that video games can “contribute to violent attitudes” or feelings

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of isolation. She said she sought to convey the challenges of keeping violent games away from kids “even for the most diligent parent.”

She described the meeting as a listening session, saying there were no decisions about next steps.

“I don’t think there are easy answers and I don’t think that we’re going to be able to figure out the solution in the course of a one-hour conversation,” Henson said.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., also attended. He noted in a statement that there was “no evidence”

tying video games to the Florida shooting, but said he was interested “in making sure parents are aware of the resources available to them to monitor and control the entertainment their children are exposed to.”

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YOUTUBE Continued from page 13 them in the most abstract way.

Under these circumstances, there is no feasible way of killing this monster unless you obey the note’s rule. For example, there was a scene where a woman was running away from the monster into the restroom. While she was in the restroom stall hiding, she saw a message left in the stall by the monster.

After she read it, she knew what to do to: escape from the monster. But, once she had the opportunity she failed and ended up being killed by the monster.

However, like I said earlier, this monster loves to toy its victim’s mind. We as the audiences are shown a loud jumpscare of the woman waking up from her dead body.

Now, the scene goes into a hospital bed with the women in her injuries.

As she woke up from the pains of her injuries she saw the monster disguised stepping into the room with her love one without his eyes. After, the monster steps into the room it tried to intimidate the women by smiling at her with its giant bloody jaws. The women looked back and grabbed a fork to stab it to the monster’s neck. The monster

doesn’t scream, but we as the audiences are shown a crazy effect on how the monster is feeling the pain of the fork stab. Once, the tension was building up to a climax the women screams loud in pain and grabbed a butter knife to kill the monster. But, because of her injuries, she failed miserably to kill the monster.

As she failed to kill the monster she climbs back to the bed to analyze a watch the monster lift behind. The watch itself is a motif for the audiences and we are shown a loving, yet sad flashback between the woman and her

husband’s relationship.

Once that flashback was over the monster appears again and the scene is cut to different woman getting ready to take a shower.

In this scene, the woman ended up being killed by the monster in her bathtub by having her head eaten by the monster.

In conclusion, the director of this film does a wonderful job of building suspension for the audiences.

For example, when the eyeless monster begins to appear the sounds of the film goes silent. Which I love because I know a loud jump scare will make the monster even more terrifying to watch. The chasing music theme is fast, loud

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and almost like you’re in the victim’s shoes. The dark ketones on this film are wonderful and almost feel like an actual film.

Even the film is short, but it does a fantastic job scar-

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