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Members of the Maverick hockey team celebrate following a goal during a Feb. 23 game against Bemidji State.

MSU hockey takes on Minnesota Duluth Mavericks hope to bounce back in first round of NCAA ice hockey tournament

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks men’s hockey team qualified as the No. 2 seed in

the West Regional bracket, facing off against the No. 3 seeded Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. The two teams will play this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the chance to compete against the winner of St. Cloud State vs. Air Force and a Frozen Four berth.

Following the

disappointing loss to Michigan Tech, who cut the Mavericks WCHA playoff run short, MSU can attempt a rebound in the NCAA Tournament. They have played the Bulldogs twice this season, losing early on in the year by a score of 3-1, then beating Duluth during the Mavericks’10game winning streak, 1-0.

To the standards of the Bulldogs, their 21-16-3

season was a rocky one. The two 3-game losing streaks in the season also clashed with five series sweeps through the regular season. Duluth consistently split, much like the MSU squad from a season ago. Duluth also struggled in the NCHC playoff, taking two consecutive losses after a pair of home wins against Western Michigan.

Therefore, trying to predict

which version of Minnesota Duluth the Mavericks will see this coming Friday is easier said, than done. The Bulldogs have proven to possess a pedigree for playing tough in the postseason, despite what the record may indicate beforehand.

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Somali Night teaches students about Somali origins and rich culture

TAEHUI PARK Staff Writer The CSU was immersed in the Somali culture Saturday, March 17. The 2018 Somali

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Night took place in the CSU Ballroom from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The 2018 Somali Night: “Coming to America” was intended to raise awareness about the rich culture of Somali. The Federal Republic of Somalia, an East African nation, is located in the Horn of Africa.

This event, presented by the Somali Student Association

at MNSU (SSA), provided various performances and entertainment with a vast array of authentic cuisine showing a richness of the Somali culture, including: Sambusa (a fried snack filled with ground beef and spices), roast chicken, Somali rice with spices and potatoes. The event was very enlightening to people who are not familiar with the Somalian

culture since they could gain a good understanding of the Somali culture that has a considerable presence in Minnesota.

“I really had a good time.

What I liked the most about this event was they spoke their language during the play and showed the audience how difficult immigrants’ lives were. Along with that, it was a great time to learn about the

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Somali culture,” said MNSU second-year student HeybinOh. According to “The Mall of Somalia” written by Mike Mosedale, around 25,000 Somalis live in Minnesota with the Twin Cities home to the largest population of

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The importance of media—it’s in our everyday lives

MADISON DIEMERT Staff Writer Mass media is everywhere.

Think about it. Social media is a form of mass media, as is television and the radio.

Even this newspaper is a form of mass media. As students, we use and consume a crazy amount of mass media daily.

It’s a must for those of us who are trying to earn a degree, and it will most likely always be present in our lives.

“The traditional definition of mass communication was that you have one source disseminating a message to many receivers. People would think of sources being newspapers, magazines, ra-

dio and TV,” said Chuck Lewis, a professor at MNSU in the Department of Mass Media.

But now with Internet, the answer of what is “mass media” becomes more involved because we now have to include social media, Lewis said.

Social media are “hybrid forms of communication,” said Lewis. Even if we don’t do things like watch the news or read this newspaper, we are still consuming mass media through our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Even things like Spotify and Apple Music are forms of mass communication.

Without mass media, we wouldn’t know what’s going on in the world because there would be no news. We wouldn’t be able to listen to our favorite songs, watch our favorite TV shows, or connect with people using social media. As students, we wouldn’t be able to gather research or finish homework

assignments. Mass media has become a staple in our lives.

But with all of these great things, comes great responsibility.

“All mass communication—news, entertainment, social—has the potential to

inforce certain viewpoints.”

This is to say, most people usually only listen to what they want to hear instead of looking for sources that are unbiased. We all want people to agree with us, so we seek them out. This is

“Without mass media, we wouldn’t know what’s going on in the world because there would be no news.”

influence,” said Lewis. “One major problem at present is how fractured media production and consumption can be today… Instead of relying on mainstream news operations that use balanced gatekeepers to provide information, people just gravitate toward biased news outlets that simply re-

something to be mindful of when consuming mass media, especially social media.

Even though social media is great, it is greatly biased.

“It’s not material vetted by professional gatekeepers such as editors in a news operation,” Lewis said.

When you’re online, you’re going to be posting your own

opinions. Most of us are not on Twitter to report news stories to our followers. To this, Lewis says, “Be careful. Be skeptical. Don’t believe at face value any media sources.”

With good comes bad, even with mass media. Mass media is incredibly important to have for reasons such as academics or expressing creativity. But it can be harmful if you are not able to form your own opinion on things and are quick to believe sources that benefit your own views.

Lewis’ last bit of advice for students is this: “Above all, try to get away from media each day—get away from all screens. Social media, such as Facebook, are engineered to create addiction. Try to just say no every so often and shut off the phone. The world won’t end, and you just might find you are less anxious and have more clarity about your life.”

Fear mounts in Austin as serial bomber uses tripwire AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The hunt for the serial bomber who has been leaving deadly explosives in packages on Austin doorsteps took an even more sinister turn Monday when investigators said the fourth and latest blast was triggered along a street by a nearly invisible tripwire.

Police and federal agents said that suggests a “higher level of sophistication” than they have seen before, and means the carnage is now random, rather than directed at someone in particular.

“The game went up a little bit — well, it went up a lot yesterday with the tripwire,” Christopher Combs, FBI agent in charge of the bureau’s San Antonio division, said in an interview.

Two people have now been killed and four wounded in bombings over a span of less than three weeks.

The latest blast happened Sunday night in southwest Austin’s quiet Travis Country neighborhood, injuring two men in their 20s who were walking in the dark.

They suffered what police said were significant injuries and remained hospitalized in stable condition.

The three earlier bombings involved parcels that were left on doorsteps and blew up when they were moved or opened.

The tripwire twist heightened the fear around Austin, a town famous for its cool, hipster attitude.

“It’s creepy,” said Erin Mays, 33. “I’m not a scared person, but this feels very nextdoor-neighbor kind of stuff.”

Authorities repeated prior warnings about not touching unexpected packages and also issued new ones to be wary of any stray object left in public, especially one with wires protruding.

“We’re very concerned that with tripwires, a child could be walking down a sidewalk and hit something,” Combs said.

Authorities said they are looking at a range of possible motives, including domestic terrorism or that the bombings were hate crimes.

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“We are clearly dealing with what we believe to be a serial bomber at this point,” Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said, citing similarities among the four bombs. He would not elaborate, though,

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Journalist, author, scholar and activist Melissa Harris-Perry was the featured speaker in Minnesota State University, Mankato’s 13th annual Carol Ortman Perkins lecture, held Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom.

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Continued from page 2 less affluent, Sunday’s was west of the highway. Also, both victims this time are white, while those killed or wounded in the earlier attacks were black or Hispanic.

That made it harder to draw conclusions about a possible pattern, further unnerving a city already on edge.

Thad Holt, 76, said he is now watching his steps as

he makes his way through a section of town near the latest attack. “I think everybody can now say, ‘Oh, that’s like my neighborhood,’” he said.

Fred Milanowski, agent in charge of the Houston division of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the latest bomb was anchored to a metal yard sign near

the head of a hiking trail.

“It was a thin wire or filament, kind of like fishing line,” he said. “It would have been very difficult for someone to see.”

Milanowski said authorities have checked over 500 leads. Police asked anyone with surveillance cameras at their homes to come forward with the footage on

the chance it captured suspicious vehicles or people.

Spring break ended Monday for the University of Texas and many area school districts. University police warned returning students to be alert and to tell their classmates about the danger, saying, “We must look out for one another.” None of the four attacks hap-

pened close to the campus near the heart of Austin.

The PGA’s Dell Technologies Match Play tournament is scheduled to begin in Austin on Wednesday, and dozens of the world’s top golfers were to begin arriving.

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GABE HEWITT Editor in Chief People always say the certain things in life are death and taxes, but they fail to mention the sporting events that happen every year that people get overly excited about. Like March Madness.

According to Variety, 8.6 million viewers tuned into the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament. These numbers spanned across such networks like CBS, TNT and TBS and including streaming platforms. So it’s obvious that March Madness is a little popular, but why?

It’s for the same reason anyone watches sports: for the competition and entertainment. There’s no denying that it’s magical watching a buzzer beater even if you aren’t a sports fan. As soon as the ball goes in and the buzzer sounds, the winning team suddenly goes primal.

The final game of the tournament is the closest thing to being the Super Bowl without it being professional.

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Xavier guard Paul Scruggs (1) dribbles the ball pass Florida State guard PJ Savoy (5), during the second half of a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, March 18, 2018 watch the buildup to it.

Brackets provide an interactive element to the tournament. Filling out a tournament bracket, figuring out who’s going to win and lose, is a fun and innocent way of gambling for basketball newbies. However, some take their tournament gambling

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very seriously. According to the American Gambling Association, nearly $10 billion will be bet on March Madness, mostly illegal or off the books.

Gambling is just part of the financial aspect to the tournament. With over 60 games being televised or

streamed, there’s countless advertising possibilities for big corporations. Getting an ad in the championship game is similar to getting one in the Super Bowl as far

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“My favorite team lost so now it’s Villanova.”

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Power and the MSSA at MNSU MADNESS Opinion

BILL HAMM Staff Writer Should a handful of MSSA senators have the power to undermine the MSU Reporter? Should they be able to base that power on insinuation and the arrogant misinterpretation of facts?

These and a several other questions have been brought to light by this year’s MSSA

of money they can raise by the same factor. In real numbers, by attacking this expenditure of just over $1,000, the SAF and the Senate can effectively undermine nearly $80,000 worth of funding from the Reporter. This is an unacceptable micromanagement of legitimate business decisions by underqualified individuals based on petty and selfish concerns blown totally out of context.

To further build its case, SAC and this clique of senators looked at the leftover papers in the Reporter paper racks. They again made an incorrect value assumption of wastefulness

“This is an unacceptable micromanagement of legitimate business decisions by underqualified individuals based on petty and selfish concerns blown totally out of context.”

budget process.

Many of you fellow students have been sucked into the controversy over the eight Gold Passes held by the Reporter. What you haven’t been told is why these passes are not only needed, but one of the most cost-effective and efficient elements of the Reporter’s budget.

There are seven students who work as ad-reps for the Reporter. Together they bring $236,000-plus into the Reporter’s budget. This amounts to approximately $29,500 dollars each. In any real-world setting, this would be considered far more than enough reason to justify the cost of the use of a Gold Pass parking permit. Instead SAC, and a group of our Senators, have decided this is an unreasonable cost, and that these student workers should have to walk back and forth from the free parking lot instead. Let’s play with the math a bit here to help you all understand what this means.

Assuming these students only have two classes, one morning and one afternoon, this would amount to four 20-minute walks each day, 80 minutes total out of approximately 6 hours of available work time.

Realistically, this suggestion undermines their time available by just short of 25 percent. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this is also going to decrease the number of clients they can connect with and the amount

based on belief rather than fact. This is an issue that concerns the Reporter as well, but previous cuts by SAC and the student senate have created this problem by reducing staff that could have effectively taken this issue on. Now, instead of student labor dealing with this issue, it has had to be written into a contract with the printer, effectively cutting

one student employee. This contract now calls for random counts in all boxes once per month, instead of the weekly counts that should be being done. The result will be decisions being made based on incomplete data because this is, financially, the only option available.

Adding further insult to injury was the environmental concern over the recycling of unused issues of the Reporter. This rhetorical attack was based on the “we have to save trees” argument.

The fact is that the Reporter is printed on recycled paper; no trees are killed to produce the newspapers, another responsible choice the Reporter has been carelessly attacked over.

These unfounded attacks upon this school’s free press by a few misguided, politically-active Senators brings up the question of the intelligence behind allowing this micro-managing of a student training business by totally unqualified students who are apparently either too lazy to do investigative research or are intentionally attempting to kill the MNSU journalism program, via killing the Reporter. Changes need to be made in the way MSSA evaluates the Reporter, and other student organizations, before these continuing attacks finally do kill one of our college’s greatest icons.

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Continued from page 1 as reach goes. According to Nielsen, 23 million people watched the 2017 championship game.

This is where the downfall of March Madness is. Gamblers will make billions of dollars and advertisers will also make lump sums, but what about the student athletes who are taking part in these games? Per NCAA rules, student athletes aren’t allowed to make money for their play.

Of course, many of the athletes on teams in the tournament have received a full ride scholarship to their institution and that may be enough of an exchange. Especially if they’re doing something they’re passionate about.

They always say you should find a career you’re so passionate about, you would do it for free. But is it really an equal exchange?

Maybe.

Much of the revenue made from March Madness and other collegiate sports by the NCAA goes back to student athletes in a way.

According to the NCAA, it awards $2.9 billion annually in scholarships to student athletes.

The NCAA generates $995.9 million in revenue every year.

Other revenue goes back into academic institutions within the NCAA and

according to ProPublica, $300 million is pocketed by the organization. The NCAA states that student athletes are at the heart of its mission. How wholesome, right?

The missing part here is the kind of money that goes to the people who coach these student athletes who make nothing. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski earns $8.98 million a year.

Some of these coaches have the ability to earn bonuses if they reach certain milestones such as a conference title or an NCAA championship win.

There’s something that rubs me the wrong way about a coach being paid as much as some are while their players are putting in 110 percent a week on top of a busy class load.

The sad truth is that it’s not going to change.

It’s a blatant issue that the majority will turn a blind eye to because it’s become so commonplace.

Paying college athletes will always be a contentious issue. Players on the Northwestern football team attempted to unionize and it failed.

March Madness will continue to garner more and more attention every year, raking in the dough for all parties involved except the actual participants.

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Mississippi imposes 15-week abortion ban; nation’s toughest JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor signed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law Monday — and was slapped with a lawsuit less than an hour later.

The law and responding challenge set up a confrontation sought by abortion opponents, who are hoping federal courts will ultimately prohibit abortions before a fetus is viable.

Current federal law does not.

Some legal experts have said a change in the law is unlikely unless the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court changes in a way that favors abortion opponents.

Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1510 , which bans most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation, on Monday in a closed ceremony attended by legislative supporters and abortion opponents.

“We are saving more of the unborn than any state in America and what better thing can we do?” Bryant said in a video his office posted on social media.

The law’s only exceptions are if a fetus has health problems making it “incompatible with life” outside of the womb at full term, or if a pregnant woman’s life or a “major bodily function” is threatened by pregnancy. Pregnancies

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resulting from rape and incest aren’t exempted.

Mississippi previously tied with North Carolina for the nation’s strictest abortion limits at 20 weeks. Both states count pregnancy as beginning on the first day of a woman’s previous menstrual period. That means the restrictions kick in about two weeks before those of states whose 20-week bans begin at conception.

“We’ll probably be sued in about half an hour,” Bryant said to laughter from supporters as he signed the bill. “That’ll be fine with me.

It’ll be worth fighting over.”

Bryant’s prediction was accurate. The state’s only

abortion clinic and one of the physicians who practices there sued in federal court within an hour, arguing the law violates other federal court rulings saying a state can’t restrict abortion before a child can survive on its own outside the womb.

The Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in a lawsuit handled by the Center of Reproductive Rights, argued the measure is unconstitutional and should immediately be struck down.

“Under decades of United States Supreme Court precedent, the state of Mississippi cannot ban abortion prior to viability, regardless of what exceptions

are provided to the ban,” the suit states.

The suit says the clinic performed 78 abortions in 2017 when the fetus was identified as being 15 weeks or older. That’s out of about 2,500 abortions performed

statewide, mostly at the clinic.

“Politicians are not above the rule of law, and we are confident this dangerous bill will be struck down like every similar attempt before it,” said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights.

“We certainly think this bill is unconstitutional,” said Katherine Klein, equality advocacy coordinator for the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi. “The 15-week marker has no bearing in science. It’s just completely unfounded and a court has never upheld anything under the 20-week viability marker.”

House Speaker Philip Gunn, who was present for Bryant’s private signing ceremony, told The Associated Press he is proud Mississippi is taking steps to protect “the most vulnerable of human life:” the unborn.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Trump-affiliated firm under scrutiny for inappropriately obtaining data on tens of millions of Facebook users created profiling algorithms that “took fake news to the next level,” a former employee said.

Chris Wylie said the firm, Cambridge Analytica, secured

personal data in order to learn about individuals and then used it to create an information cocoon to change their perceptions.

“This is based on an idea called ‘informational dominance,’ which is the idea that if you can capture every channel of information around a person and then

inject content around them, you can change their perception of what’s actually happening,” Wylie said.

In an interview Monday on NBC’s “Today,” Wylie

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Somalis in North America.

Ethnic Somalis first came to Minnesota as voluntary migrants in the 1980s and earlier.

Other Somalis immigrated to the United States after the start of the civil war in Somali during the early 1990s. A majority of them moved to Minnesota through voluntary agencies (VOLAGS) that helped Somalis settle in.

It was a major challenge for them to adapt to the new surroundings in America since many things were different.

“I, as a Somali, am very proud of myself today. A lot of non-Somalis showed up for today’s event. I’m happy that we could showcase the Somali culture—our value, the things that we believe in and are proud of. There are many people who are not familiar with our culture.

I hope they not only enjoyed this event but also learned our culture,” said MNSU alumna Amina Adam.

Along with its aim at raising awareness of Somali culture,

the night also focused on the theme of “Coming to America.”

“Somali night is held on campus every year around this time. We showcase our culture and make traditional food to promote the Somali culture. The food was great and I feel like I’m at home with my family. I’m glad that people like our traditional food. Sambusa was best of the best among other foods.

I wish all people enjoyed this night,” said Adam.

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Continued from page 6 said Cambridge Analytica aimed to “explore mental vulnerabilities of people.”

He said the firm “works on creating a web of disinformation online so people start going down the rabbit hole of clicking on blogs, websites etc. that make them think things are happening that may not be.”

This idea of “information dominance,” of propaganda, Wylie told The Guardian newspaper earlier, is the notion that if you can control all of the streams of information to your opponents, “you can influence how they perceive that battle space and you can then influence how they’re going to behave and react.”

Late Friday, Facebook said it would ban Cambridge Analytica, saying the company improperly obtained information from 270,000 people who downloaded a purported research app described as a personality test. Facebook first learned of the breach more than two years ago, but hasn’t disclosed it until now.

The developments are the latest to show how people try to exploit Facebook in ways that could sway elections, and in the worst cases even undermine democracy.

Before the Cambridge imbroglio, there were Russian agents running election-related propaganda campaigns through targeted ads and fake political events.

Wylie claimed Cambridge Analytica used the data it had while speaking with Russian businesses. He also said that while political ads are also targeted at specific voters, what’s different here is that people wouldn’t know they were getting messages aimed at influencing their views.

Cambridge Analytica has denied wrongdoing and said it deleted all data it received from a contractor after learning the data had been obtained in violation of Facebook policies. The firm said none of that data was used in its 2016 election work for the “avoidance of doubt.”

President Donald Trump’s campaign Saturday denied

using the firm’s data, saying it relied on the Republican National Committee for its data.

Wylie left Cambridge Analytica in 2014, and it’s not clear how the firm targeted people with misinformation during the 2016 presidential campaign. What is clear is that two-thirds of Americans get at least some of their news on social media, according on Pew Research Center, and about 20 percent do so “often.” While people don’t exist in a Facebookonly vacuum, it is possible that bogus information users saw on the site could later be reinforced by the “rabbit hole” of clicks and conspiracy sites on the broader internet, as Wylie described.

While Wylie said he doesn’t know whether Trump’s campaign used the techniques, he said Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was meeting with Cambridge Analytica in 2015, before Trump even announced his run for office.

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Baseball sweeps SMSU in four games DAVID BASSEY Staff Writer This past weekend, the Minnesota State University, Mankato baseball team went on the road to Omaha, NE, where they met up with the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs.

The team ended up on the winning side of the ball, sweeping the team in a fourgame series. This matchup improved the Mavericks to 9-4 overall on the season, and 4-0 in NSIC rankings.

The games took place on Saturday and Sunday, with starting pitchers senior righthander Dalton Roach and senior left-handed pitcher Aaron Rozek cutting down the Mustangs to two baserunners. Roach led the team with eight strike-outs and one walk.

Later-on in the seventh inning, junior right-hander Bobby Gauvreau secured a win for the Mavericks with a 1-2-3 seventh inning pitch.

On offense, the Mavericks scored five runs in the fourth inning, two in the sixth and one in the seventh inning. The team won the game 8-0, with a total of 13 hits for the mavericks, attributed from redshirt freshman Carter Elliott, senior catcher Noah Bluth, sophomore infielder Tommy McDonald, senior shortstop Luke Waldek and senior center fielder Josh Wenzel.

In game two, the Mavericks showed true poise with senior LHP Rozek limiting the

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Mustangs to seven hits, striking out 14 of the batters at the plate. The game ended with the Mavericks scoring only one run. The final score of the game was 1-0.

This run was scored in the third inning. As sophomore third baseman Tory Miller drew one walk out, he then proceeded to show second base.

Freshman outfielder Cam Kline recorded his first collegiate hit for the Mavericks during this game.

Due to the weather conditions, the third game of the series took place at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. This game began with the Mavericks conced-

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ing a hit in the top of the 2nd inning by the Mustangs. The Mavericks then came back in the bottom of the 6th inning, with sophomore Teddy Petersen scoring. In the same inning, senior Wenzel stole the second putting the Mavs ahead.

The series ended with another comeback for the

Mavericks, with a walk off by junior right fielder Tyler Berg. The Mavericks scored three runs in the ninth inning after trailing 5-3. Such performance by the Mavericks shows that they are an elite team with very good pitching and defense, remarked Coach Magers.

As one of the top perform-

ing teams in the conference, the Mavs are aware there is a target on their backs. Nonetheless, Coach Magers is focused on helping his boys get better everyday fixing the kinks. Despite coming into this series with injuries, Coach Magers was excited for the other group of players to get their chance. “We have guys waiting for their opportunity, we try to prepare them for their chance.”

Coach Magers said.

Depending on the weather, the Mavericks are set to play Minot State this weekend, in a four-game NSIC series on Saturday and Sunday at the MSU baseball complex, Bowyer field.

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Softball finish week strong away from home After struggling out of the gate, the team finished the week winning three of their last five games

AARON YOUNG Staff Writer The Maverick softball team had a long week of play this past week, with five games being played within a stretch this past weekend with backto-back losses.

The first set of games of the week took place on Friday, where they experienced devastating losses to both Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern State.

Despite throwing a career-high eight strikeouts, Mackenzie Ward suffered a loss at the hands of the Gorillas.

Cori Kennedy batted in the only run of the night for the Mavericks in the third inning, sending Jessica Miedl home to score the lone run.

Kennedy, along with Esselman and Bastian, had two hits.

Freshman Julia Bastian tripled in one of her two at bats.

In the second game of the day versus Missouri Southern State, there was a lot more action at the dish. The Lions defeated Minnesota State,

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13-11. The Lions got out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first before the Mavericks responded back with 6 runs of their own. The highlight of the inning was a two-run home run by junior McKenzie Paap, the first of the season for the outfielder.

Following a one run inning by the Lions, the Mavs came out gunning. In particular, sophomore Amber Kral homered to bring the lead up 8-5.

Despite the aggressiveness at the plate by the softball squad, Missouri Southern State responded even stronger, tying the game at 8 in

the 4th and driving in 4 more runs in to take a 12-8 lead going into 6th. Unfortunately, the team fell short trying to rally, falling to defeat 13-11.

After losing two games on Friday, the girls came back hard and won two straight games against Central Oklahoma and Emporia State , as they competed in the St. Patrick’s Day Classic. Now I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t say it was luck that got the Mavericks to two victories on St. Patty’s day.

The star of the first game was Cori Kennedy, who blasted a career-high 3 home runs

and had 6 RBI’s en-route to a 10-2 victory against the Central Oklahoma Broncos.

Senior Jessica Meidl also contributed 3 hits of her own, including a double.

Freshman Julia Bastian took advantage of her opportunity as well, adding 2 hits along with an RBI. What was a blowout in the first game, turned into a thriller in the second game. The Emporia State Hornets gave the Mavericks a true challenge as the two teams battled it out until the end. This time it was sophomore Caitlin Stone who got the victory,

improving her record to 6-1.

Four players had two hits and it was Carly Esselman and Jessica Meidl who drove in a combined three runs against the Hornets. The senior drove in freshman Courtney Potter which was the dagger that resulted in a win for Minnesota State.

The Mavericks continued their momentum and tapped off a busy weekend for the team, winning in the finale of their weekend stretch.

In the fifth game that took place Sunday in Emporia, KS at Canon Field, the softball team beat the Northeastern State Riverhawks, 6-2.

The girls lit up at the plate, smashing nine hits split mostly four players. Amber Kral started the game out with a bang hitting a home run in the first and had 2 RBI’s in the game. Kral now has five home runs on the year. Paap and Richards also had 2 hits.

Mackenzie Ward earned her 8th victory of the year, while striking out a gamehigh six batters.

Minnesota State is 8-3 in their past 11 games and 19-5 overall on the year. The team will be taking a break until March 27th. They will look to keep up their success against Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears.

HOCKEY

Continued from page 1 In 2014-2015 the Bulldogs posted 16 losses, then knocked off the 23-win Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first round of the regional.

In 2015-2016, Duluth had another 16 loss season. They made the championship game in the NCHC playoff before beating Providence in the first round of the NCAA regional round. Last season, the seven loss Bulldogs ran through the NCHC for the championship before taking a loss in the championship game of the NCAA playoff.

They are apt to go the distance in the postseason.

Duluth has proven that record means little to the program once March hockey gets underway.

The Mavericks are an offense that racked up 130plus goals in the regular season, but now has been stumped three times in under a month. Bemidji State started off the chipping at the MSU armory by tying with Bemidji State in the final game of the regular season, 2-2. In

the postseason, Michigan Tech knocked the Mavericks out of the WCHA playoffs by outscoring MSU, 6-3, in two games.

The biggest question for the Mavericks headed into this matchup: can the Mavericks find their earlyseason mojo to squeak out a win vs. the Bulldogs? If they want to answer this question with a yes, they better pray their offense comes in clutch in the scoring department.

The defense of the Mavericks has to be what makes the difference in this matchup. Minnesota State locked up the Duluth offense to 15 shots on goal, staying in front of their offense and keeping the Bulldogs to under double-digit shots on goal in each of the periods. They need to hold fast on defense and trust the offense to take advantage of any opportunity they receive. Unlike the bulk of their season, the defense, not the offense, is going to make all the difference for MSU.

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The Retrievers: a true underdog story No. 16 UMBC, along with No. 11 Loyola-Chicago, have been breaking brackets and hearts this March

JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer The 2018 NCAA March Madness tournament kicked off last Thursday with a bang.

With two No. 1 seeds in the tournament already knocked out of the tournament, and a No. 16 seed winning a game for the first time in tournament history, March Madness has lived up to the name this year.

Perhaps the most stunning upset in the history of this tournament, the No. 16 University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s victory over Virginia. This upset marked the first time in history that a No. 16 seed defeated a No. 1 seed. What was even more surprising is that Virginia was the No. 1 overall seed in this tournament, finishing the season with the best record in the nation at 31-3.

Surprisingly, the game ended up being somewhat anticlimactic.

The game would end 74-54 in favor of UMBC, but the game was never truly in doubt. With five minutes to play, there was a feeling that Virginia was down and out.

Another team that has been captivating the nation is Loyola University Chicago.

Loyola entered the tourna-

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UMBC’s Arkel Lamar, Jourdan Grant and K.J. Maura, from right, embrace as they leave the court in the closing moments of the team’s 50-43 loss to Kansas State in a second-round game in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, March 18, 2018. ment as the No. 11 seed and defeated No. 6 Miami (FL) on a buzzer-beater in the first round. Part of their success is due in part to Sister Jean.

Sister Jean leads the team prayer prior to every game and has become a viral sensation since the tournament began.

Loyola has not lost yet, as they upset No. 3 Tennessee in the second round by a score of 63-62.

Two teams that have looked like they could win

the entire tournament at points this season included No. 2 North Carolina and No. 3 Michigan State. Both teams were defeated in the second round. North Carolina lost to No. 7 Texas A&M by a score of 86-65, while Michigan State lost 55-53 to No. 11 Syracuse.

The No. 1 Xavier Musketeers were defeated 75-70 by No. 9 Florida State. The No. 2 Cincinnati Bearcats were defeated by No. 7 Nevada, 75-73.

Out of 64 teams, only seven of the top 16 teams overall remain. Some of the top teams remaining include No. 1 Villanova, No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Duke, No. 2 Purdue, No. 3 Michigan, and No. 5 West Virginia. Some of the underdogs remaining include No. 9 Kansas State, No. 7 Nevada, No. 11 Loyola Chicago, No. 9 Florida State, and No. 11 Syracuse.

The team with the best chance to win the tournament this year is Villanova.

Villanova has had commanding victories thus far in a tournament filled with upsets.

They also have post-season experience, having made the tournament for the last six seasons and having won it all in 2016.

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Late goal propels Kings over Wild, 4-3, in OT

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jeff Carter scored his second goal of the game with 33.8 seconds left on the clock in overtime and the Los Angeles Kings recovered after giving up a two-goal lead to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Monday night.

Tanner Pearson and Dustin Brown also scored for Los Angeles, which has alternated wins and losses over its past nine games. The Kings pulled into a tie with Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division with 86 points, and hold the tiebreaker over the Ducks.

Jonathan Quick made 24 saves for the Kings, who appeared headed to a second straight loss until Brown tipped home a point shot from Drew Doughty with 46.5 seconds left in regulation.

Doughty finished with three assists.

Joel Eriksson Ek scored for the first time in 13 games with 2:31 left to give Minnesota the lead after trailing 2-0.

Eric Staal added his 39th and Zach Parise had his second goal in three games for the Wild. Devan Dubnyk stopped 26 shots for Minnesota, which is in third in the Central Division, four points ahead of Colorado.

Pearson opened the scoring before the end of the first period with his 15 goal of the year after Dustin Brown’s quick no-look pass back to Pearson for a quick one-timer with 1:13 left in the period.

Los Angeles added a power-play goal in the second

by Jeff Carter. Jake Muzzin’s shot from the point deflected

off Minnesota’s Mikko Koivu, slowing the puck down and bouncing to Carter, who had an open net to the right of Dubnyk.

Carter has seven goals and two assists in 12 games since returning from surgery to repair a tendon in his ankle.

The two-goal deficit ignited the Wild, who pressured and scored their first goal about six minutes later as Parise brought the puck in the zone and skated across

the front and snapping a wrist shot past Quick.

Minnesota added its own late-period goal to end the second when Staal scored his 13th goal in the past 14 games. Ryan Suter sent Staal into the zone on a long pass and Staal’s quick shot flew past Quick’s right shoulder with 56 seconds left.

NOTES: Los Angeles F Trevor Lewis left the game with an upper body injury and did not return. ... Kings

D Derek Forbort left the game in the first after he was cut near his ear by Zach Parise’s skate but did return in the second. ... Per the Elias Sports Bureau, Staal could join Gordie Howe as the only players in NHL history with at least nine seasons between 40-goal campaigns. Staal has his most since scoring 40 in 2008-09. ... Los Angeles C Alex Iafallo was scratched for the first time since Jan. 4, a span of 32 games. Andy An-

dreoff was in the lineup after being scratched 11 games in a row. ... Minnesota got three assists from its defensemen.

Wild defenseman have now accounted for 36 goals and 142 assists this season. Their 178 points from the blue line is second only to Nashville’s 181 this season.

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Wild: Are off until hosting Nashville on Saturday.

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Netflix’s Bright is not to be considered a flop Despite its harsh reception Netflix still put together a good film

KATIE LEIBEL Staff Writer

Unpopular opinion: I liked the movie “Bright,” although many critics did not. I believe that many critics did not care for the movie because the racial metaphors were not perfect, and they did not care for the idea of a sci-fi movie.

Before I jump into that, one must understand the plot. The movie is set in a world where orcs, fairies, elves, and humans live together. The elves seem to represent the top 1 percent, the orcs represent working and lower-class, the humans are middle to upper class, and the fairies appear to be squirrel-like pests.

With tensions between the different races high, magic and the use of wands

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Joel Edgerton (plays Nick Jacoby) and Will Smith (plays Scott Ward)

make matters worse. The term, “Bright,” refers to the people that are able to carry a magic wand and utilize its magic. The problem is, not all brights are good.

A group of bright elves want to summon a dark lord, and when the police find out about this, specifically an orc officer and his human partner, who has not been on good terms since the orc failed to catch

someone who had shot the human months before, mayhem ensues.

The orc and human become an unlikely duo protecting the wand and an elf who helped them acquire it from capture. They escape multiple street gangs that want the wand for their own benefit, as well as the elves that want it to continue summoning a dark lord.

It is through a series of

gun battles and evading capture to turn the wand in to the feds that the orc, Nick Jakoby, and the human, Scott Ward, put aside their racial differences to fight for what is right. They become closer by the end of the movie, and although they still insult one another, the audience can tell it is a playful fight.

At the end of the movie after Jakoby is killed and

resurrected, and Ward ends up in the hospital after realizing he is a bright when he prevents the evil elves from taking over. The feds gathered statements from the two and awarded each a medal. Lastly, the elf friend they had been protecting, who was thought

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Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon running for governor ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon is running for New York governor.

After flirting with a run for months, Nixon tweeted Monday that she will challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York’s Democratic primary in September.

It sets up a longshot bid pitting an openly gay liberal activist who has never held political office against a two-term incumbent with a $30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions.

Her campaign website said Nixon won’t accept any corporate contributions and will limit contributions from any individual or organization to $65,100

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Actress Cynthia Nixon poses for the photographers during a photo call

for the election cycle.

“We want our government to work again. On

health care, ending massive incarceration, fixing our broken subway,” Nixon

said in a video announcing her candidacy . “We are sick of politicians who care

more about headlines and power than they do about us.”

Nixon has her work cut out for her. A Siena College poll released Monday showed Cuomo leading her 66 percent to 19 percent among registered Democrats, and by a similar margin among self-identified liberals. Nixon did a little better among younger and upstate Democrats but didn’t have more than a quarter of either group.

The poll of 772 registered voters was conducted March 11-16. The margin of error is plus or minus

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Black Panther tops box office for 5th straight weekend NEW YORK (AP) — Not since “Avatar” has a box-office hit had the kind of staying power of “Black Panther.” Ryan Coogler’s comic-book sensation on Sunday became the first film since James Cameron’s 2009 smash to top the weekend box office five straight weekends.

The Disney release grossed $27 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates, pushing its domestic haul to $605.4 million.

Worldwide, “Black Panther” has grossed more than $1.1 billion.

Though “Black Panther” has had little competition to contend with throughout February and March, such consistency is especially rare in today’s movie-going world. Before

“Avatar,” the last film to do it was 1999’s “The Sixth Sense.”

That left second place to the MGM-Warner Bros.’ rebooted “Tomb Raider,” starring Alicia Vikander as the archaeologist adventurer Lara Croft. The $90 million film opened with $23.5 million, largely failing to stir much excitement among moviegoers.

Critics gave it mediocre reviews (49 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and ticket-buyers responded with a “meh,” giving it a B CinemaScore.

With Vikander stepping in for Angelina Jolie, Roar Uthaug’s “Tomb Raider” is an attempt to rekindle a video game-adapted franchise that faded quickly the first time around.

The 2001 original opened

$47.7 million and grossed $274.7 million worldwide, but the big-budget 2003 sequel flopped, opening with $21.8 million domestically and grossing $156.5 million worldwide.

Jeff Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros., said “Tomb Raider” came close to studio expectations in North America but that international ticket sales were a primary focus.

“Tomb Raider” was no. 1 overseas, grossing $84.5 million, including a $41.1 million in China.

“International was always a key part of the strategy,” Goldstein said.

Of course, the continuing success of “Black Panther” also didn’t help “Tomb Raider.” When release dates were being set a year ago, few could have

foreseen “Black Panther” no. 1 five weeks in. “How could you?” Goldstein said.

“Black Panther” has shown considerably fewer legs in China, however.

Though it has grossed $96 million in two weeks of release in China, “Black Panther” slid steeply in its second weekend.

Yet last week, “Black Panther” even bested Disney’s own “A Wrinkle in Time,” Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 novel of the same name. In its second week, “A Wrinkle in Time” dropped 50 percent with $16.6 million in ticket sales.

The surprise of the weekend was the Lionsgate-Roadside Attractions Christian drama “I Can Only Imagine,” which

grossed $17.1 million on 1,629 screens — less than half the number that “Black Panther,” ‘’Tomb Raider” and “A Winkle in Time” played on. The film, which co-stars Dennis Quaid and Cloris Leachman, cost only $7 million to make. It stars J. Michael Finley as the singer behind one of the most popular Christian songs, by the band MercyMe. “I Can Only Imagine” doubled expectations by sticking to the typical tactic of “faith-based” releases with a grassroots marketing effort that focused on Southern, Southwestern and suburban moviegoers.

Eighty percent of the audience was over 35.

real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,” including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, expanding public education funding and banning fracking.

The 60-year-old Cuomo recently mocked the celebrity status the Grammy, Emmy and Tony winner could bring to the race.

“Normally name recognition is relevant when it has some connection to the endeavor,” Cuomo said earlier this month. “If it was just about name recognition, then I’m hoping that Brad Pitt and Angelina

Jolie and Billy Joel don’t get into the race.”

While Nixon has strong political connections and name recognition in the city that was the backdrop for her Emmy Award-winning role as lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the HBO comedy “Sex and the City,” her star power among upstate voters is less certain.

Jefrey Pollock, pollster and political adviser to Cuomo and other prominent Democrats, said that celebrity isn’t likely to trump governing experience in the voting booth.

“Over and over in our research, Democratic primary voters say they’re not

looking for an outsider because they look to Washington, D.C., and see what the outsider has meant to this country,” Pollock said.

The first task for Nixon, Muzzio said, is to launch a listening and talking tour.

“She can’t be the celebrity glamour girl,” he said.

“She’s got to get out there and get exposure upstate.”

Nixon won’t be the only celebrity candidate on the New York ballot. Former “Law and Order: SVU” actress Diane Neal is running for Congress as an independent in a Hudson Valley district.

is the last thing a company wants to lose in a scene as climactic as a gun battle.

The movie did a good job with the resources it had at hand. I believe that movie critics have pigeon-holed Will Smith, who played Scott Ward, as a funny, sitcom-like actor, and because of that, they did not care to see him play a more serious role.

Smith did a good job playing Ward, and although it is not his usual

role, he was able to capture the seriousness of the part, and he was able to work in the realizations his character experiences.

Movie critics went into this movie wanting to not like it because it was directed by David Ayer, director of “Suicide Squad.” Many critics had already made up their minds before the movie started.

When compared to other thought-provoking films such as “Get Out,”

“Bright” is not on the same level, but it is not “the worst movie of the year.”

Overall, this movie, despite what critics say, deserves a second chance.

Bright is currently available to stream on Netflix.

The $90 million film is one of Netflix’s biggest movies yet. It may not have been the biggest success, but it was a good first attempt.

NIXON Continued from page 14 4 percentage points.

Nixon in recent months has given speeches and interviews calling on Democrats nationally to run “bluer” in 2018 and carve out a strong, progressive liberal identity rather than being merely “the anti-Trump party.”

“It could be a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party in some sense,” said Baruch College political scientist Douglas Muzzio.

Nixon, a 51-year-old Manhattan mother of three, is a longtime advocate for fairness in public school funding and fervent supporter of Democratic New York City Mayor Bill

de Blasio, who has frequently clashed with Cuomo on a range of issues.

Her video shows her with her young son Max as she talks about being a proud public school parent.

Last month, at the annual New York gala of Human Rights Campaign, which has endorsed Cuomo, she took a backhanded stab at the governor’s record: “For all the pride that we take here in being such a blue state, New York has the single worst income inequality of any state in the country.”

A Cuomo campaign spokesman said the governor “has delivered more

BRIGHT Continued from page 14 to be dead, was revealed to still be alive.

If that summary was hard to follow, I can only imagine what the critics thought. Although I enjoyed the film, I do understand why many critics would not like it.

The movie was a bit predictable, and some of the meaning was lost in the rather outlandish metaphors. The movie attempted to but did not do a perfect job at displaying the racial metaphors.

Lastly, I do not think the movie critics truly understood the plot because the magical universe was not explained as well as it could

have been. In my opinion, the audience should be able to pick up on the gist it, but I will admit it could have been done better.

Yes, the movie and the message was a bit hard to follow, but I believe that the directors put in as much information as they possibly could in the two hours they were allotted. Sometimes the movie scenes, specifically the shootouts, were a bit repetitive and lost the audience’s attention, which

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