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MNSU updates website interface University hopes to boost views and make site more accessible KARLY KAUFMAN Staff Writer By now, most of the university community has noticed a change to the school’s home page. It is a new interface that is hoping to boost the website’s views and make it easier for individuals to access what they need. Lindsey Beyer, the director for Web Marketing, stated, “Website analytics show us that over time, our numbers were changing slowly but steadily, and in the wrong direction.” This decline is partly due to the website having “a higher bounce rate,” which is “the number of people who land on [the] webpages and leave right away.” Beyer cites research done by Ruffalo Noel Levitz, a website that studies the management and enrollment of universities to connect students to a successful higher education. Their national survey research shows that Mankato was “missing some core functionality that current and future students have come
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to expect and demand,” said Beyer. As a result, the university set out to make a beneficial change to the school’s website. “The new website system will be a step forward in helping us to manage, regulate, and organize our content,” said Beyer. What we see today is only the beginning. “It is the very first baby-step into
adopting not only a website redesign, but also a usercentered content strategy and a powerful technology system for communicating with audiences in the digital landscape,” she said. Ted Johnson, the Assistant CIO for Mobile, Web and App Development in IT Solutions, states that most of the feedback from students
and staff has been very positive, though with any new project, there will be challenges to overcome. One such issue includes students not being able to find specific information that might have previously been easy to access. As a result of
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MNSU students part of annual trip to Capitol Hill Student Association President Abdulrahmane Abdul-Aziz. “The purpose of this annual Washington D.C. trip
GABE HEWITT Editor-in-Chief Students United, a Minnesota State student advocacy group, went to Washington D.C. in early March to speak with lawmakers on topics such as DACA, textbook prices, and protecting Title IX. The group consisted of nine students, one from each of Minnesota State’s universities, including Minnesota State
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Over two days, students met with policy and lawmakers like Tom Emmer, Tim Walz, Amy Klobuchar’s
“Our visit provides them with perspective and puts a face to the students that legislators are impacting with their bills.” - Faical Rayani
is to advocate for Minnesota State university students at the federal level,” said Faical Rayani, Students United state chair and MNSU student.
staff and members of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee. “A lot of the people
we met did not know how students felt and had not interacted with students in their tenure in D.C.,” Rayani said. “Our visit provides them with perspective and puts a face to the students that legislators are impacting with their bills.” In November 2017, the Students United board passed a federal legislative agenda which included the topics they advocated about: Title IX, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the Federal Perkins Loan,
On Tuesday, March 20, the MNSU Environmental Committee hosted a series of speakers in celebration of the strides MNSU is making towards sustainability. The event, which took place in Ostrander Auditorium from 7-8:30 p.m., began with Dr. Paul Prew, associate professor of Sociology and co-chair of the Environmental Committee, who gave a brief introduction, and the honored guest speaker, James Jacquart, an MNSU alumni, who hosted an interactive speech entitled “Maverick Sustainability: Where Do We Go from Here?” Karen Anderson, head coordinator of the Community Engagement Committee worked together with Dr. Prew and the Emeritus Louis Schwartzkopf to bring Jacquart to MNSU for this event. Jacquart has a B.A. in history from MNSU and a master’s in Counseling and Student Personnel from Western Illinois University. He became head of the Office of Campus Sustainability and Residential Initiatives at UMass Dartmouth in 2012. Jacquart’s office has achieved the following distinctions for University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth: named a “Leading by Example” institution by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in 2008—the only
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National Nutrition Month full of educational activities at MNSU
EMMANUELLA SHOKARE Staff Writer “Good healthy nutrition, especially for college students, is super important because now is the time when they can learn those healthy habits that they will carry throughout their life,” said Lexi Cournoyer, MNSU campus dietitian. March is National Nutrition Month and the theme for this year according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is “Go Further with Food.” At MNSU, Nutrition Month is being celebrated with fun events that educate students on how to keep a healthy diet while in college either living on or off campus. These events help teach how to expand your plate, reduce food waste and incorporate new food or changing food recipes to be healthier. It may be hard for some college students to keep a healthy diet while trying to keep up with class, work and other activates that they participate in well. “National Nutrition Month help put focus on the importance of nutrition and it helps put it in the spotlight which is kind of fun,” said
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Cournoyer. As the nutrition expert at MNSU, Cournoyer helps some of chefs at the University Dining Center, organizes events that students can participate in and also learn from. The events kicked off on March 1 with a “Kick off Lunch”—an event that gave the opportunity for people to build their own fruit pizzas with varieties of food. “Rethink your Drink” on March 14 was an event that educated students about sugar contents in beverages, drinks and juices and how it does not give any nutritional benefits. “Pedal Your Own Smoothie” on March 20 gave the opportunity for the participants, students or staff, to make their own smoothie using a blender and a bicycle. On March 21, “How to Stretch Your Cupboard” educated students who live off campus on how they can reduce food waste, how to they can stock
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their cupboards with stable food and eat healthier. Aside from the events, there is also a contest that both students and employee can participate in called “Mindful Recipe Contest,” where you can create and
submit your own healthy recipe. Winners will receive a Fitbit Charge and the recipe will be served in the Dining Center. Another contest that is ongoing throughout March is the “Maverick MyPlate
Challenge,” where you can build a healthy plate by following the MyPlate guidelines and send a picture to University Dining Services by tagging it #MaverickMyPlate2018. The winner will get a Mindful Infuser water bottle. Although the MNSU campus dietitian is available year-round to help students with what they would want to know about their diet, National Nutrition Month could be a time to make students more aware of how to plan a healthy diet and living healthy. “Nutrition for everyone is super important. Nutrition is part of wellness that everyone should have,” Lexi Cournoyer.
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Continued from page 1 student responses to the new interface, the university is working to create the Current Students page to “function as their new home page,” which will benefit students immensely, said Johnson. Usability testing is already in place with both students and employees to find potential issues and make necessary improvements throughout the upcoming years.
While the plan is to change all website interfaces in the next year or so, “it will take months to complete since there are over 30,000 pages on our public website,” Johnson said. Beyer concludes, “The new top navigation is more robust and is intended to provide quick access to important resources as well as provide answers to high level questions quickly and
easily.” There is still work to be done, but the transition of the new webpage interface is in full swing and will bring a new technological flare to the university. For more information, questions, or concerns, you can email Lindsey Beyer (lindsey. beyer@mnsu.edu) or Ted Johnson (tedmund. johnson@mnsu.edu).
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“The University is making large strides towards its goals and some of its achievements include the Environmental Committee demonstrating that the University has reduced its carbon footprint by 6.8 percent over a four-year period.” public higher education institution of 29 in Massachusetts to receive this honor—and again in 2014 and 2015, with the help of his colleagues from the UMass system. Umass has also been listed in the Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for the past five years. The Minnesota State University, Mankato Climate Action Plan (MSUCAP), an initiative of the Environmental Committee with consultant Sebesta and in partnership with the Urban and Regional Studies Institute, was developed during the 20142015 academic year. The MSU-CAP is a collective effort made many groups on campus to reduce the University’s carbon footprint and to make the university more sustainable. Some of the unsung heroes to be recognized are Cynthia Janney (director of Residential Life), Richard Wheeler (assistant director of Residential Life) and David Cowan (director of Facilities Services), along with many others who have worked hard to make the changes necessary to make MNSU a green campus. The university is making large strides towards its goals and some of its achievements include the Environmental Committee demonstrating that the university has reduced its carbon footprint by 6.8 percent over a four-year period. Facilities Management brought the Guaranteed Energy Savings Program to campus, which will reduce the carbon footprint by an additional 9 percent, while at the same time reducing energy use and saving the university money over the long run. Along with reducing greenhouse gases, bus ridership in Mankato has nearly doubled on the university routes as a result of
the Green Transportation Fee, allowing students to use their university ID to board city buses. The new Clinical Sciences Building incorporate many state-of-the-art sustainability features including all new LED and motion sensor activated lights. The new University Dining Center has begun food waste collection for composting at the new dining hall and has also begun to implement a program where they collect unwanted food from restaurants to make into meals for people facing food insecurity. They have found that 30 percent of students at MNSU face food insecurity, and last year alone they managed to reuse 8 tons of food. Jacquart spoke about his experiences driving sustainability initiatives at the University of Massachusett-Dartmouth and what we can be doing in Mankato to further our sustainability initiatives. Some initiatives to take as a student are as simple as turning off lights and unplugging electronics when leaving a room. Some other suggestions Jacquart offered were continuing to advance our “Bee Friendly Campus” projects, taking advantage of the various water bottle refill stations on campus, continuing to be a bike-friendly campus, striving to become a zero-waste campus, and, for students, to lobby for 100 percent renewable energy and demand all buildings become NetZero. Students can have an impact on the campus’ carbon footprint. They’re the ones paying to live on campus and the changes MNSU is implementing will lower the cost of living and increase the quality of the environment around it.
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expansion of the Pell Grant, and textbook affordability. Several of these topics came up in discussion of Students United’s opposition to the Prosper Act, a bill that would reform government student aid programs for higher education. “There is a perception of DC that is ruthless, selfish and hard-headed. The truth is, people in DC are just out trying to live their best lives and doing what they believe is the right thing,” Rayani said. “They don’t
know everything and they don’t always make the right decisions, but people in D.C. are mostly kind, good people trying to do what’s best for the country.” In addition to meeting with lawmakers, Students United also met with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the National Campus Leadership Council (NCLC). “[AASCU] are a group that represents public higher education institutes in the United States and provides
support for them. Often they share the same legislative agenda with us and are big allies of us,” Rayani said. Rayani said Students United hopes to increase the budget for its annual advocacy trip. The NCLC provides advocacy resources for students and Students United is planning to collaborate with the organization. “Education is the building block for understanding and understanding is the building for prosperity and peace,” Rayani said.
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MADISON DIEMERT Staff Writer Everyone wants a pet. They’re cute and cuddly (or sometimes not) and can be great companions. Especially while you’re trying to get through something like college. But if you’re a college student, is it really a good idea to get a pet? First, it depends on what kind of pet you want. Dogs and cats are among the most common and a lot of people already know how to take care of them from past experience. But then there are other types of animals like rabbits, snakes, turtles, birds, etc. that are a little less common. Animals like these can be great to have in your life. But they’re much different from cats and dogs. You need to take the time to learn about these animals, even if you think you know what’s best for them. A little research goes a long way, but sometimes college students don’t have enough time to do the research. In this case, you should definitely wait to buy or adopt a pet. Then, there is the fact
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that all pets need TLC, even animals like snakes or lizards. You have to be willing and able to take time out of your day to care for them. But if you don’t think you have enough time, you probably shouldn’t get a pet. For example, you should be taking your dog out frequently for walks; but if you have class all day and work all night, you won’t be able to do this. Therefore, your dog will suffer. This also goes for other animals that might not need lots of exercise, but a lot of human interaction or upkeep. If you are so busy that you forget to clean your cat’s litter box, it can start to smell, and your cat will get sick and start having to use the bathroom elsewhere—which is not a mess anyone wants
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to clean up. You should also think about the environment in which you live and if it would be good for an animal. If you live with many other roommates and your home is loud and bustling, it might not be a good place for animals to live. Many animals need their own downtime where they can relax and sleep, and if there’s too much going on they can get stressed out. But if your home is too quiet, this can also be a bad thing. If you or your roommates use a lot of chemicals to clean, or use candles or fragrance sprays, that might also not be a good choice. Many animals like dogs, cats, or rabbits can be very sensitive to odors and get sick. Lastly, you should think about yourself. What does
your home or apartment say about pets? Are they allowed? Is there a fee? If the fee is too much for you to afford, or the apartment has strict rules, then having a pet probably isn’t an option for you. Your roommates should also come into play when you are deciding if you want a pet. What are their opinions on the pet you want? Are they allergic? You should always keep them in mind when deciding on something as serious as adopting a pet. Ultimately, the choice is yours on whether or not you should have a pet in college. Just keep these things in mind and hopefully you can make a more educated choice when the time comes.
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Adversity must lead to change—Reporter to set new course Opinion
BILL HAMM Staff Writer We have drawn our line in the sand, we have said this far and no further, we have chosen to be controllers of our own fate. To recover from adversity and despair, one must create a powerful and positive vision, coupled with a defined direction in which to move. We at the Reporter, are committed to recovery from the financial adversity of these times, by all legitimate means possible. The effort will start by using your input to help us devise the course the Reporter must chart.
The Reporter crew, invites you to stop at our table over the next few weeks, and tell us what you think our future needs to look like in the day and age of “Fake News.” Video and online formats have been brought forward as possibilities. Ideas on how the entire media/ journalism effort at MNSU can be improved to create the cutting-edge experience and excitement our students need and deserve. Information and studies looking at future media structure and function could all be useful. What do you know that we don’t? This is the fun stage, the dreaming-of-what-could-be stage, so let us be bold in our dreams of what fills this need. The invitation extends to the faculty and staff served by the Reporter as well—your input is valued reverently. A financial need to bring the Reporter back
to a healthier baseline as well as putting the paper in a position to add new technologies will require some effort. It is time to ask: how many quiet supporters does the Reporter have? A list has developed of local and national foundations
restore the Reporter back to a cutting-edge news organization that we can all take ownership and pride in again. Just as these financial difficulties have developed over a multi-year period, the solution is also going to be a
“It is time to ask: how many quiet supporters does the Reporter have?” that have been identified as journalistic funding sources to enable this bold new vision/course we seek to set. Among supporters, do we have any experienced grant writers to help or advise in such an effort? A good rally and a concerted effort can
multi-year affair as well. Many of us will likely have to come back to see the results of this drawn out effort. Once all ideas and input are gathered an evaluation process will be undertaken to investigate and put a price tag to all these competing ideas. Then,
and only then, can we begin to get a look at what kind of new organization we can create. The last fun part of this part of the effort will be choosing and determining what we can find financing for. Along with that will be determining how all this fits into MNSU as a University. The final steps will be the nuts and bolts of bring these ideas to fruition and putting them into practice. Out of despair can come hope and growth. This ordeal should be a teaching moment. While hard feelings exist now, this should clearly be a time to understand that mistakes are an inevitable part of bureaucracy. Let us not dwell on the mistakes, but rather on the possibilities created by them. Together we can, and will, work to overcome our common adversity.
Calling student short films: submissions due March 26 for festival
OLUWATOMIKE BALI Staff Writer Stomper’s Student Shorts are part of an annual student film festival that started in 2012 at MNSU. The festival originated from the “48-hour film festival” that used to take place in the 1990s and went on for over
a decade. The idea was that people were given a certain theme and then had 48 hours to make a movie. Speaking with the staff advisor of Student Events Team, Bill Tourville, he said that the Stomper Student’s Shorts were created in 2014 by a student named Amanda Anez. Students are allowed to pick any genre of their choice to create a video from. He also stated that they have had “as high as 12 entries and a low of 6 or 7 entries within the past four years.” Tourville
believes that students are pretty responsive to the idea. The auditions for this year’s film festival are currently ongoing as there has been call for entries for a little over two weeks now. The deadline for registration and submissions for this year’s film festival is March 26. There is an online application on OrgSync where students can submit their form and a hardcopy, USB or DVD of their film. “The Student Events Team will work with the Film Studies Department as well as other
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Studio ready to kick off production of Talley’s Folly The cast have a strong connection and noticeable chemistry DENA SCHEDIVY Staff Writer
Written by Lanford Wilson, “Talley’s Folly” is the second installment of his “The Talley Trilogy” after “Fifth of July” and before “Talley & Son”. Making his Minnesota State University, Mankato directing debut, Trevor Belt had some words to share on his first production here. “I wanted to direct Talley’s Folly because I have such connection and history with the play. I was born and raised in a small town in Missouri, not too far from Lebanon, where the play takes place. I know these people. I know how they talk, how they view the world, what they fear, etc. I also really identify with the idea of being a part of a community where you don’t exactly fit in, having ideas that were ‘different’
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Matt and Sally reminisce about their affair from the previous year, while sharing a laugh
or ‘radical’ than the ideas of the majority. Plus finding a certain someone who ‘gets’ you and accepts you for who you are, is appealing to everyone, I think.” In Lebanon, Missouri 1944, we meet our main characters: Matt Fried-
man and Sally Talley. This romantic comedy follows the quirky and improbable couple. Taking around ninety-seven minutes, as addressed during the show, this story focuses on their encounter on the Fourth of
July. In the summer of forty-three, Matt met Miss Talley and could not shake her from his mind, even going to the extent of sending her a letter every day. Only responding once, Sally seemed far away but that
did not dampen Matt’s spirit when he returns to rural Missouri the following summer. Although he informed her in his letter that he would be visiting, she is still surprised to see that he actually came. From this “unexpected arrival”, this arouses talk within Sally’s conservative household for Matt is Jewish and eleven years older than Sally. Outside of their religious beliefs, her parents do not approve of Matt and his wish to court their daughter. Shifting topics, Sally talks about her uncle and the boathouse he built, claiming he was the sanest from her family because he did what he really wanted to do: build follies.
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What To Do When Jane Knows DICK About Dating A book review on Laura Wellington’s latest novel about dating
KATIE LEIBEL Staff Writer
“What To Do When Jane Knows DICK About Dating,” is not your traditional dating guidebook. It holds silly stories, interesting analogies and strong recommendations for women when it comes to dating men. In the book, the author, Laura J. Wellington, typically talks from a first-person perspective. She refers to women as “Jane” and men as “Dick,” from the popular “Dick and Jane” books that taught many
kids how to read. Wellington’s hope with this analogy is to teach people the ABC’s of dating as “Dick and Jane” did the alphabet when she was younger. Wellington uses this book and her analogies to tell many interesting anecdotes. As a mother of five, divorced once and widowed once, Wellington has a lot of experience detailing the adventures of meeting a new partner. She describes the dos and don’ts of dating from personal experiences. Each of the 44 chapters explains something different about dating, and what can help or hurt a relationship. The book has a quirky motherly tone to it, as if your “mom friend,” “mom-
away-from-home,” or your own mother were telling their own silly stories to give the reader dating advice. This motherly overtone both hurts and helps the book convey its lessons. It helped the book to inform those who refer to it for advice because the reader receives input from someone with dating experience, and in-turn the reader takes the book more seriously. The tone hurt the book because, although Wellington qualifies many of her statements, she tended to push more traditional and domestic gender roles
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Sally supports Matt as he takes his first attempt at walking in ice skates.
TALLEY Continued from page 8 Looking back on their night they spent together a year ago, Matt regains hope that Sally will have him but when she poorly tries to push him away, his interest only strengthens. This challenge only motivates him more to win Sally’s heart. Pressuring to learn more about Matt’s past, Sally learns more than she could have ever expected. Trying to veer the conversation to a brighter topic, Matt’s frustration is what encourages Sally to open up about why she hasn’t married. Surprised by her past, it turns out that Matt isn’t the only one with a dark
and distant past. Curving away from the trend of large casts this semester, “Talley’s Folly” has a cast of only two students. When asked what if felt like to be in such a small cast, Megan Kueter, who portrays Sally Talley, says that, “It has been a completely new experience for me. I’ve never had the opportunity to work so intricately on a character and their relationship before without having to share time with other actors. John, Trevor and I get to dive so deep into all of the tiny details of the story that usually get glossed over in a bigger production. This
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Sally Talley (Megan Kueter) takes in the beauty of the Missouri countryside, as Matt Friedman (John Nicol) looks on.
play is so simple yet so rich and I am thrilled that I get to share it with everyone.” John Nicol, who portrays Matt Friedman, expressed his excitement for this show. “Working in such a small cast is really fun. It’s a really great opportunity to connect with the other person onstage because every action you take immediately effects every member of the cast. Sometimes that isn’t the case when dealing with a show that has a large cast with a huge chorus.” To make it all sweeter, Belt’s first collegiate production was in “Talley and Son”, and said that this
DATING Continued from page 8 in her book that not all women abide by. Wellington addresses this multiple times and helps her readers to understand that not everything in her book is set in stone or 100 percent correct. She encourages women to check in with themselves and listen to their “Sally” as well as her advice before making any decisions. Sally refers to one’s conscience and the voice in their head. Wellington encourages women to listen to Sally, and not ignore her advice, as doing so can hurt oneself in the long-run. She adds that her book is there to provide guidance, but if your Sally tells you otherwise, to
listen to her, and know that she is telling you what you truly want. Although the book is not a set in stone guide to dating, it provides wonderful insight to many young people who have recently joined the dating scene, and some helpful reminders/ new lessons to those who have been in the dating scene for a while. The book details the importance of self-respect and expecting others to respect you as much as, if not more, than you do. Wellington reminds readers that if one respects themselves, others should follow suit. Lastly, Wellington wraps up the book in the same
way she starts it: she informs the readers that if the person you care about wants you, they will let you know. She adds that this is her advice, and the reader can take it or leave it Overall, her book is informative, though it does bring up some traditionalist tones. I believe that despite these traditionalist tones, it can be helpful to some women looking for their “soul mate.” For those interested, “What To Do When Jane Knows DICK About Dating,” is available at many major online and in-store retailers.
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play/trilogy was a factor that made him fall in love with theatre itself. Much like Kueter and Nicol, Belt commented,”I like working with a small cast, because we can really focus on specificity, connection, and intention. We do that with bigger casts, of course, but with a smaller cast there can be a closer connection between actor and actor, and actor and director. The intimacy in the world, as well as
the product, becomes apparent, and really shines through.” “Talley’s Folly” opens Wednesday, March 28 in the Andreas Theatre and closes Saturday, March 31. Tickets are available to purchase online at http:// www.mnsu.edu/theatre/, by phone at 507-389-6661 or in-person at the box office Monday-Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. Regular tickets for “Talley’s Folly” sell for $10.
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Baseball hits road last time before home opener With their record currently at 9-4, the Mavericks look to finish the weekend strong before coming home
AARON YOUNG Staff Writer The Maverick baseball team kicks off a four-game series this weekend against the Minot State Beavers. The games will take place at Plattsmouth High School in Plattsmouth, Nebraska at 10 a.m. in two doubleheaders matchups that’ll take place today and tomorrow versus the Beavers. The Mavs (9-4, 4-0 NSIC) have been on fire, winning their last five games, and eight of their last nine. After ending the series with a walk-off walk against Southwest Minnesota State just this past weekend, junior outfielder, Tyler Berg, talks about what was going through his mind at the plate. “The bases were loaded. I was up there trying to see a strike first and he didn’t even throw one so its one of the
easier at-bats I’ve had in a while”, he said. In addition to this remark, Berg explains the importance of coming off a victory heading into more conference play. “[We’re] getting the train rolling. Now we just [have] to take it one week at a time. We know we can do it so we just [have] to stick with our approaches,” he said confidently. I don’t see why he wouldn’t be confident. The players have been on a roll and don’t seem to be looking to stop anytime soon. An important person to watch at the plate this weekend is Josh Wenzel, who has been the talk of the town as of late. The senior outfielder was named the NSIC player of the week this past week. In the previous series against Southwest Minnesota State, Wenzel connected on two doubles, had five RBI’s and two runs of his own en route to victory. Three of those runs were crucial, as two were the game-winning runs and the other a game-tying in a comeback victory against the Mustangs early Sunday. He
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certainly came through in the clutch when the team needed him the most. On the bump will be senior left-handed pitcher, Aaron Rozek. The senior threw 14 K’s in seven innings in competition against the Mustangs. His 14 strikeouts have put him at the top of the leaderboard in the conference for strikeouts per nine innings in the NSIC with roughly 17. From one senior to another, Dalton Roach continues to impress at 3-0. The Tomko recipient also made history last weekend, throwing his 296th career strikeout, passing Jason Hoppe as the athlete with most strikeouts in the programs history. Roach currently has 311 strikeouts and isn’t letting a milestone
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stop him from getting more. Another Maverick who deserves recognition is senior Luke Waldek. The shortstop has an outstanding BA of .432 and even better slugging percentage at .568 this season. The phenom has clocked in 19 hits, six doubles, seven RBI’s and nine runs. He leads the Mavs in batting average, on-base percentage, runs scored, doubles and walks. His performance so far has been nothing short of phenomenal. Their opponent the Bea-
vers also look to continue their momentum as well come Thursday. Minot State is coming off a successful series against Winona State winning three of four. They are 3-1 in the conference and 5-9 overall. Get your Maverick ballcaps on and gloves ready for the game this weekend as the Mavericks clash with the Beavers in their last four-game showdown before their bigger home-opener next weekend versus Winona State.
Biggest free agent signing: Sheldon Richardson
Colton Molesky gives his take on why the best free agent signing for the Vikings was not Kirk Cousins
COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer Kirk Cousins is a great signing for the Minnesota Vikings. He has the arm, the production, and the talent to be one of the best quarterbacks in this league. While I do think he’s a great signing for the Vikings, I think Sheldon Richardson has been the best pickup for the team this offseason. If you set aside the quarterback craze that consumes nearly every NFL team, then it becomes clear that Sheldon Richardson is the best
thing the Vikings did this offseason. Minnesota handed Cousins a three-year, $84 million deal that is fully guaranteed, in comparison to the oneyear, $8 million dollar deal that’s fully guaranteed for Richardson. The gut reaction from every Vikings fan is defending the move as the price one pays when dancing in the quarterback arena. But the economy should dictate at least some of the price. Before the experiment in Seattle went sideways for Richardson, he was a top 10 defensive linemen in tackles three of his four years with the New York Jets. Plenty of teams are paying a premium for interior talent that lacks half the stats the Missouri product brings to the table. Cousins is making money no other NFL player before has in the form of a fully guar-
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anteed contract. Not only is he not a top 10 player at his position, he also puts the Vikings cap in a bind with stars like Stefon Diggs and Anthony Barr up for contracts after next season. Richardson is upscale talent and a bargain price because of the poor season on the West Coast. As already mentioned,
Richardson was a monster in New York. Of his four years in the Big Apple, three of them he was healthy for 15 or more games. He scooped up the 4th most tackles in the NFL in 2013 and 2014 while coming in 9th in 2016. In the same span, fellow linemen Muhammad Wilkerson posted double-digit sacks twice,
faring nicely next to the 2013 Defensive Rookie of the Year. Cousins has been consistent in giving his former roster 4,000+ yards and 25+ touchdowns for three seasons. The problem is the consistency in
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Opinion: Tiger Woods, No. 1 athlete in sports Jake Rinehart explains why Tiger Woods deserves the title as most dominant athlete of the last 20 years
JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer ESPN released their list of the 20 most dominant athletes of the last 20 years on Tuesday. The top five most dominant athletes of the last 20 years on that list, in order from first to fifth most dominant, were Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Peyton Manning, Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR Driver) and Roger Federer. While I disagree with a few of the rankings on this list, there’s no doubt in my eyes that Tiger Woods should be ranked No. 1 in the list. What Tiger did for the game of golf in the early 2000’s has never been, nor ever will, be duplicated on the same stage ever again. In his prime, Tiger would average 5.8 wins per
year. The best players in golf prior to Tiger’s era averaged 3.1 wins per year. Tiger was winning everywhere he went in the early 2000’s. Tiger would go on to win 13 of 35 majors from late 1999 to mid-2008, while no other golfer would win more than three times during that same span. On three different occasions, Woods went on a winning streak that would span over five or more consecutive tournaments. What is most amazing is the crowds that Tiger would draw, whether in person or via television. According to the Nielsen Company, television ratings for the final round of the Masters would be 20 percent lower when Tiger was not in contention. The average number of people watching golf on a Sunday with Tiger in contention would be approximately 11.9 million people. When Tiger was not in contention, that number would drop to an average of 9.5 million.
What is remarkable about Tiger is that even though he has not been dominant for all of those 20 years, and had off-the-course issues, he still has managed to play extremely well. In the last few weeks Tiger has been in contention on every Sunday. During the Valspar Championship that took place from March 8-11, Tiger was able to secure sole position of the lead for the first time since 2013. Tiger would go on to a second-place finish. With Tiger in contention on the final day of the Valspar, crowds tuned in. Nielsen reported that 6.9 million viewers tuned in to see Tiger. To put this back in perspective, the 2017 Valspar Championship without Tiger only drew 2.3 million viewers. Excluding all majors, it was the highest rated PGA Tour event since the 2013 Players Championship, which Tiger won. When Tiger took the driv-
VIKINGS Continued from page 11 double-digit interceptions that comes with Cousins. As far as bang for the Vikings’ buck, Richardson is the pro bowl talent that is costing them less than most teams pay for their top end receiver and he will supply impact on far more of his snaps. This team has built through the draft and found an identity on defense. Plenty of quarterbacks were on the market for a rental, which could have held the place while the Vikings groomed a rookie signal caller from the loaded class. Instead, Minnesota pulled the trigger on a quarter-
back they hope is better than fill-in quarterback last season, Case Keenum. The move reeks of desperation to win now, following an embarrassing loss to the eventual Super Bowl winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, in the NFC Championship game this past season. Placing Richardson next to their loaded front that contains Everson Griffen, Danielle Hunter, Linval Joseph and Anthony Barr is a scary group no NFL team wants to be facing next season. The class of the division
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is still Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, which Minnesota had been building against with a ruthless defense. Last season, they looked even better after shoring up the offensive line and draft picks like Dalvin Cook and Diggs paid off. Throwing cash at Cousins was out of character for a usually tightly run organization. The Richardson move was what you expect from the Vikings. It’ll be fun to see where these moves will take the team this offseason.
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“I believe he still is . . . he’s shown what it’s like to bounce back and perform with the best.”
“I believe he’s not . . . In that sport, all you do is swing a club.”
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ing range at the Arnold Palmer Invitation on Friday, so many people tuned in that the PGA Tour stream crashed. Tiger was in contention for most of the tournament, finishing the final round with two unfortunate bogeys that pushed him eight shots off the lead. Although he did have this late mishap, he did
finish fifth. While Tiger in the later years started to have problems with his personal life, and his continuous problems with injuries starting to creep up on him, there’s no doubt that he’s still a living legend, not only in the game of golf, but also in all aspects of the sports world.
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“I don’t think Tiger Woods is the most dominant athlete . . . Lebron James, is my pick.”
“No! Lebron james has proven to be better than Tiger Woods.”
“Not tiger Woods . . . Lionel Messi is, because he continues to break records.”
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