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Community rallies against anti-queer incidents

By JEREMY REDLIEN Staff Writer

The Mavericks celebrated after winning the CCHA Championship game over the Bemidji State Beavers in overtime Saturday in downtown Mankato. MSU now moves onto the NCAA tournament to face the Harvard Crimson in the Albany Regional’s semifinal game on March 24.

If the Mavs advance through the Albany Regional, they will compete at the Frozen Four in Boston, Mass.

Photo by MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter

By JULIA BARTON News Director

This past Friday the TEDxMNSU event was held at Minnesota State University, Mankato, featuring 11 speakers ranging from MSU faculty and alumni who shared personal statements and uplifting messages.

Originally scheduled to be held March of 2020, the event was finally able to be held in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom with several hundred community members and students who were in attendance.

MSU President Edward Inch kicked off the event with a welcome to everyone who attended the first TEDxMNSU event, “This is one of our events that was put on by six of our graduate students. This is an event that has been designed around the expertise and big ideas of our faculty and students.”

With a variety of topics that aimed to make audience members think about ways to improve their daily life, the event fostered many big ideas.

Jonathan Hicks, associate professor for the Department of Recreation Parks and Leisure Services, shared his experience of his first ted talk event.

“I think more than anything I am just humbled by how many people showed up.

Students hear me talk five days a week already, so for them to still show up and be such an engaged audience, it’s a pretty cool thing,” Hicks said.

Many MSU students came to see a TED talk in person as most were already familiar with the well-known organization.

“My favorite speaker was Kristen and how she talked about communication and learning,” Wendy Orina, sophomore

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

TEDxMNSU draws crowd by sharing big ideas

Ben Finley was the host of TEDxMNSU that featured 11 speakers.

at MSU said. “I watch TED Talks and I’ve always wanted to see one in person so this was a good opportunity, I wanted to see what it had to offer.”

With all attendees receiving a goodie bag along with opportunities to sign up for workshops, the day was filled with

inspiring and informational conversations.

“Jonathan stood out to me because I do have a fear of animals and him talking about how being close to them can change your life was interesting,’’ Fikir Tebeje, sophomore TED on page 3 

Around 60 to 70 members of the New Ulm Community and surrounding area rallied together this past Saturday in response to a series of anti-queer incidents, most prominetly the bullying of an out gay basketball player from St. Peter.

There was no shortage of rainbow flags on display at the rally which had been organized by One New Ulm, which was recently formed from the merger of the Welcoming Communities Project of New Ulm and New Ulm Forward. The purpose of One New Ulm is to promote diversity, inclusion, and equitability.

Attendees stood on all four corners of Broadway and Center St carrying signs with slogans like “Love Wins” and other statements to support the LGBTQ community.

Julia Stovall, a student at New Ulm High School, came to the rally wearing a pansexual pride flag like a cape.

“After all the things that went down at the basketball game, it really started something in the community that really needed to happen. I’m here to support all the gay people in the community, and the LGBTQ+ community and I’m sick of feeling unsafe in my own school,” Stovall said.

“I’ve been called slurs, had the middle finger held up at me, at one point I had my rainbow flag ripped off my car. It’s not a good environment.”

River Reed came to the rally with a sign that stated, “I just found my voice, you can’t take it from me.”

“I live in New Ulm and I’m tired of not feeling safe in my own community so I want to come out and show that we’re here, and we’re not going anywhere,” Reed said. “I’m visibly trans, my partner is visibly trans, we would get names in wal-mart, I’ve been followed around being called a dyke, horrible slurs, just made to feel not safe shopping and I wanted to show that we’re not going anywhere.”

At one point during the rally, Scott Richards, a pastor from Gaylord, MN, led a call and response using the phrase “Love Wins”.

“It was important for me NEW ULM on page 6 

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

U.S. Capitol riot trial opens for Cowboys

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press

An elected official from New Mexico went to trial Monday with a judge — not a jury — set to decide if he is guilty of charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol grounds on the day a pro-Trump mob disrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden is scheduled to hear attorneys’ closing arguments Tuesday for the case against Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, whose trial in Washington, D.C., is the second among the hundreds of people charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, siege.

The judge heard testimony Monday from three government witnesses before prosecutors rested their case. Griffin’s lawyer said he doesn’t plan to call any defense witnesses.

The case against Griffin is unlike most of the Capitol riot prosecutions. He is one of the few riot defendants who isn’t accused of entering the Capitol or engaging in any violent or destructive behavior.

He claims he has been selectively prosecuted for his political views.

Griffin, one of three members of the Otero County Commission in southern New Mexico,

GEMUNU AMARASINGHE • Associated Press

Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin, arrives at the Federal Court House in Washington, Monday, March 21, 2022.

is among a handful of riot defendants who either held public office or ran for a government leadership post in the 2 1/2 years before the attack.

He is among only three riot defendants who have asked for a bench trial, which means a judge will decide his case with-

out a jury. Griffin, a 48-year-old former rodeo rider and former pastor, helped found a political committee called Cowboys for Trump. He had vowed to arrive at the courthouse on horseback.

Instead, he showed up Monday as a passenger in a pickup truck that had a horse trailer

on the back. Griffin is charged with two misdemeanors: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

A key question in Griffin’s case is whether he entered a restricted area while Pence was

still present on Capitol grounds, a prerequisite for the U.S. Secret Service to invoke access restrictions.

Griffin’s attorneys said in a court filing that Pence had already departed the restricted area before the earliest that Griffin could have entered it, but Secret Service inspector Lanelle Hawa testified that Pence never left the restricted area during the riot.

Hawa said agents took Pence from his office at the Capitol to a restricted area at an underground loading dock on the Capitol complex. Pence remained in the loading dock location for four to five hours and never left the security perimeter before the joint session of Congress resumed on the night of Jan. 6, Hawa testified.

Defense attorney Nicholas Smith asked Hawa if it was Pence’s decision to remain there for hours.

“I can’t answer that,” she said.

Smith said prosecutors apparently believe Griffin engaged in disorderly conduct by peacefully leading a prayer on the Capitol steps.

“That is offensive and wrong,” Smith told the judge during his brief opening statements.

Prosecutors didn’t give any opening statements.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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MavPass saving students’ grades while in tough classes

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Stocks turn lower on Wall Street after best week since 2020

MADDIE BEHRENS • The Reporter

By HAFSA PEERZADA Minnesota State University, Mankato has numerous academic resources that help facilitate student learning. One of those resources available on campus are MavPass sessions that are conducted all year round and offered for numerous courses that students generally tend to struggle in.

These sessions are designed to make students aware of their own learning processes and equip them with strategies that allow them to reflect on and broaden their understanding of content covered in class.

“A lecture hall can be a passive environment because students don’t get to have a lot of collaborative opportunities.

Students are just there sitting and listening and of course they are learning new material, but they need to be engaged in it,” said Laura Jacobi, the program director of MavPass.

“The whole purpose of MavPass is to help students learn the material at a much deeper level and understand it by interactively working together and talking about it,” Jacobi added.

This bit of extra support provides students with the opportunity to go the extra mile to improve their grades and academic standing throughout the academic year in challenging courses.

“Courses that MavPass supports typically have 25% of students that receive a D, F or end up withdrawing. For MavPass attendees that attend 10 or more sessions that rate is typically 0%,” added Jacobi when explaining the impact MavPass sessions have on course retention rates.

In addition to helping students improve their in-class performance, MavPass sessions also provide students the opportunity to become peer

leaders for courses in their majors thereby encouraging a higher level of thinking and further insight within their respective fields.

“In teaching this course I have a better understanding of all the little details in the material that I missed before.

I’m able to make better connections between things in the material that I had not made before,” said Eleanor Bennett, a current MavPass leader for BIOL330. “I get a little bit of a different perspective each time and a better idea of how things work.”

The sessions are also tailored to meet academic needs of students and MavPass leaders structure the sessions to emphasize the importance of forming better study habits.

“Students discover new ways to study. We give study tips to pass the class and predict what students will likely see on the exam and teach them how to attack the material to better understand it, “added Bennett when talking about the biggest takeaway from these sessions.

The purpose of these sessions is not to force the material on students rather to spark student curiosity within their respective fields and to encourage the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

“We don’t re-lecture in sessions. We’re kind of teasing the topics so that students can be intrigued, and can go home and dig deeper with that little understanding that they got in the sessions, “said Ephrata B Bezuayene, a current MavPass leader for BIOL105.

MavPass sessions are geared toward learning the given material in a more creative and engaging way.

Students can attend sessions without any prior preparations and simply be present to participate in the learning activities and group work.

TED from page 1 at MSU said.

Following the first round of speakers there were on-going workshops taking place in the nearby CSU rooms.

Some of the workshops included an intro to mediation, intuitive eating, and a nature walk with Maverick Adven-

tures.

After intermission a second round of speakers then took the stage and shared their TED talks.

Open to both MSU students and the general public, the event ran throughout the day starting at 9 a.m. and closing ceremony at 3:30 p.m.

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SETH WENIG • Associated Press

Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Stocks are posting modest gains in early trading on Wall Street Monday, March 21, 2022.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Associated Press

Stocks capped a day of choppy trading on Wall Street with a modestly lower finish Monday, giving back some of their recent gains after the major indexes notched their best week in more than a year.

The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% after giving up an early gain and bouncing around for much of the day.

The Dow Jones Industrial Av-

erage fell 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite slid 0.4%. The indecisive trading came a day after the market posted its best week since November 2020 and as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was prepared to move more aggressively if need be to contain inflation.

Bond yields rose sharply following Powell’s remarks.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury jumped to 2.30% from 2.14% late Friday. “Powell’s comments and the bond mar-

ket’s reaction to that put some pressure on the stock market today,” said Willie Delwiche, investment strategist at All Star Charts. The S&P 500 fell 1.94 points to 4,461.18, snapping a four-day winning streak for the benchmark index. The Dow dropped 201.94 points to 34,552.99, and the Nasdaq slid 55.38 points to 13,838.46.

Smaller company stocks fared worse than the broader market. The Russell 2000 index lost 20.21 points, or 1%, to 2,065.94.

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Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Climate change disclosures proposed

By MARCY GORDON Associated Press

XINHUA • Associated Press

In this photo taken by mobile phone released by Xinhua News Agency, a piece of wreckage of the China Eastern’s flight MU5735 are seen after it crashed on the mountain in Tengxian County.

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, officials said, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country’s worst air disaster in nearly a decade. More than 15 hours after communication was lost with the plane, there was still no word about the fate of passengers and crew members, leaving families waiting to learn whether anyone survived. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said the crash occurred near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region. The plane was flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to the industrial center of Guangzhou along the east coast.

China Eastern flight 5735 was traveling 455 knots (523 mph, 842 kph) at around 29,000 feet when it entered a steep and fast dive around 2:20 p.m. local time, according to data from flight-tracking website FlightRadar24.com. The plane plunged to 7,400 feet before briefly regaining about 1,200 feel in altitude, then dove again. The plane stopped transmitting data 96 seconds after starting to fall.

Local villagers were first to arrive at the forested area where the plane went down and sparked a blaze big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images. Hundreds of rescue workers were swiftly dispatched from Guangxi and neighboring Guangdong province. The plane was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, the CAAC said, correcting earlier reports that 133 people had been on board. It was about an hour into the flight, and nearing the point at which it would begin descending into Guangzhou, when it pitched downward. Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an “all-out effort” by the rescue operation, as well as for an investigation into the crash and to ensure complete civil

aviation safety.

Relatives of crew members arrived at a China Eastern office near the Kunming airport where the plane took off, state broadcaster CCTV reported. On Monday night, an Associated Press journalist saw police officers and security guards patrolling outside the office with flashlights, ordering journalists to leave. At a hotel near the airport, about a dozen people, some in jackets identifying them as members of China’s aviation agency, huddled around tables and read documents. State media reported all 737-800s in China Eastern’s fleet were ordered grounded. Aviation experts said it is unusual to ground an entire fleet of planes unless there is evidence of a problem with the model. China has more 737-800s than any other country — nearly 1,200 — and if identical planes at other Chinese airlines are grounded, it “could have a significant impact on domestic travel,” said aviation consultant IBA. Boeing 737-800s have been flying since 1998, and Boeing has sold more than 5,100 of them. They have been involved in 22 accidents that damaged the planes beyond repair and killed 612 people, according to data compiled by the Aviation Safety Network, an arm of the Flight Safety Foundation.

“There are thousands of them around the world. It’s certainly had an excellent safety record,” the foundation’s president, Hassan Shahidi, said of the 737-800.

The plane was not a Boeing 737 Max, the planes that were grounded worldwide for nearly two years after deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

China’s air-safety record has improved since the 1990s as air travel has grown dramatically with the rise of a burgeoning middle class. Before Monday, the last fatal crash of a Chinese airliner occurred in August 2010, when an Embraer ERJ 190-100 operated by Henan Airlines hit the ground short of the runway in the northeastern city of Yichun and caught fire.

Companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risk affects their business under new rules proposed Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a drive across the government to address climate change.

Under the proposals adopted on a 3-1 SEC vote, public companies would have to report on their climate risks, including the costs of moving away from fossil fuels, as well as risks related to the physical impact of storms, drought and higher temperatures caused by global warming. They would be required to lay out their transition plans for managing climate risk, how they intend to meet climate goals and progress made, and the impact of severe weather events on their finances.

The number of investors seeking more information on risk related to global warming has grown dramatically in recent years. Many companies already provide climate-risk information voluntarily. The idea is that, with uniform required information, investors would be able to compare companies within industries and sectors.

“Companies and investors alike would benefit from the clear rules of the road” in the proposal, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said.

The required disclosures would include greenhouse gas emissions produced by companies directly or indirectly — such as from consumption of

CHARLES REX ARBOGAST • Associated Press

Drivers and their tanker trucks capable of hauling water and hydraulic fracturing liquid line up near a natural gas burn off flame and storage tanks in Williston, N.D., on June 9, 2014.

the company’s products, vehicles used to transport products, employee business travel and energy used to grow raw materials.

The SEC issued voluntary guidance in 2010, but this is the first time mandatory disclosure rules were put forward. The rules were opened to a public comment period of around 60 days and they could be modified before any final adoption.

Climate activists and investor groups have clamored for mandatory disclosure of information that would be uniformly required of all companies. The advocates estimate that excluding companies’ indirect emissions would leave out some 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. “Investors can only assess risks if they know they exist,” Mike Litt, consumer campaigns director of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, said in a prepared statement.

“Americans’ retirement accounts and other savings could be endangered if we don’t acknowledge potential liabilities caused by climate change and take them seriously.”

“Climate risks and harms are growing across our communities with threats to our economy,” said Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. “Investors, pension fund managers and the public need better information about the physical and transition-related risks that climate change poses to hard-earned investments,” On the other hand, major business interests and Republican officials — reaching down to the state level — began mobilizing against the climate disclosures long before the SEC unveiled the proposed rules Monday, exposing the sharply divided political dynamic of the climate issue.

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Editorials represent the opinions of The Reporter editorial board.

The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the college, university or student body.

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Julia Barton News Director

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How to make servers love you

Why it’s a must to follow the rule book Saturday’s Central Collegiate Hockey Association conference championship was nothing close to ordinary.

The Minnesota State men’s hockey team had won the championship and the beloved Mason Cup, but the call on the ice that sophomore forward Josh Groll’s goal to win the game in overtime was reversed over an hour after the original game finished. The decision the CCHA and its commissioner Don Lucia made to reverse the call and make the two teams re-play the remainder of the overtime period will go down in history as one of the most controversial moments in the history of college sports. It is undeniably true that the game should not have been finished the way it did, and there were several ways it should have gone. Stated by rule 82.1 on Game and Intermission Timing, “Officials’ duties and powers continue during intermissions and until all players have left the ice and entered the dressing room at the conclusion of the game.” This means officials have their duty to officiate and correctly call the game until and only until the players enter their locker rooms after the conclusion of the game. The officials had their chance to reverse the call of the goal after it was scored, since all goals are reviewed for correctness, but they chose to confirm the goal entered the net legally. Players celebrated, were awarded the Mason Cup, and returned to their locker rooms before the decision to reverse the call was made. So was the decision made by the CCHA or the officials? From the CCHA’s statement regarding the switch, it sounds like the CCHA made the decision to finish the contest once more, but had originally instantly reviewed the goal and ruled the play as a good goal.

Lucia stated postgame that the call to reverse the goal was not what the CCHA wanted and acknowledged it’s not what anyone wanted. He explained the call was made because the CCHA did not want to end someone’s career on a goal that should not have counted. Ethically, the CCHA commissioner has a point, but what about following the rule book? By rule 93.6, “Any potential goal requiring video review must be reviewed prior to or during the next stoppage of play. No goal may be awarded (or disallowed) as a result of video review once the puck has been dropped and play has resumed.” Take it as you will, but the “Allowable Time for Review” rule should be clarified. By the sounds of the rule, the game should have ended for good once the officials confirmed the call on the ice of the original good goal call.

Should the NCAA have stepped in and overruled the CCHA based on the rule book? Probably, but in the end it did not matter as senior defenseman Jack McNeely scored to win the game for Minnesota State once again.

MATIAS DELACROIX • Associated Press

Servers often have to endure rude, demanding guests. In order to make their lives a little bit easier, follow the tips below to not only have a pleasant dining experience, but to not make your waiter hate you.

By MAX MAYLEBEN Editor in Chief

It may come as a surprise, but the pay that comes with working at a newspaper does not necessarily always pay the bills, and because of that, I also work another job.

That’s right, your local editor in chief moonlights as a server at a restaurant. First thing is first, I love waiting tables. It is a great and fun way to spend time to make money.

That being said, working in that role, I often find friends asking me when we go out to eat questions like “Oh, do you hate it when people do that?” The answer is often yes, however, I like to focus on the positives, rather than the negatives.

With that said, here are a few things that you can do as

a restaurant patron to make your server love you.

The first thing you have to understand when you get to a restaurant, especially if it is busy, is that the hosts of the joint are doing their best to get everyone seated in a timely manner. And more often than not, they are following the directions of the manager in charge that day.

Be nice to your host. They know you are hungry, they know you’ve been waiting a long time. It is important to recognize that they are usually freshly hired and usually still in high school working their first job.

Second off, it is totally okay if you have a big group coming in. Many servers actually really like it, but there are a few things to know.

First off, if you can, make sure everyone arrives at the

same time. There is nothing worse than having to go back and forth fifteen times as more and more people file in every five minutes.

The next thing, let them give their opening spiel.

Servers typically have a brief script touching on the things that their managers make them say. Just let them go through their fancy drink recommendations and wait to order the water until the end.

When it comes to the bill, it isn’t a big deal if you split the check, however, if you are able to have one person take the entire bill, it makes the check out process infinitely easier on your server.

Of course, the thing that everyone thinks is probably too hard about… the tip. When it comes to the tip, I am not here to tell you SERVER on page 6 

“What was your reaction to the reverse goal call in Saturday’s Mason Cup game?”

Compiled by Dylan Engel

JACOB DECKER, SOPHOMORE

RAYNE KEYTE, FRESHMAN

DEREK SIME, SOPHOMORE

MACKENZIE PAULSON, SOPHOMORE

OLIVIA SPITZER, JUNIOR

MATTHEW BOGEL, JUNIOR

“If the refs were there and they saw it, so be it.”

“Shocked becuase it has never happened.”

“Interesting decision, but I see both sides.”

“Frustrating, took so long to determine.”

“Irritated with the refs, decisions like that need to be made quickly.”

“Mixed opinion, I agree with the fair play but the call made seems controversial .”

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Takeaways: Jackson makes history, GOP vows no ‘spectacle’

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

As gas prices rise, towns add electric car charging stations

WAYNE PARRY • Associated Press

An electric vehicle charging station is pictured on March 21, 2022, in Asbury Park, N.J. Communities across the U.S. are adding such stations in an effort that began well before gasoline prices surged this year.

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ANDREW HARNIK • Associated Press

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, center, accompanied by her husband Dr. Patrick Jackson, right, steps out during a break in her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill.

By LISA MASCARO History was made Monday the instant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden promised he would choose a Black woman for the job and the 51-year-old Harvard-trained Jackson emerged as an early

favorite, having won support from the Senate several times before, including a year ago to be an appellate court judge.

Democrats have the potential votes in the 50-50 Senate to confirm Jackson, to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, even if all Republicans line up opposed.

Some takeaways from the first day of Jackson’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Today is a proud day for America,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the committee chairman, as he opened the historic hearing.

It’s taken 233 years to arrive at this moment, the first Black woman nominated to be a justice on the Supreme Court, which once upheld racial segregation in America.

Yet as history is being made, it is also carrying echoes of an earlier ground-breaking era.

SERVER from page 5 how much for any given server. However, if you want your server to know that you appreciate them a lot, paying with a card and tipping in cash is a great way to show that.

When you tip on a card, the company automatically takes money out for taxes, however, when tipped in cash, the server is able to claim that themselves.

Lastly, if you really want

your server to love you after you’ve gone, every server is a sucker for the stack of plates.

In my experience, it warms my heart to see a table clean up after themselves, because it shows that they simply are thinking about making my job just a little bit easier.

Of course, dining in is an experience for you, the patron, but making the experience smooth sailing for the server

will never negatively impact your dining experience. Servers are way more likely to bend the rules for guests that they like than rude and needy ones.

But if you aren’t going to do anything else to go above and beyond as mentioned above, just be sure to be kind.

Servers are people trying to pay the bills at the end of the day, so cut them some slack.

NEW ULM from page 1 to be here to show support both personally because I identify as queer but also as a voice from the church because so much of what we here the so called Christian mainstream, well its hateful and its divisive. So it’s important to stand here as a representative of the church and as a clergyperson to give voice to love and acceptance,” said Richards.

The bullying of Alex Bosacker has received national coverage, including Outsports and LGBTQ Nation. Bosacker’s story was first reported on by the StarTribune.

Bosacker came out to his basketball teammates early in the season.

According to the StarTribune, Bosacker was bullied at

games between New Ulm and St. Peter, where Bosacker was both physically assaulted and verbally harassed.

“The experience was awful,” Bosacker said regarding his experiences in the StarTribune. “I wanted to leave the court, to just leave my body at some points.” (Nasty incidents raise questions of discrimination in southern Minnesota school rivalry) Bosackers story was also addressed by Philip Weyhe, managing editor for the St. Peter Herald, in the editorial, “That took guts, kid: St. Peter student can be an example for us all”.

In describing his own experiences related to coming out and how Bosackers affected him, Weyhe wrote, “I don’t like to share about myself.

Those years in the closet perhaps conditioned me to keep things close to the chest. But Alex has inspired a 30-year-old, like me, to be a little more courageous.”

Unfortunately, the New Ulm community is no stranger to anti-queer violence and discrimination.

A letter on Feb. 4 to the editor of the New Ulm supporting the transgender community by the New Ulm Human Rights Commission generated controversy. In addition, many homophobic and transphobic letters have been published in The New Ulm Journal in recent months.

In 1987, restaurant owner Bill Schaefer, was murdered in New Ulm by one of his employees in an anti-gay hate crime.

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A wave of new electric vehicle charging stations across the country is coming as interest in alternatives to gasoline-powered vehicles is on the rise and could heighten further due to a global spike in gasoline prices.

Though most of the plans were in the works before already high gas prices surged because of the war in Ukraine, the timing may work in favor of electric vehicle makers and other proponents of ditching fossil fuels.

From coast to coast, cities big and small are adding charging stations for electric vehicles. Strong demand is forecast for the vehicles, despite their higher prices and limited availability, meaning

even more communities will feel pressure to add charging stations or risk having motorists pass them by in favor of plug-in-friendly places.

The publicly funded investments come as gasoline prices in most of the country are above $4 a gallon and significantly more in some spots.

On Monday, New Jersey officials awarded $1 million in grants to install electric vehicle charging stations in 24 tourist areas around the state.

The idea was to help spur tourism by reassuring visitors who own electric vehicles that they can come to a vacation spot in New Jersey and not run out of power to get back home.

“Don’t worry about it,” said Joseph Fiordaliso, president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

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MANKATO MADNESS Minnesota State claims program’s first Mason Cup in 2-1 overtime win over Bemidji State.

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter

The Mavericks won the first Mason Cup since 2013 in the CCHA’s inaugural season behind senior defenseman Jack McNeely’s overtime goal to beat the Bemidji State Beavers 2-1 Saturday.

What we thought was an overtime and Mason Cup-clinching goal -- which sent the fans home and players to the locker room -- slowly turned into a complete catastrophe, and an additional two minutes of hockey more than an hour after most people thought the game had ended.

Minnesota State eventually won, but not before one of the weirdest moments in MSU hockey history played out.

As the Mavericks celebrated their win of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association’s Mason Cup, Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore re-

Baseball takes first conference series, 2-1

By KARSON BUELOW • Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato baseball team completed their weekend series this past weekend against Minot State. The Mavericks came into their first NSIC matchup of the season with a 7-2 overall record coming off an impressive showing at the Russmatt Central Florida Invitational.

Minnesota State got out to an early lead in the first inning of game one of the weekend series thanks to a

“It makes us stronger as a group, the adversity we went through tonight.”

Senior defenseman Jack McNeely on playing through controversy.

home run coming from the bat of junior Ryan Wickman. The Mavs would pick up another run in the bottom of the third thanks to sophomore Hunter Ranweiler picking up the fielder’s choice.

Senior Ben Livorsi would add to Minnesota State’s lead in the fifth inning with an RBI-single to bring the lead to 3-0. The Mavericks would go on to tally four more runs in the sixth inning as they defeated the Beavers by a final score of 7-0. Senior pitcher Brendan Knoll was credited with his third win of the season. The Kasson, Minn. native picked up seven strikeouts in Saturday morning’s tilt and only allowed three hits.

The Mavs picked up right where they left off in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader as they exploded for six runs in the first inning. Minnesota State’s six BASEBALL on page 10 

turned to the ice to talk with CCHA officials about that game-winning goal.

While the goal was initially allowed, replay footage showed the goal, scored by sophomore forward Josh Groll, actually scooted in under the bottom of the net. After nearly 60 minutes -- and with referees and both teams cleared off the ice and several thousand fans out of the building -- league officials decided to bring the players back onto the ice to resume the overtime session.

19 minutes later, Jack McNeely scored the actual game winner in front of a few hundred fans that hurried back once word of the zany finish spread.

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The Mavericks take the series against Minot State 2-1.

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Sophomore winger Josh Groll’s original game-winning goal on Saturday was overturned nearly an hour after the call was made on the ice. Officials, coaches and the commissioner of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association gathered behind the scenes in speculation the puck entered the net from under the goal post and was therefore not a good goal. Seventy-nine minutes after Groll’s nogoal, Minnesota State senior defenseman Jack McNeely finished the game for good, burying a shot above Bemidji State goaltender Mattias Sholl’s glove side.

The goal marked McNeely’s second goal of the season and helped the Mavericks clinch the first Mason Cup since its discontinuation in 2013. With the result, Bemidji State’s season came to an end while Minnesota State punched their bid into the NCAA tournament. The Mavs will compete against Harvard in the NCAA Albany Regional in pursuit of their first NCAA Division I title.

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MAVERICKS CLAIM FIRST MASON CUP MADNESS from page 7 The day after the Mavericks found out who they would be playing in the NCAA Division I ice hockey tournament at their watch party in Mankato. The Mavericks were seeded into the Albany region’s first seed, while being named the second overall seed in the entire tournament.

MSU drew Harvard in the first round of the region, who were the winners of the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament. The two teams will play Thursday, March 24 at 12:00 p.m. and will face the winner of North Dakota versus Notre Dame the following Saturday.

It was no ordinary game to begin with. The Mavericks and Beavers battled through a first period littered with scoring chances, but no pucks found the back of the net. Bemidji got off to a hotter start, outshooting Minnesota State 5-1 in the first 10 minutes of action. With less than five minutes left in the opening period, the Mavericks finally found their stride, holding offensive zone time for most of the remaining minutes.

The Mavs best chances came on back and forth rebounds of shots but Bemidji goaltender Mattias Sholl stood tall to keep the scoreboard blank heading into the first intermission. The second period started off with two chances by both teams but both goaltenders denied opportunities to gain a lead. As the game neared the half-way mark, Bemidji got its most pristine scoring chance of the night.

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BASEBALL from page 7 runs was highlighted by junior Nick Altermatt’s third home run of the season.

Mankato would keep up the offensive pressure in the second inning adding six more runs.

The Beavers would find their first points of the weekend as junior infielder Kaiden Cardoso tallied an RBI single in the third inning.

Minot State’s bats started to heat up in the fifth inning as the Beavers scored three runs to cut the Mavericks lead to 124. Junior catcher Matt Malone continued the pressure, tallying a two-run RBI single in the seventh as the Beavers cut the Maverick’s lead to just five runs.

The Mavericks would manage to score two more runs in the eighth inning as they beat the Beavers by a dominant score of 14-7. Altermatt was credited with his third win of the season allowing four runs on six hits.

Sunday’s series finale between the two clubs remained scoreless through the first five innings of play. The Beavers were the first to get on the board in the sixth inning as Malone scored on a sacrifice fly from sophomore catcher Mark

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Senior goaltender Dryden McKay (29) notched his 35th win of the season on Saturday, marking a new record for wins in a season by a goaltender in NCAA Division I hockey history. McKay stopped 21 of 22 shots on Saturday.

Dryden McKay was able to save the eventual shot while sliding across the crease. Possession remained with BSU, as Tyler Kirkup cycled the puck to the point to Alex Adams. A perfect screen was set up in front of McKay for Adams to bury the first goal of the game at the 9:17 mark.

Being down one was all the Mavericks needed to start playing in what seemed to be their fullest form. MSU was able to generate a three-on-two opportunity but junior forward Nathan Smith just barely tipped a pass from Julian Napravnik over the crossbar.

A few minutes later Bemidji’s senior defenseman Will Zmolek found himself in the penalty box for cross checking at the 15:33 mark and that was all the Mavericks needed to get their first goal of the game.

Junior Brendan Furry buried the equalizer, as he collected the puck in the left faceoff circle and sniped the top right corner of the net. The remainder of the period ended scoreless but did not finish without action of note.

As the period started to come to an end, a controversial hit near the Bemidji bench was made but no call was made to

send MSU to the penalty box.

The Beavers did not seem to take the hit lightly, as Tyler Kirkup took frustration out on a high hit on MSU’s Lucas Sowder after the horn.

The play was reviewed for a potential major for a blow to the neck or head, but the contact was deemed low enough to call for unsportsmanlike conduct, keeping Kirkup in the game.

The Mavericks generated several great chances on the pursuing power play, but Sholl made every save to keep the game tied, expiring the MSU power play. Each team contin-

ued to generate scoring chances throughout the period but the goaltenders would not let the puck go by.

MSU brought a 25-17 lead in shots on goal to the halfway mark of the third period, and eventually made the best scoring chance of the period. Smith carried the puck into the offensive zone for the Mavericks, dangling the puck past one BSU defender before sending the puck wide of a nearly wide open net.

Junior winger Cade Borchardt was there for a potential tip-in on the missed shot, but even that got past the blade of his stick. And with that, the teams headed to overtime. With the playoffs having different overtime rules, the teams returned to a fresh sheet of ice to play another 20 minutes of five on five.

Originally the game was thought to have been decided Groll’s coast-to-coast play, but the puck was determined to have crossed the goal line from under the net.

“We had an indication that added replays were available,” CCHA commissioner Don Lucia said postgame. “There was a lot at stake. For Bemidji State, a chance to go to the NCAA tournament.

“And the bottom line as we looked at different replay opportunities, we felt the puck went underneath the net. At that point we went and got the officials, brought them in, let them know what was going on… We had to make a difficult call and ultimately it did not impact who won the game, but it impacted who won the game with a good MADNESS on page 11 

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Mavericks’ senior pitcher Cam Kline pitched four complete innings while only allowing two hits and four walks on Sunday.

Ossanna. One run scored by each team in the eighth inning had Minot State up 2-1 heading into the final frame. MSU was able to tie the game in the final frame when sophomore infielder Jackson Hauge scored on a wild pitch.

The Beavers were able to prevail in the 13th inning after they scored on an RBI groundout from redshirt-junior outfielder Dillon Buckmeier. Sophomore pitcher Trevyn Badger

was credited for Minot State’s win on Saturday after pitching three closing relief innings.

After their series with the Beavers this past weekend, the Mavericks dropped their seven-game win streak but improved to a 9-3 overall record and 2-1 in NSIC play. Minnesota State will be back in action Mar. 23 as they host Bemidji State for a double-header at Bowyer Field in Mankato at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

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Softball goes 3-2 at the Fairfield Classic in Pittsburg and Joplin

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Junior center Brendan Furry (13) scored the second period equalizer on Saturday which proved to be pivotal in the Mavericks’ 2-1 overtime win.

MADNESS from page 10 goal,” said Lucia. “I do believe we made the correct decision under the circumstances.”

Bemidji State wanted to make the most of their newfound opportunity, and senior captain Ethan Somoza explained that feeling saying, “We were excited for a second life when they told us we were going back… we were hopeful when we got back out there again.”

The two teams returned to the ice over an hour later to resettle the score of the contest. Senior defenseman Jack McNeely played hero for the Mavericks, as he caught a pass from Smith on the second line of attack. McNeely ripped a shot over Sholl’s glove to bury the actual game winner.

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Senior pitcher Mackenzie Ward collected her 11th win of the season as she allowed one hit and tallied seven strikeouts through 17 batters faced. Ward’s record is 11-2 on the season, which leads the team. The senior pitcher has allowed a minuscule 0.74 ERA and .164 batting average to opposing hitters.

By KARSON BUELOW Staff Writer

The Minnesota State University, Mankato softball team competed in their final non-conference tournament of the year at the Fairfield Classic in Pittsburg, Kansas and Joplin, Missouri. Due to inclement weather in St. Joseph, Missouri, the Mavericks were forced with a complete schedule change to their tournament. MSU came into the tournament with a 13-4 overall record.

The Mavs opened their tournament on Saturday with a game against the Gorillas of Pittsburg State. Sophomore utility Madi Newman opened the scoring in the first for MSU with a two-run home run, giving them a 2-0 lead.

The Gorillas responded quickly, tallying three runs in the bottom of the first to take a 3-2 lead. Sophomore outfielder Kylie Sullivan would answer back for the Mavericks as she went the distance for a solo home run in the second inning that tied the game at 3-3.

Pittsburg State reclaimed their lead hitting back-to-back home runs to grab a 6-3 lead in the second inning. Both teams would claim three more runs throughout the rest of the game as the Gorillas beat the Mavericks 9-6.

Minnesota State had a quick turnaround taking on the Central Oklahoma Bronchos a few hours later. Saturday’s game between the Mavericks and Bronchos opened with three home runs in the first two innings and saw the Mavs take a commanding 5-1 lead.

Oklahoma was able to silence the MSU bats and slowly erase the 5-1 deficit across four innings, tying the game at 5-5 in the seventh inning. Soph-

Mackenzie Ward Ward leads the team in ERA at 0.74 and is 11-2 this season.

Madi Newman Newman is the leads the team in home runs at 5 and RBIs at 24.

Sydney Nielsen Nielsen leads the Mavs in catches and putouts with 140 and 131.

omore infielder Ellie Tallman was able to quiet the Bronchos as she hit a walk-off RBI single in the eighth to give the Mavs win no. 14 on the season.

Minnesota State and Central Oklahoma returned to action the next day in an early-morning rematch. Freshman infielder Cheyenne Behrends opened the scoring in the fifth

inning for the Mavs with a solo home run.

Sophomore outfielder Haley Forret and Tallman both added RBIs in the seventh inning as the Mavericks shut out the Bronchos 3-0. Senior pitcher Mackenzie Ward remained hot, allowing only two hits on 22 at-bats.

Minnesota State took on Pittsburg State shortly after looking to flip the script from game one. Both offenses were nearly silent through the first two innings, putting up only four hits.

The Gorillas were the first to get on the board in the third inning as they erupted for five runs. Their five-run third inning was highlighted by junior catcher Madison Syzmanski’s fourth home run of the season.

Minnesota State would tally two runs the rest of the game as they fell to Pittsburg State 5-2.

MSU would then travel to Joplin for their matchups the next day against Missouri Southern.

Sophomore catcher Sydney Neilsen opened the scoring for the Mavericks with a solo home run in the first inning.

Sophomore infielder Sydney Nelson would add to MSU’s lead in the second inning with a sacrifice fly RBI to right field.

Mankato would continue to add to their lead in the third frame as Neilsen went the distance with her second home run of the game.

The Mavericks would add three more runs the remainder of the game and shut out the Lions 7-0. Ward moved onto 11-2 on the season as she allowed one hit and tallied seven strikeouts through 17 batters faced. ​ Minnesota State’s second game of the day against Missouri Southern was canceled due to inclement weather.

way off the ice but later returned to salute all the fans that made their way back into the building after the call to replay the rest of overtime. That moment was the loudest the arena had sounded all year, despite only half the seats being filled.

Both teams faced a ton of adversity in the contest, and MSU handled it well according to McNeely and McKay. “We are an experienced team. It makes us stronger as a group, the adversity we went through tonight,” said McNeely.

McKay also added, “Something like this will bring us closer together… it will bond the group.” We now know that even if the other team scores first we have the maturity to come back and continue to play our game.”

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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Drama hits the jury room

By EMMA JOHNSON Variety Editor

The theatre season continues at Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Theatre and Dance with a modernized version of “Twelve Angry Jurors.”

Originally written by Reginald Rose as the teleplay “Twelve Angry Men”, the show is about the deliberation inside of a jury room for a young man on trial for killing his father.

Throughout the course of the play, the personalities of the jurors are revealed. Harsh prejudices are hurled out as the jurors must come to a decision on the fate of the young man.

Making his directorial debut, Director of Dance Daniel Stark believes this show was important to add to the playbill as it not only gives a unique look into what a jury room looks like, but to also let audiences see how the United States has and hasn’t changed in the ways of social justice.

“Media isn’t allowed in a [jury room], even the guard that’s protecting that room has to sit outside the door, only the jurors can be in that room. It’s such a unique peek inside that kind of conversation that happens all the time in the country,” shared Stark.

“It’s almost like a mirror inviting the audience to look at our society and culture in the US and to think how far we’ve come in some ways, but also

By LILLY SCHMIDT Staff Writer

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Based on Reginald Rose’s 1954 teleplay, “Twelve Angry Men,” Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Department of Theatre’s latest production “Twelve Angry Jurors” focuses on hard topics such as social injustices.

how we’re struggling in other ways.”

The show touches on a variety of different subjects, ranging from social justice and how prejudices play into a trial.

Junior Hunter Conrad, who plays juror four, feels the show is a reality check into what everyday life is like.

“A show like this doesn’t necessarily prevent [problems going on in the world]. As much

as we are trying to have these problems go away, we can only do so much,” said Conrad.

Due to the heated scenes and difficult topics discussed, Stark made the decision for the cast to refer to each other by their juror numbers instead of their names.

Conrad said that the process helps ease the tension of those scenes.

“It’s tough for us to go into rehearsal and say the stuff we’re

saying and act the way we are to our fellow actors and friends, but we’ve had conversations with the director and he’s given us plenty of direction on how to handle situations like this,” shared Conrad.

“As tense as it is, we have a good healthy balance of our job, reputation and tension along with the reality.”

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Students conquer Kato Ninja Warrior course

By SYD BERGGREN Staff Writer

After a three year hiatus, Minnesota State University, Mankato brought back Kato Ninja Warrior.

The event, which occurred this past Saturday night, tested the strength and agility of 10 students and community members.

MSU Student Events Team Special Events Coordinator Ryan Leistikow explained that the event was made possible by working closely with Conquer Ninja Gyms out of the Twin Cities.

“They are the ones who provided the ninja equipment itself with items such as the Salmon Ladder, warped wall, unstable bridge and more,” said Leistikow.

“We also worked with USA inflatables to bring in a series of inflatable obstacles like big balls, vortex and an obstacle course.”

Kato Ninja Warrior was

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not MSU student-specific. Participants came from Bethany Lutheran College, South Central College, and the general Mankato community.

“We had 18 MSU students registered to participate, seven Bethany Lutheran students, one person from the Mankato community and one person from South Central. We also had 33 people registered into a raffle of 10 more positions,” noted Leistikow.

The event hosted a preliminary run from 3 to 6 p.m. to wean the 37 entrants down to the final 10. They then followed with the public run at 6:30 p.m.

Participants had to complete the obstacles in order: inflatables, the “alley,” the balance obstacles, and the classic Ninja Warrior wall.

The first fall in the alley added 45 seconds to the participants time while the second fall eliminated them.

In order to win, participants had to press the buzzer at the

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Kato Ninja Warrior returned after three years on Saturday March 19. Participants were from Minnesota State University, Mankato, Bethany Lutheran College, South Central College, and the general Mankato Community.

top of the wall.

Several of the competitors struggled to get through the course without taking a fall.

The uneven bridge, a large hanging plank tethered on either end that the competitor must

hold on to and balance, was also particularly difficult.

The one competitor that made it all the way through the course and won the competition was John Manter. Manter is an WARRIOR on page 15 

Art creates conversation, letting artists revealing the most vulnerable parts of themselves with the world.

Creating Artist Abigail Rain uses ARK as her signature in the art world, marking each of her colorful, vulnerable mixed-media pieces as her own.

ARK explained that the pieces in the gallery are based on a year in art therapy that let her use creativity to come to terms with her past.

“Ever since I was young, I have used art as a means of therapy. I come from a background of domestic violence and abuse, so my imagination - my creative intent - was always an escape,” shared ARK. “Now I’m at a point in my life where I’m trying to rewrite that narrative of victim versus survivor; [it’s] a combination of my identity and figuring out how much of my childhood perception I want to bring along. My art is reflective of that struggle.”

Because of her childhood, ARK has a very personal connection with all of the pieces in the gallery.

The gallery is a period of exploration, both emotionally and physically. ARK used several mediums in her art.

“I’m a mixed media artist because whatever looks cool, I’m going to use. I use all different kinds of media; whatever’s in my environment,” said ARK. One of the pieces in this particular gallery has hot sauce listed as one of the mediums.

“In that piece, specifically, the hot sauce, I just had it out, and I was like, ‘I wonder if the red is going to mix well with the blue?’ And it made it way more vibrant, so I was like,’ all right, we’re using hot sauce,’” shared ARK. So far, sharing her art has been successful. ARK shared that she recently had a conversation with someone at the gallery and found out that her messages got across in all the right ways. “[The viewer] was telling me, ‘it just makes me feel like I can make art, or like I should try to like make art, even though I’m not artisMEDIA on page 15 

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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‘CODA’ gains Oscar momentum with top prize at PGA Awards

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Daddy Yankee says he’s retiring after touring with his last album

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Daddy Yankee announced on March 20 that he will retire after his farewell tour that will promote his new upcoming album “Legendaddy.”

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The Producing team and cast of “Coda” accept the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, March 19, 2022 in LA.

By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press

“CODA” won the top prize at Saturday night’s Producers Guild Awards, giving momentum to the possibility that the small film could have a big night at next week’s Oscars.

The story of three adult family members who are deaf and a fourth who is not and seeks a singing career beat out bigger contenders including “The Power of the Dog,” “Dune” and “West Side Story” to take an award that — more often than not — goes on to win the Academy Award for best picture.

“This movie has been an amazing ride, it was such a special one to make, there was so much love and so much heart put into it,” said Fabrice Gianfermi as he accepted the award with his “CODA” co-producers Philippe Rousselet and Patrick Wachsberger at the 33rd PGA Awards.

An American Sign Language translator, who had been off to one side of the stage throughout the night’s speeches, stood front and center during the “CODA” acceptance and another stood in front of the stage to translate for the three actors from the film who are deaf: Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant.

“CODA,” an acronym for “children of deaf adults,” is nominated for three Oscars at the March 27 ceremony, including best adapted screenplay for writer-director Sian Heder and best supporting actor for Kotsur, who is expected by most to become the first actor who is deaf since Matlin in 1987 to win an Oscar.

After it won best ensemble at last month’s Screen Actors Guild Awards it began to ap-

pear “CODA” could get real consideration for best picture.

The odds may be getting better.

The top PGA award winner has gone on to win the top Oscar in three of the past four years and 10 of the past 13. Academy Award voting closes Tuesday.

The PGA Awards, an untelevised show from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles honoring producers of film and television, is as much like a company awards banquet as a typical awards show, with no speeches cut short for time or curses bleeped out.

“Producing some s--- is really f------ hard,” said Issa Rae, producer of “Insecure” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show” as she accepted the guild’s Visionary Award.

Ninety-year-old Rita Moreno, star of the both the 1961 and 2021 versions of “West Side Story,” accepted the guild’s Stanley Kramer Award, which honors someone who has combined a career of artistry and activism.

“This business has taken tenacity and hard work,” Moreno said. “Advocating for issues of social justice for the last 60 years, it’s been exhausting, exhilarating and life-giving.”

Moreno said the night itself was both joyful and exhausting after taking the stage at 11 p.m. local time, nearly three hours into the show.

“I was really getting tired,” she said. “My buttocks are a bit sore.”

George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy, stewards of the Star Wars universe and producers of many other notable motion pictures, were honored for their careers with the PGA’s Milestone Award.

Presenter Steven Spielberg, whose films have produced by both Lucas and Kennedy,

called them “two titans” who are “still just like kids playing in a sandbox.”

Lucas acknowledged that his favorite achievement may not be the most popular among his peers, including the one who introduced him Saturday.

“The thing I’m the most proud of is digital cinema. That was something that I worked on for 20 years. Spent many many millions of dollars to make it happen,” Lucas said.

“Some still don’t believe in it.

Where’s Steven?”

Spielberg, standing in the wings, acted out the operation of a traditional film camera, to laughs from the crowd.

“But we’re all friends,” Lucas said.

“Summer of Soul” won the PGA’s documentary film category and “Encanto” won the award for animated movies.

Both are also nominated for Oscars.

In the PGA’s television categories, awards went to the producers of “Succession,” “Mare of Easttown” and “Ted Lasso.”

Greg Berlanti, producer of shows including “Dawson’s Creek” and several series from the D.C. comic universe, was given the guild’s Norman Lear Award and was praised for advancing LGBTQ characters and storylines.

Outgoing co-presidents of the guild Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher were tearful as they expressed joy that they could finally see their gathered peers in person after two years during which the pandemic forced the show to go virtual.

They praised their fellow producers for keeping the industry alive during their tough tenure.

“Hollywood loves a comeback story,” Fisher said, “and boy, yours is one for the ages.”

Daddy Yankee surprised his fans by announcing his imminent retirement from music with an album and a farewell tour, more than three decades after starting a career that put reggaeton on the world map with hits including “Gasolina”, “Somos de Calle”, “Con Calma” and “Despacito.”

His success has made him one of the biggest idols in Latin music and a winner of six Latin Grammy Awards.“This career, which has been a marathon, at last I see the finish line,” the 45-year-old Puerto Rican star said in Spanish in a video posted Sunday night on his website.

“Today I announce formally my retirement from music by giving you my best production and my best concert tour,” added Yankee, who in 1995 released his first album, “No Mercy,” and reached international stardom a few years later with the iconic “Barrio Fino.”

Yankee, whose real name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, will release “Legendaddy” on Thursday night, which he defined as “a collector’s item” that will include all the styles that have defined him.

“‘Legendaddy’ is struggle, party, war, romance,” he said of the album, his first in a decade since 2012’s “Prestige.”

In the summer, he will launch “La Última Vuelta” (which means the last lap or the last round,) a 41-date tour kicking off August 10 in Portland, Oregon that will take him across the U.S., Canada and Latin America, ending on December 2 in Mexico City.

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“I always worked not to fail you, not to look for any problems, with a lot of discipline, to be able to inspire children to be leaders, to dream of growth, to not think about limitations, and to work for their families and their people,” said the singer known as the “King of Reggaeton.”

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Murakami plays antiwar songs

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Playing James Taylor’s “Never Die Young” and going back to songs that marked the antiwar movement in the 1960s, author Haruki Murakami added his voice to protests against the war in Ukraine with a special edition of his Japanese radio show.

“Does music have the power to stop war? Sadly, the answer is no,” Murakami said. “But it has the power to make listeners believe that war is something we must stop.”

For Friday’s 55-minute program called “Music to put an end to war,” broadcast across Japan by Tokyo FM, Murakami chose 10 tracks from his collections of records and CDs at home that “in my mind best fit our theme.”

Some were more straightforward antiwar songs and others “songs that deal with the importance of human life, love and dignity, they can be considered antiwar songs in some broader sense.”

“Lyrics are going to play a big part in tonight’s show, so be sure to keep an open ear,” Murakami reminded his listeners. “By the end of the show,

I have a feeling that you’ll be more inspired to bring an end to war. Time will tell.”

For some songs he rehearsed passages of the lyrics he translated into Japanese in his own words, adding historical background that included racial and social disparities while conveying the message of anger, sorrow and love.

The antiwar songs from the 1960s included Peter, Paul & Mary’s “Cruel War,” which he used to play as part of a folk song band in high school, and “Unknown Soldier” by the Doors, which he remembered always playing on the radio in his college days.

With his youth years overlapping with the antiwar movement, his words — and choice of songs — gave a deeper meaning and relevance to the conflict in Ukraine.

He opened his program with James Taylor’s “Never Die Young,” a song aimed at young people in the city losing their lives to drugs and crime.

“There’s a clear connection here to young people sent to war,” he said. “In a war started by an older generation, it’s the younger generation that gives up their lives. That’s the way it’s been for a long time, and it’s tru-

JURORS from page 12 lon-Green plays juror eight, a juror who tries to convince the others the young man isn’t guilty through reasonable doubt.

Ghostlon-Green sees a lot of herself in juror eight, which has made it difficult to differentiate between herself and the charac-

ter she plays.

“I had to learn not to take things so personally and know that this isn’t me and that I am playing a character. There are some aspects of my character that I relate to and other aspects that aren’t me at all,” said Ghostlon-Green.

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Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami protested the war in Ukraine by playing a variety of antiwar songs in a special edition of his Japanese radio show. The songs were either about antiwar or dealt with topics such as peace and love.

ly heartbreaking.”

After playing John Lennon’s “Imagine” performed by Jack Johnson, Murakami said that the lyrics sounded “pretty optimistic” because they were writ-

ten in 1971, when “we could still believe in the future, when we still had our ideals.”

In closing, Murakami quoted Martin Luther King Jr. as saying in his speech that “Never for-

get that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” Murakami said that King probably meant that individual rights could be the first to be taken away when the law says so.

“I tap into those [aspects] and I pull from my passion of the topic, but at the end of the day there is a barrier that doesn’t allow me to take things personally.”

Junior William Hallock, who plays juror 10, wants audiences to leave the show questioning

if the young adult is guilty, but keeping in mind that he’s still a kid.

“I want them to think about the process throughout the show. That sort of fun idea of the audience going ‘is he actually guilty’ or ‘is he not guilty?’” said Hallock. “This is a kid’s life

who is hanging in the balance between 12 different people.”

“Twelve Angry Jurors” runs March 23-26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Andreas Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and children under 16 and $8 for MSU students.

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Trevor Noah to host Grammys

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Associated Press

The Grammy Awards is a festive vibe celebrating music’s best, but host Trevor Noah says the show may touch on some serious topics such as the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

“I think the show is going to find the right place and the right space to do something,” said the Emmy winner, who will host the April 3 show in Las Vegas. He believes some music artists will express their thoughts on Ukraine along with other meaningful topics that are “close to their hearts.”

“It’s one of those interesting balances in life we try to achieve, which is acknowledging what’s happening in the world whilst allowing yourself the grace to celebrate some of the moments that are also going on,” said the comedian and host of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” on Comedy Central.

Noah said most of his show’s coverage has focused on Ukraine, so he’s looking forward to an entertaining night at the Grammys — a place where world issues can be acknowledged as well.

“I think it’s also important for us to be able to take a break from everything,” he said.

“That’s the ultimate quandary we face. Is it important to highlight issues around the world?

Definitely. It’s also important to celebrate things that are happening in the world.”

Noah returns for his second hosting stint at the Grammys, which airs live on CBS and Paramount+. The ceremony shifted from Los Angeles to

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WARRIOR from page 12 avid rock climber, so many of his previous skills translated well into this event.

“I rock climb as much as I can. At least once a week, if not more,” said Manter.

Going through the course felt like an out-of-body experience for Manter.

“I was completely zoned out, it was like I was looking at myself from up above,” said Manter. “I wasn’t expecting to win, some of those guys out

there are really strong. It felt really good.”

Some of the event sponsors, such as All Star Nutrition, Summit Heights Apartments, and Trade Home Shoes, provided prize packages and medals for the top three placements in the competition.

The Student Events Team has many upcoming events over the next month, including the Tai Verdes concert, a drag show and the Night of Maverick Mayhem.

MEDIA from page 12 tic.’ That’s all I wanted to get across was,” shared ARK. “You need to still give room for your inner child to have dreams and express themselves even into adulthood. I hope people want to make stuff and believe that they can.”

Furthermore, sharing her art does something for ARK’s wellbeing too.

“I made the art while in art therapy, and the last step of any type of therapy is to witness.

Like when people are doing slam poetry, or sharing their testimony,” said ARK.

“Just to have another person see it is a part of the healing process.”

ARK has now delved into Mankato’s art community, and plans to stick around by teaching other artists in the community over the next few months.

“I’ve fallen in love with this community, especially this art community. I’m going to be teaching at the Makerspace hopefully and a place called Safe Relations over the next couple of months,” said ARK. ARK’s mixed media gallery runs through March 26 at the 410 Project.

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JORDAN STRAUSS • Associated Press

Comedian and TV show host Trevor Noah will be hosting the Grammys for a second time on April 3 in Las Vegas. Noah believes the award show will let some musical artists voice their personal thoughts on Ukraine.

Las Vegas because of the rising COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant in January, with organizers citing “too many risks” to hosting the performance-filled show at the time.

Last year, the Grammys had a music festival vibe with parts of the show held outdoors in an intimate in-person setting with music artists mixed with pretaped performances. But for the upcoming ceremony, Noah anticipates a hybrid model that includes fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

“I think the live element does bring in an energy but then you do sacrifice a little bit of that intimacy,” said Noah, who took a careful approach hosting “The Daily Show” from his New York apartment during the pandemic last year but could not pass up the offer to host his first Grammys in person.

“But it’s nice to have fans

cheering for their favorite artist,” he said. “It’s nice to see the performances because one of the biggest reasons the Grammys is my favorite award show is that it is a live music festival.”

With the show being in Las Vegas, Noah calls the city a “perfect place to have a celebration.”

He expects an entertaining show with several performers set to hit the stage including Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow and Brandi Carlile.

The multitalented Jon Batiste is the leading nominee with 11 nods in a variety of genres including R&B, jazz, American roots music, classical and music video. Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R. are tied for the second-most nominations with eight apiece.

“I think it’s going to be a celebration of an industry coming back to life,” Noah said.

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