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Students take the lead in group fitness classes Campus Rec offers a variety of student-led classes for free

KATIE LEIBEL Staff Writer Students have become the teachers in student-led fitness classes on campus.

When current Campus Recreation Director Todd Pfingsten started working in Campus Recreation in the fall of 1986, group fitness classes were already being offered.

It hasn’t changed since then, and the classes have been beneficial to those teaching and those participating in the classes.

Currently, 22 group fitness classes are held every week Monday through Friday.

Classes are typically held in Pennington Hall 102 and Highland North 225.

Fitness classes range from yoga, meditation, core

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conditioning, Zumba, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), Thai dance, cardio based classes, Hip Hop, circuit training, strength training and stretching classes.

All of the instructors for the fitness classes are student employees. Some classes,

such as Zumba, need certified instructors, while others can be taught by almost anyone that has some experience.

Carly Hopper, program coordinator of Fitness and Wellness Programs, is always looking for new students to teach fitness classes.

She stated that when hiring student instructors, she looks for the ones who have a passion for what they do and talks with them about any

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Hockey season ends in OT heartbreaker Bulldogs defeat Mavericks 2-3 in first round of NCAA Tournament

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer It was an early exit for the Minnesota State Mavericks this season, getting bounced from the NCAA Tournament in the opening round by the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, 3-2, in Sioux Falls, SD. In the first round of the West Regional, the Mavericks had a mighty offense that tore through the WCHA conference sputter once again at the hands of a freshman-heavy defensive front of the UMD Bulldogs.

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Stumped was an attack that racked up 153 shots over the entirety of the season, held to 21 shots by UMD; the fewest MSU has amassed in a game since November 18th.

Even more aggravating than the overtime loss is the squandered start from MSU. The Mavericks looked like the team that averaged nearly four goals a night in the regular season. In the opening three minutes, senior forward, Zeb Knutson, had already found the back of the net following a feed from sophomore forward, Marc Michaelis.

Four minutes later, sophomore defensemen, Ian Scheid, capitalized on the second of four Duluth trips to the penalty box. In the first period, the Mavericks took

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a 2-0 lead on 12 shots at the UMD goaltender, Hunter Shepard; the goaltender finished with 19 saves on the evening.

However, the MSU lead was sniffed out in the wake

of 26 minutes without recording a shot on Shepard.

From the final minutes in the first period to the opening

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The colleges of Allied Health and Nursing, as well as Science and Engineering and Technology, are hosting this year’s Biomedical Sciences Summit on March 28 at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The summit, titled “Building a Healthy Community: Innovating Through Partnerships,” is an all-day event from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The event includes speeches, tours of classrooms and much more. The event will be held in the Centennial Student Union and Clinical Sciences Building and is free to all MNSU students attending.

Many undergraduate and graduate students will be presenting their research projects at this event. There will also be demonstrations of the sophisticated technology that both colleges utilize in the Clinical Science Building.

The event will include a panel discussion about new ways to develop new partnerships and how we can leverage them to improve health care. The panel discussion will be preceded by a five-minute video by Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

The summit is sponsored by the Mayo Clinic. One of the many speakers at the event is the vice chair of Mayo Clinic Ventures, Andrew Danielsen. According to the MNSU website, his speech is titled “Widening the Circle: Collaborations that can transform the future of health care.”

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DACA silent protest Students organized a “die in” on March 20 in the Centennial Student Union to raise awareness for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Those particpating collapsed to the ground at the same time for three minutes while others held up signs above them.

Students then signed letters that will be sent to MNSU’s president and Mankato’s mayor.

ISA President and Vice President debate The Internatonal Student Association held a debate between its president and vice president candidates on March 20 in Ostrander Auditorium. The ISA elections are Tuesday, March 27. Ballots can be cast at https://www. mnsu.edu/voting/.

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Continued from page 1 prior teaching experience they may have.

Some of the benefits the instructors receive include: being paid to work out, learning from their students, gaining experience by teaching fitness classes and more. The students that participate in these classes also benefit from them.

“Group fitness classes not only offer participants a set time to exercise, but also provides an opportunity for friends to be active together and/or meet new people who also want to be physically active,” Hopper said.

The classes are free to students that want to attend.

About 4,000 participants attended group fitness classes in fall of 2017.

“As a participant, you don’t have to plan your work out. All you need to

do is show up, sweat, and have fun,” Hopper added.

Hopper believes the group fitness classes are successful, with anywhere from 9,000-12,000 participants who attend group fitness classes in a year.

She also added that the talented instructors help the classes to be successful as they can be a huge draw for the participants.

“Participants may come to class because of the time or day it is offered; but, if they can connect with the instructor and other participants in the class they will come back because they enjoy the whole package,” she said.

Hopper encourages anyone looking to or considering teaching a class to reach out to her. She started teaching classes in

1990. She stresses that there is a big difference between participating in a classes and teaching or planning fun and safe workouts, but she is willing to talk with anyone interested in the position.

Lastly, Hopper wants to remind everyone that, “everybody and anybody, regardless of their health, fitness level, experience or lack of experience, is welcome in group fitness classes. You need to learn to love your body; it is the only place you have to live.”

A full list of classes is available online at http:// www.mnsu.edu/campusrec/ fitness/groupfitness. html. Anyone interested in teaching a class is encouraged to reach out to Hopper.

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MNSU Students urge legislators to keep lungs loud Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation Day rally support for 21 tobacco age On March 22, 14 Minnesota State University, Mankato students and one of their professors joined some 350 other advocates from across Minnesota to rally support at the State Capitol for policies that reduce youth tobacco products use. Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation, a coalition of nearly 60 organizations working to reduce youth tobacco use, hosted a Day at the Capitol urging legislators to prioritize tobacco prevention and “Keep Lungs Loud.” MNSU advocates met with Senator Nick Frentz, Representative Jack Considine and Representative Clark Johnson to urge lawmakers to support tobacco prevention and cessation measures.

“I was really proud of how students had thoughtful discussions with our lawmakers,” said Mary Kramer, assistant professor of Community Health Education. “The students are passionate advocates for public health in general and tobacco prevention in particular. They know the terrible toll tobacco products take on Minnesotans and they shared information about the troubling rise in teen tobacco use we are witnessing now.”

A recent study by the Minnesota Depar tment of Health underscored the need for youth tobacco prevention.

The 2017 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey found youth tobacco use increased for the first time in 17 years. More than 26 percent of high-school students in Minnesota report using tobacco products, up 7 percent since 2014.

A common-sense way to reduce youth tobacco use

is to raise the tobacco age from 18 to 21. Nearly all adult smokers – 95 percent – started before age 21. This is unsurprising, considering that the tobacco industry aggressively markets to youth and young adults to recruit replacement smokers and guarantee profits. If the tobacco age were raised to 21, smoking initiation among 15-to-17-year-olds would fall by 25 percent, according to the National Academy of Medicine.

In addition to Tobacco 21, advocates emphasized the need for statewide cessation and prevention funding.

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in Minnesota. More than 6,300 Minnesotans die each year from tobacco use, and tobacco use costs Minnesotans over $7 billion annually in excess health care costs and lost productivity. Last year, the state collected more than

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An estimated 580,000 Minnesota adults still smoke and the majority want to quit. Phone counseling and

“If the Minnesota Legislature does not act, Minnesota will soon become the only state in the nation without [tobacco quitting] services.”

$840 million in tobacco taxes and settlement fees, and less than one percent ($5 million) was spent on tobacco prevention efforts. None was spent on helping people to quit tobacco use.

“We look forward to our lawmakers support on cessation funding,” said Kramer. “Cessation services are proven to work.”

medication are cost-effective services that can more than triple the chances of success, but QUITPLAN Services, the free program currently available to all Minnesotans, will end in early 2020. If the Minnesota Legislature does not act, Minnesota will soon become the only state in the nation without these services.

“This was a great

opportunity for lawmakers to hear from students, parents and other health advocates from all over the state about why we need to do more to reduce tobacco’s harms in Minnesota,” said Molly Moilanen, director of public affairs for ClearWay Minnesota and co-chair of Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation. “Participants urged legislators to support raising the state tobacco sale age to 21 and to fund tobacco prevention and cessation, starting with services that help people quit.”

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Continued from page 1 Another speaker at the event, Michael Kopcak, the Preclinical Research Manager for Medtronic, will be speaking on other topics related to the event.

The showcase will inform students, or prospective students interested in either of the colleges, on the ever-changing field of biomedical science.

Kristine Retherford, the dean of the College of Allied Health and Nursing, stated that the event will benefit the university because it showcases one of its 12 areas of academic distinction.

“We are optimistic that just by having these conversations, new partnerships will develop,” said Retherford.

Retherford encourages any student in any discipline that cares about healthy communities to come. Deans from almost all colleges of different majors will be attending the event to show their support of one of MNSU’s top academic disciplines.

The event is open to the public, but attendees must register beforehand. Students can register for free

with the code “Studentfree,” while other attendees can register for $50. To register or for a complete agenda on the event everyone interested is encouraged to go online at https://www. mnsu.edu/continuinged/ biomedicalsummit.html.

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EMMANUELLA SHOKARE Staff Writer Most of us, if not all of us, tend to have random thoughts throughout the day, like “I forgot to call my parents yesterday” or “I forgot to do my homework last night,” that could make us stressed or anxious.

With these thoughts, it may be hard to stay focused, which could lead to being unproductive for the rest of the day.

Morning Pages was an idea brought about by Julia Cameron, an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist, in her book “The Artist Way.” Morning Pages is basically a plan to wake up and write three pages longhand—not typed. It does not have to be specific or super creative; you just write whatever comes into your mind with the intention of not reading it for a long time or never and not letting other people read it.

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you less creative during your day by putting all of them on paper. This makes your mind free and able to focus on the activities you have planned to do for that day or do more productive work. What you write isn’t as important as just the action of writing. You do not have to save the writings or even read them if you

know what to write today” or you could plan your to-do list for the day.

“There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages,” says Cameron. “They are not high art. They are not even writing.

They are about anything and everything that crosses your mind–and they are for your eyes only.”

“By writing three pages every morning, you could discover a hidden strength.”

do not want to. Sometimes, you may have less than three pages to write a day but you can just keep writing something like “I do not

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example, writing down what school work needs to be done this week reduces the tension or writing down your to-do list and preparing all you need to do for the next day will help you sleep better at night. Likewise, Morning Pages can help get rid of anxieties and make you feel more relaxed. Although it is not highly artistic, it helps boost your creativity. By writing three pages every morning, you could discover a hidden strength.

“Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize and synchronize the day at hand. Do not overthink Morning Pages: just put three pages of anything on the page...and then do three more pages tomorrow,” said Cameron.

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Minot State steals three from MSU baseball

The Mavericks lost three of their four games this weekend against the Beavers in Nebraska

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AARON YOUNG Staff Writer What started off as being optimistic and hopeful turned into a downward spiral for the Mavericks baseball team. After starting out the weekend with a 1-0 victory against Minot State on Thursday, the Mavs dropped three straight to the Beavers, in Plattsmouth, NE. Senior starting pitcher, Dalton Roach, kept his mojo going, as he pushed his record to 4-0 on the year. The behemoth pitched a complete game shutout, giving up only two hits to the Beavers. The senior right-hander struck out six players and walked two in seven innings.

Although sophomore, Ty Buck, led the team with two hits, it was freshman, Carter Elliott, who drove in the only run of the game in the fourth.

Sophomore, Jack Mattson, hit home plate after a single up the middle by Elliott.

In the second game, Minot State got out to an early 1-0 lead in the first before scoring another in the sixth. The Mavs responded with two of their own in the sixth when Buck and Mattson scored.

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from second base to home after a wild pitch.

Mattson scored off an RBI groundout from sophomore second baseman, Teddy Petersen.

Despite rallying late in the game, the squad fell short, as the Beavers scored two runs in extra innings to cap off the game.

Senior starting pitcher, Aaron Rozek, suffered his first loss of the year giving up three runs and five hits.

The first game on Friday turned into a blowout, with Minnesota State losing 7-1.

In the finale of the series, the

Mavericks blew a 2-run lead and gave up seven runs in the seventh inning in a crushing defeat.

The Mavericks trailed the entire game against Minot State during the first game on Friday. The only run from the team came in the bottom of the fifth from sophomore, Tommy McDonald. The rest was a showcase for the Beavers. When it came time for the finale, the boys put all their effort out there, but still fell short.

Four Mavericks had multiple hits, and each one contributed either a run or an

RBI. Led by senior, Josh Wenzel, who has been on fire as of late, had 4 hits on the game, including a triple.

Tommy McDonald and Noah Bluth combined for six hits and five RBI’s on the game. Junior, Tom Imholte, added two hits and an RBI as well.

The men’s baseball team looks to tonight, when they face-off against their rivals, the Winona State Warriors, in a doubleheader matchup.

Games will start at 1:30pm, and 3:30pm tonight in Winona, MN.

Women’s tennis falls to UMD DAVID BASSEY Staff Writer Gloomy was the weather forecast on Saturday evening in Minnetonka, MN, as the Minnesota State Mavericks fell to the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 6-3 in an NSIC matchup.

The dual consisted of six singles matches and three doubles matches over the weekend.

The Mavericks began the dual winning one of three doubles matches, with the duo of junior Valerie Bresnahan and freshman Tyanna Washa defeating Isabel Thinner and Jilian Klasen by 8-6 in the No. 3 doubles match.

In the singles competition, the Mavericks held on to a pair of match wins, as the Bulldogs locked down a 6-3 win.

Junior Erin Streeter finished with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Shelby Benkofske in the first singles match of the day.

Sophomore Monika Ryan forced a deciding third set in the No. 2 singles match, but fell to Megan Anderson by 10-7 (6-4,4-6, 1-0).

Freshman Madeline Muotka defeated Arielle Emerson by 6-1, 6-1 in the last singles match.

On Sunday, the Mavericks took on the Huskies of St. Cloud State University in Fridley, MN. The Mavericks

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seemed to have recovered from the setback a day earlier, improving their record to 4-11 on the season, including a 3-5 NSIC record, thus dropping the Huskies to a 3-13 and 3-5 NSIC league record.

The pace was set with the Mavericks winning two of the three doubles matches to

take a 2-1 lead.

The winning duo comprised of seniors Nina Riesselman and Kylie DeWees, who defeated the Huskies’

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Connor LaCouvee (pictured above) was a crucial piece of the puzzle this season for the Mavericks, leading the team to an overall record of 29-10-1 on the season.

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minutes of the third period, the Mavericks could not get the puck anywhere near the parameters of the net. The young Bulldogs had thrown a monkey wrench into the machine of the MSU offense that has proven to be delicate over the past month.

Junior forward, Karson Kuhlman, raced down the ice for an unassisted goal for the Bulldogs in the second to cut into the lead in half.

Notwithstanding the 2-1 advantage, the Mavericks were on their heels. MSU had become accustomed to bludgeoning opponents with a blur of shots on goal, averaging 34.7 per game this season. Duluth’s onslaught on the puck, combined with the Bulldogs winning their

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Melissa Nierenhausen and Samantha Fitzpatrick by a score of 8-2 in the second doubles match.

The second doubles win came from the duo of Bresnahan and Washa, ousting Sommer Kopff and Abby Scheck in the third doubles match by a score of 8-5.

With no love lost, the Mavericks locked down the dual by winning four of the six single matches with a final score of 6-3.

Streeter dominated her opponent, Fernanda Morais Quintino DosSantos by scores of 6-3, and 6-2 in the first singles match.

DeWees defeated Nierenhausen by 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 3 singles match. Senior Risselman defeated her opponent Ann Marie White in the No. 5 singles match by 6-4, 6-1 as freshman Washa tallied a 6-3, 6-3 win over Scheck in the No. 6 singles match.

With the losing streak ended, the Mavericks return to the lawn for more action on Friday, where they will take on Minnesota Crookston in Minnetonka, MN for a dual scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

man-to-man matchups, put the Mavericks into a bind to close out the game.

The Duluth push continued when freshman forward, Nick Swaney, scored in the final five minutes on a power play to force overtime. While MSU was forced to scramble in the wake of the offensive shut down and Connor LaCouvee’s slips in the net, the Bulldogs were surging.

It was UMD’s game to lose entering the extra period.

With the game on the line, junior forward, Parker Mackay, netted his ninth goal of the season in the first 2:28 minutes of overtime.

In a classic turn of the phrase, “live by the sword,

die by the sword”, the Mavericks became undone by their dependency on scoring.

The antidote that made the pill more bitter to swallow was the embarrassment of St. Cloud State, losing 4-1 to Air Force, and thus clearing a route to the Frozen Four.

After the quick bout in the playoffs, the Mavericks concluded their 2017-2018 season. They close the season with a 29-10-1 record, with a 22-5-1 WCHA conference record. The Mavericks also burned through the final leg of their season with a 10-game winning streak, along with nine-weekend sweeps.

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Final Four looks to be a historic finish In the most memorable March Madness tournament in history, No. 11 Loyola-Chicago look to dance in Texas

JAKE RINEHART Staff Writer After a weekend that was full of shock and awe, the NCAA Tournament is finally down to its final four teams of the tournament. These teams include: Loyola-Chicago, Michigan, Villanova and Kansas.

The Ramblers of Loyola-Chicago continue to ramble onward, as they complete yet another upset in this year’s tournament. The No. 11 Ramblers defeated No. 9 Kansas State by a score of 7862.

Senior guard, Ben Richardson, carried Loyola-Chicago throughout this game, as he scored a game-high 23 points. He would also add six rebounds and four assists against the Wildcats.

The world continues to be loving Loyola-Chicago and Sister Jean. In their first year in the tournament since 1985, the Ramblers matched three other schools in becoming the highest seed in tournament history to reach the Final Four. This is the first Final Four appearance for Loyola-Chicago since 1963, in which they won the championship that year.

The No. 1 ranked Villanova Wildcats continued to show why they are the team to beat, as they defeated No. 3 Texas Tech by a score of 7159.

Villanova guard Jalen Brunson had a game-high 15 points for the Wildcats, while also recording six rebounds, four assists and two steals.

The Wildcats played great team basketball against Texas Tech. Five players on Villanova scored in double figures, compared to only two for Texas Tech.

Junior forward, Eric Paschall, also recorded a double-double for Villanova. He finished the contest with 12 points and 14 rebounds.

The No. 3 Michigan Wolverines advance to the Final Four as they defeated No. 9 Florida State 58-54. The Wolverines will make their first Final Four appearance since 2013.

Michigan was led by junior, Charles Matthews, who finished the game with 17 points and eight rebounds.

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Wagner, had an off night for Michigan, as he finished the game shooting 3-11 from the field, including 0-7 from behind the three-point line.

Wagner would still go on to record 12 points. Much of his scoring would come from the free-throw line, where he shot 6-8.

Senior forward, Phil Cofer, had a double-double for the Seminoles, as he finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Cofer’s performance would not be enough, as Florida State ended up on the losing end.

In what felt like an upset but really wasn’t, No. 1 Kansas eliminated No. 2 Duke.

The game was tied at 72 at the end of regulation, meaning this game would be decided in overtime.

In overtime, Duke would be held to only nine points, while Kansas was able to withstand the zone from Duke long enough to score 13 points and get the 85-81 victory.

Some notable performers for Duke included freshman forward, Marvin Bagley, and senior guard, Grayson Allen.

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Bagley finished the night with a 16 point and 10 rebound double-double. Allen would score 12 points in his final collegiate game.

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Game Night is an entertaining comedic thriller Nonstop hilarious acting mixes well with action packed directing

LUCAS TORBORG Staff Writer

It has been a while since there has been a truly laugh out loud comedy in the theatres and the recently released “Game Night” wins nearly every laugh.

Millions of couples look forward every week for the night they can sit back with close friends, toss back a couple drinks and play some board games. However, what if one night a couple finds themselves in a deadly game of survival instead of a friendly game of charades. Well, in this case, the results are hilarious.

“Game Night” is direct-

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Rachel McAdams

ed by the duo John Francis Daley and Johnathon M. Goldstein. Both are fairly new to directing, nevertheless, the two’s direction is very stylistic and the cam-

era work brings even more excitement to the movie.

The film is written by the same team behind the “Horrible Boss” films, movies that in my opinion are

very underrated. “Game Night” is a mystery thriller at heart and in many ways an homage to the 1997 Michael Douglas thriller entitled “The Game”. Howev-

er, with a plot of a thriller, “Game Night” chooses to be a dark slapstick comedy that only makes its absurd over the top plot even funnier.

The film consists of married couple Annie (Rachel McAdams) and Max (Jason Bateman) who bond over there competitive nature and love over board games, trivia, etc.

During their Weekly Saturday game night with their three closest friends Max’s brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler) crashes the party.

Brooks is an insanely wealthy and successful broker which has always made Max feel jealous and insecure. Brooks and Max reunite after not seeing each other for over a year.

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Stereoscope could have taken better route with story A misleading opening leaves the audience confused for end

MARIO ESCOTO Staff Writer

We all ask ourselves if our vision is telling the truth about our life. Is there something out there that our eyes are not seeing and if that thing too terrifying for us to handle?

What if a magical tool can assist us on how our reality really looks like? Well, this question was the answer to a young mother with an unexpected box at her front door. Within the box is a small stereoscope with an unknown clip that allows the user to see their surrounding with differ-

ent colors. However, once she views the stereoscope, things begins to turn scary.

As the woman was looking around in her house with the stereoscope, she heard a baby crying in the house. She was looking around she saw a dead zombie-like woman in her house covered in blood.

“Who are you,” the woman said, as she said that, the dead zombie began to get closer to her as her body was cracking in a ghostlike way. When the young woman shifted the stereoscope, she begins to freak out. As she was trying to understand what is going on with her environment.

In the next scene, she sees two young girls on her table eating raw meat.

This scene wasn’t disgusting, it looked like they were

eating pasta instead of raw meat. As they continue to eat, the woman decided to question who the two young girls were. This was a big mistake because once they saw her one of them said: “Eat her”. I thought this scene was going to be gruesome and sickening, but I was wrong. After, the woman panicked she shifted the stereoscope back to her own reality. As she was catching her breath she heard a loud knocking at her door. This scene alone grabbed my attention and made me ponder a lot of questions. The reason why is because as she sat down the stereoscope she heard the knocking at her door without the stereoscope on her eyes. This leads me to two questions does the stereoscope make the

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person scared, or creates a different reality that the user is in?

At the climax of this short horror film, the door breaks open we are shown an unknown person wielding a chainsaw. This unknown person kind of re-

main of me of Jason from Friday the 13th, but scene alone didn’t scare me. Be-

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Feature Photos: Stephanie Thorpe recital

Michelle Vlasak | MSU Reporter

In honor of Women’s History Month, soprano Stephanie R. Thorpe (pictured) performed a recital of vocal music featuring poetry and music composed by women on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.

GAME NIGHT Continued from page 10 After Brooks invites the entire game night party to his house for his own unique game night.

When the Guests arrive at Brooks’ mansion Brooks states that the game they are playing is an interactive role-playing mystery game. To make it more interesting Brooks promises that the winning couple of the game will receive his newly purchased Stingray, the car not the animal.

An actor from the role-playing game company, dressed as an FBI agent, enters the house and introduces the game,

while out of nowhere two masked criminals also enter the house knock out the FBI actor and kidnaps Brooks. The game night party split up to solve the mystery and also to find Brooks, except there is just one thing they all think that everything is still part of the game and therefore isn’t real.

To put it simply, this movie is way funnier than I thought it would be. I rarely laugh out loud during movies, but during “Game Night” I was nearly laughing the whole time. The reason the movie works is

because of the characters.

Each character has their own unique personality and the certain things they do are so funny because the audience feels as if they actually know them.

The actors all did a great job and it even appeared as if the actors were having blast while filming their scenes. Jason Bateman plays his usually witty self but is far more likable in this film than he is in many of his other films. Rachel McAdams is one of the standouts in the movie.

McAdams proves that she is truly an amazing come-

dic actress. Her and Jason Bateman had great chemistry and I would love to see them in more movies together.

The true standout of the film though has to be Jason Plemons who plays Max and Annie’s extremely creepy neighbor Gary. The entire audience laughed every single time Plemons was on screen.

“Game Night” doesn’t just work as a comedy, it is always an extremely entertaining thriller. The movie has a slow start, but once it starts going it never lets

up. The camera work is also very well done. The directors use many practical effects as well as camera tricks that give the audience a rush of excitement.

Overall, “Game Night” is one of the funniest movies in the last couple years.

The comedic acting is top notch and the script is filled with jokes that almost always hit. I had a blast watching “Game Night” and I can’t wait to see it again.

YOUTUBE Continued from page 10 cause all the woman had to do was to put down the stereoscope and the scary monster will leave her alone! The chainsaw monster was getting closer to her and she shifts the stereoscope back to her original reality. As she was crying in fear she heard her baby radio of her child crying. So, she rushes to find nothing in her baby’s room, but once she saw it with her stereoscope she saw an old lady looking at her son.

“Get away from my son,” the woman said. The old lady responds back saying “Shh… I don’t think he’s breathing, dear. In this scene, I thought she was going to beat up the old lady, but no, the woman shifts the stereoscope back to her reality. As she runs toward her baby’s crib, her son was breath-

ing well, and the woman were crying joy of tears.

However, things begin to get silent when she heard a low growling noise in her son’s room. At the end of the scene, she once again places the stereoscope back in her eyes. We as the audience are shown a guy with his eyes covered in bloody marks and he lets out a loud roaring noise toward the woman. Then the scene ends with the title of the short horror, I was like the “WTF”? Who thought this was a promising idea to put a loud jumpscare in the ending? This ending was stupid and not scary to my eyes.

In the end, this film has the potential of becoming an actual full-length horror film. However, there are four things the director needs to fix up. The first one is easy, change all the

scene from a boring blue to a mixture of warm and cool colors. The second, thing is making the monsters scarier, they were dull and not amusing to my eyes. The third, make the woman feel as she was really scared in real life. Finally, I would remove that ending of the film, seriously, this ending was stupid and not necessary for the film. In my opinion, I would fix it by either adding in a happy ending between the son and the mother.

Or, add a bad ending and actually have a monster kill the woman off-screen. This film can be seen on YouTube for free.

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