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Curiosi-Tea House sets the bar high for originaliTEA Owner Heidi Wyn uses passion for tea to keep this Old Town business steaming.

DIANA ROJO-GARCIA Staff Writer Heidi Wyn, owner of Curiosi-Tea House, welcomes anyone to be curious about her tea products. Wyn has a history with and a passion for educating. Before venturing into tea, Wyn taught a variety of grade levels, ages, and subjects, ranging from one-room schools in South Dakota teaching all subjects K through 8th grade to computer classes in South Central College (SCC), where she eventually stuck around as the Director of Student Life. This period of her life gave Wyn an incredible set of life experiences and room for

to drink on her busy days.

“I’m caffeine sensitive. I didn’t do coffee, didn’t do pop, so what else was there to drink?” Wyn said, going on to explain what sparked her interest in tea. “In the late 1990s, Lipton came out with the white and green bottled teas and I really like this, but it’s really expensive and I don’t want to buy a plastic bottle every day. So how can I find this? That was my adventure into tea and finding where I can find white and green tea reasonably priced.”

During her search, Wyn was referred to locations like TeaVana, but going there would require traveling to

“Sit down, have a cup of tea... and enjoy what tea is; a conversation.” opportunities.

During her time as a Student Life Director at SCC, Wyn found out that all the running around had been leaving her dehydrated, which is when she began looking for coffee alternatives

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the cities. The only tea that Wyn could recall finding in Mankato in 1999 was boxed Lipton green tea. It was about this time that she realized that there wasn’t any tea place in Mankato at all.

Now, Curiosi-Tea is a place to

find quality tea locally.

Curiosi-Tea House offers more than 200 varieties of black, white, green, oolong, and rooibos teas in an abundance of different flavors that will treat your palate besides just green or boxed teas typically found at the grocery store.

To help you narrow your selection, tea tastings are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m.,

which include five different samples for $3.50 plus tax with an additional discount of five percent off anything else you purchase those nights.

If drinking tea still seems a little out of your comfort zone but you would like some guidance on how to start, visit with Wyn. Her background in education really shines through when asked about tea, and she will be able to explain which teas might be best for you, how to use the products, and how to brew the best cup of tea.

There is no better and more trust-building an experience than talking to someone who is passionate about their business and their product, and Wyn strongly believes in this.

“I found TeaSource, which is a Minnesota company that has been around for 30-some years. I have a connection to someone who knows what they’re doing and they’re a local company,” Wyn said.

“He works with small farmers all around the world and has a personal partnership with

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them. He buys directly from the farmers and I buy directly from him, so it’s a really close chain.”

She also uses locallysourced honey and partners with others in Old Town, like their neighbor Friesen’s tuna salad and bread. They also have started serving meat-free meat from The Herbivorous Butcher located in Minneapolis.

Curiosi-Tea House also hosts open-mic nights, Saturday Samplings, music nights, and many other events that are not only entertaining but also create a warm and welcoming environment to share with friends, especially with a pot of tea.

“Sit down, have a cup of tea (not in plastic or Styrofoam), and enjoy what tea is; a conversation,” Wyn said.

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Africa unleashes its contagious energy upon MNSU

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer On Saturday night, African Night proved itself to be one of MNSU’s most exciting and energetic international events. African Student Association’s (ASA) premier event featured dances, songs, poetry, and a skit put on by performers whose confident stage presence exuded enthusiasm. The crowd joined in on the action throughout the show, standing up, cheering loudly, clapping to the beat, and singing along.

“The atmosphere was just wonderful,” says Stephan Ovraiti of Nigeria, who played piano during a goosebumpinducing rendition of Kuliko Jana along with performers from a variety of countries.

“Africans are very, very energetic.”

ASA did a fantastic job showcasing the dazzling diversity of the African continent. The event began with a flag procession, led

by African Night’s King and Queen. Following the procession, a student recited a poem in which he spoke of Africa in the first person.

“I know what I once was,” he said. “But I know what I can still be.”

He then called out to the audience, asking each region of Africa to make itself heard.

One by one, the regions cheered: east Africa, north Africa, central Africa, south Africa. Finally, when he called out well-represented west Africa, the CSU Ballroom erupted.

Students jumped to

Photo by BoHyun Ahn their feet as the opening dance began, pulling out their phones to record. A video was shown of African students around campus saying “welcome” in various languages, including Amharic, Swahili, Yoruba, and French.

Throughout the course of the night, songs and dances were performed from Eritrea, Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Cameroon, Liberia, and Oromia, a region of Ethiopia with strong independence sentiments. “[African Night] shows the diversity of the African continent,” says Belem Mamdou of Burkina Faso. “[It] is one of the unique opportunities for us as African students here in America to live our culture. I was feeling really at home.”

But African Night was not only intended to celebrate Africa’s diversity.

“It portrays unity,” says Ronald Sejjoba of Kampala, Uganda. “As you prepare, as you cook together, and as you practice together, you keep that bond. It keeps you together. If you keep doing small things together, you get to know about each

other. There is no way you’re going to go out there when you’re divided.”

In one of the final performances, Oluwatomiisin Adeola of Nigeria recited a poem.

“We are all roots of the same tree,” he proclaimed.

“We are one blood, one people, one Africa.”

The crowd roared.

Between performances, actors performed a skit that portrayed the story of a young man returning to his home country of Liberia after fifteen years in the United States. Having forgotten his African roots and traditions, he ran into all kinds of trouble in his native land. It was meant to tie in with the theme of this year’s African Night: “Deep in our Roots.”

“It’s all about knowing where you’re from,” says Mindorr Sarre of the Gambia.

Quoting Adeola, he says that “if you don’t know where you’re from, you don’t know where you’re going to.”

“You shouldn’t forget who you are just because you’re in the U.S.,” says Sejjomba.

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differently, but you’ve got to stick to your tradition and let people learn about it.”

He laments that Americans’ vision of Africa is often limited to poverty and starvation. He emphasizes that “when you come out here, you show them the real picture.”

Abdi Mude danced to represent his homeland of Oromia.

“As Oromos, we have a responsibility to show who we are,” he says.

He says that around twenty hours of preparation went into the Oromia performance with practices in the Cities held every weekend. Mude has attended the past three MNSU African Nights, along with African cultural nights at the U of M, UMD, and St. Cloud State.

“Obviously, Mankato always has the biggest African Night out of everybody.

Mankato’s number one,” he says. “Mankato is pretty welcoming [and] very diverse.

I feel like people like diversity at Mankato.”

“This one was better [than last year],” says Ovraiti. “It always gets better.”

Freshman Guy Valliant Brasem Ntwari says that although he is the only student from Burundi at MNSU, the event reminded him of home.

“I wasn’t disappointed,” he says. “It was positive and they were showing a lot of dances and cultures from different countries. I think people got another image of how nice the place is.”

African students and non-African students alike enjoyed the show.

“I appreciated the richness of their culture in every performance,” says Thalia Escobar of El Salvador.

“Instead of having emcees to introduce the event they started with a flag procession, which I found very authentic.

I loved how everyone joined the stage at the end. I could feel the energy and the love they have towards their countries.”

ASA Vice President Samson Akintan says that ASA is the largest registered student organization on campus.

“The main goal of the association is to connect each and every single individual to each other,” he says. “Being in the association definitely gets you connected to more Africans.”

ASA meets every Friday at 4 p.m. in the Heritage Room in the CSU. It’s worth marking your calendar for African Night 2018.

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‘Fearless Girl’ statue opposite bull stays through February 2018 NEW YORK (AP) — The globally popular statue of a young girl will keep staring down Wall Street’s famed “Charging Bull” through February 2018 instead of being removed this coming Sunday, the mayor said.

She’s “standing up to fear, standing up to power, being able to find in yourself the strength to do what’s right,” said Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, who appeared with the “Fearless Girl” statue Monday on the lower Manhattan traffic island where the two bronze figures face each other.

The mayor said the political turmoil surrounding Republican President Donald Trump makes the endearing child particularly relevant.

“She is inspiring everyone at a moment when we need inspiration,” he said.

The 4-foot-tall, 250-pound

ponytailed girl in a windblown dress was installed this month to highlight the dearth of women on corporate boards as she stands strong against the 11-foot-tall, 7,100-pound bull. The girl became an instant tourist draw and internet sensation.

On Monday morning, Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, of New York, led a group of prominent women in front of City Hall to honor the artist, Kristen Visbal, and State Street Global Advisors, the asset management firm that commissioned the work and, with the McCann advertising firm, helped Visbal create her sculpture.

“She was created to bring attention to the courage and unrealized power of women in so many fields, and she has clearly struck a nerve,” said Maloney, who is pushing for the statue to become a

Minnesota Democratic U.S. Rep. Walz to run for governor MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, a Democrat who narrowly won a fifth term, said Monday that he is running for governor in his home state of Minnesota rather than trying to keep his seat in Congress.

Walz joins a field of several Democrats hoping to replace fellow Democrat Gov. Mark Dayton, who is retiring. His decision also creates an open seat in his Republican-leaning district, which runs along Minnesota’s southern border.

Walz defeated Republican Jim Hagedorn by less than a percentage point in a district where Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton by 15 points.

A spokesman for Walz’ gubernatorial campaign confirmed his decision, which Walz announced earlier Monday in an interview with the Post-Bulletin of Rochester.

Walz told the newspaper he believes he has shown during his years in Congress that he is willing to work across the aisle to get things done. Walz also launched a website for his gubernatorial bid.

Walz, the top Democrat on the Veterans Affairs Committee, first won election in 2006, defeating GOP incumbent Gil Gutknecht.

Before running for Congress, he was a geography teacher and football coach

at Mankato West High School. He retired from the Army National Guard as a command sergeant major in 2005.

The list of Democrats officially running for governor also includes St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, state Rep. Erin Murphy and State Auditor Rebecca Otto. U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan has also expressed interest.

No major Republicans have formally entered the race, though House Speaker Kurt Daudt and Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek are considering it.

Hagedorn didn’t stop running after his betterthan-expected showing in November. The National Republican Congressional Committee last month included Walz on its initial list of 36 targets for the 2018 election cycle. The committee is also targeting Nolan.

“Tim Walz clearly realizes that it would be easier to run for Governor than to defend the failed liberal policies of Nancy Pelosi,” NRCC spokeswoman Maddie Anderson said in a statement.

“We fully expect this seat to be a top pick-up opportunity for Republicans in 2018.”

permanent installation.

Visbal said the positive response to her artwork “renewed my faith in sculpture to make an impact on society, to create a debate the way a good piece of art should.”

She has received more than 1,000 emails from India, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and elsewhere, including one from a mother who wanted to wallpaper her daughter’s room with the girl’s image.

“I see men and women as the ying and yang of society,” Visbal said. “They bring different things to the table. They solve problems in a different way. But we need to work together.”

“Fearless Girl” will stay in place for another 11 months through an art program of the city’s Department of Transportation that manages lower Broadway near Wall

Street.

Visbal said one of her models was a friend’s young daughter, whom she asked “to envision staring down a great big bull and, boy, she

boards, according to the ISS Analytics business research firm.

Artist Arturo Di Modica’s bull arrived after the 1987 stock market crash as a

“She’s ‘standing up to fear, standing up to power, being able to find in yourself the strength to do what’s right...’” really had style.” The girl was white, and the creative team then incorporated another girl, a Latina, “to come up with a child that has universal appeal,” Visbal said.

The fictional figure is linked to a very real message: Women make up only about 16 percent of U.S. corporate

symbol of Americans’ financial resilience and cando spirit. He wants the girl gone, calling the statue an “advertising trick” fashioned by two corporate giants, while his sculpture is “art.”

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MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer Leadership is a unique and rare quality that has been in high demand all over the world from the olden days to current times. It is a quality that is learned and developed just like any other. While some people may have the essence of guidance within them and others may have no clue how to lead, it takes something special to bring out the sense of leadership in them.

Leadership is important across the board, no matter what issue may arise.

Although power lies in numbers, people still require a sense of guidance, which is why they choose the wisest and most knowledgeable among them to step up and control the direction in which they intend to move forward.

Leaders ought to have several characteristics that truly make them stand out from the crowd, although these characteristics are not necessarily the same in everyone. From my perspective, what makes a leader unique is not what they do differently than the crowd, but the unique

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Take a sport like soccer, for example, where the captain of the team is the leader.

Despite being the captain, they perform the exact same tasks as the other players.

Some captains are chosen for their experience working on a team or for the number of games they have played, but it all depends on the team.

When one keenly watches how the captain plays or how they delegate responsibilities to the team, however, there is something about them that visibly instills a sense of confidence in the other players. That is what the description of true leadership is, in my opinion.

Leaders are not required to be outgoing, as they can

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be a bit more restricted and still perform excellently. The issue of whether a leader is outgoing or not depends on whether they are extroverted or introverted.

The common perception of extroverts is that they exude vast amounts of confidence and are always chatting with people and willing to share their ideas openly. Introverts, on the other hand, are thought of as shy, tending to keep to themselves and operate in small circles. While this may be true, extroverts and introverts have different qualities that make them unique in one way or another just like any other leader does. Extroverts can lead people in the manner that they see fit, just as introverts can do the exact same thing.

All in all, leadership is a

quality that is learned through the trials and tribulations one experiences throughout life. Great leaders can guide people to success and get people through tough times.

As good leadership becomes a scarcer commodity in the world these days, the importance of challenging younger generations to adapt to whatever situation they are put in becomes all the more apparent. Leaders can not only make an impact on people’s lives while they are present but also while they are absent, inspiring people to believe and achieve in whatever they set out to do in life. Leadership is about making a difference and connecting with people to bring out their maximum potential.

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George Orwell’s 1984 up for MavERICK M i n i discussion in MNSU library Crossword Today’s Crossword

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Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Books are displayed under a sign at the Harvard Book Store, Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. Readers have been flocking to classic works of dystopian fiction in the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency.

STEPHANIE VOGEL Staff Writer A discussion of George Orwell’s book 1984 will take place in the Memorial Library of Minnesota State, Mankato Wednesday, March 29, from 2-3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, with light refreshments provided.

Copies of 1984 will be available for checkout at the library.

1984 was written in 1948 by George Orwell, who cleverly swapped the numbers of the year of publishing for the title of his novel. Orwell wrote about his vision of the future, in which the government would be totalitarian.

Monika Antonelli, a reference librarian at the Memorial Library, explains what totalitarian means: “You have an authoritarian government in place. People have very few rights. It’s very repressive, people are afraid, they’re being watched.”

Winston Smith, the main character of the novel, works for the Ministry of Truth. He is isolated until he meets a young woman named Julia. They have an affair in the midst of a repressive environment. The main question of the novel, says Antonelli, is: “Can love survive in an environment where you can’t trust anyone?”

After the 2016 election, 1984 became a best-selling book on Amazon.com.

Antonelli has noticed that more students are interested in 1984 and ten new copies have been ordered and shipped to the library.

Antonelli comments: “We had to wait a couple weeks to get our copies of the book in, so there are definitely a lot of people who are reading the book right now.”

According to Antonelli, “A lot of people bought this book because they thought it had relevance for today.”

People see parallels between the world of the book and modern times. An example of this today is occurrences of what is called “doublespeak” and “doublethink.”

Doublespeak, explains Antonelli, “is when you call something the opposite of what it is.” She gives the example of missiles being called “peacekeepers” during President Reagan’s time, although missiles are obviously not peacekeepers but weapons of mass destruction.

Doublethink, she says, “is the ability to hold two ideas that are opposed simultaneously in your brain.

Alternative facts would be an example.” Orwell looked toward the governments of Russia and Nazi Germany for ideas for his writing. In modern times, “people want to go back and revisit what Orwell had to say,” said Antonelli. People want to see how his vision of the future and fears of a totalitarian government might match up with our government today.

1984 is classified as a dystopian novel, which, according to Antonelli, “is a novel that explores a society, usually in the future, where it’s apocalyptic. It’s an oppressive government,

it’s hard to survive.” Other examples of dystopian novels include Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games.

The opposite of dystopian would be utopian, in which everything is perfect and there is nothing at all wrong or corrupt about the society.

Authors, including Sir Thomas More in his book Utopia, have attempted to fabricate a utopian society, but no one has completely succeeded.

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LUKE LARSON Staff Writer Last Wednesday’s MSSA meeting featured four presentations.

Director of Campus Recreation Todd Pfingsten presented on the outdoor recreation fee. He explained that the fee is used for upkeep of the athletic fields south of Stadium Road which are open for student use.

He said that the fee—set at $2.50 per credit in 2008—is locked in for a total of twenty years.

Director of Athletics Kevin Buisman gave a lengthy presentation on the athletics fee and the state of MNSU

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athletics in general. The current fee is $3.71 per credit. Buisman strongly encouraged a fee increase to a level similar to that of other schools in the Minnesota State system. He explained that $3.84 would be “about normal” and that $4.11 would be average. Such an increase is so essential, he argued, because MNSU athletics faces a “triple threat.” The first threat is a drop in total credit hours among students at MNSU, which has led to a decrease in fee revenue.

The second threat is the realignment of the WCHA, the intercollegiate league that Maverick hockey participates in. Once “the king of the hill,” the WCHA no longer provides MNSU with as many high-value opponents, thus driving down ticket revenue. Additionally, new long-distance opponents have driven up travel costs.

Buisman estimates that this has cost Maverick athletics a total of $350,000. The third threat is that MNSU’s student athletic fee is the secondlowest in the Minnesota State system.

Michael Manderfeld of IT Services and Dr. Emily Stark presented on Quality Matters, the organization that works to provide “quality assurance through faculty development and course design.” Quality Matters’ goal at MNSU is to optimize the online learning experience for students. Vice President Maria Ruiz praised Quality Matters, saying that the improvement she has seen as a result of the program is “unbelievable.”

John Bulcock and Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Chair Cristian Perez presented on the looming MSSA budget meeting. Bulcock stressed its importance to all senators, saying that the next two

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weeks “will be the two most important weeks of your term as a senator.” He urged them to consider the power each of their votes has and to do their research beforehand. He stressed that SAC has already put lots of work into crafting their budget proposal.

“I encourage you to trust the work that they’ve done,” he said.

Senator Jacob Royce presented on a proposed change to homecoming festivities. He is urging MNSU to emulate the U of M in replacing homecoming king and queen with the term “homecoming royals.”

He argued that “it’s those gender terms that enforce a cis-gender society.” He added that the Homecoming Committee is supportive.

Student Martin Ly spoke during open forum, asking MSSA to offer non-financial support to the IBE backpack

meal program.

In his report, President Faical Rayani noted that Student Affairs is crafting a bike-friendly campus motion. He also spoke about statewide politics. He encouraged the senate to lobby in favor of receiving the originally-desired amount of state funding for MNSU. He also encouraged the senate to advocate against state legislature bills HF2197 and HF2198. According to the state legislature’s website, HF2197 would “[require a] student body vote for any increase in mandatory student fees.” HF2198 would “[make] student activities fees optional.”

Tomorrow’s meeting will be the last before next week’s budget meeting, which is expected to be a very lengthy procedure. The budget will be finalized at the meeting.

Illegal marijuana shipment sparks controversy kind of action is excusable and should be allowed to continue,” Republican Sen. Nick Zerwas told ABC. While in Minnesota the use of medical marijuana is mostly in its experimental phase, its production has been on the rise. Last year the state designated 40 acres for the dedicated growing of weed for medicinal purposes, getting $250,000 in returns, and this year the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has pledged an additional 2,155 acres.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press In this May 5, 2015 photo, samples of what the final Minnesota Medical Solutions medicinal cannabis will look like are displayed in Otsego, Minn.

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer At Minnesota Medical Solutions, two executives were caught trying to ship $500,000 worth of marijuana oil from Minnesota to New York in late 2015, rendering the legal medical marijuana an illegal substance upon crossing state lines.

The executives in question, Laura Bultman, chief medical officer, and Ronald Owens, chief security officer, were caught attempting to ship the oil to New York via armored car in anticipation of shortages at the start of

the 2016 year. Last month, county prosecution officially charged the pair—who are no longer employed by the company—with felonies for planning and attempting to ship over five kilograms of weed.

Due to the already tenuous nature of the use of medical marijuana in the state, this recent incident has provided ammunition to senators currently opposed to this hot-button issue.

“This was a big risk for some of us. We wanted it done well, and we need everybody involved with this to hold themselves to

the highest standard,” said Republican Sen. Michelle Benson to ABC news, who has flipped sides regarding marijuana manufacturer licensing. “The people responsible for executing it have put us in an incredibly difficult place.”

As part of the punishment for the attempted shipment, Republicans in the legislature are now pushing for the state to retain the right to revoke licenses to sell medical marijuana. A $1 million dollar fine has also been issued along with other penalties yet to be stipulated.

“We don’t think that

“It was the first year and we learned a lot,” said Commissioner Matthew Wohlman to the Echo Press.

“A lot of work we had to do was to negotiate with the federal government for permits to secure the seed, licensing and approving the growers, and tracking the growers statewide.”

The future of such programs, however, has been thrown into flux due to how state officials have reacted to these most recent developments.

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Airline faces wrath of leggings wearers in boarding flap NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t mess with our stretch, United Airlines, or risk the wrath of leggings lovers.

The social media matter of The Kids in Leggings vs. United snapped to the surface Sunday. That’s when one Shannon Watts said on Twitter she had witnessed a gate agent refusing to let two girls board a flight from Denver to Minneapolis because of their leggings.

The incident, with United’s Twitter account chiming in, rolled right on through to Monday, prompting debate on whether leggings are “pants.” That especially goes for women and girls and whether the United dress code for people on standby who are availing themselves of free passes, as these girls were, has perhaps not kept pace with the elevation of stretchy pants from gym and yoga garb to more broadly acceptable.

Or are leggings more like women’s stockings and therefore inappropriate for plane travel when worn as pants, as one Facebook user argued — or is this a better comparison, as suggested by another: “It’s like going to a baseball game on a player’s tickets and doing something against the rules, right?”

Besides, some on social media said, many airlines adhere to the same standards for flying on this type of freebie.

“Casual attire is allowed as long as it looks neat and is in good taste for the local environment,” tweeted the United account in response to one angry leggings defender Watts whipped up Sunday.

“United shall have the right to refuse passengers who are not properly clothed via our Contract of Carriage,” another tweet from United explained.

The policy for family and friends on passes is different from that for the rest of us paying folk. For United, it seems in this case to be about the stretchy fabric.

American Airlines, for paying passengers, reserves the right to bar you if you are clothed in a manner that would “cause discomfort or offense to other passengers or are barefoot.”

But American has a separate policy for employees and their guests: They’re prohibited from wearing clothes that are “torn, dirty, frayed or overly revealing.”

If an employee or guest is traveling in first or business class, he or she can’t wear shorts, flip-flops or baseball caps, under that American

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press dress code.

The point for some airline insiders, however, is different.

Some of them contend anybody eligible for the types of free passage afforded the girls on Sunday is well aware of dress code restrictions, however silly they may seem from the outside.

Kristin Taylor, in tony Greenwich, Connecticut, is a leggings lover and sees them everywhere in her world.

She’s also a psychologist and stay-at-home mom to two of three sons, “so no leggings for them.” She just flew in leggings to San Diego and wore a nice pair, from J.Crew, out to lunch recently with a cashmere tunic.

“Leggings are pants,” she said. “Seriously.”

Fleece-lined or paired with a fancy top for evening, leggings can be just about anything the wearer wants them to be these days, Taylor said. Besides, as the debate over leggings has gone on for years, what about jeggings?

What about tights? Should today’s standard on “pants” rely on whether one can also comfortably perform a Downward Dog? “And for kids? I find that ridiculous,” Taylor added.

There was some initial confusion as to whether the girls were accompanied by a man in shorts, who was allowed to board the plane.

United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said Monday the man in shorts was not with the girls, he was a paying customer.

United doesn’t let men wear shorts while traveling on employee passes. The gate agent stopped the leggingswearing girls because they were using passes.

“The girls (teenagers) were completely understanding,” Guerin said. “No one was upset at the gate.”

Chicago-based United regularly reminds employees about the dress rules and

tells them to make sure that anyone flying with one of their passes knows the guidelines, he said. Just the day before, United had sent a memo to airport workers reminding them of the dress policy, he said. The reminder “specifically mentioned leggings, along with other no-nos for travelers using United passes, such as flipflops and torn jeans,” he said.

He said United isn’t contemplating any changes to the standards.

“They were not designed to single out women or men,” Guerin said. “It has to do with the way we present ourselves and that represents the company and represents the brand.”

Tamara Rodriguez Trevino, of Dallas, Texas, is an elementary school teacher and wearer of LuLaRoe leggings. The airlines, she said, should be left to their policies for friends and family free travel.

“After reading a few articles and comments about the situation, I feel that, although it may be discriminatory toward women and girls, the airlines have guidelines that have been in place for many years,” she said. “Because they foot the bill for the travel, I feel that they can enforce their policies when applicable.

Now removing those said friends of family from the plane seemed excessive to me. Verbal warning should have been given maybe?”

Kim Bongiorno, in central New Jersey, has a 9-year-old daughter who is a leggings enthusiast and caught wind of the controversy on television news. The family travels on United often on frequent-flyer points.

“Ever have to deal with the folds and bunches of jeans on a 5-hour flight, losing circulation and feeling the pinch in your waist when

you become bloated?” she asked. “How about people with bad circulation who need to wear compression socks and legging-style pants or sweatpants? Should those who need them for health and comfort reasons be denied a seat on United?

Only healthy, very slim, short people who wear jeans/trousers comfortably in cramped spaces are

welcome?”

Bongiorno has more questions: What of the decorum of men in clingy trousers that can be revealing? How about men in tight shirts? Men in shirts with sexual sayings or images on them?

Giovanna Bovenzi Cruz, a secretary and consumer services representative from Vineland, New Jersey, wears leggings.

“I feel like the dress code is a little outdated,” she said.

“I don’t know any woman or young girl that doesn’t wear leggings.”

Forest Graham, an American living in Rio de Janeiro, is married to a United flight attendant and often takes advantage of the standby family flying policy.

He said he has been denied boarding in the past for wearing shorts and flip-flops.

“But, frankly, I couldn’t care less,” he said. “I’d wear nothing but a pink thong if it meant I could travel anywhere for basically free.”

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Final Four teams set for NCAA tourney finale ment and he’s been their goto guy in clutch situations all tourney.

RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer

And the winner is…

COLT JOHNSON Staff Writer The weekend was wild, as the 16 teams were narrowed down to a meager four, with Wisconsin falling on a buzzer-beater in over time, Oregon outlasting Kansas, Kentucky topping UCLA and the South Carolina Cinderella story. And that is just the half of it! Join us again as we dive in, again players first.

Ryan - Sindarius Thornwell, Guard, South Carolina Many people didn’t know who Sindarius Thornwell was before this magical run to the Final Four. Now, a couple weeks into March Madness, the South Carolina guard is a household name for many college basketball fans and is in good shape to take home the coveted tournament MVP Award. The 2016-2017 SEC

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Gonzaga guard Nigel Williams-Goss (5) shoots past Xavier guard J.P. Macura during the second half of an NCAA Tournament college basketball regional final game Saturday, March 25, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. likes of Duke, Baylor, Florida and Marquette, Thornwell has managed to average 26

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press South Carolina guard Sindarius Thornwell (0) puts up a shot against Florida forward Kevarrius Hayes (13) during the second half of the East Regional championship game of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 26, 2017, in New York.

Player of the Year can create his own shot from anywhere on the court—and it shows.

Averaging nearly 22 points per game during the regular season, Thornwell has surprisingly played better in tournament play against better competition. Against the

points per game and thrives when his team needs him at his best. The Gamecock guard also plays bigger than one would think. Given he stands at 6’5”, it is very impressive that a player of this size leads his team in rebounding with nearly eight

per game in tournament play.

They say guards win in March so watch the matchup of Sindarius Thornwell against Gonzaga All-American point guard Nigel Williams-Goss when the two face off against one another Saturday.

Colton - Joel Berry II, Guard, North Carolina After dealing with an ankle injury in the Arkansas game, UNC gave a glimpse of how the team looked without their point guard healthy. In that game, despite having players like Isaiah Hicks and Justin Jackson, the Tar Heels offense looked sluggish. Berry came back with a vengeance against Butler for 26 points.

Then against Kentucky, he posted 11 points with four rebounds, three assists and two steals to show off his versatility. In a tournament with so many high potential freshman, the talent of this veteran point guard has flown under the radar, but will be the difference for a UNC title.

Colt - Tyler Dorsey, Guard, Oregon Oregon’s Tyler Dorsey is earning the title Mr. March for his incredible performances in the tournament during his team’s run to the Final Four.

His latest MVP-worthy performance came against the No. 1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks. Dorsey tied his tournament high in points against the Jayhawks with 27, which helped lead the Ducks to

their first Final Four appearance in school history, since they won the tournament in

Ryan - Gonzaga Bulldogs After always hearing how overrated the Gonzaga program was for losing earlier than expected in the tournament year-after-year, Bulldogs’ Head Coach Mark Few is finally making his and the program’s first Final Four appearance in program history.

The Bulldogs present a good mix of size and spectacular perimeter play, led by the duo of Nigel Williams-Goss and Przemek Karnowski.

Williams-Goss is a top-tier point guard who excels in pick-and-roll type situations, while Karnowski gives teams trouble down in the post because of his size (7’1 305 pounds). Only having one loss on the season, Gonzaga has the depth, size and speed to not only contend for first National Championship

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Oregon forward Jordan Bell cuts down the net after the team’s Midwest Regional final against Kansas in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. Oregon won 74-60.

1939. He was instrumental in the game, leading his team in points and pulling down five rebounds for his team.

Dorsey was also lights-out from beyond the three-point line hitting six of his 10 shots taken from three. The Ducks have been relying on Dorsey’s hot shooting all tourna-

in school history, but to win the first National Championship in school history. This team is hungry and wants to show the rest of the country that the little school from out

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Minnesota State bowler makes National noise Will Mateffy is the second MNSU student to reach this stage in the program’s history.

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks bowling team has found lofty success yet again this season. MNSU is going to sectionals in Addison, Illinois, where Will Mateffy has performed at a phenomenal level to get invited to the individual national’s event, making him the second person in Minnesota State program history to make it to this stage.

“Will was a transfer student, came in with one year of experience under his belt which helped a lot, but he got the momentum going really early and he never stopped,” said MNSU bowling Head Coach Kyle Bischoff. “He bowled incredible this year and kept it going all the way through sectionals and hopefully now nationals he can bring home MSU’s first colligate individuals title.”

For the men’s sectionals, it is an invite only for the top 80 bowlers in the country, spread between four different sites. The top four bowl-

ers at each section event head to nationals, making the stakes at Addison extremely high. There is also the option

of a competitive bowler to getting close to that pro level bowler,” said Bischoff of Mateffy’s progress through

done well.”

Out of 261 bowlers, Mateffy grabbed 6th in route to his conquest to nationals in

“‘Will was a transfer student, came in with one year of experience under his belt which helped a lot, but he got the momentum going really early and he never stopped,’ said MNSU bowling Head Coach Kyle Bischoff. ‘He bowled incredible this year and kept it going all the way through sectionals and hopefully now nationals he can bring home MSU’s first colligate individuals title.’”

to compete in a singles event to head to nationals, which is what Mateffy chose to compete and excel in, playing at a level high enough to send him to nationals and become the second MNSU bowler ever to make it to the stage.

“He has made the transition this year from more

the season. “He liked to see the ball move right to left in the lane, where in competitive bowling you read front to back. So, the biggest thing we have been working with Will on is teaching him to watch where it’s hooking while it’s traveling, and he has taken that inspired and really

the events finally. A great way to cap what Mateffy says has been his most successful year as a bowler.

“The last tournament was really crazy, I didn’t have a really good start and I made a judgment call, switched balls and then made it to the cut,” said Mateffy after sectionals, also mentioning his excitement for nationals. “There a lot of guys that I know there, so it’s not going to be foreign, but it will be a lot of fun seeing them, especially guys from Minnesota, and competing along-side them and just going to a new area and a new bowling center.”

Good luck to Will Mateffy, as he represents the Mavericks in Louisiana!

the individual event, which is how he could make the trip.

Now, he gets an all-expenses paid trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to compete against 23 other bowlers for the best individual collegiate bowler title, with the opportunity to make top-five and put him on the CBS sports channel for

Mavericks Track and Field remains busy The men’s and women’s teams competed in two seperate events this past weekend.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer The Minnesota State University- Mankato men and women’s track and field teams competed in two separate events over the past weekend. The men were in-

Saturday in Marryville, MO at Northwest Missouri State University. Sophomore Jack Curtis highlighted the event for the MSU men as he accumulated 6341 points and finished first place (6’9”) in the high jump.

Another Maverick that placed in the decathlon was sophomore Calvin Buesgens, whose 5650 points and top throw in the javelin of 149’5” was good enough to give him a fourth-place finish.

Sophomore Joe Williams also earned fifth place honors as

Stephenson and sophomore Jessika Dieringer placed eighth and ninth with their respective scores of 3883 and 3873.

The men and women will be back in action this week-

Joe Williams Hackel was the highest plac-

“Sophomore Carolyn Hackel was the highest placing Mav as she placed fifth with 4133 points and the top time in the 100-meter hurdle (14.71).” volved in the Herschel Niel Decathlon that saw a firstplace finish, while the women were in the Ashley Nally Heptathlon.

On the men’s side, they were in action on Friday and

he had 5317 points on the day.

The Mavericks women also hit up Northwest Missouri State on Friday and Saturday for the Ashley Nally Heptathlon. Sophomore Carolyn

ing Mav as she placed fifth with 4133 points and the top time in the 100-meter hurdle (14.71). Freshman Dallas Weiss placed sixth with her top shot-put throw of 37” and 3948 points. Sophomore Sola

end in split invites as some will be at the Hamline Invitational in Minneapolis and the rest will be heading to Marshall for the SMSU Mustang Open on Friday and Saturday.

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“...the teams that have made it this far, two-way point guards that control the offense and pace may just be the difference. UNC has Berry, Oregon has Brooks, Gonzaga has Williams-Goss and South Carolina has Thornwell.” west is here to stay as a contender for the long haul and is not about to give up on its title dreams just yet. Gonzaga plays South Carolina in the Final Four on Saturday. Tip is scheduled for 5:09 CT and is being aired on CBS. Colt - Oregon Ducks The 79-year drought to the Final Four is finally over for the Ducks after their two victories against Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen and Kansas in the Elite Eight. Oregon barely edged out the Wolverines with a 69-68 victory. In their win over Michigan, the Duck’s three-point shooting was spectacular. As a team, Oregon shot 47.1 percent from beyond the three-point line, hitting 8 of 17. The game winning layup came with 1:09 left on the clock from none other than Tyler Dorsey.

Michigan’s Derrick Walton Jr. had an opportunity to win the game with a last second shot, but it was just off and Oregon’s Jordan Bell came down with the rebound. Bell played a major role for the Ducks in the win, scoring 16

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press North Carolina forward Luke Maye celebrates after shooting the winning basket in the second half of the South Regional final game against Kentucky in the NCAA college basketball tournament Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. The basket gave North Carolina a 75-73 win.

Oregon past the Wolverines.

In their 74-60 victory against the Jayhawks, Oregon played an extremely well-rounded game. Offensively, they played well as a

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski smiles after a win over Xavier during an NCAA Tournament college basketball regional final game Saturday, March 25, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. points and grabbing 13 rebounds. He was a monster on the boards and his seven of 10-shooting helped propel

unit with four players scoring in double-digit figures and shot 50.9 percent as a team from the field. Their three-

point shooting was also terrific once again, hitting 11 of 25 from beyond the arch.

It wasn’t just their offense that led to the 14-point victory; The Ducks held Kansas’ shooting to just 35 percent from the field and only 20 percent from three. It wasn’t a good shooting night for the Jayhawks, but the persistent and pestilent defense of Oregon didn’t make it any easier for Kansas. Oregon’s Bell finished the game with eight blocks anchoring the defense, which helped the Ducks cruise to the easy victory.

Oregon is now set to face the heavily favored No. 1 Seeded North Carolina in the Final Four. The Tar Heels have been one of the best teams all season and have a 56.8 percent chance to win, per ESPN’s basketball power index. It’s going to take a lot if the Ducks want to pull off the upset against North Carolina and defense will be key. Oregon will have their hands full with ACC Player of the Year Justin Jackson, who averaged 18.2 ppg, and without the Duck’s leading shot-blocker in Chris Boucher, other players must step up and play solid team defense.

Colton- North Carolina Tar Heels You can argue scheme, coaching, or depth all you want. But no matter what, Kentucky was the best team in the tournament as far as talent is concerned. De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk, Isaiah

Briscoe and Edrice Adebayo all averaged double-digits point throughout the season and the defense is long, fast and stifling. That’s the team that UNC beat by getting to the perimeter defensively and grabbing 13 offensive rebounds. With Kansas and Duke out, this team does not have to face anyone with the caliber of talent that UNC has on the roster. With Berry,

Jackson, Hicks and Maye all hitting their shots and winning their man-to-man match ups, this looks to be the favorite. They win the championship.

Looking Ahead This has been one of the most tumultuous years in the tournament in a long time, as South Carolina and Gonzaga make their first Final Four appearances ever, while the Ducks are in for the first time since 1939 (the first one) and UNC marks their 20th appearance to this stage in their appearance. A strange collection indeed as Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky and Wisconsin all were excused this weekend. One thing all of us writers can agree on is that for the teams that have made it this far, two-way point guards that control the offense and pace may just be the difference. UNC has Berry, Oregon has Brooks, Gonzaga has Williams-Goss and South Carolina has Thornwell. All of these players make contributions everywhere on the stat sheet and all four may need to have the best two games of their career to grab the title in this year’s tournament.

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Pitching dominant, bats clutch in sweep over UMD The Mavericks allowed only five runs in four games over the Bulldogs.

CHELSEA DORVAL Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks swept the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs this weekend in a series split between U.S. Bank Stadium and the MSU Baseball Complex.

In the first game of the double-header -- played at the new Vikings’ stadium -the Mavericks came out with a 1-0 win. Brody Rodning threw an impressive game, claiming the win, going all seven-innings allowing only three hits, while striking out seven Bulldogs. Dylan Dresel was able to get Minnesota State on the board and score the lone run in the sixth inning.

Minnesota State earned a 2-1 win in the Friday double-header, thanks to Dalton Roach. Roach went a complete-nine innings allowing six hits, while striking out 12, improving his record to 3-0 on the season. Teddy Petersen was the first Maverick to cross the plate in the bottom of the third thanks to a single from Jordan Hart. Dresel

scored the winning run after Noah Bluth’s double to left in the sixth.

The Mavericks continued the series Sunday afternoon in Mankato. Nick Blezer picked up his second win of 2017 after throwing seven innings and striking out 11 in the 3-1 victory. Luke Waldek hit his first home run of the season starting the scoring off in the second inning. After Minnesota-Duluth tied it in the fourth, the Mavericks answered in the fifth thanks to Hart’s single to bring home Eric Peterson and Tommy McDoanld.

Ricky Digrugilliers picked up his first win of 2017, throwing five innings allowing only two hits while striking out four. Despite the Bulldogs getting the scoring going in the second inning and putting up two more in the third, the Mavericks responded with 10 unanswered runs to win the contest 10-3. Peterson posted a total of two runs on three hits, while Waldek added two runs on two hits for the team. McDonald put up three runs on two hits in three at bats while Tyler Berg

contributed two runs on two hits Sunday afternoon.

“Our guys did a great job competing all weekend long.

We found ways to win against a good opponent and had different guys stepping up each game getting the job done. It was really good to see,” assistant coach P.J. McIntee said of the team’s performance.

“We are at the point in our season where we are playing six conference games a week starting with two good teams in Winona and SMSU so it will be a good challenge that I know our guys are ready for.

We just look to continue to improve every time out and keep playing our brand of baseball” said McIntee.

With the four wins, the Mavericks improve to 13-4 for the season and 8-0 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) play.

Minnesota State will head to Winona Wednesday to take on the Warriors at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. before returning home to take on the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

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CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Mirim Lee took the lead into the final round of the Kia Classic two years ago and was overhauled by Cristie Kerr, who won with a tournament record of 20-under.

Lee had the 54-hole lead again this year, and she wasn’t about to let anyone catch her.

Lee, of South Korea, shot a 7-under 65 to win by six strokes Sunday and tie Kerr’s tournament record.

It was her third LPGA Tour victory and first since winning two titles in 2014, her rookie year.

Lee twice just missed putts that would have put her at 21-under. She left an eagle putt short on 16 and then rolled a 40-foot birdie putt even with the hole on 18.

She was so far ahead, she wasn’t tempted to think about the lead she lost in 2015.

“I just thought I didn’t play very well at that time. Today, I tried not to think about it,” she said.

Lee was doused with water by fellow South Koreans Mi Jung Hur and In Gee Chun.

“Only the winner can en-

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press She played a bogey-free round at Aviara, with birdies on each of the odd-numbered holes on the front nine to reach 18-under.

joy the moment so it was very special,” said Lee, who came into the final hole with a oneshot lead over Hur. If Lee wins the season’s

first major next weekend, the ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, she can get another wet celebration — by jumping into Poppie’s Pond.

Ryu (66) and Austin Ernst (67) of Greenville, South Carolina, tied for second at 14-under.

Kerr (70) was in a group of five at 12-under.

Lee “was at 20-under. I knew at that point you’re basically playing for second place unless she does something coming down the stretch,” Ernst said. “I think Mirim had a good lead all day. She played really good golf. Your entire game needs to be solid here.”

Said Ryu: “It’s really great to see Korean players keep playing well. Also, I always feel very proud to see many Korean companies sponsoring the LPGA tournament.

We just have a kind of like responsibility to play well on the LPGA. Hopefully a lot of fans are having a lot fun to watch her play. Yeah, if another Korean girl is going to win the tournament, hopefully next one is going to be me.”

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And Baby Makes Seven premieres at Andreas Theatre Newest theatre production runs March 29 through April 1.

ALEXIS VENCILL Staff Writer And Baby Makes Seven is a comedy that will be performed in the Andreas Theatre of the Earley Performing Arts Center from March 29 to April 1.

Written by Paula Vogel, And Baby Makes Seven follows three characters as they wait for the birth of their child.

Their small apartment is already filled to capacity because two of the characters, Anna and Ruth, have a habit of pretending to be imaginary children they’ve created.

Anna, who is pregnant, often acts as Cecil, a 9-year-old genius. Ruth, Anna’s partner, has two alternate personalities of Orphan, a child brought up by stray dogs, and Henri, a French boy from the film The Red Balloon. Orphan, Henri, and Cecil argue and cause trouble, which drives their

Photo courtesy of Amanda Dyslin “Uncle Peter” insane.

The children take on lives of their own and often appear as completely separate char-

acters from Anna and Ruth.

Peter, a gay man and the father of Anna’s child, insists that these imaginary children

must go to make room for their real child that will soon be on the way. The women agree that they can’t simply

stop being their imaginary children. They must, instead, kill them off. Hilarity ensues as the family finds killing off their imaginary children isn’t as easy as it seems.

Set in 1984, And Baby Makes Seven shows an LGBTQA family in a time when their family dynamic was “abnormal.” During this time, this would be looked down upon by others and was even punishable by law.

The show strives to help audiences see the three characters not as an LGBTQA family, but simply a family. The director, Kristin Fox, wanted to direct And Baby Makes Seven to spread the idea that this family should be nothing out of the ordinary.

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Student shorts showcased at Stomper’s film festival Student Events Team awards prizes to top three filmmakers.

RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer On Friday, the Student Events Team held its third annual film festival, Stomper’s Student Shorts, in Ostrander Auditorium for MNSU students who put together their own films.

This year, Landon Bresnahan won first place for his piece, The Singing Souls for Paradise. Andrea Hill won second for her fake humorous show, and Luke Larson received the audience choice award for his film Paper Plane.

Bresnahan, a marketing major, intended for his film to be a mystery or suspense.

He said his idea of having two sister bells also helped moved the idea along that they have a spiritual connection and can cause teleportation.

“The ideas for the sister bells also came about from trying to figure out a logical way for the characters to find each other again towards the ending of the film,” Bresnahan said. “Also, I was thinking of a way to make the title

Photo courtesy of Saijal Bhakta make sense, by having two sister bells the film could be named the singing ‘souls’ instead of just ‘soul.’”

It took one full week of shooting and two weeks of editing for Bresnahan to make his movie since the time period presented its own challenges.

“Many of the days we

filmed in negative ten-degree weather,” he said.

“Many times we had to stop filming to protect the camera from getting damaged by the falling snow or rain.”

Bresnahan said that his first place award had surprised him and hopes to enter another film next year.

Hill, a psychology major

and sophomore, had chosen to direct a short film similar to the Ellen DeGeneres Show and Good Morning America because she said she watches them religiously, along with her friends Alex and Michelle, the other two actors involved in the comedic sitcom.

“We made the film basically for our friends and then

submitted it to the festival just for fun and to get some feedback too,” Hill said.

Their collaboration also came from their chemistry in having been friends for over a year.

“We always had this great chemistry telling stories, chatting, gossiping, and playing off each other, so the idea came last semester that we should make a podcast or something of the sort, and share it with our friends,” Hill added. “We were always told that we need to make a radio show or something because of our personalities and the things we do.”

All three of them had entered the short film as a joke so winning second place shocked them.

“But when we won we were just so happy that people got a laugh out of it…that’s all we wanted,” Hill said.

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Album review: Valerie June’s The Order of Time Soul singer not afraid to blend genres on latest album.

KRISTINA BUSCH Staff Writer Valerie June is the cool type of weird. With her styled-up dreadlocks and unique voice, her cool weirdness comes from completely trusting herself and not conforming to the mainstream.

June comes from gospel roots and her voice has a raw, primitive country element mixed with soul. Her sound can be compared to such artists as Leon Bridges, Anderson East, and even Sturgill Simpson. The phrase she created to describe her hybrid music style is “organic moonshine roots music,” which depicts her various influences.

June grew up in Tennessee and started her music career in Memphis. She had lived in Brooklyn for seven years before moving to Memphis. Her debut album, Pushin’ Against a Stone, was released in 2014 and was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.

June’s new album, The Order of Time was released on March 10, and embodies the same type of sound as Pushin’ Against a Stone, but covers vastly different topics.

The songs on the album were collected over the course of several years. June

(CC BY 2.0) by Clement Caron likes to talk about her songs as individual beings, gifts that are received versus being created. In an interview with WBUR-FM, June said, “Leonard Cohen was saying that some songs take years to come into full circle; it happens that way sometimes for me.”

The first single from the new album, “Astral Plane,” leads the way into a new universe of music. Although the sound is more pop than folk,

the song explores some philosophical themes with lyrics like, “Follow the signs, slowly, but steady / Don’t rush / The day will come when you are ready / Just trust.”

“Long Lonely Road” has the style of a slowed down country song. June sings of the hard work that goes into “making it” in life. She sings, “Folks thought we had it made / ‘cause we always kept a face / Meanwhile there’s bills to pay / and the stack

TV review: CBS’ Scorpion an intelligent drama HEATHER SCHUSTER Staff Writer Scorpion is about four geniuses (Walter, Toby, Sylvester, and Happy) that team up with Homeland Security and each person on the show has a role to play as part of the team.

Walter is the leader of Scorpion and has an IQ of 197. Toby is a Harvard trained doctor in psychiatry and is the team’s behaviorist. Toby reads people that the team encounters. Sylvester is referred to as the “human calculator” because he is a gifted mathematician. Happy is the team’s mechanical engineer. Cabe is the team’s handler agent with Homeland.

Paige, who has a son that is a genius, helps the team “translate” the real world so they can interact with people they meet. This show is inspired by the real-life Walter O’Brian.

In each episode, the team has a case that needs their help one way or another.

What I enjoy about this show is that they explain details such as the case/problem

and then explain what they are going to do to fix the problem. People can relate to this show by the team being put in scenarios that they do not fit into. The team is usually put in bad and sometimes dangerous situations and still manages to pull through and get out of the situation safely.

Walter is usually competitive with everyone on his team because he thinks he is better than them, since he has a higher IQ, but in recent episodes he has been getting better at understanding everyone’s importance to the team and how they are valuable to the team.

What I like is that when they are doing problem-solving, they explain what they are doing and this helps the audience understand it. Another thing I like is when the team has a problem to solve, they all figure it out at once and they each know what the others are thinking. Some things I do not like is that the show drags out Walter trying to win over Paige.

Some shows that are similar to Scorpion are Limitless, Intelligence, and MacGyver.

Limitless is about Brian Finch who takes a pill that lets him use his whole brain, and helps the FBI with crimes that they have trouble solving. Limitless is similar to Scorpion by Brian being incredibly smart and figuring out problems that would normally take a longer time. Intelligence is about Gabriel Vaughn who has a supercomputer microchip in his brain and is hooked to the information grid. He helps cyber command solve crimes.

Intelligence is similar to Scorpion with Gabriel being a “genius” but really being a human computer helping his nation defeat enemies that might want this information.

MacGyver is about Angus MacGyver who works with a secret organization and has high scientific knowledge.

He uses this knowledge with common items and limited resources. MacGyver is similar to Scorpion because MacGyver is always figuring something out with limited resources in a tight situation.

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growing every day.”

The song “Shakedown” speeds things up and has an upbeat, bluesy sound. It’s the type of song that you just want to clap to with lyrics like, “That shakedown, breakdown, showdown / That move it make it go around / That brought it, broke it, bring it / Feel it when you sing it.”

“With You” is a delicate, soft song where June’s raw vocals really shine. It’s a

beautiful song about falling in love with lyrics like, “And if I should fall so deep and true / And if I should fall so deep / May it be with you.” The song is accompanied by acoustic guitar and violin, making the song a nice contrast from the rest of the songs in the album, which have more going on instrumentally. Closing out the album is the song “Got Soul,” which has a groovy, Motown mood with fiddles, horns, and organs coming into the spotlight. In the feel-good tune, June repeats, “Yeah I got soul / Yeah I got sweet soul,” and indeed she does in this song, and in each of the 11 other tracks in the album.

If you haven’t checked out Valerie June’s music, I definitely suggest doing so.

Whether you are a fan of country, folk, or the blues, you are likely to enjoy her music. What I love most about June is that she blends the genres of folk, classic pop, soul, and bluegrass in a way that is crafted seamlessly. Her style is unlike most artists today and you’re guaranteed to toe-tap or nod your head at least once or twice if you listen to The Order of Time.

Mindy Kaling’s Newark joke leads to dinner with Cory Booker NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A joke about Newark, New Jersey, on “The Mindy Project” led to dinner plans between U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and star Mindy Kaling.

Her character joked after hearing that Booker had come to her colleague’s event that “I guess anything to get out of Newark, huh?”

Booker tweeted “Ouch!” at Kaling on Thursday. He added that

he still loved her, though.

She responded that if her character “shades” it, “it means we know it’s cool,” and said the love was mutual. Booker then asked her to dinner in Newark.

She asked for a train schedule, which the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey quickly sent her.

Booker called Kaling “Lyft worthy” and promised to send one.

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Prosecutors fight Cosby bid to query potential jurors PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sex assault case in Pennsylvania objected Monday to defense efforts to prescreen as many as 2,000 potential jurors.

They also said in a court filing that the jury should be selected weeks before the scheduled June 5 trial so jurors can prepare to be sequestered nearly 300 miles away from home. And they challenged defense claims that it will be tough to find people without opinions of the longtime Hollywood icon.

In a sometimes caustic court filing, they called that “a cynical view of the potential jurors in Allegheny County.”

“Defendant forecasts that jury selection will take weeks; we are confident that it will not,” Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said, noting that it took just a day to pick jurors for the state attorney general’s perjury trial last year.

Cosby, who turns 80 next month, is accused of drugging and molesting a Temple University basketball team manager at his home in 2004, an encounter he calls consensual. He was 66 at the time; Andrea Constand was 30.

Prosecutors had hoped to call a dozen women who have made similar accusations, but the judge will allow just one “prior bad act” witness: a woman who worked

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press for Cosby’s agent and said he drugged and assaulted her during a lunch meeting at the Bel-Air Hotel, in Los Angeles, in 1996.

The trial will be held in suburban Philadelphia, where Cosby met with Constand at his estate, but the jury will come from the Pittsburgh area because of pretrial publicity over the past two years. Cosby’s appearance at a half-dozen court hearings has drawn a swarm of national and international media.

Defense lawyers have proposed sending a specialized questionnaire to up to 2,000 Allegheny County residents, and to question those who pass muster starting June 5.

Prosecutors said Cosby deserves no such “special treatment.” They want opening statements to start that day.

The battle over jury selection is just the latest legal maneuvering in the high-pro-

file case. The judge must still decide how much the jury will hear from Cosby’s deposition about his long history of extramarital affairs. The next court hearing is scheduled for Monday.

Cosby, a Philadelphia native, broke racial barriers when he became the first black actor to star in a network drama, the 1965 hit “I Spy,” a role that earned him three consecutive Emmy awards for best actor. He is perhaps best known for his top-rated 1980s sitcom, “The Cosby Show,” which painted a warm portrait of black family life and earned hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties.

The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they are sexual assault victims, but Constand has granted permission through her lawyer.

BABY Continued from page 13 ily living their everyday lives.

In her director’s notes for the show, Fox writes, “I made it my mission to make this a play about a family, parents and children, living together in a cozy apartment in New York City in the 1980s.” She quickly discovered the play went even deeper than she knew.

She writes, “It is about an LGBTQA family trying to learn how to love each other, be happy, and survive in a world that would rather not acknowledge their existence. This story is important because it shows us how far we’ve come in acceptance and equality, as well as how far we have to go.”

And Baby Makes Seven addresses a serious issue while balancing it with a lot of comedy. The result is a deep but also hilarious show about a loving family that will leave audiences feeling both entertained and enlightened.

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FESTIVAL Continued from page 13 rected a movie called The Self with his neighbor, who is living in Thailand this year. When Larson saw the poster for the short film, he got the idea for his Paper Plane film and asked his neighbor if he would be interested in producing a movie with scenes from both Thailand and Minnesota.

“But then I thought, ‘Why stop at two countries?’” Larson said.

Originally, he had planned for his plot to center around an art piece found in an attic and to be taken to an art curator. But before that could happen, the protagonist’s roommate ended up taking the work to another country by accident. Larson also realized how quickly the March 13 deadline was approaching so he settled on the simple plot of paper planes traveling the world.

“Paper is accessible to everyone around the world and paper planes are naturally mobile objects,” Larson said.

It took him immense coordination, even with the people he said he has networked around the world with from his international

travels and he contacted nearly everyone through Facebook.

“Naturally not everyone responded to the request, which I anticipated,” Larson said. “Probably under half the people I contacted actually produced a scene for the film.”

Saijal Bhakta, who became a board member for the Student Events Team last year, felt overjoyed when she saw the turnout this year. She had hoped for twenty more people, but this year surpassed her expectations and the count ended up being around 80.

“We’re trying to keep it every year and get students or filmmakers involved,” Bhakta said, “or people who just love making films or just wanted to get across a message or whatever they wanted to do.”

Bhakta also enjoys seeing what films the students make and said she cannot wait to see what surprises will come onscreen in Ostrander Auditorium next year.

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