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Witness describes seeing George Floyd ‘slowly fade away’ ASSOCIATED PRESS A man who was among onlookers shouting at a Minneapolis police officer to get off George Floyd last May was to continue testifying Tuesday, a day after he described seeing Floyd struggle for air and his eyes rolling back into his head, saying he saw Floyd “slowly fade away ... like a fish in a bag.”

Donald Williams, a former wrestler who said he was trained in mixed martial arts including chokeholds, testified Monday that he thought Derek Chauvin used a shimmying motion several times to increase the pressure on Floyd. He said he yelled to the officer that he was cutting off Floyd’s blood supply.

Williams recalled that Floyd’s voice grew thicker as his breathing became more labored, and he eventually stopped moving.

“From there on he was lifeless,” Williams said. “He didn’t move, he didn’t speak, he didn’t have no life in him no more on his body movements.”

Williams was among the first prosecution witnesses as trial opened for Chauvin, 45, who is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death.

Prosecutors led off their case by playing part of the bystander video that captured Floyd’s arrest on May 25. Chauvin and three other officers were fired soon after the video touched off outrage and protest, sometimes violent, that spread from Minneapolis around the world.

Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed the jurors the footage at the earliest opportunity, during opening statements, after telling them that the number to remember was 9 minutes, 29 seconds — the amount of time Chauvin had Floyd pinned to the pavement last May. The white officer “didn’t let up” even after a handcuffed Floyd said 27 times that he couldn’t breathe and went limp, Blackwell said.

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FROZEN FOUR BOUND The Mavericks advanced to the Frozen Four after dominating Minnesota 4-0

By DANIEL McELROY Sports Editor

Going into the NCAA tournament, the Minnesota State hockey program had never won a game in its history at the national level.

But they were certain they would rewrite the narrative that weekend.

For the first time ever, the Mavericks are headed to the NCAA Frozen Four, hosted in Pittsburgh, Pa. Their journey began with an intense overtime win against the Quinnipiac Bobcats, followed by one of the cleanest games the Mavs have played this season in a 4-0 win against the University of Minnesota Bobcats.

The Mavericks started out their opening game of the tournament slower than usual, with Quinnipiac getting two early first period goals.

The Mavericks would not get on the board until late in the second period, when Julian Napravnik connected with Jake Jaremko for their first goal of the tournament, cutting the Bobcats lead to 2-1.

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Quinnipiac extended the lead to 3-1, with hopes of moving on to the second round for their chance at the Frozen Four.

With just over five minutes remaining, Nathan Smith buried one with the help of Wyatt Aamodt and Dallas Gerads, making it 3-2, and MSU had another chance to come back.

After pulling Dryden McKay for the extra attacker, Cade Borchardt managed to get one past Hobey Baker finalist, Keith Petruzzelli, sending the game into over-

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time.

It didn’t take long after that for the game winner.

Just 1:25 into the overtime period, Ryan Sandelin scored the game winning goal, sending the Mavericks to the regional finals for the first time ever, where they took on the University of Minnesota.

The next day, the Mavericks knew they had to get going immediately against the No. 1 seed in the region.

And they did just that.

Ten minutes into the first period, Sam Morton recov-

A couple dozen people showed up outside Mankato West High School to protest Gov. Tim Walz’s third State of the State address. Chanting and holding signs, the protestors expressed their disapproval of Gov. Walz and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Campus Rec slowly opening up for a return to normalcy

By ASHLEY OPINA Staff Writer

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter

ered his own rebound on a wrap around opportunity, and slipped the puck just under Jack LaFontaine’s glove.

In typical Maverick fashion, only two minutes later the Mavericks jumped out to a fast 2-0 lead, when the Regional MVP, Sandelin, deflected Jack McNeely’s shot from the point.

The scoring quieted down until the third period, but the Mavs kept pressuring Minnesota throughout the

When President Richard Davenport announced that Minnesota State University, Mankato will regain a sense of normalcy this upcoming fall, many were happy to hear it.

Among them was Marketing and Facilities Program Coordinator Ben Nelson.

“I’m excited to see our students utilizing our facilities in a more normal way from when we started this year,” he says.

MNSU senior Thomas Sanford chimes in by say-

ing, “I feel optimistic about it going back to normal this fall.”

The University’s way of conducting activities was impacted due to COVID-19. The campus recreation center was affected when a capacity limit was put in place.

“The capacity limits required us to add a reservation system to make sure we weren’t going over the number of users we were allowed to let workout at the same time,” Nelson says.

“We also had restrictions on what court activities we

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Biden, CDC director warn of virus rebound if nation lets up

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

By BAILEY BRENDEL Staff Writer

EVAN VUCCI • Associated Press President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 vaccinations and the response to the pandemic, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington.

ASSOCIATED PRESS President Joe Biden and a top health official warned Monday that too many Americans are declaring virus victory too quickly, appealing for mask requirements and other restrictions to be maintained or restored to stave off a “fourth surge” of COVID-19. The head of the CDC said she had a feeling of “impending doom” if people keep easing off.

The double dose of warnings came even as Biden laid out hopeful new steps to expand coronavirus vaccinations, with all adults to become eligible over the next 5 weeks. Biden announced plans to expand the number of retail pharmacies that are administering vaccines, and investments to help Americans get to vaccination sites.

But the optimism was tempered by stark warnings about the potential for another wave of cases.

“This is deadly serious,” Biden said, urging governors to reinstate mask mandates and other restrictions that some states have been easing.

Hours earlier, during a virtual White House health briefing, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, grew emotional as she reflected on her experience treating COVID-19 patients who are alone at the end of their lives.

“We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are and so much reason for hope,” she said. “But right

now, I’m scared.”

Cases of the virus are up about 10% over the past week from the previous week, to about 60,000 cases per day, with both hospitalizations and deaths ticking up as well, Walensky said.

She warned that without immediate action the U.S. could follow European countries into another spike in cases and suffer needless deaths.

“I have to share the truth, and I have to hope and trust you will listen,” she said.

Later Monday, Biden addressed the nation from the White House, declaring, “If we let our guard down now, we can see the virus getting worse, not better. People are letting up on precautions, which is a very bad thing.”

Biden delivered a direct appeal to governors, state and local leaders to reinstate mask-wearing requirements if they have lifted them, and said he encouraged leaders to pause plans to further ease virus-related restrictions.

“Please, this is not politics, reinstate the mandate if you let it down,” he said.

Biden announced that by April 19 at least 90% of the adult U.S. population would be eligible for vaccination — and would have access to a vaccination site within 5 miles of home. Quick vaccination would still depend on supply.

Biden had previously directed that all states make all adults eligible for vaccination by May 1, but many have moved to lift eligibility requirements sooner in anticipation of supply increases.

Meanwhile, the White House is moving to double the number of pharmacies participating in the federal retail pharmacy program — which has emerged as among the most efficient avenues for administering vaccines — and increase the number of doses for them to deliver.

Retail pharmacies are located relatively close to most Americans and have experience delivering vaccines like flu shots.

Biden announced that the U.S. is expecting delivery of 33 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week — including 11 million of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot.

More than one in five adults and nearly 50% of senior American are fully vaccinated, according to data from the CDC. On Thursday, the U.S. set new single-day record for shots in arms: more than 3.2 million.

“Now is not the time to let down,” Biden said. “Now’s not the time to celebrate. It is time to do what we do best as a country: our duty, our jobs, take care of one another.”

“Fight to the finish,” he added. “Don’t let up now.”

Walensky and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, appealed to elected officials, community leaders and everyday Americans to maintain social distancing measures and mask wearing.

“We are doing things prematurely,” Fauci said, referring to moves to ease up on restrictions.

Hundreds of people gathered together at the Minnesota State Capitol Building to protest the controversial overturning of a rape case.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that in the event of sexual assault, a victim is not deemed “mentally incapacitated” if they got intoxicated on their own volition.

This will likely result in lesser charges for offenders in these instances.

This decision was announced on Wednesday, March 24th after the overturn of a rape case where the rapist found the women outside the bar that she was too intoxicated to enter.

The court’s unanimous opinion was written by Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen. Thissen states in the opinion that “The legislative definition of “mentally incapacitated,” as set forth in Minn. Stat. § 609.341, subd. 7 (2020), does not include a person who is voluntarily intoxicated by alcohol.”

This ruling left many Minnesotans in outrage. Not long after this announcement was made, posts started circling around social media discussing this ruling and how they don’t approve of it.

Rachael Denhollander, Attorney known for her work with the USA Gymnastics and Larray Nassar Rape trial tweeted, “The MN Supreme Court just unanimously ruled that no crime is committed if a completely intoxicated person is raped, as long as the victim drank willingly. Getting drunk is literally consent to sex now.

They just gave the license to rape. It’s 2021. And we’re here.”

A women’s rights protest was quickly organized with

posts circulating on various social media platforms such as Snapchat calling for protest The posts about the protest then stated the dates, times and locations as well as informing everyone to wear a mask and social distance to keep everyone safe. This post circulated to people all over the state of Minnesota, and led to hundreds of people showing up to the capitol building to protest and share their stories.

Minnesota State University, Mankato freshman Abigail Johnson was in attendance of the protest.

Amidst the cheering, the MNSU Freshman said, “I came here to support all the women who have gone through situations similar to this.” said Johnson, “I want them to know I hear them and I stand with them.”

The event started with groups of people gathering together to shout chants and share their frustrations with each other.

Many protestors held signs with sayings such as, “If it’s not a yes, it’s a no!” and, “Drunk does not equal consent.”

After a couple of hours, the hosts of the event sat everyone down and began to call up protest goers up who wished to speak about their perspectives. These included stories from people’s own experiences, as well as experiences from their relatives.

“I hope that the outrage demonstrated at the capital, as well as online, help Minnesota lawmakers open their eyes to the type of environment they are creating when enforcing this law,” says Johnson. “It’s not just random people walking around the streets. It is your co-workers, your friends, and your family this is affecting.”

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Walz visits Mankato, protestors gather outside

GLEN STUBBE • Star Tribune via AP Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers his third State of the State address Sunday, March 28, 2021 from his old classroom at Mankato West High School in Mankato, Minn.

By JENNA PETERSON News Director

On Sunday evening, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz traveled to Mankato to livestream his State of the State Address for updates on COVID-19 vaccinations, a booming economy, and education equality.

This speech was made at the Mankato West High School, a school where Walz once taught history in hopes to show Minnesota that he cares about the people.

Groups of people gathered outside to voice their frustrations towards the governor and the concerns they have about his abilities to carry out his duties.

The governor wove in stories from his past to bring up new points of discussion, emphasizing his focus on empathy and understanding Walz began his speech with the statistics of how many people in Minnesota have been vaccinated and the opening doors of eligibility.

“More than 1.5 million Minnesotan people have received the vaccination, leading the nation in vaccines,” as these numbers include the elderly, healthcare workers, and educators.

“Starting on Tuesday, all Minnesotans 16 years old and older will be eligible for the vaccine as well,” Walz explained.

He continued with expressing how the sooner we get vaccinated, the sooner we can experience the normalcy we’ve all desired to have since the pandemic first hit last March.

Walz often referred to the Minnesotan hard-work ethic ideology when discussing our fight against COVID-19.

“Minnesotans have always risen up by coming together,” he stated.

Walz quickly discussed

how the state of Minnesota has increased its economy while slowly opening up more businesses, and it will only continue to go up.

With time and patience, schools and businesses are looking to operate as normal, with Minnesota State University, Mankato being one of them.

As more vaccines are being handed out and COVID-19 cases dropping, Minnesota State University, Mankato is looking at in-person classes and campus activities for students to have a normal college experience.

MNSU President Richard Davenport announced in an email to students and faculty on March 22 that the University is planning on a normal semester this fall.

To wrap up his address, Walz announced the state’s plan for tacking education equality for children.

This plan, Due North, will strive for the rights of all children, no matter their background, to a fair and guiding education experience.

In order to help with this, the proposed state budget by Walz will help support working families and small businesses by giving a tax break to 300,000 Minnesota families and investing in a small business COVID-19 support program.

As news was spreading of Walz’s rescheduled appearance in Mankato, a group of residents, who are part of the Rocks and Cows organization, took to themselves to protest outside of the high school.

Some key ideas they were fighting against included the mask mandate, the ways in which the pandemic were handled, and the freedom they’ve been wanting in the past year.

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Bucak reads message of the unknown at GTR

By SYDNEY BERGGREN • Staff Writer Ayse Papatya Bucak made a visit to Minnesota State University, Mankato as one of the featured authors in the Good Thunder Reading program on campus.

As stated from the program’s website, Bucak has received multiple awards for her writing, including Kenyon Review, the Iowa Review, and Brevity.

She won the Story Prize Spotlight Award and Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2020 for her story collection “The Trojan War Museum”.

Bucak currently teaches for the MFA program at Florida Atlantic University.

On Thursday night, Bucak read a short story she wrote, titled “Iconography”. The subject was one of intrigue: it followed a Turkish girl attending an American university, who one day refuses to eat.

“First, she fasts in silence,” Bucak read.

But soon, the girl’s roommate begins to notice and takes her to the university’s health center.

People begin to try to get the girl to eat, but, despite everyone coming together to help her, they are unsuccessful.

Following this downfall, the university sends a man in to speak with the girl –an alumnus who lived in a tree for two years. He asks her to eat.

“You need to live so you can spread your message,” the tree boy says.

“My death is my message,” is the girl’s response.

The student body begins to catch on, and start camping outside the health center. People are convinced that it’s a political motive, whether she’s making a stand against global warming, fast food, or pesticides, but “she was not terribly political, not terribly religious, not even terribly Turkish,” as Bucak read.

The girl’s parents soon try to come over from Turkey in order to help her but get caught up in customs at the airport.

Word of her story starts to get out and the nation begins to think of her as a symbol.

“The world is soon split,” Bucak said, “be-

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tween those who want to feed her, those who want to join her, and those who are afraid,” she read The girl is a sensation, a sign, for change.

Change of what, though, the audience is unsure.

“I hunger for things to be different,” Bucak writes. There is no clarity in the point of the story, which seemed to be the point.

“We live as if we know what we want, as if we are capable of deciphering the signals our bodies send us, but what if we were wrong?”

Bucak asked.

“Could eating be the drug that masks the disease?”

Eventually, the girl’s parents arrive. They try to help their daughter on their own, but fail. They ask the university president for help and he arranges a ride to an eating disorder clinic.

But this is where the story diverges. There is no clear ending. Perhaps the girl went to the clinic, got better, and graduated. Or didn’t graduate.

She could have gone back to Turkey and graduated there. Or maybe she didn’t even make it to the clinic, instead getting separated from her parents and taken by the government. We are not to know.

All we know is that “in her long dying, she is completely alive,” as Bucak finishes the reading with.

Bucak left the room speechless after this story with so many unanswered questions.

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Peterson: Spring is finally here, go outside and enjoy the sun

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By JENNA PETERSON News Director

The time has come, warm weather has once again entered Minnesota and spring is finally here. Students at Minnesota State University, Mankato need to make going outside and enjoying the weather a priority, especially after such a long and masked winter.

With COVID and social distancing rules affecting the indoor activities that are available, the warm weather offers a plethora of new and fun ways for students to socialize while still acting responsibly.

Our campus is perfect for some of the most popular hobbies college students take part in, with the biggest having to be hammocking. This leisurely activity gives students the opportunity to do homework, read a book, or relax and take a well-deserved nap while enjoying the fresh air.

If you take a walk around campus you can easily spot some popular places for hammocking. The lawn by the library is filled with trees, giving students a nice and shady spot to tie up their hammocks.

Another popular place on campus would be around the Performing Arts Center lawn.

With the snow melting away, the fitness hiking paths around campus are opening back up for students to utilize.

Depending on how far you’d like to walk, run, or hike can determine which path you take.

NEWS DIRECTOR: Jenna Peterson jenna.peterson-3@mnsu.edu MEDIA/DESIGN DIRECTOR: Mansoor Ahmad mansoor.ahmad@mnsu.edu SPORTS EDITOR: Daniel McElroy daniel.mcelroy@mnsu.edu ADVERTISING SALES: Anna Lillie 507-389-1063 anna.lillie@mnsu.edu CHRISTIAN MURDOCK • Associated Press

The first is 1.3 miles starting from the Otto Rec Center, wrapping around the first loop, and back to the rec center. The second, slightly longer at 2.25 miles, also starts at the Otto Rec Center then wraps around all loops and

There are sand volleyball courts around many of the dorm buildings on campus, including McElroy, Julia Sears, and Crawford.

There’s no need to worry if you don’t have a volleyball to use, the front desks at each

“There are many ways to enjoy the long-awaited warmth...” ends back at the rec center.

Each map of the trails can be found on the MNSU website.

If you’re looking to unleash the athletic side of you, there are plenty of options available.

of the dorms allow students to check out equipment for a designated period of time with proof of a student ID. There are plenty of other athletic courts for students

to take advantage of as they become available. The softball and flag football fields, soccer fields, and basketball courts are opening up more with the Campus Recreation office and university approval.

Students can also rent out equipment needed for these fields and courts.

The Student Events Team on campus is also looking to host more events outside to attract their audience.

Despite the stricter rules this semester and still having some events inside, they are ready to come back full swing in the fall when the restrictions are planned to be lifted.

There are many ways to enjoy the long-awaited warmth, all you have to do is find what appeals to you.

“How are you enjoying the warm weather outside?”

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STEPHANIE HANFLER, FRESHMAN “Currently I’m doing homework outside rather than inside.”

AMANDA THOMAS, FRESHMAN “I’m hanging outside now instead of in my room.”

MATT PONTOW, FRESHMAN

CHRISTINE HANSON, FRESHMAN

KALLI ANDERSON, FRESHMAN

“I’m going to start going on more bike rides.”

“I went to Jazzman’s and got coffee and enjoyed the nice weather.”

“I went outside and watched some Marvel movies.”

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More than a dozen states to open vaccines to all adults

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Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed

Suez Canal Authority via Associated Press

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GERALD HERBERT • Associated Press Brian Snipes receives a drive-thru vaccination Monday, March 29, 2021, at “Vaccine Fest,” a 24-hour COVID-19 mass vaccination event in Metairie, La., just outside New Orleans, hosted by Ochsner Health System and the Jefferson Parish Government.

ASSOCIATED PRESS More than a dozen states will open vaccine eligibility to all adults this week in a major expansion of COVID-19 shots for tens of millions of Americans amid a worrisome increase in virus cases and concerns about balancing supply and demand for the vaccines.

Meanwhile, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that she had a recurring feeling of “impending doom” about a potential fourth wave of infections after cases in the U.S. rose 10% over the last week. She pleaded with Americans not

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Thankfully, those rules are starting to loosen up.

According to Nelson, “We’ve opened up to full 5v5 pickup basketball as well as full 7v7 soccer in the sports dome during open dome times.”

Students do not have to make a reservation if they show up during the scheduled open dome times, which can be found on the campus recreation center’s website.

“We also just upped the capacity at our rock wall to 10 climbers at a time,” Nelson says regarding the rock climbing wall that recently reopened. “Reservations are required for a one-hour climb.”

When asked what facilities are most utilized by the students, Nelson replied, “Our weight room has always been busy so that is the area that

to relax preventative practices such as social distancing and mask-wearing.

“Just please hold on a little while longer,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House briefing.

Several Northeastern states and Michigan have seen the biggest increases, with some reporting hundreds or thousands more new cases per day than they were two weeks ago.

A new study by the CDC concluded that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 90% effective after two doses, a finding that Walensky said should offer hope.

States opening eligibility to anyone ages 16 and older

on Monday included Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, North Dakota and Kansas.

The rapid expansion has fueled concerns that the number of eager vaccine seekers will far outstrip the available supply of shots, frustrating millions of newly eligible people who have waited since late last year for a chance to get an injection. Other officials have put their faith in a promised glut of vaccines and instead turned their attention to the next challenge: Pressing as many people as possible to get the shots so the nation can achieve herd immunity at the earliest opportunity.

fills up the fastest.”

He also added that the sports dome activities have gained popularity since they have opened up for full games.

In order to participate at the Otto Recreation Center, Myers Field House and the rock climbing wall, students must make a reservation.

They can do so online through the campus recreation center’s website.

“You can book a time up to a day in advance, so we recommend thinking ahead and booking early to ensure yourself a spot,” advised Nelson.

In order to keep the students safe while partaking in campus activities, the faculty at the campus recreation center has put protocols in place to keep all areas sanitized.

According to Nelson, “We upped our cleaning protocols to ensure we’re regularly addressing high touchpoint areas.”

They also require masks to be always worn in the indoor facilities, including the sports dorm.

The mask mandate may not be popular among the students, but the reasons for having it are understood.

“I don’t particularly like working out with a mask on at all times since it makes the workout a lot harder to complete,” begins Sanford. “But I do understand the need for it right now.”

For students who are more concerned with their health and safety during this time, Nelson offered up some ways they can still participate while remaining socially distant.

“With the weather getting nicer, we hope students make use of our fitness trail along the south side of campus,” he says.

“We also have a 9-hole disc golf course available as well.”

Salvage teams on Monday finally freed the colossal container ship stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal, ending a crisis that had clogged one of the world’s most vital waterways and halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce.

A flotilla of tugboats, helped by the tides, wrenched the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since March 23.

The tugs blared their horns in jubilation as they guided the Ever Given through the water after days of futility that had captivated the world, drawing scrutiny and social media ridicule.

“We pulled it off!” Said Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis, the salvage firm hired to extract the Ever

Given. “I am excited to announce that our team of experts, working in close collaboration with the Suez Canal Authority, successfully refloated the Ever Given … thereby making free passage through the Suez Canal possible again.”

Navigation in the canal resumed at 6 p.m. local time (1600 GMT, noon EDT) said Lt. Gen. Osama Rabei, head of the Suez Canal Authority, adding that the first ships that were moving carried livestock. From the city of Suez, ships stacked with containers could be seen exiting the canal into the Red Sea. At least 113 of over 420 vessels that had waited for Ever Given to be freed are expected to cross the canal

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Mavs punch their ticket to the Frozen Four Photos by DAVID ZALUBOWSKI • Associated Press

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In the first 40 minutes, MSU held the Gophers to just nine shots, something the Big 10 conference champions aren’t quite used to.

Just under 10 minutes into the third, Smith scored his second goal of the tournament with the help of Borchardt and Napravnik. Jake Livingstone secured the win with a bardown from center ice on the empty net, scoring their fourth goal of the contest.

“I’m pretty sure no one will be sleeping from all the excitement tonight,” Minnesota State captain Riese Zmolek said after the team’s win.

The Richter Award finalist, McKay, earned his 10th shutout of the year, and 24th shutout in his collegiate career, stopping all 22 shots he faced.

“It speaks to the culture coach Hastings creates here,” McKay said, addressing the shutouts. “There have been plenty of nights where there are team shutouts, and I think that was the case tonight.”

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PK Mayo brings the blues and guitar riffs to the CSU

By JULIA BARTON • Staff Writer The Serendipity Music Series at Minnesota State University, Mankato continues to offer mid-day performances for the campus that shed light on Minnesota musicians with “street-corner serenade” style performances.

During his performance last Thursday in the Centennial Student Union Hearth Lounge Paul “PK Mayo” Mayasich, a Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame singer and songwriter, was joined by bass player John Wright, where the two played in the afternoon as many students and staff enjoyed their lunch while listening to the music.

However, this is not his first performance at MNSU. Mayo had previously performed his original song “Vidalia, Georgia” back in his 2018 Serendipity Music Series performance.

Influenced by the blues, Mayo also appeals to a wide range of music lovers of all genres. His unique sounds include his rich vocals and guitar tones, as his love for the slide guitar is long lasting.

Mayo has been playing the guitar

since he was 12-years-old and fell in love with the guitar ever since his first concert in 1976.

“I saw Bonnie Raitt when I was in fifth grade and it made me want to play the guitar. It was a small concert, around 250 people, and it was my first live show I saw and made me want to play slide guitar. To this day she is still one of my favorites,” Mayo explained.

Coming from a family of seven siblings that are very musically inclined Mayo has been inspired by music his whole life.

“When I write songs it is usually early in the morning before the day gets in your head and it looks like lots of pieces of paper all over the place with ideas written on it. Sometimes it’s a song title and other times a line in the song, or I’ll sit down and a melody will start with a chord progression,” Mayo expressed.

“Very rare that it happens all at once, I usually write the lyrics and the music simultaneously.”

The biggest advice he could give to students who are passionate about music or wanting to start making music themselves was to be true to yourself.

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“Be yourself and find your voice because you can buy all the equipment your heroes have, the same amplifiers and guitars, but you’ll never become them. You can take things from their spirit of playing, but if you don’t have your own voice and style, it’ll never work,” Mayo said.

Upcoming, Mayo and Wright will have a new record to be released later this summer as well as many outdoor shows as the summer season is just around the corner.

You can find more information online about future events at www.pkmayo.com.

Amazon faces biggest union push in company history ASSOCIATED PRESS The second Jennifer Bates walks away from her post at the Amazon warehouse where she works, the clock starts ticking.

She has precisely 30 minutes to get to the cafeteria and back for her lunch break.

That means traversing a warehouse the size of 14 football fields, which eats up precious time. She avoids bringing food from home because warming it up in the microwave would cost her even more minutes.

Instead she opts for $4 cold sandwiches from the vending machine and hurries back to her post.

If she makes it, she’s lucky.

If she doesn’t, Amazon could cut her pay, or worse, fire her.

It’s that kind of pressure that has led some Amazon workers to organize the biggest unionization push at the company since it was founded in 1995. And it’s happening in the unlikeliest of places: Bessemer, Alabama, a state with laws that don’t favor unions.

The stakes are high. If organizers succeed in Bessemer, where nearly 6,000 people work, it could set off a chain reaction across Amazon’s operations nationwide, with thousands more workers rising up and demanding better working conditions. But they face an uphill battle against the second-largest employer in the country with a history of crushing unionizing efforts at its warehouses and its Whole Foods grocery stores.

Attempts by Amazon to de-

lay the vote in Bessemer have failed. So too have the company’s efforts to require in-person voting, which organizers argue would be unsafe during the pandemic. Mail-in voting started this week and will go on until the end of March.

A majority of the valid votes received have to vote “yes” in order to unionize.

Amazon, whose profits and revenues have skyrocketed during the pandemic, has campaigned hard to convince workers that a union will only suck money from their paycheck with little benefit.

Spokeswoman Rachael Lighty says the company already offers them what unions want: benefits, career growth and pay that starts at $15 an hour.

She adds that the organizers don’t represent the majority of Amazon employees’ views.

Bates makes $15.30 an hour unpacking boxes of deodorant, clothing and countless other items that are eventually shipped to Amazon shoppers.

The job, which the 48-yearold started in May, has her on her feet for most of her 10-hour shifts. Besides lunch, Bates says trips to the bathroom are also closely monitored, as is getting a drink of water or fetching a fresh pair of work gloves. Amazon denies that, saying it offers two 30-minute breaks during each shift and extra time to use the bathroom or get water.

Fed up, Bates and a group of workers reached out to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union last summer. She hopes the union,

which also represents poultry plant workers in Alabama, will mandate more breaks, prevent Amazon from firing workers for mundane reasons and push for higher pay.

“They will be a voice when we don’t have one,” Bates says.

But according to Sylvia Allegretto, an economist and cochair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California,

Berkeley, “history tells us not to be optimistic.”

The last time Amazon workers voted on whether they wanted to unionize was in 2014, and it was a much smaller group: 30 employees at a Amazon warehouse in Delaware who ultimately turned it down. Amazon currently employs nearly 1.3 million people worldwide.

Also working against the

unionizing effort is that it’s happening in Republican-controlled Alabama, which generally isn’t friendly to organized labor. Alabama is one of 27 “right-to-work states” where workers don’t have to pay dues to unions that represent them.

In fact, the state is home to the only Mercedes-Benz plant in the world that isn’t unionized.

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Mavs stay hot with 10-game win streak

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer The red hot Minnesota State baseball team looked to continue their five game win streak this past week against Minnesota-Duluth and UMary. The team played five games between the two series, and won all five increasing their win streak to 10.

The Mavericks two-series weekend began on Thursday, March 25 as they had a double header against the Bulldogs of Minnesota-Duluth. The Mavericks took both games in the series, winning game one 10-0 and game two 11-8.

Game one was a steady outing for the Mavericks, knocking in runs throughout the whole game. Notably, senior right fielder Joey Werner hit a grand slam home run in the fifth inning to put the Mavericks up by six.

The Mavs scoring was backed up by great pitching performances by sophomore Collin Denk, who only allowed six hits in six innings, and freshman Nathan Culley, who closed the last inning with three strikeouts securing the Mavericks their first win in the double header.

Game two featured two great hitting innings for both teams, but the Mav-

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MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter Cam Kline (9) recorded one hit as the designated hitter in the first game against Minnesota-Duluth.

ericks were able to hold off the Bulldogs by a score of 11-8. The Mavs started off hot, gaining a 5-0 lead in the first inning, but the Bulldogs climbed back into the game to gain a 6-5 in the top of the fourth.

The Mavericks decided they had enough, and put up five runs in the bottom of the fourth thanks to home runs from Ryan Friedges and Werner, and an RBI from Carter Elliott. The Mavs finished off the game with great pitching, including a two strikeout save from senior Hunter Even to increase

their win streak to seven.

Minnesota State then awaited their three game series against UMary on the 27th and 28th. UMary came into the weekend 2-0 in conference play, defeating Concordia-St. Paul the previous Thursday.

The Mavs began the three game series at ISG Field, where they defeated UMary by a score of 9-6. The game was another steady scoring outing for the Mavericks, scoring in every inning but the fourth and seventh.

Minnesota State relied on bats all around the team this

game, and several different pitchers. Jon Ludwig earned the win for the Mavs, striking out 10 batters and allowing three runs, while Hunter Even earned the save.

The Mavericks then headed to Bowyer Field to finish the three game series, winning games two and three by scores of 2-1 and 5-1. Game two had some great pitching performances by both teams, with the Mavericks only allowing two hits the whole game.

UMary recorded both of

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Maverick Rocket League team falls to Kent State FABIO CASTEL GARCIA • The Reporter

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer The Minnesota State Rocket League team faced off against Kent State on March 26. The Rocket League team came into this match 4-3 on the season.

In game one of the series, Kent State jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on the Mavericks, but the Mavs scored one goal with 1:40 remaining.

Savioks tapped in a great ceiling bounce that landed right in front of his car to make the score 2-1.

With just eight seconds remaining, Kent State buried another goal on a great mid-field passing play to seal game one of the series by a score of 3-1.

Game two of the series started off slow for both

Mavs shutout Winona in scrimmage

teams, but Kent State was able to bury one at the 2:58 mark after a few great saves by the Mavericks, and that’s all it took. The Mavericks looked to be playing defense most of the game and were never able to get anything going on the offensive attack.

With just six seconds re-

maining Kent State put in two goals in four seconds to take game two by a score of 3-0.

We then went to Mannfield arena where both teams put up strong offensive numbers in the first minute and a half. Kent State striked first, but the Mavericks were able

to respond quickly as Wildcard buried an insane shot from the opposing team’s wall in a tight angle to tie the game 1-1.

Just 10 seconds later Savioks scored a ball on a great cut off at midfield as a Kent State player was attempting to clear the ball. Just a few moments later Kent State scored almost an identical goal as Savioks to tie the game 2-2.

With two minutes and 11 seconds remaining Kent State scored another goal on a great passing play in front of the Minnesota State net to go up 3-2. With time counting down, the Mavericks attempted to come back and tie up the game to go to overtime, but Kent State held off the Mavericks to win the series 3-0.

The Minnesota State soccer team continued their spring season of scrimmages this weekend in a match against Winona State University.

The team, who had their 2020-21 season cancelled due to COVID-19, continued their hot streak this spring with a 1-0 record in official games, and a 7-0 record in scrimmages.

MSU got out early on top with a goal from Nadia Lowery and an assist from Jenny Vetter at 13:59 into the game.

Jenny Vetter struck 11 minutes later to score her first goal of the game, with an assist from Claire Cater.

Just two minutes later, Cater connected with Brynn Desens this time, scoring Desens her first point in the contest.

The scoring quieted down for a while until almost the 80 minute mark, when Cater finally got on the board herself following a feed from Madison Monson.

The Mavs ended the game with a 4-0 shutout win in Mankato, continuing their win streak of eight games.

MSU outplayed their opponent in virtually every way possible, outshooting them 32-3, with shots on target at 12-1. Vetter led the team in shots with 7 of her own, followed by Desens, Rachel Luedtke, and Olivia Sharar all firing three times each.

The Mavericks also shot 8 corner kicks to the Warriors 0, making sure they had the edge on offense at all times, as well as having possession for 55% of the contest.

Minnesota State’s goalkeepers split time in the win, with Mackenzie Rath starting the game in the first half, and Ava Blackney in the second half. Blackney stopped the only goal that made it on target from WSU. MSU’s next contest is at Concordia-St. Paul tomorrow, Wednesday, March 31.

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Pro Billy Horschel wins Match Play when he expects it the least

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Billy Horschel is back among the top 20 in the world for the first time since the summer of 2015, and all it took was low expectations and the longest week of his career.

Horschel demands a lot from himself, and that starts with preparation. That’s why it was so unusual for him to spend a week on the water at the Florida beaches of Melbourne with his family, not touching a club for seven days before arriving at the Dell Technologies Match Play.

All he wanted was to see what kind of shape his game was in so he could figure out what needed work going into the Masters. Five days, seven matches and 122 holes later, he had his first World Golf Championship.

“You just never know when you’re going to win,” he said. “You just never know when it’s going to be your time.”

And in this case, he couldn’t have imagined how he would win Sunday at Austin Country Club.

Horschel made only one birdie in the championship match against Scottie Scheffler, and that was on the fifth hole when he chipped in from below the green. Even with nothing but pars and one bogey the rest of the way, he never lost a hole.

On two par 5s, Horschel was in the fairway and Scheffler had to take a penalty drop, and both times they halved the hole with a par (No. 6) and a bogey (No. 12). On another par 5 with

a chance to close out the match, Horschel again was in the fairway and Scheffler was in the trees with barely a shot out to the fairway. Horschel had to get up and down from a bunker behind the green to halve the 16th.

It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t easy. But he won on the 17th hole when Scheffler couldn’t make a 10-foot birdie to send the match down the final hole.

“It wasn’t pretty at all,” Horschel said. “It was just one of those days where you knew you just had to keep grinding out, trying to give yourself the best opportunity to make easy pars and hopefully that was going to get the job done.”

And there was some luck involved, because there usually is in this most fickle format.

Max Homa had a putt to send him home on Friday.

Horschel had to make a 20foot birdie putt on the 17th hole against Tommy Fleetwood in the quarterfinals, and then won that match when Fleetwood hit out-of-bounds on the first extra hole. Even then, Horchel had to make a 5-foot putt.

And it helped that at the end of the five-day tournament, neither Victor Perez in the semifinals nor Scheffler in the championship match had their best stuff. By the end of the week, it seems no one did.

Perez lost three holes on the back nine with bogeys.

Scheffler, who had made 15 birdies in 31 hole to beat Ian Poulter and Jon Rahm on Saturday, and who made a 10-foot birdie on the 17th hole that led to a tough win

over Matt Kuchar in the semifinals, didn’t make anything in the last match. His only birdie was conceded from 35 feet because Horschel had hit into a hazard.

“I couldn’t really get that spark that I needed,” Scheffler said. “And I gave myself some opportunities, just wasn’t able to make the putts.”

Horschel can only wonder if lowering his expectations only helped. He sounded more worn out from his time at the beach than over the five days on the golf course. But he needed it. Striving for perfection can take a toll.

“I needed a mental reboot,” he said, “and that’s what I got.”

Now he has bigger goals, starting with his next opportunity at match play. He has never played in the Ryder Cup, and while he remains outside the top qualifying spots, he still has four majors and a World Golf Championship on his schedule.

Horschel played in the Walker Cup against Rory McIlroy in 2007 at Royal County Down, where he got under McIlroy’s skin with his passion for team play and beat him in singles and a foursomes match before McIlroy returned the favor by beating Horschel in Sunday singles.

But match play hasn’t always worked out for him as a pro. In four previous trips to this event, Horschel never got to the weekend. The one loss that stings was against McIlroy — him again — at Harding Park in 2015, when McIlroy birdied the last two holes and beat him on the 20th hole with a par.

Card games, car pools and eating at restaurants may be back in the major leagues later this season. Trips to church and sponsor events may return, too.

Mask use would be dropped from dugouts and bullpens, and electronic tracing devices would be eliminated when 85% of major league players and primary field staff are vaccinated.

Communal clubhouse video would return before and after games. Pool tables would be restored, along with team saunas.

A three-page memorandum from Major League Baseball and the players’ association sent to players and staff on Monday and obtained by The Associated Press also stated “all players and staff are strongly encouraged to receive one of the approved COVID-19 vaccines when eligible.”

“For purposes of this memo, individuals are considered `fully vaccinated’ two weeks after receiving their second dose of a two-dose vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks after their first dose of a single dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson),” the

memo stated.

Not many players have been vaccinated, according to MLB, but it expects the pace to increase after teams return to their home cities from spring training. Opening day is Thursday.

MLB’s Tier 1 restrictions in place since last summer cover players, managers, coaches, bullpen catchers, team physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and strength and conditioning coaches.

While clubhouse video rules would loosen before and after games, in-game use will remain covered by rules restricting in-game use to MLB-issued iPads with catcher’s signals blocked, regulations put in place in response to the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal.

Once the 85% threshold is reached, fully vaccinated players and staff would be able to eat and drink on flights. They would be able to gather in indoor spaces such as hotels without masks or social distancing as long as non-vaccinated people aren’t present, and they would be able to carpool or use Uber or Lyft.

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US men lose to Honduras, miss 3rd straight Olympics

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FERNANDO LLANO• Associated Press United States’ Sebastian Soto grimaces in pain during a Concacaf Men’s Olympic semi-final.

ASSOCIATED PRESS American players fell to the field at the final whistle.

Another missed Olympics soccer tournament for the U.S. men.

Juan Carlos Obregón scored in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time, goalkeeper David Ochoa committed a blunder that gifted Luis Palma a goal two minutes into the second half and Honduras beat the United States 2-1 on Sunday in an Olympic qualification game at Guadalajara, Mexico.

U.S. captain Jackson Yueill pulled a goal back with a curling 23-yard shot in the 52nd minute, but the Americans mis-fired on several good chances to equalize.

“Obviously, we’re devastated, absolutely devastated,” U.S. coach Jason Kreis said.

“In our locker room, the guys are like it’s a tragedy — a tragedy.”

U.S. men had trouble creating chances in the first half, and the Americans missed their third straight Olympics.

“They were very well man-oriented to stop players, which didn’t give us a lot of time to kind of break them down,” Yeuill said.

The American Olympic skid is part of a trend that includes the senior national team missing the 2018 World Cup. “We lose an opportunity to play in an international tournament with more pressure, where these players have to be in these environments and continue to improve with that pressure,” Kreis said.

Olympic men’s soccer is limited to players both Jan. 1, 1997, and later, and clubs don’t have to release players.

In contrast, the women’s tournament is open to senior national teams. The U.S. has won three of the last four soccer gold medals and is favored to win again this summer.

Still, there were chances.

Jonathan Lewis’ 63rd-minute header was headed off the goal line by Wesley Degas, and Yueill’s free kick in the 69th was batted away by goalkeeper Alex Barrios.

Lewis had an open 4-yard shot off Tanner Tessman’s pass in the 83rd minute but allowed the ball to bounce off a boot. Johnny Cardoso mis-hit an open header in second-half stoppage time.

“I don’t know that if I’ve ever seen a game where we’ve had players mis-control the

ball so much by going under people’s feet, passing out of bounds,” Kreis said. “These are things that are just really — you just really kind of scratch your head, you think of what’s going on here? But I also have been around the game enough in our country at a pro level to tell you this is what you see in preseasons and at the beginning of MLS seasons it’s typical.”

Kreis had seen similar from his team during the group stage.

“I think the first half looked a lot like the Dominican Republic first half,” Kreis said. “We have players that aren’t moving. We have people on the ball that aren’t committing defenders to make decisions, to open up spaces. We have guys that look like they’re just don’t really want the ball, and so it just kind of goes back to a mostly mentality for me. ” Honduras advanced to its fourth straight Olympics this summer in Japan after finishing fourth in 2016. Mexico, the 2012 gold medal winner, earned the other berth from North and Central America and the Caribbean by defeating Canada 2-0 in the second game of the doubleheader.

HOME RUN continued from page 9 their hits in the last inning, ruining Cam Kline’s perfect day, but Kline ended the game with 13 strikeouts in only 22 at bats. Teddy Petersen was the Mavs savior for game two, as he singled to right field in the bottom of the seventh to score Jack Waletich and end the game.

Game three was another nail biter for both teams, where the score was only 1-1 through the top of the eighth inning. Fortunately, the Mavs

were able to get three players on base in the bottom of the eighth with Friedges up to bat. Friedges hit a grand slam to left center field to put the Mavericks up 5-1 in the bottom of the eighth.

Even, who entered the game half way through the top of the eighth inning, finished off UMary with two strikeouts and three fly outs to earn his first win of the season.

The Mavericks are set to

play the Northern State University Wolves today, Tuesday, March 30 at Bowyer Field in Mankato. The double header will be the only teams’ regular season meeting this year, which the Mavericks look to continue their 10 game win streak upon.

The Mavs have won the past three meetings between both teams, and look to continue that streak against the 5-5 Wolves on Tuesday.

The Elite Eight marks the halfway point of the NCAA Tournament, but don’t blink.

It has the shelf life of chicken nuggets.

By the time your head hits the pillow tomorrow night, we’ll be down to a Final Four and find out whether the selection committee is any better at seeding teams than the cooks at your local McDonalds.

Three of the four teams handed No. 1s — Gonzaga, Baylor and Michigan — are still in the field, which is average. But so are three Pac-12 Conference teams — No. 6 USC, No. 11 UCLA and No. 12 Oregon State — which definitely is not. Needless to say, the road would have been a lot smoother for the Pac-12 entries if their league got anywhere near the respect the Big Ten and Big

12 carried inside the room where it (seeding) happens.

USC and UCLA were the last two teams to claim their seats Sunday. The Trojans handily beat fellow Pac-12 member and seventh-seeded Oregon, while the Bruins needed overtime — after a last-second hiccup — to put away No. 2 Alabama 88-78.

“I’ll never live that one down,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said afterward.

In the two other games, Gonzaga looked unbeatable one more time while steamrolling No. 5 Creighton 83-65, while Michigan had surprisingly little trouble shaking No. 4 Florida State 76-58, once again displaying the kind of balance and depth to upend the Zags’ (29-0) quest for a title and the first perfect season since the 1975-76 IU Hoosiers.

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