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Student Senate election postponed amidst rule violations President Rayani comments, de Ruiter enters formerly uncontested election.

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer The MNSU student senate election which was scheduled to take place today has been rescheduled for April 25. Last Friday, all MNSU students were notified via email of this and other significant changes to the election process. The email noted that students interested in running for President, Vice President, Senator, or a spot in a handful of related boards and commissions may file for candidacy any time between now and Monday, April 17. A presidential and vice presidential debate will take place at noon on Wednesday, April 19.

The MSSA Elections Commission declined to comment on the reasoning behind the change when contacted by the Reporter on Sunday. The Commission later produced a letter to the editor which was shared

with the Reporter through President Rayani and can be seen below.

President Rayani supports the Elections Commission’s decision.

“After much deliberation and reflection on our election rules and guidelines, the Elections Commission has found that they were in violation of a couple of rules that they had outlined and presented to senate,” he says.

He adds that “the Elections Commission’s way of repairing these mishaps is by extending the deadline and doing all the things they were supposed to do and, in that way, everyone has an equal opportunity and a level playing field.”

Regarding for mer presidential candidate Aaron Eberhart’s letter to the editor in last Thursday’s edition of the Reporter which implied MSSA election unfairness, President Rayani said that he objects to much of the tone and content of the piece.

He especially disagrees with Eberhart’s characterization of residence hall campaigning rules as discriminatory. He says that such rules are not

under the jurisdiction of student senate and that he supports the residence halls’ ability to restrict who they allow in. Eberhart wrote that appointments were made late, but Rayani affirms that all but one of the Elections Commission positions were appointed no later than Feb. 15, which he believes was timely. He added that while he cannot speak into issues regarding Eberhart’s personal interactions with MSSA and the Elections Commission, he trusts Dr. Jones and MSSA Advisor John Bulcock, both of whom were mentioned by Eberhart.

Despite his disagreements, Rayani believes that Eberhart raised a valid concern in pointing out two ways that the Elections Commission violated Article III of the MSSA Spring Election Rules. He agrees that the following parts of the rules were not followed: 1) “The Elections Commission shall distribute posters advertising upcoming elections and candidacy filing procedures” and 2) “The Elections Commission shall work with the Office of Student Affairs to distribute an all-student

email advertising upcoming elections and candidacy filing procedures.” These are the reasons, he says, that the decision was made to postpone the election. He adds that another reason was that the election rules and guidelines were not updated on the MSSA webpage.

Rayani makes clear that he is not at all involved with the Elections Commission decision-making process.

He adds, however, that these issues are by no means unique to this particular election.

“These issues happen every year because no Elections Commission is perfect. There is always going to be a little mishap and when I ran, there were many mishaps, as well. It is a good thing that we are aware of these mishaps and that the Elections Commission has worked to repair them.”

In his letter to the editor, Eberhart noted that these violations especially disadvantaged him and his Accountability Party because neither he nor any members of the party were previously involved in student senate.

When asked whether

Eberhart’s letter to the editor caused the Elections Commission’s decision, President Rayani said that he does not know.

Rayani is very strong in affirming that “there’s been no preferences and there’s been no corruption.” He notes that he and Vice President Ruiz “wanted [Eberhart] to have the same opportunities that anyone else has.”

Vice President Maria Ruiz says that “our main priority right now is to amend the mistake that was made in not sending the all-student email and the posters, and to reinforce students that there is no corruption going on in MSSA. The Elections Commission is an independent commission which does not report back to us. MSSA president Faical and I have tried to work with all parties involved and with the different commissions in efforts to have a fair election.”

President Rayani objected to the Reporter’s wording of the title of Aaron’s letter to

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Letter to the Editor: Elections Commission addresses election postponement Dear Editor, Based on thorough discussion and review of concerns raised about the election including the commission’s lack of follow through on rules deemed to have the ability to substantially affect the election, specifically those rules requiring the posting of election candidacy procedures, the commission has voted and decided to revise the election timeframe and rules. We believe that

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this is in the best interest of all involved. It provides greater openness and an opportunity to spread awareness to more students.

The timeline and rules for the Spring 2017 election has changed.

• April 6th- revised election timeframe and rules approved by election commission • April 7th- candidacy application reopened • April 17th- Filing deadline for any and all candidates for any position

• A p r i l 19 t h Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate forum/debate at noon in the CSU hearth lounge • April 25th- Election Day from 8am to 6pm online at www.mnsu.edu/ voting Election timeline and rules are available online at http://www.mnsu.edu/ mssa/involved/election.html In regards to other concerns raised, I have provided brief explanations below: The posting of the

2014 Election Rules was an error that the Elections Commission was unaware of. Since finding out, the commission has removed said rules.

The 2017 Election Rules were presented to the MSSA on March 1st and posted online on March 2nd. No candidate had access to them before any other candidate.

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shared with the Election Commission but the commission does not set them.

Election season is very important to students and to the University as a whole.

We hope to see interested student leaders step forward to represent their fellow students.

Regards, Connor Martin Head Elections Commissioner

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Athletes reach new heights at Kato Ninja Warrior Over 500 people attend premiere Student Events Team event.

ALISSA THIELGES Staff Writer Students at Minnesota State University, Mankato got to compete for the title of “Kato Ninja Warrior” Thursday, April 6.

The event, which was based on the popular television show American Ninja Warrior, showcased an obstacle course for contestants to run through.

The preliminary round was held from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and the 15 participants who took the least time to complete the course got to advance to the main event at 8 p.m.

Inspiration for the event came from a YouTube video of a father who created an obstacle course for his daughter. Dustin Slaughter, the Special Events Chair and Board Member of the Student Events Team, said that he has always wanted to do an event on campus that hasn’t been done before.

“This was one of those,” he said. “So I took it and I ran with it and turned it into

Photo courtesy of Student Events Team Facebook page. climbing wall.

The strength obstacle course equipment was provided by Conquer Ninja Warrior, a company located in the Minnesota metro area that specializes in training for ninja warrior and other obstacle adventure races.

The obstacles used in the competition were similar to those featured on the show, including the salmon ladder, quintuple steps, peg board, floating monkey bars, and of course the infamous warped wall, which stood at 12 feet— two and a half feet shorter than the one used on the

“The course itself was a mix of inflatables and obstacles meant to test your strength and dexterity.” a reality. The show is huge.

A lot of people know about it and want to see what it’s like live.”

And a lot of people did want to see it, with over 500 people attending to watch the main event. All the contestants showed a lot of determination to do their best, and both audience members and those competing cheered each person on as they went through the course.

The course itself was a mix of inflatables and obstacles meant to test your strength and dexterity. Contestants first had to go through the inflatables, which were huge, blown-up red balloons mimicking the “wipe-out balls” from the show, and an inflatable obstacle course with tunnels and a rock-

show.

Many of the contestants were fans of the TV show and saw this as an opportunity to try out a similar course.

Most didn’t have any prior experience or training and were planning on using skills they had learned from their varied athletic backgrounds, such as Kailen McGuire, who works out five days a week and incorporates body strength exercises into her routine. McGuire made it into the top 15 and placed 12th in the final round.

The final course where the top 15 competed was different from the preliminary course and was much harder, according to Travis Goss, who placed ninth in the final round. Goss was also the first one to make it all the way through the inflatable wipe-

out balls course to avoid the 30 second penalty. For those contestants who wiped out on the inflatable balls, they were allowed to continue on with a time penalty added to their ending times.

A lot of the contestants

were frequent rock climbers, a fact which seemed to help them in the course, especially Moses Wakaruna, who was the first and only contestant to complete the preliminary round and make it all the way to the top of the warped wall.

He made it to the final round, where he got all the way to the warped wall again, but couldn’t manage to reach the top this time and went home with 2nd place.

At the end of the night, Matthew Drosky was crowned Kato’s Ninja Warrior. The top three winners received trophies, while the other twelve contestants who made it into the top 15 all received medals and a t-shirt from the Student Events Team with the Kato Ninja Warrior logo on it.

Due to the “enormous amount of positive feedback,” Slaughter said that the Student Events Team will definitely be considering doing a similar event in the future.

“It was an amazing night, not only for the participants and audience but the Student Events Team,” said Slaughter.

“I hope that [students] got to come see something that they’ve never seen before.”

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Living the DREAM: New RSO off to a fantastic first semester

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer Database Resources for Eager and Aspiring Minds (DREAM) is one of MNSU’s newest registered student organizations. It is also one of the most active and rapidly expanding. Featured shortly after its inception in the Jan. 26 edition of the Reporter, its membership has since increased to over 100 students.

“The fact that this is a student-driven initiative and how quickly it took off really sent a message of how important data science and this career opportunity for our students are and how much interest there was in it from our students,” says Brian Martensen, Dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology.

The focus of DREAM is the emerging field of data science, which is the study of how the “big data” of the modern digital world can be collected, analyzed, and applied to solve complex issues. During just the organization’s first semester, DREAM members have already been able to take advantage of several valuable opportunities.

Last weekend, DREAM students participated in the Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition at Winona State University.

Last month, DREAM hosted a workshop for students interested in learning SAS, a leading data analytics software. George Haybeck, a senior analytic training consultant who was present at the event, says that “SAS is the largest private software company in the world.”

Generally, SAS will offer such training for a minimum of $2,000. The training was offered for free at MNSU and student attendees paid only a small $10 fee to DREAM. Companies such as MinneAnalytics, South Country Health Alliance, and Federated Insurance sponsored the event. During the networking session of the workshop, the Reporter spoke with attendees to get their thoughts on DREAM, SAS, and data science in general.

Dr. Bobby Fleischman, Associate Provost “We appreciate all the value that DREAM adds to

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DREAM is a wonderful engagement for our students and for the community.”

Faical Rayani, DREAM President “We’ve been doing awesome!

We’ve been getting steady improvement in membership and we got $300 in sponsorships. We also have guest speakers lined up for the rest of the semester.”

Brandon Haan, DREAM student “I joined DREAM because I wanted to get a lot of exposure to data science.

It’s something that I think I want to do for my job in the future.”

Dr. Rajeev Bukralia, DREAM Faculty Advisor “Two instructors from the SAS headquarters in North Carolina are here to train our students and faculty.

This is a great opportunity for our DREAM students to learn data analytics handson using a leading software that is heavily used in the industry. This has been an excellent experience so far.”

Arun Babu, DREAM student “I am from a database field and since my passion is database, I was determined to attend this conference and that’s why I signed up at the very first minute I could. It was a tight competition to get into the SAS workshop because the seats were limited, but thankfully I could sign up. It was really worth it.”

Sodiq Tijani, DREAM student “SAS is fascinating. It can take a lot of information and can be used to analyze complex information. If you

want to go into the data analysis field, you have to understand it. It’s related to my major, so I think it’s going

to help me a lot with my career.”

George Haybeck, SAS Senior Analytic Training

Consultant “I love teaching and I love showing the business experience I have, bringing it into the classroom and showing to the students what they can do with this tool and how it could better help their careers.”

Parker Scott, DREAM student “We go to Winona for the MUDAC hackathon [a data science competition]. There’s about twenty teams of three or four people and we get our own room, and they’ll give us a list of questions and a dataset and we’ll basically have 24 hours to go through the data and answer whatever questions they have. Then we put together a presentation that’s about eight minutes

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MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer Everyone is entitled to privacy, and this is an important aspect of anyone’s life. Privacy for celebrities these days is scarcer than ever with paparazzi on every corner they turn. But we are all humans, and everyone has the right to privacy, celebrity or not. The fact that one holds a certain status of fame in the public eye does not mean that the public is required to know every detail about them. Celebrities do forfeit a large portion of their private lives by choosing fame, but media often takes things way too far in presenting to the public some highly personal issues.

Privacy all depends on what one chooses to share with the public. Even in the celebrity world, there are B-list celebrities who are hardly given any attention.

The paparazzi focus on what will make them money, striving night and day to get the most scandalous shots of celebrities. Successful

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Reality shows, however, follow a person around all day with a camera, documenting their every move. A good number of celebrities have made quite the name for themselves through these reality shows. Their scandalous activities, reallife goofs, and throw downs

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caught on camera become mainly what they are known for. That still does not mean that they want to share every personal detail of their life with the camera, however.

There are times when the show loses popularity and they move on with their lives off camera just like any other person. Once again, they become just as vulnerable when their personal matters leak to the public.

Think back to over 50 years ago when there were no tabloids, social media, and the news coverage was extremely limited. The focus, then, was on issues that affected nations or the world in general. In my perspective, the media is misled in thinking

that a story about a celebrity is more important than an issue affecting several nations. Media outlets are so hooked on competing to get the information out the most quickly that no one stops to consider the quality or authenticity of their work, or even whether it will be useful to the public.

The development of technology has been a great leap for mankind, and it has broken several barriers.

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“They are invasive.”

“I feel like they are not respectful.

People always are bombarding celebrities.”

“It depends on the person. It should depend on if they say yes or no.”

“I think at times it is okay. However, they need to let them live their daily lives.”

“I feel bad for the celebrities, but celebrities make money from their image being out there.”

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Continued from page 1 the editor (“Aaron Eberhart uncovers MSSA election corruption”).

Reporter Editor in Chief Matt Eberline stood by the wording, which he says was deliberate and carefully thought-out.

“The thing about corruption is that it does not always result from malicious intent,” he says.

“Those involved with the election process may not have brought this about willingly, it may have simply been a result of negligence by commission members, but the fact that this spring’s election can no longer be considered fair and impartial shows that the election system has been corrupted and is no longer capable of serving this purpose in this year’s general election.”

Eberline argues that the decision was impartial and

made clear that it was in no way related to MSSA’s decision to cut the Reporter’s budget for the coming fiscal year.

The Reporter reached out to Eberhart for a comment, but he responded, saying “I just want to hold off until I have all my facts together” and that he plans on commenting next week.

The Reporter notes that Article III, Section 1 of the MSSA Constitution states that “the Spring Elections of the MSSA shall be held on the second (2nd) Tuesday in April for the purpose of electing the President, the Vice President, the Senators, [and positions on related boards, committees, and commissions].” This comes from the MSSA Constitution (ratified April 14, 2014) as provided on the MSSA webpage and is, to the

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Technology is becoming one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments, with continual developments almost every day. Society needs to remember that development in the proper direction is the most important factor to focus on. A few bumps may occur along the way, but if the direction is clear and appropriate then doors will surely open.

Not only does the media need to value what is vital and what will aid

them in their lives, but society does as well.

Hustling to feed oneself or looking for ways to get income is recommended, but not if it constantly proves to be a nuisance to someone else time and time again. The media should focus on what celebrities want to share and not on exhibiting their private lives to the public eye.

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MSSA Speaker Fred de Ruiter resigned from his position as Chair of the Elections Commission two days prior to the Commission’s decision, telling the Reporter that “the Elections Commission is a neutral body and I felt that I could no longer be neutral.”

He adds that his decision to resign was in no way related to unfairness in the election process as alleged

by Eberhart’s letter to the editor in last Thursday’s edition of the Reporter. He says that he is unaware of the Commission’s decisionmaking process regarding the election change and that he feels it would not be his place to comment on it. In his interview with the Reporter, de Ruiter announced that he is now entering the MSSA presidential race, challenging Abdul Rahmane Abdul-Aziz’s formerly uncontested bid.

The Reporter reached out to Abdul-Aziz yesterday but received no response.

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Investigation of Trump’s charity wins Pulitzer Prize NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest U.S. news story of 2016 — the tumultuous presidential campaign — yielded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for the Washington Post reporter who not only raised doubts about Donald Trump’s charitable giving but also revealed that the candidate had been recorded crudely bragging about grabbing women.

David A. Fahrenthold won the prize for national reporting, with the judges citing stories that examined Trump’s charitable foundation and called into question whether the real estate magnate was as generous as he claimed.

Fahrenthold’s submission also included his story about Trump’s raunchy behind-thescenes comments during a 2005 taping of “Access Hollywood.” His talk about groping women’s genitals rocked the White House race and prompted a rare apology from the then-candidate.

In another election-related prize, Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer for commentary for columns that “connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation’s most divisive political campaigns.”

The judges said Fahrenthold’s reporting “created a model for transparent journalism,” a model he built partly by using Twitter to publicize his efforts and let Trump see what he was doing. The president “can expect to see more of me on Twitter,” said Fahrenthold, now part of a team looking at Trump businesses.

American journalism’s most distinguished prizes also recognized work that

shed light on international financial intrigue and held local officials accountable.

The New York Daily News and ProPublica won the Pulitzer in public service for uncovering how authorities used an obscure law, originally enacted to crack down on prostitution in Times Square in the 1970s, to evict hundreds of people, mostly poor minorities, from their homes.

“Thanks to this investigation, New York now sees how an extremely muscular law, combined with aggressive policing, combined with a lack of counsel, combined with lax judges produced damaging miscarriages of justice,” Daily News Editor in Chief Arthur Browne said. The Daily News reporter credited with most of the work was Sarah Ryley.

ProPublica’s managing editor, Robin Fields, said the project was “the type of collaboration that ProPublica had in mind” when the independent, nonprofit organization was launched nine years ago.

The New York Times’ staff received the international reporting award for its work on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to project Moscow’s power abroad. The award in feature writing went to the Times’ C.J. Chivers for a story about a Marine’s descent into violence after returning home from war.

Winners ranged from par tnerships spanning hundreds of reporters to newspapers as small as The Storm Lake Times, a twiceweekly, 3,000-circulation family-owned paper in Iowa.

Co-owner Art Cullen won the editorial writing award for challenging powerful corporate agricultural

interests in the state.

Cullen said he was stunned by the win. “Nobody’s ever heard of us before,” he said with a laugh.

The prize for explanatory reporting went to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and the Miami Herald, which amassed a group of over 400 journalists to examine the leaked “Panama Papers” and expose the way that politicians, criminals and rich people stashed money in offshore accounts.

Meanwhile, the Herald’s Jim Morin won the award for editorial cartooning. He also won in 1996.

Eric Eyre of The Charleston Gazette-Mail received the investigative reporting prize for articles showing that drug wholesalers had shipped 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia in six years, as 1,728 people fatally overdosed on the painkillers. Eyre obtained Drug Enforcement Administration records that leading drug wholesalers had fought in court to keep secret.

The staff of the East Bay Times in Oakland, California, received the breaking news reporting award for its coverage of a fire that killed 36 people at a warehouse party and for its followup reporting on how local officials hadn’t taken action that might have prevented it.

Executive Editor Neil Chase said the award was “tremendously humbling,” but “you have to pause and realize that 36 people died in the fire, and this story should have never happened.”

The staff of The Salt Lake Tribune received the local reporting award for

its work on how Brigham Young University treated sexual assault victims. The series prompted the Mormon school to stop conducting honor code investigations into students who reported being sexually assaulted.

Hilton Als, a theater critic for The New Yorker, won in the criticism category. The judges praised how he strove to connect theater to the realworld, “shifting landscape of gender, sexuality and race.”

boy who had been shot.

Amid concern about fake news and the role of the media, “it’s just a very important time to try to help people see the importance of great journalism in their lives and in the democracy,” prize administrator Mike Pride said as the awards were announced at Columbia University .

Arts prizes are awarded in seven categories, including fiction, drama and music.

“David A. Fahrenthold won the prize for national reporting, with the judges citing stories that examined Trump’s charitable foundation and called into question whether the real estate magnate was as generous as he claimed.”

Freelancer Daniel Berehulak received the breaking news photography award for his images, published in The New York Times, documenting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on drug dealers and users. Berehulak won the feature photography Pulitzer in 2015 for his work on the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

This year’s feature photography winner was E. Jason Wambsgans of the Chicago Tribune, for his portrayal of a 10-year-old

Among the arts winners, Colson Whitehead took the fiction prize for “The Underground Railroad,” a novel that combined flights of imagination with the grimmest and most realistic detail of 19th-century slavery.

Playwright Lynn Nottage won her second drama Pulitzer, for “Sweat.”

This is the 101st year of the contest, established by newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer. Public service award winners receive a gold medal; the other awards carry a prize of $15,000 each.

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Alycia Holwerda, DREAM student “[At MUDAC] a business will give us a question or they want us to analyze their data and figure out how to solve their question that they give us. Basically,

we’re using the skills we learn in DREAM about how to use a certain software and applying it to a realworld situation.”

Dr. Brian Martensen, Dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology “We’re making new curriculum. We’ve got a really exciting health informatics degree at the graduate level that’s coming. Then we’ll probably see a minor and a major

at the undergrad level for people interested in healthcare, but on the data side. Eventually–hopefully very soon–we’ll have an undergrad program in data science specifically.”

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Wenzel sets program record, Mavs win two in Minot CHELSEA DORVAL Staff Writer The Minnesota State baseball team won two of three games played against the Minot State Beavers this past weekend in Minot, North Dakota.

The Mavericks snapped a 17-game winning streak with a 10-5 loss to the Minot State Beavers Saturday afternoon.

Brody Rodning took the loss for the Mavericks, going 2.2 innings allowing seven hits and walking seven. Minot was the first on the board, putting up four runs in the second and an additional three in the third. Minnesota State answered with a double to score Hunter Walsh in the fourth off the bat of Noah Bluth before Walsh doubled to left, scoring Josh Wenzel in the fifth. Bluth helped cut the lead down by scoring Hart with a sacrifice fly out to center. Luke Waldek closed

out the fifth inning with a single to score Walsh again.

Dresel finished the Mavericks’ scoring and closed the gap to three runs with a single to right to score Teddy Petersen. Minot then added two additional runs in the sixth to secure the win.

Minnesota State’s offense exploded in game two of the Saturday double-header to give them a 19-1 victory over Minot. Dresel started the scoring with a home run in the second, while Petersen added another run off a single. Tommy McDonald added a grand slam, his second of 2017, in the third to give the Mavericks a 7-0 lead.

They added another two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth before exploding in the seventh. Hart got the inning started with a run batted in (RBI) single to left while Dresel followed it up with a double down the left field line to score Eric Peterson. Peterson

closed out the inning with a two-run home run to left, bringing Waldek home. The Beavers scored their lone

Josh Wenzel run in the seventh. Nick Belzer picked up the win for the Mavericks, going six innings allowing only three hits while striking out eight.

Wenzel got the Sunday double-header off to an impressive start by hitting a

program-best four home runs in the contest. Wenzel started the game with a homer to left to bring home Peterson before adding one more in the second, two in the third and one in the fifth.

The previous record for most home runs in a single game was three, set in 2013 by Jon Flattery. The NCAA D-II record stands at five by St. Edward’s Josh Hamilton in 2013. Wenzel also totaled a career-best eight runs batted in. Ricky Digrugilliers added another win, throwing a complete game allowing six hits, no walks and fanning six Beavers. Peterson also notched three runs on two hits in his four at bats.

Minnesota State finished off the road trip with a 5-2 win over Minot Sunday afternoon. All but one of the Mavericks’ runs came as a result of home runs by three different batters. Dresel, Walsh, and Tyler Berg all added home

runs to their stats; they now total six, three and one home runs, respectively. Peterson added the other run with a single to left, scoring Bluth.

Junior Quinn Ahern picked up his second win of the year, throwing five innings allowing six hits and no walks, while Aaron Rozek notched his first save closing out the last four innings with three hits and five strikeouts.

“I thought we did a really nice job responding as a team after dropping the opening game of the series. We had a lot of guys step up when we needed them to which was great to see. It was a full team effort all weekend long to win the series” assistant coach PJ McIntee said.

The Mavericks are set to play the University of Sioux Falls Cougars Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the MSU Baseball Complex.

MNSU softball wins three more over weekend The Mavericks split two with UMD, but then swept St. Cloud State.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer Minnesota State softball had a near sweep on the weekend as the Mavericks came out of a four-game stint, winning three of the four Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) games. The victories were accentuated by freshman Amber Kral, as she hit two home runs over the course of the games to bring her tally up to 11 on the year, leading the NSIC in that category.

The Mavs improved to 32-6 on the year while dropping to 10-2 in conference action.

The lone loss for the Mavs came in a split against Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on Saturday in Duluth. Minnesota State picked up a 4-0 win in the opening match up but the Bulldogs picked up an 8-5 win in the second outing of the double-header.

Senior Coley Ries picked

up the win in game one while allowing just two hits and striking out 14 batters. Ries pitched a complete game on her way to improving to 14-2 on the year.

It was a home run affair for the Mavs, as three of their four runs came off homers.

Kral got the scoring started fast as she set the Mavs up with a two-run homer in the first inning to go up 2-0 early.

McKenzie Paap scored on the homer. The homer was the freshman’s 10th of the season, which leads the NSIC. Samantha Buhmann drilled one of her own in the third inning to bring the lead up to 3-0. Kral earned her third RBI of the day after a single to center to score Ashley Thell to wrap up the scoring.

The Mavs finished with 11 hits and no errors.

Game two saw the Mavs fall into a fast deficit as the Bulldogs went up 7-0 by the end of the third inning. Thell swatted a solo shot in the fourth to give the Mavs their first score while Jess Meidl hit a two-run home run in the fifth. Thell scored an unearned run shortly after but the rally ended there.

“As a pitching staff, we talk about minimizing the damage and not allowing the big inning to happen and we did not do that in game 2,” Head Coach Lori Meyers said on the Mavericks giving up six runs in the third inning.

Libby Bemis took the loss, pitching four innings while allowing eight hits and striking out five batters. Bemis drops to 14-4 on the year. The Mavs finished with seven hits and one error.

After splitting with the Bulldogs, the Mavs would sweep the St. Cloud State Huskies on Sunday in St. Cloud. The Mavs picked up a 9-4 win in game one while notching the 8-0 win in game two.

Ries led the way in game one, picking up the win and going 15-2 on the year after allowing just one hit and striking out eight batters in six innings.

“She is a student of the game and plays with such passion. She makes everyone around her a better player and to play at a higher level,” Meyers said on Ries.

The Mavericks pounded away and didn’t allow a Huskie score until the seventh in-

Photo by BoHyun Ahn Junior Libby Bemis is 15-4 with a 1.74 earned run average this season. ning. Kral drilled a three-run homer in the seventh inning to bring her season tally up to 11 on the season. Kral finished two-for-four with three RBI’s, while Paap followed closely behind going threefor-five with two RBIs and one run scored.

Minnesota State capped off its great weekend with Bemis pitching the shutout win in game two. Bemis struck out three batters while allowing five hits.

“I thought Libby pitched a good game and we needed

her to rebound and pitch well and with confidence after having two tough back-toback losses,” said Meyers.

Buhmann drilled her second home run of the weekend in the third inning to help the Mavs go up 4-0 early.

Krall also continued her great weekend, scoring two runs while going two-for-three.

Minnesota State will take on Winona State in NSIC action today at The MSU Softball Diamond. The first game will start at 1:30 p.m. and the second game at 4 p.m.

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This year’s Masters was one for the ages

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer Every year the PGA’s most hallowed event, equivalent to the Super Bowl or a Stanley Cup game seven with an added air of class to the gentlemen’s game (but with 81 years of history and prestige) is the Masters. All of the great legends like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas and Tiger Woods have all added to the mystic of the game.

Heading into Sunday, the leaderboards had seen their share of swings already, with Mickelson and Hoffman taking their veteran runs at the lead, along with Belgian Peters who had his spot in the lead. However, Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia were the two that had the top spot tied up when the home stretch started at -7. The players who took gold and bronze respectively at the Rio Olympics where now neck-to-neck for a green jacket.

Through the opening five holes not only did Garcia look great and grab a pair of bird-

ies, but Ricky Fowler and Jordan Speith also upped their game to start, with Fowler getting all the way to -7 on the front nine to threaten a comeback. Rose on the other hand struggled with his short game out the gate and fell three strokes behind Garcia.

Then, Rose started to hit his stride just as Garcia hit deep into the bushes twice to start the back nine. Flowers and Speith also caught the putting big that Rose started with, leaving the leaders the only ones going back-and-forth to claim the Masters. With Garcia having trouble staying in the fairway, Rose was able to swing his way back on holes 10-13 with some deep drives to set up easy finishes and take the lead headed into the closing holes, up -9 to -6. However, Garcia was not done yet. On hole 15, Garcia was able to bounce back and make par despite shooting deep into the rough, while Rose’s green problems came back to haunt him deep on the back nine.

Rose particularly struggled

with the putts in the eight to 10-foot range, just brushing the lip of the cup on several occasions to make him tantalizingly close to game-sealing birdie opportunity. Garcia, to his credit, was able to capitalize on this with a birdie and eagle in the last three holes to tie the game at -9 with both golfers on the green, at 18, with the chance to birdie and take home golf’s most coveted award, the Masters Green Jacket.

And they both missed! The tie lead to a sudden death match that is unique to the Masters and only the Masters, as both golfers have zero room for error, taking on the 18th hole and going backwards until one player slips up. It was also the 16th time the Masters have needed extra holes to decide a winner.

Make no doubt, watching a Masters playoff is a treat that made this one all the more of a viewing delight.

After picking the order out of a hat, Rose teed off first, promptly hitting into the rough and putting a tree

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Sergio Garcia, of Spain, holds his trophy at the green jacket ceremony after the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Augusta, Ga. between with low hanging branches between him and the pin. Garcia took the opportunity to gain the leg up and had a beautiful drive down the middle of the fairway.

The key shot came when Rose tried to muscle his way through the tree branches, and advance a mere 10 to

15 feet up and into the fairway, effectively putting him a stroke behind Garcia. After a deadly accurate chip-shot that put Garcia 10 feet from the pin, Rose was essentially out and ended up getting a biggie as Garcia birdied for a -10 score to win the Masters for his first major PGA victory in dramatic fashion.

Wild to face former head coach in first round St. Louis’ Mike Yeo will be looking to bounce his former team out of the playoffs.

COLT JOHNSON Staff Writer The Minnesota Wild will face ex-head coach Mike Yeo and the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the NHL playoffs.

Game one of the series for the Wild will be on home ice at the Xcel Energy Center

on Wednesday, April 12. The number two and three seeds in the central division are going head-to-head. The Blues won the regular season series against the Wild 3-2, but the Wild finished as the higher seed in the central division at the end of the season.

Last season after a January slump and potentially missing the playoffs, Minnesota’s General Manager Chuck Fletcher pulled the trigger and fired Yeo from his head coaching job with the Wild.

The Blues did the same thing just this year, firing their head

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk will need to be on his A-game throughout the playoffs like he was earlier during the 2016-2017 season.

coach at the time, Mike Hitchcock, and promoted none other than their assistant coach in Yeo. Revenge has to be on the mind of former head coach Mike Yeo, who has a chance to kick his former team out of the playoffs in the first round.

The question will be what Minnesota Wild team will show up come game one of the first round. Will it be the team that was widely considered to be the best team in the Western Conference, or will it be the team that only posted a 4-10-2 record in the month of March? Minnesota has been playing better hockey as of late, going 5-1 in their last six games and finishing their regular season on a four-game winning streak.

The Wild have bounced back from their March struggles, but it’s still going to take the top team in the West to beat the Blues, not the other version of the Wild that was seen for an entire month.

Minnesota has most of the numbers and the statistics on their side. The Wild have a 3.21 goals per game average, while St. Louis posts a 2.83 goals per game average. Minnesota also posts a lower goal per game against average (GAA) than the Blues at 2.53, compared to St. Lou-

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Minnesota Wild Heach Coach Bruce Boudreau will be seeking his first playoff series victory with his new team. The Wild will be facing the St. Louis Blues beginning Wednesday night in St. Paul. is’ 2.63 GAA. The Wild are going to need their All-Star goaltender Devan Dubnyk to be on his game if they want to get past the first round of the playoffs. Dubnyk has won his last three games in-a-row and is back to his 2.25 GAA form.

There isn’t much to worry about with the top three lines of the Wild. Offense should come without much issue, but the challenge for Minnesota will be on the defensive side and limit St. Louis’ scoring opportunities. They’ll have to work on keeping players like

Vladimir Tarasenko out of the slot and away from shot-taking.

In five games against the Wild this season, Tarasenko has scored three goals and has 75 points in 82 games played this season. 39 of Tarasenko’s 75 points have been goals this season so chances are he will have a few points by the time the series is over. If the Wild can limit his production, their chances of winning and moving on to the second round will skyrocket.

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MNSU Track and Field claims first at MIAA meet The men’s and women’s teams both performed well to capture a first place finish. ter, Jovonte’ Suber, Morris Dennis, and Isaiah Pitchford, also finished first place with a finishing time of 3:16.44.

Ben Ojika finished second place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.42. In JAMES ANDERSEN Staff Writer Minnesota State University track and field claimed first place in the first Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) showdown this past weekend. The track meet was held at MIAA’s Northwest Missouri State, starting from Thursday until Saturday. Many Mavericks, both men and women, took first place in their respective events.

The men’s team, as a whole, finished the meet with a score of 212. The 4x100-meter relay team, comprised of Reid Diamond, Tanner Ogren, Vance Barnes, and Paul Selman, finished first place with a time of 41.01. The 4x400-meter relay team involving John Schus-

Ben Ojika

the 400-meter hurdles, Leroy Kwateh finished fourth with a time of 57.06. Four Mavericks finished in the top eight places in the 100-meter dash with Paul Selman finishing second at 10.58. Selman also finished third in the 200-meter dash

at 21.59. Gloudemans placed fifth place again in the 200 with a time of 21.76.

Mavericks took five of the top six spots in the 400-meter dash. John Schuster set a new school record with a time of 47.30. Morris Dennis finished second at 47.61.

Nutter finished third place in the decathlon with 5,782 points. Sam Uderman finished first place in the hammer throw with a provisional qualifying throw of 179’6”.

Alex Campbell placed second in the long jump with a leap of 23’8”.

Campbell and Jeff DeCock tied for first in the high jump with a provisional qualifying leap of 6’9”. In the triple jump, Elijah Calderon-Pitchford placed first with a mark of 48’7.5”, and London Thurman placed second at 47’10”.

Mitch Valli took first place and qualified in the pole vault with a mark of 16’7.25”.

The women’s track and field team took first place with a final score of 179.83 points. In the 4x100-meter relay the team of Brooke Fore-

Betting allowed for NFL Draft LAS VEGAS (AP) — Football fans who look forward every year to what players their favorite team selects at the NFL draft can now bet on the outcome in Nevada. But some sports books in Las Vegas expect the new wagering to draw little more attention than Mr. Irrelevant, the last player picked every year.

Nevada gambling regulators have approved for the first time a series of proposition bets — unique wagers offered on specific outcomes — on the draft, which will take place at the end of the month. At least one sports book began taking bets over the weekend, but others have decided to skip the option or take time to ponder it.

The Westgate Las Vegas Superbook may post a handful of the 17 approved bets, but only after conducting more research, including into teams and players. Its oddsmaker, Jay Kornegay, said nothing is more frustrating for a sports book than to spend several hours of work to only get “grocery dollars” on some bets.

“It’s virtually impossible to know everything that might be going on in the world of the NFL draft,” he said. “If a trade happens, it can hap-

pen at any time, which could change the entire draft. It could have a rippling effect.

All the moves that could possibly happen are not restricted to: ‘It starts at noon Pacific time’ (like a game.)”

The sports book at the Wynn Las Vegas won’t take any bets on the draft.

Football enthusiasts won’t get to bet on which player will be the No. 1 pick. The offerings are broader and include the number of players drafted from a particular college in the first round and in the entire draft, as well as the conference that will have the most players drafted. The sports books must stop accepting wagers by close of business April 26, the day before the draft begins in Philadelphia.

William Hill, which runs more than 100 sports books in Nevada, is taking money on 10 of the proposition bets.

Not counting kickers, punters or long-snappers, defensive players are 5.5-point favorites over offensive players to be selected in the first round.

Also during that round, SEC players are 5.5-point favorites over PAC-12 players and 4.5 over Big Ten players.

“A lot of people love the draft,” said Nick Bog-

danovich, the head oddsmaker for William Hill, which had taken 14 bets on the draft as of Friday morning. “Obviously, we are trying to write as much business as humanly possible.”

The popularity of bets on events other than horse race, greyhound race or athletic event took off in Nevada on 2011, when the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved a series of wagers on the World Series of Poker. Regulators since then have approved betting on Heisman Trophy winners, e-sports events and a handicapping championship, among others. During the Super Bowl, “I think the sportsbooks are seeing a market for this proposition wagers, and why not offer them if they can them approved,” said Jennifer Roberts, associate director of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas International Center for Gaming Regulation. “... I think with the more publicity around it, you may see increased action like any rollout of something new.”

man, Brieanna Puckett, Afure Adah, and Karlona Gregory finished first with a provisional qualifying time of 45.76, which is the top mark in D-II this season. The 4x400-meter relay the team of Amelia

Taylor Glover Kjos, Kimmy Wreh, Taylor Naatz, and Taylor Glover finished second with a time of 3:52.06.

Adah finished first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.47. Gregory finished first in the 200-meter dash

with a time of 24.21. In the 800-meter run, Haley Kruger finished first with a time of 2:13. Kruger finished first in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:48.06 as well.

Williams took first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.64 and Brooke Foreman finished second with a time of 13.95, Carolyn Hackel finished third in the heptathlon with a score of 4413.

Rachel Schumacher finished first in the triple jump with a leap of 36’10”. In the pole vault, Faryn Wirkus finished first with a provisional qualifying jump of 11’10”.

Brieanna Puckett earned third place in the long jump with a leap of 18’7.25”. In the high jump, Khadiya Hollingsworth took first place with a provisional qualifying jump of 5’7”.

Minnesota State’s next competition is on Thursday in California in the Cal State LA Twilight and will compete Friday in the Mt. Sac Invite, also held in California. Both events will be all day.

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Theatre review: Aida explores what it’s like to be free Latest theatre production has several performances left.

RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer On its opening night, April 6, Aida had an eager audience that nearly filled the auditorium in the Performing Arts Center. With all the lively dances and a deep theme about freedom and love, it is hard to imagine disappointment from the viewers.

The curtains lifted and the performers released their voices into song. Then the scene transitioned into Princess Aida (Jessica Staples) running around with her handmaidens along the Nile, though it is not long before Captain Radames takes all the women captive.

Aida is about a young Nubian princess who wants nothing except to be free from her bonds of nobility and to run wild in the countryside along the Nile River with her handmaidens. Instead, Captain Radames dis-

Photo courtesy of Amanda Dyslin covers them and takes them all captive.

“Remember you’re a slave if you want to survive,” Radames tells Aida.

Egypt and Nubia are at war with each other so iron-

ically, the theme of freedom begins in that moment. She wants to experience freedom outside of Nubia’s boundaries but once she does, it is short-lived.

Part of what is intrigu-

ing about Aida’s personality is her flat-out refusal to go down without a fight. She seizes the sword and defends herself against Radames for seemingly an inexhaustible amount of time, but finally he

does knock the sword from her hand and sends it flying off to the side. But even though he snaps chains on her, she still admonishes him for his lack of respect for her and puts him in his place, tracing back to her noble background.

Aida may also be relatable to today’s world in regards to expectations from parents and society in contrast to a person’s deep desires, including Radames. The pharaoh promised his daughter to him nine years before, but after Radames meets Aida, he falls in love with her instead. But Radames does not wish to become the next pharaoh, and instead longs for adventures and conquering other countries, so he feels important. When the Pha-

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Album review: Jamiroquai returns after seven-year hiatus Dance-funk group drops fun and refreshing album Automaton.

KRISTINA BUSCH Staff Writer Anyone who’s seen the funky dancing scene in Napoleon Dynamite has already heard Jamiroquai when Napoleon danced to their song, “Canned Heat.”

Jamiroquai’s sound is trance, jazz, and funk all in one package. Their music style has also been referred to as “acid jazz,” a genre combining elements of jazz, funk, soul, and disco. Regardless of the genre, the band’s formula seems to be working.

The British dance-funk group formed in 1992, fronted by Jay Kay, and released their debut album Emergency on Planet Earth in 1993.

Their newest album, Automaton, is Jamiroquai’s eighth studio album, and their first album in seven years.

One might wonder where a name like Jamiroquai would originate. The band says that the name is a mix of “jam” and “iroquai,” based

(CC BY-SA 2.0) by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on the Native American tribe, Iroquois.

Automaton, released on March 31, is an ode to Jamiroquai’s roots, and is filled with fun rhythms, funky beats, and music that just makes you want to dance. Singing about disappointments with technology, instability of our world, and the happiness of

life, Jamiroquai shows in Automaton that they remain a force to be reckoned with in the world of funk.

Opening the album with “Shake it On,” Jamiroquai establishes the sound they’ve always been known for, with hints of robotic sounds, reminiscent of Daft Punk. The result is a feel-

good, funky song with lyrics like, “It’s a solid state affair / I can feel it everywhere / Music still infecting me / Music still protecting me, yeah.”

In “Superfresh,” the band gets nostalgic to some disco beats and the lively sound is infectious. Vocalist Kay repeats, “I want you to rock with me, baby, rock me baby

all night long,” and the song has all the classic elements of a great disco song, but with the modern twist of some added techno.

One of my favorite tracks on the album, “Summer Girl,” captures all the soulful elements of funk, and makes me feel like I’m on a vacation.

The song has a great flow to it, with lyrics like “Summer girl / Feels like I’m in love again / Oh that summer girl.”

“Vitamin” is another great song in Automaton, and keeps the funky vibes going strong. Kay sings, “Girl you know I wanna get it through / Gonna keep the flow / I don’t need no vitamin / Get some funky love in your life.”

As a whole, Automaton is a fun and refreshing album that does not disappoint.

After their highly-anticipated comeback, Jamiroquai shows that they can still keep the funk alive.

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Netflix picks: Hands of Stone falters in its climax Robert DeNiro stars as boxing trainer in sports biopic about Roberto Duran.

CALEB HOLLDORF Staff Writer Hands of Stone (2016), written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, is a biographical sports film about the prestigious Panama boxing career of Roberto Duran (Edgar Ramírez).

A strong effort from the acting cast leaves the audience feeling a little empty though, like they should have gotten more out of the plot.

The film follows him from when he was a young boy growing up with America’s military residing in Panama City. Durán is a raging fighter and the audience is exposed to the development of his wild character and the personal tribulations that come with it.

Renowned boxing trainer Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro) comes out of retirement to train Durán after watching him win a fight in New York at Madison Square Garden.

(CC BY 2.0) by Chingster23 He acts as the audience’s segue into the life of Duran.

Duran knocked out his opponent in 66 seconds, and Arcel is hooked, thus starting the two’s relationship.

Their first meeting isn’t exactly productive. Arcel is from America, who Duran resents. In fact, Duran is more concerned about which ice cream flavor he wants to eat out of a newly bought collection. Arcel walks out and the two meetup later.

The film flashes back to the days of Duran’s child-

hood. He was a scrappy kid who would steal mangos off trees to help feed his friends and family. He had no father and his single mother was poor trying to support her kids. There’s a gentleness in Duran, but he also shows signs of trouble and leading a life of poverty.

Duran asks a local small gym trainer to teach him how to box. The man says no, but agrees after seeing Duran hustle kids in some street boxing.

A few army men come

take Duran away and the local boxing trainer bails him out of a cell on the condition he doesn’t steal or fight outside the ring. Duran agrees and his boxing life begins, but more importantly, he becomes a natural.

Time flashes back to the present and Arcel is training Duran in Panama City. They become a duo and gain respect for each other by learning little lessons from them.

It’s inevitable for a boxing film to give off vibes from the beloved Rocky series,

but Hands of Stone doesn’t amount to having quite the same heart. Roberto Duran is a fighter who is fun to watch and learn about, given the career he had. But the film struggles to incorporate and blend his personal issues into the mix.

Duran leads a cliche rise and fall to fame. He loses his way and gets caught up in the luxurious life of money and partying. Boxing is ultimately where his roots are, though. It never lets him get away too far and we happily see him stay.

Jakubowicz’s directing style has its shining moments.

His quick moving camera angles add a rhythm to how the film is viewed, but he also gets a little carried away and it becomes choppy. A similar downfall happens with the plot with how rushed the final half hour was. Hands of Stone does a good job at trying to capture Duran’s life, yet the film leaves the audience hanging by the abruptness of its end.

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AIDA Continued from page 13 raoh informs him that he and the daughter will marry within a week, his conflict strengthens.

Eventually, Aida also falls for Radames and, after a brief reunion with her father, she has her own scene in which she sings about forgetting him while at the same time she is still wearing the pendant he gave her for protection as she passes through borders.

What makes the play so well-done resides within the costumes and how the characters wear their costumes.

There is a saying that goes something like: don’t let your clothes wear you; you wear your clothes. That is certainly true for Aida. For instance, Aida’s bright red and slightly suggestive dress reflects her audacity as well as coordinates well with the theme throughout the play.

What often attracts the audience is sometimes what they may take for granted, as in the seemingly minor roles the other crew members fill in. The lights used in the background or in the sky drop throughout Aida convey different moods. In

Photo courtesy of Amanda Dyslin an earlier scene, Steve Smith used red backlight to relay a sinister and shadowy feel when Zoser and Radames plot to kill Pharaoh.

Outside of love and emotion, the color red in Aida also foreshadows a darker event at the play’s conclusion in which some of the characters die. Some audience members could interpret the endings in different ways such as: don’t let your passions kill you, choose carefully who you love, or be cautious of who you associate with.

I really loved how Aida explored what it meant to be free in a variation of settings and relationships: sig-

nificant others and families, politics, how an individual plays a part in them through choices, and arriving at a realization of who you really are.

If you want a chance to go see the play, you still have a few dates left. Aida begins at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday or Friday in the Ted Paul Theatre or at 2 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. You can buy tickets at the box office in the Performing Arts Center any time after 5 p.m. or online.

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Election Day: Tuesday, April 25, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., online at www.mnsu.edu/voting For more information on the election, including the candidacy application and official election rules, visit http://www.mnsu.edu/mssa/involved/election.html, or click on this image.

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TV review: CBS’ MacGyver Reboot offers a unique take on a classic.

HEATHER SCHUSTER Staff Writer The CBS television show MacGyver (2016) is about Angus MacGyver (Mac) who is a secret operative for a secret organization, the Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles.

MacGyver is a problem-solver and has extensive intelligence of science and uses ordinary objects and his Swiss army knife to make things to save people and get out of complicated situations. The Phoenix Foundation is a secret U.S. government agency that goes after terrorists and other international threats disguised as a think tank.

Jack Dalton is MacGyver’s partner and a former soldier.

Riley Davis is a hacker who was hired by the Phoenix Foundation to be their technical expert. Bozer is MacGyver’s friend that works at Phoenix and specializes in making prosthetic masks. Thornton used to be the team’s boss until she betrayed them and was arrested. Her replacement is Matty who also was Jack’s former boss. MacGyver is an action-adventure and spy fiction genre.

The show starts with the team already on a mission in a complicated situation and then Mac does something to get them out of the tight situation. Usually the first part of the episode is exciting. Then later after that mission, they are relaxing doing something before they get another mission. Then they are briefed and they go to the location

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(CC BY-SA 2.0) by Gage Skidmore they are sent to. They occasionally have difficulties on their missions, but Mac handles those difficulties with his intelligence by using everyday items to build something complex.

What I like about MacGyver is when Mac is building something useful, they explain what he is doing while it is showing what he is doing. I also like how Mac makes fancy things with limited time.

Another thing that is amusing on MacGyver is that Mac and Jack are, in a way, like a “married couple” by having good and interesting moments and bad moments. What I do not like very much is that occasionally the characters use big fancy words that I always do not understand, but then they usually simplify or “dumb it down” for Jack.

In 1985, there was the original MacGyver that was on for seven seasons and had two movies. It went off the air in 1992, then it was rebooted in

2016. The 2016 show is very similar to the 1985 show but there are a few things that are different. One thing that is different in the reboot is that there are a few new characters such as Riley and Matty.

The two shows both have the same concept but with different missions and the reboot being more modern. The reboot is still new since it has only had nineteen episodes so far, but also has been renewed for a second season.

Another show that is similar to MacGyver is the show Scorpion also on CBS. Scorpion is about five geniuses that help homeland security. How the two are alike is that there are times in both shows that the characters are in a tight situation and have limited time and Mac in MacGyver and the geniuses in Scorpion are able to think quickly and solve the problem.

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Chuck Berry remembered in rock ‘n’ roll style ST. LOUIS (AP) — Family, friends and fans paid their final respects to the rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry on Sunday, celebrating the life and career of a man who inspired countless guitarists and bands.

The celebration began with a public viewing at The Pageant, a music club in Berry’s hometown of St. Louis where he often played. Hundreds of fans filed past Berry, whose beloved cherry-red Gibson guitar was bolted to the inside of his coffin’s lid.

“I am here because Chuck Berry meant a lot to anybody who grew up on rock n’ roll,” said Wendy Mason, who drove in from Kansas City, Kansas, for the visitation. “The music will live on forever.”

Another fan, Nick Hair, brought his guitar with him from Nashville, Tennessee, so he could play Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” while waiting in line outside.

After the public viewing, family and friends packed the club for a private funeral service and celebration of Berry, who inspired generations of musicians, from humble garage bands up to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The service was expected to include live music, and the Rev. Alex I. Peterson told the gathering they would be celebrating Berry’s life in

rock ‘n roll style.

Former President Bill Clinton sent a letter that was read at the funeral by U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay because Berry played at both of Clinton’s presidential inaugurations. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Clinton called Berry “one of America’s greatest rock and roll pioneers.”

“He captivated audiences around the world,” Bill Clinton wrote. “His music spoke to the hopes and dreams we all had in common. Me and Hillary grew up listening to him.”

Gene Simmons of the rock band Kiss wasn’t scheduled to speak but someone urged him to take the podium. Simmons said Berry had a tremendous influence on him as a musician, and he worked to break down racial barriers through his music.

Paul McCartney and Little Richard both sent notes of condolences. At the end of the funeral, a brass band played “St. Louis Blues” while Berry’s casket was carried out.

When Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards spoke about Berry at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 1986 induction ceremony — Berry was the first person inducted from that inaugural class — he said Berry was the one who started it all.

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