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Candidates weigh in on intensifying MSSA election
LUKE LARSON Staff Writer The 2017 student senate election is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing and complex in recent memory. The election is now twelve days away and the race is beginning to take shape. The Reporter spoke with both presidential candidates and vice presidential candidates yesterday. Mavericks Empowering Mavericks Abdulrahmane AbdulAziz and Kayla Cremers are the presidential and vice presidential candidates of Mavericks Empowering Mavericks respectively. Both are currently serving as senators in the 84th senate. Mavericks Empowering Mavericks was the first party to enter the race. According to its Facebook page (“Mavericks Empowering Mavericks”), Mavericks Empowering Mavericks is fielding a total of twenty-six senate candidates. Including the President and Vice President, there are thirty-two seats in the senate. AbdulAziz boasts of the diversity
of Mavericks Empowering Mavericks’ senate candidate lineup. Abdul-Aziz declined to comment on de Ruiter’s campaign, saying that he prefers to focus on his own party’s message. The core of that message, he says, is establishing a senate that reaches out to students. “We want to serve the students and we want to be able to say that we’re addressing your concerns,” says Abdul-Aziz. “We really want to change up the culture of how senate is. Usually students have to seek us out and we want to change it [so that] we’re going to come to you.” Abdul-Aziz says that the Mavericks Empowering Mavericks’ campaign strategy, which includes efforts to reach out to registered student organizations (RSOs) in order to receive feedback on the party platform, reflects this ideal. He also notes that Mavericks Empowering Mavericks is proposing the establishment of “Town Hall Tuesdays,” a biweekly or monthly event that would foster communication between students and their senate. At the core of the Mavericks Empowering Mavericks platform are three goals: improving academic advising, diversif ying
campus, and prioritizing environmental issues. Abdul-Aziz expanded on each aspect of his three-point plan. He says that MNSU students deal with numerous problems under the current academic advising system which he hopes to remedy through personalized academic advising. Diversifying campus means increasing enrollment rates for diverse students and fostering collaboration between student senate and international RSOs on campus, he says. In terms of specific environmental initiatives, he points to creating more green spaces on campus and starting a composting program. “It’s all within the name: Mavericks Empowering Mavericks,” says AbdulAziz. “We want to empower Mavericks for success. Being a voice for students—that’s what MSSA is about. We want to empower you. It’s your choice, it’s your money, you go to this university. It is your university—you should have a say in the things that happen on campus.” “We want to include everybody’s voice and make sure that their concerns are met,” says Cremers. “If anyone has any concerns, just reach out to me or Abdul.” More information on the party and its platform can be
found on its Facebook page. Support Our Students (SOS) MSSA Speaker Fred de Ruiter entered the MSSA presidential race this week, shortly after the Elections Commission’s decision last Friday to postpone the election from April 12 to April 25. Tuesday he named Jeremiah Kirch as his running mate. They are running on the Support Our Students (SOS) ticket. De Ruiter and his party have entered what was a single-party race. He says that Mavericks Empowering Mavericks should not have the election handed to them and that SOS is bringing an ambition to the race that Mavericks Empowering Mavericks lacks. De Ruiter was not hesitant to pit his campaign against that of Mavericks Empowering Mavericks. He says that while SOS’s platform is very similar to that of Mavericks Empowering Mavericks, there are several key factors that separate the two parties. He points to platform differences on two specific issues. SOS’s platform includes a plan to provide feminine hygiene products in all women’s restrooms and a commitment to keep the free lot free. The Reporter notes that, according to their Facebook
page, Mavericks Empowering Mavericks supports “better access to feminine hygiene products.” He believes the free lot question is especially significant. “It’s been a prominent issue in every platform of pretty much every party since the early 2010s,” he says. “Mavericks Empowering Mavericks is the first party that doesn’t have it, so that tells me something. I’m not saying they necessarily oppose it, but they’re skipping over a very important issue for a lot of students.” He also argues that he and the SOS senate candidates (now numbering roughly ten) are more qualified than Mavericks Empowering Mavericks’ candidates. De Ruiter says that he has more MSSA experience than both Senator Abdul-Aziz and Senator Cremers combined. He notes, however, that unlike Mavericks Empowering Mavericks, SOS is fielding many senate candidates that are not incumbent senators. De Ruiter argues that, because of this, SOS offers a mixture of both MSSA experience and “fresh eyes” who will help the next senate avoid a sort of senate “tunnel
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Letter to the Editor: Eberhart defends election unfairness claims MSU Students, I would like to start off by thanking you, the MSU community for the tremendous support I have received through emails, messages on social media, and people stopping me on campus that were happy someone was taking a stand against the MSSA Election “corruption.” I put corruption in quotes because Editor in Chief of the MSU Reporter, Matthew Eberline called it as he saw it in my letter last week
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and I couldn’t agree more. The current MSSA President Rayani came out strong against me in his response on Tuesday. President Rayani is quoted saying that “he (Rayani) objects to much of the tone and the content of the piece (Eberhart’s piece).” This is not a shock to me because Vice President Ruiz was quoted saying “MSSA president Rayani and I have tried to work with all parties involved and with the different commissions in efforts to have a fair
election.” Not one person on the Accountability Party’s platform was worked with by either President Rayani or VP Ruiz. It does not shock me that President Rayani didn’t like my tone because why would anyone want corruption that happened on their watch to be exposed? The excuses made by President Rayani embarrass me as a student of MSU because as the future leaders of our world we should look to solve the problems, not to deflect blame. President Rayani also
disagreed with my take on the campaigning guidelines being discriminatory. Head of the Elections Commission, Connor Martin, said these rules are “set by the Department of Residential Life.” In an email with Vice President of Student Affairs, David Jones, I was told that these rules were developed in partnership with MSSA. I encourage President Rayani to look at where the rules come from before making statements lashing out at my tone and content. On a
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side note, it was brought to my attention that the MSU Reporter was accused of publishing my letter due to the fact that they had their budget cut. This is absurd and out of line. The MSU Reporter is an independent paper and should be treated as such. Any speculation otherwise is uncalled for. We the students have a voice and we won’t be shut out. Thank you again for the support. –Aaron Eberhart
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United: Airline won’t use police to remove passengers CHICAGO (AP) — The chief executive of United Airlines said the carrier will no longer ask police to remove passengers from full flights after the uproar over a man who was dragged off a plane by airport officers in Chicago. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” aired Wednesday, Oscar Munoz said he felt “ashamed” watching video of the man being forced off the jet. He has promised to review the airline’s passenger-removal policy. Munoz, who leads United’s parent company, apologized again to Kentucky physician David Dao, his family and the other passengers who witnessed him being taken off the flight. “That is not who our family at United is,” he said. “This will never happen again on a United flight. That’s my promise.” In the future, law enforcement will not be involved in removing a “booked, paid, seated passenger,” Munoz said. “We can’t do that.” Also Wednesday, a Chicago alderman said representatives from United and the city’s Aviation Department have been summoned before a city council committee to answer questions about the confrontation at O’Hare Airport. Alderman Mike Zalewski said he did not know who will represent the airline before the Aviation Committee, but Munoz has been notified of the hearing scheduled for Thursday. Chic ago Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans will also speak. Munoz called the embarrassment a “system
failure” and said United would reassess its procedures for seeking volunteers to give up their seats when a flight is full. United was trying to find seats for four employees, meaning four passengers had to deplane. It was at least Munoz’s fourth statement about the confrontation. After the video first emerged, he said the airline was reaching out to the man to “resolve this situation.” Hours later on Monday, his tone turned defensive. He described the man as “disruptive and belligerent.” By Tuesday afternoon, almost two days after the Sunday evening events, Munoz issued another apology. “No one should ever be mistreated this way,” Munoz said. The passenger was identified as Dao, a 69-year-old physician from Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Attorneys for Dao filed court papers Wednesday asking the airline and the city of Chicago to preserve evidence in the case. Those documents are often the first steps toward a lawsuit. His legal team planned to hold a news conference Thursday to discuss the matter with reporters. Airport officials have said little about Sunday’s events and nothing about Dao’s behavior before he was pulled from the jet that was bound for Louisville, Kentucky. Likewise, the Chicago Aviation Department has said only that one of its employees who removed Dao did not follow proper procedures and has been placed on leave. The department announced Wednesday that two more officers have been placed on leave.
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No passengers on the plane have mentioned that Dao did anything but refuse to leave the plane when he was ordered to do so. The event stemmed from a common air travel issue — a full flight. At first, the airline asked for volunteers, offering $400 and then when that did not work, $800 per passenger to relinquish a seat. When no one voluntarily came forward, United selected four passengers at random.
Three people got off the flight, but the fourth said he was a doctor and needed to get home to treat patients on Monday. He refused to leave. That’s when three Aviation Department police officers boarded the plane. When Dao refused to leave his seat, one of the officers could be seen grabbing the screaming man from his window seat and dragging him down the aisle by his arms. Other passengers on Flight 3411 are heard saying,
“Please, my God,” ‘’What are you doing?” ‘’This is wrong,” ‘’Look at what you did to him” and “Busted his lip.” The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it was reviewing Sunday’s events to see if United violated rules on overselling flights. The four top-ranking members of the Senate Commerce Committee asked the airline and Chicago airport officials for more information about what happened.
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Continued from page 1 vision” that incumbent senators are susceptible to. Kirch echoes this. “My experiences with MSSA are not to scale as [Fred’s],” he says. “However, I believe this makes us the perfect duo. I have more than enough experience to have this position with being an executive member of Sigma Nu—Treasurer— and an executive member of Student Ambassadors Marketing.” De Ruiter makes the case that Mavericks Empowering Mavericks’ senate candidate lineup will be less representative of the MNSU student body than SOS’s. While he commends their diversity,
he maintains that they are not very proportionately representative. At this time, the Reporter lacks information which could provide evidence to this claim. De Ruiter notes that his decision to field a running mate and senate candidates from Greek Life organizations shows that SOS values giving a voice to this currently underrepresented demographic of students. De Ruiter takes issue with one particular motion proposed by Senator Abdul-Aziz last academic year. Passed by student senate but vetoed by the MNSU administration, the motion aimed to ban the
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LUKE LARSON Staff Writer Yesterday’s student senate meeting was brief. In an interview with the Reporter on Monday, President Faical Rayani expressed that he believes that a bright side of the MSSA election postponement is that it allows the 84th senate to accomplish more this semester, including two of
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Rayani’s priorities: promoting a bee-friendly campus and promoting a bike-friendly campus. In his report, Rayani stated that he would write a bee-friendly motion and bike friendly motion by this coming Wednesday’s meeting. Senator Griffin Goode gave a brief procedural presentation on the Ethics and Standards Committee. Senate then considered a motion moved by Senator Goode and seconded by Vice President Maria Ruiz. The motion, which failed to pass, would’ve enacted a dress code for senators during Wednesday meetings. Senator Goode argued
that the language of the motion provided broad, unrigid guidelines. Senators, however, offered a host of critiques. Arguments were made that open-toed shoes should be allowed, that doing laundry on time is not always feasible for senators, and that such a move would not accommodate the needs of senators with disabilities. Senator Martin said that “we are students first” and that senators should be able to decide for themselves how to dress. Ruiz and Goode argued that the senate, as the representative body of all MNSU students, should dress well as a sign of respect to constituents. Goode
pointed out that action against violations would be taken by the Ethics and Standards Committee only when complaints were made. In his report, President Rayani noted that he will be working this semester to ensure that the committee structure for the CSU, Athletics, IT, and Health Services departments will be improved in the future. Roughly one-third of these departments’ funds come from student fees. Rayani also noted that $12,000 was raised at the Relay for Life event. The Reporter is proud to announce that President Rayani was elected State
Chair of Students United by the Students United Board of Directors on April 1. Students United is the overarching governing body of the seven universities in the Minnesota State system, representing some 70,000 students. Rayani will now be leading this organization. Check Tuesday’s edition for more information. In her report, President Ruiz brought up the Dr. Duane Orr Teacher of the Year Award and Vic Swenson Student Friendly Award. Nominations for these awards are open until next Thursday. All students received an email regarding this yesterday.
has not subsided. Former presidential candidate Aaron Eberhart has doubled down on his claims that he and his Accountability Party were not given a fair opportunity and detailed his arguments in another letter to the editor addressing students, which can be seen on the front page of this edition. Eberhart has not re-declared his candidacy since
dropping out prior to the election postponement. The situation will be the topic of a special public Constitution Commission hearing to be held on Tuesday at 1 p.m. The Reporter suggested on Tuesday that the election postponement may have been an unconstitutional decision by the Elections Commission as Article III states that “the election shall
be held on the second (2nd) Tuesday in April.” In addition to selecting candidates on April 25, student voters will have a say on three constitutional amendments proposed by the Constitution Commission. Details on those amendments will be available in next Thursday’s edition of the Reporter.
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Continued from page 2 edition as well. A debate between the candidates will take place at noon on Wednesday in the CSU Hearth Lounge. MSSA Advisor John Bulcock provided an important correction to Tuesday’s front page story (“Student Senate election postponed amidst rule violations”). He clarifies that while Speaker Fred de Ruiter
did serve as a member of the Elections Commission, he never served as its Chair. This role has been filled by Senator Connor Martin since the Commission’s first meeting. This has been confirmed by de Ruiter himself. The MSSA election scandal, which was brought to light by the Reporter last Thursday and has resulted in the election postponement,
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MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer Doping is a serious offense in the sporting world and could have dire consequences that could result in the denouement of an athlete’s career. It is also something that is highly frowned upon today and may lead the athlete to the subject of public contempt. Doping not only has some catastrophic effects on an athlete’s career, but also has the same, if not worse, effects on the health of the athlete. Doping has led to numerous deaths, both during on and off participation of any sporting
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Lance Armstrong (above) is one athlete accused of doping. killing everything one has ever worked for. Doping was originally not illegal in sports. The ancient Greeks and Romans typically used doping to boost their
“Doping not only has some catastrophic effects on an athlete’s career, but also has the same, if not worse, effects on the health of the athlete.” event. Doping is hazardous in any form one chooses to focus on it; it may have some quick improvements on one’s body and mindset, but in the long run it will end up
chances of winning, fight fatigue, and prevent injury. Doping was also present in the early Olympics—for example in 1904, a marathoner used a stimulant fatally high in doses
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and almost died. In 1928, the first rule against doping was introduced with the International Association of Athletes Federation (IAAF)— the governing body for sport of track and field—being the first to prohibit doping by athletes. It was not until 1999 when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) produced the Lausanne Declaration on Doping in Sport. This document created an independent international anti-doping agency to be fully operational for the Games of the XXVII in Sydney in 2000. This was a bit too late as several incidents had already occurred with various athletes passing away because of using
performance enhancing drugs. The incidents did not come to a halt when WADA was formed. It was as if it just shed some light into the already dark world of doping. Superstars, icons, legends and role models all from different sporting fields tested positive for doping brought nothing but ruin to both their lives and careers. Some cases proved more serious than others with repercussions proving to be stricter. A good example is track star Marion Jones
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McConnell: Trump team better understands Russia’s intentions LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Now that President Donald Trump is in the White House his team is figuring out that Russia is “never up to any good,” the top Senate Republican said Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had harsh words for the Russians and their role in Syria during a session with reporters in his home state of Kentucky. McConnell’s criticism coincided with Rex Tillerson’s first visit to Russia as U.S. secretary of state. Asked about Russia’s involvement in Syria, McConnell said: “The one thing you can be sure about with the Russians is they’re never up to any good, and they’re not our friends. And I think the new administration is figuring that out. They may have been somewhat confused about it during the campaign, but I think they’re in the process of figuring that out.” McConnell said the missile strikes that Trump ordered on a Syrian airfield last week sent an important message to U.S. adversaries and allies — that the new Republican president “is going to pursue a more assertive role in the world.” The retaliatory strike against Syrian President Bashar Assad for his assault on civilians with chemical weapons won’t solve “the Syrian quagmire,” McConnell said. Trump ordered the missile strikes after U.S. evidence indicated Assad killed civilians using the nerve agent sarin. “What’s clear is that America took a significant action, as opposed to sitting on the sidelines and hoping for the best,” he said. The Kentucky Republican acknowledged there’s no easy solution to war-torn
Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Syria, and said the U.S. and Russia have taken opposing sides in the conflict. “What we have been trying to do is to help the so-called freedom fighters in Syria,” he said. “The Russians and the Iranians are trying to help the regime.” Whatever solution is reached should not include keeping Assad in power, the senator said. “I think the solution can only end with some kind of political settlement,” McConnell said. “And it seems to me any political settlement that continued the Assad regime just can’t possibly work. I mean, the man is a butcher, and he’s been doing this for years.” Amid tensions with Russia, McConnell’s counterpart in the House — Speaker Paul Ryan — announced that he will be leading a congressional delegation next week to the United Kingdom, Norway, Poland and Estonia. Ryan’s office said the goal of the trip
is to strengthen economic and security ties with NATO partners, who warily eye Russia.
On domestic issues, McConnell said he hasn’t given up on the GOP’s languishing health care overhaul drive.
“The discussions continue,” he said. “It will start in the House. ... If the House is able to pass something, it will come over to us and we’ll do our best to pass it.” While the health care issue has sharply divided Republicans and Democrats, McConnell predicted a more bipartisan effort on a plan expected to be offered by the Trump administration for new spending on roads, bridges and other construction over the next decade. Mc Connell’s wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, is playing a key role in the infrastructure plan. The administration has been crafting a package of tax breaks meant to help spur $1 trillion in new spending on transportation projects over the next decade. Trump also wants to drastically shorten approval times for projects as part of the deal.
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Continued from page 4 whose admittance to using steroids not only led to her medals being stripped away from her and her records being wiped from the books, but also six months in prison. Baseball was also under the same category with a former baseball player admitting that over 50 percent of players use steroids back in 2002. This did not stop here as over the years numerous baseball layers tested positive for using steroids with Mark McGwire, a baseball hero, admitting
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that he used steroids in 2013. The stories all fell like re-runs, where the end is never pleasing in any scenario. In my perspective, athletes should be banned from participating in sports entirely and not just stripped of their medals and titles. Doping goes beyond sportsmanship and accounts for toying with one’s health. Even though sometimes it may be offered as an option to an athlete and they may not keenly consider it, the
punishment should be very strict. If one is willing to put their life on the line to get ahead of others in a competition that everyone trains for equally then that individual is not worthy of participating in any given sport. Sports are about fair play, equal opportunity and level playing ground. Doping goes against all the norms of sports and health and therefore is a risk to any individual who is willing to indulge in it.
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Michigan’s capital could rescind ‘sanctuary city’ status LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As several U.S. cities stand firm as immigrant-protecting “sanctuary cities” in defiance of President Donald Trump’s threats to cut off aid, Michigan’s capital could rescind a decision to deem itself one amid pressure from business groups over the ambiguous, contentious term. The Lansing City Council was holding a special session Wednesday evening to reconsider its unanimous vote last week to call itself a sanctuary. That mirrored moves in several cities that are battling Trump’s promised crackdown on places that block cooperation between
Michigan expressed concern that the term “sanctuary city” would draw unwelcome attention from the Trump administration, which has warned that sanctuary cities could lose federal money for refusing to cooperate with immigration authorities. The administration has started publishing weekly reports of local jurisdictions that aren’t cooperating with federal efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. “Lansing is a diverse community, rich with history and culture. It’s what makes our city a welcoming destination to live, work and thrive,” the business groups’
and focus on real economic issues.” “I have no problem with the earlier resolution that affirmed the city’s status as a welcoming city,” Studley said. “The challenge is with the language declaring the city a ‘sanctuary city’ — adopted hastily with little debate. I think that it is easily misinterpreted or misunderstood.” The issue also has
touched off debate in the Republican-controlled Michigan Legislature, which is considering banning local governments from enacting or enforcing rules that limit communication and cooperation with federal officials concerning people’s immigration status. Similar legislation died in the last session. Clarke believes that the term “sanctuary” could be
getting in the way of helping constituents. “I think ultimately what we learned is ... we thought we could define what ‘sanctuary city’ meant, and in actuality it has its own negative connotation,” she said. “The only way to take that away is to take that word away.”
“The term ‘sanctuary’ in the resolution has become very problematic and distracting—so distracting in my opinion that’s it’s taken away from the intent of our resolution...” their police departments and U.S. immigration authorities. Lansing would be among the first to step back from the term, which has no legal definition and varies in application. After the vote, council members received a letter from the Lansing Regional Chamber and Michigan Chamber of Commerce urging them to remove references to “sanctuary city” from the resolution. “The term ‘sanctuary’ in the resolution has become very problematic and distracting — so distracting in my opinion that’s it’s taken away from the intent of our resolution, which is to protect individuals,” said Councilwoman Judi Brown Clarke. “It’s basically a ‘don’t ask’ policy, which was outlined by the mayor’s executive order and what we had in our policy complements that.” Under that policy, Lansing police don’t ask for people’s immigration status, except as required by U.S. or Michigan law or a court order. That was already the policy in Lansing before last week’s vote, but Lansing called itself a “welcoming city,” rather than a “sanctuary city.” But business leaders in www.MankatoSynthetics.com
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Ancestry.com helps family of dead boy find man posing as him PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who assumed the identity of a baby who died in Texas in 1972 has been arrested on charges of Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft after the baby’s aunt discovered the ruse on Ancestry.com. Jon Vincent, 44, was arrested in Lansdale, near Philadelphia, on Monday, but had also lived near Pittsburgh and York, Pennsylvania since 2003 — after first obtaining a Social Security card in the name Nathan Laskoski in 1996, federal prosecutors said. Vincent remained jailed Wednesday, when a federal magistrate ordered him to appear for arraignment May 2. The real Nathan Laskoski died in December 1972, two months after he was born near Dallas. Vincent stole the dead child’s identity after escaping from a Texas halfway house in March 1996, and used the dead baby’s identity to start another life, prosecutors said. The Texas
(CC BY 2.0) by LollyKnit Ancestry.com helps people complete their family treelike the one shown above. Philadelphia. Vincent lived in also lived in Mississippi and Tennessee under his assumed name, holding jobs, getting drivers’ licenses and even getting married and divorced as Laskoski before the scheme
“The real Nathan Laskoski died in December 1972, two months after he was born near Dallas.”
conviction was for indecency with a child, though the precise sentence Vincent was serving wasn’t immediately clear, said Michele Mucellin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in
according to licensing records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A license was issued to Laskoski in July 2004 and isn’t set to expire until July 2018, the investigator determined. Court records don’t say where Vincent was working under Laskoski’s name, and Mucellin, the prosecutor’s spokeswoman, also couldn’t say. Vincent’s public defender, Felicia Sarner, said he was “a very young man when this matter first arose, and he deeply regrets the poor judgment he exercised back then.” “His conduct has not resulted in any financial loss and throughout all of the intervening years he has not been in trouble with the law and has lived a quiet, hardworking life.” She also said he “deeply regrets the distress this must have caused the decedent’s family.” The Social Security fraud charge carries up to five years in prison upon conviction, while the aggravated identity theft charge carries a penalty of two years in prison consecutive to any sentence imposed for the fraud count.
unraveled late last year, according to online court records. That’s when Laskoski’s aunt did a search on Ancestry.com, a genealogy website. In researching her family
tree, Nathan Laskoski’s name came up as a “green” leaf on the website, which led to public records suggesting he was alive. The aunt told Laskoski’s mother, who did more research and learned that someone had obtained a Social Security card under her son’s name in Texas, as well as finding public marriage and divorce records, Laskoski’s mother filed an identity theft complaint with the Social Security Administration. An investigator from the SSA’s Office of Inspector General took it from there in January, court records show. Laskoski’s mother told the investigator she remembers a strange telephone call sometime in 1996, from someone asking questions about Nathan, including his Social Security number.
After answering some of the questions, she questioned the caller who hung up. When she called the police, they told her it was likely a scam, but nothing more happened, court records show. Social Security records show Vincent has been employed, as Laskoski, and earned income every year since 1996. Most recently, he was working as a nurse’s aide,
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Rolling Stone settles, but fight over rape story isn’t over RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Rolling Stone magazine settled a University of Virginia administrator’s lawsuit over its discredited story about a rape on campus, but its legal fights over the botched article aren’t over. Attorneys for Rolling Stone and Nicole Eramo announced this week that they reached a confidential settlement over the 2014 story “A Rape on Campus,” putting an end to the lengthy case stemming from the now-debunked claims of a woman identified only as “Jackie.” “We are delighted that this dispute is now behind us, as it allows Nicole to move on and focus on doing what she does best, which is supporting victims of sexual assault,” Libby Locke, an attorney for Eramo, said in a statement. Rolling Stone called it an “amicable resolution.” The magazine still faces a more than $25 million lawsuit filed by the University of Virginia chapter of the fraternity where Jackie claimed she had been raped, which is scheduled to go to trial in October. A separate lawsuit from three former
(CC BY-NC 2.0) by J Sonder fraternity members was dismissed last year. The settlement in Eramo’s case came after Rolling Stone challenged a jury’s November verdict awarding the former associate dean of students $3 million. Rolling Stone asked the judge in December to overturn the jury’s decision, arguing that there is no evidence reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely acted
with actual malice. Media organizations, including The Associated Press, also urged the judge to overrule the jury’s finding that Rolling Stone “republished” the false claims when it attached an editor’s note highlighting problems with the story to an online version. Jurors said the magazine and its publisher didn’t act with actual malice
when the story was originally published but did when it was “republished.” The media groups said punishing Rolling Stone for trying to alert the public to problems with the story could discourage organizations from correcting errors. Rolling Stone and Eramo settled before the judge could rule on the issue, so the jury’s verdict stands and
won’t be examined by an appeals court. “That’s the troubling thing about the settlement, is that it doesn’t give an appellate court a chance to wipe out that precedent,” said George Freeman, executive director of the Media Law Resource Center and a former attorney for The New York Times. Freeman said Eramo’s case shows Rolling Stone has “a propensity to settle,” but he said it’s hard to predict how the magazine’s attorneys will proceed in the other matter. In documents recently filed in that case, Rolling Stone suggested that the fraternity is partially at fault for the article because, it claims, the fraternity was aware of problems with Jackie’s account and didn’t say anything before the story went to print. “For had they done so, the article never would have been published,” Rolling Stone’s attorneys said. Attorneys for the fraternity did not immediately respond to messages.
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Album review: Father John Misty’s Pure Comedy Former Fleet Foxes member comments on society in new album.
KRISTINA BUSCH Staff Writer Entertainment, capitalism, humanity, and war are just a few topics that Josh Tillman (aka Father John Misty) touches on in his new album, Pure Comedy. The album was released on April 7, and Tillman performed a couple songs from the album on Saturday Night Live on March 4. Tillman doesn’t waste any time getting to the point. He’s been known for his blunt, but often humorous commentary on humanity. Tillman, who also formerly played for the band Fleet Foxes for four years, released two other albums under his moniker, Father John Misty— Fear Fun in 2012 and I Love You, Honeybear in 2015. If I could compare Pure Comedy to Tillman’s previous albums, I’d say that this album has a mood that’s cynical, yet realistic at the same time. It builds on many of the themes from I Love You, Honeybear’s song “Bored in the USA,” which discusses conventional American life, perhaps with a more pessimistic perspective. In the opening title track, “Pure Comedy,” Tillman dives right into topics like religion,
(CC BY 2.0) by derekskey politics and Hollywood. The music video features imagery of the Trump inauguration, Obama’s departure, and yes, even the “Pepe the Frog” meme. The music video was strategically posted on YouTube and Father John Misty’s Facebook page on January 23, just days after Trump’s inauguration. The lyrics could not be more spot-on with some of the feelings many must have felt at this time, when Tillman sings, “Oh comedy, their il-
lusions, they have no choice but to believe / Their horizons that just ever recede / And how’s this for irony, their idea of being free is a prison of beliefs that they never have to leave.” “Total Entertainment Forever” looks at the frightening reality that our society is heading toward. Tillman gives us a warning that technology will progress to the point where it completely encompasses our lives, and believes we are literally being
entertained to death, with lyrics like, “When the historians find us, we’ll be in our homes / Plugged into our hubs, skin and bones / A frozen smile on every face / As the stories replay / This must have been a wonderful place.” In “Leaving LA,” Tillman critiques Los Angeles and its culture, but the song later becomes an introspective analysis of himself and his music. In a Beats 1 interview with Zane Lowe, Tillman admitted how difficult it was for him
to write this song, saying, “I worked on it for three years. One whole year was just the first line, which I would just sing over and over again and the song just would not grant me access…once I realized what it was, it came together. But the state of mind I was in I was writing this stuff was—I mean, I stopped drinking. I stopped smoking, I stopped doing drugs, and eating meat. I went real venatic almost.” The song is brutally honest, with lyrics like “A little less human with each release / Closing the gap between the mask and me / I swear I’ll never do this, but is it okay?” In Pure Comedy, Father John Misty hits the nail on the head because he gets it. He’s noticed how numb we’ve become (or maybe we always have been) and he isn’t having any of it. Pure Comedy shows that all this seriousness weighs down on us, but he’s able to joke about it and bounce between sincere and deadpan. Tillman lets us know that in your darkest human moments, you can laugh because we are all part of the joke.
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Romeo and Juliet meet Halsey in Now or Never Artist unveils new look in music video ahead of new summer album.
DAVID PARPART Staff Writer On Tuesday, April 4, Halsey released a gut-wrenching new music video for her brand new single “Now or Never” from her upcoming album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. The music video marks her first directorial debut as an artist. In the video, Halsey seeks out a fortuneteller, but her future doesn’t appear to be clear and she gets dragged away before the psychic can finish his prediction. The video deals with the same concept of star-crossed lovers that will permeate her forthcoming album, with a blue-haired Halsey trying to be with the man she loves
despite being kept apart from him. Following a foreboding tarot card reading, a shootout occurs. Both Halsey and the man she loves miraculously survive, with the clip ending with the singer chopping off her hair. While watching the video, you have a similar grasp of two different people who try to come together no matter the war that is happening between them. They don’t want to be separated because of family ties. They are from different parts of town that are in a constant war with each other. As you keep watching, you get a sense of Romeo and Juliet and how Halsey’s music video finds that similarity to tell a love story. For it being Halsey’s first
directorial debut, I found that the music video was really well done and crafted to tell the story of how she wants her lover to either love her ‘now or never’ because after the shootout, Halsey gets on a motorcycle and drives away. The video ends with her cutting her blue hair. The video definitely gave me that Romeo and Juliet kind of story and I really enjoyed how she captured the essence of that story and incorporated how two different people will do absolutely anything to stay together. Unfortunately, just like Romeo and Juliet, the story ends with both lovers being apart because of how the war between the two families ended violently
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Film review: Oscar best picture winner Moonlight Touching drama presents a narrative we don’t often see.
DAVID PARPART Staff Writer Warning: This review may contain mild spoilers. If you haven’t seen this movie, it is definitely worth your time and money. The film takes place between three time periods of African-American, gay Chiron through his young adolescence, mid-teens, and to his young adult life. As a child, Chiron, known as “Little,” lives with his single, crack addict mother, Paula (Naomi Harris), in a crime-ridden neighborhood in Miami. Chiron is a shy, withdrawn child largely due to his small size and neglect from his mother, who is more concerned about getting her fix and satisfying her carnal needs than taking care of him. Because of these issues, Chiron is bullied and he doesn’t understand the slurs hurled at him beyond knowing that they are meant to be hurtful. Besides his sameaged Cuban-American friend Kevin, Chiron is given what little guidance he has in life from a neighborhood drug dealer named Juan (Mahershala Ali), who can see that he is neglected, and Juan’s caring girlfriend Teresa (Janelle Monae), whose home acts as a sanctuary away from the bullies and away from Paula’s
(CC BY-ND 2.0) by Disney | ABC Television Group abuse. With this childhood as a foundation, Chiron may have a predetermined path in life, one that will only be magnified in terms of its problems when he reaches his difficult teen years when peer pressure affects what he and many of his peers do, unless he follows Juan’s advice of truly making his own decisions for himself. Moonlight is one of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching films that I have ever seen. The film allows us to enter and follow a life that I’m sure many have never considered living. Yes, we know some about poverty, queerness, masculinity, and Blackness individually,
but to see the conflict of it all so succinctly woven together allowed the complexity of some folks’ lives to be seen in an unadulterated way. Moonlight wasn’t supposed to give us some grandiose finale or even answers, but simply present a narrative that we don’t often see. And that’s what makes it so simple, painful, yet outstandingly beautiful. The story of his struggle to find himself is told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love while grappling with his own sexuality. The thing about this movie that deserves the most acclaim is its open-endedness,
it’s fight against straightforward categorization and recap. Moonlight is so much more than a movie about growing up gay; it’s about overcoming your adversities and, despite being a product of your environment, figuring out who you want to become. Identity takes time to discover and that’s something anyone can relate to. Moonlight affected me deeply on a personal level. I may not have come from the same neighborhood as Chiron, but the hostility, insecurity, vulnerability, and bullying was all the same for me growing up. I never expected a movie like this to have an impact on me, as it was hard to watch at some moments, it
still kept me in to see how it was going to end. It’s a beautiful masterpiece on figuring out who you want to become. Identity is becoming a common trend because we are now living in a society where there is acceptance or some openness to who you are individually. Movies like Moana, Moonlight, and so on are what kids and adults need to watch to grasp the idea that finding your identity does take time to discover, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn about each other along the way. We judge a book by its cover so fast before we even read the title. We don’t take our time taking an interest in something that’s considered “new” to us. There are people, to this day, who are struggling with their meaning or purpose in life. No matter what your lifestyle, be open minded to the things and people that are around you because you never know what positive outlook it can have on you. From the cast, to the cinematography, to the music, and to its originality, Moonlight shines with an emotional, moving, and powerful story of identity. It is strong and hard to the core about what it means to love.
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Manchester by the Sea inspired duo to kill son Couple kill disabled son in house fire after watching Oscar-winning film.
NORWICH, N.Y. (AP) — A couple decided to kill their disabled adoptive son and cover up the crime with a house fire after watching the Oscar-winning movie “Manchester by the Sea,” in which a couple’s children perish in a house fire that’s deemed accidental, according to a prosecutor handling the case. Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride said during a bail hearing for Ernest and Heather Franklin last week that 16-year-old Jeffrey Franklin was killed within hours of the couple watching the film on Feb. 28, two days after it won Academy Awards for best actor and best original screenplay. McBride said an examination showed the teen died before the fire. The Franklins are charged with murder, arson and tampering with physical evidence. Heather Franklin’s attorney, Michael Trosset, told the court that she’s “innocent until proven guilty.” Her husband’s public defender, John Cameron, said
The father told police he was away from the house chasing down the family’s dogs when the fire started, officials said. Meanwhile, Heather Franklin, 33, claimed to have gone to two stores seeking a certain product while driving around from 11:30 p.m. until about 2:30 a.m., when she returned home, authorities said.
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Continued from page 10 Photo courtesy of The Associated Press his office has hired a forensic pathologist to investigate. He said it’s unclear if the movie, which starred Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams, had any relevance. “We’re investigating all aspects of this case,” he said. “Manchester by the Sea” tells the story of a man who accidentally sets a house fire that kills his children and isn’t prosecuted. During the Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 26, Affleck won the
Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of the father of the children who died in the fire, and director Kenneth Lonegran took home an Oscar for best original screenplay. McBride, the prosecutor, noted the Affleck character in the movie is told that you can’t be prosecuted for accidentally killing your children. “Within two hours of that movie playing to this defendant and her husband, Jeffrey’s deceased,” McBride
said during Friday’s bail hearing. Officials said the fire was reported around 1:15 a.m. on March 1 at the family’s home in the rural town of Guilford, 55 miles (88 kilometers) southeast of Syracuse. Ernest Franklin, 35, pointed out the room where the teen was lying when police arrived on the scene, authorities said. Officials have said the son had mental and physical disabilities.
ing for in love and what it means to love. It all comes together to describe the story of two young lovers enduring hardships and struggles in a dystopian world. I cannot wait for what Halsey has in store with her upcoming album. “Now or Never” is the first single from her upcoming album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom that is expected to be released in June.
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MNSU to rename baseball complex to Bowyer Field CHELSEA DORVAL Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato will be changing the MSU Baseball Complex name to Bowyer Field, after Dean Bowyer, Sunday April 30th before the Mavericks’ double-header against Upper Iowa. Bowyer coached the Mavericks for 32 years from 19772008. Before beginning his career as a Maverick, Bowyer coached at Minot State from 1973-1976. Under his coaching Minnesota State competed in 21 NCAA post-season competitions out of his 32-year career. He earned a 1054-528-7 [.666] career record and a 980-477-7 with Minnesota State. “We are extremely excited to be able to name this facility in Coach Bowyer’s honor,” said Kevin Buisman, Minnesota State Director of Athletics. During his time at Minne-
Photo by Daktronics This is the latest rendition of the field’s scoreboard, which will be officially unveiled April 30. sota State, Bowyer earned 22 league championships three in the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (NIC) and an impressive 19 in the North Central. After making 21 post-season appearances the Mavericks continued onto the NCAA Division-II College World Series in 1979,1980 and 1986.
The Ada, Minnesota native helped develop 26 Major League Baseball draftees and 46 former Mavericks that earned a professional contract. Two former Mavericks who played for Bowyer made it to the majors. 1990 Oakland draft pick Todd Revening made his major league debut in 1992 with the A’s,
while Gary Mielke, drafted by Texas, played for the Rangers from 1987 to 1990. “The number of personal accolades and team accomplishments, in terms of the conference championships, the postseason success, and awards that Dean has compiled over his distinguished career would alone be
enough to justify this well-deserved recognition. But that would only tell half the story, as I believe those that are really familiar with Dean are well aware of the tremendous impact he made on the lives of his student-athletes off the field during his time in Mankato,” Buisman said. Bowyer’s list of personal accolades includes being an NSIC Hall of Fame and American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee as well as an NCC Legacy Award winner and a member of the 2009 Minnesota State Athletics Hall of Fame inductee class. Bowyer received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education and elementary education from Mayville State, in Mayville North Da-
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Pitching remains a strong point for Mavericks The baseball team etched out two more victories Tuesday afternoon at home.
RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer In the midst of a wildly successful season, the Minnesota State University baseball team came in to their series with the University of Sioux Falls Cougars riding high and full of confidence. Their positive momentum continued throughout the double-header on Tuesday against their conference foe. “Our goal is to go out and compete hard every game,” assistant baseball coach PJ McIntee said. “We want to continue to play Maverick Baseball. We have a saying that we use on our team ‘Ride the wave.’ It means to not let the high’s get too high or the low’s get too low. We just want to be present and take things one game at a time.” The bats got started for the Mavericks early in game one. In the bottom of the second inning, junior catcher Noah Bluth hit a sacrifice fly to score first baseman Dylan Dresel. USF however came back with a run of their own shortly thereafter. The Cougars first baseman crushed a 1-2 fastball over the right field fence for a solo home run in
Reporter Archives Junior southpaw Brody Rodning has perfomed well on the mound this season for the Mavericks, posting a 4-1 record, 41 strikeouts, and a 1.87 earned run average through 33.2 innings pitched. the top of the fourth inning to tie the ballgame at one a piece. The difference in the game ended up coming on the base paths. In the bottom of the sixth, center fielder Josh Wenzel hit a sacrifice bunt to score left fielder Tyler Berg on the suicide squeeze. This play allowed Minnesota State to take the 2-1 lead and not look back. The Mavericks
took game one, 2-1. Junior pitcher Dalton Roach managed to improve his record to 6-0 on the year after posting one of his better starts of the season during this pitcher’s duel of a game. Roach came out of the game after seven innings pitched, allowing only one run on two hits and striking out 11. Game two provided a little
more fire power on the offensive side for MSU. The team got things going in the bottom of the fifth as left fielder Wenzel singled to left field to score Eric Peterson. The bottom of the sixth was a little more exciting as second baseman Tommy McDonald laid down a sacrifice bunt to score fellow teammate Teddy Petersen. The very next at-
bat, catcher Noah Bluth skied a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring McDonald allowing the Mavericks to score their second runner of the evening. The Mavericks delivered the dagger in the eighth inning, as Berg hit a sacrifice fly to left field allowing Bluth to cross the plate and take a 4-0 lead. The Mavericks came out in the ninth and continued to shut out Sioux Falls. The final score was 4-0. Game two was no different than game one, as the Mavericks were provided with an amazing pitching performance. Senior pitcher Mitchell Bauer took the mound and dominated this game from start to finish. Bauer threw a complete game shutout, striking out six batters. This victory moves Bauer to 5-0 on the season. Things are looking bright for the Mavs moving forward. Winners of 20 of their last 21, Minnesota State has won eight-straight series while compiling an impressive record of 26-5 on the season. It will be a fun push to the end as MSU has their conference and national tournaments beginning in less than a month.
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Four groups of teams heading into NBA playoffs Cavaliers. The Celtics can beat most of the teams in the East because of their depth, long defenders, and scoring; not to mention Isaiah Thomas in the final quarter of games. But the Cavaliers ripped the Celtics a new one when they went small with LeBron at the five. They will not make the Finals.
COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer As the final games of the season wind down Wednesday night, the only real deciding-factor is seeding, with Indiana, Miami, and Chicago fighting for the last two spots in the East as the play-in games. So now it is time to figure out what we have in these teams, and they form into four categories.
Group Four - The Contenders
Group One - We’re Happy to Be Here These teams include the Miami Heat or Chicago Bulls (depending on who makes it), Portland Trail Blazers, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies and Milwaukee Bucks. All these teams have one thing that makes them scary… for about one or two games. Each team has a ‘stud, take the game over, go crazy for 40 points in two nights and carry the team’ guy. Damian Lillard for the Trail Blazers can hit from everywhere on the court and push the pace of the game. Jimmy Butler can lock down anyone up against the Bulls and has proven to make clutch shots to win games all season. Paul George is the versatile three who can space the floor. Memphis boasts one of the top defensive point guards in the game with Mike Conley, who also averaged 20.6 points a game. Then there’s the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, also known as the ‘Greek Freak’, who is dominate in the paint on both ends. While these players are impressive, the teams around them have problems stay-
Photo courtesy of The Associated Press The Utah Jazz’s Gordon Hayward (above) alongside center Rudy Gobert have transformed the franchise from constant rebuild to playoff team. This will be their first playoff appearance in four seasons. ing consistent at both ends, along with lacking a deep bench. One stud teams have an expiration date, and that is the first round. Group Two - We Are for Real, We Promise! These teams include the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards, and Toronto Raptors. This group has a lot of the trappings of a really great team, more than one player to lean on, deep bench, and solid at more than one aspect. But against the top-tier teams, they cannot play a full series of playoff-level basketball. The Raptors had some shaky off-the-court action along with Cleveland’s LeBron James killing them in the paint. The Hawks stopped rebuild mode when they got hot, only to later realize that rebuilding was a better plan and now leave Paul Mill-
sap and Kent Bazemore up against the playoffs. The Jazz have Gordon Hayward and a bunch of real players who cut it through the regular season but will not make it through playoff basketball. The Clippers’ nucleus of Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin have been impressive, but never enough. Now they have their shallowest bench they may have ever experienced together. Washington is the most intriguing prospect to cause trouble with the level John Wall is playing at. He has helped elevate teammates Bradley Beal, Markieff Morris and Otto Porter, but they still give up 107.3 points a game on the other side of the floor.
Antonio Spurs. San Antonio has Kawhi Leonard and a really great system, but the Rockets and Warriors are so very deep when it comes to three-point shooters that the defense cannot hold up for seven games. The Thunder are not very deep but Russell Westbrook is insane, literally a machine sent from the future to conquer the court, so trouble could happen. It hurts me to list the Celtics as mere trouble makers, but the Celtics should cause some stir, but cannot beat the top-ceiling teams like the
There are only three actual title contenders this season heading into the postseason: The Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, and Houston Rockets. These three teams can certainly win it all, with the Warriors as the team to beat. With a healthy Kevin Durant reunited with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, this team has the best shot despite their problems in the paint. The Rockets and Cavs are neckand-neck, with Cleveland’s struggles late in the season a cause for concern and Houston’s shaky defense their Achilles heel. However, the Rockets make 14 threes a game, a record, and the Cavs still have the best player in the world in LeBron James. If someone wins, it is one of these teams.
Group Three - The Troublemakers These teams include only the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, and the San
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Thell, pitching paces Mavericks over Warriors Minnesota State was able to end Winona State’s undefeated conference record.
COREY YUMAN Staff Writer Minnesota State’s softball squad ended the Winona State Warriors’ undefeated streak in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference picking up the sweep on Tuesday in Mankato. Going into Tuesday, the Warriors were holding onto a 12-0 record in the NSIC but that was upended by another great performance on the mound from Coley Ries in game one and a huge home run by Ashley Thell in game two. The Mavericks improve to an overall record of 34-6 while hanging on to an impressive 12-2 record in the NSIC. Winona State drops to 31-8 and 12-2 in the NSIC. Game one of the double-header was a low-scoring affair, with the Mavericks earning a narrow, 1-0 win. Coley Ries (17-2) went the distance on the mound picking up the win while allowing just two hits and striking out 10 batters on her way to the shutout win. Minnesota State’s game-winning lone score came in the first inning off a Samantha Buhmann single that advanced Amber Kral
to second and scored Ashley Thell, who reached base on an error. “It has been awhile since we have swept Winona State,” Head Coach Lori Meyer said. “We knew going into these games that it would be two intense hard fought games. Winona State is a very good team and McKenna Larson always pitches well against us. We were able to scratch out a run and hold on for the 1-0
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win. Coley pitched a great game only allowing two hits and one walk, and those were the only base runners she allowed.” Game two saw a lot more action and much more scoring from both sides, with Minnesota State winning 5-2. The tremendous showing of offense should be credited in particular to Thell, as she continued to show her im-
portance on the offensive side of things picking up the game-winning run in game one and having the game winning at bat in game two. Winona State reached the scoreboard in the first inning to state an early 1-0 lead. In the third inning, Thell got the Mavs rolling when she drilled a grand slam to score her, Jess Meidl, McKenzie Paap, and Alyssa Rickles in the process. The Mavericks scoring didn’t stop there, as the third inning also saw Buhmann pick up an RBI as she doubled to right center and Kral passed home plate for the score. The Warriors picked up one more run in the fifth inning but it wasn’t enough, as the Mavericks walked away with the sweep. Libby Bemis picked up the win, striking out one batter and allowing seven hits in four innings. Coley Ries was credited with the save as she pitched three innings and struck out six batters while allowing one hit. Minnesota State is back in action this weekend in more NSIC action as they take on Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State. Crookston is entering the weekend with a 11-22-1 record and 1-10 NSIC record while Bemidji State is holding a 17-10 overall and 7-5 NSIC record. Bemidji will play Concordia-St. Paul prior to facing the Mavs. Minnesota State takes on Minnesota Crookston on at 2:00 and 4:00 PM on Satur-
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BOWYER cont. from 13 kota in 1966 and a graduate degree from MSU in 1971. Between earning his undergraduate and graduate degree, Bowyer coached basketball and football in Barnesville, Appleton and Benson High Schools. Bowyer was an all-conference and all-district football player while attending Mayville. He also played baseball and basketball while at Mayville and was eventually inducted into the Mayville State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984. Bowyer was also named the North Central Conference Coach of the year 11 times during his 32-year tenure. Bowyer, who played for the Baltimore Orioles for three seasons, has also served as a consultant for several clinics in the area. “Obviously, with Coach
Bowyer, it’s always been much more than wins and losses. Dean has had a positive impact on countless players who have had the privilege to work with him over the years as he molded future community leaders with strong personal values that went on to enjoy great success in their careers and with family because of their relationship with Coach Bowyer. We are grateful for all that he has done for MSU baseball and his outstanding leadership of the program creates a legacy that will resonate for generations to come,” said Buisman. Bowyer is currently serving as an Assistant Baseball Coach for the Gustavus Adolphus Gusties in St. Peter.
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Thursday, April 13, 2017