April 18, 2019

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Student Government swears in new administration

MICHAEL MCSHANE STAFF WRITER The Minnesota State Mankato Student Government had its change of guard Wednesday with the inauguration of incoming President Anisa Omar.

President Omar was previously vice president under outgoing President Elizabeth (MeMe) Cronin’s administration.

The inauguration ceremony began with handing out awards to faculty nominated by students who exemplified the best of MNSU’s commitment to leadership quality.

The first award to be given was the Dr. Duane Orr

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Teacher of the Year Award.

The field was crowded with 22 teachers nominated for the award. Social Studies professor, Kyle Ward, came away as the winner and was flanked by the multiple students that nominated him to the event.

The student that came up

to the podium to speak about why Ward was the teacher of the year spoke of how Ward mentored and inspired his students. She went on to speak how all his students are lucky to be able to have him as not only a teacher but as a role model as well.

The next award that came

next was the Vic Swenson Student Friendly Award.

The award is given to MNSU faculty who exhibited outstanding friendliness and assistance to students.

Pakou Lee, interim recruitment and retention advisor, was honored with the award. Teary-eyed and visibly

emotional, Lee hugged each of the students that voted for her to receive the award.

The third and last award given out to faculty was the Administrator of the Year Award. Cronin returned to the podium to give a speech on the person who received the award.

In her speech, she asked those in the audience to raise their hands if they both used the school Wi-Fi and the school email, MavMail, on school grounds to which everyone in the audience raised their hands.

The outgoing president announced that the individual responsible for the successful integration and success of MNSU’s technology is MNSU’s vice president for IT Solutions, Mark Johnson.

Johnson approached the

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Students pitch their big ideas in competition

OLUWATOMIKE BALI STAFF WRITER The Big Ideas Challenge is a competition that celebrates students’ innovative business ideas. It is hosted by the Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and gives students, or alumnus within two years of graduating, the opportunity to compete for money to fund their business ideas.

This year’s final round

of the Big Ideas Challenge took place Monday at the Ostrander Auditorium with 7 finalist teams.

Each of the finalist teams pitched their business ideas to the judges and audience. It started with the first pitch by two students with a business idea called “Balance” by Hannah Perez and Caelin Laakkonen: A nutrition guide that is centered on helping people find balance with lifestyle changes and living a healthy lifestyle. The business plan is to come up with a website that gives people access to information around nutrition, workout plans, biweekly meal plans, grocery lists and other information needed for adopting a healthy lifestyle.

The second business pitch of the day, called “Ceed Energy” by David Bassey, was focused a clean energy solution to power electricity in greenhouses all year round and control temperature.

This idea can help reduce the cost of energy usage for residential grower and grow plants indoor using wind turbine. The business plan for “Ceed Energy” is to produce and make available to consumers the “CV-100” kit to power greenhouses across the U.S. “CalcX”, a business idea pitched by one of the finalists, is a device that can be more than just a calculator to engineering students. It is a device that can make engineering calculations

easier.

The fourth finalist pitched an idea called “EnduraMark” which is a long-lasting whiteboard marker. These eco-friendly markers will last four times longer than an average marker. They are refillable and the part are replaceable. It is rechargeable and can be left open without the ink drying out.

The next finalist pitched a business idea called “Wryng” which is a focused on safety.

The idea is to create a safety app with features that keeps users safe. The safety app tracks location and movement

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The last award before the official inauguration was the introduction of the Barnes & Noble Leadership Scholarship which were awarded to ten students.

The scholarship is meant to help students to pay for school supplies, including textbooks.

With all the awards given, it came time to change leadership in Student Government. Cronin gave her farewell address. As she addressed the crowd, she talked about her time in student government and the life-long relationships she has made from it.

“It’s been a really great experience and I think for all senators and members of Student Government, we can say the same that it’s been an experience that I don’t think is like any other on campus,” said Cronin.

Cronin spoke about how she had made many of her best friends throughout her service in Student Government and that that she is proud of all that student government was able to accomplish during her tenure.

“I’m very proud to say we passed two referendums, one that was out of season,” Cronin spoke to cheers from the crowd. “We were able to get students to the voting polls, have their voices heard, even in out of season in December.”

Cronin spoke about some of her most treasured memories in Student Government. “Some of the most cherished memories I have in this university is getting to scare people at the CSU Haunted House, spending late nights in the senate office on a Saturday evening until midnight.”

Cronin ended her farewell address by encouraging all the students in the audience to seize the college moments before them as their college life will be over before they know it.

At the end of her speech, everyone stood up to give her a standing ovation.

Omar then went on stage to have both her farewell address and inauguration speech as the incoming president.

At the podium, Omar spoke about how a year ago she had barely any knowledge about the inner workings of Student Government, but it was thanks to those around her

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who supported her that helped her reach where she is today.

“I want to thank you all for granting me the opportunity to serve as your vice president as well as your speaker to two horrendous meetings,” said Omar to laughter.

“I will forever be grateful for the opportunity you guys have given me and shaping me into the person I am today so thank you,” said Omar, closing her farewell speech.

Cronin and Omar then proceeded to change leadership with Cronin giving Omar the oath of office.

With Omar now officially the president of MNSU’s Student Government, Omar brought the new vice president, Andrew Trenne, and the members of the 87th student senate and officiated the oath of office.

After the ceremony, Omar sat down with The Reporter to talk about her plans as president. “We have a few goals laid out.

The first of which is making sure that the tuition freeze with Governor Walz’s poorly funded higher education.

We’ve already talked to Students United, an organization that represents seven universities in Minnesota, and we voiced it,” said Omar.

Omar spoke about how she wants to focus on healthcare for international students. “As of now international students don’t have any dental coverage so trying to work that into the mix as well making sure there are more options that they can choose from.”

Omar also wants to change how international students are expected to pay rent up front in the beginning of the year and split it into semester or monthly bills to lessen the monetary stress placed on international students.

On the topic of sexual assaults that have happened on campus, Omar stressed the importance of the amazing job the Women’s Center posting sexual assault alerts and keeping students informed. Omar spoke how she hopes to work with campus security on dealing with crime on campus.

Omar takes the reigns of Student Government leadership with many significant plans and responsibilities on her shoulders.

MARIA LY STAFF WRITER The Violence Awareness Response Program held an informative session led by their interns about ending sex trafficking in part of their sexual assault awareness month.

Led by interns Erin Kotten and McKenzie Erickson, the two talked about what sex trafficking is, noticing the red flags of sex trafficking, case studies, statistics, and safety tips.

According to the presentation, sex trafficking is, “A form of modern day slavery. Involves the use of force, fraud, and control on another person for engaging in commercial sex acts.”

The two also engaged with the audience as they opened the floor for discussion, as audience members talked

about sex trafficking vs. sex work.

Sex trafficking is involuntary, no option of entry or exit, no profits, forced and coerced, and affects both children and adults. Sex work on the other hand is voluntary, done by choice, has an option to exit, control over profits, consensual, and done among adults.

Perpetrators are most often local male individuals who try to create a relationship to the victim who are typically vulnerable youth. About 40 percent of sex trafficking cases involve minors. Perpetrators who are caught can face up to 20 years for trafficking a minor.

Not all perpetrators are male however, as shown by the story of Rebecca Bender, a single mom, who developed a friendship with a female online who then introduced her to a man that later became her boyfriend. After clothing her, feeding her, and paying for her expenses, he forced her into trafficking to “pay him back” with the threat of hurting her child.

Due to the high profit and low risk because of lack of law enforcement, lack of awareness, and lack of resources for victims, sex trafficking has continued to thrive.

According to National Statistics in 2018, there were over 3,719 reported cases. About 35-45 of those cases have been reported in Minnesota alone.

If you notice an intimate partner or employer coming on strongly, having unclear terms, has a lack of information about your rights, use isolation, constantly checks in, asks you to do tasks outside of your comfort zone, displays signs of control, jealousy, or lashes out/delivers punishment, this may be a red flag of a perpetrator.

An indicator of a victim is poor mental health, abnormal behavior, poor physical health, or lack of control. Reasons victims may not leave are because

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Mavericks pledge to be the change each office, and will receive a free t-shirt in return.

On Monday, the Veterans Resource Center will focus on the diversity of experiences and challenges faced by student veterans and currently

JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER The American Dream is a vaguely defined, but nonetheless potent symbol of success and fulfillment which Americans aspire to achieve.

It is generally associated with homeownership, stable nuclear families, and a good job.

Recently, many Americans, as evidenced by the 2016 election and the rise of political extremism, seem to believe that this dream is out of reach for them. How can we bring it back, or at least expand it?

If we understand the American dream to mean homeownership, a good job, and a stable family, then we have a clear avenue towards a set of policies that can improve the likelihood of one achieving those things.

Housing first. The best way to increase homeownership is to mass-produce houses (as was done in the 1950s), which can be done through manufactured or modular housing. Demolish abandoned or condemned buildings and replace them with tightly-packed together modular homes.

Jobs. The best way to create good jobs is to combine ample skills training with union membership and maximizing the ease of starting a business.

Discouraging automation can help in the short term, but preparing for it is the better option.

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JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER The Minnesota State University, Mankato Student Events Team is hosting its first series of events dedicated to students’ advocacy.

The Mavericks “Be the Change” is a series of events, from April 22-25, which are designed to encourage advocacy about issues important to different groups of students.

Participants can pledge to do something on each day for

raising awareness of sexual harassment and assault on and off campus. Students will learn how to respond in these situations, rather than just being bystanders.

Far too many students

“Participants can pledge to do something on each day for each office, and will receive a free t-shirt in return.” enlisted student soldiers.

Tuesday will be dedicated to the Women’s Center. The center will be

face food insecurity, even as numerous restaurants and snack bars exist on-campus.

The Campus Kitchen will be

Formula SAE team preps for racing competition

MARIA LY STAFF WRITER Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers, consisting of 12 students, are gearing up for the annual Formula SAE competition later in May. Formula SAE is a student design competition where students build a car and race it against other teams from schools around the world.

This year’s competition expects 120 registered teams to compete.

Hunter Pauloski, the captain of MNSU’s Formula SAE team, stated, “You’re tested not only on the car’s performance but your job as

a researcher and an engineer.

You’re tested on the design of the car, the manufacturing of the car, the cost, the manufacture ability, there’s a business presentation that you give while you’re at competitions. It’s a very thorough competition, it’s not just about building a fast car.”

Every year, Formula SAE team members, per the rules, must make a frame with either significant changes or a brand new frame from scratch every year. The cars are meant to be on a year to year development cycle as students are expected to build the whole entire racing car in just one year.

Pauloski stated, “For inspiration, we looked at previous years cars and other school’s cars to see what they have done as far as reducing the weight of the car, improving strength, different methods, and then from there it’s just applying everything

that we learned across the four years of schooling.”

The car on average costs about $40,000 to make, as the students on the team are responsible for fundraising, mostly reaching out to local and national businesses.

Pauloski stated, “There’s a hundred different companies that support us in different ways either through donation, offering their services, parts discounts, stuff like that.”

Developing a car takes a lot of work as fundraising, developing, manufacturing, tweaking, building, etc. is a huge time commitment.

Pauloski stated, “There’s definitely been days where I’ve spent 20 hours on campus before. I show up at 8 a.m. and work till 4 a.m.

As of lately it’s been about a six to eight hour average working on the car.”

With the amount of work needed in building a race car, burnout is inevitable.

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Continued from page 3 have this event to educate that not everyone is choosing to do so.”

Safety tips range from informing a trusted relative or friend, trusting your judgement, being cautious when providing information such as location, using secure internet searching browsers, delete search history, block unknown or suspicious usernames, enable privacy setting, etc.

Resources to get help or more information concerning sex trafficking is the University Security, the

Pauloski agrees as he stated, “It’s really easy to get burned out, especially when things aren’t progressing the way we’d expect them to.”

Pauloski claimed they try to keep a positive outlook, “We try to keep on pushing forward. You spend all this time on something to make it perform really well, and at the end of the year you get to go out and test it, and experience what you’ve built.

That’s really been the driving force.”

When asked what the biggest challenge is in the Formula SAE team thus far, Pauloski stated, “I think communication has been the biggest challenges so far this year, the technical work isn’t really that bad it’s just kind of trying to get everything in a small compact package, that

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TRAFFICKING ongoing threat of abuse, torture, and rape, causes or exploits a pregnancy, causes or exploits a chemical addiction, pressure and guilt by the trafficker, isolation and exploitation of feelings of worthlessness, blackmail, money, threat of prosecution or deportation, withholding of documents, etc.

Erickson stated, “The stigma behind sex trafficking vs. sex work. A lot of times victims are blamed, they don’t understand why they can’t just walk away and leave, and we just wanted to

raising awareness of student food insecurity on campus, and encourage students to embrace solutions on how to best address the problem.

Finally, maintaining one’s mental health is absolutely essential to success in college.

Many students struggle with depression and anxiety, especially as the semester nears the end.

On Thursday, the Counselling Center at MNSU will be hosting an event dedicated to showing various strategies to help cope with depression and anxiety.

The week will kick off Monday, April 22, at the Lincoln Lounge in the Centennial Student Union. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

National Human Trafficking Hotline, Women’s Center, VARP, LGBT Center, Counseling Center, CADA, The Reach, etc.

Erickson stated, “Be open minded and learn about the opportunities here on campus within the women’s center, VARP, LGBT Center, because there’s a lot of topics and information that we are unable to give so non-university things such as REACH or CADA can provide more information.

So just get involved through peers and get the word out.”

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History faculty encouraging game-based learning in their classrooms SARAH FISCHER GUEST WRITER Over the past year, several faculty members of the History Department participated in a professional development seminar through the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The workshop revolved around the implementation of game-based learning in the classroom. The participating professors, including Dr. Jill Cooley, Dr. Lori Lahlum, Dr. Chad McCutchen, and Professor Jen McCutchen, have committed to a timeintensive process of writing games and implementing them in their courses.

Far from being an “alternative” form of learning, game-based learning has been proven to be an effective engagement and learning strategy in college courses.

Appealing to students who may not feel engaged in a traditional lecturestyle course, game-based learning allows professors to incorporate multiple teaching methods, adapted to varied learning styles, within one course. Students develop their research, writing, and oral communication skills while “getting into the heads” of people in the past.

Students dive into library resources to best understand their character and setting.

In order to win their games, they have to compete, and

negotiate, with competing students, and make critical decisions on the fly, all while keeping in character. A good number of students enrolled in history courses at Minnesota State Mankato are teachers in training. The Social Studies Teaching program is growing, and incorporating games into classrooms is a useful tool for their future careers as educators.

Many of the games designed for history classes are organized through a faculty-led consortium called Reacting to the Past.

Through Reacting to the Past, professors and educators can design, research, test, and purchase games they plan to use. Professors also have the opportunity of having their own games published through RTTP. In her course, Dr. Cooley is currently implementing a game based on the Democratic National Convention of 1968. In the game, students take on the roles of prominent democratic party members including Hubert Humphrey, Robert Byrd, and John Connally in the goal of electing a presidential candidate. The game tackles issues such as the Vietnam War, the war on poverty, and civil rights. Students have the opportunity to play the roles of not only prominent democratic party members, but also protestors and civil rights leaders such as Fannie Lou Hamer. Professor Cooley has also incorporated the published game “Greenwich

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America is facing a massive shortage of skilled labor, teachers, and nurses, among other occupations.

The institutions which heal the sick, educate our children, and raise our buildings from the ground are being starved of the talent that they need to succeed.

Colleges in America, both two-year and four-year, play an important part in providing the talent needed to fill those roles, paving the way into the middle class for millions of working Americans.

Unfortunately, these opportunities are increasingly restricted to those whose families can afford to take on massive amounts of debt, as the cost of college has increased by over 160 percent since 2000.

This limits opportunities for students from working-class backgrounds, and hurts our economy in the long run.

To keep costs under control and keep the American Dream alive, politicians need to enact tuition freezes, so that students can get the education and training they need to build the future of the country.

We as the Minnesota State University, Mankato College Democrats feel the pain of our fellow students.

While some of us have significant support from family, many are beginning to fall into crippling debt.

The costs here and across our state forces families to adapt in ways that aren’t conducive to the communities developing across rural Minnesota.

We need to support our developing workforce, not burden it. All members of our community should be allowed to thrive in our state.

Sincerely, Kyle Edwards

Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor and the New Woman” into her survey level American history course, and she is writing and implementing an original game on the 1980 Republican National Convention.

Some history professors have taken different approaches game-based learning. Professor Chad McCutchen has incorporated mini-games into his curriculum

for survey level courses. In his modern American history course, Professor McCutchen incorporates the PC video game, Tropico. Tropico is a political simulation based in the Cold War era. On the island of Tropico, there are many different factions: communists, capitalists, militarists, environmentalists, nationalists, a religious faction, and intellectuals.

The player is forced to

cooperate with a number of these factions as well as manage foreign relations with the United States and the USSR. The game of Tropico allows students to gain a better understanding of a non-American perspective of foreign relations during the Cold War. In his early American

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Continued from page 4 along with the time frame which is really tight. It’s really hard to design, manufacture, assemble, test, and race a car in a year.”

However, despite the challenges, Pauloski is excited to get on the track and test their final product.

He stated, “I’m really excited to get to competition. I’m really excited to see how the car is going to perform. We’ve been doing some engine changes lately, we actually

switched engines this year, so I’m very excited to see how that performs in the car vs. last year’s engine.”

The Formula SAE team has many components such as marketing, fundraising, designing, etc. Pauloski would like all students to know, “If you’re interested in getting involved in Formula SAE, it’s not just closed to the Automotive Engineering Technology major, we’re open to all majors.”

The Formula SAE

competition is expected to be held in Brooklyn, Michigan at the Michigan International Speedway from May 8-11, 2019.

Although the graduating seniors are missing graduation including Pauloski, the team is very excited. Pauloski stated, “Honestly, I can’t really think of any other better ways to spend graduation weekend at a racetrack doing something that I love.”

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College is more crucial and expensive than ever Degrees are becoming more important while tuition steadily rises

JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER The promise of a college degree as a pathway into the middle and upper-middle classes has been part of the American dream for over four decades, when the “college for all” movement came into vogue. Unfortunately, the cost of a university education has exploded, even as colleges spend less money per student than prior to 2008.

Many companies require a four-year degree for entry level positions in common career areas like sales or marketing. This is a problem, since there are many positions that do not (or should not) in practice require a degree, but do. That leads to an inflation of students getting degrees, since it become a prerequisite.

Another problem is the rise of for-profit education. Forprofit colleges often leave their graduates unemployed (at rates in excess of 20 percent), in debt, and defaulting on loans.

But universities as a whole have another problem: The

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rise of an “arms race” in amenities. More and more colleges are defunding their departments to spend massive amount of money

these building projects is to outpace other colleges and acquire the patronage of wealthy students and their families. It is a disgrace.

“More and more universities are replacing tenure-track academics with adjuncts, hurting professors, research, and ultimately, students.” on various construction projects, like luxurious dorm rooms and opulent athletic facilities. Often, the goal of

Alternative paths to the middle class exist; career and technical education being the foremost among them. But

that is not everyone’s path.

What about social workers, who need a four-year degree, or teachers? What about people who want to become lawyers or engineers?

The primary problem, however, is the rise of administrative dominance and the increasing corporatization of higher education.

Simply put, universities are becoming more and more like mega-corporations, with associated higher costs and administrative bloat.

More and more universities are replacing tenure-track academics with adjuncts, hurting professors, research, and ultimately, students.

Student services might be increasing, but it’s often the services that students need the most that are underserved. Mental health services, for instance, are often in crisis at universities, understaffed because of a lack of willingness by leadership to pay a fair rate.

This entire situation is unsustainable. States need to shoulder a greater burden of the costs as well, since the federal government and students shoulder most of it now.

Increased funding for education at the state level is crucial to ensure that we have a workforce which is prepared for working world of the 21st century.

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MNSU faculty reflect on the Notre Dame fire

JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER The fire at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday captured the world’s attention, and rightfully so.

The iconic structure, featured in Victor Hugo’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame”, was a symbol of Christianity, of France, of Gothic Art, and of the High Middle Ages throughout the world. No structure besides the Eiffel Tower is so associated with France.

For faculty who travel with students to France, especially in programs like French and History, watching the destruction was tantamount to a personal loss.

“I’ve been there numerous times, both personally and professionally,” Dr. Evan Bibbee, a professor of French at MNSU, said. “The thing that me the most upset and saddest is that it is such a longstanding and important part of French history, and

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really the history of the world because it was the symbol of the period.”

“A lot of the aspects of medieval French society were expressed in the ways in which the cathedral was built,” said Dr. Bibbee. “I was just there with students from Mankato and we went up inside the bell towers, so a lot of them were visibly upset yesterday when I saw them in class.”

Bibbee said that the fire’s cause was likely related to the dry, aging wood in the

cathedral’s structure. “The same wooden beams that caught fire in the roof of the knave were the same type of beams that are in the bell towers,” said Dr. Bibbee.

“It’s easy to understand how fire would quickly take those beams down.”

He added that while many old churches had been renovated with more fireresistant structures, Notre Dame largely retained its wooden beams. “A lot of the other well-known churches in Paris have been renovated

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The sixth finalist introduced “2True Headbands”, a comfortable, non-slip headband for women of all ages. “2True Headbands” is a running business that wants to establish a website, grow social media presence and give back to the community.

Rounding up the presentations, the last finalist pitched a business idea called “Hopynn”.

“Hopynn” is a car-pooling platform that links riders to drivers. This app can source for rides based on Facebook connection and mutual friends. This idea is centered to accommodate and provide solution for students who finds it difficult to get a fast an affordable ride to nearby cities or the airport.

“Ceed Energy” by David Bassey won first place with a cash prize of $3,000. AJ Rana and Manik Maharjan of “Hopynn” won the people’s choice awards and second

place with a cash prize of $5,000. Ben Lindquist, Mike Ganzer and Bob Peterson of “EnduraMark” won third place and $2,000. Maggie Knier of “2True Headbands” won first place with a grand prize of $5,000 and she advanced to the semifinal of the student division of MN Cup, the largest statewide business plan competition.

Cariveau Yvonne, the director for Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship said ,“We had seven finalists present their ideas on stage this year. That is more than we have ever done before and it was a big hit.”

“Of the 28 presentations that have made it to the finals, 12 of those businesses are still in operation today,” said Yvonne. “We have had about 100 community and alumni mentors and judges help to make this a terrific real world learning experience for our students.”

On advising students for next year’s challenge, Yvonne stated, “We encourage all students, from any major, to start thinking about their Big Ideas for

next year. Ideas don’t have to be high tech. Your idea could be a novel or play, it could be an idea to clean up the environment, and it could be something that helps people with disabilities or a service for agriculture.

Join other students at the Center and get help with developing your idea so you can be on stage next year.”

The Big Ideas Challenge has been sponsored for each of the last five years

by Lloyd Companies. Craig Lloyd is a 1972 graduate of the University. This year, the Agriculture/Food/ Beverage Division prize was sponsored by All American Foods.

Other sponsors were CrankyApe.com, BankVista and Jones Metal.

The Mankato community also provided finalist prizes to help student startups.

The top three winners received memberships to Greater Mankato Growth and all received three month memberships to the Mogwai Collaborative co-working space in the Hubbard Building in Downtown Mankato.

and converted since their original construction. Notre Dame, in a lot of ways, was in its original state,” said Dr. Bibbee For Dr. Christopher Corley, a professor of history at MNSU who specializes in European history, the burning of Notre Dame hit hard. “I have complicated emotions, I guess,” said Dr. Corley.

“To see anything like Notre Dame go up in flames is very difficult. But I also have personal feelings, in that I took my kids there to see it, and I take my students there.”

Dr. Corley has taken students to Notre Dame three times, and has been there himself over 20 times.

This isn’t the first time Notre Dame has been scarred

by history, either. “During the Reformation, the church was vandalized by Protestants during the wars of religion in the late 16th century. It was significantly damaged during the French Revolution,” said Dr. Corley. “Parts of it were turned into a temple of Reason. The statues on the front were defaced and torn apart, while much of the metal inside the church was melted down for the war effort.”

Echoing Dr. Bibbee, Dr. Corley said that in addition to its religious and cultural importance, Notre Dame is also enormously important to architectural history. “The Gothic architecture speaks to a moment in history when humans aspired to reach God. It’s a very confident form of architecture that is very different from that of previous centuries,” said Dr. Corley.

Dr. Corley said that Notre Dame had a profound effect on the students he brought there. “I loved to walk in with them, because their eyes are immediately drawn up.

They are overwhelmed by the majesty of the building, the soaring columns, and the stonework,” said Dr. Corley. “That’s the point of Gothic architecture. To see something that was designed in the 12th and 13th centuries have that effect on a 21st century person is one of the most amazing things to watch as a scholar.”

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2019 Big Ideas Challenge winners

Photos courtesy of Social Butterfly Winners of the Big Ideas Challenge pose with their prizes Monday. (Top left 2True Headbands, first place, top right Ceed Energy, first place Agricultural/Food/Beverage, bottom left Hopynn second place & People’s Choice Winner, bottom right EnduraMark, third place.)

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Continued from page 5 history course, Professor McCutchen developed a role-playing game based on Atlantic colonialism in the eighteenth century.

It is set on the fictional island of Kiskeya, where European empires, pirates, and maroons lay claim to the island. The empires of England, Spain, France, and the Netherlands believe they have a stake in colonizing the newly discovered island, while the pirates and maroons, who already resided on the island, felt otherwise. The mini-game is based around a tribunal to decide who will gain the territory of Kiskeya.

The Atlantic Colonialism game allows students to understand the motivations of European empires in gaining territory in the New World. It also gives students the opportunity to improve their public speaking skills and become more comfortable voicing

an opinion in a classroom setting.

Some of these classroom games are designed to align with an oral communication styled course, but they can be adjusted to work in many different types of courses, from small-scale seminars to larger general education courses. In both Professors Cooley and McCutchen’s courses, this reporter found students enthusiastically in character, caring about the outcomes of the gamebased simulations. The investment a student puts into their character fosters a passion for history and an understanding of why people in past societies made the choices that they did. Game-based learning allows students the opportunity to gain confidence in the classroom and for educators to provide an innovative teaching method in their courses.

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Reggae band Irie Minds releases new single, EP and tour to follow

MARK REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER Mankato-based reggae band Irie Minds released a new single titled “It’s Alright” on April 11. They will be releasing their full EP “Big Love” at the end of May before starting their summer tour on June 1.

The group, founded by MNSU graduate David Ostrom, has been steadily building a reputation in Mankato. As one of the few reggae bands in Southern Minnesota, Irie Minds has taken hold of a unique place in the hearts of their fans.

“We try to create an atmosphere,” said Jacob Erkel, the band’s trumpeter and hand-percussionist, “so that it doesn’t really matter what

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kind of music we were playing. We could be a ten-piece folk band and it wouldn’t matter. We’re shooting for a vibe and that vibe is a good time and a party.”

Irie Minds is the product

of an unlikely combination of students from Minnesota who share a passion for reggae music. Their high-energy, engaging, and somehow soothing shows take you to another world so entrancing

that you forget it’s negative ten outside.

“David Ostrom was really the mastermind behind it all,” Erkel said. “He’s the one who started reaching out and putting together Irie

Minds. So, he’s a big reggae fan. He’s a big ‘Pepper’ and

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The PlayStation 5: New console looks to change gaming itself KOLBY SPOMER STAFF WRITER Sony hardware architect Mark Cerny announced that the company was working on the PlayStation 5 in an exclusive interview with Wired on Tuesday.

After months of speculation and rumours, the company decided it was the right time to make things official and tell everyone a few details as to what the follow-up to their best selling PS4 console will be.

The biggest idea being discussed in the interview was “upgrades” versus real progress. Cerny wants everyone to know that this new console will be “no mere upgrade.” In progress for over four years, the nextgen console looks to beef up everything from graphics to loading times to general performance issues.

Utilizing a new AMD chip (to help make the console’s CPU more powerful) and introducing a brand new GPU that will support ray tracing will help convey just how much of an upgrade this

console will be. Ray tracing is used most notably in Hollywood to help make special effects look all the more realistic. No video game console has been capable of supporting the technology, so it goes without saying that this would be a monumental shift forward graphically.

The biggest technical advancement is the addition of an SSD. An SSD (or Solid State Disk) is a form of hard drive that contains no moving parts. Introducing this to the system will allow games to load at times we haven’t ever seen.

To provide an example of this, Cerny booted up Sony’s newest exclusive, Spider-Man. On a PlayStation 4 Pro the game took about 15 seconds to load a new location via fast travel. On the prototype of the new console, it took 0.8 seconds.

With tech like this, it’s easy to imagine the amazing things developers will be able to create when the shackles of loading times have been released.

All these technical upgrades are really nice and will change the way we play, but one of the most exciting developments stemming from this interview is that the console will be backwards compatible. That means

most (if not all) of your PS4 games will be able to be played on the new console.

This alone makes the console worth whatever price they decide to sell it at.

What exactly will that price be? Well no one knows yet.

Cerny wouldn’t make an official statement, instead saying “I believe that we will be able to release it at price that will be appealing to gamers in light of its advanced feature set.” Sony has been a bit unpredictable with their initial console price points in the past. The PlayStation 3 released to mass mockery as it was tagged at a steep $599. Learning their lesson, the next console released (the PS4) was a mere $399 initially. This in turn helped the PlayStation 4 become the highest selling console since the Nintendo Wii. With gaming becoming more and more streaming focused, many had doubts this console would even exist. While Sony has put those rumours to bed, it’s becoming ever more clear that this may very well be the last PlayStation console. I’d suggest buying this console if you like video games at all, because consoles in general will soon become a thing of the past.

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Continued from page 11 ‘Sublime’ guy.”

“I have to name drop ‘Sublime’ because it’s literally the only reggae group – other than Bob Marley – that any other human being knows,” he laughed.

Ostrom, singer and guitarist for the band, bonded with guitarist Carson Raethke and bass guitarist Sam Licari over their collective love of reggae. Cayle Wendorf, who wasn’t originally into reggae, joined the group as their drummer to create the initial lineup of Irie Minds.

“I think he’s more into 90s grunge and rock music and stuff like that. But he was just looking for a drum project, so you know,” Erkel laughed. “And he’s a fantastic drummer. I’m glad he decided to do it.”

Irie played shows around Mankato for about a year with their first lineup before they decided to expand and add Brody Schell on saxophone and Jacob Erkel on trumpet.

“Me and Brody we were both giant metalheads, period, until we got with Irie,” he said. “We were just kind of like some dudes the guys in the band knew that played horns, and we said yes to playing a couple of shows and now we’re here.”

The band self-produced and released their first EP, “Uprooted,” in 2018. The album was composed of songs written by different

band members. And in every song, you can feel their unique spirit, brought together by the rest of the band.

For their new EP, however, they decided to try something different. “Big Love” was written mostly collectively, letting everyone in the band be deeply involved in every song, meshing their styles together.

“Out of all of the people in the band who do listen to reggae, none of them listen to the same reggae,” Erkel said. “Dave was more the punk reggae; Sam was more of the experimental, funky reggae; and Carson was a little more into the modern, ‘roots,’ laid back, minimalistic kind of vibe.”

“It creates an EP that kind of spans all of the different subgenres of reggae.”

“Big Love” will be available on all major streaming services near the end of May before their tour begins in June. “It’s alright” is already available to stream.

In the end, Erkel and the rest of Irie Minds just want to make people smile.

“We could sell a million records and have millions of fans,” he said, “but if we play a show and it doesn’t look like anyone is having a good time, I don’t care.

I want to play a song and look out and see people smiling; moving; drinking; having a great time.”

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Amazon Prime film “Guava Island”; Gambino’s tropical disappointment

ALYSSA BUNDE STAFF WRITER The highly anticipated and hushed short film “Guava Island” has been released and fans and critics alike are torn whether it was marvelous or meh.

This 55-minute movie stars Donald Glover as main character Deni Maroon and Rihanna as Deni’s girlfriend Kofi Novia. According to Pitchfork, it premiered at Coachella, streamed for free on Amazon Prime for a day and is now available to only Amazon Prime subscribers.

Upon pressing play you are transported into a colorful animation narrated by Rihanna, where she explains the origins of Guava Island. The island was created by gods, but unfortunately corrupted by people wanting to seek profit from the blue thread spun by the native worms, according to Polygon.

Kofi works as a seamstress and is the inspiration for Deni’s music. According to Variety, Deni’s music unites the working class, who are controlled by the island’s

dictator Red Cargo. During the film, Deni can be seen talking to a factory worker.

She asks him what is wrong, and he responds, “What’s wrong is that we live in paradise, but none of us have the time or means to live here.”

While Kofi desperately wants to leave the island, Deni is determined to make it better.

The film surrounds the day of a festival Deni has put together to spiritually free the islanders with the power of music. However, Red Cargo has other ideas about this.

In a Variety article, staff writer Jordan Moreau discusses the power of color used throughout the film.

Red is worn by the leaders of the island, hence the dictator’s name, Red Cargo. The working class is seen wearing blue clothing made from the island’s magical silkworms.

Moreau theorizes the red and blue choices have political implications. The article continues explaining that while most of the characters are regularly adorned in red or blue, Deni and Kofi wear a mix of reds, blues and yellows. Moreau explains they’re, “caught between the social classes and power struggle.”

However, despite the decoding and praises reviewers have engaged in, there were many that felt the film was

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lacking. Vanity Fair writer Austin Collins stated, “Ultimately, the issue may be the movie can’t decide what it wants to be -- whether it wants to engage with the serious, heady tensions that arise between freedom and capital, art and commerce, colonialism and what comes after, or whether it merely wants to be a #mood.”

While the film features a cast of black artists, primarily only Deni’s character saw the spotlight. A Polygon article

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stated, “The film’s other character are also blips on the radar by comparison just emphasizes the way “Guava Island” turns Glover into a symbol.”

Others confirmed this statement as much of the film features Deni’s character singing Childish Gambino’s songs. A Pitchfork article explained, “It’s really more of a very long commercial for Gambino songs dressed up as a love story centered around a labor conflict in a

tainted wonderland.”

After personally watching the film I was left with a similar feeling as the other critics. I am a Gambino fan and most of, if not all, my enjoyment of the film, besides its overall aesthetics, came from the Gambino songs performed by Deni. I’m happy I was already an Amazon Prime subscriber and didn’t pay to watch it, because it would not have been not worth it.

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for Dr. David Dickau MANKATO, Minn. – The Department of Music will host a farewell concert for Dr. David Dickau at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 623 South Broad St, Mankato. This will be Dr. David Dickau’s final concert at Minnesota State Mankato as he plans to retire at the end of the school year.

Dr. David Dickau has served as Director of Choral Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato since 1991. As a part of his duties, Dr. Dickau conducts the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers and teaches conducting and composition.

David has been an active member of the American Choral Director’s Association, serving as a national Repertoire and Standards Chair from 1987 to 1991. He has appeared as a clinician at ACDA national and regional conventions and has conducted several regional festivals. He also served a term as President of ACDA of Minnesota. Dr. Dickau has performed at four national ACDA conventions. His choirs have performed at regional conventions in Omaha and Minneapolis and at a national convention at Orchestra Hall in Chicago.

Dr. Dickau’s published compositions appear in a number

of catalogues. He has filled commissions for choral festivals, colleges and universities, community choirs, churches, and schools. Significant commissions have included “Dresden Canticles” composed in honor of the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany and “View from the Air” commissioned by the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s historic trans-Atlantic flight.

The choral groups, under the direction of Dr. Aaron Humble and Dr. David Dickau, will sing a variety of selections from English Renaissance art songs to contemporary works, performing a diverse range of music celebrating the rich diversity of the American choral tradition.

General admission is $9 and $7 for students with a valid MavCard. Discount tickets are available online for University students. Advance purchase is strongly encouraged. Those who wish to purchase tickets

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Softball back on track; sweep series against Upper Iowa After lackluster performances the past couple of weeks, MSU bounced back on Tuesday

JENNA PETERSON STAFF WRITER The Minnesota State Maverick softball team took two games in Fayette, Iowa in a two-game doubleheader against the Upper Iowa Peacocks at the Eischeid Complex stadium Tuesday.

The first game didn’t really start until the second inning, where the teams first began to bring in some runs. The Mavericks brought in a total of two runs in the second inning after sophomore infielder Julia Bastian hit a single down the right field line that advanced sophomore catcher Emma Schifferle to third base and brought sophomore infielder Torey Richards home.

Later in the inning, junior infielder Kennedy Rieck grounded the ball out to the shortstop, allowing Schifferle to score.

For the Peacocks, senior pitcher Erin Drahozal singled the ball down the right field line and sophomore infielder Katie Crogan scored to cut the lead in half to 2-1.

Photo courtesy of Keith Paap Sophomore starting pitcher Lexi Schoper (pictured) pitched the Mavericks to a win over Upper Iowa Tuesday.

The game was quiet again until the fifth inning, where the Mavericks were on fire.

Freshman Kayla Moky reached on a fielder’s choice, leading to senior outfielder McKenzie Paap advancing to second and junior Caitlin Stone scoring the first run of the inning.

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Junior first baseman Amber Kral practices (7).

Kennedy brought excitement to the game when she hit a three-run home run that also brought in Moky and Paap.

The Peacocks scored once when Crogan hit a single down the right field line, bringing in freshman Kaylee Frenette.

The last runs of the game came from the Mavericks

in the sixth inning when sophomore outfielder Courtney Potter flied the ball out to left field, bringing in Schifferle and when Paap hit a single down the left field line, bringing in Bastian.

The Mavericks ended up winning the first game by the final score of 8-2.

Game number two started

off with many runs for the Mavericks, and the only runs of the game were in the first two innings.

Paap was the first to hit, and with Kennedy hitting a

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Baseball preview: Mavs look to control their own destiny The team looks to continue to take the control of the NSIC versus Wayne State

BRADY OLSON STAFF WRITER The MSU baseball team is looking to continue its hot streak this weekend when Wayne State comes to town for a three-game series against the Mavericks.

The Mavs come into this series with a nine-game win streak, dating back to a win over Minnesota-Duluth on Tuesday, April 2. Since then, sweeps of the University of Mary, Northern State, and Upper Iowa have bolstered their resume, advancing their record to 27-8 overall and 18-5 in NSIC play. Currently third in the NSIC standings, they trail only Augustana and St. Cloud State.

On the other side, Wayne State is also having a quality season. At 19-6 in conference play, they are tied with the Mavericks in the standings, and come off a sweep of No. 6 Ashland. However, MSU has had Wayne State’s number

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Freshman pitcher Kyle Nordby (35).

in this series, holding a 27-7 record all-time against the Warriors.

One of the key players the Mavericks will be using is senior outfielder Jordan Hart. Hart, the reigning NSIC Player of the Week, became the school’s all-time leader in RBIs in last weekend’s series against Upper Iowa. Along with the RBI record, Hart had already broken the school’s

home run record. With 15 home runs and 56 RBIs already this year, Hart also boasts an absurd slugging percentage of .825.

Another key piece of this weekend’s success will have to come from the pitching staff. This year’s pitching staff is loaded with talent, led by sophomore Cam Kline. Kline currently boasts a 1.97 ERA and a 7-0 record, while hurling

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a team-high 74 strikeouts.

It will be interesting to see if junior pitcher Jon Ludwig will get a chance to extend his scoreless innings streak.

Ludwig has only pitched 19 innings in only four appearances, but has allowed no one to cross home plate in that time.

With less than a month to go before the NCAA regionals, both teams have been trying to make a run for the tournament after missing it last season.

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The series will feature two games on Friday, with times set at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., while the game on Saturday is set to take place at noon. All games will take place at Bowyer Field.

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double, Paap was able to bring in the first run of the game.

To keep the good luck going, junior infielder Amber Kral also hit a double, which brought Kennedy home.

Schifferle then hit a single up the middle of the field and Kral brought in the

last run that inning for the Mavericks, with the Peacocks scoring nothing.

The only run in the second inning was scored by Paap, who scored because Kennedy hit a single through the right side.

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of this game was 4-0 with a Maverick win.

The next Maverick softball game is set for Friday against Minnesota Crookston at home in Mankato. The games are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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Upsets highlight the start of the NHL playoffs With best record in the regular season, Tampa Bay is the first team to bow out

ANDREW NEURURER STAFF WRITER The NHL Playoffs have been going on the last handful of days and they’ve been intriguing and a rollercoaster of emotions – at least for some teams.

Only two teams have advanced to the next round, the New York Islanders and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Islanders entered the playoffs as the second seed in the Metropolitan bracket.

NY faced off against the third seed, Pittsburg Penguins.

Despite the success the Penguins have had in the playoffs in recent years, they were still unable to muster its way through round one.

They were swept in the first round and never really gave much of a fight beyond game 1 of the playoffs. Goalie for the Islanders, Robin Lehner, played a large role in taking down the Penguins. He leads goalies in the playoffs with a save percentage of 95.6 percent.

How about the Blue Jackets? The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the regular season tying the NHL record for the most wins. With a record of 62-16-4 and 128 points, it looked like Tampa Bay had a real shot of winning the whole thing.

No one by any means saw a Columbus sweep coming and much like the PenguinsIslanders series, the Lightning didn’t pose much of a threat.

Game 4 was the Tampa Bay’s only chance of coming back in

Photo courtesy of the Associated Press The Columbus Blue Jackets shocked the world Tuesday night after the No. 8-seed swepted the No. 1-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning in four games.

the series, instead of showing urgency, they fell short 3-7.

NHL’s leading scorer Nikita Kucherov was suspended game 3 after a dirty hit against a defenseless Blue Jacket’s player. Regardless, the Lightning don’t have much of an excuse for being swept after putting up a record-breaking year.

Last year’s Stanley Cup champions, Las Vegas Golden Knights, are one game shy of defeating the San Jose Sharks. It would be an impressive feat if they were able to repeat being just two years as a franchise.

A large reason for their early success in the playoffs has been the Golden Knight’s domination on offense. They

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have the top three points leaders in the playoffs thus far. The three players leading the league are Forward Mark Stone (10 points), forward Max Pacioretty (10 points) and center Paul Stastny (8 points).

The Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs series has been phenomenal. It has been

action packed and things between the two sides have been edgy. Toronto leads the series 2-1 and will play again Wednesday night in Boston.

A lot of the games have been a dominant performance by one team and then followed up by a dominant performance from the opposing team. A large

majority of the series will likely go to game 6 or 7 based off what has been going on to this point.

It has only been one week and playoffs have been incredible. Round two of the playoffs will pickup next week after the fallout of round one.

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NBA playoffs start off with a bang After a week of games, the race to the NBA Finals looks to be a wide-open race

JOHN LAFOREST STAFF WRITER From the Milwaukee Bucks total domination over the Detroit Pistons in game one, to the Portland Trailblazers taking a surprising 2-0 series lead on the Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA playoffs have been a roller coaster ride thus far.

The team with the NBA’s best record wanted to show it can make a long playoff run, and the Detroit Pistons were helpless to slow them down.

“I don’t know if they were ready for us,” Antetokounmpo said. “But we just try to focus on ourselves. We just try to play with pace, run to our spots and try to make plays.”

Antetokounmpo had 24 points and 17 rebounds in just 24 minutes, and the Milwaukee Bucks rolled to a 121-86 victory Sunday, April 21 in the opener of their firstround playoff series.

The Portland Trail Blazers are another team that are off to an impressive start. The Blazers after their 20-point victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night have taken a 2-0 series lead.

The Blazers are the No. 3 seed, while the Thunder are the No. 6 seed, but many favored the Thunder to win.

Portland’s superstar Damian Lillard knows how important it is to remain locked in even though they have the series lead. After the game he said, “I’m happy but I really don’t care I know how quickly things can change and I know how good their team is.”

The Thunder have been bounced from the playoffs in the first round the last two years and look to avoid that same fate hoping to get back into the series as it shifts to Oklahoma City. The next game is Friday with tip-off at 8:30 p.m. Central Time.

The defending NBA Champions Golden State Warriors suffered a loss they could implement their chances at securing a three peat. The Warriors will be without starting center DeMarcus Cousins for the remainder of the playoffs.

Warriors have won a championship without the All-

Photos courtesy of the Associated Press Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (top left) and Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry (bottom right) haven’t had the best playoff series’ so far for their team.

Star center so the question of how much he will truly be missed is still in the air.

The Warriors blew the largest lead in playoff history against the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night and the series

is now tied 1-1 The Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets are up in their respective series 1-0, while the Denver Nuggets/ San Antonio and Philadelphia/ Brooklyn series are tied at

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Dodgers, MLB honor Jackie Robinson’s centennial year LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vin Scully joined the widow of Jackie Robinson to honor the player who broke baseball’s color barrier during Robinson’s centennial birthday celebration Monday night.

Scully greeted 96-year-old Rachel Robinson with a kiss after being introduced to the crowd, with Scully drawing the loudest cheers in a rare public appearance.

He stood behind Rachel with his hands holding her arms during the national anthem at Dodger Stadium.

They were joined by Robinson’s daughter, Sharon, and son, David, who linked arms with their mother as they walked on the field.

Robinson became the first black player in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

Scully began calling the team’s games three years later, and the now-retired Hall of Fame announcer was friendly off the field with the man he called “Jack.”

Only 7.7% of current MLB players are black, according to MLB. “If not for Jackie Robinson, I probably wouldn’t be here today playing baseball in the United States,” said Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig, who came from Cuba to chase his pro aspirations. “That’s the reason we respect this day.”

Robinson, who died at age 53 in 1972, would have turned 100 on Jan. 31.

His No. 42 was worn by every major leaguer Monday.

The number was retired around the league in 1997.

“For me, it’s a big opportunity and responsibility that I hold very dear to my heart,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “To put this uniform on today and wear that number today, 42, it’s always special.”

Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black recalled reading about Robinson as a youngster.

“To this day I still read about him,” Black said in San Diego. “What a pioneer.

What a great example of a human being and what he meant to our country, and in the bigger picture, what he meant for all of us culturally, not only in baseball, but in society.”

In Minnesota, Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo started his pregame media session at 3:42 p.m.

CDT in honor of Robinson.

“That’s probably one of the people in baseball I wish I would’ve met,” he said.

At Dodger Stadium,

Photo courtesy of the Associated Press

the pregame ceremonies included 42 current and former Jackie Robinson Foundation scholars. Students from Cleveland Elementary, Washington Middle School and John Muir High — all attended by Robinson while growing up in nearby Pasadena — were on hand.

Robinson’s No. 42 was cut into the center field grass.

The Robinson siblings each tossed out first pitches.

David’s was a strike to Roberts, while Sharon’s bounced on its way to catcher Russell Martin.

Sharon Robinson works as MLB’s education programming consultant.

The Dodgers hosted an invitation-only 100th birthday celebration in the Stadium Club featuring a sneak preview of the Jackie Robinson Museum, set to

open in December in New York City.

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen and former Dodger Matt Kemp, now with the Reds, came out to home plate to pose with Scully and the Robinson family before the game.

Missing from this year’s LA ceremonies was Don Newcombe, the third black pitcher in the major leagues when he was with the Brooklyn and later Los Angeles Dodgers. He and Robinson were among the first four black players named to an All-Star team.

Newcombe died in February at age 92.

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson hosted more than 75 kids for a screening of the Robinson biopic “42.”

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“It’s tough to watch it,” Anderson said. “But it’s brave on his part, for him to be that guy to go through that and just be a leader and basically break the barrier. A guy that I look up to and a guy that motivates me.”

The Seattle Mariners visited the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City on a recent road trip.

“It takes a special person, a special man to go about

it, to take as much backlash as he did and still did that in a professional manner,” Mariners infielder Tim Beckham said. “It speaks a lot about Jackie Robinson.”

Major league players made a $100,000 grant to the Jackie Robinson Foundation in honor of his 100th birthday.

It helps fund the college scholarship program run by the foundation, which was founded by Rachel Robinson.

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