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Muggles of MNSU for Quidditch Catch the golden snitch for a good cause this April 24.
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SPORTS: Photos from the 2nd Annual Golden Snitch Quidditch Tournament Facebook page.
ELLYN GIBBS Staff Writer In Harry Potter’s Hogwarts universe, Quidditch is a sport that received as much adoration as hockey does in Mankato. However, you don’t have to be a witch to try Quidditch. If you are aged 18 or older, you can come participate in the second annual Mankato Quidditch tournament on April 24, even if you have Muggle blood. Students from the Event Management class at Minnesota State University, Mankato, are hosting this event for credit and for fun. Admission is $5 per person and $35 per team, and the funds will go to benefit Leisure Education for Exceptional People (LEEP). On the day of the tournament, registration begins at 10 a.m., and the game will begin at 11 a.m. No prior experience is necessary. The event hosts will thoroughly explain the rules and provide a learning session before the tournament begins on the intramural fields near the fitness trail. J.K. Rowling, author of the hugely popular Harry Potter series, invented this sport on the fictional page, but fans found it easily adaptable to real world recreation. “[Quidditch] combines several popular sports like basketball, dodgeball, and soccer, into one united sport,” said Greta Wintersteen, student contact
for the event. For this tournament, participants are expected to form teams of seven and assign three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker. There will be no flying involved, as that comes with an excess of health haz-
catches the snitch. In the fictional series, a snitch is a tiny, golden flying ball that zips through the air at high speed. As this would not possible for slower, ground-bound Muggles to capture, student Breagan Shoquist explained
“For this tournament, participants are expected to form teams of seven and assign three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker.” ards, but the event hosts will provide the players with brooms upon their arrival. If a player does have a Nimbus 2000 stuffed in their dorm closet, they are free to bring it along. Traditionally, a Quidditch game ends when the Seeker
their substitute. “The snitch for the Muggle version is an unbiased endurance athlete that has a sock with a tennis ball attached to them, usually around the waist. Once somebody detaches the tennis ball sock from the snitch, the game is over.”
Wintersteen said that the hosts have made a few changes from last year’s Quidditch tournament. “With it being the second year, we have more hype for the event and more participants,” she said. They also received an increase in sponsorships for the event, which provided giveaways and goodie bags for the participants. “The community of Mankato [is] really being open to sponsor and support the event as much as possible,” said Shoquist. Official registration for this tournament ended on April 17, however, late registration is still open throughout the week. Contact Greta Wintersteen at greta.wintersteen@ mnsu.edu to sign up or request additional information. There is also a Facebook page for the event, which participants can find by searching “2nd Annual Golden Snitch Quidditch Tournament.”
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Veteran’s Center continues “22 Push-up” campaign This MNSU resource aims to raise awareness for veteran suicide.
ASHLEIGH BAGSHAW Staff Writer This April marked the second anniversary of the 22 push-ups challenge at Minnesota State University, Mankato. This campaign, which was was initially launched by the Veteran’s Club in 2015, aims to raise awareness in the MSU Community about high rates of veteran suicide. According to Joshua Byrnes, a key figure behind the campaign, “Veterans are at an increased risk of suicide than the general population.” He notes that the Department of Veteran Affairs calculated that “approximately 22 Veterans commit the act of suicide every day.” According to the department, Veterans accounted for approximately 22 percent of all suicides in a review conducted of 21 States between 2009-2012. This information, which was released in 2012, aimed to raise awareness about this issue so that greater steps could be taken to “drive suicide prevention program development and improve outcomes for Veterans at risk of suicide” (see Suicide
Photo Courtesy of the Veteran’s Resource Center Date Report, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs). Byrnes believes that this is “an issue for all generations of Veterans.” The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness at the local level about this disturbing trend. He hopes that the MSU Community will support the Veteran’s Club in their mission to raise awareness. Byrnes has been pleased to see high levels of student involvement with the campaign, stating that last year students completed over 15,000 push-ups. This year, the Veterans’ Club hopes to see a new record of 20,000 push-ups set. While the student support has been overwhelming, this
support has not been reflected by every faction of the MSU Community. Byrnes feels that the school, in particular, does not have an adequate response to deal with the growing suicide epidemic, emphasizing that four veterans affiliated with MSU have taken their lives over the last four years. Byrnes also notes that this pressing issue is one that “sadly is not [addressed] by anyone affiliated with the school.” While this campaign pro-
vides a significant step towards raising awareness about the issues faced by Veterans, Byrnes hopes to
representative who is paid for by the school,” and that this representative “can directly coordinate programming impacting Veterans who attend MNSU.” Brynes draws attention to the fact that “there are over 600 Veteran-affiliated students who currently attend MNSU” and hopes that the school can implement measures to better support these students. For anyone who is interested, the campaign will take place every day of April at 11:30 a.m. at the Centennial Student Union Fountain. Byrnes notes that this event is “always pretty punctual and students should make sure to arrive on time.” He hopes to see as many students out there as possible to help the Veteran’s Club reach their goal, noting that the campaign “really needs more people to come out and contribute” to allow them to hit the 20,000 mark. So come along and s u p p o r t the Veteran’s Club in raising awareness for an important cause, while also getting fit in the process!
“Veterans accounted for approximately 22 percent of all suicides in a review conducted of 21 States between 2009-2012.” see measures implemented which will go toward combatting these problems. He notes that the Veteran’s Club is “hoping to achieve a direct
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KMSU spring pledge drive goes live this week Show your support of MNSU’s radio station, “The Maverick.”
WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer Spring has sprung, and with it comes another pledge drive for KMSU-FM. This semester, the station is hoping to raise $35,000 for more operational costs, such as the salary for “Shyboy” Tim Lind, the co-host of the Shuffle Function morning show (which airs from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. every weekday), and equipment and programming such as the World Café with David Dye, which airs on the station from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Monday through Friday. The pledge drive starts Wednesday, April 20 and runs until Friday, April 29 or until the ultimate goal of $35,000 is reached. The main reason why they’re doing this pledge drive is to essentially keep the station on the air and other reasons as well. Shyboy explains more: “Broken parts fixed, and things of that nature, and also to grow as a station. In tune with the times, and we can grow with the community,” he said.
mnsu.edu KMSU and KMSK are listener-supported public radio stations (a part of the AMPERS family of stations across Minnesota), and as such their budget is limited as they serve the Mankato and Austin areas. A significant portion of their revenue comes from listener support, and that’s why, twice a year, they turn to the listeners and contribute their hard-earned money into a public radio station that has programming such as the student show Radio a La Carte (airs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday), Minnesota Morning with Karen Wright (airs from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.) and
Southern Minnesota Midday hosted by station manager Jim “Gully” Gullickson (airs 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. every Monday and Thursday). Karen Wright, the operations director at KMSU, said she hopes listeners can rally support: “We hope they believe in what they’re hearing because we aim to please. We love to hear from them, and their support means a lot; it means they’re enjoying what they’re hearing,” Wright said. Items at certain dollar levels include a KMSU hat (at the $25 level), a brand-new KMSU shirt or Shuffle Function t-shirt (at the $50 level), or a World Café CD or day sponsorship
– where the public can send $100 and direct the hosts to play a certain thing all day long. A big highlight of the spring version of the pledge drive compared to the fall version is that the Shuffle Function radio program does a 24-hour marathon. Dubbed “The Shuffle Function 24Hour Pledge Drive A Go-Go,” both hosts Shelley Pierce and Shyboy stay up for an entire day and plan out each hour they’re on the air. According to Shyboy, this will entail: “Surviving only on the basic human needs of caffeine, rock and roll and the generosity of our listeners to help
keep KMSU on the air. We have a lot of stuff planned, we have all kinds of music from all over the spectrum. It’s a lot of fun, and really challenging. We never know – is this the year we fall asleep?” Shyboy said. Students are important part of the station as well, doing the variety show Radio a La Carte and the Southern Minnesota News Project. Both Wright and Shyboy agree that notion. “A media voice for the university. We get the university’s message across the airwaves, both online as well as on the radio dial,” Shyboy said. “You know, you get something unique that you hear here something that you won’t hear anywhere else. So students are very entrepreneurial, and kind of hip. We try to give them content that they will enjoy and they can be like the cool kids on the block,” Wright said. You can donate by calling the station at 507-389-5678, or at 1-800-456-7810. You can also donate online at KMSU.org. Happy pledging!
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LATISHA TOWNSEND Staff Writer I believe that black love plays a major part in progression and growth in the African-American community. So what is black love? Black love is everything from a black mother showing affection toward her child to an African-American couple who have been married for 50 years. There are examples of black love in the media, such as Beyonce and Jay-Z, the Huxtables, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, and of course Barack and Michelle Obama. Black love has also become such common discussion topic online, even earning its own hashtag on Twitter. Black love can be a controversial topic, as it is often discussed by black women who believe in it and black men who refute it. This topic prompts discussions for interracial couples as well as discussing aspects of African-American culture that must be celebrated. Most women have certain qualities that they desire in a partner, and for many Afri-
POLICIES & INFO (CC BY-NC 2.0) by More Good Foundation can-American women, that list includes a partner that is also African-American. One of the issues that arises for these women is the fact that many of their potential partners are not seeking a partner who is also African-American. A study from pewresearch. org found that black men are 25 percent more likely to marry outside of their race in comparison to black women, who are only 12 percent likely to intermarry. I have many theories as to why black men and black women differ in their taste in partners, but every case is different for each person. Black love is important to
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me because there are common interests and issues that only other African-Americans can relate to. Romantically or platonically, it is important for individuals who understand a certain struggle to come together, especially important in these times where people like Donald Trump are running for president (insert gag emoji). Black love is about relationships, but it is also about supporting one another. I have a problem with the way that black women are frowned upon as if we are less desirable than other women. In my 20 years of living, I’ve had many conversations with African-American men
and women about their dating preferences and some of the responses that I received were disturbing. “I don’t date black women because they are all ghetto.” “I date white women because they don’t put up a fuss and we can get away a lot more with them.” The worst comment that I have ever heard was, “I don’t like black women because everything about them is fake. Even their nails and hair are fake.” I’m sorry sir, but we
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Futures Feature: Finding faith at Crossroads Feel loved and accepted at this encouraging campus ministry.
WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer Crossroads Campus Ministry is a ministry that gives so much to the MSU community and at the same time it rewards students that knowing they’re closer to God whenever they enter the building. Four really important aspects of Crossroads happen within the space of a week. Tammy Dahlvang, the ELCA pastor affiliated with the ministry, sat down with the Reporter and answered a few questions. REPORTER: How did you decide to become a pastor? PT: “I became a Lutheran when I was in college. I had been majoring in economics, but when I started looking for
God I began to take comparative religion classes. I loved those classes, and the Lutheran Campus Ministry was one where questions were welcome.” REPORTER: Walk us through how you got involved with Crossroads. PT: “I was ordained in 1997, and have served three congregations. The first one is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The other two are both in southern Minnesota. When my husband (who is also a pastor) came to serve at Bethlehem in Mankato, I commuted for a while. I’ve always loved campus ministry, and when I learned that Crossroads was looking for a pastor, I asked to be considered.” REPORTER: What are some the favorite parts of your job are? PT: “I love being with college students. Since I first came to faith in a campus
SNA holds fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings
KAARINA MAKI Staff Writer Who doesn’t enjoy a fun night out with friends? Well, what if that awesome night out with your friends also supported a great organization right here at Minnesota State University, Mankato? Well, here’s your opportunity to do just that! On April 19, from 5 p.m. to midnight, the Student Nurses Association is hosting a fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings, and everyone is invited, and encouraged, to come enjoy the fun! And what you have to do is so easy, and it will support a great campus organization that supports the nursing students right here at MNSU. All you have to do is go BWW (and who will say no to that?), and either tell your server you’re there to support the SNA, or you can give them a fundraiser coupon. In order to receive coupons that can be printed out, just email Ali Maleska at Allison.Maleska@ mnsu.edu. Then, when you’ve had
your fun and are filled with delicious wings, 15% of your total bill will go towards supporting the SNA. However, traditional wings and any alcohol sales will not be included. Does this sound like fun, but you don’t have time to it down at a restaurant? Well, you’re in luck! Takeout orders will be accepted as part of the fundraiser. The Student Nurses Association provides extended knowledge of nursing, beyond the classroom. The SNA creates volunteer opportunities and has guest speakers from the medical field that help create a complex and multi-dimensional way of understanding and practicing nursing. The SNA is also able to help pre and current nursing students build strong relationships with people in the community right here in Mankato. Everyone is welcome to attend monthly meetings, and to become an official member, all that is required is a $10 membership fee. Everyone loves wings, and everyone loves feeling good that they helped someone out. Why not do both on April 19? Come out and support the Minnesota State University, Mankato SNA!
ministry, the way that campus ministry operates- where people are hanging out in the building a lot, and some even live here, and we eat all of the time- seems to me the way that the church should be. I’ve also really enjoyed forming relationships with some of the faculty and staff at MSU.” REPORTER: Are you involved in other campus groups other than Crossroads? PT: “We work with some of them, but I am not involved in any of them.” REPORTER: What off-campus projects are you involved in? PT: “I’m active at Bethlehem, my husband’s church.
I’m also involved in my sons’ activities at Mankato West High School.” REPORTER: Is there anything else you wish to share with us? PT: “Only that I’m honored to be asked for this interview, and that I’d love to talk about what God is up to at MSU, and at Crossroads, with anyone who is interested.” Crossroads is located at 330 Dillon Avenue, behind the Jane Earley Center for the Performing Arts, and across from the Trafton Science Center. Crossroads is affiliated with ELCA, but they do welcome everyone. On Tuesdays, they offer a weekly home-cooked meal for
Reporter Archive the community for only $1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and you’ll think it just came out of your parents’ kitchen. At 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, a program called Affirmation happens and it mainly focuses on how LGBTQ members can still be one with God. On Wednesdays, Crossroads has Worship, which everyone is welcome to partake in, starting at 8 p.m. Of course, Crossroads is the home of Campus Cupboard, the student food shelf. For more information on the ministry, you can reach Crossroads at 507-625-6779.
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Course surveys are getting a “1” on student’s lists Is there a way to make surveys more productive and helpful? tire comment section, most of Opinion us give a blasé answer, never
NICOLE SCHMIDT News Editor With only a few short weeks remaining in the spring 2016 semester, students at Minnesota State University, Mankato are feeling the pressures of finals. What’s ironic is that between the workload of the end of the term and gulps of scalding coffee, students are expected to complete course surveys. For those who are unfamiliar with these (which I am guessing is few to none), course surveys are a simple form that students complete, letting professors and administration know how the students thought the course went. Some basic categories are comments on the professor, grading procedure, use
(CC BY 2.0) by a.k.a. microtip of class time, and other topic relating to the efficiency of class. Course surveys are given to students in one of two ways: print or online. This choice provides flexibility for professors when distributing the survey. Despite the logical need for end of course surveys, its effectiveness is something
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“Black love is important to me because there are common interests and issues that only other African-American’s can relate to.” don’t wear weave to get your attention. Just to be clear, if it is sewed to my head and I paid for it, it is my hair! How rude is that? Why aren’t we celebrating women for their differences instead of criticizing them? Black love can also be about loving yourself as well as others. The media discussion on black love is allowing us to explore the ways that dating and race intermingle in the modern romantic experience. Many other cultures seem to push, for the most part, the younger
generation to stay true to endogamy. The controversy I want to highlight is the fact that many African-American women are seeking people who are not seeking them. In closing, how does black love help the African-American community blossom and grow? It allows people to come together and celebrate what makes us unique rather than allowing others to put each other down. Black love matters, and we should celebrate it together.
that should be called into question. We have all pretty much been in a class that has given a hard-copy survey. You know, the ones that are brought into
professor would leave the room just for students to fill out their forms, and even more humorous that one selected student had to bring the top-secret envelope up to
“Despite the logical need for end of course surveys, its effectiveness is something that should be called into question.” the class with a manila envelope. Personally, I always found it humorous when the
the department office. While there are those that determinedly fill out the en-
being to extreme on either end of the spectrum. Three this, three that…maybe a four or a two here or there… This type of attitude is not good for the departments that are seeking to improve. Students (myself included) fall victim to this survey trap. I guess the only real solution to getting better surveys is having better survey takers. We must all try to do out best while completing surveys. It is a sad fact that students put surveys on the back burner, but it’s hard to blame them. With our brains basically shutting down at this point of the year, it’s easy to blow them off. I think that if students somehow saw the impact and results form their surveys, maybe they may be more inclined to fill them out more carefully. Overall, surveys have their kinks, and I doubt there has ever been a time when they have been perfect. But regardless of your stance on surveys or the amount of time you spend on them, please do complete them. Your comments could help make courses better for students in the future. Good luck on finals and surveys!
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Sports Mavs split series with Vikings
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TOMMY WIITA Staff Writer The Mavericks baseball team looked strong for most of the day last Wednesday against the Augustana Vikings, as the two teams each won a game. Minnesota State University, Mankato was able to control the first game with ease behind some stellar pitching from sophomores Aaron Rozek and Brody Rodning. The Mavericks would set the tone in the bottom of the first inning on offense, as they were able to get runners on base and score one off a wild pitch from Vikings starter Michael Letkewicz. Minnesota State would rally for three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, as senior Kyle Toth singled with two outs in the inning to bring home junior Hunter Harnisch and sophomore Josh Wenzel. Senior Taylor Branstad would single in Toth, and the Mavericks would have a 4-0 lead. They would never lose that lead, as the Vikings were only able to manage single runs
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win of the season after going four innings, allowing one run on seven hits. Rodning would pick up his first save of the season, as he pitched three innings, only allowing one run
Mavericks red-shirted freshman Jon Ludwig, the Vikings were able to plate two runners to grab a quick 2-0 lead. Peterson would continue his hot hitting, as he de-
“Rozek would earn his third win of the season after going four innings, allowing one run on seven hits. Rodning would pick up his first save of the season, as he pitched three innings, only allowing one run on two hits.” scored in the fifth and sixth inning. The Mavericks would add two more in the bottom of the sixth inning, as junior Eric Peterson drove Toth in to score on a RBI single. Peterson would score on a wild pitch later in the inning. The final score would be Minnesota State 6, Augustana 2. Rozek would earn his third
on two hits. The 1-2-3 hitters in Toth, Peterson and Branstad would go a combined 6 for 11, with four runs scored and two RBIs. The second game was highly contested until the final inning, as the Vikings were able to score first. In the top of the first inning against
livered a 2-run single in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game at two. Branstad would earn an easy RBI on a bases-loaded walk to give the Mavs a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Vikings tied the game up in the top of the seventh inning, but the Mavericks would re-
spond with one of their own in the bottom of the inning on a Waldek RBI single, scoring Toth. Leading 4-3, Ludwig was in position for his first victory after pitching seven innings, while only allowing three runs on nine hits and three strikeouts. The Mavericks bullpen would struggle, and the Vikings were able to hang a seven-spot in the top of the ninth inning to take a 10-4 lead over MSU. Senior Peter Gaustad, senior Dakota Belter and red-shirted freshman Daniel Feneis would combine to give up seven runs (one unearned) on five hits in the final two innings. The Mavs also made two errors in the field, and two Vikings were also hit by a pitch. The Vikings were able to tally 14 hits in the game, doubling up the Mavericks’ 7. The Mavericks (18-11) will begin a 12-game road trip Wednesday, April 20. Upper Iowa University (11-16) will be next, with the first of two games starting at 1:30 p.m.
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MSU men’s and women’s track roundup The split team competed in LA and Minnesota, with one jumper breaking a 40-year-old record.
COREY YUMAN Staff Writer The MSU Track and Field team competed on April 14 and 15 as athletes from both the men and women’s team participated in events out west in California followed by a day in Minnesota. It was an eventful few days that even saw a 40-year-old record get broken. First day action took place in Los Angeles as both squads were involved in the Cal State LA Twilight. The men’s team was able to get off to a good start with junior Myles Hunter in the 100-meter hurdles. Hunter took first place in the event as well as tying his fastest time of the season, 13.70, and the time was an automatic qualifying time. Hunter also was a part of the 4x100 relay team along with senior Richard Wilhite Jr., junior Michael Sandle and freshman Paul Selman. They were not able to recreate their performance from last year coming in fourth place with a time of 41.19. The Mavs saw some more success in the field events. In the long jump sophomore Geno Bullard made his season best jump and placed second in the process with
his jump of 23’52”. Junior Alex Campbell also had a nice showing as he placed fifth with his jump of 22’63”. Freshman London Thurman took home a first place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 47’3.75”. The next day the men carried over their momentum as they competed in the Mt. SAC Relays in Norwalk, California. “Mike Sandle broke
sota some of the men competed in the Concordia Holst Invitational. Freshman Reid Diamond had a great day, starting with a second place finish in the 400m with a time of 48.98, and he also placed sixth in the 100m. Diamond also played a role in the 4x400m relay with Javontee Brice, John Schuster and Tanner Ogren as they finished first with a meet-record time of 3:16:31. A trifecta of second place finishes also happened when Derek Cruz finished the 3000m Steeple Chase at 9:53.56, Matthew Stocker in
field team also participated in the Twilight Open. Khadiya Hollingsworth finished the day with a new personal best in the high jump with her leap of 5’8.75”. The jump qualified her provisionally for nationals as well as tying the second best jump in the entire Division II. “Out in California Khadiya Hollingsworth won the high jump at Cal State LA with a jump of 5-8.75, currently no. 2 in the country,” said head coach Jennifer Blue. Brianna Ziolkowski tied for sixth placed with a 5’2” jump and Kayla Lindell placed ninth. In the pole vault event senior Faryn Wirkus was able to finish in second with a mark of 12’6”. Another second place
Faryn Wirkus 40-year-old school record in the triple,” Coach Jim Dilling said. Sandle had a better outing on this day as he secured a first place finish in the triple jump with his mark of 52’08”. The jump was not only good enough to break the record but is also the eighth best jump in the division. Wilhite Jr. also ended the day placing a personal career best time of 21.01 in the 200-meter dash. Meanwhile, back in Minne-
Mike Sandle the 1500m at 3:59.62, and Logan Bristol in the high jump with a mark of 6.06. “The team is looking to be in good position heading into an off weekend this weekend and getting geared up for Drake Relays next weekend,” Dilling said. The women’s track and
Myles Hunter finish was accomplished by Ariel Thomas in the triple jump with a leap of 39’1.40’. Megan Allen had a great outing in the 800-meters and placed second with her
2:16:73 time. Senior Brooke Foreman also had a personal best in the 400-meter hurdle by finishing at 1:03.65. The next day at the Long Beach State Invitational Wirkus cleared 13-0 in the pole vault while Hollingsworth placed third in the high jump clearing 5-7. “Faryn jumped 13-0.25 at Long Beach State to move up to no. 4 in the country,” said Blue. Meanwhile in Minnesota at the Lee Krough Invitational freshman Gabi Gaines finished first in the 100m with her 12.30 time as well as securing second in the 200m by finishing with a time of 25.15. Junior Taylor Glenn had another first-place finish for the Mavs in the 400m hurdles with her time of 1:04.66. Another set of second place finishes happened with Lexi Platz in the discus, freshman Kim Wrey in the 100m hurdle with her time of 59.55, Bri Holt in the 100m at a time of 12.25 and Marina Paul in the 5000m with a time of 18:31:64. “The girls are performing well and looking forward to the Drake Relays next weekend and start peaking for the conference meet May 13-14 in Sioux Falls,” Blue said. Both the men and women will be competing again this weekend in the Drake Relays.
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Tennis finishes off regular season strong
KELCIE RICHMOND Staff Writer The Minnesota State Maverick women’s tennis team took care of business April 9 and 10 as they dominated Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota, Crookston. Saturday the Mavs were in Owatonna, Minnesota to take on the Beavers. The purple and gold completed the day defeating BSU 7-2 with help from several different Mavericks. With the win the women captured their sixth NSIC victory and the Beavers dropped to 10-5 overall and 5-5 in NSIC play. The dual against the Beavers started with three doubles matches. The Mavericks captured two out of the three. The number one doubles team consisted of MSU junior Melissa Mashburn and freshman Erin Streeter, they completed their win 8-5. The number two doubles team for MSU was sophomore Killian Doran and senior Sarah McCann. They also won their match 8-5. There were six single matches played between the Mavericks and the Beavers, the purple and gold record five wins. McCann was the only singles match to lose, falling to Zoe Lindgren of BSU 3-6, 2-6. Mashburn won 6-2 and 6-1 against the number one ranked Beaver Shay-
lin Prout. Streeter won her third straight singles match over number two ranked opponents. She defeated Deanie Hatch 7-5 and 6-4. Doran also continued her season success by beating BSU’s Morgan Opp 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7). MSU sophomore Lisa Dobbelaere inched out the win 4-6, 6-4 and 1-0 (10-5) over Claudia Bellew and junior Katie Salinda captured her first singles victory with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Justine Scheller. In the last regular season dual for MSU, they easily defeated Minnesota Crookston 9-0. The win gives the Mavericks an overall record 9-8 and 7-4 in NSIC play. They handed Crookston their final loss of the season for a 0-14 and 0-10 in NSIC play for the Golden Eagles. The Mavericks started off their Sunday dual against the Golden Eagles with three doubles victories. Doran and McCann shutout their opponents 8-0 in the number two doubles match of the day. Dobbelaere and junior Abby Schmidt followed in Doran and McCann’s footsteps as they defeated the number three Crookston doubles team 8-0 as well. Finally, Mashburn and Streeter closed out the regular season doubles matches with an 8-2 victory in the number one singles match. Continuing their hot streak, the purple and gold won all six singles matches against the Golden Eagles. Doran, Dobbelaere, Salinda and Streeter all won their singles matches 6-0, 6-0. McCann played the number four sin-
gles match and beat Reanne Erickson 6-1, 6-0. Mashburn struggled at the beginning of her match but was able to capture the win 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3). As the regular season comes to an end for the Maverick women they can be proud of their steady record. Doran and Streeter finished the regular singles match season leading the team 125, followed by Dobbelaere with an 8-9 overall record. The combination of Mashburn and Streeter proved to be the most successful for the Maverick doubles matches as they finished 11-4. The first round of the NSIC tournament starts April 23 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The Maverick’s first opponent has not been decided yet.
MSU wrestling successful in 2015-16
COREY YUMAN Staff Writer Last year’s Maverick wrestling team did fantastic as they ended the season sitting on a 10-4 record. They built quite the good amount of momentum by ending their year winning seven of the last nine. Their dominance was on full display in the majority of their victories as they walked away winning most of the time by an average margin of 24.8 points. Once the team reached the NCAA Super Regionals the team saw some individ-
ual success when four athletes were able to advance to the NCAA Championship. Among the players to advance were redshirt senior Matt Mincey, junior Adam Cooling, senior Scott VanDeLoo, and redshirt senior Malcom Allen. Of the four Mincey performed the best that day by finishing overall second on the day. When the championships approached it was Allen that ended up standing out at the end of the day. Allen finished his day by finishing as the national runner up and participated in the national finals. Mincey stood out with his performance as well by battling his way to a victory in the consolation bracket. The win put him in third place nationally in his weight class while also finishing with a
great winning percentage by putting together a record of 28-3. Along with Mincey, Cooling also finished third nationally along with securing the honors of reaching all-American status. Cooling would end the year holding the team high amount of wins with a record of 30-5. At the end of the year the 2015-16 Mavs tied the 201011 season for most All-Americans with a total of three and finished tied for ninth place in the team standings. In addition to these things Cooling, Mincey, and Allen were all named to the All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) team. Cooling made it to the first team allNSIC while Allen and Mincey were selected to the second team all-NSIC.
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A&E MNSU Theatre closes Studio Season Boy Gets Girl will run in Andreas Theatre, April 20-23.
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“Work” by Rihanna feat. Drake MATTHEW EBERLINE A&E Editor The MNSU Department of Theatre and Dance will conclude their 2015-16 Studio Season this spring with Rebecca Gilman’s Boy Gets Girl, directed by Kristin Fox. The play will run at 7:30 p.m. from April 20-23 in the Andreas Theatre in the Earley Center for Performing Arts. Described as “a disturbing chiller,” Boy Gets Girl is “about a woman whose life of accomplishment is quickly destroyed by a disturbed admirer.” According to a press release from the Department of Theatre and Dance, Boy Gets Girl “works powerfully at its most basic level, as a suspenseful tale about the
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“No” by Meghan Trainor “Pillowtalk” by Zayn DANCE Photo Courtesy of the MNSU Department of Theatre and Dance Theresa (Caitlyn Kumpula) begins to warm up to Tony (Luke Steinborn) on a seemingly harmless blind date. unraveling of a strong woman’s sense of security in the urban jungle. It certainly will touch a tender nerve in everybody who’s ever squirmed through a creepy blind date.”
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KAARINA MAKI Staff Writer For the past few years, it seems like Disney simply can’t be stopped when it comes to box office domination, and this past weekend once again proved the power of Walt Disney Studios. With two critically acclaimed movies out in theaters, Disney has now exceeded $2 billion in worldwide box office earnings, and this is the 15th year that they’ve been able to accomplish this goal. This past weekend, Disney’s live-action remake of their 1967 animated feature, The Jungle Book, made $104 million at the domestic box
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$175 million to make, but it seems the studios will have no trouble making back the “bare necessities.” For a Disney film that is PG-rated, an earning of over $100 million is no small feat. Only one other
PG-rated Disney film, Alice in Wonderland (2010), was able to surpass $100 million.
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The top ten Mario video games: Part one One student shares his favorite titles from the long-running franchise.
WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer Mario is one of the most recognizable icons in the video game industry. So, he’s been in a lot of games and in almost every genre of game you can possibly think of. He also made some early cameos in other games as well, but alas, didn’t star in them. So, I will do a top ten list, split into two parts. #1: Super Mario Bros. (1985) It’s the original, so it has to top the list. Making Nintendo into a video game juggernaut
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“All three games have been given a 16-bit facelift and a lot more detail has been integrated into the games to make them feel like a more immersive experience.” in the mid-1980s, this game has the right blend of action, platform-jumping, and above all, classic gameplay. The genre of platform-jumping
around to this day. In fact, a new speed record of less than five minutes was set just last week. #2: Super Mario Bros. 2
(1988) Two different versions of this sequel have been released. One came out a year after the original and featured the same kind of graphics and gameplay; only the difficulty was ramped up to a notorious level. Obviously, Nintendo of America didn’t release it fearing it would only alienate gamers. So, instead of releasing it, they modified an old game called Doki Doki Panic, in which the Mario characters work together to defeat Wart in the Dream World. This unusual game sold well in North America. #3: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) Not only did this game get a huge promotion in the 1989 film The Wizard (starring Fred
Savage), it introduced us to a masterpiece of a game that amped up the gameplay and added eight new worlds for gamers to conquer and finally defeat Bowser again. All of the familiar power-ups are back, with a few new ones as well. #4: Super Mario World (1991) Super Mario World is another one of those instant classics. Launching with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991, Super Mario World ended up being the highest-selling title
for the console. This time around, you have a massive world to explore and conquer and still you might not find all of the easter-eggs and whatnot as you traverse through several worlds in Dinosaur Land. This game, along with the previous entry in this list, was adapted into a television series that aired around the same time as these games were released. You can find copies to purchase online, though the shows are not as good as the games, sadly. #5: Super Mario All-Stars (1993) This compilation of all the remade original versions of the 1985-1990 games is just a gem to own. All three games have been given a 16-bit facelift and a lot more detail has been integrated into the games to make them feel like a more immersive experience. Finally, the unreleased Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2—named The Lost Levels here—makes its debut in this compilation. Return next week, where I will conclude this retrospective by talking about more Mario titles.
DISNEY Continued from page 15 The film was close to taking the record for largest April opening, but couldn’t reach the record that Furious 7 had created, which earned $147 million domestically back in 2015. The film has earned the spot for second biggest April opening, which exceeded the expectations of many. The film, directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Chef), is a remake of the film by the same name that Disney released back in 1967. A young boy named Mowgli, played in the film by Neel Sethi, is raised by wolves, but must escape the jungle in which he was raised after he is threatened by a ruthless tiger named Shere Khan,
voiced in the film by Idris Elba (Luther). Along the way, Mowgli meets the meticulous panther, Bagheera, and the happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, voiced by Ben Kingsley and Bill Murray, respectively. However, Mowgli also meets those who want to harm him, namely the hypnotic snake Kaa, voiced by Scarlett Johansson, and the ginormous orangutan King Louie, voiced by Christopher Walken. Many other stars were brought into the project to voice characters, including Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and the late Garry Shandling, who passed away last month. With The Jungle Book having an amazing opening
weekend, and with Disney’s latest hit animated feature Zootopia, Disney Studios was able to bookend the top five earning films this weekend, with The Jungle Book taking the number one spot and Zootopia at number five, earning just over $8 million in its seventh week in theaters. Zootopia has now earned $307 million domestically. With many other films about to come out, including the highly-anticipated Captain America: Civil War, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Finding Dory (all which come out within the next three months), it looks like it’ll be another banner year for Disney Studios.
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Clinton, Sanders dash about New York days before primary NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Sanders revved up what he said was a record crowd of nearly 29,000 in his boyhood borough, insisting that Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton cannot “tell the American people with a straight face that you’re going to stand up to big-money interests” when those same interests are giving millions of dollars to her supportive super PAC. The Vermont senator also said during the rally at Prospect Park that the former secretary of state must have given a “pretty damned good speech” to the bank Goldman Sachs since it paid her more than $200,000 as a speaking fee. Sanders has seized on the months-old arguments with increasing agitation in recent weeks. Sunday’s speeches came 48 hours before the New York primary — and on the heels of one of Clinton’s most high-profile campaign fundraisers yet. Both Sanders and Clinton claim ties to New York. Brooklyn-native Sanders could use a win Tuesday to jar the front-runner, while Clinton wants to halt his momentum with a victory in the state that sent her to the U.S. Senate. Clinton has led the polls, and in a tacit acknowledgement that the election is likely to be tough, Sanders plans to be in
soon-to-vote Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. Clinton and Sanders aggressively campaigned across the city Sunday. Both courted black voters; Clinton needs a large African-American turnout to win Tuesday and Sanders would like to erode some of that support. Clinton brought mothers who lost children to gun violence to a church in Mount Vernon, where she stressed her record on gun control. Clinton then hit get-outthe-vote events in Brooklyn and predominantly Hispanic Washington Heights. She concluded her day on the Republican stronghold of Staten Island, where she touted bipartisanship and rallied a crowd of 500, questioning Sanders’ role in the effort to revamp health care in the 1990s. “Well, where were you?” Clinton asked. “I mean, really.” Sanders began his day at a church in Harlem, where he emphasized that the Black Lives Matter movement had shown him how black communities feel targeted by the police. He later greeted well-wishers at a park shadowed by the Brooklyn Bridge and toured public housing in Brooklyn. Over the weekend, both candidates briefly left New York.
Sanders paid a visit to the Vatican. And Clinton made her way to California, where actor George Clooney hosted two weekend fundraisers for her. Donations for attendees at an event in San Francisco topped out at $353,000 per couple, which even Clooney said is an “obscene amount of money.” The fundraiser even drew pro-Sanders demonstrators, Clooney recounted in an interview airing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” When he went to talk with them, he said, they called him a corporate shill. “That’s one of the funnier things you could say about me,” the Oscar-winner said, though he conceded that some of the protesters had a valid point regarding a different matter. “Their T-shirts said, you know, ‘You sucked as Batman,’” said Clooney, the star of 1997’s “Batman & Robin,” one of the least memorable films in the superhero franchise. “And I was like, ‘Well, you kind of got me on that one.’” Asked on CNN Sunday whether Clooney was siding with the wrong candidate, Sanders replied, “I think he
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CAMPAIGN Continued from page 17 is.” But he complimented Clooney for talking about money in politics, which has been the cornerstone of his campaign. Sanders then used Clooney in his own fundraiser. In an email seeking $2.70 contributions, Sanders highlighted the size of Clinton’s fundraising checks and the actor’s comments about them. Sanders has been able to finance his underdog bid through low-dollar online fundraisers. In each of the past three months he has outraised Clinton. Clooney said he likes many of Sanders’ ideas and would gladly raise money for him if
down-ballot races including those for the Senate, which will confirm the next president’s picks for the Supreme Court. If the right justice is confirmed for the spot now open on the court, Clooney said, political campaigns could “get this obscene, ridiculous amount of money out so I never have to do a fundraiser again.”
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“Sanders paid a visit to the Vatican. And Clinton made her way to California, where actor George Clooney hosted two weekend fundraisers for her.”
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Kneeling Hitler sculpture could fetch over $10M at auction NEW YORK (AP) — A controversial sculpture of a kneeling Hitler by the edgy Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is among the highlights of a special sale at Christie’s auction house in New York. When viewed from the rear, “Him” appears as a child-like figure in a gray suit kneeling in prayer. But as viewers come around to the front, they come faceto-face with an unmistakable likeness of Hitler. It will be offered May 8 as part of Christie’s “Bound to Fail,” a curated sale where it is estimated to bring $10 million to $15 million. The 2001 work, made with human hair, wax and polyester resin, is the artist’s proof from an edition of three. It was included in the artist’s retrospective at the Guggenheim in 2011. Another major work in the sale is Jeff Koons’ “One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank.”
The 1985 sculpture depicts a basketball suspended inside a vitrine of distilled water. It could sell for over $12 million. Both works are coming to auction for the first time. The “Bound to Fail” auction is curated by Loic Gouzer, Christie’s deputy chairman of post-war and contemporary art. The concept originated with a work by Bruce Nauman titled “Henry Moore Bound to Fail,” a cast of Nauman’s own hands bound behind his back. The sculpture is estimated to bring $6 million to $8 million. The themed auction “shines a spotlight on works that have purposefully pushed the envelope of what the art market would be willing to call ‘successful’ in the pursuit of creating something new and ground-breaking,” said Gouzer. In the case of Cattelan,
the artist “defied the taboos of representation by disguising evil incarnate under a cloak of innocence,” he added. Among the other 39 works in the sale is a silkscreen by Glenn Ligon of Malcolm X with rouged cheeks and pink lips and Marcel Duchamp’s lithograph of a masculinized Mona Lisa with a moustache and goatee. Gouzer has curated two other successful auctions at Christie’s, including “Looking Forward to the Past” last May where Pablo Picasso’s 1955 “Women of Algiers (Version O)” sold for $179 million, setting a world record for artwork at auction. “Bound to Fail” is being held on a Sunday in advance of Christie’s weeklong spring auctions of 20th century art that runs through May 13.
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Maverick Textbook Reserve Program?
This is a unique program and opportunity for students choosing to check out expensive textbooks for a couple of hours at a time in lieu of shelling out large sums of money for the rental, or purchase of a used or new textbook. The Minnesota State Student Association (MSSA) is the "lead partner" of the cooperative arrangement which involves the on-campus bookstore vendor, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, and Library Services. Without the direct support of these two partners the program wouldn't be what it is.