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It all comes down to this After wild campaign season, students vote today in MSSA election.

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer At long last, the student senate election is here.

It’s been a whirlwind of a campaign season that was supposed to end with an election on April 11. That initial date was pushed back to today after the Elections Commission admitted to having made procedural rule violations. The two parties in this year’s election are Mavericks Empowering Mavericks and Support Our Students (SOS). The Accountability Party is fielding a handful of senate candidates as well and the only candidate for CSU Board, but does not have a presidential/vice-presidential ticket. Several independent candidates are running for senate and independent MSSA boards, as well.

Mavericks Empowering Mavericks’ presidential candidate is Abdul-Aziz and its vice-presidential candidate is Kayla Cremers.

SOS’ presidential candidate is Fred de Ruiter and its vicepresidential candidate is Jeremiah Kirch.

Abdul-Aziz is, among other things, an MSSA senator, Student Affairs Coordinator, and a Community Advisor in the Residence Halls. De Ruiter is the MSSA speaker and has been Student Affairs Coordinator and Residence Hall president in the past.

Cremers is, among other things, an MSSA senator, the vice president of Conduct Review as well as Community Service and Philanthropy on the Panhellenic Council, and Co-President of Dance Marathon. Kirch has no

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previous MSSA experience, but he is the treasurer of Sigma Nu, he served as a floor representative in the Residence Hall Association, and began his own construction business after graduating high school.

T he p re s id e nt ial candidates made a final pitch to students yesterday.

While campaigning yesterday in the CSU, AbdulAziz told the Reporter that “we will work to change how student government communicates with the students they represent.”

Improving communication between student senate and students has been an issue Mavericks Empowering Mavericks has highlighted throughout its campaign.

“We strongly believe that for MSSA to be a voice for students, students must be heard and actions must be taken in their best interests,” he says.

His party’s goal, he says, is to “empower Mavericks for success in their academic and personal endeavors.”

De Ruiter argues that a vote for SOS is a vote for concrete action. He says that his party “has outlined concrete things which we want to accomplish rather than just broad goals.”

He lays out a few examples. “We’re not saying that we just want to promote the bus service. We’re saying that we want more routes, we’re saying that we want more hours, we’re saying that we want the possibility for Sunday buses. We’re not just saying that we want to expand access for free feminine hygiene products.

We’re saying that we will get free feminine hygiene products in the CSU and possibly the rest of campus.”

SOS’ campaign has homed in on two primary issues. “Keep the free lot free,” which refers to the

free parking lot on Stadium Road, has been a rallying cry of the party. De Ruiter has also declared that he and all party members will give up their salaries if elected. The money will be used to make the Bullpen free for students on Fridays.

In the past week, both parties have been active online.

SOS released a video featuring de Ruiter laying out his case overlaid with drone shots from above the free lot and scenes from the bullpen.

“I want to improve communication between students and student government. Your opinions matter and they matter to me,” says de Ruiter as he releases a bowling ball in the Bullpen bowling alley.

“If elected, I will donate my entire presidential salary to the Bullpen in an effort to make it free on Fridays.

And I’ll try to be there every Friday so it’s easy for you to communicate with me on your time.”

Mavericks Empowering Mavericks responded with their own video on Monday.

It took a humorous tone in presenting the key pieces of its platform. “Progress campus environmental sustainability” it says as Cremers hugs a tree and Abdul-Aziz jumps onto a branch. “Expand dining options for students with dietary restrictions” it says as the two run around outside the new dining hall. “We won’t lounge around” it says, as the two lay in hammocks outside the Performing Arts building. And, in a challenge to de Ruiter’s campaign, it says “preserve the free lot” as Cremers runs across the screen holding a Mavericks Empowering Mavericks poster.

SOS is late to the race, having jumped in only shortly after the election postponement. The party

certainly hit the ground running, however.

“We’re really focusing on social media,” says de Ruiter.

De Ruiter says that the SOS Facebook page, created a week ago, already has a post reach of over 15,000.

Their campaign video is already nearing 3,500 views.

Mavericks Empowering Mavericks, on the other hand, has run a very visible on-the-ground campaign.

As of [7:00 p.m.] yesterday, the Mavericks Empowering Mavericks Facebook page had 353 likes and the SOS page had 148. Consensus in MSSA seems to be that de Ruiter does have a real chance at victory.

When asked if he would care to provide a prediction, Abdul-Aziz said that “we have faith that the student body will pick who they think will do the best job and

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A few minutes of your time today can impact the future of MNSU! When Voting is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today Where - Online at www.mnsu.edu/voting - At one of the three voting booths on campus; MavAve, University Dining Hall, and outside Myers Field House What am I voting for?

MSSA is the representative body for students at MNSU. It’s motto is “A Voice For Students.”

All students will vote on three constitutional amendments, president and vice president, Newspaper Board, Centennial Student Union Board, Athletic Fee Advisory Board, and the Student Health Advisory Board. Students can also vote for senators according to their respective college and living status on or off campus.

They have reached out to students at their table in the CSU and their posters have been ubiquitous on campus for weeks.

“We’ve done a solid month of campaigning and that’s been a combination of constant tabling and presenting to RSOs and various groups on campus,” says Abdul-Aziz.

It appears that Abdul-Aziz and his party have the edge.

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optimistically represent the student body.”

“Whoever wins, MSU will be in good hands,” says de Ruiter. “What’s more important than voting for me is just voting in general.”

Today’s complete ballot can be found on pages 11 and 12. Party platforms for the two major parties can be found on page eight.

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LUKE LARSON Staff Writer Last Wednesday’s MSSA meeting was the longest regular business meeting of the semester, clocking in at around three hours.

First came a presentation on changes to the Student Allocation Committee (SAC) guidelines. SAC chair Cristian Perez noted a few of the proposed changes, which were included in a motion later in the meeting. One change was to increase the per-person travel limit for

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student group allocation requests in an effort to “put money back in students’ hands.”

Taylor Heid, organizer of the bee-friendly campus initiative, went into depth on that issue. She noted that MNSU president Richard Davenport will ultimately need to sign off on a Bee City USA application in order for the movement to continue.

A presentation was given explaining the MSSA election postponement situation and the Constitution Commission’s decision to uphold the postponement last Tuesday.

MNSU student Leanna Moy represented the American Lung Association in warning of the dangers of

flavored tobacco and myths surrounding it.

The senate allocated $1,385 for trips put on by student groups: $85 to the RANGE Geography Club, $500 to the Sport Management Association, $550 to MavHouse Records, and $250 to Alpha Sigma Alpha.

Five motions were presented and all of them passed.

MM/84/04/19/01 was the motion containing the SAC guidelines changes.

MM/84/04/19/02 was the long-awaited bee-friendly motion. It was moved by President Faical Rayani and affirms that MSSA advocates for the bee-friendly campus initiative and encourages

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President Davenport to support it as well.

MM/84/04/19/03 was the motion containing all proposed changes to the MSSA by-laws. What ensued was a massive discussion, generally focused on very technical issues. One piece worth noting is that the motion established a new MSSA position: Public Relations and Marketing Chair.

MM/84/04/19/04 was a motion moved by Senator Jacob Royce that declares that MSSA publicly supports the Homecoming Committee’s decision to change the terms “homecoming king” and “homecoming queen” to “homecoming royals.”

The motion passed with

unanimous approval.

MM/84/04/19/05 was a motion that will require the senate to write a transition report after their term for the incoming senate.

Many reports were given as senators met their report quotas. In his report, President Rayani said he would like to see a bike-friendly campus motion passed before the end of the semester. Senator Smith gave a report on an issue he has worked on for a long time: campus security.

His idea is to expand the Safe Walk program to offcampus locations adjacent to campus. In his report, Senator D’Silva proposed that the new dining hall be equipped with resources for studying, including a printer.

Pence thanks U.S. military members during stop in Hawaii HONOLULU (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence ended his trip to Asia on Monday with a thanks to U.S. service members based in Hawaii and promises of robust military spending under President Donald Trump.

Pence sat with troops for lunch at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii and noted the president’s push for increased military spending at a time when the U.S. faces threats in the Asia-Pacific posed by North Korea.

The vice president said he wanted to assure military members that “in these uncertain times, people who serve here at U.S. Pacific Command will know that in

your commander-in-chief, you have a president who is going to fight to rebuild our military.”

Pence wrapped up a 10-day trip to Asia that included a visit to the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea, consultations with leaders in South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Australia, and a quick stop to see troops in American Samoa.

The United States’ efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear and weapons programs dominated the trip, which put Pence in Asia shortly after Kim Jong Un’s regime unsuccessfully launched a ballistic missile.

For Pence, the trip offered

evidence that the former governor has become one of President Donald Trump’s chief emissaries on the world stage, patching up relations, reassuring allies still wondering what to expect from Trump and diving into international crises like North Korea.

During the trip, Pence delivered North Korea a stern warning: that “all options are on the table” when it comes to curbing the North’s nuclear ambitions.

He told foreign leaders the Trump administration would seek support from its allies to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

Pence’s early foreign travel

schedule has contrasted sharply with a mostly homebound Trump, who is not scheduled to travel overseas until late May for NATO meetings in Belgium and a gathering of the Group of Seven major industrial nations in Italy. Pence partly covered that ground when he visited Germany and Belgium in February.

Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, had visited nine countries by late April 2009, his first three months in office, checking in with allies such as Canada, Britain and Germany. The last first-term president to wait until May to take his first foreign trip was Jimmy Carter in 1977.

Pence postponed a visit

to the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor on Tuesday to return to Washington for what’s expected to be a busy week on Capitol Hill with the threat of a government shutdown if there’s no agreement on spending priorities.

Trump has pushed for a large increase in military spending and Pence noted during the lunch that he would be returning to Washington to work on a supplemental Pentagon funding package.

The plan, while still subject to negotiations, could top $15 billion.

“The president truly believes that the time has come for us to rebuild this military,” Pence said.

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Bhaalo Bashi!: Big Bangladeshi bash is a ball for all both the audience and the performances.

Two more dance groups followed.

One danced to Remix Qawali and one performed a folk dance.

Next came a bit of humor as the emcees called for four guys and four girls to volunteer to come up to the stage. They were paired up and the girls were tasked with dressing their partner with a sari – a traditional South Asian women’s dress – as fast as possible.

Next came another live song performed by Doridro.

It featured a guitarist and four singers.

After that, two dances were performed that showed old-fashioned romance and modern romance, followed by a “mash-up dance.”

Asif Uddin then took the stage to show off his magic.

He performed two tricks.

In the first, he selected an audience member to come up to the stage. He then took out two Bangladeshi tea bags and placed them in cups.

He asked the participant to select a card from a deck and to write down what she chose on a notepad. He then showed her all the cards in the deck again. The card she had chosen was no longer there. After some searching, it was found in Asif’s cup, folded up as the tag on his tea bag. For his next act, he brought another participant up on stage. The participant

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer On Saturday night, the Bangladeshi Student Organization hosted Tarunno, a celebration of Bangladeshi culture in the CSU Ballroom.

It was a packed and energetic extravaganza. Tickets sold out, but Bangladeshi Student Organization (BSO) decided to sell fifty more, says Bangladeshi student Amit Roy, to give everyone who wanted to the opportunity to enjoy the night.

Anamul Hasan says that he was very impressed with the turnout. “We had to stand,” he says.

Bangladesh is a small country at the northern tip of the Bay of Bengal, bordering India. It was once part of India but became the eastern half of Pakistan when that country was created. It wasn’t until later that East Pakistan gained its independence as the new nation of Bangladesh.

What it lacks in size, it makes up for in population. With around 150 million people, Bangladesh is the ninth most populous country in the world, according to the CIA World Factbook. According to spring 2016 international student population statistics from the MNSU website, there are seventy-nine Bangladeshi students at MNSU. The event, which was

Photo from the Bangladesh Student Organization MNSU Facebook page the first Bangladeshi Night held since 2013, was the culmination of years of effort on the part of BSO. BSO president Tonmoy Kanti Paul expressed his gratitude to all those who put in the tremendous amount of work that made the event possible.

“I was nervous in the beginning,” he admits. “My friends supported me a lot.

Without their help, I couldn’t make this night possible.”

For their part, the Bangladeshi students showed Paul their gratitude for his work organizing the event.

He was thanked on stage by one of the emcees for his great work as president.

Raucous chants of “TKP! TKP! TKP!” broke out whenever he took the stage.

The night began with

an authentic Bangladeshi meal, consisting of chicken roast, rice, vegetable curry, vegetable pakora, egg korma (deviled egg), kheer (sweet rice pudding with nuts), and mango lassi (a thick mango drink). The lines stretched on and on and, unlike most international nights, there was not much opportunity for seconds.

“We have lots of spicy food,” says Mahzabeen Sabiha, an MNSU student from Bangladesh.

In comparison to Bangladeshi food, she says, “Indian food is kind of sweet.”

The show opened with the national anthems of the United States and Bangladesh, followed by bright lights and Bengali music. The room was decorated to resemble a Bangladeshi wedding.

David Cowan and Steve Stoynoff, Dean of Global Education, were thanked for their support. Stoynoff took the stage and expressed how pleased he was that this student-led event had exceeded expectations.

The performances kicked off with a fashion show, as guys and girls took the stage two at a time showing off some dance moves and traditional clothing.

Two dance groups followed the fashion show, one made up of students from the city of Dhaka and the other made up of students from the city of Chittagong.

Next, a band played a popular Bengali song and the audience clapped and sang along. The band featured some MNSU alumni. Alumni were well-represented in

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Beloved 600-year-old white oak tree takes final bow BERNARDS, N.J. (AP) — A white oak tree that has watched over a New Jersey community and a church for hundreds of years began its final bow Monday as crews began its removal and residents fondly remembered the go-to spot for formal photos, landmark for driving directions and the remarkable piece of natural history.

Crews at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church in Bernards began taking down the 600-year-old tree that was declared dead after it began showing rot and weakness during the last couple of years. They were due to return to the church Tuesday — weather permitting — to continue the process, which is expected to be completed

by Wednesday.

“Over the past few years (the tree’s) health has declined quite dramatically.

Our folks did everything possible to help its health be restored, but it was just the end of its life and it was not meant to be,” the Rev. Dennis Jones, the church’s

pastor, said as the work got underway.

The removal work drew lots of attention from residents of a bedroom community about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of New York and other tree fans who saw it as a chance to bid a final farewell to their close friend. Hundreds of people came by during the day to watch the work, many appearing somber as they watched workers use chain saws to cut down limbs and branches.

The tree pieces were loaded onto a log truck and taken to an undisclosed site where they will be evaluated and inventoried. Officials still are deciding what to do with the wood and what will be put on the site where the tree stood.

The tree has been an important part of the community since the town’s inception in the 1700s.

Officials say it was the site of a picnic Gen. George Washington held with the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Rev. George Whitefield, a noted evangelist, preached

BANGLADESH Continued from page 3 selected a random page from a book. It was page number 128 and he wrote it down and showed it to the audience. Asif then called out to the audience asking them to check for something special behind their seats. One student came up carrying an envelope. In the envelope was page 128 of the book.

Perhaps Mr. Uddin should be called the Great Uddini.

He noted that he would have performed more tricks but was cut short by time restrictions.

After the magic show, four dancers took the stage, including President Paul. He donned a widebrimmed hat with long braids and a black robe.

In the dance, he acted as a magician, controlling the movements of the other dancers.

As the crowd took to the stage for the final wedding dance, it was already past 9 p.m. Many stayed, however, for a DJ performance.

Throughout the night, the emcees read some Bangladeshi fun facts. They

explained, for example, that there are six – not four – seasons in Bangladesh: summer, monsoon, fall, late fall, winter, and spring. The Bay of Bengal is the largest ocean bay in the world.

The rickshaw, a humanpowered three-wheeled vehicle, is the most popular form of transportation in the country. Outside the ballroom, attendees took photos with a homemade and hand - painted rickshaw. Throughout the event, there were many references to Bengali as being the “world’s sweetest language.”

The event even featured its own Snapchat filter. The Bangladeshi New Year was April 14 and it was noted during the event that a new year’s celebration will be taking place at Blackhawk Middle School in Eagan this coming Saturday.

“I think the event was very successful,” says Amit Roy. “There were a lot of situations when we thought we might not be able to do it, but at the last moment it just all happened really great.”

to more than 3,000 people beneath the tree in 1740.

“It’s just always been there, it’s always been a part of my town and now it’s time to just say goodbye,” Amanda Hughes said Monday. “It’s dead, it’s lived a good life and it’s time for it to come down, and we will remember it in different ways now.”

Arborists say the tree had stood for nearly 300 years before the church was built in 1717. It stands about 100 feet tall, has a trunk circumference of 18 feet and has a branch spread of roughly 150 feet.

Its death was likely due to its age.

But there is a silver lining for tree fans: Another white oak cultivated from the old tree’s acorns was recently planted at the church, so its legacy will continue at the church.

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1. Why can all kinds of food be brought in and served out of the multicultural center (CSU 269) when other student groups are not allowed to do this because of the Sodexo contract? It seems that we are held to a different standard.

2. How can MSSA and Student Allocations Committee have advisors that receive their entire budget dollars from them? This seems like a big conflict of interest!

3. Why does the administration tend to disregard student concerns about real issues, i.e. the total mess of the MSSA Spring election.

4. Why is there a lack of civility on this campus? What plans do you have to change this lack of respect we feel?

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MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer Reproductive health is a key aspect that everyone should be informed about as they grow up. Reproductive health includes topics like puberty, sex, abortion, contraception, and many others.

Puberty and sex are some of the most pressing issues universally. The undereducation of the young people about their bodies and the purity of sex is highly degraded because of this.

The education of kids plays a huge role in determining their comprehension about puberty and sex as their parents or guardians have a heavy influence on them as they grow. Puberty and sex are vital issues that need to be talked about and understood extensively by children before they engage in any activities that could be catastrophic to both their mental and physical health.

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Persistent reinforcement at an early age of the education on sex and puberty from not just institutions, but also everyone close to a child is vital in the perspective of the Eurke’s.

Jerusalem Tola, an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Medical Lab Science, believes that the sooner children are educated, the better they are at making the right decisions.

Informing children on issues such as early or late body

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changes, abstinence or early pregnancy, and their various effects could aid in preventing unwanted mistakes among young people.

In society today, a majority of children learn about puberty and sex from everyone but their parents.

With the advancements in technology, movies, television channels and media of all forms have become the learning pattern for most young people. Children are also often misinformed from the street and the moral framework of reproduction becomes corrupted. Some parents or guardians feel that it is not their responsibility to educate or even talk to their kids about puberty or sex. Questions that

can simply be answered by parents or guardians and cleared up with ease become highly neglected.

The easiest place for any child to learn any aspect of life is with the people they are closest to and the home does not necessarily fulfill its obligations adequately when it comes to reproductive health.

Owen Igwe, a Master’s Degree holder in Communication Studies, believes that children should be educated about puberty and sex in a classroom environment throughout

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“I haven’t really been paying attention to it.”

“I don’t really know too much about it. I see posters about it.”

“I don’t know anything about it.”

“I don’t really know. I see posters, but I’m not sure.”

“I want a few of the candidates to win because they have a lot of my beliefs like keeping the free lot free.”

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Support and care: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Various events and programs promote healing for survivors.

STEPHANIE VOGEL Staff Writer April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and during this last week of April, three events will be happening in the Mankato community to help raise awareness of sexual violence. The first of these events is Take Back the Night, which will be held in downtown Mankato at the Civic Center Plaza on Tuesday, April 25, at 6 p.m. Laura Schultz, assistant director of the violence awareness and response program, explains what Take Back the Night entails: “Take Back the Night is a rally, march, and a speak-out meant to break the silence

There will also be a choir this year, performing a song

by Connie Lim, who goes by MILCK. The song is about healing from sexual assault.

Denim Day will take place on April 26, a day in which women are encouraged to wear jeans to their place of work in solidarity with women affected by sexual assault.

Schultz explains the history of Denim Day, which started in Italy: “In the 1990s, there was a young woman who was sexually assaulted, and after reporting to authorities, her case went all the way up to the Italian Supreme Court.

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“If there’s anyone who’s reading this who’s a victim or survivor who hasn’t felt safe or comfortable reaching out for help, know that there are resources available on our campus and in our community.” around issues of sexual violence and intimate partner violence,” Schultz said.

“We have a short schedule of speakers who provide information about resources that are available to victims or survivors. Then we open up the microphone to anyone who has been affected by violence within their own lives and invite them to come forward and share their story if they feel comfortable.”

remove her jeans. Therefore, the sex was consensual, and not rape. This infuriated and enraged many members of the Italian Supreme Court.

The next day at work, women from the Italian Supreme Court wore jeans in solidarity with that victim, saying we need to end this absurd victim blaming, and we need to call for an end to rape myths.”

Denim Day is celebrated

internationally, typically on the last Wednesday in April.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes will take place on Sunday, April 30. This event engages men in the community by inviting them to walk for a mile in high heels. This allows men to “metaphorically walk a mile in a woman’s shoes,” says Schultz. This event, she says, “raises awareness for organizations who are doing work to end gender-based violence.”

“We all know someone who’s been affected by

sexual violence or intimate partner violence,” Schultz said, “so we should all be engaged in being a part of the solution.” It is important to show support for the victims and survivors.

Schultz made clear that there is help right here on campus, saying, “if there’s anyone who’s reading this who’s a victim or survivor who hasn’t felt safe or comfortable reaching out for help, know that there are resources available on our campus and in our community. I am just

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

one of these resources.”

Schultz will help direct people to the right resources.

Her office is located in the Women’s Center, on the second floor of the Centennial Student Union. If you would like to reach out to Schultz, you can contact her at 507-389-5127 or by email at laura.schultz-1@mnsu.edu.

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Get to know the MSSA party platforms Mavericks

Empowering Mavericks

-Personalized advising -Textbook affordability -Better access to feminine hygiene products -Improving communications between RSO’s, Greeks, and Athletes -Diversifying campus atmosphere -Progressing environmentally sustainability -Transparency with student government -Improve access to volunteer oppertunities for International Students -Promote Maverick athletics -Preserve the free lot -Expanding options that will meet students’ dietary restrictions -Connecting with, and addressing the concerns of veterans, non-traditional students, and Grad Students.

Support Our Students

Representation on University Committees The MSSA tagline is: “A Voice for Students.” To make sure that we will be the best possible voice for students we need representation we need to make sure that we have representation on all of the University Committees.

If elected, Presidential Candidate Fred de Ruiter will have the responsibility to make the appointments to fill all the committees. To make sure that there is adequate representation, he will go to the students which would be the most interested and find motivated students wanting to voice what the students want to administration.

For example, if we needed to find someone to serve on the technology advisory committee, then Fred de Ruiter would go to IT, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering classes to try and find students passionate and motivated to serve.

Communication - # Fr e e B u l l p e n Fr i d ay s .

This will be a fun, alcoholfree, activity which we are looking to having every Friday or every other Friday. #FreeBullpenFridays will be funded by the elected members of the Support Our Students Party allocating

their MSSA Stipends/ Salaries to the Bullpen, effectively renting hours. #FreeBullpenFridays will be a casual and relaxed event with MSSA present so that they can socialize with Students, and solicit feedback on what

-Student Attorney -Scholarship information -Have regular communications between ISA and MSSA so MSSA will know what the issues are facing international students.

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the students want. We want to go to where the students, rather than making the students come to us.

-More Marketing about what MSSA is, does, and what services MSSA provides.

-Enterprise Car Share -Maverick Textbook Reserve

Recording the MSSA meetings. This will provide transparency for what is discussed -Make sure that all information on the MSSA

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-By having several Greek members on our party, we will be better able to serve the campus Greek Community.

-Require that minutes are taken for committees under MSSA. Affordability -Promotion of open sourced (free) textbooks and encouragement for faculty to use them -Working with legislators to pass legislation focusing on increasing grants and freezing tuition. (Such as legislation equivalent to HF2594 which would fund a tuition freeze and increase state grants) -#keepthefreelotfree. Our president has served on the parking advisory committee for the past few years and know what it will take to make sure that the free lot will remain free.

-With our #freebullpenfridays, we will be donating our salaries/ stipends to go to the cause.

This will make sure we will have this event without making students pay an extra penny.

-Create programming for smart financial planning so our students will come out of college with less debt.

-Look into ways which MSU, Mankato can expand our financial aid services to cover more than the cost of school. Find other services which students might qualify for (e.g. Food Stamps) Academic Life -Improve the Advising Process by looking into a centralized advising system.

-Promotion and accreditation for outside the classroom learning experiences.

-Making sure that there is a four-year program for

every major which is clear and easily understandable.

-Communicate with Professors so they get their orders into the bookstore before class begins.

-Make sure that all audiovisual media is accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing, and the visually impaired. This should be done with all materials right away instead of a request based system.

-Reexamination of scholarships, with specific regard to the Cultural Contribution Scholarship and withdrawing from classes.

Student Life -Expand the free feminine hygiene products from the Residential Halls to the CSU, then the rest of campus.

-Revitalize “the Herd” so we can get more Maverick Athletics Pride and get more students going to games.

-Work with Sodexo to try and provide the best possible food on campus, in the University Dining Center, and in Mav-Ave. -Expansion of the Bus Service. More Routes, More Hours, and Possibly Sunday Busses.

-With the proposed Athletic /Campus Rec facility, we will make sure that students are at every step of the design and implementation process.

-Support of the Universities Diversity Plan. Sustainability/ Environmental -Make sure that we do not fall behind of the environmental commitments which were made in previous years.

-Bike Friendly Campus: Having our university investigated to see what we would need to do to become considered a “bike friendly

campus”.

Bee Friendly Campus: Making MSU, Mankato a habitat for bees.

This can be done without increasing the risk of stings by keeping the bee habitat isolated to the edges of campus, and designing the habitats for non-stinging species of bees.

-More composting.

Commitment -If elected, during the first senate meeting of fall semester the following motions will be brought to table -Expand the free feminine hygiene products into Women’s, Single-Stall, and Family restrooms in the Centennial student Union.

-Officially state that it is the desire of the student to keep the free lot free.

-Require all MSSA committees take minutes and post them on the Website.

-Support of the Expansion of the Bus Service with regards to more routes.

-Create an ad-hoc committee titled “Open Textbooks Implementation Committee” consisting of 3 faculty members, 1 administrator, and 3 students. This committee will investigate implementation methods for Open Textbooks.

-Require that all audiovisual media hosted by MSU, Mankato be accessible for deaf and hard of hearing, and the visually impaired.

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Continued from page 6 their elementary and high school education period.

He believes that gaining knowledge from someone that has a better grasp on the subject is essential for kids.

Divin Bebela, an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, believes that children should be educated on puberty and sex openly and directly from an early age. He believes that parents and teachers should explore all areas related to reproductive health and not just focus

on one aspect. He states that it is crucial to engage young people consistently about reproductive health.

Early and constant education on puberty, sex and general reproductive health is important for children worldwide. As kids approach puberty, not only should it be the parents’ or guardians’ responsibility, but those closest to the child should begin talking about puberty and sex, thus setting up the right guidelines for an upright, informed and healthy lifestyle.

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Aviation officer gives his version of United flight removal CHICAGO (AP) — The physician who was dragged off a United Airlines flight in Chicago this month was verbally and physically abusive, and flailing his arms before he lost his balance and struck his mouth on an armrest, according to the aviation officer who pulled the man out of his seat.

The Chicago Department of Aviation on Monday released the officer’s report of the incident, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Associated Press. The report reveals for the first time the officer’s version of what happened aboard the plane at O’Hare International Airport on April 9.

The incident — which was videotaped by other passengers and widely shared online — became an international embarrassment for both the airlines and the city’s aviation department.

The report also includes the name of the officer, James Long, who authorities initially declined to identify.

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Long said he approached Dr. David Dao to ask the 69-year-old physician to get off the plane. Long said Dao refused and “folded his arms tightly.” Long said he reached out to “hold” Dao and was able to pull him away from his window seat on the aircraft

“The incident — which was videotaped by other passengers and widely shared online — became an international embarrassment for both the airlines and the city’s aviation department.”

In the report, Long said he boarded the United Express flight after being called in response to a disturbance involving two people regarding a refusal to leave the aircraft. United has said four passengers had been ordered off the airplane to make room for four

and move toward the aisle.

“But suddenly the subject started flailing and fighting,” Long wrote.

Dao then knocked Long’s hand off his arm, causing the struggling Dao to fall and strike his mouth on an arm rest on the other side of the aisle, according to the report.

Long said he then dragged

Dao because Dao refused to stand up.

Long said he wrote the report and gave his version of events only because he faced losing his job.

The video taken by a passenger shows lots of screaming coming from behind the seats, then Dao being dragged by his arms down the aisle of the plane aisle as the other passengers react with horror.

In a separate report released Monday, labeled a “Hospitalization Case Report,” the Chicago Police Department said Dao was observed striking his face against an armrest as aviation officers “attempted to escort” him from the flight.

Neither report details Dao’s injuries, but at a news conference days after the incident, Dao’s attorney said the doctor suffered a broken nose and a concussion, and lost two front teeth.

Long said he was able to remove Dao from the airplane.

Long said that once off the plane and in the walkway back to the gate, Dao said

he was a diabetic, but then got up off the floor and ran back onto the aircraft. Long alleges Dao, while running back to the plane, said they’d have to kill him.

Long and two other aviation officers were subsequently placed on leave by the aviation department.

The report jibes with comments that United CEO Oscar Munoz made in the aftermath of the incident, in which he called Dao belligerent. Munoz later offered a more emphatic mea culpa, saying: “No one should ever be mistreated this way.”

The aviation department has also profusely apologized and vowed an investigation Dao’s attorney, Thomas Demetrio, told NBC’s “Today” show on Monday that he intended to file a lawsuit.

The aviation department also released its use of force policy, which was sent to all officers after the incident.

It says aviation security personnel should use force only when “reasonably necessary to defend a human life, effect an arrest or control a person,” and that the force used “shall only be that which is necessary to overcome the resistance being offered by an offender and to effect lawful objectives.”

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Maverick spotlight: pitcher Libby Bemis CHELSEA DORVAL Staff Writer Junior right-handed pitcher, Libby Bemis, has helped the Mavericks to 21 of their 44 wins and has only four losses in the 2017 season.

The Osceola, Iowa-native has been playing softball since she was eight-years old, spending all 12 years in the circle.

Bemis started her first year as a Maverick with a 17-6 record over 168 innings in a total of 33 appearances. She

elementary education major tallied 133 strikeouts, with a season-high of 10 batters retired against Sioux Falls, she held the opposing batters to a .248 average. Bemis also received NSIC Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 16, 2015 and earned Second-Team All-NSIC honors.

“Softball has helped me in many ways off the field. The most important thing I have learned is teamwork,” Bemis said. “I am able to work well with others in a wide range of settings. At a job, I am able to

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totalled a 2.58 earned run average (ERA) with 13 complete games. Throwing a “no-hitter” against Merrimack, the

collaborate well with others.

Time management has also been helpful off the field. I am

able to know what I need to get done and how much time I have to do it. Some people might not think about this, but accountability has been important to me off of the field. Taking accountability for actions and what is being said is important for anything on or off the field.”

Despite her overall success in the program, Bemis says that her biggest obstacle would be coming off of a fewgame losing streak and figuring out what it is that is going to make her better to start a winning streak again.

Bemis finished her sophomore season with a 14-10 record in 31 appearances over 25 starts, with 12 complete games. She totaled four shutouts over the 148.2 innings earning a 2.31 ERA. She managed to improve her opposing batting average to a .208 clip while retiring 121 batters. She also improved to a career-high 11 strikeouts and threw her second “no-hitter’ against Wayne State while earning another Second-Team All-NSIC Honors.

Inspired by her older brother, she “plays for him every single day because he was never able to get to a competitive level,” Bemis said.

“My older brother who has a developmental disability was never able to excel in sport even though he loves everything to do with them. He is my rock, and he is what keeps me going when things get rough because I know that things could always be worse than whatever is happening

Photo by BoHyun Ahn In three seasons, Libby Bemis has tallied a 52-20 record, paired with a 2.21 ERA. She also stands nine strikeouts away from 400 for her career. at that moment in time.”

Bemis has gotten her junior year off to an impressive start, earning a 1.64 ERA over 137 innings and an impressive 137 strikeouts so far, while keeping opposing batters to a .198 average. She hopes to personally become an All-Conference and All-Region pitcher while ultimately becoming an All-American before her last year as a Maverick. “In respect to team goals, I expect nothing less

out of this amazing team than making it to the World Series.

We just need to take it one step at a time and that will be what is going to get us there.

Being ranked in the top-four going into regionals and then winning out and continuing what we need to do to make it to the World Series.”

Bemis and the Mavericks take on the Upper Iowa Peacocks today in Iowa at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Ries throws two perfect games over winning weekend Ries is now 23-2 on the season, as she continues an amazing career for the Mavericks.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer Minnesota State’s senior pitcher Coley Ries played her final two regular season games in Mankato by pitching perfect games on backto-back days while also picking up her 100th career win this weekend.

“This weekend was better than I ever could have imagined. Having it be our last weekend at home, going for my 100th win, my grandpa’s celebration of life, who was my biggest supporter, and having it be senior day had a lot of emotions surrounding it. My teammates and coaches made every moment so special and I’ll never forget it,” Ries said.

Minnesota State also finishes the regular season with an undefeated record (16-0) at home, which should be a big advantage come playoff

Coley Ries time. Ries and the Mavericks swept the weekend in route

to extending their winning streak to 14-in-a-row. The wins improve Minnesota State’s record to 44-6 and 22-2 in the NSIC. Opening the weekend, Minnesota State earned 4-0 and 7-1 wins over Northern State on Saturday. Ries pitched her first perfect game in game one of the double-header. Ries finished with 15 strikeouts in the shutout win.

All of the Mavericks scoring came in the middle of the game, picking up four runs in the fourth and fifth innings.

Minnesota State got six hits and four RBIs on their way to victory.

Libby Bemis led the way in game two of the double-header against Northern State. Bemis pitched all seven innings striking out five batters, allowing five hits and walking none.

Northern State scored their lone run in the fourth inning but not before the Mavs

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Wild season over after impressive regular season

COLT JOHNSON Staff Writer After getting kicked out of the playoffs in round one by the St. Louis Blues, Minnesota Wild fans still have to be happy with their team’s play during the regular season.

The Wild lost their firstround series in five games, 4-1 after the best season Minnesota Wild fans have seen in the franchise’s young history.

It was disappointing to see the Wild get kicked out of the playoffs as early as they did, but there’s a lot that went well for Minnesota in their record-breaking season. In the 82 games played during the regular season, the Wild were able to win 49 games and accumulate 106 points, both of which broke previous regular

season franchise records.

Without a doubt, Wild Head Coach Bruce Boudreau has shown his ability to lead teams to extremely impressive regular season records and he did it once again with Minnesota. They finished the season with a 49-25-8 record, and fans saw a much different style of play from Boudreau’s team, than other teams of the past that have been more defensive minded. The Wild led the entire Western Conference with a +58 point differential, second only to the Presidents’ Trophy winner for best record in the NHL, the Washington Capitals.

In a season where fans saw a major uptick in offensive performance from the team as a whole, they also saw the immergence of the young talent that floods Minnesota’s roster. Forwards like Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle and Jason Zucker all made huge improvements in their point totals and had career sea-

sons. Granlund led the team in points for the first time in his career with 69. He scored 26 goals with 43 assists in 81 games played and a plus/minus rating of 23, according to nhl.com. Second only in scoring to Eric Staal, who scored 28 goals and 37 assists and saw his career reemerge.

Right behind Granlund in goals scored is Niederreiter with 25 goals and 32 assists and Zucker with 22 goals and 25 assists. If you include the newly acquired Martin Hanzal who scored 16 goals with the Phoenix Coyotes and four with the Wild, than five players for Minnesota’s roster scored 20 or more times during the regular season.

The team seems to be in good hands with the abundance of young talent not only with its skaters, but its goaltending as well.

Devan Dubnyk played outstanding for the majority of the season. With him between the pipes, the Wild won 40 of the 63 games in

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press which he started and he finished the season with a 2.25 goals against average. Minnesota has all the tools and the players to be a top team in the league for the foreseeable future, but decisions will have to be made and there is always room for improvement. The questions still to be answered are ones like, what do the Wild plan on doing with Jason Pominville and his lack of production? And who does Minnesota lock up once the expansion draft comes knocking?

Even after getting knocked out of the playoffs much earlier than Wild fans might have hoped, there is a lot of positives to take away from this season. As the playoffs continue and the off-season creeps closer, Minnesota will have some tough decisions to make if they want to continue improving and get past the first round of the playoffs.

Until then, fans will have to be patient and keep a close eye on the Wild as they try to improve the roster.

Drama picking up in Stanley Cup Playoffs RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer Being a fan of a Minnesota sports franchise has not been the easiest as of late.

The Twins have not made the playoffs in seven years, the Vikings have made many people want to believe only to break their hearts in the end, and the Wild have been a surprising early playoff exit the past couple years. Even with the Wild eliminated from the NHL playoffs, there are still plenty of storylines that should keep you glued to the TV for the coming weeks.

Plenty of superstars still alive The best player in hockey, Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, the best scorer in the game, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, and the new superstar on the block in the New York Islanders’ Connor McDavid should provide plenty of fireworks and highlights for the remainder of the playoffs. Crosby is coming off a season in which he captured his second cup.

A third cup would cement his legacy as one of the best to ever play the game. Ovechkin has always been a highly entertaining player to watch on the ice. Many have been putting more pressure on him lately however as he has never made it out of the second round of the playoffs in his career. 20-year-old McDavid is in only his second year of professional hockey and has

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press San Jose Sharks’ Melker Karlsson, right, of Sweden, defends as Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid gets away from him during overtime of Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Edmonton, Alberta. The Oilers won 4-3. taken the league by storm.

Leading the league in points with 100, the next closest player finished with 89 which was a tie between Chicago’s Patrick Kane and Crosby.

Plenty of series to keep our interest The one series that many cannot wait to get started is the Capitals/Penguins series.

This series has plenty of intrigue for multiple reasons.

First, two of the best in the NHL get to go head-to-head as Sidney Crosby will try to hush the critics that say he is no longer the best in the league and Alex Ovechkin will be trying to make it out of the second round of the play-

offs for the first time in his illustrious and storied career.

Not every year do you get to

see the two best go after it for potentially seven-straight games.

Another matchup that is flying under the radar and not getting talked about as much is the Nashville/St. Louis series. St. Louis has been playing tremendous hockey the past couple months, thanks to a more aggressive offense and a hot-handed goaltender in Jake Allen. Allen saved 98% of the shots fired at him during the first round against the Minnesota Wild. Do not take Nashville lightly, however, as that is what appears to have happened in the first round. The heavily-favored Chicago Blackhawks got swept against the Nashville Predators in a way that nobody saw coming, including a 5—0 dismantling in game two.

Round two of the NHL playoffs begin on Wednesday as the Blues battle the Predators and the Oilers take on the Ducks.

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Maverick baseball continues roll on road

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks baseball team took on the Bemidji State Beavers with four road games Friday and Saturday, outscoring the Beavers 25-16.

“Well I think it’s that time of year, like I mentioned, where we are going to need some of our guys that create depth to step up,” said Mavericks Head Coach Matt Magers headed into the weekend. “Whether that’s on the mound or position-wise, just look to continue some consistency that some guys have, but ultimately just the guys at the back end of the rotation or the bullpen to stay in shape because we really need those guys the next couple weeks here.”

In game one, the Mavericks grabbed a 2-1 win with Brody Rodning on the mound, tallying his fifth win on the year with a seven-strikeout perfor-

mance as they shut down the Beavers’ offense. It only took a Luke Waldek single, with an error at second to give Tommy McDonald a chance to score. McDonald grabbed his second RBI on a deep single to left off of Noah Bluth’s bat to secure the 2-1 lead in the seventh.

In game two, the Mavs showed their mental toughness after falling behind 4-0 in the first inning. Ricky Digrugilliers came in and cleaned up the first, relieving Nick Belzer. He pitched eight innings and held Bemidji to two runs after the four Nick let up, doing just enough for MSU’s defense to stay in the game. Then, from the third to the ninth innings the offense put up 11 runs for a dominate 11-6 victory kicked off by a Dylan Dresel two-run shot out of the ballpark. The Mavericks squad had 12 hits with nine RBI’s in route to getting Digrugilliers’ fifth victory.

Saturday saw the MSU

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squad yet again down in the first inning, trailing 3-0 after one. Dalton Roach made it through three innings, with four strikeouts but gave up six runs and was pulled in favor of Bobby Gauvreau. The Mav-

Dylan Dresel

ericks needed every inch of their bullpen, with Gauvreau quickly leaving after a spree of walks to get Aaron Rozek on the mound, who struck out three in two innings and

held down the defense, not letting up a hit while securing the Maverick win. On offense, it was all homeruns as Dresel, Ryan Moffett, Jordan Hart, and McDonald all launched shots beyond the fence in back-to-back to back innings, bringing in the seven RBI’s the team needed to edge out the beavers 7-6.

The four-game sweep was secured via defense on Friday, with Mitchell Bauer giving out three runs but striking out six in the process.

Aaron Rozek closed out a busy weekend with his third trip to the mound to grab his second save of the year. On offense, the monster bats of the Mavericks showed up again with big hits to grab the victory. Teddy Petersen started things off with a triple down the right-field line that got Eric Peterson home in the third, followed by a Dresel double to tie the game up.

Hunter Walsh gained the first MSU lead of the game on a

solo home run in the ninth.

An error by BSU later in the inning got Moffett home after Teddy got to second on a passed ball to grab a 4-3 lead and their fourth victory.

“I thought we did a good job pitching; Mitchell came out and threw strikes, which is great and allows the game to keep moving and the defense made some plays and that was the key,” said Magers.

MSU holds a 34-7 record on the year as the season draws closer to the post season, with only eight games remaining. The Mavericks are coming into the home stretch at the number one spot in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with a 29-3 conference mark, and 19th overall in the country.

They get well deserved hiatus this week, then start a four-game home stand against conference foe Upper Iowa on Saturday and Sunday.

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“‘This weekend was better than I ever could have imagined. Having it be our last weekend at home, going for my 100th win, my grandpa’s celebration of life, who was my biggest supporter, and having it be senior day had a lot of emotions surrounding it. My teammates and coaches made every moment so special and I’ll never forget it,’ Ries said.” unleashed a four-run third inning on them. Cori Kennedy smacked a three-run double in the sixth to put the Mavs up 7-1, which proved to be enough to stay out of reach and complete the sweep.

Kennedy was the only Maverick to achieve a multi-hit game, going two-for-three.

Cori Kennedy On Sunday, Minnesota State welcomed MSU-Moorhead to Mankato for senior day. Ries continued to give home fans reason to be excited, pitching her second perfect game of the weekend in game one. Ries finished with 18 strikeouts on her way to a shutout and improving to 23-2 on the year.

Minnesota State was much quicker to get the scoring going in the first matchup against the Dragons. Jess Meidl doubled and scored McKenzie Paap in the first inning to put the Mavs up 1-0. Ashley Thell hit a single to center field, scoring Meidl as the Mavericks went up 2-0 heading out of the first.

Thell appeared again in the second inning to add another two RBI’s after a double to left-field. Amber Kral cemented the victory in the fourth and sixth with flies to right field for two RBI’s as the Mavericks won, 7-0.

The Mavericks started game two off with a huge bang in the first inning, scoring two runs before Carly Esselman drilled a grand slam.

Kennedy followed with a solo homer of her own as the Mavericks went up by seven to start the game. The Dragons attempted a comeback in the fifth and sixth, picking up three runs but could not manage more than that.

Bemis notched the win, pitching six innings, striking out two batters and allowing six hits.

The Mavericks will begin to wind down their regular season with a six-game road

stint. Minnesota State takes on Upper Iowa today in Fay-

ette, Iowa. The first game is set for 2 p.m. and the second

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Twins GM Levine, Rangers face emotional reunion ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Thad Levine’s first road trip as general manager of the Minnesota Twins is an emotional experience.

With the Twins in Texas for a three-game series, Levine is back where he spent the previous 11 seasons as an assistant general manager and helped put together two World Series teams.

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more people here who I owe things to.”

Levine became Minnesota’s general manager after last season, following his time with the Rangers working with general manager Jon Daniels. Levine previously worked for the Colorado Rockies.

The Rangers have been the playoffs five of the last seven seasons, a span that began with the franchise’s only World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011.

“Every time I come here, it’s going to feel special,” said the 45-year-old Levine, who didn’t travel with the Twins on their first trip.

Levine described Daniels as a mentor for him, and like a brother.

“That has not changed since I’ve taken this new role,” Levine said. “He’s been one of the guys that I’ve stayed in close contact with as I’ve tried to navigate some of the things that I know he’s had to deal with over his career.”

Working with Daniels, and GM Dan O’Dowd in Colorado before that, exposed Levine to the majority of things that he now is responsible for in his role with the Twins, who were coming off a 59-103 record when he was hired, the team’s worst since the 1949 Washington Senators went

50-104.

“I don’t know that anything can truly prepare you for that, absent of actually of making those calls, and dealing with some of the consequences and repercussions and criticisms associated with making those decisions,” Levine said. “But there hasn’t been anything that I felt like I was ill-prepared for.”

Twins manager Paul Molitor said Levine was excited to be back in Texas, even in the strange surroundings of the visitor clubhouse at the stadium where someone else now has his office on the fourth floor in center field.

“I’ve heard a lot about his

time here, which was really good,” Molitor said, describing Levine as intelligent and a good communicator. “He’s been very easy to work with.”

Raptors crush Bucks in game five, 118-93

TORONTO (AP) — Norm Powell scored a career playoff-high 25 points, Kyle Lowry had 16 points and 10 assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-93 in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Monday night.

Serge Ibaka scored 19 points and DeMar DeRozan had 18 for the Raptors, who can advance to face defending champion Cleveland in the second round with a victory in Game 6 at Milwaukee on Thursday night.

Many in the sellout crowd of 20,251 rose to their feet and chanted ‘Raps in six’ in the final minute of the game.

Toronto lost Game 6 on the road at Indiana in the first round and at Miami in the second round last year, rebounding to win Game 7 at home each time. They were eliminated in six games in the Eastern Conference Final against the Cavs, losing at home in the clincher.

DeMarre Carroll scored 12

points as all five Raptors starters reached double figures.

Cory Joseph had 10 points off the bench for Toronto.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 30 points and nine rebounds while Malcolm Brogdon scored 19 points and Greg Monroe had 11. Milwaukee has lost backto-back games after routing Toronto 104-77 in Game 3.

Making his second straight start, Powell connected on all four of his 3-point attempts and went 5 for 5 at the freethrow line. He brought the crowd to its feet with a baseline dunk over Antetokounmpo and Thon Maker in the fourth quarter.

Ibaka and Powell each scored nine points in the first and the Raptors used a 17-0 run to open a 31-20 lead after the opening quarter. Milwaukee committed five turnovers in the first, leading to 10 points for Toronto.

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Lowry had 12 for Toronto, which led 57-48 at halftime.

Powell scored 12 points in the third as the Raptors widened their lead again, taking a 90-73 edge into the final quarter.

Monroe and Jonas Valanciunas were called for double technicals after a minor shoving match under the Milwaukee basket in the third. After Valanciunas took exception to a hard foul from Khris Middleton, Monroe pushed his own teammate out of the way so he could shove Valanciunas.

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Aaron Hernandez friends, family turn out for funeral BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Aaron Hernandez’s family and friends bid farewell to the former NFL star at a private funeral Monday, and a judge ordered that three suicide notes he left be turned over to his fiancee by the time he is buried.

Dozens of mourners turned out for the invitation-only service in Hernandez’s hometown of Bristol, including his mother and fiancee, several of his defense attorneys, and friends from his playing days with the University of Florida and the New England Patriots.

Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, hanged himself in his cell in a maximum-security prison in Massachusetts on April 19. Only days earlier he had been acquitted of murder charges in the shooting deaths of two men in Boston in 2012.

At the request of Hernandez’s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez, a Massachusetts judge ruled that the district attorney must provide the family with copies of three notes Hernandez left next to a Bible before killing himself.

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Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Aaron Hernandez’s defense attorneys, from left, Ronald Sullivan, Jose Baez, Linda Kenney Baden and Robert Proctor speak after a private service for Hernandez at O’Brien Funeral Home, Monday, April 24, 2017, in Bristol, Conn. The former New England Patriots tight end was found hanged in his cell in a maximum-security prison on Wednesday. nandez said authorities had refused to share the contents of the notes until the investigation into Hernandez’s death was complete.

The judge said Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.’s office can redact information from the notes before producing copies to protect the ongoing investigation.

At the funeral home, two men in suits checked IDs as

guests drove up the driveway.

Police closed a street outside to traffic, and television news crews were stationed in a lot across the street. At one point, Hernandez’s mother, Terri Hernandez, stepped out ahead of the service to smoke a cigarette on the funeral home’s front porch.

The guests included twin NFL players Mike and Maurkice Pouncey; football player Brandon Spikes; and prom-

inent medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden, whom Hernandez’s family retained to perform an independent autopsy, and his wife, Linda Kenney Baden, a defense attorney.

Maggie Amaya, of Bristol, was turned away from the service because she did not have an invitation. She said her nephew was a friend of Hernandez’s at Bristol Central High School. She and

other Bristol residents said they were disappointed there wasn’t a public service.

“We love this kid regardless of what happened,” Amaya said. “I’d just rather remember the kid who represented the Patriots.”

A spokeswoman for the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association says the family is planning to have Hernandez’s remains cremated. The family in a statement asked for privacy as they mourn and thanked people for offering condolences.

Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the slaying of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee.

After the Massachusetts medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, Hernandez’s brain was taken to Boston University, where scientists will study it for any signs of repeated trauma suffered during his years of playing football.

A judge on Friday ordered key evidence in the prison suicide preserved, granting a request from Hernandez’s fiancee so the family can investigate the circumstances of his death.

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Chappell edges Koepka to win Texas Open The tournament came down to an eight-foot putt to crown a winner.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kevin Chappell made an 8-foot putt on the final hole to win the Valero Texas Open by one stroke on Sunday.

Chappell had a 4-under 68 in the final round to finish at 12 under for the tournament, edging Brooks Koepka at TPC San Antonio to earn his first PGA Tour victory in his 180th career start.

“A big relief,” the 30-yearold Chappell said. “There’s been quite the monkey on my back for some time now about getting that first win.

And to take that off and not have to answer those questions anymore is nice.”

Koepka, a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team last year, was looking for his second PGA Tour win. He had the best round of the day at 7-under 65. Before Chappell came down the 18th hole, Koepka had birdied the hole with a 3-foot putt to tie him.

“It’s hard to win out here — everybody knows that,” Koepka said. “I’m knocking on the door to get my second win. It’s nice for Kevin to get his first win. That’s pretty cool.”

Second-round co-leader Tony Finau got in a position to tie Koepka when he birdied four of five holes on the back nine. But his par-bogey finish left him to settle for a final-round 69 and a thirdplace tie with Kevin Tway (69) at 9-under.

Australian Aaron Baddeley fired 68 to finish fourth at 8 under.

Brian Gay (70), Sung Kang (68), Ryan Palmer (71) and Cameron Smith (71) were tied for sixth at 7-under, five shots behind Chappell.

Koepka, trailing Chappell by a shot coming up the 18th, took a 3-metal out of his bag and considered taking a crack at reaching the 606yard par-5 in two. But he had 293 yards left with a slight uphill shot into the wind with a creek fronting the green.

“I really wanted to go for it — I really wanted to,” Koepka said. “But my caddy was kind of pulling the reins back and he wanted me to lay up, and it was probably a good thing that we did.”

He put the club back in his bag and laid up to create a 90-wedge approach. He

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stuck that to about three feet and made the birdie to go into the clubhouse tied with Chappell.

Chappell had almost the same distance for his approach on 18, and he landed it past the hole to set up the winning putt.

“I wouldn’t want it any other way,” said Chappell, a Californian who had been runner-up six times in his career.

“Brooks kept me honest out there today. He made me had to do it the right way. There wasn’t any question I was going to make 4 (birdie) and win the golf tournament.”

Finau closed with birdies on four of five holes coming to the 17th. He was just a shot behind Chappell’s lead, but he parred there and drove next to a cactus bush on the 18th. He punched out to the fairway, removed cactus needles from his leg, then put his approach into the creek. He took a penalty drop, and his bogey ended his chances.

Chappell clung to a oneshot lead after Koepka birdied No. 11 with a 23-foot putt and another one at the next hole putting inside seven

feet.

Koepka let a scoring opportunity get away at the 14th, a reachable par-5 at 567 yards. He tagged a 328-yard drive, but he found the rough and failed to get to the green with his second shot, and then missed a 4-foot birdie putt.

“It was an awkward little putt,” Koepka said. “I probably didn’t read enough break.

It was probably the worst putt I hit all week and the worst I’ve hit in a long time.”

About 45 minutes later, Chappell came to the hole and sent his second shot 221 yards, about pin high on the green. Even though he lipped out the 11-foot eagle, his tap-in birdie gave him two strokes over Koepka.

Chappell gave Koepka new life when he bogeyed from a greenside bunker at the 15th, and it took until the 18th for Koepka to finally equalize.

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Chappell had a one-shot advantage over first-round leader Branden Grace and John Huh entering the day, the first time he has led after 54 holes on the PGA Tour.

Koepka, who won two years back at Phoenix, was four back and had 10 players between him and the lead.

But Koepka made the charge with birdies on his opening two holes, then a streak of three more starting with a 20-foot birdie putt at No. 6. He followed with birdie of almost 40 feet on the seventh green and knocked in one from 10 feet at the eighth to tie Chappell.

But while Chappell stuck his tee shot on the 189-yard seventh inside five feet and made birdie to get to 10-under, Koepka would make bogey even after hitting the green at the tough par-4 ninth. He left his putt from 42 feet well short and missed the 9-foot par putt he had remaining.

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The Library reminds us how important human connection is MNSU Theatre production centers around student recovering from school shooting.

RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer The MNSU Theatre Department put on a play called The Library that drew from events in mass shootings from past and present years on Thursday night in the Andreas Theatre.

The Library opened with the lights turned off while emergency phone calls played over the speakers. As the performances continued, I perceived an implied and symbolic connection to an implication of the confusion and terror characters felt that, despite what they believed was true, was not necessarily the case.

The play was called The Library because of the accumulation from ideas that conflict with perspectives people hold and was tied in with genres such as history, psychology, literature, fiction, poetry, and so on. The Library also tied in the tendency the media has in manipulating the “facts” so it can conjure a story that will seize the public’s attention. As though a mass shooting isn’t traumatic enough, the media messed with the facts and dramatized the relationships involved.

Photo courtesy of MNSU Department of Theatre and Dance The plot centered around Katelyn, a sophomore who was shot and recovering in the hospital. At the same time, Mrs. Sheridan, mother of Joy, another student, had kindled a rumor. The rumor was initiated because other witnesses had heard Katelyn tell the shooter, Marshall

Bauer, where the other high school students were hiding so she could save herself.

But the police detective raised questions and investigated the layout of the high school and students visited the library, where the shooting happened for psychological refiguring. After po-

lice gathered evidence for both, the evidence ultimately proved that in the state of panic, the victims’ senses had mixed up the truth.

The use in the symbols of the crosses were prevalent in the characters’ costumes as mirroring and maintaining the image of perfection.

Throughout the story, as the play revealed small side details, the characters’ lives were not what they strived to appear to others. Mrs. Sheridan would quote scripture and use self-righteous language in saying that she forgave Katelyn for betraying the students, including her own daughter, but her actions never matched up with her words. Then, when the police’s evidence found contradictory evidence, she still could not admit she was wrong.

Katelyn’s own parents had their own secret, too, which had led to their divorce.

While events like this are reported on various media forms, it is also easy to become desensitized because of the frequent coverage.

The Library brought into perspective how a person can also misinterpret the “facts” of their everyday lives and become more open to listening to other sides and, despite the pursuit for truth, not all details may be known.

The Library also served as a reminder for how truly and deeply human each person is.

Film review: Trainwreck provides a look into modern dating The acting is real and the jokes are personal in Amy Schumer comedy.

DAVID PARPART Staff Writer Warning: This review may contain some mild spoilers.

Despite having a love/ hate relationship with her scoundrel of a father, Gordon Townsend, the one thing Amy Townsend (Amy Schumer) has grown up believing from him is that monogamy isn’t realistic.

He and Amy’s mom broke up due to infidelity when Amy was young. As such, she gets drunk and stoned frequently in her pursuit of indiscriminate sex, with an unstated rule that there is no sleeping over once the sex is over. Her current “boyfriend,” Steven (John Cena), believes they are exclusive, not knowing that she sleeps with other

(CC BY-NC 2.0) by 92YTribeca men. Working at sensationalistic magazine S’nuff under head sensationalist Dianna (Tilda Swinton), Amy is in line for a promotion she is certain

to get if her next story meets Dianna’s scrutiny.

That story is a profile of sports doctor to the stars, Dr. Aaron Conners (Bill Hader),

despite Amy knowing nothing about sports. To Amy’s amazement, Aaron wants to date her following their first sexual encounter. His sexual

history, in terms of quantity, is an extreme contrast to her own. Also to her amazement, she wants to date him; the entire ritual of being the one person in another person’s life is a foreign concept to her.

The road to a happy ending for the two is not guaranteed as their very different sexual histories and very different perspectives on sexual life may make them incompatible despite truly liking each other as people. Ensuring that his man, Aaron, is happy and doesn’t get hurt in the process is someone who seems to take Aaron’s personal life even more to heart than he

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Mysterious, cosmic vibes come from Goldfrapp’s Silver Eye Electropop duo’s seventh album transforms across its tracklist.

KRISTINA BUSCH Staff Writer English electronic pop duo Goldfrapp is perhaps most well known for their 2011 track “Ooh La La,” which has been heard on Grey’s Anatomy, Law and Order, and even the video game Grand Theft Auto.

The group released their seventh studio album, Silver Eye, on March 31. It’s Goldfrapp’s first album in four years. Its dynamic, electronic sound makes it a great record, with singer Alison Goldfrapp’s lush vocals and textured soundscapes.

The first track, “Anymore,” sets the tone immediately, with its buzzing synths against a steady beat. The seductive track has lyrics like, “You’re what I want / You’re what I need / Give me your love / Make me a freak.” The song has a catchy disco-beat that makes it a strong track on the album.

“Systemagic,” the second track, has a hypnotic sound, quite similar to “Anymore.”

However, the song has a little bit of a darker mood to it.

(CC BY-NC 2.0) by rodrigoferrari Goldfrapp sings, “Take a ride / Light the sky / Make it burn / Let’s be it, do it, celebrate it / Silver eye.”

“Become the One” takes on a unique tone as compared to the rest of the tracks on the album. With echoed vocals reminiscent of elec-

tronic duo The Knife, the song shifts in pitch and has lyrics that hint at themes like self-realization and personal transformation, with lyrics like, “Recognize / Synchronize / Harmonize / What’s inside.”

In an interview with The

Guardian, Alison Goldfrapp discussed how the song was inspired by the 2015 documentary My Transgender Summer Camp. She said, “I’ve always felt that not everybody is one thing. Sexuality and gender are complex. I saw that documentary a few

years ago, and I was so taken aback by how articulate the girl was about her experience…At the end, she said: ‘I’m not changing who I am, I’m becoming who I am’ and I found that really moving.”

“Faux Suede Drifter” is another standout track in the album and has a mysterious, cosmic mood to it. It is tough to decipher exactly what the lyrics are, but Alison’s vocals seem to melt into the music of the song, which somehow works. She sings, “Faux suede drifter, you never moved / Silence eroded / Touching you with a loaded gun / The eyes follow eyes and assume.”

Singer Alison Goldfrapp also happens to be an avid photographer and led the visual elements of the album, including the album cover, as well as the video for “Anymore.” For the video, she and a team traveled to Fuerteventura, a volcanic island in the Canary Islands. The vid-

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Stories of ‘boy meets world’ and ‘girl meets world’ White Chicks and She’s the Man examine gender roles, stereotypes.

DAVID PARPART Staff Writer White Chicks meet She’s the Man. These two classic comedies bring out the best and worst in both genders while also bringing out the chemistry between the main characters.

These two films are my guilty pleasures because they are the kind of films that have the entertainment and humor that will cheer you up when you need it the most.

In White Chicks, two-disgraced African American FBI sibling agents, Kevin and Marcus Copeland, are assigned the duty of protecting cruise line heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson from a kidnapping plot. Their supervisor, Elliott Gordon, has given them this duty as a last resort to being fired from the agency given their recent reputation. When the Wilson sisters get a facial scar in a car accident, they refuse to leave the hotel due to their appearance. But in order to save their job, the Copeland brothers will have to do the unthinkable: disguise them-

(CC BY-ND 2.0) by torbakhopper selves as white women in the form of Wilson sister lookalikes.

What these guys don’t know is that while stepping into the girls’ shoes, they learn more about girls and their point of view of men. It is outrageously funny from start to finish.

In She’s the Man, Viola Hastings, a girl whose pas-

sion is soccer, finds out that the girl’s soccer program gets canceled at her school. She then tries out for the guy’s team, but they tell her that girls aren’t good enough. So, when Viola finds out that her fraternal twin brother, Sebastian, is sneaking off to London for a music tour, instead of going to Illyria School, Viola decides that she can take

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After a makeover and help from her friends, she gets to Illyria, but then discovers that she likes her roommate, Duke. Things get messy when a girl who Duke likes falls for Sebastian, who is Viola in disguise. Everything falls apart when Sebastian goes home

from London early.

What’s great about this movie is how it’s time for the girl to step into the guy’s shoes and learn more about boys and their point of view of women. It is ridiculously funny from beginning to end.

Both of these films do a great job identifying the stereotypes as to what gender sees in each other. They identify the vulnerability and insecurity that both genders separate themselves from opposite genders.

We each have our own castle and only open up to those that we are more comfortable with and can communicate with. We have walls to protect us from the things that we don’t want to get hurt from. There are always two sides to a story and it’s really engaging to see the main characters in both films to identify and understand the opposite gender and what their views are in certain topics and subjects.

I hope we can have more movies like this along the way. Both films capture the essence of equality and unity from both sides of each film.

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The chemistry between Amy and Aaron is very realistic with the typical relationship that happens in our society. With social media and dating apps, relationships are constant on-and-off/comeand-go where it’s hard to commit and it’s hard to try that commitment. We give it a couple dates or get-togethers and just when you think there could be something there, either you or the other person doesn’t see it working and continues with their trend of still talking to other people.

This film is very relatable to me because I have a hard time committing to someone because of what I’ve been through in my past. There is a point in which Amy’s character just loses it and breaks down in realization that her lifestyle, her judgments, her complete fear of a loving

relationship, is only hiding deeper feelings, fears, and troubles. It was completely relatable.

By connecting her own life to Trainwreck, Schumer makes the movie relatable.

She connects her personal life with her acting life by not changing her name, hairstyle, fashion, and most importantly, her sarcastic ways. Schumer acts like an average woman who sometimes has a bad day, sometimes has a breakup, and sometimes wants to have some fun. This brings the audience’s attention toward her because she is not like the typical actress who changes their personality, style, cakes on the makeup, and is strutting around like a model. She is down to earth and real about life.

Schumer also plays her role superbly by being realistic. Schumer is real in her relationship with Aaron; they

GOLDFRAPP Continued from page 20 fight, they make up, they break-up, and they take their time. In no way do they have a perfect relationship, which keeps the audience engaged because they might actually be able to relate to the type of love interest.

Trainwreck shows that life is not perfect, but laughing may be the only way to overcome it. The acting is real and the jokes are personal.

This movie is a must-see if you’re into funny, down to earth, cheesy comedies.

If you are not an Amy Schumer fan or don’t think her humor is funny, I’d still suggest that you watch this movie. It’s an adult classic comedy without being a chick flick.

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‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ author dead NEW YORK (AP) — Robert M. Pirsig, whose philosophical novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” became a million-selling classic and cultural touchstone after more than 100 publishers turned it down, died Monday at age 88.

Pirsig’s publishing house, William Morrow, announced that he died at his home in South Berwick, Maine. He had been in failing health.

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” was published in 1974 and was based on a motorcycle trip Pirsig took in the late 1960s with his 12-year-old son, Chris.

Like a cult favorite from the 1950s, Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” the book’s path to the best-seller list was long and unlikely. It began as an essay he wrote after he and Chris rode from Minnesota to the Dakotas and grew to a manuscript of hundreds of thousands of words.

After the entire industry seemed to shun it, William Morrow took on the book,

eo captures scenic, black sandy beaches, cliffs, and blue skies.

In an interview with Riff Magazine, Goldfrapp said, “I suppose the visuals are another way of expressing the narrative and atmosphere of the record; there’s sort of another element there. A lot of the themes on this album are ideas about transformation and rituals, mysticism, paganism, ecstasy, and metal. All these things, so I guess the elemental.

The visuals in some way represent ideas and atmospheres of the music.”

What I like about Silver Eye is the transformative process of the album. No one song is exactly like another—there are changes of pace and a turning of moods. Some songs feel dreamy and upbeat and some are more ominous.

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Spring Dance Concert to feature ballet, tap, modern and jazz MANKATO - The Spring Dance Concert will feature diverse works choreographed by faculty, students and guest artists Zenon Dance Company.

Presented by the Department of Theatre & Dance, the program will feature ballet, tap, modern and jazz.

The dance concert will run 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, in the Ted Paul Theatre, Earley Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato. The Student Dance Showcase, exclusively featuring student work, will be 2 p.m. April 30 in the Ted Paul.

About Zenon Dance Company: The Zenon dancers are recognized for their stylistic diversity, fearless physicality and emotional intelligence.

Under the direction of Linda Andrews, one of the most powerful choreographic voices in Minnesota, Zenon continues to build its eclectic repertory by commissioning significant works from such acclaimed American choreographers as Bill T. Jones, Doug Varone, Bebe Miller, Tere O’Connor, Danny Buraczeski and Seán Curran.

Tickets for the Spring Dance Concert are $10 regular; $9 for seniors ages 65 and older, children under 16 and groups of 15 or more; and $8 for Minnesota State Mankato students. Tickets for the Student Showcase are $5 and available at the door.

Contact Amanda Dyslin at 507-389-6663, or amanda. dyslin@mnsu.edu for more information.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press with editor James Landis writing at the time that he found it “brilliant beyond belief.”

Pirsig’s novel was in part an ode to the motorcycle and how he saw the world so viscerally traveling on one, compared to the TV-like passivity of looking out at the window of a car.

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” ideally suited a generation’s yearn-

ing for the open road, quest for knowledge and skepticism of modern values, while also telling a personal story about a father and son relationship and the author’s struggles with schizophrenia.

A world traveler and former philosophy student, Pirsig would blend his life and learning, and East and West, into what he called the Metaphysics of Quality.

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Renowned Soviet avant-garde art collection comes to Moscow More than 200 paintings from traveling exhibit now on display at Pushkin Museum. strange faces disappeared from the public view, replaced by muscular construction workers and children devotedly presenting bouquets to Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

Artists unwilling to conform were denounced as “formalists” who valued aesthetics over ideology, and some suffered severe repression. Lysenko was arrested in 1935 and although he was recorded as showing some paintings in the 1940s, little else is reported of his work.

He is believed to have died sometime in the 1950s.

Alexander Nikolaev, whose “Way of Life” is the main emblem of the exhib-

it’s advertising, also was arrested. The painting shows a young man in a skullcap staring as if in a trance, against a nearly abstract background of trees and a river.

Savitsky began collecting as much of the “unofficial” Soviet art as he could, reportedly filling train sleeping compartments with paintings to bring them to Nukus, some 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from Moscow. Many of the works likely would have been destroyed or deteriorated irreparably if he had not been able to spirit them away to a city far from the central government’s attention.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Lysenko’s painted bull stares with flat black eyes like a double-barrel shotgun, one of his horns festooned in a mosaic of bright rectangles, the tip of his tail stretched toward a glowing orange globe that may be the sun.

Over the years, the painting has become one of the most renowned images of the artistic ferment that bubbled under the strictures of insipid Soviet social realism. But until recently, anyone who wanted to see it had to travel to an isolated, gritty city in Uzbekistan’s desert.

This month, more than 200 paintings from the Savitsky State Art Museum of Karakalpakstan went on display at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, a rare traveling exhibit from the gallery widely regarded as having the world’s second-best collection of Soviet avant-garde art.

“This exhibition opens completely new, and not very well researched, layers of art that are linked to the international avant-garde,” said Pushkin museum director Maria Loshak.

The show also draws attention to the history of the Savitsky museum, which is as remarkable as the works it holds.

In the 1950s, painter Igor Savitsky got work in an archaeological expedition in Uzbekistan. He became fascinated by the intricate weavings and elegant pottery of the local Karakalpak ethnic group and collected their art extensively. Local officials, flattered by his interest, helped him establish a museum in the city of Nukus.

Savitsky also was con-

cerned about the fate of the works of the Soviet Union’s more adventurous artists.

In the early 20th century, Russia had been a hotbed of bold art experimental movements — Suprematism, Luminism, Constructivism — as

well as visions too idiosyncratic to fit into any category.

But by the early 1930s, authorities decreed that art must express Soviet ideals and be comprehensible to the average worker. Bold colors, dancing polygons and

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