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Students reflect on online learning experience

By JULIA BARTON Staff Writer

With COVID-19 affecting people’s daily lives in myriad ways, Minnesota State University, Mankato students have adapted to learning online since the pandemic hit last spring and pushed professors to transition classes to an online format.

Professors and teachers across the country have now been forced to find alternative ways for their students to learn as the pandemic hasn’t stopped schools and universities from holding classes.

Zoom is the avenue many MNSU professors have been using for their teaching outlet. Zoom is an online service that allows video and audio communication. It also allows for the recording of lectures.

But with this new form of learning also comes some struggles as the physical and social interaction aspect of learning has decreased.

Jillian Moor, freshman at MNSU who is majoring in Dental Hygiene, said staying motivated in her school work while learning remotely has been a struggle.

“The biggest challenge I have run into with online learning is staying focused.

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Ramadan, a month-long Islamic holiday filled with worship, spirituality, and connectivity, is known to bring families and friends together. Due to the pandemic, though, many who celebrate this holiday have had to do so alone.

Minnesota State University, Mankato junior Al Sultan (who asked that his full name not be published) noted how different the past two years have been compared to years prior.

“We would break our fast together with our families, but these past two years it’s either by yourself or with some friends,” Al Sultan stated. “It’s a different environment spiritually when you’re alone.”

Al Sultan said that while

Attorney: Black man killed by deputies shot in back of head ASSOCIATED PRESS

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It’s so tempting to sit on my phone or zone out while on Zoom,” Moor said. “It’s annoying when I have questions for an assignment and I have to set up a Zoom call with my professor instead of just asking face to face.”

Freshman Megan Rosalie, who is double majoring in criminal justice and French, said she agrees that online learning hasn’t been easy.

“I have found it harder for myself to retain the information I’m being taught

while online. I’m more of a hands-on learner so this year has definitely been more challenging,” Rosalie said.

However, staying motivated academically isn’t the only struggle students have been facing this year.

Junior Julia Bolssen, who is studying psychology and gender women studies, said learning online has impacted her mental health.

“Going online has made my mental health worse in a lot of different aspects. I liked

going to classes and learning from a professor and being stuck behind a computer has made it challenging,” Bolssen said. “I also feel as though going online and away from campus has made it hard to leave my house because I can complete everything online. I miss walking around campus and going to the library with my friends.”

Freshman Logan Shaffer, who is majoring in automotive engineering, agrees.

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During Ramadan, Muslim students support each other

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he isn’t able to spend this time with his family, he’s lucky to have a solid group of friends to celebrate and eat with.

MNSU graduate student Ahmed Sadek experienced similar feelings of being alone during a holiday where people are supposed to gather together.

“COVID kept us from being together, as everyone was sheltered in their home last year. Nobody wanted to risk getting sick,” he said. “This year, though, there are some socially distanced group prayers being held outside, which has helped some.”

Even in a time of loneliness, the two students have been able to find a community to gather with and find support within.

Al Sultan found his support through multiple sources.

“Most people struggle

ANDREW NELLES • Associated Press Muslims pray during the holy month of Ramadan at the Salahadeen Center in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

finding a good support system, and it would be easier if you had your family,” he said. “But the Muslim community here in Mankato is always there to help out when it’s needed. I’m also able to receive support from

my friends, and we’ll sometimes gather together when it’s safe.”

Similarly, Sadek said he has found people to connect with to help celebrate Ramadan in a pandemic easier.

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A Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina was shot in the back of his head and had his hands on the car steering wheel when they opened fire, attorneys for the family said Monday after body camera video was shown to his relatives.

Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter watched a 20-second portion of body camera video with the family of Andrew Brown Jr. on Monday.

She said Brown did not appear to be a threat to officers as he backed his vehicle out and tried to drive away.

“He was not threatening them in any kind of fashion,” she told reporters at a news conference.

When asked whether Brown was shot in the back, attorney Harry Daniels said, “Yes, back of the head.”

An eyewitness account and emergency scanner traffic had previously indicated Brown was shot in the back as he tried to drive away.

Lassiter, who watched the video multiple times and took notes, said shooting started as soon as the video started. She said she counted as many as eight deputies in the video, some wearing tactical uniforms and some in plainclothes.

“They’re shooting and saying let me see your hands at the same time,” she said.

The family’s lawyers also criticized local authorities for only showing 20 seconds of the video and only showing them footage from a single body camera.

“They’re trying to hide something,” attorney Benjamin Crump said.

Earlier Monday, a search warrant was released saying deputies obtained the warrant that brought them there after investigators recorded him selling small amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine to an informant. Crump argued the authorities were trying to release negative information about Brown while shielding themselves by holding back the video.

ONLINE continued from page 1 “Since going completely online it has affected my mental health and school just seems overall more challenging. I’m lazier and I feel less productive,” Shaffer said.

While learning online has been a new transition for most, this year’s freshman experienced a very unorthodox first year of college.

Lexi Kvistad, a freshman majoring in elementary education, said her social life this year is not what she had expected.

“College this year definitely hasn’t been what I expected but I understand because of COVID the school can’t do as many events,” Kvistad said.

“Sometimes the only time I leave my room is to go to the dining center since all my school is online anyways so my social life hasn’t been that busy.”

Students are not the only ones struggling with this new way of learning. Professors also must be struggling to teach online.

Freshman finance major Weston Peterson said some of his professors handled the online teaching realm well, while others did not.

“I believe some professors have had a phenomenal system of teaching online and others lacked and struggled. A lot of this year was self taught,” Peterson said.

Freshman nursing student Breanna Hagen said that, even when professors do well, it’s impossible to fully compensate for not having in-person

News classes.

“I feel like I have to teach myself the curriculum and I don’t have good communication with my professors and classmates,” Hagen said. “Professors are doing the best they can, but it doesn’t compare to the learning experience we would get in in person class.”

Looking toward the future, MNSU hopes to have a more normal academic year next fall as the COVID-19 vaccine is now being distributed in many locations across the country.

COVID-19 affecting people’s daily lives in myriad ways, Minnesota State University, Mankato students have adapted to learning online since the pandemic hit last spring and pushed professors to transition classes to an online format.

Professors and teachers across the country have now been forced to find alternative ways for their students to learn as the pandemic hasn’t stopped schools and universities from holding classes.

Zoom is the avenue many MNSU professors have been using for their teaching outlet.

Zoom is an online service that allows video and audio communication. It also allows for the recording of lectures.

But with this new form of learning also comes some struggles as the physical and social interaction aspect of learning has decreased.

Jillian Moor, freshman at MNSU who is majoring in Dental Hygiene, said staying motivated in her school work while learning remotely has been a struggle.

US to share vaccine with world after safety check ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, the White House said Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected to be available for export in the coming months.

The move greatly expands on the Biden administration’s action last month to share about 4 million doses of the vaccine with Mexico and Canada. The AstraZeneca vaccine is widely in use around the world but has not yet been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The White House is increasingly feeling assured about the supply of the three vaccines being administered in the U.S., particularly following the restart of the single-dose

Johnson & Johnson shot over the weekend. The U.S. has also been under mounting pressure in recent weeks to share more of its vaccine supply with the world, as countries like India experience devastating surges of the virus and others struggle to access doses needed to protect their most vulnerable populations.

“Given the strong portfolio of vaccines that the U.S. already has and that have been authorized by the FDA, and given that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not authorized for use in the U.S., we do not need to use the AstraZeneca vaccine here during the next several months,” said White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients. “Therefore the U.S. is looking at options to share the AstraZeneca doses with other countries as they become available.”

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FABIO CASTEL GARCIA • The Reporter

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“The biggest challenge I have run into with online learning is staying focused.

It’s so tempting to sit on my phone or zone out while on Zoom,” Moor said. “It’s annoying when I have questions for an assignment and I have to set up a Zoom call with my professor instead of just asking face to face.”

Freshman Megan Rosalie, who is double majoring in criminal justice and French, said she agrees that online learning hasn’t been easy.

“I have found it harder for myself to retain the information I’m being taught while online. I’m more of a handson learner so this year has definitely been more challenging,” Rosalie said.

However, staying motivated academically isn’t the only struggle students have been facing this year.

Junior Julia Bolssen, who is studying psychology and gender women studies, said learning online has impacted her mental health.

“Going online has made my mental health worse in a lot of different aspects. I liked going to classes and learning from a professor and being stuck behind a computer has made it challenging,” Bolssen said.

“I also feel as though going online and away from campus has made it hard to leave my house because I can complete everything online. I miss walking around campus and going to the library with my friends.”

Freshman Logan Shaffer, who is majoring in automotive engineering, agrees.

“Since going completely online it has affected my mental health and school just seems overall more challenging. I’m lazier and I feel less productive,” Shaffer said.

While learning online has been a new transition for most, this year’s freshman experienced a very unorthodox first year of college.

Lexi Kvistad, a freshman majoring in elementary education, said her social life this

year is not what she had expected.

“College this year definitely hasn’t been what I expected but I understand because of COVID the school can’t do as many events,” Kvistad said.

“Sometimes the only time I leave my room is to go to the dining center since all my school is online anyways so my social life hasn’t been that busy.”

Students are not the only ones struggling with this new way of learning. Professors also must be struggling to teach online.

Freshman finance major Weston Peterson said some of his professors handled the online teaching realm well, while others did not.

“I believe some professors have had a phenomenal system of teaching online and others lacked and struggled. A lot of this year was self taught,” Peterson said.

Freshman nursing student Breanna Hagen said that, even when professors do well, it’s impossible to fully compensate for not having in-person classes.

“I feel like I have to teach myself the curriculum and I don’t have good communication with my professors and classmates,” Hagen said. “Professors are doing the best they can, but it doesn’t compare to the learning experience we would get in in person class.”

Looking toward the future, MNSU hopes to have a more normal academic year next fall as the COVID-19 vaccine is now being distributed in many locations across the country.

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Justice Dept. opens policing probe over Breonna Taylor death

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ASSOCIATED PRESS The Justice Department is opening a sweeping probe into policing in Louisville, Kentucky, over the March 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, who was shot to death by police during a raid at her home, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday.

It’s the second such probe into a law enforcement agency by the Biden administration in a week; Garland also announced an investigation into the tactics of the police in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd. The attorney general has said there is not yet equal justice under the law and promised to bring a critical eye to racism and legal issues when he took the job. Few such investigations were opened during the Trump administration.

The 26-year-old Taylor, an emergency medical technician who had been studying to become a nurse, was roused from her bed by police who came through the door using a battering ram.

Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired once. A noknock warrant was approved as part of a narcotics investigation. No drugs were found at her home.

The investigation announced Monday is into the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government and the Louisville Metro Police Department. It is known as a

“pattern or practice” — examining whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing — and will be a more sweeping review of the entire police department.

“I can’t wait for the world to see Louisville Police Department for what it really is,” Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, tweeted after the announcement.

Sam Aguiar, an attorney for Breonna Taylor’s family, also posted a celebratory message on social media shortly after the announcement. Aguiar and other attorneys negotiated a $12 million settlement in September with the city of Louisville over Taylor’s death.

Louisville city leaders said they supported the broad probe and the city’s mayor called it a “really exciting, positive thing.”

“I think it’s a good thing,” said Louisville Chief Erika Shields. “I think that it’s necessary because police reform quite honestly is needed in near every agency across the country.”

The probe will also look at the training that officers receive, the system in place to hold officers accountable and “assess whether LMPD engages in discriminatory conduct on the basis of race,” among other things, he said.

SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India’s health system ASSOCIATED PRESS Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his desperately ill patients start gasping for air in the New Delhi emergency ward where he works.

Like other doctors across India, which on Monday set another record for new coronavirus infections for a fifth day in a row at more than 350,000, the cardiologist has taken to begging and borrowing cylinders of oxygen just to keep patients alive for one more day.

On Sunday evening, when the oxygen supplies of other nearby hospitals were also near empty, the desperate 43-year-old took to social media, posting an impassioned video plea on Twitter.

“Please send oxygen to us,” he said in a choked voice.

India was initially seen as a success story in weathering the pandemic, but the virus is now racing through its population of nearly 1.4 billion, and systems are beginning to collapse.

SOS messages like the one Singh sent reveal the extent of the panic.

In addition to oxygen running out, intensive care units are operating at full capacity and nearly all ventilators are in use. As the death toll mounts, the night skies in some Indian cities glow from the funeral pyres, as crema-

CHANNI ANAND • Associated Press Family members of a person who died due to COVID-19 perform the last rites at a crematorium in Jammu, India, Monday, April 26, 2021.

tories are overwhelmed and bodies are burned in the open air.

On Monday, the country reported 2,812 more deaths, with roughly 117 Indians succumbing to the disease every hour — and experts say even those figures are probably an undercount. The new infections brought India’s total to more than 17.3 million, behind only the United States.

The deepening crisis stands in contrast to the improving picture in wealthier nations like the U.S., Britain and Israel, which have vaccinated relatively large shares of their population and have seen deaths and infections plummet since winter. India has four times the population of the U.S. but on Monday

had 11 times as many new infections.

Doctors like Singh are on the front lines, trying to get the supplies they need to keep their patients alive.

Singh received 20 oxygen cylinders on Monday, only enough to enable the hospital to limp through the day until the ventilators start sending out their warning beeps again.

“I feel helpless because my patients are surviving hour to hour,” Singh said in a telephone interview. “I will beg again and hope someone sends oxygen that will keep my patients alive for just another day.”

As bad as the situation is, experts warn it is likely to get worse.

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RAMADAN continued from page 1 “Coming to a new place is usually hard, but it’s easy to meet other Musilms and connect with them.” Sadek added on, “Some local restaurants will also help and give out free meals to students.”

Looking to the future, both Al Sultan and Sadek are hopeful for a regular, in-person celebration next year.

“I’m trusting that next year will be different and

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we can get out of the bubble we’ve created to be safe. After two years, you begin to miss the old ways of celebrating and coming together,” Al Sultan expressed.

Sadek added on, “The pandemic is still affecting everyone. I’m sure people miss their family during this time, but we need to be smart and not risk your own health or other people’s health.”

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SPRING 2021 EDITOR IN CHIEF:

MAXWELL MAYLEBEN maxwell.mayleben@mnsu.edu

We need a plan to get back to “normal” More than 50% of Americans have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine. Whether it’s from Moderna, Pfizer or the “dreaded” Johnson & Johnson, these vaccines are rolling out, and we must focus on what comes next.

There is so much focus on contingency, and very little on what happens next.

In a letter to students and faculty the University says it is planning to go back to normal for fall semester.

This is great. But what does that mean?

The letter says students can expect to partake in several on-campus events, including sporting events, concerts, and homecoming.

With this news comes a healthy dose of skepticism as to what “normal” will actually look like and, more specifically, the question of: How will we go from where we are now to a completely normal school semester?

The University needs to make communication a higher priority; they need to explain their plan for getting us to a point where we can safely reopen at full capacity.

Returning to normal is a good goal, but we were told last year around this time to expect a normal semester, due to the fact that it is easier to make the plans, then cancel if need be, rather than the other way around.

As the student body becomes more and more vaccinated, we need to know that the sometimes awful symptoms of the infamous “second dose” show actual rewards when it comes to our college and education experience.

There needs to be a well communicated “back to normal” plan that is going to be utilized by the University, that way students understand what they are getting into next year.

At the beginning of this year, we were given the parameters of the “color system” which essentially told us how many numbers were necessary

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for us to go into more strict restrictions and precautions around campus.

The same sort of system should be instilled for this upcoming semester, but on the inverse.

For example, how many students have to be vaccinated for us to have a full capacity homecoming concert? Full classrooms? When do we take off the masks and have a University experience that resembles that of two years ago?

Online education or “Zoom University” is putting the students and faculty at MNSU at an extreme disadvan-

tage academically. If a freshman were choosing whether or not to attend our school, they deserve to know what kind of education they will be receiving.

Safety needs to be a main concern, but at a certain point, students are getting vaccinated and COVID-19 is becoming less and less of a threat to our community.

With students paying the money that they are paying to attend school, they deserve full disclosure as to the nature of not only what “normal” will look like, but also how we are going to get there.

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“How do you feel about campus returning to normal next fall?”

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“I’m ready to experience a “It’s going to be nice to have in “It’s nice to finally get to know people and go to actvities.” normal version of college life.” person class.”

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Yang ends Good Thunder Reading Series for Semester

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By SYDNEY BERGGREN Staff Writer

The Good Thunder Reading Series at Minnesota State University, Mankato hosted its final author event of the semester Thursday. Candace Black, host of the GTR Series, said she regrets not being unable to host in-person events.

Finalists for the Robert C Wright Award, named for a former MNSU English professor, saw their work honored. Winners included Tina Gross (first place), Ty Newcomb (second place) and Robyn Katona (third place).

Gross then introduced Hmong author Kao Kalia Yang, who has been writing award-winning books since 2009.

Yang began her reading with “The Most Beautiful Thing,” one of her newest children’s picture books.

“There is no better way to end the night than to read a children’s book. We’re going to do this old school,” she said, as she opened the book and turned it towards her camera so the audience could see the pictures.

“The Most Beautiful Thing” is a story of a young Hmong girl growing up with her grandmother in her home and how innocent she was to the troubles her family was facing.

“My grandmother is so old no one knows how old she is,” Yang read. “We know that my grandma was born on the other side of the world, across the ocean. ...

My grandma came from a time and a place where creatures lurked in the jungles.”

A consistent line throughout the story was, “she smiled at me.” Whether it was when the girl offered her grandmother an ice cube when they couldn’t afford ice cream, or a piece of bone from the soup when they couldn’t afford meat, her grandmother was smiling at her. And the smile was, Yang read, “the most beautiful

thing.”

“This story is a memoir.

Through my grandmother’s stories, I always felt like the little girl she was, was peeking at me from the past,” said Yang, closing the book.

She then moved to read an excerpt from “Somewhere in the Unknown World”, a collection of the stories from 14 refugees. “This book is for the refugees from everywhere, men, women and children, whose fates have been held by the nation,” Yang stated.

The story Yang read came from Myra, a Bosnian refugee to the U.S., in two different periods of her life. The first was her trips to refugee camps around the world as a representative of the American Refugee Committee, after she found solace here.

The second, and longer story, was that of her childhood where she grew up in wartorn Bosnia.

She told of Myra’s experience growing up and being unable to open the curtains, of having to be prepared for bombs at any moment, of walking to school at the local refugee camp, of her father being away fighting the war and surviving on rations of bread and milk with her mother.

By the time the war ended, Myra was 8 years old and the town was in ruins. Her family was desperate to leave.

They moved to the U.S. and, as she grew, Myra focused her learning on international studies and economics. She “wanted to help rebuild what the wars had broken.”

Yang ended the night with an emotional speech about her parents, specifically focusing on what they lost and what they tried to give her.

“If my mother could have it her way,” Yang said, “her daughter would write of beautiful things. Things like flowers that bloom without end, of incredible love, marriages built like the mountains themselves.”

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Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense ASSOCIATED PRESS The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.

The case marks the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority.

The justices said Monday that they will review a lower-court ruling that upheld New York’s restrictive gun permit law. The court’s decision to take on the case follows mass shootings in recent weeks in Indiana, Georgia, Colorado and California and comes amid congressional efforts to tighten gun laws.

President Joe Biden also has announced several executive actions to combat what he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment” of gun violence in America.

The case is especially significant during the coronavirus pandemic, said Eric Tirschwell, the legal director of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group backed by former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg. “Gun violence has only worsened during the pandemic, and a ruling that opened the door to weakening our gun laws could make it even harder for cities and states to grapple

SCOTT APPLEWHITE • Associated Press In this June 20, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington as a storm rolls in.

with this public health crisis,” Tirschwell said.

The court had turned down review of the issue in June, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.

New York is among eight states that limit who has the right to carry a weapon in public. The others are California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

In the rest of the country, gun owners have little trouble legally carrying their weapons when they go out.

Paul Clement, representing challengers to New York’s permit law, said the court should use the case to settle the issue once and for all. “Thus, the nation is split, with the Second Amendment

alive and well in the vast middle of the nation, and those same rights disregarded near the coasts,” Clement wrote on behalf of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association and two New York residents.

Calling on the court to reject the appeal, the state said its law promotes public safety and crime reduction and neither bans people from carrying guns nor allows everyone to do so.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said gun laws have made the city the “safest big state in the country” and that the “NRA-backed case is a massive threat to that security. Imagine someone carrying a gun through Times Square, onto the subway, or to a tailgate outside of a Bills game.”

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Mavs extend win streak to 8 games

By KOLE BUELOW The Mavericks men’s baseball team headed to Wayne, Nebraska this past weekend to take on the Wayne State Wildcats in a three game series. The Mavs rode a five game win streak coming into this inner conference matchup, while looking to build upon their top 25 national resume.

Coming into this game Minnesota State was 22-4 on the season, holding the top spot in the NSIC while Wayne State struggled in the bottom half with a 10-14 overall record. Although both teams landed on opposite ends of the conference standings, we expected a great batting performance from both teams.

Joey Werner represented Minnesota State at number four in NSIC batting, while Wayne State’s Alex Logelin and Bryce Bisenius are placed third and 13th in individual batting. The games did not disappoint in scoring, but the first place pitching group in Minnesota State held off Wayne State’s scoring attack to a mere six runs all weekend.

Jon Ludwig started game one for the Mavericks and finished out the seven inning game with only three hits and one allowed run. The Mavs bats showed up to play in game one, batting in seven

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Jon Ludwig allowed just one run and three hits in his complete game against Wayne State.

runs throughout the whole game.

The fourth inning was the Mavs best inning from the plate, where they scored four runs on a two RBI double and a two run home run. The Mavericks seemed to control the whole script of game one, winning 7-1.

In game two of the Saturday double header, the Mavs

seemed to have not strayed away from their game plan.

Minnesota State won game two of the series 10-2 in nine innings, securing them the series win.

Collin Denk started on the mound for the Mavs in game two, allowing only one run in eight innings. The Mavericks’ bats were swinging once again in game two, scoring in

many different ways.

The Mavs did not shy away from swinging for the fences, hitting for bases, or taking runs on walks. Minnesota State scored on all three of these methods, proving their batting versatility.

As Sunday rolled around, the Mavericks seemed to not stray away from their game plan once again. The Mavs went on to win game three of the series 13-3, supported by a monster fourth inning of batting.

Brendan Knoll started at the mound for Minnesota State, winning his fifth start of the season allowing seven hits and three runs. The Mavs bats were swinging one last time for the weekend in game three, punching in 13 runs in seven innings.

Inning four was a highlight at the plate for the Mavs, where they scored eight runs.

The Mavericks reached the plate on two RBI singles, a walk, a fielder’s choice play, a double, and a three run home run from Joey Werner.

The Mavericks are finally returning home to play their first home series since March 30th this Wednesday, where they are set to play Augustana in a double header. Augustana and Minnesota State sit first and second in the NSIC standings, so we should expect an amazing matchup coming up this week.

Ward, Mavericks continue domination with three sweeps

By DANIEL McELROY Sports Editor

It doesn’t matter where they play, the Minnesota State softball team just keeps on winning. Over the weekend, the Mavericks swept three straight series, improving their win streak to eight games, the longest streak in the NSIC. In their first series on Thursday, the Mavs hosted Upper Iowa in an afternoon doubleheader to begin their long weekend battles.

The Mavericks put on a great show in front of a full crowd of fans in the bleachers (COVID friendly of course), as they took game one by a score of 6-0 and game two by a score of 5-3.

The first half of game one didn’t see any scoring action, but the Mavs put the pressure on the Peacocks early by loading the bases in the second

Maverick Athletics Mackenzie Ward took away three wins from the weekend, including allowing just one hit in a complete game against Bemidji.

inning, but didn’t manage to drive in any runs and leave the inning with three left on base.

They pick it back up in the third inning with back-to-back doubles from Sydney Nielsen and Torey Richards. After Hannah McCarville’s strike-

out, Hailey Forshee continued on with a single directly back to the mound and into shallow center, driving in Richards for a 2-0 Maverick lead.

When they retook the field, despite allowing two hits, Mackenzie Ward continued

her stellar performance with two strikeouts and not allowing any runs.

The Mavs kept on going with a three run fourth inning, including a two-run home run from Nielsen, her seventh of the year. Minnesota State added on one more run in the fifth to secure the shutout win, giving Ward her much deserved 14th win of the year.

Ward finished the game with 12 strikeouts, three hits, and two walks in 6.0 innings pitched.

Game two was a bit of a closer game with both teams showing up in the middle of the game, going back and forth. The Mavericks got things started first in the bottom of the third inning with McCarville’s triple to right field, scoring two to take the 2-0 lead heading into the fourth inning. The Peacocks

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Savoy takes second in Nationals

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer

After an outstanding season from our Madden competitors, the PlayVS and NACE seasons have come to an end. With an early round exit in the PlayVS tournament from Cody Simek, it was Taylor Savoy’s time to shine.

Heading into the first round of the tournament, Savoy was ranked second in the tournament and set to play the fifteen seed. He took down his first opponent and next defeated WVU 2-0 to head to round three of the tournament.

Round three started off great and ended great for the Madden star, where Savoy won his semifinal match against SUBR Esports to head to the PlayVS finals. Savoy was then matched up with the South Dakota Coyotes esports team for the championship game.

Unfortunately Savoy fell short of the PlayVS crown, losing the championship series 3-1.

When asked in an interview this week about his championship loss, Savoy said, “coming up a game short sucks. That game will be in the back of my mind knowing I was just one game away.

[I’m going to] let it motivate me to not lose.”

As the NACE championship came just a day later, Savoy let his previous championship loss fuel him in his run to the crown. As Taylor got ready for his NACE championship game against GSC Esports, his mind would have only been focused on his loss from the day before.

Savoy is a very motivated player when it comes to his games, and as his championship game came up he said, “nerves don’t come to me much anymore since I’ve played so much.”

His composure for playing elevates his game

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Ohio State of 5 Big Ten teams auditioning quarterbacks

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Kim Mulkey leaves Baylor, will take over as LSU head coach

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PAUL VERNON • Associated Press Ohio State quarterback Jack Miller throws on the sideline during an NCAA college spring football game in Columbus, Ohio, in this Saturday, April 17, 2021, file photo.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Nine of the 14 teams in the Big Ten appear set at quarterback heading into the fall.

The five others will continue auditions in August, and no competition will be more closely watched than the one at Ohio State.

With two-time Big Ten player of the year Justin Fields departing for the NFL, returning backups C.J. Stroud and Jack Miller III and five-star January enrollee Kyle McCord took the snaps in spring practice.

Stroud was believed to be the front-runner entering the spring, but coach Ryan Day said a starter might not be determined until shortly before the Sept. 2 opener at Minnesota.

“They’ve learned a lot, but now the race is on over the next few months to see who can make the next strides so that they’re further along,” Day said. “Spring’s been good. There’s been a lot of progress across the board, but still a long way to to before we play against Minnesota.”

Stroud and Miller saw limited playing time in their first seasons. Stroud took eight snaps over three games, and Miller had 10 snaps over two games. Each broke a long touchdown run late in blowouts.

Day is presiding over his first quarterback competition as a head coach. He was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Urban Meyer when future firstround NFL picks Dwayne Haskins Jr. and Joe Burrow

were battling it out in spring 2018.

At Michigan, Cade McNamara would appear to be the favorite following the transfers of Joe Milton and Dylan McCaffrey. McNamara replaced Milton in the first half of the second-tolast game and led the Wolverines to a comeback win over Rutgers, and he got the start the next week against Penn State.

McNamara will be challenged in the preseason by Alan Bowman, who will arrive as a graduate transfer from Texas Tech.

Michigan State’s situation is up in the air after 2020 starter Rocky Lombardi transferred. Payton Thorne started one game as a redshirt freshman, and the Spartans have added transfer Anthony Russo from Temple.

Peyton Ramsey is gone after leading Northwestern to a division title, leaving South Carolina transfer Ryan Hilinski to battle with Hunter Johnson and Andrew Marty.

Purdue’s competition will begin in earnest in August when Aidan O’Connell returns from a foot injury. He’ll go against Jack Plummer and UCLA transfer Austin Burton.

Teams appearing to have starting quarterbacks decided: Illinois, Brandon Peters; Indiana, Michael Penix Jr.; Iowa, Spencer Petras; Maryland, Taulia Tagovailoa; Minnesota, Tanner Morgan; Nebraska, Adrian Martinez; Penn State, Sean Clifford; Rutgers, Noah Vedral; and Wisconsin, Graham Mertz.

Bret Bielema inherited a

2-6 team at Illinois, and the first three weeks of spring practice weren’t always pretty.

“With this group we have to understand baby steps are important before we can begin to walk or even run,” Bielema said. “I took it back to ground zero. No disrespect to where we were, (but) it wasn’t where we needed to be. I wanted to go back and start again and they responded very well.”

Considering there’s been a coaching change, a surprisingly high number of players elected to use the extra year of eligibility available from the NCAA because of the pandemic, notably Peters and linebacker Jake Hansen.

Michigan hired former NFL assistants Mike McDonald and Maurice Linguist as co-defensive coordinators, replacing Don Brown.

Maryland has two new coordinators, Dan Enos on offense and Brian Stewart on defense. Enos was associate head coach and running backs coach at Cincinnati.

Stewart was cornerbacks coach at Baylor and will be in his second stint with the Terrapins.

Charlton Warren moved from defensive assistant at Georgia to defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Indiana.

Mike Yurcich is offensive coordinator at Penn State after spending last season in the same position at Texas.

Jim O’Neil, defensive backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders, takes over for longtime defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz at NWU.

Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey has left Baylor to return home and take over the LSU women’s basketball team.

The school announced the move Sunday.

Mulkey, who won three national championships at Baylor, is a native of Tickfaw, Louisiana. She helped Baylor win the 2019 NCAA championship, and the Bears lost in the regional finals to UConn last month.

“Kim Mulkey is a champion and a Hall of Famer, and we are thrilled to welcome her home,” LSU athletic director Scott Woodward said.

“Her accomplishments are unprecedented, her passion is unrivaled, and her commitment to winning in all aspects of life — in the classroom, on the court, and in the community – is unparalleled. We look forward to working with her as she instills that championship culture at LSU.” The 58-year-old coach inherits an LSU team that went

9-13 last season and hasn’t made it past the Sweet 16 since 2007. She became the fastest coach in Division I history to reach 600 wins — needing only 700 games to do it.

Mulkey replaces Nikki Fargas, who stepped down earlier this week.

In 21 years as the head coach at Baylor, Mulkey led the Lady Bears to four Final Fours, winning three national titles. Her teams reached the Elite Eight six times and the Sweet 16 on five other occasions.

A member of the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class, Mulkey, who will be introduced at LSU in a press conference Monday, built Baylor into a national power, as they became just the third program in NCAA history to have at least three national titles, joining UConn and Tennessee.

Before coming to Baylor, Mulkey spent 19 years as a player or coach at LTU.

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answered with two runs of their own following an error from the Mavericks, making it a tie game. Katie Bracken got the Mavericks out of the inning with two consecutive strikeouts, leaving runners on second and third base.

In the bottom of the fourth, Madi Newman took it into her own hands to retake the lead with a leadoff home run on a full count to straight away center field, making it a 3-2 game.

They didn’t stop the scoring there, when Carly Esselman drove in Nielsen from third on an infield single. UIU tried to come back with another run in the fifth inning, but couldn’t quite come back and the Mavs sealed the doubleheader sweep with a 5-3 win.

A couple of days later, the Mavs traveled up north to visit Bemidji in a doubleheader, shutting out the Beavers in both games.

The Mavericks took game one by a score of 4-0, scoring one run in four innings throughout the game. On the second pitch of the game, Esselman took a hit by pitch to first, followed by stealing second, with Nielsen singling to center field to drive her in and take the 1-0 lead, in what would eventually be the game winning run.

The real story of this game was the Mavericks pitching, as Ward improved her overall record to 15-3 in dominating fashion. In 7.0 innings pitched, Ward threw 90 pitches, allowed one hit, and struck out 19 batters with one walk.

Ward was throwing a no-hitter up until the last inning, when Kora Martin pinch hit for the Beavers to lead off the inning and singled to right field.

The second game of the

doubleheader had the Mavericks’ bats going a bit more, especially in the four-run third inning off of just two hits. In the fourth, Nielsen hit a solo home run for her eighth of the year.

The Mavericks traveled an hour and a half west to take on Crookston the next day and continued their phenomenal performance, taking the sweep and again, shutting out their opponent in both games.

In game one, the Mavs got the bats going right away with a three-hit, two-run inning in the first with RBIs from McCarville and Forshee. MSU added three more runs in the final two innings to secure the shutout win, earning Ward her 16th win of the season. Ward allowed just three hits and one walk while striking out 10 in her complete game shutout performance.

The Mavs closed out the weekend with an 8-0 win in game two of the doubleheader. Nielsen drove in the first run of the game with a double to left field in the first inning, followed by a four-run second inning. Freshman McKayla Armbruster improved her record to 10-3 with the win, allowing just two hits, one walk, and two strikeouts in 4.0 innings pitched.

With the six win weekend, the Mavericks extend their win streak to eight games and improve their overall record to 28-7. MSU moved up to second place in the NSIC standings, tying themselves with Winona State, both have a 17-5 conference record.

The Mavs will take a break for the week before traveling to Moorhead Saturday when they take on the Dragons.

Brooklyn Strong needed a few horses to drop out to make the Kentucky Derby and now needs to make it to Churchill Downs at the latest possible minute.

The defection of trainer Brad Cox’s Caddo River on Sunday opened the door for Daniel Velasquez’s Brooklyn Strong to be the 20th and final horse in the field for the Run for the Roses. The New York-bred named after one of New York City’s five boroughs worked out at Parx outside Philadelphia on Monday and will be vanned overnight to Louisville to get settled in for his biggest race.

“It’s absolutely insane,” Velasquez said about the quick turnaround. “I can’t put it into words. ‘Chaos’ is the only thing I can think of because it’s just been that chaotic the last 24 to 48 hours.”

Brooklyn Strong was 23rd on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard a week ago, which normally would lead Velasquez and owner Mark Schwartz to give up on the chances of making it and look toward the Preakness or Belmont. An unusual amount of dropouts paved the way for Brooklyn Strong to make it after a disappointing fifthplace finish in the Wood Memorial on April 3.

“I almost stopped paying attention last week because I was just over it,” said Velasquez, who got a feeling this was coming when he only

CHELSEA DURAND • Associated Press This photo provided by NYRA Photos shows Brooklyn Strong, Joel Rosario up, enroute to winning the Remsen Stakes horse race at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Queens borough of New York.

needed two more horses to exit to make it. “I told Mark: ‘Somebody’s going to be out.

From the way they’re dropping out, we’re going to get in.’”

It’s still a surprise for a horse who has run only twice since November. Brooklyn Strong’s 10 qualifying points from winning the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct in December are the fewest by any horse to make the Derby since Giant Finish in 2013, the year the points system was introduced.

“I’m going there now with no pressure,” Velasquez said in a phone interview from Parx in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. “Now I have zero pressure because I don’t think anybody expects me to do

anything anyways, so I’m just going to enjoy it.”

Schwartz, who booked jockey Umberto Rispoli to ride and is trying to get friends and family tickets and accommodations for the weekend, pointed out that Brooklyn Strong beat Derby rival Known Agenda in the Remsen and is confident going into Saturday.

“He’s not a long shot in my mind,” said Schwartz, who didn’t know how much respect oddsmakers would give his horse. “If he’s ready like he was in the Remsen, if he runs like he did in the Remsen, I have no problems.

He’ll be there. That’s how I feel. I think the horse is tremendous.”

NATIONALS continued from page 7 saying, “I’m always comfortable now. I like to take notes on what routes the receivers are running to combat what the other player may be doing.” Taylor did just that in his championship game, winning the NACE championship.

As a junior, Savoy had a great season, and when asked about his possible return next year he said, “I’ll be back. Revenge tour.” A very promising quote from a great Madden player as he prepares for his senior season this offseason to hopefully become the champion of both the NACE and PlayVS leagues next season.

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Jeff Bridich steps down as general manager of Rockies

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

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DAVID ZALUBOWSKI • Associated Press Colorado Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich looks on as the Rockies take batting practice before hosting the Washington Nationals in a baseball game in Denver.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Jeff Bridich is stepping down as general manager of the Colorado Rockies, ending a tumultuous tenure that included two playoff appearances and a falling out with Nolan Arenado that ultimately led to the star third baseman’s offseason trade.

The Rockies announced Monday that the decision was a mutual agreement with Bridich, who was in his seventh season as GM. The team will appoint an interim general manager for the rest of the season before launching a search following the postseason.

Bridich said in a statement that he recently had a conversation with owner Dick Monfort and newly appointed team President Greg Feasel about the team’s future.

“It became abundantly clear that ushering in a new leadership structure is critically important,” Bridich said. “With that in mind we arrived at this decision to part ways, and ultimately it will be what is best for the Rockies and for me. Change can be a great thing for an organization and for the individuals who comprise it. Dick has a clear vision for the Rockies, and after nearly seven seasons as General Manager I believe it is time for someone else to help lead that vision.”

The Harvard-educated Bridich joined the organization in 2004 and rose through the ranks. He was named senior director of baseball operations in ’06 and later held the position of senior direc-

tor of player development.

He was promoted to general manager in October 2014.

Under Bridich, the club made the playoffs as a wild card in 2017 and ’18. It’s the only time in franchise history the Rockies have made backto-back postseason appearances.

And this seemed to signal another big commitment to winning: The Rockies locked up Arenado — the face of the franchise — with a $260 million, eight-year deal in February 2019. But it didn’t take long for things to turn sour with Bridich and the front office. Arenado wasn’t pleased with the direction of a team that missed the postseason in ’19 and again last season.

Arenado, an eight-time Gold Glove winner and fivetime All-Star, was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals on Feb. 1 for Austin Gomber and four minor leaguers in a deal that was criticized across the baseball community. As part of the trade, the Rockies agreed to pay St. Louis $51 million of the $199 million remaining on Arenado’s contract at the time. Arenado’s contract was amended after he was traded.

The trade of Arenado drew the ire of Rockies fans, with hashtags such as “#RockiesBoycott” and ”#FireBridich” popping up on social media.

Bridich also dealt Troy Tulowitzki — another fan favorite — to Toronto in 2015 for a package of players that included Jose Reyes.

Bridich’s signings over the years have included Daniel Murphy and Ian Desmond,

along with relievers such as Bryan Shaw and Wade Davis.

“Working in professional baseball is not just a job, it’s a round-the-clock lifestyle,” Bridich said. “There are innumerable people in the Rockies organization who are committed to that lifestyle, and I want to thank all of those folks for their volume of work, their care and concern for each other and their collective belief in the organization.

“Finally, a big THANK YOU to Rockies fans for loving our players and for consistently showing up in support of the team through thick and thin.”

The Rockies have another big decision looming with All-Star shortstop Trevor Story, who is set to become a free agent at the end of the season. He appears in line for a sizeable payday, too, after San Diego shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. finalized a $340 million, 14-year contract and Francisco Lindor agreed to a $341 million, 10-year deal with the New York Mets.

On Monday, the Rockies named Feasel team president in addition to his role of being in charge of the club’s business operations. His duties include overseeing the organization’s involvement in the All-Star Game set for July after it was recently moved to Coors Field. Rockies manager Bud Black referenced how hard being a GM is every day of the year — and that Bridich was present and focused on the team even earlier Sunday, before later alerting Black he would step aside.

Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in three months in the midst of a pandemic.

The rollout of the second edition of the “Playbooks” — an IOC guidebook explaining how the games can be pulled off — comes as Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas have been placed under a third state of emergency as coronavirus cases surge.

Japan, which has attributed about 10,000 deaths to COVID-19, has also been slow with local vaccination with about 1% so far getting shots.

Organizers are expected to announce daily testing for athletes. They are also

expected to drop a 14-day quarantine requirement, allowing athletes to train when they arrive. Athletes will be required to stay within a “bubble” consisting of the Olympic Village on Tokyo Bay, and venues and training areas.

Japan’s Kyodo news agency, citing unnamed sources, said athletes and staff will have to be tested twice within 96 hours before leaving home. They will also be tested upon arrival in Japan.

The Playbook for athletes is to be updated on Wednesday, with Playbooks for media and others unveiled on Friday. The first edition published in February was vague, and there are doubts the latest editions will offer much specificity.

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