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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021

Students not happy about second virtual commencement

By JENNA PETERSON News Director

For the second year in a row, spring commencement at Minnesota State University, Mankato has been cancelled due to COVID-19.

While students say they understand the decision — the virtual event is set for Saturday, May 8 — they still feel empty leaving campus without the traditional celebration.

MNSU senior Lissette Garza, earning her degree in dental hygiene, said the decision leaves her regretful.

“I feel like cancelling the spring commencement made the ending of this semester seem just like any other,” she said. “I was hopeful that the school would come together to figure out better options for us since the vaccine has been out and CDC guidelines are changing. I don’t feel like I’m accurately celebrating this accomplishment.”

Julia Wilson, a MNSU senior graduating with a degree in English language arts education, said she agrees with the precautions made following the cancellation.

“I think this was the right thing to do,” she said.

Following the decision to eradicate the spring com-

By JULIA BARTON Continuing to advocate for students across Minnesota, Emma Zellmer and Arnavee Maltare have been officially announced state chair and vice chair for Students United, an independent non-profit organization operated by students who represent Minnesota State Colleges and University students.

The role includes representing students who attend Minnesota’s seven state universities including Bemidji State University, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Metro State (St. Paul/Minneapolis), Minnesota State University-Moorhead, St. Cloud State University, Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall and Winona State University.

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Student approaches differ when it comes to finals

By BAILEY BRENDEL Staff Writer

to do this year and to carry it over into next. I love advocating for students and work-

As finals week rapidly approaches, many Minnesota State University, Mankato students are grinding out there last week of the semester (or even the final days of their college career). At the same time, students are also looking to spend time with the friends they made here before they head home for the summer or graduate.

Many medical and nursing majors are prepping for their final practicals.

“I have my lab practicum on Friday that I have really been preparing for,” freshman bio-med major Abigail Johnson said. “I’ve spent countless hours in the library getting ready to take this exam.”

Other students, like freshman Hailey Bacon, are using this time to go over all of their previous class notes.

“I have been rewatching all of my Zoom meetings and looking through all my notes so I can be prepped for any questions that may come my way,” Bacon said.

Similarly, junior Zane Coyle said, “I’ve been reviewing all my notes and practicing with other students in my class so we can all succeed.

I’ve also visited and talked with my professors whenever I have questions about a certain topic so I can fully understand each concept.”

Each student has their own preferred method of studying class material.

“I study in one to two hour periods with breaks in between so I can mentally refresh,” sophomore Brady Nelson said.

Junior Jack Wheeler said he likes to spend time alone to study.

“It’s been hard to juggle my time with working and all of the student organizations I’m involved in,” he said, “but I always try to take time for myself and listen to music and go over the materials I learned throughout my classes.”

For those who are leaving campus as the semester wraps up, studying for finals as well

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mencement, students begin to question what other options the school could have made to honor the class of 2021.

“To my knowledge, we had the virtual slideshow (and) we could submit a picture for the 15-minute walk through the ballroom and get a picture taken,” she said. “It seemed like the school was trying to do more for us, but it was only offered Monday-Wednesday.” Garza also pointed out how many families might not be able to access this option

due to distance and other commitments.

With lower COVID numbers and more vaccines rolling out, Wilson wished MNSU could have done something more.

“It would have been fine to have some modified form of graduation,” she said. “However, they didn’t have the ability to predict the decrease in numbers.”

President Richard Davenport announced commencement cancellation in a March

3 email. He said the university pursued other options for graduating students to explore, which included a professional photo session, a virtual commencement, and an invitation to be honored at the next in-person commencement, whether that be in the fall or next spring.

Despite all of this, both Garza and Wilson said they’ve found new ways to proclaim their academic successes.

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a system, local, state and federal level, Students United is also recognized as the official voice for students in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees.

One of their main goals is to discuss challenges, goals, and students’ experiences on their campuses to better the future of higher education.

They also believe students should lead the conversation on higher education because it affects their future.

The state chair and vice chair are elected by the board of the seven state university student body presidents who make up the student board of directors.

Zellmer, a junior at MNSU who previously served as a senator and speaker for Student Government as well as the current vice chair of Students United, shared why she

FABIO CASTEL GARCIA • The Reporter Emma Zellmer, right, and Arnavee Maltare were recently elected as the state chair and vice chair, respectively.

decided to get involved with Students United.

“I want to continue all the great work we’ve been able

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Is it legal to shoot suspects in the back?

Emma Zellmer

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continued from page 1 ing with students,” Zellmer shared. “In the Minn State system students are allowed to get involved and let their voice be heard so I think it’s important that we take advantage of that.”

As upcoming state chair she will serve the 2021-2022 term along with the vice chair which will start in July to the end of June the following year.

Maltare, a senior at MNSU who is the current Vice President for Student Government, said she wants to advocate for students.

“I enjoy working for students and serving students.

It is for the greater good and it is one of the major factors that made me want to run for this position,” Maltare said. “I also want to encourage students to participate in meetings and let their voices be heard.”

Very rarely are both the incoming state chair and vice chair from the same university.

Recently, Students United has built a coalition made up of several major bargaining units which include LeadMN, Inter-Faculty Organization (IFO,) Minnesota State College Faculty (MSCF,) Minnesota State University Association of Administrative & Service Faculty (MSUAASF,)

and the Indigenous Men and Men of Color Caucus (IMMOC) to further ensure the Equity 2030 plan is successful.

Equity 2030 is a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities plan to eliminate educational equity gaps by 2030.

Last week the coalition put forward a letter to the Board of Trustees that asks to work more closely with them and do more to reach the goal. All are welcome to sign onto this letter.

While there are many goals Students United hopes to achieve in the coming years, Zellmer discussed the importance of this letter.

“The biggest thing students can do right now is to sing onto our Equity 2030 letter. We’re really trying to put pressure on the chancellor to do more and include our voices more to take charge in 2030. We won’t have an equitable system in eight years if we don’t work for it,” Zellmer said.

While COVID-19 has restricted event planning, Students United has taken this year to plan out how they will tackle other issues such as COVID-19, college affordability, sustainability along with others. Those strategic planning initiatives made by the various committees within Students United will be approved this coming year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Seconds after Anthony Alvarez was shot from behind by a Chicago police officer, the fatally wounded 22-yearold looked over at the officer and asked: “Why you shooting me?” The officer answered, “You had a gun.”

The dramatic exchange captured on video released Wednesday encapsulated a broader issue about whether the shooting of suspects in the back as they are running away is ever justified.

State laws and Supreme Court precedent permits it under certain circumstances, though the fact a fleeing suspect has a gun doesn’t automatically make such a shooting legal.

Here’s a look at the laws and how they might be relevant to the March 31 killing of Alvarez.

ARE THERE DISPUTED FACTS? From the multiple videos released by Chicago’s independent police review board, there’s no disputing Alvarez had a gun. It’s clearly visible.

The officer and a partner had just chased Alvarez down an alley when, after they emerged onto a residential sidewalk, the officer yelled at Alvarez: “Drop the gun!”

The officer then shot at Alvarez, who crumpled to the ground.

A police report identified the officer as Evan Solano, 29. The officer had recognized Alvarez from another incident the day before during which Alvarez fled, and he started chasing Alvarez on foot on March 31, the head of Chicago’s police union, John Catanzara, has said.

From the videos, it seemed clear Alvarez had his back turned to the officer at the moment the six-year veteran of the force fired. As Alvarez’s knees buckle after he

ERIC HOOLEY • Associated Press Two people leave objects at a memorial for Anthony Alvarez, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago, near the place where a Chicago police officer shot and killed the 22-year-old during a foot chase in the early morning hours of March 31.

was shot, his gun flies out of his hand and lands several feet away.

What’s not clear is whether Alvarez might have been starting to turn as he was shot. Catanzara claimed Alvarez was turning in the direction of the officer.

WHAT ARE THE RELAVANT LAWS? For decades, officers were authorized to shoot suspects in the back to keep them from evading arrest. The killing of 15-year-old Edward Garner in 1974 changed that.

The case involved Memphis police officer Elton Hymon responding to a report of a prowler when he saw Garner running from a burglarized home. Hymon later told investigators he didn’t think Garner was armed but shot him in the back of the head anyway to stop him from getting away. The shooting was deemed justified.

Garner’s case led to a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1985, in which the high court said shooting fleeing suspects who are not an imminent threat is unconstitutional. The court said officers can use lethal force to

stop a fleeing suspect only if they have reasonable grounds to think the suspect poses a danger to police or bystanders.

CAN AN OFFICER SHOOT ANY FLEEING SUSPECT WITH A GUN? No, explained Chicago-based civil rights attorney Andrew M. Stroth, who has represented many families whose relatives were shot by police.

“An officer has to be presented with an imminent threat of bodily harm or injury to himself or a third party,” Stroth said. “The presence of a weapon alone is not justification for an officer to shoot a suspect in the back or anywhere else.”

Other Supreme Court rulings since the Garner case have established that the presence of a gun does not necessarily give an officer the right to open fire.

“You cannot use your bullets from a service revolver to catch an alleged suspect who is not posing a danger,” Stroth said.

He blamed the city of Chicago for not implementing a clear policy.

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‘Fetal heartbeat’ in abortion laws taps emotion, not science

BROOKE LAVALLEY • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS Dr. Michael Cackovic has treated his share of pregnant women. So when Republican lawmakers across the U.S. began passing bans on abortion at what they term “the first detectable fetal heartbeat,” he was exasperated.

That’s because at the point where advanced technology can detect that first flutter, as early as six weeks, the embryo isn’t yet a fetus and it doesn’t have a heart.

An embryo is termed a fetus beginning in the 11th week of pregnancy, medical experts say.

“You cannot hear this ‘flutter,’ it is only seen on ultrasound,” said Cackovic, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, where some 5,300 babies are born each year.

Yet bans pegged to the “fetal heartbeat” concept have been signed into law in 13 states, including Cackovic’s home state of Ohio. None has taken effect, with all but the most recently enacted being struck down or temporarily blocked by the courts.

Now, one of the most restrictive, signed by Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee last year, goes before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday.

Proponents of these socalled “heartbeat bills” are

hoping for a legal challenge to eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court, where they look for the conservative coalition assembled under President Donald Trump to end the constitutional right to abortion protected under the high court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

The notion that abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy “stops a beating heart” helped propel the measures to rise above persistent constitutional concerns in the states that have backed them.

The concept’s originator, Ohio anti-abortion activist Janet Folger Porter, spoke openly about her strategy in an email to supporters last year — deftly side-stepping whether the packaging of the bill was medically true.

“The slogan, ‘Abortion stops a beating heart,’ has long been an effective way to highlight the injustice and inhumanity of abortion,” Porter wrote of the state’s law, the Ohio Heartbeat Protection Act. And, she found, hearts were easy to market.

During the decade-long battle to pass Ohio’s law, Porter punctuated her lobbying efforts with heartshaped balloons and teddy bears. She urged supporters to “take heart” when faced with obstacles.

FINALS continued from page 1 as enjoying time with friends can be difficult.

Sophomore Natalie Horn is one of the many students dealing with this.

“While also studying for finals, I am trying to spend as much time with my friends before I have to move back home at the end of the semester. It’s bittersweet,” she said.

“I’m excited to complete the semester, but I don’t want to leave my friends.”

Senior Hope Wickert said she’s excited to complete her

final semester.

“I wrote down all of the assignments and finals I have left in every class, along with the day and time they’re due. It’s color coded so I can get them done in the order they’re due,” she explained.

“I’ve made note cards for tests I have and am practicing them for a little bit everyday before I go to bed. I’m just making sure that everything is going to be done in a timely manner and am wrapping things up for graduation.”

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California arrest carries echoes of Floyd case ASSOCIATED PRESS Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Hispanic man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.

Autopsy findings have not been released, but the family of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez accused police Wednesday of using excessive force and escalating what should have been a minor encounter with the unarmed man.

Gonzalez stopped breathing following a video-recorded scuffle with police April 19 at a park, where officers had confronted him after receiving 911 calls that said he appeared disoriented or drunk.

The initial police statement said Gonzalez had a medical emergency after officers tried to handcuff him.

“The video showed that he died on the ground with his face on the floor with officers on top of him,” said his brother, Jerry Gonzalez.

Added the family’s attorney, Julia Sherwin: “It would feel like drowning on dry land for him.”

Multiple use-of-force training experts who viewed the video at the request of The Associated Press agreed that the officers shouldn’t have escalated the confrontation, but said their fatal mistake was not immediately taking action once Gonzalez had trouble breathing.

ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENT • Associated Press In this image taken from Alameda Police Department body camera video, Alameda Police Department officers attempt to take 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez into custody, April 19, 2021, in Alameda, Calif.

“He wasn’t resisting; he was just trying to breathe,” said Timothy T. Williams Jr., an expert who spent nearly 30 years with the Los Angeles Police Department.

In a statement, the San Francisco Bay Area city said it is “committed to full transparency and accountability.”

The death is under investigation by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, the district attorney’s office and a former San Francisco city attorney hired by Alameda to lead an independent probe.

The three officers involved in the arrest have been placed on paid leave. Officer James Fisher has been with the Alameda Police Department since 2010, while the others, Cameron Leahy and Eric McKinley, joined in 2018, the city said.

The arrest took place just hours before the case against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin went to the jury. The next day, Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter for pinning Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off a national reckoning over racism and police brutality.

In Alameda, the nearly hourlong video from two officers’ body cameras released late Tuesday shows police talking to a seemingly dazed Gonzalez, who struggles to answer questions.

When Gonzalez doesn’t produce any identification, the officers are seen trying to force his hands behind his back to handcuff him, but he resists and they take him to the ground.

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3 indicted on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery

GLYNN COUNTY DETENTION CNETER • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS The Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, charging a father and son who armed themselves, chased and fatally shot the 25-year-old Black man after spotting him running in their Georgia neighborhood.

Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, were charged along with a third man, William “Roddie” Bryan, with one count of interference with civil rights and attempted kidnapping. The McMichaels are also charged with using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

The case is the most significant civil rights prosecution undertaken to date by the Biden administration Justice Department and comes as federal officials have moved quickly to open sweeping investigations into troubled police departments as civil rights takes center stage among the department’s priorities.

The indictment charges that the McMichaels “armed themselves with firearms, got into a truck and chased Arbery through the public streets of the neighborhood while yelling at Arbery, using their truck to cut off his route and threatening him with firearms.” It also alleges that Bryan got into a truck and then chased Arbery, using the vehicle to block his path.

Arbery, 25, was killed on Feb. 23, 2020, by three close-range shotgun blasts after the McMichaels pursued him in a pickup truck as he was running through their neighborhood. Arbery had been dead for more than two months when a cellphone video of the shooting was leaked online and a national outcry erupted.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case the next day and swiftly arrested Travis McMichael,

who fired the shots, his father, and Bryan, a neighbor who joined the pursuit and took the video. The three men remain jailed on state murder charges and are due back in court in May. S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, applauded the hate crimes charges Wednesday, tweeting that the federal case would “serve as a failsafe to the state prosecution.”

“Hate claimed Ahmaud’s life,” Merritt tweeted. “Our justice system must combat intolerance.”

The McMichaels’ lawyers have said they pursued Arbery, suspecting he was a burglar, after security cameras had previously recorded him entering a home under construction. They say Travis McMichael shot Arbery while fearing for his life as they grappled over a shotgun.

Local prosecutors have said Arbery stole nothing and was merely out jogging when the McMichaels and Bryan chased him.

The Justice Department alleges that the men “used force and threats of force to intimidate and interfere with Arbery’s right to use a public street because of his race.”

In pretrial court hearings in Georgia, prosecutors have presented evidence that racism may have played a role in the man’s death.

Last June, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation testified Bryan told investigators that Travis McMichael uttered a racist slur right after the shooting as he stood over Arbery, who was bleeding on the ground.

“Mr. Bryan said that after the shooting took place before police arrival, while Mr. Arbery was on the ground, that he heard Travis McMichael make the statement, ‘f—-ing n—-er,’” GBI agent Richard Dial testified.

Travis McMichael’s attorneys have denied that he made the remark.

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Chauvin juror: After trial, verdict was ‘easy part’ ASSOCIATED PRESS A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death said Wednesday that deliberations were relaxed and methodical as he and 11 other jurors quickly talked their way to agreement in parts of just two days.

Brandon Mitchell was the first juror who deliberated to come forward publicly since Derek Chauvin was convicted April 20 of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, following an alternate juror who wasn’t part of deliberations. Mitchell, who is Black, said the jury room was a relief after three weeks of emotional testimony that he described as “like a funeral” day after day.

“It’s not human nature to watch people die,” Mitchell said in an interview with The Associated Press, describing testimony that day after day included video of Floyd’s desperate cries as he was held down by Chauvin. “You know you want to be able to help somebody... watching the same person die every day, and you see his family member in the (courtroom).”

Prosecutors said Chauvin pinned Floyd, a Black man, to the pavement outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis for 9 minutes, 29 seconds on May 25. Floyd had been accused of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at the store. Three other officers, since fired, face trial

BRANDON MITCHELL • Associated Press This undated photo provided by Brandon Mitchell shows Mitchell, a juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd.

in August.

Prosecutors played a wide range of videos for the jury, including teenager Darnella Frazier’s bystander video that was seen worldwide in the hours after Floyd’s death.

That video and the officers’ body camera video recorded bystanders shouting at Chauvin and the other officers to get off Floyd, warning that they were cutting off his breathing and asking them to check for a pulse.

“It’s cold in the room. It just feels dark,” Mitchell said of the weeks of testimony. “It felt like a funeral in there...

The decision was the easy part.”

Mitchell, 31, a high school basketball coach, recounted his jury experience in a round of interviews with multiple media outlets, including telling ABC’s “Good Morning

America” that he thought verdicts could have been reached even faster: “I felt like it should have been 20 minutes,” he said.

In his interview with AP, Mitchell described jurors settling down to work the afternoon after sitting through hours of closing arguments.

They elected a foreperson, he said, “then we went straight to manslaughter,” with a preliminary vote and soon a final vote.

They then broke and came back the second day, and started with the third-degree murder charge.

“That took a little bit more time,” Mitchell said, calling the language of the statute “a little bit tricky.” After about four hours on that, he said, jurors then reached agreement in just half an hour on second-degree murder.

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US eyes major rollback in Iran sanctions to revive nuke deal

IRANIAN PRESIDENCY OFFICE • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear accord, according to current and former U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter.

As indirect talks continue this week in Vienna to explore the possibility of reviving the nuclear deal, American officials have become increasingly expansive about what they might be prepared to offer Iran, which has been driving a hard line on sanctions relief, demanding that all U.S. penalties be removed, according to these people.)

American officials have refused to discuss which sanctions are being considered for removal. But they have said they are open to lifting any sanctions that are inconsistent with the nuclear deal or that deny Iran the relief it would be entitled to should it return to compliance with the accord. Because of the complex nature of the sanctions architecture, that could include non-nuclear sanctions, such as those tied to terrorism, missile development and human rights.

Biden administration officials say this is necessary because of what they describe as a deliberate attempt by the Trump administration to stymie any return to the deal. Under the 2015 agreement, the United States was required to lift sanctions tied

to Iran’s nuclear program, but not non-nuclear sanctions.

Administration officials deny they will remove all non-nuclear sanctions, but have declined to identify those which they believe Trump improperly imposed on terrorism and other grounds.

“Any return to the JCPOA would require sanctions relief, but we are considering removing only those sanctions that are inconsistent with the JCPOA,” said State Department spokesman Ned Price. “Even if we rejoin the JCPOA — which remains a hypothetical — we would retain and continue to implement sanctions on Iran for activities not covered by the JCPOA, including Iran’s missile proliferation, support for terrorism, and human rights abuses.”

When President Donald Trump re-imposed sanctions after withdrawing from the deal in 2018, he not only put the nuclear sanctions back in but also added layers of terrorism and other sanctions on many of the same entities. In addition, the Trump administration imposed an array of new sanctions on previously unsanctioned entities.

This has put the current administration in an awkward position: Iran is demanding the removal of all sanctions. If the U.S. doesn’t lift at least some of them, Iran says it won’t agree to halt its nuclear activities barred by the deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.

GRADUATION continued from page 1 “Instead of being able to attend commencement, I will be having a mini graduation party with my immediate family,” Garza stated.

Wilson, on the other hand, will be celebrating

multiple events in one.

“I’m actually getting married the day after, so I’m celebrating with my family in town and with my wedding,” she said.

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Biden stresses the need for global cooperation ASSOCIATED PRESS The Latest on President Joe Biden’s first joint address to Congress (all times local): 10 p.m.

President Joe Biden is stressing the need for global engagement and cooperation on everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change. It’s a sharp contrast from President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy.

Biden says in a prime-time address to Congress that “the comment I hear most often” in his conversations with world leaders is: “We see that America is back — but for how long?”

Biden says that “we have to show not just that we are back, but that we are here to stay.”

Under Trump, the United States pursued a policy of unilateralism and withdrew from a number of international alliances and diplomatic relationships.

Biden pledged as part of its diplomatic efforts that the U.S. will eventually “become an arsenal of vaccines for other countries – just as America was the arsenal of democracy in World War II.” JOE BIDEN’S JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS: President Joe Biden is using his first joint address to Congress to declare the nation is “turning peril into possibility, crisis into opportunity.” He is celebrating

MELINA MARA • Associated Press President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

progress against the coronavirus and urging a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally transform roles the government plays in American life.

Read more: — Watching from afar, Congress will make or break Biden agenda — A closer look at Biden’s $1.8 trillion plan for families and education — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, in Republican response, seeks to credit GOP for ‘joyful springtime’ — First lady holds virtual reception for guests not at speech — Harris, Pelosi to making history seated behind Biden at speech 9:55 p.m.

President Joe Biden says he’s “not looking to punish

anybody” but does plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

Biden wasn’t shy about saying during a joint address to Congress that he’ll pay for his $1.8 trillion spending package by raising taxes on the rich. He attacked the Republican-backed, 2017 tax cuts, saying they created large deficits while most benefiting the richest Americans.

Biden says his plan will most help the American middle class. He’s also pledging not to raise taxes on the middle class. He says most Americans have already “paid enough.”

But the president also says that the huge increase in spending he’s backing will require more money coming into the government, and he says it should come from CEOs and the rich.

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SPRING 2021 EDITOR IN CHIEF:

MAXWELL MAYLEBEN

The school year in review: pandemic edition

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Derek Chavin last May. In the wake of the killing, there have been large scale protests all over the state, including in Mankato, where protesters even took to the highways, completely shutting down 169 for a brief amount of time.

These racial issues that have been brought to light were only intensified, as we moved into the election.

As we looked at our two options for president of the United States, it was a furious debate between Donald Trump, the right wing champion for “telling it like it is” and Joe Biden, who ran on a platform that was essentially “I am not Donald Trump”.

As students, we found so much division when it came to the past election.

The debate of which presidential candidate would be best to mitigate the pandemic was on everyone’s minds.

Then, the division, which typically tends to subside in one way or another immediately after an election, only seemed to increase. This division came to a head when a protest at the US Capitol resulted in protestors breaking into the building and running all over the halls of congress.

And now, as we move forward, there is only one thing left for students to ask ourselves… what comes next?

How are we going to handle the pandemic as the threat begins to subside? How are we going to hold our politicians responsible? Maybe most importantly, how are we going to bridge this divide that plagues our nation as of lately?

We are young people, and while the 2020-2021 school year was much less than ideal, we have within our ability to change the world in our lifetimes for the better.

So, whether you are finishing your freshman year or graduating, remember that this world can be ours, so waste no time making it so.

“What has been the best part of the academic year?”

Compiled by Samuel Adjidjonu

DEANNA DOKKEN, SOPHOMORE “I’ve enjoyed being on the tennis team.”

MADISON DIEMERT

madison.diemert@mnsu.edu

Editorial As we draw this academic school year to a close, it seems more accurate to say that this has been a challenging year for all, rather than most.

One huge thing that we have seen in this last year’s worth of news, is the obvious….

The pandemic.

When COVID-19, or as we called it at the time, “the coronavirus” began to rear it’s angry head, many students were still on vacation for spring break last year.

Then as the University announced that we would have an extra week off, of course it was met with excitement. We got an “extra spring break” after all.

Ever slowly, we started to realize that this virus wasn’t going anywhere, and we had to adapt to the “new normal” of online learning and Zoom university.

This “new normal” bled all the way into our fall semester, leaving faculty scrambling to adapt to the new ways of educating students, which was extremely difficult for faculty and students alike.

Then, when you pair this with the political turmoil that our country and state has experienced in the last year, students have had quite the year.

On top of the election year, students at MNSU and the state of Minnesota have had an intensely involved year, due in large part to the murder of George Floyd

by Minneapolis policeman

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In new Electoral College map, shifting battleground dynamics

CAROLYN KASTER • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS The 2020 census is shifting states’ clout in presidential politics. And while the changes won’t upend the parties’ basic strategies for securing the votes needed to win the White House, they do hint at new paths emerging.

The 2020 census population counts announced this week will result in 13 states seeing a change in their number of votes in the Electoral College, the body that formally elects the president.

The overall pattern was clear: Rust Belt and upper Midwestern states will hand some of their votes to Sun Belt and Western states in 2024 and 2028.

Democratic bastions California and New York also lost electoral votes along with a swath of the Great Lakes region. Beneficiaries include Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Colorado and Montana.

The changes wouldn’t have done much to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College majority in 2020. If Biden ran under the new count he’d have defeated then-President Donald Trump by 68 electoral votes, rather than a 74vote margin.

But the new numbers show a clear transition afoot.

Gone are the days when Republicans held a near-absolute advantage across the southern half of the United States, forcing Democrats to secure victories in the “Blue Wall” throughout the industrial north.

Instead, the two regions are now parallel battlegrounds.

“It’s almost like two trains passing in the night -- the Sun Belt trending Democratic and the demographics of

the Rust Belt going more Republican,” said Democratic pollster Zac McCrary. “But these things don’t happen overnight, so in 2024 we’re going to see a very competitive Rust Belt and a very competitive Sun Belt -- and you could see more splits between the two parties in both regions.”

For Democrats, that offers more paths to the required 270 electoral votes than when they depended on a solid band of states from Pennsylvania to Minnesota.

Now, they can lose Ohio, which has shifted from perennial battleground to a clear GOP lean, and try to win the White House with former GOP bedrocks like Georgia or North Carolina.

The last two elections showed the evolving balancing act for both parties, with Biden in 2020 and Trump in 2016 each winning states worth a combined 306 electoral votes.

Biden did it with close wins in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, while adding razor-thin margins in Georgia and Arizona to flip those Sun Belt states to Democrats for the first time in decades. Trump had won all five states four years earlier, with his razor-thin margins coming in the upper Midwest and wider margins in Arizona and Georgia.

But Biden’s winning map would be worth just 303 electoral votes in 2024, mostly because of California and states across the upper Midwest losing representation.

Trump’s winning map from four years earlier would inch up to 307 electoral votes, with his diminished Rust Belt totals shored up by gains in Texas, Florida and North Carolina.

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Columbus mayor requests probe of police force ASSOCIATED PRESS While Ohio’s capital city has made significant progress enacting changes to its police department, the city needs additional help because of “fierce opposition” to reform within the agency, city leaders said Wednesday as they requested a Justice Department investigation following a series of police killings of Black people and other controversies.

The request by Mayor Andrew Ginther and City Attorney Zach Klein — both Democrats — capped several painful months for the city, culminating most recently with the April 20 fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant as she swung a knife at a woman. Bryant was Black and the rookie officer who shot her was white.

Criticism has included not just fatal police shootings but also the department’s reaction to last summer’s protests over racial injustice and police brutality following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. A report commissioned by city council and released earlier this week criticized both the police department and city leaders, saying Columbus was unprepared for the size and energy of the protests.

“This is not about one particular officer, policy, or incident; rather, this is about reforming the entire institution of policing in Columbus,”

JAY LAPRETE • Associated Press Myron Hammonds, left, and Paula Bryant, father and mother of Ma’Khia Bryant, the 16-year-old girl shot and killed by a Columbus police officer on April 20, hold a photo of their daughter during a news conference Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Columbus, Ohi

Ginther and Klein said in Wednesday’s letter. “Simply put: We need to change the culture of the Columbus Division of Police.”

It’s not unusual for mayors or local law enforcement leaders to ask the Justice Department to review an agency’s record. Those requests sometimes are made when city officials anticipate a federal probe is looming regardless of their wishes.

When the Justice Department does launch such a review, city officials can do little to stop it, so they generally welcome the investigations, at least in public. The mayors of Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, quickly endorsed the reviews the Justice Department recently announced of those cities’ police departments following the killings

of Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

It’s likely that the recent police killings in Columbus combined with the mayor’s push for changes would make the city’s request appealing to the Justice Department, said Ayesha Hardaway, a Case Western Reserve University criminal law professor.

“I imagine that Columbus will be considered a good opportunity to make lasting change,” said Hardaway, who has worked with Cleveland’s police department in the wake of Justice Department involvement after the 2014 shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

The request by Columbus leaders came the same day that the attorney representing the family of Bryant requested a federal investigation into her death and the state’s foster care system.

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Feds raid Giuliani’s home, office, escalating criminal probe ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into the business dealings of former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer.

Giuliani, the 76-year-old former New York City mayor once celebrated for his leadership after 9/11, has been under federal scrutiny for several years over his ties to Ukraine.

The dual searches sent the strongest signal yet that he could eventually face federal charges.

Agents searched Giuliani’s Madison Avenue apartment and Park Avenue office, people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press.

The warrants, which required approval from the top levels of the Justice Department, signify that prosecutors believe they have probable cause that Giuliani committed a federal crime — though they do not guarantee that charges will materialize.

A third search warrant was served on a phone belonging to Washington lawyer Victo-

JACQUELYN MARTIN • Associated Press Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington in this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo.

ria Toensing, a former federal prosecutor and close ally of Giuliani and Trump. Her law firm issued a statement saying she was informed that she is not a target of the investigation.

The full scope of the investigation is unclear, but it at least partly involves Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, law enforcement officials have told

the AP. The people discussing the searches and Wednesday’s developments could not do so publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

News of the search was first reported by The New York Times.

In a statement issued through his lawyer, Giuliani accused federal authorities of a

“corrupt double standard,” invoking allegations he’s pushed against prominent Democrats, and said that the Justice Department was “running rough shod over the constitutional rights of anyone involved in, or legally defending, former President Donald J. Trump.”

“Mr. Giuliani respects the law, and he can demonstrate that his conduct as a lawyer

and a citizen was absolutely legal and ethical,” the statement said.

Giuliani’s son, Andrew Giuliani, told reporters the raids were “disgusting” and “absolutely absurd.”

A Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan and the FBI’s New York office declined to comment.

The federal probe into Giuliani’s Ukraine dealings stalled last year because of a dispute over investigative tactics as Trump unsuccessfully sought a second term. Giuliani subsequently took on a leading role in disputing the election results on the Republican’s behalf.

Wednesday’s raids came months after Trump left office and lost his ability to pardon allies for federal crimes. The former president himself no longer enjoys the legal protections the Oval Office once provided him — though there is no indication Trump is eyed in this probe.

Trump’s spokesman did not immediate respond to questions about Wednesday’s events.

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Mavericks streak broken by Vikings

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After a three game series sweep against Wayne State this past weekend, the Mavericks baseball team headed back home to play their first home series since March against Augustana this Wednesday.

We expected a great matchup coming into this series as both teams were ranked one and two in the NSIC standings and had spots in the top 20 nationally for Division II baseball.

The Mavericks and the Vikings came into this game third and first in team batting in the NSIC as well as first and third in team pitching. The two teams have several players inside the top 10 for individual batting and pitching as well, making for a great series.

The Mavs have the second and seventh best batters in the NSIC in Joey Werner and Teddy Petersen while the Vikings have the first and 10th best batters in Carter Howell and Christian Kuzemka. On the pitching side both teams seem to be one in the same.

Minnesota State and Augustana each have three pitchers in the top 10 in the conference, with the Mavs holding the edge in overall rank. This did not seem to matter for the top ranked Mavs, as they dropped Wednesday’s double header, getting swept by Augustana.

The Mavs couldn’t score any runs as Augustana scored 8 over two games to win the matchups.

As we finally got to the middle of the week, it was time to see the top two teams in the NSIC battle it out for this season’s anticipated matchup.

Game one got started at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, as we saw Koby Bishop of the Vikings and Nick Altermatt of the Mavericks battle it out from the mound.

It was a tense game for both teams, as we saw our only score in the fourth inning of play. The Vikings scored on

a single through the right side of the field on an infield error by the Mavs.

That score seemed to be all it took for game one, as the Mavs sixth inning bases loaded effort came up empty. Augustana took game one from Minnesota State 1-0.

Going into game two, the Vikings seemed to figure out the Mavericks’ plan of attack and took advantage of it. The game never really seemed to be close, as Augustana jumped

out to an early lead in the third inning and never looked back.

The Mavericks never got anything going in game two, and only finished with four total hits while the Vikings tallied in ten. Ryan Jares earned the win from the mound for Augustana, winning game two 7-0.

Despite dropping two games to Augustana this Wednesday, Minnesota State still remains first in the NSIC conference standings.

No. 17 Mavericks travel to Moorhead to continue win streak

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The Mavericks road trip this weekend will be getting cut short with their series against Northern State getting canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Wolves program. The Mavs (28-7) sole opponent this weekend will be a doubleheader against Minnesota State - Moorhead (7-28), who currently sits in 14th in the NSIC standings.

The Mavericks crawled their way up to second in the standings with their eight game win streak and 17-5 record in conference play.

The Dragons have not had as successful of a season as Mankato as they’re in the midst of an eight game losing streak. The streaks for both teams are the longest active winning and losing streaks in the NSIC, and the Mavericks will be looking to extend both

Teen sentenced in crash killing announcer

SPX Sports Torey Richards leads the Mavericks with a .431 batting average.

streaks and continue their season of domination.

The two schools have a long history with each other dating back to 1975. The Mavs have gotten the best of the Dragons in most games, holding a 437-1 record and haven’t lost a game since 2004.

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to rosters the best pitcher in the conference in Mackenzie Ward, having the lowest ERA at 0.93 and the only pitcher with an ERA under 1.00.

Ward is 16-3 on the season, the second most wins of any pitcher. Despite walking the most batters in the NSIC with 31, no other pitcher comes

close to Ward in strikeouts, sending 214 batters back to the dugout empty handed.

Through 19 games played, Ward is striking out 11.2 batters per game. Opponents are batting just a .153 average when facing Ward in the box this year, another category leader for Ward.

Freshman McKayla Armbruster is a top 10 pitcher in the NSIC as well, putting up a 2.33 ERA with a 10-3 record this year, good for seventh in the conference. In 72.0 innings pitched, Armbruster has struckout 62 batters on the year.

The Mavericks have been producing on offense just as much as defense this year with some of the best batters in the league as well. Torey Richards has recorded a .431 batting average on the year, good for sixth in the league, and the third most hits with ROAD TRIP on page 11 u

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a teenager in connection with the 2019 crash that killed Auburn University sports announcer Rod Bramblett.

News outlets reported that the sentence for Johnston Edward Taylor, 18, was not released because he was granted youthful offender status. The status can be granted to defendants younger than 21 and can result in reduced penalties than if they had been sentenced as an adult.

Taylor had faced two counts of reckless manslaughter for the 2019 crash that killed Bramblett and his wife Paula. Taylor was 16 at the time of the crash. As a youthful offender, Taylor had faced a maximum sentence of three years.

“The sentence imposed was somewhere between a slap on the wrist and exacting a pound of flesh,” Taylor’s lawyer, Tommy Spina, told The Opelika-Auburn News. “It was between those two extremes.”

Spina told the newspaper that he was limited on what he could say about the case because of Taylor’s status as a youthful offender.

Lee County District Attorney Pro Tem Jessica Ventiere declined to comment on the case.

Authorities allege Taylor was driving about 90 mph (145 kph) in a 55 mph (90 kph) zone when he rear-ended the Brambletts’ vehicle in Auburn.

Bramblett and his wife Paula were killed, but Taylor wasn’t seriously injured.

“At the time of the accident, the defendant was a 16-year-old teenager with no prior criminal history, who had smoked or used marijuana and had been diagnosed with marijuana use disorder,” Judge P.B McLauchlin wrote in the order granting youthful offender status to Taylor.

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Love sorry for tantrum

Thursday, April 29, 2021

NFL seeks return to normalcy with draft ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHRIS O’MEARA • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS Kevin Love spoke from his heart. Over 13 minutes, he apologized, lectured and asked for forgiveness and understanding.

He regrets his fit of frustration but said it shouldn’t define him.

“That wasn’t me,” Love said. “I apologize for that moment. It was an ugly one.

It was one that was not ill-intentioned.”

The five-time All-Star apologized Wednesday for his on-court tantrum two days ago in a game against Toronto, saying his behavior was out of line and out of character — but that it had nothing to do with any frustration toward his teammates or coaches.

Love did not take any questions from reporters after speaking passionately about the incident, using the Zoom call as what he called a “therapy session” to express his feelings about dealing with an injury this season, his leadership role in Cleveland and continued struggle with mental health.

“I (messed) up,” Love said, using an expletive to open his remarks. “Everyone knows that. My intent wasn’t to disrespect the game, my intent wasn’t even for the damn ball to go inbounds. It was a moment that I got caught up in.”

Late in the third quarter against Toronto, a frustrated Love, who was upset with the officials for some non-calls, angrily tapped the ball back into play on an inbounds pass. The loose ball was grabbed by the Raptors, who made a 3-pointer and went on to win 112-96.

Video of the tantrum went viral on social media, and Love was blistered by fans and media for behavior called “childish” and “unacceptable.”

Love took exception to some of the criticism, saying he felt aspects of his behavior were “a little blown out of proportion.”

“I just hope that you judge

my character, judge me as a man,” said Love, who helped the Cavaliers win an NBA title in 2016 and signed a fouryear, $120 million contract extension two years later. “I mean, the basketball stuff, you can crush me, you can kill me by any means, I’ll take that on the chin all day.

“I don’t care. I love this game. I’ll always love this game. I hope I can play as many years as I possibly can.”

Coach J.B. Bickerstaff called Love’s actions a “lapse in judgment.”

It’s not known if the Cavaliers will discipline Love by benching him for any upcoming games. Cleveland hosts Orlando on Wednesday.

Love said he didn’t realize how bad the incident looked until after the game and he felt embarrassed and ashamed.

The Cavaliers were missing seven players with injuries for the game, and Love’s outburst only compounded things for a young team stumbling to the season’s end. Cleveland is 21-40.

Love said he has only respect for Bickerstaff and his teammates. He believes they’ve accepted his apology knowing how hard he has worked this season to come back from a calf injury that sidelined him for two months.

“I’ll ride or die for J.B. and our coaching staff, and I’ll ride or die for our young guys, even when I’m giving 60%, 70% of myself up right now because I’m still getting over the hump with my injury. But, if you’re not in the arena, and getting your (behind) kicked a lot of the time, I don’t care about your opinion.

“I don’t care about how you feel about me, or what you see in me. What matters to me is the opinion of my teammates, and how they feel about me, and how everybody in this organization feels about me.

Return To Normalcy!

That’s not exactly the slogan for the NFL draft being staged Thursday through Saturday in Cleveland.

It’s more at the top of the league’s wish list as it allows some prospects and fans to attend the festivities — yes, there are those going on by the shores of Lake Erie.

Sure, the draft is the NFL’s most popular event other than the Super Bowl and opening day. And it being held virtually in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic was a most emphatic sign that very little would be normal for pro football last year.

Yes, that draft was a big hit thanks to Commissioner Roger’s Goodell’s “come join me” hosting from his man cave, and the honest, unstaged reactions by so many players when they were selected.

And the NFL is incorporating some of that into this year’s proceedings, though Goodell will be on hand in Cleveland to hug or fist-bump the dozen or so prospects in attendance.

Still, the key here for the league is that, just as last season was completed on time, and the Super Bowl — albeit scaled down from a mega-event — was held on schedule, this draft will be as close as currently possible to the real thing.

“We have to do this,” says Jon Barker, NFL head of live event productions. “We need

TONY DEJAK • Associated Press Workers continue preparing the NFL Draft Theatre for the 2021 NFL Draft, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Cleveland.

to get people out and back to live events and to experience things like this, and the draft is one of those great events that can bring everybody together and do that.”

Another sign of business as usual is many, perhaps all the clubs, will be back at their facilities to conduct the selections. There are requirements and coronavirus protocols in place, of course.

“Yeah, I think for our draft night, obviously, we’re going to be back in the building, which is a good thing,” says Jets general manager Joe Douglas, who has the second overall spot and is expected to take BYU quarterback Zach Wilson after the Jaguars open up by grabbing Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence.

“Right now, through the league mandate, we’re going to have 15 individual tables set up and we’re going to be

in there with masks. And the group that won’t be allowed in the draft room, or we won’t have enough room for in the draft room, we’re going to have them logged into the (Microsoft) Teams call so that they’re still part of it.”

Also somewhat routine will be the laser focus on one position: quarterback, naturally.

The top three selections figure to be Lawrence, Wilson and either Ohio State’s Justin Fields, Alabama’s Mac Jones or Trey Lance of FCS powerhouse North Dakota State to San Francisco. The two not selected by the 49ers almost certainly will go in the top 15, with a potentially wild scramble by QB-lacking clubs seeking to trade up.

“You’ve got to take risks.

This is a risk we were willing to take,” Niners coach Kyle Shanahan says.

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Casey goes for 3-peat at Innisbrook against tough field

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Paul Casey is going for his third straight victory at the Valspar Championship, a feat difficult enough that only eight times in the last 40 years has a player won the same tournament at least three times in a row.

It didn’t take long for Casey to take a stab at who else was on the list.

“Tiger, Tiger, Tiger?” he said.

Now repeat.

Tiger Woods owns six of those eight occasions. He won three in a row at Firestone twice (1999-2001 and 2005-07), along with the Memorial (1999-2001), and he won four in a row at Bay Hill (2000-03) and Torrey Pines (2005-08). The other was a World Golf Championship that was held at three courses (Harding Park in 2005, The Grove in England in 2006, Doral in 2007).

The other two players were Stuart Appleby at Kapalua and Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic.

It’s no small task.

Now throw in a field that includes Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas, the top two players in the world, along with Patrick Reed to round out three players from the top 10.

“I’ve never had a threepeat as a professional, and I feel like the pressure is not on me,” Casey said. “We’ve got Justin Thomas and guys like that playing this week, and the focus is going to be on them. So I feel like I’m kind of in a sweet spot and raring to go.”

Casey has won three in a row as an amateur, and that wasn’t easy either. He won

the Pac-10 championship three straight times while at Arizona State. The second time, he shot 60 in the final round.

The Copperhead course at Innisbrook is regarded as among the best tournament courses in Florida, relying on such un-Florida characteristics as elevation and bending, tree-lined fairways. Yes, there’s water, but it comes into play on only a half-dozen holes.

Casey is a premier ball-striker on the PGA Tour, which explains why he has fared so well at Innisbrook.

“When he’s on, it’s really impressive,” Thomas said.

“The sound his ball makes when it comes off his irons ... it’s a short, compact move.

It’s fun to play with and it’s fun to watch.”

That doesn’t mean it’s easy.

When he won in 2018, Casey rallied from a five-shot deficit and still didn’t have victory secured until Woods failed to make a 35-foot birdie putt on the final hole. The following year, he had a oneshot lead over Johnson in conditions so tough Johnson didn’t make a birdie in the final round. He won by one shot over Jason Kokrak and Louis Oosthuizen.

The Valspar Championship took one on the chin like no other PGA Tour event last year. The entire tournament structure was in place and it was four days away from the start of tournament week when the PGA Tour shut down golf because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’m excited to be finally back, and I’m sure everybody else is, too,” Casey said.

ROAD TRIP continued from page 9 49. Hannah McCarville also falls amongst the best in the league in total hits with 46 of her own, good for fifth.

When it comes to hitting bombs, just ask for Sydney

Nielsen. Nielsen is tied for fourth in the NSIC in home runs with eight, and hitting two home runs in three games in their series over last weekend.

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WR Antonio Brown returning to Bucs ASSOCIATED PRESS Receiver Antonio Brown has agreed to return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year contract that could be worth up to $6.5 million, including incentives, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Wednesday because the agreement, which includes a $2 million signing bonus and a little more than $3 million guaranteed, had not been announced by the reigning Super Bowl champions.

NFL Network was first to report the deal.

The Bucs were already assured of returning all 22 starters from their 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL title game in February. Bringing back Brown ensures Tom Brady will pursue an eighth Super Bowl ring with the entire “band” of offensive playmakers assembled around the 43-year-old quarterback last season.

General manager Jason Licht made good on a promise to keep the team together by placing the franchise tag on receiver Chris Godwin, signing linebackers Shaquil Barrett and Lavonte David to multi-year contracts, and bringing back tight end Rob

MARK HUMPHREY • Associated Press Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown reacts after making a catch against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Gronkowski, running back Leonard Fournette and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh on one-year deals.

Brady and left tackle Donovan Smith contributed to the effort by signing salary-capfriendly contract extensions that freed money to help Licht get it done.

The agreement with Brown comes after the receiver, who joined the Bucs midway through last season after serving an eight-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, settled a civil lawsuit filed against Brown by a former trainer.

Licht was asked last week if Brown resolving the civil dispute would improve the

chances of the 32-year-old receiver coming back.

“We’ve had discussions through the offseason, and as you can tell we’ve put an emphasis on bringing back players from last year that contributed to our success, and he would be no different,” the GM said. “We’ll continue to have talks and see where it goes.”

A four-time All-Pro, Brown had 45 receptions for 483 yards and four touchdowns in eight regular-season games in 2020. He caught a TD pass in the Super Bowl, capping a postseason in which he had eight catches for 81 yards and two TDs.

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Steve Clifford tests positive

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss multiple games while going through the NBA’s health and safety protocols.

Assistant coach Tyrone Corbin will coach in Clifford’s absence, starting with Sunday’s game against Indiana. Clifford already expected to miss Sunday because of two positive tests in a threeday span, and subsequent testing confirmed that he has the virus.

There is no timetable for his return. Typically, those in the league who have tested positive have missed at least 10 days before being cleared to resume work. That would mean Clifford could miss much of the remainder of the season.

Even if Clifford misses just a week, he would still be out for five games. The Magic host the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, then are at Cleveland on Wednesday and Memphis on Friday before returning home to meet the Grizzlies again on Saturday.

“I’m in a place here where I’m healthy enough so hopefully I can help somewhat,” Clifford said. “But also I’m fortunate — I have a veteran staff.”

Other NBA coaches have missed some time this season for virus-related reasons.

Toronto’s Nick Nurse had to miss three games because he and several of his assistant coaches were dealing with the protocols, and Dallas’ Rick Carlisle missed one game earlier this month following a false positive test.

Clifford originally tested positive Thursday night. He returned two negative tests Friday, giving hope that the first positive was a false result, then learned Saturday afternoon that a test he took that morning came back positive. He was tested again after that positive, and the decision was revealed Sunday that he must enter the protocols.

Clifford has received both doses of the Moderna vaccine, getting the second one on Thursday. He is not yet considered “fully vaccinated” by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols, since two weeks have not passed since his final dose. He said he has experienced no side effects from the vaccine.

“I feel fine,” Clifford said.

“I have no temperature. I feel 100%.”

He has dealt with some health issues in the past, including missing 21 games during the 2017-18 season when he coached in Charlotte after problems caused by sleep deprivation presented themselves, and he left a game at Minnesota in March 2020 after experiencing dizziness caused by dehydration.

Corbin filled in for Clifford in that game against the Timberwolves. Corbin also spent parts of four seasons coaching Utah and part of the 2014-15 season coaching Sacramento.

“I feel comfortable that I’m not really in danger,” Clifford said. “That with the fact that my temperature, my oxidation numbers, how I feel, I have no side effects right now, I’m very comfortable with that.”

Clifford’s situation is just the latest in a series of challenges for the Magic this season, following a trade-deadline franchise restart with the trades of Nikola Vucevic, Aaron Gordon and Evan Fournier, along with Markelle Fultz being lost early in the season to a knee injury and Jonathan Isaac missing the entire year with a knee injury he suffered in the NBA’s restart bubble last August.

Orlando was the NBA’s last team to remain unbeaten at the beginning of the season, getting off to a 4-0 start.

The Magic were 6-2 after an early January sweep of a two-game set against Cleveland — then lost 15 of their next 18 games, and it’s only gotten worse from there.

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Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport.

Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 and won 15 of the first 28 editions of the race. Everything has changed since: Carmouche on Saturday will be the first Black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013 and is just one of a handful over the past century.

Carmouche is now one of the few remaining Black jockeys in the U.S. Much like Marlon St. Julien in 2000, Patrick Husbands in 2006 and Kevin Krigger in 2013, his presence in horse racing’s biggest event is a reminder of how the industry marginalized Black jockeys to the point they all but disappeared from the sport.

“As a Black rider getting to the Kentucky Derby, I hope it inspires a lot of people because my road wasn’t easy to get there and I never quit,” Carmouche said. “What I’ve been wanting all my career is to inspire people and make people know that it’s not about color. It’s about how successful you are in life and how far you can fight to get to that point.”

Carmouche is a success story in his own right. He is the son of a jockey who has won more than 3,400 races and earned $118 million since beginning to ride professionally in 2000. He came back from a broken leg three years ago and set himself up for his first Kentucky Derby mount by riding 72-1 long shot Bourbonic to victory in the Wood Memorial on April 3. Bourbonic will leave from the 20th post in Saturday’s race at Churchill Downs.

He’s also a rarity in a sport

now dominated by jockeys from Latin America.

“Obviously there haven’t been many in recent decades, but if you go back to the early years of the Derby, the late 1800s, early 1900s, Black jockeys dominated the Kentucky Derby,” NBC Sports analyst Randy Moss said.

“Guys like Isaac Murphy and Jimmy Winkfield.”

Carmouche joins St. Julien as the only U.S.-born Black jockeys in the Derby since 1921, which was even then long after the era dominated

by Murphy, Winkfield and others.

Chris Goodlett, a historian at the Kentucky Derby Museum, cited a combination of Jim Crow laws and segregation in the U.S., intimidation by white riders and decisions by racing officials, owners and trainers for the decline of Black jockeys in the early 20th century.

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‘Replicant’ explores our interaction with technology

By SYDNEY BERGGREN Staff Writer

Throughout the semester, Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Conkling Gallery has been featuring a series of exhibitions by Master of Art in Studio students. The last to present their work is graduate student John Grabko, whose exhibition will remain in the Nelson Hall gallery until the end of the semester.

Grabko originally attended MNSU as an undergraduate student with a passion for graphic design. After gaining experience in different areas of art, Grabko eventually transitioned to more fine arts studies such as printmaking, and continued after graduation for his masters degree.

His choice to attend MNSU was not off the cuff.

“MSU seemed like a good fit for me based on the extent that the University has to offer in both fine arts and academics,” Grabko said. “I have been a lifelong Minnesota resident, and the program and faculty have all been excellent during my time here.”

Grabko’s exhibit is titled “Replicant.”

“The exhibit refers to technology,” he said, “how we interact with it over time and how it can change us as a society.”

To fully capture the vision Grabko had for his artwork for “Replicant,” he used mediums such as printmaking, focusing on silkscreen, drawing and collage.

Grabko said he was inspired to create the exhibit through multiple artists he looked up to throughout the years, but he pointed to Banksy and Takashi Murakami as two that influenced him

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most.

“In this show I studied the advancement of technology over time, stemming from the Industrial Revolution to the mid-20th century and into today,” Grabko said. “As technology itself continues to advance, it becomes more and more an integral part of our everyday life that we don’t necessarily stop to analyze or think about sometimes.”

While he struggled to pin down a favorite piece in his show, Grabko was eventually able to turn to one titled “Technicolor Rainbow.” The piece is a 3-piece silkscreen print that demonstrates the Technicolor process originated to add color to black and white motion pictures.

“This topic fascinated me because it was a final attempt at mimicking re-

ality through film in the early part of the 20th century,” he said. “There was still this feeling of disconnect when film was simply black and white, but adding color brought that final step into the process.”

Grabko’s exhibit will remain up in the Conkling Gallery 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through May 7.

Cooking in the Kitchen with Sydney: Cinnamon Apple Pancakes

By SYDNEY BERGGREN • Staff Writer As I’ve stated many times before, I am for sure a breakfast person. So I thought I’d come back today with a sweet breakfast food that is a fan favorite at my home: Cinnamon Apple Pancakes.

My family loves fried apples; green apples sliced up mixed with a bit of butter, cinnamon, sugar, and heavy cream on the pan.

However, this isn’t an accessible method in the typical college dorm, so I am showing a microwave version today. On top of just the apples, I love putting them on some pancakes, so I have added an easy microwave pancake recipe as well.

I just got my apple from the UDC, as I don’t eat them fast enough to purchase a bag from the store. The other ingredients are ones I have back in my dorm, as spices and pancake mix last a while, and I use milk often.

This recipe is fairly quick and easy, and as an added bonus it fixes any craving for a sweet breakfast.

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Cinnamon Apple Pancake: • • • • • •

½ cup pancake mix ½ cup milk 1 green apple 1 tbsp of butter Cinnamon and sugar to taste Additional toppings: peanut butter, syrup, whipped cream

Directions: Chop the apple into bit-sized pieces. Place in a microwave-safe bowl and top with diced butter, cinnamon and sugar. Mix thoroughly and microwave for 1:30. Stir again.

In a separate bowl, combine pancake mix and milk. Microwave for two minutes, then allow to slightly cool. Top the pancake with desired toppings and enjoy!

I recommend peeling the apples so you aren’t dealing with a rubbery peel. Also, the pancake texture is going to be a bit different, seeing as you only mix it with milk, but it isn’t too noticeable.

I tend to top my pancakes with peanut butter, however, any traditional pancake topping is delicious with this recipe. If you add whipped cream to these pancakes it tastes just like an apple pie.

While this recipe is more of a fall favorite, I am always a fan of cinnamon apples at any time of the year.

Plus, rounding out the year with a delicious treat seemed like a nice way to sign off.

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Review: Family and robots in ‘Mitchells vs the Machines’ ASSOCIATED PRESS Easily the most heartfelt movie about family life that also includes a robot apocalypse and a pug often mistaken for a loaf of bread, “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” is an antic, irreverent animated delight that somehow doesn’t sacrifice depth even as it hurtles forward at breakneck comic speed.

Director Mike Rianda’s film, produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, shares much of the DNA of Lord and Miller’s other cartoon adventures (“The Lego Movie,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”) in its ability to remake movie cliches with madcap irreverence, youthful zeal and a contemporariness that often eludes less freewheeling films.

“The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” which debuts Friday on Netflix (after originally being set for theatrical release from Sony Pictures), manages to spin through a sincere father-daughter relationship, our technology addictions, Instagram jealousy and general feelings of inadequacy while breezing though an end-of-theworld plot accidentally initiat-

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ed by a reckless tech CEO. Oh, there are maniacal Furbys, too.

But for all its fast-paced zaniness, “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” scripted by Rianda and his writing partner Jeff Rowe (also co-director), is basically a good old-fashioned family road trip movie, and the Mitchells slide in somewhere between the Griswolds and a more accident-prone Incredibles. They’re neither a hopeless clan nor a perfect

one (usually the only two options in family movies), but a flawed, loving family.

Rick Mitchell (Danny McBride) is a devoted but distracted dad who, when faced with more complicated emotional issues, happily retreats to home improvement and woodworking. He and wife Linda (Maya Rudolph) have a daughter heading to college, Katie (Abbi Jacobson), a younger dinosaur-crazed boy

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named Aaron (Michael Rianda) and a dog named Doug the Pug — a four-legged running gag. They all have their own interests but share a common smart-phone addiction. So when Rick suggests a dinner with “10 seconds of unobstructed family eye contact,” it’s excruciating torture for everyone.

When Katie is about to leave for college, her relationship with her father has reached a

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“The Mitchells vs. the Machines” is simultaneously an ode to the creative possibilities at our finger tips and a warning to the greater dangers of digital dependence.

The latter is especially true once a newly launched phone turns diabolical overlord and scoops up the world’s population with little more than promises of free Wi-Fi. The Mitchells, by luck and pluck, are the only ones to go undetected, a success owed less to their intelligence than their imperfections. The engulfing dystopia makes for a dramatic backdrop for the Mitchells to work through their issues.

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