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MNSU graduate acquitted in killing of Philando Castile Campus organizations seek to raise awareness and justice for black community.

GABE HEWITT Editor in Chief Officer Jeronimo Yanez was found not guilty on June 16 in the killing of Philando Castile.

Yanez graduated from MNSU’s law enforcement program in 2010. He was the recipient of the department’s Baton of Honor in 2010, an award given to two students each semester who have respect among their peers and faculty members and possess leadership qualities.

An officer for the St. Anthony Police Department, Yanez pulled over Castile, Diamond Reynolds and their four-year-old daughter during a traffic stop on July 6, 2016 in Falcon Heights, according to police records.

After disclosing to Yanez that he was carrying a gun with a permit, Yanez shot and killed the St. Paul native Castile. Yanez testified in court that he believed Castile

was reaching for his gun, but Reynolds claims he was reaching for identification.

The case became high profile after Reynolds streamed the aftermath of the shooting on Facebook Live.

Yanez was charged with second degree manslaughter and following the jury’s decision on June 16, the St. Anthony Police Department terminated him.

In a statement from the university, MNSU Vice President of Student Affairs David Jones said, “Many strong and varying emotions have been expressed at the conclusion of the Yanez trial.

For those on the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus seeking assistance, the university offers counseling services and other professional resources through campus offices such as Institutional Diversity, Student Affairs and Human Resources.”

Yanez being acquitted didn’t come as a surprise for MNSU Black Student Union (BSU) President Rosalin Cobb. The marketing student and St. Paul native had family that went to the same school

where Castile worked as a cafeteria supervisor.

“His death just hit so close to home. When I found out Friday that Officer Yanez was acquitted, I felt cold and empty,” she said.

Cobb has been in contact with members of recognized student organizations Black Intelligent Gentlemen (BIG)

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Fun summer activities that won’t break the bank

MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer The summer season has begun and the beautiful blue skies along with the fantastic weather offer the best platform for making unforgettable memories during the upcoming months. The summer offers a wide range of activities, although some may cause harm to an individual’s wallet.

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Finding the best activity is easy, but taking into account one’s financial status is also important. There are several activities that are budgetfriendly and that are still thrilling to take part in. These activities ensure that one adequately uses the amount they have in their pocket and has a superb time while doing so.

One ideal way to spend money efficiently during the summer is by visiting parks and recreation centers. Parks are generally free worldwide and what better way to spend the summer than reconnecting with nature?

Nature centers offer a serene

atmosphere where one can clear their mind as well as rejuvenate their spirit as they explore the magnificent plant and animal kingdoms around them. Another suitable place that is budget-friendly is an aquarium, which houses a diverse range of marine life. The majestic aquatic creatures that live there will undoubtedly inspire any individual and the costs to catch a glimpse of them is quite reasonable.

Road trips are another cost efficient activity to partake in during the summer. There are several activities that one can do during a road trip with family, friends or

relatives like tubing, visiting museums, theme parks, quirky attractions and many more. Road trips allow one to connect with those closest to them and share in delightful memories that everyone will cherish for a long period of time. Road trips also offer a convenient way for people to travel and explore all that the great outdoors has to offer all while keeping everything within a budget.

Spending time on beaches and boardwalks are also other cost effective activities that will hardly cause any harm to one’s wallet. Board walks always have plenty of activities going on from street

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performers to inexpensive food and merchandise that one can take delight in while gazing at the glimmering horizon.

Beaches are exquisite places to be in the summer as one can cool off in the water, get a tan on the fine sand or admire the breathtaking sunset. Cash is hardly an issue while enjoying these wonders and one can have a fabulous time.

Other cost friendly activities one can indulge in

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GOP preparing for Senate health care vote, amid differences WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are getting ready for Senate votes on legislation scuttling former President Barack Obama’s health care law, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday among growing indications that the climactic vote could occur next week.

“The Senate will soon have a chance to turn the page on this failed law,” said the Kentucky Republican.

He said GOP senators have had “many productive discussions” on the measure and added, “We have to act, and we are.”

On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said GOP senators will be briefed on the emerging bill Wednesday and he expects to see the legislation the next day, about a week before a vote occurs.

Even so, lobbyists and lawmakers said final decisions had yet to be made on some issues, including how to make sure that health care tax subsidies Republicans would provide cannot used to buy insurance that covers abortion. That’s a crucial problem for the GOP because many Republican senators are demanding such restrictions.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press There were also rumblings of discontent by some conservatives. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the Republican plan does “not yet” do enough to reduce premiums, a key GOP goal. And Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said it would be “a non-starter” if the developing bill’s subsidies are as large as Obama’s.

Lacking the votes to stop it, Democrats are criticizing the still-evolving bill as a stealthy measure that GOP leaders want to rush through the chamber before anyone knows what’s really in it. In

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Continued from page 1 and Black Motivated Women (BMW) about organizing events centered around educating and creating conversation in the community and the campus.

“I plan to get myself and some of my group members involved in community events that are seeking to raise awareness as well,” BMW President Latisha Townsend said.

Unlike Cobb, Townsend was surprised by the acquittal.

“I felt for the first time, we might get some justice,” she said. “We watched it all happen right in front of us. We saw an innocent man sitting in his car not bothering anyone.

He was wearing a seat belt and made no threatening moves toward the cop and even warned him that he had a weapon on him, but had no intention of reaching for it.”

Hundreds protested and rallied in the Twin

Cities over the weekend in response to the acquittal and caused numerous traffic jams. The Castile case is one of many cases of police violence that fuel such efforts like Black Lives Matter (BLM).

“We can only hope that this will push BLM to work harder for justice in a peaceful manner,” Townsend said.

“It’s important that we don’t use anger or violence to be heard.”

Since the acquittal, the NAACP has called for Yanez to be taken to federal court for his charges. Governor Mark Dayton has made similar comments and has stated that he believes race played a factor in the shooting.

“Even though Yanez was terminated, I feel that still isn’t enough. No justice was served,” Cobb said.

“I just wake up every day hoping that my brother isn’t the next victim.”

protest, they began objecting to usually routine requests for committee hearings to run more than two hours after the full Senate convenes.

Democrats concede that Obama’s prized statute needs changes to shore up some regional markets where insurers are losing money.

But they praise its impact on providing coverage to around 20 million additional people and forcing insurers to provide more generous benefits.

They held the Senate floor for several hours late Monday and forced McConnell to turn aside requests to require Senate committees to debate and vote on the measure, a step in the legislative process that GOP leaders have foregone.

“The combination of secrecy and speed are a toxic recipe,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

Democrats’ largely symbolic effort was likely to have little or no impact on how McConnell handles the measure, which he’d like the Senate to approve by the end of next week. But they were hoping it would have at least two effects — scare off Republicans wavering over whether to back the measure, and show liberal activists that Democrats are aggressively trying to thwart the legislation, even though they lack the votes to derail it.

McConnell is using closeddoor meetings among Republicans to write the bill.

In these sessions lawmakers

are trying to resolve internal disputes over how to reduce the insurance coverage standards that Obama’s law requires, cut the Medicaid health care program for the poor and eliminate taxes Obama levied on higher earners and the medical industry.

Democrats are increasingly worried that McConnell will jam the bill through the Senate with little debate, limiting their chance to scrutinize the bill and whip up opposition against it.

Under special rules, each party will have just 10 hours of debate on the measure before the chamber begins a vote-a-rama, a series of quick amendment votes with little discussion. Democrats have even suggested a scenario in which Senate debate begins on a preliminary version of the GOP measure and McConnell offers the final package as a late amendment, giving Democrats little or no time to criticize it.

As Democrats made a series of motions that McConnell turned aside, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., twice asked the GOP leader to ensure Democrats will have more than 10 hours to study and debate the bill before the vote.

“I think we’ll have ample opportunity to read and amend the bill,” McConnell answered each time.

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‘Human Project’ study will ask 10,000 to share life’s data NEW YORK (AP) — Wanted: 10,000 New Yorkers interested in advancing science by sharing a trove of personal information, from cellphone locations and credit-card swipes to blood samples and life-changing events. For 20 years.

“big data” health studies, and the National Institutes of Health plans to start fullscale recruitment as soon as this fall for a million-person project intended to foster individualized treatment.

But the $15 million-a-year Human Project is breaking

“Researchers hope the results will illuminate the interplay between health, behavior and circumstances.”

Researchers are gearing up to start recruiting participants from across the city next year for a study so sweeping it’s called “The Human Project .” It aims to channel different data streams into a river of insight on health, aging, education and many other aspects of human life.

“That’s what we’re all about: putting the holistic picture together,” says project director Dr. Paul Glimcher, a New York University neural science, economics and psychology professor.

There have been other

ground with the scope of individual data it plans to collect simultaneously, says Dr. Vasant Dhar, editor-inchief of the journal Big Data, which published a 2015 paper about the project.

“It is very ambitious,” the NYU information systems professor says.

Participants will be invited to join; researchers are tapping survey science to create a demographically representative group.

They’ll start with tests of everything from blood to genetics to IQ. They’ll be asked for access to medical,

financial and educational records, as well as cellphone data such as location and the numbers they call and text. They’ll also be given wearable activity trackers, special scales, and surveys via smartphone. Follow-up blood and urine tests — and an at-home fecal sample — will be requested every three years.

Participants get $500 per family for enrolling, plus a say in directing some charitable money to community projects.

Researchers hope the results will illuminate the interplay between health, behavior and circumstances, potentially shedding new light on conditions ranging from asthma to Alzheimer’s disease.

Their excitement comes with the responsibility of safeguarding the digital savings of a lifetime.

Protec tions include multiple rounds of encryption and firewalls.

Outside researchers won’t be able to see any raw data, just anonymized subsets limited to the information they need.

They’ll take nothing with them but their analyses —

by hand, since the analyzing computers aren’t connected to the internet, Glimcher said.

Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney at the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation , credits the Human Project researchers with taking security seriously.

But he wonders whether authorities might seek to get at the information for investigations, though Glimcher maintains that the researchers could protect it from anything but major terrorism probes.

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Human Project aspires boldly. In fact, its frequentlyasked-questions list includes: “Is this possible? Are you crazy?”

He points to one of medicine’s most storied research efforts: The Framingham Heart Study , launched in 1948. Some 15,000 residents of Framingham, Massachusetts,

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Throwing parties in the backyard where one gets to relax and socialize will definitely cut down on costs while ensuring a good time. All in all, the summer season always proves to be a special time whenever it comes by and saving some cash while relishing the times is definitely a plus.

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Opinion: Dogs are better than cats Having a dog gives you societal brownie points.

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GABE HEWITT Editor in Chief There seems to have been this debate about cats and dogs ever since the animals were domesticated.

Hollywood even capitalized on this in the 2001 movie “Cats & Dogs” and its unnecessary 2010 follow-up “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.”

I’m here to end this debate. Both cats and dogs have their pros and cons but the winner is an easy one: dogs.

My judgement is blinded by my dog-o-vision. I grew up with a larger number of dogs than I did cats, so my choice may be different had it been the opposite. The number of benefits a dog brings greatly outweighs cats.

The greatest benefit is their companionship. They go with you wherever you go just like a human companion would.

You can take them anywhere whereas with cats, it’s almost unheard of to take them on a walk. Their companionship is something to be desired

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POLICIES & INFO (CC BY 2.0) by smlp.co.uk at an older age. As a fan of Pokemon, dogs are probably the closest thing we’ll ever have to a pocket monster in real life.

If you’re having a day, it’s almost too easy for a dog to make it better. Dog owners know the joy of coming home after a long day and being greeted by something that thinks you’re their whole world.

Something that’s become a big part of this debate in recent years is the kind of impact dogs have on pop culture and social interactions. In the early 2000s, funny pictures of cats seemed to dominate the

Internet. We’ve seen a shift in the 2010s and dog memes have become a staple of everyone’s Facebook feeds.

Minnesota Public Radio’s Jessica Boddy wrote an article about the language the Internet created for its love of “puppers.” This Internet culture associated with dogs contributes to the kind of reaction people have when they see a dog or find out that somebody owns a dog.

It seems people get a boost of societal points if they own a dog, but that definitely does not mean you should get one solely for this reason.

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I’m not bashing cats. Cats are cool. They offer a different kind of companionship that’s on a different level than dogs. Some people don’t want a pet that’s overly needy or loving and that’s understandable. Dog slobber is gross and that’s something you never have to worry about with cats.

Maybe we shouldn’t even be having this debate. Perhaps animals, domesticated or not, should be given the same kind of love and respect no matter what. But for now, dogs are awesome and cats will never be able to stack up to them.

“What kind of animal would you like as a pet?”

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Uber adds option to tip drivers as it heads in new direction SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart.

Besides the built-in tipping option announced Tuesday, Uber is giving drivers an opportunity to make more money in other ways too.

Riders will be charged by the minute if they keep an Uber car waiting for more than two minutes. Uber also is reducing the time that riders have to cancel a ride to avoid being slapped with a $5 fee from five minutes to two minutes after summoning a driver.

Uber won’t take any part of the tips given drivers. The San Francisco company will continue to collect a portion of ride-cancellation fees, as well as the new waiting-time charges.

The tipping option, long available in the app of Uber rival Lyft, will be available beginning Tuesday in three cities — Seattle, Houston and Minneapolis. Uber plans to make it a staple in its app in all U.S. cities by the end of July. The other features will roll out in August.

The attempt to smooth over its sometimes testy relationship with drivers is part of a broader effort to reverse the damage done to Uber’s reputation by revelations of sexual harassment in its offices, allegations of trade secrets theft and an investigation into its efforts to mislead

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“These drivers are our most important partners, but we haven’t done a very good job honoring that partnership,” said Rachel Holt, regional general manager for Uber in the U.S. and Canada. Holt is part of the leadership team running Uber with CEO Travis Kalanick on a leave of absence.

The expanded earnings opportunities are the first step in what Uber is billing as “180 days of change” for its U.S. drivers. Holt declined to describe what is planned during the rest of the campaign.

While building the world’s biggest ride-hailing service over the past eight years, Uber also developed a reputation for cutthroat tactics that have occasionally outraged government regulators, its drivers, its riders and even its own employees.

The company’s hardcharging style also has

former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder chastised the company’s leadership and recommended a long list of changes that Uber’s board adopted. When it released the Holder report, Uber also said Kalanick was taking an indefinite leave of absence amid criticism of his freewheeling management style and following the death of his mother in a boating accident.

As part of its penance, Uber emailed a letter to riders in New York city last week apologizing for its missteps.

“As a company, we have faced some hard truths,” Uber wrote. “In expanding so quickly, we failed to prioritize the people that helped get us here. Ultimately, the measure of our success is the satisfaction of our riders, drivers, and employees — and we realize that we have

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Continued from page 3 have been examined over the years. The initiative has fueled more than 1,200 studies and revealed that blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking were linked to heart disease risk.

“If we could be seen as having contributed to American health care and well-being and education in the United States in the way that Framingham did, but magnified a hundredfold by the tools of today’s data, what a fantastic accomplishment that would be,” says Glimcher.

Nancy Spinale knows what it takes to be part of an accomplishment like

caused legal headaches. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Uber’s past usage of phony software designed to thwart regulators trying to curb the growth of its service. Uber also is fighting allegations that it’s relying on a key piece of technology stolen from Google spin-off Waymo to build a fleet of self-driving cars.

Drivers aren’t the only people Uber is trying to treat better. After an internal investigation uncovered multiple instances of sexual harassment, bullying and other boorish behavior within the company, Uber fired more than 20 employees and pledged to create a more harmonious culture for its employees.

A more extensive report compiled by the law firm of

fallen short.”

Kalanick exemplified Uber’s sometimes uneasy relationship with its drivers earlier this year when he got into an argument with a driver unhappy with his pay.

The encounter was captured in a video posted online.

Uber also has wrangled with drivers in the courts over its insistence on classifying them as contractors instead of employees to avoid paying them benefits and overtime.

The company so far has prevailed in that battle.

Holt said the company talked to thousands of drivers while listening to plenty of complaints before making the moves to boost drivers’ incomes. Uber also is trying to make it easier for drivers to transfer their earnings into personal accounts more quickly. It’s also allowing more drivers to designate the routes that they want to travel to keep them closer to a preferred destination.

Uber has business reasons to improve its image. The widespread publicity about the company’s bad behavior threatens to turn off drivers and riders alike, giving them incentive to switch over to Lyft instead.

A backlash like that could deepen Uber’s losses, which totaled $2.8 billion last year alone, threatening to make the company less valuable to investors. Uber was valued at nearly $70 billion the last time it raised money.

that.

Her parents joined the Framingham study in 1948, she in 1971 and her husband and four children since then. Now 75 and living on Cape Cod, the retired teacher still undergoes an hourslong follow-up exam and interview every couple of years.

Her loved ones have gotten some personally useful information from exams. And she’s gotten the pride of seeing studies come out, with information that could help everyone’s health.

“That’s the ‘wow’ feeling,” she says.

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Warriors defeat Cavs 4-1 in NBA Finals This season’s NBA Finals was one for the history books, on all accounts.

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The Golden State Warriors achieved their revenge for the mark left by the Cleveland Cavaliers on their 73-win season last year by conducting a 4-1 gentleman’s sweep of Cleveland to take the 20162017 NBA Finals.

LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love played in the same NBA Finals, and all there was was whining. Complaining about super teams, not enough defense, too many sweeps, not good enough for a sweep, the officiating—and so on. When did we as NBA fans get so spoiled? Reason being the theme of this Finals, apparently, was dissatisfaction from everyone I talked to. Here are three reasons why this was one of the best NBA Finals in recent memory and maybe further.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press 1 - The record books were rewritten. Setting aside any franchise or playoff record and only looking at NBA Finals records broken, this was a ridiculous Finals. It was the first time the same two teams

have faced off in three consecutive years. In game four alone, the Cavs set a record for points in a quarter (49), in a first half (86), three-pointers made in a half (13) and game (24), while LeBron passed

Magic Johnson in Finals triple-doubles with nine. Both sides also combined for 154 points in a half, another record. It should also be noted that the Warriors broke the record for three’s made in a

quarter with nine the game before, while joining elite company with a 15-1 record, something done only twice before. The Warriors also had a ridiculous 122-point average throughout the Finals, another record. The Warriors also set a record in the Finals with a 15-game win streak through the playoffs until game four of the Finals. The Warriors also tied the NBA Finals record for fewest turnovers in a game one with four.

Durant also made his way into the record books, becoming just the sixth player ever to score 30 or more points in every Finals game of the series; Meanwhile LeBron, for his part, averaged a triple-double for the first time in Finals history. Sensational.

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Penguins cap off yet another impressive season NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Even Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be challenged trying to top this.

Crosby was awarded his second consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and goalie Matt Murray made 27 saves for his second straight shutout as the Penguins became the first team to repeat as champion in nearly two decades with a 2-0 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 6.

That doesn’t include Crosby also winning the World Cup of Hockey title before this season started, along with tournament MVP. He followed that up by leading the NHL with 44 goals, and Crosby was at his best in this Cup Final leading all scorers with seven points — one goal and six assists, including three in a 6-0 win in Game 5 that put the Penguins on the verge of their latest title.

Crosby also became only the third man to win back-toback Conn Smythe trophies.

All within a calendar year.

“You have a small window

to play and to have a career, and I feel fortunate, but I also understand how difficult it is, so you just want to try to make the best of it,” Crosby said.

The Penguins won their fifth title — all of them clinched on the road — to tie the Wayne Gretzky-Mark Messier-era Edmonton Oilers for sixth on the all-time list and the most by any non-Original Six franchise. The Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and ‘98 were the last champion to defend their title. The Penguins are the first to do it in the salary-cap era.

“It starts with Sid, our captain,” coach Mike Sullivan said. “He’s just such a terrific person and has such an appetite to win, and I think it’s really contagious amongst our group.”

Crosby did have some help. Murray is the first goaltender in NHL history to win the clinching game for the Stanley Cup in each of his first two seasons. He also set a rookie record with two shutouts in a Cup Final.

The Penguins also needed the second-latest clinching goal in regulation to finish

off the Predators, who had played their way to their first Stanley Cup Final after being the last team into the playoffs.

Patric Hornqvist, the last pick of the 2005 draft (by the Predators), scored the game-winner for Pittsburgh with 1:35 left by banking the puck off Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne’s left elbow. Carl Hagelin added an empty-net goal.

“There’s been a lot of guys telling us we can’t do it, and now we’re standing here,” Hornqvist said. “We’re going to celebrate in Pittsburgh in a few days. This says a lot about this team. We’ve battled through a lot.”

The celebration on the ice last a long time. Crosby took the Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman before handing the trophy off to veteran defenseman Ron Hainsey who passed it to veteran forward Matt Cullen, who may have played his final game at the age of 40.

Nashville lost for just the first time in regulation on home ice this postseason, and this one had some hard luck. Colton Sissons had a goal erased by a whistle 67

seconds into the second period . The Predators went 0 of 4 with the man advantage, including 32 seconds of a 5-on3 in the third. Sissons and Filip Forsberg each hit the post in the third period.

“It’s going to sting, it’s going to hurt for a while,” said Nashville defenseman P.K. Subban, who made the Predators a Cup contender when he was added in a stunning trade nearly a year ago.

The disallowed goal will be remembered in Nashville for a long time. Referee Kevin Pollock blew the whistle when he lost sight of the puck, which was sitting behind Murray with lots of space in the crease for Sissons to tap it into the net.

“I know he lost sight, and we all make mistakes,” Rinne said. “It was tough for sure.”

The Penguins capped their 50th season in the NHL’s centennial year with the third championship for Crosby and a handful of teammates from the 2009 title team, surpassing the two won by the Penguins teams led by current owner Mario Lemieux in the 1990s.

And it’s the second championship for Sullivan, who has yet to lose a playoff series since taking over after Mike Johnston was fired. Sullivan is the first American-born coach to win the Cup not once, but twice.

“It’s been an amazing year from the start, trying to repeat,” Lemieux said. “A lot of these guys played injured in the playoffs and showed a lot of character. Of course, Sid being the best player in the world again and winning the Conn Smythe. He was our leader and picked up the team when we needed it.”

The loss ended the upstart Predators’ deepest playoff run in their 19-year history and one that became the talk of the town — and the league — with all their country stars, catfish tossing and aggressive play on the ice.

The Penguins ruined Nashville’s star-filled party on the final night of CMA Music Festival to set up another celebration of their own.

“We’ve got a collection of guys who understand what it takes to win,” Crosby said.

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Timberwolves sign 3-year deal with Fitbit The company will be advertised as a patch, beginning this upcoming season.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are getting into the jersey advertisement game with a Fitbit patch in a three-year deal.

The Timberwolves announced the marketing collaboration for the team’s first jersey patch on Tuesday. Fitbit also will be featured in the newly renovated Target Center, with the team exploring ways the wearable technology can help players, employees and fans track their health and fitness during practices, games and everyday activities.

Timberwolves CEO Ethan Casson said the team sees the partnership as more than a small patch in the corner of newly designed jerseys unveiled later this summer. The Timberwolves were among four other teams bidding for Fitbit’s business.

“This is going to change the way teams evaluate these types of deals and relationships going forward,” Casson said. “This is different than anything I’ve seen before.”

The Wolves plan to use Fitbit’s technology throughout the organization, including

logging the new concession offerings at Target Center into the Fitbit food section to help fans make healthier choices at the games. The wearables will be used with the Iowa Wolves, the Des Moinesbased development league team recently purchased by the Timberwolves, as a test for performance enhancement that might be incorporated with the NBA team. Areas of interest include sleep, recovery from workouts and nutrition.

“They weren’t just looking at this as a jersey sponsorship,” Fitbit chief marketing officer Tim Rosa said. “They were looking at it as an opportunity to tell a bigger story around innovation and health and wellness.”

Coach Tom Thibodeau is on board, Casson said.

Jersey patches are just starting to take hold in the NBA. Boston, Sacramento, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Cleveland are among the teams to announce deals with various sponsors. The Wolves have been exploring potential deals for months.

They considered local

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companies and had conversations with several Chinese companies after John Jiang joined the team as the NBA’s first Chinese minority owner.

In the end, they chose San Francisco-based Fitbit for its recognizable brand and the company’s ability to partner with the franchise on several health and wellness fronts.

“We think we’re going to evolve weekly with the types of things we’re thinking of doing and capable of doing,” Casson said. “We’re thrilled to be a part of it.”

Rosa said Duluth, Minnesota, ranked first on the company’s “Fittest Cities” list in 2017 while Minneapolis ranked second in 2016. Fitbit also has business relationships with several prominent Minnesota companies that do business with the Wolves, including UnitedHealth Group, Target, Best Buy and the Mayo Clinic, which partners with the Timberwolves on their practice facility.

The Iowa Wolves will wear a Fitbit jersey patch, and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx will use the wearable technology.

The Lynx feature the Mayo

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Clinic and Verizon on the has access to all of this biofront of their jerseys. metric data. There’s a lot of “The ability to work with room for improvement and a team and work on specific understanding your body things around sleep or activi- and how to enhance perforties in the offseason, it’s pret- mance.” ty exciting,” Rosa said. “It’s a mutual benefit that a team

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“Super teams are going to happen as long as we continue to dumb down an entire career to how much jewelry a player retires with. When legacies are made by raising a banner, we can expect those players to be good enough to control their fate and try and make sure they end up as one of the greats.” was astonishing. Between the two starting rosters, 11 players have made an All-Star appearance (another record).

For the starters alone, 30 AllStar games were represented. LeBron, Irving, Curry and Durant are all players every team in the league would build around. All of them consistently take over games for their teams and are not afraid to take the big shot with the game on the line. The players behind them— Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Kevin Love—are all stars with the ability to control games in their own right. But they do not just score; with the starters for both teams combining for 163 double-doubles in 2017. The games were high-scoring affairs because of the insane amount of talent in the games, not because of poor defense. The silky way that these stars of the sport, players that have bested the world more than once in basketball, against one another

to constantly push the bar of greatness was something to behold.

3 - The Finals showcased the changes in the game, not the flaws. Yes, more points are put up than before, the stats go up in gobs and smaller players can find success around the rim because of differences in how

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press the game is called. None of entertaining to watch. When this made the Finals bad. Ev- looking at the Finals, instead ery sport, even one as set in of complaining about the destone as baseball, changes fense, take note of the ease in and evolves with the incom- which these players can creing talent that shifts from ate their own shots, get to the one skill set to another over rim, pull-up, catch and shoot, years and decades. Every as well as facilitate. sport changes the rules set by Wrapping it all up those before in an attempt to Super teams are going to make the game safer, or more happen as long as we contin-

ue to dumb down an entire career to how much jewelry a player retires with. When legacies are made by raising a banner, we can expect those players to be good enough to control their fate and try and make sure they end up as one of the greats.

All of this should not takeaway from what we saw in five games. The incredible efficiency shown by both teams along with the ability for so many players to launch a deviating attack from deep, as well as drive to the basket was matched by every super star’s willingness to give up the ball and facilitate for a bucket. And while all the wins ended in large margins, the constant deep threat always kept one team in it and most of the opening three quarters offered only six or so points of separation. These were great games—do not let pessimistic NBA fans tell you different.

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Bellinger sets MLB record, Dodgers defeat Mets The sensational rookie continues his hot start, becoming the fastest to 21 homeruns.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cody Bellinger has 21 home runs, matching his age. No hitter in history has gotten off to such a powerful start.

The rookie slugger launched two more long balls to set a major league record, and Clayton Kershaw notched his 10th win despite giving up a career-high four homers Monday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers held on for a 10-6 victory over the New York Mets.

Bellinger reached 21 home runs in 51 career games — faster than any other big league player. Despite spotting the rest of the NL three weeks before he was called up from the minors, the 21-yearold first baseman leads the league in homers.

“It’s unbelievable,” Mets manager Terry Collins said.

“This guy swings a bat and he hits it on the barrel. Pretty impressive.”

Bellinger had his fifth multihomer game of the season, tying five others for the second-most by a rookie. Mark McGwire holds the record

plenty of hard hits himself.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner already has allowed a career-high 17 homers this year.

“I don’t know. I’m giving up a lot of home runs right now,” Kershaw said. “You hope your mistakes are hit for singles or doubles. It just

the disabled list. Cespedes missed six weeks with a strained hamstring before returning June 10 and playing eight consecutive games (six starts). He was hitting .458 since his return. ... CF Juan Lagares had surgery in New York to repair a fracture in his left thumb.

Dodgers: 1B Adrian Gonzalez received an epidural for his herniated disk. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the team remains hopeful Gonzalez will return before the All-Star break. ...

Right-handed reliever Sergio Romo (left ankle sprain) was activated from the DL and struggling RHP Josh Fields was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City.

UP NEXT Mets: RHP Robert Gsellman (5-4, 5.50 ERA) is coming off his worst outing of the season, when he yielded seven earned runs on a career-high 11 hits and two walks in five innings against the Nationals in New York. On the road this season, Gsellman is 4-1 with a

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Turner had four hits and next month, but would be a four RBIs against his former willing participant. “I think team. Bellinger also drove in it would be pretty cool,” he four runs. said. “It would be pretty spe“You cannot spot Clayton cial if my dad could throw to Kershaw seven runs and ex- me. He’s been throwing BP to pect to come out on top,” me my whole life.” Bellinger’s Collins said. “We just couldn’t father, Clay, played in the mastop them.” jors from 1999-2002 with the Kershaw allowed two homers to Jose Reyes, including a two-run drive in the seventh inning. Jay Bruce also connected and rookie Gavin Cecchini hit a two-run shot for New York.

It was Cecchini’s first homer in his ninth career at-bat.

Kershaw was charged with six runs on six hits and a walk in 6 1/3 innings. His ERA jumped from an NL-best 2.23 to 2.61.

Los Angeles’ first five batters got hits, including Bellinger’s three-run homer. Bellinger followed Turner’s home run in the second with a solo shot.

The Dodgers finished with a season-high 17 hits. They have won 10 of 11 and are a Yankees and Angels. He hit 4.32 ERA. season-high 19 games over 12 home runs in 183 career Dodgers: RHP Brandon .500 at 45-26. games.

McCarthy (5-3, 3.14) has alWheeler gave up seven TRAINER’S ROOM lowed more than two runs in runs and eight hits in two Mets: LF Yoenis Cespedes only two of his previous 11 innings. He was coming off was back in the lineup af- starts. He is 3-1 with a 2.83 the worst start of his career ter getting his first full day ERA in six starts at Dodger last Tuesday, when he lasted off Sunday since coming off Stadium. only 1 2/3 innings against the Cubs.

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“‘You just have a really good feeling that every time he’s up to the plate, he’s going to do some damage,’ Kershaw said. ‘Everything he’s hitting is hit really hard. His outs are loud outs right now.’”

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“You just have a really good feeling that every time he’s up to the plate, he’s going to do some damage,” Kershaw said. “Everything he’s hitting is hit really hard. His outs are loud outs right now.”

Kershaw (10-2) struck out 10 and became the first 10game winner in the National League despite giving up

so happens mine are going out of the ballpark right now.

I don’t know what you do to change that, other than stop making mistakes.”

Justin Turner hit a two-run homer and Chris Taylor had a solo shot for the Dodgers, who jumped out to a 7-0 lead against struggling Mets starter Zack Wheeler (3-5) in the first two innings.

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Rough Night takes an unexpected turn

The quirkiness of each friend on this girl’s night out lingers with you.

RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer

“Rough Night” touches hearts amid witty dialogue and images but most importantly, the intimate yet somewhat conflicted interactions among friends at a bachelorette party in Miami.

After they spend a few hours snorting cocaine and getting buzzed from alcohol, they invite a stripper to the house they are staying in and accidently kill him.

Actually Alice (Jillian Bell), Jess’ supposed best friend does. When Jess (Scarlett Johansson) shys away from sexual teases from the stripper, Alice jumps on the guy and knocks him down.

His head hits a sharp corner and within seconds, blood oozes from his body and every woman in the room freaks out about what they should do, especially Alice.

The way Alice is set up with her costumes nicely mirrors her character and gives the audience clear clues about her personality—she desires to be the center of attention. She is redhaired, and wears bright bold colors and big-printed flowers

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or stripes throughout the movie.

She claims herself as Jess’ best friend but when Jess’ friend from Australia arrives, Alice does her best to ensure she makes A’s life as uncomfortable as humanely possible. But apart from being a crazy best friend, she brings humor to

the screen because of who she is.

After she realizes she has killed the stripper, she panics and becomes boisterous with dark humor, especially with her statement, “What did you do today? Oh, well I killed a guy!”

The others bring their

conflicts as well. Blair (Zoe Kravitz) is fighting custody over her young son with her ex-husband.

As the mother and son are partying, Blair’s ex announces that he will alert the authorities that he should have had their son twenty minutes ago, showing you the jerk he is.

Another friend, Frankie (Ilana Glazer) is on the run from the police because she lives illegally in a state.

Meanwhile the Australian friend Pippa who Jess invites (Kate McKinnon) is not necessarily problematic, but she is a hippie who meditates quite often to the point of either annoyance or adoration, depending on perspective.

Who each of the friends are helps bring out the humor in the story, depending on the situation they find themselves in.

When the group attempts to dump the body through a speed boat, Pippa insists she can drive and gases the boat which ends up flinging her on the beach. Her explanation?

The boat she drove in Australia had different operations than the American one.

There is also an odd couple who is fascinated with polyamorous relationships who try to invite Blair in one of their sexual esca-

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ARMS is now available for Nintendo Switch Revolutionary new fighting game easy to pick up and play.

REDMOND, Wash.-(BUSINESS WIRE) -To cap off a month of all things ARMS – highlighted by two popular Global Testpunch events and a livestreamed tournament this week at the E3 video game conference – Nintendo’s unique new fighting game is now available in stores and in Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo Switch console.

Since being revealed back in January, the fast-

paced game starring fighters with extendable Arms has gained quite the following, with fans all over the world already debating their favorite characters and actively participating in the recent Global Testpunch demos to get a taste of what the game has to offer.

And now the moment is here! The ARMS game is now available for everyone, even those with regular-sized arms, to enjoy.

The ARMS game is now available for everyone, even those with regular-sized arms, to enjoy. (Photo: Business Wire) Just this week, at the E3 convention in Los Angeles, Nintendo hosted a livestreamed ARMS competition that pitted four expert competitive gamers from the fighting game community against E3 attendees who qualified during the event.

The nail-biting competition was a huge hit (no pun intended), drawing crowds to Nintendo’s booth and thousands more online, resulting in Jamal M. being crowned the 2017 ARMS Open Invitational champion. Jamal M. was presented the coveted 2017 ARMS Open Invitational belt before taking on the game’s producer, Kosuke Yabuki, in a thrilling exhibition match.

“With ARMS, we are de-

livering a new and exciting type of game that takes advantage of everything Nintendo Switch can do,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “The launch of ARMS

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Continued from page 10

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ARMS Continued from page 10 kicks off a summer of competitive gaming for Nintendo Switch, with fun multiplayer games Splatoon 2 and Pokkén Tournament DX also launching over the next few months.”

ARMS is easy to pick up and play, but it has an incredible amount of depth for advanced players.

In the game, players select one of 10 fighters with big personalities and even bigger Arms to battle other players in dynamic arenas.

To add strategy to the battles, players can select two different Arms (one for the right and one for the left), each with unique specialties and abilities. Using the motion controls of the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers, players can throw a punch with a flick forward, move around the

stage by tilting the controllers in the desired direction or even execute a powerful throw by moving both hands forward at the same time.

The controls are intuitive, engaging and easy for players of any age to learn.

Players can even use the Joy-Con attached to the Joy-Con Grip or the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (sold separately) for a more traditional experience.

In addition to one-onone fighting matches that can be played locally or online (Nintendo Account required, online services and features, including online gameplay, are free until the paid Nintendo Switch Online Service launches in 2018), ARMS is overflowing with multiple fun modes that stretch the limits of

game-play options.

In Team Fight, two players are tethered together and must team up to battle another team of two. Similar to volleyball, V-Ball is a mode that involves knocking an explosive ball into the opponent’s court. Hoops lets opponents shoot each other into a basketball net (or even dunk them for extra satisfaction). Several more modes are also available in the game, many of which can be played online.

And using the versatility of Nintendo Switch, ARMS can be played at home or on the go. ARMS also will get continual support beyond the game’s launch, adding on even more fighters, stages and Arms at no additional cost.

Many great adventures being offered from Highland Summer Theatre BRITTNY HOLLENBECK Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Theater and Dance is offering many great adventures this summer during Highland Summer Theatre.

Come and learn about mathematics and see how it adds up to a fascinating show about mental illness in “Proof” by David Au-

burn (7:30 p.m. June 28July 1).

Then dive under the sea with Arial and all of her friends in the musical “The Little Mermaid” Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater; Book by Doug Wright (7:30 p.m. July 1315 & 18-22).

Tickets for “The Little Mermaid” are $22 regular or $19 discounted for seniors ages 65 and over

and children ages 16 and under. Tickets for current Minnesota State University, Mankato students are $15.

Tickets for “Proof” are $16 regular, $14 discounted, and $11student.

Call the Box Office from 4 to 6 p.m. weekdays at 507-389-6661, the MNSU Department of Theatre and Dance main office at 507389-2118 for more information or visit MSUTheatre. com.

pades. Blair refuses, but the irony is when they realize that couple has a security camera and may have footage of them disposing of the body, she joins the couple in their fantasies.

In the process, however, she makes a personal discovery about herself (side note!).

Towards the middle of the movie, the friend group discovers the stripper who came to their door is not who he said he was. He came there for much different reasons and his cronies arrive later and cause trouble even deeper and messier than the women originally believed.

Towards the end of the movie, Alice reveals in her card to Jess how much being in her life has meant since college time as roommates. I will not spoil the reasons but she does relay them in strong detail.

After a heated and defeated moment, Jess storms out to take a shower to “look at least pretty” for her mugshot.

That’s when she opens Alice’s card then walks in on the rest of the group

who are in a tight situation—literally—and it is up to her to save the day with her own brilliance.

Despite that every friend has their quirks, all the friends unite in their own strange way at the end. In a way, the relationships formed becomes a bit reminiscent of the relationships from “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” just with a much stronger adult theme present.

Do not walk out of the theatre without watching the credits. There is a hilarious scene that happens after Alice returns from an outing with Jess and her now husband Peter (Paul W. Downs) that involves a frantic search for food and ending with penis macaroni. Also the electric glow graphics are fun to watch as they highlight images the humor referenced throughout the movie and the memories of the characters linger longer in your head.

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