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CSU fountain a piece of 1965 World’s Trade Fair MNSU is home to a number of major landmarks and monuments

ALISSA THIELGES News Editor Minnesota State University, Mankato is home to many interesting sculptures and landmarks, all with unique backgrounds and origins. Some have been donated, some built in honor of events or people, and some created by previous students and staff. Of the 13 total landmarks that are spread across campus, a few stand out among crowd. The clock tower, for one, comes to mind. Located in the arboretum between Trafton Science Center East and Ford Hall, the Ostander

Photo by Gabe Hewitt Student Memorial Bell Tower stands at about 80 feet tall. Curiously enough, despite the namesake, there are no bells in the tower. Instead, the chimes that can be heard

every quarter hour are created from a carillon. Another sculpture that is passed by often that has a unique background is the steel sculpture, which is also

located by Trafton East. The eight foot high structure— which is a bunch of steel beams crisscrossing each other in various ways and painted mostly orange—has

50 different connections. It was built for educational purposes rather than aesthetically pleasing ones. The design is meant to help civil engineer students study the typical connections— welds, rivets, etc.—as part of their studies in steel design. The structure is also meant to be a way for others to better recognize how a civil engineer affects society. The most memorable campus landmark, however, is easily the fountain. Located between the Centennial Student Union and Memorial Library, it is a structure that most students pass on a daily basis. In the warmer months, it is a popular place to hang out and chill in between classes.

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Memorial Library celebrating 50 years with event Mankato, MN, August 28, 2017 – Minnesota State University, Mankato and Library Services invite the community to join us in celebration of Memorial Library’s 50th year on Monday, October 2, 2017, 2-4pm. While Memorial Library has experienced many changes over the last 50 years, one thing remains constant. The Memorial Library continues to be the academic center for Minnesota State University, Mankato. As part of its vision, MSU Library Services facilitates discovery, study, learning, and scholarship; creates a physically and virtually accessible environment, leads in campus collaboration and anticipates and embraces transformational change. When the Memorial Library

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Photo by Gabe Hewitt opened its doors on October 2, 1967 the Library’s holdings included 160,000 volumes and 1,600 periodicals. Today, about six times as many books (more than a million!) and 60 times as many online

and print periodicals (more than 100,000!) are available to library users, in addition to a vast Inter-Library Loan network that reaches around the world. The library building was expanded with

a major building project in 1992, and today also has an “all-weather” pedestrian connection to other campus buildings. Dr. Joan Roca, Dean of Librar y Ser vices,

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e ncour ages for mer students and all interested community members to come and experience the transformations: “It is very fitting that the University’s celebration of the 150th year since its foundation include recognition that our 50-yearold Memorial Library can be proudly showcased as a modern facility offering a caring and professional staff, high quality services, carefully selected resources in many formats, state of the art technologies, and a variety of comfortable, flexible study spaces to serve the needs of 21st century students.” If you would like more information about this celebration, please contact Leslie Peterson at 507-3895952 or email at outreach@ mnsu.edu.

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Trump clears way for local police to obtain military gear WASHINGTON (AP) — Local police departments will soon have access to grenade launchers, highcaliber weapons and other surplus U.S. military gear after President Donald Trump signed an order Monday reviving a Pentagon program that civil rights groups say inflames tensions between officers and their communities. President Barack Obama had sharply curtailed the program in 2015 amid an outcry over the heavily-armed police response to protesters after several police killings of black men in Ferguson, Missouri and other cities. The Trump administration maintains the program is needed to protect public safety and support state and local police. Restoring the program will “ensure that you can get the lifesaving gear that you need to do your job,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a cheering crowd at a

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press militarization of local police, arguing that the equipment encourages and escalates violent confrontations with officers. “Tensions bet ween law enforcement and communities remain high,

“More than $5 billion in surplus equipment has been given to agencies.” national convention of the Fraternal Order of Police in Nashville, Tennessee. The group, America’s largest organization of rank-and-file officers, endorsed Trump for president after he promised to revamp the program. Sessions said restrictions imposed by Obama went too far. “We will not put superficial concerns above public safety,” he said. In issuing the order, Trump is fulfilling a campaign pledge made as he depicted crime as rampant and police forces undercut by unfair criticism, with Obama failing to support them sufficiently. Trump, feeling increasingly under attack in recent weeks, has been doubling down on appeals to core supporters. Last week, he pardoned the controversial former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been found guilty of defying a judge’s order to stop racially profiling Latinos. Sessions has been steadily restoring tough-on-crime policies while reshaping the way his Justice Department enforces civil rights law, particularly in the areas of policing, in ways that have made advocates nervous. Civil liberties groups and some lawmakers assailed Trump’s order as a sign of the

yet the president and the attorney general are giving the police military-grade weaponry instead of practical, effective ways to protect and serve everyone,” said Kanya Bennett, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky called the plan a dangerous expansion of government power that would “subsidize militarization.” Another Republican, Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, said the program “incentivizes the militarization of local police departments, as they are encouraged to grab more equipment than they need.” But in Newberry County, South Carolina, Sheriff Lee Foster said his department wouldn’t be able to afford equipment like night-vision goggles or ballistic helmets on its own. His deputies wouldn’t need body armor or riot shields daily, he said, but the items could save their lives in a rapidly unfolding situation. “I don’t know of any police officer that would roam around with a Kevlar helmet on his head during routine situations,” Foster said. “The right to have access to this stuff doesn’t mean you’ve

militarized your agency.” Congress authorized the program in 1990, allowing police to receive surplus equipment to help fight drugs, which then gave way to the fight against terrorism. Agencies requested and received everything from camouflage uniforms and bullet-proof vests to firearms, bayonets and drones. More than $5 billion in surplus equipment has been given to agencies. Obama put limits on the program in 2015, partly triggered by public outrage over the use of military gear during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of 18-year-

old Michael Brown. Police responded in riot gear and deployed tear gas, dogs and armored vehicles. At times, they also pointed assault rifles at protesters. The Justice Department under then-Attorney General Eric Holder blamed the militarized response for exacerbating tensions with the community. Obama’s order prohibited the government from providing grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles, weaponized aircraft and vehicles, and firearms and ammunition of .50-caliber or greater to police. That frustrated some law enforcement groups who see the gear as needed to

protect officers responding to active shooter calls and terrorist attacks. An armored vehicle played a key role in the police response to the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. The Defense Logistics Agency, which manages the program, recalled at least 138 grenade launchers, more than 1,623 bayonets and 126 tracked vehicles — those that run on continuous, tank-like tracks instead of wheels. The agency declined to comment Monday, saying it had not yet received information on the order. The new order largely lets local agencies set their own controls and rules governing use of the equipment. Several states have enacted laws restricting police departments from obtaining surplus military equipment. Those state laws will remain in place even as Trump loosens federal rules. The plan to restore access to military equipment comes after Sessions has said he intends to pull back on courtenforceable plans to resolve allegations of pervasive civil rights violations. Sessions they can malign entire agencies and make officers less aggressive on the street. He has also revived a widely criticized form of asset forfeiture that lets local police seize cash and property with federal help.

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ALISSA THIELGES News Editor It’s been recently said to me that if the first week of your semester is bad, that’s not a good sign for the rest of the semester. Fortunately, I did not have a bad first week, but I talked to a lot of people who were either already stressed by their classes and workload or were already bogged down with assignments and papers that were due. It can be easy to get lost in due dates and syllabuses and textbooks that cost a ridiculous amount of money only to be used a couple times. And that’s just the classes. Don’t forget about the extracurricular activities you are a part of, or the service projects you want to be involved in (or need for resume padding), or the club meetings and events, or the sports practices, or the eight hours of sleep you are recommended to get every night. If you’re like me, before you know it, your schedule is full and you barely have time to fit in eating before rushing off to the next to-do item on your list. I would argue that it can be very easy to lose track

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Everything is punctuated by “last’s”; last fall semester, last football games with my friends, last time buying a parking pass. I’m not going to lie: some of these are nice last times, but most are bittersweet. I’ve worked hard over the last three years to get where I am, but looking back, it isn’t the tests and grades that I want to be remembered by. I don’t want those to be the only representation of who I was as student at MSU. I lived last year always running from one thing to the next, because I thought my success would be valued by how many extra things that I involved myself in. And it all caught up to me very quickly; I became burnt out and barely had enough energy to get my classwork done, let alone

any free time to devote to myself. I barely scraped by in some of my assignments and even though I was turning them in and meeting the requirements, it wasn’t work that I was proud of. I am challenging myself to be more this semester and hope to challenge you as well. Not necessarily take on more activities and tasks, but to just be in the moment more often. In whatever I am doing, I want to invest my time there. Be present and focused there, whether that be at class, at work, at the Reporter, or simply hanging out with my friends. College is a great time to set yourself up career-wise, but it’s also the best time to explore who you are and make lifelong friendships that will get you through hard times ahead.

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MSSA Senator Profile: Christina Hickey 1. What’s your major? I am a Political Science major with an emphasis in International Relations and Foreign Policy. 2. What year in school are you? I am in my third year at MSU. 3. Why did you join MSSA? I joined MSSA so that I could provide a voice for students, and help represent their interests and concerns to the University. 4. What projects are you working on for MSSA (or plan to work on for this semester)? This year especially I want to know what issues my constituents would like addressed, so I’m looking forward to being in contact with them about what they would like to see me do for them. 5. What do you hope to accomplish with MSSA? I hope to advocate for student concerns, and make sure that my constituents feel that they have a voice. 6. What do you like to do in your spare time? In my spare time I like to spend time with my sorority sisters!

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The original structure of the fountain was part of the New York World’s Trade Fair in 1965. According to the “Campus Landmarks and Public Art Walking Tour” pamphlet, “The idea behind the design was to create a spiral fountain effect with stationary water jets.” In an article that was published in the Mankato Free Press in 2007, it says that the fountain was constructed with wind sensors on it, so that when the wind blew, the waters would dance. With as gusty as the wind in Mankato can get, this kind of structure was a perfect addition for the university. When the fountain was brought to campus, the design differed in one small detail. At the world’s fair, the structure was suspended above the ground so people saw only the water shooting into the air and none of the plumbing that made the effect possible. Once moved to Mankato, though, the motor and pipes were plainly visible to people walking by, slightly ruining the intended effect.

To fix this, the sculpture that is now in the fountain was added in 1975, in order to conceal at least the motor. It was created by a former Art Department faculty member. The fountain underwent some major renovations in 2013 in order to repair and improve the original structure. New piping, concrete, and an irrigation system were put into place in order to fix an infrastructure problem that was causing water to leak into the surrounding grounds, according to a Media Relations Announcement the university published to in April 2013. These iconic landmarks that have become familiar features to our campus have the benefit of not only adding to the beauty of our campus, but also the uniqueness. As you pass certain structures, keep in mind the stories and history that each piece has and what they bring to our campus.

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Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston HOUSTON (AP) — Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation’s fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help. The incessant rain covered much of Houston in turbid, gray-green water and turned streets into rivers navigable only by boat. In a rescue effort that recalled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, helicopters landed near flooded freeways, airboats buzzed across submerged neighborhoods and high-water vehicles plowed through waterlogged intersections. Some people managed with kayaks or canoes or swam. Volunteer s joined emergency teams to pull people from their homes or from the water, which was high enough in places to gush into second floors. The flooding from Harvey, which made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and has lingered dropping heavy rain as a tropical storm, was so widespread that authorities had trouble pinpointing the worst areas. They urged people to get on top of their

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press water that was scheduled to happen at Addicks around 2 a.m. Monday and a day later at Barker. Officials warned residents they should pack their cars Sunday night and wait for daylight Monday to leave. The timetable was moved up to prevent more homes from being affected by flooding from the reservoirs, Corps spokesman Jay Townsend said. He added that water levels were rising at a rate of more than six

“The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before,” the National Weather Service said in a statement. houses to avoid becoming trapped in attics and to wave sheets or towels to draw attention to their location. Residents living around the Addicks and Barker reservoirs designed to help prevent flooding in downtown Houston, were warned Sunday that a controlled release from both reservoirs would cause additional street flooding and could spill into homes. Rising water levels and continuing rain was putting pressure on the dams that could cause a failure without the release. The Army Corps of Engineers early Monday started the water releases at the reservoirs ahead of schedule after water levels increased dramatically in a few hours’ time, a Corps spokesman said. Harris and Fort Bend county officials initially said Sunday that residents should be prepared for the influx of

inches per hour in both reservoirs. Meanwhile, officials in Fort Bend County, Houston’s southwestern suburbs, late Sunday issued widespread mandatory evacuation orders along the Brazos River levee districts. County officials were preparing for the river to reach major flood stages late Sunday. County Judge Robert Herbert said at a news conference that National Weather Service officials were predicting that the water could rise to 59 feet, three feet above 2016 records and what Herbert called an “800-year flood level.” Herbert said that amount of water would top the levees and carries a threat of levee failure. Judging from federal disaster declarations, the storm has so far affected about a quarter of the Texas population, or 6.8 million people in 18 counties. It

was blamed for at least two deaths. As the water rose, the National Weather Service issued another ominous forecast: Before the storm that arrived Friday as a Category 4 hurricane is gone, some parts of Houston and its suburbs could get as much as 50 inches (1.3 meters) of rain. That would be the highest amount ever recorded in Texas. Some areas have already received about half that amount. Since Thursday, South Houston recorded nearly 25 inches (63 centimeters), and the suburbs of Santa Fe and Dayton got 27 inches (69 centimeters). “The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond any thing experienced before,” the National Weather Service said in a statement. Average rainfall totals will end up around 40 inches (1 meter) for Houston, weather service meteorologist Patrick Burke said. The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, predicted that the aftermath of the storm would require FEMA’s involvement for years. “This disaster’s going to be a landmark event,” Long said. Rescuers had to give top priority to life-and-death situations, leaving many affected families to fend for themselves. And several hospitals in the Houston area were evacuated due to the rising waters. Tom Bartlett and Steven Craig pulled a rowboat on a rope through chest-deep water for a mile to rescue Bartlett’s mother from her home in west Houston. It took them 45 minutes to reach the

house. Inside, the water was halfway up the walls. Marie Bartlett, 88, waited in her bedroom upstairs. “When I was younger, I used to wish I had a daughter, but I have the best son in the world,” she said. “In my 40 years here, I’ve never seen the water this high.” It was not clear how many people were plucked from the floodwaters. Up to 1,200 people had to be rescued in Galveston County alone, said Mark Henry, the county judge, the county’s top administrative post. Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center was quickly opened as a shelter. It was also used as a shelter for Katrina refugees in 2005. Gillis Leho arrived there soaking wet. She said she awoke Sunday to find her downstairs flooded. She tried to move some belongings upstairs, then grabbed her grandchildren. “When they told us the current was getting high, we had to bust a window to get

out,” Leho said. William Cain sought shelter after water started coming inside his family’s apartment and they lost power. “I live in a lake where there was once dry land,” he said. Some people used inflatable beach toys, rubber rafts and even air mattresses to get through the water to safety. Others waded while carrying trash bags stuffed with their belongings and small animals in picnic coolers. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said authorities had received more than 2,000 calls for help, with more coming in. He urged drivers to stay off roads to avoid adding to the number of those stranded. “I don’t need to tell anyone this is a very, very serious and unprecedented storm,” Turner told a news conference. “We have several hundred structural flooding reports. We expect that number to rise pretty dramatically.” The deterior ating situation was bound to provoke questions about the conflicting advice given by the governor and Houston leaders before the hurricane. Gov. Greg Abbott urged people to flee from Harvey’s path, but the Houston mayor issued no evacuation orders and told everyone to stay home. The governor refused to point fingers on Sunday.

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Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. unveiled in his hometown ATLANTA (AP) — The daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. stood beside her father’s newly unveiled statue Monday, just a few blocks from where he grew up, handing out hugs and telling each well-wisher: “It’s about time.” The statue paying tribute to King made its public debut Monday on the Georgia Capitol grounds in front of around 800 people including Gov. Nathan Deal, many other state political leaders and several members of the King family. The sculpture’s installation comes more than three years after Georgia lawmakers endorsed the project. “For t y- nine year s ago when my father was assassinated, he was the most hated man in America. Today, he is one of the most loved men in the world,” the Rev. Bernice King said of her father, who was slain in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. A replica of the nation’s Liberty Bell tolled three times before the 8-foot (2.4-meter) bronze statue was unveiled on the 54th anniversary of King’s “I have a dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington. The sculpture depicts King in mid-stride, as his left arm holds an overcoat while grasping a batch of papers.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press “Today, we as the sons and daughters of former slaves and former slave owners are here to witness the unveiling of that statue,” Bernice King said. “It is a glorious and grand day in the state of Georgia and in the United States of America and all over the world.” King’s statue was erected in his Southern hometown at a time when monuments honoring Civil War Confederates are coming down in many other places across the South. Bernice King said she

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Continued from page 6 “Now is not the time to second-guess the decisions that were made,” Abbott, a Republican, said at a news conference in Austin. “What’s important is that everybody work together to ensure that we are going to, first, save lives and, second, help people across the state rebuild.” The mayor, a Democrat, defended his decision, saying there was no way to know which parts of the city were most vulnerable. “If you think the situation right now is bad, and you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare,” Turner said, citing the risks of sending the city’s 2.3 million inhabitants onto the highways at the same time. Jesse Gonzalez, and his

son, also named Jesse, used their boat to rescue people from a southeast Houston neighborhood. Asked what he had seen, the younger Gonzalez replied: “A lot of people walking and a lot of dogs swimming.” “It’s chest- to shoulderdeep out there in certain areas,” he told television station KTRK as the pair grabbed a gasoline can to refill their boat. The Coast Guard deployed five helicopters and asked for additional aircraft from New Orleans. The White House announced that President Donald Trump would visit Texas on Tuesday. He met Sunday by teleconference with top administration officials to discuss federal support for response and recovery efforts.

hopes the erection of her father’s statue can now spark conversations about the impact of monuments in public spaces. “This statue being unveiled today, I believe, also provides a sense of hope to a nation that is in turmoil once again, as many people around this nation are removing and taking down Confederate monuments,” she said. Other statues on the Capitol grounds include Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon and segregationists Sen. Richard Russell and Gov.

Eugene Talmadge. Bringing King’s statue into reality took multiple struggles. Officials had to negotiate with King’s family for the right to use his image. Then an artist was selected for the project, only to be killed in a motorcycle accident. After a lengthy screening, sculptor Martin Dawe was chosen to replace him. Dawe said he knew other tributes to King had been criticized and he set one goal: Make the statue look like the man.

“This feels right,” said Dawe while looking up at the statue. “I’m in awe of this.” Democratic state Rep. Calvin Smyre, who sponsored the bill to place the statue of King on Capitol grounds, believes the statue will be “inspiring and give hope to generations to come.” “This tribute is important and a lasting statement about the value of inclusion, the strength of our diversity and the power of grace and how it changes hearts,” Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said. “This statue comes at a time when there are many conversations about historical monuments going on nationally and within the state. When the time comes, I’m confident in the city of Atlanta that we will walk it together as we have again, again and again.” Reed said $40 million is being invested to redevelop the Martin Luther King Jr. drive corridor to improve mobility and safety. The mayor also said a $23 million MLK Recreation and Aquatic Center will be opened in Atlanta by the end of the year. Morehouse College professor Timothy Miller kicked off the ceremony singing Ray Charles’ song, “Georgia on My Mind.”

Local leaders say 1,000 dead from Sierra Leone mudslides FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — More than 1,000 people have died from the mudslide and flood that hit Sierra Leone’s capital nearly two weeks ago, a local leader and a minister said Sunday during services honoring the disaster’s victims. The government had earlier put the death toll for the Aug. 14 mudslide at 450 dead, while rescuers and aid groups warned that many of the more than 600 people missing would likely not survive. “Over 1,000 perished in the mudslide and flood disaster, and we will never know the exact number now,” Elenoroh Jokomie Metzger, the head of the women of Regent, said. Regent is an area on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, where the mudslide hit. Hundreds of burials have taken place, while rescue

and recovery efforts have continued through rain that could bring fresh tragedy due to unsafe housing conditions. Reverend Bishop Emeritus Arnold Temple, who delivered the Sunday sermon at a Methodist church near Regent, said an accurate count was important for accountability. “It may well be over 1,000 Sierra Leoneans we are mourning now. But why should about 1,000 of our compatriots’ lives end tragically like this?” Temple said. “Who should we really blame? We are bound at a point in the blame game to attribute the blame so that corrective measures can be put in place so that never again should we allow this to happen.” First lady Sia Koroma, wife of President Ernest Bai Koroma, also spoke during the ceremonies.

“I stand here with a heavy heart. We have been through many calamities in our country,” she said. “We should all do self-examination and learn to be obedient to man-made laws, especially when the government plans to take action for the development of the country.” Thousands of people living in areas at risk during heavy rains have been evacuated. Aid groups are delivering supplies and helping provide clean water to prevent a health crisis. Some critics accuse Sierra Leone’s government of failing to learn from past disasters in Freetown, where many poor areas are near sea level and lack good drainage. The capital is also plagued by unregulated construction on its hillsides.

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Mayweather defeats McGregor in a classic Even with an abrupt ending, the fight did not fall short of the hype surrounding it

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer This was every bar-argument and dream scenario that sports fans have dreamed up while watching the game and drinking beers. Who wins in Batman versus Superman? Football stud against basketball star? Hockey forward matched up with a lacrosse wing? Wrestler and marine? Titan or giant? Boxer pitted against an MMA fighter? This is not only the cross-port matchup we all have dreamed of, but the gauntlet was being crossed by the sport’s best. Floyd Mayweather was 49-0 heading into the fight, facing off against one of the most aggressive fighters in MMA who also had claimed two belts of his own in Conor McGregor. The fight was even delayed because of heavy traffic on the fight pass, bringing to memory the blackout in the 2012 Super Bowl. Even the walkouts had drama; McGregor draped in the Irish flag and Mayweather dawning the black ski mask. Even with the meet in the middle of the mat between fighters and ref, the death-stare from McGregor met with Mayweather’s

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, hits Conor McGregor in a super welterweight boxing match Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. indifference were all somehow adding excitement to the most hyped fight in history. And yet, it was still there; that thought in the back of everyone’s mind that gave some doubt to how good this fight would be. This would be a show of Mayweather displaying his elusive style of boxing, mixing with a fighter whose style of boxing was less than refined. Would this

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Floyd Mayweather Jr. wears the money belt after defeating Conor McGregor in a super welterweight boxing match Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas.

be Mayweather dodging and ducking past an early barrage from the Irishman, waiting for him to exhaust himself? The odds were against McGregor switching sports to fight the best fighter in boxing. This fight seemed too predictable to be really great, to live up to the massive hype train that has been driven all summer long. It could not possibly as good of a fight as we all wanted it to be. Then, McGregor came out fiery in the opening rounds, coming out aggressively and pushing Mayweather into the corners and onto the ropes. The world knew he would need to be on the attack and physical if he wanted to win the fight, what most did not anticipate was his great form and the amount of punches he would be able to land. McGregor lead in hits and punches through the first three rounds. The Irishman looked crisp and composed, and while the MMA did present a bit of a reflex problem with him grabbing the waist and offering up some hammer punches (all illegal in boxing), he did a great job early on making the switch by diving into a fraction of the sport he made a profession. He exhibited power and confidence, while not falling into the trap of playing too far into Mayweather’s defense so he could use his speed against him. Mayweather seemed to be caught off guard by

the comfort level of McGregor, as well as the reach and height of the heavier boxer, taking hits and backing down for most of the opening four rounds. But, as many predicted, time was the biggest asset in Mayweather’s favor, as the battle took an apparent physical toll on McGregor. In the seventh round, Mayweather

finish off the tough Irishman. Mayweather was ready to cut down McGregor when the fight was stopped. McGregor appeared wobbly and the referee made the decision to end it. Inconceivably, by far the most ruthless, violent sport still held legal, the ref stepped in to stop the fight before a fighter had hit the mat, leaving a sour taste to a surprisingly satisfying night. While it was a disappointing finish to a fight that involved two of the best in the world, Mayweather went in and took care of business in entertaining fashion, showing his patience and ferocity throughout the course of the fight. Chasing around an increasingly fatigued McGregor, much like a Komodo Dragon that captured its poisoned prey, waiting to move in for the kill he always knew was assured. As Mayweather moved to 50-0, passing Rocky Marciano for the best record in boxing and securing his place in sports history in what he promised “was my last fight”. And while he did lose, McGregor proved he could cross sports and hold his

“While it was a disappointing finish to a fight that involved two of the best in the world, Mayweather went in and took care of business in entertaining fashion, showing his patience and ferocity throughout the course of the fight.” moved in, after sitting back waiting for an opening, McGregor opened up and took some solid blows by Mayweather’s quick hands. In the ninth round, Mayweather unleashed a series of combinations that put McGregor on the ropes. McGregor looked spent, unable to return the constant attacks mounted by Mayweather and too tired to even get his hands up to protect his head. In the tenth round, McGregor found himself on the ropes again, chased heavily by Mayweather who had taken out the teeth to

own, showing an incredible ability to hang with the best boxer in the world, even if that boxer was a 40-year-old. Moreover, the fans won because this was an incredibly entertaining fight that went as most predicted it would, lasting almost the entirety of the 12 rounds while avoiding going to a judge’s decision, with both fighters going on the aggressive for fireworks. This was as good as we could have realistically hoped for in this bout. This matchup will forever be remembered as one of the classics in boxing’s long history.

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Mavericks ready to kick off regular season The women’s soccer team will have a lot of new faces on the field this year

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer Last season, the Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s soccer team finished with a 16-3-3 mark, setting them up nicely for a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament win and giving them a bid for the NCAA Tournament. Now the team has received the number-one spot on the NSIC’s preseason coaches poll, gathering 11 first place votes to get the top spot. Returning to the squad is Morgan Cottew, who racked up 15 goals and 36 points last season as a junior and will keep the offense at top speed with her return for her senior campaign, another key returner is Abby Hausken, who started 21 games last season and ranked second in minutes with 1,804. The expectations for the incumbent NSIC champions was high heading into the exhibition games, with the University of Northern Iowa

the first game up on August 15. The offense of the Mavericks popped the Division-I program in the mouth, scoring two goals in the open-

was easy pickings for the Mavericks offense with a stifling 3-0 win that was engaged by Cottew, Kizlik and Taylor Kenealy. The offensive dom-

again a scoring factor, this time joined by Jenny Hoerter and Molly Sarafolean. The consistency of the Maverick offense should be the key in

“‘I think we were just looking for progress from the last time out,’ said head coach Brian Bahl on the exhibition performances. ‘Seeing our speed of play, I love getting some more players experience, continuing to increase our depth, but getting certain groups of players together and getting them used to the pace of the game.’”

ing 45 minutes of play and leading Northern Iowa 2-1, with scores coming from Julia Zach and Lauren Kizlik. UNI did storm back to make it a 2-2 game late, but the Mavericks played exceptional, taking a draw in the first game back. Next up was St. Catherine University, on August 23. This

inance was a clear advantage for the Mavs, something they will need if they want another late-season push. Game three of the exhibition round up was against Gustavus on August 25. The rain kept the game mercifully short for Gustavus, with the Mavs putting up a 3-0 lead yet again. Cottew was

the upcoming season, with MSU proving against an array of talent that they have playmakers and scorers all over the roster. “I think we were just looking for progress from the last time out,” said head coach Brian Bahl on the exhibition performances. “Seeing our speed of play, I love getting

some more players experience, continuing to increase our depth, but getting certain groups of players together and getting them used to the pace of the game and seeing what they can do together both in our attack and making sure we are organized defensively. I think overall we took steps forward; we still have a long way to go but I think we definitely saw steps forward.” The season opener is against an out-of-conference opponent, the Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers on September 2. The home game should be a win to ease into the season, with the Rangers on the road after going 0-21 in their out-of-conference games last season and 0-2-0 on the road in non-conference games. The Mavericks can flex with a dominate win over the Rangers to kick off the season on a victorious note, before moving on to the conference schedule later in the month.

Leaky Vikings line leading list of lingering offense concern Minnesota’s third preseason game saw more poor play from a group needing improvement. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Bradford pivoted right and saw his completed swing pass to Dalvin Cook become a painful 5-yard loss after being swarmed by San Francisco rookie linebacker Reuben Foster. Bradford fumbled from the shotgun on Minnesota’s next snap, pushing the Vikings another 7 yards back. The punt, one of 11 in 13 preseason possessions by the first team, came one play later. For an offense that has lagged behind its peers on defense in three years since Mike Zimmer took over as

ourselves in the foot and stop it. To be a good offense, to be a good football team, you can’t do those things, and we’ve got to figure out a way to eliminate that.” Such struggles can easily be ironed out prior to or during the regular season, of course, but the most troubling aspect of the performance was that it felt and looked so familiar. With Cook and Latavius Murray joining Jerick McKinnon in the backfield, Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen and Kyle Rudolph complemented in the passing attack by new-

“‘I thought it was just a little bit sloppy,’ Bradford said..” coach, this was a deflating start, even in an exhibition. “I thought it was just a little bit sloppy,” Bradford said after the 32-31 victory on Sunday night fueled by a second half rally behind the backups. “Too many mistakes. I thought we did a decent job getting drives going, getting a first down, getting two first downs, and then it seems like we just do something to shoot

comer Michael Floyd with any contribution by Laquon Treadwell an additional bonus, this group does not lack vitality or versatility. Bradford, who set the NFL record for completion percentage in 2016, has proven his accuracy when he’s protected. Bradford looked sharp when he had time to throw against the 49ers. Even when

he was flushed from the pocket, he more than once made a deft move away from the pressure to set up a downfield heave. Bradford completed 17 of 21 passes for 134 yards and no turnovers. The revamped line, however, is obviously still a work in progress. Riley Reiff was in at left tackle for the first time after missing the beginning of training camp with back trouble and left guard Alex Boone was back after a brief absence to a leg injury, but the front five was far from formidable. “If we come in at halftime next week and are doing the same thing,” Boone said, looking ahead to the season opener on Sept. 11 against the New Orleans Saints, “then it becomes a concern. More than a concern: a problem. To have everybody out there for the first time together, talking, communicating, playing together, it was good for that. But we have to do more on offense.” Nick Easton started ahead of rookie Pat Elflein center, a signal that competition could be wrapped up for now. Joe Berger has remained at right guard, though both Easton and Elflein have taken turns

there too. Mike Remmers is the unchallenged starter at right tackle, but he has appeared to be the most vulnerable against the pass rush in the small sample size of these exhibition games. “We’d like to be sharper, but like I said last week, ‘I’ve been on some teams where

we went out in the preseason and lit it up, and then come Week 1 we didn’t look like the same team at all,’” Bradford said. “Anytime you step on the field, you want to be sharp. I don’t think we were our best tonight. There are a lot of things that we have to get corrected.”

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Predicting fantasy football sleepers Staff writer Ryan Sjoberg gives his take on the top-three sleepers this season

RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer Every year, there are fantasy football managers that are looking for the ‘hidden gem’ or the guy no one is talking about to snag in the final rounds. It can ultimately be the difference between having multiple starting options or just having a couple. Either way, sleepers can help you dominate your league. Let’s breakdown some of the sleepers I like for the upcoming season. Wide Receiver DeVante Parker of the Miami Dolphins has had an injury-plagued, underwhelming career thus far. The former 2015 first round pick’s fortunes may be turning a different corner however, with a new quarterback in Jay Cutler. Yes, that Jay Cutler and yes, he will really help Parker’s development. Ryan Tannehill is a quarterback that relies heavily on the middle of the field. He relied a ton on slot specialist Jarvis Landry and tight ends they plugged in. However, Jay Cutler is opposite. If you

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look at Cutler’s career, he has always had a big target on the outside (i.e. Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffrey) and has always had his best success throwing to big receivers on the outside and that receiver on the Dolphins is Parker, who has all the bigtime potential you love to see in a pass-catcher. He just has yet to put it all together and stay healthy. Running back D’Onta Foreman from the Houston Texans is an interesting prospect to say the least. Foreman is entering his rookie season as an NFL running back and sits behind bell cow Lamar Miller. You may ask why is Foreman here if Miller is a heavy usage guy? Easy: Miller’s yards-per-carry average has been less than stellar in his career. He tends to be a guy that can get you 100 yards but will take 20+ carries to do it. The word out of Texans camp is Foreman has been really turning heads. Coming off an impressive campaign at the University of Texas that featured him surpassing the 2,000-yard mark, don’t be surprised if

Foreman ultimately starts to split carries with Miller and maybe even surpass him on the depth chart. Wide Receiver Rishard Matthews of the Tennessee Titans is primed for a breakout year. Currently ranked as the 49th receiver to come off draft boards, I believe Matthews will easily outperform his ranking. Entering his second year with Marcus Mariota in the Titans system, Matthews should be extremely comfortable with the offense. There is also a good chance he leads the team in targets, receptions and touchdowns after nearly doing so in his first year with the team. Even with first round pick Corey Davis and free agent signee Eric Decker aboard, do not look for that to take much production away from Matthews as the chemistry himself and Mariota has built is special. Good luck to all fantasy football managers in 2017 and keep a close look out for those sleepers as it could be the difference between ending the season in first or last.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Miami Dolphins’ DeVante Parker, right, pulls in a pass against Philadelphia Eagles’ Ronald Darby during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Philadelphia.

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Dunkirk emphasizes soldiers’ PTSD in WWII Nolan’s directing style gives a sense of real-life tension

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Many expressed their enthusiasm about “Dunkirk”, released in the middle of July told the tale of British World War II soldiers who were trapped on France’s beaches. Af ter I went to see the movie myself, Director Christopher Nolan certainly captured real moments well during tenuous moments. The camera rolled with the twists and turns of the fighter pilot ( Tom Hardy), making you feel that you were along for the ride. The beginning showed a bombing in which soldiers ducked from the impact, but half the ship was still blown to smithereens. While many may not understand what it was

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like to live in constant fear of your life as a soldier, “Dunkirk” present-

ed such sound scenes for a viewer’s imagination. On the other hand,

Dunkirk af ter ward opened up to the hope for new life.

Indeed, the initial scene appeared bleak as soldiers walked down empty streets in gray skies with papers raining down. It first gave an impression that the location was deser ted but soon gunshots disturbed the silence. From there, Dunkirk showed scenes of multiple soldiers throughout the movie, each trapped in their physical circumstances and in their musing minds. Once I watched the whole movie, I saw the papers as a symbol for waiting for either good or bad news. The ending answered the question through a newspaper that one soldier had asked from an

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Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies A comedian and activist who broke racial barriers with humor LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died. He was 84. Gregory died late Saturday in Washington, D.C. after being hospitalized for about a week, his son Christian Gregory told The Associated Press. He had suffered a severe bacterial infection. “Years of severe fasting, not for health but for social change, had damaged his vasculature system long ago. He always reminded us, many of his fasts were not about his personal health but an attempt to heal the world,” Christian Gregory said. “Condolences to his family and to us who won’t

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press have his insight 2 lean on,” Whoopi Goldberg wrote on Twitter.

As one of the first black standup comedians to find success with white audi-

ences, in the early 1960s, Gregory rose from an impoverished childhood in St.

Louis to win a college track scholarship and become a celebrated satirist who deftly commented upon racial divisions at the dawn of the civil rights movement. “Where else in the world but America,” he joked, “could I have lived in the worst neighborhoods, attended the worst schools, rode in the back of the bus, and get paid $5,000 a week just for talking about it?” Gregory’s sharp commentary soon led him into civil rights activism, where his ability to woo audiences through humor helped bring national attention to fledgling efforts at integration and social equality for blacks. Gregory briefly sought

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Director Serebrennikov is supported outside court room Russian filmmaker accused of embezzlement to fund project MOSCOW (AP) — To a full house and rap turous applause more suited to one of his sold-out produc tions, Russian theater and film direc tor Kirill Serebrennikov appeared in cour t Wednesday and was placed under house arrest pending an investigation into charges that he embezzled government funds allocated for one of his projec ts. Serebrennikov denies any wrongdoing, and the case against him is widely seen as par t of a crackdown on freedom of expression in Russia. His arrest Tuesday sent shock waves through the Russian ar t communit y. Hundreds of well-wishes and colleagues gathered outside Moscow’s Basmanny Cour t on Wednesday to cheer him. His cut ting-edge produc tions include drama, opera and movies. He has won broad acclaim for satires mocking of ficial lies, corruption and a growing hard-line streak in Russian societ y. The Investigative Commit tee that deals with high-profile crimes has accused Serebrennikov of scheming to embezzle 68 million rubles (about $1.1 million) in government funds allocated for one of his produc tions and the projec ts he cham-

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pioned bet ween 2011 and 2014. A prosecutor at Wednesday’s hearing said t wo other suspec ts in the case had testified against him. An accountant and one senior manager are in custody and another manager is under house arrest until the probe is complete. The direc tor was briefly detained and questioned in May but investigators stopped shor t of saying they suspec ted he was involved. Serebrennikov said he was dismayed by his late-night arrest in St. Petersburg, where he

DUNKIRK Continued from page 12 errand boy at a train station. What I most appreciated about “Dunkirk” was that it addressed shell-shock, now known as post-traumatic stress. One rescued soldier (Cillian Murphy) rescued remained silent during the first half of the film. When the captain’s son ( Tom Keoghan) asked if he wanted to go below deck, Murphy’s character freaked

out. Later the son debated whether he should lock the soldier in the cabin because of a heated disagreement that broke out about heading straight home to England and forgetting about the stop in Dunkirk. The camera close cuts between the son’s face and his finger lingering on the latch shows how much he wrestled with how much he should trust a soldier gone

was shooting a movie. “I never thought I’d end up behind bars here and I wasn’t going to flee any where,” he told the cour t from a cage that defendants in criminal cases are t yp ically kept in, adding that his foreign travel passpor t had been taken from him earlier. “I did not obstruc t the investigation in any way. I cooperated with the investigation and told all the truth I knew.” Serebrennikov rejec ted accusations that he helped to embezzle government funds earmarked for the Platforma projec t, which

merged theater, music, dance and multimedia, saying that the money was used to finance “big and bright” shows that spawned young talents. The first senior government of ficial to comment on Serebrennikov’s arrest, Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsk y, said he “knows for sure this isn’t a frame-up,” adding, “I have a source.” He did not elaborate. At the star t of the hearing, Serebrennikov’s law yer read out a who’s who of Russian ar ts and culture figures, including the direc tor

mad. Later on, a tragedy would strike that would at first enrage the soldier’s son, but ultimately would develop compassion for the PTSD soldier. One par t I did struggle with is that the characters were not named as they were introduced on-screen, but it was something I gained appreciation for. Nolan was likely attempting to tell as many stories as he could within the timeframe of the movie and in the pro-

cess, some of those basic details got lef t behind. However, as an audience, we also gleaned a much bigger picture than we might have other wise. At the end of the credits, a note thanked those veterans who shared their memories in contribution to the film. While teamwork is a huge role in film, sometimes the power ful narrative is also not possible without the truth others are brave enough to relay.

of the Bolshoi Theater, who have submit ted pleas for his release. Some turned up in cour t to personally vouch for the direc tor, calling him the pride of Russia. Serebrennikov petitioned to be released on bail, saying he needs to finish a movie and a theater produc tion. “I’m tr ying to make our countr y culturally impor tant and powerful on a global scale,” said Serebrennikov whose movie, “The Student,” won a prize at the Cannes film festival last year. “I have no intention to run away, my work is the meaning of my life.” Serebrennikov’s speech in cour t was drowned out by cheers and chants of “Kirill” from hundreds of suppor ters who gathered outside the cour troom. “Ever yone was stunned,” said ac tor Talgat Batalov, who was going to appear in a play Serebrennikov was going to direc t. “It ’s a shock for all of us. Although we in Russia are hardly surprised at any thing anymore, this is complete lawlessness.” Alexei Arkhipov, who works in the cinema industr y, sees the direc tor ’s

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When stories are lost, histories are too —his stories. It is not about facts and timelines only, but about the ones who lived. It is not easy for veterans to share their trials with what they endured and mistakes that continue to haunt them. Yet without their honesty, we as a people easily forget what it means to be human.

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Notting Hill Carnival honors tower fire victims Thousands pack the streets of London in honoration LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers packed the streets of London for the annual Notting Hill Carnival on Monday, pausing their celebrations to remember the victims of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire. The Caribbean carnival, billed as Europe’s biggest street party, winds through west London streets near the apartment tower block that was gutted by a June blaze that killed at least 80 people. The carnival’s floats, steel bands and sound systems fell silent for a minute on Monday afternoon to remember those who died in the fire at a public housing high-rise. Firefighters, many of whom battled the blaze, stood in a line outside the North Kensington fire station, removed their helmets and bowed their heads, before being applauded by carnival-go-

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ers. Many people in attendance wore green, the

color chosen as a tribute to the fire victims. Local lawmaker Emma

Dent Coad said there was “a really, really lovely atmosphere.”

The two-day festival opened Sunday with the release of dozens of white doves to commemorate the victims. Participants also held a minute’s silence Sunday for Grenfell. Launched in 1964 with a few Trinidadian steel bands, the carnival has grown into a major street event that lures partygoers from all over the world with its flamboyant dancers, colorful costumes, rousing steel bands and booming outdoor sound systems. Security has been tightened this year in the wake of the vehicle and knife attacks across Europe, with steel barriers and concrete blocks around the edge of the route. Police said they made 106 arrests on the first day of the carnival, more than 40 of them for drug offenses.

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GREGORY Continued from page 12 political office, running unsuccessfully for mayor of Chicago in 1966 and U.S. president in 1968, when he got 200,000 votes as the Peace and Freedom party candidate. In the late ‘60s, he befriended John Lennon and was among the voices heard on Lennon’s anti-war anthem “Give Peace a Chance,” recorded in the Montreal hotel room where Lennon and Yoko Ono were staging a “bed-in” for peace. An admirer of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., Gregory embraced nonviolence and became a vegetarian and marathon runner. He preached about the transformative powers of prayer and good health. Once an overweight smoker and drinker, he became a trim, energetic proponent of liquid meals and raw food diets. In the late 1980s, he developed and distributed products for the popular Slim-Safe Bahamian Diet. When diagnosed with lymphoma in 2000, he fought it with herbs, exercise and vitamins. It went in remission a few years later. He took a break from performing in comedy clubs, saying the alcohol and smoke in the clubs were unhealthy and focused on lecturing and writing more than a dozen books, including an autobiography and a memoir. Gregory went without solid food for weeks to draw attention to a wide range of causes, including Middle East peace, American hostages in Iran, animal rights, police brutality, the Equal Rights Amendment for women and to support pop singer Michael Jackson when he was charged with sexual molestation in 2004. “We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First class,” he once said. Richard Claxton Gregory was born in 1932, the second of six children. His father abandoned the family, leaving his mother poor and strug-

gling. Though the family often went without food or electricity, Gregory’s intellect and hard work quickly earned him honors, and he attended the mostly white Southern Illinois University. “In high school I was fighting being broke and on relief,” he wrote in his 1963 book. “But in college, I was fighting being Negro.” He started winning talent contests for his comedy, which he continued in the Army. After he was discharged, he struggled to break into the standup circuit in Chicago, working odd jobs as a postal clerk and car washer to survive. His breakthrough came in 1961, when he was asked to fill in for another comedian at Chicago’s Playboy Club. His audience, mostly white Southern businessmen, heckled him with racist gibes, but he stuck it out for hours and left them howling. That job was supposed to be a one-night gig, but lasted two months -- and landed him a profile in Time magazine and a spot on “The Tonight Show.” Vogue magazine, in February 1962, likened him to Will Rogers and Fred Allen: “bright and funny and topical ... (with) a way of making the editorials in The New York Times seem the cinch stuff from which smash night-club routines are

rightfully made.” ‘’I’ve got to go up there as an individual first, a Negro second,” he said in Phil Berger’s book, “The Last Laugh: The World of Stand-up Comics.” ‘’I’ve got to be a colored funny man, not a funny colored man.” His political passions were never far from his mind -- and they hurt his comedy career. The nation was grappling with the civil rights movement, and it was not at all clear that racial integration could be achieved. At protest marches, he was repeatedly beaten and jailed. He remained active on the comedy scene until recently, when he fell ill and canceled an Aug. 9 show in San Jose, California, followed by an Aug. 15 appearance in Atlanta. On social media, he wrote that he felt energized by the messages from his well-wishers, and said he was looking to get back on stage because he had a lot to say about the racial tension brought on by the gathering of hate groups in Charlottesville, Virginia. “We have so much work still to be done, the ugly reality on the news this weekend proves just that,” he wrote. He is survived by his wife, Lillian, and 10 children.

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Photo courtesy of The Associated Press case as a precursor to an upcoming crackdown on Russia’s creative classes. “It ’s not a criminal case, it ’s a statement from the government to a cer tain group of people,” he said. “They are telling us: ‘ We don’t want you anymore.’” Serebrennikov’s soldout produc tions have been a key par t of Moscow’s theater scene for years. In September, he was to direc t an opera in Stut tgar t, Germany. Shaking his head in disbelief, Serebrennikov, in a black cap and a black T-shir t, listened Wednesday as the judge rejec ted the plea to release him on bail and placed him under house arrest, banning him from any communication with the out side world at least until Oc t. 19. He can’t make phone calls, receive messages or use the internet.

While Serebrennikov had the suppor t of some senior government members and his theater received lavish state funding, his work touched upon the lit tle- discussed subjec t s of sex and politic s, at trac ting the ire of conser vatives who protested against the use of state funds to finance his endeavors. In July, the Bolshoi canceled a much-anticipated ballet about dancer Rudolf Nureyev direc ted by Serebrennikov just three days before the opening night. The Bolshoi denied re por t s that the Nureyev ballet had been scrapped because of it s frank description of his gay relationships, a taboo under a stric t Russian law banning gay propaganda, but many in Moscow’s ar t scene saw it as a return to censorship.

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