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“Someone complimented you!” Mysterious messages decoded

JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER Mysterious messages from an unknown number, on phones and social media accounts. Compliments from unknown people. A link to an app store.

That’s the experience of many people throughout the country who have found themselves bewildered and more often than not, a little scared by these unsolicited messages.

Social media has not helped in this regard. On twitter, a user asserted that the app is a trick used by a sex trafficking ring, that women who clicked on the link were “disappearing” and that the text could somehow put a tracker on a user’s phone.

While the texts can certainly be scary, there’s no need to worry, according to Snopes, a fact checking website.

The true story behind the messages is a bit more mundane. It’s part of a marketing and recruitment tactic by a new app called “IRL.” IRL’s website describes it as a tool that people can use to invite each other to hang out in real life. A new app on the market, IRL is trying to get more users and one way they do that is by sending unsolicited messages to potential users.

From all accounts, this strategy has backfired spectacularly. The twitter post associating the texts with a sex trafficking ring has been retweeted over 50,000 times as of this month.

That’s certainly not the best marketing strategy, particularly in an era when abductions and disappearances are a common fear among parents

and young people and young women in particular.

A spokesperson from IRL spoke to the Snopes and said that the app does not track users or steal information either.

But that doesn’t mean that the app should be interacted with without caution, according to CBS Albany 6, which did a report on the messages.

If you do sign up for an account, the app will collect your email address, name, location, contacts, IP address and phone number.

Pam Dixon, who serves as executive director for the World Privacy Forum, called the marketing tactics “somewhat predatory”, and criticized the app’s privacy policy.

But there’s no reason to be afraid if you get one of these messages. If you don’t want to download the app, just delete the message, or text “no” or “stop” in response.

If you receive unsolicited

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texts with links, the best policy is to delete them and not click on any of the links that they send. Although IRL’s texts are harmless, some other texts aren’t, and may contain malware, which

could steal or compromise your data. All in all? The best thing to do is not to click on anything sent by suspicious or unknown phone numbers and email addresses.

How to be safe on and off campus MARJAN HUSSEIN STAFF WRITER Director of University Security, Sandi Schnorenberg believes that informing students about numerous security issues is highly vital during their college stay as it may come in handy later in life.

“It has always been a hope of mine to do a feature in the Reporter, a well-read publication on a safety topic each month of the academic year,” Schnorenberg says, “this will take away the monotony of always sending out safety emails and posting

on bulletin boards around campus.” University Security hopes to enrich students with a guideline on safety issues throughout the coming months as a good number of students are on their own for the first time, thus may prove more vulnerable in given situations.

Schnorenberg aspires to instill knowledge on prevalent safety issues therefore preventing students from becoming victims of a crime.

Staying in control, being Aware of your surroundings, Following rules & Exhibiting caution in all situations (S.A.F.E) are important aspects in understanding

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what it truly means to be in a safe environment.

Schnorenberg states that although this entails locking

going to class or being glued to one’s cellphone. Practicing simple safety habits such as informing your roommates

“...safety habits such as informing your roommates where your going, having something to draw attention to yourself such as a whistle, using well-travelled routes or walking with a friend is an assured way to keep out of trouble.” your doors, ensuring your belonging are secured and several other safety concerns, safety trickles down to individual responsibility. The personnel that choose to serve and protect may not always be there to ensure every situation is 100 percent safety guaranteed, thus safety begins with you as an individual. Creating a safe environment is also heavily reliant on situational awareness.

Situational awareness is essentially comprehending your environment and having the ability to survive if an emergency tends to unfold at any given time.

Schnorenberg states that even Mankato being a safe community still has crime, thus students should be situationally aware of the environments in every instance be it walking alone at night,

where your going, having something to draw attention to yourself such as a whistle, using well-travelled routes or

walking with a friend is an assured way to keep out of trouble. Schnorenberg states that everyone has some sort of gut feeling that tells them a scenario may be off thus acting on that feeling and not ignoring it is important.

“If it’s predictable it’s preventable, being aware of your surroundings is typically about adjusting your awareness, knowing instances when it should be high and low,” Schnorenberg said. The example she gives is that of being downtown

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Depression and its effects: a students take Opinion OLUWATOMIKE BALI STAFF WRITER Having experienced depression myself, I would say depression feels like carrying a very heavy burden, which seems like it would literally tear you apart and not go away. Luckily for me I was able get out of my own depression but millions of people in America struggle with this and feel like they are alone.

This makes depression one of the most common mental disorders in this country. I never used to believe depression was a thing because I had never experienced it and I just thought people were looking for an escape route in not

going through with their challenges and for the life of me, I would always talk down on the discussion whenever it was brought up around me.

But after experiencing it myself, I realized I was lucky enough to have been outspoken about mine and sought help and finally understood people who couldn’t take the steps I did and conquered my depression.

Learning a deeper understanding of depression, I believe, can help begin the journey to recovery.

Depression is more than just a feeling of sadness, it is a mood disorder coupled with prolonged feeling of sadness and loss of interest in day to day activities.

Can this be treated?

Absolutely. I think there is this myth that you have to

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deal with depression yourself and just work on it till it goes away. I am not saying that can’t work, but that is not the only way.

Treating depression should go hand in hand with a healthy diet and a good sleep schedule. You need to take care of your physical

wellbeing to make any treatment effective.

Identify and acknowledge you have depression, seek help and don’t be silent.

There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of about depression. Go for therapy, seek medical assistance, in all you do, don’t feel the need to

fight alone or stay quiet.

If you would like help or think you may have depression, you can go to the Counseling Center in room CSU 285 from 8am to 4:30pm or contact the Counseling Center at 507-389-1455 for more information.

Mac Miller: a beautiful tragedy SAFE Continued from page 2 Opinion

MADISON DIEMERT NEWS EDITOR When I got to my boyfriend’s house last Friday, I didn’t expect for his roommate to start yelling that Mac Miller had died. I also did not expect to be listening to Mac Miller for the rest of the night through his PlayStation.

Mac Miller, whose real name is Malcolm McCormick, passed away last week September 7th. Mac was only 26 years old. He was found at his house by one of his friends, who made a 911 call.

Mac was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Fox News, an autopsy has been completed but there are still more tests needed, which can sometimes take months to complete, to find out exactly what drug killed Mac. And that’s the kicker. Mac had dealt with addiction for a very long time. He was a known substance abuser. But that’s the norm now, isn’t? We expect our favorite artists to be using drugs off all kinds, and that’s just how it is.

But in the wake of this tragedy, we should be thinking long and hard about addiction, and what a terrible disease it is. We already lost Prince, and Lil Peep. We also

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almost lost Demi Lavato to a heroin overdose. Time and time again we’ve tweeted and posted and talked about how bad substance abuse is, how we shouldn’t glorify it, but do we really mean it?

We still consume all this music that glorifies drug abuse, even Mac’s music did.

And that doesn’t really give us a good track record, does it?

What does it mean when we say one thing, and then act totally different? These artists are singing and rapping about drug abuse, not because it’s fun, but because they actually do it.

So, when we consume and buy their music, we are in a way supporting this lifestyle.

We’re saying that’s it’s okay, that it’s cool. And that isn’t right.

We need to stop supporting

an artist’s work if it glorifies drug abuse. That only pushes them to keep creating the same art. They won’t change their ways if we normalize it. It also tells people that it’s okay to consume and abuse drugs.

We’re so adamant to share our opinions on how bad addiction is when a celebrity dies, but we don’t actually do anything about it. Could we have saved Mac, if we sent him the message that substance abuse wasn’t right?

My answer is, probably not. Mac had already been struggling for a long, long time. He was trying to get better, but he just didn’t make it that far. But there is always a chance that we can save others who are dealing

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and on campus, where downtown is usually not always as safeguarded as campus grounds, thus students should be able to tweak their awareness in different situations. By stander intervention is also another way to employ situational awareness, if you see something suspicious intervene and act according to the situation at hand.

University Security is additionally available to students 24 hours a day, seven days a week with staff patrolling both in cars and on foot, a dispatch center consistently keeping an eye out with the help of over 100 cameras on campus along several other means to guarantee a safe environment on the campus of MNSU. Overall if you do

find yourself in a dangerous situation, the most important thing is to leave it unharmed.

Schnorenberg states that that when faced with detrimental circumstances, no object or material item is worth your wellbeing.

Safety should be the top priority of every student at MNSU as when one is safe it is an assurance that they can excel in whatever activity they are engaged in be it academics, sport or anything else. Safety is also imperative as it offers a sense of comfort to those who care about you to know that you are always safe. Safety begins with you, consequently a safe environment can only be made possible through partnership between the community and safety personnel.

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How to get involved in college and why Getting involved in college can be fufilling and helpful Opinion EMMANUELA SHOKARE STAFF WRITER We all have seen the scene from the start of school, students are rushing around either going to class, rehearsal or work, it can be difficult to make friends, especially for a freshman or a transfer student. This was my story as so many student stories in college. To get a fulfilling experience in college, it is crucial to join an activity or club in your new home. It is never too early or late to get involved on campus. One thing I did when I wanted to get involved was to research different organizations to get a better understanding of clubs that I would be interested in. At the beginning of the semester in most universities, different on-campus organizations have a fair in which they showcase their different activities and students who have the opportunity to talk to representatives of the organizations and fellow students who are part of the organizations. But if you miss this fair, you can still reach those organization reps via their contacts.

One thing students find to be difficult about participating in extracurricular activities is how to manage their time.

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there are programs/seminars hosted here to teach students how to balance their time and stay on track which leads

as the MSSA, Greek Life, community engagement, student media, religious organizations, intramural

“To get a fulfilling experience in college, it is crucial to join an activity or club in your new home.” to flying colors at the end of the semester. There are also a variety of organizations that students can choose from: academic/honors clubs, student government such

sports and more.

According to an article found on College Express, one way to begin to get involved is to start with your major, “a great way to dip

your toes into campus life is to explore organizations within your major. This can provide you an automatic path to students who share your interests and passions. Most schools offer pre-professional societies and various honor societies for different fields of study. One such example is Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, which hosts conferences and competitions each year to help its members grow intellectually and professionally.” Here at MNSU, there are varieties of

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“I’m not very involved on campus but I meet peopele in class.”

“Family.”

“I meet people in class and try to involved myself with people who have similar hobbies.”

“I hangout on campus.”

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“Marching with rainbows”: Mankato Pride shows its colors

MARIA LY STAFF WRITER Blocks of Mankato residents lined the streets as the pride parade participants marched down handing out numerous amount of goodies such as candy and rainbow fans. The Mankato Pride Parade took place on Saturday, Sept. 8, making it Mankato’s 17th pride parade and festival.

Many organizations, schools, churches, individuals, etc. took a part in the pride parade this year. Moms marched along and gave out free hugs to many who needed them. The Mankato Area Derby Girls skated through showing the crowd their tricks, followed by members of the Govenaire’s band and color guard.

Mankato State University’s LGBT Center also took part in the parade. Many students decked out in pride gear held signs stating “Love is Love” , “Love Knows No Limits”,

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and the LGBT Center banner, while others handed out candy, bags and flyers to the crowd.

Other departments in Mankato State also marched in the parade such as: MNSU’s department of Gender and Women’s Studies, MNSU’s department of Social Work,

and MNSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance.

After the parade ended, a festival began right after in Riverfront Park. There were many food trucks, stands selling pride merchandise, informational booths, and even a bouncy house.

Many performances also

took place from bands such as Irie Minds, Still Jammin, and Hootenay Annie’s took the stage and jammed out as the crowd danced below. A group of belly dancers from Satori Violet entertained the crowd with their mystical dance moves and helped facilitate a marriage proposal

in front of a live audience.

One of the main highlights was the Gender Bender Drag show, with drag queen Gosh Alice Jones as emcee.

Performers included MNSU’s very own Luna Muse who

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Florence strengthens to Category 4, takes aim at Carolinas RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds up to 140 mph (220 kph) and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week.

Communities along a stretch of coastline that’s vulnerable to rising sea levels due to climate change prepared to evacuate the storm, which forecasters expect to be close to Category 5 strength by Tuesday. The South Carolina governor ordered the state’s entire coastline to be evacuated starting at noon Tuesday and predicted that 1 million people would flee. And Virginia’s governor ordered a mandatory evacuation for some residents of low-lying coastal areas.

The storm’s first effects were already apparent on barrier islands as dangerous rip currents hit beaches and seawater flowed over a state highway.

For many people, the challenge could be finding a safe refuge: If Florence slows to a crawl just off the coast, it could bring torrential rains to the Appalachian mountains and as far away as West Virginia, causing flash floods, mudslides and other

dangerous conditions.

The storm’s potential path also includes half a dozen nuclear power plants, pits holding coal-ash and other industrial waste, and numerous hog farms that store animal waste in massive open-air lagoons.

Airlines, including American and Southwest, have star ted letting passengers change travel plans that take them into the hurricane’s possible path.

National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham warned that Florence was forecast to linger over the Carolinas once it reaches shore. People living well inland should prepare to lose power and endure flooding and other hazards, he warned.

“It’s not just the coast,” Graham said. “When you stall a system like this and it moves real slow, some of that

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Florence will be moving over waters where temperatures

“If Florence slows to a crawl just off the coast, it could bring torrential rains to the Appalachian mountains and as far away as West Virginia, causing flash floods, mudslides and other dangerous conditions.” rainfall can extend well away from the center.”

A warm ocean is the fuel that powers hurricanes, and

are peaking near 85 degrees (30 Celsius), hurricane specialist Eric Blake wrote.

And with little wind shear to pull the storm apart, Florence’s hurricane wind field was expected to expand over the coming days, increasing its storm surge and inland wind threats.

By 5 p.m. Monday, Florence was centered about 1,170 miles (1,880 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, and moving west at 13 mph (20 kph).

Its center will move between Bermuda and the Bahamas on Tuesday and Wednesday and approach the coast of South Carolina or North

Carolina on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Two other storms were spinning in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Isaac was expected to lose strength as it reaches the Caribbean, and Helene, much farther out to sea, may veer northward into the open ocean as the 2018 hurricane season reaches its peak.

In the Pacific, Hurricane

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A new monument to victims, somber tributes mark 9/11 NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation’s biggest city.

Thousands of 9/11 victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others are expected at Tuesday’s anniversary ceremony at the World Trade Center, while President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will head to the two other places where hijacked planes crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the deadliest terror attack on American soil.

The president and first lady Melania Trump plan to join an observance at the Sept. 11 memorial in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a new “Tower of Voices” was dedicated Saturday. Pence is attending a ceremony at the Pentagon. Trump, a Republican and native New

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Yorker, took the occasion of last year’s anniversary to issue a stern warning to extremists that “America cannot be intimidated.”

Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on 9/11, when international terrorism hit

home in a way it previously hadn’t for many Americans.

Sept. 11 still shapes American policy, politics and everyday experiences in places from airports to office buildings, even if it’s less of a constant presence in the public

consciousness after 17 years.

A stark reminder came not long after last year’s anniversary: A truck mowed down people, killing eight, on a bike path within a few blocks of the World Trade Center on Halloween.

In December, a wouldbe suicide bomber set off a pipe bomb in a subway passageway near Times Square, authorities said. They said suspects in both attacks were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group.

The 9/11 commemorations are by now familiar rituals, centered on reading the names of the dead. But each year at ground zero, victims’ relatives infuse the ceremony with personal messages of remembrance, concern and inspiration.

“What I can say today is that I don’t live my life in complacency,” Debra Epps said last year as she remembered her brother, Christopher Epps. “I stand in solidarity that this world will make a change for the better.”

Hours after the ceremony, two powerful light beams will soar into the night sky from lower Manhattan in the annual “Tribute in Light.”

This year’s anniversary comes as a heated midterm

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Letter to the editor: My testimony MADDY RASMUSSEN GUEST WRITER Coming to MSU my freshman year I had some really mixed emotions about being here.

I was really nervous I would not be able to find a Christian ministry or church that I could be a part of here on campus.

I also didn’t want to leave the comfort of my home, my family, and my friends, and I really just didn’t want to start over in a new place.

But, at the same time, I also saw this as an opportunity to really dive deep into my faith and get to a place where Jesus was a part of everything in my life. I didn’t want to live my life on my own and I wanted Jesus to be first always. During welcome week, I decided that I had to start searching for ministries right away because if I didn’t I would just put it off and never get connected with anything.

So I tried a few different things, and I had to make the decision to dive right in and get involved as quickly as I could. I really had to seek out Christian community on my own and trust God with that.

I also had to trust God with my fears about being new, as it can be intimidating

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going into a new community for the first time. I knew God was helping me every step of the way.

I became a part of a campus ministry called Encounter. I was really looking for a great community to be a part of here on campus that also shared my belief in Jesus.

Encounter was a huge blessing to me during my freshman year because they are a really welcoming community and they love to invest in you as well as help you go deeper in your relationship with Jesus.

Encounter was definitely important for me and my faith because I really learned and grew a lot by being a part of this ministry. I think that God gave me this desire to grow in my relationship with Him when I came to school and I am really thankful that I was able to get connected with Encounter. They showed me how to go deeper in their faith and how to love Jesus with my everything.

Encounter really helped me follow Jesus in every aspect of my life. If you are looking for a community that loves Jesus to get involved in, Encounter is a great place where you can find that.

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FLORENCE Continued from page 6 Olivia triggered warnings for multiple Hawaiian islands as it blew west toward an arrival over the state as soon as late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

Preparations for Florence were intensifying up and down the densely populated

coast. Since reliable recordkeeping began more than 150 years ago, North Carolina has been hit by only one Category 4 hurricane: Hazel, with 130 mph winds, in 1954.

The parking lot has been full for three days at the Ace

Hardware store in coastal Calabash, North Carolina, where manager Tom Roberts said he sold 150 gas cans in two hours Monday, along with generators, plywood, rope, manual can openers, sand bags and a plethora of

other items.

“I’ve been doing this since 1983,” Roberts said as he completed an order for another 18-wheeler full of supplies. “This is the craziest one.”

Many newcomers have

moved to the coast in the nearly 19 years since the last strong hurricane — Floyd — threatened the area. Roberts said he’s telling them to get out of town.

“I’m telling them to go inland, but I’m worried about

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major based organizations such as the Accounting club and Student Nurses Association to name a few.

Here you can meet students with the same interest as you and could make some connections like how the Accounting club holds a fair in which firms come in and students could get internships and more.

Another way is to pay attention to posts on the notice boards around campus as most organizations advertise via the notice boards. You can also volunteer, there are so

many activities going on on-campus and may be in need of volunteers. Here at MNSU, opportunities to volunteer are posted on Engage where students who are interested can sign up to volunteer. You can also get a part-time job on campus, MNSU post jobs vacancies on Mavjos where students can apply for them.

Why do I need to get involved? It is a great way to make friends, build a professional network, make memories and prepare you for the world after college.

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Continued from page 5 with the same problems.

We need to have this conversation regardless if someone dies. We need to continuously bring attention to drug addiction, to the lifestyle, and to mental health as well. Many times, drug addiction is brought on by a mental health issue.

Celebrities get overwhelmed because- let’s face it- being the in the publiceye 24/7 has got to be awful and probably induces much anxiety. It can also bring on depression and other mental health problems.

One way someone like

Mac could cope is through drugs, but we need to start shedding light on how toxic the entertainment industry can be, and how being in the spotlight for so long can contribute to addiction. That isn’t to say that Mac’s reason for addiction was because of a mental health issue, but it’s still an important topic to discuss.

The more we talk about these issues, the more people will think about them, and the more they will help people change. We can’t just keep going in this endless cycle where someone dies, we

PRIDE

Continued from page 5 performed at last year’s pride festival. Chanel East Coast, a Mankato resident of seven years, also took the stage while lip syncing to Miley Cyrus. The Rose Dynasty: Princess Blue Rose, Aniyah Rose, and Luscious Rose, local drag queens from the Twin Cities, were the last of performers as they got the crowd throwing their dollar bills.

Mankato’s pride parade

was a success, bringing not only Mankato residents, but Minnesotans from all over.

Andrew Martinez-Weldon, a Rochester resident when asked why pride is important to him says, “In times like this, especially with the government and everything, I feel like pride is important because it shows that we are here and that we made it.”

speak on it for five days, and then go back to our old ways.

Change doesn’t happen when we just talk, change happens when we actually do something.

I’m sure Mac would agree with this. Regardless if his music contained the glorification of drugs, Mac would definitely want this conversation to be held.

He was struggling to gain sobriety and was in need of help, and there’s no reason he wouldn’t want us to help each other.

This also isn’t a blame game. No one is to blame for Mac’s death or substance abuse, but there are ways that we could lend a hand to others if they need it.

Along with that, I’ve seen recently that many people are trying to blame Ariana Grande, Mac’s ex-girlfriend of two years. I expected this, honestly, after she and Mac broke up earlier in the year and when she went off to date Pete Davidson a mere month later.

But again, no one is to blame for Mac’s overdose.

It was an accident, and a tragedy. Grande had a reason to breakup with him, and we have to respect that. Addiction is hard for everyone, even the people in the addict’s life. We can’t

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blame Grande for leaving a relationship that she felt was unsatisfying or toxic for her.

Loved ones of an addict should not be held accountable for their substance abuse, or their overdose. These things happen, accident or not.

There’s no way that Grande could’ve known that Mac would overdose, and there’s no way she could’ve known that he would pass.

Right now, we need to give Mac’s family and Grande some time to grieve. Mac and Grande were together

for about two years and loved each other as any couple would after that period of time. She is grieving now, just like the rest of us and we need to give her that time.

I’m sure she did everything she could to help him, but sometimes a person needs more. And maybe Mac just needed a little more.

There’s a lyric from Juice Wrld’s song “Legends” where he says, “All legends fall in the making.” And that’s where he’s right. Mac is a legend, and he fell in the making.

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Mavs squeak past Augustana, 38-36

The Mavericks survived a late comeback scare from the Vikings to improve their record to 3-0

AARON YOUNG STAFF WRITER What. A. Game.

The Minnesota State football team was pushed to their absolute limits Saturday night in Sioux Falls, SD. Augustana gave the Mavs everything they got, but fell just short of upsetting the #1 team in D-II, losing 38-36.

The Mavericks came out running in the first quarter, as junior running back Nate Gunn finished off a 10-play drive with a 2-yard run for a TD. The Vikings responded stronger, scoring 20 unanswered points, including a TD with the time expiring late in the first quarter.

What came after that was a game of tug of war between the two teams, all the way to the fourth quarter.

At the end of the third, QB Ryan Schlichte connected on a pass to wide receiver Shane Zylstra on a 40-yard pass to

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make it 30-28 Augustana.

Finally, after a Casey Bednarski field goal gave the Mavericks a 31-30 lead at the beginning of the 4th quarter, the Mavericks have something to build off of.

Then late in the quarter, Schlichte ran the ball in for a TD with 1:31 left in the game, putting Minnesota State up 38-30 late in the 4th quarter.

With over a minute left to go, Augustana had a chance

to tie the game late, and send the game to overtime. Unfortunately for the Vikings, the Mavericks were able to stand their ground against their adversary.

With the game-time ex-

pired, QB Kyle Saddler ran into the endzone to make

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Johnny Blacktop brings basketball back to pavement The 3-on-3 basketball tournament returns to Caswell Park this Saturday in North Mankato, MN

KEVIN KORBEL SPORTS EDITOR Are you in the local Mankato area this weekend, and are looking for something fun to do with you and your basketball-loving friends? Looking for a chance to possibly add another trophy to your trophy case, while maybe winning cash in the process? This event might be the one for you!

Johnny Blacktop 3-on-3 basketball is looking for you and your friends to compete in a basketball tournament this Saturday at 10am at Caswell Park in North Mankato,

MN. Johnny Blacktop 3-on-3 basketball is an outdoor halfcourt basketball tournament ran by MSU alumni, Matt Bishop, where anybody aspiring to play ranging from the ages of 13 to the adult age group can compete in to play in a one-day basketball tournament for a chance to compete with local basketball talent in the local Mankato area!

The tournament is a double-elimination tournament, which means that the brackets are set up so you and your team have more chances to win the tournament.

“The best part of this league is the amount of games you can watch in a day,” said Matt, who also likes the pace most games go at, “games go by quick due to the rapid tempo of the game, so it’s not uncommon

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to watch 15-20 basketball games throughout the day.”

This tournament all started up for Matt Bishop back in 2015. Growing up in East Jordan, MI, Matt grew up play-

ing basketball throughout his entire life. It was when he was going to school that he ran into a local outdoor 3-on-3 basketball event in his hometown, where he eventually decides to participate in. He

fell in love with the concept of the 3-on-3 tournament after competing in it for many years.

From then on, his experience eventually inspired Matt to startup his own outdoor basketball league that has now become quite popular around the southern Minnesota area.

His games are always played outside on pavement, which is why Matt coined the name of the tournament to be called Johnny Blacktop, because of the outdoor nature of the game.

While the game might be outdoors, Matt has it set up to not be your same old pickup basketball tournament.

His claim to fame is having

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Scarlets demolish Cougars Mankato West Scarlets defeat Mankato East Cougars extending Jug wins to 13-0

AARON YOUNG STAFF WRITER Last Friday night, the 46th annual Mankato High School Classic was played between the Mankato East Cougars and the Mankato West Scarlets under the lights at Blakeslee Stadium in Mankato, MN. The winner received bragging rights in a historical rivalry, and the glory of lifting the famous jug.

In a discussion with the Mankato Free Press, East head coach Eric Davis explained how big of a rivalry this High School matchup was going into the game, “the Jug game has been such a big rivalry for so many years. Last year, we made it a dozen, now we’ve made it 13 (consecutive). It’s amazing to win in all of my 4 years at West.”

Once the game began, West came out and scored two touchdowns on their first two possessions of the game to run the score to 14-0 after just 10 minutes of play.

After East scored their first touchdown in the second quarter, Mankato West came back with one of their own, making it 20-6 heading into the locker room.

At the half, the Scarlets almost had double the number of yards as the Cougars did on offense, with 188.

Coach Davis said, “You can’t think of the (East) touchdown; you have to focus on the next play. You have to

move on and do things better.”

Once the second half began, Mankato West went on to score 34 unanswered points, with the last TD by them being an 84-yard run

by Melik Davis. Nearing the end of the fourth quarter, all East could do was lessen the deficit, and they did, scoring two touchdowns to make it 48-20, which ended up being the final score, with West coming home with the jug once again.

The player of the game without a doubt was West quarterback, Jack Foster. The Junior threw for 190 yards and 2 TD’s, and had 82 yards on the ground with 2 rushing TD’s. His go-to receiver, junior Spencer Spaude, had 4 catches for 93 yards and a touchdown.

The game was more of a statement than anything.

West scored on its first two

possessions, with both being rushing TD’s. East responded back with one of their own, but 14-6 was the closest it ever got.

Mankato East head coach Eric Davis expressed his frustration after the game.

“I thought we were prepared, but we didn’t answer the bell early. As head coach, I take responsibility for not having us ready to play.”

With the result, it’s hard not to agree with him. Every coach wants to get their players as prepared as possible, with the goal of winning the game. It just so happened that East was on the losing end this time, and all they can do is head back to the drawing board and prepare for the next game.

As for West, they are now 2-0 and take on John Marshall next Friday, while East tries to bounce back against Rochester Mayo.

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Mavs cross country races to the finish lane The men’s and women’s cross country competed this weekend in Minneapolis to face top talent

BOBBI PATRICK STAFF WRITER This past Friday night, the Minnesota State men’s cross country team placed 3rd and the women’s cross country placed 2nd at the Oz Memorial Invitational in Minneapolis at the Les Bolstad Golf Course.

The men ran at 6:30 p.m. against University of Minnesota, Drake University and University of Concordia-St. Paul. The Mavericks finished with 72 points behind the University of Minnesota(24) and Drake University(44) Four runners on the men’s team earned top 20 finishes.

The top finisher, senior Austin Pasch, placed 5th with a time of 20:20. The next top three included Junior Austin Yardley who placed tenth, Caleb Burke, who placed 16th, and sophomore Jacob Wahlers placing 19th in the meet.

The Maverick Men compete next at the Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, which is the same course as the Oz Memorial Invitational.

“Anyone who has raced Griak knows it’s one of the hardest courses around. It has rolling hills, is almost completely off kilter, and is usually very hot,” said Pasch.

The 33rd annual Roy Griak Invitational will take place Saturday, September 29th at

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Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Roy Griak is one of the biggest meets, and also one of the most difficult in the coun-

men’s race against three other teams: University of Minnesota, Drake University, and University of Concordia-St.

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try, hosting a high school competition as well as collegiate division 1,2 and 3 races.

The women ran after the

Paul. The women took 2nd with 60 points behind the University of Minnesota who had 15 points.

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Nate Gunn had a huge day for the Mavericks. He went on to get 131 rushing yards and 3 TD’s and was a key factor for the Mavericks.

Ryan Schlichte threw for 332 yards and one TD, while WR’s Shane Zylstra and Justin Arnold combined for 216 yards and 1 TD on the day.

The defense also did their part. Led by Jack Curtis who had 8 tackles, the Mavs didn’t hold back. Zack Robertson and Keyshawn Davis had 6 each.

For the Vikings, Kyle Saddler threw for 451 and 3 TD’s, completing 28 pass-

chance there is that we will get edged out by the competition. Running as a pack helps us all to get faster because we are able to push each other through the races,” said senior Josie Braatan.

The women’s team will first look forward to running as a pack in Northfield at the St. Olaf invitational on Sept.

22nd for more practice before heading back to Minneapolis.

The Maverick men and women look to run as a pack and crank out competitive times in the next upcoming races.

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the game 38-36. After the score, Saddler celebrated by taking off his helmet on the play. Unfortunately, because of that, he had to sit out the next play, and backup quarterback Zach Masoli had to go under center for the last, and most important play of the game.

Masoli attempted to hit one of his wide-receiver’s to tie up the game, but his pass was incomplete and the Vikings failed to convert on the two-point conversion, and that was the game.

This game was a classic game played by both teams that’ll be remembered for

The top five on the women’s team finished 8th, 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th, which added up to the low score of 60 points for the Mavericks 2nd place finish.

The women’s top finisher, Lily Paul, finished with a time of 22:57 for 8th place.

Senior runners Lily Paul and Josie Braaten had a more positive outlook for the team when they get a chance to come back within the next couple of weeks: “We get to come back to this course in 3 weeks for the Roy Griak Invitational and we can compare our times and progress then,” said Paul.

“The closer our first and fifth runners are, the less

es. RB Rudolh Sinflorant ran for 62 and a TD of his own.

WR’s Nickel Meyers and Chet Peerenboom caught the ball a combined 11 times and 214 yards, with 2 TD’s. Kyle Theis recorded the only sack of the game.

This year’s matchup has been closer than years past, as the Vikings showed everyone why they shouldn’t be taken lightly in 2018.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Mavericks football team has shown again why the team is in for a heck of a year. Get in the seats, cheer your hearts out, and remember, go Mavericks!

the best set of nets for an outdoor basketball game, which takes the pressure off of always having to adjust your shot to your old chain-netted hoop back at your local basketball park.

Since the tournament began, Matt has run all his tournaments in the Le Sueur and Belle Plaine, MN area.

This is his first time running a tournament in Mankato, and he’s looking in the future to branch out his tournaments in the future, including maybe hosting tournaments in the metro area soon. If he has the same turnout he’s had in years past, it’s a real possibil-

ity.

If you’re interested in the event, sign up is quick and easy for you or a group of buddies who want to sign up to play! All you should do is go to their website at johnnyblacktop.com and click on sign up to register yourself or your team.

Cost is $25 per person, or $100 to sign-up your four-person team, which comes with a FREE t-shirt for each person who signs up. But you must hurry fast, because spots are filling up fast!

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“The Nun” is a gothic thrill ride

How does this film rank up with the previous “conjuring” movies RACHEAL JAEGER STAFF WRITER

What is most important for setting the ground for any film is the images that it opens with and “The Nun” is no exception. The film begins with the camera panning down a dark tunnel towards a door with the sign that announces, “God ends here” in Latin.

The camera also revisits how the cross is used.

The camera zooms on the cross for the first time and just before the young nun jumps to her death, the camera cuts back to the cross which spins upside down.

The setting is in Romania during the 1950s in a convent that has become predominantly evil

that takes over the soul of every nun. The audience is revealed that only two nuns are left. The one who is older begs the younger one to take care of the problem and tells her she knows what she must do.

The younger one cries that she can’t, and again the camera focuses on a long rope that is tied to the door and then, the young nun leaps out the window and dangles from the rope.

The camera narrows on the blood dripping from the nun’s toes.

The Nun introduces another environment where Irene (Taissa Farmiga), who is another young nun is currently in a classroom alone with her colleagues.

Irene is not in the official dress as her colleagues,

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but in normal apparel an ordinary girl would wear.

Just the way Irene is introduced, the theme for the rest of the story is similar when she presents the

challenge of what is not talked about in the Bible, such as dinosaurs, and that just because they aren’t mentioned it doesn’t mean that they never ex-

isted.

Mother Superior hap-

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An overview of Eminem’s new album “Kamikaze” Eminem critiques new generation of rap in latest album

MARK REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER

Rapper Marshall “Eminem” Mathers surprised fans on August 31 when he released his 10th studio album titled “Kamikaze” with no promotion or pre-announcement.

Included in the album are a collection of mostly “diss tracks” towards other artists and critics of his last album, “Revival,” which received poor feedback from the public.

The new album reaches back to Mathers’ older albums. Many people, including the producer of four of the album’s tracks Illya Fraser, say it’s the re-

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turn of his aggressive Slim Shady persona.

“To me it is,” said Fraser in an interview with Rolling Stone. “Right away he comes out just blowing bad, spittin’. This is Emi-

nem.”

When asked to compare the album to its predecessor “Revival,” Fraser said: “You can’t even compare the two. Apples and

oranges. A lot of Em’s more refined fans, people who wanted to see growth in him, they liked Revival.

I liked Revival too. People wanted Slim Shady.

He was doing his version

of [Jay-Z’s] 4:44. People weren’t ready for it. It’s the marketplace; it’s not the music. But you’re not going to know until you try, right? He gave it a try.

He got his reaction. Then right away, he’s going right back to the drawing board. O.K., that’s what you want? And he delivered.”

Fans seem to agree.

With a fan score of 8.1 on Metacritic, this is his highest rated album since “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” and is much better than the score of 5.1 of “Revival.” The album also marks Mathers’ ninth consecutive No. 1 album, with only the Beatles, Jay-Z, Bruce

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Taylor Swift solidifies her ‘reputation’ in Minneapolis concert

First artist to perform back-to-back shows at the U.S. Bank Stadium MANSOOR AHMAD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Concerts aren’t just twohour sets of singers getting on a podium and singing, it is artists in intricate attire performing on gargantuan stages, with massive budgets for concert production. And there is no better way for an artist to express their story than visually showcasing their performance.

Charli XCX had already warmed up the massive crowd at the Vikings home, setting the tone for Camila Cabello. Donning a purple Vikings jersey, the crowd was ablaze as Cabello performed “Havana”, her biggest hit yet, not onlybecause it was one of the more anticipated songs, but also because it was almost time for Swift to come on the stage.

U.S. Bank Stadium was already lit by the bracelets fans were given when entering, making me feel as if I was out in the countryside, stargazing. Except that it was very loud.

From the position assigned to the photographers, I was still about 60 yards out from the two T-shaped stages that came out laterally from the center stage. The front of the stage looked as if

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it were a medieval castle. But to battle that, there were fans dressed in fantasy costumes, such as elves and pigs.

Amid the loud crowd buzzing endlessly, the enormous screen started playing snippets of Swift’s critics speaking of her reputation.

It was a befitting beginning as newspaper-styled cutouts

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Then just as the snippets gained intensity, the screens went dark again. The stage split open from the center, and Swift emerged silhouetted against the bright lights behind her, casting a strong

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Or maybe not.

The silhouette lost shape as Swift started off the first of the two nights with the strong, slightly darker “…

Ready For It?” as the crowd roared uncontrollably. By the

second chorus, a troupe of backup dancers joined Swift in the center of the stage.

The dancers’ strong body language was something to

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EMINEM Continued from page 13 Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley with more No. 1 LPs. But “Kamikaze” hasn’t come without any flack.

While fans seem to enjoy the album, many critics do

not. Pitchfork wrote that the album is “Eminem’s latest act of stubbornness in the face of change.”

While his technical skill is better than ever, and his wordplay and internal

rhyming are unbeatable, the subject matter of this album does linger on the past. It can quickly become tiresome to hear about how badly his last album did in most of the

songs in the album.

Overall, “Kamikaze” is a solid collection of diss tracks that is reminiscent of Mathers’ early music.

For people expecting anything new from Eminem,

you won’t find it in this album. But for fans who just want to hear him doing what he does best, “Kamikaze” definitely delivers.

the camera centers on her closed eyes but focused mind, but images of Father Burke’s struggle flow from her head.

In relation to other cinematic styles, I found the usage of lighting and shadows compelling, especially with the evil presence who masquerades as one of the nuns. When Irene has her faceoff with the presence, the camera blurs the nun in the background but emerges after Irene senses it. At the beginning when the audience gleans a sense that Irene questions, the audience at this moment also realizes she is coming to terms with her faith at the same time.

Also, while Irene is associated with the church,

even she succumbs to the overpowering presence of evil and nearly dies, if not for Frenchie. Unfortunately, Frenchie pays for saving her without knowing it himself and hints that he will be The Conjuring universe’s next focus.

I am not sure how I feel about the universe’s continuation. With each released movie comes its own story and I enjoy the tension from the heightening suspense and mystery with the cinematic plays of different techniques involved. But I fear when plots will start becoming predictable, if they haven’t already for other people.

NUN Continued from page 13 pens in on the group and she sends Irene to the haunted convent with a priest, Anthony Burke (Demián Bichir), who constantly deals with his guilt from a past exorcism he conducted during the World War II era. Irene’s costume also changes from her normal wear to a professional nun’s dress in all white. As more events unfolded, I took the white to symbolize not just innocence and purity but that she is untouched by both the seen and unseen worlds because she uses her own mind.

Together Irene and Father Burke join forces with “Frenchie” (Jonas Bloquet) who is familiar with most of the convent’s history and most of the

building.

When the trio arrive at the old convents site, one of the characters remarks about how fresh the blood is and how much of it there is compared to what there should be for how much time has passed. They also walk through a graveyard with many crosses which becomes a main setting with the events that unfold.

One of the first things I noticed when they went inside the convent is the crucifix with a beheaded Jesus whose symbol adds to the weight of the demonic presence. The trio also encountered a veiled figure who Irene assumes is the Mother Superior and who does not answer the first several times that

Irene addresses her. The Mother Superior is so hidden in black that the chills build in audience and anyone who watches also get a feel something is not right.

While Irene and Father Burke are in private eating their supper, she also reveals to Father Burke that she has had visions throughout her life. Afterwards, he has a nightmare about the boy who ended up dying days after his exorcism and hears bells which lure him to the graveyard where the nuns were buried. Meanwhile through all the years Irene has had visions, she has acquired a discipline for paying attention to her intuition. The cinematography is powerful when

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SWIFT Continued from page 14 note, but Swift matching their intensity equally was something to notice.

Geysers of smoke exploded from the all sides of the stage as Swift mouthed “Are you ready for it?” to which the crowd responded by exploding in cheers. But what beat the smoke was fire, which erupted from the top of the two laterally fused screens as Swift sang the chorus of “I Did Something Bad”. The heat from the fires was enough to warm a couple of apartments inflicted by a Minnesota winter.

It was already a theatrical pop masterpiece, if not more.

Or maybe I’m just an easy critic. But when Taylor Swift’s publicist, Tree Paine, personally comes down to the photographer’s pit and explains to you what to expect from the first couple of songs in order for the photographers to be as prepared as possible to snag the coolest photos of Miss Swift, you have to admire the effort that’s put in to uphold the reputation of one of the most beloved artists in pop music today.

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