President Edward Inch was officially sworn in on Sept. 9 at the Bresnan Arena after a delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Fall 2022 season is Thomas’ sixth working with the youth in Mankato.
Events were hosted almost every day leading up to the inau guration such as pizza with the president, the scholar walk and facultyStartingBBQ.with the Master of Ceremonies featuring David Hood, Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs addressed the fellow presidents of the Minn State system who came to support the new presi dent.Following was the posting of colors by MSU’s ROTC stu dents as greetings from faculty, MSU alumni and current stu
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As a fourth-generation MSU student, Zellmer went on to speak about president Inch’s ef forts in focusing on the student experience and the importance
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“Typically,week. we just hang out for about 15 minutes to build a relationship. Then we introduce them to the theme of the day– the first meeting was about connect edness and working with your team. Then we do stretches, and then running activities,” said Thomas.
The two have strong bonds with the girls they work with. This season is Nhean’s fifth with GOTR, but this year she is working with different students than years previous.
The Resolute: Minnesota Stories of 9/11 and the War had a piece of the Twin Towers on display as part of their traveling exhibition at MSU.
“Waiting seemed like a pru dent thing to do in understand ing that memories fade and peo ple move and we need to gather these stories now and the result of gathering them became more and more clear on how promi
dents followed. Emma Zellmer, president of student government at MSU, welcomed Inch to MSU
Apart from the videos visi tors could watch, several arti facts were on display. One of the cases held Grand Rapids native Andrew Bundermann’s U of M baseball cap and field fatigues along with his distinguished service cross, the second high est honor a soldier can receive in the army. Bundermann was
Devinder Malhotra, the Min nesota State Chancellor was among those who addressed Inch on his new endeavors.
Sunday was the 21st anni versary since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. To commemorate the honor of deceased Minnesotans who were on the planes and in the towers and Pentagon, the Resolute: Minnesota Stories of 9/11 and the War brought their traveling exhibition to Minneso
erans Museum Executive Direc tor Randal Dietrich explained that the exhibition started from not wanting to wait any longer to share the stories of Minneso tans.
The two have coached youth in the Mankato area throughout their time at MSU, in addition to other commitments.Nheanand Thomas both became involved with GOTR through their soror ity, where they both hold leadership positions.
ta State University, Mankato. The exhibition is a series of oral interviews and memorabil ia given by Minnesotans who were in New York, Washington D.C. and those who served on the frontlines of the war follow ing the aftermath of 9/11. The exhibition debuted last year in St. Paul at the Minnesota State Capitol to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the event.
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“GOTR is a program for third through fifth grade girls for team-building and confidence. It’s not that much running– it’s about building strong girls,” said Thomas, the administrative viceThepresident.teamsmeet for a few months each spring and fall, two times a week, and vol unteers from MSU alternate coaching their team once or twice a
nent Minnesota’s role has been in this conflict,” said Dietrich.
Minnesota State Uni versity, Mankato seniors Emilee Thomas and Molly Nhean were recently named International Coaches of the Year for Girls on the Run.
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After a year’s delay due to Covid-19, the inauguration of the 13th President of Minne sota State University, Mankato Edward Inch took place in the Bresnan Arena on Sept. 9 as fel low faculty, staff and students were in attendance to celebrate.
“I’m at a different site this season. I’m always going to wonder how the other girls are doing now. I always think about them,” saidTheNhean.two were nominat
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“I got involved through Gamma Phi Beta. I love GOTR because it’s build ing young individuals to become confident in them selves, and feel comfortable to be their true authentic selves,” said Nhean, the chapter’s president.
“Our students and alumni come from all different back grounds from every corner of our state, country and all across the world. Together we are a campus community with big ideas and real-world thinking, that is always working toward becoming more inclusive, acces sible and welcoming,” Zellmer said. “This is a community that we know president Inch is a per
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so happy to be involved with these girls. The girls inspire me every day to be the best version of myself, and I love seeing them grow into empowered young individuals,” said Nhe an.Nhean, who is majoring in social work and minoring in non-profit leadership, hopes to continue her volunteer work with GOTR and beyond.
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Because the queen died at her summer home of Balmoral, Scotland has been the focus of the world’s attention for the first part of Britain’s 10 days of national mourning. Large crowds have lined the route as her coffin journeyed from the castle to Edinburgh, under scoring the deep bond between
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As Queen Elizabeth II’s four children walked silently behind, a hearse carried her flag-draped coffin Monday along a crowdlined street in the Scottish cap ital to a cathedral, where a ser vice of thanksgiving hailed the late monarch as a “constant in all of our lives for over 70 years.”Four days after the 96-yearold queen died at Balmoral Cas tle in the Scottish Highlands, a military bagpiper played as her oak coffin, draped in the redand-yellow Royal Standard of Scotland, was borne from the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in a solemn proces sion.King Charles III, dressed in army uniform, and his siblings Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward walked be hind as the hearse traveled to
At the Pentagon, which also was targeted on 9/11, Presi dent Joe Biden vowed that the U.S. would continue working
Both Nhean and Thom as feel their involvement with GOTR has had a positive effect on their experience at MSU.
“Coaching teaches you pa tience at times– they’re a crazy group. During the season, if I’m ever having a bad day and then I go coach, I feel better after ward because they’re so fun to interact with,” said Thomas.
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“And so we gather, to bid Scotland’s farewell to our late monarch, whose life of service to the nation and the world we celebrate. And whose love for Scotland was legendary,” said the Rev. Calum MacLeod.
The coffin will remain at the cathedral until Tuesday so the public can pay their respects.
“The award was presented to us at the All Greek Cere mony on campus. Our youth programming coordinator at YWCA came in and gave it to
to root out terrorist plots and called on Americans to stand up for “the very democracy that guarantees the right to freedom that those terrorists on 9/11 sought to bury in the burning fire, smoke and ash.”
the queen and Scotland. That bond persisted even as relations soured between the Conserva tive U.K. government in Lon don and the pro-independence Scottish administration in Ed inburgh. Church of Scotland Moderator Iain Greenshields said “most of us cannot recall a time when she was not our monarch.”“Committed to the role she assumed in 1952 upon the death of her beloved father, she has been a constant in all of our lives for over 70 years,” he said. “She was determined to see her work as a form of service to others.”
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Inside the church, the coffin was placed on a wooden stand and topped with the golden Crown of Scotland, encrusted with 22 gems and 20 precious stones along with freshwater pearls from Scotland’s rivers.
King Charles III, Princess Anne and members of the Royal family join the procession of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles’ Cathedral, in Edinburgh, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022.
Nhean and Thomas received the award in front of their GOTR teams and the Fraterni ty and Sorority community.
St. Giles’ Cathedral, flanked by a bearer party of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and a de tachment of the Royal Compa ny of Archers, the king’s cere monial bodyguard in Scotland.
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“I was nominated by of the girls I coach and her grandma. She was able to see the connec tion I had with her grandaugh ter and show that through this nomination, and it warmed my heart. There are not enough words to express how happy I was,” said Nhean.
Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tearchoked tributes and pleas to “never forget,” 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S.Thesoil.loss still felt immediate to Bonita Mentis, who wore a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis.
The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people.
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“I’ve thought about doing more volunteering with YWCA or similar organizations. It’s al ways been a passion for me. As a youth, it can be difficult to have your voice heard, and I want to provide that path for youth in the community,” said Nhean.
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The fourth plane was head ed for Washington but crashed near Shanksville after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.
Thousands lined the 0.7mile (1 kilometer) route be tween palace and cathedral, some arriving hours early to catch a glimpse of the coffin. Charles and his siblings lat er stood in silent vigil at the church.
On Sept. 11, 2001, con spirators from the al-Qaida Muslim militant group seized control of jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles, hit ting the trade center’s twin towers and the Pentagon.
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First lady Jill Biden spoke at the third attack site, a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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us there,” said Thomas.
While both are busy with schoolwork, Gamma Phi Beta and other commitments, they always make time for their teams.“I’ve gotten busier each se mester. As president of Gamma Phi Beta, it’s a lot of work on top of that, so I try to coach at least once a week. I love doing it. I stretch myself thin, but I’m
“It’s been 21 years, but it’s not 21 years for us. It seems like just yesterday,” she said before reading victims’ names at the World Trade Center to a crowd that included Vice Pres ident Kamala Harris and hus band Doug Emhoff.
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Shedding light on the vari ous communities on campus, Inch was delighted to be hon ored and thanked those who attended.“Atthis university, we will be poised to provide the spring board and support for them, to accomplish their dreams and I am honored to say go Mavs,”
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The center was founded in 1977 following multiple inci dents of discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, including a protest at a local bar over anti-queer discrimination that garnered national attention.
“When the nominees are having a great time that trans lates on screen,” Hudlin said, citing the “passionate, touch ing” speeches delivered by winners.Thompson, the veteran “Saturday Night Live” cast member taking his first turn as Emmys host, said he wants to enjoy the ceremony and make sure others do.
Inch then was sworn in as MSU’s 13th president and shared a few words with the congregation.
Of course as many people would, Thomas has some res ervations about his new role.
“When I accepted the posi tion, I made a promise, and I affirm that promise today, to do all I can to lead this uni versity with a focus on student success,” Inch
“I never knew I was going
Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson and the ceremony’s producers are promising a feelgood event — a phrase not applicable to several of the top nominated shows.
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Even comedy nominee “Ted Lasso,” the defending champ, took a storytelling dark turn.
“I want people to know that I am a resource too, I have a history in mentoring and ad vising,” said Thomas. “Being there for others is a goal I al ways had for sure.”
to be in higher eduction to be honest until I really started see ing people and their passion for it,” said Thomas.
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The tables will be back and again reserved for nominees — and their “significants,” Stew art said — but there will be some 3,000 other guests seated traditionally in the temporarily reconfigured 7,000-seat Mic rosoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
One of the few things that will cause Thomas to show an ger and disappointment is the topic of bigotry.
“I was already hearing is sues about misgendering, and it’s just the third week of the semester,” said Thomas. “That is just something that just has stop.”“I’m not here to change your views, your beliefs, what you
Inch said.
JEREMY REDLIEN • The Reporter Steven Thomas became the new Interim Director of the Jim Chalgren LGBT Center over the summer. One of Thomas’ goals for the new school year is potentially changing the name of the LGBT Center.
“Specifically when it comes to administrative work, that is a girl that I do not know,” said Thomas with a laugh. “But luckily the diversity and equi ty staff and faculty has been helpful and it really is actually a team effort I will say.”
Given his experiences, Thomas understands the im portance of representation on college campuses.
The best drama contenders include the violently dystopian “Squid Game,” bleak work place satire “Severance” and “Succession,” about a power ful and cutthroat family.
“I charge you president Inch to use your qualities of leadership, your sound judg ment, your personal integrity together with the strengths of this university to collaborate with colleagues across the state to advance teaching, learning and public service to benefit the state of Minnesota,” Mal holtraPresentingsaid. the presidential medallion was Roger Moe, chair of the Minnesota State Board of Trustees who also conducted the oath of office.
In 2004, Jessica Flatequel was the first full time director hired to run the LGBT center following a student protest lead by Jess FollowingCrary.the resignation of David Gardner, Thomas will
“This should be a night of appreciating artistry and cre ativity and removing the stress of it all out. I get it — it sucks to lose, and everybody’s pick ing outfits and trying to do the red carpet thing,” Thompson said.“But at the same time, it’s an awesome thing to be in the room on Emmys night, and I don’t want that to get lost in theHestress.”doesn’t expect anything mirroring the Will Smith-Chris Rock confrontation that cast a shadow over the Oscars earlier this year, Thompson said.
Kenan Thompson attends Press Preview Day for the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. The awards show honoring excellence in American tele vision programming will be held on Monday at the Microsoft Theater.
This past summer, Steven Thomas was chosen by Min nesota State Mankato as the Interim Director of the Jim Chalgren LGBT center follow ing the resignation of the prior director David Gardner.
value. No honey you do your thing, you do what you want,” said Thomas. “But if you going to step out here on this campus, especially as a student, no. I feel when it comes to respect that’s just something you just have to do.”The Jim Chalgren LGBT center is second oldest campus LGBT center in the nation and has a rich history.
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“I want to see a wide range of diverse individuals being able to utilize the center,” said Thomas.Thomas even had a few ideas for things that needed changing about the LGBT cen ter.“I want to do more new things as well, especially when it comes to revamping different things, especially when it comes to gender identity because right now if you think about the [name of] LGBT center it’s not really inclusive for all,” said Thomas. “So I want to put out there changing the name to make it more inclusive as well. I do know a lot of students who identify as agender or ace [asex ual] and right now they are not represented in the name in the center at all.”
As the new director, Thomas is already showing enthusiasm and passion for ensuring that all LGBTQ students are given a voice on campus.
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But after several pandem ic-constrained awards seasons, Monday’s 74th Primetime Emmy Awards (airing 8 p.m. EDT on NBC, streaming on Peacock) will be big and fes tive, executive producers Reg inald Hudlin and Ian Stewart said.They’re actually taking a page from last year’s scaleddown ceremony and its clubstyle table seating for nomi nees.“They had a ball. They had a party. They celebrated them selves,” Stewart said, recalling a comment made by actor So phia Bush at the evening’s end: “Oh, my God, I actually had fun at the Emmys.”
about the impact it had on the American people.
has gripped the southwestern U.S., zapping flows in the river. What’s more, people contin ue to move to this part of the country. Arizona, Utah and Nevada all rank among the top 10 fastest growing states, according to U.S. Census data. While Wyoming and New Mexico aren’t growing as quickly, residents watch as two key reservoirs — popular recre ation destinations — are drawn down to prop up Lake Powell. Meanwhile, southern Califor nia’s Imperial Irrigation District uses more water than Arizona and Nevada combined, but stresses their essential role pro viding cattle feed and winter produce to the nation.
Kira Dupont, a junior at MSU, visited the exhibition as she ex plained that her education on 9/11 growing up was minimal and she wanted to know more
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member exactly where they were and how they felt during that time. Thompson was at work with his coworkers, watching the collisions and col lapse of the towers on the tele vision. Thompson recalled his thoughts in the aftermath that followed.“Iwent home and lowered the flag on my flagpole to half mast and I went in and hugged my family and my wife and I just sat in front of the TV for the next couple of days. It was a lot of information coming in and it was terrifying,” said Thompson. “Here I am with a young family and worried about them, worried about the country, worried about my friends who were in the mili tary, knowing that they would get deployed. It was kind of a horrific time.”
In fact, first sliced up 100 years ago in a document known as the Colorado River Com pact, the calculation of who
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The intensifying crisis facing the Colorado River amounts to what is fundamentally a math problem.The40 million people who depend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or grow food across millions of acres use significantly more each year than actually flows through the banks of the Col orado.
“A lady came in that lost a couple of good friends in Iraq that were killed by an IED. I spoke with a young lady who does talk and study groups with veterans and her father is a vet eran who was a navy guy that was deployed right after 9/11, so it really affected her family quite a bit,” said Thompson. “This is kind of a cathartic place to kind of see what we have and absorb the experi ence knowing that they’re not alone.”Forthose who lived through the tragic day, citizens can re
A drought scientists now believe is the driest 22-year stretch in the past 1,200 years
Blue Origin’s launch com mentary went silent when the capsule catapulted off the rock et Monday morning, eventu ally announcing: “It appears we’ve experienced an anomaly with today’s flight. This wasn’t planned.”Booster failure on today’s uncrewed flight,” the Kent, Washington-based company tweeted close to an hour later.
the inspiration from the 2020 movie, “The Outpost,” where Bundermann defended his out post against the Taliban in a ra tion of six to one in the Battle of Kamdesh.Thosewho have vivid mem ories of 9/11 and who served after, sharing their stories with their families can be healing. Curator Doug Thompson said that several people and their families visited while sharing meaningful stories.
Bezos rocket crashes only moments after liftoff
The rocket came crashing down, with no injuries or dam age reported, said the FAA, which is in charge of public safety during commercial space launches and landings.
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Alyssa Chubbuck, left, and Dan Bennett embrace while watching the sunset at Guano Point overlooking the Colorado River. During the past two decades, pressure has intensified on the river as the driest 22-year stretch.
This image provided by Blue Origin shows a rocket after a launch failure on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has suffered its first launch failure. No one was aboard, only science experiments.
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However, not everyone was old enough to recall the event.
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No one was aboard the Blue Origin flight, which used the same kind of rocket as the one that sends paying customers to the edge of space. The rockets are now grounded pending the outcome of an investigation, the Federal Aviation Adminis tration said.
emergency launch abort sys tem immediately kicked in, lift ing the craft off the top. Several minutes later, the capsule para chuted onto the remote desert floor.
“The framers of the compact — and water leaders since then — have always either known or had access to the information that the allocations they were making were more than what the river could supply,” said Anne Castle, a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center at the University of Colorado LawDuringSchool.the past two de cades, however, the situation on the Colorado River has be come significantly more unbal anced, more dire.
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A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Mon day in the first launch accident for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, but the capsule car rying experiments managed to parachute to safety.
gets what amount of that water may never have been balanced.
The New Shepard rocket was barely a minute into its flight from West Texas when bright yellow flames shot out from around the single engine at the bottom. The capsule’s
“I wish [9/11] was more a prominent part of our curricu lum growing up because I think it’s a major event in history we can all learn from. I think we can learn a lot from past events so that we don’t allow things like this to repeat in the fu ture,” said DietrichDupont.notedthat the re sponses from the exhibition have been appreciative for the effort in telling their stories over the last 20 years by bringing a sense of familiarity to Minne sotans.“As a result of coming to the exhibit, [the events of 9/11 and the war] becomes more local only because the stories were all based here in Minnesota, places that we all know and are more familiar than some of the other more distant faraway places,” said Dietrich. “It brings the sto ry home and that helps people make connections, when they can identify with the storyteller and have a better sense of what that experience was.”
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A woman, who is on oxygen as she recovers from COVID-19, holds the hand of her husband, who also contracted COVID-19, as he is kept alive with the help of an oxygenation machine at a medical center in L.A.
National Education Associ ation union leader Becky Prin gle tweeted in April: “The ed ucator shortage is a five-alarm crisis.” But a Brown University study found turnover largely unchanged among states that hadQuitdata.rates in education rose slightly this year, but that’s true for the nation as a whole, and teachers remain far more likely to stay in their job than a typi cal worker.
“We’re still trying to dig out of that hole,” said Chad Aldeman, policy director at the Edunomics Lab at George townIt’sUniversity.unknown how many of those positions lost were teach ing jobs, or other staff mem bers like bus drivers — support positions that schools are hav ing an especially hard time fill ing. A RAND survey of school leaders this year found that around three-fourths of school leaders say they are trying to hire more substitutes, 58% are trying to hire more bus driv ers and 43% are trying to hire moreStill,tutors.the problems are not as tied to teachers quitting as many have suggested. Teacher surveys have indicated many considered leaving their jobs. They’re under pressure to keep kids safe from guns, catch them up academically and deal with pandemic challenges with mental health and behavior.
In reality, there is little evi dence to suggest teacher turn over has increased nationwide or educators are leaving in droves.Certainly, many schools have struggled to find enough educators. But the challenges are related more to hiring, es pecially for non-teaching staff positions. Schools flush with federal pandemic relief money are creating new positions and struggling to fill them at a time of low unemployment and stiff competition for workers of all kinds.Since well before the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have had difficulty recruiting enough teachers in some re gions, particularly in parts of the South. Fields like special education and bilingual edu cation also have been critically short on teachers nationwide.
Americans say healthcare is a fail
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If Emmanuel Obeng-Dank wa is worried about making rent on his New York City apartment, he sometimes holds off on filling his blood pressure medication.“Ifthere’s no money, I prefer to skip the medication to being homeless,” said Obeng-Dank wa, a 58-year-old security guard.He is among a majority of adults in the U.S. who say that health care is not handled well in the country, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
leaves schools short around 360,000 positions.
Everywhere, it seems, backto-school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher short age.The U.S. education secre tary has called for investment to keep teachers from quitting. A teachers union leader has described it as a five-alarm emergency. News coverage has warned of a crisis in teaching.
“Navigating the American health care system is exceeding ly frustrating,” said A. Mark Fendrick, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance De sign. “The COVID pandemic has only made it worse.”
While Americans are united in their dissatisfaction with the health care system, that agree ment dissolves when it comes to solutions to fix it.
In fact, the poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans, nearly 8 in 10, say they are at least moderately concerned about getting access to quality health care when they need it.
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“I don’t want one person to be in their room and just be like ‘I feel alone’ I don’t want that, no, because you are not
Racial disparities have long troubled America’s health
alone,” said Thomas. “Honey, there are so many people out here that are raised to love you. I just want people to know that there is support here no matter who you are.”
Black and Hispanic adults in particular are resoundingly worried about health care ac cess, with nearly 6 in 10 saying they are very or extremely con cerned about getting good care.
care system. They have been abundantly clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Black and Hispanic people dy ing disproportionately from the virus.Black and Hispanic men also make up a disproportion ately high rate of recent mon keypoxFifty-threeinfections.percent of wom en said they are extremely or very concerned about obtain ing quality care, compared to 42% of men.
For starters, the pandemic kicked off the largest drop in education employment ever. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people employed in public schools dropped from almost 8.1 million in March 2020 to 7.3 million in May. Employ ment has grown back to 7.7 million since then, but that still
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The poll reveals that public satisfaction with the U.S. health care system is remarkably low, with fewer than half of Ameri cans saying it is generally han dled well. Only 12% say it is handled extremely or very well. Americans have similar views about health care for older adults.Overall, the public gives even lower marks for how pre scription drug costs, the quality of care at nursing homes and mental health care are being handled, with just 6% or less saying those health services are done very well in the country.
While the nation lacks va cancy data in several states, na tional pain points are obvious.
Hiring has been so difficult largely because of an increase in the number of open posi tions.Many schools indicated plans to use federal relief mon ey to create new jobs, in some cases looking to hire even more people than they had pre-pan demic.
About two-thirds of adults think it is the federal govern ment’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage, with adults ages 18 to 49 more likely than those over 50 to hold that view.
ing shortages are plaguing hospitals around the country. And Americans are still hav ing trouble getting in-person medical care after health cen ters introduced restrictions as COVID-19 killed and sickened millions of people around the country, Fendrick said.
Fewer than half of white adults, 44%, expressed the same level of worry.
Timothy Allison, a collaborative special education teacher in Birming ham, Ala., teaches a class at Sun Valley Elementary School. The school district is struggling to fill around 50 teaching spots.
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I’ve been meaning to write this one for years. It was the potato chips that finally made me do it.
If a student is running late, they can cash in the meal plan dining dollars to grab some quick food, rather than attempting to learn on an empty stomach. Dining dollars are free dollars that come with meal plans that can be spent at on-campus restaurants via a student’s MavCard. Some meal plans also allow students to swap meals for more dining dollars, giving students even more flexibility with their eating
Which inspires me to finally ask a question I’ve been meaning to ask for a long time. Don’t you feel kind of silly Meaning,now?allyou folks who, 30 years ago, give or take, thought rap music was the end of the world.
Additionally, purchasing a meal plan helps relieve immediate fi nancial stress. Meal plans are tacked onto student loans, and thus can take groceries out of a student’s weekly spending budget. Not budgeting for groceries can allow students to either work less, or spend more on the things that they enjoy.
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We’re talking about a furor unlike anything we’d seen since men with sledge hammers were smashing jukeboxes, trying to kill rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s.
Overall, meal plans for off-campus students offer a variety of ben efits to students, and are definitely worth considering before tuition is due.
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Not just any old Lay’s or Ruffles, mind you. No, I’m talking about a new-tome brand of chips (on its website, the Miami-based company says it has actually been around for 25 years) I recently saw at a checkout counter.RapSnacks, they were called, available in such flavors as: Notorious B.I.G. Honey Jalapeo, Snoop Dogg O.G. Bar-B-Que Cheddar and Rick Ross Sweet Chili Lemon Pepper, each pack aged with the rapper in question on the bag.
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Now they are the stuff of nostalgia, museums and, in some cases, even scholarship.
Snoop Dogg, then billed as Snoop Doggy Dogg, was on the cover of Newsweek giving the camera maxi mum attitude. The headline: “When is Rap 2 Violent?”
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Theoptions.dining center provides easy-access to eating healthier op tions, such as salads. The dining center’s multiple food stations provide options for picky eaters, so students never feel the need to go hungry. Dining center meals can also serve as a break in your day to sit with friends and enjoy a meal, rather than isolating in an off-campus apartment. Alternatively, it can be a nice study space for students - the school’s student wifi reaches the dining center, making it a workspace option.
Furthermore, off-campus meal plans can be helpful to students with dietary restrictions as well. Alternative milks and vegan meal options can oftentimes come up more pricey for students, and the dining center accommodates those concerns at the same price as ev ery other student.
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As students learning how to be adults on top of learning our course material, it can be difficult to find time in the day to eat right. Once we’re off campus, the daunting task of shopping correctly, pre paring food, and cleaning up afterwards can seem impossible. The effort required to make a proper meal can lead to pizza rolls nightly, which in turn, leads to the ‘freshman fifteen’ a year late.
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Rap, to hear some of you tell it, was a cultural apoca lypse, and rappers, the most frightening men in America.
The point is not that popular music ought not be criticized when it is violent, racist, misogynistic or other wiseRather,troublesome.it’sthat when said criticism takes on the tenor of fire alarms and air-raid sirens, when there is panic in the streets and a general sense that this song, this artist, this genre, represents a cultural Armageddon, a mortal threat requiring scary headlines or hasforever.all,BecauseO.G.blyfactthehowyouofthetion’sday’srow’shealthyorder.perspectivethismanycriticsintervention,governmentitsuggeststhehaveforgottenhowtimeswe’vetraveledroadandthatalittlemightbeinNottomentionalittlerespectfortomorabilitytorendertofearssillyandshrill.Itis,afterall,eachgenerasolemndutytooutrageonethatcamebefore.Andifyouareamembertheonethatcamebefore,woulddowelltorecallitwaswhenyouwereonedoingtheoutraging.Andtotakesolaceinthethatcontroversyinevitabecomescommodity.ExhibitA:SnoopDoggBar-B-QueCheddar.timehappenstousnobodystaysdangerousAndmarketingalwaysthelastlaugh.
To challenge this dilemma, consider off-campus meal plans at the dining center. Although the dining center may seem like a dorm-only privilege, it is not! All students are welcome to purchase meal plans. Students can grab a meal before or after classes, or stop by to snag a to-go box for supper and take it home.
Speaking of studying, students can save time in their days with meal plans. Rather than taking the time to drive home, make food, and drive back to campus between classes, students can walk over to the dining center, eat there and then find a quiet spot in the library to accomplish schoolwork.
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standards. The state paid him $200,000, and he tapped Hills dale’s material, according to members of the standards com mission.Thecollege played an integral part in Trump’s “1776 Report,” a conservative response to work
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Larry Arrn, the school’s presi dent, even said in a speech last year that Noem had “offered to build us an entire campus in SouthThatDakota.”doesn’t appear to be in the works. But it was Noem, widely seen as a 2024 White House hopeful, who turned to former Hillsdale politics pro fessor William Morrisey to de velop the state’s social studies
Shaun Nielsen stands for a portrait in Rapid City, S.D. Nielsen, a middle-school social studies teacher in the Rapid City Area School District, was part of a commission formed to help develop new social studies standards.
South Dakota’s proposed standards released in mid-Au gust align with the “1776 Cur riculum.” Both emphasize the ideals of the country’s founders as an argument for American exceptionalism — an idea pop ular in conservative circles that the U.S. is uniquely worthy of universal praise.
The documents both define patriotism similarly, as preserv ing the “good” of the country while correcting its flaws. They teach that progressivism con flicts with the nation’s founding ideals, and assert that most of the founders — including such slave owners as George Wash ington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison — wanted to endMorriseyslavery. declined an inter view, and Hillsdale did not grant a request to interview a member of its K-12 Education Office.
A few days before middle school teacher Shaun Nielsen joined a work group to develop South Dakota’s social studies standards, he got a thick pack age in the mail.
Noem’s administration re ferred questions to Ben Jones, who oversees the South Dakota Historical Society and worked on the commission to develop the standards.
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While Republican governors such as Tennessee’s Bill Lee and Florida’s Ron DeSantis have embraced Hillsdale’s education for K-12 students, South Dako ta Gov. Kristi Noem has been perhaps the most enthusiastic.
Conservative SD college got new curriculum
like the New York Times’ “1619 Project,” which re-examined the founding of the United States with the institution of slavery at the center. Hillsdale followed up by producing “The Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum,” which of fers nearly 2,400 pages of lesson plans on American history.
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“Whoa -- these are already written,” Nielsen remembers thinking as he opened the doc ument this Hillsdalespring.College, which has sought in recent years to “re vive the American tradition of K-12 education” by fostering a nationwide network of schools, won new prominence when then-President Donald Trump tapped the school to help de velop a “patriotic education” project. Now, in a sign of Hills dale’s growing influence in pub lic education, South Dakota has proposed statewide standards that contain distinct echoes of Hillsdale’s material.
Sent from Hillsdale, Mich igan, home to a conservative private college enjoying outsize influence among top Republi cans, it contained materials that would ultimately form what the state’s public schools students could be expected to learn about American history and civics.
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State head coach Todd Hoffner com mented after the game about the importance of getting out to a hot start against Dulu th. “I thought it was crucial,” said Hoffner. “Trey’s huge re turn ignited us and helped us settle down and do a lot of good things on offense.”
Later in the first quarter, the Bulldogs would see their
The Bulldogs were the first to get on the board late in the third quarter when red
shirt-freshman quarterback Kyle Walljasper powered into the endzone for a 1-yard rushing touchdown to cut the Maverick lead to 17-10. Both defenses held the scoring to 0 the remainder of the quarter.
Junior defensive-back Trey Vaval shined for the Mavs on the punt return as he took it to the house for an 85-yard touchdown, putting Mankato up by Minnesota7.
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rushing touchdown. Mankato took a convincing 14-3 lead heading into the second quar ter.The Mavs were able to add to their lead early in the sec ond when sophomore kicker Damian Chowaniec managed a 44-yard field goal to take a 17-3 lead. Both teams’ defens es kept the scoring at zero the remainder of the first half.
Trey Vaval (above) was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference special teams player of the week. Vaval returned four punts for a total of 132 yards.
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The game remained at 1710 with Duluth in possession and 2:07 left in the fourth quarter. Sophomore lineback er Jacob Daulton came up clutch for the Mavericks as he took down the Bulldog run ning-back on fourth down.
mentalsupportshowingforhealthWiththeschoolyearandcampusathleticsstartingtogetunderway,it’simportantthatwehaveconversationsthatareimportanttotalkabout.AnEpidemicthatisnotonlyfacingthelivesofstudentsbuttheentireworld.ThemonthofSeptemberisMentalHealthAwarenessmonth,whichhelpspeopleunderstandtherisingepidemicthatisfacingthelivesofmany.Amongthemisarisingnumberofindividualswhoarenotonlystudentsbutalsopeoplewhoparticipateinathletics.Manyoftenassumethatathletesaretheselarger-than-lifefigureswhohaveanalphadogmentality,butthetruthisthattheyarestillhumanswhenthejerseycomesoff.Thisisespeciallythecasewithstudent-athletesatMinnesotaStateUniversityMankato.SydneyNelson,ajunioratMSUplayssecondbasefortheMaverickSoftballteamoncampus.However,whensheisnotbusyonthefieldorintheclassroom,sheisheavilyinvolvedwiththeAthleticsDepartment.NelsonservesasthepresidentoftheStudent-AthleteAdvisoryCouncilfortheprogram.Acouncilthatismeanttohelpnotonlyathletesbutcoachesandstaffmemberswithissues.Nelsonhasbeenanadvocateformentalhealthandtheeffectsitishavingonthecommunityaroundher“IfeelverypassionateaboutMentalHealthandfeelitisarisingepidemic.EspeciallyinthecommunitythatIaminvolvedwith,manypeopleIknowhavestruggledwithanxiety,anddepression,andevenhavetakentheirownlife.It’swhyIfeelverystronglyaboutthisandadvocateforit”,”Nelsonsaid.”OneofthemaingoalsoftheStudent-AthleteAdvisoryCouncilhasbeenfindingwaystobringawarenesstomentalhealthissues.WorkingwiththeNorthernSunIntercollegiateConference(NSIC)topromotetheGreenBan MENTAL on page 11 u
first points go up on the board as redshirt-junior kicker Cur tis Cox chipped in a 19-yard field goal to cut the Maverick lead to 7-3. With 3:44 left in the first quarter, Minneso ta State regained momentum after a forced and recovered fumble by junior defensive tackle Maven Kretche.
Mavericks handle the UMD Bulldogs, Improve to 2-0
nail-biting 37-34 opening-night win against Bemidji State on Sept. 1, the Minnesota State University, Mankato football team re turned to Blakeslee Stadium this past Saturday to open their home season against the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. The Mavs were able to ride a hot start Saturday-night to a 17-10 win and improve to a 2-0 overall record.
The fumble recovery by Kretche paid off two plays lat er when sophomore quarter back Mitch Randall waltzed into the endzone for a 21-yard
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Minnesota State went on to win the game by a final score of 17-10. Randall played in ev ery snap Saturday-night due to an injury sustained by sopho more quarterback Hayden Ekern in their game against BemidjiRandallState.commented fol lowing the game about the op portunity he had stepping up and making a name for him self in Saturday’s game. “It’s huge; you never know when your moment is gonna come,” Randall said. “I found a better way to control the offense to night and you gotta be ready to step up when the moment comes.”Minnesota State will be back in action Sept. 17 in Ab erdeen, S.D. as they take on Northern State at 6 p.m.
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The Mavericks celebrated their win over the Minnesota Sate Duluth Bulldogs in their home opener at Blakeslee Stadium Saturday Sept. 9.
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The Maverick defense started the game off on the right track as they were able to hold the Bulldogs to their own 49 and forced a punt.
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“My acceptance was a little different because I had redshirt ed last year due to an injury. So, I had communication with them beforehand to let them know that I was clear to play,” said Nelson. “Once I got the in vitation, it was a sigh of relief. And was like, oh, I am good enough. I am going. This is re
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The Mavericks are ready to be back home for the start of their regular season, and are filled with excitement on what they can share with their team mates every time they take the ice. The Mavs understand that they are players who are now more looked up to since attend ing the National camp and are ready to share their knowledge to make the 2022-23 season one of their best ones yet.
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DYLAN LONG • The Reporter Rockstar Energy Collegiate Esports Invitational hosted at the Mayo Clinic Civic Health System Event Center commence on Sept. 17.
Aug. 17 through 20 was an exciting week for Minneso ta State University’s women’s hockey team, where the Mav ericks had four individuals se lected to attend the 2022 Col legiate Select Series in Calgary, Canada.The four Mavs selected included senior defensemen Charlotte Akervik and Anna Wilgren, as well as senior for ward Kelsey King and junior forward Jamie Nelson.
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The Mavericks did well in their three-game series against Canada, where Team USA came out victorious in two of the three contests. Despite falling in a shootout 4-3 to the Canadians in game one, Team USA bounced back and won game two and three by scores of 4-1 and 2-1 in the Collegiate Selects Series. Wilgren and Nel son each notched assists in the three-game series, but the Mav ericks found their biggest ac complishments to be what they learned from the United States’ coaches.“Atfirst we thought we’d only be there for one week,” explained King. “So being able to take everything in and be grateful for each day, absorbing as much knowledge as possible from the veterans to the young er girls as well as the coaches and staff that they have there, was a huge takeaway for me.”
Mavs compete in USA Collegiate Series Maverick Esports ready for Rockstar Energy invitational
Online competitive gaming is taking the collegiate world by storm in the form of Esports at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Esports is continu ously growing each year, as the competitions are bigger and the stakes are higher.
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(From left to right) Kelsey King, Charlotte Akervik, Jamie Nelson and Anna Wilgren.
It was not an easy invite and play for the Mavericks, howev er. The quartet first traveled to Buffalo, N.Y. for a week-long camp with several current and hopeful Team USA prospects. 76 women were invited to the camp in Buffalo, who were then cut and split into two teams who either competed in Denmark or Calgary.
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Zach Loes, a second year member of the MSU Esports team, touched on what Esports really is. “Esports in general is just competitive gaming prac tices. There are two aspects, one being scrimmages against teams from other schools and the other being Video on Demand (VOD) reviews,” said Loes. “VOD reviews are where we take gameplay from the pros and try to mimic how they play the game. We basical ly try to figure out how to play the game in the most efficient way possible.”
A few times throughout the year, collegiate Esports will have events, such as this weekend’s invitational, where schools from around the coun try come to compete against each other on a stage.
members of the athletic pro gram distributed over 100 green bandanas and bag tags to the Mav Machine. Each one of the tags contains in formation about mental health centers on campus and in the area to help students. However, the council still has bigger plans going forward and continues to work with the“Ourcampaign.goal is to continue to spread to other clubs and organizations on campus. It is important that students know that they have the re sources to help them. All we want is to pay it forward and get others involved,” said Nelson.
“You see the names that you have played against when you were younger. But it was a real ly cool experience to come back and see all those high end play ers first hand and play against those players again since back when you were young,” said Akervik.Forthe Mavs, attention at the national level has been something they have been used to since they were kids, but the chance at making any version of a National team is never tak en for Wilgrengranted.has been highly in
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dana Project is one of the ways to spread mental health awareness and suicide pre vention.Members who join the campaign are given a green bandana to tie to a bag to sig nify the movement and pledge to support mental health and suicide prevention. Last year,
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The Mavericks performed well in camp, each earning a spot on the USA Collegiate Se lects team to compete in Cal gary against Team Canada in a three-game series.
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In addition King went on to say, “it’s a different role that you’re put in versus the role you may play on your college team. You’re always experienc ing a new role, and being able to adapt to that and learn to fit to that role, was also a huge takeaway for me.”
Due to Covid-19, in person matches have been a rarity re cently. This year, Esports is in full gear, and the Mavericks are more than excited to bring back in person events. This Saturday the Mayo Clinic Event Center MSU will be hosting the Rockstar Energy Collegiate Esports Invitational. The event begins at 10:00 a.m. and will go until 7:00 p.m. that evening. Tickets are only $10 for a full-day experience, and are open to the public.
volved with Team USA within the past year, which included an ineligible NCAA season last year due to her involvement with Team USA as she traveled for tryouts for the 2021-22 Olympic team. This year Wil gren is back with Minnesota State and is excited to share her newfound wealth of knowledge with her fellow teammates.
“You’re playing with the best of the best. And natural ly you’re going to be able to walk away from that camp, taking something away from it,” said Wilgren. “We now get to apply that knowledge when we’re back at Mankato, which I think all four of us get to do together.”“That made it even a cool er experience. We got to have the support of one another. Then we also get to bring the experience we had together and what we learned back to school now for our team here with the Mavericks.”Forthree of the four wom en their invitation to the camp was guided through a simple acceptance of their invitation, but for Nelson, communication about her season-ending injury the year prior had to be sorted out before heading to Buffalo. Nelson knew she was ready to go, but was most relieved the Team USA scouts still had her on their radar.
“I met a lot of different peo ple through intramurals, not just your team, but also the other teams you are playing against. It’s something to look forward to after a long school day. I play hockey and lacrosse here but not division one hock ey, so I still want some sports. I am really competitive, so I joined intramural, which is fun, competitive and active,” Mar quardt
This year, the competition will feature more than 10 teams, live gaming in Call of Duty, Super SMASH Bros. and Rocket League with $5,000 in prize money on the line. The event will also feature pro NRG player, GarrettG. Loes, who will be on one of the Maverick’s Call of Duty teams this weekend, shared his excitement for the event.
Most team activities start on Sept. 19 like flag football and slow pitch softball and volley ball with outdoor soccer start ing the week of Sept. 26. These activities will take place from Monday to Thursday nights and there are some weekend tournaments coming up. There are over 40 sports throughout fall and spring semesters; a lot of them are team sports, but some are individual, which are golf singles, tennis singles, dodgeball tournament and ta bleNewtennis.Students can sign up for these activities through the MSU website and generally participants play around 2 to 3 times a week lasting for about 45 minutes. Generally Intra mural sports play around MSU however, the National Intra mural Recreational Sports As sociation hosts a flag football regional tournament champi
Minnesota State University, Mankato is an official member of National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE).
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This coming week Intramu ral sports will be starting hav ing two categories which are solo and team. This week’s first activity is NCAA Weekly Foot ball Pick’em which is going to be through ESPN. It’s a special group for MSU students which requires username and pass word. This activity is going to be played in MSU domain each week. The champion will re ceive an intramural champion shirt.Other sports like NFL foot ball, flag football, team bowl ing, volleyball, outdoor soccer, four-person sand volleyball and bean bag tournament for which the registration is com ing up. Students can access the full information about next few weeks activities on the Intramu ral sports calendar which is on the campus recreations website. Intramural benefits students
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Those who are looking to support the Mavericks Es ports team this weekend will be in for a day full of fun. Not only will you get to watch the competition live, there are also giveaways and scholarship op portunities, interactive booths from top companies in the in dustry, meet and greets, and so much more.
Intramural sports is a way to stay active throughout the school year and socialize with new or old friends.
ciation of Collegiate Esports (NACE) National Champions are confident in their abilities for not only the event, but for the remainder of the season. The season goal for the Mav ericks is as high as it gets; win another national title. Loes also believes that one of their teams has the ability to win the tournament this weekend.
“This is actually going to be my first local area network (LAN) event. For playoffs last year we were supposed to play at the University of Maryland, but because of Covid that was cut short,” said Loes. “I’m just really excited to finally play teams in person.”
is interested and in maybe play ing volleyball and that’s a way those students can get connect ed and play as a team,” Stevens said.Megan Marquardt, a se nior at MSU, plays volleyball in intramural sports. Mar quardt started playing during her freshman year and got to know about volleyball activ ities through billboards and flyers and contacted the event coordinator to sign up.
Intramural gears up for a new season as students form teams to compete
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Leuth doesn’t often cater her art to gallery themes, howev er, she does cater her art to the
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Pride allowing people in Mankato to find community
The city of Mankato held pride events over the weekend to celebrate the LGBTQ+ com munity. South Central Minne sota Pride hosted the events.
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Senior at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Storm Novak, marched at the parade on Saturday with the Stone wall DFL, or Minnesota Dem
party at Wow! Zone on Sun day.Pride events are essential for the LGBTQ+ communi ty because it helps show the members of said community that the city of Mankato has their backs no matter what.
Conkling gallery challenges social issues of the present
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ocratic–Farmer–Labor Party. The organization works for a safe and equitable Minne sota by electing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and allied Democrats to pub lic office in Minnesota. They spoke about why these events are essential to the LGBTQ+ community.“It’simportant for visibili ty and to encourage a sense of community and welcomeness,
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Conkling Gallery is showing prints from five different artists that critique present society in their current show titled “Prints Against the Present.” The art ists’ styles range from transition al to contemporary mediums of printmaking, all coming togeth er under a common theme.
In order to create complex designs, Leuth often creates multiple woodblocks to create color works. The different prints created by the blocks are then stacked on top of eachother to create one cohesive yet colorful image. She commented, “I think that perhaps that’s what caught Josh’s attention; is that I am a very meticulous and consistent printmaker that really considers theOthercraft.” printmaking tech niques included in the gallery in clude lithography and silkscreen printing. Lithography uses a flat stone or metal sheet to transfer the image, and silkscreen print making creates the image via
Mankato hosts Pride annually as a celebration of queer individuals as they celebrate with a parade, local food trucks and shows. The celebration is open to the public.
Once the drawings are carved, I can roll ink on them and then print the paper.”
On Friday, Sept. 9, there was a karaoke event, “Queeraoke,” at Loose Moose Saloon. The following day South Central Minnesota Pride had a pride parade and a pride fest at Riv erfront Park. Then to conclude the weekend, they had a youth
Valerie Leuth is one of the printmakers who was invited to be in the gallery. Leuth de scribed how her art plays into the theme, “I think as far as ‘Prints Against the Present,’ I operate in my making process, always considering the present moment that we’re in.”
especially with a marginalized group, like the LGBT com munity,” said Novak. “It en dorses an atmosphere around town, as well as to people that are present here that they are welcomed, and they are re spected, and we want them to be Novakhere.” said that Pride is important to them because it represents a “sense of wel
public. Leuth said, “It seems like a really great mix of people, but I tend to lean towards the sort of mystic, spiritual, kind of magical explorations of the world that we live in and how we relate to it as human beings and things of thatPrintmakingnature.” is an artistic process of creating a design on a transferable material, and print ing it onto another - often fabric or paper. Leuth said, “Printmak ing is so time consuming and every decision ends up being purposeful.”Themedium of printmak ing Leuth uses to create her art is woodblocks. She explained, “There are so many different mediums for printmaking. I draw directly on woodblocks. Once I have my drawings made, I carved them out all by hand.
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LaBelle found Spielberg a ready resource but their talks didn’t often stray outside of the work at
said Spanish Culture Minister Miquel Iceta.
French Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malakin, right, poses for a pic ture next to his Spanish counterpart Miquel Iceta during a joint news conference in front of Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” painting.
“I mean, he’s a great guy. But leading up to it, Sammy’s ner vous, so I’m getting nervous,” said LaBelle. “He walks into the room and Steven goes over. It’s David Lynch and Steven Spielberg talking. My coverage wasn’t going to be until later, so I’m waiting and waiting to do that scene. It really helped me get nervous to meet him.”
Instead, LaBelle makes a very big entrance in “The Fa belmans” playing the legend ary American film director in his most autobiographical film. As Spielberg’s fictionalized stand-in, Sammy Fabelman, he plays the 75-year-old filmmak er through some of his most formative teenage years as an aspiring filmmaker. Much of the film belongs to Michelle Williams and Paul Dano, who play Sammy’s parents and turn in extraordinarily nuanced, performances. But LaBelle’s
“If there is one artist that defines the 20th century, who presents it in all its cruelty, vi olence, passion, excesses and contradictions, that artist is Pablo Picasso.”
By CIARAN GILES Associated Press
Leuth is hopeful that from her art as well as the other art ist, students can see an example in the craft,”I hope that they are able to see the possibilities that exist with image and the different approaches that can be taken to making artwork.”
CHRIS PIZZELLO • Associated Press
Against the backdrop of Picasso´s iconic anti-war paint ing, “Guernica,” the culture ministers of France and Spain gathered Monday in Madrid’s Reina Sofía Museum to kick off a year of commemorative acts to celebrate the 50th an niversary of the death of the Spanish artist who revolution ized the world of art.
Sammy is the through-line in “The Fabelmans,” a deeply felt portrait of an American movie icon as a young man.
Gabriel LaBelle, a cast member in the film “The Fabelmans,” poses for a portrait during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto.
“We want to present Picas so as he was,” said Iceta.
For a young, little-known actor just getting a role in a Spielberg film can launch a ca reer. Christian Bale and Drew Barrymore are just a few of the actors who got their big break with the director. LaBelle’s challenge, though, added the considerable wrinkle of also playing Spielberg, himself.
In “Picasso Celebration,” France and Spain will be or ganizing more than 40 exhi bitions conferences and other events in museums in Europe and North America over the next 12 “Ourmonths.aimis to revindicate the artistic legacy of Picasso and the relevance of his work,”
“To think that it goes from an audience to this,” LaBelle said, shaking his head in disbe lief. “It’s just absolutely wild.”
ANDREA COMAS • Associated Press
over a stencil design.
LaBelle didn’t get a call back until three months later — and even then he didn’t re ally know what he was in for. It wasn’t until LaBelle was cast and received the full script that it dawned on him. He was the lead of Spielberg’s “The Fabel mans,” playing a fictionalized younger version of the legend ary director.
“The Fabelmans,” which Universal Pictures will release Nov. 11, tracks Sammy through his first exposure to cinema as a child (Mateo Zoryna Fran cis-Deford plays him as a boy) through his high-school years. The film captures Spielberg’s growing wonder with the pos sibilities — and manipulative power — of filmmaking during a time of increasing marital toil for his parents. That meant that LaBelle would be acting out some seminal moments in Spielberg’s life: Making his first war movie; kissing his first girl friend; stepping onto a studio lot for the first time.
LaBelle, a 19-year-old actor from Vancouver with a handful of credits in TV and film, taped his audition and sent it off, not thinking too much about it. A couple days later, he began to hear whispers. That movie? It’s a Steven Spielberg film. And the part? Playing Steven Spielberg.
A big break comes with a big task: Playing Steven Spielberg
But LaBelle quickly became part of the company, Spielberg said. In a talk with Cameron Bailey, TIFF director, at the festival, Spielberg said the role was especially difficult for him to cast.“None of this is really easy because we don’t often see our selves the way our friends and our family sees us,” Spielberg said. “As a kid growing up, I always had a lot of reasons why I was always in the corner, why I was always not the center of conversation.”“Ineeded someone who wasn’t going to bring too much self-awareness to Sammy.”
“I get the script and you’re reading it for 30 pages and he’s 6 and 8 years old. Page 35 or so Teenage Sammy comes along. OK, good! Now this is my part. It’s going to be a three-act mov ie, it’s going to be a ‘Moonlight’ or something. I kept waiting for my exit but it never came.”
In a career spanning near ly eight decades, he is said to have created tens of thousands of paintings, drawings, sculp tures and ceramics that made him possibly the most influen tial and celebrated artist of the past 150 Togetheryears.with artist Georg es Braque, he started the avant-garde Cubist movement that radically changed Europe an painting and sculpture.
“Then there’s me, that kid with the good audition.”
“Ourhand.main focus was the movie,” said LaBelle. “Yes, I could talk to him and go off about his life but I could tell he wasn’t going to unload it all to us. We had to ask. We had to go at it scene by scene. It was really just about the purpose of eachOthermoment.”times, Sammy’s own anxiety mirrored LaBelle’s exactly. One scene reenacts 15-year-old Spielberg’s famous encounter with the director John Ford, who is played by David Lynch in the film. Lynch, LaBelle said, “scared the s—out of me.”
Spain, France anniversary celebration of Picasso
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She continued, “When I was in school seeing other
printmakers’ works was so im pactful. Sometimes you don’t know what you can do until you see someone else having done it and then that provides a launching point for your own work or your own ideas.”
“After I got cast, it was real ly like: Did I just bite off more than I can chew?” said LaBelle, who goes by Gabe. “It was like the universe just dropped down. ‘Ah, you want to be an actor, do you? You want to be in theBeforemovies?’”“The Fabelmans,” LaBelle’s most notable credit was probably a small part in the 2018 reboot “The Preda tor.” At the premiere, when the younger LaBelle saw “The Fa belmans” for the first time, he sat with his parents and broth er, often clutching his mother’s hand. On stage after the film, LaBelle described the odd feel ing of being on a film set “sur rounded by masters.”
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The gallery will be available to view until Sept. 23, with the panel talk taking place Sept. 14 in Ostrander Auditorium.
“When I was audition ing, the character’s name was Teenage Sammy — I thought as opposed to Adult Sammy,” LaBelle said in an interview the day after “The Fabelmans” premiered at the Toronto Inter national Film Festival.
He pointed to Waller-Bridge and said, “this is one of the reasons.”The80-year-old Ford sug gested this would be his last time donning the hat and hold ing the whip of one of the two characters that made him fa mous.“This is it,” he said, as shouts of “no” came from the crowd. “I will not fall down for you again.”
DOMENICO STINELLIS • Associated Press Director Laura Poitras holds the Golden Lion award for best film for ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ at the closing ceremony of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022.
“I have a speech prepared because I’m nervous,” Rus sell said. “I’m grateful beyond belief to be standing here. So many of my heroes are in this room.Russell also thanked Gua dagnino.“He’s been a great friend to me and I love him so dearly,” Russell said.
comeness and ability to feel like I’m accepted within my localSeniorcommunity.”atMNSU, Gaby Sanchez, marched with the Maverick Machine in the Pride parade, and spoke about what Pride means to her, “Pride is accepting who you are and not letting any body tear you down because of it.”
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Runner up went to Alice Di op’s “Saint Omer,” the narra tive debut from the documen tarian about a young novelist observing the trial of a woman accused of infanticide.
MARK J. TERRILL • Associated press Cosplayers watch a Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer at the Mar vel Comics exhibit at the D23 Expo Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Ana heim,
utation comes under threat has gotten nearly universal acclaim.
Jones, Black Panther take spotlight at Disney
Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrell won the top acting priz es. Blanchett won for her per formance as a renowned con ductor in Todd Field’s “TÁR” and Farrell for playing a man who has broken up with by his longtime friend in Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin.”“Thank you so much, it’s such an enormous honor,’ Blanchett said, having just flown back to Venice from the Telluride Film Festival where the film also played.
Laven’s second pride event after coming out. She spoke on what it meant to her, “I’m so, so happy and so excited. So it means a lot of being able to just show ev eryone who I am.”
“If I didn’t have this, I wouldn’t know who my community is. I wouldn’t know my best friends, who are gay in my communi ty,” said Laven. “Seeing so many adults and children here is amazing because it just shows there are so many more gay people than most people would think.”
An emotional Harrison Ford appeared along with a new trailer for the fifth Indiana Jones film, cast members from “Black Panther: Wakanda For ever” showed footage from their forthcoming sequel, and trailers and details were un veiled from the widening TV presence of the “Star Wars” galaxy on Saturday at the D23 Expo.An arena-sized audience gave a standing ovation to Ford, co-star Phoebe WallerBridge and director James Mangold after the trailer was shown at a presentation from Disney divisions Marvel, Lu casfilm and 20th Century Stu dios at the festival at the Ana heim Convention Center, next door to “ThankDisneyland.youfor making these films such an incredible experience for all of us,” the
Waller-Bridge said, “I had the time of my life making this movie,” and “keeping up with this guy is exhausting.”
The trailer shows Ford cracking that whip in front of a group of heavily armed hench men with Waller-Bridge at his side.
“Pride means to me, just a giant celebration of being who you are,” said Laven. “It doesn’t matter who you love or what gender you are. You areThishuman.”was
in the LGBTQ+ community.
usually stoic Ford said, chok ing up at times. “I’m very proud to say to say that this one is fantastic.”
The film, whose title has yet to be announced, is set for re lease on June 30, 2023.
Her performance as a suc cessful woman in the world of international music whose rep
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras’s epic documentary about pho tographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connec tions has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.Poitras, the American filmmaker behind the Os car-winning Edward Snowden documentary “Citizenfour,” thanked the festival for recog nizing that “documentary is cinema” at the ceremony Sat urday evening in Venice. Neon is expected to release the film in theaters this fall and HBO Documentary Films recently acquired it for a television run.
“I’m shocked to get this and thrilled,” Farrell said in a live video message. McDonagh was on site to collect the prize be fore he got one of his own for screenplay.LucaGuadagnino won the Silver Lion award for best di rector for the cannibal romance “Bones and All” starring Timo thée Chalamet and Taylor Rus sell, who also was recognized for her performance for best young actress.
By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press
The jury also gave a special jury prize to “No Bears,” by imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panâhi. The acclaimed director was in July ordered by Iran to serve six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced. The order came as the government seeks to silence criticism amid growing economic turmoil and politicalJuliannepressure.Moore led the jury that selected Saturday’s winner from a pool of 23 films that in cluded many Oscar hopefuls. The Oscar-winner presided over a jury that included French director Audrey Diwan, whose film “Happening” won the Golden Lion last year, author Kazuo Ishiguro (“Never Let Me Go”), who has been judg ing from his hotel room after testing positive for COVID-19, and Iranian actor Leila Hatami (“A Separation”).
Poitras wins prize at Film Festival
By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press
When asked why she was at the event, Sanchez said, “It’s a reminder of where the first Pride started because the first Pride was quite literally a riot. And it’s evolved from a riot to celebrating who we are.”Pride events are not just for college students and adults, they are for everyone. High schooler Kate Laven marched with Centenary United Methodist Church. Laven is among the many youth members at her church
Without these events, they would not know what their community is.
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