Originally planned to happen in fall of 2020, plans to hold the concert de railed due to the uncertainty of Covid-19.“We’vejust been waiting and waiting to get out of the starting gate. And as it looked like we were going to move past COVID this year and be able to have this type of event, we put the wheels in motion about 10 months ago,” Kevin Buisman, MSU director of athletics, said.
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Minnesota State Univer sity, Mankato’s College of Business recently expanded its offerings by elevating its Agri business and Food Innovation minor to a major. The pro gram’s minor was approved in 2020. Since then, MSU has decided to elevate the pro gram, making it available as both a major and minor.
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On Saturday, the Bend of the River Fall Festival will take place on Blakeslee’s practice fields on Minnesota State University, Manka to’s campus. Proceeds from the concert will go to local athletics and activities pro grams with the main bene ficiary being MSU Athletics receiving a $50,000 dona tion from the event.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 Perfect weather for an outdoor concert! 68˚ 86˚
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New agriculture program takes root
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and Food Innovation and As sociate Professor of Manage ment Shane Bowyer said since
“We’ve started recruiting high school students,” Bow yer said. “We’re getting trans fer students now and people even within the campus that are switching majors now that they’ve heard about it.”
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Mankato’s prime location in farm country prompted the program’s launch. The major was approved during the mid dle of last year, but the depart ment was unable to put it in the catalog, making 2022 the first official year students can select the agribusiness major.
Some of the food compa nies that have reached out to partner with the program in clude Land o’ Lakes, Hormel and CHS. These companies are looking for those gradu ates with agricultural back grounds, not necessarily in the science skills but to have an idea to represent their com panies in Assistantmarketing.Professor of Management DQ Spencer teaches classes that focus more on the human resources
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Shane Bowyer (left), Maria Kalivaki and DQ Spencer are professors in the new Agribusiness and Food Innovation program in Minnesota State University, Mankato’s College of Business.
The statue of President Abraham Lincoln that used to have a presence in the Centennial Student Union recently got its new home on the second floor of the Memorial Library after several concerns raised by alumni.
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Her son, King Charles III, and his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and her crown resting on a purple velvet pil low.The queen will lie in state for four days until her funer al Monday, with hundreds of
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for Westminster Hall in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14. The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall for four full days before her funeral on Monday Sept. 19.
One of the opportunities the program offers is the Ag in Action program. The main
They moved down steps un der the hall’s great stained glass window, then past the coffin at a steadyTherepace.were parents with children, couples hand in hand, veterans with medals clinking on navy blue blazers, lawmak ers and members of the House of Lords.Some wore black or suits and ties, others jeans and sneak ers. They had waited hours for a journey past the coffin that lasted only a few minutes.
“We’re very hopeful that there’ll be a return engagement and that people will get out and show their support and that our stu dents will come and enjoy what we think will be a wonderful day.”
hands-on activity is having students do research that in volves agriculture and agri business with topics ranging from apple juice to rubber. Students dive into finding out more information about the topic they are interested in, then present their infor mation to high school and middle school students in the area.Assistant Professor of Marketing and Internation al Business Maria Kaliva ki teaches classes regarding marketing and communica tion. Kalivaki said employers in agribusiness are looking to hire people with commu nication and public relations skills. The courses she teach es are applicable to that.
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“The marketing aspect is like an umbrella, [regarding] advertisement and how to better communicate for the company to the public about what they are doing,” Kali vaki said. “You don’t have to be in a field to know about agriculture, but you have to have some exposure though. That’s what we are trying to give people here, so when they start talking, they un derstand what agriculture is and how to become ambassa dors of agriculture.
ed for local restaurants and bars to have an influx of concert-go ers to keep the party going.
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The military procession from Buckingham Palace was designed to underscore the queen’s seven decades as head of state as the national mourn ing process shifted to the grand boulevards and historic land marks of the U.K. capital.
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Many were in tears as they approached the casket. Some doffed their hats and one curt seyed. One fell to one knee and blew a kiss.
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The coffin of Queen Eliza beth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn car riage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowd-lined streets of London to Westminster Hall. There, Britain’s longest-serving monarch will lie in state for the world to mourn.
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Regarding more events to be hosted at MSU in the future, Buisman is optimistic.
Shortly after 5 p.m., mem bers of the public were allowed to file past the coffin, in the center of the vast medieval hall. People flowed in two lines in a silent river of humanity.
“I think people will certainly be energized after the concert and looking to go elsewhere in the community or into the downtown area,” Buisman said.
side of agriculture, which in volves understanding the full components and functions of agribusiness, management and leadership. Spencer said the program’s goal is to cre ate awareness of agribusiness and provide an abundance of opportunity.“We’rein a great loca tion geographically to [have this program],” said Spencer. “We can not only contribute regionally, we can go glob ally because we contribute all sorts of these skill sets, communications, and the agribusiness to know how to kind of help.”
The reaction from people coming in, be it students or faculty, has been positive. Ka livaki noticed that students who have come from twoyear colleges have enjoyed the
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“We’d like to make this an annual event, we know that we’ve got to walk before we run, and much like their other music fes tivals, they started smaller and grew to much bigger events over time,” Buisman said.
Thousands who had waited for hours along The Mall out side the palace and other loca tions along the route held up phones and cameras, and some wiped away tears, as the pro cessionApplausepassed.broke out as the coffin passed through Horse Guards Parade. Thousands more sat in nearby Hyde Park watching on large screens.
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thousands of people expected to file past. Eight pall bearers carried the oak and lead-lined coffin into Westminster Hall, placing it on a raised platform known as a catafalque.
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Scherer then accused Cruz’s attorneys of being inconsider ate to all involved, but especial ly the jurors for wasting their trip to “Tocourt.have 22 people march into court and be waiting as if it is some kind of game. I have never experienced such a level of unprofessionalism in my ca reer,” Scherer said, raising her voice.McNeill countered angrily, “You are insulting me on the record in front of my client,” before Scherer told her to stop. Scherer then laid into McNeill, with whom she has had a testy relationship since pretrial hear ings began more than three years ago.
JEENAH MOON • Associated Press With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Afri ca as this year monkeypox infections have reached 3,000.
The 12-member jury and 10 alternates were not present but were lining up outside the courtroom to enter. The sud den announcement also meant prosecutors weren’t ready to start their rebuttal case. Lead prosecutor Mike Satz threw his hands up when Scherer asked if he could begin and, with a nervous laugh, said “no.”
“The countries in Africa where monkeypox is endemic are still in the same situation we have always been, with weak resources for surveillance, di agnostics and even the care of patients,” he Monkeypoxsaid.has sickened people in parts of West and Central Africa since the 1970s, but it wasn’t until the disease triggered unusual outbreaks in Europe and North Ameri ca that public health officials even thought to use vaccines. As rich countries rushed to buy nearly all the world’s supply of
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Rich countries have stretched their vaccine supplies by using a fifth of the regular dose, but none have expressed interest in helping Africa. WHO’s regional office for the Americas recently announced it had struck a deal to obtain 100,000 monkeypox doses that will start being delivered.
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“We’re waiting for 40 more (defense) witnesses,” Satz said.
“Because of the U.S.-Da kota War, my family is really assimilated. I wanted to go find that culture. When I got to school in Mankato, the stat ue was one of the first things I saw, going through a tour in the CSU, and saw this person who hanged 38 people. I ig nored it because I had a great er purpose to be there,” said Allen.Despite her misgivings about the statue, Allen hopes the exhibit is a step in the right direction.“Alot of people talk about reconciliation, and people want healing, but I don’t know that you can come back from something like that. It’s going to take a long time, but I think this will spark that interest and conversation. As long as we can keep addressing that, I think it can happen.”
In July, the U.N. health agency designated monkeypox as a global emergency and ap pealed to the world to support African countries so that the catastrophic vaccine inequity that plagued the outbreak of COVID-19 wouldn’t be repeat ed.But the global spike of atten tion has had little impact on the continent. No rich countries have shared vaccines or treat ments with Africa, and some experts fear interest may soon evaporate.“Nothing has changed for us here, the focus is all on mon keypox in the West,” said Plac ide Mbala, a virologist who di rects the global health research department at Congo’s Institute of Biomedical Research.
building namesakes and land marks.“We are creating a build ings and landmarks website which will have all of the re ports compiled over the last two years. The information is available to anyone who wants to see it,” Mixon said.
Defense suddenly rests case in Florida school shooter trial
Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rest ed their case Wednesday after calling only a fraction of their expected witnesses, leading to a shouting match after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism.Cruz’sattorneys had told the judge and prosecutors they would be calling 80 witness es but rested at the beginning of Wednesday’s court session after calling only about 25. There were 11 days of defense testimony overall, the last two spotlighting experts about how his birth mother’s heavy use of alcohol during preg nancy might have affected his brain’s development and led to his murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four yearsTheago.sudden announcement by lead attorney Melisa Mc Neill led to a heated exchange between her and Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who called the decision without warning to her or the prosecution “the
most uncalled for, unprofes sional way to try a case.”
With monkeypox cases sub siding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Africa.
So far, that hasn’t happened.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is sworn in during the penalty phase of Cruz’s trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022.
In recent weeks, monkeypox cases globally have fallen by more than a quarter, including
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the most advanced shot against monkeypox, the World Health Organization said in June that it would create a vaccine-shar ing mechanism to help needy countries get doses.
“Africa is still not benefit ing from either monkeypox vaccines or the antiviral treat ments,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Africa director, adding that only small amounts have been available for research purposes. Since 2000, Africa has reported about 1,000 to 2,000 suspected monkeypox cases every year. So far this year, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified about 3,000 suspect ed infections, including more than 100 deaths.
by 55% in Europe, according to WHO.Dr.Ifedayo Adetifa, head of the Nigeria Center for Dis ease Control, said the lack of help for Africa was reminis cent of the inequity seen during COVID-19.“Everybody looked after their (own) problem and left everybody else,” he said. Adeti fa lamented that monkeypox outbreaks in Africa never got the international attention that might have prevented the virus from spreading globally.
“For some people, this in formation is very new. They aren’t prepared to understand that there is a conflict because they don’t have that founda tion. This is an effort to start helping people learn,” Mixon added.The learning opportunities from the exhibit, however, can come at the cost of other stu dents’ comfort.
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Mixon also hopes that, with time, the new exhibit will foster new discussions about Mankato’s history.
No monkeypox vaccines in Africa
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TikTok may be the platform of choice for catchy videos, but anyone using it to learn about COVID-19, climate change or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to encounter misleading information.
Martha Chambers pose in her apartment in Milwaukee. Wisconsin voters with disabilities are celebrating a win after a federal judge, citing the Voting Rights Act, ruled that they may get assistance returning their ballots.
by having this new school here and having these new programs, we’re attracting those students that otherwise we would lose through the years.”When the term agricul ture comes to mind, it’s often viewed as walking through mud in a field, checking crops. Spencer and Kalivaki said agribusiness involves life sciences, but doesn’t neces sarily mean careers that in volve farmwork.
“Agribusiness is a very flu id dynamic. It’s very broad which allows more students to get those opportunities, get that chance to understand what they want and don’t want to do,” Spencer said.
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press
Severalsaid.other colleges in surrounding states like Iowa, South Dakota and Minneso ta have schools specifically tuned into the production side of agriculture. MSU’s program stands apart from the others due to the prime location for gaining knowl edge about agriculture while allowing students to focus on the business and entrepre neurial side of agriculture.
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press
After the Wisconsin Su preme Court outlawed ballot drop boxes in July, the state’s top election official cited a state law that said voters had to place their own absentee bal lots in the mail or return them to clerks in person.
TikTok may be the platform of choice for catchy videos, but anyone using it to learn about COVID-19, climate change or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to encounter mislead ing information, according to a research report published Wednesday.Researchers at NewsGuard searched for content about prominent news topics on Tik Tok and say they found that nearly 1 in 5 of the videos au tomatically suggested by the platform contained misinfor mation.Searches for information about “mRNA vaccine,” for instance, yielded five videos (out of the first 10) that con tained misinformation, in
In other states, however, battles continue over ballot as sistance and other voting laws that harm voters with disabili ties.As voters push back, chal lenges have arisen in the past two years to laws and practices in at least eight states that make it difficult or impossible for people with certain disabilities to vote.
Fortunately for Le Beau, she and other Wisconsin voters with disabilities can get the help they need to return their ballots this November after a feder al judge last month ruled that the Voting Rights Act, which allows for voter assistance, trumps state law.
Disabled voter wins case in Wisconsin; legal fights elsewhere
This year, it seemed for the first time that the 68-year-old would have to choose between her physical health and voting.
“I certainly don’t want to send my husband to jail be
TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report
A federal judge in June struck down voter assistance restrictions in sweeping changes to election laws passed by Tex as Republicans last year that in part limited the help that voters with disabilities or limited En glish proficiency could get.
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Trudy Le Beau has voted in every major election since she turned 18 — a half-century of civic participation that has got ten increasingly difficult as her multiple sclerosis progressed. Now, with no use of her arms or legs, the Wisconsin woman relies on her husband to help her fill out and return a ballot.
having a drone. We have all these companies around here that want to collaborate with us and want to find graduates to recruit, so we have the op portunities to grow them,” Kalivaki
cause he put my ballot in the mailbox,” Le Beau said. “I would have to find some way of putting my ballot in my teeth and carrying it to the clerk’s of fice.”
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new program. They say it not only allows students to get the skills and qualifications necessary for the field, but lets students who live in the surrounding area stay closer to home now that MSU offers classes that are tailored to fit their“Thisneeds.is a better place to be because we’re in a location where not only you’re going to get a degree, but you’re going to get those connec tions with those businesses that want to get you for an internship or a job in the fu ture,” Kalivaki said. “We’ve lost many students that are going to other colleges in oth er states around here since [those colleges have] more agribusiness qualities. I think
Under the law, a voter could only receive assistance reading or marking a ballot, not return ingInone.July in North Carolina, a federal judge blocked state laws that limited people with disabil ities to receiving ballot assis tance only from a close relative or legal guardian. Restrictions on ballot assistance still stand in several other states, includ ing Kansas, Iowa, Kentucky andInMissouri.Missouri, an ongoing lawsuit challenges a 1977 state law that says no one can assist more than one voter per elec
“[Agribusiness] is tech nology, data analytics, even
“We [as a program] can leverage our strengths [on the business side] and from being
cluding baseless claims that the COVID-19 vaccine causes “permanent damage in chil dren’s critical Researchersorgans.”looking for information about abortion, the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capi tol, climate change or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on TikTok found similarly misleading vid eos scattered among more ac curateTheclips.amount of misinforma tion — and the ease with which it can be found — is especially troubling given TikTok’s pop ularity with young people, ac cording to Steven Brill, found er of NewsGuard, a firm that monitorsTikTokmisinformation.isthesecond most popular domain in the world, according to online perfor mance company, Cloudflare.
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GM’s decision symbolized just how much smaller this year’s auto show will be, with few new model debuts, lessglitzy displays, fewer journal ists and possibly lower atten dance.Though the pandemic is partly to blame, larger forces are at play, too: Automak ers have figured out that new models can make a bigger splash when they’re unveiled to a digital audience on a day where they don’t have to share the spotlight with their rivals.
“There’s a lot of times some negative connotations around farming and pro duction [from] big company farms, but we want to be that voice to say we all need agriculture in our lives,” Bowyer said.
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The Republican was elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Colorado’s Mesa County. A deputy clerk, Belinda Knisley, was also charged in the case, pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to two years of proba tion.For more than a year, Pe ters has appeared onstage with supporters of former President Donald Trump who made false claims that the 2020 presiden tial election was stolen.
So despite moving the show from January to balmy Sep tember and adding outdoor events, the North American In ternational Auto Show won’t be the glitzy event it was the
Not to mention that mak ing a debut at an auto show can be hugely expensive.
Jim Morrison, Head of Jeep Brand North America, introduces the audi ence to the Jeep Grand Cherokee 4XE 30th Anniversary Edition at the North American International Auto Show, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. after
State election officials first became aware of a securi ty breach in Mesa County in 2021 when a photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were posted on so cial media and a conservative website. Because each Colo rado county has unique pass words maintained by the state, officials identified them as belonging to Mesa County, a largely rural area on the border with
This year’s show will be geared more toward consum ers and less toward the indus try. General Motors and Volk swagen will offer test drives. There will be ride-alongs in new electric vehicles from Ford and“Iothers.think that’s the likely track of the future — more consumer-focused than indus try-focused, because the con sumers don’t need all the the fanfare,” said Jeff Schuster, president of global forecast ing for LMC Automotive, a Detroit-area consulting firm. “They can essentially have it look like a showroom.”
A Detroit auto show returns
scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, ex ceed permissible access to vot ing equipment, and set in mo tion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people.”
MANUEL BALCE CENETA • Associated Press
Gone from Detroit’s Hun tington Place convention cen ter are the elaborate multi-sto ry displays that cost millions and took months to construct.
nearly 3-year absence
MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what pros ecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting sys tem technology used across the country.Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food restaurant in Manka to, Minnesota, by several FBI agents, he said on his podcast, “The Lindell Report.”
ki Migoya said in an email.
MyPillow exec investigated by FBI
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The agribusiness program is determined to keep raising awareness on agriculture and how everyone reaps the benefits, from either working in the fields or communicat ing with food companies.
“Students are very tak en aback and amazed about how many careers are in cluded in agribusiness. When they understand more and more about technology, in
By TOM KRISHER Associated Press
For students who are con sidering following the agri business path, Spencer wants students to know of all the career options available should they consider Agri business and Food Innova tion as a major or minor.
Federal prosecutors have been conducting a parallel investigation alongside local prosecutors in Colorado who have charged Peters with sever al offenses, including attempt ing to influence a public ser vant, criminal impersonation and official misconduct.
When it came time to show case its electric Chevrolet Equi nox SUV to the public this year, General Motors decided against doing so at the big De troit auto show, as it typically would have done in the past. Instead, it unveiled the Equi nox six days earlier.
formation and analytics, they develop that desire to want to get into agribusi ness,” Spencer said.
last time it was held in chilly January, more than three years ago.“The industry has changed — the world has changed,” said Karl Zimmermann, vice president of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, which runs the show. “Do I think it’s going to be the same as it was before? No. It’s a much dif ferent format. We’re using in doors. We’re using outdoors.”
The charges against Peters and Knisley allege the two were involved in a “deceptive
MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell aid that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology.
As the world’s population grows, the need to ensure everyone has access to food becomes more prevalent.
WhileUtah.no evidence was pro vided, a copy of Mesa County’s voting system hard drive was distributed and posted online, according to attendees and state officials.
in the right region. In the last few years, we’ve had over 160 different agriculture-re lated companies recruit on campus, and we’re going to continue to use those past histories of our successes in developing this new pro gram,” Bowyer said.
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The agents questioned him about Dominion Voting Sys tems, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and his connection to Doug Frank, an Ohio edu cator who claims voting ma chines have been manipulated, he said. The agents then told Lindell they had a warrant to seize his cellphone and ordered him to turn it over, he said. On a video version of his podcast, Lindell displayed a letter signed by an assistant U.S. attorney in Colorado that said prosecutors were conducting an “official criminal investigation of a sus pected felony” and noted the use of a federal grand jury. The circumstances of the investiga tion were unclear. The Justice Department did not immedi ately respond Tuesday night to a request for comment about the seizure or investigation.
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and CHRISTINA CASSIDY Associated Press
“Without commenting on this specific matter, I can con firm that the FBI was at that location executing a search warrant authorized by a federal judge,” FBI spokeswoman Vik
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This summer came with a shocking ruling being hand ed down by SCOTUS in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Any person who can become pregnant and currently lives in a state where abortion has been outlawed is now faced with an increasingly cruel reality where their bodily au tonomy has been stolen from them by the government.
Abortion access is thus, an important LGBTQ issue as people across the LGBTQ spectrum are fully capable of becomingFurthermore,pregnant.there is also the issue of corrective rape and how it can place LGBTQ
Abortion is a LGBTQ rights issue
However, those who engage in media content are most likely not reading about the latest news updates that discuss our current climate, global policy standings or the economy.
Globally, the news has a major influence on our society whether you realize it or not.
I do not wish to argue that abortion should not be framed as a womens rights issue as women are the group whose members are most likely to become pregnant, and thus end up needing ac cess to abortions. Further more, there is no denying that structural sexism and misogyny are major compo nents motivating anti-abor tion groups.
As college students, our generation consumes hours of multimedia all day every day. Whether it’s for learning pur poses, entertainment or social interaction, screens are shoved in front of us almost anywhere we go.
of power.”
Read the news and learn something
Although it may not seem interesting at first, discussions regarding human rights, the United States standing in glob al discussions and the economy are topics voiced almost daily.
ing for universal healthcare, more funding for schools and education and free child care for working parents. To this day, I have not met that many anti-choicers who en thusiastically embrace such policies.With that said, it is im portant to note that abortion access is an issue that is not solely the provence of fem inism and womens’ rights movement. While many men cannot get pregnant, there are, in fact, men and non-bi nary individuals who can get pregnant and many who even want to do so.
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Regarding student life, The Reporter’s news coverage is much different than news you would see on KEYC or in The FreeAtPress.theReporter, the focused content includes the “stu dent experience” and covers stories that would pique MSU students’ interest.
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I have never seen an ti-abortion groups actually push for policies that are reliably shown to reduce abortion like increased sex education, better access to contraceptives and repro ductive heatthcare. Instead, I often witness anti-abortion groups being fundamentally oppossed to those kinds of policies.Thus, I do not have a problem with pointing out the gross sexism and misog yny being the primary moti vators of the anti-abortion movement. While there are perhaps anti-choice individ uals who do genuinely care about the unborn, I have nev er seen the larger anti-abor tion movement embrace an actual pro-life, pro-child agenda.The reason I say that, is that to me a pro-life, pro-child agenda would include fight
The Weather forecast decides what you wear every day especially when it comes to Minnesota. The economy de cides if you buy those new shoes you liked in the store but do not necessarily need.
Editorials represent the opinions of The Reporter editorial board. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the college, university or student body.
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We, as students, don’t know what is real or what is fake anymore and social media makes almost anything serious into a meme moments after.
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“Indifferent, don’t follow the royal party too much.” “NothingSCHOENBAUER,HANNAHJUNIORreally,kindof sad but didn’t affect my life.”
It is no secret that the younger generation consumes media differently than previous generations. Since media consump tion is so easily accessible and abundant, we have become so overstimulated with information that important issues get buried behind the hottest celebrity gossip and targeted ads.
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We should be curious about what is going on in our coun try and around us. Being able to understand other cultures’ situations and to understand how other countries are run can make a well-rounded individual.
The news is all around us, it is ever-changing, and it is important to keep up to date.
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Having critical thinking skills is an asset that can be overlooked. As a person who lives in the United States, you should have input on the choices your elected representative makes.We, as students, may seem like these issues don’t apply to us; however, they most certainly do. For example, President Biden announced the Student Debt Relief plan that should take action in the coming year.
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Members of one union re jected a tentative deal with the largest U.S. freight railroads Wednesday while three other unions remained at the bar gaining table just days ahead of a strike deadline, threaten ing to intensify snarls in the nation’s supply chain that have contributed to rising prices.
NBC Boston reported that the package that exploded went off as it was being opened near the university’s Holmes Hall, which is home to the uni versity’s creative writing pro gram and its women’s, gender and sexuality studies program. It said the FBI was assisting the investigation.
“We’re monitoring the sit uation at Northeastern and we’re ready to work with the university and our law enforce ment partners on any prosecu tions that may develop,” Suf folk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said, promising “a comprehensive investigation to determine exactly what oc curredHarvardhere.” University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both on the other side of the Charles River sepa rating Boston from Cambridge, said they were increasing pa trols on their campuses as a precaution and urging students and faculty to report anything suspicious.Tuesday’s explosion marked one of the first big scares in Boston since 2013, when two bombs planted near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 oth
A package exploded on the campus of Northeastern Uni versity in Boston late Tuesday, and the college said a staff member suffered minor inju ries.Authorities said another suspicious package was found near a prominent art museum and the FBI was assisting with theTheinvestigation.parcelthat blew up was one of two that were reported to police early in the evening. Boston’s bomb squad neutral ized a second package near the city’s Museum of Fine Arts, which is on the outskirts of the Northeastern campus.
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These situations are a reality too, along with a wide variety of experiences that exist in be tween joyous rapture and un ending nightmare.
Authorities declined to elab orate, but Northeastern spokes person Shannon Nargi said in a statement that an unidentified university staff member suf fered minor injuries to his hand in theFelipeexplosion.Colon, a Boston po lice superintendent, later de scribed the victim as a 45-yearoldPoliceman. converged on the campus shortly before 7:30 p.m., and the university asked students who had gathered for an evening journalism class at the hall to evacuate the build ing.Northeastern is a private university in downtown Bos ton with about 16,000 under graduate students. WCVB-TV said one of its reporters, Mike Beaudet, was teaching a class there at the time. Beaudet told the station his class was moved outside but that neither he nor his students heard an explo sion.Michael Davis, chief of Northeastern’s police force, told reporters the campus was
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secure. Boston police didn’t say whether any other suspicious packages were found.
Between of corrective rape, sexual assault and pregnancies that come from a consensu al sexual encounter, there are plenty of ways LGBTQ individ
One union rejects deal days ahead of rail strike deadline
As it stands, bodily auton omy is an important require ment that is needed before any other liberation can take place. Therefore, maintaining legal abortion access is an important LGBTQ rights issue.
Government officials and a variety of businesses are brac ing for the possibility of a na tionwide rail strike that would paralyze shipments of every thing from crude and clothing to cars, a potential calamity for businesses that have struggled for more than two years due to COVID-19 related supply chain
Ultimately, it is important for us to fight for the rights of all minorities because our group is itself composed of all otherTheminorities.LGBTQcommunity in cludes those who are disabled, women, people of color and the young and the elderly. To achieve true LGBTQ liberation, we must fight for all of us.
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press
Therebreakdowns.are12unions — one with two separate divisions — that must agree to the tentative deals. So far, nine had agreed to tentative deals.
Business and top officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, while talks continue between the nation’s largest freight railroads and their respective unions.
A police bomb squad sealed off part of the campus of Northeastern University late Tuesday to inspect a pair of suspicious packages, and there were unconfirmed reports of an explosion and minor injuries to one person.
individuals at risk of an un wanted pregnancy. Corrective rape is a hate crime in which LGBTQ individuals are raped because of their sexuality or gender identity, in an attempt to cure or correct our (per cieved) gender or sexual trans gressions.Corrective rape can be used against any gender or sexual minority, but those most fre quently targeted for correc tive rape are lesbians, bisexual women, transgender men and non-binary individuals.
But for many people, preg nancy can be an unending nightmare. Either because of dangerous medical complica tions or because the preganan cy itself is a painful reminder of a violent sexual assault.
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uals can experience unwanted pregnancies.Pregnancies can be incred ibly life changing in ways that are both good and bad. Many people want to become preg nant and when they do so, talk about it in joyous, rapturous terms. All the more power to them, I say.
to vote.Railroads are trying to reach an agreement with all their other unions to avert a strike before Friday’s deadline. The unions aren’t allowed to strike before Friday under the federal law that governs rail road contract talks.
MATTHEW BROWN • Associated Press
About 4,900 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 19 voted to reject the tentative agreement negotiated by IAM leadership with the railroads, the union said Wednesday. But the IAM agreed to delay any strike by its members until Sept. 29 to allow more time for negotia tions and to allow other unions
Thus, we should allow those who wish to do so, to terminate pregnancies for any reason.
Package explodes on Boston campus; 1 injured, FBI involved
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bers of the Hall of Fame for a night to cherish the greats and the legacies that they left on this
Senior wide-receiver, Jalen Sample shined for the Mavericks in that game tallying four catch es for 104 yards and a touch down. Sophomore linebacker Jacob Daulton also put up good numbers for the Mavericks with five tackles including 1.5 sacks.
yards gained among all offensive positions.
has also put up strong numbers in the passing column with 247 yards and one touchdown. On top of his 247 passing yards, Randall also sits sixth overall in the NSIC for total offensive
By KARSON BUELOW Staff Writer
His career in the world of broadcasting started in 1970 when he was a Student at MSU becoming the play-by-play an nouncer for football and men’s basketball, while occasionally doing other games for the Mav ericks. From there his career would lead him to working for KMNSU, KSYM in Mankato and now currently the announc er at Brainerd International Speedway. “It is crazy because I was an Army Brat who fell in love with the army broadcast while my father was stationed in Heidelberg, Germany. When
“It was shocking, I even said why me? There are hundreds of teachers and faculty who deserved more recognition. But look back on what it means to the school, league, and town of Mankato I can’t help but thank them for it,” said Lloyd.
Historically, the Mavericks boast a dominant 10-1 all-time record against the Wolves, with their only loss coming in their first meeting in 1979. Since then, Minnesota State has gone unde feated in Aberdeen and expect the same come Saturday.
Graduate student running-back Isaiah Cherrier has been the most consistent offensive player for the Wolves this season, own ing 91 rushing yards and 55 re ceivingMinnesotayards. State looks to improve to 3-0 this weekend as they take on Northern State in Aberdeen, S.D. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Theplayed.Waukee, Iowa native
By CHARLIE GROEBNER Staff Writer
Honoring the Voice of The Mavericks
With the injury to soph omore quarterback Hayden Ekern, Minnesota State will rely on sophomore quarterback Mitch Randall to lead the way to another victory. Randall has impressed so far this season as he leads the team in rushing yards with 154 through two games
On the other hand, North ern State’s offense has struggled so far this season through two games, averaging only 18 points a game and 36 points in total.
It truly is a lesson that many people can learn from regardless of what field they are in. Casey will accept the award on Sept.
With the collegiate sports cal endar about to be in full swing, The Minnesota State Athletics Program looks forward to its annual Hall of Fame Ceremony taking place on Sept. 23 hosted in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom.Thisyear however, is going to be very special as it is the debut of the Maverick Athletics Life time Achievement Award. An award that is meant to recognize the individuals who have signifi cant contributions and service to theTheprogram.inaugural recipient of the award is none other than former graduate and current Voice of the Mavericks, Casey Lloyd.
Mavericks Seek to Improve to 3-0 Against Wolves
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On the other side of the field, Northern State boasts one of the best defenses in the NSIC this
Last season, the Mavericks were able to extend their winstreak against the Wolves, but it wouldn’t come easy. Soph omore defensive-back James Williams forced the all-import ant fumble on a kickoff that set up the MSU drive that sent the game into overtime.
I returned to attend MSU, it was having classes and working with a close friend in Mike Andrews that made me fall in love with it. I even still remember walking into KMNSU asking about the position to be a sports broad caster and offered me the posi tion after the previous student had graduated,” said Lloyd.
career is the relationships he has ple in your field,” said Lloyd.
The #24-ranked Minnesota State University, Mankato foot ball team is set to return to ac tion this weekend in Aberdeen, S.D. as they take on Northern State in an Northern Sun Inter collegiate Conference (NSIC) matchup at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The Mavericks come into this weekend’s matchup with a 2-0 overall record after thrilling victories over Bemidji and Dulu th, while Northern State has ac cumulated a 1-1 overall record with a win against Upper Iowa and a loss against Wayne State.
season. The Wolves currently sit first in the conference in terms of points allowed per game and sit second for opponent first downs thisLeadingseason.
JULIA BARTON • The Reporter
Northern State’s de fense this year is graduate stu dent defensive lineman Ian Mar shall. Marshall has accounted for eight tackles for 40 lossed yards this season which also sits first in the NSIC.
MSU Football hits the road as they are currently ranked #24 in the NSIC Conference. The Mavericks will face the Northern State Wolves on Satur day at 6 p.m. in Aberdeen, S.D.
Courtesy of MSU Athletics Minnesota State University, Mankato Alumni, Casey Lloyd, is set to be inducted into the Minnesota State Hall of Fame taking place on Sept. 23 hosted at MSU in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom.
“Minor leaguers have cou rageously seized that moment, and we look forward to im proving their terms and condi tions of employment through the process of good faith col lectiveMLBbargaining.”hadagreed Saturday that it would voluntarily accept a union if there was majority support and would not force players to petition the National Labor Relations Board to hold a representation election.
Notre Dame and Marshall play during the first half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Sept. 10, 2022.
lars of revenue it generates with no NCAA involvement.
Bruce Meyer, who headed negotiations last winter for a major league agreement, will lead the minor league negoti ations, and Deputy Commis sioner Dan Halem will be the point man for management. Meyer was promoted to depu ty executive director in July.
“Major League Baseball has a long history of bargaining in good faith with unions, includ ing those representing minor and major league umpires, and major league players,” the league said in a statement. “Based on the authorization cards gathered, MLB has vol untarily and promptly recog nized the MLBPA as the rep resentatives of minor league players. We are hopeful that a timely and fair collective bargaining agreement will be reached.”Minor leaguers form a sep arate bargaining unit within the MLBPA, which negotiated its first collective bargaining agreement for big leaguers in 1968 but had until now been uninterested in representing
“For decades, conventional wisdom said it was impossible to unionize the minor leagues,” Marino said in a statement. “Over the past few years, a group of audacious and com mitted folks came together to prove that wrong.”
players with minor league deals.Approximately 1,200 ma jor leaguers are covered by the big league agreement, and their average salary has risen from $19,000 in 1967 to more than $4 million this year.
Theload.”Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, an in dependent group of former and current college administrators that advocates for an emphasis on education in college sports, proposed in 2020 separating FBS from the rest of NCAA sports.Sankey has said he is ad amantly against the Knight Commission’s proposal, in large part because he doesn’t like the idea of compartmental izing one sport within an athlet ic department.Sankeyattended the LEAD1 meeting to give the ADs an update on the Transformation Committee’s work.
Minor leaguers form union, 17 days after organizing began
McMillen did not detail what a more efficient governing model for major college foot ball would entail.
More than 5,500 minor league baseball players formed a union on Wednesday, com pleting a lightning-fast organi zation campaign that launched just 17 days earlier in an effort to boost annual salaries as low as $10,400.Martin Scheinman, the sport’s independent arbitrator, notified Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association that a ma jority of the 5,567 players in the minor league bargaining unit had signed union autho rization cards since the drive started Aug. 28. He did not provide the sides a specific number.“This historic achievement required the right group of players at the right moment to succeed,” union head Tony Clark said in a statement.
Minor leaguers are expect ed to choose player representa tives who will lead them in bar gaining during the offseason.
The NCAA has limited in volvement over FBS compared to the rest of Division I sports. The conferences run the Col lege Football Playoff and share the hundreds of millions of dol
Harry Marino, who has served as head of Advocates for Minor Leaguers since April 2021, was hired as an MLBPA assistant general counsel.
FBS ADs urge college football reform, but not NCAA breakaway
“Nothing about its current constitution would support that,” Notre Dame athletic di rector Jack Swarbick told The Associated Press last month. “So you can change it to play that role. But it’s not set up to do it
The NCAA is in the midst of what college sports leaders hope will be an overhaul of the way Division I is structured and governed.TheDivision I Transforma tion Committee was formed last year and has been meeting regularly for months. It is led by Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey and Ohio athletic director Julie Cromer, who is also a member of LEAD1.“Certainly the debate today has been helpful,” Cromer said. “I think we’ll use this feedback in our transformation commit tee Thework.”Transformation Com mittee has already handed down proposals related to transfer rules and how NCAA enforcement operates as part of phase one of its work. A set of those proposals were approved lastPhasemonth.two is in progress, with membership requirements for schools, student-athlete benefits, access to champion ship events and revenue distri bution at the core of the discus sions.“I think there exists some frustration with the lack of re sponsibility and the ability to be nimble and specific to our needs in football, within the current decision-making struc ture,” Cromer said of the FBS ADs.As the NCAA’s role in gov ernance is deemphasized, and more power is handed down to conferences and schools, it seemed a perfect time for a re-assessment of how major college football operates to many athletic directors.
“Thatcosts.does not include any kind of extraordinary costs or legal,” McMillen said. ”As you know, the NCAA is the legal shield. They take a lot of the front
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Tampa Tarpons manager Rachel Balkovec, center, exchanges fist bumps with her players, while making her debut as a minor league manager of the Tarpons, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.
He said he also shared with the ADs his skepticism for the effectiveness of an FBS break away from the NCAA. He said he understands the desire for
MLB raised weekly min imum salaries for minor leaguers in 2021 to $400 at rookie and short-season levels, $500 at Class A, $600 at Dou ble-A and $700 at Triple-A. For players with major league contracts on option to the mi nors, the minimum is $57,200 per season for a first big league contract and $114,100 for lat er big league contracts.
In addition, MLB this year began requiring teams to pro vide housing for most minor leaguers.“In a multibillion-dollar industry, there is no excuse to pay these players below the poverty line,“ AFL-CIO Presi dent Liz Shuler said in a state ment.“By joining together to use their collective voice at the bargaining table, the minor leaguers will be able to advo cate for a union contract that will ensure a future with the good pay and benefits they de serve.”
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For now, though, the pref erence is for reform within the current structure.
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press
Onenow.”of the concerns about moving away from the NCAA would be the need to create a new, similar McMillenorganization.saidtheNCAA spends about $65 million per year on administrative and in surance
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Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has suggested the College Football Playoff could become the governing body for major college football.
“At the end of the day, it was very clear that the status quo is not acceptable,” said LEAD1 President and CEO Tom Mc Millen, the former Maryland basketball star and congress man. “And that there was a strong, very strong, preference for a model in the NCAA that is extremely streamlined and much less McMillenbureaucratic.”added:“And if that can’t be accomplished, move it to the outside.”
PHELAN M. EBNHACK • Associated Press
He said LEAD1 planned to gather ideas cultivated at Wednesday’s meeting and share them with NCAA officials in a letter.“We’re a facilitator. We’re not the decision-maker,” Mc Millen said. “We recommend. That’s really the extent of what we can do.”
By RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press
The athletic directors who lead the schools that play Di vision I college football at the highest level want the sport to continue be governed by the NCAA — if that governance can be LEAD1,streamlined.anassociation of Football Bowl Subdivision ADs, convened 105 of its 131 members Wednesday for a meeting that focused mostly on how best to govern major col legeTherefootball.has been some mo mentum in the past year to se riously explore breaking FBS away from the NCAA and cre ating another structure to run the biggest revenue generator in college sports.
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Canelo Alvarez lands a punch against Gennady Golovkin in the 12th round during a middleweight title boxing match, on Sept. 15, 2018, in Las Vegas.
ticularly if Golovkin pulls an upset. They fought to a hotly disputed draw in 2017 and to an equally debatable majority-deci sion victory for Álvarez in 2018, but Golovkin said his power and tenacity have only grown in the interim — and he also expects to benefit from moving up to super middleweight.
The 40-year-old Golovkin (421-1, 37 KOs) has a new trainer and is bulking up to 168 pounds after 16 years as a middleweight, while Álvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) is newly humbled and motivated coming off a loss to light heavy weight Dmitry Bivol this year. Their mutual dislike also ap pears to have grown, although Álvarez is more upfront than Golovkin about the personal an imus between the rivals. Away from microphones, it seems clear they don’t like each other any more than they did in 2018, when the entire promotion of the rematch proceeded under the cloud of Álvarez’s positive test for a performance-enhanc ing substance and his subse quentÁlvarezsuspension.tooka break from his usual training routine late last month to visit House of Boxing in the working-class, sun-bleached Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego. Several miles away in an office park is Canelo’s usual gym, where trainer Eddy Reynoso has paused training with most of his other fighters to focus solely on Álvarez.“Canelo is better at every thing since the last time he fought Triple G,” Reynoso said through an interpreter. “I’m not being funny. He has improved with his conditioning, with his technique, with his toughness.
through the pandemic, which was very tough. It’s like an entire Olympic cycle, but even more.” Since they last met, both fighters’ trainers say they’ve made fundamental changes to the ways they prepare and com pete in their dangerous sport.
Álvarez, Golovkin not leaning on history
Although four years are an eternity in sports, Canelo Álva rez still remembers every round of his two fights with Gennady Golovkin. He recalls every tac tical decision and momentum shift during those now-distant meetings with arguably his greatest rival.
“We’re in different times now, and that’s a lot of time since the last fight,” Golovkin told the AP through an interpreter. “It’s go ing to be very different. Not only just four years, but we’ve lived
By GREG BEACHAM Associated Press
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But as he prepares for their third meeting in Las Vegas, Ál varez doesn’t plan to call on those memories very much. Four years to the weekend after they last met, Canelo doesn’t think there’s much to be gained from preparing to fight a boxing memory.What’s more, he believes Golovkin will scarcely recognize what he sees in the ring Saturday night.“I think he’s going to be surprised how much I’ve im proved,” Álvarez told The As sociated Press near his home in San Diego. ”My strength, my resistance, everything has im proved. I think maybe he doesn’t realize this is going to be a differ ent fight. I’ve been working hard the whole Golovkintime.”feels much the same way about a matchup that could turn out to define the ca reers of two of of the greatest boxers of their generation, par
One of the opportunities at the fair was to study abroad in Scandinavian countries for Scandinavian majors and mi nors. The countries offered are Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Students can do this for a se
Studying abroad can help students broaden their intercul tural communication skills, po tentially learn a new language, and learn about global cultures. These are opportunities that can help students professionally, personally, and academically.
enough to share,” said Ali. “I loved it. It was really comfort able.”As an activist, Mercedes strives to create approaches to wellness that are less harsh and
“I think she did a wonderful job making us feel comfortable
Sophomore, Bailey Kow arsch, is unsure about studying abroad for that reason.
“It could be depending on where I go. If the music there is vibrant and different, it could be beneficial,” said Kowarsch.
“Ever since I got here, I’ve been considering studying abroad. But I don’t know how to do it because I would be po tentially pushing myself back for graduation.”Kowarsch is a music educa tion major, so studying abroad would give her insight into other cultures and their music. Ad ditionally, it would be a great
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a culturally enrolled language core major,” said Craft. “I want to work as a translator or a mu seum over there possibly, and I want to be able to experience being in the culture and having to actively use the language.”
Assistant Director for the CGE, Anna Ochs, talked about what opportunities students have at Minnesota State Univer sity, Mankato, to study abroad, “Students have opportunities to study abroad for credit to bring back for their majors, and they can study abroad for our shortterm faculty-led program for a semester, summer, or an aca demic year.”
By LAUREN VISKA Staff Writer
For students interested in studying abroad collaborating with the Center for Global En gagement can provide enriching education experiences that are worth consideration.
“It’s best that we try to vis it Scandinavia to try and get a better feel for it because it is
How you speak to yourself is important and embracing your inner self is part of life. On Tues day, Sabrina Mercedes, an inde pendent wellness consultant led an Embrace Your Power event. At the event, Mercedes spoke on the importance of self-reflec tion, acceptance, and inner love. Mercedes expressed the need for change and growth individually and how it is inevitable.
“France. There is a lot of his tory that connects back to the United States that plays a big role with what we have, and we influence them a lot,” said Par ham.Some students are hesitant about studying abroad because they fear doing so could set back their graduation date.
On Sept. 13, the Center for Global Engagement held the Education Abroad and Away Fair in the Centennial Student Union. The event offered tables of different abroad programs for students to learn more about.
“You can’t win battles with people who aren’t willing to grow,” said Mercedes. “If you remain stagnant, nothing will
During the event, Mercedes showed stretches to release ten sion, grounding techniques, and inspirational advice. Ali shared the difference between her ex pectations versus how it actually
By ANNA WOODS Staff Writer
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Sabrina Mercedes, the speaker for the Embrace Your Power event is the founder of Safe Relations Space and Coun seling, as well as an active member of the Committee Against Domestic Abuse Prevention and Education.
A Junior at MNSU, Landis Parham, was at the fair and spoke about her plans for study ingSheabroad.isstudying to be a social studies teacher. Studying abroad would benefit her future career.
way to learn the music in person rather than through a screen.
Embrace power with self-reflection and love
mester or an academic year. Second-year student Taika Craft at MNSU will study abroad next year at the University of South-Eastern Norway at their Borre campus. Studying in Scan dinavian countries is more bene ficial than studying at an Amer ican university for Scandinavian studies majors.
“Basing my knowledge on what I’ve experienced, instead of in a textbook through an other white man’s perspective, is my big reason for wanting to become a teacher,” said Parham. “If I can get a personal perspec tive, I can explain further to my students.”Parham said she would want to study abroad in France be cause of the history between the country and the United States.
their voice and feel heard. Min nesota State University, Manka to student, Deqo Ali, said she felt comfortable at the event.
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Mercedes has dedicated much of her time to giving back to her community and is actively a part of the Committee Against Domestic Abuse Prevention and Education. Mercedes also teach es sex education and aids to all survivors. After being encour aged by a professor at MSU to share her own story, Mercedes founded Safe Relations Space and Consulting in June of 2021 to help others take back their in nerMercedespower. advised her audi ence to focus on what they can control, not what is out of their control. Change is an individual decision. Mercedes has dedicat ed time to being an advocate for the LGBTQ+, racial, and emo tionally diverse communities. Mercedes’ goal for the event was to help younger people gain
built by connecting with your mind, body and environment. Each individual has diverse ex periences and stories, which can contribute to the growth and connection of a community.
One of the key takeaways from this event is that you can’t control outcomes. Mercedes spoke about topics regarding re lationships and friends.
The Center for Global Engagement Abroad offers MSU students over 60 possible countries and 300 programs to meet the desires of individual students seeking to enrich their education. The center offers national student ex change programs, MSU exchange programs, and parter programs to reach student’s BIG IDEAS.
By the end of the event, the students that attended felt seen and informed on the importance of release. Mercedes showed the men and women how to be powerful instead of preaching it to them.Foranyone who is interest ed in visiting the Safe Relations Space and Consulting L.L.C, they can visit at 1109 N River front on Wednesday’s from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. to help them selves find their own voice.
“I knew that the title was Em brace Your Power, so I thought it would be more about everyone just voicing something,” said Ali. “They wanted a voice, just to feel powerful, but there was a lot more in-depth [discussion].”
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That coalition building was sorely needed, because Puer to Rico and its residents have an unusual image problem in philanthropy, said Hispanic Federation President and CEO Frankie Miranda.
He remembered learning that his uncle survived the storm from a photo on Face book showing his uncle volun teeringHowever,help. his most success ful initial fundraising campaign was not planned. Lin-Manuel Miranda, known for being lev el-headed and upbeat almost as he is known for his creativity, got mad about Trump’s reac tion to the suffering he saw in Puerto
A TV screen shows an image of South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.
Five years after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and exposed the funding problems the Caribbean island has long faced, philanthropists warn that many of those issues remain unaddressed, just like the repairs still needed for the American territory’s physical infrastructure.TheCategory 4 storm, with winds reaching 155 miles per hour (250 kilometers per hour), killed dozens immediately on Sept. 20, 2017 and researchers estimate thousands more died in the aftermath due to the lack of permanent shelter and pow er.
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Initially, the focus was on the “really nitty gritty things, like food, water, basic recov ery supplies.” Then, he began to expand the scope of the aid, eventually bringing a produc tion of “Hamilton” to the is land as a Proceedsfundraiser.fromthose shows helped launch the Flamboyan Arts Fund, which helps pre serve and support the arts in Puerto Rico with support from major nonprofits, including Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Mellon Foundation.
Wilfredo Negron stands on the rooftop of one of his properties securing the zinc roof in preparation for the current hurricane season on July 13, 2020, in Corozal, Puerto Rico.
• Associated Press South Koreans shared con gratulations on social media Tuesday for the multiple wins by “Squid Game” at the Emmy Awards, but the overall reac tion was subdued as the coun try grows accustomed to its increasingly prominent role in globalFromentertainment.K-popsensations BTS and BLACKPINK to the movie “Parasite” that won four Os cars, South Korean pop culture is now a global phenomenon. While it was big news that “Squid Game” became the first South Korean drama to win an Emmy, many South Koreans weren’t as surprised by such triumphs as in the past.
“You’reRico. going straight to hell, @realdonaldtrump,” he tweeted, along with a link to the Hispanic Federation’s fund for Puerto Rico.
According to a Hispan ic Federation report released Wednesday, Hurricane Maria did an estimated $90 billion in damage to the island.
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South Korean social media were flooded with messages after the star of the Netflix drama, Lee Jung-jae, won the award for best male actor in a drama series, and its creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, the award for best drama director on Monday. Both were the first Asians to win in those catego ries.President Yoon Suk Yeol congratulated Lee and Hwang, saying the entire nation was celebrating their accomplish ments in a show that resonated with viewers around the world.
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Frankie Miranda will lead a delegation from the His panic Federation — including Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is not related — to Puerto Rico on Wednesday to mark the an niversary of Hurricane Maria and survey what has been ac complished and what still needs to beFordone.Lin-Manuel Miranda, the storm was personal. He had family on the island who he couldn’t reach because phone service was knocked out.
The next day, Lin-Manu el Miranda’s photo and tweet was on the front page of the New York Daily News next to Trump.“Ididn’t anticipate any of that,” he said. “But, anger can be a galvanizing force. And the widespread frustration with that president’s inability to en gage with reality, sort of galva nized a lot of donations. That was the biggest moment in terms of Lin-Manuelfundraising.”Miranda then worked to keep the momentum going. “I burned up my Rolo dex to make that almost like praying,” he said, as he sought donations. “And then I burned up my Twitter DMs for peo ple I didn’t know. The first six months it basically became our entire lives. I just put everything else in our lives on hold.”
That long-running problem was intensified by what critics say was former President Don ald Trump’s administration’s
slow response to Hurricane Maria, which extended the im pact of the storm, including the longest blackout in American history.“Itwas about fairness,” said Frankie Miranda, adding that some federal recovery funds are only getting to Puerto Rico now. “It was about equity. We were not getting the fair share for people on the island com pared to other disasters hap pening in the United States. So we needed to act.”
The reaction was fast and intense. Donations skyrock eted, eventually topping more than 200,000 separate gifts, as did attention for the victims of the hurricane.
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“We realized that the arts never get included in recovery efforts,” the “In the Heights” star said. “Yet, when you think about this tiny part of the world 100 miles across and how much it has given to the arts — it’s absurd how much Puerto Rican artists have en riched global culture. The No. 1 artist in the world, Bad Bun ny, is from the island. So we need to protect Puerto Rican culture and Puerto Rican art on the
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon wrote on Facebook that he was proud that South Korean artists are producing work that is “enthusiastically celebrated and emphasized by the whole world.”
International nonprofits generally left it out of dona tions given to the neediest pop ulations because it is part of the United States, while American nonprofits often left it out of programs by earmarking dona tions only for the 50 states.
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“It was just such a scary moment,” said “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who helped mobilize millions in aid for Puerto Rico. “But one of the silver linings has been the coalition building between the diaspora and residents on the island that was really formed out of those challenges.”.
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Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first feature, “Breathless,” and stood for years among the film world’s most influential di rectors, died Tuesday. He was 91.Godard died peacefully and surrounded by loved ones at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle, on Lake Geneva, his family said in a statement. The statement gave assisted suicide, which is legal in Switzerland, as the cause of death.
A medical report recently revealed the director had “mul tiple invalidating pathologies,” according to the family state ment, which did not specify the conditions.Overlong career that began in the 1950s as a film critic, Godard was perhaps the most boundary-breaking director among New Wave filmmak ers who rewrote the rules for camera, sound and narrative — rebelling against an earlier tradition of more formulaic storytelling.Forthelow-budget “Breath less,” Godard relied on a mo bile, lightweight camera to capture street scenes and reach moviegoers in a new way.
“There’s a bit of Godard in nearly all films today,” said Frederic Maire, president of the Swiss Cinematheque. “Nearly
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Lewis is revered in jazz circles for 1960s hits like “The ‘In’ Crowd,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “Wade in the Wa ter.” He earned three Grammy awards and seven gold records. The trio’s first record in 1956 was “Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing.”
Godard worked with some of the best-known actors in French cinema, such as JeanPaul Belmondo, who was pro pelled to stardom through the director’s films, and Brigitte Bardot, who starred in his acclaimed 1963 work “Con tempt.”
grabbed headlines when Pope John Paul II denounced it in 1985.While many of his works were lauded, Godard also made a string of films that were polit ically charged and experimen tal, and pleased few outside a small circle of fans, while frus trating many critics who saw them as filled with overblown intellectualism.Hisworkturned more po litical by the late 1960s. In “Weekend,” his characters lampoon hypocrisy in bour geois society even as they demonstrate the comic futility of violent class war.
all directors who have gone to film school today, or learned movie-making at cinema theques, have seen Godard’s films — and were amazed, jolt ed and shocked by his way of tellingFrenchstories.”President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute, saying: “We have lost a national trea sure, the eye of a genius.”
Godard harbored a life-long sympathy for various forms of socialism depicted in films from the early 1970s to the 1990s.
Some of global cinema’s greatest directors counted God ard’s boundary-breaking work.
Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the coun try’s most successful jazz musi cians, has died. He was 87.
Beyond that, he profiled the early Rolling Stones, gave a voice to Marxist, leftist and 1960s-era Black Power poli tics, and his controversial mod ern nativity play “Hail Mary”
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Jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis describes his composing methods during an interview at his home in Chicago, April 5, 2011. Lewis entertained fans over a more than 60-year career.
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Lewis died Monday in his sleep at his Chicago home, according to his son, Bobby Lewis.“He was just at peace,” Bobby Lewis told The Associ ated Press on Monday night. “Most people say when they met dad that he was a class act. He was that way even through his last Ramseybreath.”Lewis described his approach to composing and performing in a 2011 interview with the AP.
He dispensed with contrived backdrops and the “artifice” of Hollywood cinema of the time, said one film expert.
Renowned pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87
three dozen of them with Chi cago-based Chess Records. He toured around the world and performed at the 1995 state dinner that then-President Bill Clinton hosted for President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil.“Ibelieve that my father — his love for the piano and his passion for the piano and how he coveted this love and how he protected it — that gave him longevity,” Bobby Lewis said. “He recognized the gift God had given him.”
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“Life is a solo, and it con tinues,” Lewis said, sitting at the dining room table in his downtown Chicago home. “I just know that when I put my hands on the piano it’s going to flow.”Lewis first took piano les sons at age 4. He spent his early days in Chicago using his gospel and classical roots to create his own jazz style in the many neighborhood ven ues that hired young jazz mu sicians.“Itgave us a lot of opportu nity to try our ideas and learn what it means to perform in front of an audience,” Lewis said as he was named National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2007. He accepted the award from his mentor and fellow Jazz Master, pianist BillyDuringTaylor.his career, Lewis performed with musical stars such as Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Al Jarreau and Pat Metheney. Lewis had more than 80 albums to his credit —
The Chicago native began composing large-scale musical works later in his career. His first was an eight-movement piece for Chicago’s Joffrey Bal let.Lewis also hosted radio shows in the 1990s and 2000, including “The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show,” on WNUAFM and the syndicated “Leg ends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis.” In 2007, he hosted “Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis,” a weekly program that aired on public television sta tionsThenationwide.show’screators said it was the first time jazz was featured on a weekly basis on network television in 40 years. It featured jazz greats and upand-comers.Lewisalso spent time work ing on behalf of charities that brought music to young peo ple.“Ramsey’s passion for mu sic was truly fueled by the love and dedication of his fans across the globe,” his wife, Janet Lewis, said in a Face book post. “He loved touring and meeting music lovers from so many cultures and walks of life. It was our family’s great pleasure to share Ramsey in this special way with all those who admired his God-given talents.”Brett Steele, whose Tampa, FlIn addition to his wife and son, Lewis also is survived by daughters Denise Jeffries and Dawn Allain; two oth er sons Kendall Kelly Lew is and Frayne Lewis; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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