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Three MSU veterans honored for efforts Veteran Voices Awards brings light to outstanding individuals.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato continues to support war veterans as they achieve successful accomplishments in or after the battle. Thanks to MSU’s support for vets, two graduates and one current student recently received a national award, called ‘Veterans Voices Awards’ by the Minnesota Humanities Center on September 11 in St. Paul.

‘Veterans Voices Awards’ is an ongoing program of the Minnesota Humanities Commission that emphasizes contributions and commitments of Minnesota Veterans.

The three MSU veterans, alumni Christopher Hinton and Dave Wentzel, and business management major Jason McNamara, were awarded for having served the U.S. military honorably and having contributed themselves to their communities after their services. The three veterans’ commitment to the United States were praised for “having gone above and beyond the call of duty.”

Specifically, the reason the three veterans were nominated by the Veterans Voices Awards is based on their contributions on U.S. Army. Christopher Hinton, who served as a sonar technician in the Persian Gulf in U.S. Navy Veteran, from Waseca, Minnesota, achieved the award because he played a significant role in helping other veterans to solve their lawsuit case problems and rejoin their communities. He has been working at the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans after graduating MSU. “I wanted to see the world, do something different. I wanted to get out, so I did,” said Hinton.

“I think I was 28 at the time and for me everyone there was 19 years old, so I didn’t have anything in common with them.

That made it a lot easier, having

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mnsu.edu Christopher Hinton, Dave Wentzel and Jason McNamara were all recipients of the “Veterans Voices Award.”

that vets center there. It gave me a place to study where I was comfortable.” He said.

“Once they get to the point where I start offering them services, my job is to find potential barriers they may have to being successful, and help them overcome those barriers,” he continued. “It is vets wanting to help vets, and it is us getting back together and doing it.”

“The chronic offenders are the ones that really need the help,” Hinton explained.

“They’ve gotten caught in the justice loop and can’t seem to get out. I help them break that and become successful citizens.”

Dave Wentzel, an Army National Guard Veteran from Mankato, has endeavored to improve the quality of lives of Minnesota’s Veterans. Wentzel, as an advocate of the whole congressional level of Veterans’ affairs, helped veterans about their mental health issues. He also helped Congressman Walz to enact federal policy.

“That was the best victory

I’ve had in my position so far,” Wentzel said. “We work with a very complex population with unique problems. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. In their worst moment, we’re the ones who are going to be there to help ‘em through it,” Wentzel said.

Jason McNamara is an Army Veteran from Mankato who served in Iraq and he recently transferred to Minnesota State Mankato. Although he was wounded in the war, he has been serving other wounded Mankato-area veterans to help them enjoy outdoor sports.

Under the influence of the three veterans who received Veterans Voices Awards, Minnesota State Mankato was recently added to the list of colleges and universities that support “8 Keys to Veterans’ Success,” in the U.S. Department of Education.

In respect that the Obama Administration has made veteran educational success a priority, it is shown to be a significant landmark that MSU’s educational system is going in

the right direction, reflecting current educational policy.

The 8 Keys to Veterans’ Success include commitments of the colleges and universities for the success of veterans such as creating a culture of trust across the campus community to promote well-being and success for veterans, ensuring consistent and sustained support from campus leadership, implementing an early alert system to ensure

all veterans receive academic, career, and financial advice before challenges become overwhelming, collaborating with local communities and organizations, including government agencies, to align and coordinate various services for veterans and developing systems that ensure sustainability of effective practices for veterans.

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MSU professor leads team to $25,000 grant Grant will provide prosperous times for Family Consumer Sciences.

ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer

Though the school year is still relatively young, one Minnesota State University, Mankato professor has already gotten off to an impressive start.

MSU Associate Professor Jill Conlon together with Minnesota teachers Debra Larson (Anoka High School) and Karen Smith (Monticello Middle School) were recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Education. For Conlon, the Chair of the Department of Family Consumer Science, this meant a lot of extra work before the school year began.

“The three of us are all members of the Minnesota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (MAFCS) professional organization,” said Conlon.

“We serve on the MAFCS Education Committee and identified a need through-out the state that Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teachers were looking to have updated frameworks completed for FACS education in Minnesota. Debra and Karen have both been previously recognized as “FACS Teachers of the Year” and the Department of Family Consumer Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato is recognized as the leading post-secondary institution for FACS programming in Minnesota” For the group, all educators in the field of family and consumer science, their goal is intended to strengthen the lifeskills education of many students, families and communities in Minnesota. There’s a lot that goes into this process that Conlon explained.

“We met several times with the administration at the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to identify a need for this funding. So in essence we not only had to apply for the grant but we had to lobby the MDE to create the grant opportunity. We had to present our case and facts that showed a need for this work. After MDE

recognized this need, the grant was created and we applied for it by completing the all the grant application paperwork.

The work timeframe, collaborative meeting schedule, and paperwork was intensive.”

Conlon’s efforts led to the facilitation of a statewide initiative to update grades 5-12 family consumer science program frameworks. This will affect stipends for FACS teachers, as well as a number of other things.

The purpose of the project will be to convene teachers from around the state to align and update outdated Minnesota family and consumer sciences frameworks with current national family and consumer sciences standards. The new frameworks will serve as guidelines for identifying student outcomes and critical thinking skills needed in education for today’s youth.

“We are currently reviewing applications from FACS educators through-out the state for consideration to serve on the content focus group,” Conlon said.

Though the process meant

a lot of extra work, that didn’t bother Conlon too much. At the end of the day she could still find the process rewarding.

Conlon couldn’t wait to see how things go from now on.

“I am excited about the opportunity that this grant provides for the Minnesota Department of Education, myself as a content expert and representative of the Department of Family Consumer Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato and FACs teachers from across Minnesota will have to collaborate and provide updated guidance to the education of middle-school and high-school youth in Minnesota.”

The Minnesota Department of Education regularly awards grants to those who go through the application process. The $25,000 grant is the first grant awarded by the state government since they announced 10 new grants to be awarded this past July.

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Watson presents ‘HeForShe’ to United Nations BROOKE EMMONS Staff Writer

This past Saturday, Emma Watson, best known for her role of Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” series, spoke to the United Nations about gender equality, promoting the new campaign, HeForShe. The 24 year old recently graduated from Brown University in May 2014 with a degree in English Literature.

After graduation, Watson went to the United Nations. In July 2014 she was appointed a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. In this position, her role is to promote ideals from one entity to another, or to the population.

She opened her speech addressing the problem with feminism having the misfortunate correlation with “man-hating.”

Watson said, “If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.”

“Feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights, and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.”

Watson received a standing ovation from the United Nations Council after she said; “I think that it is right, that I am paid the

same as my male counterparts.

I think that it is right, that I should be able to make decisions about my own body.”

“Sadly, there is no one country in the world, where a woman can expect to receive these rights.” Watson said, pointing out the lack of women in government and social respect given to women.

The speech was not only to address the major problem, but also announce the organization that will help to solve it. HeForShe is a campaign sponsored by the UN describing itself as a solidarity movement for gender equality.

HeForShe calls on men to join the movement. “Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation.” Watson said, following another round of applause from the council.

“Gender equality is your issue to, because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society, despite my needing his presence as a child as much as my mother’s.” Watson said, continuing to address, “I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success.”

“When they (men) are free, things will change for women as

pagesay.com Actress Emma Watson acted as an ambassador and launched the campaign HeforShe.

a natural consequence.”

At heforshe.org, the organization says the movement for gender equality was originally conceived as a struggle led only by women for women. But, in recent years men have begun to stand-up in addressing inequalities and discrimination faced by women and girls.

The cite urges men to join

the movement. The HeForShe Commitment says, “Gender equality is not only a women’s issue, it is a human rights issue that requires my participation.

I commit to take action against all forms of violence and discrimination faced by women and girls.” By agreeing to this, men join the 30,000 others across the world moving their country into

the lead. Currently, the United States is in the lead with just over 11,000 signatures.

“I want men to take up this mantle, so that their daughters, sisters, and mothers can be free from prejudice. But, also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too.”

Watson stated.

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The Genocide Awareness Project: A Response A student refutes the pro-life gallery’s argument.

PRATAKSHYA BHANDARI Staff Writer Thursday morning, I walked out of class to find images of dead fetuses being compared to horrible genocide. A sign warned me that there were “genocide pictures” ahead. I did not need this sign because I had seen the pictures well before I had read the sign.

Genocide, according to the Genocide Awareness Project, is the mass killing of unborn babies in the name of abortion.

The pictures brought a debate onto our campus that has been going on for about as long as humanity has. Pro-life vs. prochoice has been and will always be an argument with no right answer. Who are we to decide whose right is more important?

A woman’s – or an unborn child’s? I was going to clarify that this was not a pro-choice opinion, simply an argument against the comparison of abortion to genocide but I have changed my mind while writing this sentence. This opinion piece is pro-choice. It is not anti-life, by any means. The pictures tugged on my sentiment just

as much as it did on any other student who stopped to look at it. However, it did not stop me from questioning, where are the women?

My primary concern with this project is the complete absence of one part of the debate in order to bring light to another.

When the tables are turned, those pictures could have just as easily been of women who have been raped, abused, sick or vulnerably young. Women, who first were victims, and then were asked to quietly hand over their right of choice because someone gets to decide that her right has to come second to that of an unborn child’s.

There is no doubt that the right to life should be supreme and should surpass all other human rights. In a utopian world, a pro-life vs. pro-choice debate would not exist because every woman would decide to bring a healthy baby into the safe arms of a world that has everything that this baby needs to become a healthy, educated, happy world citizen. Unfortunately, we do not live in utopia.

I come from a country where women have very little choice in matters of pregnancy. They have no say in who they marry, when they marry, and nobody asks them if they are ready for a baby. These women are raped

“From where I come from abortion is genocide!”

CHARITY HESS, ART “A baby in the womb is still a person. That doesn’t give you a right to decide if a tiny innocent person should live or die.”

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by their husbands, and then are thrown into a conundrum of decision making: bring a child where it isn’t wanted, or convince herself that abortion is justified. Most of the time, she risks her own life in the process.

It all boils down to the word “choice.” I have no right to tell her that her decision to abort a child is right; neither do you have the right to tell her that she is wrong. Which is more important - an unborn child’s right to live or a woman’s right to choose for herself and her unborn child? There is no right or wrong answer. There is simply a decision to make. Shouldn’t this

decision then be upon those who are going to be living with the consequences of the decision?

How humane is it to call women mass murderers? As horrible as abortion is, it is still not genocide. Generalizing abortion as mass murder takes the light away from stories behind individual decisions. While the argument should continue, the comparison of abortion to genocide should not. It utterly disregards the atrocities that many women face leading up to an unwanted pregnancy, and their reluctant decision to abort a child.

“Do you think abortion is America’s genocide?”

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MBACKEH CEESAY, ECONOMICS “No, I don’t think so.”

BISOLA ASAOLU, BIO-MEDICAL SCIENCES “Abortion is not specific to the U.S. so I don’t think it should be termed as U.S.’s genocide.”

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JOSEPH GRANO, CIVIL ENGINNERING “I believe that abortion is a form of physical genocide, that extends beyond America and is an issue across the globe.”

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NFL players cultivating a stigma?

NICK GRECULA Staff Writer For weeks now, the media has been criticizing numerous NFL players whose violent behaviors have shocked America. These incidents are becoming more frequent within the NFL and it sparks debate over players and contracts. Ravens player Ray Rice was indefinitely suspended from the league upon release of hotel video footage capturing the punch received by his thenfiancé, the two have since been married. The fact of domestic abuse has since been pulled from behind the curtain, and it seems to be more common than one thinks in the NFL. Running back Jonathon Dwyer from the Arizona Cardinals was the most recent incident involving domestic abuse, in which case he head-butted his wife and broke her nose to stop a sexual advance, and she since has fled the state in fear of her life. No one can learn other news in America because the headlines have been buzzing over Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson’s child abuses from one of his many estranged wives/girlfriends.

These “pillars” of the community have multi-million dollar salaries, and do not represent any American values. As a public role model, they should hold themselves to higher standards

than most, however they do not.

To make matters worse, up to just recently, NFL players would have extreme leniency from the league and team in these matters. In 2007, over fifty NFL players had been arrested on serious charges, yet we hardly heard about it. Popular demand for these players only makes it harder for any agency to discipline them, and then there is the question about the discipline, is it enough?

America is football-sick, as these overpaid, violent and arrogant hooligans run wild in our communities; American cheers them on as if promoting this behavior. There is no doubt that football serves its purpose in society, like dangling a shiny set of keys in front of a toddler to distract them from the toy you took away. However some participants even acknowledge this, yet prefer it to the routine darkness of the regular news reviews. How then, does one ever figure out if his rights are being stripped, if he would rather worry about “what overpaid player gets drafted where?”

There is no crime in preferring football to any other interest, it’s only a crime to allow these players to run wild the way that they have.

It’s my opinion that these players and any other players, who routinely break laws, or break any laws for that matter, have the harshest punishments possible. Any crime should result in immediate expulsion from the league, and restitution

brothersonsports.com Adrian Peterson, player for the Minnesota Vikings, who was recently charged with abusing his child.

of a full years salary paid to the local community, and then they should be put through the judicial system with the harshest possible punishments equal to the crime. There should be no more tolerance for these behaviors; it sets a bad precedence and even worse role model for our children to emulate. These players, like all sports, should be a positive role model and a pillar of our community instead of the pack of thugs that they portray themselves as.

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It’s as easy as cookie

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HANNAH KLEINBERG News Editor

Insomnia Cookies, one of the fresher businesses up the hill, is providing a special opportunity for all of its fans.

For all who download their phone application, ‘Insomnia Cookies,’ they will receive one of their delicious, freshly baked cookies free of charge.

The application enables all lovers to access their cravings even more easily than before; with the app, you may submit online orders, and in a timely manner, they’ll come to your door with cookies in hand.

Insomnia Cookies is a business that specializes in the art of cookie baking. In this line of work, they bake a mass quantity of cookies to a degree of delectableness and serve it to their customers. What makes them so unique is that not only will they deliver to your home, but they will do it until 3 a.m.

Faith, a senior student at MN State Mankato, was able to experience Insomnia Cookies a year ago when they first opened.

She explained that, “As a whole, the company was disorganized, but the food was good. It was really gooey. I got a chocolate chip cookie.”

When informed that she could download the app and get a free cookie, she said she’d pass.

Pa Lee, a freshman, had never been to Insomnia Cookies. In fact, she didn’t even know where it was. However, after she was filled in on what the company had to offer, she was interested. In response to whether or not she’d download

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A second taster, Maria Perez, had nothing but good things to say about Insomnia Cookies.

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Like many others, her modus operandi is chocolate chip, but she dabbles in the occasional macadamia nut.

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Mavericks start conference play 3-0 LUKE LONIEN Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato volleyball team took on two conference opponents this past weekend. On Friday, the Mavericks stormed back to get a come from behind victory over MSU Moorhead 3-2. On Saturday, the Mavericks took on no. 21 ranked Northern State and won 3-1, keeping their conference record unblemished at 3-0 and moved to 6-3 overall.

MSU dropped the first two sets against the Dragons of Moorhead, but a resilient Maverick squad was able to fight back and take the final three sets and come away with a 3-2 victory.

Set one was very entertaining, with back and forth runs from each time had things tied up at 18, but a seven-point run from the Dragons ended the set much quicker than the Mavericks were hoping. The seven-point run ended the set at an 18-25 win for the Dragons, and the Mavericks again saw themselves having to fight back, just as their previous match against Concordia University.

Set number two was tough for the Mavericks, only putting up 13 points. The set started well for the Mavericks as they took a quick 5-3 lead. The quick Mav-

erick lead did not last very long, as the Dragons went on a commanding 22-8 run, taking set two 25-13.

The Mavericks knew they had to up their game to take the match, and that was accomplished. MSU opened up the set with a 6-3 lead. MSU Moorhead was able to use a three point run tie the set up at 6 apiece. The Mavericks were able to hold the Dragons from getting back-toback points after that, and took a great 12-5 run to manage an 1811 lead. MSU stretched the lead to 22-15, with the help of 2 Jenna McNallan kills. The Dragons were able to bounce back, using a three-point run to get within four, but the Mavericks were able to hold them off and earn a crucial 25-21 set win.

With set four tied at 2-2, the Mavericks were able to stretch the lead to 8-3 after several Moorhead errors and never looked back. A crucial 8-3 run for MSU with help of kills from Krista Hassing, Chandra Honebrink, and Hassing again were able to boost the Mavericks to a 19-11 lead. MSUM was able to make a short run 3 point run to bring the set to a 21-6 game. The Mavericks were able to close the deal with two kills from Sydney Powell and win the set 25-18, bringing the match to a 2-2 tie,

Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter Sophomore Krista Hassing (left) finished the team’s 2-0 weekend with 25 kills and three blocks.

heading into the 3rd set.

The Mavericks were down early in the fifth set, 5-4, but a huge five-point run gave the Mavericks a 9-5 lead. The Mavericks took the lead to 14-11 with two kills from Powell. A final kill from Ellie Van De Steeg finished the come from behind vic-

tory winning the set 15-11 and the match 3-2.

Honebrink lead the way for the Mavericks in kills with 17, followed by Hassing who chipped in 15 of her own. Van De Steeg lead the way with 57 assist.

Haley Fogarty led the way with 26 digs, followed by Powell who

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On Saturday in the Taylor Center the Mavericks took on no.

21 ranked Northern State. MSU was able to win sets 1, 2, and 4 to take another upset victory 3-1.

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Shutout Saturday Mavericks defeat Minot State Beavers 58-0 JOHN WALFOORT Staff Writer

Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter Senior safety Nathan Hancock (4) returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown in the Mavericks’ victory on Saturday.

Minnesota State University, Mankato football team has earned its second shutout of the season Saturday, defeating Minot State 58-0 at Blakeslee Stadium.

After the win, the undefeated Mavericks are still ranked third in the AFCA poll, the highestranked NSIC team on the list.

With St. Cloud falling off the list and Sioux making its way on the list at 24, University of Minnesota, Duluth remains right behind MSU at fourth.

“I thought offensively, defensively and special teams did a lot of positive things today, very businesslike, “ head coach Todd Hoffner said.

In week one, the Mavericks completed their first shutout since 2011, and now at week

three, they already had their second one. The Mavericks defense has been stepping it up lately, by shutting the Beavers down to 217 total offensive yards. The Mavericks came up with three interceptions; one was returned

by Nathan Hancock 43 yards for a touchdown. Shaun Schindler and Justin Otto came down with the other two interceptions.

Linebacker Tyler Henderson led the Mavericks with nine tackles, and linebacker Brendan Chrystal was right behind him with seven. MSU sacked the quarterback four times, led

by Joshua Gordon who had two sacks and Jordan Campbell and Schindler each posted one sack.

The Mavericks special teams made a splash during the game as well. Alden Haffar earned NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week for going 3-3 in field

goal attempts from 28, 51 and 46 yards. Justin Erickson blocked a punt and was picked up by Chad Zastrow for a touchdown, to give the home team a 24-0 lead just seconds into the second quarter.

The Mavericks had 450 total yards of offense and had nine different players run the ball to combine for 260 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Andy Pfeiffer led MSU with 49 rushing yards and a touchdown, Connor Thomas was right behind him with 48 rushing yards. Zach Evans rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown.

Nick Pieruccini went 7-11 in the air for 88 yards and one touchdown, while Ricky Lloyd went 7-13 in the air for 100 yards and one touchdown. Pfeiffer led the MSU in receiving as well

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2 games = 2 wins: Women’s soccer team continues to turn heads with perfect weekend DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s soccer team continues to turn heads this fall with their consistent outstanding play. After taking down the no. 1 rated team in the nation just over a week ago when they defeated Grand Valley State 1-0, the Mavericks kept rolling through this past weekend.

On the road at the University of Sioux Falls on Saturday, the Mavs dismantled USF with an 8-1 victory.

“We have worked really hard to get to where we are at and our high pressure and fast speed of play is part of our style,” junior Korey Kronforst said.

Sophomore Dana Savino netted her third and fourth goals of the season with a two-goal performance in the first 20 minutes of play. Senior Emily Moris assisted on both of Savino’s goals to give MSU a 2-0 lead. The freshman class also contributed as Lexi Pszanka and Jenny Hoerter tallied their first goals as Mavericks I extend the lead to 4-0.

Though USF was able to put one away just before the half to break the shutout, it was all Mavs in this one.

Sophomore Kiana Nickel buried her first goal of the season in

the second half before junior Jessica Bowe scored her second of the year. Hoerter would add another goal on the day, and sophomore Maddy Smith put the icing on the cake with the eighth and final tally of the day.

Goalkeeper Molly McGough allowed her first goal of the season in this contest while splitting time between the pipes with junior Lauren Hoeppner.

Sunday’s matchup with Southwest Minnesota State University proved to be a closer contest, as the game went scoreless through the first half.

The two teams battled it out until the Mavs finally broke through. Kronforst, last season’s Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Year, broke the seal to give MSU a 1-0 lead. Nickel added an insurance goal to bring the Maverick lead to 2-0, which would conclude the scoring in this one to give the Mavs an important NSIC victory. Hoeppner would collect her first win of the season, and MSU now stands 6-0 with a 3-0 league record so far this season and a no. 2 national ranking.

“We have a goal that is the journey to 3, which is our goal to win all three championships,” said Kronforst. “The conference, the conference tournament and the national championship.”

Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter Junior Corey Kronforst (13) scored her third game-winning goal of the season at the 61:47 mark of their 2-0 victory over Southwest Minnesota State on Sunday.

Next up for the Mavericks is Bemidji State, who comes to town this week for a matchup at the Pitch on Friday at 3 p.m.

FOOTBALL “I thought offensively, defensively and special teams did a lot of positive things today, very businesslike,” head coach Todd Hoffner said. continued from 7

with 60 receiving yards. Dorian Buford and Bryce Duncan both caught a touchdown.

MSU is on a roll; winning the last 20 NSIC games at home and extended their winning streak to 25 games in the Conference. The Mavericks will be on the road at Bemidji State Saturday, who has lost its first three games so far this season.

Bemidji State totaled 549 yards of total offense in their last contest against Upper Iowa. In the air they had a season-best of 328 passing yards in its 47-30 NSIC loss. Bemidji State played two different quarterbacks during the game similar to the way MSU has been playing. Despite its success on offense, its defense couldn’t hold ground giving up 505 total yards on offense. Bemidji State gave up three touchdowns and 247 rushing yards to Chris Smith of Upper Iowa.

MSU’s talented group of running backs should be able to hit the ground running against Bemidji State. The Mavericks top two running backs, Pfeiffer and Thomas, already have three touchdowns a piece and a combined 487 yards rushing. It will be fun to see what they can do against Bemidji.

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Mavericks take 5th at St. Olaf Invitational DENZELL CASTRO-OATS Staff Writer The Women’s cross country team captures a fifth place finish this weekend at the St. Olaf invitation this weekend in Northfield, Minn.

“I was pleased with the overall performance,” head coach Jen Blue said. “We had a hard week of training and they ran well on tired legs. Erin Baker was our number one runner and Erica Hauf, Stephanie Steenhoek and Halee Peterson stepped up and improved from the first meet to help us place fifth.”

Freshman team member Erin Baker, turned in a time of 23:36 as the top Maverick in placing 18th. Senior Marina Paul coming in at 23:43 placed 22nd, freshman Erica Hauf running a 24:22

was next at 39th, while junior Stephanie Steenhoek in at 24:23 finished 40th. Senior Halee Peterson helped the Mavs with a 25:07 finish placing 62nd, senior

Erin Baker

Kimberly Allan ran a 25:11 was 66th and freshman Mariah Betzler clocking in at 25:12 earning her a spot at 67th.

“I think we did really well

this weekend despite some of the team circumstances,” senior Marina Paul said. “We’ve had some setbacks in losing people to injuries but everyone has really been working hard to account for that.

And we have some really talented freshman that stepped up this weekend to contribute.”

Freshman Erin Baker also is proud of her and the team’s work on Saturday.

“I felt really good about my performance and the team’s performance this weekend. I think this race has really boosted my confidence as an incoming freshman and I now have something to push me for the rest of the season,” Baker said.

Minnesota Duluth took the top place with a total of 35 points.

Carleton followed with 51 points and the host team St. Olaf took third with 86 points. The Mavs, capturing the fifth-place spot,

gathered 181 points. They were just 44 points out of fourth place taken by UW-Eau Claire.

Looking forward to the meets to come, the ladies of the cross

Marina Paul

“We have a big meet in Minneapolis this weekend, so it will be a good chance to see all of the conference schools,” coach Blue said. “It’ll be a good gauge of what we need to do to be where we ultimately want to be at the end of season.”

That big meet is the 29th annual Roy Griak Invitational, which will be held Saturday Sept.

27 at Les Bolstad Golf Course. It is one of the largest meets in the country that includes six collegiate races and four high school races.

“I think if we can compete well there,” Blue said. “It shows what type of team we can be in the latter part of the season.”

country team look to steadily continue their progress.

VOLLEYBALL “We are proud of our kids for being able to preserve and move on, and we have to keep reducing our errors, and playing with a little composure,” Amundson said. continued from 7 Volleyball is a game of runs, and that showed during the first set of the match. MSU started the game on a four-point run, taking a 4-0 lead and looking in control. NSU then used a three-point run to make the set 4-3. NSU then used a 2-7 run to take a 7-10 lead. The Mavericks did not let that lead last long as they used a four-point run to make the set 11-10. With the set tied at 15, the Mavericks issued a huge five-point run to give them a 20-15 lead with kills from 3 different Mavericks. MSU was able to take the lead to 24-19, but the runs did not stop their as the Dragons took a four-point run to make the match 24-23. The Mavericks were able to get that elusive last point from a Honebrink kill to win set one 25-23.

The runs kept coming for the Mavericks in the second set, NSU opened the game on a 7-4 run, but the Mavericks were able to knot the game up at eight. Another 7-1 run from the Mavericks opened the game up to a 15-10 lead for MSU on kills from Hassing and Powell. Late in the set, the Mavericks held an 18-12 lead, but NSU took the set into their hands making a big push to make the set 21-20 in favor of the Mavericks. The Mavericks took the lead to 24-21, but were unable to get that last kill, and NSU was able to tie it up at 24. MSU was able to get the set after back to back kills from Honebrink and took the

set 27-25.

MSU did not fare as well in the third set, as NSU took control early; opening up the set with a 5-2 lead. The Mavericks were unable to gain any traction in the set, only putting up 12 points.

NSU was able to take the set 2512 making the match score 2-1 in the Mavericks favor.

Set four went into extra rounds, and the Mavericks were able to prevail and complete the upset. In the middle of the set, MSU held a 14-10 lead. NSU was able to find a run and knot things up at 14. NSU kept the pressure on and took a 17-21 lead. 7-3 Maverick run helped bounce MSU back into the match, tying things up at 24. The Mavericks ended the game on a three-point run and took set 4, 27-25 with two kills form Honebrink and another kill from Vikola Meade and won the match 3-1.

Honebrink led the way with

21 kills followed by Powell with 11. Van De Steeg led the Mavericks with 49 assist. Fogarty’s 22 digs led the Mavericks on the defensive end, followed by Honebrink who added in 16 digs of her own.

Coach Dennis Amundson gave the team a lot of credit for battling back and knocking off two top 25 teams in the nation this past week, while he also looks for the team to take this momentum forward. “We are proud of our kids for being able to preserve and move on, and we have to keep reducing our errors, and playing with a little composure.”

The Mavericks take their 6-3 (3-0) record to Winona, to take on Winona State on Tuesday, September 23. Then the team travels to North Dakota to take on Minot State on Friday, and then take on University of Mary in Bismarck on Saturday.

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Mankato Mosaic seeking poets, playwrights, musicians and artists for 24-hour Art Show.

RAE FRAME A&E Editor If you are looking for a new artistic endeavor and work well under pressure, Mankato Mosaic’s latest art presentation may be the perfect fall challenge.

Four musicians, four poets, four playwrights and four artists are needed for an inspired artistic process and a very intimidating 24-hour deadline.

Local artists will provide songs, prose, plays and artwork, but it’s up to the community to provide theme suggestions—a quote, phrase or sentence—to be selected at random by Mankato Mosaic members. Anyone in the community can submit a short theme to mankatomosaic@ gmail.com with “24-Theme” in the subject line; please include

your name and phone contact information with your theme submission.

At 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, Mosaic will randomly draw the theme. After the theme is selected, each group of artists will have 24 hours to create their artwork, song, poem or short play

for the next day’s performance.

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Above, from Mankato Mosaic Theater Company’s “Always, Paris” starring Colin Horkey, Lydia Lee and Dan Manderfeld.

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If you are looking for a new artistic challenge, submit to your information to mankatomosaic@gmail.com with your art form in the subject line (24-Poet, 24-Playwright, 24-Artist). Musicians are asked to provide their name or the name of the musical group with the subject line 24-Music. Actors and directors can submit their name with the subject line 24-Actors or 24-Directors.

All artist entries must be received by noon Friday, October 3. If there are more than four entries in each category, Mosaic will pick names from those who have entered.

For more information, call Mosaic at 507-420-1881 or email at mankatomosaic@gmail.com.

A journey into Boyhood One film, twelve years in the making.

JAMES HOUTSMA Editor in Chief When we say a movie has an epic scope, it's easy to flash to the image of battling pirate ships or massive space worlds.

Richard Linklater's Boyhood has just such a scope but for no reason that could match any of the aforementioned.

Decades in the making, Boyhood is an ambitious film experiment dedicated to showing the passage of time in the most naturalistic way possible. Not only is there an excellent, if difficult idea at hand, the finished result is just excellent filmmaking.

Told over a 12-year stretch of time, the film follows young Mason Evans, Jr. from the first grade in 2002 all the way to finishing high school and heading to college and how the ups and downs

of life with divorced parents shaped his upbringing.

It's a big undertaking to have a story that actively takes place over 12 years; it's a completely innovative one to eschew makeup and multiple actors in favor of filming the same actors for more than a decade. There's a feeling of genuineness throughout Boyhood, much of it coming from us watching the same group of people over the years.

Call it schmaltzy, but there's a real warmth in watching this kid grow up and go through all the triumphs and pitfalls many of us go through during those formative years.

Then again, Linklater has a talent for conveying his stories as naturally as possible. The director leaves no question as to what place in time we're watching thanks to some comprehensive pop culture nods, granted he

news.you2play.com Boyhood star Ellar Coltrane from ages 6 - 18.

didn't need to rely on hindsight as they were happening (one scene even features a Harry Potter book premiere, reminding us all that people used to line up for

hours at midnight for five pounds of paper.)

But much like the director's Before series, the thing that drives home Boyhood's natural-

ism rests largely in conversation.

Whether it be early discussions

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A close look at an American family Ken Burns’ latest project attracts record viewers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Once again millions of television viewers are transporting themselves to another century under the guidance of Ken Burns.

An estimated 9.1 million people watched the first episode of Burns' seven-part series on Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on Sunday. PBS aired it twice Sunday to maximize attention; the Nielsen company's estimate was the combined viewership of both episodes.

By way of comparison, the most-watched scripted series on the commercial networks last week, CBS' "Under the Dome," reached 6.6 million viewers, Nielsen said.

"Releasing a film is like having a conversation with your closest friends and family," Burns said. "I'm always struck by the thoughts and comments and how engaged the American people are. The fact that such a large audience tuned in ... is all the more rewarding."

Burns' reputation-making 1990 series, "Civil War," had 10.5 million viewers for its premiere episode, Nielsen said. His 2007 film on World War II had 8.9 million, and 2012's "Dust Bowl" documentary had 8.3 million, Nielsen said. Those historical numbers include viewing over a seven-day period; the 9 million figure for "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" will increase when people who catch up to that first episode throughout the week are counted.

Otherwise, prime-time television was dominated by foot-

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ball and football-related programming last week.

An estimated 7.1 million people watched the "Miss America" competition on ABC. That was down from the 8.6 million people who watched last year, but still one of the bigger numbers reached by the pageant over the last decade.

CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 8.3 million viewers. NBC had 7.8 million viewers, ABC had 4.1, Fox had 2.9 million, Univision had 2.7 million, Telemundo had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 930,000.

ESPN was the week's most popular cable network, averaging 3.03 million viewers in prime time. Fox News Channel had 1.87 million, USA had 1.85 million, TBS had 1.76 million and the Disney Channel had 1.68 million.

NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.6 million

viewers. ABC's "World News" was second with 8.3 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.3 million viewers.

For the week of Sept. 8-14, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NFL Football: Chicago at San Francisco, NBC, 22.16 million; NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Baltimore, CBS, 20.77 million; "Sunday Night Pre-Kickoff," NBC, 16.69 million; "Thursday Night Pre-Kickoff," CBS, 13.86 million; NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at Detroit, ESPN, 13.73 million; "Football Night in America, Part 3," NBC, 12.36 million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 12.29 million; NFL Football: San Diego vs. Arizona, ESPN, 11.52 million; "Thursday Night Pre-Game Show," CBS, 10.63 million; "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), NBC, 10.52 million.

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BOYHOOD “Decades in the making, Boyhood is an ambitious film experiment dedicated to showing the passage of time in the most naturalistic way possible.” continued from 10 between Mason, his sister and their divorced father about politics, marriage and bowling or talks in Mason's later years as a disillusioned, uncertain teenager, the heart of the film lies in the simple exchanges between characters that reveal just a little bit more about us as people. More often than not, it shows itself to be an introspective, beautiful heart indeed.

Now, it's understandable that some people may hear of a film running almost three hours made up mostly of conversation and turn the other way. It's not completely invalid either since the film takes a while to sink in in the beginning and is made up of segments rather than one pointed story throughout. As an extensive, intimate indie film, it goes without saying that not everyone will have the toler-

ance needed for Boyhood.

At the same time, that's sort of Boyhood's charm. A film chronicling 12 years of life is probably going to be a bit lengthy and to even hit some iota of emotional truth the movie should be tender. The things that make the movie unappealing to some are what make it unique for most.

And that's ok because at the end of the day, Boyhood is simply one of those rare films where you feel like you know more about life upon viewing.

There will likely never be another film to match the remarkable technical achievement of Boyhood but at the same time there may never be another film that captures the emotions and questions of growing up as intimately and truthfully as this.

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