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ISA hosts first ‘Americas Night’ Celebrate the cultures of the Americas on Saturday.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer The International Student Association (ISA) will host its first signature cultural event ‘Americas Night’ from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

26, in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The ISA invites all MSU students as well as community members to its very first cultural night of the year.

Americas Night will celebrate the diversity and cultures of countries in North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

There will be representative performances by students, the Theater & Dance Department, and a Mariachi Band. The Mariachi Band, professional performers from Minneapolis, is invited and

sponsored by the Institutional Diversity. Furthermore, a lot of fun activities by ISA and RHA will be provided, including a Salsa lesson, body paintings, flag tattoos and cotton candy, a cooking demonstration, Caribbean hair braiding, and caricature paintings.

“It’s just going to be an interactive market in the CSU Ballroom,” said Rudy Correa, lead coordinator of the event.

Specifically, there will be seven interactive performances portraying different cultures of Americas, including the famous brother-and-sister duo Shekhar & Dolly Baruah’s ‘ISA Welcome/ Here Comes Our America.’

The Reporter’s staff writer Luke Larson’s music performance sung in four different languages representing Americas – English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. The Theater & Dance Department will also present a famous musical song ‘Carnaval del Barrio –In The Heights.’

“It is the first American Night at MSU,” said Dolly Baruah, president of ISA as well as an excellent performer of the event. “It is our chance to present diverse cultures of

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Miranda Lambert to play Verizon Wireless Center “Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars” tour is making a stop in Mankato.

NICOLE SCHMIDT Staff Writer Get ready to get your country on! Miranda Lambert’s “Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars” tour is coming to Mankato at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Verizon Wireless Center.

Lambert, ACM and CMA

Female Vocalist of the Year, is sure to wow the crowds this Sunday with hits like “Over You,” “Gun Powder and Lead,” “The House that Built Me,” and many more songs that are known by her thousands of dedicated fans. Special guests RaeLynn, Clare Dunn, and Courtney Cole will also join Lambert on Sunday.

The concert may draw more people after Lambert’s recent divorce with country star Blake Shelton. Lambert’s first concert back was early august at WeFest.

Tickets cost $64.75 and are available through Ticketmaster and phones until 3 p.m. the day of the event.

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New football team on the block: indoor football franchise to play at Verizon Wireless Center

LUKE LARSON Staff Writer Mankato has a strong tradition of football. For decades, the town has hosted the Vikings’ annual training camp and MSU, Mankato is the home of the Mavericks, currently the no. 1 ranked team in their division. This coming spring, a new team is set to enter the mix.

The Minnesota Havok is Mankato’s newest football team and the most recent addition to the Indoor Football League, a fully professional league founded in the 1990s. The Havok, who will play downtown at the Verizon Wireless Center, will be the league’s twelfth franchise, joining Bemidji; Cedar Rap-

ids, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Green Bay, Wisconsin, among others.

“We started this process probably a year and a half ago,” says Stanley Legg, one of the team’s owners who has experience working with the Panic, a semiprofessional team based in Saint Peter.

“We had been looking at a couple professional leagues, we made some inquiries.

What we found out was we fit [the IFL’s] geographical footprint.”

Legg goes on to explain that the IFL focuses on smaller Midwestern markets, though there are teams representing Washington, Colorado, and Texas. Average attendance is around four to five thousand per game.

The style of football played in the IFL will seem a bit foreign to fans of college football or the NFL. Those familiar with the Arena Football League (AFL), a nationwide professional indoor football league with eight teams, according to its website (www. arenafootball.org), will recognize that it is quite compara-

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get involved in the cultural night and have a lot of fun.”

Correa also said, “We always celebrate the cultures and diversity of different areas of the world, and it is also important to recognize that America is very diverse. Everyone can contribute to this night and explore our amazing diversity. We are going to celebrate and enjoy all together in a free and open environment.”

The representative food of different countries around the American continent will be provided at the event. The menu consists of a variety of traditional foods from American cultures, such as quesadillas with beans, cheese arepas, Baseball-style nachos, potato mini tacos, rice with fried plantains, Mexican esquites (prepared corn), gelatin with condensed

milk, salsa bar, horchata, jamaica, lemonade, and coffee.

“People will be walking freely trying the different foods, listening to the performances, meeting different people, having a good time and exploring just what the Americas’ culture is all about,” Correa said.

Tickets are on sale for $7 for MSU students at the Kearney International Center (CSU 250) or $10 on the day of the event. The tickets can be also purchased online at the following link: https://secure2.mnsu.edu/ eventsconferences/?department=asa.

For additional questions, please contact Sofia Espana at sofia.espana-perez@mnsu.edu or Rudy Correa at rodolfo.correa-abogaro@mnsu.edu, or go to the Kearney International Center at CSU 250.

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“It’s played with eight guys rather than eleven. The main differences are it’s very quick, it’s very fast, and it’s played in a hockey rink on turf. And the boards are in play – that’s your actual out-of-bounds, so people will get smashed into the boards,” says Legg. “If they throw a ball and the receiver jumps into the stands and catches it, you can keep the ball, you just need to throw the receiver back.”

The IFL is used as a source of talent by both the NFL and the Canadian Football

League (CFL). Players regularly make this transition, says Jose Jefferson, the Havok’s head coach who has been involved with the league for around twenty years.

“When it first started off, it was just so new and people didn’t really know how to take it. Now there’s guys coming out every year from the IFL to the NFL and the CFL,” he says, noting that he has coached Fred Jackson, who now plays for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. The IFL seeks out talent among top level college play-

ers. One such player is Brian Keys, a former Maverick who is signed to play with the Havok for the upcoming season, beginning March 2016.

Players interested in joining the team are welcome to an open tryout on Oct. 3 at 10:30 a.m. at the Vogel Fieldhous in New Ulm. The team is also looking for advertising partners.

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Getting to know MSU’s German Studies major The World Languages & Cultures Department has the dish on all things German.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer Are you passionate about leaning new languages or different cultures? But you don’t know how to start learning by yourself? Then here’s a great opportunity on our campus. The World Languages & Cultures Department at Minnesota State University, Mankato provides four major programs: French, German, Scandinavian Studies and Spanish (Though Chinese is not included as a major program, some courses are available in Chinese in the department). Among those programs, the German major program will come into the

Reporter Archive able to look at things from different perspectives. I think learning language in general is very important and helpful in that sense,” Kramer said.

The German major program provides all levels of language programs from beginners to advanced courses.

For anyone who’s interested in learning German language or

“Kramer says the German major here at MSU is considered ‘German Studies,’ because it does focus not only on literature, but also on film, history, philosophy, pop culture, translation and so on.” spotlight in this writing.

The German undergraduate program at MSU offers a major and minor with a BS degree, as well as a teaching licensure. According to Nadja Kramer, a main professor of the German major program, MSU is one of a few universities that provides a German major and minor among the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU).

Kramer says the German major here at MSU is considered ‘German Studies,’ because it does focus not only on literature, but also on film, history, philosophy, pop culture, translation and so on.

“I want students to be

culture, Kramer recommends a class, German 150W – The German-Speaking Countries: An Interdisciplinary Introduction. It is a General Education course that fulfills Goal Area 6 and 8, and Writing Intensive requirements and is taught in English.

A lot of students at MSU choose to double-major or minor in German. Interestingly, many students combine a course of study in German with another major or concentration in another field.

For example, one of German major alumni at MSU is working as a medical interpreter, helping communicate with German-speaking patients.

Another graduated student with a teaching degree in German teaches in a high school in Minnesota.

“She received a very prestigious reward from American Association of Teachers of German. I wrote her a recommendation letter,” Kramer said.

Sometimes students combine TESOL – Teaching English as a Second Language – and a German degree to teach English in Germany.

Moreover, many students pursue master’s degree or Ph.D. in German to expand their academic careers. “Anything is possible when it comes to careers for German

majors,’ Kramer said.

German majors can also go study abroad to German universities that have a partnership with MSU. Students can study abroad for one semester or one full academic year at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg or Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. Exceptionally, Automotive Engineering majors can participate in a HAWTech summer school program at Hochschule Karlsruhe. For students who want to experience German culture for a short term can also participate in a faculty-led program ‘Germany Study Tour’ that takes place over

spring break at MSU. “I am very supportive of my students going to study abroad to Germany. I want my students to become critical readers and thinkers through the study-abroad opportunity,” Kramer said.

Some scholarship opportunities for study abroad program are also available here at MSU, but students can also find more information about scholarships through external institutions such as DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and Fulbright Scholar Program.

In addition to taking German classes or going study abroad to Germany, students can also experience German language and culture through German Club, a Recognized Student Organization at MSU. The German Club invites all students and community members to come and participate in a conversation in German.

German conversation session takes place every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the lower level of CSU. Nadja Kramer is a professor as well as the director of the German program at MSU. For more information, please contact Kramer by email at nadja.kramer@mnsu.edu or by phone at 507-389-5531.

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Reporter Letter to the Editor Study abroad programs offered through Kearney Center.

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RAE FRAME Editor in Chief Our last edition of the Reporter included an article outlining International Student Volunteers, a volunteering abroad program operating independently of Minnesota State University, Mankato.

We received the following letter that we hope will provide clarifying information for students interested in studying abroad.

To the Editor in Chief, I am concerned about the misleading headline that ran on Tuesday with the headline “MSU’s International Student Volunteers Program.” Minnesota State University Mankato is not associated with this independent organization.

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I would ask interested students to review the ISV website and ask themselves the following questions: 1.

ISV claims to have “32 members of the U.S.

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Senate/Congress serving on ISV’s Board of Reference as endorsement.” Why do the names of these public officials not appear on their website?

2.

ISV claims that their “documentary was featured and aired on the Discovery Channel by In View with Larry King to demonstrate how ISV is leading the student volunteer, education and travel industry.” Why do they not link to that program?

3.

ISV claims that “University course and internship credit awarded to thousands of ISV students by over 310 universities worldwide.” Why do they not list any of these universities?

We have many partners we

have vetted and which we can recommend to students for work, volunteering or study.

Before making any decisions about participating in a program outside of the U.S., we invite students to visit check our website at http://www. mnsu.edu/studyabroad/, visit the Kearney International Center in CSU 250, or email me. My staff and I will be happy to provide more information about the many trustworthy options available.

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Pope Francis addresses controversial topics Many things have changed since the Pope visited in 1965.

AP-- Pope Francis told U.S. bishops Wednesday they should avoid “harsh and divisive” language and create a church with the warmth of a “family fire,” as he laid out a vision for American Catholicism far from the defensive stands on social issues that have put church leaders at the center of the culture wars.

In remarks at a prayer service at Washington’s Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Francis told the bishops he was aware that “the field in which you sow is unyielding” and that there is a temptation “to think back on bygone times and to devise harsh responses to fierce opposition.”

But he urged the bishops to find ways to reach people “with the power and closeness of love” which he said “counts more than their positions, distant as they may be from what we hold as true and certain.”

“Harsh and divisive language does not befit the tongue of a pastor, it has no place in his heart,” Francis said. “Although it may momentarily seem to win the day, only the enduring allure of goodness and love remains truly convincing.”

The pope’s comments were the latest of his exhorta-

U.S. visit, with the nation’s bishops assembled before him.

“He just took the war out of the culture wars,” said Christopher Bellitto, a church historian at Kean University in New Jersey.

Many U.S. bishops have been unsettled by Francis’ approach. Nearly all had been appointed by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who prioritized guarding orthodoxy against what they saw as an onslaught from secularism and doctrinal confusion sown by Catholics the bishops considered disloyal to the church.

While bishops continued to aid the poor and immigrants through their massive network of social service agencies and schools, they increasingly put resources into high-profile fights against gay marriage, abortion and insurer-provided birth control. The bishops said they had no choice, given the advance of government policies they found immoral. As leaders of the largest denomination in the country, they became torchbearers for religious conservatives across faith traditions, and became embroiled in polarizing political fights.

Francis did not tell the

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cious possessions,” in a nod to the top concern for U.S. bishops seeking conscience exemptions from recognizing gay marriage. And at the cathedral service, Francis said attention should be paid to the “innocent victim of abortion.” But he listed abortion as one of many issues “essential” to the church’s mission, including protecting children from hunger and war, caring

ticular significance for Americans, Francis spoke of “the seamless garment” of the church, as he encouraged an end to divisions among Catholics. That Gospel phrase became identified with the late Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernadin, who sought equal emphasis on church teaching about abortion and justice issues, such as poverty.

Conservative Catholics contended abortion was the most important issue of all, and dismissed Bernardin’s approach as a capitulation to broader society. In an interview before the pope’s visit, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, who worked under

Bernardin as an auxiliary bishop, said Francis’ approach “is exactly what Cardinal Bernadin was saying years ago.”

Thomas Groome, a Boston College theologian, noted that millions of Americans now call themselves former Catholics.

“What Francis wants to do is ask, ‘How do we bring them along rather than drive them away?’” Groome said.

“What are the fruits of the culture wars and what have they achieved? Essentially they’ve achieved nothing,” Groome said. “He’s recommending a whole shift in attitude for U.S. Catholic bishops.”

This is the first time a Pope has visited the United States since 2008.

tions to throw open the doors of the church to all, no matter a person’s beliefs and behavior, using the metaphor of a “field hospital” that healed wounds first before addressing other problems. But the talk Wednesday took on special emphasis, coming on the first full day of the pope’s first

bishops to abandon their priorities. He said he had no intention “to offer a plan or to devise a strategy.”

In a welcoming reception at the White House earlier Wednesday with President Barack Obama, Francis noted that religious freedom is “one of America’s most pre-

for the elderly and sick and protecting the environment.

“Only a church which can gather around the family fire remains able to attract others,” Francis said, otherwise bishops will “end up being caretakers of ash.”

Using a phrase with par-

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Feature Photo: MSU’s Mav Machine

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Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Maverick Machine performed at MSU’s football game this past Saturday, Sept. 19. Here, part of the ensemble plays under the direction of Sam Khwice.

U2 concert canceled in Sweden due to security breach STOCKHOLM (AP) — U2 canceled a concert in Sweden’s capital after a security breach and police were investigating on Monday whether one of their own was to blame.

Thousands of disappointed concert-goers were evacuated from the sphereshaped arena because of the security incident late Sunday.

Police declined to comment on Swedish media reports suggesting the incident was triggered by an off-duty police officer wrongly being allowed to enter the venue with a gun.

But police spokesman Kjell Lindgren told The Associated Press that police were investigating a suspected weapons offense and that an internal

unit dealing with complaints against police officers had been alerted.

He said organizers, in consultation with police, decided to call off the concert after someone “wasn’t properly searched” at the security check.

“There are reports that it may have been a police officer,” he added.

No one was arrested and no weapon was found during a search of the arena, he said.

Off-duty police officers in Sweden aren’t allowed to carry their weapons under normal circumstances.

The concert was rescheduled for Tuesday and ticket-holders who couldn’t come back then would be

reimbursed, organizers said.

“The organizers apologize for the inconvenience caused and thank the audience for their understanding. Their safety is the priority,” they said in a statement on U2’s website.

Cecilia Uhler, 45, said she had been waiting inside the arena for the concert to begin for almost an hour when it was evacuated. People then waited for more than two hours outside the arena before they were told the concert had been called off, she said.

“For my own part I can come back on Tuesday,” she said. “But I feel really bad for all the people who can’t make in then.”

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Volkswagen CEO resigns following scandal VW’s diesel engine inspection finds a number of “irregularities.”

BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world’s top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure.

No replacement was announced, and VW still has no easy exit from a scandal that has suddenly dented a reputation for trustworthiness that took decades to build. The smog-test trickery has wiped out billions in VW’s market value and raised the specter of criminal investigations and billions more in fines.

Winterkorn took responsibility for the “irregularities” found by U.S. inspectors in VW’s diesel engines, but insisted he had personally done nothing wrong.

“I am doing this in the interests of the company even though I am not aware of any wrongdoing on my part,” his statement said. “Volkswagen needs a fresh start ... I am clearing the way for this fresh start with my resignation.”

Winterkorn, 68, resigned following a crisis meeting of the Volkswagen supervisory board’s executive committee.

Its acting chairman, Berthold Huber, said company directors are “resolved to embark with determination on a credible new beginning.”

Huber said a successor will be discussed at a board meeting on Friday that was originally intended to approve extending Winterkorn’s contract through 2018.

VW reversed its market slide, closing up 6.9 percent at 118.90 euros. But VW’s share price has a long way to go to recoup this week’s losses.

Nearly 25 billion euros (around $28 billion) was wiped out in the first two days of trading after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that VW has been violating the Clean Air Act and could be subject to fines of as much as $18 billion.

Winterkorn, VW’s boss

Photos Courtesy of the Associated Press since 2007, had come under intense pressure since the EPA’s disclosure Friday that stealth software makes VW’s 2009-2015 model cars powered by 2.0-liter diesel engines run cleaner during emissions tests than in actual driving.

The EPA accused VW of installing the so-called “defeat device” in 482,000 cars sold in the U.S. VW later acknowledged that similar software exists in 11 million diesel cars worldwide and was setting aside 6.5 billion euros to cover the costs of the scandal.

Huber said “Mr. Winterkorn had no knowledge of the manipulation of emission values,” and praised the departing CEO’s “readiness to take responsibility in this difficult situation for Volkswagen.”

Stephan Weil, the governor of Lower Saxony state, which holds a 20 percent stake in Volkswagen, said VW is filing a criminal complaint, “because we have the impression that criminally relevant actions may have played a role here.”

Weil, also a VW director, promised to “clear up these events with all the possibilities we have inside the company and ensure that those involved are punished severely.”

“Winterkorn, 68, resigned following a crisis meeting of the Volkswagen supervisory board’s executive committee.”

The prosecutors’ office in Braunschweig, near VW’s Wolfsburg headquarters, confirmed that it is weighing an investigation of VW employees.

Other governments from Europe to South Korea have begun their own inquiries, and law firms have already filed class-action suits on behalf of customers.

There is no immediate way of restoring VW’s reputation, but only total transparency can resolve the scandal and salvage its brand, said Jeremy Robinson-Leon, chief operating officer at Group Gordon, a New York-based corporate and crisis PR firm.

“The most important thing is that VW comes out and tells the public what happened, who was involved and make sure that it doesn’t happen again,” he said.

U.S. regulators raised questions about VW’s diesel emissions in March 2014, and insisted on answers for another 18 months before the company finally acknowledged installing the stealth software.

The company has yet to reveal what its digital records show about who developed, wrote and tested the code, under whose direction, and why.

German authorities also insisted on answers Wednesday as they sought to limit the impact on Europe’s largest economy.

Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said it’s important the scandal is cleared up quickly and “the consequences are drawn.” But he cautioned against casting doubt on the quality of Volkswagen as a whole or the rest of the country’s auto industry.

“The damage that some people have unleashed for

the company and its employees is huge — but I think we should take care not to make a general debate about the quality of Volkswagen or the whole German auto industry out of this,” Gabriel said at the Frankfurt auto show. “’Made in Germany’ stands for excellent products,” insisted Ulrich Grillo of the Federation of German Industries.

Still, economists are raising concerns about an impact on German growth.

Carsten Brzeski, chief economist at ING Germany, said the ongoing refugee crisis and now the “Volkswagen shocker” pose new risks.

While the impact remains unclear, VW is “one of Germany’s most important global champions” and an “important growth driver for the German economy.”

Another unanswered question is whether Volkswagen was alone in trying to dupe emissions testers.

Wah okorries about wider malpractices have depressed the share prices of many other European automakers, though not on VW’s scale.

Some of those stocks recovered slightly from early session losses Wednesday.

BMW’s closed up 0.6 percent, while Daimler’s was up 0.3 percent. French carmakers Peugeot Citroen and Renault fared worse though, down 2.6 percent and 2.3 percent respectively.

“Dealers despise being kept in the dark, and the carmakers as a whole will be a sector to swerve until there is a conclusion to this saga,” said David Madden, a market analyst at IG. Germany’s biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, has already lowered its forecast for the main German stock market index, the DAX, where carmakers account for 25 percent of its total value. It warned clients to expect “a potentially more sustained loss in brand value and prolonged recovery period ahead in the U.S.”

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New duck-billed dinosaur fossils found in Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Fossils from a unique plant-eating dinosaur found in the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology, say Alaska and Florida university researchers.

A paper published Tuesday concluded that fossilized bones found along Alaska’s Colville River were from a distinct species of hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur not connected to hadrosaurs previously identified in Canada and Lower 48 states.

It’s the fourth species unique to northern Alaska.

It supports a theory of Arctic-adapted dinosaurs that lived 69 million years ago in temperatures far cooler than the tropical or equatorial temperatures most people associate with dinosaurs, said Gregory Erickson, professor of biological science at Florida State.

“Basically a lost world of dinosaurs that we didn’t realize existed,” he said.

The northern hadrosaurs

would have endured months of winter darkness and probably snow.

“It was certainly not like the Arctic today up there — probably in the 40s was the mean annual temperature,” Erickson said. “Probably a good analogy is thinking about British Columbia.”

The next step in the research program will be to try to figure out how they survived, he said.

Mark Norell, curator of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, said by email that it was plausible the animals lived in the high Arctic year-round, just like muskoxen and caribou do now. It’s hard to imagine, he said, that the small, juvenile dinosaurs were physically capable of long-distance seasonal migration.

“Furthermore, the climate was much less harsh in the Late Cretaceous than it is today, making sustainability easier,” he said.

Most of the fossils were

found in the Liscomb Bone Bed more than 300 miles northwest of Fairbanks and a little more than 100 miles south of the Arctic Ocean.

The bed is named for geologist Robert Liscomb, who found the first dinosaur bones in Alaska in 1961 while mapping for Shell Oil Co. Liscomb thought they came from mammals. They remained in storage for about two decades until someone identified the fossils as dinosaur bones, said Pat Druckenmiller, earth sciences curator at the University of Alaska Museum.

Researchers over the next 25 years excavated and catalogued more than 6,000 hadrosaur bones, far more than any other Alaska dinosaur.

Most were from small juveniles estimated to have been about 9 feet long and 3 feet tall at the hips.

“It appears that a herd of young animals was killed suddenly, wiping out mostly one similar-aged population to create this deposit,” Druck-

enmiller said.

They initially were thought to be Edmontosaurus, a hadrosaur well-known in Canada and the U.S., including Montana and South Dakota. The formal study of the Alaska dinosaur, however, revealed differences in skull and mouth features that made it a different species, Druckenmiller said.

Researchers have dubbed the creature Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis (oo-GROO’nah-luk KOOK’-pik-en-sis).

The name means “ancient grazer” and was chosen by scientists with assistance from speakers of Inupiaq, the language of Alaska Inupiat Eskimos.

The dinosaurs grew up to 30 feet long. Hundreds of teeth helped them chew coarse vegetation, researchers said. They probably walked primarily on their hind legs, but they could walk on four legs, Druckenmiller said.

The Liscomb Bone Bed during the Cretaceous Period was hundreds of miles farther

north in what’s now the Arctic Ocean, Druckenmiller said.

University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student Hirotsugu Mori over five years completed his doctoral work on the species. The findings were published Tuesday in “Acta Palaeontologica Polonica,” an international paleontology quarterly journal.

Researchers are working to name other Alaska dinosaurs.

“We know that there’s at least 12 to 13 distinct species of dinosaurs on the North Slope in northern Alaska,” Druckenmiller said. “But not all of the material we find is adequate enough to actually name a new species.”

They have found no evidence of crocodiles, turtles, lizards or other ectotherms, the cold-blooded animals that depend on the sun or another external source of heat to regulate their body temperature.

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A&E THIS TOP WEEK’S 5 BILLEVENTS: BOARD MUSIC TRACKS:

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MARYSA STORM Staff Writer Should you watch Scream Queens? Well, can you handle over the top sorority girls?

If the answer to that question is no, or even a soft maybe, then the show isn’t for you.

Scream Queens – created

by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk (American Horror Story), and Ian Brennan (Glee) – premiered Tuesday night on Fox and it’s a bit of a tossup as to whether you should catch up if you missed the premiere or even continue watching if you did catch it.

Scream Queens follows the elite Kappa sorority house, headed by Chanel (Emma Roberts), and the masked killer that is targeting its members and pledges. Given the house’s history (babies

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er is slashing, but who he (or she?) is.

The killer isn’t the only threat to the sorority house, though. In the series’ beginning, Kappa president

Chanel announces to the viewer that sororities are

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GABE HEWITT Staff Writer For years, Pokémon have been confined to the handheld and at-home video game consoles we played them on. Their presence was stuck behind a screen. Soon, they’ll make their way into the real world. Almost.

The announcement of Pokémon GO has the world in a frenzy. The Android and

iOS app, set for release in 2016, allows users to capture Pokémon in the real world on their mobile devices using their GPS. The Pokémon will be seen on your phone screen via augmented reality (AR) technology. It’s being developed by Niantic, makers of the location-based app Ingress that has over 10 million downloads.

“For the first time, Pokémon will roam free in the real world,” Niantic founder John Hanke said. “Pokémon GO will allow players to capture Pokémon who inhabit parks, shopping areas, sidewalks and the countryside all around the world.”

If you aren’t familiar with the world of Pokémon, all you need to know is that it revolves around traveling

haberbus.com the world capturing different types of creatures and battling others with them. A common theme across most Pokémon games is traveling.

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SCREAM Continued from page 14 “While Robert’s Chanel spends a majority of the premiere dealing with her wavering popularity and directing murder cover ups, the girl-next-door pledge, Skyler (Grace Gardner), teams up with a campus reporter (Diego Boneta) to investigate the secrets of Kappa House.” in Halloween (1978) – and she’s a delight as the university’s ex-hippie dean.

Her overt flirting with students (and students’ parents) does a lot to help you forget the near lethal amount of pop culture references in the show.

All and all, it’s tough to give the show a final verdict. In fact, the jury is still out on this one. A majority of the show’s fallbacks – the constant screaming, the flaky characters – also serve as its redeeming qualities. In the past few years, Murphy and Falchuk’s American Horror Story has started out strong but has withered away by the season’s finale. The question here is whether or not Scream Queens, with its shaky people.com premiere, will do the same. the only place where you can still choose the people who surround you. Unfortunately for her (and perhaps the viewers as well, Chanel makes quite the ear-piercing fuss), anti-sorority dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) opens the sorority up for all pledges – even if they have

neck braces.

While Robert’s Chanel spends a majority of the premiere dealing with her wavering popularity and directing murder cover ups, the girl-next-door pledge, Skyler (Grace Gardner), teams up with a campus reporter (Diego Boneta) to

investigate the secrets of Kappa House.

The show, which waffles between being bloody and funny or just plain annoying, is almost too much. The bitchy, “my pumpkin spice latte isn’t hot enough,” sorority girl dialogue gets old fast, but some of the other

exaggerated characters – the candle blogger, the inept security guards, and the “I’m protecting you by having sex with you” frat boys – do breathe a great deal of humor into the show, as does Curtis.

Curtis is no novice to horror – her first movie role was

APP Continued from page 14 “If you aren’t familiar with the world of Pokémon, all you need to know is that it revolves around traveling the world capturing different types of creatures and battling with them. A common theme across most Pokémon games is traveling.” efits. Going for a brisk morning run may result in both burning calories and adding a new companion to your team. Niantic could incorporate an exercise component that would require users to walk or run a certain number of steps in order to see certain Pokémon.

A game like this will come with its problems. What kind of algorithm will be used to determine which Pokémon will appear in what areas based on your GPS? Will there be Pokémon available in every recognized GPS location?

If that’s the case, users will inevitably go to great depths in searching for Pokémon and could potentially harm themselves. To prevent this, Nintendo and Niantic will have to establish boundaries straight

out of the gate. Input some type of Google Maps feature that places borders around places where Pokémon can be found.

Another issue is the potential cost of the app. It will most likely be free to download and include in-app purchases, a route that most gaming apps go toward in this age. A “pay-to-win” app is an app that requires users to make in-app purchases to be able to really succeed in the game. This could be a deal breaker for some fans, including me. Of course, the company has to make a profit, but with the amount of people that will download this app, static advertisements should be enough to offset any in-app purchases.

Pokémon has been a game

series that’s loved by all ages.

It’s been able to keep a loyal fan base who have been playing its games since the late 90s. Pokémon GO appealed directly to this original fan base in its announcement trailer that featured numer-

ous 20-something-year-olds and Pokémon from the original 151 set. The only children seen were with their parents playing the game.

Very little is known about this game besides what was seen in the announcement

trailer and its press conference. I’m hoping for a gameplay video and an official release date announcement before the end of 2015.

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A&E

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Conkling Art Gallery hosts Tad Carpenter exhibit Artist and designer to speak at MSU reception on Monday.

EMMANUELLE KOUAME Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato Art Department announced “Tad Carpenter Creative,” a new art exhibit featuring the artist and designer, Tad Carpenter.

The exhibit started on Monday, Sept. 4 and runs until Wednesday, Sept. 30 in Minnesota State Mankato’s Conkling Art Gallery. Carpenter will present an artist lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept.

28 in the Centennial Student Union’s Ostrander Auditorium, followed by a reception.

Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Tad Carpenter is a designer, illustrator, author, and teacher. His father was the creative director of Hallmark for nearly 40 years. His mother was a talented fiber artist.

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One of the many illustrations by Tad Carpenter.

There is no doubt that Tad Carpenter was predestined to become an outstanding artist. Indeed, Tad’s portfolio is rather impressive; his client list includes Adobe, MTV,

Macy’s, Target, and even the music group FUN. The artist’s designs range from books to posters, packaging, and restaurants.

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“Tad’s portfolio is rather impressive; his client list includes Adobe, MTV, Macy’s, Target, and even the music group FUN. The artist’s designs range from books to posters, packaging, and restaurants.”

card you gave to your friend last week? There is a great chance that he designed it too. Looking at his career accomplishments, I can already picture art students wondering about the formula of his success. On his website, Tad Carpenter declares “We bring powerful messages to life through branding, packaging and illustrative based design. Our process is effective, artistic and honest. But most important, we love what we do.” Come and learn what else is needed for a successful career in design!

While you are waiting patiently, visit the Conkling Art Gallery where his art is cur-

rently exposed. Thanks to the Nadine B. Andreas Artist and Scholar Endowment Program, everything from the artist exhibit to the lecture and the reception is open and free of charge to the public. Not only is it a great networking opportunity for art students, it is also a great opportunity to seek answers from someone who is actually in the field and learn of his challenges and successes.

Hip-hop artist to visit Minneapolis in October Oddisee to perform at First Avenue this fall.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer Up and coming hip-hop artist, Oddisee, will be making a stop in Minnesota. At 8p.m., on Oct. 22, First Avenue in Minneapolis will welcome the young emcee to the stage. Hailing from Washington, DC, he is coming off

the release of his newest album The Good Fight, and is currently on a world tour to promote it.

The young rapper is still making a name for himself, but has gained popularity as both a rapper and producer since 2008. Notable releases include Tangible Dream and instrumental album Rock Creek Park. Well known for his use of soul samples, lyrical versatility, and astute depictions of life, one could call Oddisee the thinking man’s rapper.

Oddisee has spent his ca-

reer as a true independent artist. He has always relied on himself for his promotion and concert bookings. This has led to a true “do it yourself” style for him.

Oddisee will be returning to Minnesota for the first time since 2013. Tickets for the Oct. 22 show are 15$ and can be found by visiting first-avenue.com. His new album, The Good Fight, can be found on his Bandcamp, or streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play.

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Sports Number one Mavericks to take on Minnesota-Crookston

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TOMMY WIITA Staff Writer The Mavericks football team will travel their furthest distance of the season this Saturday to Crookston, Minnesota to take on the University of Minnesota-Crookston Eagles. Minnesota State has begun the season on a roll, as they are currently 3-0 to begin the season.

Last week, the Mavs crushed University of Mary at home 48-0. Each week has displayed a better performance from the week before, which will be encouraging to look for going forward. This will be only the fourth time the Mavericks will play the Eagles, as MSU has yet to lose

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against them. Their last game played against each other was a 68-26 victory in Mankato during the 2013 season. In 2010, the two teams faced off

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in Crookston in which Minnesota State easily won 42-3.

Head Coach Todd Hoffner’s Mavericks have looked strong so far, as the defense has been able to shut down opponents. The second half has been the storyline of the season, as the Mavericks have outscored their opponents in the last half 59-0.

The only problem for the Mavericks this season has been turnovers, as in three games they have turned the ball over nine times. They have only forced six turnovers; taking care of the ball is something they will need to keep working on.

Special teams has looked special at times, as punt returner Kyle Riggot has been the sparkplug to put the Mavericks in great field position to begin most drives. Riggot has four punt returns for 113 yards, with his longest return being 51 yards.

Senior running back Connor Thomas on the season has 298 rushing yards on 55 carries, averaging 5.3 yards per carry with two touchdowns.

Sophomore quarterback Nick Pieruccini has had a pretty impressive season, as he has thrown for 429 yards, two touchdowns, as has a

completion percentage of 55.6 percent. He also is the second leading rusher on the team, with 179 rushing yards on 28 attempts. He is averaging 6.2 yards per carry with three rushing touchdowns.

When it comes to receiving, Riggot has the most catches with nine. He has accumulated 133 yards as well.

Sophomore Ty Dennis has six catches for 194 yards, and his average yards per catch is at an astounding 32.3. He has scored two of the three passing touchdowns, with a 72 yarder and a 55 yarder.

The defense is all-around solid. They are giving up on average through three games nine points per game, while earning one shutout. According to ncaa.com, the Mavericks are ranked 12th overall in total defense this season.

Senior linebacker Tyler Henderson leads the team with tackles, as he has 22 through three games. Senior defensive end has 5.5 tackles for a loss, along with three sacks. The Mavericks defense has been able to swarm on

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Mavericks swept in first NSIC loss of the season

KELCIE RICHMOND Staff Writer The Minnesota State University, Mankato volleyball team couldn’t conquer Concordia-St. Paul Tuesday night on the road as they lost in three sets (25-19, 25-23, 2516).

The Mavs played the Golden Bears in St. Paul at 7 p.m.

MSU went up early 6-2 in the first set but were not able to keep it up as CU tied them 8-8. MSU trailed the rest of the set as CU went on a 7-1 run. The Mavs were overcome during the set with four service errors. On the opposite end the Golden Bears had no service errors and three aces leading to their set one victory, 25-19.

MSU stepped up right away to take another quick lead, 5-2, but like the first set the Golden Bears did not let up. CU eventually tied the Purple and Gold again, 9-9. However, the Mavericks made a few huge plays to gain a four-point lead, 15-11.

Photo by Yohanes Ashenafi The Mavericks lost their first NSIC match of the season at eighth ranked Concordia-St. Paul.

Senior setter Ellie Van De Steeg tallied 27 assist for the Mavericks.

That lead would stay until the two teams were tied again, 21-21. After three impacting kills by CU, the Mavs were trailing 21-23. One more kill for CU and an attack error by the Mavs gave the Golden Bears their second set win for the night. Although CU took the set, MSU had a better hitting percentage at .229.

The Mavs tried to come back for the third and final set but were overpowered early by a strong 7-1 deficit.

The Mavs called for a timeout hoping to change the tempo of the game. However, CU found themselves dominating with kills and benefiting from hitting and service errors by MSU. The Purple and

Gold trailed heavily, down 9-21 at one point, eventually going on a three-point run but never fully recovering.

The Golden Bears ended the set with one final kill, sweeping the Mavericks.

MSU posted a lower than average attack percentage for the match at just .165 percent. They also accumulated

nine service errors compared to only three aces. However, the Mavericks committed only three more errors than CU, recording 19.

Junior middle blocker Krista Hassing once again led the Mavs in kills with 14 and four blocks. Freshman outside hitter Nevena Vukomanovich added six kills, six digs and one service ace for the Purple and Gold. Junior Lexi Platz was the third kill leader with four.

Senior setter Ellie Van De Steeg contributed 27 assists for the night. She also tallied nine digs and three blocks.

Junior libero Haley Fogarty led the defense with 11 digs.

The Mavericks, while still holding a great record, fall to 8-3 and 2-1 in NSIC play.

Their first two conference wins came against Winona State and Upper Iowa.

The Purple and Gold hope to bounce back on the road this weekend as they travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to play the University of Sioux Falls and Marshall, Minnesota to battle Southwest Minnesota State. The Friday game against Sioux Falls will start at 7 p.m. The Mavs will end the weekend road trip with SMSU at 3 p.m.

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“The only problem for the Mavericks this season has been turnovers, as in three games they have turned the ball over nine times. They have only forced six turnovers; taking care of the ball is something they will need to keep working on.” the opposition this season, and forcing turnovers has also been just as successful.

The team has forced two fumbles, and four interceptions. Senior linebacker Rob Myers has two interceptions this season. Sophomore defensive end Evan Perrizo has forced both fumbles, as his season has been solid on the defensive line.

In the secondary, junior Jared Gillespie has had a terrific season after not seeing any action last year. In

three games, Gillespie has deflected the most passes, four, has one interception, one sack, and eight tackles.

The biggest keys undoubtedly this season for the Mavericks have been the special teams and defense, and they will need both to stay consistently successful for the rest of the year.

The Golden Eagles of Minnesota-Crookston has not had nearly the success the Mavericks have been able to have.

In their first three games, they have lost all three by scores of 58-16, 45-21, and 45-3. The offense has sputtered, and even if the offense was rolling the defense has appeared to be very suspect.

On defense as a whole, the team has only managed to force one fumble for turnovers. They have turned the ball over eight times, all coming via interceptions.

This game does not look good for the Eagles, especially since they have been

outscored in the second half 53-3 in the second half and MSU has outscored their opponents 59-0 in the second half. Harold Halcomb leads the team in rushing yards with 91. Quarterback Nathan Cole has 469 passing yards with two touchdowns.

Redshirted freshman Triston Richert is the leading receiver on the squad, with 12 catches for 167 yards and one touchdown.

The Golden Eagles will need something of a mira-

cle to come out victorious against Minnesota State.

Never say never, but the odds look in heavy favor of the Mavericks. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. in Crookston, Minnesota on Saturday the 26th.

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Young Mavericks keep pace toward improvement ERIC KRIESEL Staff Writer Both the Men and Women’s Cross Country teams competed at the St. Olaf Invitational this past weekend in Northfield, MN. The men’s team placed ninth with a score of 257 respectfully, while the Women’s team was able to finish seventh as a group while posting a score of 205 on what was described as a perfect day for running by men’s coach Loren Ahonen.

“The conditions were ideal for a cross country meet, mid 50s with clear skies and no perceptible breeze. Truly does not get a whole lot better,” Ahonen said.

However, rain from the days leading up to the race did make the track wet, slowing the young Mavericks team down through the beginning parts of the race on the men’s side, who tried to control their pace as to not

wear themselves down for the quick turnover to next week’s Roy Griak Invite in Minneapolis.

Freshman runners Derek Cruz, 37th, Caleb Burke, 66th and Steven Erredge, 71st, continue to impress Coach Ahonen whom, for the first time in his coaching career, gave Race of the Week Honors out to two runners, Cruz and Burke. Austin Pasch, another freshman runner for the Mavs, was able to capture 65th place.

On the Women’s side of things Sophomore Erin Baker, 23rd, and Freshman Lily Paul, 27th, finished tops for the Mavericks who continued to improve in the eyes of Coach Jennifer Blue.

“We are extremely young, but have a lot of potential especially in the years to come,” Blue said of her squad.

Being shorthanded, the Maverick Women felt as though the team could have placed higher had it not been

missing some of their top five runners due to illness but were still satisfied with their performance over the weekend.

St. Olaf was able to capture first at their own invite on the Men’s side with a score of 59, while on the Women’s side University of Minnesota-Duluth was able to pull away first with a low score of 50.

Jake Campbell, a junior runner from St. Olaf, took home first in the Men’s race with a time of 25:20.2 and

senior runner Ruth Steinke of Carleton College won the Women’s race posting a 22:03.8 time.

The NSIC is a strong conference for both Men’s and Women’s Cross Country boasting some of the top DII teams not only in the region but throughout the entire nation, so next week the team will really be tested and get a much better feel for where they are at when they travel to Minneapolis for the Roy Griak Invite.

“We can get a better idea where we are sitting in the conference and what we need to work on in the next month before the conference meet,” Blue said of the upcoming race in Minneapolis.

Both Men’s and Women’s teams have the goal in mind of finishing in the top 3 at the NSIC Championships on October 24th but Coach Ahonen knows they have their work cut out for them.

“It won’t be easy, but Cross Country never is.”

Men’s and women’s rugby each bring home a win

SHAWN CLOSE Staff Writer Mankato rugby opened up their season in strong fashion this weekend, with both the men’s and women’s teams winning tightly contested games on the road.

The men’s team kicked the season off on the road in St. Cloud. The Mavericks fell behind early, and trailed St. Cloud 3-5 at the half. With a strong second half showing, capped off with a score

Photo by Trevor Cokley The Maverick men came back from a 5-3 deficit to beat St. Cloud 15-5. The Maverick women downed Duluth 34-22. by first year player Denver Quenette, the Mavericks surged past St. Cloud, winning the contest 15-5.

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The men’s team travels to UND next weekend, and will attempt to avenge a surprising loss in last years season final.

The woman’s team also started their season on the road, playing against one of their toughest division rivals, University of Minnesota Duluth. The Mavericks triumphed in a tough, high scoring contest that tested both sides.

The Mavericks started strong with an early score by veteran Bailey Johnson, and kept the pressure on Duluth with a fast paced attack that included a pair of scores by veteran Kakemwa Mautaui Green, defeating Duluth 34-22. Next week is the Women’s home opener, squaring off against Winona at 10 a.m.

If you have an interest in playing rugby for MNSU please contact: Tyler Antony for the men’s team: tyler.antony@mnsu.edu Bailey Johnson for the women’s team: Bailey.Johnson@mnsu.edu

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