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Cuban presentor gives new perspective about translators Challenges and incredible moments mark the road to one boy’s dream

STEPHANIE VOGEL Staff Writer On Tuesday, Sept. 26 and Wednesday, Sept. 27, author and translator Alberto Gonzalez Rivero came to Minnesota State University, Mankato.

He was the key speaker at the event, Cuba(n) Conversations, which was funded by the Nadine B. Andreas Endowment.

“A number of years ago, the university received a gift, and part of the gift from the Andreases was funding for faculty to bring in speakers to enrich our community,” said Kimberly Contag, a professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures.

Before his presentation, Contag gave a brief summary of Rivero’s background.

“Alberto was a high school teacher,” said Contag. “He grew up in a very poor,

Photo by Alissa Thielges mountainous community outside of Havana. He was born right at the beginning of the revolution. It’s like a shack, what he grew up in, but because of the changes in Cuba, after Fidel Castro, there was a push toward comprehensive healthcare… free education for everyone.”

Rivero had a passion for

English that caused him to pursue further education.

“Because [Rivero] was bright, his teachers motivated him to stay in school,” Contag said. “He got his teaching degree, he also got a degree in theology.

Really, his greatest ability is in moving from Spanish to English.”

Rivero’s first talk, “Mind Games in Translation,” took place in the Memorial Library.

He started the presentation with a demonstration of how a translation works.

He translated for a Spanish speaker who came with him who spoke about his ancestors in his native language and showed old

family photos, all while Rivero translated for him from Spanish to English.

During the talk, Rivero explained how he started on the path of becoming a translator.

“I just wanted to study English, I don’t know why,” he said. “I heard it for the first time as a subject in junior high school. Since I heard it for the first time, I just fell in love with it.”

In the place where he grew up, there were no books, dictionaries, or other devices that he could use to study English. He overcame these challenges and found other ways to learn the language.

“I was a clear example of the proverb that you have in English that says, ‘where there is a will, there is a way’,” he said. “When I walked down the street, I memorized English songs, letters to Fidel, the whole life of Christopher Columbus that I learned by heart in

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Adapting to college life is made a little smoother through Res Life

MARJAN HUSSEIN Staff Writer Adapting to college life is one of the toughest things for any college student to achieve.

College offers a plethora of opportunities in terms of academic and social aspects, thus balancing the two often becomes a challenge.

Minnesota State University, Mankato seeks to provide a suitable atmosphere for

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students to adjust to college life.

The university provides various activities that enable students to interact on both a personal and academic level with one another in order to form long-lasting relationships. The university has equipped itself with topclass programs and activities that get students acclimated to the college environment quickly and with ease.

The residential aspect of any college is important as it is where the majority of its freshmen begin their college experience. MNSU has four residential living spaces on campus and one off campus.

Torin Akey, the associate

director of Residential Life states that the role of the Residential Life office is to aid students in achieving both academic and personal success.

“The convenience that living on campus offers is beneficial to students in several ways, such as being close to class or having a meal prepared close by, thus offers a sense of comfort, especially to students in their first year of college,” Akey said. “The staff in the Residential Life office work tirelessly to provide suitable accommodation spaces for students, which is basically what the university aims to accomplish.”

The Residential Life office aids students in adjusting to college life in various ways. One of these is being a provision of valuable information during orientation, which aids students in getting geared up for their college experience.

“Once students settle in their various living spaces, the goal of the Residential Life office is that the staff gets to know everybody,” Akey said.

Another way the Residential Life office aids students in adjusting to college life is providing an activity every Wednesday, which acts as a socioeducational opportunity for

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students to interact and learn new things.

Intr amur al s por t s are another activity the Residential Life office facilitates to help build relationships among students and encourage everyone to mingle. Through intramural sports, students bond on a different platform and can relate on various subjects while engaging in a productive activity.

“The community advisor is another role that aids the

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Congress at crossroads after another GOP health care failure WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is at a crossroads after Republicans’ stinging failure to repeal Barack Obama’s health care law. But what’s next — more partisan conflict or a pragmatic shift toward cooperation?

Unless Republicans and Democrats in Congress can work together, and bring along an often unpredictable President Donald Trump, political conflict over health care may spread. Bipartisan talks on legislation to stabilize shaky insurance markets are on again, but time is short and there’s no guarantee of success.

Congress also has yet to renew funding for programs that traditionally enjoy broad support, such as children’s health insurance and community health centers, despite approaching deadlines.

Feelings were raw Tuesday after Senate GOP leaders announced they would not take their latest “repeal and replace” bill to the floor for lack of support.

Some lawmakers said it’s still possible to bridge the partisan gap on a limited set of priority issues.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said he would resume efforts to reach a bipartisan deal with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to stabilize markets for individual insurance policies that 18 million people rely on. More than half of those consumers are covered under the health law.

Alexander is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; Murray is the top Democrat on the committee.

Alexander runs the risk of being accused by some fellow Republicans of trying to “bail out Obamacare.”

Murray is under pressure from fellow Democrats not

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press to make concessions to Alexander, who is seeking changes that would make it easier for states to get waivers from some of the law’s requirements, potentially leading to plans with lower premiums.

“I’m still concerned about the next two years, and Congress has an opportunity to slow down premium

cooperation is the only way to avoid creating needless problems for constituents.

“You recognize the opportunities that are in front of you,” said Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees health care funding.

“My hope is we can come together.”

Wyden’s list includes

“Some lawmakers said it’s still possible to bridge the partisan gap on a limited set of priority issues.” increases in 2018, begin to lower them in 2019, and do our best to make sure there are no counties where people have zero options to buy health insurance,” Alexander said in a statement.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who has worked with Republicans on a range of health care issues, said

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renewing the Children’s Health Insurance Program for 9 million kids, whose funding expires this week, as well as short-term action to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s insurance markets, by guaranteeing subsidies for copayments and deductibles.

Experts say that could cut expected double-digit

premium increases in many states by about half.

The missing ingredient seems to be leadership, say outside observers.

Neither Trump, nor House Speaker Paul Ryan nor Senate Majority Leader Mitch Connell has given clear approval for a bipartisan approach. Some governors have called for a health care reset that would involve both parties working together on a limited agenda, but their suggestion hasn’t been embraced in Washington.

“The question is whether you can you forge a coalition that doesn’t include either the hard right or the hard left,” said GOP health economist Gail Wilensky. “I have not been able to answer who would provide the leadership for such an effort. Neither the leadership in the House or the Senate has embraced the notion of trying to forge a bipartisan coalition, and it is very hard to move legislation without that.”

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said Trump at a meeting with lawmakers raised the

possibility of seeking a deal with Democrats. There’s no hint what that might entail.

If anything, Democrats have been moving to the left after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., relaunched his “Medicare for all” plan recently. Under Sanders’ plan, government would pay for medical services, replacing employers and insurers. Some liberal activists argue that support for “single-payer” should be a qualifying test for Democratic candidates in 2018 and beyond.

Other Democrats say single-payer would lead to political defeat, because of the massive tax increases required.

“It’s not going to happen,” said former Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., one of the main authors of the Obama law. “You can talk about it, and plant a flag, and say that’s where you’d like to go, but in the meantime people need their insurance coverage.”

Wednesday is the deadline for insurers to sign contracts to offer policies for 2018 on the health law’s markets.

Sign-up season starts Nov. 1. About half the 18 million Americans with individual policies get no subsidies under the health law. Without congressional action some are facing premiums that rival a mortgage payment.

Saturday is the deadline for Congress to act on children’s health insurance and community health center funding. Brief delays are not expected to cause disruptions, but a protracted holdup would.

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Continued from page 1 English. I did that over and over again.”

He also made pen pals who wrote in English, which helped him to learn English phrases and practice writing in English.

He explained in his talk that in order to be an interpreter, he must be an actor. He has to pretend to have the same feelings and expressions as the person he is interpreting. He said that one of the most difficult things is “saying something that you know that in fact, that is not true, or that is

interpreting, Rivero said.

You are representing their feelings. Cubans use a lot of expressions and voice inflictions to convey their message. If you don’t, you are not truly translating their meaning.

“You have to pretend that it is okay,” Rivero said, on translating something he personally didn’t agree with.

“But you cannot be neutral either. You’re supposed to represent the feelings that the person is expressing.”

Rivero has translated for famous people such as Rosa

“He has had his share of embarrassing moments and said that translating is a very stressful job because of the fear of messing up.”

against your feelings, or you disagree totally with that. It is a challenge, but you cannot show that to the people who are listening to you.”

Translators must be loyal to the person they are

Parks, government officials, and even Fidel Castro himself. He has had his share of embarrassing moments and said that translating is a very stressful job because of the fear of messing up. Even

Rivero translated for a Spanish speaker as part of his presentation. though he felt like giving up after making mistakes, he has persevered and is still learning.

“I remember every single one of my mistakes because those were the biggest learning experiences,” he said.

Rivero embraces the

challenges of being a translator and could not imagine doing anything else.

“I love what I do,” he said.

“If I were to be born again, I would do all the challenges again.”

Rivero wrote a book about his journey to becoming a translator titled, “Born to

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Translate Cuba: A Country Boy’s Dream Come True,” which he translated from Spanish to English himself.

He had books available to buy and for him to sign after his talk on Wednesday, “Cuba Today: Much More than Cigars, Rum, Salsa and Old American Cars.”

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MADISON DIEMERT Staff Writer You’re going to live with one at least once or twice in your life: a bad roommate.

It happens especially in college whether you live in the dorms or an apartment or you share a house. And if you live in the dorms, you’re lucky—most times they’ll allow you to switch rooms with someone else or move into another room completely. But if that’s not an option for you, it can seem nearly impossible to survive living with a bad roomie for a whole school year. But I am here to tell you it is possible.

A bad roommate is pretty subjective. It depends on what you think makes a bad roommate. It could be that they never do the dishes and turn their music up way too loud. Or they constantly have random people over when you’re just trying to watch the new episode of “Sherlock.” Or maybe they randomly break out in song in their sleep. All of those things can be extremely annoying, and to a certain point, unbearable.

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As for something like dishes, ask that they always put their dishes in the dishwasher right after they use them, or hand wash them if you don’t own a dishwasher. This seems like a bit of hassle, especially if you’re super busy, but it really helps.

Compromise can be used for most things, but if that doesn’t work, your best bet is to just put your foot down.

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“Someone who is passive aggressive and doesn’t communicate with you about problems you be having.”

“An art major who never has homework and continuously distracts me while I’m drowning in homework.”

doing annoys you or makes you angry. I’m not saying you should get into a screaming match with them, but you should be clear on what you don’t like, and ask them to stop or change up the way they do things.

If they still don’t budge, there’s not much else you can do from there. You could break your lease contract early if you live in an apartment or house, but that usually comes with a fine and then you have to find someone else to sublease it. That can be tough and a little expensive. So if that’s not something you want to do, you might be stuck living

with that person for a while.

Trust me on this one, though—you will survive.

It just sucks. Living with another person is not easy, especially if they’re a stranger or even your best friend who you learn is obsessed with cockroaches or something.

(For real, move out if this is a thing.) What you don’t want to do, though, is be a bad roommate right back.

When you live with someone else, you should both want each other to feel safe and comfortable. A good roommate would make sure of that, even if they don’t always feel that way.

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Senator Profile: Monica Warner ADAPTING Continued from page 1 1. What’s your major?

Elementary Education with a minor in French.

2. What year in school are you?

Junior.

3. Why did you join MSSA? I was involved in committees last year and really loved that my voice was being heard and that I was starting to make an impact on campus. I decided that I wanted to take it a step further and run for the College of Education Senator position because I loved the atmosphere and leadership role so much.

4. What projects are you working on for MSSA (or plan to work on for this semester)?

I plan to get the students within the College of Education more involved with the college, with their major, and with their Dean by planning events with the Dean and events that are sponsored by the College of Education.

5. What do you hope to accomplish with MSSA? I plan to accomplish my goals of getting education students more involved and I hope to positively impact

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“Adjusting to college may be difficult but building a strong foundation from when a student sets foot on campus is vital.”

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6. What do you like to do in your spare time?

I am the president of a newly created RSO called the Environmental Sustainability Organization where we volunteer on and off campus on projects that

are environment-related or to promote environmental sustainability. I also like to play guitar and ukulele in my free time and go out to a classic Half-Apps at Applebee’s!

Residential Life office in reaching out to students on a personal level,” Akey said.

The CA is responsible for student development and residential administrative functions of a given residential living space.

“The CA’s connect with students in ways staff cannot, thus giving insight on the type of assistance a student requires,” Akey said.

CA’s are fellow college students and can be easier to talk to or relate to when new students have problems. Having a CA for new students to interact with is a great resource because they become a mentor for the students in their community.

“A majority of first year students are always anxious about two things when they arrive on campus: whether they will fit in and perform well academically,” Akey said.

“The Residential Life office seeks to ensure students overcome these anxieties by providing suitable accommodation as well as activities that form long lasting relationships throughout students’ college time spans.”

Adjusting to college may be difficult but building a strong foundation from when a student sets foot on campus is vital to ensure the student not only succeeds, but also enjoys their college experience.

MNSU strives to provide the best accommodation for students when they arrive on campus and the Residential Life office is a major tool used to accomplish this. Adjusting to college may be tough, but through suitable living conditions and events that aid one in forming connections as well as network, things start to fall into place.

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Trump plan promises huge tax cuts, but big questions remain WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising big tax cuts and a booming economy, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans unveiled the first major revamp of the nation’s tax code in a generation Wednesday — a sweeping, $5 trillion plan that would deeply cut levies for corporations, simplify everyone’s brackets and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans.

Trump declared repeatedly the plan would provide badly needed tax relief for the middle class. But there are too many gaps in the proposal to know how it actually would affect individual taxpayers and families, how it would be paid for and how much it might add to the soaring $20 trillion national debt.

There clearly would be seismic changes for businesses large and small, with implications for companies beyond U.S. borders. The American middle-class family of four could take advantage of a heftier child tax credit and other deductions but face uncertainty about the rate its household income would be taxed.

“Under our framework, we will dramatically cut the business tax rate so that American companies and American workers can beat our foreign competitors and start winning again,” Trump boasted at a speech in Indiana.

Democrats predictably felt differently.

“Each of these proposals would result in a massive windfall for the wealthiest Americans and provide almost no relief to middleclass taxpayers who need it most,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said at the Capitol.

Some Republicans, once fiscally demanding but now desperate for a legislative win after a yearlong drought, shrugged off the specter of adding billions to the federal deficit. Failure on taxes, after the collapse of health care repeal, could cost the GOP dearly in next year’s midterm elections with its House majority at stake.

“This is a now-or-never moment,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who built his reputation on tax and budget issues.

Likewise, Trump said in Indianapolis, “This is a once in a generation opportunity.”

But the bitterly divided, Republican-led Congress faces critical decisions on eliminating or reducing tax

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press breaks and deductions, with the GOP intent on producing a package without Democratic votes by year’s end. The last major overhaul in 1986 was bipartisan, and Trump was courting Democrats. One vulnerable incumbent, Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, accompanied the president on his trip to Indianapolis.

Trump and the architects of the Republican plan insist that the overhaul is aimed squarely at benefiting the middle class and wouldn’t favor the wealthy. Still, a cut in the tax rate for Americans making a half-million dollars or more would drop by almost 5 percentage points

as the wealthiest sliver of the nation reaped tremendous benefits.

Corporations would see their top tax rate cut from 35 percent to 20 percent.

For a period of five years, companies could further reduce how much they pay by immediately writing off their investments. That’s all part of an effort that Trump said would make U.S. businesses more competitive globally.

The plan would collapse the number of personal tax brackets from seven to three.

The individual tax rates would be 12 percent, 25 percent and 35 percent — and the plan recommends a surcharge for the very

wealthy. But it doesn’t set the income levels at which the rates would apply, so it’s unclear just how much change there might be for a typical family or whether its taxes would be reduced.

“My plan is for the working people, and my plan is for jobs,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “No, I don’t benefit. ... I think there’s very little benefit for people of wealth.”

Reopening the debate over economic inequality that rippled through the 2016 presidential campaign, the Republicans’ defense of the plan was met with scorn on the opposite side.

“President Trump’s tax

plan is morally repugnant and bad economic policy,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. In the absence of details on the plan’s cost, one backof-the-envelope estimate by a Washington budget watchdog estimated the tax cuts at perhaps $5.8 trillion over the next 10 years. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget analysis said Republicans had only identified about $3.6 trillion in offsetting revenues, meaning the cost to the federal deficit could be in the $2.2 trillion range.

That’s more than the $1.5 trillion debt cost allowed under a tentative agreement

by Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee — and the real battles will come as lawmakers quarrel over which tax breaks might be eliminated to help pay the balance.

The plan would nearly double the standard deduction to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for families. This basically would increase the amount of personal income that is taxfree.

Deductions for mortgage interest and charitable giving would remain, but the plan seeks to end most other itemized deductions that can reduce how much affluent

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A battle is already brewing among Republicans over a move to eliminate the deduction for state and local taxes, which is especially valuable to people in high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California.

Republicans from those states are vowing to fight it.

The plan also would: —Retain existing tax benefits for college and retirement savings such as 401(k) contribution plans.

—Seek to help families by calling for an increased child tax credit and opening it to families with higher incomes. The credit currently is $1,000 per child. Also proposed is a new tax credit of $500 to help pay for the care of the elderly and the sick who are

claimed as dependents by a taxpayer.

—Eliminate the estate tax — paid by those with multimillion-inheritances, a boon for wealthy individuals who inherit businesses, investments and real estate.

Also slated for elimination is the alternative minimum tax, a supplemental tax for certain individuals, corporations and estates that enjoy exemptions that lower their income tax bills.

—Allow companies to pay substantially lower tax rates, part of an effort to make U.S. businesses more competitive globally. The plan would impose a new, lower tax on corporate profits stashed overseas, and create a new tax structure for overseas business operations of U.S. companies.

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BILL HAMM Staff Writer Minutes of the 85th MSSA Senate Sept. 13th, 2017 Call to Order Tim Adams – Director of Veterans Resource Center • Focusing on ability to utilize the Resource Center • Challenges getting them to ask for help.

• Transition management.

Approval of Consent Agenda Appointments: • Director - Academic Advising SEARCH COMMITTEE – MeMe Cronin • Environmental Committee – Jenna Thompson, Caitlin Murphy • Student Af fairs Committee – Alex Lucier • Student Allocations C o m mi t te e – O g h o m w e n Amadasun • Par king and Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Advisory Committee Alex Bird • Budget Committee – Alex Bird • Parking Citations Appeal Board – Neil Mendonca • Commission on Ethics and Standards

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– Jeremiah Kirch, Mohammed Shahid Officer Reports President Abdul-Aziz • Meet and confer • DACA letter • Other offerings since Vikings are gone • Students United leadership training • Town Hall Tuesdays: Distributed planners, thinking of changing the venue/days/times.

• Monthly Meeting with President Davenport Vice President Cremers • Looking for more s tudent s to be appointed to commit tees: Bookstore Advisory C o m m i t t e e , A s ses sment & Evaluation, etc. Reach out!

• Senator Contracts, get in by Friday.

• Budget SMC: funds/ capital projects.

• Meet and confer: Strategic Budget/ Planning. Refereed to Academic Affairs Coordinator.

• Campus Climate Survey Speaker Brinkman • Seek him out if you need help with Orgsync and office hours • Will send Senators to Ethics and Standards if

they do not log hours in the next two weeks • After Sept. 13 meeting, will begin office hours for the next two weeks until Sept. 27.

Senator Reports MeMe Cronin • PR Commit tee Updates • Game Day shirts (gave out 500) • Rake the Town: Oct. 11 • Stay Tuned for Homecoming.

Kyle Mercer • Met with CSET Dean Brian Martensen • Computer Science Program • Create committee to bring this program back by next fall 2018.

• Student Engagement Fair/RSO’s.

Vacancies New Business Motion 85 l 09 l 13 l 01 Dreamers Motion Moved by: President Abdul-Aziz 2nd by: Senator Dominguez Whereas: The termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would harm Minnesota State University, Mankato students.

Whereas: Students benefit not only the University, but also the greater Mankato community.

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Be it resolved: The Minnesota State Student Association pledge to support and protect students that are being impacted by the delayed termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Furthermore, we stand firm in our support for all our students; particularly our dreamers.

President Abdul-Aziz: Self Explanatory motion…way overdue. We do not know how many dreamers are on campus though.

Senator Dominguez: “As student representatives, it is important to look out for all students, especially dreamers.”

Motion to Amend 85 l 09 l 13 l 01 Moved by: Dominguez, Seconded by: Johnson Whereas: The termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would harm Minnesota State University, Mankato students.

Whereas: Students benefit not only the University, but also the greater Mankato community.

Whereas: The Minnesota State Student Association is a voice on campus for all students, and works to promote and benefit all

student’s wellbeing.

Be it Resolved: The Minnesota State Student Association pledge to support and protect students that are being impacted by the delayed termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Be it Further Resolved: That a statement be sent on behalf of the Minnesota State Student Association demonstrating our firm support for all our students; particularly our dreamers.

Motion Amendment passes.

Motion passes unanimously.

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Wind River will have you pondering current relationships Tragedy strikes loneliness into the lives of the main characters RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer

“Wind River” is a crime drama that will help you rethink your relationshipswith everyone around you.

What’s more, it’s having the desire to do what is right even though you are scared or may lack certain skills. In the end, if you persist in stepping against all odds snowballing towards you, you will feel proud.

In “Wind River,” a Native American is discovered dead in the middle of nowhere in the bitter winter. In one of the first scenes, the snow is falling thick and fast and to me, reflected the blindness of the FBI agents.

The Native American was also a young woman no older than eighteen and through testing,

Jeremy Renner plays forest ranger Cory Lambert.

found that several guys sexually assaulted and raped her before she was killed.

Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) is the only

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FBI agent who shows up on-scene and is willing to help. The cops and other investigating forces point at how she is dressed and question how she can

do that when she does not come as prepared as she stood. She boldly responds that she came directly off another plane from a warmer area and

she was the only agent available and willing.

However, in a scene a little later, Banner does admit that she is still learning how to do her job but is willing to do what she can to solve the case, even if it means risking her life.

She is not the only determined one.

She and Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) a forest ranger show up at the home of Ben, the father, to learn more about the dead woman.

Instead the family feels their privacy is invaded and that their presence and poking around will lead to more trouble.

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Dior fuses 60s spirit, women’s lib at Paris Fashion Week Over 20 countries and jet-setting celebrities come to Paris

PARIS (AP) — Eightythree shows on the calendar, talent coming in from over 20 countries and jet-setting celebrities flocking into the French capital can only mean one thing: It’s time for Paris Fashion Week.

Here are the highlights of the ready-to-wear spring-summer 2018 collections Tuesday in the City of Light.

DIOR’S SIXTIES GIRL POWER Delving into the Dior archives, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri came back armed with photos of sculptress Niki de Saint Phalle — one of the few successful female artists in the male-dominated 1960s’ art world and a muse for then-Dior designer Marc Bohan.

The inspiration of this artistic trailblazer spawned

Tuesday’s Dior collection at Paris Fashion Week: the Sixties fused with the spirit of women’s lib.

Boho denim flares, laceup square heel boots, Breton stripes and kneehigh stockings accompanied berets and long fine scarves tied with a knot.

These mixed with ‘60s optical art black-and-white checks that were used effectively in kinetic ubermini coat dresses.

There were indeed some beautiful moments.

Saint Phalle’s colorful sculptures were evoked in a series of color-blocked, architectural “scuba” looks in cobalt blue, black, white and yellow — shapes tight around the body in the ‘60s style.

Still, it was a mixed bag at Dior, with some overly busy silhouettes — victims perhaps of Chiuri’s over-

Models hitting the runway

ly-busy archive references.

Ensembles with multiple layers, sheer sections on skirts, contrasting fabrics and fastidious detailing on

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appliques were sometimes a little distracting.

NAOMI WATTS, THE FEMINIST Bianca Jagger, Eva Her-

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Syrian children in Lebanon find music away from home Children play traditional songs from Syria, Egypt and Turkey

BEIRUT (AP) — Hassan Youssef was 10 years old when a local Syrian composer discovered his talent: a deep powerful voice that was particularly resonant for traditional songs.

It wasn’t long, however, before Syria’s grinding civil war nearly shattered Youssef’s hope of polishing his natural gift. He and his family left their home in a suburb of Damascus and traveled to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to become one of the millions of Syrians living in refugee camps around the region.

When the Action for Hope Music School announced it was seeking talented children among the refugee community in Lebanon to train, Youssef’s family were the first to encourage him to enroll. A year and half later, the now 14-year-old Youssef is one of two dozen children who graduated from the program, which was capped by a busy and lively con-

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cert in a central Beirut theater Friday.

Youssef, a lead singer in the concert, had come a long way from the early days of the war when a mortar round fell near his family’s home.

“We only heard the sound of a mortar, it fell near us,” said Youssef, whose shy manner con-

and restore order.

Overall “Wind River” is about connection and learning how to cross bridges to reconcile distrust among cross cultures.

It concludes with Lambert and Ben sitting side-by-side with their back against the swingset, likely what the dead daughter played on when she was younger. It is a powerful image for a few reasons.

First, is that Ben’s memory and vision of his daughter as a little girl and her innocence is completely destroyed forever.

The other reason is vulnerability in the silence that Ben cannot bring the daughter back but he is there for Ben, not just because of his profession but as a friend.

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ly 3 million children who have been displaced by the war. In Lebanon, there are more than 1 million registered refugees, nearly half of them children.

Some observers believe many more are not registered.

The UNESCO-funded Action for Hope program Youssef attended has

L’Oreal heiress passes away

WIND RIVER Continued from page 12 As the plot unfolds, the audience discovers that Lambert had his own daughter who had her own tragic death and it has separated him from his wife and his son.

He lives in a cabin, simple with furnishings but extravagant in family photos, depicting his solitary state of mind and the loneliness the incident caused.

Both Banner and Lambert learn to step outside of their comfort zones when they go with the police force to confront the dead daughter’s boyfriend, Matt, at a trailer park but he is not there upon their arrival.

Though the forces all claim they are fighting for the same goal, they are ready to gun each other down because of their accumulated mistrust for each other. It is very clear that a power struggle exists among them to regain control

tradicts a deep and impressive performance of traditional Syrian songs.

“When we looked it had apparently brought down a whole building. That is all I remember.”

Music, he says, “makes one forget everything.

Music is the most important thing.”

Youssef is one of near-

trained 24 of those displaced children for over a year and a half. It also aims to preserve the musical heritage of Syria and the region, offering classes in theory and the history of Arabic music, and teaching students the oud or Buzuq, two-string instruments used in classical Arabic and Turkish music, as well as traditional songs from different parts of Syria and the region.

The crowd at the graduation concert, many of them proud family members, cheered enthusiastically as the children played a repertoire of over a dozen songs from Syria, Egypt and Turkey. The crowd sang along and clapped to their performance of “muwashahat” from Aleppo, a form of poetic ballad for which the Syrian city is famous.

The band also performed famous old Egyptian songs, stumbling some as they pronounced the Egyptian dialect.

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Liliane Bettencourt dies at age 94

Liliane Bettencourt

PARIS (AP) — Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oreal cosmetics heiress and the world’s richest woman, has died at her home in a chic Parisian suburb. She was 94.

Bettencourt’s daughter, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, said in a written statement Thursday that

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her mother “left peacefully” overnight in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Liliane Bettencourt was the only child of Eugene Schueller, who founded L’Oreal in the early 20th century. Forbes magazine estimated her fortune to be worth $39.5 billion this year.

L’Oreal Chairman and

CEO Jean-Paul Agon expressed “great admiration” for Bettencourt.

Agon said she “always looked” after the company and its employees and “she has personally con-

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Jimmy Graham’s new play is about Murdoch’s tabloid

Ink explores consequences of giving people what they want

Playwright James Graham

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DIOR Continued from page 12 zigova, Alexa Chung and Natalia Vodianova all drew plenty of photographers as they entered Dior’s show Tuesday at Rodin Museum. But it was the tardy Naomi Watts who drew the most attention in an embellished Dior lace bodice dress with semi-sheer tulle pleats.

The 48-year-old actress was very on-message with Dior’s feminist vibe while talking to The Associated Press.

“It’s a very good time for women, I feel. It’s about going out there and getting it,” Watts said.

The star of this year’s “Twin Peaks” reboot was seated next to a copy of feminist historian Linda Nochlin’s pioneering 1971 article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” that was provided thoughtfully by the house.

There has been a marked shift in celebrating feminism since Chiuri last year became Dior’s first female designer.

“Absolutely, it’s important to have female designers. No one knows the female anatomy out there more than a woman. It’s exciting to see Ma-

ria Grazia’s new show,” Watts said.

But Watts, who’s had a busy schedule of late with roles in the series “Gypsy” as well as the David Lynch reboot, was also in Paris to relax.

“I’m here with my friends. We’re here to enjoy the city. Enjoy the clothes. Enjoy the whole experience,” she said.

SAINT LAURENT’S EIFFEL TOWER VIEW A smoke machine spewed out cloudy plumes across the gargantuan metal platform above the Trocadero gardens, created

by Saint Laurent for its spring-summer collection.

As the Eiffel Tower glimmered in the background imposingly, and hypnotic music boomed, models filed by in revealing mini-dresses, shaggy boots and lashings of dark sparkle.

The ‘80s was in the air.

Loose silhouettes, tassel detailing and cuffed boots fused with high ruffle necks and capes in shimmering blacks and flashes of purple, pink and blue.

There was a distinct whiff of the TV series “Dallas” in some looks

that incorporated big brown belts, black lacing, boots that evoked chaps, and black waistcoat-shaped tops. At times, they were a little heavy-handed.

But the creative climax came toward the end of the exhaustive 90-piece show — when Vaccarello left behind the ‘80s exploration and went abstract to explore shapes with an upward movement.

The piece de resistance: A skintight sheer black lace mini-dress with a giant black ruffled disc that wrapped around the model’s waist artfully like an angry cloud.

TARDY NAOMI CAMPBELL MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE VERSACE She grabbed headlines at Milan Fashion Week, modelling alongside supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen and Carla Bruni in Donatella Versace’s eponymous show.

Naomi Campbell has made her first public appearance since that coup — this time as a spectator — at Saint Laurent.

LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch has power, wealth — and legions of detractors, who say the media mogul’s tabloids and TV stations have fueled crass celebrity culture, phone hacking and fake news.

A new play in London explores the roots of his success and his divisiveness. “Ink” shows how Murdoch revolutionized British journalism at the end of the 1960s, turning the failing Sun newspaper into the country’s most influential tabloid through a canny mix of sin, sensation and sex.

Playwright James Graham says it’s fascinating “to see the torment” on the faces of liberal theatergoers as they realize they are rooting for the Australian upstart.

“He’s an enjoyable, mischievous, provocative voice in the play,” Graham said.

“We want to subvert and disrupt and interrogate what that man did,” he added. “He is a man who has had an incredible impact on all of our lives.”

“Ink,” which opened in the West End this week after a run at London’s small Almeida Theatre, begins in 1969. It was a pre-digital era, when publishing a newspa-

per involved hot type, clanking presses and — to Murdoch’s dismay — powerful trade unions.

The play conveys the gallows humor of journalists and the excitement of creating something new.

Murdoch and Sun editor Larry Lamb shocked the stuffy, class-ridden newspaper business with a paper that embraced the populist delights of sports, television, sex and free giveaways.

Actor Richard Coyle, who plays Lamb, said the play had made him “look more fondly on the Sun than I did before.

It had noble intentions in many ways, to begin with.”In the play, Murdoch sums up his intentions as “give people what they want ... and to hell with the consequences.”

“Ink” explores some of those consequences, on individuals and on a society undergoing rapid change.

Bertie Carvel, who plays Murdoch with nervous charm and fizzing energy, said it’s a play “about individualism versus collectivism.”

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MURDOCH Continued from page 14 “The 60s was such an amazing decade, everything was changing, and Larry is like a surfer on a wave of change and iconoclasm,” said Carvel.

“Murdoch sets him this kind of visionary task, then Larry — channeling everything that the 60s has to offer — takes that and does his thing with it.”

Lamb, who led the Sun for nine years, died in 2000. Murdoch, now 86 and still atop his empire, has not been to see “Ink,” but many of his executives and journalists have. Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie said the play had “the feel of a documentary.”

Today, Murdoch owns the film studio 20th Century Fox, U.S. broadcaster Fox News, the New York Post, the Times of London — and the Sun, still Britain’s best-selling newspaper.

But in recent years, Murdoch has faced setbacks.

The revelation in 2011 that his News of the World tabloid had eavesdropped on the voicemails of a teenage murder victim forced him to close the newspaper and sent a former editor to prison.

British politicians, who for decades had sought the approval of the Murdoch press, grew warier.

Last week Britain’s Conservative government stalled Murdoch’s attempt to buy full control of broadcaster Sky, referring the deal to a regulator over concerns Murdoch is not a “fit and proper” media owner.

That makes “Ink” timely — and the latest example of Graham’s skill at tapping into the zeitgeist.

His play “Privacy,” which ran off-Broadway in a production starring Daniel Radcliffe, was an eye-opening exploration of the intrusive power of technology.

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“This House” explored flawed British democracy while humanizing often-derided politicians.

“Ink” helps explain social forces that made Donald Trump U.S. president last year and drove Britain to decide to leave the European Union.

“I started writing this way before Trump, way before Brexit,” Graham said. “But I knew I wanted to capture what was clearly in the air about populism.

I come from a working-class mining community in Nottinghamshire, a Sun-reading town ... so I wanted to speak to that.

What it is to be in a working-class town that feels forgotten and isolated from the national conversation.

“And then, just by chance while I was writing it, those people got the power.”

“Ink” runs at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre until Jan. 6

BETTENCOURT tributed greatly to its success for many years.”

Born in 1922 in Paris, she married French politician Andre Bettencourt at the age of 27. Her husband notably served as a minister at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. He died in 2007.

Liliane Bettencourt inherited the L’Oreal fortune upon the death of her father in 1957.

When the company went public six years later, she continued to own a majority stake.

As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oreal generated sales amounting to 25.8 billion euros in 2016 and employs 89,300 people worldwide, according to the company.

Bettencourt’s name has been involved in a politico-financial scandal known in France as the “Bettencourt Affair”, which has wound its way through French courts and newspapers for years.

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The case stemmed from a 2007 complaint filed by Bettencourt’s daughter accusing one of her mother’s closest friends, the photographer Francois-Marie Banier, of manipulating the elderly widow into giving him artwork and cash.

In 2015, a French court handed Banier a three-year prison sentence on charges of swindling millions of euros from Bettencourt by taking advantage of her weak mental state. The court acquitted a former ally of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in the case.

Sarkozy’s former campaign treasurer, Eric Woerth, was acquitted on charges of “abuse of weakness” and taking donations from Bettencourt during the 2007 presidential election campaign.

Sarkozy himself was cleared in 2013 of preliminary charges.

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No. 13 MNSU captures fifth consecutive victory

TOMMY WIITA Sports Editor Junior Julia Zach’s lone goal was all the offense needed Wednesday evening, as the No. 13 Minnesota State Mavericks defeated the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears 1-0.

The win moves Minnesota State to 7-1-0 overall, and 5-0-0 against the tough Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

The Mavericks are winners of five straight heading into the weekend. The Golden Bears drop to 5-2-1 overall, and 3-11 in the NSIC. “Concordia [St. Paul] was a good challenge and we knew they would be,” head coach Brian Bahl said after the match. “The NSIC is tough and we have to be ready to go every game.”

The game was heavily contested between both teams, as great defensive play

Photo by Adeolu Asaolu was on display at The Pitch Wednesday. Minnesota State constantly had the ball in the Golden Bears’ zone throughout the first half, firing 12 shots compared to Concordia-St. Paul’s three.

Coming into the match, the Mavericks had only let up two goals all season, both of them coming in their only loss to No. 14 Grand Valley State.

Concordia-St. Paul could not get any flow to their offense going early on, and it cost them. The Mavericks finally broke the 0-0 tie at the 39:44 mark of the first half,

as sophomore Taylor Kenealy skipped a pass across the middle for Zach, who booted the ball into the back of the net to put the home team up, 1-0. The assist was Kenealy’s first of the season and Zach’s goal was her second for the 2017 campaign.

“We were keeping really good possession the whole game,” Julia Zach said after the game. “Kenealy had a great touch pass to me so I found the opening and took the shot.”

The second half was not as dominant for the Maver-

icks, as they only outshot the Golden Bears 5-3. For most of the second half, the ball was hovering around goalkeeper Taylor Livermore and the Minnesota State zone.

The Mavericks remained rock solid on defense, eliminating any opportunity for their opponent to score.

Minnesota State had a breakaway opportunity at the 26:51 mark of the second half, as junior Morgan Cottew and senior Lexi Pszanka had a two-on-one chance. The ball ended up in the back of the net of the foot of Cottew, yet

the play was called back on a questionable off-sides call.

The Golden Bears may have had their best chance at tying the game at the 11:32 mark, as Concordia-St. Paul’s Carly Simonian kicked a ball that looked as if it was going to go over Livermore’s head into the net. The goalkeeper showed terrific athleticism, leaping and snagging the shot attempt from the air.

The Mavericks outshot the Golden Bears for the game, 17-6.

The shutout marks the seventh of the season for the Mavericks. The squad has the sixth-best goals-against average in all of NCAA Division-II. “It’s all coming together.

We are making strides each game and getting better,” Bahl said. “We have some big games coming up; we have another two this weekend so we’re looking forward to those contests.”

The Mavericks will stay home at The Pitch this weekend, as they take on Minnesota-Crookston (0-7) on Friday, Sept. 29 and Bemidji State (7-0) on Sunday, Oct. 1. Both start times are scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

After 4-0 start, No. 6 Mavericks have eyes on Concordia-St. Paul

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer The No. 6 Minnesota State Mavericks hit the road to play the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears. The Mavericks roll in at 4-0 on the year while the Golden Bears sit at 1-3. The Mavs should be able to clean up swiftly against the team, holding a 9-2 record against the Golden Bears, with a sixgame winning streak on the line this weekend.

“We have a solid group of juniors and seniors that are doing a phenomenal job of helping and leading these younger players,” said Maverick head coach Todd Hoffner of the team’s development. “I feel like we’re a really tight-knit family right now; I

think we really play for each other and really care about each other and it’s starting to show.”

The Mavericks continued to grow as a team last weekend and are hot off their shutout game against the Northern State Wolves 36-0 in dominating fashion. CSP, on the other hand, fell to the MSU-Moorhead squad 21-20, despite out-gaining Moorhead in total yards 453-390.

The highlight performance from CSP in the loss was running back Darnell Rolle, who had 163 rushing yards and a score.

Headed into the matchup, the Mavericks average 497.5 yards per game and only let up 299 to the opposition.

The Mavs also average 41.2 points per game. In contrast, CSP averages 355.2 yards per game, giving up 417.2 yard to opponents.

Keys For The Mavericks The Mavericks ground game should be able to pound CSP, a team that gives

up 212.2 yards per game against the run. Sophomore running back Nate Gunn already has 619 yards and six touchdowns, emerging as the workhorse back for the Mavericks that they can consistently stick it to defenses through four quarters. When your running back has over 100 yards in every game of the season, you hand him the ball.

Sophomore quarterback Ryan Schlichte threw for 120 yards and three touchdowns last weekend for his best game of the season. He also was incredibly efficient, hitting 13 of his 15 attempts against the Wolves. This is not a special defense that the CSP squad is rolling out, so while the Maverick mantra is running the ball, this may also be a good time to push Schlichte. This defense gives up 221 yards per game to the passing attack and while the Mavericks are beating up on teams now, they will need a solid quarterback to make

Photo by Jeremiah Ayodele a deep run. This could be a good game to stretch and grow the young quarterback against a soft target.

On the defense, the Mavericks have five turnovers three of which are fumble recoveries - and have 10 sacks on the year. They have also racked up 34 tackles for loss and six quarterback hurries.

The defensive front is going to eat this CSP team up and force a lot of punts this week-

end. The Mavericks should have an easy go of it because of how many opportunities the defense will put in their lap. When the offense takes a lead, and forces the CSP offense into more and more passing situations, the MNSU defense can really pin their ears back and get to the quarterback.

Prediction: Mavericks win 45-13

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Corruption and fraud latest case to add to NCAA’s problems Louisville basketball head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director fired Wednesday

RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer If you’re an average college basketball fan, you probably like the sport for a few reasons: The atmosphere of a college basketball game is incredible, the players appear to ‘give more effort’ than the NBA, and the players play for free, therefore it is not about money—or is it?

On Tuesday, September 26, a story came out of college basketball that has sent ripples across the sport. The FBI (not NCAA) announced that ten people, including four Division-I assistant basketball coaches, were put under arrest as part of a three-year investigation. The investigation was for bribes and other corruption going on in the sport.

The average fan knows that players get recruited to

go to colleges to play sports and represent their school.

What the average fan does not know is all the illegal stuff that goes on behind the scenes of recruiting, and that is what this investigation uncovered.

The fraud and bribes that occurred here were large sums of money. Assistant coaches from numerous institutions would find ways to wire embezzle families hundreds of thousands of dollars if their kid decided to come play for their school. For example, it came out that Rick Pitino from Louisville gave a freshman basketball player on the team a vacuum once he got on campus for the first time. That vacuum had over $100,000 dollars cash stashed inside of it that was used as a bribe for that player to pick Louisville over other elite institutions.

Assistant coaches from Auburn, Louisville, Oklahoma State, Arizona, USC and Miami were all named in the investigation with Louisville going as far as to place their head coach and athletic director on paid leave; basically, setting up to fire them

at a later date. This was less than shocking for Louisville.

Even though their coach is an all-time legend, Rick Pitino is now under investigation for his second scandal in as many years, as last year it came out people close to the program were using prostitutes to have sex with potential recruits to lure them to come play for Louisville.

The mess doesn’t stop there. Major shoe companies are under investigation as well. As college sports fans know, every university is sponsored by either Nike, Adidas, Under Armour or some other major sports apparel company to have their jerseys made by them and have the players wear their sneakers.

During the FBI investigation, they tapped phone calls. One particular phone call included a Louisville assistant coach and a representative from Adidas.

The two men discussed how they were going to mask a $25,000 payment from Adidas to a father of a high school superstar that was bound to play big time college ball the following year. If the player committed to Lou-

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Louisville announced Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, that they have placed basketball coach Rick Pitino (pictured) and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave amid an FBI probe. isville, they would send the money to him, bribing him to come play for their program.

This is one of many phone calls of this nature that have taken place.

Even though there is a dark cloud hanging over college basketball right now, the sport is in good hands and

will come out even stronger after this as cheating to get players should go down in the coming years. It’s impossible to know for sure, but will bribing recruits ever not be a thing in the NCAA? Right now, current events would suggest otherwise.

Three keys for the Twins to leave their mark in October

RYAN SJOBERG Staff Writer The Minnesota Twins are on track to capture the second wildcard spot in the American League. This is an unbelievable accomplishment, considering they will become the first MLB team in history to lose 100 games in a season and then come back the following year and make the playoffs. The Twins already know who they will play, as they will take on the New York Yankees in New York on Tuesday, October 3. Let’s discuss a couple of reasons the Twins can win this game and advance to play the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. Hitting The Twins have been crushing the ball as of late and their hot streak behind the plate is a big reason for why they are positioned where they are in the standings. Over the course of their current five-game winning streak,

Minnesota has scored 47 runs; an average of 9.4 runs/ game. It does not matter who you play; if you’re scoring runs like that you are probably going to come out with a victory.

The young stars have arrived Minnesota has been contingent on the development of their young players in recent years. Up until this year, that strategy had not paid dividends.

Young players such as Eddie Rosario, Jorge Polanco and Byron Buxton have exploded onto the scene in 2017 and have provided the Twins with a spark behind the plate and in the field. It seems like every single Twins game Byron Buxton is making a play out in center field that makes your jaw drop. At the end of the 2016 season, the Twins ranked 22nd in on-base percentage, 13th in walk percentage and 16th in runs scored per game.

Currently in the 2017 season, the Twins now rank 7th in onbase percentage, 6th in walk percentage and 4th in runs scored per game. The young stars are starting to put it all together.

The pitching hasn’t been great, but good enough Most would agree that the

only thing from keeping the Twins from being true contenders is possessing a dominant arm in the starting rotation. They may have a future ace in Jose’ Berrios, but for now he is just a good young pitcher. Over the past month or so, the Twins have seen above-average pitching from Ervin Santana, Jose’ Berrios and maybe most crucially, Kyle Gibson. If these guys can maybe take one more step forward for this club, the Twins could be looking at challenging for a trip to the ALDS. The excitement is easy to see on the faces of Twins fans as this is the first time in seven years the Twins are even in this position. Senior student Sam Pate cannot wait for the wildcard game against the Yankees.

“I will be watching the game with my friends, who are Yankee fans.

Things might get a little heated at times,” he said.

Obviously, the Twins still have some regular season games left. When your team has not touched the postseason in seven years, it’s difficult to contain the excitement. The Twins hope to harness that energy and excitement in New York against the Yankees.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press Minnesota Twins’ Brian Dozier (2) and Byron Buxton (25) celebrate an 8-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians in a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Cleveland. The Twins will have their work cut out for them if they get by the New York Yankees, as their next opponent would be the Indians in the tough American League.

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The top NFL teams to trust going forward

COLTON MOLESKY Staff Writer

Well, that was confusing. In a week charged with political and social movement statements before the games, paired with confusing results to finish most of the games leaves an uneven picture of what to expect from the teams this season, along with what seems to be a wide open playoff race. With such a range of results that, for a lot of teams, conflict from week two to week three, here are the teams I trust for the remainder of the season.

Honorable Mention: Green Bay Packers At 2-1, this team has played two of the best teams in the NFC (Atlanta and Seattle) three weeks deep and defeated one of them. On the defensive side, they consistently get pressure and force the quarterbacks into making mistakes. While they played fairly poor offensive lines against the Seattle Seahawks and Cincinnati Bengals, in their loss to the Atlanta Falcons they had three sacks and seven quarterback hits. Let us also not forget that the quarterback is still Aaron Rodgers. However, the

offense still has that feeling of backyard football, where they want to toss it to Rodgers and make something out of nothing for a unit with a poor running back and shallow receiving core (you think Andy Dalton makes Geronimo Allison look that good?).

That is the primary reason they are honorable mention here. They became worse offensively, not better, and while they still have Rodgers and what seems to be a fairly decent defense, they need that extra piece.

The Trustworthy Teams: Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots and Minnesota Vikings I know: there are some controversial teams on the list but every one of these squads is really good at two or three games and get back to what they are good at. These are the teams that really are good at what they do and stick to it, so when rubber meets the road and things hit the fan, they can go back to the things that make them good, which is why these teams made the cut.

Buffalo Bills: 2-1 On offense the Bills have a top-five running back in LeSean McCoy and a creative run blocking scheme set in their offense. This team wants to run the ball and with a mobile quarterback like Tyrod Taylor, play-action is a great spin off of the running game. But this team will always identify

with the run. On defense, the Bills only let up 12.3 points and 278.3 yards per game.

They have 10 sacks and 26 passes batted down with four forced turnovers. They are not a very complex defense, they just produce pressure and depend on their corners to make plays. They are a tough team to run against, giving up a mere 75.3 yards per game, which forces a team into passing situations, making the opposing offense easier to read.

Atlanta Falcons: 3-0 This is a just a really good offense. It is no coincidence that four of these teams make up the top four offenses in the league. This team is especially hard to defend because they have every major piece. In the passing game they have quarterback Matt Ryan, elite receiver in the alien Julio Jones (humans are not this good), and the B+ receivers that can be plugged in the slot or outside in Taylor Gabriel and Mohamed Sanu.

On the ground, the duo of Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman is a great one, as both can block along with having great hands out of the back field. This team averages 388 yards per game and 29 points, with almost a 50-50 split to keep them balanced.

New England Patriots: 2-1 Yes, they took a shellacking to the Chiefs in week one and yes, their defense is rough.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press But this team has the best quarterback to play in Tom Brady, an elite tight end in Rob Gronkowski and Bill Belichick as their head coach. Belichick will make adjustments in October to the defense by picking up someone off a practice squad who ends with nine sacks. At 40-yearsold, Brady is, somehow, still elite enough to carry the team by leading the league in passing with 1,092 yards.

Betting against the Patriots is like betting against Alabama; it is straight silliness.

Kansas City Chiefs: 3-0 The two things to love about the Chiefs is an explosive, big-play offense and their defensive front. They are second in the league in sacks with 11 and have forced five fumbles. They get to the quarterback and cause lots of problems, pressuring Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers into three interceptions last weekend. On the offensive side, Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill and Travis

Kelce are always on the verge of breaking off a big run or dashing away from the coverage for a long touchdown.

The offense stretches the field so far that it makes them incredibly hard to defend and they average 31 points per game through the first three weeks of play.

Minnesota Vikings: 2-1 The Vikings look great on offense and have impressed with a great passing attack.

But the real strength is on the ground, with a retooled offensive line and a stud running back in Dalvin Cook, who is second in rushing yards to only Hunt with 288.

On the defensive side, the Vikings real strength is in their corners; Xavier Rhodes and Trae Waynes. They put these guys on islands and the result is locking down players like Mike Evans, Michael Thomas and Antonio Brown.

This team has let up only 20.7 points per game and the corners are a big reason why.

REPORTER PICK ‘EM | WEEK #4 BEARS @ PACKERS

SAINTS @ DOLPHINS

BILLS @ FALCONS

STEELERS @ RAVENS

BENGALS @ BROWNS

RAMS @ COWBOYS

TITANS @ TEXANS

LIONS @ VIKINGS

PANTHERS @ PATRIOTS

JAGUARS @ JETS

49ERS @ CARDINALS

EAGLES @ CHARGERS

GIANTS @ BUCS

RAIDERS @ BRONCOS

COLTS @ SEAHAWKS

REDSKINS @ CHIEFS

TOMMY WIITA Sports Editor COLTON MOLESKY Sports Writer SEAN MORAWCZYNSKI Sports Writer RYAN SJOBERG Sports Writer GABE HEWITT Editor in Chief CALEB HOLDORF A&E Editor ALISSA THIELGES News Editor DANA CLARK Production Mgr.

STANDINGS After Week #3

1ST PLACE (T) Gabe Hewitt

1ST PLACE (T) Caleb Holdorf

1ST PLACE (T) Alissa Thielges

2ND PLACE Tommy Wiita

3RD PLACE (T) Ryan Sjoberg

3RD PLACE (T) Dana Clark

3RD PLACE (T) Sean Morawczynski

LAST PLACE Colton Molesky

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2017-2018 Minnesota Wild preview The team is looking to improve from last season’s first-round playoff exit

SEAN MORAWCZYNSKI Staff Writer The Minnesota Wild are looking to get over last season’s blues as they hit the ice for their first regular season game, visiting the Detroit Red Wings in the new Little Caesar’s Arena Thursday, Oct. 5.

Familiar faces have returned and departed in the offseason. The sentimental signing of Moorhead, Minnesota-native and former Wild forward Matt Cullen put smiles on the fans’ faces this summer. Cullen moved through the Minnesota hockey system, playing high school hockey in Moorhead and attending St. Cloud State to play college hockey. While Cullen did previously play for the Wild from 2010 through 2013, he was drafted by the formally known Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Cullen made a pit-stop in Nashville before heading to the Pittsburgh Penguins to be a part of their back-to-back championship teams.

The league seems to be shifting further and further away from aggressive physical play and more skill-oriented. With the four-year, eleven-million-dollar contract given to former Buffalo Sabres skater Marcus Foligno, the Wild bolster their physical presence with Chris Stewart already on the roster. The Wild aren’t lacking the large physical game like they have in previous seasons because it’s not as necessary to succeed, but adding more of these kinds of players doesn’t hurt, unless you’re on the other team.

More recently, the Wild resigned longtime captain Mikko Koivu. Koivu will have played in a Wild sweater for 14 seasons at the end of this latest two-year extension, which is worth 11-million dollars according to the Wild.

The captain was a finalist last season for the NHL’s Selke Trophy, given to the most defensively-adept forward.

Missing only two games last year, Koivu put up 58 points, with 40 of those points coming from the assist column on the box score. At 34-years-old, he has avoided major injuries over the last three seasons, an issue that

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press After a sterling regular season in coach Bruce Boudreau’s first year, the Minnesota Wild were quickly bounced from the postseason. has plagued him in the past.

Aside from the two old men returning to Minnesota, the Wild also locked up two of their young stars Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter for three and five years more each.

Granlund took a step forward in the 2016-2017 season that fans have long waited for, getting nervous that that day would never come.

As a victim of a sensational sports media, expectations for Granlund’s ceiling had to be tempered. No longer was he expected to be the second coming of Sidney Crosby; the 25-year-old Finnish forward toppled his previous

career-high points total from 44 to 69 in one season.

The national figurehead for the Wild, Zach Parise, is battling injuries to begin the year; he missed the first few practices of training camp and only returned to the ice last Friday, which is a concern for many Wild fans considering he missed all five playoff games last year. Parise missed 13 games over the course of the season and had a below average outing for a typical Zach Parise season.

Parise had 19 goals with 23 assists last season and a plus/ minus rating of -3, according to hockey-reference.com.

The defensive group con-

tinues to be led by Ryan Suter, who is heading into year six of the 13 year, nearly one-hundred-million-dollar contract that he and Parise signed in the summer of 2012. Matt Dumba also returns to the Wild after rumors of being traded or lost in the recent expansion draft to the Las Vegas Golden Knights.

Forward Erik Haula and prospect Alex Tuch ended up being the casualties to Las Vegas, which has its inaugural season this year. Young prospects like Joel Eriksson Ek soothe the pain of losing another one and a fan favorite in Haula.

Perhaps the Wild’s biggest

standout performance of last year came from 25-yearold left winger Jason Zucker.

Zucker was a prime candidate and almost was certainly heading to Las Vegas had Minnesota not used one of its protections on the young forward.

Tied with teammate Suter for the league-lead in plus/ minus last season, Zucker finished the season with a +34 rating. Suter’s defensive partner Jared Spurgeon ranked third in the league for this category just one behind Zucker and Suter at +33.

One factor contributing to the Wild’s superb plus/ minus rating is the all-important goaltender Devan Dubnyk. The goalie was statistically the best at his position throughout most of the season last year until the late-season collapse from the entire team. Dubnyk finished in the top 10 in Goals against Average (2.25/Game), Save Percentage (.923) and recorded a third-best 40 wins, five of those being shutouts.

After losing to its most previous head coach Mike Yeo in the first round of the playoffs last year, the Wild look to rectify the situation with this year’s roster. Key players were locked down over the summer and several savvy veterans were brought in to develop the young minds that provide a spark to the team.

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