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Stu Gov fills one seat, leaves two vacant

Students talk the perks of having fur-ever friends

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By LILLY SCHMIDT Staff Writer

Pearl Jensen has had her dog Harley for a couple years now.

He started out as a family dog, but when she began her freshman year at Minnesota State University, Mankato last year, she felt isolated living in the dorms. Now, Jensen lives off campus with Harley, and the feeling of isolation has gone away.

“Having my dog this year means I have to go outside several times a day to let him out, which is sometimes annoying, but it clears my head from everything else I do, even if only for a few minutes,” she explains. “Having a living being depend on you for everything and being completely devoted to you is very calming when life gets chaotic.”

Jensen, as well as many others, have had wonderful experiences with pets.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Courtesy photo of BENCHS Students discuss the many emotional and mental benefits of dog ownership during college.

Animals, also known as the ASPCA, is celebrating its annual Adopt a Shelter Dog month that rolls around every October. This year, they are focusing on providing shelter dogs a new chance at a forever home.

According to ASPCA’s website, “When you adopt a shelter dog, you are truly saving a

life, which makes you a hero not only to the dog you rescue, but to every human who hears your story. In fact, adopting a dog may save two lives. The dog’s and your own.

ASPCA also lists benefits to adopting a dog, including increased physical activity and socialization, better stress

management, and lowered blood pressure and heart rate.

Freshman Nia Dawson has a floormate with an emotional support dog and she explains, “I know a lot of people that have dogs to keep them company.”

Dawson said she would con-

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By JENNA PETERSON News Director

As students are already halfway through the semester, Minnesota State University, Mankato is entering midterm season.

Students are working hard to prepare for these exams and finding what method of studying works best for them.

Rachel Fisher, a sophomore, explained her studying process as, “I’ll go over the class notes on D2L as well as the lectures and powerpoints posted there.”

Fisher hasn’t had any midterms yet, but is fully prepared for when they come around.

Other students are struggling to find the best way to study for their exams, but are

still working hard to figure it out.

Sophomore Sierra Garcia is one of these students. “I’m studying for one right now, and not very good because I don’t know what I’m doing.”

To help with this problem, Garcia said that using flashcards has been the most helpful for studying.

Morgan Cimino, a sophomore, discussed her experience with midterms so far.

“It depends on the class.

One of my classes, over half of us all failed or got below 30% on the exam. I had another one for my physics class, again over half of us failed that exam and we got lectured on it. So, it’s going really well.”

Cimino pointed out that her

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter

Students find ways to survive the midterm season

Two students study outside on the campus mall earlier in the year.

major isn’t easy to study for, “I’m an engineering major, so there’s no memorization at all, you just have to work out problems and do that on your own

time.”

Sophomore Alexia Blackford pointed out the lack of clarification between exams MID TERMS on page 3 u

The Minnesota State University, Mankato Student Government met last night, holding vacancy elections as well as hosting presentations from the newly formed Bias Incident Support and Advising team and the State Chair and Vice Chair of Students United.

With six seats still open on the senate for various spots including off-campus senator, Allied Health and Nursing senator, College of Education senator, and Social and Behavioral Sciences senator.

Two students attended the meeting with their sights set on one of the three off-campus senator positions.

Despite three openings, only one was elected to the senate.

David Wing, a senior at MNSU majoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, was elected to the Student Government to try and bridge a gap that he sees forming between off-campus and on-campus community members.

“As an off campus resident, it has felt as if I am not nearly as much a part of the campus community as those living on campus,” said Wing in a statement sent to the current Student Government, stating why he was interested in running.

“As a senator, I would like to rectify this predicament for myself and others by helping to create policies and events that better tie our off campus students to the University.”

The other student who vied for a spot on the senate is previous senator and former Residence Hall Association President, Frank VonSTU GOV on page 3 u

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Students find career, internship opportunities through expo

EMILY LANSMAN • The Reporter Minnesota State University, Mankato students search for job and internship opportunities by talking to various businesses Wednesday, Oct. 13 at the Career and Internship Expo in the Centennial Student Union.

By CLAIRE BRUNEAU Staff Writer To help prepare students for the real world, Minnesota State University, Mankato hosts a Career and Internship Expo each year.

This year the expo was hosted in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom, compared to it being held virtually last year.

Here, dozens of companies and businesses are invited to represent who they are and extend job opportunities to students who are looking for experience.

Bereket Hile, a sophomore at MNSU, explains what the expo means to him.

“The expo is a big conference for colleges of science, engineering, and technology.

They [the businesses] want to reach out to people who are looking for a good, encouraging team to be a part of and to help them find their interest.”

While some students attended the expo to search for jobs, others were there to advertise their own campus organization to students.

Junior Hailey Schwieger, who represented Construction Management for Women at the expo, said, “We’re a newer group on campus.

We just got started and needed that extra push to get our name out.’

Schwieger said she was strongly influenced by her family to enter this career path.

“The reason I wanted to start doing this is because I grew up around construction and my whole family was in it, but there was no pressure to join for me. I was going to go into business until I found this specific major.”

Schwieger expressed her admiration for this career

field, “I love getting my hands dirty and watching a product go from the ground up. With other jobs you only do a part of the project, whereas in construction you can see it from the starting point to where you can drive by your building knowing everything that went into it.”

Senior Khadijat Jadua was representing Northstar Dental and expressing what opportunities they had for students.

“We have only been here for an hour and we already have a good list of people who want to look into us more. This is definitely a great way for students to share their interest with others and people to find a good club and community to join.

I’m a biomedical science major, and I’m hoping to go to medical school.”

The Expo is a big opportunity for students to show off to employers and other organizations what they’ve accomplished in the past few years and help them find their passions.

Schwieger shared why she was at the event and how she wants to help people do what they love.

“I think some people see construction as a guy thing but it’s such a passion of mine. I really want to help girls know that they don’t have to live up to stereotypes and that they can be whatever they want to be. You’re never going to please everyone so you might as well do what you love.”

Hile added to this, “A lot of people here are just being introduced to these things.

We get a lot of people who find a passion they never knew they had. It’s later on that they actually join the group.”

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Panelists share value of diversity

By JULIA BARTON Staff Writer Healthcare career professionals spoke to Minnesota State University, Mankato students Tuesday about the importance of diversity within their field in hopes of peaking interest and educating them on potential career paths.

The behavioral health workforce report put out by the Minnesota Department of Health showed that, across all disciplines within the behavioral health care field, 91% of behavioral health care providers are white.

Kenneth Reid, director of African American & Multicultural Affairs, shared his intentions for this event.

“What we’re trying to do is make sure people of color are represented in the mental health and behavioral health programs as well as have the same opportunities of employment,” Reid said.

Although the stigma around mental health has decreased, the number of individuals who are seeking help has increased.

The lack of diversity within the behavioral health workforce was a point that was highlighted at this event.

Also discussed during the event is how important the relationship between the provider and the patient is, as this is a crucial factor to determine if someone gets better.

“If my dentist doesn’t

JULIA BARTON • The Reporter Panelists and attendees sit in and discuss diversity in the healthcare workforce Tuesday, Oct. 12 in the CSU.

look like me or understand my background, as long as he knows where to put that drill I’m okay with it. But if I’m talking about my historical struggles and the place that I come from I want the person sitting across from me to have an understanding of what that means, and when 9 out of 10 providers are white, it is not possible to have that understanding,” Thad Shunkwiler, Assistant Professor of the Department of Health Science and MNSU alumna, stated.

“I can count on one hand the number of diverse mental health professionals I know and I know a lot of people in this field. This is very unfortunate because when you walk down the halls of this campus and go into our community you know we have a diverse representation and their needs are not being

met by the behavioral health providing community,” said Shunkwiler.

While the majority of providers are predominately white, those who are seeking help come from all different backgrounds.

Expressed was how far more people need mental health support than providers joining the field nowadays.

Haddy Jagne, a senior at MNSU double majoring in alcohol and drug studies and social work, was one of the five panelists who spoke about their experience within their field of expertise.

“My first impression during the intro classes I took was I thought it was a white person major because I didn’t have any friends in that major that looked like me,” Jagne said.

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‘We have to be heard’: Texas women travel to seek abortions

REBECCA BLACKWELL • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS The 33-year-old Texas woman drove alone four hours through the night to get to the Louisiana abortion clinic for a consultation.

She initially planned to sleep in her car, but an advocacy group helped arrange a hotel room.

Single and with three children ranging from 5 to 13, she worried that adding a baby now would take time, food, money and space away from her three children. She doesn’t have a job, and without help from groups offering a safe abortion, she said, she probably would have sought another way to end her pregnancy.

“If you can’t get rid of the baby, what’s the next thing you’re going to do? You’re going to try to get rid of it yourself. So I’m thinking: ‘What could I do? What are some home remedies that I could do to get rid of this baby, to have a miscarriage, to abort it?’ And it shouldn’t be like that. I shouldn’t have to do that. I shouldn’t have to think like that, feel like that, none of that.

MID TERMS Continued from page 1 and other assignments for her classes, as she didn’t know she already took her midterm.

“The exams are going fine because I feel like none of my teachers are saying this is a midterm, none of them have talked about midterms.

There was this one quiz I had in the class, it ended up being a midterm but he didn’t specify that before we took it,” Blackford stated.

As classes are being held in person again, students are noting a difference with the way exams take place.

“It’s a very different environment being in-person for the exams, for sure. I think the professors are a lot better

“We have to be heard.

This has got to change. It’s not right.”

She was one of more than a dozen women who arrived Saturday at the Hope Medical Group for Women, a single-story brick building with covered windows just south of downtown Shreveport. Some came alone. Others were accompanied by a friend or a partner. Some brought their children because they were unable to get child care.

All were seeking to end pregnancies, and most were from neighboring Texas, where the nation’s most restrictive abortion law remains in effect. It prohibits abortions once cardiac activity is detected, after about six weeks, before many women even know they are pregnant. It makes no exceptions for rape or incest. As a result, abortion clinics in surrounding states are being inundated with Texas women.

The women agreed to speak to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity so they could talk openly about their experiences. about, after the exam, asking what they can do to try and help. So, I guess, there’s a lot more communication back and forth between students and professors,” Cimino stated, with others agreeing as well.

One of the best things to come after completing an exam is taking some time to relax and take a break from studying.

Fischer, Blackford, and Garcia all mentioned that their favorite way to relax afterwards is to watch Netflix and spend time with their friends, but this isn’t the case for everyone. Cimino brought up that she doesn’t get time to relax, since she also has to balance work with her academics.

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Vondra, formerly on the senate in the College of Arts and Humanities senator, was re-elected during last year’s spring election, however, had to resign due to personal reasons.

“But now, I am ready to represent student voices and help make the campus a better place in any way I can,” said Vondra in his statement to the Student Government.

Vondra, with a history representing the theatre program, seeks to continue to advocate for that constituency from the off-campus senate seat.

“Theatre currently doesn’t have a voice in Student Government,” said Vondra, “As chance would have it, a majority of theatre students live off campus, so one could still focus on them as an off-campus senator.”

During the discussion and voting period Wing was elected, with many of the senate citing his enthusiasm, and Vondra was not elected due to questions of professionality.

In addition to these elections, there was a presentation from Kenneth Reid, the Director of African American Affairs, and Linda Alvarez, the Director of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, to talk about a new bias incident reporting system at the University.

This system was set in place after an incident where students in a truck drove around the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus yelling offensive comments at various students passing by.

The new Bias Incident Support and Advising team has been formed to give a platform for students to submit complaints about incidents that can include bigotry, harassment or intimidation that is motivated by, but not limited to, race, sex and color.

The State Chair of Students United, Emma Zellmer, also spoke at the meeting, introducing the organization to the senate.

Students United is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the advocacy of students within the Minnesota State University system at the local, state and national level.

The organization effectively functions to represent all students that attend any of the universities in the state system.

MSU Reporter • 3 PUPPERS Continued from page 1 sider owning a small dog if she didn’t live on-campus.

Cats can also be great emotional support.

Sophomore Maddie Dahl adopted her cat Hades in September.

“The dorms felt so lonely without the presence of an animal. I’ve wanted to adopt a cat for a while, so I did,” she says. “Having him here improves my mental health a lot. It’s something to look forward to at the end of a hard day. He’s essential to my life. By being here he makes it easier for me to live life.”

If looking to adopt a shelter dog, BENCHS, or the Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society, in Mankato encourages the idea and can help you find the perfect match.

“Adoption benefits are many, and more far reaching than many people may realize,” says dog adoption coordinator Kristina Bergeson.

“When you adopt an animal, you are giving a home to an animal that previously did not have one. You are giving them the opportunity to live a long and happy life, when they may have previously been homeless or abandoned,” said Bergeson.

Furthermore, she explained, “Adopting an animal not only provides you with a wonderful new companion, it also helps lower the pet overpopulation rate by spaying or neutering, and even when you adopt a pet from a no-kill shelter like BENCHS, you are helping to lower the euthanasia rate in other shelters whom we partner with, and allow those shelters to help more animals as well.”

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Taiwan tensions raise fears of US-China conflict in Asia

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ASSOCIATED PRESS After sending a record number of military aircraft to harass Taiwan over China’s National Day holiday, Beijing has toned down the saber rattling but tensions remain high, with the rhetoric and reasoning behind the exercises unchanged.

Experts agree a direct conflict is unlikely at the moment, but as the future of self-ruled Taiwan increasingly becomes a powder keg, a mishap or miscalculation could lead to confrontation while Chinese and American ambitions are at odds.

China seeks to bring the strategically and symbolically important island back under its control, and the U.S. sees Taiwan in the context of broader challenges from China.

“From the U.S. perspective, the concept of a great power rivalry with China has driven this back up the agenda,” said Henry Boyd, a Britain-based defense analyst with the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

“The need to stand up to China is a strong enough motivating factor that not taking this fight would also be seen as a betrayal of American national interests.”

China claims Taiwan as its own, and controlling the island is a key component of Beijing’s political and military thinking. Leader Xi Jinping on the weekend again emphasized “reunification of the nation must be realized, and will definitely be realized” — a goal made more realistic with massive improvements to China’s armed forces over the last two decades.

In response, the U.S. has been increasing support for Taiwan and more broadly turning its focus to the Indo-Pacific region. U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price on Tuesday emphasized that American support for Taiwan is “rock solid,” saying “we have also been very clear that we are committed to deepening our ties with Taiwan.”

Washington’s longstanding policy has been to provide political and military support for Taiwan, while not explicitly promising to defend it from a Chinese attack.

The two sides came perhaps the closest to blows in 1996, when China, decided to flex its muscle with exercises that included firing mis-

SCOTT TAKUSHI • Pioneer Press via Associated Press JASON TARLETON • U.S. Navy via Associated Press In this photo released by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the United Kingdom’s carrier strike group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth (R 08), and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces led by (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) joined with U.S. Navy carrier strike groups led by flagships USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) sails to conduct multiple carrier strike group operations in the Philippine Sea, on Oct. 3, 2021.

siles into the waters some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Taiwan’s coast ahead of Taiwan’s first popular presidential election.

The U.S. responded with its own show of force, sending two aircraft carrier groups to the region. At the time, China had no aircraft carriers and little means to threaten the American ships, so it backed down.

Stung by the episode, China embarked upon a massive overhaul of its military, and 25 years later, it has significantly improved missile defenses that could easily strike back, and equipped or built its own aircraft carriers.

The U.S. Defense Department’s recent report to Congress noted that in 2000, it assessed China’s armed forces to be “a sizable but mostly archaic military” but that today it is a rival, having already surpassed the American military in some areas including shipbuilding to the point where it now has the world’s largest navy.

Counting ships isn’t the best way to compare capabilities — the U.S. Navy has 11 aircraft carriers to China’s two, for example — but in the event of a conflict over Taiwan, China would be able to deploy almost the entirety of its naval forces, and also has land-based anti-ship missiles to add to the fight, said Boyd, a co-author of IISS’s annual Military Balance assessment of global armed forces.

“China’s concept of operations regarding Taiwan is that if they can delay the U.S. presence in the fight, or restrict the numbers that they’re able to put into the fight because we’re able to

hold their forward assets at some level of risk, they can beat the Taiwanese before the Americans show up in enough force to do something about it,” he said.

Taiwan’s own strategy is the mirror image — delaying China long enough for the U.S. and its allies to show up in force. It has significant military forces itself, and the advantage of fighting on its home turf. A recent policy paper also notes the need for asymmetric measures, which could include things like missile attacks on mainland China ammunition or fuel dumps.

Taiwan’s defense department’s assessment of China’s capabilities, presented to parliament in August and obtained by The Associated Press, says China already has the ability to seal Taiwan’s ports and airports, but currently lacks the transport and logistical support for largescale joint landing operations — though is improving by the day.

In a new strategic guidance policy last week, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, identified China as the “most significant” long term challenge.

“For the first time in at least a generation, we have a strategic competitor who possesses naval capabilities that rival our own, and who seeks to aggressively employ its forces to challenge U.S. principles, partnerships and prosperity,” the paper said.

China, over its National Day weekend at the beginning of the month, sent a record 149 military aircraft southwest of Taiwan in strike group formations.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Workers’ compensation for injured employees doesn’t cover medical marijuana because the drug remains illegal under federal law, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The state’s highest court issued a pair of rulings that overturned earlier decisions by the state Workers Compensation Court of Appeals’ that ordered employers to pay for medical marijuana to treat work-related injuries.

The Supreme Court ruled that federal law, which prohibits the prescribing and possession of marijuana regardless of state laws authorizing it, blocks employers from being required to pay for medical cannabis.

Writing for the majority, Associate Justice G. Barry Anderson wrote that the proper remedy would be for Congress to pass and the president to sign legislation to resolve the conflicts between state and federal laws.

The court noted that Congress has prohibited the Department of Justice from interfering with state medical marijuana laws, and that the federal government’s position on criminal prosecution of marijuana offenses has been in “a state of flux.” But it said possession remains illegal under federal law, so mandating that employers pay for medical cannabis makes them criminally liable for aiding and abetting possession.

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The AP Interview: Kerry says climate talks may miss target

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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is tempering expectations for a U.N. climate summit sometimes billed as make-or-break for the Earth’s future, conceding next month’s talks likely will end with nations still short of the target of cuts in coal and petroleum emissions that are needed to stave off increasingly devastating levels of global warming.

But in an interview with The Associated Press, Kerry also credited efforts by the United States, European Union, Japan and other allies ahead of next month’s climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland with getting the world much closer to the scale of big, fast fossil fuel cuts needed. He expressed hope enough nations would join in over the next couple of years. “By the time Glasgow’s over, we’re going to know who is doing their fair share, and who isn’t,” he said.

Kerry also spoke of the impact if the U.S. Congress – under a slim Democratic majority – fails to pass legislation for significant action on climate by the United States itself, as the Biden administration aims to regain leadership on climate action.

“It would be like President Trump pulling out of the Paris agreement, again,” Kerry said.

Kerry spoke to the AP Wednesday in a conference room down the hall from his office at the State Department, its upper corridors still eerily shy of people in the coronavirus pandemic.

Kerry’s comments came after nine months of intensive climate diplomacy by plane, phone and computer screen aimed at nailing down the most global commitments of action on climate possible ahead of the U.N. climate summit, which opens Oct. 31 in Scotland.

Kerry plans final stops in Mexico, and in Saudi Arabia, where he expected new, last-minute climate pledges ahead of the summit, before settling in Glasgow for two

DIVERSITY Continued from page 2 all of the people who come for help are white, they are all different kinds of races and since I am from West Africa I know that back home there’s a lack of knowledge about certain areas of study which

PATRICK SEMANSKY • Associated Press John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, at the U.S. State Department in Washington.

weeks of talks.

Kerry’s efforts abroad, along with President Joe Biden’s multibillion-dollar promises of legislation and support for cleaner-burning energy at home, come after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord.

Kerry rejected a suggestion he was seeking to lower expectations for the summit, which became a deadline — but not a final one, leaders have begun stressing - for countries to announce how hard they will work to switch their economies from polluting to cleaner-burning.

Kerry and others early on billed the Glasgow summit as “the last, best chance” to drum up momentum for the emissions cuts, investment in renewable energy, and aid to less-wealthy countries to allow them to switch from dirty-burning coal and petroleum in time to limit warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius).

The world has already warmed nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) since nations of the world set that target in Paris in 2015. Scientists warn the damage is irreversible and headed to catastrophic levels absent major cuts in emissions.

When it comes to closing the divide between cuts promised by countries and the cuts needed, “We will hopefully be moving very

close to that…though there will be a gap and…we’ve got to be honest about the gap, and we have to use the gap as further motivation to continue to accelerate as fast as we can,” Kerry said Wednesday.

In the meantime, money pouring into developing cleaner technology such as battery storage will be spurring the advances that will make it easier for laggard countries to catch up, he contended.

A senior U.N. official separately briefing reporters Wednesday also spoke less stirringly than international leaders often have previously of the expected accomplishments of Glasgow.

Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter, the official left open the door that some work on getting to the international goal of a 45% cut in emissions by 2030 may not be done by end of the Glasgow climate negotiations.

The official stressed that the Paris accord allows countries to submit stronger pledges at any time.Critically, Kerry’s repeated trips to China and diplomatic efforts by other countries have failed so far to win public promises of faster emissions cuts from that key climate player.

China’s enthusiasm for coal-fired power plants help make it the world’s biggest current climate polluter by far.

is why I wanted to learn more about it,” continued Jagne.

Hosting events like this is one way this program is taking initiative to educate students about these opportunities as students are more likely to go into career fields they have had experience in or exposed to early on.

Funded by the Mayo Clinic Health System’s Everybody In grant, MNSU was able to conduct this event as well as bus over some students from Mankato East and West High School during the afternoon where a similar event took place.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said.

The police chief in the community of Kongsberg, near the capital of Oslo, said there was “a confrontation” between officers and the assailant, but he did not elaborate. Two other people were wounded and hospitalized in intensive care, including an officer who was off duty and inside the shop where the attack took place, police said.

“The man who carried out the act has been arrested by the police, and there is no active search for more people. Based on the information we have, there is one

person behind this,” Police Chief Oeyving Aas said.

Acting Prime Minister Erna Solberg described the attack as “gruesome” and said it was too early to speculate on a motive. The prime minister-designate, Jonas Gahr Stoere, who is expected to take office Thursday, called the assault “a cruel and brutal act” in comments to Norwegian news agency NTB. Police were alerted to the attack around 6:15 p.m. and arrested the suspect about 30 minutes later. The community of some 26,000 inhabitants is about 66 kilometers (41 miles) southwest of Oslo.

According to police, the suspect walked around downtown Kongsberg shooting arrows.

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FALL 2021 EDITOR IN CHIEF:

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Take care of yourself during exams

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Editorial Fall is arguably one of the best seasons there is-- the leaves turn to beautiful colors, the weather cools down from humid 90s to crisp 60s, and it’s spooky season.

Unfortunately, for college students, fall is also when professors put the students to the test and roll out the midterm exams.

Time management is one of the most difficult things to learn as it works differently for everyone.

To help pass your exams with flying colors, you need to figure out what study schedule works best for you.

Making a list and setting a timeline of when to finish these tasks is one great way to stay on track.

It allows you to visually see what all needs to get completed that day and ensures you don’t forget anything.

Of course, don’t forget to write down the due date for your assignments and exams to help ease the stress.

Taking care of yourself during these stressful times may slip your mind, but still holds strong significance towards your academic performance.

Whether you’re taking a week to go over your class notes or cramming in that last-minute study session minutes before the exam, know that taking a quick break won’t hurt you.

Grabbing a glass of water, eating a quick snack, or even

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walking around for a few minutes will drastically help out.

An ideal system would be taking a ten minute break once an hour, motivating you to get some work done before putting a pause on the study session.

During these breaks you should also take a minute to remind yourself that, no matter how high your stress levels are, everything will be alright.

These reminders can help calm the nerves and reassure you that you are doing the best you can.

Once midterms and ex-

ams are over you need to celebrate that, and what better way to do that than by unwinding in your favorite way.

A student classic is turning on Netflix and rewatching the same show for the eighth time, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Grabbing that book you’ve been meaning to read for the past six months is one other way to unwind after exams.

It gives you the opportunity to start something new that you’ve been meaning to do, but just hav-

en’t gotten around to yet.

Lastly, and probably most importantly, go treat yourself. You just finished one of the hardest weeks during the school year and you should celebrate that.

Go to your favorite restaurant in town and treat yourself to the most appealing meal on the menu, or even find some place new to try out.

No matter the turn out of midterms, remember to take care of yourself and that your own health is more important than an exam.

“How do you take care of yourself during midterms?”

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“I do a bit of studying and listen to music.”

“I try to make sure I delegate my time so I get enough study time but not lose sleep.”

“You got to know you gave everything you got and that’s all you can do.”

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Chicago police union head urges cops to defy vaccine mandate ASSOCIATED PRESS

MICHAEL DWYER • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS Seven major offshore wind farms would be developed on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan announced Wednesday by the Biden administration. The projects are part of President Joe Biden’s plan to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, generating enough electricity to power more than 10 million homes.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said her department hopes to hold lease sales by 2025 off the coasts of Maine, New York and the mid-Atlantic, as well as the Carolinas, California, Oregon and the Gulf of Mexico. The projects are part of Biden’s plan to address global warming and could avoid about 78 million metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions, while creating up to 77,000 jobs, officials said.

“The Interior Department is laying out an ambitious road map as we advance the administration’s plans to confront climate change, create good-paying jobs and accelerate the nation’s transition to a cleaner energy

future,” Haaland said. “We have big goals to achieve a clean energy economy and Interior is meeting the moment.”

In addition to offshore wind, the Interior Department is working with other federal agencies to increase renewable energy production on public lands, Haaland said, with a goal of at least 25 gigawatts of onshore renewable energy from wind and solar power by 2025.

Haaland and Amanda Lefton, director of department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, said officials hope to reduce potential conflicts with fishing groups and other ocean users as much as possible. “This means we will engage early and often with all stakeholders prior to identifying any new wind energy areas,” Lefton said in a statement.

Commercial fishing businesses have said planned offshore wind projects off the East Coast would make it difficult to harvest valuable seafood species such as scallops and lobsters. Some conservation groups also fear that big turbines will kill thousands of birds.

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The head of the Chicago police officers union has called on its members to defy the city’s requirement to report their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday or be placed on unpaid leave.

In the video posted online Tuesday and first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara vowed to take Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration to court if it tries to enforce the mandate, which requires city workers to report their vaccine status by the end of the work week. After Friday, unvaccinated workers who won’t submit to semiweekly coronavirus testing will be placed on unpaid leave.

Catanzara suggested that if the city does enforce its requirement and many union members refuse to comply with it, “It’s safe to say that the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50% or less for this weekend coming up.”

In the video, Catanzara instructs officers to file for exemptions to receiving the vaccine but to not enter that information into the city’s vaccine portal.He said that although he has made clear his vaccine status, “I do not believe the city has the authority to mandate that to anybody, let alone that infor-

ASHLEE REZIN/CHICAGO SUN-TIMES • Associated Press In this Aug. 10, 2021, file photo, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 President John Catanzara speaks to reporters at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago.

mation about your medical history.”

During a news conference Wednesday, Lightfoot accused Cantazara of spreading false information and dismissed most of his statements as “untrue or patently false.”

She said COVID-19 vaccines are proven to be effective and that getting vaccinated would protect city workers and their families.

“What we’re focused on is making sure that we maximize the opportunity to create a very safe workplace,” Lightfoot said. “The data is very clear. It is unfortunate that the FOP leadership has chosen to put out a counter narrative. But the fact of the matter is, if you are not vaccinated, you are playing with

your life, the life of your family, the life of your colleagues and members of the public.”

She said the city is prepared to deal with any fallout related to the vaccination requirement.

Violent crime has spiked in the city this year, from expressway shootings to a rise in carjackings. Chicago police reported 629 homicides this year through early October, compared with 605 during the same period last year and 402 in the same time frame in 2019.

First responders around the country have been hit hard by the virus but have been resisting vaccine mandates. More than 460 law enforcement officers have died of COVID-19.

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From cars to gasoline, surging prices match a 13-year high ASSOCIATED PRESS Another jump in consumer prices in September sent inflation up 5.4% from where it was a year ago, matching the largest increase since 2008 as tangled global supply lines continue to create havoc.

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in September from August as the costs of new cars, food, gas, and restaurant meals all jumped.

The annual increase in the consumer price index matched readings in June and July as the highest in 13 years, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core inflation rose 0.2% in September and 4% compared with a year ago.

Core prices hit a three-decade high of 4.5% in June.

The ongoing price gains raise pressure on the Federal Reserve, whose officials have repeatedly said the increases will be transitory, and on President Joe Biden, who is facing an economy of slowing job gains and higher inflation.

Biden has been accused by Republicans for spurring inflation with his $1.9 trillion rescue package enacted in March of this year.

The unexpected burst of inflation this year reflects sharply higher prices for food and energy, but also for furniture, cars, televisions, and other largely imported goods.

COVID-19 has shut down factories in Asia and slowed U.S. port operations, leaving container ships anchored at sea and consumers and businesses paying more for goods that may not arrive for months.

“Price increases stemming from ongoing supply chain bottlenecks amid strong demand will keep the rate of inflation elevated, as supply (and) demand imbalances are only gradually resolved,” said Kathy Bostjancic, an economist at Oxford Economics, a consulting firm. “While we share the Fed’s view that this isn’t the start of an upward wage-price spiral, we look for inflation to remain persistently above 3% through mid2022.”

The latest inflationary data makes it even more likely that the Fed will soon begin reducing its $120 billion a month in bond purchases, which are intended to keep longer-term interest rates low. Most analysts expect the Fed to announce such a move at its next meeting Nov. 3.

NAM Y. HUH • Associated Press In this July 21, 2021 photo, a consumer shops at a retail store in Morton Grove, Ill.

however, the increase has resulted in the biggest increase in benefits in 39 years. Monthly Social Security checks will rise 5.9% next year, the government said Wednesday. So will other benefits for veterans and retirees.

One good sign in September was that prices fell or moderated in categories that

Higher prices are also outstripping the pay gains many workers are able to obtain from businesses, which are having to pay more to attract employees. Average hourly wages rose 4.6% in September from a year earlier, a healthy increase, but not enough to keep up with inflation.

For elderly Americans,

had been initially pushed much higher by the pandemic.

Those declines kept core price increases from worsening.

Used car prices declined 0.7% last month, the second straight drop, after costs soared over the summer as consumers, unable to find or afford a new car, turned to used instead.

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Mavs take on Providence in Ice Breaker

By DANIEL McELROY Sports Editor With a great first two weeks of hockey from the Minnesota State men’s hockey team (3-1-0), it’s time for some tournament play.

The Mavericks are traveling up north to Minnesota-Duluth, where the team will take part in the Ice Breaker Tournament.

The four teams involved are the No. 1 Minnesota State Mavericks, No. 3 Michigan Wolverines, Providence Friars, and the host of the tournament, No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.

The matchups are set for Friday evening with Minnesota State taking on Providence in the opening match, while Michigan and Minnesota-Duluth will face off in their side of the bracket.

Through three games, the Friars are 3-0, taking a 7-0 win over Army West Point, a 5-2 win over Merrimack, and a 5-1 win over American International.

The last time the Mavericks and Friars met was in the 2019 NCAA East Regional game.

The Mavericks went into the tournament as the No. 1 seed, and the Friars as No. 4. MSU started out the game with a 3-0 lead in the first 11 minutes of the game, but it did not stay that way.

The Friars came back and scored six unanswered goals to win the game 6-3, and

By DANIEL McELROY Sports Editor

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter The Mavs are 2-7 all-time against the Providence Friars, and currently on a 3-game losing streak.

eventually go on to play in the Frozen Four.

That was the third win in a row for Providence, and their seventh win out of the nine games the two teams have played against each other since 2002.

With that being said, this is the first time the two teams have met with the Mavericks having the No. 1 ranking in all of NCAA Division I hockey.

The Mavericks are led on the forefront by Winnipeg Jets prospect Nathan Smith with the team leading three goals and three assists, good

for six points on the year.

In between the pipes, senior Dryden McKay will be looking for his record breaking 27th career shutout. The current record is held by Ryan Miller, former Michigan State and NHL goaltender, with 26 career shutouts.

With McKay just starting his senior year, he has the potential to shatter the record and put it out of reach for a very long time.

Senior Julian Napravnik is looking great on offense as well, leading the team in shots with 16, and is second in points with two goals and

three assists.

Coming off a 3-1 start to the season, the Mavericks are set up for success for this weekend.

“We’ve got to learn from it, get our rest tonight, tomorrow, and then get back to work on Monday because we are going to be playing a very quality team in Providence coming next Friday,” head coach Mike Hastings said following the loss to St. Cloud State on Saturday Night.

The times for the games has not been announced yet.

Volleyball gets ready for Augustana, No. 5 WSC MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter

By DANIEL McELROY Sports Editor The Minnesota State volleyball team is coming off a two sweep weekend, and will look to extend it in one of their toughest weekends of the season where they will take on Augustana and No. 5 Wayne State.

The NSIC is filled with top of the nation volleyball teams, and they will face another in Wayne State this weekend, but first up is Augustana.

Augustana has the lead in the series dating back to 1992, winning 31 of the 47 meetings between the two squads.

The Mavericks have won two of the last three meetings, but

Soccer’s final home stand against Duluth and St. Cloud

MSU will take on their fourth ranked opponent this weekend.

were swept last time heading out to Sioux Falls.

While the Mavericks (107, 5-4 NSIC) sit middle of the pack at ninth in the NSIC, Augustana (12-5, 7-2 NSIC) is

tied for fourth with just two conference play losses.

Augustana’s defense is what shines through for the Vikings and gets them wins.

Augustana is second in the

NSIC in blocks, averaging 2.40/set, just behind Concordia-St. Paul who is at 2.43.

The Vikings are also fourth in the conference in digs, having a total of 966, averaging 15.33/set.

The Mavericks will really have to step up their offense if they want to come out of this matchup with a win.

With that being said, head coach Corey Phelps isn’t too worried.

“It’s going to be a great weekend, and despite their records, I like our chances,” Phelps said. “I think that we match up well against Augustana,” Phelps said.

“We played them in the SPIKE on page 11 u

The Minnesota State women’s soccer team is on fire right now, and they are looking to extend their current five game win streak against St. Cloud State and Minnesota-Duluth.

The Mavericks have all of the momentum in their favor right now, coming off a 5-0 win against Upper Iowa, and a 4-0 win against Winona State.

Historically, the Mavericks have gotten the best of the Huskies, having a 25-7-2 in matches since 1995. Recently, though, MSU has not managed to find a win since 2017, and are 1-2-1 in their last four meetings. The Mavericks dropped a 2-1 double overtime contest the last time the teams met in 2019.

Minnesota State is fourth in the NSIC standings with an 8-2-1 (6-1-1 NSIC, 19 points) record, while SCSU sits tied at seventh with a 3-4-2 (3-2-2 NSIC, 11 points) record.

Sunday, the Mavericks will take on the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in their first meeting since 2019.

MSU has not lost to UMD since October of 2011, riding a 12 game winning streak since then, including two shootout wins from MSU. Minnesota-Duluth has been having a not-so-great season, wearing a 1-9-1 (16-1 NSIC, 4 points) record at the midway point in conference play. The Bulldogs are coming off their first win of the season, taking down the Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagles by a score of 4-0.

MSU’s Jenny Vetter seemingly won’t be bothered by that fact, as she is coming off a week where she was named the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week, and featured on this week’s NSIC Spotlight.

Vetter netted six goals in last weekend’s games against the Peacocks and Warriors, as well as taking 12 shots, while landing nine of them on goal.

The Mavericks will play both matches at home this weekend, before heading out to play four out their last five matches on the road to close out the regular season.

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Football tries to get back in top 25 at Upper Iowa

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer A loss to now ranked No. 23 Wayne State in the most recent AFCA Division II Coaches Poll, has Minnesota State’s football team scrambling to stay in the rankings after their first loss at home since 2016. It was a 20-game home winning streak against NSIC opponents for the Mavericks, which now returns to zero as the Mavs fall out of the top 25.

Fortunately for Minnesota State, they will be able to put this one behind them and move onto their next opponent, Upper Iowa. The Mavericks come into this game as huge favorites, but will have to pay close attention and not overlook any opponent going forward if they want a chance at the NCAA Division II playoffs.

History has been kind to Minnesota State against NSIC opponent Upper Iowa, who holds a 14-0 record against the Peacocks since 2004.

MSU has had no problem putting up points this season, averaging over 40 points per game.

Going into a matchup

against the Peacocks, the Mavericks should be able to continue their offensive dominance as they have averaged nearly 50 points per game against Upper Iowa since 2004. Upper Iowa also comes into this game with an overall record of 0-6 with losses against several teams Minnesota State has beat handedly this season.

The Mavericks should surely not overlook the Peacocks in this one, but are poised and ready to return back home to Blakeslee Stadium 5-2 for Family Weekend.

With a bigger sample size coming week to week, the Mavs find themselves still highly ranked within the NSIC for overall offense and defense. Minnesota State is ranked first in overall offense, managing to just over 469 yards of offense per game while the defense finds themselves ranked second only behind Duluth.

One of the biggest reasons Minnesota State is ranked first in overall offense is their unstoppable running attack. The Mavericks average 250 yards on the ground per game, and are the only team in the NSIC who averages over 200 yards

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter The Minnesota State Mavericks have never lost to the Upper Iowa Peackocks in 14 meetings since 2004.

per contest.

The Mavs do so through mobile quarterbacks and a deep running back room behind a great run-blocking offensive line. Minnesota State specializes their running attack behind sophomore Kaleb Sleezer, a quick downfield runner with elite tackle breaking.

Unfortunately, the Mavericks have been without Sleezer the past two weeks due to injury, but once he returns, the Mavs will regain NSIC’s fourth ranked rusher to add on to their already great rushing attack.

In the quarterback room are senior JD Ekowa and redshirt freshman Hayden Ekern.

Ekern currently ranks inside the top 25 in rushers while Ekowa ranks No.13 in scoring per game with his nose for the endzone.

Junior wide receiver Jalen Sample leads the Mavs wide receiver corps in yards and catches by a decent margin, totaling 30 catches for STREAK on page 11u

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Women’s hockey have best start since 2004

SPIKE Continued from page 9

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer

spring (in an exhibition match) and played great at their place,” Phelps went on to say about their recent performance.

Wayne State on the other hand, will be a tad tougher.

Wayne is ranked at No. 5 in the Division II Coaches Poll with a 15-2 (8-1 NSIC), and deservedly so. Wayne State’s two losses came against No. 14 St. Cloud State, and No. 2 MSU Denver in a five game set.

Wayne State College is comfortably second in the NSIC standings, and have a chance to move up to the top spot when they take on No. 7 Concordia-St. Paul the night before traveling to Mankato. The Golden Bears sit atop the NSIC standings with a 15-3 (9-0 NSIC) record.

“We haven’t seen Wayne in two years, they’re always tough,” Phelps said.

Wayne is riding an eight game win streak without dropping a set in that span.

When asked about what the focus is on this week in practice, Phelps was very quick to say, “Offense, all offense. Our defense and ball control is solid, we’re one of the best blocking teams and defending teams in the conference, our serving is great, we need to make sure our offense is firing on all cylinders, because if we don’t have that, we’re going to struggle against both those teams.”

STREAK Continued from page 10 486 yards so far this season.

Sample is also tied for first in receiving touchdowns with three.

On the defensive side of the ball Minnesota State has found a recent splash by sophomore Trent Carpenter and junior Bedale Naba. The two are ranked first and fourth on the team in total tackles respectively.

Carpenter leads the team with 21 tackles, while Naba is a force on the defensive line.

Naba leads the team in tackles for loss with seven and sacks with five. The two have proven to be dangerous defensive

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter The Mavericks are 3-95-3 against the Gophers since 1998 and are on a 50-game losing streak.

in Minneapolis and Saturday in Mankato.

It will be tough to find a win on the Gophers home ice, Minnesota State comes home on Saturday to play in front of their home crowd in another attempt to break the losing streak.

Between the pipes stands junior goaltender Calla Frank for the Mavericks.

Frank played in both games this past weekend against Lindenwood, letting by eight goals in two games to deplete her save percentage down to .865 on the season.

Frank has had a rough start for the Mavericks up to this point, but the Mavs will players in recent games, and will look to continue their prowess against Upper Iowa in Fayette this weekend.

When it comes to the Peacocks, they have been a slightly below average team within the NSIC to this point. Upper Iowa ranks 11th in total offense and eighth in total defense.

These rankings have not translated well for the Peacocks, who find themselves winless and dead last in the NSIC standings with Minot State at this point in the season. If they are to compete toe to toe with the Mavericks squad this weekend, they will need to outperform their current expectations.

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The best start in program history since the 2003-04 season. The Minnesota State women’s hockey team is now 5-1 overall after their home sweep against Lindenwood this past weekend.

The Mavericks have never started as good as 5-1 overall since 2003, where the team started 6-0 before falling to North Dakota in their seventh game of the season 2-0.

It is now onto the University of Minnesota for Minnesota State University, who faces a tough No. 6 Gopher team who are comes into this series 1-3.

The Gophers have played No. 2 Ohio State and No. 7 Minnesota-Duluth up to this point, so it is hard to tell how good the team really is.

Nonetheless, they have been dominant in the past and are currently ranked No. 6 in the most recent USCHO women’s hockey poll.

It has been a tough history for the Mavericks against the Gophers, who have only been able to claim three wins in Mavericks-Gophers history in 101 games since 1998.

It is even tougher for the Mavs that the Gophers current win streak is 50 against them, but seem to have a good chance at finding a win this weekend to snap that losing streak.

The two games are to be played split for home rinks, playing their Friday matchup

need some stellar play from their starting goaltender if they want a good chance at knocking off the Gophers and breaking their losing streak.

There is still not much separation in points leaders for the Mavs skaters through only the first six games into the season, but senior Brittyn Fleming and junior Kelsey King are the first Mavericks to surpass double digit points this season.

Fleming leads the team with three goals and nine assists to total 12 points while King has seven goals and three assists to sit at second with 10.

King had a monstrous

weekend against Lindenwood this past Friday and Saturday, totalling four goals and three assists to boost herself to first in team goals at seven.

King was also honored as the WCHA forward of the week for her achievements.

Alexis Paddington also had a great weekend for the Mavericks, totaling two assists and four blocks earning Paddington the WCHA Rookie of the Week award.

It is a new year coming with new opportunities for the confident Minnesota State squad, and they look prepared to face the Gophers this weekend.

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A look into week 6 of fantasy football in the NFL

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer Upcoming is week six of the NFL season, and there is not anything more exciting than some of our favorite NFL stars returning from injury. Not only does it increase our fantasy football team’s output, but it also helps the real teams win more football games.

Some notable names that are looking to return this week include running backs Christian McCaffery and Dalvin Cook who have both been dealing with multi-week injuries. It is not confirmed these two will be returning this week, as there is a chance they won’t, but if they do they are must starts in any format.

The two have been fantasy monsters in previous years, but injuries have halted their performance this year. Instead we’ve got to see the likes of Austin Ekeler and Najee Harris boom into top three fantasy running back roles so far this season.

Ekeler and Harris have been PPR format must haves to this point in the season, averaging 23.9 and 19.3 points per game respectively. Both running backs are clear workhorse guys, having a lone role in the offense.

On top of that each player has elite pass catching ability which collects them extra points most running backs

ue up to this point, but a few big name players like Russel Wilson and George Kittle have suffered injuries that may have you scrambling to find replacements. A risky but sometimes rewarding strategy is to stream a quarterback or tight end, meaning picking one up week by week based on matchup grade.

Sam Darnold and Kirk Cousins might remain on the waiver up to this point, and have been decent fantasy options this season at the quarterback position. At the tight end position, depth is an issue as far as finding value outside of the top few guys.

Some guys who probably weren’t top adds at the start of the season include Dawson Knox and Dalton Schultz, but recent outings could change that. One who has done well but is not rostered above 70% is New England tight end Hunter Henry. Henry has been consistent so far this season and has some great matchups ahead.

As far as defense goes I recommend streaming a defense also. There are always a few defenses that might be a good add for the whole season, but most of the time, you might end up drafting a defense that ends up in the middle of the pack.

Teams playing the Jaguars, Jets, and Dolphins are good options if you stream your defense.

KEITH SRAKOCIC • Associated Press Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris (22) celebrates with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

across the league don’t see.

If you have these guys keep them, and if you don’t, make sure you buy them as soon as possible before their value climbs even higher than it already is.

On the wide receiver side of the spectrum guys like Deebo Samuel, Mike Williams, and Cooper Kupp have all made huge jumps in the rankings compared to their average draft position. Coming into

the season all these guys were falling outside of the top four rounds in most leagues, and now seem to be must haves at this point in the season.

Stefon Diggs, Calvin Ridley, and DeAndre Hopkins have also done the opposite.

The three had been round one and round two draft locks but haven’t performed to expectations. So that brings up the question: What do you do?

It has only been five weeks,

and most of the guys above claim a large percent of their team’s target share, one of the most important stats when evaluating a wide receiver in fantasy. Your top draft targets will be fine and their production will come, so if you currently don’t have them, see if you can buy them low before it is too late.

Quarterbacks and tight ends have remained about the same in their fantasy val-

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DOLPHINS @ JAGUARS

CHIEFS @ WASHINGTON

RAMS @ GIANTS

TEXANS @ COLTS

BENGALS @ LIONS

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CHARGERS @ RAVENS

VIKINGS @ PANTHERS

CARDINALS @ BROWNS

RAIDERS @ BRONCOS

COWBOYS @ PATRIOTS

SEAHAWKS @ STEELERS

BILLS @ TITANS

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STANDINGS After Week #5

1ST PLACE Kole Buelow

Overall (53-27) Last Week (11-5)

2ND PLACE Daniel McElroy

Overall (52-28) Last Week (13-3)

3RD PLACE Dana Clark

Overall (50-30) Last Week (13-3)

4TH PLACE Baylee Sorensen

Overall (46-34) Last Week (15-1)

5TH PLACE (TIE) Mansoor Ahmad Overall (45-35) Last Week (11-5)

5TH PLACE (TIE) Maxwell Mayleben Overall (45-35) Last Week (13-3)

7TH PLACE Robb Murray

Overall (41-39) Last Week (5-11)

LAST PLACE Jenna Peterson

Overall (39-41) Last Week (4-12)

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MSU Reporter • 13

Huckfelt and Co. gets heartfelt with crowd

MADDIE BEHERENS • The Reporter David Huckfelt, right, accompanied by guitarist Jeremy Ylvisaker and drummer J.T. Bates performing on Tuesday in the Elias J. Halling Recital Hall at MNSU.

By SYDNEY BERGGREN Staff Writer

Singer-songwriter David Huckfelt accompanied by guitarist Jeremy Ylvisaker and drummer J.T. Bates performed Tuesday in the Elias J. Halling Recital Hall in Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Performing Arts Center.

The trio played many songs off Huckfelt’s recent release called “Room Enough, Time Enough,” along with song covers of artists including Bob Dylan and Keith Secola.

“If you have a pulse you

are interested in music,” said Huckfelt about why he does what he does. “It’s kind of the heartbeat of humanity.”

Huckfelt also noted, “Music can change the world by opening people’s minds and softening their spirits. It takes the edge off daily life, especially now in the midst of all the challenges we face.”

He continued on to say, “I have been moved to view the world completely differently by somebody’s song. Participating in that to some degree is what I live for.”

The crowd in the Recital

Hall, while small, was enthusiastic and loud.

“It’s very intimate,” the performer joked at one point.

“I feel like I should take questions.”

Huckfelt spoke about “Room Enough, Time Enough” and it’s origins during the show: “I wrote the record just before my child was born, at the beginning of the pandemic.”

Most of the album was recorded during the original quarantine by Huckfelt and all of his collaborators.

“What makes the record

what it is is the dream list of collaborators,” he said.

“I wanted to make an inclusive and diverse record in a time when a lot of musicians are stripping down, a lot of people recording by themselves. That’s not what I see my role being. I just kept thinking about what human beings would sound great on this song and would send the tracks to the people that fit.”

The album, which features folk-style music, blows up the mythology surrounding “cowboys and Indians,” the history and how skewed it is, and

aims to represent both sides and erase the divisions. “Music has never had divisions,” commented Huckfelt.

Throughout the performance, Huckfelt, Bates, and Ylvisaker kept the crowd lively and entertained with their talents and banter.

At the end of one song, a string on Huckfelt’s guitar snapped. This was taken in stride, with Bates and Ylvisaker taking the reins to impromptu perform a song that they both knew, entertaining the crowd while Huckfelt HUCKFELT on page 14 u

By EMMA JOHNSON Staff Writer

Not many people can say that they’ve written a memoir about touring with their own rock band. But Minnesota State University, Mankato English professor Robin Becker can.

Having taught creative writing since 2014, Becker is taking her sabbatical to write her memoir, “Road Kill,” based on her post-high school experience playing guitar for money along the West Coast and Southwest with her best high school friend and first husband. Besides the title, which originates from the photos Becker and her friends took on the journey, the memoir focuses on gender and the patriarchy during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Becker’s music career started out with piano lessons her parents made her take. While not her favorite, it led her to find instruments she enjoyed playing, such as guitar and drums.

“It was sometimes a burden, but it gave me a great foundation because of the music theory tied to it,” said Becker. “I took some guitar lessons for a few years but wasn’t that serious about it. After playing drums in bands down in Austin, Texas, I decided to switch back to guitar.”

Becker and a group of other professors here at MNSU started their own band called Goal Area 51 three years ago.

With beats inspired by ‘80s and ‘90s rock bands such as X, The Damned, and The Smiths, the name of the band was inspired by the annual as-

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Becker rocks for “Roadkill” while sharing her passion for music

Robin Becker recently completed a memoir on her time touring.

sessments professors have to take.

“When we do our reviews, we have to fulfill goal areas based on scholarly work, student engagement and the like,” said Becker. “We took that and made it a pun with Area 51, sort of a riff on all

professors.”

For having an extensive music career, likely the genres change with time. Becker has noticed that while not much has changed artistically, the tools used to create music have changed significantly since she started playing.

“There’s a lot of emphasis on using distortion for vocals, not to keep yourself in tune but to have weird distorted sounds that make your voice robotic,” said Becker. “The structure of songs hasn’t changed because there are only so many combinations that you can put notes in. What’s changed the most is the incorporation and emphasis on electronic music.”

Becker has found that music has helped her grow as a writer; a comfort when she comes to the crossroads of writer’s block. Becker finds music and writing go hand-inhand in the classroom through consistent practice.

“Part of my job is to help people learn how to be a creative person daily. That’s practice and habit to get work done daily,” said Becker. “You don’t BECKER on page 14 u

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HUCKFELT Continued from page 13 MADDIE BEHERENS • The Reporter

William Shatner, TV’s Capt. Kirk, blasts into space

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company.

The “Star Trek” actor and three fellow passengers hurtled to an altitude of 66.5 miles (107 kilometers) over the West Texas desert in the fully automated capsule, then safely parachuted back to Earth.

The flight lasted just over 10 minutes.

“What you have given me is the most profound experience,” an exhilarated Shatner told Bezos after climbing out the hatch, the words spilling from him in a soliloquy almost as long as the flight.

“I hope I never recover from this. I hope that I can maintain what I feel now. I don’t want to lose it.”

He said that going from the blue sky to the utter blackness of space was a moving experience: “In an instant you go, `Whoa, that’s death.

That’s what I saw.”

To oldly go: Shatner, 90, inspires with real-life space trip As Shatner heads toward the stars, visions of space collide Shatner became the oldest person in space, eclipsing the previous record — set by a passenger on a similar jaunt on a Bezos spaceship in July — by eight years. The flight included about three minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the Earth.

Sci-fi fans reveled in the opportunity to see the man best known as the brave and principled commander of the starship Enterprise boldly go where no star of American TV has gone before.

The internet went wild, with Trekkies quoting favorite lines from Kirk, including, “Risk: Risk is our business.

That’s what this starship is all about.”

“This is a pinch-me moment for all of us to see Capt. James Tiberius Kirk go to space,” Blue Origin launch commentator Jacki Cortese said before liftoff.

She said she, like so many others, was drawn to space by shows like “Star Trek.”

NASA sent best wishes ahead of the flight, tweeting: “You are, and always shall be, our friend.”

The flight brought priceless star power to Bezos’ space-tourism business, given its built-in appeal to baby boomers, celebrity watchers and space enthusiasts. Shatner starred in TV’s original “Star Trek” from 1966 to 1969,

David Huckfelt performed for students at MNSU on Tuesday.

LM OTERO • Associated Press Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket latest space passengers from left, Audrey Powers, William Shatner, Chris Boshuizen, and Glen de Vries raise their hands during a media availability at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021.

when the U.S. was racing for the moon, and went on to appear in a string of “Star Trek” movies.

Bezos is a huge “Star Trek” fan — the Amazon founder had a cameo as an alien in one of the later movies — and Shatner rode free as his invited guest.

As a favor to Bezos, Shatner took up into space some “Star Trek” tricorders and communicators — sort of the iPhones of the future — that Bezos made when he was a 9-yearold Trekkie.

Bezos said his mother had saved them for 48 years.

Bezos himself drove the four crew members to the launch pad, accompanied them to the platform high above the ground and cranked the hatch shut after they climbed aboard the 60-foot rocket.

He was there to greet them when the capsule floated back to Earth under its brilliant blue-and-red parachutes.

“Hello, astronauts. Welcome to Earth!” a jubilant Bezos said as he opened the hatch of the New Shepard capsule, named for first American in space, Alan Shepard.

Shatner and the others wore close-fitting, flame-retardant, royal-blue flight suits, not exactly the tight, futuristic-for-the-’60s V-necks that the crew of the Enterprise had on TV. The actor said he was struck by the vulnerability of Earth and the relative sliver of its atmosphere.

“Everybody in the world needs to do this. Everybody in the world needs to see,” he said. “To see the blue color whip by, and now you’re staring into blackness, that’s the thing.

The covering of blue, this sheath, this blanket, this comforter of blue that we have around, we say, ‘Oh, that’s blue sky.’

And then suddenly you

shoot through it all, and you’re looking into blackness, into black ugliness.”

Shatner said the return to Earth was more jolting than his training led him to expect and made him wonder whether he was going to make it back alive.

“Everything is much more powerful,” he said.

“Bang, this thing hits.

That wasn’t anything like the simulator. ... Am I going to be able to survive the G-forces?”

Passengers are subjected to nearly 6 G’s, or six times the force of Earth’s gravity, as the capsule descends.

Blue Origin said Shatner and the rest of the crew met all the medical and physical requirements, including the ability to hustle up and down several flights of steps at the launch tower.

Shatner going into space is “the most badass thing I think I’ve ever seen,” said Joseph Barra, a bartender who helped cater the launch week festivities. “William Shatner is setting the bar for what a 90-year-old man can do.”

The flight comes as the space tourism industry finally takes off, with passengers joyriding aboard ships built and operated by some of the richest men in the world.

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson went into space in his own rocket ship in July, followed by Bezos nine days later on Blue Origin’s first flight with a crew.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX made its first private voyage in mid-September, though without Musk on board.

Last week, the Russians launched an actor and a film director to the International Space Station for a movie-making project.

Blue Origin said it plans one more passenger flight this year and several more in 2022.

fixed his guitar.

“They are two of the most inventive, imaginative, capable, expressive musicians I know,” Huckfelt said of his accompanists. “A midwestern wrecking crew; there’s not a style of music you can’t find them playing. They are two of my best friends.”

Recently, Huckfelt has been involved in the fight to stop the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 Project, a pipeline set to cut across Minnesota. His newest single, “Book of Life,” is dedicated to the Indigenous water protectors standing up for the Earth.

“Musicians have to get really inventive to find out how music can play a role in activism,” said Huckfelt. “I wanted to make music that acknowledged the efforts the Native community makes to stand up for the planet, and for the people.

They are at the front lines taking care of our planet.”

The night was rounded off with a cover of Keith Sicola’s “Book of Life,” a song of questions, to which the crowd responded with great applause.

All three artists’ music can be found on Spotify and Apple music and on personal websites as well.

BECKER Continued from page 13 have to be good at every creative endeavor you engage with if it brings you joy.” While the memoir is a work in progress, Becker is still playing shows with Goal Area 51. The band has two upcoming shows Oct. 23 and Oct. 30 at Makerspace, where they’ll open for Hoot-N’-Hollers.

Becker’s advice for those who want to pursue music, whether professionally or recreationally, is to just go after what they want.

“The more shows you play, the better your performances will turn out,” said Becker.

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‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea ASSOCIATED PRESS “Squid Game,” a brutal Netflix survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, hit a little too close to home for Lee Chang-keun.

The show has captivated global audiences since its September debut on its way to becoming Netflix’s biggest hit ever. It has struck raw nerves at home, where there’s growing discontent over soaring personal debt, decaying job markets and stark income inequalities worsened by financial crises in the past two decades.

In the dystopian horrors of “Squid Game,” Lee sees a reflection of himself in the show’s protagonist Seong Gihun, a laid-off autoworker coping with a broken family and struggling with constant business failures and gambling problems.

Seong gets beaten by gangster creditors into signing off his organs as collateral, but then receives a mysterious offer to play in a series of six traditional Korean children’s games for a shot at winning $38 million.

YOUNGKYU PARK • Netflix via AP Squid Game, a globally popular South Korea-produced Netflix show that depicts hundreds of financially distressed characters competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, has struck a raw nerve at home, where there’s growing discontent over soaring household debt, decaying job markets and worsening income inequality.

The South Korea-produced show pits Seong against hundreds of other financially distressed players in a hyper-violent competition for the ultimate prize, with losers being killed at every round.

William Shatner, TV’s Capt.

Kirk, blasts into space Film TV workers union says strike to start next week

‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea Adele says her new album, ‘30,’ is being released Nov. 19 It is raising disturbing questions about the future of one of Asia’s wealthiest economies, where people who once crowed about the “Miracle of the Han River” now moan about “Hell Joseon,” a sarcas-

tic reference to a hierarchical kingdom that ruled Korea before the 20th century. “Some scenes were very hard to watch,” said Lee, a worker at South Korea’s Sangyong Motors who struggled with financial difficulties and depression after the carmaker laid him and 2,600 other employees off while filing for bankrupt-

cy protection in 2009. After years of protests, court battles and government intervention, Lee and hundreds of other Ssangyong workers returned to work in recent years. But not before a spate of suicides among co-workers and family members who were plunged into financial misery.

“In ‘Squid Game,’ you see characters scrambling to survive after being laid off at work, struggling to operate fried chicken diners or working as ‘daeri’ drivers,” who get paid for driving drunk people home in their own cars, Lee said. “That reminded me of my co-workers who died.”

Lee said he and his colleagues struggled to find work and were backlisted by other auto companies that considered them militant labor activists.

A 2016 report by Korea University medical researchers said at least 28 laid-off Ssangyong workers or their relatives died of suicide or severe health problems, including those linked to post-traumatic stress disorder.

“Squid Game” is one of many South Korean shows inspired by economic woes.

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