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Students going broke and hungry?

MNSU students experiencing food insecurity as some go through academic hurdles

MARIA LY STAFF WRITER Food insecurity has been a prevalent problem within MNSU for years with nearly two-thirds of students claiming they face food insecurity in some certain way.

Food insecurity, defined by the Department of Sociology at MNSU, is a lack of reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable food. A recent online survey conducted on campus by students in the spring semester of 2018, in the “Sociology in Action” class, shows that MNSU exceeds the national average of students facing food

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insecurity.

According to the study, 64 percent of 260 randomly selected students surveyed

claimed they face some sort of food insecurity.

Problems such as financial burdens further increase the

likelihood of food insecurity in a student, where they often must choose between food and other expenses such as

housing and school. Sixty percent of students with high food insecurity reported that they had to choose between food and school expenses, often choosing school.

Another problem amongst food insecure students is a lack of transportation and accessibility to grocery stores.

Going to the grocery store must be planned in advance as bus schedules only run at certain times and a single trip to the store could take between two to four hours.

Certain items are difficult to carry, with some bus stops far from their home, which reduces the amount of groceries a student purchases.

Students, in order to save money, typically cut back on how many meals they eat a day. Many of these students have substantial debt and

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October is national cyber security month

OLUWATOMIKE BALI STAFF WRITER National cyber security awareness month (NCSAM) is observed every October since its commencement in 2004 in the United States.

The NCSAM is sponsored by the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) within the department of homeland security.

The NCSAM encourages protection by all computer and mobile devices users.

Due to our lives becoming incredibly connected we as a community are now prone to hacking or compromise if we

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don’t know how to protect ourselves. So with that being said the security and IT solution department here on

campus are using this month to kick off a security awareness campaign that will feature monthly topics with tips and

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resources to help protect ourselves from cyber or identity theft, in an interview with Michael Menne, Chief

Information Security Officer IT solutions Minnesota state university Mankato, “cyber security awareness month is about teaching people cyber hygiene, clicking on secure link and being suspicious about things sent to you”.

He further stated that the cyber security awareness month has been on for about three years and they try to do more every year as the threats keeps increasing, so students need to be conscious about what is being and make sure it’s from the right email addresses.

According to Michael Menne “The student also has a role to play by forwarding suspicious emails to ‘spam@ mnsu.edu’ so we can look into it, the more people report it

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The Pnyx: Student debt JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER Americans owe a record $1.5 trillion in student loans, which is currently the fastest growing kind of debt in the nation.

So how did it get this bad? Part of the problem lies in how many people are going to college, and how long they’re taking to graduate. Just over half the students who enroll in college will finish it, and less than one-fifth will finish their bachelor’s degree within four years. Those figures are from the National Center for Education Statistics. More time in college per student means more money spent per student and thusly, more debt per student.

Another problem is the college “arms race”.

Increasingly, colleges have taken to offering expensive amenities to win over affluent students, that drive up the cost of tuition overall.

Lazy rivers, expensive gym memberships, fancy dining centers, and water parks.

Not all colleges go to such an extreme extent with their amenities, but it is increasingly common.

So more people are going to college and more colleges are investing in amenities, which drives up the costs. Moreover, college attendance is subsidized, which further increases demand.

All of these facts are readily available, but none of them explain the problem completely? What’s the missing piece to the puzzle?

Briefly, the likely answer is that public funding for

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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day MARJAN HUSSEIN STAFF WRITER Student Health Services is set to host the DEA Prescription Drug Take Back Day which will be on Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Carkoski Commons 21. The National Drug Take Back Day will be the same week but on Saturday, Oct. 27 during the same time period.

Prescription Drug Take Back Day is simple: All students, faculty and staff have to do is to drop off any used, unwanted or expired drugs in the Carkoski Commons inside a designated box that will be placed in the lobby.

Ann Johnson, RPH and Pharmacy Supervisor of SHS states that the main reason for making the Prescription Drug Take Back day a weekday was to ensure accessibility to all students, staff and faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

In addition to Johnson,

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name of the individual the drugs were assigned to or placing an indelible mark

“The aim of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs in addition to educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.” who will oversee the drug collection activity, Antonia Yenser, Alcohol and Drug Coordinator, and Stephanie Wilkins, a police officer with the Mankato Public Safety Department will also be present at the drop off point.

The event is sponsored by Student Health Services, University Security and Mankato Department of Public Safety.

This will be the first time that the Prescription Drug Take Back Day will be on the campus of Minnesota State Mankato. “Student Health Services usually refers students to the Mankato Public Safety Center on South Front Street, as the center is an excellent location to dispose of drugs that are expired, prove of no use or are unwanted by an individual all year round at any convenient time for the person with no questions asked,” Johnson said. Johnson states that the purpose of having the Prescription Drug Take Back day on campus is to create awareness and inform students on proper disposal of drugs in a safe manner.

“When dropping of drugs removing the label with the

over it is recommended,” said Johnson. “However, keeping

the label of the drug name is useful as it will aid the people sorting the drugs out after collection to know what the drug is,” added Johnson.

The aim of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs in addition to educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.

“Prescription Drug Take Back Day is an ideal platform to educate people on public health shedding light on

issues such as prescription misuse, accidental overdose and environmental protection while disposing drugs,” Johnson said. There will also be an informational sheet present in the lobby of the SHS that one can pick up as they drop of the drugs.

Johnson states that a national study conducted in the U.S. showed that in 2016, 6.2 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs.

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Continued from page 2 In the study it shows that majority of the misused drugs were obtained from family and friends. Thus, the Prescription Drug Take Back Day presents the best alternative to get rid off unwanted drugs that could prove harmful in the

home.

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was an initiative set up over a decade ago and since then it has managed to collect a total weight of 4,982 tons of drugs. The National

HUNGRY Continued from page 1 loans. Out of the 260 students surveyed, 48 percent claimed that the food they had didn’t last and they could not afford to buy more and 8 percent claimed they’ve had days where they did not eat at all.

A student interviewed after the survey stated, “I can’t focus in class when my stomach won’t quit growling.

So I drink a lot of water and chew it before I swallow it to trick my brain to think that I’m eating.”

Many students with food insecurity also have trouble focusing in class, with 39 percent of students claiming that hunger prevents them from performing well academically.

Negative impacts also include: a lower GPA, difficulty attending class, paying attention, suspending their education, suicidal thoughts, and increased levels of anxiety

and depression.

Cole Denisen, a graduate student with the department of counseling and student personnel, and one of the students involved in conducting the study works with many food insecure students, “A lot of the students I work with, they’ve got it rough. They’re working full time jobs, they’re trying to go to school full time, they’ve got to make sure their bills get paid on time. That they’ve got enough gas to make it to class every single day.

And yet they feel ashamed, because they feel like they’re failing, that they’re not doing enough to make it here on a daily basis. I don’t think they’re failing as students. I think we’re failing to take care

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CYBER Continued from page 1 the better we can protect people, we can tell you if its legitimate or not and if its malicious we can block the site for everybody.”

On advice to students on cyber security Michael stated that “Students should be suspicious careful of what you are sharing and who you are sharing it with, IRS won’t call, they send a letter if there is a problem, also make sure details about your mail is coming from IT solutions as most of the time we take care of account verification, talk to your bank to confirm any mails received about your bank accounts”.

Information’s about cyber security awareness would be done throughout the year and the IT solutions will be communicating through emails, social media and open conversation and posters.

The aim is to share resources that can help you protect yourself. There

are other ways and the IT solutions have shared to help you. Some of which are, checking out the University’s CyberAware Security Awareness Website, watching for additional e-mails from IT Solutions with tips and resources for protecting our community, following and retweeting tips from our student @InfoSecNinjas on Twitter and watch for the #CyberAware hashtag in other communications.

You should also attend #CyberAware open conversations that are hosted by IT Solutions that will share information and allow you to ask any questions you may have.

These discussions will be held in the Centennial Student Union, room 123, (next to Jazzman’s), from 12 pm – 1 pm on the following dates: Wednesday October 17, Thursday October 25, and Friday November 2.

Prescription Drug Take Back Day is a bi-annual event that takes place every fall and spring. This being the first time the event will be held on campus, it will act as a test for Student Health Services to analyze whether it will meet

Edina location to host CADSCOM 2018 Mankato, Minn. – More than 140 students, educators and industry professionals are registered to attend an Oct. 26-27 Colloquium on Analytics, Data Science and Computing at Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Edina location (7700 France Ave.).

Presentation topics at the event include big data applications; business management and strategy; emerging technology; data analytics; data ethics; data infrastructure and computing; data management; machine learning and artificial intelligence; and security.

The Oct. 26-27 colloquium, a first-of-its-kind event of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis) Professional Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, is co-sponsored by the Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence.

their expectations.

“The Prescription Drug Take Back Day is a way for students to make sure that they can help with environmental protection and to prevent misuse as well as accidental overdose

of drugs,” Johnson said. The Prescription Drug Take Back day presents an opportunity not only to properly dispose prescription drugs but to also acquire vital information on drugs that will prove useful throughout one’s lifetime.

Sun Country IBO meeting partners with hosts founder Minnesota The International Business State Mankato Organization hosted its Minneapolis, MN, October 18, 2018 – Sun Country Airlines unveiled a key partnership today. The airline announced it will be teaming up with Minnesota State University, Mankato, to give commercial aviation students the opportunity to secure full-time employment prior to graduation through the Sun Country Bridge Program.

“This partnership is important for Sun Country Airlines and the entire aviation community because it ensures a steady stream of highly qualified pilots,” said Sun Country Airlines Chief Operating Officer John Spanjers. “We’re thrilled to be able to give aspiring pilots the opportunity to join the Sun Country family straight out of college.”

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FINAL Graduate Student Forum As part of the Graduate Enrollment Management Plan campus-wide consultation process, a number of open forums have been scheduled for the fall semester.

The final open forum is scheduled for Wednesday Oct. 24, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in CSU 201.

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JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER There are a few proclamations more common in American politics than “the middle class is declining” or “our middle class is getting squeezed.” Generally, such statements are made without context or any explanation as to why this is happening.

The true reason, or at least the largest contributor, to middle class stagnation and decline is that the cost of three key necessities have increased far more than wages and salaries have.

Wage stagnation is a problem, of course, and a severe one. But the cost of living in the United States, especially in areas with higher paying jobs, is a large part of the problem as well.

So what are the necessities that I’m talking about? Briefly, housing, healthcare, and childcare.

Housing costs, especially in coastal cities, and even in large cities and college towns across the U.S., have increased drastically. These expenses contribute to making some high-paying

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jobs in coastal cities far less lucrative. The average income in San Francisco, for example, is about $77,000 a year. The median rent is about $3,500 a month, or about $35,000 a year. So a person making the median income will, before taxes, end up losing almost half of that income to rent.

The second problem is healthcare costs, which have been rising above inflation levels for years.

This holds wages down because employers have to spend more money to cover the healthcare benefits of employees. Or, worse yet, employees have to cover it themselves. Self-employed people and small business owners are especially at risk, since they have to buy their own insurance without a

benefits package.

Healthcare costs make having children more expensive, and drain middle class workers’ retirement savings more rapidly as they age. Moreover, the increased cost of care makes it harder to even reach the middle class, and can make it impossible for low income families.

Finally, we come to childcare. Childcare, and daycare in particular, has grown far more expensive in the past few decades. The cost? Over $140 per week, on average.

To make matters worse, there is a gap between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Children typically end school at about 3 p.m., unless they’re signed up for sports or other extracurricular activities.

Work, on the other hand, tends to end at about 5 p.m.

Assuming typical hours and two income households, parents face a two-hour gap between when their children come home from school and when they get done with work.

Middle class stagnation has a lot to do with the increased costs of fundamental necessities, like housing and healthcare. Education costs are a huge factor as well, but it’s possible to be in the middle class without a bachelor’s degree, although it is definitely more difficult.

To help American families get out of the “squeeze”, candidates in 2018 should look to bring down the costs of housing, healthcare, and childcare.

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Hockey splits series in heated battle at Grand Forks JOHN LAFOREST STAFF WRITER The men’s hockey team suffered their first lost in a tight matchup Saturday night against University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

This past weekend, the Mavericks traveled to Grand Forks to play a couple of games that took place on Friday and Saturday. The team ultimately split the two games with plenty of scoring happening in both games.

In Friday night’s game, the Mavs were able to prevail 7-4 in a game with a lot of offense for the Mavs, which featured three goals scored within 47 seconds of each other before the game was three minutes old.

The first period featured UND striking first, when Nick Jones fed Collin Adams and capitalized on a power play, who one-timed a shot from right in front of the Maverick freshman goaltender Dryden

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McKay at the 1:57 mark.

Then, at 2:34, junior Parker Tuomie, took a feed from behind the goal line from junior Marc Michaelis and pushed the puck past Peter Thome for his third goal of the season.

UND’s Zach Yon’s goal seven seconds later allowed the Fighting Hawks to regain the lead, but Maverick senior forward Max Coatta’s first goal of the year at 10:46 tied the score at 2-2 and that’s how things ended after the first 20 minutes of action.

The fireworks continued in the middle frame with Minne-

Football wins on road

AARON YOUNG STAFF WRITER It looks to be that no one can stop the Minnesota State Maverick football team, as the Mavs defeated Bemidji State 47-20 this past weekend to continue their unbeaten season.

The game started out slow for the Mavs with a field goal from each team, but then the Mavericks began stomping their way to victory soon after.

Senior kicker Casey Bednarski kicked a pair of field goals for the Mavs, making it a 6-3 lead for the Mavs early on in the half.

Junior wideout Shane Zylstra had another impressive showing, catching the first touchdown of the game after an 18-yard pass from QB Ryan Schlichte in the 2nd quarter.

Zylstra now has 10 TD on the year, 741 yards and almost 40 receptions on the season.

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The only response the Beavers had the rest of the half was a field goal, making it 20-6 at halftime.

In the 3rd quarter, the Mavericks exploded, scoring three touchdowns.

Junior tailback Nate Gunn had the first touchdown of the half for the Mavs, rushing the ball in from three yards out, putting the Mavs up, 276.

WR Justin Arnold caught a 75-yard pass from Ryan Schlichte, on the first play of the following drive to increase the Mavs lead, 34-6.

Later, backup J.D Ekowa caught connected with sophomore wideout Parker Gloudemans to put the Mavericks up 41-13.

After an explosive third quarter, the Mavs slowed down the pace.

The only points put up on the board for the team the rest of the way were from the leg of Bednarski. He kicked the ball through the uprights twice to increase the Mavericks lead to 47-13.

One last gasp for Bemidji State came with 3:56 left in the game.

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sota State outscoring North Dakota by a 4-2 margin.

Coatta scored twice, completing his second career hat-trick, with Tuomie getting his second goal of the game and junior forward Nick Rivera scoring his first goal of the year.

UND managed to outshoot the Mavericks by a 17-7 margin in the period, but Minnesota State held a 6-4 advantage.

The Fighting Hawks lead the shots on goal 38-21 and mainly every other statiscally category from faceoff wins to limiting their penalties. The Mavericks took advantage of their opportunities and won the game 7-4.

In their second game of the weekend on Saturday, the Mavs fell behind 2-0, but the deficit was short lived.

Freshman Julian Napravnik got his first goal of his career

striking first for the Mavs coming off a pass from Coatta. Moments later, Coatta captured the hat-trick, and his fourth goal of the weekend, evening the score before the end of the first period.

The game was tied 3-3 after 40 minutes of play until Smith of North Dakota hit the game-winning goal at 11:35 of the final period after grabbing a loose puck behind the net and scoring on a wraparound attempt.

After the game, head coach Mike Hastings said, “We battled back tremendously and are overall proud of the effort.”

The Mavs will look to bounce back from their first loss of the season when Alaska comes to town as they embark on a couple of weekend matchups starting Friday at 7:07 p.m. local time.

When the Major League Baseball season began in April, it looked as if we were headed for a massive showdown between the Chicago Cubs and the Houston Astros. As the season went along, the Red Sox became favored as the Indians and Yankees solidified their spots as contenders. And as the playoffs came into frame, small teams like the Brewers and Rockies gave us hope that the MLB was setting up for a Cinderella run in October. Instead, Cinderella was sent home early.

The World Series begins tonight, as the Los Angeles Dodgers face off against Boston Red Sox. This should be an OK World Series, and I am going to be watching. But what this World Series is lacking is the underdog, or some team that you cheer for just because.

The 1991 World Series had the Twins and the Braves, two

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Soccer knock off Dragons at home

BOBBI PATRICK STAFF WRITER This weekend, the Mavericks’ soccer team took on Minnesota State-Moorhead, and came away with a win and dedicated their game to a special man.

The Mavericks played in pink uniforms to support breast cancer awareness month and also paid special tribute to a special Mavericks soccer fan, Roger Cottew.

Roger Cottew was recognized at halftime after his battle with cancer and passing 7 months ago. Roger was the father of Morgan and Taylor Cottew, who are both Maverick soccer players on the team right now.

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Roger was a big MNSU soccer fan and there was a moment of silence in remembrance of Roger before the match began as well as the game was dedicated to him.

“I was really grateful that Brian put this game together.

It meant so much to me and my family. Soccer was a huge part of my dad’s life, and to

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MLB Continued from page 5 teams that had finished deadlast in their divisions the year before.

The Twins won in walk-off fashion in the 10th inning of a game 7 at the Metrodome, making it arguably the greatest sports moment in Minnesota history (sorry, Case Keenum). In 2004, the Red Sox won their first championship in 86 years after coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the ALCS, winning four straight against

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the Yankees to advance to the World Series.

Even recently, we saw the Cubs break a championship drought over 100 years old.

This World Series doesn’t have any special reason to root for one team or the other, but it will provide some quality baseball that shouldn’t be missed.

The Boston Red Sox went 108-54 in the regular season, and they are maybe the most

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dedicate this game to him, I know he’s really happy right now,” said Morgan Cottew.

The Mavericks won the game 3-0. The first goal was scored about 43 minutes into the game by freshman Nadia Lowery, who was assisted by sophomore Claire Barresi.

The second goal came just over half time at the 52nd minute when junior Taylor Kenealy scored her first goal of the season, which was assisted by junior Alesha Duccini.

The last goal was scored near the end of the game by senior Morgan Cottew in the 88th minute. She scored off a shot off the crossbar and was able to get the ball in.

Last weekend, the Mavericks took a tough loss in a double overtime game to the Bemidji State Beavers, who are ranked 5th in the nation right now.

The Mavericks played Northern State on Friday and won 1-0. The only goal of the game was shot in by junior Dakota Wendell who had an assist from Morgan Cottew.

“We put so much into our games last weekend and we just needed to get through the week and have an opportunity to get back and get some minutes under us after a loss like that,” said head coach Brian Bahl.

The Mavericks also played Northern State previously on Friday and won the game, 1-0.

Next weekend, the Mavericks take on Augustana University on Friday at 3 p.m. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They come home to play their final regular season game against Wayne State at 1 p.m., which will also be Senior Day for the Mavericks.

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Yasiel Puig (left) and David Price (right) look to add a World Series to their mantel this October.

well-rounded team in the MLB. Their pitching staff is rock solid and has three of the best starters in the game; Chris Sale (237 strikeouts), David Price (3.58 ERA), and Rick Porcello (17 wins).

Their offense came to life this year, fueled by two MVP candidates in right-fielder Mookie Betts and designated hitter JD Martinez.

Betts put up an AL-high .346 batting average, while Martinez blasted 43 home runs, second in the MLB to Oakland’s Khris Davis.

After sweeping through the regular season, they dispatched the New York Yankees and the reigning champion Houston Astros with ease, winning the series by tallies of 3-1 and 4-1, respec-

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tively.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a completely different story from the Red Sox. The Dodgers came in favored to win the National League, and proceeded to limp to a 16-26 record to start the season. They responded in kind with a furious rally as the Arizona Diamondbacks, their main competition in the NL West for most of the year, crumbled down the stretch.

They added Twins 2B Brian Dozier and Orioles SS Manny Machado to an already loaded roster, and players like Corey Seager, Justin Turner and Kenley Jansen returned from injuries.

However, they had to fend off a red-hot Colorado Rockies team that ended up tying the Dodgers for the division

title.

In a decisive game 163, the Dodgers won 5-2 and sent the Rockies to the NL Wild Card game. They followed that with a 3-1 series win over the Atlanta Braves.

They again faced the Brewers in the NLCS, and had the series go to a game 7 in which Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler pitched an excellent seven innings, winning the game and series with a 5-1 win.

This World Series won’t have the feel-good story, or the underdog, or the snow we could have gotten from a Boston-Colorado series, but what we will see is a quality, exciting series where the difference between winning and losing could come down to star pitchers and a couple of MVP candidates.

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Nate Gunn (23) was a main fixture for the Mavs offense on the day Bemidji St. QB Alec Ogden threw to wideout Jacob Anderson for a Beavers touchdown in the 4th to settle the score at 47-20.

Schlichte had another impressive game for the Mavs, passing for 176 yards on 10

passes and throwing for 3 TD’s on the day, with backup QB J.D Ekowa also having a passing TD of his own on the day.

The running game for the Mavericks continues to be a driving force towards the

Mavericks success, as Nate Gunn ran for 187 yards and a TD on the day.

With three games left in the season, the Mavericks came into the year to prove they are the team to beat.

Now at 8-0, they look to Wayne State to become 9-0.

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Carlie Hanson and Troye Sivan ‘Bloom’ at the State Theatre GAGE CURETON STAFF WRITER Upcoming indie-pop artist Carlie Hanson and the sparkly “princess of pop” Kim Petras opened for Troye Sivan’s Bloom Tour to an electrified audience at the State Theatre in Minneapolis Oct. 17.

The main floor and balcony of the Theatre were packed with eager fans as a mixture of candy-colored lights illuminated the stage.

Carlie, flexing a pair of fire-apple red Adidas Originals, met the audience with her intense energy and opened up the set with 2017’s “Why Did You Lie?” With only a few meters of space, the young artist controlled the stage and had fans out of their seats. Carlie knows what we want even if we don’t know it yet.

With her new single “Tox-

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ins”, Carlie made herself vulnerable to the audience and a solemn vibe fell over the Theatre. She connected with the audience on a personal level, something rarely seen with newer artists.

But the atmosphere of the Theatre soon lifted as she

ended the set with her righteous single “Us” and the audience raised a collective middle-finger with encouragement. A perfect call to arms, and an awesome conclusion for the artist’s first time playing in a large venue.

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man-born “princess of pop” Kim Petras strutted across the stage and the venue reverberated with the synthy and bass-filled tracks “All the Time” and “I Don’t Want It At All.” Kim worked the stage like a runway at a 1980 fashion show in Milan and her electro-pop style had a nostalgic undertone of the 1990’s pop scene.

Petras also promoted her new album “Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1” with “Tell Me It’s a Nightmare” and “Close Your Eyes.” It came just in time for the Halloween season and the audience was thrilled with the silky-smooth beats, vibrato-infused choruses and eerie lyrics.

However, the main attraction had yet to come.

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“Halloween” RACHAEL JAEGER STAFF WRITER “Halloween” had a promising premise with a long shot of the prison that Michael Myers has been captive in for years, then the shots crept closer and tighter to the predator. Breath-holding moments follow a warning not to step inside the circle, with Michael escaping and beating nearly all his inmates to their deaths as he travels home to Haddonfeld.

Since Laurie Strode (Jaime Lee Curtis) has obsessed over staying alive from her

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Songwriter Showcase: Matthew Ruff MARK REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER Local songwriter Matthew Ruff will be performing in the Songwriter Showcase on Oct. 25 in the Earley Center for Performing Arts.

Ruff is a junior at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Originally a vocal performance major, he is now a music industry student with a focus in songwriting.

Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ruff began pursuing his musical career in high school.

“When I was really into musical theater at the time, um, I was trying to go through that Hennepin Theater Trust program,” Ruff said. “I got nominated for some award, and I only got through the first tier of it, and there’s like four tiers of auditions until you go on and win this award. But the music is what got me there.”

“So, I was like, ‘I need just to keep up with music’ and like, and I thought about the songwriting class. ‘I’m just

gonna keep writing and singing and covers and see what happens and if it’s something I actually want to do.’ And it was,” said Ruff.

Ruff, who has played piano since the third grade, is always busy in the music department. Along with writing his own music, he is a part of the acapella group Maverick Vocal Precision, the Concert Choir, and a seven-piece contemporary band.

But Ruff’s passion lies in his songwriting.

“I’d say one of my favorite moments performing was when I showed one of the first songs that I wrote during my time here at MNSU. When I was first performing that song for the general recital my sophomore year, I kind of confirmed to myself that that’s what I wanted to do.

“And I saw people talk to me after and they were like, ‘oh my god, I didn’t expect that; where’d that come from?’ and that kind of confirmed that people enjoy this, I enjoyed how it felt to perform my own music and I

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guess other people inspired me to keep going with it.”

Inspired by Sia, MAX and Sam Smith, Ruff’s music is filled with emotion, stories and power, which are all unleashed when he is on stage.

Ruff’s songs come from stories and events from his

personal life and the lives of people close to him. His upcoming single “Believe in Me” is one such story.

“When I was just starting school, basically I had an interest in someone. And basically, they kind of lead me on for a little while, just

because they hadn’t resolved things with their romantic past. And they thought they were ready for more than just a friendship, and then they realized that they were not.

And they told me a little too late before I really started getting feelings for them.

“So then after things ended between us, I started writing the lyrics for the song and they came along pretty easily – I wrote all the lyrics in one sitting – and then when I came back to school I wrote the music for it. It came together pretty fast,” Ruff said as he laughed.

Ruff is also releasing an EP in the spring with the working title “Fire.”

“So the idea of ‘Fire’ has to do with, it encaptures a lot of different emotions,” Ruff said. “There’s, anger, there’s frustration, but there’s also people that come into your life and really, ‘light a fire.’ So

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HALLOWEEN Continued from page 7 how easily Michael was able to wrench them from their foundations caused much incredibility.

Brian Tallerico, critic for Roger Ebert, summarized his own disappointment in these two sentences, saying, “In that first movie, you can

reputation. During the whole time I watched “Halloween”, there was not a moment for me that stirred the slightest scare.

A specific soundtrack played when Michael made an appearance, or was about to kill someone. But because

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trauma as a teenager, she had trained her own daughter Karen to have such fear that Karen listens. Despite that, Karen believes Laurie is in desperate need of mental help. Allyson tries to bridge the gap between her family members. Allyson invites

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her grandmother to a quiet dinner outing and Laurie’s outrage costs embarrassment to the whole family.

The audience is then shown a deeper glimpse into Laurie’s life who now has a huge house, set up with a secret basement with guns and hidden panels stocked with supplies she could use if necessary. As the film goes on, the audience notes that she has entrusted Karen with her own gun and forces her to confront her own insecurities. That is good but even then, the intrigue has already faded away.

Countless discrepancies poured into the film, including when Michael kicked down the bars in the back seat when he chased one of the other girls. Those bars are bolted down for security reasons and to see

hear the crunch of the leaves and smell fall in the air. This one always feels like a movie, never transporting you or offering the tactile terror of the story of “The Shape”.”

I agree; This recent plot falls short because it did not follow through with the excitement. I would like to say the eventual confrontation between Jaime and Michael lasts not more than 10 minutes during the movie and it felt more like five. How the conflict ended, the movie could have run no longer than that. It is also dumfounding to watch Karen stand for what feels like an eternity in the film world when she gestures for Allyson to join her in the secret basement. For as long as that scene drags out, both women would have died for how quick Michael held his

I had watched the original, I knew what to expect. The mere physical presence of Michael’s hollow eyes and the pale gray mask and how he sneaks upon his victims raises hairs on audiences’ necks. Yet makeup, costume, and music fall short of what “Halloween” could have been and yet, the sad fact is that “Halloween” will continue to haunt us only because the mask of Michael Myers.

I have to admit, the only “Halloween” I have watched is the original one that was produced and filmed in 1979. It fulfilled imagination and the theme of evil’s potential when you dabble in it, but I cannot imagine even if the original sequels were any better.

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BLOOM Continued from page 7 At 9 p.m. sharp, the stage filled with a dense fog and the Theatre erupted with eager cheers as Troye Sivan emerged from behind the red curtain. Sivan opened with “Seventeen” and his shadow cast behind him melted into the curtain as the fog seemed to disappear. He soon vanished back behind the curtain and after a short pause, it dropped, revealing a massive set with Sivan perched center-stage and a dazzling

light show emersed behind his band.

With “Postcard”, Sivan made use of the creative and diverse stage set. He sat in a soft-lit makeshift living room as a spotlight lifted him out of the darkness. The audience was taken on a roller coaster of emotion led by Sivan himself. Sivan continued to enthrall the audience and fans alike with his spectacular light set up. With each song it continued to change, never re-

peating the same pattern and blending into Sivan’s evolving presence on the stage. The audience was left guessing which direction the performance would go.

The Bloom Tour is undeniably an indie-pop enthusiast’s paradise. Chalked full of talented artists and entertaining performances, it’ll leave audiences pouring out of any venue with a hopeful outlook for the future of music.