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Cinema festival brings horror to the big screen

By CLAIRE BRUNEAU Staff Writer

Grind-Fu Cinema, the annual film series sponsored by Minnesota State University’s KMSU-FM radio station, kicks off its 2021-22 season Saturday by showing five films and an intermission with cake, all free of charge.

Films include “Island of Lost Souls,” “Dracula,” and “Frankenstein.”

The first film starts at noon in the Wiecking Center auditorium. The last film starts at 8:45 p.m.

Grind-Fu was initially created by the hosts of KMSU’s Shuffle Function morning show. Shuffle Function co-host Tim Lind helped create Grind-Fu in hopes of doing something fun for the MNSU community and KMSU listeners.

In pre-COVID times, the radio show would host movie screenings like this all month long. They would show fun and weird movies, often showing the best movie classics. Lind mentioned that these events are always free for the campus community.

“If you like classic horror movies this is a fun and free event with some of the best legendary films we will be showing,” he said.

“These are your classic black and white films like ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein,’ all of those movies.

Also we have cake, so who wouldn’t want to go?”

There will be an intermission at 8:15 p.m. for viewers to take a quick cake break from the movies. Lind pointed out that cake may not be viewed as a common Halloween snack, but it’s a part of the movie tradition.

“We always love to make a big deal out of the Halloween October fun and cake is such a great way to do that. All of these cakes are specially made to work around each movie that is shown throughout the day.

They’re all a bit odd and MOVIES on page 4 u

The CSU Haunted Takeover returned this year to celebrate its 10th rendition Wednesday evening. This year, the Student Events Team brought back its most popular rooms from its past editions as different student organizations helped deliver the spooks.

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Students get in the spirit for the Halloween weekend

By JENNA PETERSON News Director Students at Minnesota State University, Mankato are using this week to get ready for the Halloween festivities

they’re about to participate in over the weekend. Whether they’re staying in for the night to binge-eat candy and watch Halloween movies or go out in their best costume, they’re all ready for the holiday.

Dalton Kraay, a junior at MNSU, doesn’t have any definite plans for Halloween yet, but will be celebrating in some way or another.

“I’m probably going to party with friends after work,” Kraay explained.

As far as his costume, Kraay stated, “I thought of dressing up to scare my buddies. I have some friends who are deathly afraid of clowns, so I was probably going to

dress up as one.”

Freshman Ethan Elmes said he’s thrilled for the weekend and what he’s got planned to celebrate.

“I’ll go out partying for sure,” said Elmes, “My friends and I are dressing up as the “Average Joes’ from ‘Dodgeball.’”

Sophomore John Carlson will also be celebrating the spooky holiday in a traditionHALLOWEEN on page 4 u

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Twin Metals to appeal federal decision on proposed mine

TONY AVELAR • Associated Press In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, a core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Twin Metals will appeal a federal decision that dealt a serious blow to its proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, the company said Wednesday.

Last week, the Biden administration ordered a mineral withdrawal study on 225,000 acres of federal land that could lead to a 20-year ban on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a popular recreational area in the Superior National Forest.

The order, which was issued by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, also prohibits issuing new prospecting permits or leases for mining-related activities in that area. The agencies said it does not affect valid existing rights or activities on private lands,

including Twin Metals’ leases in the area, although they are currently the subject of a federal court challenge.

“We remain steadfast in our commitment to the communities of northeast Minnesota,” said Kelly Osborne, Twin Metals Chief Executive Officer. “We have a viable mining project we will move forward under existing law.”

The rejection of the applications is both politically motivated and completely unnecessary, said Julie Padilla, Twin Metals Chief Regulatory Officer.

“This tells us that the federal government has no intention to listen to science, and opponents of copper-nickel mining are afraid the established environmental review process would show a modern copper-nickel mine can be safe for the environment.”

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Movie had ‘complacency’ with weapons ASSOCIATED PRESS Investigators said Wednesday that there was “some complacency” in how weapons were handled on the movie set where Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer and wounded another person, but it’s too soon to determine whether charges will be filed.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza noted that 500 rounds of ammunition — a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected live rounds — were found while searching the set of the Western “Rust.”

“Obviously I think the industry has had a record recently of being safe. I think there was some complacency on this set, and I think there are some safety issues that need to be addressed by the industry and possibly by the state of New Mexico,” Mendoza told a news conference nearly a week after the shooting.

Authorities also confirmed there was no footage of the shooting, which happened during a rehearsal. Investigators believe Baldwin’s gun fired a single live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.

Detectives have recovered a lead projectile they believe the actor fired last week.

Testing is being done to confirm whether the projectile taken from Souza’s shoulder

ANDRES LEIGHTON • Associated Press Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza, left, and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies exit the sheriff’s office to address the media at a news conference in Santa Fe, N.M. Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021.

was fired from the same long Colt revolver used by Baldwin. The FBI will help with ballistics analysis.

Two other guns were seized, including a single-action revolver that may have been modified and a plastic gun that was described as a revolver, officials said. Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins, told investigators there should never be live rounds present near the scene.

“We suspect that there were other live rounds, but that’s up to the testing. But right now, we’re going to determine how those got there, why they were there because they shouldn’t have been,” Mendoza said.

District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said in-

vestigators cannot say yet whether it was negligence or by whom. She called it a complex case that will require more research and analysis.

“It will take many more facts, corroborated facts, before we can get to that criminal negligence standard,” she said.

Investigators said they planned to follow up on reports of other incidents involving misfires with guns on the set. Mike Tristano, a veteran armorer, or movie weapons specialist, was alarmed to hear that live rounds were mixed in with blanks and dummy rounds.

“I find that appalling,” Tristano said. “In over 600 films and TV shows that I’ve done, we’ve never had a live round on set.”

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Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19 ASSOCIATED PRESS A cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 in a study hunting for existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat coronavirus.

Researchers tested the pill used for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder because it was known to reduce inflammation and looked promising in smaller studies.

They’ve shared the results with the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which publishes treatment guidelines, and they hope for a World Health Organization recommendation.

“If WHO recommends this, you will see it widely taken up,” said study co-author Dr. Edward Mills of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, adding that many poor nations have the drug readily available.

“We hope it will lead to a lot of lives saved.”

The pill, called fluvoxamine, would cost $4 for a course of COVID-19 treatment.

By comparison, antibody IV treatments cost about $2,000 and Merck’s exper-

imental antiviral pill for COVID-19 is about $700 per course.

Some experts predict various treatments eventually will be used in combination to fight the coronavirus.

Researchers tested the antidepressant in nearly 1,500 Brazilians recently infected with coronavirus who were at risk of severe illness because of other health problems, such as diabetes.

About half took the antidepressant at home for 10 days, the rest got dummy pills.

They were tracked for four weeks to see who landed in the hospital or spent extended time in an emergency room when hospitals were full.

In the group that took the drug, 11% needed hospitalization or an extended ER stay, compared to 16% of those on dummy pills.

The results, published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Global Health, were so strong that independent experts monitoring the study recommended stopping it early because the results were clear.

Questions remain about the best dosing, whether lower risk patients might also

NIAID-RML • Associated Press This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab.

benefit and whether the pill should be combined with other treatments.

The larger project looked at eight existing drugs to see if they could work against the pandemic virus. The project is still testing a hepatitis drug,

but all the others — including metformin, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin — haven’t panned out.

The cheap generic and Merck’s COVID-19 pill work in different ways and “may be complementary,” said Dr. Paul

Sax of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the study.

Earlier this month, Merck asked regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize its antiviral pill.

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MOVIES Continued from page 1

HALLOWEEN Continued from page 1

History of Halloween reigns from religion

edgy in order to work with scary movies. It’s such a fun, quirky tradition” Lind added.

Historically, the film festivals haven’t been consistent in popularity, largely due to the lack of knowledge from students about the events.

“For some of our movie events it’s really hit-ormiss, but our Halloween event definitely gets a crowd making it our most popular event. I guess people really love scary movies,” Lind stated.

Brianna Reuter, a freshman studying nursing, confirmed this statement when she found out about the event from the posters hanging up around campus.

“Scary movies are probably one of my favorite parts of Halloween, which is saying a lot because I love it all.

I like to watch scary movies all year round, but it definitely hits different during Halloween,” Reuter commented.

Lind encourages everyone who attends the festival to dress up in their best Halloween costume, as it helps amplify the holiday spirit.

“We get people who wear their pajamas and slippers to people who go all out with their Halloween costumes. Seeing all the fun costume ideas that people come up with is definitely one of my favorite parts.”

al fashion.

“I’m actually going home for Halloween. I’ll have a party with my family, but not with any friends,” Carlson stated. “I’m not sure what I’ll dress up as yet, but I’m thinking someone from a scary movie, like Jason from ‘Friday the 13.’”

While some students are excited to dress up and celebrate in the typical college fashion, others are looking to have a more relaxing night. Ricky Cano, a senior at MNSU, will be spending his weekend at the Maverick sporting events.

“I am working MNSU athletic events this weekend. As of right now, I don’t think I’ll be going to any parties or dressing up in a costume,” Cano stated.

Other students are looking to spend the weekend at sporting events, including senior Cate Curtin.

“I also don’t have any plans for Halloween yet. I might go to the soccer game on Sunday, but that’s about it,” Curtin commented.

As far as dressing up for Halloween, she’s not sure yet if she’ll be doing so.

“There’s always a possibility I dress up, but I don’t plan out for that.”

Senior Evan Case is also unsure of his Halloween plans, “I don’t have any plans now, I’ll probably hang around and chill with my roommates. I won’t be dressing up either.”

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Celts of the past started their new year on Nov. 1.

Rather than watching the ball drop in New York, the Celts believed that spirits would visit the world of the living. The dead would cause distraught on crops.

In modern times, we understand this to be the natural shifting of season to fall.

In order to calm the spirits, the Celts burned animals and crops in “bone fires” (the origin of “bonfires”), their version of providing treats.

However, the ghostly presence was believed to increase the ability to make predictions about the future.

Fortune tellers would dress in animal-skin costumes and try their luck in foretelling the upcoming year. However, it’s doubtful they were able to tell the impacts their traditions would leave on the world.

Celtic beliefs were mixed with other religions and practices in history, a repetitious molding process that created modern Halloween.

Roman influence on the holiday incorporated their praise to the fruit and tree goddess Pomona. Pomona’s influence can be seen in Halloween games such as bobbing for apples.

When Chrsitianity spread to the Celtics, rather than trying to completely rewrite their beliefs, Christian’s de-

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cided to ease them into their culture. All Souls’ Day, or All-hallows men day. However, modern historians are recognizing that All Souls’ Day was most likely created purely for the purpose of replacing the Celtic holiday with a church-related.

Rather than dressing in animal skins, Christians wore angel, saint, and devil outfits.

Halloween traveled to colonial America primarily through Irish immigrants when they flooded out of Ireland to escape the potato famine.

With their arrival came another tradition: jack-o-lanterns. Theorized to have been inspired by the fables of willo-the-wisps, the story follows a man named Stringy Jack, who carried around a carved out turnip with a face carved into it as a lantern lit with the fires from hell.

The Irish believed that carrying similar lanterns would protect them from spirits of the dead on Halloween.

In the 1920s and 30s Halloween tradition had grown large enough that spooky season community parties were popularized.

Today, Halloween is celebrated on Oct. 31 every year.

Costumes and trick-or-treating survived the ages and were accompanied by pumpkin carving and scary movies.

Of course, some superstitions were also lost along the way. Young women no longer use The spooky season as a method of predicting their future love lives. Girls are no longer tossing apple peels over their shoulders and looking for them to spell out their spouse’s initials.

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Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy After Bryan Kang’s son was born in July, the occupational therapist and his wife, a teacher, started looking for child care in the Los Angeles area. The couple called eight day care centers: Some didn’t have spots for months; others stopped taking their calls and some never answered at all.

So with no viable options, Kang scrambled to find a new job that would allow him to work remotely.

“I told my manager, ‘Hey, by the end of the month, I have to transition out,’” Kang said.

“They were very supportive and very understanding because they’re all mothers. But now there’s one less body to see patients.”

Kang said he’s fortunate he found a job teaching online classes, but the unexpected career pivot forced him to take an 11% pay cut.

Even if he could find a day care spot for his now 3-month-old son, the $2,500 monthly cost of infant care is so high that taking a lower-paying job so he can work from home and care for the baby is the most financially sensible thing to do.

The child care business has operated in a broken, paradoxical market: low wages for workers and high costs for consumers. Yet the critical service somehow managed to limp along.

Now, the pandemic has

ELAINE THOMPSON • Associated Press Amy McCoy reads a book to preschoolers as they finish their lunch at her Forever Young Daycare facility, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Mountlake Terrace, Wash.

made clear what many experts had long warned: The absence of reliable and affordable child care limits which jobs people can accept, makes it harder to climb the corporate ladder and ultimately restricts the ability of the broader economy to grow.

“Early learning is no longer seen as just a women’s issue or a children’s issue. It’s really seen as an economic issue.

It’s about workforce participation,” said Mario Cardona, policy chief for Child Care Aware of America. “It’s about

employers who don’t have to worry about whether they’ll be able to rely upon employees.”

Child Care Aware estimates 9% of licensed child care programs have permanently closed since the pandemic began, based on its tally of nearly 16,000 shuttered centers and in-home day cares in 37 states between December 2019 and March 2021.

Now, each teacher resignation, coronavirus exposure and day care closure reveals an industry on the brink, with

wide-reaching implications for an entire economy’s workforce.

The national crisis has forced many people to leave their jobs, reshaping the child

care crisis as not just a problem for parents of young children, but also anyone who depends on them. It has contributed to a labor shortage, which has hurt businesses and made it more difficult for customers to access goods and services.

“The decisions we make about the availability of child care today will shape the U.S. macroeconomy for decades to come by influencing who returns to work, what types of jobs parents take and the career path they are able to follow,” said Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan.

President Joe Biden has pledged an unprecedented burst of federal spending in hopes of fixing the child care market. At a recent town hall in Baltimore, he assured parents they would “not have to pay more than 7% of your income for child care.” Federal money would go directly to care centers to cover costs in excess of the 7% cap. This means the median U.S. family earning $86,372 would pay $6,046 annually for child care.

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Honor Halloween, wear a costume

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Editorial So, you are an adult. You work long hours in order to pay for rent, your car, tuition, and all the other expenses that come with being grown up.

Being grown up comes with the weight of acting like one.

You might find yourself behaving in a way that is more “mature” and less childish.

You do not ride the grocery cart like a scooter anymore, find yourself not playing with your food, or switch out buying Fortnite skins for buying up cryptocurrencies.

For many, growing up comes with hanging up the celebration of Halloween, staying in and dressing in comfy sweatpants rather than an extravagant costume like years of the past.

Stop that. That’s stupid.

Sure we are adults now, sure we have real people responsibilities that we have to take care of. That doesn’t mean we have to stop having fun.

Dressing up, looking dumb and having fun with friends is such an amazing experience that we get to have once a year, don’t waste it being a curmudgeon.

Whether it is an in depth, mystical witch costume that you’ve put hours into and hundreds of dollars into at the yearly renaissance festival, or a silly joke costume that you bought at Halloween Express for $10, do it.

Halloween is literally the only day of the year

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that looking “normal” is seen as being weird, and will make you stand out.

Being in a setting in which everyone has communally agreed that it is okay to look stupid is such an amazingly cathartic experience. Each person understands that the vibe of the night is that of weirdness and fun, and choosing to not partake in said fun makes you seem out of touch and look like a party pooper.

Why do people choose to not dress up on Halloween?

Feeling that dressing up is

too childish might be one reason. Another reason might be the fear of looking dumb or out of place. It can be a nerve wracking experience to put yourself out there in that way, in a sense, dressing in a Halloween costume can make people feel extremely vulnerable.

There are few moments of insecurity that quite match putting on a costume, looking yourself in the mirror and asking yourself “does this look stupid?

Am I stupid for doing this?”

What’s worse about those

questions is that the answer to both of them is yes. You do look stupid. You are a little stupid for doing that.

But those feelings get washed away in a moment of intense relief the second someone else sees you in costume and yells “Oh my god! You look great!”

After that, the night is yours. You get to go around and have fun with your friends and experience all that Halloween has to offer.

So don’t be lame, dress up for Halloween.

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Opina: Their culture is not your Halloween costume Opinion

By ASHLEY OPINA Variety Editor An old friend of mine once asked me if her Halloween costume was offensive.

Rather than asking what she would be going as, I simply replied, “If you have to ask, it probably is.”

I’ve used that as a golden rule every Halloween when picking out a costume, both for myself and for those around me.

I doubt those who dress up as a vampire pause at their reflection when they pass a mirror and wonder if their glued on fangs and the fake blood dried on the corners of their mouth would deem them uninformed.

I do, however, imagine that those who dress up in Indigenous attire wonder if their socalled costume would make them the next victim of “cancel culture”.

So, why do it in the first place?

I can only think of two main reasons: blissful ignorance or blatant racism.

Before I get called a “snowflake” by the older generation for using the “r” word so hastily, I’d like to preface that I’m a woman of color, and that my life-long experiences regarding the matter makes me more than qualified to speak on it.

The former of the two reasons — blissful ignorance —

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I’d consider to be less troublesome, though still not a good enough excuse to get a pass.

However, I do acknowledge that we’re only human, and that we as a species are notorious for making mistakes.

It’s how we learn from them that matters.

Let’s say that old friend of mine was dressing up as Pocahontas, a renown Disney princess who proudly hails from the Powhatan tribal nation, a Native American tribe.

I mention her ethnicity, because dressing up as Pocahontas means dressing up as a Native American, and the costumes for that are far from accurate to how those belonging to the culture actually dress.

Being a Disney princess for Halloween isn’t automatically offensive, but the inaccuracies of the costume regarding the culture it’s aiming to represent is.

Most often, the costumes are curated from stereotypes

which depict or exploit the culture in a negative way.

Hence, offensive.

If I explained that to my blissfully ignorant friend and she changed up Pocahontas’ attire to accurately represent her culture, appreciating it rather than appropriating it, or better yet, decided to go as something else for Halloween, then that’s one thing.

She learned from what I taught her and, as a result, changed for the better.

It’s another for that friend of mine to go to Party City, purchase a poorly made getup called “Adult Western Costume” and dress up as a Native American, calling herself an “Indian” all night long, despite knowing that it could possibly humiliate, hurt, and offend anyone around her that actually belongs to that culture.

Let’s say I pulled that friend aside and informed her that her costume was offensive.

I explain by telling her that her costume is devaluing the importance of someone else’s culture. It’s making a mockery of something that’s considered sacred to someone else. It’s stealing from a minority group that’s already lost so much, all for the sake of an aesthetic.

If her response is to shrug off everything that I’ve said and continue on with her life under the impression that she shouldn’t care because it doesn’t affect her personally, then that’s blatant racism.

She would then no longer be my friend. Not only because she’s willfully racist, but because she’s got on a tacky Halloween costume.

If you want to keep your friends and save yourself from being known as the person with bad taste on Halloween, keep in mind the golden rule: If you have to ask whether your costume is offensive or not, it probably is.

So, go as something else that isn’t offensive.

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Not a trick: No White House treats for Halloween this year ASSOCIATED PRESS With his signature domestic initiative at stake, President Joe Biden is urging Democrats to wrap up talks and bring the social services and climate change bill “over the finish line” before he departs Thursday for global summits overseas.

Top Democratic leaders are signaling a deal is within reach even though momentum fizzled and tempers flared late Wednesday after a billionaires’ tax and a paid family leave program fell out of the Democrats’ sweeping bill, mostly to satisfy a pivotal senator in the 50-50 Senate.But expanded health care programs, free pre-kindergarten and some $500 billion to tackle climate change remain in the mix in what’s now at least a $1.75 trillion package.

And Democrats are eyeing a new surcharge on the wealthy, 5% on incomes above $10 million and additional 3% beyond $25 million, to help pay for it, according to a person who requested anonymity to discuss the private talks.

“They’re all within our reach. Let’s bring these bills over the finish line.” Biden

tweeted late Wednesday.

Biden could yet visit Capitol Hill before traveling abroad and House Democrats were set to meet in the morning. Besides pressing for important party priorities, the president was hoping to show foreign leaders the U.S. was getting things done under his administration.

The administration is assessing the situation “hour by hour,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.

It was a fast-moving day on Capitol Hill that started upbeat as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that Democrats were in “pretty good shape.” But hopes quickly faded as Biden’s big proposal ran into stubborn new setbacks, chief among them how to pay for it all.

A just-proposed tax on billionaires could be scrapped after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia objected, according to a senior party aide, who requested anonymity to discuss the private talks.

The billionaires’ tax proposal had been designed to win over another Democratic holdout, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, but Manchin

MANUEL BALCE CENETA • Associated Press In this Oct. 25, 2020 file photo, the South Lawn of the White House is lit during a Halloween celebration at the White House in Washington.

panned it as unfairly targeting the wealthy, leaving Democrats at odds.

“People in the stratosphere, rather than trying to penalize, we ought to be pleased that this country is able to produce the wealth,” Manchin told reporters.

Manchin said he prefers a minimum 15% flat “patriotic tax” to ensure the wealthiest Americans don’t skip out on paying any taxes. Nevertheless, he said: “We need to move forward.”

Next to fall was a proposed paid family leave pro-

gram that was already being chiseled back from 12 to four weeks to satisfy Manchin. But with his objections, it was unlikely to be included in the bill, the person said.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., had devised several new options.

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Letter to the Editor: How Greek life at MNSU handles violations Here at MSU-Mankato, we have an open line of communication between students, Greek life members, and administration/ council members.

As far as Greek life goes, there are various avenues that an individual can pursue to report an issue.

Our bylaws and rules regarding the conduct of an organization are there to respond to allegations presented by an individual submitting an incident report online.

More minor violations of policy are usually handled internally by the IFC and PHC Vice President of Conduct Review, myself and Lauren Karnitz, along with help from the Associate Director of Student Activities, Greg Wilkins.

However, let me be extremely clear her: for severe infractions such as sexual violence, an individuals first report should go directly to the police.

As governing bodies, IFC and PHC can only administer corrective action to a group on campus, NOT legal action against an individual.

We are here to assist those both inside and outside of Maverick Fraternity and Sorority Life; we are not legal counsel, we are not police, and while we are completely willing to help connect individuals to the correct point of contact, our primary function is not legal discipline or advice.

With all that being said, we all do everything within our power to give students a safe and positive college experience. I, along with all my fellow counsel officers and their counterparts want to foster a community based on positivity, communication, and growth.

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America ‘on fire’: Facebook watched as Trump ignited hate ASSOCIATED PRESS The reports of hateful and violent posts on Facebook started pouring in on the night of May 28 last year, soon after then-President Donald Trump sent a warning on social media that looters in Minneapolis would be shot.

It had been three days since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on the neck of George Floyd for more than eight minutes until the 46-year-old Black man lost consciousness, showing no signs of life. A video taken by a bystander had been viewed millions of times online. Protests had taken over Minnesota’s largest city and would soon spread throughout cities across America. But it wasn’t until after Trump posted about Floyd’s death that the reports of violence and hate speech increased “rapidly” on Facebook across the country, an internal company analysis of the ex-president’s social media post reveals.

“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd and I won’t let that happen,” Trump wrote at 9:53 a.m. on May 28 from his Twitter and Facebook accounts. “Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts the shooting starts!”

The former president has since been suspended from both Twitter and Facebook.

Leaked Facebook documents provide a first-hand look at how Trump’s social media posts ignited more anger in an already deeply divided country that was eventually lit “on fire” with reports of hate speech and violence across the platform.

Facebook’s own internal, automated controls, meant to catch posts that violate rules, predicted with almost 90% certainty that Trump’s message broke the tech company’s rules against inciting violence.

Yet, the tech giant didn’t take any action on Trump’s message. Offline, the next day, protests — some of which turned violent — engulfed nearly every U.S. city, big and small.

“When people look back at the role Facebook played, they won’t say Facebook caused it, but Facebook was certainly the megaphone,” said Lanier Holt, a communications professor at Ohio State University. “I don’t think there’s any way they can get out of saying that they exacerbated the situation.”

Social media rival Twitter, meanwhile, responded quickly at the time by covering Trump’s tweet with a warning and prohibiting users from sharing it any further. Facebook’s internal discussions were revealed in disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to Congress in redacted form by former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower

JULIO CORTEZ • Associated Press In this Nov. 14, 2020, file photo, a sign that counter-protesters lit on fire burns after supporters of President Donald Trump held proTrump marches Saturday, in Washington.

Frances Haugen’s legal counsel. The redacted versions received by Congress were obtained by a consortium of news organizations, including The Associated Press.

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Trump was one of many high-profile users, including politicians and celebrities, exempted from some or all of the company’s normal enforcement policies. Hate speech and violence reports had been mostly limited to the Minneapolis region after Floyd’s death, the documents reveal.

“However, after Trump’s post on May 28, situations really escalated across the country,” according to the memo, published on June 5 of last year.

The internal analysis

shows a five-fold increase in violence reports on Facebook, while complaints of hate speech tripled in the days following Trump’s post. Reports of false news on the platform doubled. Reshares of Trump’s message generated a “substantial amount of hateful and violent comments,” many of which Facebook worked to remove. Some of those comments included calls to “start shooting these thugs” and “f—- the white.”

By June 2, “we can see clearly that the entire country was basically ‘on fire,’” a Facebook employee wrote of the increase in hate speech and violence reports in the June 5 memo. Facebook says it’s impossible to separate how many of the hate speech reports were driven by Trump’s post or over Floyd’s death.

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By DANIEL McELROY Sports Editor One of the hottest teams at Minnesota State University will continue their train of terror this weekend when the Maverick soccer team (12-21, 10-1-1 NSIC) heads to Sioux Falls to take on the Cougars (3-9-3, 3-6-3 NSIC) Friday, and will play their final home game against Southwest Minnesota State (4-9-1, 3-8-1 NSIC) Sunday for senior day.

The Mavericks have won their last nine games, scoring 29 goals and allowing just one goal in that span.

Minnesota State has always gotten the best of the Cougars, wearing an undefeated 10-0 record in games since 2011. Not only are they undefeated, the Mavericks have only ever allowed one goal against the Cougars, while scoring a total of 48 goals against their opponent.

Being one of the strongest teams in the conference and a top 25 team in the country, the Mavericks head into this matchup as a bundle of confidence.

There is a similar story line for the Mavericks playing against the Mustangs, holding a 19-1-1 record in matches since 1996.

In the last 10 meetings, the Mavs are 8-1-1 while currently on a six game winning streak. The one loss and one tie both came in the 2013 season, when the two teams tied 0-0 at the end of the regular season, followed by the Mustangs kicking the Mavericks out of the NCAA tournament in a 2-1 contest. Minnesota State has gotten their revenge since then, and look to continue doing so this weekend.

MSU is led by hometowner Jenny Vetter, who is tied in leading the NSIC in goals with 15, averaging one goal per game. That’s also good for sixth in the NCAA in total goals, tied with four others.

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By DANIEL McELROY Sports Editor With the preseason games under their belt with a 4-2-0 record, the Minnesota State men’s hockey team is ready to get conference play underway this weekend, when the No. 3 Mavericks face off against the Northern Michigan Wildcats.

Tomorrow night’s game will mark the Maverick’s first CCHA game in history, and it comes against a team that they are looking to get their revenge against.

The last time the Mavericks and Wildcats met was in the WCHA semifinals, where Northern Michigan put on a clinic against Minnesota State in a 5-1 bout to make it to the WCHA Championship game.

Through their first five games this season, NMU is 2-3 (2-2 CCHA) with a two wins against the newcomers in St. Thomas, a loss in a one game series against No. 14 Notre Dame, and two losses against No. 17 Bemidji State.

The Wildcats are on a three game losing streak, and their schedule doesn’t get any easier with playing the Mavericks in Mankato.

Over the course of the last eight years, the Mavericks have ha the edge against the Wildcats with an 18-6-3 record, and an 8-2-0 record in their last 10 games.

The Mavericks average 3.48 goals against the Wildcats in their contests, while

MANSOOR AHMAD • The Reporter Reggie Lutz leads the Mavericks in goals this season with five. Lutz netted a hat trick in his match against Providence, but has not found an assist yet this season.

allowing 2.22 goals per game.

Lucky for the Mavericks, goaltender Dryden McKay is averaging just 1.87 goals allowed per game with a .907 save percentage through six games. McKay has two shutouts on the year so far, and one shutout away from breaking the NCAA record of alltime career shutouts (26).

As a team, the Mavericks have allowed just 11 goals this season, while scoring 17. Nathan Smith leads the scoring effort for Minnesota State with four goals and four assists, good for eight points.

Smith leads the Mavericks in

points and assists, with 16 shots on goal for the year.

Smith also leads the Mavericks in game-winning goals with two on the year.

Julian Napravnik is just behind smith three goals and four assists for seven points, while Reggie Lutz leads the Mavericks in goals on the season with five.

Lutz’s hat trick against Providence in the Ice Breaker Tournament boosted him to the top of the goal scoring list, while he is still yet to find an assist on the season.

After not playing a game last weekend, the Minnesota

State Mavericks dropped to No. 3 in the country, with St. Cloud State moving into the No. 1 position after sweeping Wisconsin in a 5-1 win, and a 4-1 win.

Michigan dropped down from the No. 1 spot when they were taken down by Western Michigan 5-2, then barely scraped by in a 3-2 overtime win.

Minnesota-Duluth and Quinnipiac round out the top five at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, while the Minnesota Gophers fell down to seven after being swept by UMD in a two game bout.

Football aims to bounce back against Sioux Falls

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer After a disappointing and hard-fought loss this past weekend against the NSIC’s top football program, Augustana, Minnesota State University now finds itself on the verge of playoff elimination.

With three games remaining the Mavericks can only control what is in front of them.

Factors beyond their control could decide their playoff fate.

Next up for the Mavs is the University of Sioux Falls Cougars, another team with a 5-3 overall record through eight games.

The Sioux Falls defense comes into the contest holding the top spot with a mere 18.8 points allowed per game.

Minnesota State finds itself quite a bit farther down the list in team defense, currently ranked fifth. But counter their above average defensive play with the top ranked scoring offense in the NSIC. The Mavericks may let up points, but they come in as the second ranked overall defense in the NSIC, giving up a few yards to opposing offenses when all goes well.

The Cougars are middle of the pack in both scoring and total offense, ranking ninth and eighth in each of the categories.

Despite the wide range of differences in the rankings, each team comes into the contest with a 5-3 overall record.

Sioux Falls is a familiar opponent for the Mavericks,

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Kaleb Sleezer is back in full force for the Mavericks. He has 422 rushing yards and four total touchdowns in six games played.

and another roadblock in the team’s path to the playoffs.

The Cougars have been historically nice to the Mavs, only winning one of the past eight meetings between the two

teams since 2012.

Minnesota State has won the past three and now get the chance to extend the streak to four with a win over the CouFALLING on page 10 u

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Volleyball is put to the test against No. 7 CSP, UIU

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer After a much-needed week off, the Maverick women’s hockey team now finds itself a few days away from hosting the top team in the nation.

The Wisconsin Badgers might as well be the undisputed number one across all of women’s college hockey, as not only are they the reigning national champions but also bring a 10-0 record into the contest.

The Badgers hold every single first place vote in the USCHO Division I women’s poll thanks to sweeps against No. 2 Ohio State and No. 7 Minnesota Duluth earlier this season. Wisconsin has been dominant for several seasons now and should bring the same intensty to the ice again this weekend in hopes of collecting another sweep against the Mavs.

It would be an unfortunate string of four games if Minnesota State were to lose the series in the form of a sweep against Wisconsin, where they previously lost to Minnesota twice a couple of weekends before. Two losses would bring the Mavericks down to 5-5 overall on the season, spoiling their once best start since 2003 after starting the season 5-1.

History has not been kind to the Mavs against the Bad-

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gers, who have only won three games against Wisconsin since 1999. Their most recent win, however, came only one year ago where they defeated the Badgers 3-1 on home ice.

Despite the recent win it is not pretty anywhere else, where the Mavs have lost 91 of the 97 total meetings between the teams. In the six games Minnesota State has not lost, three have been wins and the other three ties.

The odds may be highly against the Mavericks, but they definitely have proven they can win against some of the top programs in recent years.

In other recent news, the Minnesota State women’s hockey program recently sent senior defensemen Anna Wilgren to Hartford, CT where

she made her U.S. Women’s National Team debut Monday. The team faced Canada at the XL Center in preparation for the Olympic Winter Games. Wilgren currently leads active defenseman in women’s college hockey in career scoring in 88 games over three seasons with the Mavs.

Wilgren currently sits third on Minnesota State’s all-time defensive scoring list after passing Anna Keys last season, who ended her collegiate career at 39. Wilgren now sits nine points behind the Mavs defensive points leader, Emilia Andersson, for the most points by a defensemen in program history.

Wilgren becomes the second women’s hockey player to join the national team as a member of Team USA only after Nina Tikkinen.

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In an attempt to get back on track following their three game slump, the Minnesota State Mavericks volleyball team (11-10, 6-7 NSIC) will take on No. 7 Concordia St. Paul (18-4, 12-1 NSIC) tonight on the road, and Upper Iowa (15-7, 8-5 NSIC) Saturday at home.

The Golden Bears hold the No. 1 spot in the NSIC, only dropping one game in conference play in a 3-1 bout with Winona State.

Historically, Minnesota State has not been so successful against CSP, holding a 4-31 record since 1999, and dropping the last 13 matchups against the Golden Bears.

Tonight, though, will be the Mavericks’ chance to turn everything around.

Being thirsty to make a run in the postseason, their time to make that happen is now.

Currently sitting in 11th in the NSIC, the Mavericks need to reach the top eight in the conference to get to the playoffs. In order to make that happen, MSU needs to start beating these top teams in CSP, Upper Iowa, and No. 11 Winona State the following weekend.

Upper Iowa travels to Mankato Saturday, after coming off a weekend getting swept by Wayne State, and falling 3-1 to Augustana.

With a tough matchup against Winona State, their momentum will be slowed down.

History shows that the Mavericks have gotten the best of the Peacocks, winning 19 of the 21 matchups since 2004.

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The games have been generally close between both teams in recent years, with the biggest margin of victory being only 10 points while the closest has been three in the past three years.

The two teams will definitely bring a competitive showdown to Mankato this weekend.

In recent news for the Mavericks, they have begun to move towards a single quarterback approach.

After several weeks of using their senior quarterback JD Ekowa and redshirt freshman quarterback Hayden Ekern equally on every two drives, Ekowa now finds himself as the lone sheriff in the MSU backfield.

It was not a winning of the job between the two that granted Ekowa two straight full starts, but a gain in trust from the Minnesota State coaching staff that now finds Ekowa as the straight up QB1.

“JD had a fantastic game the week before. He was confident and explosive and scored a lot of points. …

We thought it was the right thing to do to give our senior quarterback every opportunity to be in that inherent leadership role and take our team and hopefully guide us to victory,” said Mavericks coach Todd Hoffner in the post-game press conference last week.

The Mavs now seem to be looking to ride behind their senior quarterback the rest of the way despite any changes that we might not see coming.

Minnesota State also regained full strength at the running back position in its previous contest, where sophomore Kaleb Sleezer played his first full game of reps since coming back from injury.

Sleezer had been great for the Mavs before going down with injury, and now the Mavericks get the chance to reload Sleezer in the offensive game plan heading into the weekend.

It is great news for the Mavs, and with Sioux Falls allowing over 100 rushing yards per game, look for a bounce back game from Sleezer.

It is winding up to be a great contest this weekend and should be an exciting one to watch.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

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Raiders weren’t targeted in email investigation ASSOCIATED PRESS Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says he doesn’t believe the team was targeted in the leaking of emails that led to the resignation of coach Jon Gruden.

Speaking after the NFL owners meetings ended Wednesday, Davis also acknowledged the team has reached a settlement with Gruden, who received a 10year, $100 million contract to return to coach the team in 2018. He did not reveal terms of the settlement.

Asked about any recent conversations with Gruden, whose racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments were uncovered during an investigating of workplace misconduct at the Washington Football Team, Davis said: “He’s hurt, he’s really hurt. I understand that. But he understands the ramifications of what he said.”

“We all have our demons in life,” Davis added, “and we have to understand that.”

Davis wondered about the timing of the leaking of the emails, and said he was not given a reason for delays in his team being told about them.

The NFL has not and will not be releasing documents from the independent investigation of the Washington Football Team, saying the league is protecting the identities of those who testified.

Gruden’s emails were to Bruce

COMEBACK Continued from page 13 MSU won the first 17 matchups between the teams, but are just 2-2 in the last four, dropping their most recent meeting in 2019 in a 3-0 sweep. The Mavs have some standout players to help make

ADAM HUNGER • Associated Press Mark Davis, owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, leaves the NFL owners meeting in New York.

Allen, the former president of the Washington franchise.

Davis would like the league to release a written report of the investigation.

He also gave a lukewarm endorsement of Raiders general manager Mike Mayock, who was hired by Gruden.

“Mike Mayock is the GM of the Raiders,” the owner said. “I will not speak for the future, right now he’s the GM of the Raiders.”

And, echoing the sentiments of his late father, Al Davis, the Pro Football Hall of Fame owner, Davis noted about the way his team was drawn deeply into the Wash-

this comeback this season in senior Mara Quam and freshman Kiya Durant. The duo is a huge part of the Mavericks defense, with Quam sitting in fifth in the NSIC in digs with 341, averaging 4.43 per game.

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ington investigation, “We’re Raiders. We’re used to this.”

Al Davis often took on the league and other teams on a variety of issues, including suing the NFL to allow him to move the franchise.

There were no matters up for voting on the owners’ agenda for these meetings — the first in person since December 2019. There was a tweak to the Rooney Rule that requires interviews of minority candidates for coaching and executive jobs.

At least one in-person interview with a minority candidate for head coach and general manager positions who

is not working for the interviewing team will be required.

Many interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic have been done virtually.

The idea is to ensure that searches for such hires are diverse and thorough.

Through seven weeks of the schedule, the number of coaches’ challenges has dropped significantly from 62 in 2020 and 104 the previous season to 46.

Troy Vincent, the NFL’s pro football operations chief, believes help from the replay officiating booth and league office in New York has led to the decrease.

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by Young trade ASSOCIATED PRESS Ernest Jones’ first emotion was not excitement when he learned he had just been given a major role on the Los Angeles Rams’ defense.

“My reaction was just shocked,” the rookie linebacker said.

The Rams’ decision to trade second-leading tackler Kenny Young to the Denver Broncos on Monday to create about $1.3 million in cap room was a cold-blooded stunner to just about everyone — including Young and Jones, who will be the primary beneficiary of Young’s abrupt departure.

“That was one of my guys,” Jones said Wednesday. “Just a guy from Day One when I came in here, he was very supportive and helped me out a lot. So more than thinking about it was my time, I was just thinking about being there for him and making sure he knew that we were brothers before any of these other things happened.

“But now that it’s happened and it’s my turn, I’ve just got to go out there and step up and not let the defense down. Go in there and raise the level of play and do my job.”

Starting Sunday in Houston, the Rams (6-1) are counting on their thirdround draft pick to step into a major role on a defense that has been solid despite taking several steps back from the overall effectiveness of last season’s NFL-leading unit. Young had been the Rams’ most important inside linebacker this season, and he has often been the only one on the field in single-backer defensive sets.

The entire LA defense still seems surprised by Young’s departure, but Jones radiates confidence in his preparedness for a new role.

“Oh yeah, I’m ready,” he said.

Although he’s taken only 45 defensive snaps this season, Jones said he’s much more prepared to join the lineup than he was seven weeks ago. During that time he has studied the Rams’ schemes and watched Young fill roles in everything from run stuffing and pass coverage to blitzes.

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‘Hawks scandal raises culture questions ASSOCIATED PRESS For three weeks in 2010, they did nothing. That’s how long it took for the leadership of the Chicago Blackhawks to act on allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player.

Three weeks. Three weeks that — more than a decade later — rocked a once-proud franchise and raised more questions about the culture of sports.

In the span of 107 pages, featuring interviews with 139 witnesses, more than 100 gigabytes of electronic records and 49 boxes of hard-copy records, a report by an outside law firm detailed how senior leaders of the Blackhawks seemingly ignored the sexual assault accusations raised with the franchise days before the team won its first Stanley Cup title since 1961.

The ramifications of the independent review, commissioned by the team in response to two lawsuits, stretched into several corners of the NHL, which fined the Blackhawks $2 million for “the organization’s inadequate internal procedures

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KARL B DEBLAKER • Associated Press The Chicago Blackhawks logo is displayed on a jersey in Raleigh, N.C.

and insufficient and untimely response.”

Florida coach Joel Quenneville is slated to meet with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday, and Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff is planning to talk to the commissioner on Monday. Both were with the Blackhawks when the accusations by

Kyle Beach were first reported to team leadership.

According to the report, Donald Fehr, the leader of the NHL players’ association, was contacted twice about allegations connected to the assistant coach, including by a Beach confidant. Fehr told investigators he couldn’t recall either conversation, but did not deny that they had

occurred.

Messages were left by the AP seeking comment from the NHLPA. Beach, a 2008 first-round draft pick playing professionally in Germany, told TSN on Wednesday he felt “alone and dark” in the days following the alleged assault.

He said he is only now beginning the healing process.

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A look into week 8 of fantasy football in the NFL

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer Week eight of fantasy football is finally upon us and it might be the most exciting week to date (other than week one, of course). Week seven was an absolute struggle to say the least.

Many of our teams’ top performers had bye weeks, such as the Bills, Cowboys, Chargers, Vikings, Jaguars and Steelers. Although it was the normal amount of bye teams, it had a huge fantasy impact.

All six have top fantasy performers this season, and fantasy team owners had to reach deep into their depth chart to finalize a team to compete this past week. If you planned for a week like this you definitely would have been fine, but missing guys such as Austin Ekeler, Mike Williams, Justin Jefferson, Justin Herbert, Josh Allen, Ezekiel Elliot, Najee Harris and so many more has a huge impact on a particular week’s output.

The point is this: You need to be prepared for anything coming your way, whether it be a bye week overlapping, players returning or going out on injury, or even a COVID outbreak. This week brings a few notable cases of each that must be taken into consideration.

As far as this week goes, we only have the Ravens and Raiders out on bye. Although

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI • Associated Press Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy takes part in a drill during NFL football practice at the team’s headquarters Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Englewood, Colo.

there are only two teams, they each have their own fantasy impact. If you are going to be missing any players from either team — notably Lamar Jackson, Derek Carr, or Darren Waller — make sure you are locked and loaded to miss a week with these guys.

We have had our first notable COVID outbreak this season with the Packers organization. The team’s wide receiver core is falling apart day by day as new players are exposed to the virus, now

highlighted by Devante Adams and Allen Lazard.

Outside of Adams and Lazard the Packers do not have much viability as far as fantasy output goes, but with a top quarterback in Aaron Rodgers at the helm, there is for sure going to be players seeing a big Week 8. It is almost impossible to predict who will do well for them this weekend, but next up on the depth chart includes Randall Cobb and Equanimeous St. Brown.

Other players on Green Bay who might see a boost in production include running back Aaron Jones and tight end Robert Tonyan, two important pass catchers in the Packers’ offense. As long as these players do not see similar withdrawals from Thursday’s game, they should be nice plug and play options if you are struggling to fill roster spots for the week.

There is also one player expected to return from injury this week who should make

an instant impact on his team and holds a lot of fantasy value. This player is Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy.

A second year player with elite route running, Jeudy will have an instant impact on the football field for the Broncos, and for your fantasy team.

When big players come back from injury like this it is always important to know how healthy they really are.

If Jeudy seems to be close to 100% or is 100% according to reports, he will be a great player immediately. If you have Jeudy on your team, make sure to start him, as he was having a great first game before going down with a high ankle sprain.

It was unfortunate for Jeudy to not even play a full game before suffering the high ankle sprain, but the second-year wide out put up 13.2 fantasy points in PPR formats before going down.

Another important factor when players return from injury is: Who is going to be affected around them? In Jeudy’s case, he is going to soak up more target volume from the Broncos’ wide outs.

That includes wide receivers Courtland Sutton and Tim Patrick, along with tight end Noah Fant. The three have been great with Jeudy out, but might be good sell high candidates now before Jeudy returns from injury and decreases their volume.

REPORTER PICK ‘EM • WEEK #8 #3 PACKERS @ CARDINALS

BENGALS @ NY JETS

TITANS @ COLTS

LA RAMS @ TEXANS

STEELERS @ BROWNS

EAGLES @ LIONS

49ERS @ BEARS

PANTHERS @ FALCONS

DOLPHINS @ BILLS

PATRIOTS @ LA CHARGERS

JAGUARS @ SEAHAWKS

WASHINGTON BUCCANEERS @ @ BRONCOS SAINTS

COWBOYS @ VIKINGS

NY GIANTS @ CHIEFS

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STANDINGS After Week #7

1ST PLACE Kole Buelow

Overall (73-34) Last Week (9-4)

2ND PLACE Dana Clark

Overall (72-35) Last Week (10-3)

3RD PLACE Daniel McElroy

Overall (69-38) Last Week (10-3)

4TH PLACE (TIE) Baylee Sorensen Overall (65-42) Last Week (8-5)

4TH PLACE (TIE) Mansoor Ahmad Overall (65-42) Last Week (9-4)

5TH PLACE Maxwell Mayleben Overall (61-46) Last Week (8-5)

6TH PLACE Robb Murray

Overall (57-50) Last Week (7-6)

LAST PLACE Jenna Peterson

Overall (54-53) Last Week (8-5)

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Halloween frights in full swing Tips and tricks to decorate your dorm room for Halloween

By EMMA JOHNSON Staff Writer

By SYDNEY BERGGREN Staff Writer

It is officially spooky season, and what is Halloween weekend without a bit of scary, fall themed decor?

There are many things residents can do to prepare for the holiday, but let’s chat about the most popular.

To preface, here are some things to note about decorating in the dorms; there are a handful of fire hazards and/ or policy violations that you have to make sure to be conscious about when choosing your decorations.

The first: don’t obstruct your fire alarm at all. Not only could covering it trigger it to go off, but as it’s a policy violation, it could get you in trouble.

Secondly, try not to cover your light, as that could as well be a fire hazard. Similarly, while covering your door

Photo courtesy of Flickr Decorating Halloween pumpkins is essential for anyone to fully get into the spirit this autumn season.

in decorations is cute, you have to be careful that it does not block your door, or cover too much of it, because that can as well be a fire hazard.

Lastly, avoid hanging stuff from your ceiling, as that can also be a fire hazard.

Additionally, while not a policy violation, be careful

with decorative gel clings- the colors in them can stain doors and walls, and could lead to an unfortunate fine at the end of the year.

However, gel clings can be great for your room windows.

MNSU Junior John Shea stated, “I love using clings on my windows for a bunch of dif-

Frightening flicks to watch with friends

By LILLY SCHMIDT Staff Writer

ferent holidays- they’re super fun.”

A popular decoration this year, which can be found on doors and walls all over residence halls, are 3D bat wall stickers. They come in large packs with a variety of sizes, and can be used to make DECOR on page 19 u

Halloween is a time to watch the scariest thrillers with friends.

“Coraline” always makes her nostalgic. When she was young, Miller says it was a solid eight of ten spooky rating, but presently sits at more of a four. The movie is about, “It’s a cartoon about this girl who moves into a new house and she doesn’t like her family making her move into this house. She’s able to go into an alternate universe where this new family, who looks just like her family now, but with button eyes, gives her anything and everything she

could ever want. And she realized that’s maybe not what she wants. They’re scary, and she wants her real family.”

Coraline has to find her way out of this alternate universe, and back home.

If looking for something more mild, MNSU junior Grant Gualen put “Twitches” at a zero for it’s scary rating.

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The joy of finally dumping out your sacred stash of Halloween candy that you lugged around for hours was a different type of happiness. With a careful eye, you divided the loot into two piles: one for the trash, the other for your stash.

Based on what candy you kept, here’s what it says about your personality: Reeses Cups- THIS IS THE ELITE CANDY! It doesn’t matter what type of Reeses, just the orange wrapper is enough to make us friends. I honestly pity people who have peanut allergies for missing out on one of the best candies out there.

Kit Kats- Kit Kats are the runners-up to the Reeses.

It’s a great candy and a classic, but not as amazing as Reeses. Depending on how you eat them determines your sanity. If you break it CANDY on page 19 u

Halloween tricks to treat your guests this autumn

By EMMA JOHNSON

JULIA BARTON • The Reporter

“Halloweentown’’ was released in 1998, but is still a spooky season classic. Minnesota State University, Mankato sophomore Chase Belka listed “Halloweetown” as his favorite spooky season movie. He gave a preview, “This girl finds out that she is actually half witch and has to go to Halloweentown to connect with that part of her life, and with her grandma.” Overall, Belka ranked the movie a one out of ten for scariness, making it perfect for all the scaredy-cats out there. However, if a movie is too much commitment, Belka suggested “American Horror Story” as a suitable fall show.

As Halloween approaches, the atmosphere begins to shift and people begin to crave creepy, startings, or downright terrifying movies and shows to occupy their time.

If “Halloweentown” isn’t itching that craving, MNSU sophomore Ella Miller says

What your favorite candy says about you

Staff Writer

No party is better than a Halloween party. You get to dress up in costumes, eat loads of candy and dance the night away to “Thriller.”

Hosting a Halloween party can be scary, especially if you want to raise the standards of parties past. There are the decorations, the food, and more to consider. Follow these easy tricks to impress your guests.

Picking a theme hinders a lot of hosts from making a party. Unless you are hosting a specific themed party, it’s best to stick with a general overall theme of Halloween.

This way, your guests are free to wear whatever they want.

However, if you want to pick a theme for your party, stick with a common theme that will be easy to buy and plan for. Vampires, horror movie villains, superheroes or de-

cades are basic themes that allow your guests a variety of costumes to pick and choose from.

Decorations wow your guests the minute they walk through the door. Finding a large party backdrop is a cheap and easy find found at any store. Set this up along your buffet table or on a separate wall for your guests to take photos in front of throughout the night. Having a small bowl full of cheap photo booth props is a good addition too. Simple white balloons provide a blank canvas for drawing ghost faces, spooky sayings or bats. Simple decorations that can be used at any Halloween party you throw.

Food for a party should be simple finger foods. Your guests will likely be walking around and talking to others, so foods that can be eaten on a cocktail plate are the goal.

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Review: Horror movie ‘Antlers’ is too dull and dreary

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For savory snacks, spice up your dip tray by sticking fragments of chips in to look like gravestones.

Orange tinted eggs with a sprig of chive make the perfect pumpkins.

To satisfy the sweet tooths, chocolate covered ghosts are a fun twist on this classic strawberry treat.

Green almond bark dipped pretzels are fun to eat and combine sweet and savory flavors.

Drinks are another fun aspect to entertain the guests.

If you are making your own drinks at home, stick with drinks that are red or purple for a bloody and gory look.

For those colder nights, warm pumpkin or apple inspired drinks are pleasant to sip.

An instant crowd pleaser is making ice hands. Pour water into two medical gloves, tie them off and freeze them for eight hours. Once frozen, cut the gloves off and throw them in the punch bowl for floating ghost hands. In the end, don’t worry about spending hundreds of dollars for one night.

If you put in a little effort and have fun with your friends, it’ll be a Halloween night worth remembering.

There’s nothing quite like a decaying industrial town in the middle of a chilly, greyskied fall to set an immediately gloomy mood in a film. Not that Scott Cooper’s “Antlers ” needs any help in that department as it already deals with child abuse (sexual and psychological), poverty, bullying, hunger, sickness, generational trauma, environmental degradation and ancient native superstitions. Might as well just set it somewhere appropriately dreary as well, right?

No one seems to ever smile in this Oregon town, even in line for the ice cream shop. Just to hammer the point home, a mournful piano and strings soundtrack overwhelms every frame.

To quote Seymour Krelborn, it’s a place where “depression’s just status quo.”

But it gives you a good sense of what’s in store for the next 90 minutes. “Antlers” is not your typical horror movie. Most of the horrors here are the real ones (see the list above) — the ancient bloodthirsty creature is just the sideshow and it is a deathly slow burn in between the car-

Searchlight Pictures via AP This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Keri Russell in a scene from “Antlers.”

nage.

And despite the admirable ambitions and the prestigious names involved, including stars Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons as well as producer Guillermo Del Toro, it doesn’t really work either as metaphor or engaging, thought-provoking entertainment.

The conceit is that this beast has been unleashed

because the world is rotting from within.

One dad (Scott Haze) has an encounter in an abandoned mine shaft while his young son Aiden (Sawyer Jones) waits for him outside in the truck.

The film leaves what happened in the mine ambiguous for quite some time, resting perhaps too much on the as-

sumed suspense of the reveal.

“Antlers” cuts to Aiden’s older brother Lucas who is trying to go through the motions of daily life but is clearly disturbed and in need of help.

It should be mentioned that if you have any squeamishness about seeing children in distress, know now that you should just avoid this film entirely, because it is relentless.

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DECOR Continued from page 17

CANDY Continued from page 17 up, you’re normal. If you bite into it, I’m calling the police.

Skittles- These are favorites for a reason. You are never a disappointment to be around. You take “taste the rainbow” seriously and try to find the good in everything.

With all the positivity you bring, there’s a reason you’re always busy.

Caramel-filled chocolateWhether it’s a Milkyway, Twix or Snickers, if there’s caramel in it, you’re not opposed. You’re a pretty laidback person. Impromptu plans are your thing and you have zero drama around.

Candy corn- You like to jump on the bandwagon.

While quite the controversial candy of the season, probably the only reason you like it is that it’s “that time of year” and you want to participate in stereotypical Halloween events. There are better candies to enjoy, but I’ll let this one slide.

Dum-Dums- I’ll be upfront, you’re a procrastinator.

With hundreds of flavors to choose from, you’ll take your time picking out which one you’re in the mood for. On top of that, you’ll take your sweet time eating it. “Sorry, I can’t clean my room. I’m too busy sucking on this penny-size lollipop.”

Sour Patch Kids- Only good things can be said about Sour Patch Kids. They’re fun, they’re flavorful and a fan favorite. The sour kick is just enough to get you going, so

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Photo courtesy of Flickr Halloween is the holiday for consuming an outrageous amount of candy. No matter your age make sure you grab a sweet treat.

clearly if you enjoy these, you have lots of energy and a smile on your face complements your sassy kick.

Peppermints- Wait a minute. I’m not opposed to having fresh breath, but let Halloween candy have its moment in the spotlight.

Let’s face it, Christmas overpowers Thanksgiving, so wait until Christmas before peppermint dominates the scene through candy canes.

Lemon drops/gumdropsI’m guessing you are an old soul considering the last time you had these were at your grandparent’s house. It says it in the name, you need to drop these like they’re hot.

Speaking of hot...

Hot Tamales- If you eat these, you get the satisfaction of eating fresh candy that somehow tastes burnt. If I wanted to taste something smoky and delicious, I’d stand with my mouth open in

front of a bonfire.

Smarties- Chances you like these, you are a former drug addict who craves a chalky taste. If you are more refined, you’ll pulverize them to dust that you can smoke instead.

These pair well with a line of Pixi Sticks to snort.

Milk Duds- If you eat these or any other sticky candy, there are only one of two reasons you bought these.

One, you want to refine your jawline. Yes, it’s possible achieve after you finish a box. Two, you bought these to give to your friend who won’t shut up, but with all the chewing required, you’ll get some peace and quiet.

Black Licorice- All I know is that you’ve been through some things. You have no emotions and dare I say, do you even have a soul? I don’t know who hurt you so bad, but I think it’d be best if you went and got some help.

trails or cover doors.

People also tend to be a fan of fake spider-web cotton, as long as it is not covering doors. This can be great to tack onto walls or in corners, creating an eerie effect. Pumpkins are also always a good decoration, particularly the miniature ones you can find at grocery stores and such this time of year.

These can be fun to put on window sills or outside your door, creating a more welcoming fall feeling.

Festive seasonal pillows, or even just pillow cases, are also an easy and cute decorative option for those who aren’t as into the more “clutter,” type items, as they can store away or be used for more purposes.

Battery-powered candles make for good spooky, flickering lighting without the fire hazard of a real candle. They can be placed in the corners of rooms or even outside doors for that eerie effect.

Any way you choose to decorate, just be sure to be creative, smart, and have fun with the experience.

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Gualen also recommended a thriller for the holiday. As Gualen explained, “The Belko Experiment” is about a group of people who, “all work in the same building and then one day the building locks down. They have to complete tasks, and one by one, there’s only one winner. Only one person comes out alive.”

Alternatively, another movie recommended by MNSU sophomore Jack Lewandowski is “Child’s Play” a six for scariness, and said if you’re looking for a laugh afterwards, the show “What We Do in The Shadows” is “A comedy show about four vampires that live together in Staten Island.

It’s pretty funny.” and thus a great option this season.

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