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expire.

“Over the summer, it was brought up to VP Maria Ruiz and I attention that the contract with our previous provider was about to expire,” said MSSA president Faical Rayani. “Maria and I decided to look for different options and making sure that we were offering the best possible service for the students.”

The decision was not made lightly as the MSSA explored different options over the summer.

“We had meetings over the summer and finally came

NICOLE SCHMIDT Staff Writer The 84th Minnesota State Student Association introduced a shiny new C ar S har e program partnership with Enterprise called Enterprise CarShare.

The program, previously arranged through Hertz, allows students and faculty in need of a car to rent one out at an hourly rate.

The change from Hertz to Enterprise was made when the old contract was set to

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Park review: 628 acre Seven Mile Creek reopens in Mankato

ELLYN GIBBS Staff Writer One does not simply live in Mankato and not visit Seven Mile Creek Park. At least, that is my new mantra for life here in southern Minnesota. This park is 628 acres, includes eight miles of multi-use trails, and it is simply too good to miss out on. I’ve been wanting to visit it for some time now, but the park has been closed due to the construction on Highway 169.

I finally got the chance over the weekend. On the way to St. Peter, Seven Mile Creek Park is a left turn across 169, into an area that looks kind of small and dumpy from the road. However, once inside, I was shocked at how expansive the park is. It has a beautiful lawn area for games

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of Frisbee and other sports, as well as volleyball courts and campfire rings. I saw two separate playgrounds and three shelters. The park is open from sunrise to sunset and can host groups of 45 or more participants.

Don’t be surprised if you see hoofprints on the trails or even run into a couple people on horseback, as Seven Mile Creek is a popular place for trail riding. The trails also accommodate hikers and bikers. I would like to take my cross-country skis there this winter, but so far I am unsure if there are ski trails available. There are nine numbered trails on the map near the park shelter, each one spanning anywhere from 0.1 to 2.3 miles in length. There are a variety of distances for a variety of people, and those looking for a much longer hike could do multiple trails in one day.

Seven Mile Creek itself flows throughout the park and it is a designated trout stream, which the Department of Natural Resources stocks

Photo by Ellyn Gibbs every spring.

I had a very relaxing experience at Seven Mile Creek. I walked the first trail, and marveled at the beautiful moss-covered gradients of rock creating a wall along one side of the path. Even though multiple people came by with their dogs or bikes, I was still able to enjoy my solitude in the woods. I had brought along a thermos

of hot water, so I made a ramen bowl at one of the many picnic tables along the trail. When you visit, please do your part to keep the park clean and leave no trace of your presence. I disposed of my litter at one of the bright blue barrels designated for garbage along the trail.

This park is a must for college students looking for an escape into the outdoors.

It is a very peaceful location, and the forested areas conceal the fact that it is so close to the highway on one end. It is a great location for children, group sports, and photo opportunities. If you’re looking for some time in a green, fresh space, Seven Mile Creek is definitely worth a special trip up the highway.

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Dr. Sun Kyeong Yu explores connections in bioscience and Buddhism

Yu argues that all things are related, whether scientific of spiritual.

mnsu.edu RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer On Thursday afternoon in Morris Hall, Yu presented the ideas she has explored within the last few years and divided her lecture into two parts: the gene in the current view and the Buddhist approach to what is considered as a gene.

She based her foundation of her talk on three consecutive questions: is the gene DNA everlasting, is DNA (the gene) immutable, and is DNA (the gene) the blueprint of a living being?

Yu gave some historical context in Morgan’s and Muller’s studies of properties of the gene: self-replication, mutation, transmission, and the capability of producing products that furnish the development of an organism.

Yu argued that a gene is DNA and DNA is gene, so they are immutable and provided visual demonstrations on how both are connected.

From structured DNA, genetic infor mation translates into RNA, which stems from the nucleus and creates protein. The protein then carries the genetic information transmitted from the DNA. Later on, Yu used a quote from Prince Buddha of Northern India that explained how, in her view, bioscience relates to Buddhist thought: “When this is, that is; this arising, that arises; when this is not, that is not; this ceasing, that ceasing.” Yu said that Buddha achieved

Enlightenment over two hundred years ago since he believed that depending is the mode of existence.

“All living depends on other things,” Yu added.

“The ‘conditioned existence’ is the mode of existence of all things. Nothing exists independently of conditions.

All things come into existence, abide by, and pass out of existence only in dependence upon other things. In East Asia, everything is related to everything else.”

In order for a plant to grow, Yu said that it depends on its roots, and worms and other insects also add to the plant’s health. Likewise, a human’s existence depends on many factors such as their parents’ existence. This product of historical evolution. Humans also depend on oxygen and what occurs inside their bodies: the normal functions of tissues, organs, bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

What Yu meant in saying all that is kindling the awareness the naturality of body changes from the time a human is born. She pointed out that each cell changes, replaced by new ones; RNA changes every two hours; skin changes, depending on the cells. Therefore, the whole human skeleton changes every ten years.

“It is the understanding that all things accounts for each other in their relations and their relations to others,” Yu said. “I, myself, my existence depends on all of my surroundings. But

if surroundings are there and I didn’t move and they didn’t move, then there is nothing.” It also involves comprehension on the relations between thing and things or person and people, Yu said.

In conclusion, Yu said that nothing or no one exists of essence except together and that is called sunyata: “emptiness.” In other words: 1. Nothing exists on its own but on conditions.

2. Nothing has its own inherent nature (svabhava) that always makes a given thing separate from and independent of others.

3. Everything is empty of independent existence (or intrinsic nature, the essence).

4. Everything is empty of essence.

Yu retraced her steps to again connect with Buddha’s thoughts in Dependent Arising: 1. If there is self, it is what makes me, me—that is my essence.

2. If there is self, it is permanent and immutable.

3. But there is no existence that is either permanent or separate.

4. All existence is the nature of dependent arising.

5. All things change constantly.

6. Everything is empty of essence.

“Therefore, there is no self,” Yu said. “We exist only as empty persons.”

In answer to a student’s question directed to Yu if her belief provided her with a sense of comfort, she responded, “It looks reasonable so far.” In an earlier interview, she said that the awareness that the interrelation offers her a life of peace and eliminates judgement and discrimination.

Yu embraces her life’s questions to the fullest in her continual exploration and adventure. Over the summer, she also spent six weeks with

and her husband needed their help, as the most difficult part was interpreting the author’s citations from the old Buddhist scripture written in ancient Chinese lettering.

“One of the most wonderful experiences a philosopher can have is to come across the great books written by great minds,” Yu said of her experience.

“It transcends any ordinary expectations of readers.”

Yu expected she would complete the project by

“Yu said that nothing or no one exists of essence except together and that is called sunyata: ‘emptiness.’” her husband, Dr. ChangSeong Hong, at a Buddhist Temple as they translated a book project together.

Haeinsa, the Buddhist Temple, was one of the three most prominent temples in the area and had the holy scriptures carved on 81,000 housing blocks. The couple met daily with Buddhist monks and professors in Buddhist seminary and discussed their project as they translated the Korean language into English. Yu added that she

the end of this month but an additional 100 pages needed to be added. She acquired her bachelors and master’s degrees at Seoul National University and studied molecular biology but also earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at Duke University.

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RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer Senator Jon Smith, who is a Law Enforcement student is planning to advance activity of “Safe Walk”, is a securityimplemented program on the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus.

Since junior and senior students from the Law Enforcement major must complete 25 hours of training, Smith said that he believed it would be a good idea for them to create more awareness and action so students could feel more safely. Since it would not make it back in the time required, Smith is seeking additional options with the local police and the law enforcement program.

One professor from the law enforcement program has already assisted Smith as he moves forward for the next strategizing steps.

In the meantime, Smith planned to maintain contact with the police chief and discuss more details in the next Minnesota State Student Association meeting on Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in the Nickerson Conference Room.

In his report, President Faical Rayani mentioned how impressed he was with how the Recognized Student Organizations had improved with their order. Last year 36 organizations failed to meet

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the deadlines which disabled them from registering, but this year, the number decreased significantly but could not remember by how much.

Senator De Ruiter added that the ease so that an organization has also increased dramatically because of unforeseen fallacies in the system that the Senate had improved over the course of this year.

A motion passed to continue any positive changes for the RSO submission process. The Senate will also address their ideas in the next meeting as well. As a separate issue, Rayani also attended a student leadership mini retreat over the weekend with other college presidents and asked for any feedback that students may want to give him.

The student senate members passed the motion to include the new draft for the Personal Safety Alert for Sexual Misconduct when receiving star alerts.

Vice President Maria Ruiz addressed the discussion in regards to how and where they would provide warnings for students who suffer triggers. Since all entities must support the policy, it is typically only passes once every six years so the Senate decided it would list the services in their emails.

The Senate encouraged students to give any feedback they might have within thirty days. From there, the new policy will be transferred to Dr. Jones to the president’s cabinet and hopefully from there, the policy will be granted official approval.

Ruiz emphasized the importance of the students’ knowledge the resources available to them such

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as University Security, Counseling Center, Student Health Services, and Violence Awareness and Response Program, Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, and the Senate itself.

In other news surrounding the school: -On November 10, a Queer Comedy Night will host at the Ostrander Auditorium at 9 a.m.

-From November 7 to 11, Mobile Reflection Wall will display at the Centennial Student Union and the Taylor Center at 7:30 p.m.

-The Battle of the Bands will compete in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom at 7:30 p.m.

-The student events team informed of a Galactic Wall Climbing on November 19 at 8 p.m. at Myers Fieldhouse.

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Continued from page 1 to the agreement that Enterprise CarShare was the best service out there,” said Rayani. “It fit our needs and we were able to change some details on the contract which made it more convenient for our students.”

The CarShare program offers two Nissan vehicles available for a special rental rate of $5 per hour until Dec. 31. Cars are also accessible 24 hours a day and are available to all students and faculty with a valid driver’s license, no matter what country you are from.

The new program was particularly appealing

because of its $1 sign-up fee, which is very affordable for all students.

“One of the main reasons why we decided to switch providers was the fact that Enterprise offered a $1 sign-up fee and rates that Enterprise has a local branch in Mankato,” Ruiz said. “The rates are lower than before as well.”

Although the CarShare program only offers two cars at a time, students can call and reserve another car from the local Enterprise branch.

“Students can also have the chance to call the local Enterprise branch and reserve another car for the

same rate if both cars are in use,” Ruiz said.

Ruiz hopes that this new program will benefit the students even more than the last program.

“We hope that students will take advantage of this service!” she said.

“It is a great opportunity to perhaps attend a concert, visit family, going to a lecture in the cities or simply going for an adventure in town.”

To sign up for a membership for Enterprise CarShare, please visit ht t ps://w w w.mnsu.e du / mssa/ to sign up now.

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NICOLE SCHMIDT Staff Writer Everyone has an agenda; unfortunately, it seems as though our news outlets do as well.

As a mass media student who has taken newswriting courses, being a trustworthy, impartial voice is pertinent to good news making and is spoken of as ‘nonnegotiable’ in a classroom setting.

Opinions are checked at the door before you even type a word.

T his i m p ar t iali t y that is so stressed in the classroom seems to have eluded mainstream media professionals in today’s industry. Outlets like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, and many more are all guilty of presenting their opinions as fact, grossly labeling it with a marquee of ‘news’.

In fact, a glaring example happened recently.

This past week, The New York Times ran an article consisting solely of Donald Trump’s tweets during the presidential campaign. The tweets, which did not reflect

(CC BY 2.0) by NS Newsflash the candidate well, filled two whole pages and contained thousands upon thousands of opinion-altering words.

Upon seeing this co m p l e tel y bia s e d centerspread of one of the most esteemed news outlets in America, I began to feel uneasy. Questions filled my head, but one stuck out in particular: My question was not ‘why did the Times run the tweets’, but ‘where were Clinton’s campaign tweets?’

Would this not be considered fair?

If that was not enough, the feature came after the Times publically endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.

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“I don’t feel the candidate has rightfully represented the American values, but I feel that they have represented them the most.”

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He has no experience and blatant sexism. His background in business does not count as a presidential background.”

outlets in America publically endorsed a candidate? I mean, really? Publically endorsed? Aren’t news outlets supposed to be viewed as a neutral source?

Yes, they are.

Newspapers are supposed to act as an unbiased source of information for citizens.

Readers trust that the information being presented to them does not have sway either way, but rather remains neutral. This is done so that readers are able to read the facts and decipher their own opinions without influence.

But today, with newspapers openly endorsing candidates and one-sided news coverage, facts are suggestion and impartiality

is optional.

Now, I am not suggesting remaining impartial is easy.

I know this first-hand writing for the Reporter. There are times when it’s hard not to use the quotes that support your point. It’s hard to take on a topic that you disagree with to the core. It’s hard to be impartial. It’s hard to find the facts.

However, this does not mean that we abandon our friend impartiality. No, this is when it matters all the more.

For a profession that prides itself on pure presentation of the facts, news outlets sure have a lot to say for themselves, but knowing the media, it’s bound to find a way to say it just right.

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“Yes. I’m voting for someone who stands for justice and doesn’t bend to the powers of money or authority.”

“Yes because their credentials are a lot better than the person they are running up against.”

“Yes. They’re able to take a stance on their opinions on political issues and accept criticism from other parties.”

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Trump is still Trump as foes plunge into final campaign week GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

(AP) — Donald Trump plunged into his finalweek sprint to Election Day Monday decidedly on his terms: unleashing a harsh new attack against Democrat Hillary Clinton in Michigan, a state that hasn’t favored a Republican for president in nearly three decades.

His message was welcomed by supporters, but his location frustrated anxious Republicans who fear their nominee is riding his unorthodox political playbook too long — even as Clinton’s developing email problems offer new political opportunity.

“Her election would mire our government and our country in a constitutional crisis that we cannot afford,” Trump declared in Grand Rapids, pointing to the FBI’s renewed examination of Clinton’s email practices as evidence the former secretary of state might face a criminal trial as president.

assembled an expansive voter data file and constructed a nationwide political organization that dwarfs her opponent’s.

The Democratic presidential nominee and her allies in a dozen battleground states have more than 4,800 people knocking on doors, making phone calls and otherwise working to support her candidacy.

Clinton’s numbers, as reported in recent campaign filings, tripled those of Trump and the national and state Republican parties.

The New York businessman over the past year has largely ignored the key components of recent winning campaigns, depending instead on massive rallies and free media coverage to drive his outsider candidacy. This week, he’s devoting his most valuable resource — his time — to states where polls suggest he’s trailing Clinton by significant margins.

Trump had two rallies on

“National polls show a tightening race.”

National polls show a tightening race. But with more than 23 million ballots already cast through early voting, it’s unclear whether Trump has the time or capacity to dramatically improve his standing over the next week in states like Michigan, where few political professionals in either party expect a Republican victory on Nov. 8.

Clinton focused Monday on battleground Ohio, a state Trump’s team concedes he must win.

“There is no case here,” Clinton said of the FBI examination. “Most people have decided a long time ago what they think about all this.”

She added, “In these last days, let’s not get distracted from the real choice in this election and the consequences for your future.”

With just seven days to go, the race for the White House remains at its core a test of a simple question: Will the conventional rules of modern-day campaigns apply to a 2016 election that has been anything but conventional?

For much of the year, Clinton has pounded the airwaves with advertising,

Monday in Michigan, a state that last went for a Republican presidential nominee in 1988.

The day before, he appeared in New Mexico, which has supported the GOP just once over the last three decades. And on Tuesday, he’s scheduled to appear with running mate Mike Pence in Wisconsin, which hasn’t backed a Republican for president since Ronald Reagan’s re-election in 1984.

“It makes no sense to me,” Republican pollster Frank Luntz said of Trump’s strategy.

Michigan-based Republican operative Saul Anuzis described Michigan as “a creative opportunity” for Trump.

“The demographics in Michigan are perfect for Trump,” Anuzis said of the state’s large white workingclass population. “That doesn’t mean he’ll necessarily win here.”

Trump’s campaign hopes that frustrated workingclass voters across the Midwest will tip states like Michigan or Wisconsin his way, especially if he benefits from reduced enthusiasm for Clinton in African-American strongholds like Detroit and Milwaukee. New Mexico is seen as a longer shot, with

Photo Courtesy of The Associated Press Trump’s hard line immigration stance a harder sell in a state with the nation’s highest percentage of Latino voters.

Adding to Trump’s challenge: Millions have already voted by mail and at polling stations across 37 states. They include critical states such as Florida, Nevada and Colorado, where one third of the expected ballots have already been cast.

The breakdown of those voters by party affiliation, race and other factors point to an advantage for Clinton.

Overall, more than 23 million votes have been cast, far higher than the rate in 2012, according to Associated Press data. That represents nearly 20 percent of the total votes expected

nationwide, if turnout is similar to 2012. In all, more than 46 million people — up to 40 percent of the electorate — are expected to vote before Election Day. In Colorado, Democrats lead Republicans by 3 percentage points in early voting, reversing a trend in the past two elections in which Republicans led in early voting and large numbers of Democrats voted on Election Day. In swing state Iowa, Republicans trail Democrats in early voting as well, though by a smaller margin than four years ago. Both parties are well behind where they were four years ago.

Meanwhile, some Republicans are skeptical that the FBI’s renewed interest in

Clinton’s email will erase the Democrat’s advantage.

“It would take something like an indictment to turn it into a dead heat,” Republican pollster Whit Ayres said.

As for Trump’s charge that a Clinton election might prompt “a constitutional crisis,” it’s an open question whether sitting presidents are immune from criminal prosecution.

The Justice Department’s office of legal counsel said in 1973 that criminally prosecuting a president would unconstitutionally undermine the executive branch. A 2000 memo reached a similar conclusion.

Presidents can face civil lawsuits, however.

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Clinton challenges FBI, declaring, ‘There’s no case here’ KENT, Ohio (AP) — Hillary Clinton forcefully challenged the FBI’s new email inquiry Monday, declaring during a campaign rally in battleground Ohio, “There’s no case here.”

It’s not clear whether the emails are pertinent to the FBI’s dormant investigation into whether classified information passed through Clinton’s homebrew email server. But Clinton’s comments Monday were her most pointed yet on the subject, and they underscored her campaign’s decision to fight back aggressively against the FBI’s review.

Clinton accused the FBI of having jumped into the election “with no evidence of any wrongdoing with just days to go.” She said that if the bureau wants to look at the emails from her longtime aide Huma Abedin, “by all means, they should look at them.”

But she insisted the FBI would reach the same conclusion it did earlier this year when it declined to prosecute Clinton and her advisers for their handling of classified information.

“They said it wasn’t even a close call,” she said. “I think most people have decided a long time ago what they think about all of this.”

Photo Courtesy of The Associated Press Clinton’s campaign is banking on exactly that as the email controversy erupts anew in the White House race’s final days. Republican Donald Trump has seized on the FBI decision, gleeful over getting a new opportunity to hammer Clinton’s trustworthiness and perhaps change the trajectory of a race that appeared to be slipping away from him.

The Democrat tried to refocus the contest on Trump as she opened the final full week of campaigning with a rally at Kent State University.

She’s blasted Trump at length for being unfit to serve as commander in chief, bringing together several of

the charges she has leveled against him throughout the campaign.

Speaking in serious tones, Clinton warned at length about putting Trump in control of the nation’s nuclear stockpiles. She accused him of talking “casually” about nuclear war and wondered whether he knows “that a single nuclear warhead can kill millions of people.”

Clinton’s message was amplified by Bruce Blair, a former intercontinental ballistic missile launch control officer. Blair said he would “live in constant fear” of Trump making a bad call about nuclear weapons if he were still a launch officer.

Pipeline protesters are increasingly divided over tactics BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Protesters at the demonstration against the Dakota Access pipeline are increasingly divided over how to stop the project, with militant younger activists seeking more aggressive tactics and an older crowd arguing for peaceful protest centered on prayer.

The differences came to a head last week after law enforcement officers in riot gear forced hundreds of protesters off an encampment on private property. In response, some demonstrators torched three vehicles on a bridge, creating a blockade that effectively cut off easy access to the pipeline construction zone and made it far harder for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and nearby residents to get to Bismarck for errands and medical appointments.

Many other protesters insist that their cause cannot resort to law breaking, and they support the threat of eviction that the main camp has issued against people who would cause problems.

With the potential for

more violence, tribal elders have asked that children be removed from the camp.

“They want the kids out of here if things get ugly,” said Emmett White Temple, a 55-year-old member of the Standing Rock Sioux.

A Denver woman was charged Monday with attempted murder by authorities who said she fired three shots at law officers during Thursday’s operation.

The sprawling encampment known as Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires camp, is on Army Corps of Engineers land. Within it are smaller camps occupied by protesters from across the U.S. and beyond. Residents are hesitant about singling out the group or groups that set the vehicles on fire, but they overwhelmingly point to a young crowd of campers.

For months now, opponents of the four-state, $3.8 billion pipeline have been camping in this area about 50 miles south of Bismarck. They worry the pipeline will disturb cultural artifacts and threaten drinking water sources on the Standing Rock Sioux’s nearby

reservation and downstream.

The pipeline’s operator, Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, insists the project is safe. The tribe is fighting the pipeline’s permitting process in federal court.

Tribal elders condemned the destruction of the vehicles, White Temple said.

Over the weekend, construction crews worked right next to the camp that authorities cleared Thursday, when they arrested more than 140 people.

Winter clothing, propane tanks, wood, tires, bottled water and other items belonging to the protesters lay next to heavy equipment.

The vehicles set on fire were still smoldering Sunday as at least 10 dozen law enforcement vehicles and officers from different jurisdictions stood just beyond a cement barricade.

Cody Hall, a former spokesman for one of the encampment’s factions, said the entire camp must remain united to successfully fight the pipeline. He said the violence seen Thursday was “expected.”

Clinton’s blistering warnings about Trump’s preparedness for the Oval Office were an attempt to refocus the choice In front of voters after a rough stretch for her campaign. Her team has long accepted that many voters simply don’t trust the former secretary of state, but they believe she is viewed as more qualified than Trump to be president — an assertion backed up by many public opinion polls.

Still, Clinton’s advisers were stunned by FBI Director James Comey’s decision to publicly alert Congress that the bureau had new information that could be pertinent to its initial email investigation. Comey’s letter to lawmakers was short on detail, infuriating the Clinton campaign, which accused him of leaving the situation open to inaccurate interpretations.

The investigation appears to center on a laptop belonging to Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former congressman and Abedin’s estranged husband. It’s

unclear whether the material on the device was from Clinton. It’s also not known if the emails in question are new or duplicates of the thousands the former secretary of state and her aides have already turned over.

Democrats have robustly rallied around Clinton, including black and Hispanic lawmakers. During a Congressional Black Caucus news conference on Saturday, Rep. Gregory Meeks suggested Comey might be trying to affect the election results.

“Don’t hide in silence,” Meeks said. “Don’t be the one that’s trying to sway an election 10 days beforehand.

The American people deserve and we want to know in its entirety what the emails are and what you are investigating.”

If there’s a silver lining for Clinton in the FBI’s actions, it’s that her campaign now has a way to convince Democrats who might have considered skipping voting that their nominee needs their support.

Before Comey’s letter to Congress, Clinton’s campaign had watched with mixed feelings as her standing in poll after poll improved and Trump faltered amid a string of sexual assault accusations.

“In the last week, I think the Clinton campaign was worried it was going to become too easy and that people would feel that,” said Mo Elleithee, who worked on Clinton’s failed 2008 presidential campaign. “Now there’s a reason for all of our supporters to believe it’s going to be hard.”

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Maverick soccer ready for NSIC Tournament MNSU closed out their regular season with two more shutouts.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer The Minnesota State Women’s soccer team finished up their 2016 regular season this past weekend with two shutout wins over key Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) opponents. The Mavericks hit the road on Friday to take on Winona State University and returned to Mankato for a match up with Upper Iowa University. MNSU finished the year with a couple of wins, putting their record at 13-3-2 overall while achieving a 12-2-1 record in the NSIC. It did not take long for the Mavericks to get things rocking, as just 1:27 into the

game junior midfielder Jenny Hoerter nailed a goal off an assist from senior midfielder Dana Savino. Just over 15 minutes into the match they would strike again, this time with sophomore defender/ midfielder Abby Hausken finding sophomore forward Morgan Cottew for the score.

That goal would put the Mavericks up 2-0.

It was a quiet game offensively for the remainder of the game, as the match went into halftime with that score. Nine minutes into the second half, Cottew scored her second goal of the game off an assist from Hoerter. That would be the final goal of the contest, as the Mavericks would claim victory over the Warriors.

Freshman goalkeeper Ryann Rydeen earned another shutout victory with one save all game. Minnesota State out-shot Winona State 9-1.

Rydeen has posted a shutout in all four games she has

started this season.

The Mavericks returned to The Pitch on Sunday to take on Upper Iowa for Senior Day. The last loss for the soccer team on Senior Day was in 2010, and that winning streak would continue Sunday. The Mavs were not able to set the game off with the spark they did in the previous game, but they still managed to take an early lead. Just over 16 minutes into the game, junior defender Abby Nordeen notched her first goal of the year off an assist from senior midfielder Kiana Nickel. The Mavericks held their 1-0 lead when the halftime whistle was blown.

Just under two and a half minutes into the second half, Cottew scored her first goal of the game and third of the weekend. Hoerter set up Cottew for the score to put the Mavericks up 2-0. The team’s two points proved to be enough against the Pea-

cocks, as Minnesota State would etch their 12th shutout victory to end their regular season.

“I don’t think today was our cleanest game that we’ve had, but down the stretch we played really, really well,” head coach Brian Bahl said to

Morgan Cottew

ed with the shutout win, making two saves. This also marks her fourth start and fourth shutout. MNSU outshot Upper Iowa 9-2.

With that, the regular season is over and the Mavericks will start focusing on the NSIC Tournament. They will take on the Northern State Wolves in the first round.

“It’s just a matter of making sure we are all on our A-game, because you got to be at this point for the postseason,” Bahl said heading into the postseason matchup.

Earlier this season on October 16, the Mavericks shutout the Wolves 2-0 in South Dakota. Northern State is 9-8 overall and 7-8 in NSIC play heading into this matchup.

The teams will meet up on Wednesday, November 2 at 1 p.m. at The Pitch.

Minnesota State Athletics.

Red-shirted goalkeeper Taylor Livermore was credit-

Sioux Falls stays undefeated, MNSU looks to rebound Mavericks’ playoff hopes dwindling after latest loss to Cougars.

JAMES ANDERSEN Staff Writer It was a valiant effort for the Mavericks on Saturday, but they ultimately fell to the fourth ranked Sioux Falls Cougars 24-14. The Cougars showed why they are one of the best teams in the country, by running the football at will and putting pressure on the opposing quarterback all game long.

What may be the most glaring stat of the game was the fact the Mavericks were out-rushed 346 to 88 yards.

USF’s running back Max Mickey led the Cougar rushing attack with 165 yards. Quarterback Luke Papillion added 104 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the ground as well.

With the Cougars’ success running the ball, it also gave them an advantage in time of possession, holding the ball for over 38 minutes in the game compared to MNSU’s 21:30. Sioux Falls’ offense managed to keep their de-

Photo by David Bassey Senior safety Mat Andriano had ten tackles in Saturday’s loss against Sioux Falls. Andriano has the third most tackles on the team with 64 on the season. fense off the field, minimizing the Mavericks’ chances of scoring.

However, the Mavericks did have some success passing the ball against Sioux Falls’ defense. Senior quar-

terbacks Nicholas Pieruccini and Ricky Lloyd shared snaps in the game and combined for 225 yards and two touchdowns on 17 completions.

The Maverick receiving corps was led by redshirt

freshman Shane Zylstra, as he caught three passes for 77 yards and a touchdown.

Junior Ty Dennis and senior Brent Esser each hauled in five catches for 48 and 45 yards, respectively. Senior

wide receiver Taylor Johnson also got in on the action, as he recorded a catch that went for a touchdown.

Junior linebacker Brendan Chrystal led the Maverick defense with thirteen tackles.

Senior safety Mat Andriano was making plays all over the field as well and had ten tackles himself. Junior defensive end Evan Perrizo recorded eight tackles and one and a half sacks in the game as well.

It seemed as though the Mavericks started off the game with more determination and passion. USF started the game with the ball and threw an interception on the second play of the game.

The Mavericks then marched down the field and scored on a twenty-yard pass from Lloyd to Zylstra. The Mavs would hold the upper hand early on, 7-0.

The hot start gave the

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“‘We just didn’t quite execute at the level we needed to,’ Pieruccini said. ‘We were able to get some stuff going, but then have a slip up that would set us back and force us to give up the ball. We needed to be locked in on every down and make every play count, especially against a defense like USF. We just weren’t able to do so today.’”

Photo by David Bassey The last time head coach Todd Hoffner lost three regular season games was in 2011, where the Mavericks finished 9-3.

They are 6-3 in 2016.

MNSU defense momentum as they kept the Cougars scoreless in the first quarter.

Later in the second quarter, following a missed field goal from the Mavericks, USF got on the board and made a field goal with a little over four minutes left in the half.

That missed field may have been the momentum swing the Cougars were waiting for all game.

Then momentum continued to shift in favor of Sioux Falls after a three-and-out from the Mavericks on the next possession. The Cougars went on a long, methodical drive and scored their first touchdown by way of a four-yard run by Papillion.

With twenty seconds left in the half, the score was 10-7 Cougars.

On the third drive in the second half, Pieruccini was

picked off by USF’s Jeffery Harman, giving the Cougars possession with great field position. Taking advantage of the turnover, Papillion threw to senior Josh Angulo for a touchdown four plays later. Momentum had officially shifted permanently to the Cougars.

USF scored on their next drive following a Maverick punt. Papillion had an impressive 25-yard scramble to the end-zone, extending their lead 24-7 with 1:55 left in the third quarter.

The Mavericks were able to cut the deficit down with a 22-yard strike from Pieruccini to Johnson with eight minutes left in the game.

MNSU’s defense then made a defiant stand the next drive and stopped the Cougars on fourth down with 2:23 left in the game. However, it was

all for naught, as Pieruccini was sacked and fumbled on the next drive. The Cougars sealed the victory at 24-14, making them 9-0 on the season.

“We just didn’t quite execute at the level we needed to,” Pieruccini said. “We were able to get some stuff going, but then have a slip up that would set us back and force us to give up the ball. We needed to be locked in on every down and make every play count, especially against a defense like USF. We just weren’t able to do so today.”

With the loss, the Mavericks fall to 6-3 (3-2 NSIC South). Their season continues as they head to Wayne, Nebraska on Saturday, November 5 to face the Wildcats of Wayne State College.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

Cubs defeat Indians, keep series alive Both teams fighting it out to the finish in the World Series.

CHICAGO (AP) — They have waited 108 years for a championship. So with this World Series on the verge of slipping away, the Chicago Cubs could not wait any longer.

Manager Joe Maddon summoned closer Aroldis Chapman from the bullpen in the seventh inning for the first eight-out save of his big league career, a desperate move in a dire situation with the Cubs needing to hold off the Cleveland Indians in Game 5.

As nervous fans fretted at Wrigley Field, the big Cuban left-hander fired his 100 mph heat over and over, preserving a 3-2 win Sunday night that cut Cleveland’s Series lead to 3-2.

“I didn’t expect to come in so early, but I mentally prepared myself,” Chapman said through a translator. “I was ready to come in at a moment’s notice.”

The crowd of 41,711 erupted when Jose Ramirez, who had homered earlier, foul tipped a 101 mph offering at the outside corner into the glove of catcher Willson Contreras for the final out.

A white flag with a blue

Photo Courtesy of The Associated Press The Chicago Cubs clapped hands after their 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in game five of the World Series.

“W’’ was raised atop Wrigley Field after a Series win for the first time since Oct. 8, 1945, in Game 6 over Detroit. Fans stayed long after the final out and sang “Sweet Home Chicago” as Cubs returned to the field for media interviews.

“High anxiety,” first baseman Anthony Rizzo said. “A

lot of deep breaths. Every pitch gets bigger and bigger as the game goes on. It’s unbelievable. Great win here.

We sent these fans off with a win. Now we have to go to Cleveland and win.”

Chicago, which led the majors this year with 103 regular-season wins, will try

to extend its season again Tuesday night when Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta faces Josh Tomlin. The Cubs are trying to become the first club to overcome a 3-1 Series deficit since the 1985 Kansas City Royals and the first to do it by winning Games 6 and 7 on the road since the 1979

Pittsburgh Pirates.

Seeking its first title since 1948, Cleveland is in search of its third-ever title and has won the championship at home just once, in 1920. Over 67,000 showed up at Progressive Field just to watch the three road games on the video board.

“It’s going to be crazy.

It’s going to be nuts,” first baseman Mike Napoli said.

“They’re going to be pretty fired up, and they’re going to get us going.”

Chapman, obtained from the Yankees in July, hadn’t pitched in the seventh inning since 2012. He took a chug of water from a plastic bottle on the left-field bullpen mound when Maddon called him in with a runner on.

“That was a big ask, and he answered,” Indians manager Terry Francona said.

“That was impressive.”

Of Chapman’s 42 pitches, 15 flew in at 100 mph or faster.

“It’s something you can’t normally do during the season without beating somebody up too badly,” Maddon

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Ferris State and MNSU split weekend COLT JOHNSON Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks took on the Ferris State Bulldogs in a two-game series this Halloween weekend that ended up being more as a trick rather than a treat.

The ninth-ranked Minnesota State Mavericks hosted Ferris State this weekend, splitting the series and giving the Bulldogs their first regular season win of the season.

Coming into Friday’s game, Ferris State entered with a record of 0-6-1 and struggled to break out of the loss column early on in the season.

Hungry and badly needing their first win, Ferris State came out of the gate playing fast and aggressive scoring the first goal of the game within 21 seconds of the puck being dropped. After being down early in the first period, the Mavericks quickly bounced back and recovered from the one-goal deficit with a goal of their own by junior forward Brad McClure to

tie the game. Minutes later, the Mavericks took the lead on a goal from senior forward Jordan Nelson. MNSU’s head coach Mike Hastings had his comments on the early lead by the Bulldogs in the first period after the game.

“I like the way we reacted to it, those are sometimes hard to recover especially in the first 30 seconds of the game, so I like the way we recovered,” Hastings said.

In the second period the Mavericks had their power play working again, scoring their third goal of the game by freshman defenseman Ian Scheid. Minnesota State has converted 9 of 37 power play opportunities this season, according to Minnesota State’s athletic page and has excelled in odd man situations this season.

Soon after the Mavericks’ power-play goal, McClure scored his second of the night to effectively close out the game, ending it by a score of 4-2 in favor of the home team.

Game one went in the favor of Minnesota State, but whether complacency became an issue or not, game two did not go as planed for the 6-1-0 Mavericks.

In the first period, both

teams struggled to put the puck in the back of the net, then in the second Ferris State opened the floodgates, pouring in goals. By the end of the second period, the Bulldogs scored three goals to the Mavericks zero. Hastings wasn’t pleased after the game two loss, but he had much to say about the second period deficit and the late push in the third.

“Big momentum swing, it goes 1-0 their direction and we didn’t handle that very well,” Hastings said. “We got into 2-0 in a hurry soon after that, but I did like the push back again in the third. The fourth was probably a little bit of karma. One thing that’s phenomenal about this game is, more often than not, the team that deserves to win does.”

Though Hastings didn’t like the outcome, Minnesota State did make a push in the third to tie the game at three goals apiece. Scoring the goals for the Mavericks were forwards McClure and Michael Huntebrinker, with one goal apiece and sophomore defenseman Alec Vanko. Even with the miraculous comeback that the Mavericks were able to make, it wasn’t enough to hold off Ferris

WORLD SERIES continued from 8 said. . “But I talked to Chappy before the game. He was aware of being ready in the seventh inning. So we had that all in play.”

Chapman struck out four, raising his total to eight over five innings in three Series appearances.

“This guy’s used to just getting three outs,” Cubs starter Jon Lester said.

“He was fired up. We were all fired up to get through that.”

With the crowd at the Friendly Confines desperate, Kris Bryant homered to start a three-run burst in the fourth off Trevor Bauer that gave Lester a 3-1 lead.

The Indians nicked Lester for a run in the sixth, and Carl Edwards Jr. took over to begin the seventh with a 3-2 edge.

Chapman came in with a runner on second and one out and retired Roberto Perez on an inning-ending groundout with two on as fans screamed. After Rajai Davis stole second and third in the eighth, Francisco Lindor took a 101 mph pitch at the knees for an

inning-ending called third strike, then stood in the batter’s box for nearly 20 seconds in anger and frustration.

Chapman finished with a 1-2-3 ninth. He threw 35 fastballs, six sliders and one changeup.

Lester, the Game 1 loser, improved to 4-1 in Series play by allowing two runs and six hits .

Ramirez homered in the second to put the Indians ahead, and Cleveland closed within a run in the sixth when Davis singled, stole second scored on a two-out single by Lindor , who is hitting .421 in the Series.

Bauer, his pinkie seemingly healed from a cut sustained while playing with a toy drone during the AL Championship Series, dropped to 0-2 in the Series, giving up three runs and six hits in four innings .

After a pair of relatively balmy autumn nights on the North Side, the temperature dropped to 50 degrees at game time and a 10 mph win added chill. Maddon

wore a Cubs ski hat with a blue pompom rather than a baseball cap.

Bryant, in a 1-for-15 slide, led off the fourth by driving a fastball into the left-field bleachers, where a fan in the first row dropped it.

Rizzo sent the next pitch off the ivy on the right-field wall for a double, admiring its flight before hustling, took third on Ben Zobrist’s single and came home with the go-ahead run when Addison Russell reached out and topped a pitch down the third-base line for an infield single.

Jason Heyward took a called third strike, slumping Javier Baez dropped a bunt down the third-base line for a single that loaded the bases and Ross, a 39-yearold making perhaps his final big league start, hit a sacrifice fly for a 3-1 lead.

“We’re writing our own history. We’re making history. Why stop?” Russell said.

“This is entertaining to us.

It’s fun, and we live for this.”

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Saturday’s game finished by a score of 4-3, seeing the Bulldogs to their first win of the season. Minnesota State is going to have to try and bounce back from their second loss of the season against a tough opponent in Lake Superior State who won five games in-a-row before suffering their first loss of the

season this past weekend.

This should be a good test for the Mavericks as they go on the road for the second time; their ability to win games on the road will be important as this season progresses. Their next games will be November 4 and 5 at Lake Superior State. Puck will drop at 6:37 p.m. and 6:07 p.m., respectively.

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Movie review: The Neon Demon is awkward and drags on Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn’s film about modeling isn’t for everyone.

The Neon Demon is a drama thriller that captures the difficulty of being a rising star in the model industry. A sixteen-year-old girl, Jesse (Elle Fanning), arrives in Los Angeles in hopes of jumpstarting her career as a model. The movie starts with her in a photoshoot for Dean (Karl Glusman), a guy who is kind of her boyfriend in the film, and I say ‘kind of’ because he only appears for a few scenes.

Jesse visits a larger name model agency where the casting girl tells Jesse she thinks she is going to be great. Jesse lands a photo shoot with a big name photographer, Jack (Desmond Harrington), and she begins transforming as a character after this photo shoot.

A trio of venomous ladies, whose bite is deadlier than their bark, prey on Jesse and her innocent, perfect beauty.

These girls’ unquenchable thirst for power and perfection is the driving force of their jealousy toward Jesse.

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NOW PLAYING: THE NEON DEMON That special “it” quality everyone wants, Jesse is naturally beautiful and doesn’t need any plastic surgery done to modify her body or face.

The Neon Demon is the latest film from the visionary Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, who also created and directed Only God Forgives. His high style and ability to keep the viewer suspended in fear makes the movie bearable.

Each detail in the movie is deliberate: the positioning of each object, the angle of Refn’s shooting, vibrant colors and fashionable setting.

It’s hard not to think Refn knew what he was doing, but that still doesn’t mean we, as an audience, have to understand him completely.

I couldn’t escape feeling awkward vibes in differing scenes from differing characters constantly throughout the film. By drawing out

the dialogue between characters and prolonging the focus on still images, Refn creates suspense. But even though some moments were suspenseful, they were also lacking in effectiveness.

Refn made me bored throughout a good portion of the film, but he also made me watch in awe at his directorial style. Usually films outweigh certain vibes at a certain point of a film and go with one or the other, wheth-

er it be for the good or bad depends. Refn was impressive with his gruesome visual masterpiece, despite the lack of an easily comprehensible story plot.

From the beginning of the movie, I was captivated by the opening frame of Jesse laying on a silver couch.

Blood is blanketing her chest from the neck down, pooling a lake of blood beneath her.

I wasn’t sure if she was dead until flashes from a Polaroid camera started blinking over her.

Despite enjoying the film for being left baffled at the incredible directorial high style of Nicolas Winding Refn, this movie isn’t for everyone. The runtime on the movie is 1 hour and 58 minutes, but by the time I was an hour in, I felt like two hours had already passed by. Patience isn’t necessary because there isn’t anything to be patient for. The Neon Demon relies on symbolism and deeper meaning to convey the story.

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Cosby wants other accusers to take competency, memory tests Entertainer’s lawyers said the women’s memories have been marred by time.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers accused prosecutors Monday of trying to use the “tainted, unreliable memories of women, now in their senior years” to build their sexual assault case against him and will seek competency hearings on any accusers allowed to testify.

Prosecutors hope to have 13 of about 60 known accusers testify to show a pattern of “prior bad acts” when Cosby, now 79 and blind, goes on trial next summer on charges of drugging and molesting a former Temple University employee in 2004. Courts can allow the testimony if it shows a very specific “signature” crime pattern.

On the eve of a key pretrial hearing Tuesday, Cosby’s lawyers said the women’s memories have been marred

Photo Courtesy of The Associated Press by time, media coverage of the case and their friendship with one another. After a memory expert reviewed the women’s statements for the defense, the lawyers dismiss

the other accounts as “stories of that night spent partying with a famous celebrity.”

The two sides will face off in court for two days to determine what evidence can

be used at the entertainer’s scheduled felony trial in June.

“Because Mr. Cosby was never charged, let alone convicted, the jury could be tempted to convict him in this

case simply to punish him for the other incidents which are now nothing more than vague recollections,” defense lawyers Brian McMonagle and Angela Agrusa wrote in their filing Monday.

The defense said the accounts range from rape to other sex acts to fondling.

And they said some of the women took drugs or alcohol knowingly, while others say they did not. Prosecutors argue that the drinks, even if taken knowingly, were also laced with drugs that knocked the women out and left them unable to give consent.

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don’t even know what year they met Cosby, and many of them knew Cosby before the former Temple employee, Andrea Constand, was even born, they wrote. Cosby’s memory is also fading, they said, to the point he could not answer 90 questions in a civil deposition last year.

Cosby has pleaded not guilty and argues that he can’t defend himself against vague accusations that stretch back to the 1960s.

At least four of the women “did not realize that they were victims until they heard the accusations of other

women in the media,” according to Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, the defense psychologist who studies human memory.

Her preliminary findings were excerpted in the brief.

Prosecutors in suburban Philadelphia say Cosby, a Temple alumnus and longtime booster, routinely used his fame and power to befriend impressionable young women, knocked them out with drugs or alcohol and then sexually assaulted them.

The testimony of the 13 others — should Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill allow some or all of

it — could bolster a case that turns on the question of consent. Cosby, in a decade-old deposition, acknowledged some of the encounters but said they were consensual.

Prosecutors will also push to use the deposition at trial.

The hearing is expected to run through Wednesday, with another pretrial hearing on the evidence set for December.

The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they are sexual assault victims. However, Constand has given consent through her lawyer.

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Paper runs Walking Dead obit BATESVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Many viewers of AMC’s The Walking Dead took the shocking deaths of two fan favorites in the latest season premiere as personally as a death in the family.

One Arkansas newspaper took it a step further.

This week, the Batesville Guard newspaper published an obituary for — spoiler alert— the popular character of Glenn Rhee, who was brutally killed in the newest episode of the zombie apocalypse drama.

With a headline of “RIP, Glenn,” the obituary says the character’s “commitment to moral principles in a world-gone-mad breathed hope and promise into those around him.”

The obit seeks justice for Rhee’s death in lieu of flowers.

The newspaper says the obituary was written by Frank Vaughn, a soldier currently stationed in Puerto Rico who writes occasional columns for the paper.

Suspect arrested in destruction of Trump’s Hollywood star LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police arrested a man suspected of using a sledgehammer to destroy Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, officials said Thursday.

Jamie Otis was taken into custody early Thursday on suspicion of felony vandalism, Officer Andrew Chambers said. It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.

He was released on $20,000 bail Thursday afternoon.

Otis told Deadline Hollywood after Wednesday’s pre-dawn attack that he originally intended to remove the star. He said he wanted to auction it off to raise funds for the 11 women accusing the presidential candidate of groping them.

Trump has denied the groping allegations.

“I just sort of had enough with Mr. Trump’s aggressive language toward women and his behavior, his sexual violence with women and against women,” Otis told the Los Angeles Times. “I’ve had personally in my own family four people who have been assaulted or have had sexual violence happen to them. It all became very personal.”

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which bestows the stars and maintains the popular tourist attraction, said it would take several days to repair Trump’s spot.

Otis had planned to make a statement to reporters along Hollywood Boulevard and then turn himself in at a police station but officers picked him up before that could happen.

Otis told the Times he

spent weeks planning his “nonviolent action,” even going as far as spending a couple of nights in Hollywood to scope out the area to pick a time when he could do it “safely, carefully and successfully.”

He said he would “gladly” pay for the repairs.

Det. Meghan Aguilar said investigators were called to the scene early Wednesday following reports that the presidential candidate’s star was struck by blows from a hammer. A sledgehammer, construction hat and vest, and a pick were recovered nearby, police said.

Trump’s star was dedicated in 2007 in recognition

of his work on NBC’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.”

Trump’s star is near the Dolby Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held each year.

To receive a star on the Walk of Fame, a celebrity has to be nominated and a $30,000 fee paid to a charitable trust.

It is at least the second time this year that Trump’s star has been targeted. In July, an artist installed a miniature wall topped with razor wire and “keep out” signs in response to Trump’s vow to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to stem illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

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Two studies point to lack of campaign substance on newscasts TV media covered issues less and less as campaigns progressed.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two studies of U.S. news coverage suggest that this is a presidential campaign with little substance — unless groping women, tax returns and email servers are your idea of major issues.

ADT Research, which monitors content of the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts, said Wednesday that with two weeks before Election Day, there has been less issues coverage than for any presidential campaign the company has monitored, going back through 1988.

The conservative watchdog Media Research Center also counted the campaign topics that have taken up the most time on the newscasts since the end of the conventions. Of the 15 topics with the most attention, arguably only two — Donald Trump’s position on immigration and questions about his attitudes toward Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin — could be considered traditional policy issues.

“This year’s absence of issues is an accurate portrayal

of the turf on which the election is being played out,” said Andrew Tyndall, head of ADT Research and publisher of the Tyndall Report.

Networks cast doubt on some of the research, saying it overlooks many of their substantive stories.

By Tyndall’s methodology, the network newscasts so far this year have spent only a third of the time on so-called issues stories than any of the last eight campaigns. He defines an issues story as one that takes a particular topic like immigration or Mideast policy and outlines the candidates’ position. He wouldn’t include, for example, coverage of a rally where a candidate talks about immigration.

The coverage reflects a campaign that has become a referendum on Trump and Hillary Clinton’s fitness for office, he said. But he suggests the broadcasters should be making more of an effort to strike out on their own.

Rich Noyes, research director at the MRC, said Clinton in particular is happy to see so much attention paid to

Trump’s suitability for office.

“Candidates certainly could find imaginative ways to draw attention to policy issues if that’s what they wanted to stress,” Noyes said. “But the networks could find imaginative ways to cover policy issues that matter most to Americans.”

Steve Capus, executive producer of the “CBS Evening News,” said that’s being done, and the studies miss different ways that substance is being injected into the coverage. For example, CBS did a series this summer

interviewing foreign policy experts on the most daunting problems a new president will face. Fact-checking claims made during debates is another way to include specifics, he said.

“It’s not just a beauty pageant here,” Capus said.

“We’re talking about substance.”

ABC pointed to anchor David Muir’s coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis and interviews with the candidates.

The most-covered campaign topic by far concerned the way Trump treats and

talks about women, the MRC said. That received 102 minutes of coverage, nearly double the second-place issue, concerning questions about Clinton’s health.

Other topics that drew attention on the newscasts included Clinton’s use of a personal mail server while secretary of state, Trump’s refusal to release a tax return and what that says about what he did or didn’t pay, the birther issue, Trump’s temperament and practices of both the Clinton and Trump foundations.

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