November 5, 2019

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A weekend of Maverick magic MARIA LY STAFF WRITER Pip Comic Illusionist welcomed families to a Night of Maverick Magic during Family Weekend featuring slight of the hand tricks and a dangerous knife throwing act this past Friday at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Pip Comic Illusionist was a former finalist in Australia’s Got Talent and is a magician, comedian, illusionist, actor and hypnotist and a current Vegas performer.

Pip amazed audiences as he turned a piece of silk into an egg. He told the audience the sentiment of this trick as it is what got him started in magic at the age of four.

Pip said, “I saw a magician in Las Vegas on TV, was super excited, ran into my bedroom, started setting paper on fire while I tried making silk appear, turns out that’s

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not how dad’s paychecks worked.”

Pip continued, “I feel like giving away the secret is kind of what’s really amazing about this.”

He then invited Jeremy, a

member of the audience and real star to the show, to the stage to teach him the art of magic as he fumbled through the steps of making an egg appear, even accidentally showing the audience the

egg in his hand before the silk disappeared. Although Jeremy was the butt of the joke the whole night and it cost him $10, he and the audience could not stop laughing.

Ryan Leistikow, a mem-

ber of the Student Event’s Team, said, “He was the best, definitely one of the best in show, it was all off script and I thought the entire show was great. Jeremy made it worthwhile.”

Jeremy was constantly used in other tricks as Pip demonstrated the “second sight” trick, or what Pip explains is “looking through your eyes to see what you’re seeing”. The trick was first developed from the Project Alpha experiment done by Washington State University to test if psychic phenomenon and ESP was real.

Pip said, “They spent years doing this study, they found gentlemen and realized after six months that psychic phenomenon was real. These two gentlemen, a 17 and 18-yearold, proved they had real psy-

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MNSU students play to win big prizes during rendition of iconic game show CARLEY SONJU STAFF WRITER Family Weekend at MNSU holds many events for all ages of visitors who come to support their student.

This year, Family Weekend was Nov. 1-3. One of the most anticipated events of the weekend was the one with the best prizes.

For the past five years, MNSU has hosted their own special version of “The Price is Right” during Family Weekend, giving away over $2,000 in prizes each year. “The Price is Right” show was hosted by two brothers who are MNSU alumni.

The event was held in Ostrander Auditorium in the Centennial Student Union.

The set in Ostrander was made to look very similar to the actual TV set, complete with props modeled after the ones used on the show, the

most famous being the big wheel spun after the bidding rounds.

Contestants are chosen are called to “Come on Down!” to bid on a prize, and whoever is closest to the retail price of the prize wins the bidding round.

A few of the prizes up for grabs were an Instant Pot, a Fujifilm instant camera, a hoverboard, and gift cards to various places. Cash prizes were also available for some of the games.

Three separate shows were held on Saturday evening, allowing for more families to join in on the Family Weekend fun. At the 9 o’clock showing, the games that were played were some of the most iconic from the TV show. The most well-known, and a crowd favorite, was Cliff

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Alex Arndt, the host of the event, interacts with contestants at “The Price is Right Show” during the annual Minnesota State University, Mankato Family Weekend at Ostrander Auditorium Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Samuel Oluwadoromi/MSU Reporter)

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Carnival brings Maverick families together

Families of MNSU students participate in the Family Fun Carnival held in the Myers Field House Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Prasad Pol/MSU Reporter)

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Continued from page 1 chic ability. After six months of intense testing, Washington State University PhD released a paper on this. The day after that the two men turned around and went, ‘No we’re actually magicians and we’ve been tricking you’.

That’s actually a true story!”

He then gave Jeremy a book and asked him to flip to a random page. The audience was cracking up when – the two were back to back – Pip pulled out the same book and used his “psychic abilities” and read back the page to Jeremy word for word.

The audience was even more stunned when they realized the book’s pages were blank.

Jeremy’s 15 minutes of fame were coming to an end, but not till after Pip threw a knife at him.

He had Jeremy sign a card and shuffled it back in the deck. Using a special card cannon, the cards flung in the air as Pip threw the knife straight at the protective board worn around the neck of an oddly calm Jeremy piercing his chosen signed card.

Pip let Jeremy go back to his seat, but not until messing with him one last time as he taped his $10 to the back of his back.

Megan Furr, a student who attended the event, said, “He was hilarious. It was so much fun, and it was so cool to see.

I love magic. I really liked the knife throwing trick.”

Jeremy was not the only audience member Pip interacted with as many were able to participate in his show.

One member was sevenyear-old Easton who helped Pip in his Rubik’s cube trick.

According to Pip, there are 43,252,003274,489,856,000 different Rubik’s cube combinations.

Although he is not able to solve a Rubik’s cube in less than 5.66 seconds, solve five one-handed, solve one one-handed and another one with his feet, blindfolded in less than 50 seconds, or solve three while juggling them like other world record holders – Pip could match all sides of a Rubik’s cube that Easton had previously shuffled.

Pip displayed his psychic abilities once again as all audience members had a chance to participate, as they were asked in the beginning of the show to write the name of a superhero and a celebrity to play that character into a white box on stage.

He then had a member from the Student Event’s Team randomly draw a strip

as one audience member really wants to see Nicholas Cage play Superman.

Pip said, “You know how I was talking about project alpha, they did another experiment called subliminal messaging, it basically makes you do things without even realizing.”

He then referred to the video shown earlier in the show, and zooms up to the boat in the background who is in fact, a person with a Nicholas Cage picture taped to their face dressed as Superman.

The Night of Maverick Magic did not end with Pip alone, but also featured the Hoopsters, a family of six from Hutchinson, Minnesota, who performed an array of high energy dances incorporated with hula hoop tricks as some spun four hula hoops around their body at once, another did the splits while spinning a hoop on her arm, and another did a walking handstand.

The show also featured professional aerialist Mimi Ke as she performed a beautiful aerial interpretive number as she elegantly climbed up and spun down the silk ropes to song “Bird Gerhl” by Antony and the Johnsons.

After the show, families were invited for more fun, as

the Hoopsters offered free hula hoop lessons.

Another student at MNSU who attended the event has mixed feelings about the

magical event. An unimpressed Helen Eastman, said, “I do not believe in magic.”

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FBI: Man who spoke of hating Jews held in temple bomb plot

DENVER (AP) — A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday.

The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to be undercover agents, who arrested the man shortly before he planned to bomb the synagogue early Saturday morning, according to court documents.

Richard Holzer was arrested Friday in Pueblo just after the agents brought him what he believed were two pipe bombs along with 14 sticks of dynamite to blow up Temple Emanuel. In fact, the explosives were incapable of causing damage, authorities said.

Holzer, 27, described what he thought were explosives as “absolutely gorgeous” and said they should go ahead with the attack overnight to avoid police, the court document said.

Holzer, who lives in Pueblo, briefly appeared in court on Monday in handcuffs and the same gray polo shirt with a black collar he wore in his arrest photo. He told U.S. Magistrate Judge Kristen Mix that he understood the charge against him, and she scheduled his next court date for Thursday. She granted his request for a public defender who she said would be appointed before the next hearing when it will be determined whether he can be released as the case proceeds.

The Office of the Federal Public Defender in Denver said Monday it does not comment on its cases.

Holzer was in federal custody in the Denver area, Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado, said.

The foiled plot is the latest attempted attack against a synagogue in the U.S. in just over a year.

In October 2018, a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh killed 11 people and became the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. According to the Anti-Defamation League, Holzer’s arrest is the 13th time someone has been ar-

“He also told agents he didn’t want to hurt anyone but would have proceeded with an attack if he knew someone was inside, the papers said.” rested on accusations of plotting attacks or making threats against the Jewish community since then.

In April, a woman was killed and three people were injured when a man opened fire inside a Southern California synagogue with an AR-15 military-style rifle.

The investigation into Holzer began after an undercover FBI agent purporting to be

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Continued from page 1 Hanger. The contestant playing Cliff Hanger won a fireproof safe and plans on keeping valuable documents and pictures inside of it. Another big winner at the 9 o’clock show was the winner of Stack the Deck.

The prize designated for this game was an Instant Pot, a hot kitchen gadget that has recently grown in popularity.

The winner of this prize was Hannah Sorum’s mom.

Sorum, a freshman majoring in psychology, stated, “I watched The Price is Right almost every day that I was home this summer, and was so excited to come to one with my mom since she loves the show too. I was a little jealous she got to ‘come on down’ instead of me!”

Sorum plans on coming back next year to try another shot at being chosen as a

a woman who supports white supremacy contacted him on Facebook.

Holzer repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic and white supremacist views in his messages with the agent. “I wish the Holocaust really did happen...they need to die,” he wrote her on Facebook, according to the court documents.

Holzer told the agent he had checked out the temple property and met with undercover agents at a Pueblo motel on Friday. He brought a copy of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” with him, displayed a Nazi armband and appeared animated on the drive to the motel, the documents said.

contestant, and of course, her mom plans on making some delicious meals in her new Instant Pot. Not everyone could be a winner, and some contestants went home empty handed. However, the audience kept the atmosphere lively and energetic by helping the contestants with their bids by yelling out what they thought would be the right price.

The Price is Right held its 5-year anniversary at MNSU this year, and because of the great turnout each year, it does not seem like it will be going away any time soon.

Next year, bring your friends and family to The Price is Right for a chance to Come on Down, and as longtime host Bob Barker said, “Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered.”

The agents then arrested Holzer, who waived his right to remain silent and spoke to investigators, the documents said.

“He referred to the plan as ‘my mountain’ and to Jews and Synagogues as a ‘cancer’ to the community,” the document said.

He also told agents he didn’t want to hurt anyone but would have proceed-

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ed with an attack if he knew someone was inside, the papers said.

U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn in Denver said federal and Pueblo law enforcement had thwarted “an imminent threat of domestic terrorism against a Colorado religious institution.”

“Mr. Holzer repeatedly expressed his hatred of Jewish people and his support for a racial holy war,” Dunn said at a news conference.

If convicted of a pending domestic terrorism charge, Holzer could face 20 years in prison, Dunn said.

The ADL had been monitoring Holzer’s online activity since May 2016 and had shared information about what it observed but not regarding the alleged plot, said Scott Levin, director for the organization’s Mountain States Region.

According to court documents, Holzer claimed that he had previously hired a man

nicknamed “Mexican Hitler” for $70 to “hex and poison” the synagogue by putting arsenic in its pipes. But investigators could not corroborate that claim.

The Temple Emanuel synagogue is the second-oldest in Colorado and was completed in 1900, according to Temple Emanuel’s website.

It has a congregation of about 30 families and a rabbi from Denver who travels to Pueblo twice a month. Pueblo is about a two-hour drive south of Denver. A voicemail left at the temple wasn’t immediately returned.

“Mr. Holzer will now have the opportunity to explain his behavior through our court system in a constitutional way — which in the spirit of irony, protects religious freedom as one of its most golden rules,” Pueblo Police Chief Troy Davenport said.

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Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint

MICHAEL MCSHANE NEWS EDITOR No one should be targeted because of who they are.

That should be a basic, understood belief that we all should know and follow, but we aren’t living in a world where everyone is respected even if they didn’t deserve to be disrespected.

Instead, we are living in a world where we constantly see news stories about people being yelled at, assaulted and even murdered, because they were different. But what is different, is it even there and even if it is why is it so bad?

When I look at someone of Somali or Mexican decent, I don’t view them as being different from me. Just because we’re from a different culture or region doesn’t mean we’re necessarily different. That is what baffles me so much when I hear people get so aggressive about immigrants or minorities.

Nobody is stealing anybody’s job. It’s a crazy accusation that has no merit.

To those who do accuse immigrants that they’re stealing your job, you’re not mad that they have a job and are generally being successful.

You’re mad that they are being successful and aren’t the same as you.

When I see a person of color get attacked, it infuriates me when the motive is based around racism and discrimination. The latest high-profile case of a man getting battery acid thrown at him seconds after being asked why he invaded his (the assaulter’s) land highlights all of this.

Immigrants are not invaders. Immigrants do not deserve to have battery acid thrown in their face, ruining their lives forever. There is nothing this man did that called for this to happen to him, the only reason it happened – was because he was Hispanic.

Hate crimes are especially violent and horrific because it involves one of humanities most primal fault – we hate what is different and we are very, very territorial.

So, because of that, we must fully prosecute hate crimes. Because they are senseless, needless and leaves the victim with the question nobody should have to answer – did this happen because of who I am?

MONTREAL (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Michigan, according to an investigation that tested drinking water in hundreds of homes and reviewed thousands more previously undisclosed results.

Residents in some homes in Montreal, a cosmopolitan city an hour north of the U.S.-Canada border, and Regina, in the flat western prairies, are among those drinking and cooking with tap water with lead levels that exceed Canada’s federal guidelines. The investigation found some schools and day care centers had lead levels so high that researchers noted it could impact children’s health. Exacerbating the problem, many water providers aren’t testing at all.

It wasn’t the Canadian government that exposed the scope of this public health concern.

A yearlong investigation by more than 120 journalists from nine universities and 10 media organizations, including The Associated Press and the Institute for Investigative Journalism at Concordia University in Montreal , collected test results that properly measure exposure to lead in 11 cities across Canada. Out of 12,000 tests since 2014, one-third — 33% — exceeded the national safety guideline of 5 parts per billion; 18% exceeded the U.S. limit of 15 ppb.

In a country that touts its clean, natural turquoise lakes, sparkling springs and rushing rivers, there are no national mandates to test drinking water for lead. And even if agencies do take a sample, residents are rarely informed of contamination.

“I’m surprised,” said Bruce Lanphear, a leading Canadian water safety researcher who studies the impacts of lead exposure on fetuses and young children. “These are quite high given the kind of attention that has been given to Flint, Michigan, as having such extreme problems. Even when I compare this to some of the other hotspots in the United States, like Newark, like Pittsburgh, the levels here are quite high.”

Many Canadians who had allowed journalists to sample their water were troubled when they came back with potentially dangerous lead levels. Some private homeowners said they plan to stop drinking from the tap.

“It’s a little bit disturbing to see that there’s that much,” said Andrew Keddie, a retired professor who assumed his water was clean after replacing pipes years ago at his home in Edmonton, a city of almost 1 million in western Canada. What he couldn’t do is replace public service lines delivering water to his house. After learning his water lead levels tested at 28 ppb, Keddie said he was “concerned enough that we won’t be drinking and using this water.”

Sarah Rana, 18, was one of tens of thousands of students who weren’t alerted when her brick high school in Oakville, a town on the shores of Lake Ontario, found lead levels above national guidelines in dozens of water samples, the highest at 140 ppb. She found out on her own, looking at reports posted online.

“I was getting poisoned for four years and did not know about it,” she said. “As a student, I think I should be told.”

Leona Peterson learned of the contamination in her water after journalists found

excessively high lead levels in 21 of 25 homes tested in her small, northwest port town of Prince Rupert. Peterson, who lives in subsidized housing for Indigenous people, had water that registered at 15.6 ppb.

“I was drinking from the tap, directly from the tap, without any knowledge that there was lead in the water,” said Peterson. Her son was as well. Her response: “Hurt, real hurt.”

The town of Prince Rupert, where whales, grizzly bears and bald eagles are common sights, is among more than a dozen communities along Canada’s wild west coast where residents — many Indigenous — are living in homes with aging pipes, drinking corrosive rainwater that is likely to draw lead. But their province of British Columbia doesn’t require municipalities to test tap water for lead.

Canadian officials where levels were high said they were aware that lead pipes can contaminate drinking water and that they were working to replace aging infra-

structure.

And some localities are taking action. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante vowed to test 100,000 homes for lead and speed up replacement of lead-lined pipes immediately after journalists sent her an analysis of the city’s internal data revealing high lead levels across the city.

The media consortium filed more than 700 Freedom of Information requests and took hundreds of samples in people’s homes to collect more than 79,000 water test results. But the findings are neither comprehensive nor an indication of overall drinking water quality in Canada.

That doesn’t exist.

“Because there is no federal oversight, everybody does what they want,” said engineering professor Michèle Prévost, who quit working on a government study of school drinking water in frustration over the lack of lead testing.

“Most provinces ignore this very serious problem.”

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FALL 2019 EDITOR IN CHIEF:

Consumerism makes holidays more about receiving

MADISON DIEMERT

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MARIA LY STAFF WRITER You enter a store and hear the bright cheery spirit of Christmas music as you scour the isles looking at an assortment of holiday themed sweaters, socks and even pajama pants.

It’s October and your Halloween decorations are still out!

With the holidays approaching, and Black Friday in less than three weeks, companies are taking any opportunity to capitalize on the holiday of giving.

Once they can’t make any more money off of Halloween, out come the snowmen, Santa Claus, snowflakes, and candy canes.

The sleigh bells are ringing, but I haven’t even taken off my Halloween costume yet.

According to the National Retail Federation’s 2019 holiday forecast, roughly 40% of consumers begin their holiday shopping before Halloween. This has been the trend for the past 15 years. They estimate the total holiday retail sales will increase about 4% from last year and total to around $730 billion.

With Christmas fast approaching, there is a large emphasis on spending, as holiday and Black Friday deals are spewed out all across TV ads, online ads, in stores, through streaming services, etc.

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This morning I opened up YouTube to pass the time, and saw numerous ads encouraging me to buy Sprite’s Winter Spiced Cranberry soda.

There are numerous reasons people shop early, some

they’ll be shopping online this holiday season.

Companies know this, and have capitalized as much as they can by releasing exclusive deals online and doing a various amount of promo-

“According to the National Retail Federation’s 2019 holiday forecast, roughly 40% of consumers begin their holiday shopping before Halloween.” believe they’re going to get better deals or do so to avoid a cluster and frenzy of fellow shoppers.

What’s seen a major increase over the years is the amount of online shoppers during the holiday season.

56% of consumers claim

tions. For example, Amazon has already started holiday promotions with their new “Holideals” with ads promoting certain companies such as Duracell with their slogan “Make the season brighter”.

Food chains and restaurants are also beginning

their holiday promotions.

Starbucks is beginning this week, their holiday red cups and seasonal drinks menu.

People love their peppermint mochas and pumpkin spice lattes, and companies know selling them the earlier the better.

Some of you may be a Grinch or a Scrooge, and hate this early promotion of the holidays like I sometimes do, but it’s just something we all have to deal with. All in all, it’s the consumers to blame as everyone likes a good deal.

However, when December rolls around, many of us start to give in as we sit back in our recliners with a cup of peppermint hot chocolate watching classic Christmas movies scouring the internet for our last minute holiday shopping.

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US tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

“Donald Trump is the worst president in history for our climate and our clean air and water,” said Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club. “Long after Trump is out of office his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement will be seen as a historic error.”

The agreement set goals of preventing another 0.9 degrees (0.5 degrees Celsius) to 1.8 degrees (1 degree Celsius) of warming from current levels. Even the pledges made in 2015 weren’t enough to prevent those levels of warming.

The deal calls for nations to come up with more ambitious pollution cuts every five years, starting in November 2020. Because of the expected withdrawal, the U.S. role in 2020 negotiations will be reduced, experts said.

Climate change, largely caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas, has already warmed the world by 1.8 degrees (1 degree Celsius) since the late 1800s, caused massive melting of ice globally, triggered weather extremes and changed ocean chemistry. And scientists say, depending on how much carbon dioxide is emitted, it will only get worse by the end of the century, with temperatures jumping by several degrees and oceans rising by close to 3 feet (1 meter).

Trump has been promising to pull out of the Paris deal since 2017, often mischaracterizing the terms of the agreement, which are voluntary. In October, he called it a massive wealth transfer from America to other nations and said it was one-sided.

That’s not the case, experts said.

For example, the U.S. goal — set under President Barack

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Obama — had been to reduce carbon dioxide emission in 2025 by 26% to 28% compared with 2005 levels.

This translates to about 15% compared with 1990 levels.

The European Union’s goal was to cut carbon pollution in 2030 by 40% compared with 1990 levels, which is greater than America’s pledge, said Rob Jackson, a Stanford University professor and chairman of the Global Carbon Project. The United Kingdom has already exceeded that goal, he said.

Many critics of the Paris agreement say America is the leader in cutting carbon emissions, but that’s not true.

Since 2005, the United States isn’t in the top 10 in percentage of greenhouse

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Then, in 2018, carbon dioxide emissions increased 2.7%, according to the Energy Information Administration, mostly due to extreme weather and the economy.

The reason for the longterm emissions drop is because the U.S. is using less coal and has tightened air quality standards, while Trump is pushing for more coal and loosening those standards, said Michael Gerrard, who heads Columbia Law School’s climate change legal center.

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gas emission reductions. The United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, the Czech Republic and other nations have done better, said Jackson, who tracks emissions.

“The U.S. agreement is not a tax on the American people. There is no massive wealth transfer,” said Climate Advisers CEO Nigel Purvis, who was a lead State Department climate negotiator in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. “In fact, the agreement obligates no country to make any financial payments.”

Pompeo said U.S. net greenhouse gas emissions dropped 13% from 2005 to 2017 “even as our economy

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that he submitted a formal notice to the United Nations. That starts a withdrawal process that does not become official for a year. His statement touted America’s carbon pollution cuts and called the Paris deal an “unfair economic burden” to the U.S. economy.

Nearly 200 nations signed the climate deal in which each country provides its own goals to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases that lead to climate change.

“In international climate discussions, we will continue to offer a realistic and pragmatic model — backed by a record of real world results — showing innovation and open markets lead to greater prosperity, fewer emissions, and more secure sources of energy,” Pompeo said in a statement.

The U.S. started the process with a hand-delivered letter, becoming the only country to withdraw. The United Nations will soon set out procedural details for what happens next, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.

Agreement rules prevented any country from pulling out in the first three years after the Nov. 4, 2016, ratification. The U.S. withdrawal doesn’t become complete until the day after the 2020 election.

President Donald Trump has been promising withdrawal for two years, but Monday was the first time he could actually do it.

Trump’s decision was condemned as a reckless failure of leadership by environmental experts, activists and critics such as former New

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“Shakespeare In Love” lives up to its namesake’s standards RACHAEL JAEGER STAFF WRITER Shakespeare in Love is a fantasy based on the inspiration of love, that results in the play Romeo and Juliet Dr. Paul Hustoles, the Chair of Theatre and Dance Department, is the director of the show. After stumbling across the play adaptation in London, he believed in its potential to be a great play performed by the students at Minnesota State University as well.

Stratford, Canada is the oldest North American location where the oldest Shakespeare festival is hosted and Hustoles attended last year. While he was there, he hoped to glean inspiration for how he should direct Aeneid or the Henry plays, but instead he discovered Shakespeare in Love and he fell in love with it.

At this point, Hustoles has directed 270 shows over the

span in his career, including Arsenic and Old Lace. While he hadn’t directed the last Arsenic and Old Lace, he had the experience several other times in previous seasons and each time— even each night in the same week— took on its own mood based on who the performers were.

“I believe every show has its own individual needs and cast,” Dr. Hustoles declares.

The challenge of Shakespeare in Love is that half of the audience will appreciate Shakespeare and the other half shrug him off.

What Hustoles says what makes Shakespeare in Love such a compromise is all its dynamic elements, including its robustness in humor, the period styles, and the romanticism. William Shakespeare falls in love with Viola, a young woman from the current time period and she returns his affection, despite knowing their love cannot last. Sword fighting is also incorporated into several

scenes, which livens the show along with the humor.

What Hustoles has enjoyed most about orchestrating the show is using the period styles from the Queen Elizabeth time. Queen Elizabeth changes to a variety of costumes throughout the show and the costumes aren’t that easy at first. Lindsey Oetken, who wears royalty well in her role as Queen Elizabeth, agrees.

“The costumes definitely take some getting used to,” Oetken says. Throughout the night, she wears three different gowns, and underneath them are a corset and a quilted petticoat which is the term for a skirt in Queen Elizabeth’s time.

“These help to create the shape of the garment that goes over it,” Oetken explains. “Historically, women wore corsets to create a smaller waistline. Normally in this time period they would wear a hoop skirt to make the skirt a large bell shape,

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but thankfully McCarl opted for a less cumbersome option of the quilted petticoat.”

In addition, there is separate bodice that goes on top of the skirt, and the bodice is laced in the back. On top of it all, she also wears a wig and headpiece, and a lot of

jewelry which she loved.

Although she had worn corsets for other past shows, she said it had been a few years so the corset was the

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‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ is No. 1, but it’s no winner LOS ANGELES (AP) — It might be judgment day for the Terminator franchise.

Despite generally favorable reviews and the return of star Linda Hamilton and producer James Cameron, “Terminator: Dark Fate” has opened well below expectations at the box office. Studios on Sunday estimate that “Dark Fate” earned only $29 million from over 4,000 North American locations. The film from Paramount Pictures cost a reported $185 million to produce.

It was enough to win the top spot at the box office, but it’s a weak victory for the franchise. Although “Dark Fate,” which was directed by “Deadpool’s” Tim Miller, received much better reviews (currently at 69% on Rotten Tomatoes) and was praised for being a return to form to Cameron’s original films, it opened just slightly ahead of 2015s roundly derided “Terminator: Genisys.”

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tions,” said Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “It wasn’t for lack of enthusiasm for the stars and filmmakers.”

Internationally, “Dark Fate” did much better, earning $72.9 million from 48 markets. Fox International, not

Paramount, is handling international distribution, excluding China.

Second place went to “Joker,” which added $13.9 million, bringing its global earnings to $934 million in just five weeks in theaters.

“Maleficent: Mistress of

Evil” landed in third place in its third weekend with an additional $12.2 million. The Angelina Jolie-led sequel has grossed $84.3 million in North America.

One bright spot of the weekend, which is down nearly 19% from last year

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The Outer Worlds is a great, albiet flawed, journey KOLBY SPOMER A&E EDITOR Video games lately have been amazing. The graphics in games like Death Stranding are breathtaking, the gameplay in things like God of War feels better than it ever has, and the story in games like Red Dead Redemption 2 can now rival hollywood blockbusters.

While I love all of this, it also means games have lost a sort of “old school feel” as of late. There hasn’t been a lot of video games in recent years that remind you of that feeling you get from something like the original Fallout or even 2009’s Dragon Age: Origins. In other words, RPGs are getting less common every year. That’s why Obsidian Entertainment’s newest game, The Outer Worlds, feels like such a breath of old air.

What I mean by “breath of old air” is that this game is a by the books traditional RPG. You take on the role of a spaceship captain, light years away from earth. You get to decide who your captain is, be it a surrogate for yourself or your favorite character from Star Wars. You then go on different quests and jobs, deciding not only the outcomes of these missions but also the fate of the world around you. The game focuses on dialogue and encourages players to try to come

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up with alternative ways to solving problems, instead of the usual “shoot it” solution found in most games.

While all of that is great, it also hinders the game. Just because things feel like the good old days doesn’t mean it’s as good as it once was.

The game foregos a lot of the innovations newer RPGs benefit from, like fun combat and immersive graphics. The game also lacks depth in a way. A lot of other games, like Mass Effect 2 for example, have a focus on your

companions. Their stories and conversations with you slowly get more and more intimate over the course of the game, changing their relationship with you outside of these conversations. In the Outer Worlds, your companions have these missions, but I found myself wishing for more after the game ended. The companions all have essentially one quest that you can finish as soon as you’d like, with little to no conversations in between. I missed having my compan-

ions comment on current events and our adventures, and I hope the sequel to this game changes that part of the game.

The game also plays a little flat, with combat feeling a little flat and the environments feeling empty. I wish the planets you visited had more places that made them feel worth visiting. I found myself wanting a lot more from this game, which in retrospect is somewhat clouding my love for it. This game is one I dearly love, which is why I’m

so critical. I believe it can be a lot more.

My biggest piece of praise for The Outer Worlds is that it I was excited to play it the whole time. I haven’t been so eager to experience a game like this since last year’s Red Dead Redemption 2. So while this game definitely has its problems, I can wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone interested. It’s worth a try at least.

How watching anime made me a better writer MICHAEL MCSHANE NEWS EDITOR I see myself as a very imaginative person, but I cannot give myself full credit for being that way.

For many years, anime has always been a form of media that I kept an arm’s length apart. I was already getting bullied for a handful of other things, I figured anime was just going to add to the list.

I watched it now and then, but I never got into it as much as I wished I did. I knew and watched some of the big-name ones like Dragon Ball and Naruto, the anime so popular even non-anime watchers knew about them.

I am convinced watching those anime shows spurred me into writing my own stories. Poorly written ones,

but they were the steppingstone for me to write more. I watched more anime and in turn wrote more.

As I watched, I would get engrossed in the story, the atmosphere and the characters.

As I wrote more and more, I began to get better with each new chapter. I found my own voice through the words and anime helped by being a visual tool. Even after going from fiction to non-fiction news writing, anime still found a way of getting me to write better.

While anime had no effect on what I was writing, it helped me boost my productivity. Watching anime makes me want to write. It’s the same with movies as well. I can’t remember the last time I left a movie theatre and didn’t have a rush of ideas or a wish that there was a computer next to the pop-

corn machine for me to plop down and put in a 2,000word story.

I believe the less known anime shows have had the biggest effect to me. The diamonds in the rough. I constantly have this nagging feeling of emptiness after finishing a show which I’m sure many non-anime watchers deal with after their Netflix or HBO show ends.

My cure for that, writing.

But writing after watching the last episode of a show is different than watching the last episode aired at the moment. I feel myself more passionate and driven to perfection.

Practice makes perfect. I wouldn’t be the writer I am currently if I had not spent hours upon hours of writing.

But I can’t ignore the impact anime had during that period and its continuous influence on myself and my writing.

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biggest challenge as far as costume adaptation. To prepare herself, she ensured she got into it as soon as she could in the rehearsal process.

“As you can imagine, a corset affects the way you breathe and how you move on stage. It changes your posture and effects your mobility dramatically,” Oetken explains. “For example, if I forget to put my shoes on before my corset, I need someone to buckle them for me because I can’t bend over. I basically have no flexibility between my neck and pelvis.”

Queen Elizabeth is Oetken’s first opportunity to play a mainstage role at Minnesota State University, and Oetken expresses that she is enjoying playing royalty.

“Queen Elizabeth is powerful and often the center of attention, which in my real is not something can connect to,” Oetken says. “As an introverted person, and a person who prefers quieter leadership roles in real life, it’s fun to explore the opposite on stage.”

Ryan Feist, a junior at Minnesota State, takes on William Shakespeare’s honored role as the poet. But the irony is that Shakespeare steals many of his ideas from Marlow, another contempo-

Continued from page 10 when “Bohemian Rhapsody” opened, is Focus Features’ “Harriet,” which is the first film ever made about Harriet Tubman. Starring Cynthia Erivo in the title role, “Harriet” performed better than expected, earning $12 million from just over 2,000 theaters to take fourth place. The film scored a coveted A+ CinemaScore from audiences, who were primarily female (62 and over the age of 35 (59%). African Americans also made up a significant portion of the audience (49%) according to exit polls.

“It’s really heartwarming and gives you a lot of faith that there are still a lot of people who want to see stories about real life superheroes,” said Focus Features distribution president Lisa Bunnell. “There’s a real feeling of love for this movie.

I think it’s inspirational for people to see.”

Focus did outreach to faithbased groups and educators and has seen enormous

success with group sales as a result.

Other newcomers struggled to find that kind of enthusiasm this weekend.

Edward Norton’s adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s “Motherless Brooklyn” opened in ninth place to $3.7 million, while the animated “Arctic Dogs” took 10th with $3.1 million.

One of the highest profile new films of the weekend, Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” does not have any box office numbers to report, however, because Netflix declines to provide numbers for its theatrical releases.

Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, the film which opened in limited release before hitting Netflix on Nov. 27 is expected to be a major Oscars contender.

“With all eyes on ‘The Irishman,’ it’s unfortunate that we don’t have numbers on it,” Dergarabedian said.

It’s especially true considering that other smaller release

films with awards buzz continue to perform well. “Parasite” took in 2.6 million in its fifth weekend “Jojo Rabbit,” in its third weekend, added $2.4 million from 256 screens and “The Lighthouse,” also in weekend three, grossed $2 million from 978 locations.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore.

Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1.“Terminator: Dark Fate,” $29 million ($72.9 million international).

2.“Joker,” $13.9 million ($37 million international).

3.“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” $12.2 million ($40.5 million international).

4.“Harriet,” $12 million.

5.“The Addams Family,” $8.5 million ($25.9 million international).

rary writer of the time.

“He’s a character who is so deeply steeped in history, but he is shown in the light of a struggling artist instead of the literary genius that he is known as today,” Feist writes in an email.

Part of the humor lies within Viola who dresses like a man to play the Romeo romantic hero Shakespeare struggles to write about. But in that historical time period, women were banned from public stages of entertainment and that fact adds to the action. The situation also furthers the humor since Shakespeare does not realize when he is passing Romeo love notes, that he is given them to her directly. While her father engages her to marry some other man of status, she is in love with Shakespeare and uses the stage presence to spend time with him.

There is a scene when Shakespeare visits Viola at her home when she is on her balcony. He struggles with confidence in how she should win her over with his words and asks Marlow, who is nearby, what he should say to her. It causes an amusing fiasco, which at the end of it, Viola’s nurse discovers Viola’s lover but she helps Viola keep her secret.

“I was shocked and excit-

ed,” Feist describes as his reaction to learning he would play William Shakespeare.

“It’s such a difficult role and I was excited to take it on.”

Feist has acted in other shows at Minnesota including Peter and the Starcatcher (Peter), Newsies (Davey), Mothers and Sons (Will Ogden), and The Diary of Anne Frank (Peter van Daan).

“David McCarl did a fabulous job designing the costumes and Scott Anderson and the rest of the costume shop worked their butts off to get all of them built in a short amount of time,” Oetken said. “I am honored to wear these costumes!”

The play will continue running on November 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. or weekend showings on the 9 and 10 at 2 p.m., and tickets can be bought at the box office between 4-6 p.m. on weekdays.

Another option is online for single tickets at MSUTheatre. com. Tickets are $16 regular, $14 for seniors ages 65 and older, children under 16 and groups of 15 or more; and $11 for MSU students. In addtion to this, students will be able to get a bogo deal on tickets for the rest of its run, so they’re encouraged to bring a friend along for the journey!

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MSU football wins NSIC with win over Wayne State Mavericks improve to 9-0 and drop to No. 4 in the AFCA poll ANDREW NEURURER SPORTS EDITOR The Minnesota State football team had another dominating victory on Nov. 2, taking a 62-7 win over the Wayne State Cougars.

MSU improved to 9-0 and officially won the NSIC, currently sitting 8-0 in conference play.

The defense played a big part in the win, allowing just a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Senior Zach Robertson led the way with six tackles and the lone interception on the day. He also contributed to 1.5 tackles for a loss.

Senior Jordan Bergren and redshirt freshman Nic Dahlke came away with a half sack each, the only two to record a statistic in that column.

The defense did a good job limiting the Cougars to any offense. They had just 126 passing and 88 rushing yards – a total yardage of 214. A large difference to the Mavericks 556 total yards.

Minnesota State wide receiver Jalen Sample (10) runs with the ball for a touchdown in a football game against Wayne State at the Blakeslee Stadium Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Mansoor Ahmad/MSU Reporter)

The game took off with a touchdown from Senior Ryan Schlichte to sophomore Jalen

Sample. This 22-yard touchdown was the first of his season and the only catch for

him on the day.

Senior Justin Arnold rushed one into the endzone from 25 yards out, putting the Mavericks up 14 early on.

Just a few minutes later, senior Nate Gunn would also find the endzone, this time on a one-yard run.

Sophomore Ashton Garner would close out the first quarter with a short field goal of 22 yards. Heading into the second quarter, MSU led 24-0.

Schlichte would call his own number and found the endzone after an eight-yard touchdown run.

Gunn gathered his second touchdown of the day, this time a three-yard run. He would finish the game with 49 yards on 13 attempts.

Senior Shane Zylstra would get in on the action and put MSU up 45-0 leading into halftime. This 16-yard touchdown pass from Schlichte would be his only scoring play. He would finish the day with a game-high 134 yards on nine receptions. After this

performance, Zylstra finds himself over 1,000 receiving yards.

Sophomore Brevin Kaiser would connect with redshirt freshman Blake Ver Mulm on a 30-yard touchdown.

With 14 second remaining in the third, redshirt freshman Kaleb Sleezer would find the endzone on a five-yard carry.

This touchdown would put the Mavericks up 59-0.

WSC would eventually get on the scoreboard after a rushing touchdown.

The game would see its final scoring play after Garner hit a 24-yard field goal, bringing the score to 62-7.

Schlichte had a good game, completing 10 of 12 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Kaiser missed just three of his 10 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown.

Junior JD Ekowa completed four passes for 45 yards.

The Mavericks will now head on the road to South Dakota to take on the University of Sioux Falls this Saturday.

Men’s hockey splits versus Bowling Green, women’s sweeps Merrimack MEL STRAMM STAFF WRITER The Minnesota State men’s hockey team dropped their first game of the season, but they quickly recovered and split the series with a 5-1 win Nov. 2 against No. 18 Bowling Green.

Last week’s top scorer, senior winger Charlie Gerard, opened the game up on a powerplay goal three minutes into the first period.

Seniors Parker Tuomie and Marc Michaelis were credited with an assist.

Junior winger Reggie Lutz received a pass from junior Connor Mackey and sophomore Julian Napravnik and shot a backhander into the net, extending the lead to 2-0.

The Falcons cut the lead in half by the end of the first period and eventually evened it out five minutes into the second period.

Neither team was able to score in the third period, forcing the game into overtime. Overall, shots between both teams stayed even with

33 each.

In overtime, The Falcons took advantage of the Mackey tripping powerplay and managed to score at the 3:15 mark, leading to the first loss at home for the Mavericks since Jan. 19.

Sophomore Dryden McKay saved 30 shots but was handed his first loss of the season.

Tensions were high going into Saturday’s game and MSU surely delivered.

Mackey finished a threeon-two rush with a goal nine minutes into the first period.

The Falcons then answered with a short-handed goal and tied up the score.

Before the end of the first, the German duo of senior captain Marc Michaelis and Tuomie connected on the powerplay. This goal was Michaelis’ fifth goal of the season and put MSU up 2-1.

This was also Tuomie’s 100th career point at Minnesota State.

After a scoreless second period, the Mavericks scored three times in the third.

Junior Jared Spooner scored his first goal of the season at the 9:06 mark,

followed that was a goal from Napravnik, who picked up a loose puck at mid-ice and shot it top shelf.

The final goal of the weekend was shot by Gerard on a Maverick power play, making this his fifth goal of the season and fifth within these last four games.

McKay made 23 saves throughout this game and MSU outshot the Falcons by a 30-24 margin. Junior winger Dallas Gerads finished the night with a career-high three assists.

Minnesota State is now 6-1-1 overall and 3-1-0 WCHA. They will travel to Houghton, Michigan to take on the Michigan Tech Huskies on Nov. 8-9 in its next action.

The women took the series against Merrimack College, extending their winning streak to four games.

On Friday, the first period remained scoreless until the warriors scored twice in the second period.

The Mavericks tied the game up with two goals within a minute span.

First, sophomore winger

Minnesota State forward Mariah Gardner (16) takes the puck down the ice during a hockey game against Merrimack College at the Mankato Civic Center Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Kjerstin Hall/MSU Reporter)

Brooke Bryant hit a slap shot from the right face-off circle, followed by forward Mariah Gardner, who gathered a loose puck and scored her

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Volleyball loses three straight against top ranked teams JENNA PETERSON STAFF WRITER The Minnesota State volleyball team struggled to find their grove this weekend when they took on Concordia-St. Paul, Winona State, and Upper Iowa.

Despite winning their previous game against Minnesota State University, Moorhead, the Mavericks lost all three games.

On Halloween night, the Mavericks hosted the No. 6 Golden Bears and fell short of continuing their short winning streak. In the first set, CSP started quickly with a 7-1 lead. The Mavericks tried to push forward and gain more points, but Concordia-St. Paul took the set 25-19.

In the second set, both teams were able to bring the heat and keep the score even before Concordia-St. Paul scored 5 straight points to take a 10-6 lead. The Mavericks were able to gain some control and get themselves back into the set with a 5-1 run that led to a 22-21 lead late in the set. Even though the Mavericks battled to take the lead, the Golden Bears won 26-24.

After losing the first two sets, the Mavericks were determined to turn things around and try to win, but the Golden Bears brought

too much of a fight for that to happen. The Mavericks started the set with an early 13-7 lead, but the Golden Bears slowly climbed their way into the set with a sequence of small runs but still trailed 2215. Coming out of a timeout, Concordia advanced on a 9-2 run to tie the set at 24 and after going back and forth, CSP pulled together a pair of kills to take the set 27-25.

Senior Morgan Olson led the team with 15 kills, senior Ashton Lee and junior Alivia Garbe finished the game with eight and seven kills.

Junior Mara Quam recorded 20 digs in the game and as a team, Minnesota State listed seven blocks.

The Mavericks continued to struggle when they hit the road and took on Winona State on Nov. 2. The Warriors started out with a 6-1 lead, until the Mavericks acted in response with an 11-7 salvo to cut the lead to two points.

Winona once again gained a lead over MSU and took the first set 25-20.

Set two began with a Warrior lead of 6-1 before the Mavericks came back with an 11-7 outburst to cut the lead to two points. The Warriors had the power for another run and with an easy lead, they took the set 25-20.

The third set began with both teams playing evenly and tying the game at 20.

Minnesota State defensive specialist Mara Quam (11) hits the ball against Northern State at the Taylor Center Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Mansoor Ahmad/MSU Reporter)

Even though the Warriors took advantage of the situation and built a 24-23 lead, the Mavericks stayed in the game due to a service error.

With the game tied at 26, the Mavericks defense compelled back-to-back service errors, to win the set 28-26.

The Warriors started the fourth set with an offensive attack, which resulted in a quickly built lead of 12-6.

Even with a late push from Minnesota State, Winona State rallied off the last three

points, wining the set 25-15 and the match 3-1.

Olson led the team with 19 kills and Garbe added 10 kills of her own.

Quam rallied 26 digs and Lee blocked six shots.

Monday seemed like it would be the night the Mavericks would end their losing streak, but unfortunately their game plays weren’t enough.

MSU took an early timeout in the first set after Upper Iowa took an early 6-3 lead, but afterwards, the Mavericks

rallied to a 10-8 lead. This resulted in the Peacocks taking their first timeout. Upper Iowa evened the score at 12 and the rest of the set was neck and neck until the end, when the Peacocks won 25-21.

In the second set, the Mavericks fell behind 5-1 in the first few minutes of the game.

They rallied back to a two-

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MSU swim and dive takes care of GAC and UWSP ANDREW NEURURER SPORTS EDITOR The Minnesota State women’s swimming and diving team took care of business against Gustavus Adolphus and UW-Stevens Point, winning 12 events total.

MSU defeated Gustavus with a score of 1,413-1,043 and UW-Stevens Point with a score of 1,458-889.

The Mavericks swam their way to victory in both relay events. The team of junior Tori Roth, sophomore Emily Goodman, freshman Nicole Beckman and sophomore

Nikki Ault posted a time of 1:50.33 in the 200 medley relay. In the 400 freestyle relay, junior Emelia Selky, sophomores Kayla Rinderknecht and Anja Enervold and senior Maggie Knier recorded a time of 3:39.75.

Freshman Ayla Taylor claimed second place in the

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MSU then took the lead in the third period, scoring two more goals.

Assisted by senior Emily Anthony, freshman Kelsey King shot the puck right into the top shelf at 7:49 minutes.

Gardner then extended that lead, scoring her second goal of the game.

Merrimack scored another goal by the end of the third, but the Mavericks eventually won the game 4-3 - outshooting the Warriors by a 39-22 margin.

The first 20 minutes of the Saturday game were packed with action, with four total

goals.

The Warriors opened the scoring, but the Mavericks did not wait long to respond.

Sophomore winger Madison Oelkers picked up the puck deep in the defensive zone and eventually put it into the net.

Then, sophomore blueliner Anna Wilgren extended the lead to 2-1.

Merrimack would score on the power play right before the end of the first, tying it up 2-2 going into second.

MSU scored once in the second period, as sophomore Claire Butorac put the puck into the net for the

fourth time this season.

The second half of the last period saw some more action, as three goals were scored – two from MSU. Minnesota State stayed on top with goals from Wilgren and King, putting the final score at 5-3.

Freshman goalie Calla Frank tallied her second consecutive win and made 20 saves throughout the game.

The Mavericks improved their record to 6-4-2 (2-42 WCHA) and will enjoy a week off before traveling to play No. 1 Wisconsin on Nov. 16-17 in Madison, Wisconsin.

1-meter diving event with 247.25 points and had the best score in the 3-meter diving event at 217.95 points.

Roth won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.51 and swam the 200 IM in 2:14.18. Goodman won the 100 and 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.90 and 2:28.84, respectively. Selky also won two individual events, winning the 200 and 500 freestyle, with times of 1:57.57 and 5:19.27.

Rinderknecht took first place in the 100 butterfly and finished in second place in

the 100 and 200 backstroke.

Enervold took first place in the 200 backstroke, just ahead of Rinderknecht, with a time of 2:08.91.

Beckman also took first in the 200 butterfly event, posting a time of 2:14.16 and placed second in the 100 butterfly.

The Mavericks swim and dive team will have a small break in their schedule, returning to action Nov. 14 against Augustana in their last home meet of the season.

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Mavericks soccer adds 10th shutout over the weekend AARON YOUNG STAFF WRITER Senior Bri Ciaccio headed a perfect ball right off a corner kick for her second goal of the game in the 24th minute during the Mavericks victory against Wayne State.

Ciaccio was one of the many stars over the weekend for the soccer team.

In the Mavericks first game against Augustana, all goals were scored in the first half.

Sophomore forward Nadia Lowery found the back of the net in the third minute.

Lowery would later return the favor in the 15th, with a long pass to sophomore Jenny Vetter, who then buried it in the lower right corner.

Augustana responded with a goal of their own in the 21st minute off a shot from senior Grace Behm and freshman Kelly Kleekamp assisted the play.

MSU’s defense was on lockdown the whole game, with the Mavericks offense outshooting the Vikings 29-9 and having an 7-6 advantage on corner kicks.

Senior redshirt Alexa Rabune is now 12-1 on the year and had one save the

Minnesota State forward Jenny Vetter (4) shoots the ball at the goal against Augustana University at the Pitch Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Kjerstin Hall/MSU Reporter)

whole game. She was also named the NSIC goalkeeper of the week.

The next game was a different story, with the girls shutting out Wayne State on

the road 4-0. The Mavericks dominated the Cougars in shots (29-5), shots on goal (14-2) and corner kicks (121). Wayne State committed more fouls and their goal-

keepers had seven more saves than Rabune.

Senior Bri Ciaccio was the star of this game, scoring two of the Mavericks goals, both headers in the 13th and 24th minute. Sophomore Brynn Desens fed Ciaccio the ball both times on corner kicks.

Freshman Tia Martin scored the team’s third goal and her second on the season.

Redshirt freshman Shelby Lund recorded her first goal of the year in the 89th minute, chipping it past the goalkeeper. This was the last goal of the evening for the Mavericks.

Both Alexa Rabune and freshman Mackenzie Rath played at the goalie position.

Rabune recorded no saves and Rath collected two balls in her time on the field.

This was the first game in eight games where Vetter didn’t score or record an assist for the girls, but she did have eight shots and two of them were on goal.

MSU is now at the top of the NSIC standings after Concordia-St. Paul lost to Augustana 3-2.

The team’s season finale will be against Concordia-St. Paul on Friday.

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point shortfall before calling their first timeout of the set, trailing 10-6.

After the break, the Mavericks came out with a 3-0 run, but the team’s confidence was cut short when they gave up four consecutive points. This led to them taking their last timeout whe they trailed the Peacocks 149. The Mavericks came within one point before dropping the final two in a 25-22 loss.

The Mavericks played as if the third set was all theirs, gaining a 5-1 lead. The remainder of the set went back and forth, but the Peacocks won the set 25-21.

Olson led the Mavericks with 17 kills and Garbe tallied eight kills. Quam brought in 21 digs for herself in the game.

Minnesota State recorded six blocks as a team.

The Mavericks will travel to St. Cloud on Friday to face the Huskies. Following that will be a game in Duluth to take on the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.

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