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Climbers reach new heights at Kato Krusher Volunteers lend a hand to staff in constructing new, challenging routes.

ELLYN GIBBS Staff Writer All weekend long, blaring music, whirring drills, and beeping lifts created an industrious hum of activity in Myers Field House. Rainbow piles of resin climbing holds covered the floor. Mystified passers-by found discarded fragments of colored tape stuck to their shoes after they walked through the building.

Chalk dust swirled through the air.

For most people, MNSU’s annual Kato Krusher climbing competition began Sunday morning, Nov. 13 with registration at 9 a.m. However, for the many staff members and climbing enthusiasts who volunteered, preparation for the Krusher began at 10 p.m. on Thursday night after open climbing hours.

Armed with wrenches and drills, they ascended the wall and worked their way down, unscrewing holds and ripping off colored tape used to label routes. After only an hour and a half, they had stripped the wall completely nude.

After the volunteers left, a few of the Adventure Education Program staff and the head-route setters stayed until nearly 2:30 a.m., so they could get a head start on creating new routes for the competition.

Climbing routes are graded with the Yosemite Decimal System, from 5.0, the easiest, to 5.15, the hardest. The MNSU wall sets routes in the 5.5-5.13 range, and for the competition, the staff needed to ensure they had a variety of grades for all participant abilities.

“I try to focus on the

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Graphic by Nicole Schmidt fine details to make sure everything is right, like the tape is the right length... and the naturals are clearly marked,” said head routesetter David Franke. He believes that attention to detail is one of the most important qualities for a head setter.

There are a lot of details that need attention during a climbing competition.

All routes must be labeled correctly and obviously.

All the holds need to be screwed tightly to the wall so they do not spin under a participant’s hand, causing them to lose their grip. Each move on each route must be analyzed to ensure it fits the route’s grade and keeps competition fair.

On Friday, the staff and volunteers began in the morning and worked until around 9 p.m. setting routes and forerunning. Saturday was the main forerunning

day, which started early and continued until about 8 p.m.

Forerunning is a test run of each route. The setters tried to ensure that at least three people climbed each route and left feedback so that they could gather different perspectives on it and make sure they had graded it properly. They tweaked several routes over and over until they reached perfection. The staff had the wall prepared for the

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next morning by around 8 p.m. Considering past competitions, escaping the wall this early is unusual.

“Now that we have the system down, we know what needs to be done and we can just do it,” said Franke.

Even though the staff was battling exhaustion on competition day, they were still enthused about the crowd who showed up to try their new routes. Kato Krusher participants came from the University of Minnesota, South Dakota State University, Lakeville, the Midwest Climbing Academy, the Mankato community, and MNSU’s own student body. “[The Krusher] is a lot of work, but watching people climb and get stoked about climbing makes it worth it,” said Franke, as he observed the intermediate division and lounged for possibly the first time all weekend.

Thanks to a lot of caffeine, Little Caesar’s pizza, and, most of all, a resilient enthusiasm for climbing, MNSU has another successful Kato Krusher for the books.

The MNSU climbing wall is located in Myers Field House and is open to the public Sunday through Thursday evenings from 6-10 p.m. Students can climb and rent equipment for free and a community member can purchase a day pass for $12, or save money by purchasing a one, four, eight, or 12 month pass. Official hours and pricing can be found on the MNSU Campus Recreation website: http://www.mnsu. edu/adventure/climbing/. If you’re a new climber, don’t be afraid to show up, learn the ropes, and begin training for next year’s Kato Krusher.

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RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer Dr. Ginger Zierdt introduced the project goals as actions that will dramatically improve students’ learning quality of experience and success in the first year, and to increase retention rates.

Out of the 450 other state colleges who have a membership with the American Association for State Colleges and Universities, Minnesota State University, Mankato has chosen to become a partner organization. Zierdt said that together, the entities will strive for the purpose in examining current policies, and so, giving future students a more satisfied learning environment.

“The more you plan and the more you start envisioning where you could be, there’s more for us to do,” Zierdt said. However, she clarified that this proposal was an application rather than a grant, and that the partnership will create an informational network.

Together they developed a process they intended to present as a question to students about their shared governments. Zierdt said she hoped students will unify and seek an answer as to what would distinguish their university campus from others, especially in first students feeling connected.

In small group or individual conversations, Zierdt has discovered that within six weeks of a student’s first year at the campus, that student decides whether they will stay.

So last year, AASCU developed a list of questions for any student who would like to submit their answers to it. The list is as follows: 1. What significant reform has your institution successfully undertaken in the past five years that would suggest that it has the capacity to successfully engage in a major institutional transformation project?

2. D e s c r i b e a successful collaboration with another institution or with a community partner that would demonstrate the capacity of your campus to benefit from in participating in a national project with

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other partners?

3. What are some specific work have you already undertaken in the first year to improve retention, learning outcomes, and student success?

4. What are specific areas of improvement, reform, and transformation in the first year on your campus that you would like to consider focusing on if you are a part of this project?

5. What commitments and resources will your campus make available in order to optimize the likelihood that your participation in the project will result in broad, substantive institutional change?

6. What do you think your campus can offer in expertise, experience, or other attributes to other participating campuses?

7. Why do you want to participate in this project?

Then Zierdt directed the MSSA’s attention to the color wheel in the packet she had handed to them at the beginning of her presentation. The seven strategies had been based off the abilities, wills, and desires and include questions such as: 1. First Year Seminar Redesign 2. Gateway Course Study 3. Exploratory Tracks and Advising Communities 4. Belonging and Growth Mindset 5. Student Success Data Work Group 6. U n i v e r s i t y Communications 7. Micro-Grants In her research and collecting answers, Zierdt discovered not every student attends the first-year seminar, as well as not all information is relevant and up-to-date.

Also, students have a high percentage of fail rate in some of the general classes.

Zierdt said she thought of the best way to figure out way is to find out what insight is lacking and provide more understanding as well as coordinating advising for students in determining their major.

“This project, while awesome, has a lot of work ahead and that’s why we need your help,” Ginger said.

Speaker Fred de Ruiter opened the table up for any

questions the senators would like to ask Zierdt.

“I want to say that the transition from high school to college is very important,” said Senator Aaron Claus. “It may be more difficult for they don’t understand that the work at the university may be difficult and there is a lot of responsibility.”

“I couldn’t agree with you more,” Zierdt said, adding that she had also discovered students who had transferred for their first year.

Next, Cindy Janney discussed room and board rates consultation in relation to their changes within the next year. Board charges consists of food expenses or anything else related to the dining hall. Usually Rayani said that the weighted average increase rates are anywhere from two to six percent, but for this year, it will be right at 4.1 percent. The Residence Hall Association is the biggest voice Janney pays attention to since it is made up of the students who live on campus, so if they want something done, they address their need to Janney who presents at the MSSA meetings. For instance,

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last year, water filters were added to the base cost at the expense of $6 extra for each student.

In other business matters, Dan McEssy, graduate student from Recognized Student Organizations (RSO) and Leadership, told about an upcoming leadership retreat sometime in January but he has not picked a specified date yet. He also said “Leadership U” relates to leadership skills such as communication and hosts workshops every Tuesday at 5 p.m. Last year the group met a success of a 75 percent increase since it had changed to a student-led board.

McKayla Murphy informed the MSSA of open forums on race that will happen on Dec. 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The purpose of the event is to provide the opportunity to network with area businesses in Greater Mankato and other community leaders. If any students express interest in attending, they can contact President Rayani or Vice President Ruiz so the event will be free of charge to them when it is typically $40.

During open forum, Senator Kayla Cremers

presented Students of Today, Leaders for Tomorrow, a spring break that involves traveling through several states and conduct community service and volunteering. At the end of the time spent, Cremers said students rack up 30 hours of community service.

“You learn valuable leadership skills and you build strong friendships,” Cremers added, and invited anyone who wanted to come along to contact her for more details.

As part of his report, Rayani also said that the MSSA is recruiting focus groups for climate study, which involves gaging the current status of diversity, including how it is on-campus. For anyone who might like to participate, he said to contact either him or Ruiz through email.

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Duane Hollow Horn Bear shares life experiences, insights “Forgiveness is a powerful, powerful moment in your life.”

RACHAEL JAEGER Staff Writer Duane Hollow Horn Bear stressed to the student body and others present at his speech last Thursday night of the importance of “such pride to know who you are and where you come from.”

Through his life, Bear spoke honestly about his struggle wrestling with the obstacles that invaded his path, and how he has come to the place where he believes in equal importance to feel connection to a belief, whatever it is.

Bear appeared at peace when he spoke of his own ancestral belief in a connection between people and a creator. He also emphasized that, through prayer, “you can make things happen.” Bear said that his people believed that creation starts in the sacredness of water from the womb when the water breaks.

“When that water touches

me their insights on life and shared their wisdom with me to pass on,” Bear said.

Bear noted that from 1980 to 1987, he had to learn patience, acceptance, and virtue, but in 1989, he began what he called his “spiritual sun dance.”

Historically, the Lakota were nomadic and followed the buffalo. Because of that, a deep desire resonated in Bear to know what comes after the hill. That’s the reason why Bear’s grandfather gave him his Lakota name since it meant to “go after something bigger.” Bear added that’s what every human should strive for, not just a Native American.

When Bear talked about the Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency, you could feel more of his pain being stripped away with the emotion that welled up in his eyes.

Bear thinks Eisenhower lifting the appeal of the alcohol prohibition is one of

“A medicine man he befriended taught him to thank creation and made him aware that he was a spirit on a humanistic journey.” this earth, and your afterbirth is ceremonially taken care of in a proper way, you have a deep connection with my culture, the Earth Mother,” Bear explained.

Heritage is important to Bear since his people were born near a little creek that ran through the Black Hills, Crazy Horse’s birthplace. Bear said that, despite the many stories told as to the reasons why Crazy Horse fought to keep the Black Hills, what mattered most is the spiritual element of the water that had connected him to his land.

But what drove the intensity of the fighting is when the new Western civilization of the white man mandated that the Lakota people start birthing at hospitals.

After that happened, Bear said, “People feel a loss of connection to earth and feeling to pursue their own journey.” Bear said he himself was born on the western edge of the reservation in Rosebud, South Dakota.

“I always felt fortunate that my elders were willing to share with me, to give

the worst things he could have done. Bear witnessed the effect the excess drinking had on his family especially in those he looked up to, such as his parents and his uncle. Because of the domestic violence situation that occurred, Bear lived under the guardianship of his grandparents who taught him his native culture.

Then when Bear attended a Catholic boarding school, his grandfather ordered him to endure the suffering he took for speaking the Lakota language rather than the required English. During his time at school there, he was told he needed to decide what he wanted to do for his life and Bear decided he wanted to attend a university.

However, while waiting for his acceptance letter, he was told he needed to enlist or be inducted into the Vietnam War. At that time, his native people were having an uprising but somehow he was convinced to join the army instead.

While in service, Bear said he realized what the war

had done to him and that he needed to find his way back. A medicine man he befriended him taught him to thank creation and made him aware that he was a spirit on a humanistic journey.

“This is what I sacrifice,” Bear said. With that, he added how since he was a little boy, he had blamed his memories, bullying, and Vietnam for his problems.

Through friendship with the medicine man, Bear said he learned to forgive others, including himself. While Bear stood on a hill at one point in his life, he forgave and prayed to Father, the Creator.

“Forgiveness is a powerful, powerful moment of your life, when you find yourself in a state of being very humble,” Bear said. “I am someone… I am going to live.”

Toward the conclusion of his talk, Bear reminded his audience of the unshakable relationship between the creator and us as humans.

The Lakota people, he said, knew what ceremony they must perform based on the star constellations at certain times of the year.

“All empires fall,” Bear stated.

Along with encouraging his audience as a collective society, Bear encouraged that people pick up morals and values and bring those with them into the future.

mnsu.edu He also voiced concern but at the same time a hope for the young people. He said that most of his challenges had come from working with young people and helping them understand classes and that, overall, they lack a spirituality.

“What is lacking is a focus on spiritual needs rather than instant gratification,” he said.

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NICOLE SCHMIDT News Editor After the 2016 presidential election, America seems to be stuck in a battle of emotions.

Harsh rhetoric, ads, and more have all contributed to this ember that has grown into an inferno.

Such strong emotions on either side have prompted action after the results of the election were announced.

Protesters have taken to the streets in numerous major cities, including Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and more.

This concept of protesting a democratic election is a very interesting paradox in my mind.

In one instance, you have people exercising their first amendment rights of petitioning the government.

In simpler words, protesting is a form of petitioning the government. Petitioning the government is a very special amendment in the Bill of Rights, and is talked about with the same reverence of rights such as freedom of religion and speech.

Yet on the other hand of

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press this tricky spectrum, America greatly reveres a peaceful transition of power. This is the concept that, after the campaign is done and the votes are accounted for, the losing side and current party in power will willing and peacefully give up the positions and let the winning side take over.

You must understand, this is actually a very special thing.

For those of us that have lived in America most of our lives, we have never known anything but a peaceful transition of power. Consider for a moment the number of countries that have had wars in the last 50 years over a different party trying to take control.

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All of this stems from our democratic process.

So today, Americans are living in a strange paradox. On one side, we have displeased Americans who voted and did not like the result using their first amendment rights to reject that outcome, yet on the other hand we live in a country that inherently agrees to a peaceful transition of power.

This conflict of ideals has resulted in many different opinions on the protests that have been happening.

While I am not one to tell anyone what to think or feel, there may be a compromising solution at hand.

If I were to offer any solutions to the protesters

who see no foreseeable end to their divergence, I would first say that they have every right to protest as stated. However, I would then encourage them to channel their energies into tangible progress toward their cause. While holding a sign and chanting may satisfy your emotional side of the loss, more practical measures such as reaching out to local government will lead to more effective progress.

By doing this, protesters will not only be using their first amendment rights, but also respecting the system that we put our faith in for nearly 240 years.

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Trump on Twitter: Restrained or an unvarnished White House?

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is promising restraint on Twitter but showing few signs of letting up on the tweetstorms that served as a pillar of his winning White House campaign, an approach to social media that could take presidential discourse into unchartered territory.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Fireside Chats,” it’s not likely to be.

Trump said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” taped Friday and aired Sunday that he would be “very restrained” but credited social media sites like Twitter for helping him triumph over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

“I think it helped me win all of these races where they’re spending much more money than I spent. You know, I spent my money. A lot of my money. And I won,” Trump said. “I think that social media has more power than the money they spent, and I think maybe to a certain extent, I proved that.”

But then he spent the weekend making several celebratory tweets about his

of “professional protesters, incited by the media.”

The following morning, he appeared to back track, tweeting, “Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!”

Trump has also sparred with The New York Times on Twitter, criticizing the newspaper’s coverage and falsely claiming it had lost subscribers and had sent an apologetic letter to readers.

In fact, Executive Editor Dean Baquet thanked subscribers for their loyalty and vowed that the paper would “hold power to account, impartially and unflinchingly.”

Unvar nis he d and unfiltered, Trump utilized Twitter and social media throughout his presidential campaign, rallying support, settling scores with political and media adversaries and retweeting incendiary statements, including those from white supremacists.

That could mean Trump will take presidential Twitter in directions that the first social media president, President Barack Obama,

“Trump said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” taped Friday and aired Sunday that he would be ‘very restrained’ but credited social media sites like Twitter for helping him triumph over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.” win, criticizing the New York Times and advertising the “60 Minutes” interview.

Trump’s use of Twitter at all hours raises questions of whether he can still carry on that way once he’s president.

One of Clinton’s repeated arguments against Trump was that he was a “man who you could bait with a tweet.”

GOP strategists, however, say Trump is unlikely to abandon the medium.

“To take away Twitter from Donald Trump is to strip away part of who he is,” said Hogan Gidley, a former adviser to Republican Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaigns. “His supporters, half of America, like who he is, voted for who he is and you don’t want to hamstring the person.”

Since his unlikely victory, Trump has taken to Twitter to celebrate his win, note his congratulatory calls and touch off fresh fights.

Two days after Trump was elected, he was critical

never did.

“I would expect him to be a lot more engaged, especially at times when they think they need to change the narrative,” said Bret Jacobson, a Republican digital strategist who was unaligned during the campaign.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor of political communication at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, said Trump’s White House will need to decide whether to specify which tweets are coming from the president himself or his staff. She noted that an individual tweet from Trump could affect world events and be taken by foreign leaders as an indicator of U.S. policy.

“The Trump campaign did not make those distinctions so you did not know which tweets were coming from him,” she said.

The presidential handle

Protesters hold up signs and chant “Love Trumps Hate” during an anti-Trump protest on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, in Eau Claire, Wis. President-elect Donald Trump fired back on social media after demonstrators in both red and blue states hit the streets for another round of protests, showing outrage over the Republican’s unexpected win. (Marisa Wojcik/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP) will be made available to Trump once he’s inaugurated in January. Trump’s transition team has not yet said whether he will use both his personal Twitter account and the presidential one.

The White House said in October that the @POTUS account would maintain its more than 11 million followers but start the next administration without any tweets on the timeline. The National Archives has created a new account — @POTUS44

— which will contain all of Obama’s presidential tweets and serve as an archives of his Twitter activity.

Trump’s advisers have also not yet indicated whether they will maintain the current ground rules for the @POTUS account. The Obama White House has automatically archived tweets from official White House accounts, direct messages sent to or from official White House accounts and mentions — tweets from other users to official White

House accounts.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told reporters at Trump Tower on Monday that she hadn’t discussed with Trump whether he would use the @ POTUS handle, saying only of his Twitter use: “I’ll leave that to him.”

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Army Corps wants more study on Dakota Access oil pipeline BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday said it has finished a review of the disputed Dakota Access pipeline but wants more study and tribal input before deciding whether to allow it to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.

The announcement, which came amid speculation that federal officials were on the brink of green-lighting the crossing, spells further delay for the project. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the company developing the pipeline, said earlier Monday that it expected to be moving oil through the pipeline by early next year if it got permission.

The corps in July granted ETP the permits needed for the project, but in September said more analysis was warranted in the wake of American Indian concerns.

The Standing Rock Sioux, whose reservation will be skirted by the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline, says it threatens its drinking water and cultural sites.

ETP disputes that and said last week it is preparing to bore under the river.

Army Assistant Secretary Jo-Ellen Darcy said in a letter to company officials and tribal Chairman Dave Archambault that “additional discussion with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and analysis are warranted.”

That discussion is to include potential conditions on an easement for the pipeline crossing that would reduce the risk of a spill.

Darcy said the Army

In this Oct. 27, 2016 file photo, Dakota Access Pipeline protesters sit in a prayer circle at the Front Line Camp as a line of law enforcement officers make their way across the camp to remove the protesters and relocate to the overflow camp a few miles to the south on Highway 1806 in Morton County, N.D. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File) will work with the tribe on a timeline “that allows for robust discussion and analysis to be completed expeditiously.”

Army spokeswoman Moira Kelley would not elaborate to The Associated Press on whether a decision would be done by the time President Barack Obama leaves office. Donald Trump, a pipeline supporter, is set to take office in January.

Archambault and ETP spokeswoman Vicki Granado did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The 1,200-mile pipeline is to carry North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois.

The company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline said before the Army announcement Monday that it expects to

finish construction by Dec. 1, except for the small disputed section in North Dakota, and could begin moving crude early next year if the government gives final approval.

In an email to The Associated Press, ETP said it would finish the pipeline within 120 days of getting approval for the easement beneath Lake Oahe, the Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota.

Also Monday, officials locked down the North Dakota Capitol after pipeline opponents gathered there, one day before groups planned more than 200

protests at Army Corps of Engineers offices and other sites across the country.

Nearly 470 protesters have been arrested since August supporting the Standing Rock Sioux.

ETP said it has suffered losses “in the millions” to vandalized equipment along the pipeline route in North Dakota. The company said it was taking steps to protect the pipeline from vandalism, but declined to disclose details.

The rallies set for Tuesday at such places as state Army Corps offices, federal buildings and offices of banks that have helped finance the

project are seeking to draw Obama’s attention.

The groups, including the Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth and Greenpeace USA, want Obama to permanently halt the construction of the pipeline, the focus of confrontations between police and protesters in North Dakota for months.

A United Nations group that represents indigenous people around the world said the U.S. government appears to be ignoring the treaty rights and human rights of American Indians opposing the pipeline.

The Nov. 4 statement from the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues called on the government to “protect the traditional lands and sacred sites of the Standing Rock Sioux and uphold their human rights commitments.”

Forum member Edward John in late October visited a camp in North Dakota that’s drawn hundreds of protesters from around the globe. He said he found a “war zone” atmosphere and that “I felt as though I was in an armed conflict zone on foreign soil.”

Justice Depar tment spokesman Wyn Horbuckle said the agency has been in communication with law officers, tribal officials and protesters “to facilitate communication, defuse tensions, support peaceful protests, and maintain public safety.”

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MNSU soccer sees their season end abruptly After three overtimes, Fort Hays State defeated the Mavericks in a shootout.

COREY YUMAN Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks soccer team competed in the second round of the NCAA Central Regional Tournament this past weekend and saw their season end in dramatic fashion. After a game that saw three overtime periods, there still was not a winner. The game then went into a shootout where the Mavericks fell and ended their incredible season.

On Sunday, the Minnesota State Mavericks hosted the Fort Hays State at The Pitch. FHS had just come off

of a dominating 3-1 win over Harding on Friday and were ready to roll against a Mavericks team that had gained a lot of momentum since the start of the season.

Both teams brought their best defensive play with them as the entire first half came without a score from either team. A burst of offensive explosiveness was unloaded in the second half, as the Mavericks were the first team to unload.

Senior Dana Savino gave Minnesota State their first score of the game off an assist from fellow senior Kiana Nickel. However, the lead was short lived as just over a minute later Fort Hays State fired back with an unassisted goal by Regan Lawler. Five minutes later, Tigers’ Silvana Romero drilled one in off an assist from Dani Harris to give

them a 2-1 lead.

Some familiar faces made a return though, and just about 78 minutes into the game Savino scored her second goal off assists from senior Maddy Smith and Nickel. The rest of the second half turned back into a defensive fight, as neither team managed to get the go-ahead score to tie things up at 2-2.

“Dana’s a rock; she has been all the way through these past four years. That entire group of three seniors is very special. That’s the first group I’ve been with for four years at MSU,” head coach Brian Bahl told Minnesota State Athletics.

The game went through a whopping three overtime

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Photo by Ojawsi Singh Sophomore Morgan Cottew (9) and senior Kiana Nickel (21) combined for 16 assists, 23 goals and 62 total points for the Mavericks in 2016. Nickel leaves the program holding the alltime assists record (33) as a Maverick.

Mavericks defeat Peacocks, 33-23 Minnesota State ends their 2016 season with an 8-3 record.

JAMES ANDERSEN Staff Writer The Minnesota State Mavericks football team finished up their 2016 campaign with a win over the Upper Iowa Peacocks 33-23 at Blakeslee Stadium last Saturday afternoon. This victory brought their record to 8-3 (5-2 NSIC South) overall. They finished tied for third in the conference with three other teams.

MNSU, Winona State, Bemidji State, and Augustana all finished with an 8-3 overall record while also going 5-2 in their respective division.

The Peacocks outgained the Mavericks in total offensive yards with 435 compared to 393. MNSU had 329 passing yards in the game and 64 rushing yards to go along with it. Upper Iowa had 317 yards through the air and ran the ball a little bit better with 118 rushing yards.

Senior quarterback Nicholas Pieruccini was the player of the game, as he led the game with 318 passing yards and four touchdowns on 27 completions. He also added

Photo by David Bassey The 2016 Mavericks football season is the first year since 2010 they will not be making a playoffs appearance. Their three losses is the most since the 2011 season, as they only lost five games from the 2012-2015 seasons.

20 rushing yards in the game.

Senior running back Virgil Hammond led the Mavs with 31 rushing yards and a touchdown.

Pieruccini shared the wealth with his receivers.

Eight players recorded at

least two catches for the Mavericks. Freshman Justin Arnold led the way with six catches for 82 yards. Other notable performances were senior Connor McKeen and junior Ty Dennis as they each had four catches and a touch-

down a piece.

Senior linebacker Ruben Ibarra led the team in tackles with nine. Junior Zachary Dodge has progressed into a force on the defense later on this season as he had another multiple sack game. The

two he notched against Upper Iowa put him at 8.5 total sacks in the season.

The first possession for the Mavericks was a success as it was finished off with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Pieruccini to McKeen. Following the missed extra point, the Mavericks obtained an early 6-0 lead. The Peacocks answered right back on the next possession. They capped off an 11 play, 73-yard drive with a six-yard run from senior quarterback Dmitri Morales. That touchdown and made extra point gave Upper Iowa the 7-6 lead with 8:54 left in the first quarter.

The next score came from the Mavericks late in the second quarter. They were able to finish a seven play, 80-yard drive in 52 seconds. Pieruccini found Dennis from six yards out, giving the Mavericks a 13-7 lead with 12 seconds left in the half.

Early in the third quarter, the Mavericks scored again.

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“‘There was 17 seconds left on the clock and we didn’t want to punt, so then I just ran around until time expired and took a safety,’ Pieruccini said.”

Photo by David Bassey Senior quarterback Nick Pieruccini leaves the program scoring 69 touchdowns (22 rushing, 47 passing) and 6,413 total yards in 38 games.

This time, Pieruccini found senior wide out Taylor Johnson from four yards away.

That touchdown gave the Mavericks a 20-7 lead with eleven minutes left in the third quarter. On the next possession, Upper Iowa cut the deficit down. Sophomore running back Derrick Portis scored from the one-yard line, narrowing the Mavericks lead 20-14.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the Mavericks were able to capitalize on an interception. Hammond found the end zone from seven-yards out. Following another missed extra point, the lead was extended to 26-14.

The Peacocks scored on the next possession. After an eight play, 66-yard drive, Morales threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Portis, cutting

the lead down 26-21 with ten minutes left in the game.

The Mavericks then went on a long, 10-play 65-yard drive that took five minutes off the clock. Pieruccini threw a touchdown pass to junior Erik Fuller from nine-yards away making the score 33-21.

Upper Iowa did not do themselves any favors on the next possession. Morales threw an interception on the first play of the drive, giving the Mavericks the ball back with five minutes left in the game.

Following a three-and-out, the Peacocks had their last chance, but failed to convert on fourth down with 1:47 left in the game.

MNSU was able to finish out the game with possession of the ball, however, it ended a little differently than usual. The Mavericks surrendered a safety on the last play of the game. Pieruccini explained why they chose to do that.

“There was 17 seconds left on the clock and we didn’t want to punt, so then I just ran around until time expired and took a safety,” Pieruccini said.

This game marks the end of the 2016 season. The Mavericks will now spend the next several months working towards the 2017 season.

SOCCER continued from 7 periods. In the entirety of all three, the Mavericks only made five shots while holding Fort Hays State to one.

With the three overtime periods resulting in no scores, the game had to be decided by a shootout. The Mavericks didn’t have enough firepower left in them and Fort Hays won the shootout 4-2 to allow them to advance in the tournament.

“I’m just so proud of them. I think that game epitomized what we’ve been through this whole year. A couple of big injuries in this game and having to fight and claw,” Bahl told Minnesota State Athletics.

Minnesota State’s freshman goalkeeper Ryann Rydeen started the game and made three saves, while red-shirted freshman goalkeeper Alexa Rabune took the loss with two saves. Fort Hays State outshot Minnesota State 7-6.

With that, the Minnesota State soccer season is now behind them. The team finished with an overall record of 16-3-3 while going 12-2-1

in the NSIC. The Mavericks committee of goalkeepers in Rabune, Rydeen, and red-shirted sophomore Taylor Livermore held it down for the squad and boasted an amazing 15 shutouts on the year. Rydeen and Rabune had six each while Livermore had four.

Leading the way in scoring for the 2016 campaign was the duo of sophomore Morgan Cottew and Nickel.

Cottew led the team with 36 points off of 15 goals and six assists. Nickel posted 26 points off of eight goals and 10 assists. Nickel is now the all-time assists leader in MNSU’s history. Both women will be missed in future seasons.

The future is in good hands though, as freshman Alesha Duccini ended the year as the third top scorer on the team. Duccini ended with 22 points off of eight goals and six assists. Duccini could end up being a pivotal member of the team in future years so keep an eye on her.

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Mavericks tie, lose games against Bemidji State Minnesota State now 7-4-1 heading into the Minnesota series.

start to finish, I didn’t feel like we were chasing as much as we were last night. I’ll take [C.J.] Franklin alone with the puck in front of the net, but the effort was there and that’s all we ask as a coaching staff.”

Though the effort was there for the Mavericks, it wasn’t quite enough to come out of Saturday with a win.

Next on the schedule is the the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers in a split two-game series. The Mavericks will host on Friday night, and the Gophers hosting Saturday night in Minneapolis.

In their past 10 meetings, the Mavericks are 5-5-0.

COLT JOHNSON Staff Writer The weekend series against the Bemidji State Beavers didn’t go quite as planned for the Mavericks after not achieving a victory against the current leaders of the WCHA. In the two-game weekend series, the Beavers and Mavericks played close contests that involved a total of five goals scored. In a race to see who will finish at the top of the standings, every game is as important as the last and Minnesota State might have just let a big opportunity slip through their fingers in Friday and Saturday night’s game.

Though it was not a win, the Mavericks were able to come out of the Verizon Wireless Center on Friday with a tie. Minnesota State did put

Photo by David Bassey Senior Mavericks captain C.J, Franklin moves the puck up the ice during Friday’s matchup against the Bemidji State Beavers. of his career in only his fourth career game, according to Minnesota State’s athletic page.

The Mavericks would have a 1-0 advantage for the next two periods, but they failed to

Photo by David Bassey Junior forward Brad McClure has a team-leading five goals this season for the Mavericks. He also has three assists and eight goals. the first score on the board with an early goal during the first period by freshman forward Charlie Gerard that was assisted by senior forward Zach Stepan and freshman forward Josh French. The goal by Gerard was the first

add on to their early success.

It was not until the third period that the second and last goal of the game would be scored by the Beavers. With a little more then 10 minutes remaining in the game, the Beavers scored their first tal-

ly of the night, tying up the game on a goal by Bemidji State’s Dan Bilett. Neither team could add a goal in regulation, as the Mavericks and Beavers went into overtime.

During the extra period, neither team could find the back of the net and the clock ran out with a tie. Head coach of the Mavericks, Mike Hastings, commented after the game on the 1-1 finish.

“I liked the effort and the attitude. I thought we played very good in the first period, but then we didn’t really back it up until we got to overtime,” Hastings said.

In the second game, Bemidji State jumped off to the early start scoring an even-strength goal just 2:22 into the game. The goal was scored by Beavers’ forward Mike Soucier and assisted

by Jordan Heller and Tommy Muck. The Mavericks were able to answer Bemidji State’s goal with a goal of their own by freshman forward Marc Michaelis on a power play mid-way through the first period. Assisting on the goal was freshman defenseman Ian Sheid and freshman forward Parker Tuomie.

Much like the first game, neither team was able to score after the other had tied it up. The Mavericks were able to have ample amount of opportunities to score, but Bemidji State’s goaltender Michael Bitzer was on his game, saving 32 of 33 shots taken by Minnesota State. In overtime, the Beavers were able to close out the game with a goal by Nate Arentz.

After the game, Hastings had a few things to say during his post game interview.

“I don’t care if Ben Bishop is in net- for us to get one on Friday and one on Saturday we need to be better then that,” Hastings said. “From

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Movie review: Suckers for kid’s movies will love Trolls DreamWorks brings the popular dolls to life in new animated film.

DAVID PARPART Staff Writer Warning: This review may contain mild spoilers.

From DreamWorks Animation, the creators of Shrek, comes a feel-good movie for all viewers as you find your happy place and show your true colors.

Enter a colorful and wondrous world populated by the overly optimistic trolls, who constantly sing, dance, scrapbook, and have hug time at the beginning of every hour, and the pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they eat trolls on one special day every year.

The film begins with a scrapbook opening its pages while a narrator tells the audience what led to the trolls being hunted and eaten by the Bergens. We then find ourselves in BergenTown as the citizens gather to celebrate the feasting of the trolls. The head chef gives the baby prince his first taste of a troll, but sadly the trolls ran away from their home. The chef was then banished from the town and vowed to return

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press with all the trolls to feed the town and make everyone happy again.

The story continues twenty years later, in Troll Village, as Princess Poppy of the trolls puts together a huge celebration for the twenty years of not being found and eaten by the Bergens. Throughout the musical numbers, we get to meet Poppy’s friends as well as Branch, the only troll

who doesn’t have color and is consistent on being negative and overly-cautious toward Poppy’s ideas. Chef Bergen later crashes the celebration as she finds the trolls and kidnaps Poppy’s friends. Poppy and Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends.

Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to

get the job done.

The movie was definitely worth seeing, even if you’re not into kid’s movies. I didn’t have as high of expectations when the trailers were first released, but it exceeded my expectations. The story has a real moral to it without being overpowering or boring for the viewers, as it shows that it is okay to show your true colors. The cast list was very

well-rounded and captured each character’s personality.

The cast included: Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, Into the Woods) who played Poppy, Justin Timberlake (The Love Guru, Friends With Benefits) as Branch, Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) playing Bridget, Christopher MintzPlasse (Superbad) as King Gristle, Christine Baranski (Mamma Mia, Into the Woods) as Chef Bergen, Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) playing Creek, James Corden (Into the Woods) as Biggie, John Cleese (Pink Panther 2) playing King Gristle Sr., Kunal Nayyar (Big Bang Theory) as Guy Diamond, and Gwen Stefani as DJ Suki.

Since I am a sucker for kid’s movies, I went to see Trolls this weekend with my little siblings and we all enjoyed it. The movie is creative, original, and wholly refreshing and is a colorful delight to

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Gravelly-voiced singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82 Canadian singer-songwriter wrote and performed classic song “Hallelujah.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like “Hallelujah,” ‘’Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82, his son said.

“My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles,” Adam Cohen said in a statement Thursday.

“He was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humor.”

Cohen, also renowned as a poet, novelist and aspiring Zen monk, blended folk music with a darker, sexual edge that won him fans around the world and among fellow musicians like Bob Dylan and R.E.M. He remained wildly popular into his 80s, when his deep voice plunged to se-

riously gravelly depths. He toured as recently as earlier this year and released a new album, “You Want it Darker,” just last month. Adam Cohen said his father died with the knowledge that he’d made one of his greatest records.

Cohen’s “Hallelujah” went from cult hit to modern standard, now an unending staple on movies, TV shows, YouTube videos, reality shows and high school choir concerts.

Cohen, who once said he got into music because he couldn’t make a living as a poet, rose to prominence during the folk music revival of the 1960s. During those years, he traveled the folk circuit with younger artists like Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and others.

His contemporary Kris Kristofferson once said that

he wanted the opening lines to Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire,” on his tombstone.

They would be a perfect epitaph for Cohen himself: “Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free.”

“Hamilton” star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda quoted those lines on Twitter Thursday night as one of many paying tribute to Cohen.

Mourners gathered and created a candle-lit shrine outside a home in Montreal, the city where Cohen was born.

Cohen never seemed quite as comfortable on stage as he did writing and recording, chalking it up to being a late starter among his folk cohort.

“I was at least 10 years older than the rest of them,” he

told Magazine, a supplement to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, in 2001.

Judy Collins, who had a hit with Cohen’s song “Suzanne,” once recalled he was so shy that he quit halfway through his first public performance of it and she had to coax him back onstage.

Like Dylan, his voice lacked polish but rang with emotion.

In 2016, Dylan told The New Yorker that Cohen’s best work was “deep and truthful, “multidimensional” and “surprisingly melodic.”

“When people talk about Leonard, they fail to mention his melodies, which to me, along with his lyrics, are his greatest genius,” Dylan said. “Even the counterpoint lines — they give a celestial character and melodic lift to every one of his songs. As far as I know, no one else comes

close to this in modern music.”

It was Dylan who first recognized the potential of 1984’s “Hallelujah, performing it twice in concert during the mid-1980s, once in Cohen’s native Canada.

It had gone unnoticed when it came out on an independent-label album that had been rejected by Cohen’s label. He had filled a notebook with some 80 verses before recording the song, which he said despite its religious references to David, Bathseba and Samson was an attempt to give a nonreligious context to hallelujah, an expression of praise.

Cohen recorded four verses, but he sent several more to John Cale, a founding Velvet Underground member who recorded “Hallelujah” for a 1991 tribute album.

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Heavy security as Sting reopens Bataclan after Paris attacks Barricades and extensive body searches precede British rock legend’s show.

PARIS (AP) — French security turned out in force Saturday night as British pop legend Sting reopened the Bataclan concert hall one year after suicidal jihadis turned the famed Paris venue into a bloodbath.

Hundreds of yards of barricades, extensive body searches and scores of armed police greeted those lucky enough to get a ticket. The Bataclan said all 1,000 Sting tickets sold out quickly and other tickets were given to the families of the 90 revelers slain a year ago by extremists with automatic weapons and explosive belts.

Sting , in a T-shirt with a guitar slung over his shoulder, asked concert-goers in fluent French to observe a minute of silence as he opened the show.

“We’ve got two important things to do tonight,” the singer said. “First, to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago ... and to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue. ... We shall not forget them.”

He then strummed out a string of hits, including “Fragile” and “Message in a Bottle.”

Elodie Suigo, who lost six friends in the attack, said that it was a hard night, even though she loved the music.

“It was difficult going through that door. I don’t think I was the only one... We cannot say it was a magical moment because of everything that changed in our lives. But (Sting) is a really great man,” she said.

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Some survivors on Saturday stayed outside the Bataclan in quiet vigil, while others inside stood silently sipping a drink, waiting for the concert to start. The smell of fresh paint from the reconstruction hung over the crowd.

Aurelien Perrin, 25, survived the Bataclan massacre but his friend Nicolas Berthier did not.

“I came alone tonight. It’s very emotional, as I keep getting flashbacks of that night.

I was standing just there, just the other side of the bar when it happened. Tonight is the first time I’ve been back

here since,” he said.

Perrin added that he had not been to any bar or even the cinema since that fateful night.

“I’m here because it’s important to finally finish a concert that was never allowed to end. It’s for the memory of my friend and for all the 90 people who died,” he said.

Another survivor, Mariesha Jack Payne, waited across the road from the Bataclan in The Barometer bar, where she was rushed to after the attack. She traveled from Scotland for the commemorations in Paris this weekend.

“Even if I’m not inside, it’s symbolic for me to be here nearby. The important day

is tomorrow. I come back to this bar every time I’m in Paris now,” she said.

Sting , 65, is no stranger to the Bataclan, playing there decades ago in 1979 as the lead singer of The Police. The singer’s new album “57th & 9th” was released Friday.

Sting says proceeds from the concert would go to two charities helping survivors.

More than 1,700 people have been officially recognized as victims of the horror that unfolded at the Bataclan, Paris cafes and France’s national stadium.

Juliette Meadel, the French minister for victims’ aid and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo were among those at the concert.

Even some of the VIPs were caught up in the wild energy that swept through the crowd.

France’s Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay wasn’t in the official seating area, but was seen standing next to the bar, jumping up and down as Sting performed his hit song “Roxanne,” inspired by the prostitutes he encountered outside a hotel where the band stayed in Paris’ redlight district in 1977.

Some who were invited decided against attending the emotionally charged event.

“I don’t want to put a foot in the Bataclan. Even if Sting is a legend. I’m staying with my family tonight,” said Jean Marie de Peretti, father of Aurelie de Peretti who died in the concert hall massacre.

The concert hall — which has been refurbished to its original state — will remain closed on Sunday’s actual anniversary of the attacks, when President Francois Hollande and Hidalgo, the Paris mayor, will unveil plaques in memory of victims at the half-dozen sites where revelers died.

In addition to those killed, nine people remain hospitalized from the attacks and others are paralyzed or otherwise irreparably injured.

The government says more than 600 people are still receiving psychological treatment related to the attacks.

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Rocker Leon Russell dies in Nashville Musician produced for Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Leon Russell, who performed, sang and produced some of rock ‘n’ roll’s top records, has died. He was 74.

Russell’s wife, Jan Bridges, said in a statement that her husband died in his sleep Sunday at their Nashville home. She said Russell had heart bypass surgery in July and had been planning on resuming touring in January.

His final performance was July 10 in Nashville.

Besides his music, Russell was known for his striking appearance: wispy white hair halfway down his back and that covered much of his face.

Russell recorded hit songs like “Tight Rope” and “Lady Blue” and participated in “The Concert for Bangladesh.” John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison played on his first album, “Leon Russell.”

Later, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Willie Nelson were among those to cover Russell’s ballad “A Song for You” that he wrote for the album.

“A true patriarch has been lost,” said Beau Charron, Russell’s guitar and pedal

steel player, said in a statement. “Leon Russell fathered many musicians and fans thru life and love with his music.

On his own terms. My years with him have shaped me in profound ways, and I am heartbroken to lose my mentor and friend.”

Tributes poured in from entertainers who appreciated Russell’s gospel-infused southern boogie piano rock, blues and country music.

On Twitter, Cat Stevens wrote that Russell was “a great influence and songwriter.” Charlie Daniels said Russell “left a lot of great music behind.” And Richard Marx tweeted: “What an extraordinary messenger of beauty he was.”

Russell played keyboard for the Los Angeles studio team known as the Wrecking Crew, helping producer Phil Spector develop his game-changing wall of sound approach in the 1960s.

He wrote Joe Cocker’s “Delta Lady” and in 1969 put together Cocker’s “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” tour, which spawned a documentary film and a hit double album.

As a musician, primarily a pianist, he played on The Beach Boys’ “California Girls” and landmark “Pet Sounds” album, Jan and Dean’s “Surf City,” the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” and the Byrds’ “Mr. Tambourine Man.” He also played guitar and bass.

Russell produced and played on recording sessions for Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Ike and Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones and many others. He arranged the Turners’ “River Deep, Mountain High.”

His concerts often ended with a rousing version of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” In 1973, Billboard Magazine listed Russell as the top concert attraction in the world. About this time, he was the headline act on billings that included Elton John and at other times Willie Nelson.

In a 1992 interview with The Associated Press, Russell said music doesn’t really change much.

“It’s cyclical, like fashion.

You keep your old clothes and they’ll be in style again sooner or later.

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