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Intl. students pursue MNSU despite COVID

By JENNA PETERSON News Director

Minnesota State University, Mankato strives to improve its percentage of international students every year, and the past two have been no different.

Despite the pandemic, students were eager to begin, or continue on, their education at MNSU and wouldn’t let anything get in their way.

After taking a two-year gap, freshman Muhammad Huzaifa said he was ready to get back to school to continue his education.

“I was searching universities online and I found MNSU. I did not plan on applying for it, I just applied that day,” Huzaifa explained, saying he also heard great things about MNSU’s academics.

Originally, Huzaifa planned on attending school in Canada, but with the complications of COVID-19 he changed plans.

“The flights were closed so I had to rethink my plans. I applied to universities in the states, and then I decided to come to MNSU.” First year graduate student Jai Dosajh relied on extensive research as well before coming to Mankato.

“I was searching universities on the Internet and I was asking people who have been living in the states for some time. After consulting them I got to know about MNSU,” he stated.

Other things Dosajh had to factor into his research were tuition and quality of education. He said MNSU checked both boxes. He was also impressed by the measures taken at MNSU to battle COVID-19.

“I read about it in the newspaper and on the Internet that the situation regarding COVID actually kind of controlled in Minnesota, especially in Mankato. The school was taking all of the precautions and taking measures so that things don’t get bad again. I thought ‘Yeah, I can go there,’” Dosajh explained.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Special election hopes to fill empty senate seats

By MAX MAYLEBEN Editor in Chief

The Minnesota State University, Mankato Student Government will hold a special election today to fill its 20 vacant seats.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of student engagement on campus, many of the senate seats that were open during the spring election were left unfilled.

The Student Government’s main function on campus is

to provide a voice for students at MNSU via representatives that are elected by the student population.

Current President Reauna Stiff and Vice President Kara Svercl were elected last semester on a platform of advocat-

ing for students’ basic needs, as well as providing support for off-campus students.

“I am very excited,” said Stiff, excited to have the empty seats filled. “It’s going to be very nice for me and Kara ELECTIONS on page 2 u

LOUD AND PROUD

Community members from around Mankato and MNSU, along with several different organizations walked down Riverfront Drive Saturday to celebrate Pride. The parade ended with festivities and other activities that took place at Riverfront Park.

Photos by FABIO CASTEL GARCIA and HANNA MUN • The Reporter

Mankato community comes out to celebrate Pride

By SYDNEY BERGGREN Staff Writer

This past Saturday, Minnesota State University, Mankato, along with many from south central Minnesota, showed up and out for Mankato pride.

“Pride to me means an opportunity to unapologetically be yourself, to have wonderful experiences, and to showcase some support for the members of our community who may be having a hard time coming out and feeling comfortable,” said Joey Novak, who walked with the MNSU LGBT Center. “It’s just a wonderful opportunity to find community and spend

some time with fellow queer people” The LGBT Center had a large turnout for Pride, and many people shared what Pride means to them, and why

they attended the parade.

“I’m here as an ally for my cousin,” said MNSU student Emma Gabbert, who was carrying a handmade, painted sign that read, “Love Not

Hate.”

“He went to MNSU as a freshman and really loved the support that he got here,” she added, “and so I continue to support this community because they just treated him so well.”

Ollie Schmidt said that to them, “pride means that we get to show the world that we can be truly and authentically ourselves without fear of judgement.”

This past weekend was senior Emily Rhoda’s first Pride event. “I want to support my friends and family,” Rhoda noted as she gathered said friends to line up for the parade.

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Out West, Biden points to wild fires to push for big rebuild

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 ELECTIONS Continued from page 1

MADDIE BEHRENS • The Reporter

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Joe Biden on Monday used his first Western swing in office to hold out the wildfires burning across the region as an argument for his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plans, calling year-round fires and other extreme weather a climate change reality the nation can no longer ignore.

“We can’t ignore the reality that these wildfires are being supercharged by climate change,” Biden said, noting that catastrophic weather doesn’t strike based on partisan ideology. “It isn’t about red or blue states. It’s about fires. Just fires.”

With stops in Idaho and California, Biden sought to boost support for his big rebuilding plans, saying every dollar spent on “resilience” would save $6 in future costs.

And he said the rebuilding must go beyond simply restoring damaged systems and instead ensure communities can withstand such crises.

“These fires are blinking ‘code red’ for our nation.

They’re gaining frequency and ferocity,” Biden said after concluding an aerial tour of the Caldor Fire that threatened communities around Lake Tahoe.

“We know what we have to do.” The president’s twoday Western swing comes at a critical juncture for a central plank of his legislative agenda.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are working to assemble details of the infrastructure-plus plan — and how to pay for it, a concern not just for Republicans. A key Democratic senator said Sunday that he will not vote for a package so large.

In California, Biden took an aerial tour of land charred by the Caldor Fire after getting a briefing from officials at the state emergency services office. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall vote Tuesday, joined Biden for the briefing.

Hours later, Biden campaigned with the embattled governor in Long Beach, tying Newsom’s leading Republican challenger to former President Donald Trump and telling voters their decision would “reverberate around the nation and, quite frankly, not a joke, around the world.” By voting against the recall, Biden told the crowd, “you’ll be protecting California from another Trump climate denier.”

International business student Riley Carlson is one of the two students running for the College of Business senator position.

EVAN VUCCI • Associated Press President Joe Biden greets employees as he speaks during a briefing on wildfires at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in Mather, Calif.

Newsom joked at the briefing that the California emergency center had become his office because fire season has “just kept going,” as he amplified Biden’s message.

“This has been a hard year and a half,” Newsom said.

During an earlier briefing in Boise at the National Interagency Fire Center, which coordinates the government’s wildfire response, Biden noted that wildfires start earlier every year and that this year they have scorched 5.4 million acres. “That’s larger than the entire state of New Jersey,” Biden said.

“The reality is we have a global warming problem, a serious global warming problem, and it’s consequential, and what’s going to happen is, things are not going to go back,” he said.

Biden, who visits Denver on Tuesday before returning to Washington, aimed to link the increasing frequency of wildfires, drought, floods and other extreme weather events to what he and scientists say is a need to invest billions in combating climate change, along with vastly expanding the nation’s social safety net.

The president argued for spending now to make the future effects of climate change less costly, as he did during recent stops in Louisiana, New York and New Jersey — all states that suffered millions of dollars in flood and other damage and scores of deaths after Hurricane Ida. Biden also praised firefighters for the life-threatening risks they take, and discussed the administration’s recent use of a wartime law to boost supplies of firehoses from the U.S. Forest Service’s primary supplier, an Oklahoma City nonprofit called NewView Oklahoma.

In deep-red Idaho, several opposing groups leveraged Biden’s visit as a way to show resistance to his administration. GOP gubernatorial candidates, an anti-vaccine organization and a far-right group were among those urging people to turn out against the president.

More than 1,000 protesters did so, gathering in Boise before Biden arrived to express displeasure with his coronavirus plan, the election and other issues.

Chris Burns, a 62-year-old from Boise, said, “I’m against everything Biden is for.”

Burns was especially displeased with a sweeping new vaccine mandate for 100 million people that Biden announced last week.

“He’s acting like a dictator,” Burns said. The White House is trying to turn the corner after a difficult month dominated by a chaotic and violent U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the surging delta COVID-19 variant that have upended what the president had hoped would mark a summer in which the nation was finally freed from the coronavirus.

Biden acknowledged his polling numbers have dipped in recent weeks, but argued his agenda is “overwhelmingly popular” with the public.

He said he expects his Republican opponents to attack him instead of debating him on the merits of his spending plan.Besides the Republican opposition in Congress, Biden needs to overcome the skepticism of two key centrist Democrats in the closely divided Senate. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have expressed concerns about the size of the $3.5 trillion spending package.

to have a backing behind us while we work to complete our initiatives, while the senators work to complete theirs.”

Among the 20 positions up for grabs are various academic spots such as Business College Senator, Allied Health & Nursing College Senators, Education College Senator and more. Other open chairs include several Off-Campus Senator seats, At-large Residence Community Senator, and Student Body At-Large Senator.

“We need senators who can fill in the gaps,” said Stiff, who is excited to see the representation expand outside of the limited view of the current senate. “Me and Kara are only two people.

We can’t reach out to every corner of campus as much as a senator would be able to in that area.”

Candidates applied to be put on the ballot, with the applications due last week.

Twenty-four students applied for the 20 open positions, with only three positions being contested.

Due to the majority of seats being uncontested, campaigning is not necessary for many of the candidates.

However, at least one vote is necessary to be elected to the senate, according to the special election rules.

“There is no minimum requirement,” said Stiff. “So if you are the only person running for that seat, and get one vote, then you win.”

Svercl said she is excited to see an increase in freshmen support, something that hasn’t been seen before due to the spring timing of the election.

“One great thing about first years is that they have so much passion and so much free time,” said Svercl.

International business student Riley Carlson hopes to snag the College of Business Senator position, one of the three contested seats in the election.

Carlson hopes to address funding at the University and increase transparency as to how funding related to the COVID-19 pandemic is addressed.

“A lot of it was getting the 80-inch TVs in every room, the MavPODs, the owls, all of this stuff that is making online school easier, when I don’t think that’s what we should be striving for,” said Carlson, “I think we should be striving for tools to make it easier for students to be on campus during a pandemic.”

To vote in the election, students can vote online, or at a voting booth that will be located in the CSU all day.

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Pentagon reliance on contractors hurt US in 9/11 wars for 20 years

RAHMATULLAH NAIKZAD • Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found. It’s the latest work to argue the U.S. reliance on private corporations for war-zone duties that used to be done by troops contributed to mission failure in Afghanistan.

In the post-9/11 wars, U.S. corporations contracted by the Defense Department not only handled war-zone logistics like running fuel convoys and staffing chow lines but performed mission-crucial work like training and equipping Afghan security forces — security forces that collapsed last month as the Taliban swept the country.

Within weeks, and before the U.S. military had even completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban easily routed an Afghan government and military that Americans had spent 20 years and billions of dollars to stand up. President Joe Biden placed blame squarely on the Afghans themselves. “We gave them every chance,” he said last month.

“What we could not provide them was the will to fight.”

But William Hartung, the author of Monday’s study by Brown University’s Costs of War project and the Center for International Policy, and others say it’s essential that Americans examine what role the reliance on private contractors played in the post-9/11 wars. In Afghanistan, that included contractors allegedly paying protection money to warlords and the Taliban themselves, and the Defense Department insisting on equipping the Afghan air force with complex Blackhawk helicopters and other aircraft that few but U.S. contractors knew how to maintain.“If it were only the money, that would be outrageous enough,” Hartung, the director of the arms and se-

curity program at the Center for International Policy, said of instances where the Pentagon’s reliance on contractors backfired. “But the fact it undermined the mission and put troops at risk is even more outrageous.”

At the start of this year, before Biden began the final American withdrawal from Afghanistan, there were far more contractors in Afghanistan and also in Iraq than U.S. troops.

The U.S. saw about 7,000 military members die in all post-9/11 conflicts, and nearly 8,000 contractors, another Costs of War study estimates. The Professional Services Council, an organization representing businesses contracting with the government, cited a lower figure from the U.S. Department of Labor saying nearly 4,000 federal contractors have been killed since 2001. A spokeswoman pointed to a statement last month from the organization’s president, David J. Berteau: “For almost two decades, government contractors have provided broad and essential support for U.S. and allied forces, for the Afghan military and other elements of the Afghan government, and for humanitarian and economic development assistance.”U.S. officials after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks embraced private contractors as an essential part of the U.S. military response.

It started with then-Vice President Dick Cheney, the former CEO of Halliburton.

Halliburton received more than $30 billion to help set up and run bases, feed troops and carry out other work in Iraq and Afghanistan by 2008, the study says. Cheney and defense contractors argued that relying on private contractors for work that service members did in previous wars would allow for a trimmer U.S. military, and be more efficient and cost effective.

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Suffering in Iraq a painful legacy of 9/11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone.

From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.

Relief washed over the war’s winners and the losers when the final U.S. plane took off.

For those in between and left behind — possibly a majority of the allied Afghans who sought U.S. clearance to escape — fear spread about what comes next, given the Taliban’s history of ruthlessness and repression of women. And for thousands of U.S. officials and volunteers working around the world to place Afghan refugees, there is still no rest.

As witnessed by The Associated Press in Kabul and as told by people The AP interviewed from all sides, the war ended with episodes of brutality, enduring trauma, a massive if fraught humanitarian effort and moments of grace.

Enemies for two decades were thrust into a bizarre collaboration, joined in a common goal — the Taliban and the United States were united in wanting the United States out. They wanted, too, to avoid another deadly terrorist attack.

JOHN MOORE • Associated Press In this April 30, 2004, file photo, U.S. Marines burn their fortifications on front line positions in Fallujah, Iraq, before pulling out of the city.

Both sides had a stake in making the last 24 hours work.

In that stretch, the Americans worried that extremists would take aim at the hulking, helicopter-swallowing transport planes as they lifted off with the last U.S. troops and officials. Instead, in the green tint of night-vision goggles, the Americans looked down to goodbye waves from Taliban fighters on the tarmac.

The Taliban had worried that the Americans would rig the airport with mines. Instead the Americans left them with two useful fire trucks and functional front-end loaders along with a bleak panorama of self-sabotaged U.S. military machinery.

After several sleepless nights from the unrelenting

thunder of U.S. evacuation flights overhead, Hemad Sherzad joined his fellow Taliban fighters in celebration from his post at the airport.

“We cried for almost an hour out of happiness,” Sherzad told AP. “We yelled a lot — even our throat was in pain.”

In the Pentagon operations center just outside Washington at the same time, you could hear a pin drop as the last C-17 took off.

You could also hear sighs of relief from the top military officials in the room, even through masks. President Biden, determined to end the war and facing widespread criticism for his handling of the withdrawal, got the word from his national security adviser during a meeting with aides.

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FDA experts among group opposing US booster shot plan

JAE C. HONG • Associated Press Parsia Jahanbani prepares a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in a mobile vaccine clinic operated by Families Together of Orange County in Santa Ana, Calif.

ASSOCIATED PRESS The average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster yet, an international group of scientists — including two top U.S. regulators — wrote Monday in a scientific journal.

The experts reviewed studies of the vaccines’ performance and concluded the shots are working well despite the extra-contagious delta variant, especially against severe disease.

“Even in populations with fairly high vaccination rates, the unvaccinated are still the major drivers of transmission” at this stage of the pandemic, they concluded.

The opinion piece, published in The Lancet, illustrates the intense scientific debate about who needs booster doses and when, a decision the U.S. and other countries are grappling with.

After revelations of political meddling in the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, President Joe Biden has promised to “follow the science.” But the review raises the question of whether his administration is moving faster than the experts.

The authors include two leading vaccine reviewers at the Food and Drug Administration, Drs. Phil Krause and Marion Gruber, who recently announced they will be stepping down this fall. Among the other 16 authors are leading vaccine researchers in the U.S., Britain, France, South Africa and India, plus scien-

tists with the World Health Organization, which already has urged a moratorium on boosters until poor countries are better vaccinated.

In the U.S., the White House has begun planning for boosters later this month, if both the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agree. Advisers to the FDA will weigh evidence about an extra Pfizer shot Friday at a key public meeting.

Georgetown University’s Larry Gostin said the paper “throws gasoline on the fire” in the debate about whether most Americans truly need boosters and whether the White House got ahead of scientists.

“It’s always a fundamental error of process to make a scientific announcement before the public health agencies have acted and that’s exactly what happened here,” said Gostin, a lawyer and public health specialist.

The FDA did not respond to requests for comment Monday morning.

The U.S. already offers an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to people with severely weakened immune systems.

For the general population, the debate is boiling down to whether boosters should be given even though the vaccines are still offering high protection against severe disease — possibly in hopes of blocking milder “breakthrough” infections among the fully vaccinated.

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Campaigns targeting students face blowback ASSOCIATED PRESS Fearing his parents wouldn’t approve of his decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine but needing their signature, Andrew signed up for the appointment in secret, and then sprang it on them at the last minute.

They said no. Andrew cursed at his mother and father and called them idiots.

Andrew’s dad grabbed him by the shirt collar.

“He said, ‘You’re not getting this damn vaccine; you need to lower your voice.

Watch your tone when you talk to me.’ It was, it was the first time my dad had ever done something like that — he grabbed my shirt and yelled in my face,” said Andrew, a 17-year-old student in Hoover, Alabama.

In most states, minors need the consent of their parents in order to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Navigating family politics in cases of differing views has been a challenge for students and organizers of outreach campaigns, who have faced blowback for directly targeting young people.

President Joe Biden has encouraged every school district to promote vaccines, including with on-site clinics, to protect students as they return to school amid a resurgence of the coronavirus.

But several governments and school districts have taken more neutral stances in areas where skepticism of the vac-

MARTA LAVANDIER • Associated Press Francesca Anacleto, 12, receives her first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot from nurse Jorge Tase, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla.

cine remains prevalent.

In Tennessee, the health department ended vaccination events and outreach aimed at minors following criticism of advertisements that featured children and included slogans like “Give COVID-19 vaccines a shot.”

Republican lawmakers accused the health department of “ peer pressuring ” children to get the vaccine and criticized a top official who sent a memo to vaccine providers explaining that they could legally waive parental consent under Tennessee law.

Nationwide, half of people ages 12-17 have been vaccinated.

That age group has been eligible for the Pfizer vaccine since May on an emergency use authorization. Trials are underway for younger children.

Full approval for the drug was granted by federal safety regulators recently for people 16 and older.

Last week, the Los Angeles Unified School District school board voted to mandate vaccines for students 12 and older.

In Molalla, Oregon, the mayor pressured a high school to cancel a vaccine drive on campus this semester, citing a $50 gift card incentive he equated with bribery. Many who called for an end to the vaccine drive expressed opposition to the vaccines, although Mayor Scott Keyser said he’s not against them.

Misinformation surrounding in-school vaccination efforts has also eroded trust between parents and school districts across the country.

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Report: Climate change could see 200 million move by 2050 ASSOCIATED PRESS Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found.

The second part of the Groundswell report published Monday examined how the impacts of slow-onset climate change such as water scarcity, decreasing crop productivity and rising sea levels could lead to millions of what it describes as “climate migrants” by 2050 under three different scenarios with varying degrees of climate action and development.

Under the most pessimistic scenario, with a high level of emissions and unequal development, the report forecasts up to 216 million people moving within their own countries across the six regions analyzed.

Those regions are Latin America; North Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Eastern Europe and Central Asia; South Asia; and East Asia and the Pacific.

PATRICK NGUGI • Associated Press In this July 31, 2016, file photo, a flood-affected family with their goats travel on a boat in the Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern Assam state, India.

In the most climate-friendly scenario, with a low level of emissions and inclusive, sustainable development, the world could still see 44 million people being forced to leave their homes.

The findings “reaffirm the potency of climate to induce

migration within countries,” said Viviane Wei Chen Clement, a senior climate change specialist at the World Bank and one of the report’s authors.

The report didn’t look at the short-term impacts of climate change, such as the

effects of extreme weather events, and did not look at climate migration across borders.

In the worst-case scenario, Sub-Saharan Africa — the most vulnerable region due to desertification, fragile coastlines and the population’s

dependence on agriculture — would see the most migrants, with up to 86 million people moving within national borders.

North Africa, however, is predicted to have the largest proportion of climate migrants, with 19 million people moving, equivalent to roughly 9% of its population, due mainly to increased water scarcity in northeastern Tunisia, northwestern Algeria, western and southern Morocco, and the central Atlas foothills, the report said.

In South Asia, Bangladesh is particularly affected by flooding and crop failures, accounting for almost half of the predicted climate migrants, with 19.9 million people, including an increasing number of women, moving by 2050 under the pessimistic scenario.

“This is our humanitarian reality right now and we are concerned this is going to be even worse, where vulnerability is more acute,” said Prof.

Maarten van Aalst, director of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, who wasn’t involved with the report.

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Student Gov: Our voice if we use it right

MADISON DIEMERT

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Editorial The Student Government could very well be the most influential group on campus when it comes to the student experience at MNSU. There is an extensive amount of responsibility that we as the student body place into the hands of the student leaders that we choose.

So it becomes vital for the health of our University for these students to be an accurate representation of the student body.

The student senate is directly in charge of some of the most important issues that face the campus community.

The potentially largest issue that the Student Government is directly in charge of is the allocation of the various student fees. The main, and most controversial being the Student Activities fee.

Students often wonder how it is decided what money is allocated to the different non-academic departments around campus. Where does the Theatre Department, the buses, or the Student Activities get their money?

The answer is the Student Government.

During the spring semester, the senate sits down, reviews all of the needs of the different departments and decides how much money to be allocated to each area that is funded with the Student Activities Fee. So that means that all of the fun activities that stu-

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dents choose to participate in on campus are directly in the hands of other students.

Why is this important?

Because there was a severe lack of people signing up to be on the Student Government last semester, which led to roughly two thirds of the senate being left vacant after the election.

In a normal year, when there might be one or two vacancies, the Student Government simply fills the positions by votes amongst themselves.

This year, they have been forced to host a special election to fill the rest of the positions in one sweep, and that election is today.

It is imperative for students of MNSU to vote in

this election, voice their opinions, and understand the gravity of their decision.

So instead of dorm room complaints about why student fees are so expensive, get out onto the website and make your voice heard. Go into the Student Government office and air your complaints to them in person. We as the student body are responsible to voice what we want from our college experience.

We are spending inordinate amounts of money in tuition and fees to be here, and it is a disservice to that money to not have an opinion on how it is spent.

We stay at this University for four full years. It is

the least that we can do actually address the issues that are facing the student body.

The single best way for us to do something about these issues is by corresponding with those who are in connection with those in charge, and those people are the ones that we choose to represent us.

It is vital for as many students to vote in the election as possible.

Go out to the polls and vote. Find out what senators to speak to about problems you are facing. We elect these senators for a reason.

Utilize that resource so that the Student Government can be what it is meant to be, the student body’s voice.

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RYVEN CHERRY, JUNIOR “I don’t even know, I don’t know where to vote at or anything about it really.”

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Judge temporary order allows Iowa schools to mandate masks ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal judge on Monday ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Judge Robert Pratt said in an order signed Monday that the law passed in May substantially increases the risk of several children with health conditions of contracting COVID-19.

Pratt said he has looked at data on the effectiveness of masks to reduce spread of the virus and agrees with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics on mask wearing in schools.

“Because Plaintiffs have shown that Iowa Code section 280.31’s ban on mask mandates in schools substantially increases their risk of contracting the virus that causes COVID-19 and that due to their various medical conditions they are at an increased risk of severe illness or death, Plaintiffs have demonstrated that an irreparable harm exists,” he wrote.

His order said Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Department of Education Director Ann Lebo cannot enforce the new law banning local school districts from using their discretion to mandate masks for

ABROAD Continued from page 1 wanted to continue his schooling at a university that would fit his financial plans and desires for a social life following COVID-19.

“One of my biggest concerns was tuition. I’m thinking about possibly pursuing a master’s degree after getting my bachelors, so I was thinking more strategically to save money for my future plans,” Hashimoto stated. “I started looking for more reasonable schools and I happened to find MNSU, with a good reputation focused on teaching.”

Hashimoto started his college career at Century College in the fall of 2019, so he was able to live some of the typical college student life before being shut inside amidst the pandemic. With vaccine rollouts, he says he’s excited to get the full college experience again.

“The reason why I usually come on campus is because it’s part of my experience.

CHARLIE NEIBERGALL • Associated Press Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks to reporters following a news conference, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Reynolds lashed out at President Joe Biden Thursday after he ordered his education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students against COVID-19.

students, staff, teachers and visitors.

He issued a temporary restraining order to be in effect immediately. It remains in effect until the court issues an order for a preliminary injunction.

Eleven parents and The Arc of Iowa, a group that defends the civil rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, sued the state on Sept. 3.

The dispute is one of several playing out in school districts nationwide, where parents, school administrators and health officials are battling over enforcement

of mask protocols. The U.S. Education Department has opened civil rights investigations in five Republican-led states, including Iowa, that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools.

Reynolds said in a statement that the judge “unilaterally overturned a state law, ignored the decision by our elected legislature and took away parents’ ability to decide what’s best for their child.”

She said the state will appeal and “exercise every legal option we have to uphold state law and defend the rights and liberties.

For people studying abroad, they probably value the interaction with people and being in the community instead of taking classes online,” Hashimoto commented.

With the decision to pack up and travel across the globe to attend college during a pandemic, there are other aspects future students must consider before following through with this choice.

Huzaifa began his travels with flight connection issues, a struggle many people can relate to.

“I had two connecting flights and both of them got delayed and my flight time was about 45 hours,” he explained.

Despite this turbulence Huzaifa arrived in Minnesota, eager to begin the new adventure in his life.

Many were worried about whether classes would be in person or completely online, as this decision would reflect other choices students would have to make.

For Hashimoto, housing and transportation were

huge areas of concern.

“Depending on if classes are going to be completely in person or not, I might have to get an apartment and necessary transportation. That was really difficult for me financially and planning what I have to do in the next couple of months.”

Hashimoto explained further that he spent his summer trying to figure out what the next step was, as his plans were changing with the Universitys’ choices.

Regardless, each student said they were happy with their choice to pursue MNSU. “It’s better if you start planning this earlier and do some research about the life here and about the college and the program you’re looking into,” Huzaifa mentioned.

Added Hashimoto, “Try to get in touch with professors or advisors that you are going to have. It’s important to make connections and have someone they can rely on.”

MSU Reporter • 7 PRIDE Continued from page 1 This Pride was also MNSU sophomore Matthew Jensen’s first. “I am excited just to see the welcoming atmosphere of pride,” Jensen stated “Pride in general just means celebrating who you are,” for sophomore Chase Belka.

Katie Hansen, who was walking with Jensen and Belka, stated that “It is also my first time at pride. Pride to me is a celebration, and I am excited to see what it’s all about and how Mankato does it.”

MNSU’s STEM group had many students attend as well.

“Pride is such a fun time to get together with friends in an inclusive environment,” noted STEM student Hunter Cole.

To Max Gerbhart, “pride is feeling happy in your identity; being able to come out and see other people who are like you in some way.”

“It’s just making sure people don’t feel alone,” said Jean Pengra.

“To me,” said Anya Rogers, “pride is a way we can celebrate having fought back all the oppression that we have faced. It means that we’ve faced all this adversity and can finally celebrate ourselves.”

Dominik Drabent, one of the students representing Gender and Women’s Studies in the parade, said that to them “pride means the showcase of love and peace, and people of different backgrounds coming together to celebrate a community that has been oppressed for so many decades and showing that we are visible, and that we are not hiding.”

Maya Wenzel, who was walking with Drabent, said that to her, “Pride means people coming together, being proud of who they are without being judged, being able to be visible in the community and being proud of that visibility.”

Gender and Women’s Studies student Tahmina Sobat summed it up pretty well: “pride means inclusivity, love, and acceptance.”

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STUMBLING MAVS

Mavs fall to No. 19 following their devastating loss to UMD

Volleyball takes three wins in Wis.

By KOLE BUELOW Staff Writer

By SAM LEIBEG Staff Writer

Coming into this week, the Mavericks were ranked No. 3 in Division II college football after squeaking out an overtime win against Northern State the week prior.

Heading to Duluth, who the Mavs had beaten in five straight games, suddenly had not become an easy task after a very shaky, question mark filled week.

The Bulldogs were ranked No. 20 coming into the game, having defeated Upper Iowa in week one. Minnesota Duluth seemed to have none to minimal weaknesses coming into the game against Minnesota State, and that looked to be true against the Mavs on Saturday.

The Mavericks dropped their game this past Saturday 30-10 against the Bulldogs in yet another uninspiring game from the team as a whole.

The Mavs defense seemed to hold on quite well despite letting up 30 points against this Bulldog offense.

MSU held Duluth quarterback John Larson to only one passing touchdown after Larson threw for five against Upper Iowa the week before.

The Maverick defense, however, conceded three rushing touchdowns combined with 158 rushing yards which seemed to be their downfall in this one. On the offensive side of the ball, the Mavs could not get anything going either.

The lone Mavs touchdown came in the second quarter in the form of a 10 yard passing touchdown from JD Ekowa to Tanner Johnson. It seemed

The Minnesota State Mavericks return from a long weekend after participating in the Parkside Hampton Inn Tournament.

They began play at 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 10 against Quincy University. As the game began the Mavericks quickly fell behind prompting a timeout by head coach, Corey Phelps. As the team’s ambition grew so would their overall score. The Mavericks took the lead late in set one 21-15 but the last four points were a struggle to earn. The Hawks suddenly came up and almost tied the score, however, the Mavericks still managed to take the win, 25-23.

The second set was a devastating loss as the Hawks took control early and did not look back. The Hawks won set two with the score of 25-15.

Set three was a battle of back and forth but ultimately the Mavericks would fall short and lose the battle, 2519.

The next two sets were close but the Mavericks pulled ahead on each winning both the sets and eventually the game 25-22 and 16-14.

“Although I’m not thrilled we went five (sets) again, our ability to play under pressure continues to improve.” Said Minnesota State head coach Phelps in an interview with the UWParkside campus newspaper.

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UMD Athletics Redshirt freshman Hayden Ekern passed for 50 yards and rushed for 66 yards in Saturday’s loss.

Mavericks close out non-conference play

By DANIEL McELROY • Sports Editor The Minnesota State Mavericks soccer team finished their trifecta of Missouri non-conference matches with a close 4-3 loss to No. 7 Central Missouri, and a 1-0 win over Northwest Missouri State.

On Friday night, the Mavs began their weekend in Warrensburg, Mo. where they took on a top 10 Division II team in the Jennies.

one in rushing yards with 71, while also tallying one touchdown.

Larson was the player of the game, throwing for 184 yards and a touchdown as well as rushing for 43 yards and two touchdowns.

Larson continued to make smart plays for the Bulldogs

throughout the game, leading to his three total touchdown game to pair with zero turnovers.

On the defensive side of the ball, Minnesota Duluth was great as well. Redshirt Junior Marcus Glodowski had quite the performance in STUMBLE on page 11 u

MSU wasted no time when Allie Williams scored her second goal of the year just seven minutes in, jumping out to an early 1-0 lead with the unassisted goal.

Extending their lead, 20 minutes later Nadia Lowery netted her first of the year with an assist from Brynn Desens.

It seems that the Mavericks stuck to their game plan of coming out aggressive and shutting down the Jennies early, but started to fall apart in the second half.

UCM scored their first goal just 6 minutes into the second half and again 20 minutes later to make it a 2-2 game.

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to be the only time Minnesota State could get anything put together on the offensive end all game.

Minnesota Duluth had everything going for them in rushing the ball against the Mavs this game. Bulldogs running back Cazz Martin led the way for Duluth in this

Jenny Vetter scored the only goal in Sunday’s win.

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TOURNEY Continued from page 10

Maverick Athletics

Vikings have plenty to clean up after OT loss to Bengals

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The Maverick volleyball team came out of Kenosha going 3-1.

AARON DOSTER • Associated Press Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Noah Spence (52) and cornerback Mike Hilton (21) sack Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept.

12, 2021, in Cincinnati.

ASSOCIATED PRESS The Minnesota Vikings wore purple jerseys and white pants for their season opener. The yellow flags were an unplanned and unwelcomed accessory.

Nothing will spoil a game quite like recurring penalties, and the Vikings ultimately sealed their demise in Cincinnati with a bad rash of early infractions. They were flagged 16 times during the 27-24 overtime defeat, all but two by the offense. Twelve of them were accepted by the Bengals, totaling 116 yards.

“If we play clean football, we can move the ball all day,” wide receiver Adam Thielen said.

“But when you start drives first and 20, second and 20 ... you can’t win football games doing that.”

Nothing will hinder a rookie play-caller quite like recurring penalties, either, as new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak found out.

The Vikings had 16 third down plays, nine of which needed 10 yards or longer to move the chains. Six of them were third-and-15 or more.

“Some of the longer-yardage situations we had made things tough on several of the drives,” quarterback Kirk Cousins said.

There were some developments on Sunday that warranted optimism for Minnesota, starting with performances by the three other NFC North members in their intraconference games.

Chicago, Detroit and Green Bay lost by a combined 63 points. This was only the fourth time in 20 seasons under the league’s current alignment that all four teams in a division lost their opener, the first such instance since the AFC North did so eight years ago.

The revamped defense on display also looked more like the units coach Mike Zimmer fielded prior to the collapse in 2020, save

STUMBLE Continued from page 10 this game, tallying eight total tackles along with an interception.

Yet another tough week on both sides of the ball brings up a lot of questions, but there

for a blown coverage here or a missed tackle there. Zimmer was far more critical on Monday of his own play calls than anything the defense did or didn’t do, sounding downright sanguine about his team’s outlook despite the early setback in a pivotal season.

“I think we still have a chance to have a really good team. I know we didn’t show it really in all three phases the other day, but there’s a lot of things I see that are pretty darn good,” Zimmer said.

The pass rush was back in prime form with five sacks of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, the third most of any NFL team on opening weekend. New nose tackle Michael Pierce had two of them, making an instant impact at an area of weakness in 2020. Defensive end Danielle Hunter had one in his return from missing last year with a neck injury and said he surprised himself with how sharp his conditioning was.

“All the players on the other team were telling me it’s good to have me back on the field and all that,” Hunter said. “It’s a good feeling.”

Setting aside the penalty problem that could well wind up as a first-week fluke, the offensive line was too often overpowered in crucial pass-blocking situations and didn’t consistently create paths for Dalvin Cook when the ball was on the ground.

During a steamy afternoon with 49 pass plays called over what wound up as a 70-minute game, the Vikings sure gave their front five a stiff challenge. Still, all three sacks of Cousins came from the inside, two against left guard Ezra Cleveland and one on center Garrett Bradbury. Interior protection has been a problem for the past few seasons.

New specialists Greg Joseph and Jordan Berry were solid in their first games in purple.

is still almost a whole season of football to be played. A rough start does not necessarily mean a rough ending for this Maverick team.

Following the weekend, the Mavericks fell to No. 19 in the Division II poll, while Duluth jumped to No. 13.

earn their points while attacking in every phase of the match.”

The wish of not going into five sets was granted during the next matchup between the Colorado Christian Cougars.

At the beginning of sets one and two, it became another back and forth battle but the Mavericks, once again, came back to take it away 25-17 and 25-16.

Set three was a hard game to watch as the Cougars ran the board quickly resulting in a 25-13 point win.

However, the Mavericks were invested in winning the next set. The Mavericks defeated the Cougars with an overwhelming score of 2515. Which allowed the Mavericks to walk away with another game victory.

Heading into the next day, the Mavericks felt proud of their success and wanted to come out stronger.

Their first matchup of the day was against Lake Superior State, the second time they have faced them this season.

The first set was close, however, the Mavericks could not quite take the win 20-25.

In the next two sets, Minnesota State dominated the

playing court, winning each set 25-70 and 25-13.

The Lakers tried coming back in the fourth set but it was the Mavericks who pulled out on top by a score of 25-20.

The Mavericks last game of the tournament was against the Parkside Rangers.

The Rangers came out strong as they took control of the first two sets, winning them 25-14 and 25-21.

The third set saw the Mavericks come up with some determination as they got up quick on the Rangers with a 10-3 lead. The Mavericks continued to keep their distance and put away the Rangers 25-17 in set three.

The possible last set of the tournament was underway and each team was determined to win. The score was kept close but the Rangers were able to pull ahead and defeat the Mavericks 25-22.

“It was a disappointing finish to an otherwise fairly solid tournament” head coach Phelps noted at the end of day two. He continued as he said, “We have work to do but, we are looking forward to starting conference play next weekend at home.”

MISSOURI Continued from page 10 In the 79th minute, Desens and Lowery connected again to take their second lead of the game, this time with Desens scoring her first goal of the year.

It wasn’t until less than 3 minutes later that the Jennies tied it up at 3, and in the 88th minute secured the 4-3 win on an unassisted goal.

Clare Longueville played all 90 minutes in net for the Mavericks, making 5 saves with 4 goals allowed, and taking her first loss of the season.

Despite the Mavericks being outshot by the Jennies 24-14 on Friday, the weekend wasn’t completely unsuccessful.

On Sunday, the Mavericks took on Northwest Missouri State in what was a far less offensive game against the

Bearcats.

The contest was scoreless for almost 77 minutes, until the Mankato native, Jenny Vetter scored the game winning unassisted goal. Sophomore Mackenzie Rath earned her first start of the season along with her first win and 5 save shutout against the Bearcats.

The Minnesota State Mavericks were out shot by the Bearcats 13-8, and landing fewer shots on goal at 5-4.

The Mavs have a few things to clean up in their play, an indicator of their 9 fouls taken throughout the match.

The Mavericks begin their season with a 2-1 record, and begin their conference play Friday against Wayne State.

Then Sunday, the Mavericks will head to Sioux Falls where they will take on Augustana.

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Dodgers’ Scherzer gets 3,000th K and near perfection ASSOCIATED PRESS Max Scherzer had been anticipating his 3,000th career strikeout. He had his family on hand, and Los Angeles Dodgers fans knew it was coming.

As if that wasn’t enough history for one day, he nearly threw a perfect game, too.

Scherzer got his milestone and took a perfect game into the eighth inning as the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

“In the fifth or sixth, I realized I had something going there,” he said. “Once I was able to get through the sixth, I was like, ‘I got a chance to do this.’”

Alas, it wasn’t to be.

Scherzer retired his first 22 batters, including Fernando Tatis Jr. just before Eric Hosmer doubled to deep right with one out in the eighth.

The crowd of 42,637, including his wife, three children and parents, saluted Scherzer with a standing ovation after he finished the inning, his second of the day.

“I knew Tatis and Hosmer were going to be tough atbats,” Scherzer said. “Hosmer, we’ve done so many battles

JOHN MCCOY • Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers Max Scherzer tips his cap after he pitched his 3000th career strikeout against San Diego Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning during a baseball game.

over the years. I pulled a changeup down and he was able to put a barrel to it.”

Scherzer reached 3,000 career strikeouts in the fifth when Hosmer went down swinging for the second out of the inning. The crowd roared long and loud for the 37-year-

old All-Star, who doffed his cap and threw the historic ball toward the dugout.

“To me, this is a testament to durability,” Scherzer said.

“Making my 30-plus starts a year, year in and year out. All the hard work I’ve put in to be able to have this moment is

what feels good.”

Scherzer struck out nine overall on 92 pitches over eight innings in recording his 10th straight win.

“I love strikeouts because the ball’s not in play,” he said.

“They can’t get a hit when the ball’s not in play. When the

ball’s in play, anything can happen.”

The three-time Cy Young Award winner threw an immaculate inning in the second with three strikeouts on nine pitches.

“When he got one strikeout away, guys started swinging earlier because they didn’t want to be the 3,000th,” teammate Mookie Betts said.

“I don’t blame them.”

Scherzer has tossed 29 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run and is 6-0 in eight games with an 0.88 ERA since joining the Dodgers at the July trade deadline. He leads the majors with a 2.17 ERA. “It’s just kind of amazing to watch greatness,” Betts said.

“You really appreciate the best of the best when you get to see it every day.”

The Dodgers remained 2 1/2 games behind the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants.

In a big blow, San Diego starter Blake Snell left after 11 pitches with a left adductor injury. The Padres used seven pitchers in the emergency bullpen game.

“It’s something that he’s dealt with in the past,” Padres Jayce Tingler said.

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Lindor’s 3 home runs lifts Mets whistling past Yanks 7-6

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NOAH K. MURRAY • Associated Press New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor (12) reacts after New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton (27) hit a home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in New York. Lindor hit the game winning home run soon after.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Francisco Lindor whistled at the Yankees, and sent the ball whistling over the wall — three times.

In the midst of a miserable first season with the Mets, Lindor kept alive his new team’s postseason chances and dropped its crosstown rival out of a playoff position.

He nearly set off a brawl when he taunted his opponents after his second home run, then broke an eighth-inning tie with his third long ball in a dramatic Subway Series-ending 7-6 victory on Sunday night.

“Wow, what an amazing weekend,” the All-Star shortstop said. “It felt like playoffs, but hot.”

Lindor hit a three-run homer batting left-handed in the second off on a hanging breaking ball from rookie Clarke Schmidt, had a solo homer in the sixth hitting right-handed on a Wandy Peralta changeup and broke a 6-6 tie from the left side on a fastball from Chad Green (7-7).

It was the first career three-homer game for Lindor, hitting .227 in his first season with the Mets.

While rounding the bases on his second homer, Lindor put a hand in front of his mouth, turned to shortstop Gleyber Torres and made a taunting motion as if to whistle while saying: “Keep on whistling.” That referenced the Mets’ belief that Taijuan Walker was tipping his pitches Saturday and the Yankees were whistling to signal their

batters.

Lindor looked at Peralta and recalled saying something to the pitcher and said he may have spoken toward the Yankees’ dugout.

“I can’t accuse them of them whistling for the signs because I’m not 100%” Lindor said. “But I know what I heard and I felt like there was something out of the ordinary going on. .. I took that personal.”

“One thing is when you’re in the batter’s box and you’re seeing something,” Lindor explained. “Another thing is when you’re getting help from the whole entire team.”

The Yankees’ Joey Gallo said Peralta had whistled Saturday “just trying to liven up the dugout” and was “definitely not for pitch tipping.”

The chirping escalated when Stanton tied the score with a two-run homer in the seventh off left-hander Brad Hand.

Stanton slowed to a walk after rounding second in his trot, turned his back toward third and started shouting with the shortstop. Both Lindor and second baseman Javier Báez waved at Stanton to come at them, and by the time Stanton reached the plate, players from both dugouts had spilled onto the field and bullpens emptied, too.

“If you got a problem with Wandy, give it to Wandy,” Stanton said later. “Don’t be talking to multiple people, bringing everybody into it, especially running around the bases, was my thought process,” Stanton said. “Obviously, I didn’t get all of that

out.”

The delay lasted nearly four minutes.

“Boys will be boys,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

A crowd of 33,305 that appeared evenly split booed Lindor before his third homer.

He said he walked to the plate trying to hit a home run, then with a 2-0 count heard Javier Báez.

With the count 2-0, Lindor sent a 96.5 mph fastball to right, then turned to cheers and prompted Lindor to make a curtain call.

“I’ve been being booed for a very long time,” he said.

Seth Lugo (4-2) pitched the eighth, and Edwin Díaz got his 29th save in 35 chances.

He allowed DJ LeMahieu’s one-out single and walked Anthony Rizzo on four pitches.

Brett Gardner, who entered when Aaron Judge left in the third inning because of dizziness, struck out.

James McCann’s passed ball advanced the runners, and Stanton hit a looper to Lindor that ended a 4-hour, 6-minute game.

“Barring no physical fights, talk is cheap,” Stanton said. “The talk is out on the field, getting it done, getting the W. And we were both in an opportunity to get that done. And I didn’t come up (through) in that situation.”

The Yankees lost for the 12th time in 15 games following a 13-game winning streak and dropped one game behind Boston and Toronto, who lead for the two AL wild cards.

Week one of the NFL season has been completed and there were a lot of surprising outcomes, not only in games, but also in fantasy football performances.

There were a lot of big names who did not put up points like they were expected to do, and there were a lot of lesser-known names who balled out.

Coming into week one there are always a lot of question marks regarding players rebounding from injuries.

A few big ones we kept our eyes on: Christian McCaffery and Saquon Barkley. These two running backs have been firstround picks in fantasy football drafts across all fantasy platforms, but injuries riddled both last season.

The season started off strong for McCaffery, but Barkley did not have an impressive start.

McCaffery put up 27.7 points in PPR formats while Barkley put up 3.7.

McCaffery did this without putting up a touchdown in week one, which should be promising for all McCaffery fantasy owners this season.

Although Barkley’s performance was sub-par, fantasy owners should have nothing to worry about this early in the season.

Barkley and the Giants went up against one of the toughest defenses in the league this past week in the Denver Broncos, and their schedule only gets easier.

Barkley is coming back from an ACL tear, which takes many players significant time to completely recover from.

It is important to hold on to him for now and not panic early. The NFL did see some amazing performances by some players that we may not have been expecting.

Amari Cooper, Deebo Samuel, and Adam Thielen all tallied over 30 points in PPR formats in week one.

They all ranked outside of the top 36 season rankings heading into week one, but all managed to be top six performers this week. They each got ten or more targets this week, so look for more weeks with great performances as long as they are getting volume.

Week one also produced many necessary waiver wire pickups heading into week two.

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WOW: bingo, kickball, painting, and mini games

By LILLIAN SCHMIDT Staff Writer

Every Wednesday the residence halls at Minnesota State University, Mankato host events to bring students together.

What’s on Wednesdays, usually abbreviated WOW, is described by Sussana Machinga, the McElroy Student Service Coordinator as, “An event that takes place for the community.”

WOWs usually take place around seven every Wednesday in the lobbies of the designated residence halls.

Machinga further stated, “These events are a great time for students to just mix and mingle and relax.”

WOW’s can range from pancake making, cupcake wars, dodgeball to international education.

Jessica Stelton, a Crawford resident, said, “I’ve enjoyed being able to hang out with my floor and take a break from doing classwork when attending the WOWs.” The WOW for each week is typically displayed on a bulletin board in each residence hall’s lobby.

The Community Advisers design and manage the events, so if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to them for more information regard-

DYLAN ENGEL • The Reporter What’s on Wednesdays offers opporrtunities for students of all resident halls to get togehter and meet new people while engaging in fun activities.

ing the events.

This week, Crawford is hosting a kickball game starting at 6 p.m. where they will also be providing candy and temporary tattoos.

McElroy is bringing students together with a painting and planting event at 7 p.m.

Here, residents will be given a pot they have the opportunity to paint in any way their creative mind can muster before filling it with soil and their choice of flower seeds.

To get residents in a game show mode, Preska has planned a Minute to Win it

challenge that will include seven different mini challenges for participants to complete.

Some of these challenges include marshmallow stacking and bouncing ping pong balls into plates of whip cream.

Residents can test their speed and endurance in these

challenges from 8 to 9 p.m. in room 126 in hopes to win one of three prize baskets available in a raffle.

Tickets for the raffle can be won when a challenge is completed in the provided sixty seconds or less.

Preska Community Advisor Amy Gawisch encourages residents to come to the event.

“It is a great opportunity to meet people you’re going to see daily through the residential halls and just in passing.

But also, you get free stuff, you get to mingle, you get out of your room. It’s just a great thing to do.”

In addition to this, Julia Sears will be presenting an outdoor bingo event from 8 to 9 p.m. in the back of the building.

The idea for bingo was heavily influenced by the large success that came from the Student Event Team’s Galactic Bingo event earlier this semester.

Even if the event does not cater to your interest, residents are encouraged to stop by, say hello and grab a snack. As Stelton said, “They’re fun to try at least.”

Be sure to check out the bulletin boards each week with the new events listed. You’ll be sure to find something you’ll enjoy.

A youth-driven Met fashion exhibit, for a changing world ASSOCIATED PRESS “How do you define American fashion?” It was three years ago, and Andrew Bolton, the longtime curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, was pondering that question.

He knew he was going to do a major exhibit on American fashion in 2021 to coincide with the Institute’s 75th anniversary this year — and, as always, to launch the annual Met Gala.

But as he struggled to define American fashion, he now says, he realized that the whole point was NOT defining it — but rather recognizing and celebrating that it is many, many different things to different people.

“There are 100 different definitions of American fashion,” Bolton said this weekend as he showed a reporter around the new show, which

opens to the public later this week. “We’re not coming up with a neat definition, because it doesn’t work! I’m trying to finding a new language or vocabulary to get people to think about it differently.”

Hence the title “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” part one of a larger “In America” show, which launches Monday’s “mini” Met Gala — a smaller version of the extravaganza that usually happens the first Monday in May. Unlike past shows, this first part will last a full year, coinciding for several months with part two, “An Anthology of Fashion,” which will open in early May — when, everyone desperately hopes, a full-sized Met Gala can be held.

If the second part is more historical, this first part looks squarely at the present, at issues that “we are all grappling with,” Bolton says. It focuses on social justice, diversity

Via AP This image released by The Metropolitan Museum of Art shows fashion displays, titled from left, Wonder, Warmth and Joy, part of the “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

and inclusivity, and body acceptance. Most importantly, though, it emphasizes youth: Some 60-70% of its garments come from younger designers, many of whom have never had

their creations shown in a museum before or even imagined it, Bolton said.

This was key to Bolton’s approach, because “American designers, particularly

the younger designers, are at the forefront of conversations about ethical issues, environmental issues, inclusivity and diversity,” he said. “So I felt it was timely.“ One of the first items visitors now see when they enter the galleries of the Anna Wintour Costume Center is a colorful 19th-century patchwork quilt in a “tumbling block” pattern, part of the American Wing’s collection.

Look more closely, and you can see that its tiny white squares each bear autographs of important people from the period.

Abraham Lincoln, for example, who scrawled: “Your friend and servant.”

This quilt embodies the show’s organizing principle, based on a quote from the Rev. Jesse Jackson that America is not like a blanket but “more like a quilt — many patches, many pieces, many colors.”

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Billie Eilish went full glam in a huge peach ball gown at the pandemic-delayed Met Gala on Monday night, while fellow host of the evening Amanda Gorman was breathtaking in cobalt blue custom Vera Wang with a diamond laurel wreath in her hair.

Rihanna, ever the Met Gala queen, showed up late in a huge black Balenciaga look and hat accompanied

by A$ap Rocky in a multicolored quilted number. She wore over 267 carats of Bulgari diamonds, including two choker necklaces.

Co-host Timothée Chalamet raced onto Fifth Avenue to take selfies with fans before walking up the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for his entrance after a marching band and gymnast Nia Dennis kicked off the long-awaited evening. Last year’s gala was canceled due to the pandemic.

This year’s official theme of the fundraiser for the museum’s Costume Institute was “American Independence,” leaving plenty of room for interpretation. Just ask Lil Nas X, who did a Lady Gaga-esque strip tease on the carpet in gold Versace, from cape to armor to embellished jumpsuit.

Eilish, the belle of the ball, wore Oscar de la Renta. She told Vogue: “It was time for this. I feel like I’ve grown so much over the last few years.”

Chalamet had Converse sneakers on his feet but diamonds on his look. Chalamet called his look, including Rick Owens sweatpants, as “a bit of everything,” just like

America. Alfonso Navas, the fashion editor for Esquire, lauded his fashion choices as a “a smart play on the theme by interpreting American icons in sportwear.”

Gorman’s dress, which included more than 3,000 hand-sewn crystals, was made to evoke a starry night sky. She told Vogue she felt like Lady Liberty, reimagined. Her crown, the star poet said, was a nod to publishing.

Another of the hosts, Naomi Osaka, wanted to celebrate all her cultures — Japan, Haitian and the U.S. — and picked a Louis Vuitton gown designed in collaboration with her sister, Mari Osaka. It was a swirly blue, aqua and purple print with long black ruffle sleeves and a wide red sash.

If this gala produced a trend, it’s huge statement sleeves, with some stars and stripes thrown in. There was a smattering of red, as in the red, white and blue of the American flag. Karlie Kloss wore red Carolina Herrera with huge ruffles at the neck and sleeves. Jennifer Hudson also chose red sans sleeves.

Also in red: Ella Emhoff, the daughter of the country’s second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, and Vice President Kamala Harris. She wore a bodysuit and high-shine trousers by Stella McCartney with a sheer top and a crystal design in all the right places. She wore Adidas by McCartney embellished in red and made partially of a recycled material derived from ocean plastic.

The gala, drawing standouts in fashion, TV, film, sports, tech and beyond, included tiny but mighty

Olympian Simone Biles in an 88-pound Area embroidered gown of silver with a top adorned in a firework burst pattern and a huge train carried up the museum steps by six men. The gown was a collaboration with Athleta.

Ralph Lauren dressed Jennifer Lopez in fur with a brown look in her signature plunge at the neck and high slit, a wide-brimmed Western-style hat on her head. She and Ben Affleck smooched with masks on after their red carpet coming out in Venice.

Dan Levy took the party’s theme to the extreme in a blue confection from Loewe.

It had, according to the brand, “printed leg of mutton sleeves” on a polo shirt with an applique of two men kissing.

Yara Shahidi wore silver custom Dior complete with a light hood. She said she was inspired by Josephine Baker.

Harris Reed, in collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana, put Iman in a huge golden feathered head piece and equally adorned skirt of crinoline with a jacquard bustier.

Blake Newby, the style and beauty editor for Essence, called Iman’s look “both massive and angelic.”

Gala overseer Anna Wintour arrived early with a wave to the crowd accompanied by her pregnant daughter, Bee, in a floral design with ruffles at the neck.

Along with oh-so-many jumpsuits, there were plenty of classic red carpet looks and a wave of gold, the latter including a Peter Dundas look worn by Mary J. Blige.

It plunged to the belly button and beyond at the front.

Many of the media outlets that explore the country’s differences, pausing Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, recalled almost wistfully the sense of common purpose that united Americans in the aftermath of that day.

Television news networks offered wall-to-wall coverage of remembrances in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, that were attended by four presidents.

“One should savor these moments of unity this morning — feel how good that feels,” said Fox News Channel anchor Dana Perino, shortly after Bruce Springsteen sang “I’ll See You in My Dreams” at New York’s World Trade Center memorial.

Normally Fox, CNN and MSNBC spend hours on political warfare, most notably this week Fox’s heated response to President Joe Biden’s latest COVID-fighting plan.

Perino was one of two express aides to former President George W. Bush to anchor news coverage Saturday; MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace was the other. The networks

carried live their former boss’ speech in Shanksville. Bush and Vice President Kamala Harris both called for that long-dissipated sprit of unity to return.

“On Sept. 11 we all gave up our labels. We all became Americans,” former Bush Chief of Staff Andrew Card said in an MSNBC interview.

Shortly after, onetime first responder John Feal told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi that “we label each other too much. It was great to be a human being” after the attacks.

Selfless acts of sacrifice are what CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell said she was thinking about on Saturday. “We call them heroes, but they are everyday Americans ... that’s what’s great about this country, (that) terrorists tried to take and did not take away that day.”

Differences didn’t melt completely away. Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik tweeted he was “disgusted” that President Joe Biden was at the city’s ceremony.

Wallace and her co-anchor, Brian Williams, twice talked about former President Donald Trump’s absence from Sept. 11 remembrances Saturday — both times without saying his name.

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