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Homecoming comes to MNSU MICHAEL MCSHANE STAFF WRITER It’s a good time to be a Mav! Homecoming Week is upon us now and it has Minnesota State students looking through a laundry list of events and festivities to look through and enjoy.

The six-day long series of events started on Monday with Mavs on the Mall which included a dunk tank and questionnaire panel for prospective homecoming royalty to celebrate the beginning of Homecoming Week. Monday’s bonfire and fireworks celebration event which was scheduled for 8 p.m. was canceled due to weather.

The theme for this year’s Homecoming is “Land of 120,000 Mavericks” and set

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to be one of MNSU’s biggest ever.

Other scheduled events for the week is the Home-

coming Blood Drive hosted by the American Red Cross held in the CSU Ballroom and dodgeball which will be held

at 7 p.m. inside Myers Field House. Students will also be able to enjoy a food eating contest on Wednesday.

Students aren’t the only ones enjoying Homecoming Week as teachers and staff will have their own fun with an office decorating contest.

The winner for the contest will receive a $200 gift card to Pub 500.

By the end of the week is when the real headlining events begin. The first is the Homecoming Concert with hip-hop artist, KYLE, set to blow Myer Field House’s roof off.

The concert, presented by the Minnesota State – Mankato Student Events Team, will be from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Parking for the event will be at Lot 20.

It isn’t until Oct. 5 however when a crescendo of

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Saudi National Day offers attendees a MNSU release safety report ard Davenport said in the reVANDY MANYEH port’s introduction. “MNSU glimpse into Saudi culture STAFF WRITER is committed to providing a MICHAEL MCSHANE STAFF WRITER Minnesota State University celebrated Saudi National Day Saturday to commemorate students with Saudi heritage and celebrate Saudi traditions.

The event held in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom, opened its doors at 5:15 p.m. Just before the event officially started there was a delay as organizers were waiting on a late arrival to show up.

While students and visitors waited in the lobby, food and water was available. Also available were trifold pamphlets with information on Saudi Arabia and its founding. One of the pamphlets detailed the first king of Sau-

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di Arabia, King Abdulaziz Al Saud.

While guests waited, they were motioned to different corners of the ballroom that

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The Office of the President released the 2019 Annual Security and Fire Safety report on Monday, with recorded incidents that show students must adhere to the university’s safety tips.

Minnesota State University, Mankato fulfilled its obligation under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act when the 2019 annual security report was released. The act, enacted by the 101st Congress, demands that a university like MNSU disclose information about crimes on and near campus.

“Campus safety is an important consideration for all members of the University community,” President Rich-

safe and comfortable learning environment by systematically reviewing its services, facilities and policies relating to safety.”

The report contains data for three years — 2016 to 2018 — on crimes. Four incidents of rape were recorded in on-campus student housing facilities in 2018. Two incidents of fondling were also reported.

MNSU continues to educate students and employees on ways to prevent sexually related crimes. Under the guidance of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX, new students and are required to complete an online

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Maverick Carnival Dazzles Attendees EMILY ERCK STAFF WRITER Thursday, Sept. 26 was the celebration of the Crawford Carnival in the Performing Arts Lawn.

The Crawford Carnival included many different booths, foods, and fun. Outside of the massive slide that welcomed students to the carnival, there were many other eye-catching activities.

One of the most popular booths at the carnival included a gift of a fish.

The lines were long for this special event, and many fish were won and swam away with their new owners! Another booth that had quite the positive response was the fortune tellers table. Many

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students sat in line to hear of their unknown future that awaits all of them.

Although this celebration

was on a Thursday night, the response was wonderful and the carnival was a success. The food was delicious,

and included cotton candy, nachos, pop, and Insomnia Cookies.

When speaking to first

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Student voting doubled in 2018 midterms VANDY MANYEH STAFF WRITER College-student voting rates in the last midterm elections exploded, according to a new study conducted by Boston’s Tufts University.

The nationwide study, published by the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education, concluded that turnout among college students in the 2018 midterm elections — “a referendum on the Trump administration” — doubled from 19% in the 2014 midterms to 53% in the 2018 midterms.

The report “supports political learning and civic engagement, as well as to identify and address gaps in political and civic participation,” according to a news release.

Ten million students from 1,031 participating universities in the United States permitted researchers to access their enrollment and public voting records.

Students were de-identified when the data was collected.

“At a time of increased activism and voter participation by all Americans, the report highlights even greater interest among college students.

It marks a watershed election year for student voter turnout, including promising progress in narrowing some persistent turnout gaps,” said Nancy Thomas, director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University’s Tisch College.

According to the report, Black women voted at a higher rate. Hispanic women also made significant gains. This

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elected Lauren Underwood — the youngest black woman to be sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives — to replace Randy Hultgren.

“Across racial and ethnic groups, Hispanic students voted in droves. From 14% in 2014, the 2018 midterms saw a 22.5% increase in Hispanic voters.” women won seats in the 116th Congress — a 28-seat increase from the 2016 general elections.

Illinoisans in the state’s 14th Congressional District

Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) became the first African-American women to represent Massachusetts and Connecticut in the House of Represen-

tatives.

Across racial and ethnic groups, Hispanic students voted in droves. From 14% in 2014, the 2018 midterms saw a 22.5% increase in Hispanic voters.

And despite the push for a science-based, progressive policy like climate change, the gap in turnout between students studying a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) major persisted. Students in the humanities, social sciences and education voted at a higher rate.

Established in 2015, IDHE is a leading venue for research, resources, and advocacy on college student political learning and engagement in democratic practice, according to the center’s website.

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gave guests a taste of Saudi culture. On one corner was a calligraphy table that allowed guests to get their name written in Arabic. On the other corner, guests were able to receive Henna tattoos for free.

When the event officially began, students were greeted by Fadwa Alari, the president of MNSU’s Saudi Student Association. Going up on stage, Alari spoke to the crowd completely in Arabic with TV monitors showing a translation of the speech.

After Alari spoke, Mark Johnson, MNSU’s vice president of technology and chief information officer, went up on stage. Johnson, who lived in the United Arab Emirates for four years with his family, spoke about his appreciation for the region and culture.

“Welcome and congratulations to your country and your people and we’re so so thrilled to have students from Saudi Arabia here at Minnesota State University, Mankato,” Johnson said.

After Johnson’s speech, the night was officially started with a reading of the Quran and the Saudi National

Anthem being sung.

This was then followed up by a Saudi Victory Dance where members of the SSA came up on stage and sang while wielding swords. The performance was done in conjunction with a similar performance done on the monitors.

During the event, faculty who helped organize and make the event happen were acknowledged and asked to come up on stage to receive gifts from the SSA. To end the night, guests were able to win prizes of their own through a competition to see who in the crowd knew more facts about Saudi Arabic history and culture.

After the competition ended, the top three on the leaderboard were invited onstage to receive their prizes.

The top three on the leaderboard weren’t the only ones to leave with a gift as everyone who took part in the questionnaire competition were able to receive a prize.

Names on the leaderboard were read outload as food was brought out and lines were formed.

Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74 NEW YORK (AP) — Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 74.

A statement released to The Associated Press on Monday said Norman died at 7:54 a.m. EDT from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to complications

of a spinal cord injury she suffered in 2015. She died at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in New York, and was surrounded by loved ones.

“We are so proud of Jessye’s musical achievements and the inspiration that she provided to audiences around the world that will continue to be a source of joy. We are equally proud of her humanitarian endeavors addressing matters such as hunger, homelessness, youth development, and arts and culture education,” the family

statement read.

Funeral arrangements will be announced in the coming days.

Norman was a trailblazing performer, and one of the rare black singers to attain worldwide stardom in the opera world, performing at such revered houses like La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera, and singing title roles in works like “Carmen,” ″Aida” and more. She sang the works of Wagner, but was not limited to opera or classical music, performing songs

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Students celebrate the first day of Homecoming week with a dunk tank and Mavs on the Mall event on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato Monday, Sept. 30, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Photos by Prasad Pol/MSU Reporter)

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Forever 21 bankruptcy reflects teens’ new shopping behavior NEW YORK (AP) — For years, teens flocked to Forever 21’s massive stores at the nation’s malls for its speedy take on fashion, like its $5 shimmery halter tops and $25 dresses.

But the chain that helped popularize so-called fast fashion has moved too slow for a new generation of young customers.

The Los Angeles-based privately held chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday, a victim of rapidly changing shopping tastes among teens who are increasingly turning away from malls and heading to trendy online sites.

They’re also interested in buying eco-friendly fashions, like pants made from recycled plastic, not stuff they’ll just throw away after a few uses. And they’re gravitating toward online second sites where clothes can be used over and over again. In fact, the secondhand fashion business is projected to reach $64 billion by 2028, nearly 1.5 times the size of fast fashion, according to a report by Global Data Retail.

The bankruptcy marks a dramatic fall for the retailer.

A Forever 21 store is shown, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, in Aventura, Fla. The low-price fashion chain, a one-time hot destination for teen shoppers that fell victim to its own rapid expansion and changing consumer tastes, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Forever 21 was founded in 1984 and, along with other fast-fashion chains like H&M and Zara, rode a wave of popularity among young customers that took off in the mid-1990s. It even stole customers from traditional stalwarts like Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle.

Their popularity grew during the Great Recession, when shoppers sought fash-

ion bargains. But Forever 21 went on an aggressive expansion just as shoppers were moving more online.

Now, it’s closing as many as 350 stores globally, including as many as 178 stores in the U.S. As of the bankruptcy filing, it operated about 800 stores globally, including more than 500 stores in the U.S. The company says it will still operate its e-commerce business, which accounts for

16% of total sales.

“The world has changed, and Forever 21 didn’t change with it,” said Stacey Widlitz, president of SW Retail Advisors. “And the walls closed in, in terms of the competition.”

Widlitz and others noted that the chain was also dogged by the deteriorating quality of its clothing.

Still, fast fashion isn’t dead; it’s just being reinvented.

Swedish chain H&M,

which has struggled to keep up with competitors, is showing signs of a comeback and is reinventing itself by offering more eco-friendly fashions. The chain, which once set the standard for speed by flying in frequent small batches, is also digitizing certain areas of its manufacturing process.

Primark, which is based in Ireland and owned by Associated British Foods, opened its first location in the U.S. in 2015. Now the fashion chain, which sells $10 jeans and $4 T-shirts, has nine locations in the U.S. and is faring well. It too is focusing more on the environment and announced last month a dramatic increase in its sustainable cotton program.

Sonia Lapinsky, a managing director in the retail practice at AlixPartners LLP, says a retailer’s success isn’t just about speed.

“They need to deliver the right products, the right story and be sustainable, “she said.

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2020 Democrats in dash for money before third quarter ends WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders said, “I hate asking people for money” — and then asked for money. Joe Biden’s campaign warned that President Donald Trump would “feel like he won” if a fundraising goal wasn’t reached. And Beto O’Rourke offered to “try to text you” in exchange for $5.

In the days and hours before Monday’s third-quarter fundraising deadline, Democratic White House hopefuls were pleading for campaign cash, making appeals on social media and collectively blasting out more than 80 emails asking supporters to “chip in” $5, $10 or $50.

With the Iowa caucuses approaching in February, there’s a growing sense of urgency as the primary becomes a fierce battle for a limited pool of cash that could make the difference between staying in the race and heading for the exits.

Those who continue to muddle along in the lower tier will not only face challenges paying for advertising to amplify their message, but they are also likely to struggle reaching fundraising thresholds set by the Democratic National Committee to qualify for future debates.

Top-tier candidates like Sanders, a Vermont senator, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts are anticipated to be among the leaders in the field. But others are facing pressure to post competitive numbers or get out, something that might not happen soon enough for some angsty Democrats.

“If you are being outraised 3-to-1 by Elizabeth Warren,

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks to supporters inside a coffee shop during a campaign event Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden, you have no viable path to victory,” said Rufus Gifford, Barack Obama’s former finance director. “Even if you can compete in the early states ... shortly thereafter you will run out of money.”

Cory Booker recently warned that unless he juiced his fundraising numbers by an additional $1.7 million, he’d likely have to drop out, stating that he didn’t “believe people should stay in this just to stay in it.” But the New Jersey senator announced he surpassed his goal on Monday, raising $2 million after enlisting help from Hillary Clinton and his girlfriend, the actress Rosario Dawson.

Regardless, he will still lag behind the top contenders even if he has an outstanding quarter.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who has also struggled to raise money, announced Monday that he’s applying for public financing, turning

to a fund that is replenished by those who volunteer to chip in $3 from their taxes.

He hopes it will supplement his campaign with a $2 million fundraising boost.

The third quarter is coming to a close as Trump faces an impeachment inquiry in Congress related to his attempts to get the Ukrainian government to investigate Biden. The development has scrambled politics in Washington but has turned into a fundraising rallying cry for both parties.

Trump has turned his outrage over the inquiry into a flood of campaign cash.

Trump and the Republican National Committee reported raising $13 million in the three days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced

the probe last week. And Trump’s son Eric tweeted later that the total grew to $15 million.

That’s on top of what’s already expected to be a major haul for the quarter. Trump and the RNC previously reported pulling in more than $210 million since the start of 2019 — more than his Democratic rivals combined.

That’s a source of worry for some Democrats concerned it will be hard to catch Trump once a nominee is selected.

“Trump’s presidency is wounded but not mortally wounded, and their operation is as good as it gets,”

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year student and biology major, Coral Skiles, she said, “I had a great experience at the carnival. I enjoyed playing the games and winning a fish or two—one of which I am going to name Crouton!”

She finished her statement of the night concluding her experience of the carnival.

“I am so happy that I have the opportunity to do something fun with my friends, and get to know and others better,” said Skiles.

Not only were current students attending, but alumni, as well. An alumnus of Minnesota State University, Mankato, who decided to come back for the carnival as a clown to entertain the current students, also shared his reasons for being a part of the fun.

“The event is something fun to get people’s mind off of being in school. It’s a stressful time—even though it just the first few weeks of the semester and first months,” he said. “People need time to have fun and be free. It is something fun to do, and a great way to meet new people, if people are still looking to do that.”

The carnival was a great success to students who came and participated.

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Teen strives to be Minnesota’s ‘hot sauce king’ MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — As a 7-year-old at the breakfast table a decade ago, Nicolai Amende watched with curiosity as his father routinely poured Tabasco sauce on his eggs every morning. One day he asked if he could try some and was immediately impressed with the spicy flavor.

A couple weeks later, Nicolai was brainstorming gift ideas for his father’s birthday when he had an epiphany. His dad loved hot sauce, and the ingredients were basic enough on the Tabasco sauce label. Why not pick some of the jalapenos from the family garden and give it a try himself?

“I looked at the ingredients on the label and thought, ‘this looks easy to make, I’ll make hot sauce for my dad,’” Nicolai told the Mankato Free Press. “I grabbed all the ingredients, threw them into a

His mother, Svetlana Amende, made a deal with him. If he sold out his entire stock that first year, she would pay for next year’s pepper seedlings. Family and friends were his first customers, but word spread quickly and before long the peppers grown in the family garden couldn’t keep up with demand.

“We outgrew our garden very fast,” Svetlana said.

“Now Nicolai has contracted farmers. All the peppers are Minnesota grown without the use of chemicals.”

Commercial license In the fall of 2012, at 10 years old, he founded Nicolai’s Signature Hot Sauces out of his home. As demand grew, he received his commercial license to sell the product at trade fairs, craft shows and farmers markets.

“You need to attend a class for acidic food preparation; you spend a whole week

and restaurants throughout southern Minnesota, including Blue Skye Mercantile, the Dam Store, the Wooden Spoon, Hilltop Meat Market and more recently, Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store, the big yellow barn north of Belle Plaine on Highway 169.

“That’s my greatest accomplishment to date,” Nicolai said.

He sells five varieties — from the very spicy Knaak Attack Garlic Habanero sauce, named after one of the farmers who grows peppers for him — to the milder Five Pepper Blend, the variety that started it all. Other sauces include a roasted chipotle blend, a chili-lime southwestern and Tsar Sauce, a nod to his Russian heritage.

“I’m half Russian,” he said.

“It’s based off of this Russian style hot sauce called Adjika — ideal for cabbage rolls and grilled lamb.”

“Minnesota State University business professor Yvonne Cariveau took notice, and invited him to speak to one of her business classes in 2014.” food processor and blended it.”

The initial outcome was essentially pepper flakes and seeds floating in vinegar. But he was determined to try it again.

“Throughout the next three years I experimented with the recipes, sometimes it was too thick, other times it was too thin,” he said. “After many months of doing research on the internet and learning through trial and error, I finally developed the perfect recipe.”

studying how to handle acidic foods,” Nicolai said. “You need to take and pass a test in order to be eligible for a certificate, pay for a license, and send your product to the lab to get it analyzed and have the proper nutrition facts ready.”

Now going into his senior year at Mankato West High School, he produces over a thousand bottles of hot sauce every year at a commercial kitchen space in St. James.

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Minnesota State University business professor Yvonne Cariveau took notice, and invited him to speak to one of her business classes in 2014.

“He was engaging, organized and hit many points that I wanted my students to

Nicolai Amende started Nicolai Amende Signature Hot Sauces seven years ago. His hot sauces can be found at Hilltop Meat Market, Wooden Spoon, Blue Sky Mercantile, Welsh Heritage Farms, Cheese and Pie Mongers in St. Peter and the Yellow Barn. (Jackson Forderer/The Free Press via AP)

hear ... get mentors and nurture those relationships, get out in front of people and sell your idea or product with passion and keep moving forward despite any temporary setbacks,” Cariveau said.

He’s been a guest speaker at the university every semester since 2014, and Carivaeu said he’s been an active participant in learning about entrepreneurship and networking, frequenting events at MSU’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

While that enthusiasm and cultivating business connec-

HOMECOMING Continued from page 1 events occurs that will send Homecoming off on a high note.

Oct. 5 starts off with a President’s Pancake Breakfast with President Richard Davenport at Blakeslee Stadium. The event will then be followed up by a tailgating event to get ready for the Homecoming game where the Mavericks will go up against the University of Minnesota – Duluth Bulldogs.

By far the biggest and most anticipated event will be the Homecoming Parade that is set for noon

and will conclude at 1 p.m. so attendees can then go to the following football game.

The parade will take place on Warren and Stadium Road. About 3,000 attendees are expected for the parade. Businesses on the streets will still be open during the parade.

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tions are an asset, Nicolai said his recipes stand out from other brands because of a higher pulp to brine ratio, meaning he uses more peppers and less vinegar, a technique he says brings out the natural sweetness of the pepper. Looking ahead, he aims to expand the boutique shops that carry the product, and he hopes to partner with other businesses to expand his customer base.

“My goal ever since day one was to become the hot sauce king of Minnesota,” he said.

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MARIA LY STAFF WRITER Homecoming has been an American tradition since the 19th century and connects students, staff and faculty as they build up school spirit together.

Throughout high school, I was not very fond of homecoming and found it to be mundane and only for football lovers alike. It was just an event centered around a game I didn’t care about and a dance that I thought was lame.

When entering college, I still had these thoughts and feelings about homecoming.

However, at Minnesota State University, Mankato something was different about it.

I began to see that homecoming is a great way to bond with your fellow students and really have fun.

MNSU has many fun events, such as the eating competition, where you get to watch students eat and complete various food challenges. I still can’t get over last year when I watched a dude shove chicken nuggets covered in chocolate sauce down his throat.

I had a blast at the lip sync contest as I watched students dance and have a great time despite their lack of rhythm.

Although I’m not the type of person who would ever

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come close to winning “most school spirit”, watching other students having fun with their quirky costumes lip syncing to the “Greatest Showman” with immense confidence made me feel good about being a Maverick.

Students participating in these events grow closer. I sat in various meetings such as ASIA when they discussed joining the lip sync battle team and watching previous years compete. Last year, I sat in my dorm room and waved goodbye to my roommate who was off to another lip sync practice. When she came back she seemed happier and still talks to some of her lip sync mates today. I passed by rooms where I saw groups practicing and laughing and bonding.

Homecoming royalty ropes in students in all sorts of ways as they interact with students and rope their friends in to advocate for them. Someone this year was giving out boxes of donuts.

The homecoming parade not only brings students together but also the community. Many different organizations within the school come together and plan a parade float, one that requires teamwork. I remember last parade when the Reporter’s crew gathered together and decorated a truck as our float. It wasn’t the prettiest but it was fun.

Although I’m not the biggest football fan, even I had fun at the game. I didn’t know the reason why I was cheering, but I found myself chant-

ing M-A-V-E-R-I-C-K-S with the crowd. They were giving out prizes for whoever cheers the loudest and I found myself envying whoever won a free pizza coupon.

Homecoming may not matter to a lot of people, but once you get involved you find yourself growing closer to the school and also the people you spend it with.

Whether that be joining a lip syncing team, scarfing down food during a competition, attending the parade and game with your friends, or even doing something as small as throwing a ball at the dunk tank - getting involved in homecoming is worth it.

Who knows, you may make a couple of new friends along the way.

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Giuliani subpoenaed as impeachment inquiry accelerates

MICHAEL MCSHANE NEWS EDITOR What some have waited for and others have dreaded has finally happened – an impeachment inquiry on Donald Trump.

Both the announcement and following investigation has sent shockwaves throughout the country over whether Donald Trump’s conversation with Ukraine’s president about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden constituted impeachable violation of office.

There really shouldn’t be an argument about something like this – if the president violates his position in office he should be impeached or at the very least penalized.

So far from what I’ve seen, for those supporting the president there is more scrutiny over who the whistleblower is rather than Trump’s apparent mistake of releasing such a phone call. White House Senior Policy Advisor Stephen Miller even called Trump the “real whistleblower”.

Trump’s own talk about the whistleblower and the punishment he would implement on them and any other whistleblower should terrify anyone who listens to it.

Trump spoke about how the country dealt with such whistleblowers in the past and even is even calling for the arrest of not only a member of the House of Representatives, but the chair of the House Intelligence Committee for treason on Twitter.

All this and more are causing many to believe this is the end of Donald Trump’s political career and time in office.

Impeachment is a difficult process and past impeachment processes have come up short.

But we are dealing with a president who is not helping himself in the slightest and

WASHINGTON (AP) — At one end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the president raged about treason. At the other, the methodical march toward impeachment proceeded apace.

Democrats on Monday subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer who was at the heart of Trump’s efforts to get Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden’s family. That was after one of Trump’s staunchest defenders, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said he would have “no choice” but to consider articles of impeachment if the House approved them.

With Congress out of session for observance of the Jewish holidays, Democrats moved aggressively against Giuliani, requesting by Oct. 15 “text messages, phone records and other communications” that they referred to as possible evidence. They also requested documents and depositions from three of his business associates.

Meanwhile, the circle of officials with knowledge of Trump’s phone call to Ukraine’s president widened with the revelation that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listened in on the July 25 conversation.

Pompeo’s presence on the Ukraine call, confirmed by two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal matter, provided the first confirmation that a Cabinet official heard Trump press President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Hunter Biden’s membership on the board of a Ukrainian gas company.

It is that call, and the circumstances surrounding it, that are fueling the new Democratic drive for impeachment.

McConnell, a steadfast Trump defender, nonetheless swatted down talk that that the GOP-controlled Senate could dodge the matter of impeachment if the House approved charges against Trump.

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to impeachment, it would take 67 votes to change, so I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell said on CNBC. “How long you’re on it is a whole different matter.”

Trump took to Twitter to defend anew his phone call with Zelenskiy as “perfect” and to unleash a series of attacks, most strikingly against House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff.

The Democrat, he suggested, ought to be tried for a capital offense for launching into a paraphrase of Trump during a congressional hearing last week.

“Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people,” the president wrote. “It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?”

Trump tweeted repeatedly through the day but was, for the most part, a lonely voice as the White House lacked an organization or process to defend him. Senior staffers, including acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and White House counsel Pat Cipollone, were to present Trump this week with options on setting up the West Wing’s response to impeachment, officials said.

A formal war room was unlikely, though some sort of rapid response team was

planned to supplement the efforts of Trump and Giuliani.

But Trump was angry over the weekend at both Mulvaney and press secretary Stephanie Grisham for not being able to change the narrative dominating the story, according to two Republicans close to the White House not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations.

Democrats have orders from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep momentum going despite a two-week recess that started Friday.

Staff for three committees are scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday to depose Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was removed by the Trump administration earlier this year, and Kurt Volker, who resigned last week as America’s Ukrainian envoy. Members of intelligence committee on Friday will interview Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who first received the whistleblower’s complaint.

Democrats are driving the proceedings toward what some hope is a vote to impeach, or indict, Trump by year’s end. They have launched a coordinated messaging and polling strategy aimed at keeping any political backlash in closely divided districts from toppling their House majority.

Meanwhile, an outside group that supports GOP House candidates was start-

ing anti-impeachment digital ads on Monday against three House Democrats from districts Trump won in 2016.

The ads by the Congressional Leadership Fund accuse Reps. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania, Elaine Luria of Virginia and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan of “tearing us apart,” and are among the first in which Republicans are trying to use the impeachment issue against Democratic candidates.

However, support across America for impeachment has grown significantly from its level before the House launched its formal inquiry last week.

A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows 47% of registered voters say Trump should be impeached and removed from office, while 47% say he should not. Just a week before, it was 37% for impeachment and 57 percent against. That was before the White House released its rough version of the call between Trump and Ukraine’s president and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry.

In the CNN poll, 47% said Trump should be impeached and removed from office, up from 41% in May. Both polls showed dramatic partisan polarization remains on impeachment:

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We’re running out of time to fix the environment MARIA LY STAFF WRITER At least once in your day, you will talk to someone about the weather.

It’s just a Minnesotan thing to do. As Katy Perry once said, “You’re hot then you’re cold. You’re yes then you’re no.”

As we begin to see the world turning into shambles by various pollution and carelessness of the human race towards nature, the weather has been crazy, especially in Mankato.

One day it’s rainy and windy, one day it’s rainy and humid. One day it’s sunny, the next day cloudy. The weather is weird and you never know what to expect.

With the weather being this unpredictable this year, it’s not uncommon to wear a thick jacket one day and shorts the next day. The weather is so unpredictable, you can find yourself changing clothes after the cool morning passes.

With Minnesota weather comes a three-for-one injury: sunburn, hypothermia, and the infamous thigh chafe.

The weather has been suspiciously nice lately, but good things could end badly.

We experienced a polar vortex last year, but what does winter this year have in store?

Freeman Moma, a student at Minnesota State University, Mankato said, “The weather is good, but we’ve seen worse. The problem now is, we’re questioning about the

winter. I’m asking myself, how will the winter be because this is the longest nice weather we’ve experienced in a while. In the beginning of September it’s usually very windy and cold. Like today, it’s 88 degrees.”

Fall is supposed to be at least below 60 degrees, but lately the weather has been perfect for swimming or barbecuing like the good old summer days.

Kids this year may be able to go trick or treating without their gloves and mittens this year.

Instead of runny noses and

habits, we might not make it. With the damage we’ve done it’ll take more than one person, a whole lot of willpower and motivation, and an understanding of what the world can end up as if we don’t change.

Many meme enthusiasts on social media have made memes that the world could end up like Disney’s movie “Wall-E”.

I recently watched “Wall-E”, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it did.

We could very well end up with Earth turning into a massive landfill with our only

“With the weather being what it is today, we’re beginning to see the effects of our actions.” frozen fingers, they’ll have sweaty backs and clammy hands.

Although this weather may be nice for many who’s tired of the chilly Minnesota weather, this weather is extremely scary and could indicate danger in the future.

Zahara Osman, a student at MNSU agrees that the weather seems fishy.

She said, “Even though the weather is warm and nice, when the weather is like summer, it seems unnatural.”

Many theorist online say the earth due to climate change could end in the next upcoming decades.

As we continue with our

hopes of survival is going into space.

We could turn into a society that has no idea what soil, trees, plants, rain, or snow is. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what we end up being.

With the weather being what it is today, we’re beginning to see the effects of our actions.

Although it might not be hugely concerning right now, it definitely will be later.

Osman said, “ The weather right now does not make me feel hopeful for the future.”

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Wintry blast closes schools, plunges temperatures in Rockies HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Some schools in Montana took their earliest snow day in memory Monday after a blizzard dumped several feet of snow, while plunging temperatures threatened crops across other parts of the Rocky Mountains in an unusually early blast of wintry weather.

Freeze warnings were in effect in parts of Utah and Idaho, and temperatures were expected to drop into

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The only person Donald Trump can blame for this inquiry is Trump himself and the hypocrisy that Trump would be putting information into a public server mirrors largely to the outcry that Hillary Clinton herself faced back in 2016.

This is a historic event that will be going on for a very long time. We still do not know who this whistleblower is nor what will happen when the whistleblower goes in front of Congress to speak about what they know. All we know right now is that it could be game-changing.

the teens and 20s in those states and Montana overnight and Tuesday morning.

The cold set in with the lingering fall storm system that dumped snow for three days across much of central and western Montana, including over 4 feet (1 meter) on the Blackfeet Reservation and Glacier National Park.

While parts of the Rockies were dealing with frigid temperatures and unusually early snow, warnings of extreme wildfire danger emerged in eastern Utah and much of Colorado, where temperatures as high as the mid-80s (30 degrees Celsius), gusty winds and dry air were expected to create critical conditions.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has declared an emergency after the storm brought heavy, wet snow and high winds that closed roads, downed trees and caused scattered power outages.

The declaration allows the state to mobilize resources to help areas that were hit.

The snow and treacherous roads led to school closures Monday in Montana towns near the Rocky Mountains that received the most snow.

School superintendents in some of those communities said they couldn’t remember the last time they had to cancel school this early because of snow.

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Augusta Superintendent Matt Genger said schools closed down Monday because of the road conditions.

“I think our furthest student is 30 miles away,” he said.

Snow drifts shut down the U.S.-Canada border crossing at U.S. Highway 89, where state transportation officials also reported that 200 head of cattle were on the roadway. A crash slowed traffic on Interstate 15 and several surrounding state highways were closed because of the snow.

The National Weather Service issued both freeze warnings and extreme wildfire danger warnings in Utah.

The hard-freeze warnings in the western part of the state are expected to last until Tuesday, meaning outdoor plumbing and crops that have no protection could sustain significant damage.

The fire warning is in the eastern part of the state near Moab through Monday evening.

Like the Rockies, Nevada saw wintry weather this weekend. Less than 1 inch (25 millimeters) of snow fell in the tiny town of Winnemucca, breaking a 142-year-old record, while Lake Tahoe and some other northern Nevada towns also got snow.

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KOLBY SPOMER A&E EDITOR This past weekend, the MNSU drama department showcased their newest musical production, “NEWSIES”. Luckily enough for me, I was able to get into the preview night and see everything a tad early, collect

my thoughts, and present it to you all now. I’ll give you a little preview of my preview review; the play is good.

Like, really good. I was a bit surprised by how solid every aspect was, considering it was their first public performance.

Firstly, the direction of the play was exceptional. If you

don’t want to take my word for it, let me give you two pieces of evidence to support my claim. Exhibit A: The play utilizes child actors, and they are awesome. The kids naturally flow in the stage and aren’t that noticeable.

Exhibit B: I, at no point, was “out of” the play. What I mean by this is that I was

sucked into the story, solely focused on it unfolding in front of me.

When I typically go to see movies and plays, at some point my mind will wander due to boredom or a general lack of interest. Somehow, that never occured during this plays near two and a half hour runtime. The acting by

the students was absolutely phenomenal, top of the billing to bottom. It really elevates a production when you can count on the smaller

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German films showed at MSU, Q&A followed RACHAEL JAEGER STAFF WRITER As a continued part of the German FilmXchange on Tour, the public was invited to view Auf Einmal at 6 Thursday night. After the viewing, a panel opened for a Question & Answer about Auf Einmal with filmmakers Asli Ozge and Emre Erkmen.

Auf Einmal is German for All of a Sudden, and circles around a moment where Karsten, the main character’s life changes after a young lady dies at his party in his apartment. Being the mayor’s son, Karsten faces hypocrisy in his town and wrestles with the different systems in society.

One of the first powerful moments that strikes the audience is when a fly dances across the chest of Anna, the young lady Karsten interacted with. His previous caressing touch reflects how the fly

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claims her in her death. Later, when Karsten receives a call from his father who orders him to return home, the fly reappears on the table which

gives an impression of the guilt that haunts Karsten.

Ironically, Ozge said that the fly was unplanned and wasn’t even the same one

but she kept it in the scene for its significance related to Anna. The question also arouses of what Anna really had wanted to do. The de-

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Pop singer Maggie Rogers encapsulates sold out show

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ANDREW BRAVO STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Folk singer turned pop icon Maggie Rogers sold out The Armory in Downtown Minneapolis, bringing thousands of people to the historic venue Thursday night.

Joined by local band Now, Now, it was clear that the audience was ready for the performance of a lifetime. The Maryland musician delivered an electric performance that treated concert-goers to the singer’s gifted vocal range and stunning visual effects that elevated the show to iconic status.

The opening act was played by Minnesota-based band Now, Now, whose final show was opening for Rogers following several months of touring with her. Originally based in Blaine, the American indie rock duo played several songs from their 2018 album “Saved”, such as “MJ”, “SGL” and “AZ.” Concluding their opening, their final song had the audience singing the chorus to “AZ”, a song whose easy to remember chorus ignited the crowd as Rogers’ stage time quickly approached.

Production teams worked tirelessly to create such a dynamic, yet minimalist set- four sheets creating a box perimeter before the audience’s eyes. Once the lights changed to white and the singer’s vocals could be heard, one thing was clear: it

was showtime.

With only her shadow appearing and an immaculate solo accompanying her, the angelic scene saw a dramatic shift in energy as the curtain dropped and Rogers and her band appeared. Sporting a beautiful white satin dress with a silk cape, the crowd exploded in applause and screams as she transitioned into her first song of the night, “Fallingwater”.

Performing songs off of her recent album (of which the tour is also named) “Heard It in a Past Life”, Rogers’ lightning in a bottle passion was quickly unleashed as the show began. The concert could be best described as a positive rollercoaster of emotion, from high octane moments in songs such as “Give A Little” and “The Knife”, to powerful solos on songs like “Say It” and “Burning”.

Accompanied by various instruments such as the piano, bass guitar and drums, one triumphed above all; the voice. Rogers’ style, self-described as a “witchy feminist rock star,” is well reflected in her vocal abilities and even her dance moves. Drawing inspiration from Carrie Brownstein, Patti Smith, Kim Gordon and Icelandic musician Björk, the 25-year-old has created her own distinct voice which makes her a powerhouse of pop.

Creation is not without cause, as the night’s performance reflected follow-

ing “Give A Little”, a song inspired the national school walkout for gun control in April 2018. An activist and feminist at heart, Rogers partnered with Planned Parenthood and Headcount, a group encouraging civil participation in voting, taking members of both groups on tour with her. Giving a few words before continuing the show, she encouraged patrons to take some time to talk to the organizations following the concert. “I’m all for everyone coming to the show, but you have to treat people right,” said Rogers.

“Please treat people right.”

Continuing her Heard It in A Past Life world tour, the NYU music school graduate became an overnight sensation after playing Pharrell Williams her song “Alaska” was previewed a masterclass at the school’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.

Since the video’s release in March 2016, Rogers has gone on to release her release an album, go on tour and work with numerous artists both well-known and up-and-coming.

Rogers will continue touring North America until October, where her next move is unknown. While we might not know what the singer has next up her sleeve, it’s clear that her distinct style means one thing - Maggie Rogers is here to stay.

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However, that isn’t meant to discredit the leads here.

Mack Spotts, Christian Tesch, and Ryan Feist all knocked their respective roles out of the park, delivering spectacular vocal renditions of classic songs “Newsies” is known for along with moving, dramatic, and convincing performances in the less grand moments of the play.

The set design was pretty standard, somewhat subtle.

It felt very natural, and didn’t interfere with the flow at all.

The costumes were very time

appropriate and added to the immersion of the whole endeavour. The accents used and general demeanor of the characters felt very appropriate as well. The play does a great job of making you feel like you’re in early 20th century New York.

Overall, I would recommend this play to anyone interested, be it for a fun night out or for this play specifically. It is clear the cast and crew have poured many, many hours into crafting something they can be proud of, and they’ve accomplished that goal and more.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — There may be no such thing as bad publicity, but the spotlight on “Joker” is testing the limits of that old cliche.

The origin story about the classic Batman villain has inspired pieces both in defense of and against the movie.

It’s been hailed as the thing that’s going to finally get Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar and also decried for being “dangerous,” ″irresponsible” and even “incel-friendly.”

Last week, some parents of victims of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting even wrote to the Warner Bros.

CEO asking for support for anti-gun causes. The studio issued a statement in response saying that the film is not “an endorsement of real-world violence of any kind.”

In his 80 years as part of the culture, the Joker has always had a way of getting under people’s skin — whether it’s because of who the character appeals to, what he represents or even the stories actors tell about how they got into character.

But perhaps the biggest irony of all this time around is

that for all the discourse and hand-wringing, the film has yet to even open in theaters.

That doesn’t happen until Thursday night.

It’s made for a complicated release for the high-profile film, which got off to a triumphant start premiering at and then winning the top award from the Venice Film Festival.

And while reviews are mostly positive, it’s also been heavily scrutinized and put the filmmakers on the defensive.

Director and co-writer Todd Phillips doesn’t mind the discussion.

Youtube video thumbnail “I’ll talk about it all day,” he said. “I’m not shy about it.”

He just wishes people would see the movie before drawing conclusions.

“It’s a little troubling when people write think pieces without having seen it. And even in their think pieces write, ‘I don’t need to see it to know what it is.’ I find it astounding, to be quite frank, how easily the far left can sound like the far right when it suits their agenda,” Phillips said. “To that point, I’ve been disappointed.”

The pre-emptive backlash is all the more baffling to Phillips because he hopes it inspires conversations: About guns, about violence and about the treatment of people with mental illness.

“Part of the reason we made the movie is a response to the comic book world of movies,” Phillips said. “Like, ‘Why is this celebrated? Why is this funny?

Why is this fun? What are the real world implications of violence?’”

The film itself is a slowburn character study of how a mentally-ill, middle-aged man named Arthur Fleck becomes the Joker. When the audience drops in on his life, he’s working as a clown-for-hire, living with his mother in a run-down Gotham apartment and checking in occasionally with a social worker. He has a card that he gives to people to explain that his spontaneous and painful bursts of laughter are because of a medical

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Continued from page 14 bate throughout Auf Einmal is if Anna had committed suicide or if Karsten had taken advantage of and killed her.

At first, the audience pities Karsten. It sounded obvious to the audience about the absence of the sky and a participant asked Ozge why she made that choice. She said that she planned to create a claustrophobic environment since she wants us to empathize with Kasten’s plight as he is being judged. The only time that the audience sees the sky is when he immerses himself in the forest and climbs up the mountain and looks over at the town below.

There he is mostly in the shot’s frame, with a cross on his right and the German flag on his left. When he looks down at the town below, he raises his middle finger and vehemently expresses his rage with equally passionate vulgarity.

There is a similar scene before that looks like Karsten may be when Karsten sits alone in a pew and it looks like he is silently repenting. A tall white candle with unfaltering light glows beside him and whether its meaning to judge or comfort him is still open to interpretation, even after seeing the whole film.

“It’s not meant to be a religious scene,” Ozge clarified.

“Karsten was judging himself. The church is reflective of the system. The system can be anywhere or anything, even friends or family.”

She expanded about her purpose of Auf Einmal was to shed light on how societies affect people with how to

behave.

“It’s about judging someone without knowing what’s true,” she added, and verbalized the church and hospital as other examples, and how each image is protected.

Natural sound pervades Auf Einmal as Ozge’s technique, except in the end when Karsten receives a promotion from his boss after blackmailing him with the threat of involving the press.

The audience hears a distinct breathing and might believe someone is behind them, but the sound is coming from the movie. It reveals Karsten’s excitement about getting his life back in order and that no one can mess with him again.

By the time Rammestein’s lead singer vocalizes, it is like a sudden slam in your chest and you realize that Karsten is not as good of a guy as you thought at the beginning. theme song gradually slips in His boss had wanted to protect himself so he stuck Karsten behind the scenes while he gave another coworker Karsten’s place. Auf Einmal centers around each individual who has Karsten in their lives, wanting to also keep him at a distance until the courtroom case was resolved.

Which had led Karsten to becoming “a monster, a master of society.”

“Sometimes you feel like you have to be an asshole in society to win,” Ozge said.

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The Minnesota Twins are all... Twins?

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HANNAH KRUSTY STAFF WRITER A SATIRE PIECE In a shocking revelation this past Sunday evening, it turns out that the Minnesota Twins are actually all related as siblings-- specifically, fraternal twins.

But how? And for how long? And, most importantly and curiously, why?

Our sources tell the MSU Reporter that this phenomenon has been going on since 1961, when the Washington Senators came to Minnesota.

Previously, a bunch of older, rich senators from Washington would dress up in the skinsuits of their unfortunate middle to lower class victims and play baseball.

Ever since the team got sold to the state of Minnesota, a ritual has been performed once every year that will lead to the birth of twins (actually, mostly octuplets) somewhere in the north, usually around the Duluth area.

This ritual is conducted mostly by Midwestern members of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs (AL). The AL invited me to one of these rituals, which I attended in the city of Minneapolis on Monday, September 29th. This will

be the first account of the Midwestern AL’s inner circle’s activity, aptly named “The Ploy for the Bois.” My notes are as follows.

We are in a forest somewhere north of the cities. I do not know, as I was blindfolded to be brought to this

men in the circle. The air is thick and buzzing with energy, a sort that I cannot begin to comprehend. I shiver.

Lightning strikes the inner circle when the last drop leaves the chalice. I am confounded.

The breeze quickens into a

“Our sources tell the MSU Reporter that this phenomenon has been going on since 1961, when the Washington Senators came to Minnesota.” secret location.

First, a chalice is presented to a man in a wine colored velvet robe. He is wearing a black mask resembling a plague doctor. The only lights are from crimson candles, held by his minions in a circle. They are wearing cloth robes as dark as the night sky.

A soft hum follows the one with the chalice. He bows low as an offering to the head, the man in the plague mask. He accepts it slowly but with a certain illustrious authority. It is brought to his lips. The closer it gets, the louder the drones of the

wind storm so powerful that I stumble. Yet even over this powerful gust, I can hear the drones turn into chanting.

The tongue is foreign, powerful, and riveting. It grasps my undivided attention. And then I feel something else, something more tangible grasp me. It’s cold. The candlelight dances across its reflective surface.

A dagger is held to my neck.

I twist out of my attacker’s grip and stumble. To my horror, every solemn face turns to me with a poisonous glare.

I ran.

Branches whip me across

the face, drawing blood. I remember just being glad that it was not the dagger injuring me, with the sickening realization that I was about to become a sacrifice.

So anywho, this saga ended when I flagged down a car some three miles from the circle. I was not pursued further.

That was my home run against the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs.

Should I feel guilty? For it is my continuing existence that robbed unnamed octuplets of their chance at life; the glamorous life of a sports star playing for the Minnesota Twins

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Continued from page 16 condition. His only joy seems to be watching the talk show host Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro) in the evenings.

“The truth is you see it and it’s heartbreaking. And he’s heartbreaking,” Phillips said. “And you know what happens in the movies when you have a world that lacks empathy and lacks love? You get the villain you deserve.”

It’s a role that has often required actors to go to difficult places, and “Joker” has the added complication of being more realistic than most of the other depictions even though it’s still set in a fictional world. To play Arthur and Joker, Phoenix researched a number of people that he’s

reluctant to even name.

“Some of the people I studied, I feel what they crave is attention and notoriety,” he said. “I don’t feel like they deserve any more of that.”

“There seemed to be an infinite number of ways to interpret every moment or how he might behave in any moment. And there wasn’t anything that didn’t make sense.

So we would do scenes so many different ways and some I would cry and others I would make jokes and others I would be angry and it would be the same scene and they all (expletive) made sense,” he said.

It made the experience

constantly “exciting” and “surprising,” but portraying Arthur/Joker also proved to be “messy and uncomfort-

the onus is on the individual.

“I do think that the audience should be challenged and they should be able to

“The new series is set on the same planet of Thra many years before the events of the movie.” able” for the 44-year-old actor.

As for whether or not audiences will use the character as an inspiration or excuse to act out, Phoenix thinks that

know the difference between right and wrong. I don’t think it’s the filmmaker’s responsibility to teach morality,” Phoenix said. “If you don’t know the difference between

right and wrong, then there are all sorts of things that you are going to interpret in the way that you want.”

Both he and Phillips make sure to stress that “Joker,” which is rated R, is not a kids’ movie. It also won’t be for everyone.

“I just hope people see it and take it as a movie,” Phillips said. “Do I hope everyone loves it? No. We didn’t make the movie for everyone. Anytime anyone tries to make a movie for everyone it’s usually for nobody...You have a choice. Don’t see it is the other choice. It’s ok.”

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Mavericks stifle Warriors, win third Harvest Bowl MSU picks up big win ahead of Homecoming matchup with the Bulldogs ANDREW NEURURER SPORTS EDITOR The Winona State Warriors won the toss and elected to receive the ball, hoping to jumpstart the Minnesota State Mavericks. Owen Burke dropped back and found Maverick linebacker, Alex Goettl for the interception.

The Warriors thought they’d be starting the game out on offense but found themselves quickly in the hole after running back Nate Gunn found the end zone for his fifth touchdown of the season. Gunn would end the game with 114 yards and two touchdowns – upping his season total to six touchdowns.

After opening up the game with a 14-0 lead after one quarter of play, the rest of the matchup was well defensively played from both sides. The Mavericks and Warriors gave up six points apiece in the remaining three quarters.

The Mavericks would go on to win the game 20-6 after a hot start.

The headline of the game was the defensive play and

MSU did a good job creating havoc for the quarterback.

After Goettl’s interception, the Mavericks would find themselves picking off two more.

Juniors Cade Johnson and Jack Leius were the other two players that picked off Owen Burke. Owen finished the game with 107 yards and three interceptions.

It was a great game for Leius as he was able to do just about everything for MSU. He finished with seven tackles, two for a loss and one sack.

Between the sacks and tackles for a loss, he was able to give the Warriors negative 21 yards.

Senior Zach Robertson finished the game with the most tackles for the second time this season. One of which was a sack, three other ones were for a loss.

Junior Cole Schroedermeier came into play with three straight games with an interception and while he couldn’t make that four, he found other ways to be effective and that was creating six tackles.

The Mavericks defense

Minnesota State safety Jack Leius (29) runs with the ball after intercepting a pass during the second half of the Harvest Bowl game against Winona State at the Blakeslee Stadium Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Mansoor Ahmad/MSU Reporter)

finished the game with four sacks as well.

On the offensive side of things, junior JD Ekowa led the way passing the ball. He completed eight of his 12 attempts and created 119 yards.

Senior Shane Zylstra led the way with five receptions and 79 yards, while senior Justin Arnold had just one reception but had the games longest reception of the day for 50 yards.

The Mavericks will have

another home game on Saturday, marking Homecoming week for MSU. They will take on No. 13 Minnesota-Duluth – highlighting a big matchup in Division II football.

Women’s hockey starts season with a pair of shutouts

The Mavericks outduelled the Engineers in New York over the weekend AARON YOUNG STAFF WRITER

It was a story of firsts this past weekend for the women’s hockey team who began its season with a great start, shutting out Rensselaer Engineers 4-0 and 3-0.

Early in the first period, it was freshman defensemen Charlotte Akervik who scored her first goal as a Maverick.

She was assisted by junior forward Mariah Gardner and freshman Kelsey King. King would finish the night with two assists.

Then freshman Kennedy Bobyck followed suit just under 10 minutes with her first career goal on a four-on-four powerplay for both teams.

She shot a wrister that slid right past the goalie to put the Mavericks up 2-0.

30 seconds before the second period was over, Gardner found the back of the net for a 3-0 lead heading into the locker room.

Six minutes into the third, captain Emily Antony scored the final goal of the night, beating the goalie low glove side with sophomore defenseman Anna Wilgren receiving her second assist.

King led the team in shots with four, followed by Gardner who had three and an assist of her own.

Sophomore goalie Abigail Levy had her first shutout of the season, making 14 saves in the progress.

Minnesota State dominated the Engineers, outshooting them 44-to-14 and winning 33 of the 53 faceoffs.

A similar story went down in the next meeting, as Minnesota State once again steamrolled the Engineers to a 3-0 victory.

This game was the debut for freshman goaltender Calla Frank and she led in the footsteps of Abigail Levy, defending the goal well with 13 saves.

Gardner was the star of the

game, scoring two goals on five shots. She started out the Maverick domination with a goal 4:10 into the second period. In the third, Gardner took advantage of a power play assisted from King, shooting the puck right past the goaltender. King now has four assists on the year.

Sophomore Claire Butorac capped off the night with the final goal of the game, nearly nine minutes later on the Mavericks first short-handed goal of the year. She was assisted by senior Sofia Poinar.

Minnesota State was all over the Engineers in this one, nearly reaching the 50

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mark on shots with 49, compared to Rennsealaer’s 13.

It is a spectacular start for the women’s hockey team so far. This Friday will be their first home game of the year.

They face off against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a battle for Minnesota supremacy.

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Women’s soccer splits the weekend in two hard fought games MEL STRAMM STAFF WRITER

Minnesota State’s women’s soccer put up an amazing fight last weekend against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs and the St. Cloud Huskies, with both matches going into double overtime.

Ultimately, MSU was able to triumph over the Bulldogs on Friday, Sept. 27, but ended up falling short and taking its first loss of the season against St. Cloud on Sept. 29.

On Friday, the Bulldogs traveled to Mankato to face the at this point undefeated Mavericks.

A pass from senior Dakota Wendell to sophomore Brynn Desens put MSU up 1-0.

However, close to 30 seconds later, goalie Alexa Rabune allowed her first goal of the season 13 minutes into the game, tying it 1-1.

Overall, MSU outshot the Bulldogs by an impressive 30-to-4 margin, but after no scores had been made by either team in the second half or the first overtime, the match was forced to go into double overtime.

It was sophomore Jenny Vetter who came through to pull both teams out of their misery 106 minutes in with a successful shot into the low-

er right-hand corner of the opposing goal - Vetter’s second game winning goal of the season.

The second match of the weekend on Sunday would break MSU’s unbeaten home streak of an impressive 35 games.

Desens again scored first, connecting on a cross from Vetter to put the Mavericks on the scoreboard during the

NEW YORK (AP) — Major league batters finished with 6,776 home runs, shattering the previous record of 6,105 set two years ago.

Dominic Smith hit the final long ball of the season, a three-run drive in the 11th inning Sunday off Atlanta’s Grant Dayton that lifted the New York Mets over the NL East champion Braves 7-6.

Oakland’s Steven Piscotty started the barrage on March 20 in Tokyo against Seattle’s Marco Gonzales, the sixth batter of the season.

This year’s total was 11% above the old record and 21% higher than last year’s 5,585.

Minnesota hit three home runs Sunday to establish the big league team record with 307, one more than the Yankees. The previous mark of 267 was set last year by New York. This year’s Yankees became the first team with 14 players reaching double-digits in home runs.

“I don’t think anybody will ever forget the ‘Bomba Squad,’” first-year Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.

Major League Baseball has asked for more scientific tests on baseballs, and Commissioner Rob Manfred expects

to have results after the World Series.

Strikeouts set a record for the 12th consecutive season at 42,823, up 4% from 41,207 last year and 33% from 32,189 in 2007. A year after strikeouts exceeded hits for the time, by 189 (41,018 hits), the gap grew to 783 (42,040 hits).

The big league batting average rose four percentage points .252, a year after dropping to its lowest level since 1972, the season before the American League adopted the designated hitter.

Tim Anderson became only the third Chicago White Sox player to win an AL batting title and injured Milwaukee star Christian Yelich wound up as the National League’s first repeat champion in two decades.

Anderson went 0 for 2 Sunday and finished at .335, eight points ahead of the Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu. Anderson joined Luke Appling (1936, ‘43) and Frank Thomas (‘97) as White Sox batting champions.

“It’s such a huge accomplishment,” said the 26-yearold Anderson, who hit .240 last year. “To think where I

Minnesota State forward Jenny Vetter (4) and Minnesota-Duluth defender Brooke Scheuble (17) vie for the ball during an NSIC regular season game at the Pitch Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Kjerstin Hall/MSU Reporter)

25th minute in the first half.

SCSU tied the score early in the second half with a goal

by Huskies sophomore Claire Shea.

The rest of the second half and the first overtime remained scoreless, which forced MSU to once again go into a second overtime.

Four minutes into the second overtime, the Huskies scored, taking the win against

the undefeated contender in the NSIC. However, this loss should not be taken as a sign of weakness, as the Mavericks once again outshot their opponent by a 21-13 margin and held the corner kick advantage by 8-3.

Regardless of the loss, it was once again a great weekend for Desens and Vetter, who were both able to score

for the Mavericks.

MSU will travel to Bismarck, North Dakota to face off against the University of Mary on Friday, then conclude their weekend at Minot State on Sunday.

The Mavericks should be able to recover quickly from this loss, as MSU has never lost against the Marauders in 22 years and is currently 6-1-3 against Minot State.

MLB finishes with 6,776 homers, 11% above previous record was when I first came here to where it is now. I just came in and continued to work. It’s such an unbelievable moment for me.”

Yelich wound up at .3292, just ahead of Arizona’s Ketel Marte’s .3286, as neither made it to the season’s final weekend. Yelich’s season ended when he broke his right kneecap by fouling a pitch of it on Sept. 10. Marte has not played since Sept. 17 due to lower back inflammation.

Yelich won at .326 last year and became the NL’s first back-to-back batting leader since Colorado’s Larry Walker in 1998 and ‘99, which started a run of three titles in four years. The closest NL race was in 2003, when Albert Pujols of St. Louis beat Todd Helton of Colorado .35871 to .35849.

The New York Mets’ Pete Alonso became the first rookie since the modern era began in 1900 to lead the major leagues in home runs, hitting 53. Jorge Soler hit his 48th Sunday to become the Royals’ first home run champion. He finished three ahead of the Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout, who last played Sept. 7 because of a

right foot injured that required surgery.

Washington’s Anthony Rendon led the major

leagues with 126 RBIs and José Abreu of the White Sox topped the AL with 123.

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MSU volleyball falls short to the Huskies and Bulldogs at home JENNA PETERSON STAFF WRITER This Minnesota State Mavericks volleyball team ended its ongoing winning streak against St. Cloud State Huskies and Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.

On Friday, Sept. 27, the Mavericks took on the Huskies and gave it their all. In the first set, both teams went back and forth for the lead.

The game was close, and it looked like either could win, but after six tied scores and four lead changes, the Huskies took the win 25-21.

The Mavericks took a strong 14-11 lead in the second set, but the Huskies fought back to tie the set 21-21. The Huskies were able to take the set after a consistent battle between the two teams with a score of 25-23.

The third and final set went much like the first two, the Mavericks were able to keep up with the Huskies and keep the score close. Unfortunately for MSU, the Huskies took a giant lead and won the set 25-14.

Although the Mavericks didn’t win any of the sets, there were still players who did what they could to help the team. Senior Morgan Olson led the team offensively with 12 kills and junior Mara Quam recorded a team-high

of 13 digs.

Altogether, Minnesota State recorded 33 kills, while St. Cloud recorded 46 kills.

On Saturday, the Mavericks tried out some new game plans against the Bulldogs.

In the first set, the Bulldogs were able to take the lead right away, and although both

teams went on and off for the lead, Duluth took the win 2520 after a hard fight.

The second set went much like the first, the Bulldogs took a lead right away and won 25-17.

In the third set, the Mavericks were able to come up with a new game plan and

took a 4-0 lead right away behind three kills from Olson.

Duluth tried its best to catch up, but the Mavericks had a goal in front of them to win. The set ended 25-21 with a Maverick win.

The Mavericks continued their efforts in the fourth match, despite the Bulldogs

taking a quick lead in the beginning. The game was tied 22-22 before Duluth was able to bring in a few more points that led to their victory, 25-23.

The next Maverick volleyball game will be against Wayne State take on Friday, in Wayne, Nebraska.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The winless Denver Broncos suffered the worst loss of their anguished season Monday when rising star Bradley Chubbwas diagnosed with a torn left ACL that requires surgery and ends his season.

The fifth overall pick in the 2018 draft, Chubb was injured in the Broncos’ 26-24 loss to Jacksonville on Sunday although he finished the game and forced a fumble on the last series. The ball bounced right back to quarterback Gardner Minshew, who then drove the Jags for the game-winning field goal as time expired two weeks after the Bears had a walk-off field goal in Denver.

“He felt good enough to come back in and actually he played that last series pretty damn well, had some really good pass rushes, caused that fumble that we weren’t able to get,” coach Vic Fangio said. “So, he was as surprised, I think, as anybody this morning when he woke up feeling the way he did.”

In the postgame locker room, Chubb blamed cramps for his being on and off the

field in the fourth quarter, although he was seen limping around the sideline and going into the medical tent.

“Just cramps,” Chubb said. “Feeling good now but need to shake that off, hydrate more and can’t let my team down not being on the field.”

Although Miller reached 100 sacks Sunday, it’s been Chubb who’s been rushing the passer more with Miller having more coverage and contain-the-edge responsibilities in Fangio’s defense.

Chubb had one of Denver’s five sacks Sunday after the Broncos became the first NFL team to go the first three games without a sack or a takeaway.

“It’s a huge loss,” Fangio said. “He’s one of our better players, obviously. He’s a tempo setter, great player, great person, great leader, all that. So, it is a loss.”

Another gut-wrenching loss for the Broncos, whose 0-4 start matches their worst in history and stretches their overall losing streak to eight games. They face the AFC West rival Los Angeles

Charges on Sunday.

“There’s no pity parties in the NFL, you know, we’ve just got to keep going,” said Fangio. “Those losses are our own doing. Injuries don’t have an effect on those. We’ve just got to keep going. But nobody’s feeling sorry for anybody here.”

In addition to trying to turn around their season without one of their best young players, the Broncos are left hoping Chubb bounces back as well as Miller did from his ACL injury in 2013 that sidelined him for Super Bowl 48.

Miller rebounded with a combined 25 sacks over the next two years and added five sacks in the playoffs after the 2015 season, including two strip sacks of Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50 that earned him game MVP honors and a huge contract extension the following summer.

With Chubb out, rookies Malik Reed and Justin Hollins are options to play opposite Miller at outside linebacker.

Fangio said the Broncos also will look at outside help such as Dekoda Watson, whom

the Broncos released this

summer.

Members of the Minnesota State volleyball team form a huddle after scoring a point against the University of Minnesota-Duluth at the Taylor Center Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 in Mankato, Minn. (Mansoor Ahmad/MSU Reporter)

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California to let college athletes sign endorsement deals

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Defying the NCAA, California opened the way Monday for college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals with sneaker companies, soft drink makers, car dealerships and other sponsors, just like the pros.

The first-in-the-nation law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and set to take effect in 2023, could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge.

Newsom and others cast it as an attempt to bring more fairness to big-money college athletics and let players share in the wealth they create for their schools.

Critics have long complained that universities are getting rich off the backs of athletes — often, black athletes struggling to get by financially.

“Other college students with a talent, whether it be literature, music, or technological innovation, can monetize their skill and hard work,” the governor said.

“Student athletes, however, are prohibited from being compensated while their respective colleges and universities make millions, often at great risk to athletes’ health, academics and professional careers.”

Newsom predicted other states will introduce similar legislation.

The NCAA — which had called on him to veto the bill, arguing that it would destroy the distinction between amateurs and pros and give California an unfair recruiting advantage — said it is considering its next steps. It did not elaborate.

In a statement, the NCAA said it is working to revise its rules on making money off a player’s name and likeness. But it said any changes should be made at the national level through the NCAA, not through a patchwork of state laws.

California’s law applies to students at both public and private institutions — but not community colleges — in the nation’s most populous state.

While the measure covers all sports, the big money is in football and basketball.

Student athletes won’t get salaries. But under the law, they can’t be stripped of their scholarships or kicked off the team if they sign endorsement deals.

There are some limitations: Athletes can’t enter into deals that conflict with their schools’ existing contracts.

For example, if your university has a contract with Nike, you can’t sign with Under

A ball flicks through the net in front of the NCAA logo on the marquis during an NCAA college basketball practice in Pittsburgh.

Defying the NCAA, California’s governor signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday, Sept. 30, that will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements — a move that could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge.

(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Armour.

The law represents another instance of California jumping out in front of other states when it comes to social and political change. The movement to allow student athletes to profit from their labors on the court or the playing field has been simmering for years, portrayed as a matter of economic fairness and civil rights.

“A majority of these athletes, it’s no secret, are African American,” said Sen. Steven Bradford, a co-author of the bill who is black. “It’s an issue of fairness, and it’s an issue that has been long overdue.”

Newsom tweeted a video showing him signing the law during a special episode of HBO’s “The Shop: Uninterrupted” alongside NBA superstar LeBron James, one of many professional athletes who have endorsed the measure.

James, whose 14-yearold son is a closely watched basketball prospect in Los Angeles and will be 18 when the law takes effect, exulted over its signing on Instagram, saying it will “change the lives for countless athletes who deserve it!”

He added: “NCAA, you got the next move. We can solve this for everyone!”

NBA rookie Jordan Poole of the Golden State Warriors also welcomed the new law.

Six months ago, as a player at the University of Michigan, he hit a game-winning shot at the buzzer in the second round of the NCAA tourna-

ment as millions watched on TV. “I know for sure I would have been using my name after that Houston shot,” he said, adding that letting athletes make money on endorsements is “huge for the game.”

Before the governor signed the law, the NCAA threatened to bar California universities from competition, meaning powerhouses like the University of Southern California, UCLA, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, could find themselves banned.

If that were to happen, California schools could form a new governing body and get schools from like-minded states to join, in a threat to the NCAA’s dominance.

But the governor, a former college baseball player, said

he doubts the NCAA would kick California schools out, arguing that the state’s 40 million people and status as the world’s fifth-largest economy make it too big to lose.

The NCAA “can’t afford to do that,” he said.

Democratic state Sen. Nancy Skinner, the bill’s author, said it could especially help female athletes, who have limited opportunities for professional sports once they leave college.

“College is the primary time when the spotlight is on” them, Skinner said. “For women, this might be the only time they could make any money.”

NCAA rules bar players from hiring agents. The NCAA has also steadfastly refused to pay players in most cases. But a committee is studying other ways players

could make money. Its report is expected in October.

The NCAA does let some athletes accept money in some instances. Tennis players can accept up to $10,000 in prize money per year, and Olympians can accept winnings from their competitions. Also, many schools pay players yearly cost-of-living stipends of $2,000 to $4,000.

“We just kind of joked every kid is going to want to go to college out here in Cali now,” Warriors forward Glenn Robinson III, who played college ball at Michigan, said of the new law.

“I think it’s time. A lot of people are waking up and starting to see how much money that these universities are making off of players,” he added. “Where I went to school, a lot of players couldn’t afford lunch.

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Cousins, passing game still missing when Vikings need them EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Even as the Minnesota Vikings had league-leading rushing totals the first three weeks of the season with Dalvin Cook, the team understood that, eventually, it would need quarterback Kirk Cousins to make plays through the air.

When they were needed in Week 4 at Chicago, Cousins and the passing game couldn’t deliver.

Against Khalil Mack and the Bears’ pass rush, Cousins was sacked six times and fumbled twice in the 16-6 loss. He was 27 of 36 for 233 yards passing but averaged just 6.47 yards per attempt while resorting to short throws to try and negate Chicago’s pressure.

“I think there were some times where he might have got rid of it a little bit too soon,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said Monday. “But when you’re getting pounded a few times, sometimes you got to take the quick throw.”

Cousins overthrew Adam Thielen on one deep pass early that likely would have resulted in a touchdown.

It was one of just four attempts longer than 10 yards, according to NFL NextGen stats. Of his 36 pass attempts, 20 came behind or within five yards of the line of scrimmage. He completed five of his seven attempts behind the line of scrimmage.

“There’s times you’ve just got to pull the trigger,” Zimmer said. “You’ve just got believe that you’re going to make the throw. There were some times that he got the ball out really good.”

The frustration was apparent with Thielen, who said after the game the team knew, at some point, it wouldn’t be able to rely solely on the running game.

“That’s not a shot at anyone,” Thielen clarified on Monday. “That’s not taking shots on coaches, players, nobody. That’s just saying, that’s just being real and saying that you can’t just be a run team, you can’t just be a pass team, and expect to have success in this league.

You have to be able to do both well and that’s what we’re striving to be able to do.”

WHAT’S WORKING Chicago scored a touchdown on its opening possession, the second straight road game against an NFC North opponent in which Minnesota’s defense has gotten off to a slow start. The Vikings, however, have been able to adjust in-game.

In Week 2, Green Bay had

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) fumbles the ball as he is sacked for a 7-yard loss by Chicago Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack, right, during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Chicago. The Bears recovered the fumble. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

165 total yards over the final 44:16 after scoring on its first three possessions. The Bears had 194 net yards the remainder of the game after driving 75 yards on their opening possession.

“We had to get up on the receivers a little bit tighter,” Zimmer said. “We were giving them too many easy completions there.”

WHAT NEEDS HELP An offensive line that had opened holes for the league-leading running game and allowed just two sacks the first three weeks faltered against the Bears. Cousins was sacked six times and the Vikings averaged 2.5 yards per rush. Sunday showed the reworked line is still a work in progress.

“Offensively, I didn’t feel like we matched the intensity of their defense,” Zimmer said.

STOCK UP Linebacker Eric Kendricks doesn’t get the recognition of some of his Pro Bowl teammates, but he’s been in the middle of the action all season. He led the team with 12 tackles against Chicago and has been a steady performer against the run and pass.

STOCK DOWN Left tackle Riley Reiff had a tough time dealing with Mack, who beat Rieff on the first play of the second half for a strip-sack, leading to a Bears field goal. The team’s highest-paid offensive lineman, Rieff can’t be relied

on to slow down a star pass rusher like Mack.

INJURED Safety Anthony Harris missed 15 defensive plays on Sunday, but the team hasn’t specified an injury. All Zimmer would say Monday is that Harris has a bruise. Right guard Josh Kline missed Sunday’s game with a concussion, and Dakota Dozier started in his place.

The good news was linebacker Anthony Barr returned after missing a game with a groin injury and cornerback Mackensie Alexander was back after missing two games with an elbow injury.

KEY NUMBER 15: The number of times Cousins has fumbled in 20 career games with the Vikings. He’s lost nine fumbles in that span.

NEXT STEPS Perhaps the passing game can get on track next week as Minnesota travels to New York to face the Giants.

New York has allowed 279.5 passing yards per game, the ninth-highest total in the league. The next week, the Vikings face the 32nd-ranked Eagles pass defense.

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