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See Play page 6 Walters business comes being trafficked from our See Mint Bee on page 7 Anna Walters, youth ministry major, established an innovative business
that seeks solutions and raises awareness about human trafficking.
from two friends who had small town in Ohio, Wal-
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Mint Bee: a student run business aids in the fight against human trafficking
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her art and share the story of her
friends who were trapped in hu-
need to be filled along the way, man trafficking.
she said. I believe that we arent going to
Walters believes this is a busi- see this modern day form of slav-
ness meant for collaboration. ery ended, until people are effi-
Right now we have some ex- ciently informed about the harsh
citing collaborations underway. reality that sex trafficking is going
Eventually the goal is to be a web on in our own back yards, Wal-
of people with the same heart, to ters said. If The Mint Bee contin-
creatively combat human traf- ues to grow, I would love to make
ficking and work together to see this a career move. Otherwise, I
change happen here in Minneap- will continue to make art as a side
olis, Walters said. gig, tell people about Katies sto-
The products featured on The ry and give a percentage of pro-
Mint Bees online shop are prints ceeds to local organizations that
of acrylic paintingsall originals are helping to rescue people from
of Walterssome hand carved sex trafficking.
stamps on book pages, and stick- Walters has sold her work at
ers and buttons with The Mint Ohio Youth Convention and has
Bee logo on them. Ten percent of had a booth at Praise Gathering.
the sales go directly to local non- She also uses Instagram as a sell-
profits. She aspires to eventually ing platform.
use her business to sell the work To view products and learn PHOTO BY: DREW POOLE
of other artists. more about The Mint Bee, visit Walters currently sells her original artwork online, donating 10 percent to local nonprofits.
Walters hopes to travel with themintbee.com
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athletes were named to the With the cross-country zer said in an email. You have
UMAC all-academic team this
year. In the past three fall sea-
26 team, the coaching staff com-
municates and expects that
to be disciplined in that free
time and choose homework
sons (2013, 2014 and 2015), 24, student-athletes do well by over social life.
26 and 29 North Central stu-
dent-athletes made the UMAC 29 setting high academic expec-
tations.
With the student-athletes
emphasizing academics, North
All-academic team. Our team motto is be excel- Central athletics wants to
To make the all-academic
team, athletes must achieve a 29 lent, and that is to have a love
for everything youre doing,
continue achieving awards of
UMAC All-Academic team and
grade point average of 3.5 or Meadows said. Part of that is ranking in the top schools with
higher during their semester that you are at North Central a high GPA average.
of competition. The number of North Central All-Academic athletes sits at an all-time high. to study for something specific Continued growth will bring
Greg Johnson, North Cen- that has been put in your heart about more success for both
trals athletic director, said prove on that success. cross country head coach, Trey for your future goals. the school and athletics de-
that the teams place a higher Typically the student-ath- Meadows, both emphasize the It is clear that academics partment, according to John-
emphasis on academics than lete GPA is right at or slight- importance of encouraging ac- are important to both stu- son.
even athletic achievement. ly above the general student ademics to their athletes. dent-athletes and coaches. Im proud that they take
In the fall, 22 student-ath- population GPA, Johnson said. Kaczmarek checks in with the This is not always easy because ownership of team perfor-
letes earned a 4.0 GPA. Johnson I think its a testament to our women and their academics to of the time management skills mance in the classroom, just
is pleased with the direction coaches and their leadership. get a sense on how they are that must be learned as an ath- as much as wins and losses,
student-athletes are headed, Megan Kaczmarek, assistant doing with managing academ- lete. Johnson said.
and hopes they continue to im- womens soccer coach, and ics and soccer. She said that I think a big part of balanc-