The Sun Star - November 10, 2015

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Ski Patrol hosts fundraiser at UAF Zack Sherman Sun Star

The Fairbanks Ski Patrol showed “Chasing Shadows,” a Warren Miller ski film, at UAF’s Schaible Auditorium twice each on Friday and Saturday night to raise money for the organization, which is responsible for emergency response at Ski Land resort north of Fairbanks.

The event was sponsored by many local businesses, who provided raffle prizes. The relationship with Fairbanks Ski Patrol, Warren Miller Films and UAF has been a long one, with annual screenings taking place for more than 30 years.

“Chasing Shadows,” the sixtysixth film from Warren Miller, is made up of many smaller video segments that take place all over the world.

The film is shot in Alaska, Japan, Utah, France, Nepal, Chili and other locations. It catalogs many famous skiers, snowboarders and other winter sports athletes in a large cinematic format that separates it from extreme sports YouTube videos and keeps the Warren Miller Films feeling relevant.

With a little more than 50 attendees at the initial Friday showing, the event was well on its way to the 300 to 400 hundred total attendees expected. The tickets sold for $10 for children, students, military and seniors and $15 for adults. The event is one of two put on each year by the Fairbanks Ski Patrol.

The event is of critical importance to the Fairbanks Ski Patrol and is responsible for more than half of the budget, according to Tim Viavant, director of the Fairbanks Ski-Patrol. The $1,200 - $2,000 that will be raised goes mostly toward training for the approximately 30 members of the local group.

“Every year all patrollers have to take an annual refresher of the outdoor emergency care course,” Viavant said. The event will also help to cover the cost CPR training and the procurement of specialized medical equipment for the patrol.

“It’s EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) more or less, but we call it outdoor emergency care,” said Peter Matheis, assistant division director for Alaska Ski Patrol.

The Fairbanks Ski Patrol will be holding their second annual fund raiser, a ski swap and sale, on weekend of Nov. 13 and 14 at the Pioneer Park Civic Center.

DJ Larson, Ski Land’s new general manager, also announced at the showing that the “early bird pricing” for season passes to Ski Land would be continued for entire season, $250 for youth (7-17), $350 for students and $450 for adults.

While the local showing is to generate funds for the Fairbanks Ski Patrol, Warren Miller is also donating a portion of the proceeds from all showings of “Chasing Shadows” to earthquake relief funds supporting Nepal. A portion of the film was shot in Nepal, so the money spent locally helps more than those who recreate at Ski Land.

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KSUA General Manager Mickey Zakurdaew shakes hands with Alaska Broadcasters Association president Matt Wilson following KSUA winning two Goldie awards on Friday night. KSUA staff members Camden Taylor (far left), Ted Hooker (left) and Josh Chavez (right) watch on. – Zayn Roohi / Photo Editor

KSUA wins awards at Goldie TV and radio awards Zayn Roohi Sun Star

KSUA Radio and TV won two Goldies at Friday night’s annual TV and Radio Goldie Awards. The two new Goldie awards will be added to their 100 previously won awards.

The Goldies are an annual event hosted by the Alaska Broadcasters

Association where awards are given to the best radio and TV performances from the past year. KSUA’s awards were for the best student promotional announcement and best student public service announcement.

The awards were won by Jack Ewers for his show “Valentines Day Party,” and Alana Vilagi f o r “ Vo t e r R e g i s t r a t i o n . ” This year’s Goldie Awards had

plenty of Fairbanks personality present, from KSUA staff to Jerry Evans and Glen Anderson, two famous radio DJs who got their start in 1981 at KSUA. Glenner and Jerry, as they are more commonly referred to, hosted Friday night’s award ceremony.

Since getting their start at KSUA, they have gone on to other radio stations, and were nominated into the Alaska Broadcasters hall of fame last year.

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H.O.P.E. at UAF

student organizes support group Josh Hartman Sun Star

This is a self portrait of Reichert that was required as a part of her Basic Digital photography class with Jason Lazarus in Summer 2015. One of Reichert’s specialties is her extensive knowledge and ability to maneuver in photoshop. Photo Courtesy of Kathryn Reichert

Kathryn Reichert: Raw talent, big opportunities Kristopher Voronin Sun Star

UAF student Kathryn Reichert left for Fort Collins, Colo. last week to showcase her photo “How My Son Sees It” at the Center of Fine Art Photography (CFAP). Reichert submitted images for a call for entry through CFAP and made it into the “Memories, Stories and Histories” gallery which debuted Friday, Nov. 6.

Reichert received her first digital camera (a Nikon D5100) in 2012 as a Christmas gift from her husband. Apart from her gift, she had never owned a camera other than the occasional disposable. She didn’t give her Nikon much use until her first formal photography class, basic digital photography, at UAF this past summer 2015 with Jason Lazarus. Before Lazarus’s class, she

was getting what she considered to be decent photographs, but she wanted to begin to delve further into photography as an art form.

“I wanted to make them s p e c t a c u l a r, ” Re i c h e r t s a i d .

“Even more than that, I wanted to know what made them spectacular, the technical side of how to make my camera perform optimally really interested me.”

Reichert’s work focuses a lot on suspending reality. She says she enjoys creating the world seen through her child’s eyes. Lately she has been working on a series of work photographing her children’s toys.

She has used everything from dragons to polar bears and tigers, and brings them to life with elaborate sets and lighting she creates in her own home.

Capturing these scenes along with intimate moments with her children is very important to her, she said.

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H.O.P.E. stands for Hold On, Pain Ends, a support group for women and men who have experienced sexual assault or domestic violence to connect and discuss their experiences.

The group meets in the Women’s Center at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays.

The Women’s Center is located in room 130 in the Wood Center.

This location and time will be consistent for the rest of the semester.

The group has had two meetings so f a r.

This group can help people to not feel so alone, Shaelene Holstrom, the organizer of H.O.P.E., said.

UAF Interim Chancellor Mike Powers recently made an apology on behalf of the University for failing to properly handle sexual assault cases and held a town hall style meeting regarding sexual assault on Oct. 21.

The organization of H.O.P.E. was not related to these events regarding sexual assault; instead it was sparked by a desire to help others, according to Holstrom.

“When I thought of the group I was only thinking of the other women and men out there who were hurting,” Holstrom said. “I just thought it would be good for the campus.”

Holstrom is studying Rural Development and Yup’ik language at UAF. She also works for the LIVE (Leadership, Involvement and Volunteer Experience) Office.

Mae Marsh, UAF’s Director of Diversity, was involved with t h e i n i t i a l e s t a bl i s h m e n t o f the group, although she is not currently active with its operation.

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The public safety report is compiled from police blotter information and interviews with UAF police officers. Individuals named as arrested and/ or charged with crimes in this report are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Theft 10/24/2015 3:08 p.m. - A white iPhone with a black case and eyeball screensaver was reported stolen from a house party at the Cutler Apartment Complex. The complainant had hoped the phone would be turned in when it went missing at the party, but when it wasn’t the victim reported it missing the following day. The phone was valued at $300. The phone’s tracking was started, but since the phone was no longer turned on, the tracking was unable to receive a signal. The phone is still missing.

MVA Hit and Run 10/26/2015 3:32 p.m. - Two people witnessed a hit-and-run at the North Upper Dorms Lot. The witnesses both described a dark pickup truck pulling out of a parking space and backing into a vehicle. The pickup truck’s driver then parked the truck in another spot at the far end of the parking lot and returned to the vehicle he hit to inspect the damage. The driver left without leaving a note or point of contact.

Police identified the suspect, who claimed to know the owner of the vehicle he had damaged and planned to contact him to sort it out. The victim declined to press charges.

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10/28/2015 4:52 p.m. - Police received a call from the UAF Grounds Department about a barrier at Wickersham, which had been hit by a vehicle. Officers responded and noted the damage to a bollard (barrier) situated at the front of the Wickersham building. The bollard will need to be completely replaced as the cement holding it into the ground was disrupted. The damage is estimated at $500, and the investigation is ongoing.

10/30/2015 10:15 a.m. - A UAF employee reported an accident that took place in the Hess parking lot.

The employee claimed, while driving a UAF vehicle, he was pulling out of a parking spot when the right rear bumper caught the front drivers side bumper of an adjacent car, tearing the bra (a piece of vinyl attached to the hood to prevent damage) affixed to the vehicle and leaving minor scratches.

Police were able to locate the owner of the car and put them in contact with the UAF claims department to have the damages repaired. The damage is estimated to be around $400-$500.

10/30/2015 1:46 p.m. - A student reported hearing a loud noise and, when they looked out the window, saw a box truck hit a red vehicle in the South Upper Dorms parking lot below. The student quickly snapped some pictures of the vehicle and contacted police. The red vehicle sustained damage to the right drivers side bumper. Video reviewed by the police shows the driver of the vehicle and the type of truck he was

driving. His image and the trucks description were sent to subsequent law enforcement agencies. The owner of the damaged vehicle was notified. The investigation is ongoing.

10/31/2015 1:42 p.m. - An accident was reported at Farmers Loop and Taku when a car failed to yield for another vehicle. The front side of the victim’s truck struck the right passenger side of the offending vehicle, damaging the right quarter panel. There were no injuries reported and damage is estimated at $2,000.

Diane M. Henry, 53, of Fairbanks, was issued a citation for failure to yield.

Minor Consuming 10/29/2015 6:46 p.m. - The Alaska State Troopers requested assistance for a possible fight at Gold Rush Estates. Officers responded and found no fight, but instead noted a female, seemingly intoxicated and soaking wet, at the scene. Angela L. Petrick, 19, of Fairbanks was found to be intoxicated and what was initially thought of as a fight turned out to be her boyfriend attempting to get Petrick out of the area when police were called. The boyfriend tried in vain to help Petrick get to her feet, but she continuously fell down. Petrick has three prior minor consuming alcohol violations and one prior habitual minor consuming alcohol charge. Petrick was booked on another habitual minor consuming alcohol charge.

This will be her fifth offense this year.

10/31/2015 12:49 a.m. - A complaint concerning two intoxicated males walking on North Chandalar Drive toward Hess Village was called into police. The caller then claimed the men were lying in the road. An officer made contact with Westen W. Hall, 18, of Wasilla, and another male who was over 21. Hall blew a .121 on the portable breath test and was taken back to his dorm room.

He was issued a summons for minor consuming alcohol. Both men were given a disorderly conduct warning and the non-student was banned form UAF for six months. He was given a ride to an off-campus residence.

10/31/2015 2:32 a.m. - A Community Service Officer reported an intoxicated male outside the SRC. Officers located the man in front of the Patty Center. Conner T. Minder, 20, of Palmer, initially gave officers the wrong birthday. Minder blew a .109 on the portable breath test. He was issued a summons for minor consuming alcohol and escorted back to his dorm room.

Criminal Trespass 10/31/2015 2:44 - A man ran into Lathrop Hall deliberately skirting the attendant. The Resident Assistant reported that the man had failed to sign in on more than one occasion.

Officers contacted the man in the dorm room he was known to visit. He was banned form UAF for six months.

Senate awards travel scholarship to student Dianna Rupp Sun Star

Present:Benjamin Ander sonAgimuk, Erik Rickards, Jonathan Quiñones, Brandon Blum, Sabrina Martin, Ryan Cain, Kayleen Hansen.

Absent: Allyssia Garcia and Mickey Z a k u r d a e w.

Absent Excused: Cordero Reid.

During this week’s senate meeting, ASUAF senators chose to unanimously pass a bill that will alott up to $2,700 to UAF student Laura Starr, who will be using the money to travel to New Delhi, India to attend a conference. The senate was also able to present and forward SB185-010 to the public relations committee. This bill will alot up to $500 to DRAW for use in purchasing a bike as a prize for a raffle they will be holding later this month in conjunction with the all American Lung Association.

The meeting was called to order

this Sunday at 4 p.m. by Senate Chair Quiñones in room 208 of the Gruening building. Guests Annette Freiburger and Octavia Harris were both present to speak on behalf of SB 185-010 and thanked the senate for their consideration. Proceeding into officer reports, Chair Quiñones claimed 14 hours over the past week that were spent primarily working with the American Lung Association to develop their bill. President Mathew Carrick claimed 25 hours over the past week that were spent at the UA Regent conference in Anchorage.

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Though only the Executive Committee was able to meet this week, Committee Chair Sabrina Martin informed the senate the committee has been, and will continue, looking over travel applications and the review process has been going smoothly.

Finally, after discussing the recent residence life survey and the possibility of asking for it to be redone on the basis that the questions didn’t quite address what the initial complaints were, the meeting was adjourned at 4:38 p. m.

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Corrections: In the last issue of the Sun Star, which was released on Nov. 3, the name of visiting artist Cannupa Hanska Luger was misspelled in every iteration. The correct spelling of his name is as it is seen in this correction.

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T h e s u p p o r t g ro u p c a n get res ources or help from the Office of Diversity if they need it, according to Marsh.

“I would encourage other survivors to come forward and participate with the group,” Marsh said. “I’d like to see a strong support group here at UAF.” “I know the university will be willing to fund [the group’s projects],” Holstrom said. “We would probably only [request funds] if we really needed to though.”

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Holstrom has been working on the organization of the group for the past month. She discussed the idea with others around campus such as Marsh, Chancellor Mike Powers and the psychology department.

“I wanted to make a safe place,” Holstrom said. “I’m also a survivor. I was determined to help other women and men get through the process of healing because I think it’s important.”

Many of the decisions about the group, including the location and meeting times, were decided by members of the group. The logistics of the group could change in the

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future based on what will best serve the members, according to Holstrom.

“I like the idea of it being studentled, because I don’t feel it would be as intimidating,” Holstrom said. “If there is no other student to organize it I would be comfortable with the Women’s Center taking it on.”

The UAF administration also supports the student-led aspect of support group, according to Mike Sfraga, UAF’s Vice Chancellor.

“What was encouraging to me was that groups like this have formed and are forming,” Sfraga said.

“Students are taking the leadership role in creating the environment, the structure, and the organizations to have these very candid, safe discussions

about their safety and campus safety.”

C h a n c e l l o r M i k e Po w e r s and Vice Chancellor Sfraga are always open to help or talk with groups like these, Sfraga said.

Holstrom does hope that the support group will have a relationship with similar organizations around campus, such as Green Dot. “I think it’s important for students to go online and take the haven training,” Marsh said, referring to the sexual assault training that students can access on UAonline. “The more awareness we have the more equipped we are to do an intervention if we see something that is happening.”

UAF will build new power plant

This day in history November. 10 1998 / Vol. 18 No. 9

Board funds coal plant David Costello / Sun Star This pipe burst Dec. 1998, filling the heat and power plant with steam. This event caused the plant to lose heat and electricity for eight hours. The rest of the campus was without power for another four hours. - Josh Hartman / Sun Star

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Just a few hundred feet from the Ben J. Atkinson building, UAF’s current heat and power plant, is the site for the construction of a new heat and power plant. The new plant will be the third in UAF history.

The new plant is being built because the campus demand for energy has outgrown the supply that the current boilers can produce, according to Chilkoot Ward, director of utilities. Additionally, the main boilers are the same ones that were built in 1964 and they are at risk of failure, Mike Ruckhaus, senior project manager for the new plant, said.

“We are careful not to say that the sky is falling down, but every subsequent year creates a higher risk of catastrophic failure,” Ruckhaus said.

Additionally, with the newer technology the new plant will use 10 percent less coal to produce the same amount of energy and will significantly reduce major pollutants, according to Ruckhaus.

Construction for the plant will start in the spring of 2015 and is projected to end in the winter of 2018.

The combined heat and power plant is unique because the steam that is used to turn the turbines (which produce electricity) is also piped to buildings around campus to provide heat. This process increases the efficiency of the system by 30 percent over normal power plants.

“You burn fuel once, then make two products,” Ward said.

The new plant will cost $245 million to build. The funds for this project are coming from a combination of capital funding, state appropriation and bond funding.

The original projected cost for construction was $50 million over the $245 million budget. In order to bring the construction back within the budget some changes were made, including deleting the administration wing, deleting the parts storage warehouse and changing from two smaller boilers to one larger boiler.

The current plant and boilers will still remain available for emergency power and back up for the new plant.

“Basically the only thing we’re going to shut down [from the current plant] is what was originally built in 1964,” Ward said.

Not all of the power comes from the Atkinson Building.

The plant needs to buy power during the two weeks that it shuts down for maintenance every year.

“We buy power from the local utility when it makes economic sense,” Ward said.

The current heat and power plant went under construction in 1962 and was completed in 1964. The old power plant was located in the lower levels of the Rasmussen Library.

The thick concrete walls are all that is left from the UAF’s first power plant, according to Ruckhaus. “It gets modified about every eight years,” Ward said.

In Dec. 1998, a tube in one of the original boilers burst, filling the plant with steam which shattered windows and cut off power and heat from the campus.

The university had to get help from the Golden Valley Electric Association to get alternate boilers running to return heat and power to the campus.

Also In 1998, the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved the construction of an experimental project which involved manufacturing a coalwater mixture and burning that substance in a special boiler.

The funds for this project came from the Department of Energy to study the new fuel.

Due to lack of funding, the project was not completed. Coalwater fuel was manufactured in North Dakota and burned in Wisconsin in a plant similar to the one being built at UAF,.

The Department of Energy got data from that project.

The fuel was never used a t UA F Ru c k h a u s s a i d .

The decision to not continue the coal-water fuel project was not related to the failure of the piping in Dec. 1998, according to Ruckhaus.

Future experimental sources of energy are not out of the question though. The plant has an open dialogue with the Alaska Center for Energy and Power to test new technologies and experiment, a c c o r d i n g t o Ru c k h a u s .

The UAF facilities services web page features data about all the energy and heat produced by the plant. These metrics are updated every minute.

University of Alaska Board of Regents vetoed funding for a $47.6 million experimental power plant last week and then reversed their decision in an emergency meeting one day later.

Regents initially vetoed a $12.53 million bond sale on Wednesday after raising concerns that the Clean Coal Demonstration Project is too risky for the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The vote threatened completion of the partially finished plant and contradicted a BOR vote one year earlier supporting the project.

“I don’t know of any other projects that are being subsidized to that extent,” said student regent Annette Nelson-Wright, who voted against the sale. “No one could tell me why that project was so special.”

Proponents of the CCDP hope the new plant will generate electricity, cash and research for the Fairbanks campus by converting Alaska’s sub-bituminous coal into a clean-burning liquid fuel.

While scientists have concocted batches of the fuel in the past using little more than water, heat and pressure, the experiment contains risks. No one in Alaska has ever continuously processed coal water for use in an electric power plant.

“That’s the risk,” said CCDP Project Manager Mike Rukhaus, about the 4-ton-per-hour liquid coal appetite of the plant’s new tractor-trailer-sized generator. “But if it’s a success UAF is really on the map of coal energy research.”

Regents discussed selling the technology to foreign countries.

As a replacement for some grades of diesel fuel, the cleaner burning coal could reduce waste emissions in older power plants.

In addition to the generator, UAF will also receive a boiler and two buildings under a partnership among UAF, Usibelli Coal, the Department of Energy and a variety of contractors and investors.

The DOE is matching every dollar spent on the project, and with grants and donations from other partners, UAF will only pay $14.4 million of the $47.6 million project.

“It’s a win-win situation,” said Rukhaus. “With $10 million in funding we end up with a $20 million facility. If nothing else, we have a power generator facility that we need anyway.”

If the coal fuel can’t be manufactured, plant operators can still use diesel in the 18 cylinder generator to supplement UAF’s rising energy needs, said Rukhaus.

After Wednesday’s vote, UA President Mark Hamilton and leaders of the CCDP told regents in a letter that cutting short the project could cost UAF $11 million in broken contracts, unusable equipment, and a cancellatiwon of a 30-month donation of Usibelli coal.

Contractors have already built a concrete platform for the generator and air tunnels to heat the new buildings. “I can identify with your concerns. Good God, that’s a lot of money,” saud Hamilton, responding to questions by regent Sharon Gagnon. “Quite frankly there was no way out of this without disgracing the university--that weighs a lot.”

Regents reconvened for an emergency session on Thursday afternoon. Before approving the CCDP bond sale, Nelson-Wright asked whether the cost increases could threaten UAF’s budget.

According to UAF project coordinator Greg Krier, the project will require an additional $5 million for cost increases and unplanned expenses.

However, other partners will repay a portion of the money.

The CCDP is scheduled to begin operation in late 1999.

“It’s a very complicated issue with big numbers. Trying to do it on audio conference was not a good choice,” said Vice President of UA public relation Wendy Redman. “In retrospect we said we’ll never do it again on an issue this complicated.”

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Jaylee Mays attempts to dribble around an alumni player during the Blue and Gold game on Saturday afternoon. - Max Mckernan / Sun Star

Here comes Harthun and the Nanooks!

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How do Sam Harthun and Miranda Grieser follow a recordbreaking performance? By Harthun going for 40 kills and Grieser for 74 assists, defeating first-place Northwest Nazarene Crusaders to extend their winning streak to three. UAF hasn’t beaten the Crusaders since 2009.

The Nanooks have flipped the script from last year and even the beginning of this season, when they were not necessarily in a position to win any of their matches. Their record might not reflect it, (5-17), but the Nanooks have changed under first-year Head Coach Brian Scott. In GNAC play, they are 5-10 which is the most conference wins they’ve had since 2010.

No one was stopping Harthun and Grieser, who dished out punishment on the Crusaders. The play of the day, however, came from Maddie Davis, who earned cheers from the Nanooks’ fan base with a seriesclinching kill to give the Nanooks the five-set win, which is the third

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Stephanie Toumson reaches out to grab a pass from a teammate during the Nanook’s Basketball’s Blue and Gold Alumni game on Saturday. - Max Mckernan / Sun Star

straight five-set match win for them.

“There has been a major evolution in volleyball here in Fairbanks this season,” Scott said. “Nobody would have guessed that this is where we would be when we started the season.

This is the kind of play you can start to expect from these girls. They play their hearts out and they deserve all the credit for what happened tonight. I’m so proud of them.”

This win was special to the team, who were victorious against a very tough Crusaders team with senior leadership across the board. The Nanooks turned to two of their senior leaders, Harthun and Grieser, as they set the tone early by winning the first two sets over the Crusaders. Even though the match went to five sets, the Nanooks dominated in many of the stats. They out-killed the Crusaders 82-51 and out hit them .234 over .222. They simply outplayed the number one ranked GNAC team.

The Nanooks now look forward to their match up against the number-two ranked GNAC team in Central Washington, who lost to Alaska Anchorage.

Riley Podowicz jumps to hit the ball while her teammates watch on Saturday night. The Nanooks went on to lose 1-3 against Central Washington. - Max Mckernan / Sun Star

The Nanook’s Jordan Ferland bounces the ball before serving near the beginning of the Nanook’s match against number one ranked Northwest Nazarene on Thursday night. The Nanooks won 3-2. - Kris Veronin / Sun Star

Sam Harthun dives down to hit the ball during the Nanook’s game against Central Washington on Saturday night. The Nanooks lost the game with a score of 1-3. - Max Mckernan / Sun Star

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is an annual event at UAF organised by the Student Activities Office.

UAF presents Pop-Con It’s purpose is to celebrate popular culture. The Thurs-Sat event included Pop-Con movie screenings, competitions, information and sales booths, and cosplay.

Students gathered in the Wood Center on Nov. 6 for one day of the sixth annual Pop Con. - Max Mckernan / Sun Star

Petroleum engineering student Ray West competes in the LEGO building contest at Pop-Con. He placed second in the contest. - Jason Ninneman / Sun Star

Two members of the UAF LARP club battle each other at Pop Con on Nov. 6 2015. - Megan Bennett / Sun Star

Jesse Wells poses at Pop-Con with his Warlord Titan action figure, a game piece for the tabletop version of War Hammer 40000. - Jason Ninneman / Sun Star

Reichert Continued from pg. 1

“Childhood is such an amazing time,” Reichert said. “They are so free and imaginative that I thought it would be wonderful to capture that intangible thing and show them when they got older this is how they were and the way they played.”

Reichert’s photo, “Through my Son’s Eyes” hanging in the “Memories, Stories and Histories” gallery, was originally completed for her basic digital photography class as a part of a “depth of field” assignment.

The photo was created with ice cubes, flour and her son’s plastic toy polar bear and was illuminated using a backlit LED light submerged in water, then further diffused by a transparent sheet of scrapbook paper.

Reichert described her experience seeing her photo displayed in the entrance of the gallery as surreal. Her photo was displayed right under the exhibit title, ushering patrons into the gallery.

“I would kind of peek over at it every now and again while I was talking to other people around the gallery,” Reichert said.

“It was always such an exciting feeling to see other photographers or patrons discussing it.”

Reichert plans to finish her toy series, and apply for more calls for entries. She hopes to continue to get the opportunity to show her work. Although she will still work with miniatures and composites, she would like to push herself into other genres of photography.

“I think the biggest, most satisfying changes happen when you really push through the tough stuff that doesn’t necessarily resonate with you at first,” Reichert said.

This photo is featured on Reichert’s business cards. The majority of her set is created with paper and shot in her home. - Photo courtesy of Kathryn Reichert

This is the photo that will be featured in at the Center for Fine Art Photography in their Memories, Stories and Histories Show in Fort Collins, Colo. This photo was created using Reichert’s son’s plastic polar bear toy, melting ice cubes and a miniature set created in her home. - Photo Courtesy of Kathryn Reichert

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Alaska Broadcasters Association president Matt Wilson starts Friday night’s Goldie Award ceremony by announcing the hosts, Jerry and Glenner, famous former KSUA DJs. – Zayn Roohi / Photo Editor

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Continued from pg. 1 Annie Bartholomew, a UAF Journalism student who graduated in 2014 and went on to work for KTOO, the public radio station in Juneau, handed out awards during the ceremony. The other three student awards were won by Anchorage-

based Alaska Teen Media Institute, and the Sitka community radio station, KCAW. The University of Alaska Anchorage’s student radio station, KRUA, won no awards.

In previous years, students have been eligible to win awards in every category, and not just student categories. This allowed KSUA to set a record high of 19 Goldie Awards one year, according to staff advisor C.P. Price.

Since it has been changed, students are now only allowed to win a maximum of five categories.

KSUA entered four categories this year, according to General Manager Mickey Zakurdaew, and won two of those. Despite the changes, KSUA has never been shut out, and has always won at least one award every year, according to Price.

The UAF Student Ceramic Art Guild (SCAG) will be hosting visiting artist, Kenyon Hansen this week from Nov. 11-13. Hansen is a ceramic potter who has been featured on the cover of Ceramics Monthly magazine as an emerging artist. His work focuses on utilitarian pieces such as mugs, pots, bowls and other functional vessels. The up-andcoming artist has been all over the country and worked in many different apprenticeships, honing his craft.

In September, Hansen’s work was showcased in a solo exhibit at the Harstook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery in New York City.

The exhibit’s description read, “Hansen’s jars, coffee pots, mugs and teapots are some of the most original being made today.”

Hansen is currently an adjunct c e r a m i c s i n s t r u c t o r t e a ch i n g ceramic design at Finlandia University in Hancock, Mich.

Hansen will be in the UAF ceramics studio hosting demonstrations and workshops that are open to the public Thursday, Nov. 12 and Friday, Nov. 13. He will conclude his visit with an artist talk from 7-8 p.m. on Nov. 13.

Thursday: 1 0 a . m . - 5 p. m . D e m o / Workshops UAF Ceramics Studio Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Demo/Workshops UA F Ceramics Studio 6 - 7 p. m . Po t l u c k D i n n e r Murie Auditorium and Atrium 7-8 p.m. Artist Talk Murie Auditorium and Atrium

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A biweekly finacial advice column by Mathew Carrick

Not that kind of bondage

Bonds are a low-risk, long-term investments that typically yield a very low rate of return. In other words, you won’t get a lot, but you probably won’t lose anything either. Bonds are suitable for people who don’t like to take risks or those who will need invested money back at a certain time.

So what is a bond? In contrast to a stock, which actually gives ownership or stake in a company, bonds are debt. When UAF wants to build a new building, the university might issue bonds—essentially, take out a loan. Individuals and groups buy these bonds, giving the university the funds now with the promise of getting more money later. These bonds come

in many varieties, I like to call them shades of green. They can be issued by local and federal governments, public institutions, corporations and nearly any other organization.

So, where would you buy bonds?

As with most any kind of investment, bonds can be purchased through a brokerage account like Scottrade or Charles Schwab. Another popular way to purchase bonds is through the United States Treasury, which offers federal government bonds through their website. Treasury bonds are a great way to get started, as they are extremely low-risk because they are backed by the full financial authority of the United States government.

However, because of this low risk, treasury bonds also yield a very low return: in other words, don’t expect to get rich with them. Bonds can be issued for almost any length of time, ranging from a few weeks to a few decades, with longer time horizons coming with greater annual returns.

In many cases, the yield of a bond (especially low-risk government bonds) does not exceed the inflation rate, meaning that an investment

in bonds will still lose money. Of course, this is still better than the extremely low interest rates offered in a bank account, meaning you’ll lose less money than you would keeping money in a bank or under your mattress. For this reason, bonds are less about building wealth than about preserving wealth, making them more commonly used later in life. However, they’re still relevant for young investors as a safer, easier alternative to the stock market. If you’d like to invest but are wary of volatility in the stock market or need something that you can cash in at a specified time, consider bonds!

Mathew Carrick is an Economics major, Math minor, and personal finance enthusiast.

If you have questions regarding personal finance or financial literacy, feel free to email him at mtcarrick@alaska.edu for an answer – it may even turn into a column article!

Letters to the Editor:

Philosophy’s role in preventing sexual assault On Oct. 21 this year, we had the second annual Joseph Thompson Memorial Lecture with the topic “Are we just animals?”

The panel of professors answered questions with the kind of wisdom and poise one could expect from people who specialize in critical thinking. One of the moments that stuck with me was at the end, when we were reminded that UA decided it didn’t need philosophy.

All around the countr y, philosophy is being discarded as outdated and useless, but it is more

necessary now than ever before. We live in a society where rape victims are asked all the wrong questions and blamed when they report their assailant. How can this be if we live in the greatest country on the planet?

It is because we live in a society where gym is required but critical thinking is an elective. We have decided that philosophy is worthless metaphysics touted by the pretentious in cafés; but time and progress do not mean that we have shed the need for critical thinking.

It is through critical thinking

that we can understand the poor reasoning behind blaming the victim, that dancing in a short skirt is not an invitation, and that “No” is not a gray area.

Philosophy at its core teaches us to challenge every preconceived notion we have and disassemble bad arguments. As UAF tackles its sexual assault problem, we all ought to remember that they have deprived us all of a vital weapon: critical thinking.

-Jonathan Quiñones

Rape culture is real Rape on college campuses is not about a “rapist walking across campus, trying to choose his next victim.” Rape on college campuses is having one too many drinks at a party and allowing a friend to walk you home, only to wake up naked and in bed with them when you had no intention of being there, and were not capable of consent.

Rape culture is real. To ask a person what they was wearing when they were sexually assaulted is not common sense, it’s saying

that their clothes gave a person the right to rape. Asking why they didn’t fight back isn’t common sense, it’s implying that if they didn’t want it, they should’ve fought harder. Rape culture is thinking that only women are sexually assaulted. Rape culture is ignoring the fact that most people have misconceptions about what consent is. Rape culture is the real reason people do not report sexual assault the majority of the time: because it is more damaging to go to court as the victim than it is for the offender.

Too many college administrators hold this opinion that rape is a scary man in the bushes, and women need to protect themselves with their mace and karate. Here at UAF, our administrators are focused on opening the conversation and listening to what students have to say, and what we need from our campus and our community. They are ready to change the culture. Are we?

Letter from the Editor

The Artist’s Curse If a project is sufficiently challenging, as a person works through it, he or she learns. As an artist paints, he might learn a more effective way to represent the space between objects. A potter may find a better way to affix a handle or spout to a vessel. With this process of learning often comes a sense of dissatisfaction with the finished project — an inability to see success through the mistakes that were made during the learning process. This is often referred to as the artist’s curse.

It happens outside of the studio, too. As a person immerses oneself in a piece of creative writing, video game, performance or homework assignment, and dedicates oneself to the idea of achieving more, they suffer each time a challenge is overcome and another shows its face.

The Sun Star faces challenges every year, every month, and every week. Each paper poses specific problems: lack of resources, cancelled events, refusals from potential interview subjects and late submissions, just to name a few.

Every week, we learn something about how we can do better; and every week we make a new mistake.

The wonderful opportunity working at the Sun Star provides to the determined “artist,” is the necessity to produce a finished product every week during the school year. It’s easy to see missed chances and obvious mistakes in personal work and throw that medium or project to the side in favor of something different, when it might be more beneficial to stick with it and improve further until you can appreciate your success.

The Sun Star does not allow for that sort of lack of commitment.

As the end of the semester draws near, (there’s only three issues left to produce this year, over the course of four weeks) I work against the artist’s curse. We have three more chances to put together an awesome paper. We have three more chances to provide UAF with excellent service. We have three more weeks to beat the curse before we get a little rest, and come back refreshed and ready to do it all again.

- Kayleen Hansen

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View the job posting on www.uakjobs.com, posting #0071496. For more information, stop by our office in 305 Constitution Hall, email editor@uafsunstar.com or call (907)474-7640

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Editorial: The Underappreciation of Art

Zayn Roohi / Photo Editor Talk to any artist, whether they’re a filmmaker, photographer, painter or knitter, and you’ll find they all have something in common with each other: they get asked by almost everyone to do work for free. Whether they’re told that it’s for exposure, family, friends or fun, artists are expected to do their jobs for free.

No legitimate company would be able to keep business if they told

everyone they were going to make money off of a scientist’s work without paying them. It wouldn’t be accepted by society as a reasonable thing to do.

Artists are expected to do this very thing to advance their career.

I just spent two days in Anchorage filming a advertisement for a clothing line. From the time I started planning the shoot to the time I’ll be done editing the footage, I will have put in more than 100 hours of work. No one in their right mind would expect someone to do this much work for nothing.

And yet just a few weeks ago I was asked to fly down, film and edit a commercial, all for free. I was told that I would be given exposure and this would help me get more business.

This is like going to Fred Meyers and taking food without paying because you’ll tell all your friends how good their food is.

This trend isn’t a very complicated one and it wouldn’t be particularly hard to stop. At its core, it’s greed.

Companies know they can get away with exploiting artists. On the surface it’s society judging artists as being worth less than everyone else. People think that art is just something that happens, and that no one has to work for it.

Against my better judgement, I decided to film a promo piece for the UAF athletic department for free three weeks ago. My only requirement was that the athletic department sign my contract, a simple contract that stated that I had created the work, and would be given credit for it.

My contract was rejected.

Everyone I talked to was surprised that I expected to receive credit for my work, and I was once even asked why UAF didn’t own the piece. After numerous emails and rewrites of my contract, I was finally ignored and nothing ever came of the promo.

I’ve been in numerous situations like this, and the fact is people don’t respect artists, and people don’t respect their art. In an age of iPhones

and iPads, people think that because they can be an artist with just a cell phone, then anyone can be.

But this simply isn’t true. Artists contribute something unique to our society. Science and math are not emotional, economics and politics aren’t beautiful. Art is, and the artists who did the work to create masterpieces spent more then two minutes playing with their iPhone.

Becoming a great artist takes thousands of hours of hard work, and not many people can do it.

An college athlete spends 22 years training to be great, an engineering student spends this time studying. An artist is no different.

So no, I will not take pictures of your baby, your wife, promote your brand or help you with you homework project.

I’ve spent 19 years learning my trade, and I deserve more than nothing for my work.

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‘Nook on the Street

This week we asked students: What is the craziest thing you did or saw for Halloween?

“There was this guy dressed as Two-Face. I couldn’t have done a better job with a costume if I tried.”

Trenton Friend, Civil Engineering

“The costume of Chewbacca on campus and seeing people stepping on a pumpkin in the hallway.”

Stephen Steger, Construction Management

“I left my lights on as I was leaving my house to grab food. As I pulled out of the driveway, a woman drove up behind me, blocked my exit, and forced me to give her kid candy.”

Kailey Miranda, Interdisciplinary Studies

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by Molly Putman / Layout Editor

How do I tell my prof. that I’m missing class because I experimentally took a bunch of fiber and now I’m s***ing every 30 min.

I guess we are going to get about 2” of snow today, or as guys would say 8.5” Is it colder at UAA or are their degrees just worth less?

“I came from Japan and Halloween isn’t a big thing. But here it is and people really like the candy, but Halloween candy is not delicious.

The Japanese candy is a lot better.”

Hazuki Fukuda, Political Science

“Watched some movies. Saw “The the third time… It Alex Medeiros, Engineering

pretty crazy Conjuring” for was awesome.”

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“I went trick-or-treating, had fun, and ran the streets acting like a kid.”

Danielle Brown, Dental Hygiene

This week’s ‘Nook on the street was compiled by Megan Bennett / Sun Star

Sun Star Picks: UAF and community events The Sun Star Picks calendar is compiled weekly based on the choices of the editorial staff.

Tuesday / 10 Learn how to create your own yarn!

The Folk School is offering classes teaching how to create your own yarn. They begin Nov. 10 and continue every Tuesday until December.

- Zayn Roohi / Photo Editor

Wednesday / 11 “Fallout 4” is released on Nov. 10, so I suggest spending your Wednesday huddled in a blanket fort, in darkness highlighted by the glow of a screen and delighting in what this newest installment to the franchise can offer you. Following the cancellation of “Silent Hills,” I was overcome with what I can only describe as overwhelming post-break-up angst, which I directed towards the gaming industry as a whole. If you, like me, have been avoiding the industry for a while, this may be the time to dust off your console and say, “Let’s give it another try.”

- Kyrie Long / Copy Editor

Thursday / 12 At 3:30pm in the UA Museum of the North auditorium there will be a screening and discussion of “Changa Revisited: Thirty Years

in the Life of a Maasai Family.”

This is a “documentary depicting the shocking clarity with which three Ilparakuyo Maasai women understand the dissolution of their Ilparakuyo community in Tanzania.

They describe their homestead as torn by human and livestock diseases, widespread alcoholism among men and the increase of poverty, disrespect, migration and violence.” If you need something a little more cheery, you might consider exploring the desolate, apocalyptic nuclear wasteland of Boston in “Fallout 4”, the most recent Bethesda game that released on Tuesday. That’s certainly what I plan on doing.

- Molly Putman / Layout Editor

Friday / 13 If you manage to get out of your house without any major mishaps, you might spend your afternoon checking out Frozen Lenses, a student organization dedicated to bringing photographers together to share and critique work, discuss photography, learn new photographic processes and plan group workshops.

They meet every Friday in 106 Bunnell from 1-2 p.m. Several of the photographers in the club have had their work shown in notable galleries, though they do welcome photographers of all skill levels, making it an ideal place for any light-

Naturally Perspiring

capturer who seeks to improve his or her skill.

- Danny Fisher / Editor-in-Chief

Saturday / 14 Meditation isn’t just for hippies, you know. It’s for you, and for me, and for Santa, and for Buddha and for everyone. In fact, this Saturday, you’ve got two opportunities to get your meditation on. An intro to meditation will be hosted in Duckering 341 at 10 a.m. directly followed by a Simran meditation workshop in the U-Park Elementary gym at 11:30 a.m. Come learn basic breathing and visualization techniques and other good meditation practices.

Who knows, you may even reach enlightenment.

- Lida Zakurdaew / Distribution Manager

Sunday / 15 Come to the Sun Star meeting at 1 p.m. at 305 Constitution Hall above the post office.

- Aaron Walling / Advertisement Manager

By Mason Schoemaker

“ O n e bu r ri to p leas e. ” “Sorry it’s Taco Tuesday, no burritos.” “...One taco in a large tortilla please.”

My skin so ashy it can catch them all...

I wonder if there is an alternate universe where like two socks just appear every time someone does laundry.

Everything I like is either expensive, illegal, or won’t text back Hi, I would like to request one (1) sex please.

Thank you student loans for getting me through college, I don’t think I can ever repay you.

I adore spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned.

It’s not premarital sex if you never get married.

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