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Diwali Night: Music, Dance and Food

Lathika Varanasi, Amruta Kulkarni, Sayali Kulkarni, Varsha Raman, Meena Chandrakant (from left to right) are performing a dance rehearsal for a classical Indian dance.

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Shveta Dhamankar Lode Writer Indians all around the world are now busy cleaning their mansions, apartments and dorm rooms. Many celebrate the festival of lights, that is Diwali, by eating and gifting a motley of sweets, lighting diyas (tiny lamps) and lanterns and exchanging colorful emails.

Owing to India’s cultural diversity or what is usually regarded as having ‘a million gods to worship’, every part of India celebrates Diwali differently.

For Hindus, it is the triumph of Lord Rama over Ravana (a powerful 10-headed demon) and his heroic return from a 12-year exile. His way back home is starrily lit with millions of diyas.

For Jains, it signifies the attainment of moksha – the liberation from the cycle of life and death. For Sikhs, it is tied to the release of one of their gurus or masters. And lastly, for Michigan Tech, it is tied to Diwali Night. What binds all these myriad celebrations together is the running thread of the triumph of good over evil, knowledge over darkness.

That’s one feel-good formula that never fails to make a good story.

Dancing. Good food. Celebration.

These three things define Diwali Night at Tech. With more than 600

guests expected, the Indian Student Association (ISA) is going to make this a night to remember. Based on students’ experiences over the past years, some say that it is going to be as energetic as a classic MTU vs NMU game and as vibrant and diverse as, well, India.

ISA wants to build a realistic little India within the MUB and the Rosza.

They plan to give their guests the real feel of India during the festival of lights.

A traditional, 11-course Indian meal will be served at the MUB. It will be lipsmacking, spicy, not-just-curry gourmet food that everyone can enjoy.

This will be followed by authentic Indian decorations and a dazzling display of vibrant color.

Dances, music, skits and several other performances by the local and international students – all dressed in clothes shipped straight from India will take the audiences on a visually captivating magic-carpet ride to India.

For the uninitiated reader, it won’t be just the Land of Snake and math geeks.

The audience will experience the Festival of Lights in all its lively splendor, right here at MTU. Good food and celebrations with the people you love. That’s the plan for Nov. 18 at the MUB and Rosza Center. Be there, Michigan Tech.

What’ s the commotion about Hoverboards?

Aaron Kostrzewa Lode Writer

Aaron Kostrezewa riding his “Hoverboard.”

They don’t have a specific name, but who cares? They’re awesome! The raging technology has no universal name because it is made by Chinese manufacturers and has been copied by several other companies, which have each assigned it a different name. However, the new tech most frequently goes by hoverboard, swegway, mini segway or smart balance wheel. The mini segways are a simpler and much cheaper version of the popular segways.

The original segway costs several thousands of dollars, so it isn’t in the budget of most individuals. However, mini segways are much more affordable and come in around $300 if bought from the right source, such as Amazon.com.

This unique mode of transportation is amazing; it has two pressure sensitive motors for where you stand and the motors sense how you adjust your body weight to move forward or backwards.

While most think riding one is too difficult, they’re simple to operate and are incredibly intuitive. Weighing in Continued on page 5

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Research Spotlight: Frost

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This Week in World Events Daniel Stockard Lode Writer

Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline After seven years of review, Obama announced that he decided to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The pipeline would have stretched 1,179 miles carrying oil from the tar sands of Canada to the Gulf Coast, and endangered environmentally sensitive areas along the way. Obama cited his goal of making America a leader in combating climate change, and that “...approving [the] project would have undercut that global leadership”. In addition, he deemed that the potential economic benefits would have been short-lived, and that they were outweighed by the environmental risks.

Rare Back-to-Back Hurricanes Strike Arabian Peninsula

Doctor Megan Frost stands next to her graduate student researcher, Werlue He. He is holding a Nitric Oxide filtration device.

Johnathan Jaehnig Lode Writer As part of the series on undergraduate research opportunities on campus, this week the Lode looks into the lab of Doctor Megan Frost in the Biomedical Engineering Department. Frost’s lab generally employs three to four graduate students, and around six undergraduate students at a time. Two graduate students have graduated from Frost’s lab so far, with four more currently working in the lab and slated to graduate in upcoming months.

Frost and her student researchers work primarily with a chemical called Nitric Oxide (NO). NO is produced naturally in the body and is important to a number of physiological processes, most notably the healing process, such as after a cut. The current projects that Frost is particularly excited about involve production of NO by cells, and ways to control release of NO from polymers. Both projects have a number of publications currently in the review stage.

The first project involves measuring the amount of NO actually produced by

the body. “We’ve come up with the best method currently available to measure the real-time NO production of cells,” Frost explains. While NO production has been historically difficult to measure, largely due to its high reactivity with oxygen, the

Frost is particularly excited about... production of NO by cells... applications for an effective measuring technique are both academic and clinical.

The second project Frost mentioned has a somewhat different approach. According to Frost, “We have the best temporal and spatial control of NO release.” The lab has long been working with the synthesis of polymers containing a compound that releases NO when exposed to light.

Being able to reliably produce NO from a polymer with means that can be readily controlled could have numerous medical applications.

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undergraduate students during her time as a professor at Michigan Tech, Frost had quite a bit to say on undergraduate research. As one of the University’s newer departments, the Biomedical Engineering Program is very research-driven and relies heavily on undergraduate researchers, meaning that there is definitely room for new researchers. Frost’s advice to these students was, “Do your homework. Look up what the faculty are working on. Send them an email and say ‘I’m interested in learning about your research.’ Be polite, be prompt.”

Frost stressed the importance of “being upfront with people,” especially while considering doing research in a different field. “In the faculty there’s a respect. We don’t go plucking people out of other people’s’ labs. If you come up to me and say ‘I really don’t like this, I’m interested in this,” I’ll say ‘great, go talk to this other doctor.’” Frost added, “If you make a commitment to work for a faculty member, and you decide to change, at least finish what you said you would do,” as opposed to some students who have lost interest in research and simply stopped showing up.

The country of Yemen will be struck by two intense storms in the span of a week: Hurricanes Chapala and Megh. Yemen, which lies to the southwest of Saudi Arabia, rarely experiences hurricanes and is poorly-equipped to deal with them. The island of Socotra, a world biodiversity hotspot, was in the direct path of Chapala and more than 18,000 people were displaced as a result. Megh made landfall on Tuesday, with wind gusts of more than 60 miles an hour.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has established a response team to assist with relief efforts.

28 People Missing after Brazilian Dam Failure A massive mudflow and ensuing flood left 28 people missing after dams ruptured at an iron ore mine near Mariana, Brazil. The mudflow left a 60-mile-long path of destruction in its wake, significantly hampering rescue efforts. Two bodies of victims have been recovered, and an operation of 500 are looking for more. The disaster displaced around 580 people, whose homes were destroyed or damaged by toxic mineral waste. Samarco, the mine operator, has been largely quiet about its plan to compensate the victims, or outline a timeline of when they can return. A 2013 study by the state government in the area had warned that the dams were structurally vulnerable.

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Daily Bull editors respond to satire about sexually harrassed student Peter Nouhan News Editor Last Wednesday, Nov. 4, The Daily Bull published an article titled “Sexually Harassed Man Pretty Okay with Situation.” The article attempted to poke fun at sexual harassment, telling the story of a male MTU student who was sexually harassed repeatedly by women who he came into contact with at a house party. The subsection of The Bull, titled “The Pile,” also received some major criticisms. Les P. Cook, the Vice President of Student Affairs and Advancement, sent out an email to students on Friday saying that the article was “lewd, humorless, insensitive and… condoning or possibly advocating sexual discrimination and sexual violence.”

He said that his office is in the process of determining the appropriate charges under the University Community Code of Conduct. Cook encouraged students to speak up and contact The Daily Bull and their student governments. However, Cook is not interested in changing the structure of the Daily Bull, saying “changes like that rest with their organization.”

In response to Cook’s comments about the article, the managing editor of The Daily Bull, Mike Jarasz, offered an apology in Friday’s edition. He said that the article in question was retracted, and “does not represent the ideals of the Daily Bull […] sexual harassment and assault is a very real and serious issue, as such it is not something that is appropriate to portray satirically.”

Jarasz reassured readers that The Daily Bull’s senior staff are updating their procedures to

prevent such an incident from occurring in the future. Furthermore, The Pile has already undergone a redesign to better convey its satirical message.

Jarasz also offered some explanation as to how the situation got out of hand so quickly. He said that the Editor-in-Chief, Rico Bastian, decided to alter the format of the paper earlier this year to make it look more professional. The Bull removed various graphics and language that made it more obvious that the articles were meant to be satirical. Additionally, because The Bull relies on volunteers to write articles, they can’t always depend on writers to turn articles in on time, leaving the editors to pick up the slack. Unfortunately, this means that articles often go without a second opinion or additional peer editing. Jarasz said that most of the negative responses he has gotten about the controversial article have come from people who “aren’t really familiar with The Daily Bull.” He admits that The Bull, at the time the sexual harassment article was published, wasn’t blatantly obvious about its satirical intentions.

Rico Bastian, the Editor-in-Chief and writer of the controversial article, didn’t have any intention of offending anyone or to condone sexual harassment towards men.

“My main intent was to shine some light onto beauty bias when it comes to issues such as sexual harassment,” he said. He argued that some of the criticisms his article received were likely a result of a misunderstanding, “What I did with this article was meant to be satire, but unfortunately some people didn’t take it that way.” Bastian encourages readers to provide him feedback on his work, but

he feels that some people aren’t offering him an opportunity to explain himself, “I’m not an unreasonable person and I’m more than willing to listen to anyone’s concerns, but it seems as though I’ve had that choice stripped away.”

Jarasz says that The Daily Bull is currently under review pending charges, which may or may not be targeted at The Bull as a whole, or at Bastian specifically. Bastian may be considering a temporary break from The Bull, but for the mean time he still wants to make it known that sexual harassment is a real issue for men. “We need to resolve this as quickly as possible so we can move forward,” Jarasz said.

Following the email that Cook sent out last Friday, the Daily Bull has received positive feedback from many regular readers who appreciate the satirical publications.

On Monday, Nov. 9, The Bull published an article from an anonymous writer titled: “Breaking News: Satire found to be offensive to some.” The article makes fun of the recent actions taken by Student Affairs, saying that MTU’s university policy is about “100 percent political correctness, 100 percent of the time.” At the end of the piece, the author seems to suggest that Michigan Tech’s actions against The Bull are impeding on its right to practice free speech.

This incident touches on a question that even The Daily Bull recognizes to be relevant. When, if ever, is it appropriate to talk about sexual harassment in a satirical format? Clearly, the Bull failed to approach this subject with the respect required of such a sensitive topic. Based on the changes they have pledged to make to their core

procedures and the revisions they have already made to the format of their paper, it seems like they are committed to moving on and correcting their wrongs. However, the Bull needs to be smarter about what it chooses to publish. On Monday, Nov. 9, The Bull published an article from an anonymous writer titled: “Breaking News: Satire found to be offensive to some.” The article makes fun of the recent actions taken by Student Affairs, saying that MTU’s university policy is about “100 percent political correctness, 100 percent of the time.” At the end of the piece, the author seems to suggest that Michigan Tech’s actions against The Bull are impeding on its right to practice free speech.

This is not the type of language we would expect to see in The Bull after the recent backlash from more sensitive readers. Even though the writer was anonymous, the willingness of the Bull to publish the article making fun of Student Affairs for taking action, while awaiting charges nonetheless, seems to indicate an unruly amount of confidence on the part of The Bull. Jarasz, Bastian and the rest of the people who volunteer for The Bull work hard to make people laugh. As long as they’re willing to be mature about particularly sensitive subjects, I’d certainly like to continue to see their work published at our school. However, the right to practice free speech is not the issue here. As writers, we have a responsibility to respect those individuals who do experience unexcusable acts of violence or harassment.

The Bull needs to recognize its mistakes, and improve their behavior if they want to continue to be a source of entertainment in the future.

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Student Org Spotlight: Entrepreneurship Club Evan Mayer Lode Writer One of the fundamental reasons that the United States flourished as a young country, was due to the capitalist dream that anyone could ultimately succeed if they worked hard enough. As a result, the country, even today, lays its foundation on the entrepreneurs that are trying to make their dreams a reality. The E-Club at Michigan Technological University is doing its best to ensure that the students of the University get the opportunity to be a part of this great American tradition of entrepreneurship.

“We are committed to connecting students to any resouces they may need to star and grow their own business.”

- Adam Weber This year the organization is preparing students in a different way, by creating a business within E-Club. This way members do not just sit and listen to someone tell them how to build their own business.

“Many individuals learn and understand in a much more meaningful way with handson interaction. By creating a business, we can focus each week on a different aspect of developing a business, from filing

LLC paperwork to product development and market research. In addition, we are committed to connecting students to any resources they may need to start and grow their own business,” said Vice President Adam Weber.

The business that is currently owned by the club is Huskies4Hire. The goal of this business is to connect students to members of the community that may need tasks done, via a mobile and web application. This can include a wide range of odd jobs, such as cutting grass, shoveling snow or babysitting.

The club is planning a soft launch soon to anyone with a Michigan Tech email address, including students, staff, faculty and alumni.

With the launch, they hope to gauge the interest level and analyze the feedback before releasing the app to the community and other cities. Individuals that get hired will then get paid online comparable to how Uber works.

E-Club then plans to take a percentage of each transaction in order to fund the club and also grow the business. “By having a business owned by the club, we are able to provide real-world scenarios that may come up when starting and running a business.

Using each meeting to work through these points, members can learn how to effectively start their own business,” Weber said.

Another thing that the organization is excited to participate in is MakerSpace.

MakerSpace is located where the bowling alley use to be in the basement of the MUB. The goal of this space is to create a collaborating environment, where future entrepreneurs can develop their ideas.

The space gives these individuals access to equipment, such as 3-D printers, and the ability to interact with software engineers for help in developing an iPhone app, for example. There are also people with experience there that can help guide budding

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entrepreneurs along as they build their business and ideas. One of the people who

The winner walks away with $1000 cash, a $5000 expense account, one year of SmartZone office space and $2500 for business consulting. is there to help is Weber, who runs his own business selling bamboo sunglasses.

A big, upcoming event for E-club is the Bob Mark Elevator Pitch Competition. This event gives entrepreneurs 120 seconds to explain their business idea to an expert panel of judges and the crowd. The winner walks away with $1000 cash, a $5000 expense account, one year of SmartZone office space and $2500 for business consulting.

The club is currently made up of 13 members that hold meetings every Friday at 4 p.m. in EERC 501. The current dues are $5 a semester. If you are interested in joining, email the club’s secretary Cedric Kennedy at cwkenned@mtu.edu.

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around 30 lbs, has a top speed of 6 MPH, capable of climbing 10 percent slopes and a battery life for up to 12 miles of travel, there’s more than meets the eye! And they definitely draw attention, as people are intrigued by this new technology.

Some students on campus have them and can be seen from time to time, but not for too much longer since snow and ice don’t treat them well. Additionally, the device is only six inches high, so it can’t go over any major obstacles such as curbs.

While they operate well indoors, many places don’t allow them since they are considered to be similar to a skateboard, even though they are silent and operators have excellent control over them.

Because of the popularity of mini segways, other companies have begun releasing similar versions of the gyroscopic devices. One Japanese company released

The Hoverboard can go 12 miles on a single battery charge, with a top speed of 6 MPH! a device that has four wheels and looks like the rider is standing on a laptop with wheels, while another company developed one that has extravagant LEDs and builtin Bluetooth speakers. Regardless of the numerous iterations of the mini segway, they are sweet and you should try one out if you ever get the opportunity. Given their affordability, perhaps they will be integrated into our normal lives.

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Feature Film: Inception (2010) Sumit Bongir Lode Writer “Well dreams, they feel real while we’re in them, right? It’s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange. Let me ask you a question, you never really remember the beginning of a dream, do you? You always wind up right in the middle of what’s going on” – Cobb Inception is a 2010 science fiction thriller film written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the protagonist Cobb, a corporate espionage/professional thief, desperate to return to his home country to be with his kids. Apparently, he is suspected of having killed his wife and has to leave the country to evade an

arrest. On a job gone wrong he meets a very powerful business mogul who claims that he can clear Cobb’s name if he can do a job for him - Inception. The movie is set on the premise that by using specific tools multiple people can share a dream and extract a person’s secrets from within the dream. Inception is the exact reverse of this; you plant an idea into a person’s mind by playing with the person’s subconscious in a shared dream.

Apart from DiCaprio, the movie stars a large ensemble cast that includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine. Each member of the cast delivered outstanding performances.

DiCaprio was exceptional all throughout the movie with his intense yet emotional

dialogue delivery and body language. The music created by Hans Zimmer is a rare composition of simplicity and emotions while being intense and electrifying when it needs to be. It does not play a supplemental role to the screenplay; rather it acts as an inseparable part of it, often playing a driving role for a significant portion of the 148-minute drama.

Otherwise an extremely convoluted movie, it came to be a masterpiece mainly due to the terrific trio of Nolan, DiCaprio and Zimmer.

Although a significant portion of the movie revolves around imaginary physics phenomena, it rarely makes you feel that experience as unreal, which is also true because Nolan used minimal computer generated imagery, preferring to have in-camera practical effects refined by

computer graphics. Filmed in six countries with a budget of $160 million, the movie has grossed over $800 million worldwide becoming the 45th-highest grossing film of all time. Having received superb critical acclaim, it was not a surprise that the movie won four Academy awards and was nominated for four more.

If you are a person who likes intense, emotional and mind-bending movies, Inception should be the first movie on your list. But beware; this movie requires you to think a lot while you are immersed in its elegant and crisp cinematography.

The plot thickens all throughout the movie with continued addition of imaginary yet believable laws of the sci-fi shared dreaming concept. After all, who can imagine a dream, within a dream, within a dream?

MTU hosts 27th annual Nanocon Aric Rhodes Pulse Editor This past weekend, Michigan Tech hosted our own local convention, the 27th annual Nanocon. While certainly not as large as some conventions, like the famous San Diego Comic Con, Nanocon was nonetheless host to an assortment of different student organizations and

groups coming together under one roof. A wide variety of activities were there to be enjoyed by students and the public.

Participating groups included the Smash Club, Pokemon League, the Houghton Anime Review Organization, the Permanent Floating Riot Club, Gamers Anonymous and many more. From video games and anime to wargames and ponies, there was something for everyone at Nanocon. Many rooms were showing

movies or even hosting tournaments, and a bustle could certainly be felt throughout.

Along with all of the individual rooms, there were even a few activities happening in the main hallway of Fisher, with classic video games such as Dance Dance Revolution making an appearance.

Further, there was a raffle composed of prizes donated by each of the participating organizations, making for an assortment of prizes that few could find nothing of

interest in. Indeed, this year’s Nanocon came together remarkably well, something made possible in no small part due to the hard work of its organizers for the last several weeks.

The greatest weakness of this year’s Nanocon is one which has been a plague in the past, a low attendance. Often, it seems that students simply don’t know about Continued on page 7

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The Berenstain Bears Explained Kendall Belopavlovich Sports Editor If there’s even been a time that you’ve questioned your memory on a significant event, you may be experiencing the Mandela Effect. This term was coined after a strange phenomenon occurred amongst a large group of people- falsely remembering Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980’s. Mandela actually passed away in 2013, which is shocking to people who remember the alternative.

There is a whole website dedicated to exploring this strange phenomenon, appropriately called madelaeffect.com.

Fiona Broome, who owns the website and coined the term “Mandela Effect” is an author and researcher specializing in ghosts, faeries and alternate history. For over 35 years, she has dedicated her time to solving the perplexing mysteries related to paranormal activity and more recently: phenomenon relating the Mandela Effect.

She is a regular guest speaker at conventions such as Dragon*Con, G.H.O.S.T. and GhoStock, and has also coined terms related to paranormal investigation such as “Sparkles”- a camera technique. For more information on Broome, you can visit fionabroome.com Among this incident, there are other topics that the website allows people to explore such as the debate over the United States having 50, 51 or 52 states. While the correct answer is 50, many people of other nationalities have comments similar to user Siphakeme who said, “I grew up studying that the U.S. has 52 states too.” This has been explained by teachers adding Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. into the existing 50 states, making the total 51 or 52.

The most recent and widely popular case is the Berenst#in Bears confliction. Grown from a subreddit titled “Glitch in the Matrix,” people have been debating the spelling of Berenst#in. While the book is actually titled The Berenstain Bears, many recall that the book was called The Berenstein Bears.

Eight of eight Michigan Tech students exclaimed that the book was called “The Berenstein Bears!” or “The Berensteen

Bears!” After listening to their answers, I explained that the book was actually called the Berenstain Bears, after the authors’ surname, Berenstain.

Most people responded to my explanation with confusion or shock, but Sean Minch, a fifth-year mechanical engineering technology major spoke more in-depth about the topic.

Minch, who also has a psychology minor, spoke of the collective false memory theory and parallel universes. Both explanations are among the spectrum of responses the Berenst#in Bear dilemma has accumulated.

He also said, “I was blown away when I learned that the book was called The Berenstain Bears, and not The Berenstein Bears.”

Kassia Prystalski, on the other hand, said, “Regardless of how it’s spelled, I still feel like it’s the Berenstein Bears.” She is a material science engineering major, who also is the editor in chief of The Lode student newspaper.

James Lampinen, a professor for the department of psychological science at the University of Arkansas elaborated on the psychological aspects of this dilemma for a Yahoo! Health article by writer Molly Triffin in August. Using the explanation of collective false memory, Lampinen said that the Berenst#in paradox can be credited to people’s familiarity with names ending in –stein, while those ending in –stain are far less common.

Wulf Kansteiner, a cultural-intellectual professor at Binghamton University wrote an essay titled “Finding Meaning in Memory”, which details the phenomenon of collective cultural memory. Kansteiner argues that the individual memory is not separate from the collective cultural memory, which adds weight to the debate of the Mandela Effect. If people existing within culture share memory, it is equally right to assume that they can share false memory.

Whether it is explained by the psychological analysts who claim collective false memory or paranormal experts like Fiona Broome, the Berenst#in Bears dilemma is an interesting dot in the growing history of the Mandela Effect.

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this meeting of the student organizations which is happening right at their front door, so to speak. Thankfully, this problem has a chance to be fixed by the time that Nanocon makes its return in the spring.

Nanocon is a great time for those of a more nerdy persuasion. Here at Michigan

Tech, that shouldn’t be a problem. There is always something there even for fans of surprisingly obscure or niche interests.

When the next Nanocon comes around in the spring, give it a chance, it’ll probably surprise you.

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“2060: The gregarious superintelligent AI, happily talking its way out of a box, is fast becoming a relic of the past. Today’s quantum hyper-beings are too busy with their internal multiverse sims to even notice that they’re in boxes at all!”

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OPINION

Michigan Tech Lode

Educational expectations: are they too high or too low?

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Michael Rader Lode Writer

With students becoming more stressed with work hours, extra-curriculars and research opportunities, the focus of a modern education has shifted from academic success to showcasing a variety of talents in order to attend the “best” college. Many students in my high school were told that if they were not on an athletic team, they could say goodbye to the school of their dreams. There is such a focus on these extra-curricular achievements that students (and teachers) miss the point of an education: to learn. Couple this with the Common Core State Standard Initiative, which sets minimum requirements for a school’s teachers, and the result is ugly: six classes a day that nobody finds challenging enough, and no room for academic achievement outside of English, math and history.

While it is true that arts programs have been defunded across the nation, a travesty in itself, it is absolutely and empirically false that classes have been “dumbed down.” To state that “nobody” finds high school classes challenging is a glittering generality. Students at Michigan Tech are likely to report that their high school classes were not difficult enough. Students at Michigan Tech are not representative of the population as a whole. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that high school seniors take an average of four more credits per semester than seniors in the 1990s, and an additional eight percent of students now take what is considered a rigorous course load. The educational institution has lost sight of its goal. Our current system is a sinking ship. However, I maintain that the fault lies with the absurdly strict expectations we have for our students today.

At the undergraduate level, grades and academic achievement are not stressed nearly as much as extra-curricular activities, internships or undergraduate research.

A high GPA is just a small selling point among a list of achievements. When looking for an internship or co-op, students want companies to recognize them not just for their grades, but for their leadership opportunities and past job experience. In fact, many companies at the MTU career fair say that they would rather have a 3.0 student with a host of extra-curricular accomplishments than a 4.0 student who doesn’t do anything outside of school. Add this to the spartan focus on communication skills, which even engineering majors stress from ENG1101, and the result is a student body who doesn’t focus on their grades but their outside work. Tech students agree; especially in difficult classes, many will accept or even be proud of a C or a BC, instead of striving for A’s across the board.

Primarily, the objective of every governmental educational system in a developed country is to most adequately prepare youth to enter the social and economic circumstances anticipated at the time students will graduate from a secondary institution. This is something the Finnish have done with grace.

Finland has been widely heralded as the pinnacle of educational success for a number of years. The Finnish have shorter school hours than we do, fewer standardized tests, and tend to grade with more lenience than we Americans.

It strikes us as odd that the Finnish have excelled to such a magnificent degree because it is the American way to always work harder, but never work smarter.

Our rising educational standards will be the nail in the coffin for this country.

Children are not robots to be programmed with rote memorization and excessively challenging classes. Humans are not meant to spend their every waking hour poring over a textbook.

It is true that government-sponsored education should do its best to provide for and prepare its students for the outside world. However, an educational system can only do this with the support and trust of its government. In our case, education budgets have been slashed, showing us that the government does not support its system. In Finland, only one standardized test is administered to students, and their teachers are not threatened with unemployment because of falling numbers. It is easy (and truthful) to claim that we are overworking our students, but that does not mean educational standards have risen. Instead, our students need to grind out sleepless nights, endless papers and rigorous testing, but in the end, this is not a standard of education; it is testing who can be the best robot. To fix this problem, as you say, we need to work smarter and give our students to opportunity to do so instead of stuffing them in a hot classroom and keeping them from learning.

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No one can deny that education is a pivotal component to modern success, but when educational standards are so high that students start to suffer mental and physical health problems as a result, we have taken it too far. According to the Nuffield Foundation, the proportion of 15 and 16-year-olds reporting anxiety or depression has doubled in the last 30 years. Considering today’s teenagers and young adults are more likely to be enrolled in educational programs and less likely to be employed than the teenagers of the 1970s and 1980s, there seems to be significant evidence that a stress on education is the primary cause. When my mother was in high school, a 4.0 GPA would earn you a full-ride scholarship to any university of your choosing. Today, a 4.0 GPA “looks nice on a transcript,” but without extra-curricular activities, volunteer hours and high test scores, it is relatively unremarkable. Should this trend continue, the consequences will be dire.

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Thursday, November 12

Social media and death Joseph Pietrzyk Lode Writer

responses people get when they ask if they should commit suicide but not as much as you’d think.

Users of Facebook, arguably the least anonymous social media website, will most frequently try to talk people out of suicide. You could chalk that up to the lack of anonymity, but there are too many instances where this wasn’t the case to ignore. Facebook has had numerous examples of people being bullied for being an “attention whore” when asking if they should kill themselves, as well as others genuinely trying to convince them that it’s the best way out. Facebook cyberbullying has even led to the suicide of many teens and even some adults. 4chan, a website on the opposite end of the anonymity spectrum, has just as often talked people out of suicide as they have encouraged it.

The media’s tendency to exaggerate and create controversy has definitely changed how society views death. When a celebrity dies, the common assumption is that drugs were involved. Suicide is no longer always viewed as the wrong decision; assisted suicide is a controversial topic in politics and is already legal in a few states. The common populace is realizing the media has an agenda to push, and the Internet’s chaotic view of death and suicide could possibly be a manifestation of society’s reaction to this.

use the technology and websites the school uses. However, at the rate technology changes and updates, it’s difficult to keep up, therefore the professor’s knowledge can become outdated. Given the growth of online education, universities must maintain training and mentoring for faculty and professors in order to keep up with the rate at which technology changes.

pages. Many professors choose to not use Canvas at all, but rather will use an entirely different website. The inconsistency in usage of Canvas can cause confusion among students. Without a consistent way to use online resources, it can become difficult to keep track of what homework they have to do for their classes and when it is due.

Canvas and online learning is not entirely bad though. The announcement system for Canvas provides students with a clear, straightforward way to see what they have to do and any announcements the professors make. The calendar option makes it even easier to visualize when various assignments are due. Compared to Blackboard, Canvas is easier to navigate and understand for both students and professors. Another bonus to Canvas and online learning is that it allows for students and professors to work on their own time.

Overall, online learning will not be going away in the near future and should be embraced by faculty and students. In fact, it is just in the beginning of its popularity.

While it still has some flaws, online education and resources are critical parts of learning. Professors and students both should expect to see a progression of online resources and be prepared for the changes that will occur.

Course management software Samantha Stein Lode Writer

In a technology-filled world, the thought of online resources for students is a common thought. Online education and resources become more popular every year. 31 percent of students in higher education take at least one online class. Online education is only expected to grow more with every year.

While these resources can be beneficial, they can also be frustrating.

In studies from Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011, it is shown that online resources can be incorporated into a blended style of teaching. The blended style means that 3080 percent of the courses’ content is provided online. The same studies show that over 50 percent of students see online education as satisfactory as face-to-face learning. Over 60 percent of people see this type of technology and online use as critical to the long-term progression of educational institutes. This is especially true in public institutions, such as Michigan Tech.

There is no one way to teach professors how to use technology. Many universities do provide training or mentoring for the professors in order to teach them how to

“Overall, online learning will not be going away in the near future and should be embraced by faculty and students.”

Michigan Tech chose to use Canvas as their online course platform, rather than Blackboard, which had been used in the past. Canvas is a great resource for students, at least students with professors that choose to use it. Many professors will use Canvas, but will not effectively set up their course

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In today’s world the Internet and social media are intertwined; news is posted on the Internet, and the Internet often inspires news stories of their own. Despite the similarities, these two mediums of information have had different impacts on how society views death. Their differences can be attributed to the unique motives of the two. The media is rather straightforward; it attempts to obtain as many readers as possible. The Internet, on the other hand, is chaotic and unpredictable. One day it’s condemning Michael Jackson as a child predator, the next day it’s celebrating him as a national treasure.

The media has a reputation of not playing nice and making unfactual claims when it reports on deaths. They use shock tactics and controversial statements to rope in as many readers as possible. Lives are often destroyed in the process; the deceased along with their friends and family have their entire lives scrutinized by the media’s eye. The media doesn’t give them time to mourn. Despite this, crucial details are often left out if they trivializes a wild accusation.

For example, Robin William’s suicide was

reported on by virtually every news source, and the possibility of drugs being involved was well-known. What isn’t well-known, on the other hand, is that he was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia after his death.

Among other things, Lewy Body Dementia causes depression and mood swings, and there’s no cure. His Lewy Body Dementia was not diagnosed before his death and was therefore untreated-- this makes it by far the most probable cause of his suicide. But this isn’t as exciting as a drug scandal, so it didn’t get as much publicity.

The Internet is far less predictable than the news. Most members on social media websites don’t receive money for the number of views they get. Couple this with having virtually no way to be punished, and you get reactions to a person’s death that are riddled with a user’s biases and personal motives. The Internet features virtually every kind of reaction to death, unfiltered by the desire to grab as many readers as possible.

The Internet also adds another dimension to discussing death: some people discuss whether or not they should commit suicide over Internet message boards. Shockingly enough, just as often as the Internet will encourage someone not to go through with it, they’ll also tell them they should do it, or even flame them into doing so. Anonymity seems to have some impact on the kind of

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Last fall, I decided to look for offcampus housing. I was sick of the dorms, mostly because of the ridiculous expense and the terrible food, but I was also really excited to have a house I could call my own. I wanted to experience having to pay bills and managing my own finances.

I thought it would be a wonderful idea to invite six of my best friends to live together, paying little attention to the fact that none of them had really gotten to know each other beforehand.

I managed to convince everyone that this was a great idea, that we’d be able to have our own place, a micro-fraternity of sorts, and save a lot of money in the process.

I knew we’d have some initial difficulties getting everyone into a routine with new responsibilities, but I never expected how quickly everything would fall apart.

Not even two months into the summer, when only three of us were living together, two of my housemates could not get along. I didn’t understand it; I figured that with enough time everyone would learn how to get along.

They were both my friends after all, couldn’t they see the good things about each other that I thought were obvious?

But I quickly learned that some people just can’t get along, especially after their frustration sets in for too long. One of my best friends ended up leaving the house at the end of the summer to live somewhere else.

Maybe it was a lack of maturity on the part of both of my friends, but it was also a lack of understanding on my behalf.

Some of my friends have called me a politician, a compromiser, someone who tries to be diplomatic instead of confrontational. These are the traits that I thought I could use to help my friends get along with one another.

Unfortunately, diplomacy doesn’t always work, and that’s something I had to learn the hard way. Sometimes the best politician, the best compromiser, the best diplomat, can’t save a bad situation from getting worse.

A piece of advice for the dorm dweller who wants to live in a house with all of his/her best friends: make sure that your friends have an opportunity to get to know each other first, and remember that everyone has different personalities.

Sometimes if they’re too different they are going to clash no matter what you do.

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Soccer’s thrilling close Utkarsh Mishra Lode Writer Michigan Tech’s women’s soccer team lost the quarter final against Ashland University on Nov. 3. In a thrilling match which ended up with a tied score of 1-1, the final results were decided by a penalty shoot-out. Ashland University made their way to the Semi-Final of the GLIAC Championship.

Goals from both teams came in the opening half. Tech opened scoring in the 12th minute as Jacqueline Mielke chipped a shot over Barker inside the far post. Ashland (13-4-1) answered in the 34th minute on a redirected shot in a crowded box. The teams played scoreless

the rest of the way, with the Huskies holding a 13-2 advantage in shots on goal after halftime. The second half of the match turned up the excitement when both teams were looking for the match winning goal and ended at the same score of 1-1. At the end of 90 minutes, extra time was allotted and no teams were able to score in that time too.

Since a result was required for someone to qualify for the semi-finals, match officials decided for a penalty shootout in which Ashland University scored 5 penalties where Michigan Tech managed just 3.

“What we did on the field today was amazing,” said Tech coach Michelle Jacob. “Penalty kicks are a hard part of soccer. We played so well. I thought we controlled the game and spent a lot of

time in an attacking position. We just couldn’t get that second one to go in.”

Michigan Tech took 28 shots, of which 17 were on target, whereas Ashland took 11 shots and five of them were on target. There were no red or yellow cards conceded by either team but the foul count was more for Michigan Tech (11) than Ashland (7) where Tech managed to pull four corner kicks and Ashland managed just one. One player from Michigan Tech and two players from Ashland were found offside during the match.

Michigan Tech’s 2015 season ends with a 9-6-2 record. With it, five seniors: Haley Crites, Lexi Herrewig, Jenna Phelps, Janelle Riedl and Korinne Umlauft finished their careers.

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Tech played remarkably well and fixed their mistakes from the last match by maintaining the momentum after winning the first set. Tech won the first set by a 25-21 score.

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took the third and fourth sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-21 respectively. Ficek and Mariah Sherman combined for 18 kills to help the offensive charge, while Jacqueline Aird, Halie Hart, Rachel Pohlod and Elle Heinonen were sound defensively to help the Huskies hold the Cardinals to a .078 hitting percentage on the night.

Tech again faced a loss on Nov. 7 against Wayne State University (25-21, 16-25, 22-25, 18-25).

The Huskies started the match by taking the opening set, 25-21. The two teams traded runs early in the frame before Wayne State opened an 18-16 gap. Jennings used a timeout to rally the troops and Tech responded by earning nine of the final 12 points to clinch the victory.

The Warriors answered, though, and won the final three sets.

Aird once again led Michigan Tech’s defensive efforts and collected a match-high 22 digs. Rachel Pohlod chipped in 18 digs of her own to go along with 33 assists.

“We did not play well at all today,” said Head Coach Matt Jennings on the match against Wayne State. “It was disappointing considering how we played last night.

We know that we didn’t do what was needed to beat an offensive team like Wayne State.”

Michigan Tech (18-10 overall; 9-7 GLIAC), which currently sits at No. 7 in the GLIAC standings, finishes out its regular-season schedule this weekend (Nov. 13-14) at Northwood and Lake Superior State.

Volleyball toss-up Utkarsh Mishra Lode Writer Michigan Tech’s women’s volleyball team played three matches last week against Northern Michigan University on Nov. 3, Saginaw Valley State University on Nov. 6 and Wayne State University on Nov. 7.

They managed to win just one of the matches, which was on Nov. 6 against Saginaw Valley State, by 3-1. Michigan Tech lost to Northern Michigan and Wayne State University by the same score of 3-1.

In the match against Northern Michigan, the Huskies started well but couldn’t manage to maintain the momentum and lost (25-18, 20-25, 21-25, and 18-25).

The Huskies stormed to a 25-18 win in the first set. Noelle Eveland and Aubrey Ficek both notched five kills in the stanza, and the black and gold hit .314 as a team to build a lead as big as 10 points midway through the frame.

Sets No. 2 and 3 were both back-andforth affairs with neither team taking control until late in the sets. Northern Michigan managed to close out wins of 25-20 and 25-21, respectively, to capture a 2-1 overall edge.

The Wildcats clinched the victory with a 25-18 win in the fourth set.

The match against Saginaw Valley State was a special one for the Huskies because it was their first victory in Saginaw since

“[The WSU game] was dissapointing considerng how we played last night. We know that we didn’t do what was needed to beat an offensive team like Wayne State.”

-Matt Jennings throughout the frame before Emmert clinched the win with a kill.

After SVSU earned a victory in the second stanza, the black and gold rallied and

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Women’s hockey begins Kendall Belopavlovich Sports Editor The women’s club hockey team played their first scheduled game on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. against Lake Superior State University. There are 21 women on the roster, though not all are Tech students. Three community members, a Finlandia student and a high school senior also add to the the team. The coaching staff are also students at Michigan Tech; head coach Jared Roberts is a junior audio production and tech major.

“The team practices every Monday and Wednesday for an hour. All the girls have put the time in at practice and have given it their all,” said Roberts, prior to the game. Roberts has high hopes for the team. The team played two scrimmages prior to their season opener in preparation for playing LSSU. Kristen Jung, a senior environmental engineering major at Tech, is the club’s president. She is a goalie and has played hockey her whole life. “I only looked at schools that had women’s club hockey teams,” she said. She is very passionate about the sport, and also serves as an assistant captain for the team this season.

Three minutes before the game, both teams were on the ice practicing energetically. The fans may have been sparse, but the excitement and anticipation of

both teams was not missing. After the three minutes passed, the nine players for LSSU were announced, followed by the starters of Tech’s team and the rest of their team.

The beginning of the first period quickly started by LSSU’s net, with the aggressive Tech players attacking early on. The rink was filled with communication from both sides, as the teams felt each other out. The first half of the period was filled shots on goal, though Jung was prepared for the onslaught from the get-go. Finally, with 8:00 minutes left in the first period, player 26 for LSSU scored a goal. At the end of the first period LSSU had two goals on the board.

While they played a strong first period, Tech couldn’t get past LSSU’s goalie to make a successful shot in the net.

When the teams returned for the second period, LSSU started with renewed confidence, dominating the ice. Brittney Deforge, a supporting fan of the Huskies said, “I feel like [LSSU] is more advanced in their practicing and team. I feel like the club players are beginners- for the most part.” Rachel McFarland, a forward for Tech’s team, said, “We have quite a new offense, with many of the players having less than a few years of experience.” While McFarland, Jung and Roberts all commented similarly about the team’s abundance of new players, they all agreed that the team showed a lot of

potential and has grown farther than expected both individually in skill and together as a team.

In the second period, Jung kept her initial vigor while guarding the net, having countless impressive saves. Player 15, Nora Laho scored Tech’s lone goal of the night. Coinciding with Laho’s goal, the Huskies bounced back with newfound confidence and started attacking LSSU’s net. Despite the team’s aggressive play, LSSU managed to score their third goal of the game with 10 seconds left to spare in the second period.

In the final period of the game, LSSU scored their fourth and final goal of the game at 6:03. Both teams battled at Tech’s net before LSSU managed to pinch the puck into the net. The game ended with a final score of 1-4, in favor of LSSU. The women’s spirits did not deter, you could hear the light-hearted conversation coming from the rink as they took a post-game team picture.

McFarland said “I think overall the team showed a lot of passion and hustle for the game. Although we played a great game, it will be exciting to see how much the team will grow throughout this season.” The women’s team will be facing off with the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire in the near future, and they are scheduling games with more teams for the rest of their season.

The women’s hockey team played a gutsy first game against Lake Superior State University last Saturday.

Photo taken by Devin Miller

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Sidelines GLIAC honored soccer players The women’s soccer team ended their season ranked sixth place overall by the GLIAC conference.

Player 15, Lexi Herrewig, was named to the All-GLIAC First Team as a forward. Fellow teammate Kathryn Farkas, number 5, was given an honorable mention by the GLIAC conference.

Herrewig is a senior who scored a school-record of 13 goals this season, and a runner up in the GLIAC standings for total goals scored.

Sophomore player Farkas was also a runner up. Farkas is at a great point in her soccer career, having been a starter midfielder in every game for the past two seasons.

The soccer team ended this year’s season with an impressive 9-6-2 record, despite only having five home games. Both women, as well as the other players, deserve a round of applause for a successful season for Tech.

Academic All-District football players College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has named three Michigan Tech football players to its Academic All-District First Team. Brett Gervais, who is a senior defensive back for Tech, also has a 3.79 GPA in exercise science.

Gervais was named the GLIAC defensive Player of the Week last week. He has made an impressive season for himself, with 45 tackles and two interceptions to claim. Junior punter Ryan VanGoethem, also named to the CoSIDA team, has a 3.96 GPA in biological sciences. This season VanGoethem ranks fourth in GLIAC punting. David Walter, a receiver on Tech’s team, is also a junior mechanical engineering student with a 3.89 GPA. Walter recorded 47 catches and eight touchdowns this season, currently sixth in GLIAC receptions per game.

All three players were selected alongside 23 other student-athletes for this prestigious honor.

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Basketball falls to State Libbi Rogan Lode Writer The Michigan Tech women’s basketball team took to the court on Sunday, Nov. 8 for their annual exhibition game. Last year, the Huskies took on the Finlandia Lions in the exhibition game, defeating them 10756. This year, they took on the Michigan State Spartans on their home turf. The Huskies fought hard but came up short, losing 43-74. They stayed fairly close in score for the first three quarters, but only scored eight points to the Spartans’ 26 in the fourth. There’s no doubt in saying that the Spartans were definitely tougher competition for the Huskies.

Morgan Anderson lead the Huskies in points, scoring 20 of their 43 points.

Anderson was also the lead scorer in last year’s exhibition, scoring 36 of their 107 points. She is definitely back this season and ready for another great year of basketball.

Another leader in the game was Brenna Heise, who had the team high of seven rebounds and added six points to the score.

Heise is a returning junior, playing guard position. There are many returning players this year, with the potential to make a strong team. The Huskies have a lot of experience spread out through all of the girls and everyone is looking forward to

see them work together this season.

The Huskies started out strong, countering the Spartans’ 33 points with their 21. Many shots were taken, but they just weren’t going in.

“I was happy with how we competed.

We’ve got a veteran group of players who didn’t back down. I just wish we could have shot the ball a little better,” said Huskies Coach Kim Cameron in an interview with Michigan Tech Athletics.

The obvious turning point of the game

was halfway through the fourth quarter.

The Huskies had kept up with the Spartans for the entire game until this point.

With eight minutes left on the clock, the Huskies were within 11 points of the Spartans (51-40). But that was the last fans saw of closing the score gap. Within only three minutes, MSU pushed the gap to 20 points. (60-40). They went on to win the exhibition game by 31 points.

Turnovers and rebounds are the areas in which our ladies seem to need some work.

The Spartans were a formidable match for the Huskies

Most of Michigan State’s points were scored off of second-chance shots. (This means that they shot, missed, but got the rebound and put it back up to score.)

Michigan State scored 27 of their points off of turnovers, 13 off of second-chance shots, and 40 in the paint. Comparing this to Michigan Tech’s six turnover points, two second-chancers and eight points in the paint. These kind of points are easily avoidable by rebounding well and keeping the defense tight.

Photo courtesy of MTU Athlietcs

Ashland hits football Davy McLeod Lode Writer The Huskies headed south Saturday Nov. 7 to face the Ashland Eagles in Ohio.

Ashland won decisively over Tech 40-14.

The Eagles are ranked fifth in national polls by both AFCA Division II coaches and D2Football.com, compared to Huskies’ rank of 22 and 20 respectively. In Saturday’s match these numbers proved true.

AU led 26-7 at the half, and widened the gap within the third quarter to 40-7. Then, Tech had a touchdown run in the final quarter to close scoring.

In the opening play, Brandon Cowie’s pass was picked by Ashland. The home team capitalized six plays later making the score 7-0.

Tech answered with a 75-yard, 13-play drive, where Andrew Clark ran a nineyard pass into the end zone. This knotted

the game at 7-7. However, AU had a streak of four scoring possessions before the half was up and had two touchdowns and two field goals to boast.

The turnovers from Tech during the first half included a punt, a fumble at their own 17, a fourth down at the AU 32 and Cowie’s intercepted pass earlier in the game. Tech coach Tom Kearly attributed Ashland’s success to the team forcing the Huskies to give up the ball, and making their own possessions count.

“We got beat bad,” said Kearly. “They took it to us. We turned it over and missed assignments, and they took advantage.”

AU returned Tech’s kickoff during the second half converting two third downs on a 77-yard drive, leading 33-7 with 10:04 left in the third.

Tech pushed hard the next drive, but at the five-yard line Cowie was picked off again. Travis Tarnowski made Tech pay, throwing a 51-yard touchdown pass and

putting his team up 40-7.

Ben Tauchen brought an interception to midfield, but Cowie threw a third interception seven plays after. Cowie was picked off one more time, the next drive, completing 8 of 19 passes for 105 yards.

“We got beat bad. They took it to us. We turned it over and missed assignments, and they took advantage” –Tom Kearly

The game seemed set in stone so Isaiah Hackney finished the series as quarterback. James Henderson put the last numbers up with just 3:27 remaining—his first career touchdown.

“This is a good test of your character,” Kearly said after the tough loss. “I really believe we’ll play well,” he added, when asked how the team will bounce back and keep moving forward.

Kevin Miller had 84 yards and Henderson 80 for 164 of Tech’s 190 yards on the ground. Tarnowski was 24 for 34 and had 382 yards and four touchdowns. Vance Settlemire gained 79 yards rushing for the Eagles, who improved their undefeated streak to 10-0.

Tauchen and fellow linebacker Paul Kuoppala totaled a team-high 10 tackles apiece.

Michigan Tech will go back to Ohio Saturday Nov. 14, this time to verse Lake Erie in Painesville. Kickoff starts at 1 p.m.

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No. 20 Huskies Roll Past Chargers Mike Jarasz Lode Writer The Michigan Tech Huskies had not won a WCHA series to date this year, splitting each of the three series. In a series where the Huskies took on the University of Alabama Huntsville last weekend, the Huskies were finally able to double up and take two big conference wins on the road.

In a series that had all of the makings to be a vicious goaltender battle it was anything but. The Chargers struck quickly in the first matchup to take an early 1-0 lead.

The Huskies responded by scoring three unanswered and another in the third to topple the hosts 4-2.

After missing Alex Petan in the end of the previous series to an upper body injury, his return sparked the offense as he also netted a key power play goal.

“We found a way to win the game and get two big points, which is never easy on the road,” said Head Coach Mel Pearson. “We still have things we can improve and we need to manage the puck better.

I thought we hung in there and our penalty killers did an excellent job. It was a frustrating night but at the same time we have to enjoy the victory and regroup for tomorrow because we have a chance to make this a great weekend.”

Moving into Saturday, the Huskies looked to continue rolling and earn a road sweep. A strong goaltender performance by Winnipeg draft pick Jamie Phillips was the key to the game as the huskies scored two early but were unable to get anything past Chargers net minder Carmine Guerriero on 30 shots. Two major penalties and ejections in the third period led to the Chargers only goal of the

Forward Brent Baltus gets the puck during the Friday game against Ferris State at the end of last month

night. “We put ourselves in some tough positions tonight,” Head Coach Mel Pearson said. “I have been coaching college hockey for 33 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before...They didn’t get too many good looks. This was a big win for our team, we’ve done a good job on the road so far this year and we’re continuing

to get points in tough road buildings. I thought the key tonight was obviously our penalty killing, as we didn’t give up much and generated some shorthanded chances of our own.”

The 20th ranked Huskies (5-3-0 overall; 5-3-0 WCHA) are now 10-0-0 vs. UAH all time and look to continue on their suc-

Photo courtesy of Devin Miller

cess this coming weekend (Nov. 13-14, 7:07PM) when they take on the Bowling Green Falcons (4-2-3 overall, 1-1-2 WCHA) at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Tickets are available for both nights and can be purchased at the SDC Ticket Office, the games can also be heard on Mix93 or online at Pasty.net.

Varsity Events Schedule: November 12th-18th Volleyball

Thursday, 12

Friday, 13 @ Northwood, 7:00 p.m. **

Saturday, 14 Sunday, 15 @ Lake Superior State, 1:00 p.m.**

Vs. Bowling Green, 7:07 p.m. **

Vs. Bowling Green, 7:07 p.m. **

Men’s Basketball

Hockey

Women’s Basketball

Vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2:00 p.m. **

Football

@ Lake Eerie, 1:00 p.m. **

Monday, 16

Home Game

Tuesday, 17

** Conference Match

Wednesday, 18 @TBA, GLIAC Tournament

Upcoming

Events November 12 - November 18 Mini Golf in the MUB

Thursday, Nov. 12 6 - 9 p.m. MUB Ballroom

Join MUB Board for a night of free mini golf with an indoor 9 hole course. Stop by and tee off while enjoying some tasty snacks like donuts, cotton candy, popcorn and more!

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Thursday, Nov. 14 - Saturday, Nov. 15 7:30 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. Rozsa Center

“What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” This is the question Haroun askes his father, the famous storyteller Rashid Khalifa, when his mother Soraya runs away with another man. Rashid then loses his unique talent, the ability to tell stories, and Haroun decides he must help his father recover his powers. He sets off on a remarkable journey to the fabled Sea of Stories, where many of Rashid’s outlandish yarns turn out to be not only true but alive.

Cooties

Friday, Nov. 13 - Sunday, Nov. 15 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.

Fisher 135

A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives. Brought to you by the Film Board.

Gingerbread House Building

Saturday, Nov. 14 2 - 5 p.m. Wads Cafe Annex

Graduate students and their families are welcome to come and learn all about building a gingerbread house! A limited number (75) of kits are available, so please be prepared to work with others to create your masterpiece. This event is hosted by the Graduate Student Government.

Superior Wind Symphony: Collecting Small Things

Saturday, Nov. 14

7:30 - 10 p.m. Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts

The Superior Wind Symphony, with special guest jazz saxophonist, present music along a theme of “collections of small things,” by Holober, Prischetti, and Gounod: Holober – Road Trip, Persichetti – Divertimento, Gounod – Petite Symphony