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April 14, 2011

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Students compete in BonzAI Brawl

Congratulations Tessier-Ashpool S.A. REBEKAH PRICE Lode Writer The BonzAI Brawl, hosted by the Women in Computer Sciences (WiCS) at Michigan Tech, is a chance for programmers to show off their programming skills in competition. Held this past Saturday, April 9, teams competed for a chance to win $200 and bragging rights.

Raven Rebb, chair of BonzAI Brawl and president of WiCS, said, “BonzAI Brawl started in 2008 with what people remember it as, The Pirate Game. This is the 4th year and every year it has gotten better. It has become a rich tradition. Anyone can compete in BonzAI Brawl. We have MTU and NMU participants. We even have grad students and this year a professor team participated.” Contestants are also given chances to win door prizes, often from thinkgeek.com. Planning of the event begins in the fall semes-

ter to design and code the game client. WiCS organizes posters, shirts, the story, food, and finding sponsors.

Benjamin Fedorka, a 4th year in Mathematics and Computer Science, has been a part of the BonzAI Brawl since his first year at Tech. “I enjoy the challenge of learning a new game, identifying a winning strategy and then creating a computer program that implements it.” This year’s BonzAI Brawl story was created by the Husky Game Development and was the first program that had true 3D graphics and physics. “The best part of the BonzAI Brawl is the actual brawl, when the AIs are pitted against each other. Throughout each round, everyone is watching the AIs and spotting bugs or missed opportunities. Whenever an AI makes a particularly good (or bad) choice, the whole crowd cheers.” continued on 3

BonzAI Brawl 2011: The winners of this year’s BonzAI brawl are (left) Benjamin DePew, (center) Paul Bonamy, and (right) Ryan Franklin. Each team participating in the programming competition were given eight hours to complete an AI that could navigate the map given, collect resources within the game, and defend from (or even attack) other players competing.

Photo courtesy of WiCS

Future Tech:

Budget Wars, Developing web trends getting heated and the progression of television MICHAEL FRIESEN Lode Writer The past twenty years have seen the Internet go from nonexistent to emerging to becoming a hub of culture, commerce, and utility. The web has gone from being a one-way read-only means of broadcast to a readwrite medium where anyone can contribute information.

Design has become ever more accessible and the net is being better utilized with the help of tools such as Tumblr, StumbleUpon, and RSS feeds that help people navigate and share content, as well as the rise of the blogosphere and user-generated content. But while web design has become more and more accessible, it still remains elusive and intimidating to many, but that may soon stop as future tech brings design closer to the masses.

Currently, there are various tools aimed at allowing novice users to overcome

the technical hurdles of web development and a wide array of resources for teaching good design practices and resolving technical difficulties. A few software packages, such as NetObjects (the latest version being NetObjects XII,) allow novice designers to simply drag and drop formats, objects, and media into their pages. Other tools allow users to copy and paste code directly, such as embedding video from YouTube and adding toolbars for sites such as Stumble, Digg, and Delicious. Other tools exist for more advanced web developers allowing them to integrate accounts and services, such as connecting facebook accounts to various sites to reduce the number of separate online accounts that users must create and keep track of.

From the users’ perspective, more and more sites are allowing for customization, supporting user-generated content, and allowing people to network with each other

and express themselves.

The Internet is becoming increasingly accessible, most notably in browsing and utility compatibility with portable devices and smartphones.

Culture is now spread not primarily by media outlets, but by social networks that create their own culture through the use of Internet trends, such as memes.

So what does this mean for the future of the web? If current trends increase, common tools will become more and more interconnected and it will become easier and more accessible for developers to create web sites and learn web design. Web sites and services will become more receptive to user-generated content and participation, and become more interlinked to allow greater ease of access and reduce account clutter. Bookmarking, sharing, and networking tools such as StumbleUpon and Digg will continued on 2

MICHAEL HILLIARD Lode Writer Tension mounted last week Friday, as Democrats and Republicans came close to crashing in what can best be described as a political game of chicken. In dispute was the fiscal budget, both for the rest of 2011 and, especially, 2012. Had no agreement been reached by end of day Friday, the United States’ government would have been required to immediately shutdown all non-essential operations worldwide. A shutdown could have proved catastrophic, as hundreds of thousands of government workers (not to mention all firms in the private sector working on government contracts) would have been put on immediate furlough with no promise of pay during the shutdown. National parks and monuments would also be closed, and government agencies such as the CDC would go down to a barebones staff for emergency response and other essential functions.

As the pressure rose, so did the political propaganda: Democrats pointed the finger at Republicans, accusing them of throwing weight around on social issues, such as defunding abortions; likewise, Republicans

demonized the Democratic party for advocating unrestrained additional spending in the face of a deficit surpassing 14 trillion dollars. If either side could be said to have agreed on anything, it was that the other party would be clearly at fault should the shutdown occur.

Party-line rhetoric oozed out of every corner.

When the shutdown seemed all but certain, ongoing talks between Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (DNevada), and President Obama finally reached a dramatic conclusion late Friday night when the trio announced that they had reached an agreement. Republicans boasted of achieving a 38.5 billion-dollar cut in spending, while Democrats claimed victory for many social programs that had been on the chopping block.

Although last Friday’s agreement, which will fund the government through September 30, is expected to be passed through Congress soon, the battle of the budget rages on. The debate now turns to the question of whether to raise the federal debt ceiling (which, proponents claim is the only way to keep the country from defaulting on the national debt) and how to address debt reduction in 2012 and beyond.

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Dean of Student Affairs, Gloria Melton, retires STEPHEN ANDERSON Editor In Chief After serving 24 years in Michigan Tech Student Affairs, Dean of Students Gloria Melton will retire on August 31, with current University Marketing and Communications (UMC) Executive Director Bonnie Gorman set to take over at that time.

Melton said that she and her already-retired husband are eager to participate in more community service and personal projects and hobbies. “Last year’s announcement of the State’s public employee retirement initiative gave a ‘push’ to consider the idea a little earlier than I might have, but in the end, I think it’s a good decision and the right time,” said Melton.

Melton said that during her

time as Dean of Students, she has “tried to promote fairness, to listen and to encourage students to believe in themselves and trust the people who are helping to guide them.” She emphasized that each student is unique and there’s no “cookiecutter” solution to issues. “We may not always get it all, but we aim for a reasonable and practical solution,” said Melton. That is quite a challenge for a position that witnesses the full spectrum of student success -- celebrating the approximately 25 percent of students who make Dean’s List during a given semester and dealing with the difficulties of expelling students who deserve it.

“Gloria has been steady, compassionate and caring throughout her career at Michigan Tech, and she has always stood for the

fair and ethical treatment of students,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Les Cook.

After hearing of Melton’s decision to retire, Cook offered the Dean of Students position to Bonnie Gorman, saying that she is “truly a student affairs person at heart.” Most people in the campus community know Gorman through UMC, but she has had extensive student affairs experience. She started her career in student affairs at Carnegie Mellon before becoming the director of the campus union and student activities at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

She came to Michigan Tech in 1996, working with Residential Services and then coordinating Orientation before moving to UMC in 2006.

become more prevalent and more necessary to navigate the vast volume of content available on the web. Niche content and communities will continue to develop and thrive, as audiences, too sparse to sustain a market in a single geographical region, will be able to congregate and concentrate online. While none of this uses radically novel technology or uses any technical tools that are entirely new to the web, it represents a steady evolution of how users and content creators interact on the net, as well as who is considered a user and who is considered a contributor.

One evolution of the web that does involve upcoming engineering is the integration of web content and television. Just as smartphones are beginning to connect to the Internet, so is content normally exclusive to cable or satellite TV. This trend

gained its start with streaming content for game consoles through Netflix, Xbox Live, and other content providers and is now becoming a builtin feature of the television sets themselves. It is very likely that soon, televisions as we know them will evolve into specialized browsers made for streaming video content.

Instead of waiting for a favorite show to come on or recording it with TiVo, a particular program will simply be searched for or selected from recommendations and played on demand, paid for by subscriptions or advertisements in the content.

Other content will be browsable on televisions as well, though most users might prefer to use personal computers instead of family television sets for utility browsing such as surfing, email, and social networking though it is likely that the functions

of televisions and personal computers will begin to see more overlap as televisions become more integrated. If trends of the internet carry over to television media as that technology integrates with the web, then we can expect to start to see a demand for usergenerated television content as well as an increased push to make the creation of television content more accessible to broader audiences. Niche and specialized content will also flourish, as shows will no longer be dropped by a certain channel but instead have a more direct connection to their audiences and publishers and producers will no longer be limited to producing content that appeals to mass audiences as smaller audiences become better able to come together to pool resources and support for specialized content.

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BonzAI Brawl This year’s story was about different alien races fighting over a planet’s resources. Groups had to create a game with one mothership and up to 100 fighter ships that could gather resources, create more fighter ships, and engage in combat with enemy ships.” Fedorka explained, “To write their AI, each team was provided with a document describing how to get information about the game world. This information included information about your own units, as well as enemy units and resources in the area. Based

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upon this information, each AI would then decide what actions to take; such as what resources to harvest, what enemies to attack, where to move each unit. Each AI tries to eliminate all other AIs by destroying their mothership.

In the case of a tie (both AIs destroying each other, not finding each other, or attacking in such a way that they stalemate) the winning AI was chosen by resources collected or enemies eliminated.”

Rules of the competition allow for any textbooks or printed materials; the production of code

only during that allotted 8 hours; and access to the electronic copy of the Java API. This year’s winner was Team Tessier-Ashpool S.A. They received trophies for double elimination during the tournament brawl and entire tournament.

Sponsors for the event included Lasalletech, Consistacom, GE Aviation, Husky Game Development, Jackson, MTU Computer Science Department, and Joey’s Seafood & Grill.

Tokyo reactors now at threat level 7 Many worry about another Chernobyl CAMERON SCHWACH News Editor Tokyo continues to face troubling times as Japanese government officials have officially raised the nuclear threat levels at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant from a level five nuclear threat to level seven. This is the highest possible threat level a nuclear reactor

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can pose on the international threat chart, and has only been seen once before, during the 1986 Chernobyl incident.

During the beginning of the crisis, the Fukushima reactor had released trillions of becquerels (terabecquerels) into the atmosphere --a becquerel is a measurement of radiation--, but was quickly stopped

by Japanese plant workers.

However, since the initial re-

lease of radiation there have been numerous aftershocks that continue to create leaks of radioactive waste that are often difficult to find and maintain.

And the shielding around the reactors is not capable of fully shielding the reactors radiation from escaping.

Although this is a tragedy that needs to find a quick resolution, officials continue to remind those following Japan’s

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Might as well give our students somethign else to rack their brain against while they study for their exams and prepare for final projects. The answer to last week’s puzzle is to the right. Enjoy! current crisis that the Fukushima plant has only released approximately one-tenth of the radiation that was released at Chernobyl. As of now, the nuclear plant is viewed to be in a state of extreme emergency, but is still not considered to be a rival to the catastrophic failure of the Ukrainian reactor.

There is also emphasis that the Chernobyl incident stands as a valuable lesson to the Japanese government, and the threat of

citizens drinking radioactive water, milk, or food is being carefully examined to reduce further disaster.

There is fear that the rise in the international threat level will deter relief groups trying to aid Japan in their time of crisis, as well as stifle any hope the Japanese have of recovering. It is important now for those able to help Japan to do so, as the troubling situations overseas continue to grow.

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Tech Theatre Company present South Pacific ZACHARY PAGE Lode Writer The Michigan Tech Theatre Company will be hosting the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, South Pacific, with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra this Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Rozsa Center.

The musical is based on James A. Michener’s enduring novel, “Tales of the South Pacific.”

Composed in 1949, the tales of the musical follow in a similar suit to the novel. The play is set around the romantic relationship between a French plantation owner and a naïve U.S. Navy nurse in World War II Polynesia.

It also centers on a restless group of Construction Battalions or “Seabees” and their exotic affairs with the locals, a malaria epidemic and a looming battle with Japan.

Joel Neves, who is directing the show, wanted to choose a musical that would offer a light, fun and colorful story to all members of the community.

“The piece would be connected with audiences of all ages. It would be fun yet challenging for the performers but would also be artistically satisfying and meaningful, and which would invite community involvement,” explains Neves.

South Pacific will evoke a number of different emotions from the audience as it contains themes of “war, joy, tragedy and intriguing drama.”

“One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re dancing, the next you’re crying,” explains Neves.

The musical will feature the original selection romantic pieces such as “Cockeyed Optimist” and “Bali H’ai” as well as some fun and upbeat tunes like “There Is

Nothing Like a Dame” and “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair”.

“What makes [Richard Rodger’s] music particularly effective is its variety and emotional flavor,” said Neves. “There are romantic love songs, peppy and energetic chorus numbers, big band jazz, and some exotic Polynesian inspired tunes.”

The set design will feature an extraordinary backdrop as well as a number of props that will provide a “stunning” vision for the audience. “It will be worth the price of admission just to see the pageantry of it all,” said Neves.

Ticket prices will be sold to the general public at $15, and $7 for students 18 years of age and younger. The price will be free for Michigan Tech students. For more information on the event, visit the Rozsa website at http:// wpa.mtu.edu/events.

Spring Fling is here!

Spring Fling, which is always the Friday of Week 13, will be going on all over campus this Friday. The theme this year is the 80s, more specifically 80s arcade games. Student Organizations will have booths set up across campus with fun games, prizes and fundraisers.

Some of the Special Events for this year are:

Oozeball Tournament - Friday and Saturday in Lot 15E

Full Throttle Motorcycle Show - Friday in Lot 27, Free 15-20 min. shows

at 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The groups performing on campus include Sick Air FMX, featuring freestyle motocross tricks, and the Smage Brothers, featuring trials riding.

Great Northern Adventure Race - Saturday, across Houghton, the race hosted by the Outdoor Adventure Program will consist of orienteering, mountain biking, running and mystery challenge events.

This week at Film Board:

The Green Hornet Playboy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles’ “The Daily Sentinel” after the sudden death of his father.

Britt’s party life is about to change when he and his driver and kung fu expert, Kato (Jay Chou), stop a robbery. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of fighting crime as the masked superhero “The Green Hornet”.

Written by Douglas Young

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Source Code continues trend of good science-fiction MICHAEL HILLIARD Lode Writer There is an exciting trend developing in science-fiction on the big screen. I think it started with “Inception”—a tightly crafted story, which, although up to its neck in the barely-plausible, stayed afloat by keeping engaging characters and thoughtful plotdevelopment in the forefront.

“The Adjustment Bureau,” though not as much of a highconcept movie as “Inception”, also chose a winning formula by focusing on characters and plot rather than the flashy futuristic gimmicks that we often associate with the genre.

“Source Code,” too, is a refreshing addition, deftly integrating artful filmmaking into a story with characters you can actually care about.

“Source Code” follows soldier Colter Stevens ( Jake Gyllenhaal) as he wakes up on a train outside of Chicago, talking to a beautiful woman (Michelle Monaghan) he’s pretty sure he’s never met.

Colter is still trying to make sense of what could possibly be going on when the train suddenly explodes, and, rather than dying, finds himself in his military uniform, strapped into some sort of cockpit where a face on a video screen asks him if he was able to identify the bomber from the train. Still not remembering how he got there or what he’s doing, the woman on the screen insists that there’s no time to explain:

it’s essential that Colter go back to the train and, in the eight minutes before it explodes, discover the identity of the bomber in the hopes of catching him before he sets off another attack somewhere else in Chicago. Constantly thrust back and forth between the supposed reality of the cockpit and the surreal déjà vu of a train that keeps exploding minutes after waking up on it, the sensation seems to be something like drowning—and we in the audience are equally left in the dark, grasping for straws.

The plot unwinds with perfect pacing, never letting the audience know more than we should. And when Colter realizes the beautiful woman on the train is the one he wants to save the most, we find ourselves rooting for him.

Though stuck sharing the same eight minutes over and over, Gyllenhaal and Monaghan make us want to keep watching. The parts are never over acted, no punches are pulled; instead, the characters feel genuine and believable—helping us to stay grounded when the plot might otherwise feel beyond belief.

Source Code is an exceptional film with brilliant acting, directing, and production, and it should appeal to just about anyone—even those who might normally stay away from a sci-fi flick.

This one’s worth watching.

5th annual Keweenawesomefest goes off with few problems NICK BLECHA Pulse Editor The 5th annual Keweenawesomefest took place last weekend, April 8 and 9, with doors opening at 5:00 p.m. each night.

The event was organized by Michigan Tech’s radio station, WMTU, and the two nights were headlined by The High String on Friday and Math the Band on Saturday.

The High String is a Detroit-based band, who are notable for library tour throughout Michigan and for having one of their songs, “The Luck You Got,” used as the theme song for the US version of Shameless. Math the Band is a Rhode Islandbased electronic dance duo.

Other bands performing include The Satin Peaches,

Gifts or Creatures, Timothy Monger, Pioneer Parade, Stepdad, Pistolbrides, and Cains & Abels.

Steven Holmes, WMTU’s Promotions Director, discussed the event with the Lode. Preparations had gone very smoothly that year, Holmes explained. WMTU had been talking to bands the station was interested in as early as December. The final program featured sixteen bands, eight on each night; three bands that WMTU had originally had scheduled to play had backed out. Both of those were about average, according to Holmes. The event has grown since it first year in 2007, with only six bands each night.

Photos of the event can be found on Holmes’ website, www.mostlymidwest.com.

Upcoming Events April 14-16:

7:30 p.m., Rozsa Center: South Pacific

April 15:

12:00 p.m., Campus Mall: Spring Fling

April 18-22:

Rozsa Center Lobby: Student Art and Design Show

April 23:

5:00 p.m., Rozsa Center: All Time Low

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Silence Speaks Volumes: The secret life of National Day of Silence Learning Centers...

MICHAEL HILLIARD Lode Writer

this week ELIJAH HAINES Lode Writer If you see duct tape over someone’s mouth tomorrow, don’t be alarmed. No, they haven’t just escaped from their kidnapper. They’re participating in National Day of Silence.

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is the main organizer of the event. Every year, they urge supporters to take a vow of silence. The participants’ silence is symbolic of the silence that surrounds many issues that members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

Ask Sassy Dear Sassy, A friend of mine recently had to leave school to go back home.

They’ve been having a lot of medical problems this past year and they were no longer able to be at school and get the care they needed. I just feel horrible for them. What can I do to help them out at this time?

Sincerely, Concerned friend Dear Concerned, My response will be completely free of sarcasm or cynicism.

This is a very serious topic and by ridiculing it I would no doubt risk physical harm to myself or the other members of this fine, reputable publication which is kind enough to indulge me.

Health complications are an incredibly heavy burden on a person, often a burden they bear privately. Emotional support is the most you can offer at this point. Call them regularly. Tell them you miss them and that you admire their fortitude. This may be one of the most trying times in their life; unconditional friendship is essential.

Dear Sassy, My friend always sends me texts when she’s been drinking. I wouldn’t mind too much, but the latest one gave me the impression that she may have feelings for me. It made me uncomfortable. How do I confront her about this?

Sincerely, Unwanted romance Dear Unwanted, A drunk text is an unusual thing. It’s a slurred, somewhat abstract expression of a person’s subconscious. The thoughts that lay buried in a person’s mind on a day to day basis slowly surface with every sip.

Your friend obviously used her inebriated state as an excuse to tell you how she really feels. This says something about her character. Obviously she doesn’t feel strongly enough to overcome her shyness and tell you in person.

The best strategy is to kill her advances with the most devastating response known to human kind: “k”.

Dear Sassy, This summer, I’ll be studying abroad in France. I’m going to miss the United States so much! Is there anything I should bring that will remind me of home that I can’t get over there?

Sincerely, Nervous traveller Dear Nervous, A whole summer without Skippy peanut butter and Reese’s!?

You, my friend, are brave indeed. You definitely will miss some of the comforts at home. Do you know that Europeans rarely even put ice in their Coke? That’s culture shock for you! Bring a big bag full of Oreos, definitely!

On second thought, stay home and spare the French from having to endure your presence.

It’s held every year across the country and it’s a quiet way to

specifically at combating antiLGBT bullying in schools.

I’ve never participated in Day of Silence. Although I believe wholeheartedly in educating the public about LGBT issues, I’ve never had the guts for this particular breed of activism. In my high school, any kid who wore duct tape over their mouth would only get an annoyed, squinty stare accompanied by a crinkled nose- the ultimate sign of adolescent disgust. I was afraid people just wouldn’t get it and convinced myself that there were others ways I could make a point.

Activism is a curious thing.

The variety of forms it takes is reflective of the causes it can promote. Activism can be obnoxious, like bumper stickers and neon t-shirts. It can be powerful, like an eloquent speech or an exhilarating rally.

It can also be pretentious, like those people that drink coffee grown in the shade of the rainforest and sincerely believe their doing their part. Activism is at once a fad and a necessity for a progressive society.

It’s incredibly important to be an advocate for a cause you feel passionate about. Passiveness is the great plague of our time. Voter turn out, especially among college students, is incredibly low. In the past five years or so it has been between 50%-60%. My advice to people: pick a cause and fight for it. Do you hate seeing the mean men on “Whale Wars” slaughter the largest mammals on earth?

Then do something instead of crying on the couch covered in blankets and chip crumbs. Do you get frustrated when you hear about children starving and then watch your roommate dump an entire pan of cold, coagulated mac-and-cheese into the garbage? Why not organize a fundraiser for UNICEF? Are you tired of illegal immigrants taking our jobs? Then you better educate yourself and stay home until you’re ready to think rationally.

Whatever you do, don’t be an armchair advocate. Don’t rant to your friend and never actually do anything. When you look back in twenty, thirty years, you’ll want to be proud that you did something. You’ll want to say, “I got agitated, but I also got active.”

This thought leads me back to Day of Silence. It’s important because it provides an opportunity for all of those agitated people to get active. Instead of complaining to friends about homophobia, they can create a public dialogue about the issue.

To those who roll their eyes at the duct tape and the silence: what do you stand for?

community face on a daily basis. Day of Silence is targeted

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With finals just around the corner, projects coming up due, and homework up to our ears, it’s not uncommon to find students suffering from a lack of sleep, mountains of stress, or some other form seemingly incurable of end-of-semester-itis.

In-between chugging Monster, shots of espresso and deciding whether it’s worth taking a chance on whatever was left in the fridge, it’s all we can do to try to keep our eyes open and brains engaged for a few more days.

But wait—there’s help!

Believe it or not, there are actually small pockets of individuals strategically placed in buildings around campus to aid you in these dark days. Michigan Tech’s learning centers are exotic oases offering free massages, lattes, and even free help with your homework. Too good to be true, you say?

Well, okay, maybe the learning centers don’t provide Swedish massage or steaming espresso, but everything else…er, the free homework help, that is…is totally for real.

Some people are afraid of going to learning cen-

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ters. Don’t be. When not studying, attending class, or divining the airspeed velocity of un-laden swallows, I actually work as a coach at the Multiliteracies Center and although I can’t speak for the other learning centers on campus, I can say that the death toll at our center is quite low this year.

In fact, many students have reported lowered blood pressure, more restful sleep, increased attractiveness and better grades after visiting the Center. And even the ones we didn’t pay seemed to enjoy the experience and find it helpful.

You might be surprised to know that the coaches working at the learning centers are students just like you.

Sure, they’re ridiculously good looking, successful, and incredibly talented, but otherwise they’re just regular college kids who put their pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else.

They know what it’s like to wrestle reflections, research papers, lab reports, organic chemistry, and Carl Blair.

Yes, even Blair.

So try a learning center.

Most (if not all) have walkin hours and also let you sign up for longer appointments if you’d like a guaranteed time slot.

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Saliga and Hoffman pace Track & Field teams DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor While the Track & Field Huskies continue to struggle in team competition, individual members of both teams are either posting or tying school records on a regular basis. This past weekend, that trend continued with sophomore Nathan Saliga setting a new school record in the decathlon and junior Melanie Hoffman tying the heptathlon record in the Falcon Invitational in River Falls, Wis. Saliga posted 5,241 points, good for sixth overall, while Hoffman picked up 3,565 to finish seventh overall.

The running events were where Saliga scored the majority of his points, grabbing at least 500 points in the 100-meter dash, the 110-meter hurdles, and the 1,500 meter run. He won the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.33, snatching 799 points in the process. That point total was the most in any event by any competitor on the day. In the 1,500, Saliga finished second with a time of 4:35.69, which earned him 708 points.

“It was my first decathlon, so I didn’t really know what to expect, but ended up having a lot of fun competing with everyone,” said Saliga. “The goal for the season was to hit 5,000 points, so it was really encouraging that I was able to do that in the first competition.”

Hoffman posted a third place finish in the 800-meter run to

gain 696 points with a time of 2:29.73. In the 200-meter dash, Hoffman finished with a time of 28.07, good for 625 points. She also earned 546 points in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17:46. The final event she posted more than 500 points in was the high jump, where she managed 4’7”, giving her 512 points.

“The heptathlon is a very interesting event to say the least,” said Hoffman. “You finish one event and 30 minutes later, you’re at the starting line for the next one. It’s quite a long day, but the variety of events keeps it interesting.”

In other events during the meet, the Huskies continued to per-

form strongly despite the tough competition. The women’s team finished 15th out of 18 teams while the men placed 14th.

Junior Molly Wiltzius had the second-best throw of her career in the discus at 133’1”, six feet short of her school record toss, which gave her an eighth-place finish overall. Wiltzius also managed to post a season-high 138’4” in the hammer throw, 19 inches short of her personal best, but still good for fourth in school history.

She placed 12th in the event.

Senior Jill Smith raced to a personal-best 39:14.29 in the 10,000-meter run. The time was third-best in school history and

helped her place seventh in the meet. Freshman Deedra Irwin, who ran the 800-meter run for the first time in her career, finished with a time of 2:18.94, good for third in school history.

Sophomores Amanda Halonen and Nikki Kiilunen also ran well in distance races. Halonen finished 14th in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:55.86 while Kiilunen was seventh in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:30.68.

On the men’s side, sophomore Dylan Anderson finished eighth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.44. Junior Nick Wimmer finished 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:26.01. In other distance events, senior Scott Kentner finished fifth in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 33:34.08 and sophomore Nick Bedbury posted a time of 34:02.81, good for ninth. In the 5,000-meter, Bedbury finished 19th (16:26.92) while Kentner placed 20th (16:27.85).

In the 100-meter dash, senior Quinn Parnell finished second with a time of 10.95. Junior Akeem Cason finished seventh with a time of 11.21.

The Huskies will take a week off before returning to action in Duluth, Minn.

Great start: Nathan Saliga sprints into the lead during the decathlon on Saturday.

Photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics

Football gears up for Saturday’s game STEPHEN ANDERSON Editor in Chief The Michigan Tech spring football practice season will culminate with the annual spring intrasquad game at 1 p.m. this Saturday (April 16) at Sherman Field, weather permitting.

“The game is a fun time for the players and serves as a reward for the hard work they’ve done in the offseason and throughout the spring practices,” said head coach Tom Kearly, who will be entering his sixth year leading the Huskies this fall. “Our biggest hope is that we don’t want anyone to get hurt.”

Michigan Tech will divide into black and white teams and play a casual game, free for the fans. The game will feature a running clock except in the fi-

nal two minutes of each half.

Due to the potentially snowy forecast on Saturday, a weather contingency plan has been put in place. Check out the Lode’s Facebook page (facebook.com/ mtulode) on Saturday to find out whether or not the game is canceled.

Kearly said last week that the Huskies have had a good spring so far this year, as the team has been able to acclimate younger players to the team’s systems while staying relatively injury free. Despite losing several key offensive starters from last year, Kearly does not expect any significant system changes for the fall.

After spring practices started on March 24, the team has been practicing on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, along with Saturday mornings. The team will take a few months off of team practic-

es, but the players will continue individual workouts throughout the summer.

Check out mtulode.com following Saturday’s spring game (if it is not canceled) for a full

recap, and be sure to follow the Lode again this fall for extensive coverage of Michigan Tech Huskies football as they hope to build off last year’s 8-2 season.

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onside kick attempt and recovery by the football Huskies last season. The Huskies completed the play in an attempt to mount a comeback against Saginaw Valley State.

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unassisted goals scored by the hockey Huskies this season.

Opponents managed to score eight such goals over the course of the season.

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straight victories by the men’s tennis Huskies against schools from Ohio. The streak started on April 4, 2008, with a win over Findlay, 8-1.

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points earned

by Douglas Yossida for the men’s tennis Huskies this season. He’s won 11 singles matches and partnered to win 10 doubles matches.

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days between matches for the women’s tennis Huskies.

The Huskies won 8-1 over St. Norbert despite the time off. The previous match had been a 5-4 loss to St. Leo.

Schedules/Results Visit gliac.org for full standings W. Basketball (31-3 overall)

Mar. 14 vs Wis.-Park., W, 69-57 Mar. 22 vs Ark. Tech, W, 69-58 Mar. 23 vs NW Miss. St, W, 89-78 Mar. 25 vs. Clayton State, L, 69-50

M. Basketball (18-11 overall) Feb. 24 at SVSU, W, 71-67 Feb. 26 at Northwood, W, 88-77 Mar. 2 at Grand Valley, W, 74-72 Mar. 5 at Ferris State, L, 73-64

Men’s Tennis (9-7, 5-3 GLIAC) Apr. 8 vs. Ohio Dominican, W, 6-3 Apr. 9 vs. Lake Erie, W, 9-0 Thurs at Northwood, 3 p.m.

Apr 15 at GLIAC Champ.

Women’s Tennis (11-9 overall) Running rebel: Running back Cedric Barber will be counted on to help ease the burden left by the graduation of Phil Milbrath.

Photo by Ben Wittbrodt

Mar. 8 vs S. Indiana, W, 8-1 Mar. 8 vs W. Vir. Wes., W, 9-0 Mar. 9 vs. St. Leo, L, 5-4 Apr. 9 vs St. Norbert, W, 8-1

Editors’ Shootout

The Editors’ Shootout is a competition of knowledge, luck and wits between sports editor Daver Karnosky, editor in chief Stephen Anderson, business manager Jacob Vehring and you, the reader, via online poll. Stephen Anderson won last year and has won two of the last three years (former opinion editor Rob Devaun with the other win). This will be a weekly feature where each editor picks his winners of the three biggest games/series of the week and backs up his decisions with a short rant.

THIS WEEK: Texas Rangers vs. New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers at Oakland Athletics

JACOB VEHRING Business Manager 2-1 Last Week, 47-31 Overall

STEPHEN ANDERSON Editor in Chief 1-2 Last Week, 45-33 Overall

DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor 1-2 Last Week, 33-45 Overall

YOU Readers 1-2 Last Week, 30-48 Overall

Two weeks left and I have a two-game lead over Stephan, lets hope I can keep that lead and win this contest I’ve been leading wire-to-wire. This week the Rangers are heading to New York to take on the Yankees. After losing Hamilton with a broken arm I think they will take a few games to regroup, and the Yankees will take advantage. The Rays will get back on track and win the series over the struggling Twins. The Tigers have rebounded well against the Rangers earlier this week, but the Athletics have too good of pitching matchups at home versus the Tigers.

I’m pretty sure I doomed myself with my horrible Frozen Four picks, but I can hope that Jake will choke. I think the Yankees will down the Hamilton-less Rangers in their first series against each other since the ALCS. The Rays have been struggling, but they’ll continue to turn the corner in a series split with the Twins. Despite the Tigers slow start, their offense will wake up out west as they take three of four.

The defending American League champs don’t appear to be suffering from any kind of a letdown after losing to the Giants last season. Nelson Cruz is on pace to hit 68 home runs for the Rangers and Yankee pitching, especially at home is succeptible to the long bomb. The Twins have started 2011 with just four wins in their first 10 games, but they should be able to right the ship with some wins against a reeling Rays’ squad who just lost Manny. The Tigers are also in need of some big wins, and could get some on the road against the slow-starting Athletics. Miguel Cabrera doesn’t seem affected by his preseason problems as he’s already batting .357 with four homers thus far.

Each week, we’ll let you the reader vote in our Editor’s Shootout online poll at www.mtulode.com/sports/2011/4/14/ editors-shootout-polls-7/. The majority of the vote for each match-up will be the chosen team, and your cumulative record will get put alongside our three wannabe experts. We’ll run this feature through the entire year and see who comes out on top.

Yankees, 2-1 Twins, 3-1 Athletics, 3-1

Yankees, 2-1 Series tie 2-2 Tigers, 3-1

Rangers, 2-1 Twins, 3-1 Tigers, 3-1 Last week’s picks: Red Sox Sioux Irish

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Men’s Tennis closes home schedule with successful week DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor After struggling out of the gate against Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) teams to the tune of four straight losses, the men’s tennis Huskies have turned things around of late, winning all three matches last week, giving them five straight wins.

The Huskies surrendered only five points in wins over the Lake Superior State Lakers, the Ohio Dominican Panthers, and the Lake Erie Storm, respectively.

On Saturday, the Huskies (97 overall, 5-3 GLIAC) swept the doubles matches against the Storm before winning all six singles matches for the 9-0 victory.

Sophomore Andrew Kremkow and junior Anders Sandholm got the Huskies on the board with an 8-0 win at number two doubles over Jacob Marsinick and Anthony Nagy.

The Huskies pair is now 11-5 on the season and 5-3 in GLI-

AC play.

The Huskies top doubles team of juniors Luka Stupar and Douglas Yossida cruised past Kyle O’Dell and Austin Opfer, 8-1. Stupar and Yossida are now 6-2 in conference action and 10-6 overall.

Freshman James Konarske and senior Chris Verhulst completed the sweep with an 8-2 victory over Alex Royko and Scott Stuckey. The duo improved to 9-7 on the season with a 5-3 record in GLIAC play.

Stupar and Sandholm both won their singles matches at numbers one and two singles, respectively, without surrendering a single game. Stupar defeated O’Dell and Sandholm made short work of Opfer.

Stupar improved to a 7-8 and Sandholm improved to 9-7 with the wins.

At number five singles, Kremkow lost one game in the first set against Royko before shutting him out in the second set for the win. Kremkow is now 6-10 on the season and

Women’s Tennis closes out regular season with win DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor Looking to close out the spring portion of their schedule in style, the women’s tennis Huskies did just that, cruising to an 8-1 victory over St. Norbert. The Golden Knights’ only point came at number six singles, where Huskies sophomore Kira Eck struggled.

With the win, the Huskies finished their season 11-9, and will now have to wait to see if they did enough to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.

The Huskies didn’t need long to get on the board as senior Nathalia Rondelli and junior Ploy Suthijindawong blew past Kelly Van Handel and Callie Schroeder, 8-1, at number one doubles. The Huskies’ top duo is now 10-7 on the season.

The numbers two and three teams won by 8-4 counts to give the Huskies a clean sweep of the doubles matches. Senior Asel Otunchieva and freshman Natalia Lebedeva defeated Maria Slusarek and Laura Michel at number two doubles. Eck and freshman Anna Hegyi got past Stephanie Marek and Ariel Bloniarz. Lebedeva and Otunchieva improved to 11-6 on the season while Eck and Hegyi are now 5-3.

Every singles match went only two sets.

Suthijindawong defeated Van Handel, 6-1, 6-3, at number one singles. The Huskies’ top singles player is now 10-9 on the season.

Lebedeva didn’t surrender a game in either set to Slusarek, 6-0, 6-0, at number two singles. She is now 13-4 on the season.

Rondelli dropped two games in the first set, but she made the adjustments necessary to only give up one game in the second set against Schroeder at number three singles. Rondelli improved to 11-7 on the season.

After winning the first set, 6-2, Hegyi had to fight for her second set at number four singles over Bloniarz, 7-5. Hegyi is now 13-4 on the season.

Otunchieva won her first set without dropping a game before winning the second set, 6-2, over Michel at number five singles.

Otunchieva is now 9-11 in her final season.

Heading into the match, the Huskies were ninth in the Midwest Region. The team just ahead of them, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) newcomer, Ohio Dominican, improved to 11-9 on the season by defeating West Liberty State on Thursday afternoon. The Panthers still have three matches left this spring, taking on Indiana Wesleyan, Taylor (Ind.), and Indiana-Southeast. continued at mtulode.com

3-5 in GLIAC action this season.

Verhulst won at number six singles despite dropping one game in each set to Stuckey.

Verhulst improved to 9-7 on the season.

Both Yossida and Konarske lost four games over the two sets they played. Yossida won his first set 6-0 before winning the second 6-4 to Marsinick at number three singles. Konarske lost two games in each set against Nagy at number four singles. Yossida is now 11-4 on the season while Konarske improved to a 8-8.

On Friday, the Huskies surrendered two of the three doubles matches to the Panthers, but found a way to grab five of the six singles matches for the 6-3 win.

Stupar and Yossida were lone Huskies pair to win, grabbing an 8-4 victory over Bernardo Feitosa and Igor Carvalho.

The Panthers won the other two doubles matches by 8-4 counts.

Sandholm won the only sin-

Despite holding the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs’ top line of Jack Connolly, Mike Connolly, and Justin Fontaine off the board, the Michigan Wolverines fell in overtime to the Bulldogs, giving the WCHA school its first national title Saturday evening. Unsung heroes abounded for the Bulldogs, who were given nine power plays over the course of the Championship Game, but struck on the advantage only once.

The Wolverines got on the board 14:42 into the contest when Ben Winnett pushed the puck behind Bulldogs’ goaltender Kenny Reiter. It had appeared that the Wolverines had scored much earlier, but that goal was disallowed.

It took the Bulldogs 1:39 of play in the second period to tie the game as Travis Oleksuk got a shot past Wolverines’ netminder Shawn Hunwick. Max Tardy, who had yet to score this season and had been moved up to the power play during the tournament, gave the Bulldogs

the lead at the 9:31 mark.

The Wolverines tied the game with 2:14 remaining in the middle stanza when Jeff Rohrkemper snuck one past Reiter, who stopped 22 of 24 Wolverines’ shots.

The game remained tied until the extra session, but was nearly over shortly in when Kyle Schmidt had a golden opportunity. Fortunately for Wolverines’ fans, he missed, but that didn’t stop him from crashing the net a few shifts later. Oleksuk found Schmidt, and this time he didn’t miss, scoring at the 3:22 mark.

Bulldogs’ defenseman Brady Lamb assisted on all three goals.

The Bulldogs earned the right to play for the title by narrowly squeezing past a talented, young Notre Dame team Thursday afternoon in the first semifinal game.

The Fighting Irish struck first when Jeff Costello scored just 49 seconds in the game.

Freshman phenom T.J. Tynan also scored for the Irish before the period was over.

J.T. Brown, the NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player,

DuShane and Dane Fosgard.

Sandholm, Yossida, Konarske, and Verhulst all won their singles matches in straight sets. Sandholm dropped two games in the first set but none in the second to Brandon Clayton. Yossida dropped three in the first set and only one in the second to Nelson. Konarske defeated Toth, 7-5, 6-1, by making adjustments before the second set. Verhulst beat Fosgard, 6-3, 6-1.

Stupar needed a tiebreaker to defeat Sergiu Laza after dropping the first set, 4-6, and winning the second, 6-0. Stupar won the tiebreaker, 10-1.

The Huskies return to action on the road this afternoon at 3 p.m. as they face the Northwood Timberwolves in a make-up match for the match earlier this season, which was postponed. The Huskies will then stay in Midland, Mich., to play in the GLIAC Championships Friday through Sunday.

After Michigan Tech set the tone with some big hits in the early going, it was clear that Lewis was a smaller, less experienced, and somewhat timid bunch.

Michigan Tech ran its offense smoothly, mixing in pounding short runs from the forwards along with some longer bursts from the backs. Five minutes in action, Zack Buck crossed the line to give Michigan Tech the first try of the game.

After that initial try, the floodgates opened up for Michigan Tech. The match’s first scrum was easily controlled by Michigan Tech, allowing the forwards to drive through and trample the Lewis scrum, forcing a restart.

The damage to Lewis was more than physical. Michigan Tech proved that with a forwards’ pack that could hold its own with the best in Wisconsin, the inexperienced Lewis forwards were outmatched all day long.

“[This match showed] good progress for this team, considering it was a struggle at the start of last fall,” said Sanko, who was playing in his final Michigan Tech Rugby match. “It’s very comforting to leave the team with its first win and now its first, and only, two-game win streak. It’s a nice momentum run and should continue into the fall when Michigan Tech should field a very competitive team.”

Since Michigan Tech had the opportunity to get several younger players into the match, further tries came in the second half of play from a host of players. Brent Guimont, Dan Trupp, Ron Coffey, Jon Bontrager, Conor Callaghan and Joe Smith all scored. Smith also took the kicking duties and converted four of seven kicks after tries.

Rugby has successful friendly against Lewis University DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor The Michigan Tech Rugby Club traveled last weekend to Romeovill, Ill., to face Lewis University in a friendly spring test match. The game turned out to be a great opportunity for the club to try out new plays as well as new players. Despite the warm weather, the Rugby Club accomplished what it set out to do, defeating Lewis, 43-5.

“Overall, I am really proud of the boys,” said captain Marc Sanko. “We got a lot of work done and ran our offense very well much like we did in our last game of the fall against Madison.”

The game, as the name indicates, is a common occurrence in the spring for American Rugby teams, and test matches are often used to try players at new positions, run new plays and gain some overall match fitness.

With temperatures reaching into the 80’s, the playing conditions proved quite different from what Michigan Tech was used to practicing in at home, namely 40’s and 50’s.

The club handled Lewis fairly easily throughout the match.

Lewis received the opening kick, but turned the ball over quickly.

Minnesota Duluth wins Frozen Four DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor

gles match that didn’t require a tiebreaker or a third set. He defeated Claude Badowski, 6-3, 6-1.

Yossida needed a tiebreaker in the second set to defeat Greg Dillon, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).

Stupar, Verhulst, and Kremkow all won their first set, lost their second, and won their third to win their matches.

Only Kremkow was forced to play in a tiebreaker, winning 6-3, losing 6-7 (4-7), and winning 6-2, against Conrad Klank. Stupar defeated Carvalho, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Verhulst got past Bobby McMahan, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

On Thursday, the Huskies won two of the three doubles matches against the Lakers and carried that momentum through the singles matches, winning five of six for the 7-2 match victory.

Both the second and third Huskies’ teams won by 8-4 scores. Kremkow and Sandholm defeated Robert Nelson and Travis Toth while Konarske and Verhulst beat Ryne

Schmidt, and Mike Connolly all struck for the Bulldogs before the final buzzer sounded to end the opening period.

Brown and Connolly both notched power play goals.

Jack Connolly opened a twogoal lead for the Bulldogs 5:51 into the middle frame. The game would remain that way until Calle Ridderwall scored 2:05 into the third period.

Reiter was tested early and often by the Irish, making 13 of his 31 stops in the first period. The Irish struggled in the second period, only managing to get four pucks to Reiter in that period.

In the second semifinal on Thursday, the Wolverines rode the hot hand of Hunwick, who stopped 40 shots from the North Dakota Fighting Sioux to earn a 2-0 victory.

The Sioux outshot the Wolverines 14-10 in the first period alone, but it was the Wolverines who led after Winnett scored what would hold up as the game-winner at 13:26. continued at mtulode.com

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