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April 7, 2011

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Choosing the right career for you Gas prices on the Strategies and tips for future success rise again Will the price-hikes ever stop?

REBEKAH PRICE Lode Writer

As the spring semester comes to a close, some of you may have come to realize that a job is out of your reach. It may be due to poor GPA, not finding the right opportunity, or just bad luck. This article should help give you some pointers on how to make you and your resume more attractive to potential employers.

Firstly, do your homework. A good GPA is important when trying to land that internship.

Granted, some of us are not as academically gifted as others, but it is imperative to have, at least, a basic understanding of what your professor is trying to teach.

Some companies are very stringent in adhering to their academic corporate standards, but a lot of companies would be willing to bend the rules a bit if a candidate shows knowledge and interest in the process or company.

Secondly, somehow get involved with your field and/or campus. There are many opportunities to join professional organizations, clubs, and other extracurricular positions available to students. Do not join more than you can handle, but being involved with some sort of extracurricular activity shows interest and an ability to work with different types of people. For engineering students, it is actually a very good idea to obtain some sort of position in an organization that requires communication and working with people.

Companies love to see candidates who are very efficient at commu-

MICHAEL FRIESEN Lode Writer

Getting the chance: There are many ways to find a job after college, but there are also ways to find jobs while you’re in college. For the majority of students at Michigan Tech, this means attending the Career Fair put together by the Career Services. However, students can also look for internships and co-ops through national chapters within their field, post their resume on career search sites (such as Monster, or CareerBuilder.com) while they work to improve their resume’s influence through school work, or participate in Enterprise program to show they can perform the tasks they’re applying for before even meeting their potential employers.

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nication and in leadership.

Thirdly, be aggressive in the job search. The only way that a company can know that you can fill one of their positions is if you tell them that you are available.

Many companies post job listings online and also may have hiring managers whom you can contact. Send them a strong cover letter (for tips, go to the Career

Center website www.career.mtu. edu) with your contact information. Do not be afraid to apply to too many positions, as the chances of hearing back increase when you do so.

Once you have obtained that interview, it is time to start doing research on the company and its background. Companies love a candidate who has a base knowl-

edge of the company; the services rendered; and show a strong interest in that company. During interview, ask as many questions as you think you need to ask. Do not be afraid to ask for a better understanding of a certain process or ideology that is key to the continued on 2

As of Wednesday, the price of gasoline has reached $3.75 per gallon at the cheapest location in Houghton at the Wal-Mart pump station, with a city average of $3.80 per gallon, compared to a national average of about $3.70 per gallon. This reflects a sixmonth trend of increasing prices from $2.77 in Oct. 2010, with more pronounced rise between Feb. 22 and March 12t. The recent increase in prices is the result of rising global demand from a global economic recovery combined with social and economic turmoil in the Middle East raising concerns of future supply of oil. Current gas prices are at their highest since 2008, when the price peaked out at $4.12 cents per gallon nationwide before crashing to about $1.61 in the beginning of 2009. continued on page 2

Google attempts to enter social networking scene Web users feel that it may be “too little, too late” KIMBERLY GRIGG Lode Writer Google is taking it’s first steps into becoming a social networking website as well as a search website. Google has now developed the +1 button. This button resembles the like button on facebook quite a bit. This button allows Google users to “+ 1” certain web pages so they can share them with their friends and family. By doing this, it creates a more personalized search system. To use this feature though, you must have a Google account and a public Google profile.

The information recorded by Google will be used both with Google and with the websites you +1. Google will use your profile picture and an annotation in its services, but Google may also use this information to help companies create ads containing this

annotation and picture. Google also plans to help companies by using the statistical information gathered from the +1 button to decide who their target audience is.

Google has been receiving a lot of criticism for the +1 button. Many web users are saying Google will not make a lasting impression on the social networking scene. It is said that this step is not quite large enough to get users to use Google as a social networking website, but it will still remain as a search Engine.

It is also said that Google needs to combine more of its resources with other popular networking websites, such as Twitter, to really be able to become a social networking website able to compete with facebook. Google is already a partner with Twitter, but they

Trying to be like others: Although Google has launched the “+1” feature as a means to help filter and improve the results web users receive when they use the corporate giant’s search engine, many feel that the application is an attempt to mimic the functions of social networking websites like Facebook.

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Gas Prices Continued from front

Rising trends: GasBuddy.com shows that gas prices have slowly been on the rise for some time now.

Although many were relieved that gas prices finally began to return to a price range around $2.00 back in 2009, natural inflation along with global events have been slowly pushing the price higher and higher.

However, it has only been in the last few months that the price of gas has been pushing prices higher than $3.20.

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Though higher gas prices can in some instances be an indicator of positive economic development, such as oil futures trading higher, the result on consumers can dampen local and national economies. Higher gas prices discourage travel, resulting in reduced shopping and luxury spending, which causes reduced income for retail and commercial businesses, which can then result in layoffs and reduced income for employees.

Though some driving can be avoided, many consumers must commute to work and for other essential errands, causing the increase in price for this necessity to cut into disposable income and further reduce luxury spending; Nielson Wire reports that a $0.50 increase in gas prices might cost the average household $52.50 per month, or $630 per year, which directly cuts into the kind of discretionary spending that fuels economic growth.

Despite the transaction happening at the gas station, the stations have little direct control of the sale price, which has

to correspond to the price of oil.

“We’re at the bottom of the food chain; the price is passed down to us,” said Director of fuels for the Kum & Go convenience store chain Randy Meyer in an interview with the Des Moines Register. Added the store’s chief executive officer Kyle Krause, “We don’t like to raise the price, and we hold off as long as we can,” and that “As prices cross the dollar line, like $3 or $4, consumers notice.” Competition and similar costs keep gas prices very close from store to store, as shown by the local prices today, which deviated at most 1.3 percent from the average in either direction.

Though the price of gas can have more short-term economic effects, it can also affect the long term as well. Rising oil prices give incentives to alternative energy sources, notably ethanol, which sees a rise in demand when gas prices are high. Yesterday ethanol futures closed at $2.71 per gallon when gasoline prices closed at $3.19 per gallon on the New York Mercantile Exchange; this price difference encourages

retailers to blend ethanol with standard gasoline. Ethanol can be mixed with standard gasoline and will run in most engines, but mixtures over 10% ethanol risk corrosion to iron in engines and most gasoline engines can only run with certain percent mixtures of ethanol, with older engines having less tolerance for ethanol content. Cars that use ethanol fuels have other logistical barriers including crosscompatibility to run on either ethanol or gasoline. Currently fuel in Germany is 5 percent ethanol.

Predictions for future fuel prices remain purely in the realm of speculation and uncertainty, though continued trends in global affairs are likely to keep up the current trend of gas prices increasing, though this may only be short term according to president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland Sarah Pianalto, who said “Large increases in food or energy prices tend to be temporary. History shows they are often followed by sharp declines.”

Google Continued from front are not utilizing each other’s resources enough to be as effective as possible in both searching and social networking. Many critics say that if Google would have the “+1’ed” websites posted directly onto Twitter, than maybe Google would be able to create the kind of results it needs make the +1 tool a resources web users want to use.

The button is not currently available to the public. However, there have been a few leaks found on the Internet for this feature, and if you are excellent with working with HTML you can find the application on Google’s website before it’s actual release.

Until then, bloggers, web developers, and other users will just

Careers Continued from front

Ideal situations: Unlike the facbook “like” feature, the new Google “+1” application is to be used as a tool to filter, or suggest, sites based on what your friends think of them. Photo courtesy of Google

have to be content giving Google

a “+1” for it’s new application.

company. It shows that you are interested in learning more. Ask about anything and everything that can be related to the company.

When it comes to traveling for interviews, most companies will pay for gas mileage, airfare, and meals. Be reasonable in these expenses. Do not buy alcohol on the company’s bill. If something happens while travelling, do not be afraid to call the corporate travel agent (if there is one) or the

person from HR who contacted you. If you have a chance to explore the area, do not be afraid to use that time or gas.

Take this article seriously. The journalist who wrote this has a poor GPA, never landed an internship or co-op, yet somehow is graduating this April with a great job waiting for her. I interviewed with about 10 different companies and was given a few great offers. Believe me; these tips will help.

Michigan Tech again ranked No. 1 for Peace Corps CAMERON SCHWACH News Editor Every year the Peace Corps review the schools who support their cause through the Master’s International program and which programs show signs of active participation. This year Michigan Technological University has earned the the number one ranking for the Peace Corps International Program.

The even more amazing part of this accomplishment is that this is the sixth year in a row that Michigan Tech has placed number one in the rankings.

The Master’s International program allows a student to register, and work, for the Peace Corps while also working towards their Master’s Degree.

The program also offers sti-

pends and scholarships to students who are in the program to help them pay for any debt they may already have from their undergraduate studies, or to help pay for the time spent earning their Master’s.

There are over 80 colleges within the nation that participate in the program, and it all began at Rutgers UniversityCamden on March 1, 1961 when President John F. Kennedy gave an executive order declaring that the Peace Corps would act as a means to promote peace and friendship around the world.

Since then, students have been volunteering for the Peace Corps to participate in programs that allow them to begin their Master’s studies within the United States, but then spend two or three years over

seas working on Peace Corps projects that can be at used as academic credit to finish their advanced studies.

It’s not suprising Tech continues to hold its number-one ranking when you take look at the values the school tries to inspire within its students.

Many of Michigan Tech’s goals and teachings mirror the goals of the Peace Corps, and Tech also holds the largest amount of Master’s International programs within the country.

With half a decade as the number one contributing school to the Peace Corps already behind Michigan Tech, it would be quite the achievement for the school to hold an entire decade with this honor, and a valuable contribution to countries affected by the Peace Corps.

Acknowledged contributions: Michigan Tech President Glenn D. Mroz (far right), Graduate Dean Jackie Huntoon (center right), and forestry professor Blair Orr (far left), meet with Peace Corps offical and national manager of the Peace Corps Master’s International program, Eric Goldman (center left), last March to receive an award for having the most students enrolled in the PCMI program.

Photo courtesy of http://www.me.mtu.edu/peacecorps/

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What sort of activities would you like to see in the Lode? Let us know by e-mailing lodecomment@mtu.edu. This week’s puzzle will be a hard puzzle.

With only two more weeks left in the semester, it is important to ready your mind for the upcoming finals week. The answer to last week’s puzzle is to the right.

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Fox News tells Glenn Beck “Good bye” CAMERON SCHWACH News Editor Glenn Beck, the controversial but popular Fox News host will no longer be with Fox starting, “...sometime later this year.” Although no specifics as to when Glenn Beck’s programs will end, Fox News notified their audiences that they will no longer be renewing their contract for Beck’s TV show and will transitioning his TV timeslot for another show.

According to Fox News, “While many conservativeminded viewers applaud his populist rhetoric, liberal detractors decry his repeated attacks on progressivism as a “cancer,” doomsday scenarios and branding of President Obama as racist.”

The peak of Glenn Beck’s popularity came around in 2009 just after President Obama received his inaugeration. At this point

Beck’s audience was recorded to be around 2.8 million viewers and was holding, but a year later was found to be a full 30 percent lower than what Fox had hoped for. Beck has also lost a total of 300 advertisers for Fox News since he began in 2009.

Glenn Beck’s production company, Mercury Radio Arts, responded to this news by stating they will continue to work with Fox News to, “develop and produce a variety of television projects for air on the Fox News Channel as well as content for other platforms...” However, no one has given any details as to what these plans consist of, and whether or not they’ll even be put into use. According to many posts within chatrooms, news feeds, comments on twitter, and other forms of communication across the internet, many feel that the “transitioning” of Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News is simply an abrupt end to Beck’s unexpected rise to the top.

Glenn Beck announces : Glenn Beck speaks at his ‘Restoring Honor’ rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Aug. 28, 2010. Along with his dropping ratings and incredible loss of advertisers for Fox News, the rally he hosted had lost him a total of 100,000 followers and became a warning sign for Fox News.

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Activision sues EA Games DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor If you have purchased a National Football League (NFL) game or an NCAA Football game over the past five years, you’ve been forced to purchase a version of EA Sports’ Madden series. EA Sports is the division of Electronic Arts tasked with designing games based on sports. Another major video game designer, Activision, has reportedly sued Electronic Arts for creating a monopoly by driving their sports division, Take Two Interactive Software, out of the football market.

In 2004, Take Two created NFL 2K5, which was the most recent version of their football series. NFL 2K5 impressed critics and gamers alike, both in gameplay and price, causing sales of Madden 2005 to flounder somewhat. In or-

der to combat lagging sales, Electronic Arts entered into a series of exclusive agreements, starting in December of 2004, with the NFL, the NCAA, and the Arena Football League, guaranteeing them total control of the interactive football market.

Prior to 2004, the Madden series had beaten out the NFL Blitz series from Midway and the NFL Gamebreaker series from 989 Studios, a division of Sony. Due to support from popular gaming magazines such as Xbox Magazine and websites such as GamePro. com and IGN.com, NFL 2K5 proved to be a true competitor for the Madden Series.

The plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit, Geoffrey Pecover and Jeffery Lawrence, argue that Electronic Arts created a monopoly by entering into the agreements, forcing Take Two out of the interactive football market, as their games would

no longer feature authentic player names thereby killing potential buyers’ interest in future NFL 2K series’ games.

Pecover and Lawrence also argue that by securing the agreements, Electronic Arts also controlled the price at which they sold their games.

If you purchased a new copy of Madden NFL, NCAA Football, or Arena Football League game from January 1, 2005, to present, you are considered a member of the class in this lawsuit. For more information about the lawsuit, please visit the Plaintiff ’s Counsel web site, www.hbsslaw.com, or call at 1-206-623-7292.

If you wish to exclude yourself from the class, visit the web site, www.easportslitigation.com, or send your request to Electronic Arts Litigation Exclusion, P.O. Box 8090, San Rafael, CA, 94912. The deadline for such requests is June 25, 2011.

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MTCC gives “Whimsy”cal spring performance ZACHARY PAGE Lode Writer The annual spring Michigan Tech Concert Choir (MTCC) performance had a superb turnout Saturday night at the Rozsa Theater with nearly 250 people in attendance.

Whimsy, the title of the theme for this year, gave the audience a mixture of light, joyful and comedic works for the start of the new season.

Conducted by Jared Anderson, the concert provided an array of whimsical pieces by composers such as Johannes Brahms, Stephen Sondheim, Benjamin Britten, and Dan Davison. Each of the seven works was performed flawlessly by the choir.

The act opened with Jared Anderson’s arrangement of Sondheim’s Comedy Tonight, a witty conglomeration of quirky chants and squeaks. For many, the piece was a successful attempt at breaking the ice and setting the tone for the rest of the night.

“It was a great way to get me interested in the show,” says an attendee on the opening. “The MTCC always had wonderful ways to start a concert.”

The opening was followed

by Britten’s The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, which tells the story of an affair between a married wife and her lover. While following a similar approach to the opening piece, this work gave the audience a sense of light-hearted be-

trayal as the story suggests.

Brahms’ O Schöne Nacht (“O Lovely Night”) featured an all-male cast of choirs which was sung entirely in German. It contrasted from most of the music performed that night in that it bestowed a more romantic side to the audience.

One attendee comments, “I thought the O Lovely Night was the loveliest. The choir did a wonderful job on Brahms’ piece.”

An all-female cast was featured on Alice Parker’s Women on the Plains which was divided into three different acts; Old Grandma, Away Far down the River and Punching the Dough. Each of the three acts is set on the Canadian plains and tells the story of three women on these plains.

Richard Rodney Bennett’s Nonsense, followed a similar pattern to Parker’s work. It was also divided into three different acts which give the story of, as the title suggests, meaninglessness. Considered by many to be the most fun and joyful, the choir sings about aunts, uncles and dwarfs.

The night closed with an innovative and modern composition by Dan Davison titled, Ritmo. This text blends a lively rhythm of hand clapping and chanting. Thought to be the most interesting and contemporary, much of the audience felt enlightened as they left for the night.

“It was an extraordinary performance,” says on attendee. “The music choice was perfect and I loved the ending, I thought it was so unique. It

was undoubtly the most bizarre performances I have been to.”

For more information on the MTCC, visit the Visual and Performing Arts website at http:// www.vpa.mtu.edu/getinvolved/concertchoirpage.htm. For more information on upcoming events, visit http://www.vpa.mtu.edu/events. htm.

This week at Film Board:

The Mechanic

Sucker Punch is a good thrill ride, little more MICHAEL HILLIARD Lode Writer What do you get when you mix Moulin Rouge, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Zack Snyder, the director of 300? What you get, is Sucker Punch—and strange as it may sound, it kind of works. Kind of.

Sucker Punch tells a modern fairy tale about a young woman (Emily Browning) whose evil stepfather has her locked away in a corrupt mental hospital, where he plots to have her lobotomized so that he can inherit his deceased wife’s fortune. While there, Browning’s character, Babydoll, finds herself drifting into a fantasy world which often seems parallel to reality. In the fantasy, she is forced to join several other girls (played by Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung) working in a burlesque theater which doubles as an upper-class brothel, run by the ruthless Blue Jones (Oscar Isaac).

Like Moulin Rouge, Sucker Punch makes music an integral part of the plot—and, also like Moulin Rouge, most of its music comes in the form of heavily remixed pop songs. In this regard, I think Snyder succeeded. Browning’s haunting cover of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” over the film’s opening scenes is almost hypnotic.

Likewise, the unexpected mashup of Queen’s “I Want it All,” and “We Will Rock You,” works surprisingly well. All too often in film, music is regarded as a background element rather than being recognized for its powerful storytelling ability, and I have to commend Snyder for making the music work as well as it does in Sucker Punch.

There has been much debate about whether Sucker Punch is misogynistic, exploiting scantily clad women for the enjoyment of male audiences. Oddly enough, this debate seems to rest between two alternatives: either, A) the film is exploiting women as eye-candy to titillate male audiences, or, B) the film is empowering women by depicting them in stereotypically male-dominated roles (i.e., the hero-warrior).

Issues of empowerment, gender equality, and exploitation are complex and debated endlessly.

Some argue, for instance, that a woman asserting her sexuality (often, by acting provocatively and showing off a lot of skin) is promoting equality and empowering women, leveling the playing field between the sexes;

others say that it’s a cheap excuse for exploitation and a mild form of pornography. Although Sucker Punch may flirt with the issue—it would be hard to say that the women in the film are ever overdressed—I will say that it felt like the film stayed within the bounds of its PG-13 rating and was much less sexually provocative than it could have been.

It wasn’t nearly as exploitative as, say, Black Swan, which left me feeling uncomfortably like a voyeur much of the time in the theater (I really wasn’t interested in watching Natalie Portman masturbate, have imaginary lesbian sex or be graphically molested onscreen).

Many critics have spurned Sucker Punch for its bizarre, and at times, rather senseless, fantasy elements. Babydoll and her crew of femme fatales travel through a myriad of fantasy worlds in a way that seems similar to Inception’s ‘dream within a dream’ concept, but without as much coherency.

Though already in the alternate reality of the burlesque theater, Snyder thought it necessary for Babydoll and crew to be transported to a further layer of fantasy whenever Babydoll begins to dance. This allows for exceedingly random (and, often, rather mindless) battles against strange and varied foes—everything from giant Samurai demons, to reanimated Nazis, dragons, robots and, yes, even Orcs (perhaps they wandered off the set of The Hobbit by accident?) As other critics have been quick to point out, the action scenes all look like something intended for a video game and the objectives feel contrived rather than meaningful.

So where does that leave Sucker Punch? Let me put it this way. Some people like riding roller coasters. They’re thrill rides. It’s an exciting experience, speeding around curves, plunging down hills, adrenaline pumping through your veins.

It may only last for a couple of minutes, but it’s a fun ride, if you like that sort of thing. Sucker Punch appeals to an audience that enjoys thrill rides—a couple of hours of action-packed entertainment that works best if you don’t worry too much about whether or not it always makes sense. If director Zack Snyder was truly intending to make a thought-provoking modern fairy tale, well, then it leaves much to be desired. But, as an entertaining ride for a couple of hours, it works pretty well.

Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a ‘mechanic’ - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It’s a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry’s son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop’s trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can’t turn his back on Harry’s son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.

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Nightmare House 2 satisfies; Underhell underwhelms KAYLA HERRARA Lode Writer In the battle between mods, Nightmare House 2 and Underhell, Nightmare House 2 won, by a landslide.

Nightmare House 2 is a horror-themed first-person shooter modification of HalfLife 2; Episode 2 and was released in January of this year as a free download by creators WeCreateStuff. The player finds himself disoriented and confused, waking up in an abandoned hospital titled Never Lose Hope Hospital. It is a treacherous and terrifying journey as the first player walks the long, bloodied hallways and maneuvers around used medical equipment and unexplainable entities to find his way out.

Underhell, helped to exist by WeCreateStuff and other authors, has been in development since 2005 and underwent a ton of changes before being dubbed stable enough to be released. Underhell is an episodic story line single-player modification for Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Unlike Nightmare House 2, it is not so heavy on the horror aspect. Every corner does not hold some unspeakable or unknown evil. You are called into work as a Special Weapons and

Tactic Operative to deal with a weird hostage situation. But there is something off about the situation.

Nightmare House 2 had constant horror and engagement as the player traversed through the hospital. Literally around every corner, something strange was going on or the flashlight decided to stop working in the darkest part of the hospital and the player is forced to use flares to make their way through. Not only that, health and ammo are always abundant which makes life a little easier while cooped up in an old, twisted hospital.

The setting is terrifying and puts the player on edge with empty gurneys sitting in the hallway that move on cue as you pass. The game does a great job of bringing the setting the life to add more fright with the tiniest details. Sounds and (sometimes) the dead are placed in the most critical places to create an unexpected scare, and the dead don’t always stay dead. The only unlikable feature about this game: it was too short.

Underhell gives a different vibe with its setting and does not rely so much on the element of fear. As the main character, Jake Hawkfield, you are awakened at your home by a phone call from your boss,

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Frank, who orders you to get downtown for a hostage situation. You can choose to go downtown or stay back and hang around to explore. You have the option of clicking on your bed to sleep. When you do, you are inside Jake’s dreams and they aren’t pretty. It was the first scary aspect seen in the game so far.

After finally heading down to the hostage situation, it is a constant back and forth between an armed group of elite soldiers and the player’s swat team. There are no zombies or dead flashlights or bloodied walls. Strange figures do not walk past in the corner of your eye. Just shooting, which is not bad. But in comparison to Nightmare House 2, more was expected, especially from the trailer.

But maybe there is more to be seen. Maybe there is something strange about the hostage situation, as the website hints towards. Maybe there is more to expect from Underhell. We can only keep playing to see.

You can download Nightmare House 2 for free (with the ownership of Half-Life2: Episode 2) at http://nh2.wecreatestuff. com/ and Underhell (with the same requirements) at http:// underhell.wecreatestuff.com/.

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MLK Revisted: What we have learned, and how we can improve NICK BLECHA Pulse Editor This week marks the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of the reverend Martin Luther King Jr. In case the history has been lost a bit, on April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray, a recidivist and, by all accounts, a segregationist, shot King outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. Ray was eventually sentenced to 99 years in prison, but his possible goal of rattling a very fragile nation was successful.

Though now overlooked by the 9/11 attacks and the death of more contemporary cultural figures

(such as John Lennon), King’s had a profound impact on the American landscape, instigating riots in many cities across the country, including Washington and Baltimore. Furthermore, the death came at perhaps the greatest tension point of a decade full of tension: the 1960s. The situation in Vietnam was quickly deteriorating confidence in the government at home. Furthermore, the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Act were still not accepted by a large portion of the American population.

The resultant of this was violence and paranoia. The riots not

Ask Sassy Dear Sassy, There was recently a Youtube video going around. It was a music video of a horrible song. Although everyone professed to hate it, the video got so many hits that the singer is coming out with an album. How can this paradox be explained?

Sincerely, Black Plague Dear Black, This is indeed a curious phenomenon. What you’re observing is an “it’s so bad it’s good” situation. I’m sure you recall William Hung’s leap to fame after having a horrible audition on “American Idol” several years ago. Also, the notorious “Numa Numa” dancer was thrown into stardom by a single home video of him making a fool of himself while listening to a Euro-pop song.

In our society, individual success is so highly prized that we often starve for signs of others’ failure, as reassurance that we are not “one of them”. That intense fascination, however, breeds success for these so-called failures. With that I end my inexpert, un-researched sociological generalization.

Dear Sassy, I hate when people write those fake letters on Facebook for their status. It is so annoying and everyone does it all the time. I really wish this stupid trend would stop! Why can’t people find a more interesting way to express themselves?

Sincerely, Letter Hater Dear Letter, I think I know what you’re talking about. They usually go something like, “Dear snow, please stop falling. Sincerely, Eugene.”

This annoys me too. Not only do I hate fake letters, I hate real letters too. They’re antiquated and the envelopes taste disgusting. We should all stop sending letters.

“But,” you say, “don’t you, wise Sassy, rely on letters for your livelihood?” A fair point, but I’m sure I could get by with completely fabricating every question in my column. How hard is it, really, to imagine all the pathetic obstacles an American college student might face on a day-to- day basis?

Dear Sassy, My drunk roommate stole my shoes! I saw them in his room the other day. Should I just take my shoes without him knowing? He probably doesn’t remember taking them since he was so drunk.

Sincerely, Dude, where’s my shoe Dear Dude, This is your problem? This dilemma (not that your situation warrants the word) is what prompted you to write a letter to your school’s newspaper?

I suggest you spend more time writing research papers than letters to an advice columnist you don’t even know for life advice. And do you really think you should trust a person named “Sassy” with anything?

withstanding, Robert F. Kennedy, the man who delivered perhaps the most notable eulogy to King while campaigning in Indianapolis, was shot in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan only two months after King’s assassination. These events led 1968 to be one of the most chaotic years in 20th Century America.

One wonders, looking back on this tumultuous time in American history, what we can learn and apply in modern times. Certainly we have made great strides since 1968 in the area of race relations.

We are, in terms of race, creed, and sexual orientation, a far more equitable nation than we’ve ever been. In addition, at the end of 2008, Americans went to the polls and did something that millions had thought impossible: elected an African American president. In terms of equality, have we reached the nexus?

The truth is, we aren’t even close. As Americans, our work will not be done until we at least attempt to provide those with less social mobility the opportunity to have a piece of the American dream. Far too often, our society looks towards the inner city and other areas composed primarily or poor and minority individuals, and automatically assumes the worst, assuming that these areas are poor and will remain poor, leaving them to cycle through a perpetual selffulfilling prophecy. Often, it seems that the poor and minorities are made scapegoats for the problems with society. Perhaps they aren’t the problem; perhaps the problem is the society that accepts these inequities.

The truth is, the equality that King fought for was not just one of race, but also socioeconomic equality. In fact, it was while fighting for the latter that King lost his life. Though not often reported, the reason King was in Memphis on that early April day in 1968 was to fight for the rights of African American sanitation workers to unionize. These workers had to endure awful conditions and low wages, working for a city that did not lend much credence to the idea of collective rights.

43 years later, perhaps what we can learn from King is the importance of socioeconomic equality in our society. While contemporary conservative commentators, such as Glenn Beck, have used King as a means to back up their viewpoints, the fact of the matter is that it’s hard for one to believe that King would subscribing to these beliefs.

During his life, King fought for equality for all Americans, and in light of the events that have transpired in Madison, Columbus and other state capitol buildings across the country, its likely that he’d be on the front lines, as he was so often during his life.

One remembers the phrase misattributed to the previously mentioned Robert F. Kennedy. “There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” As Americans, we must never stop asking this question.

There is always room for improvement, and the legacy of Martin Luther King embodied this belief.

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What is your favorite season of year and why?

James Greydanus, Psychology, Third year Summer because bare feet and sunshine make me happy!

Becky Schlak, Mechanical Engineering, Third year Fall because of hunting season, my birthday, and the fall foliage.

Tyler Giddens, Mechanical Engineering, First year Summer because I can go boating and play golf

Kelsey Maijala, Chemical Engineering, Second year I love winter cuz it’s snowman and snowangel season!

Ed Roseman, Chemical Engineering, Second year Fall – deer season opens!

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By # Men’s Tennis snatches pair of the er GLIAC victories over Tiffin, Findlay numb DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor After searching for their first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) wins through the first two weeks of the GLIAC season, the men’s tennis Huskies managed to grab not just one, but two, over the weekend in Ohio. The Huskies defeated the Tiffin Dragons on Friday and the Findlay Oilers on Saturday by similar 8-1 scores. Junior Anders Sandholm, junior Doug Yossida, senior Chris Verhulst, and freshman James Konarske each scored four points over the course of the weekend.

On Friday, the Huskies (6-7 overall, 2-3 GLIAC) swept all three doubles matches to grab the early lead, and they carried the momentum throughout singles play to earn the victory.

The Huskies’ number one duo of junior Luka Stupar and Yossida defeated Robert Ball and Luiz Cavalho, 8-4. The pair has improved to 8-5 on the season after their strong weekend.

The same thing happened at number two doubles, as Sandholm and sophomore Andrew Kremkow won, 8-4, over Andres

Torres and Brian Coffman. The team has won nine of their first 13 matches this season.

The Huskies’ number three pair of Konarske and Verhulst had some trouble with Leonid Vladimirov and Craig Martin, but ultimately won in extra games, 9-7.

Konarske and Verhulst improved to 7-6 after the weekend.

The Huskies won singles flights one through four and six in straight sets to finish off the Dragons.

Sandholm only surrendered one game in a straight set victory at number two singles over Coffman, 6-0, 6-1, and is now 6-7 on the year. Yossida lost one game in each set of his win at number three singles over Torres, improving to a team-best 8-4 on the season after the weekend.

At number one singles, Stupar defeated Ball, 6-4, 6-1, while improving to 4-8 on the season.

At number four singles, Konarske, who improved to 6-7 after the weekend, needed extra games in the first set before taking care of things in the second set over Vladimirov, Locked in: Douglas Yossida readies to return a 7-5, 6-3. Vershot during a match. hulst, at number Photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics six singles, did

the opposite; cruising to the win the first set, 6-1, but needed extra games in the second set, 7-5, against Martin. Verhulst is now 6-7 on the season.

Against Finlay, the Huskies jumped out to a 3-0 lead again after doubles, but only the number two pair had an easy day as the first and third teams had to fight for their victories.

Kremkow and Sandholm cruised to an 8-1 win over David Hebda and David Brooks. Stupar and Yossida won 8-6 over Kyle Collette and Yashwant Pulumati.

Konarske and Verhulst also won 8-6 over Josh Smedley and Bryan Little.

In singles play, the Huskies won flights five and six in straight sets.

They needed three sets for flights two through four.

Kremkow defeated Brooks, 6-4, 6-2. Verhulst needed extra games in the first set, but won, 7-5, 6-2, against Little. Sandholm won the first and third sets to defeat Pulumati, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Yossida dropped the first set to Hebda, but recovered to win the final two sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Konarske surrendered the second set to Smedley but managed to get the win, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Changes abound with start of spring football STEPHEN ANDERSON Editor in Chief While traditional spring sports like baseball, golf, tennis and track and field dominate headlines this time of year, Michigan Tech football is in full swing with its spring practice schedule as well. After a 2-8 finish in 2009, the Huskies returned to their winning ways last fall with an 8-2 record, just missing out on their second-ever NCAA playoff appearance. They hope to carry the momentum from last season into the 2011 season.

Returning players have been working out since the start of the spring semester, and formal spring practices began on March 24. The team practices every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and on Saturday mornings, leading up to the annual spring game on Saturday, April 16.

“We had a good winter, and we’re bringing back a lot of veteran leadership, particularly on defense,” said head coach Tom Kearly, who will enter his sixth season leading the Huskies this fall.

While 10 of

11 defensive starters will be returning, there will be significant changes on offense following the graduation of QB Steve Short and RB Phil Milbrath. Despite those changes, Kearly does not anticipate any significant changes in terms of the team’s offensive approach or style.

On Feb. 2, the Huskies announced the signing of 31 student-athletes to letters of intent, including 17 defensive players, 13 offensive players and a kicker.

While those incoming players will not participate in spring practices, Kearly said that one of the most important parts of spring practice is to get younger players ready to play and make them game ready for the fall.

“The younger players will eventually take over,” said Kearly.

“It’s always a good time of year to look at new things, try new schemes and experiment with personnel changes.”

While expectations may be high after the Huskies’ eighth eight-win season in school history, Kearly stressed that every year is different. Despite 2009’s uncharacteristic 2-8 record, the Huskies have steadily been in the upper echelon of the GLIAC every year under Kearly. There

have been ups and downs even in just two weeks of spring practice this year, but Kearly said, “I’ve liked the intensity and work ethic this spring, and I think the kids understand what it takes to

be good.”

Fans can catch a sneak peak at the 2011 squad at the April 16 spring scrimmage, with a full preview coming in next week’s edition of the Lode.

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rebounding margin (+7.1) this season for the women’s basketball Huskies, a new school record.

They averaged 37.8 as opposed to 30.7 for opponents.

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singles matches won by junior Douglas Yossida this season.

That’s almost onequarter of all the singles’ victories by the Huskies this year (34).

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average number of points against (55.1) per game the women’s basketball Huskies surrendered this season, a new school record.

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blocked shots made by forward Lucy Dernovsek.

That’s good for a new school record.

Lisa Staehlin set a single-game record with seven.

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field goals made this season by center Lisa Staehlin. She set a new school record by making 59.7 percent (172-288) of her field goal attempts this season.

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 (6-7, 2-3 GLIAC) Apr. 2 at Findlay, W, 8-1 Wed. vs. Lake Superior, W, 7-2 Fri. vs. Ohio Dominican, 1 p.m.

Sat vs. Lake Erie, 10 a.m.

Women’s Tennis (10-9 overall) Michigan Tech’s Cedrick Barber runs the ball inthe 2009 spring intrasquad game. This year’s game is scheduled for Saturday, April 16. Lode file photo

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, 3 p.m.

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: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, North Dakota vs. Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

JACOB VEHRING Business Manager 1-2 Last Week, 45-30 Overall

STEPHEN ANDERSON Editor in Chief 1-2 Last Week, 44-31 Overall

DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor 1-2 Last Week, 32-43 Overall

YOU Readers 0-3 Last Week, 29-46 Overall

Daver has been out of this competition for a while, but he reclaimed some glory as he was the men’s bracket selection winner for the Lode internal March Madness competition. This week the Frozen Four kicks off with a couple of good CCHA vs. WCHA matchups. North Dakota beat up on Tech a couple of times this year and beat up on their previous to opponents. Expect them to continue that trend knocking off Michigan. Notre Dame has been playing great as of late, but Minnesota-Duluth is too experienced to let the young Notre Dame team surprise them.

The BoSox sure don’t look like the team they were billed to be, but that will come with time. They’ll use their home-field advantage to take Sunday night’s rubber match on ESPN. By the way, does anybody really think the Orioles will challenge in the AL East? Didn’t think so. Sorry Mr. Showalter. The Frozen Four features two WCHA teams, but only one will advance to the Championship. The Fighting Irish will hold the Bulldogs’ top line to one goal and Johnson will step up big in net to take down the Bulldogs. After the way North Dakota embarrassed Michigan Tech, it’s pretty hard to pick against them.

Who’d have thunk it? Major League Baseball is back, and things sure are interesting to start the year. I know that the Boston Red Sox won’t go winless much longer, but I’d love to see them lose all three this weekend, even though I can’t stand the Yankees. I just love a good story. The Bulldogs have so much firepower, especially when on the power play, and I see them scoring all four goals via the man advantage. The Sioux are darned impressive, and I hate to say it, but they are probably the best team in college hockey and could probably give the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche a run for their money if they were to play a few games in the NHL. Each week, we’ll let you the reader vote in our Editor’s Shootout online poll at www.mtulode.com/sports/2011/4/7/ 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.

Red Sox, 2 - 1 Sioux, 4-2 Bulldogs, 3-2

Red Sox, 2-1 Sioux, 5-3 Irish, 4-3

Yankees, 3-0 Sioux, 4-1 Bulldogs, 4-3 Last week’s picks: Tie Tie Tie

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North Dakota, Duluth represent WCHA in Frozen Four DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor Four teams and three games remain in what could prove to be a very exciting and highlycompetitive NCAA Frozen Four tournament. Two schools from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), North Dakota and Minnesota Duluth, will each face off with one school from the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Michigan and Notre Dame.

The team with the most pressure coming in will be the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.

The Sioux are riding a 15-game unbeaten streak that includes four straight wins over the hockey Huskies to close out the Huskies’ season.

Hobey Baker finalist Matt Frattin continues to lead the Sioux having notched 36 goals and 60 points. Junior Corbin Knight has also been impressive of late, scoring 11 points in his last 10 games.

Sophomore goaltender Aaron Dell has been nothing short of impressive considering the fact that he hasn’t surrendered four goals in a game since Jan.

28 against the Colorado College. Incidentally, that’s the last time the Sioux lost.

The Michigan Wolverines haven’t won a National Title since 1998.

Senior Carl Hagelin leads the way for the Wolverines with 18 goals, 30 assists, 48 points, six game-winning goals, and seven power play goals, all teamhighs. Hagelin is currently in a

the Wolverines’ 4-2 victory over the Huskies in the Great Lakes Invitational.

Senior goaltender Shawn Hunwick has been impressive of late, but not quite as much as Dell. Hunwick gave up five goals to Western Michigan back on March 18 in a loss.

In the other semifinal matchup, the power play may be the biggest factor in deciding whether the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs or the Notre Dame Fighting Irish earn the right to face the winner of the Sioux/Wolverines’ game. The Bulldogs’ power play ranks 11th in the country at 22.5 percent, while the Irish only convert on 16.2 percent of their chances, good for 39th in the nation.

The Bulldogs feature one of the best lines in all of college hockey in Jack Connolly, Mike Connolly, and Justin Fontaine. Jack Connolly leads the Bulldogs with 41 assists and 58 points. Mike Connolly has 27 goals and 53 points. Fontaine slides Top dog: Bulldogs forward Mike Connolly attempts to tip a puck past in between the pair with 22 Huskies goaltender Josh Robinson earlier this season. goals and 55 points.

Photo by Ben Wittbrodt Junior Kenny Reiter has

Huskies Taekwondo Team attends PAN-AM Tournament ARTHUR GWION Guest Writer Michigan Tech students and faculty, and Houghton county adults high-school students train three days a week under the instruction of Master Jonathan Henkel . With this training, people of all ages are taught how to defend themselves against any street assault and how to compete in professional sparring. At the latest tournament, this past weekend, students from the Husky Taekwondo Club brought home thirty-three gold, silver, and bronze medals and two trophies.

Victories and losses included, the students still described their weekend in Rochester, Minn., as a “Fun!” experience.

“I learned a lot and am more comfortable with breaking [wooden boards] and sparring,” said Brittany, one of our newest female white belts who happened to injure a toe during the tournament.

Taekwondo teaches discipline and instills confidence in each participant allowing them to stand up for themselves even when an opponent seems to have the advan-

tage.

“I learned to just keep kicking even when things get tough,” said Miss B. Kinnunen, a high schoolaged black belt.

“By meeting new people at the tournament, we learned a lot from them,” said Mivil, one of the club’s officers who is a black belt. “Our team had a great spirit and we constantly cheered each other on.”

If you are a student, resident, or family of Houghton County we invite you to join us for 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, in the Memorial Union Building on Michigan Tech’s main campus.

“It was lot of fun and we showed them what Husky Tae Kwon Do is all about,” said Mr. Carrick, one of the male blue belts who faced competitors two belts above his rank in the most recent tournament.

Do you enjoy good company, a healthy work-out, and an enjoyable environment? Come, we’ll treat you as family.

“Exciting, nerve-wracking,” said Sarah Witt, also a white belt, when addressing the class after the tournament. “An awesome time with awesome people.”

bit of a scoring draught, having not picked up a point in either of his previous two games. The longest he went without scoring so far this season is three games back in late November and early December.

Seniors Louie Caporusso (11 goals, 30 points) and Matt Rust (20 assists, 25 points) have also played well for the Wolverines this season. Neither scored in

Rugby Club heads out to face Lewis University DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor Michigan Tech Rugby will travel to Romeoville, Ill., this weekend to face the Lewis University club for a non-conference match.

Lewis Rugby has been together since 2008. Recently, they were accepted into the Chicago Area Rugby Football Union, Other teams in the conference include Northwesterm, Loyola, DePaul, Chicago, Illinios-Chicago, Lake Forest, and Northern Illinois.

The point of the spring nonconference “friendlies” is to help new players gain experience in the sport prior to heading into conference play in the fall. It will allow the team to try new plays and strategies.

The match will also serve as a farewell tour for the three senior players. Jon Bontrager, Logan Mahowald, and Captain Marc Sanko, who all have been with the club since its inception three years ago.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Central Time on Saturday. It is Michigan Tech’s first and only Spring friend-

Michigan Tech Track & Field opens the season on a high note DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor Last weekend, the track and field Huskies opened their season impressively at the Hamline Invite, which took place on Saturday, with seven top-10 finishes.

Sophomore Dylan Anderson paced the men’s team with a fourth place finish in the 800-meter run, with a time of 1:57.25. Sophomore Nathan Saliga was 10th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.95 and freshman Wesley Jacobson was 10th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.23).

Freshman Ben Kalis also had a pair of solid hurdles races, finishing 12th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.64 and 13th in the 400-meter hurdles thanks to a time of 1:00.63.

A pair of Huskies ran personal-bests in the 5,000-meter run to finish in the top-

20. Junior Nick Bedbury was 11th (15:55.04) and senior Scott Kentner placed 17th (16:14.68).

The men’s team also got top15 finishes in a pair of field events. Freshman Jared Berryman was 11th in the shot put (43-4.25) and freshman Patrick Spalding was 12th in the high jump with a height of 5-8.

Junior Molly Wiltzius notched the best women’s finish on the day with a fifthplace finish in the discus. Her throw of 125-1, which ranks seventh all-time in school history, is just one of the 10 best throws in school history. She holds all 10 of those throws.

Wiltzius also finished 14th in the hammer throw with a toss of 126-10, ninth best in school history.

Senior Jill Smith ran her way to a sixth place in finish in the 5,000-meter run. She set the sixth-fastest time in school history with a run of 18:34.88.

Sophomore Nikki Kiilunen

been extremely impressive in goal for the Bulldogs. He has only given up more than three goals twice all season, and the first time came way back on Oct. 8 against Lake Superior State. The other time came on March 5 against NebraskaOmaha.

The Irish feature two of the best freshmen in the country in T.J. Tynan and Anders Lee. Tynan, who was recently named Team MVP, has notched 22 goals and a teamhigh 53 points in 43 games.

Lee has a team-high 24 goals and 44 points.

Sophomore goaltender Mike Johnson has been the least consistent goaltender remaining. He has surrendered at least four goals eight times this season, including six in the Irish’s loss to Miami on March 18 in the CCHA semifinals. However, he can just as easily only give up a single goal, which he’s done seven times. Johnson has also posted two shutouts.

The Bulldogs/Irish matchup will take place at 5 p.m. Eastern Thursday with the Sioux/ Wolverines game to follow at 8:30 p.m. The winners will play Saturday at 7 p.m.

was 15th, thanks to a time of 19:43.86.

Freshman Deedra Irwin made history in her first ever attempt in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She finished ninth in a time of 12:24.91, which was the 10th best time in school history. Two of her teammates finished in the top15: freshman Malin Ericksson was 10th (12:36.11) and Rachel Mason, a freshman, was 13th (13:25.28).

Freshman Erika Poli made a strong showing in her first collegiate competition finishing 10th in the pole vault with a height of 10-2, ninth best in school history.

Sophomore Amanda Halonen turned in a pair of solid middle distance races. She finished 14th in the 800-meter run (2:26.11) and 16th in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:58.08.

The track and field teams will return to action April 8-9 at the UW-River Falls Invite.

ly this year, with an intrasquad match scheduled for next weekend.

Photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Rugby Club.

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Michigan Tech Lode Thursday, April 7, 2011

South Pacific The Tech Theatre Company with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Epic Musical...

James A. Michener’s exotic Tales of the South Pacific come to life in this Pulitzer Prize winning Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. From the mysterious (Bali H’ai) to the charming (Cockeyed Optimist), to the toe tapping (There is Nothin’ Like a Dame) Tech Theatre teams up with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra to present an “Enchanted Evening” for all.

Tickets: General Public $15 • Michigan Tech Student Free • Student 18 and Under $7 Rozsa Center: Thursday April 14, Friday April 15, Saturday April 16, 7:30 pm

Spring Concert Superior Wind Symphony and Campus Concert Band The Campus Concert Band will begin the program with a set that includes “Cajun Folksongs” by Frank Ticheli. This work is a setting of two folksongs from southern Louisiana and was composed as a tribute to this culture. The Campus Concert Band will close with Julius Fucik’s grand march, “The Florentiner.”

Following the Concert Band, various chamber music ensembles, including the saxophone sextet and trombone quartet, will take the stage to showcase their small group talents. The concert will conclude with the Superior Wind Symphony. The ensemble returned from a two-day residency in Ironwood, where they worked with area high school and middle school bands and performed an evening concert at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The symphony will play Bach’s “My Jesus, Oh What Anguish,” a chorale considered to be one of Bach’s most haunting and poignant expressions of sorrow and compassion.

Tickets: General Public $10 • Michigan Tech Student Free • Student 18 and Under $5 McArdle Theatre: Sunday April 10, 2:00 pm

Great Lakes Showcase A Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition The exhibit, which runs through Friday, April 29, is free and open to the public. Exhibit hours are 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday through Friday.

It will be located in the Rozsa Art Gallery and surrounding area. Parking will be available in lots near the Rozsa Center, with signs directing visitors. (NOTE: The gallery is closed on weekends.)

The Showcase features paintings, photography, drawings, collage, ceramics, textiles, and works in wood by local and regional artists, juried by a group of professional artists. The event is coordinated by Michigan Tech’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

Coordinator: Mary Ann Beckwith Dates: March 27 - April 29, 2011 Location: Rozsa Center Art Gallery Free to all. Tours of the exhibit can be arranged for families and school groups with advance notice.

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The Dirty Work Tour All Time Low The Michigan Tech Student Entertainment Board presents All Time Low in concert at the Rozsa! All Time Low comes to Michigan Tech on The Dirty Work Tour with Yellowcard, Hey Monday and the Summer Set. Tickets on sale now!

Tickets: $25 Rozsa Center: Saturday, April 23, 6:00 pm