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The world at a glance RAND SILVERS Editor in Chief

Vanuatu The island nation of Vanuatu was wracked by Super Tropical Cyclone Pam on Friday, with Category 5 winds destroying more than 90 percent of the homes in the capital of Port Vila.

Vanuatu is an impoverished island nation about 1,200 miles off the northeast coast of Australia. It has a population of 270,000.

Fatalities have been few so far, but the logistical situation is being described as highly problematic by aid agencies with little ability to reach remote locations with needed medical supplies. While the absolute damage is less than other recent disasters such as Super Typhoon Haiyan which struck the Phillipines in November of 2013, the proportion of the population affected is much larger.

In Port Vila alone, more than 15,000 people have been made homeless by the storm. Aid workers estimate that by the time the damage has been totalled, more than 150,000 will be affected across the country, half of whom will be children and most of whom will be homeless.

World leaders from Australia, Britian, New Zealand and the European Union have all pledged aid, while other international organizations such as the United Nations, and the International Monetary Fund have also made efforts to assist the situation.

Vanuatuan President Baldwin Lonsdale has echoed many commentators in laying the blame for the disaster at least partially upon climate change, which he said has changed weather patterns.

Pacific Island nations have long been at the forefront of climate change issues, since their low elevations and vulnerability to tropical storms mean they feel the effects of rising sea levels first.

Many experts predict that the incidence of high intensity storms will increase with the warming climate, but this particular storm is not out of character. Since the establishment of reliable records in 1970, there have been nine other Category 5 cyclones in the southwest Pacific basin, about one every five years.

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Spring Ice Show

Nearly 70 members from the Copper Country Skating Club, Tech’s Figure Skating Club, and MTU’s Learn to Skate Program will preform on Saturday, Mar 21 and Sunday, Mar 22 SUZANNAH LENZ Lode Writer Here at Michigan Tech, hockey and broomball seem to dominate the ice. This weekend, while Michigan Tech Hockey travels to Minnesota to play as part of the WCHA Final Five, Michigan Tech’s John MacInnes Student Ice Arena will host the Copper Country Skating Association Spring Ice Show. The event is sure to entertain a crowd of all ages!

The show is themed “Skating through the Decades”. Nearly 70 members of all ages from the Copper Country Skating Academy, Michigan Tech’s Figure Skating Club, and Michigan Tech’s Learn to Skate Program will be skating in the show. Along with colorful costumes and props, skaters will perform routines to classic time period songs!

The night will begin with an opening act featuring hit music from 2014 and many of the show’s skaters. The rest of the show’s 31 performances, split between two acts, feature chronologically ordered songs, starting with the early 1900s and going through to today’s hits.

Each song has been choreographed to accompany the ice dancing and freestyle skating featured in the show. Paul

Charlesworth, Michigan Tech chemistry professor, and his wife, Debra, are excited to perform to Elvis Presley’s hit “I Can’t Help Falling in Love”.

The spring ice show, one of many annual community events put on by the Copper Country Skating Association, is held at the end of the skating season each March.

The show celebrates the many accomplishments and talents of the skaters.

Those performing in the show have been planning and practicing for the event since the beginning of March.

The association also holds camps, classes, and competitions all year round for skaters of all skill levels.

The Ice show will take place on Saturday, Mar 21 at 4:00 in the afternoon and again on Sunday, Mar 22 at 2:00 in the afternoon. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for youth and students. Tickets will be available for purchase in the MUB during lunch Wednesday through Friday of this week. They will also be available at the Student Development Center ticketing office prior to the show.

The CCSA Spring Ice Show offers a wonderful opportunity for

students and community members to get out, support, and watch talented skaters perform, show off their hard work, and do what they love - skate!

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Elliot Family increases their Tech scholarship value Dave Elliott and his family established the Elliot Family Annual Scholarship three years ago to be awarded by the Tech Business Department to two incoming students each academic school year SYLVANA FINKBEINER Lode Writer Dave Elliott, CEO of self-established FMC Advisory Group consulting firm, Life Trustee of Michigan Tech Fund, and graduate of 1979 with MBA from Tech’s School of Business and Economics, wants to share the opportunity he had in college with others.

Newly named The Elliot Family Endowed Scholarships, that have been providing select Tech Business and Economic department undergraduates and graduates financial aid, can award an extra one million and one tenth dollars worth of scholarships.

His family including his wife and two daughters established Elliot Family Annual Scholarship three years ago. Tech Business Department will award the improved annual renewable scholarship worth $2,500 each year to two incoming students.

The Elliott family has many connections with Tech and the City of Houghton.

Nicole Peace, Elliott’s daughter said, “It is a source of tremendous pride that our father has demonstrated the significant value an advanced education can provide. By continuing his support of Tech students through this scholarship at the School of Business and Economics, more opportunities can be given to future graduates, who will learn and grow in the great setting Houghton and the Tech community has to offer.”

The four year renewable scholarship is granted to those already a resident of the State of Michigan incoming to the department with a minimum 2.75 GPA on 4.0 system, and be able to maintain a 2.75 GPA at Tech.

“The number of applications to the School of Business and Economics is up 23 percent from last year. A substantial portion of those applicants are Michigan residents, with the majority being from the Upper Peninsula.“ said Gene

Klippel, Dean of School of Business and Economics.

The department has drastically expanded since its foundation in 1949 and has broken through to many improvements since Elliot has graduated.

“The knowledge base of the world has increased exponentially, the advent of internet and many other technological innovations have necessitated that change. As a result, any organization must change in order to deliver what is required to remain relevant, both now and in future,” said Elliot.

Outstanding achievement takes a dedicated mind, as Elliot stands as living proof awarded an honorary doctorate in December this past year.

“My advice to students is fairly simple.

Success can result from many factors, but the most important is commitment.

Being committed is a hallmark to look for in an employee or entrepreneur...that many times can make all the difference in success or failure,” said Elliot.

“It is a source of tremendous pride that our father has demonstrated the significant value an advanced education can provide. By continuing his support of Tech students through this scholarship at the School of Business and Economics, more opportunities can be given to future graduates, who will learn and grow in the great setting Houghton and the Tech community has to offer.”

-Nicole Peace

Fox Cities Career Fair and Tour SYLVANA FINKBEINER Lode Writer This spring, for the first time ever, the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and the Fox Cities Regional Partnership are hosting Talent Upload, an event for students of selected universities to meet employers from the area and tour the Fox Cities Region of Wisconsin.

Talent Upload is a career fair-type event being held in the Fox Cities Region of Wisconsin to showcase the many available career opportunities for Engineering and Computer Science/IT Students.

Beth Pritzl, a representative of the Fox Cities Regional Partnership, states that there are 13 companies registered for the event to date, and she anticipates that more than 20 Fox Cities employers will be present as companies continue to register for the event. Students are encouraged to check the website frequently while employers finalize their plans.

Currently, the employers participating in Talent Upload are looking to fill more than 250 entry-level Computer Science/ IT positions and over 300 entry-level engineering positions within the next year. There are also hundreds of internship opportunities in both fields not included in these numbers.

A few of the participating, world-class employers include: Plexus, Miller Electric, Heartland Business Systems, Oshkosh Corp and Thrivent Financial. Students of all Computer Science, IT or Engineering majors are encouraged to attend. Beth Pritzl says, “The Fox Cities employer’s greatest needs within those fields seem to be electrical engineering and information systems.” A short description of each participating company can be found at: http://www.foxcitiesregionalpartnership. com/talent-upload-employer/.

In addition to learning about the many employers in the area looking to hire, students will also be able to tour the city and see why the Fox Cities are perfect for the young professional. Aside

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from the limitless career opportunities found in Appleton and the surrounding communities, the region is well known for shopping, dining, entertainment and arts and culture that can be found in the

area.

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clean, has a low cost of living and the recreation is abundant. “We [The Fox Cities] understand that we are not NYC, but we have plenty going on and those involved are recognized and rewarded,” Pritzl says.

Students of all Computer Science, IT or Engineering majors are encouraged to attend. “The Fox Cities employer’s greatest needs within those fields seem to be electrical engineering and information systems,” said Pritzl.

Pritzl acknowledges that many employers in the Fox Cities Region are interested in students possessing skills in business, marketing and sales. Pritzl states that if the event if successful, it is possible that it will be held in both the spring and fall.

“The success of this program relies on participation of Universities like MTU,” said Pritzl. “Michigan Tech is BY FAR regarded as one of the most, if not the most, prestigious technology focused 4-Year universities in the Midwest.”

Talent Upload is being held from April 16-18. Transportation to and from the University, meals and lodging will be provided over the course of the event.

The final date to register for the event is Friday, March 27. Pritzl concludes with, “We strongly encourage all MTU students considering beginning their career in the Midwest to attend—we’re pretty sure they’ll consider Talent Upload time well spent!”

EVAN MAYER Lode Writer In a perfect world, a university would be able to pay for all the services they offer and pay all their staff with just the money they get from the government, allowing students to attend for free. Of course, this is not the case and in order for universities to meet all their necessary demands, even student tuition is unable to cover up the remaining balance.

So the university needs to turn to the alumni that are benefiting from their degrees in order to provide current students with the same benefits. One of the ways that Michigan Tech reaches out to its alumni for support is through TechLine.

TechLine saw its beginnings back in

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The ghost of Central Mine The Keweenaw Peninsula is dotted with the towns that became deserted shortly after the nearest mine was no longer in production. One of the more famous of these “ghost” towns is Central, located off of US 41.

Central may never have been settled if it had not been for John Shawson, an agent of the Cliff Mine, discovering copper in the bottom of an ancient pit dug by Native Americans in 1854.

The discovery prompted the formation of the Central Mine Company to be quickly formed and the purchase of the 300 acres surrounding the pit from the Northwestern Mining Company out of Detroit.

The company began searching for the copper-rich fissure and discovered it the following summer after a shaft was sunk along the side of the pit. Mining would officially begin the following year in 1856.

The miners must have been rather pleased with the initial mine as the first forty feet saw the removal of over forty tons of pure mass copper. This helped get the mine out to a great start as miners removed 83,000 pounds of copper and the company was able to turn a profit in the mine’s first year of operation.

The mine continued to produce its fair share of copper and by 1959, 100 men, mostly of Cornish ancestry, were laboring away at removing the copper and other minerals from the mine’s four shafts. By 1867, the number of workers would more than double

as the company employed 268 men and the other minerals. town swelled to a population of 1,200, its allDue to the historical significance of time high. the town of Central and Central Mine to Although the mine was a source of the Keweenaw County, the Keweenaw County town’s livelihood, there was still fair share of Historical Society acquired 38 acres of the accidents that crippled the community. The area in order to restore and preserve the site. most tragic occurred The Society on April 22, 1872. worked to restore Thirteen miners houses and other “In 1958, the mine was were riding a skip car structures in the designated a Michigan when a cable broke. town so that visitors Unfortunately, ten of got the opportunity State Historic Site and them would perish in learn not only the surrounding area was to the accident. about the mine when added to the list in 1973. they visited, but also Fortunately for the inhabitants of Central was also added to the family of miners.

Central, the mine A Visitor Center, the National Register of which is open from still continued to bring money to mid-June through Historic Place in 1974.” the community early October, was even when mining also built to offer was beginning to more information to slow throughout the region around 1887. tourists. Two hiking trails were also opened Eventually the Central Mine would be the in 2005 that give visitors an opportunity to only fully operational mine in Keweenaw see house foundations, the site where the County. schoolhouse stood, and catch a glimpse of The Central Mine would not be able to the valley. hold out forever though as the mine officially In 1958, the mine was designated a ceased production in 1898, which caused Michigan State Historic Site and the an exodus from the town of Central as well. surrounding area was added to the list in Not all of the residents hit the road quickly 1973. Central was also added to the National though, as the last permanent resident held Register of Historic Place in 1974. Being out until 1952 and some former residents’ added to these lists may be an impressive homes were maintained as summer cottages. feat, but even if they were never added, In the mine’s 42 year existence, it was there would never be a doubt in Keweenaw able to produce nearly 52 million pounds of Mining history that Central is one of the copper as well as a large amount of silver and most noteworthy sites in Keweenaw County.

1977 when the Michigan Tech Student Foundation was founded. These students that started the Foundation were the first group of students to pick up the phones and begin calling Tech’s alumni across the United States.

Those first 15 students were able to help the university significantly that first year, as they were able to raise thousands of dollars for the Annual Fund.

These first callers would set the precedent that is still followed in TechLine, which is now the largest fundraising opportunity for current students to become involved with on campus.

TechLine’s year begins annually the first day of July when the approximately 20-25 students that work for the organization, referred to as Student Development Officers, begin reaching out to alumni, parents, and friends of

Michigan Tech by the thousands. The Student Development Officers hope to achieve three things from their calls.

First they try to update their person’s demographic information, this ensures TechLine has a current email, address, and other information. Next they update the individual on what is going on at Michigan Tech and answer any questions they may have. Finally they reach out for support for the University financially.

The hope is that their outreach will procure donations for programs and activities that benefit students of the university on a daily basis. The money is also used to support individual departments, provide scholarships, and for the benefit of student organizations.

On average, the organization generates about $300,000 annually.

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valuable skills working for TechLine.

“Student Development Officers build their communication skills and learn to effectively communicate with alumni, parents, and friends of the University,” Annual Giving Manager Jennifer Biekkpla said. “They build connections and further Tech traditions.”

TechLine has recently made the move over to the Alumni House. This is due to TechLine being part of the Annual Giving Department, and that department has recently made the move over there as well.

The move to the Alumni House will not hinder the fundraising done by TechLine though. The organization will continue its tireless work to raise the money necessary for Michigan Tech to continue to offer the wide variety of services and benefits they supply the university’s students, staff, and the community.

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WIE accepts Ford Motor’s donation SYLVANA FINKBEINER Lode Writer Center for Pre-College Outreach Summer Youth Programs [SYP’s] attract just about 1,000 middle and high school students from countries around the world to Michigan Tech’s campus each year, and about one hundred fifty are potential women engineers.

Cynthia Hodges, Tech alumni, considers the experiences she had at scholarship program Women in Engineering [WIE] to be life changing. Determined to make the impact mutual among others, last Monday she presented MTU a $10,000 donation from Ford Motor Company.

“We recognize how important it is to encourage young women to study engineering. As an alumna of the WIE program myself, I know how the program really helped me determine I wanted to be an engineer. It’s great to be a part of this wonderful program,” said Hodges.

Hodges participated in WIE during 1980 and stuck with Tech, earning an a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering. She now is a chassis supplier technical assistance site manager at Ford and is active in Girls in STEM committee at Ford Motor Company.

“The $10,000 from Ford Motor Company will specifically be used to cover the costs for up to ten high school women to attend the WIE program,” said Cody Kangas, Director for PreCollege Outreach. “[The program hosts] high caliber, academically driven young women in a week-long engineering intensive program wherein they engage in exploring the varying engineering career fields via group projects, engineering sessions, and other hands-on experiences.”

Participants partake in constructing buildings, gaining a sense of engineering fields from women leaders, experiencing Tech’s campus and enjoying team competitions.

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“The $10,000 from Ford Motor Company will specifically be used to cover the costs for up to ten high school women to attend the WIE program.”

-Cody Kangas, Director for Pre-College Outreach “When I did WIE, the two ‘explorations’ that I chose to participate in were Blacksmithing and Casting, which showed me how an engineering degree was applied to produce a physical end result. I learned that there could definitely be a hands-on dirty work if I wanted there to be, and I really liked that,” said Kara Bakowski, WIE aluma.

The program’s focus and activities are dynamic. “We’ve implemented some added features such as an expo for students orgs [and] academic

deans/chairs/advisors, [where] groups on campus to showcase what they have to offer--we call it the ‘Tech Expo’,” said Kangas.

Those interested in supporting the program can donate money at Tech’s crowfunding website Superior Ideas through the link: http://www.superiorideas. org/projects/women-in-engineering.

Portage Lake Lift Bridge closures this week MDOT has announced four two-hour closures and an all-night closure of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock for this week.

The two-hour closures will happen: Tuesday, March 17 from 2:00am to 4:00am Wednesday, March 18 from 2:00am to 4:00am Thursday, March 19 from 2:00am to 4:00am Friday, March 20 from 2:00am to 4:00am

The all night closure will begin:

Saturday, March 21 at 9:00 pm and will end on Sunday, March 22 at 8:30am For more information, please visit www.mtu.edu/bridge-construction or send an email to tlp@mtu.edu

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Paid to care Get Green with the Green SARAH HARTTUNG Lode Writer

“Can it be that we are no longer confident to identify even our most ordinary desires without a professional to guide us?” This quotation from Arlie Hochschild’s 2012 book The Outsourced Self spends 228 pages exploring the answer to that question. Family life is becoming a series of commodities and paid services.

We send our children to daycare or hand them off to nannies, strangers who answered an ad and were qualified, rather than a family member. Dating services pick up potential mates while users sit behind a screen. Wedding planners fix every detail of one of the most important days in people’s lives. After marriage, couples frequent counseling services for matters they should be able to talk about at home. If the couple cannot conceive, surrogates are available: for a price. Elderly parents are shipped off to nursing homes for their endof-days instead of staying at home under watch of family and close neighbors. Both parties may do the job comparably, but a relative does the task with love.

Hochschild interviews both those who provide these personal services and their clients who pay them.

Sometimes healthy friendships can be formed between the two, but it is few and far between, she writes.

The work concludes with a visit to the “Wantologist,” a person whose clients she helps figure out how their stated desires line up with what they truly want. Hochschild complains that we can’t even figure out if what we need is a newer, bigger house or just a nice room in our current abode. We’ve become dependent on the market. Confidence in our ability to “just do” has waned so much so that we don’t feel good enough in our decisions that we should be able to make or tasks that we should be able to do that we feel it necessary to turn to a professional. The market promises perfection where no human could hope to achieve it. However, imperfection does not mean inadequate. Sometimes our mistakes are the best part of our lives.

Campus Enterprise App JANE KIRBY Pulse Editor

We may not be seeing too much green here in Houghton despite the official start of spring being a mere three days away, but the Green Campus Enterprise team is looking to bring the green to us anyways.

Starting this Saturday March 21st, coincidentally the day after the first day of spring, the Green Campus Enterprise will be launching an app program designed to spread awareness of environmental sustainability across campus and around the community.

Braedyn Bosilovatz, a second year Biology student and member of the

Campus Culture team within the Green Campus Enterprise team, is excited about this new program being introduced here at Michigan Tech. The Campus Culture team’s mission is to “move Michigan Tech’s campus culture toward increased sustainability,” by organizing competitions and events on campus to spread awareness and initiate action to create a greener campus and community. This is their first app campaign, and Bosilovatz explains in more detail.

For one month beginning on March 21st, the Green Campus Enterprise bought rights to the app called InGage through the company Intelen, which “focuses on promoting student awareness of their own energy use and reducing total consumption.” Michigan Tech students will

be able to join a team of up to 20 students, and compete for prizes with the app.

Each day, a new push notification will be sent to the app users. Ranging from tips to quizzes and surveys, the app aims to initiate green action among students and teams. With each interaction, the user and team will gain points. These points will determine the winner of various prizes throughout the campaign.

To create a team, send an Excel spreadsheet complete with your team name and list of members with their e-mails to Bosilovatz or her partner on this campaign, Rand Silvers. Their emails are bsbosilo@mtu.edu and rasilver@mtu.edu.

For more information, students can contact Bosilovatz at bsbosilo@mtu.edu.

Trio: A new take on social media ARIC RHODES Lode Writer Users across the internet now have more information thrown at them than ever. It seems like there’s no escaping the endless torrent of data, yet there are still some good things to be found in the clutter. Most students, according to surveys, have between two and three social media accounts, along with various other constantly visited sites, like Pinterest or Imgur. A central part of interaction on these sites is the creation and appreciation of content, yet this is often notoriously difficult to do for mobile users. A new app, Trio, tries to offer a solution to both of these problems.

Trio is built around being able to “mash up” content from other media sources, like Instagram, Vine, and others of the sort. This stands starkly opposed to the competing

applications, which tend to only let images from one’s own assets be used. The addition of audio, video, and photo options for content is also refreshing, and nice to see all together. Also of note, the original content which was used retains linked attributions, similar to Pinterest.

In all, this app eases the creation of content on mobile devices, and that alone is enough to give it a look. Beyond that, though, Trio can ease the overflow of information by condensing it, through the creation of content which has been mashed together.

This allows both potentially original content, and the ability for users to see what their friends have seen and found important enough to put work into it.

It seems like there could be a lot of competition for the app, as it enters a crowded marketplace. In spite of this, the mash up format offered is unique, and may allow for a new niche. Trio sets its sights squarely on the

student demographic, as this is where many of the trend setters can be found. For social media especially, the student demographic will often make or break a product.

In an interview with the creator of Trio, Misha Leybovich, he said the idea is to make communication “more emotional, more expressive”. This will be achieved with the many options and varieties of mash up that can be made. Trio has the main goals in moving forward to “keep it simple” and “remove the barriers to creativity”. With its unique format, and ease of use, Trio is a promising addition to content creation and sharing.

Between the clean interface, and the intuitive way that one can mash together content, Trio is great for those who want to participate in content creation online. Trio is currently available for iOS. If you want to dive into the world of content creation, Trio can be a great place to start.

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Optical Engineering Society Photo Challenge

Above: titled “Downtown,” this photo was another competitor in last year’s competition.

This untitled photo won last year’s photo competition

Photo by Yukin Huang

Above: “Black and White Ice”

At left: “Green Light”

ALEXANDRIA VAN DUZER Lode Writer From now until March 23 at noon the International Society for Optical Engineering / Optical Society of America [SPIE/OSA] will be hosting a photo competition. This years theme is International Year of the Light, which

relates back to optics and photonics.

Photography is really in essence an optical topic which gives participants a lot of wiggle room. Prizes include high quality laser pointers as well as $200, $100 and $50 Amazon gift cards. To be eligible to win, competitors must sign out an SPIE/ OSA etching from EERC 602 (there’s an error on the poster) and have it visible in the submitted photo with a photonics/ optics caption.

Michael Briseno is quoted saying, “This year we wanted to have SPIE/OSA in the picture for branding purposes so we made some etchings that are roughly the size of a piece of paper. We are hoping that participants get creative with the etchings since there are gift cards for the winners.”

Photos will be judged based on: originality, creativity, photonics/optics theme, and voting. Etchings must also be returned to guarantee eligibility. Last year

Photo by Toni Turri

Photo by Emily Wolbeck

Photo by Kuan Xing

the winner was Toni Turri. Winners are decided based not only by the judges from the executive board of SPIE/OSA but also by voters through Facebook.

To register visit http://tinyurl.com/ OSA-345.

Competitors may submit up to two photos for the contest to Michael Briseno at mjbrisen@mtu.edu before noon on March 23. Questions can also be directed at Michael Briseno.

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ROUND 2

ROUND 1

Debate:

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OPINION

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If time travel were scientifically sound, would using it cause more trouble than it would solve?

Pro: ANDREA SPENCER Lode Writer

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Con: KASSIA PRYSTALSKI Lode Writer

The mysteries of time have kept mankind dreaming and searching out answers for centuries. There are countless mysteries that only time travel would solve, such as how the pyramids were built and who really killed JFK. Science has proven that when we discover new truths, it only leads to greater questions and hypothesis. Time travel would not solve all problems or put an end to dreams; it would do something much greater. It would let those who chose to see into the past or future expand their minds and reach a higher potential. If it were possible to grasp the mental ability to process the extensive amount of information made available, it would lead to great good.

While learning first-hand about the past or future sounds really exciting, it’ll distract from working on the present. Anyone working on a project is going to be tempted to check on it in the future and take a shortcut. At first glance, this sounds great. Compress all of technology’s advances into a tiny window of time, and there’s an even greater mountain of information to build upon. However, technology advances to fit the need of its culture, and this compressed timeline would really warp ours. Skipping steps could lead to missing some information, and ending up without the base understanding necessary to continue this trend.

Getting information from the future would also straight-out kill competitions and even TV shows. People already get upset about spoilers.

Suggesting that all the rich people are out there only to make money and stomp on the lesser privileged is simply a false claim. We must also take into account those who strive to live good, service-oriented lives. Even those who don’t have the best morals are bound to peek into the future to see their life after they get everything they want. To see the future and realize money, fame, and leisure isn’t all one might hope for can truly change a person. The vision of a future and a fulfilling past would keep everyone more aware of who they are. Risks involved with time travel are evened out by the benefits.

If the scientists and researchers can travel through time, then at least the rich and famous would be on vacation in different times instead of other places. It would be a HUGE drain on the economy of the present. Of course, if these rich people could use time travel to make themselves even richer, they absolutely would. Does the one percent own our world already? It’s only going to get worse. If our goal is to continue to improve ourselves and innovate, getting rid of all the money and letting a handful of people wield all the power seems like a terrible setup. Knowing the future and knowing that it will only help a handful of people will not be inspiring or motivating to anyone.

Time can heal mental, spiritual, and physical wounds. With the ability to learn more effectively from the past and the future, vast amounts of harm could be undone. It may be easy to imagine a world of time travel where humanity descends into chaos, but what’s easy to see isn’t always the truth.

What would our ancestors think of the technology we have today? Current civilization has a huge carbon footprint, spends too much time in front of a screen, and is often blind to the joy found in simplicity. Yet these woes come with some of the greatest experiences. Hospitals save thousands of lives, communication connects families, travel allows people to see more of our exceptional earth, and much more. Do not forget the benefits of growth.

Time heals all wounds, but it’s the experience of that time that does it.

Skipping ahead would not fast-forward the healing process. In fact it seems that many of the biggest complaints about our generation such as spending too much time online or expecting instant gratification or not appreciating the moment are exactly the same arguments that could be made against time travel. Growth and maturation of a person or society are some of the only things that can’t seem to be sped up. Even as advances are made -for the better, certainly- it seems that nothing can lay the groundwork for that better than real time and experience. Already the lack of downtime in people’s lives hurts us; inviting even more ways to be busy in will exacerbate the problem and hinder progress.

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Managing Finances LODE

KENDALL BELOPAVLOVICH

Managing money in college can be a tricky task, especially when you’re on a tight budget. When every penny counts you have to be able to stretch your dollar a little further. Coming from a person who didn’t have a bank account until age 17 and never learned how to save or budget money, this can seem like a daunting task.

Organization plays a key role in managing your finances, but what works for me may not work for you. As a person who loves shopping and spending money, I have to be frugal about my purchases. Rather than buying one name brand t-shirt for $30, it might make more sense to buy two $7 t-shirts and still have money left over for other things [like more t-shirts?].

Up until a year ago, I never had a bank

you keep track of spending, and let you know when you’re spending too much.

Budget plans are not concrete things, you can change them whenever it’s necessary.

Giving yourself some wiggle room in case of unexpected expenses will also help a great deal. A great resource available to all students is www.cashcourse.org as it has a realistic approach to helping students manage expenses. There are also budgeting tools on the internet such as www.mint.com as well as most appstores.

When it comes down to it, managing your finances can be easier than it seems.

Organization, prioritization, a flexible budget and a little guidance can put you on the right track to being a smart, responsible spender. The end product of careful financial planning could end up being much less debt for you in the long run, which is an easy victory in my book.

Robots: Why were they made?

JOESPH PIETRZYK Lode Writer There are a lot of different interpretations of robots in today’s society. Some think they’re part of an evil artificial intelligence network that wants to wipe out humanity; some think that they’re here to take our jobs, and others think that they’re just some underdeveloped technology that’s too impractical for common use. The true origin and role of robots is nowhere near these farfetched theories, however. Not only are they relatively commonplace, they were created for the benefit of mankind.

While being far from simple, the origin of robots is similar to that of origin of simple machines. They were both made to trivialize simple tasks. Similar to how the wheel was invented to make transportation of heavy objects easier, the first robots performed simple tasks such as telling the time or playing sounds.

They weren’t very practical or even useful for a long time due to their primitive technology. It wasn’t until steel and electronics were invented before robots would see any real application.

Militaries were some of the first

organizations to develop robots for common use. Many of the first robots were weapons systems, such as guided missiles.

Eventually robots were developed for tasks that were either impossible for humans or too risky, such as a robot which defuses bombs via remote-control. Once industries saw the capabilities of these robots they began developing them for less destructive purposes.

Many of the robots that exist today

“The origin of robots is similar to that of origin of simple machines.” either perform something so trivial that employing someone to perform this task would be a waste, perform some task that’s too risky to use a person, or perform a task that requires more strength than humans possess. As can be inferred by these uses, most robots are involved in manufacturing. Just about every product that exists today was manufactured with the help of robots.

While these robots could arguably be

hurting society by removing potential jobs, there are a few things that must be considered: robots are primarily taking jobs that require unskilled labor, they’re far more efficient than humans and greatly increase the amount of goods that can be manufactured, and they create their own field entirely.

Despite the fact that robots are primarily used as a source of physical labor, there is a great demand for complicated robots to perform difficult tasks. As technology evolves, more complex robots are able to be developed. For example, the primary repairman of the International Space Station is the Canadarm2, a robotic service system. Because of this demand for complex robots, the field of robotics is greatly expanding. Jobs in fields such as physics, mechanical engineering, and computer science are created every year because of the demand for complex robots. So robots may replace unskilled labor positions, but they create many higher paying jobs for the more educated.

These robots may not be as exciting as they are in science fiction, but at the same time they don’t want to wipe out humanity. In fact, they do quite the opposite: they’re a great boon to society.

They improve manufacturing processes and create an entire new field which employs people of just about every study.

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account, let alone tried to save my money.

I didn’t know how to write a check or really even use a debit card. What helped me the most in trying to budget my money was asking for help. It had to have been one of the most embarrassing things I had ever done, but once I asked I felt so much better. Having guidance is a wonderful thing, whether it be for learning how to balance a checkbook, or how to even write a check, a few tips can go a long way.

Learning how to save money and spend it smartly isn’t something you have to do alone, so if you feel lost about something, ask someone you feel comfortable talking to about it.

As a new college student it can be overwhelming to try to pay for school, supplies, bills and everything else. This is where prioritizing comes in. Sometimes saying no is hard, but it has to be done.

Creating a flexible budget plan can help

Ellie Furmanski

Midwest weather blows my mind sometimes. The Thursday before spring break I was bundled up, ready to bear the -35 degree wind chill which made breathing painful as I walked to my 8 a.m. meeting. Fast forward five days, it nearly hit 60 degrees and I was hopping puddles as I ran outside in shorts and a t-shirt. A bit drastic there, Mother Nature, not that I’m complaining!

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Houghton on meltdown this past week. Seeing my driveway for the first time in about four months, listening to the pitter-patter of snow melting from the rooftops and actually feeling heat from the sunshine all helped me cope with the fact that I wasn’t on a beach in Florida…

Overall, I’d say spring break was pretty great, despite it being beach-less. It was quiet here in Houghton, but that in itself was kind of nice. I had time to sleep in, have a Netflix marathon, spend as much time as I wanted in the gym, cook some real food and also be productive. Throw some nice weather in there and no classes, well, that’s what break is all about.

Hopefully everyone enjoyed their week off from school and returned to campus feeling refreshed and recharged. It’s hard to believe that only six weeks of class remain in the semester!

That means that the countdown to summer is officially on, but at the same time I’m overwhelmed thinking about everything that needs to be accomplished in this next month. Hopefully this spring-like weather decides to stick around and make the end of the semester a bit more enjoyable as we approach the homestretch to summer.

WEATHER UPDATE: the 10-day forecast calls for highs in the 30s and 40s every day. Get outside and enjoy the thaw, everyone!

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Ben Stelzer

ELLIE FURMANSKI Sports Editor Senior guard Ben Stelzer of the Michigan Tech Men’s Basketball team played out his final career game as a Husky last Saturday as Tech contended against the No. 15 –ranked Indianapolis Greyhounds in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional Tournament.

Unfortunately for the Huskies, UIndy ran the court and earned a 74-53 victory, putting an end to the Huskies’ season.

Despite the loss, Stelzer largely carried his team and led Tech’s comeback effort, proving once last time just how valuable of a player he is.

Near the end of the first half, Tech trailed the Greyhounds by 15 points.

Stelzer went on to score seven straight points, bringing the score to 35-22 at

half.

Stelzer’s efforts, which earned Tech 21 points on 6-of-15 shooting, kept Tech in the game, but the Huskies couldn’t pull ahead in the second. The rest of the starting lineup combined for 17 points throughout the game and the bench pulled in 15.

Stelzer’s final 21 points landed him seventh amongst Tech’s all-time scorers with 1,755 career points. He also became the new school record holder for 3-pointers made with 363.

In conference play this year, he landed first amongst all GLIAC players with an average of 22.1 points per game and a 45.7 3-point percent average.

Throughout the season, Stelzer acquired numerous honors, including preseason GLIAC Player of the Year, four GLIAC North Division Player of the Week titles, Academic AllAmerican, All-GLIAC First Team, GLIAC Player of the Year, All-Midwest

Photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics

Region First Team and 2015 Daktronics/ Division II Conference Commissioners Association Midwest Region Player of the Year.

Congratulations to Ben Stelzer on a great season and an exceptional career.

Men’s Basketball earns third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth JOHN REYNOLDS Lode Writer The Michigan Tech Men’s Basketball team fell last Saturday to a tough No.15ranked Indianapolis team to end their season with a 19-9 record. Tech entered the second half with a 13 point deficit and was never really able to threaten after that.

Indianapolis’ impressive defense was able to hold only two Huskies to double digit figures. Ben Stelzer scored 21 points in his final game as a Husky, only matched on the court by the Greyhounds’ Joe Lawson, who was named to the Midwest Region First Team along with Stelzer. Jordan Chartier scored 11 points in the game; he will hopefully be taking a leadership role in next year’s campaign.

Indianapolis had the 29th-ranked offense in DII basketball and the 24th-ranked defense, and it showed in this game. The Huskies scored 53 points in this one while shooting just 35.4 percent from the field.

Although Indianapolis scored almost 10

The basketball huskies have concluded their season with a 19-9 record.

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fewer points than their season average, Tech allowed almost 10 points more than they usually do.

This NCAA Tournament marked the third year in a row that the Huskies earned Continued on page 15

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Baseball Club takes the Sidelines field in Florida

Registration for Randy McKay 3-on-3 Michigan Tech will host the McKay 3-on-3 Hockey Tournament April 2-5. The deadline to register is this Friday, March 20. There will be divisions to accommodate all age groups and skill levels. The cost to register a team is $200 and $30 per goalie. Games will be played on each half of the ice in the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena, allowing for quick play. The tournament is named after Randy McKay, who played for Tech from 1984-88 and went on to play professionally with the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings.

ELLIE FURMANSKI Sports Editor The last time the Michigan Tech Baseball Club played outdoors was back in October when they hosted a three-game series against Northern Michigan. Since then, the team has been practicing weekly in the Multi Purpose Room at the SDC. Not having a real field to play on and not being able to throw real pitches, however, definitely makes practicing through the winter months difficult. Needless to say, it was worth the 27 hour drive down to Plant City, Fla., for a week of outdoor baseball.

Over spring break, the team held their first outdoor practice in months on Monday, March 9, and then contended in four games throughout the week. That Monday practice was just the start of the team’s rejuvenation.

“You could tell we hadn’t stepped outside in a long time. It was really hard for us to field balls and see pitches. That was our first time seeing live pitching since the fall,” noted Luke Roberts, president of the club.

Ready to go on Tuesday, the club faced a double header with games against Central Michigan and Cleveland State starting at 2 p.m., just when the temperature decided to peak around 90 degrees.

The first game proved to be a bit of a wakeup call for the Huskies, granted Central is a Division I school, Tech’s roster was a bit understaffed with only 12 players and the team had to adjust to the heat, something which Houghton definitely lacks. Derek Grogg started out pitching and allowed zero hits in five-and-a-third innings, yet Central managed to earn 10 runs. Errors got the best of the Huskies in game one, allowing Central

Huskies receive accolades

The Michigan Tech Baseball Club has high hopes for their season after their first outdoor tournament since October.

Photo courtesy of Tyler Card

to drive up their scoring and win 11-1.

Andrew Lobbesteal earned Tech’s lone run.

Kelby Chrivia started out pitching in game two on Tuesday against Cleveland State, but once again Tech struggled defensively. Errors and little confidence up at bat led Tech to an 11-3 loss. Batting highlights included Roberts’ three-for-three performance with a double, two RBI and one run scored. Larry Brant and Chrivia would also earn runs for Tech.

In game three, Tech battled against Winona State. With two games under their

belts and a day off on Wednesday, the team started to hit their turning point for the week. Despite falling 16-3, the team saw fewer errors and more confidence up at bat.

Highlights included Devon Eisenga’s 2 RBI in his two attempts at bat and Brant’s double and two runs scored. Eisenga started out pitching and was relieved by Matt Anderson.

Spring training for the Huskies concluded with a game against another Division I school, Western Michigan. In this game, Continued on page 14

Men’s Basketball earns third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth Continued from page 12

a berth to the final tournament. Despite not matching last year’s mark of reaching the regional finals, Tech did tie their best streak ever earning a final tournament berth. The last time Tech earned three berths in a row was during the three seasons from 2001-04.

Tech will be losing three seniors for next season, including the GLIAC leading scorer Ben Stelzer. The other two players are Phil Romback, and Troy Hecht.

Chartier, Luke Heller and Kyle Stankowski will hopefully be returning next year as seniors to pick up where they left off. These three averaged 27.8 points per

game between the three of them and were the second, third and fourth leading scorers for the Huskies this season.

This year was a marvelous year for awards and accolades with many Tech players getting the respect they were due.

Before the game against Indianapolis, Stelzer was named the Midwest Region Player of the Year following his selection to the All-Midwest Region First Team. He was also the Preseason Player of the Year and GLIAC Player of the Year in addition to earning four GLIAC Player of the Week awards.

Stelzer also owns the Tech record for three pointers made with 363, making 46% of his tries. His 1,755 points ranks seventh all time in Tech history. It is truly an end to an iconic Tech player’s career.

Tech has gotten on a roll these last few years, and with Coach Kevin Luke at the helm, there would be no reason to think it wouldn’t continue. There were seven juniors and seniors on the team this year leading 12 underclassmen, so the team has a lot of room to grow. The team appears to be poised to be a powerhouse in the GLIAC for years to come.

As winter sports begin to wind down, various Huskies have received recognition for their efforts throughout the season. Starting with Men’s Basketball, senior guard Ben Stelzer, who was named to the All-GLIAC First Team a few weeks ago, earned the GLIAC Player of the Year title. He also became the first Husky in Tech history to earn region player of the year honors as he was named the 2015 Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioners Association Midwest Region Player of the Year.

On the women’s side of the court, junior Danielle Blake was recently named to the Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioners Association Women’s Basketball AllMidwest Region Second Team. Earlier this season, Blake also acquired AllGLIAC First Team and GLIAC AllTournament Team honors.

Finally, senior Tanner Kero of the Hockey Huskies was named the WCHA Player of the Year last week. As the leading scorer in the conference, Kero was also named the WCHA Scoring Champion.

In addition, he was named to the All-WCHA First Team and earned WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year honors. Junior goaltender Jamie Phillips also joined the First Team and was named the WCHA Goaltending Champion. Teammates Alex Petan and Malcolm Gould were named to the All-WCHA Second Team, and Shane Hanna and Blake Pietila earned Third Team honors.

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14 Tuesday, March 17 Baseball Club takes the field in Florida Continued from page 13

Tech saw its best offensive performance of the week despite falling 16-5. Anderson led the team, going two-for-three with two doubles and two runs scored. Sean McCann took his spot at the pitcher’s mound.

“Our major problem the entire week was leaving guys stranded on base,” said Roberts. “Guys would get on base and then we’d get three outs and no runs scored. If we could have scored those runs, these would have been closer games.”

While the scores of the games in Florida may not reflect a great performance, the Huskies saw improvement in each game, developed a lot more confidence and grew as a team. Roberts noted, “We had minimal errors in the third and fourth games, we were swinging the bat and everybody was hitting the ball and getting on base,” which was a large improvement from that first practice on Monday.

The Huskies will take their momentum into this coming weekend when they travel down to Grand Valley for their first spring series of conference games.

“I have high hopes for this weekend because of our huge improvement over just four games of being able to play outside, seeing live pitching again, getting a feel for the field again and just playing with each other,” said Roberts.

The Huskies are currently 1-5 in the conference, District VI East of the NCBA (National Club Baseball Association), and have six games left. The club will compete in a three-game series this weekend at Grand Valley and then wrap up their season with three games at Eastern Michigan on April 11 and 12.

Roberts stated with confidence, “Our goal right now is to get above 500 on the season, and I really think we have a possibility of doing that. With the improvement we saw in just those few games, everyone’s confidence is way up.”

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Women’s Basketball falls in second round JOHN REYNOLDS Lode Writer

The Huskies won the GLIAC Tournament and then beat Cedarville in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Ashland in the second round, ending their season with a 283 overall record. Ashland was able to avenge a huge 24 point loss in the regular season and a 16 point loss in the GLIAC championship game against the Huskies. Tech was ranked eighth in the country and had one of the top seeds in the final tournament.

The GLIAC Tournament went smoothly for the top-ranked Tech, who averaged a victory margin of 15 points per game. Most of the Huskies contributed heavily to the wins, including Jillian Ritchie’s 27 points and Danielle Blake’s 25 against Grand Valley.

In the Hillsdale matchup, Brenna Heise led the team with 16 points, and Guy added 15 to round out the double digit scorers. Guy and Heise also led the team in the Ashland matchup with 18 and 10 points, respectively, but Kylie Moxley added nine points in just eight minutes of play. Taylor Woods, Ashland’s leading scorer, was held to just 10 points.

Because of the solid performance in the tournament, three Tech players were selected to the GLIAC All-Tournament Team. Ritchie earned the most valuable player award, and Blake and Kelli Guy were also selected. They carried this momentum into the first game of the NCAA Tournament.

Cedarville, who was one of the eight seeds in the final tournament and 17th-ranked overall, fell to the Huskies 71-59 on March 13. It was a close game until an 8-0 run in the middle of the second half where Tech was finally able to pull away.

The Yellow Jackets shot 45.3 percent from the field and scored 35 points in the first half, the most Tech has allowed in the first half since Feb. 19. Despite this, the Huskies

Mackenzie Perttu searches the floor for an open teammate during their matchup against Ashland during tournament play.

Photo by Pratik Joshi

never lost the lead. Guy scored 17 to lead the Huskies, and Blake and Brenna Heise added 15 apiece.

Tech’s next game came against a rambunctious Ashland Eagles team. The Eagles were the hot team that night, shooting 71.4 percent in the first half to take a 49-19 halftime lead. Taylor Woods really led the half, singlehandedly outscoring the Huskies with 22 points.

Blake led the Huskies with 22 points in the game, and Morgan Anderson was the only other player to reach the double digits with 12 points. Despite a much better second half, where the Huskies outscored Ashland by 11 points and held them to just 34.6 percent shooting, the deficit proved too much to

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overcome.

Tech is going to look slightly different next year, but the vast majority of players will be returning. Ritchie and Emily Harrison are the two seniors on the team. Ritchie averaged 11.5 points per game this season, second most on the team. Danielle Blake, who led the team with 13 points per game, will return, along with the other double digit scorers, Anderson and Guy. Tech has a ton of depth, and they are a well balanced team. They made the final NCAA Tournament three out of the five years since Coach Cameron took the reins, and they will have significantly more experience next year.

There is a bright future for this Michigan Tech Huskies team.

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Friday, 20

Saturday, 21

WCHA Final Five vs. Bowling Green State - St. Paul, Minn. @ TBA Vs. Walsh, 10:00 a.m.**

WCHA Final Five - St. Paul, Minn. @ TBA Vs. Ohio Dominican, 10:00 a.m.**

Sunday, 22

Monday, 23

Michigan Tech Lode

SPORTS

Tuesday, March 17 15

Huskies Compete in NCAA Championships MACKENZIE PLETCHER Lode Writer

The hockey huskies look for a deflected puck in the corner during their sweep agianst Alabama Huntsville last weekend. These two teams battled for 120 straight minutes of hockey (almost two full games) on Friday night before a winner was determined.

Photo by Pratik Joshi

Huskies roll past Alabama Huntsville to advance to Final Five IAN HATZILIAS Lode Writer The Michigan Tech Huskies, this year’s winningest regular season team in Division I hockey, swept the Chargers of Huntsville, Ala., over the weekend to secure a spot in the WCHA Final Five tournament.

Tech’s row of the box score for Friday night’s game read 0-0-0-0-0-1, meaning there wasn’t a single goal scored for nearly 120 straight minutes of hockey.

Not until after 76 shots saved by Huntsville’s Carmine Guerriero, in what was a most phenomenal performance, did Tyler Heinonen score the game winning goal on the 77th shot by the Huskies at 18:49 of the sixth period (no, those are not typos), which would lead Tech into the next night’s 3-0 victory over UAH to complete the sweep.

Alabama’s squad fired the puck at the net successfully 32 times on Friday and 18 times on Saturday, giving netminder Jamie Phillips a 50-save shutout for the entire opening round of playoff hockey.

Phillips is now the owner of the MTU record for most consecutive minutes of hockey played without allowing a single goal scored against him. The Jets prospect has stopped every shot faced for over nine periods of play, a total of two hours, 59 minutes and 39 seconds.

Phillips is now second in the United States in goals against per game at 1.61 GAA and third in the percentage department at 0.938.

Every WCHA playoff series last weekend was decided in only two games, setting the stage for the Final Five quickly. The second seed Huskies will take on the third seed Bowling Green Falcons, who swept Northern Michigan in the first round. Top seed Minnesota State defeated LSSU in round one and will face Ferris State as a result, who swept the Bemidji State Beavers.

All the action will take place this weekend at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, home of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild.

The semifinals will occur throughout Friday afternoon, and the final game will take place on Saturday evening.

Although Michigan Tech is already guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament, they have the opportunity in the Final Five to enter it as a number one seed. If they do, it will be the second time in Tech’s rich history to have won the Broadmoor Trophy, the award given to the WCHA Tournament champion.

Either way, the Huskies will be competing with the rest of the nation come the end of the month for the first time since 1981. All eyes and ears are on Michigan Tech, and the Black and Gold’s fans will be cheering loudly from the top of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

“Although Michigan Tech is already guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament, they have the opportunity in the Final Five to enter it as a number one seed.”

This past weekend marked the annual date of the NCAA Championships, a race held in Lake Placid, N.Y., this year over a four day period with racers from all over the country coming to compete. Freestyle races were held on March 11 and classic races took place on March 13.

Four Michigan Tech Huskies participated in the NCAAs this year – Deedra Irwin, Alice Flanders, Tom Bye and Haakon Hjelstuen. Irwin and Bye were automatically qualified for the NCAAs after being named to Team USA for the World Junior Championships last month.

Flanders was one of eight women and Hjelstuen was one of nine men in the Central Region to earn a qualifying position after strong performances at various CCSA competitions throughout the season.

For the first day of racing, the Huskies were put to the test in the men’s and women’s freestyle races, skiing course distances of five and 10 kilometers, respectively. The weather for the day was fairly warm with melt occurring on the trails.

In the women’s race, Flanders led her team with a 21st place finish, and teammate Deedra Irwin landed in 37th position with only a 27 second gap between them. Tom Bye did the best for the men’s team, scoring 35th place, and teammate Haakon Hjelstuen was only five spots behind.

In the aftermath of the second day of races for the Huskies, the entire team placed well enough to score points for MTU. The races for the day were classic with course distances of 15 kilometers for the women and 20 kilometers for the men. Flanders placed 27th overall, only eight places behind teammate Deedra Irwin who placed 19th. As for the men, Bye placed 32nd with a time of 1:00:01, and Hjelstuen was two places behind.

The Michigan Tech Nordic Ski team finished their season with this race in New York, concluding what was an impressive season overall. The Huskies will begin their next season this upcoming December.

Upcoming

Events March 17 - 23 HuskyLEAD Session-Student Activities

Tuesday, March 17. 6 p.m. MUB Ballroom B2 & B3

Another HuskyLEAD session will take place today, Tuesday, March 17, starting at 6 p.m. in MUB Ballroom B2 and B3. HuskyLEAD presents various hour-long professional development workshops for students throughout the academic year. This week’s topic is “Lean Leadership.” Learn how to achieve leadership excellence using lean principles. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Contact Maryann Wilcox at mawilcox@mtu.edu for more information.

Cardboard Sled Race-ASME

Saturday, March 21.

10 a.m.

Mont Ripley Ski Hill

The 2015 ASME Cardboard Sled Race will take place this Saturday, March 21 at Mont Ripley Ski Hill. Teams of two to five people will test their ingenuity and creativity by designing, building and racing a cardboard sled down Mt. Ripley with cash prizes and bragging rights on the line. Team check-in will begin at 10 a.m. and the races will take place from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Registration must be completed by this Thursday, March 19. Visit http://tinyurl.com/kqw9prb to register and to find more infromation about competition rules and regulations. Contact Ryan Thompson at rythomps@mtu.edu with additional questions.

Mandy Gonzalez-Rozsa Center

Saturday, March 21. 6 p.m.

$5 (Tech students) Rozsa

Spend an evening with Mandy Gonzalez, one of Broadway’s showpiece talents, this Saturday, March 21. Gonzalez most recently starred as Elphaba in the Broadway production of “Wicked” and is best known for her portrayal of Nina Rosario in the Broadway musical “In the Heights.” Expect hit tunes like “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Defying Gravity” in her Rozsa performance entitled Love, All Ways. The performance will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults, $9 for youth and $5 for Tech students.

“Interstellar”-Film Board

Friday, March 20. 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m. $3 Fisher 135

This week’s Film Board feature is “Interstellar.” When humanity is facing extinction, a mysterious rip in the space-time continuum allows mankind the opportunity to travel beyond the solar system in search of a planet that can sustain life. Showings will be held on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 5:30, 8:30 and 11:30 p.m.

Additional showtimes will be held at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 22. Tickets are $3 and concessions will be available.

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ASK TECH

How was your spring break?

-Pratik Joshi

Ram Krishnan

Srinivasa Rao Ippili

Vamshidhar Reddy Patlola

Sai Manohar Dhulipala

“It was my first spring break, and the road trip I went made me realize the picturesque beauty of spring. It was an unforgettable experience.

“It was fantastic to experience spring break, snow melting leaving clear ways to travel the city. Enjoyed Huskies playoffs to the fullest!”

“I went to Detroit and Chicago on a road trip with friends and had a great time at various attractions in those huge cities.”

“It was just great to get away for a week from all the assignments and exams for a week. It was relaxing time for me.”