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March 18, 2010

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Regional Champs!

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Full Regional Championship game recap below, with additional Regional tournament coverage online at mtulode.com/ sports

STEPHEN ANDERSON Sports Editor The school-record 3,131 fans that attended the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Championship game between the host Michigan Tech Huskies and the Drury Panthers were not disappointed on Tuesday night.

Michigan Tech and Drury battled hard, but the Huskies shot a blistering 65 percent from the floor to punch their ticket to St. Joseph, Mo. and the NCAA Elite Eight with an 84-68 victory.

“I want to thank the community and everyone that was at the game – what an atmosphere

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– they definitely helped pull the team through,” said head coach John Barnes. “I think Drury did an outstanding job. They played really hard, and every time I thought we had them in a hole, they would dig themselves out in a hurry.”

Neither team led by more than four points during the first 14 minutes, and Michigan Tech only led for 41 seconds during the first 12 minutes. Ultimately, the Huskies poured it on at the end of the first half, finishing with a 20-11 run to head into the halftime break with a 42-32 lead.

Drury did not back away, though, starting the second half

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with a 9-2 run before Michigan Tech came back with a 13-2 run of their own. However, just as Barnes mentioned, Drury fought back yet again, going on a 16-6 run to cut the lead to 6359 with 8:23 remaining in the game.

The roller coaster second half continued as Michigan Tech answered with a 15-0 run that turned out to be the final dagger, putting the Huskies ahead 78-59 with 4:28 left. The Huskies ultimately settled on a 16-point margin of victory as the massive crowd rose to its feet, staying through the trophy presentation and the cutting down of the nets.

“If this team [the Huskies] can shoot the ball that well, and get that kind of inside production…

I don’t think anybody can beat them,” said Drury head coach Steve Harold.

Danae Danen had a career day to say the least, scoring a school post-season record 30 points, hauling down 12 rebounds and blocking five shots, earning her the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament award. Katie Wysocky had 19 points while Katie Zimmerman had 18, with five three pointers. The Huskies turned the ball over an uncharacteristic 15 times and gave up 15 offensive rebounds, but their 65-43 percent shooting percentage advantage was the difference, including 50-27 percent on threes. Four Drury players scored in double figures, as Katie Pritchard and Lindsay

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Ballweg each scored 16, while Melanie Oliver and Caitlin Shouse each pitched in 12.

Looking ahead, the now 31-2 Huskies will travel to the Elite Eight in Missouri, where they face 24-5 Emporia State on Tuesday. The Huskies lost in the Elite Eight round last year, but are relying on that experience to avoid the same fate this year.

“We were there last year, got a little experience, and know what it’s all about,” said Sarah Stream, in her sixth year as a Husky after

two medical redshirts. “We still need to take it one game at a time, but our ultimate goal is to win a national championship.”

The Lode will be following the Huskies’ championship run, with two reporters in Missouri, bringing live blogs and thorough coverage throughout.

Check out Thursday’s print edition for additional coverage of tonight’s game and a brief look at next week’s Elite Eight, Final Four and National Championship.

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Michigan Tech Board of Control commits to increasing financial aid next year MOLLY HOLMSTROM Lode Writer

Stress is a common theme in an average college student’s life, but it appears as if Michigan Tech will be taking a big step towards decreasing that stress.

How, you may ask? At the recent Board of Control meeting, the chairman of the Finance & Audit committee announced that Michigan Tech will be upping financial aid by roughly 10 percent for the 2010-2011 school year. Currently, financial aid is $38 million. This increase will raise it to approximately $41.3 million.

This proposed increase couldn’t come at a better time, as students today are suffering from the ill-effects of Michigan’s budget shortcomings.

Many students were relying on the Michigan Promise Scholarship and Michigan Competitive Scholarship to help make ends

meet, but with almost no warning, that scholarship has been pulled out from under their feet, so to speak. Almost 2,000 Michigan Tech students were affected by that decision.

This isn’t the first time in recent history that Michigan Tech has attempted to make things somewhat easier for their students financially in response to the state decisions. When the scholarships were cut in the fall, Michigan Tech picked up the slack, and covered the scholarships for the first semester for students.

What exactly does this increase mean for students though? Will it mean an increase in tuition? Where will the funds for this be coming from? Michigan Tech students are full of questions, praise, and hesitance when it comes to this matter.

Fourth-year Biomedical Engineering student Dan Hirst praised the decision, saying “I

believe that increasing financial aid would be a good idea. Many students struggle with the constantly increasing tuition and by providing more funding to the financial aid program will help them further their education at Michigan Tech.”

It was felt by first-year students Joe McSweeney and Mike Verbeke that a boost in financial aid would allow for them to focus more on their schoolwork and less on their financial situations, and being sure that their educations were being funded.

To the 91 percent of students who receive financial aid, this glimmer of hope for a greater amount of aid is quite a blessing. However, one must look at the other side of the equation.

Money must all originate somewhere. Where will the university be getting these funds from?

Will tuition rates increase yet again? Third-year Accounting student Steele Lindbloom wasn’t as optimistic as Hirst and Mc-

Sweeney in his response to the decision. “It is an interesting move, but who are the people paying for that increase? The students who aren’t obtaining as much financial aid? Are they going to have to increase tuition even more just so they can attempt to recruit even more students?“ Lindbloom brings up very good points; however, the answers to these questions may only be evident as time passes.

If our tuition is raised, yet our financial aid is raised, and they balance out, there shouldn’t be a problem. An increase in incoming first-years is a positive for all aspects of campus, as more students leads to more state funding, and more monetary flow.

How effective will this actually be in drawing in prospective students? Well, to get a taste of it, we asked Stephanie Munch, a senior at Calumet High School who is currently deciding between a few different schools

in Michigan, whether or not a slight increase in financial aid at Michigan Tech would help to sway her decision.

“I do think it would help my decision because I’m considering multiple colleges and if one school has that advantage over the other, it would be very beneficial. The Michigan Promise Scholarship money would have helped out a lot of people, and since it has been taken away, I feel that colleges should attempt to compensate for it,” Munch shared. For anyone, though, that feels as if the university doesn’t keep them as their first priority, think again. Reassuring words were spoken at the meeting by President Mroz. According to Michigan Tech News article, he stated, “People are our priority.

We want every student who values what Michigan Tech offers to come here. Today the board has sent a message that we will go out of our way to make it financially possible.”

Society of Intellectual Sisters hosts the sixth annual Bra Show O

n Thursday Mar. 18, 2010, the Society of Intellection Sisters (SIS) will host its sixth annual Bra Show from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the MUB Ballroom.

This year’s theme is “Welcome

to Hawaii.” The cost is $2.00 for students and $5.00 for nonstudents. Refreshments will be provided.

The bra show entails a showcase of decorated bras designed by students, organizations, and

community members that will be modeled in a fashion show by young male volunteers. Kathy Archambeau will be the guest speaker as she will share her personal experience with breast cancer. This event is created to

be an exciting occasion to celebrate women’s health and raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

SIS was founded in 1991 on the campus of Michigan Tech.

Since its establishment, the or-

ganization has been committed to promoting sisterhood, scholarship, service, unification, and diversity. For more information about the event or membership into SIS please contact the group via E-mail at sis-l@mtu.edu.

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Majora Carter to speak at Rozsa

Volunteer, organizer to speak on urban and environmental issues ROZSA CENTER Lode Writer “I believe that you shouldn’t have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one.”

Green activist and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Majora Carter is on a mission: to lead her commun ity out of poverty and fight environmental injustice by bringing green-collar j obs to the area. In just over a decade, Ms. Carter has vaulted from working as a community volunteer, knowing almost nothing about environmental issues, to becoming a nationally known advocate for environmental justice On Mar. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rozsa Center, Majora Carter will speak on public health, poverty alleviation, climate change, and green-collar job training and placement systems. Her lecture is free and open to the public.

Majora Carter was born, raised, and continues to live in the South Bronx. Her career has taken her around the world in pursuit of resources and idea s to improve the quality of life in environmentally challenged communities. She founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 after writing a $1.25M Federal Transportation grant to design the South Bronx Greenway with 11 miles of bike and pedestrian paths connecting the rivers and neighborhoods to each other, and to the rest of the city. That project secured over $20 million in funds for first phase construction and serves as alternative transportation, economic development anchor, storm water management infrastructure as well as healthy recreation.

She has been instrumental in creating riverfront parks, build-

ing green roofs, working to remove poorly-planned highways in favor of positive economic development, and successfully implementing the Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training (BEST) program— a pioneering green-collar job training and placement system — seeding a community with a skilled workforce that has both a personal & economic stake in their urban environment.

These accomplishments grow from her notion that self-image is influenced by surroundings—so those surroundings should be beautiful!

Her vision, drive, and tenacity earned her a MacArthur “Genius” Grant. She started 2007 as one of Newsweek’s “25 To Watch”, ended the year as one of Essence Magazine’s “25 most Influential African Americans”.

She has been named one of the “50 most influential women in NYC” by the NY Post for the past two years, and “NYC’s most influential environmentalist” by the BBC World Service. Majora is president of the Majora Carter Group, LLC, a board member of the Wilderness Society, SJF, and CERES; and host of a special national public radio series called “The Promised Land”.

To learn more about Majora Carter, her projects, and her quest, visit www.majoracartergroup.com.

Sponsored by the Environmental Sustainability Committee/Students for Environmental Sustainability, CCE (Committee for Cultural Enrichment), and the Van Evera Distinguished Lecture Series Endowment.

For more information contact the Rozsa Box Office at 487.3200 or visit the Box Office website www.rozsa.mtu.edu/ boxoffice

Major Carter: Environmentalist to speak at Rozsa Center on Mar. 20.

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Metro Prime Trilogy Released on Wii NICHOLAS BLECHA Lode Writer

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t has been eight years since Metroid Prime was first released for the Gamecube.

Widely considered one of the platform’s best games, it spawned two sequels, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes for the Gamecube and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii. However, after eight years, the game has begun to show its age.

Enter the Metroid Prime Trilogy, a collection of all three games on a single disc. Trilogy updates the first two games in the series, giving them updated graphics and Wii controls, as well as Corruption’s bonus system.

For those unfamiliar with the se-

ries, players take control of Samus Aran, a galaxy-famous bounty hunter with a serious grudge against the notorious Space Pirates. On a series of missions from the Galactic Federation, Samus repeatedly comes into contact with the Space Pirates and the strange material called Phazon, which the Space Pirates are using to enhance the energy-draining Metroids the series is named after.

The player can also find new weapons and tools to add to her armored suit. Unlike the “main” series, the Prime games are first-person shooters, though the gameplay often focuses more on exploration than actual shooting.

Some of the changes in the games are graphical. The first two games now have widescreen support (although for some reason Samus’s

HUD is still stretched in widescreen mode), and the first game has added bloom lighting. Oddly, the “smoke” effect from heavy weapon fire is now gone. Most of the changes, however, are related to gameplay.

The first two games basically adopt the control scheme of Corruption, so aiming is handled with the Wii remote’s pointer and movement by the Nunchuck’s analog stick. Instead of using the D-pad and c-stick to change visors and beam weapons, respectively, they are changed by holding the “-“ or “+” buttons on the Wii remote and pointing to a section of the screen. While the new control scheme works very well for the most part, there are a few minor issues–for instance, players used to the Gamecube setup will probably waste a bit of time select-

ing the wrong weapon, and the arrangement of buttons on the Wii remote can make some actions a bit tricky. However, these flaws are mostly outweighed by how natural the point-and-aim system feels.

This may very well be the definitive Metroid Prime experience.

So is the collection really worth the $50 price tag? For Wii owners who have yet to experience the series, the Trilogy collection is a mustbuy.

On the other hand, players experienced with the series may not find it worthwhile, especially if they still own the originals, especially Corruption, which hasn’t been changed at all.

However, the changes in the first two games may make Trilogy worth it by themselves.

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Dear Making your resume memorable is crucial in your search for your dream job. However, you will be met with a lot of competition, particularly in the summer months when desperate high school and college students scramble to scrape up enough money to cover their cell phone bills and student loan interest.

I would avoid the traditional methods of creating a memorable resume.

Heavier, colored paper has been done before. Choosing the best template on your word processor certainly won’t present anything new. You need something with more impact.

The trick is to not focus on your resume, but the extravagant gifts that come with it. When you present your resume to a prospective employer, follow it up with a large basket filled with exotic fruits. Jewelry, Red Wings tickets and gift certificates are all appropriate means of persuasion. If you lack the creativity it requires to purchase a particular item, a stack of twenty dollar bills will make your resume unforgettable.

Dear Sassy, My family is planning our annual road trip. It usually includes a twentyhour drive with my little brother hitting me and my dad blaring Elvis at top volume the entire time. I honestly would rather just stay home, but I don’t want to hurt my family’s feelings. If I do go on the trip, do you have any survival tips?

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Sincerely, Reluctant road-tripper Dear Reluctant, Why the American family continually insists on going on road trips, I’ll never know. Similar to your experience, the majority of family road trips consist of a constant war in the backseat between siblings, countless picnics of smashed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Little Debbie snacks, and endless rounds of boring car games. Despite all of this, the tradition of the family road trip continues to flourish.

I admire your desire to go on the trip with your family. The only thing worse than spending hours in a car with your family would be the extreme guilt you feel when they bring you back a James Dean bobble-head from their trip through Indiana.

The best cure for a persistent family road trip is loud music, long naps and large bottle of peach schnapps.

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Dear Sassy, My neighbors, who I have only known a few months, recently asked me to watch their dog for a week. I assumed it would involve checking on the dog a few times a day to let it out and feed it. However, they want me to walk the dog five times a day and I have to brush the dog twice day. I want to help them out, but it just seems like they’re asking too much of me and overstepping neighbor boundaries. What do I do?

Sincerely, Dejected

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Dear Dejected, They are indeed overstepping the polite distance required between neighbors. Intensive dog-sitting, as you have described, would be appropriate to ask of a close friend or family member. Because you have known them only a few months, dog-sitting does not even appear on the favor radar much less require you to oblige them.

Other favors which would similarly overstep your favor boundaries would be intensive house-sitting and helping with a move or any other heavy physical labor.

I suggest making up an excuse. You’re going out of town that weekend, so you couldn’t possibly look after Rufus. It’s your niece’s birthday party and she would be heartbroken if you weren’t there. Whatever the excuse, communicate it with confidence. And don’t feel guilty. If you asked them to move that heavy dresser from your attic to your basement, you can be sure that they would experience a sudden, shocking death in the family.

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Eating with the season LENA WILSON Opinion Writer

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alking into a common grocery store yields a rainbow for the eyes, year round.

Tomatoes, carrots, lettuce and fruits no matter the time of year. No doubt we are largely privileged to have a plethora of fruits and veggies at our access, but it is relevant to consider how such a phenomena came to be.

Also to be considered are the implications, the effects, of the transportation of such foods.

It is definitely cheaper to purchase foods that are in season, locally or from a different part of the country. Cheaper for us because the veggies and fruits are more plentiful when they are in season. Also, we can make deals with local farmers and support their farms (especially at the farmer’s market).

When you get a tomato ripe off the vine it tastes so much better than a tomato picked prematurely and then ripened over time, while traveling and being cooled.

Eating locally is excellent but of course there are varieties of foods in season even during winter in different parts of the country. Although it’s not most favorable to have food take a road trip to your mouth it gets a bit hard to eat locally all year in a wintery place such as Houghton.

It can be argued that you become more in sync with the earth and the cycle of the seasons when you eat what is naturally provided.

More apparent, buying in season automatically opens doors to considering the community and how buying local helps a community thrive.

Eating foods that are out of season means that the food was grown in artificial conditions

or imported. It takes a great deal of energy for either option but especially to import foods, especially sensitive foods. In order to meet demand, produce may be grown in areas; it would not be growing naturally and extra care is needed, such as irrigation and usage of large amounts of water. This is very problematic for people with a lack of water. “Agribusinesses growing crops for export are claiming more of the water once used by family and peasant farmers for food self-sufficiency.”

(Maude Barlow) In short, doing a little homework and applying a bit of mindfulness to shopping can yield better results for yourself and especially others in the world at detriment to our convenience.

If you really want some fruit for later, I suggest collecting ahead of time and freezing some for later use.

A brief sampling of seasonal foods...

Winter: Cabbage, Carrots, Celery, Some Greens, Potatoes, Onions, Winter Squash

Spring: Asparagus, Some Greens, Peas, Peppers, Strawberries, Beets

Summer: Some Greens, Beets, Broccoli,

Artichokes, Cabbage, Carrots, Cucumber, Garlic, Beans, Onions, Peppers, Peas, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Berries, Melons, Fruits and so much more

Fall: Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower,

Celery, Some Greens, Gourds, Beans, Squash, continuation of some remaining Summer foods... *If you are truly intrested we urge you to find a more comprehensible list*

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team GPA for the Michigan Tech women’s basketball team, with 18 of the 19 players above a 3.0 and Sarah Stream and Taylor Stippel earning 4.0 GPAs.

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Another difficult season for hockey Huskies Pietila, freshman center Evan Witt, Nielsen, Reddick, and Lickteig were all regulars in front of the Huskies’ goaltenders.

DAVER KARNOSKY Lode Writer

Overview When looking back at the season that was for the hockey Huskies, it’s easy to place immediate blame for a season in which the team finished 5-30-1 overall and 4-24-0 in WCHA play on head coach Jamie Russell and his staff. Most of the community has already done so.

The fact is that Russell and his staff deserves some of the blame, but not all of it. The Huskies shot an abysmal 7.9 percent for the season while averaging 26 shots per game. They were seven in the country in penalty minutes with 17.8 minutes per game. They only killed 71.8 percent of their short-handed opportunities.

Sophomore goaltender Josh Robinson only won one game.

His goals against average was 4.68, which was worst among goalies who played at least 33 percent of their team’s games.

The Huskies only scored 2.1 goals per game while surrendering 4.1. That’s not going to get you anywhere in the WCHA, let alone nationally.

Offense Improves All that being said, the Huskies offense improved from 2008-09.

The shooting percentage was up 1.4%. The power play was up 4% from last season. The shots per game were up nearly a full shot per game. Even the goals per game went up by a half a goal per game.

All of these offensive improvements happened while assistant captain Jordan Baker struggled to just 18 points after producing 27 last year.

Assistant captain Brett Olson had a tremendous season with 18 goals and 30 points in

Looking Ahead

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32 games. The Huskies sorely missed his offense late in the season when he was lost to injury. Olson also picked up three short-handed goals. He was the first to score more than two since Chris Conner and Brandon Schwartz scored three in the same year.

Captain Malcolm Gwilliam posted 14 goals and 30 points.

His previous career high for points was 17.

Freshman defenseman Steven Seigo notched four goals and 19 points, despite hitting a wall offensively late in the season.

Senior defenseman John Kivisto picked up four goals and 12 points, which meant he more than doubled his previous career high of five.

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Intangibles Every season it seems the Huskies field a young roster and this season was no exception as they dressed 17 underclassmen at different points. Some had immediate impacts: Olson, Seigo, freshman defenseman Carl Nielsen and freshman goaltender Kevin Genoe. Others needed time to grow into roles: freshmen wingers Mikael Lickteig and Anthony Schooley along with sophomore winger Bryce Reddick.

Some faced injuries: Reddick and freshman forward Milos Gordic.

Before the season was over, however, Olson, Schooley, sophomore winger Alex MacLeod, sophomore defenseman Ricky Doriott, freshman winger Aaron

Next season’s senior class will be small, with Baker, winger Bennett Royer, center Eric Kattelus, and defenseman Deron Cousens making up the group. Baker and Cousens both had seasons they will need to battle back from.

Royer missed significant time in November and December due to injury, but scored nearly a point a game once back.

Kattelus was suspended early in the season, but he made up for lost time the rest of the season, notching 10 points of the final 23 games of the season.

The Huskies will boast seven juniors. The most visible of the bunch is Olson, who is averaging .757 points per game over his two seasons in Black and Gold. He may not be the focal point of the class as Robinson may have that mantle as he looks to build off a strong playoff showing against No. 1 Denver last weekend.

overall hockey wins for the Huskies hockey team in 36 games, including a 2-24-0 record in WCHA contests, the worst since the 1999-00 season.

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points by Danae Danen in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship game against Drury, which is a postseason record, and eight points better than her career high.

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season, including playoffs, which is the highest total in school history for the women’s basketball program.

They look to add 32, 32 and 34 in Missouri next week.

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fans at Tuesday’s NCAA Midwest Regional Championship game, which is a school record for Michigan Tech women’s basketball. The Huskies won 84-68.

Schedules/Results

Hockey (5-26-1, 4-22-0 WCHA)

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Final Assessment

W. Basketball (31-2, 20-2 GLIAC)

For the second straight season, the Huskies brought up the bottom of the pack in the WCHA. Next season, that ranking would look worse, as two new squads join the WCHA, making the bottom spot 12th rather than 10th.

The Huskies will struggle with the additions of Bemidji State (239-4 overall) and Nebraska-Omaha (20-16-6 overall). Neither are unbeatable. The Beavers lost to Minnesota and Minnesota State. The Mavericks lost twice to Northern Michigan and once to Denver.

Next season will be Russell’s eighth behind the bench of the Huskies. Players, fans and alumni will be looking for continued improvement as this team moves forward.

MTU 68-57 Findlay MTU 84-68 Drury Tues. vs. Emporia State, 9:30 p.m. ET TBD Final Four, National Champ.

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MTU 69-49 Northern Kentucky

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Editor’s Shootout

The Editor’s Shootout is a competition of knowledge, luck and wits between sports editor Stephen Anderson, business manager Richard Goodell, pulse editor Luke Gublo and online editor Jeremiah Baumann. Stephen won two years ago with former opinion editor Rob Devaun winning last year. 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: California Golden Bears vs. Louisville Cardinals, Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks, New York Rangers at Boston Bruins

LUKE GUBLO Pulse Editor 2-1 Last Week, 36-24 Overall

STEPHEN ANDERSON Sports Editor 1-2 Last Week, 33-27 Overall

JACOB VEHRING Business Manager 2-1 Last Week, 32-28 Overall

JEREMIAH BAUMANN Online Editor 1-2 Last Week, 28-32 Overall

California and Louisville both boast strong teams. California played Washington close during the Pac-10 Championship game, but overall, the conference is much weaker than the Big East. I think Louisville will prevail. Boston and Dallas presents an intriguing matchup. I tend to favor Dallas defending home court against the Celtics. It’s getting to be do-or-die time for the Bruins and the Rangers, each battling for a final playoff spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I’ll go upset here and pick the Rangers to beat the Bruins in Boston.

Louisville 71-64 Mavericks 94-90 Rangers 3-2

I think Cal/Louisville is one of the best first-round match-ups, and it’s earned a fitting No. 8 vs. No. 9 match-up.

However, I think Cal will come away with the victory. I don’t know what to think of the Celtics this year, so I’m going to take the Mavericks in a close high-scoring affair. Finally, the Bruins are at home, and that advantage will pay off with a W over New York.

Calif. 70-62

I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break. Congratulations to our Womens Basketball team. Good Luck next week. I think that Louisville will pull out the minor upset and beat Cal. Kevin Garnett will lead the Boston Celtics over the Dallas Mavericks. Since I refuse to take two Boston teams I will pick the Rangers to beat the Bruins in a shootout.

Louisville 78-72

Its tournament time so its the time where everyone is picking college basketball teams. However, I don’t follow college basketball so this will be a total shot in the dark the rest of the semester, so Cali for the win. Dallas will take home court advantage as they give a reality check to Boston. And New York is fighting to get back in the top 8 for playoffs and will be able to get one step closer to Boston and a shot in the NHL Playoffs.

Calif. 98-97

Mavericks 100-93 Bruins 2-1

Celtics 107-105 Rangers 4-3

Mavericks 98-92 Rangers 4-2

Michigan Tech Lode Thursday, March 18, 2010

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A fully interactive bracket for the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball tournament can be found at ncaa.com

Huskies and Hornets to meet in NCAA Elite Eight MIKE METZGER Lode Writer The Michigan Tech Huskies (31-2 overall, 20-2 GLIAC) will be heading to the NCAA Elite Eight for the second straight season. Last year, the Huskies fell in the first round to Minnesota State Mankato who eventually went on to become the national champion. This year the Huskies hope to get past the first round; standing in their way are the Emporia State Hornets (27-5, 16-4 MIAA). While the Hornets did not make the Elite Eight last year, they still qualified for the NCAA

Postseason, falling in the second round to West Texas A&M. This will be the first meeting of these two teams. Hornets Head Coach Brandon Schneider said in the pre-tournament press conference that he “knows very little about Michigan Tech except for the fact that they are returning an entire starting lineup.” John Barnes said that he feels that “experience does matter,” when it comes to this tournament. In fact when he was asked to sum his team up he gave the response, “experienced and scholastic,” noting that the team’s gradepoint-average is 3.64. Schneider stated that his team has a lot of

“newcomers,” also adding that only two starters are returning from last year’s squad.

Katie Wysocky is leading Michigan Tech in scoring this year. She enters the contest already holding the school record in career points and rebounds.

Prior to this contest she has averaged 17.8 points per game. Another factor to Michigan Tech’s offense is Danae Danen who was named the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament most outstanding player. In the Midwest Regional Championship Danen was 13-17 from the floor and 4-5 from the line. Not only was she scoring points for the huskies,

but she also proved she could play defense as well, as she had 12 rebounds and five blocks in the contest.

Emporia State is led by Cassondra Boston. Prior to the Elite Eight game, Boston had averaged 19.4 points per game. In the NCAA South Central Regional Championship, Emporia had four players who reached double digits. These four players were Cassondra Boston, Jamie Augustyn, Brittney Miller and Sophia Lenard, collectively contributing 47 of the team’s 76 points in the contest.

This is one of four games that will be taking place in St. Joseph,

Mo. next Tuesday. The other games that will take place are Fort Lewis vs. Seattle Pacific at 1 p.m., Arkansas Tech vs. Franklin Pierce at 3:30 p.m., Gannon vs.

Tusculum at 7 p.m. and of course Emporia State vs. Michigan Tech concluding the day at 9:30 p.m. all of these times are Eastern Standard Time.

The Michigan Tech Lode will be attending the NCAA Elite Eight tournament this year. We will be there with our live blog and game recaps. Check back to the Lode website in the upcoming days for more information regarding the NCAA Elite Eight tournament.

Photos by Ben Wittbrodt

Women’s tennis finishes road trip, 2-2 DAVER KARNOSKY Lode Writer After starting their Spring Break trip to Orlando, Fla., with a win and a loss, the women’s tennis Huskies finished the same way, winning 5-4 over Olivet Nazarene on Monday, March 8, before falling 7-2 to Dallas Baptist on Tuesday, March 9.

The Huskies (14-6) earned two of three available points in doubles against Olivet Nazarene to take the early match lead before picking up three points in singles’ play. They managed to do all of this without junior Nathalia Rondelli in the lineup.

The number two pair of junior Asel Otunchieva and se-

nior Danielle Stoll earned an 8-3 win over Claudia Voicu and Ashland Allison. The duo improved to 6-3 during the trip.

The top doubles team of sophomore Ploy Suthijindawong and freshman Kira Eck notched an 8-5 victory over Erica Engelbrecht and Taylor Stephens. The win came in the first match the pair played together. Suthijindawong picked up her second point of the match by defeating Voicu, 6-1, 6-3, at number one singles. The top Huskies’ player is now 21-1 on the season.

Eck followed her doubles’ partner’s lead, earning a 6-4, 6-1, win over Stephens at number four singles. Eck is now 6-7 on the season.

The other Huskies’ points

came from freshman Chelsea Uganski at number five singles’, 6-3, 6-3, over Allison. Uganski is 2-2 on the season. Despite having Rondelli back against Dallas Baptist, the Huskies fell behind early, dropping all three doubles matches.

In singles’ play, the Huskies picked up points at numbers one and six singles.

Suthijindawong cruised to a 6-0, 6-1, straight set win over Natalie Holmes. Uganski earned her victory at number six singles by not surrendering a single game to Megan Billings, 6-0, 6-0.

The Huskies are now off as they wait to see if their record will be good enough to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament later this spring.

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Michigan Tech Lode Thursday March 18th, 2010

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Last week, 20 eager Michigan Tech Habitat for Humanity club members spent their spring break in Corpus Christi, Texas helping to build two houses.

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Shock Long time no see Michigan Tech! It was a big surprise when I came back last Saturday. When we left Houghton last week, we still had tons of snow. But now almost all the snow is gone on campus. Snow statues collapsed and fell into several pieces on the ground and are now melting.

I think Houghton is ready for her spring. I hope everyone had an awesome spring break. Are you ready for my spring break story this week?

Luckily, I got the chance to go down to Texas with the Habitat for Humanity group at Michigan Tech. The city we went to is called Corpus Christi.

It is a very beautiful city along the southern coast. There are too many things to talk about during last week. However, to stick with my column’s theme, I found many cultural differences on this trip.

The first big difference was the road trip. We drove down on Saturday morning at 7 p.m. and didn’t arrive until 2 p.m. on Sunday. A 30 hour road trip was not that easy to handle.

I went downstate with my friends couple times before; an eight hour road trip seems like nothing to them at all. The U.S. is well known as a country on wheels. The most common form of transportation is the automobile. The automobile industry is pretty impressive in America, but I’m so proud of the public transportation system in China. If America is connected with highways, then China is connected with railroads. Over

80% of cities in China have their own railway stations. In the past few years, the speeds of trains has had a huge increase. The average can be 200 kmh, which is 124 mph. On the railroad, you don’t have to stop to go to the rest room, to get food or switch drivers. It saves lots of time, gas and money.

If you think we just went to Texas for fun, you are totally wrong. We stayed in Corpus Christi for five days and we worked four days on the building site. With a group of retirees, we finished sheeting and framing two houses. We were not there just for vacation. We were actually doing something good for the society. I think this is what we lack in China. We do have college volunteer organizations but not as widespread as here.

In those four work days, we not only learned how to use ahammer, but we also had the

happiness of helping people.

All the workers on the work site were volunteers and they did this for nothing. I did some donations when I was in high school for helping people rebuild their houses after Tai Feng. But I have no idea where the money went or how to build a house. We were there in Texas to help and work with those homeless people instead of just giving them money. During the work, we understood how hard their life is and how important a home is for kids who live in these families. By helping them, we give them a hope. We hope the second generation in these families can have a better future just like we have. That’s the main purpose why we were there.

One day, when I get retired, I would like to be like those old guys in Texas: create an organization and help people just for love. Will you join me?