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Peace Corps celebrates 50 years; Groceries Michigan Tech leads the way for a cause LAUREN KORS Lode Writer On Oct. 14, 1960, the then former Senator John F. Kennedy came to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to campaign for the upcoming presidential election against Richard M. Nixon. During that 2 a.m. speech, President Kennedy proposed and challenged the U of M students to serve their country by helping developing countries around the world.

“It’s a commitment to service, first and foremost. I think that draws people of all ages,” stated Carrie Cruz, a Chicago Region Peace Corps Recruiter.

The purpose of the Peace Corps was to involve Americans in creating and understanding world democracy, freedom, cultures and peace. It was started on a trial basis and has grown to incorporate over 200,000 volunteers and 139 countries.

“My younger applicants are looking for the entry level career experience they can’t get in the U.S. I think some of my mid-career applicants are looking to change careers, or have

“For the past five years, Michigan Technological University has been the top in the nation for both number of graduate students enrolled in the Masters International Program and in the number of programs offered to students.”

For more information, visit peacecorps.mtu.edu

Challenging students everywhere: John F. Kennedy addressed the students of the University of Michigan in the 1960’s asking students to begin understanding what it would take to reach peace in our world. 50 years later, the Peace Corps is still going strong and offers many opportunities for students.

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they want to give back. I also see a third wave of retired vol-

unteers. They often are just

structure, I seized it.” With new technologies developing in the gaming industry at a rapid speed, Dunn also said gaming “ is definitely a thriving career avenue for STC students to consider.”

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such as Introduction to Web Design, Graphic and Information Design, and Introduction to Digital Media, Anderson began developing a curriculum for the class. Anderson became involved with games in education while attending graduate school

in their toolbag.” Game Design (HU3885) has two parts: a theoretical analysis of games and the design aspect where students develop their own game prototypes and, later in the class, develop those prototypes into Flash-based games. Anderson said games are important because “games lay out rule systems, mechanics, and causeand-effect systems that can be transferred into the real world in your life and the workplace.”

There are currently only six students registered for the course, that doesn’t mean the class isn’t popular. The class has a few prerequisites that delayed some students from registering.

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Gamers in the classroom If there was a class in which your professor required you to grab a remote and play the Wii, your homework was to play a video game, and later in the semester, you had to develop a video game yourself, would you take that class? Lindsay Dunn, a post-graduate Scientific and Technical Communication (STC) student is doing just that.

Dunn is one of six undergraduates in the first ever Game Design class offered at Michigan Tech. Dunn said, “I’ve always loved playing video games and when I saw the opportunity to take a class that focuses on their design, mechanics, and

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Games lay out rule systems, mechanics and cause-and-effect systems that can be transferred into the real world in your life and the workplace.

gent Media, Wendy Anderson, developed the class. Anderson began her teaching career at Michigan Tech in the Fall of 2008 and soon realized the need for a Game Design class. While teaching other media classes,

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at Kansas State and Purdue University. There she learned significance of play within the university. Anderson said, “Understanding the value of play in education is one of those highly valuable tools a teacher can have

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Exercise Science grows in leaps and bounds ANAND SUNDAR RAM Lode Writer I am a big fan of tennis and I love to see Roger Federer play on the court. With 15 grand slams and having won all four of them, he has become a legend. But in his poor form today, players who have just managed to take the advantage have ousted him from the last three grand slams.

That is how competitive tennis, or rather any sport, can get today. Today, sports have become predominantly professional and fitness is primary in this job. Fitness is a quality which is vital for a sportsperson, but also essential for ordinary people. With the urban and sedentary lifestyle, new

health issues have crept up. These factors have led to the growing field of Exercise Science, which is the study of exercise, sports and coaching.

Michigan Tech has an established Department of Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education located on the 2nd floor of the Student Development Complex (SDC). It is a young department of Tech, but it has gained overwhelming popularity.

The Department Chair, Dr. Jason Carter, said that the enrollments have almost doubled over the last three years. “This year 110 students have enrolled, against the projected figure of 65.” Students graduate from this department to become professional physical therapists, coaches or to then

pursue graduate studies. The popularity of this department has encouraged its expansion. “We now have a new Biomechanics Laboratory and two new Graduate Student Offices.” said Dr. Carter. They have also acquired some area from the Portage Health Center to establish two new teaching laboratories, which are presently under construction.

“We have new computers in the lab and new equipment in the Physiology laboratory” said Drew van der Wilt, a student majoring in Exercise Science.

In the undergraduate program, the students of the department mainly focus on three areas of study, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering and Human Factors. There are five active re-

KIMBERLY GRIGG Lode Writer Last Saturday, the Michigan Tech chapter of Habitat for Humanity was bagging groceries for their alternative spring break.

This alternative spring break brings students on a service project to build houses, schools, etc. In the past, students have gone to places such as Panama, Puerto Rico and Texas.

Bagging groceries is just one of the things that the Michigan Tech chapter of Habitat for Humanity does to raise money.

There are many opportunities throughout the year for the students to raise money for the trip, along with many opportunities to raise money individually for the trip. The organization wants to make this affordable for everyone and wants the students to pay as little as possible.

There are other ways to get involved other than going on the alternative spring break. The group just finished building a house and will have other houses to build when the weather allows. The chapter also does other service projects, such as their rake-and-run, where the group goes and rakes leaves for people who can not rake their own.

They also shovel snow off of the roofs of the elderly’s homes. Also, if this chapter does not work with a student’s schedule, then they are encouraged to join the Hancock chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

If any student is interested in getting involved with this group then they should contact the president, Trish Hokenson at Tmhokens@mtu.edu or show up to one of their biweekly meetings in Fisher 107 at 6 p.m. The next group meeting will be on the 25th of this month.

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search projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Heart Association (AHA), NASA and various other health organizations. Presently Dr. Carter has begun research on the effects of sleep deprivation on blood pressure and muscle sympathetic to nerve activity in humans, receiving funds from the NIH for the project. Other projects include Neural Mechanisms of Sympathetic Activation by High Salt Intake and Fish Oil and Neurovascular Control in Humans to name a few, both funded by the AHA. “Some of our research is into human performance, but most of it is into human health”, said Dr. Carter. The department

It’s another week here at Michigan Tech, and that means everything from assigned readings to extensive exams need to be finished, and soon. Students quickly realize that there is an inverse relationship between the time spent on academics and the amount of time left for personal development and relaxation. It’s a busy life here at Tech, but that doesn’t mean it has to consume you.

Until recently, the small house in the center of campus (known as Hamar House) was the home of Michigan Tech’s Counseling Services. It was a place where students could talk with trained and licensed professionals about the troubles and difficulties of college life for free. This year, however,

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ATTENTION: CLASS DROP DEADLINE The last day to drop full term fall semester classes is Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 by 5 p.m. All drops must be done in person in the Student Service Center. Drops cannot be done via the web.

Also, please note: • The last day to drop track B classes (the classes that begin on Oct. 18, 2010) with a refund is Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010.

• The last day to drop track B classes with no grade is Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010.

• The last day to drop track B classes with a “W” grade is Friday, Nov. 12, 2010.

According to the University policy on late drops: “After the eighth week of the semester, a student may request a late drop from the Dean of Student’s Office, which will consider those requests that involve circumstances beyond the student’s control.” Extenuating circumstances considered are prolonged illness, serious accidents and death in the immediate family or of a close friend, or similar situations beyond the student’s control. All requests must be made in writing. No late drops will be granted to avoid poor grades.

A graduate student may request a late drop from the Graduate School. Instructions for late drops for graduate students are available at: http://www.mtu.edu/gradschool/administration/academics/policies-procedures/withdrawal/

Show your spirit: Blizzard T. Husky awards fans of Michigan Tech by launching T-Shirts into the stands at a recent football game.

Photo by Ben Wittbrodt

Since the creation of school spirit and coordinated school athletic teams, school colors have flooded over campuses uniting students of all backgrounds.

Some school colors, however, are little known to students as others are more predominantly used in supporting the school.

Michigan Technological University’s logos, apparel, website, and athletic teams alike all project black and gold as the university’s colors. However, this is not one hundred percent correct. The official school colors are silver and gold, and black is the official

backing color of silver. White and silver are used as an accent color in the logos and apparel, while black and gold take the lead.

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more than half of the fourth year students knew the correct colors to be silver and gold. Even with confusion about school colors, students join in support of Tech

School spirit is a result of many things, and in my opinion the actual colors are quite a ways down the list.

enty-one Michigan Tech students, only 31 percent of students knew the actual school colors, with 45 percent believing that the official colors were black and gold. The majority of the first, second, third, and fifth year students surveyed answered black and gold while

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Gamers, from 1A Design, students must complete Introduction to Digital Media and either Graphic and Information Design or Fundamentals of Digital Photography.

Anderson agrees that the class is popular. “We began enforcing the prerequisites policy this year for a lot of media courses.

I had 15 or so students asking to take the course without the prerequisites...because we are implementing a prerequisite

system, we’ll be offering entrylevel courses more often.”

The course is a great learning experience for students within the humanities as well as other areas of study. Anderson said, “It’s a course that all students should take to develop great tools and design work that is valuable to all ranges of students.” Anderson recommends students consider the Media Certificate, to enhance any their

educational experience at Michigan Tech.

Anyone who is interested in learning more about the class or the Media Certificate are encouraged to meet with Anderson in Walker 334. She is also available by phone at 487-3240, and e-mail at wkzander@mtu. edu. To view current course information visit www.hu.mtu. edu/drupal/wkzander/hu3885/ fa10/.

looking to do something different. They want to travel, they like the benefits and security the Peace Corps provides as well as the name of the organization,” said Cruz.

The Peace Corps offers ways for Americans to give back to the world, but it also gives to the volunteers through its graduate school opportunities in the Masters International Program.

Universities around the country work closely with the Peace Corps to create programs that are designed to help developing countries as well as give students the tools they’ll need after graduation.

“Peace Corps offers a life defining leadership experience in an international setting where volunteers not only get to use their skills and knowledge to help communities in need, but also where they are also given the unique opportunity to become fully immersed in a new culture, become fluent in a new language and develop handson professional skills that are highly sought out in today’s job market,” stated Casey Lowman, Peace Corps Public Affairs Assistant in the Chicago Regional Office.

For the past five years, Michigan Technological University has been the top in the nation

for both number of graduate students enrolled in the Masters International Program and in the number of programs offered to students. 107 Tech graduate students have served their country while gaining a higher education in one of the eight masters programs offered at Tech, while 74 graduate students are currently enrolled in the program.

In recent years, Michigan Tech has added two new masters programs to its list of available departmental masters’ degrees.

Biological Sciences and Applied Natural Resource Economics are both currently recruiting students to fill their open positions. Each of the eight Master’s International Programs is directed by Tech faculty members who have served in the Peace Corps themselves.

President Kennedy called on the students of the U of M to stand out and be different, to help others instead of only themselves. Now, fifty years later, the Peace Corps is kicking off their anniversary on the very steps of U of M’s Hatcher Graduate Library by recreating JFK’s announcement of the creation of the Peace Corps on Oct. 14, 2010.

“The agency is very excited about this upcoming historic

milestone and we have numerous events planned across the nation and abroad to celebrate the 50th Anniversary,” said Lowman.

After the kick-off of the anniversary in Ann Arbor, anniversary events will be held all over the nation throughout the next year. Events include select university visits by Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams, agency participation in National Day of Service in January, the launch of “Peace Corps Month” in March, and giving recognition to host countries, and volunteers all through the year.

“The world has changed since 1960, and the Peace Corps has changed with it, allowing the agency to remain as relevant today as ever. Peace Corps continues to address global needs as they arise and adapt to changing environments,” stated Lowman.

From the time it was created as a call to action to university students nationwide, to reaching its 50th anniversary and over 200,000 volunteers, the Peace Corps has adapted and grown to become one of the most widely known service organizations worldwide. Americans have joined together to not just help others who truly need it, but to help each other learn and live in peace.

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Green Campus Enterprise Are you interested in sustainability? Do you want a pen made out of recycled cardboard? Look into the Green Campus Enterprise. Their mission is to effectively reduce the carbon footprint on the Michigan Tech campus. In other words, it is a bunch of students trying to change things for other students. Green Campus is very interested in the opinions of other students and constantly creating surveys to interpret the public opinion.

This is the fourth semester of the Green Campus Enterprise.

Andrew McKenzie, Co-President, joined the Enterprise because, “It was exactly what I wanted to do; I am passionate about sustainability and the main focus of this enterprise is just that.” Currently, there are 16 students in the Enterprise comprised of five separate teams.

“Basically everything we do disrupts the natural environment and I’ve always been interested in finding ways to reduce that impact. I do my part, personally, but to be a part of a student-led group that’s going to change campus was extremely appealing to me – I was really excited to hear about this Enterprise,” said Erin Valdivia, Co-President.

Green Campus often works on University-sponsored projects.

One successful project includes determining how much money the University would save using occupancy sensors to turn off lights in vacant rooms. By taking a random 25 room sample, Green Campus determined that Tech could save approximately $10,000/yr by installing occupancy sensors. These sensors will be installed later this semester. Another very exciting project includes looking into installing wind turbines in the Keweenaw area, close to the Tech campus.

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getting to know everyone so well.”

Valdivia and McKenzie are also looking forward to traveling to Denver, CO, the weekend of Oct. 9, 2010 to attend the AASHE Sustainability Conference. They are being sponsored by the Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering departments as well as the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI). They will be presenting their ideas and projects to others at the conference.

Green Campus Enterprise meets every other Thursday in Rekhi 214 from 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

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gather wind data in this region of the world and determine if it is plausible to start looking into wind energy as an alternative energy source.

One of Valdivia’s favorite experiences has been “presenting to the Executive Team (President Glen Mroz, Vice Presidents, and Provost) with great success.

Coming together as a team during the stressful time of finals and putting together an amazing presentation of the projects we had worked on during the last academic year. [I have also enjoyed] group events like BBQs and just

Check out their website (http:// www.enterprise.mtu.edu/green_ campus/index.html) or email Andy McKenzie, Erin Valdivia, Jenny Robinson, or advisor, Chris Wojick (clwojick@mtu.edu).

“The Green Campus Enterprise has come a long way during only three semesters and has the support of the Executive team of the university because they realize the importance of what we’re doing. This Enterprise is a great way to gain technical experience, get exposure to professionals and work on a team to accomplish a bold task.”

herbal teas, and “puppy play” time during final exams week.

With the change in location, the staff at Counseling Services is not sure that they will be able to continue all of these services.

However, Nancy Taglione, a Licensed Medical Social Worker at Counseling Services, said that counseling is still free to all students on campus –even to a student’s significant other, regardless of student status. Every member of Counseling Services is a licensed mental health professional, and that there “is no issue too small or big” to talk to Counseling Services about.

They also offer 24-hour on-call

services for students and provides a wide-variety of services to help deal with college life.

They even have a room solely dedicated to relaxation, which is open from 8 a.m to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday for students who just want a quiet and peaceful retreat from whatever may be bothering them.

So anytime you feel you’re in over your head, there is a place on the third floor of the Administration Building (to the left as you exit the elevator) that is ready to help you with any crisis, at any time. All you have to do is show up and be ready to talk.

What sort of activities would you like to see in the Lode? Let us know by e-mailing lodecomment@mtu.edu. This week’s Sudoku hits in at a level three.

This week the Lode wanted to give everyone a small break; we’ll post a final level one puzzle entering finals week — we don’t want you wasting too much of your brain power on this. Last week’s completed puzzle is to the right.

Exercise Campus Counseling Services, from 1A Sciences, Colors, from 1A from 2A Hamar House became home to the Center for Diversity and Inclusion. Counseling Services has been relocated to the third floor of the Administration Building.

Student responses to this change have been mixed. Brittany Ondraka, a Scientific & Technical Communication major, said that the old location of Counseling Services was “homey,” “relaxing,” and worked well as “a cure for homesickness.”

Mike Godfrey, a Computer Engineering major, enjoyed the activities Counseling Services offered during trying times of the school year, such as snacks,

also invites students to act as subjects for their research activity and pays a stipend for their participation. In the future, the department plans to have its own graduate program.

The Department of Exercise Science is slowly but surely merging into the mission of Michigan Tech. They are already proving to be a competitive department nationally. It has all the resources for its growth and its gaining more. Students interested to participate as subjects in research can contact their office in room 231 in the SDC.

we use are fantastic and people like them. Even at schools that have what seem to me to be ridiculous colors, the students and fans seem to not care and still be able to unite around the athletic teams,” stated Jonathan Hamilton, Athletic Marketing Coordinator.

So while Michigan Tech students will now know they’re bleeding silver and gold in the stands, on the rink, on the field, or in the classroom instead of black and gold, they’ll continue being united as one in always being a Michigan Tech Husky.

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Famed poet Maya Angelou comes to Rozsa NICK BLECHA Pulse Editor The Rozsa Center was almost full Saturday night as it gave a very warm welcome to Dr. Maya Angelou. Dr. Angelou, famous both for her books, including “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, as well as her work in the civil rights movement, received a standing ovation as she was welcomed onto the Rozsa stage.

Dr. Angelou shared with the Rozsa audience many of her own experiences throughout her life.

She began by explaining her understanding how all of humanity is fundamentally tied together– “I am a human being, and nothing human can be alien to me.”

She related this quote by means of a story from a time she was invited to be a guest conductor.

At the end of the performance, she asked her family to stand.

As she explained, “First a few black people stood up, then a few white people stood up,” and by the end the entire audience was standing. After telling that story, she asked her family in the Rozsa audience to stand up; immediately everyone in the audience did.

She further explained that the quote meant more than an idea of unity–it could also be used for inspiration in the face of adversity. “The next time you don’t want to go to class” because of difficulty with the class, Dr. Angelou explained, “remember nothing is impossible, because a human being did it.”

She also shared how poetry has influenced her life, telling the story of her early years in the process. Her parents divorced when she was three years old, and her mother’s boyfriend later raped her. After she told her family what had happened, her

Saturday Night concert enlightens students ZACHARY PAGE Lode Writer An enigmatic concert was showcased in the Wads annex on Saturday night from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. which featured extraordinary acts from three obscure artists. Each performance was unique relative to the next and covered everything from neo-space rock to shoegazing to underground indie rock.

The first band, Compartment, displayed a unique combination of dream rock and space music which culminated into an aurora of gleeful lyrics and grazing synthesizers. The band, originating from Ann Arbor, Mich., consists of Kevin Mckay on lead vocals and Alex Drosen on electronics and guitar. “It was really dreamy,” said Derek Wojack. “It sounded a lot like something of an early Pink Floyd act.”

Julian Lynch, a solo artist from New Jersey, Wis., performed the second act with ten minutes of droning ambience

accompanied with a resonating flute and harmonica. His style of music has been primarily influenced by avantgarde musicians such as Yoko Ono, Paul Winter, and Kate Bush. “I have also done many Brian Eno covers,” added Lynch.

“Being the accepted founder of ambient music, I found his work very admirable.”

Stemming from Detroit, Mich., the final act featured music by the indie rock band, Prussia. Unlike the previous two artists, this Detroit band relied heavily on percussion, singing, and energizing the crowd. “There was definitely music here for everybody,” said a student. “If you wanted something to dance to, you would like Prussia but if you were looking for something softer, you would choose Julian Lynch or Compartment.”

Ten minute intervals between each band were held in time for preparation, discussion and product promotion.

A table was set up to include CDs, LPs and t-shirts from each artist to be sold.

rapist was arrested, put in jail for one day, then released and killed three days later. After that incident, she stopped speaking, as she felt that her voice had killed the man. It was poetry that finally convinced her to speak again, and she still uses poetry often. Poetry also helped her get through another bad time in her life, when her son was in an accident and needed a hundred stitches. Reciting a poem she had once read to him helped them both get through the difficult time.

Rainbows were a persistent theme throughout the night. As Dr. Angelou told the audience, clouds are a symbol of bad times, and they sit below the sky and block out the light. However, if there is a light in the clouds–a rainbow–it is a sign that the bad times are almost over. Dr. Angelou explained that to her, poetry itself is a rainbow.

Dr. Angelou finished the night by talking about courage. “I believe courage is the greatest virtue,” she explained, “because without it you can’t practice the other virtues consistently.” She called on the audience to develop their courage, and to never tolerate the use of any kind of pejorative, as she described those words as poison.

She empathetically denied that those words had any legitimate use, saying that “even if you pour [poison] into Bavarian crystal, it’s still poison.”

The event was sponsored by a

number of groups and organizations, including Minnesota Public Radio, the Student Entertainment Board, and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion.

Cardinale fills MUB with laughter the ratio here at Michigan Tech. He also stated that he thinks the college “needs more dudes” More dudes might be good for the single ladies out there, but probably would not do the “dudes” out there much good.

Of course Cardinale talked about family. He told us that parents are for money and that kids are for spending money.

Cardinale told a story about him sending a text saying “No mon no fun your son ” and his Dad responding with a text say-

KIMBERLY GRIGG Lode Writer Last Friday night Johnny Cardinale filled the MUB ballroom with laughter. Students and their families packed in the MUB, so many people attended that there was only standing room left for many people.

As the comedian cracked jokes students, siblings, and parents alike broke out in hysterics.

Cardinale opened up his show with the well known fact about

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ing he’s not giving him money with a smiley face. The lucky members of the audience got to be serenaded by Cardinale’s unusual guitar playing style.

His impersonations of modern day music artists was hilarious. The crying singing style of Enrique Iglesias and the nonmanly rock music of today. It was hysterical to see.

The comedian had the parents and students laughing at every joke and his every move.

This was definitely the show to see over the weekend.

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Tickets $3 Runtime: 109 minutes Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can’t do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It’ll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Written by Walt Disney Pictures.

Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra returns to Calumet Theater Saturday Student researches life in the slums NICK BLECHA Pulse Editor The home of Michigan Technical University’s own Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra for many years will be coming home yet again for one night only, as the KSO launches its 40th anniversary concert season in the historic Calumet Theatre. The KSO will perform the Upper Peninsula premiere of Higdon’s ‘Blue Cathedral,’ the most celebrated modern

piece today, in addition to Elgar’s haunting ‘Enigma Variations,’ which was composed the same year the Calumet Theatre was built. The concert also includes riveting selections by Ponchielli and Tchaikovsky.

The performance takes place this Saturday (Oct. 16) at 7:30 p.m. in Calumet Theatre, just 20 minutes north of Tech.

Students are admitted free to the concert with their Tech ID. Tickets are available at the Calumet Theatre box office: 337-2610.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers presents Gala Latina NICK BLECHA Pulse Editor The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is bringing the 6th annual Gala Latina to the Memorial Union Building commons this weekend. This event, sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion and Undergraduate Student Government, is a night of Latin dance music featuring a live performance from Veneno, a 16-member band from Mil-

waukee.

Danny Balderas, from the Salsabrosa Dance Company, will be offering free professional dance lessons from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, as well as from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Classes will include Cha-Cha, Merengue, and Salsa.

Tickets will cost $10 and can be purchased at the door. Admission is open to all. For more information, contact the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at 487-2920.

PRIYANKA MOHARIR Pulse Editor Malvika Singh Parmar, student from Western Michigan University, held a seminar at Fisher hall on Oct. 12, 2010 about her research. The research was about the role slums play in a developing country like India. The research was a case study of two slums in the state of Rajasthan in the city of Jaipur.

Manohar Pura and Jhalana Dongri are two of the slums where Parmar tried to find the reason for the existence of the slum, people behind the slum, and the people living in the slum.

According to her study, many years ago Jhalana Dongri had attracted quarry workers from different states of India due to big quarries, but after some time officials stopped the work and people in those area became unemployed. Due to their long existence in those areas they never migrated back.

The next topic discussed was about people behind the slums.

These areas consisted of government officers or people involved in eradicating the slums. One of them is Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP), which was planned for

the development of slum, but the application of those plans failed badly due to the reckless officers.

The next topic discussed was about the people living in slums.

Apart from the financial issues, people living in slums have to face problems in their everyday lives too.

Problems faced by these people are enormous. They don’t have electricity, and the water supply is irregular. They get water for one hour a day in the entire slum area and the water pressure is so low that it can supply only one house at a time.

They don’t even have public toilets. There is a group of women who have appealed for public toilets in different areas of the slums, and have been successful many times now. But still, that’s not enough as compared to the ratio of people living in those slums. People living there are illiterate and some can’t even write their own name. In some parts of the slums, people are unaware of their own rights.

Women are not allowed to interact in neighborhoods and in some areas they are not allowed to go out of their house. But in some slums, women go out of their homes to bring water back for their daily chores and on the way to their home many are as-

saulted, molested and teased.

However, these slums are an integral part of a city because from here come the people who drive buses, trains, rickshaws or provide services at lower rates to the remaining people in the city.

According to Parmar’s research, one-sixth of the world is in a slum and to date there are two methods developed to eradicate slums. One is a traditional approach in which people living in slums are relocated. It’s a pretty effective method but still not powerful enough to remove slums altogether because even after the relocation they are taken to remote areas where it is hard to earn money.

The other method to remove a slum is a Neoliberal action where in the corporate sector make an investment for their development with the help of citizens. It is not much appreciated, as it is expected, that due to citizen involvement there won’t be transparent transactions and the need of slum people won’t be met.

In city like Jaipur where infrastructure is improving rapidly and is the seventh best place to visit in Aisa, according to an international survey, the problems in slums still remain unresolved and their struggle for needs continues.

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TAYLOR DOMAGALLA Lode Writer

Who does nature belong to? It doesn’t belong to me, it doesn’t belong to you; it belongs to all of us. On public lands especially this seems to be a common opinion.

I went exploring with a group of people from my hall recently.

We hiked around Hungarian Falls. It was a drizzly day and

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the hike was from the bridge to the bottom of the tallest fall, across rocks over the water, then up the side of the falls. If you’ve never done this, I’d recommend it. The hike was difficult, but I was left with a feeling of accomplishment and the memory of a great view.

This amazing view was tainted by one thing and one thing alone: some people felt the need to spray paint their names on

the rocks next to one of the falls.

These persons had violated a social contract. We hadn’t wandered onto private land. These people didn’t own those rocks.

Every visitor owns their sight of the rocks and the falls, but this ownership only really lasts for a moment. These inconsiderate guests marred the site for all future beholders. In a moment of ignorance, they tarnished the peace of the place.

It’s one thing to mark up old abandoned buildings, like the Quincy Mine ruins or even the Dredger. People don’t typically go out of their way to enjoy these places or find tranquility. Those are places for “stupid kids” to go out and be kids.

Things get wrecked there, spray paint marks every wall, visitors are able to do just about anything they very well please and the community doesn’t seem to

mind.

However, to tag a place where other people go to escape the pressure and ugliness of living and working with other people is a crime. I didn’t climb up a waterfall to see someone’s name.

I climbed up there to relax and have fun. Instead of simply being able to enjoy nature, I had to face another scar of nature, inflicted by people who aren’t thinking.

FURTHER DISCUSSION: GAPING CARP MOUTHS?

Ask Sassy Dear Sassy, I have a friend who has boundary issues. Every time they see me they want a hug. They are always trying to put their arm around me and are constantly giving me friendly punches in the arm. How can I tell them to back off in a way that won’t be too detrimental to our friendship?

Sincerely, Bubble believer

Dear Bubble, While having a personal bubble is very important, it is equally important to know when to burst it. Moments of intense sadness or joy are appropriate times to sacrifice your personal barriers for the sake of a friend’s well-being. However, because your friend does not understand this principle, here are a few techniques to avoid contact.

Always be carrying something. If you see your friend coming or know that you will see them in the immediate future, pull a couple books out of your backpack. Your cellphone would also be a great tool. A sudden, intense conversation will hopefully ward off your clingy friend.

Dear Sassy, Is there any etiquette for hugs? I never know whether to go under, over or half-and-half. Everybody seems to have their own style. I also never know when to do a full hug, half hug or a bro hug. Help me!

Sincerely, Awkward as anything

Dear Awkward, Hugs are renowned for their awkwardness. Don’t feel like you are the only one. When it comes to hugs, there is an acronym that will help you make successful contact: P.A.R. Predict, act and rate.

First, you must predict which hug the other person prefers. Look at their body language and pay attention to early signs of their preferred hug form. If one hand is raised slightly than the other, prepare yourself for a half-hug.

Second, you must act. Once you have made an educated guess on what kind of hug is about to be performed, get into position. Have your arms placed clearly to communicate your intentions. If you have misjudged the other person’s intention, then perhaps they can adjust according to your hand position.

Lastly, rank your performance. What could you have done better? Did you pay close enough attention to their body language? By following P.A.R. closely you can make sure your hugging is up to- well, you know.

Dear Sassy, My hair gives me such a hard time. It never seems to do what I want it to and it only looks good right after I get it cut. Do you have any tips to get good hair?

Sincerely, Bad hair day

Dear Bad, I would recommend some products, but I’m sure you’ve already tried most of them. I bet you were swayed by the ads of women with thick, lustrous hair parading down a city street with equally attractive female friends.

Captivated by the promises of movie star hair, you eagerly purchased the sleek, overpriced bottle of gloppy shampoo.

But as your hair dried, bitter disappointment settled in your stomach as you realized you were stuck with the same frizzy mane as before. Don’t be sad, it’s just real life slapping you in the face.

Some people have nice hair, some people have bad hair and some people have no hair at all. How does this matter in the scope of your life? It doesn’t.

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LENA WILSON Opinon Editor While I am supporter of the more artistic and charming siblings of the grafitti family, I was not at all impressed with the grafitti now adorning the rock face of perhaps the most personal of the waterfalls to be found in the Hungarian Falls area.

The grafittist(s) decided on a pure white, not even an eggshell white, and a generic Microsoft paint blue to pop out at viewers.

I really would have been happier to see a thoughtful illustration of some sort but they decided to write in a bad hand (as the American children of this generation can not write in cursive or script to save their own life).

Hungarian Falls may be different than the scrap metal left laying around like the Dredger and Quincy Mine ruins but I must beg to differ that the latter are not also locations of intrigue.

In fact, the roaming around ruins is quite a moving experience. Who has stood here? What occurances have past in this pile of rust? These are prime places to reflect on the quality of time and of what we consider the past. Now whoever these kids may be, I could very easily see myself adorning myself with a tool belt of spray paint and a few stencils. The dredger is looking pretty styling nowadays.

Acceptibility does appear to be an issue. It could easily be decided that one should take time and perform each action with attention and care, even if this is during an act of graffiti. It seems to me that grafitti put upon structures that man have made is appropriate and that putting it on natural vistas is stupid. For we all know that it is impossible to improve upon a natural landscape.

I would argue that taking anger out on the structures of nature could result in bad juju or bad karma. As the dealer of the poorly placed graffiti, it certainly cannot prove to be eternally satisfying to know that one has scarred the beautiful face of earth or cursed the place from which one has come. Now I cannot dare to discuss those that have forever deemed theirselves

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as creatures of the underworld who never want love.

So my bottom line, it’s not cool to write in permanent ink on a natural scene. Through the goggles of my mind, it is cool to climb that rock wall or paint on it with clay and naturally derived paints. It is cool to put your bare feet in the water or take a dip or stand and let the waterfall beat the crap out of you. There are many spectacular and thrilling advantages of the waterfall. For goodness sake, you could leave impermant graffiti by peeing off the top of the waterfall. And of course I encourage you female ‘vandals’!

However, it’s understandable to have an insatiable desire to harbor anger towards others.

Take a little anger out by running up and down the trail at the falls five or six times, feels great!

So those who create the graffiti harbor angsty anger as do those who call them stupid, but none of this will solve the issue.

The issue of who owns what is a large gaping carp fish mouth (yeah I went there). Everyday we delegate things and land and people as being ‘MINE’.

Of course the waterfall and the rocks are no one’s in particular, but who is going to create laws that keep people from doing what they want and making ugly art? Ugly art happens everyday.

Art offends people everyday. Do we want to create laws against ugly, offensive art? Smelling my drift? Smelling the gaping, dead carp mouth? (EW!) Anothing gaping chasm is that of wanting to realize change. Too often does this push for change include pointing fingers, blaming and anger. Also, many times, the person pointing has a slew of their own short comings. If you respect nature, respect it with all your might. That is all you can do to help. If you want to change how people treat nature, then bring awareness and teach love.

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Final home match for women’s netters By DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor

After a tough road trip in which the women’s tennis Huskies defeated the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals and fell in a close match with the Northwood Timberwolves, the Huskies return home this weekend for their final Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) match with the Lake Superior State Lakers.

“I think we are doing some things well, but other things not well,” said head coach Mike Axford. “We’re right there against anybody.”

The Lakers (5-7 overall) currently sit ninth in the GLIAC standings with a 3-7 record in conference play. They are a fairly young team with four upperclassmen and four freshmen on coach Tom Linhart’s roster.

Junior Adrienne DiVito leads the Lakers, going 4-8 thus far in the number one singles spot.

Freshman Tess Martin has struggled in the number two spot with a 2-10 record. Senior Katie Watchron has settled nicely into the number three spot

Cyclocross racing returns to area The fourth annual Keweenaw Cup, organized by Houghton’s Red Jacket Cycling Team returns Oct. 23-24. As many as 100 racers will be lining up for the two days of races.

The races are open to competitors of all ages and abilities.

Cyclocross events are timed races held on short courses, one to one and a half mile tracks. The tracks range from dirt and grass tracks to paved roads.Obstacles such as wooden barriers, logs, sand pits, mud bogs, and unmanageable hills add to the challenge of the courses.

Saturday’s competition is known as the Downtown Hoedown in downtown Copper Harbor. On Sunday, the Top of the World Smackdown will take place at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge.

Weekend champions in each of five classes will be awarded the coveted Keweenaw Cup. Cost of entry for Saturday, Oct. 23, will be $20. The cost includes a pasta dinner at the Mariner North in Copper Harbor. For Sunday, cost of entry will be $10. All proceed from the weekend’s events will benefit the Copper Harbor Trails Club.

The Keweenaw Cup is the fourth weekend of racing in the UPCROSS Points Series, which is a seven-race series of cyclocross events organized by Marquette’s KMX Cycling Club, the Red Jacket Cycling Club, and Range Mountain Bike Club of Ishpeming. The series attracts racers from Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and Minnesota from late September through mid-November.

with a 6-4 record.

Freshm a n H e l e n Sheridan has taken over the number four singles position and has gone 3-5 since doing so.

At 5-4, junior Katie Wiethoff has played well at n u m ber five singles.

Freshman Kaitlynn Hutchinson has been unbeatable at number six singles, going 8-0 thus far.

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Focused on the point: Freshman Anna Hegyi completes a return in a doubles match at the Gates Tennis Center this season.

Photo by Jacob Shuler

Lakers have beaten Lake Erie, Tiffin, and Findlay for their three conference wins.

“Every team in the GLIAC is competitive,” said Axford. “I tell the girls, ‘be prepared for what you see on the court.’ If we go out and play the way we can play we will win.”

The Huskies come into this final GLIAC match sitting in seventh with a 5-5 record both overall and in GLIAC play.

Junior Ploy Suthijindawong leads the Huskies in the number one singles spot. She is 3-7 this season. Freshman Natalia Lebedeva seems to have settled into the number two spot, where she is 4-3 thus far. Senior Nathalia Rondelli has excelled in the number three spot, going 6-1 since being moved from the number two spot.

Freshman Anna Hegyi is 7-2 overall, and 5-2 in the number four singles spot. Senior Asel Otunchieva has played well, going 4-3 at number five singles.

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Soccer Huskies looking forward to rematches on the road DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor

the Bulldogs in goals, assists, points, and shots (27). Senior midfielder Kara Lovelace (32=8) has also been dangerous.

Lovelace has fired 21 shots. Senior midfielder Megan Stec (21=5) and sophomore forward Cassie Aro (2-0=4) each have a pair of goals.

Freshman goalkeeper Rachel McCollum (6-5-1 overall, 0.82 goals against average, .867 save percentage) has played every minute in goal for the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs have outscored opponents 18-10 on the season, and have more fouls than their opponents, 139-127.

The Lakers come into play

this weekend with an 11-1-1 record overall, and a GLIACbest 8-1-1 record. The Lakers posted the largest margin of victory of any opponent against the Huskies, winning 5-0 on Sept. 17.

Sophomore forward Kayla Addison (9-4=22) leads the Lakers in goals, points, and shots (51). Addison is second on the team in game-winning goals with two. Junior midfielder Erin Mruz (7-7=21) and senior forward Jaleen Dingledine are tied for second on the team in goals and points and tied for the team lead in assists.

Sophomore Chelsea Parise (11-1-1 overall, 0.25 goals against average, .930 save percentage) has started every game this season, and is a big reason why the Lakers haven’t s u r re n d e re d a goal against since Sept.

19, when they lost at Northern Michigan in overtime.

After picking up two wins in their final two home matches of the season, the soccer Huskies head back out on the road this weekend to face two opponents who got the better of them earlier this season, the Ferris State Bulldogs, and the NCAA Division II National Champion Grand Valley State Lakers.

The Huskies would love nothing more than to even the score against both of these opponents.

At this point in the season, the Bulldogs are 6-5-1 overall and 6-3-1 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), good for third in the North Division.

The Bulldogs defeated the Huskies on Sept. 19, 3-2, at Sherman Field.

J u n i o r Almost gold: Freshman Lindsey Van Rooy looks to fire a shot on forward Bri goal in a home match against Tiffin.

Borgman (7Photo by Ben Wittbrodt 3-17) leads

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yellow card awarded to the soccer Huskies. Defender Dana Kasom picked up the first yellow card on Sunday. The Huskies had gone 13 games without one.

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combined wins at number three singles by three women’s tennis Huskies. Senior Nathalia Rondelli has the bulk of the wins, going 6-1.

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goals scored by the hockey Huskies against Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State. They haven’t scored that many to open a season since 2003.

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yards per punt return on average by football Huskies’ opponents through the first five games of the season.

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blocks this season by senior Kasey Woodcock of the volleyball Huskies.

Starting for the first time this season, Woodcock is averaging 0.71 blocks per set.

Schedules/Results Visit gliac.org for full standings

Football (4-1, 4-1 GLIAC)

Oct. 2, vs. Ohio Dom., W, 45-6 Oct. 9. at Saginaw Valley, L, 43-31 Sat. at Hillsdale, 1:30 p.m.

Oct. 23, vs. Northwood, 1 p.m.

Soccer (7-5-0, 5-5-0 GLIAC) Oct. 8, vs. Tiffin, W, 2-1 Oct. 10 vs. Findlay, W, 1-0 Fri. at Ferris State, 5 p.m.

Sun., vs. Grand Valley, 12 p.m.

Volleyball (3-12, 2-9 GLIAC) Oct. 8, at Ohio Dom., W, 3-0 Oct. 9. at Tiffin., L, 3-0 Fri. vs. Bellarmine, 2:30 p.m.

Sat. vs. Maryville, 10 a.m.

Sat. vs. Kentucky Wes., 4 p.m.

W. Tennis (5-5, 5-5 GLIAC)

Oct. 8, at Saginaw Valley, W, 6-3 Oct. 9, at Northwood, L, 6-3 Sat. vs. Lake Superior, 10 a.m.

Oct. 22-24. at GLIAC Championships

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THIS WEEK: New York Yankees at Texas Rangers, Ohio State Buckeyes at Wisconsin Badgers, Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles

JACOB VEHRING Business Manager 1-2 Last Week, 12-6 Overall

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YOU Readers 1-2 Last Week, 10-8 Overall

We all went 1-2 last week with each of us getting a different one right. Congrats to the hockey team and their great start.Hopefully Bennett Royer keeps lighting up the scoreboard. Even though I want the Badgers to win, the Buckeyes will beat them in a close game. The Rangers will beat the Yankees. This series will go all seven games, with Cliff Lee winning the final game for the Rangers. The Falcons are looking like the class of the NFC so far this year, and I expect this to continue this weekend as they will sneak out a close win in a high-scoring game.

My hatred for the Yankees may be skewing my sanity, but I think the Rangers are for real, and will take down the evil empire. It seems to be a trend this week to involve teams I hate, and very few teams do I hate more than Ohio State. As much as the Badgers may just be the underdog, I cannot in my right mind choose the Buckeyes. I might as well make it three-for-three with underdogs to try to rebound in the standings. I’ll take the Eagles behind whatever QB starts (I’m calling Kolb for another week) to upset the 4-1 Falcons.

Well, it’s finally October, and time once again for the MLB Playoffs. As a Mets fan, I again have to sit and watch a bunch of teams I could care less about play during the most exciting time of year. It doesn’t matter who the Yankees play, they just have too much talent to lose. C.C. Sabathia will dominate on the mound and Nick Swisher will finally become a playoff stud. The Badgers get the top-ranked Buckeyes at home, and QB Scott Tolzien will have the game of his life as the Badgers force a new No. 1 for the second straight week. Very few QBs have had the kind of start to their careers that Matt Ryan has. This week, he’ll continue that run by tearing apart the Eagles’ defense.

Each week, we’ll let you the reader vote in our Editor’s Shootout online poll at www.mtulode.com/sports/2010/10/14/ editors-shootout-polls/. The majority of the vote for each match-up will be the chosen team, and your cumulative record will get put alongside our three wannabe experts. We’ll run this feature through the entire year and see who comes out on top.

Rangers 4-3 Buckeyes 31-27 Falcons 28-24

Rangers 4-3 Badgers 23-20 Eagles 26-21

Yankees 4-2 Badgers 31-28 Falcons 33-17 Last week’s picks: Michigan Detroit Tie

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Volleyball to compete in GLIAC-GLVC Crossover DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor To say that it’s been a trying season for head coach Orlando Gonzalez and the volleyball Huskies might be a bit of an understatement. That being the case, there’s still room for this team to grow into its talent level, and that transition could begin this weekend with GLIAC/GLVC Crossover Challenge.

“Whenever you play teams from different conferences, you are facing different styles of play,” said Gonzalez. “(We need to) stay focused on what we need to do and continue to get better.”

The Huskies will face three teams they haven’t seen this season in Bellarmine, Maryville and Kentucky Wesleyan, but that doesn’t change

how the Huskies will approach en each of the Huskies’ other The Maryville Saints played the tournament.

Crossover opponents.

15 matches before picking up “We are making some strides in the right direction,” said Gonzalez. “We’ve got to continue to keep our focus in the right direction.

Slowly but surely we’ll climb the ladder and get there.”

The Bellarmine Knights come into the Crossover riding a four-match losing streak. The Knights are 8-8 overall and will be looking to get back on track.

Senior Emily Beckman leads the Knights in kills with 186. She‘s also second on the team in digs (153).

Sophomore Paula Byrns leads the team in blocks with 40. Freshman Bailey BredenbeckCorp has teamBrick wall: Senior Alicia Schneider and freshman Abby DeWitt look to highs in assists with 533 keep the Timberwolves from getting a kill. and service aces with 20.

Photo by Ben Wittbrodt The Knights have beat-

Huskies’ football faces tough challenge in Hillsdale

DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor

Scoring touch: Sophomore Akeem Cason scores a touchdown against Ohio Dominican.

Photo by Ben Wittbrodt

Kearly noted that the Hillsdale offense is a little different than the SVSU offense that racked up 297 rushing yards against Michigan Tech’s then top-ranked defense (still, the Huskies are just a yard shy of first in GLIAC rushing defense).

“Their quarterback is not as

much of a threat to run as SVSU’s QB,” said Kearly. Troy Weatherhead, Hillsdale’s signal caller may not be very mobile, but he is the best quarterback in the GLIAC in total offense (262.8 yards per game), despite his -59 overall rushing yards. Weatherhead’s 272.7 yards per game through the air is

No victory is too small we have been working on for past few weeks,” said Stenvig.

“We just wanted to get better For a team that was assembled with each game, give up lesser during a happy hour at the Kepoints than we did the game beweenaw Brewing Company five fore and more importantly, have weeks ago, Team SISU rolled its fun while doing it.” way through the Fall 2010 InKatie Zimmerman pulled tramural Football schedule and down one touchdown pass from dominate d quarterback John the playoffs Beck, giving her en route to team nine points the co-rec on the play. flag football Terris Anderchampionson and Billy Marship. Team klein combined to SISU dehaul in three more feated AST touchdowns over by a final the course of the score of 35game.

0 on MonTeam SISU’s day night success came at Sherman from familiarity Field. with each other.

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DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor

with three picks, holding AST’s offense to just five first downs, Team SISU’s offense impressed as Nils Markus Stenvig rushed for a 40+ yard touchdown.

“The way we played in the championship game was a culmination of many finer things

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nearly 65 yards ahead of Husky quarterback Steve Short, who is fourth in the GLIAC with 206.2 passing yards per game. Weatherhead is completing 84 percent of his passes, with 13 touchdowns and two interceptions. continued at mtulode.com

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Cattelino earns GLIAC honor again

STEPHEN ANDERSON Editor in Chief After allowing just nine points per game through the first four games, the 4-1 Huskies lost their first game of the year by allowing 43 points against Saginaw Valley State last weekend. The defense will try to get back on track this Saturday afternoon in Hillsdale, who is currently ranked eighth in the nation in the Division II Coaches’ poll with a 4-1 record (their only loss being a 44-41 loss against Grand Valley State).

“We’re excited, because you don’t get to play a nationally ranked team every week,” said head coach Tom Kearly. “We know it’s going to be a great challenge, and we can’t completely slow them down, but we won’t change our approach – it was great to be 4-0, but last week was just one game; now we’ll see how we respond to getting knocked down.”

The defense in particular will need to respond big if it hopes to shut down the Hillsdale Charger offense that joins Grand Valley State as the only GLIAC teams ahead of Michigan Tech in scoring offense (GVSU – 41.7 points per game, Hillsdale – 35.8, Michigan Tech – 33.2).

their first win of the season.

Since then, the Saints have gone 2-3 for an overall record of 3-17 on the season.

Sophomore Ashlee Brockenbrough leads the Saints in kills with 124 to this point in the season. Senior Kari Blankenship has a team-high 38 blocks and is second on the team in kills with 120. Junior Andi Neff leads the team with 511 assists and is fourth on the team in digs with 132.

Freshman Julia Greaves is the most dangerous server with 23 service aces.

The Saints have beaten the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers.

The Panthers have struggled this season, going 5-10 on the year and come into the Crossover riding a two-match losing streak.

For his efforts against Saginaw Valley State that included four extra points and a 32-yard field goal, senior kicker Tyler Cattelino earned the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Special Teams Player of the Week honor. This marks the second time this season that Cattelino has won the award.

On top of the seven points he scored against the Cardinals, Cattelino averaged 65.8 yards per kickoff, which helped the Huskies win the battle of starting field position for the game.

Cattelino continues to put up solid numbers this season, as he is now 22-for-22 on extra points and 4-for-6 on field goals. Cattelino’s longest field goals this season were both 42-yarders against Indianapolis and Ohio Dominican.

Cattelino is also averaging 61.0 yards per kickoff on the season, forcing two touchbacks.

Cattelino was previously honored by the GLIAC for his perfomance against Wayne State on Sept. 18.

Senior quarterback Steve Short and junior defensive back Jesse Vandenberg were also recognized by the GLIAC for their performances as member of the offensive and defensive honor rolls.

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Michigan Tech Lode Thursday, October 14, 2010

Huskies hope to continue hot start

Michigan Tech Huskies vs.

Minnesota State Mavericks Friday and Saturday, 7:07 p.m.

John MacInnes Student Ice Arena

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The hockey Huskies open their WCHA schedule this Friday and Saturday at home against the Minnesota State Mavericks. This weekend will be the first WCHA action for both teams this season. The Huskies will be looking for some revenge against the Mavericks who took three of the four matchups between the clubs last season.

“We want to really make sure playing at home we’re a tough team to play against,” said head coach Jamie Russell.

Huskies to Watch Senior forward Bennett Royer (4-2=6) is coming off a big weekend in the Superior Cup. Royer scored the game-winning overtime goal against Northern Michigan, and also had two assists against Lake Superior State. Freshman forward Milos Gordic (3-1=4) had a solid weekend as well, earning co-WCHA Freshaman of the Week for his efforts.

Steven Seigo, a sophomore defenseman, also had a big weekend on the road. Seigo has been a force on the Husky defense, and already has a goal and four assists under his belt.

The Mavericks While the Mavericks have won, they haven’t done so very convincingly. With a record of 0-0-2, the Mavericks didn’t make a splashy showing against St. Lawrence, tying 5-5 and 1-1. The Mavericks are only one for ten on their power plays, a number that won’t get anyone very far in the WCHA. Mavericks to Watch Junior forward Justin Jokinen (2-1=3) leads the Mavericks in scoring after picking up three points in the Mavericks first two games. Junior forward Michael Dorr (11=2) and sophomore forward Eli Zuck (1-1=2) have both picked up a goal. Dorr has the lone power play marker on the season.

Senior defenseman Kurt Davis (0-2=2) has been a bit of a Huskies’ killer over his four years at Minnesota State.

Injuries The Huskies start the year healthy with only one outstanding injury. Senior co-captain Jordan Baker remains on the injured list and will hope to be back on the ice within the next few weeks.

Bottom Line This year the Huskies add eight freshmen to their roster and they are already looking to be a big part of the team with freshman names being a large part of the score sheet. The Mavericks, on the other hand, lost eight forwards at the end of last season and have no outstanding goal scorers left on the roster from last season.

Special teams and rookies will be a big part of the series this weekend, with the first game being Friday night at 7:07 p.m. at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

The Huskies The Huskies are 2-0-1 for the first time since 2001, and continue to work hard to impress. They changed some of their systems over the summer, and the changes seem to be paying off. Their special teams are getting the job done. The penalty kill is four for five and their power play has scored on three of their seven chances. The Huskies have also been playing a physical style with some big hits this past weekend in the Superior Cup. They will need to remain physical in their first WCHA matchup of the season.

Jordan Erickson Lode Writer

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