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October 21, 2010

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Geology professor pays for new rock garden KIMBERLY GRIGG Lode Writer A new feature has been added to the Michigan Tech’s campus. It is a rock garden in front of Dillman Hall. The rock garden will be here to stay and will beautify campus.

The project was originally thought up by Professor William Rose from the geology department. He presented this idea to the administration a while ago and they approved of his idea. Rose also funded the whole project. The rock garden was specifically created for the geology department. The types of rocks found in the garden are found in the Copper Country.

The garden will be used in many geology classes for students to see first hand what kind of formations and rocks are found in the area. Professors and instructors are planning on taking full advantage of this rock garden.

This rock garden is a part of

the campus beautification project. This beautification project has been going on since 1999 when the committee was formed to help make Tech’s campus a beautiful one to live, learn and grow on. The committee has created a memorial grove in front of the Rosza Center and planted a garden in front of Wadsworth Hall. This committee has been working extremely hard to create the best looking campus Tech can have. The group will continue to make the campus look as beautiful as it can for years to come and will help attract students to the campus by creating an environment that is beautiful to live and learn in.

This project has not gone over so well with many students, though. One student created a Facebook group about the rock garden that many students have been joining. The group calls for students to “help” Michigan Tech with the building of “Stonehenge.” This calls for stu-

Geology rocks: William Rose of the Geology Department paid for unique rock formations within the Copper County to be easily located in Michigan Tech’s new Rock Garden.

Photo by Caitlin Pionke

dents to throw any rock they see on campus into the rock garden.

This is just to make it harder for the workers to finish the rock garden and cause frustration

among the faculty of Michigan Tech and the people working on the new rock garden. This group was mainly created over the worry that this rock gar-

den’s purpose was to end or discourage the all nighter for Winter Carnival’s snow statue continued on 2A

Get to know Undergraduate Student Government MICHAEL FRIESEN Lode Writer After the meeting for the week of Oct. 13, USG president Paul Mattson interviewed with the Lode to talk about the organization’s mission, purpose and workings.

USG, short for Undergraduate Student Government, consists of students elected to represent the undergraduate student body.

USG is divided into a number of different committees looking into different aspects and issues of student and university life.

These committees take on projects to solve problems or make improvements to student life and to the community. Many of these projects might involve decisions

and actions that are not strictly within the jurisdiction of USG, but the committees reach out to and work through the appropriate channels, such as working with Michigan Tech to represent the students when assessing the Experience Tech fee.

Often, USG will work with different student organizations to accomplish these goals and projects. Some projects currently in the works include Zip-Car, an express rental car program, as well as improving the USG housing website to include a landlord rating system to help students select housing with good landlords.

Student issues, the committee in charge of projects primarily centered around student life, is currently working on updating and maintaining the Blue Light

safety system, find solutions to the parking problem and facilitate recycling on campus.

USG is open to suggestions for projects and ways to improve student and university life. Students are encouraged to bring their ideas to USG. Another committee of USG is the Ways and Means committee, which has the primary responsibility of handling a budget that goes to student organizations and sports clubs.

With a few notable special budget group exceptions, including the Lode and Graduate Student Government (GSG), the Ways and Means committee manages budgets for most student groups that receive university funding.

A student organization seeking funding first prepares a bud-

get, and then Ways and Means checks all invoices to ensure that expenditures were budgeted for, and then reimburses (or grants funding) accordingly.

Currently, USG has a strong reserve of funding, which has accumulated over time. Mostly because last year, a sixth of the budget allocated to student organizations was not spent. USG is currently looking for positive outlets to use these reserved funds. President Mattson noted that they were seeking an intelligent distribution of the resources, and emphasized that they are seeking to avoid wasteful, rash or inefficient spending.

Mattson said that the members of USG “are not penny-pinchers, but looking to not just waste it in one place,” and that the goal was

to do positive things for the students and make them happy.

Among many other projects, USG is also working on becoming more visible and well known to the student population and to improve student involvement.

Students are encouraged to get involved with USG and bring ideas on how to improve the community and the university.

General meetings are held at 7 p.m on Wednesdays, in MUB Ballroom B. Each meeting has a time allotted for open floor discussion, where guests and visitors can speak and bring up issues or suggestions for consideration. Interested students can also email usg@mtu.edu with questions, comments, critiques, or inquiries on how to get involved.

Michigan Tech lowers student Local community registers Help make organization GPA requirements to help fight leukemia a difference The minimum GPA for students holding an officer position in a student organization has been dropped from a 2.5 to 2.0 this semester. This is a decision that has raised many eyebrows and leads one to wonder why the University seems to be lowering its standards.

Rachel Wussow, the Interim Director of Student Activities says the drop in minimum GPA requirements is due to the University’s new ability to run reports of all students holding leadership positions using Involvement Link.

Additionally, Wussow states, “The reasoning behind changing the 2.5 GPA to 2.0 GPA was to ease regulation and to match the University policy of ‘in good academic standing’.”

While it is true that a 2.0 GPA is required to stay in good standing here at Michigan Tech, many believe that students holding officer positions should be held to

a higher standing. Jess Banda, the 2010 Homecoming Queen and a member of numerous organizations on campus, said, “I believe that a 2.5/2.0 G.P.A. is far too low.

If officers are not maintaining at least a B average in their classes I do not think they should be taking on the added responsibility and time commitment of an executive board position. Academics should always come first.” She brings up a good point. If students are unable to commit themselves to a leadership position without their GPA falling, why should they be allowed the position? This is, after all, a University where students come to learn. Although it is true that learning leadership skills is a big part of succeeding in the workplace, future employers also look for students who are able to multitask without letting the quality of their work diminish. This drop in GPA requirements for students holding officer positions may be hindering students more than helping them. The University may be lowering standards, but the employers are not.

National Marrow Donor Program “The walked me through everything. I knew

what was going to happen the whole way.

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The Copper Country Marrow Registry held a bone marrow registration drive Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010 in Hancock to help former local business man, Pete Nissila, and the rest of the United States through the National Marrow Donor Program, “Be the Match.” Nissila, a Keweenaw local, moved to Oregon 18 months ago and has since been diagnosed with leukemia, a malignant disease of the bone marrow and blood.

Established in 2006 to help locals in the Copper Country find donor matches, the Copper Country Marrow Registry has raised the bar nationally on

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the average number of people who come to marrow drives and leave as donors.

“Today, we have over 50 [registrants], and I know we have some online registrants already. Our last drive we had 181 [people register] in 2006.

The national average is 30 [registrants] at a drive,” stated Julie Crowl, Chairperson of the Copper Country Marrow Registry, and Executive Director of Amazing Grace Ministries in the Keweenaw.

People who have registered to be a bone marrow donor are logged in a database that physicians can use to find donor matches to leukemia patients. If the donor matches continued on 3A

this Saturday Make a Difference Day, an annual event geared toward local community service, will take place this Saturday, Oct. 23 across the Keweenaw.

Raking, painting, clearing brush and taking care of the streets are just some of the project that Michigan Tech students will be participating in this weekend.

According to Heather Norton from the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), the Michigan Technological University chapters of NSLS and Sigma Tau Gamma are pairing up to clean and promote awareness for Prince’s Point. The groups will be cleaning up garbage, recycling pop cans and bottles, trimming brush and weeds and removing broken glass.

For more information about Make a Difference Day, visit http://www.sa.mtu.edu/community/difference.html or e-mail communityservice@mtu.edu

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E n t e r p r i s e o f t h e we e k : BoardSpor ts Technologies REBEKAH PRICE Lode Writer 1…2…3…BST! Since 2006, the BoardSports Technologies (BST) Enterprise has been designing and constructing snowboards, wakeboards, and skateboards.

Now, in their fourth year, they are reconstructing and re-organizing the Enterprise to increase efficiency and to expand their horizons and projects. In fact, one of the new goals of BST is to have a greener approach to the m a nu f a c tu r i n g of their projects; it’s a process that they have started in the Fall 2010 semester.

The types of projects that BST has done deal with measuring stresses and acquiring data on individual boards. One of these data acquisition projects included designing and calculating where to put force sensors on a wakeboard to determine the location of the

greatest stresses during use. Students also designed how to make these sensors water-resistant and be able to transfer the collected data onto an SD card. A composite skateboard is being developed

by BST students for their senior project. Composite boards offer a lighter and stronger option to the traditional wood boards.

A current, sponsored project BST is working on is in collaboration with Altair and performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with provided software.

They are trying to create a tuto-

As a part of the reorganizing and reconstructing this year, BST is working to modify old equipment. One goal is to be able to interchange boards on the same board press. This would increase efficiency and quality of each board as a computer program would be able to control the heat and pressure needed. Currently, each board is pressed by hand with an estimated time of completion.

Tony Tomasi, who joined BST three semesters ago, joined, because “I love skiing!” Tomasi also enjoys the “great members, fun projects, and working with something I have a passion for.”

Adam Gofton, who joined the Enterprise program three years ago, notes that “BST is more interest driven than major driven.”

BST is not just for engineers, either. Will Duray, fourth-year member of BST, is a Marketing major. “I’m a marketing major

is more interest driven than major “ BST driven.

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rial for water-based boards and other marine crafts. The provided FEA program works well with UGNX, which is very important to Michigan Tech students. BST is also working to incorporate this program with skateboards to make it a multi-board system.

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Above: Clay Kliem, VP, is showing off the first CNC worked wakeboard core that BoardSports Technologies made.

Photos by Rebekah Price

so the major things I’ve learned were in the areas of team leadership and team communication.”

Most of the 24 members of this interesting Enterprise team are seniors. BST is looking for more underclassman to pass on the skills that have been learned in its short existence. The executive board is made up of Adam

Gofton, President; Clay Kliem, Vice President; Tony Tomasi, Treasurer; Shaun Vestula, Secretary; Brian Weidner, Wakeboard Leader; Will Duray, Snowboard Leader; Kenny Van Maeen, Skateboard leader; and Dr. Ibrahim Miskioglu, advisor. Meetings are Tuesdays at 6 p.m. in the MUB Peninsula room.

50 reasons to bike on the street ERIKA PEABODY Lode Writer Houghton city officials have decided recently to impose a $50 ticket to anyone found riding their bikes on the sidewalks downtown. At first, this may sound like a ridiculous reason

to ticket someone; however, it is best for the safety of pedestrians. With the heavy pedestrian traffic around Houghton it is not safe to allow bikes on the sidewalk. That is why the City of Houghton devised a plan in 2007 to help make Houghton more bike-friendly.

Since then, signs have been

put up on streets indicating whether bikes are allowed or not. New bike racks have been placed around the city, and new bike lanes have been added on many of the roads around town. In fact, the current construction on Sharon Ave. is due to the city adding extra pavement to the road to

create a bike lane.

All of the improvements and efforts the city is making in order to make biking in Houghton easier have earned it the national designation of a biking friendly community. This is an honor that Houghton now shares with less than 200 cities in the United States. The new

ticketing policy that has been put into effect is to help bikers remember that they now have specific routes that have been tailored just for them, and to help keep the sidewalks safe for pedestrians. So, if you are biking in Houghton, remember to pay attention to the signs, be alert and stay safe.

Rock garden, from 1A building. The rumor then grew to say that Michigan Tech was trying to end Winter Carnival all together.

Despite what that rumor says, there is no truth to it. The location that is being used for the rock garden has gone many years without being used for competitive snow statue building. Snow statue building will be a Michigan Tech tradition for years to come and will not end because of this rock garden.

In no way is the school trying to prevent or stop Winter Carnival from happening. There will still

be room on the perimeter of the garden for all nighter snow statues to be built.

The completion of the rock garden should be happening either later this fall or early in the spring. Michigan Tech’s gardener will be planting shrubs and plants in the rock garden to help make it look even better. This should not take long and soon the student body and faculty will be able to fully enjoy the rock garden. The campus has come very far with its beautification project. Over the last 10 years all of the gardens

have been added to Michigan Tech’s campus and have created a much more beautiful campus for the students.

There has already been one event at the rock garden; it was a fake poetry reading by Matt Seigel. Seigel read some poetry, but the main reason why it was held was for a photo for Michigan Tech. Seigel read some poetry to the students while a photographer took some pictures.

Many people showed up for this quick five-minute event and had their picture taken for this fake poetry reading.

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Local community registers to help fight leukemia, from 1A

Registering to help: A marrow registrant swabs the inside of her mouth. Each registrant has to swab their mouth four times.

Photos by Lauren Kors

with a patient, the expenses are covered by monetary donations given to the National Marrow Donor Program.

“The National Marrow Donor Program walked me through everything. I knew what was going to happen the whole way. They covered all the costs, took me to whatever hospital I needed to go to, and covered all the surgery.

I just needed to be there,” said John Haeussler, member of the volunteer team for the Copper Country Marrow Registry, and former bone marrow donor.

Most donor matches are found within the same family, or within the same genetic heritage gene pool. Nissila, being of Northern European decent, is more likely to find a bone marrow match in the Keweenaw where locals are mostly of Finnish ethnicity like himself. The marrow drive will continue to be accepting registrants online through Oct. 31, 2010 at www.marrow.org.

Raising the national average while in pursuit of helping a neighbor, The Copper Country Marrow Registry is another example of what a community and of what humanity can do when we come together to make a difference.

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

This week the Lode decided to take it easy knowing this is mid-terms week; 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.

Flu shots available at Michigan Tech Healthy snacks for students in Dow Michigan Tech will be offereing free flu shots to employers and dependents to those covered by the University’s Aetna healthcare plan, and for a small fee to those without the plan.

To obtain the free flu shot, employers and dependents must provide photo ID and/or their Aetna member card. All others

can pay $25 at the time of service for the flu shot. Shots will be available on a first-come, firstserve basis.

The clinics will be held in the Memorial Union Peninsula Room at the following times with the following providers: * Monday, Oct. 25, 1 to 4 p.m., Portage Health

* Thursday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Portage Health * Tuesday, Nov. 2, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Portage Health * Thursday, Nov. 4, 1 to 4 p.m., Portage Health * Tuesday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m. to noon, Aspirus Keweenaw * Thursday, Nov. 18, noon to 3 p.m., Aspirus Keweenaw

MARGARET DAY Guest Writer As classes come to an end, students come pouring out of Dow 642, and a line begins to form at the new Fusion Café just down the hall. Many students are chattering away, wondering what smoothie they will try next. Fusion is one of the many dining options on campus, but instead of the regular pizzas and burgers, Fusion offers a healthy alternative for students, faculty and staff.

Matt Lean, Associate Director of Retail Dining, designed the idea of a café that offered fruit smoothies and other healthy snacks. Patrons can choose from many different fruits for their smoothie, or they can pick a blend that was created by the Dining Services staff. The staff spent the several weeks before Fusion opened, trying new combinations and perfecting the smoothie menu. Each smoothie costs $3.95 and is made with all real fruit.

Besides healthy snacks and smoothies, Fusion also offers a variety of wraps. Many of these wraps have an international flavor such as, Aloo (Indian), Hummus, (Greek) and Guacamole (Mexican). The international theme inspired the name of the café: “I came up with the name (Fusion) because it fuses together different cultures,” said Lean. Along with these international wraps, Fusion also offers different assorted wraps daily.

Wraps cost $3.99 and customers won’t be disappointed by their unique flavors.

According to Theresa Coleman-Kaiser, Director of Auxiliary Services, the Dow building was chosen as the best location for Fusion after much research with students, staff and faculty.

“With the help of some col-

leagues in I.T., we were able to identify locations on campus with the highest concentrations of students for the longest time periods…” said Coleman-Kaiser.

The first site chosen using this data was the Aftermath Café, located in Fisher Hall. The Library Café was built shortly after, a great result of a designated gift. After more research on traffic data, the Dow was identified as the next location, partly because of its connection to the EERC and Dillman Hall.

Fusion was then recommended to Ellen Horsch, Vice President for Administration by Coleman-Kaiser and Bob Hiltunen, Associate Director of Auxiliary Services.

Lean says Fusion is doing very well so far. Fusion is implementing a series of promotional events with Michigan Tech Athletics as well. At select Tech sporting events, smoothie coupons wrapped in Fusion T-shirts will be thrown into the stands.

On occasion, smoothie coupons will be dropped from the blimp during intermissions at hockey games as well. For healthy snacks, wraps and smoothies, make sure to check out Fusion on the Dow 6th Floor.

Photo by Jacob Shuler

Night parking ban notice The City of Houghton will begin an overnight parking ban on any city street or parking facility between the hours of 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. starting on November 1.

The ban will be in effect through April 30 so that the city can effectively plow streets and parking areas during the overnight

and early morning hours.

According to John Donnelly, Houghton’s Chief of Police, tickets for vehicles parked illegally between 2 and 7 a.m. will include a $35 fine, which will be doubled if not paid within 10 days, in addition to towing and storage fees.

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Theater hosts first Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra returns to Calumet Theater show in fifty years ZACHARY PAGE Lode Writer The Orpheum Theater, located in Hancock, held its first live performance in over 50 years on Saturday night to celebrate a new beginning for the odeum and the community. Since it opened in 1910, the theater hosted mainly vaudeville acts and dance. It underwent a transformation in the late 1950’s when it was converted to a movie theater. Since then, the vacant building has remained a passé and, to some, forgotten piece of Hancock history.

Mike Shupe, who now owns the theater, made an attempt to change this image by converting the lobby into a pizza and ice cream bar. Eventually, he hoped the building would attract enough people to make it profitable for a live performance theater again. “We’ve been funding this through pizza sales,” explained Shupe in regards to expenses for remodeling and building up the theater. The first concert to be held in over 50 years was hosted by the Michigan Tech student radio station 91.9 FM, WMTU. “There was a mix of different genres at the show,” explains

Dan Haefs, organizer of the event. “It’s all really indie music, but every act has their own take on it.” Artists who performed at the event included Matt Jones, Steve Leaf, the White Pines, and the Go ‘Rounds. “Matt Jones has been up here a bunch of times the last couple years and has a super unique combination of finger picked guitar and a high pitched voice that is just hauntingly beautiful.”

WMTU has been showing a frequent number of concerts within the community lately.

Most of the shows hosted by the radio station are free which attracts a decent number of people to events. “We have had a show almost once a month,” added Haefs. “For this show we had well over 150 people packed into the Orpheum Theater. WMTU is going to try and host concerts there once a month since this was such a success.” To facilitate regular events at the Orpheum Theater, Haefs and WMTU hope to establish a strong relationship with its owners and the surrounding community.

For more information regarding WMTU or upcoming performances at the Orpheum Theater contact the WMTU office at (906) 487-2333.

NICK BLECHA Pulse Editor Saturday evening featured the first performance of the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra’s first performance of the 2010-2011 season. It also featured the KSO’s return to the Calumet Theatre, where it had performed on and off from 1971 until 2000, at which point it moved to the Rozsa Center at Michigan Tech.

The concert featured four pieces: “Dance of the Hours,” “Blue Cathedral,” “Polonaise,” and “Enigma Variations”.

“Dance of the Hours,” from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda, was the first piece performed. However, the dance is known less as being from the opera and more as the piece that plays alongside the ballet-dancing hippopotami in Walt Disney’s Fantasia. It is also known as the source of the tune from Allen Sherman’s “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah.”

Following was Jennifer Higdon’s “Blue Cathedral”, the only twentieth-century piece of the night. “Blue Cathedral” was

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written in memory of Higdon’s brother Andrew Blue, who died at age 33. The piece featured unusual percussion, such as “Chinese reflex bells.” In addition, about half of it was in 5/4 time, a highly unusual beat.

After an intermission, the orchestra returned with “Polonaise” from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin. The main attraction of the event, though, was the final piece, “Enigma Variations” and was composed

by Edward Elgar in 1899 (the same year the Calumet Theatre was built). The piece is of the “Theme and Variations” form, featuring a musical theme and movements that utilize the theme in different ways. The “Enigma Variations” are unique in that each movement is dedicated to a person in Elgar’s life, musically fitting each person.

The first movement, C.A.E., is dedicated to Elgar’s wife Caroline Alice Elgar. Both the movement and his wife have been described by Elgar as being “romantic and delicate.” Enigma is also the source of the famous “Nimrod,” which is dedicated to Elgar’s close friend and source of encouragement, Augustus J.

The Hut Inn Located in Kearsarge, a few minutes north of Calumet, The Hut Inn is owned by the same owners as the Ramada Inn in Hancock. After being closed for two years, the restaurant reopened with a close relationship to Pasty Central – a kitchen which ships 50,000 pasties a year.

The Hut’s menu is similar to

The Conductor: Dr. Joel Neves is beginning his second year conducting the KSO.

Jaeger.

The KSO will have four more performances this season, including one in December featuring Beethoven’s fifth symphony, and a pops concert during Winter Carnival, which will feature the most popular selections from the Saturday and the December performances. the Ramada’s menu and your meal is free on your birthday.

The inside of the restaurant is what makes it so unique – wood entryways and a dim-lit dining area make for a classy place to eat. The Hut burger is their famous entree, along with pasties, and Mexican and Italian cuisine. Dinner prices average around $10. Check out their website for more information: http://www.hutinn.com/

Check out mtulode.com for more restaurant reviews by staff writer Erika Peabody

This week at Film Board: Salt

Friday and Saturday Showtimes 6, 8:30, 11 p.m.

Tickets $3 Runtime: 100 minutes As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt’s efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who Is Salt?” Written by Sony.

Victoria’s Kitchen Located in downtown Houghton, right next to Cyberia Café, Victoria’s Kitchen provides great local, home-made food at low prices. The restaurant is very homey and the chef is Victoria

herself. She’s famous for her pastries, omelets, pasties and Middle Eastern food. The inside is very simple, with local artists’ work hanging on the walls.

Prices for a meal start at $2.95!

Call for more information: (906) 482-8650, or just stop by and take a look at the menu.

Tickets available at the door. Limited seating, arrive early.

Concessions are available before each showing.

Fisher 135 | (906) 487-2704

The Drive-In Located in Baraga, it’s a great place to go after you’ve won big at the casino. Their famous burgers, ice cold mugs of A&W root beer, homemade custard and shakes aren’t the only things that make this restaurant memorable – you never have to get out of your car! The wait

staff takes your order and delivers the food right to your car window. The Drive-In is a very traditional, mom and pop restaurant with classic American foods and car-side service. Unfortunately the restaurant is only open during spring and summer. Check out their website for more information: http://www. michigan.org/Property/Detail. aspx?p=B15199

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Reasons to study abroad Kaye LaFond, Civil and Environmental Engineering Well, studying abroad in Jordan was amazing for me in so many ways. Learning a new language, seeing the world from a different perspective and meeting people who were different - but really the same - was such a life-changing experience. In addition, I feel like my ability to tolerate a different environment has skyrocketed.

Most importantly, I can share what I’ve learned with the folks

back home - this is my chance to promote acceptance and understanding between cultures. It was fabulous! I highly recommend studying abroad.

Trent Trisch, Chemical Engineering I never even considered studying abroad, and just one year ago I hadn’t even studied a foreign language. The chain of events that lead to me studying abroad starts like this: There was an open space in my schedule so I added Ger-

Ask Sassy Dear Sassy, I’d really like to make dinner for some friends of mine this weekend. Do you have any recipe ideas that wouldn’t be too challenging for a beginner chef?

Sincerely, Aspiring cook Dear Aspiring, I congratulate you on your drive to become a better chef. As fast food becomes more prevalent and fewer kids are taught how to use the stove, our country seems to be in a food crisis. But it is encouraging to know that people like you are stepping up to the plate and bringing back homemade food.

I’ve done some research and come up with some healthy recipes that hearken back to the golden days of American cooking: the 1970’s. In our nation’s grooviest era, it wasn’t only the tie-dye and bell bottoms that defined a generation, but their creative, unconventional cuisine.

To start out with, create a celery log. There’s nothing better than some unidentifiable white cream surrounded by crisp celery. For your salad course, try the jellied mushroom and lima bean mold. This wiggly, charming structure will please the eyes and the palette. For the main course, pull out all the stops and create the always surprising cream of mackerel casserole. Your guests will gasp in anticipation as their glop of casserole oozes on their plate, sending up aromas reminiscent of the sea and school lunches.

You’ve just been served. Enjoy!

Dear Sassy, I’m a male in my early twenties and I’ve had the same hair style my whole life, basically a bowl cut. I’ve always been afraid to try something new. Do you have any suggestions for a new style or do you even think I should try something new?

Sincerely, Hair troubles Dear Hair, The biggest mistake you could make is changing your hairstyle. You’ve probably had the same hair cut because you feel comfortable with it, right? So why change what is working for you? Sure, you may look like a creepy boy-man, but as long as you are confident in your age inappropriate style there’s no need to go through the hassle of a change. Not to mention, actually getting your hair styled could cost as much as $20! It’s best to stick with that $10 cut you get from the barber shop that’s within walking distance. Sure, you may have to put up with him smoking and complaining about Mexican immigrants, but it’s worth it to have hair you are comfortable with.

In all seriousness, please get a different haircut. Everyone in your life is secretly hoping that one day you’ll walk in not looking like a ten year old with an overactive thyroid gland.

Dear Sassy, Facebook has really been bugging me lately. It seems like every one keeps commenting something negative on every little thing I post. I feel that whatever goes on my profile is my own business and I really don’t like people butting in with their two cents all the time. How can I stop my Facebook friends from being so negative?

Sincerely, Agitated online Dear Agitated, I am very sorry to hear about your bad Facebook experience. For many, Facebook can be a constructive space where they can share with friends and family. Unfortunately for others, it can also be an extremely hostile area where they are bullied and harassed.

I guess the phrase “social network” didn’t foreshadow all the flak you’ve been getting lately. Do you realize that posting something on your wall is like walking down the street with that post hanging over your head? Your profile isn’t exactly your bedroom. It’s a public forum where both the negative and positive can be published.

So next time you post that article about how the mosque near Ground Zero is offensive or join the “Sarah Palin 2012” group, expect some negative feedback.

Have a question to ASK SASSY?! E-mail questions to Sassy at lodesubmit@mtu.edu

man I-A. While taking my second semester of German, I learned about the summer university program in Stuttgart, Germany. I took a flyer and thought little about it.

Basically, I didn’t really consider studying abroad even after having studied German for two semesters. One thing led to another, and since I didn’t have a co-op or internship lined up for the coming summer or fall semesters I decided to just do it after a friend talked me into it. I had nothing else better to do and figured “why not”. I ended up applying on the deadline and then figured out my finances, passport, plane tickets, etc. all after the fact.

After having studied and traveled abroad I cannot think of anything better to do with the time and money considering the alternatives (staying home in Michigan or working). I learned so much about traveling, German culture and language, surviving on a budget and about myself.

I saw so much more than I ever expected and went to so many more places than I ever imagined.

Before this summer I had been to two countries, the USA and Canada. Now I have been to 12 (Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria)! I studied for 6 weeks in Stuttgart and took enough money to continue traveling for 6 more weeks. In total I was in Europe for 3 months.

Choosing to study abroad on a whim is one of the best decisions that I have ever made. My experiences abroad this summer have changed my life forever. I absolutely recommend studying abroad to anyone who is even slightly considering it as a possibility. There really is no reason why you shouldn’t study abroad if you truly want to.

Mary Durfee, Associate Professor of Government I just can’t overstate how wonderful study abroad is on many levels-personal, professional, intellectual. My Malta experience still yields surprises to me.

Lena Wilson, Opinion Editor Although one needn’t travel abroad to find the kindness of strangers, I found that while I was abroad it was easier to discover.

The most challenging and beneficial learning experiences I had were those in which I went out of my comfort zone and sought out others who had similar interests.

Even though we had the difference of origin, we still got along.

I believe it is important to find others you can depend on while abroad. For instance, I made good friends with others in my program - perhaps with people I usually wouldn’t have.

I am amazed at myself. If for nothing else, taking a chance and traveling will provide a new level at which you can get to know yourself. And of course you gain stories to share.

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Hockey heads into first break among nation’s elite

JORDAN ERICKSON Lode Writer

every category, individual and team.

Individually, Husky names fill top slots in the rankings. Three are currently Top-25 in scoring

including 11th-ranked sophomore defenseman Steven Seigo, No. 21 ranked senior defenseman Deron Cousens, and No. 22 ranked senior center Eric

The hockey Huskies left the ice Saturday night as one of the top teams in the WCHA and the country.

The Huskies go on a weekend break after playing five games in nine days and coming out with a record of 3-0-2, the best starting record the team has had since the 1972-73 season when they went 8-0-0.

“Right now things are feeling good and the guys are doing a good job [so far in the season],” said Huskies’ assistant coach Damon Whitten.

The team, after all, does have a lot to feel good about at this point in the season.

Goalie’s nightmare: Junior Alex MacLeod scored three goals against Currently the hockey Minnesota State over the weekend.

Huskies are in the Top-25 Photo by Ben Wittbrodt in the nation for almost

Kattelus.

As a team the Huskies are finding success. The group has the longest unbeaten streak, and has the sixth-ranked offense, fourth-ranked power play and are ranked fifth in shorthanded goals.

Even with all the success that hard work has gotten them, the Huskies are not looking to back off during their off week as they wait for the next series against the Wisconsin Badgers.

“The guys’ approach is very focused,” said Whitten.

“They want to win games.”

A large part of the winning factor is the senior and freshman classes. So far the freshman class have a third of the teams 24 goals and are consistent members in the game lineup. The senior class is also doing their part as they boast some of the nation’s top scorers. continued at mtulode.com

Women’s netters prep Cross Country teams continue to battle for points for GLIAC Tournament DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor Despite taking two weeks off, both the men’s and women’s cross country Huskies continued their torrid paces, finishing second and third, respectively at the Parkside Invitational last Saturday.

Senior Brian Stetter paced the men’s team throught the eight-kilometer race with a time of 25:54, good for second overall. Freshman Matt Dugan finished 13th overall and second on the Huskies with a time of 27:15.

Sophomores Jonathan Kilpela and Nick Bedbury finished

18th and 19th with times of 27:28 and 27:32. Senior Scott Kentner also ran well, finishing 23rd with a time of 27:37, good for 23rd. The race was one of Kentner’s best races of his career.

The Huskies finished second only to the hosts, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Freshman Deedra Irwin again lead the women’s team, as she finished seventh overall, running the five-kilometer track in just 19:10. She was followed in by teammate, sophomore Sarah Daniels, who finished 10th with a time of 19:25. continued at mtulode.com

Ready to run: The women’s cross country team prepares to race earlier this fall.

Photo by Jacob Shuler

DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor After opening the fall portion of their schedule with one win and four losses, the women’s tennis Huskies have gone 6-1, with the lone loss coming at the hands of the Northwood Timberwolves. The Timberwolves are just one of several teams the Huskies would love to face again now as they are playing some of their best tennis right now.

The Huskies will face at least one of the teams that beat them this season, as they have drawn the Ferris State Bulldogs in the opening round of the GLIAC Tournament. The Bulldogs, who beat the Huskies on Sept.

26, 7-2, come in having finished third in the GLIAC with a 9-2 record.

The Bulldogs have won three straight matches since losing to Grand Valley State, 6-3, on Oct. 1.

Senior Alina Stanila has been unbeatable at number one singles, going 11-0. Senior Amy Ingle has gone 6-4 at number two singles. Senior Tiffany Rheynard has also played well, going 7-3 at number three singles.

Junior Melissa Flowers (5-6 overall) has gone 4-6 at number four singles. Sophomore Tabitha Simpson (10-1 overall)

has been the most effective number five singles player, going 6-1. Junior Natalie Diorio (9-2 overall) has played solid tennis at number six singles, where she’s gone 7-0.

The other opening round matches include Northwood against Saginaw Valley State, Grand Valley State against Lake Superior State, and Wayne State against Ashland.

Junior Ploy Suthijindawong has a 4-7 record at number singles for the Huskies. Freshman Natalia Lebedeva has settled into the number two singles spot as she is now 5-3 on the season. Senior Nathalia Rondelli (8-3 overall) gives the Huskies a top three as strong as most teams in the GLIAC. Freshman Anna Hegyi (8-2 overall) is 6-2 at number four singles. Senior Asel Otunchieva (6-5 overall) has been very good at number five singles, where she has won five of her eight matches. Sophomore Kira Eck (3-7 overall) has been building on her modest success, three wins at number six singles, of late.

Should the Huskies defeat the Bulldogs, they’d likely face Grand Valley in the second round as the Lakers come in to the tournament with the best record.

Check out our web site, mtulode.com/sports, after each match for a detailed recap.

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players with goals for the soccer Huskies. All six scorers have at least two goals with Melanie Hoffman leading all Huskies’ scorers with five.

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touchdowns scored by the football Huskies this season.

They have only surrendered 13 through their first six games.

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singles victories by the women’s tennis Huskies this season. Senior Nathalia Rondelli and freshman Anna Hegyi lead the way with eight wins each.

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percent (85.7) penalty kill this season for the hockey Huskies.

Last season, they only managed to stop 71.9 percent of opponents’ power plays.

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digs by freshman Tessa Mauer of the volleyball Huskies. She has been one of the bright spots in what has been a season to forget for the Huskies.

Schedules/Results Visit gliac.org for full standings Football (4-2, 4-2 GLIAC) Oct. 9. at Saginaw Valley, L, 43-31 Oct. 16 at Hillsdale, L, 24-17 Sat., vs. Northwood, 1 p.m.

Oct. 30 vs. Grand Valley, 1 p.m.

Soccer (7-7-0, 5-7-0 GLIAC) Oct. 15 at Ferris State, L, 2-0 Oct. 17 at Grand Valley, L, 5-0 Fri., at Northwood, 4 p.m.

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

Volleyball (4-14, 2-9 GLIAC) Oct. 16 vs. Kentucky Wes., W, 3-1 Fri., vs. Saginaw Valley, 7 p.m.

Sat., vs. Grand Valley, 4 p.m.

Sun., vs. Ferris State, 3 p.m.

W. Tennis (6-5, 6-5 GLIAC) Oct. 9 at Northwood, L, 6-3 Oct. 16 vs. Lake Superior, W, 8-1 Fri. vs. Ferris State, TBA Sat. at GLIAC Championships Sun. at GLIAC Championships

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THIS WEEK: LSU Tigers at Auburn Tigers, New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers, Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers, N.Y. Yankees vs. Texas Rangers

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While I am happy the Buckeyes lost, I did not see it coming. While watching the Packers this year so far has been painful, as a fan I could never pick them to lose, especially against the Vikings. LSU has looked strong this year, but Auburn’s QB Cameron Newton is the real deal. Expect Newton to keep it rolling as Auburn beats LSU decisively.

The Devils are off to a very slow start due to a severe lack of scoring, the Rangers have not had a problem scoring, but they have had problems preventing it. I think New York will outscore New Jersey and take the win.

With the Packers’ mile-long injury list, Green Bay will need more than 35 points to beat Minnesota, but fortunately Rodgers will finally start clicking on all cylinders. Favre’s elbow injury will flare up, causing a timely interception, which Woodson will take to the house, putting the Packers in a tie atop the NFC North Division. Auburn has been magical this year and Cameron Newton will lead them to a huge SEC win. Both the Devils and Rangers have had a rough start to the year, but I think Lundqvist will outplay Brodeur for a big Ranger win in the Garden.

After watching the Packers drop the ball in overtime for two straight weeks and knowing that they still have no answers at linebacker, the elderly Favre will be able to take his time dismantling the Packers’ defense, The Vikings offensive line should finally be able to protect Favre from a team with no pash rush. I cannot stand LSU in any way shape or form, and love the fact that JaMarcus Russell has failed in NFL. I believe that Auburn is just too deep and Cameron Newton will have a field day with the LSU defense. Ilya Kovalchuk is due to break out, and will do so in a big way against the Rangers, as he burns King Henrik for three goals in a Devils’ rout.

Each week, we’ll let you the reader vote in our Editor’s Shootout online poll at www.mtulode.com/sports/2010/10/21/ editors-shootout-polls-6/. 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.

Texas Rangers 4-3 Packers 21-20 Auburn 31-17 N.Y. Rangers 4-3 Texas Rangers 4-3 Packers 38-24 Auburn 30-24 N.Y. Rangers 3-2 Yankees 4-2 Vikings 23-20 Auburn 42-14 Devils 6-1 Last week’s picks: Texas Rangers Badgers Eagles

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Football returns home looking for fifth win STEPHEN ANDERSON Editor in Chief After two straight losses, the 4-2 Huskies football team will return to Sherman Field this Saturday afternoon to take on the Northwood Timberwolves (4-3, 4-2 GLIAC).

“We played very hard last week and had a chance to beat a top-10 team in the country,” said head coach Tom Kearly, who still feels confident about the Huskies’ performance. “It will be great to be at home, but we know we’re playing a good football team that plays an option-style offense.”

Despite two tough losses, the Huskies are still first in the GLIAC in scoring defense, allowing just 17.2 points per game, while scoring 30.5 points. Saginaw Valley scored 43 points against Tech led by a scrambling quarterback, and Hillsdale featured the GLIAC’s top-ranked pocket passer. This week the Huskies face the option-based Timberwolves, which Kearly said is a totally different style.

Big fish: Sophomore Bryan LaChappelle comes up with a touchdown catch in the third quarter against Wayne State on Sept. 18.

Photo by Ben Wittbrodt

“They feature different sets, motions and personnel groupings, and our defense has to be accountable for both phases of the option,” said Kearly. He added that it is easy to allow three yards and three yards, then give up a big play over the top, which the Huskies have allowed a few times this year.

Northwood wide receiver Quillan Mathis is a perfect big-play threat – he only has 16 catches this year, but is averaging a GLIACleading 28.8 yards per catch, largely due to the defense keying on both the quarterback and running back part of the option play.

The Huskies’ offense will need to perform better on third down after converting on two of 11 opportunities last week. Kearly was not

pleased with the percentage, but when looking back on film, it was just a case of missed opportunities through dropped or poorly thrown passes in most cases. “We have to stay on the field – when you can’t convert on third down, it’s easy to understand how Hillsdale had 25 more plays than us and dominated time of possession,” said Kearly. The Huskies only had the ball for 21:45 last week, yet are still second in the GLIAC in time of possession, averaging 31:26.

Michigan Tech will need to keep a strong mix of rushing and passing against the Northwood defense that likes to load the box and come with a wealth of eight-man fronts. Even though the Huskies have not relied as heavily on pro-formation runs up the middle this year, keeping quarterback Steve Short active in the backfield and mixing it up against the defense will continue to be crucial, particularly this weekend. continued at mtulode.com

Final home matches for volleyball Huskies DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor After picking up their fourth victory of the season in their final match of the GLIAC/GLVC Crossover, the volleyball Huskies return home looking to build on the momentum gained from the victory. This weekend, the Huskies will play their final three home matches of the season as they host Saginaw Valley State on Friday, Grand Valley State on Saturday, and Ferris State on Sunday at the SDC Wood Gym. “We learned a lot about ourselves this weekend,” said Huskies’ head coach Orlando Gonzalez. “We were displeased that we weren’t able to help out a little bit more.”

The Cardinals (10-8 overall, 5-6 GLIAC) have won four straight matches, including all three against their GLVC foes in the Crossover. In fact, they only surrendered one set in the tournament. Despite the wins, the Cardinals sit currently in fourth in the GLIAC’s North Division.

“We have to believe that we are supposed to play with these

teams,” said Gonzalez. “We’re leads the Cardinals in blocks The Lakers (14-5 overall, 10perfectly capable of playing with with 63 and is third on the team 2 GLIAC) are second only to [anybody].” in kills with 98. Junior Laura Northern Michigan in the GLIJunior Annie Buxton leads the Ward has 211 digs, which leads AC’s North Division at this point Cardinals with 255 kills and is the team. in the season. Since losing to second on the team in digs with 156.

Junior Katie Fi t z g e r a l d is the only other Cardinals’ player with more than 100 kills, as she has posted 149 on the season.

Fitzgerald is second on the team in blocks with 58.

Sophomore Sam Breault has a team-high 575 assists and has added 25 Developing offense: Freshman Tessa Mauer grabs a dig in a home match earlier this blocks. Juseason. nior Becky Photo by Ben Wittbrodt S chro e der

Soccer Huskies look to rebound from tough weekend DAVER KARNOSKY Sports Editor After a difficult, injuryplagued weekend that saw the soccer Huskies fall to both the Ferris State Bulldogs and Grand Valley State Lakers for the second time, the Huskies will return to road action this weekend as they will face the Northwood Timberwolves and the Saginaw Valley State Lakers on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

“We’ve been plagued by quite a few injuries,” said Huskies’ head coach Michelle Jacob. “It’s taken its toll on us.”

The Timberwolves (5-9-0 overall, 3-9-0 GLIAC) lost to the Huskies back on Sept. 25, and another four straight matches afterwards. The Timberwolves have recovered of late, winning against Ashland and Lake Erie last weekend. “(The Northwood match) was our first conference win,” said Jacob. “Obviously, we want to

carry that forward and do the same thing again.”

Junior Amanda Watson (114=26), a transfer from Central Michigan, has been by far the Timberwolves’ top offensive threat. Of her 45 shots, 36 have been on goal. Watson also has a pair of game-winning goals.

Freshman forward Alyssa Tomassi (4-2=10) has helped some of the defensive pressure off Watson with a pair of gamewinners herself. Junior midfielder Tonya Sitney (3-2=8) has been fairly effective, she is third on the team in goals.

Sophomore goalkeeper Rebecca Lipinski (3-5-0 overall, 3.12 goals against average, .613 save percentage) has made the bulk of starts for head coach Doug Carter. Freshman Julia Monger (2-4-0 overall, 2.03 goals against average, .655 save percentage) has proven to be a reasonable backup.

The Timberwolves have been outscored 9-23 in the first half

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and outscored 21-39 overall for the season. They have also been shut out five times this season.

They have outshot opponents 169-160.

After defeating the Huskies back on Sept. 26, the Cardinals (8-5-1 overall, 7-4-1 GLIAC) have gone 3-2 with wins over the Timberwolves, Lake Erie, and Ashland.

“I think Saginaw, the first time we played them, was kind of a defining part of our season,” said Jacob. “We recognized what kind of effort we would need to go out and win games.

I think it was a turning point for our team.”

Sophomore defender Kayla Johnston (5-1=11) has been the most dangerous Cardinals’ player thus far. Three of her five goals have been gamewinners. Junior midfielder Samantha Echols (4-0=4) has her four goals in just five contests. continued at mtulode.com

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Hillsdale on Sept. 25, the Lakers have won eight straight matches including all three of their GLIAC/GLVC Crossover matches.

“Grand Valley is a lot better than they were in the first week,” said Gonzalez. “I think that we lost an opportunity to beat them early in the year.”

Senior Rebeccah Rapin leads the Lakers in kills with 201. Rapin is second in blocks with 69, and has added 48 digs. Freshman Stacey Catalano is second on the team in kills with 171 and service aces with 11. She is also third in digs with 170.

Senior Meghan Scanlon leads the Lakers with 380 assists and 13 service aces. Freshman Sacha Gill leads the team in digs with 229 and is third on the Lakers in assists and service aces with 38 and nine, respectively.

The Bulldogs (11-8 overall, 7-5 GLIAC) sit in third in the GLIAC North and have won five of their last eight matches.

However, they finished the GLIAC/GLVC Crossover with the same record as the Huskies, 1-2, losing to Missouri-St. Louis and Wisconsin-Parkside. continued at mtulode.com

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Michigan Tech offers entrepreneurs a helping hand

By Cameron Schwach News Editor On Sept. 30, at 4:00 p.m, Michigan Tech held a paneldiscussion symposium in the Minerals and Materials Engineering Building (M&M) with former alumni to talk about the risks and benefits of becoming an entrepreneur or venture.

The panel consisted of seven Michigan Tech Alumni and the founding CEO of the Michigan Tech Smart Zone, Alan West.

John Soyring ‘76, Shankar Mukherjee ‘86, David House ‘65, Ron Van Dell ‘79, Holly Hillberg ‘83, John Rockwell ‘79, Kanwal S. Rehki ’69, and Alan West all acted as the center of a discussion focused on helping business owners and students look into opportunities such as venture capitalism.

Each member of the panel has successfully started numerous businesses and has helped many new business owners start their own business. This is known as venture capitalism, and has become a popular business model in the United States. So popular that the panel discussed with faculty, business professionals, and students how they could make an attempt to not only start their own business, but develop the area around them as they do it.

Dave House stated that, “We often pay to have ten companies started knowing that nine of these companies are going to fail. We do this because we know that the one company that doesn’t fail will be able to pay enough back for all of the other companies.” House

continued to talk about other possible methods to start a company besides becoming an entrepreneur. Such as, establish a business within an already established company (intrepreneur), renovating older technologies that have fallen out of the marketing range, or become a venture capitalist and pay for other innovators and entrepreneurs to start their business.

The panel-discussion about becoming an entrepreneur was to start getting local businesses and students ready for the official announcement of the Michigan Tech Entrepreneurial Support Corporation (MTESC). When asking Dr. James Baker, Director of Technology and Economic Devel-

opment for Michigan Tech, if the symposium was the official announcement for the MTESC program, he replied, “Having those people in town motivated us to really move this thing along. It’s a concept we’ve been exploring at least for a little while now. The opportunity to leverage the feedback of those people, who have been successful entrepreneurs, was a motivator in finishing this.”

The MTESC will help students at Michigan Tech take their business ideas and develop them into a tangible means for a business to function on.

Holly Hillberg mentioned at the panel-discussion, “There are so many opportunities out there not only to reduce costs as we already mentioned, but to think

about the global populations that are out there and how we can break-through technologies to those areas around the world.”

When asked about how this new fund for students will affect student costs and what Michigan Tech hopes to receive from offering this, Dr. Baker stated, “The support corporation will be a non-profit.

Our primary objective is to simply advance innovation, and provide a means to advance innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. If we are successful in doing that, then reputation will grow, the value of a Michigan Tech education will grow with that reputation, and to the extent that we work on university technologies there will be royalties that come back to the institution from commercial development of those technologies.

Royalties are not an objective of doing this, but it may be an outcome of doing this.” For the question about whether or not this will affect a student’s tuition, Dr. Baker simply responded, “No.” So what does all of this mean for the students at Michigan Tech? It’s a chance for students who have innovative ideas to do something with those thoughts.

Dr. Baker stated at the end of the interview that “It’s the next step as we advance our [Michigan Tech’s] innovation interests. We can look back to the initiation of the Enterprise program, and before that the Capstone program. A lot of those programs had entrepreneurial innovation elements in them. … We’ve been doing a lot about innovation and entrepreneurship for some time now and this is the next thing.”

er, there are some English words which she has had difficulty in pronouncing like inverter, a power backup system in India.

She settled with an alternative in Punglish, hor-power (morepower). In India, you never address someone older than you by his/her first or last name or you could be badly scolded by somebody. It is considered very disrespectful. Every person who looks significantly older than you is called AuntyJi or UncleJi, where Ji is the most widely used suffix in North India. The Ji at the end signifies respect. If you are being extremely respectful to someone, you may call him/her SirJi/MadamJi.

In one of my courses during my first semester at Tech, a professor spoke, very fluently in a language similar to English; later on, a friend of mine told me that I was listening to the American English. I liked his style of teaching, cracking jokes in between the lecture to make it interactive. Because of his accent, I often missed the transition from his lecture to his joke, so lagged in laughing. Watching American movies (not porn) helps a lot in getting the hang of the American accent, but to my surprise, I found that even they have Americanized the Queen.

There were many words, which I heard in movies and during my interaction with fellow Americans, I didn’t find in my Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

I believe it doesn’t matter if the Queen is in jeans or a sari (Indian woman’s dress). English is now the world’s local language.

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“The opportunity to leverage the feedback of those people, who have been successful entrepreneurs, was a motivator in finishing this.”

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Indlish Jodhbir Singh Lode Writer

Some 60 years ago, when the British left India, they did not realize the blunder they had made during that time. They taught us English. I now wonder why Mr. Blair gets so upset about getting a sales call from Mr. Kumar

in Bangalore. Afterall, Kumar spent a good part of his childhood education learning English so as to make a living by calling Mr. Blair. The British had created an elite class of English speakers during their rule in India to administer the empire. Even today in India, if you are good at making English jokes, you are a dude, otherwise a yarr (pal).

However, over the last decade or two, there is another language that is flourishing, though out of frustration, among not-so-dude Indians. These youngsters, who have tried their best in life, but failed, to learn the nitty-gritties of English grammar, have created an indigenous English called Indlish.

Indlish varies across different regions in India based on the local language. In the north, it is Hinglish, a hybrid of Hindi (the local language) and English; in my home state, it is Punglish from Punjabi. The way ‘Indlish’ works is that when an Indian

struggles to find the appropriate noun/verb/adjective to complete an English sentence, they finish it with an Indianized word.

Sometimes, they use English words to complete sentences in their local language. However, it is now a common trend on college campuses to use such words.

S o m e words are quite common like ‘timepass’ (Kill time)or ‘time w a ste’ (to not utilize time appropriately).

I believe ‘tension’ is one of the most commonly used words by non-English speakers in India, like my grandmother who speaks Punglish, ‘Put tension hee te bimari di jaad hai’(tension is the root of diseases). Howev-

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