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Domestic Violence Shelter to Raise Funds at Joey’s Next Week Jon Jaehnig Lode Writer

The month of October was Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. Unfortunately domestic abuse is still a widespread issue in our society. One local institution, The Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home, assists victims of domestic abuse and violence and their children by offering a safe place to stay, along with counseling, advocacy, and referral to other agencies for further help.

The shelter home, located in Calumet, is always in need of funds to satisfy common needs and comforts of its lodgers. That is why next Tuesday, the 10th of November, Joey’s Seafood and Grill on Main Street in Houghton is hosting a fundraising event to collect proceeds for the Shelter Home.

Patrons of Joey’s Seafood who mention

the Shelter Home to their waiter/ waitress while placing an order between 11:00 AM and 9:00 PM will have 20% of their bill donated to the Shelter Home

Patrons of Joey’s Seafood who mention the Shelter Home to their waiter/ waitress... will have 20 percent of the bill donated... at no additional cost to themselves.

Patron’s ordering takeout who mention the Shelter Home while ordering can also donate in this way. “Everything will

go towards direct services to clients”, explains Mary Niemala, the Director of the Shelter Home. “That could mean helping clients directly, or just keeping the lights on”. A similar event was held last year, and it was very successful.

“We’re grateful to be the beneficiaries of this”, said Niemela. Habaneros Mexican Restaurant in Hancock hosted a similar fundraiser for the first time on the 21st of October.

The event at Joey’s is part of the “Every Home a Safe Home” movement. The banner started out as a slogan for the “Battered Women’s” Movement some time in the late seventies, and has since then been associated with similar events and organizations across the country.

The fundraiser next week for the Barbara Kettle gundlach Shelter Home is organized by the Women’s Leadership Council and the Panhellenic Council.

The Women’s Leadership Council aims to provide opportunities for leadership

and advancement for women on campus, and the Panhellenic Council helps

“Everything will go towards direct services to clients.”

- Mary Niemala to advance intellectual development and scholarship among sororities, and facilitates cooperation between sororities and the University.

Those who cannot donate during the event at Joey’s or would like to donate more can visit The Barabara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home’s Website bkgshelterhome.org. Alternative forms of donation include direct monetary donations, volunteering, or donating goods, such as laundry and dish soap, and women’s clothing.

Title IX’s Plea to Sexually Harassed Davy McLeod Lode Writer On a rainy day this September, while going from the Walker Building to Fisher Hall, a female graduate student heard the word “wall” uttered emphatically from within the crowd of passers bys. Suddenly, four males surrounded her in an organized manner, linking arms so that one was on each side.

“It became clear they weren’t going to let me leave,” she recalled, insisting that her identity be kept a secret. The men didn’t acknowledge her when she asked to get through; they just silently caged her in. They never laid a hand on her, nevertheless, the situation was mentally taxing. “I felt a fear of the unknown. Sort of like, what’s going to happen next?”

That is a daily walk for this student, and she has now decided to carry pepper spray.

The men who caused her distress weren’t reprimanded. The victim didn’t get a good look at them and never reported the incident to people in a position to help—people like Tech’s Title IX Coordinator Beth Lunde.

Lunde leads Title IX, a group dedicated to keeping the campus safe from discrimination based on sex, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, stalking, sexual coercion and rape. Lunde, who is responsible for all such reported cases, decides whether an

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incident falls under any of those categories.

Lunde said that when studying a case, “... the keywords are severe, pervasive and objectively offensive.” However, the decision making process is hardly a simple process.

“Every case is different and has to be looked at on a continuum,” Lunde said. There is no simple way to rate the severity of sexual harassment; each instance is complicated and is dealt with uniquely. Once Lunde and her office have determined that the law has been violated, Lunde advises the offended party of their options. Then the victim picks which of those options should be implemented. In this way, Lunde said, “The voice of the victim is followed.”

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This Week in World Events Daniel Stockard Lode Writer

US Reverses Position on Syria After holding a long-standing position that Bashar al-Assad must go before a peace deal can be reached in Syria, the United States has accepted that his government can be part of a transition to a new government. This represents a major shift in thinking on the issue, and provides a stark contrast to 2013 when the United States almost carried out airstrikes against the Assad regime in response to chemical weapon attacks on civilians. This policy shift comes at a time when the Islamic State (ISIS) is making gains in Syria, and the moderate rebel forces are losing ground.

The Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship to sink on the Great Lakes, prior to resting on the bottom of Gitchi Gumee (above)

Evan Mayer Lode Writer “The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they called ‘Gitche Gumee’, The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead, When the skies of November turn gloomy,” begins the famous song by Gordon Lightfoot about the tragic final voyage of the largest ship to ever sink in the Great Lakes.

The ill-fated story began when the Northwestern Mutual Life Company, based in Milwaukee, WI, began investing in steel and iron mines. In order to maximize their investment, they entered into a contract with the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, MI on February 1, 1957. The point of the contract was to build the first “maximum sized” laker ever built.

The laker was launched by June 7,1958. She was christened the Edmund Fitzgerald, after Northwestern’s president and chairman of the board.

After surpassing all of the necessary tests, the first load of taconite pellets was hauled aboard in September. At 711 feet long, the Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes during the entirety of her career, which earned her the nickname “Queen of the Lakes”.

During the ship’s existence, she logged more than 748 trips between the iron mines around Duluth, MN and the steel mills in Detroit, Toledo, and other Great Lake ports while being operated

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by the Columbia Transportation Division of Ogleby Norton Company out of Cleveland, OH. All the mileage of these trips combined is equivalent to circumnavigating the globe 44 times.

Not only did she travel an impressive distance, but also she carried some serious cargo those distances, breaking seasonal haul records six times.

The ship quickly became a favorite of many ship enthusiasts. This was not only because she dwarfed many other ships, but also because of her longtime Captain Peter Pulcer. Pulcer was known as the “DJ Captain” due to his blasting music over the intercom systems while passing through the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers no matter if it was day or night.

Captain Pulcer would also come out of the pilothouse and use his bullhorn to give a commentary on the details of the ship to tourists while going through the Soo Locks.

What ultimately immortalized the Edmund Fitzgerald was the event that occurred November 10th, 1975. The ship had just loaded up on 26,116 tons of taconite pellets in Superior, WI and was headed to the Zug Island steel mill near Detroit. The ship was cruising along with another vessel, the Arthur M. Anderson, when as Gordon Lightfoot so eloquently put it “...the gales of November came early.”

The Fitzgerald lost visual contact with the Anderson as the severe winter storm raged on. The wind raged on at 70 knots and waves poured over the sides as they

reached heights of 35 feet. The captain of the Fitzgerald, Ernest McSorely, was in radio contact with the Anderson and said, “the ship was taking on water and was listing to the port.” His final message though was “we are holding our own,” which illustrates how quickly the ship went down.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank at 7:10 p.m., although the cause of the ship’s ultimate demise is still debated. There are several theories, including three huge waves brought the ship down, the cargohold flooded, and the ship grounded on the Six Fathom Shoal.

What is known though is by November 14th when she was found, the Fitzgerald laid in two pieces 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point under 530 feet of Lake Superior’s frigid water. Tragically, all 29 crew members, including Captain McSorely, perished with the ship.

Fortunately, the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald has been the last major shipwreck that has occurred on Lake Superior. This was partly due to changes made in Great Lakes shipping regulations and practices that made it mandatory to have survival suits, depth finders, positioning systems and more frequent inspections of vessels. The mandatory freeboard, or distance from the waterline to the upper deck level, was also increased. These changes, although they may seem small, have kept many ships from meeting the same unfortunate fate as the Edmund Fitzgerald since 1975.

Uncertainty Remains over Airliner Crash A Russian airplane crashed over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board. Uncertainty remains over the cause of the crash.

Metrojet, the airliner, claims that they ruled out the possibility of a technical fault of the plane or pilot error, saying it must have been the result of a “physical impact”. The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, but specialists doubt that they have the capability of downing a passenger plane. The Russian government is urging patience and downplaying speculation, as the investigation is ongoing.

Europe’s Migration Crisis Continues Over 218,000 people fled across the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe this past October, a monthly record. Migrants are fleeing violence and political unrest in places like Syria, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, among others.

This mass migration has led to the drowning deaths of over 3,440 people in the Mediterranean. In total, over 700,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea this year, more than the entire population of Detroit. The European Union (EU) has developed a plan to relocate 120,000 of the migrants among its member states, but for now that only applies to 66,000 who are in Italy and Greece. It is not clear when the EU will develop a longlasting plan to deal with the crisis.

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Deconstructing the Third Republican Debate

Aaron Kostrzewa Lode Writer

The second Republican debate set at Colorado State University was another opportunity for the candidates to show Americans why they should be chosen as the next president of the United States.

The tides changed from the previous debate in Las Vegas, however. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz stepped up their game and received positive publicity. While John Kasich and Rand Paul seemed to struggle.

Surprisingly, the current Republican front runner Donald Trump had a calmer temperament and didn’t hog all of the time on stage. Kasich tried to make a last ditch effort for his campaign as he attempted to hammer home that his policies and track record are the best, which didn’t serve him well.

Surprisingly, the biggest losers of the night weren’t any of the candidates, but rather the moderators who received the most negative feedback from the debate. They asked questions about what the candidates thought was their biggest weakness and if they thought Fantasy Football should be considered gambling, which weren’t received well.

But perhaps Ted Cruz summed it up best during his rant toward the end of the debate: “The questions that have been asked so far in this debate, illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media. This is not a cage match, and you look at the questions: Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain; Ben Carson, can you do math; John Kasich,

will you insult two people over here; Marco Rubio, why don’t you resign; Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen.”

Cruz’s comments were harsh, but he wasn’t the only one who was upset over the debate.

Because of the poor performance put on by NBC, the National Republican Committee decided to suspend its partnership with the network. The Committee’s chairman, Reince Priebus, stated that the debate should “ensure that our candidates are given a full and fair opportunity to lay out their vision for America’s future.” And this requirement was not met, invoking the Committee to sever their ties with NBC. Besides the fact that the moderators were horrendous, the good questions asked were rarely answered in full. When the candidates received questions they didn’t like, they ignored them and talked about how great their policies are and how great of a track record they have. This is especially true for the candidates who have had a career in politics. But for the average viewer who isn’t entirely educated on politics, statements like “I have lowered taxes and balanced the budget” don’t mean that much. All of these career politicians in the race have done great things, and they’ve all made bad decisions, but their previous actions do not necessarily define how they well they will perform in the White House.

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Last Wednesday’s debate in Boulder, Colorado marked the fourth Republican debate of the 2016 campaign season.

CNBC moderators Carl Quintanilla, John Harwood, and Becky Quick led the debate.

Unfortunately, they failed to ask a lot of meaningful questions and instead attempted to pit the candidates against one another.

Despite the insubstantial questions, tax policy did play a big part of the early debate.

Becky Quick went after Dr. Ben Carson early on in the tax discussion, questioning his 10% flat tax proposal. Quick’s analysis determined that Carson’s plan would leave the country with less than half of the tax income it currently draws in, and would likely expand the deficit. Carson responded weakly, claiming that he plans to to use “strategic cutting” in the bureaucracy of government to make up for the loss in tax revenue. When Quick claimed that you’d have to cut government by 40% in order to make up for this lost revenue, Carson argued saying that “when we put all of the facts down... you’ll see that it works very well.”

Ted Cruise also hopped onto the flat tax bandwagon, proposing a 10 percent income tax and a 16 percent business tax. Cruise said that under his plan “no hedge fund manager pays less than his secretary.” He also said that “growth is the answer, as Regan can demonstrate it, if you cut taxes you can generate growth.”

Governor John Kasick followed up on this tax discussion to criticize the candidates

who were promoting the flat tax, claiming that they were going to lead the country into trillions of dollars of debt. “This stuff is fantasy, just like getting rid of medicare and medicaid… We’re going to have a 10% tithe and that’s how we’re going to fund the government, and we’re just going to fix everything with waste, fraud, and abuse, or we’re just going to ship 10 million people out of the country… We’ve got to wake up, Kasick remarked.

Carly Fiorina took a different approach to the tax problem. She was criticized by the moderators for wanting to cut the tax code from more than 73,000 pages to just 3 pages.

Moderator Quintanilla jokingly asked, “Is that using really small type?” Fiorina didn’t stumble however, she fought back, arguing that “3 pages is about the maximum that a single business owner or a farmer or a couple can understand without hiring somebody.” Fiorina said that tax reform is never accomplished but that she has what it takes. “We need a leader in Washington that understands how to get something done,” she said.

Unfortunately, none of the candidates tax plans seemed to stand out as offering legitimate solutions. All of them assumed that decreasing taxes would magically fuel the economy, create jobs, and result in more people paying taxes to compensate for the initial decrease in tax revenue. However, more than 40 percent of Americans don’t make enough income to pay income taxes.

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If you are interested in applying for this position, send the following information to Human Resources:

1) Develop and implement a plan for the Graduate School that supports the University’s Strategic Plan, 2) Manage the Graduate School finances responsibly and strategically to achieve short­and long term goals, 3) Increase funding for graduate studies through individual and collaborative efforts and by leveraging existing resources, 4) Monitor and coordinate necessary

Earned Ph. D. or equivalent degree, tenured Full or Associate Professor, experience mentoring graduate students as both a major advisor and committee member, eemonstrated strong record of scholarship, experience obtaining external support for graduate programs and students, supervisory/administrative and leadership experience, record of advocacy for students, experience in strategic planning, experience serving on graduate advisory committees outside of one’s own department or

1) cover letter, 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) Contact information for three (3) letters of reference, 4) Action plan that details planned strategies and intended measurable outcomes.

The search committee for the Dean of the Graduate School invites public participation in the formative stages of its search. First, members of the Michigan Tech community are invited to comment upon the draft of the job description. Written comments may be submitted to Paul Bergstrom (paulb@mtu. edu), search committee chair, or Bruce Seely (bseely@mtu.edu), associate chair.

Second, members of the Michigan Tech community are invited to an open meeting of the committee in the Alumni Lounge on November 10, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. This event is intended to allow a discussion of the job description criteria, and to permit public suggestions about revisions of the job description and criteria.

struggles of growing up in a lower class family to that of those in the modern middle class, he creates a sentiment with those viewers in a similar situation. Combining an appeal to ethos with a strong and confident message is what led to his strong performance.

The candidates fought hard through the battle with the moderators. Some succeeded at advancing their cause, like Rubio, Cruz, and Trump, while others crumbled under the pressure, such as Kasich, Bush, and Paul.

No doubt more Republican candidates will begin to drop off after this debate, but the current field has much competition with great potential.

report,” Lunde said. “They’re embarrassed or worried their friends won’t like that they said something.”

In a survey conducted by Tech’s Title IX office last April, victims gave their reasons for not reporting. The top reasons were that they didn’t think what happened was serious enough, it was a private matter and that they didn’t want to get the perpetrator in trouble.

However, in recent years, the number of such reports at Tech is increasing.

According to Tech President Glen Mroz, “that is a good thing. It means those affected have come forward.” There is plenty of room for improvement though. “I want to break the cycle of harassment,” Lunde said. “And the only way that happens is if people speak up. We all have an obligation to keep our community safe.”

If you or someone you know has experienced harassment that caused physical or mental harm, find out what your options are. Speaking up is the first step toward a healthier mind and body, as well as a safer environment. Report any incident by calling 487-2216. You can also make anonymous tips using 487-0847. For more information on Title IX go to http://www. mtu.edu/equity/title-ix/overview/.

comes from the top one percent of income earners.

Since the U.S. operates on a progressive income tax (higher income earners pay more in taxes as a percentage of their income than lower income earners) and not a flat tax (everyone pays the same tax rate regardless of income), the middle class stands to lose the most from a universal flat tax rate. If the Republicans hope to take the White House in 2016 they are going to need to be more realistic about their tax plans and more interested in protecting middle class interests.

The wildcard of the debate, as always, was Donald Trump. Trump started off the debate reminding everyone how important it was to build a “1000 mile” wall on the U.S. Mexico border. Interestingly, he expects that Mexico will pay for the construction. “Mexico is going to pay for the wall. I love the Mexican people, I respect the Mexican leaders, but the leaders are much sharper, smarter, and more cunning than our leaders,” he said. And how does Trump plan on getting Mexico to pay for the wall? “A politician can’t get them to pay, I can,” he announced.

Toward the end of the debate it was somewhat concerning, but also quite hilarious to see Governor Mike Huckabee say, “Donald Trump would be a better president every day of the week and twice on Sunday than Hillary Clinton.”

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Dean of the Colleges of Science and Art Michigan Tech has started searching for a new full-time dean for the Graduate School Department.

Job Summary:

The Dean of the Graduate School will commit to improving the quality of graduate education for all students at Michigan Technological University. The Dean will provide strong leadership and vision for the overall growth, diversity, and quality of the graduate population. The Dean will administer the Graduate School’s resources in a sustainable manner in support of the University’s strategic goals and contribute to the growth of Graduate School resources by engaging in advancement activities and externally supported research as appropriate.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

actions with administrators, faculty, staff, students, and (where appropriate) external stakeholders to improve the quality of Michigan Tech’s graduate programs and courses, 5) Increase the diversity of the graduate student population, 6) Identify trends in graduate studies and work with academic units to develop timely new graduate programs and eliminate programs when necessary, 7) Contribute to University Advancement activities by reaching out to prospective donors, leading stewardship activities for current donors, and, as appropriate leveraging Graduate School resources in support of growth of total resources available to support graduate education. See search committee contact info below for more information on duties and responsibilities.

Qualification Requirements:

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Singer-songwriters fill the Orpheum Kassia Prystalski Editor-in-Chief

Friday night the Orpheum Theater in Hancock was filled with costumed guests waiting to see some of Ann Arbor’s darlings, Chris Bathgate and Misty Lyn. Neither act is new to Houghton. Bathgate was here last fall, and both were introduced to the area back in 2007 at the first Keweenawesomefest, put on every year

by WMTU. This performance was special, however. Bathgate recorded the show, and offered a free copy of it to everyone who came, and they got to choose between a vinyl, a CD or just a digital copy of the record.

Misty Lyn Bergeron, the first performer up, filled the stage with her presence, even as a solo act. “I’m used to playing with a band,” she said. “Can you hear them in the background while I’m playing? I know I can.”

The singer-songwriter played a

Misty Lyn Bergeron performes at the Orpheum Theater on Friday night.

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variety of styles, going from a playfully dark tune “Rita Mae” that starts with the line “She says that murderers live in symmetrical houses” to a slower, darker one called “So Many Beautiful Things” which was written after Bergeron read a quote from Maurice Sendak on the day

he died.

Bergeron was happy to be back in town. “I love coming up here,” she said.

“It’s like a fairyland.” She did suggest, however, that maybe some of the weight was lifted off of her shoulders by being able to just “stop reading the news, and

focus on the present.”

After a short break, Bathgate set up his array of pedals, guitar and drum.

Listening to his music, one would never guess that he’s the only performer. He uses a pedal to loop bits of his singing or guitar playing over each other to create an impressive depth of sound. The fading voices lend a stirring, haunting vibe to his songs.

“I’m going on tour with a band next year,” he said, explaining that he wanted to make a recording of his unique performing style. “This is the first time I’ve done this. I feel like every time you hear live recordings, there’s someone in the audience that feels the need to, like yell out someone’s name, or have a really recognizable laugh,” he said.

“Thank you for not being that crowd tonight.”

Hopefully it won’t be quite as long before these lower Michigan musicians grace the Keweenaw with the presence.

In the meantime, their music is available online at www.chrisbathgate.org and mistylyn.bandcamp.com.

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Backstage Jazz Concert at the Rozsa Shelby Sebring Lode Writer

If you were to Google “Michigan Tech”, the first search result would describe it as “a leader in technology, engineering, and science.”

While this is certainly true and is the main reason students are drawn to Tech, it unfortunately overlooks many of the other important opportunities offered here, such as some outstanding musical ensembles.

On Friday and Saturday, students and the local community walked behind the curtains of the Rozsa stage and into a mock jazz club, where they were treated to a spectacular concert by Tech’s two jazz bands. The Research and Development Big Band, intended for students interested in exploring jazz music, and the Jazz Lab Band, comprised of more experienced musicians, are both under the direction of Mr. Mike Irish, and perform concerts and tours each year.

“We just want to get everyone aware of what we do here,” said Irish, who wishes the arts were represented more at Tech and students were more interested in participating – whether in the band or in the audience. “I would love to get more people coming to an

The Jazz Lab Band performs on Halloween night in full costume.

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exciting live performance… it’s really human interaction, a different kind of communication.”

The Jazz Showcase began with the R&D Big Band, playing familiar foottapping numbers like “The Flintstones Theme” and “Lady Marmalade.” The performance continued with the Jazz Lab Band, who continued the upbeat theme with pieces such as “Beat 70” and “Woodchopper’s Ball.” The bands consist of students of all years and majors, and playing instruments as diverse as the accordion, bari sax, and

vibes.

The students in the bands are every bit as talented as music majors at other universities, according to their director. “The Michigan Tech student is unique,” Irish says, referring to the ability to balance two opposite interests – challenging academic courses and music. However, he feels that at a school like Tech, most students are too focused on science and math– when really, the last thing they should be doing is ignoring the arts.

Irish explains that having a

background in music or art helps develop creativity, which leads to the problem solving skills vital to successful engineers. “People in these fields need some sense of the big picture,” he says.

“We’re living in the information age, we’re snowed under with data… we need to find where we can all fit in.”

Playing in a band can even help with finding a job, Irish explains. Students with art or music participation on their resume or transcript are much more desirable employees, because it “indicates to people in industry that these kids have communication skills and a broader outlook.”

Irish believes that the general population is sadly uninformed about the importance of the arts. People as a whole are slowly moving away from coming to concerts for entertainment, and academic institutions are cutting their credit requirements for fine arts and humanities The Showcase highlighted the hard work of the talented students in Tech’s jazz ensembles, and the performers and director alike hope it sparked an interest in music in the audience.

“Tell your friends!” Irish requests. The Performing Arts department intends to “go to the people” in the future, hoping to introduce the incomparable experience of live music to everyone.

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Sisu Schools Amy Patterson Lode Writer

I’m not Finnish. I’m mostly Russian, actually; there’s a hint of Polish and a bit of English, too. If I looked back far enough, I’m sure I’d find some Irish, or some Scottish, or perhaps some Ukrainian in my blood.

Ultimately, though, I’m an American, proudly so, ancestry disregarded.

The Finnish, however, do have an intrinsic trait Americans could use a little more of: sisu. There is no exact English translation of this word. Most similar to “sisu” is the English word “equanimity,” defined by Oxford Dictionaries as “mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation,” but there is more to “sisu” than that. “Sisu” is an optimistic tenacity, an unbreakable boldness, and diligence fostered by humility and tribulation.

They say, “If you can’t beat them, join them,” “imitation is the highest form of flattery,” and in the words of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, “we make our discoveries through our mistakes; we watch one another’s success; and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve.” Declining academic scores in the U.S. are not just hampering our ability to globally compete; they’re decimating it. In order to rectify this issue, our only hope is to do as the Finns do and have some sisu.

Primarily, the objective of every governmental educational system in a developed country is to most adequately prepare youth to enter the social and economic circumstances anticipated at the time students will graduate from a secondary institution. While personalized education should be the prerogative of students in the United States, the idea is swept under the rug in favor of inexpensive alternatives that resemble a droid factory in the Star Wars universe. Although it would be ideal if children had identical needs, as robots do, it is ineffective to merely pretend that they do.

Under the heading “Educating Americans for the 21st Century,” the Smithsonian Institute published an article in Sept. 2011 titled “Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful?”

This piece explained that Finland’s success isn’t a matter of superior students, resources, or teachers, but of superior outlook. The ideology motivating Finnish teachers is that each student will require a unique approach, and they’re willing to do whatever it takes to facilitate success.

Our current method is referred to as “marketplace competition.” The system is founded on rivalry; the point is simply to instill a desire to be number one in our children as early as possible in the hopes that this will create a continual cycle of personal betterment. In moderation, it isn’t necessarily detrimental, but when applied to every facet

of the way we run our schools, marketplace competition is toxic. Particularly damaging in the United States is the “Race to the Top” initiative, which essentially states that federal aid will be allocated to schools based upon standardized tests and a handful of other methods which assess teacher effectiveness.

The result of the Race to the Top initiative is stagnation amongst effective schools and further degradation of already deteriorating faculties. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This method actively perpetuates the downfall of the American middle class, especially in urban schools, which the majority of American students attend. Aware of this problem, Finland actively rejected marketplace competition as the basis for which their schools are funded. According to Stanford University, Finnish schools are nationally funded based on the number of students per school. Ipso facto, a Finnish child is never stripped a sufficient education due to their family’s income or their location of residence. If implemented in the United States, disadvantaged urban students would thrive in unprecedented ways.

The argument in contrast to executing a Finnish style system in the United States is almost always “We don’t have enough money for it.” This contention is easily nullified by A.) We don’t have enough money for anything. If we’re going to continue racking up our deficit, we can at least be making wise investments with our borrowed dollars. B.) The Finnish system actually costs less proportionally than the one we’re using now, again, reported by Stanford. This is Finnish school hours are about half of ours, and yes, they’re still outperforming us in every way. Like Pasi Sahlberg, one of the world’s leading experts on school reform and a recent contributor to The Washington Post, I know that implementing a Finnish style system “won’t be as easy as transporting Finland’s policies across the Atlantic.” With this in mind, an individualized approach to education can easily be tailored to fit our cultural needs. That’s what makes it “individualized.”

I’m not Finnish, and I don’t want to be. I am incredibly blessed to be a citizen of the United States. That doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate a job well done. Reported by Bloomberg on Valentine’s Day this year, Finland is the euro area’s top-rated economy, and in 2012, the BBC wrote that out of 144 rated economies, Finland was in third, despite its membership to the struggling European Union, lack of sought-after natural commodities, and relatively small population. There is a direct correlation between “sisu education” and economic growth. As our capability to globally compete fades, we’re forced into a corner. We can change, or we can perish.

In order to improve academic scores, thus improving our ability to globally compete, we must do as the Finns do, and have some sisu. Thank you.

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others from all walks of life, allowing them to blossom into the social flower they were always meant to be. Nerds may stay nerds, and geeks may stay geeks, but the Michigan Tech experience encourages interaction so that even the high school social outcasts can learn how to communicate.

If you’re looking at communication in industry, this is where Michigan Tech excels. Teamwork is introduced as early as the introduction classes in some majors. Group projects are part of most curriculums. Many classes, such as Team Software, are designed entirely to emphasize teamwork and communication skills, but the teaching doesn’t stop there.

Enterprises allow students to work in large teams on a common project, and Ccareer Ffair teaches students how to talk to potential employers.

Michigan Tech definitely understands the importance of communication. The schooly encourages students to work as a team, and gives students the tools to mature socially and develop better communication skills. It’s difficult to deny that the school appeals to those who may not be the best at talking to people, but Michigan Tech most certainly does its best to teach these skills both socially and academically.

Why No-Shave November is Awesome Shan Amarnani Lode Writer Ever wonder why some of the manliest beards disappear this time of the year?

There is a simple explanation for this phenomenon. It’s called No Shave November. No Shave November or “Noshember” as some like to call it, begins on the night of October 31. This is when men who wish to participate are required to shave all of their facial hair. After shaving, men are to refrain from shaving any part of their facial hair for 30 consecutive days.

The money that one would typically spend on shaving supplies would, instead, be donated to charity. Although noshember is primarily done for charity, some like to participate to see how long they can get their beards to grow in a month, almost like a competition amongst men.

The thought of the origins of Noshember must have occurred to you by now. It all started in Australia in 2004. A group of 30 men organized an event and grew their facial hair for 30 days to raise awareness for prostate cancer and depression in

men. The trend caught on and later became a foundation known as the Movember foundation. Participants of this foundation embrace the hair they grow, which many cancer patients lose, and let it grow wild and free. There is , however, a slight difference between Movember and Noshember. Movember involves only growing a moustache that does not connect to sideburns. No shave November requires no shaving for the entire month. Since the Movember’s inception in 2003, the foundation has helped raise $650 million and has funded over 1,000 programs focused on prostate cancer, poor mental health and physical inactivity.

The inception of No Shave November stretches back to the ancient Greeks.

The month of November did not exist at this time, but Plato asserted that for the guardians of the time to be educated properly, they needed to imitate the most knowledgeable, or the gods. Therefore, the young guardians spent 30 consecutive days each year imitating the look of the gods. Aristotle furthered this philosophy by declaring the beard-growing habit as a

tradition of practicing ethics. The actual title, No Shave November, was dubbed by the socialist Karl Marx in a celebration of communism. Marx championed beardgrowing during this month as a way to upset the bourgeoisie. The idea was concocted in order to agitate the capitalist factory owners of the time. Marx’s plan never came to fruition and No Shave November faded away into the history books. Until now. Men and women alike partake and donate in the annual hair growing awareness campaign sweeping the world. The month of November is blocked off for a time when men and women donate the money they usually spend on shaving and grooming for a month to educate about cancer prevention, saving lives and helping to fight the battle. This definitely gives you something to think about the next time you reach for that razor. Whatever your reason may be for participating, whether it would be for charity or to see how long you can get your beard to grow in a month, beards are awesome and deserve to be flaunted. It is for this reason I believe No Shave November to be an awesome campaign.

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Evolution has led many species to cooperate with one another. Wolves form packs, whales form pods, and humans have built a society upon cooperation.

Countless societal advancements can be attributed to human cooperation. The success of this has necessitated a skill in society: communication. You can’t have cooperation without communication, and industry knows this. Success in the workplace can often be correlated to communication skills. From computer science to civil engineering, virtually every employer is looking for good communication skills. With Michigan Tech’s high employment rates among graduates, the question has to be asked: how well can Michigan Tech students talk to other people?

If you look at stereotypes, engineering students are typically classified as nerds, and the stereotypical nerd is infamous for their inability to talk to people. Michigan Tech, being an engineering school, knows this stereotype so very well. “Nerd culture” is very prominent at Michigan Tech to the point where it could be called part of the Tech experience. This, however,

doesn’t mean that students have trouble interacting.

A social problem often attributed to science, technology, engineering and mathematics students is that they have trouble communicating with the average person, and as such are labeled as nerds.

Between their excessive knowledge of one particular topic and overly-technical jargon, “normal” people can’t keep up with them. This isn’t much of a problem at Tech, however. Those with a deep love of Star Trek are not alone-- there’s plenty of people here just like them. Birds of a feather flock together, and there’s definitely an abundance of nerds, geeks and STEM students here at Tech.

It’s quite inaccurate to label every student at Tech this way, but the nerd and geek population is too large to ignore.

These groups of people may have trouble talking to the average populace but have no trouble communicating amongst themselves. There’s also plenty of students who have no trouble communicating with others; after all, college is a place where young adults mature intellectually and socially. Michigan Tech most certainly provides the tools to do so. The numerous fraternities, sororities and clubs can allow like-minded individuals to interact with

I think with all the exams and projects that were due this week or last, I know very few people who had time to sleep. I have study groups, enterprise, work, and obviously the Lode to work with, and that means that I have to do a lot of commuicating, organizing schedules, and just in general working with people.

I think that, no matter how many times our professors or the Career Center or anyone else tells us this, we refuse to hear how important interpersonal skills are. I mean, of course, there’s just regular life where you need to know how to “network” and make friends, but I think that what organizations and extra curriculars offer is a chance to deal with people on a professional level.

Our whole lives, especially for those of us who were very shy growing up, we have been taught to be nice. I’m not actually encouraging people to be rude to each other, but I do think that college is a good time to learn how to give and receive constructive criticism in a professional way.

It doesn’t feel like it a lot of the time, but college is a good time to practice making mistakes. This is where we learn that not showing up to your shift on Saturday night isn’t suddenly ok if you have plans, even if you did try to find someone to cover for you.

This is where someone can call you out on not doing your fair share of project work without you risking getting fired.

College orgs are where you can see that you’re biting off more than you can chew, and learn the less-damaging consequences of not following through with what you promised.

If you say you can do something “to be nice,” then someone is probably expecting you to do it, and it’s going to throw a wrench in their plans if you didn’t get around to it.

I’m not writing this because I think I’m flawless and I’m here to hand out advice to all those who know less than I do. I definitely need work on both sides of this dilemma. It’s scary to confront your peers, and probably even harder to confront yourself with these things. But this can give you the confidence to be taken seriously in the workplace and to take yourself seriously also.

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Hockey heads to Alabama Michael Jarasz Lode Writer No. 21 Michigan Tech (3-3-0 Overall, 3-3-0 WCHA) continues WCHA play and travels to Alabama this weekend (Nov. 6-7) to take on the Alabama Huntsville Chargers (3-2-1 Overall, 2-11 WCHA).

The last time Michigan Tech played Alabama Huntsville was a series to be remembered. The Huskies went on to win their first game of the series 1-0 after nearly 3 full overtimes of play marking the longest game in Michigan Tech’s long history. Huntsville goalie Carmine Guerriero single handedly stopped 76 shots on the night before allowing a power play goal up from then senior Blake Hietala. After shutting out Huntsville for a second time in the weekend (3-0), Jamie Phillips attained

the most shutout minutes in Michigan Tech history at 179:39 minutes.

“We’re going to have to make sure we go down there and take care of business.”

-Mel Pearson Michigan Tech looks to play another tough goaltender matchup with Guerriero this weekend who was picked

in the preseason, alongside Huskies goaltender Jamie Phillips, as one of the nation’s best.

When asked about how the Huskies planned to play against another strong goaltender, Head Coach Mel Pearson stated “All of the goaltenders are good in this league, they’re all capable of pitching a shutout at you. We’re going to have to go with the mindset like we’re playing any other goalie. We’re going to have to get traffic to the net, be hard on the puck, get shots through, find rebounds, and take advantage of the power play. It’s going to be a good series, they’re playing well and off to a great start. We’re going to have to make sure we go down there and take care of business.”

The series will take place at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville with the matchups beginning at 8:07 p.m. EST. You can listen to both games on Mix 93.1 FM or watch video coverage at WCHA. tv.

Soccer loses to Northern Michigan Utkarsh Mishra Lode Writer Michigan Tech’s Women’s Soccer team lost the last match of the normal season in a close encounter against Northern Michigan last Saturday. Michigan Tech scored a goal in the first half but failed to maintain the lead in the second half and lost the match by one point, with a score of 2-1.

“I thought we did a lot of things right. We just didn’t put as many goals into the net.”

-Michelle Jacob Lexi Herrewig continued her strong play with her team-leading 13th goal of the season. She took a pass from Janelle

Riedl and finished off the play with a goal in the 38th minute. Tech lead the first half with Herrewig’s goal, but Northern Michigan tied the game just four minutes into the second half on a marker from Carmen Villarruel. The game-winning goal came in the 70th minute from Northern Michigan’s Allyssa Milam off a corner kick.

Tech put eight shots on goal compared to five for the Wildcats. Several were in the closing minutes as the Huskies pressured to try to tie the game.

“It was a good battle for both teams,” said Tech coach Michelle Jacob. “We made some mistakes, and they turned them into goals. I thought we did a lot of things right. We just didn’t put as

many goals into the net.”

Michigan Tech took 14 shots 8 of which were on target, whereas Northern Michigan took 11 shots and 5 of them were on target. There were no red or yellow cards conceded by either team but the foul count was more for Northern Michigan (10) than Michigan Tech (7).Tech managed to pull 4 corner kicks and Northern Michigan managed to get 6 corner kicks.

No players were found offside during the match.

Michigan Tech finished the regular season 9-6-1 overall and 6-5-1 in GLIAC play. The black and gold have earned the No. 6 seed in the league tournament.

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Overtime thriller highlights Sidelines Kero in series split with Ferris State Tanner NHL Michael Jarasz Lode Writer

In a series of games where breakaways and outnumbered rushes were a little too common for both sides, goaltending turned out to be the deciding factor last weekend.

Jamie Phillips had 30 saves Friday night when the Ferris State Bulldogs opened up their final series with Michigan Tech at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. None of the saves more important than the thirtieth when an untimely turnover at the Huskies blue line let Bulldogs’ Gerald Mayhew take the puck up the ice uncontested. Phillips kicked his left leg out to stop a blistering shot with less than a minute remaining in the overtime period.

The rebound made its way to C.J. Eick who quickly sent it up to Tyler Heinonen. Heinonen in turn fed the puck up to the blue line where Malcom Gould was making a breakaway up the ice. Gould looked to make a pass to Eick, who with his tremendous speed, was now alongside Gould. At the last second a defenseman was making his way over.

With 47.1 seconds remaining, Gould decided to fire the puck on Ferris netminder Charles Williams for the game winning goal. “Jamie made

that big save and we were lucky to turn it around the other way. After I got that phenomenal pass from Heinonen I was kind of thinking (to) pass the whole way to Eick, I saw him open up and then the D-man kind of came right at me at the last minute. I

“For the most part I thought we did a really good job, it might have been the best game we’ve played all year, and we lost” -Mel Pearson. didn’t have much of a pass anymore so I thought I’ll just shoot it. I just kind of got lucky.” Said Gould.

The Huskies opened the game, skating hard and controlling the puck very well. Only 7 seconds into the game Brent Baltus crossed into the Ferris zone to take a long shot on Williams. Eick and Heinonen both had great shots in the opening min-

utes but Williams continued to stop the onslaught.

Ferris State dumped the puck into the Tech zone, with Jamie back behind the net to collect the puck on the boards. The puck hit a seam in the boards and bounced in front of the goal where Bulldog VanWormer was able to tap the puck into the open net to take a 1-0 lead at 8:17.

The Bulldogs struck again when a shot by FSU defenseman Matt Robertson rebounded off of Phillips pad right back to Robertson who was able to lift the puck over an outstretched Phillips. Heinonen made the first cut into the score when he weaved his way through three Bulldog defenders to get to the front of the net where his shot rebounded off of FSU defenseman Zach Dorer to find an empty backside to the net at 18:04. Unfortunately the Bulldogs struck right back when a turnover allowed FSU to regain a two goal lead going into the locker room.

“I think we had a good start, I liked our game. The first 10 minutes I thought we were the better team.

We put a lot of pressure on them and created some quality scoring chances and turnovers. We had a chance to regroup in the locker room and push the reset button” said Huskies head Continued on page 14

Tanner Kero was signed to the Chicago Blackhawks on April 5, 2015 as a free agent. He was a math major at tech, with an impressive three seasons on the Tech team.

During his time at Tech, Kero was named a WCHA Scholar-Athlete in his sophomore and junior seasons, was awarded the Harold Meese Sportsmanship Award his sophomore season and was awarded the Merv Youngs award as team MVP in his junior season. Performing well under pressure, Kero made an important shot during a shoot-out during last year’s GLI semi-finals against Michigan State, which led to the eventual win of the game.

This year, Kero’s debut game with the Blackhawks happened last Thursday, Oct. 29. He was recalled to the team last Tuesday, Oct. 27, while playing for the AHL Rockford IceHogs. During his season with the IceHogs this year, Kero has made eight goals and was named CCM/ AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 25.

Kero is a Hancock, MI. native; his sister Jordanna has played for Tech’s women’s volleyball team, and his brother Devin is starting his first season for the hockey team. Good luck to both Tanner and Devin as they pursue their hockey careers.

Danielle Blake, Player of the Year

The Huskies battled agaisnt Ferris State last weekend in an intense two-day contest.

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Danielle Blake, a senior women’s basketball player for Tech, was named the preseason GLIAC Player of the Year by the league’s coaches. Blake has an impressive history with the team.

She has received numerous awards including the GLIAC First Team in the 2013-2014 season, and she was named a WBCA All-American in the 2014-2015 season.

The women’s basketball team kicks off their season this weekend with an exhibition game. On Nov. 8, they travel to Michigan State University in what could be the start of a strong season for the basketball Huskies.

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Team of the week: Cross Country Libbi Rogan Lode Writer

Whether it’s six kilometers or eight, running the distance is challenging. The Cross Country team is a group of dedicated young men and women who run that distance. Men’s races are eight kilometersroughly five miles. Women’s races are six kilometers- about 3.7 miles. These races are demanding but our Huskies power through them, looking good in the process while sporting their gold and black uniforms.

The Cross Country team’s most recent race was the GLIAC finals, held at Kensington Metropark in Milford, Michigan. Of the 15 teams there, our men took fifth place. Jason Saliga led the men’s pack, placing 15th with a time of 25:01. Saliga also dashed away with a Second Team AllGliac title. The rest of the scoring five were all in the top 50 runners. There were 145 runners who competed in the men’s race.

On the women’s side of things, there were 16 competing teams. Our

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coach Mel Pearson.

Tech came out strong in the second period scoring two quick goals.

First, Alex Gillies fired a hard wrist shot that made it past Williams to bring the Huskies within one. Twenty seven seconds later Eick launched a wrister which appeared like it would be stopped, when Joel L’Esperance tipped the puck over Williams’ glove to tie the game three apiece. The Bulldogs took the lead again before heading off the ice.

With the third period beginning, the Bulldogs came out with intensity, where Phillips kept the Huskies in the game. The Huskies answered again equalizing the score at 5:33 when Matt Roy sent a laser through traffic from the point that ended up being his first career goal. “It was funny because I didn’t know if Gillies tipped it in front,” said Roy. “I am just glad it went in and I could help the team out.”

“It was frantic out there” said Pearson. “They’re a hard team to play against, if they get any pressure they just flip it, they overload an area putting a lot of pressure on the defense.

We found a way to hang in there and

The men’s cross country team in action.

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women’s team took eighth place overall.

They were led by runner Andrea Lee who ran the course in an impressive 23:10, taking 24th place.

In comparison with last year, both the men’s and women’s teams are performing better. There have been personal records set and reached across the board. For ex-

a way to win the game.”

After their great performance Friday night, the Huskies came out and played a much better game Saturday, despite missing star forward Alex Petan due to an injury the previous night. Ferris however, found a way to win the game 3-2. Goalie Darren Smith who had sat out Friday night made a great performance and ended the night with 36 saves.

“I thought we came out well, played with a lot more jump during the game and created more scoring opportunities than last night [Friday]. I thought we had an all-around better game tonight” said Pearson. “Unfortunately the scoreboard didn’t indicate that. I thought we carried the play in the third period, I give their goalie a ton of credit, he was the start of the game.”

In stark contrast to Friday’s game which had zero penalties, the Bulldogs took advantage of the very first power play of the night after Reid Sturros was whistled for slashing.

Sturros would be the one to strike back and tie the game.

At 16:02 a hard shot to the backboards by Roy was kicked across to a waiting Sturros who was able to bury the biscuit into the wide open net. “I took a couple of bad penalties in the first and they scored on one of them.

It was nice to get it back there on the power play” Sturros said of his equalizing goal.

The Huskies took the lead in the second when Patrick Anderson found Max Vallis ahead of the slot.

Vallis turned and sent a terrific backhand on net through three defenders

and past Smith to take the first regulation lead of the weekend. Later in the second the Bulldogs evened the score at 16:16, when FSU blue-liner Simon Dennis wristed a shot past Phillips who was screened by traffic in front of the net.

The Huskies came out into the third period and created a lot of great scoring opportunities. With 34 total shots attempted and 18 on net, Smith, who should henceforth be known as the wall, was waiting to stop every chance he was afforded. With only 1:21 remaining the Bulldogs notched the game winner and left Tech with two highly coveted WCHA points.

ample, last year at the GLIAC Championships, the women’s team took 10th place.

This year they bumped up two places, taking eighth. Individually they have improved as well. Jason Saliga shaved 17 seconds off of last year’s GLIAC Finals time.

He also went from 32nd place, to Second Team All-GLIAC this year.

On the women’s team, Andrea Lee and Sophia Fraquhar have led the pack for most of the season. Lee is a returning senior and has had a great season thus far, placing seventh in the midwest open. Farquhar is also a returning runner and recently took 12th at the BluGold invite this October.

Overall, this season has been a memorable one for our Huskies. Both men and women fought hard and put in the time for their achievements.

The Huskies are coached by Joe Haggenmiller and assisted by Andrew Joda and Jake Isaacson. Good luck to our men’s and women’s teams at their last meet, this Saturday, Nov. 7. This final meet is the NCAA midwest Regional, and will take place in Evansville, Indiana.

“For the most part I thought we did a really good job, it might have been the best game we’ve played all year, and we lost” said Pearson. “We competed, and we had great effort.

When you go through the lineup there aren’t any players you can say had a bad game, it was just a couple breaks and bounces and that’s the game.”

The Huskies travel to Alabama Huntsville for back to back games this Friday and Saturday. Nov. 6-7.

Both games can be seen from a live stream on WCHA.tv or listened on Mix 93 FM or online via Pasty.net.

The Huskies football defense holding back Ferris State on Saturday.

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Volleyball returns empty-handed Utkarsh Mishra Lode Writer Michigan Tech’s women’s volleyball team faced back to back defeats at home

by Ferris State on Friday and by Grand Valley State on Saturday. Both the contests were single handedly won by the guest team where Ferris State defeated Michigan Tech by 3-0 and Grand Valley State by 3-1.

Ferris State is currently ranked number 1 in GLIAC women’s volleyball Standings. They have lost just one match in this entire season. The match on Friday turned out to be really hard for Tech where Ferris State defeated Tech by 2519, 25-16, 25-17.

Tech’s Aubrey Ficek tied for matchhigh honors with 11 kills. Noelle Eveland added eight more. The Bulldogs led set one with a score of 16-9 before the Huskies rallied to get within 22-19 on three kills from Ficek in a five-point span.

FSU closed out the frame with three straight points. Ferris used an early run in the second for a 9-3 lead and held off the Huskies from there. In the third, Tech fell behind 7-1 and played even through 23-17. FSU closed it out with a kill.

The Bulldogs made only six errors on 102 attempts while hitting .353 for the match. Tech’s hitting percentage was .138 on 130 attempts. Rachel Pohlod posted a match-high 33 assists to go

Volleyball battled the weekend against two tough competitors.

with eight digs and three kills.

The Grand Valley State looked in good form when they defeated tech on Saturday by 25-16, 25-18, 21-25, 2514. The Lakers won the first two sets by 25-16 and 25-18 scores, respectively, before the Huskies responded with a 25-21 victory in set No. 3 behind clutch kills from Stephanie Dietrich and Lauren

Emmert late in the frame.

Grand Valley State rallied in the fourth set, though, closing out the match with a 25-14 win. Emmert added nine kills to the attack, while setter Rachel Pohlod turned in 35 assists. Defensively, Aird, Pohlod (14), Halie Hart (13) and Elle Heinonen (12) all had double-digit digs in the match.

Varsity Events Schedule: November 5th-11th Volleyball

Thursday, 5

Friday, 6 @ Saginaw Valley State, 7:00 p.m. **

Cross Country

Hockey

Saturday, 7 @ Wayne State, 4:00 p.m.** @ Evansville Indiana, 10:30 a.m. **

@ Alabama Huntsville, 7:07 p.m. **

@ Alabama Huntsville, 7:07 p.m. **

Women’s Basketball Football

Sunday, 8

@ Michigan State, 2:00 p.m. @ Ashland, 1:00 p.m. **

Monday, 9

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About the match against Ferris State, Coach Matt Jennings said “Ferris takes you out of your game. They’re aggressive and don’t make a lot of mistakes. I thought our game plan was solid, but we didn’t play very aggressively at times.”

Home Game

Tuesday, 10

** Conference Match

Wednesday, 11

Upcoming

Events November 5 - November 11 The Art of Effective Negotiation

Thursday, Nov. 5 5 - 7 p.m.

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Negotiations occur every day in the scientific laboratory and workplace and often involve issues that are key to research success and career advancement. This workshop teaches the fundamentals of negotiation relevant to a variety of one-on-one conversations and group settings.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Friday, Nov. 6 - Sunday, Nov. 8 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.

Fisher 135

In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working

Woodcutting for Little Brothers

Saturday Nov. 7 10 - 11 a.m.

DHH Sign

Embrace your inner lumberjack and give back to the community! Join Circle K in cutting wood for Little Brothers- Friends of the Elderly. Meet at the DHH Sign at 10 am.

Dakaboom

Saturday, Nov. 7

10 - 11 p.m. MUB Ballroom

Dakaboom is a music/comedy duo from New York and Los Angeles. Described only as postmodern vaudeville, their show must be experienced to be understood.

Long time best friends Ben McLain and Paul Peglar utilize a cappella, loop stations, stand-up, sketch, crowd interaction and several musical genres to create a world all their own - and everyone’s invited. Impressive talent mixed with unique humor makes the duo something brand new and yet altogether familiar to current audiences.

Everyone leaves feeling better than when they arrived - with free hugs!

Opening of Faculty Studios Visual Arts Faculty open their studios for community conversation and to view their work-in-progress.

Saturday, Nov. 7

Rozsa Center, Gallery B