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Devout food Satisfying religious dietary constraints as a student can be challenging, but isn’t impossible

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For many students and residents of Anchorage, it’s relatively easy to walk into a restaurant and order food without any thought.

But in some communities with heavy influence from cultures and religions, people have restrictions on the foods they can eat. According to Haim Wenger, a member of Congregation Beth Sholom for the past seven years, it’s easy not to be religious in Alaska. Yet there are many students who live on campus at UAA who are actively devoted to their faith.

This year, 25 Saudi Arabian students are attending UAA. They all have something in common outside of their homeland; they are all Muslim. Followers of Islam are forbidden from eating pork and must pray five times a day. They must also fast during Ramadan, which occurred this year in the month of August, when the Anchorage sun was still setting late.

Abdullah Alanazi, a 25-yearold business administration major, noticed the difference between his home and Anchorage very quickly.

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who has run into religious barriers at UAA. “Last year I ate at the cafeteria almost every day,” said Kyle Hoover, a 19-year-old aviation major and resident of East Hall.

Hoover is Catholic, and during the 40 days leading up to Easter, he observes Lent. During Lent, Catholics are forbidden from

eating meat that isn’t from the ocean on Fridays. Hoover recalls his first Friday of Lent last year, walking into the cafeteria at the Commons. He was surprised to find no fish available, leaving him to choose between salad and cheese pizza for dinner.

Alicia Thomas is a 21-year-old physical education major and a new resident to Anchorage this year.

She is originally from Oregon, and comes from a religious Catholic family. Thomas will be spending her first Lent away from her family and is preparing for the food related difficulties.

“I would be upset if they don’t have fish on Fridays,” she said.

“I can understand since there are other students, but I would like to have fish at least some Fridays.”

Muslims and Catholics are not the only religions with food restrictions. In Judaism, followers are required to follow kosher dietary laws. This includes not mixing any meat with dairy products.

However, UAA does provide some food alternatives for those students who have specific dietary needs.

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“From the food, everything is 100 percent different,” said Alanazi.

Alanzi said he was thankful school hadn’t started during Ramadan so that he could travel back to Saudi Arabia. With the sun setting so late in Anchorage, he wasn’t able to observe it here.

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Students continue to face stiff competition in the national job market, but UAA Career Services says Alaskan college students have a particular advantage.

Compared to the national unemployment rate, Alaska is fairing well, especially Anchorage. As of September, unemployment in Alaska is 7.6 percent. The national average is 9.1 percent.

Anchorage has 5.8 percent unemployment.

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Bear Tooth Grill files over one hundred The Assistant Director of job applications for its grill and theater postings each month

Career Services at UAA, Lindsay Lockhart, said that plenty of jobs are available for current students and alumni. Finding a job is more a matter of knowing where to look.

“I know people are thinking that the economy is on the decline—not here. Not with the people who come through my office. (From employers) I get the ‘Hey if you don’t start finding us more qualified people, we’re going to look out of state’ line,” Lockhart said.

Lockhart was surprised to hear a representative from the Odom Corporation (distributors of Coke products) say that he was having difficulty getting applicants for an entry-level sales manger position.

The position starts at $65,000 a year, and requires little experience.

Lockhart said the less obvious

jobs are overlooked when there are dozens of websites devoted to job postings.

“The rule of thumb for job searching used to be the Anchorage Daily News classifieds.

But now you have to look at 30 different places to find a posting.

It could be on craigslist, it could be on anchoragehelpwanted.com, it could be on ours. Based on the organization’s preference, you never really know,” Lockhart said.

Some of the more obvious jobs around town are some of the most competitive. Bear Tooth receives around 140 applications a month, according to Grill Side Manager Amy Mack.

They do most of their hiring in spring, but even at these peak seasons, they may hire only ten new people, Mack said. With a

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Hundreds show up for ANWR meeting FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of Fairbanks area residents showed up for a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service meeting in hopes of helping decide the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and whether the oil-rich coastal plain should be put off-limits to oil development.

The Carlson Center was filled with people Wednesday who were eager to speak to federal land managers about the refuge in Alaska’s northeast corner, the Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner reported Thursday. Federal land managers at the refuge will decide next spring whether to recommend that Congress designate the ANWR coastal plain as wilderness.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing six management alternatives for ANWR as part of an update of its comprehensive plan for the refuge. Two alternatives recommend wilderness status for the coastal plain, a designation that would ban oil and gas development in the area.

At Wednesday’s meeting, supporters of development wore red T-shirts with the slogan “ANWR Drill Team.” They mingled in line next to people sporting prominent “Protect the Arctic Refuge” stickers. Union members clad in hard hats waved “ANWR (equals) JOBS” signs.

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Karl Rove set to speak at College Republicans’ statewide convention Known as ‘Bush’s brain,’ Rove is set to present at the Dena’ina center October 29, costing $35,000 for the privilege

JERUSALEM (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in Jerusalem to dedicate a first aid station and meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bloomberg dedicated the station, built with the help of donations from him and other Americans and named for his father, in a ceremony Sunday.

Meeting with Netanyahu, Bloomberg gave the Israeli leader a U.S. flag and asked him to pass it on to the family of Gilad Schalit, the Israeli soldier freed last week in a prisoner swap with Hamas.

Bloomberg said New York’s support for Israel was “strong and unshakable.”

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The former photo editor of the Anchorage Daily News has been named to the Robert B. Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

The Anchorage Daily News says Richard Murphy will occupy the chair during the spring 2012 semester.

Murphy retired from the paper earlier this year after being photo editor for 26 years. He was part of the staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2009. He led the newspaper’s photo staff to many national and regional awards. Murphy will teach two classes.

The Atwood Chair was founded in 1979 by the late Robert Atwood, longtime publisher of The Anchorage Times. The Atwood foundation recently pledged $1.4 million to continue to endow the position.

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Pope names 3 new saints, man disrupts Mass

Pope Benedict XVI named three new saints for the Catholic Church during Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square that was disrupted by a man who climbed out onto the upper colonnade and burned a bible.

Vatican gendarmes, a bishop and the pope’s own bodyguard talked the man back from the edge of the colonnade after he shouted, “Pope, where is Christ?” in English and threw the burned bible to the crowd below.

Benedict and the thousands in the square appeared unfazed by the incident and carried on with the Mass.

The disruption came toward the end of the two-hour service Sunday to canonize three 19th-century founders of religious orders: Italian bishop Monsignor Conforti, Spanish nun Sister Bonifacia Rodriguez de Castro and an Italian priest who worked with the poor, the Rev. Luigi Guanella.

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This Saturday Karl Rove will be speaking at the Alaska College Republicans State Convention held at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center.

Rove, a well-known Republican advocate and campaign coordinator, will cost $35,000 dollars to bring up to Anchorage, including his speaking fee and travel expenses.

UAA’s chapter of College Republicans, however, did not fundraise or seek contributions to fund Rove’s costs. Instead, they will rely solely on ticket sales.

Tickets will range from $400 dollars to $90 dollars, the highest including dinner and a meet-andgreet with Rove, and the lowest being a general admission to the listen to the speakers.

“We probably won’t make profit. We’ll probably break even,” said Ryan McKee, President of the UAA College Republicans.

Rove will not be in Anchorage long. He is coming up solely for the convention and will fly in that morning and leave the next day.

A previous Chairman of the

College Republicans back in 1973, Rove has had a long and wellmarked career in politics that he can trace back to his days in the College Republicans chapter at the University of Utah. It was this career and subsequent credentials that appealed to the members of UAA’s CR to ask him to speak.

“Karl Rove has been pretty much the architect behind a lot of campaigns, and since we are going into the 2012 elections we wanted to hear from someone who was a big part in getting the last president elected,” McKee explained.

McKee is referring to Rove’s role as chief strategist for President George W. Bush’s elections in 2000 and 2004. Rove also served as the former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President Bush.

Despite the high costs of tickets, McKee and the other College Republicans have seen a large number of tickets already bought for the convention.

“Oh yeah. Oh yeah! All of our costs are being covered by presale tickets,” McKee said.

In addition to preparing for

their convention at the end of the month, the College Republicans at UAA are also on the hunt to increase their membership.

Approaching their third year of existence at UAA, McKee indicated they were finally at the point where they could focus on recruitment.

“We have definitely been taking the time to regroup and get some of our numbers up,” he said.

College Republicans is a national youth political organization aimed at supporting Republican candidates for office.

Rove is also the author of “Courage and Consequence,” a New York Times Bestseller in 2010 about his career in politics.

He is currently a Fox News Contributor, a Wall Street Journal Columnist, and tours the country making speeches at colleges, trade associations, and other organizations upon request.

Also speaking at the convention will be Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell, Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, and the National College Republicans Chairman, Alex Schriver.

hiring rate of roughly percent, one’s chances of acceptance are better at Harvard (9 percent).

But while Harvard is never short of qualified applicants, Bear Tooth finds rapid ways to dwindle down the applicant load.

“Our first criterion is legibility.

Yes, you’d be amazed how difficult it is to read some of these applications. The next is ‘did they answer every question.’ By this point, quite a few of them are gone,” Mack said.

The service industry is a popular choice for students working their way through college. The hours are flexible, the tips can be good, and, as Mack said, the companies are often willing to train employees.

“The best job in the world is to get in the service industry and hospitality,” said Andy Phelps, a UAA student working on his second bachelorette. “You can pretty much pick your own hours.“ The professional equivalent of Bear Tooth may be BP. It immediately springs to mind for many job searchers, and like Bear Tooth, receives an astounding number of applications. Unlike Bear Tooth applicants, everyone applying for BP jobs is evaluated at a national level.

A BP representative said that the company receives around 10,000 applications per month. 2,500 are called in for an interview, 500 will be hired, and that is the total number throughout the country. So about 5 percent of people who apply for a BP position will actually see a job.

College students are learning that competing at a national level is tougher.

Alaskan born Meena Ganesan decided to attend Emerson College in Massachusetts to earn her BA in journalism. Despite interning with the Boston Globe, Ganesan has yet to find a job since graduating in May. She has applied for 400 jobs, gained an interview with 30, and gone for a second interview 9 times.

Social Work major Caitlin Fortin found similarly difficulties.

Two months ago, she applied for Program Assistant at Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development. She was called back for a third interview as the top three of 130 applicants, each with a college degree. Last month she was hired as a Portfolio Management Administrative Assistant at Massachusetts Housing Partnership. Fortin beat out 200 other applicants.

With this kind of competition, Lockhart encourages students to remain in Alaska.

“We’re overwhelmed with employers who have a lot of openings. Maybe once you step outside of this university it’s different. But here, there are plenty of jobs.”

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UA part-time population trumps national average Community, jobs, and military all factors in UA’s high number

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60 percent of students at UA universities attend part time. That is 18 percent higher than the national average.

By Teresa Kennedy Assistant News Editor

A recent study found that the UA part-time population is 20 percent higher than the national average.

The UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research compiled a study in 2008, published

by Theodore L. Kassier and Alexandra Hill, that reported the UA part-time population average as 62 percent, and the national average at a low 42 percent.

“UA also has considerably more older and part-time students than the average university,” the report stated.

The report implies that UAA, along with other UA universities, will continue to see this peculiar trend.

A later study compiled in 2010 by the Statewide Planning and Institutional Research showed that the UA percentage has only slightly dropped to 60 percent.

UAA selectively sees 56 percent of their student population only attending part-time. Michael Smith, a representative of Enrollment Management on the Administrative, Professional, and Technical Council, sees a lot of different factors involved in these numbers.

“One of the factors is we have a nontraditional student base bigger

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than some of our sister schools,” Smith said.

UAA sees less students coming directly from high school into college. Because of that trend, jobs and the nearby military base serve as indicators as to why most UAA students are not attending full time.

“If you were to look at that part time student base, those are students working and going to school at the same time, or in the military and going to school at the same time,” Smith said.

Smith also pointed out that the UA school system is organized as a large community college with several different campuses.

Compare that to the City of College of San Francisco, the largest commuter school in the nation with a part-time population of 74 percent, and the UA numbers begin to make sense.

“We have a lot of community members returning to school, adults returning to school,” Smith stated.

According to the 2011 UA in Review report the largest age group at UAA is those student between the ages of 20-24.

The Assistant Vice Chancellor of Enrollment at UAA, Eric Pedersen, expanded upon Smith’s statements.

“The number one reason is the

fact that we only have dorm space for 1000 students. So that means about 15,000 students are living off campus,” Pedersen explained.

He further clarified that UAA is a commuter campus.

“If somebody out there broke universities into categories of commuter, we would probably look comparable to them.”

But organizations geared towards readying high school seniors for the college application process have done that.

One such website, collegeadmission-essay.com, listed top ten commuter schools in the nation, and each did not begin to compare with UAA’s part-time student ratio.

The University of Houston, the number one commuter school according to the list, only sees a part-time population of 29 percent.

And the University of Alabama at Birmingham, another school on the list, only views 32 percent of their students as part-time.

Community geared college campuses, not commuting, along with jobs and military seem to explain the disparity between UA’s number of part-time students and the national average.

UA defines part-time student as taking less than 12 credit hours per semester.

always cheese pizza no matter what day it is, and there’s always a salad bar,” said Lindsey Knopf, a 21-year-old who worked as a chef at the school cafeteria last year. If a student does have restrictions, whether it is for allergic or religious reasons, if they call ahead they can request their food to be made a certain way. Meat can be cooked separately, and vegetables and starch without cheese can be given.

Between tuna sandwiches at Subway, and sushi from Mein Bowl, Catholic students have options until 4 p.m. on Fridays.

During the weekdays, Subway and Mein Bowl in the Student Union offer students diversity in food options. Mein Bowl is willing to make special sushi for its customers upon request. Between tuna sandwiches at Subway, and sushi from Mein Bowl, Catholic students have options until 4 p.m. on Fridays.

There are many things Muslim students can choose from at Subway or Mein Bowl, which also serves oriental dishes. These restaurants also give a student who follows kosher dietary laws different options to choose from.

Even with the differences in beliefs between these Abrahamic religions, they all have food restrictions at some point during the year.

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Hawk with nail in head still free in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A wildlife rescue group tried unsuccessfully for a third day Wednesday to capture and rescue a red-tailed hawk in a San Francisco park that appears to have been shot in the head with a nail gun.

A rescuer spotted the bird during the afternoon in one of its usual haunts in Golden Gate Park’s southwest corner, where it had captured and was eating a gopher.

“We know he’s gotten some nourishment, which is good because we know he’s in a weakened state,” said Rebecca Dmytryk, executive director of the Monterey-based group WildRescue.

At the same time, rescuers will have a harder time luring the hawk into their traps if it’s been eating, she said. “We need him hungry.”

After Wednesday’s effort, Dmytryk said searchers won’t be looking for the hawk Thursday but will instead be on call.

“We’ll be relying on the many contacts we’ve made in the area,” she said.

If the hawk is not spotted and found Thursday, the search is expected to resume Friday.

Stolen panties prompt investigation in New Mexico LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -Campus police at New Mexico State University are investigating claims that a man came into a woman’s yard and stole panties from her clothesline.

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that police responded to the woman’s home Monday.

She told officers she had hung several pairs of colored underwear, two bras and some of her son’s shirts on the clothesline Saturday evening.

She found her gate open Sunday morning and nine pairs of panties worth about $60 were gone.

Police have not named any suspects.

The case comes just a year after five members of an NMSU sorority told police one of their members had been stealing Victoria’s Secret underwear and bras worth hundreds of dollars. All the items, except for one bra, were eventually recovered.

Death row dog missing from Oregon pet hotel ALBANY, Ore. (AP) -- Blue the dog had spent his days locked up in the Albany Pet Hotel, waiting while his death sentence is appealed. Now police say someone climbed the fence at the hotel, smashed a window and helped Blue the dog escape death row.

Albany police Lt. Casey Dorland said Monday that the only thing reported missing from the kennel is the fugitive canine. Police believe he was taken sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning.

Blue was sentenced to die last fall after he bit a toddler, but his owner appealed. The dog has been housed at the pet hotel waiting for his case to be resolved.

Animal shelter calls mechanic for cat stuck in van HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) -- A mechanic was the one doing the surgery at an Ohio animal facility when a woman drove in with a cat stuck behind her minivan’s dashboard.

WBNS-TV reports that the mechanic had to take apart the dash during a three-hour rescue operation Thursday in the Columbus suburb of Hilliard.

Driver Nehal Dhruve (NAY’-hahl DROOV) says she hit the cat with her van and decided to take it to the local humane society. The brown and black cat wouldn’t stay on the van’s seat but instead hopped down and climbed up under the dashboard.

Mechanic Daryl McKay cut his hands trying to free the feline, so an animal control staffer with smaller hands took over and pulled it out.

Dhruve says she now wants to adopt the cat.

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Alaskans are not as ‘Bear Aware’ as many would think Being in Alaska means constantly crossing over into bear country, but many Alaskans are poorly prepared and undereducated on what to do during a potential bear attack Features Editor

Whitney Blake, a student at UAA, was walking on Campbell Creek Trail on a crisp September morning, as she often does before school. However, she soon realized that this walk would be out of the ordinary when a big burly object ran across the trail. A bear had just appeared out of nowhere on this popular trail system.

“It startled me. I think it was a black bear but I couldn’t be sure. The second I saw it I turned around and went back the way I came,” said Blake. “I don’t see bears often on my walks. I think I worry more about hobos than bears, at least when I am close to populated areas.”

While bear encounters on Anchorage’s populated trails aren’t as frequent as the more secluded trails, the fact is that they still occur and very few trail-goers know what to do in a situation where they come across a bear.

When questioned on what they would do in a bear encounter, UAA students had

varying answers from climb a tree to use a foghorn.

Most companies try to sell bear safety items that every hiker or path walker should bring with them to deter bears. Bear bells, for example, are meant to alert bears to your presence with their constant jiggling and cause them to stay away. According to many professionals, while bear bells are popular, the slight ingling might not be loud enoug to be heard over nature noises. Bear spray is another tool of the bear aware trade. With it’s active ingredient

being capsicum, spraying it into a bears face will irritate them and distract them long enough for a person to get away. Unfortunately, capsicum is also a bear attractor.

If sprayed on clothes or equipment

“I don’t see bears often on my walks.

I think I worry more about hobos than bears, at least when I am close to populated areas.”

-Whitney Blake, UAA student

beforehand, it can actually attract bears, which few people know.

The last, most extreme tool is a rifle or handgun. It is legal to shoot a bear in self defence. This should be used as a last resort, if even

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used at all. The chance of doing bodily harm to oneself than the bear is more prominent. However, if the possibility does arrive that a person has to shoot a bear, they have to make sure that they kill the bear and then report it to Fish and Game who then have to salvage the hide and skull. It is a messy and life-threatening process and should be avoided if possible.

When asked what they would do if a bear attacked, most said run away. According to the US National Park Service, running can trigger a natural instinct for a bear to chase. Bears can run more than 44 feet per second, faster than Olympic sprinters, so the chances of a normal person outrunning a bear are slim to none. They do recommend slowly backing away, as Blake did, or if a bear charges, to lay in the fetal position and ‘play dead.’

Because of the lack of knowledge and training, not all stories end as well as Blake’s.

A recent study by the Journal of Wildlife Management showed that between 1900 and 2009, there were records of 63 deaths from black bear attacks in Canada, Alaska and the lower 48 states. Over 86 percent of those attacks were in Alaska and Canada.

However, it is the grizzly that people need to watch out for. The grizzly-human encounter and death rate is even greater.

With 95 percent of the brown bear population in the US located in Alaska, and the growth of human population spreading further into their habitat, it is only natural that these bears will become accustomed to humans and feel comfortable roaming into populated areas, even foraging in trashcans.

Wildlife agencies and awareness groups are working to educate people about the safe way of dealing with

Bear bells, bear spray, and even guns are among the average equipment that people bring with them on hikes. But not all work as well as advertised.

bears in rural and populated environments.

“We have been conducting research and currently have an online survey on people and their bear encounters,” said Lilian Alessa Ph.D., Director of The Resilience & Adaptive Management (RAM) Group.

Kim Jochum, a Ph.D. student, and lead on the bear study believes that the growing population of people in Alaska is forcing bears out of the forest. When they get scared, they dash back into the forest unwittingly meeting an unsuspecting jogger or dog walker.

With this study, the RAM group hopes to determine how often encounters occur, how people react to a bear encounter, and see what kind of perceptions or misconceptions everyday people have about bear encounters.

This information will be

compiled and used to further education on bear awareness.

Dan Sullivan released a statement after a bear attack last year that stated, “It’s up to the people who use these areas to use good judgment. We don’t close down our facilities because we happen to live in an area that has some potential dangers.”

The Municipality of Anchorage website offers a Bear Aware section where people can report bear sightings around town, and look at maps of bear-heavy areas around Anchorage. It is recommended to look at before going on a walk on an unfamiliar trail.

With every bear encounter situation being unique and unexpected, like in the case of Blake, it is best to know at least the basics of bear awareness in order to stay safe in any encounter.

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Future of Northway Retaining dignity: how to avoid Mall is looking up the dreaded “walk of shame”

By Demietrius Preston

A daunting task on the surface, Tosi believes that they It’s hard for people to let go of are fully capable of changing the the glory days. culture of the area.

The game winning shot “We’ve got to start from the from high school, the chiseled inside out,” Tosi said. “Being physique of their early 20s, the a part of this mall is all about former accolades. Many pride pride.” themselves off of these memories The source of their pride for the rest of their lives, while undoubtedly stems from the roots refusing to acknowledge the each of them has as longtime obviousness of the truth. residents of East Anchorage.

Their glory days are over.

Part of their plan is to reach The Northway Mall isn’t out and engage the neighboring much different from these kinds community, starting with the of people. Esteemed by onlookers youth. more for it’s past than it’s present While managing the state, the once celebrated East Northway Mall, Tosi also runs Anchorage mall has hardly been a non-profit called AK Pride in able to retain a pulse in recent the same building. He sees it years. as a way of keeping teens out of trouble and giving them an opportunity.

“We’ve got more than 3 thousand kids in this area with nothing to do,” said Tosi.

His program offers mentoring, educational training, and job opportunities for the youth in the community.

“It’s all about breadcrumbs,” said Tosi. “We just lead them down the path.”

Muhammad Naviwala, the mall’s longest tenant at 16 years and the owner of Dollar Power, is excited about the direction Tosi is PHOTO BY SPENCER MITCHELL/TNL The Northway Mall’s taking them. business is looking up with the recent opening of “Mao has done Planet Fitness and soon-to-be open Burlington. wonders since Mall manager Mao Tosi taking over management,” said believes that the openings Naviwala, “The recession has of a new Planet Fitness and taken its toll but the mall is going Burlington Coat Factory will not to thrive, only help to save the mall, but Many are looking forward will also breath life back into the to the opening of the new community.

Burlington Coat Factory on “We need a heartbeat,” November 18th and for good said Tosi. “Planet Fitness reason. and Burlington, they are that According to Tosi, the mall heartbeat.” should be able to generate over They may not have as much 100 new jobs once it’s fully up financial support as the other and running. local malls, but Tosi and crew New mall employee Darrell have a different plan in mind.

Ryles has benefitted early on.

“We’ve been painting He’s been working at the new the outside of the mall and Planet Fitness since it opened on landscaping,” said Tosi with a September 1. grin. “We call it botoxing.”

“We’re basically trying to The outside of Northway serve the people of Anchorage,” has been plagued with graffiti said Ryles. “This place needs to over the years, but the mall’s survive.”

Administrative Director Jennifer Ryles said he remembers a Nieves says that’s changing. time when the Northway Mall According to her, people was in a league of its own. have demonstrated a newfound He hopes that these newest respect for the property since developments will be enough to Tosi took over leadership in resurrect it again.

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Bring back the glory days.

“We want to change the “We’re not letting this mall perception that this is the ghetto crash just like we’re not letting mall,” said Nieves. the Eastside crash.”

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By Leroy Polk

Assistant A&E Editor

Halloween is coming up, and with it, crazy house parties where liquor flows like water and people cast off their inhibitions, instead dawning a hobo bundle and Sharpie beard, or swanky nurse uniform.

As always, the morning after the deed inevitably arrives and, just as the sun of the new day dawns, the weight of the situation dawns on those who find themselves somewhere other than their own bed.

If you have the nagging feeling that this may be you, perhaps from previous experience, there are a few things you can do to in terms of prep-work to lessen the humiliating effect of the “walk of shame.” That is to say, the act of leaving the house, while everyone stares you down, knowing what you did.

First of all, know who you’re going to bed with. The most important part of stealth espionage action is awareness of your environment, and remaining unseen. Having a good “partner” (in this case, the person you got down with last night) can go a long way. They can leave the room ahead of you and distract the opposition (parents, flat mates, etc.) in order for you to make a clean getaway.

Try putting a plan together in which your teammate draws everyone into another room, leaving the entryway unguarded.

If this is not possible, use them

as a physical shield, or have them at least draw attention away from your immediate

area.

Sometimes, however, the bed-friend you befriended might not be up to the mission.

alone.

Incorporate somber form of mask into your costume. It’s Halloween anyway, so why not just go as something which conceals its face. That way it’s not “John” that bolted out the door after a walk of shame, but “Spiderman.” Be sure to stay away from cameras during the party, to avoid a Scooby-Dooesque unmasking, or a Facebook scandal the following day. Also be sure to never take the mask off, or divulge your true identity to anyone you talk to at the party (it’s what the real Spiderman would do).

Even if it’s not Halloween, you can bring a balaclava with you to obscure your identity further. Be careful though, as you will look almost exactly like a home invader.

If you can’t swing a mask, there are always alternate escape routes.

Flanking corners and crawling around kitchen islands can only get you so far. If there’s a TV by the door, and all the hungovers are camping in front of it, there’s nothing your impressive stealth can do.

If this is the case, consider leaving out of the window (this is also what the real Spiderman would do, first floor or otherwise).

Hopefully you planned ahead and brought your shoes into the room, but if you were too inebriated to remember them, leaving through the window is still encouraged. You can always buy more shoes; you can never buy more dignity.

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Maybe you don’t know them too well, and they just want you out. Maybe they remain catatonic, or otherwise useless to help. Or maybe they aren’t there at all, and you wake up alone, a stranger in a strange land.

Accept the fact that this could be a solo sneaking mission. This is a bad scenario, as even if you were discovered with your partner, they could shoulder some of the embarrassment along with you. If you go alone, the awkwardness upon discovery is doubled. However, there are a few tactics that can be employed

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FEATURES| October 25, 2011

Figuring out campus food

By Kate Lindsley Contributor

a humor column by Alden Lee

What is the healthiest place to eat on campus?

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Bag snatchin’ from costumed kiddos

By Alden Lee

Assistant Features Editor

BOO! Pardon me, just a little mood setter before we begin.

Halloween is right around the corner. With it comes all the ghoulish horrors of unsupervised adolescents running around egging houses and snatching up whole piles of candy from the bowl out on the porch steps that has been clearly marked ONE PIECE ONLY PLEASE by the prudish old couple who don’t want their doorbell to be going off all night. Costumed delinquents on a sugar high will soon be invading upper class neighborhoods in pursuit of their Kit Kats and Milky Way Midnights, fulfilling a grand tradition dating back thousands of years when ancient Druids used to party it up for a night with the reawakening dead.

It’s a shame that this is a past time that gets grown out of. College students just don’t spend their time trick-or-treating; somehow, dressing up as Power Rangers and ghostly bed sheets and running from house to house singing for candy no longer holds its appeal.

As a sad result, our intake of the annual holiday chocolate has dropped to a pitiful state.

Alaska just isn’t the greatest climate for trick-or-treating in the first place. Come the end of October, if there’s not a foot of snow on the ground already, the temperature’s dropped to about zero degrees Kelvin and concerned parents have bundled their trickor-treating little children up in twenty layers of snow suits. The poor kiddos can forget wearing actual Halloween costumes underneath this suffocating cocoon of protection: they all end up looking like squat, brightly colored Michelin Men, shuffling slowly from house to house in the gathering dark.

“Look honey, it’s another rainbow Michelin Man! Give the lil’ guy a Snickers.”

The prospect of their little tikes going door-to-door asking for sweets at night sends parents into Halloween high-alert: fed

on countless government-issued Halloween safety pamphlets warning of the dangers associated with this beloved tradition, they’re convinced that every neighbor is a potential pedophilic creeper who could be handing out roofielaced candy and giving the phrase “bobbing for apples” a whole new meaning. The kids themselves aren’t worried about such evils— their biggest fear is running into the household that hands out fruit leathers and stale popcorn balls instead of actual candy.

But parents have launched into a new level of paranoia, insisting on confiscating all sugared loot brought in and thoroughly checking it for any form of poison or horse tranquilizer. In fact, most would prefer if their kids didn’t bring back any candy at all…just for safety’s sake.

That’s perfect for us college students, who really would like to get our hands on some of that loot without the hassle and embarrassment of knocking on doors and asking for it. Sure, there are the costume parties and Paranormal Activity movies and Sexy Nurses to get our Halloween kicks from, but deep down, we all want to satisfy that childhood craving for devouring massive amounts of Whoppers and Swedish Fish.

So what better way to do it than take the candy from the little kids!

They’re slow and vulnerable, their parents don’t want them to have it in the first place, and who knows, we might actually be saving them from a roofies-related incident after all! No violence is needed— simply scaring them should do the trick. Just jump out of a bush wearing a zombified Muammar Gaddafi mask and they’ll fling their candy everywhere as they waddle off screaming. It’s a bag snatching delight! And finally, you’ve once again got that huge pile of candy to stash up in your cupboard until Christmas.

Wouldn’t it be easier, one may ask, and less likely to rack up burglary charges, if you just went and bought a bag of candy from Target or something?

Please. We may be college students, but we do have standards.

You’ve got a lot of options, but sometimes convenience is at the utmost importance. If you are looking for a place on the east side of campus, I would recommend the Fireside Café.

Located behind the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building (CPSB), the

Fireside Café is different in that it hosts a calmer atmosphere than other dining options on campus.

I would even rank it above Starbucks in the chill factor.

On the nutritional side of things, the Fireside Café offers a wide selection of paninis (made to order), fresh soup, and an assortment of fruits. While the paninis are made with refined grains and often with cheese, they are of modest proportions and are pretty darn delectable.

What if you’re smack dab in the middle of campus?

There’s really not very good options. It’s kind of like having to choose between the better of a few evils: scattered coffee shops, Subway, or Mein Bowl.

The coffee shops only really sell overpriced pastries that contribute nothing to a healthy diet, only empty calories. Subway urges its customers to “eat fresh”, but how can you do that when all of the ingredients (sans bread) are ages old? Mein Bowl, while tasty,

is full of sodium. Which is the only reason why it is tasty.

So my choice for mid-campus has to be Subway, but pretty much only if you have to.

Deciding where to eat on the west side of campus is pretty obvious: the Cuddy Marketplace.

It has a wide variety of food, which can be daunting to choose from. However, variety is what maintains a healthy diet.

My advice when visiting the Cuddy Marketplace is to avoid Grill 155, liquid cheese or sandwiches that have an expiration date more than a week from the current day. You may think they are fresh, but sandwiches should not be able to survive that long. I’m always wary of what they put in them to make them last.

With all of these options, don’t choose a “meal deal” with chips and pop. There’s really no reason to pay more for something that you’ll end up paying for later, whether it be through a gym membership or a higher insurance premium.

German Club in full swing at UAA Through a recently awarded grant, the program hopes to introduce students to German culture and language

By Amanda Knapp Contributor

Beer, bratwurst, and men clad in Lederhosen at a mock Oktoberfest celebration.

Generally, those fleeting images are what come to people’s minds when they think of German culture.

However, Germany has more to offer.

The Federal Embassy of Germany is devoted to their “Do Deutsch!” program, which is designed to spread the culture of Germany throughout the US. They explain German is predominant in our art and science, and a powerhouse in European politics and the economy.

Students don’t even have to leave the confines of UAA to partake in the “Do Deutsch” experience. The German program is hosting its own series of events to promote the authentic German experience.

To help with this promotion of the German language and culture, the Federal Embassy of Germany gave out 40 grants across the US to universities, including UAA. The German program coordinator, Natasa Masanovic, along with students from the UAA German Culture Club, were able to tailor and create their own schedule of events for everyone across campus to participate in this fall semester. The list includes movie nights, presentations at the UAA bookstore, and even a German game night next month.

“I’m really hoping the students around the university will start

“I’m really hoping the students around the university will start to see more of the options that German has to offer.”

-Hannah Bertrand, president of the German Culture Club

to see more of the options that German has to offer,” said Hannah Bertrand, President of the German Culture Club. “Through our movie

nights students can see a different aspect of the culture, the lectures offer personal experiences in Germany, and the game night I see as a way for people to just have fun with their German.”

Events to come include: a presentation on ‘The 22nd Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall’ being hosted in the library Nov. 4, “Let’s Have Fun in German!” gamenight on Nov. 10, and movie night featuring “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” on Nov. 17.

More details on the events can be found on Language Department’s Announcements webpage. Who knows? If anything, maybe at next year’s Oktoberfest students will be able to order beer auf Deutsch!

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Qaddafi’s death shines light on Obama’s foreign policy Obama continues to gain bona fides in international affairs, yet whether Libya helps or hurts his goals with Middle Eastern countries remains to be seen After last week’s news of Libyan Dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi’s death, people struggled to find meaning in Colonel’s demise. Besides the question of what comes next, there are really two observations that come forward for Americans.

The first is that President Obama has gained serious bona fides in the world of foreign policy during his three years in office.

The second observation made by analysts, is that it might be more dangerous to be an American ally in the Middle East than an enemy of our nation.

Obama campaigned on closing Guantanamo Bay, and even announced his order for it to be closed just two months into his presidency. Smacks could be heard around the country as Republicans responded with facepalms.

Republicans also labeled Obama’s series of speeches around the world early in his term the “apology tour.” Though he never actually apologized, some things he said could be construed that way, including a comment he made during a speech in France.

“There have been times where

America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive,” Obama said before announcing that America is changing.

But Republicans should lay off. The truth of the matter is that Obama has continued much of President George W. Bush’s foreign policies, as well as keeping several of his staff on board. Guantanamo Bay remains open. Afghanistan is just now recovering from a surge modeled after the one Bush oversaw in Iraq. Osama Bin Laden is dead.

And now Qaddafi is dead. And it seems like every month we have a report of some terror plot our law enforcement stopped dead in its tracks.

That list of accomplishments is not too shabby considering what Republicans were predicting on behalf of Obama’s foreign policy.

True, there have been mistakes and Republicans have bones to pick with the president (see the complete troop withdrawal in Iraq set to be complete by the end of the year). Yet with his accomplishments, it seems unlikely Republicans will be able to make a case convincing to the

American people. Obama has taken foreign policy off of the 2012 table.

Or has he?

Qaddafi’s death also pushes to the forefront the idea that it might be more dangerous to be an ally of America than an enemy for countries in the Middle East.

Qaddafi was an awful dictator, but he was somewhat obedient to the U.S., as shown in his deliverance of all nuclear weapons by 2006 (after he saw what happened to Iraq). Yet when rebels in Libya tried to overthrow his government, the U.S. (via NATO) stepped in to assist with a sophisticated air campaign.

Many analysts said the government and law enforcement response to Syrian protests were more brutal than what we saw in Libya, with over 3,000 dead as of this month. Those dead include unarmed women and children.

But we’ve not stepped in there to aid protestors.

And in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to make efforts to build his nuclear weapons program.

According to our state department,

he is also engaged in assassination efforts in our own country.

He’s called for a world without America and Israel. Truly, the list of Ahmadinejad’s evil practices is lengthy.

When Iranians courageously protested the results of a rigged Presidential election proclaiming Ahmadinejad as the winner, many were arrested and killed in response.

Yet no action has come as a result from our country. Not during the protests, as we did in Libya. Not after the assassination attempts in our own country. But watch out, we have threatened tougher sanctions, again.

What is the difference between Libya and Syria versus Iran?

Perhaps the more appropriate observation might be that it’s more dangerous to be an enemy (Iraq) or ally (Libya) with oil in the Middle East than anything else.

As Libya files its citizens through to see the corpse of their former dictator, America should also take some time to reflect on what Qaddafi’s death means to us.

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Wealthy hedge fund managers are dictating our way of life, and profiting from it Contributor

Over the last month, I’ve tried to convince readers that increasing taxes on the wealthy will both satisfy the demands of justice and help our economy recover from the worst financial disaster since the Great Depression. In my final column on tax increases, I would like to leave readers of this column with a question; what kind of society do you want to live in – one characterized by an obsession with economic growth, or one that values equal opportunity and egalitarianism?

Nations are more than economic units. They can be described in terms beyond GDP or Growth Trend Rate. Indeed, nations are defined by the attitudes and behaviors of the people living within that society. The values expressed in the social contract we build with our fellow citizens are ultimately more important than the economic outcomes that result from such a contract.

Unfortunately, our societal values have become drowned out in our obsession with growth.

Most people think of the economic boom of the early 2000’s as “good.” Sure, GDP was on the rise, unemployment was relatively low, credit was cheap, and American household consumption was driving growth.

However, when we reflect on that time now, we see that most Americans did not in fact enjoy the benefits of a bustling economy.

Most of that growth occurred in the financial sector.

Between 1997 and 2007, finance became the fastestgrowing part of the U.S. economy.

The gains reaped by financial executives, traders, and specialists represented almost two-thirds of growth in the gross national product. By 2007, financial and insurance companies accounted for more than 40 percent of American corporate profits and almost as great a percentage of pay.

So long as profits were soaring in the financial sector, the subsequent influx of capital meant freely flowing credit for everyone.

Most Americans thought they

were benefitting, because it was easier to get a loan to keep with the rise of the rich, but in fact they were floating on the top of an economic bubble that was destined to burst.

In societies with gross economic inequality (read: The United States), soaring incomes at the top create conditions more conducive to “boom and bust” markets. In the last 100 years, economic inequality has been highest during times of boom and bust economics. This is because the wealthiest Americans use their soaring incomes to speculate on a limited range of assets (as I argued in my last article, millionaires are hardly “job creators”). With so many dollars pursing the same assets, values exploded.

This is what happened in the housing market. Mortgage backed securities and collateralized debt obligations are assets most Americans can’t afford to invest in. But to hedge fund managers competing for social status, these assets could mean the difference between the 260-foot yacht, and the 300-foot yacht with the helicopter pad.

Why are we okay with this kind

of investing? Free flowing capital in the financial sector might mean cheaper credit for everyone, but is this how we want to live?

Do we want to live in a society wherein our access to student loans, mortgages, and car loans is dictated by the prudence (or lack thereof) of hedge fund managers?

Are we satisfied with stagnating wages for most Americans, while the rich continue getting richer? As a country we can do better. Ultimately, we must come together as a united people that recognize our mutual desires for freedom and equality.

We need to empower the middle class, not with credit, but with real increases in wages. This means preserving collective bargaining power to establish fair wages. This means greater participation in our democracy. This means everyone pitching in to help put our country on track. Spending cuts are a necessary step. But if the poor and middle class are asked to sacrifice, then the rich should sacrifice too.

For the sake of our country’s economy, our principle of justice, and our shared national spirit, we must increase taxes on the richest Americans.

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Republicans call a timeout from fast paced campaign A three week break in GOP debates offers a much needed moment of meditation and reflection for all

By Shana Roberson Executive Editor

Last Tuesday marked the beginning of a three-week break in Republican presidential candidate debates. That’s a good thing for everyone, including the candidates and the voters. Everyone needs a timeout.

The performance in last week’s debate showed how badly the candidates need a break. It was shameful how petty their bickering was. They looked like a group of children fighting over who gets to sit in the front seat.

Quite the opposite of presidential.

Also quite the opposite position of their oft mentioned mentor President Ronald Reagan, who followed an eleventh commandment.

“Thou shall not speak ill of any fellow Republican,” Reagan said.

Even the usually cool and collected Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) was off key.

He came off like a kid tattle-taling to the teacher as he kept asking the moderator to make other candidates stop talking.

Herman Cain’s allure wore thin in this debate as he tried in vain to defend his 9-9-9 plan from scrutiny. What was that defense?

Go to his website. Charming.

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) failed to keep his crazy off the table by saying he’d end all aid to Israel.

And please, let’s just not talk about Gov. Rick Perry. He was there and awake, which is an improvement, but he was petty, divisive and just plain ugly to watch.

Sen. Rick Santorum scored a few points, but he also attacked the front-runner so much that he literally resembled a barking attack dog at one point. That’s after Santorum had already lost all hope for the nomination, when he couldn’t stop digging his Don’t Ask Don’t Tell grave a couple of weeks ago.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) were probably the most composed, but that might just be because they got the least amount of time to talk. If Michelle Bachmann is the one that sounds the most sensible on stage, Republicans might be in serious trouble.

But it’s not the candidates alone who need the break.

Republican primary voters have been diligent, with this debate pulling in over 5 million viewers during its first run (The Fox News debate drew over 6 million).

Whether it’s the primary voters or the pundits drooling over the debates, these folks need a moment of meditation before moving on. Having been through five front-runners this year already, they need some time to think about what they want.

Perhaps if they are lucky, the field will narrow itself by the time we see the next debate.

The larger the field, the more the bickering and the less time those voters get to hear any substance from candidates.

Here’s hoping a new play is called after this timeout.

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Behind the horror: anatomy of a haunted house

An exploration of how ‘Alaska’s most professional haunted house’ builds and delivers its spooky magic

By Nicole Luchaco Staff Reporter

The air is thick with the smell of sickly sweet cotton candy. The lights, a murky glow through the simulated fog, cast eerie greenish shadows taking on any and every shape from your childhood closet.

There is an innate chill that creeps up your spine, and though nothing has happened yet, the atmosphere created is enough; you are standing in the gateway to darkness (GTD).

Sam and Michelle began running a small haunted house out of their garage for the children in their neighborhood around seven years ago. And from that local venture blossomed what is now one of Alaska’s most frequented haunted houses.

“We started it for the kids,” said Sam. “They loved it so much the first year, and we loved it so much the second year, that we just had to keep it going.”

After two years of having a “haunted garage” Sam and Michelle (who wished their last name to remain anonymous) attended their first national halloween convention in Los Angeles.

“It was the beginning of the end,” said Michelle. “After that we were sold on doing this for real.”

Seeking to fully break into the industry of scare, Sam and Michelle rented a five thousand square-foot warehouse in Wasilla.

“We have been here for five years and plan on staying,” said Michelle. “When you have a business like ours, people need to know where to find you, every year.”

The warehouse doubles as an indoor paintball arena known as “splatter house” in the winter months, but as soon as the snow melts, it’s out with the paintballers and in with the building crew.

Though the haunted house is only open for about a month, Sam and Michelle work on the haunt year-round, traveling, planning,

“We have been doing this for so long; our scare factor has gone down in everyday life.”

-Sam building and revising. Investing hundreds of thousands of dollars and a twisted imagination, the new maze for GTD takes about five months to map, build and decorate each year.

“Nothing really gets to us anymore,” said Sam. “We have been doing this for so long; our

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Gateway to Darkness, the well renowned haunted house in Wasilla, has one creepy clown on display this season.

Cross Country brings home another sweep of championships

By Kenzie Masson Assistant Sports Editor

The Seawolf men and women’s cross-country teams are officially Great Northwest Athletic Conference Champions again after sweeping their meets on Oct. 22 in Yakima, Washington.

Senior Ruth Keino led the women’s squad in the 11th annual GNAC Championships and junior Micah Chelimo led the men’s squad.

The women’s team, who are two time defending regional champions and ranked No. 6 in the national poll, swept the meet at Apple Ridge Run with 31 points followed by 76 points from Simon Fraser in second and Western Washington (WWU) in third with 87 points.

The men’s team, ranked No. 11 in the national poll, earned a record 27 points. All top five runners from UAA placed in the top ten and were trailed by WWU with 63 points and Western Oregon in third with 80 points.

Keino finished the 6K race in 21:26 minutes claiming the first

individual women’s title ever from UAA and earned UAA their third overall title.

Keino was backed by junior Miriam Kipng’eno, who finished in 21:12 minutes claiming third place, followed by sophomore Ivy O’Guinn in fourth finishing with a time of 22:24 minutes. Sophomore Susan Bick rounded out the top five with a time of 22:58 minutes. “(I knew I had to) stay confident and run for my team,” O’Guinn said. “I had to know I was better than the other competition and run for that championship.”

Chelimo finished the 8K race in 24:24 claiming first place by seven seconds as well as earning his first individual league title.

While the team had several individual accomplishments, it is clear that they were there to compete as a team and were in it together.

“I didn’t feel that good, my back was acting up, but I looked back and saw our four and five runners in the top ten, so I was pretty happy,”said senior Yonatan Yilma. “I’m not happy with my

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Junior Micah Chelimo races in early season action at the UAA Invitational on Sept. 1. Chelimo claimed his first conference title at the GNAC Championships on Oct. 22.

race knowing I could have done better but I’m really happy that we won as a team and had the tfive guys in the top ten.”

Junior Alfred Kangogo had a time of 25:13, good for fourth

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Scary games worth considering as an alternative to movies

players are definitely more common than game consoles, streaming services like Netflix have made consoles more of a household staple and thus little hardware is required for amateurs “Silent Hill 2” creates an eerie atmosphere by manipulating the environment, often in real-time. Messages like these are to pick up a discovered after events trigger a change in the game world. scary game and give it a try.

By Leroy Polk Assistant A&E Editor The scares offered by movies of Halloween and New Years the genre generally have a very Eve are generally considered to short lifespan, sometimes only be alcohol-friendly events, and lasting seconds with what are even drinking promoters. In this known as “jump scares,” or those regard, they are distinct amongst moments where there is rising the major holidays; it’s unusual to music or silence pregnant with hear about raging Thanksgiving suspense, followed by sudden loud house parties, or Easter night noise or image flash. These kinds blackouts. of scares, while immediately This is fine if Halloween frightening, tend not to last with happens to fall on a weekend. the viewer after they conclude.

College kids would even take a With games, the scares are thirsty Thursday. However, if created not only instantaneously, Halloween falls on, say, a Monday, but built gradually, most kinds of alcohol-related atmospherically. As the player activities are much less likely, is in direct control of the and this year, that’s exactly what’s characters, there’s a psychological happening. disconnect, creating a more While there will probably immersive experience. Columnist be house parties and bar events for Wired, Clive Thompson, calls going on the Saturday before, it this effect “proto-interactivity,” still leaves a deficit of festivity and attributes it to a power that is for the day of. Workweek above mere movies. obligations take priority and “Terrified viewers, screaming looming responsibilities tend ‘Don’t go in there!’ at the screen, to harsh the buzz further. [wish] they could somehow reach Children will be participating out and personally guide the in the age-old tradition of trick- [characters] to safety. In a game, or-treating regardless of it being of course, […] you actually do a “school night.” Parents may have the choice about whether to find themselves committed to go into ‘The Bad Room’ or to run monitoring the progress of their screaming,” Thompson writes. little ghosts and ghouls around Established scary game the neighborhood, or else devote franchises such as “Resident Evil” themselves to delving out candy at and “Silent Hill” have cultivated the door. this type of experience through For those that fall in neither the “survival horror” genre of camp (the majority of UAA games. students), the old standard for In this genre, the game’s a weekday Halloween probably environment is inherently hostile, involves some variation of scary and the difficulty is intentionally movie screenings. high. Through these preparations, Ever since the silent era, horror game developers intend to force films have been crafted to trigger a level of stress on the player. a base human emotion – fear. In an interview, Shinji Mikami, Often treated as a weakness, creator of the original Resident Halloween is one day where being Evil series, said, “The player feels afraid, allowing fear to consume [a] zombie getting close and tastes the viewer, is encouraged. As the ‘fear,’ and begins panicking, Halloween falls on a Monday this like, ‘I don’t have enough ammo!’ year, it allows that kind of fear to This level of stress created by be unperturbed by copious alcohol unfavorable circumstances helps consumption. to further challenge the psyche of Basic cable stations will play the player.

“Halloween” or “Friday the Team Silent, responsible 13th” on a continuous loop, and for the first four “Silent Hill” there are always contemporary games, are generally considered theatrical releases during October, masters of the emotional craft with “The Thing,” “Red State,” of the fear genre. By using more “Paranormal Activity 3,” (turn to in-depth psychological storyB4 for TNL’s review) and others lines, the “Silent Hill” franchise among this year’s offerings. has produced some of the more However, there is an alternative chilling video game experiences, – horror video games. While DVD often cited as revitalizing

the genre with the 2001 title, “Silent Hill 2.” In this game, the environment is the titular Silent Hill, an abandoned town consumed by fog, and augmented with psychological elements of the protagonist. “The look of the town touches audiences in a deeper level. I tried to depict a town that is desolated, filled with sorrow yet you cannot stop loving it,” said Takayoshi Sato, CGI director for the first two “Silent Hill” titles.

Newer titles such as “Dead Space” continue the survival horror tradition.

These various effects, coupled with inherently hostile game environments and longer-running plots, give scary games a leg-up over scary movies. Since games require a much larger investment in the investment of both a player’s attention and time, the pay-off in terms of fear is thus much more substantial. When it comes to Halloween on a Monday, far and away the standard is to rent some scary movies and jump and scream with the cheap scares they employ. However, if people are looking for a deeper-rooted scare that will last past Halloween, or else simply something new, scary games create a legitimate alternative for a sober yet scary Halloween activity.

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scare factor has gone down in everyday life.”

Complete with unique themes and a spooky touch; Sam and Michelle are slaves to their art form.

“We love detail,” said Michelle.

“Some people don’t notice detail, but we love all of the little things!”

This year the maze is loosely themed off of an orphanage, including things like a graveyardkitchen, clown room and psychedelic color tunnel, all of which are complimented by animatronics, dark claustrophobic passageways and hidden actors.

During each evening tour GTD has anywhere between twenty and thirty actors interacting with you as you weave your way through the frightening maze of rooms and blackened corridors. Behind chain link fences and melded into corners, the actors lie in wait for just the right moment to pop up beside you, there is never a time when you are truly alone.

“You can have a haunted house where there are just animatronics,” said Michelle. “But if you don’t have people, you just don’t get the same scare factor.”

The average evening brings in

Left: An air sensor trips the electric chair’s power source, torturing this wailing animatronic prisoner. Right: The living room houses an animatronic woman who rocks back and forth and screams at guests.

around two to three hundred people, many of which are self-proclaimed GTD groupies, coming anywhere from one to four times a night, every night.

“These same people will come running, screaming and flailing out the back door,” said Sam. “And then run right back in the front one to do it all over again.”

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‘Madness Return’ a worthy Wrap your mind around a spooky shot successor for insane original Warning: multiple brain hemorrhages

By Bryan Dunagan Contributor

After 11 years, American MacGee has released the sequel to 2000’s “Alice.” The game picks up quite a few years after the events of the first installment, when Alice is institutionalized in a London asylum. While out exploring, she is pulled into Wonderland and is briefed by the Cheshire Cat about ruination coming to Wonderland.

Here, Alice learns about shrinking and how it will help her get through small holes and reveal secrets in a violet-tinged lens.

Players will also learn quickly that there are all sorts of hidden collectables that are only viewable from this state, not to mention hidden platforms.

Alice will traverse huge and gorgeously rendered vistas that are insanely pleasing to the eye,

as well as large platforming areas.

One of the greatest strengths of the game is how the platforming and jumping works, which is a major leap forward from the first game.

Leaping through the air works only because there are ways to catch yourself. Double-jumping?

Try quad-jumping. Mix that in with gliding in the middle of any jump and the mechanics just sing.

Another improvement from the first game is the combat. Using a Zelda-inspired lock-on mechanic that works well for Alice, combine mild acrobatic jumping and dodging, and you’ve got a pretty basic combat system that works.

While there is only one melee attack button, the other button is for the pepper grinder (the ranged weapon). The grinder is good for shooting switches, as well as the flying pig snouts that populate the landscape. Shooting these allows secrets to appear, and even health pick-ups.

The Vorpal blade (the butcher knife from the first game) also makes a violent return. This is easily the best weapon in the game, as it makes quick, bloody slashing motions that carve up enemies with ease.

Along the adventure, Alice meets old faces such as the caterpillar and the Mad Hatter.

The Mad Hatter levels in the first

section of the game are the most memorable; they combine skill with speed platforming, and a little bit of action to break it up.

The whole smelting factory is a really cool idea for Wonderland, and having to put the Mad Hatter back together is a pretty neat twist.

The deliciously twisted landscape has to be mentioned, as it seems that a lot of care has gone into the creation of Wonderland and the hiding of its secrets.

Think of it this way, if your childhood was a little imposing (scary even), but the wonder of wandering aimlessly through the woods was worth it, this game is for you. Except this time, the scary wonder of the woods is replaced with demonic doll creatures that want you dead and all your old woodland friends are either twisted as well, or broken and battered.

Playing this game on Halloween may be a good idea, as some of the designs are just plain creepy and violent, perfect for a night of scary gaming.

GAME: “Alice: Madness Returns” MAKER: Spicy Horse RELEASE DATE: June 14th, 2011

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By Heather Hamilton A&E Editor

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It’s not Halloween without harvest-themed edibles. Candy corn, baked pumpkin seeds and bite-sized candy bars are a staple for the season. For the over 21 crowd, so are themed alcoholic beverages.

The Brain Hemorrhage is a shot served in a small glass that is best imbibed immediately. It is an interesting mixture of peach schnapps, Bailey’s Irish Cream and grenadine. To make the shot, pour a little over an ounce of peach schnapps into a small glass.

Then, slowly pour just a little of the Bailey’s into the center of the glass; enough to form a distorted cloud that will appear suspended in the schnapps. Pour just a little of the grenadine into the side of the glass, next to the cloud, and let

it settle to the bottom of the glass.

The appearance will be similar to that of a, well, brain hemorrhage.

The shot must be consumed quickly. The reason the Baileys appears suspended in the glass, is because it is curdled by the schnapps. The texture of curdled milk or cream is never pleasant, and takes away from the shot’s overall taste and experience if allowed to sit for any length of time.

The shot’s taste is mostly in hindsight, since it is downed so quickly. It is sweet because of both the grenadine and the schnapps, but, surprisingly, it’s the grenadine that you’ll taste first. However, the schnapps quickly overpowers it.

If downed in the proper length of time (a few seconds), the Bailey’s will have little to no taste, since the schnapps masks it. This is a blessing.

As a drink in general, it’s very simple in taste and composition.

What makes the Brain Hemorrhage special is the visual effect, which is quite superb, and elegant (in a macabre sort of way).

Remember: drink it fast though, or you’ll be wishing for the reaper.

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‘PA3’ offers character back-story Overtones of others in ‘Great Escape Artist’

By Heather Hamilton A&E Editor

There’s something to be said about a repetitive plot that can still scare the living daylights out of you three movies later.

“Paranormal Activity 3” is a prequel to the prequel, and gives insight into the early lives of the two ill-fated sisters, Katie (Katie Featherstone, “Paranormal Activity 2”) and Kristi (Sprague Grayden, “Paranormal Activity 2”), from the first two movies.

Young Katie (Chloe Csengery, “Chase”) and even younger Kristi (Jessica Tyler Brown, “Hawthorne”) discover they are haunted by an invisible entity, and their mother Julie’s (Lauren Bittner, “Bridal Wars”) live-in boyfriend, Dennis (Christopher Nicholas Smith, “The Office”) decides to set up cameras he uses for videotaping weddings to capture footage of their California home once he notices odd events beginning occur.

You might say to yourself, “Well, this idea has been beaten to death by the first two movies; why should I see this one?” The truth is, if the first two scared you at all, this one will more than give you the creeps. New camera angles, combined with knowledge

gleaned from “PA” and “PA2,” as well as new characters to care about, create a sense of unpredictability that fans need in order to invest in tickets.

“PA3” employes necessary scare tactics utilized by its predecessors. Suspense, shock, creepy children, men with camera obsessions and an evil invisible entity all mesh together to weave a tight plot and extremely eerie footage.

One highlight, as far as scary footage goes, is the oscillating camera created when Dennis takes apart Julie’s fan and mounts a camera on it. Some of the most suspenseful moments are created as the camera view shifts from the front door and the living room over to the kitchen and dining room. The motion is slow (but steady), and forces the audience to wait for a sign of the entity’s presence in the movie. Once they spot the thing that doesn’t belong, they have to wait for a few seconds for the camera to pan back to find out what the entity’s next move is.

Unfortunately, while we’re on the subject of footage, “PA3” has a lot to answer for in regards to how misleading their media campaign was. Trailers and viral promo videos alike all showed very specific moments from the movie, moments which never take place. The most disappointing of these missing scenes is the scene of a house fire spoken about in

both “PA” and “PA2.” Allegedly, the fire destroys the then-home of young Katie and Kristi, and is caused by the entity. Fast forward to a trailer for “PA3,” and a scene with a burning house is seen with the family panicking outside.

Because fans are expecting very specific things after seeing the trailers, the movie ends before they know it. An hour and a half of built tension is released with a snap, and after a few more moments of footage, the movie just ends.

The scares in “Paranormal Activity 3” are great; anyone who enjoys the first two will be terrified by the third. Unfortunately, the movie disappoints heavily in the ending.

Writers Christopher B. Landon and Oren Peli leave it wide open for a fourth installment, given that events that are important to the overarching plot have been left out, and no clear indication of how the girls proceed into adulthood is provided.

This missing piece leaves the audience with a sense of incompletion; if no fourth movie is released to fill the blanks, it will frustrate even the greatest of fans.

Directed by: Henry Joost, Ariel Schilman STARRING: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, RUN TIME: 85 min.

GENRE: Horror

By Bryan Dunagan Contributor

“Jane’s Addiction” has a new album called “The Great Escape Artist.” It’s a great little record that sounds like “Cage the Elephant,” “Bjork,” and a good helping of “Minus The Bear,” but played harder. Is that a bad thing? Not at all, but it does end up sounding somewhat like a road trip album.

The opener, “Underground,” has a good, hard, rhythmic feel to it, and it just fits in a way to start off a record. While listening to it, one can’t help but picture it being the opening song to a movie about a boy that goes from a little x to a larger y, with a lot of character development.

“I’ll Hit You Back,” is probably the more interestingly titled song, and has a varying arrangement.

The song goes to orchestral, to

hard punk, to sounding a bit like a “Bjork” song, with hip-hop beats masked with a guitar.

The song “Ultimate Reason,” shows shades of a western finger picking guitar, and seems to sing on all cylinders with it’s rhythmic chanting of “I got a reason…”

Listening to the album is like listening watching a movie where the characters walk into a bar and BA song is playing in the back, and it would be one of the songs on this album. That is to say that album sounds epic and sweeping.

It just seems that there isn’t much depth as there should be in all of the songs.

It seems that this album went for a bit of a layered approach with both sound and scope. This is not a bad thing, but it makes the album sound a bit like everything else, and does it well, and that’s not what the band was going for.

Still, fans of the band will enjoy it, and if you are reading this review, despite the low score, you should still pick it up.

ALBUM: “The Great Escape Artist” ARTIST: Jane’s Addiction RECORD LABEL: Warner Bros.

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By Heather Hamilton A&E Editor

The theater is full of rapt gazes, all focused on observing the final moments of stage magic. Before the curtain falls, a figure appears, and her position both surprises and delights the audience.

During a question and answer session immediately after the show, a young student raises his hand and asks about the unique effect. “How did you get the girl to float?” he asks. The cast and stage workers look at one another and the boy oddly. “What girl?”

More children raise their hands.

“Yeah, how did you do that?”

The demand to know the secret repeats until a teacher asks the same question, requesting how the woman dressed in white was made to look like she was floating above the stage.

The actors and crew share uneasy glances

and dismiss the effect as a secret of the stage, but the truth was, they couldn’t explain the phenomenon. No such role or effect had been part of the play, despite the entire audience having seen the woman.

This is one of many ghost stories that surround the Wendy Williamson Auditorium; the so-called lady in white herself has been the star of several, though not always as dramatic as her widely attended stage appearance.

Stories of strange happenings and alleged hauntings have been appearing for roughly as long as the building has been open (since 1974), and brothers Shane and Wayne Mitchell can account for several first-hand experiences dating back to the early ‘80s when they were theater students at UAA. “People started to experience incidents right away, so it’s not like it’s something that’s developed over time,” said Wayne,

an event facilitator for the Wendy Williamson.

When people find out about the alleged haunting of the Wendy Williamson Auditorium, they tend to flock to the building in hopes of having a paranormal experience.

The employees don’t pay them much attention, but a psychic was once permitted to stay the night in the building, and provided Shane, the facilities manager for the Wendy Williamson, with a written account of the different spirits that resided there; with varying details depending on the spirit.

The document was allegedly lost during an office move, but the details of it remain in memory.

At the time, the psychic

The malevelant ghost, believed to be male, has been known to push women down the stairs. cataloged about six different ghosts, one being the lady in white.

Another ghost, a male musician, is believed to be the late John Wendell “Wendy” Williamson himself, for whom the building is named.

The ghost, whether Williamson or not, greatly dislikes a portrait of Williamson that used to hang in the building’s lobby. Every time the portrait is hung, it is found on the floor the morning after, though with no damage. After several days of this, the wire cable it was being hung from snapped in two.

Shane didn’t put it back up after that.

Another of the resident ghosts is a little girl of about 8 or 9. She has been known to do a series of things, like floating near spotlights, but Shane’s first experience with her wasn’t a sighting.

“My brother Shane was in his office, and he heard the sound of little girls giggling. At the time, he wasn’t the facilities manager, he was just working here; he thought it was the children of the guy who was the facilities manager. He opened the door to say hello to them, and nobody was there,” said Wayne.

Another ghost often seen is the shadowy figure of a man who seems to enjoy listening to performances.

He is often seen leaning on a wall or partition backstage, with all his weight on one side and his head tilted towards the

music.

“There was a folk music group playing, and one of the members looked up and saw somebody leaning against these flats [backstage] with their arms folded, weight on one foot, listening to the music,” said Wayne. “After the show they were asking, ‘How’d this person get back here?’ and we told them that there was no access back here; there was no way.”

Not all the ghosts are benign, however. One catalogued by the psychic is a very angry male.

The precise identity of this ghost is believed to be known, but the brothers have been asked by surviving family members to not identify him to

The lady in white has been known to walk across and float above the stage. others. This ghost has a habit of shoving young women with long brown hair down the left staircase in the Wendy Williamson lobby.

One graphic tale of this took place during a beauty pageant. A girl was on the middle landing, descending the stairs, when she suddenly pitched forward and fell partway down the remaining steps.

“The girls laughed at her, saying she didn’t know how to stand in her heels, and she said, ‘No, I swear, I was pushed.’ I’d been standing right there, and no one was behind her,” said Shane.

While Mitchell never saw the ghost, he was standing in the lobby and witnessed the girl fall forward in such a way that made it appear to have been more than a careless trip.

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ghosts of the auditorium that UAA has been housing its own ghostly legends for decades wearing an open-back gown for the evening wear contest, and had two large bruises in the shape of handprints, where she felt she’d been shoved.

This ghost is also believed to be responsible for many of the negative feelings workers feel in certain areas of the theater. The room with the most of these “get out” feelings is the lighting booth.

“There was a stage manager doing a show, and right in the middle of it, it was like somebody was pounding on all the outsides of these walls. Like somebody was hammering their way around these walls while doing the show,” said Petra Banks, an event facilitator at the Wendy Williamson.

The last ghost, a teenager believed by most to be a male, is seen and felt the least. However, he is possibly the kindest of the supernatural residents. A teenage girl who used to act in the theater became seriously ill and needed to go through surgery.

She was frightened when she was separated from her family, but immediately felt the pressure of someone, that felt like a teenage boy, holding her wrist gently.

She was immediately at ease, and despite the fact that no one present was actually holding her wrist, the overwhelming sense of comfort emitted by the presence stayed with her until the very moment she was reunited with her family again.

“She said that experience convinced her of the potential existence of ghosts, and in fact thought that it was

The giggling girl has been heard in the green room, and seen floating near spotlights.

something that had followed her from here,” said Wayne.

The ghosts, who all have different backgrounds not necessarily associated with the theater, are believed to be drawn to the Wendy Williamson because of all the raw

emotional energy expelled in the theater in the form of plays and other shows.

“The way she [the psychic] explained it was that a being that is now nothing but energy, when they see a great deal of energy expended, emotional energy, will be drawn to it,” said Shane.

Whether ghosts are real, or simply figments of imagination, no one can deny that things happen which cannot be explained.

So even if you don’t believe in ghosts, keep an eye out when visiting the Wendy Williamson Auditorium for any unusual happenings.

Maybe you’ll see a ghost, or maybe you’ll do the employees there a favor and find a more scientific explanation for all the oddities reported over the years.

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The teenage ghost is believed to have followed a girl, and comforted her in the hospital.

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By Kenzie Masson Assistant Sports Editor

UAA got another big win on their home court after they took down rival Western Washington University (WWU) on Oct. 20 winning the match 3-0.

The ‘Wolves were lead by senior outside hitter Jackie Matthisen and junior setter Kimya Jafroudi.

Matthisen led the match with 12 kills and also set Seawolf history becoming the fifth player in UAA history to have 1,000 recorded career kills.

Jafroudi finished with a solid 35 assists and 12 digs as well as setting a career high of three kills.

Sophomore Robyn Burton, right side hitter Ariel Austin, and junior Nikkie Viotto, who earned all earned eight kills apiece also helped in the victory.

The team was supported by an attendance of 765 fans.

Sophomore defensive specialist Quincy Haught, contributed to the team’s victory setting a match

high of 21 digs, the most in a three set match this year.

UAA dominated the first match 25-12 sending the crowd into early celebrations, cheering and dancing.In the second game, however, WWU came back determined and ready for action, putting up a strong fight and taking the home crowd out of the set.

“It got really quiet on the court and I just really tried to focus on talking and communicating and making sure there wasn’t a silent moment out there,” Matthisen said.

Matthisen and the team’s efforts seemed to help restore the noise and home-court advantage.

The score was tied throughout the second up until the two teams hit 23 points. Despite the ‘Wolves not playing their best, they managed to take the next two points and set.

“In the second game, I think we just weren’t at our best,” said UAA Head Coach Chris Green.

“We weren’t passing real well, serving wasn’t very good. “(I told them) we just need to get better, I think the first and second games didn’t do things we did last Saturday (Oct. 15 3-0 win over UAF),” Green said.

The third game started much like the second, but the team was able to keep their cool. The end result would be a 25-15 win to give the Seawolves the sweep and a season sweep over the Vikings.

The win was one of the sweetest to date for the Seawolves. “(After winning I felt) pure enjoyment, it’s good to just really go on this high right now from the win,” Matthisen said. “But as soon as we leave the gym, it’s working on Simon Fraser, it’s working on Montana, and Seattle Pacific down the road and everyone else we have left to play in the conference.”

This is the fifth win UAA has claimed against WWU out the last seven contests the teams have played. In addition, the victory

bumped the team into a tie for first in the GNAC standings..

UAA maintained that piece of first place after defeating Simon Fraser University (SFU) 3-1 on Oct. 22.

They were lead again by Matthisen, who finished with 18 kills. Burton wound up with 17 kills of her own and Jafroudi had 45 assists on the night.

The match was a solid win for the ‘Wolves, but was by no means easy.

They took the first set 25-17 easily as well as the second 25-14.

In the third set, however, the Clan refused to lay down and it resulted in them stealing the set 22-25.

“I knew we had to take it to another level,” Austin said. “Being number one in GNAC is a lot of pressure but we have to find a way to stay focused and consistent the whole time and play at our level.”

UAA redeemed themselves in the fourth set winning the set 25-13.

Matthisen followed up her record setting game two nights prior by moving up to No. 4 on the UAA career kills list as she climbed to 1,021 accumulative kills in the win over SFU. The Seawolves travel to play Montana State Billings on Oct. 27 and the team knows that they have to work especially hard this week to hold their rank in the GNAC. Each player has something they need to work.” Green said.

“We’re just gonna’ work on those little things and try to get better individually so that as a group we’re a better team than what we showed tonight.”

Looming after the upcoming match against Montana State Billings will be a showdown with Seattle Pacific, the team who sets atop the GNAC along with UAA. That game will be played on Oct. 29 as the Falcons will look to even the score with the ‘Wolves after losing 3-1 in Anchorage back on Sept. 29.

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This past week has seen both sides of the players and owners involved in the NBA lockout go into overdrive trying to get a deal done before the league loses even more games. So far, the lockout has led to the first two weeks of the season being cancelled; a total of 100 games that will not be played.

However, those of us who continue to sit in a holding pattern waiting to hear news (positive or negative), have to be happy that this past week saw the two sides meet several days in a row, and in spells of long sessions (upwards of 16 hours straight at times).

As the players, owners, and their representatives continue their ongoing discussions and mediation, they should not have to look further back than the past 10-15 years to give them all the incentive they need to get this lockout lifted.

Effects of recent lockouts Most recently, the NFL suffered a 130-day lockout that put their season in jeopardy.

However, as most people know, the season wasn’t lost and all was right in the universe. The only game cancelled for the NFL was its annual Hall of Fame exhibition game, which is more for show than anything else anyways.

Flash back to 2004 and we’ll find the last time a US pro sports league lost games due to a work

stoppage. The entire NHL season would be the casualty while players and owners argued over an implementation of a salary cap.

The effects of that lost season are still being felt as it cost the league, including it’s teams, owners, and players, to lose millions of dollars in revenue.

Perhaps more importantly though was the loss of many disgruntled fans of the game. The league is

be at large and in charge.

Once thought as one of the best commissioners in all of US professional sports history, David Stern is now overseeing his 4th lockout since he became the big boss in 1984.

Though the other two lockouts (one in 1995 and in 1996) during his tenure didn’t result in loss of games, they cannot go un-ignored in terms of setting the stage for the current lockout. Many opposed to Stern question if the “commish” uses lockouts as a tool to get what he and owners want rather than as a last resort.

Who loses what if the lockout goes on?

The heart of the problem in this lockout hinges on owners wanting the players to take a cut in their share of league revenue. The last

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still trying to bring back the casual fan despite their current upwards trend in the US sports markets.

The NBA itself lost games in the 1998-99 season when they were forced to reduce their game schedule from 82 to 50 games per team. 204 days passed before the players and owners were able to come to agreements on the league salary cap and the minimum salary fir individual players.

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The real villain from that lockout and the current may still

deal set it to where the players were at a 57% share of the league revenue.

With the owners looking to take that number down, the first loser would be the players.

The owners themselves don’t stand to lose much if they can eventually get a deal done. They have seen this before and are counting on the short-term losses from the lockout to not outweigh long-term damage.

Pun intended, the ball is in their court and they now control the game.

Next up are the TV markets, which mainly consist of ESPN and TNT, the two big fish in the NBA television markets. Though they will lose some money in terms of advertising and commercial money, they actually will be reimbursed for a lockout season.

They receive minimal damage

and can focus on other areas (college basketball anyone?) to make their money.

This leaves the loyal fans that will continue to have to sit and twiddle their thumbs, as they become the innocent bystanders.

Though past NBA lockouts have not led to as much an exodus of fans as the 2004 NHL lockout, there will be many upset fans.

If more of the season is lost or cancelled entirely, its effect on fans won’t be known until after a final decision is handed down.

Either way, the fans lose faith in the league and will have no shortage of groups to point our finger at and blame. Let’s face it, it’s all we can do at this point because there is no basketball to watch.

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CHAMPS: ‘Wolves to defend titles at Western conference CONTINUED FROM MOTION COVER place on the men’s side. Yilma, wound up in sixth place with a time of 25:18. The Seawolves were rounded out by freshmen Dylan Anthony, finishing in 25:32 minutes and freshmen Isaac Kangogo, with 25:41 minutes, good for seventh and ninth place, respectively.

This is the fourth straight year a Seawolf has won the GNAC from the men’s team.

“The race was good, overall.

We won as a team, which is a great

thing,” Chelimo said. “I was ready for it, ready as a team and we were expecting to win it.”

On Nov. 5, the Seawolves will travel to Spokane, Washington will they will compete in the Western Regional Championships.

Once again, both teams will look to defend their titles as they set their sights on what they hope to be another sweep.

SPORTS BRIEFS UAA swept by UNO, loses unbeaten streak The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves suffered their first defeat of the season with a 4-1 loss to Nebraska Omaha on Oct. 21 in their Western Collegiate Hockey Association opener at CenturyLink Center. The lone UAA goal was netted by junior Mickey Spencer in the final minutes of the game.

The Mavericks opened up the scoring early on with a tally, just two minutes and five seconds into the first stanza. Picking up a loose puck in the Seawolf zone and firing it home was sophomore defender Andrej Sustr – his first of the season. Sophomore forward Johnnie Searfross was credited with the helper.

The teams skated to a scoreless second period but saw plenty of ice time for special teams, as the squads combined for nine penalties. UAA and UNO got into a brawl after a Maverick crashed into UAA netminder Rob Gunderson, sending four Mavericks and three Seawolves to the penalty box. This comes after a penalty-free non-conference game in Fairbanks on Oct. 14 between the two teams.

Within 43 seconds the Mavericks took a demanding 3-0 lead with evenstrength goals by junior captain Terry Broadhurst at 9:54 and by sophomore forward Zahn Raubenheimer at 10:37, respectively, in the third frame.

The Mavericks would find their final tally at 15:38 with UAA on the power play on Gunderson pulled for the extra attacker. Sophomore forward Matt White broke away from the Seawolf defense and found himself alone for the shorthanded strike.

Spencer recorded his team-leading fifth goal of the season at 17:38 to end the shutout. The Gibbons, Alberta native picked up the rebound after junior defenseman Scott Warner fired on net, and beat UNO’s goalie, John Faulkner.

Gunderson (1-1-1) made 24 saves in the loss, while Faulkner (2-2-0) posted 18. After averaging 38 shots per game in their first four outings, the Seawolves were kept to a season-low 19 shots on goal, while UNO found the net 28 times.

The Seawolves were whistled for 10 penalties, while the Mavericks were sent to the box nine times.

Great goaltending by sophomore Chris Kamal wasn’t enough as the Seawolves were swept by UNO after a 3-1 in their rematch on Oct. 22.

UAA (3-2-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) remained pointless in the WCHA after allowing UNO (3-3-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) to come back from a one-goal deficit with a goal in each of the periods. The Seawolves are tied for eighth in the league, while the Mavericks are tied at No. 1 with four points.

The Seawolves were first to strike with an even-strength tally by junior forward Mitch Bruijsten (1-4—5) – his first on the season and 12th of career.

Following a UAA power play, the Seawolves caught the Mavericks off balanced and sophomore forward Matt Bailey found Bruijsten for the goal at 3:21 of the first.

The momentum quickly swung in favor of UNO when Matt White knotted the game 1-1 at 5:54 of the frame. The Mavericks entered the Seawolf zone with a 2-on-1 situation and converted, getting through Kamal.

The Mavericks would take their first lead of the game at 12:33 of the second stanza with a goal by Sustr.

Sustr fired from just inside the blueline and past a screened Kamal. The Seawolves were able to kill multiple UNO power plays, but weren’t able to generate any offense.

UNO would take a two-goal lead at 9:02 with a back-door goal by Jayson Megna.

Kamal, from Alpharetta, Ga., posted a career-high 37 saves in the loss to drop his record to 2-1-0, while UNO’s netminder John Faulkner claimed the win with 20 saves.

Again, the Seawolves struggled in the getting pucks on net, posting just 21 shots on goal. UAA allowed a season-high 40 shots on net by the Mavericks, after keeping their opponents under 30 shots per game in the first five games.

Both teams were scoreless on the man advantage, with UAA going 0-for-3 and UNO going 0-for-5. The Seawolves were sent to the box on six occasions, while the Mavericks were tagged for four penalties.

Compiled by Taylor Hall

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Many will be inspired by what others are able to do, but this doesn’t mean that a copycat approach is advised; indeed, those who try to walk too far in another’s shoes may find the journey hazardous, and the destination not at all what it was anticipated to be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7)-A quicker pace is advised, and working faster means assessing your own progress with greater honesty and accuracy. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- You may not know what is meant when someone offers a warning of sorts -- but you know it is significant.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) -- First things first; try to do anything out of order and you may not only become confused, but your energy will wane as well. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -- You’ll want to pace yourself and give yourself a chance to rest at regular intervals.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) -- Someone is likely to reach out to you from a great distance -- and it will seem as though he or she is right next door. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) -You can come up with interesting new ways of expressing yourself -- and people will listen.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) -- Many requests are likely to be made that require you to turn on a dime -- again and again. You can achieve maximum flexibility.

(Feb. 4-Feb. 18) -- You may be spinning your wheels for a time, but your mind will remain fully engaged.

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ARIES (March 21-April 4) -- Others are likely to gravitate toward you all week long; some will admire what you have been doing, and others may prove quite critical. (April 5-April 19) -- There is no denying that you have a way with words -- use them carefully, however, as they can prove dangerous if you are not circumspect.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You can see the path laid before you quite clearly this week -- but you may also be tempted to continue your journey in another direction. (May 6-May 20) -- That which seems most obvious to you at first may prove quite mysterious in some way later on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) -- You are willing to put a great deal on the line, but take care that you’re not needlessly putting another at risk as well. (June 7-June 20) -- “Yes” means “yes” and “no” means “no” this week -but “maybe” is where things will really get interesting.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) -You’re working toward a goal that has remained constant for you for some time. Others, however, may not understand what all the fuss is about. (July 8-July 22) -- One who is only a casual acquaintance early in the week plays a far more important role later on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) -- The difference between now and later will become clear to you this week as you find yourself unable to commit one way or another. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- You’ll have to have a great deal of patience in order to endure a temporary setback.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) -Positive reinforcement is essential as you strive to teach another the difference between right and wrong. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22 -- You may be nearing a crossroads of sorts, and personal issues of all kinds are coming to the fore.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) -- One of your good ideas will be confirmed this week, as others jump on board -- but another may have to be abandoned due to valid criticism. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- Trust your instincts throughout the week and you’ll treat others as they should be treated; avoid being too aggressive.

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