THENORTHERNLIGHT FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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Smoke free-initiative debated, Rondy snow sculptures: added to student body ballot Method to madness By Suhaila Brunelle news@thenorthernlight.org About 50 people gathered at a debate last week regarding the comprehensive smoke-free initiative. The initiative was introduced in 2013 and has been discussed widely throughout the University of Alaska Anchorage campus. Audience members were given the chance to participate in a poll before and after the debate. Before the debate, 53 percent of those present agreed with the initiative, 39 percent disagreed with the initiative and 9 percent were unsure of their stand on the initiative. Recently, USUAA student government passed a referendum to put the smoke-free initiative on the April 9 ballot during the student body elections. USUAA Senator Stephen Warta sponsored the bill, which was then signed and endorsed by Student Body President Drew Lemish. “We are really glad that everyone has supported us. It made a difference at the USUAA. Before they made the vote there were a couple of students who came in and gave their testimony. There were several students who were pro and against it. The place was packed, and we were happy that students are concerned about the issue and wanted it in the ballot,” said Yesenia Camarena, a member of the Smoke-Free Task Force.
There were student debaters at last week’s debate, but for the first time faculty spoke on both sides of the issue. Assistant professor of public health Gabriel Garcia talked about how he grew up in a smoking environment and lost his grandfather to cancer. His father has the early stages of emphysema. Garcia gave statistics about health issues and smoking. Associate professor of psychology Gloria Eldridge said, when you look at who starts to smoke generally speaking people start to smoke when they are young. If you look at the trajectory of smoking through time the people by in large who are still smoking when they are older are vulnerable in other ways. So people who are still smoking in their 40s or 50s usually have other vulnerabilities such as other addictions, and less education. Kyle Hampton, assistant professor of economics, said this initiative causes cause one group of students to hate those who smoke, and another group of students to hate those who don’t smoke. “My own research on cigarette smoke done here at UAA, and at my previous institution, clearly demonstrates that mainstream cigarette smoke, the smoke a smoker is breathing, from just one
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UAA men’s basketball players set new records
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First place winner (Div. 4), “Audrey 2,” by Architects Alaska, Inc., is on display until March 2 as part of the Fur Rendezvous snow sculpture competition.
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Concert Board’s big spring performance: Iron and Wine By Kelly Ireland arts@thenorthernlight.org
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Senior guard Kyle Fossman breaks former Seawolf Mark Drake’s school record of three-pointers in a career on Feb. 22 in a game against Western Oregon.
By Travis Dowling sports@thenorthernlight.org
The last basketball game to be played in the Wells Fargo Sports Complex was played last Saturday night between the UAA and Western Oregon University. This game was to be remembered as the last game at Wells Fargo and nothing more. But what started out as a straightforward final match quickly escalated into a historic game with two broken records and countless moments of ecstasy for Seawolf fans. UAA dominated the first half of the game, though by half time. WOU cut down their lead by eight points. UAA led the score at halftime with 43-35. Before the start of the second half, attention was drawn to Seawolf senior guard Kyle Fossman’s career and his potential to tie or break former Seawolf Mark Drake’s previous school record of most number of threepointers in a career. At the start of the game he had needed seven three-pointers to tie the 243 three-point record. But going into half time, Fossman was six to 10 from beyond the threepoint mark. Another Seawolf, junior guard Travis Thompson, was four three-pointers shy of tying the most three-pointers in a season record that was previously
held by former Seawolf Kemmy Burgess. Burgess made 100 three-pointers in the 2003-04 basketball season. Both Fossman and Thompson tied and broke the records in second half of the game, but they did not stop there. They continued to add to their totals by making more and more threepointers. Thompson, with a total of 33 points, closed out the night by making eight of 12 three-pointers. Fossman, who had a career high of 40 points, made 12 of 16 three-pointers. Fossman set a new record for the most number of three-pointers in a career and broke the record for most number of three-pointers in a season. Thompson set a new record for most number of three-pointers in a season. The focus of the game may have become the two players and their moments of glory, but Seawolf fans were not left disappointed in the end, with UAA beating WOU by a score of 96 to 77. In sports there are moments in time that are forever etched into the memories of those that witness the event. This basketball game not only marked the end of an era at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, but it also saw the breaking of multiple records and is one such moment that will forever be remembered as a historic game.
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Fully bearded, singer-songwriter Samuel Beam, a folksy/ rock/indie singer known as Iron and Wine is coming to Anchorage. UAA Concert Board is sponsoring this concert. Iron and Wine’s music has a slow, soft-spoken sound that folk and indie fans will likely appreciate. The lyrics are creative and original because they aren’t exactly what one would expect or understand. Journalism major Sean Carpenter said his favorite song by Iron and Wine is “Boy with a Coin,” but he doesn’t really know what the song is about. “It’s kind of like one of those songs by Bon Iver, where you don’t always know what they are saying, but it’s just really pretty,” Carpenter said. While Iron and Wine’s music may not be for upbeat dancing, it is very easy listening. Some of his songs can draw out his singing for too long, where he isn’t really singing words but just carrying out the note. Justice major Christina Cyphers describes Iron and Wine’s music as “different” and “hipster, but I like it.” She was turned on to the band by a friend who gave her a mix CD with the song “Boy with a Coin.” The song has since become her favorite song of Iron and Wine. “I haven’t heard a lot of it, but what I have heard I like,” Cyphers said. Iron and Wine first released an album in 2002 entitled “The Creek Drank the Cradle,” of which Beam recorded in his
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own home studio. His subsequent albums, “Our Endless Numbered Days” (2004), “The Shepherd’s Dog” (2007), “Kiss Each Other Clean” (2011) and “Ghost on Ghost” (2013), were all recorded professionally. Paste magazine voted “The Shepherd’s Dog” one of the 10 best albums of 2007. Many of his albums have made it on the Billboard top 200 charts including “The Shepard’s Dog” peaking at no. 24, “Kiss Each Other Clean,” which peaked at no. 2 and “Ghost on Ghost” which peaked at no. 26. His songs have been featured in many popular television shows and movies including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The L Word,” “House M.D.” and “Twilight.”
Iron and Wine will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 28 at the Egan Center. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door for UAA students. For general public, tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at http:// www.ticketmaster.com, but student-priced tickets are only available at the Student Union Information Desk. Students may only purchase two tickets.
Winter Design Project brings new fun to winter
Photo by Ashley Snyder
The Music of Alaska Natives and Indigenous Peoples of Northern Regions classes present “Resonating Ice Instruments” Feb. 21 at the Winterfest “Winter Design Project” at the Cuddy Quad.
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