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THENORTHERNLIGHT

APRIL 12, 2011

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By Kate Lindsley

The Northern Light

One in four of your female classmates will likely be sexually assaulted on a college campus, according to Detective Virginia Jaksha of the UAA Police Department (UPD). Many of these incidents will not be reported.

In the spirit of sexual assault awareness month, professionals from around UAA offered follow up information from the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes article published March 29th. Jaksha noted there was one reported sexual assault reported to UPD in 2009 and one reported sexual assault in 2010.

Jaksha also said that these are only events that happen on campus.

“Any incidents that occur off campus are handled by APD,” Jaksha said.

Reducing the risk of sexual assault is a touchy subject. Although true prevention is only in the hands of the assailant, self-defense should only be used as a last resort. Avoiding risky situations by partying in pairs, being aware of your surroundings and keeping track of your drink are all easy ways to stay safe,

according to Jaksha.

“Above all, I tell people to trust their gut instinct when it comes to this kind of thing. If a person or situation is giving you a creepy vibe, don’t worry about being polite, or looking silly, just get out of there as quickly as possible,” Jaksha said. “Far too many students have the ‘it will never happen to me’ mentality.”

Director of the Student Health and Counseling Center (SHCC), Georgia Dekeyser offered additional information on behalf of SHCC:

The Northern Light: How many incidents of sexual assault are reported to SHCC per semester?

Georgia Dekeyser: We reviewed our electronic medical records by diagnosis.

This search revealed that one to two times per semester a student may seek SHCC for immediate services related to an assault. Having said this, it is not uncommon for students bring up their history of sexual assault, or domestic violence issues, in mental health counseling sessions.

TNL: How can people prevent being sexually assaulted, other than self defense?

GD: Knowing your individual rights; right to your body, right to change your mind, and right to be listened to and

PHOTO BY DANIEL JACKSON/TNL

Above: Logan Mariscal struts his stuff at the fouth annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” on April 8. Many gathered for the event, a yearly men’s march to spread awareness and stop sexual assault against women. Left: Gary Caddell, 58, participated in the walk to show his support for survivors of sexual assault.

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Feud erupts between USUAA, TNL Nursing students Claiming biased reporting, USUAA Speaker recycles copies of The Northern Light

By Alden Lee and Sean Talbot The Northern Light

Daniel Ribuffo walked out of the USUAA office in the Student Union, picked up a stack of The Northern Light newspapers from a nearby newsstand, and threw them in the recycle bin.

The speaker of the assembly was

upset.

According to fellow Senator Brionne Elkins, Ribuffo was worked up over a recent article that failed to give his full qualifications as a USUAA Senator (see April 5 issue, USUAA debate discusses policies, superheroes). The article described Ribuffo, then a candidate for USUAA President, as an Eagle

A new stack of newspapers replaced those that were thrown out by a member of USUAA.

Scout and Travel Board member, but did not give his title as Speaker of the Assembly.

The event highlights the presence of a long smoldering rift between The Northern Light (TNL) and USUAA. The conflict has now escalated to a boiling point, drawing strong opinions

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challenge norm

Group questions traditional role of nurses, believes Nursing School lacks clinical experience worldwide

By Matthew Caprioli The Northern Light

Suzette Blaser was rocking a crib with Lori, 4 months, while Lori’s fraternal twin, Alexander, bounced on the right knee of Jessica Wheelhouse.

They had no obligation toward these babies, yet they took the time to care for them while fundraising in the PSB. Melissa Dawley, having counted the day’s total and already in scrubs, was about to leave for clinical practice at Providence Hospital.

Their charity work in Mombasa, Kenya will require $4,500 each. That covers airfare, transportation, and lodging for 17 days. They will work in the children’s ward of Port Reitz District Hospital.

They will receive no credit for work because UAA does not grant credit for Elective Africa, a program that arranges for nursing students to volunteer in Africa. Unlike larger state schools like Arizona State and some New York State Universities, UAA does not sponsor this or any other program that would send nursing students outside of the country for clinical experience.

So to go, the group must independently raise $13,500. They are about 80 percent there, but money through candle/bake sales can come in slow.

“In the past two days, we’ve raised about 500 dollars.” Dawley said.

This fundraiser happened on March 30 and 31, kitty-corner from the School of Nursing Office. Kaladi Brothers had donated a tank of coffee, which they sold for a dollar a cup. This tank and a cluster of soy candles framed the group. Everything looked less like a girls scout stand more like a fort.

These women are clearly determined. Since last December, they have written to over 100 local

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By Sean Talbot The Northern Light

Mike Humphrey made his best attempt to answer questions from the indignant crowd. For an hour and a half, he laid out the changes he had made to the University of Alaska employees’ health care plan. The employees were not at all happy.

As the Benefits Director for UA, Humphrey must adapt the current employee plan to the new federal health care reform laws.

That includes tripling health care costs for Phil Jensen, a Journeyman Carpenter for the Facilities and Maintenance Department.

Jensen started working for UAA last September. He then had a good impression of the benefits the university offered.

“Everyone talked about how great the benefits were,” he said.

“I should have known better. It has been my experience that many people here at the University don’t come from a background with cost-efficient health insurance.”

Come July 1, Jensen said that covering his family’s health insurance needs is going to get a lot harder.

But Humphrey says it’s the only realistic option.

Implementing the new health care laws into the UA’s plan

will cost up to $3.5 million a year, according to Humphrey.

The money has to come from somewhere.

Humphrey has considered other options: find a way to get older employees to retire, thus reducing insurance costs by risk alone. Or he could incentivize employees to improve their lifestyle and personal health.

He also suggested an easy fix that would shift the cost to students As a former UAA student, Jensen knows about college debts.

“I know it’s unfair to pass the cost onto the students,” said Jensen.

“But it doesn’t make it any easier on my paycheck.”

Like Humphrey said - the only realistic option, “is to change the plan itself.”

Jensen isn’t so forgiving. “The huge price increase is a real kick in the balls,” he said.

“It is a fairly large hit especially with my wife and I expecting our fourth [child] in July,” he added.

One question Humphrey faced at his presentation was the possibility that some people would cop out.

Someone in the crowd spoke up.

“It’s better than the lower 48. At least we have jobs here.”

The employee flock murmured agreement.

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New UA insurance plan draws criticism from employees

The new UA health care plan comes with a number of “enhancements.”

Dental and vision plans are not changing. However, a tobacco charge will take effect in 2013. Smokers and chewers beware: if you’re still on the leaf, you’ll be charged more for insurance than the quitters and the abstinent.

Jensen sees the exorbitant increase as his responsibility.

He expected the cut in wages, but he also knows they will rise the longer he works for UAA. Unfortunately, history shows that

insurance does, too.

When asked if he would have still taken the job with the new benefit plan, he replied, “I don’t know.”

“I still keep in contact with my friends in the Carpenter’s Union,” he added.

Seawolf debate team continues world-class legacy students. “(The hardest part is) Convincing people that they should give up everything for a singular focus on debating as the overwhelming and overriding experience of their undergraduate career,” Johnson said.

Part of that time spent required six teams

team from Harvard, which consisted of one person from Ireland and another from Cambridge, took first place.

“It also might be worth mentioning that the champions from Harvard were attending Harvard Law School, they were both law school students,” Frazer said.

Libby Smelker.

Members of the debate team say the process helps them in other areas as well.

There’s a team on campus that is number “The stuff that we learn with debating two in the nation. There’s a team on campus is applicable to things outside of debate. that ranks in the top 15 among university Like writing skills and I went to Juneau names such as Oxford, Cambridge, Yale and testified on a bill and basically what I and St. Andrews. said there was a debate speech,” Rodgers That team is the Seawolf Debate team said. who are currently celebrating their new The Seawolf Debate team also listing as the 11th university debate team received an invitation to send two of its in the world. debaters to a prestigious James Madison “It feels awesome,” junior and Commemorative Debate and Citizens Seawolf Debate team member Brett Forum, hosted by James Madison Frazer said.

University (JMU).

The Seawolves lag behind only one This year is the first time the Seawolf American team, their rival Yale, who Debate team has been able to attend. is number three in the world. UAA beat Although the team is funded by the Harvard, who fell to 26th place this University, similar to sports teams, year. The rankings are based on the last they have to be diplomatic about which five years of performance at the World tournaments they attend. And this year, Universities Debating Championship.

JMU offered to pay the traveling costs This year, that tournament took place in to send the chosen debaters, Vasillios Africa, where the Seawolf Debate team “Akis” Gialopsos and Brett Frazer. found much success.

“This year they’re paying for us to “It was my first world’s when I went. come down because of our performance But I felt both honored and admittedly at Worlds and because of our world a little frightened to debate against ranking,” Johnson said. teams from Oxford, from Cambridge, Johnson said the JMU forum is a wellfrom Sydney Union,” Frazer said recognized event that will host teams about the World Universities Debating such as George Washington University, championships.

Harvard and Yale. Among the features Frazer added that the practice rounds of the event is $29,000 in prize money. the Seawolf Debate has every Friday are Gialopsos and Frazer are set to debate on par with elimination rounds at the PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DEBATE TEAM the topic: “This house stands resolved world tournament. And those practice The Seawolf Deate Team visited the University of Vermont for the debate nationials. that amnesty should be granted to illegal rounds can be brutal, as junior Megan to travel to Vermont the last weekend of Although the Seawolf Debate team has immigrants currently living in the United Rodgers said.

March to participate in the debate Nationals. had some students with an undergraduate States.”

“It’s really cool because we get Johnson said the team was successful degree, most of the team are current Since every round of each tournament demolished in our practice rounds since at nationals this year, especially once the undergraduates, which has helped to create they attend has a new motion up for debate, we’re new debaters but that’s because competition moved to elimination rounds. a unique, open environment for the debate the team is ready to debate almost anything. everyone is really, really good,” Rodgers “We did well,” he said. “By the time team.

What’s not up for debate is that they are a said. they got to semi finals out of those 200 “I think what’s so cool about, like, UAA team to watch.

Director of Forensics Steve Johnson, teams there were eight teams left in the and our debate team here is like anyone who is also a professor at UAA, said the competition; we had three of them.” can walk in and anyone can show up to hardest part of coaching a world-class Of those three teams, one made it to finals practice,” she said. “That’s really different team is the time commitment it requires of and lost in a four to three split decision. A than like Harvard and Yale,” said junior

By Shana Roberson The Northern Light

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April 12, 2011 | NEWS

Toliet paper roll prompts UAA to filter pool, raises fecal concerns

By Matthew Caprioli The Northern Light

The lifeguards were notified that something unusual was floating in the pool. Following Center for Disease Control (CED) procedure, the university used a super pump to suck up the 260,000 gallons of water. The lifeguards were thankful to soon realize that no fecal matter was actually in the pool.

Someone – somehow – took a toilet roll with them to lap swim.

Pieces of cardboard disseminated throughout the pool and eventually landed in the filter. Lifeguards could still see the seams as they threw the remains into the trash.

The facility was closed for one hour.

Fecal accidents are exceedingly rare at UAA. In his 23 years working at UAA, Alan Piccard, Assistant Director of Recreational Sports, remembers only four previous occasions when the university had to follow CDC guidelines for fecal accidents.

The fifth time occurred on March 29, around 5:30pm, during a lap swim session. This is a busy time, when community members do laps and water aerobics classes meet. Packard said that all fecal accidents in the past occurred around open swim, when young children are present.

On those occasions, the pool

team again followed CDC guidelines. In general, UAA responds differently if the matter is formed or viscous.

Diarrhea releases far more bacteria, so the pool will have to close for 24 hours and greatly increase the pool’s chlorine concentration.

The pool team has yet been forced to deal with a diarrhea accident. Because babies do not make frequent appearances in the UAA pool, swimmers are less likely to experience some of the nasty things that swimmers in Utah have had to; like E. coili and Cryptosporidium, a parasite that does not respond to regular chlorine levels.

With the situation in Salt Lake City, Packard said that the swimmers who did catch this parasite swam in pools with no lip, that is, the pool entry mimicked the gradual incline of a beach. Parents were changing diapers along this PHOTO BY DANIEL JACKSON/TNL slope, apparently close enough A toilet paper roll sits between UAA students Anastasia Kalchencko and Adam Martinez at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. to invite bacteria into the water.

If the matter is what the CDC calls “formed fecal”, then accounting major at UAA, “When someone pees in the Packard have no harsh complaints; lifeguards are responsible to grab remembered Inman describing pool, we have to jump in and it is all a part of the job. a plastic bag and swim down to the possibility. She has yet been wave are arms so the water moves “If you’re the patron, you retrieve the object. forced to wear the protection toward the filter,” Kalechencko must make sure the pool is safe Robin Inman, Recreation suit to provided for lifeguards in said. afterwards,” Packard said.

Programs Supervisor, is search of formed fecal matter. But The university does take responsible for training lifeguards she has had to deal with people possible fecal contamination who would go on such missions. who relieve themselves in pools. seriously. And Kalenchencko and Anastasia Kalchencko, an

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FEUD: TNL, USUAA collide CONTINUED FROM COVER from both organizations.

“The specific role of the press is to question the government. That’s our main job,” said Shana Roberson, Managing Editor of TNL. “I think sometimes it’s not a matter of whether the facts are there for USUAA, it’s that they don’t like the facts. That’s the sad truth. Sometimes, they just don’t like the facts.”

“USUAA members have been frequently misquoted or taken out of context,” said Britny Herzog, a USUAA Representative for the Residence Hall Association. “I believe that as a whole, the level of professionalism within TNL needs to be raised. The true potential of its writers is not being showcased.”

This back-and-forth discussion has fostered many similar arguments that have now become more public.

One of those public exchanges took place when Roberson and Jerzy Shedlock, TNL’s Executive Editor, went to the USUAA office to investigate if Ribuffo had actually thrown out the papers. According to Ribuffo, they were rude during this exchange.

Sean McGrane, a Senator who was present, sent an email saying that Shedlock acted like a “petulant child” and said the two, as executives, should have acted with more professionalism.

“I would have thought, as executives, decorum and demeanor would have meaning,” wrote McGrane. He asked for a public apology from Shedlock, to be given to the whole assembly.

Shedlock apologized to Ribuffo for interrupting the meeting, but refused to address the entire assembly on the matter.

“I didn’t believe my actions warranted a pubic apology,” Shedlock said later.

Ribuffo eventually claimed responsibility for throwing out papers in the Student Union, and additional papers in the Commons. At the meeting he declined to comment on his actions.

When approached later, Ribuffo did give a reason.

“Quite frankly, if you ask my honest

opinion on why I threw out the paper, it’s because I was doing everybody a favor,” Ribuffo said. “I feel that the majority of the things that get printed are a waste.

It’s not good writing, first of all, and the stories are rarely worth printing. Most of things that get printed are half-baked.”

“Justified or not, I did what I did and I can’t take it back, so this is me owning up to it.”

News Editor Matt Caprioli was disappointed with Ribuffo.

“That he would sweep all the articles ever written in TNL as bad is acutely insulting. This paper has won several awards. Our sports editor is recognized by the Alaska Press Club as the best sports writer in Alaska. Several professors have complimented my articles,” Caprioli said. “As an English major, I care that my articles are well crafted. If he read one, perhaps he would agree.”

Senator Elkins said the important thing to remember was that everyone is still learning.

“I understand that, as a school paper, you guys are still in training. And so are we, as a student government,” he said. “I mean, I’m a Masters student in the Psychology Department, and I’m not going to be expected to go in and perfectly diagnose someone. I don’t have the proper training for it. But I can do it to the best of my ability. And that’s how I see it with this: we’re all still in training.”

With tensions as high as they are, it is clear that some sort of understanding needs to be reached. Roberson recently proposed a mediated meeting between USUAA and TNL, in which both sides could discuss their issues, with the intent of finding peace.

USUAA has agreed to the mediated meeting, and is currently seeking to schedule a time.

“I feel that USUAA and TNL can come to an understanding,” Ribuffo said. “It’s going to be kind of walking on eggshells in that meeting though, no way to avoid it.”

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businesses asking for support.

The homemade candles they make require three hours for a batch of 30. Despite being ineligible for credit or fiscal assistance from their university, the group continues to hold small fundraisers that incrementally approach their goal.

And what precisely is their goal?

“I always wanted to be a nurse.

I like to take care of people,” Wheelhouse said, as the baby on her knee burped.

They have all gained field experience outside the classroom.

As part of the US Army Reserves, Dawley was deployed as a combat medic to Kosovo. In addition to graduating as a Registered Nurse (RN) this spring, she has spent six years as a License Practical Nurse and Emergency Medical Technician. Blaser has worked in the Emergency Room at the Alaska Native Medical Center for five years. Wheelhouse gained plenty of experience raising four kids.

But their deeper mission is to expand the notion of what a nurse can do.

“The type of people I find inspiring are those who are willing to take risks in pursuit of making a difference. So many nurses settle down in routines and although they care for their patients they become idle. I enjoy working with and learning from nurses with a diverse background who have challenged the traditional role as a nurse. I am very inspired to work with nurses who volunteer their time both here in Alaska and around the globe,” Dawley wrote in an e-mail.

Dawley strongly believes that a nurse’s job should not stop beyond the hospital or classroom. To fulfill her vision of an ideal nurse, Dawley has used her own money and organized fundraisers. Last summer, she spent four weeks

the major Anchorage hospitals: Providence, Alaska Regional, and Alaska Native Hospitals.

Dawley does not believe that this is enough experience.

“If you leave here and go to the lower 48 you are exposed to a lot more cultures,” Dawley said.

One way the School of Nursing hopes to match the diversity of clients is to train a diverse amount of people to become nurses. The Nursing Workforce Diversity Program (NWDP) and the Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing (RRANN) operate through the School of Nursing to increase the number of non-white nurses to match that of the population that nurses serve.

Future goals Melissa Dawley with children from her trip to Salvador, Brazil in the summer of 2010.

working in Salvador, Brazil at a HIV/AIDs orphanage.

“Most of my friends are celebrating their graduation with trips to Vegas, Hawaii or cruises, don’t get me wrong there is a time and place for celebration but I have chosen to honor the roots of nursing and service,” Dawley wrote in the group’s blog, healingthroughservice.blogspot. com The group travels to Kenya on July 30.

Falling through the cracks?

The School of Nursing does not sponsor, through credit or through money, any program that sends nursing students overseas to gain global clinical experience.

Dawley has wrtten to the head of the School of Nursing asking them to consider expanding the curriculum.

“Let’s just say I wrote an email to the top and did not even

warrant a response; however, the instructors and faculty, as well as the head of the ASN program, have been extremely supportive,” Dawley said.

The School of Nursing did not reply to The Northern Light’s requests for comments.

Dawley presented a powerpoint on her trip to Brazil to the Student Nurse Association (SNA). They group was excited by the idea, but lacked sufficient funds to support them. They also saw no way that the School of Nursing would accept the proposal. Dawley admits being very disappointed at this rejection. The group was originally five people, but due to finances, dwindled to three.

Members of SNA did show support by buying 16 candles to support Dawley, Wheelhouse, and Blaser.

The nurses went to organizations outside the School of Nursing. They first consulted the Office of International Affairs (OIA). Since UAA does not grant

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credit for Elective Africa, the group is ineligible for federal or state funding. In the future, OIA may be able to fund such trips, but the organization is relatively new. The Director of the Office of International Affairs, Ted Kassier, suggested that they could consult the Dean of Students and the Office of Undergraduate Research for available funds.

They could have applied for a USUAA travel grant. That grant has four deadlines throughout the year, and awards up to $750 for individuals. However, the Travel Board must approve all Travel Grants. According to Assistant Director of Student Leadership, Paula Fish, about six grants were approved last year for trips abroad; the vast majority for the lower 48.

Should the School of Nursing endorse an international clinical rotation? This group says yes, and they are willing to pay for it.

At the moment, part of clinical training at UAA is to spend 80 to 90 hours for three semesters in

The day this article is published means that Dawley will graduate in 17 days. After graduation, she plans to present her proposal to the School of Nursing head and the Dean of Students.

“I am pursuing my BSN through another institution but hope that doors will open for future nursing students,” Dawley said.

Their last fundraiser of the year will take place during final weeks.

With so many students stressed and in need of glucose, they hope this bake sale will be their most successful.

And as always, they will continue to expand what is expected from a nurse. Suzette Blaser graduates next year as an RN and a mechanic.

“Come to me for an oil change and vaccination at the same time,” Blaser said.

SAY WHAT? Thailand seizes 1,800 monitor lizards from trucks BANGKOK (AP) -- Authorities in Thailand have seized 1,800 monitor lizards being smuggled on pickup trucks to the capital.

Customs officials say the Bengal monitor lizards were hidden in mesh bags and stashed in open containers behind boxes of fruit in three pickup trucks. They were seized Thursday at a checkpoint in southern Thailand.

Customs Department chief Prasong Poontaneat said Friday he suspects the lizards were destined to be eaten. He said their meat sells for $7.50-$15 per pound ($16-$33 per kilogram) in China, making them worth more than $60,000.

International trade in the reptiles is banned. In Thailand, illegal sale of wildlife carries a penalty of up to four years in prison and a fine of $1,300.

Deer, goose make unlikely pair in Buffalo cemetery BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- An unusual springtime friendship between a deer and a nesting goose appears to have blossomed inside a cemetery in Buffalo, N.Y. For the past week or so, the deer has been standing near an urn where the goose has taken up residence, positioning itself between the urn and any passing car or foot traffic.

Craig Cygan noticed the unlikely pair during his regular patrols with his goose-chasing border collies. He says there is no mate around the goose and he believes the deer has taken over the job of protecting the nest.

Cornell University wildlife expert Paul Curtis says deer and geese usually don’t pay any attention to each other.

Forest Lawn Cemetery officials are trying to arrange for a webcam so the curious can check in on the nest.

Man fails to win restitution by poker, gets prison ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- An Albuquerque man was sentenced to prison Wednesday after he asked to repay his investment scam victims through poker tournament winnings, but failed to find luck at the card table.

“This was long overdue,” said J. Dee Dennis Jr., the superintendent of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department. “This individual wanted to con us into believing that keeping him out of prison would help his victims get their money back. ... We’re calling his bluff.

It’s about time we sent him to prison.”

Samuel McMaster Jr. stayed out of prison after prosecutors agreed to a request from his attorney to delay sentencing so that he could earn money to repay his victims. The former insurance agent was accused of stealing nearly $450,000 from 23 investors over several years.

The way he chose to attempt earning money for restitution was through gambling, said Phyllis H. Bowman, lead prosecutor with the state Securities Division.

Bowman said she was not aware of other attempts to make restitution by gambling, although she noted that others have tried to earn money through real estate speculating.

As a result of McMaster’s lack of luck at the

poker table, Bowman said “the means by which somebody obtains restitution, even if it’s legal and legitimate, will probably be questioned a little more closely.”

After he failed to pay, McMaster was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison, five years of supervised probation after his release and ordered to make full restitution to his victims.

He pleaded guilty last year to 26 felony charges, including securities fraud, sale of an unregistered security and sale of a security by an unlicensed broker-dealer.

Bowman said McMaster got his clients to invest in promissory notes through his company, Santa Fe Financial Group Inc. The securities were not registered, he wasn’t a licensed broker and the money was not used for investment purposes.

Investors had been promised up to 10 percent interest, but Bowman said they never received anything, not even the return on their original investments.

A duck has chosen an odd place to lay her eggs: A fast-food drive-thru in New Jersey Audubon, New Jersey (AP)-The duck is nesting in landscaping near a drive-thru menu at a Chick-fil-A in Audubon.

Restaurant employee Karen Montone said Thursday that she noticed the duck a couple of days ago. Gardeners had recently replanted the area bordering the store in a suburban strip mall.

Montone thinks the duck had been hidden beneath old plants but is now exposed by the new landscaping. She’s worried the fowl is too far afoul of its natural environment and has placed water and food nearby.

It’s not clear how many eggs the duck has or when they might hatch.

Man jailed for ‘squatting’ in upscale W. Pa. home MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A man has been jailed on charges that he took up residence in a $500,000 western Pennsylvania home without the owner’s permission.

Frederick Harris III, of Wilmerding, remained in the Westmorland County Prison Friday on burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief charges filed Wednesday when Murrysville police say they found him in the home.

Police say the 43-year-old Harris had toured the home with a real estate agent who refused to give him keys. He later broke a window, pulled up the ‘for sale’ sign and moved in anyway.

Police were alerted when a caretaker noticed someone in the house.

Police Chief Thomas Seefeld tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Harris’ “car was in the garage. He had personal items in the home. He basically was making a home there.”

Online court records don’t list an attorney for Harris.

–Compiled by Matthew Caprioli

April 12, 2011 | NEWS

STATEWIDE BRIEFS Chemical cleanup closes Fairbanks transfer station A solid waste transfer station outside Fairbanks was shut down for a few hours while a hazardous materials team cleaned up photo processing chemicals left there.

The station on the Old Steese Highway near Farmers Loop is made up of large metal trash bins where Fairbanks North Star Borough residents can deposit trash. The station is not supervised.

Alaska State Troopers say someone on Friday night left photo processing chemicals in an area where reusable items can be deposited. The chemicals included a container labeled formaldehyde and some kind of phosphorus. Some containers were open.

Trooper Brian Zeisel tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner there was nothing too dangerous but officials wanted to make sure the chemicals were contained.

Minister sentenced after fatal crash A Fairbanks-area minister who killed a motorcyclist in a traffic crash last year has been sentenced to a two months confinement.

The confinement will be served at the man’s home using an electronic ankle bracelet if the Department of Corrections approves him for electronic monitoring.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 59-year-old Anthony W. Buie previously pleaded no contest to the charge of criminally negligent homicide for causing the death of 37-year-old Thomas N. Favero III on July 4.

Prosecutors say Buie ran a red light in front of Favero on Cowles Street at Airport Way, a busy intersection near the community’s library.

Buie is a minister at True Victory Baptist Church in North Pole.

Alaska investors buy Idaho speedway An Alaska company has stepped into buy the State Line Speedway in northern Idaho.

Track officials confirmed this week that Competitive Edge LLC, based in North Pole, Alaska, acquired the 37-year-old speedway from Walt and Joe Doellefeld. Terms of the sale of the Post Falls speedway were not disclosed.

The brothers owned the quarter-mile track for 23 years and have agreed to stay on another year during the transition.

The company also owns Competitive Edge Racing School, which operates out of offices located at the track. The company bought the school in 2009.

State Line Speedway was originally opened in 1974 by Bill Eberle and was later operated by Chuck and Terry Little, parents of NASCAR driver Chad Little.

The track has a capacity of more than 5,000 and hosts about 60 racing events annually.

Tourism funding compromise heads to House floor The Alaska House Finance Committee has forwarded to the floor a compromise measure governing the long-term funding of a tourism marketing program.

House bill 160 mandates that a tourism trade organization contracted by the state match at least 50 percent of the state’s investment in a marketing program.

Alaska’s investment under the proposal may not exceed more than $12 million.

Under a previous version of the measure authored by the House Special Committee on Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, the state would have paid two-thirds of the cost of the marketing program in the first two years.

Wasilla Republican Bill Stoltz, the Finance Committee co-chair, says his committee’s version of the bill was a compromise measure that had the best hope of passage before the session ends next week.

Redistricting Board holds several public meetings in Anchorage.

The Alaska Redistricting Board will hold Board meetings daily during the period of April 11-14 at the Alaska Redistricting Office in Anchorage.

The purpose of the meetings will be to provide progress reports on the Board’s efforts in drawing the draft redistricting plan or plans that are due on April 14, 2011, as mandated by Article VI of the Alaska Constitution.

From April 14, 2011, the Board will have an additional 60 days to adopt a final plan The Alaska Redistricting Board is responsible for redrawing Alaska’s legislative election districts every ten years after the federal Census. For more information about the redistricting process in Alaska, please visit http://www. akredistricting.org.

Alaska driver’s license bill gets Senate panel hearing Lawmakers in the Alaska Senate expressed skepticism Thursday at a House bill that would tie driver’s license renewals with the expiration date of a person’s visa.

The proposal by Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage, passed the House in February. But in its first Senate State Affairs Committee hearing, lawmakers raised concerns that it could impact immigrants who are in the country legally.

Alaska’s Division of Motor Vehicles currently gives out driver’s licenses for a five-year period, which Lynn said has allowed people to continue to drive, even with an expired visa.

Under the bill, people staying in the country indefinitely could receive licenses valid for one year, while those with limited stays would have licenses issued for the term of their stay in the country.

“We need to know who’s driving on our highways,” Lynn said. “There’s an aspect of homeland security to this.”

But committee chair Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, worried the bill would muddle the distinction between issuing driver’s licenses and checking immigration status.

“We don’t want to turn our DMV into a de facto immigration authority,” Wielechowski said.

Robin Bronen, executive director of the Alaska Immigration Justice Project, said the law could affect Alaskan’s caught in a violent household.

“This is not a simplistic piece of legislation,” Bronen said. “This would harm an immigrant from getting the necessary identification to leave an abusive relationship.”

The bill could also violate equal protection rights by creating a separate type of license for immigrants than for others, said Jeffrey Mittman, executive director of the Alaska chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The committee held the bill for further consideration.

–Compiled by Matthew Caprioli

UAA celebrates Chancellor Fran Ulmer’s inspiring leadership D uring the past four years as UAA’s chancellor, Fran Ulmer has accomplished a remarkable number of successes and has built a strong team of leaders who will continue to move the institution forward after she retires.

Please join us for a community celebration in honor of Chancellor Ulmer.

Thursday, April 14, 4-6 p.m.

ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building R.S.V.P. at www.uaa.alaska.edu/advancement/RSVP/frans-farewell.cfm

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Graduates present research findings in GSA summit

By Alden Lee

The Northern Light

The graduates are speaking, ladies and gentlemen.

Culminating over four years of intensive work and study, the graduate students of UAA finally presented their studies in a research summit on April 8th. Hosted by the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and UAA’s Environment and Natural Resources Institute, the summit featured over 20 graduates’ research findings.

These studies ranged from moose foraging behavior, to health problems facing college freshman, to resilience among Somali refugees living in the United States.

The goal of the GSA research summit, according to sponsors of the event, is to spread the word about graduate research being done at UAA, as well as to provide a mingling opportunity between departments.

The summit presentations were held in out-of-the-way places such as the Allied Science Building (ASB) and the EcosystemBiomedical Health Laboratory (ELB), both rarely frequented buildings on campus.

Oral presentations were made by the graduate students in two classrooms at the ASB, which is located adjacent to the Eugene Short Hall, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Several guest speakers made appearances throughout the day, including Paula Donson, Stephanie McAfee, and David Yesner.

A poster session was then held at the ELB from 5 to 7 p.m., in which the students’ research posters were up for display. More closely resembling a power plant than an actual university building, the EcosystemBiomedical Health Laboratory is located across the road from the SSB, tucked back in a wooded area. Door prizes were handed out to those that attended.

A presentation by Cody Chipp, from the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services, focused on the psychological effects related to transitioning from high school to college, and the potential for serious health effects and weight gain stemming from this.

Rebecca Robinson, from the Program in Clinical-Community Psychology, presented a study on the amount of resilience found in Somali refugees residing in the United States, and how this is reflected in Somali literature.

Though the focus of the topics ranged from local to international, the one thing the research had in common was that it showed UAA has flourishing programs for graduates beyond their four-year degrees.

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Graduate Student Association Research Summit Health related behaviors of first year university students:

Confronting bear management in the changing North:

Measuring resilience among Somali refugees living in the U.S.:

Among first year college students at UAA, 31% of the sample were overweight or obese, and 30-35% reported low motivation toward keeping a healthy lifestyle.

During recent years, human-bear conflicts have increased in the Russian Far East and Alaska. This may be triggered by economy, population, or ecosystem; but over-all, poor management strategies.

Over 80,000 Somali refugees have survived the Somali Civil War, fled Somalia, obtained refugee status, and resettled in the United States.

COURTESY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

GURU KATE

From herbal to medicinal: Curing a cold sore How do I get rid of a cold sore?

Dear bug bewildered, Cold sores, disgustingly enough, are a form of herpes. They can be spread through sharing drinks, kissing, doing the dirty deed and any other transfer of open sore to skin.

They’re pretty gross and affect every three in five people. Cold sores can be spread from lips to genitals fairly easily, resulting in genital herpes. That would really stink.

Ok, onto ridding your lips of fever blisters. They get all tingly and itchy coming on; you try to tell yourself it’s something totally different. There’s no way you could be getting a cold sore. But alas, underneath the pus and scabby skin, you know it’s there.

What you can do at this stage is two-fold.

Stop touching it and don’t let anyone else touch it. Seriously, the spread of that stuff is viral (literally) and just plain mean. Also, the more you touch it the longer it’ll take to heal.

You can try an acetaminophen based pain reliever, tea bags, replacing arginine with lysine in your diet and sleeping a lot.

Steeped tea bags release tannins, which have been shown to improve cold sores.

Tannic acid has been rumored to have antiviral properties, but I’m not positive enough on this homeopathic remedy to completely back it up.

Now onto the arginine and lysine business, both of which are amino acids.

Lysine is said to reduce cold sores while arginine is said to increase them. So, if you take out some arginine from your diet (nuts and crustaceans) and increase lysine (poultry and fish), you could see a dramatic decrease in the time needed to heal.

There’s also some success in topical creams. Abreva and super-lysine work in totally different ways. Super-lysine, kind of like a petroleum-based lip-gloss, works using the aforementioned amino acid lysine. Although its listed active ingredient is zinc oxide.

Abreva, on the other hand, works by changing the cell membrane of uninfected cells to keep the viral infection from spreading.

The degree of success for most remedies is based on your lifestyle, so if one doesn’t work out, there’s a good chance that you’ll find success in another. Just keep in mind that if you have a cold sore, don’t give

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anyone oral sex! Seriously!

Unfortunately, herpes simplex never goes away. If you’ve gotten a cold sore before, you still have the virus living within your body, but (hopefully) in its inactive form. The “flare-ups” happen in cases of

extreme stress or sunlight exposure.

These sources are both avoidable. Stress relief can be achieved through many ways, different for each person. Wearing a hat, staying in the shade, or wearing chapstick with SPF can limit sunlight exposure.

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my thesis and I’m putting together a poster for D.C.

TNL: When do you go to D.C.?

The Northern Light: What kind of research do you do?

Mallory Givens: The biomedical research I’m doing right now is on harp seal hearts.

TNL: What does that entail?

By Kate Lindsley The Northern Light

Mallory Givens is that woman you’ve heard of that can try anything and succeed. She gets great grades, researches harp seal hearts and is graduating with a degree in history, although she has enough biology credits to continue onto medical school.

Given’s mentor in research, Dr. Jennifer Burns, offered high praise for the promising graduate.

“Her strong liberal arts background shows in her writing ability, and her ability to synthesize and integrate information across disciplines,” Burns said. “As a student juggling a heavy and diverse class load, Mallory has had to be very organized and detail oriented, and that has really helped her in her lab work.”

MG: The first thing I had to do was find a mentor or professor.

Since I’m a history major, that was a little more difficult. But most of the professors want to work with a student. They want undergraduate students; you just have to contact them.

The next thing I did after I found a professor that would work with me, and I wanted to work with her, is write up a proposal for an undergraduate research grant. So I applied for the Alaska Heart Institute fellowship and I also applied for the undergraduate research grant.

I received the Alaska Heart Institute fellowship and they paid for six credits of research. That’s one thing, only the AHI does this, but they’ll pay for your research and then they also gave me $3,000 to conduct my research and then they’re giving me $1,500 stipend when I finish my research.

MG: This Saturday. The Posters on the Hill event I’m going to is through the Council on Undergraduate Research.

I’m presenting my research to congress.

There’s a lot of opportunities that people, if they just look into the honors college website in the office of undergraduate research, will find tons of scholarships and money that is available for people if they can find a mentor or write up a proposal.

TNL: How did you tap into this world of undergraduate research?

MG: I wanted to do research because I’m premed. I really liked it so I took it a step farther with applying for extra things. It’s a great experience even if you’re not doing lab research like I’m doing.

It’s a great way to get critical

TNL: What stage of research are you in now?

MG: I’m done, I’m writing up

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thinking skills and experience in areas that you wouldn’t necessarily get if you were just taking your normal classes. I’ve taken tons of biology and chemistry classes and you don’t get the experience that I’ve gotten in the lab. I’m by myself, working on things as a researcher, I have my mentor that I work with who guides me but I wouldn’t get this experience if I hadn’t applied for research grants.

TNL: Were there any people that influenced you to start your research?

MG: The honors college and the premed advisor.

TNL: What happens with your research after you bring it to congress?

MG: With the Posters on the Hill, I’m just presenting my research. But my research will be left with my mentor, Dr. Jennifer Burns. Then she can use the research if she wants to use it in another study. It’s pretty much whatever she wants to do with it.

49: number of students that received grants and awards in the 2010-2011 school year through the University Honors College 11: number of students who were funded to participate or present at conferences, like Givens did $80,000: Amount of money given last year through the Honors College Office of Undergraduate Research

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respected.

Setting Limits; knowing your limits for alcohol and drug use, knowing limits for sexual involvement, and knowing who you are comfortable “hanging out “ with.

Being alert and in control; knowing who you are with and where you are going, knowing that drugs and alcohol make you less alert and aware, and always carrying money or going out with friends to make it easier to get out of a bad situation.

Communicating Assertively; being clear about what you want, letting others know when they are violating your boundaries, saying now when you mean no, saying yes when you mean yes.

Trust your gut; if you are feeling that something isn’t right, get out of the situation, don’t be afraid to be rude or make a scene, you’re worth protecting *adapted from Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault

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With a mixture of departments, ranging from Psychology to IT Services, the Social Science Building tends to facilitate just that, being social. While in the SSB you will find yourself at a juncture of many options to choose from.

There are options such as to study in the library down the hall, grab a latte from the Starbucks downstairs, or simply walk to class in the SSB. However, using the SSB restroom on the second-floor, immediately to your left from the stairs, should be the option at the top of your list.

I don’t believe in the concept of perfection, but this restroom makes a strong case for it.

Aesthetically, this restroom is a dream. From the sensor on the hardware to the warm beige marble-like tiles that hug the room any complaints are hard to come by. This restroom’s attributes give off the feeling of true quality when you them in for the first time.

The space alone in this restroom encourages you to indulge in taking your time.

However, though it may encourage a lengthy visit, it also encourages other visitors, and the foot traffic may cut some of the desire for a stay.

The bathroom stall walls have a type of diamond-imprinted design, with the appeal of stainless steel.

I couldn’t help but imagine being in a hollywood star’s bathroom in their mansion, a la MTV’s “Cribs.”

I figure a celebrity would be able to afford something ridiculous like stainless steel stall walls for their mansion’s bathrooms, but then again, maybe just stall walls

in general. I digress.

Aesthetics earn a solid, twothumbs up and five stars. I have not sufficient words to properly describe the appearance of this restroom. See for yourself.

Earlier, I mentioned the capacity of foot traffic in this restroom, and it is true. This restroom is highly trafficked in between classes. I must admit that heavy foot traffic is detrimental to the privacy rating, but in the case of this restroom it is not enough to ruin the overall pleasant experience.

Also, the stalls are sandwiched between two thick tiled walls. If by chance you are using the end stall that uses the wall for privacy you will experience a feeling of shelter. It would take a trebuchet for that wall to come down.

Privacy earns four stars.

“Standard UAA-issue Toilet Paper,” as Correspondent Kellie calls it, was once again the story this week for this restroom. If we were to turn up the thermostat to increase the degrees of softness in our campus’s toilet paper we would probably see a huge difference in everyone’s studies for the better.

We wouldn’t need to turn the thermostat up to full blast, either.

I don’t like my bedroom to be a 110-degree hot yoga room, just as I don’t like my toilet paper to be cashmere.

Needless to say, I’m cold for the Standard UAA-issue, and we need to work towards finding a comfortable balance between these two extremes of rough and soft. Toilet Paper earns its usual three stars.

“The restroom is a welcoming reprieve from the banal design

of SSB,” reported Correspondent Kellie.

Kellie found the aesthetic value of its stainless steel stalls as well, but more so in its mirror.

“Mirror! A full-length mirror!

This bathroom was highly functional due to this mirror,” she reported.

Perhaps there is a difference between the genders as to the value we place on our mirrors. Whereas men may only need to flatten their Alfalfa hair, Correspondent Kellie makes it clear through her exuberance that it is the full ensemble that matters most.

Correspondent Kellie was also not as convinced of the privacy of this restroom, due to its high foot traffic.

“There is always someone to watch you fix your hair or adjust your layers,” she claimed.

She goes into detail about the causes of the high foot traffic by accrediting it to the convenient location as well as a lack of “other spectacles or places of interest in SSB on the second floor.” Simply put, the SSB is un-deserving of such a fine lavatory.

The aesthetics of this restroom carry its rating all the way through.

I would not be able to sleep at night knowing that an astounding facility such as this restroom received anything less than the full score. The privacy issue pertaining to heavy foot traffic in essence isn’t the restroom’s fault.

At this point, I don’t feel it to be fair or even necessary to include the toilet paper score into the final calculation now that a norm has been set. On the “A.P.-titude” scale: Five Stars.

SSB Second Floor

★ ★★★★

Chancellor Ulmer’s career: Oversees construction, policy

By TNL Staff

The Northern Light

As the University prepares to say goodbye this spring to many of its own, one goodbye in particular has been a long, slow farewell. Chancellor Fran Ulmer announced she would be leaving the university in January 2010. A new chancellor has been chosen, and Ulmer’s time with UAA is coming to an end.

Ulmer will turn over the reigns to incoming Chancellor Tom Case on Monday, May 2, the day after commencement. In preparation for that, the university has planned a farewell reception for Ulmer, scheduled for Thursday, April 14 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building. Anyone is invited to attend, and so far 450 people have RSVP’d to do so.

Ulmer’s history at UAA is lengthy. She was appointed to Chancellor in 2007 by then UA President Mark Hamilton. Prior to the appointment, Ulmer was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at UAA. Her contributions to ISER include a presentation on the importance of the seafood industry to Alaska and a presentation on the importance of Arctic scientists, stakeholders and policy makers to work together. These presentations

as well as additional research shaped public and environmental policy in the state.

Ulmer is also known for her appointment to the Gulf oil spill Commission by President Barack Obama. Additionally, Ulmer served on the Exxon Valdez oil spill claims settlement committee and also as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska.

As for her time at UAA, Ulmer oversaw the opening of the ConocoPhillips building and also broke ground for the new Health Sciences Building; scheduled to be opened in August later this year.

Ulmer also oversaw a 75 percent retention rate for first-time full-time freshmen, as well as over $30 million in large donations to the university from local businesses and citizens.

The event will host several skits, including a performance by a cappella group AK Chill.

Attendees will also have the chance to leave video messages that will be given to Ulmer to keep.

“The times that I have had to work with her, it’s been great. She’s very open and welcoming,” said Jessica Hamlin, Senior Public Relations Specialist at UAA. Ulmer will stay on as advisor until June 1, and plans to continue her presence around UAA through athletic events, research and even financial donations.

Friday

By John Budnik

The Civil War: 150 Years Later 5:00-7:00 p.m.

UAA Bookstore Women in Philanthropy: Simone Joyaux 1:30-3:00 p.m.

400 L Street, Suite 100 Next Generation Ocean Science: Dr. John Delaney 7:30-9:00 p.m.

RH 101 Karaoke 9:30-11:30 p.m.

Gorsuch Commons

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Social Sciences Building Second Floor

Saturday Socials 7:00-8:00 p.m.

West Hall, First floor lounge

Sunday

Latrine Dean

Thursday Wednesday Tuesday

Seawolves’ weekly enrichment calendar 4.12-4.18.2011

12 Angry Jurors 3:00-4:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Building

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Heifer International Club hosts barn dance, auction Fundraiser for UAA club raises almost $3,000 to help end poverty, hunger and promote sustainability

Top Left: Students and community members line dance as part of the Contra dance theme of the event. Top Right: Heather Kelahan, junior and event coordinators, dressed as cows for the event. As part of the fundraising, attendees could pay to dance with the cow. Left and above left: Heifer International allows donations to be made towards specific animals or regions. Marcella Dent, senior, sells llama shares. Water buffalo, chickens, goats, and rabbits were also available for donation. Above Right: The Barn Dance hosted a “caller� who taught participants how to Contra dance.

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Left: The Lonesome Sound, a local band featuring UAA students, played for the event. They also donated a private performance to the silent auction, valued at $200. Above: The event was family friendly, and saw infants to senior citizens in attendance.

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Abortion clash at heart Americans have forgotten what it of shutdown debate EDITORIAL

is like to demand their freedom On Thanksgiving morning 2004, I walked through Hallandale Beach, Florida, at 2 a.m. The Dixie Highway was devoid of traffic, and the only other movement under the sea of streetlights was a group of locals making their way south.

As we approached one another, the tall, lanky kid in front, about my age, asked me if I had a quarter. I didn’t.

A couple of minutes later, a lonely car passed our little rendezvous. If the driver looked to his right, he would have seen five or six black men in a circle; taking turns at kicking a white kid around like he was a hacky sack.

Later that morning, I watched the sunrise from an IHOP corner booth, my table damp with coffee and blood. I was still wondering what had just happened.

When I told that story to a few natives of the area, their response stupefied me. Their reactions were filled with f- this and n- that.

One person said that if I didn’t hate black people after that, what would it take to convince me?

Let’s take a step back, first, and for a few idyllic moments, pretend that America is a still an outpost of liberty and opportunity, and that this is a nation free of racism and bigotry.

In 1620, a band of English settlers pursued their religious freedom by fleeing to a place called America.

In 1787, group of revolutionaries against the English crown proclaimed their independence.

They declared their new nation free to speak, assemble, and worship however they liked.

It’s 2011, and we, the descendants of those traitors, allow radical ideas like individual freedom, responsibility, and tolerance to sway us when they’re challenged, and yet we persist in our ignorance, playing quick-draw with our six-guns, shooting our enemies with fear and loathing, but have the audacity to assert our position as the greatest nation on Earth.

Just imagine if America fulfilled those ideals we set out for her. If she never lost sight of her purpose, and kept it intact through love and war and tragedy, we’d be that place refugees still dreamt of retiring their status as burdens.

We’d be that place composed of understanding, open-minded humans, free to practice peace as well as our religion.

Just imagine if America let human potential live up to human potential.

We’d be those people that

world looked to when they needed guidance.

We’d be standing next to every person in the world demanding their freedom, fists in the air, in every Tahrir Square across the Middle East, and we’d be the ones maintaining that if you don’t have a place to go, I’ve got an extra couch and an ear if you need it. I may not comprehend your story now, but I want to, so tell me, and we’ll write this history together.

The truth is that we demanded our freedom once, but we’ve forgotten what it’s like, so we need you to show us how to stand up for our rights as humans, because in the midst of this political madness, we’ve been dividing ourselves into little groups and factions, screaming at each other and slinging grenades, when all we need to do is sit down and listen.

One day, we’ll understand that it doesn’t matter what’s on our bookshelf, and it doesn’t matter what god we pray to, or whether we grew up in the desert, in the mountains, or the city.

We’ll realize that we’re all in this together: that group of kids in Florida, you, me, and Muammar Qaddafi.

commitments and that they convey this strongly to their faculty.

As a former dean of CBPP, I’ve gone to bat personally – with phone calls all the way to the Pentagon – to assist our military students as they worked through both the university and military system. As chancellor, I will continue to “go to bat” for our military students.

UAA’s Student Handbook does not grant any group or class of students special privileges to miss class. The policy reads: “Students participating in official intercollegiate activities on behalf of UAA, including but not limited to competition in athletics, forensics and performing arts, are responsible for making advance arrangements with faculty members to enable them to meet course requirements.

Faculty are encouraged to make reasonable accommodations for such students. In some cases accommodations may not be possible.”

In fact, the Student Handbook specifically indicates that faculty make the decision about attendance and in some cases “accommodations may not be

possible.” It has always been our policy to strongly encourage faculty to be flexible and respect the military and other commitments of our students.

For the last two years in a row GI Jobs magazine has named UAA a Military Friendly School – one of only 1,600 in the entire country. We can and will do more.

We recognize the value of having one individual dedicated to supporting our military students in their transition to college and are actively pursuing the VetSuccess On Campus program in connection with Sen. Begich.

We hope that the program will be on our campus in the coming year.

We are looking for more ways to assist both military personnel and their family members’ access to UAA and to support their student success.

I am proud to serve as chancellor of a Military Friendly School. We will work together to increase our support of military students and all students.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Re: Military Article Dear UAA community, I’d like to make very clear my strong support of UAA’s military students. Having spent many years in the military, I have a personal understanding of the importance of service and the importance of education to help our military men and women succeed in their goals.

During my first months at UAA, I have held meetings to learn more about how UAA is serving its military students. I am impressed by the many faculty and staff who are helping our military students – including financial aid coordinators, counselors, and military education coordinators.

As chancellor, I will work to promote and enhance the support of both military personnel and their family members at UAA. The recent article in The Northern Light depicts a very unfortunate series of events in a class in the College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP).

Although we are not at liberty to discuss specific personnel matters, the dean and assistant dean in CBPP have made it very clear the importance they place on respecting our students’ military

Sincerely, Tom Case Incoming Chancellor

By Daniel McDonald The Northern Light

One of the more heated issues over the budget debate in Washington is the amendment passed by House Republicans to cut all federal funding of Planned Parenthood. As of now, the Federal Government subsidizes Planned Parenthood at a cost of about $360 million per year. And although this may seem like a lot, in the grand scheme of things it’s only peanuts in comparison to the $1.5 trillion budget deficit.

Despite the relatively small amount of funding at stake, both sides are unwilling to budge on what is largely an ideological conflict. Pro-life republicans see the budget crisis as an opportunity to cut a program they find not only illegitimate but immoral, while pro-choice democrats see this defunding attempt as an assault on their core platform.

The most amusing aspect of this whole clash over abortion is the way in which the pro-choice side has conducted itself. The amendment’s detractors cloak themselves in the banner of maintaining “women’s health” and some, such as Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) have gone as far as to say that republicans have been elected to “kill women” in a Nazi-like fashion. Additionally, CNN’s Candy Crowley has even co-opted Planned Parenthood’s talking points. In an interview of Rep. Steve King (R-IA) she asked, “Would you worry that, by cutting off those services, people would have sicker babies?”

Let’s get some facts straight.

About 98 percent of all services provided by Planned Parenthood for pregnant women are for abortions, yet Crowley is worried that if the government cuts off their funding, people might have sicker babies? I am pretty sure the net-gain for infant health would be huge if the largest abortion provider were to disappear tomorrow. Last I heard, babies whose brains have been sucked out tend not to be the healthiest bunch.

Rep. Slaughter’s comments are even more ridiculous. I am assuming she’s accusing republicans of killing women via not paying for their abortions when their lives are threatened by a pregnancy. Considering the fact that in developed countries, maternal death accounts for less than one percent of all births, that is a rather strange thing to quibble over. To be precise, the maternal mortality rate in the United States, as of 2005, was 11 deaths for every 100,000 pregnancies.

A fundamental flaw in Slaughter’s analysis is she doesn’t take into account the other females. She is so fixated on victims of maternal mortality

that she forgets the huge number of deaths approved and funded by people like her every year. It’s not republicans who are killing women, but organizations like Planned Parenthood.

The abortion rate in 2005 was about 1,940 for every 100,000 pregnancies. Assuming that roughly half of all infants born are female, that is a death rate of 970 females per year, but groups like Planned Parenthood have the audacity to carry signs labeled “Stand up for Women’s Health.”

The irony is thick.

Gianna Jessen, an abortion survivor and pro-life activist said it best during her speech in 2008, “If abortion is about women’s rights, then where were mine?

There was not a radical feminist, standing up and yelling about how my rights had been violated that day. In fact my life was being snuffed out in the name of women’s rights.”

But this was not always the case. The history of feminism is actually staunchly pro-life. Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Wollstonecraft and Alice Paul were all opposed to abortion and vehemently condemned it. Feminists for Life, an American organization leads the way in educating people on feminist history and its hijacking by radical pro-choice advocates.

You won’t read anything about that on NOW’s website, however, where to them, the right to murder children is as American as baseball or apple-pie.

Currently, democrats are crying foul over the fact that republicans are forcing gridlock on the budget due to their insistence to push through this divisive amendment.

Unfortunately, the Senate is unlikely to allow it to pass. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) insisted last week that, “We will never, never, never defund Planned Parenthood.” Yet if there is to be a government shutdown, the democrats would surely be to blame considering they didn’t even pass a budget last year out of political cowardice.

Their criticisms are true to an extent. Yes, republicans are making things more difficult by pushing through a relatively insignificant (in dollar terms) amendment to defund a very popular organization among democrats, but it’s still the right thing to do.

Not a dime of tax-payer funds should ever go to this disgusting corporation again. They make over a billion dollars a year in the business of baby killing.

They do not exist for the benefit of “women’s health” but for the profitable industry of providing abortions. That’s their bottom line. And in this current budget crisis their blood-money should be the first to go.

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Republicans want to shut down the government because they think there’s nothing more important than keeping women from getting cancer screenings? This is indefensible, and everyone should be outraged. The Tea Party, among others, but they are the biggest push, is trying to move its extreme social agenda, issues that have nothing to do with funding the government. They’re willing, it appears clearly, to throw women under the bus, even if it means it will shut down the government.

Government shutdown prompts shutdown of civility...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada “[T]his really is a Civil War fight...These guys will support three wars. They’ll support tax dodgers. They’ll support the wealthiest Americans getting tax breaks. They want to cut into education and health care. This is an ideological battle.”consequences.”

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if the troops are thus not paid by their commander-in-chief -are they his slaves? What would you call it? Can those serving in the military just walk off the job? I don’t think so.

So if Obama does not sign the bill to pay his troops, then it sounds sort of like forced labor to me. I mean, it’s one thing, folks... We can all agree on this: It’s one thing to have to pick cotton, but to be forced to risk your life overseas without being paid, that’s the worst kind of forced labor to me. Are you kidding me? How can the president of the United States, on the eve of the anniversary of the Civil War -- the 150th anniversary -- threaten to withhold payment to Americans who not only risk their lives for their country but are required by law to serve or face courtmartial after they volunteered?

I believe desertion in wartime is still a capital offense.

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Paradigm shift of prejudice in America

By Eli Johnson The Northern Light

Apparently, it is pretty common knowledge that there has been a sizeable paradigm shift in the hate-crime community in this country.

The shift has been from the black community to the LGBT community.

Gwen Ifill wrote a compelling book about the rise of black politicians in this country. She pointed out that while President Obama is the greatest example of breakthrough politicians for the African-American community, he is hardly alone.

This doesn’t mean that the war against racial bigotry in this country is over. Far from it, but it is a step in the right direction. Race relations in this country have completely changed from the days of the Jim Crow, though the battle isn’t over yet.

However, while race relations have changed, the prejudices of people have shifted. The number of hate-crimes against the LGBT community has been on the rise over the last couple of years.

The number of hate crimes based on sexual orientation has been on the rise since 2006. What makes this problem interesting is that in some states, committing a hate crime against a member of the LGBT community isn’t regarded as a hate crime at all. The state of Alaska is among them.

It’s interesting how in this state, a person can come right out and say that they assaulted a person because they were gay and it isn’t recognized as a hate crime. As of 2009, 30 states recognize sexual orientation and gender identity as a hate crime. These numbers are just plain sad.

How hard is it to recognize a crime against a person because of who they love as a hate crime? There is a bit of hypocrisy on the part of the current GOP about this topic. There was a piece of legislation in 2009 that Rep. John Boehner (R-Oh) objected to making it a federal crime to assault a person based on sexual orientation.

“All violent crimes should be prosecuted vigorously, no matter what the circumstances. The Democrats’ ‘thought crimes’ legislation, however, places a higher value on some lives than others. Republicans believe that all lives are created equal, and should be defended with equal vigilance,” said Boehner.

Okay, if that’s true, then surely Boehner is against all hate crime legislation based on the same merits. CBS News believes that to be the case, and sent him an email inquiring to that end. Kevin Smith, Boehner’s spokesman at the time, sent them an email back.

He said that Boehner, “supports existing federal protections (based on race, religion, gender, etc) based on immutable characteristics,” he said.

Interesting, so Boehner believes that sexual orientation is not an immutable characteristic, which is defined as a characteristic that does not change, but religion is. The massive logical holes in that argument are astounding. This truly does inspire awe and wonder.

According to The Pew Forum, roughly half of all American adults change their religious affiliation at least once in their lives. The conclusion of the psychological and scientific community, on the other hand, says that sexual orientation is something that people are born with.

When faced with this argument, Smith tried a different tactic to justify Boehner’s opposition.

He said that the bill, “could eventually invite the prosecution of Americans for their thoughts and religious beliefs, basic provinces protected by the First Amendment.” This is another pathetic argument.

There are no laws against hate speech in this country. There are laws against hate crimes, however. Nobody is being prosecuted for being a jerk, just for committing crimes against another person for the sole reason of their sexual orientation.

There was a lecture at the college, a few months back by John Corvino, a philosophy professor at Wayne State University, about the morality of homosexuality. He talked about how people tend to want to believe that the war against the LGBT community is over, and the LGBT community won.

Corvino pointed out that it isn’t over. It is at a very strange place right now due to the torn perception. But the rise in hate crimes based on sexual orientation says something. And the lack of laws against it also says something.

It says that this government doesn’t care. What’s more is that the war against it is entirely based on personal bias. Does anybody remember the local battle against ordinance 64? That was a clear demonstration of how bigotry works.

Mayor Sullivan didn’t veto it for any good reason. He did it because he could, because he wanted to. He said from the beginning that that was what he was going to do.

Bill Maher said it best about the whole gay rights issue.

“This is just legislating taste, and there’s nothing that bothers me more than that, and it’s what we do all the time in this country,” and he’s absolutely right.

The fact is that the hate crimes against the LGBT community are wrong. The fact that the law hasn’t caught up with this fact is even worse. This country is supposed to be showing the world how a civilized society operates, and yet we deliberately turn a blind eye to an entire community of people.

The treatment of one group of people has gotten a lot better, and that is great, but the battle for equal rights isn’t over. And there are too many people like John Boehner and Dan Sullivan who will just legislate taste, and not do what’s right.

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Get into elements with Adventure Alaska

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Hopefully every Seawolf student has had a chance to get away from the classrooms and late night cramming sessions at least once or twice during their time here to get out and enjoy the outdoors.

And what a playground we have up here in the 49th state. No matter what season we’re in, there is never a shortage of activities to take part in and get hooked on.

So how is it that UAA, the campus with perhaps one of the biggest backyards in the country for its students to play in, doesn’t have an outdoors program for students to partake in with their fellow Seawolves?

Well, there is in fact such a program, and it has been right under all students’ noses for a while now.

Adventure Alaska may be the best-kept secret around campus. The time has come PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN WOLOSYN however, to unveil the new program and let all students UAA students take on Class 4 rapids during their Adventure Alaska rafting trip on the Matanuska River last year. Adventure Alaska is a new outdoors program that offers students non-credit courses in outdoor activities for affordable rates. in on the fun.

Started in the fall of 2010 Alaska was long overdue for a Liston said. “I travelled to have outdoor programs and

by Molly Liston, a recent Colorado last year and was so wondered ‘why don’t we have UAA graduate of the Health, school like UAA. “It’s been my dream and goal inspired by the fact that almost Physical Education & Recreation SEE ADVENTURE PAGE B5 department (HPER), Adventure to head up an outdoor program,” 90 percent four-year universities

Juried art show makes sales War of the Words: Kindle versus NOOK

By Alexandra Wiggins Special to The Northern Light

“It’s really unstable,” Anton Kadtsin said, the gallery attendant on duty in the Student Union on Thursday, when asked if the floating mobile made of paper cones was allowed to be touched.

While you can’t touch most of the art in the gallery, there are a few functional pieces that you could – if you bought them.

Of the 28 pieces on display in the 2011 Student Juried Show, only two pieces were sold by last Thursday evening.

Prices ranged from $25 to $1000, with most in the $250 to $500 range.

The eclectic exhibition, which will be up until April 14, is an impressive display of UAA talent. Pieces consist of functional, realistic and abstract art, utilizing a wide range of materials including walnut, fine silver, earthenware, porcelain, concrete brick, and Astroturf, among many other textiles.

Exhibition submissions were accepted for the jury process from “all UAA students, but only students,” according to Kadtsin.

“Pissy Self Portrait,” a ceramic and mixed media sculpture, is perched in the middle of the gallery. It depicts a stubborn infant sitting lazily upon the floor. With an Alaskan Native garb upon the small statue’s head, the child slumps his chin into stubbornly crossed arms.

Pieces are still available for sale until the exhibition is taken down to make room for the BFA senior thesis shows, the last gallery displays of the semester.

A questionnaire is available for gallery attendees to state the type of art they are interested in seeing in the gallery, as well

as food offerred at gallery openings.

The Student Union Gallery features new exhibits one to two times per month. To keep track of upcoming shows, visit their Facebook page or the Student Life and Leadership page on the main UAA website.

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A war is being fought. It is a war that wages in the home of many Americans, in the workplace, and even in the educational sect of society.

It is a war that has been raging since the dawn of time; technology versus tradition.

Which is better, e-books, or traditional print books?

And an even deeper question is this: of those who choose to utilize e-books, which product is the best for reading them, the Amazon Kindle, or the Barnes & Noble NOOK? The Amazon Kindle made its debut in Nov. 2007, and has since launched four additional generations of the device, its latest one the Kindle 3.

Barnes & Noble jumped on the bandwagon and debuted its own e-book reader, the NOOK, nearly two years later in October 2009. The NOOK has since released an updated version of the hardware, the NOOKcolor.

College students are beginning to take interest in e-book readers; many textbooks are now available in e-book format, and the conveniences of carrying several books within a single, thin digitized device are numerous.

“I was able to find eight [textbooks] out of about 18,” said Sheila Sine, an English major and junior at UAA, “If you’re reading a book for English class, it’s an easy way to make in-text notes, and they’re all organized within the Kindle, so that you can go back and look at the notes and highlights you make.”

In addition to having many of the books she needs for class all in one place, Sine also saved money by purchasing e-books for her Amazon Kindle.

“I initially bought my books through the Bookstore, and it cost me around $300 to buy all my textbooks. But with the books I was able to buy through Amazon, the most expensive of which was $10, I was able to return about $100 worth of textbooks to the Bookstore. The Kindle almost paid for itself.”

Shawn Lyons, a local cosmetologist, uses his Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor daily, but not for class.

“I pretty much read every day,” he said, “I carry it around with me wherever I go; it’s never not on my person.”

Both Sine and Lyons were hesitant to first pick up an e-book reader,

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CONTINUED FROM B1 since they anticipated missing the feeling of a printed book in their hands. And while Sine still prefers to read printed books for pleasure, Lyons is more accepting of the new technology.

“At first I was a little scared to lose the actual ‘holding of the book’ thing; that went away real fast. I have 2700 books inside my NOOKcolor, and it’s not using up all of my space anymore,” said Lyons, “It saves you so much space.”

Lyons also went on to say that he enjoyed the fact that purchasing e-books is a good way to conserve trees and paper.

Advantages to using e-book readers are plentiful, but which reader offers the best overall service?

The newest Kindle offers a whopping one-month battery life, as long as the wireless feature is turned off. The NOOKcolor however, only sports an eight-hour battery life with its wireless feature turned off.

But while the Kindle has over 900,000 compatible e-books, newspapers and magazines available for purchase, NOOK readers have access to over 2 million e-books; a figure that doesn’t even factor in the available newspapers, blogs, and magazines that are also compatible with the reader.

The NOOK and Kindle also allow owners to lend their e-books out to friends for free for up to 14 days. Both readers also have access to free books. The NOOKcolor, however, has access to a feature that the Kindle does not.

Barnes & Noble has a program called “PubIt!” which allows anyone to publish and sell their own books, short

stories or poetry over the internet.

Amazon has no such program, and the Kindle does not have access to these indie books. Prices for “PubIt!” works are typically cheaper than regular books, and the program allows authors and readers a chance to connect in a way previously impossible.

Since, like the Kindle, the NOOK allows you to preview all books for free before purchase, the buyer doesn’t have to worry about purchasing an amateur story that looks good, but ends up being poorly written.

‘At first I was a little scared to lose the actual ‘holding of the book’ thing; that went away real fast.

I have 2,700 books inside my NOOKcolor, and it’s not using up all of my space anymore.’

–Shawn Lyons, Nook Owner Finally, one of the most important features of any electronic storage device is how large the memory is. The latest Amazon Kindle sports a memory capable of storing

3,500 books, double what their last version was capable of holding.

The Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor however, boasts a superior 6,000-book capacity, in addition to the 50 children’s picture books, 500 songs, and 150 photos its memory capacity also holds.

It also has the capability of receiving personal files and storing them on an SD memory card the owner purchases.

The NOOKcolor costs $249 brand new, and the Kindle $189. While the price difference is steep, so are the differences between the two pieces of hardware.

Despite the overall superiority of e-book readers to printed books, and the likelihood that printed books will one day disappear in wake of the new technology, these ancient objects that have been well-loved and revered over the centuries will no doubt still hold some admirers.

“There are certain books that I have in my library that I will never get rid of, and only read in printed form,” said Lyons, “It’s just the ones throughout your life that you come to love; I will never get rid of them, and I will read them as paper.”

Sine felt similarly.

“The Kindle is nice, and it’s easier and it’s convenient, but if I had more money, I would buy printed books...I really hope printed books will always have a place in our world.”

All statistics and product information for the Kindle and NOOK came from Amazon and Barnes and Nobles, respectively.

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Good rap music: The best of the last two months Dr. Dre’s new album looks pretty bland; these six songs will fill the void in quality it leaves in its wake

By Thomas McIntyre Special to The Northern Light

Here are six quality rap songs to make up for six of the atrocious rap songs that will be on Dr. Dre’s “Detox” album.

Big K.R.I.T. ft. Chamillionaire – “Time Machine” I haven’t actually listened to Chamillionaire’s verse on “Time Machine”.

I’m assuming he talks mostly about how Michael Jordan was mean to him when they met. Whatever. The parts without Cham are just that good.

Cham’s guest verse aside, “Time Machine” is perfect. Krit raps about taking a ride back to the days when Scarface was in his tape deck, and does it with that Pimp C-mixed-with-T.I. style cadence. The beat

even features some UGK-esque guitars.

With tracks like this, Krit’s going to trick a lot of people into liking southern rap.

Juicy J – “Who Da Neighbors” “My mansion’s sitting on 40 acres, who the neighbors? Kobe Bryant from the Lakers, now that’s paper.”

There’s a 96% chance that I’ll be mumbling this chorus to myself if you see me in real life. Juice doesn’t over think it; he just rolls with what sounds the coolest.

And, usually, those who think the least sound the best on a Lex Luger beat.

Cousin Fik ft. Cal Tiki & Mac Juan – “Water in the Bo” I know what you’re thinking: “Just what we need; another song about diluting promethazine cough syrup.” Fik, Tiki, and Mac seem to understand why watering

down the bo is an effective business strategy, but they’re not down with it.

Especially Tiki and Mac, who are clearly holding grudges from the times they’ve been played by crafty bo dealers.

“Water in the Bo” is set over a beat that displays, as described by SoManyShrimp. com, what melting sounds like. I co-sign.

Mobb Deep – “Love Y’all More” Welcome home, P. The Mobb will own 2011.

Shady Blaze – “Dreamin” Shady Blaze probably isn’t on the radar of many rap fans. Blaze and Squadda B form the duo Main Attrakionz, a group that specializes in the airy cloud rap that lives deep inside the Internet. They’re the kids who sample Imogen Heap and make music to float to.

“Dreamin” doesn’t really divert from the formula. If anything, it’s a little faster and more focused, in large part due to the rapping skills of Shady Blaze. But the filtered sample and unorthodox approach to beatmaking is still there.

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Young L – “Domo Style” Young L is the Andre Iguodala of the rap game. Iguodala is the best perimeter defender in the NBA, but his offensive woes put a damper on his defensive prowess. L is one of the top producers in music, but his rapping takes away from what he does behind the boards.

Young L’s latest tape, Domo-Kun, provides a great example of how limited L is as a rapper, and how limitless he is as a producer. But to his credit, he knows how to spit that swaggy Bay rap well enough to get by. Although, the beat on “Domo Style” is so filthy he could’ve muttered gibberish for three minutes and I’d still bump it. The same thing applies to almost every other song off Domo-Kun. One day Andre Iguodala will be in a position to take on a defensive specialist role, and the world will understand his greatness. And one day Young L will find rappers worthy of his beats, and the world will understand his brilliance.

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GAME REVIEW

Aya returns in latest installment of ‘Paradise Eve’

By Bryan Dunagan The Northern Light

Square Enix has finally resurrected the “Parasite Eve” series. Unfortunately it’s an action shooter with only light RPG elements. This, however, is not a death knell and it being made for the PSP makes is curious.

As with all Square Enix games, the graphics are phenomenal; even the in-game engine is leaps and bounds ahead of most other games on the handheld. Its textures are jaw-dropping, and the special effects even rival some PC games.

The game centers on the pivotal character of the original “Eve” series, Aya Brea. Aya, adorning a wedding dress, is seen after giant tentacle-inspired creatures begin to massacre the populace of New York City. These creatures, known as the Twisted, attack in 2012 around the time the Mayans are famously said to have predicted the end of the world.

Fast-forward a year, and a machine is created to let people “dive” into the past, to attempt to change the future.

That is where Aya comes in.

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The story is overly ambitious and not a whole a lot is explained, but it’s a joy to figure out what’s happening in the world after the emergence of the Twisted.

The game is a shooter, something that would have been difficult to pull off on the PSP platform, had the developers handled it any differently. They were consciously aware that the PSP does not have a second analog stick. Square Enix designed the weapons to lock on to enemies and toggle with the D-Pad. Unfortunately, this makes the camera ridiculously tricky to control since the D-Pad is on the same hand as the only analog nub.

All is not lost however; the game has a pretty nifty cover mechanic. If Aya gets close to a wall of about torso height, she will attach to it. Holding down the L button will pop her out of cover and allow her to take pot shots at her enemies. This works well, even when combined with the dodge roll/dodge button.

Maneuvering around the battlefield is unique, too. Because Aya is altering the past, she is able to teleport into anyone that is still

alive and become them, using their weapons and so on. This is also how the player gets new guns.

In addition, enemies will flash the symbol of the triangle button, signifying that Aya can “dive” into them and implode them.

The player can also change Aya’s abilities through her DNA. It’s tricky to figure out how to do,

but the benefits reap huge rewards, especially in crazy boss fights.

“The 3rd Birthday” may be overly ambitious, but it has just enough to make it a great handheld title. The game is worthy of the Square Enix name, but it probably would have been better served as a console release.

Game: “The 3rd Birthday” Maker: Square Enix Release Date: March 29, 2011

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August Burns Red Family Tree Productions presents Pennsylvania metal band, August Burns Red. The first show, Thursday, April 14 at 9 p.m., is a 21 and over concert at Chilkoot Charlie’s, and the second show, Friday, April 15 at 8 p.m., is an all ages show at Club Millennium.

Both shows are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. To purchase tickets online, go to www.groovetickets. com.

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Local Magician Local talent Eric Giliam will be performing a magic show at Alaska Pacific University’s Grant Hall Theater on Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 16 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Giliam recently won the title of World Teen Magic Champion after performing his act at the annual World Magic Convention in Las Vegas. Tickets are $12 each, and are available online at www.centertix. net.

2011 BFA Thesis Exhibition UAA seniors Rhonda Horton, Liu R. Liu and Sandra Talbot will be exhibiting their work in the Kimura Art Gallery on the second floor of the Fine Arts Building from Monday, April 18 through Friday, April 22. The show will include prints and sculptures by these seniors, and the opening reception will be Monday, April 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This event is free.

Inaugural Spenard Beer and Mead Social Tap Root is hosting the Spenard Beer and Mead Social on Saturday, April 16; the first of two sessions runs from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., and the second runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.. Fifteen Alaskan breweries and meaderies will be represented, and ticket holders will receive a 6oz Tap Root glass and 15 tickets to exchange for brew and mead samples from each vendor. There will be food and live music as well. Tickets are $35 for this 21 and over event, and are available online at www.centertix.net.

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Juried Art Exhibition offers variety of mixed media and paintings

“T.A.M.O. - A Response to Secrets Under the Skin” - Hyun Park

“Pissy Self Portrait” - Erin Hemmer

“El Jefe” - George Skladal “The Cosmos and Antarctica” - Katie Bird

“The Minor Spirit” - Anton Kadtsin “Skulls” - Jennifer Gray

“Found Objects (Comus)” - Renata Knapman “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket” - William Jamison

“My Aunt’s Story” - Melissa Shaginof

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MUSIC REVIEW

‘American Tragedy’ rises from Hollywood’s grave

By Bryan Dunagan The Northern Light

In the year and a half since Hollywood Undead’s last hybrid CD/DVD effort, they have grown up.

Most fans will think they lost their edge, but that isn’t the case; they just switched over to glam rock/rap.

Now here is the funny part; they are telling stories.

It loses the calculated, yet chaotic, edge of the previous records, but adds a layer of sheen. It’s a catch 22 and it works out well.

Case and point, “Bullet” is all about leaping off a building and putting a bullet in the narrator’s head.

The beat is a mix of pop and acoustic guitars; it fits the tone and the theme of the album - teenage angst mixed with suicide and dark thoughts. Chillingly, one of the verses is even sung by a child.

The album tells a story about random people dealing with their issues, but is told with tongue in cheek dark humor. The humor is in line with what fans will expect, and the way it fits in is typical of Hollywood Undead.

There are even parts that have shades of horror rock, which layers the album more thematically, and gives it a more produced vibe.

It loses the calculated, yet chaotic, edge of the previous records, but adds a layer of sheen. It’s a catch-22, and it works out well.

The album might alienate fans, but Hollywood Undead has matured and seemingly taken some music theory classes.

Artist: Hollywood Undead Album: “American Tragedy” Release Date: April 5, 2011

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The new outdoors program at UAA gives students a chance to get away from their studies and out into the Alaska wilderness to explore with their fellow thrill-seekers from campus into the Alaskan wilderness. anything like that here, we’re Almost nothing. in Alaska’, so I decided to start All the gear for the trips is one.” provided for students who The project, which was sign up. Whether you decide started as part of Liston’s to go rafting, glacier ice internship, got off the ground climbing, or backpacking, last Semester with a bit of the program will provide help from a couple UAA you with the necessary gear departments. to tackle the elements, safe “I had guided before but environment in which to put never had done any of the your mind at ease, and the administrative things so I experienced guides to help had to start from ground zero you along the way. with (Adventure Alaska) and “That’s really the great got support from Commuter thing, students don’t need Student Services and the experience or the gear,” HPER Department,” Liston Liston said. “All students said. need is personal clothes, a The collaboration saw four lunch, and a smile.” trips last season in which Still not sold on the students had the opportunity concept? How about the to go cross-country skiing in fact that Liston aims to Hatcher’s Pass, rafting on the expand her staff with fellow Matanuska River, and rock students who share her love climbing in Turnagain. These for the outdoors and give initial adventures got nothing them hands on experience in but praise from those who leadership. attended.

“We do have a vision and “It’s an awesome way to give back to the UAA to meet people through the community even more, my school that you wouldn’t goal is to eventually get otherwise meet. It’s also a way students, with a full-time to get out and see different staff member alongside parts of Alaska and do fun them, to start leading the things that you wouldn’t trips,” Liston said. “It’s normally get a chance to do,” going to make them more said Jeff Crompton, a senior PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN WOLOSYN professional, better trained, geology major who went on A group explores a waterfall during an Adventure Alaska rafting trip on the Matanuska River last year. The program will offer 10 different trips in and it promotes personal the rafting trip. “Everyone the upcoming Fall 2011 semester including cross-country skiing, backpacking, rafting, and glacier ice climbing. growth.” had that common interest in So now that you have all the wanting to be outdoors.” administrator and guide for the up with Liston and even taken part step closer to one of the many information you need, it’s time for The concept of getting to trips. in going on trips. “I think we got adventures the program has in you to get out for a study break. know new people in an outdoors “She was really professional some good momentum for next store starting in September.

Let Adventure Alaska help you go environment was one of Liston’s and definitely knew what she was year and it’s going to pick up.”

Of course, let us not forget to forth and create your own Alaskan hopes in helping provide a sense of doing,” Peplow said. “She kept Students now can sign up for mention the fact that one of the tales of the great outdoors. community here at UAA through safety a priority and let us all the trips the same way as they main goals is to make these trips the common interest of enjoying know what the safety precautions would for their classes. The site easier on the wallets of college Editor’s Note: Adventure our landscape. were and helped make it a lot of in which students use to organize students. Daylong trips such as Alaska courses start in September “It was nice because you got fun.” their course schedule, UAOnline, rock climbing, hiking, and cross- and run through December. For to know (other students) with So with so many positives has all 10 trips Adventure Alaska country skiing cost students as more information, email Molly something you were all doing coming out of the program, why is offering for the Fall 2011 little as twenty dollars. Good luck Liston at aak@uaa.alaska.edu together and were interested in, hasn’t Adventure Alaska yet semester. The non-credit courses finding a better deal that gets you or go online to www.uaa.alaska. we all had that in common,” said taken-off here around campus? can be found under the Physical more bang for your buck than that. edu/hper and click on the link Sabrina Peplow, a junior HPER “I think that’s the problem Education and Recreation (PER) Now that you’re planning to to Adventure Alaska for more major. we face here with everything section. go sign up for the course, it’s time information on the upcoming According to Peplow, is just getting the word out that “We are gearing towards to discuss what all you will need trips.

Adventure Alaska provided not there is something good going commuter students because they to buy for your journey away

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only a great and affordable way to get outside, but the whole experience was made better from Liston herself who doubled as

on for commuter students,” said David Murdoch, who is the UAA Commuter Student Services Coordinator who has helped team

are the students right now, but it’s also open to alumni and faculty,” Liston said when talking about who all can sign up and be one

PHOTO COURTESY OF SARENA HACKENMILLER

Students cross-country ski up at Hatcher’s Pass last season with Adventure Alaska.

The program provides students with an experienced guide and the appropriate safety gear for each individual adventure.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT LISTON

Molly Liston (left) takes a chance to take in the surroundings while on an Adventure Alaska trip last year. Liston, who graduated last year from UAA, heads up the Adventure Alaska program.

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SPORTS| April 12, 2011

OVERTIME

Baseball: Our favorite past time, not favorite sport

By Megan Edge The Northern Light

“Take me out to the ball game,” is a song known nationwide, but has since faded into the background, along with the sport of its inspiration.

Sure, baseball is still America’s favorite past time, but it’s not our favorite sport.

This was proven at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, when South Korea took home the Gold medal, Cuba took home silver, and the United States took home bronze.

The athletic world has changed since 1908 when the iconic song was written.

America has changed and evolved.

Football is the new baseball, in the same way that atheism has become the new Christianity, here in the United States.

A school in Panama City, Florida has faith week with two Christian based clubs, but now they are taking a whole new spin on things. Their new atheist club will be joining the week of faith, as well as joining the other estimated 240 college and high school atheist clubs.

Yes, the way America works has changed.

Peanuts and Cracker Jacks are out; nachos and beer are in.

“People ask me what I do in winter,

when there is no baseball,” Rogers Hornsby once said. “I’ll tell you what I do.”

“I stare out the window and wait for spring.”

Hornsby, born in 1896, played professional ball from 1915-1937 for the Cardinals, Cubs, Giants, Braves and Browns and was a product of an entirely different America, a different generation. I would suspect that if he were to come back here for just a day he would be sick to his stomach.

His quote is no longer valid for the fans of America, who at one point in time would have sat patiently waiting, in the windowsill right next to him. Now, during those long winter months, we spend Sunday after Sunday watching out favorite football teams.

These days, baseball is just the sport that fills an empty void until football season rolls back around for most Americans.

“Baseball players are smarter than football players,” Jim Bouton, a former MLB pitcher who started his career in 1962 with the New York Yankees, once said.

“How often do you see a baseball team penalized for having too many men on the field?”

Maybe he is right. Maybe baseball players are a smarter breed of athletes, which, in NFL players’ defense, could be credited to hard hits and concussions.

In the opening week 2010 NFL season, the NFL saw four concussions.

The football phenomenon has broken out of the south and into the rest of the U.S, and has swept through the American people, taking scores of loyal baseball aficionados and turning them into football traitors.

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UAA athletes start prepping for next season over spring

By Megan Edge

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The busy athletic season at UAA has wrapped up for most Seawolf athletes. Some of the college jocks have permanently concluded their college careers.

Some of those athletes forever leaving UAA include: Men’s basketball guard Drew Robinson, women’s basketball forward Nikki Aden, senior track and field and cross country running star Marko Cheseto, women’s runner Emma Bohman, gymnast Kristy Boswell, hockey forward Tommy Grant and many more unforgettable athletes.

Thankfully though, 125 to 135 athletes will be returning.

These off-season months can be a challenge, with no one to push them, no coach to schedule training and no one to drive them.

“The hardest part of the off season training is that you’re alone, not with the team and its hard to push yourself to the limit while working out,” said sophomore alpine skier Andreas Adde.

Adde has it figured out though. In his freshman year, this AllAmerican downhill skier finished with 358 points and in seventh place, in RMISA standings, but improved immensely wrapping up his second season with the ‘Wolves in fifth place with 392 points in the standings.

Not all athletes plan their own workouts however, “We give the girls workouts, big thick packets, but we are not allowed by NCAA rules to have a practice, direct them in a weight room or on the court,” said UAA Head Volleyball Coach Chris Green.

“So we hope they are following the workout plan and are ready to go in August.”

‘For summer training I usually go home to Texas and train and at my club gym, Texas Dream. They have gymnastics equipment so I can practice my skills, as well as other workout equipment like treadmills, ellipticals, and freewights that I can use to stay in shape.’

–Kelsey Fullerton, UAA Gymnast Junior Kelsey Fullerton, a native of Flower Mound, Texas, has a similar issue.

“Also, the warm Texas weather makes it hard to be inside training.

During the summer I would much rather be outside in my pool,” Fullerton said.

Adde, of Osteras Norway, is just running and working on strengthening his entire body, but this will change when the semester ends with a harder more focused work out. “When I get home, I’ll start off doing a lot of cardio, and then strength, and then balance and coordination.” Adde said.

Fullerton has a little different plan of attack for the off-season.

“For summer training I usually go home to Texas and train at my club gym, Texas Dream,” Fullerton said, “They have gymnastics equipment I can practice my skills, as well as other workout equipment like treadmills, ellipticals, and free weights that I can use to stay in shape.”

All the hard work is to prepare for the fall so she can be ready to go for her final season with the ‘Wolves, according to Fullerton.

Of course, the off-season has perks too. “The best part of the offseason workout is balance, just walking around on a slack-line out in the sun,” said Adde, “By far the best part.”

According to Fullerton, the freedom to choose when they want to train is by far the best part.

“I can make time for friends and family, and enjoy my time at home that way.” Fullerton said.

Athletes aren’t the only people preparing for another stellar season of UAA athletics. Coaches are required to recruit, plan practices, and prepare for the 2011 season.

“At this point we are recruiting for 2012, hopefully we are done with 2011.” Green said.

This never-ending cycle requires dedication, time and drive. Athletes are forced to prove their perseverance and loyalty to their sports, even while not at UAA where their triumphs will be felt for months.

Their efforts will be apparent when the first whistle blows and the 2012 season kicks off.

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TNL Sunday, April 10, 2011 United Feature Syndicate YOUR STARS THIS WEEK

By Stella Wilder The coming week is likely to require of most, if not all, individuals the willingness to double up on projects and activities, working perhaps at a quicker pace to accomplish all that is on the docket for this busy time. Some may discover that one set of duties will be far more interesting, and far more creative, than another -- and yet each must get the attention it deserves if results are to be won; now is no time to play favorites in any way. Those who are attentive to such things may find that the work done in one area will affect the work that needs to be done in another.

Loyalty is an issue that will come to the fore. Attention to duty in one area must not limit the attention given to another -- and where personal affairs require attention in tandem with professional endeavors, each will benefit from the work done on the other. This week, connections of all kinds will prove meaningful -- and essential.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) -- What you have known for some time, and what you have recently learned, will come together to inform all you do. (April 5-April 19) -Your particular expertise will prove beneficial even when unrelated issues come to the fore.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) -- There’s no reason for you to feel victimized in any way; you are in control, and you will hold the reins until you get results. (May 6-May 20) -- Your way of seeing things may differ dramatically from the way others see them; both are valid.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) -- You’ll want to know what it feels like to walk in another’s shoes. His or her experiences are closely related to your own. (June 7-June 20) -- Practicality and idealism are closely linked. You’ll want to do things in a new, untried way.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) -- You may find yourself in a position that requires you to provide answers to the questions others are asking. (July 8-July 22) -- You’ve been watching from a distance for some time; you’ll have reason to jump into the fray yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) -- What you enjoy in the morning can provide you with a good deal of inspiration and energy each day. Focus on what has worked in the past. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- You will be required to watch from a distance what others are doing that you should be doing yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) -- Names, faces, facts and figures will all figure prominently; you must do what you can to remain on top of changing statistics. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) -You and a rival can strike a bargain that allows you to move ahead with increased momentum.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) -- The help you receive from another needn’t come to an end when the week’s work is over. A long-term relationship is developing. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- The more you feel you know at this time, the more you have to learn -- but you know that’s all part of the game.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) -- You may feel as though someone is watching over you, but you may not completely trust his or her motives. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- Your understanding of behavior that is out of the norm will reach a peak; others seek your advice.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) -- You may have trouble getting started, but you understand that once you do, you will be able to build invaluable momentum. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -- You can capitalize on your own recent errors, provided you keep your own pride out of the equation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) -- Age is of far less importance than relative experience -- and whether young or old, your experience is unique. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) -- Progress is made in unusual ways, and everything you have counted on may take an unfamiliar form.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) -- It’s a good week to start something of a tradition with family friends. You can derive a great deal of support in an indirect way. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) -- Your attempt to circumvent a formidable obstacle leads to one or two unexpected lessons.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) -- You’ll want to find out more about something that has affected you indirectly in the past; it will play a more central role. (March 6-March 21) -- You’re going to have to retrace your steps in order to come to a better understanding of what you’ve done and where you’re going.

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UNIVERSITY HONORS COLLEGE OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP

Undergraduate Research & Discovery Symposium

Celebrating undergraduate achievements throughout the University

April 14 Keynote Address with

John Delaney, Ph.D. “Next Generation Ocean Science”

Using network and robotic technologies in global ocean basins to better understand our planetary life support systems

Rasmuson Hall 101, 7:30-9 p.m.

Co-sponsored with UAA Community & Technical College

April 22

Keynote Address with

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman “Lessons from Jonesboro, Littleton, and Vietnam: How Kids are Learning to Kill and Learning to Like It” Student Union Cafeteria, 7-9 p.m.

Co-sponsored with UAA Psychology Department’s Behavioral Sciences Conference of the North The Undergraduate Research & Discovery Symposium is funded by the University Honors College, Alaska Heart Institute, Estelle J. Spatz Undergraduate Research Fund, BP, ConocoPhillips, Institute of Social & Economic Research, UAA/APU Consortium Library, UAA Office of Community Partnerships, Dr. Alex Hills, Brian and Amy Meissner, and many other generous individuals.

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