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Students protest proposed 22% tuition increase By Joshua Tucker and Josh edge The Northern Light

UA tuition could increase 15 percent by 2012, adding up to a 22 percent increase by 2013 as proposed by outgoing University President Mark Hamilton. Tuition increases will occur incrementally from fall 2010 through 2013. On April 15 and 16, the UA Board of Regents, the body that makes the final decisions on tuition, met in Dillingham to discuss the potential tuition increases. A final decision will be voted on in September. Students responded with outrage to Hamilton’s proposal. On April 15, more than 30 protesters met in the UAA Student Union for speeches by USUAA Government Relations Director Nick Moe, outgoing USUAA President Michaela Hernandez and public communications senior Zach Liszka. Students also protested the proposed tuition increases on the campuses of

UAS and UAF. Over 1,000 students joined a Facebook group opposing the increase within 48 hours of the group’s creation. “Enough is enough. Tuition has increased eight years in a row,” Moe said. Compiling proposed increases through 2013, Moe continued, “22 percent is about 500 dollars per student, per semester.” UAA Chancellor Fran Ulmer contends that tuition would only increase by $128 in the fall 2010 and $364 in the fall 2011 for an in-state student based on hypothetical class load of eight lower division credits and seven upper division credits. This does not account for the total 22 percent increase that is being proposed. “Whether we like it or not, tuition increases are going to happen,” Hernandez said. “But what we do have a say in is to what degree they happen. We are in an economic recession. You have to propose something more manageable.” See ProteSt PAGe 08

Broomball offers students chance to get in game By Taylor Hall The Northern Light

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Zach Liszka leads the 22% tuition raise protest at the Student Union. The protesters marched around campus on April 15th with protest signs, which was the same day that the Board of Regents held a discussion in Dillingham concerning the tuition hike.

For most, the opportunity to suit up for a team and represent their school goes unfulfilled. They’re left to cheer from the bleachers as they watch their school be represented by other athletes. At UAA, this is very apparent with a limited number of clubs and organizations that compete outside the school walls.

Enter the new UAA Broomball Club. With very few sports programs, not to mention the high-level in which they compete, it’s tough for a UAA student to find their own means in representing the Seawolves athletically if they wish to do so. “There’s nothing better than throwing on you school jersey and colors,” Mike Teilborg said, a freshman who doubles as a player and See BroomBALL PAGe

Student nurses fundraising for March of Dimes By Jerzy Shedlock The Northern Light

Lining the walls of the PSB, placards showcase the School of Nursing’s deep community involvement. The large placards are changed after every year as new projects are completed. The UAA Student Nurses Association (SNA) is raising money in support of the March for Babies. The walk is being put together by the Alaska Chapter of the March of Dimes and will be held on May 15.

SNA has set a goal to raise a total of $5,000, but the association’s real test is to reach a higher total of money raised than the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Providence Hospital. Individuals from the March of Dimes presented the challenge to the SNA during a kickoff meeting in March. Last year, the association was able to raise $4,600 under their previous team captain, who now works at the NICU at Providence. Brandi Segraves, the current president of the SNA, quickly accepted the task.

“(The challenge) encourages everyone to work harder and adds an edge of competition,” Segraves said. “The money we raise supports programs in our community that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies.” The March of Dimes was founded in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to defeat the disease poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio. It is now a health charity whose mission is to “improve the health of babies by preventing

birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.” Student nurses at UAA are adamant about helping the March of Dimes’ researchers, educators and advocates battle common threats to newborn babies. According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services more than 460,000 babies are born too soon each year, some so small they can fit in the palm of a hand. Currently, half of all premature births have no known cause. The upcoming March for Babies hopes See BABieS PAGe 03

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Contract retrieved from trash bin details Palin’s requirements for visit, no compensation details By Robin Hindery The Associated Press

A document fished out of California State University, Stanislaus, trash bin last week has prompted a state investigation into the university’s foundation arm and its refusal to disclose details related to Sarah Palin’s upcoming speech at the school. On Tuesday, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said his office would look into the finances of the California State University, Stanislaus Foundation, as well as allegations that the nonprofit organization violated public disclosure laws by keeping details of Palin’s contract secret. Palin is scheduled to speak at a June 25 gala hosted by the foundation to mark the university’s 50th anniversary. Brown’s investigation was prompted, in part, by a group of CSU Stanislaus students who retrieved five pages of the contract from a campus trash bin last Friday after hearing administrators were engaged in shredding documents. The contract detailed the former Alaska governor’s requirements for her visit, including first-class ﬂights from Anchorage to California if she ﬂies commercial. If not, “the private aircraft MUST BE a Lear 60 or larger,” the contract specifies.

Palin also must be provided with a suite and two single rooms in a deluxe hotel near the campus in Turlock in the Central Valley. During her speech, her lectern must be stocked with two water bottles and bendable straws.

‘The issues are public disclosure and financial accountability in organizations embedded in state-run universities.’ –California Attorney General Jerry Brown The document, dated March 16, does not include compensation details for Palin, who commands speaking fees as high as $100,000. Her appearance at the university gala is expected to draw a large crowd, with tickets selling for $500 each. “This is not about Sarah Palin,” Brown said in a prepared statement Tuesday. “The issues are public disclosure and financial

accountability in organizations embedded in state-run universities.” The foundation has previously denied requests by The Associated Press and state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, to disclose Palin’s compensation package under the California Public Records Act. Foundation board president Matt Swanson did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Brown’s investigation. He previously told the AP that the contract’s strict nondisclosure clause prevented him from sharing it and that university foundations and other auxiliary organizations were not subject to the same public records requirements as the university itself. Swanson has said Palin’s fee and accommodations will be covered entirely by private donations, not state funds. Jason Recher, a spokesman for Palin, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. The students who found the contract document said they acted on a tip that documents were being shredded at the campus administration building on a day when staff members were supposed to be on furlough. Alicia Lewis, 26, was one of the students who went to investigate. The building was

locked and gated, but the students were able to retrieve piles of paperwork, including the contract document, from a nearby trash bin, Lewis said. Russell Giambelluca, the university’s vice president of business and finance, said Tuesday that no one at the university was advised to destroy specific foundation documents, and staff members routinely shred and dispose of paperwork that is no longer needed. Regarding the excerpt of Palin’s contract, he said, “I find it interesting that among shredded documents you find one that’s completely intact related to the contract.” Lewis and another student, Ashli Briggs, traveled to Sacramento Tuesday to give Brown office material they said had been thrown out, including two boxes of documents and two trash bags filled with shredded files. “This is our little Watergate in the state of California,” Yee said Tuesday.

Parnell’s scholarship reforms unaddressed Systematic education reforms deemed ‘too much, too fast’ for 90-day session By Jeremy Hsieh Associated Press Writer

Gov. Sean Parnell and state Senate President Gary Stevens say they expect differences over major scholarship legislation will be worked out without calling a special session — but not necessarily before adjournment

‘That bill that passed the Senate does nothing to improve high school graduation rates.

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Sunday. Stevens, R-Kodiak, says an education task force would be the body for study and compromise after the session ends. A bill to create the interim task force passed the Senate on Thursday and is pending in the House. Parnell, also a Republican, says he’s also willing to negotiate in the interim. Both say the main difference is over funding. Parnell’s plan, as amended, would cost about $37 million a year to run. It encourages

systemic education reforms by motivating high school students to take tougher classes. A leaner scholarship bill passed by the Senate Monday expands existing programs and would cost $14 million a year, but doesn’t address the reform goals. “That bill that passed the Senate does nothing to improve high school graduation rates. It does nothing to improve academic achievement,” Parnell said Thursday. Both Parnell’s plan and the Senate bill are pending in the House Finance Committee. Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, said that rather than throw out the governor’s plan, a possible compromise is to reduce its proposed cost. Stevens said he has problems with the Senate bill, but added that the governor’s plan was “too much, too fast” for a 90-day legislative session. He said rigorous curriculum requirements in the governor’s plan could exacerbate inequities between urban and rural schools, as documented in court cases. The task force should examine that and several other education issues, such as school construction bonding and distance learning, Stevens said, and come back with a comprehensive education package that includes scholarships.

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BABIES: Upcoming March of Dimes prompted fundraising Continued from CoVer

to raise awareness of the dilemma and related issues. Donations will go toward research to battle the persistent problem. In addition, the money SNA helps raise will fund parent education, genetic research and health care provision. “The March of Dimes is on the leading edge when it comes to research that helps these early babies survive,” Segraves said. “Healthy babies are our future. Without the March of Dimes’valuable research current and future NICU and OB-GYN (obstetric-gynecologic) nurses will be consoling grieving families.” Student nurses participating in the fund raising are collecting donations individually. The funds will then be added together for a team total. Each nurse planning to participate in the walk has their own personal page on the March of Dimes website. On these pages nurses have stated their personal goals, created animated e-cards requesting donations and added fundraising badges to social networks such as Facebook. Using the website, the SNA is able to e-mail potential sponsors that can donate money electronically through a link. Personal donors are sent a thank you and a receipt immediately. Donations are also being accepted in the form of cash and check. The School of Nursing offers the only regularly scheduled coursework leading to eligibility

for licensure as a registered nurse and for advanced nursing practice in Alaska.

‘The March of Dimes is on the leading edge when it comes to research that helps these early babies survive.’ – Brandi Segraves, SNA president The Master of Science program in nursing was initiated with funding from a federal grant in 1981; the first class graduated in 1983. Four specialty options are available: Family Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Community Health Nursing, Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing and Health Care Administration. In 2002, a University Nursing Education Task Force set out with a goal to double the number of basic nursing graduates – AAS and BS programs – from the UAA School of Nursing by 2006. There were 96 admission slots in 2002. The 2007 academic year had 215 slots. Expansion of the school has largely been due to AAS program

sites being established across the state. From Bethel to Juneau, students at program sites receive online and videoconference instruction, as well as on-site clinical edification. The expansion comes with several challenges, such as ensuring superb patient care and learning environments at clinical sites and distribution of graduates. The SNA holds great importance to the nursing program. The association aims to inﬂuence health care, nursing education and practice through legislative activity, as well as to promote and encourage participation in community affairs toward improved health care and the resolution of related social issues. The SNA takes questions and concerns from peers to faculty advisors. “I think it’s important that we have a presence in the community so that people get a sense of what the School of Nursing is all about and what our students actually do,” School of Nursing Coordinator of Student Affairs Marie Samson said. “Most people think of nursing as just bedside nursing, but we are involved with all kinds of agencies within the community.” Individually and as part of their course work, nursing students are involved in community activities throughout the school year. The activities include helping at immunization clinics, participating in health fairs and working at the downtown clinic.

AK senate panel approves cut on cruise ship head tax By Becky Bohrer Associated Press Writer

A state Senate panel approved a measure Wednesday that would lower Alaska’s head tax on cruise ship passengers. The measure also would seemingly satisfy terms of a lawsuit settlement agreement between the state and Alaska Cruise Association. Action by the Senate Finance Committee comes three days after Attorney General Dan Sullivan and cruise association president John Binkley signed an agreement that would settle a federal lawsuit over the state tax if the fee were reduced, as Gov. Sean Parnell had recommended. The bill does that, in lowering the tax from $46 to $34.50 a person and allowing for deeper offsets for ships stopping in at least one of two ports — Juneau and Ketchikan. It is expected to cost the state about $22 million in passenger fees. Chris Poag, an assistant

attorney general, said he believes it would satisfy terms of the settlement; Binkley said his first read of the bill was the same. The measure still must be approved by the Legislature and signed by Parnell this year for the suit to be dropped. The Senate now must vote on the bill, before sending it to the House. Adjournment is currently scheduled for Sunday. Chip Thoma, with Responsible Cruising in Alaska, called the bill “horrible” and said it creates inequity among ports. Juneau and Ketchikan currently have their own head taxes; other communities get a share of the tax from the state. Under the measure passed from committee Wednesday, Juneau and Ketchikan are added as ports of call, meaning they’ll get a cut from the state, in addition to their local fees. The tax has generated about $46 million for the state in recent years. The push for the decrease

began last month, when Parnell attended a cruise ship trade show in Florida. The industry estimated that ships, accounting for about 142,000 passengers, won’t come to Alaska this season. Parnell returned from the trip proposing the rollback and a tax credit program for corporations contributing to tourism marketing efforts as ways the state could address industry concerns that the cost of doing business in Alaska is too high. The latter idea has gained no discernible traction in the Legislature but there’s been support, particularly among leading lawmakers, for a tax reduction. Voters approved a head tax in 2006, with supporters seeing it as a way to help cover costs of infrastructure needed for large ships coming to port. Sullivan has noted that settlement of the suit with the cruise association would not preclude a lawsuit by another group over the tax issue.

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Police: SC motel guest uses snake to hit man ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) -- Police in South Carolina say an argument between two motel guests ended when one of the men was hit in the head with a snake. Rock Hill police say the victim told ofﬁcers that he argued Tuesday night with 29-year-old Tony Smith over loud music coming from Smith’s room. The dispute appeared to be over, but the man told police Smith walked up to him several hours later with a 4-foot python and hit him in the face with the snake’s head. Smith surrendered the snake to family members before police handcuffed him and took him to jail. Smith was charged with assault and battery. He remains in the Rock Hill jail on a nearly $1,100 bond and jail ofﬁcials did not know if he had an attorney.

Mustache advocacy group seeks tax break ST. LOUIS (AP) -- It’s time that mustached Americans got in on the stimulus money. At least that’s the proposal being pushed by tax policy professor John Yeutter and the St. Louisbased American Mustache Institute. The tongue-in-cheek group dubs itself “the world’s only facial hair advocacy and research organization.” On the eve of the deadline to ﬁle income tax returns, the professor and the AMI are pushing for a $250 annual tax incentive for people with mustaches. The funds would be used for mustache grooming supplies. The AMI said the current system “provides a disincentive for the clean-shaven to enjoy the mustached American lifestyle.” The AMI said the stimulus money could be used not only for trimming instruments but also for wax, combs and mirrors.

NJ suspect tried to gnaw off fingertips MIDDELTOWN, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities said a man who escaped from the back of a police car in New Jersey tried to gnaw off his fingerprints. Police captured Keith Simmonds Jr. in Middletown on Monday. Authorities said the 21-year-old’s fingertips were bloodied. Atlantic Highlands police arrested Simmonds and a passenger in his vehicle on drug charges after officers stopped them and said they found marijuana on Sunday night. Police said Simmonds managed to move his handcuffed arms to the front of his body, kick out the side window of the patrol car and escape while officers used a drug-detection dog to search his car. Simmonds was being held in the Monmouth County jail on $135,000 bail. It’s not known if he has a lawyer.

Dead man wins mayor’s race in small Tennessee town TRACY CITY, Tenn. (AP) -- A dead man has been elected mayor of Tracy City, Tenn. Carl Robin Geary died suddenly a few weeks ago. But he received 268 votes anyway in Tuesday’s nonpartisan election, beating out incumbent Barbara Brock with 85 votes in the twocandidate race. An election administrator, Donna Basham, said Wednesday she wouldn’t speculate on why Geary won posthumously but noted his death had been widely reported at the time in this corner of southeastern Tennessee. She says the city council will now have to appoint a mayor to the four-year term. Brock had been appointed mayor 16 months ago when the previous mayor died. She says she thought she had done a good job but added voters wanted a return to the past.

Man sets home ablaze with pot bong LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- Authorities said a 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly using a marijuana bong to set his mobile home on ﬁre. Dona Ana County investigator Lindell Wright said in court documents that the man was using alcohol to clean the pot smoking instrument Sunday when he purposely ignited the alcohol and set ﬁre to curtains in his San Yisdro home. Wright said an off-duty deputy sheriff spotted the man driving away from the burning home and alerted authorities. He was arrested after a police chase through the community. Lindell said no one else was home when the suspect allegedly set the blaze, which destroyed the home but cause no injuries. He said the man acknowledged being distraught and suffering from a drug addiction. -Complied by By Jerzy Shedlock

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STATEWIDE BRIEFS Fairbanks assistant DA sentenced to eight days in jail A Fairbanks assistant district attorney has been sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of prescription drugs and thirddegree assault. Superior Court Judge Michael McConahy also sentenced David A. Carlson to three years of probation and several months of suspended time, as well as a mandatory $1,500 fine for the DUI conviction. Carlson, who has worked as an assistant district attorney for about 2 1/2 years, has been on indefinite leave without pay from the prosecutor’s office since February.

Police release name of man found dead in stadium dugout Anchorage police have released the name of a man whose body was found in a dugout of the Mulcahy Stadium baseball field. Police say the man found dead Tuesday was 27-year-old Michael Jenkins Jr. of Anchorage. It’s the second body found this week at a ball field, but Lt. Dave Parker says that’s only a coincidence as there is no known link between them. A man walking his dog on Monday found the body of 17-year-old Charlene Shugak at a softball field at Russian Jack Park.

Denali closes sections of park to snowmobiles A lack of snow cover has led ofﬁcials of Denali National Park and Preserve to close northern sections to snowmobiles for the season. The closed areas are north of the Alaska Range. Ofﬁcials say areas of the park south of the Alaska Range still have adequate snow for snowmobiles, but conditions are diminishing quickly.

State House passes $76 million crime lab bill The Alaska House has passed legislation that would allow for a new crime lab in Anchorage to move forward. The bill passed on a 39-1 vote and now goes to the Senate, where the proposal could face opposition or changes. Senate Finance Committee co-chair Bert Stedman reiterated his concerns Tuesday with the cost and size of the project. He also said it’s possible the lab — a priority of Gov. Sean Parnell’s — could be part of a bond proposal put to voters. The lab was left out of a larger capital spending plan crafted in the Senate.

Forest stakeholders want balance in planning rule About 85 people attended a roundtable in Juneau to weigh in on a rewrite of a rule guiding use of national forest land. The two largest national forests are in Alaska — the Tongass in Southeast and the Chugach in Southcentral — covering more than 22 million acres. The rule guides how individual national forest plans are written. The plans are like municipal zoning ordinances, stating what can be done and where. Neither forests’ plan is due for revision soon. However, one key area in need of an update is how to deal with climate change. Environmental and industry interests didn’t reach consensus on that topic.

Federal agency to protect wildlife The National Park Service is taking action to protect wolf and bear populations within three preserves in the Interior. As of Wednesday, the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve will be off-limits to hunters and trappers wanting to kill wolves and bears. The agency says the Yukon-Charley wolf population has declined 43 percent. It includes the loss of an entire pack killed by state biologists doing predator control outside the preserve. The temporary closure runs through May 31. The Gates of the Arctic National Preserve and Denali National Preserve also will be closed to the taking of black bear sows and cubs at den sites while using artiﬁcial light — hunting practices that were recently approved by the state Board of Game.

Anchorage student found with a gun at school A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after police found a gun on him at school. Police say the student was arrested Tuesday at Bartlett High School after acting on a tip received by a teacher. The student was arrested when a handgun was found in his waistband. He was taken to McLaughlin Youth Center. Ofﬁcials say a second student has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation.

Big cleanup needed after Arctic Man Cleaning up for thousands of fans of the Arctic Man snowmachine race is a big job. More than 10,000 people showed earlier this month to watch the competitors cross the finish line in the Hoodoo Mountains, and they came to party. Alaska State Troopers had two helicopters, 25 officers, five additional staff and a new command center on loan from the Department of Homeland Security for the event. Troopers say there were some arrests, including for driving under the influence, minors consuming alcohol and outstanding warrants. Sixteen tons of trash were hauled out of the area. -Complied by By Jerzy Shedlock

Effects of drilling to be studied By Rachel D’oro The Associated Press

Federal scientists have until Oct. 1 to decide what additional research is needed to determine the effects of offshore oil and gas development in the Arctic Ocean, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday. Salazar said the U.S. Geological Survey will examine research already done on the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. USGS scientists then will decide what still needs to be studied to better determine the environmental effects of drilling, respond to oil spills in ice-clogged waters, and deal with challenges from the climate change that has stressed the ecology of Alaska’s coastal waters. At the same time, the Minerals Management Service plans to run its own environmental scoping and hold public meetings on potential lease sales for Arctic offshore development under the five-year leasing plan that’s set to begin in 2012. Officials said the agency is also working on multiple studies of Arctic wildlife ecology, including research involving polar bears and whales. “The Chukchi and the Beaufort seas may hold significant oil and gas reserves,” Salazar said in teleconference with reporters. “We also know they hold rich fisheries, are home to wildlife, are important

to Alaska Native villages and present development challenges that are unique to the harsh conditions of the Arctic. That’s why we are taking an orderly, scientifically grounded approach to our decisions in the arctic area.” Tuesday’s news comes nearly two weeks after Salazar and President Barack Obama announced that most lease sales planned in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas over the next two years will be canceled and no additional leases will be offered until additional scientific data is collected to consider the effects of industrialization. Salazar said scientists will also learn from an exploratory project that could begin in coming months. Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which paid $2.1 billion for Chukchi leases in 2008, hopes to drill three exploratory wells this summer. Environmental groups have long said basic information, from wildlife habits to navigation data, is lacking for the area. They lauded Salazar’s efforts to build on the current body of science but say its pending analysis will still fall short if it doesn’t get input from an independent group such as the National Research Council. “We’re just concerned that it not be only Department of Interior agency scientists that look at it,” Marilyn Heiman said, director of the Pew Environment Group’s U.S. Arctic program.

In a preparatory advisory report, members of Congress recommended an independent entity conduct a scientific analysis for development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, Heiman said. Interior Department spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff, however, called the USGS an “independent science agency” within the department. “Our reports are not reviewed by external organizations such as the National Research Council, but every one is scientifically peer reviewed by appropriate knowledgeable scientists in the specific field of study,” Barkoff said in an e-mail. She said later Tuesday that it was too early to say in this case if peer reviews would come from outside government. Stan Senner of Ocean Conservancy said he saw nothing wrong with the department conducting an internal review as long is it doesn’t stop at government scientists. “Independence is really important because otherwise it’s a matter of the fox guarding the chicken coop,” Senner said. “And in this case, we’ve got the Minerals Management Service that is the agency that promotes and regulates oil and gas leasing, and we’d rather have a completely independent body take a look at what the science is.”

ACS plans to eliminate all pay phone services in state By Rachel D’oro Associated Press

Most pay phones in Alaska would go the way of video cassette recorders and eighttrack tape players if a plan put forth by one of Alaska’s major telecommunications companies goes through. Alaska Communications Systems said it will discontinue its pay phone service around the state, including remote villages. The publicly traded company cited shrinking revenues and rising maintenance costs for equipment not used or underused in the cell-phone age. “Because of the increased use of cell phones, people just aren’t using pay phones the way they used to,” ACS spokeswoman Heather Cavanaugh said Friday. “They’re becoming a thing of the past.” State regulatory officials disagree with the utility’s contention that it doesn’t need their approval to end the service by the end of the month. An ACS spokeswoman said Friday the company has already taken down most of its ﬂeet of 1,000

pay phones this year. But the Alaska Regulatory Commission has launched a formal challenge and is appointing an administrative law judge look into the matter. The commission also is seeking public input about whether the service is still needed and has ordered ACS to file a response by April 23. “ACS may argue that many customers or most have wireless now, but we don’t know that,” said Grace Salazar, head of the commission’s consumer protection section. “We want to find out from the public what they think the impact the ACS action will have on them.” Some smaller providers offer pay phone service in their own coverage areas only, but ACS represents the bulk of the offerings. Cavanaugh said ACS is working with some communities to replace pay phones with courtesy, public-use phones. Still, the utility said it saw a 69 percent decline in the use of pay phones from 2008 to 2009 alone. Cavanaugh said ACS is in line with national trends. She

noted data from the Federal Communications Commission showing that the number of pay phones across the country has plummeted from 2.1 million in the late 1990s to 870,000 in 2007. During the same time cell phone use has exploded, from 69.2 million users to more than 243 million. In Alaska, the most common response from ACS customers over the pay phone shutdown according to Cavanaugh is, “Well, I guess it’s a sign of the times.” The Southeast Alaska village of Yakutat has no cell phone reception and pay phones were a necessity for safety or other reasons, such as visiting fishermen needing a cab, said Tina Ryman, a city worker in the community of 600. The pay phones there were not very reliable as they aged, with some breaking down and never replaced, according to Ryman. But they were far sturdier than the regular phones replacing them. “We’re like in a black hole here,” she said.

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BROOMBALL: Sport is catching eyes on campus Continued from COVER treasurer for the club. Broomball Club meets and plays weekly at UAA. They have even gone outside and competed against other schools and teams. “It represents an opportunity for students who still want to pursue athletic means but aren’t at an elite level,” Arie Henry said. “It’s great being able to compete for your school and derive pride athletically yourself.” Hanna Johnson, club president of the Broomball Club, credits Head of Commuter Services David Murdoch for bringing the idea to UAA. In a sport that is not a more traditional event, the players draw many similarities to its cousin sport. “It’s a lot like hockey,” Teilborg said. “A lot of the rules are the same, as well as the penalties.” There are only a few differences from the game of hockey. A player is now on foot as opposed to ice skates. Players use a softball-sized ball instead of the puck. The hockey stick is

substituted and exchanged for a wooden shaft with a triangle shaped rubber end that the players use to push, pass and shoot the ball. Finally, the net is now six by eight feet in dimension. In a game that is very big in the mid-west states of Michigan and Minnesota, some of the current UAA broomballers admitted to being a bit skeptical from the outset of first hearing about the game. “I think a lot of people react to broomball the way normal people react to curling,” Henry said with a laugh. Henry and Teilborg admitted they had similar first responses. “Kind of like ‘broomball, really guys’ and just scoff at it.” Once they did give it a go, they began to play more and more and took their game to new heights. Johnson and Teilborg were even on a team that travelled to the USA Broomball National Championships in Blaine, Minnesota recently. The team plans to return to Blaine in November this year to partake in the Global

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UAA Broomball club president Hanna Johnson runs to catch a loose ball during a scrimmage Friday April 16 at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

Championships. Johnson says that the group is always open to new members and that the tight-knit group welcomes all with open arms. “When we go to competitions, of course we like to win, but it’s a pretty great group of people,” Johnson said. “One that’s good for anyone who wanted to try something new and have some fun doing it.” If that wasn’t enough, the Broomball club is putting on their first tournament this week at UAA. On April 24, the Wells Fargo Sports Complex ice rink will see the first UAA Breakup Broomball Bonanza Tournament. “We have a team from Homer, (Elmendorf) base team, Anchorage team, UAA’s team, and a mix and match team competing,” Johnson said. The tournament is a big risk versus reward opportunity for the club. They had to pay out $1,530 for ice rental. So far, only $750 from the UAA Special Projects Fund has helped the club pay for the ice. They

are counting on team registration fees to help alleviate costs and possibly even turn a profit. The tournament could also act as a springboard for the club as they hope to attract new members and get the UAA students interested in something new to take part in. “UAF has, like, ten teams,” Johnson said. “ They have massive amounts of ice time and receive tons of support up there.” With the bar set high, Henry was quick to make his claim that UAA broomball would soon be the best in the state by making this ultimatum. “Right now, they’re the elite. That’s not gonna happen anymore,” Henry said with a smile. Editors Note: For more information on the UAA Broomball Club, call the Intramural Sports office at (907)786-4812 or go on the UAA Intramural Sports webpage.

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The UAA Broomball club was formed this year. The club gives students a chance to participate ahtletically against other schools and clubs throughout the year.

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The UAA Broomball Club will play in a tournament April 24 at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex where they will be competing with other broomball teams from across the state.

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Broomball players wear specialized shoes that let the player run on the ice without having to worry about losing their grip.

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SPORTS| April 20, 2010

Slush Cup, Spring Carnival makes annual return The traditional weekend festival comes back to Alyeska Resort ‘bigger and better than ever’ in 2010 By Taylor Hall The Northern Light

After a season of fantastic skiing conditions, Alyeska is closing the year out with its biggest weekend to date. The 33rd annual Spring Carnival and Slush Cup make a much awaited return to the mountain. “We’re trying to make it a bigger and better festival for all,” Amy Quesenberry said, Alyeska’s Resort Marketing Manager. The three-day festival takes place April 23-25 and features something for anyone who stumbles across the ski town of Girdwood. On April 23, the Mervin Demo Day will give riders a chance to demo gear from the likes of Gnu, Lib Tech, and Roxy in the terrain park and superpipe. The Kid’s Night Out offers kids ages 2-12 a party-type atmosphere while the

adults participate in their events. April 25 will see events such as the Big Air Competition, Downhill Dummy

‘It’s the last weekend of the season, so everyone gets together to celebrate sun and snow and all kinds of fun events.’ – Amy Quesenberry, Alyeska Resort Marketing Manager Race, and Tug-of-War event. Every event is exciting to watch for those who aren’t

participating. April 24 will be the crown jewel of the Spring Carnival. The extremely popular Slush Cup provides excitement and laughter for all competing and watching. Competitors will ﬂy down the mountain in attempt to make it across the monster pond filled with freezing water. “Generally, it’s shoulder deep water, 18 feet wide and 90 feet long,” Brian Burnett said, a veteran in setting up the Slush Cup pond. “It’ll take about nine hours to fill the pond up.” All the contestants will be judged on four categories: distance made across the pond, costume, crowd reaction and how a rider makes it across. “The biggest thing for a (Slush Cup) competitor is a great costume,” Quesenberry said. “Gotta have it!” Past Slush Cups have seen an array of wild and humorous costumes, such as Sarah

Palin, Borat, and gut-wrenching “naked guy” costumes, just to name a few. This year, the winner will receive a free season pass for next year’s ski season. New this year are the consolation prizes. For the first time, the second and third place finishers will get more than just a possible cold from the freezing water. They will be awarded a ten-time powder pass and single lift ticket, respectively. If the Slush Cup isn’t enough, the band H3 will be on hand right by the pond playing for everyone’s listening pleasure. The carnival and Slush Cup bring in an estimated 5,000 people a year to the resort and offer the perfect ending to Alyeska’s year of winter operations. “It’s the last weekend of the season so everyone gets together to celebrate sun and snow and all kinds of fun events,” Quesenberry said. “A whole bunch of action going on at Alyeska Resort.”

Anchorage Heart Run kicks off running season By Taylor Hall The Northern Light

Time to lace up the sneakers again and take to the streets running because it’s time for the 2010 Anchorage Heart Run. Every year in late April, people of all ages and backgrounds come to compete or watch this event, which partially takes place right here on UAA campus. “It is the largest footrace in Alaska and is the first (running) event of the season,” Noel Gabler said. Gabler is the Senior Alaska Regional Director for the American Heart Association (AHA) and is involved in helping organize the race. This year marks the 32nd year the Heart Run has been around in Anchorage. Last year alone, the Heart Run saw 6,300 enter the event. It wasn’t far off of the record 7,400 that came out to run or walk in 2005. Perhaps the best part of the race itself is the Mended Heart race when heart problem

survivors adorn red hats and run or walk in triumph. “The Mended Heart portion is actually for anybody who has had any heart or stroke incidents,” Gabler said. “It kind of goes up and down depending on the year, but last year we had about 230 entrants in the category.” As well as the Mended Heart, runners can compete in the 5K timed, 5K untimed or 3K Lite Heart event. In the 5K events, the participants will start and finish at the UAA Fine Arts parking lot. The 5K roughly comes out to be about 3.1 miles when all is said and done. The race itself is a huge fundraiser to support the AHA’s continuing fight against heart and stroke complications. Just last year, the Heart Run helped bring a staggering amount of money to help the fight. “$138,000 was raised due to the 2009 Heart Run,” Gabler said. “ A majority of those funds went to research and

development of new technology.” Each year, groups from all around Anchorage help by forming teams to race in the event. It’s become a huge hit with youth

‘It’s an impressive event because there’s approximately 5,000 people in attendance as spectators the day of the event.’ – Noel Gabler, Senior Alaska Regional Director for the American Heart Association

soccer clubs, schools and local business. This year, the event is set to take place on Saturday, April 24. The 5K-timed event will go off at 9:30 with all other events following. Don’t feel like taking part in the race itself? Volunteers and spectators are always welcome. “It’s an impressive event because there’s approximately 5,000 people in attendance as spectators the day of the event,” Gabler said. Donations are encouraged and go to the aforementioned research and development fund. “I can’t think of one other event in Anchorage where you can find that many people, in one place, at one time…and for such a good cause,” Gabler said.

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Best month of sports keeps fans glued to couch April is the most action-packed month of the year for sports, with multiple events and outstanding athletes By Taylor Hall The Northern Light

April is the best time to be a sports fan. I have come to that conclusion, but can’t exactly remember when this realization finally hit me. Perhaps it was when watching the first pitch thrown out at the Red Sox-Yankees opener. Maybe it was watching Phil Mickelson win a third green jacket in a thrilling week at the Masters. No wait, it had to be the Duke-Butler instant classic at this year’s Final Four. Needless to say, there has been plenty of great sports action to keep a sports fan glued firmly to that Lazyboy in the living room. Imagine yourself in line at an all you can eat buffet. You have decisions galore

to make and you can’t seem to fight off the craving for a bit everything. Pretty soon that plate is piled high with everything from fried chicken to Jell-O squares. Eating habits aside, let’s get back to the month of April in sports. The menu is chalked full with sporting events this month. We got opening day in MLB, the Final Four, the NFL Draft, NBA Playoffs, NHL Playoffs and the Masters golf tournament to get us through the irritating breakup outside and vault us into summer sports mode. Need more to add to your overﬂowing plate? Go ahead and have a little UEFA Champions League soccer, NCAA Frozen Four hockey championships and spring college football for extra helpings. With all of these events happening, can any other month exceed April in terms of number of sports and quality of events?

Well October can put up a good fight – the MLB postseason is in full effect, college and pro football are in the middle of their seasons and NBA and NHL are both set to kick off their seasons. However, the edge has to be given to April since there is just simply more to watch and the action is ﬂat out better. Well what about February? The Super Bowl is the single most watched event in the US every year. The Daytona 500 is on tap as well. April wins this one in a first round knockout. Shall we try June? Wimbledon starts in tennis and the Belmont Stakes takes place in horse racing. Also the Stanley Cup and NBA Finals each give a team the chance to hoist the precious hardware. Ok, it’s safe to say June isn’t even in the same league as April.

And just look what this April has already given us in the sporting world. At the Masters, we saw Mickelson overcome a tough year personally and play spectacular golf for his third Masters title. Also, some guy named Tiger played after a five-month hiatus from the game. This year’s Final Four pitted the ultimate David vs. Goliath match up when the heavy favorites Duke went up against the midmajor wonder Butler. In a game that would be talked about for many years to come, a near half-court buzzer beater miracle was all that separated the two teams at the final buzzer. Who knows what we may see next? This month isn’t even over yet. So sports fans, hide the remote, fill the fridge and pantry, put the foot rest up, and above all, enjoy this glorious month the sports gods have given us.

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Kangogo punches ticket to NCAAs In his first 3,000-meter steeplechase race ever, sophomore Alfred Kangogo qualified automatically for the NCAAs at the Long Beach Invitational on April 17. On the women’s side, junior Ardrienna Everett qualified provisionally and set a new UAA record in the 400-meter hurdles as the Seawolves wrapped up competition in the Los Angeles area. Kangogo booked a ticket to his second NCAA Championships with an automatic qualifying time of 9:04.63, good for second place. This is the fifth event that Kangogo has qualified provisionally or better – the Kenyan also has provisional marks in the 800, 1500, 5,000 and 10,000. Everett registered a time of 1:02.37, besting her own UAA record of 1:02.57 set last season. Everett would need a time of 1:00.75 or faster for a guaranteed trip to the NCAAs. Kangogo will join freshman Micah Chelimo, who has already qualified for Nationals in the steeplechase. In addition, junior Demietrius Preston has an auto mark in the men’s long jump, while sophomores Ruth Keino (5,000 & 10,000) and Miriam Kipng’Eno (5,000), and senior Laura Carr (10,000) have also qualified automatically.

UAA Runners keep good times rolling in California meets Junior Marko Cheseto set the Great Northwest Athletic Conference record in the 5,000 meters, while sophomore Miriam Kipng’Eno set an

Alaska Anchorage record in the 1,500 meters at the second day of events from the Mt. SAC Relays April 16. At the Bryan Clay Invitational in, three Seawolves registered personalbest times, while six others posted season-best marks. Cheseto, from Kapenguria, Kenya, set a league record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:00.30. Cheseto’s time bested his own conference record of 14:02.45 that he set last season. The two-time All-American just missed the NCAA automatic qualifying time of 14:00.00. Kipng’Eno, a native of Eldoret, Kenya, finished 34th in a field of mostly Div. I competitors with a provisional time of 4:35.27, just edging out the previous record of 4:35.39 set last season by Elizabeth Chepkosgei. Kipng’Eno has already booked herself a ticket to the NCAAs in the 5,000 meters. Also at the relays was sophomore Alfred Kangogo and senior Paul Rottich. Kangogo raced to 19th place in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:50.06, while Rottich was clocked at 3:58.80. Stepping into the blocks for the 400 meters was rookie Ethan Hewitt and seasoned veteran James McLaughlin. Hewitt, the current GNAC record holder in the event, finished sixth with a time of 47.71 seconds. McLaughlin crossed the finish line at 49.45 for 26th place. Freshman Katie Krehlik claimed UAA’s fastest time this season in the 800 meters with a time of 2:16.91, while sophomore Ariel Roelle raced to a PR of 2:20.04 in the event. Garnering season-best times was sophomore Ardrienna Everett (100m, 12.59), senior Elisha Harris (shot put, 35-04.50), senior Brandon Grant (100m, 11.23), freshman Andrew Freed (long jump, 19-11.50), senior

Chelimo sets GNAC record in steeplechase

Rookie Micah Chelimo set a Great Northwest Athletic Conference record in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase on April 15 of the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, CA. In addition, senior Laura Carr and sophomore Ruth Keino recorded automatic qualifying times in the 10,000 meters. Chelimo, from Kapkoi, Kenya, ﬁnished second among Div. I powerhouses with a league-record time of 8:49.31. Humboldt State’s Jason Walker set the old record of 8:58.62 in 2002. Chelimo had previously set the UAA record with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 8:58.79 earlier this season. Chelimo’s time in the steeple is currently the fastest recorded in Div. II this season. On the women’s side, Carr (South Bend, Ind.) and Keino (Kapcheno, Kenya) registered automatic qualifying times in the 10,000 when they were clocked at 35:08.51 and 35:09.26, respectively. Both times broke the previous UAA record of 35:41.98, set back in 2008 by Carr. Junior Hallidie Wilt, a native of Unalaska, bested her own UAA record of 10:53.23 in the steeplechase with a new provisional time of 10:48.90. The automatic qualifying time is 10:46.00. Sophomore Shoshana Keegan also found success, registering a provisional time of 36:19.49 in the 10,000. -Complied by Taylor Hall

Former Juneau native makes career as pro baseball scout By Shaun Cox Juneau Empire

Tim Kissner can read your future. He can look into his “crystal ball,” as he analogized, and tell you how far your talents — or lack thereof — can lead you. No, he doesn’t work with the Certified Psychics or under a carnival tent alongside Madame Zelda, reading palms for dollars. He’s a professional baseball scout with the Phillies and he’s made a career out of projecting players’ talents over the next levels. “A lot of scouting is being able to look into a crystal ball and do some guesswork. But, hopefully, it’s an educated guess because you’ve seen kids in the past either succeed or fail, and the more players you have in that databank in your memory, the more times you can recall, ‘Hey, I remember a kid who used to throw that way, and this is what happened to him,’” Kissner said. Kissner, 39, the Phillies’ Pacific Rim Coordinator, was born in Homer and grew up in Alaska’s capital city, where he was a member of the Juneau-Douglas class of 1989 before attending Mendocino Junior College and then Oregon State University as a baseball player. After a stint with Anchorage’s Glacier Pilots in 1991-92, Kissner went on to coach at the University of Kansas. In 1997, he was throwing batting practice for the St. Louis Cardinals, the same year Mark McGwire joined the team and one year before he smashed

Roger Maris’ single-season home run record. “I spent about the last three weeks of the season in St. Louis and I ended up interviewing for a job at the end of the year with their farm director. And one of the questions he asked me was what my goals were and why I wanted

‘A lot of scouting is being able to look into a crystal ball and do some guesswork.’ – Tim Kissner, Phillies Baseball Scout

to get into coaching,” Kissner said. “I said, ‘I want to manage in the big leagues. He said, ‘Well, I’ll be really honest with you. Having not played in big leagues, the odds of you managing are slim to none.’” Big league managers are an exclusive fraternity, having generally all played in the majors, so Kissner said he was advised to go into scouting, where he could eventually move up to general manager of a club if he so chooses. “I’m actually glad he gave me that advice because in scouting, you have a whole lot more

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PROTEST: Students band together to protest proposed 22 percent tuition increase by 2013

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Protesters marched around the UAA campus from the Science Building to the Lucy Cuddy Center and back to the Student Union. “We’re not faceless numbers. We’re not a blank check. Every dollar they take from us is a dollar less we have,” Liszka said. “In a bad economy, that’s bad news for us. I think we’re the future of Alaska and we are the last people to have the burden placed on us.” Moe and Liszka moved up and down the line of protesters, leading them in chanting messages from many of their handmade signs. “15 percent,” Moe asked the crowd. “Hell no,” they yelled back. Students gathered to make protest signs in the Student Union on April 14. “Too poor to pay more,” Kaitlynn Jackson’s sign read, a sophomore majoring in English. Jackson is one of many students who say they are suffering through the economic recession. “My family has three people in college and my dad just got demoted and got his pay effectively cut in half,” Jackson said. “I’m going to make my voice heard. I’m willing to not go to school for a while or go somewhere else.” Watching people join the protest as it passed the campus bookstore, Allison Murrell, USUAA Senator and a senior majoring in Philosophy, said excitedly, “this is the first time I have seen a protest on campus and I have been here five years.” Matt Block, nursing student, carried a

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Calls to the co-chairs of the House Finance Committee Rep. Bill Stoltz and Rep. Mike Hawker, who were responsible for the cap, were not returned. “This basically says, University of Alaska go raise money,” Ulmer said. “I didn’t know that’s what my job was.” “It sends a definite message to the University to increase revenue, I don’t see a rational relationship between the (129 percent) ratio and what the purpose of the

University is,” Ulmer said. Ulmer acknowledged the change could serve as incentive to the Board of Regents to raise tuition. “If we continue to have big enrollment increases without tuition increases we are going to have a big squeeze” Ulmer said. For more protest photos, please visit our website at www.thenorthernlight.org.

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New venue is located just minutes from campus Restaurant offers different types of tasty crepes and a hip, inviting, student friendly atmosphere By Katie Forstner The Northern Light

Food is a necessity in life. Organisms require at least a daily feeding in order for survival. College students, on the other hand, require food all the time. In Anchorage, venues like Moose’s Tooth, Bear’s Tooth, Thai Kitchen and Taco King are frequently busied with lines of students going out the door. And now, recently added to that popular list, La Petite Creperie. The phrase “la petite creperie” directly translates to “the little crepe shop” in French. What more does Anchorage need than a darling little French crepe shop within walking distance from the university? “I think this is one of the chicest things that could have come to the area,” said Tessla Mallo, a UAA student. “It’s appealing to college students who are tired of Subway.” Crepes are a longstanding symbol and tradition of the magical city of Paris. Little crepe stands are cluttered along the cobbled streets and the smell of fresh batter lingers steadfast through the air. Locals and tourists alike regularly ﬂock to the crepe vendors to get their taste of true Parisian culture. “The crepes from La Petite Creperie taste just like the ones I had in Paris,” said Ellen VanGorder, a UAA student. “They’re so amazing – the sweet ones are my favorite.” Despite being located in the city that

perhaps draws the least resemblance to Paris, a crepe shop is just the addition to the food chain that Anchorage needs. It is fun, innovative, interesting, reasonably priced and, perhaps most importantly, tasty. The restaurant offers vegetarian, meat and dessert crepes for all meals of the day. “I have never tried a crepe that isn’t topped with whipped cream, but it’s next on my list,” VanGorder said. While crepes themselves are not the most nutritious chow, with approximately 303 calories apiece, the contents in the non-dessert crepes have the possibility to provide an adequate array of nourishing vegetables and meats. One of the delectable lunch or dinner crepes has the potential to nicely suffice, in terms of vitamins and calorie allotments, for a midday meal. La Petite Creperie stands to be a staple in Anchorage’s lunch rush. The modern vibe, relaxed atmosphere and presentation along with the delicious assortment of crepes are the essential ingredients to a restaurant success. Bon appetite! La Petite Creperie is located on the corner of Northern Lights Boulevard and Lake Otis Parkway in the College Mall. It is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (907)227-8573 for more information. La Petite Creperie features bright, classy colors, simple, tasteful decorations and Wi-Fi.

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New ‘Dead or Alive’ game a mindless addition

Though new to the PSP, ‘Paradise’ doesn’t meet gamers’ high expectations of the gaming franchise By: Bryan Dunagan The Northern Light

Somewhere along the way, Tecmo thought that voyeuristic bus riders needed an extra dose of letch. Thus comes forth from the womb of Team Ninja “Dead or Alive: Paradise” for the PSP. For those that have played the “Extreme” extension of the franchise, they can expect another lecherous romp around Zack Island with volleyball and tiny bikinis. There is a time that the gamer will realize the intention of the series, and for those glorious 15 minutes, the game seems to make perfect sense. The strange breast physics mixed with the slightly improved volleyball mechanics make the game mildly enjoyable. For the most part, the series

should have launched on the portable platform in the first place because devouring the game in one gulp is tedious and painful. “Paradise” starts off where one would expect – choose the favorite female fighter, listen to a few short tutorials and get to work. The problem is that “work” is not very much. There are a handful of diversions besides the volleyball games and the main game just isn’t very fun. Pool hopping returns, as does gambling inside the Zack casino. That’s about it besides very unsettling camera feature that allows the player to take voyeuristic pictures as they climb trees, pick ﬂowers, etc. The volleyball sections lend themselves well to the PSP, allowing for small bites of action, and are actually enjoyable. That’s

the most enjoyable part. When the player starts the game, they have to choose their DOA girl and they get partnered up with another. There is an attempt at depth with the “gift giving” mechanic when an area is selected, but it never really amounts to much and turns out to be tedious and arbitrary. Pool hopping is vile and never works. It basically consists of pressing the face buttons that corresponds to the tile in front of the character. The problem is that it is “pressure sensitive,” broken and incomplete. Then there are the poker games, which are random and either too punishing or too giving; there is no real curve. The player can unlock the character Rio, the casino girl. It still doesn’t save the game from mediocrity.

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Local band The Smile Ease to play at First Tap in May ‘Black Butte Porter’ is good, even when it’s not in season By Heather Hamilton The Northern Light

Playing music since 2001, The Smile Ease has been around the block when it comes to Alaska’s music scene. They’ve been around a lot of other places too. The local pop band is one of the few groups who frequently tour around the state; some of their recent locations include Indian, Seward, Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska. Besides touring around the state regularly, The Smile Ease also toured around the west coast of the lower 48 last April. Hitting cities such as Seattle, Portland, Chico, Boise, Denver, Albuquerque, Tucson and Phoenix, the band has made a name for themselves in more than just Alaska. “We try to get around everywhere at least once a year,” Marc Bourdon said, who plays bass. All four members of the band have day jobs to report to, but it doesn’t hinder their ability to tour. Bourdon thinks part of it is how far in advance the band plans their shows, as well as how the shows are scheduled. “We try to plan stuff out pretty far in advance. Most of the time it’s a workable drive and shows are on the weekend. In Homer we just drove down after work,” he said. The Smile Ease has played shows with several artists and groups, including Mountain Goats, CAKE, Tiny Daggers and Alaska Thunder Funk. Ra Ra Riot out of Syracuse, NY will be the next addition to their resume when the group plays the Beartooth Theatre Pub on Thursday, May 6 for First Tap. The Smile Ease is proud to be opening

for them. In addition to touring and opening for Ra Ra Riot, the pop band is also in the process of recording a new album. Unlike their first album, released in 2007 and self-titled “Smile Ease,” the new and currently unnamed album will be more upbeat. “It’s going to be more pop-oriented, kind of the new pop that we write,” Paul Jacks said, who mostly plays the piano and keyboard, “It’s going to be dancier too.” The album is slated to be released this coming fall. The band’s first album is available for purchase on iTunes. Since its original formation in the summer of 2001, The Smile Ease has had a track record of going through band members. Jacks is the only original member of the band still playing with the group. Derek Mangrobang, guitar and occasional vocals, is proud of his position in the line-up. “I’m the 22nd member. There’s been one revolving person and he’s managed to go through quite a few people,” he said jokingly. Jacks attributes the band’s surprising amount of member turn-over to life and circumstances that get in the way. The band has never suffered for the continual change-up, however. “That kind of ties into the complexity of the group dynamic,” Jacks said, “You’re going to have some people that have to leave or have things going on. There’s been a lot of stories and things that kind of brings us to where we are now, with a really good strong and powerful line-up that’s very creative.”

By Trevor o’Hara The Northern Light

It’s a little out of season, but “Black Butte Porter” from Deschutes Brewery has been one of my favorite beers since I began to indulge. I thought it was time I slipped in a shout-out, though many of you might already be familiar with this ale’s solid qualities. The first reason for forming and developing a lasting relationship with “Black Butte”: you can find it just about anywhere, even at Sullivan’s Steakhouse. I asked what dark beers they had and I was offered “Black Butte” or Guinness. Guess which one I picked. “Black Butte” is a great spin on the porter style. It is very aromatic with sweet, coffee and chocolate notes. The coffee ﬂavor strikes first in the sip and the chocolate follows up in the swallow. There is medium carbonation and the body is a little on the heavy side for a porter, but it retains the spiciness and slight sourness of a porter and the result is

a successful melding of attributes. Best yet, going along with “Black Butte” being so easily available, and despite the porter being typically a more wintery imbibe, I feel I could drink this beer, snow or shine; anytime, anywhere; ‘till the cows come home; or your personal idiom of choice. Black Butte Porter Deschutes Brewery Bend, oR 5.2% aLC, 30 IBu

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Billy Currington Country singer Billy Currington will perform for Anchorage on Tuesday, April 27 at 8 p.m. at the Egan Center. Currington has released three studio albums and 10 Top 40 country hits since the release of his first album in 2003. Tickets for this concert are $27.50 to $46.50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com. Local Roots The Downstairs will be hosting a multi-band show the under 21 crowd can enjoy on Friday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Local Roots will consist of local bands Kallahan, Forewarning, To The Depths, Ready Aim Timber and Dark Iris. Cover is $5. Patrons who arrive before 7:30 will be entered to win tickets and ‘meet and greet’ passes to Atreyu. e-mail arts@thenorthernlight.org to submit an event!

The iconic story of Dorothy Gale’s adventure through the Land of Oz premiers at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. and runs through Sunday, May 2. Tickets range from $40 to $65 and can be purchased online at www.centertix.net.

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Battle for Warped Tour Chilkoot Charlies will host the final round of Battle for Warped Tour on Sunday, April 25 at 9 p.m. This 21 and over show consists of locals bands Thera, Sky is Falling, Alaska Thunder Funk, Fortis Era and ANdy. There is no cover for this event.

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Ira glass “This American Life” host Ira Glass will be performing his radio show from the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 25 at 4 p.m. “This American Life” is a weekly hour long radio show, a free weekly podcast, and ran for two years as a television show on Showtime. Tickets for Glass’s show range from $23 to $44 and can be purchased online at www.centertix.net.

alaska Women’s Show The annual Alaska Women’s Show will be held from Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all three days at the Sullivan Arena. The Women’s Show will include fashion shows, jewelry, seminars and healthcare information. There is no cover charge. Go to www. auroraproductions.net/women.html for more information.

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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Date Night’ humorous, but sometimes awkward Co-stars Tina Fey and Steve Carell a comedic dream team in new 20th Century Fox box ofﬁce release By Jena Benton The Northern Light

Anyone who has seen a preview or a movie poster for “Date Night” knows what this movie is about. An average couple struggling to keep their marriage alive with the advent of parenthood goes out on a special date to liven things up and wacky events ensue. The plot itself is pretty implausible. Someone stealing another person’s dinner reservations has never been known to end up in ﬂying bullets and car chases. That’s just absurd. Yet that is what makes this movie so appealing: it harkens back to classic screwball

comedies. True to form, the main characters are thrown into a ridiculous situation that they cannot possibly find the humor in. This formula works only because of the phenomenal talents of Steve Carell (“Get Smart”) and Tina Fey (“The Invention of Lying”). If anyone else had been cast in these roles, the movie would be a disaster. However, thanks to the amazing combination of their comedic skills this movie becomes one of the best comedies produced in years. Their chemistry zings and creates movie lines that will be quoted around water coolers for years to come. And forget every car chase scene that has come

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before, as this movie has the funniest high-speed sequence ever seen. Where the plot is predictable, the comedy is not. Again, thanks to the quick improv abilities of Fey and Carell who make the script even better than it was written, the movie actually works. These two should have been paired together on screen long ago and hopefully will be again. That is not to say that the laughs are non-stop. In fact, the introduction of the movie is very rough and, frankly, tries too hard. The jokes drop like lead weights because they are too cerebral or go too far. Unfortunately, there are many such awkward moments

throughout the entire movie where viewers will struggle with knowing how to react. In spite of that, there are some truly hilarious scenes that will have audiences laughing so hard they’ll be gasping for breath. It is these moments clumsily glued together that make watching the movie in theaters worthwhile. “Date night” Directed by: Shawn Levy STaRRIng: Tina Fey and Steve Carell Run Time: 88 min genre: Comedy, Romance

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EDITORIAL

Student body actually has a pulse, ﬁnally responding to Regents’ actions After what has seemed like years of apathy, UAA students finally seem to care about something. Sure, there are always the few vocal students who attempt to make a difference, but with so few of those students in the past, the efforts have been futile. All it took was a proposed 15 percent increase in tuition, which was then announced as a possible 22 percent increase over the next few years. If there is one thing that students have an opinion about, it is the cost of school. Students expect tuition increases, but this ballooning increase over a three-year period is unacceptable. There will be no decision about this until the September 2010 Board of Regents meeting, which will be held in Juneau. If passed, this would not go into effect until the Fall 2011 semester. UA President Mark Hamilton

proposed this massive increase because of the tough economical times and students’ want of new, costly academic programs. Hamilton is correct; times are tough and academic programs are costly. Still, this increase seems to be some kind of shoot-from-the-hip response to this dilemma. What is even more troublesome is that the discussions about this, at least the preliminary discussions, are being held without the allowance of speakerphone testimony. This particular meeting is being held in Dillingham, out of reach of most students and of the main campuses. The meeting was held in Dillingham this time because there had not been a meeting held there for 13 years. It is important for the Regents to have an understanding of how the entire University system works and not

just the portions that are in urban areas like Fairbanks, Anchorage and Juneau.

‘Students expect tuition increases, but this ballooning increase over a three-year period is unacceptable.’ This is great, but the fact that they were not accepting speakerphone input during the meeting where they are first addressing this issue is completely unacceptable. Because they are holding the meeting in a place that

does not typically get the attention that the main campuses get, the Regents decided to tune out the concerns of the main campuses. It is bogus. Granted, this issue is not one that will be decided upon for a few more months, but students need to start taking action now. The protest that was held on April 15 was a great start and it got all three main campuses involved, but this cannot be the end. Do not tolerate this type of attitude and conduct from our Regents. It is our money at stake and, in a sense, we are all shareholders in this University. Everything that they do affects us, the students. We do not have to accept this increase or lack of communication about this proposition. We can take action.

LIVING THE SINGLE LIFE

One-sided connection does not always pave the way for a healthy relationship By Kaitlynn Jackson

Special to The Northern Light

Just last week I was feeling bitter about dating and about men. After a few months of dating different fellas, I felt like none of them would stick around or mature into something more permanent. I was frustrated and somewhat confused. The guys I was hanging out with were all intelligent, attractive and there was some amount of chemistry with all of them, but something was missing. The spark, which I believe in, was missing. Sure, with one or two of them there was intellectual conversation and good times, and with others it was purely physical, but there wasn’t a connection with any of them. This suggested to me that my search was nowhere near over. Fed up and distressed, I quit looking for anything. Just one week later, the words of wisdom so many have figuratively shoved down my throat over the past twenty years proved to be true. It’s when you stop looking that you find someone worth your while; or, that’s what I thought was happening. I signed online one night to get my beforebed Facebook fix and noticed a friend of mine who I had crushed on for years and had lost contact with had added me and was online, so we started talking. What started out as catchup became a surprising connection. Sparks

ﬂew as we spent hours on Facebook pulling apart each other’s brains and sharing intimate thoughts and writing, a hobby we both share. We each acknowledged we felt something and that it was quite frightening after just one night of being reunited. I was excited and couldn’t keep my heart from racing. My feelings were being reciprocated and the connection I felt was not one-sided. This is a rare thing and I thought that because I’d finally found a connection so strong, everything would work its way out – we would start dating and live happily ever after. That’s when reality broke my stride and proved me wrong. Things just aren’t that simple. This guy eventually reminded me that he was still in a relationship, though the relationship was dysfunctional and doomed. He also informed me that he’d be moving this summer to the lower 48. Though he felt something and wanted to continue speaking, he didn’t want to hang out or take it any further than being friends. I felt alone and frustrated. I wanted things to be as simple as the movies, where a spark is all that matters and all the problems and troubles fade away to a happy ending. This isn’t how things work in the real world. I thought I was alone. Connection and the spark have been the number one element on my checklist in recent months. I hadn’t found

either with anyone in so long that as soon as it came around, I expected it to be everything I’d hoped for. It wasn’t and I was let down. I soon realized that I was not alone here and that the situation is a common one. The next day, I ran into a former coworker who seemed down. Her story, brieﬂy summarized, was that she had met a guy at a party through a mutual friend. The two of them hit it off and ended up spending the night together. They spent that night and the following day swapping thoughts and stories. She proclaimed that the connection was clearly there and they had both acknowledged it. What went wrong? Upon leaving, they swapped numbers and she said he seemed eager to call. He didn’t – not the next day, not a week later, not at all. She was upset and repeatedly told me that she could not understand why the connection wasn’t enough for a phone call. I had no answer seeing as I was going through the almost exact same situation. The only conclusion I could come to was this: though connection is typically the most difficult thing to find in a mate, it’s often not enough when circumstance and situation are untimely and real life butts in. We can’t all live in the movies and happy endings aren’t always immediate or part of the plans.

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TNL HOROSCOPE l Stella Wilder The coming week is likely to see usually conflicting influences conspiring to make things more complicated than expected -- at home, at work, in private affairs and professional negotiations. Those who are used to doing things on their own are likely to find that teamwork is not only recommended but often required; that’s right -- even the loners have to mix in a positive and productive way. Toward midweek, things may change in a way that is both subtle and dramatic, and those who are on the sidelines observing this shift are likely to look on wide-eyed and eager to see how it all turns out. Backroom dealings are likely to take on a serious, even threatening tone at times -- and anyone who doesn’t bring his or her A-game to the table is likely to be chewed up and spit out before the week has come to a close. There’s no prize for second place, but everyone who goes for the gold will be remembered for the effort.

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(March 21-April 4) -- This week brings much that is amazing, spectacular and richly memorable into your life, provided you take part every step of the way. (April 5-April 19) -- You certainly have something to say, and you’re likely to ﬁnd the perfect forum.

TauRuS

(April 20-May 5) -- It’s time to put yourself ﬁrst, for the rewards are great, and the risk of failure brings with it a hardship you don’t want to bear. (May 6-May 20)-- The stranger the combination, the more likely it will be a perfect ﬁt for you.

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(May 21-June 6) -- You’ll want to keep your eyes and ears open all week long, receptive at every moment to cues that can lead you to the threshold of success. (June 7-June 20) -- Now is no time to shrink from the kind of responsibility that requires your best; embrace it.

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(June 21-July 7) -- Your conﬁdence is high, but you may not know precisely how to channel your energy in order to best exploit your talents at this time. (July 8-July 22) -- You’ll bear witness to something that may be long remembered by everyone involved.

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(July 23-Aug. 7) -- You mustn’t let your emotions get out of hand and lead you into a feud that threatens the fabric of everything you’ve been working for lately. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- A rival pushes you further than anticipated -- and when the time comes, you’re ready to push back.

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 7) -- You may ﬁnd yourself asking for another chance before the week is out. If it comes your way -- and it might -- you’re sure to shine. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) -- Competition is likely to heat up, and you may realize that what you thought was a weakness is really a strength.

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 7) -- You have what it takes to defy the odds and succeed where others have met with impenetrable resistance. Your time has come. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- A combination of craft and inspiration can lead you to accomplish something unusual and widely admired.

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 7) -- You’re likely to be judged for one moment -- and it will be upon you before you know it. Be prepared. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- You may not realize just how important your own background involvement really is, but others would never underestimate you.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 7) -- You’ll experience a rare kind of closeness with someone who shares your outlook and your ambition. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -- An experience not soon to be forgotten also yields a few important lessons that can change things for the better.

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(Dec. 22-Jan. 6) -- Others are working hard to put you front and center. It’s time for you to prove that you’re worthy of the trust they’re giving you. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) -- Burdens borne can bolster both mental and emotional strength. A new experience offers a surprise.

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 3) -- You’re in the mood for some open space and a little more freedom than your usual surroundings can provide. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) -- You’re after answers that have been eluding others for quite some time, but you’re likely to get quite close.

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(Feb. 19-March 5) -- Others may be investigating developments in which you have played a central role, but it’s not likely you will be singled out. (March 6-March 20) -- You’ll reach a milestone of sorts, but take care that you don’t slow down too much to enjoy the view.

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