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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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Wildcats break UAA home win streak

By Megan Edge The Northern Light

The UAA Men’s basketball team felt the sting of defeat to Central Washington University, losing 52-50 on Jan. 29, in what was a game that wouldn’t be decided intil the final minutes.

The loss put the Seawolves, who sit in 2nd in the conference, a game and a half back of CWU in the GNAC standings “We just couldn’t execute,” said Head Coach Rusty Osborne. “Players weren’t doing what they we’re supposed to.”.

Only 1:45 into the half saw CWU take a quick four point lead. Senior guard Brandon Walker was quick to fight back, assisting senior forward Casey Robinson on his three-point basket.

When the halftime buzzer rang the ‘Wolves were behind by one in point (28-27) despite commiting 10 turnovers in the first half. By the end of the game, UAA would have 21 total turnovers to CWU’s 14.

Junior center Taylor Rhode led UAA in points at the half with seven.

Rhode put the ‘Wolves in the lead thirty seconds into the second half with a two-point basket. Rohde, who had a rough night only shooting 4-13, was UAA’s point leader with 15 points, as well as rebound leader with 10 boards.

Following in points was junior guard Mario Gill with 12 and Casey Robinson with nine.

Gill and Walker tied for rebounds with six a piece on the night. The game saw Walker’s career rebounds go over 400.

Earlier in the week, Casey Robinson and Rhode powered the team to a 73-63 win. The pair of starters used similar 14 point efforts to give the Seawolves a big win on their home court.

Walker put 13 points up on the score board as well.

Rhode failed to hit at least 50 percent of field goals since the Great Alaska Shootout against Ball State, which ended a streak of 13 games where Rhode shot .500 or better.

The Crusaders had a game high 15 point by senior guard Drew Eisinger.

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Ulmer’s speech stresses need for safety regulations

By Matthew Caprioli The Northern Light

PHOTO BY PATRICK MCCORNICK/TNL

Senior guard Brandon Walker broke 1,000 career points against Northwest Nazarene Jan. 27. Walker also accumulated over 400 career rebounds after playing CWU Jan. 29. The Seawolves lost by two points in their game against Central Washington University on Jan. 29.

Chancellor Fran Ulmer spoke at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium on Jan. 19 about the suggested recommendations from the BP Horizon Oil Spill Commission. Ulmer was one of seven members appointed

by President Barack Obama to the bipartisan commission to report on the causes of the April 20Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 people.

The commission’s goal was to find the causes of the explosion and discover methods to prevent future oil spills. Of the latter, Ulmer said improving safety was key, and noted “a compelling need for a culture of safety.” Ulmer cited the fact that the death rate is four times higher in the Gulf Coast than the more turbulent North Sea. “In the United States of America, we really don’t have the safest operations,” Ulmer said.

Her major points for the presentation included: “Improving the safety of the offshore gas and oil industry, strengthening spill response planning and capacity, advancing well containment capacity, restoring the Gulf of Mexico (a national priority), ensuring financial responsibility of those that use public resources and, anticipating challenges like those in Arctic.”

Safety management would improve with an independent institute that monitors safety issues, according to Ulmer. Other high-risk industries—nuclear, airline and chemical—already have such an institute. The American Petroleum Institute (API) currently regulates safety standards in the oil industry; a situation the commission criticized because API also patronizes the oil industry.

Ulmer noted that the

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Scholarship money piles up as deadline looms

By Shana Roberson The Northern Light

With the rising cost of tuition and the rising cost of pretty much everything else, students might find it surprising that thousands of dollars in scholarship money go unawarded every year at UAA. Although UAA has hundreds of scholarships available, students refrain from submitting applications for different reasons. Some think the process is too difficult while others may not think they are eligible for scholarships.

“I think our scholarship application process is very streamlined and simple, especially in comparison with a lot of other colleges,” said Sonya Fisher, Associate Director of the Student Financial Assistance Office. “Students submit one application.

The financial aid office does all the leg work to figure out which scholarships a student is eligible for.”’

That general application includes five questions and a five hundred-word essay. That essay seems to

be what trips up most students.

“I think it is daunting for a student just to sit down and write 500 words about themselves. It’s not something that students are generally comfortable doing,” Fisher said.

Many places around campus, including the writing center and career services, have offered assistance to students who are stumped by the essay. Freshman Kristina Atherton, who has yet to declare a major, applied for a scholarship with the help the Native Student Services staff.

“It’s is easy. They help you and they have examples,” she said.

Besides the essay, many other misconceptions keep students from applying for scholarships, such as the idea a high grade point average (GPA) is required.

Yet the majority of scholarships require only a 2.0 GPA. Still other students think they do not qualify for scholarships because they already have financial

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Construction of Health Sciences Building ‘top priority’

By Matthew Caprioli The Northern Light

UAA faculty and staff met on Friday Jan. 21 to discuss transitional plans for the new Health Sciences Building.

According to the state’s legislative financial division, “UAA has made the planning and construction of the new Health Science Building its top priority.”

The new facility will support medicine, physician assistant, nursing and medical laboratory programs, with the overall goal of creating “a single, comprehensive, integrated advising system for all health programs.”

Provost Mike Driscoll outlined 15 questions that members would address. At printing time, Driscoll’s office was still synthesizing the input from the conference; once complete, the office will encourage comments from students and other community members through the month of February.

On the outcome of the conference, Driscoll commented, “I am remarkably pleased in the great conversation.”

The conference included PHOTO BY DANIEL JACKSON/TNL representatives from the College The new Health Sciences Building on Providence Dr. will host the College of Health and Social Welfare, College of Arts and Sciences and the Commerce and Technical College. of Health and Social Welfare The building will be ready for student use by Fall 2011.

(CHSW), the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Allied Health, the Department of Biology, and otherwise compromised? said of the programs that will definitely be has increased 220 percent. In the last five WWAMI, a collective medical school • How should promotion and tenure moved to the new building. years enrollment in Allied Health programs that includes universities in Washington, for faculty currently under review be The building’s design began in 2008 increased 120 percent. Predictions also Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. handled in the period of transition? as part of UAA 2017, a strategic plan for suggest that Alaska will require more than Driscoll organized representatives into • What is the optimal organization university improvement implemented in 100 new doctors each year over the next five focus groups: executives, faculty that for advising and academic support 2007. UAA plans to open the new college in decade. focused on curriculum, research, or student to assure excellence in all phases of July 2011. The name for the 80,000 square The new building will likely alter success, and staff that also focused on student success in health and health feet complex remains undetermined. The the UAA landscape near Providence student success and the administration of related education? entire project will be about $46,000,000, and Seawolf Drive. Two sky bridges are the new building.

• Which programs will be moved which came from “generous support of planned: one leading to a new parking Some of Driscoll’s proposed questions to the new building remains in community partners and major investments garage near the bookstore, and the other that the focus groups discussed included: planning. These programs include, by the state legislature”. connecting to Providence Hospital. The • What are the best arrangements for Behavioral Health, Dietetics and UAA is responding to the growing plot of land is roughly the shape of the U.S. organization and development of the Nutrition, Health Physical Education demands of the health industry, which (with Florida being wider), and will account staff whose work arrangements will and Recreation, and certain allied according to legislative financial division, for three future building sites. be affected by reorganization? health programs. “is expected to grow faster than any other Concrete answers to Driscoll’s 15 • What measures should be taken “The facility will house medicine, in the next decade”. Students seem to questions should arrive in the next few to assure that on-going research physician assistant, nursing and medical have recognized the trend. Since 2002, weeks. production will not be weakened or laboratory programs as planned,” Driscoll the enrollment in the nursing program

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assistance. Around UAA, many students fall into that category and receive a scholarship each semester, including Jonathan Stinson, a Political Science and History sophomore.

“I’m in the Forty-Ninth State Fellows program and we don’t have to apply for that scholarship, being in the program you just automatically get it, unless you’re in bad standing,” Stinson said.

Stinson was unaware that he could qualify for many other scholarships as well. Students can receive scholarships to use for expenses other than tuition and fees, meaning there is seemingly no limit to the amount of scholarships a student can receive. ”If you need (scholarship money) for housing, books, supplies, whatever, that money will just be refunded to you,” Fisher said. “So it’s money in your

pocket.”

Another common misconception that keeps students from applying for scholarships is that they believe they must qualify as low-income. That particular type of scholarship is called a need-based scholarship and they only account for less than half of all scholarships available. Needbased scholarships are based on information gathered from students’ Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which all students are encouraged to fill out.

The FAFSA calculates a student’s Expected Family Contribution (EFC). The EFC is then compared to a student’s cost of attendance, which, on average, is $20,000 per academic year. If a student’s EFC is less than, even slightly, the cost of attendance, that student could qualify for a need-based scholarship.

But some scholarships, called merit-based scholarships, do not even consider financial information.

“Merit-based scholarships are probably over half of our scholarships,” Fisher said. “They don’t even look at finances. They are looking at GPA, academic performance, your leadership skills and your essay.”

Merit-based scholarships sometimes require biographical data, such as marital status, that is collected through the FAFSA. That means filling out the FAFSA is an important step for anyone applying for scholarships.

The Student Financial Assistance Office has over 125 different funds through which they award money, many of them offering multiple scholarships. Each year the office has thousands of dollars in unawarded scholarships. Those

scholarships include department specific scholarships as well as some very specific scholarships.

One example is a scholarship for students with epilepsy.

“I did a little dance, literally, in my office last week because I actually got my first application for that in three years,” Fisher said.

The UAA Office of Student Financial Assistance is hosting a scholarship workshop on Feb. 3, 2011 from 1-2 p.m. in room 103 at the University Center.

Visit http://www.uaa.alaska. edu/scholarships for more information or send questions to scholarships@uaa.alaska.edu.

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Student Government Trooper interview Briefs: with Waterman played in court For UAA seniors, the deadline to

apply for leadership honors is Feb. 25.

“This is a huge honor,” said Paula Fish, Assistant Director of Student Life and Leadership.

Recipients receive a special chord during graduation and their name on the commencement program. Fish is also accepting images of the campus for the upcoming Factfinder Planner.

Contributions will be credited.

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Brian Moon proposes using the Seawolf Shuttle as means to transport students to the Sullivan Arena when there is a Seawolf home game in front of the USUAA on Jan. 28.

US, China to re-open agriculture trade despite food safety hazards

By Sean Talbot

Special to The Northern Light

Soon after Chinese president Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) passed an interim rule that will allow the import of more poultry products from China and other countries.

This will include places that have recently had outbreaks of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. Though the USDA still has to approve the methods of slaughter in China, a major block from those imports has been lifted.

The move has some questioning the motives of the USDA, including the priority of trade and politics over food safety.

“It’s not up to the USDA to make money. They’re supposed to uphold their standards of food safety,” said Melanie Leydon, a junior in the Economics department.

To many Americans, the concept of the U.S. trading with China is uncharted territory. This is despite the fact that China’s increasing food safety standards have grown to be a familiar headline in the media’s eye.

Regulation increases include banned pesticides used on crops, toxic chemicals used in milk, pet food recalls.

After the mad cow disease scare swept through the news in 2003, many countries, including China, banned the import of American

beef, which is still in effect. But consider the negotiating deal on the president’s visit. If the U.S. will import Chinese chicken, China could lift the ban on American beef.

“China’s food safety system is virtually non-existent,” said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch, a watchdog organization the monitors the safety and sustainability of U.S. consumed food, water and fish.

“The USDA’s first responsibility is to protect U.S. consumers from unnecessary food safety risks – not rush through the process to help trade negotiators open the Chinese market to U.S. beef,” Hauter said.

In 2006, the last time Hu Jintao visited Washington, D.C., the USDA announced that it approved the import of Chinese poultry, as long as it came from an approved source. Congress later blocked regulations that would have allowed those imports.

“The sudden reversal of the (USDA’s) position smacks of political pressure taking over at USDA, just like it did in 2006.

Regardless of who occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, trade always seems to trump consumer protection,” Hauter said.

In October of last year, the U.K.-based insurance company RSA-China announced the results of a survey showing that food safety was more of a concern for

Chinese citizens than getting cancer, having an unsafe drinking water supply or drunk driving.

The final results showed that earthquakes and dangerous food took the top two concerns.

These food safety effects go beyond the meat industry. The RSA survey was taken soon after a scandal of melamine, a chemical that can be toxic, killed seven and sickened more than a quarter million.

Additionally, in 2007 and 2008, U.S. ports denied the import of dried apples preserved with a toxic chemical, mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides, and other fruits and vegetables from Latin America and the Caribbean containing high amounts of pesticides and contaminating bacteria.

The public can only wonder: what if the USDA hadn’t followed its own rules then? The interim rule went into effect January 24, but the USDA is taking public comments on their decision until March 25, 2011.

Part of that public reaction has been to question the responsibility of the USDA in making this decision, as Andrew McConnell, a freshman and Business major, did.

“If they (the USDA) are skipping out on regulations, it leaves it up to our interpretation. It’s denying U.S. citizens’ safety without their consent,” McConnell.

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Department of the Interior could form an institute that focuses exclusively on safety, calling such a move “Different, not more regulation.”

The arrangement of the oil industry also hinders appropriate safety protocols. Ulmer noted that 12 different companies sometimes work on the same rig.

The different companies obscure management, which was another root cause of the crisis.

Ulmer said that the commission found three major faults with the management of the Deepwater

Horizon oilrig: lack of communication, risk analysis and process safety.

Ulmer found that some of the technology used for spill response and containment was also used in the Exxon Valdez spill, which occurred on March 24, 1989. Ulmer attributed the lack of technical innovation in spill response and containment to non-existent social and political demands. That anti-regulation attitude encouraged the illusion in oil companies that there was virtually no fiscal or physical risk

in their proceedings, according to Ulmer.

Considering the future of Arctic exploration, Ulmer and the commission call for further research on possible oil spills in ice conditions: “There’s still a lot we don’t know.” Ulmer suggests that the U.S takes a leadership role in forming quality safety standards with other Arctic countries, such as Norway, Russia, and Greenland.

“We need to step up our game so that we can take pride in how we do business,” Ulmer said.

UAA student Brain Moon proposed a plan for a shuttle for students on campus who want to attend Seawolf Hockey home games at the Sullivan Arena.

Moon said that average student attendance is 200 students, and suggested that if transportation was provided attendance would improve.

After some consideration, Speaker Daniel Ribuffo asked Moon to research the magnitude of the demand and return later.

Club Council representative Kenneth Kroeker said that four new student clubs were formed: History Outreach Program, Society of Women Engineers, Political Art Club, and Omega XI. Funding was also approved for a career fair by the Geology Club. and for Sigma Tau Delta for the Pacific Rim Conference on Literature and Rhetoric.

The Concert Board said they are focusing on hosting more comedians, as musicians are often more money. RHA will be organizing UAA’s Got Talent and a Valentine’s Day event called “Crush for Crush.”

Student Government meets every Friday at 3pm. Students with concerns or opinions are welcome to attend or speak.

Dam estimated at $4.5 billion A massive dam that could generate about half the Railbelt’s current electricity demands would cost $4.5 billion and take four and a half years to build.

Details on how to finance the Susitna hydroelectric project remain unclear, though the Alaska Energy Authority, in a report shared with lawmakers Thursday, says the state will likely have to play a role.

Susitna is seen as a way for the state to meet a goal of producing half its electrical energy from renewable resources by 2025.

Gov. Sean Parnell has proposed spending $65.7 million next year to move the project ahead, though there are no guarantees it will be built — or that electricity rates will fall if it is.

Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, said holding steady is better than seeing rising prices.

Second woman testifies Anchorage officer forced sex A second woman has testified she was sexually assaulted by an Anchorage police officer while she was handcuffed at a substation after a drunken driving arrest.

The 21-year-old woman testified Thursday in the Anchorage trial of Anthony Rollins.

She said that after she passed a blood alcohol test, she thought she was going to be released,. But, she says Rollins began stroking her hair and touching her face and his comments turned sexual.

Rollins’ lawyer, Susan Carney, questioned whether the sex was consensual. Under the cross examination, the woman said she told Rollins “no.” Another woman testified earlier about a similar assault.

Rollins has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. The 43-yearold is a 13-year veteran who was suspended in 2009 after he was charged.

Rachelle Waterman told Alaska State Troopers she had only a casual relationship with one of the men authorities quickly identified as suspects in her mother’s murder.

The recorded interview with the then 16-year-old Waterman with troopers was played Friday in an Anchorage courtroom, where she is being retried for conspiring with Jason Arrant and Brian Radel for the 2004 slaying of her mother.

Both men — serving long prison sentences after pleading guilty — are former boyfriends of Waterman, now 22.

The burned body of 48-year Lauri Waterman was found in her minivan in a remote location on Prince of Wales Island, where the family lived in the town of Craig.

Rachelle Waterman’s first trial ended in a hung jury, and the state decided to retry her.

Palin to speak at Reagan 100th birthday celebration Sarah Palin is giving the keynote address during festivities commemorating what would have been the 100th birthday of former President Ronald Reagan.

Palin is scheduled to speak Feb. 4 at a Young America’s Foundation banquet in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is speaking the following night.

Reagan was born Feb. 6, 1911.

He died in 2004.

The conservative Young America’s Foundation says it’s committed to ensuring more young people “understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.”

The foundation says Palin will reflect on Reagan’s 1964 “Time for Choosing” speech while calling on young people to continue “the Reagan revolution.”

Fairbanks passes air quality ordinance, drops fine The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has approved an air quality ordinance that eliminates emissions fines but keeps penalties for prohibited fuels.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the new ordinance weakens the air quality plan of borough Mayor Luke Hopkins that was approved last June.

The changes reflect a ballot measure later passed by voters.

Under the new plan, enforceable emissions standards were replaced with voluntary standards. But assembly members decided to maintain fines for burning prohibited fuel, including wood with more than 20 percent moisture content.

Afghan killings case referred to court martial Another of the five soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord charged with killing civilians in Afghanistan last year is having his case sent to a court martial.

The base announced Friday that Pfc. Andrew Holmes, of Boise, Idaho, will face trial on murder, conspiracy and other charges. Three other defendants have also had their cases referred for court martial.

The soldiers are accused of killing three civilians in Kandahar Province for sport last year. Holmes is accused of directly participating in the killing of the first victim. One of the central figures in the case, Spc. Jeremy Morlock of Wasilla, Alaska, admitted throwing a grenade toward the unarmed man and said Holmes was in on it; Holmes acknowledges shooting at the man but claims he believed he was responding to a genuine threat.

No date has been set for the trial.

-Compiled by Matthew Caprioli

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Anchorage hotspots for Superbowl broadcast

By Kate Lindsley

Silver Medal

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B. Peanut Farm 5227 Old Seward Highway

A. Bear Tooth Theatre Pub & Grill

1230 West 27th Avenue With free admission, great pizza, and the biggest screen in town, there was no question that Bear Tooth took the cake. As I delved into the caramel turtle fudge ice cream pie, it was surely love at first bite.

With the big game on the newly renovated cinema screen, it’s guaranteed that the touchdowns will be more satisfying, commercials will be even more hilarious and cheerleader’s enhancements will be larger than life.

Bronze Medal C. Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse 610 West 6th Avenue

The name speaks for itself – with 55 beers on tap, a full bar and proximity to the UAA campus, there’s no doubt why this bar made the list. Throughout and after the game they’ll host giveaways, the largest of which is a Polaris quad.

Of course it’ll be packed and crazy, but that’s the best reason to watch the big game downtown. Get there when doors open at 10 a.m. or you’ll be swimming upstream, fighting through the steelheads and cheeseheads to get a booth. Make sure it’s in view of one of their 11 flat screens or two projected screens.

As with all of the aforementioned establishments, remember to bring a designated driver if you’re planning on getting totally slizzered cheering for your team.

While its cuisine is beyond many college students’ budgets, Peanut Farm offers an amazing broadcast.

Their walls are plastered with high definition televisions and projector screens, with some booths equipped with personal TVs. In addition, it sports a full bar with 30 beers on tap, including local brews. Fly your way to heaven with their chicken or pork wild wings. Just steer clear of the 5-alarm flavor or you may find your mouth burning in hell.

Honorable Mentions: D. Sea Galley Restaurant 4101 Credit Union Drive

An inexpensive option for college students, Sea Galley offers an interesting menu option for the Superbowl: seafood. Regardless of its affordability, the food is not what drives most football fans. Sea Galley’s big screen TVs will bait and hook anyone looking for a satisfying broadcast. Good luck swimming out of there after drowning in one of their highly recommended giant long island iced teas.

E. Fire Tap 10950 O’Malley Centre Drive

Fire Tap made the list as an option for readers who live in south Anchorage. It still has pretty good broadcast and 36 beers on tap, but, unfortunately, isn’t close to the UAA campus. More of a restaurant than bar atmosphere, the locally renowned pizza and calzones are worth the trek to the south side of town.

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Seawolves’ weekly enrichment calendar 1.01-1.07.2011 Tuesday Feb. 01

Black History Month: Kickoff 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Student Union

Wednesday

Thursday

Feb. 02

Friday

Feb. 03

2D Invitational: Opening Reception 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Student Union Gallery

Feb. 04

Black History Month: Expressions of Unity 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Student Union

First Friday: UAA Jazz Combo 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Jitters

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Feb. 05

Feb. 06

Feb. 07

Residence Life Hosts: Super Smash Bros.

7:00 p.m.

North Hall

Auditions for “12 Angry Jurors” 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Fine Arts Bldg. Rm. 129

Living Peace Now Speeches 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Student Union Bookstore

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Diversity in Anchorage thrives, Bridge Builders of Anchorage restores mutual respect in community

By Joshua Tucker The Northern Light

Cultural diversity in Anchorage thrives in many ways that are easy to notice, such as the many events held by groups like Bridge Builders of Anchorage: A cross cultural community organization that builds understanding and cooperation between different ethnic communities in Anchorage.

Yet, some aspects of Anchorage’s diversity are less visible. For instance, within the Asian Pacific Islander community, 75 percent of people speak a second language other than English at home and 61 percent grew up in another country, according to a study by the Harvard School

of Public Health.

Elsa Sargento is the former president of Bridge Builders of Anchorage.

“Today there are approximately 10,000 Filipinos in Anchorage and (approximately) 30,000 statewide,” Sargento said. “We have 15 organizations representing the diverse cultures and languages in the Philippines.

“Seven years ago we formed the Alaska Federation of Filipino Americans which embraces 12 of these organizations.”

Since arriving in Alaska 1974, after growing up in the Philippines, Sargento has worked as a tireless advocate for Filipinos in Alaska.

“Understanding and respecting one another is priceless and precious,” Sargento

Guru Kate: Beverages Kate quells curiosity about what quenches thirst

By Kate Lindsley The Northern Light

Coming this semester to the Features section of The Northern Light, Kate Lindsley will be answering student’s questions in a “Guru Kate” column. Consulting with professionals in the field of interest, the Guru will provide unbiased advice to anonymous students. Anyone with questions should send inquiries to features@thenorthernlight. org.

Q: Can coke really be used as an industrial cleaner?

Dear Thirsty Cleaner: First of all, I assume by coke you mean Coca Cola. I can’t really help you with the cocaine business.

The basis to this rumor is rooted in general chemistry.

Acidic solutions can corrode metal, depending on the strength of the acid and the type of metal.

The acid in any pop is phosphoric acid, a fairly weak acid (still capable of dissolving teeth, mind you).

The other ingredients in Coca Cola vary little from other pop options. It’s only reasonable to assume (without access to their secret formula) that the ratios are the main difference in flavor and corrosive abilities.

According to blogs around the world wide web, Coca Cola can not only be used for industrial cleaning (car parts, grimy windows etc.), but also for de-skunking yourself, relieving pain from jellyfish stings, cleaning clothes and making really cool explosions (think mentos plus Coca Cola).

In addition, John Vidal of Organic Consumers Association noted the growing use of Coca Cola as a pesticide in India. A cheaper alternative than standard pesticide, the acidity of any pop

kills bugs just as efficiently.

Consider that next time you down your favorite soft drink.

Q: How good or bad for you is coffee?

Dear Caffeine Curious: Ahhh, one of the hardest fought debates of all time, between those defending their caffeine addiction and those seeking to tarnish the good name of the simple cuppa joe.

According to WebMD, coffee drinkers are “less likely to have type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, dementia and have fewer cases of certain cancers, heart rhythm problems and strokes.”

Uplifting, no? Dr. James D. Lane of Duke University Medical Center would have you think otherwise.

“Caffeine can raise blood pressure, as well as blood levels of the fight-or-flight chemical epinephrine (also called adrenaline),” Lane said.

The caffeine commonality between all coffees (even decaf concoctions are still 10-16% caffeinated according to Science Daily) can often outweigh the benefits associated with coffee.

If coffee is what you need to make it through the day, take a look at your lifestyle. The difficulty to stay awake is probably a more significant problem than what can be temporarily treated with caffeine.

said. “As a millennium gift to the people of Anchorage, a group of Bridge Builders from 16 cultures wrote the pledge of mutual respect that really tells who we are.”

Bridge Builders members have led many people in taking the pledge at events across the city since it was first written more than a decade ago. In full it reads: “We the people of Anchorage, Alaska, pledge to respect one another, celebrating the differences that make us unique: our customs, spiritual beliefs, cultures, colors, dreams and ancestral traditions. Standing together, hand in hand, young and old, we affirm that through mutual respect we can build a stronger, more harmonious community, a more unified nation and a

better, safer world.”

Dr. Ellsworth James, president of the NAACP of Anchorage and a Bridge Builders board member is also a big supporter of the pledge of mutual respect.

James called for more cultural competence among educators and administrators in working with African Americans.

“Our biggest need is support in education,” James said.

Speeches by James and Sargento are featured on the newspaper’s website TheNorthernLight.org

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Sustainability Club flash mob strikes SSB to promote recycling

PHOTOS BY DANIEL JACKSON/TNL

Above: (From left to right) Students Meneka Thiru, international studies and spanish, Anna Lynch, biology, and Michelle Ganoza, education, participated in the UAA Sustainability Club’s flash mob held at the Social Sciences Building on Jan. 27.

Above Right: Students from the UAA Sustainability Club dumped cans and plastic bottles in the Social Sciences Building as a demonstration to get more people to recycle on Jan. 27. Club president Aleks Pfaffe organized the event to raise awareness for the club and new recycling program implemented on campus.

Keynote Speaker delivers a riveting speech on success The Northern Light

“If you take it seriously, you can get serious opportunities very young,” Peter Sheahan said as he talked about innovation and entrepreneurship Thursday evening at the Rasmuson Hall.

Peter Sheahan is a worldrenowned motivational speaker who talks to people in business or blooming business majors. As the founder and CEO of ChangeLabs, Sheahan is known internationally for inspiring innovative business thinking and creating lasting behavior change.

Growing up, he spent his childhood in a very “pluralistic democracy,” as he put it. His father believed in a plural democracy where everything was voted on.

Simple matters, such as where they would go on outings, which were took place frequently, because his family was so poor and low on the socio-economic level.

He now has 50 staff within nine cities and three countries.

What was first thought of as a lecture, turned out to be a “classroom discussion.” After telling the audience a little bout himself, he turned to the audience for questions.

One woman raised a question of technology. She asked, “to what extent do you use technology in your business?”

Peter’s answer was simplistic and exotic. “How about a lot,” he said. One of the things he brought up that was intriguing was that cell phones would become and continue to be the ultimate medium of the years, which will definitely outgrow portable computers.

An older man who is in the nursing program at UAA asked a question, “What would be the best piece of advice for the high school student or college student that is just getting out of school that would want to be successful in the world?”

As the question was stretched further out, it was brought up that what a student would have to do to become as successful as Peter.

Peter’s response was somewhat predictable. “ Don’t be me. Be you! Take Risks,” but one thing he added toward the end of his answer was something unexpected; “the answer is always no if you don’t ask”.

An older woman brought up a question regarding his company, ChangeLabs and what he looks for when hiring a possible applicant.

“I look for a sharp mind in the applicant,” Sheahan said. “I have never looked at a transcript. Never.

But I have been very interested in people’s research of their interest.”

One last question that was raised to the motivational speaker was on how to market a small business.

“The place you wanna start, I actually think is in the area of what is your actual offer.”

The biggest mistake many early entrepreneurs tend to make is that they are all focusing on their aspirations of what they want to do; not what they can.

Peter left the audience with one last remark about entrepreneurship and marketing.

“Judge yourself on your intentions. The rest of the world will judge you on output,” Sheahan said.

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MEN’S TEAM: ‘Wolves falls behind CWU with loss CONTINUED FROM COVER Another 14 points came from Drew’s brother, Jaime Eisinger Walker’s 13 points against NNU put him over 1,000 career points with the‘Wolves, making him the 18th men’s basketball athlete to reach that marker.

“We are always proud of the guys when they hit personal goals, but after tonight, (UAA Vs. CWU) he’s probably not to happy. Its just one of those things you look back on at the end of the season,” Osborne said.

Senior guard Drew Robinson, lead UAA in assists with five. The 6’2 athlete from Lehi Utah, also scored seven points.

The UAA men only shot 27% in the first half but got some extreme motivation after freshman guard Travis Thompson sunk two threepointers.

Thompson contributed ten points, which is the fifth time he has reached double figures thus far in his first year playing the college level.

The UAA Seawolves (16-5, 8-2 GNAC) are gearing up to play Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, WA on Feb 3.

“Hopefully by then we will have regrouped and ready to go,” said Osborne.

Top: The UAA vs. CWU showdown kept the sold out crowd on their feet during the second half of basketball Jan 29.

Above: Freshman guard Travis Thompson works hard to put the ‘Wolves in the lead. Thompson has reached double digits in points five times thus far in his early college career.

Far Right: Junior guard Mario Gill shot 5-10 at the Jan 29 game, and went 2-5 at the matchup agiainst Northwest Nazarene. Gill tied teammate Casey Robinson in rebounds with nine a piece against CWU. Bottom Left: Senior guard Drew Robinson lead UAA in assists with five. The 6’2 senior, tried to complete a short range shot in the final seconds of play against CWU, but was unable to put it in the basket.

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UAA Sports Medicine works overtime and then some

By Taylor Hall The Northern Light

Meet the hardest working duo in all of the UAA Athletic Department.

Head Athletic Trainer Chris Volk and Assistant Trainer Kevin Lechtenberg have made quite the dynamic pair for the UAA Sports Medicine Office for quite some time.

Between the two, they cover roughly 180 student-athletes UAA has currently and are charged with the task of helping those athletes prevent and care for injuries. With 13 different teams competing around the season, Volk is no stranger to the amount of time it takes to keep the student-athletes on the court, ice, or slope and off the examiners table.

“It’s a lot of kids and a lot of time,” Volk said, who is in her 14th year at UAA and moved to Alaska in 1993. “Definitely doesn’t leave much free time on weekends.”

In fact, Volk doesn’t have hardly any time regardless of day what it is. Whether it’s a game

or practice team, their to-do list never seems to get shorter.

With multiple teams practicing during the day, Volk and Lechtenberg have to be prepared for it all and are usually one of the last out at the end of the day.

“We’re here 30 minutes ahead of whatever team practices early in the day and then at least 45-60 minutes after the last practice or game later that day until kids are done icing,” Volk said. “It’s a long day.”

Let’s not forget that they also have to travel off campus for some practices. For instance, the gymnastics, track and field, cross country team, and ski team are not always at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex to train.

As far as frequent travel, the pair also has to be racking up some great frequent flyer miles as well. Lechtenberg, who is the primary UAA Hockey trainer, travels with the team on the road, which explains why he couldn’t be reached for comment.

Volk will follow the Seawolf Gymnastics team to away meets.

She also has already traveled with both basketball teams this season to Anaheim, California for the Disney West Coast Tip Off Classic back on Nov. 12-14.

They have to be ready in case any Seawolf team makes it to the postseason. You may have already guessed it: one of them will travel with the team in this case as well.

Can we get a timeout on the floor for these two just so they can catch their breath?

“We’ve just been doing it so long that we have a routine down,” Volk said. “We take it week by week and prepare for it all.”

With so many different medical histories to take in to account and different rigors from all the various sports, the two have to be able to deal with anything and everything.

“We’re typically first on site to make the initial diagnosis,” Volk said. “From there, we decide whether we can take care of the injury in house or whether we need to take the athlete to consult with one of our team physicians.

“With all the different sports and injuries, from head to toe, we see it all occasionally.”

The actual Sports Medicine Office and their PHOTOS BY PATRICK MCCORMICK/TNL training room in which they use across the hall downstairs Above: Senior guard Drew Robinson soaks his ankle in the whirlpool at UAA’s training in the WFSC is a constant room on Jan. 27. UAA athletes use the expertise of the Sports Medicine Office to help with revolving door of players and injuries as well as prevent them.

Left: Head athletic trainer Chris Volk performs wraps basketball player Travis Thomson’s coaches. Not even a minute ankle before a game on Jan. 27th. The Sports Medicine Office provides injury prevention into our conversation, UAA and recovery for roughly 180 UAA student-athletes.

Men’s Basketball Head Coach Rusty Osborne was in the office talking to Volk sure that athlete medical bills graduating in 1979. It was through and discussing a brace for one of are taken care of. According to these sports in which she first saw his players.

Volk, this is by far their biggest an athletic trainer work.

Upon his departure, Volk headache to deal with.

“I thought what a great job for summed it all up with one “I don’t think most people me,” Volk said. “I was a biology statement and a laugh. realize the international flavor major already and interested in “This is how it will be every our University has which makes sports and medicine so this job two minutes here,” Volk said. medical billing a lot harder at brought the two together.”

Seeing as how many student- times,” Volk said. “Most of Lechtenberg, who is in his athletes in which Volk and our international athletes have 12th year at UAA and has wife Lechtenberg are for during the international travel plans which and child of his own, received week, workspace has become a are much harder to bill than his exercise science from the bit too cozy for the two. domestic insurance plans.”

University of Iowa in 1994.

“We make due and we’re Volk doubles as a wife and So the next time you see one of very productive in that room but mother to three children on top the trainers here at a game, hand obviously space is the biggest of caring for the student-athletes them a water cup and let them thing we contend with here,” here at UAA. She attended college catch their breath. Of course, Volk said. at Dayton University where she that would mean the two would The Sports Medicine Office played softball, volleyball, and actually have to take a break, also helps coordinate and make basketball for the Flyers until which doesn’t look likely.

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The Seawolves also got 12 points and seven assists from senior point guard Kaitlin McBride as they moved ahead of the Falcons (13-5, 7-3 GNAC) for second place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference standings.

Horn, a 6-foot sophomore from Kodiak, shot 6 of 12 from the field and grabbed six rebounds, while Johansson, a 6-2 junior from Sweden, was 9 of 11 at the free-throw stripe along with four boards. Both players scored 13 points after the break.

Horn also had 21 points and seven rebounds on Jan. 29 to help the ‘Wolves fend off a strong challenge from Montana State Billings for a 6248 victory at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

The Seawolves (17-5, 8-3 GNAC) also got a breakout game from junior guard Francesca De Angelis, who scored 14 points and snagged four rebounds.

De Angelis, a transfer from Santa Barbara (Calif.) Community College, had her second-best scoring effort as a Seawolf, shooting 4 of 6 from the field – including both of her threepoint tries – and 4 of 4 at the freethrow line.

Meanwhile, Johansson delivered 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting to run her double-digit scoring streak to 20 games, and senior guard Nikki Aden finished with seven points, six rebounds and four assists. McBride had six rebounds and a game-high five assists, while reserve forward Kaylie Robison added six rebounds.

The victory keeps the Seawolves one-half game ahead of SPU for

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second place in the GNAC standings.

It was also UAA’s eighth straight victory over the Yellowjackets.

Seawolves. Gophers split series Freshman goaltender Rob Gunderson posted a career-high 43 saves in net, but it wasn’t enough as the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves dropped their third-straight Western Collegiate Hockey Association game Jan. 28 with a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Mariucci Arena.

Minnesota held a 2-0 lead after just six minutes of play until Alaska Anchorage responded in the final minutes of the first with a power-play goal by sophomore Mitch Bruijsten.

The Gophers then took control of the game, adding two more goals in the second and one in the third.

UAA allowed a season-high 48 shots on net – the most since Minnesota Duluth placed 49 on net on March 7, 2009 – while posting 29 shots on Patterson (28 saves).

The freshman duo of forward Matt Bailey and goaltender Chris Kamal gave the ‘Wolves a league split with a 1-0 victory against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the rematch on Jan. 29.

Following a scoreless 40 minutes of play, Bailey lit the lamp with just 1:18 expired in the third frame for the game-winning goal. Combined with outstanding goaltending by Kamal, the Seawolves (8-14-3, 7-11-2 WCHA) came away with their first shutout of the season and first-ever at Minnesota (11-10-3, 8-8-2 WCHA).

With the win, the Seawolves advanced to No. 8 in the WCHA standings with St. Cloud State with 16 points apiece.

Kamal, the Alpharetta, Ga., native improved his record to 2-3-1 with a career-high 30 saves.

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Super Bowl XLV: An exciting matchup, even without Caleb Hanie

By Thomas McIntyre The Northern Light

I won’t be going into Super Bowl weekend with great expectations. I’ve had my Super Bowl—it started the minute Todd Collins entered the Packers-Bears game.

I can remember most of the Collins showing (which was AWESOME), but I blacked out only minutes into Hanie’s turn.

There’s no way I’m staying conscience through a Conference Championship game decided by a second- and third-string quarterback without receiving a warning before hand.

I can’t handle all those unexpected emotions at once.

OK, enough time has been spent on terrible quarterbacks (if you disagree, track down my email address; I’d be happy to link up with you for an intelligent conversation about Chad Hutchinson). I will now shift my focus onto Sunday’s matchup, and how to fix the halftime show.

My rooting interest in this year’s Super Bowl is weaker than it’s ever been. I’d rather both these teams lose. But with no bias going either way, I’m able to take a clear-headed approach to predicting the outcome, which is not the usual case.

Said approach has lead me this conclusion: The Steelers will win.

Whether it’s due to Ike Taylor’s swag or Hines Ward’s lack thereof, the Steelers will win.

Maurkice Pouncey and Aaron Rodgers

are the two people that could blow my prediction up—one because of his ankle, and the other because of his arm.

Pouncey, at this moment, remains questionable for Sunday with a high ankle sprain. Rodgers’ arm remains the dirtiest weapon in the NFL. The Steelers have had a broken down offensive line all season. Throughout the year, Pouncey was the most stable piece up front. Now B.J. Raji—the Packers’ savage nose tackle—needs blocked, and Pouncey is figuring out if he can do the job while nursing one of the most crippling injuries a lineman can have.

Even if he does go, most of his explosiveness and mobility will be shot.

However, no matter how loose Raji gets, I’m not sure pressure from up the middle fazes Roethlisberger the least bit.

In fact, he welcomes any excuse that allows him to wander out of the pocket. I bet on the Ravens’ and Jets’ ability to contain Ben, and now we’re here. I like being on the other side.

Aaron Rodgers is locked in. Not since Jeff George’s 2001 campaign in my NFL Quarterback Club ’99 franchise have I seen defenses get carved up so effortlessly. The Packers will spread you out with a four wide set, then comeback in a diamond package, and force your hand. Rodgers plays point guard with precision, and is versatile enough to beat you with his feet as well.

Yes, Aaron Rodgers scares the hell out of me, but he was aided by a couple of

opposing players in the last two games: Falcons corner, Erik Coleman, and Bears corner, Tim Jennings.

The Packers made it a point to get wideouts in iso situations against these easily exposed cornerbacks.

Coleman and Jennings were helpless when singled out, resulting in a lot of

Whether it’s due to Ike Taylor’s swag or Hines Ward’s lack thereof, the Steelers will win. yards through the air, and through pass interference penalties.

I bring this up because the Steelers don’t have a Tim Jennings. William Gay has his moments, but he can’t be picked on like Jennings and Coleman were.

He also has the luxury of having Ryan Clark and Troy Polamalu behind him.

Worse comes worse, the Steelers can take some direction from the Bears by playing zone. I don’t think it comes to that.

Speaking of the Steelers defense, I just finished watching the profile SportsCenter did on James Harrison’s workout regimen.

Dude’s not training to get in better football shape.

The footage shown leads me to believe he is preparing to make Rambo 4 a true story. I

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hope someone puts Burma on notice.

All receivers planning on coming across the middle should be put on notice, too.

I only have so many words left, so I will use them to layout three reasons why my pick will not be blown up.

Rashard Mendenhall. He ran out of his mind against the Jets, picking up 121 yards with his feet, and allowing the Steelers to suck the life out of the Jets with brutally long drives. Slow, methodical treks down the field keeps the Packers offense grounded, and lets the Steelers defense catch their breath.

Sometimes slow isn’t necessary, and that’s when Mike Wallace’s number is called. Look for him to get the first score of the night, setup by a play action. “Fly routes to Mike Wallace” is the new “deep posts to Joey Galloway.”

The neck of Clay Matthews. Saturday could be the day Clay finally shoves one too many syringes full of HGH into his neck.

The Packers are currently two and a half point favorites. I’m not advising you to put a few hundred dollars on Roethlisberger’s head, nor am I recommending you pound the over (44.5). I’m just saying the Steelers will win, 28-24.

Lastly, this is how we can ensure there will never be another dull halftime show: From here on out, just re-air Prince’s Super Bowl XLI performance during every half.

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Beer Money rallies in Alaska for a ‘musical vacation’

By Heather Hamilton The Northern Light

Nothing goes better with a good brew than a good band.

Anchorage has its ups and downs as far as music goes, but when it strikes gold, it nails it.

Beer Money has everything you think of when you picture a bar band; they’re a little funky, a little upbeat and full of good back and forth banter.

What you don’t think of are the hours and hours of practice it takes, the hardship of never getting gigs and the long distance relationships?

Beer Money is your average bar band in every way except one; each member lives in a different state. The group meets up in Alaska twice a year to tour, and then each goes back to their various corners of the country to play in their own groups.

The lineup of Beer Money, like with some other bands, changes. No one leaves the band however; some Beer Money tours need to be skipped due to other obligations.

When this happens, and it happens nearly every time, singer, guitarist and manager Kevin Worrell brings up an outside artist he or another member of the band has played with in the past.

“It’s really designed to have new people coming in all the time. It keeps it fresh,” Worrell said, “I am not as developed as some of those folks are, and maybe that’s just me being modest, but I always feel humbled by the level of players I get up here.”

As the Beer Money membership changes, so does the band’s set list. Members send songs they play with their home bands to current Beer Money players to practice on their own for their tour in Alaska. When they finally meet up they have a decent idea of what they’ll be playing, and they practice any chance they get.

With the band only coming together a few times a year, practicing as a group can’t happen until they all meet up, which usually happens only a few days before their first concert. This is where part of Beer Money’s charm comes in: improvisation.

The founding members of Beer Money, and even some of their rotations, all have jazz training. A fundamental component of good jazz music is a musician’s ability to read and play off of the other musicians in the group in a sort of give and take relationship. A conversation in music, hearing and responding to one another, Beer Money prides itself in being able to do this, and do it well.

“We improvise a lot. We use the jazz tradition of improvisation and communication between instruments even though we’re playing more like rock and pop styles,” Worrell said.

This year, the band is bringing up vocalist and keyboardist Vickie Natale of New York City. Natale’s blend of music is primarily soul, which will add an essence of refinement to the set list.

As previously mentioned, to make it into Beer Money, a musician has to know someone already in the band. Natale’s

Kevin Worrell, a guitarist and vocalist for Beer Money, shows that good times roll during a show from the band’s last tour in the summer of 2010.

Their next tour will feature keyboardist and vocalist Vickie Natale of New York City, one of many rotating members of the band. Their first show will be on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. at The Blue Fox.

connection is with Worrell, whom she went to college with in New York.

“I told him that I’d really love to come visit him, and it just worked out that he was having his Beer Money tour,” Natale said, “And he said, ‘Why don’t you come play and sing with us? I think it’d be awesome if we all jammed out together.’ So the rest is history.”

Despite being slightly nervous about not being able to practice with the band as a whole much before their first show, Natale is in high spirits about the experience ahead of her.

“The great thing about these guys is that they can just go in and do it,” she said, “I was actually just listening to their music....I’m really looking forward to the rehearsals up there.”

Beer Money, which saw a little billing difficulty due to their unique circumstances, will be backing Natale as headliner for two shows at Sullivan’s Steak House, where they will primarily play Natale’s brand of jazz and soul music.

Despite its unconventional set-up, Beer Money has had touring offers that transcend the Alaskan border. Due to the band’s dynamic however, extensive touring is difficult. In

Worrell’s case, there’s also being the father of a little boy.

“We have been invited to go to Germany for a pretty significant number of dates,” Worrell said, “I am first and foremost, absolutely and 100% dedicated to being a rockstar father. I want to be the best ever. At the end of the day, even though its my heart and soul to be a musician, I’ve gotta take care of him.”

Worrell’s son, energetic four-year-old Miles Dylan Nunne-Worrell, travels with the band during each tour.

Beer Money’s winter tour kicks off in Anchorage at The Blue Fox on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. The band then travels north to Fairbanks for two shows before heading back south to play three shows in Anchorage, one in Talkeetna and then a final show in Anchorage at Sullivan’s Steak House on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m. All shows are free aside for location cover charges, and accessible solely to the 21 and over crowd in the bars. The shows at the Sullivan Steak House are accessible to patrons under 21 as long as they are accompanied by someone 21 yrs. or over. For more information, visit Beer Money online at www.reverbnation.com/beermoney.

MUSIC REVIEW

Cage the Elephant too tame

By Bryan Dunagan The Northern Light

Those following any music in the last two years at will have heard of the alternative rock upstarts “Cage the Elephant.” While they are known for “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” and its country sound, this album is less of a power chord powerhouse.

On the positive side, “Thank You happy Birthday” is more ambitious and has

more of the trademark vocals, and is never grating or annoying.

The lead single, “Around My Head,” introduces a chant and a kazoo. These interesting choices show where the guys are headed with their sound. It seems like a natural way to get attention and it works.

Songs such as “Rubber” and “Aberdeen” show a softer side and are very good. While most of the songs are just about some small things in life, they all can be dissected to different conclusions.

By far, “Shake Me Down” is the most lyrically intriguing of the bunch with the line, “I’m taking a scalpel to this mystery.”

The group’s sophomore effort isn’t bad; it just seems a little too slow for the audience.

It does prove that “Elephant” is more of a demure mammal than a rampaging beast, however.

ALBUM: “Thank You Happy Birthday” ARTIST: Cage the Elephant RECORD LABEL: Jive RELEASE DATE: Jan. 11, 2011

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New ‘Dead Space’ game available on mobile devices Mobile handheld game bridges gap between first and second installments with ‘console quality’

By Bryan Dunagan The Northern Light

Setting the stage for the console release of “Dead Space 2” is the iPhone version of “Dead Space.”

Not to be confused as a port of the first game, it is in fact, an entirely new story and sports amazing graphics. Despite its somewhat confusing gesture-based controls, it really shines through as a console quality game on a phone.

While the term “console quality” is thrown around by smarmy PR guys to pitch games, this title actually fits the bill and scope. Most games on the iPhone are digestible in minutes; “Dead Space” takes nearly 5 hours. The game is long even by handheld standards.

The story starts out with recent Unitology convert, Vandal, being told what to do to allow the Church to be unhampered by the Government. What this amounts to is Vandal going around and cutting off circuits to allow the Necromorphs, (the main enemy in the series,) onto the mining

city-state known as “The Sprawl.”

While not starkly different from the first game, the player will be tasked with navigating through metallic corridors and darkly lit metallic corridors. The setting eventually changes into large mine shafts and sewer systems by the latter half of the game.

The shining stars of this game are the graphics and the audio.

If the game is not played with headphones, the player really misses out on the tense atmosphere that the developers have created.

It’s impressive that such high quality sound plays from the player’s iPhone.

Even more impressive is how consistent the audio is. Footsteps change with material that is walked on, monsters pop out of grates and the sound emulates the actions perfectly.

Weapons of the game are the same from the first and function nearly the same as well. The exception is the controls.

To move, the player slides their thumb on the left side of the screen, and sliding the thumb on

the right moves the camera around. To bring up the weapon, tap the screen; to fire, tap it again. To change to the secondary firearm, tilt the device.

While it’s confusing at first, 20 minutes of play will see the player controlling Vandal with ease.

The downside is that when things get hectic, the player might accidentally shift to secondary fire in the heat of battle.

Another annoyance is that the game is too dark at times, forcing the player to stand in the dark part of the room and wait for the Necromorph to wander into the light to be blasted to chunks.

With the exception of the glowing enemies, this is quite annoying. The player can change the brightness in the menu, but that destroys the atmosphere of the game.

In all, “Dead Space” is quite good and a steal at seven bucks.

With the option to unlock concept art and wallpapers as well as a surprise for the console version of “Dead Space 2,” the game makes its case, despite a few minor issues.

GAME: “Dead Space” for iOS MAKER: Electronic Arts RELEASE DATE: Jan. 25, 2011 WEBSITES: no

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4th Annual Great Alaska Martial Arts Tournament and Festival Champ Martial Arts School is hosting the 4th Annual Great Alaska Martial Arts Tournament and Festival at the UAA Wells Fargo Sports Arena on Saturday, Feb. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tournament will feature demonstrations in breaking, forms, as well as conduct weapons and sparring competitions. Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children. Children under 5 get in free. For more information, go to www. champmartialarts.com.

Rage City Rollergirls It’s the Devil’s Club vs the Dirty Polli’s on Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Dena-ina Center. This roller derby is a double-header that starts at 7 p.m. and will last until around 10 p.m. Tickets are $5+ fees for children and $12+ fees for adults in advance. For more information, go to www.ragecityrollergirls.org.

Quintessential Jazz Blackfeather Productions presents jazz vocalist, songwriter and pianist Dayna Lynn from Chicago on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Anchorage Museum Auditorium. Dayna Lynn will be accompanied by violinist Bryson Andres and the Black Feather Poets. Tickets are $***, and available by phone at (907) 947-5943.

THEATRE

First Tap Rusted Roots will be playing Bear Tooth Theatre Pub’s First Tap on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Rusted Root is a rock group that originates from Pittsburg, and which has issued songs to various television and movie soundtracks such as ‘Charmed,’ ‘Twister,’ ‘Ice Age’ and ‘Mathilda.’

Tickets for this 21 and over show are $35, and can be purchased online at www. beartooththeatre. net.

The Spirit of Harriet Tubman The Alaska Junior Theater presents ‘The Spirit of Harriet Tubman,’ a one hour play utilizing the talents of only one performer, a plain stage and a trunk of costumes to tell the story of the iconic woman. Leslie McCurdy stars as Tubman on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets range from $14.50 to $17 and are available online at www. centertix.net.

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Anchorage folk festival hosts Contra Dance party

Anchorage Folk Festival sponsored a Contra Dance Jan. 27 lesson in the bottom floor of the Student Union as one of many activities in the two-week event.. “Hot Club Sandwich� (bottom left) was a headlining performance for the festival, out of 120 acts over the course of the event. The Folk Festival ran from Jan. 20 to Jan. 30 and returns every year.

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Boundaries of bus system not bountiful for hard at work, fee-paying students

3211 Providence Drive Student Union 113 Anchorage, AK 99508 Phone: 907-786-1513 Fax: 907-786-1331 info@thenorthernlight.org

EXECUTIVE EDITOR 786-1434 editor@thenorthernlight.org Jerzy Shedlock

By Audriana Pleas

Special to The Northern Light

When students pay tuition each semester there are various amounts of fees that one must pay. Students pay a student life fee, technology fee, and a transportation fee.

The transportation fee contributes to several things like bike racks, the campus shuttle and call teams that are available to jumpstart your vehicle, unlock your car and even escort you safely on campus.

Another part of that transportation fee goes toward the Anchorage People Mover.

Currently there are over 14,000 students registered for the spring semester, not including students who registered late. All students pay a flat $10 fee whether they are part time or full time.

Out of the all the fees students pay, the transportation fee is potentially one of the most useful for students, considering the demographic of our campus. UAA has a large commuter population.

UAA students bike, carpool, shuttle and bus to class.

A contractual agreement between UAA, Charter College and Alaska Pacific University, provides a portion of the fee to People Mover. People Mover then allots students unlimited bus rides, only requiring a valid WolfCard, which doubles as the U-Pass.

Administrators were unable to give a specific amount as to how much the fee is for the People Mover. But even if students only pay 25 to 75 cents out of the $10 fee to the Anchorage People Mover, that is a possible range of $3,500 to $10,500 that is invested into the fund each semester. Meanwhile, adult bus passes only cost about $55 a month. It seems students who actually take advantage of the U-Pass get the better end of

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Freshman psychology major Coral Lambert, 18, boards the afternoon People Mover bus on its route to the Downtown Transit Center on Jan. 28. Students pay a required $10 transportation fee which allows them to ride the People Mover bus free with a valid Wolfcard.

the deal.

But some students avoid the bus service for any number of reasons, including the accessibility of the bus, scheduling conflicts, and the amount of inappropriate behavior that takes place on the buses.

It begs the question: With the current downsizing of bus routes and the elimination of others, is the people mover as accessible to us as our funds are to them?

The busing system operates within the boundaries of south Anchorage, north Birchwood and Peters Creek. But some people still have to go out of their way to get to a bus stop or even commute to a park and ride area to access it.

For example, in Eagle River the only bus that operates to Anchorage is the 102 within a time frame of 6:08 a.m. to 7:12 a.m.

The only other option to catch the People Mover Shuttle, but seating availability can be an issue.

Another issue is scheduling.

The bus routes are reorganized every year, which can wreak havoc on students’ school schedules.

Since I have been at UAA I have ridden the bus on a regular basis and have experienced the positive and negative effects of transforming bus routes.

Drivers used to arrive in a timely manner but now late arrivals and bad driving has become a nasty trend. Many times buses run behind by 30 minutes behind and may cause someone to miss a connection. Sometimes a driver will blame traffic instead of taking repsonsibility.

Yet another issue is drunks being a mainstay in the transit

center, partaking in lewd conduct on the bus, and congregating at the bus stops. It is not rare at all that you see strangers intoxicated riding the bus just to ride it.

Besides the safety concerns it arouses, who wants someone breathing heavy on the back of his or her neck reeking of alcohol?

If we are under a contractual agreement there may be other options we can negotiate. It would be nice if some routes were created with school schedules in mind. And is there something that can be done regarding the drunks on board? As paying consumers, there should be an option of student input because although the fee is not optional, riding the bus is.

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EDITORIAL

Emotion tied to interpretation of history History is subjective. Our university, like most, offers a history degree as part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Many history professors would agree that history is more like an art, constantly evolving with new discoveries and theories.

History requires critical thinking. As most students can attest to the after hours of history lectures and research papers, there never seems to be an easy explanation for questions about history.

With these ideas in mind, we watched our nation’s politicians and journalists argue over history last week as if there is one simple answer.

This latest left versus right battle was between all the usual suspects including Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and MSNBC host Chris Matthews, among others.

At issue was a statement Bachmann made claiming that our founding fathers “worked tirelessly” to end slavery. Matthews responded by saying she was profoundly ignorant as well as a balloon head.

WEB EDITOR 786-1506 web@thenorthernlight.org Ashley Snyder

As always, there is truth in what both sides were claiming. Some of the founding fathers did not have slaves and even those who did worked toward ending slavery as early as the First Continental Congress. Of course, there was opposition in ending slavery and many of the founding fathers did have slaves.

Furthermore, slavery was not abolished until 1865.

The point is that history is not simple.

That point seems to be lost on this country’s politicians as well as the media. As there is no compromise, there usually are no concessions in intellectual conversations either.

Last week, however, was only one example in which people try to oversimplify history for their advantage. Most recently, issues such as building an Islamic Community Center, the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and the significance of electing our first black President have been oversimplified by both sides trying to make an argument.

Hopefully the public is smart enough to see beyond those arguments and recognize

the complexity of these issues. The fact is it’s never that simple. Ask a history professor what caused the fall of Rome if you are curious for an example.

In another example, recall former President George W. Bush’s claim that history would look kindly upon him.

While it seemed an audacious pronouncement at the time, try this exercise to reveal the possibility of it’s truth. How many bad presidents can you name?

Understanding history requires critical thinking with an open and informed mind, which probably explains why those usual suspects seem to fail at it so often.

But here at UAA two of the goals listed by the history department themselves are to produce students who are able to complete historical research and perform critical thinking.

Remember that next time you enter into a debate.

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The views expressed in the opinion section do not necessarily reflect the views of UAA or The Northern Light.

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OPINON| February 1, 2011

By Eli Johnson

Special to The Northern Light

On Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address.

It was, like most State of the Union addresses, very feel-good, and very pleasant to listen to. In fact, if you listened closely, you would actually come to believe that America is still on top of the world.

It never ceases to amaze me how much those in power have to continue reassuring people that America is still the top dog on the entire planet. If you say otherwise, people would boo and hiss you off-stage, even though you might just be telling them the truth. Like about how China is ahead of us in solar power. Not top dog there.

So, the speech began with Obama talking about Gabrielle Giffords being unable to be there.

He didn’t bring up the idea of gun control even though this would have been the perfect time. In fact, he didn’t really bring up much of any of the progressive ideas. One would think that when a politician is shot that would at least merit bringing gun control back to the table. I miss the days when that was actually a topic of discussion, unlike now.

He got into the concept of jobs.

Now there is a good talking point.

There’s no arguing that jobs really are a big issue in this country.

With unemployment almost at ten percent nationwide, it really needs to be discussed. The job plan that he came up with actually sounded pretty good.

He first wanted to focus on this nation’s scientific programs.

He wanted us to invest in green technology and to basically make

this a smarter nation. I have a lot of respect for that. He pointed out that America’s science and mathematics education has fallen behind, which is true. But the idea was to get this nation’s innovation wheels spinning again.

Back to the concept of education, he finally said something worth saying—that “No Child Left Behind” needs to go. The failed education policy that Bush put into practice is now at least being talked about in the interest of getting rid of it. Obama wasn’t nice when he said that our education system in this country is broken and needs fixing.

He also brought up something that I also believe really needs to be looked at—our nation’s infrastructure.

There are numerous studies, which Obama actually brought up, that show that our nation’s infrastructure is in the tank. Our railway system needs to come into the 21 century.

Our schools, public services, roadways, etc., they all need a lot of work. It is not a small issue.

But this comes to the point of the deficit.

It has been a big talking point of the Right ever since Obama came into office that the deficit in this country is out of control, believe it or not, but there is a lot of agreement from the left about that issue. It is not as simple as 1-2-3. It is going to take a lot of work. However, Obama’s plan for reducing the deficit was rather convoluted.

The main talking points of the plan to reduce the deficit were about cuts to programs. Now, there is probably a very high probability that this nation is spending money on programs that mean nothing, but it was the President’s lack of specificity that

was rather interesting. He made a point to avoid talking about cutting Social Security. That was smart. If he had said anything about cutting Social Security in this country, he could kiss the 2012 elections goodbye.

A cut that Obama did talk about that was something that probably a lot of people were glad to hear is cutting defense spending. Let’s face it; defense spending in this country is out of control. When no nation on Earth, or combination of several nations on Earth, spends as much as you do on your weapons of war, there needs to be a change. He also brought up bringing the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

It’s about time!

There was a rather interesting point that Obama made when he pointed out that our country’s bureaucracy could use some work.

He cracked a joke about how the Department of the Interior regulates salmon in fresh water, and the Department of Commerce regulates them when they are in salt water. I also find that rather odd, and it could definitely stand to be looked at. Not just the salmon thing, of course, but all the similar issues, and there can be no doubt that there are many.

But after all the promises, ladies and gentlemen, after all the speaking, after all of that, don’t forget that this is just a speech.

What happens next is what will really matter. What happens when the President is forced to have to live up to what he promised is what matters. And the history of Obama living up to his word speaks for itself.

One could argue that he never really has. Not well, anyway.

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Revolution begins in North Africa and Middle East

By Daniel McDonald The Northern Light

Tunisia, a country whose citizens have long put up with a corrupt leadership and rigid controls on both their economic and political rights, has finally had enough.

With an unemployment rate hovering around 13.5 percent and a highly regulated economy, growth has been slow and unable to quell the anger and frustration over police state rule, which has maintained strict limitations on the press and the internet.

The tipping point occurred on December 17, when a young man Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself in protest when government officials barred him from selling vegetables on the streets of Sidi Bouzid.

Following this final act of desperation, demonstrations triggered across the town which lies within one of the poorest regions of Tunisia. President Ben Ali retaliated with aggressive police action as well as labeling the protesters “terrorists”, which only seemed to further anger them and win supporters to their cause.

When none of these tactics proved to be effective, President Ben Ali began to make an attempt at concessions, promising to “deepen democracy and revitalize pluralism.”

But it was too late. In an act uncharacteristic of the strongarm ruler, Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia with his family after being rejected entrance to France.

These unexpected turn of events should be welcomed by the Western world. The Tunisian people have successfully overturned an oppressive government and now seek to implement many of the freedoms we enjoy.

Although the death toll continues to mount, the protesters must not relent in their demand for reforms and remember that, “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants,” as Jefferson once said.

One recent effect of the revolution in Tunisia has been to inspire other Arab states. Following suit, rioting began to break out across Egypt on January 25, over similar reasons of economic stagnation and political repression.

However, unlike the events in Tunisia, there are reasons to be wary of a political upheaval in Egypt. Although most of the initial protesters appear to be advocates of secular democracy, their success in ousting President Mubarak may actually usher in an even worse governing entity.

Throughout the period of his long reign, he has battered democratic-minded opposition, making them ill-prepared for any sort of power shift, which leaves one of the several Islamist groups as the likely candidate.

The hope is that before Mubarak goes the way of his friend Ben Ali, he will implement many of the sought after reforms. The 82 year old dictator must restore legitimacy to Egypt’s election laws in order to step down gracefully.

And in a welcome move by the administration, while in Jordan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated, “We support the universal rights of the Egyptian people… including the rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly.” She went on to say that “we urge the Egyptian authorities not to prevent peaceful protests or block communications, including on social media sites.”

Unfortunately, it may already be too late. On January 28, with no end in sight to the chaos, the Islamist groups may

have already begun to make their move. Egyptian scholar Samuel Tadros reported “seeing Islamists out in full force among the protesters.”

He went on to describe that, “they poured out of the mosques after Friday prayers and are marching and shouting Islamist slogans.”

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan has taken the accusation even further claiming that the “Egyptian demonstrations are not the equivalent of Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution”, but a “reprise of Iran’s 1979 radical revolution.”

Before we get on board behind the revolution in Egypt (or any overthrow of a tyrannical government for that matter) it is important to make sure that whatever is replacing it is not actually worse than its predecessor. As bad as Mubarak’s military dictatorship may be, it is preferable to an Iranianstyle theocracy.

Though it may be the case that this fear of a rising Islamism is premature, as there is a real possibility the advocates for a liberalized democratic state are the ones who will be able to assert themselves, and transform their nation into something like a modern-day Turkey. An Islamist takeover of Egypt is surely terrible to contemplate.

Only time will tell in either case.

The full ripple effect of Tunisia and now Egypt however is yet to be seen. And some analysts such as Joel C. Rosenberg believe Jordan could be next, and unlike Egypt “there is a very high risk that Islamic radicals would take over the regime.” Let us pray this is not the case. For now we can only hope that Tunisia and Egypt change for the better.

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By Stella Wilder The coming week is likely to present to many the opportunity for a valuable change of pace -- and most individuals will be more than ready to accept the challenge of change in either their private lives or professional affairs -- or both, in some cases. The signs point to greater potential as a result of even the slightest alteration, but there is certainly truth in the Shakespearean adage that “love alters not where it alteration finds” -- and the lesson here, of course, is that the one constant is, and must be, love itself. Now is not the time for anyone to sacrifice what it has taken a long time to build, and love can prove a source of tremendous strength and motivation.

The most dramatic change for many is likely to be a change of scenery -- and a new venue can provide a great deal in the way of professional inspiration and opportunity.

Work unchanged can be better done if there are significant changes in the work environment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) -- You’re going to want to do a few things for yourself, but before you can do that, you must do what you can for another. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) -- A new acquaintance is likely to be more valuable to you than anticipated when all is said and done.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) -- What attracts you to a certain situation or opportunity is not likely to be what has attracted you in the past. (March 6-March 20) -- Your central interests are likely to be the same, but how they manifest themselves will surely change.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) -- You’ll find yourself gravitating toward someone who pursues goals in a different way; you can learn much from his or her methods. (April 5-April 19) -- You’re confident that what you’re doing is the right thing, given the circumstances. Stay the course.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) -- Take care that you’re not simply throwing caution to the wind when you take someone else up on a rare and fascinating offer. (May 6-May 20) -- What you produce can be quite beneficial to others as well as yourself. Be generous.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) -- A pattern of selfish behavior is likely to cost you more than expected, but it’s not too late to change. (June 7-June 20) -- You may find yourself far from home -- if not literally, then in the patterns of thought and desire.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) -- Your concerns are likely to center on domestic affairs; someone who requires care is likely to come calling. (July 8-July 22) -- It may be time for you to reach out to someone who is eager to reconnect but whose motives may not be clear.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) -- You’re going to have to make room in your life for someone who is not usually in the picture but who demands immediate attention. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- You can shape the course of events in a way that gives you an advantage where once there was none.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) -- You may have trouble socializing with those you have been around for quite some time. You’re eager for a change of scenery. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) -- A request that comes to you through ordinary channels may be anything but ordinary.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) -- What you do is likely to be far less important than with whom you do it; connections of all kinds are featured. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- Where one was good, several may be even better -- but at certain times this rule will have to be reversed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) -- You may have to express your disapproval of someone else’s behavior, but you’ll have to do it in a constructive way, certainly. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- Someone who has been on your side for a long time may express certain doubts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) -- Travel is likely to be in the picture, but you’re not going to have a great deal of time to prepare. Be cautious, therefore. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -You’ll derive a great deal of security from that which is most familiar.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) -- You may be tempted to dig deeper into a hidden situation than you have in the past; what you uncover may surprise you. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) -- A quick connection early in the week is likely to evolve into something quite important, either professionally or personally.

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