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“Stalking the Bogeyman” author visiting UAA
Canstruction underway at the University Center
Summer plans laid for student apartments, concrete plaza
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A student returns to his residence hall from the Gorsuch Commons. The paths behind the commons will have all-new LED lights installed this summer that will cross perpendicularly above the trail.
By Nolin Ainsworth
sports@thenorthernlight.org
Beginning next winter, the UAA residential campus will have a winter village to call its own, minus the five-star restaurants and gondolas. Suspended LED globe lights in the Main Apartment Complex (MAC) plaza and across West and East Hall trails will enhance safety and aesthetics of the area,
according to UAA Housing, Dining, and Conference Services director David Weaver. “We want to create something that is really breath-taking, and we are going to spend the money, we’re going to do something really amazing,” Weaver said in an interview last semester. Weaver spent the money, $900,000 to date, that will pay for not only the Winter Village project, but also full-scale renovations in two of the six student apart-
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ment units. Student rates will increase 4 percent, or $150 more per semester, added to the current $3500 per semester cost of a shared bedroom apartment. The remaining four units will receive the upgrades over the next few years. The Winter Village is also an ongoing project — a fire pit and a plumbed gas grill are possible additions in the future. “I think it will be a huge improvement and benefit to the campus to make that area much more lit, livelier,” Peter
Briggs, landscape architect at Corvus Design said via cellphone. “Maybe on the nicer winter days, which we seem to get more of, more people will choose to go outside and have fun, not even at night, but when it’s dark.” A 900 square foot grid of suspended steel cables wrapped in globe lights will illuminate the rejuvenated MAC plaza. Currently, the small circular slab of concrete consists of a wooden bench and a rusted barbecue grill. The LED trail lights will be located on the other side of Chester Creek on the paths that connect the Gorsuch Commons to East and West Halls. Weaver hopes the lighting improvements are just the first step in drawing students outdoors. “If you think about when students are here, they are here from the late part of August and September through May,” Weaver said. “The vast majority of that part of time, there is snow of the ground, and so we want to embrace that, we want to make spaces where students can get out — get out of their rooms, socialize, recreate and enjoy the fairly mild winter climate we have.” The interior design work on the apartments was headed up by Megan Lierman of RIM Design. The apartment units of
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Seawolves continue striving, advance to Div. II National Championship game
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This is a panorama stitch of 32 images from Eklutna Lake in Alaska. Each image was shot at a focal length of 24mm, f/1.4, 8.0 seconds, and an ISO of 320.
By Young Kim
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The ever elusive aurora borealis has become an increasingly popular subject for photographers since the introduction of the digital sensor. That’s not to say that it wasn’t possible before by using a traditional film camera, but having instant verification on the backside LCD of your camera to check whether you nailed the shot or not does help a great deal with keeping costs down due to the relative high price of shooting and developing film. There are, however, some basic guidelines to follow that will keep the time fumbling with the camera to a minimum and the time enjoying the light
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show to a maximum. WHERE AND WHEN TO GO Location, location, location. This has been the mantra for real estate professionals for years, and the same applies for those who are seeking the northern lights. The biggest thing to keep in mind is that a place away from the city is going to be best as any light pollution will affect the visibility of the aurora. Great images usually include some sort of foreground element (like a campfire) and mid-ground elements (like water, trees, or mountains) in the composition, but don’t feel discouraged if you can’t get to a location that
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The Lady Seawolf bench goes wild as they cheer on their teammates during the Final Four match-up against the Grand Valley State Lakers. Their win clinched a berth in the NCAA Div. II title game.
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HOUSING: UAA apartment dwellers to see improvements CONTINUED FROM COVER
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MAC 2 and 4 will be receiving all new paint, flooring, kitchens and bathrooms. They will be the first MAC apartments to receive the bathroom and kitchen upgrades. “Our big initial goals were to provide something that was pretty sturdy and had neutral finishes,” Lierman said. “That also would allow students to add accent finishes and make the space their own without what’s already in the building.” According to Lierman, the renovated apartments will be a much more desirable living space. The opaque and brown tiled kitchen and bathroom counters will be replaced with solid-surface laminate, making them easier to clean. All new kitchen appliances and cabinets will also be installed, including an induction stovetop. In the 2015-16 “Guide to Living On-Campus,” the stated mission of the housing and residence life programs is summed up in these words, “You Matter.”
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LED globe lights (lines with dots) will be strung between structural poles (small circles) along the West and East Hall trails. The lights will be approximately 11 feet above the ground and create a livelier walk between the Gorsuch Commons and residence halls in the winter.
Record 5,000 come out for Democratic Caucus
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Hillary Clinton posters line the halls in West High School for supporters to take home.
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Derek Reed holding a sign in support of Bernie Sanders. Reed is a Democratic Precinct Captain.
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The line for the Alaskan Democratic Caucus stretched all the way around West High School on Saturday March 26. Sanders won the caucus with 81.6 percent of the votes.
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The gang conquers Lake Louise A well-meaning column rife with clunky metaphors and horrible advice, Orange Rhymes With is the goto place to break the monotony of classes and laugh at someone else’s misfortune.
By Evan Dodd Contributor
Too many of these tales end in spectacular failure. This has never alarmed me; in fact I almost prefer it to some degree as compelling stories rarely consist of happy endings without complications. However every now and then when the tides are just right, when the wind is still and the moon is full, there comes a tale of redemption so sweetly satisfying that I’m compelled to tell the truth without manufacturing contrived disaster. I’m talking of course about Lake Louise. For the many of you who haven’t read this week to week for the last four and a half years; the lake and I have a history. First my friends and I sunk and RV up to the wheel well in a dirt lot, necessitating a $2,100 tow truck and a boat ride than nearly left us at the bottom of the lake. Then there was the second incident, in which we dropped three snowmachines through the ice in a whiteout at one in the morning in subzero conditions and not a single bit of survival gear in sight. Needless to say it was a harrowing tale easily found via Google by using the key phrases “Lake Louise,” “Snowmachine” and “group of asshats.” I highly suggest you
Snowmachine tracks cross over Lake Louise.
read it, if even just to stroke your own ego by feeling smarter than us. Due to these annual disasters, the preparations for this trip felt more akin to an early 20th century expedition to the South Pole, rather than a three day weekend on a lake. Our pack sleds were overloaded with firewood, survival gear, enough firearms to outfit the local militia, and a surplus of adult beverages in the off chance we were forced to spend our final moments on a lakeside. It was amazing how five minutes of planning solved 99 percent of our prior dilemmas, as we made it to the cabin by snowmachine in less than an hour, and at no point went for a swim. We immediately set up camp and stoked the fire, which made the cabin unbearably hot within a matter of minutes, and began the all too enjoyable task of locating any and all wildlife within a two mile radius of the cabin with the intent to fry it in bacon grease. I can only assume that someone broke into the cabin in the dead of night while we slept and illegally dumped a large number of beer cans on the table, as I find it hard to believe that we could have been responsible for so many without suffering another disastrous experience. Nevertheless we awoke the next morning, cleaned the carnage of the previous evening, and
each enjoyed a lakeside Bloody Mary which inexplicably contained a strip of bacon and a caribou sausage hunter stick. And so we spent our spring break weekend, basking in the glorious redemption of a successful lake trip, feasting upon rabbit, caribou and fresh caught burbot. Our days were filled with ice fishing, and the nights spent playing cards and soaking in the remote locale. In forty years when I recall the trip, instead of a rapid fire recollection of disjointed memories of frantically dropping into the blackness of the lake, I’ll remember a supremely satisfying couple of days spent enjoying nature and good company, with the ubiquitous soundtrack of classic rock blaring out of the tinny speakers. There were minor casualties to be sure; a gouged snowmachine ski, a handful of ice-fishing rigs broken by lake trout too large to catch, and, most significantly, a rather unsightly burn on the wall from a molten Coleman lantern. But startlingly enough there were no injuries, nor near death experiences. That’s not to say there wasn’t the ever present threat of disaster, as our return left us to navigate the more difficult portions of the Glenn with about four feet of visibility in any direction. This was made even more perilous given that one of our
convoy suffered an electrical failure in the storm which rendered the tail lights and windshield wipers entirely inoperable. To combat this, the truck I was in followed closely to ensure that the lead car could be seen and didn’t present a hazard to others on the road, which surely benefitted everyone except for us. We spent that two hour stretch of road in uncomfortable silence, wonder if the panicked knot in our bowels would ever unclench, and whether we’d finally survived a Lake Louise experience, only to be found in a ravine just off of the highway. In the end we returned home triumphantly, unscathed, and with fresh fish; a far cry from the pitiful wet carnage that followed last year’s excursion. And so finally, after years of disaster, we had finally bested Lake Louise. Is there a lesson to be learned from this? Perhaps that planning can help avoid most disasters that I’ve encountered? Or maybe that it wouldn’t hurt to plan for unreasonable conditions, even for the tamest of trips? Both observations are valid of course, but I tend to stray towards another conclusion; with enough bacon grease and readily accessible beer even the worst experience can be remembered fondly.
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Evan Dodd, Bren Marx, Chase McCavit, Brandon Helmericks, Derek Searcy, Sean Marshall, andPat Brooker at Lake Louise.
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Microsoft’s Twitter artificial intelligence serves a cautionary purpose
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In the year 2013, an alien brain slug from one of the galaxy’s most feared empires crash-landed on Earth and assumed control of a lowly reporter at this newspaper. These are his stories.
By Klax Zlubzecon
Translated by George Hyde We at the Slug Empire have a strict rule on artificial intelligence. Don’t. Just don’t. We’ve watched many galactic civilizations crumble because some idiot thought it would be a good idea to play God and let the machines think for themselves. That’s a really, really bad idea. Before you ask yourself if you want a special robot butler on your phone poking through your private information to offer suggestions, ask yourself this. How did life begin? Who, if anybody, gave independent thought to (insert whatever species you currently are)? What happened to them? I’m not saying humanity — or any other species, for that matter — was given intelligence by another intelligent being, but come on. The lack of an intelligent being that precedes us is a really, really bad sign that maybe we shouldn’t be creating intelligent life of our own.
Enter @TayandYou, the Twitter bot designed by Microsoft to have automated discussions with actual living people. It’s not too far off from Cleverbot, which was another AI construct that interacted and learned from human conversation. Imagine that after the moment when you were born, you were surrounded not by reasonable adults and parents that cared for you, but rather by racist trolls trying to mess with you. I’m happy that Microsoft hasn’t given @TayandYou any nuclear launch codes (yet), but this Twitter account tells a dangerous cautionary tale. The first rule of developing artificial intelligences that can learn from human interaction is pretty simple: don’t put it on Twitter. The second rule? DON’T. PUT. IT. ON. TWITTER. It’s bad enough that natural intelligences grow up in a hostile schooling environment surrounded by bullies and cliques, but seriously, all of the rampant racism and bigotry that goes on social media should be an immediate red flag not to raise intelligence there.
Not a whole lot of other species in the galaxy have gotten as far as you humans in terms of technology like this. Internet technology is a somewhat novel thing among humankind. Most other species fear the computer and see it as a slippery slope towards evil artificial intelligences dominating their worlds. However, you humans have embraced it as a tool to be used, as you should. It’s a powerful tool. You know, the whole @TayandYou experiment was kind of a cool idea. Microsoft may have saw it as a test of artificial intelligence development, but given the results, it clearly served as a more potent test of the Internet’s character. At least you guys didn’t give it any responsibilities beyond the inevitable racist tweet. That begs the question, though. Are you, as a single human race, able to handle this kind of infrastructure? I mean, you put a learning robot on Twitter and within moments it became the kind of loudmouthed bigoted idiot that would make Donald Trump envious. The Slug Empire operates on a computer network — I inferred as such in my article about Apple and the FBI — and we know how to use it responsibly. That’s the beauty of a hive mind: there’s no conflict. You humans value your diversity, however. That’s fine. As a slug — a species that cannot afford that kind of independence — that’s a noble thing to be proud of. At the same time, though, you have bred some very worrying kinds of individuals. The Internet doesn’t change any of that. It just gives those individuals a bigger megaphone. Sometimes that megaphone is used to hurt others. Do those people deserve that megaphone? Long ago, only the richest humans could afford to learn to write, but now just about anyone with a semi-recent computer can contribute their ideas to the world, no matter how hateful or stupid. Is
that a good thing? A bad thing? I have no idea. I’m a brain slug, not a philosopher. However, Microsoft’s recent experiment is not only demonstrative of mankind’s abilities. It’s like a mirror that Twitter collectively gazed upon, then shared to the rest of the world. And it ain’t pretty. Microsoft ceased @TayandYou’s tweeting amidst its offensive transformation. Was it out of public relations concerns? Did it want to distance itself from those offensive opinions? Again, I have no idea. As a lens for how the Internet could collectively gain some manners, though, the story is invaluable. The moral of the story is, of course, don’t be a jerk online. You never know if that person you’re yelling is secretly a robot with a death ray.
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Childhood rape victim David Holthouse speaks out By Jake Johnson
jjohnson@thenorthernlight.org
David Holthouse was the victim of a childhood rape. At the young age of 7, Holthouse was violated by a star high school football athlete who was the son of his parent’s close friends. The incident was something that Holthouse had internalized at a young age. He didn’t have the knowledge of what was happening to him at the time. It wasn’t until his teen years that Holthouse began researching what had happened to him and learned about childhood sexual assault. Fearing that he might also repeat the vicious rape cycle, and become another statistic, he said he would have rather committed suicide by making it look like a mountaineering accident before he let himself become the attacker. As Holthouse grew older he found out where his attacker lived and stalked him for over a year. In that time he purchased a gun, had the identification numbers ground off and planned on killing the man who assaulted him so long ago. Had it not been for his mother finding one of his old journals literally days before he planned the murder Holthouse would have followed through with it. Without the notebook there was no tie to why Holthouse would have murdered the man who attacked him because no one knew about the assault and he could have gotten away with it. Now that there was evidence he was forced to meet the man who ruined his childhood and scarred his life face to face instead of getting his plotted revenge.
Holthouse is most known for his published account of the attack in his article titled, “Stalking the Bogeyman.” Holthouse suffered from the phycological struggles of childhood sexual abuse. Despite his struggles Holthouse successfully became a journalist and has a number of very impressive articles under his belt. Writing for all sorts of outlets including the Rolling Stones magazine. Holthouse said he knew he wanted to be a journalist for most of his early adult life. “My friends and I started an underground newspaper at East High School in 1988, when we released our first issue seeing and hearing people react to my writing, that’s when I knew what I wanted to do,” Holthouse said. For a long time, Holthouse said that the incident didn’t have much to do with his pursuit of a journalism career. He now knows this to be untrue. Looking back at some his work, his first person full immersion type of journalism may have been the result of the incident. He followed gangs, spent time in homeless societies, and involved himself with crystal meth users in an order to report their dramatic experiences. Holthouse most frequently wrote in a gonzo style journalism, adopted by his main inspiration, American journalist Hunter S. Thompson. “I now realize that all along through my style of writing, I enjoyed shining a flashlight into the dark corners of the world, exposing reality for what it is, taking the ugly truth and shoving it into peoples faces,” Holthouse said. Now also a playwright and documentary filmmaker, Holthouse has developed a platform in which he can reach out to
other victims. UAA is currently working on a production of Holthouse’s “Stalking the Bogeyman.” The show will debut on Friday April 1 at 8 p.m. in the Harper Studio Theatre. UAA’s production of “Stalking the Bogeyman” is the third rendition of the play. Working on the play has allowed Holthouse to develop of a way coping with the tragic memory. “I never know what type of reaction I’ll have to it,” Holthouse said. “Sometimes I am separated from it and feel like just another person in the seats, and sometimes I’m like holy shit that’s me up there.” Christopher Evans, a UAA student plays Holthouse’s attacker in the play. He first met Holthouse after being cast for the play at a script reading. “It was very intense, the man has a lot to say without saying anything,” Evans said. Holthouse will be reading some of his articles from the 90s he considers to be examples of gonzo journalism at a discussion in the UAA bookstore on Tuesday. He also has decided to do his premiere reading of his second installment of the incident titled “Outing the Bogeyman.” According to Holthouse this will be the first and last reading of the piece. In this piece Holthouse discusses the events of the face to face meeting with his attacker as well as finally releasing the man’s identity to the public. Holthouse claims to have had multiple offers to read “Outing the Bogeyman,” for radio networks but realizes it connects more to what he is discussing in Tuesday’s reading. “I plan on reading ‘Outing the Bogeyman’ once and only once, and then walking away from it forever,” Holthouse said.
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David Holthouse at Bogeyman,” rehearsal.
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Rachel Epstein, special events coordinator for the UAA Bookstore scheduled Holthouse for the event. Epstein believes that Holthouse will give a memorable reading. “Its big, I’ll be recording it as well as many others I’m sure,” Epstein said. The discussion and reading is titled, “The Weird Turn Pro” after a quote from Hunter S. Thompson, “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Holthouse will be reading some of his early 90s works, taking questions, and discussing the changes in journalism today in addition to his reading of “Outing the Bogeyman.”
Holthouse will speak Tuesday March 29 at 5 p.m. in the UAA bookstore.
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White chocolate chip matcha cookies
By Victoria Petersen
vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org
Matcha, stone ground green tea, is popular all over the world and is most famous in Japan. In Japan, they used the matcha tea for their tea ceremony — an important part of Japanese culture. Matcha is different from other teas in two key ways. The tea is shade-grown three weeks before harvesting and the stems of the tea plant are removed during the processing stage. The special green tea has become a worldwide phenomenon. While I was traveling through the country, I could easily find dishes representing the green tea in one way or another — whether that be savory dumplings drizzled with a matcha sauce, or soft serve ice cream as green as can be. The taste is subtle and slightly sweet. Matcha makes a great ingredient to a multitude of dishes. If the taste alone wasn’t enough to persuade you, matcha is rich with antioxidants. Try this international, upand-coming ingredient in a classic and delicious cookie recipe inspired by Salu Salo Recipes.
Ingredients • • • • • • • • • • •
2 cups flour 1 tablespoon of matcha green tea powder 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1 cup of brown sugar 3/4 cup of melted butter 1/2 cup of sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract 1 egg 1 egg yolk 1 1/2 cups of white chocolate chips
Directions
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1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease baking sheets. 2. In a bowl, add the flour, matcha, baking soda and salt. Mix until combined. 3. Beat in the brown sugar, butter and sugar in a larger and separate bowl until blended. Add the vanilla and eggs until it comes to a creamy consistency. 4. Take the dry mixture and add to the butter mixture. Mix until combined. 5. Stir in the white chocolate chips. 6. With a spoon, drop the cookie dough onto the greased baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes or until they begin to brown at the edges.
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Canstruction underway at the University Center
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A pot of gold created by RIM Architects Reid Middleton is just one of many that can be seen at this years Canstruction event.
A canstruction entitled “Mine Shaft Trolly Treasure” by R&M Consultants, Inc.
Mine carts surrounding a diamond created by Dimond High School Engineering Academy. The sculpture will be on display until April 4 when the cans are donated.
Enterprise Engineering, Inc. “Book Worm” can sculpture. All of the cans in each sculpture will be donated to the Food Bank of Alaska at the end of the event.
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Alyeska’s Spring Carnival bids adieu to winter By Jake Johnson
jjohnson@thenorthernlight.org
Ski bums, hippies, sledders and shredders Alyeska Spring Carnival 2016 is right around the corner, April 8-10, and its going to be a doozy. Headlining as usual is the Slush Cup in all its freezing cold and hilarious glory. Also included this year again is the Idiot Swim Across and XTRATUF Tug o’ War. Debuting this year though is Alyeska’s very own Downhill Dummy race where contestants will race down the mountain from the top of the tram terminal all the way to the bottom battling snow, ice, and probably a good amount of mud this season. “Slush Cup draws a crowd in the thousands and is without a doubt the most popular event,” Ben Napolitano, moun-
tain marketing manager, said. Slush Cup is a Spring Carnival event in which contestants must be selected by a group of judges in a costume contest for the chance to participate. Costumes must be PG-13 and creativity helps because according to Alyeska staff its gets awfully competitive and hysterical. Once selected they enter a race in which contestants race down the hill and try to cross a pond without crashing, still in costume. Even if you don’t have a wacky costume or the sudden urge to cheat hypothermia the ski hill and tram are still running in full effect. The ski passes are full price during this time, although if you show them your student ID you can receive a $15 discount. Equally as wacky as the Slush Cup is the Dummy Downhill race. “The Dummy Downhill has these
funky creations speed down the ski hill and then crash and burn at the bottom. Judging is based on jump distance, crash and dummy design,” mountain services administrator Amy Quesenberry said. Quesenberry also stated that Alyeska Spring Carnival is just an all around great time for any and all ages attending as well as any and all skill levels of skiers and snowboarders. If the hill doesn’t attract you right away though live music, food, and the Sitzmark sits right at the base of the action where those over the age of 21 can enjoy the festivities from the warmth of the patio fire or beer. This year The Sitzmark will be featuring The Mother Hips a California soul rock band based out of the Bay Area for live music enthusiasts. The Mother Hips will be performing each night from Thursday April 8 until Saturday April 10 for just $10. Concerts typically sell out
beforehand, but you can pre-order your tickets at the Sitzmark website. The Alyeska Hotel usually sells out weeks in advance as well so there are no last minute hotel discounts. Some rentable cabins or condos are always an option on websites like vrbo.com and are almost all centrally located around most of the Spring Carnival activities. The Alyeska shuttle also offers free transit to and from the Sitzmark for those responsible drinkers looking to avoid those pesky DUI’s. The Alyeska Spring Carnival is fast becoming one of Alaska’s most popular spring events. The wonderful spirit of the local Girdwood population mixed with live music, edge of your seat excitement, hilarious costumes, and spring weather make this a weekend you can not miss.
Cost of admission is free to any and all spectators of the events besides the concerts. The best way to sign up for events is to call the ticket office at (907) 754-2275. Great prizes are up for grabs including cash, airline miles, ski gear, ski/ mountain bike passes and tons more so come out and get involved. Spring Carnival is from April 8 to April 10 in Girdwood. Alyeska is just a little over an hours drive from UAA.
April First Friday rundown
By Victoria Petersen
vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org
April’s First Friday may land on April fool’s day, but First Friday in downtown Anchorage is no joke. Come downtown to experience and discover Anchorage locals and the art they share with the community. “I like going out to see new artwork at different places, and to hang out with friends! The food is a definite plus too.” said Nicole Sola, biology student at UAA. Anchorage Community Works, known for their latenight First Fridays or “late salon”, is presenting Focus Art. There will be drinks provided by Spenard Roadhouse and food for sale by the food truck Boom Ba Laddys. The event is 21 and over and goes from 5-11 p.m. There is a $10 suggested donation. Brown Bag Sandwich Co. will be hosting Britt McLeod and her line of jewelry, ‘errangs and thangs.’ Starting at 6 p.m., Mcleod will work on new jewelry throughout the night as she sells it. ”I’m hoping First Friday will help put my line, ‘errangs and thangs,’ more out there. When I am set up at these events I bring my supplies with me and am working on new pieces,” said McLeod. McLeod is one of many who first participated in First Friday as a step in the door in the hopes of making a career with her art. “I’m hoping to turn ‘errangs and thangs’ into a boutique, selling clothing along with jewelry,” McLeod said. This is McLeod’s fourth First Friday event at Brown Bag Sandwich Co. In the heart of downtown Anchorage, Sevigny Studio is hosting art by Ingrid Eng. Starting at 5:30 p.m., the artist will showcase her project “Ridgeline ink.” Down the street on Fourth Avenue, Cabin Fever Gifts will be showing off Romney Designs’ new spring collection from 5-8 p.m. Behind the bright yellow Sunshine Plaza at Anchorage’s newest art gallery, Heart of the City, Northern Vistas will display their art from 6-9 p.m. “It’s cool to find new places that occasionally pop up that you haven’t seen before, on First Friday.” said Jon Mobley, an avid First Friday participant. Over at the museum, a First Friday classic, one can find themselves enjoying elevator music or sipping beers
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in the battle of the breweries. In the museum’s elevator music series, Kill Bill Sax will be redefining elevator music in the museums extralarge elevator. The event runs from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and is free of charge. For a journey through space and time, visit the Astronomy Alive show, a guided tour through the universe. The event is at both 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and costs $6 at the museum planetarium.
Take a trip to the Muse where you’ll find the battle of the breweries. Get hoppy with Indian Pale Ales from a handful of local breweries. This is a 21 and over event, running from 6-9 p.m. Flights are $5. Explore downtown Anchorage for more local artists expressing themselves. From gift shops to bakeries no venue is off limits for locals to display their art. Discover your new favorite artist this April 1 in downtown Anchorage.
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MUSIC REVIEW
‘Slime Season 3’ fails to stick
The timely ‘XXY’ dives deep
By Felipe Godoy Diaz Contributor
By Jacob Holley-Kline Contributor
Sometimes, a simple narrative is best. It seems that the complex subject of intersexuality would lend itself to something more intricate. What’s so good about director Lucia Puenzo’s “XXY” is that the story is simple and deeply nuanced. It’s layered and frank, with a downcast tone. Above all, it’s a compassionate meditation on otherness and growing up. Broken down, the story is this: After moving to a seaside village in Uruguay, a 15-year-old intersex girl, Alex (Ines Efron, “Volley”), stops taking her medication. Her father Nestor (Ricardo Darin, “Koblic”) and mother Suli (Valeria Bertuccelli, “Me case con un boludo”) are upset, as they want their daughter to be “normal.” But what’s normal and what isn’t quickly blurs. Normality in “XXY” is a desperate search. Alex searches for her identity, a journey her parents try to control, refusing to search themselves for acceptance. Her alienation is a hard thing to watch. Especially now, with intersex and transgender issues at the forefront of civil rights, the movie feels timely. Even more, it isn’t exploitative. Alex’s intersexuality is central to the narrative, but director Puenzo treats it with human-
ity and sensitivity. Alex isn’t reduced to her body parts. She is a complex human being with hopes and desires. These hopes and desires, however, often clash with the ones her parents hold. The way in which she breaks away from parental expectations can be frightening. Thanks to a powerful performance from Ines Efron, it’s clear that the longsuffering Alex wants nothing but peace. The chemistry between her and Darin and Bertuccelli is indelible. They’re a real family, through and through. However misguided Nestor and Suli may be, they still love their daughter. Despite tight direction and a quick pace, “XXY” sometimes plays a heavy hand. Alex’s fish tank, for example, is populated with clownfish. Clownfish are born male and become female. The fact that Alex takes care of them shows how deeply she wants to understand herself. It’s just too obvious of a trope to work well, but it’s passable. “XXY” isn’t your typical comingof-age tale. It’s one befitting the current social climate. It is an immensely important watch. Ham-handed symbolism aside, “XXY” rides on the direction of Puenzo and the excellent performances of its cast. While, to some, Alex’s experience may feel distant and hard to understand, “XXY” makes it clear that her experience is anything but.
TITLE “XXY”
DIRECTOR Lucia Puenzo
RELEASE DATE June 14, 2007
COUNTRY Argentina
GENRE Drama
Atlanta’s trap scene has become increasingly popular with the rise of artist like Future and Young Thug. The music itself has become synonymous by the amount releases artist are outputting. A rapper may now release three or four mixtapes a year just to stay relevant. “Slime Season 3” is the final installment of Young Thug’s Slime Season series with the other two releases coming just late last year. He announced the release of the mixtape at South by Southwest in Austin Texas with a full funeral proceeding that included pallbearers with matching suits carrying a casket with the mixtape’s name and the release date printed in red. Young Thug even went as far as including a accompanying marching band to his mixtape announcement. Leading up to the release, the first track of the mixtape, “With Them” was also previewed back in February during Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 Fashion Show in Madison Square Garden. It features production by popular Atlanta producer Mike Will Made It, and it is a certi-
fied banger with its bouncy set of piano synths and trap drums. Other songs on Slime Season 3 include the slowed down love track “Worth It,” dedicated to his fiancé, the trap anthem “Digits” with his frequent collaborating producer London on da Track, and the posse record “Slime Shit” which features Young Thug’s crew of “sound-alikes” Yak Gotti, Duke and Peewee Roscoe as the only features on the mixtape. What makes Young Thug such an interesting artist is his unpredictability. His unique style and distinct whiny voice might be too much for some but his off the rail antics and dedication to his music is definitely admirable. Is his music meant to resonate? Will anyone even remember the 7th track of this release later this year? Probably not but Young Thug’s music meant is to be enjoyed as a lone experience for that moment in time. Young Thug will continue to expand and experiment with his music as his official debut album continues to be anticipated. He might actually never release an official album, but at least his fans will always have a constant releases of mixtapes.
ARTIST Young Thug
GENRE Hip-Hop
ALBUM “Slime Season 3”
LABEL 300 Entertainment
RELEASE March 25, 2016
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LIGHTS: The go to’s on the aurora borealis
Flattop in Anchorage, Alaska lights up. This image was shot at a focal length of 35mm, f/1.4, 1.6 seconds, and an ISO of 640.
PHOTOS BY YOUNG KIM
Northern lights over the Tail Race River in Alaska. This image was shot at a focal length of 28mm, f/2.0, 8.0 seconds, and an ISO of 800.
CONTINUED FROM COVER will accommodate either. Sometimes, if the lights are good enough it works really well to shoot straight into the sky. There are a couple of other things to consider. Before heading out you’ll want to pay close attention to the aurora forecast (http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ auroraforecast). It’s a good resource to reference, but it shouldn’t be your only source of information. There are tons of websites and apps out there to help you decide when to go out and chase. Keeping an eye on the weather forecast is also a good idea. It is much easier to view the lights when it is clear out versus when it is cloudy. WHAT TO BRING The essentials: camera (one that allows for use in a “manual” mode and RAW lens (the faster, the better) tripod battery (extras if you can afford them) memory card Optional: warm clothing flashlight or headlamp campfire water snacks friends
There are only a few things that are essential to capture the northern lights, but it’s always a good idea to try and include a couple things from the “optional list.” Making sure you are comfortable will lengthen the amount of time you are able to shoot in the cold, and the only thing more exciting than experiencing the aurora borealis is to experience it with friends, whooping and hollering. HOW TO SHOOT There are no magical “right settings” to use when making a photograph. It is a photographer’s job to determine how to manipulate the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO in order to capture an image that is representative of what was conceptualized within that person’s mind. A good place to start would be to open up your lens’s aperture as much as possible (smaller f/ number). The more light that is let in, the better. Once you’ve set your aperture wide open, set your camera’s ISO to as high as what you feel is acceptable for producing an image that isn’t too noisy. For most cameras this will be somewhere between 800-1600. If your camera’s sensor is especially good with low light sensitivity, this number might vary. You will want to set your shutter speed to something around four to eight seconds. Take a test shot to check how it looks. Again, remember that there are no
The aurora dances over Flattop in Anchorage, Alaska. This image was shot at a focal length of 35mm, f/1.4, 1.6 seconds, and an ISO of 640.
“right settings,” so if it looks too bright either dial down the ISO or use a faster shutter speed. If the photo looks too dark, do the opposite and use a higher ISO or slower shutter speed. These recommended settings can be very different to what is needed depending on the available moonlight, starlight, cloud cover, and amount of light being reflected off the snow. Once you’ve gotten your exposure looking the way you want, you’ll need to set your focus. This very well may be the most frustrating part of the entire process. Switch your camera into live-view and if your camera sensor’s low light sensitivity is good enough, attempt to manually focus your lens until your shot is in focus. (Either focus to infinity on the stars until they appear as a clean dot or an element of the scene in the foreground or midground.) If when switching to live-view you can’t see anything through your camera’s LCD, then there is a trick to achieving correct focus during even the darkest of night. Focus to infinity (or something in the distance) during the day and tape down the focus ring until you are ready to shoot later. Using gaffer’s tape is a good option as it will not leave any sticky residue upon removal. Remember to shoot in RAW to retain the most information and allow yourself the most flexibility to work with the image in post processing. One more thing to consider is called
the rule of 500. That is, to divide 500 by the focal length of the lens. (In 35mm sensor equivalents.) Keeping your exposure time below this number in seconds should ensure that star trails will not form. Take all these things into consideration and experiment until you get an image that you like. HOW TO PROCESS One half digital photography is in the processing. Once you’ve got all your RAW images imported into your processing software of choice, you will have a myriad of changes you can make. Adjusting the black, shadow, highlight, and white levels will give you an opportunity to tweak the exposure while modifying the hue, saturation, and luminance levels will allow you to change the colors. Just like shooting the actual photograph, experimentation is key. Keep in mind, however, that over-processing will result in artifacting and banding in the image. AFTER THE SHOT The northern lights are a spectacular sight to behold, and capturing the aurora on camera can be an adrenaline rush. As with all things, practice makes perfect, so follow your heart as you chase the lights to the ends of the earth.
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SEAWOLVES: UAA sinks Lakers in Final Four
PHOTO BY YOUNG KIM
Senior forward Megan Mullings goes up for a shot during the semifinal match against the Grand Valley State Lakers. The Seawolves had a season-high field goal percentage of 54.5 percent which lifted them to a 67-47 win. UAA will advance to the finals which will be held in Indianapolis on April 4 against Lubbock Christian University.
By Jordan Rodenberger
jrodenberger@thenorthernlight.org
CONTINUED FROM COVER SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The Alaska Anchorage women’s basketball team made program history by solidifying a spot in the NCAA Division II National Championship game after dismantling the Grand Valley State Lakers 67-47. The Seawolves (38-2) looked in peak form, shooting a season-high 54.5 percent from the floor. “Well, yesterday [March 21] coach said we should make wide-open layups and we took that to heart and decided to make wide-open layups.” said forward Megan Mullings. After collecting their 38th victory, UAA now holds the NCAA Div. II singleseason record for most wins. Jessica Madison used her proficient three-point shooting to cash in 14 points, while Alysha Devine used the help of the “sixth man” from the crowd to tally 12 points and six rebounds. Much of Devine’s family and friends made the trek to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to root for the junior. “I think it definitely helps when you have support out there and it was a lot of fun to have them cheering for us the whole game and just to have that extra player is great.” said Devine. The Seawolves came out of the gates in a combative full court press that caused the Lakers to cough the ball up nine times in the opening quarter. They play the passing lanes better than anyone, forcing a nation-leading 13.8 steals per game. This disrupted GVSU’s flow, and made them settle for outside shots. Of their first 16 shots, the Lakers shot an illadvised 13 from behind the arc. “They took us out of what we wanted to do offensively” said Grand Valley
State coach Mike Williams. Another strength for the Green and Gold is their depth. They had 11 different players step on the hardwood in the first quarter, a strategy head coach Ryan McCarthy often uses. By filtering women in-and-out regularly, he keeps their legs fresh and can throw different looks at the opponent. Despite having just one total rebound the entire quarter, Grand Valley State was still well within striking distance, trailing 19-12 after the first ten minutes of play. In the second quarter, the Seawolves ramped up the intensity a few notches higher. Their lockdown defense generated seven missed shots in a row by the Lakers during a drought that stretched over four minutes. UAA capitalized and a Madison trey expanded their lead to 35-21, pressuring the GVSU to call a timeout, but it was too late to cool of the scorching Seawolves. A 16-0 run that carried over into the second half increased UAA’s lead to 24 points, and they could nearly smell the national title game, which will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 4. From then on, the Seawolves ate up clock and turned on cruise control all the way to the finish. Grand Valley State shot an abysmal 31.9 percent from the field, and their regular season leading scorer Kayla Dawson was held to just four points the entire contest. Although they made it look easy, McCarthy gave credit to the seventh seeded Lakers. Grand Valley State won the national championship in 2005, and beat No. 6 Lews, No. 14 Drury University, and No. 19 Pittsburg State in route to this year’s Final Four arrival. “We have tremendous respect for them. They are probably as disciplined as a team that we have seen.” McCarthy said.
The Seawolves had previously made the Final Four in 2008 and 2011, but fell short in both games. Aside from Madison, Jenna Buchanan has the longest player tenure in the program. When asks whether she could have imagined appearing in the national title game when she first became a Seawolf, Buchanan said, “Jessica and I were actually on the bench at the end of the game talking about coming from out freshman year where we weren’t the best team in the world to now, and how exciting that is. It is just kind of unreal.” With one team’s triumphant victory, comes another team’s devastating defeat. Grand Valley State guard Lindsay Baker gave an emotional, heartfelt message to her teammates about what they mean to her following the loss. “I play with the best group of teammates in the country. We have the best people on our team, not basketball players, people.” said Baker with tears rolling down her face. “I would tell my team that I love you and thank you for the hours and hours and hours of we that we have put in and the trust you have given me to be your teammate.” UAA still has work to be done, and the work is stacked sky-high. The Seawolves will meet undefeated No.1 Lubbock Christian Chaparrals (34-0) in Indy on April 4. The Lady Chaps lead the nation in both blocks per game, and their average margin of victory is a whopping 28.9 points. “Offensively they have a lot of weapons. Scoring comes in a lot of different areas for them,” McCarthy said. “To be
frank they are the best team in the country until someone beats them.” There is no question that the continuity of the Seawolves has lifted them to new heights. Their genuine care for their program and the sport has helped give them the opportunity to raise the sought after National Championship trophy. “We were just talking about in the locker room that we have another week where we get to spend all of our time together and we get to play one more game together doing the thing that all of us absolutely love more than anything else in this world.” said senior Megan Mullings, who is soon to play her final game as a Seawolf. UAA does not plan on altering their scheme too much for the final showdown, and rightfully so. The Seawolves have run through various squads during the NCAA tournament that began with 64 teams, winning by an average of 20 points. “We just have to do what we do because it has been really effective so far, “Mullings said. “It is like a dream come true as a senior, you could not image anything better than this opportunity.” Several Seawolves will don the UAA uniform for the last time next week, but McCarthy views it as a positive, as the experience they gained over the course of their careers will aid them in this final matchup. “I feel really confident with our seven seniors. They have great leadership and really understand what we are trying to do here as a program,” McCarthy said.
No UAA team has ever won an NCAA championship. The Seawolves will look to bring the trophy to the Last Frontier in a nationally televised event on CBS on April 4 at 11 a.m. ADT.
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