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RED ZONE: One in every 16 collegiate males will face sexual assault National Sexual Violence Resource Center Reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes

40.2% 47.4% 20.8% gay men

bisexual men

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Sexually abused before they turn 18 years old 27.8% of men were age 10 or younger at the time of their first rape/victimization

By Cheyenne Mathews

cmathews@thenorthernlight.org

When people think about rape victims they often picture a female, and for the most part that is because females are disproportionately the targets of sexual assault and rape. While there is a big gap between rates of female versus male rape, for a minority of males in college their own experiences with sexual violence can be very present and traumatic. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) lists statistics showing that males aged 18-24 who are college students are approximately five times more likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault. Similar to women, men in college have a higher chance of being raped than non-college students of the same age, which equates to about one in every 16 men in college according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

Men in college have higher rates of sexual violence, but between boys and girls, rates of rape are closest before the age of 18. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center states that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old. Acts of sexual violence and rape tend to be the least likely reported crimes. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center found that 63 percent of sexual assaults are not reported to police and only 12 percent of child sexual abuse is reported to the authorities. In college, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center found that more than 90 percent of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault.

Keeley Olson is the Executive Director of Standing Together Against Rape or STAR, and she says rape is one of the most unreported crimes, and for men, it really has to do with external pressures.

“I think it comes down to a stigma in our society about rape in general, it affects all survivors of rape,” Olson said. “It’s the most unreported crime according to all crime statistics nationwide. It’s further under-reported with male survivors because there’s a stigma attached to it, the fear that they won’t be believed, the fear that they will be judged harshly, the internal dialogue that they are having within themselves that many women also have the same reaction: I should’ve been able to protect myself. I shouldn’t have been there. I shouldn’t have been with that person or whatever the scenario is.

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The Edge Update

By Max Jungreis KRUA

Local news The Obama administration has cancelled Arctic offshore lease sales through 2022. On Friday, the Department of the Interior released a plan for offshore drilling leases that eliminated two proposed arctic options. President-elect Donald Trump has expressed support for increasing US oil production, but it would take him at least of couple of years to undo the new plan. Since 2008, the department of the interior has consistently cancelled or withdrawn sales of Alaskan land for oil purposes, and in 2015, Shell announced it was shutting down its Alaska program after exploration yielded disappointing results. Alaska’s top officials expressed dismay at the decision-Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she was “infuriated” that Barack Obama “has once again ignored” the voices of Alaskans who support offshore drilling”. Congressman Don Young and Governor Bill Walker have made similar statements. Environmental groups have celebrated the move, while pro-drilling advocates accused the president of being more interested in his own legacy than the economic needs of Alaskans. In its announcement, the Department of the Interior said that the decision was based on “the fragile and unique Arctic ecosystem” and “significant risks to sensitive marine resources and communities from potential new leasing in the Arctic.”

National news President-elect Trump has been busy selecting appointees for his cabinet. On Friday, he announce three new appointees — Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, Gen. Mike Flynn as national security adviser and Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo as CIA director. Sessions was previously nominated by Ronald Reagan to a federal district court, but

his appointment was later shot down by the Senate because of remarks he made that were deemed racially insensitive.

Gen. Mike Flynn has made highly critical remarks about Islam. In August, he called the religion “a cancer.” Trump is expected to meet with Mitt Romney, once his harshest critic, over the weekend to potentially discuss the secretary of state position. In the past, Romney blasted Trump as a fraud, saying, “His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University.” On that note, Trump agreed to pay 25 million dollars on Friday to settle the lawsuits regarding his university.The lawsuits all claim that Trump defrauded customers into thinking they were getting secret real estate insight from specially selected professors. Claimants later reported learning little and being coerced into spending thousands on additional classes. Trump also drew criticism for insinuating a judge assigned to the case was biased because of his Mexican heritage.

World news The World Health Organization has declared that the spread of the Zika virus no longer a global emergency — but don’t throw away your bug spray yet. The difference is in classification- the W.H.O. believes that because the virus has been shown to be a mosquito-borne disease, like malaria, it should be treated like those types of diseases usually are, that is, as an ongoing threat. Officials emphasized that they didn’t believe that the Zika crisis was over. In fact, they think Zika may be here to stay. The disease is seasonal and may return repeatedly to countries where the type of mosquito that carries it live. Since the W.H.O. declared a state of emergency on Feb. 1, the virus has spread to every country in the western hemisphere except Canada. Critics worry that the decision to reclassify the virus might slow international responses to the threat and lull people into a false sense of security.

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A smoke and tobacco-free UAA: Who enforces it?

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By Alexis Abbott

news2@thenorthernlight.org

Establishing a smoke and tobacco-free campus has been an ambition of UAA’s leadership for many years, which encouraged the movement that impacted the current smoke and tobacco-free environment the university administers today.

After students actively showed support, the vote was finally passed by the Board of Regents in December of 2014. The Anchorage campus has been smoke and tobacco-free since Nov. 19 of last year.

A smoke and tobacco-free UAA was created to encourage public health and to sustain a healthier and cleaner campus environment. The policy promotes a supportive environment in hopes of preventing the use of tobacco products and to help those who want to quit.

It has been a year since the university transitioned to a smoke and tobacco-free campus and has since raised question — who enforces these policies?

The array of signs that read “Welcome to a Smoke & Tobacco-Free UAA” and “Tobacco use and smoking are prohibited” make it clear that those on campus are asked to comply with the rules.

So why do we still see the use of tobacco on campus?

At this point, the smoke and tobacco-free implementation is an informative enforcement — to spread awareness and encourage locals to be tobacco-free.

The policy relies on community support, while every member of UAA and the Anchorage community are expected to do their part and comply with the rules.

Gabriel Garcia, an associate professor of public health at UAA was a huge asset in the campus becoming smoke and tobacco-free.

“The effort to become a smoke and tobacco-free campus took a long timefour years to be exact. It started with a group of five students passionate about making a difference in the world. As their mentor, I introduced the idea of making a difference close to home. After all, I asked them, ‘If we can’t change our own community, then how can we begin to change our world?’ The students and I felt a smoke-free campus was going to be a cause worth fighting,” Garcia said.

Garcia stated in the importance of the smoke and tobacco-free policy, students all must do their share in spreading enforcement.

“Our UA Board of Regents policy states that it is all our responsibility to enforce the policy. That means that when we see someone not complying with the smoke and tobacco-free policy, we should respectfully approach them and let them know of the policy. For those who are deliberately not complying with the policy repeatedly, we have the right and responsibility to report them to the appropriate administrator,” Garcia said.

“There may still be people not complying with the policy. But, anecdotal evidence from residence hall administrators tells us that since the smoke and tobaccofree policy was instituted they do not see a group of students smoking in front of residence halls. We’ve also heard stories of people quitting smoking because of the policy.”

The importance of both spreading awareness and positively encouraging those around to respect the policy could significantly impact the smoke and tobacco-free environment.

“Our goal is to see more and more of us on campus complying with the policy in years to come. What is needed is not necessarily a stronger enforcement, what we need is for us to be more responsible in approaching those not complying with the policy. As we approach our one year anniversary of our smoke and tobaccofree policy, I feel hopeful that we will see improvement in our campus environment in terms of decreasing cigarette butt litter on campus, as well as decrease in tobacco use,” Garcia said.

All university facilities take part in the smoke and tobacco-free implementation, including all university buildings and oncampus living locations.

A tobacco-free university can be a problem for those that live on campus and wish to use tobacco products. UAA residence hall and apartment advisers are responsible for enforcing the policy to those that live on university property.

Alexie Weston, vice president of communications on the executive board of the Residence Hall Association recognizes that the smoke and tobacco-free policy at UAA is unclear.

“RA’s enforce via verbal warning, but even now, we are not even 100 percent sure how to treat the issue. We often leave it up to the authority figures, campus police, etc. And we can’t file an incident report necessarily, unless there is a repeated issue,” Weston said. “Even we are trying to figure it out, but as of now it is more of an information enforcement.”

Not only is a smoke and tobacco-free campus important for the consideration of others, it is beneficial for the health of the many people that spend time on the Anchorage campus.

“One of the powerful things about being a smoke and tobacco-free campus is that we are normalizing a tobacco-free life for our students, staff, faculty and community,” Corrie Whitmore, an assistant professor of health sciences said.

“We are reducing the amount of second and third-hand smoke exposure for our campus community, which has a protective effect for health.”

It is important that those on campus comply with the rules and regulations set by university administration, which includes respecting UAA’s smoke and tobacco-free policy. For the improvements to be made to the campus, everybody’s respect is required.

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THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Donald Trump’s ‘Contract with the American Voter:’ The 100-day plan

By Alexis Abbott

news2@thenorthernlight.org

Leading up to the 2016 Presidential election, Donald Trump released a contract to the American voters, promising what he would do in his first 100 days in the oval office. Trump calls his pledge a 100-day action plan to “Make America Great Again.”

The president-elect’s contract states his intention to restore honesty and accountability in bringing change to Washington. It begins with six measures to clean up the corruption and special interest collision in Washington, DC. “First: Propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

Second: A hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce the federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety and health).

Third: A requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated.

Fourth: A five-year ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service.

Fifth: A lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.

Sixth: A complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.”

The contract then states seven actions to protect American workers.

“First: Announce the intention to renegotiate NAFTA or withdraw from the deal under Article 2205.

Second: Announce our withdrawal from the TransPacific Partnership.

Third: Direct the Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator.

Fourth: Direct the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly impact American workers.

Fifth: Lift the restrictions on the production of $50 trillion dollars’ worth of job-producing American energy reserves.

Sixth: Lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital energy infrastructure projects to move forward.

Seventh: Cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure.”

The 100-day plan also includes five actions to restore security and the constitutional rule of law.

“First: Cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.

Second: Begin the process of selecting a replacement for Justice Scalia from one of the 20 judges on his list, who will uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution.

Third: Cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities.

Fourth: Begin removing the more than two million criminal illegal immigrants from the country and cancel visas to foreign countries that won’t take them back.

Fifth: Suspend immigration from terror-prone regions where vetting cannot safely occur.”

Trump also contracted that he will work with Congress to introduce broader legislative measures in his first 100 days in the White House.

He intends to alter and replenish the following precedents: Middle-Class Tax Relief and Simplification Act, end the Offshoring Act, American Energy and Infrastructure Act, School Choice and Education Opportunity Act, repeal and replace Obamacare Act, Affordable Childcare and Eldercare Act, end Illegal Immigration Act, restore Community Safety Act, restore Nation Security Act and clean up corruption in Washington Act.

Although many Americans are hesitant to concur with the many pledges Trump has contracted, some millennials are on board with the president-elect’s 100-day action plan.

“I believed that Trump would win from the get-go, polls early on were biased towards Clinton, and although not many people like Donald Trump, I am a firm believer that our American economy and the oil economy in Alaska are going to be greater,” Jacob Andrews, an Anchorage resident said. “I think Trump is good for Alaska, and I think Trump is good for America.”

In support of the Trump contract, many Republican voters were relieved to find out the 2016 election results.

“I am actually really happy about Trump’s victory, I honestly think that his presidency can make a big change, we need a change. We’ve had Obama in office for eight years and I feel like since he is a Republican, I think that it is a good change to be made... if we had another Democrat in the house, we would keep going down the same path,” Monica Schwingendorf, a UAA criminal studies student said.

Young conservatives put their trust into the president-elect’s promise to recreate a government that is of, by and for the people.

“I think Trump’s presidency will be beneficial for our country because although he does not have a political background, his knowledge in business will be used to improve our country’s economy. I also think that his policies are misunderstood, and I think that having a president with Republican views will be a positive change for our government,” Bria Anderson, a UAA biology student said.

Trump believes that through this contract, and in the first 100 days of his presidency, he will restore the success in our economy, honesty to our American government and security to our local communities.

Hypocrisy in a hashtag

The hashtag '#notmypresident' is being used to show frustration, fear and resentment at Trump's win

By Lee Piltz

lpiltz@thenorthernlight.org

In the final moments leading up to Trump’s win, many Democrats and independents across the country expressed their discontent on social media. Some called it the end of democracy, or even the end of our country amidst the cheers of victory from Republican voters. Whatever their affiliation, some people remain optimistic for the future of our country, even though they might not favor Trump.

Brendan Binniker, UAA freshman, still sees a bright future for the U.S. “I think that he’s becoming the president and he did so fair and square, by the rules of the very nation that’s now rebuking him. While I understand that neither of the presidential candidates were preferable, I think that he could benefit us. I like to think back on a quote I’ve heard before that says, ‘things sometimes get worse before they get better.’ This gives me hope that we’re approaching a good future no matter how distant it may seem,” Binniker said.

Given the facts that Trump has insulted immigrants, Muslims, the disabled and other groups, been accused of sexual assault and rape and is currently going on trial for these accusations, many people are not happy to see him elected into such a respected office. A few individuals see the hashtag as a starting place to show the world their unhappiness. Kate Boehmer, music student at UAA, states that while the hashtag can be seen as hypocritical, it is ultimately a good starting point to

show how displeased people are.

“I think it’s very hypocritical of the conservative party complaining about us complaining about Trump considering all the shit they’ve been saying about Obama. Fighting back fire with fire usually doesn’t work. While I really really don’t like Trump I think there are more proactive ways to go about it than just spreading a hashtag online. But at the same time, I can agree that that is an alright place to start and show the world you are not pleased,” Boehmer said.

Some people on and off social media have proposed impeaching Trump once he takes office. Some say he cannot take office if he is convicted of his rape accusations. There are even a few people that have joked about Trump being assassinated. Whatever the case, there is a great percentage of the country that is not happy with Trump’s win.

Nate Rochon, philosophy and architectural engineering technology student at UAA, thinks we should accept Trump even if we don’t agree with him.

“My biggest issue with it is that it’s not accepting the fact that Donald Trump has won. As somebody that wasn’t really looking for that, I understand how difficult it is to accept the Trump thing. But, I think it’s ridiculous to not accept him as your president because he did win the election, through the Electoral College, which is the USA’s system of doing it. He won, he’s the President and that’s a position of respect, regardless of what it is.”

Rochon also states that if you want to see Trump removed from the position of President, you must do so legally, other-

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Community members gathered outside of The Mall at Sears on Thursday, Nov. 10 to protest Presidentelect Donald Trump. The use of the hashtag “#notmypresident” has gathered much attention since the electoral decision on Nov. 9.

wise you risk turning the position into a joke.

“Whether you want to not accept him as your president that’s fine, but you need to do so in a way that is legal because that’s how he got this position, and that’s how it needs to be defended. If you do so in any other way, it cripples the power of the presidency because it becomes a nonrespected position. We have to remember that the President works for us, we don’t work for the President; we elected him,”

Rochon said.

In the following months leading up to January 20, social media may see a lot more of ‘#notmypresident’. There may be a movement to try and impeach Trump as well, but it is unlikely that this will happen due to the Republican majority in the House and Senate. Whatever the case, the U.S. is in for a very interesting four years.

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RED ZONE: Despite the higher risk, men continue to encounter a societal stigma against reporting rape Continued from cover Men tend to keep it much to themselves so they never get much to a place where having their personal belief system questioned or challenged in anyway that it wasn’t their fault, that they’re not to blame. They are not always supposed to be so tough that they were supposed to defend against those things.”

Olson said STAR hotline responders are trained to address both men and female victims of sexual violence.

“It’s definitely the same sort of support but we definitely train our crisis line responders to be knowledgeable of the dynamics of the way a male may present differently than a woman,” Olson said.

“They might be more angry, they might be more rageful though that’s common across the board for all survivors to be carrying a lot of internal rage. Some internalize it more and some voice it more. In our experience males will be able to voice that rage a lot more, so they may come across almost aggressively, but it’s really just that kind of righteous rage that a survivor has every right to. So we just try to focus on that, that they have every right to be angry, that they have every right to feel rage for what happened to them.”

The righteous rage Olson mentions is not the only thing responders are trained to notice. They also watch for something called disguised disclosures.

“I think that we train our responders to be more mindful of disguised disclosures such as males calling and saying this happened to a friend,” Olson said.

“Which a lot of survivors will do that because they’re testing the waters — they want to know if they’re going to be able to receive support by calling our crisis line. So, they don’t necessarily want to put themselves out there, so they distance

it a little by saying that it happened to a friend, and a lot of times they’ll say, ‘OK it wasn’t a friend, it was me.’ Once they test the waters, [they will] see that they’re going to be getting someone on the phone who is responsive to their needs.”

Bridget Dooley is the Title IX Coordinator at UAA, and she says her office is working to spread knowledge of support available to all victims of sexual violence.

“I guess the message out of our office is every student, faculty and employee should feel free to come in and tell their story and get help here,” Dooley said.

“That said we do know that it is something we need to reach out and involve males in more, and we are trying to do that through Campus Climate committee, through… Coalition for Change, and through our efforts to hire a person focused on prevention and awareness.

Those are the things we are actively working towards.”

Title IX deals with a higher number of cases where a female is the victim of sexual violence but Dooley says that she wants to make sure all victims know resources are available to them.

“For here and now, in the moment, most of our complaints are females being the complainants, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t male complainants,” Dooley said. “I think that, first of all, we should acknowledge that there is a lot more we can do to reach out to males to help them feel comfortable reporting things they need to report and providing them support and education.”

Dooley encourages anyone who has been a victim of sex discrimination to contact her and other resources available on campus. These resources include the UAA Student Health and Counseling Center, STAR’s statewide crisis line or the RAINN national hotline.

UAA Student Health and Counseling Center - (907) 786-4040 STAR statewide crisis line - (800) 478-8999 RAINN national hotline - (800) 656-4673

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Anchorage residents eager for marijuana retail shops to open

With over 20 businesses in line to open, it is unknown when Anchorage's first marijuana shop will open

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Dankorage prepares for business after being approved last Tuesday by the Anchorage Assembly.

By Victoria Petersen

vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org

Anchorage is gearing up for the city’s first pot shops. With over 20 shops registered for licenses, Anchorage residents

are taking advantage of the new industry.

“I’m very excited about the economic possibilities that have been put on the table. I think there are a lot of entrepreneurs who will be able to do great things in this industry,” Cleo Anderson, a UAA

small business student, said.

With marijuana stores already open in Fairbanks and Valdez, Alaska is trying to keep up with demand. On the historic opening of the first marijuana retail shop in Alaska, Herbal Outfitters in Valdez saw hundreds of people visit their shop from all over the state. Since their grand opening on Oct. 29, Herbal Outfitters has seen people from all over the state continuing to visit their shop.

“It’s been great, more than great. Over 30 couples this last weekend came down from all over the state, from Anchorage, Palmer, Glennallen, the islands… it’s definitely been a fun couple weeks,” Derek Morris, general manager of Herbal Outfitters in Valdez said.

Many Anchorage residents are looking forward to the health and medicinal uses of marijuana.

“I know many people with chronic conditions who have had massive breakthroughs using marijuana as an alternative to prescription drugs that have other-

wise been ineffective or come with damaging side effects,” Anderson said.

Anchorage marijuana retail shops will make it easier for chronic patients to get the relief they need.

“I’m excited for the marijuana stores. I know so many people with chronic health issues who have had to meet growers in shady parking lots for so long, now they can have the dignity of walking into a store and buying their medicine the same way you would at a pharmacy,” Abby Slater, UAA journalism student, said.

It’s up in the air when the retail shops will open. Arctic Herbery was ready to open at the beginning of November, but after the owner, Bryant Thorpe, gave out free samples the city postponed the opening of Arctic Herbery.

Shops with active licenses and closest to opening include Alaskabuds, Enlighten Alaska and Arctic Herbery. However, other shops are catching up quick to hopefully open their doors before the end of the year.

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US Electoral College called to question in rare outcome The presidential election is decided by the Electoral College, not by the majority vote

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By Richard Han

rhan@thenorthernlight.org

The people have spoken and Donald Trump will be our next president. He won the election with 306 electoral votes surpassing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the job of commander in chief.

Despite Hillary Clinton beating him in the popular vote by over 1.5 million

votes, Trump will still win because of the Electoral College. This has only occurred four times in our history. The most recent occurrence was in the year of 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote by more than 540,000 votes, but lost the election to George Bush who won the Electoral College with 271 votes over Gore’s 266.

With elections like these where the candidate wins the Electoral College but

doesn’t win the popular vote, many people question if the voting system is truly fair.

“I don’t think it is unfair in our country that a candidate can lose the presidency, but still win the popular vote. The United States is not a direct democracy and our founding fathers went to great lengths to create a Constitutional Representative Republic. The Electoral College serves to represent the states majority view,” Liam Mamikunian, a business administration major who voted for Trump in the election said When casting a vote for president, the people are not casting a vote for the national election, rather for a state election where then the electors who are appointed by the state vow to support the candidate the people have voted for.

With the outcome of the most recent election, many people are questioning if our country should stop using the electoral college and use the popular vote to determine the president.

“I do think we should keep the electoral vote because it nullifies big populated places like New York or California from determining the president. Also, some people that vote really don’t do any research, so it kind of nullifies that too,” Sagar Patel, a biological sciences major who voted for Clinton in the election said.

There are some major arguments that are for and against the Electoral College.

The electoral college gives smaller states a voice and allows the nation to be represented accurately. Without the Electoral College, larger states could have too much influence in the election process.

The Electoral College also helps simplify the election. A recount for the whole nation would be complicated and disas-

trous, and would increase the likelihood of fraud.

“With the electoral vote, it’s easier because if one state is one side or the other, those shares of the total electoral votes go towards that candidate. It’s a cleaner, more effective way and it’s faster,” Brianna Baldwin, a criminal justice major who voted for Trump in the election said The process can be confusing and some feel discouraged about voting.

When candidates know that certain states have a bigger impact on the general election, candidates tend to focus their time more on these “swing” states and not on other “safe” states. Many votes essentially go to waste in states where candidates are guaranteed to win. For example, in New York, Clinton could win by 5 million votes or 10,000 votes but, in the end, would still win the 29 electoral votes and how much she won by wouldn’t essentially matter. The biggest argument against the Electoral College is that the person with the most overall votes is not guaranteed to win.

For at least the next four years, people will be talking about how Trump won the electoral vote but not the popular vote.

Many people want to stop using the Electoral College. 10 states including California, New York and the District of Columbia have agreed to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement among the states to give their electoral votes to the whichever candidate won the popular vote. The agreement would go into effect once the states in the pact had a majority of the electoral votes, which would be 270. Right now, the 10 states and the district of Columbia that make up the pact have a combined electoral vote count of 165.

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THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

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Where to go when you’ve got to go

The best and worst bathrooms on UAA’s campus

By Cheyenne Mathews

cmathews@thenorthernlight.org

A few weeks back, Arina Filippenko, finance and management major, and Neal Koeneman, economics major, had a question: they wanted to know what the best bathrooms on campus were. Last week they decided to investigate and find the best bathroom, and, consequently, they also found some of the worst. For Filippenko and Koeneman, a bathroom could be rated in a standardized fashion by looking at four things: cleanliness, infrastructure, ambiance and lighting. Filippenko described what each of the criteria entails.

“I think that the standards come down to four main ones: first there’s obviously cleanliness, two: infrastructure, three: lighting, and four: ambiance,” Filippenko said. “So cleanliness obviously is is it sanitary. Are there any trash items around, does it look like it’s been cleaned regularly? Those things go into cleanliness. Lighting is generally, is it is a scary murder hole or is it a nice place to take a selfie, very important especially for females.

Next is infrastructure. Infrastructure is one of the most important ones, I think cleanliness is number one, but infrastructure is nice just to see the buildings that have the newest stuff. Ambiance is just like kind of like the wow factor — how do you feel when you walk in there?”

For Filippenko, the top bathroom on campus is the Engineering and Computation Building bathroom. The bathrooms in this building are identical on both floors so both floors receive a top rating.

“Hands down it’s the one in the Engineering and Computation Building it was just revamped and they did an incredible job,” Filippenko said. “The faucets told you how many seconds you just washed your hands for as well as the temperature, and it just looked really cool.

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Filippenko and Neal Koeneman ranked UAA’s restrooms on several criteria, including lighting, cleanliness, infrastructure and ambiance.

The stream of water was nice.”

For Koeneman, the best bathroom on campus can be found in the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building, second place goes to third floor Rasmuson Hall and third place goes to bathrooms in the Natural Sciences Building.

“Top one outside of the Spine would be the CPISB... one for just generally having an interesting set up within in the bathroom but also for a high degree of cleanliness and lighting. The third story of RH gets a very high ranking for basically doing everything second floor RH does. First story of RH is good, there is nothing functionally wrong with it, plus the second story is nicer,” Koeneman said. “The third story does everything the second story did better. For instance, it is more clean and you’re less likely to have people in it which gives it a boost in ambiance.”

Koeneman says for guys the worst bathroom of all is the one in SSB next to Kaladi Brothers.

“First story SSB, not even hard, it is constantly dirty, the infrastructure’s bad, the lighting is bad. It’s usually busy and so all of those things give it a very low ranking.

Koeneman said.

Koeneman and Filippenko both agreed that one of the worst bathrooms on campus were the ones on both floors of the Student Union.

“The Student Union bathroom [is the worst one]: it’s dark, it has a weird corner you have to go around and it just doesn’t feel right. You should really trust your gut instincts in bathrooms and that’s the bathroom you just, you’re never going to vibe with,” Filippenko said. “The student union bathroom gets a zero out of five because I feel like I’m going to get murdered every time, like, I don’t even open the door yet and I’m already afraid. And then once I go in it’s dark, it’s creepy it doesn’t feel like a bathroom, but like a really nice murder cave.”

Some honorable mentions for best bathrooms include bathrooms in the Nursing Building and second floor Rasmuson Hall. Some honorable mentions for worst bathrooms are Administrative/Humanities Building, both floors, and the Eugene Short Hall bathrooms.

Blood, sweat and three years The 49th Supply Company collaborates with local restaurant and hip-hop artists to celebrate their three-year anniversary

By Brenda Craig

features@thenorthernlight.org

Nov. 30, 2016 will mark the threeyear anniversary for Alaska’s local clothing brand, The 49th Supply Company.

They will be celebrating this milestone with their supporters that Wednesday at Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse. The 49th Supply Co. and Humpy’s will be bringing back their collaboration 49th cheeseburger and will also be giving away a collab T-shirt to the first 20 people to order. Not only will there be the famous 49th cheeseburger, but performances by local hip-hop artists Tayy Tarantino and Josh Boots. This is a 21 and older event and the three-year anniversary party will be from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Owner and creative director of The 49th Supply Co., John Idano, values the supporters of the brand and wants to acknowledge them by throwing this anniversary party as a thank you and celebration for making it this far.

“It’s our three-year anniversary, we’ve been working our asses off, thank you to everyone who has been supporting us throughout the years to get us to this point because without them spending their hard earned money, this shit wouldn’t be possible,” Idano said.

Because The 49th Supply Co. is all about community, Don Chon, production director, the man behind the screen printer, expresses the importance of interac-

tion with supporters.

“This event is important for getting to know the customers more, so many supported from the get-go and it’ll make a tighter community,” Chon said.

Tayy Tarantino and Josh Boots are two local hip-hop artists and are excited to announce their performance at the three-year anniversary party. They have been long-term supporters of The 49th Supply Co. and essentially became apart of the 49th family.

“The 49th Supply Co. has always been heavily influenced by hip-hop,” Idano said. “Tayy and Josh Boots have been supporting the brand since day one, so it’s an honor to be able to have Alaskan legends like themselves supporting the brand.”

Tarantino, born and raised in Alaska, just recently came out with his album “Homecoming” in September and will be performing these songs along with a sneak preview collaboration song with Boots.

“Josh Boots is a legend out here, growing up on the hip-hop scene, you heard of that name,” Tarantino said. “Boots is my idol, he’s one of my local dudes I look up to.”

Tarantino and Boots come from two generations of local rap artists. The diversity is the key to putting on a show to remember at Humpy’s. Vas Vea is responsible for planning this performance with these two artists and is excited to see the turn out of the concert.

“What I’m really looking forward to is seeing what I consider one of the top artist from one generation [Boots] and the top artist from the newest generation [Tarantino] of hip-hop be able to get on the stage together,” Vea said.

Many supporters of the brand, like Edward McIntyre, respect The 49th Supply Co. for doing these collaborations with local businesses and most of the artists that make up this town.

“Tayy and Josh are performing, that’s what I’m actually fucking stoked about because not a lot of people here support musicians or rappers who are trying to make it big,” McIntyre said. “That’s why I fuck with 49th because they are actually all about local talent.”

The three-year anniversary is also tying in with Humpy’s Sno Pro event, which is an event they put on to bring

the community together, support local brands and give them a night to interact with the community. They will be raffling a GoPro Hero Session and an Arctic Cat M1100 snow machine. Anyone can win just by showing up.

These three local specialties are worth getting out on a Wednesday night and experiencing these local talents showcased under one roof. Celebrate three years with The 49th Supply Company at Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse and watch performances by Tayy Tarantino and Josh Boots. This is a 21 and up event and the party starts at 8 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m., make sure to come early for a chance to win a collaboration t-shirt.

This three-year anniversary is a celebration and most importantly to enjoy what Alaska has to offer.

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THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

A Thanksgiving appetizer, side and drink for this Thursday

By Victoria Petersen

UAA’s Game Club plays on despite club struggles

vgpetersen@thenorthernlight.org

If you’ve been asked to help out with Thanksgiving or your hosting your own, these recipes will help round out the menu.

Cream Corn Ingredients • 20-30 ounces of frozen corn • 8 ounces cream cheese • 1/2 cup butter • 1/2 cup whole milk • 1 teaspoon salt

Slow Cooker Cranberry BBQ Meatballs

• 1/2 teaspoon of pepper

Directions 1. In a slow cooker, add all the ingredients and cook

Ingredients • 50-60 frozen meatballs • One 14 oz can whole cranberry sauce

on high for 2-4 hours. Stir all the ingredients after the first hour.

• One 12 oz jar cocktail sauce • 3/4 cup brown sugar • 1 cup water • 1 cup barbecue sauce • Finely

chopped

green

onions, for garnish

liqueur

1. Use cooking spray to spray the bottom a slow cooker.

Pour in all the meatballs.

2. In a bowl, mix the cranberry sauce, cocktail sauce, brown sugar, water, and BBQ sauce. Once the sauce is mixed well, pour over the meatballs.

3. Cook the meatballs on low for 5 hours. and then on high for 2 hours. Serve warm and garnish with onions.

chopped

Ingredients • 4 tablespoons coffee flavored

Directions

finely

Pumpkin Spice White Russian

green

• 3 tablespoons pumpkin spice liquid coffee creamer • 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla vodka • 2 to 3 teaspoons canned pumpkin puree • Sprinkling of pumpkin pie spice

Directions 1. In a drink mixer, add all the ingredients and shake until thoroughly combined.

2. Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with a sprinkle of pumpkin spice.

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By Lee Piltz

lpiltz@thenorthernlight.org

Do you like Dungeons and Dragons?

Magic the Gathering? Board games?

How about Cards Against Humanity?

If you said yes to one or more of these things, then Game Club at UAA is the place for you.

When I first heard of the game club, I thought it was solely going to be about video games. Boy, was I wrong. UAA’s Game Club caught me completely off guard when I first walked into their meeting area in the Student Union. Firstly, there were two tables put together and on those tables were a plethora of playing die, decks of Magic the Gathering cards and plenty of players having quite a bit of fun.

I also saw a table with materials for playing Dungeons and Dragons. Upon that sight, I realized this club was not just for electronic gaming, but also table-top games. As an avid D&D player, I can tell you that this is going to be a club that I will frequent. In addition to D&D and Magic, the club does play other games.

James Stubblefield, a long time member of Game Club, lists some of the recent games played in the group.

“Smash [Brothers], Magic, Mon-

ster Hunter, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, board games of any sort really, most things.

Lots and lots of things. My favorite is Magic,” Stubblefield said.

For those interested in Game Club, it is a rather inviting group of people. Not only do they play less involved games, they will also teach you to play new games or more complicated ones. So, if you are interested in D&D, Magic, or any other game you’ll most likely find someone at the club willing to teach you how to play. Or at least, if they don’t know or have never played, they are open to discovering a new game with you too. Kevin Sutton, a dungeon master at Game Club, explains the openness of the club.

“We play D&D every week. We have about eight people playing right now, so a lot... We play Cards Against Humanity sometimes, we play other games too. If people bring games we’ll play those. If someone comes up, and they don’t have any experience, we’ll teach them how to play. It’s nothing structured or formal, we’ll just teach them how to play the game,” Sutton said.

I did learn from the club’s ‘unofficial’ president, Ryan Richter, why the club does not have any posters and why he bears his title.

“Our previous club president kind of fucked us. He lost all of our resources for the club, meaning our board games that he had when he was moving. He bailed as Club President two weeks before the semester started and did not tell any of us that we did not have our paperwork in or a faculty adviser set up, and we could not get any paperwork in or an adviser set up in time to become an official club. We don’t have a faculty adviser yet, but we do have everything else lined up for next semester,” Richter said.

So even though this club isn’t totally registered for this semester, it looks like a lot of fun. As an avid nerd for games of all types, I highly recommend this club.

Who knows, maybe I’ll see some of you there.

UAA Game Club meets every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m in the Student Union.

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THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Plotlessness kills the mood of ‘When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism’

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The progression of Obsession Records

One of Anchorage’s primary vinyl stores is expanding

By Madison McEnaney arts2@thenorthernlight.org

TITLE

“When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism”

RELEASE DATE Sep. 20, 2013

COUNTRY Romania

DIRECTOR Corneliu Porumboiu

GENRE Drama

By Jacob Holley-Kline Contributor

Movies with a one-track mind can be frustrating. The needlessly titled “When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism” has just such a mind. Watching it is a frustrating, sometimes maddening experience, but it’s hard to deny its brilliance. Over 90 ponderous minutes, director Corneliu Porumboiu breaks cinema down to its bare essentials. But to what purpose? It’s only enjoyable if you think about it, which, in the end, is only so enjoyable.

Oftentimes, “When Evening Falls” skims over the plot in favor of its themes.

Since there’s little emotional connection here, it ends up feeling didactic. The message could be profound, after all it questions the nature of cinema itself. But it just feels, strangely, overdone. The style is so understated that it ceases to feel understated. Instead, it feels so singularly focused on delivering its message in a certain way that it just becomes a slog.

Ostensibly, the plot follows a director, Paul (Bogdan Dumitrache, “Double”), working on his latest project, and his main actress and lover, Alina (Diana Avramut). Without telling Alina, Paul adds a nude scene to the movie. Over several tense interactions, they discuss and, eventually, rehearse that scene. But

the plot is the least important part. The movie is so nakedly about anything other than itself that the real question becomes “what is this movie about?” It’s about movies themselves.

Everything is artificial enough to draw attention to itself. As such, it feels choppy. The connection between scenes is so tenuous that the whole experience feels surreal. However, it’s not the content that’s surreal, it’s the way that content is presented, as a movie barely representative of reality, that’s surreal. It’s an intellectually thrilling conceit, but boring in every other light.

It begs to be pored over and thought about, and that quality ends up dragging it down. What few moments of emotional connection there are end up blatantly serving a larger thematic purpose. Since those moments can’t stand on their own, they end up feeling cheap. The movie’s understated style tries to break through that. Sometimes it does, more often it doesn’t.

Underneath its thematic surface, “When Evening Falls” is empty. Paul and Alina are characters only so far as it serves the movie’s message. Even their relationship becomes something other than itself, and it’s frustrating. Plotlessness can be done well, and “When Evening Falls” is serviceable, it should just learn to take a step back once and a while.

With the recent comeback of record players, everyone seems to be dusting off their old turntable and playing their old favorite album, just as it was before music streaming services like iTunes and Spotify were at our disposal. There is something about owning an album on vinyl that feels timeless, and people appear to be falling in love with the idea of it all over again. Musicians now sell nearly all their music on vinyl again, and with that comes the need for local record stores.

That would be where Obsession Records steps in, Anchorage’s current primary vinyl shop. Obsession Records opened in November of 2014, by Steve and Verna Haynes. Located at the corner of Tudor and Lake Otis, Obsession Records has provided a perfect place for anyone in Anchorage to make a quick stop and look around to see what they have to offer. They carry primarily vinyl, but also CDs and cassette tapes.

“I’ve bought around 15 vinyl’s total there probably, and I’ll continue to go back. They always have a good selection of rock and indie, which is what I listen to mostly. Obsession is a great place no matter if you’re just getting into vinyl or have been collecting for a long time,” Sam Hammer, an Anchorage resident and vinyl collector said.

As word has gotten out about Obsession Records, the people of Anchorage have become quite obsessed themselves. In these past two years the shop has developed a huge clientele, and many visitors from out of state stop by as well.

“In the summertime, tourists from all over come in. Vinyl is something

that people tend to collect while traveling, which gives us a neat variety of customers. However, our regular clients that come in have proven to be loyal and important to the business as well,” Verna Haynes said.

With the influx of customers and therefore a much higher demand for product, Steve and Verna decided to go with the decision to expand the shop and reopen in a larger space. This will still be in the same parking lot as the current location, just in a different building, right behind Golden Donuts. The expansion will allow for more product, with a much wider selection.

“In the old shop, there was only around 400 square feet of usable space for retail.

Now, we are going to have around 1,000 square feet for product. It will allow us to bring so much more to the table,” Haynes said.

The content of music that is currently in the shop has satisfied most customers, but the owners of Obsession Records main goal is to carry something for everyone. Whether it be an old country CD or Drake’s newest rap album, they strive to have a wide variety of music, which is exactly what this expansion will help do.

“We really want to expand our jazz and hip-hop vinyl sections, and also add more CDs for sale. The expansion will allow us to have everything much more organized, and we’ll be able to maintain the selections we currently have while also adding a bit more,” Haynes said.

The new location of Obsession Records is set for its grand opening on Monday, Nov. 21st. Music lovers of all kind will be welcomed by the shop, and there is without a doubt something in the store worth listening to no matter what your music taste is.

PHOTOS BY JAY GUZMAN

Obsession Records opened shop in November 2014 stocked with new and used vinyls to CD’s and cassettes.

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THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

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OMEGA proves to be Anchorage’s alpha hip-hop group

By Madison McEnaney arts2@thenorthernlight.org

Hip-hop music is apart of today’s culture in ways bigger than most had ever imagined. From the way we dress, speak, and act, artists who put out this type of music have a large influence over its listeners. Hip-hop music is a way of speaking out, an outlet that many artists use to spread awareness of issues, whether they be social, political, or personal. The genre of hip-hop has become important to many, and has proven to stick around when nothing else really does.

It is easy to name off countless national hip-hop artists, but when thought about at a local level, very few names seem to come to mind. If hip-hop is such an important aspect to today’s society, why does it seem to not exist on a smaller scale as well?

This lack of local hip-hop music was one that Tyler Smith, Jeremy Locke, Miguel Prince and Michael Corder recognized, and in May of 2014, they decided to do something about. With the help of Garrett McCally linking everyone together and introducing them to the production side of making music, OMEGA was formed.

Since the formation of this group, they have opened for big name rap artists like RiFF RAFF and Waka Flocka, and they also performed at numerous local shows around Anchorage.

“It was never really intentional for us to all get this into it, we started out just messing around and then never really stopped. We care a lot about the whole thing

now, its very important to us,” Prince said.

OMEGA records and produces all of their tracks at home, and they frequently add new music to their well known Soundcloud account. This is a primary way that many hip-hop groups and artists put their music out there, to help reach listeners both locally and out-ofstate.

Being influenced by all kinds of hip-hop artists, and even musicians outside of the genre, OMEGA has formed a sound of their own that captures their unique production methods and style. Flatbush Zombies, Childish Gambino and Kanye West are just a few of the major hip-hop names that have helped aide in creating OMEGA’s sound.

“I’ve always been inspired by outside music, but after we linked up I got a feed off of the other members more than anything. We all have something that makes us a little different from the other, so it’s cool to be influenced by that too,” Prince said.

“I guess I’ve been looking backwards more lately to find inspiration or influence. When I’m rapping, I feel way more influenced by the punk and alternative music I listen to. I relate more to the lifestyle that those artists have, it makes my rapping feel more honest and fresh and my own,” Locke added.

“Local groups like Old Hounds really are a big influence in not just the music for me, but in terms of making a name for our group in Anchorage’s local music scene too,” Smith said.

OMEGA truly has immersed themselves in their work, and continue to put out tracks that only show how they have furthered their talents. For having recorded their music at home in a living room, OMEGA’s sound quality is very professional, and extremely impressive when thinking about how far they’ve come in so little time. Member Michael Corder is the primary producer for OMEGA, and he often makes the tracks that Tyler, Miguel and Jeremy will rap to.

“I don’t wanna just make the rhymes, I wanna produce the beat, master the beat, record and edit my own

tracks, do it all for OMEGA,” Corder said.

Once they have finished a track, OMEGA sends their music to ohJack, who finalizes their content at his production site in Salt Lake City, before finally putting it out for the listener. This is a process that goes into every song that OMEGA releases, and it takes effort and hard work from every member to create the final product.

“People always wonder how our stuff sounds so good, saying that its better than just a Soundcloud rap. That’s where we’ve gotta give huge credit to Jack for making our stuff sound as professional as possible, especially since we’re just a local group, and very much so on a budget,” Corder said.

Each member of OMEGA wants nothing more than to continue doing exactly what they’re doing and progressing with each track they put out. It is difficult to be a hip hop group in Anchorage, because of the fact that the scene isn’t very developed compared to others here, but that hasn’t stopped this group from finding ways to get their name out there. OMEGA has opened for hardcore bands before and would do it again despite the fact that it is out of their usual group of listeners.

“The Old Hounds show that we opened for was probably my favorite performance we’ve done as OMEGA so far. Not only was the crowd there and hype for us, but it was so cool to go outside of our usual circle, and branch the genres together. That’s the best thing about making music in general, doing stuff people don’t expect and seeing them enjoy it,” Smith said.

“One of the sickest things has got to be just the fact that I’ll be upstairs in my room, and I can hear my roommates downstairs playing our music. Just knowing that we put out tracks that others genuinely want to listen to is awesome, and now our next focus has to be on what we can do to perform it better for those listeners,” Locke said.

OMEGA is now on the map, and doing major things for hip-hop in Anchorage’s local scene. This group is one that is not likely to fade away anytime soon, and we all have our eyes set, waiting for their next move.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOHNNY MINNERY PHOTOGRAPHY

SPORTS

THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

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Running teams conclude season with top-8 national finishes

By Chris Lawrence GoSeawolves.com

SAINT LEO, Fla. – Four All-Americans piloted the nationally-ranked Alaska Anchorage cross country teams into the top eight at the NCAA Div. II Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Abbey Course.

“Each of our four All-Americans ran with a good plan and were able to follow through,” head coach Michael Friess said. “I am extremely happy with the performance of both teams. Having both squads finish in the elite 8 of the nation is special.”

The No. 5 men’s team finished in the top five for the third time in program history with 222 points. UAA’s fifth-place finish only trails its third-place performances set in 2012 and 2015. UAA has now earned at least a top-8 result in seven consecutive national meets. The team gradually passed teams and grew stronger as the race progressed (9th-3K, 7th5K, 6th-8K).

It was also a day of redemption for teams and individuals in each race.

Adams State (54 pts) claimed its 12th national championship, after finishing runner-up a year ago, ahead of Grand Valley State (79 pts) and 2015 champion

Colorado Mines (153 pts). West Region champion Chico State (4th) completed the top five with 166 points.

Missouri Southern’s Vincent Kiprop (29:07.4) defeated Shorter University’s Alfred Chelanga (29:36.3) for the individual title. Chelanga was the 2015 individual victor over Kiprop, while both runners were freshmen last season. A group of six runners asserted the pace early, but the race quickly turned into a battle for first and second. The 10K course featured a large gradual climb on three occasions.

Kiprop used the climb the final time to put distance between himself and Chelanga for good.

Senior Michel Ramirez led the way for the Seawolves with a 13th-place finish in 30:41.7, becoming a two-time AllAmerican. The Salinas, Calif., native was an All-American in 2014, after redshirting last season. Junior Edwin Kangogo of Eldoret, Kenya also became a two-time and back-to-back All-American by finishing in 34th (31:11.5). Both Ramirez and Kangogo traded places this season as UAA’s 1-2 runners.

“Michel being a podium finisher (top 15) and Kangogo running to another AllAmerican finish was special,” Friess stated.

Junior Henry Cheseto (49th, 31:28.5), Salinas, Calif., Justin Carrancho (73rd,

31:54.1), and senior Victor Samoei (90th, 32:10.3) completed the scoring. Junior Nathan Kipchumba finished behind Samoei in 91st (32:10.8). Senior Michael Mendenhall (144th, 32:59.7) also competed for UAA amongst the 242 finishers.

On the women’s side, No. 10 UAA finished the national meet in eighth for the third straight season. It is the ninth consecutive time that the program has cracked the top 10 on the national level. Grand Valley State (116 pts) edged Adams State (139 pts) for its fifth national championship. Adams State won the title last season by defeating Grand Valley State. Western State placed 3rd (168 pts) ahead of West Region champion Chico State (4th, 189 pts). Simon Fraser – out of the GNAC – finished the day in sixth (210 pts).

GVSU’s Kendra Foley won her second national title with a 6K time of 20:01.8, making a new record at the NCAA Div. II meet in the process. Jessica Reeves (9th) lead the race early, but was eventually passed by a poised Foley. Runner-up Alexis Zeis of U-Mary crossed the line in 20:26.4, a year after defeating Foley by 0.3 seconds for the victory.

UAA’s Caroline Kurgat and Joyce Chelimo each placed in the top 10 for the second straight season. Kurgat – a two-time All-American - finished in 3rd

(20:30.5), trailing only Susan Tanui’s runner-up performance from 2012. Chelimo became a three-time All-American (10th, 20:42.8), joining UAA’s Miriam Kipng’eno and Ruth Keino on the women’s team with three honors. In addition, Kurgat and Chelimo are also the only pair of Seawolves to make the top 10 twice in the same season. Henry Cheseto (3rd) and Dominik Notz (8th) accomplished the feat once in 2015 for the men.

“The women, at one point were not ranked, so to come back and finish eighth nationally is great,” said Friess, “Caroline and Joyce in the top 10 is amazing.”

Wasilla’s Mariah Burroughs (74th, 22:04.6), sophomore Zennah Jepchumba (101st, 22:21.9), and junior Tamara Perez (123rd, 22:33.5) contributed to the team’s final score. Soldotna’s Danielle McCormick (133rd, 22:41.9) and Anchorage’s Kaitlyn Maker (184th, 23:25.6) also represented the Green & Gold in the field of 240 finishers.

The weather was relatively mild for Florida with the temperature at race time approaching 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The races started at 8:30 a.m. EST and 9:45 a.m. to help with the conditions. The men’s and women’s cross country teams have qualified for the NCAA Championships 24 times, have produced 38 AllAmericans and one national champion.

Seniors lift #12 Seawolves to tough 73-68 win over Cal St. LA

By Chris Lawrence GoSeawolves.com

Senior guard Suki Wiggs scored 27 points, including two key three-pointers in the final 3 minutes, to help lift 12thranked Alaska Anchorage to a 73-68 victory over Cal State Los Angeles in the final game of the Seawolf Jamboree at the Alaska Airlines Center on Saturday.

The Seawolves (4-2) also got 12 points and 11 rebounds from senior forward Corey Hammell to earn the unofficial title of their annual event, while senior center Connor Devine chipped in 12 points, six rebounds, two blocks and three steals.

The Golden Eagles (2-2), making their first trip to Anchorage, were led by 13 points apiece from forward Travis Hammond and guard Jordan Wilson, who both were named to the All-Jamboree Team.

Wiggs earned the Jamboree’s Most Outstanding Player award for the second straight year thanks to 5-of-7 three-point accuracy, six rebounds and three assists

against the Californians, while Hammell and Devine also landed all-tourney honors.

UAA took early leads of 20-7 and 25-12 before the Golden Eagles roared back to within 41-39 at halftime. Ashton Pomrehn gave the hosts a 60-53 lead with a three-pointer at the 9:36 mark, but that would be the largest lead for either club in the second half.

DeSean Scott nailed a three-pointer to cap an 11-3 run and give the Golden Eagles a 66-65 lead with 3:23 on the clock, only to be answered by Wiggs’s heroics. With the shot clock running down on UAA’s next possession, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s Preseason Player of the Year raised up for a 25-foot three-pointer at the 2:44 mark, then delivered another dagger trey 40 seconds later for a 71-66 edge.

Cal State LA got a steal and a dunk from Jonathan Davis to make it 71-68 and had a chance for the late tie after Hammonds grabbed Devine’s missed layup on the other end. Golden Eagle guard

Miles Ford missed his three-point try with 5 seconds left, however, and UAA point guard Diante Mitchell grabbed the rebound. Mitchell was fouled and drained both free throws with 1.2 seconds showing for the final points.

Senior guard Spencer Svejcar finished with 10 points and five assists for UAA, while Mitchell had six points, three rebounds and three assists without a turnover in 34 minutes.

The Seawolves return to action next week when they host their annual gauntlet of NCAA Div. I foes in the GCI Great Alaska Shootout at the Alaska Airlines Center. UAA opens against two-time defending Mid-American Conference champion Buffalo on Wednesday (7:30 p.m.) in a game that will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network and statewide within Alaska on GCI channels 1 and 907 (hd).

Seawolf Jamboree Game 3: Alaska Fairbanks 71, BYU-Hawaii 68 Zach Peterson scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting and Alaska Fairbanks

held BYU-Hawaii without a field goal for the final nine minutes to complete a 71-68 comeback victory Saturday in the Seawolf Jamboree at the Alaska Airlines Center.

The Nanooks (2-3) also got 14 points and seven rebounds from forward Bengaly Kaba and 12 points, six assists and five steals from guard Brandon Davis as they rallied from a 52-39 deficit with 12 minutes remaining.

The Seasiders (0-3), who used only six players, got a game-high 35 points from Tanner Nelson, plus 13 points and 17 rebounds from forward Denhym Brooke.

The Pacific West Conference team had a chance to tie on a length-of-the-court play with 4.8 seconds remaining, but Bailey Kikuchi’s three-point try went off the glass and hit the rim before bouncing out at the buzzer.

Nahjee Matlock scored 13 points for UAF, including the go-ahead basket to make it 67-65 with 58 seconds left.

Michigan Tech outlasts Seawolves for 3-2 victory

By Dallas Baldwin GoSeawolves.com

The Michigan Tech Huskies picked up their fourth straight win with a 3-2 victory over the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game Friday evening at the Sullivan Arena.

Following a lackluster first period that saw only two Seawolf shots on target, UAA (1-10-0, 0-5-0 WCHA) responded in the second frame, cutting the lead to 2-1.

The Seawolves went on to tie the game in the opening minutes of the third, before the Huskies (7-6-2, 6-2-1 WCHA) extended UAA’s losing streak to seven with the game winner.

After going down 2-0 in the first, UAA senior Brad Duwe hit the left post off a faceoff, 48 seconds before sophomore Mason Mitchell picked up a shorthanded strike at 3:59, unassisted. A local of Calgary, Alberta,

Mitchell stole the puck from MTU’s Mark Auk and had an easy time finding the back of the net.

At 7:29 senior Dylan Hubbs was ejected from the game, receiving a 10-minute game misconduct and a five-minute major for contact to the head. The Seawolves were able to kill of the abbreviated penalty and an additional two in the frame. That, combined with solid stops by goaltender Olivier Mantha, kept the lead to one before the second intermission.

Picking up his team-high-tying third goal of the season was Duwe, knotting the game at 2-2 with a backdoor goal at 3:54 of the third. Junior captain Matt Anholt furnished his team-high sixth point of the season with the cross-zone pass to Duwe off the rush, while sophomore redshirt Nathan Renouf was credited with the second helper in his first game back from an injury.

Coming off a 2-on-1 rush at 10:14, MTU’s Matt Roy fired on net, hitting the post. The puck then rebounded behind the net where Alex Smith collected and knocked

it in off Mantha’s shoulder. Roy picked up the first assist, while Tyler Heinonen claimed the second.

A late interference call on Heinonen and with Mantha on the bench for the extra attacked, UAA had a 6-on-4 advantage for the final 40.7 seconds, but was unable to capitalize.

Meanwhile, Tech opened the scoring in the first period with a delayed-penalty goal at 2:43. Picking up the goal was Shane Hanna. Hanna then went on to assist on Joel L’Esperance’s strike at 18:32 for the 2-0 lead after 20.

UAA was outshot, 31-18. Both teams were scoreless on the man advantage with UAA going 0-for-4 and MTU going 0-for-6. UAA was tagged for seven penalties, serving 25 minutes, to Tech’s 12.

Mantha (28 saves) falls to 1-8-0 on the season, while Angus Redmond (16 saves) improves to 6-1-0 with the win.

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Uncovered truth about indoor skate parks

By Brenda Craig

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Taking a break from a hobby for a long period of time can leave one frustrated when trying to re-learn the same set of skills. When a hobby is no longer a hobby and becomes a part of every day life, it’s hard to let go. Through the winters, skateboarders are forced to leave their boards neglected for over six months until it is possible to skate once again. This state is known for long, cold and dark winters. It is confusing why there has not been some sort of indoor or covered skate park with a growing skateboard population. So far, Alaska has three parks that are skateable, but not convenient.

Juneau is 856 miles away from Anchorage and can only be reached by plane. This small town has a decent sized park, but most importantly it’s covered.

This allows skateboarders, bikers, rollerbladers and scooters to ride at the park throughout the whole winter, Fairbanks has a heated indoor skate park called Joel’s Place which has been open for 12 years and is a family owned business. Fairbanks is a six-hour drive from Anchorage, so one would have to be determined just to skate. Those who live in Fairbanks are able to skate through any bad weather, though with a price. It costs $5 for an hour, $10 for three hours and $15 for a full day. Any skateboarder desperate to skateboard would be more than willing to pay.

Gary Galbreath, team rider for Blue and Gold Boardshop and Fairbanks resident benefits from being able to skate all winter.

“I get to skate Joel’s place almost every day and progress, soon I will be teaching little kids how to skateboard too,” Galbreath said.

There is one park in Anchorage that is skateable throughout the winter, but is limited to military access. Arctic Oasis Community Center is located on Elmendorf Air Force Base and is not open to the general public. Those who are able to skate at Arctic Oasis are a selected few that can skate in town through winter.

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Indoor skate park at Arctic Oasis Community Center located on Elmendorf Air Force Base.

Many who have been to the indoor park will notice it is quite small, but are thankful for the opportunity to skate. Shaun Dahlstrom, skateboarder, has been to Arctic Oasis, but no longer has access for this winter season.

“I’ve been to the park on base and it’s not impressive, but it gets the job done,” Dahlstrom said. “To simply put it, it’s better than nothing.”

Over the years, people have tried to open up indoor skate parks and many have failed due to expenses to keep it open. Drake Watts’ family partnered with a previous owner of another indoor skate spark and created SK8AK in 2011 and closed in 2013. The park had a great turn out for the opening and throughout the winters but in the summer time many skaters did not want to pay to skateboard.

After not making much money through the summer, partnership differences on finances began and led to the end of SK8AK. “SK8AK closed because of a failed partnership, disagreements over putting money back into the park and sum-

mer took a toll on the park,” Watts said.

“When we had to add personal income, we decided if the park couldn’t support its rent, we would have to shut its doors.”

Since there are these covered and indoor skate parks in other smaller towns that most likely have a smaller skate population, it is hard to believe Anchorage has had problems building and running a covered or indoor skate park.

“It is kind of weird that they don’t have [an indoor park], because there’s more kids and skaters in Anchorage than Fairbanks,” Galbreath said.

Anchorage is not only behind on covered areas to skate, but skate parks in general. Kelly Borgstede, owner of Blue and Gold Boardshop, has been working on getting more skate parks built in Anchorage.

“I think that Anchorage in general is underserving its skateboard population, so I think that an indoor park would be wonderful, but getting more outdoor parks is the priority, then trying to get a covered park, and then go for an indoor park,” Borgstede said. “An indoor park is

a business all in its own, in order to get that running you have to have somebody who is committed to running that business and it’s a tough business to be in.”

Opening an indoor skate park and keeping it open has many difficult obstacles. Despite the problems with having an indoor park, there are many positives that a park would bring to the community.

“I think it’s important because kids need things to do in Anchorage in the winter, it keeps them busy and out of trouble,” Watts said. “It also forms a sort of community in itself that encourages a skill and new friendships.”

Through all the negatives and failed attempts. Skateboarders are still not giving up on the idea of opening up and indoor park or getting a covered skate park. What will keep an indoor park running is a large following of skateboarders to support the park by attending events and help fundraise. It has been a while since the last attempt to open a park, but like skateboarding, sometimes you have to fall a couple times and get back up before landing and reaching that goal.

UAA volleyball secures outright GNAC title

Following two back-to-back wins, the Seawolves pull in their second title

By Lauren Cuddihy

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Closing in on the end of their outrageously successfully season, the Seawolves played two different games in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 17 and Saturday, Nov. 19. These games secured the Great Northwest Athletic title that the Seawolves attained, but also elevated them two spots in the Division II standings to No. 9, as well as continuing to hold their position as No. 1 in the NCAA West Regional rankings.

Before coming into this weekend, UAA knew that they wanted to win the title outright and not just share it, “there’s definitely pressure but we’ve been working hard, we work day in and day out but we trust what our coaches have taught us and we will work off that,” sophomore outside hitter Leah Swiss said.

Thursday, Nov. 17 vs. Seattle Pacific University Although the Seawolves came through with a 3-0 overall win, it wasn’t a necessarily easy game. UAA started the game with a quick lead in set one, contributing early on was senior setter Morgan Hooe with quick assists to initiate a strong

offense. Furnishing a strong start to the game senior middle blocker Erin Braun stepped in on Hooe’s assists to help rack in the points. Finalizing their first win of the night, the Seawolves ended things up at 25-21.

To the Seawolves disadvantage, SPU slowly caught up while UAA was almost to set point. In the angst of the set closing in, the Seawolves struggled to keep their offense up which resulted in several errors. In a further disadvantage, SPU gained their two errors to tie the game up at 22-22.

After more toggling between the lead, Swiss stepped up to the net for a kill that brought the Seawolves up to set point.

To final off their win, duo of Hooe and Braun got in a block that won the set at 28-26. Holding onto their senior and leader status was recognizable by head coach Chris Green “Morgan and Erin were both spectacular tonight,” Green said.

In attempt to get in the winning set of the night, UAA and SPU stepped back onto the court for set three. With a minor scare half way through the set, the Seawolves were put temporarily behind.

After a quick turnaround, UAA struck up a six point streak until a final kill from freshman Vanessa Hayes won the set and the game.

Final of 3-0 (25-21, 28-26, 25-21) won the game for the Seawolves. With this win, the Seawolves official extended a new program record with a total of 28 wins, passing last years 27. In addition, Braun passed 400 block assists and became the first person in the program to ever do so.

Saturday, Nov. 19 vs. Saint Martin’s Following seven straight wins, the Seawolves remained in Washington to take on rival Saint Martin’s. UAA continues with their 19-1 conference record and with Saint Martin’s 2-18 record, this match was expected to be quick, which was seen in set one.

With the final score resulting in a complete blowout for the Seawolves, their lead excelled early and gave Saint Martin’s and initial eight-point deficit.

With Hooe and middle blocker Diana Fa’amausili pairing up early, the duo quickly paired off assists with kills one after another until Saint Martin’s was left far behind.

Closing in on the end of the set, Taylor Noga stepped up to the line to get four successful serves in before Chrisalyn Johnson put in a kill for the set-winning point at 25-12.

With a change of pace, Saint Martin’s

put UAA up to the test for the second set.

Halfway through the set and Saint Martin’s even surpassed the Seawolves due to their offensive errors putting them in a five-point deficit. Slowly pulling back up, the scores tied at 21-21.

Several rallies continued until the usual 25 point win was surpassed and the game was tied up until 27-27. A kill by Fa’amausili gave the Seawolves the win they needed at 29-27.

Looking to final off the night, UAA and Saint Martin’s stepped up to set three, that resulted in almost a complete replicate of set one. Kyla MilitanteAmper stepping in early to start the lead off with four successful serves. Soon, the Seawolves put them into a 5 point deficit. A final four serves from MilitanteAmper and a kill from Fa’amausili gave UAA the win at 25-16.

With several strong weekends under their belt, the Seawolves have a new goal approaching: NCAA West Regionals.

Head Coach Green looks ahead and plans for that.

“We are working hard not to have a let down as the West Regional approaches.

We have a lot of work to do, and hopefully the girls realize that,” Green said.

NCAA West Regional Championships will be held Dec. 1 - Dec. 3.

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