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Fast and Female promotes young women to participate in sports and stay active
UAA women’s volleyball dominates weekend away games By Lauren Cuddihy
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On Sept. 22, the UAA women’s volleyball team traveled down to Bellingham, WA to face competitor Western Washington University. After the Seawolves finished the previous weekend with two wins, they now face-off with their opponents as 12th in Division II standings and tied for 1st in the the Great Northwest Athletic Conference at 2-0. Western Washington is 20th in Division II and in a 5-way tie for third in GNAC. Both games against Western Washington and Simon Fraser were very important to UAA, especially SFU being tied for first. Even as a freshman, Vanessa Hayes knew the importance of the games, “we had something to prove by playing these teams. Last year WWU caused us a huge loss and that fired the team up to get revenge! Also earlier this season SFU beat WWU so we knew that we had two tough matches ahead of us,” Hayes said. Thursday, Sept 22 v. WWU The Seawolves started off with assists from senior
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Seniors Erin Braun and Morgan Hooe join together for a block against Simon Frasier on Saturday, Semptember 24. The Seawolves beat SFU 3-1.
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October’s First Friday rundown UAA alumni take the road less traveled By Madison McEnaney arts2@thenorthernlight.org
With so many talented artists and musicians in Anchorage, it can be hard at times to be able to get one’s art or music shown, which is exactly why First Friday exists. Essentially, this event occurs on the first Friday of every month in participating local businesses across Anchorage. Each business features an artist and their work, then holds a showcase on that Friday, often with local musicians play-
ing. The art stays hung up to show in the business all month, promoting the artist and also drawing people into the local business. A huge participant in First Friday is the Anchorage Museum. Think of the museum as the center of events, or the hub for the month. The museum will be
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Vought and Ely pose at a Peruvian roadside market.
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Born and bred Alaskans Dillon Vought and Tessa Ely started driving their restored VW bus in February of 2015. It took the Anchorage couple a year to buy and restore the rusty, broken down VW bus. They learned to weld, paint and become mechanics in preparation for any problem the road will bring them. Vought was born in Glennallen and spent his early childhood dog mushing with his family. Ely was born and raised in Anchorage. Both Vought and Ely attended the University of Alaska Anchorage. Vought went for his sophomore year then later switched to the University of Nevada Reno. Ely attended UAA for six years and received her masters degree in special education. Along their journey, they’ve been
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reminded of Alaska in the landscape of South America. “We are reminded of Alaska whenever we find ourselves in real mountains. We quickly learned to differentiate between what some people consider mountains and what we are fortunate enough as Alaskans to consider mountains. While many areas we traveled had gorgeous peaks, very few had mountains and the ocean in the same spot. That being said, we ended up spending almost five months camping and hiking in Patagonia because it reminded us so much of home,” Ely said. While on the road, Ely and Vought have embraced the kindness of the locals
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Nearly 40 percent of elevators on campus due, or overdue, for municipal periodical inspection Municipality in process of catching up with UAA and municipality elevator inspection backlog By Victoria Petersen
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Out of 51 elevator units on UAA’s main campus, 20 are due or overdue for periodical inspection. Several elevators, including those in the library and the Professional Studies Building, are two years overdue for their periodical inspection and were due to be inspected by the municipality in April of 2014. UAA, as well as all of the other buildings in the municipality of Anchorage — which spans from Eklutna to Girdwood — get their elevators periodically checked by the municipality. UAA, which receives periodical inspections every two years, pays the municipality $600 per elevator unit and is expecting the 20 due and overdue units to be inspected by the end of this fiscal year in July 2017. The reason so many of the elevators on UAA’s main campus are overdue for inspection is periodical inspec-
tions changed from every year to every two years. The municipality, which had only two elevator inspectors inspecting all the elevators in the entire Anchorage bowl, up until about two weeks ago a third inspector was hired to help catch the municipality up on their periodical inspections — which are overdue not just at UAA, but various places all over the city. “They used to inspect annually. Then they went to an every two year policy several cycles ago. Part of that is because they are overloaded with inspections. At that point we automatically started falling behind because the certificates were only dated one year in advance. This has been an ongoing issue. Last fiscal year they did a round of inspections which brought some of them up to date,” Thomas Sternberg, director of facilities maintenance and operations said. It is unclear when the elevators will be inspected. The municipality starts with the older inspections and works their way
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The Certificate of Inspection for the elevator in the library has been expired since April of 2014.
Several of UAA's elevators are due or overdue for inspection by the Municipality of Anchorage.
up. Sternberg has confirmation from the municipality that 20 units will be inspected this fiscal year. “No telling what day they are coming. I have no schedule for them,” Sternberg said. As far as safety in the elevators on campus, the elevators are checked monthly by a contracted elevator maintenance company. Otis Elevator, which does not do periodical inspections or issue certificates of inspection maintains UAA’s elevators monthly for any issues there may be. “I feel the municipality has done really comprehensive inspections. I fear not that there is any significant problems with the elevators as a whole. Otis Elevator takes care of them and they maintain them monthly. Some every two months. Their maintenance people are out here regularly. An official elevator mechanic is in the elevators roughly once a month. As far as safety, we got our bases covered. For 51 units our record is pretty good,” Sternberg said. In addition to Otis Elevator, UAA’s safety department — Environmental Health & Safety and Risk Management Support — performs a “safety blitz” in conjunction with the facilities department every Friday, which includes looking at the elevators and checking other safety related maintenance around campus. “Our department [EHS/RMS] performs safety building blitz, which includes looking at the elevators and the mechanics of them. We also see the expired tags on the elevators. We also see the municipality is past the inspection dates. Our team stays vigil with our safety blitz to keep up to date information with building safety. Our first and foremost thought is everyone’s safety on campus,” Kelly Carothers, Environmental Health and Safety officer at UAA said. The Municipality of Anchorage, which has been behind on periodical investigations for years recently hired a third elevator inspector to bring the inspections up to speed. Inspectors with the municipality will check to make sure the equip-
ment is in safe and operating condition, during their periodical inspection. “There’s just been two [elevator inspectors] for the whole Anchorage municipality. A couple months ago the city just hired it’s third inspector. We are now starting to catch up again to what we want for our periodic inspection intervals. We want to inspect every two years. There are a ton of elevators and escalators in Anchorage needing inspection,” Chalon Rein, one of three elevator inspectors for the Municipality of Anchorage said. A time consuming process, periodical elevator inspections are varied and can take anywhere from one hour to half a day depending on a multitude of circumstances. “We can do a few elevators a day. Today, in all of Anchorage, there’s probably going to be two or three elevators inspected. It depends on how long it takes to drive there, whether or not we can gain access to a building, gain access to elevator machine rooms and the type of equipment on site. There are many kinds of elevators. An elevator might take an hour or might take half a day, it just depends,” Rein said. Rein notes inspections at UAA can be time consuming. “We have to go to security to check out keys, then check out a parking pass, then go park at the building, and do the inspection. So with the university, it takes awhile to do an inspection,” Rein said. In addition to periodical inspections, municipal elevator inspectors are expected to also inspect elevators in new construction sites. Examining the new equipment for a new building in the city is more time consuming than periodical checks and can take an entire day to complete. “We go through the equipment that’s brand new and it’s going to take a half a day or all day,” Rein said. With help from the new elevator inspector hired by the municipality, UAA should expect the 20 due and overdue elevators to be inspected and certified by the end of this fiscal year.
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Understanding Strategic Pathways By Victoria Petersen
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Strategic Pathways is the proposed framework of UA President Jim Johnsen. Although vague in title, Strategic Pathways is a comprehensive and complicated framework that seeks to restructure the University system in an effort to balance the university’s budget shortfall. Broken up into three phases and culminating in the Spring semester of 2017, each phase focuses on a handful of programs up for review, reform or termination. During each phase a team consisting of faculty, staff, students and administrators review and evaluate specific focus areas. “Strategic Pathways will be implemented in phases, and although the focus is primarily on academic programs, the university is working to reduce costs by streamlining processes and administrative services,” Roberta Graham, associate vice president of public affairs and federal relations for the UA system said. Phase I, which is being discussed by the Board of Regents after Johnsen gave them his final recommendations on Sept. 15, is focused on academic programs and administration services including engineering, management, business, public administration, teacher education, procurement, athletics, research administration and information technology. The board of regents will issue final decisions and a budget on Johnsen’s recommendations at the winter meeting, Nov. 10 and 11. Phase II will begin in October with discussions from Johnsen and his staff beginning in October. Community campuses, e-learning, health, fisheries, human resources, institutional research, university relations and student affairs are the academic and administrative programs under review for Phase II. Recommendations will be presented to the board in December. Academic programs and administrative services under review for the final phase of Strategic Pathways include finance, risk management, land management, facilities, social sciences, arts and humanities, physical sciences and mine training. Phase III will conclude in the spring of 2017. Among the programs up for termination, many of the programs are being reviewed for possible streamlining, in which one dean and one school will be created for a program, and the classes will be offered at both schools. Each school’s programs in the university system were broken down by Strategic Pathways, with a list of strong programs at each campus. Each program will go through a review process, to more than likely streamline to one conjunctive program across all the campuses. “Many academic and administrative programs and processes are being subjected to intense scrutiny and review, with the potential for significant change. These timelines are aggressive, given the severity of fiscal circumstances faced by the university, but student input is always prized in this process,” Sam Erickson, USUAA President, said. Although many students and faculty see Strategic Pathways as abrupt and fear the loss of certain programs on campus, others see the benefits of Strategic Pathways as the only answer to the university system financial crisis. “The campus community would benefit from a collective understanding that something needs to be done with the university budget. Strategic Pathways is preferable to legislative actions because the President and Regents understand how to make this university work better with less, more than politicians do. Everybody,
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students and faculty alike, need to realize that there’s no smooth sailing out of the current predicament. It’s either Strategic Pathways or legislative austerity, as I see it,” Ben Edwards, a mechanical engineering student at UAA, said. Community members involved and invested in UAA can participate in the review process and future of UAA
through Strategic Pathways. “It’s important to note that Strategic Pathways is a work in progress and that the aforementioned university stakeholders, including alumni and donors, will have extensive opportunities to participate,” Graham said. Students can get involved by bringing concerns up with the representatives at
USUAA, who participate heavily in the Strategic Pathways process. Opportunities for public testimony and forums with Johnsen will be available throughout the Strategic Pathways process and all are invited to attend. `All information, including documents and presentations on Strategic Pathways is available at www.alaska.edu/pathways.
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Beware the dreaded Italian-inspired citrus pistachio cookies parking ticket Ingredients:
By Brenda Craig
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Every UAA student dreads the battle for parking spots before class. When a spot in the very front opens up, there is no hesitation to scoop in and claim the space before it is claimed by another. Seeing a piece of paper stuck to the windshield makes any student’s heart drop. Sometimes, it is easy to be unaware of compact parking spaces when rushing to class. Compact parking spots are located in the Central, East, and Engineering garages in the first parking spot of each row towards the front. Compact parking may not seem reasonable, but it is a safety precaution. Those parking spots are designated for compact cars. When Parking Services receive the certificate of compliance from the state according to Parking Services associate director Falon Harkins. “They require certain spaces to be compact car,” Harkins said. “Normally, it has to do with the clearances of those vehicles so that they can be seen around ” Compact cars allow vehicles and pedestrians to go around the corners of the parking lot safely, which is why it is stressed that only compact cars are allowed to park in these spaces. A compact car is defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as measuring between 100 and 109 cubic feet. However, Parking Services is lenient when it comes to measuring a compact car. “We actually take the tallest, widest and the longest possible dimensions of any of those automobiles.” Harkins said. Before Parking Services writes a ticket, they make sure to double check with coworkers to be precise. “They normally call if they have any questions on the vehicle, and then they’ll look it up online and see if it’s regulated,” Harkins said. One problem is that vehicles will be advertised as “compact” when it is not actually a compact car. A compact SUV does not meet the requirements to be claimed as a compact car. However, that is not the only confusion when it comes to parking in a compact parking space. One major cause of confusion when it comes to compact parking is sign placement, mainly in parking garages. According to Sasha Peterson, geology major, the compact car signs are not exactly visible. Peterson got a ticket for parking in the compact car spot due to lack of visibility. In the garages, the compact parking signs are located near the first parking space at the end of each isle, near the ceiling. Visibility of the sign is difficult when so high up. “It’s not clearly marked,” Peterson said, “it’s not in your rear view mirror if you pull through the spot.” Parking Services is aware of awkward sign placement and faces many challenges with this issue. However, there are regulations on where signs may be placed due to safety precautions. They are unable to lower signs in specific areas because people walking underneath may be injured on the signs. “When we drop the signs down, a lot of the time we are restricted by safety regulations,” Harkins said. “There are restrictions that prevent us from putting the signs in an area that someone might see more clearly." Having to pay a $35 fine for accidentally parking in a compact car spot is not the ideal way a college student wants to spend their money. Before parking in a compact parking space, be aware if your vehicle meets compact car regulations.
• 9 ounces (250 grams) raw shelled pistachios • 3/4 cup (150 grams) sugar • 1 tablespoon honey • Zest of 1 lemon • Zest of 1 orange • 1 to 2 egg whites • 3 1/2 ounces (100 grams) chocolate (optional, for decoration)
Directions: 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grind the pistachios in a food processor for two min-
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utes until they resemble sand. Combine the
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Pistachio lovers rejoice! These tea cookies are sweet and tangy. They are the perfect treat for any occasion. Inspired by a recipe on Food 52, these cookies originated from Sicily where Italy’s best pistachio’s are from. These tasty cookies make great gifts for the pistachio lover in your life.
pistachios in a bowl with the sugar, honey, and citrus zest. Place one beaten egg white, slowly, and stir until the mixture is combined. You want a dough that you can easily roll into balls or scoop with a teaspoon. 2. If the dough is dry add more beaten egg white from a second egg, making sure it’s not too wet. 3. Roll the dough into small walnut-sized balls and place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until the cookies begin to turn goldenbrown and are firm to the touch on top. Cool completely. Melt the chocolate and drizzle it over the cooled cookies.Sandwich the cookies with your favorite buttercream, ganaches, or ice cream. Note that the cookies are sensitive to moisture and will disintegrate.
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Spaces designated for compact cars are a to allow for pedestrians to safely travel around the parking garage.
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Convenience keeps students coming to the Bear, despite the price
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By Cheyenne Mathews
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Jessica Fry is a typical freshman staying at the residence halls at UAA. When she runs out of supplies or wants to have her favorite drink she does what most freshman without cars do, she goes to the Bear Necessities mini-store. “To go to a Safeway or something...I have to drive there or I have to bug someone to get me there,” Fry said. “Where
the Bear is, I don’t know, I try and shop wisely there, so if I absolutely need something… I can drop in there and get something, simple.” The Bear is convenient, but what is the cost of that convenience? Take three college freshman staples — milk, Top Ramen and toilet paper — and compare them to the cost of the Safeway products. Darigold reduced fat milk at the Bear costs nearly $1.50 more than the Safeway options. According to Bear cashier Beatrice McCarty, milk is the item that goes
out of stock faster than others. McCarty also noted that most items in the convenient store are clearly marked up. When Fry went to buy her favorite Hubert’s Lemonade drink McCarty warned her about the price. “I’m just going to let you know that is $4.99,” McCarty said. Fry fits the model for the typical customer at the Bear. According to McCarty, most people come into the Bear for a Monster or a Mountain Dew. Another student who frequently shops at the Bear is history major Andrew Clark. “[I visit] probably about two times a day. Usually just [for] something to drink or to snack on,” Clark said. Clark, like most freshmen living in the residential halls, doesn’t have a car. Clark relies on the Bear for items like toilet paper and miscellaneous snacks and toiletries. At the Bear, off brand toilet paper costs $0.99 per roll. At Safeway there are a variety of brands that cost less per roll. Signature Home toilet paper costs $5.99 for 12, or $0.49 per roll and Angel Soft toilet paper costs $9.49 for 12, or $0.79 per roll. Safeway also stocks brands that are more price comparable to the off brand sold at the Bear. Toilet paper like Charmin costs $13.49 for 16, or $1.19 per roll. Another college staple, Top Ramen, is $0.69 per packet at the Bear as compared to Safeway’s four packs for $1, a cost per packet that’s equal to $0.25 each. The Bear is conveniently located a minute from the residential halls, where-
as the closest Safeway is over four miles away. The Bear is located closer but often times the limited supply of items at the Bear runs out. For McCarty, one of the biggest problems she faces is keeping items in stock. “[The milk] is gone and I don’t know when we are going to get in more,” McCarty said. “Those Hubert’s Lemonades, I just stocked the top, and the middle shelf is gone. Basically mostly sodas, energy drinks and chips. The guy just came in and stocked chips today. It looks nice, but trust me, it was pretty bare.” Items at the Bear run out quick, especially popular products like garbage bags. “We only have three [garbage bag boxes] on the shelf now. We’re just down to three and we are probably not going to get any more until Monday. Everybody on the weekend always comes to us like, ‘do you have garbage bags?’ and we are like, ‘they’re not there. I’m sorry.’” The Bear runs out of garbage bags frequently but other products are consistently in stock. In some situations, the convenience the Bear offers is hard to beat, especially when it comes to emergency situations. “A lot of people at the beginning of the semester were pretty sick so a lot of cough medicine and stuff like that,” McCarty said. It looks like the Bear may cost students for its advantageous location, but students in the residential halls seem to be settling for it’s convenience.
RED ZONE: Four prison sentences longer than Brock Turner's By Michael Thomas copy@thenorthernlight.org
By Kathryn DuFresne
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Brock Turner is now a household name. The former Stanford student’s short sentence of just three months for raping an unconscious woman, despite the court recommendation of six years, is still widely protested and discussed on social media and the news. The following sentences are of people — some innocent, some not — that were in prison longer than Turner. 1. In 2009, six Italian scientists went to prison for six years each because they failed to predict a natural disaster. The city of L’Aquila in Italy was hit by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake on April 6. Following the earthquake, some of the country’s top scientists were sentenced to prison for manslaughter and failing to accurately estimate the severity of the tremors the town experienced before the earthquake struck. 2. Another incident when someone was sentenced to jail longer than the exStanford swimmer was Briseira Torres. Torres spent four months in jail due to authorities falsely believing she was an illegal immigrant in the United States. Authorities believed that Torres was from Mexico, when in fact she was born and raised in Arizona. They accused Torres of falsifying documents, such as her drivers license. Torres was eventually released and the charges were dropped. 3. Bryan Paul Smith is another that spent 14 months in prison for stealing his neighbor’s pet spider. Smith was pet-sitting for the eight legged creature when he decided to keep it in return for ransom money. 4. One more example, is Neil McArdle. On the day of his wedding, McArdle forgot to confirm the venue for his wedding. Instead of telling his brideto-be about his mistake, he called in a bomb threat at the venue to avoid embarrassment. McArdle was sentenced for 12 months. These prison sentences, ridiculous or not, are all longer than Turner’s sexual assault sentence. Much criticism has been raised for this case due to it’s judicial bias in favor of men of privilege, particularly an athlete. Instances of rape and sexual assault can see punishments as severe as death in some countries, yet due to “good behavior,” Turner was able to walk free after only three months.
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Young Over Yonder: Driving the Denali Park Road
By Young Kim
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In Alaska, you can never really know what to expect. What I imagined to be a smooth and sunny drive on a paved road turned out to be a foggy and snowy six hour dirt road tour of some of the best sceneries that Alaska has to offer. The Denali Park Road of Denali National Park is an 85 mile stretch that offers some of Alaska’s most stunning
and impressive views. Giant mountains, vast valleys and wildlife are present through the entire drive. Most Alaskans, however, have never experienced this. Besides being open to buses belonging to tourism agencies and the park service during the summer, this route is only open to permit holders for four days in September. Originally open to general public during the 70’s, travel was allowed for anyone willing to brave the road conditions. As time went on, the experience became increasingly popular and eventually road traffic became unmanageable. With just about 2000 vehicles entering a day, the National Park Service decided to put in place a lottery system for road permits. Now, the NPS allows for 400 cars per day to enter for four days (with an extra day designated as Military Appreciation Day). When I found out this year that my friends and I would be able to make this drive, I was beyond ecstatic. It’s something I wanted to do for a for long time and wanted to make sure I did it right. The night before leaving for the trip, I charged all my batteries and made sure to
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double check my camera bags. I packed with me a Canon 5D Mk III paired a Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 lens, a Canon 7d Mk II paired with a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8, and an additional Canon 7D Mk II paired with a Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3. I was told there would be a lot of wildlife, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything. My friends and I met at my house and left at 2 a.m. We knew it would take us about four hours to get there. We planned to arrive at the visitor’s center and get about an hour of sleep in the car before finishing our permit registration paperwork at 7 a.m. We must have been driving slowly — I’m not completely sure since I slept for most the drive — as we didn’t get to the visitor’s center until about 6:45 a.m. We used the restrooms, got our permits and started our adventure. Upon entering, the first thing we noticed was how completely socked in it was. There was barely half a mile of visibility. I started worrying about not getting to truly experience the awe-inspiring views of the park. We thought maybe it would clear up just a little bit if we waited it out. We pulled over after driving
for about 20 miles and decided to take a 30 minute nap. We didn’t wake up for an hour and a half, but fortunately it did clear up a little bit. The rest of the day consisted of stopping every five minutes or so to snap some photos of the atmospheric fog blanketing the mountains. When it started to snow, it just added to the desolate mood of the landscapes. I was enamored by the surrounding views. Every so often we would see 10 or 15 or so cars lined up on the shoulder of the road. People would get out of their cars and observe the animals. On this trip we saw five bears, six moose and one caribou. It was nothing short of amazing. Even though the weather didn’t provide the blue bird skies I originally anticipated, I am still very pleased with how the trip turned out. The Denali Park Road took us roughly six hours, but even that did not feel like it was enough time. With opportunities to get out of the car and hike almost anywhere along the road I feel as if I could spend weeks in this place. I will just have to keep applying for the lottery every year.
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ALUMNI: Dillon Vought and Tessa Ely quit their jobs to travel the Americas Continued from cover
while traveling through other countries. “What seems to be the most important thing we have learned while traveling is how incredibly warm and welcoming people are. The human condition that ties us all together, regardless of where in the world you live or the hand you were dealt, is a powerful thing. We were blown away by the hospitality and genuine kindness we encountered with complete strangers. While driving across the world makes you realize how huge it is, it simultaneously makes it feel small and allowed us to learn that most humans, regardless of language, wealth, or location, are all connected and all desire the same things,” Ely said. Living with your partner in an 80 square foot space for an extended period
of time without air conditioning can seem daunting. However, Ely and Vought have made it work for their travels. It has even brought them closer together as a couple. “We are closer than we could have imagined after this journey. There aren’t many other situations I can think of where you rely so heavily and solely on your partner. While it was tricky to give up some of the independence we were used to before the trip, it also feels amazing to be so connected to another human and to know you can count on each other 100 percent...” Ely said. “Whether it be me struggling with my Spanish to get our needs across while in remote Colombia or Dillon using his amazing mechanic skills to work on the broken down bus in the middle of nowhere Patagonia.” Traveling across continents doesn’t come without its obstacles however. Between bribing foreign cops and the
language barriers they encountered. Ely and Vought tackled each obstacle along the way together. “There are definitely many literal and figurative obstacles we encountered on the road, and that’s what differentiates vacationing from traveling in my mind. The primary differences we encountered, that we don’t have to worry about while traveling in the US, would be crooked cops, the language barrier, sanitation issues, and safety,” Ely said. Ely and Vought were bed-ridden for a week after eating fried pig intestines in Quito, Ecuador and Ely was hospitalized in El Salvador, Bolivia after getting a parasite resulting from the areas poor sanitation. The couple always sought after secured parking and as a result haven’t been robbed while traveling. In the last year and a half, the couple traveled from their home in Anchorage
to the Southern tip of Patagonia, Argentina. The couple then shipped their bus from Buenos Aires to Florida where they picked up to travel across the lower 48; slowly making their way North to Alaska by next summer. Once they are back, they hope to drive their bus to the Northern most point in Alaska, Prudhoe Bay. Ely and Vought discourage others from doing what they did, if they aren’t mechanically inclined. “The only way we were able to complete the trip smoothly in the bus is because Dillon and I completely tore the bus apart and put it back together ourselves, so he was able to fix any issue that we had on the road by himself,” Ely said. Currently on the road, Ely and Vought are making their way across the lower 48. Touring National Parks and visiting local sights, the couple will be back in Anchorage next summer.
Vought and Ely pose in front of their bus in Bolivia, one of the stops on their South American adventure. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE BUS AND US
Tessa Ely and Dillon Vought spent a year fixing up their 1975 Westfalia VW bus, which they purchased for $500.
You can follow their journey on their wildly popular website www.thebusandus.com, or be one of nearly 70,000 followers on their Instagram page, @thebusandus.
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UP HERE The Arctic at the Center of the World
Contemporary artists challenge the mythical ideal of the Arctic
Closing Sunday, Oct. 2
Image: Jeroen Toirkens, 2015
This exhibition is supported by
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Carr Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts
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‘Train to Busan’ plows ahead at all costs By Jacob Holley-Kline Contributor
TITLE “Train to Busan”
DIRECTOR Yeon Sang-ho
RELEASE DATE July 20, 2016
COUNTRY South Korea
GENRE Horror
Zombies have been done time again and again. “Maggie” and “World War Z,” while not great, managed to inject some originality into the genre. “Train to Busan” combines the emotional core of “Maggie” with the third act intensity of “World War Z,” and builds on them. It’s more action than horror, but the action sequences are so propulsive that it really doesn’t matter. The movie flirts with horror through its two hour running time. The beginning, especially, is a masterclass in apocalyptic horror. There’s no slow-build here. The movie starts at 100 and doesn’t let up until the credits roll. For a movie set on a train, that’s certainly fitting. Seok-woo (Gong Yoo, “The Age of Shadows”), a workaholic father estranged from his daughter Soo-an (Kim Su-an, “Memories of the Sword”), agrees to take his daughter by train to live with her mother in Seoul. They board, and just before the doors close, a battered young woman climbs on and seizes, rising from the dead soon after. It doesn’t take long for all hell to break loose. The closest comparison “Train to Busan” has in Korean cinema is “No Tears for the Dead.” The latter’s ingenious action sequences forgave its shortcomings. The same is true for “Train to Busan,” but where “No Tears” had apartment complexes to work with, “Train” only has the eponymous train. Director Yeon Sang-ho makes the most of his narrow setting.
Not one action sequence feels like another. Each utilizes the characters and environment in totally unique ways. Because of this, the movie is filled with Ooh Rah moments. Ma Dong-seok (“Exchange”) as Sang-hwa has the lion’s share of these, stealing nearly every scene he’s in. Since “Train to Busan” has a set of well-rounded characters to fall back on, it works overtime in establishing parallels between them. Sang-hwa, a soonto-be father, becomes the polar opposite of Seok-woo, proving more paternal every time Soo-an needs a father. Gong Yoo’s performance as Seok-woo breaks through that, however. He’s a sympathetic guy, one who’s spent so long buying his daughter’s love that he’s forgotten to earn it. At its most elemental, their relationship is the movie’s emotional through line. Strangely, it nearly kills the movie. A climactic moment near the end comes off as maudlin and emotionally manipulative. What’s worse, the scene directly after it does what its predecessor tried to do, only much better. And just like that, the movie’s climax feels pointless. That can be a tough pill to swallow. “Train to Busan,” at its heart, is a riproaring action adventure movie long on thrills and short on chills. With action sequences as well-directed as these, however, viewers won’t miss those chills.Taking the best parts of “Maggie,” “World War Z” and “No Tears for the Dead,” “Train to Busan” becomes a resonant meditation on class warfare and family. Just don’t get in the movie’s way, it won’t let up. Thank God it doesn’t.
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OCTOBER: Looking ahead at what’s in store for First Friday Continued from cover
holding events all month, beginning on the First Friday of October. “We will be featuring something called Elevator Music, with live music from the Nuther Brothers. People can get on the museum’s over-sized elevator to hear their songs, its a really cool idea,” Krystal Meyer, the event coordinator for the Anchorage Museum said. Besides Elevator Music, the museum will feature multiple other events on Oct. 7, such as the Battle of the Breweries. Local brewery companies will feature their favorite and most unique beers in the form of flights for people to try and
vote on their favorite. The Anchorage Museum will be featuring local artists for the entire month of October, but these special events will only be happening on the First Friday. Sevigny Studio, a local business that sells Alaska made artwork, clothing and jewelry, will be featuring local artist Gina Edwards and musician Jonathan Cannamore. “Gina has been featured in our studio before. She does oil paintings, and uses charcoal and wire in some of her stuff. They are very whimsical images,” Jessica Stesfl, First Friday coordinator for Sevigny Studio said. Cannonmore writes his own songs
and sings covers using a loop pedal. His music is folk rock, and he will be performing at Sevigny Studio exclusively on Friday, Oct. 7. The people who come through these businesses and support the artists are just as important as the artists themselves. Without any supporters, First Friday would not exist in Anchorage, so it is important for the participators to get feedback from the people of Anchorage on what can be done better for the following month. “The first time I attended First Friday, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It seemed like a cool idea so I went, and now I make sure to go to at least one business every
month to see who they’re featuring. First Friday is a great way to see what the people of Anchorage do and the talent they have,” Anchorage resident Sarah Richards said. These business are just a small taste of what will be going on during First Friday. Businesses such as Octopus Ink, Anchorage Community Works, Fat Ptarmigan, Heart of the City and IGCA Alaska are other major participants on First Friday. The art, music and food that is featured all across Anchorage is nothing short of original and allows participants to experience the art scene in the city, while also supporting all of the local businesses in downtown Anchorage.
Local lineup to perform at TapRoot
By Madison McEnaney arts2@thenorthernlight.org
On Sept. 30 at 10 p.m., TapRoot will be hosting a show featuring a few of Anchorage’s most well known bands. While it may seem easy to call this just another indie show, the bands that are playing show so much more depth and variety that deserve much more than simply one classification. The diverse range of music they play works together to form a unique sound that stands out, and it will for sure be something that no one will want to miss out on. Granddad is a three piece band consisting of Kellen Baker on guitar and vocals, Bobby Ziegler on bass and Matt Harris on drums. This band has roots in Fairbanks, but they moved to Anchorage last year to pursue a bigger audience. They have two records out currently, an album titled “Best Friends” and a newer EP, “Dumped.” Baker is the songwriter for the group, and his perspective allows for a unique look on life through his lyrics. He writes very personal lines about being a homosexual and the struggles that come with that in today’s society.
“We don’t want to do anything cliche, we love putting on a show with positive and inviting space for everyone to participate,” Harris said. Next on TapRoot’s lineup is Dutchess, a four person band featuring Hans Thedinga on guitar, Jonathan Reeves on drums, Jacob Dee on bass and Drew Jones on guitar. This band is based in Anchorage, and has two EP’s currently released, “Dutchess” and “Love is For Losers.” Dutchess embodies a psychedelic rock and shoe gaze sound. They draw inspiration from bands such as Interpool, Queens of the Stone Age and Animal Collective. “I always enjoy the energy of a live audience. I like watching people party, so when I am on stage I try to get them to do that,” Dee said. Dutchess is a well-known band in the Anchorage area, and they always put on an amazing show for anyone who will watch. This indie rock group is one that no one in Anchorage should go without listening to. Harm is a seven piece band featuring members from all over Alaska. They will be the final band at the show at TapRoot. Harm features a variety of instruments that aren’t as commonly heard in their music, such as the
banjo, clarinet and even beat boxing. Matt Roberts, Harm’s bass synth player says the band has a “psych folk, emphasis on psych,” sound to it, and draws inspiration from artists such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Cross Record and Dark Dark Dark. Heather Warren, Harm’s beat boxer and poet, also agrees that the band has a psych folk sound, but also with a “splash of hip hop.” “I like to describe Harm’s sound as non-normative. I love asking other people this question because the answers are so diverse in description and perception,” Warren said. Harm has released an EP recorded in spring 2015, and is set to record a full length album this coming January, with a release date to be determined. This band is unique and real in a way that allows for so many talented individuals to come together to form a cohesive and successful act. With a lineup of bands like this one, TapRoot’s show this coming Friday will be sure to do anything but disappoint. Make sure to stop by and experience the music put out by some of the most successful and exceptional bands Alaska has to offer.
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SEAWOLVES: UAA volleyball faces competitors Western Washington and Simon Fraser
Continued from cover setter Morgan Hooe, giving freshman middle blocker Vanessa Hayes the opportunity to sieve 3 kills in the first set. Pulling in a fast lead against WWU the Seawolves showed the determination proven by their first place GNAC ranking. Outside hitter, sophomore Chrisalyn Johnson, soon pulled in assists from Hooe to give the team another 4 kills in just the first ten minutes of the game. UAA women quickly pulled ahead while utilizing current attack leaders Leah Swiss and Diana Fa’amausili. WWU continued dishing the Seawolves kills while sophomore libero Kyla Militante-Amper didn’t show any fatigue by pulling in dig after dig. With a lead almost doubling WWU, the Seawolves easily won set 1 at 25-15. They finished off the set with an impressive 15 kills, 12 digs, and 12 assists. Their eye on another quick win, the Seawolves pulled in the first points of set 2. Senior middle block Erin Braun quickly makes a presence with several blocks ending in points for the Seawolves. As the Seawolves fell slightly behind, WWU took advantage of UAA’s several block, serve and kill errors. In determination to pull back ahead, Johnson and Swiss stroke down several more kills utilizing assists from Hooe and Miliante-Amper. Struggling to catch up to Western Washington, the Seawolves experienced several more serve and attack errors. None the less, the Seawolves still showed determination. Towards the end of the set, Swiss added in several more kills, Miliantae with 5 more digs, and Hooe with 10 more assists on the set. With hard work paying off, the Seawolves slowly pulled forward until they
were only a of couple points off. Unfortunately not soon enough, WWU ended the set with a 3 point lead over UAA, at 25-23, respectively. A slow start to set 3 gave neither WWU or UAA a definitive lead, both teams teetered back and forth. After only 1 kill from Johnson and Swiss early on, Western Washington again began to pull ahead. In a swift turn of events, the Seawolves pulled through to win the set 25-20. Ending the set with 14 kills, 17 digs, and 12 assists. Head to head in the game determining set for the Seawolves, a quick start pulled WWU into the lead. Swiss added 2 kills and Johnson 1, but it still wasn’t enough to pull on a lead; UAA and WWU stayed in a constant tie until half way through the set. 2 digs from Miliante-Amper helped the Seawolves back to their feet and they got an advantage on Western Washington. In a swift end to the set, the Seawolves had the win that they needed at 15-10. After an anxious 4 sets, the UAA women’s volleyball continued their 11, and now 12, game win steak with a 3-1 win (25-15, 23-25, 25-20, 15-10). The hard work the Seawolves have been putting in has finally paid off, “we came out with passion and a drive that we have been searching for these these last few weeks in practice. All around I feel that everybody improved this weekend,” Hayes said. Saturday. Sept 24 v. Simon Fraser On Saturday, the UAA women’s volleyball headed north to Burnaby, B.C, Canada to take on their current conference match Simon Fraser. Both teams are tied for first in the conference with a 3-0 record, UAA having the only advantage of an overall 13-1 record for the season while Simon Fraser stands at 8-1.
Senior Erin Braun reaches for a block against Simon Fraser.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF RON HOLE
Sophomore Chrisalyn Johnson leaps in determination for a hit against Simon Fraser.
Seawolves started off set 1 with the first serve of the game. Senior setter Morgan Hooe and senior middle blocker Erin Braun worked together to block several attacks from SFU after the first serves. Head to head, UAA and SFU matched each other for every point scored. With repetitive kills from sophomore outside hitter Leah Swiss, the Seawolves made a debut to the lead. After a close set, UAA pulled through 25-19. A slow start to set 2 initially put the Seawolves behind, but with sophomore outside hitter Chrisalyn Johnson and blocker Braun on UAA’s side, they were able to put a dent in SFU’s lead. After a second close set, the Seawolves managed a second win of the night at 25-19. Coming into set 3, the Seawolves knew this was their chance to win the game and pull ahead of Simon Fraser to be the top seed in the Great Northwest
Athletic Conference. With that determination in mind, the UAA women worked together to get an early lead. Hooe set up numerous assists to let Braun and Johnson take over and dish out some kills. Several offensive errors on the Seawolves side let SFU earn some points and get dangerously close to their lead. However, in the end Swiss came through with several kills, some resulting in aces that elevated the Seawolves lead to a much more comfortable level. UAA’s offense showed its full potential in the second half of the set. To make up for the several offensive errors, the Seawolves pulled everything back together and managed a set winner at 25-14. At the end of the night, the Seawolves became the top seed in GNAC after beating, now second place, Simon Fraser 3-1 (25-19, 25-19, 25-14).
Sophomore Leah Swiss attempts a kill against Simon Fraser.
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Fast and Female hosts Anchorage 'Champ Chat' By Lauren Cuddihy
sports2@thenorthernlight.org
On Sept. 18, young girls from all over Anchorage had the privilege to participate in Fast and Female's 'Champ Chat' hosted by local Olympians Kikkan Randall, Sadie Bjornsen and Holly Brooks. Fast and Female is a non-profit organization started in 2005 by Chandra Crawford, an Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing, to "inspire and be inspired." Fast and Female has a presence all over the world, including the United States, Canada and Australia. Depending on the length of event, either a full day Summit or a half day Champ Chat, the organization has had the opportunity to reach and inspire young girls for over ten years. Anchorage was able to host a Champ Chat which was focused on developing skills about staying active and continuing involvement in sports past the age of 14, which is when many girls begin to drop out of sports. Joined by upwards of 300 young girls, the Olympians and ambassadors from UAA's sports teams, the Alaska Airlines Center held the first Anchorage Champ Chat for 3 and a half hours. UAA track and field athlete and Fast and Female ambassador, sophomore Yvonne Jeschke, participated in the event to be a role model for the young girls. "I think that Fast and Female was a beneficial event for the girls, because they were introduced to a variety of aspects that play a role in continuing active lives," Jeschke said. To began the event off, the Fast and Female philosophy was explained to the participants and introductions and ice breakers were utilized to get the girls familiar with one another. Groups were then broken off to give the participants more age-related activities, a younger group brought together girls under the age of 12 while the older group encompassed the remaining girls, ages 13-18. The younger girls were able to learn about leading an active lifestyle by partaking in direct skill related activities to familiarize them with their bodies. Jeschke said the younger girls benefited by learning activities most of them never experienced, such as yoga and pilates, taught by professional instructors. Not only did this help the younger girls gain valuable fitness skills, but it also incorporated direct physical activity into an educational lesson. The older girls split off to learn more about specific sports nutrition and partake in skill related activities. Working
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELENA CANO
The participants working together in a team building activity.
The girls sit together in another skill related activity.
with the older and professional athletes in a "teen seminar," the girls learned about staying healthy in the future by leading an active lifestyle. "They learned from a nutritionist about proper nutrition for athletes and especially girls in this critical age. It is important for them to know that their body changes and with that their need for certain nutrients," Jeschke said. This event was a significant stepping stone to inspire young girls in Anchorage by working with Olympians like Kikkan Randall. They benefited tremendously from "stations featuring agility, relays, team building, human pyramids, nutrition games, and a mini-film festival," Randall said. Olympian Holly Brooks also took part as a prominent role model in this event by stressing that sports and staying active in whatever way it may be is an exceptionally important part in the physical and mental aspects of life. "The bothersome part of the equation and the inspiration behind Fast and Female is that in the early teenage years girls drop out of sports at a rate much, much higher than their male counterparts," Brooks said. Whether it's a social stigma, the lack of opportunity, access, or any number of reasons it is still a problem. The main philosophy of Fast and Female, "keep girls healthy, happy and active in sports through their teens." It is the key every community needs to make a change in young girls lives. Of all people to take key fitness advice from, Olympians are the ones young athletes should take extra time to pay attention to. "I have benefited tremendously from my participation in sports. Sports have given me a healthy body, confidence to chase big dreams, amazing friends and opportunities to travel around the world," Randall said. An important aspect to remember is that staying active not only benefits a person physically and mentally, but it opens up a whole new lifestyle to follow, a whole new perspective in life. "My participation in sports has opened many jobs for me including amazing travel, meeting cool people, job opportunities, and much, much more," Brooks said. Fast and Female is a beneficial organization that Anchorage was fortunate enough to experience. To learn more about the organization and see pictures and videos of their events, visit their website www.fastandfemale.com or Facebook page.
| 13 SPORTS From rivals to teammates: The story of UAA volleyball THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
PHOTO BY RYAN JOHNSON
Katelynn Zanders, Leah Swiss, Julia Mackey and Morgan Hooe celebrate as a hard battle against Central Washington comes to an end on Nov. 5, 2015.
By Cheyenne Mathews
cmathews@thenorthernlight.org
The Seawolf volleyball team has an interesting dynamic: it's athletes comprise of girls from all over Anchorage who once played against each other as competitors before joining the Seawolf program. The Seawolf team is full of past rivals, but they are a successful team despite the circumstances. Head Coach Chris Green has the answer for this successful team relationship. “In the back of my mind I always thought, ‘I wonder how this is going to work,’ but I never mentioned it, and I watched,” Green said. “I don’t say anything about it. I just let them figure it out honestly. We do so much team building. We’re together so much that I think they have a chance to get to know each other, and the personalities seemed to have worked out okay.” That being said, Green concedes that there were high school rivalries in several of his players histories before they joined the Seawolf volleyball program. “You know, Leah Swiss, C.J [Chrisalyn Johnson] both on Dimond and you have Morgan [Hooe] on South, so they
were big rivals,” Green said. “Zanders, Katelynn Zanders last year from South both rivals with Leah [Swiss], but I think they ended up being great friends now. I don’t think it was that big of a deal.” Dimond versus South rivalries were a big deal for setter Morgan Hooe and outside hitter, Leah Swiss in the past, but as teammates they have new goals. “UAA volleyball is the unifier,” Green said. “I think soccer even, rivals on the soccer field and rivals on the volleyball court. But they put that in the past once they stepped on our court. Even at the beginning, before they got to know each other, there was no animosity, it was hey we’re here to win GNAC, we are here to win games for UAA. We are going to figure this out, and they end up being really good friends.” Hooe is a senior this year, but she doesn’t have that much experience working with a team member who was previously a rival. “I think last year was the first time that we’ve really had a good rival with Leah [Swiss] you know on the team, because Dimond and South is such a big rival, but I think it just gets us fired up more,” said Hooe. “I mean, all of us have pretty fiery personalities, so it’s not really hard for us
to gel with each other.” The rivalry Hooe is talking about is used as material for team jokes now that the girls know each other as teammates. “[Volleyball] is definitely a big unifier,” Hooe said. “We always make jokes about it, and how we’d get in each others faces at old games, and me and Leah [Swiss], and Katelynn Zanders, one of our past players, we’d always get really fiery in soccer games. It’s just a giant joke now. You know we’re past it.” The Seawolf volleyball team has another advantage. Since girls from the Anchorage area oftentimes make up the majority of the team, players are in a unique position of being able to know and mentor each other for more than four years. Hooe and libero Makenna Hurd are both from South, and Hooe has been able to watch Hurd develop over the years. “I’ve known Makenna [Hurd] for a really long time. So it’s really cool seeing her grow, and it’s only been like a month and a half. I am excited to see what she’s going to be like even when she’s a senior. I remember her when she was a freshman at South… It’s been pretty cool to see how she’s grown.” Assistant coach and past player, Siobhan Johansen, knows exactly what it feels
like to be in the position Hooe and Swiss are currently in. “When I was a freshman, one of the other freshmen was from [South], and so we had played together all four years... I knew who she was obviously and I was like, she’s a really good outside. I heard she was going to UAA… we never really talked before that, and then we actually talked when we were at practice. We met and we were like oh my gosh you’re so awesome,” said Johansen. “So it was really cool actually being able to play with that person instead of being like, no we have to beat you every time.” Johansen believes the girls are not only unified by the sport but by their common goal to succeed. “I don’t think anyone has ever brought high school rivalries with them because they know that’s in the past. It was high school and now they are here, and we have new rivalries that you have to focus on,” Johansen said. “Even when I was playing all the years you become a family first day of preseason basically.” The Seawolf volleyball players have an entire season in front of them to bond, meet goals, and prove that, in college, your past doesn’t matter as long as you strive to succeed in the future.
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