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Kirby Lounge renovations off to a late start, but moving forward
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Students may have noticed that the construction in the Kirby Student Center did not start over spring break. Even though the construction process was moved back, it will still be done in time for students come fall 2013. The construction of the Kirby Student Center will now be split up into two phases. The first phase will include the student lounge and the adjacent hallway that runs all the way from Heller Hall to outside of the Lower Level Bookstore. This phase will be ready for students when they come back in the fall. The second phase of the project will include the first floor student organization offices. It’s not certain when that construction will start, but Kirby Student Center Director Jeni Eltink estimates that it could be a couple years yet before they receive the funding to be able to complete the project. The review committee in charge of selecting the construction management firm for the project has recommended Johnson Wilson Constructors, but no documents have been signed to finalize a decision. “One of the things that we didn’t know at that point in the process (when the designers left) is what is going on behind the scenes,” Eltink said. “We learned that a lot of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment that serves this floor was installed in 1956.” After discovering all the changes that needed to be made in order to make the equipment safe and meet code standards, the committee soon realized that the budget they were given for the project would not cover all aspects of renovation. “We wanted to focus on the lounge and the hallway because those are the things that serve
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The Kirby Student info desk gets the lock and key before being demolished to make room for the new study area.
every student,” Eltink said. “We wanted to impact the maximum amount of students with the amount of money that we had.” The first phase of this project will cost $1.5 million. Contractors are still unsure of how much the second phase will end up costing. However, the first phase of the renovation is already
underway. The Underground closed April 15 in preparation for the renovation. Soon to follow, the student organizations will be vacating their offices and the student lounge will be closed for student use.
UMD students try to bring healthy food options to campus BY MAEGGIE LICHT licht096@d.umn.edu
UMD students are joining together to change food options on campus and make the university menu choices more sustainable, locally produced, and include more variety for those with food sensitivities. Senior anthropology major Caitlin Nielson is one of the students at the forefront of these efforts. “The student body wants it,” Nielson said. “Now they have to demand it. We need to get a campus vision aligned. All the conversations we’ve had with students show that everybody wants this—more local food and more choices.” The group hopes to show Dining Services that the student body, faculty and staff all want to see more options and information about where food on campus comes from. Nielson said this could be tricky because of the turnover that often happens with student initiatives. “We need something that pulls this all together, like a charter down on paper,” Nielson said. “We need things in place that are not temporary. Student initiatives are temporary because students graduate and leave. We need something that will stay.” Senior health education major Judy Breuer sees a need for change in access to nutritional information on campus. “When I was a freshman, I took a nutrition course where we had to track everything we ate,” Breuer said. “It was hard to get nutritional information about the foods here.” Nielson started paying attention to her own food choices and thinks doing so is a pivotal aspect of student success. “As college students, (healthy food) is so necessary,” she said. “We’re under so much stress; our immune systems are under attack, and then we’re eating crappy foods. It’s a recipe for disaster. These changes could be the recipe for student wellness.” Though the students are happy about some positive changes happening on campus, they’re still not happy with what’s available. Senior anthropology major Sheamus Johnson often spends from 12 to 16 hours on campus as a student LIZ ABRAHAMSON/SUBMITTED employee. see FOOD OPTIONS, A3 Executive Chef Tom Linderholm holds up a succulent roasted chicken. INDEX:
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Students write stories with community members BY GRAHAM HAKALA hakal045@d.umn.edu
Several UMD creative writing students have been working with disabled members of the Duluth community as part of the Storytelling Project, a venture that pairs them together to write a story. “(The Storytelling Project) links creative writing students with community members who may have troubles with physical disability or some other impairment that makes it so they aren’t able to tell their story themselves,” said Jaime Jost, graduate student at UMD and coordinator for the project. Kathryn Van Wert, an English professor at UMD, started the Storytelling Project. The inspiration came from a similar project that she worked on in Rochester, N.Y. “(The project) was very successful, so I wanted to try something like it in Duluth,” Van Wert said in an email. Since February, students and community participants have met each week to go over how they would approach their stories. see STORYTELLING, A3
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New Zealand celebrates passing of marriage equality law BY MICHAEL SCOTT scot0459@d.umn.edu
WELLINGTON- In a rare moment in politics, the Parliament of New Zealand broke into song to celebrate the legalizing of same-sex marriage. It all started when The Speaker of the House read aloud that the bill passed 77-44. Members of the public gallery watching the vote erupted into song soon after. They started to sing “Pokarekare Ana,” a traditional Maori love song. It filled the House. The bill was sponsored by lesbian Member of Parliament Louisa Wall. New Zealand is now the thirteenth
country in the world to legalize samesex marriage and the first in the AsiaPacific nation. Just before the assent, Member of Parliament Maurice Williamson gave a speech that has since gone viral. “One of the messages that I had was that this bill was the cause of our drought,” Williamson said. “Well, in the Pakuranga electorate this morning it was pouring with rain. We had the most enormous big gay rainbow across my electorate.” However, it was not all jokes. Williamson also addressed concerns from his constituents. “All we are doing with this bill is allowing two people who love each other to have that love recognized by
way of marriage,” he said. Currently, nine states in the U.S. have similar laws: Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and Washington. The first state in the union to legalize same-sex marriage was Massachusetts in 2003. The last three—Maine, Maryland, and Washington—also voted in favor of same-sex marriage in last November’s ballots. Also during the 2012 elections, Minnesotans voted against a constitutional amendment that defined marriage as between one man and one woman and would have barred same-sex couples from marrying. The amendment lost 51.2
percent to 47.5 percent. In Minnesota, a vote on same-sex marriage legislation is expected in the upcoming weeks. The issue has cleared committee and will be voted on by the Minnesota House and Senate. Governor Mark Dayton said he will sign the bill into law if the vote is successful.
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“They would meet for an hour and go over details of the stories,” Jost said. “They start with introductions and then decide if they want to do fiction or nonfiction or poetry.” For Van Wert, the Storytelling Project is beneficial to both members of each team. “The project gives students the opportunity to sharpen their interviewing, writing, and editing skills,” Van Wert said. “They learn to listen in new ways, and they develop new strategies for communicating with people with disabilities.” After the writing process is complete, the stories are compiled into an anthology and a public reading is held. This year’s reading is scheduled for May 2 at 6 p.m. in the UMD library rotunda.
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This is the first year for the Storytelling Project at UMD, but Van Wert hopes it won’t be the last. “The project has gone wonderfully, and we’re hoping to continue it next year,” Van Wert said. “Our writers have produced some very moving stories, both fiction and nonfiction, and gotten to be close friends with their partners. We’ve learned a lot from each other about telling a good story.” However, Jost said it isn’t just about telling good stories. “My favorite part of the week is watching them make connections,” Jost said. “People in the disability community don’t get a lot of interaction with people their age that don’t have disabilities. It’s important to draw those connections and make friendships out of it.”
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The hallway through Kirby will remain open until the end of finals week. “We are trying to do the minimum amount of disruption that we can during the school year, while also realizing that we can’t wait until after school is out to start if we want to get everything finished in time,” Eltink said. The Kirby Lounge will be growing from its original 3,500 square feet to 6,600 square feet. “It will be cool to reclaim the lounge back to the original footprint,” said Director of Student Life Corbin Smyth. “Over the years, the lounge got carved up into office space.” One of the major renovations will be removing the barrier between the lounge and the hallway, making the space more open. Passersby will be able to look into the lounge and check out what’s going on. “Instead of just this straight tunnelvision hallway, it is going to become this sort of bigger, more vibrant, more exciting kind of space,” Eltink said. “It
is going to feel like you are walking right on the edge of the room.” The new lounge will be equipped with multiple TV screens in which students can hook up their laptops to display their screens. The lounge will also include fireplaces, billiard tables, outlets (both USB and regular), lounge chairs and tables for students who wish to study or work on group projects. “It is going to serve multiple purposes, versus the lounge right now is all the same thing,” Eltink said. The new lounge will also have all LED lighting, as well as daylight-censored lights that can adjust to outside light levels. The floors will be light tan and dark blue to symbolize the waves and beaches of Lake Superior. “I can’t wait to see what students choose to do with (the lounge),” Eltink said. “People are going to think of ways to use it that we haven’t even thought of, and that is going to be really cool.”
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She said she has been disappointed with the lack of fresh food options. “It’s really a downer if I can’t get fresh fruits and vegetables,” Johnson said. “I’m conscious about what I put in my body. Another piece of it is growing the local food community. Our current food system is making us fatter and sicker. There’s an opportunity to support a new food system here.” Part of that new food system initiative aims to bring in more food produced on the UMD Farm, located just a few miles from campus on Riley Road. “We have the UMD Farm, and a lot of students don’t even know about it,” said Saba Andualem, a junior anthropology major. “Food is what sustains us as human beings. Touching the soil, pulling your own vegetables out of the ground—I know I’m happier picking my own carrots that I grew than buying them at the store and not knowing where they came from.” In addition to getting down to the earth, Andualem says getting more involved with the farm has additional
benefits. “Being involved helps people to ask questions and raise awareness,” she said. “It creates awareness, and that’s definitely a benefit for the wellness of every individual.” The group hopes to bring critical thinking into the nutrition game. “The CLA (College of Liberal Arts) is all about critical thinking,” Nielson said. “I’m not really understanding why we don’t think critically about food options.” Nielson added that these changes would be a new and inviting incentive for prospective students. “We’d be a leader in the state, and we’d attract quite a crop of kids,” she said. With the rich and growing local farming scene in the area, Nielson is confident that these goals are just within the reach of an outstretched gardener’s glove. “We have the most brilliant minds in the North here,” Nielson said. “By collaborating and defining the things we can do to reach our goals. Month by month, we’ll see these changes. We’ll see that we can do it.”
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Shortly after 11 p.m. on April 19, UMDPD officers were dispatched to Griggs Hall after reports of a disturbance were called in. Upon investigating, officers found two male students causing a ruckus near the Lake Superior Hall bathrooms. The two students were found to have been drinking and were issued underage consumption citations. At 1 a.m. on April 20, officers were dispatched to Griggs Hall after receiving complaints of a marijuana scent coming from one of the rooms. Officers confirmed the source of the scent and
confronted the residents. From the door, officers spotted a pill bottle that contained a small amount of marijuana. Two students were issued citations for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, as well as citations for underage consumption of alcohol. Officers came across a 22-year-old male UMD student stumbling around near the Kirby Bus Hub around 2:30 a.m. on April 20. He told officers that he was just waiting for a bus. While waiting for the bus that wasn’t coming, he had fallen and hit his head on the bus stop shelter. After explaining to the male that the busses had stopped running, police transported him to his home and released him
to his roommates. Officers determined that he did not need medical attention. After 2 a.m. on April 21, officers came across a 23-yearold UMD student who was urinating in one of the campus parking lots. The male was cooperative with the officers, and he was not issued a citation. Instead, he was referred to the Office of Student Conduct for possible sanctions. Around 3 a.m. on April 21, officers were dispatched to Carver Ave. and Arrowhead Road after two males left a taxi without paying the driver. Officers caught up to the males. They were cooperative with the officers, and they settled with the cab driver and avoided arrest.
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Monday, March 30, 1981, just 69 days into his precedency, Ronald Reagan was shot outside of the Washington Hilton Hotel by John Hinckley Jr., who was trying to impress Jodie Foster. The Big Three news networks struggled to keep pace with technology, reporting false information several times while trying to keep up with a quickly developing situation. It was through these events that CNN, the 24-hour news network, rose to popularity by introducing the 24-hour news cycle and earning a reputation for its thoroughness. This past week, that reputation and the reputation of 24-hour news channels across the board came under scrutiny once again, as news networks struggled to keep pace with technology during the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent terror that ensued later in the week. Already, analysts have tagged last week’s news coverage as a tipping point in how breaking news is covered in the 21st century. I, like many others around the country, was glued to my Twitter feed as almost instantaneous updates from major news networks flooded it. I found my Facebook feed moved at an archaically slow pace, only giving me updates on a half-hour basis. But, in the race to be first, many
agencies sacrificed the truthfulness that journalists strive for, or should strive for, to maintain coverage. Sensationalistic programs ran gory photos of the immediate aftermath of the bombings. Sean Hannity’s Fox News program put a bloody montage together set to dramatic music. Although, in Hannity’s defense, the same footage had been playing across most of the major networks. Then there was the glaring mistakes and accusations made in the aftermath of the bombings. The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, citing unnamed sources, wrongfully reported that there were more bombs found. The New York Post was first to wrongfully label a Saudi national a potential suspect, who immediately turned himself in to police to prove his innocence. Reddit, an online community, took the investigation upon themselves and started crowdsourcing huge amounts of collaborative pictures and video, wrongfully accusing pretty much anyone in the crowd with a backpack as the bomber. On Wednesday, CNN was first to announce that an arrest had been made while CBS and NBC disputed those claims. CNN later went back and blamed their “unknown sources” as the reason for wrongfully reporting the arrest. It got so confusing that NBC’s Pete Williams said: “At the end of
the day, someone is going to be right…” No one seemed to know exactly what was going on, or who that someone was. I think Brooke Gladstone, host of NPR’s On the Media, said it best when she said: “CNN ran with scissors and fell on the pointy end.” Early Friday morning I, along with millions of other people, stayed glued to my Twitter feed as updates came streaming in. The Boston Police Department’s online police scanner feed struggled to keep up as almost 80,000 people tuned in to listen to events as they unfolded. We, as online users, have such a powerful tool for consuming up-to-the-second news between television, social media and even other online users. We then look to news organizations to pick apart all this information and give us the real story of what’s going on. Inaccuracy is always going to be a reality in a breaking news situation, but last week’s coverage by the major networks saw a deluge of false information, “unnamed sources,” and deadend reporting. In this era, it is a journalist’s and a network’s job to use the powerful tools at their disposal responsibly. It is always their job to give the public an accurate story instead of racing to become to first one to break news at the expense of that accuracy. *Eric Lemke is the Outdoors editor at The Statesman.
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For when we lose our sun BY BEN LABERGE labe0091@d.umn.edu
Here’s an interesting science fact for the week: it takes eight minutes and 17 seconds for light to travel from the sun’s surface to Earth. The same goes for the gravity of the sun on the earth (maybe a little longer), because bosonic fields—the forces that cause the effects of gravity—cannot travel faster than the speed of light. Now, this fact got me to thinking: what would happen to the earth if the sun suddenly disappeared? The sun is the earth’s primary source of light, heat and energy for plants and other photosynthetic organisms (which provide the base of all food chains). We would have light on Earth for those eight minutes and 17 seconds before existing only by the light of our own candles and cellphones. Scientists speculate that global temperatures would drop below zero degrees Celsius to around -20 degrees in a week and -100 degrees in a year. Heat would still be produced by the earth’s core and would be trapped on Earth by our abundance of greenhouse gasses. The oceans would freeze over more slowly than land. 3.5 times more heat energy input is required to raise or lower the temperature of a body of water than a piece of dry land having the same mass. The frozen ocean surfaces would retain some of the heat produced by the earth and
released from volcanic vents. Photosynthesis would stop naturally; smaller nonwoody plants would die in about a week while more resilient trees (which can tolerate temperatures well below zero) might survive for a couple months due to a slower metabolism and stored energy reserves. Most animals would die out quickly with no plant life to support the food chain. Others would adapt to feed on the dying organisms and nutrients in the ground or be forced into extinction themselves. Humans would have the best chance at survival with their quick ability to adapt to change by modifying their own environments. Iceland already heats 87 percent of its homes using geothermal energy, and people could continue harnessing volcanic heat for hundreds of years. Building a new society around this energy source, humans could create power growing UV lamps for underground farms, water filtration and air filtration. But not all is lost. Given that the sun just goes away, the earth would travel out in a straight line from its previous orbit around the sun like a ball thrown by a pitcher. The earth travels around the sun at an average speed of 67,000 mph and would rocket into space at the same speed. Alpha Centauri, the closest star to our solar system, is 4.2421 light years (or 5.87849981 × 1012 miles) from us. If we’re lucky, it would only take 42,488 years to reach our nearest stellar neighbor and get things back to the way they were.
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A few weeks ago in the Statesman, I read that only around one-third of students at UMD graduate in four years, which for most of us is the goal. Don’t get me wrong, I am not in any way blaming the student; I have come to realize in my four years that there are many ways to not graduate in four years. First of all, getting into a necessary class is like jumping into Lake Superior mid-May. It’s painful, difficult and it gives you goose bumps. I want to congratulate all of you graduating seniors, no matter how long it took you to get here. Being a senior, I also had some questions about income and whatnot. I found that young adults (that’s us) with a four-year degree made $40,000 on average in 2010. That same year, young adults without a college education made about $25,000. I will take that $40,000 and be completely happy with it. I know that there are people in the world who think college may be superfluous, and then there are people who swear by a college education. Being a college student myself, I’m going to side with the latter. However, a $15,000 difference might not seem that great when you consider how many loans a college graduate has to pay back. According to Phone: (218) 726-7113 Fax: (218) 726-8246 E-mail letters to: merid003@d.umn.edu Web site: www.umdstatesman.com
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CNN, the average student loan debt is near $27,000. About 71 percent of Minnesotans, including myself, will be some sort of debt related to education by the time we are 22. Now that we are on the subject of loans, let’s get into the nitty gritty: paying them back. You should make sure you go through exit counseling before your graduation date so you have a good grasp on what kind of debt you will need to pay back. One thing I was personally thrilled to learn about was deferment. It’s something you can request in order to postpone paying back loans and even halt interest accruement. If you are looking to go into the Peace Corps, volunteer abroad, travel, or what have you, then deferment is a good option. Some loans that the federal government will actually pay off interest for are any subsidized loans and the federal Perkins loan. There are specific things that qualify you for deferment and you can find those reasons and more on any federal website, like FAFSA. I know we are all terrified to graduate, unless you’re one of those people who have something “lined up” (in which case—why are you reading this?). For most of us though, graduation is a scary thing. It means we are on the cusp of adulthood and we have to start paying more bills than just rent and utilities, which sucks. I wish you all luck in the future. EDITORIAL BOARD: Opinion Page Editor___________ SATYA PUTUMBAKA Editor-in-Chief________________ JAMIE MERIDETH
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Colleges are designed for aiding students in discovering their own interests and developing skills for that particular interest. College is a time when students can finally start taking classes that are directed toward their own specific goals and aptitudes. The subject matter, however, is only part ILLUSTRATION BY of what makes a class likable. JOE FRASER A big portion of a student’s interest in a class has to do with the professor. Regrettably, professors can exhibit behaviors that are detrimental to a student’s learning and motivation. Favoritism is the behavior that is most damaging to a student’s will to learn. The angering problem of teacher favoritism is, unfortunately, not given very much attention, but I feel it is important to expose this act of injustice and its subsequent consequences. It is only natural that professors will get along with select students in a class better than others; however, when professors start to give more attention and preferential treatment to those students, a social hierarchy forms. Survival of the fittest declares the less participative students end up on the bottom of the hierarchy. A common practice of favoritism that I have witnessed is a professor continually praising and showcasing the work of certain students while ignoring the work of other students who put in just as much time and effort. This extra devotion to the “favorites” can pose many negative repercussions to the other students. Favoritism can lead to lower self-esteem, increased introversion, a decrease in motivation to do the homework, a decline in attendance, and less enthusiasm about the class. Ultimately, I believe that professor-student professional relationships are never a bad thing; nonetheless, that connection should never bleed into the classroom. Favoritism severely compromises the integrity of a professor, and students should not be expected to respect a professor that does not respect them. Another way in which students will lose respect for their professors is when they randomly call on students. I consider college students to be old enough to decide if and how much they want to participate; they should not be forced. I usually do not participate very much in my classes but it is not because I neglect to pay attention or do the readings. The reason is that I don’t feel comfortable sharing my opinions in front of my classmates—especially if it is a large class—is that it’s easier for me to articulate my opinions on paper. The method of randomly calling on students is harmful to morale. Students should want to participate because it makes them feel good when they contribute instead of spending the whole class period on pins and needles while mentally chanting “please don’t call on me, please don’t call on me” every time the professor asks a question. If a professor calls on a student who does not know the answer, it puts the student in an embarrassing situation that can be detrimental to his or her level of confidence. This can deter a student from participating permanently. Favoritism and randomly calling on students are two main behaviors that professors, either knowingly or unknowingly, exhibit that can be distressing to students. These behaviors can have a direct impact on students’ lives, and can leave marks that are not that easy to erase. All letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification, not to publish. The Statesman reserves the right to edit all letters for style, space, libel and grammar. Letters should be no more than 300 words in length. Readers may also submit longer guest columns. The Statesman reserves the right to print any submission as a letter or guest column. Submission does not guarantee publication.
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UMD dances to first national title BY KYLE FARRIS farri060@d.umn.edu
Dance captain Niki Johnson’s goal for her team was to see gradual improvement from one year to the next. She had no idea that improvement would culminate in UMD’s first national championship in program history. The Bulldogs beat out 10 other schools for the Division II title at the National Dance Alliance (NDA) Nationals in Daytona, Fla., April 11 and 12, and arrived back in Duluth last Tuesday after nearly a week of competition and celebraDANCE TEAM/SUBMITTED tion in the Sunshine State. “It was an amazing feelThe UMD dance team celebrates on the beach in Daytona, Fla., after winning the National Dance Alliance ing; it was surreal,” Johnson Championship April 12.
Bulldogs catapult to tie for second BY KYLE FARRIS farri060@d.umn.edu
The tug of war for supremacy in the NSIC continues. After starting the week in a tie for fourth, the UMD softball team (34-10, 14-4 NSIC) used two sweeps and a split to nab a share of second place in the NSIC standings with Minnesota StateMankato. The top five teams in the conference are now separated by just two games in the win column. On the strength of dominant pitching and a quick-strike offense, UMD coasted to a pair of 8-1 wins over Minnesota Crookston in the teams’ twinbill last Wednesday.
The Bulldogs held 5-0 leads over the Golden Eagles after the first two innings of each contest, partly due to leadoff hitter Michaela Goris and five-spot hitter Megan Mullen, who combined to go 8-15 at the dish with seven RBIs in the series. Cayli Sadler and Mullen notched wins for UMD on the mound, with Mullen turning in seven innings of one-run ball with four hits. Ace pitcher Julia Nealer joined Sadler and Mullen with a win in game one against the University of Mary Saturday, tossing a complete-game seven innings with three hits and nine punchouts. Mullen opened the scoring in the second by clubbing
It is said that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but for freshman newcomer Ashley Lewis, her diamond consists of four bases, cheering fans and the crack of a softball bat. Lewis, a native of Minnetrista, Minn., was recently named NSIC Player of the Week (March 18-25), joining teammates Julia Nealer and Kierra Jeffers as recipients this season. “It feels great to have that honor and to see that hard work pays off,” Lewis said. Jeffers, a 2013 softball captain, sees great potential in Lewis as a young player stepping up to become a key one. “I think she has been a great asset to our team and I know it will stay that way for the rest of the season,” Jeffers said. “She not only steps up when she needs to, but she has so much desire to learn and get better as an individual. She is also always open to constructive criticism and has a positive attitude in the process, which makes her a great teammate.” Lewis comes from Delano High School, where she was a starring player beginning
in her freshman year. There, she was named All-Wright County four times, all-state by the Minnesota High School Softball Coaches Association twice and an Minnesota State High School League AAA award winner once. The transition from high school ball to UMD has taken some time, but Lewis hopes to prove that hard work pays off. “Softball has really been a way for me to have something to look forward to at the end of the day,” Lewis said. “If I am having a bad day, I never brought it onto the field because being on the field and being with my teammates really made me forget about everything that went on in the day and was a time to stay focused and have fun.” During UMD’s nonconference stay in Florida last month, Lewis racked up a team-high 20 hits and saw her batting average climb over .500. She is currently hitting .371–good for second on the team. “Ashley has worked very hard on and off the field,” head coach Jen Banford said. “She is extremely focused and dedicated as a freshman. She has a presence with everything she does and I only see her
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SPORTS BRIEFS Football
The UMD football team will take to the gridiron Friday at James S. Malosky Stadium for the 39th annual Maroon-White Spring Game. Admission to the game is free and spectators are encouraged to wear purple in support of soon-to-be senior defensive lineman Jordan Bauman, who is fighting Stage II Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The team will be on hand to sign EVAN SMEGAL/STATESMAN autographs at the event, which begins at 4:30 p.m. and will be Center fielder Michaela Goris uncorks one to home plate while catered by Texas Roadhouse. second baseman Tyra Kerr ducks below the flight of the ball In their maiden season under against Minnesota, Crookston April 17. the direction of head coach Curt Wiese, the Bulldogs are her eighth home run of the The outcome of the opener coming off a 10-2 record and season—UMD’s 51st of the was still in doubt with the their fifth consecutive NSIC spring—topping the previous score knotted at 1-1 in the North Division title. team mark of 50 round- sixth, but the Bulldogs pulled trippers in a season set two Baseball years ago. see SOFTBALL, B2 Mother Nature kept the UMD baseball team off the diamond again over the weekend, as the club’s four-game set with Minnesota State-Mankato was postponed and eventually cancelled due to unplayable field conditions. The series was originally set to open Saturday, but was pushed back to Sunday and was officially called off Sunday evening. UMD, which has shaved 10 games off its schedule because of weather this spring, has yet to play a home game with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season. The Bulldogs (6-20, 6-6 NSIC) will see action again Wednesday in a twinbill at Upper Iowa.
Lewis leaving mark in freshman season BY JOELLE JOHNSRUD joh10294@d.umn.edu
said. “It was hard to believe that we actually won until I got back here to Duluth.” Although UMD’s championship was decided by just a few minutes on the dance floor in Daytona, preparation for nationals had been long in the making. Choreographer Johnette Rutledge worked collaboratively with the team in December to devise the squad’s routine for nationals. The team began rehearsing in the spring and dedicated between nine and 12 hours per week to practicing the dance, which was a combination of hip-hop, jazz and pom.
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Ashley Lewis sweeps her bat through the hitting zone April 17 against Minnesota, Crookston.
continuing to build on her early success.” Banford sees Lewis being essential to the team as an outfielder, catcher and designated player. When asked what inspires her, Lewis replied: “I remember what each and every one of my teammates and I play for—which is showing each team in our conference that we are the team to beat.” When Lewis isn’t swinging bats on the softball field, she’s hitting the books. She is majoring in psychology and
A look at the week ahead for UMD Athletics. All events are subject to change. Baseball
is in the Air Force ROTC, as well. Lewis expects to become an officer in the Air Force Security Forces or a clinical psychiatrist after she graduates from UMD. But she still plans on keeping sports a part of her life. She hopes to take on a coaching role in either softball or soccer. “Ever since I was a kid, softball was always the topping to an ice cream cone,” Lewis said. “It just made the day end well.”
Upper Iowa Fayette, Iowa Wednesday, 12 p.m. Minnesota, Crookston TBD Saturday/Sunday, 12 p.m.
Softball Minnesota State-Moorhead St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, 11 a.m. Minnesota State-Mankato TBD Saturday/Sunday, 12 p.m.
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in front for good with a two-RBI groundrule double from freshman Ashley Lewis. UMD tacked on two more during the side to send the final to 5-1. Mary jumped ahead in game two with a pair of first-inning runs off Mullen, but the Marauder bats were all but silenced the rest of the way. Mullen put up three straight zeroes after the first and UMD’s order hung five spots on the board in both the third and fourth innings. During the rally, first baseman Jordan Rice bopped two home runs and Mullen added her second of the series. The Marauders scratched one across in the fifth to make it 10-3, but senior Kierra Jeffers continued the home run parade in the home half of the inning with her clubleading 13th of the spring to trigger the eight-run rule. UMD’s four-game winning streak came to a close Sunday against Minot State. The Beavers knocked Nealer (seven innings, seven runs, six earned) around for two in the first and two more in the
second, and the UMD lineup was never able to completely close the margin. The Bulldogs engineered a five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning to slice the gap to 7-6, but came up empty in two chances with the tying run in scoring position in the seventh. Sadler toed the rubber for the Bulldogs in the rematch and held the Beavers scoreless over seven innings for her ninth win of the year. UMD scored in just one inning, but made it count with three runs on four hits in the third. Jeffers drove in the first run on a single to the first-base side, and freshman Sami Schnyder brought home a pair on a double to right center. The 3-0 win and all important split keeps UMD in the running for the NSIC regular season crown. The Bulldogs will begin the final week of the regular season Wednesday in St. Paul against Minnesota State-Moorhead, before a key meeting Saturday with Minnesota State-Mankato.
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Bulldog men and women victorious at Carleton Relays BY KYLE FARRIS farri060@d.umn.edu
A combined 11 first-place finishes at the Carleton Relays in Northfield, Minn., Saturday carried both the UMD men’s and women’s track and field squads to team titles. UMD claimed eight individual championships and three in relay competition. On the men’s side, UMD bested nine other programs and narrowly edged out St. John’s for the title with a team total of 154.8 points. Two Bulldogs finished atop the list in the 100-meter dash, with sophomore Jake Nelson and freshman Mark Emlaw clocking in at identical top times of 11.00. Emlaw went on to claim first place by himself in the long jump. Also capturing individual titles for UMD were Nathan Knop in the javelin, Ryan Eason in the 5,000-meter run and Tyler Stevens in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The men also accounted for two of UMD’s three relay victories. Emlaw, Jared Grams, Nelson and Patrick O’Neil joined forces to take the 4x100, and Stevens, Cole Toepfer, Robbie Jenson and Scott Urban teamed up to grab the 4x800. Adding secondplace showings for the men were Toepfer in the 1,500-meter run,
Matt Molde in the pole vault and the 4x100 relay team of Daniel Badhwa, Ben Niemann, Justin Adams and Phil d’Entremont. The Bulldogs also earned the top spot on the women’s side with 162.5 points on the day—48 points clear of Concordia College, the next-closest finisher in the 11-team field. Sophomore Chanel Miller continued to carry her success from the indoor season into the outdoor schedule, taking the crown in the 100-meter hurdles and placing second in the 200-meter dash for the women. Senior Sam Olson took top honors in the javelin with a throw of 121’-10’, and the 4x100 relay group finished deadlocked for first with Minnesota State-Mankato with a time of 49.92. Miller (200-meter dash), Erin Hickey (100-meter dash), Kaelyn Williams (5,000-meter run), Emily Muellner (3,000-meter steeplechase) and Kayla Wiltrout (pole vault) added runner-up finishes. The men and women’s teams will be back in action Saturday in Winona, Minn., for the St. Mary’s University Open, while a few members of each squad will be in Des Moines, Iowa, over the weekend for the Drake Relays.
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Several members of the UMD dance team put their hands on the championship trophy following the award ceremony in Daytona, Fla., April 12.
UMD’s path was made all the more UMD did exactly that, turning in challenging by the fact that the team does another strong performance in the final not have a coach. Instead, Johnson and round to maintain the top spot and win the co-captain Kelsey Villwock handle the program’s first national championship— coaching responsibilities, from running all as a club sport without a true coach. practices to organizing fundraisers. “When we got off the final’s stage after Double duty for the captains means the awards we had people interview us,” squad has to modify its practices so that Johnson said. “They asked who are coach either Johnson or Villwock can keep an eye was and we’re like, ‘We don’t have one,’ on the routine. Sometimes the team splits and they’re like, ‘What?’ They were really in half so one side can practice the routine surprised by it.” and the other can observe. Fundraising efforts, including a dance “We’re the only team in our division show, bowling drives, sponsor letters, as that’s like that,” Villwock said. “We’re well an allocation from RSOP helped pretty proud of it. We brag about it down finance the trip and provide new uniforms there a lot.” for the team. But, each of the nearly 20 The Bulldogs had plenty more to brag members of the squad still had to pay about during their stay in Daytona, as they roughly $700 out of pocket. took first in the preliminary round with a Though the team performs at every score of 9.132/10—which was made even UMD home football game and occasionally more impressive by the fact that they had competes at collegiate events near the Twin never scored higher than a 9.0 prior to last Cities, the NDA Nationals is perennially year. the club’s biggest 4313stage. Haines Road, Duluth, MN 55811 “We were scared because finals is always “I always tell our teammates I just want 800.626.4948 | 218.626.4948 different because there’s always somebody us to do betteradvantageemblem.com every year,” Johnson said. that’sEMBLEM going to want to take yourPRINTING spot,” “Whether it’s sales@advantageemblem.com winning or not, we just want & SCREEN Villwock said. “We were kind of nervous to get higher scores. That was the first time about that, but we try to not let our nerves we ever won a national title, and I think get to us (and) just do what we did at we’ve been competing here for about 10 prelims.” years. So it’s 4313 beenHaines a long time.” Road, Duluth, MN 55811
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April shatters snowfall record BY ERIC LEMKE lemke082@d.umn.edu
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As indicative of spring as the first robin or sprouting tulip, the Continental Bike Swap is a sure sign that spring is upon us. Only, it didn’t really feel that way Saturday morning. “I can’t ever remember a year with this much snow,” said Anne Howard, owner of Continental Ski and Bike. “We were worried no one would show up.” All across the Northland, the lingering winter weather has folks a little flummoxed on exactly what to do with a record-breaking amount of April snow. The late season deluge could have consequences for everything from hiking to fishing. People were almost more likely to have been buying skis on Saturday morning instead of looking for bikes, according to Howard. “We have had a very successful late ski season due to the snow,” she said. And, boy, have we seen snow. As of April 23, Duluth has not only set a snowfall record for the month of April, but also for the snowiest month ever at 51 inches. The previous record was 50.1 inches, set in November of 1991. Duluth’s snowfall to date now stands at 129.4 inches, putting it in third place for the snowiest winter on record and falling behind second place at 131.8 inches, which was set in the winter of 1949. The record is 135.4 inches, set in 1995. April’s 51 inches of snow is 20 inches more than the previous record of 31.6 inches set in 1950. To put it in perspective, Duluth’s normal seasonal snowfall by this date is 84.7 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
As much as some people may be relishing the extended winter wonderland, others who rely on the spring weather are starting to get nervous. Because of the unseasonably cold weather, many of the region’s lakes are not de-iced yet. This leaves anglers without many options just a few weeks before the fishing opener on May 11. The DNR has been working diligently to make sure that boat landings are open by then. They have cited issues gaining access to some landings because of deep snow, and only a few lakes in southwestern Minnesota are open. Most of the lakes’ average ice-out dates are in late April. We could see a much later iceout date this year. One of the only fishing types available right now is Kamloops. Because of ice and cold water, the steelhead run has not begun. Although fishing along the Brule River on the South Shore has enjoyed an unusually long period of good water this spring, most steelhead anglers are just biding their time, waiting for the streams to de-ice. The DNR hatchery at the French River captures Kamloops and harvests their eggs for restocking purposes. According to the DNR, that hasn’t happened yet because the waters are still too cold. Whether you love or hate winter, living with the snow this month has been a reality that we’ve all faced. If Duluthians are know for anything, it’s getting outside regardless of what the weather may throw at us. “(The weather) never seems to affect the desire for Duluthians to get out and ride a bike,” said Howard, as bike after bike rolled out of the Bike Swap in the hands of their new owners.
STUDENT LIFE ISA hosts a night of culture Student Life Editor / Kaitlin Lokowich / lokow003@d.umn.edu
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As the lights dimmed, the audience greeted a dancer dressed in a brightly colored silk outfit complete with gold and diamond accessories. A young woman in her twenties started out the show by performing a traditional dance that had the spectators mesmerized. The routine symbolized the welcoming of people into the Indian culture. UMD’s first ever Indian Night was received by a room filled with people, including a handful of families that have gathered to celebrate the event honoring their culture. Just two
years ago, the Indian Student Association (ISA) was created as a way to unite students and showcase the Indian culture to the surrounding areas of Duluth. The show proceeded with more dances that were choreographed by students. “Dancing is a way of expressing emotions and representing our culture,” said Pranav Bhandari, ISA president. Bhandari, along with other ISA members, have been planning this event for two months. For the show, a total of three major performances were organized and choreographed by Prima
Alam and Lalli Akurati. “Since there are different types of Indian dances, we decided to show three common types of dances,” Alam said. “UMD has never really had this much of an Indian vibe before, so it was really nice to display a very important value of the Indian traditions.” In India, traditional and modern dance routines are a classic form of entertainment, and the ISA wanted to showcase that. Men and women in traditional outfits lined up on the dance floor and started with slow and graceful movements before breaking out into an energetic pace. Halfway through the routine,
Gym Class Hero’s song “Stereo Hearts” interestingly weaved into the music, while the sounds of the traditional Indian instruments were still present in the background. “We wanted to incorporate a little bit of American traditions into our dance,” Bhandari said. “Since we are here, we appreciate the American culture, and we wanted to honor that.” Although the event focused on Indian culture, the main theme was about unifying cultures. Showcasing one of India’s most popular activities and combining it with modern American pop music is just one of the ways the different
cultures are blending together. “We are actually planning on doing a mix of ‘K-pop’ (Korean pop music) and Bollywood dancing together for a show that St. Scholastica is hosting in April,” Akurati said. “It’s going to be great!” There are plans to make Indian Night an annual event at UMD. “For next year, we are already planning a different theme and gathering new ideas,” Bhandari said. “This was our opportunity to present to the Duluth community and what Indian culture means to us, and I think we accomplished our goal.”
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Jose Gonzalez is no secret in the music world (at least in Sweden). After having already released multiple solo items and collaborations, he has finally come out and formed the band Junip. Their new self-titled sophomore release does everything a self-titled album should do. While not being too conceptual or experimental, the album’s overall sound is a mix of ambient electronic/ psychedelic folk rock that really
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solidifies the foundation for the band’s sound. You really can’t pin the specific arrangements to any genre or sound type, but you also can’t deny Gonzalez’s attempts to create a spiritual experience while listening. The opening track and main single, “Line of Fire,” has a great opening build. While the guitar strums increase, the percussion use amplifies, and the strings come in to build the once-light song into a rollercoaster of a track. The track “Walking Lightly” has one of the smoother grooves of the album, mixing a very tribal beat with overpowering chords of electronic ambience. Other tracks
like “Suddenly” and “Head First” are where the band really shines, keeping the beat slower and really putting Gonzalez’s guitar playing in spotlight, while high-pitched synthesizers float around the melody line. Lyrically, the album is very emotional. The opening track is a warning of getting over emotional and irrational. Gonzalez’s singing voice only adds to the soul of the record, and has a very light and tender quality. Although the record isn’t the most exceptional experimental indie album experience, what keeps its charm is its undeniable sense of sureness in the band’s sound.
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UMD takes part in LGBT Lobby Day BY GRAHAM HAKALA hakal045@d.umn.edu
Hazardous road conditions and unpleasant weather did not stop UMD same-sex marriage supporters from trekking down to St. Paul last Thursday to take part in the annual LGBT Lobby Day at the state capitol. Nearly 80 students, staff and community members rode in two separate busses through last week’s blizzard to lobby their state representatives, in hopes that they will show support for the same-sex marriage bills set to be voted on in the coming weeks. GLBT Services at UMD chartered one of the busses, and the marriage rights organization Minnesota United for All Families chartered the other. The two organizations decided to make it a team effort. “We all rode down together,” said UMD student Criss Ririe. “We exchanged some personal stories and gathered into groups to lobby the legislators.” LGBT Lobby Day is organized by OutFront Minnesota, an organization that advocates for various lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender causes. Their Lobby Day efforts are considered one of the biggest in the country. While on the bus ride to the capitol, supporters split off into groups to develop their lobbying strategies. Minnesota United for All Families provided lobby coaches to help train the participants that were unfamiliar with lobbying at the capitol. “No lobby experience was required,” explained Angela Nichols, GLBT Services director at UMD. “That’s why we had the coaches on the busses.” Once the busses arrived at the
capitol, the groups ventured off to meet with their legislators. “We were able to get with all of our respective legislators and lobby them,” said Ririe. “Most of them seemed to be really receptive.” Organizations from all over the state participated in the Lobby Day efforts. Despite the weather conditions, the event went on. “There was no snow on the ground in the cities, and we had people getting off the bus in mukluks and winter jackets,” Nichols said. “Then it started raining, then sleeting, and at one point there was just ice bouncing off my jacket. It was really miserable.” “There was a rally outside on the capitol lawn,” Ririe said. “It was snowy and rainy, but everybody gathered under the few umbrellas that were there. There were some really empowering speeches given.” Senator Scott Dibble and Representative Karen Clark gave speeches at the event. Dibble and Clark are both authors of the same-sex marriage bill that is making its way through the Minnesota Senate and the House. Governor Dayton was also at the event, where he reaffirmed his position to support the bill. With the weather getting worse, the UMD group decided to leave the event KATHLEEN GATES/ SUBMITTED an hour ahead of schedule. Angela Nichols talks to Rep. Erik Simonson (DFL-Duluth). Simonson co-sponsored The GLBT Services Office has been participating in the Lobby Day efforts the same-sex marriage bill that’s set to be voted on later in the legislative session. for nearly eight years. “Just in the past couple of years, things have really ramped up,” said Nichols. “I feel like we’re riding the wave of support that we got in defeating the amendment. Now we’re trying to secure marriage quality for the state, and I think we’ll get it.”
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