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The university changes outdated governance structure

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013

City council candidates coming to campus

BY KIM HYATT hyatt045@d.umn.edu

BY JOHN FAHNENSTIEL fahne006@d.umn.edu

For the first time in three decades, UMD is changing its governance structure by simply going back to the basics: sharing.

“I’ve worked very hard to increase the involvement of faculty and staff and students in university issues, and (shared governance) is a way to make that happen,” Chancellor Lendley Black said.

In a nutshell, shared governance means all stakeholders at UMD have a stronger, more focused voice. Chancellor Black said he wanted a governance structure that reflected him and his cabinet, and he was pleased to have the new structure “approved by such a large margin.”

“All universities go through an evolution of governance processes,” said Black. “It certainly was time. It also was an opportunity for me to implement a system that is more in line with my own ways of doing things and preferences.”

Shared governance consists of an assembly and council for faculty, staff and students. The assembly is the collective group of all corresponding members.

Within that, a handful of elected members make up the coun-

Duluth City Council elections are coming up on Nov. 5, and every registered UMD student is eligible to vote. With two city council seats up for grabs, this election represents an opportunity for students to increase their say in local policymaking.

According to Bernard Bichler, a student with Minnesota Public Research Group (MPIRG), student representation in city council is extremely important.

“City councilors have a lot more influence on things that affect students directly than any national representative,” Bichler said. “They can pass ordinances, like housing, that affect students the most (out of any elected official).”

There are nine Duluth City Council members, five of whom each represent a specific district in Duluth, with the other four are at-large representatives. City councilors are elected to fouryear terms, staggered so that half of the council is up for reelection every two years.

UMD is situated in Duluth’s 2nd district, and though the 2nd district seat is open, the incumbent is running unopposed. Four candidates are contesting two of the at-large seats, and the two candidates with the two highest vote-counts win.

Most students say they will not be voting in the upcoming election, citing time constraints or lack of knowledge about the candidates.

“I voted in the last presidential election, but not city council,” said senior John Earl. “It’s a time commitment. I just live in my little bubble, going to and from school.”

It seems that none of the candidates have made a noteworthy impression on students.

“I’ve seen some signs, but haven’t heard of any of the candidates,” said Becker, Minn., native and UMD junior Kierra Scepurek. “I’m probably not going to vote. I haven’t heard anything about it, and I don’t know who’s running.”

Sophomore Dan Mohr agrees with Scepurek.

“Nobody sticks out,” Mohr said of the candidates. “I might vote, but I don’t have a lot of time and I don’t really know anything about the candidates.

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cil for each of the three parties within shared governance.

The council is responsible for reviewing and relaying information from the assembly to the University Coordinating Council (UCC).

The UCC oversees and ensures communication and collaboration from all parties, acting as the central body of shared governance. Aside from keeping tabs on the councils and

assemblies, one of the responsibilities of UCC is to call a town hall meeting of the entire campus community on an as-needed basis.

Shared governance is still in the works as members of the campus assembly work on finalizing the bylaws in the UMD constitution. Chancellor Black said the campus is currently in the process of electing members to new assemblies and councils,

but everything should be ready within the next few weeks.

Prior to shared governance, UMD had Campus Assembly.

Black said the system did serve its purpose for many years, “but it really outlived its usefulness, and it really became very inefficient.” “(Campus Assembly) revolved around these large campus see GOVERNANCE A3

Library renamed after former chancellor Kathryn A. Martin

BY GRAHAM HAKALA hakal045@d.umn.edu

The architecturally sophisticated library former chancellor Kathryn Martin was largely responsible for bringing to UMD now bears her name. On Monday, Oct. 7, the lobby of the library hosted a packed crowd of people who were gathered together to celebrate the accomplishments of UMD’s former chancellor and unveil her name on the building.

“Chancellor Martin’s library is a permanent legacy,” said UMD Chancellor Lendley Black as he opened A large crowd gathered for the Kathryn A. Martin Library renaming ceremothe ceremony. “As this ny on Monday, Oct. 7. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN overflowing crowd acquiring funding for “This building has contract from the former indicates, you have done several building projects made an enormous university president Nils so much for the campus that have come to shape contribution to UMD, Hasselmo. and for Duluth. This is a the landscape of UMD’s both for what it is, Actually getting the tribute to what you have campus. but perhaps more funding for the library accomplished,” Black As chancellor, she importantly, as a symbol was quite a challenge. said of Martin. funneled $167 million of academic strength The project was passed Kathryn Martin was for 10 buildings across and greatness,” Martin over the first time it was UMD’s first female the UMD campus. She said to the crowd in the brought in front of the chancellor and held secured the funding for library.

Minnesota legislature. the position from 1995 the Weber Music Hall, Building a new library Martin didn’t give up on until Black took over the James I. Swenson at UMD was the first it, though. The next time in 2010. During her Science Building and the thing on Martin’s list, the proposal was brought time at the university, Labovitz School of Busi- and she even had it to the state, it received she was responsible for ness and Economics. put into her letter of full funding.

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university broke ground on the site in 1998.

“Everybody knew we needed a library,” said Greg Fox, former vice chancellor of finance and operations. “Until Kathryn came, I don’t think it would have happened. She came with a big vision.”

The previous library was in a state of disrepair when Martin came to UMD. The building was small and ventilation problems caused many students to avoid the place completely. “(Martin) threw everything she had into it,” Fox said. “There were lots of stumbling blocks in the way, but she stuck with it and fought for it. She’s a bulldog.”

The Duluth-based company Stanius Johnson Architects Inc. designed the Kathryn A. Martin Library. “(The library) meant a lot to me even before today,” Martin said.

“From the day it opened, it was more than I ever though it would be. I’m very fortunate and very honored.”

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Chancellor hosts town hall meeting regarding Program Prioritization

BY KIM HYATT hyatt045@d.umn.edu

Four large screen projectors laid against velvet green curtains displayed all too familiar trends in tuition increases and state funding reductions to a crowded Kirby Ballroom on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

“Solving this problem will be a multiyear effort,” said Chancellor Lendley Black. “Additional revenues and collaboration with the Twin Cities will be strong parts of the equation. We are not going to cut our way to solving this problem.”

Black went on to describe the Program Prioritization process and how such trends in higher education, both statewide and nationwide, are affecting UMD. He said the current target is to reduce $11.9 million, approximately eight percent of UMD’s operating budget.

Although this will be a multiyear process, most of the legwork will be completed by the end of the year.

“By December, we need a clear strategy for how we’re going to proceed,” Black said.

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Black admitted that he “doesn’t have a good answer for how we got here,” but the situation is not “totally surprising” to him.

Later during the presentation, Black opened the floor to questions and comments regarding the issues UMD is facing.

“How can we keep students here and not export them to the Twin Cities campus?” student body president Kimberly Newton said.

Newton said the university needs to find common ground in prioritization by balancing the cuts and changes between academic and non-academic areas.

Because prioritization is an ongoing discussion, Black said anyone with suggestions on how to utilize resources and programs to their fullest potential can submit them on the chancellor’s website under the “Program Prioritization” link.

“This is not easy,” Black said. “I don’t like it, you don’t like it. But it’s the situation we’re in and I hope we can find a way to agree On Tuesday, Oct. 8 in the Kirby Ballroom, Chancellor Lendley Black presented data that showed to disagree and move for- the need for Program Prioritization. Black said prioritization is not easy, but will make UMD financially stable. SARAH STARK/UMD STATESMAN ward.”

Students get the opportunity to explore different programs

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Monday, Oct. 14 the Foreign Languages and Literatures program (FLL) will host a Major and Minor Expo. Topics will range all the way from studying abroad and scholarship opportunities to information about specific programs.

Bridget Park, Student Services Specialist at

UMD, describes it as “a meet and mingle, where you can hear about study abroad opportunities.”

The expo will be from 12 to 2 p.m. and will be held in Griggs Center located across from the Multicultural Center.

The meeting will address the seven different majors and minors offered by the FLL department at UMD. In addition to French, German and

Spanish, new this year are Latin American Area Studies, Russian, Chinese and cultural entrepreneurship.

“We think it’s good to form connections between FLL faculty, FLL students and undeclared students,” Park said. “Language is a gateway to life changing experiences, and more than 80 percent of our department’s students

(get to) study abroad.”

Among the several topics to be discussed will be the Salamanca and Berlin summer study abroad programs as well as the six scholarships available for study abroad participants. FLL department will also be introducing the new staff to the department.

“It is a good idea (to major or minor in a foreign language)

because it teaches many marketable skills, opens new job markets for you, and teaches new ways of seeing things and seeing the world,” said Associate Professor of German Studies, Kristen Hylenski. “It allows you to relate and communicate in new ways.”

At the event students who have studied abroad will speak about their own

More academic programs Governance approved for students

experiences abroad. The event will also feature a free lunch for those who attend. Anyone who is interested in learning a foreign language and or studying abroad is encouraged to attend.

For more information about the FLL department students can check out their website at http://www.d.umn.edu/ fll/.

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BY JOHN FAHNENSTIEL fahne006@d.umn.edu

A bachelor’s degree in social work and a Cultural Entrepreneurship major will now be options for UMD students, courtesy of UMN’s Board of Regents, who approved the new ventures this past summer.

UMD’s Department of Social Work will enroll its first students into the Bachelor’s Degree of Social Work (B.S.W.) program next fall. The program is open to all sophomores who have met basic general education requirements and have a minimum GPA of 2.5.

Program additions, such as the B.S.W., are aimed at making graduates more employable.

“Part of what the university is looking at is, ‘What kinds of degrees will attract students, and what kinds of degrees will actually lead to people getting jobs?’” said Kathleen Heltzer, UMD grad (class of 1981) and instructor in the Department of Social Work.

Social work is known for being rewarding, but it’s also one of the best avenues to becoming gainfully employed. “(Social work) really does give you a chance to make a significant difference in the lives of

people,” Heltzer said.

“And not just kids . . . the biggest growth now in the social work field is . . . working with older folks.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, social work jobs are predicted to grow by 25 percent from 2010-2020, compared to 14 percent for all other sectors.

Heltzer thinks this growth is partly why UMD decided to start offering a B.S.W. Another area of growth is the cultural sector, and perhaps that’s why UMD will now offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Entrepreneurship, or “CUE.” “(Cultural entrepreneurship) is entrepreneurial endeavors that occur in . . . arts, entertainment, media, sports (and) tourism,” said Dr. Olaf Kuhlke, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

Cultural entrepreneurship opportunities are everywhere, and UMD is currently the only CUE program in the country, according to Kuhlke. “(Mayor Don Ness) touts Duluth as the craft beer capital of Minnesota,” said Kuhlke. “It’s a way of emphasizing our cultural heritage here. . . . We want to make

(Duluth) a prime destination for mountain biking, for example. That’s another example of the cultural economy.”

CUE teaches students the blueprint for creating businesses and organizations, and those skills are transferrable to other fields. “ E nt r e pr eneu r s h ip is not just about building a business; it’s about building an organization,” Kuhlke said. “The ideal CUE graduate will come out of this program literally with a plan and an idea for his or her own business or nonprofit in hand.”

UMD Junior and CUE major Kayla Krause decided to start her own organization on campus: the CUE Club. With about a dozen members, the newly established group operates like a PR firm.

“Right now we’re focused on marketing for Zombie Fest,” Krause said. She wants to work in PR after graduation, eventually starting her own business. The club’s diversity speaks to CUE’s broad applicability.

“We have business majors, marketing majors, even sociology and women’s studies majors,” said Krause.

assembly meetings, and all the major recommendations or decision making was done at those meetings … so it was difficult to have a focused discussion,” Black said.

Communication professor David Gore said that calling the new governance structure “shared” doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t a collaborative process before, but because of the large-meeting format, “everybody’s voice was actually being diluted.”

“The old one was outdated and somewhat incoherent,” Gore said. “On the one hand, it was hard to tell which committees were supposed to do which tasks. There was also no mechanism formally for faculty to meet together with other faculty solely.”

A UMD faculty governance survey from last year found 94.3 percent of the 129 people who responded wanted to change/improve current governance structure. The survey created and distributed by professors David

Gore, Scott Laderman, Michael Pfau and Jennifer Schultz also found that 60 percent of those surveyed thought the frequency and quality of information received from Campus Assembly was inadequate.

Shared governance allows for faculty to meet on their own terms — just as the staff or Student Association does — while still being able to come together with everyone as a whole.

“Another big flaw in the old model was that administrators could vote,” Gore said, adding that it didn’t make much sense to have administrators “voting on advice to themselves, essentially.” He said Campus Assembly was probably more effective back when it was first implemented at UMD when campus was much smaller.

Chancellor Black said he is excited to see the new governance structure up and running and said the town hall meeting on Oct. 8 is a good reflection of the changes to come.

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If I don’t know who’s running then I’m not going to vote, since that is kind of a worthless vote.”

While many students aren’t registered to vote in Minnesota, it’s easy to do so online or at the polls.

“I’m from Texas, and I’m not registered to vote here,” said junior Maria Oropeza. “I don’t keep track of anything (in Duluth), so I don’t feel I’m knowledgeable enough to vote on anything. I would be more interested in voting if the city councilors came to campus to talk.”

City council candidates will be on campus on Oct. 22 in Griggs Center, where they will be available to answer questions. MPIRG representative Bichler thinks it will be a great opportunity for students.

“People have been saying they aren’t informed, and this is a way to rectify that,” Bichler said.

Many blame their lack of awareness on being from out of town.

“I don’t associate with Duluth stuff,” said Brooklyn Park native and UMD sophomore Sam Canniff. “I’m more focused on school. (City council elections) don’t seem that relevant to me.”

Students can get voter registration forms in the UMD library and drop off the completed forms at MPIRG’s office in the Multicultural Center. Preregistration ends on Oct. 15, but those who miss the deadline and still wish to vote can register at the polls on election day. Students will be able to vote on campus in the Kirby Ballroom.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013

Shutdown continues amid political stalemate

BY MICHAEL SCOTT scot0459@d.umn.edu

The shutdown of the federal government continues into its second week. The shutdown began last Monday when House Republicans voted for a spending bill that delayed the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) for a year. The Democratic Senate would not support the measure.

As a result, the government closed its doors.

Approximately 800,000 federal employees were sent home without pay.

Fortunately for the workers, the House unanimously passed a bill — the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act — that would give the furloughed employees back pay for missed time. President Obama supports the legislation.

Despite the bill’s passing, many federal workers are still unable to return to work.

The American people have overwhelmingly

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BY GRAHAM HAKALA hakal045@d.umn.edu

Friday around 11:30 p.m. during a traffic stop in one of the residence hall parking lots, three students were cited for having open containers of alcohol in their vehicle.

The students were also in possession of drug paraphernalia, and were given citations.

On Friday, a purse theft was reported in the Kirby Plaza near the bus hub. Security footage has been requested to aide police in finding a culprit.

Early Saturday morn-

condemned the shutdown. A CBS News Poll revealed that 72 percent of Americans disapprove of the shutdown.

Most Americans blame the GOP for the current debacle. Congressional Republicans have received 44 percent of the blame, while 35 percent of the blame goes to President Obama.

The president challenged the Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) to allow members of Congress to vote on a “clean” resolution.

A clean resolution would fund the government without alterations to the Affordable Care Act. Speaking at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., the president said, “If Republicans and Speaker Boehner are saying there are not enough votes, then they should prove it.”

The president reiterated that he had a “strong suspicion” that there ing a student was causing a ruckus in Oakland Apartments. The student was found to be of age, and was warned by police to settle down.

The student continued to cause a disturbance and was subsequently taken to detox.

At the Homecoming game on Saturday, two underage students were issued citations for underage consumption.

One of the students was taken to a detox due to a high level of intoxication.

Around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, an assault was reported in Goldfine Hall. The victim was struck in the head multiple times and was treated for injuries.

The investigation is still ongoing, and police have requested security footage from the area to help identify a suspect.

are enough votes in the House to end the shutdown.

“The reason that Speaker Boehner hasn’t called a vote on it is because he doesn’t apparently want to see the government shutdown end at the moment, unless he’s able to extract concessions that don’t have anything to do with the budget,” President Obama said.

Speaker Boehner has insisted that there are not enough votes to pass a clean resolution. He continues to blame the White House for the impasse.

“The President’s refusal to negotiate is hurting our economy and putting our country at risk,” Boehner said. Republicans are seeking concessions on the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010. It has been aggressively challenged by the GOP ever since.

House Republicans have voted over 40 times to

repeal the law. Last year, the law was also challenged and upheld in the Supreme Court.

The Affordable Care Act — the main obstacle to agreement — continued as scheduled, on Oct. 1. Americans were able to enroll in the program despite the federal shutdown.

Default looms: could have grave consequences across U.S. While the federal government remains closed, another shutdown looms in the near future. Congress has until Oct. 17 to raise the debt ceiling or

the government will risk defaulting on its debt.

Raising the debt ceiling must be passed by Congress. This action allows the U.S. government to borrow more money to meet its obligations. Essentially, it allows the government to pay for the programs that have already been approved by Congress.

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) says that the federal government would be unable to cover 32 percent of its bills if Congress fails to raise the debt limit.

The BPC argues that one of two scenarios

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would occur: prioritization of programs or across the board delays.

Prioritization would require choosing which federal programs to fund.

The second option, delayed payments, would allow the government to pay for programs in full, once it has enough money to do so. Programs such as Social Security, food stamps, Medicare and others would experience delays.

Failure to raise the debt ceiling would be a first in U.S. history and would have drastic effects across the globe.

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next). They are also easy to prepare and transport.

The same goes for simple sandwiches like PB&J (throw on a sliced banana for extra nutrients). Be sure to buy a lot of healthy snacks, such as apples and nuts.

Having a bag of trail mix at hand will make it much easier to avoid buying chips from the vending machine.

Being mindful of nutrition is imperative for all college students, and the advice I have offered does not apply only to vegans. Eating a well-balanced diet will not only improve your body, it will also improve your mind. And that’s something we all want.

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“Where do you get your protein?!”

This is the exasperated reaction I get 90 percent of the time someone finds out I’m a vegan. Often, this comes from people who have been taught to believe that protein and meat are two different words for the same thing.

As any vegetarian will tell you, this is not true. However, there is genuine concern about maintaining a healthy plant-based diet while in college.

Accessibility is perhaps the greatest detriment to a vegan diet in college, so I am going to provide some tips I have learned along the way.

First of all, it is important to define what vegetarian and vegan diets are. Vegetarians are people who do not consume meat and tend to avoid gelatin, an ingredient found in a lot of gummy candy. Gelatin is made from skin, tendons, ligaments and bones from pigs or cows. Vegans are the same as vegetarians, but in addition to not eating meat, they do not consume dairy from animal sources.

Most vegans do not eat honey. People decide to adopt a plant-based diet for a myriad of reasons, but the following are the most common: ethics, religion,

food from grocery stores. Luckily, Duluth provides many options for vegetarians and vegans alike. Meat and dairy alternatives are available at both Target and Cub, and no vegetarian food trip would be complete without a stop at Whole Foods. It is one of the few places in Duluth that carries Daiya cheese products (the best vegan dairy products on the market, in my humble opinion). If you find yourself shopping at one primary place, it’s not a bad idea to sign up for the rewards there. Every bit of saving counts!

In order to get the most bang for your buck, purchase primarily nonperishable and frozen items. Also, only buy things you know you will eat. Don’t buy kale when you would rather eat spinach.

Perhaps the biggest money suck is buying fad items (chia seeds! kale! coconut water!), but then not eating them because the preparation is too difficult. Stick to the basics: peanut butter, apples, pears, spinach, raisins, almond milk, cereal, pasta, frozen veggies, etc.

Also, buy things that are easy to prepare. Wraps are one of my favorite lunch items because they are so easy to mix up (chick peas and avocados one day, hummus and peppers the

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Like any other college student, vegans can become complacent about their health in college. French fries, pizza, and (veggie) burgers provide convenience and comfort.

Who wants to make dinner when you can simply order in? But for vegetarians, this issue is compounded by the fact that plant-based options at UMD are seriously lacking. Though I live off campus, I asked an on-campus vegan what it’s like having to eat in Dining Center. She said, “I pretty much have a salad every day … even the veggie burgers aren’t vegan.” This is true for other areas on campus as well. There are typically one or two vegan things at any food stop on campus, and they are often unhealthy (fries) or boring (salad).

So what can conscious eaters do? For those living on campus, purchasing a student cookbook will be beneficial. I have PETA’S Vegan College Cookbook, which contains comfort food recipes that can all be made in a microwave. Off-campus students often have the luxury of an oven and stove, so any other veggie cookbook will do.

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One wouldn’t be remiss to say that a 21-year-old man (boy) still playing a game designed for children is a teensy bit silly. Despite the fact that Pokémon’s late ‘90s status as a cultural phenomenon has long worn off, its popularity has surprisingly never waned. No, I no longer watch the rather awful TV show and I don’t spend money on the trading cards, but every few years I still find the time to drop $40 on a new game to play.

This year it will be on Oct. 12, when the first iterations designed for the 3DS will be released.

Normally, even for me, this wouldn’t be cause for much celebration. Contrary to what I said above, my time spent with the series is inconsistent. I do not follow the games as devotedly as some of my friends and haven’t actually played one of them since 2010. Even then, I can only admit to enjoying it in a fairly casual sense. I play for fun, and a lot of the time, I never even manage to finish the game before I lose interest. But any quick search online will tell you there is a huge community of players who spend hours and hours building and training their own teams for highly competitive multiplayer. Those fans are Olympic swimmers and I’m over in the kiddie pool.

I don’t think anyone, not even Nintendo, planned on the series having the longevity it does. I imagine most parents just played along, waiting for the next big thing to come along so they didn’t have to get in line for “Pokémon: The First Movie.” Actually, given a title like that, maybe Nintendo did realize how long it was going to stick around. I can’t remember any other movie that ever had the gall to make the subtitle “The First Movie.” In any case, Pokémon, the child-engrossing fad, was short-lived and by 2000 its status in my schools, and others I assume, was relegated to inane jokes about it being “kid’s stuff.”

The morning chill is just all of the more reasons of why many of us should just go back to sleep. But even if the brave ones do decide to get up and get ready for class, it does not give them the right to wear barely-there-pants. There have been numerous debates on leggings, and the fashion market has even come out with a reason to justify legging-wearers because it’s so common. Yoga pants are also another excuse; a marketing term to make girls think that there is indeed a difference (but there really isn’t).

The real problem isn’t the notorious fact that sometimes people do need to cover themselves, but why wear these sheer leggings with warm and cozy sweaters? Yes it’s good for those lazy Mondays, and it’s totally justifiable if it covers the behind, but some people only go halfway. It has always made more sense to dress from head to toe in warmer clothes if the weather does not permit lighter fabrics, but it seems as though majority of the female population go the extra mile only to cover the top but not the bottom.

Once the winter rolls in, I realized that some students also roll out their comfy sweaters. UMD hallways begin to fill up with girls in tight leggings and loose fit Bulldog sweaters but sometimes there should be a limit as to how often this occurs. The way I see it, leggings should be worn at home or at the gym because they are designed for inside wear and warmer weathers.

The contributing factor to this legging issue might also be the fact that the UMD campus has the exclusive option of either walking indoors or outdoors. The school is connected in a way that students who live in the dorms don’t ever have to worry about walking outside to class if they choose not to. The thought of class being just outside of the dorms can be a tempting reason to eliminate any discomfort of dragging around a

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A nd yet, to this day, Pokémon is one of the most consistently successful and popular video games to exist.

Whereas the fan base seemed to outgrow the trading card game and the show, the games seemed to grow up with the fans. New mechanics and game systems were added in each consecutive iteration and, in spite of the rise of mobile gaming, always manage to break at least 10 million copies sold without fail. In an age where companies struggle to sell two million copies of a game and still call it a failure, this is very large number indeed. And while it has certainly picked up new fans over the years, many of them were there at the beginning.

I’m sorry if this comes off as a bit rambling at times, but it’s amazing just thinking about how popular this series is and just how long it has maintained that popularity. I mean, this is a game where you play as a boy or girl who, at the ripe age of 10, goes off on their own to capture wild animals with superpowers to fight them against other people who have captured their own animals in some attempt to be the best at this.

Among these people include other little girls and boys, biker gangs, psychic mediums, ghosts, organized crime, ecoterrorists, and sometimes even divine and world-ending forces of destruction.

You know, for kids.

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winter coat, but that doesn’t mean pants are optional as well.

Last year there might have been a record-break as to how many people have abused this nonexistent rule. UMD has a reputation of students who tend to religiously wear sweaters and leggings, and although there is no condemnation intended here, it’s important to point out to some girls that if they are going to wear warm sweaters they should match it with warmer pants.

There have been alternative options that one could find to substitute leggings for something more solid. As mentioned earlier, the fashion markets have tried to create more wearable leggings by coming up with jeggings: a pair of jeans, but made with the elasticity that a pair of leggings would have.

They’re revolutionary really, because the days of trying to find longer shirts are over. Jeggings have pockets, zippers, and even the colored seams that one could find on a pair of regular jeans. They have also been revitalized in other fashion departments as black pants.

Here at school, there is a high demand in dressing warm because, for whatever reason, Duluth collects more snow than anywhere else in the cities. People who live off campus or in the apartments also have to trudge down the sidewalks in times of even the worst weathers.

Not all is doomed though. Since the outdoor environment at school can be disheartening at times, that does forces some of us to appreciate the collective textured fabrics that fall allows us to wear. It’s a great excuse to layer and pile on the scarves and knitted accessories.

The Bulldog sweatpants at school are also manufactured in a way so that it can withstand the cold snow because of the fleece on the inside, so there really isn’t any reason to dress halfway.

Leggings will make a good comeback during the winter because there might be those cold days that requires some extra layering, worn beneath regular pants of course.

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BY KYLE FARRIS farri060@d.umn.edu

Eric Kline scores on a fake field goal. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN

The UMD football team was inches from being in big trouble against No. 18 St. Cloud State Saturday in a wet and windy homecoming clash at Malosky Stadium.

With a chance to put his team up two touchdowns late in the second quarter, Husky tight end Grant Thayer came uncovered in the back of

the end zone on a fourthdown pass, but failed to land a foot inbounds and instead turned the ball over to UMD. From there the Bulldogs rattled off 34 unanswered points, kept the St. Cloud State offense under wraps, and ultimately supplanted the Huskies as owners of first place in the NSIC North Division. UMD’s last victory against St. Cloud see FOOTBALL, B2

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The NSIC has been a tough conference thus far in 2013—six teams are separated by a margin of six points (two games) or less. UMD was able to hold steady, three points out of first place, after a sweep at Malosky Stadium over the weekend.

An eight-goal eruption, which featured a 5-0 dismantling of Wayne State and a 3-2 overtime thrill-

er against Augustana, pushed the Bulldogs (7-2, 6-1 NSIC) into a tie for third place in the conference with Upper Iowa, a team UMD has already beaten.

“We always feel comfortable at home and play our best here,” said junior Jennifer Smith, who scored five points on the weekend. “We want to make the most out of our home games and defend

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Women pile up goals in opener vs. Connecticut

Jamie Kenyon watches one of seven UMD goals fly past Connecticut goaltender Elaine Chuli Friday night. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN

BY NICOLE BRODZIK brodz006@d.umn.edu

It was a big weekend at AMSOIL Arena, as the Stanley Cup rolled into town and the UMD women’s hockey team swept Connecticut for Shannon Miller’s 350th win as the team’s head coach.

Fans started lining up Friday afternoon to see the Stanley Cup, and those who stuck around saw quite the show from the Bulldogs in their season opener.

Junior Jenna McParland wasted no time getting the scoring started for the Bulldogs, blasting a shot by Connecticut goaltender Elaine Chuli 13 seconds in.

“Our game plan tonight was take the puck to the net and use the outside drive,” Miller said. “The first time we outside drove the puck to the net, we scored.”

And it didn’t get much better for the Huskies from there.

UMD dominated the first battle in front of the opening-night crowd. Zoe Hickel added a shorthanded tally at 4:15 of the first period to make it 2-0, before Meghan Huertas scored UMD’s third of the night.

Freshman defenseman Lara Stalder scored UMD’s lone second-period goal at 10:10 — her first as a Bulldog. Stalder’s play thus far hasn’t gone unnoticed by Miller.

“Stalder is an amazing player — there’s no ques see WOMEN’S HOCKEY B2

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Senior Lauren Berg takes her turn being photographed with the Stanley Cup on Friday, Oct. 4 at AMSOIL Arena. SARAH STARK/STATESMAN

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On Friday AMSOIL Arena played host to former Bulldog All-American and Hobey Baker finalist Norm Maciver, as he brought the Stanley Cup home to his alma mater.

The assistant general manager of the NHL champion Chicago Blackhawks, Maciver spent a few hours sharing the Stanley Cup with members of the Duluth and UMD community before Friday’s season opener for the Bulldog women’s hockey team.

“UMD was a great time for me,” Maciver said. “The four years I was here we had great teams, we had a lot of

success, a lot of fun, and I look back on it with nothing but fond memories.”

Maciver is one of only eight Bulldogs to have his name etched into the Stanley Cup. “A lot of players have gone on to play and work in the NHL that graduated from UMD,” he said. “To be one of the eight guys is a thrill.”

Seeing the Stanley Cup in person was an experience many fans were excited to get.

“I’m a huge ‘Hawks fan,” said UMD student Andrea Beidelman. “I’ve never seen the Stanley Cup, so I’m super excited that it’s actually coming here. I think it’s really cool that it’s in Duluth.”

The Bulldog volleyball team downed two more NSIC opponents at home over the weekend. UMD defeated Upper Iowa in straight sets (25-17, 25-22, 25-19) Friday and also swept Winona State (25-15, 25-13, 25-21) Saturday to improve to 15-1 on the season and 6-1 in conference.

At Romano Gym, the Bulldogs have won 20 straight contests dating back to last season’s home opener.

“It’s always great to play in front of your family and friends,” said sophomore middle blocker Monica Turner.

“We feed off their energy every night and it gives

us a big boost on the court. The more people we have filing the stands, the more confidence and momentum we play with.”

The home-court advantage showed up on Saturday, as Bulldog fans flocked into the gym shortly after the conclusion of the football game.

UMD used the crowd to their benefit, easily taking the first two sets 25-15 and 25-13.

The Warriors tightened up in the third and battled the Bulldogs to an 18-18 stalemate before head coach Jim Boos called timeout. After the break, UMD went on a 7-2 run and seized the third-set victory.

In Friday’s clash, UMD held an early 10-3

Maddy Siroin (12) and Monica Turner (11) reach up to block a shot by Upper Iowa’s Melanie Behnke during Saturday’s match. SARAH STARK/STATESMAN

advantage in the second set before Upper Iowa closed to within two (1513). The teams traded sideouts for the remainder of the set. After trailing for a portion of the

third set, UMD captured the lead and closed out the frame on a 9-3 run.

The Bulldogs trailed only 12 times throughout see VOLLEYBALL B2

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the match against the Peacocks, but struggled to completely pull way.

UMD standout outside hitter Kate Lange led the team in kills on the weekend, but it wasn’t as one-sided as it was earlier in the year. Boos has been focusing on more balance within the offense the past few practices following his team’s loss to Concordia-St. Paul, which saw Lange swing a season-high 70 times.

Lange was attempting close to 40 percent of the team’s total attacks. But in the past three games, Lange attacked only 32 percent of the time, giving other attackers a chance to make more of an impact.

Turner threw down 17 kills in the two wins, including 11 against Upper Iowa. Redshirt freshman Sydnie Mauch shined against Winona State with a game-high 13 kills. Sophomore Mariah Scharf also contributed Saturday, collecting 10 kills.

“We don’t want to be predictable in our offensive sets,” Turner said. “We all know what Lange is capable of, but we want to keep opposing teams guessing.

Setter (Ashley) Hinsch has done a great job spreading the ball around the court and we have taken advantage of the mismatches.”

UMD will be in North Dakota over the weekend for its next slate of games. Friday features a collision with Minot State, with a test against Mary awaiting Saturday.

State came in a 20-17 overtime thriller in 2010—a season that culminated with the program’s second national championship.

“I thought our guys did a good job creating momentum,” head coach Curt Wiese said. “It certainly gives us a leg up in the North Division and gives us an opportunity to continue to play for a conference championship.”

Those aspirations might not have been so realistic if not for a critical play call shortly before Logan Lauters (11) evades a tackle by Husky Marvin Matthews (7) during Saturday’s game. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN halftime.

The Bulldogs marched 90 yards following St. Cloud State’s After being plugged up in the named the NSIC North failed fourth-down attempt, but first half, UMD runners found Offensive Player of the Year in had their drive stall at the Husky significantly more room to August, was held to 102 yards 7-yard line with 20 seconds left maneuver in the second. and no touchdowns on 13-for-29 in the half. Instead of trying a Lauters scored his second passing.

24-yard field goal into the wind, touchdown early in the third “That’s as strong (of) a defensive UMD ran a fake and holder Eric quarter on a 22-yard run, and game as our guys have played Kline raced off left tackle and to Austin Sikorski added scores of since I’ve been here,” said Wiese, the end zone to make it 7-7.

66 and 31 to open up the final who started at UMD in 2008 as But the Bulldogs weren’t done 34-7 margin. The Bulldogs rolled the offensive coordinator. making plays before halftime. up 471 yards on the ground, 340 Each team ranked in the Austin Selvick came away with a of which came after halftime. national top ten won over the fumble recovery on the ensuing The second-half rushing total weekend, keeping UMD (4-1) kickoff, and Logan Lauters alone was more than UMD had at No. 11 in the polls. A game bowled his way for a touchdown gained in any of its four games at Minnesota State-Moorhead on third-and-goal from a yard entering Saturday.

Saturday is next for Bulldogs, out to give UMD a 13-7 lead.

Also dominant was UMD’s who are now well-positioned to Quarterback Drew Bauer defense. At one point in the first capture the NSIC North for a was picked off twice in the first half, St. Cloud State started sixth straight year. half and finished 4-for-14 for four out of five drives in UMD “In these conditions—to have 17 yards—his worst statistical territory. The Bulldogs allowed that crowd and the student performance of the year. The one touchdown during that section that we did today— freshman did not throw a pass in stretch and kept the Huskies from (that) shows a lot of pride for our the second half, as UMD relied moving the ball beyond UMD’s football program and athletic solely on its run game, which 31-yard line in the second half. program,” Wiese said. “I know ranks eighth in the country Husky standout quarterback that gives our guys a lot of through five games.

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tion about that,” Miller said. “She’s really good defensively, very gifted offensively. She really helps us open up the game. When you have a defenseman like that, she really helps with the way I like to play. She’s pretty amazing.”

The third period started the same way the first period did, only this time, McParland took 37 seconds to get one past Chuli. The third period featured more Bulldog goals, as forwards Jordan Krause and Bailey Wright added tallies to push the difference to 7-0. Sophomore goaltender Kayla Black was stellar in the net and finished with a shutout.

Game two was dominated by UMD as well, and resulted in Miller’s 350th win behind the Bulldog bench.

UMD jumped in front again in game two after a pair of power-play goals in the first period by senior forward Jamie Kenyon. The Bulldogs made it 3-0 when Ashleigh Brykaliuk put one past Connecticut goaltender Sarah Moses, who started the game after coming in as relief during the third period Friday.

This time, UMD couldn’t completely silence the Husky offense. Junior Sarah MacDonnell got the puck

by UMD’s sophomore goaltender Karissa Grapp, who played in net Saturday instead of Black.

The Bulldogs controlled the scoring for the last two periods, as sophomore forward Alivia Del Basso scored her first goal in a UMD uniform, as did sophomore forward Katherine McGovern. Bailey Wright added another goal, her second of the year, to make it 6-1 and complete the opening-weekend sweep for the Bulldogs (2-0).

“We truly just stuck to our game plan, kept our feet moving, got the puck to the net,” Miller said. “It’s worked out really well.”

UMD will play its first WCHA games this weekend, traveling to North Dakota for a two-game set Saturday and Sunday.

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our turf.”

The Bulldogs manhandled the Wildcats for the full 90 minutes on Friday. UMD was relentless all night, outshooting Wayne State 36-6.

Smith, who recently adjusted to a new role after being switched to outside midfielder this year, played a key role in the first half, assisting on goals by Dani Potter and Maureen Stormont before finding the back of the net herself. Wayne State went into the half trailing 3-0 and failed to record a shot for the first 56 minutes.

“We didn’t play well against Southwest Minnesota State, especially in the second half,” Smith said. “We looked at what didn’t work and

made some adjustments in practice to fix it. That loss helped fuel us to turn it around, make those improvements and play with more fire, so once the playoffs start, we will be at the top of our game.”

The Bulldogs still weren’t done scoring on the Wildcats. Smith assisted on Marissa Ganske’s goal in the 49th minute to complete a five-point night. Freshman Kailey Beatt added the final goal — the first of her collegiate career.

UMD had a more challenging test Sunday against Augustana, which entered with the same league as the Bulldogs.

Potter scored another goal to open the scoring, but the Bulldogs saw that advantage disappear. Five minutes after Potter’s goal, UMD found itself behind when Augustana’s Maren

Werth scored on backto-back shots. Maureen Stormont knocked in the game-tying goal with 12:01 left in the first half.

The intensity built in the second half. Both teams had excellent opportunities to score, but UMD’s Marissa Rosa and Viking goalkeeper Ashley Limmer worked to preserve the tie.

Werth had a shot pushed aside by Rosa, and Katie Hurd hit the post after a rebound.

For the Bulldog offense, Hannah Keil had a shot deflected over the crossbar and Sally Stromme, with seconds remaining in the half, was turned away by the reaching grasp of Limmer.

It didn’t take long to decide the winner in overtime. Smith won a 50-50 ball and passed it off to Stormont, who did the rest. Stormont notched her ninth goal

Bulldog Maureen Stormont (19) battles for the ball against Wayne State Friday. DANIEL BADHWA/UMD

of the season just 30 seconds into the extra session.

“It was a great weekend for us and for me,” Smith said. “Now we have to bring that mentality we have with us on the road for the next four games.”

UMD begins a twoweek road trip Saturday in North Dakota at Minot State.

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Freshman Dominic Toninato scored two goals, 12 Bulldogs tallied at least one point, and the UMD men’s hockey team soundly defeated Lakehead University 7-1 in an exhibition game Monday night at AMSOIL Arena. Aaron Crandall, Alex Fons and Matt McNeely each played a period in the UMD net, with Fons allowing the lone goal. The Bulldogs will open the regular season with a two-game set against Michigan Tech beginning Friday at AMSOIL Arena.

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week

UMD’s junior libero Julie Rainey was named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Week Monday for the second time this year. The Stewartville, Minn., native racked up 42 digs in two games over the weekend and averaged seven per set. She notched 26 Saturday alone, good for her second-most in a match this season.

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Entering Bulldog Country Freshman vice president Rachel Heiber was all smiles despite the rain as she walked with Student Association during the homecoming parade Oct. 3.

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Chancellor Lendley Black and Athletic Director Josh Berlo wave to spectators during the rainy homecoming parade Thursday.

Abandoned candy from the parade is left soaking in puddles. Rain fell all evening long.

The UMD marching band played through the rain to make for a unique performance.

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—Xander “Floyd R. Turbo” Thiemann, civil engineering major.

Danielle Lachermeier hypes up parade-goers with her fellow Phi Sigma Sigma sorority sisters.

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“I’m proud to be a Bulldog because Duluth supports the true Minnesotan way of being a small, inclusive school that continues to evolve with society. It’s very much a school that focuses on students directly. It’s easy to access your chancellor or the heads of your department. Because of that accessibility that students have to hierarchy at UMD, it’s easier to make their voices heard and implement change.”

—Chelsea Cansino, junior communication major and journalism and business administration minor.

Student Life Editor / Maeggie Licht / licht096@d.umn.edu

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Proposed plan for pipeline causes concern

BY ALOYSIA POWER power270@d.umn.edu

A handful of UMD’s MPIRG students are OK with being the small dog in the fight. Already, they entered the ring with protests against the Keystone XL oil pipeline in Washington, D.C. last year and in Two Harbors on Sept. 20.

Now, they’re in the initial stages of hopping into the ring again, this time joining local landowners in their fight against the Canadian-based energy company Enbridge Inc. and its proposed route for a new pipeline.

Logistics of the proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline The company is proposing the construction of a new 610-mile pipeline called the Sandpiper.

It would transport Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to Superior via northern Minnesota.

As of now, the potential pipeline has two proposed routes: the northern route, which would follow existing Enbridge pipelines from Clearbrook, Minn. to Superior, Wis., and the southern route, which would take a sharp south turn after Clearbrook and eventually run through Park Rapids, Minn. before returning east to Superior.

The latter route would jump between existing pipeline routes and electrical transmission lines for 75 percent of its time in Minnesota. In order to fill in the approximately 60-miles worth of gaps, the company would construct new corridors.

Although the northern route is well established and more direct, Lorraine Little, a spokesperson from Enbridge, said in an email that the company is considering the southern option because it goes through a less populated area and avoids encroaching on federal lands.

In addition to those reasons, the southern route would impose on fewer wetlands, explained Becky Haase, another Enbridge

Students from UMD’s Minnesota Public Interest Group (MPIRG) joined the Keystone XL oil pipeline protest in Two Harbors at the end of September. The group is now concerned with Enbridge Inc.’s Sandpiper crude oil pipeline proposal. LOGAN BAILEY/SUBMITTED

spokesperson, in an interview for an article in The Bemidji Pioneer’s Aug. 30 issue.

A UMD MPIRG student’s thoughts on the new pipeline proposal No matter where the company places the pipeline, however, it will intrude on someone, one way or another.

What’s bothering many MPIRG students is that the southern proposed route would carve a 120-foot wide right of way (ROW) through the forest of seven Carlton County townships along the way—a county that supplies a lot of the organic produce in Duluth markets.

Lauren Flavin, a UMD junior and colead for MPIRG’s Environmental Task Force, is concerned about the effects the Sandpiper might have on the farms.

“It’s such a web of relationships there,” she said.

“If the pipeline happens, and a spill happens, and those farmers no longer have their livelihood, then we don’t have local food.”

Her hopes are that the pipeline never touches ground. But, in the case that it does, she wants an alternative route to be used—one that would interfere with fewer farmers’ lands and liveli-

hoods.

For now, she is trying to connect UMD students to those in the community who are upset with the proposal, and wants to educate them about sustainable lifestyles.

To her, a sustainable lifestyle not only necessitates the increase in green energy usage and organic farming, but also requires a tightly knit, supportive community.

“In reference to sustainability and climate in general, community is the biggest thing for me—like, people just being together in healthy ways,” she said. “We can do a lot of things at the local level, whether it’s culture, art or food.”

According to Flavin, maintaining a healthy community also means looking out for neighbors, like the Carlton farmers, and keeping them from being isolated by large companies.

Carlton County farmers vs. the Sandpiper pipeline To stand up for themselves, the farmers created the Carlton County Land Stewards (CCLS), a group made up of affected landowners—about a dozen are farmers.

The group is working to educate the community about the negative effects of the proposed pipeline

in hopes that more will join their cause.

Janakin Fisher-Merritt is one of the organic farmers who would be affected by the proposed pipeline route and is also a core member of the CCLS. He runs the same organic produce and maple syrup farm in Wrenshall that he grew up on. He and his wife, Annie Dugan, farm for a living and are worried about what the pipeline construction could do to their harvest.

Pipeline construction is highly regulated by the federal government.

Enbridge Inc. would first cut a 125-foot wide corridor through FisherMerritt’s maple trees for 3/8 of a mile— of the width, 75 feet would be temporary workspace and returned to its previous condition, while 50 feet would be purchased by the company for its fair market value.

During construction, the company would dig up the ground and simultaneously segregate the topsoil from the rest of the dirt before burying the pipeline. Afterwards, it would piece the land back together as best as it could, and, finally, compensate Fisher-Merritt for the current and future damage to his crops caused by con-

Kalli Alexandrou with her grandparents John and Mary Lintula. Alexandrou, a current UMD student, attended her grandparents’ 50-year reunion with them Saturday morning. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN

Reunited and it feels so good 50-year class reunion brings alumni together

BY GRAHAM HAKALA hakal045@d.umn.edu

As the wind blew cold rain outside campus walls on Saturday morning, junior Kalli Alexandrou sat down to a continental breakfast with her grandparents, John and Mary Lintula. John and Mary graduated from UMD 50 years ago.

“I always knew that they went here, and that was one of the reasons I looked at UMD,” Alexandrou said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been on campus with them before. It’s fun.”

Every year as part of the homecoming celebration, UMD hosts a fifty-year reunion. This year welcomed back the

graduating class of 1963.

“It’s been a tradition at homecoming to invite the fiftieth class back,” said Lisa Pratt, UMD’s alumni director. “Some of (the alumni) come back for various reasons, but some have never been back since they left.”

Alexandrou sat with her grandparents in the Garden Room in Kirby

Plaza and reminisced about all the changes that have come about with the university over the last five decades. “(The campus) is huge now,” said Mrs. Lintula.

“It’s beautiful. It’s all is connected. A lot of the things weren’t connected back then.”

The buildings on UMD’s campus in 1963

struction with the respective amount of money.

This plan still leaves the farmer unhappy.

According to FisherMerritt, it takes many years to redevelop healthy topsoil. He suspects the constructionaffected parts of his land would only be able to support hay, a much hardier crop than vegetables.

“Vegetables are more susceptible to damage from the soil,” he said.

“For example, if you grow hay on land that isn’t ideal, you get a little bit less hay. But if you grow, say, carrots on ground that isn’t ideal, you end up with really weird carrots. If you get carrots that are short and stubby, with six legs coming out of them, there’s just no marketplace for that.”

The construction would cut through his maple tree forest where he harvests sap to create syrup. If the pipeline goes in, he wouldn’t be able to replant any of his trees in the construction zone because the deep roots could impair pipemaintenance efforts.

Like Flavin, the farmer just wants the land to be left untouched.

Dugan echoes the desire and offers a possible solution.

“We want them to use were not connected like they are now. The campus had a lot of wide, open spaces. Many of have since been taken up by various buildings and parking lots.

“We talked about (campus) being the tundra,” Mrs. Lintula said.

“You would park your car and then have to walk all the way to the gymnasium.”

As the winter months brought the ice and snow, students had to brave the cold to get to their classes.

“I had swimming class in the winter session and an English class that I had to walk outside to after,” Mrs. Lintula said with a laugh. “I was a stupid freshman.”

There has been much more than just landscape changes over the last five decades: the whole college experience has transformed.

“I’ll tell you the biggest change is the expense,” Mr. Lintula said. “I can’t believe how much it costs to go to school now. “ “That’s a major difference,” Mrs. Lintula agreed. “I think it was like $300 for a semester’s tuition.”

“That’s one of my books,” Alexandrou replied in disbelief.

the existing right of way or work to find a path that would be less invasive, like the Soo Line Trail,” she said.

The existing ROW she referred to is part of the proposed northern route for the pipeline, where six Enbridge pipelines are laid.

The northern Soo Line Trail she suggested is an old railroad line— now an ATV trail—and intrudes on less private properties than the proposed southern route.

Although Enbridge hasn’t ruled this option out yet, the company may be dissuaded from choosing that particular trail because it would cost more, according to the Aug. 30 article from The Bemidji Pioneer.

In comparison to the current, southern proposed route, the ATV trail is less direct and therefore longer because it makes its way south all the way to Moose Lake before turning north to Superior.

How to get involved To support the CCLS’s efforts to oppose and alter the proposed southern oil pipeline route, sign up for the mailing list on its website, carltoncountylandstewards. org, or “like” its Facebook page, “Pipe up for Carlton County.”

Although Enbridge estimates the Sandpiper will be installed and running by 2016, now is the time to either support or oppose it.

Within the next couple of weeks, the company will submit its Certificate of Need (CON), in which it will make an effort to prove the pipeline would be in the best interest of the state citizens.

Once the CON is released, citizens have a 20-day window to write constructive comments about the pipeline to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. The CCLS will host writing workshops at UMD for its supporters during this time and will inform the community of specific dates via its Internet outlets.

As UMD grew in size, the class sizes did the same.

“I wonder if you guys can get to know the professors like we did,” Mr. Lintula said. “We had smaller classes than you guys. Years after we left, we would run into our professors, and they would remember us. I don’t know if it’s that way now or not.”

This year’s fiftieth reunion had an average turnout compared to other years, according Pratt. Around a dozen alumni participated in the celebration. The day started with the breakfast held in the Garden Room and was followed by a tour of the campus.

The alumni then met for lunch at the Bulldog Club Lounge at Malosky stadium. They wrapped up the homecoming festivities with a private dinner. “(UMD) was a good school,” Mrs. Lintula said. “We used to have balls and dances and lots of fun activities on campus. It was nice.”

“I wish I could see what the campus looked like when they were here,” Alexandrou said.

“We had yearbooks,” Mrs. Lintula said. “I’ll let you look at them.”

Student Life Editor / Maeggie Licht / licht096@d.umn.edu

Duluth Demon:

the man and motive behind the mask

BY KIM HYATT hyatt045@d.umn.edu

Incoming students tend to join student groups or intramurals to find their niche on campus. But one UMD freshman instead put on a mask and decided to go his own way.

“It kind of started as a fad … I always enjoyed the thrill of causing fear,” the Duluth Demon said.

“However, that’s not my main purpose.

My main ambition is to create entertainment for people.”

The Demon is now a dualpurpose phantom and personali-

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ty of UMD. He does a pretty good job at hiding his true identity, USING ALL CAPS on social media sites, and only disclosing enough information to expand his fan base. Without breaking his character, the good-hearted ghoul agreed to sit down with Statesman staff reporter Kim Hyatt to explain the madness, mask and motive.

The man behind the mask is a freshman from Eden Prairie, Minn., and is partly Icelandic — he was born and raised there for two years before moving to Minnesota with his parents.

He’s a theater major, his favorite movie is “Donnie Darko,” and he claims to be schizophrenic.

With his interest in the arts, the Demon created this character to become more “socially outward … in a very odd sense.” He said he’s had the getup for over six years.

“No matter the clothes I’m wearing, I’m still the same kind of social, but I (not the Demon) am better … because people don’t run away,” he said.

A few of his close friends, or “minions,” as he likes to put it, are the only ones who know who he really is, and he hopes to keep it that way.

“Before coming to Duluth, only a few people knew who I was, and up here I’ve only divulged to a few people who are able to aid me and my quest,” he said.

Fear is not his forte, although it does come with the territory. Amidst the immediate and continued hype from social media fame (his Facebook page has more than 200 followers), the Demon’s frightfully funny intentions are quite the opposite.

His appearances on the web and on campus haven’t been so widely accepted by all of UMD, though.

After attending the Coloring Club meeting on Sept. 23, the Demon talked with Officer Erik Blair of the UMD Police Department (UMDPD).

“He let me know that people were filing complaints and I should not be

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prowling the woods, which I agreed to,” he said. “He said not to go in the woods anymore in the costume. I said I completely agree with this. My job is not to create fear or make people scared to go in the woods. I apologize if I have caused that belief.”

The Demon said the UMDPD officer told him that “someone might think he is Bigfoot and shoot him in the woods.”

So, you won’t see him jumping out from behind any trees in Bagley, which he said was the first and only time he intentionally did this. Instead, he regularly makes appearances at various events on campus hosted by student groups.

He said he plans on attending a Student Association meeting and other events for organizations, such as the Quidditch Club.

The Demon said he is just “different and out of the ordinary.”

In an Oct. 2 opinion piece in the Statesman, opinion editor Satya Putumbaka made note of the Demon’s kitschy appeal.

“Though it is completely random, the Duluth Demon is one of the best conversation topics around,” Putumbaka wrote. “It’s Duluth’s theater of the absurd and entirely useless. It might be the biggest menace on campus, but you have to admire the pluck and initiative behind the character.”

So what is it like to balance the life of Demon and Bulldog? And does the Demon overshadow the student inside?

“I have this alias life to live as this person who is underneath this mask,” the Demon said. “As the person beneath this, I still have skills and talents and relationships and things going great in my life ... this character is not to make myself happy, but for others.”

Does the Demon freak you out or make you smile? Check out this story on the Statesman’s website to share your perspective on this new phantom personality.

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