The Statesman 3-26-2014

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UMD’s budget enters U of M hands while the state Legislature weighs Dayton’s proposed $5-million subsidy, A3

Chancellor Lendley Black discusses budget concerns at a town-hall-style meeting in the Kirby Ballroom Feb. 24. ALEX GANEEV/STATESMAN

UMDPD Water Week promotes conservation on campus short on officers

BY GRAHAM HAKALA Staff Reporter

Nearly 30 bags filled with empty plastic bottles lined the Kirby Bus Hub Tuesday morning. UMD’s Office of Sustainability created the display to show how many plastic bottles are disposed of on UMD’s campus each day.

This week is World Water Week, a global event that attempts to raise awareness for fresh water issues on our planet. UMD and other local colleges are taking part in the action.

“We’re trying to encourage people to use (reusable) water bottles,” said Bryan French, sustainability organizer at UMD. “Instead of having something they just toss out, they have something they can use again and again.”

UMD’s Office of Sustainability gave away free reusable water bottles to the first 50 people to visit the bus hub display.

Students stopped to discuss concerns about water usage and pollution. French used the display to emphasize the power of reusing and reducing.

“Look at all of these bottles that we throw away every day,” French said. “If we can reduce the volume of trash, that would be huge.”

According to NASA, 71 percent of Earth is covered with water. About 3 percent of the water on Earth is freshwater and available to drink.

“We only have one world, and fresh water on the surface of the Earth is very limited,” Cody Torgerson,

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Dept.’s staff is roughly a third of the suggested size, but help may come

BY KYLE FARRIS News Editor

Water Week March 26 “Bag It” film showing at St. Scholastica Auditorium, 7 p.m.

March 27 The Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe performs at the Bus Hub, 10 a.m.

Dr. Lorena Mendoza of UWS discusses micropolastics in Lake Superior at the Library, 4 p.m.

president of UMD’s Sustainability Club, said. “If we destroy this fresh water, we won’t have any more.

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Water is our most vital resource, so we have to make sure we maintain the health of our water or none of us will have it anymore.”

French and Torgerson offered several tips on how to reduce wasted water and avoid water pollution.

“Take a shorter shower,” French said. “When shaving, fill up a cup and use that instead of leaving the water running. Use rain barrels to catch rain for watering plants.

There are lots of things you can do to reduce water usage.”

Torgerson added, “Always carry around a reusable water bottle,

The UMD Police Department has less than half the number of sworn officers recommended by the U.S. Department of Justice.

To lessen the effects of the shortage, administrators from UMD asked for funding to hire an additional officer in the University’s budget request made March 14 to the U of M. For an area and population of UMD’s size, the Department of Justice recommends 28 sworn officers. UMDPD has 10 active sworn officers.

UMD Police Chief Scott Drewlo said UMDPD is understaffed, but not to the extent the numbers indicate. Drewlo said the compactness of Duluth and UMD allows police to work effectively with less than the recommended number of sworn officers.

“For the Arrowhead Region, this is probably one of the most densely populated cities around,” Drewlo said. “You can kind of adjust your sworn (officer) numbers downward of what you need.”

The request is for a recurring $50,000 investment that would cover “one-half of sal

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UMD targets deficit in budget

BY KYLE FARRIS News Editor

On March 14 UMD administrators presented a budget for Fiscal Year 2015 that now sits on system President Eric Kaler’s desk for review.

The budget was presented at the budget-compact meeting by Chancellor Lendley Black and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Mike Seymour. It targets UMD’s $9.4 million structural deficit by requesting that any new funding go toward paying off the deficit.

In the next month, a U of M budget committee will make a recommendation to Kaler on UMD’s request, with Kaler expected to review the budget in April.

Seymour said the budget request — a 60-page document outlining results of the current fiscal year, projections for the next fiscal year and recurring budgetary issues — tells “a story” of UMD’s financial situation.

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On Saturday, March 15, resident assistants conducting room checks in Junction Apartments uncovered evidence of marijuana use and promptly notified authorities.

Police found no usable amounts of marijuana, but trace amounts were discovered. Nothing more came about from the discovery.

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ary line.” Fines and revenue projects would cover the other half.

Reasons given by the University for an additional officer include an increasing number of calls for service, a rising demand for emergency response, and a continued need for mandatory overtime.

“Given the almost daily reports of campus violence ... this would be a valuable and prudent addition to UMD,” the budget request said.

In the meantime, UMD has enlisted two community service officers and a small team of temporary casual officers.

The community service officers are not sworn officers and can only work select events. The temporary casual officers come from regional police departments.

Drewlo said the outside help has reduced the stress

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especially those who come to UMD and have backpacks with them anyway. If your car is leaky, you should fix it. When oil and chemicals leak from cars, the stuff gets washed into Lake Superior.

Oil is something that just doesn’t go away.”

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“(The budget committee) put(s) our request and story in the context of the overall story for the system,” Seymour said.

“It’s an anomaly for UMD, in that we have a structural deficit. What we’re saying in our story is that any new money we want applied to the structural deficit.”

The budget includes individual funding requests for each of UMD’s five colleges, along with other campus offices and projects. Apart from the University’s request to put any new funding toward the deficit, Seymour didn’t identify any major departures from recent budgets in this year’s version.

Seymour said the U of M could “fence monies” and mandate that UMD use new funding on specific areas of concern, like campus security or enrollment.

“We gave them a sort of a la carte,” Seymour said. “We gave it to them in our priority order, but it may not exactly align with the overall strategy of the system or pots of money

UMDPD responded to a burglary alarm at Chester Park School. A man had set off the alarm, but he was a UMD faculty member and said he was “working late.”

Eyewitnesses the afternoon of March 16 said a vehicle crashed into a snow bank on Woodland Avenue at a high rate of speed.

UMDPD assisted in the search for the car, which was eventually found parked in a driveway. The car had sus-

that are identified for specifictype things.”

Echoing the message of Black and other UMD administrators in the last few months, the request calls for increased funding from the U of M flagship and more opportunities for discussion between the universities.

Though the final decision on UMD’s budget will be made on the Twin Cities campus, Seymour said UMD will be in frequent contact with administrators from the U of M during the process.

“The communication channels are open,” said Seymour, who also said he has corresponded with U of M Associate Vice President for Budget and Finance Julie Tonneson since the budget-compact meeting.

“That kind of thing is ongoing.

We keep talking, and there’s maybe a little bit of wiggle room in there if they have questions, or if we want to bring one more thing to their attention.”

While the system’s overall state funding has dropped

tained “significant damage,” and the driver left debris at the scene of the crash. A Duluth Police Department officer attempted to contact the driver at the house, but no one answered the door.

The Duluth Police Department said alcohol was likely a factor in the crash.

Three non-UMD males were reported to be acting suspiciously in Kirby Lounge on Friday, March 21. The men were uncooperative with a Community Service Officer. Police officers arrived, and the men promptly left. Apparently, the males had been dropped off by staff members of their alternative school, but were unable to enter the Library.

On Saturday, March 22, A woman called 911 to report that her car alarm had been set off. Police investigated but there was no damage, nor was anything stolen; the case remains cold.

on UMDPD’s sworn officers, who have been working mandatory overtime shifts.

“What ends up happening with the mandatory overtime is there gets to be kind of an imbalance in the life cycle (of officers),” Drewlo said. “One of the ways to mitigate some of the pressures of this job is to have a positive work-life balance where you’re able to get away from work and do normal things with normal people. If you’re forced to be here more than you should be, that balance kind of starts to suffer.”

Drewlo called UMDPD’s “broken windows” policy, in which officers monitor minor crimes to prevent major crimes from occurring, another key to conserving resources and time.

Because of the sworn officer shortage, Drewlo said UMD has been unable to fill one of its two sergeant positions for more than two years. If the U of M funds the request for an additional officer, Drewlo said he would be able to promote one of UMD’s sworn officers to a

sergeant.

“You need continuity of supervision, and we basically have one guy trying to supervise two different crews,” Drewlo said. “That’s pretty critical when you have a 24/7 operation.”

A new officer could be used in a community liaison role Drewlo said. The liaison officer would focus on community outreach and groups outside of UMD concerned with campus security.

Drewlo said the request for an additional officer originated in a business plan he created when he came to UMDPD from the Duluth Police Department two years ago.

According to the request, Chancellor Lendley Black described UMDPD’s need for an additional officer in an October letter to U of M Associate Vice President for Budget and Finance Julie Tonneson.

In the next month, U of M President Eric Kaler is expected to rule on UMD’s budget for Fiscal Year 2015, which begins in July.

water from Lake Superior, and water from the Great Lake is high quality. Last year, Duluth’s municipal drinking water was voted the “Best in Glass” by a panel of judges at the Minnesota American Water Works Association Annual Conference.

“We had the best-tasting water in the state,” French said. “Everything that we pour into Lake Superior, whether that’s pollution, storm water, salt from plowing, stuff from parking

lots like oil and antifreeze — that all goes into Lake Superior. The less of that pollution we put into Lake Superior, the better our water supply is going to be.”

UMD still has several events planned for Wednesday and Thursday.

Along with the Office of Sustainability, the events were organized and supported by UMD Cultural Studies Program, UMD Alworth Institute and the League of Women Voters.

steadily in the last several years, UMD has been hit with the steepest funding drop in the system — from roughly $50 million in 2009 to roughly $28 million in 2013.

Seymour said he expects UMD to receive more funding from the U of M than it has in recent budgets.

“I think the needle will move, but I have no real sense of how much,” Seymour said.

“I don’t want to promise big and see little delivered. But I think it’s safe to say we believe the needle will move in a positive direction.”

During the last two months, Black, Duluth Mayor Don Ness and Gov. Mark Dayton have all questioned UMD’s share of the budget, and pushed for a more equitable distribution of system money.

The budget request states that a refusal by the U of M to shift from “the same fixed methodology used for Fiscal Year 2014” could threaten UMD’s services and ability to generate revenue through

tuition.

“We’ll see, when they respond, how we did in our storytelling,” Seymour said.

UMD’s $5 million The Minnesota House of Representatives Higher Education Committee did not include the $5 million subsidy for UMD that Dayton proposed March 6 in its supplemental budget plan.

For the subsidy to appear in the state Legislature’s budget proposal, it has to be included in the Senate Higher Education Committee’s supplemental budget plan.

The committee was expected to work on its plan March 25.

Seymour said the subsidy would likely be “dead on arrival” should it not be included in the Senate’s plan.

The subsidy would apply only to Fiscal Year 2015, and final decisions on how the money is distributed would be made by the U of M Board of Regents.

“It would just be sort of a Band-Aid on an annual situation,” Seymour said.

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TALKING NERDY: RECOVERING AN ‘80S CULT HIT

THE HOMES TO LEAVE UNTOUCHED

BY CINDY VU Columnist

The recent updates to the school, such as the new Kirby lounge, prove that UMD is on the move toward accommodating a growing body of students.

With the construction work that has been taking place this and last semester, it is no surprise that more might be on its way: This time, it will be outside of school, just around Waverly and St. Marie Street. The leases for these houses are being discontinued, meaning that the students who are currently living there now cannot renew their residency and have to relocate.

City Planning of Duluth has confirmed there has not been an application submitted for a new UMD project yet, but there has been some speculation that a new apartment building is being built just a few blocks away from campus. If they plan on building a new complex, it will be closer to school than Bluestone and, hopefully, not as expensive. The UMD 2013 Campus Master Plan provides a conceptual idea of what UMD may look like in the future. It highlights the goals of improving the outline of the campus and making it more convenient for students and staff members, such as having more sustainable features in buildings and making the layout more pedestrian friendly. One of its long-term goals is to redevelop the living area around St. Marie Street.

Ever since the Stadium Apartments have been closed down, living space has gotten a bit tight. If new apartments were to be built, it will definitely increase the space for students who are looking to stay on campus. The increase of UMD property will also be more convenient for prospective students because there is more variety in the choices for on-campus housing and student activity. As exciting as it will sound to have a

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newly built living space for students, older houses around the area will have to go.

The numbers of people that will have to find a new place is likely to be high because the majority of the area consists of students who rent the property.

People also mainly choose to live off campus because of the freedom. Not needing to share a room, being able to have a car without paying an overly expensive permit, and being in a place that doesn’t necessarily look the same as their neighbor’s is an awesome thing, especially if they started out living on campus. The homes around the area street have also been great contenders against on-campus housing for the summer time because they are extremely cheap.

The main question that rises is whether these homes will be as expensive as the elite Bluestone.

The high price reputation of Bluestone apartments have posed as an issue for many students. It is definitely a luxurious space, considering that everything is new, appliances have been upgraded, and it looks a lot more modern and sophisticated than any other campus living arrangement. The new construction of smaller shops around Bluestone have increased the property value, but it is also just one of the many bonuses that future residents will have. If this new complex will be priced around the same as Bluestone (including some cool amenities), it’s as if the purpose for increasing on-campus living space is slowly

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being defeated.

The houses that are possibly being destroyed may be old, but they were affordable — and that’s a major plus on a student’s checklist. Most students also move off campus because it’s a lot cheaper to live on their own.

The majority of on-campus housing is priced around the same with the exception of mandatory meal plan costs, but ultimately when students move off-campus they’re generally saving at least $100 per month. Even if the new apartments were to be cheaper than Bluestone, people may still be paying more than they need to.

If houses were to be removed for a future on-campus apartment building and bigger recreational space, more students will have to look farther for off-campus housing. I would prefer keeping these homes because they are a part of the traditional Duluth landscape. It is no doubt that some homes are outdated and are in need of remodeling, but each exterior and interior is unique to its own property. By making the campus landscape so dominantly homologous, it’s stripping UMD of its traditional roots.

If the UMD does plan to make changes as seen in its campus plan, it’ll be a great opportunity to expand on recreational spaces.

The idea of having sustainable and natural features is something that the school should definitely invest in, but they should not demolish the current residence area around St. Marie Street.

My spring break routine went a little something like this: Wake up at around noon, eat a quick breakfast, play “Dark Souls 2” until I got in touch with a friend, hang out with said friend(s) until the next morning, catch some sleep, and repeat.

Or, I would fail to get in touch with friends, just play more video games and glance outside at the mostly crappy weather. Nothing all that thrilling.

But getting together with friends is usually a good time, especially when you introduce them to John Carpenter’s B-movie masterpiece — one you can watch on Netflix this very moment — “Big Trouble in Little China.” “China” is one of Carpenter’s best films, matched only by his remake of “The Thing.”

“China” follows Jack Burton, a truck driver played by Kurt Russell. Burton makes a stop in Chinatown and gets caught up in an ancient Chinese prophecy, drawing the attention of an incredibly powerful sorcerer named Lo Pan, who is played

by James Hong. What ensues is a briskly-paced comedy adventure as Burton gets more and more involved in a world he barely comprehends, filled with guys who shoot lightning, guys who survive getting hit by semi-trucks, and gang wars that turn into punches being thrown when the bullets run out.

“China” is pure cheese, and is well aware of it.

The effects, even for the ‘80s, are nothing great, but strong comic performances from almost all the cast and a premise that gets sillier and sillier as the movie goes on carry the movie into a consistently entertaining stratum. Kurt Russell spends most of the movie as a bumbling everyman with surprising bursts of competence (“It’s all in the reflexes”), all the while casually smirking like any good action hero should. Egg Shen, a sorcerer whose day job is a tour bus driver, gives an incredibly matter-offact performance, delivering ridiculous dialogue that Russell has no choice but to shrug to. Even Lo Pan’s three henchmen all have distinct personalities and great physical presence on screen, but Hong himself has one of the best performances in the movie.

Much like Egg Shen, Pan is forced to recite some B-movie dialogue but gets to throw himself completely into the role. Every moment he’s on screen is good fun. He never gets to come across as a particularly competent villain — but he doesn’t need to. The film is all about fun action set pieces and magical kung-fu.

The movie flopped on release, but became a cult hit on the home video market. Now you can go watch it on the new home video market, Netflix.

It’s a fun, inoffensive time, and deserves more love than it normally gets. If anything, it deserves more exposure.

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PROF TALKS: ON AFFORDABLE EDUCATION

BY RICHARD GREEN Columnist

A number of people have commented recently about the increasing inequality of incomes in the United States.

Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor and now Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, last year produced a documentary, “Inequality for All,” illustrating the declining fortunes of the American middle class. French-born economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez have studied the proportion of income earned by the top 1 percent and the top 0.1 percent of American workers since 1913. The top 1 percent now receive more than 20 percent of all income. Piketty’s big book, “ Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” Phone: (218) 726-7113 Fax: (218) 726-8246 E-mail letters to: licht096@d.umn.edu Web site: www.umdstatesman.com

which has just been published in English, should influence conversation about income inequality for some time.

Inequality in wealth is even more extreme than inequality in income. The richest 1 percent of Americans control nearly 40 percent of the nation’s financial wealth, and the top three or four percent control most of the nation’s wealth. One consequence of such an unequal distribution of wealth is that there is not enough wealth for the rest of the people. Another consequence is that the wealthy few have an inordinate political influence. They can promote policies that enable them to maintain and increase their wealth, often at the expense of the rest of the population.

Some people argue that the inequality seen in the United States is “inequality of outcome,” not “inequality of opportunity.” However, as a study of American higher education shows, opportunity is far from equal. In fact, we might say that one of the functions of higher education in the United States is to perpetuate inequality.

The work of Tom Mortenson, Senior Scholar at the

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Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, is particularly interesting. Here I will rely on information given by Mortenson at a presentation at the University of Quebec at Montreal last fall, titled: “Unequal family income and unequal opportunity for higher education in the United States, 1970 to 2012.” (A powerpoint of this presentation is available online, and I suggest that interested readers look at it.)

Tom Mortenson studies the educational success of dependent students classified into quartiles according to family income. The bottom quartile in 2012 had family incomes of less than $34,160. The second quartile had family incomes between $34,160 and $63, 600. The third quartile had incomes between $63,600 and $108,650, while the top quartile had incomes over $108,650. For each quartile, Mortenson plots the proportion of each quartile that graduate from high school, the proportion of high school graduates who go on to college, and the proportion of those who start college that actually earn a four-year

degree by the time they are 24. Students from poorer families are less likely to graduate from high school than students from richer families.

If they graduate from high school, students from poorer families are less likely to start college than richer students, and if they start college, students from poorer families are much less likely to earn a four-year degree. The biggest difference between the quartiles is the proportion of students who begin college that actually graduate.

Students from families in the top quartile of family income are almost certain to graduate once they start college, while students in the bottom quartile have only about a 20 percent chance of getting a four-year degree. Overall, students whose parents are in the top quartile have nearly nine times the chance of getting a four-year degree by the time that they are 24 compared to students whose parents are in the bottom quartile. In fact, more of the students who get a four-year degree by the time they are 24 are in the top quartile than are in the bottom three quartiles combined.

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A study of how a college education is financed shows one reason why so many students from poor families cannot make it through college.

Students from poorer families get larger grants than other students, particularly Pell grants, but the value of such grants has not kept pace with the increasing cost of higher education. The proportion of state and federal grants that are need-based has declined over the last few decades.

The proportion of students attending college has increased substantially since the late 1970s, with the greatest increases occurring in groups with parents having the highest incomes.

At the same time, state support for higher education has declined from slightly over 1 percent of people’s total income to less than 0.6 percent. Much of the cost of higher education that once was provided by states now must be provided by students and their families. Richer families are better able to help their children pay for college. Students from poor families cannot afford college. I think this is a serious problem.

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B1 Herbert, Crandall leave for pros WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014

Sports Editor / Nicole Brodzik / brodz006@d.umn.edu

BY NICOLE BRODZIK Sports Editor

Aaron Crandall finished his senior year with 14 wins, a career high, before signing with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL. MADISON ROLES/SUBMITED

College hockey one day, competing for a spot on an NHL team the next. This is the life for many NCAA athletes who move on to the next level in the hockeyplaying world, and is now the story of UMD’s Caleb Herbert.

Less than a week after his team was taken out by Western Michigan in the first round of the NCHC playoffs, Herbert signed his first pro contract with the Washington Capitals, forfeiting his final year of NCAA eligibility.

Herbert was drafted by the Capitals as the 142 pick overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, and last Friday the Capitals signed him to a two-year, entrylevel deal. The Bloomington, Minn., native missed only three out of 115 possible games in his three-year career. He also led the team in nearly all statistical categories, including points (31), assists (19), penalties (35) and penalty minutes (85). He also finishing with 12 goals, good for third-highest on the team.

After watching his success start in Herbert’s freshman season, assistant coach Derek Plante knew see HOCKEY GOES PRO, B2

Softball up and down on southern swing Baseball team

BY JIMMY GILLIGAN Statesman Correspondent

The UMD softball team traveled almost 2,500 miles to play eight games in Oklahoma and Arkansas over spring break.

However, the road trip wasn’t all rest and relaxation, as the Bulldogs struggled to string together wins.

The Bulldogs split three of their four doubleheaders and were swept by Southeastern Oklahoma State in two close games, resulting in a 3-5 record and concluding the non-conference portion of their schedule 14-11.

After the first two games versus East Central Oklahoma were canceled due to wet conditions, the Bulldogs began their trip Jordan Rice helped carry her team for a 3-5 record in eight games by dropping two close games to over spring break. EVAN SMEGAL/STATESMAN Southeastern Oklahoma State. Junior infielder Jordan Rice car- a contribution every time I’m at Cayli Sadler, who was recently ried the UMD offense on Tuesday the plate.” named the Northern Sun Inter- as she has all season, going 4-8 in Rice led the team to their first collegiate Conference Pitcher of the two-game set with a home run win of the road trip against Souththe Week, gave up three runs on western Oklahoma State, earning eight hits while striking out two. and three RBIs. Her three home three RBIs on two home runs. runs this week bring her season Her effort wasn’t enough to pull Freshman pitcher Sam Harttotal to eight. the team ahead as the Bulldogs mann picked up the win, giving “I’ve really tried to simplify hitwould lose the game 3-2 in extra ting and focus on the things I can up two runs over five innings of innings.

The second game was a simi- control,” said Rive in an email. “I work. see SOFTBALL, B2 lar story as the bulldogs fell 3-5. just want to do my part and make

Bark of the Bulldog “It was a fun race to compete in and watch, from what I’ve heard. It was an elbow-to-elbow battle with me and a girl from Metro State.”

improves on last year’s start

BY SAM STROM Staff Reporter

After entering NSIC play without a win last season, a goal for the young Bulldog baseball team was to start strong on their annual spring break trip to Florida.

The Bulldogs traveled back to Duluth with a 4-6 record. Though they achieved their goal by picking up some early victories, coach Bob Rients felt the team left some wins on the field.

“Our defense was not very good, and really cost us,” Rients said. “Offensively, we did well. Pitching, we did well. It’s just the defense was the major area that we have to get better at if we want to win some games in the conference.”

First-game jitters may be somewhat to blame for blunders on the field, but Rients is not making any excuses for his team.

“We never want to have that be an excuse for our performance,” he said. “We need to make sure our guys understand we have to be able to pitch, and we have to play defense to compete.”

A furious rally in the bottom of the ninth was not enough for the Bulldogs. They dropped their first game of the season 10-8 to Northwood University, a game in which the Bulldogs allowed the Timberwolves to score eight unearned runs. see BASEBALL, B2

NCHC’s first year a dramatic one

- Track runner Samantha Rivard on her championship outing at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the mile run

UMD Fighting Penguins hope to continue success after nationals

The Fighting Penguins made it to the nationals in 2013, and are working on returning. FIGHTING PENGUINS RUGBY BLUC/ SUBMITTED.

BY JOELLE JOHNSRUD Statesman Correspondent

After bringing home a national title in the fall, this spring is just another shot at reaching the top for the Fighting Penguins Rugby Club. The team began their season traveling to Florida for the Fort Lauderdale Ruggerfest Tournament for their match against the U of M Twin Cities on March 8.

With a lot of new and talented players, the Penguins’ goal for the season is to get new players more experience and develop their skills. Senior Derrek Van Klein said the team is hoping to get more athletes out on the field who share their passion for the sport.

“A strong team lasts a few years, but a strong program lasts for years to come,” Van Klein said.

“That is what we want to develop so they can continue the legacy that we have been a part of.”

The UMD rugby team has been around since the mid 1970s.

Started by student rugby player Bob Pratt, the club grew into a successful, determined team.

Currently, the club runs financially from player dues, sponsors and lots of help from former UMD Fighting Penguin players.

Even though rugby has been around for centuries, it’s still not a well-known sport to many spectators. With players wearing little to no protection from the roughand-tough sport, rugby portrays a free-flowing game of strategy, ambition and, of course, forceful competition between opponents.

The scoring system of rugby can be seen as confusing and complicated to many. In simple

terms, completing a “touchdown” allows the team to “try” a kick at goal. One point is awarded for a try. Two points are received for a successful kick at goal after scoring a try, and three points are awarded for a dropped goal or a penalty goal.

This year the Penguins’ are less experienced, but have proven they won’t be held back. Many of the players consider rugby to be a lifestyle, and they work hard to reach their goals.

With the unpredictable Duluth weather of negative temperatures and mountains of snow, the team has spent the last few weeks in the UMD field house for three nights every week, working on basic skills, conditioning and weight training. see CLUB RUGBY, B2

The Penrose Cup was awarded for the first time to the St. Cloud State Huskies as they ended the season atop the NCHC standings. MADISON ROLES/ SUBMITTED

BY NICOLE BRODZIK Sports Editor

There were plenty of uncertainties coming into the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s inaugural season. One thing that all eight teams knew for sure, however, was that they were in for a heck of a battle.

The Bulldogs (16-16-4, 11-11-2 NCHC) said goodbye to their long time WCHA rivals the Michigan Tech Huskies, the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Wisconsin Badgers, and welcomed in the University of Miami RedHawks and the Western Michigan Broncos. UMD fought to the very end of the regular season, and after splitting a final weekend with Nebraska Omaha, they finished fourth place in the conference.

It would not, however, be enough to get the Bulldogs past the first round of the playoffs and into the NCHC Frozen Face-Off, as they fell to the Broncos in two games at Amsoil Arena on March 15.

While a fifth seed taking down a fourth seed is hardly considered an upset, there were bigger surprises in store for the first year of NCHC post-season play. The RedHawks — who were projected to finish first in the preseason poll — ended the year in dead last, and took on St. Cloud State as the eighth seed in the first round. Miami came out on top of the conference champion to move on to the NCHC tournament, but lost in the championship game to sixth-seed Denver University.

“There’s zero easy weekends in this league,” said head coach Scott Sandelin at the end of the regular season. “It’s why you see teams with six, seven, eight losses. It’s just a tough league.”

The abrupt end to UMD’s playoff run also meant the end of five collegiate hockey careers. Goaltender Aaron Crandall, forward Max Tardy, forward Joe see NCHC, B2

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Hockey goes pro

Continued from B1

Herbert was likely to leave the program early.

“I don’t think it’s a surprise to any of us,” Plante said. “We know how talented Caleb is.

Players of his caliber you don’t really expect to keep for four years.

He’s got a chance to go try and make an NHL team. He’s got a legitimate chance, he’s that talented. We won’t hold him back.”

Teammate and 201314 starting goaltender Aaron Crandall has also moved on to play for a professional team. Last Thursday, Crandall signed with the Alaska Aces of the East Coast Hockey League. He joined the team in Las Vegas Thursday night, and made his professional debut last Sunday Caleb Herbert becomes the 12th Bulldog to leave against the Stockton UMD early since 2007, joining JT Brown and Justin Thunder where he Faulk. UMD ATHLETICS/SUBMITTED made 17 saves to secure our team didn’t want opportunity to see his first win for the Aces. to play in the NHL different parts of the Crandall, who is an and play pro hockey,” country and, in some undrafted free agent by Crandall said in an cases, the world,” NHL standards, played interview earlier this Plante said. “It’s great for career highs in wins, goals against average season. “That’s what I’m experience, and you hope they can make and save percentage as bought into right now.”

While Crandall’s some money at it. a senior, saving what future with the NHL Otherwise, it’s still a many believed to be his remains uncertain, great life experience best hockey for his final sees the that hockey can bring year as a Bulldog. He Plante too hopes to get a crack opportunity as a great him. We hope all our way to continue his guys can play more at an NHL contract. hockey after their time “It would be a lie if I hockey joure. told you every guy on “It’s a great at UMD.”

Softball recap Continued from B1

The Bulldogs quickly found themselves in a 5-0 hole early in game two, and were unable to get back on top despite another strong offensive performance by freshman Hailey Lundquist.

Although there were strong individual efforts throughout the trip, head coach Jennifer Banford wants more consistency heading into conference play.

“Offensively we were inconsistent and didn’t get the timely hits we needed in each game,” Banford said. “We left a lot of runners on base and in the end it came back to hurt us. If we can find a way to push more runs across we will be in good shape.”

Wednesday, the Bulldogs split yet another doubleheader, this time with Northeastern Oklahoma State. Freshman Angel Dahl contributed with her first collegiate home run in the midst of a five-run fourth inning.

Like the other doubleheaders this week, UMD could not find their offense in the second game, providing freshman pitcher Sam Hartmann with only one run in support for a final score of 3-1.

The Bulldogs split the final series of the trip with Arkansas Tech, hitting a dismal .173 over both games. They were able to pull away with a 4-2 win in the opener behind the consistently

strong pitching of Sadler, who picked up the win in her tenth complete game this year. In the final game, they left ten runners on base and fell to Arkansas Tech 5-1.

UMD struggled in game two on the trip, losing the second game in each of the doubleheaders they played.

“It’s difficult to win the first game and lose the second game,” Rice said.

“Our bats came out quiet to start every second game when we should have had all the momentum. Every game, win or loss, we left way too many runners on base, so we just need to find ways to come up with the clutch hit and take advantage of the chances we have.”

When the bats weren’t quiet, the offensive success was spread throughout the lineup. Going into NSIC conference play next week, they look to gather hits from up and down the lineup.

“On this road trip we learned any player on this team can come in to play and contribute,” Rice said. “We have a lot of offensive firepower, and we know on any given day we can out hit any team in our conference.”

The Bulldogs open their Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play March 29 versus Winona State.

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Continued from B1

Senior captain Blake Martin said that after gaining the title of being the best Division II rugby team in the nation, the team knows their expectations are high. But, so is their determination.

“Winning the National Champion-

ship was the most unreal and exciting moment in my entire life,” Martin said. “Just being able to see our hard work pay off and know that we were the best DII team in the nation was surreal. We’re planning on experiencing that again next fall season.”

Baseball recap Continued from B1

“We dropped some fly balls, and we couldn’t play catch in the infield,” Rients said. “That was a really disheartening experience.”

After committing five errors in their next two losses against Ohio Dominican University, the Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season 7-4 against Wayne State University behind a strong pitching start from senior captain Max Ryan. Freshman outfielder Matt Vogt provided all the offense the Bulldogs would need, hitting a grand slam in the first inning.

“Having a young man step up and deliver in that situation I think was great for the rest of the guys going forward,” Rients said.

The Bulldogs dropped their second game against Wayne State 5-4, and would go on to lose the first game of a doubleheader against St. Michael’s College 6-5. In the nightcap, however, the Bulldogs pounced on the Purple Knights early and rolled to a 16-6 victory.

The Bulldogs batted through the order in the first inning, which was highlighted by third baseman Grant Farley’s three-run triple and shortstop Kyle Comer’s two-run home run. The two would combine to go 7-for-7, with seven RBIs in the game.

Chris Couillard pitched four innings to pick up his first win of the season, while Colton Sinning earned the unconventional save by pitching the last three innings in relief.

The Bulldogs played the Purple Knights again the following afternoon, prevailing 7-6. Left fielder Cody Assen

Senior pitcher Chris Couillard helped lead the Bulldogs to a 4-6 record, much better than the 0-8 record they started out with a season before.

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led the way offensively for the Bulldogs, picking up three hits while driving in three runs. Marco Lucarelli pitched four shutout innings to claim the win.

The squad dropped their next game to West Chester University of Pennsylvania 7-2. Later in the day, the Bulldogs picked up their fourth win of the season against Johnson University Florida 4-1. Matt Mattiaci allowed just three hits and two walks in seven innings as he picked up his first victory of the year.

The Bulldogs begin their conference schedule on Sunday at Wayne State.

NCHC in review Basaraba and defenseman Tim Smith all finished their last year of eligibility Friday, while junior Luke McManus is forced to leave the program early due to a long-term shoulder injury The Bulldogs started the year out with a strong 4-2-1 record, leaning on their veteran leadership as well as getting some help from newcomers such as Alex Iafallo, Kyle Osterberg and Dominic Toninato. However, they struggled with consistency issues, largely because the majority of the roster was made up of first and second year collegiate players who had to fight through the end of the season for home ice in the playoffs.

When it came down to it, that home ice may have been better forgotten as the Bulldogs road record far surpassed what they achieved at home. UMD won 10 of their 16 road matches, but came away with only 5-of-18 possible victories at AMSOIL Arena.

UMD wasn’t the only team in the conference to see themselves ousted by a lower-ranked opponent in the early

Continued from B1 rounds, however.

Only one of the top four teams moved on to the NCHC tournament. First seed St. Cloud State and third seed Nebraska Omaha lost their first series and, like the Bulldogs, were quickly taken out of the postseason. North Dakota was the lone survivor from the top half of the standings, but they too were taken down, finishing third in the conference.

Denver University, a team UMD went 0-1-1 against this season, took out Miami for the championship on Saturday night.

While fans may have not seen so many upsets in the works, the NCHC’s coaches knew from the beginning what they’d be up against. Bulldog assistant coach Derek Plante wasn’t surprised by way the season played out.

“Every team in our league has been to the NCAA Final sometime in the last five years,” Plante said. “They’re all really good, talented teams. With the three-point games, every team can end up anywhere.”

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Spring Break Revisited What’s up

Duluth?

Two Bulldogs share what made their spring break vacations special

BY APRILL EMIG Student Life Editor

BY APRILL EMIG Student Life Editor

Wednesday, March 26

While many of us were relaxing in the sun or staying in Duluth to work, two groups spent spring break continuing their education and providing service to others. Sophomore Marianne Neba traveled through the south on the Civil Rights Tour, while senior Jessica Lindquist traveled to nine different cities and finished her service trip with STLF in Washington, D.C. “I felt proud to have participated on this journey to learn about my history and educate some of the high school students about some of the civil rights leaders,” Neba said, pictured left.

“I have learned to be grateful for the opportunities I have now because someone fought for me to have them. I have also realized how much power I have as a student to change society, starting by educating others about what I have learned,” Neba said.

“We cleaned up Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., with two buses from the U of M Twin Cities Neba at the National Civil Rights Museum, which is campus and two buses from UND,” Lindquist said. partially housed in the motel where Martin Luther “We really had a blast!”

King Jr. was shot. MARIANNE NEBA/SUBMITTED

Brown Bag: Traditional Herbalism and Women’s Health

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in KSC 355 Learn about women’s traditional role as healers with plant-based medicine. Tina Fox will be discussing her own path to herbalism, the top 10 herbs for women’s health, and tips for making your own herbal concoctions.

Cost: Free

Failed Justice: Shedding Light on the Death Penalty in America

7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. in 90 Bohannon Hall Damon Thibodeaux was a wrongfully convicted death row inmate who spent 15 years in solitary confinement at Louisiana’s Angola prison farm beginning in 1996. He and volunteer capital defense lawyer Steve Kaplan will discuss Damon’s wrongful conviction. Damon will describe the 15 years he spent on death row and his life after exoneration.

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Thursday, March 27 World Water Week Event: Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in the Bus Hub The Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe will perform with a unique Lake Superior puppet from Duluth’s annual Smelt Festival Parade.

Cost: Free

Friday, March 28 Heroes vs. Villains: Vocal Jazz Cabaret

STLF painted a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. made of bottle caps in Charleston, WV STLF/SUBMITTED

7:30 p.m. in Weber Music Hall Come watch an epic battle of good versus evil through the voices of UMD’s two vocal jazz cabarets: Lake Effect and Chill Factor.

Cost: $5 UMD Student

Saturday, March 29 Northland Community Wellness Day

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Romano Gym An event to connect UMD to wellness education and local resources. The event will include over 60 community representatives, exhibits and activities, including rock-climbing and a Zoomobile.

Cost: Free

Sunday, March 30 Buried Child

All of the participants on the 2014 Pay It Forward Tour to Washington, D.C., pose in front of the bus they rode in through nine states. STLF/SUBMITTED

2:00 p.m. in the Dudley Experimental Theatre This is the last chance to catch this Pulitzar-Prize winning play about a midwestern American family with a dark secret.

Monday, March 31 Resident Artist Recital: “Rhythm and Dance”

7:30 p.m. in Weber Music Hall Theodore Schoen on clarinet, along with Tracy Lipke-Perry on piano, will play works by Lutoslawski, Carter, Rubin, Poulenc and Welcher.

Cost: $3 UMD student

Tuesday, April 1 Matinee Musicale Scholarship Concert

7:30 p.m. in Weber Music Hall Twelve talented musicians from UMD, UWS and CSS were specifically selected by their school’s Neba and other civil rights tour participants pose near the Beauvoir, the last home of Confederate Presi- music department for the concert after receiving a dent Jefferson Davis. Participants were told the story of Mary Elizabeth Bowser, a slave who pretended scholarship award for their selection. to be illiterate to spy on Davis and feed secrets to the Union. MARIANNE NEBA/SUBMITTED Cost: Free

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Bulldog Q&A What’s the best thing you did over break?

by Maeggie Licht

“I hung out with family and friends. It was fun.

We went out to eat and caught up with each other.

We hadn’t seen each other in a long time.” — Erin Welch, junior graphic design major.

“I played League of Legends — it’s a video game. I’m addicted to it. It’s fun.” — Jordan East, junior management information systems major.

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Heroes vs. Villains UMD’s two vocal jazz groups go to battle with their voices.

BY APRILL EMIG Student Life Editor

The ultimate battle of good versus evil will hit the MPAC stage this week. “Heroes and Villains” is the theme of this year’s vocal jazz cabaret, starring Lake Effect and Chill Factor. The show runs Thursday through Saturday.

“Vocal jazz is where we sing jazz-based songs that can be written for instruments, but the arrangers add some vocalise, which is like setting poetry to music,” Garret Passer, UMD senior and producer of the cabaret, said.

“There’s also scat, which is just consonants and syllables. We do a lot of songs with a band to give it a bang.”

Lake Effect and Chill Factor are the two vocal jazz groups at UMD. They do a cabaret every year, each with a different theme.

“There was a lot of hype about heroes and villains this year, so that’s what we ultimately chose,” Passer said.

The entire show is student-led with student choreographers, directors and musicians.

Students also chose all the songs to be performed, which were then arranged by UMD alumni Eric Hagman.

“We came up with

a bunch of songs that could fit the theme (of) being bad or being good, or being in the middle,” Passer said.

The cabaret will feature 22 songs, including “Killer Queen” by Queen, “Bad Romance”

by Lady Gaga and “Cell Block Tango” from the musical “Chicago.”

“We cater to all different types of audiences,” Passer said. “We put a lot of fun stuff in, like Top 40 songs.”

The cabaret doesn’t just feature singing.

Each song has choreography that was created by students, and a whole script that ties the show together.

“The script adds more uniformity and makes it more cohesive,” Passer said.

The script was written by students Logan Halliday and Ryan Beagan.

“We’re all in Jazzville, and we’re put into a large building with tinfoil that voids everyone’s power,” Nate Ringdall, UMD junior and assistant producer for the cabaret, said. “So we have to work together to find a way out.”

There is an equal amount of heroes and villains in the cabaret, and each one is unique.

Performers chose their super hero or villain names and the powers that accompany them.

Passer said the choice to be a villain was natural.

“I’m Mizz Bossy. I am very cunning, have laser vision and superior fashion abilities,” Passer said. “And I always win.

Except when I lose.”

Ringdall is one of the heroes.

“I’m Dog Dude. I have very acute senses and the ability to communicate with canines. I get very annoyed when others call me Dog Doo-Doo,” Ringdall said.

In addition to the singing and dancing, Passer and Haliday will be doing a special performance.

“We’ll both be doing drag,” Passer said.

Passer and Ringdall both warned that it’s important to order tickets ahead of time.

“Our cabaret is one of the few performances that consistently sells out Marshall,” Ringdall said.

They both agree that this is because of the unique performance the vocal jazz groups provides.

“This cabaret is going to be super duper fun, and people should come and check it out,” Passer said. “Expect to literally be on your toes the entire time.”

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