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Revamped neon 5K will light up the night Changes made by host Tau Beta Pi include the start time and a 2.5K walk BY CARL VAN CLEVE Statesman Correspondent
Hard work, sweat and perseverance: These are some of the things that might come to mind when considering running a 5K, but organizing a 5K also requires a great deal of effort. With the second annual Neon Night Run scheduled for April 26, UMD’s chap-
ter of Tau Beta Pi, a national engineering honor society, can attest that running a 5K might be the easier of the two jobs. President Jessica Morris and the rest of Tau Beta Pi have been busy the last two months making preparations for this year’s run, set to take place on Saturday at UMD. The event marks the third consecutive year that Tau Beta Pi has hosted a 5K, and according to
Morris, there have been some learning experiences along the way. “Three years ago was our first run; we called it the Pi Mile Run, so it was 3.14 miles,” Morris, who was not the president at the time, said. “We had 20 people show up, and it sucked.” After being appointed president in the spring of 2013, Morris decided to take the run in a slightly different direction. “I decided … I’m going to see NEON 5K, A3
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Education students celebrate diversity, help needy families BY SAM STROM Staff Reporter
Students study and mingle in the Ven Den on April 15. It was announced last week that the space will receive a $250,000 renovation. SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN
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Policy bars UMD from spending Ven Den money on programs or faculty as some students suggest
A whiteboard in front of the Kirby Information Desk became a forum for budget conversation last week when passersby left messages both criticizing and supporting UMD’s recently announced renovation of the Ven Den. Some of the messages on the whiteboard, which is intended for student input on the project, questioned the University’s spending priorities at a time when programs and jobs are being cut to offset a $9.4 million budget shortfall. Other messages argued that the budget does not allow money to be moved freely and instead offered suggestions for the $250,000 project.
One message read: “Move the budget to tuition to lower the annual rates, or renovate places to help our education: Smart Rooms, cheaper textbooks, etc.; rather than something fancy to show off during tours. We have a (unneeded) renovated student lounge. That’s plenty for fun: Now try something good for education.” A message written directly below read: “You obviously don’t understand how the school’s financial system works. You can’t just move money to tuition.” UMD’s Student Service Fee Committee will pay half of the renovation’s $125,000 projected cost. Dining Services has agreed to pay $55,000.
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A cultural diversity celebration and servicelearning project will be held April 23 at Myers-Wilkins Elementary School, an event put on by the Education Minnesota Student Association (EMSA) and two education classes from UMD. The event, titled “It’s a Small World,” provides an opportunity for UMD students to connect with the Duluth community, and it also allows UMD education students to create lesson plans for the school of approximately 350 students. The event is sponsored by TCF Bank, Super One and Cub Foods.
“This event is important for many reasons,” said EMSA Secretary Jill Cotone. “It gives students in some of our education classes a chance to put the ideas and concepts they are learning in class to practice out in the field. It gives education students, as well as EMSA members, an opportunity to participate in service learning. It is also important to the families at Myers-Wilkins Elementary.” Myers-Wilkins Elementary is one of the most culturally diverse schools in Duluth. According to the “It’s a Small World” flyer, 52 percent of the students at Myers-Wilkins are students of color, 15 percent of the students are homeless and see ‘SMALL WORLD,’ A3
40 years later, the show goes on at MPAC BY PAIGE WALTER Staff Reporter
This April marks the 40th anniversary of the Marshall Performing Arts Center, a building that established UMD’s School of Fine Arts. Before the Marshall Performing Arts Center (MPAC) was built, fine arts classes were held in the Humanities building. The arrangement stood for a number of years, but in the late 1960s the University decided music, theater and dance needed their own location on campus. MPAC was built in 1974 and has since undergone some major changes, including a recent $3 million renovation that supplied new sound, light-
ing and rigging systems. “There were no computers in 1974, so to design a space back then and think that it would be able to handle all of that ‘stuff’ 40 years later is a little crazy,” said Mark Harvey, head of the Theatre Department. “They tear theaters down all the time, saying ‘We have to start from the ground up,’ but this facility has really managed new technology well.” Harvey is also an associate professor and a lighting designer with an extensive resume. He has been at UMD 31 years and has witnessed some significant changes in the MPAC, one being sound see MPAC, A3
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Cars & Trucks concert explores outer space BY GRAHAM HAKALA Staff Reporter
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s you sit down in the reclining seats of the tiny, dome-shaped room that is the Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium, live rock and roll venue isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But that’s exactly what it was last Friday, April 18, as local band Cars & Trucks took a small crowd to the far reaches of the cosmos for an improvisational jam through space and time. I’ve been a longtime fan of Cars & Trucks. It’s the straight-out, singsong rock band I desperately need after too many nights of sad banjos and acoustic sobs. With loud,
hooky guitars riffs and driving rhythms, it’s the band that can make your hips shake equally as much as your head swing. They make people dance while contemplating mortality with songs like “We’re All Gonna Die Someday.” I was intrigued by the idea of the band playing a set with no singsong vocals and none of the hooky riffs that make up its typical stage performance. I’ve seen them enough times to know they can handle a good psychedelic freak-out here and there, but I wondered how they would handle the longform version. The show started at midnight on the dot, as Friday night became Saturday. A trash can propped open the outside door to the planetarium, and
a small whiteboard was the only indication that there was anything going on back there. Being so far from downtown on a Friday night, I was surprised to see a decent number of people had made the trip out to this weird thing. The band was set up in a dark shadow in the front of the dome. As the lights dimmed, they became silhouettes. The dome of the planetarium started to glow with warm colors, which began to spin along the edge of the horizon. The band’s guitar pilot, Tony Bennett, started playing the opening notes, slowly joined by co-pilots Matt Osterlund on bass and Mat Milinkovich on drums. We had liftoff, and were now well on our way to meet Carl Sagan on the edges
of the cosmos. They started out slow and steady as we broke through the atmosphere in our Marshall and Ampeg half-stacks amppowered ship. Before long, the energy kicked into hyperdrive, and the dome glowed with light from a billion galaxies. As far as improvised rock and roll goes, the music was far from a hit-or-miss experiment. It had structure, and tracked logically with the ebb and flow of fast and slow. Bennett has a keen ability to ride the edge of whatever Osterlund and Milinkovich offer up as a base. Throughout the hour, it never got boring or repetitive. Fog and lasers permeated the cabin of our ship as we finally reached the edge of the observable universe. I checked
my phone thinking only a few minutes had passed, but was surprised to find our journey was almost finished. We’d been in the black for nearly an hour. Bennett brought back the riff that started the whole journey, and we made re-entry, landing softly back home. This weird event might be over, but there is still time to catch Cars & Trucks next week at Duluth’s Homegrown Music Festival. Cars & Trucks will share the stage at Grandma’s Sports Garden with Red Mountain and Retribution Gospel Choir, other Duluth favorites. For more information on Homegrown, there are field guides located throughout campus and around Duluth.
Majority of SFA grads working in their fields of study BY KYLE FARRIS News Editor
A University survey of recent School of Fine Arts graduates found that 65 percent are currently employed in their fields of study. According to the Graduate Follow-up Report compiled by
Career and Internship Services, 47 percent of 2011-12 School of Fine Arts graduates have a job related to their field of study, 18 percent have a job somewhat related to their field of study and 35 percent do not have a job related to their field of study. The numbers are slightly worse than the numbers for all UMD
graduates. Of the 1,420 total graduates surveyed, 57 percent said they have a job related to their field of study, 21 percent said they have a job somewhat related to their field of study and 22 percent said they do not have a job related to their field of study.
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‘Small World’ is to celebrate diverse cultures and heritages. A requirement for the education students participating is to collaborate with international students at UMD and the Multicultural Center to develop lessons and activities for the event. “This year our theme is diversity,” said EMSA President Casey Ostdiek, “so we are having a whole bunch of different countries represented through learning centers.” Ostdiek said that the learning centers will feature carnival-themed games to educate the elementary students about each culture, as well as core subjects like science and mathematics which are integrated into each learning center.
According to Ostdiek, the students will collect a “passport” from each of the nine learning centers after completing that center’s activity. But the event isn’t just about the elementary students. “This event is meaningful to me because I believe that it is important to give back to your community,” Cotone said. “As a future educator, a student at UMD and a member of EMSA, I feel that I have a lot to give to others.” “I just love going to see the kids,” Michi said. “It’s not structured like a school day, and they can spend time with their family while they’re doing it.” Michi said she typically takes photos for the event, allowing her to see the interaction between the students and their parents. “Walking around and just taking pictures of the families and seeing how happy they are to be there and be involved in their kids’ lives is what I enjoy the most,” Michi said.
phones. Even after working on more than 180 shows at UMD, Harvey said students find new angles and approaches to theater each year. “This space is definitely unique, and it gives students and faculty so many different ways to present their ideas,” Harvey said. “I’m convinced we will continue to have new ideas and new techniques. It won’t get old. It really won’t.” In honor of the building’s 40th anniversary, as well as the establishment of the School of Fine Arts, a small gathering will take place in the MPAC lobby before the premiere of “Damn Yankees” on April 23. Among those attending the invite-only event are Duluth
Mayor Don Ness, members of the Duluth City Council, the Chamber of Commerce and locally known artists such as Robert Gardener, artistic director of the Minnesota Ballet. Pre-show activities start at 6:30 p.m. in the MPAC lobby, and will accent the baseball-themed show by serving popcorn, hot dogs and Cracker Jacks. Bill Payne, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will speak just before the show. Harvey said the creation of MPAC has made UMD’s Theatre Department the foundation of theater art in the Duluth area. “So many theater alumni have either graduated and stayed to perform, or gone away and come back,” Harvey said. “And that is just so rewarding.”
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85 percent of students receive free or reduced lunch. EMSA provides a free spaghetti dinner at the beginning of the event, and sends leftovers home with families in need. “The school is very diverse, and many families live in poverty or may be homeless,” Cotone said. “This is an opportunity for us to provide support in the form of a meal, but also in the form of building relationships.” “We purchase all the ingredients and make it there in the kitchen,” EMSA Treasurer Ali Michi said. “They don’t have to worry about where their meal is going to come from that night.” The goal of “It’s a Small World”
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technology. “Back when the MPAC was first built, the sound was controlled back up in a little bitty booth behind the audience,” Harvey said. “But sound is so critical now. We need to have the operator in the house with the audience hearing exactly what they hear.” Harvey also explained that the lighting and sound systems are now completely computerized and digital. The department’s upcoming show, “Damn Yankees,” uses more than 20 micro-
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make this something fun,” Morris said. “I kind of wanted to do a color run … so I started the Neon Night Run last year.” In the color run, participants are doused with paint at different stages of the run. For the Neon Night Run, Tau Beta Pi encourages runners to dress in bright colors. According to Morris, attendance at the first Neon Night Run was much better than the Pi Mile Run, even though rain and sleet kept some signees from participating. Morris attributed the improved turnout to two changes. First: The time of the run was changed from morning to evening so participants wouldn’t have to wake up early on a weekend. Second: Organizers tried to appeal to a broader range of people by creating the option to walk 2.5K instead of running 5K. “We’re trying to make it more community friendly,” Morris said. Organizers have reserved Bagley Nature Area for after the race, where hot dogs, s’mores and prizes will be given out. “We’re telling people they can totally bring their kids and things like that,” Morris said. “Last year, we had a lot of kids come.” Morris and other members of Tau Beta Pi have been emailing local businesses
asking for prizes and donations — anything from money, food, gift cards or merchandise. They hope to award prizes to the top male and female finishers, to those deemed to be the most neon and to those who have their number drawn from a raffle. According to Morris, last year Tau Beta Pi had more than $400 in prizes and donations. Aside from tinkering with the details of the run and seeking donations from local businesses, Morris and other members of Tau Beta Pi have created posters, flyers and T-shirts for the run. They also had to find a site that could be approved for the run. After mapping out a 5K route near campus, Morris sought the approval of Chris Stevens, the facility manager at UMD. Stevens receives many requests from people wanting to reserve campus facilities, so he cannot approve them all. “I went to his office every three hours and got it approved, eventually, after two days,” Morris said. Come Saturday, members of Tau Beta Pi will be spread across Bagley like worker ants, signing people in, handing out T-shirts and runners’ bibs, preparing hot dogs, distributing water bottles, monitoring the trails and announcing prizewinners. All they ask in return is that you show up and have some fun.
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Facilities Management has agreed to pay $50,000, and the Chancellor’s Cabinet will cover the remaining $20,000. U of M Board of Regents policy regulates how UMD can spend money from certain sources. Student Service Fees, by Regents definition, “funds noninstructional programs and activities; supplements the instructional curriculum; and is an integral
part of the University’s educational experience.” Lisa Erwin, vice chancellor for Student Life, said in an email that the Regents definition restricts UMD from using money from Student Service Fees in certain areas of need. Unlike state or tuition money, UMD cannot spend money from Student Service Fees to retain faculty, which was the goal of the $5 million funding increase proposed by Gov. Mark Dayton in early March. Erwin said she disagreed with messages that argued the renovation, which will be based on designs created by students,
would not have a direct positive impact on UMD students and academics. “The renovation is directly tied to our students’ education,” Erwin wrote. “(The Ven Den is) used most often by students who are studying individually or in groups. Furthermore, the design for the space will be done by students, providing a ‘real world’ application of their studies.” Students interested in presenting a design must contact the Office for Student Life by April 28. Presentations will run May 5-9, with the winning design announced May 12.
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More than 1,000 backpacks will cover the floor of the Kirby Ballroom April 28 to symbolize the number of college students lost to suicide each year. The exhibit, named “Send Silence Packing” and sponsored by Active Minds at UMD, has made stops in 70 different cities since 2008 to share personal stories about college students who have
committed suicide. Active Minds at UMD is a student group dedicated to “changing the conversation about mental health.” The group’s national website says the exhibit uses stories to put a “face” to victims of suicide. “Active Minds hopes that by empowering students and the student voice in mental health awareness, we will see the day when mental health issues are widely discussed, and the number of tragic deaths due to suicide is reduced to
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I’m not quite sure if I have ever given my feelings towards the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the name given to all the Disney-produced Marvel movies. In short, Marvel makes adequate movies, competently constructed by mostly talented people just going through the motions. Between the directors chosen for each project and the incredibly well-cast ensemble, they have a level of craftsmanship that elevates them beyond most big-budget spectacle movies, but on the whole they are mostly forgettable. Marvel doesn’t make bad movies, they specialize in average ones. There are exceptions of course. “The Avengers” is almost impossible to forget — not so much that it is a great movie but because it got made at all. Then there is “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 3,” two films that feature career-defining performances from Robert Downey Jr. “3” in particular contains one of the most genuinely surprising plot twists in years. And now, there is “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” I realize I am a little late to the party on this one, but “Winter Soldier” is just a great action movie. As most superhero movies keep upping the ante on power levels and in what ways the world needs to be saved, it’s refreshing to see one that amounts to a dude who can punch people particularly well. In place of the CGI overload of “Thor 2” and “Iron Man 3” are far more down-to-earth (in the loosest sense possible) scenes comprised of plenty of practical effects. There is an intense car chase and the hand-to-hand scenes are tightly filmed (though the camera does experience some incredibly shaky moments during some of these sequences). Coming off of being the rather bland everyman on a team of personalities in “The Avengers,” Chris Evans as Captain America has finally won me over. He plays the same man who wants little more than to do the right thing, but this time his shtick of the displaced man has actual application outside of missing pop culture references. The only thing more surprising is Scarlett Johansson, who finally gets to do something besides being “the girl,” staying relevant throughout the film. Jackson gets to play a bigger role than ever before, Anthony Mackie as Falcon fits right in, and seeing Robert Redford is always a treat. Marvel usually gets points for being unashamed at its rather silly heritage, and “Winter Soldier” proves no exception. The film is riddled with in-jokes and references that I can only hope come to fruition later (my favorite such in-joke being a name drop of Stephen Strange, aka Doctor Strange). One of the coolest scenes in the movie is a ridiculous setup of a computer AI running on 1970’s tech, looking like something straight out of Harlan Ellison. And, as always, stay through the credits. “Winter Soldier” is a great movie. More importantly, it proves that Marvel doesn’t need Robert Downey Jr. to make a good movie. Now that the foundation has been set and the origin stories out of the way, Marvel is loosening the leash on its characters and allowing them to do interesting things and move in interesting directions. For the first time since “The Avengers” I am excited about the future of Marvel movies, and this summer’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” looks to be their most interesting yet. They may yet make a fan out of me.
This has been a very interesting year at UMD for people who care about University funding and politics. Faculty members, particularly members of the faculty union, tried to gain a greater role in campus governance. Administrators discovered a funding shortfall, and they attempted to deal with this problem through a Prioritization Process. Students were interested in University funding after reading in The Statesman at the end of last year that UMD has been ranked as one of the top twenty public fouryear colleges in the United States in net cost of attendance, and hearing in the Duluth News Tribune this year that UMD is also a leader among public colleges in student debt. Then, Benjamin Ginsberg, author of “The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administration University and Why It Matters,” came to campus for a talk and a series of meetings. Ginsberg argued that college administrations are growing in size and power, and that they manage colleges badly. I agree with much of what Ginsberg said. Still, I differ from some of my colleagues who also support Ginsberg, and who think that the increasing size of administration is an important driver of the increasing cost of higher education. Adjusted for inflation, staff and faculty salaries have increased modestly, if at all, over the years, but administra-
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tors’ salaries have increased much more. However, the problem for the University is not having a few very high-paid administrators as much as the fact that high salaries produce a feeling of great importance and perhaps arrogance. Students, faculty, staff and administrators all have different interests, although they share a common interest in education. When it comes to policy, administrators have the power to make decisions, although these decisions cannot be made against strong opposition of the faculty (whom administrators regard as workers) or students (whom administrators regard as customers). During the Prioritization Process, faculty members were enlisted to do some of the work, but many did not had a very clear picture of what was going on or what the exact motives of the administrators were. Administrators also talked to the Student Association (some of which was reported in The Statesman). I think that everyone knew that something was going on, but I don’t think that many people knew exactly what it was. When the results of the Prioritization Process were revealed, it seemed to be a case of the mountain groaning and giving birth to a mouse. Only a fraction of the intended savings were made, and the savings were made by introducing new fees and by inducing relatively high-paid senior staff and faculty to retire so that they could be replaced by junior people who would make less money. The direct results of Prioritization were meager, but as an indirect consequence of the fuss that it raised, people in government and in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus realized that UMD has a funding problem. One of the causes of the shortfall that the Prioritization Process was intended to resolve is the fact that the University of Minnesota has been short-changing UMD. Investigative reporting published by both The Statesman and the Duluth News Tribune showed
that since the financial crisis in 2008, funding decreased across the University, but the relative decrease was much greater at UMD than in the Twin Cities. I believe this negative publicity about the funding shortfall at UMD and the bad treatment that UMD has received at the hands of the University was responsible for the appearance of the Governor of Minnesota and local legislators at a public meeting at UMD to discuss funding. I also believe that this publicity led to the President of the University of Minnesota coming to UMD and holding a public meeting. It is valuable to accumulate facts about public issues and to discuss them publicly. I think that UMD is being shortchanged, but both the Chancellor of UMD and the President of the University have tried to discourage comparison of funding between various campuses of the University. The Chancellor has said that the analyses that have been published are wrong, but he has not said what is wrong. The President of the University seems to think that it is improper to try to compare the funding of different campuses. But what if UMD is being shortchanged by the University, and that this is causing the problems that we are agonizing over? How can we show this without looking at the facts? If there is something wrong with our facts or our arguments, what is wrong? But somebody must tell us; it can’t just be said that there is some mistake. One way to get at the truth is to have ideas and check whether they are correct. In a community of scholars, one person may suggest an idea and someone else can refute it. I had hoped that people would argue with me if they disagree. In the future I hope that people will write their own Prof Talks columns, and that others will be willing to write to say whether they agree or disagree; that is one way that a community of scholars might operate.
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The Kirby Bus Hub is one of the more grandlooking areas on the UMD campus. Whether looking down on it from the second floor balcony or looking up at the decorative ceiling from the floor below, the room gives off a sense of grandeur not found in many places around the University. Few spots offer such a high ceiling or so many windows to provide natural light. And the piece that crowns the Bus Hub is a lighting fixture of three glass luminaries hanging over the heads of hundreds of people who pass through every day. Now, upon initial inspection, these lights look like a trio of eyeballs. Dark spots are centered in the middle of each glass curve. They seem like intentional designs; like some kind of structural piece holding the light up or an artistic decision which represents the perpetual watch of a higher power. But if one looks at these spots with a closer vantage, they find a certain disturbing revelation hidden beyond the smoked glass: They are actually collections of dead insects piled at the bottom of the lights. It’s a macabre idea to think that the majesty of the room is literally overshadowed by three piles of dried-out fly corpses. But how they got there is a conflict of man and nature all unto itself. Flies and other flying insects do not see like we do. Whereas humans see one big scene and tend to focus on a single point to orient their movement, flies have
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compound eyes that allow them to see a wider range and faster movement than humans can. Using this sight, flying insects tend to orient their flight based on light and heat. In nature, a fly would use the sun and the reflection of its light and heat off of surfaces and plants to see where it was going to go and where it could land. When artificial lights are introduced to a fly’s space, they tend to get confused as multiple lights cause an overload of heat and reflection. These lights are much smaller than the sun, and can be flown around and into. Bugs can get stuck in light fixtures because they think they’re orienting themselves toward the sun. In actuality, they’re flying straight at a light bulb. And like poor Icarus, sometimes they get too close and get burned. The advantage humans have is that our eyes can easily adjust to changes in light, but flying insects can’t. So they can get disoriented and confused when they come into contact with the light as it recovers from the massive amounts of heat it just came into contact with. In a light fixture like the one in the bus hub, light and heat are bounced around so much that a fly will be next to blind, blinking around in a panic until it either escapes or dehydrates under the glow of the false-sun. Given the amount of flies in the Bus Hub lights, I’d guess the lights haven’t been cleaned out for quite some time. I’d say it’s about time now, but you won’t catch me climbing up there to do it. It’s not that I’m afraid of getting stuck like a fly — I’m just not a big fan of heights.
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Basketball’s British Invasion BY MADISON ROLES Statesman Correspondent
Born and raised in London, England, senior basketball player Josephine Salmon has used her love for the game to open up the door to a life-changing opportunity: becoming a Bulldog. Back in 2009, Salmon first crossed paths with Bulldog head coach Annette Wiles as an opponent. At the time, Wiles was coaching a USA basketball team on a tour through Europe, while Salmon was a part of a club team in London. “She had always had a great dream of competing and playing USA basketball and getting a college degree,” Wiles said. Mark Clark, Salmon’s club coach, had helped place several of his players in collegiate programs in America, but Salmon still needed a destination. When Wiles’ team showed up in London, it seemed as though fate was on Salmon’s side. “In Europe, there’s no universities with scholarships for athletics, so she always dreamed that she’d meet an American coach that would have the opportunity to bring her to the United States,” Wiles said. “Weirdly enough, that was me.” Salmon’s journey from London to Duluth initially seemed like the perfect experience, but it hasn’t been without a few obstacles. Being the first international player on the women’s basketball team at UMD, her initial step into the world of American collegiate basketball was a scary one.
Women’s basketball player and London, England, native Josephine Salmon played four years in a Bulldog uniform after coming stateside to live her dream of making it to competitive collegiate basketball. UMD ATHLETICS/ SUBMITTED.
Not only are the basic rules of the game different than they are in Europe, but Salmon also had to deal with homesickness, financial management and the stress of not only being a new student, but a new student from a different country. Adjusting to an entirely different culture was hard on Salmon during the first year of her American journey, but having coach Wiles and supportive teammates made everything smoother.
“There have obviously been times when I thought I couldn’t do it,” Salmon said, “but I feel like everyone thinks that at some point.” Since Salmon only goes back to London during the summer, her teammates were constantly worried about her homesickness. “I think the distance thing is the biggest part,” teammate Katrina Newman said. “She has to deal with everything on her own.” Salmon would often travel
home with Newman and other teammates for breaks and holidays, where she got to live through a little more of the American dream. “I always felt like I had a family away from my family at home,” Salmon said. While staying with the Newman’s in Barnum, Minnesota, she got a look into the lifestyle of small-town rural Minnesota. She was given an opportunity to milk a cow, an experience she rates among the most interesting
during her time in the states. “She didn’t like it too much, but at least she can say she did it,” Newman said. “I don’t think that’s something they really get the opportunity to do in England.” Salmon’s time at UMD has proven that big dreams take work and risk in order to be achieved. While she’s gained so much from her time in Duluth, she’s also given just as much back to the University and the people that surrounded her. “She’s an all around great person, and she has added so much to our program in terms of her teammates having the opportunity to have gotten to know her,” Wiles said. “It’s brought a lot of diversity and I think it’s brought a lot of culture, which is something I take pride in our women’s basketball program, having a team that has great chemistry.” Salmon graduates this spring with a four-year degree in psychology. Upon returning home, she hopes to continue playing competitive basketball if the opportunity arises. She was able to help lead the Bulldogs to winning seasons all four years at UMD, as well as participate in two national tournaments. The memories and life lessons she’s gained while in America will never be forgotten, she says, along with all of the people that have impacted her life during her time here. “We like to think we’re an international version of the movie ‘Blindside,’” Wiles said, smiling down at Salmon. “We talk about it all the time. I found her over there, and now here she is.”
Basketball Reborn BY JOELLE JOHNSRUD Statesman Correspondent
Freshman Garrison Gillard and his teammates look to move on from a down season and bring a championship to the Bulldogs. UMD ATHLETICS/ SUBMITTED
The UMD men’s basketball team finished the season 12-15, but just because the season is over doesn’t mean the game is. The Bulldogs are eager to get straight to work to improve for next year. The team suffered a tough final game in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament against Upper Iowa on Feb. 26. After putting themselves ahead by 20 points at halftime, the Bulldogs fought to keep up the lead, eventually falling 81-86. With close scores in big games throughout the season, the year did not end the way the team intended. With the Bulldogs retaining only three seniors, the loss of senior center Brett Ervin to a long-term knee injury put a bump in the Bulldogs’ road this year. The team put several freshmen on the court that made the team
young and inexperienced, but confidence was installed quickly. For freshman Garrison Gillard, the season was an opportunity to prove his worth. “The season for the team was a full test of the team’s character due to injuries in the beginning of the season,” Gillard said. “This year had its ups and downs, but through the adversity we as a team had a very successful season. We began to buy into the coaches’ system, and became very lethal as we were all on the same page.” Many team players described the Dec. 21 game against St. Cloud State as the highlight of their season. The Bulldogs defeated the Huskies 79-78, responding to a 65-86 loss against them on Nov. 30. “I personally believe we could make some noise next year,” freshman Lane Olson said. see BASKETBALL FEATURE, B2
Baseball breaks out brooms over weekend BY SAM STROM Staff Reporter
The UMD baseball team entered their Wednesday doubleheader against the University of Mary riding a four-game losing streak. They ranked next to last in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The losing streak would extend to five games as the Bulldogs dropped the first game of the series with a 7-3 loss. The Marauders scored five runs on five hits and one error in the second inning, highlighted by a bases-loaded triple. Catcher Beau Goff led
the Bulldogs at the plate, collecting two hits and two RBIs. The Bulldogs needed extra innings to collect their first win in over a week as they won the nightcap 6-5. Up 4-2 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, the Bulldogs quickly allowed a leadoff walk, followed by a home run to tie the game at four. It wasn’t until the top of the 14th inning that the Bulldogs broke through to take the lead for good. Center fielder Kellen McCoshen’s bases-loaded double scored Grant Farley and Skyler see BASEBALL, B2
Kellen McCoshen’s double in the 14th inning of this weekend’s first game helped put the Bulldogs on top. UMD ATHLETICS/SUBMITTED
Friday ends the UMD football spring practices with the Maroon and White intrasquad game. After Friday, the next time the Bulldogs play at Malosky Stadium will be the home opener Sept. 6 against Concordia St. Paul to kick off the 2014 season. ALEX GANEEV/ STATESMAN
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Softball strong in North Dakota games BY JIMMY GILLIGAN Statesman Correspondent
Heading into last weekend’s games in North Dakota, the Bulldog softball team sat at ninth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference standings with a record of 4-5. The unsatisfied Bulldogs played hungry over the weekend, winning three games and sweeping Minot State. These wins elevated the Bulldogs to eighth place in the NSIC. Despite just a modest improvement in the standings, UMD displayed a strong group effort and felt positive momentum building. “The weather conditions were tough to play in, but the team was relentless on defense and offense,” head coach Jen Banford said. “We needed to turn a corner as the regular season winds down, and that’s exactly what we did.” The Bulldogs excelled in every facet of the game Friday, sweeping sixth-place Minot State. They were equally solid against the University of Mary, despite losing their final game Saturday. Offense was not an issue for UMD in North Dakota: The Bulldogs scored 24 runs in the two doubleheaders. They continued to improve hitting with runners on base, scoring
Ashley Schilling and her team came out on top in three games this weekend, helping put the Bulldogs in eighth place in the NSIC. MADISON ROLES/ SUBMITTED.
the bulk of their runs in single innings. Two big rallies in the doubleheader against Minot State enabled the Bulldogs to get the sweep. Both teams were locked in a draw in game one after a third inning home run from Ashley Schilling tied the game. But, a four-run sixth inning gave UMD the 6-3 victory; a pair of doubles from Jordan Rice and Cayli Sadler scored two, while Sami Schnyder drove them in with a single to add two more Minot State was shut down at the plate in both games by three different Bulldog pitchers. The freshman combination of Sam Hartmann and Mariah Schultz held the Beavers to three runs, while Sadler shut the door in the final two frames, picking up a save. In the second game, she held Minot State to two runs over seven innings to complete the sweep. Offensively, the formula for success was the same in game two. UMD batted around in the fifth inning, scoring six runs in the rally. Captain Megan Mullen contributed with two RBIs, while her and three others recorded two hits each. Schilling attributes their offensive success to keeping it simple, but also staying aggressive. “We wanted to keep our
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Bark of the Bulldog “It’s been a great experience so far. I’m happy to be a Bulldog and help our programs and students, whether they’re athletes or not, grow.”
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Wenninger, pushing the lead to 6-4. The Marauders would score once in the bottom half of the inning before Marco Lucarelli could pick up his first save of the year. The first four batters in the Bulldog lineup would combine to score all six runs, accounting for 7 of 12 total hits for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs got off to a fast start in the first of a four-game series against the University of Sioux Falls on Friday, scoring four two-out runs in the first inning on their way to a 13-1 victory. Center fielder John Meyer’s two-run double was the big hit in the inning for the Bulldogs. Meyer eventually scored on a Goff single, one of his four hits in the game. Sophomore Bo Hellquist picked up his second win of the year, going six innings while allowing just one earned run on four hits to go along with five strikeouts. In a game that saw 10 errors and five unearned runs, the Bulldogs topped the Cougars in the second game with a 12-7 win. Senior Max Ryan got the start for the Bulldogs and picked up his second win of the season, going five innings while allowing three earned runs on eight hits to accompany seven strikeouts. The Bulldogs led 6-5 entering the seventh inning before they pushed five runs across to take control of the game. The inning was highlighted by shortstop Kyle Comer’s two-run home run. Farley scored three runs in the game and added one of the Bulldog’s three
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home runs in the fifth inning. On Saturday, the Bulldogs scored six runs in the second inning to secure the series win against the Cougars 7-4. First baseman Alex Wojciechowski’s two-run single pushed the Bulldogs ahead 5-4. Leftfielder Cody Aasen followed with a double to score Wojciechowski, pushing the lead to two. Comer’s second home run of the series ended the scoring for the Bulldogs in the fifth. Senior Chris Coulliard picked up his second victory of the year while sophomore Charlie Conkel earned his first save. The Bulldogs were behind 4-3 entering the bottom of the ninth in the final game of the series, needing to create some offense to complete the four-game sweep. Aasen led off the inning with a single to center, and sophomore Ryan Lakin replaced him on the base paths. Lakin promptly stole second and advanced to third on an errant throw. Comer tripled to right field to drive in Lakin and tie the game at 4, collecting his seventh RBI of the series. After two intentional walks, sophomore Josh Denisen was hit by a pitch to drive in the winning run and complete the four-game sweep of the Cougars 5-4. The Bulldogs now sit in 10th place in the NSIC, up five spots from where they began play on Wednesday. Up next for the Bulldogs is a doubleheader on Wednesday against Upper Iowa University, followed by a four-game weekend series against Northern State University.
UMD Athletic Director Josh Berlo on his time with the Bulldogs Look for the full story in next week’s Statesman!
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“We have a lot of work to do after losing such great seniors, but if we come together as a team and push each other each day, the years to come could be a lot of fun for both us and the city of Duluth.” The UMD men’s basketball team has yet to hold their championship trophy, and every season that goal seems more attainable. With next year being the final season for seniors Peter Crawford and Jordan Reetz, the Bulldogs are already ambitious to prepare for the next season and show other teams what they can do. “For next year, preparation is starting now,” junior Reece Zoelle said. “Our team is on a heavy lifting schedule along with getting into the gym as much as possible throughout the week to sharpen our skills. Staying consistent with our workouts throughout the summer will highly reflect our play come season time.”
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game plan simple and just attack the ball right away,” Schilling said. “We did a really good job of that. People were coming up and getting hits in their first and second at bats and making good contact all the way through the games.” They carried the momentum from Friday into Saturday against the University of Mary, winning the opener 4-2 in extra innings. UMD held onto two first inning runs driven in by Mullen and Sadler; however, they would not score for the next six innings. Hartmann, who recorded seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings, led the pitcher’s duel, while Sadler was also strong in relief, tallying six strikeouts of her own. She also drove in the winning run in the eighth inning with a two-run single. Although UMD found themselves on the losing end of the nightcap, there were positive takeaways from the game. Sadler, Mullen and Hailey Lindquist each hit a home run, and though the Marauders responded with two home runs of their own, the Bulldogs are not dwelling on the loss. UMD takes the momentum they built from the weekend into a road doubleheader against St. Cloud State on Tuesday at 1p.m.
Lane Olson looks to take on a bigger role on the young UMD squad in the coming season now that he has a season of collegiate ball under his belt. UMD ATHLETICS/ SUBMITTED
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014
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INTO THE WILD Maxwell and his friends snap a photo before ending their 87-day canoe trip from the Canadian Rockies to Hudson Bay in the summer of 2012. ADAM MAXWELL/SUBMITTED
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Day dreams of canoeing across bighorizon Canadian lakes and down ocean-bound, clear water rivers fill senior Adam Maxwell’s mind as the final weeks of his college career approach. As he’s turning in final school projects, he’s also busy ensuring those day dreams become realities, devising and approving his summer canoe adventure plans. After the hat and gown come off, he’ll be paddling about 900 miles through eight rivers to Hudson Bay with five friends that collectively call themselves “Eight Rivers North.” Trip planning is a long and unusual process according to Tessa Olson, UMD alum and Eight Rivers North member. “You don’t usually think about what you’re going to eat for 50 days, two months in advance,” Olson said. “And so that’s kind of been a funny thing to plan.” On June 18, the crew will start up a van towing three white water canoes and over a thousand pounds of food. Then they’ll drive north to Waterbury Lake, Saskatchewan, and start a 55-day canoe trip to Hudson Bay. On the way to the bay, they’ll paddle from the southern dark-green needled forests to the northern wideopen tundra through eight different rivers. These waterways include the Waterfound, Fond Du Lac, Chipman, Dubawnt, Nowleye, Kazan, Ferguson and Wilson rivers. “Every river has its own feel, and we wanted to transition a lot,” Maxwell
said. “So, that’s why we’re working a little harder to hop water sheds and spend more time on smaller connecting routes.” Once they arrive at Hudson Bay after over a month of canoeing, their voyage home will comprise of almost all forms of long-distance transportation. To get to the village of Whales Cove, Nunavut, they’ll wait until the tide comes in to paddle 30 miles along the shores of the vast bay. There, they’ll board a flight to Churchill, Manitoba, at the bottom of the bay, seize a slowgoing train to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and finally drive the highways back to Minnesota. All in all, the trip will cost each person about $2,600, which includes $500 Senior Adam Maxwell paddles alongside a beluga whale on the Churchill of emergency reserve. “We spend anywhere from 7 to 10 River in the summer of 2012. ADAM MAXWELL/SUBMITTED dollars a day on food,” Maxwell said. “So, it doesn’t really matter how long you’re out, especially when you don’t pay rent during that time … The biggest expense is transportation by far.” Mawell said they’re starting so far south in order to avoid paying for extra transportation. They’ll instead “pay for it physically.” The idea for such long wilderness excursions came from the popular canoe adventure book “Canoeing with the Cree” by Eric Sevareid. After reading the book, in the summer of 2011 Maxwell paddled from Lake Superior to Hudson Bay. He followed this trip with an 87-day canoe voyage from the Canadian Rockies to Hudson Bay in the summer of 2012 with current Eight Rivers North trail mates and UMD alums Ryan Ritter and Jake Bendel. Maxwell and his friends canoe into the sunset on the Churchill River. ADAM see WILD, B4 MAXWELL/SUBMITTED
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Living, Loathing, and Loans: How to make repayment easier It may be hard to believe, but the end of the semester is quickly approaching. This means graduation for many Bulldogs, and with graduation comes loan repayment. Here are some ways to make it a little less intimidating.
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Pay off any outstanding interest before the six-month grace period ends. That way it won’t be added to the principal balance, which can translate to thousands of dollars in savings.
Utilize the grace period The six months between graduation and loan repayment is a great opportunity to save up money. Work as much as possible and put any excess money into savings. This may mean living extremely frugally, but it will definitely be worth it when the first bill comes.
Live like a student Even if graduation came with a well-paying job, now is not the time to buy a brand new car, upgrade to a better apartment or restock your wardrobe. Continuing to live on a college budget while making more money will mean bigger loan payments and a shorter repayment period.
Consolidate Most federal loans (Direct, Stafford, PLUS and Perkins to name a few) can be consolidated. This means only one large bill every month rather than multiple small ones, and it will also lengthen the loan repayment period (typically to 30 years). However, this means paying more interest, and it’s important to consider whether consolidation is worth it.
Try AmeriCorps If there is no job in sight, joining an AmeriCorps program may be the best option. AmeriCorps members are allowed to defer federal loan repayment during the entirety of their service (typically a year). Successful completion of a full-time service term results in a $5,500 education award which can be used to pay off loans.
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While most of the Eight Rivers North group mates know each other from UMD or working at summer camps like Voyageur Canoe Outfitters inland of Grand Marais, Minn., Kari Smerud joined the group when her friend Tessa Olson invited her. “People are really kind of blown away by it and surprised,” Smerud said about telling others she joined the trip. “I get a lot of, ‘Why the heck would you want to do that?’” Growing up in Finland, Minn., Smerud spent much of her childhood canoeing Minnesota waters, and had always wanted to take her ventures farther north. “Everybody knows paddling in the Boundary Waters,” Maxwell said. “(They) don’t necessarily realize that the Boundary Waters is this like sliver of what canoe country is.” For Maxwell, the biggest difference between the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota and the extensive canoe country in northern Canada is the isolation and desolation factors. “(Northern Canada is) the most wild and remote place in North America by far,” Maxwell said. “Every time I’ve come into Hudson Bay, we’ve gone at least 20 days without seeing a single person.” Because the rivers they travel will be so remote, the group has to be able to support itself for the entire 55-days of canoeing. For emergency situations, they’ll have a meticulously in-depth first aid kit and remote location communication devices including a Personal Location Beacon (PLB) to signal helicopters and a satellite phone to call for help or
check weather forecasts. To be able to feed themselves, they’ll fill 11 bright-orange Duluth Packs with long-lasting food like pasta noodles, oatmeal, peanut butter and dehydrated venison. “We’ll have to carry it all with us,” Smerud said. “So, we’re packing tight on food, trying to keep it minimum.” The orange packs will make it easier for the group to spot on long overland portages between rivers. “One of our biggest challenges: 10 days in we’ll have 10 food packs, and we’ll have a 2.5-mile portage,” Maxwell said. “And then, we have a 4-mile portage later on in the trip.” On these long portages, the group will have to double-back to carry all of the gear across, which could take several days. Another challenge the group expects to live with is the “ruthless” black flies. “Somebody told us to start practicing drinking coffee out of a head net because you’ll have to get used to it,” Olson said and laughed. Besides the flies, Olson said she anticipates seeing and learning the tundra flora and fauna. “My naturalist self gets really excited over nerding out about plants and animals,” Olson added. Animals to see include water species such as trout, grayling and beluga whales, and land dwellers like arctic foxes, rock ptarmigans, herds of caribou and muskox, as well as polar bears. “We’ve had some really awesome experiences with beluga whales and Adam Maxwell (left), Jake Bendel and Ryan Ritter pose in front of Nastowiak seals and polar bears coming in in the Falls on the Churchill River in northern Canada. ADAM MAXWELL/SUBMITTED past,” Maxwell said. Polar bears are the most dangerous tious,” Maxwell said. Usually, they average out 20 miles per animals they could run into. However, Maxwell added that the day, but this year it’s 15. “It’s definitely far different than oth- risk of bumping into the great, white “I’m more excited to do a lot more er bears,” Maxwell said. bears is worth the time spent paddling hiking and exploring this year on the About 100 miles from Hudson Bay the bay. tundra than we’ve done in the past,” — polar bear range — the group plans “I kind of feel like if you’re going Maxwell said. “As a group, we decided to keep look out for the bears, trading to canoe two-to-three months, you that we didn’t want to do a lot of miles off night shifts with a flare gun and two should go to the ocean because that’s this year, that we kind of wanted to firearms nearby. where it all ends. It’s more satisfying take our time more.” Maxwell hasn’t had polar bear prob- to know you couldn’t go any further, After all, free time to explore is essenlems in his past two trips to Hudson like you’ve gone as far as you can go on tially what this whole trip is about. Bay. But this time, he’ll be camping your route,” Maxwell said. “It’s kind of a time to reflect, I guess. along the ocean, making it more likely Besides paddling on the ocean, what To kind of take yourself out of what that he’ll encounter them. also differs about this trip from Max- you’re normally doing,” Maxwell said. “You always have to be really cau- well’s past trips is the rate of travel. “Nothing too deep.”
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BY APRILL EMIG Student Life Editor
Jesse, a UMD student, is accused of rape. He rises from the defendant’s table and turns to address the jury. With a quick wave and a cheery “Hello,” his presence is a sharp contrast to Tina, the UMD student he allegedly raped. Jesse and Tina are fictional characters from the Mock Rape Trial, which was hosted by the Women’s Resource and Action Center, partnered with the department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Jesse was played by sophomore Corey Peck and Tina was played by sophomore Cassie Liberkowski. Though the parts were played by student volunteers, the story they acted out was based on a real rape trial. “It’s the first time we’re putting this on in over ten years,” said Hannah Maertz, an intern with WRAC. They chose to do it in April because it is sexual assault awareness month. “I felt that because it’s awareness month, I’d use my acting skills to help promote visibility,” Peck said.
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“Rape is a crime where victims don’t feel self-righteous anger, but self-blame,” said Leslie Beiers, an attorney in Duluth who played the prosecutor during the mock rape trial. The Honorable Judge Sally Tarnowski sits behind her, but the verdict was ultimately decided by the jury. DANIELBADHWA/STATESMAN
Liberkowski volunteered for the same reason. “I thought it’d be a good opportunity to spread awareness,” Liberkowski said. “People don’t hear about sexual assault issues that much.” In addition to Liberkowski and Peck, there were two attorneys, a judge and three witnesses. The defense attorney was played by Laura Zimm, who is currently an attorney in Duluth, as is Leslie Beiers who acted as the prosecuting attorney. The case was presided over by the Honorable Judge Sally Tarnowski. “There were scripts for the actors that gave them an idea of the character they’d be playing,” Maertz said, “but the attorney’s came up with the questions themselves.” This meant that the student actors had to pay close attention to the details of the case in order to stay true to their characters. The trial began with the opening statements from the attorneys. Beiers argued that it was a clear instance of non-consensual sex, but Zimm said it was simply an issue of “buyer’s
remorse.” Both Tina and Jesse agreed on the basic events that led up to the alleged rape. They met at a party, but knew each other from class and were both interested in each other. There was drinking and kissing, and they eventually ended up in Tina’s dorm. According to Tina, she told Jesse to leave multiple times, but he would not and he raped her. Jesse claims she never told him to leave and that the sex was consensual. “It was the way she was acting that made me know she wanted to,” Jesse said. In addition to pointing out Tina’s behavior, Zimm asked about the clothes she was wearing that night. “From what I understand, she was dressed in an outfit that left little to be hidden,” Zimm said. When asked whether this was true, Jesse agreed despite Beiers’ objection that it was irrelevant. The final three witnesses were Tina’s friend, Jesse’s friend, and Dr. Beth Bilden, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) doctor who performed a sexual assault exam on Tina.
After the attorneys finished their questioning, they gave closing statements. Zimm repeated her argument that it was simply an issue of buyer’s remorse, and that there is no evidence that a rape occurred. Beiers, on the other hand, claimed that the evidence clearly pointed to rape. “Rape is a crime where victims don’t feel self-righteous anger, but selfblame,” Beiers said during her closing argument. The jury, made up of students from the audience, had five minutes to deliberate before reaching a unanimous verdict. Jesse was found guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree. The spokesperson for the jury justified the verdict on the basis of coercion. “It was clear that coercion was used,” the spokesperson said. “Jesse did say he didn’t ask for sex as a yes or no question, which was our basis for consent.” Though there were some in the audience who disagreed with the verdict, most were in favor.
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