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Students try their hands at the market
Chancellor discusses perilous budget Erin Granger Staff Writer
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The Student Investment Fund is a School of Management-run fund that consistently outperforms the S&P 500, an American stock market index comprised of 500 companies with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Founded in 1991 with $100,000 of private donations, the Fund has since grown to over $1 million as of 2017 and has a year-todate return of 3.55 percent versus S&P’s 1.79 percent. In the past, the Student Investment Fund had given away $65,000 of scholarships, but recent robust earnings allow for the Fund to distribute four annual awards of $25,000 each. Students can engage with the fund through a class of the same name and are given the task of researching potential investments, pitching stocks and making group decisions on what to invest the fund’s money in, among other tasks. The class is taught in both the Fall and Spring semesters by Kimberley McGinnis, Student Investment Fund instructor and adviser, and students can take the class for both semesters. Continued “Investment fund” pg. 5
Max Donaldson (#128) rounds a corner heading towards the finish line during the Super Tour Finals Skiathlon on March 27. Donaldson finished 22nd with a time of 1:04:29.1. Max McKernan / Sun Star
Hanneman takes sprint title in SuperTour Erin Granger Staff Writer
The Birch Hill ski trails played host to cross-country skiers from across the country last week, as teams competed in the 2017 Distance Nationals SuperTour ski races.
Among the winners was former Nanook skier and Fairbanks local Logan Hanneman, who took first in the men’s freestyle sprint races on Wednesday. For Hanneman, racing in his hometown made all the difference.
The university budget for 2018 and the actions of the legislature were up for discussion at a public forum held by Interim Chancellor Dana Thomas last Tuesday. As the state addresses a financial crisis and massive deficit, the university is preparing for yet another series of program cuts to be scheduled this spring as part of phase two of Strategic Pathways, the plan to streamline university structure. Thomas expressed concer n regarding further program cuts. “We have thinned out all of the low enrollment, less efficient programs and we are at meat now,” Thomas said. “We have programs on the table that we would prefer not to give up, but have to make difficult choices because of our budget situation.” The UA Board of Regents requested a general fund budget of $341 million, $16 million more than a budget proposed by Governor Bill Walker. While the governor’s proposal keeps the university’s budget the same as last fiscal year, univer sity administrator s are concerned that won’t be enough. Continued “Budget” pg. 5
Continued “Skiing” pg. 5
Iditarod photographer focuses his lens on Alaska Sarah Manriquez Photo Editor
A red squirrel eats spruce cones on a tree near the Honors House. Tauseef Mahmood / Staff Photographer
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There were bloody streaks on the ground from where they crawled out of the wreckage. The plane was mangled, the wings wrenched in opposite directions, the wind was picking up and a harsh storm was fast approaching. Things were looking dire for Jeff Schultz. Schultz, an inter nationallyrecognized Alaskan photographer, will be giving a lecture about his experiences April 6 in Schaible Auditorium. He was invited to jury, Circumpolar, a statewide photography exhibition hosted by campus’s Frozen Lenses Photography Club. Trapped in whiteout conditions, Schultz and his pilot Chris McDonnell sought shelter in their sleeping bags. With McDonnell incapacitated, the photographer resisted sleep, calling for help over the radio for hours. Schultz described the 1992 crash in his book “Chasing Dogs - My Adventures as the Official Photographer of Alaska’s Iditarod” “It looked like a wreck that no one would have walked away from,” Paul Claus said in the book. Claus was a member of the rescue party dispatched from Golovin. The plane crash left pilot Chris McDonnell practically scalped with a gash to the head that would
require 70 stitches and several staples. Schultz suffered severe damage his face and fracturing to his skull. “I could tell there was some fracturing and his teeth had been pushed back and down,” Mark Kelso said in the book. Kelso, a travelling dentist, was one of the rescue party that responded to the crash. Schultz played with his first single lens reflex camera in the 7th grade when his best friend Frankie brought in his older brother’s Pentax camera to school. Schultz remembers looking through the viewfinder, focusing the lens and thinking, this is cool. “You could say it just clicked,” Schultz said in a phone interview. “I love to be able to compose and focus the world around me.” Schultz moved to Alaska in search of adventure three months after graduating high school in the bay area of California. He was inspired by a book he read about a man who lived off the land in remote Alaska. Schultz’s traded the California pavement for mountain views in Anchorage. Schultz’s Iditarod career took off with Joe Reddington Sr., the man who is considered the father of the race, Schultz met Reddington during a portrait session in 1980. “When I met Joe... I didn’t eve n k n o w w h a t t h e w o r d Iditarod meant,” Schultz said. Continued “Schultz” pg. 4
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Food quality, policy change in senate’s sights Josh Hartman Staff Writer
Food quality committee T h e Fo o d f o r T h o u g h t Committee was organized at this meeting and is intended to meet with Dining Services, Residence Life and Chartwells. The committee is focused on increasing the quality of food and food logistics on campus. Madore stated that the UAF’s contract with Chartwells is expiring this year, so if they cannot increase the quality of food it would be Madore’s prerogative to urge UAF to work with a different contractor.
Chris Martinez, Gabriel Madore and Brian Holst were appointed and confirmed to the committee. Student government budget policy change A resolution endorsing a change to the approval process for ASUAF budgets was passed by the senate. The resolution requests a policy change from the Board of Regents, which currently approves student government budgets from all UA campuses. The resolution suggests that the campus chancellors should approve the budgets of their respective student governments.
2017-2018 budget The senators did their first reading of ASUAF’s 2017-2018 academic year budget. Acting Senate Chair Molly O’Scannell moved the bill to the executive committee. Attendance Present: Molly O’Scannell, Sierra Von Haften, Chris Martinez, Jae Ham, Raymundo Lopez, Eric Rickards and Brian Holst
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Not Present: Cordero Reid, Georgia Durden, Dawson Mann
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Looking forward through the culture of the past April 5, 1974 Suse McInnis Polar Star
Since contact, and increasingly in the late twentieth century, the first Alaskans have been separated more and more from their once close ties to the northernmost state’s extraordinary nature. Modern ways have marooned them, set them apart from ways of life and culture which grew slowly out of man’s adaptations to this coarse land. Sweeping changes have caused much to be left behind, not the least of which are the tools, toys, costumes, the objects which attest to spiritual belief, craftsmanship and ingenuity of these peoples. Such objects, once graced with the power of function and ritual, are now artifacts, valued as much by modern historians and anthropologists as by the elders, studied in laboratories and viewed in museums, copied for tourist sales. That the objects of craft and culture have been transferred from the private realm to the public is
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not of itself bad. But there is the danger that as Eskimo and Indian individuals Americanize their lives, as this state grows more like the “outside,” Alaskans and those newcomers who have adopted the state as their own, will become blind to the wealth of history that is here. Unique artistry of craftsmanship, respect for the land, seasons, animals, and for this proud lineage may be overwhelmed by the drive for the material and social t r a p p i n g s o f m o d e r n i z at i o n . Many feel, however, that Alaska may soon take its rightful place as one of the world centers for primitive art. This may be a very positive aspect of the move into public view. P ro g r a m s, n ow f l e d g l i n g, encouraging young craftsmen to continue their work, to create written languages, and, from them, volumes recording the myth and history of the land, to build a curricula for young students within the state’s educational system which are
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relevant to their village and town lives, may receive the attention and funding they must have to survive. Events such as the current Festival of Native Arts are, for these reasons, welcome and necessary additions to the schedule of activities on the Fairbanks campus. The festival, germ and brainchild of fewer than 20 native students and four or five faculty members from departments as diverse as Student Orientation Services, Physical Education and, from town, the Fairbanks Native Center, is the first of its kind in Fairbanks. It will provide the Fairbanks community with the opportunity to view the dances, games, crafts, art, and literature of Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian peoples, the chance to participate and to speak with natives from the major culture areas of the state. This is very much a first venture. Coordinators have worked with generous, yet inadequate funding, problems of transportation and housing of participants, the intricacies
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involved with gathering the impressive number of craft objects, works of art and artifact from the corners of the states, and with scheduling each group’s many activities into five days time. This festival of Native Arts has been a prodigious undertaking. This writer hopes that its success will encourage other such celebrations in future years. In The Far North, the publication accompanying a showing of American Eskimo and Indian art presented in cities across the nation, Edmund Carpenter said, “this exhibition is not concocted out of unrelated bits and pieces stolen from the dead, but assembled in an effort to reconstruct certain lost “realities” so that such realities can once more be experiences.” His comment on that exhibition may well find application here. The festival is a statement of the life which still fills Alaska’s native cultures and an encouraging sign of their potential for growth in an estranging environment.
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Concert Board events: Spring 2012 - Spring 2017 2012 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis The Romany Rye (21+)
Dr. Dog with Sweating Honey (21+)
2013 Theophilus London Matt and Kim Pussy Riot: A Punp Player (documentary showing)
Dev Line The Builders & The Butchers (21+)
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Sound City
The Front Bottoms
Cults (21+)
The Great Cover Up
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The Great Cover Up
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Sammy Adams
Warm Days, Cool Nights-Alaska Showcase
Acoustic Winter showcase
Walk the Moon
2016 George Clanton, Negative Gemini, Bruce Smear (21+) The Great Cover Up (21+)
2017 The Great Cover Up (21+)
Great Grandpa, Alex G., Pinegrove (21+)
Pure Bathing Culture, Dutchess, Granddad Laura Gibson, Rebecca Menzia Nick Jaina Hanna Yoter Band (21+)
Large venues / Large single acts (SRC, Patty Center) Small venues (The Pub, Wood Center Ballroom, etc.) Off-campus
Babefest (21+) HEALTH (21+) Infographic by Molly Putman / Layout Editor Information from facebook.com/UAFConcertBoard and uafconcertboard.com
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Acts like Macklemore and Walk The Moon played at UAF just a couple years ago. Though recent events haven’t been as high-profile, the Concert Board, a n A S UA F - f u n d e d s t u d e n t organization, remains tasked with bringing musical events to campus. The board, like ASUAF and KSUA, derives its funding from the ASUAF fee paid by the entire student body, receiving 17 percent of the revenue, or around $80,000. The board has two events on its docket this spring semester. The Great Cover-Up, held last Saturday, featured local bands. This year’s SpringFest concert is set to be held in the Wood Center Ballroom, and will feature acts Great Grandpa, (Sandy) Alex G. and Pinegrove.
Concert Board’s budget covers show production and performer fees, yet most of their shows charge students students to attend even though they have already paid through student fees. William Roberts, coordinator of the Concert Board, said this offers a realistic and educational experience for organizers. “The Concert Board allows Board members and volunteers a chance at real world production when it comes to ticketing, promotion, and planning,” said Roberts. Roberts also indicated the door fee also for the sake of enticing venues and perfor mers in to working with the Concert Board by providing more pay based on attendance on top of their flat fee. KSUA 91.5 FM, the college radio station which also derives its funding from the ASUAF fee, organizes shows
as well. The station put on three shows in the fall semester, including three live performers and a collaboration with the UAF e-Sports Club which went on as planned in spite of the unexpected absence of the club president. “T he rest of our budget goes to phones, dues, licenses, memberships and fees,” said Alan Fearns, KSUA’s general manager. Fearns said the rest of the station’s budget goes to pay for equipment, technical support, content and their FCC licensing. The Concert Board meets every Thursday at 1 p.m. Concert board meetings are open to the public, except when they are meeting with a performer who has a non-disclosure agreement in their contract. Any student interested in voicing their opinions on upcoming and future shows can attend.
Budget forum Continued from pg. 1 UAF uses approximately 50 percent of the university’s general fund, according to university officials. The state house supports the governor’s number and has finalized their work on the state’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, according to Miles Baker, associate vice president of government relations. However, the state senate is proposing a five percent cut to the university budget, with the final number sitting at $309 million. The Senate has suggested a 5 percent reduction this year, 4 percent next year and 3 percent the following year, according to Thomas. “Just the flat budget is challenging,” Thomas said. “But with the minus five, then minus four and then three, that would be very difficult.” The first senate finance committee hearing to discuss the state’s operating budget was scheduled to be held last Wednesday, Baker said. No announcements have been made yet. University faculty and staff are concerned about the drop in funding as these changes will directly affect them. In fiscal year 2016, over half of UAF’s operating expenditures were spent on salaries and benefits for university employees. “We’re no longer talking about investment, we’re talking about plugging holes in academic programs,” said Abel Bult-Ito, a biology professor. “We’re at a point where this university is in a real crisis because we’re losing the critical mass in many academic programs.” One of the biggest discussion points of the night was the Regents’ decision to retain the athletics program while continuing with Strategic Pathways, which will likely seek cuts to academics. “Are we really going to cut departments like sociology and other important programs but save the expensive sports programs?” said Sine Anahita, a sociology professor. “At some point we’ve got to be the conscience for our community.”
Interim Chancellor Dana Thomas talks to UAF students, staff and faculty about the budget decisions the state is currently making for fiscal year 2018. Erin Granger / Staff Writer
Thomas agreed the Board of Regents needs to understand that by saving athletics, they are putting other programs at risk. “That is largely the decision by the board to retain athletics at its current level and funding athletics is largely what that’s about,” Thomas said. “So you understand, there’s no hidden agenda here.” Bill Schnabel, director of the water and environmental research center, was concerned about the Board of Regents ultimate decision to drop the planned cuts to athletics. “So we floated that but then
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Board of Regents said no,” Schnabel said. “So now we’re in the position of do we need to then look at something else that we think the Board of Regents is going to accept or do we have an opportunity to push back?” UA President Jim Johnsen and Chancellor Thomas will be holding open meetings with groups that will affected by phase two of Strategic Pathways. These meetings are scheduled for April 4 and 5 in the Globe room of the Elvey building starting at 8:30 a.m and continue into the afternoon.
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Continued from pg. 1 “The Student Investment Fund is a great course for both finance majors and non-finance majors alike,” McGinnis said. “The Student Investment Fund really draws on what you’ve learned in every single School of Management course.” McGinnis also believes that the Student Investment Fund is a great course for anyone who wants to work on their speaking or critical thinking skills. “ You need to understand how to size a market,” McGinnis said. “You need to understand the operations of a business to evaluate whether they can actually deliver on the financial promises they’ve made.” The Student Investment Fund participated last year in the Private Business Valuation Challenge, hosted by Georgia State, and the Chartered Financial Analyst Research Challenge in Honolulu, Hawaii. The team is also currently in New York City for the second year, attending an asset management conference and going on office visits to meet finance professionals. “The Student Investment Fund is a place where you can learn a lot about a very confusing industry,” Neill Joelle, a Student Investment Fund student, said. “It also presents a lot of students with opportunities outside of the class. There’s a lot of student competitions that occur, so you have opportunities to travel.” The class provides students with experiences that reach beyond simple finance, as Omo Oisamoje, Student Investment Fund student, attests. “I really love the class because seeing myself grow and blossom through the process of the entire semester is very rewarding,” Oisamoje said. “I also have a fashion blog, and I sometimes apply some of the ratios and things I’ve learned from this class to my blog. So there’s a skill I’ve actually taken from just an investment class to a fun project I’m working on.” Aside from learning skills that benefit them in their private lives, many students have gone on to successful careers in finance, such as Alec Hajdukovich, a recent alum who is working in New York City in private equity. Other alumni have chosen to stay in Alaska, going on to careers in private wealth management or working for the Permanent Fund Division. Ta m e r a W e a v e r, UA S t a t e w i d e C h i e f I nve s t m e n t Officer, offers this advice to any prospective students interested in the Student Investment Fund. “If a student was thinking about taking the Student Investment Fund class, one thing I would tell them is prepare to work hard, because this is something you must stay on top of,” Weaver said. “Things in the real world are changing on a daily basis, and if this is a sector or a stock that you’re involved with, you’re the one who is responsible for bringing that to the attention of the class. ”
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Aerial photograph of Jason Barron traveling on the glare ice of one of the Farewell Lakes during the 2008 Iditarod. Photo Courtesy of Jeff Schultz.
Schultz Continued from pg. 1 Reddington invited Schultz to come and photograph the Iditarod in 1981. Schultz volunteered and donated his photographs to the race committee that year. The committee invited him back the following year in 1982 as the official Iditarod photographer—a title he has held ever since. In this role, Schultz said he’s free to follow his gut and shoot what he wants to put in front of his lens. He said he prefers to cover the event rather than the race, and doesn’t put much focus on the front of the pack. “I’m photographing the beautiful places, the treacherous places, the people that are out there, the volunteers, the villages and just kind of the feel and the color of the event,” Schultz said. “And, that’s what I really enjoy doing.” Schultz said that he loves photographing Alaska’s terrain because it helps him compose his signature style. “For me, the Jeff Schultz photograph is a small something in a big landscape—small person, small tent, small tree.” Schultz said. Fo r C i rc u m p o l a r, S ch u l t z narrowed down the submissions to 20 photographs from 14 different artists across the state. The images showcase life in the North. “Circumpolar was tough, I’ve got to tell ya, that’s a big word that can mean a gazillion things,” Schultz said. “I looked at this project similar to how I would edit photos when
The frozen face is musher Kristy Berington in Huslia during the 2015 Iditarod at minus 40. She just came off a run where it was 50 below zero on the river. Photo Courtesy of Jeff Schultz.
I owned Alaska Stock Agency.” Schultz combed through the submissions looking for photos that went beyond just fitting the theme of the show. His final selection of images for the exhibition vary greatly from wildlife to abstract but all have one main thing in common, strong composition. “To me, that’s what photography is all about, the composition,” Schultz said. “Certainly there’s science involved in it but if you get down the composition then sometimes the science doesn’t really matter.” In addition to his lecture, Schultz will be at the opening reception of Circumpolar Friday, April 7 at Ursa Major Distilling from 4 - 8 p.m. The show will be on display
through the end of April. For more information regarding the juror talk or opening reception visit the Frozen Lenses Photography Club website or Facebook page. Disclosure: Sarah Manriquez currently serves as the director of the Frozen Lenses Photography Club.
Juror Talk: Thursday April, 6
at 6 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Building on UAF Campus.
Circumpolar Opening:
Friday, April 7 from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m. at Ursa Major Distilling.
Alaskan survivors of rape and sexual assault have created a gallery exhibit—The Heart of the Grizzly— with their stories and experiences. The exhibit will be on display in Wood Center starting April 7. The Heart of the Grizzly was originally Danielle Giroux’s doctoral dissertation for the ClinicalCommunity Psychology program. Therapy for individuals who have experienced sexual violence is an area that is under-researched, which is part of the reason that Giroux chose this as her project. “The process of healing takes time,” Giroux said. “Several participants spoke about that and giving yourself the time and being patient and gentle with yourself during that process.” Giroux’s research is intended to review how effective therapy for survivors of sexual violence is with some of the unique challenges that living in Alaska has. “If people go to the gallery I think they’ll see a lot of the ways that people make meaning,” Giroux said. “Even though it’s a terrible experience, people can still make meaning out of it that is meaningful and helpful to others.” One of the take-aways for people who haven’t experienced sexual violence is that although the subject can be uncomfortable, it’s still important for people to not try avoiding the conversation if someone needs it, according to Giroux. “What survivors are really needing from their friends and family and support system is to just listen and be open to the conversation,” Giroux said. After the exhibit ends, the prints will be displayed in the resource and advocacy center. The participants in Giroux’s study decided on the format of the exhibit at their last meeting together. The exhibit features several themes including, what rape and assault are, the healing process and ending with a vision of Alaska being healed of this issue. “This is something that people seem to not want to admit exists in our society and yet it happens ... more than we would want it to,” Giroux said. Alaska’s rates of violence against women are among the highest in the nation— Alaska’s rate of rape is 2.5 times higher than the nation average. 47.6 percent of adult, Alaskan women have experienced violence and 37.1 percent have experienced sexual violence from an intimate partner, according to the 2010 Alaska Victimization Survey.
At a glance: What: Photo and narrative gallery exhibit When: April 7, 5-9p.m. Spring landscape of snowshoer viewing the snow-covered Talkeetna Mountains at the Mountaineering Club of Alaska’s Mint Hut.
Where: Wood Center 1st floor
Photo Courtesy of Jeff Schultz.
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Photography graduate student Ellamarie Quimby has her thesis on display in the Fine Arts complex art gallery. “Watching You Go” centers on Quimby’s mother, who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease or ALS, in August 2014. “I was working on a couple of other things but it felt really disingenuous to try,” Quimby said. “It felt like this body of work and this project is the thing that I needed to be doing right now. It is the thing I think about most in my day to day existence.” ALS kills the nerve cells that control the muscles so people with ALS become paralyzed as their motor neurons die. It is estimated that roughly 20,000 Americans have the disease at any given time. A popular fundraising campaign that occurred concerning ALS was the “Ice bucket challenge” which was supposed to simulate the loss of muscle control Ellamarie Quimby’s mother, Evelyn, gazes into the camera lens. According to Quimby, this is one of the only photos taken in 3 years where her due the shock of the icy water. mother acknowledged the camera directly. Photo Courtesy of Ellamarie Quimby. Quimby started shooting for the show before she moved to Fairbanks course as an elective course during a family hates having their photos and Design in Washington, D.C. and before she decided that this summer camp and found out when taken according to Quimby. Quimby is currently working on a project would be her thesis work. she was in high school that her “The process itself is a bit rocky project called “An Ocean in Our The exhibit is open to the public until school offered more of those courses because my mom would be tired Blood,” which focuses on how Friday, April 7, when there will be a which she took. She began calling of having a camera in her face all immigrants and their children stay public presentation from noon - 1 herself a photographer at age 16. day or I would have to make a lot connected to their homelands. p.m. There will be a closing reception Quimby found out about her of really specific choices,” she said, After her graduation Quimby later that Friday from 6 - 8 p.m. mother’s condition while she was “about do I want to be fully present plans to move back to New Jersey to To select her photos, Quimby a program director at a residential in this moment with my family right work in the summer camp again and said she would hang the pictures that summer camp in New Jersey now experiencing it? Or do I want then will seek a job in Philadelphia caught her to be behind where her father’s family is from. eye and then t h e s c r e e n She chose to location because she would stare “It felt like this body of work and this project is the of a camera has spent a lot of time there and at them until thing that I needed to be doing right now. It is the thing documenting it is close to her mother so she can they became it? S o , be home when she needs to be. s t a l e. T h e I think about most in my day to day existence." it’s been She gave some advice to photos that i n t e r e s t i n g families who have a member - Ellamarie Quimby, photography graduate student remained h a v i n g diagnosed with a terminal disease. t h r o u g h to make “I don’t know that I can give an this process were the ones she when her father sent her an email. t h o s e choices a l o t . ” answer that makes sense to everybody never tired of, and became part “I had to excuse myself from Quimby’s family understands why but the most general thing I could say of the illustrated narrative. Titles lunch and I sat in my office and she wanted to do the work and are is you have to take care of yourself,” for the works were selected from cried for an hour and then I didn’t fine with it, but according to Quimby, Quimby said. “As much as you want her notes or jour nal entries. really have time to process what have never been active participants. to take care of the other person you “T he titles are my voice I had learned because I had to Quimby is interested in teaching have to figure out the best way for even though I am not pictured go run the camp. It was strange photography, which is the reason why you to be present but you have to in the work,” Quimby said. coming to terms with it,” Quimby she is pursuing her masters in fine arts find a healthy coping mechanism and Q u i m by h a s b e e n t a k i n g said. “I went home that weekend.” in photography. She currently holds one of mine was doing this work.” photographs since she was 13 years A challenge that Quimby a Bachelors in Fine Art Photography old. She took a darkroom photography faces with her project is that her from the Corcoran College of Art
Skiing Continued from pg. 1 “I have been dreaming about winning the sprint in front of the hometown crowd,” Hanneman said. “I just actually can’t believe that it all happened and worked out just like I had imagined it. There is really no place like home when it comes to racing.” H a n n e m a n c u r re n t l y s k i s for Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage and had been dreaming of being back on his home trails since he heard, nearly a year ago, that the races were going to be held in Fairbanks. “ Wi n n i n g o n We d n e s d a y was just simply unforgettable,” H a n n e m a n s a i d . Hanneman grew up skiing with the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks and then for Lathrop High School before attending UAF to ski for the Nanooks. “I’m still on cloud nine,” Hanneman said after the race. “It was really really special for me to be able to win in front of everyone who has supported me for so many years.” Hanneman took 13th in the mixed style skiathon held Monday, fourth place in the mixed style
relay Friday and 11th place in the 50k mass start on Sunday. Throughout the week Hanneman skied alongside his brother Reese who also skies for Alaska Pacific University, as well as other former Nanook skiers Tyler Kornfield and David Norris. Current Nanooks competing in the event were: Nicole Bathe, Michael Fehrenbach, Sarissa Lammers, Max Donaldson, Jesse Mayo, Tristan Sayre, Seiji Takagi, Nick Lovett, Ann-Cathrin Uhl, Alexander Eckert, Hannah Rowland, Jan Cech and Connor Truskowski. The race also included former Olympian and Anchorage skier Kikkan Randal who took second in the 30k freestyle race on Sunday. Full results and times can be found on the SuperTour website. Right: Hannah Rowland (#45) skate skiing
during the senior portion of the USSA Super Tour Finals Skiathlon on Monday, March 27. Rowland finished in 28 of 30 with a time of 52:14.3. Max McKernan / Sun Star
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President Donald Trump’s recent executive order calling on oil pipeline projects to “buy American” faces a major obstacle: foreign countries make many of the parts needed to keep the oil flowing. “The truth is, the kind of parts we need are no longer manufactured in the United States,” said Thomas Barrett, president of the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company on Tuesday. In a conversation with a class of UAF students, Barrett said that German, Japanese and Russian parts are essential to the continued operation of Alaska’s worldfamous pipeline. Despite Barrett’s stated preference to support the U.S. and Alaskan economies, much of Alyeska’s equipment comes from overseas by necessity. Citing the long U.S. maritime trading history, Barrett, a former Coast Guard vice commandant, hinted at disapproval of the new administration’s protectionist policies.
“America has, from my perspective, always been a trading nation,” he said. An innovative tethered robotic crawler designed by Alyeska’s own engineers is now being made in Russia and then imported. The robots had previously been used only in gas pipelines, but engineering has adapted it for use in pipelines transporting crude oil. Being able to better detect corrosion and deformations has made the pipeline much more efficient and safer to operate, saving Alyeska hundreds of millions of dollars in the process, Barrett said. Decades of Coast Guard service made Barrett an expert on risk management, but he initially considered himself ill-prepared for the oil and gas industry and almost refused Alyeska’s offer, saying he was not qualified. He now says his background in risk management makes him well suited for the the job. Since becoming
Alyeska’s president in 2011, Barrett has put emphasis on the motto “nobody gets hurt.” His attention to safety continues to pay off, in 2017 Alyeska won a World’s Most Ethical Companies Aw a rd f ro m t h e E t h i s p h e re Institute for the sixth year in a row. “T hat’s a big deal with me,” Bar rett said. Yet on top of safety concerns, political uncertainty, aging equipment and declining flow of oil, a much larger threat has appeared on Barrett’s portfolio of risks in recent years—thousands of monthly cyber attacks. Unlike somebody shooting a hole in the pipeline with a rifle, which has happened in the past, a hacker could cause broad damage across the entire system, from gaining control over valves and flow rates to shutting down the entire pipeline. Hackers from all around the world, including China, Russia and Iran try to poke holes in Alyeska’s security
A mental (health) note
Lindsey Parkinson Columnist
At an event on Cushman Street, patrons, friends and intrigued individuals such as myself went to enjoy a plate of spaghetti while discussing the role Northern Hope Center plays in our community. “We are a ... safe comfortable place where you can be who you are, “ Executive Director Dave Mather said during the spaghetti dinner on March 25. “The Northern Hope Center is an independently run, member operated, non-clinical, safe, friendly environment for people who suffer from the symptoms of mental illness,” the center’s website reads. The National Alliance on Mental Illness found, on college campuses and universities, one in four students have a diagnosable illness and 40 percent do not seek help. Societal stigma and discrimination against people living with mental illness affects these students’ education,
employment and access to care. Mayor Jim Matherly was at the Northern Hope Center friend-raiser to welcome everyone and speak on the importance of the center. “Stress is too big an issue in Fairbanks,” Matherly said. “These places [like Norther n H o p e C e n t e r ] a re n e e d e d . ” “[Mental illness] is not a weakness or disease; my brain is wired differently,” said Lane Delventhal, Northern Hope Center Board president. “I get anxious in crowds because I don’t know what to say, same as everyone else, but at extreme amounts. If I accept and work with it. I’m okay.” Between 2008 and 2010 Alaska cut its budget for mental health services by nearly 35 percent, the most of any state. The Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage, Alaska’s only public psychiatric hospital, is often full, though Fairbanks Memorial Hospital has the capabilities to deal with most mental health crises locally. Northern Hope is a place to be welcomed wherever someone is in that process of acceptance or however someone is feeling from the day to day. “You have all these other groups that support us but [Northern Hope Center] is the life support between therapy or counseling appointments,” Delventhal said. Asking if there was anything he thought those at the university should know about mental illness or the Northern Hope Center Delventhal explained there are high functioning and low functioning forms of mental illness. “Just because someone has a
fancy job doesn’t mean you don’t have mental illness,” Delventhal said. “It’s not conditional of being born that way. No matter what [sort of mental illness] it can be confusing. Finding support networks, or a supportive environment, people who can be there with you: that allows you to get through the worst.” One in five U.S. adults have a mental health condition with greater rates among poorer communities, according to Mental Health America, a nonprofit focused on the needs of those living with mental illness. Research supports a strong relationship between serious mental illness and poor economic, social and health outcomes making poverty both a determinant and a consequence of poor mental health. Routine stress, like many of us in school may feel, can contribute to serious health problems both physical and mental. UAF students can receive 5 counseling sessions per semester at no charge as part of their Health Center fee. The Northern Hope Center is open for those with mental illness to stop in for a meal, a game, conversation or a quiet supportive space from Monday through Friday, Noon - 4 p.m. Volunteers can come during the afternoons and learn more at the website. The Fairbanks branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness runs four scholarships for UAF and rural campuses students living with, or working to decrease the stigma of, mental illness.
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systems thousands of times a month, so far without success, Barrett said. The executive added that Alyeska’s cyber infrastructure is isolated and any new equipment attached to the system undergoes thorough scrutiny for malware a n d o t h e r s a f e t y c o n c e r n s. “It’s a ubiquitous problem these days, and it’s something we’re highly attentive to,” Barrett said. At oil’s current price around $50 per barrel, an unscheduled shutdown would cost Alyeska more than a million dollars an hour, even with the pipeline currently running at only a quarter of maximum capacity at 500,000 barrels per day, according to Barrett’s numbers. The bigger risk however is that technical complications following an unexpected shutdown could prevent some oils wells from resuming operation. If the shutdown lasted more than eight days Alaska would burn through its reserves and have to import fuel at a high cost.
Students compete for fun, glory Paige Gieck
Staff Writer
Virtual warriors clashed at the Wood Center Saturday at Game Night, a series of tournaments organized by the UAF e-Sports Gaming Club. Competitions took place across several games including the fighting titles “Soulcalibur” and “Super Smash Bros.,” as well as the virtual card game “Hearthstone.” The Smash Bros. tournament alone drew over 50 registered participants. “I think the hardest part [of organizing the event] was just trying to get the word out,” said Steven Mcgraw, e-Sports Club president. Shaun Morgan clawed his way to the top of the “Smash Bros.” bracket, winning a copy of the latest game in the “Zelda” series in addition to other prizes. Malik Hughes took away first place in the “Soulcalibur” competition. Both “Super Smash Bros.” and “Soulcalibur” are well known fighting games. In these titles, players select characters with unique attacks and abilities and battle to be the last competitor standing.
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‘Nook on the Street
During spring break several cars in the Taku lot were broken into following students being told to park their cars in the lot for snow plowing. The lot is not patrolled, does not have security cameras and the university has not yet offered compensation. This week we asked students, what are your thoughts about this situation?
Alex Mathews, natural resource management, sophomore “So I actually have a friend that that happened to. I believe the university should pay compensation via being told to park there and then via not having any security lines.”
Ben Auerbach, art, freshman
Chanta Spain, biology, junior
“I think it’s mismanaged. I haven’t heard about it yet and, other than that, I don’t really have an opinion.”
“I guess that’s challenging for us since it’s not being monitored. We should probably monitor it if we have kids park their cars there. That’s probably one of the reasons I always park upper campus.”
“So, I don’t think it’s the university’s responsibility to compensate students when their cars get broken into because, you know, if you go to Walmart and your car gets broken into Walmart isn’t going to compensate you for that. But that is a big parking lot down there; a lot of people park down there. I park there every day and I think the university would do good to get some security measures down there, like cameras, or at least patrol it.”
Leslie Reavis, petroleum engineering, sophomore
Cody Smith, accounting, sophomore
Shawn Almario, mechanical engineering, senior “I think it would be nice to have some level of security. I mean, perhaps more patrolling if they can’t afford cameras, but that definitely is a problem considering that not really any compensation is being done, so it would probably be better to have better security with what they can.” “I had a backpack stolen out of my car and I talked to the police department and there’s only so much you can do to prevent break ins, like keep your vehicle locked and cover valuables with a blanket. But I don’t think it’s very fair to put it on the university, but I mean it would be beneficial to have security cameras there to help the students and keep their assets safe. But asking the university for compensation isn’t very fair, I think.”
This week’s ‘Nook on the street was compiled by Max Erickson / Sun Star
Sun Star Picks: UAF and community events The calendar is compiled weekly based on the choices of the editorial staff.
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Budget cuts are coming. Consider being aware of their implications. School leadership is holding a meeting on the topic today in the Elvey Building’s Globe Room starting 8:30 a.m. In fairness, that’s pretty early to ask someone to visit West Ridge with the outcome almost certainly being getting bummed out. But it’s probably worth paying attention to. – Spencer Tordoff / Editor-in-Chief
Frozen Lenses has got for us the award winning Arctic life photographer, Jeff Schultz, for a talk on the process involved in jurying the statewide photog rapy exhibition, Circumpolar from 6 - 7 p.m. Reaching the venue, Schaible Auditorium at Bunnel Building, 30 minutes earlier will give you a chance to interact with Jeff personally and eat delicious food. – Tauseef Mahmood / Staff Photographer
It’s Career Day at the Fairbanks Children’s Museum. There are some people on campus with kids who might be interested! It will be held from 2-4 p.m. Admission is $8.00 per person ages 1-99, military and EBT card rates are available.– Jeremiah Malzahn / Staff Photographer
It’s Daisy Ridley’s birthday today! To those of you who don’t know who that is, she played Rey in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and I’m constantly looking for a reason to rewatch that. There’s still a Blockbuster open on College Road, you know. If you’ve never seen the movie (or if you have) consider relaxing after what’s likely going to be a rough Monday and settling in with some friends for a good old fashioned movie night. – Kyrie Long / Copy Editor
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Do you wish that they would teach us more about vikings? You can learn more — “New Views of Viking Greenland—resilient, adaptive, but still extinct” by Archaeologist Thomas McGovern. His talk will be in the West Valley High School Preforming Arts Center on at 7 p.m. – Josh Hartman / Staff Writer
March is Women’s History Month Want to drink tea and admire the beauty of Alaska? Come to Sipping Streams Friday April 7 between 6:30 - 8 p.m. to see the Tears of Ice photography exhibition. The images taken by doctoral student Dyre Oliver Dammann are meant to illustrate the beauty of ice as well as the processes of geology, fluid mechanics and climate change. – Paige Gieck / Staff Writer
Naturally Perspiring
Sunday / 9 The spring weather is finally here and with it comes the ski for women! This annual event is held at Birch Hill Recreation Area at 12:30 p.m. This event is put on each year by the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks and all proceeds go to help the Alaska Center for Non-Violent living. There’s also a really hilarious costume contest. Grab some friends and go ski, enjoy the sunlight and help out a great cause. – Erin Granger / Staff Writer
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