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UN Security Council meets on Ukraine crisis UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council met late Sunday in emergency session as violence escalated in eastern Ukraine, hours before a Monday morning deadline for pro-Russia protesters to lay down their arms or face Ukrainian troops. Russia called the meeting shortly after Ukrainian special forces exchanged gunfire Sunday with a pro-Russia militia in an eastern city, and at least one security officer was killed and five others wounded.
CTC instructor under investigation is UAA graduate student Julie Herrmann
students injecting themselves with a substance Sun Star Reporter not approved for humans is a graduate student at the University of Alaska The University of Alaska Anchorage. Fairbanks Community and Technical College Instructor Sherry Wolf is instructor who oversaw pursuing her Master of
$40,000 grant awarded to student to purchase electric shuttle
Science degree in nursing The following day, the science. Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner published an artiA week ago, on Tuesday, cle about the unauthorApril 8, Wolf presented ized injections. her thesis titled “Homeless Young Adults: Caring Lakeidra Chavis for Their Health” at UAA. continue to page 5 Sun Star Reporter
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Twenty-three year old Biology student Kaitlyn Moneymaker has received a $40,000 grant to purchase an electric shuttle for campus. The grant, funded by the Office of Sustainability’s Review of Infrastructure, Sustainability and Energy grant program, will cover the costs to ship an electric shuttle from the lower 48 to Fairbanks, as well as advertising for the shuttle and the cost of placing the Office of Sustainability logo on the bus.
Ukraine’s president accused its powerful neighbor of fomenting unrest, and announced that his government would deploy armed forces Monday to quash an increasingly bold proRussian insurgency.
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Ecology scientist to confirm we won’t be first to go Regan Campbell Sun Star Contributor
There are men, according to Michael Caine in “The Dark Knight,” who only want to watch the world burn.
Students used the solution Sodim Chlorde in practice injections under the instruction of Sherry Wolf, a professor who’s been teaching at CTC since 2006. The solution is unfit for human consumption, and caused rashes, burning and other side effects when the students used it. April 11, 2013. Elika Roohi/Sun Star.
USA hockey wins first Spring sports showdown Kurtis Gosney
Nanooks’ Student-Athlete Advisory CommitSun Star Reporter tee hosted the first ever Spring Sports Showdown last Friday at the Patty Center, an event they plan It’s been almost a month to hold every year. since the Alaska Nanooks’ The showdown started at sports season ended 6:30 p.m. and was schedin March, but that’s not uled to end at 9:30, but keeping UAF’s student- actually ran until 10. athletes from having a During this event, memlittle fun. The Alaska
bers of all the Nanook sports teams competed against each other to see who had the better program. There were nine teams, each made up of student-athletes from different programs. The number of players on each team depended on the amount of players on each Nanooks team. The hockey team, however,
had so many players that they decided to split into to separate teams. One team was call “American Hockey” and the other was “Canadian Hockey.” Each team wore a different color shirt. David Spindler
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Guest speaker Joanna Kortik gave a workshop titled “Crazy-U,” last Tuesday. Students Offering Leadership Development hosted the event in the Wood Center Ballroom.
There are others, though, who would prefer that it would chill the hell out just a bit, because we might be in a lot of trouble.
Owner and entrepreneur of Joanna International, Kortik talked about the importance challenging oneself to be “crazy” in their approach to life, learning, and exploring new ideas.
Kris Hundertmark is one such person. As an Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology in his ninth year of research at UAF, Hundertmark has been following a growing problem in wildlife genetics research.
“In past workshops, I’ve been speaking internationally on stories from how I became a writer, entrepreneur, and different obstacles I faced,” Kortik said.
In the upcoming installment of the UAF Science Seminar Series, Hundertmark will present some of his research into North American caribou and seal populations above the Arctic Circle and the apparent diminishing of genetic variation in these populations brought on by climate change. Appearing April 18 at 3 p.m. in Murie 104, Hundertmark will give a seminar titled “Genetics, genomics, and metagenomics in wildlife ecology,” which will generally focus on the out-of-sync relationship between quickening climate change and the populations of large northern mammals.
Writer Joanna Kortik hosts “Crazy-U” workshop in ballroom
The workshop follows Kortik’s “five simple rules of becoming extraordinary and successful in the business world: be resourceful, assertive, zeal, and remembering to be authentically-you.”
A group of humans in the Moore-Bartlett-Skarland lobby get ready to leave the protection their dorms provide. April 13, 2014. Elika Roohi/Sun Star
Her lecture drew from her personal experience and obstacles she faced as a college student entering the business world.
Kortik believes that in order to become a successful global citizen, students must learn to be The upgrade was built “crazy” and go beyond next to the train tracks what is expected. where it could easily access coal brought in on Her approach to success resonated with some of the train system. the workshop participates.
Power to the Plant: Expiration date reached Kaz Alvarez Sun Star Reporter
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heat and power plant but space, and has done so waits for $195 million to since 1964. come from the legislature. At a time when nuclear The coal-fired power power was becoming a plant housed within the possibility, the Board of Atkinson Heat and Power Regents chose to put $3.5 Plant building provides million toward building a heat and electricity for new coal-fired generating UAF, which has 3 million plant in 1963. square feet of building
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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014
CAMPUS LIFE
MAN ON THE STREET: What are you doing for health insurance? Julia and Scott Taylor Sun Star Reporters
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The Sun Star Volume XXXIII Number 23 April 15, 2014 The Sun Star’s mission as a campus voice for UAF is to report the news honestly and fairly, announce and chronicle events and provide a forum for expressions of opinion.
insurance through my mother. If I didn’t have it through my mom, I would have to hope not to get sick. My mom takes care of everything with medical stuff. If I get sick, I call my mom. I have her health card until I am 26. Hopefully by then I will have my own.” Allison Lennon, 23, Junior, Elementary Education student
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Amber Cagwin, the Dean of Students Office coordinator presented potential changes to the Student Code of Conduct.
ASUAF senate chair, is concerned about what is going on in the state legislature in regards to funding a new power plant.
A self-assessment was done at the UAA campus, revealing that no the Mat-Su and Kenai Peninsula campuses; and the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management are reviewing the current document.
The senate passed their budget with $157.5 million set aside for the project through state and university bonds.
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I get it I don’t through my have health insurance job, in the insurance. companies. military. Haven’t I’m retired It covers had it for from the civil everything. the last service and I’m not sure few years. by my wife’s if it covers It’s been insurance dental. I’ve hard. I’ve plan. I’m been in for looked at frightfully a year, and I the health disappointed haven’t had exchanges in our governor, as far as Medicare to pay for anything. The best a little bit, but being a college is concerned. There are a lot more insurance is the insurance you student, $200 a month is pretty people who need to be taken care have and don’t have to use.” pricey. Which is what the insurof. In the long run, it is going to cost ance would cost without subus more, one way or another, and sidies. I’m doing research on it not just in human suffering, but Ricky Bornemeier, 20, PFC in at the moment. I don’t know if I also financially. The healthier your the Army, visiting friends for the could get a subsidy. I am hoping population is, the more productive Humans and Zombie Games to get student health insurance it is. I think that there should be by next semester. It would be more consideration given to mental better to have insurance and not health care. We have seen the damneed it, than to not have it and age that happens from poor mental need it.” health care, here in Alaska.” John W. Brown, 69, Sophomore,
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ment to remove the legalistic language so that it is easier for students to understand.
Michael Mancill and Ayla Processes will be further O’Scannell clarified and additional examples of how conduct categories can be violatGuests ed. Amber Cagwin, Robert Kinnard, Celie Hull and Jennifer Chambers Concerns expressed
Jennifer Chambers, a secStudent Code of Conduct ond year graduate student in Chemistry and former
During the April 3-4 Board of Regents meeting in Kodiak, a uniform calendar has been approved for the entire UA system effective 2016.
This is not a mandatory section in the bill. It is partially funded in cash and partially funded by savings from having a more efficient plant.
The Board of Regents also passed a resolution asking faculty to create uniform general education course expectations throughout Chambers is concerned the UA system. about a clause written into the bill that would All general requirements place a $60 surcharge on should receive the same UA students. course number, description, title and goals. “At the very least, it would be nice to send something Enright also reported on out through the listserv the status of Alaska’s capithat this could be going tal budget. on to alert the students.” Funding passed the senChambers said. ate and will go before the “Last thing is that it seems house. like, with respect to the bill, where you want to The budget, as it stands, bring a guest speaker up gives full funding for the for $1,500, it seems like it UAA Engineering buildis a little irresponsible to ing, but not the UAF engipull out from the rollover neering building. funding.” $157 million in bonding She also requested more has been granted with a advertisement of candi- circumstance. date forums for ASUAF There will be the possibilelections. ity that students can be charged a fee to pay back the bonds. Student regent report
When you count on savings, nothing is guaranteed. The potential fee for students was put in to save the legislature from footing the entire bill. If a fee is implemented, it would be approximately $60 per student within the entire UA system. For the good of the senate Walker told the senate that Senator Begich will be visiting Rural Student Services April 16 at noon. An audio system will be set up for call ins. For more information from this week’s ASUAF Recap, read the rest online at uafsunstar.com.
Police Blotter Nolin Ainsworts Sun Star Reporter
asked if they had marijuana or pipes, one of the males handed the officer a pipe and bag of marijuana.
All three have pending March 31 - License and misdemeanor charges for Registration misconduct involving a A campus officer driv- controlled substance in ing eastbound on Col- the sixth degree. lege Road was passed by a speeding 51-year-old April 4 - Moore smokers Fairbanks man. The officer turned around Six students learned the and stopped him. The hard way that just because driver was clocked at 51 the resident assistant mph, 11 mph over the down the hall is likely four-lane road’s speed sleeping, it is still not wise to smoke in the dorms. limit. After he was stopped, the A police officer was on man was unable to pro- foot patrol in Moore Hall duce a driver’s license or after midnight when he insurance. He claimed smelled burnt marijuana. a trooper didn’t return The officer knocked on the them to him the last time door where he believed he got pulled over. He the smell was originating was issued a verbal warn- from but did not get an ing for his speeding. answer from inside.
him for violating his con- stopped a car that looked ditions of release. He was to be sporting an illegal taken to the Fairbanks shade of window tint. Correctional Center. When the officer contacted the members of the car, he smelled a strong April 5 - Could of used odor of marijuana inside more monitor-ing the vehicle. Seven computer monitors The driver told the offiare in the snow, and our cer that he had not been work trailer is trashed. smoking, and he would This was the news two not allow the officer to university staff reported search the car. to police after showing up The car was impounded to their work at the Energy and marijuana was later Technology Facility on the found. Gotcha! UAF campus. An investigation is ongoing for who broke into the trailer parked outside the facility, chucked the computer monitors in the snow and left the office a mess.
The couple was having a good time, perhaps too good of a time, at the Pub and had gotten separated. The boyfriend teamed with police and a campus-wide search party was launched. After over an hour of searching without any luck, the woman was located in the basement of Constitution Hall.
April 6 - You did the right April 7 - Roommate tenthing sion runs high
A Wickersham resident phoned police after encountering another man with a badly bloodIt did not appear anything ied face. was stolen from the trailer. The intruders gained Police responded to the entry to the office by kick- dormitory and reached the student who had by ing in the back doors. that time retreated to his The ETF is home to the dorm. Alaska Center for Energy and Power, a program EMS was contacted and that researches energy the student was taken to solutions for the state. It the hospital. The injury is is located across the street suspected to be the result from the Lola Tilly Com- of heavy intoxication. mons.
An RA was contacted and April 2 - After hour smoke was able to get the students to open their door. The officer confiscated A patrol officer noticed marijuana and a small three figures on the upper pipe one of the students deck of the Lola Tilly Com- drew from a desk drawer. mons several hours after Among the group was a the facility had closed. 19-year-old male from The officer contacted the Chugiak under bail orders small group and found all to not smoke or drink. April 6 - Too much tint three to have bloodshot When this became known and watery eyes. When to the officer, he arrested An officer on patrol
who stated his girlfriend had gone missing from the Pub.
Two Bartlett roommates were involved in an altercation after feuding over video game noise that was keeping one from going to sleep. The two got up and the disgruntled roommate put his hands on the other. This sparked the other roommate to throw two punches at him. This roommate left the room and asked for the assistance of an residence assistant who contact police.
April 6 - Where have you The other roommate was gone? charged with assault in A call came into the police the fourth degree. station from a gentleman
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Opposing Viewpoints: Alaska senate bill 176 Lenin Lau Sun Star Reporter Senate Bill 176 would allow concealed firearms to be carried on campus has reignited the debate about gun rights and limits in Alaska. If passed, the bill would prohibit the University of Alaska Board of Regents and the president of the university from adopting policies inconsistent with state law, which as currently written prohibits guns in certain areas such as K-12 schools, alcohol establishments, daycare centers and in the residences of other individuals. With a vote certain by the end of the week, both sides make their case. Here are two voices of the debate.
Hans Rodvik
What was the origin of this bill, how did it come “Well right now concealed carry is prohibited on to be? campus, which as a prac“This idea came from the tice is in direct violation student body and student of the U.S. and Alaskan groups on campus, who constitutions. got together and wanted to change the concealed This is about how the carry ban on campus by Board of Regents has skirted around state law, the Board of Regents. which allows concealed We believe that it’s our carry, and implemented constitutional right under this ban.” the U.S. constitution and the Alaskan constitution, which guarantees our What would change with right to bear arms and the passage of this Bill? right to privacy. I applied for an internship and came to work with Senator Coghill and presented the idea to the Senator and he agreed.” And you were the one who personally crafted the bill? “Yes. We had a group of lawyers who helped put the bill into legal language who work in conjunction with Senator Coghill.” According to a quote, you “concluded that the current situation surrounding firearms on campus
Chancellor Brian Rogers
was unacceptable.” Can the benefits to the pasyou expound on that? sage of this bill? Detriments? “Statistics have shown that as gun rights have expanded, crime has gone down. If you look at Colorado and Utah where students can keep and bear arms, there have been no ill effects of firearms on campus.
What has been the response so far from the university staff, faculty and administrators? “The response so far to the bill has been primarily negative. President Gamble, all three Chancellors, the two faculty unions, the staff governance, many student groups are opposing the two bills that are currently under consideration in the legislature.”
Arguments haven’t escalated into gunfights. Restoring our fundamental rights is the greatest benefit, following the rule of law and exercising our rights. It’s a great victory for constitutional rights If this bill passes what do you think will be the The Board of Regents and liberty.” impact on the university? would have to allow lawful concealed weapons permits on campus, which How do you respond takes a litany of steps to to critics that this will “I think there are sevobtain: 12-hour gun safe- increase violence or even eral impacts, one is the Alaska legislature and ty training course, range suicide on campus? the courts has said there training, fundamentals are some special places on self-defense, screening for mental illness, must “I respond with the sta- where guns should not be be 21 and older, cannot tistics. Gun owners are allowed, and as a result have a felony or two mis- shown to commit five and state law makes it crimidemeanors in the past six a half times less crime on nal to possess a fire arm years. average than the general in residences without the permission, places where population. This would really allow alcohol is served, child law-abiding individuals They are not prone to care facilities and K-12 to exercise their constitu- violence and individu- schools; and university tional right.” als who go through the campuses are very similar process are statistically to those circumstances. unlikely to turn the gun I guess my biggest conIn your opinion what are on themselves.”
cern is where you have a population of students, some of whom are having alcohol, and we have guns, the risk goes up for our students, and I think that creates an environment that is not positive for the learning experience.” Can you respond to proponents of the bill who say that this is a matter of liberty and constitutional rights? “The second amendment to the U.S. constitution begins with “a well-regulated militia being necessary. And so the constitution recognizes that some regulation is acceptable and the courts have upheld that in locations such as schools, alcohol establishments, daycare centers and the like. I understand his [Rodvik’s] position, we’re actually more open to fire arms on this campus than many: we have a rifle team, we allow firearms in locked vehicles, we have lockers available for them, we have gun shows on campus, but we think it’s reasonable to restrict them in classes, in performances, auditoriums and the like.”
And how would you respond to proponents’ claims that this will actually make schools safer, citing the Virginia Tech massacre, where guns were banned on campus and students were like “sitting ducks”? “The sixth leading cause of death in Alaska, and the leading cause of death for persons 15 to 24 years old is suicide. That’s the majority of students in our dorms, more guns is likely to insure more opportunities for suicide. That’s not a safer campus.” Proponents currently cite both Utah and Colorado as states that allow conceal carry on campus, and that crime has steadily gone down as a result. “The statistics on crime on campus vary widely, and many campuses that don’t allow firearms also have had a reduction of violent crime on the campus, so I don’t think picking out those two examples tells us anything.”
Population decline of rare desert fish has a lesson for Alaskans Derek Hinckley Sun Star Contributor
The Devils Hole Pupfish has been vulnerable since the species was discovered in the early twentieth century, though the fish didn’t receive official recognition as an endangered species until 1967. The pupfish population, which occupies a small, limestone cavern filled with 92-degree water from a regional groundwater aquifer in the Mojave Desert, has precipitously declined from a height of 500 fish to a recent record low of 32 fish.
the Southeast Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network, will deliver a presentation in room 214 of the O’Neill Building at UAF discussing the challenges and lessons learned from efforts to conserve this dwindling species. Bower previously spent four years studying the Devils Hole Pupfish as a fish biologist for Death Valley National Park.
“I was actually hired kind of in the middle of the conservation crisis for this species,” he says. “At one point, the population dropped to a low point of 38 fish, which was at the time the lowest on record and Death Valley National At 3:30pm on April 18th Park responded by hiring Michael R. Bower, the myself and committing to Program Manager for
a new program of con- provided space for eggs servation for this species to be laid and hatchlings trying to recover it.” to grow. Other theories involve disease, inbreedMuch of Bower’s upcom- ing depression and ing presentation will changes in the availability focus on the various theo- of food. ries that have been proposed to explain the pup- “We know very little about fish’s decline. Some sci- how this fish actually entists believe that global relates to its natural habiclimate change might tat,” says Bower. Unfortube raising the tempera- nately, there is little room ture of the fish’s habitat, for experimentation. making the already harsh environment even more “When you’re faced with a potential population inhospitable. extinction, you just can’t Another theory, though tolerate the risk that you thought to be a less like- are wrong. So what’s been ly explanation, specu- really important is to lates that the sediment think, ‘What can we do to dynamics have changed address each one of these within the cavern, which hypotheses as if they were has closed off sediment the single reason for the interstices, or small gaps population decline?’” and cracks in the walls of Given the precariously the cavern that previously small size of the pupfish
continued from cover “Crazy-U” Her approach to success resonated with some of the workshop participates. “A great experience, and I’d recommend it to anyone to listen to Joanna’s lectures,” said freshman English student Thalia Jacobs.
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population, “There’s no declines in Alaska king room for error.” salmon being reported by the Department of Fish Though the Devils Hole and Game and concerns Pupfish and its natu- about the sustainability ral environment are so of other key species, the unique that there is no need to understand effecanalogous species, Bower tive conservation seems still believes that the les- to be especially pressing sons learned from efforts for Alaskans. to conserve the pupfish can be applied to other “Just because there isn’t endangered or threatened a crisis doesn’t mean you species. shouldn’t be developing partnerships to pursue “The Devils Hole Pup- natural resource managefish story has been one ment,” Bower concludes. where there were decades of benign neglect before Bower’s presentation will ultimately another popu- be conducted via videolation decline. In those conference from Juneau intervening decades, a lot on April 18th at 3:30pm. of people involved lament not having invested more UAF will host the event in in developing strong, room 214 of the O’Neill interagency, collaborative Building. For more inforpartnerships,” says Bower. mation, contact Keith Criddle at kcriddle@alasWith unprecedented ka.edu.
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Kortik has made it her vision to help change people’s lives around and offer an amazing inspiration in doing so. “It really is okay to be who you are and that’s being just- you. You have to be crazy to change the world,” said sophomore
business major Chelsea to help encourage people Jones. to think for themselves and find out who they are While she talked about with the given opportunithe topic on leadership, ties to shape the future. she encouraged everyone to get up and dance and “Pursue what makes you feel just happy at the fact happy, your passion, and that for there to be posi- be crazy,” said History tive change, there has to student and SOLD membe a little more optimism ber Taylor Eckert.
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NSC backs disclosing software vulnerabilities House policy came after a computer bug called “Heartbleed” caused major security concerns across the Internet and affected a widely used encryption technology, the variant of SSL/TLS known as OpenSSL, that was designed to protect online accounts. Major Internet services worked this week to insulate themselves against the bug.
Disclosing vulnerabilities in commercial and open source software is in the national interest and shouldn’t be withheld from the public unless there is a clear national security or law enforcement need, President Barack Obama’s National Security Council said SatThe NSC, which Obama urday. chairs, advises the presiThe statement of White dent on national security
and foreign policy matters. Its spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden, said in a statement Saturday that the federal government was not aware of the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL until it was made public in a private sector cybersecurity report.
“This administration takes seriously its responsibility to help maintain an open, interoperable, secure and reliable Internet,” she said.
“If the federal government, including the intelligence community, had discovered this vulnerability prior to last week, The federal government it would have been disrelies on OpenSSL to pro- closed to the community tect the privacy of users of responsible for OpenSSL.” government websites and other online services, she The president’s Review Group on Intelligence said. and Communications
Technologies, which Obama appointed last year to review National Security Agency surveillance programs and other intelligence and counterterrorism operations, recommended in December that U.S. policy should generally move to ensure that previously unknown vulnerabilities “are quickly blocked, so that the underlying vulnerabilities are patched on U.S. government and other networks.”
“The White House has reviewed its policies in this area and reinvigorated an interagency process for deciding when to share vulnerabilities. This process is called the Vulnerabilities Equities Process,” Hayden said. “Unless there is a clear national security or law enforcement need, this process is biased toward responsibly disclosing such vulnerabilities.”
NSA surveillance report among Pulitzer contenders NEW YORK (AP) —
A report that revealed the massive U.S. government surveillance effort is among the top finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
its classified interpretations of laws passed after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The documents revealed that telephone and Internet companies such as Verizon, AT&T, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook have been cooperating with the government on these national security programs.
The Pulitzers, journalism’s highest honor, will be announced on Mon- The stories were based on day. thousands of documents Revelations about the spy handed over by NSA leakprograms were first pub- er Edward Snowden. lished in The Guardian The reports were puband The Washington Post lished by Barton Gellman in June. of The Post and Glenn The disclosures showed Greenwald, Laura Poithat the National Secu- tras and Ewan MacAskill rity Agency has collected of The Guardian, all of information about mil- whom shared a George lions of Americans’ phone Polk Award for national calls and emails based on security reporting.
The public was outraged Russia, which granted to learn of the dragnet him asylum for one year. surveillance. In January, President And the disclosures have Barack Obama called for led to proposed overhauls some immediate changes of some U.S. surveillance to the phone records colprograms, changes in the lection program, includway the government spies ing that a secret court on foreign allies, addition- approve all of the searchal disclosures to defen- es the NSA does within dants in some terrorism the database before the cases and demands from search takes place. private companies to share details about gov- He also limited the numernment cooperation ber of phone records it with their customers and could search to phone numbers a terrorist called shareholders. and the numbers who Snowden has been those people called. charged with three offenses in the U.S., including Last month, Obama espionage, and could face called for an end to the up to 30 years in prison if government’s collection and storage of the records convicted. and said his administraHe is currently living in tion would work with
cotinued from cover Lakeidra Chavis and Elika Roohi Sun Star Reporters Failure to check Administrators are continuing to investigate the policies and procedures of the Community and Technical College Allied Health program, after students repeatedly injected themselves with an incorrect solution that resulted in skin irritation, burns and other side effects. In late February, students in the Clinical Procedures II class contacted administrators. “They were concerned about the label on the bottle,” Chancellor Brian Rogers said. The students were using a solution called Sodim Chlorde, which is commonly used in injection classes on injection pads and dummies. The name is intetionally spelled wrong so it won’t be confused with the real solution. Students received their own vial and injected themselves with the solution--possibly as many
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Congress to come up with ing to the George Washa new program. ington Bridge, the world’s busiest span. Until then, the government will continue to col- The morning his artilect and store millions of cle appeared, the Port Americans phone records. Authority of New York and New Jersey ordered Other Pulitzer candidates the lanes reopened. include Andrea Elliott of The New York Times, The article was the first who won a Polk Award for thing that got attention of local reporting for “Invis- lawmakers who are invesible Child,” her five-part tigating the closures as series focusing on Dasani part of a scandal that has Coates, one of 22,000 engulfed New Jersey Gov. homeless children in New Chris Christie. York City. The Pulitzers are given John Chichowski of The out each year by ColumRecord, a paper based bia University on the recin Woodland Park, N.J., ommendation of a board wrote a piece Sept. 13 of journalists and others. about an unexplained decision that week to close lanes in the community of Fort Lee lead-
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as 10 times, according to ucts are not to be used Rogers. on human beings or animals,” the letter said. Students reported burn- Battaglia went on to ask ing sensations, skin irri- that, UAF, “stop using tation, divots, or small the Demo Dose products indentations in the skin, and that all students who and stomach problems, were improperly injected although the reports var- receive qualified medical ied. attention.” On March 6, president The solution was used of the medical supplies in both the spring 2014 company Pocket Nurse, and the fall 2013 version Anthony Battaglia, sent a of the class, and as many letter to the chair of the as 30 students could be Allied Health department affected. stating that the solutions
on investigatory leave, to instruction have been and her contract will not spent talking about difbe renewed. ferent aspects of the incident and investigation. When practicing injec- Students have been intetions, each student gral to figuring out many received their own vial. of the details, Rogers said. The vials were collected The university is offerand taken to an environ- ing extra tutoring for the mental lab for testing, course so students can according to Rogers. complete the class as Preliminary test results scheduled. revealed that the solu- UAF is also covering tions were water and .05 the cost of any medical percent of rubbing alco- checkups related to the hol. injections.
ers said. Going forward, UAF will be implementing a more stringent review process for items used in the classroom. Previously, it was enough that the professor was a registered nurse in the state of Alaska. According to Michele Stalder, the Dean of CTC, there will be more checks in place in the future.
The Clinical Procedures class will have fewer Due to unclear informa- human injections as a part of their curriculum, according to Rogers. Clearly, there’s been a failure to communicate the hazards to students, beyond the program, and that’s Students will practice on a violation of procedures. Clearly, it shouldn’t have happened in the first place,” mannequins and pads, in addition to each other. -Brian Rogers Health programs across the U.S. typically use Even after some students used in the Clinical ProIn early April, further lab tion about when and why a combination of both raised concerns, they cedures II course should results showed that some the Allied Health pro- kinds of practice injecwere still instructed to use be stopped immediately. of the vials had separate gram began using the tions, according to Rogthe solution, according to bacteria strands others. Demo Dose solution for ers. Students had been inject- the Fairbanks Daily Newshuman injections after Administrators will coning themselves with Miner. the program realized they tinue to review the poliunsanitized solutions of shouldn’t be using it on cies and the course will “Clearly, there’s been a Moving forward Sodim Chlorde, instead students in 2010, the uni- not be offered until they failure to communicate of Sodium Chloride, comAside from injecting versity is contacting all have done so, according the hazards to students, monly known as saline. beyond the program, and themselves with a solu- 154 students who have to Rogers. “All of the demo dose that’s a violation of proce- tion unfit for human use, ever graduated from the Clinical Procedures I products that Pocket dures. Clearly, it shouldn’t students are now suffer- program. ing from a loss of class is currently offered as a Nurse sells are clearly have happened in the first “That is a clear failing that summer course but that time. labeled on their labels, place,” Rogers said. the news from the first might change if procepackaging and any docuFor the last several weeks, time didn’t keep us from dures are not updated The course instructor, mentation that the prodSherry Wolf, was placed periods usually devoted ordering any more,” Rog- beforehand.
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Sometime in between 2010 and fall 2013-- The CTC Allied Health program begins to use the unsafe solution again.
-March 6-- UAF receives a letter from Pocket Nurse saying they got “an alarming call” from a student at UAF, and that if students are actually using the Demo Dose for human injections they should stop immediately. Michele Stalder meets with students informing them about the solution, and collects vials from students for testing. The university puts Sherry Wolf on paid leave.
Timeline of events March 31-- Chancellor Brian Rogers and Michele Stalder meet with students to brief them about the lab results. At this point they still need to run more tests April 9-- The Daily News-Miner breaks on the solutions.
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2010-- Product with same name from same company was used by students in the same course. Students also experienced burning and other side effects, so the program ceases to use that particular solution.
April 18-- The final lab results will come back informing students March 28-- UAF receives first Late February-April 8-- Sherry Wolf gives preliminary lab results, which about what exactly they Students complain her thesis defense in Anchorindicated there were three differhad used in their injecof burning, rashes ent types of bacteria growing in age at UAA titled “Homeless tions and their effects and other side various vials of the solution. Young Adults: Caring for Their effects Health.” Wolf is a graduate student at UAA
continued from cover It wll focus on their likely inability to express suitable genetic variance to adapt in time. To say that certain animals are endangered is one thing, but to pointedly state that they are threatened down to the very proteins of their genetic code is another. Hundertmark began his career in 1982 with Alaska’s Department of Fish & Game as a research biologist with an emphasis on moose. Craving some moose-less adventure, he quit after
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20 years and worked for the Zoological society in Saudi Arabia looking into endangered gazelle species in the middle of the Iraq War. After two and a half years, he returned to Alaska and took a research position at UAF. “A scientist is naked without his PowerPoint presentation,” Hundertmark said, when asked to describe the format of the event. The presentation will focus on his efforts in collaboration with various scientists and graduate students to find, among many other
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things, the genetic variance between herds of caribou spread across the North American continent. In an effort to anticipate the fate of these herds, Hundertmark and his colleagues have begun a project aimed at decoding the caribou genome. “They show tremendous variability,” Hundertmark explained, “They are adapted to a huge array of climates.” Because their range extends from the polar tundra to the boreal forests and the temperate wilderness of southeast Canada, the caribou
genome had to teach itself to “exist along that temperature gradient. There’s got to be a lot of genetic variation between these herds.”
versatile and successful caribou communities. Now it’s just a matter of finding the genes that are most functional and crucial in building such communities, and how “I’m interested in find- long they took to express ing out which genes are around the end of the last important for caribou at ice age. these different locations, and how variable they But what are “metageare,” Hundertmark saidys. nomics”? “It’s basically Because here in Alaska taking a sample that is a we have a front-row seat mixture of different types to our planet’s climate of DNA. In my case, it was change, he explained seal feces.” they’re finding that the most genetically diverse It’s a pretty word for a communities in the past reasonably unattractive have resulted in the most area of sample collec-
tion—straight from the natural sources to find out such things as what animals in a biome are eating. “Metagenomics just means that you’re taking this sample which is a mixture of all kinds of DNA and you’re submitting it to what’s called ‘next-generation DNA sequencing.’ It tells you all of the different types of DNA in that sample. So it’s giving us the DNA signature of all the diet items of those seals.” “To adapt, you need to be diverse,” Hundertmark summarized.
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UAF’s 20th annual Science Potpourri, was a showcase for students from the College of Natural Science and Mathematics. Science students used their knowledge and technical capability to put on shows and demonstrations for visitors to enjoy, as well at teaching young minds some lessons in the school of natural sci-
static electricity demon- to get ultraviolet bracestrations that literally left lets. Hundreds of people participants’ hair standincluding families and ing. “We’re making bracelets, children, pre-schoolers, and we basically put these elementary kids, middle Across the hall, kids little beads, right now schoolers and even UAF panned for gold and they’re white,” explained students dressed as “Zom- touched starfish, while biochemistry grad stubies vs. Humans” packed both parents and kids dent Aline Collin, “but as the Reichardt building on took a trip back to the you go in the sunlight it Saturday afternoon to see Jurassic period as they makes them turn different science experiments and dug up fossils and exam- colors. demonstrations. ined dinosaur bones. Since there is UV light On the first floor. phys- Upstairs, chemistry grad that we can’t see, it goes ics was in action, as UAF students guided excited through the bead and science students demon- participants in making becomes physical light, strated vibrating bowls, slime and goo; thermody- which we can see as colmagnet paper clips that namics turned bent metal ors.” dance in one’s hand and straight, and kids flocked
Around the corner, colors were once again abundant as visitors got to see themselves through a thermal camera, turning them into green, red, orange and white people in a world of dark cold blueness.
the bot reminiscent of the Mars Rover. At 2:30, visitors got to see the final show, “A ‘lava’ fun with Volcanoes.”
They watched a model volcano erupt and spew lava, while learning the The third floored housed difference between volcathe robotics section. noes in Alaska and other There were the ever-pop- places. ular battle robots, robots As 3:00 rolled around the made of Legos, and even a activities started comrobot that kids could con- ing to a close as visitors trol remotely. lingered to catch one last It captivated kids’ atten- demonstration before tion as they maneuvered clean up.
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CTC instructor under investigation The article stated that UAF will be reviewing its procedures and the Allied Health department of CTC.
able on their website, Wolf’s average score was 4.7 out of 5.
There aren’t any evaluations more current than Wolf is a registered nurse 2011 available. in the state of Alaska, according to the state According to Wolf’s about. of Alaska’s professional me page, she has lived in Alaska for 32 years and licensing records. is a retired public health She was first licensed in nurse. March 1990 and her current license was issued in She is a mother and October 2012 and expires grandmother and loves nursing, teaching, aniin November 2014. mals and knitting. It also She began teaching at says she is an “FNP stuUAF in 2006. Her con- dent-UAA.” tract with the university expires at the end of this FNP is a common acroschool year and will not nym for Family Nursing be renewed, according to Practitioner. the News-Miner article. Currently, the clinical Wolf received generally procedures course only favorable reviews from practices on human substudents, according to 26 jects, according to Christa teacher evaluations from Bartlett, the Allied Health 2006 to 2011 published on department chair. the Associated Students of Wolf declined to comUAF’s website. ment for this article. Of the evaluations avail-
4 things you should know about Sodim Chlorde 1.) Sodium chloride is intentionally spelled wrong so it will not be confused with saline 2.) it is not meant for human or animals injections, but manikins or injection paids 3.) Since the solutions are not meant for human or animal use, they are steralized 4.) Potential side affects include but are not limited to burning, itching, skin irritation among others. Some students have reported stomach aches.
The above document is the letter sent to the Department Chair of Allied Health and the Community and Techinical College regarding the wrong injections. The letter was send March 6. Document courtesy of UAF.
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continued from cover The men’s basketball team wore black, the women’s team wore pink, the women’s swim team was red, volleyball was blue, cross-country running/skiing was green, rifle had orange, and the hockey team split into two separate teams. One team wore yellow and was called American Hockey, and the other team was called Canadian Hockey, which wore red and white.
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SPORTS The athletes gave themselves handicaps when they competed in their own sport so they would not have an advantage over athletes who were playing an unfamiliar sport. For volleyball, members of the Nanook volleyball team had to where gloves or mittens on their hands; members of the rifle team were required to stand on foam pads during the rifle competition; members of the ski team had to race on only ski during the relay race; hockey players had to hold their sticks upside down and compete without a goalie; basketball players had to shoot using their non-shooting hand; and swimmers had to wear shirts while they were in the water.
There were seven different sports scheduled. The first sport was 4-on4 volleyball, followed by 4-person rifle, skiing relay race around one of the soccer fields, 4-on-4 hockey, 4-on-4 basketball, a swimming relay race, and finally a cheerleading contest. Due to time constraints, 4-on-4 hockey had to be removed Whichever team got first from the schedule. place in a given sport got 10 points. When all the
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sports were finished, the teams’ total scores were tallied to decide the winner. If a team got first place in its own sport, they would not get any points toward their final score, but if they got second they would get second-place points.
also voiced her opinion about the Showdown. “I think this event is a great idea,” Harthun said. “We should be doing it every single year. It really brings everyone together and we get to be around athletes that we normally wouldn’t be around.”
At the end of the night, it was American Hockey who won the showdown. As a reward for their victory, they were presented with a small trophy that was barely bigger than the palm of someone’s hand.
Junior men’s basketball player and Communication student Joe Slocum shared a similar opinion as the event started to wrap up.
Sophomore volleyball player and Art student, Sam Harthun, commented on her team’s win in the volleyball competition, “We honestly didn’t think it was gonna happen,” Harthun said. “Obviously everyone’s getting a little rowdy over it, but we’re all competitive.” Harthun
“I thought it was fantastic,” Slocum said. “It really makes you appreciate everyone’s sport because you can tell that people aren’t really good at other people’s sports, but it was a good thing for the Nanook community to all athletes and come out and spend good time with each other.” During a basketball game,
when the men’s basketball team played against Canadian Hockey. Men’s basketball had just tied the game at 7-7 when junior hockey player and Business Administration student Sean Cahill made a three-point basket at the buzzer to give his team the win.
it,” Knight said. She was happy with how the event turned out, considering this is its first year. “These things are really difficult to organize,” Knight said. “Especially because we all are really busy students on top of this. We did have to end up cutting hockey, which is kind of unfortunate but our time sched“That was crazy,” said ule just didn’t work.” Slocum. “A lot of people came up to me and said Knight said that she and ‘thanks for letting them other members of SAAC win’, but I gotta give them started planning for this all the credit.” event when the spring semester started in JanuSenior Business Admin- ary, but didn’t find orgaistration student and for- nizing the event very easy. mer Nanooks volleyball player, Keri Knight, was Slocum said he would one of the SAAC mem- participate in this event bers who organized this again, “Definitely,” Sloevent. “We just wanted to cum said. “I think SAAC have an event where ath- did a great job of setting letes could kind of get a all this up so I’ll definitely feel for what it’s like to do look forward to doing this other sports and kind of next year.” have an appreciation for
Senior basketball player and Psychology student Dallen Bills aims down range during the
Team USA poses as champions of first annual Spring Sports Showdown. Chistopher Brooks/Alaska Athletics Volleyball players Samantha Hesterman, left, and Katelyn Camp, right, just hanging out during the rifle competition. Kurtis Gos-
A student prepares to serve the ball. Kurtis Gosney/ Sun Star
Team USA poses as champions of first annual Spring Sports Showdown. Chistopher Brooks/Alaska Athletics
The men’s basketball team cheers on one of their teammates during the swimming relay race. Kurtis Gosney/Sun Star
The Alaska Nanooks women’s basketball “cheerleaders”. Kurtis Gosney/Sun Star
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This article is part 1 of a 4-part series the Sun Star is doing on the Atkinson Heat and Power Plant The current power plant is an updated version of what was built in 1963. The renovations came about after an old coalfired boiler tube ruptured and filled the building with steam. All operations were shut down for a full 12 hours in the middle of December, 1998, while heat and power was supplied to the university by Golden Valley Electric Association. Upgrades have been made steadily since the failure to replace decades old machines. Large-scale repairs and equipment replacements were documented in 2002 and 2006. Efforts are now being
made to build a com- UAF. pletely new power plant A report made by Associas was done in 1963. ate Vice President of the According to the most University of Alaska Chris recent UAF Power Use Christensen during 2013 This Week report provid- states that the two main ed by Facilities Services, coal boilers installed in UAF consumes 169 mega- 1963 were estimated to watts of power every day. have a life of 50 years. UAF provides the majority of this energy through While there are two diesel their power plant but boilers as a backup plan, still needs to pull energy long-term use of them from GVEA. The amount would cripple the budget of energy received from of the entire UA system. GVEA is generally no Christensen’s report more than a third of the states that a long-term energy supplied by the failure of the combined power plant itself. heat and power plant The energy pulled from would result in a tripled GVEA is strictly for elec- yearly energy cost for the tricity and cannot provide entire UA system. for the heating needs of Bass player for Avery Wolves rocking out on an upright bass covering Motorhead. Kaz/Sun Star
Bass player for Avery Wolves rocking out on an upright bass covering Motorhead. Kaz/Sun Star
Zombies out for fun and brains at UAF Elika Roohi Sun Star Reporter
dreams a reality.
To play, every student wears a bandana on either their arm, to indiCampus is awash with cate they are a human, n e o n - b a n d a n a - c l a d or their head, to indicate students carting nerf they are a zombie. guns and looking shift- The game starts with one ily around corners. It’s zombie, who must “turn” Humans vs. Zombie sea- the humans into zombies son once again. by touching them. After The role-playing game tagging a human, the zomstarted at Goucher Col- bie collects their player ID lege in 2005, and has since card and reports the tag spread to over 650 colleges on the official Humans vs. across the nation, accord- Zombies website, which ing to the official Humans keeps an updated record of humans and zombies at vs. Zombies website. different universities. Biology student Chris Clement first took notice Sophomore Computer of the game when stu- Engineering student Arsh dents at the University of Chauhan was the original Alaska Southeast brought zombie last year, and is working with the game as it to Alaska. a moderator this year. Clement decided to start the game at UAF, and Being the original zombie pulled together a dedicat- was a huge responsibility, ed group to bring it to life Chauhan said. “The success of the whole game last spring. depends on you.” “It took a lot of effort,” Clement said. He and Humans can defend a group of students themselves against the met every week for two hoards of zombies by months prior to the inau- either stunning them with gural game of Humans vs. a nerf dart or a balled up Zombies to make their sock. Hitting the zombie
with those items will stun prizes and awards. them for 15 minutes, giving the humans time to Last year, Elkins was part of an escort mission, get away. where humans had to Zombies need to be pro- escort her from Reichardt active about getting to Duckering and back humans however. If they without getting turned. don’t “feed” for 48 hours, “Being able to see all the they die. plans made so quickly, it There are safe zones on was great,” Elkins said. campus to prevent havoc. Humans and zombies The game lasts about a have to refrain from bat- week, and ends with a tling each other in classes, final showdown between the library, the SRC, the humans and zombies. dorms and bathrooms. Zombies win when all the human players have been The game needs dedicated moderators who make turned, and humans win sure players are following by surviving long enough the rules and help design to starve all the zombies. “missions” for players. Humans vs. Zombies Junior English student received overwhelmingTiana Elkins was a moder- ly positive feedback last ator last year, and is help- year, Elkins said. Students ing as one again this year. enjoyed meeting new Elkins helped design people, spending time some of the missions, outside and an excuse to which are basically spe- shoot their friends with cial operations humans nerf guns, according to and zombies can partici- Clement. pate in with a more spe- “In my opinion, it’s kind cific goal. of boring at UAF,” ClemThere are 10 missions ent said. “And this makes A human shows off his neon bandana. Bandanas around a this year, which are com- it fun.” player’s arm mean that the player is still a human, and bandanas pletely optional, but playaround a player’s head mean they are a zombie. April 13, 2014. ers can participate to win Elika Roohi/Sun Star
Civil Engineering student Emma Frankson and Mechanical Engineering student Joe Goulet defend their lives as humans with nerf guns and balled up socks. April 13, 2014. Elika Roohi/Sun Star
Mechanical Engineering student Mizani Rawhani packs some essentials before leaving MBS. April 13, 2014. Elika Roohi/Sun Star
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Pub Triva $5 per team The Pub Answer trivia questions for fabulous prizes.
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UAF Research Showcase Schaible Auditorium 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. “Remote cabin & cabin energy” by Art Nash Jr.
Music at One Davis Concert Hall 1 - 2 p.m. Music student recitals
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SAuthors Reception Rasmuson Library, Sixth floor 4 - 5 p.m. Recognition of UAF’s published authors.with free food.
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Friday Seminar 201 Reichardt 3:30 - 5 p.m. Lectures on science and technology
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Mental Health Forum Wood Center 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Discussion on the need for more mental health facilities.
9 P.M. Night Out at the Museum UAF Museum of the North 7 - 9 p.m. Visit the museum after hours.
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“Arctic Security” Murie Auditorium 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Lecture by visiting Political Science professor Willy Osteng
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Spring Pancake Extravaganza Wood Center Lower Level Lounge and Constitution Park 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Egg hunt, pancakes for sail and a carnival. Proceeds benefit Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Project
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Juried Student Art Exhibition Fine Art Complex Art Gallery 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Enjoy student artwork.
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Game Night The Pub 7 p.m. Play some games.
Taste of Alaska Beer Festival The Pub 6 p.m. Taste various brewed-in-Alaska beers. $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
ASUAF SPRING ELECTION BALLOT PREVIEW ASUAF FALL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT: (Elections: APRIL 17-18, 2014)
Please completely fill in the bubble next to your selection/s. Incorrect spelling of write‐in candidate names will be subject to reasonable ruling by the ASUAF Elections Board. All responses are optional.
PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT:
Please make ONE selection below. Making more than one selection will disqualify your vote.
Mathew Carrick (President) & Cecilia “Celie” Hull (Vice President)
Write‐in:
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SENATE: (Seven seats available)
Please make UP TO SEVEN TOTAL selections below. Voting for the same person multiple times will only count as one vote.
Kemper Chabotte
Incumbent; Full‐time undergraduate
Lachlan Gillispie
Write‐in:
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Michael Mancill
Full‐time undergraduate
Cord Reid
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POLL QUESTIONS: 1.) I am aware that ASUAF provides the following services (please check all that apply): Legal Advising/ Assistance Free Faxing Free Coffee/ Tea/ Hot Chocolate Club Funding Travel Funding Communication with University administration Representation of the student body 2.) In your opinion, what should the primary goal of ASUAF be? To provide goods and services to the student body To advocate for the interests of the student body To write and enact legislation that will benefit students To host events that foster involvement in the UAF community 3.) Starting in the Fall of 2014, Dining Services will no longer offer an all‐you‐care‐to eat meal plan option. Instead, food will be individually priced and provided ala carte. How do you feel about this change? 4.) Starting in the Fall of 2014, the new Dining facility in the Wood Center will offer six food stations, each with their own themes. Please select your top three food station preferences: Mongolian Grill Sandwich/ Deli bar Pizza and pasta bar Salad bar Grill (ex. burgers, fries, chicken tenders) Homestyle (ex. roasted chicken, casseroles, pork chops) 5.) In your opinion, is UAF accessible to students with disabilities? Please provide any suggestions you have for improving the accessibility of campus. 6.) Alaska State Senate Bill 176 states that the Board of Regents policies on firearms or knives may not conflict with the laws of the state of Alaska. This bill would allow for concealed carry on UAF campus except in restricted access areas of University buildings, such as the dorms. Do you feel that concealed carry of firearms and knives should be allowed on UAF campus? Why or why not? 7.) Currently, there are no locations to recycle plastics at UAF. Would you support an effort to get plastics recycling on campus? 8.) Currently, there are several filtered water stations on UAF campus (Ex. MBS, Murie). How often do you use these stations? How can they be improved? 9.) Would you support a free 24‐hour mental health hotline? 10.) Do you think the Student Recreation Center should be continually accessible to student use (including over academic breaks)?
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After reviewing a travel emmissions report to track the carbon footprint of transportation on campus, Moneymaker thought of a way to reduce the CO2 emission on campus. “An easy way to reduce that would be [to have] an electric shuttle,” she said. “The electric shuttle is going to save 32, 500 pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere in the 28 weeks the shuttle will run.” The shuttle will operate on the Yukon route during the summer, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The route travels from West Ridge to the Wood
Center. It’s expected to er at the Office of Sustainrun from mid-May to ability. mid-October. The gas to operate the The fact that the shuttle shuttles each day costs is electric isn’t keeping it approximately $38. Since from running in the win- the new shuttle only uses ter, it’s the tires. electricity, the cost to run it will be about $3 a day. Due to the small size of Moneymaker said that the the tires, Monkeymaker savings will help pay for said they are having dif- the shuttle. ficulty finding winter tires for the shuttle. During the summer, the electric shuttle will The tires are 10 inches replace one of the regular and because of that, it is buses. difficult to find ones with studs, according to Mon- The bus will be able to eymaker. seat 15 passengers and is ADA-compliant. Each current UAF shuttle emits approximately Although the shuttle was 30,000 pounds of CO2 purchased through the each week, according to Office of Sustainabilan emission report con- ity, it will be operated by ducted by a student work- Facility Services once it is
A photo of the eletric shuttle that will be purchased to run during the summer months at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Photo courtesy of Kaitlynn Moneymaker.
shipped up to Fairbanks. The shuttle will arrive in late June or early July. Moneymaker, who is transferring out of state in mid-July, plans to ride the shuttle before she leaves.
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Looking Inward: The men on the wall Emily Russell Sun Star Columnist
When not working in my office or at my home, I work in the library. Miss Euporia Sun Star Columnist
Hello Miss Euphoria, I’ve had sex many times but have never been able to ride a guy. Partially because I’m extremely tight (one would think I’d be the opposite), as well as the “outstanding” contributing factor that I’m a curvier woman (not obese, just bigger hips and thighs). I’m afraid that I’m going to hurt my partner if I even attempt to ride him because of my weight. I Any tips on how to “let go” and/or to make things easier?
Hey girl hey! I wish I could tell you that it doesn’t because I would love to have more drag queens here in Fairbanks but the truth is that it does. Gay guys start off feeling less masculine a lot of the time and don’t want to associate with effeminate guys because they get teased a lot. For some reason drag is considered worse than being gay. Living on the small rural CULTure that I grew up on, a lot of people stopped talking to me when I came out as gay but when people found out I did drag literally none of them talked to me anymore. It gets in the way of a lot areas of my life but it also shows me the best parts of people too. The messages I get on my Facebook page are so beautiful and the guys I meet who don’t care that I like to perform in lipgloss are a lot better than guys who are afraid of a boy in a dress. Basically I think you should totally do it and become our own hero. PS: you should let me know if you do!
If being tight is the issue then riding a guy would actually be the most comfortable way for you to have sex (regardless of your curves). I think the real problem is insecurity. I saw you get up on those men and ride them… let them worry about their own safety and just have the time of your life, because as I said before, riding is actually the best Miss Euphoria, earliway for someone who is er this year I found out who you were and was tight. shocked. You are such a shy boy when you’re not Miss Euphoria, I just met in drag. Do you have an my boyfriend’s parents advice for people who which was weird in all are just as shy as you by itself but then over but don’t have a largerdinner they joked about than-life persona and him bottoming and made are afraid to meet new him feel like shit. Was it people? appropriate of them to talk about who bottoms and who tops in our rela- Yeah! Get a persona or stop being shy! tionship? I don’t have context for their comments it sounds like they were just trying to make him embrace what he is (I’m assuming a lot and we all know what that makes me and you or whatever). Every gay man out there professes to be top and guess what… that’s not how it works. If the parents were mean then I’m sorry for your boyfriend but he shouldn’t be ashamed of it. #bottompride is an actual thing on twitter so there’s that!
Miss Euphoria, for all your sex talking and shit I’ve never seen you perform. This semester it would be nice to see you performing as well as keep up with the column if you are really a real drag queen.
I saved your lack-of-aquestion comment for this week because guess what! I’m performing this week! It will be on Friday night and it’s going to be great so cancel all your plans and I’ll see you there. Angry Young & Poor are putting on a great drag show and you Hey Euphoria, I’ve been will not want to miss it. considering doing drag Also prepare for audience for a long time and I have participation! a question. Does doing drag get in the way of meeting guys? I totally For more of this week’s wish I didn’t care about Miss Euphoria, read the things like that but it extended column online at does matter to me. uafsunstar.com
I’ve always loved libraries. When writing my undergraduate thesis at the small college I attended in Maine, I went to the library nearly every day. The building was similar to Rasmussen Library, a bit outdated but with a level of comfort that can only be achieved in a lived-in space. On the first day of my senior year I went straight to the library, reserved a locker that was offered to any senior writing a thesis, and found a desk that would serve as my writing space for the next four months. That was my sanctuary. I am writing my graduate thesis now and have been on the prowl for a similar sanctuary. Every day I climb the stairs to the fifth or sixth floor, in search of the perfect combination of quiet and sunlight. Yet every day when I climb the stairs, I glance up at the series of por-
traits on the walls lining I work as a teaching assisthe stairwell. tant for Dr. Ehrlander, and she is generous enough These portraits depict the to chair my thesis com“Pioneer Pilots of Alaska.” mittee. They are impressive por- She is smart, dedicated to traits of equally impres- her work, and not afraid sive men, but the promi- to be a bit endearing. nence of those portraits leave me wondering When writing my underwhere all the women are. graduate thesis, I was equally lucky with my theOne theory for why, sis advisor, a young and according to the FAA’s brilliant woman whom I 2012 Fact Book, women owe a large part of my pilots make up a mere 6 academic success to. percent all pilots in the US, is that they lack female Without her support mentors. and guidance, I would not have made the move In Alaska the percentage 4,500 miles away from the of female pilots is estimat- only life I’ve ever known ed to be bit a higher, at 27 to pursue my academic percent. passion. Yet, like most sectors of I don’t think I’ve truly the economy in Alaska, appreciated the strong women are struggling for female mentors I’ve had equality. in my life until now. On average women make But let’s get back to the 77 cents to every dollar library. When working for that a man earns. In Alas- a professor, you can be ka, women make a dismal added as a proxy on his 67 cents per dollar. or her library account, Can these disparities be allowing you the ability to blamed on our state and check books out for your nation’s lack of female professor. mentors? I’ve had to do this four or My answer to my own five times this semester question would be no, at and every time the womleast not in the economic an behind the desk asks what his name is, in refersector of academia. ence to my professor. Over the last year and a half I have worked for and Every time it is assumed with the director of the that my professor is a Northern Studies depart- man. ment, Dr. Mary Ehrlander.
According to the U.S. News’s profile of UAF, 58.4 percent of the full-time faculty are men, while only 41.6 percent are women. In contrast, 40.7 percent of the student body are men, while an impressive 59.3 percent are women. Will the ratio of men to women faculty level out as the 59 percent of female students join the workforce and serve as mentors to aspiring young students? I sure hope so. One day, I hope history remembers women as much as it remembers men. I hope that women gain the confidence men seem to be born into in our culture. Maybe the librarians’ assumptions and the paintings on the wall wouldn’t bother me so much if I didn’t one day want to be a professor myself. I hope to have students of my own, students that I can mentor as much as my own professors have mentored me. But right now, I’ll keep looking for my sanctuary.
Emily Russell is a Northern Studies masters student who grew up in New York, attended boarding school in Massachusetts and went to college in Maine. Her column incorporates stories from the Outside and combines them with inward looking personal reflections.
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UN Security Council meets on Ukraine crisis
“At this moment, Ukraine teeters on the brink,” Assistant U.N. SecretaryGeneral Oscar Fernandez-Taranco told Security Council members.
Ethnic Russians in Ukraine’s east fear that the country’s new proWestern government will oppress them, and are demanding to have referendums on autonomy and possible annexation by Russia. Fernandez-Taranco said U.N. monitors in eastern Ukraine have described seeing pro-separatist protesters as being armed with machine guns and sniper rifles. “The fact is that many of the armed units that we’ve seen were outfitted
in bulletproof vests, camouflage uniforms with insignia removed,” U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said. “These armed units ... raised Russian and separatist flags over seized buildings and have called referendums and union with Russia. We know who is behind this.”
Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassa- ing that he hoped Westdor Yuriy Sergeyev. ern powers would pressure Ukraine to rethink its Russian Ambassador deadline for sending in Vitaly Churkin denied troops. Western and Ukrainian claims that Moscow was “Whether they are going behind the violence, and to put an end to this provtold U.N. diplomats that ocation by Kiev, this is Ukraine has been using their responsibility to preradical neo-Nazi forces vent further escalation of to destabilize its eastern this crisis,” Churkin said. region.
Russia has tens of thousands of troops massed along Ukraine’s eastern border, and there are fears that Moscow might use the violence in the mainly Russian-speaking region as a pretext for an invasion, in a repeat of events in Crimea weeks ago.
“It is the West that will determine the opportunity to avoid civil war in Ukraine. Some people, including in this chamber, do not want to see the real reasons for what is happening in Ukraine and are constantly seeing the hand of Moscow in what is going on,” Churkin said. “This is not a war between “Enough. That is enough.” Ukrainians, this was artificially created,” said He said after the meet-
Band-Aids don’t last forever: Fixing UAF’s power plant problem Let’s face it.
And regardless of the $25 million expense three Our power plant is old. years ago, that band-aid So old in fact, that in a is starting to peel off. 2011 interview with the And the new one will Sun Star, Associate Vice require students to help Chancellor of Facilities keep the patchwork on. Services Scott Bell said that the boilers in the Last Friday, the Senplant were “at the end of ate Finance Committee their useful life.” approved an approximately $2.1 billion capital That same year, the legis- budget for the University lature funded an approxi- of Alaska. mately $25 million patch of a project that would The committee added a upgrade the electrical $245 million multi-fundsystems that help monitor ed package to replace energy in the plant. UAF’s power plant. The heat and power plant How are students includdoes actually what it ed in this package? sounds like. Well, part of the funding The plant is responsible will come from students. for everything from cam- It will be either through pus sewage to monitor- a utility surcharge or an ing the heat in the sci- increase in tuition to pay ence labs on West Ridge. for the approximately If it shuts down, campus $176 million in bonds shuts down. the university will need to take out to cover their
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this thing is literally almost ancient not been Despite the fact that made clear? tuition has increased steadily--2 percent--in In the FY15’s Redbook, a the past few years, some book filled with the Board of the lowest rates in the of Regents’ and UA Presicountry, the same can’t dent Pat Gamble’s budbe said for the next few get requests and ensuing years. line items, the president lists the top three priority Old maintenance that investments for UA. has gone unchecked on campus, construction for Although the items aren’t the university’s centenni- numbered, the legislaal and a dying plant--it’s ture’s support of UAF’s time to get real. power plant upgrade is last, right behind the The exact form in which UAA-UAF joint engineerstudents will have to carry ing building funding. the burden is unclear. For the UAF heat and powIt’s a bit ridiculous that er plant major upgrade after legislative fund- summary, the book states ing for an addition to the that, “these boilers have Duckering Engineering reached the end of their building and other starry- useful life and need to be eyed projects, the main replaced prior to experifocus is just now being encing a catastrophic failbrought to the power ure.” plant. The plant currently runs Guys, has the point that
on two coal boilers and The Atkinson Heat and two steamers. Power Plant was built in 1964 and was meant to The new power plant will last 50 years, at best, and replace these four boilers is overdue for a replacewith coal-fired ones. ment. Although this is the The more time passes, the cheapest economically, it older the plant gets, and has the biggest environ- the worse the outcomes mental cost. will be. With coal-fired power And it looks like we’re plants, increased emis- running out of band-aids. sion of carbon, NOx and other harmful emissions come along with it. And in a world of increasing need and declining dollars--for the things that matter--there seems to be little room to argue for quality over quantity. “Without a major upgrade, both the educational and Lakeidra Chavis workforce development Editor-in-Chief opportunities that support the state’s economic health are at risk,” the book stated.
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