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SUN STAR Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Swimming starts season, Rifle sets record

University to assist students affected by shutdown

Elika Roohi Sun Star Reporter Chancellor Rogers released a memorandum on Oct. 2 instructing organizations and offices at the university to go out of their way to make sure the government shutdown would not adversely affect UAF students. While the debate about furloughed employees goes on, students are not being talked about.

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In reality, they may be a part of the population that’s hardest hit. Fifty-two percent of students who live by themselves are below the poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Those students often depend on financial aid, some of it federally funded. The shutdown has the potential to interfere with that aid.

A Nanook swimmer gets herself ready for the backstroke event. Kurtis Gosney/Sun Star Reporter

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UAF TechFest teaches students about new technologies

Military students or others who are expecting federal assistance may have problems while the shutdown goes on. According to the memorandum, shared on the university’s Facebook page, Rogers instructed offices at UAF not to drop students from classes for late fees--a policy currently in effect, discontinue meal plans or carry out any other restrictive action that resulted from the government shutdown. This message is one being spread throughout higher education institutions. Many universities across the country are adopting “buffer policies” to make the shutdown easier on students depending on federal aid. For the time being, things at UAF seem alright. “There hasn’t been too much of an impact on students here,” said Julie Parshall, the Associate Director of the Financial Office.

See Page 5 OIT professionals work at their own table offering students free things and information about TechFest on Thursday, October 10. Ivan Kvapil / Sun Star

If a government shutdown can ever be considered fortunate, this one at least came at good time. “If it was a month ago, it would have been a real mess,” Parshall said.

The first 48: UAF students create films in less than two days Annie Bartholomew

production.

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Teams were given three prompts to be eligible for the competition to include a watch, a flashback sequence and the line, “I was born ready.”

On Oct. 4, 25 teams across Alaska attempted to write, shoot and edit a movie in 48 hours. Local production company Frostbite Films and the UAF Film Club joined forces to make a short film in a single weekend, entering it into the Anchorage 48 Hour Film Challenge.

the woods, only to find a family of killers led by Theatre student Theodore Hooker who comes to the door covered in fake blood.

But the film is more than a collection of blood The 17-member “Team and gore gimmicks; it’s Frostbite” worked all a coming-of-age story night on Friday, returning with Hooker symbolically to film at 4 p.m. Saturday. passing the hatchet to his daughter, played by The film begins at middle-schooler Winter local watering hole, the Weixelman. Howling Dog Saloon, where actor Deison Rios She joined the film after stumbles out of the bar her mother, Director and drunkenly enters his of Photography Nanwhite Subaru. Participants met in the nette Pierson, recruited UAF Wood Center on her to be in the producAfter crashing his car, Friday night to decide a tion. “There’s not many Rios looks for shelter at plot, filming location and a cabin in the middle of 13-year-old girls that are cast their five-minute

willing to stay up til’ nine in the morning acting,” Weixelman said, as the youngest member of the team. The filming wrapped at 4:30 Sunday morning with only hours remaining for Frostbite Film’s Marcus Moore to sort through content and edit the picture down to five minutes. Past UAF Film Student of the Year Aaron Gordon worked behind the scenes during his eighth 48 Hour Film Challenge contributing to the camera work, directing and producing the picture. Gordon says the chal-

lenge pushes the team’s imagination, getting them problem solving and thinking on the go. “The team never has everything they need,” Gordon said, “We have to look around and just see what’s currently in our hands and make a movie out of that.”

Last month, the office was processing FAFSA applications and distributing scholarships, a process that would have been hindered by the shutdown. There have been delays in processing Veteran’s Affairs benefits, according to Parshall. “It’s not that things are shut down entirely, they’re just taking longer than they usually do.”

The memorandum was addressed to the Financial Aid Office, Residence Life, “Asleep at the Wheel” was CRCD and Rural Student shown on Thursday, Oct. Services, CTC Student Services, the Office of the 10 at the Bear’s Tooth Grill in Anchorage along Bursar and the Office of International Programs with 19 other 5 minute and Initiatives. challenge films. “Asleep at the Wheel” can be seen on Marcus Moore’s Vimeo page.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013

CAMPUS LIFE

MAN ON THE STREET By Kailey Skinner What do you think of the ‘Stay on Track’ Program? Are you on track? The Sun Star Volume XXXIII Number 6 October 15, 2013

Sabrina Itta, 19, General studies student

Sebastion Fair, 26, Business Administration student

ASUAF RECAP- October 13, 2013 Kaz Alvarez

Alpha Phi Omega

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Former senator and Alpha Phi Omega member McKinley Zakurdaew attended the meeting. Zakurdaew talked about changes in how the Gov Cup will be handled, the new food pantry oper- Communications to the ated by Student Activities senate Office and creating a gift Reid spoke with Jerri tree. Maxwell, Assistant Director of Wood Center about The Governor’s Cup will putting aquariums in the no longer have two games building. on the same weekend but Reid said that Maxwell will be divided between was supportive of the the week before finals and idea. The cost estimate Spring Break. The bus for a 200-liter aquarium is will now cost $20 per per- $25,000. son due to an increase in charter cost from $2,250 to $3,200. ASUAF has For the good of the senbudgeted $1,000 for the ate Governor’s Cup. Strigle suggested that senators commit time to proZakurdaew requested that viding volunteer labor for ASUAF put their support the new food pantry. behind the new food pantry that will be operated

Raechyl Huisingh Senators present Layout Editor Matthew Carrick, Brix layout@uafsunstar.com Hahn, Cordero Reid,

Photographers Kurtis Gosney Kailey Skinner Ivan Kvapil Columnists Jason Hersey Advisor Robyne robyne@alaska.edu

“I am definitely not on track. I took a 3-year break in the middle of schooling. I heard that about 17 percent of UAF students actually finish on time. The graduation rate here is very low, so staying on track must be hard.”

“It sounds like a good idea but it might be hard for some students. I’m taking 12 credits, so I will graduate a little later.”

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“I like the program. It encourages students to stay on track. I have stayed on track and I will be done in four.”

“I like that they changed it from 15 credits a semester to 30 credits a year. That way, I can take summer classes that count towards the program to keep me on track.”

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“I think that it’s a good program. I get lots of emails from them saying, “Good job at staying on track.” I am staying on track. I am taking 17 credits a semester and Wintermester courses because of my dual majoring.”

“I feel that it’s a solid program. If I was following it to the ‘T’, I would be done in four years but I didn’t know about the program when I first started with my associates degree at CTC. My adviser pushed more for me getting jobs than finishing on school time. These next semesters I will be pushing for 17 to 18 credits to finish. When I do that, I will be on the program.”

Tayesia Nick, Shane Poindexter, John Quinones, Ashley Strauch, Daniel Strigle, Sarah Walker and Leda Zakurdaew Senators absent

Eli Barry-Garland and Michael Wilson Officers present Ayla O’Scannell Guests McKinley Zakurdaew, Hannah Witherington and Robert Kinnard

by the Student Activities Reid spoke with OIT Office. about the incorporation of ASUAF into the UAF APO intends to seek help mobile app. The app funding a potential gift might include polls and giving project for the senate profiles. needy.

of equipment to provide a new athletic activity on campus. The bill was moved to the Student Affairs Committee.

Confirmation of appoint“SB181-003 Amendment ments to the financial proceAppointment to the Pubdure bylaws” lications Board is between “SB 181-003,” sponsored Brady Gross and Reid. by Carrick, Barry-Garland and Leda Zakurd- Gross has the support of aew, would remove bylaw three-fourths of the Pub1220.2. The bill was put to lic Relations Committee. a vote and passed unani- The appointment was put mously by the senate. to a vote and received 3 in favor of Gross and 4 in favor of Reid. Strauch “SB 181-004 Start-up abstained. funding for Aerial Club” Reid was appointed to the “SB 181-004,” sponsored position of Publications by Strauch, Poindexter Board chair. and Carrick, received its The Publications Board is first reading. responsible for hiring the The legislation would Sun Star Editor-in-Chief. allocate $1,300 to the Aerial Silk Club for the purpose of purchasing 5 sets

POLICE BLOTTER Shae Bowman

ing the door and looking into the women’s locker Sun Star Reporter room at the Patty Center. A description was provided, and police confirmed the incident using video October 2- Hungry cus- footage. However, police have been unable to make todian contact with the suspect. Management from the West Ridge Cafe reported that food had been disap- October 3- Mail MIA pearing from the kitchen. The management report- A complainant reported ed that it had been an that he had received a notice from the post office ongoing occurrence. that there was a package The UAF Police Depart- addressed to him, but ment interviewed all it was missing when he the custodians that had went to pick it up. access to the cafe after hours, and one admitted A report was filed with the he was stealing food. The post-office for the missing individual was banned package and the investifrom UAF. The manage- gation is on-going. ment decided not to press charges. October 3- Reckless Driving October 2- Pool-peeper A complaint was made A report was made about about a reckless driver a man repeatedly open- in a maroon sedan. The

complainant was driv- October 5- False sexual ing a water truck and the assault claim maroon sedan cut him off. A female reported that When he slammed on the a male had hit her and brakes to avoid hitting the attempted to sexually sedan, the water tank slid assault her. When the UAF forward and damaged the campus officer received truck window. the description of the male, he searched the The suspect vehicle was area and was unable to located and the investiga- find him. tion is on-going. The officer returned to speak with the victim, and October 5- Intoxicated she said she had made up the assault that she had person reported. An intoxicated female was reported in the Moore- The officer confirmed her story by reviewing video Bartlett-Skarland lobby. footage of the area where The individual was liv- she reported the crime to ing on-campus, however, took place. she was unable to care for herself and didn’t have anyone to take care of her. October 6- Running with The officer transported the reindeer her to the Fairbanks Cor- Someone reported that a rectional Center to sleep dog had gotten inside the it off. reindeer fence at the Agricultural Farm and was chasing reindeer. Cam-

pus officers were able to catch the dog and return the dog to the owner. The reindeer and the dog both appeared to be in good physical health. October 6- Busted again A campus officer stopped a man for a traffic violation, and observed several cans of beer in the vehicle. The driver was not over the legal alcohol limit, but he was violating his conditions of release from a prior DUI charge. His conditions of release prohibit him from drinking, and he was arrested and transported to the Fairbanks Correctional Center and charged with violating conditions of release. The man was not associated with the university.

Corections:Oct. 8, 2013 In the Oct. 8 issue of the Sun Star, one sports statistic stated that the current record for the Nanook Ice Hockey team was 10-1. The score was incorrect and was 1-0. The Sun Star apologizes for this error and takes full responsibility for the mistake.

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University assists students affected by shutdown “In the event our student services professions are confronted with a military student, or any student who claims to be, or clearly is, affected by the government shutdown, please take action to ensure the student is not adversely affected,” Rogers said in the memorandum.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013

News Briefs Compiled by Staff Missing teens found All nine teens who were reported missing from a camp for troubled teens on Friday have been found. An Amber Alert was issued after police visited the camp to investigate allegations of abuse. The camp attorney stated the teens were on a several-day trip with camp teachers. – CNN

With Congress still at an impasse, and the nation’s debt limit set to expire on Oct. 17, no one knows what will happen next. “We’re just kind of taking it day by day,” Parshall said.

Powder part of packaging The white powder found in a package mailed to the State Office Building in Juneau on Friday has been declared non-hazardous. The powder was part of the packaging, according to a spokeswoman for Gov. Sean Parnell. – Juneau Empire

“UAF will grant

a deferment of adverse action... as a result of lack of payment or processing by agencies or instrumentalities of the federal government.”

Affirmative Action in college Today, the Supreme Court will rule on a case over the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, a constitutional amendment that prohibits colleges from using racial prefer-

-Chancellor Brian Rogers

ences in the admissions process. Eight states with similar bans could be affected. – USAToday Aid workers kidnapped Six International Committee of the Red Cross staff and one volunteer were kidnapped in Idlib province of northern Syria on Sunday morning. Syria’s state news agency said it was terrorists, fighters opposed to the Syrian president. A spokesman for the Red Cross said it’s unclear who was behind the kidnappings. Time Murderer found The man who sexually assaulted and killed an unidentified 4-year-old, dubbed Baby Hope, in 1991 has been found. Investigators received a tip that led them to Baby Hope’s mother. A DNA test found that the murderer was related to the baby, identified as Anjelica Castillo, which led them to a cousin, 52-year-old Conrado Juarez, who confessed during a five-hour interrogation on Saturday. – New York Daily News

“Salt of the Sea” screens for students David Spindler Sun Star Reporter The movie “The Salt of the Sea” was produced and directed by filmmaker Tom Garber; a story about what it takes to be a fisherman on the open seas of New England and how governmental policies, economics and courage pushed fishermen to their limits and beyond.

The film was screened in the auditorium of the Murie Science Building on Friday, Oct. 11. Garber was in Fairbanks last week for an annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter. Approximately ten people showed up including Garber himself who stayed after the movie for questions from the audience.

Originally from New York, Garber started film making as a teenager and has loved it ever since. He pursued his career at the California Institute of the Arts and graduated in 1980. The first ten years of commercial and corporate video work in Manhattan earned Garber the skills he needed to produce more substantial content. Gar-

ber started his own film production called “Third Wave Films,” in 1999 as a platform to create documentary films exploring themes that elevate and inspire the human spirit. Most of his past films explore maritime subjects involving the sea. “This film has already been shown in three film festivals and I try to show people what commercial fishing is

like currently in New England,” Garber said. Garber is very passionate about his work and using compelling visual and dramatic video to capture what he’s trying to prove to the audience. “Salt of the Sea” was made in 2012 and was in production for almost a year. “I was working on and off for six months with this film in mind and was always excited to

go out in the open sea,” Garber said. The film lasted for an hour and before it ended, went down a quick list of all those vessels and boats that have either sunk, passengers that passed away, or boats that were never found again with a video shot of the ocean waves coming up onto the beach as the background.

overcrowded with the waste increase and the additional uses and our trucks coming in I’ve become concerned about safety at some of the sites,” he said. “I want to figure out how the reuse areas and the recycling will be moved out of the path of the high traffic trucks.”

has grown to more than $4 million during the last decade.

Fairbanks transfer stations to get upgrades FAIRBANKS News Miner — Things have changed since the Fairbanks North Star Borough opened transfer stations in the early 1990s. The amount of waste has doubled, reuse areas have boomed in popularity, recycling has been added to sites and it’s not uncommon to see people climbing into Dumpsters.

Assembly approved $1 million during its Thursday meeting to begin work on upgrading and expanding the borough’s 14 transfer stations, focusing first on the five most busy stations. “They’ve been in use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year since the early ’90s and they’ve had fairly minimal maintenance,” Public Works Director Scott Johnson told the assembly. “There have been no major capital type repairs.”

The sites themselves, however, haven’t changed much. They’re about the same cramped size as when they first opened and the crowded parking lots are becoming a safety A portion of the money, around $200,000, will be hazard. used to create a master That’s why the Fairbanks plan for the sites to dicNorth Star Borough tate what sort of upgrades

are needed, possible with Johnson said the prime the funds and when they target for upgrades will might be done. be Farmers Loop West, which has available land The remainder of the to expand on. money will be used to begin work on upgrad- The exact upgrades and ing and expanding sites expansions will vary from next year. Those first sites site to site, he said, with will be the ones with the the master plan helping heaviest traffic: Farmers determine what are the Loop West, Farmers Loop most doable options. East, Chena Pump, Badger Road and North Pole. In general, the goal will be to group reuse and recy“The things we’re going cling areas at one end of to do is how can we help a site and put the trash with the traffic patterns, containers at another to how can we make them make it easier for heavy safer and how can we machinery to empty the improve the reuse area,” trash containers durhe said. “Other things to ing crowded, high-traffic improve the ease of main- times. tenance.” “As the sites have become

The ordinance, sponsored by Mayor Luke Hopkins, originally called for the total $4 million to be used on transfer sites, but that was reduced because the assembly had concerns that it wouldn’t have One problem to be solved proper oversight over the with the upgrades will be spending. the need to close down some transfer sites for a few days. Johnson said Courtesy of Fairbanks Daihe’s exploring options of ly News-Miner setting up nearby temporary transfer sites during construction. The money comes from the Solid Waste Collection District Fund, which

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Donna Patrick Nurse Practitioner Q: What is an intrauterine device? A: An intrauterine device (IUD) is a type of birth control. It is a small, T-shaped device that a doctor or nurse practitioner inserts through the vagina and cervix into the uterus. These devices are made of flexible plastic. It is one of the safest, most effective methods for preventing pregnancy. If you are not intending on becoming pregnant for at least one year It is a good choice. IUD’s can also be used for other reasons. One type can be used to treat heavy, painful periods. The other type can be used to prevent pregnancy if it is put in within 5 days after a woman has sex without birth control. This is known as “emergency contraception.” Q: What are the different types of IUDs? A: There are 2 types of IUDs. One type releases copper; the other releases the hormone progestin. • Copper–releasing IUD – There is only 1 copper-releasing IUD. It is called Paragard and can stay in your uterus for up to 10 years to prevent pregnancy. Some women who use it get heavier or longer periods than they had before getting the IUD. Paragard also can be used for emergency contraception. • Progestin-releasing IUD – There are 2 progestin-releasing IUDs, called Mirena and Skyla. Mirena can stay in your uterus for up to 5 years to prevent pregnancy. Skyla can stay in place for up to 3 years. Many women who use progestin-releasing IUDs have lighter, less painful periods than they had before getting the IUD. Some women stop getting a period at all. But this is not harmful and does not need to be treated. Regular periods return when the IUD is removed. Q: What are the benefits of using an IUD? A: These include: • IUDs are very effective. Fewer than 1 in 100 women who use them get pregnant during the first year of using them. • You do not have to remember to do anything or take any birth control pills on a regular basis. • IUDs have few side effects. • IUDs do not contain estrogen, a hormone that some women can’t or don’t want to take.

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UAF TechFest teaches students about new technologies Ivan Kvapil

use the new Apple operating system. Many venSun Star Reporter dors attended showing displays such as affordable 3-D printers and the For the past seven years, newest Adobe programs. UAF has hosted TechFest, a two day event that There was even a display showcases the technolo- of student-made digigies that OIT uses and tal art showing student’s shows how they are inte- achievements in things grated into our classes to such as animation and not only enhance learn- photo editing. There were ing, but to better the UAF even some more offbeat experience. Free stuff lectures such as one by was given away includ- Hoodoo Brewery about ing T-shirts and popcorn. the technology of brewing Projectors and game sys- beer. tems were set up so peo- One of the panels was ple could play games such called “How Did We Get as Rockband and Halo 4. Here and Where Are We The event also had lec- Going” on Friday, October tures and panels on a 11. It focused heavily on wide variety of topics technology use in schools from learning about copy- and the evolution of this rights to learning how to technology over time. The

panelists included professors from UAF and visiting professors who work closely with OIT. Speakers included Todd Schechter the Director of Information Technology at Oregon State University, and a former Alaskan high school graduate; Alan Levine, a teacher for Mary Washington University and Dr. Robert E. Whicker, who has been involved in Alaskan education for more than 34 years. The speakers covered topics such as the uneven distribution of technology and the future of distance learning with UAF. The idea behind TechFest is that technology is changing so fast that people often see technology as a “mysterious black

box,” and either become afraid of it, or resistant to change, according to Karl Kowalski, the Chief Officer for the Information Technology Office. The goal of TechFest is to show people that technology is not scary and that the IT people are friendly and helpful.

how their servers operate along with how their tech operates and how it benefits UAF.

Kowalski mentioned that the most important part of TechFest was hearing student feedback. OIT exists to benefit students and if they have no idea what students want, then TechFest has helped edu- they’re stuck trying to figcate people about different technologies, adding that each festival is different because technology is constantly changing so every year they have something new to talk about, Kowlaski said. This year, the event focused on technologies designed for mobile use, compared to the first year, which focused more on the infrastructure of OIT and

TechFest 2013 in full swing filled with tables from multiple vendors including an OIT table staffed by OIT professionals ready to help students with their technology needs on Thursday, Oct. 10. Ivan Kvapil /Sun Star

ure it out for themselves. He encourages students to talk to OIT professionals if they have any problems or suggestions with the technology that is currently available, and that they should not be afraid to speak up if they have any ideas on how technology can benefit UAF.

Students participate in one of the many video game related activities at TechFest. By far the most popular events at TechFest this year included a RockBand tournament, a Halo tournament and a Super Smash Brother Brawl tournament on Thursday, Oct. 10. Ivan Kvapil /Sun Star

SPORTS

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013

Swimming starts season, Rifle sets record Kurtis Gosney Sun Star Reporter Rifle The UAF Men and Women’s rifle team, currently ranked third in the country going into Saturday’s match-up, beat the 16thranked North Carolina State University Wolf Pack with the final count of 4677 to 4594. Junior Biological Sciences student Ryan Anderson shot a 596 in the air rifle event to lead all competitors. Sophomore Mechanical Engineering student Tim Sherry finished with a score of 591 in the same event, while junior Business Administration student Mats Eriksson, sophomore English student Lorelie Stanfield and senior Business Administration student Mike Liuzza all turned in scores of 586. Cassidy Brewer, left, Morgan McGrath, middle, and Keri Knight, right, get ready to block a UAA spike. Sherry led the Nanooks in Kurtis Gosney/ Sun Star Reporter the smallbore event with Business Administra- first two goals in the first ty Center last Saturday a score of 582 while Erikstion student Jared Larson period. The first one came night. Before Saturday’s son came in second with Men’s Hockey scored a short-handed from freshman defense- game, the Seawolves were 581. Liuzza finished with goal in the first period men Derek Smith while in first place in the Great The UAF Men’s Hockey a score of 578, and Anderteam opened the season with only four skaters on freshman forward Sam Northwest Athletic Conson got a 577. in Anchorage, compet- the ice to give the Nanooks Anas scored the second. ference standings, whereThe Nanooks turned in ing in the annual Kend- a 3-0 lead. as the Nanooks were tied Huysmans provided the with the Western Oregon the best score in program all Hockey Classic. The history on Sunday as they Nanooks played two Junior left wingman and lone goal for the Nanooks University Wolves for sevbeat the 14th-ranke d Ole games in the tournament, Communication student in the second period. enth. Miss University Rebels, one on Friday, Oct. 11 and Garrick Perry scored his Freshman defenseman 4694-4610. The previous the other on Saturday, first goal of the season in Connor Clifton and senior The Seawolves beat the the second period, while forward Connor Jones Nanooks in three sets. record was set back in the Oct. 12. freshman right wingman scored the following two The final scores were 2006-07 season when the and Business Adminis- goals to help clinch the 25-16 in the first set, 25-17 The Nanooks beat the Air Nanooks turned in a 4692 against Army. As a team, Force Falcons 6-1 on Fri- tration student Marcus game for the Bobcats. in the second and 25-10 the Nanooks turned in a day scoring three goals Basara scored the first Keeney finished with 17 in the third. The Nanooks 2362 in the air rifle event in the first period alone. goal of his college career saves in the Nanooks’ loss scored four points in a row, earning a brief lead. and a 2285 in the small- Sophomore right wing- in the third period. The to the Bobcats. After a Seawolf timeout, bore competition. Ander- man and Business Admin- one goal that Air Force Next weekend, the UAA regained the lead scored came in the secistration student Nolan son turned in a personalNanooks will return to best 596 in the air rifle Huysmans scored the first ond courtesy of junior the Carlson Center for the which helped them to win event, as well as a 591 in goal of the game, and it forward George Michalke. Brice Alaska Goal Rush to the second set. the smallbore competi- only took him 12 seconds. Sophomore goalie and play the Denver Univer- Sophomore outside hittion to lead all Nanook Senior center and Busi- Business Administration sity Pioneers on Friday, ter and Art student Sam ness Administration stu- student John Keeney fin- Oct. 18 and the West- Harthun finished with 13 shooters. dent Cody Kunyk scored The next matches for the two goals in this game to ished with 20 saves for the ern Michigan University kills to lead the Nanooks, Broncos on Saturday, Oct. while freshman setter and Nanooks come during the lead the Nanooks. Kunyk Nanooks. Nutrition student Katelyn first weekend of Novem- scored his first goal about The Nanooks hoped to 19. Camp finished with 28 ber when they travel to 12 minutes after Huys- carry some momentum assists. Jacksonville State Univer- mans’ goal. Kunyk scored into Saturday night’s Women’s Volleyball sity and Texas Christian his second goal about 10 game, but that was not Next week, the Nanooks University. minutes into the second the case. UAF lost 4-1 to The UAF Volleyball team will play two away games. period. the Quinnipiac Univer- played against the Uni- The first game will be sity Bobcats on Saturday. on Thursday against the Junior left wingman and The Bobcats scored their versity of Alaska Anchor- Western Washington Uniage Seawolves at the Pat-

versity Vikings in Bellingham, Washington. The second game will be on Saturday against the Simon Fraser University Clan in Burnaby, British Columbia. Cross-Country The UAF Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country teams competed in the 40th annual Western Cross Country Classic on Saturday in Bellingham, Washington. The men’s team finished in seventh place of eight teams while the women’s team finished in ninth place out of 10 teams. Red-shirt sophomore Ross MacDougall finished 39th individually out of 109 total runners to lead the men’s team. Freshman Biological Sciences student Kali Striker finished in 53rd out of 99 runners to lead the women’s team. On Saturday, Oct. 26 the Nanooks will take their talents to Monmouth, Oregon to compete for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship. Swimming The UAF Women’s Swimming team started its 2013 season with the annual Blue vs. Gold Pentathlon on Saturday, an event that featured six different types of races. Blue defeated Gold with a score of 450 to 370. Freshman Accounting student Victoria Adams earned the Swimmer of the Meet award after placing first in three different races, including the 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard IM. The first regular-season meet for the Nanooks will come in about two weeks when they take on the Biola University Eagles on Friday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 26 at noon. Both meets will take place at the Patty Center Pool.

A Nanook swimmer gets herself ready for the backstroke event. Kurtis Gosney/ Sun Star Reporter

Junior outside hitter and Business Adminstration student Britt Glaeser attempts to spike the ball past a UAA blocker. Kurtis Gosney/ Sun Star Reporter

A UAF shooter tries to lead her team to victory. Kurtis Gosney/ Sun Star Reporter

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Current UAF Nanook Women’s Volleyball record this season

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A Nanook swimmer competes in a backstroke race. Kurtis Gosney/ Sun Star Reporter

Ros McDugall’s time in the 40th Annual Western Cross Country Classic

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The place the rifle team ranked in the college rifle coaches asoc. poll

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Tuesday

Pub Trivia! starts at 8:30 p.m.

+21 ALLY WEEK! Information table will be open in the wood center from 11a.m.-2p.m. Trans Session 101 is in the Wood Center room E/F from 5:15-6:15 p.m.

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Monday

Monday Night Football! At the Pub. Starts at 4:30 p.m.

+21 Monday Night Football! Starts at 4:40 p.m. at Wood Center Multi-Level Lounge. Free popcorn!

Friday

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Tiny Pancake Breakfast! 9 p.m. at the Pub

+21 ALLY week continues with Allies Get Together. Starts at 5 p.m. at the Wood Center room E/F Arctic Innovation Competition! watch the top 20 competitors present their innovative ideas! Starts at 4 p.m. at the Wood Center Ballroom.

Wednesday

HOOP JAM! Starts at 7 p.m. at the Pub.

+21 ALLY week continues with a GSA bake sale from 11-2 p.m. in the Wood Center followed by Safe Zone training at 7 p.m. in room E/F.

Over & Under Events Calander

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The Pub will be presenting the film: DOPEMINE!! Starts at 7p.m.

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Thursday

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OPINION

College Survival Guide: The 10-year plan

a four-year degree at UAF according to projectsonstudentdebt.org. The B.S. in Physics wouldn’t have helped me figure out what to do for work as undecided as I was. Luckily for me, I slowed down, traveled some, and came up with a long-term plan to finish my degree. It’s not that I condemn the four-year plan; it works really well for some students. But I imagine there are many students that are not in the biggest hurry to start the nine to five daily grind, have babies or plan their retirement. Being a university student has some tremendous perks that evaporate away once you graduate. When else are you going to be eligible for student loans to travel the globe, tax-free student jobs, internships, free showers, cheap plane tickets, and enjoy free bus rides around town? Think about it.

The 10-year student sits atop his various acquired textbooks and ponders: Where shall the knowledge take him? October 13, 2013 Photo provided by Varpu Lotvonen

Jason Hersey Sun Star Columnist The constant reminder to finish your college degree in four years stares at you from bulletin boards, windows and banners hanging all over campus. Those happy students on the posters neglect to tell you however, of the tremendous pressure a fouryear degree puts on a student. Pumping through a fouryear degree is the fast track to the work force and paying back student loans. Most students end up taking out more loans this way, as there is little time for work and often less financial aid available. Students finishing in four will have to take 15 credits per semester without changing their degree plan or taking any extra courses. If you have taken

15 credits in a semester, you know it doesn’t leave any time for work and less money for play.Just wait until those credits are all at the 300-400 level! Your college career doesn’t have to be just about the classes. Plan for the great wide world ahead while maintaining a certain degree of sanity. Your wallet will likely thank you as well. When I started my university career in 2003, I was on the four-year plan. My first year, at a private school, cost me $25,000 for general studies courses that I could have taken from a community or state college for much cheaper. By my sophomore year at UAF, I was taking Physics and Art classes thinking that both were fun and interesting. Had I continued in this vein, I would have been 22 or 23, with around $35,000 in debt, which is the average for

Completing a degree once a student has declared her or himself a non-traditional student, one that would take six to nine credits most semesters, takes real discipline. It is easy to get caught up with all of the other things the great wide world offers, but with the right plan, it can be extremely rewarding. Enjoy being a student. Take six months off every now and again for mental health purposes or to make some cash. As long as you return to school, you don’t have to begin paying those student loans quite yet. Also, take advantage of being a 24-year-old student finally eligible for Pell Grants without including your parents’ income. You will have plenty of time to put in 25 years of work for somebody, even if you don’t start until you are 30.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013

Death toll in India temple stampede rises to 109 NEW DELHI (AP) — Pilgrims visiting a temple for a popular Hindu festival in India stampeded on fears a bridge would collapse, and at least 109 people were crushed to death or died in the river below, officials said Monday. Scores more were injured, and some bodies may have washed away.

but local media said some 500,000 people visited the temple and some were headed home when the rumors began.

Police wielding sticks had charged the crowd to contain the rush and people retaliated by throwing stones at the officers, D.K. Arya, deputy inspector general of police, said. Relatives crowded a state- One officer was badly run hospital to take the injured. bodies after the autopsies and searched frantical- The crush of the stamly for loved ones among pede killed mostly women the injured people being and children. Many bodtreated there. Volunteers ies were pulled from the and residents pulled river, but there were fears many bodies out of the that some bodies may Sindh River, where peo- have been washed away. ple had jumped when the The district medical offichaos started Sunday. cer R.S. Gupta said that Hundreds of thousands autopsies had been carof devotees had thronged ried out on 109 bodies by the remote Ratangarh vil- late Sunday. lage temple in Madhya The state has ordered a Pradesh state’s Datia dis- judicial inquiry. Engitrict to honor the Hindu neers say the bridge was mother goddess Durga on not damaged, and images the last day of the popular from the scene showed 10-day Navaratra festival. vehicles and people using Sunday’s stampede was the bridge after the stamthe second at Ratangarh. pede occurred. Around 50 people died in Prime Minister Mana stampede in 2006, and a mohan Singh expressed two-lane, concrete bridge “deep sorrow and shock was built to replace a over the loss of lives” and wooden one. asked local officials to It was not immediately help the injured and the clear how many people families of the dead. were on the bridge when “On this day of festivities, the stampede occurred, our hearts and prayers

are with the victims and their families,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement. Deadly stampedes are relatively common at temples in India, where large crowds gather in tiny areas with no safety measures or crowd control. More than 100 people were killed in a stampede at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in southern India in 2011. In 2008, around 250 Hindu pilgrims died in a stampede at the Chamunda Devi temple located in the scenic Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur in northwest India.

Your guide to the 2013 Nobel Prizes The winners are Martin Karplus of the University of Strasbourg, France, and Harvard University; Michael Levitt of the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

“I am developing my work experience,” you tell them, “traveling to cool places, getting the most out of my classes and having more fun than you on the weekends.”

unremarkable lives. She is the author of a series of story collections chronicling the lives of girls and women before and after the 1960s social revolution, including “The Moons of Jupiter,” ‘’The Progress of Love” and NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERA- “Runaway.” TURE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMThe literature prize was ISTRY given to Canada’s Alice Munro, hailed by the The chemistry prize was award-giving Swedish given to three U.S.-based Academy as a “master of scientists for developing the contemporary short computer models that story.” The 82-year-old predict complex chemical author is often called reactions that can be used “Canada’s Chekhov” for tasks like creating new for her astute, unflinch- drugs. Their approach ing and compassionate combined classical physdepiction of seemingly ics and quantum physics.

Many people donate items when they are cleaning out closets and not all are useable or wearable.

Mr. Sapp asks how “what possible significance did the scant amount of clothing” provided make a difference.

them that the right.

So if those happy students on those “finish in four” posters start snickering at you by your sixth year, just tell them you are planning a well-rounded future.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Here’s a look at the achievements being honored by this year’s Nobel Prizes, the $1.2 million awards handed out since 1901 by committees in Stockholm and Oslo:

NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS The physics prize was awarded for a theory about how subatomic particles get their mass. The theory made headlines last year when it was confirmed at the CERN laboratory in Geneva by the discovery of the elusive Higgs particle.

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I am responding to Mr. Sapp’s letter to the editor “UAF in moral free fall” (10-8-2013). First off let me make it perfectly clear that I do not consider myself a religious person and do not attend church (except for Midnight Mass services).

dent at UAF. In the years (starting semester 2010) attending this university, I have come to realize that school for younger students is more than just learning, it is a social awareness and traditions experience.

Mr. Sapp refers to the fact that FRA received 523 tons of clothing and fabric items last year, what he fails to mention is how I am a 52-year-old non- many of these donated traditional full-time stu- items were useable.

These students (and community members) donated items and had a “traditional run.” They weren’t naked nor nearly naked (I have seen skimpier summer items worn), they weren’t coerced into participating.

all) have deep traditions and while not all students agree with them, I can’t see how the offices of LIVE is advocating students to disrobe and run I would respectively sug- “nearly nude” in public. gest that as the Coordinator of Campus Bible I myself don’t think the Ministries, he also ques- volunteers that are trying tion how pennies, nick- to pass out religious literels and quarters donated ature at public entrances by generous people can at UAF buildings (usually make a difference during at least once a semester) the “red kettle campaign,” should be allowed to, but and throughout the year. I realize that our country’s This university (as with First Amendment gives

In my opinion these runners also have a constitutional right to self-expression free of judgment from those that live in the Ivory Towers. This is only my opinion. Jeff Thompson

Real men don’t cry: mixed messages and myths on sexual assalt women feel better.

Lakeidra Chavis Editor-in-Chief When I was in seventh grade, we discussed sexual assault in class and my teacher gave statistics of sexual assault prevalence by gender. My male friend laughed and told me that they included the statistics about men to make

assault as “any type of sexual contact or behavHis assertion clearly out- ior that occurs without lines a common held the explicit consent of the assumption that the recipient.” majority of our culture accepts and sometimes In 1990, 19-year-old James blindly perpetuates: only Landrith was raped by women can be victims. a pregnant woman after driving her home and getTen percent of sexual ting a hotel room, accordassault victims are male, ing to a CNN article pubaccording to the Rape, lished last Thursday. Abuse and Incest National Network. Landrith was intoxicated and never consent. One in 71 men are victims of sexual assault in Since his assault almost the United States, accord- two decades ago, Landrith ing to a 2010 Center for has spoken about crimes Disease Control’s Division committed by women of Violence national study against men. on American adults. “I want people to underMale victims are less likely stand that it’s not about to report the crime, espe- how physically strong you cially when it is female- are,” Landrith told CNN. on-male rape, according “We [men] are condito the CDC. tioned to believe that we cannot be victimized in The U.S. Department of such a way.” Justice defines sexual

Landrith is right. We currently live in a culture in which discussions about gender ethnic violence issues are automatically assumed to be female, minority violence issues. This completely excludes men from the discussion. If our current cultural model only presents men as perpetrators and women as victims, who benefits?

Victims who experience sexual trauma can suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, depression and other serious disorders.

Non-Violent Living is also available, providing a safe space for victims.

The Student Health and Counseling Center offers six free counseling sessions each academic year for students are taking at least six credits. The Women’s Center offers support to all victims by providing pamphlets and information about reporting the crime.

It doesn’t matter what the victim is wearing, who they were with, who they’ve been with, where they were or what they drank.

Sexual assault isn’t a women’s issue or a men’s issue. It’s a cultural issue There are a lot of places that can only be fixed if in Fairbanks that help vic- we take collective efforts tims regardless of gender. to end it.

It wasn’t until last year that the FBI changed the definition of rape to include It is never the victim’s fault. all genders. The past Ever. definition, which hadn’t been updated since 1927, defined sexual assault as, “the carnal knowledge If a victim decides to report of a female, forcibly and the crime to the police, the against her will.” University Police DepartThe psychological and ment, located right next physical effects sexual to the counseling center, assault can have on vic- is available and trained tims is tremendous, and to handle the crimes. The they can last for decades. Interior Alaska Center for

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LEISURE

DULY NOTED 10 life lessons that “mean girls” taught us You have your cousins, your first cousins and your second cousins.

You can be African and be white, but you cannot ask people why they are white. Also, never assume that the black girl in your class is the African exchange student. She could be from Michigan.

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Joining Mathletes is social suicide, but you do get some sweet jackets out of the deal. If you need a last minute ensemble for the Spring Fling.

If you have sex, you will get pregnant. And die. This fact is backed up by science.

To attend a school rally, you don’t even have to go to that school. All you need is a lot of feelings. (In other news, you can bake a cake out of rainbows and smiles, but what would it taste like?)

On the third day, God created the Remington Bolt Action Rifle so that man could fight the dinosaurs and the homosexuals. Luckily, the homosexuals had something to fight back with. We have Ellen.

You can be too gay to function.

Forecasting whether it’s already raining with your breasts is a marketable skill.

There are two kinds of evil people in this world. Those who do evil stuff and those who see evil stuff being done and don’t try to stop it. That’s a Martin Luther King quote, right?

If you make out with a hot dog, it’s defensible if it’s only one time. Call it the Oscar Meyer Defense. courtsey of thought catalog

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