The Bark - December 2018

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Letter from the Editor

UMD alcohol policy guidelines more strict than College of St. Scholastica’s

Duluth still suffers from opioid crisis

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08 Bulldog of the Month: Lizzie Easter

Vikre Distillery captures the spirit of Duluth

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14 Vaping epidemic reaches Duluth schools

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Birds, bees and LGBT+

Puzzles, announcements and corrections

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Students, Welcome to our special themed issue of The Bark titled Sex, Drugs and Alcohol.

The phrase “sex, drugs and rock n’ roll” is a phrase that is typically associated with an era of change and rebellion where young adults were stepping away from the norms of society to create change. I believe that as college students we are always looking for a way to push our world in a new direction. Weather that be politically or socially there seems to be an ongoing theme of breaking the mold.

We are taking this phrase and making it our own by shedding light on the misconceptions, issues and positive strides surrounding the topics of sex, drugs and alcohol.

For the next week we will be continuing to post a wide range of stories on TheBarkUMD.com and we encourage you to be apart of the conversation by using the hashtag #TheBarkSDA and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to be the first to see stories once they are posted.

From all of us here at The Bark good luck with the rest of your semester and happy holidays! We will see you back next semester!

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Natalie is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in political science. This will be her third year at The Bark where she has formerly held roles of reporter, online director

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and social media manager. She is originally from Eden Prairie, MN.

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THE VIKRE DISTILLERY IS LOCATED IN CANAL PARK JUST NEXT TO THE ICONIC LIFT BRIDGE. PHOTO: JUSTIN FLESHER

VIKRE DISTILLERY CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF DULUTH By: Justin Flesher

Emily and Joel Vikre are the seemingly unlikely owners of Duluth’s newest alcohol related endeavor, craft spirits.

While their business may have started off as an improbable idea, Vikre Distillery has quickly become a staple of the Duluth landscape, incorporating the unique culture and resources of Northern Minnesota into new and innovative lines of spirits.

“We’re not people who ever had any intention of owning a distillery,” said Emily Vikre, the co-founder and president of the Northland’s only operating distillery, Vikre.

The idea was first born roughly five years ago when Emily and Joel were home visiting Emily’s parents in Duluth. During the trip, they heard an old story about a group of Scottish men who claimed to make the best whiskey in the world simply because they had the world’s best water and barley.

“We were like, actually, Duluth has the best water in the world, and we grow grain here,” Emily said. “We started thinking that someone should make a Minnesota whiskey, and there

wasn’t based on size. So, no matter what size distillery you owned, you had to pay the same licensing fee that the huge ethanol plants do, which made it impossible to be a small distillery,” Emily said.

CO-OWNER, EMILY VIKRE, POURING A GLASS OF SPIRITS AT THE VIKRE DISTILLERY. PHOTO COURTESY OF VIKRE DISTILLERY.

weren’t even any distilleries in Minnesota at the time.”

It was only about four months later when Emily and Joel decided to leave the east coast and move back to Duluth to pursue their newfound dream of opening the city’s first distillery. As luck would have it, the couples move home happened just as Minnesota passed the “Surly Bill”.

Although the Surly Bill is known for being the bill that allowed breweries to serve their own brew on site, Emily says it’s also the bill that gave them a shot at opening their own distillery.

“There were no distilleries in Minnesota before that because the licensing fee for distilleries

However, part of the new Surly Bill said that the state would set a new licensing fee for distilleries under a certain size. Then, only a few years later, another bill followed that allowed craft distilleries to serve their own products on-site as well.

Today, roughly four years after first opening, Vikre Distillery has grown substantially. The company that started off selling only three types of their Boreal Gin has since expanded to include aquavit, vodka and whiskey, with a total of ten spirit varietals. They’ve also expanded into nine other states, including as far away states as Maryland and North Carolina.

Although Emily and Joel are thrilled with their success thus far, being profitable is far from the only thing they care about.

They also want to do their part to help the Duluth community and its surrounding landscape.

“We just really try and commit to doing things in the most environmentally and community focused way that we can,” Emily said.

On top of being a zero-waste business, the distillery also works to play and active role in the community that it cherishes.

“We try and be involved in a lot of nonprofit missions and say yes to helping out at as many fundraisers as we can,” Emily said. “We also allow people to bring their work here and do fundraisers here.”

Whether you’re a Minnesota native who enjoys supporting small family owned businesses or simply a fan of quality craftspirits, Vikre Distillery is sure to have something for you.

While their products seem to have exploded into Minnesota liquor stores across the state, the cocktail room at the distillery also offers seasonal craft cocktails, made with 100% homemade ingredients.

Take a peek at their “It’s Almost Winter” cocktail menu, or stop by their location in Canal Park to taste for yourself.

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REGISTERING TO VOTE? IT’S EASY IN MINNESOTA THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOW UMD AND CSS HANDLE ALCOHOL ON THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES, INCLUDING THE DIFFERENT POLICIES BOTH CAMPUSES FOLLOW IN THEIR ON-CAMPUS APARTMENTS. PHOTO: JAKE BARNARD

UMD ALCOHOL POLICY GUIDELINES MORE STRICT THAN COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA’S This means that no alcohol is allowed anywhere on campus. However, alcohol is permitted at events if approved by the chancellor.

By: Brianna Taggart The University of Minnesota Duluth and the College of St. Scholastica (CSS) have two different approaches regarding their alcohol policies. UMD has stricter guidelines, whereas CSS leans toward less harsh violations and more alcoholic education.

“Alcohol is allowed on campus in very limited circumstances,” Dr. Erwin said. “When the chancellor approves of the event, the folks serving the alcohol have to have a number of Minnesota required trainings, so only people of age can purchase alcohol.”

According to Vice Chancellor of UMD Lisa Erwin, UMD does not use the terms “dry” or “wet” when describing their alcohol policy.

“Dry makes sense, and wet makes sense,” Dr. Erwin said.

“We are somewhere on that spectrum leaning much closer to ‘dry.’ This is a regent’s policy, which means it was approved by the Board of Regents. It was last updated in 2013 and applies to all five campuses of the University of Minnesota.

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VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH, DR. LISA ERWIN. PHOTO COURTESY OF UMD.

The guiding principles are around compliance, education, counseling, and health and safety.”

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These requirements mean that the people in charge of the facilities and the people pouring the alcohol must be licensed.

One group of people at UMD licensed to have alcohol at events, after approval from Chancellor Black, is Kirby Student Center. They acquired this license in 2014, according to Dr. Erwin. This allows them to rent out facilities, such as Kirby

Ballroom, to outsiders and make money. This income allows Kirby to have lower student fees.

If people want to request alcohol for an on-campus event, they must fill out a form and send it to the chancellor.

Just like how the chancellor must approve any event with alcohol on campus, the dean of students at CSS must also approve of every event with alcohol no matter their differences in other aspects of their policies, according to Elliot Johnston, CSS’s director of residential life.

“I call our policy damp, meaning that alcohol is allowed in some spots,” Johnston said. “Of course we follow state law.

You have to be 21 years old to consume, similar to UMD where there has to be some approval regarding an event with alcohol. The dean of students has to approve that.”

According to CSS’s alcohol policy, alcohol is not allowed in the dorms at all even if a resident is 21 years old or older.

However, alcohol is allowed in the on-campus apartments.

Residents over 21 years old are allowed to consume alcohol in the apartments even if they are rooming with someone underage.

Johnston said that the on call staff are provided with breathalyzers to combat underage drinking on campus.

This ensures that underage students who are around alcohol will not be penalized for being sober or for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“So, if you’re the sober driver, you don’t have to worry about not hanging out and being responsible and you don’t have to worry about hiding and being scared about being caught for just being there,” Johnston said. “Just because you can’t drink doesn’t mean that

you can’t socialize when your friends want to drink alcohol.”

CSS wants to take a more lenient and educational approach to alcohol that creates a conversation about safe drinking, according to Johnston.

At CSS, when a student violates the policy, they may be required to do community service and take an online assessment about alcohol safety or talk to a counselor instead of just paying a fine.

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awareness and knowledge that supports noticing events and interpreting events as a problem, to deliver tools and strategies that inform safe and effective intervention and to build confidence and motivation that inspires taking personal responsibility to act.”

By: Marta Rigstad Lizzie Easter is a senior psychology major and early childhood studies minor. Easter is a part of SHE, or Sexual Health Educators, through UMD Health Services Peer Health Educators program.

SHE is a student organization that works to educate the UMD community about sexual and personal health.

“My involvement with SHE includes weekly meetings, as well as giving presentations,” Easter said. “Sometimes we use our meeting time to discuss things in the group such as upcoming presentation requests or format of our presentations, but sometimes we have speakers come in and educate us on different topics.

[These include] information about physiology of sex, interrupting microaggressions, birth control or STIs.”

BULLDOG OF THE MONTH LIZZIE EASTER. EASTER IS A SENIOR PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR AND EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES MINOR. PHOTO COURTESY OF LIZZIE EASTER.

The most taught topics in presentations are bystander intervention and sexual health.

According to the UMD Health Services website, “the goals of the bystander intervention initiative are to increase

SHE gives presentations to classes and organizations on campus. Easter explained that the group gives presentations to UMD seminar classes, as well as a few student groups including Greek Life and athletics. Some of the workshops that SHE holds are open to the Duluth community.

SHE presentations usually consist of a game of jeopardy or a powerpoint lecture on the topics being discussed.

On top of being a SHE member, Easter is also a leader for the UMD sailing club and volunteers with Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA).

“I really care about teaching people to be kind and inclusive, which is why I love SHE,” Easter said. “I also believe in advocating for people who need it, specifically victims of assault.

I believe that talking about problems and educating is far more effective in prevention than any responsive programing.”

Easter shared what she wished young people knew about sexual health and how to live a healthy personal lifestyle.

“One thing that I wish young people knew about healthy sex is that it is okay to not know all of the answers and want to try new things,” Easter said.

“We get many, many questions during our presentations that people feel awkward asking and we always validate that we are there to educate.”

“Our society does not do a great job teaching people about how to have healthy sex lives and I strive to make sure that everyone

One thing that I wish young people knew about healthy sex is that it is okay to not know all of the answers and want to try new things.

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in the classes that I present to leave knowing something new,” Easter said. “I always try to encourage students to lean into any awkwardness or judgment that they feel and try to use it to learn.”

If you are interested in getting involved or learning more about SHE contact director Dori Decker at ddecker@d. umn.edu.

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BIRDS, BEES AND LGBT+ By: Maren Friemann Sex. It’s still something of a taboo subject, especially in America’s schools where abstinence is typically one of the only forms of sex education offered. Comprehensive sex ed is often a missing variable in health curriculum, and when sex ed does expand beyond abstinence, it is rarely inclusive of students who aren’t heterosexual and cisgender.

Many students don’t feel prepared for adult relationships when they come to college.

WRAC intern Jade Moorse offered her opinion on sex ed in schools.

Sexual Health Educator (SHE) Melissa Peirson gave her perspective as well.

“I personally went to Catholic private school for 13 years, so no, I was not prepared and I believe that many others were also not ready/educated,” Peirson said in her email response. “I had a very minimal amount of sexual education — once in fifth grade for two days and then again in high school. It mainly consisted of the basic anatomy of the penis and the vagina.”

Peirson noted that STIs are often used as a scare tactic in sex ed.

“In my mind, I thought STIs were the scariest and most deadly diseases out there,” Peirson said.

“My sex ed was mainly used to scare me into never participating in sexual encounters because the repercussions I was taught included having a baby and dying from an STI.”

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“In all honesty, [sex ed in schools] doesn’t really teach anyone about how to have healthy relationships or even consent,” Moorse said in an email. “Many people draw on what is idealized in the media, which isn’t always the most healthy of relationships shown.

I know that some people had great sex ed, but my personal experience was we learned the anatomy of the reproductive systems (not even including a conversation of intersex folx) and STIs,

which were meant as more of a medical scare tactic than talking about the fact that many STIs are treatable.”

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Most sex ed programs don’t touch on important topics like consent, either.

“I didn’t learn [what] consent was until I was in college,” Moorse said. “I learned it in a medical form, but not in a sense of relationships.”

With many students coming to college with misconceptions about sex, Wellness Coordinator Dori Decker provided some insight on what UMD offers in terms of sexual health education.

“The importance of communication in relationships, and affirmative consent, are included in every presentation we give,” Decker said in her email. “We use gender neutral language. We discuss safer sex practices from multiple perspectives.”

Decker also reported that they cover “social norms and UMD specific survey data, for instance, the number of students at UMD who report practicing abstinence in the past 12 months (40%); sexual anatomy including the definition of intersex; sexually transmitted infections (with the

intention to reduce stigma); and types of birth control methods.”

LGBT+ students may be left even more uninformed than others, since most sex education neglects to discuss sex other than sex between a cisgender man and a cisgender woman.

“I personally did not know what the word “lesbian” correctly meant until my junior year of high school,” Peirson said. “And even then it was seen as negative and used as a slur. The problem is that our schools are not teaching inclusive education ... causing conformity in children rather than curiosity. Instead many sex ed courses use gender binary terms and do not even scratch the surface of LGBTQ+ topics.”

Second-year student Alexis Kostek offered her experience with LGBT+ inclusivity in sex ed.

“It wasn’t even a topic in sex ed,” Kostek said. “I literally had to scour the Internet to find how anything worked, relating to same-sex sex or even the notion of it.”

Kostek noted that sex ed doesn’t discuss other identities, which can leave

I personally did not know what the word “lesbian” correctly meant until my junior year of high school.

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students without words to describe how they feel.

“I didn’t know that that was even a possibility [being any identity other than straight] until I was in ninth grade and discovered some really

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open friends and found out that I didn’t have any interest in guys,” Kostek said.

Kostek thinks that sex ed needs to change. “[It should] be more inclusive,” Kostek said. “It should include how lesbians have sex, how gay men have sex, you know, anyone, and the protective measures you have with that. [You should] have education about dental dams or lubes or whatever you need.”

Regardless of your school experience with sex ed, or what your gender identity and sexual orientation are, there are resources available at UMD for students to learn more about their sexual health.

WRAC hosts events surrounding sexual health throughout the year, and SHE is a group dedicated to educating others about sexual health, including inclusive perspectives.

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DULUTH STILL SUFFERS FROM OPIOID CRISIS By: Zack Benz

The opioid epidemic has been gripping the nation for years with current statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH) estimating the death toll at 72,000 in 2017. A large increase from the 33,000 deaths reported in 2015.

The Minnesota Department of Health reports that 396 deaths had taken place in the state in 2016. There was also 2,036 emergency room visits related to the drug. Overdose deaths continue to rise.

According to the NIH, opioids are drugs that include heroin, synthetic opioids like fentanyl and pain relievers available by legal prescription like oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine and many others.

“Within the city of Duluth, we are experiencing the same burden of opioid abuse that the country is currently experiencing,” Lauretta Perry, drug and alcohol educator

at UMD said. “At UMD we have had virtually no evidence of it on campus, but we are not so naive as to think it’s not likely, or possibly, coming our way.”

“Someone receives a legally prescribed opioid following a surgery and continues to take it beyond what is needed,” Perry said. “When that medication runs out, they may obtain pills from someone who has some left over from a prescription they received.”

According to Perry, there have been documented opioid overdoses by both the Duluth Police Department and local emergency rooms.

According to Perry, users search for other forms of opioids in medicine cabinets.

When that fails, Perry said they turn to heroin.

“Our campus police have been trained in how to administer Naloxone, the medication used to reverse an opioid overdose and they carry a nasal form of the medication on their person in the event that a situation arises,” Perry said over email.

“Again, to date, we have not had to use it, nor have we had any overdoses on campus, but we are prepared in the event of it.

“Due to the highly addictive nature of opioids, it becomes problematic relatively fast,” Perry said.

Lieutenant Mike Kazel with the Duluth Police Department (DPD) drug task force said opioids can hit anywhere.

Perry stated that prescribed medications are the ‘gateway’ for both college student and young adult opioid use.

“It hits all parts of the county,” Kazel said. “It’s everywhere that opioids are available to the public.”

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“It involves law enforcement,” Kazel said. “As a task force we’ve asked for more resources.”

According to Kazel, the task force has been very successful and will continue to be so.

Kazel stated that the DPD will also continue to educate the public on the issue.

“We’ll do multiple forums educating them on the problems with opioids,” Kazel said. “Then there’s treatment. Helping people who are driving the demand for opioids, to get them help so they are removed from that pool of addiction.”

Kazel advises those who have prescription opioids, that are no longer in use, to dispose of them properly.

“There’s a facility at the Duluth Public Safety Building where you can get rid of them,” Kazel said. “There’s also multiple pharmacies with drop boxes so they’re not just hanging out in your medicine cabinet.”

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors and that the intentional effects are to relieve pain. Opioids also produce respiratory depression and have a potential for misuse, dependence, addiction, withdrawal, and overdose.

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According to Kazel, the DPD has a three pronged approach to combat opioid abuse.

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VAPING EPIDEMIC REACHES DULUTH SCHOOLS By: Vincent Harvieux The Food and Drug Administration has labeled it an epidemic. More and more youths, some even in the fifth and sixth grade, have become addicted to vaping.

Merriam-Webster defines vape/ vaping as “to inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device (such as an electronic cigarette) that heats up and vaporizes a liquid or solid.”

The problem has bled into Duluth schools. Danette Seboe, principal of Duluth East high school, said that the school sent out an anonymous survey earlier this year to all the students asking them about vape use in the school.

“We have a lot of students complaining about using the bathrooms,” Seboe said, “because there’s somebody always vaping in them.”

Seboe said that according to the survey, 50 to 75 percent of kids at the school vape or have used at some point. Also, the majority of kids thought that most students were vaping on

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a regular basis, which relates to multiple times a week to multiple times a day.

“It’s all kinds of students,” Seboe said, “honor students, athletes, band, drama, kids who don’t participate in extracurriculars, we are definitely seeing that it’s pretty evenly spread.”

When they have had conversations with students, Seboe said that some students say that they are addicted and that they don’t know about what they should do.

“They didn’t necessarily understand it when they started,” Seboe said. “Some don’t think it’s harmful, some don’t think it’s addictive, or they think it’s a better alternative to smoking.”

Amanda Casady, tobacco control project manager at the American Lung Association in Minnesota, said that the new vaping products, like Juul, Sourin and Ovos contain higher amounts of nicotine than the original e-cigarettes.

Each Juul pod contains 58 mg of nicotine, which is equivalent to a pack of cigarettes.

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Casady said that there is documented research that shows how nicotine is not safe for a developing brain. It can cause learning difficulty, lower attention spans and memory loss.

“By the time the kids are fully addicted which it only takes about a week or two,” Casady said, “kids are going through at least a pod a day, in some cases we’ve heard kids using up to four a day. Basically an entire generation who wouldn’t be pack-a-day smokers, are now pack-a-day smokers.”

So then, why do they vape in the first place?

“A lot of our students are feeling the pressure to use,” Seboe said. “They told us that that peer pressure is the single biggest factor. It feels like everybody is doing this, so I should.”

According to the school survey, students are getting their vaping products from other kids in the school. The students who are 18 buy the products and sell them to the other kids. Students also order the products online, which is easier for them because it cuts out the middleman.

In order to control the use of the devices being used in the school, the faculty presented information to teachers about trying to catch the students vaping in the classroom. After the teachers were made aware about what vaping devices look and smell like, Seboe said that’s when the number of confiscated items went up.

They mostly confiscate Sourins and Ovo. Seboe said that the students have said that the Juul is not as popular and the students are starting to sell them. Seboe said that it’s a rare day when they don’t confiscate any devices.

“On our busiest days, it’s five to ten a day,” Seboe said.

Earlier this year, Duluth passed an ordinance that restricted the sale of flavored smoking products in convenience stores.

In lieu of Hermantown passing the T21 ordinance, no tobacco sales to anyone under 21, Casady said that the Duluth City Council will put it up for vote within the next couple of months.

Anyone looking for more information about vaping or tobacco products, contact American Lung Association in Minnesota at (218) 726-4721.

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