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Haunted Ship cancelled for upcoming Halloween season

Lizzo and Rob $tone headline UMD’s homecoming concert

PolyMet ignores Minnesota interests

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What’s trending at UMD?

Clearing up catering misconceptions

Puzzles, announcements and corrections

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Bulldog of the Month: Alexandera Houchin

KUMD DJ Rhys Finnegan wants Duluth to give “lefty weirdos” their due

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HAUNTED SHIP CANCELLED FOR UPCOMING HALLOWEEN SEASON

By Brianna Taggart The SS William A. Irvin’s Haunted Ship will be cancelled this Halloween season due to restoration for both the ship and pollution control in the sediment.

The Irvin was moved to Fraser Shipyards in Superior, Wisconsin, on Sept. 21, 2018.

It will return to its regular place in the water in Spring 2019, according to City Councilor at Large Zack Filipovich.

“The main reason [the ship will be moved] is to fix the seawall,” Filipovich said. “The second reason is the pollution.”

For about the past 40 years, the Irvin has not been drydocked and has remained in the same area of water, The Minnesota Slip, according to

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Filipovich. This slip of water is one of the most contaminated slips in the Minnesota harbor.

It is because of this that the time came for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to come in and do something about it.

To keep the contaminates from getting into Lake Superior and affecting surrounding wildlife, these two agencies are going to make sure this sediment stays in place by capping it with clay, according to Filipovich.

“We want to make sure tourists and people visiting the Haunted Ship stay safe,” Filipovich said.

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Along with fixing the seawall, Filipovich said the haul of the ship will also be looked at to make sure it stays intact “so [the Irvin] can be in the water for another 50 years.”

This is an $8.6 million project, according to Filipovich.

However, he believes this is a necessary project that will benefit the community.

“I think this is a positive thing for the community and that they’ll understand this needs to be done,” Filipovich said.

“And, maybe this will make the community miss [the Haunted Ship] and more people will come back for it during the next Halloween season.”

According to William A. Irvin Manager Alexis Archambeau, the Haunted Ship normally brings

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in about 22 thousand people in the 15 days they are open.

They also have over 100 actors who participate in the event.

are planning on volunteering at other Halloween events in Duluth or taking the time off to enjoy Halloween with their friends.

“It’s going to be really weird for the community I think,” Archambeau said. “The Haunted Ship has been going on since 1992. I think it’s important that people know that we’re not the people choosing to move the Irvin. We would rather it just stay, but it’s been pushed back all summer from where it normally sits for the seawall repair and to cap the sediment the ship does need to move.”

University of WisconsinSuperior third-year student Seth Lamoreaux has been a seasonal employee at the Irvin since 2014 and is excited for the time off.

Although this 15-day event will be cancelled this year, it will return for the Halloween season in 2019. This means that the people normally working at the Haunted Ship will get that time off. According to Archambeau, some of the actors

“This year without the Haunted Ship, it’s going to be nice,” Lamoreaux said. “I get a break off Halloween, so I’m planning on going around town that night.”

As an employee, he would do a lot of things; working the concessions stand and checking maintenance on the Haunted Ship, for example.

THE WILLIAM A. IRVIN UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION ON SEPT. 14, 2018.

THE IRVIN WAS MOVED TO FRASER SHIPYARDS IN SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, ON SEPT. 21, 2018. PHOTO: JAKE BARNARD

“I know a lot of [the actors] are going to miss it,” Lamoreaux said. “We will be open next year, so hopefully people will come even though we missed a year.”

One common visitor of the ship, current third-year student at UMD Dianna Mellema, has been frequenting it for the past two years.

to have the house cancelled this year, but it’s alright, as I understand the ship’s undergoing maintenance.”

“My favorite part of the Haunted Ship is the haunted house itself,” Mellema said. “It’s interesting to see how it changes year to year. It’s a little disappointing

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WHAT’S TRENDING AT UMD?

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BULLDOG OF THE MONTH:

ALEXANDERA HOUCHIN

By Zack Benz Alexandera Houchin is a senior at UMD majoring in American Indian Studies and Chemistry. Houchin said she “really likes to ride bikes.”

of preparation. It took Houchin years to properly equip for the competition on the Rockies.

“You have to have all the gear and you have to save up money for traveling,” Houchin said.

Houchin’s passion for cycling can be seen in her blog, Alex, and her rastro, and her recent bicycling achievements.

Houchin said she started preparing in 2015 in Antelope Wells, New Mexico, touring north toward Canada.

Houchin is the female winner of the 2018 Tour Divide, an annual mountain biking event that spans 2,745 miles of the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico.

“We did that in 45 days, just chilling and having a grand, old time,” Houchin said.

“During that, I saw the [Tour Divide] racers going south and thought ‘oh, that looks cool.’ I didn’t think I’d ever be athletic enough to do that.”

“You go up and over the Rocky Mountains, zigzagging back and forth all the way down to Mexico,” Houchin said.

Houchin was first inspired to attempt this race by a documentary on the Tour Divide.

“I watched this documentary years back about a bunch of these people who race [Continental Divide],” Houchin said. “It was recommended to me, so I watched it and I was like ‘oh my god, I have to do that.’”

According to Houchin, a race like the Tour Divide requires a lot

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Houchin stated that she took another bike tour in 2017, where she rode from Tucson, Arizona, to Canada with a friend on a different route.

“I was going to race back down but I quit day three into the race,” Houchin said.

“My bike was falling apart.

I ran out of money. I had all sorts of different excuses.”

Houchin said giving up on something she loved to do was eating at her soul. She believed

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I did a race on my birthday weekend. I was like ‘I’m going to do eight races in my 28th year of life.’

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that she set her goals too high for that race, so the next year she was reeling about it.

Houchin stated that she wanted to get back out on her bike, so she decided to set a new goal after her 28th birthday last year.

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“I did a race on my birthday weekend,” Houchin said. “I was like ‘I’m going to do eight races in my 28th year of life.’”

Houchin has achieved a total of seven races and will accomplish the eighth right

ALEXANDERA HOUCHIN CELEBRATED AT THE SUMMIT OF FOOSES THIS PAST JULY. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEXANDERA HOUCHIN

after her 29th birthday.

Houchin’s eighth race, the Marji Gesick, will take place Sept.

21-23 in Ishpeming, Michigan.

“I’m super nervous about it,” Houchin said. “I’ve never really raced my bike less than 400 miles.”

Houchin stated she has one bike but had to replace several parts of it over the summer.

“As I started studying the tribes, I realized that I wanted to work with my tribe back home so I moved back,” Houchin said.

According to Houchin, Arizona was “way too dry” and extremely hot, the complete opposite of the northern Minnesota climate she was accustomed to.

“My bike is tired,” Houchin said. “I just did a race in Boise, Idaho, and my bike made it through, but I got a flat tire.”

“I feel like every little bird’s got to fly away from home,” Houchin said. “I flew all the way to Arizona and found out it’s just too hot, and there’s just no water. Two big things that we have here.”

Houchin said her bike has been really struggling but is hoping it makes it through her eighth race.

Houchin said she fell in love with UMD’s American Indian Studies program.

Houchin said she focuses on school rather than cycling during the academic year.

“First off, it’s focused on the Great Lakes tribes, which is important to me,” Houchin said. “The faculty in that department are extraordinary.”

“I didn’t ride at all during the school year last year,” Houchin said. “Hopefully this year is a little different so I can juggle both of them.”

Before studying at UMD, Houchin attended the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Arizona.

“The [American Indian Studies] program there is super distinguished,” Houchin said.

“It’s a really good program.”

Houchin stated she didn’t realize how different the southwest tribes were from the Great Lake tribes. This realization was part of the reason she transferred to UMD. That, and the differences in climates.

Houchin is a proud member of the Fond du Lac nation.

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the people I want to serve.”

about,” Houchin said.

Houchin stated she does not only want to learn about her own Fond du Lac culture or the culture of Lake Superior Ojibwe but wants to acquire knowledge on “all of Indian country.”

Houchin suggested that current students should take classes that they’re interested in.

“American Indian Studies will help teach me more about things that I don’t know

“If you’re interested in it, you’re going to apply yourself more and be invested in it,” Houchin said. “That’s where you might get pulled in another direction.

Keep following your heart.”

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Houchin stated that another specialty of the UMD American Indian Studies program is the sense of community.

“It’s small,” Houchin said. “I know all of these teachers.

[The University of Arizona] is a big school. It’s one of the biggest schools in the nation. I was just a number.”

According to Houchin, she’s invested less in chemistry than she is in American Indian Studies.

“I’m actually going to school to be a dentist,” Houchin said.

“I want to work with native populations so I thought I should take American Indian Studies so I can understand

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LIZZO AND ROB $TONE HEADLINE UMD’S HOMECOMING CONCERT

By Kevin Fischer Lizzo and Rob $tone will be performing at UMD’s homecoming concert on October 13th, at parking lot E. “We haven’t had a homecoming concert this big in a while,” Kirby Program Board Advisor Erin Olson said.

KPB has been organizing the event since early this summer, lining performers up and setting up the venue, which became the parking lot outside of the UMD library.

The fall and spring concerts each had a capacity of around 1,250 people, but the homecoming concert of this year is expected to fit around 2,500 people, effectively doubling size.

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“This was the number one spot we wanted so we’re pumped,” KPB president Kevin Adah said. “The concert will be only 100 feet away from the football field.”

Lizzo is a soul, R&B, and hiphop artist. She first started her musical career in Minneapolis, and has quickly grown more popular nationally, especially among students at UMD. She will be performing alongside Rob $tone for the first time. He was scheduled to perform at last year’s spring concert, but

weather issues moved the date to the fall homecoming concert.

His tour begins shortly after the homecoming concert at UMD, so it gives students a good chance to see him before he takes off across the country.

Last year the spring concert had Ty Dolla $ign, but due to the bad weather, it had to be cancelled. KPB offered to refund those tickets for those who purchased them, and over 100 people got their money back.

“I’ll go this year, considering the weather,” said UMD sophomore Andrew Dale.

The concert will be held outside, and is open to students on campus or to people outside of the school. The tickets will be five dollars for students and ten for anyone else outside of campus. They are available every Tuesday at the Garage.

CLEARING UP CATERING MISCONCEPTIONS

By Clare Cade

Catering policies have long been a complaint of student organizations on campus as a result of measures put in place to prevent food safety issues.

catering policies stems from a food safety perspective.

“This issue has nothing to do with catering—they have a responsibility to make sure the food is safe,” he said.

According to the UMD Food Service Policy, UMD Dining Services is the exclusive campus food and beverage service provider for all events on campus.

Smyth reiterated that the university holds liability for anything that happens on campus, including foodborne illnesses that stem from food served on campus.

This means that any events held on campus must go through catering for their food options, and adhere to beverage guidelines. According to the policy website, UMD has an exclusive contract with CocaCola and all beverages provided during on campus events must be distributed by Coke, milk and coffee excluded.

Laura Lott, UMD’s resident Public Health Specialist from the Environmental Health and Safety Office, said that the biggest concern from a food safety standpoint is that someone might get sick from eating food at a university sponsored event. This could mean bad press or potential legal action for the university.

This can be an issue for student organizations who want to bring their own food while having the ease of hosting their event on campus.

“Last year we had to hold African Night for the Black Student Association off campus because in previous years, the food provided on campus was not as authentic as we wanted it to be,” Olivia Osei-Tutu, a member of the Black Student Organization, said. “We had to resort to going off campus in order to bring the food we wanted to use.”

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to show them that the cooks are capable of doing these dishes,” Shelly Schwarz, the Dining Services Catering Supervisor, said that “If it’s not on the menu, we can still do it,” Olson said.

When a student group places an order with catering they will go through one to three tastings before the event takes place.

This helps the chefs ensure that the food tastes the way that the student group imagined it.

Tom Linderholm, UMD’s Executive Chef, said that he appreciates the learning opportunities that come with providing catering services for a

diverse range of student organizations, and that he enjoys working with the students and understanding their expectations for the events.

“We can make just about anything,” Linderholm said.

There are no concrete plans in place to change the university’s food service policies in the future.

“This is a great time to look at some of our practices and policies in dining because of new leadership coming in,” Smyth said, in regards to the new Director of Dining Services, Betsy Hegelson.

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Catering and food safety policies are in place on campus to prevent these issues and ensure the safety of the people consuming food at on-campus events.

“I think the biggest thing is that even though it seems like its cut and dry that catering has to be used,” Lott said.

“Whenever I refer a group to them, they are always very cooperative and flexible.”

Sue Olson, the Dining Service Catering Manager, said that dining services wants to accommodate student groups, however the potential for contamination is high when food is not prepared in UMD kitchens.

Student groups often worry about the authenticity of the food prepared by catering.

Organizations in the Multicultural Center can require their food to taste a certain way.

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“We’ve really strived hard to work with the student groups

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KUMD DJ RHYS FINNEGAN WANTS DULUTH TO GIVE “LEFTY WEIRDOS” THEIR DUE

By Vincent Harvieux

On Wednesday nights, from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., DJ Rhys can be heard at 103.3 FM KUMD. Rhys Finnegan has been involved with KUMD ever since he stepped foot on campus.

“I was a big fan of Radio K at the Twin Cities campus,” Finnegan said. “I had friends who worked there, so when I heard about KUMD I was really excited to be apart of it.”

Finnegan arrives at the studio at around 10 p.m. to prep what music he plans to play that day.

KUMD has a library that is wall to wall CDs where Finnegan tries to pick what music he thinks that needs to be played. He thinks that he knows about 60 to 75 percent of all the music in the library. Finnegan also says that he tends to break the rules because he does not play as much newer music as he should.

“Not that have digs against new music,” Finnegan said, “but there’s a lot of music that I listen to which is really underground

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or left field, what I try to play is music that had a big impact on me and would do a good job for anyone who listens to the kind of music KUMD has.”

KUMD primarily plays indie music which Finnegan says is “basically my life.” He attributes his love of music to his dad.

“When I was a kid he did his part in showing me and my sister a lot of interesting music,” Finnegan said. “The fact that my dad had this music was the perfect scenario of like, this is exactly what I needed to be hearing as a kid. I got to be this musical weirdo because of this music that ended up in my life.”

Finnegan listened to a lot of alternative radio as a kid, which helped him find a passion in discovering new music.

“When you get that itch of looking for stuff that you haven’t heard of before,” Finnegan said, “that’s the exciting part about it. It’s like when people talk about finding treasure.

And it’s like, this thing exists

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and no one’s heard about it and that gets me excited.”

Growing up in Shakopee, Finnegan says that it doesn’t have a large indie crowd. He says that he would hang out with pop punk people, but would get tired of hearing the same music.

Since coming to Duluth he has been able stretch his discovery muscles and express himself creatively, though not through his own creative work per se, but through his creative expression.

Finnegan used to be in a band with some friends, where he would write and record the music. They no longer play together since going to college, but now he wants to start one up again.

He said he got his guitar a while ago, but has been playing seriously for the past four to five years and is self taught.

“I was never a live show person,” Finnegan said, “but being able to watch shows like that and see photography of that stuff is mind boggling. There’s a lot

of bands like Fugazee or Tera Melos, who have these insane live shows. People are flipping over with guitars and flying around and that looks insane and crazy and super exciting to me.”

Lenny Dagel is a sophomore at UMD, same as Finnegan, and friend who will usually come hangout with Finnegan during his show. Dagel thinks since becoming a DJ, Rhys has been expressing himself more.

“It helps him come out of his shell and be passionate about what he’s passionate about,” Dagel said, “And share that with whoever listens into the station. It’s neat to see him have an outlet that he can just completely nerd out in.”

Finnegan is in the process of changing from being a music student to becoming a marketing major. He still sees his future involving radio.

“There’s a path on the road, I think,” Finnegan said. “I’m definitely not planning on leaving KUMD anytime soon, I want to

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see this whole thing through and see what I can do. Once I got here it’s like this could be an exciting thing down the road.”

being able to get that out of people, true excitement, enjoyment out of what you’re doing makes me really happy.”

His dad has recommended that he get an internship at 89.3 The Current. Finnegan is a fan of The Current but still hasn’t decided on whether or not to apply.

Even at KUMD, the staff have been very happy with Finnegan’s involvement with the radio station. The College Music Director, Mike Mayou said via email:

Currently he only has one show a week, but is looking to get on the air more for the experience. He’s been trying to sub on a daytime show and KUMD has been looking for more daytime subs. Nothing has happened yet but Finnegan is still trying to become a sub.

Finnegan’s favorite part about DJing is getting a reaction to what he plays from people who listen in.

“My sister who’s going to the U right now,” Finnegan said, “she’s like ‘I’ll listen in, do you mind playing The Local Natives?’ I’m like sure and she lit up and was super excited.

She was texting me oh my god, The Local Natives, just

“Rhys always brings a smile to KUMD and music committee and has helped recruit new students to join the radio station. We are so happy to have him involved on-air as a DJ and in our music and marketing committees, among other things, at KUMD.” Since becoming a DJ, Finnegan has be able to express his inner indie nerd where he wasn’t able to back when he was younger. It has also allowed him to further his passion for music discovery.

“KUMD was a great opportunity to be able to take this interest that I have and finally being able to express this interests that I’ve had for years.” Finnegan said.

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AS A STUDENT: POLYMET IGNORES MINNESOTA INTERESTS

By Evan Hughes Sulfuric acid is meant to clean toilets, unclog drains, dissolve rust, and occasionally burn through human skin. I mean, it’s battery acid, and it is NOT meant to be a part of an ecosystem - polluting rivers, lakes and groundwater.

PolyMet’s proposed coppernickel mine has officially gotten the go-ahead, and things just got very real. The proposal targets a site near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, and includes plans to use sulfide mining as the prefered method to extract the metals from the ground.

The sulfuric acid comes from storm runoff. When the produced sulfide waste is rained on, it creates sulfuric acid, which

runs into nearby streams and lakes. The high threat this poses stems from the location of the mine, which would be near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) and upstream from our slightly-important Lake Superior.

Now, before you continue reading with the bias of how good this mine could be for the economy of the Iron Range, pretend it was a bank being built. A big bank. A skyscraper of corporate offices. Clearly, a skyscraper wouldn’t belong in the heart of Minnesota’s wilderness, and it would likely be vetoed by the residents of the area for being too “urbanized” or “corrupt.” Maybe even as “corrupt” as the fact that Ivanka Trump’s landlord happens to own Twin Metals, the Chilean parent company to PolyMet.

So why a sulfide mine? It is understandable that mining has historically been a big part of Northern Minnesota’s economy, but none of the which have ever posed such a threat to the state’s real treasure - the environment.

Of course PolyMet has claimed they will control their amounts of waste and the environment will be fine in the end, but why wouldn’t they? According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there has never been a sulfide mine that didn’t pollute surrounding bodies of water. Afterall, the EPA has named sulfide mining “America’s most toxic industry.”

A mining project like this would typically take up to 500 years of consistent water-treatment and cleaning efforts. To accommodate those efforts would require a budget between $500 million and $1 billion. According to a 2017 Star Tribune article, Montana mining consultant Jim Kuipers claimed it would be more realistic to budget $934 million up front to cover 500 years of water treatment and potential closing costs 20 years from now once the mine is exhausted.

Last I saw, Polymet has set aside a completely unrealistic budget of $332 million for financial assurance. That leaves a large gap to be covered, which would ultimately be forced on the Minnesota tax payer.

Not only does that leave the population of Minnesota threatened financially, but it threatens the environment in which so many of us have built the foundation of our lifestyles upon. It poses potential health risks to us humans, and more importantly, the fish and wildlife that make the BWCA the soul of our state.

Even after 70 percent of Minnesotans who voted advocated against carrying out the project, the government once again put those interests aside in place of their own.

I, like many people right now, am not entirely sure what the next step is, but I’m worried.

I’m not asking you to sign a petition (I’m also not asking you NOT to sign a petition), I’m asking you to care enough to educate yourself on this particular topic and to talk about it. It’s up to us to keep our rivers pure and our lakes superior.

Evan Hughes is a junior Marketing & Graphic Design major at UMD. He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hunting, fishing and camping in and around the BWCA. He is most passionate about fly fishing Lake Superior tributaries for lake-run trout.

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