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Seeking help after sexual assault It could have happened at anytime during the day. It could have taken place on or off campus. You may have been buzzed, drunk, passed out, or stone cold sober. It may have been just you and the assailant, or you may have been surrounded by friends or strangers.

The fact remains:You’ve just been sexually assaulted and you are not sure what to do.

If you feel you are still in danger...

The immediate priority is your safety.

Find help by calling 911 or the University Police Department (UPD) at 786-1120 immediately. If you are injured, call 911 or Providence Emergency Room at 907212-1222 so that you can be treated.

You are in control going forward, you are free to seek help or pursue justice as you wish.

“There’s no order you have to do things in, you can take it at your own speed” explains Maria Bonifacio-Sample: Associate Director of Residence Life, “If you come to us and you only want to talk about it, and then a week later you want to file a report with UPD, that’s fine. If you’ve filed a report with Title IX and UPD but you want to talk, we want to listen and get you help.”

What if I want to report anonymously?

The UPD website has a silent witness page, where crimes may be reported, allowing you to provide information while you, the witness remain anonymous. Any reports made will be handled seriously by UPD. If you are worried about yourself or a friend, you can file a CARE Report with the Dean of Students Office. The Care team will attempt to contact the person and get them help. “We’ll call up the student and tell them, ‘We want you to know that UAA does care about you and we want to make sure you are okay.’” says Care-Team Coordinator Lisa Terwilliger.

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Some people feel more comfortable talking completely anonymously. “Some people won’t feel comfortable coming forward, but there are 24-hour hotlines you can call,” says Ashley Radvansky, Residence Advisor referencing the Rape And Incest National Network (RAINN) hotline at (800) 656-HOPE (4673) and the Standing Together Against Rape hotline at (800) 478-8999. “It doesn’t get more anonymous than that.”

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By Nathan Burns

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After making sure that you are physically okay, you want to tend to your psyche.

After a traumatic event, it is common to feel a rush of emotion and doubts.

I’m not sure if I was sexually assaulted.

I feel completely alone and powerless.

The perpetrator was close to me personally or professionally.

I could have avoided it if I had only…

Sexual assault is when someone, without your consent, touches or penetrates you sexually. There are no mitigating factors. You cannot have given consent if unconscious, intoxicated, or coerced. Consent should always be clear.

You are not alone. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 16 men will be raped while in college. People care about you both on and off campus. As you move forward, the entire process is in your hands. You decide if you want help, as well as what kind and how much. There are no shortage of resources available for survivors of sexual assault at UAA and they want to help you if you choose.

Sexual assaults typically aren’t always perpetrated violently by strangers. Rape and Incest National Network cites that 82% of sexual assaults are committed by someone the person knew. You don’t need to worry about your safety while reporting a sexual assault if the assailant was close to you or is an authority figure. Whatever path you want to pursue, your privacy is of utmost importance to all parties involved.

It’s not your fault. Period. You were the victim of a crime. Sexual assault can happen to any person regardless of what they were wearing, how much they were drinking, where they were going or what

There are multiple on-campus resources.

Any Resident Advisor or Residential Coordinator has gone through training for helping survivors of sexual assault and will be able to connect you with the resources you have available on campus. “You don’t have to go through this alone,” says Maria Bonifacio-Sample, Associate Director & MAC Residence Coordinator. “Our RAs and RCs are trained and ready to listen.” If you want to speak confidentially about what happened to you, what you are doing now and how you are coping, UAA provides several free resources for counseling and therapy.

If you want to just have a talk, or want to start longer-term counseling and therapy, you can speak go to the UAA Health and Counseling Center at Rasmuson Hall 116 and 120, or call the UAA Psychological Services Center at (907) 786-1795 for an appointment. No information can be released to anyone without your expressed, written consent.

Rape and Incest National Network (RAINN) (800) 656-HOPE (4673) Standing Together Against Rape (800) 478-8999 UAA Psychological Services Center (907) 786-1795 University Police Department (UPD) (907)786-1120 Providence Emergency Room (907)-212-1222

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I want to file a report who do I talk to?

Title IX Investigators will allow you to pursue justice at your own pace. “Only Title IX investigators know about Title IX investigations.” says Terwilliger. Title IX investigations are handled by trained professionals at your pace. The Title IX Team can offer shortterm assistance through academic accommodations, changes in housing for the victim and connecting you with resources to help you through your crisis. Going forward, the Title IX team can seek justice at the university level or help you file a report with UPD for a criminal investigation.

What is a Mandatory Reporter?

To stay in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act (1990), all professional staff members at UAA are mandatory reporters for Title IX violations. They are legally obligated to report that incidents occurred, along with rough details, not to UPD, but to the Title IX coordinators on campus. “We don’t have a choice if we report it, but we do have options in how we report it.” says Terwilliger. They may be able to initially omit personally identifiable information (e.g. name of the victim) and will let you know what they do have to report. This does not mean that UPD will be informed or legal action will follow, these will only happen if you choose.

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When is a retro review justified?

In the year 2013, an alien brain slug from one of the galaxy’s most feared empires crash-landed on Earth and assumed control of a lowly reporter at this newspaper.

These are his stories.

By Klax Zlubzecon

Translated by George Hyde The last few weeks have been pretty weird for George and I. The semester snuck up on both of us and caught us really unaware, even with all of the orientation articles we wrote for the freshman edition. Since George really only has electives to go before he graduates, textbook prices have, for once, been through the roof. His schedule called for 19 credits before his advisor suggested cutting one of the more unnecessary classes.

And even without that, it’s undeniably one of the most diverse semesters George has ever had: physics, studio production, drawing, theatrical production, and even a class on the politics, philosophy, and lore of the “Harry Potter” universe.

It’s weird. But George’s work at TNL

has also been weird, in a more interesting way.

You may have noticed that George has been doing a lot of what we in the business have been calling “Retro Reviews.”

While he doesn’t dislike doing them, he finds reviewing newer material to be far more preferable. It allows him to get word out on games and movies that actually matter to today’s readers.

That’s a vital service. So why has he been ditching that responsibility to cover games that are years or sometimes decades old?

Well, both of us believe that as a critic, George needs a better palate. His “TenWeek Initiative” is a spinoff of a series of videos that he’s doing on YouTube

where he reviews one supposedly “classic” game a week, for ten weeks, that he’s never played before. The idea came about when he was looking for something to review after “Batman: Arkham Knight,” because there was pretty much nothing.

Summer is a drought for game releases.

But now, in the eighth week of the initiative, he’s putting it off for another time, because a new game has his attention again: the critically acclaimed “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” which will be reviewed by next issue.

The initiative filled us both, surprisingly, with a lot of regret. For some, it feels like a dream job: review classic games at a far cheaper cost, while discovering new favorites along the way?

Sounds awesome! Except it wasn’t.

Of the eight games he’s played so far, there are only two or maybe three that he would definitively say he really loved.

The rest, while not bad, didn’t leave much of an impression.

And while this was happening, he was missing a lot of games that we now feel probably deserved coverage, like “Her Story,” or the Alaskan-developed “Two Steps Back.” And while older games deserve to be talked about, a discussion about what a game like “Beyond Eyes” or “Fallout Shelter” does so differently from other games is far more interesting to us.

That’s why he’s putting the initiative off — for now, anyway. Big game releases are back in full swing, and reviewing the games on his retro list would mean putting off games like “Phantom Pain,” “Armikrog,” or “Super Mario Maker.”

Now, if the retro review is actually relevant, then that’s a different case. We’ve been seeing this a lot over the course of

this new generation. Games like “Grim Fandango” and “Majora’s Mask” are getting flashy new coats of paint, giving us new opportunities to discuss how classics can hold up to modern releases. It’s important to look back and preserve the medium’s history, and I admire the big gaming publishers for understanding that.

And with film, it’s a lot easier to do that kind of thing, especially in a dump month like August when most new movies coming out are pretty trashy, and cinemas across the state are taking the opportunity to re-release old movies on the big screen. This, like game re-cuts, lets newer audiences explore the classics in a time when there isn’t anything really worth watching.

But when there’s new stuff coming out that’s worth discussing, retro reviews aren’t necessary. We would much rather talk about what’s new or what’s going to change the art scene in the future, rather than dwelling on the past. It is worth dwelling, of course, but is it worth it at the cost of ignoring new developments?

Not really.

It’s important to find a balance. You never know when a game or movie today will be considered a masterpiece a decade or more from now, so sometimes its best to experience those masterpieces now, when they’re more relevant than they’ll ever be.

Let’s see if the new “Metal Gear” holds up to that scrutiny.

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Summer 2015: The last hurrah A well-meaning column rife with clunky metaphors and horrible advice, Orange Rhymes With is the goto place to break the monotony of classes and laugh at someone else’s misfortune.

By Evan Dodd Contributor

In many ways my summer fell short of the numerous trip I’d planned for my weekends. This was less due to laziness and more so due to the vast assortment of weddings, road trips, camping and backpacking all competing for a finite bit of time. In order to get a last hurrah in before my final semester of college, my girlfriend and I headed up to Tangle Lakes for a remote campout to blow off some steam.

For those that don’t know, Tangle Lakes is an area on the Paxson side of the Denali highway and for the sake of brevity I’ll spare you the step by step directions and highlight the fact that it’s far away. Very far away. The point being that it’s not around the corner.

The trip got off to a rocky start before I’d left my own driveway. Despite hours of wood chopping and meticulous packing the previous evening, I awoke to find that the truck didn’t start. Cue forty minutes of throwing every scrap of gear and firewood into the trunk of my car, hefting the canoe back off of the truck, then pushing the truck down the driveway with my Dad to have it towed. Then, as we finally left hours later than planned, we realized that I had been trying to start the truck with a key that only opens the doors rather than actually starting the engine.

Yes. Because at some point in time someone decided that a visually identical key needed to exist.

Vowing to laugh about the ordeal the

second my blood pressure dropped back into acceptable levels we hit the road and put some serious miles on my car. There’s a certain point on the Richardson Highway when one feels compelled to laugh at the sheer hilarity of the phrase “Alaskan highway”. With the exception of the occasional lodge where one can buy a bottle of mustard or gallon of gas (both for five dollars) the road is pitted, remote and often turns to gravel with little warning.

Tangle Lakes itself is a lake system situated at the headwaters of the Delta River, in the midst of an archeological district that was once a hunting grounds used by indigenous cultures for the vast herds of caribou that wander through.

These days the area is used by modern hunters for the vast herds of caribou that continue to wander through, fisherman seeking grayling or lake trout beneath the frigid waters, and a remote getaway for a guy who was entirely fed up with running an excavator all summer.

So we quickly threw up the tent, started a campfire that could have been seen from space and cracked open some Moose’s Tooth beer that had miraculously survived the journey. If you don’t camp, then the concept of cooking half pound juicy burgers on a camp stove in the middle of nowhere may be lost on you.

And sure, for the sake of convenience you could accomplish the same feat in your kitchen, settle in for a night of Battlestar Galactica reruns and then head off to sleep in a real bed. However, there’s just something about camping in a wide open expanse where the only human impact as far as the eye can see is the dirt road connecting Cantwell and Paxson, where the

concept of light pollution is non-existent and one can feel truly alone. The fact that we got to casually sip our chipotle porter and watch a group of tourists take forty minutes to back a rented RV was just an added bonus for making the journey.

Being August in the interior it rained nearly the entire time, a fact that only bothered us enough to seek shelter once.

Luckily, the area is filled with scattered lodges that offer a mean hamburger, gas for five dollars a gallon and the exact sort of company one would expect in such a remote location.

The next couple of days were spent exploring the Denali Highway, fishing and burning the three trees worth of wood I’d managed to pack into my trunk.

I managed to use what little teaching ability I have to help my girlfriend catch her first fish, along with another five or six that put my catch to shame. So after consuming all of the beer and firewood, hitting enough potholes to reset my spine and running over my camp cook set by mistake, we loaded up to head back home.

Trying to avoid incident on the way, I opted not to visit the Tok Thai Truck, not because of a lack of confidence in my iron stomach, but as a way to minimize risk in a trip that hadn’t yet had a catastrophe. This of course became a moot point when, ten miles out of Eureka, we hit a coffee pot sized boulder that had fallen off the adjacent rock cliffs and subsequently redecorated my undercarriage.

So all in all we achieved our goal — a nice remote campout with limited human interaction, a roaring campfire and somewhat limited damage to my gear and belongings. So bring on the last semester before the urge to run to the woods resurfaces.

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MOVIE REVIEW

“Airplane!:” A return to old, respectful parody

Haunted houses get creepy again in “The House at the End of Time”

By George Hyde

gchyde@thenorthernlight.org

By Jacob Holley-Kline Contributor

Most jump scares in modern horror movies are unearned. A few minutes of lazy tension building results in either an insulting fake out or a boring reveal.

This is not the case in the Venezuelan horror “The House at the End of Time,” as many of the jump scares are not only earned, but genuinely terrifying.

Wasting no time with the set-up, struggling mother Dulce (Ruddy Rodriguez, “Venezzia”) wakes up, injured, to find her husband and two children murdered.

She is arrested for the crime and released 30 years later, forced to live in the same house.

Through flashbacks, viewers learn of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder. In a lesser horror, these sequences would heighten the central mystery instead of developing character. Writer/director Hidalgo flips that dynamic. The opening scene is gripping enough to keep viewers interested, and the flashbacks focus on Dulce’s failing marriage and her children’s lives.

Each performance is fierce. Rodriguez, especially, knocks it out of the park.

She essentially plays two characters: young and old Dulce. The two performances are vastly different, but their subtle similarities are what make them believable.

She is an arresting presence from the first frame.

Accompanying her performance is often excellent cinematography. While some technical issues hold the movie back, Hidalgo has a deft eye for details.

Through a modest one hour and 40 minutes, “The House at the End of Time” manages to make haunted houses creepy again. In the style of the classics, the real horror lies in the family, and the house serves to dredge it up. It is a quick, and sometimes visceral, experience. Aided by a balanced interplay between past and present, and excellent performances from the whole cast, it’s hard not to get lost in the suspense.

TITLE “The House at the End of Time”

RELEASE DATE June 17, 2013

DIRECTORS Alejandro Hidalgo

GENRE Horror

COUNTRY Venezuela

We should begin this review with a eulogy to the parody movie genre.

Since the release of “Scary Movie” at the turn of the century, the parody genre shifted to a more obvious and fast-paced tone, focusing on making as many references as possible, clever humor be damned.

It’s a morose state of affairs, especially with the re-release of the parody classic “Airplane!” (The exclamation mark there is extremely important.) Here was a film that took a serious premise with serious actors and made it all so ridiculous and humorous that it worked out to be a real gem. And with films like “Young Frankenstein” and “Spaceballs,” it helped usher in a wave of parodies that are still funny to this day.

If not for the film’s reputation, a look at the film’s synopsis on Wikipedia would make this seem like a typical airline disaster drama. Ted Striker, a traumatized war veteran with a fear of flying, is tasked to pilot a commercial jet that goes out of control when most of the food on board turns out to be toxic.

What makes this movie so funny is that they took a serious setup, with actors who were known for serious and dramatic roles at the time, and presented it all in a very silly context. Watching these professionally trained actors react to the insane events happening on screen is so enjoyable and so hilarious that the film’s lightning and rapid fire pacing isn’t so much of an issue.

It’s this blend of serious versus silly that separates “Airplane” from films like, say, “Meet the Spartans.” You can tell that the writers have a deep respect for the premise they’re joking with. There’s a genuine reverence here for the source material.

In turn, this lets audiences get more involved in the setup when the wackier things start happening.

It’s this element, the respect for the source, which makes a parody a true, timeless classic that gets laughs every time. And it’s regrettable that modern parody films don’t grasp that anymore. But if you’re used to those modern parody films, perhaps it’s time to see “Airplane!” to clear your head and hearken back to a time when parody meant something. It’s showing in theaters this week, so if you have an afternoon free and want a genuine, hearty laugh-fest, “Airplane!” is something you need to see.

TITLE “Airplaine!”

DIRECTORS Jim Abrahams, David and Jerry Zucker

RELEASE DATE Aug. 28, 1980 (original), Sept. 2, 2015 (Cinemark Classiscs Series)

GENRE Parody Country Australia

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ALBUM REVIEW

Silicon’s “Personal Computer” is a reminiscent look of the past

By Taylor Hodges

KRUA 88.1 FM Music Manager

Technology, Communication, Emoji: the main ingredients of Silicon’s “Personal Computer” that mirror the obsessions of today’s youth. Necks constantly bent down, looking at their phones in anticipation of a notification, this is a lifestyle that Silicon simultaneously lives and mocks without mercy.

R&B and electronic are fused consistently throughout “Personal Computer,” with funky bass lines and simple, yet ethereal, synthetic melodies. Silicon’s vocal style harkens back to the ‘80s with a hint of modern heartache, the melody often follows the lyrics, or vice versa.

The first song, “Personal Computer,” begins with a somewhat jarring computer-like voice, but then draws in the listener immediately with fuzzy, comforting tones. The vocals are halfway between mumbling and shouting, another layer that adds to the immersive, but disconnected, feeling of the album. About halfway through, “Little Dancing Baby” emulates Justice’s poppy electronic style, but then, in “I Can See Paradise,” the mood immediately returns to grimy electronics.

Interestingly, Silicon has created 29 paintings of the album art, which will be exhibited in London and New York. Apparently, if you want a “God Emoji” in your house, you can have it. If you are interested in eccentric, forlorn electronic music influenced by technology and the 1980s, check this out.

Track List:

Personal Computer Cellphone Submarine God Emoji Burning Sugar Little Dancing Baby I Can See Paradise Love Peace Blow Dope

ARTIST Silicon

GENRE Electronic

ALBUM “Personal Computer”

LABEL Weird World

RELEASE Auguest 28, 2015

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THENORTHERNLIGHT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

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Q&A with traveler Rick Steves

By Samantha Davenport arts@thenorthernlight.org

Travel television and radio host Rick Steves has written over 50 European travel books, hosts his public radio show “Travel with Rick Steves” and is the host of the television show “Rick Steves’ Europe.”

Steves will be lecturing at 8 p.m. Sept.

26 at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium. TNL interviewed Steves about his upcoming visit, why traveling is a necessity and the entire experience of Europe.

TNL: When did your love of travel begin?

Steves: “My dad took me to Europe when I was a kid, he imported pianos. I went over there and I saw other people traveling and I thought, “Man, this is a great way to spend my summers.” I’ve been doing it ever since I was a student.”

Have you ever been up to Alaska before?

“Just once. It was on a cruise to Juneau.

I loved it. I’m really excited about coming up there, my sister lives up there most of

the year because she runs in the Iditarod.”

Which do you prefer, radio or television?

“I’m a teacher, so anytime I can teach I teach people how to travel. They’re sort of all the same thing. On the radio show, I tell people how to travel, well the value of travel. On the television show I basically am a tour guide. I take my crew around and everyone gets to watch via the television. I like to give talks on how to travel, and I like to research and write guide books on how to travel. I love to take groups around Europe as a tour guide.”

What kind of tips would you give college kids who are short on cash and want to get out there and explore?

“Time and money are two valuable resources. College kids usually have more time than money, but you have to use both of them smart. College kids sort of have a free spirited attitude, like they don’t need a guidebook or a guide. I think the best way to be flexible and free spirited smartly is have a well planned trip and good information. I think buying a $20 tool for a $2000 experience is very important.”

Do you have a favorite spot in Europe?

“I write about my favorites in all my books. I like wherever I am in Europe, there are places I don’t like. The places I do like when I go to them, whether it be Ireland or Denmark or Poland or Portugal or Italy or Greece, there are the places that keep pulling you back. I was just in South England, I was just in North Germany, I was just in Tuscany, I was just in the South of France, and all of these places are great.”

What pulls you back, is it the culture or the experience of it all?

“I like cities. In cities, you find communities that are working together.

Europe has a community spirit that inspires me. In Europe, they know how to live. They know how to live sustainably.

They’ve struggled, certainly they aren’t perfect at it but they’ve worked hard at living together in the spirit of community and toleration. In the U.S. we have this rugged individualism which is also admirable but I like the way Europe is the underside of the coin. I would only want to live in the United States; I love the free spirit that we have, individualism and this business environment. But when I go to

Europe, I am inspired by their community spirit and tolerance.”

If you had to live in Europe, where would you live?

“Germany. Germany doesn’t have chaos. People work hard and get stuff done. It is very efficient. They know when to work and when to play. You just cross a border and it’s like a whole new approach to time.”

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GAME REVIEW

The Ten-Week Initiative: “Yoshi’s Island” is about as good as platformers get

By George Hyde

gchyde@thenorthernlight.org

“Yoshi’s Island” is an anomaly in the Mario series.

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see everyone’s favorite red plumber dabble in something weird, but at the end of the Super Nintendo era, this kind of adventure was unheard of. It was a radical shift in art style, tone and gameplay, and like its predecessor “Super Mario World,” many fans claim it as a masterpiece, and as one of the greatest games of all time.

I don’t think it holds up to “Super Mario World’s” level of excellence. But because “Super Mario World” is the one of the best platformers ever made, the fact that “Yoshi’s Island” comes so close is an accomplishment worthy of applause.

The game’s setup is essentially the same as any Mario game, but with the roles tweaked a bit. Instead of a princess, it’s Baby Luigi that is kidnapped. Instead of Bowser, it’s a Koopa wizard named Kamek. And because Mario is just a baby this time, he needs some help from the Yoshi tribe that he conveniently finds and befriends at the very beginning of the game.

The worlds are also standard Mario fare, ranging from colorful fields to castles to the typical ice and fire worlds that are expected near the end of the game. However, the game’s artistic direction is a huge shift from the Mario games of the time (and even today), featuring

a crayon aesthetic powered by the same technology that was pushing the first full-3D games at the time. Even on old hardware, “Yoshi’s Island” is a real looker.

The other changes are subtle, yet effective. Yoshi’s trademark “flutter jump” is introduced here, allowing the player to float a little bit in the air at any point after jumping. It doesn’t seem like a huge change at first, but it allows for all-new challenges and gives that competent Mario platforming just that extra bit of nuance.

The other mechanic that’ll throw players off a bit is how Yoshi loses lives — he’s essentially invincible. Instead, when an enemy hits him, young Mario is knocked off his back, floating helplessly in the air while a timer ticks away. If the timer reaches zero, Mario is kidnapped and a life is lost. It’s an odd focus that prevents players from getting hurt just to force their way through challenges, and it forces them to think of other solutions to problems. This makes the game a slower and more brutal game than its predecessor, “Super Mario World,” but the game hands out a lot of lives, almost to the point of them not really being important, so it’s not a big deal.

Unfortunately, it lacks the sheer imagination and creativity that “Super Mario World” had on display. It comes real close, but in my mind “Super Mario World” just has better level design and more diverse worlds, if not more worlds in general. And instead of tying secrets to exploration like “World” does, “Yoshi” focuses more on collectibles, which some players will dig while oth-

ers won’t.

But we’re not here to discuss whether “Yoshi’s Island” is a better or worse game than “World.”: We’re here to celebrate just how damn good it is, and it is very, very good, bordering on flawless. If you want a nuanced, difficult and slower-paced “Mario” experience, “Yoshi’s Island” is one you can’t afford to skip.

TITLE “Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island” DEVELOPER Nintendo EAD (N64)

PLATFORMS SNES, GBA, Wii U GENRE Platformer

RELEASE DATE Oct. 4, 1995

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UAA sorority and young Seawolf win ‘most spirited’

By Nolin Ainsworth

sports@thenorthernlight.org Around 100 bundled-up runners congregated outside the Alaska Airlines Center Saturday morning to participate in the second annual Spirit Run. The race was hosted by UAA Student Activities, who did all they could to keep runners’ blood pumping with plenty of music and sugary treats to go around before and after the 5K race.

Less of an emphasis was placed on running quickly and more so on running with spirit. Many runners wore the event’s bright yellow tee shirt over one or two layers of clothing. Temperatures in the 40s didn’t permit summer running attire.

For the second year in a row, the Theta Delta chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha won ‘most spirited’ in the group category. The sorority was represented with around a dozen members — the majority of which wore party crowns as a nod to last year’s success — while clutching small homemade signs the sorority with the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram icons. Coincidently, AΣA-ΘΔ said they got the idea

to promote their social media pages at the race through social media.

The AΣA-ΘΔ chapter, one of two sororities at UAA, said they wanted to defend their ‘most spirited’ title, as well as show support to the UAA community.

“It’s also an excuse to wear glitter... and tutus,” said Holly Linder, Vice President of Public Relations and Recruitment of AΣA-ΘΔ.

As for the ‘Most Spirited’ individual — that title belonged to 8-year-old Charlie Fairchild. The 3rd grader from Gladys Wood Elementary School wore a number 29 Seawolves hockey jersey and carried with him a Seawolves flag. The hockey jersey is in recognition of last season’s team captain Scott Allen, with whom the boy formed a close bond.

“I actually did it, I didn’t think I would be able to, but I did,” said Fairchild of his first-ever 5K race.

Fairchild gives his mother credit for his winning, who was there to celebrate with her son when it was announced he won ‘most spirited individual.’

“She actually thought if I wore all my Seawolf gear and stuff like that, I can actually win something – which I did.”

Cody Buechner (left), Leadership Coordinator for Student Clubs and Greek Life, was dressed shoulders to ankles in green and gold for the 2015 Spirit Run Photo by Nolin Ainsworth/ TNL

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Charlie Fairchild, 8, had a memorable first 5K race. Fairchild was named ‘most spirited’ in the individual category after the race. Fairchild donned the hockey jersey of -former Seawolf hockey captain Scott Allen

Runners pause to snap a photo with Spirit the Seawolf before beginning the Spirit Run that took them around Goose Lake August 29, 2015 Photo by Nolin Ainsworth/ TNL

Volleyball Alumni strike three set victory over Seawolves

The Alumni team waits to hear their lineup announced before the UAA Alumni Volleyball match at the Alaska Airlines Center

By Nolin Ainsworth

sports@thenorthernlight.org The UAA Seawolves Volleyball team began their 2015-16 season Saturday night when they welcomed back to campus ten former Seawolves for the annual Alumni game.

However, the alumni were anything but nice guests to the current crop of Seawolves — upsetting the home team 4-1.

The alumni featured strong outings from Maureen Sabado (2012-14) and Kimya Jafroudi (2010-11) who led their team in kills and assists respectively. The only set the Seawolves secured was the second, which they took 15-25. Head coach Chris Green was understandably unhappy with

the outcome of the game.

“I’m obviously disappointed with how we performed,” the coach said after the game, “It looked to me like we had very little passion out there … I know we had a couple of injuries, but there is no excuse for how we played.”

Earlier in the week, the Seawolves were named the preseason No. 1-ranked team in Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

The Seawolves volleyball season officially gets rolling this Thursday when they face the Azusa Pacific Cougars in the first game of the Springhill Suites Invitational. UAA plays No. 23 Rockhurst Friday and No. 5 Nebraska Kearney Saturday in the 19th running of the earlyseason tournament.

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UAA Alumna Jackie Matthisen pushes the ball over the net during UAA Alumni Volleyball match at the Alaska Airlines Center

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Outside Hitter Chrisalyn Johnson hits the ball during UAA Alumni Volleyball match at the Alaska Airlines Outside Hitter Leah Swiss makes a pass during UAA Alumni Volleyball match at the Alaska Airlines Center Center

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