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THENORTHERNLIGHT Tuesday, AUGUST 19, 2014

Last call at the polls

By Evan Erickson

eerickson@thenorthernlight.org

Depending on when you’re reading this, you’re either:

a) Basking in the satisfaction of having cast your ballot in the 2014 primary election b) Soon-to-be basking in the satisfaction of having cast your ballot in the 2014 primary election c) Feeling ashamed at having foregone voting d) Not feeling much of anything

The referendum

You may have heard about a little thing called Ballot Measure 1, “An act relating to the oil and gas production tax, interest rates on overdue taxes, and tax credit.” Actually, you’d practically have to withdraw from society to evade its machinations. Millions of dollars and a bunch of flustered Alaskans can make a lot of noise.

The one thing everybody can agree on is that the referendum is one of the most important in the state’s history. A ‘yes’ vote will repeal the current oil tax system

— known as Senate Bill 21 or the More Alaska Production Act (MAPA) — and revert to the previous law, Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share, or ACES. A ‘no’ vote will keep MAPA in place.

The key difference between the two complex laws is the amount producers are taxed when oil prices rise. MAPA lacks the progressive rate found in ACES that brings greater revenues when net profits per barrel rise past $30. At very high prices ACES taxes per barrel profits as much as 50 percent.

Opponents of Ballot Measure 1 say ACES discourages production. Supporters say MAPA is a multibillion dollar giveaway to Big Oil. Both sides say an incorrect decision on the issue will send Alaska down a path to fiscal devastation.

U.S. Senate, U.S. House, lieutenant governor

Voters registered as Republican, Nonpartisan or Undeclared can weigh in on GOP candidates for U.S. Senate. Tea Party darling Joe Miller is back again after ousting Lisa Murkowski in the 2010 primary, only to lose to her as a write-in candidate in the general election. His key primary opponents, Mead Treadwell and Dan S. Sullivan (not the mayor of Anchor-

age) are much better-funded in their quest to defeat Democrat Mark Begich.

A hodgepodge of candidates are vying for Don Young’s job in the U.S. House.

Democratic-endorsed Forrest Dunbar, 29, has been effective in grabbing the attention of younger voters, and hopes to square off against an incumbent who entered office well before he was born.

Democratic Sen. Hollis French and Mat-Su teacher Bob Williams are both running for lieutenant governor. French is the chosen running partner for gubernatorial candidate Byron Mallott, who, if elected, would become the first-ever Alaska Native/Native American governor in the United States.

Where to vote

Absentee voting locations for all districts, open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m., include the UAA Student Union (3211 Providence Drive), Ted Stevens International Airport (main terminal-car rental lobby), Anchorage City Hall (632 W. 6th Ave.) and the Region II Elections Office (2525 Gambell St. Suite 100).

If you’re unregistered or unsure, casting a primary ballot will automatically register you to vote in the Nov. 4 general election.

Texas 4000 cyclists end in Anchorage

By Stefanie Vigoren

graphics@thenorthernlight.org

On Aug. 8, 76 students from the University of Texas completed the home stretch of a bicycle trip from Austin to Anchorage. The 11th annual Texas 4000 is a bike trek to raise funds for cancer research. The event has raised $600,000 in 2014 alone. Their travels took them across the continent in 70 days with stretches covering as much as 120 miles at a time.

The group of 76 riders begin the last leg of their trip as they cross the border into Alaska. photo courtesy of Texas 4000 for Cancer

More than 200 friends and family members greet riders at the finish line on Seawolf Drive. photo by stefanie vigoren

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Provost announces retirement

UAA has announced Provost Elisha “Bear” Baker intends to retire from his duties on Dec. 31, 2014. Baker has been with the university for 12 years, serving as a professor in the department of logistics, associate dean and dean for the College of Business and Public Policy, and as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs since 2012.

The provost, along with Vice Chancellor Bill Spindle, championed the massive yearlong review process known as prioritization. An email from Chancellor Tom Case stated that Baker will continue to move forward with prioritization efforts and will also establish a recruitment plan for “three colleges going through leadership transitions.” One such college is the College of Engineering, whose dean, Tien-Chien Jen, resigned in May and is now suing the university concerning the details of his resignation.

Former UAA professor pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minor

Former UAA term professor Steven Pyle, 48, who was charged in April with six counts of sexual abuse of a minor, has accepted a plea agreement for a single count of attempted sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree — a Class A felony with a sentence of up to 99 years.

According to court documents, Pyle’s wife had recorded, on her cellphone, her husband admitting to inappropriately touching their 9-year-old foster daughter.

The complaint says the victim described the events as happening “during the night after bedtime Bible stories.”

Pyle resigned from UAA on April 28 from the medical laboratory science program. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 2 in Anchorage Superior Court.

Weekly buzz written by Evan Erickson

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UA president’s salary bonus catches flak

By Evan Erickson

eerickson@thenorthernlight.org

At its June meeting in Anchorage, the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved an extension of President Pat Gamble’s contract through May 2016 at an annual salary of $320,000. The board also approved an additional $320,000 retention bonus should the president accept this extension.

The bonus approved was the maximum amount in consideration according to a June 6 university press release, stating the contract includes a “retention bonus of up to one year’s salary

if he continues to serve as president.”

Amid university-wide budget cuts, Alaska’s largest higher education faculty union, United Academics, is searching for an explanation for a move that has apparently taken them by surprise.

Union President Abel BultIto announced in a July 30 email to faculty members that United Academics has requested information from the university regarding “the president’s job description, expectations of job performance, criteria used for the retention bonus ... the review process used, a list of reviewers and when the BOR voted to approve the retention

bonus.”

Bult-Ito is at a loss as to what the president has done to raise funds in the face of 7 percent cuts across the board.

He cites Gamble’s claims to the Legislature last spring of raising EPSCOR funding (research infrastructure funded in part by the National Science Foundation), which Bult-Ito claims was the result of a faculty-driven process.

“I don’t see how you can tell the Legislature you can absorb $15 million in cuts. And then what happens? We lay off 50 people at UAF. We have an $8 million cut at UAA, a $1 million cut at UAS. We’re absorbing the cut. He’s taking a bonus.

There’s something fundamentally wrong with that,” Bult-Ito said.

Students and faculty at UAF on Aug. 8 and 15 organized “Protest the Bonus” demonstrations of about two dozen people at the main entrance to campus, waving signs and eliciting honks of approval from passersby.

Protest co-organizer Sine Anahita, professor of sociology at UAF, says the on-campus presence has helped to rally support at a time of cuts more dramatic than any she has seen since she arrived in 2008.

“The bonus has galvanized grassroots protest,” Anahita said. “It’s drawn our attention to the larger issues.”

Gamble signed on with the University of Alaska in 2010 at an annual salary of $295,000 but was awarded an 8.5 percent raise after his first year, bringing him to his current salary.

UA spokeswoman Kate Ripley says the president’s pay is well below the median salary of about $430,000 — citing four different studies from around the country for Fiscal Year 2013.

For now, the only official mention of Gamble’s bonus resides in a June 6 UA press release, pending the approval of the minutes for the June meeting at the following Board of Regents meeting, to be held Sep. 18-19 in Juneau.

Fireside Cafe closes, replaced by ANSEP photo by tulsi patil

Prioritization

Reports now public

By Evan Erickson

eerickson@thenorthernlight.org

UAA released its final reports for the massive review process known as prioritization Aug. 13.

The project, with many hours of faculty and staff input, examined and ranked the 313 academic programs and 178 support functions at UAA’s main campus to make the university “a stronger, more nimble and responsive university in the face of dwindling resources.”

Final reports, assembled by respective academic and support task forces (AcTF and STF), used quintile ranking systems to place programs and functions into one of five categories — ranging from “priority for enhancement” to “subject to further review.”

The process, began in May 2013 under the leadership of Provost Elisha “Bear” Baker and Vice Chancellor Bill Spindle, was welcomed by some but criticized by others who felt threatened by the stringent self-review.

The AcTF report denies claims that prioritization is “anti-tenure or a tenure-busting exercise.”

The report asserts that tenured and tenure-track faculty contribute to flexibility and accountability in academic programs.

Enhancement was recommended for 46 programs, including subjects throughout the humanities like native studies, history, languages, and theater and dance.

At the bottom of the barrel, 86 programs listed

ranged from minors with low graduation rates, “under-resourced and moribund programs,” but also several offerings within the chemistry department and the BA in music.

On the support side, 37 functions including the Dean of Students Office, Admissions and Parking Services were marked for enhancement.

Thirty-four functions were found to be “subject to further review; consider for reduction or phaseout,” including functions already in the process of being cut, but also active projects like UAA Bookstore special events.

Special events coordinator Rachel Epstein, who has worked at the UAA Bookstore for 19 years, expressed disappointment at the idea that Bookstore events are somehow not in line with the university’s mission statement.

“By being in the lowest quintile, it suggests a lack of connectedness,” Epstein said.

The quintile system used by the STF differs from the AcTF’s in that it forces roughly 20 percent of all functions into one of five categories, meaning that certain functions in the bottom category could have more in common with functions of a higher category than with those of their own.

There will not be an appeal process concerning the findings of either report, though functions and programs in the fourth and fifth quintile will be subject to further examination over the next few months, according to the reports.

The Chancellor’s Cabinet intends to make “final recommendations for changes and implementation” by late winter.

The former Fireside Cafe building is under renovation for Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program repurposing.

By Kierra Hammons copy1@thenorthernlight.org

As school starts up again, returning students exploring the east side of campus may notice the disappearance of a dining option. The building that once housed Fireside Cafe is under renovation and repurposing.

The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program is leasing the building for the next three years, and dining accommodations will not be offered during this time.

“Taking a venue away from folks was not an easy choice,” said David Weaver, director of Housing, Dining and Conference Services.

ANSEP representatives could not be reached for comment.

Weaver said Fireside’s waning demand for food and beverages and its proximity to Kaladi Brothers Coffee, the most popular cafe on campus, were among a few motivating factors for its closure.

During the leasing period, UAA Housing and Dining Services will save revenue in order to restore the building’s dining purposes. However, the details regarding what kind of dining experience will be offered is not yet known, and will largely be determined based on surveyed

responses.

“This is a short-term closure with a strategic plan of opening … and (offering) something phenomenal,” Weaver said. “We are going to organize … a series of open forums — on what students want, what faculty want, when they want it, where they want it — over the next year.”

In the meantime, dining on the east side of campus will be soon supplemented by the public opening of the Varsity Sports Grill in the Alaska Airlines Center. Weaver said the bistro-style restaurant was planned independently of Fireside’s closure.

Students with meal plans will enjoy conveniences similar to what Fireside offered in the new grill as well.

“The Housing folks, we have also decided to offer dining dollars in the restaurant, associated with (students’) meal plans,” said Scott Evers, Seawolf Dining and Catering general manager.

Weaver said the location will “focus on local food, Alaskan seafood” and is scheduled to open publicly starting Oct 1.

In the long-term, Evers said Seawolf Dining is in the process of planning other dining locations in potential areas such as the upcoming Engineering and Industry Building and the Bragaw Office Building.

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Guide to Campus Kick-Off

By Kelly Ireland

arts@thenorthernlight.org Campus Kick-Off began in 2001 inside the Student Union, or “Campus Center,” as it was known then. It has since become UAA’s second-biggest event behind commencement ceremonies and has started being held outside in the Cuddy Quad.

According to its website, the event’s mission “is to welcome new and returning students to campus and celebrate the beginning of the new school year.

Campus Kick-Off facilitates students’ connections with each other and the UAA community through festive and interactive entertainment, information and social experiences.”

Every event at Kick-Off is geared toward making connections and welcoming students on campus. This year KickOff will be held Aug. 23, the Saturday before classes start, as it has traditionally been held. Events include the festival, a comedy show with Reg-

gie Watts, a walk-in movie and College Night at Fred Meyer.

Festival

5-7:30 p.m. in the Cuddy Quad Food, Sign Language Interpreters, shuttle During the Campus KickOff festival, over 170 booths from the community, clubs and departments will be in the Cuddy Quad. The booths will offer students information, free swag and chances to get involved in the UAA community.

There will also be a few food booths. UAA students with valid student I.D. can get free food at the Seawolf Dining booth.

Wolfcards will be printed under a blowup Seawolf nearby. Tia’s hot dog cart will offer free food for all.

One of the most popular booths from years past is the Original Butt Sketch, which has been so popular every year that they often have to cut off the line. If you can’t get your butt sketched at the event, the Butt

Sketcher will visit the Student Union and Gorsuch Commons in the days following Kick-Off. The booths are judged during the event for the following titles: best overall and honorable mentions in the categories of student clubs/organizations, UAA departments and community/business organization.

During the festival there will also be a live performance by Anna Beatriz, whose repertoire includes Latin music, jazz and Brazilian pop music.

Shuttles from the Gorsuch Commons to the event will be running beginning at 4 p.m.

Comedy Show with Reggie Watts 7:30 p.m. in the Wendy Williamson Auditorium Prizes, Sign Language Interpreters

This year, UAA Concert Board will host comedian and musician Reggie Watts for the Kick-Off Comedy Show. Watts

has a larger-than-life afro and a comedy style that is completely his own, a mixture of stand up and improvised performances using a keyboard, looping machine and his own voice.

“Reggie Watts is an exciting avant-garde artist. We’ve been courting him for a while now. The stars aligned in such a way that we could maximize his accessibility to students and work with his busy schedule,” said Sofia Fouquet, former Concert Board chair and UAA alumna.

The show is open to UAA students, staff and faculty. One guest will be allowed only if space is available, but based on years past this will be unlikely.

Valid UAA I.D. is needed for admission.

“Captain America: Winter Soldier” Walk-in Movie

9:30 p.m. in Rasmuson Hall Lawn Prizes, Closed Captioning

This year Student Activities will show Marvel’s “Captain America: Winter Soldier” as the Kick-Off walk-in movie.

Free hot dogs and drinks will be provided during the event.

The first 300 students to arrive will receive a Kick-Off throw blanket from Student Activities as well. There will also be an Alaska Airlines ticket given away at the event, in addition to other prizes.

College Night

11:59 p.m. at the Northern Lights Blvd. Fred Meyer Prizes, food, shuttle College night is a twohour event where students can get deals on a huge selection of items at the Fred Meyer on Northern Lights. During the event music is played, and dancing is commonly broken out in front of the cash registers. Shuttles from the Gorsuch Commons to Fred Meyer will start running at 11:45 p.m. and the last shuttle will return at 2:30 a.m.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Rap made respectful

Watsky presents realistic persona in music

By Kierra Hammons copy1@thenorthernlight.org

With recent stirrings in the black community regarding the appropriateness of Iggy Azalea’s participation in hip-hop, a common complaint wasn’t the mimicry in musical style, but rather the artist trying black culture on for size — disrespectfully appropriating language and aesthetics to fake an identity and background that is not her own. Last week, rapper Watsky showed in his new album, “All You Can Do,” that the disrespectful forgery of speech patterns and fashions is not a requirement to successfully create hip-hop music.

Originally a spoken word poet, George Watsky — known in the music industry simply by his last name — has taken the powerful emotion in his poems and skillfully combined them with music. His transition to hiphop wasn’t marked by shoehorning stereotypical phrases into the lyrics. Rather, his poetry has remained authentic to his natural way of speaking and involves metaphors relevant to his own background.

Watsky is who he says he is, and he has stayed true to his 2011 viral breakout video titled “Pale Kid Raps Fast,” a political rap describing himself as a far-from-fly guy with rolled-up jeans and a Huffy bike.

“All You Can Do” brings Watsky’s words to life through unconventional musical backing. Carefully constructed, the album repeats musical motifs throughout the tracks to make a complete development of sound.

The opening titular track starts with a slow string recording, a theme reappearing several times throughout the album.

Track 11, “Hand Over Hand,” mimics the same chord structure, and the intro melody repeats in exactitude to round out the album as a circular, interconnected work.

There is a strong countryinspired feel to many of the songs, influenced by Watsky’s skill as a harmonica player. Track two, “Stand For Something,” begins with that unique Western flavor, then quickly transitions into a fast-paced, plucky track carried swiftly along by triplet rhythms and quirky, percussive rim shots. The track after that Album: “All You Can Do” Artist: Watsky Genre: Alternative hip-hop Label: Steel Wool Media, Welk Music Group Release Date: Aug. 12, 2014

uses a similar reliance of lyrical triplets, and the string motif introduced in the album opener make yet another appearance.

This sets the mood for the rest of the album and gives listeners a good sense of what to expect later.

The strongest songwriting is showcased in the anthemic single “Whoa Whoa Whoa.”

There is a fire burning behind Watsky’s rapid lyrics, but a subdued restraint keeps his rhythms light, natural and consistent. He gives his quick-spitted 16th-note bars room to breathe with halftime cuts and triple-meter sections. While the catchy melody of the verses and chorus doesn’t change much, the song continues to develop through different rhythmic sampling of the same elements.

The lyrics on “Whoa Whoah Whoa” establish Watsky as a force to be reckoned with.

“When I walk in, I’m the king of the room,” he raps — and while he isn’t the best, he is someone to watch closely.

But toward the end, the album begins to falter under the weight of clunky politicized lyrics. Track 15, “Sarajevo,” is overwrought with predictably inflammatory religious imagery. Watsky’s message of being kind to one another is lost under the pretension of lyrics such as, “Don’t say that all is lost/Escape this holocaust/My God, Allah, my darling, star and crescent and my cross.”

It seems as though the music in the track is a slight afterthought, and the lyrics would stand alone better as a poem — but a weak poem at that.

The last track takes a cue from “Sarajevo,” and the lyrics are spoken as a poem on top of repetitive musical backing. It stretches out and develops into the same melody, introduced in the opening of the album.

“All You Can Do” is not a perfect album, but it has a lot of thought put into it. The featured vocalists are strong, and the music is meant to slowly develop over the length of the work. It authentically represents Watsky’s sound aesthetic and persona without spotlighting him as a special snowflake.

If anything, its multidimensional showcasing of the breadth of hip-hop makes it worth a listen on its own.

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Where to get some grub around UAA

By Kelly Ireland

arts@thenorthernlight.org

Food in Gorsuch Commons

Creekside Eatery

The Creekside Eatery, mainly used by students living on campus, offers all-you-can-eat buffet-style meals. Meals can be purchased with meal blocks and dining dollars here, as well. The Creekside Eatery offers students a barbecue, where they can order their choice of daily menu items and specials.

For breakfast students can order omelets, eggs any way they like and more. For lunch and dinner, one can always choose between various burgers and specials.

Creekside Eatery also hosts a salad bar with a number of options for building a salad, ready-to-go sandwiches as well as ingredients to make your own, a multitude of pizza, soups, some sushi and daily special entrees. There is also a special entree for lunch and dinner from around the world at the international fare part of the Creekside Eatery.

Bear Necessities

Bear Necessities is a convenience store for students living on campus — but while convenient, it is much overpriced. It’s the joke among students living on campus that the Bear Neces-

sities formula for prices is the price a gas station would charge times two, plus 50 cents. Dining dollars go fast here.

Prices aside, Bear Necessities offers students frozen meals, a wide choice of ramen products, a plentiful amount of drinks and snacks, household items like toilet paper and paper towels, school supplies and a small selection of pharmacy items like cold medicine, deodorant and soap.

With its close proximity to UAA housing, Bear Necessities is the go-to place for stuff when you need something right away, but other than that the actual grocery store will probably serve one better. Bear Necessities also has a coffee stand.

Food in Cuddy Hall

Cuddy Marketplace

The Cuddy Marketplace offers a number of a la carte items including pizza, sushi, sandwiches, Mexican dishes like quesadillas, tacos, taco salad, barbecue items such as burgers and chicken strips, soups of the day, drinks and a few snack items. The Mexican dish prices are determined by weight, while other items have a set price.

Like the Creekside Eatery, dining dollars and meal blocks are accepted at the Cuddy Marketplace.

The seating at Cuddy Marketplace makes a great place for group study sessions, but beware

if you need to charge a laptop; you will be fighting for prime real estate on a select few tables that have outlets near them.

Lucy’s

Lucy’s, run by UAA Culinary Arts and Hospitality program, offers fancy menu items made fresh by UAA’s very own Culinary Arts students. It has limited hours, but if you are willing to pay a bit more and dress in business casual clothes, Lucy’s has quite delectable food.

The prices, while more than the cafeterias around campus, aren’t unreasonable for what you get. For example. on Lucy’s spring 2014 menus, Seafood Cioppino that had king crab, red salmon, cod and clams was only $14.75.

The Daily Grind

Located in Cuddy Hall, The Daily Grind is conveniently located to one of the more popular study spots on campus. It offers the normal coffee stand drinks and also sells fruit, pastries, bagels and Seawolf Dining’s soups. It accepts meal blocks and dining dollars.

Culinary Arts Bake Cart

On certain days of the week UAA’s Culinary Arts program sells pastries in Cuddy Hall from its bake cart. The bake cart is very popular — the culinary arts students often have to bring out more batches of everything to keep the cart open.

The bake cart accepts only cash and check, so be prepared with cash or a checkbook on the days they are open for croissants, bread, cookies, muffins and more.

Food in SSB

Kaladi Brothers

Kaladi Brothers serves the UAA community with Kaladi Brothers coffee and drinks. It also offers some good seats for studying or catching up with others. On most days the seating around Kaladi Brothers is full and buzzing with conversation.

Kaladi Brothers also has more than enough outlets for people’s electronics.

Kaladi Brothers also sells Seawolf Dining’s soups of the day and accepts dining dollars and meal blocks.

Food in the Student Union

Student Union Information Desk

The SU Information Desk, by far, offers the cheapest snacks and food on campus. It offers a variety of frozen burritos and other frozen meals, ramen, drinks, canned soups, sandwiches, salads, chips and candy.

The SU Information Desk is the go-to place for a quick and cheap bite to eat when you are in a rush.

The SU Information Desk

also has microwaves available so you can heat up your ramen or frozen meal. If you ask the attendants at the desk for hot water they have some ready if you don’t want to heat your ramen in the microwave.

Union Station

The Union Station is a student-managed and run coffee stand on the second floor of the Student Union. It offers normal coffee stand drinks and have a variety of pastries, as well as bagels. The Union Station also does drink specials every day.

The Union Station does accept dining dollars and meal blocks.

Mein Bowl

Mein Bowl is UAA’s Asian food restaurant. It offers entrees such as broccoli beef, sesame chicken, chow mein, fried rice and other popular Chinese dishes. You can also purchase Tsunami Sushi there as well and get a bowl of miso soup.

The staff are always friendly and make an effort to know people’s name if they go multiple times. Meal blocks and dining dollars are accepted at Mein Bowl.

Subway

Much like most other Subways, the Subway on campus serves up sandwiches made with the ingredients you choose. Subway also has soups and squareshaped pizzas known as “Flatizzas.” Dining dollars and meal blocks are accepted at Subway.

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Alabama Shakes

Alaska Airlines Center debut concert

By Kelly Ireland

arts@thenorthernlight.org Get ready for the blues and southern rock group Alabama Shakes, performing live at the Alaska Airlines Center as part of a series of grand opening celebrations.

The Alabama Shakes will take the stage Sept. 13 at the newly finished Alaska Airlines Center. The concert opens with The Whipsaws at 7:30 p.m.

The Alabama Shakes consist of members Brittany Howard, Zac Cockrell, Heath Fogg, Steve Johnson and Ben Tanner. Brittany Howard’s smooth yet rough and raspy voice gives the group’s music a true blues rock sound. Their music is bass-heavy and has real feeling to it.

They have even been compared to the Black Keys.

“The sound of the Alabama Shakes is loose and evolving,” said NPR’s Ann Powers, but it has a “rockish edge.”

Ann Powers isn’t the only one digging the Alabama Shakes’ sound, though.

“I really like how the Alabama Shakes provide a sound that sends me into a whirlwind of nostalgia. They put a contemporary twist on their classic rock ‘n’ roll roots, and the result feels refreshing and honest. The best way I can describe their genre is true Americana — a brilliant merger of folk, rock ‘n’ roll, bluegrass and the blues,” said Sophie Leshan, early childhood education major.

The Alabama Shakes were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2013 for best new artist, best rock performance for their song “Hold On” and best recording package. Alabama Shakes have also got commercial attention. Alabama Shakes’ song “Always Alright” has been featured in the movie “Silver Linings Playbook,” and their song “You Ain’t Alone” was used for a Zales jewelry ad.

In addition to their nominations and commercial success, the Alabama Shakes have played at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival as well as the Newport Folk Festival. Their one and only album, “Boys and Girls,” has also gone gold.

photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

General admission tickets are $49.50 and available online at http://alaskaairlinescenter.com/.

Student tickets are $28 and will be available Aug. 20 for purchase at the Alaska Airlines Center Box Office. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information about the event and other grand opening events visit http://alaskaairlinescenter.com/.

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UAA athletics director hosts media day

By Travs Dowling

sports@thenorthernlight.org

University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics Director Keith Hackett, along with head coaches and members of the Athletics Department, hosted a media day and tour of the new Alaska Airlines Arena. The excitement is high among Hackett, coaches and members of the Athletics Department for the opening of the new state-of-the-art arena in Anchorage and at UAA. Hackett said, “We are about 99.5 percent complete.

That last five-tenths of a percent are the special things we need to do to give the building a little more ‘wow’ before we open.”

Hackett then introduced the media to the new general manager of Alaska Airlines Center, Chris Orheim.

Hackett led the media to the first stop, the under-construction gymnastics training area.

“When this is done it will probably be one of the best or finest gymnastics buildings on the West Coast,” said gymnastics head coach Paul Stakolos.

The tour was then led to the practice courts for the Seawolf basketball teams.

The court mirrors the actual court in the main arena running north to south, and is the same dimensions as the main court as well. The basketball room has seating for about 500 people and will host spe-

cial event dinners and Alaska state high school basketball tournaments.

Hackett led the media into the strength and conditioning room, where the volleyball team was doing drills.

The Seawolf volleyball players rotated through different workout stations, utilizing a variety of new equipment.

Hackett said the room will be fully prepared mid-September.

Head athletics trainer Chris Volk showed off the new sports medicine rehabilitation area, where studentathletes can recover from injuries return to full practice as quickly as possible.

The area includes four whirlpool tubs for players to soak in after practice and relax in either hot or cold water. It also has a pool with an underwater treadmill, two cameras and a television so the player and trainer can work together to correct any issues the player is suffering while recovering from an injury.

“We probably have quadrupled the space that we had at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex,” Volk said, The tour ended at the main arena floor. Standing on the court, one can look up at the 5,000 seats and the memories that will be made at Anchorage’s newest arena.

Between hosting graduation, concerts and UAA athletic events, the Alaska Airlines Arena is a must-see for the community.

Spirit lounges in the Alaska Airlines Center locker room.

The practice gym will support volleyball and basketball teams.

The main floor as set up for a basketball game in the Alaska Airlines Center.

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The University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Athletics will host a special dinner featuring renowned author and public speaker Bob Beaudine on Sept. 7 to celebrate the grand opening of the Alaska Airlines Center.

Attendees will enjoy a reception and dinner, followed by a keynote address from Beaudine, who will discuss his “Power of WHO” philosophy. The CEO of Eastman & Beaudine manages one of the nation’s leading exec-

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utive search firms for the sports Courtesy of Media Relations and entertainment industry, via goseawolves.com with clients including the NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL and NCAA member institutions.

The evening will also feature a silent auction with sports memorabilia, including signed items from NFL stars Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick, a signed jersey from UAA’s own Curtis Glencross, as well as opportunities to travel with the Seawolves.

Net proceeds from this event support the Athletic Excellence Fund at the UA Foundation.

The reception begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Alaska Airlines Center, with dinner at 6 p.m. and program at 7 p.m. Cost — which includes a copy of Beaudine’s book, “The Power of WHO” — is $100 per individual or $1,000 Sara Studebaker competed for Team USA at the at the 2014 for a table of 10. and 2010 Olympics.

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RSVP by Aug. 29.

Contact Tlisa Northcutt (tanorthcutt@uaa.alaska. edu / 907-786-1211) for further information.

ANCHORAGE — Alaska Anchorage head ski coach Sparky Anderson announced Thursday the addition of two-time Olympian Sara Studebaker to the 2014-15 Seawolf staff. Studebaker will serve as the assistant Nordic coach.

Studebaker, a biathlete from Boise, Idaho, comes to UAA after wrapping up her professional

career in the World Cup circuit last spring and at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, with Team USA. She was also a three-year member of the U.S. World Championships Team and competed collegiately for Dartmouth College.

“We’re extremely excited about adding Sara to our coaching staff,” Anderson said. “As a twotime Olympian and a key component of the 2007 Dartmouth ski team that won an NCAA Championship, Sara understands what it takes to compete and succeed on the biggest stage.”

“I’m honored to join the UAA staff, and I look forward to working with such talented athletes,” Studebaker said. “Having spent the last few years training in and out of Anchorage, I am very excited to have this opportunity to give back to the Alaska ski community. UAA has so much to offer student-athletes, especially skiers, and I am eager to help them succeed, both on and off the trails.”

At Sochi, Studebaker competed in three individual races, including a 44th-place showing in the 7.5 km sprint, while helping Team USA to a seventh-place result in the 4x6 km relay. Most recently, she competed in Oslo, Norway, in her final World Cup competition. Overall, Studebaker concluded the 2013-14 with a No. 93 ranking.

After graduating from Dartmouth College in 2007, Studebaker moved to the Lake Placid, New York, to begin training as a member of the U.S. Biathlon Team. She made her first Olympic Team in 2010 and headed to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she furnished four top-50 results — including a season-best 34th in the 15 km race.

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UAA athletics fall schedule For a complete list of UAA home and away games, visit www.GoSeawolves.com Volleyball Aug. 29

Seawolf Exhibition Alaska Airlines Center, 7 p.m.

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CORRECTIONS On Page 7 of the Aug. 5 edition of The Northern Light, we mistakenly identified a building on the campus map. The building numbered 22 is no longer Fireside Cafe.

On Page 13 of the Aug. 5 edition of The Northern Light, we incorrectly reported details regarding Alaska Airlines Center grand opening events. The blood drive has been canceled, and the “Service Before Self” event is not specifically in honor of 9/11.

On Page 14 of the Aug. 5 edition of The Northern Light, we misprinted this year’s Great Alaska Shootout logo. GCI is the sponsor for the 2014 Shootout. See the correct logo at http://bit.ly/XU2bs5.

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