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Students receive funding for diversity projects BY SHANNON KINLEY News Editor
Each year, students are given the opportunity to receive thousands of dollars in order to improve the campus climate by spreading diversity. According to the Office of Equal Opportunity’s website, the Diversity Funding Program was established in order to “educate the campus and Duluth communities in the areas of discrimination, social justice, sexual harassment prevention, equal opportunity, affirmative action and inclusivity.” “It is everybody’s job to make campus a good place to be,” said Joie Acheson Lee, the associate director for leadership development. Lee said this program is meant to align with goal two of UMD’s strategic plan: making a more inclusive campus for all. The plan was created in 2010 when Chancellor Lendley Black came to UMD. see DIVERSITY, A3
Linebacker takes a knee for love BY KIM HYATT Staff Reporter
Over the weekend, Bulldog fans got a priceless pregame show as senior linebacker Colby Ring got down on one knee to win the heart of senior Nadine Abu Azzam during the last home game of the season. “It hasn’t hit me yet,” Azzam said. “I don’t think it will until we start planning.” Ring and Azzam were still beaming the following Monday after the picture-perfect marriage proposal and the 57-3 victory over Minnesota, Crookston on Nov. 2. The linebacker managed to keep the ring and proposal plan a secret by only letting his roommate and parents know. He coordinated with the people in charge of the scoreboard and asked his coach if it would be okay to propose before the game. “I was definitely really nervous,” said Ring, who has been dating Azzam for three and a half years.
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Senior manages multiple Facebook groups BY PAIGE WALTER Volunteer Writer
Senior linebacker Colby Ring takes a knee during the final home game of the season to propose to his girlfriend of three and a half years, Nadine Abu Azzam. BRETT GROEHLER/UMD see PROPOSAL, A3
Overheard at UMD is a Facebook group that now has more than 7,300 members and, as of last spring, has a new administrator. The original creators of the group, Jake DiSanto and Brian Miller, started the group in 2009, but handed over the reigns when they graduated. Daniel Wilczek, the new administrator, is a fifth-year senior at UMD studying business marketing and is a close friend of DiSanto. Wilczek is also the co-administrator of the Facebook group UMD Hockey Ticket Swap and the creator of the UMD Duluth Longboard Crew group. “I had been a member of Overheard for about a year,” Wilczek said. “I knew Jake was graduating in the spring, and I offered to take over.” The group encourages students to post quotes or things they hear or see around campus that may see OVERHEARD, A3
Professor shocks the gossip world with new show
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Explaining UMD professor Rob Wittig’s SpeidiShow is like trying to explain hip-hop to Mozart or genetically modified organisms to the American settlers — it’s an emerging, bizarre idea. Essentially, the
SpeidiShow is a netprov — an online improv that uses Twitter as a forum for followers to make up stories about the adventures of the reality TV stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag from The Hills. “It truly is an experiment,” Wittig said. “The amount of unknowns about it is really thrill-
ing, because that’s the most exciting moment in art … when you’re really doing something new that nobody’s done before.” Wittig and his friend Mark Marino teamed up with Montag and Pratt, Marino’s former student at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, to create
their most popular netprov yet. Since the first episode was released on Sept. 19, the show has received national attention in popular gossip magazines like In Touch Weekly and Us Magazine. Every Thursday at 10 p.m., SpeidiShow followers from New Zealand to Canada and America
log on to Twitter and improvise given a specific storyline for an hour at #SpeidiShow. “It’s like jazz,” Wittig said. “You’re in the moment and you have a couple ideas about where things might go, but then if someone else takes you somewhere else, you go with them.” At first, original Spei-
di reality TV fans were confused about the netprov, not sure if there was a televised show or not. Us Magazine dubbed it a prank. “It kind of goes over some people’s heads, like they don’t get that it’s a game,” Wittig said.
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OK, what’s left? Drive. This will be faster and smoother, but the $3 it takes to park means one less beer at the bar, and there’s no luck in finding open spots. Plus, you don’t want to be that person on Facebook’s Overheard at UMD who gets photographed for parking in the woods near Bagley. So, what do you do? This story is left untold. You decide what happens. In the next few years, however, biking might just become your
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Each year, $3,000 is allocated for students and $2,000 for certain faculty to help spread diversity throughout campus. When the program first started in 1998, it was not open to students; however, Black thought students also played a large role in creating a more inclusive campus. “Hopefully everybody on campus has access to do some goal two projects, should they choose to do that,” Lee said. “We want to make sure that if people who work or go to school at UMD have innovative ideas, they have the ability to move their ideas and projects forward.” Lee feels that this program not only inspires students to make a difference, but also allows them to practice grant writing and develop leadership skills. “We want students to feel empowered that if they have these good ideas for change and improvement of campus climate, we want to make sure that they have some money to do those projects with, just like the staff and faculty would,” Lee said. Since 2011, only 10 students have applied for the program. This year, only three applications have been received so far. Susan Meyers, UMD faculty member, received funding through the Diversity Funding Program both fall and spring of last year. She received a total of $800 in order to help her with a non-
profit she started: the Art Enrichment North Central Windows Program. Speaking about the Diversity Funding Program, Meyers said, “It is important because it raises awareness of diversity and civic engagement, and gets students involved in the campus community and also the community in general.” The program’s mission is to offer an art enrichment program that provides a safe window of healing time to abused women and their children. “When I saw the email saying that they (the Equal Opportunity Office) were giving out those grants and that faculty and staff could apply for, I did. … It turned out to be very helpful,” Meyers said. The funding she received helped her purchase art supplies and advertise for the organization. “The project can be almost anything,” Meyers said. “You really have to carefully tie whatever your project is to goal two.” After the applicants receive funding and complete their projects, they have to submit a one- or two-page report summarizing what they learned from the project and how successful it was. Meyers said this holds people accountable for the funds they receive. Students can apply for funding anytime throughout the year, but projects are to be com-
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staff and faculty,” Meyers said. “Everybody has the opportunity to make a difference, and I think that is a wonderful thing.”
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“But, what we want is we’re after those people who get that it’s this weird game that you can play.” New followers have a short time left to play, however, as the show will end after its seventh episode this Thursday. Despite SpeidiShow’s conclusion, it’s not too late to get into netproving; Wittig plans on creating more netprov programs in the future. SpeidiShow is the second Wittig netprov UMD senior Jordyn Swenson has participated in. “This one was fun because everything is packed into an hour, so you can like sit on your Twitter account and have this conversation with people all over the world in a short amount of time,” Swenson said. “It’s just very rapid Tweeting.” Swenson joined in on the storytelling for the Oct. 10 episode in which the Speidi duo gave love advice to followers. During the episode, Montag retweeted one of Swenson’s tweets, in which she made one of the featured characters trip over himself. “It’s kind of cool that you can have contact with people that have that much of a social ladder up on you,” Swenson said. In the same episode, Jean Sramek, Wittig’s friend and Duluth resident, argued against herself using two made up Twitter characters: ex-lovers Evalynn Kanyo and Emil Crispinn. For Sramek, the new netprov seems more real
be out of the ordinary. Wilczek said checking the page has become a part of his daily routine, as he spends quite a bit of time on Facebook. He monitors all the posts for appropriateness and relevance, as well as filtering out posts that may present bullying or harassment. With over 7,000 members, monitoring the group’s content can be difficult at times. “Running the group really isn’t an issue by myself,” Wilczek said. “I simply just try to keep up to date when I log into
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than Montag and Pratt’s reality TV show and its scripted actors. Although many of the SpeidiShow followers have fake identities, they are nevertheless real people sitting at their computers and creating on-the-spot original literature. She said people’s identities — especially on the Internet — are selfcreated, anyway. “In a way, everybody invents things on the Internet anyway — and certainly on Twitter because of the immediacy of the format,” Sramek said. “But, to some extent, people are allowed to invent themselves on the Internet.” Cathy Podeszwa, another friend of Wittig’s, helps write the show from Duluth and created a fictitious Canadian geologist character named Jennette Up North. Podeszwa agreed with Sramek, calling SpeidiShow a “fun way to play with reality.” She said that not only are the stories and follower identities made up, but even Montag and Pratt’s Twitter identities are partially an illusion. Wittig and Marino often use the stars’ accounts to run the show or speak with the media, making it hard to decipher who is really talking. “You look around and see that everything online is kind of surrealist,” Podeszwa said. “It’s a whole surrealist world, and we’re all kind of floating in it, and we can all kind of work together to make it more interesting.”
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“A couple of guys said I looked pretty white before the game. Once I got up to her … I looked at her face and she looked so confused, that’s when I was really nervous.” The proposal lasted all of one minute before Ring had to rush back onto the field for kickoff and Azzam was left speechless. “I don’t even remember what he said because I blacked out,” Azzam said. “He had to go play a whole game for three hours. I couldn’t even be with him.” Fans with smart phones captured the moment, as did local news stations there to cover the Senior Day football game. Photos and videos of the Bulldog proposal flooded the couple’s Facebook pages. Michelle Marnich, one of Azzam’s best friends and a UMD graduate student, was checking the TV with her boyfriend before heading to the game Saturday afternoon. She tuned in right before Ring and his parents walked down the field for Senior Day — just in time to catch the proposal. “The TV announcer was saying it was going to be an extra special day for Colby and how he is about to make a lucky girl feel really special,” Marnich said. “I started to freak out — and then I saw him walking toward her and I just started screaming toward the TV with excitement.”
Marnich hit record on her DVR before rushing to Malosky Stadium to hug and congratulate her best friend. The night before, the girls went on a double date for dinner, at which time Ring tried to break the news to Marnich. “I’m kind of glad I didn’t know; I wouldn’t have been able to contain my excitement if I knew in advance — so much excitement,” Marnich said. Ring said if he were to do it all over again, he would’ve made sure to tell all of Azzam’s friends. Still, a majority of the couple’s family and friends were at the game anyway. Azzam said she definitely appreciated and approved of the engagement, as “he set the bar high.” Ring was very humble about the entire thing, and he said he “ just thought it was another proposal.” He quickly realized his loving arrangement paid off: she said yes, and the moment was shared all throughout the greater Duluth community. For now, the couple said they are in no rush to marry. Instead they are focused on graduating and finishing out their senior year at UMD together. They both said the engagement hasn’t quite sunk in yet, and besides calling each other fiancé, nothing has changed.
porting our students and university,” Wilczek said. “Some members see this as spam, but as a marketing major and running events on campus, I understand how important it is to gain exposure for your events, articles and ideas, etc.” Wilczek said around 1,000 members have been added to the group in the last few months. It is a “closed” group on Facebook, meaning you must send a request to the administrator to become a member. “My phone is constantly lighting up with
requests to join the group,” Wilczek said. Wilczek said taking over the page has not changed his life in any way; it just gives him a little something extra to monitor while he’s online. When Wilczek graduates next spring, he will be handing the group back over to its original founders. “Jake and Brian are the original creators, and I respect their decision to decide the future of the group,” Wilczek said.
the trail planners need to decide what route the trail will take in order to connect with the Congdon Boulevard. Then, the funding will come. “Once we know where (the route) is and we have diagrams, it’s easier to go after funding,” said Judy Gibbs, the Trail and Bikeway coordinator for the City of Duluth. There are four courses proposed for the connection from BlueStone Ridge to Tischer Creek. One cuts through the Mount Royal parking lot. The second stays along the outer edge of the lot. The third heads toward the parking lot, but then redirects through a residential area. And the last one goes downhill on 8th Street. The old Congdon Boulevard is part of the second phase of the trail’s construction. Repairs to the boulevard are currently underway — a
result of the destruction of the June 2012 flood. In the reparation process, the City of Duluth is turning the old road into part of the bike trail. Dick Haney, a volunteer member of HDAC and retired UMD professor who created the Recreational Sport Outdoor Program (RSOP), is excited that the proposed trail will be running through the woods along Tischer Creek on the old Congdon Boulevard. “You’re getting people out to exercise a little bit, but then you’re getting them in contact with nature,” Haney said. “We want to involve people as much as possible in the green spaces ... I’m sure you’d agree it’s more fun to ride in Hartley Park than it is to ride down Superior Street where you’re trying to dodge cars.”
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my Facebook. Adding members is a bit time consuming, and you have to ‘creep’ on people’s profiles when they send you a request to make sure they are real people. Other than that, it’s easily manageable for one person.” Wilczek also thinks the page can be a place of getting other information out to students, not just a group used to joke about what they hear in the hallways at UMD. “I personally believe Overheard is a great place to post community events or articles sup-
Bike Trail winning option, as a new bike trail will be built through campus. That’s right, a new bike trail. A few weeks ago, the Lowell to Lakewalk bike route proposal was released. The proposed 10-foot wide, paved corridor will start near Campus Park on Rice Lake Road, run through the campuses of the College of Saint Scholastica (CSS) and UMD, then roll down the hill to the Lakewalk via the old Congdon Boulevard along Tischer Creek. According to Bryan French, UMD’s Bike to Campus coordinator, this trail can solve the wrist-jarring pothole problem and the scary driver/biker relationship included in road biking. “It allows kids, college students, adults — anybody — to get onto a safe trail that doesn’t get a lot of vehicle traffic to
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get from home to school, from home to a shopping area, et cetera,” French said. UMD is part of the trail’s planning committee along with CSS, the City of Duluth, the Healthy Duluth Area Coalition (HDAC) and the Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Interstate Council. The estimated cost of the four-mile trail is $2,800,000 according to the committee’s 2011 grant application for the Minnesota DNR’s Parks and Trails Legacy Grant. About five months ago, the same grant program gave the trail planners $500,000 to use for construction costs. Already, the first phase of the trail construction process was finished on the completion of the trail from BlueStone Ridge to campus. Before the rest of the construction can begin,
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With winter fast approaching, many of us northlanders are wondering why we decide to live in one of the coldest cities in the United States. Duluth, Minn., comes in at number nine.
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The average winter temperature for us Duluthians is 19.4 degrees Fahrenheit, and the coldest recorded temperature was -41 degrees back in 1885.
Typically, January is the coldest month, with an average temperature of 21 degrees. With cold temperatures comes lots and lots of snow.
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According to the National Weather Service, the biggest snowfall in Duluth happened in 1991 from Oct. 31–Nov. 3 and was nearly 37 inches. Another record snowfall — 24.5 inches — fell between Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 in 2009.
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Fake guns BY SGT TIM LEGARDE Guest Writer
The Oct. 22 shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by a Santa Cruz (Calif.) County Sheriff’s Deputy is a stark and tragic reminder of the dangers of improper possession and display of toy and replica firearms. Though the investigation of this incident is in progress, some initial facts are known: Deputies spotted Lopez walking in public while carrying what appeared to be an AK-47 rifle. Within seconds of contacting Lopez, the deputy had reason to fear for his life and fired his duty pistol at Lopez to end that threat. Only after Lopez lay dying on the ground, with a brief moment to examine the rifle, did deputies realize that the AK-47 was actually a pellet gun. One more fact in this case is indisputable: that the needless presence of a very real-looking fake firearm in the hands of a 13-year-old kid put into motion a series of events
that cost him his life and forever altered the lives of others. Although the Department of Justice does not track such incidents, their frequency prompted a federal law to be enacted in the late 1980s that requires all toy, “look-alike,” or imitation firearms to display a bright orange barrel plug or other obvious markings to show they are not genuine. Yet these horrible incidents continue to occur, and they’re not exclusive to California. Just last month, officers of the Duluth Police Department responded to a disturbance in a nearby neighborhood in which a male was reportedly displaying a handgun. When officers arrived and saw him with gun in hand, he fled on foot, prompting a lengthy chase and search that ended in the arrest of this intoxicated UMD student. The gun he had carried was a replica. The ones the Duluth cops pointed at him were not. And we’ve seen it
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here at UMD in recent years. A male resident of a Griggs Hall groundfloor dorm room was seen pointing a silvercolored handgun out his window, with numerous students walking on Griggs Beach. UMDPD officers determined it was a pellet gun, but only after forcing entry into his room, pointing their real pistols at the young man, and not-sogently placing him in handcuffs. Just before he went to jail, an officer pointed out the realistic look of his pellet gun and informed him that if he had pointed it at any of the officers, he would have been shot. The student laughed. An outing by a group of male students, drinking beer and randomly
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firing a weapon atop Rock Hill, ended with officers pointing pistols at them and then handcuffing them facedown on the ground until it was determined that the weapon was not the hunting rifle that it appeared to be, but rather an intimidatingly realistic BB gun, complete with scope. The officers didn’t know it was a BB gun at first. Neither did the frightened middle-aged couple with children who initially saw them and fled to call police. Although statistically rare, encounters with armed suspects take on an extra level of intensity and importance for police officers. Their paramount goal is to go home safely at the end
of their shift. To that end, training for armed encounters focuses on honing their ability to make split-second decisions in the face of life-threatening danger. Because those decisions do have to be made in fractions of seconds, it’s almost impossibly impractical for an officer to be able to differentiate between a realistic replica firearm and the real thing. Acting on the side of intense caution, the results of these encounters will almost always be the same: lives lost and lives shattered, needlessly. Before you pick up that “harmless” BB rifle, or that “toy” pellet pistol, or that “obvious” paintball gun and head out for what you think is going to be some fun, take a moment and think about where you might end up. What’s that guy in the car next to you going to do when he sees you flashing a pistol? He’s going to pick up his cell phone and call the police. What’s that cop going to do when she
sees you walking along the avenue carrying an assault rifle? And you run off to avoid getting into trouble? There are several things she might do, and most of them involve real guns being pointed at you. What’s that citizen with the concealed carry permit going to do when you point your pellet gun at him as a practical joke? How will your night end? It could end with you laughing with your friends at all the hilarious terror you have wrought. But it could just as easily end with you being wheeled into a cooler at the UMD morgue. To phrase it in the simplest of ways: If you carry a fake gun out in public, you could be shot and killed. Possession of many replica firearms in the city of Duluth is prohibited by ordinance. It’s also not a very wise thing to do. Be smart. Think about you, and your family, and your future. Avoid fake guns and the real tragedies that can come with them.
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Enjoy the junior year limbo
it’s almost as if moving off campus is a rite of passage to getting rid of the underclassman label. People move The junior year of college started off campus once they’ve broadened with a lot of anticipation and hopes the connections that they have made for me — as well as a few perks. I throughout the years. There are those students who have no longer have to worry about being categorized as an underclassman, been making sure that every credit so signing up for classes was less counts into their division, and this has stressful because the higher divisions prepared them just in time for senior are finally made available. And most year and graduation (props to them). importantly, I don’t need to freak out But there are some, maybe even the about what I’m going to do with my majority of us, that are still worried as ever if the things we are learning life after college just yet. The junior class is a good midpoint in the classrooms right now will land to define and figure out where in life we us a job with a good paying salary to are headed, because not everything is support our new adult lifestyle and pay for those fearsome set in stone. In freshman student loans. As great year, parties and as it can be, being a gatherings were ranked The junior junior also puts us at the as priority before school most awkward position class is a good or anything else because of trying to decide what everyone wanted to be midpoint to is it that we really want in on the coolest social before graduating. define and circles. Sophomore year Starting out small is was that awkward stage figure out where the best option because of trying to find the right in life we are experience comes slowly group of people who but progressively, rather have similar interests headed ... than being shoved in the instead of just the party face all at once to make us friends. comprehend something And then the junior year hits. We that we don’t really understand right realize that the similar faces we see off the bat. I realized after some time in our lecture halls will probably that it sucks to be doing background pop up elsewhere too, like the next work rather than the intense and class maybe? There are a lot of exciting things at my internship, but things that change, while some parts the opportunities that come with it stay the same. Classes do get more and the social connections that I’m challenging, but the professors and making really are worth it. There’s people that relate to our major are only so much one person can do at a there, and that can be a real bummer time, but the spot that we are in right or a good thing. now allows for us to make mistakes Once we have reached this point, and learn to correct them before it’s there is a lot of personal growth that finalized. develops. The more people connect There is no reason to feel guilty if with their surroundings, the more the bar is set high, because everyone (I they’ll realize if there’s something in hope) believes that there is something it for them to continue to cultivate. bigger and better out there. Being a Some take this growth very seriously, junior gives us a nice grace period to too. I often hear advice from older kids sort things out before life pushes us to boasting that leaving the on-campus the brink of reality, but it’s also the housing is the best thing that’s ever best time of our college life to build a happened to them. In some ways, portfolio for what’s yet to come. BY CINDY VU Columnist
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Let me take you back to the fall of 2007: most of us were in high school, we didn’t have our first black president yet, and everyone still loved “Halo.” This isn’t to say people still don’t like “Halo,” but a few months after the “Halo 3” release date, “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” came out. And make no mistake — it was a game changer. And now here we are, mere weeks away from the release of the Xbox One and the Playstation 4. “Call of Duty: Ghosts” — the ninth mainline title in ten years, and I didn’t even bother counting the spinoffs and side releases — is set to release right alongside them, even earlier if you go by the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. We are one whole console generation later spent under the influence of “Call of Duty,” and boy does it show. Modern gaming culture has practically reshaped itself around “Call of Duty.” There is a bevy of imitators that failed to dethrone it. Even games that didn’t share the same genre or appeal that “Call of Duty” filled still had to shift release sched-
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ules around November, which in turn had become a month where “Call of Duty” makes money and other games get ignored. I should probably let you know that I am not the biggest fan of “Call of Duty.” The first one was okay, the second one was really good, the third one was bad in a good way, and the fourth one was fantastic. After that, I lost interest. At the time, the shift from the World War II setting that had saturated the market at the time to a then-underused modern time period was incredibly refreshing, and it helped that the game was designed well to boot. But with the following year’s release of “World at War,” which returned it to the welltread grounds of WWII, you couldn’t have convinced me to play it amid the myriad of more interesting games released at the time. When the first trailers for “Modern Warfare 2” appeared a month or two after “World at War,” setting it up for a similar November release the following year, I began noticing a pattern. Every year a new “Call of Duty,” and every year a similar-looking game to the one that came before it. By 2009, the series was so bland that I wondered
why I ever thought it was great in the first place. Still, from “Modern Warfare” onwards, the series has continued to break its own records year after year, finally being unseated earlier in 2013 by “Grand Theft Auto 5,” as if that game needed more reasons to be good. It popularized the use of “season passes,” which allow the publisher to charge twice for one game. (Seriously, that lousy practice in particular needs to stop, especially when it’s just map packs — those should be free.) This might even be a misguided topic for me since, a) I’m not really a nerd for this series, and b) this series is barely nerdy to begin with. I’m not saying someone can’t be nerdy for “Call of Duty”; I’m just saying that person just isn’t me. “Call of Duty” has effectively become the NFL of video games, a pop culture touchstone that has little effect on me outside of how many games I would normally play get released in November instead. I really don’t mind if you enjoy “Call of Duty”; ultimately it really doesn’t affect me in any way and people enjoy what they enjoy. Just don’t mind if I sit this one out.
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Total domination
Big weekend for freshmen not big enough Men’s hockey can’t sweep away Buckeyes BY NICOLE BRODZIK Volunteer Writer
Coming into the season with 17 underclassmen, the UMD men’s hockey team probably anticipated a bit of a learning curve. But with a young lineup comes enthusiasm and energy — and apparently a lot of scoring. The No. 20 Bulldogs split their series at Ohio State over the weekend, and while they couldn’t complete the sweep Saturday, the newest Bulldog additions made quite the impression. Of the 13 total points the Bulldogs scored against the Buckeyes, two came from upperclassmen. Eight came from freshmen. On the defensive side Friday, goaltender Aaron Crandall continued his stellar play in the UMD net, surrendering only one goal. “I’ve been seeing the puck well,” Crandall said. “I feel confident out there. We’ve had the same five defensemen out there for my five starts and they’ve been amazing.” The Bulldog penalty kill, which has a 93.6 percent success rate this season, didn’t allow a goal on the weekend and snuffed out five Ohio State power plays Friday. And then there was the freshman scoring outbreak. This year’s class has racked up nine goals in eight games. see MEN’S HOCKEY, B2
Senior Chris Vandervest tackles Golden Eagle quarterback Kyle Larson Saturday. ALEX GANEEV/STATESMAN
Bulldogs batter Golden Eagles on Senior Day BY KYLE FARRIS Sports Editor
With 21 members, this year’s senior class is thought to be the largest in the history of UMD football. Those 21 were put to good use Saturday. Pat Alexander, Jeremy Reierson, Nate Zuk and Austin Selvick — all seniors — caught touchdowns, and senior quarterback Brent Jorgensen threw his first collegiate touchdown off the bench as the Bulldogs dismantled Minnesota, Crookston 57-3 at Malosky Stadium for their sixth straight win and eighth straight over the Golden Eagles. Freshman quarterback Drew Bauer tossed four scores in a spell that amounted to less than a quarter and was pulled from the game late in the first half with UMD leading 35-0. Sophomore Eric Kline came on in relief of Bauer before yielding to Jorgensen. UMD passers combined for 223 yards and six touchdowns to six different receivers.
“We always aim to be balanced and today we definitely were,” head coach Curt Wiese said. “We have a talented receiving corps. We need to continue to utilize those guys in the pass game and also in our run game.” The Bulldogs ran the ball 53 times for 262 yards and controlled the ball for over 37 minutes. Logan Lauters had a one-yard score to go with 55 yards, including a 39-yard burst down the left sideline in the first quarter to set up UMD’s third touchdown. On defense, the Bulldogs allowed 107 yards of offense and six first downs. A majority of Minnesota, Crookston’s offense came on a two-minute drive at the end of the first half that covered 67 yards and led to a 34-yard field goal. It was 42-3 at halftime and UMD emptied its bench in the second half. see FOOTBALL, B2
Women find tough sledding against Huskies BY NICOLE BRODZIK Volunteer Writer
Forward Jenna McParland (19) scores the deciding goal during a shootout against St. Cloud State Saturday. McParland also scored UMD’s only goal during regulation. SHANNON STOLTING/STATESMAN
The UMD women’s hockey team struggled through the first game of its series with St. Cloud State over the weekend, but came away with a shootout win Saturday. Friday’s game featured scattered play from the Bulldogs (4-4-2, 2-4-2 WCHA) and ended with a 4-1 UMD loss, St. Cloud State’s first win of the season. The Huskies went on a scoring rampage in the second period, scoring four goals in 15 minutes to eventually get UMD goaltender Kayla Black pulled from the net. The Bulldogs attempted a comeback and set a team record for shots in a period with 31 in the final frame. The total was nine more than they
recorded in the first and second periods combined. One of those 31 shots came from freshman defenseman Lara Stalder, who broke UMD’s scoreless streak at 3:41 of the third period. But St. Cloud State goaltender Julie Friend, who stopped 52 shots on the night, didn’t allow the Bulldogs to inch any closer. Saturday’s game was UMD’s last before a two-week break and finished in a tie after the teams were deadlocked 1-1 at the end of regulation. The Bulldogs carried over their offensive momentum from Friday and had a number of scoring opportunities in the first period Saturday, but were unable to convert. “We didn’t come ready yesterday,” senior forward Jamie Kenyon said. see WOMEN’S HOCKEY, B2
Volleyball clears two more hurdles with ease BY EVAN SMEGAL Volunteer Writer
UMD volleyball head coach Jim Boos said it best about his team after they played undoubtedly their best volleyball of the season. “We have played really solid volleyball for the last five matches,” Boos said. “We’ve seen an October lull occur with the long season. This club has rededicated and refocused on our goals that we set at the beginning of the year. They realize that the end of tunnel is approaching quickly.” UMD looked the part of the third-ranked team nationally in the AVCA poll with commanding wins over Sioux Falls and No. 8 Southwest Minnesota State over the weekend at Romano Gym. The Bulldogs needed three sets (25-13, 25-17, 25-17) Friday to take down the Cougars and three more Saturday to beat the eighth-ranked Mustangs (25-19, 25-17, 25-17). Entering Saturday, the Mustangs had won
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assists this weekend by UMD setter Ashley Hinsch. Hinsch took home the NSIC Setter of the Week award for the third time this season.
three straight matchups against UMD. The Bulldogs controlled the net both offensively and defensively, committing 13 errors compared to 28 for Southwest Minnesota State. They are hitting the ball at a record clip (.311) and in the past two weeks they have distributed the ball more evenly see VOLLEYBALL, B2
Kate Lange flashes her teammates a smile after scoring a point against Sioux Falls Friday. SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN
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Bizarre final weekend pits soccer against Beavers, again BY EVAN SMEGAL Volunteer Writer
The UMD soccer team locked up the third seed in the NSIC with a victory over Minnesota, Crookston in the regular-season finale Sunday, but it squandered an excellent opportunity to improve its seeding for the NSIC Tournament. With the top five teams in the conference separated by four points, the Bulldogs came into the weekend tied for third and ultimately stayed put, despite a shakeup caused by three of the top five teams playing one another. Southwest Minnesota State dropped from second to fifth and Winona State moved up to the second slot. On Friday a missed defensive assignment off a throw-in during the 19th
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Less than five minutes into the game, linebacker Brent Stiglich was injured on a kickoff and remained down for 10 minutes. He was taken to an ambulance on a stretcher and was able to give a thumbs up with both hands. “It’s tough emotionally watching one of your teammates lay on the field,” Wiese said. “But after he put his arms up and he was talking and responsive, I think they felt okay about the next snap we were going to take.” UMD also lost right guard Phillip Rutz to a leg injury in the third quar-
minute allowed Bemidji State’s Tiffany VanHaaften to score the lone goal of the match. The 1-0 road loss against the Beavers meant UMD had to win SunDani Potter day to guarantee UMD ATHLETICS/ a home playoff SUBMITTED game. “It’s a lesson learned,” said Bulldog senior captain Dani Potter. “They took advantage of our mental error. When we tried to answer, their defense was solid and bunkered in, and we couldn’t find any gaps or seams to attack.” UMD will play the same Bemidji State team, the No. 6 seed, Wednesday
night at Malosky Stadium. The matchup could favor the Bulldogs as they seek revenge at home, where they are undefeated in eight appearances this season. Despite the final score, the Bulldogs outplayed the Beavers for the most part Friday. Bemidji State spent a majority of the match defending its side of the field and was outshot 28-8. “We competed and played well,” Potter said. “(Wednesday) we have to stay mentally intact for the entire game and hopefully break down their defense and get better opportunities to score on them.” Southwest Minnesota State and Augustana have been significant threats to UMD this season, as well. Fifth-seeded Southwest Minnesota State handed UMD its most lopsided
loss of the season (3-0 Sept. 29), while the Bulldogs needed overtime to sneak past Augustana, which is ranked seventh for the postseason. “I’m thankful to be seeded third,” Potter said. “We wanted to have a home match and we got it. We’ll have extra fire and motivation for (the Bemidji State) game knowing that we lost to them last Friday. Winona is the second seed, and we have already beaten them this year, so I like where we are.” With a win against Bemidji State, UMD would advance into the semifinals of the NSIC Tournament on Friday to face either Winona State or Augustana. The top seed after Wednesday will host the remaining matches. The NSIC championship match is Sunday with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line.
ter. Rutz was helped off by trainers and later used crutches on the sideline. The regular season comes to a close with road games against Mary Saturday and Northern State next week. UMD, which is now ranked fifth nationally, will need to secure a home playoff game in order to play again this fall at Malosky Stadium, where the team is 24-2 since 2010. That’s not a bad run for this year’s seniors. “Looking back on their picture in 2009 in the program, it’s funny to see their faces, how they’ve matured, how they’ve grown,” Wiese said. “Their commitment to this program has meant a lot. It’s about what they leave behind, not necessarily what they’re doing right now.”
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the Bulldogs would have liked, with Ohio State scoring three straight goals to take a 3-0 lead early in the second period. “We didn’t really start very well Saturday night,” Crandall said. “I don’t think we really competed or worked as hard as we did in the weekend previous against Notre Dame.” The duo of Iafallo and Toninato was quick to respond, this time with Iafallo scoring off a pass from Toninato. Junior Caleb Herbert then added a second UMD goal late in the second to pull the Bulldogs within one. The score remained 3-2 in favor of Ohio State throughout the third period, until UMD pulled Crandall from the net and Buckeye Ryan Dzingel threw in an empty netter to make the final score 4-2. UMD (4-3-1, 1-1-0 NCHC) is off this weekend and will return to the ice Nov. 15 for a series at North Dakota.
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Friday night all three UMD goals came off freshman sticks. “I think it was pretty evident on Friday night how well they’ve been playing,” Crandall said. “When the team was a little bit flat Friday night I thought definitely the freshman forwards that were going played awesome.” Forward Kyle Osterberg opened the scoring with a power-play tally at 9:05 of the first period. In the second period forward Sammy Spurrell added a goal to double UMD’s lead. Ohio State banked its only goal five minutes into the final period, but Bulldog Dominic Toninato answered six minutes later with a goal on a feed from Alex Iafallo to seal the 3-1 win. Saturday’s game didn’t start the way
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among hitters instead of relying solely on Kate Lange. “Southwest is very talented and we knew that we needed to be at the top of our game,” Boos said. “I thought our girls played aggressive and we terminated rallies into points when given the chance. Our setter (Ashley Hinsch) has done a great job at finding the open one-on-one opportunities for our hitters.” Hinsch has been named the NSIC Setter of the Week in back-to-back weeks and is averaging over 12 assists per set. The Zumbrota, Minn., native ranks second in the nation in assists per set and is a key factor in the Bulldogs ranking third in hitting. “In all my years at this program, I don’t think I’ve seen any of my teams hit around the .300 mark,” Boos said. “Usually, I remember my programs hitting about .265 or so on the year. To be sitting around there is quite remarkable. Everyone is doing their job and holding themselves accountable for what they can control.” After being shocked by Northern State in four sets at home two weeks ago, the Bulldogs have responded with five consecutive victories. “We didn’t play our best ball that night; we were flat, lethargic and disinterested,” Boos said. “We got back in the gym and refocused on the small things that we were about. We have two weeks left to finish strong.”
UMD (24-2, 14-2 NSIC) will make its final road trip of the regular season with matches against Winona State Friday and Upper Iowa Saturday. The Bulldogs swept both teams at Romano Gym in early October.
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“There’s always room for improvement, but we did a lot better tonight. Tonight we had a lot more chances that we just couldn’t put away.” At 3:55 of the second, Kenyon centered the puck to the left circle for freshman Ashleigh Brykaliuk, whose shot was saved by the Husky goaltender Katie Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald lost control of the rebound, however, and junior Jenna McParland put the puck behind Fitzgerald for her sixth goal of the season and UMD’s first lead of the series. For the rest of the period and into the third, UMD held the advantage, and it looked like Black would earn her second shutout of the year. But with 22 seconds left on the clock, St. Cloud’s Julia Gilbert crashed the net and banked in her second goal of the
weekend to send the game into overtime. Both teams exchanged chances in the five-minute overtime, but a winner wasn’t decided and the game went to a shootout. Black turned away the two shots she faced in the shootout, and forward Meghan Huertas and McParland scored on UMD’s first two attempts to clinch the shootout and an extra point in the conference standings for the Bulldogs. “It always sucks to get scored on in the last 20 or so seconds, especially when you’re only up by one,” Kenyon said. “But the shootout was great. Both of our girls scored right away and Kayla did an amazing job. So at least we got the shootout win. Every point counts.”
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First round of NSIC Tournament Bemidji State Malosky Stadium Wed., 5 p.m.
Bethel Romano Gym Sat., 2 p.m.
UMD middle blocker Sydnie Mauch spikes the ball toward Sioux Falls’ Samantha Lovell Friday night. SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN
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Student Life Editor / Maeggie Licht / licht096@d.umn.edu
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New Hartley preschool in the works Bundled up for the rain Monday, two-year-old Atley Collins held tight to the parachute and listened attentively as Joy, the Nature Nook instructor, explained the outdoor game. Next fall’s Hartley preschool will offer nature-based learning experiences like this. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN BY ALOYSIA POWER Outdoors Reporter
“Ribbit, ribbit,” says the frog, who then jumps into the pond. “Hoo?” asks the owl, not quite sure who Ribbit is. Before turning the page to see which animal pops up next, the reader rotates the book so the pond illustration faces the listening group of children — some lift their hands to point at the owl hidden in the trees. Many preschools use learning tools, like books, to incorporate nature lessons into their curriculums, but very few actually let kids experience these lessons out in nature. Hartley Nature Center, UMD’s neighboring park, sees the lack of outdoor, nature-based learning in early childhood education as a solvable problem. Next fall, the center will be opening an outdoor-learning preschool. “It will be different in the fact that the majority of the curriculum will be happening outside,” said Beth Ruark, UMD education instructor and member of the preschool’s planning com-
mittee. “Parents will know that their children will be outside every single day for a significant part of the time that they’re there.” Hartley preschoolers will learn the standard preschool curriculum, but they’ll do it outside on trails within the nature center. “Our two big things are that we want to help them develop that sense of connection with the natural world,” said Kaitlin Erpestad, the preschool’s director. “And then also, because it’s what parents want, we want to help get them ready for school.” Ruark said the outdoor learning environment offers physical and cognitive developmental benefits that are absent from indoor learning environments. Kids who spend a lot of time outdoors have to adapt to moving their bodies in a more dynamic and physically challenging environment. “Walking in a school is very different from walking down a trail,” said Ruark. “So, kids have to be able to improve their balance and all sorts of physical types of skills.”
As far as cognitive development goes, students will be able to “ just go outside and play,” Ruark said. “Creative play is the building blocks of cognitive development,” she said. Erpestad added that outdoor play differs from indoor play in that there are more opportunities for children to use their whole bodies. “The research says that kids learn best when all of their senses are engaged,” said Erpestad. “And when kids — especially young kids — play in nature, it’s like somehow kids are innately made to play and to be interested in the natural world. So, when you put those together, all of their senses are engaged and they’re learning the whole time they’re out playing.” Erpestad also said the more kids are outside at a young age, the more likely they’ll continue to be outside and care for the environment as they grow up. Becky Sax, UMD senior and Hartley’s current environmental education intern, agrees with Erpestad. She said the kids who’ve had pre-
vious outdoor experience before attending Hartley’s outdoor programs are more excited to learn and are better aware of their surroundings. “We had a kindergartener who used to come to Nature Nook, which is our preschool program, and she was pointing out different fungus and knew what it was,” Sax said. Hartley also wants to use the preschool as an opportunity to teach UMD early childhood education students as well as environmental and outdoor education students how to incorporate nature-based learning into the preschool curriculum. “We want to do whatever we can to kind of mentor teachers or provide an example of how teachers can use the natural world and the importance of it,” said Erpestad. Emmi Lohrentz, UMD early childhood education student and Hartley’s summer environmental education intern, hopes the preschool will influence the early childhood education program’s curriculum.
Two-year-old Atley Collins colors in different animal cutouts Monday as his mom, Anne, watches during craft time at Hartley Nature Center’s biweekly Nature Nook preschool program. Preschoolers and their parents participate in reading, craft-making and outdoor activities. Next fall, Nature Nook will be expanded into a full-time preschool program. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN
“There’s nothing specifically dedicated to environmental education,” said Lohrentz. “It would be nice to see maybe one or two classes
more about it.” The preschool committee is currently applying for a state license and hopes to announce further details this winter.
What’s up, Duluth? Saturday 11/9
BY MAEGGIE LICHT Student Life Editor
Wednesday 11/6
50 Jobs in 50 States: 5 Lessons Learned. Author David Seddiqui speaks on five lessons he learned while working all over the country: perseverance, risk taking, adaptability, networking and endurance. See his presentation at 4 p.m. in the Kirby Ballroom. A Q&A and book signing will follow.
Thursday 11/7
Deadly Persuasion: How advertising affects our kids. Internationally known feminist author, speaker and filmmaker Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D, talks advertising in this free presentation. A social hour starts things off from 5:30–6:00 p.m. in the Kirby Ballroom, with the program to follow 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Friday 11/8
“Last Summer at Bluefish Cove.” This “dramedy” tells the story of Eva Margolis, a young woman who leaves her husband in the summer of 1980 and unknowingly stumbles onto a community of lesbians. Directed by professor Tom Isbell, an all-female cast of UMD students portrays an “important piece of lesbian theater,” being “the first mainstream quality literary piece of its kind.” Shows run Nov. 7–9 and Nov. 12–16 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets from $6 to $18.
Duluth Junk Hunt. Trash or treasure? Find an antique, vintage or repurposed prizes as you sift through items provided by Duluth and Twin Cities vendors. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Encounter. A $5 admission fee includes a photo in the “Junk Hunt” photo booth by Myji-Ryan Photography.
Sunday 11/10
“Judgment at Nuremberg.” The Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Committee hosts a free screening of the film “Judgment at Nuremberg” from 1:30–5:00 p.m. in Chemistry 200 at UMD. Public defender Fred Friedman and UMD American Indian Studies professor Tadd Johnson will co-lead a discussion following the film.
Monday 11/11
Medical marijuana in Minnesota. Listen in as local public officials discuss the possibilities of bringing medical marijuana to Minnesota. Discussion begins at 6:00 p.m. in Bohannon Hall 90 at UMD.
Tuesday 11/12
Asian Pacific American Association bubble tea fundraiser. Brighten up your Tuesday with bubble tea from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Kirby Commons. Try flavors like mango, black milk tea, green milk tea and taro. Buy one for $3 or get two for $5.
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‘Last Summer at Bluefish Cove’
Senior Emily Fletcher plays Lil, the “alley cat” of the group of women who reside on Bluefish Cove. Fletcher said she fell in love with the play when she read the script three years ago and had her heart set on the role of Lil since she found out the play was coming to UMD. SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN
Eva, a “runaway housewife,” is played by Carla Weideman (R), a senior theater student performing in “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove.” SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN
BY GRAHAM HAKALA Staff Reporter
UMD Department of Theatre is in the final stages of pre-production for “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove,” a story about life, love and a cabin full of lesbians. UMD theater professor Tom Isbell has wanted to direct this play for decades, and now, he said, is the right time to do it. The play opens Nov. 7 in the Dudley Experimental Theatre at UMD. “At its core, it’s a love story,” Isbell said. “It’s about dealing with love and loss. I think it’s wild-
ly funny, and it’s also really touching.” In the play, Eva Margolis, played by senior acting major Carla Weideman, leaves her husband and goes off looking for peace and tranquility. Through happenstance, she unknowingly finds herself among a small community of lesbians on their annual beachside vacation at Bluefish Cove. During her time at the cove, she develops a romantic relationship with the story’s main character, Lil, who is harboring a dark secret. Lil is played by senior acting major Emily Fletcher.
“The show is about these women having a safe place where they can go and feel fully themselves,” said Weideman. “The biggest part that hits me is treasuring the time we have with people and just making the most of it. Relationships can be worthwhile, even if it’s a short amount of time.” The play was written by Jane Chambers in the late 1970s, and it first appeared on Broadway in 1980. The major themes examine what it was like to come out as a lesbian during that time period, when issues like same-sex marriage were not on the national radar. The play has been
Costume designer Kathleen Martin helps Sarah Rabe with her makeup for her role as Sue. Martin started working on the show four and a half months ago.SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN
highly regarded as an important piece in lesbian literature, and it was the first mainstream play to tackle such issues. “It’s a story about selfdiscovery,” Weideman said. “It’s a love story — a story about loss. It’s kind of a mixture of lots of things. The show is beautiful. It’s a really rare play.” With the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota, Isbell saw an opportunity to view these issues from another perspective. “There’s been so much in the news about samesex marriage,” he said. “This play is interesting
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because it investigates, in its own way, some of the beginnings of how we got here.” The play features an all-female, all-student cast. The entire production — from set designs to costumes — are all created and developed by UMD students. “We have a fantastic cast and crew,” Isbell said. “I couldn’t be more impressed with what these people are doing.” “Working with Tom has been one of the highlights,” Weideman said. “I love him as a director. He’s very intuitive and very wise.” Since the play takes place on a beach, the set
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UMD Chicano/Latino Student Association celebrates the Day of the Dead with a dance BY JOHN FAHNENSTIEL Staff Reporter
The Latino/Chicano Student Association celebrated this year’s Day of the Dead with a dance fiesta. “It’s a celebration for those who have passed,” said UMD sophomore and Latino/ Chicano board member Eva Gallegos. “It’s also an event to enjoy the music and have fun.” The Day of the Dead is an official holiday in Mexico and a major holiday throughout Latin America. It celebrates the souls of the departed, and has its roots in Mesoamerican traditions and an ancient Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl, the queen of the underworld. After Christianization followed European colonization, the holiday merged with the western Church’s Hallowmas, a three-day celebration in remembrance of the faithfully departed. Halloween is the first day
in this celebration. Everyone who attended Saturday’s dance came in costume. “We charged five dollars to get in, or free if you were wearing a costume,” said Latino/ Chicano board member and UMD senior Cecilia Huffman. “But nobody ended up paying because everyone came in a costume.” Medieval western Europeans believed that the veil between the material world and the spiritual world thinned on Halloween. In order to hide from demons and evil spirits, they donned costumes. Scholars disagree on whether Halloween is purely a Christian tradition or evolved from Gaelic pagan roots. Historically, the Church often incorporated indigenous festivals and beliefs to ease the transition from paganism to Christianity. The Latino/Chicano club hosts a dance on the Day of the Dead every year. This year, the club decided to appeal to more students by see ALL SOULS’ DAY, B5
designers had to recreate the warm feelings of a beachside paradise in the small theater. According to Isbell, realism is what they aimed for. “As we’re launching into November and winter here in Duluth, we’ll get to experience summer for two hours,” Isbell said. “(The set designers) created a very realistic set. I think you’ll forget about Duluth and raking leaves for a couple of hours.” The play is set to run Nov. 7–9 and Nov. 12–16 at 7:30 p.m. There will be a 2 p.m. show on Nov. 10.
By John Fahnenstiel Illustration by Joe Fraser
Chlorophyll, a photosynthetic pigment, enables plants to convert sunlight into energy via photosynthesis. Of visible light, chlorophyll absorbs blue and red the best and green the worst, giving leaves their green color. No one knows why exactly plants evolved to be green. When a plant enters hibernation in autumn, it seals off its leaves from itself, and the lack of chlorophyll production means two other photosynthetic pigments start to dominate coloration: xanthophyll and carotene. Depending upon which is more dominant at the time of hibernation, a leaf will either turn yellow or orange in the fall.
Red
Red leaves are special. The red hues come from the molecule anthocyanin, which isn’t involved in photosynthesis. Instead, it aids in the breakdown of sugars produced by chlorophyll during the fall. The more photosynthetically productive the fall is, the more anthocyanin is produced. So when the days of autumn are bright and cool and the nights don’t freeze, the brightest red colorations develop.
Yellow
The molecule xanthophyll acts as a regulating agent in photosynthesis, protecting plants from high-intensity light exposure. Xanthophyll is found in other organic substances too, and is what makes egg yolks yellow.
Orange
The organic molecule carotene is another a photosynthetic pigment, like chlorophyll, which also converts light into energy. Carotene gets its name from the word “carrot,” and is what makes them orange.
Student Life Editor / Maeggie Licht / licht096@d.umn.edu
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013
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Around the world in 90 bites Students share their traditional dishes for Taste of UMD BY MICHAEL SCOTT International Reporter
UMD student Shima Hosseinpour and her husband Hossein stand in front of an Iranian dish, adas polo, made with rice, lentils, chicken and onion at Taste of UMD. MICHAEL SCOTT/STATESMAN
An intoxicating smell of food from over 10 countries filled the basement of Hope United Methodist Church on Saturday. The church, located on West St. Marie St., right across from UMD’s campus, was turned into an international bazaar filled with a diverse array of dishes prepared by UMD students. “I gave everything I had to prepare this,” said Maria Minhas, a graduate student at UMD from Pakistan. Steaming in front of her was chicken biryani and chana chaat. “I gave moral support,” said a smiling Pakistani student named Sarmad. The room was covered with flags from around the world. In front of the flags were students and their homemade dishes.
Half an hour after the event started, there was a line that went up the stairs, filled with people waiting to try some of the food. There were around 500 people that showed up for the event. Among the dishes was pho from Vietnam, prepared by UMD student An Nguyen. Unlike in the United States — where pho is eaten for dinner — the dish is usually eaten for breakfast in Vietnam. Nguyen also offered a beef and chicken version of the popular dish. She said it normally “takes half a day” to properly cook it. Students were piled food onto paper plates. By the end of the tour, students had mountains of food, all blended together into an international feast. Iranian student Shima Hosseinpour and her husband Hossein had three dishes from their native
country. A yellow dish of adas polo (rice, lentils, chicken and onion) was provided. They also made a shirazi salad (cucumber, tomato and lemon juice), which they said is named after the Iranian city of Shiraz. Many Indian dishes were also prepared — from biryani, to a desert called semiya payasam (ghee, semiya, milk, cashews and sugar). Three UMD students — Sujana, Saketh and Charan — were rapidly serving the endless lines of eager tasters at the India station. Among the other countries represented were Liberia, China, South Korea, England, France, Laos, Thailand, Ethiopia and the United States. Taste of UMD is the International Club’s biggest event in the fall semester. Feast of Nations — their biggest draw in the spring semester — will take place in 2014.
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expanding the music selection. “Usually (this dance) is a salsa dance,” said UMD senior and Latino/Chicano board member Marvin NietoRobles. “That brings in a certain type of person who already knows how to salsa. It can be intimidating. But this year we strictly advertised as a dance party, so it was more inclusive.” Latino/Chicano board members were happy
with the turnout, which was higher than in previous years. Students who attended the dance were happy with the party, too. “It was good,” said senior Aaron Fregard. “There was a decent crowd, and they played a good mix of music.” Events like Saturday’s Latin Dance are made possible through student fees, which are mandatory
fees due the beginning of every semester. “Events like this are definitely worth it to have,” said sophomore Austin Haecherl, who attended Saturday’s Latin Dance. “It’s totally worth the (student services) fee. (The dance) is good for people who can’t get off campus.”
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Facilities Management SNOW AND ICE CONTROL GOALS WINTER 2013-2014 UMD Facilities Management is committed to providing safe access to and exit from the campus without causing unnecessary harm to the environment. To this end, we will strive to reduce the effects of snow and ice as quickly and effectively as our resources and the unpredictability Within two business days after a storm’s termination, secof Minnesota winters will allow. We know that we cannot ondary entrances to campus buildings will be cleared. clear snow and ice from every entrance and walkway by 7:00 A.M. following a storm, so we have identified priority entrances to receive our earliest service.
GOAL 3 GOAL 4
Please review and retain the attached map to locate the priority entrances. We ask the campus community to use these doorways to enter and exit, for maximum safety during and after a storm.
Within three business days after a storm’s termination, all exits will be cleared to the closest public way.
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GOAL 1 By 7:00 A.M. on the first business day following a snow/ ice event; all parking lots will be accessible and open.
GOAL 2 By 7:00 A.M. on the first business day following a snow/ ice event; a passable walkway will be provided between the nearest road and the priority campus entrances which serve the Academic buildings. Additional care will be given to clearing power assisted entrances. (See circles and triangles on map. Triangles identify power assisted entrances.)
During non-business days priority will be given to maintaining safe access to campus buildings with scheduled events.
ICE STORMS In the event of an ice storm, Facilities Management will de-ice the campus in the most timely and efficient manner possible. Ice conditions may make it necessary to de-ice entrances in a circuit route rather than in priority order shown on map. Please always be alert for slippery walkways and wear appropriate footwear.
NOTE: The severity, duration and timing of each storm will impact our ability to meet these goals. Problem areas should be reported promptly to Facilities Management at 726- 8262 or Campus Police. Parking lot concerns should be reported directly to Parking Services at 726-7433. If you have questions about these Goals, please call Steve Schilling at 726-8262.
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