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THE STATESMAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMEBER 9, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH
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El Día de los Muertos:
Day of the Dead or “the celebration of life”
Champ’s
Choice
offers students
healthier eating
options
BY NIKI CUSTER
[email protected]
Located in the Multicultural Center, numerous skulls are decorated to celebrate deceased family members
who are said to return to their families during the holiday.
BY MADIHA MIRZA
[email protected]
With colorful paper flowers, decorated skeletons, cloth dolls, handmade crafts, pictures of Frida Kahlo and other deceased, the UMD
Multicultural Center honored life
after death through the Día de los
Muertos exhibition.
El Día de los Muertos is a holiday
traditionally celebrated in Mexico.
Not only is it dedicated to remembering and honoring those that
have passed before us, but it also
focuses on the artistic expression
of the living through the recreation
of altars.
Susana Pelayo-Woodward, the
director of the Office of Cultural
Diversity, has been supervising the
Día de los Muertos displays since
the exhibition started at UMD.
“We started the exhibition
in 1997 and partnered with the
Tweed Museum of Art,” Woodward said. “Every time we did the
exhibition, we had a family day
with activities for children and the
community was invited to come
and celebrate.”
After the Multicultural Center
was opened in 2004, the exhibition
Mayor Ness speaks at UMD
Don Ness held an open forum in the Kirby Lounge Nov. 2, 2011, where
students were prompted to ask questions.
Mayor Don Ness held an open
forum in the Kirby Student Lounge
last Wednesday, answering questions on topics ranging from landlord accountability to possibilities
of a Duluth Dinkytown.
“It’s a chance to have a dialogue
with students and to express to
students that they are a part of this
city and I am accountable to them,”
said Mayor Ness.
Members of the Student Association (SA) and the Student Legislation Coalition (SLC) set up
the forum in hopes of establishing
more communication between students and the city of Duluth.
“With this (forum) we can get
a better idea of the relationship
of Duluth and UMD,” said Jason
Reid, the director of the SLC.
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News: A1 - A5 |
Mayor Ness talked about the
need for a Duluth Dinkytown and
how letting it happen organically
on Fourth Street might be a better
option than forcing it on Woodland.
“There should be some higherdensity student housing and some
retail,” said Mayor Ness. “There are
some cool things happening organically on Fourth Street.”
Some students brought up concerns about sub-par living conditions in rental housing. Mayor
Ness said that the accountability
lies with the landlords and not the
tenants.
“You can’t just put six kids in a
house and manage from afar,” said
Mayor Ness. “We need to have
high standards for landlords.”
Affordable housing was another
concern students brought to the
mayor’s attention. The mayor sug-
was moved to the new location.
The Día de los Muertos display
stations consist of catrina puppets (hand-painted wooden puppets reminding that eventually all
become skeletons), papel picado
(paper flowers) and a Día de los
Muertos puzzle table, including
coloring books and educational
videos.
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Day of the Dead, A3
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Champ’s Choice, A4
Community housing
study could take students
out of rental houses,
into apartments
RACHEL KRAFT/STATESMAN
gested that there should be more
competition in the rental housing
market.
“Let’s get rid of the 300-foot
rule. That way supply will meet
demand,” said Mayor Ness. “It
should reduce the costs in our
neighborhoods.”
The 300-foot rule prevents rental
houses from being within 300 feet
of each other. Eliminating this
would allow more opportunities
for off-campus housing. With a
higher supply of housing options,
prices of off-campus housing could
be reduced.
Mayor Ness talked about how
important the students are to the
community and how the increased
enrollment helps the city.
“That’s a good thing. Not only
does that mean more jobs on campus, but it brings energy and vitality.”
Opinion: A6 - A7 | Sports: B1 - B3
| Student Life: B7 - B8
BY JAMES STITT
[email protected]
Raise your hand if you’ve heard
of Champ’s Choice!
“It’s like a healthy food stand or
something,” senior finance and
accounting major Aaron Pillsbury
tells me. Well, not quite.
While some students at UMD
may not know exactly what
Champ’s Choice is, its effects are
noticeable everywhere, from the
plates full of salads on the tables all
around me in the Dining Center to
the lists of new “wise sides” offered
in the Food Court.
Champ’s Choice is a new healthy
eating program at UMD, encouraging people to make smart choices
in side dishes and offering students
a “veggie of the day,” tips on how
to eat healthy, calorie comparisons
and gluten-free options.
Pillsbury, after being filled in on
the changes happening, has this to
say: “It’s nice to see that UMD is
trying to help students eat healthier… because I feel that college students are a group of people who are
most prone to making poor food
choices because of busy schedules
and a lack of money.”
Champ’s Choice kicked off last
month during UMD’s first annual
Food Week, held Oct. 17 through
Oct. 25. The posters advertising
all the benefits of Champ’s Choice
have been decorating the walls
of the Food Court since then, but
will be taken down soon. However,
Boulder Ridge, located off of Rice Lake Road, offers high-density student living. Duluth could see an increase in complexes such as this as
a result of the Higher Education Small Area Plan.
BY SHANNON KINLEY
[email protected]
In the near future, the option for
students to rent houses may disappear, leaving students with the possibility of living in high-density,
close-proximity student housing
similar to Campus Park and Boulder Ridge.
This is one possible outcome of
Duluth’s Higher Education Small
see
Area Plan, which seeks to understand and balance the needs of the
students with the needs of the residents in the community.
“The plan is designed to balance
both sides of the equation (students and community residents),”
said senior Jason Reid, Economics
and German studies double major
and a member of the Student SubCommittee for the plan.
Community Housing, A4
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A3
: Day of the Dead International students share
ethnic food at Taste of UMD
BY MADIHA MIRZA
[email protected]
Paper cutouts, hand painted figurines and other handcrafted objects
decorate the multicultural center.
Continued from A1
Art Education professor Alison
Aune’s students help in putting
together the big display and children from the community come to
UMD to learn about the celebration and help in the decorations.
El Día de los Muertos is an
ancient festivity that has been
much transformed through the
years, but which was intended in
prehistoric Mexico to celebrate
the dead. The best way to describe
this holiday is to say that it is a time
when Mexican families remember
their dead, and celebrate the continuity of life. It is a time to honor
and remember the departed with
joyous celebrations rather than
sadness, which, at least in American culture, is usually associated
with death.
“Don’t be shy, give it a try!” said
Fizz Forsey, an Environmental
Education graduate student from
the United Kingdom.
Forsey is one of the 40 international students from 25 different
countries who are cooking for the
Taste of UMD, held this Saturday,
Nov. 12, at Hope United Methodist Church.
Forsey decided to take part in
Taste of UMD because she loves
to cook and wanted to be included
in an event that promotes multiculturalism.
“Taste of UMD combines both
of these things,” Forsey said.
Forsey is going to be cooking
bubble and squeak — a traditional
British dish usually served on Boxing Day (Dec. 26), which uses up
extra veggies and potatoes left over
from Christmas dinner.
“It’s made from potato, cabbage, carrots, brussels sprouts and
peas and is usually served with
cold meats (like leftover turkey
and ham) and is delicious!” Forsey said. “Bubble and squeak is so
called because of the bubbling and
squeaking that happens when you
cook it.”
The Taste of UMD is part of the
nationally celebrated International
Education Week, which runs from
Nov. 13 to Nov. 21. The UMD
International Club and UMD
International Student Services are
sponsoring the event. It is free and
open to the public and draws both
American students and Duluth
community members who want
to experience a variety of ethnic
foods.
Anna Naughten, who works in
International Student Services,
said that the International Taste
of UMD is an easy way to meet
a variety of people from diverse
backgrounds and gives people
the opportunity to speak with the
chefs while enjoying their food.
Naughten also said that there
are usually around 300 people who
come to the event.
“This time, we are planning for
300 to 500 people,” she said.
The Korean Student Association
will be preparing four to five traditional Korean dishes to share with
the Duluth community.
Minyoung Lee, a sophomore
Communication major, is cooking
for the Taste of UMD for the first
time.
“I am cooking tuna fish rice balls
and the Korean name is Ju-MukBab,” Lee said. “I took part in this
event to meet new people and show
food from our Korean culture.”
William Ching-Hsuan Chen, an
Integrated Biosciences Ph.D. student from Auckland, New Zealand,
is making Kiwiburgers in salad
form: patties, beetroot, egg, tomato, lettuce, croutons.
“Kiwis (New Zealanders) traditionally like to have their burgers
with sweetened beetroot and egg,”
Chen said. “It actually tastes pretty
good, so come with open minds
and open mouths.”
The only international student
from the Czech Republic, Jana
Hurkova, is a graduate teaching
assistant in the Department of
Mathematics.
“I’ll bake a kind of cake, it’s
impossible to give it some exact
name, because this kind of cake
doesn’t exist here. Let’s call it just
‘Czech cakes,’” Hurkova said. “It’s
a very old recipe that every grandmother knows.”
Trisha O’Keefe, international
student adviser, said that Taste of
UMD contributes to the diversity
in Duluth by highlighting the rich
community of students and countries we have represented right here
at UMD. “The public loves this event,”
O’Keefe said. “We always have a
great turnout. Come early so you
don’t miss out on the tasty food!”
The 38th annual Taste of UMD
is free and open to everyone from
1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12
at the Hope United Methodist
Church.
Holiday charities arrive,
urging students to get
involved
Chris Davila, coordinator of
Latino Chicano Student Programs, said that families visit the
cemeteries and decorate the graves
of their relatives.
“The cemeteries are very elaborate and decorated with marigolds,” Davila said. “The departed
souls are honored by their friends
and family members by cooking
their favorite meals and by praying.”
El Día de los Muertos is celebrated outside UMD in the Duluth
community as well. The Duluth
Depot has been celebrating the
holiday for three years and invites
people to build altars, wear costumes, dance, sing and light candles.
BY CHRIS TEPPEN
[email protected]
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The Salvation Army is teaming
up with UMD Air Force ROTC
students to kick off the holiday season, hoping to spread good cheer to
families in need.
The 148th Fighter Wing will be
taking donations at AMSOIL Arena, as a part of the Salvation Army’s
“Toyland Express” charity drive,
before UMD’s hockey game versus Alaska-Anchorage this Friday,
Nov. 11. The drive will be hosted
as a part of Military Appreciation
Night.
“This is our way of giving back to
the community,” said Col. Penny
J. Dieryck, who’s facilitating the
event.
Three members of UMD’s Air
Force ROTC will staff donation tables at the arena entrance
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Toyland Express will take cash and
unwrapped toy donations as part
of the Salvation Army’s annual
charity drive. Proceeds will be sent
to the Salvation Army building in
downtown Duluth, where they will
be given away to local families in
need.
This year marks the first time
the Toyland Express has hosted an
event at a UMD sporting event.
“I noticed that they were having these kinds of charity events in
the twin cities,” Dieryck said, “so I
wanted to make them a part of our
community too.”
The Toyland Express, formerly
known as “Toys for Tots,” is a Salvation Army program that collects
gift donations for children ages 16
and under from various drop-off
locations, and distributes them
throughout the greater Duluth
area.
Last year, the Duluth Salvation
Army served 3,011 children and
collected over 24,000 items, totaling $185,000 in proceeds.
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One of the many skulls hung in the Multicultural Center in celebration of Dia de
los Muertos.
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BY TRAVIS DILL
[email protected]
On Friday at approximately
8:30 p.m. there was an altercation
between two fans attending a high
school football game in Malosky
Stadium. A male juvenile, excited
that his team was winning, ran up
and down the stands with a banner. A male UMD student cheering for the opposing team “pantsed” the juvenile fan in an attempt
to quiet his celebration. On this
occasion the juvenile had the misfortune of his underwear falling
down with his pants, and soon his
parents were involved in the situation.
UMD Police were called over to
investigate and spoke to all parties
involved. The juvenile’s parents
did not file charges against the
UMD student; however officers
did document the incident and the
report has been sent to the Office
of Student Conduct for possible
sanctions against the UMD student.
Over the weekend UMDPD
issued three underage consump-
tion citations and one underage
drinking and driving citation.
On Saturday night a party disturbance in Griggs L led to underage consumption citations for a
juvenile female and a male student. The juvenile’s mother was
called and arrangements were
made for her to stay with a friend
that attends St. Scholastica. As
officers were responding to this
disturbance another male student
stumbled into a nearby bathroom.
The officers checked on him as
he came out of the bathroom and
found him to be intoxicated. He
was also given an underage consumption citation.
Early Sunday morning officers
checked on a suspicious vehicle
in Lot V. The officers found two
people in the vehicle, a male driver
and a female passenger. The female
student was sober, but the nonstudent driver had a blood alcohol
level of .07. Because the driver was
under the legal limit he received
an underage drinking and driving citation rather than a DWI and
was released at the scene.
: Champ’s Choice
Continued from A1
while not all aspects of Champ’s
Choice are year-round, the “wise
sides,” or healthy alternative side
dishes, are.
“(I) don’t want people to rely on
the signs,” says Food Court manager Liz Abrahamson.
Her excitement for the wise sides
initiative is clear when talking
about the new food choices, which
include steamed vegetables, fruit,
cottage cheese and carrots or salad,
in addition to the normal chips or
fries.
As the supervisor buyer for
UMD, Claudia Engelmeier says,
“In Food Services, we are all about
choices.”
She says they want students to
feel responsible for the healthy
food they choose to eat, rather
than feel forced to eat foods they
wouldn’t normally.
That doesn’t mean they won’t
only offer healthy choices in some
areas though. The meats in the
sandwiches sold in the Grab-NGo are the only meats approved by
the American Heart Association
for their lowered sodium content,
and the sauce used for the pizzas in
Taste of Italia is preservative-free
and made locally in Minnesota.
“We’d like to stay as local as we
can,” Abrahamson explains.
This also includes the selling
of baked goods from Positively
3rd Street bakery in the Northern
Shores Coffee House, and using
fresh produce from UMD’s own
gardens whenever possible. This
year was the first year for the gardens here on campus, and over
4,400 pounds of vegetables were
produced.
Both Abrahamson and Engelmeier hope the students use the
resources now offered to them to
make healthy choices during meal
times.
Freshman criminology major
Valenti Cordero agrees, saying,
“It’s up to the other students to
decide if they are actually going to
eat healthy.”
For those worried about calories,
the information can be obtained
easily by just asking Kurt Lundquist (in the main production
kitchen) or Engelmeier for them.
A few calorie comparisons could
be found on signs around the
Food Court and because of them,
I learned the taco salad from Sombrero’s Mexican Fiesta contains
860 calories. Switch that to a
taco salad with the new baked (as
opposed to fried) shell, and you
save 140 calories. Eliminate the
shell bowl all together, and save
250 calories.
: Community Housing
centralized campus community as
well as provide up-to-date buildings.
The Woodland Middle School
Continued from A1
property and the Fourth Street
This is the third Small Area Plan corridor are both being looked
Due to the 30 percent growth of to be implemented in Duluth. The into as potential locations for more
the student population in the past study area covers six square miles high-density student housing.
10 years, there is more of a demand including the UMD and College of
“In order for students to have
for student housing and, as a result, St. Scholastica campuses.
an impact (on the outcome of the
students are spreading into resiThis plan also aims not just to issue), they need to attend the pubdential areas.
build student housing, but also lic meetings, and make sure their
Some residents of the residen- shops and cafes that are closer to voices are heard,” Peterson said.
tial neighborhoods in Duluth feel the university community, similar
There have been two public
that the students are invading their to the Dinkytown community at meetings to inform the communeighborhoods.
nity of this plan, one in August
the U of M Twin Cities campus.
“Students are perceived as a
“This plan will make everything and another in October, and both
problem,” landlord John
had very low student attenPeterson said.
dance.
By implementing this
“I’d say about 10 percent
plan the city hopes to lower
of students know about this
the problems caused by stuplan, if that,” Reid said.
dents in residential areas
If students are interested
and better understand the
in having their opinions
student and community
heard about this plan, they
relationship.
should contact city council
However, the other side
members or Kemper and
feels that the majority of
Reid, who are both UMD
students do not cause probstudents on the plan’s Stulems.
dent Sub-Committee.
“I have about 75 student
“Having a more centralrenters and I typically only
ized campus will attract
have one issue a year,”
more students to the camThe Fourth Street corridor, home to Burrito pus and make it a more livePeterson said.
On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Union, is one of the possible locations for stu- ly campus,” said Kemper.
Mayor Don Ness was in dent housing and business consolidation.
Students are also welKirby Lounge to answer
come
to voice their opinmore accessible for students, and
questions students had regarding allow students without cars to still ions about what types of shops and
the plan as well as other pressing be able to get places,” said junior cafes they would like to see built
issues in the Duluth community.
Kelly Kemper, a Political Science near the university.
“The plan is designed to figure and Communication double major
The market study for this plan
out current needs and the future and a member of the Student Sub- started in August of this year and
demands in neighborhoods,” May- Committee.
finished up in October.
or Ness said.
“Students that are currently
Although this plan may raise
One of the plan’s main goals is to the prices of student housing and freshmen can expect to see progcreate more high-density student make it harder for students to rent ress of this plan by their junior or
housing near campus so students houses, it can also allow for a more senior year,” Reid said.
do not take over residential areas.
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School should stop
the ‘protectionist
society’ attitude
gic to peanuts while were at it we
should ban them as well.
The university should designate
areas for smokers far enough away
to prevent secondhand smoke
but not so far as to inconvenience
those who smoke. This isn’t unreaThe sanctions that UMD is sonable and would be fair to smokattempting to enforce in regards ers and non-smokers alike. People
to UMD are simply ludicrous. need to stop over-stepping their
The smoking ban does not work bounds in the name of “protectbecause it is enforced by such a ing the health of themselves and
small group of people and smok- others.” If the university truly
ers know this so many don’t even felt that way they would issue heltry to hide their habit on campus. mets to anyone who longboards,
I know that when “a friend” lights sun screen to anyone who tans,
up on campus he doesn’t even con- bulletproof vests to anyone who
cern himself with the possibility of hunts or owns a firearm. The idea
being caught because no one has of a protectionist society is absurd
been reprimanded in regards to and we need to stop encouraging
the creation of one. Life is a jourthe ban. Also, justifying the ban because ney filled with risks; sometimes we
some people have respiratory need a few cuts, scrapes, and bruisissues is asinine, I have a severe es to remind us we’re only human.
allergy to penicillin, maybe we
-Jacques Beaulier
should ban all use and possession
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of penicillin on campus. I know
many people who are deathly aller-
Smokers should be
mindful of nonsmokers, school
should
In last week’s copy of the Statesman, we are told of the dangers of
smoking - namely, the danger to
a student suffering from asthma.
If he accidentally inhales secondhand smoke, he might have to be
taken to the hospital. This is terrible! I would hate to have to live
with that fear.
However, I share an office with
a person that has a citrus allergy even peeling an orange with your
hands can release enough allergen
to send him in to anaphylactic
shock. Should we ban oranges and
clementines on campus for this
reason?
Not at all.
I simply need to be conscious
of how I am ingesting oranges - I
have to make sure not to eat them
around him. The same holds true
Cina Hall vandalism show immaturity
To
whomever
vandalized
Cina Hall: United We Stand
As a group of students attending UMD who helped create the
“wall of response” we feel the
need to address the vandalizing that occurred in Cina Hall.
The people cutouts represent the
peace, respect, and liberty that
UMD stands for. The vandalizing
was hurtful and inappropriate.
for smokers! Sure, some people are
sensitive to smoke, but that’s why
smokers simply need to be aware of
how they are smoking. Obviously
they should avoid doors and windows, they shouldn’t blow smoke
in someone’s face, and so on.
A zero-tolerance policy on campus is hardly necessary. The ending
to the article this week, however,
is the most disturbing part - the
idea that Breathe Free doesn’t want
people to quit, they just want them
to not smoke on campus. Isn’t
that the exact opposite attitude
we should be taking? Not to mention that for people who spend
8+ hours per day on campus, not
smoking at school is essentially
going cold turkey. If smoking is
such a problem, we should work
to help smokers break their addiction, not tell them that they need
to stop cold turkey or face fines.
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#Socialprocrastination
BY RACHAEL ELLIS
[email protected]
Over the years, social networking has changed drastically, and
all for the same purpose: keeping
in contact with friends and family.
First, we had MySpace, and then
came Facebook. Now, Twitter, an
online blogging site where people
can inform the world what they are
up to at all times, is replacing even
Facebook.
Is social networking going too
far?
In my opinion, there are some
benefits to sites like these, but I
tend to find more pros than cons.
In some ways, social networks
like Facebook and Twitter are great
resources. They allow people to
stay in touch with those that they
love, and friends that they haven’t
seen in years. They also have great
entertainment value if you are
bored. Facebook offers games and
quizzes, as well as features like picture uploading and group chats,
whereas Twitter offers discussions
and blogging opportunities.
However, the idea of a social network seems to have its disadvantages as well. Take the procrastination issue, for example. Students
(including myself) tend to go to
Facebook or Twitter out of pure
boredom in lecture, or to avoid the
homework that is due. Not only do
these sites help promote procrastination for almost every student
who happens to use one of them,
but they can become quite addictive. Even if students get bored
enough with Facebook or Twitter to close out the site, eventually
they will come back to that same
site, usually within a very short
amount of time.
Another drawback to social networking is the amount of criticism
from other people. Using Twitter
and Facebook allows room not
only for gossip but also for a variety
of crushed feelings from photos,
opinions, and conversations that
were not meant to be seen. To each
their own; everyone has their own
opinion, but by using these sites,
each person falls victim to hurtful
criticism, including hateful views
on race, gender, and other stereotypical lifestyles. Not too long ago,
our school witnessed a spectacle
of racial discrimination over Facebook posts. This is only a small
example of the discrimination and
rumors that social networking can
provide.
The last drawback (or perhaps
annoyance) that I can see is the
openness that people have on these
sites. I feel that sites like Facebook
and Twitter, though fun when
bored, are a waste of time. Personally, I am one of those people
that think that updating your status every five minutes is not only
unnecessary but simply annoying. I think I speak for everyone
when I say no one wants to know
what you’re doing every few minutes. People should be more private; there is a time and a place to
post private information in public.
Besides, there are simply better
things to do with your time.
Is the ‘Occupy Wall Street’
protesting going too far?
BY SAMANTHA LEPAK
[email protected]
When I heard about the police
brutality against the Occupy Wall
Street protestors, I really was not
surprised. This is what appears to
happen every time there is some
kind of protesting going on in
this country. When people in the
1960s were challenging the Vietnam War, the police felt they had
to subdue the protestors with
brute force. When Martin
Luther King, Jr. held peaceful
marches for civil rights, the
police harassed the marchers.
Actually, this kind of brutality happened throughout the civil rights
movement.
I am not a member of Occupy
Duluth, but my interest in this topic peaked when I saw a man standing in downtown Duluth holding a
sign high above his head that said,
“They hate us for our FREEDOM.”
I realized then that this is a bigger
issue than I had thought.
I have a friend, Heather Hinkel,
who is involved with the Occupy
group, and I decided to ask a few
questions to help me gain my own
opinion. I asked what she thought
about the police brutality with the
Occupy Wall Street protestors? Is it
worth it?
Her answer was really eye-opening.
She told me, “We just want
accountability. Occupy started as
a rally against the unjust actions
of Wall Street, but really, anything
you have problems with, you can
bring to the table and your voice
will be heard. But, we want the big
Later in our conversation I asked
again if she still thought it was
worth it.
“This is a social movement. This
is a revolution,” she said. “If someone wants to shoot me for exercising my rights, they can shoot me.
I’m willing to get pepper sprayed
for freedom.”
After this conversation, I went
home and did some research, and
I understood what she was saying. The police want to avoid
riots, and I like to think a protest becomes a riot once violence breaks out. The police
obviously want to avoid riots,
so they are subduing people before
anything can escalate.
Again, I am not personally
involved in this group. But, do I
think it has gone too far?
Maybe in some circumstances.
I like to advocate for peaceful protest, so throwing a brick
through a window is not my style.
But, overall, I think it is not the
protestors who are making this a
big deal. And, after some thought,
I, too, am willing to be pepper
sprayed for freedom.
“I’m willing to get pepper
sprayed for freedom.”
companies to say, ‘Hey, we screwed
this up. We’re going to fix it.’”
“The news doesn’t tell you that
the Occupy people are feeding
homeless people and helping communities. They just show you that
we’re getting beat up. They want to
keep us afraid. But, the fact is that
the police brutality is getting us
attention, and that is kinda a good
thing. It’s bad that veterans are getting beat up, but it brings attention
to what police are doing. We can’t
trust our police officers? What’s up
with that? They’re supposed to protect us.”
- Kyle Krueger
Graduate Student/Teaching
Assistant - University of Minnesota, Duluth
[email protected]
The students and faculty of UMD
spent their time creating these
symbols for the university to be a
better place, free of prejudice. You
defaced our positive symbols with
hate-filled messages. We respond
to the immature actions with even
greater pride of equality. Your
actions were not only heard but also
show what we are trying to eliminate. We will not stand for injustice
and will continue to be persistent
in the fight against inequality.
-Summer Lichliter, Harrison
Olk, Kaitlyn Leininger, Joe Pike
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Winter brings new opportunities
to conserve energy
BY ALI NAQVI
[email protected]
Is it November already? From
lazy summers we are plunged into
the chaos of the fall semester. Trees
decorated with fall colors ironically
remind us of the colorless weather
to come. Yes, winter is right around
the corner and I sometimes wonder
whether the word “winter” really
does justice to what is to come.
Freezing temperatures, ice, snow,
runny noses, etc. are all part of the
ordeal. There is one more thing
that winter brings along: high utility bills. Heating our homes, classes
and offices requires a huge amount
of energy considering the ultra low
temperatures that we get in Minnesota and if we are not careful it also
results in energy losses. Therefore,
it is important that we do what we
can to save resources and money.
Who doesn’t like to save money?
You can start with where you
live. If you live on campus, you
might not see immediate savings
by changing your lifestyle and
attitudes but do keep in mind that
a lot of resources we currently use
are not sustainable and a neglectful
attitude now would cost us later as
prices of fuel rise, you get the point
right?
So let’s see what you can do.
You can start by making sure
that as the weather gets cold you
keep the windows closed, keep the
thermostat low and dress warm.
Make sure the storm windows
are shut too, as they provide extra
insulation. If you have problems
with old drafty windows, you can
use some plastic sheets to block
off leaks. If done right, it is almost
invisible, you can browse the web
to learn how to do it. You don’t
always need to wash your clothes in
hot water either, especially if they
are not heavily soiled. Dishwashers
use up extra water and energy too,
wash your dishes as you use them
rather than piling them up for later.
While you may have free minutes
on your cell phone over the weekend, using a cellphone drains the
battery charge, which leads to more
electricity use from the power outlet, you probably don’t realize that
transmitting your call also requires
electricity. If you have a landline,
try using it more often.
Another source of increased
cost is your vehicle. Your gas bill
goes up in winter because engines
consume more gas when they are
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Opinion Page Editor___________ ETHAN WALKER
Editor-in-Chief________________ MANDA LILLIE
cold. Engines are most efficient at
around 200 degrees Fahrenheit
and in winter it takes a while for
them to attain that temperature.
In most cars, it is the temperature
when your temperature gage is
halfway. If you have a garage and
it’s full of junk, it is time to make
space for your car. If you are out
driving, try to get more jobs done
to reduce your trips. Get your oil
changes at the recommended times
and mileages to get better mileage
and the next time you are getting
your oil changed, ask your service
station if they recommend thinner oil for the winter for your car.
Check your tire pressure weekly,
most gas stations usually have a
pressure gauge. As the temperature
drops, so does the pressure in tires
and underinflated tires cause more
drag and thus lower efficiency of
your vehicle. You can avoid all the
hassle and cost of driving in the
winter by simply riding the bus, it
is free too.
The list of things you can do to
save energy might seem long and
not everybody can be expected to
do everything. However, each one
of us can make some mindful decisions that keep our future generations in mind.
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have no idea what
I mean, you are not
Cover your bases you
alone. Cover letters
tend to be the hard
with a letter
part. What is a cover
letter, anyways? The
BY ASHLEE HARTWIG
[email protected]
It might seem premature, but
I’ve already started my search for
next summer’s big adventure. You
should see my planner. Every week
is filled with due dates, scratchedout items, and newly written-in
reminders. I never miss a deadline.
Plus, many of these due dates are
job deadlines.
Internships look great on a
resume, and the experience is
invaluable. But this time around,
I’m not simply applying for something fun to do over the summer.
Like many others here at UMD,
this upcoming spring will be my
last. What I do next summer may
determine my first real-time job
after college. How scary is that?
What can be even scarier are the
things needed for the hunt. A résumé is pretty much a given. Every
job application is going to request
one. Along with the résumé, most
will also ask for a cover letter.
If I am saying “cover letter” and
important thing is to
not be afraid of it.
What is a cover letter used for,
especially if I already have the best
résumé an employer could ask for?
There are several reasons why cover letters are asked for:
1.) A cover letter can serve as a
sample of your writing and communication skills. Is it written vividly and written well? Are there
typos, misspellings, or g r a m matical errors?
2.) Think of a cover letter as a
personal ad for you, and only you.
It can give the employer a glance
at what type of person you are.
Are you fun? Pompous? Negative?
Smart?
3.) A cover letter can highlight
things you would like to talk about
within an interview. It is a road map
of sorts for an eventual interview,
and filled with experiences you’d
love to share with the employer.
4.) A great cover letter is tailored
to the particular job to which you
are applying. It shouldn’t be in a
cookie cutter format. It shows you
know what you’re applying for and aren’t just randomly submitting an application/resume for
the job.
I’ve only started chipping away
at the tip of the iceberg when it
comes to cover letters, but there is
a place you can go for further information and assistance in crafting a
cover letter of your own.
Stop in at the Career Services
Office at SCC 22 and pick up our
Career Handbook (or find it online
at www.d.umn.edu/careers), which
is a great resource when writing a
cover letter for the first time. Have
one already written, and now need
someone to take a look and give
you pointers? Make an appointment with one of our counselors.
They’ll meet with you one-on-one,
and give you a thorough critique of
your cover letter.
We’ll take another look at cover
letters next week. Until then, stop
by SCC 22, pick up a Career Handbook, and try crafting a cover letter.
Who knows? It might even be fun.
From the color of your resume
paper to proper interview attire,
Ashlee has tips for you. If you have
a question you’d like to ask, shoot
her an email at [email protected].
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BY TAYLOR GLYNN
[email protected]
Let’s start with the exciting
news- money! All student groups
that received funding through
the Fund Allocation Committee,
checks are in! You may pick them
up anytime from Laura Young. Her
desk is located to the right of the
Student Association Office.
On Saturday, the first ever Fall
Clean-Up took place. Forty-five
individuals showed up ready to
spruce up campus and the surrounding streets. By the end of the
three hours they spent tidying up,
70 total garbage bags of trash had
been collected. It was very successful for a first time event.
Student Association has decided
to continue the mentor program
this year. Last year was the first
year doing so, and from requests
sought at Leadership Assembly
we thought another year was a
good idea. All registered student
organizations will be receiving an
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email from one Student Association member. The email will introduce who they are and a few ways
that you will be able to get ahold
of them. By doing so, we hope to
answer any questions that groups
may have about tabling, reserving conference rooms, etc. Also, if
there are questions out there that
we aren’t able to answer ourselves,
we can let you know who can.
This week is students’ opportunity to “Yell-Like-Hell.” Let us
know what is going on at UMD
that you would like to see changed.
Student Association members will
be tabling all week with slips that
are yours to fill out and express any
concerns that you may have. This is
a great opportunity to make sure
that our initiatives are on track,
and is a great chance for us to get
new ideas as well. We hope you’ll
stop by!
-Taylor Glynn, Director of Campus Outreach
SPORTS
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Sports Editor Matt Busch [email protected]
Cross Country runners compete in
Denver with strong regional finish
Men place 10th, women advance to NCAA II meet in Spokane, Wash.
BY MATT BUSCH
[email protected]
ning at higher altitudes.
“I found myself getting to my
red line area a whole lot quicker
than I was used to and had a bit
slower pace as well,” said senior
captain Nick Nygaard.
Five of the six men’s teams who
qualified for nationals were based
in altitude.
Nygaard, whose final collegiate
cross country race was Saturday,
realized the finality of this even
before finishing the race.
“My dad flew out to Denver
kind of on a whim,” Nygaard
said. “He was supposed to be deer
hunting here … he didn’t tell me
he was coming. When he showed
up it kind of sank in that this
could be the last day. He probably
wouldn’t fly out to Denver if he
thought he had another meet to
watch … that was the first time
that it sunk in that really this is it.”
Nygaard plans to run indoor
and outdoor track and field during the remainder of his time at
UMD as well as run competitively in local events, but realizes it
won’t be the same as it was.
“It’s a little hollow knowing
that I’ll never come down the finish chute of a cross country meet
again,” Nygaard said.
SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN
The women’s cross country
team qualified for the NCAA
Division II Championships after
placing fifth out of 21 in the
NCAA Central Region Tournament Saturday in Denver.
The team was paced once again
by the three-time All-American,
Morgan Place, who finished 13th
overall with a time of 23:31.
“We knew it was going to be
really competitive,” Place said.
“It was really surprising to even
be going to nationals as a team,
so we’re all really excited about
that.”
The squad isn’t happy just to
show up in the national tournament. They want to make their
mark.
“We still have goals in mind for
nationals,” Place said. “I think our
goal would be to finish in the top
10 or top 12.”
For Morgan, this is her fourth
straight appearance at nationals,
which will be her final collegiate
cross country race.
“There’s always pressure to
want to finish your last year, to go
out with a good race,” Place said.
“I’ve been trying not to think
about it being your last year until
you’re done. I just don’t want to
get anxious or excited for the race
like I did this weekend.”
The men also competed in their
regional tournament Saturday,
but their season came to an end
following a 10th place finish.
“As a whole the guys ran very
solid,” said head coach Paul
Nisius. “I’m extremely pleased
with the efforts they gave because
when they got done they were
pretty much as exhausted as they
could be.”
The men’s region was loaded
with some of the top ranked
teams in the nation, including
seven of the top 16, and three of
the top four. Two teams ranked in
the top 15 in the nation also failed
to qualify for the national tournament due to the heavy regional
competition.
“I’m proud of how they ran
despite a 10th place finish,”
Nisius said. “It’s odd to say but
I’m very satisfied with the results,
considering who we were running against.”
Running in Denver has its own
unique challenges for runners
due to the lighter air from run-
/
Morgan Place, pictured above finishing her race, placed 13th at the Regional Cross UMD cross country runner Ryan Eason battles it out with Halvard Lange from Augustana, at
Country Championship, qualifying for nationals for the fourth straight time.
the 2011 NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships in Denver, Nov. 5, 2011.
Bulldogs keep conference title hopes alive with route of Crookston
Quarterback Chase Vogler, No. 18, hands off the football to running back Zach Hulce, No. 25, at the Nov. 5, 2011
game against University of Minnesota Crookston.
BY BILL ZIEGLER
[email protected]
The Bulldogs (8-2 overall, 7-2
conference) cruised past the visiting Minnesota Crookston Golden
Eagles 49-7 Saturday afternoon at
Malosky Stadium.
The Bulldogs displayed an
impressive performance on what
was a beautiful fall day in Duluth. It
was a great turnaround for a squad
that suffered a devastating loss last
week in St. Cloud. The victory put
them back in contention for the
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) title.
Thanks to a surprising victory
from the Bemidji State Beavers
over the St. Cloud State Huskies
on Saturday, the Bulldogs are in
position to take home their fourth
consecutive NSIC title with a victory next weekend, something that
hasn’t been done in 33 years.
Freshman wideout Aaron Roth
had a career day, returning a punt
for a score and hauling in a 24-yard
touchdown grab.
“Our mentality coming into this
game was that every game from
here on out is like the playoffs,
because if you lose, you are going
home,” Roth said. “As a younger
guy I have to do my part and make
things happen out there.”
The Bulldogs dominated the
Golden Eagles in the lopsided victory in typical fashion. A productive offensive attack yielded the
Bulldogs 410 yards on offense, a
large majority of which were on the
UMD soccer season ends
after tournament defeat
BY TOM OLSEN
[email protected]
An impressive UMD women’s soccer season came to an end Friday as the
Bulldogs fell in the NSIC Tournament
semifinals and failed to earn a bid for the
NCAA Tournament.
The third-seeded Bulldogs defeated
Augustana College, 2-1, in the quarterfinals Wednesday before falling to Minnesota State University-Mankato, 4-0,
on Friday.
Augustana forward Jessica Madson
put the Auggies on the board first in
Wednesday’s contest at Malosky Stadium, scoring 2:30 into the second half.
However, their lead was short-lived.
Three minutes later, UMD freshman
midfielder Jennifer Smith took a pass
from fellow freshman Maureen Stormont and tied the game by rifling a
15-yard shot past Augustana goalkeeper
Amanda Wagner. Stormont added the
game-winning goal at the 87:16 mark,
chipping in a shot in front of the goal.
“We had played Augustana a few
weeks before, and that was an emotional,
high-scoring game,” said senior captain
Reegan Lloyd, who was named AllNSIC Defensive Player of the Year on
Thursday. “We’ve came back a few times
before. It also helps being at home.”
Wagner officially faced 11 shots on
goal, while UMD’s Hanna Iaizzo faced
only four.
“There was a lot of posts and crossbars
in that game,” head coach Greg Cane
said. “It was a see-saw affair. We just had
the last word.”
Although the Bulldogs were underdogs in the contest against second-seeded Mankato, they had good reason to be
optimistic, going into the game with a
six-game winning streak, including a 1-0
defeat of the Mavericks five days earlier
in Duluth.
Instead, Mankato, with home field
advantage, dominated the game, winning 4-0 and out-shooting UMD, 10-3.
After a scoreless first half, the Mavericks fired up their offensive in the second,
scoring four goals in a 20-minute span.
Forward Courtney Vallarelli scored at
the 53:33 mark to start the scoring, with
an assist from midfielder Emily Moris.
Moris added her own goal five minutes
later to put MSU up, 2-0. Forwards
Nicole Dooher and Brittany Henry
quickly added goals to put a nail in the
coffin of UMD’s tournament championship hopes.
ground.
The Bulldogs’ 241 rushing yards
were spread around to seven different players.
Quarterback Chase Vogler completed 11 of 13 passes for 156 yards,
while only playing for roughly
three quarters.
The Bulldogs did some good
things that coach Bob Nielson was
happy about.
“We were disappointed with
our run defense against St. Cloud
and needed to respond to that,
“It was a game of whoever scored the
first goal was going to win,” Lloyd said.
“They got their first goal and that was
hard on us. They’re a good team and they
capitalized on the chances they got.”
Cane said that the teams were closely
matched, but UMD was forced to play
a different style of game after falling
behind.
“It’s hard to emotionally manage,
knowing you need two,” he said. “Before
I could even make any changes for us to
respond, they had a third … You start
taking extreme risks that you normally
wouldn’t.”
After the loss, the team remained
hopeful that it would still earn a spot in
the NCAA Division II Tournament. The
players gathered Monday night to watch
the selection show, where they learned
that they had fallen short of the tournament.
“I’m impressed with their performance this year,” Cane said. “As difficult
as it may be, I really have to be because of
the way we continually progressed during the season. Even in losing games, we
were progressing.”
The young team will look for better
results next year. 15 of the 21 players
listed on the roster are freshmen or sophomores. Lloyd, the lone senior on the
team, will be the only player not returning.
“We’re a good team,” Lloyd said. “No
matter what the results are, we’re a good
team.”
ALEX LEONE/STATESMAN
and I thought for the most part
we responded against one of the
better rushing teams in the country,” Nielson said. “We were more
efficient in our passing attack and
wanted to make some big plays in
the kicking game, and we did that
as well.”
UMD hosts Mankato State (8-2
overall, 8-1 conference) this Saturday in a must-win for both clubs at
Malosky Stadium at 1 p.m.
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Men’s hockey escapes Denver tie, win
BY TOM OLSEN
[email protected]
The UMD men’s hockey team
extended its undefeated streak to
six games after getting a tie and a
victory on the road against Denver
University this weekend.
The weekend didn’t get off to a
good start for the Bulldogs, as they
quickly fell behind the Pioneers,
2-0, in Friday night’s game with
goals from left wingers Jarrod Mermis and Chris Knowlton.
“That’s not really how we saw
things going,” said senior Travis
Oleksuk, who was recently named
assistant captain. “We’re a confident team. We can score goals. We
just try not to get down.”
UMD got on the board with
senior defenseman Scott Kishel’s
first collegiate goal late in the first
period. Denver regained their twogoal edge with a goal by left winger
Daniel Doremus later in the period.
UMD fought back to earn a 3-3
tie with a second-period goal from
Oleksuk and a goal from defenseman Brady Lamb with 4:05 to play
in the third.
It was hard to find a negative for
UMD in Saturday night’s dominant victory.
After a scoreless first period,
UMD took the lead with a second
-period goal from Oleksuk. Denver
had an excellent opportunity to
tie the game when a penalty shot
was awarded to Denver left winger
Jason Zucker. But for the second
Saturday in a row, UMD goalie
Kenny Reiter made a crucial penalty shot save to preserve the shutout.
Moments later, Oleksuk added
this third goal of the series and
ninth of the year. Lamb added his
second of the series and UMD
went on to win, 4-0.
“That was huge,” Oleksuk said.
“Once Kenny had that big save,
that re-energized us and we got a
couple of goals.”
Reiter was again sharp in the net
for UMD, stopping all 29 shots he
faced and earning his second shutout of the season and eighth of his
career.
The coaching staff tinkered with
all of the lines in the series, and it
paid off for UMD.
“All the lines have got chemistry,” Oleksuk said. “Everyone kind
of clicked this weekend and we got
three points.”
UMD improves to 5-3-2 overall
and 3-2-1 against WCHA opponents. They remain unbeaten in
their two road trips this season.
“You play an even amount of
home games and away games,”
Oleksuk said. “To be where we are
now, we’re happy.”
The Bulldogs head back home
to take on Alaska Anchorage this
weekend at AMSOIL Arena.
Bulldog basketball
strengthens ties to
area youth with ‘Meet
the Bulldogs’ event
BY CALAHAN SKOGMAN
[email protected]
UMD men’s basketball coach
Gary Holquist found himself in
front of hundreds of wide-eyed
youngsters who were on the brink
of exploding with anticipation and
excitement.
“Listen and learn,” he said.
Romano Gym was packed with
first through sixth grade children
Saturday morning, as UMD’s first
“Meet the Bulldogs” basketball
camp was set to get underway.
Both UMD men’s and women’s
basketball teams were in attendance, helping run the camp that
aimed to help strengthen a bond
between the surrounding communities, youth, and UMD.
For 10-year-old Blaise Strom,
the camp was doing just that.
Sporting a bright yellow shirt,
black shorts, and what appeared
to be brand new Jordan basketball
shoes, Blaise was excited.
“My favorite part is you get to do
lots of fun stuff,” Blaise said with a
shy smile on his face.
As he waited in line for his turn
to shoot the basketball, his look of
admiration for the older players on
the UMD Bulldog team was obvious.
“I have four books and magazines that they signed,” Blaise said.
“I’ve played for three years, and I
want to play better like them.”
Dylan Rodriguez, the junior forward for the UMD men’s basketball
team and camp leader of the hoop
Blaise was shooting at, reflected on
the fact that the benefit of the camp
was not only for the kids.
“Often times we get caught up in
the competition,” Rodriguez said.
“Sometimes we forget how much
fun this game is, and these little
guys do a great job of reminding
us.”
With the season opener for both
the men, Nov. 12 at Michigan Tech,
and women, Nov. 13 at Northern
Michigan, approaching soon, the
Meet the Bulldogs basketball camp
UMD’s men’s and women’s basketball team host “Meet the Bulldogs,” a children’s clinic structured around
teaching the fundamentals of basketball to encourage youth involvement.
was a great way to kick off the new
season.
Karen Stromme, assistant athletic director at UMD, was among
the staff orchestrating and helping
with the day’s events.
“What it’s all about is instituting
an environment for these kids that
shows the importance of family
and community,” Stromme said.
“We’re trying to get the kids to feel
welcome here.”
Part of getting the kids to feel
welcome is the new Bulldog Buddy
program. The program is a great
way to keep the youth involved
with free admission to all basketball games, opportunities to be
involved in halftime activities, and
birthday cards for all the members.
The Bulldog Buddy program hopes
to encourage families and their
children to fill the stands at Romano Gym.
As the huge group of kids sat
down around coach Holquist at the
end of the basketball session, an
important step toward a closer basketball community had been made.
Holquist’s words paid testament to
the new UMD basketball vision.
“Thank you for being a part of
the Bulldog family.”
OUTDOORS
Outdoors Editor Jordan Dixon [email protected]
B3
Letter from the Editor
Outdoors Revamped:
Get out, get active, and have fun
BY JORDAN DIXON
[email protected]
Welcome to the great outdoors!
Gone for so long but coming back
in style, the Statesman will once
again have an outdoors section.
In the upcoming weeks, readers
can look for our section in between
their weekly Sports and Student
Life sections, so be sure to make
a pit stop between reading about
the Bulldog sports teams kicking
butt and reading an excellent play
review in Student Life.
This section will be covering
anything and everything outdoors
in Duluth, from RSOP events to
hunting seasons and much more.
Be prepared to see both informative articles and stirring narratives
about the great outdoor opportunities, happenings, and experiences
going on around UMD.
Although this section has a great
staff of writers behind it, it would
remain incomplete without the
help of its readers and the avid outdoorsmen of UMD.
Throughout the year, the outdoors section will be playing host
to student or staff-written pieces
that tell of the many great experiences of their own outdoor adventures.
Aptly named the “Perfect Shot,”
I encourage hunters of previous
and current seasons to write 100
to 300-word pieces of their most
memorable shot or kill and send
them in to me so they can be featured in the following edition. All
submitted pieces should also come
with a picture of the hunter with
their deer.
Similarly, I encourage fishers,
bikers, campers, bird watchers and
all other outdoor enthusiasts to
send in pieces of their experiences
so they too can be featured in the
outdoor section.
This section is made through the
combined efforts of its writers and
readers. So pick up a paper every
Wednesday and look for the Outdoors section. I guarantee it will be
worth your while.
Deer and
where you
won’t find
them
BY JORDAN DIXON
[email protected]
Grouse season may be in full
swing but the only game hunters
have eyes for now are big bucks and
white-tailed does.
Deer Hunting Firearms season,
which opened on Nov. 5, is underway and has already got hunters
out to their stands and bagging
bucks.
But some may not be even seeing
any deer.
“The hunting will be tougher
the farther north and east you go,
better the farther south and west
you hunt, Department of Natural
Resources wildlife officials say,”
writes Sam Cook of the Duluth
News Tribune.
Attributed to tough winters, the
deer population densities in the
SARA HUGHES/STATESMAN
areas northeast of Brimson, Minn.,
are low and may be a hunting dead
zone this season.
“Deer densities run as low as 1
to 2 per square mile in the eastern part of the Arrowhead region.
They increase to about 12 to 15 per
square mile in the Ely area and get
as high as 21 or 22 per square mile
in deer permit area 181 just north
of Duluth,” writes Cook.
The Minnesota Deer Hunting Firearms season continues on
through Nov. 20 in the Northeast
100 series.
The “perfect moments:”
Bonding with camping sisters
BY AMANDA ANDERSON
[email protected]
CHRIS J. BENSON/SUBMITTED
Salute to sustainable fisheries:
Good food shows off the benefits of good fishing in Superior
BY JORDAN DIXON
[email protected]
When one hears the word “herring” they both picture a can of
oily fish and get a bad taste in their
mouth. So why would the comeback of Superior’s lake herring
population be such a big deal that
there was a celebration in honor of
its return?
“They have no relationship to
actual herring. They are in fact a
relative of white fish and salmon,”
said Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl,
food critic for Minnesota Monthly,
in an interview on MPR news.
Noting this mistake in naming
by early Europeans settled on the
Great Lakes, Moskowitz Grumdahl makes this assertion in light of
the recent Salute to Superior’s Sustainable Fisheries event that took
place in McNamara Center located
on the U of M Twin Cities campus,
where she acted as a guest judge.
“The event was done in honor of
Athelstan Spilhaus, the man who
came up with the idea of the U.S.
Sea Grant College and the reason
we have a Minnesota Sea Grant for
the lakes,” said Sharon Moen, a science writer in the MN Sea Grant
Program Office and communica-
tions coordinator of the event. “We
wanted to reflect Spilhaus’ ambition and personality through this
event and I think we succeeded.”
Since the creation of the Northern Sea Grant Act in 1966, Minnesota and its universities have been
receiving funding to take care of
coastal resources, develop programs and products to take care of
the coast, and sustain lake ecosystems as well as safe and sustainable
seafood.
Such a celebration focusing on
Spilhaus is also timely in that there
is a noticeable increase in the native
lake herring population.
“There was an invasion of rainbow smelt a while back and it had
a negative effect on the native lake
herring population, which in turn
had a negative effect on small commercial fishers whose numbers
fell from 400 to about 25,” Moen
said. “Recently, however, we have
seen an increase in herring and a
decrease in smelt, a promising sign
for sustainable fisheries.”
And so enters the Salute to Superior’s Sustainable Fisheries event.
The event itself was a day-long
cooking event that took place on
Nov. 2. The challenge was herring:
nine chefs from throughout the
state were competing in front of
four judges from around the country, three of whom are professional
chefs and food experts as well as
part of the American Culinary
Federation.
“They got an hour to make the
best herring dish they could come
up with and would present it to the
judges,” Moen said. “They would
then clean up and present samples
to the public whilst the judges were
scoring.”
In the end it was chef Ron
Bohnert of Danny’s Bar and Grill
in Stillwater who took home the
grand prize with his award-winning black pepper potato crusted
herring dish, which he will now be
serving on his restaurant’s menu.
All the chefs were credited, however, with their exciting and unique
takes on Lake Superior’s herring
and the event received rave reviews
by the public, not only for the food
but for the music and entertainment.
“We are still in recovery mode,”
Moen said. “And the scary thing
is that these people were asking
whether or not will be having this
event again next year!”
CHRIS J. BENSON/SUBMITTED
It’s almost 5 o’clock in the morning; I feel the dense, cold fog
around me. I quietly unzip the tent
and walk to the bathroom. I can
see my best friend’s breath beside
me. I am shaking with a mix of
chills and adrenaline. I walk over
to the small structure and open the
door. It is pitch black out and I am
too afraid to turn on the flashlight.
My partner waits for me outside
the bathroom door.
I am about to sit down and I turn
on the flashlight and I see a giant
daddy long legs walking across the
floor. “EWWWW!” I scream as I
run out of the bathroom. My best
friend starts screaming along with
me all the way back to our tent,
not caring about any of the other
hundred people in their own tents
around us.
This was just one of the many
dramatic experiences in my camping adventure. My two best friends,
Katie and Kelly, and I decided to go
on the school’s canoe camping trip.
About thirty of us traveled four
hours away from home in order to
go canoeing and hiking on a weekend trip. Once we had arrived, we
set up our tents and made it about
as girly as possible. We had makeup, clothes, and shoes everywhere.
There weren’t any showers and the
only bathroom close to us was just
a toilet in the middle of a disgusting room. To say the least, it was a
girl’s worst nightmare. However, I
wouldn’t change that experience
for anything in the world.
We spent the days wandering
around the different hiking trails
and exploring the newfound territory. One day, a group of us decided to drive over to a part of the
woods where there were supposed
to be beautiful hiking trails. Once
we arrived, a couple of hunters
wearing bright orange vests asked
us where we were going. “We heard
about the beautiful scenery on
these trails and decided to check
it out,” I had thankfully told the
hunters. We didn’t realize it was
hunting season and needed bright
gear in order to prevent other hunters from accidentally shooting us.
We ended up hightailing it out of
there before anything unfortunate
happened. Even though we didn’t
get to see the trails, we had quite
the story to tell the others back at
camp.
During the chilly nights, we
bonded with hot dogs and s’mores
over an open campfire, telling stories about our lives. The three of us
stayed up until the wee hours in the
morning confiding in one another
and snuggling up like sardines in a
can. It became really cold at night
and we only had one air mattress,
so we cuddled to keep each other
warm. By the last day, we hadn’t
taken a shower all weekend and
felt sticky and gross, but the smiles
never left our faces.
We bonded as camping sisters
and best friends. We were proud
that the three of us survived a
weekend of hardcore camping,
even though everyone said we
would never survive that long.
Camping has always been an interesting experience for me, but this
one weekend will always put a
smile on my face when I remember
it.
Chef Ron Bohnert prepares a dish during the cooking competition at the
Salute to Lake Superior’s Sustainable Fisheries competition at McNamara
Alumni Center on the Twin Cities campus.
An award-winning dish prepared by chef Ron Bohnert, the executive chef of Danny’s Bar and Grill in Stillwater, Minn., features black pepper potato-crusted herring with Lake Superior caviar, crème fraiche, SweetTango apple-cranberry salsa, sweet potatoroot vegetable hash and shaved fennel slaw.
STUDENT LIFE
Student Life Editor Laura Prosser [email protected]
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Technical difficulty of a concert kind
BY BEN PIEPER
[email protected]
Justin Pierre, lead singer of Motion City Soundtrack, plays in his
side project band Farewell Continental on Wednesday, Nov. 2,
2011.
At 9:08 p.m. The American
North, who were said to have been
running a little late for their opening gig before Farewell Continental, began their set inside of the
Kirby Rafters last Tuesday night.
The band looked to be pretty
promising. The lead singer wore
a classic black leather jacket, the
guitarists appeared symmetrically
on either side of him with red plaid
shirts and the drummer looked
sternly attentive in the back of the
stage. Having driven up in their
van all the way from Minneapolis,
The American North was ready to
rock.
Fortunately for 75 percent of the
band and unfortunately for their
lead singer and the mid-sized audience of students, there was a lack
of sound quality that seriously distorted the sounds of the band. During the opening act’s entire set the
instrumentals of the group were
overwhelmingly loud. This would
usually be welcome at a rock concert if the vocals weren’t so disappointingly shrouded by the static
sounds of two guitars and the occasionally startling drum riffs.
Sexualization in Art
BY ABBY ROSEN
[email protected]
The issue of women’s sexualization
in the media and in society at large
is a source of endless discussion.
It has been mulled over in books,
researched by sociologists and meditated on by literary feminists.
Tiffany Quade, senior art education major, chose to approach the
subject matter in a new way. As a part
of a five-day art and design senior
exhibition, Quade explored the
plight of women in a series of pieces
appropriately entitled “Objectified.”
The exhibition consisted of five
pieces, each focusing on the female
form in various positions. The bare
nature of their bodies and of the
works themselves forced observers to
truly look at each woman, to objectify them and to truly consider what it
means to do so. Quade focused
particularly on pregnancy because,
as her artist statement said, “In my
work, I represent this empowerment
coming from what only women can
do, grow life and give birth.” Instead
of gaining power through male reinforcement or sexual desire, Quade
focused the attention away from a
naked female form towards a strong
image of a woman, truly empowered
with child.
The medium Quade chose also
spoke to her overall message. By
stitching the images onto the canvas,
she entered into a discussion about
the role of “women’s work.” Instead
of painting or drawing, the stitches
evoke a certain sense of domesticity and handmade feel that brings an
additional dimension to her dialog
about femininity. As Quade wrote, “I
present the dichotomy of the female
Though The American North
definitely seemed to have fun performing and were able to deliver
one memorable cut with the powerful guitars and occasionally decipherable lyrics of “Crying Wolf,”
the band ultimately left little or no
impression on the listeners.
The energy in the room reached
a much higher level when Justin
Pierre, the lead singer of not only
the headlining Farewell Continental band but also popular Minneapolis pop-punk group Motion
City Soundtrack, walked onto the
stage with the rest of the band. Just
his appearance, with his strange
Einstein-esque hair, was enough
to excite the concert guests. The
rise of energy continued when the
band invited the enticed viewers
to get out of their chairs instead of
sitting down in a non-rock-and-roll
fashion.
The upbeat power-pop songs
that really struck a chord with audiences were “Depend On Me” and
“Son of a Bitch, Son of a Whore.”
Unlike The American North,
Pierre’s vocals were not quite as
overshadowed by the instruments.
In contrast to their opener, the
vocals were often the most enjoyable part of Farewell Continental’s
performance. Pierre was aided by
Allie Fox, who provided both lead
vocals and keyboard parts. Their
male-female vocal harmonies gave
a unique and pleasant touch to a
sound not always heard at concerts.
There were moments during the
songs in which the duo of vocalists
started to evoke the music of The
Pixies, minus the satanic savagery
of Francis Black.
One unique feature of Farewell
Continental was their use of what
they called the “WTF” guitar pedal. This gave the guitars of the band
a very entertaining effect that conjured a sensational flurry of what
sounded like some sort of cosmic
transmission going through a
decoder machine. Respectfully,
Pierre even introduced the pedal’s
inventor to the audience.
Farewell Continental was a surefire improvement over the amateurish technical backing of The
American North, but at the end of
the night lacked the kind of charisma that has been seen previously
in live concerts at UMD. However,
for fans of loud noises and hardcore
lovers of Motion City Soundtrack,
the concert was not a letdown.
form through juxtaposing images of
functional and sensual moments.”
By harnessing both domestic
craftsmanship and sexuality, Quade
encompassed two key ways women
are perceived in society.
Though the works themselves
appeared bare, only thread on paper,
this helped bring a sense of solitude
and exposure to the pieces. Instead
of looking at men looking at women,
the audience is forced to take part in
the objectification of these female
forms. Quade also gave the pieces
additional dimension by repeating
the images of the women multiple
times. Whether it was to mimic the
multiple ways women are viewed or
to reflect a woman’s own perception
of self, these repeated images made
an impact.
Quade described this exhibition
as “a platform for this conversation
to challenge popular culture’s ideology.” It may seem contradictory to
have a series of naked women leading the discussion on the overt sexualization of women, but it makes perfect sense. By placing the naked body
at the forefront, audiences are forced
to strip away the advertising, makeup and skimpy clothing and see what
all the fuss is really about. The female
body, as a vessel for creation -- both
physical and creative -- is something Tiffany Quade poses with her work during her
to be marveled at, not “objectified.” student exhibition in the Tweed.
SUBMITTED
The importance of art through fresh eyes
BY JENAE PETERSON
[email protected]
The Tweed Art Museum features
a wide variety of art. Each week
they have student artists who are
featured. These students are usually graduating seniors. This week
Niki Burger was featured with her
oil painting.
“It’s kind of a natural high,”
Burger said about painting. “It’s a
beautiful thing to do.”
Burger is a senior at UMD, but
she has been painting since she was
young.
When Burger was very young,
she started off drawing. Once she
reached her sophomore year in
high school, she started painting.
Inspired by Sarah Brokke, a local
Duluth artist from whom she also
took lessons, she developed her
own take on art.
What Burger enjoys most is
large-scale oil painting. The thickness of the paint allows the painting to dry very slowly, which lets
her continue to return to what she’s
working on and paint over a long
period of time.
“(It lets me) look at it through
fresh eyes,” Burger said.
Featured in the Tweed Museum
this week, Burger had six main oil
paintings. Each fit into a theme
called “The Black Houses.” Each
painting was dark and featured the
house somehow, with its own title.
Even though she is a full-time
student and also holds a job at a
local cafe, she tries to paint every
week, as many days as possible.
After school she plans to take a
break from her painting, but not for
too long.
“I think art is important … and
people should experience what
other people have to say about the
world and life,” Burger said.
The exhibit was taken down on
Sunday, making room for another
student artist to share their work
and let the world learn through
their experiences.
Dr. Helen Mongan-Rallis shares intimate stories about her and her
daughter’s South African experience last Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 in the
library.
BY EMILY HAAVIK
[email protected]
Dr. Helen Mongan-Rallis gave a
more intimate than political presentation about South Africa at last
Thursday’s Alworth International
brown bag presentation in the
UMD Library Rotunda.
Mongan-Rallis’ presentation,
entitled “Photos & Stories about
South African Wilderness Experiences,” focused on a trip last summer to her native country, which
she took with her 9-year-old daugh-
Stories from
a South
African
safari
ter, Kaitlin.
“This time I went back purely to
play, and we spent most of our time
in the wilderness,” Mongan-Rallis
told her audience. “So this is sort of
a travelogue.”
She and her daughter visited
several game reserves and national
parks.
“She’s a South African at heart,”
Mongan-Rallis said of Kaitlin.
“She doesn’t believe in shoes. She’s
barefoot there,” she said, gesturing
to a photograph on the screen.
Mongan-Rallis grew up in South
Africa, so she is invested in many of
its struggles.
“There’s still such an incredible
disparity between the haves and
the have-nots,” she said. “I remember growing up as a child feeling
absolutely torn.”
Mongan-Rallis was involved in
the anti-apartheid movement. She
said that being raised in part by
Maria, a Zulu woman, affected that
decision.
“This is what I used to say: what
I said is that I was raised by my parents to respect my elders regardless of race. But I realized that it
was far less intellectual than that,”
Mongan-Rallis said. “I loved Maria
as if she was my mother. From a
very early age it used to devastate
me when I heard people say racist
things. So it was almost personal.
They were doing it to my mother.”
Mongan-Rallis also has a passion
for wilderness conservation.
“Poaching is absolutely devastating in some of the wilderness areas
in South Africa. Killing the rhino
just for the horn, because of its perceived aphrodisiacal qualities,” she
said as she flipped through photographs of rhinos. “The poachers
are usually not poaching just to
get enough money for their families. It’s much more organized than
that.”
Although Mongan-Rallis did
touch on these more serious issues,
she spent much of her time showing pictures of wildlife and telling
lighthearted stories.
In one instance, during her travels, a hyena wandered into their living room. At another point, some
friends took her and her daughter
up in a helicopter to see the area
from the air.
Mongan-Rallis had some advice
regarding encounters with wildlife
in Africa.
“If you’re being chased by an
elephant, you must find a ditch and
jump over it, because apparently
elephants can’t jump,” she said.
If it’s a leopard, she added, don’t
look it in the eye. If it’s a lion,
though, definitely look it in the eye.
“So you must keep all that
straight.”
In an interview before the presentation, Mongan-Rallis encouraged UMD students to travel.
“If you can possibly afford it, it
is absolutely invaluable,” she said.
“Not only do you learn about the
country that you go to, but you
learn about the United States. It
also helps you learn about yourself.
When you put yourself in a situation where you’re a minority and
people tell you (that) you have an
accent, it changes the way you see
yourself.”
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You And Me, Ghost
ALBUM SPOTLIGHT
Artist: Atlas Soung
Album: Parallax
Any fan of Bradford Cox will notice that both his band
Deerhunter and his solo project Atlas Sound have continued to push the envelope of pop music with each successive release. A survey of recent YouTube footage will
reveal live performances from both projects becoming
tighter and more adventurous throughout the years.
Parallax, the third LP from Cox as Atlas Sound is no
exception to this progression. The album is divided into
two imaginary discs, one featuring experimental exercises in indie-pop, the other comprising ambient, minorkey thought-pieces. The sequencing of Parallax does not
make the divide between the two discs clear, hence its
title. The rich arrangements of the songs feature both
digital and acoustic voicing all tied together by distinctly
Coxian trademarks: hypnotic codas, stream-ofconsciousness lyrics, every lyric delivered through a delay
pedal, etc. Parallax affirms Bradford Cox’s position as one
of the most prolific, talented, and continually improving
artists in the independent music circuit; this is the most
conceptually and sonically ambitious Atlas Sound release
to date.
Recommended if you like: Panda Bear, The Flaming Lips, High Places
Focus tracks: “The Shakes”, “Angel is Broken”, “Mona Lisa”
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