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Sitting at the end of a string of seniors in the Arthur Buswell
Pioneer Room, Tyler Morleys sweat-soaked jersey hung off his wiry
frame. Addressing questions from the media, he looked exhausted and
emotionally drained, and who could blame him?
After missing a month to injury, Mor-ley returned to the Nanooks
line-up for senior weekend and the final two home games of his
collegiate career. The team struggled without him going 1-5 in its
last three series. It was a must-win series to keep UAFs season
alive, the Gover-nors Cup riding on it, and family was in town.
So Morley kept things as simple as possible.
One was winning, one was losing. One was going home, one wasnt,
he said of the two teams vying for the play-offs. I just tried to
do everything I could to lead this team, to carry on.
Thats exactly what the 58 senior did, tallying three points 2
goals and an assist lifting the Nanooks (10-20-4, 8-16-4 WCHA) to a
3-2 win over the Sea-wolves (11-20-3, 8-18-2 WCHA) before a packed
Carlson Center Saturday night.
Im extremely proud of this group, UAF head coach Dallas Ferguson
said. We talked about it for the last few weeks here about pushing,
and pushing, and
sticking together and finding ways [to win], and then it came
down to the last weekend.
The Nanooks play Michigan Tech in the first round of the Western
Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs this week.
The loss meant not only an end to UAAs season, but also the
collegiate careers of its four seniors: Blake Tatchell, Blake
Leask, Chris Williams, and Austin Sevalrud. Each of the four has
dressed in 124 or more games as Seawolves.
Its difficult to swallow because
weve got some really good seniors in that room, UAA head coach
Matt Thom-as said. The fact that was their last col-lege hockey
game - thats tough - because those guys deserve better than
that.
UAAs Olivier Mantha deserved praise for his efforts in the first
period. The Nanooks saw a handful clean looks at the sophomore, but
Manthas glove and leg pads were working early, and the game
remained scoreless for the first 18 minutes.
Morley began his three point night on a redirection off Nick
Hinzs shot from
the point at 18:43.UAA came out with a bang in the
second period, scoring at 1:17 to tie the game 1-1. Connor
Wright centered a puck intended for Blake Tatchell at the bot-tom
of the right face off circle. Tatchell never located it, but it
didnt matter as the puck deflected off a skate and through the
wickets of goalie Davis Jones. Wyatt Ege and Nils Rygaard were
given the assists.
The goal didnt slow the Nanooks down for long. Dylan Hubbs went
off for slashing at 13:42, and Nolan Huysmans and Morley teamed up
on the power play to provide a pretty goal. Huysmans found a
streaking Morley on a 2-on-1 break that Mantha didnt have a chance
of saving.
The third period contained of the same plot-turns from the night
before. Down one goal and the clock ticking down, the Seawolves
scored their second goal and tied the game at 2-2. Tatchell forced
a turnover in UAFs end. Tatchell put a puck on net that was
eventually picked up and scored by Alex Jackstadt.
The Nanooks responded again though with a Justin Woods slap shot
that beat Mantha glove-side at 5:58.
UAA pulled its goalie in the final min-ute, but the UAF kept the
puck away from Jones to seal the win.
Im very proud of the effort that the guys gave both nights, and
especially towards the end of the season, UAA cap-tain Austin
Sevalrud said. We faced a lot of adversity this year and guys never
let that get in the way.
On Friday March 4, Generation Action: Students for Reproductive
Jus-tice at UAA hosted an event to raise mon-ey for Planned
Parenthood. The title for the event was Before Roe v. Wade and
After: Reproductive Rights and Alaskas Future. The event was hosted
on Friday, March 4, in the Student Union. Genera-
tion Action, educated the public about the past, present and
future battles of repro-ductive rights in the state of Alaska, as
well as the country. The event hosted two guest speakers, Helen
Nienhueser and Jessica Cler.
Helen Nienhueser, who spoke on the topic of the past, was
pivotal in orga-nizing a movement across the state to change the
abortion laws of the state of Alaska. In 1970, her efforts were
brought to fruition when Alaska became the third
state in the nation, behind Hawaii and New York, to allow women
abortion with consultation of their doctor. Three years before Row
v. Wade. Neinhuesser spoke about the conflicts that arose during
her fight for the rights of women across the state, and discussed
how she did it with twentieth century technology. Meeting with
journalists and getting their events covered played a pivotal role
for Nien-hueser and her effort.
The event then transitioned into the present situation of
reproductive rights for women. With Jessica Cler discussing the
present and future of state and nation-al reproductive health, to
portray how far they have to go.
Its really important to know that the fight in 1973, Roe v.
Wade, was not the end, its just the beginning. said Zhe-nia
Peterson, a member of Generation Action. We really need to keep in
mind the past, but we also need to look toward the future.
Jessica Cler, Alaska Public Affairs Manager at Planned
Parenthood, contin-ued the conversation with looks at laws taking
action in the current time and spoke about their effects, if put
into place, on the future of reproductive health. Cler discussed
how these bills would require abortion clinics to rise to a
standard of a surgical center and requiring doctors to have
admitting privileges, would conse-
quently shut down many abortion clin-ics around the country.
These bills are currently being reviewed by different branches of
government and may possi-bly be passed.
We are seeing so many attacks on reproductive health access and
reproduc-tive rights. The public needs to be way more aware that
these attacks are going on, and we definitely need more people
taking action. said Jack Bohannon, a member of Generation
Action.
The presenters and the hosts both emphasize the importance and
the rele-vance of the issues at hand, pointing out that the fight
didnt end at Roe v. Wade, but continues even to this day.
I think young people are getting engaged across the country, but
espe-cially here in the state. Generation action here on campus is
super involved and super engaged and theyre the future leaders of
this movement, said Cler. I hope that people recognize the
opportu-nity and the need to get involved.
To learn more about how you can get involved reach out to club
Generation Action Students for Reproductive Jus-tice at University
of Alaska Anchorage. The club keeps up to date on the issue of
reproductive health and justice and creates opportunities for
students to get involved.
Reproductive rights in Alaska: Past, present and future
Helen Nienhueser speaks about her life experiences at Before Roe
V. Wade and After: Reproductive Rights and Alaskas Future.
Nanooks send UAA packing in 3-2 winBy Nolin
[email protected]
Sophomore Connor Wright rounds the corner for another shot as
Nolan Huysmans defends during the third period of Saturdays match
up in Fairbanks. UAF won games 3 and 4 of the Governors Cup and won
the season series 3-0-1.
PHOTO BY MYLISSA MACLAIN
PHOTO BY YOUNG KIM
By Victoria [email protected]
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THENORTHERNLIGHTTUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 | 02FEATURES
XCOM is not an accurate alien invasion simulator
Tree wells and wet cement: Backcountry skiing at its finest
Video games are weird. My hosts rampant enthusiasm for them
usually translates to me being rampantly enthusi-astic, but I have
no idea why. It could just be our psychic bond. I typically wouldnt
care for most video games he plays unless he cares about them,
too.
This month, I found an exception: XCOM 2.
For those of you not in the know, XCOM is a renowned series of
turn-based strategy games in which you, the commander of a filthy
human defense group known as XCOM eXtraterres-trial COMbat unit
must defend Earth from incoming alien invasions.
Here is where I break off from where my host would start
reviewing the game in his traditional style. Typically, hed go into
how tense the gameplay is, or how the atmosphere always bogs down
on you while still giving you a glimmer
of hope. I dont care about all that. The most important thing
for me is that the XCOM games especially the new-est are bona-fide
alien invasion sim-ulators. Thus, as an alien brain parasite
hell-bent on conquering the Earth with the help of my benevolent
Slug Empire, this game deserves my careful scrutiny.
When the series was rebooted about three years ago, the plot was
simple: aliens are invading, and XCOM must make them either leave
or die. Spoiler alert: in that game, the humans won, and they won
for the dumbest reason imagin-able video game logic.
As you start the game, youre only fac-ing off against very weak
alien troops, like little gray men or aliens thinly dis-guised as
humans. These aliens are eas-ily susceptible to normal human
firearms. Its only once your troops start getting experienced that
they throw the meaner troops at you.
My question is, why the hell arent they throwing the meanest
troops at you now? The final fight is against a coven of
ethereal psychic wizards that could rip your entire army apart
with naught but a wave of their hands. Why not throw those guys in
first?
The Slug Empire has tons of mind readers and psychokinetic
warriors under its enslavement, among other really nasty beasts.
Were we in the XCOM aliens position, wed throw those guys at you
without letting you guys catch up to us. We are not video game
enemies that gradually get more difficult as you fight more of us.
Life does not work that way.
Do you know where the weakest beings are in the Slug hierarchy?
They do our paperwork! Theyre higher up, pro-tected by legions of
enthralled killers. Were not going to dispose of them just because
theyre weak. Thats just cruel.
In XCOM, the games difficulty is curved in such a way that no
matter how much you grow, you feel like the aliens are just one
step ahead of you. Thats good game design, but its very
unreal-istic. We are several steps nay, light-years ahead of you in
terms of technol-ogy. Were better than you, and were not going to
stop and tease you about it.
XCOM 2, released last month, is a little bit more practical with
its prem-ise than the original XCOM, however. The sequel assumes
that you lost the last games final battle. Instead of fighting off
an alien invasion, the aliens have already invaded and are ruling
over humanity with an iron fist. Now were talking!
Instead of playing as the oppressive aliens, though, you play as
the humans again. Oh come on! Why cant a brain slug get the
opportunity to stamp human-itys metaphorical face with a
metaphori-cal boot forever? I mean, were going to do that for real
in a few millennia once the fleet finally gets here, but the
devel-opers at Firaxis could at least give me the courtesy of
simulating that.
Anyway, XCOM is now a resistance group trying to restore
humanitys place on Earth. Oh, I get it, so we aliens are fascists
now, huh? Is that how you see us? What do you take us for, a
possible Trump administration?
We happen to care deeply about every race we enslave. Once a
race becomes part of the hive mind, we see their strug-gles and
histories. We dont invade out of malevolence, we invade because we
want to make life richer for you. We want to look at the human
condition and embrace it. Yes, we want to rule over you, and we may
be a little dramatic about it, but we treat every species we
enslave with at least some respect. We just invade your brains,
thats all.
Wed never do something as sinister as XCOM 2s Avatar Project,
which is a mysterious win condition for the aliens in the game. Its
never stated explicitly what it is, but its heavily implied that it
pretty much murders all of humanity.
Whats the point in that? What would we have to gain from killing
all of human-ity once we enslave them, even if there are a few bad
apples that want to rebel against us?
If my host were writing this, hed be saying that its a fantastic
turn-based game. Hes not writing this, though. I dont care how
well-designed XCOM 2 is. Its blatantly offensive towards alien
culture, assuming that all we want to do is destroy humanity and
oppress them. It makes assumptions and generalizations about a
species that humanity doesnt even know exists yet.
Were not bad guys! Were on your side! We just want to brainwash
you and absorb your culture, thats all!
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. EMBRACE THE SEAWOLF SLUG.
By Klax ZlubzeconTranslated by George Hyde
In the year 2013, an alien brain slug from one of the galaxys
most feared empires crash-landed on Earth and assumed control of a
lowly reporter at this newspaper.
These are his stories.
I didnt write a column last week, not due to illness or
unforeseen circumstanc-es, but rather due to my startling lack of
time management. I suppose I could have claimed that I was too busy
learning to save lives with my EMT training, but really I had
planned to write and I instead packed my backcountry gear, made
chili and promptly fell asleep. I awoke far too early the next
morning only to be greeted by a two hour bus ride through the rain
that somehow didnt inspire visions of great skiing. The destination
was Turn-again Pass, to complete the weekend por-tion of the
university backcountry course Id been babbling about since the last
time Id taken it.
The focus of the weekend was to gain our Level One certification
through
the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education. The
purpose behind the AIARE course is to estab-lish a framework for
decision making in avalanche terrain. Essentially, we were meant to
learn where avalanches occur and what signs predicted them, then
steer the hell clear of those indicators.
The first day we chose to ride at Tin Can, a mix of exposed
slopes and switch backing treeline runs, for which I have nothing
positive to say whatsoever. Being the main run that people tend to
have heard of, and having an identifiable pull-off and skin track
has done the area no favors, as it is consistently packed with the
last people Id want on the scene were I to need extrication from an
avalanche. Imagine a collection of hungover indi-viduals collected
from the local Zumiez whose plan for an avalanche would be to
outrun it and youll have a point of refer-ence for my distaste.
Now, thats not to rag on those who do have proper training and
decision making skills that prefer to ski the area. In fact, some
of the areas of the main track are quite nice if youre willing to
exert the energy to reach them. On the whole how-ever, if
backcountry environments could be thought of as fine dining, then
Tin Can would be on par with Taco Bell. And as if cement thick snow
and poor visibility werent enough of a hindrance that day, I
quickly became acquainted with the notion of tree wells.
Tree wells, for those unaware, are a cruel quirk of nature
formed by heavy snowfall atop fir trees. As the snow accumulates
around the tree the base is sheltered by the occluding branches.
The effect is threefold a funnel shape grows as the snow is
diverted to the outer radius of the tree, the snow which does reach
the inside of the tree well is far less compact and dense that that
around the tree, finally resulting in the entrapment of any skier
dumb enough to venture near.
Having narrowly avoided the first few Id seen, I found myself so
deep in an unexpected well that I was forced to unstrap from my
board and climb 75 per-cent of the tree in order to unstick myself
from it; discarding any notion that I may have had an unfairly
negative opinion on Tin Can.
Retiring back to the cabin for the night, we managed to fit a
class of 11, alongside two guides and an avalanche forecaster, in a
cabin that had seemed far more spacious when last years class had
only contained five. We spent the evening gorging our tired bodies
on spaghetti that couldnt have possibly tasted that good in an
urban setting, and were all uncon-
scious before ten.The next day, we explored Fresno
Ridge, albeit via an alternate up-track due to worsening
avalanche conditions, which was an improvement only in that it was
unknown terrain. Our pit tests at the top were something just short
of alarming, as we found a monstrous slab teetering on a deeply
flawed weak layer of snow. During the various tests used to
determine avalanche probability and propagation potential, we
dropped a test column large enough to warrant gratu-itous swearing,
a few nervous looks and a definite plan to avoid that side of the
mountain.
Opting instead to ski the relatively safe route back down the
skin track, we found ourselves in a nonstop race to gain enough
speed to avoid stopping, as for snowboarders this meant a grueling
post-holing session through waist deep snow with the consistency of
drying cement. We managed to get a nice mellow run in before the
snow became so wet that any-one not wearing skis surrendered all
hope and fled back to the bus, but it was cer-tainly more work than
play. Thus far, this column may seem to suggest that back-country
skiing is more trouble than its worth. By the end of day two, Id
have been inclined to back that statement.
But the third day wasnt just a pleasant surprise. It was the
best damn snow Ive seen since the record-breaking season in 2012.
It was so good in fact, that Im going to take another week to write
about it, as Ive somehow again lost track of time in the face of
planning a backcoun-try trip. So until next time, Ill entertain
myself with dreams of what we encoun-tered at Tenderfoot.
By Evan DoddContributor
A well-meaning column rife with clunky metaphors and horrible
advice, Orange Rhymes With is the go-to place to break the monotony
of classes and laugh at someone elses misfortune.
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Who runs the Rondy carnival?FEATURES THENORTHERNLIGHTTUESDAY,
MARCH 8, 2016 | 03
By Nita MauigoaContributor
This story originally ran on March 4, 2014:Jacqueline Leavitt,
owner of Golden Wheel
Amusements, remembers being a little girl in ear-ly Alaska in
1967, playing by a tiny cotton candy wagon. The hot, sugary scent
permeated the air as her mother operated only a handful of
rides.
It was my playground, Leavitt recalls as someone who has spent
her entire life in the fam-ily carnival business.
Golden Wheel Amusements is a family owned and operated carnival
business that has been the sole provider for Alaska fairs and
carnivals, including the Fur Rendezvous, since 1967.
Leavitt walked through the carnival grounds what she refers to
as her living room and home and greeted guests, making sure they
were hav-ing fun.
The sound of childrens laughter echoed as shrills bounced off
the rides. The sweet aroma of kettle corn lingered and the bright,
fire engine red candied apples filled food booth windows.
Leavitt joked around with one of her long-time ride operators,
Jim Page, who has been with the company for 11 years. Page was
running the popu-lar ride 1001 Nights.
What exactly are people paying for when they fork over their
four tickets?
I make the ride swing one way four times and then the other four
times. Its roughly four min-utes, Page said.
He and Leavitt joked about the parents who fight to have their
child board the ride, though they are too short. Theres the kids
who kick and scream and refuse to sit in the front for that
special
photo opportunity their parents want to catch of them screaming
their heads off.
Then theres this: Someone throws up on this ride every day! Page
said as he laughed.
Maintenance manager Lawrence Denton was seen walking around the
carnival grounds, study-ing all the rides. He said that he
maintains the rides daily. He said the plus is that the company
only runs during the State Fair and Rondy, so the rides do not get
nearly as much wear and tear as those in the Lower 48. Denton said
the worst that has happened on a ride is an issue with a wire here
and there, but he said there are many safety switches for operators
to pull at any given time to stop the rides if needs be.
Leavitts 13 year-old daughter, Alexis, ran the food counter as
her son, Jason, managed the game booths.
As Leavitt looked at her daughter she recalled how when she was
a little girl, she would sneak out and watch the Iditarod dog sled
races and remem-bered how her sister was in the marching band.
Ive also been here since I was very small. Ive worked some of
the game booths and food stands. It was fun learning how to make
funnel cakes while growing up, Alexis said.
She said perhaps she will take over and run the carnivals like
her grandmother and mother have. However, Leavitt didnt seem like
she was ready to let go of the carnival life anytime soon.
I dont want to one day retire. My mom is 80 years old and youll
see her a lot of times spinning cotton candy, Leavitt said. Why
would you want to go somewhere else? This is what we do.
As each Rondy passes year by year, this family remains constant
in providing wild and wacky fun for Rondy fans of all ages. They
plan to do so for generations to come.PHOTO BY NITA MAUIGOA
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THENORTHERNLIGHTTUESDAY, MARCH 8, 201604 | FEATURES
College Cookbook: Corned beef
1 package corned beef
1 1/2 cups of water
1. In a crock pot, place your corned beef topped with the
seasonings included in the package.
2. Pour the water into the packaging the spice and corned beef
was in. Pour the water from the package into the crock pot.
3. Place the crockpot temperature on high for four to five
hours.
4. Serve hot and with boiled cabbage
GRAPHIC BY INNA MIKHAILOVA
Celebrate St. Patricks Day this year with this traditional
dish
Directions
Ingredients
By Victoria [email protected]
Corned beef beef salt cured with large grains of salt is popular
in the United Kingdom, Canada and the Unit-ed States. The origins
of corned beef are unknown, but more than likely occurred when
people began to preserve their meat through the process of corning
meats. In this case, corning refers to the Old English word corn,
meaning any small grains (specifically the salt) to use for beef
curing. Saltpetre, or potassium nitrate, has been used in curing
beef in the past. Popularity of this dish grew in Britain during
the 19th century. How-ever, the Irish were trading their corned
beef with the British since at least the 17th century. The meat was
popular dur-ing wartime because it was non-perish-able. French
colonists took advantage of the meat during times of long passages
to North America. Ireland, with a large stake in the corned beef
Atlantic trade, grew in industry with the city of Cork, producing
half the islands beef exports in the 17th century. The demand for
corned
beef production in the British Isles grew as Irelands production
of corned beef led to depleting resources and eventually
contributed to the Irish famine and the Great potato famine. During
this time, people residing in Ireland ate very little of the corned
beef products they produced. Instead, staple diets for majority of
Ire-land consisted of cured pork and various dairy products. Today,
corned beef is pro-duced primarily in South America.
Create this easy corned beef to cele-brate St. Patricks Day this
year. Inspired by Rae Gun Ramblings blog, this recipe is a family
favorite.
PHOTO BY A.C. CUNNINGHAM
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AE THENORTHERNLIGHTTUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 | 05&
By showing little, When I Saw You speaks volumes
TITLEWhen I Saw You
RELEASE DATE Jan. 15, 2014
DIRECTOR Annemarie Jacir
COUNTRYPalestine
GENREDrama
By Jacob Holley-KlineContributor
The Palestinian people have endured numerous exoduses from 1947
to 1990. When I Saw You takes place after the 1967 exodus, one
that, alone, displaced up to 325,000 Palestinians. Fittingly, loss
weighs heavy on the narrative. Wherever the central characters may
be, it never quite feels like home. Director Annema-rie Jacir makes
sure of that.
Having fled to the neighboring country of Jordan, Tarek (Mahmoud
Asfa) lives with his mother, Ghaydaa (Ruba Blal, Sand Storm) in a
refugee camp. With the prospect of his fathers return seem-ing
hopeless, Tarek becomes restless and tries to walk back to
Palestine. On the way, he meets the resistance fighter, or
fedayeen, Layth (Saleh Bakri, Rattle the Cage). Their leader, Abu
Akram (Ali Elayan, Rosewater), lets Tarek stay and one day become a
fighter himself.
Among the many things When I Saw You does well, its strongest
when it holds back. Director Annemarie Jacir resists
sensationalism. The Six Day War has ended, and in its aftermath,
the exo-dus. Whats important to Jacir is how it lingers.
Daily shellings and firefights are ter-rifying, but the true
horror of war lies in what comes after: the displacement, the loss
of home and culture, and fami-lies torn from each other. Ghaydaa,
like Tarek, waits in vain for her husband. But Palestine is a long
way from Jor-dan. Ruby Blals intense, wearied perfor-mance makes it
clear that she knows that
better than anyone.The sun-bleached sands of Jordan
make for beautiful vistas, but Jacir focus-es on the cracks. The
land, like its people, is wounded. Tarek traverses the land-scape
hurriedly, as if he would die to be rid of home a second longer.
Mahmoud Asfa imbues the character with a crackly energy. His
boisterous smile and love for numbers make him immediately
sympa-thetic. He lives in a dangerous world, but hes determined to
escape it.
The violence around him, however, is implied. Gun battles and
bombings take place off-screen. Whats impressive is how tense the
movie is despite this. The threat of death is omnipresent despite
never appearing.
It may sound dark, and it is. But many sequences are hopeful,
often heart-rend-ing. In one such sequence, from the center of the
circle, films the resistance fighters as they sing a campfire song.
Its a tear-jerker of a bildungsroman with a steely heart. Jacir
does not back away from the pain. Rather, hones in on it to show
its roots. Maybe, that way, the movie sug-gests, the pain can be
lifted.
Expertly rendered from top to bottom, When I Saw You is a
beautiful medita-tion on the cost of war and the necessity of
perseverance. The movie has restraint and patience. Its delicately
structured with an ironclad core. Moments of hope break the core
open, and reveal the light beneath. For how economic it is, When I
Saw You packs a punch. And its a blow well worth taking.
ALBUM REVIEW
By Felipe Godoy DiazContributor
ARTISTKendrick Lamar
ALBUM
Untitled Unmastered
GENREHip-Hop
LABELTop Drawing Entertainment
RELEASE March 4, 2016
Back in Dec. 2014, Kendrick Lamar was the last musical guest on
the Col-bert Report. He performed an untitled song that saw
Kendrick take on different racial characters that advised him on
how to best fulfill his life. However, months later that specific
song was no where to be found on The Northern Lights 2015 album of
the year, To Pimp a Butterfly.
Kendrick continued the trend of appearing on national TV and
perform-ing unreleased music. The untitled series as it became know
spawned sev-eral tracks including one at this years Grammys.
About two weeks ago, of all the peo-ple in the world NBA
superstar LeB-ron James pressured Kendricks label to release the
untitled series. Well last Friday, LeBron and everyone else got
their wish as Kendrick debuted his fourth album Untitled
Unmastered.
The eight tracks are a collection of demos that did not make
last years album, but are just as progressive. Simi-lar to Pimp a
Butterfly, the record fea-tures a lot of jazz, funk and spoken
word. Themes of violence, self-love and self-
hatred are all prevalent.Each track is a perspective of
Kend-
ricks disdain for the world. Untitled 1 uses biblical metaphors
to critique culture while Untitled 7 is a three part track about
the stages of an emotional rush.
Untitled 8 which was originally per-formed on the Tonight Show
with Jim-my Fallon balances the hypocrisy of his continued to
success with the economic hardship of African Americans. While most
of the songs share a critical view of the world, the album itself
is intended to give a sense of hope rather than despair. Where
there is darkness, there will always be light.
In the same vein as Kanye Wests The Life of Pablo, Kendrick isnt
mak-ing music for the masses, but rather for himself. This genre of
conscious progres-sive hip-hop isnt anything new but it is also not
commonplace with mainstream radio audiences.
Sure, Kendrick had a guest verse on a Taylor Swift song last
year, but his cre-ativity shines on music like this. While most
rappers are playing checkers by starting controversy and
accumulating followers on Twitter, Kendrick is playing chess and
making music that resonates with him.
Kendrick Lamars Untitled Unmastered is exceptionally
striking
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Unprotected: a look at social gender barriersA&E
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This is about being a woman and figuring out what it means for
myself, being raised in a Catholic household and pushing those
boundaries, said Dishno.
This exhibit is relating back to being raised in a really
conservative household and just becoming a woman that wasnt going
along the same path as that, said Dishno.
PHOTOS BY GEORGE HYDE
Stephanie Dishnos Unprotected explores sensuality and
womanhood
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SPORTS THENORTHERNLIGHTTUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 | 08
HockeyUpdated March. 6
Michagan Tech
Minnesota State
Bowling Green
Ferris State
Northern Michigan
Bemidji State
Lake Superior State
Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska Anchorage
Alabama Huntsville
18-7-3
16-5-7
16-7-5
13-11-4
12-11-5
11-12-5
10-13-5
8-16-4
8-18-2
5-17-6
Conference
Alaska Anchorage
Western Washington
Montana State Billings
Simon Fraser
Central Washington
Northwest Nazarene
Seattle Pacific
Alaska Fairbanks
Saint Martins
Concordia
Western Oregon
18-2
16-4
15-5
13-7
10-10
10-10
9-11
7-13
5-15
4-16
3-17
Mens BasketballUpdated March. 6
Conference
Athletics standings for UAA
Women repeat as GNAC champions
They came, they saw and they con-quered. The seawolves flattened
Simon Fraser 82-47 before handling Montana State Billings 77-57 on
their way to defending their Great Northwest Athletic Conference
crown.
The Seawolves had lost their home finale against Simon Fraser on
Feb. 27 and sought revenge in the semi-finals of the GNAC
tournament.
I think the next time we play them they will see a different
team, head coach Ryan McCarthy said at Tuesdays press
conference.
A different team they were. Although the previous two meetings
this season versus the Clan were tight contests, this time, UAA
never even let it become a game. Jumping out to an 8-0 lead, the
Seawolves made a statement early and never let Simon Fraser within
reach. With a halftime score of 42-18, the game was all but
over.
Leading the beat down for the Green
and Gold were Mullings and Alysha Devine, who contributed 17
points a piece. The smothering Seawolf defense forced 27 turnovers
and held Simon Fra-ser to making just a third of their shots.
We came into this game really focus-ing on making sure we were
attached to their shooters and limited their good looks from the
three-point line, McCar-thy said.
UAA looked like themselves again, and big reason why was the
return of Kei-ahnna Engel, who had missed the last five games due
to a knee injury.
Its nice having someone that has the skills of a guard that can
play defense like a post player, Megan Mullings said.
Regardless of the convincing win, the Seawolves still had
Montana State stand-ing in their way of the GNAC title.
The Seawolves began the champion-ship game rather sloppy,
coughing up the ball eight times in the first quarter but still
found themselves leading 35-30 at halftime.
UAA settled down after the break, and outscored the
Yellowjackets 26-17 in the third quarter. The Seawolves
gradually
extended their lead and came out on top with a 20-point win.
In just 15 minutes, Keiahnna Engel totaled an efficient 13
points (5-6 FG) and dished off 4 assists in the title game. Kiki
Robertson had a tournament-high 9 assists, while Jessica Madison
chipped in 12 points and 4 steals. Forward Domi-nique Brooks
finished with a team-high 6 boards and helped elevate UAA off the
bench, but gives credit to her fellow Sea-wolves.
It all goes to my teammates, they just kept me into the game and
kept giving me confidence and motivation that no matter what
happens we got it together, Brooks said.
As for Montana State, guard Marissa Van Atta tallied 17 points
to go with her 10 rebounds and 4 steals. Alisha Breen had 17 points
of her own, while no other Yellowjacket had more than 6 points.
By adding a GNAC championship to their resume, the Lady
Seawolves look to host the first round of the NCAA Divi-sion II
tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center.
By Jordan [email protected]
By Nolin [email protected]
A pair of seniors with podium aspira-tions and jump-start
freshmen highlight this weekends National Collegiate mens and
womens skiing championships in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
The championships kick off Thurs-day, March 10 with the running
of the mens and womens giant slalom at Mr. Werner. The womens 5
kilometer and mens 10 kilometer freestyle races blaze the trails
Friday, March 11, on nearby Howelsen Hill. The second half of the
championships follow the same pattern. On the night of Saturday,
March 12, the mens and womens slalom events take center stage under
the lights. The final day of competition features the long
dis-tance Nordic races including a womens 15-kilometer classic race
and mens 20 kilometer classic race.
The Seawolves are one of eight teams that qualified the maximum
12 student-athletes. The Rocky Mountain Intercol-legiate Ski
Association, to which UAA belongs, has the largest share of
partici-pants of any one conference in the cham-pionships with 84.
In total, 144 skiers representing 21 different institutions will be
competing in the four-day event.
Sean Alexander, Hughston Norton,
Curtis McKillop, Isabella Andreini, Charley Field and Maria
Gudmundsdot-tir are the alpine skiers competing from UAA.
I think weve done a good job of preparing our team for a
championship event, head coach Sparky Anderson said. Looking back
on this season the kids are all improving constantly at a good
pace, and to me, thats a sign of a successful program... Its taken
us a while to get to this part of the season where they are
peaking. We havent had great opportunities to train at home because
of the warm winter.
The alpine team is led by senior Sean Alexander, who is fresh
off a first-place finish in the grand slalom event at the
RMISA/NCAA West region champion-ships. Alexander had a two-time
score of 2:19.30, beating out Colorado Universi-tys Henrik
Gunnarsson and Max Luuk-ko by less than 0.4 seconds.
That experience was one-of-a-kind for me, Alexander said.
Through my college career Ive had a lot of battles with injuries
and so its always been a battle to get to a place ... I was skiing
to a level that I knew I could.
Gudmundsdottir and Field will also be contenders for a podium
spot in their rac-
es. The two are consistent top-10 finish-ers in the slalom and
giant slalom events.
Toomas Kollo, Etienne Richard, Luca Winkler, Mackenzie Kanady,
Patricia Sprecher and Casey Wright will be repre-senting UAA on the
Nordic side.
Head Nordic ski coach Andrew Kast-ning dealt with unexpected
turnover in his team this season. Incoming sopho-mores Marion
Hundry and Kathrin Sch-ratt left the program to pursue career
opportunities in their fields in Europe.
When you lose skiers like that in our region its tough to have a
strong team score through the regular season, Kast-ning said. I
think the mood is good on the team and were not going in there
expect-ing to be middle to the back-of-the-pack. Were going in
there with expectations to get some All-Americans and be a top-7
school.
Kastning is proud of how the team has come together under
adversity.
Senior Mackenzie Kanady contin-ues to improve on her second team
all-RMISA status from last season. Kanady finished 25th and 14th in
the 15-kilome-ters classic race and 5-kilometer freestyle race at
the NCAA championships last season.
UAA skiers set for national stage
The races can be streamed live through NCAA.com starting on
Wednesday, March 9.
Western Oregon
Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska Anchorage
Seattle Pacific
Central Washington
Western Washington
Saint Martins
Montana State Billings
Concordia
Northwest Nazerene
Simon Fraser
18-2
15-5
14-6
14-6
13-7
9-11
9-11
8-12
5-15
4-16
1-19
Mens BasketballUpdated March. 6
Conference
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By Nolin [email protected]
Win and live to play in the Western Collegiate Hock-ey
Association playoffs. Lose, and start summer train-ing.
Those were the stakes between the Seawolves and Alaska Nanooks
in game three of the Alaska Airlines Governors Cup on March 4.
Davis Jones 28 saves helped UAF (9-20-4, 7-16-4 WCHA) to a 3-2
victory over the Seawolves (11-19-3, 8-17-2 WCHA) before a raucous
Carlson Center. The win clinches the Nanooks seventh consecutive
Gover-nors Cup, having now beaten or tied the Seawolves over three
meetings this season.
Thats only half the job this weekend, UAF assis-tant coach Lance
West said. Thats a really, really big hockey game tomorrow it will
be even more emotional and the team that can come out and control
those emo-tions the right way will be successful.
Emotions were high throughout Fridays game and came to a head
after a minor scuttle formed after the final whistle, leading to a
handful of penalties including three 10 minute game
misconducts.
After a scoreless first period, the Nanooks began the
second period in dramatic fashion, scoring 52 seconds in. The
Nanooks cycled the puck on a power play carried over from the first
period. Sophomore Justin Woods barely got his stick on a rebound
off a Marcus Basara shot before backhanding the puck in.
The goal started a back-and-forth, free-wheeling period in which
both teams put pressure on their oppo-nents goaltenders. Despite
Olivier Mantha and Davis combining for 23 saves in the period, it
was 2-1 at the end of the second period.
UAF once again beat Mantha as the period started to wind down.
Freshman Jasen Fernsler sent a puck on goal that ricocheted off
forward Peter Kreiger that bounced into the net.
Most goals were just pucks on net from anywhere, and thats the
game plan were going to come out with tomorrow again, Nanooks
Colton Sparrow said, who scored the game-winning goal in the third
at Fridays game.
Seawolves forward Jeremiah Leudtkes shot at 16:16 was robbed by
Davis from point-blank range.
Just when it looked like Jones was on his way to a shutout, UAA
responded with 1:24 left in the period.
Matt Anholt won a faceoff draw in the UAF zone. Senior Austin
Sevalrud maneuvered from left-to-right with the puck and before
unleashing a slap shot that
made it all the way through to Davis, scoring his first of the
season.
Down 2-1, UAF continued to follow the game plan: shoot, shoot,
shoot. This strategy was rewarded 14 min-utes into the third period
much to the elation of 3,000-plus fans in attendance.
Defenseman Josh Atkinson shot a puck from the left point. The
biscuit was halfway to the goal when it was redirected to Sparrow
on the opposite faceoff dot. The sophomore had plenty of open twine
to shoot at and didnt miss.
The Seawolves did not give up after going down 3-1, and when
Nanooks Nolan Huysmans was called for an interference penalty at
1:31, UAA found a second-wind. The penalty set up a minute of
5-on-4 desperation hock-ey after UAA pulled its goalie. Blake
Tatchells shot was stopped but the rebound went to Tad Kozun, who
buried his 13th of the season and brought UAA within one.
The Nanooks could not take advantage of the open net, even after
a puck hit off the post. It didnt matter though, as Davis stood
tall with several saves in the last minute to preserve the home
teams lead and win the Governors Cup in the third game of the
tourna-ment. The Seawolves fell 3-2 to the Nanooks, giving the
Nanooks the edge in the Governors Cup with 3 wins.
Nanooks clinch Governors Cup, 3-2 loss in Fridays game
Sophomore Olivier Mantha blocks UAFs Tayler Munson during the
first period of Saturdays contest as Wyatt Ege and Anthony Conti
look on. The Nanooks took a 1-0 lead in the first period on won 3-2
on senior night.
PHOTO BY MYLISSA MACLAIN
SPORTS THENORTHERNLIGHTTUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 | 09
Vikings knock out SeawolvesMarch Madness is upon us, and the
Seawolves (21-
11) were on the outside of the NCAA Division II tour-nament
looking in entering the weekend. Sitting at the 10th spot in the
NCAA West Region rankings, where the top eight teams get in, UAA
likely had to win the Great Northwest Athletic Conference
tournament to solidify its position in the big dance.
Heading into the tournament as the third seed in the conference,
UAA matched up against sixth seeded Western Washington University
(16-14). The Seawolves had already taken down the Vikings twice
this season by just three points on both occasions.
I expect it to be close again...they are a good team and very
talented, said Seawolves head coach Rusty Osborne prior to the
contest.
Osborne was correct in his prediction, however it was his team
that fell short this time, 78-73 in the first round of the
one-and-done GNAC tourney. The Sea-
wolves shot just 37.9 percent from the field, including 20
misses from three-point land. Suki Wiggs, the winner of the GNAC
Newcomer of the Year award, finished with 20 points and collected
12 rebounds while Brian McGill produced 16 points in his last game
as a Seawolf.
The loss officially puts UAAs season to rest, one that was
filled with plenty of if only and so close.
It is not like we were blasted out of a bunch of games. Every
game except the Billings game has been a one possession game at the
end.
The same would hold true to this game as well.Despite trailing
by as many as 9 points in the second
half, the Seawolves did not lay down. The Green and Gold rallied
back to take a 53-49 lead with just under 12 minutes remaining in
the game. After exchanging sev-eral baskets and forcing many ties,
the Vikings grasped on to a 3 point lead with 11 seconds to go. UAA
senior guard Brian McGill sliced through the defense to cre-ate an
open shot for the GNACs leading scorer Wiggs in the corner for
three, but Wiggs didnt get the bounce, and the ball fell into the
hands of WWU, concluding the Seawolves season.
Jeffrey Parker led the charge for the Vikings, hitting 5
trifectas on his way to pouring in 31 points. Senior Ricardo
Maxwells all around performance of 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6
assists propelled Western Washington to victory, but they knew it
wasnt going to come easy.
Anchorage is a great team with tremendous players, said Western
Washingtons head coach Tony Domin-guez after the game. Rusty is
obviously a great coach so its always going to be a battle.
This was the fourth straight season that the Mens basketball
team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the conference
tournament. Western Washington would go on to lose to Alaska
Fairbanks the next night, advanc-ing the Nanooks to the finals,
where they would ulti-mately be defeated by Western Oregon
78-71.
The Seawolves have to watch the NCAA tournament from home, but
having lost only two seniors this season, UAA looks to redeem
themselves during the 2016-17 campaign.
By Jordan [email protected]
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THENORTHERNLIGHTTUESDAY, MARCH 8, 201610 | SPORTS
MSBU 70
SFU 78
NNU 65
CWU 67
SFU 47
WWU 60
UAA 82
MSBU 78
MSBU 57
UAA 77
2016 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Womens Basketball
Tournament
2016 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Mens Basketball
Tournament
Winner
UAA 73
SPU 69
WWU 78
CWU 65
SPU 57
UAF 91
WOU 58
WWU 90
UAF 71
WOU 78
Winner
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