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By Heather Hamilton The Northern Light School spirit can be shown in many ways. Students can attend sporting events, homecoming activities, wear school colors or clothing with the school emblem, sing along with the fight song or plaster stickers all over your dorm or vehicle. All of the above often have one thing in common: the school mascot usually isn’t far away. Whether wearing university clothing, watching a game or sporting stickers, a university’s mascot is typically plastered somewhere or walking around at a game. It is a brand that tells everyone where you go to school and who you support on the playing field without a shadow of a doubt. Mascots come in all shapes and sizes, from a living, breathing bulldog in a crown to a giant animal suit of something make believe. They are as varied and unique as the schools they represent and often have interesting histories to match. UAA wasn’t always represented by our iconic Spirit the Seawolf, for instance. Once, back in the 1970’s, we were the Sourdoughs. That’s right, the Sourdoughs. Our mascot was a goldpanner. While being the Sourdoughs had a bit of history and meaning behind it, switching to the Seawolves brought UAA back to Alaska’s native roots. The Tlingit word for seawolf is Gonaqadet. According to “Origin of the Gonaqadet” in Illustrated Tlingit Legends by Tresham Greg, the seawolf is a mythical creature that brings good luck to those who see it. It lived in a hidden lake with a secret outlet into the ocean. The legend goes that a Tlingit man found it, trapped it and killed it. He then donned its skin so that he could hunt in the ocean and bring food back to his village when no one else had luck fishing. According to Timothy McDiffet, the associate athletic director, the first incarnation of the Seawolf mascot in 1977 was meant to resemble a totem. This version incorporated both the school colors and included red and light blue as well. Its design was also very intricate. The next incarnation, first seen in 1980, was a more wolfish version of the creature bursting out of the water. The Seawolf itself was yellow, and the “water” was green. Unfortunately, many athletes and athletic workers felt the mascot didn’t quite resemble what it was meant to. “We called it, to ourselves, the Flaming Dog,” McDiffet said. In 1985, the Seawolf finally took on the form used today. The totem style used in the first Seawolf incarnation was utilized once more, but greatly simplified. The colors accurately reflected UAA’s school colors as well. If the longevity of this mascot design is any indication of its popularity, UAA should hopefully be seeing Spirit the Seawolf for many years and many games to come. SHOOT UT GUIDE 2010 GRAPHIC BY PAIGE TIEDE
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By Heather HamiltonThe Northern Light

School spirit can be shown in many ways. Students can attend sporting events, homecoming activities, wear school colors or clothing with the school emblem, sing along with the fi ght song or plaster stickers all over your dorm or vehicle.

All of the above often have one thing in common: the school mascot usually isn’t far away. Whether wearing university clothing, watching a game or sporting stickers, a university’s mascot is typically plastered somewhere or walking around at a game. It is a brand that tells everyone where you go to school and who you support on the playing fi eld without a shadow of a doubt.

Mascots come in all shapes and sizes, from a living, breathing bulldog in a crown to a giant animal suit of something make believe. They are as varied and unique as the schools they represent and often have interesting histories to match.

UAA wasn’t always represented by our iconic Spirit the Seawolf, for instance. Once, back in the 1970’s, we were the Sourdoughs. That’s right, the Sourdoughs. Our mascot was a goldpanner.

While being the Sourdoughs had a bit of history and meaning behind it, switching to the Seawolves brought UAA back to Alaska’s native roots.

The Tlingit word for seawolf is Gonaqadet. According to “Origin of the Gonaqadet” in Illustrated Tlingit Legends

by Tresham Greg, the seawolf is a mythical creature that brings good luck to those who see it. It lived in a hidden lake with a secret outlet into the ocean.

The legend goes that a Tlingit man found it, trapped it and killed it. He then donned its skin so that he could hunt in the ocean and bring food back to his village when no one else had luck fi shing.

According to Timothy McDiffet, the associate athletic director, the fi rst incarnation of the Seawolf mascot in 1977 was meant to resemble a totem. This version incorporated both the school colors and included red and light blue as well. Its design was also very intricate.

The next incarnation, fi rst seen in 1980, was a more wolfi sh version of the creature

bursting out of the water. The Seawolf itself was yellow, and the “water” was green. Unfortunately, many athletes and athletic workers felt the mascot didn’t quite resemble what it was meant to.

“We called it, to ourselves, the Flaming Dog,” McDiffet said.

In 1985, the Seawolf fi nally took on the form used today. The totem style used in the fi rst Seawolf incarnation was utilized once more, but greatly simplifi ed. The colors accurately refl ected UAA’s school colors as well.

If the longevity of this mascot design is any indication of its popularity, UAA should hopefully be seeing Spirit the Seawolf for many years and many games to come.

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OPINION 12

By Taylor HallThe Northern Light

Nikki Aden is quite the player for the Seawolves, but we wanted to get to know her just a little bit better. We sat her down and asked her a few random questions:...

TNL: Favorite memory playing basketball?

Aden: It’s got to be playing driveway ball with my dad and brother when I was younger.

TNL: I play basketball, but I’m even better at…?

Aden: Eating I guess .

TNL: Favorite meal?Aden: Defi nitely mom’s home

cooked tacos.

TNL: Favorite TV show?Aden: Family Guy.

TNL: What’s is currently on your iPod?

Aden: Got some reggae and

country on there now.

TNL: Guilty pleasure in life?Aden: Ice cream!

TNL: Superstitions?Aden: If I have a good game,

I try to copy the same exact pregame routine before the next game.

TNL: When I’m not on the court, I’m…?

Aden: Probably studying somewhere at school.

TNL: Favorite Athlete?Aden: Brandon Roy for now.

TNL: Celebrity crush?Aden: Leonardo DiCapprio.

TNL: Favorite sport to play other than basketball?

Aden: Soccer.

TNL: And to watch?Aden: Football.

By Taylor HallThe Northern Light

Flashback to the 2007-08 season for the UAA women’s basketball team. It was the fi rst of what would be two straight Final Four appearances and the best record (30-5) in program history.

Perhaps you will recall a 5’8” freshman guard who wasn’t hesitant to shoot when given the opportunity.

Fast forward back ahead to present day and you’ll now fi nd that same guard in position to break several records during her senior year and lead the Seawolves back to a fi fth straight postseason appearance.

Nikki Aden, a journalism and public communications major who hails from Portland, Ore., is a mere 14 wins away (at the time when this was written) from being the most victorious Seawolf. She would eclipse the 97 win total from Seawolf great Rebecca Kielpinski, a teammate of Aden’s from 2007-09.

Aden is one of the unquestioned leaders on the Seawolf squad this season and will be called upon to help lead a young contingent of new ‘Wolves into the world of collegiate basketball.

Aden can recall back to her freshman year when the shoe

was on the other foot and she was taken under the wing by her friend and mentor Kalhie Quinones.

“She was my roommate and really demanded a lot out of me and pushed me to be better,” Aden said, who started all 29 games last season for UAA. “I try to emulate what she was to me.”

And with 12 newcomers to the team this year, Aden will be looked to for guidance.

“This year, we’re going to put some extra pressure on her and ask her to provide leadership,” UAA Head Coach Tim Moser said. “She will needs to hold others accountable, even those who can be frustrating to deal with at times.

“Nikki is a tough kid and has gotten better each year so I’m not worried.”

Moser also was quick to say Aden will be the go-to girl in many situations this season.

“Our team may need some penetration and assists and she can do that, or we may need her to step up and hit some threes and she can do that,” Moser said. “A lot of times, she’ll be called upon to be our best defender. She’ll have to do it all.”

However, growing pains as a player may not be as hard to go to as opposed to getting other players to buy in to the team identity.

It’s a struggle to continue to convince someone how tough it will be this season,” Aden said, whose .862 free throw shooting percentage last year was a new UAA record.

She took her game to Spain this past summer as part of the USA Athletes International team. The team comprised of select

Division I and II players went 5-0 in the tournament and on average, defeated their opponents by an average of 32.2 points.

“It defi nitely was one of those life experiences you don’t get to have all the time,” Aden said. “It was an amazing time. I got to meet some amazing people, and got to enjoy something new.”

However, as the Seawolves try to continue to fi nd success, they will expect nothing new from Aden in terms of her game.

“The biggest thing she provides us is her defense; but offensively, she’s grown into a really well rounded player,” Moser said. “Nikki can beat a team a lot of ways.”

Senior Aden comes full circle at UAA as a leader

Getting to know Nikki Aden, Seawolves player #25

LOGAN TUTTLE/TNL

UAA Senior Nikki Aiden brings the ball up the court against UCSD during the Disney West Coast Tip-o� Nov. 12. The Seawolves won the game 74-62.

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By Eli WrayThe Northern Light

The Seawolves have been training hard for the Great Alaska Shootout, but they aren’t the only ones. Out of the 18 games that will be played, there are only eight referees that will be offi ciating. That’s a lot of running.

“They put a lot of time into training,” Timothy McDiffett said, UAA associate athletic director. “The rules might change from one year to the next so they have to stay up on rule changes. They have clinics to attend in the summertime, not to mention physical training. They put in a lot of time and energy before games.”

The referees for the Great Alaska Shootout work in teams. There are three offi cials for each game: two from the Division I Mountain West Conference (MWC) and one from the Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). This method of offi ciating is called split crews and is very common in college basketball.

“Split crews are three person offi ciating crews with two referees from the Mountain

West Conference and one Alaskan referee,” McDiffett said. “When I say Alaskan, they are actually referees from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference who happen to live in Alaska. So they are already certifi ed and approved by the GNAC, which is the Division II conference that we compete in for men’s and women’s basketball.”

That means that Seawolf basketball players have encountered some of the offi cials for the Shootout in previous GNAC games. What about the MWC referees?

“The truth of the matter is, even though the referees are assigned by the Mountain West Conference, some of these referees will offi ciate in other conferences,” McDiffett said. “They are shared by multiple conferences, so we may have seen other referees before because they work across conference lines. Because a lot of conferences overlap, they share a lot of referees anyways.”

With a huge selection of referees fl oating around, it is up to the coordinator of men’s basketball offi cials for the MWC, Bobby Dibler. Dibler selects the offi cials for the

Great Alaska Shootout each year. “Every conference has a supervisory

offi cial. They schedule offi cials, work to develop their skills and deal with issues,” McDiffett said. “They answer to a conference commissioner who is the leader or director of the conference. We contact Bob in the summer time and give him the dates and games scheduled. We’ve been doing this with the Mountain West Conference for years.”

Dibler decides which offi cial refs which game by using computers. Thanks to new scheduling technology, all Dibler has to do is put all the games and referees into a program and he gets a schedule for each referee for each game. Dibler does this for every single home game in the MWC; the Shootout is just an extra project for him.

Because college basketball is so competitive and fast paced, on average the college basketball offi cial has nearly 10-15 years of offi ciating experience with the veterans accumulating above 20 years of experience. All that experience is important when making split second decisions that can decide games.

“Everyone loves to boo the offi cials and yell at them,” McDiffett said. “But they really put a lot of time and effort in and for the most part they are really good guys. We get to see them behind the scenes a lot, and they really take their jobs seriously and all they want to do is create a level playing fi eld. They work hard at what they do.”

With all of the negativity being directed towards the offi cials, why would someone want to referee a college basketball game in the fi rst place? The pay for referees has increased in previous years, but McDiffett thinks it has to do with something else: love of the game.

“They take a lot of abuse, but I would say that most of the referees were former athletes usually in the sport they offi ciate. It is a good way for them to stay associated with the sport and they enjoy what they do,” McDiffett said.

So when an disagreeable call is made try to keep in mind that even though these offi cials are used to the abuse, they work hard and love the game just as much, if not more, than the crowd.

Offi cials are much more than antsy court copsShootout refs selected from D-II Great Northwest Athletic Conference, D-I Mountain West Conference

By Taylor HallThe Northern Light

Junior Taylor Rohde was looking for a change of scenery from the desert and heat of Arizona, where he’d been a standout basketball player.

The UAA Seawolves were looking for an experienced big man to be a physical presence down low and free up room for their sharp shooters.

It was a match made in hoops heaven for Seawolf fans.

The timing couldn’t have been any better when UAA announced this past summer that Rohde would transfer from Pac-10 power Arizona State and bring his game up north.

“Basketball is basketball wherever you play it,” Rohde said, who was the 2008 Arizona State High School Player of the Year. “It was fun playing in a big arena

and having lots of fan support but I spent two years there and felt it was time for a change.”

Rohde substituted the humid desert heat for the bitter cold Anchorage weather. Talk about your polar opposites.

“That’s basically the biggest change you can get,” Rohde said with a grin appearing across his face. “I came up and liked what I saw and am enjoying my experience up here so far.”

However, Rohde said it was the city and coaching staff that won him over quickly and made him pack his sneakers and head to UAA.

With the Seawolves typically known as a team that can shoot beyond the arc, the addition of Rohde may have some of his new teammates chomping at the bit for kick-outs from him.

“He draws a lot of attention with his skill, but he has great

vision too,” Steve White said, a junior guard who isn’t afraid to fi re three-pointers one bit. “He’s going to free up people for a lot of good looks.”

Of course, the big man has plenty to offer down low if the double teams don’t come.

“I like to play down in the post and can take people off with the dribble but I can come out and shoot the 15 to 18 footer too,” Rohde said. “Basically, I like a little bit of everything.”

With Rohde, the Seawolves have a double-double threat game in and game out. His senior year at Pinnacle High School saw him put 29.5 ppg and 12.0 rpg on way to being named Phoenix All-Metro Player of the Year.

These types of monstrous numbers are something the Seawolves haven’t had since Carl Arts (18.5 ppg and 7.9 rpg) back in the 2007-08 campaign in which the Seawolves were GNAC Champs and made it all the way to the Division II Final Four.

Arts wasn’t even a true big man, but for UAA standards, he was more than they were used to at the position.

“We’ve struggled with keeping bigs in our program over the years, and it’s good to have another big body this year,” White said. “Having Tay come from such a big program brings something new to the table for sure.”

The 6’9”, 255-pound Natural Sciences major admits that his weak point was defense coming into the college ranks. He continues to work on his slides and quick footwork in the paint.

However, if there is one thing Head Coach Rusty Osborne’s teams know how to do, it’s playing defense. Last year, the ‘Wolves fi nished fi rst in the GNAC last season in points allowed per game (64.3).

Add in the fact that they also fi nished with a positive 6.1 rebounding margin on opponents

(also good for fi rst in the GNAC) and you have a pretty good place to learn how to play solid defense.

An interesting situation could pan out in this year’s Shootout. Arizona State just happens to be in the fi eld and could be a second round opponent for the Seawolves.

When asked about this possibility playing out, Rohde was quick to downplay the whole thing.

“Myself and the whole team have to just take it one game at a time,” Rohde said. “If it comes to where we play ASU, we’ll take ‘em as it comes and go through our normal routine and put forth

our best team effort.”Speaking of team, the newest

Seawolf was eager to share the team’s expectations soon after that.

“We want to go into every game and come out with a ‘W,’ but defi nitely be successful and improve every night,” Rohde said.

With an experienced group of returners, such as senior guards Brandon Walker and Drew Robinson, and senior forward Casey Robinson to work with, Rohde may have put this season’s possibilities into perfect context.

“Sky is the limit for this team,” Rohde said.

New big man Taylor Rohde can have UAA fans hopeful

LOGAN TUTTLE/TNL

UAA Junior forward Taylor Rohde drives the lane against Lewis University Nov. 13. The Seawolves lost the game 84-70.

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By Jerzy ShedlockThe Northern Light

Universities aim to shape their graduates into successful professionals. Whether an alumna is pursuing a career in the sciences or business marketing, personal triumphs add to the prestige of universities.

Professionals from all fi elds foster lasting relationships with their schools. Learning does not stop with the attainment of a degree, and university alumni associations encourage involvement from past students.

“Alumni are valuable to a university because they really are the spotlight of what the university does. They are the product of our mission as an organization,” Julia Martinez, advancement services director, said. “Their success is our success.”

Nine universities are traveling to Anchorage for the 2010 Great Alaska Shootout, and all have garnered a long list of alumni. Notable graduates include a professional basketball player and a marketing coordinator. The success stories of these alumni promote continuing progress and pride.

Sports are not a big part of many college graduates’ plans, but career paths can veer into uncharted territories.

Kent State University (KSU) 2002 alumna Demetric Shaw spends his post-college days on a basketball court. Since his graduation, Shaw has been touring the international basketball circuit as a point guard for the Sundsvall Dragons. That name may be unfamiliar, but unless you follow professional European basketball it is understandable, as the Dragons are based

in Sweden. All brawn and no brains is far

from accurate when it comes to Shaw, however. The professional point guard holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from KSU.

As a former member of Kent State’s 2002 Elite Eight basketball team Shaw was instrumental in leading the Golden Flashes, the university’s intercollegiate basketball team, to the NCAA Tournament. This was during Shaw’s senior year and is the most memorable for the Kent State alumna.

“The excitement on campus during the 2002 basketball season was at an all-time high,” Shaw said on the university’s website. “After winning the game that earned our team the Elite Eight status, my anatomy class gave me a standing ovation.”

Southern Utah University (SUU) Katie Clifford’s career is part business, part athletics.

After graduating from SUU with a bachelor’s in communications in ’98, Clifford served a mission for the Church of Latter Day Saints in Switzerland. Following this exercise in philanthropy, she returned home just in time for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Assigned to the track and fi eld and fi gure skating department as part of her sports

warehouse job, she quickly fell in love with the world of sports.

A year ago, the SUU alumna began working for the fashion brand Tretorn, a subsidiary of PUMA. Working up the

ranks she now is employed by its parent company.

In her new role with PUMA, Clifford is

part of a team that sets the market strategy for

the gulf and women’s fi tness categories. The team is tasked with developing a strategy that

is very fl exible, changing from region to region around the world.

Clifford has worked with Apolo Ohno, Geoff Ogilvy

and Kelly Ripa. She has also helped organize major events, such as the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and the Iron Girl Race Series.

Journalism alumna of Drake University, Sandy Bretzlauf, lives in a world of fandom. As the Denver Broncos

partnerships and game day marketing coordinator, Bretzlauf uses her advertising skills attained at

Drake to help plan fan events, such as the pregame tailgating in the Broncos Barn, which includes autograph sessions, meet-and-greets with cheerleaders and former Bronco’s players and other fan appreciation duties.

With most of her time spent on organizing fan events, Bretzlauf may not see a single

moment of the home games. Before you ask, the answer

is no. The Drake University graduate cannot get you free

tickets to a home game. “When people fi nd out I

work for the Broncos, the fi rst question they ask me is if I can get them tickets,” Bretzlauf said on Drake’s alumni

website. One of her jobs does

consist of giving away tickets, but those are usually passes reserved for the team’s biggest contributors, sponsors and other Denver high rollers.

Important positions in the world of sports are not the only

place university alumni can be found. Continuing involvement with their university can extend to simple actions, such as attending a sporting event.

Alumni of UAA will be in the crowd during the 2010 Great Alaska

Shootout, cheering with honor. “They remain involved in a number

of ways. Alumni give back by giving scholarship moneys; there are college associations they can connect with, which seek to connect, advocate and support the university; volunteer on advisory boards and with surveys,” Martinez said. “There is a number of ways they remain involved and there is a strong segment that appreciate and are proud of their university.”

Sports-oriented alumni score in the workforcewarehouse job, she quickly fell in love with

A year ago, the SUU alumna began working for the fashion brand Tretorn, a subsidiary of PUMA. Working up the

ranks she now is employed by its

In her new role with PUMA, Clifford is

part of a team that sets the market strategy for

the gulf and women’s fi tness categories. The team is tasked with developing a strategy that

is very fl exible, changing from region to region around the world.

Clifford has worked with Apolo Ohno, Geoff Ogilvy

and Kelly Ripa. She has also helped organize major events, such as the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and the Iron Girl Race Series.

Journalism alumna of Drake University, Sandy Bretzlauf, lives in a world of fandom. As

moment of the home games. Before you ask, the answer

is no. The Drake University graduate cannot get you free

tickets to a home game. “When people fi nd out I

work for the Broncos, the fi rst question they ask me is if I can get them tickets,” Bretzlauf said on Drake’s alumni

website. One of her jobs does

consist of giving away tickets, but those are usually passes reserved for the team’s biggest contributors, sponsors and other Denver high rollers.

Important positions in the world of sports are not the only

place university alumni can be found. Continuing involvement with their university can extend to simple actions, such as attending a sporting event.

Alumni of UAA will be in the

All brawn and no brains is far from accurate when it comes to Shaw, however. The professional point guard holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from

As a former member of Kent State’s 2002 Elite Eight basketball team Shaw was instrumental in leading the Golden Flashes, the university’s intercollegiate basketball team, to the NCAA Tournament. This was during Shaw’s senior year and is the most memorable for the Kent State alumna.

“The excitement on campus during the 2002 basketball season was at an all-time high,” Shaw said on the university’s website. “After winning the game that earned our team the Elite Eight status, my anatomy class gave me a standing ovation.”

Southern Utah University (SUU) Katie Clifford’s career is part business, part athletics.

the world of sports. A year ago, the SUU alumna began

working for the fashion brand Tretorn, a subsidiary of PUMA. Working up the

ranks she now is employed by its parent company.

In her new role with PUMA, Clifford is

part of a team that sets the market strategy for

the gulf and women’s fi tness categories. The team is tasked with developing a strategy that

is very fl exible, changing from region to region around the world.

Clifford has worked with Apolo Ohno, Geoff Ogilvy

and Kelly Ripa. She has also helped organize major events, such as the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer and the Iron Girl Race Series.

Journalism alumna of Drake University, Sandy Bretzlauf, lives in a world of fandom. As the Denver Broncos

partnerships and game day marketing coordinator, Bretzlauf

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Nine hours, 225 pieces of hardwood and about 30 people later, the Great Alaska Shootout fl oor is ready for action.

The Sullivan Arena has been home to the Great Alaska Shootout since 1983. Taking place in the middle of hockey season, changes need to be made to the fl oor area before the fi rst basket is attempted.

It takes about nine hours and 25-30 people to get the

“Sully” ready for one of Alaska’s oldest Thanksgiving traditions, according to conversion supervisor Mike Pickens.

The conversion crew will start immediately after the UAA vs. St. Cloud hockey game Nov. 20 to ready the fl oor by 7 a.m. Nov. 21.

Normally, there are less people involved with conversions, but Pickens said the Shootout is a different story.

“Since this is such a big conversion, and we have such little time to do it, we normally go with 25 or 30 people,” Pickens said.

The conversion to the basketball set-up will allow for about 2,300 more seats to be fi lled than the standard hockey seating capacity, Pickens stated.

The crew will disassemble the boards around the ice rink and install the seats. They use a sub-fl oor to cover the ice to prepare for the hardwood to be put in. The ice is not melted down, but covered by a sub-fl oor.

“There’s about six miles of Freon refrigeration lines that go underneath the concrete that the ice sits on, so the ice stays frozen,”

Pickens said. The most diffi cult part of the

process is making sure the fl oor is centered and level. But after that, it’s somewhat of an easy task. The hardwood all snaps together, and Pickens says that makes

everything pretty simple.The basketball fl oor is sent out

once a year for so it can be sanded down and refi nished, so when the teams step on the court for the fi rst time this year, they will be playing on an almost brand-new fl oor.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 (7:30PM & 9:45PM games)Scheduled departures from Calais II Building (additional trips as

necessary to deliver all patrons present at Calais II Building one half hour prior to game time):

6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm, 8:30pm, 9pm, 9:30pm

Return trips from Sullivan to Calais II are scheduled to begin at 9pm (actual time to coincide with end of fi nal game of evening session and to continue until all patrons desiring a ride back to Calais II

Building have been returned to Calais II)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25 (5:00pm & 7:30pm games)Scheduled departures from the Calais II Building (additional trips as necessary to deliver all patrons present at Calais II Building one half

hour prior to game time):4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm

Return trips from Sullivan to Calais II are scheduled to begin at 9pm (actual time to coincide with end of fi nal game of evening session and to continue until all patrons desiring a ride back to Calais II

Building have been returned to Calais II)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 (5:30pm & 8:00pm games)Scheduled departures from the Calais II Building (additional trips as necessary to deliver all patrons present at Calais II Building one half

hour prior to game time):

4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm

Return trips from Sullivan to Calais II are scheduled to begin 9pm (actual times to coincide with end of fi nal game of evening session

and to continue until all patrons desiring a ride back to Calais II Building have been returned to Calais II)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 (5:30pm & 8:00pm)Scheduled departures from the Calais II Building (additional trips as necessary to deliver all patrons present at Calais II Building one half

hour prior to game time):4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm

Return trips from Sullivan to Calais II Building scheduled to begin at 9pm (actual times to coincide with fi nal games of evening session

and to continue until all patrons desiring a ride back to Calais II Building have been returned to Calais II)

WAL-MART OVERFLOW PARKING – NOV. 25 - 27 (Evening Sessions)

November 25 – 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm

November 26 – 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm

November 27 – 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm

2010 CARRS / SAFEWAY GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT “BAC BUS SERVICE” SCHEDULE

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Friday/Saturday @ 8:00 pm, Sundays @ 3:00 pm UAA Mainstage Theatre (Fine Arts Building)

Tickets Available at 786-4849 or CenterTix.net www.uaa.alaska.edu/theatre

Based on the MGM Film (Original Choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen)

Screenplay by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN

Songs by NACIO HERB BROWN and ARTHUR FREED

Produced by Arrangement With Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker, Inc.

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