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Frozen secrets

Antarctica, a con-tinent that is almost completely covered in ice, still remains rela-tively unknown to the world. According to John Goodge, a profes-sor in UMD’s Earth and Environmental Sciences department, the ice may contain a glimpse into the past.

Although Goodge has already been to Antarc-tica 11 times, over the next few years he will be attempting something that no one has ever tried before.

“What I’m interested in is sort of filling in this big hole of unknown where the continent is covered by ice,” Goodge said. “So, what we are doing is developing this new drilling technology that will allow us to make a deep borehole through the ice sheets that are, in many places, more than two miles thick.

“Then (we will) be able to take cores at the bot-tom of the rock.”

It’s not the ice that

BY SAM STROMNews Editor

Citing a burgeoning call load and an increase in high-profile incidents, both on and off campus, the understaffed UMD Police Department and Director Scott Drewlo continue to ask for an increased budget to hire more officers.

Currently, the UMDPD employs nine active sworn officers. The Department of Justice recommends 28 sworn officers for an area with a population size simi-lar to UMD’s approximate 13,000 students, staff and faculty.

In comparison, the University of Wisconsin-Eau

Claire, with an approximate population of 11,000 students, staff and faculty, has 16 sworn officers, including a community service officer and a detec-tive.

In a report Drewlo sent to Michael Seymour — Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations — in 2012, Drewlo states that the UMDPD has learned to do “more with less” to cover the 244-acre campus, which includes 50 buildings. In addition, the UMD-PD is also responsible for off-campus buildings such as NRRI and Glensheen Historic Mansion.

The report acknowledges that the idea of employ-

The UMDPD insignia. UMDPD currently employs nine sworn officers. SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN

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The Minnesota Public Inter-est Research Group at UMD has big plans for the 2014-15 school year, including getting students registered to vote in the upcom-ing elections.

MPIRG Campus Organizer Steve Wick says that MPIRG is a great opportunity for students to implement change in areas they are passionate about.

“We are an organization of students for students,” Wick said. “As an organization, we work on issues that students them-selves care about, and our role as an organization is to help them learn the skills and effectively work on those issues.”

Last year, MPIRG helped to pass a policy not just through UMD but within the U of M sys-tem that allowed students to use their preferred names on class roster lists.

“We’ll probably be looking at some of those past successes that we had, and figure out what is next and what is needed,” Wick said.

Right now, MPIRG is work-ing on a voter registration drive. Wick said that getting students out to vote is critical with regards to the future of UMD, especially on non-presidential years.

“It’s not a presidential election voting year, and a lot of times stu-dents aren’t aware there are even elections without it being a presi-dential year because of the big hype around it,” Wick said. “But this year is a state-wide election year, so we’re choosing a new governor, and there’s also a sen-ate race.”

“All those things are really important — even more impor-tant than a presidential race, I think — for students because the people in the state are the ones who decide how much money the universities get,” Wick added. “That then effects you’re paying for college, and they’re the folks who are deciding on the laws that

BY LEAH RODGERSMultimedia Editor

Most students spend their sum-mers lounging on the beach, but not Kevin Hughes.

Over the summer, the UMD senior took part in cancer research with Dr. Jonathan Sachs at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, making strides in

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Goodge and his team are after; what they want is inside and below. Millions of years of snowfall has compacted and turned into ice, where small pockets of ancient air are trapped. Uncovering and examining these air pockets will allow the team to examine what the atmosphere was like throughout history. Goodge’s team is also interested in the resources that lie below the ice sheets.“We’re hoping that over a period of a few years we can

make 25 to 30 drill holes over a big section of Antarctica and get new samples and a picture of things no one has ever seen before,” Goodge said.

Goodge said Antarctica is the last continental frontier for geological exploration.

“We know nothing about it,” he said. “It’s bigger than Australia; it’s bigger than the continental U.S., and to know virtually nothing about its geology ... it’s just a big hole to fill.”

There are other reasons to drill as well. Examining the plate tectonic activity could lead to new discoveries about the formation of Pangea, the ancient super continent. Addi-tionally, there could be organ-isms living in the ice that sci-ence has yet to discover, which would lead to new research in the field of microbiology.

“There are some key steps in the evolution of living

A view of Antarctica from above. Approximately 98 percent of the continent is covered in ice, and is the last frontier to be explored geologically, according to professor John Goodge. JOHN GOODGE/SUBMITTED

Kevin Hughes in a research lab at UMD. The senior honors student plans to graduate in the spring. SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN

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therapy treatments. “We were looking at a receptor

that essentially tells cells when to die,” Hughes said. “So if we could control this receptor, we could tell cancer cells to die, and just cancer cells.”

Hughes’ role included testing receptors that signal the body to go through a natural process called apoptosis — programmed cell death. The goal was to mutate cell membrane proteins so the cancer cells happily accept a signal to die, a signal cancer cells do not usually receive.

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generally are going to affect you in your day-to-day business.”

Wick added that the more students that vote, the more the politicians will listen to the stu-dents and respond to their wants and needs.

“Every year that we have 10 percent of the college-age population coming out to vote, it’s just showing those poli-ticians, ‘Hey, students aren’t really turning out, you don’t have to listen to them. But if we can get a year where 50 percent of the col-lege-age population in the state votes, they’re going to start paying attention to that.”

National Voter Reg-istration Day is Sept. 23, and MPIRG, along with other student organizations like the Student Association, College Republicans and College Demo-crats, will be tabling in the Bus Hub, as well as across from the book-store.

MPIRG members will be going to class-rooms for a few weeks to talk to students about their organization, and will have registration

papers for students who want to preregister.

Students can stop by the MPIRG office in the MultiCultural Cen-ter to register to vote. MPIRG will also be tabling weekly until the cutoff date to preregis-ter, which is on Oct. 14. Wick encourages stu-dents who preregister to drop the forms off at the office, where they will be delivered to the county office.

This year, MPIRG also plans to address environmental issues. Wick said that the spe-cifics of their plan won’t be available until after their first meeting of the year on Sept. 23, when their environmental task force will decide on the direction they want to go in.

Students are welcome to join MPIRG at any time, and are encour-aged to stop in and talk to members, including Wick. For busy stu-dents who can’t make it to meetings, there is an email list that keeps members up to date on what the group is work-ing on. Meetings are Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in the Garden Room.

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BY SAM STROMNews Editor

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, UMD police officers responded to a reported hit and run near 427 Library Drive at 5:36 p.m. Offi-cers have requested central secu-rity footage and a report was filed.

At 8:54 p.m., officers responded to a reported vehicle prowl and entry at 1409 Maplewood Court. Security footage was requested and a report was filed.

On Thursday, Sept. 11 at 4:16 p.m., the UMDPD received a report of a second vehicle prowl at 427 Library Drive at 4:16 p.m. A report was filed, but no security footage was requested.

At 6:13 p.m., an officer respond-ed to a report of harassment. The officer assisted the party and a report was filed.

At 11:24 p.m., a disturbance

was reported to the UMDPD at 621 Oakland Circle. When offi-cers arrived, they found parties in the act of underage drinking. The parties were cited for under-age consumption.

On Friday, Sept. 12, a party on the 600 block of North 16th Avenue East was reported to the UMDPD. An officer responded, and the parties were cited.

At 1:48 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, an officer responded to an intoxicated person near 1140 Junction Ave. The party was cit-ed and released.

Just across campus, an officer observed a second intoxicated person on W. St. Marie Street and Kirby Drive. The individual was given a citation and released.

At 6:26 a.m., an officer respond-ed to yet another intoxicated per-son at 509 Niagara Court. The party was cited and released.

At 4:55 p.m., an officer stopped

an intoxicated party on the 2700 block of Woodland Avenue. The party was promptly cited for underage drinking.

On Sunday, Sept. 14, the UMDPD received the report of an intoxicated person near 1336 University Drive at 1:25 a.m. The party received an underage drinking citation.

At 1:50 a.m., an officer responded to a report of an intox-icated person at 1220 Maplewood Court. The party was cited and released.

Five minutes later, an officer responded to 513 Niagara Court after a second intoxicated person was reported. The party was cit-ed and released.

Officers responded to a report of loud music coming from a room at 1224 Maplewood Court at 5:50 a.m. When they arrived, officers found no trace of loud music, only a room of silence.

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organisms that seem to coincide with super continents,” Goodge said, “so there’s some interesting environmental and biological steps.”

Goodge also believes there could be minerals and other resources at the bot-tom of the ice.

“We know from Antarctica’s asso-ciation with other continents like South Africa, India or Australia and so on, that those are all very resource-rich conti-nents,” he said. “They have lots of min-eral resources today, so the big question is, ‘Well, is there any potential for that in Antarctica?’”

Goodge’s team is looking forward to learning about an atmosphere trapped before the past century, a time when environmental data was not recorded like today.

“We kind of have an idea of what the recent time period has been over the last century and since the Industrial Revolu-tion,” Goodge said. “What we want to know, especially for (future generations), is what can we project out in the future of what’s going to happen, and get an idea of what the boundaries are.

“‘Could it change this fast, or is it going to be this slow? Is it going to be steady?’ Things that are accumulating or grow-ing over time harbor a record of what the environmental and climate changes have been, and the ice is a really excel-lent recorder of that.”

For the project, Goodge received a grant of approximately $8.9 million from the National Science Foundation, the largest grant ever received by UMD and one of the largest in the history of the U of M system.

Around $8.1 million has been put towards the construction and testing of a drill that will be used to collect the cores. The Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID) is being constructed in Utah currently. When the testing is complete, the RAID will be sent by cargo ship to the East Ant-arctica ice shelf, where it will be able to drill the two-mile hole in around 10 days.

This is still far off in the future, howev-er, as the construction and testing could take around a year. After that, Goodge and his team will take another year to prepare for the drilling doing field tri-als. He estimates that in three years time they could be using the drill for science.

Once the ice samples are obtained, they will be processed with extreme care and haste.

“These samples are going to be so valu-

able, they are going to be considered like people on planetary missions or lunar missions,” Goodge said. “They’ll prob-ably be flown back pretty quickly and go on a real fast track analysis.”

Goodge added that it typically takes about a year to analyze field rocks and minerals because labs need to be reserved and other steps need to be taken. For the Antarctic samples, it may be much quick-er than that.

“We could start getting results, ideally, within a few months,” Goodge said, “if we get everybody organized to have the labs ready to receive material and pro-cess, and do what needs to be done.”

As for working in Antarctica, Goodge said it’s not as bad as everyone thinks.

“Antarctica is great,” he said. “I think a lot of people from Minnesota would enjoy working there.”

Goodge goes in the summertime — roughly between October and January — where a typical day is around 10 degrees. He says without the wind or cloud cover it’s actually pretty nice, especially with the 24 hours of sunlight in summer. How-ever, he has also done fieldwork when the temperature has dipped down to around 125 degrees below zero.

But, the RAID is what the entire proj-ect hinges on. They are also designing a system that will flood the ice chips out of the drill holes. The problem is, the liquid can’t be allowed to freeze.

“It won’t be water because it will be too cold,” Goodge said. “The design process has been the biggest issue, and we’re most worried about whether that’s going to actually work.”

But it will all be worth it at the end according to Goodge.

“The main thing is that this is a tool for discovery. We’re expecting to find new things by looking in places that no one has ever looked before.”

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A view from high above “The Ice,” as Goodge and his team call Antarctica. Although he has worked in a 125 degree below zero windchill, a typical day there isn’t so bad. JOHN GOODGE/SUBMITTED

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ing 28 sworn officers is not a feasible goal. However, it goes on to state that the department “has reached its peak service delivery capacity at current staffing and budgetary limits.”

“You have to take into account the different mis-sion that we have and how our population demo-graphic changes over the summer,” Drewlo said. “We are still busy, but it’s more maintenance-type tasks and things like that. We still get a lot of people here in the summer camps, so even though our popu-lation goes down significantly it’s still not an empty campus.”

In 1980, the UMDPD consisted of a captain, lieu-tenant, and six sworn officers. UMD’s population at the time was 7,393, and service calls totaled 506 in a year. By 2011, the calls for service were 3,490, with just two more sworn officers employed.

“It’s kind of like an insurance policy,” Drewlo said. “The level of coverage you get is equal to the pre-mium you are willing to pay.”

According to Drewlo, around 15 sworn officers would probably be enough during the school year to meet all of the department’s needs. This is, as Drewlo stated, because the department has become very effi-cient with handling the workload.

Along with hiring sworn officers, Drewlo says that hiring another patrol supervisor is a priority for the department. According to Drewlo, this would help with continuity between patrols, as well as putting together and sending case files, so a consistent prod-uct can be given to the county attorney.

“If we’re able to grow this department to the num-bers that it should be, then we can get that continu-ity and supervision,” Drewlo said, “We can also get investigative continuity, especially related to sexual

Hughes, a biochemistry/molecular biology and chemistry double major, started volunteering for Dr. Venkatram Mereddy, associate professor of chemistry and biology, last fall. He began by simply cleaning dishware, but eventually received clearance to work with cells in the biology lab.

“Our research here is pretty unique in that Dr. Mereddy and the grad stu-dents kind of design which drug — which molecule would be effective as an anti-cancer drug,” Hughes said.

Not only are the drugs designed at UMD, they are also created and used for testing. After a drug is designed, it is created in an organic lab and tested on active cancer cells grown in Dr. Joseph Johnson’s biology lab.

Several drugs are created and tested. If one of the drugs kills the cancer cells efficiently, it proceeds to the next step where mice with cancer are treated in the medical school. If the cancer is slowed down, they are moved to clinicals.

So far, no molecules have made it through animal trials perfectly, but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been progress.

“We found a number of different molecules that are lead compounds for the cancer research,” Hughes said. “So from there we can do some different things — we can add a methyl group, we can take off a methyl group, we can do all different types of things to the molecule to fine tune it and figure out ‘Okay, what’s going to be the best drug moving forward?’”

Hughes will be moving forward this semester with his senior capstone project though the University Honors Program, where he and his classmates will be testing compounds believed effective in treatment of several types of cancers.

After college, Hughes hopes to continue on to grad school to achieve a Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering either at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities or the Mayo Medical School.

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assault and intimate partner violence,” Drewlo said.The shortage means that the current sworn officers

are often required to work mandatory overtime in addition to their four 12-hour shifts. For Officer Mike Brostrom, that means less time spent with his family.

“By the time you get home, well now it’s like you’ve been away for closer to 13 and a half hours, and so you really only have a few hours to get something productive done and see the family,” Brostrom said. “That’s a little bit of a downside.”

Mandatory overtime forces UMDPD officers to come in on their days off for things like UMD foot-ball games, dances and other events. According to Brostrom, officers are allowed one week per year where they can request to not work mandatory over-

time, but the rest are fair game for extra shifts. The good news is that addressing the shortage of

police officers has become UMD’s fourth-highest pri-ority in the Chancellor’s Cabinet. This was included in the compact request that was sent to the University of Minnesota.

In addition to this, the department was able to hire two community service officers with the support of Seymour, as well as Chancellor Lendley Black, to help with the distribution of duties. Drewlo said that these changes will help with the workload, but not with time off for officers.

Still, it’s a step in the right direction. “I don’t know if it’s going to get better real soon,”

Drewlo said, “but I think eventually, it will.”

A UMDPD squad car parked outside UMD. Director Scott Drewlo said that having a police force of around 15 sworn officers would be enough for their workload. SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN

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Soccer ends losing streak at homeBY NICOLE BRODZIKSports Editor

It’s been a slow start to the season for the Bulldogs (1-3-0, 1-0-0), going 0-3 to start the year. But all that changed on Sunday when UMD hosted their 20th Anniversary Game at James S. Malosky Stadium.

UMD took on St. Cloud State, their Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference rival, for their first home game of the year. The Bulldogs seemed to feel more comfort-able at home from the start. UMD shook off the dust from their previous losses early in the game with a goal just over a minute into play by senior Maureen Stormont.

“We had a lot of energy coming in to today, and I think we just needed that men-tal finesse,” Stormont said. “It felt good, a little back heal off of Sheridan (Reiner)’s cross. It was there; Sheridan did all the work. I just stood there.”

Stormont added a second goal 18:50 into the game while fellow senior Riley Allen add-ed another tally with under 10 minutes to go in the half, making it 3-0 within the first 40 minutes of gameplay.

It was a welcome change for head coach Greg Cane and his team, who had scored just once in the previous four match-ups.

“We’ve had a bit of bad luck to begin the season, so you

just have to make sure you’re doing the little things well,” Cane said. “With the condi-tions and the surface today, we had to make sure we kept the ball on the floor as much as we could. Obviously scoring first was important, but really it’s all about keeping it simple, doing the little things well and having the ball more than the other team.”

The win came during the 20th Anniversary Game and Alumni Weekend, which made the season’s first victory that much more memorable.

“For the 20th anniversary, it was good to get a big win against St. Cloud,” Allen said.

The Bulldogs head back on the road for the next few weeks

before returning to Maloksy Oct. 4 for a match-up against Sioux Falls. Next up for UMD is a pair of games this week-end against Minnesota State Moorhead and Northern State.

UMD will look to make Saturday’s match-up against Moorhead as successful as their bout with the team last season, where the Bulldogs left with a 3-0 victory. So far, the Dragons are 1-2 this sea-son, recording their only win against Washburn.

Moorhead went scoreless in their most recent game against Northern State, who happens to be UMD’s next opponent. The Wolves have been a tougher opponent for the Bull-

dogs but UMD has come out on top in the last three games between the teams — games that have all been decided by one goal.

The Bulldogs hope to con-tinue their winning ways and get back to playing their game during the road trip. Cane said there is plenty of positivity to take on the road with them this time.

“The relief (is) that we did get our first win and we know that we can score, and also that we got off to a good start in conference play with a win,” Cane said. “It puts us in a position where we can build more wins and have teams that are chasing us. We want to have that happen.”

No. 3 UMD avoids upset, slips past Augustana in OT

The Bulldogs prepare for Augustana last weekend. They hope to use the momentum from their over-time win against Southwest Minnesota State this Saturday. ALEX GANEEV/STATESMAN

BY JIMMY GILLIGANStatesman Editor

The outcome of Saturday’s foot-ball game teetered on two missed kicks, and though it was an uncon-ventional win, the Bulldogs still left with a victory.

After falling behind 16-6 early in the fourth quarter, UMD ral-lied to even the score with less than two minutes to play. After quickly regaining possession, they could have won in regula-tion — if it wasn’t for a missed field goal attempt as time expired.

But another missed kick — an Augustana extra point attempt that would have tied the game in overtime — became the differ-ence maker. The kick hit off the left upright and the Bulldogs pre-vailed, winning 23-22.

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Volleyball goes 3-1 in ColoradoBY JAKE PRZYTARKSIStatesman Correspondent

Following their three straight wins in the Keweenaw Classic Tournament victory, the No. 3 UMD Volleyball team traveled to Denver, Colo., to face off against four teams from across the coun-try.

Their first test was against the home team from Revis University, where the Bulldogs faced little resistance on their way to a straight set victory. Outside hitter Mariah Scharf came up big for the Bulldogs with an impressive 18 kills to go along with 19 total points. Ashley Hinsch also stepped up with three aces and Captain Julie Rainey would lead the team with nine digs. At the pace she’s started this year on, Rainey could end the season as the NCAA Division II record-holder for digs. She already holds the UMD record for most career all-time digs, but says the personal record is sec-ondary to the team’s success.

“I would like to have a good year like I had last year; you never know what you’re gonna be in for,” Rainey said. “It’s my last year, and I want us to meet our goal in the end of making it to the NCAA tournament.”

The No. 4 ranked BYU-Hawaii squad was the second game of the tournament and, on paper, looked to be their toughest competition. The Bull-dogs showed no intimidation against their nation-ally-ranked competition and swept them in three straight sets. Five players from the Bulldogs regis-tered at least nine kills, including a team high 12 from Sydnie Mauch. Rainey was the leader in digs with an impressive 21, and Scharf provided the lone ace for the Bulldogs.

Their third opponent would be their toughest of the tournament and would provide the Bulldogs with their first loss of the season. No. 2 University

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Senior captain Hannah Keil (4) helped her team to get their first victory of the season last Sunday at Malosky over rival St. Cloud State. After a three-game road trip that ended with a single goal for the Bulldogs, the team will head back on the road Friday with a win under their belt. MELISSA PETERSON/ STATESMAN

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The Bulldog football program’s winning tradition is well-known and has been especially helpful in drawing interest from potential newcomers. Daryl Brown is no exception.

In Brown’s case, the desire to win was too great to stay at the University of North Dakota, where he had played and studied for the past four years.

“I’m very competitive, and I hate losing,” Brown said. “Winning wasn’t happening over there as much as I would have liked it to. I knew UMD was a winning program, and I want to finish on a good note.”

When Brown set his sights on UMD, it was a sigh of relief for head coach Curt Wiese and his staff. They lacked depth in the secondary, and the graduation of several defensive backs last spring exacerbated the issue.

“That was a position we were going to be young at, so there was a spot where we needed a transfer, and we were fortunate to get a phone call from him,” Wiese said.

Brown brings a great deal of of experience to the

Bulldogs. Starting in 28 games over the past three seasons at UND’s Division I-AA football program, Brown recorded 81 tackles and three interceptions. His significant experience as a starter drew interest from UMD.

“That was part of our attraction to him— his experience as a corner. We had heard a lot of good things about Daryl character-wise and (with) his playmaking ability,” Wiese said.

Winning was important, but another factor in his decision was the opportunity to reconnect with former teammates. Brown played football at Wayzata High School alongside Bulldogs Aaron Roth and David Boegel. He also played at UND with Taylor Grant before Grant transferred as well.

“I didn’t know much about Duluth prior to coming here; all I knew was that I would be playing with some of my high school teammates and another former teammate at North Dakota. I thought it would be fun to play with those guys again in my last year,” Brown said.

The transition to UMD came with its own unique set of challenges. But with the help of his teammates,

he has been able to settle into his new home.

“When I first got here, it was like freshman year again,” Brown said. “Football-wise, it was hard because I had to adjust to a whole new defense, but there are some great guys here to help me; they’re

always there for me when I need them.”

Brown came here to win — and so far, he has not been disappointed. His team will look to continue their undefeated streak this Saturday at Malosky Stadium after taking down Augustana on the road.

“I would say that it was one of the best times of my college career,” Daryl Brown, senior defensive back, said. “It was so much fun just to be a part of that and seeing a team fight; we never gave up and that’s what I like about this team. No matter what happens, they keep fighting, and we believe that we’re going to win the game.”

Although tenacious defensive play kept both teams out of the end zone in the first half, it was both teams’ offense that trad-ed punches late in the game.

Augustana built their fourth quarter lead on a pair of touchdown passes scored in consecutive possessions. The Viking offense wore down the Bulldog second-ary through the air; the passing game was necessary, as Augustana could only manage 40 yards on the ground.

That statistic can be attributed to the UMD linebackers and defensive line — specifically senior Gavin Grady — who led the Bulldogs with 12 tackles. Although the defensive unit controlled the first half of the game there was only one turnover, a fumble forced by UMD’s David Boegel, his second in as many weeks.

In contrast, UMD’s offense focused on their typical ground attack. However, as the result of a late-game adjustment, their passing game flourished into an opportu-nity to beat the Vikings.

After employing a rushing attack that did not surprise Augustana through-out the first three quarters, UMD was able to reduce the Viking lead to three. Drew Bauer threw five completed passes, including a touchdown pass to fellow sophomore Beau Bofferding on the drive. Bofferding caught nine more passes to lead UMD with 105 receiving yards. With half of his completions going to Bof-ferding, Bauer had a personal best with 20 completions in the game.

After the touchdown, the Bulldogs would later tie the game on their next possession with a field goal.

“We had to open up the offense and throw it around in the fourth quarter,” head coach Curt Wiese said. “Fortunate-ly, we found the end zone. Bauer did a good job at being composed in the pocket and making plays when he had to.”

In a game where points were hard to come by at times, the Bulldogs needed to capitalize on every opportunity. One of those chances came as the result of a fake punt. In their own red zone, Wiese made a gutsy fourth-down call, electing to fake the punt — and it worked. Fresh-man punter Shawn Magee, who is also a backup quarterback, ran 45 yards on the play to set up a UMD first-quarter field goal.

“We had a look we worked on all week, and Shawn Magee did a good job of tuck-ing it and making a big play,” Wiese said.

By UMD standards, the Bulldog offense has struggled over the first two games; they have not approached the 41.5 points per game they averaged last year. Part of that could be attributed to the absence of running back Austin Sikorski, who tallied 16 touchdowns last season. Sikorski made his season debut Saturday, but was limited in carries, rushing for only 10 yards on 8 carries. However, the defense picked up right where they left off last season; they have allowed an average of 17.5 points per game over the first two games, nearly matching their 17.2 points per game allowed last season.

At 2-0, the Bulldogs now sit alone atop the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Con-ference North Division standings. They return to Malosky Stadium this Saturday to face Southwest Minnesota State.

Brown brings experience, desire to win to Bulldogs

Daryl Brown spent four years at the University of North Dakota and transferred to UMD for his final season of college football. UMD ATHLETICS/ SUB-MITTED

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of Tampa defeated the Bulldogs three sets to one. A commanding perfor-mance was had by Monica Turner, who had 19 kills to go along with 20.5 points — the most in both categories for the Bulldogs. For the first time all year, the opposing team had an almost equal number of kills to that of the Bulldogs. Rainey sees areas of improvement that can be addressed following the tough game against Tampa.

“We need to get teams out of sys-tems better by serving tougher,” Rainey said. “We balanced our offense pretty well, but I think we can use our middles a lot more. We need to maintain our system by delivering good passes and doing the little things to get our setter where she needs to be to set the ball and make the choices with it.”

After the tough loss against Tam-pa, the Bulldogs rebounded against Metro State of Denver, Colo., mak-ing quick work of the home team by finishing them in three straight sets. Turner would lead the Bulldogs again with 12 kills, and Maddy Siroin would provide the only ace.

The Bulldogs look to channel their success at the Colorado Premier into the regular season that began yester-day; look for an update of that game in today’s online edition.

Volleyball RecapContinued from B1

Libero Julie Rainey eyes the NCAA Division II all-time record for digs; she already holds the top spot in UMD’s record book. UMD ATHLETICS/ SUBMITTED

STUDENT LIFE Student Life editor / Aprill Emig / [email protected] B3WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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Hundreds of runners and fans gathered at Bayfront Festival Park on Saturday, coloring the streets and themselves.

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PHOTOS BY SARAH STAUNERThis year, the UV Splash Color

Dash benefited Circle of Hope, a Dulu-th charity organization. The group offers financial support to women who are diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as educational tools to women who have gynecological cancer.

Women receive financial support to assist with daily living expenses that can become difficult after treatment begins. Circle of Hope also provides items such as gas cards, rent money and grocery bills.

Peggy Anderson, who is both a founder of Circle of Hope and a cur-rent board member, said this weekend’s race greatly benefits the organization.

“50 percent of all registration goes to us, and we also have some vendors,” Anderson said.

Anderson added how Circle of Hope accepts outside help to boost its influ-ence, something that has helped them continue to influence the Duluth com-munity.

“It’s everybody making a difference, not just us. Together we’re making a difference.”

As of Sept. 12, the event has raised a total of $13,764.33.

Circle of Hope’s next event is Walk-ing for Hope on Oct. 19. The proceeds will go towards medical bills for wom-en in need.

Student Life editor / Aprill Emig / [email protected] B4 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

What’s up, Duluth?

Bulldog Q&A

Erin Hines

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Freshman, undeclared

“No. I plan to when I need the extra help.”

“No. But I am planning on using them.”

Have you ever been to a professor’s office hours?

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Freshman, biology BY APRILL EMIGWednesday, September 17

E-Fest10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. in KSC Ballroom and Rafters

A career fair for UMD students and recent alumni who are looking for careers and internships in engi-neering, computer science, math and science. Interviews will occur on the same day. Students can register at

the door.Cost: Free

Thursday, September 18Study Abroad Fair

All day in Kirby CommonsLearn about study abroad opportunities for UMD students. Meet with IEO staff and students to learn

about different trips and how to apply.Cost: Free

Friday, September 19Art Fry and the Post-It Note

11:00 a.m. in the Fourth Floor Rotunda, LibraryArt Fry is a retired scientist and inventor who is most famous for his role in inventing the Post-It note. Fry

attended UMD and will be inducted into the SCSE Academy of Science and Engineering.Cost: Free

Saturday, September 20DSSO, Masterworks I: Rhapsodies

7:00 p.m. in the DECC Auditorium/Symphony HallThe Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra will be opening it’s 2014-15 season with a concert featuring

pianist John Novacek. The event is hosted by MPR’s Steve Staruch.Cost: $10 for UMD students

Monday, September 22I Read Banned Books: A Celebration of Challenged Comics and Graphic Novels4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. on the First Floor of the Kathryn A. Martin Library

This event is in celebration of Banned Books Week, September 21-27. Stop by anytime to browse UMD and Duluth Public Library collections, create comic-themed crafts, and enter door prize drawings.

Cost: Free

Tuesday, September 23Visual Culuture Lecture Series Kelly Watt

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in 70 Montague HallKelly Watt is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Washburn University. Watt will present her research

on visual emblems of authority and the appropriation of sacred landscapes.Cost: Free

Student Life editor / Aprill Emig / [email protected] B5WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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Do 2-3 sets of 8-10 reps

Starting position (Image 1): Arms should be shoulder-width apart and the entire body should be as straight as possible.

Ending position (Image 2): Bend elbows until chest is a few inches from the floor. Slowly push back up to the starting position.

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BY SATYA PUTUMBAKAOpinion Editor

With the Duluth school district adding itself to the list of districts now implementing an online school, the value of what technology can bring to a classroom must be revisited — and critically so because the idea, frankly, unnerves me. I see the glamour and the great convenience of online courses — and some are even proving to be beneficial for deploying information. But somehow, the idea of online schools simply doesn’t feel as innovative as it thinks it is.

To be fair, I’m not completely sure that I’m not just being a curmudgeon. I was highly skeptical when high schools and elementary schools started to incorporate tablets into a regular classroom experience — and my objections were more instinctual than reasoned. I just didn’t like the idea of kids on tablets. It was like it was unnatural. That sort of mindset has to be eventually confronted; the why-not-old-school sort of thinking seems contrary to real innovation. And it’s not such a sound argument.

But, prejudice admitted, there are legitimate reasons for why such a technology-based schooling makes so many of us squirm. The social aspect of high school, widely regarded as shitty, is still integral to the process of growing up. In my high school of nearly four thou-sand, I learned how to interact with strangers and how to find my niche in a giant population — skills which I honestly believe will pay off one way or another. And even if I hadn’t, the grueling process of being confront-ed with faces I’m not comfortable with and of having to interact with people while my emotions go up and down in the throes of post-puberty, pre-adulthood con-fusion would at least make me more resilient.

Forced interactions are so important and underval-ued in our lives. As much as they suck, I can’t imagine what else makes us go outside of ourselves a little more and begin to understand others, even if only a little bit. It puts us in a position where cooperation is neces-sary — and I don’t think we should be giving those opportunities up.

Furthermore, socializing isn’t separated from the subject learning of school either. The (maybe few) times when group work is utilized effectively, it’s incredibly beneficial to learn alongside students and even teach them. The interactions in group settings help drill the ideas further in our minds, and the talking that invari-ably goes on in class can, when on topic, actually help us remember what we’ve learned a little more clearly. And this isn’t even including time we learn from a teacher —especially one-on-one time.

But all this isn’t to undermine the benefits that tech-nology can introduce to a classroom. In a TED talks, education innovator Salman Khan (inventor of Khan Academy, which produces youtube lessons on various subjects and has a little interactive math/science pro-gram built up on their site) proposes a way to utilize technology to strengthen the classroom experience: watch pre-recorded lectures on computers or tablets at home and then do homework in school time. He’s essentially inverting the current system, but the idea seems brilliant. Students can use their teacher in full when they have specific questions on work, and the generic lecture can be experienced at home.

Khan’s educational videos are even innovative in their tone; they’re not dry and professional, but casual and conversational. Rather than intimidating you, they put you at ease as you learn. They allow you to rewind and forward so you can learn at your own pace — which is a clear advantage to the one-pace style of a traditional classroom.

So there are clearly benefits to using technology in classrooms. Broadly speaking, technology is so versa-tile it can lend itself to all sorts of contrary things. It’s opened people up to diverse communities and made global interaction possible to so many — and it’s made people grow inward by hindering interaction with oth-ers on a physical basis.

But the idea of online high schools seems to go a less innovative way. The idea of subjects primarily taught online doesn’t incorporate the benefits of traditional schooling, just as traditional schooling doesn’t benefit from the advantages of technology. For real innova-tion, the strengths of both types of schooling should be utilized and combined to create a system that’s effi-cient and successful. Merely producing the option of completely online courses feels like a cop out next to that.

BY DAYAE KIMGuest Writer

At 22 years old, after being an international student for three years, I had questions to ask myself. Do I keep myself in my own world? Like Truman Burbank, the main character of the Truman Show, had I been living as if my own way and own life was right? Three years ago, before I came to UMD, the answer to both questions was yes. I was exactly like main character in the Truman Show.

When I was living in Korea, I viewed foreigners with a different perspective. I ignored encouragement to involve myself with them. But after studying abroad at UMD, and after I became president of the International Club the previous year, my life changed 180 degrees.

The Land of Opportunity doesn’t exist for nothing. More than any other country, there is so much diversity and races living all together. Personally, I don’t think it’s a melting pot — more like a salad bowl. It’s a place where can you meet people from Ethiopia, Ghana, China, Korea, France and Russia all in one place. And International Club does its best to give opportunities to meet everyone at one time and place.

When I was living in

Korea for my first 20 years, I could count on one hand how many times I’ve talked to foreigners or approached them first. Korea is a much more homogenous country. And when I got here, even though I saw diversity as an international student, it was still so hard for me to reach out to other international students because I had to get out of my own comfort zone.

But if I had continued to eat only my own Korean food, have connections only with people who speak the same language, and keep the same routine, then I would have missed out on so much. When I met other students, I found more differences and surprises that ultimately gave me more lessons.

I love the International Club and I feel so proud of it, even after I stepped down as president. But I still feel so sad about how many people don’t consider themselves related to it. The International Club isn’t only for international students; it’s a place where students can meet other cultures.

But many students don’t make the effort to try to make friends with people from different cultures; they isolate themselves from them. It happens so many times, I’ve heard about it and I’ve experienced it. Even a lot of students majoring in communications, like me,

don’t know how to open their minds and have interpersonal communication. Of course, it’s not an easy job to reach out to others and talk to people who look so different from you and also have a different culture. But when you’re the middle of such a salad bowl, you shouldn’t avoid parts of it because you’re scared — you should have some interest in them. That’s the right mindset to live in a global world.

International Club is not an exclusive club, but a club for people who want to see the world globally and want to share information and have global-wide connections. It works best with many kinds of people, whether you’re from Minnesota or Namibia. If students of UMD want to involve themselves in a forward society and want to be global leaders, then the first step should be joining the International Club and taking one little step to finding out our similarities and our differences.

When I joined International Club, I found similarities while trading cultures with other students who are totally dipped in another way of thinking and acting. I found that different appearances or lifestyles only shows that people grew up in a different environment, but once I was past that, conversation was just as easy.

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HUMANS IN HUMANITIESBY APRILL EMIGStudent Life Editor

Whenever someone asks what my major is, I brace myself for their response to my answer. On the one hand, I could not be more happy with my major. If I had to choose it all over again, I would always make the same choice. On the other hand, it can be really exhausting to have the following conversation three times a week:

It is times like that where I wish I could just say I’m majoring in accounting. Everyone knows accounting majors become accoun-tants; there’s no reason to elaborate on an answer to the “major question.”

When I used to dream of going to college, I never imagined I’d be learning a trade. I envisioned stacks of ancient books up to my eyeballs while I read under a shady tree. I pic-tured challenging material and endless sourc-es of knowledge. I never thought of learning basic skills that would directly translate to a job; I just wanted to learn.

But there was a time last year when I suf-fered from a minor existential crisis. The naysayers were getting to me. I couldn’t help but feel that I needed a “practical” major, so I chose economics in a panic. The first lesson I learned was that just because I can do some-thing (like math) doesn’t mean that I should.

The second lesson I learned was not to pick a major during a crisis.

The entire concept of choosing a “practi-cal” major makes little sense to me. I under-stand that when people say “practical,” they really mean something that will lead to better job prospects and, ultimately, more money. But those of us pursuing humanities degrees are not ignorant; we realize that we are choos-ing majors that rarely have a direct path to a career. If we wanted a major like that, we would have chosen one. Instead, we wanted to pick majors that suited both our skill sets and our passions. Our society would be a very one-dimensional place if colleges only pro-duced business and STEM graduates.

Of course, I could have stuck with the economics degree. The material was fairly interesting and not very difficult, but I just couldn’t bring myself to care about it. And there was always money to take into con-sideration. According to UMD’s Graduate Follow-up Report from 2012, economics graduates earned a median salary of $41,600. Women’s Studies graduates earned a medi-an of $20,800 (the lowest of all humanities degrees). I read these statistics over and over again, but I still could not make them mat-ter enough. I come from a lower-class fam-ily; the idea of making over $40,000 a year is certainly enticing, but I also know that I don’t need money to be happy. What I do need is passion. I need to feel purpose in the work I’m doing (and believe me, I’ve had eight different jobs during my college career; I’m well aware of the “real world”). What I don’t need is a mind-numbing desk job, regretting the fact that I didn’t study what I wanted to in col-lege. I’m proud of myself for not letting the naysayers get me down, and I’m even more happy that I can answer the “major question” with no hesitations.

THEM: “What are you majoring in?” ME: “Women’s Studies and Philosophy.”THEM: “Oh … So, what are you going to do with that?”ME: “Well, I’m interested in working in the nonprofit field, but first I want to go to graduate school ….”THEM: (Blank stare.)

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