The University of Alaska system is seeking a new president, following cur-rent president Pat Gamble’s resignation announcement Dec. 15. The University of Alaska Ex-Officio Presidential Search Advisory Committee met for the first time last month and will meet again in a series of closed meetings. The advisory commit-tee will then make applicant recommenda-tions to the Board of Regents, which will ultimately determine the new president.

The search to replace Gamble will occur within a short time frame compared to previous presidential searches.

“We have to compress and do a really focused search — in six months’ time-frame,” said Board of Regents chair Jyots-na “Jo” Heckman.

Academic Search Inc, which has been

involved in UA president, provost and dean searches, will field applicants for the position from around the nation.

“Academic Search Inc has been uti-lized by the Board of Regents when we selected President Gamble. … Many of us have worked with them before,” said Regent Mary K. Hughes, who served on the Board of Regents during the last presi-dential search and is the chair of the advi-sory committee.

Hughes said the limited time frame pre-vented the University of Alaska from con-sidering other search firms, but Academic Search’s past and current involvement in UA searches, in addition to recommenda-tions from the Alaska Anchorage cam-pus, was a determining factor in the deci-sion to contract with the firm. Academic Search vice president Tom Fitch met with the presidential advisory committee Feb.

In early March, the University of Alaska will participate in a Title IX survey released to generate an overall understanding of how the university sys-tem is doing when it comes to making sure students feel safe. The campus cli-mate survey will give the University of Alaska understanding of campus safety, education and services, and outreach options from both student and faculty perspectives.

“It is a safety survey that gauges the

appropriateness of our campus’s attitudes and responses to sexual assault,” said UAA Title IX director Marva Watson.

The survey will be distributed by email to a random 50 percent of all students and staff over age 18 — which will total approximately 15,000 people across the state. The survey is confidential. Watson said anonymity, as well as privacy, is “of paramount concern.”

Only results from groups of at least 15 individuals will be compiled, with infor-mation that is not traceable. This process protects the identity and privacy of the

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UAA Title IX investigator Jerry Trew gives a Title IX training presentation at Howl Days student orientation Aug. 6 2014.

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University of Alaska President Pat Gamble speaks at a Board of Regents meeting Feb. 20. The regents were invited to the UA presidential search commitee meeting later that day.

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Katerine Lamoureux skis past a gate during the Women’s Slalom race on the second day of the NCAA Western Regional Championship, Feb. 28 at Alyeska Ski Resort.

Manon Locatelli skis through the “play hill” trails during the Women’s 15k classic race on the second day of the NCAA Western Regional Championship, Feb. 28 at Kincaid Park.

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20 to acquaint himself with the group and explain the search process.

The advisory committee — comprised of board members, three community mem-bers, UA Foundation leaders, as well as student, faculty and staff representatives — will review all of candidates after the March 31 application deadline and make recommendations to the Board of Regents.

“The board — they’re the one’s who will decide who the next president is going to be,” said Carla Beam, vice president of university relations and advisory committee member.

While a specific deadline has not yet been established, the Board of Regents will look at the narrowed list of recom-mended candidates and decide on a presi-dent before the position’s start date, June 1. However, there is potential for community input along the way.

“We’d like to engage as many constitu-encies as possible during this search pro-cess, because people have a vested inter-est in who their new leader is going to be,” Heckman said.

Beam said the advisory committee is intended to reflect the entire UA system. However, the applicants’ names will be

kept confidential to ensure their appli-cations don’t jeopardize their current employment. Once the advisory commit-tee narrows down the candidates, Heck-man said campus visits might be a pos-sibility, but this would depend on future decisions regarding publicizing applicant names and time allowances.

Regardless, community members can call the Board of Regents and advisory committee members to speak about their priorities as the search moves forward. To contact committee members and read the presidential search profile, visit http://www.alaska.edu/bor/presidential-search/.

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UAA basketball No. 1 in NCAA Div. II West Region

On Feb. 28, UAA’s Seawolves beat Montana State Billings 74-64, giving them an overall 27-1 season. Their next game takes place in Billings, Montana, where they will play in the GNAC semifinals. The Seawolves have the chance to play at home again if chosen to host the regional tournament, taking place March 13-16.

Fur Rondy heats up AlaskaFireworks hit the sky Feb. 28 to kick

off Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage. Many infamous events including outhouse rac-es, the Rondy Grand parade, snowshoe softball tournament, and more fun in the sun (or snow) events. Even though the sled dog races have been cancelled for this year’s Fur Rondy, the famous Running of the Reindeer will trample the streets of Anchorage March 7 at 4 p.m.

Deans agree to reduce revenue projections

Recent revenue shortages are forc-ing UAA deans to agree on developing a new plan for programs and functions. Chancellor Tom Case says in his online prioritization memo that some programs at UAA need to thrive, while others are better without. Several deans are devel-oping a plan for the next 3-5 years that will cut revenue projections $25-30 million. The deans believe they need to give spe-cific areas attention to further grow UAA. These fields include student success, fac-ulty load guidelines, chair/director com-pensation guidelines, enrollment manage-ment, partnerships and e-learning.

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SURVEY: UA system to participate in online metric

SEARCH: New president to start June 1

survey respondents. In addition to being confidential and anonymous, the survey is also voluntary. Participants are fore-warned, however, that some of the ques-tions on the survey are explicit and may be upsetting. In this case, one may object to taking the survey or even quit at any point after having started the survey.

The survey will be distributed across the state to all of the campuses in the Uni-versity Alaska system. This means the results of the survey will be compiled as a total system, rather than as individual campuses.

Carla Beam, University Relations Vice President, reinforced the impor-

tance of protecting respondent privacy. “It’s important we protect the privacy

of the students taking the survey. In our rural campuses the size of the schools are very small and those students might feel uncomfortable knowing that the data compiled are on the individual campus,” Beam said.

To protect the anonymity of the stu-dents, the survey is statewide in scope, rather than campus-specific. One down-side to this approach is that the results won’t reflect exactly what each individual campus needs to focus on.

In light of this, Beam clarified the intent of the survey and said it is a “climate sur-vey and is only supposed to give a general idea of the topic.”

To tackle issues close to home, indi-vidual campus Title IX coordinators are meeting weekly with student services and other offices to determine improvements that might be used for UAA specifically.

Computer science major Christie Grei-nier thinks the survey will be beneficial for the university community.

“With all the stuff in the news recently, you can’t feel completely safe on campus. I think it’s important for students and fac-ulty to know the resources the university offers in those types of situations,” Grei-nier said.

The campus climate survey is being administered through the Statewide Office of Institutional Research and should be released sometime this month.

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Both bearded individuals and beard lovers, or pogonophiles, gathered in the Student Union for an event like none other, the UAA Beard and ‘Stache Com-petition. The hairiest event known to UAA kicked off its fifth annual event Feb. 25. UAA’s Beard and ‘Stache Competition pitted fuzzy-faced individuals against equally hairy — if not more hairy — individuals for tickets to Alaska’s Miners and Trappers Ball. The com-petitors were judged in a number of categories by a panel of experts on facial hair.

Judges included hair/beard stylist Victoria Beck, as well as members of the Southcentral Alaska Beard and Moustache Club: President Jon Smiley, Vice Presi-dent Douglas Renfro, as well as advisor Mike Nield and general member David Traver. The judges from South Central Alaska Beard and Moustache Club all hold prestigious titles in the competitive beard and ‘stache world. Neal Haglund and Bob Nelson, also members of SABMC, emceed the event.

Both SABMC and Student Union and Commuter Stu-dent Services put on the event as part of UAA’s Win-terfest. Student Union and Commuter Student Services manager Clynce Carrillo organized the event for his first time this year.

“Oh my gosh, I loved it,” said Carillo about the beards. Participants could compete for the title of best chops,

moustache, partial beard, baby beard, ladies/fake, free-style beard, grizzly beard and overall.

“I thought it was a fun way to get all the guys out,” said Nia Odlum who wants to major in social work and was working for Student Union and Commuter Stu-dent Services for the event. “It was interesting. I never thought people actually judged beards.”

Business major David DeHoog took home the title for chops. His Ambrose Burnside-looking chops won over the judges against double major in political science and history Johnny Templeton.

Galen Pazar won the moustache category. Pazar told an anecdote of how he once got a fly stuck in his mous-tache while riding his motorcycle.

The partial beard title was given to Bill Wyatt who started growing his beard after getting shoulder sur-gery and realizing how painful it was to try and shave. His son told him he should let it grow out till he was healed. Then when Wyatt told his son it would take a year to heal his son said, “Oh my god, that’s gonna be so cool.”

Immediately following the announcement of the par-tial beard winner, the baby beards competed. Kyle Roll, a local tattoo artist, who has a distinctive and cool scar down his face, won the category with his bushy and thick beard.

“It started with No Shave November and I’ve never looked back,” said Roll.

There were some creative contestants for the catego-ry, including a competitor who had a foam piece of bread around his face. He called his beard “Beard in-bread.” The emcees told the crowd to “get a slice of this guy.”

Sena Dooley, took home the ladies/fake beard and moustache award. Dooley said she has been growing her beard for 1,000 years. Later in the night when the win-ners of each category were called back to stage Dool-ey put on a new fake beard that was shorter in length. Emcee Haglung got the crowd laughing as he asked her if she had shaved.

After the ladies/fake category, a new group of con-testants competed in the freestyle category. The section is open to all types and styles of facial hair, but Devin Johnson won with his three style variations first the seri-ous, then the turnip and then finally the “eagle” goatee. Johnson talked about how versatile and different he can style his facial hair, he then curled his moustache up and separated his goatee into three sections to emulate an eagle taking flight.

“What’s a rapper’s favorite vegetable? A turnip,” said Johnson trying to win over the crowd.

The real men of the hour competed for the honorable title of grizzly beard. Competitors of grizzly beard had the longest and thickest beards of them all. However, Eric Willis put all others to shame, with his winning beard.

Each winner of all the categories then competed against each other for the ultimate Beard and ‘Stache title of overall winner. Johnson really impressed the judges with his “eagle” and took home the win, over-coming even the grizzly beard winner.

CATEGORY WINNERS

1. Chops – David DeHoog 2. Moustache – Galen Pazar 3. Partial Beard – Bill Wyatt 4. Ladies/Fake Beard – Sena Dooley 5. Freestyle Beard – Devin Johnson 6. Baby Beard – Kyle Roll 7. Grizzly Beard – Eric Willis 8. Overall – Devin Johnson

JUDGES

· Valerie Beck · Jon Smiley - bald · Douglas Renthro · David Traver · Mike Nield

EMCEES

· Neal Haglund · Bob Nelson

By Kelly Irelandeditor@thenorthernlight.org

PHOTOS AND GRAPHIC BY KELLY IRELAND

An epic battle of facial hair commences in the Student UnionUAA celebrates Winterfest with fifth annual Beard and ‘Stache Competition on Feb. 25

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Grizzly beard contestants in the UAA Beard and ‘Stache Competition answer questions from emcee Neal Haglund while the judges deliberate on the category winner.

Douglas Renthro, Jon Smiley, Valerie Beck, David Traver and Mike Nield judged the fifth annual Beard and ‘Stache Competition.

Freestyle winner Devin Johnson took home the overall win at the fifth annual Beard and ‘Stache Competition on Feb. 25.

George’s schedule this semester is the weirdest it’s ever been. It’s basically left him with zero time of his own, and what little time of his own he has left is often spent studying, or working on assign-ments.

However, he and I are finally catching a break when we depart for Pennsylvania to meet with relatives this week.

As we type this, we still have a couple days to pack. But as you read this, we’re already there, greeting the folks. The Northern Light’s deadlines are really, really strange like that.

Now, I’ve already been on vacation, just a couple short months ago, during winter break. While George stayed in, I traveled the world and scouted for poten-tial invasion points. New York seems particularly potent — maybe that’s why so many movies show New York getting decimated by aliens or zombies or mon-sters or whatever.

But this is my first real venture into small-town America. George’s mother

grew up in a tiny community in the mid-dle of Appalachia, and that’s where we’re headed. While George can’t wait to see the folks, I anticipate being thoroughly bored by the experience. Two weeks sur-rounded by the same quiet people, in a small quiet town? I don’t want quiet! George does, but that’s because he’s been working to the bone! Meanwhile, while he’s off getting stressed at his classes, he’s left me at home with the dog, who is equally bored. George has hardly been there for me lately, and the few days I get to finally hang out and vacation with him, it’s in a quiet and dry neighborhood in the middle of nowhere.

George can’t wait. He’s needed a bit of peace and quiet. But do you see what you’ve done to me this semester, George? I’m restless! I need adventure, not boring family get-togethers!

Sigh ... I don’t care if it’s been almost four years since George has last traveled out of state. I need to be doing stuff. I’m bored.

And don’t tell me I can help pack if I’m bored, George. I don’t have arms or legs. I’m a slug. You’re my main means of lifting and doing stuff.

I suppose it’s between boring fam-ily stuff and staying home, and if I stay home, my only means of entertainment will be sitting on the couch Netflix-ing random movies. So fine, I guess I’ll go meet the folks. Why not?

And really, I could stand to meet some new friends. Aside from George, and you, my loving fans, I don’t really social-ize that much. Most of my socialization is done through George, and really, aside from this column, he does about 90 per-cent of the work.

The softer side of me wants to say yes, I do want to meet George’s family. I didn’t really have much of a family back home with the fleet — at least, not in the sense that you humans talk about family. I could look at it optimistically and say that the whole Slug race is my family, because of our hive mind, but really, George could say the same thing about the human race, and it still doesn’t mean much. I didn’t really have a mother or father or any rela-tives, because I was born asexually.

In the human sense, the only family I really have is George, and he’s been working hard away from me all semester. To tell the truth, I actually kind of appre-ciate being able to meet new people.

Who knows? They could even be nice. George has fond memories of them from way back in the day, when he was a young lad. It’s been ages since he’s been with them — at least, in the real world. He still communicates with them online, of course.

In fact, it’s been a long enough time since he last visited them to make their old small-town feel really nostalgic for him. Maybe the old candy store is still there. Maybe it’s still run by the same guy.

Nostalgia’s a strange thing. For me, the old small town of Montoursville, Pennsylvania, is just that: another boring, old small town. For George, it’s where his extended family has been since he was a kid. And for George’s mother, it’s home.

I guess I won’t know about it until I go. Until then:RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. EMBRACE THE SEAWOLF SLUG.

Well it finally happened. Much to the surprise of every cynic, including myself, marijuana legalization passed in Alaska and reefer madness quickly ensued, destabi-lizing any remaining morals in our depraved society.

Well, not exactly. Actually the day passed with little to no fanfare, with Anchorage Police issuing only three citations for the public use of cannabis, and Wasilla (widely held as the hometown of grass-growing miscreants) had exactly zero citations. In fact, without the local news agencies posting about the subject to Facebook every five min-utes, I probably would have entirely forgotten about the big day.

Like it or not, though, it looks as if the devil’s lettuce is legal, regulated and here to stay. So here are a few tips for those of those looking to responsibly enjoy their new-found freedoms.

If you live on campus, don’t smoke or store cannabis in your room. Those “fire drills” they do are often more about making sure you haven’t left a smoldering blunt in a roach clip on your desk than they are about ensuring that a group of adults can prop-erly respond to a fire alarm. And your resident advisers aren’t idiots, either — they know damn well why your dorm smells like incense or why you’ve shoved towels up against the crack in the door. Marijuana is illegal at the federal level, and because this is a public university, don’t expect to legally light up during your time here.

Secondly, for the love of all rational thought, don’t drive stoned. I don’t care how many times you’ve seen Cheech and Chong do it, or how good you are at the weed mis-sion in “Grand Theft Auto.” If you drive high, you’re getting a DUI — and that’s the end of it. Remember: Alaska is on the forefront of marijuana legalization. Don’t hurt your own cause by becoming a statistic to be used in arguments for prohibition. As much as Taco Bell loves the increased consumer base, they’d much rather have repeat customers than have a one-time order because you stupidly got your license suspended.

Finally, be careful how (and with whom) you share your love of trees with. While it may be legal in the eyes of the state, there is absolutely nothing keeping your employer from testing, and subsequently kicking your ass to the curb if you come up hot. That risk-benefit analysis is going to be different for every person and something you need to determine on your own — so don’t be so cavalier about your plant preferences before you’ve figured out how it may affect your career.

Notice that there’s a common theme here: Don’t let pot get in the way of your life. You know those people that drink excessively or seem to always have a beer in hand? We call those people alcoholics, and all the mental gymnastics in the world can’t ratio-nalize why it’s a good idea to do the same with some Mary Jane.

I’ll admit, there are a lot of “don’ts” in this article, so before I get accused of harsh-ing anyone’s mellow, let me outline what you can do in this new age of green: You can enjoy your herbs responsibly and revel in the fact that no one is going to bust in your front door over it.

If you own your own property, then feel free to grow a plant or two (though no more than six if you’re trying not to run afoul of The Man), or just enjoy your bud responsibly with some good friends. Stay home, order in some pizza or Chinese food and queue up that Netflix playlist you save for the weekend — you know, the one filled with old cartoons, wild nature videos or campy B movies like “Big Trouble in Little China.” Listen, if you want to watch “Fantasia 2000” three times in a row while feast-ing on Doritos and donut holes, then as an Alaskan you’re now entitled to do that.

Most importantly, as that guy who makes the rice once told his spider-nephew, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Don’t harass or pressure those who don’t smoke, don’t burn one at the expense of those around you, and don’t become a nuisance that gives people a reason to hate your newfound freedoms. There is a sub-stantial stigma against potheads, stoners and jolly green giants alike, and if you’d like to help overcome that, then you better act accordingly. Be polite, be courteous and most importantly, be excellent to one another.

So go out, do your own funky thing, enjoy yourselves responsibly (note the rep-etition on that point?) and be ever-thankful that you live in one of the few states that grants you that right.

Finally, I just want to thank the voters of Alaska for giving me the opportunity to get paid to write a column using as many different euphemisms for cannabis as I can reasonably imagine. I can only hope that you find this as funny as I do.

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 else’s misfortune.

By Evan DoddContributor

The Alaska ‘green’ revolution and what it means for you

By Klax ZlubzeconTranslated by George Hyde

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Bosco’s, the ultimate hub for geeks and nerds, recently opened a new location. The store is Alaska’s only major comic book store and resource to fuel geekdom. This store has some-thing to offer a variety of inner nerds; from bacon Band-Aids and armory to video games and board games, they have it all.

The parking lot was packed last Thursday with a slew of

people playing Dungeons and Dragons in the new game space. Every week dedicated players will be able to get together in the game space and play their favorite games on designated days, including D&D, Yu Gi Oh and Magic: The Gathering. This is also an opportunity for new players to learn about and join the gaming community.

On Feb. 14, Bosco’s moved to a new location on Spenard Road, not far from its previous location on the same road.

“Bigger game space is really

important,” said Bailey Deakin, a language student at UAA and employee of Bosco’s.

The new location has made Bosco’s products even more acces-sible by providing more space.

“We ran out of room to expand. … There wasn’t another wall we could knock down,” said Bosco’s manager Eric Helmick, who has been working with the store for 22 years.

The new space has allowed Bosco’s to have a little more breathing room for its products. The space has also allowed for

more organization and better product categorization.

“There’s more elbow room, more of a designated area for certain things,” said Graysen Spiller, an undeclared student at UAA and Bosco’s shopper.

Bosco’s owner John Weddle-ton owns the building at the new location, unlike the rented space of the previous location. This will allow the store to have more freedom and independence to make changes, utilize the extra space for events and have its own parking lot.

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GAME REVIEW

A deck building dungeon-crawling rogue-like with “Arkham Asylum” style com-bat and visual novel elements, with a narrator reading every-thing you do — that is the sim-plest way I can explain “Hand of Fate.” It sounds like an incom-prehensible mish-mash of differ-ent ideas. But all of the elements actually mix and blend together quite nicely to create one of the most intriguing experiences of recent memory.

The player arrives at this dealer’s room at the end of the world. The dealer asks to play a game of life and death. The play-er then builds a deck out of two kinds of cards: encounters and equipment. The dealer then adds a few cards of his own and deals the encounters out in a “Dun-geons and Dragons” kind of dungeon layout, and after that,

the game begins.Most encounters are resolved

with old-school text adventure kind of design, similar to games like “Wasteland 2.” However, when violence is required, the equipment cards that the player has collected are then put to use in a combat system similar to “Batman: Arkham Asylum” or “Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mor-dor.”

It seems complex when someone tries to explain it with words, but play it, and you’ll instantly get the idea. It’s a deceptively easy game to learn, but as you continue, games add more and more depth.

This complexity extends beyond the game play and into the story, as well. You don’t learn any explicit details, but the ways the dealer and the player character react to the scenarios and results of the game tell a lot about their characters — their struggles and their pasts. The dealer in particular expresses a

lot of character while still keep-ing his own past a mystery.

There’s so many cool things going on in “Hand of Fate,” but what ultimately wraps it all together is the presentation. Even with the simplicity of the Unity engine at work, the game looks amazing in motion, with cards constantly flying around and beautiful, medieval wood-cut artwork for each of the cards. The game’s style is perfect for the game play and stories it’s trying to convey, being slightly cartoonish while still maintain-ing an air of mystique.

On a whole, “Hand of Fate” seems hard to explain, but every element is mixed masterfully, and tied together with a really, really cool presentation. It’s an easy game to learn, but a deli-ciously hard one to master. And on top of all that, it has a story that’s explored really unique-ly. If any one of those points appeals to you, “Hand of Fate” is definitely worth a look.

By George Hydegchyde@thenorthernlight.org

‘Hand of Fate’ is a weird, awesome mix

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DEVELOPERDefiant Development

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RELEASE DATEFeb. 17, 2015

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TITLE“Hell of the Living Dead”

DIRECTORVincent Dawn

RELEASE DATEJan. 20, 1984

GENREHorror

COUNTRYItaly

‘Hell of the Living Dead’ transcends nonsense

Horror has a history of reveling in disaster. Where other genres lock away their failures, hor-ror holds a special place for its own. A lot of this is thanks to the flood of Italian horror that hit Ameri-can theaters in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and thank god it did. “Hell of the Living Dead” is just one among hundreds of these disasterpieces.

Is there a plot in “Hell”? Not really. What little plot there is, is mostly incoherent. A power plant in Papua New Guinea melts down and releases a deadly gas into the atmosphere. This gas over-takes the country and brings the dead back to life. Caught in the middle of this disaster is saucy jour-nalist Lia Rousseau (Margit Evelyn Newton, “Il piacere di piacere”), her cameraman Pierre (Gabri-el Renom, “El disputado voto del senor Cayo”) and a weirdly incompetent elite military unit of four.

What follows is a patchwork horror show of epic proportions. So little of the movie makes sense that nonsense becomes a theme. Through all the useless slow motion shots of monkeys in trees and diving seabirds a strange unity emerges. At one point, all the chaos just clicks and the viewer comes to understand the rhythm of it.

Here, it’s not weird that cameramen wear lab coats, that the commander of a special ops force swings his rifle like a bat, or that characters travel

dozens of miles in mere seconds. Space and time don’t exist in this movie’s world. When it’s time for the characters to get out of the jungle and into a suburban mansion, why bother showing the view-er that they walked? Just plant them there.

The painfully obvious overdubbing, typical for the time, just adds to the surrealism of it all. Choice exchanges like, “Just be careful you don’t get your balls wasted,” “Since when’d you start caring about our balls, daddy?” and apt wisdom like, “Buildings have people in them. Let’s inves-tigate,” pepper the whole movie. These examples are as natural-sounding as the dialogue gets. Most of the things people say in this flick just don’t sound human at all.

Even stranger, the movie is just a lot of fun. That’s not to say it isn’t deeply flawed and prob-lematic in every possible way — it’s just exciting to see how badly director Vincent Dawn butchers scene after scene after scene. It’s a lot like watch-ing a train wreck: Once you know the crash is coming, it’s hard to look away.

That morbid curiosity is enough to compel viewers through 100 minutes of “Hell of the Liv-ing Dead.” Don’t be fooled — the movie is objec-tively bad, but it’s so slapdash that it transcends its own nonsense. It gets right to the core of what makes a horror disasterpiece: Nothing has to make sense, so long as blood flows and heads explode. And there’s plenty of that here.

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“Contentment,” an art exhib-it showing in the Student Union over the course of WinterFest, is about exactly that: contentment

It’s a series of photos and watercolor paintings captur-ing subjects in periods of seren-ity. And according to watercolor artist Jade Ariah, that serenity extends not only to the subjects, but to the artists themselves.

“I was wrestling with all these feelings of inadequacy and rest-lessness with my work, and I fig-ured that if I actually committed to an exhibition, I’d be able to force myself out of this funk,” Ariah said.

For the exhibit, Ariah collab-orated with photographer Sam Mack, a close friend of hers.

“We both love capturing the beauty of women, and I see the same dreamlike qualities in her work that I tend to create in mine,” Ariah said.

According to Mack, though, the inspiration for the show runs deeper. “My inspiration for ‘Content-ment’ came from the many amaz-ing women in my life,” Mack said. “I only do photo shoots with close friends, so every image I have in the show is of someone that I have a close personal rela-tionship with — which, I think,

makes the show that much more special for everyone involved.”

Mack’s friend Nancy Por-to was a subject in some of the works in the show. She has been familiar with Mack’s photo-graphic style and technique for a while.

“Sam (Mack) primarily works in film,” Porto said. “I don’t think she had much, if any, digital work in her show, so that’s a significant part of her work.”

As for Ariah, a large part of her inspiration comes from the struggle between pride and chal-lenge.

“I wanted to love my work, but I also wanted to challenge myself,” Ariah said. “I wanted to find contentment, and that is what I set out to do while work-ing on this exhibit.”

And after the opening recep-tion, Ariah reflected upon the theme of contentment with her response to it.

“Having this show has been such a life-changing experience,” Ariah said. “So many wonderful people supported us and attended the opening reception and made the night really special. This is Sam’s and my first show in a professional gallery, and we are just so thankful to have had the opportunity to exhibit our work!”

“Contentment” will contin-ue to show in the UAA Student Union Gallery until March 12.

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Imagine having to create a piece of artwork from 8 cubic feet of compressed snow while hav-ing to deal with the tough Alaskan climate. Each year Fur Rendezvous has held a snow sculpture competition wherein competitors do just that. This year’s competition is hosted by GCI, and the weather has proven especially difficult for the creation of the snow sculptures.

Alaska has seen less snowfall this winter than most winter seasons. Obtaining the snow blocks was both difficult and strenuous. Cranes were used to lift and move the snow blocks in place near Ship Creek. Companies such as BP, Conoco Phillips, Fred Meyer and AT&T sponsored and provided funding for getting the snow blocks ready to go.

Temperature is also an important in snow sculpting. Warming temperatures can melt the smaller details in sculptures. With the warm tem-peratures Anchorage is currently having, there’s a greater chance that detail work won’t be visible in this year’s Fur Rondy snow sculptures.

“The competition is something I look forward to every year, but I am excited to see how this

year’s sculptures turn out because of the warm weather,” said Adrianne Takak, who has viewed the sculptures every year ever since she moved to Anchorage when she was a child from the state of Indiana.

The snow sculpture competition draws in a range of competitors, including internationally known sculptors and everyday community mem-bers wanting to showcase a piece of fun art to the public. Radio host Loren Dixon participates in the event every year.

“It is definitely fun to create something out of pure snow alongside friends, especially with music and background fireworks going off,” Dix-on said.

Participants have approximately one week to create the snow sculptures. Artists typically work on their sculptures around 6 to 10 p.m., when the temperature is best for work.

“There will be three different categories for participants to enter,” said Jeff Barney, executive director of the Fur Rondy event.

The categories include three-man team, indi-vidual and school. Winners of the Div. I category go to the U.S. nationals in Wisconsin and com-pete for Team Alaska.

This year marks Fur Rondy’s 80th anniversa-ry. Fur Rondy begins Feb. 27 and ends March 8.

Ice art at its finest at the 2015 Fur Rondy snow sculpture competition

Winterfest Design Project decorates Cuddy Quad

Wooden scuptures from the Winterfest Winter Design Project decorated the Cuddy Quad.

A portion of the 2015 Winterfest Winter Design Projects are made of wood.

PHOTOS BY JAMES EVANS

Spectators look at snow sculptures in progress at Fur Rendezvous 2014 as artists put the finishing touches on their pieces nearby.

PHOTO BY KAYLA MCGRAW

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Larp-A-Palooza is an event held by the UAA Game Club scheduled for March 5. At this event, students will have the opportunity to meet new friends and participate in an imagi-native part of the UAA community. Social work major Jackie Odena, who is the current president of the UAA Game Club and a member since 2012, talked to TNL about the feature event.

TNL: Tell us about Larp-A-Palooza!Odena: “Larp-A-Palooza cosists of

two days of live action role-playing (LARP) events. Participants will be able to make their own foam saber, then engage in epic battles the follow-ing week.”

How long has Larp-A-Palooza been

around at UAA?“This is the first time we have held

an event like this. We’ve been inter-ested in hosting a LARPing event for a long time now, but due to time, cost and a shortage on manpower, we’ve never been able to — until now! We’ve raised the money though participating at events like Haunted Halloween Fun Night over the years and through Club Council. This is also the largest event that we’ve planned, so it’s definitely been a learning process and we hope to do this again next year.”

What do you hope this event will bring to UAA?

“One of the purposes of our club is to encourage members to get out of their comfort zones and try new things! Not many of us have ever tried LARPing before and thought it would be fun to share that expe-rience with other students. We also

wanted to give UAA students an opportunity to try something dif-ferent. It’s also an event for those who do participate in LARPing activities to bring their skills and enthusiasm on campus. We’d like to encourage teamwork, cooperation and a sense of community through fun and friendly competition!”

Is there any additional information that you would like to add?

“Although our ‘Make Yer Own Saber’ event has passed, we still have our Larp-A-Palooza event this upcoming Thursday, March 5, start-ing at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Cafeteria for students and members of the public to come and LARP it up! We will have some foam sabers on hand to loan to students. We will be releasing rules for the LARPing event as within the next week. We encour-age students to attend!”

Larp-A-Palooza hits UAA: Game Club hosts live action role playing event in the Student UnionBy Samantha Davenportarts@thenorthernlight.org

The 19th annual Symphony of Sounds event displayed a wide range of musical tal-ent, including jazz, opera, classical and musical theatre last weekend. This musical medley was performed at UAA for two nights, packing the house both times. TNL talked to Argel Isaguirre, a pre-nursing major who performed in the event.

TNL: How did you get involved in Symphony of Sounds?Isaguirre: “I am taking three classes this semester, one of which is Jazz Ensemble/

Motown. We were guaranteed a spot to perform the song ‘Morocco’ by Russ Freeman, arranged by Gordon Goodwin, at the end of the first half of the concert.”

Tell me about Symphony of Sounds.“Sounds is a collaboration of music from the UAA Music Department which fea-

tures groups, soloists and ensembles in an orderly, nonstop fashion. The event was to help raise money for the music department and help fund future scholarships. I remember seeing seats being packed both nights — so as far as crowd turnout, it was fantastic!”

What do you love about Symphony of Sounds?“My favorite part of the show would have to be the UAA orchestra. In the opening

act of the show, the UAA orchestra displayed tremendous virtuosity, professionalism and, of course, musicality! Props to the UAA orchestra for an amazing performance.”

How did you join this event? Is it an experience worth going to?“This was my first Symphony of Sounds that I got to take part in. It was a blast! I

became a part of the program from being one of the guitar players in the Jazz Ensem-ble. There were around 100 performers all in all for Sounds. I would just like to give a shout out to everyone that participated in Symphony of Sounds, a job well done! Keep the music coming, everyone!”

Symphony of Sounds in 19th consecutive yearBy Samantha Davenportarts@thenorthernlight.org

All ticket proceeds from Symphony of Sounds go towards the Music Enowment Fund to support the next generation of

musicians.

This event is free for UAA students and $2 for members of the public. There will also

be board games, card games, and video games set up in the

North Cafeteria.

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FIRST FRIDAY6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 6

Enjoy the opening of Spark!Lab and the City Limits and Anchorage School District exhibitions, beer flights, elevator music by Diff3r3nt by D3sign, and free general admission to the museum galleries.

City Limits is an official program of the Anchorage Centennial and is presented by First National Bank Alaska with support from the Alaska Humanities Forum and the Rasmuson Foundation. Image: The tent city in Ship Creek, summer 1915

YOUNG CHEFSKids cooking class with Chef Matt in Muse

March 10 and 12

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At first, the UAA men’s basketball team did not look up to the task of upsetting No. 20 Western Oregon last week. The Great Northwest Athletic Conference first-place Wolves looked quick, long and skilled on the first sequences of the game Feb. 26.

But basketball games aren’t decided in the first five minutes of the game — they are decided in the last five minutes of the game.

The Seawolves went on an 11-5 run with under five minutes left in the game and upset West-ern Oregon University 80-78 last Thursday night at the Alas-ka Airlines Center.

“(I’m) very proud of this group,” said UAA head coach Rusty Osborne following the game. “I thought we had a very good mental game. We had some physical errors for sure that we need to clean up, but those are always a lot easier to clean up

than the mental ones.”After the Wolves took an

early first half lead, UAA kept in game, trailing by single digits until 3:28 in the half when guard Derrick Fain scored and tied the game at 35. The Seawolves fin-ished the first with a four-point edge, leading 41-37.

The Seawolves did not lose focus in the second half. UAA only gave up 16 points in the paint to Western Oregon, with forwards Sjur Berg and Kali-dou Diouf clogging the driving lanes.

Forward Christian Leckband had perhaps the biggest game of any Seawolf, going 4-4 from three-point range.

As a team, the Seawolves shot 53 percent from the field in the second half.

Leckband and Fain both fin-ished with 16 points, followed by guard Dom Hunter with 14. Guard Brian McGill finished with eight assists.

Seawolves win narrow bid against No. 20 WOU WolvesBy Nolin Ainsworthsports@thenorthernlight.org

Seawolf guard Dom Hunter dribbles down the court Feb. 26 during a game against Western Oregon University at the Alaska Airlines Center.

UAA forward Christian Leckband is put under pressure as he goes for a layup Feb. 26 during a game against Western Oregon University.

UAA center Brad Mears goes to take a shot under pressure Feb. 26 during a game against Western Oregon University at the Alaska Airlines Center.

PHOTOS BY ADAM EBERHARDT

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When Seawolf forward Megan Mullings checked out of last Thursday’s game against Seattle Pacific University for good, the Alaska Airlines Cen-ter gave what sounded like a preemptive ovation for the home team, still 130 seconds away from the final horn. It turns out they just wanted to show sup-port for their star player, who scored a career-high 29 points as UAA knocked off No. 19 Seattle Pacific University, 83-70.

The UAA women’s basket-ball team continued to impress, even when they played a ranked opponent, such as the SPU Fal-cons. The Falcons came into the contest in second place in the Great Northwest Athletic Con-ference standings with a 12-4 conference record and perhaps the most polished backcourt.

Guards Kiki Robertson and Alli Madison led the Seawolves by finishing the game with a com-bined 16 assists. The Falcons were led by seniors Suzanna Olsen and Aubree Callen, who scored 15 and 14 points respectively.

UAA coach Ryan McCarthy was all smiles at the post-game

press conference next to Robert-son and Mullings.

“We’re very excited to come away with a win against SPU, who is a very good team. They are a well-coached, very dis-ciplined team,” McCarthy said after the game.

Mullings, who averages 13 points per game, spoke after the game about her team’s defensive pressure.

“It’s energy, positivity, and being there for each other,” she said.

Seattle Pacific was the first team to get on the board when guard Betsy Kingma drove home a three-pointer. The Sea-wolves defense kept the Falcons from getting any easy baskets in the first half. SPU shot a dismal 28 percent from the field during the first half.

The rim was not particularly friendly to the Seawolves either, who were cold for most of the night from behind the arc. But the hometown girls had just about everything else going for them — steals, energy, inside play and confidence.

The Seawolves “mayhem” style of play eventually caught up with Seattle Pacific, who started to show signs of fatigue in the last eight minutes of play

during the first half. The Seawolves went on an

11-0 run in the middle of the first and pushed their lead to 14, and Falcon’s head coach Julie Heisey called a timeout with six min-utes left in the half to give her team a breather.

However, SPU could not regain the sort of lead they enjoyed in the first few minutes of the match. At the end of the first half, it was the Seawolves on top of the Falcons 37-25. Mullings finished the half with 12 points. Senior Alli Madison also had a strong half, chipping in 9 points of her own.

In the second half, with the exception of a few minutes when SPU made the score interesting, UAA never relinquished control.

Robertson was on the floor for much of the second half, passing, sprinting, driving and keeping the Falcon’s defense off-balance and winded.

Seattle Pacific managed to stay in the game due to some timely three-pointers and giv-ing more touches to forwards’ Maddey Pflaumery and Han-nah Rodrigues. Pflaumery had 11 points in the second and Rodrigues had 5. However, the Seawolves remained on top by the end of the game, 83-70.

Seawolves spoil Falcons’ hope at homeBy Nolin Ainsworthsports@thenorthernlight.org

PHOTO BY ADAM EBERHARDT

UAA forward Megan Mullings hugs forward Alysha Devine after she drew a foul Feb. 28 during the game against Montana State University Billings at the Alaska Airlines Center.

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Sweat dripped, paddles swung and ping-pong balls whizzed through the air last week for UAA’s Winterfest Table Tennis Tournament. The event was set up by Donny Dormandy and run in part by the Alaska Table Tennis Club. Most of the athletes were UAA students, but a few determined visitors came to play.

Twenty competitors and a few alter-nates arrived at the Student Union last Tuesday evening. All were in hopes of winning the ultimate prize: a beautiful gold trophy and movie tickets. Dormandy said Student Union gift cards were also awarded to second and third place.

Early on, competitors predicted who would win.

“I don’t have a doubt he’s gonna win,” competitor Aaron Densmore said regard-ing his mentor, Andrew Kim. Densmore said Kim introduced him to the sport two years ago. He wasn’t the only person to point out Kim’s talent, though.

“My main competition is Andrew Kim. … I mean, he’s alright,” said con-testant Josh Kwon.

Despite these predictions, not every-one intended to take home the gold. Some came just for fun. Biological sciences major Mary Haupman said she “would play at lunch” while serving in the Coast

Guard. Her idol was very unique and contrast-

ed most contestants’ response, Swedish Olympic superstar Jan-Ove Waldner.

“This guy (a fellow Coast Guardsman) would watch TV and play with his left hand,” Haupman said, laughing.

Community member Gzkooyxi Li, a part-time table tennis competitor and part-time feminist, said, “We play for the audience’s amusement — oh, and I sup-port equal pay,” during one of his games.

Haupman and Li may not have been serious about the competition, but there were a few foreigners who were.

According to the Alaska Table Tennis Club, the tournament attracted competi-tors from “Sweden, Norway, Korea, Chi-na, Honduras, Thailand, South and North America.”

Hannah Slotte, a skier and physical education major, came from Sweden to attend UAA this semester. She is an old friend of University of Colorado Boul-der skier Emil Johansson, who visited Anchorage last week for a ski meet. Both competed in the table tennis tournament. Other CU Boulder students cheered play-ers them along.

Out of all the games, Johansson’s match against Aaron Densmore was defi-nitely the most intense and the sweatiest. Johansson took third place in the tourna-ment.

“This is the best one to date … at least

in the past six years,” Karl Augestad said. Ryan Royce placed second and Jacob

Wingard placed fourth. As predicted by some, Kim took home the gold.

Augestad said Kim competed in the Arctic Winter Games of 2014 and took home a bronze medal while representing Alaska in table tennis. Augestad and Kim are both members of the Alaska Table

Tennis Club, or AKTTC, and will be at the club’s Winter Open Tournament on March 7.

Table tennis tournament draws competitors from UAA, communityBy Jocelyn Stanleyarts2@thenorthernlight.org

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With Saturday afternoon’s 74-72 vic-tory over Montana State University Bill-ings, the UAA women’s basketball team completed their historic 2014-15 regular season, going 27-1, 17-1 in conference play — setting the program record for fewest losses in a season.

Following Saturday’s game, the Sea-wolves were presented with the 2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular season title. But these ‘Wolves have their eyes on something greater, something that will be awarded in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this years site of NCAA Div. II women’s basketball cham-pionships.

Although I have not watched this squad across the entire season, it didn’t take me long to notice there was some-

thing different about this team. I expect-ed them to have talent, but I don’t think talent is the sole reason they won 27 of 28 games this season. How can it be? Players have off-games, get hurt, live lives outside basketball, have different work ethics. All these factors can affect the performance of individual players and teams. Given this, it would almost be impossible for the Seawolves to have done what they did with talent alone. But there is another ingredient. There is something else here.

Several years ago I read partway through “The Book of Basketball” by ESPN sportswriter by Bill Simmons. It is a colorful read written by an even more colorful personality. It is full of NBA his-tory, as well as the players and teams who helped define it.

One of the chapters is titled “The Secret,” in which Simmons recounts a conversation he once had with Hall-of-Famer Isiah Thomas about what “the secret” is to basketball.

Simmons writes, “I set up the ques-tion and asked him. Isiah smiled. I could tell he was impressed. He took a dramatic pause. You could say he even milked the moment.’The secret of basketball,’ he told me, ‘is that it’s not about basketball.’ That makes no sense, right? How can that pos-sibly make sense?”

Thomas observed that the teams who always seemed in the hunt for an NBA championship during his career, Boston and Los Angeles in particular, won games not just on talent alone. They were teams that got along with each other, understood their roles and cared more about the team winning, rather than one or two players getting the limelight.

What do you know? Basketball isn’t just assists and rebounds. It is also about sacrifice selflessness, loving one another and pretending as if everyone on the team is the star player.

That is what I see in the Seawolves this season. And that is why they’re winning like the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.

The secret of basketball isn’t related to basketball

Just one hoopster’s thoughts on sports and sports culture.

By Nolin Ainsworthsports@thenorthernlight.org

PHOTO BY ADAM EBERHARDT

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Winterfest table tennis tournament competitors fight for victory Feb.23.

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To the Editor:In my opinion, the state legislature should withhold funding

for the University of Alaska until the university makes the deep and transparent budget cuts in its administration and athletics that are needed to offset the student tuition increase. University athletics and administrators are not sacred cows — they are unnecessary and expendable. Students and their studies are not. Reducing adminis-trators’ salaries by one-fourth will show the university to be a leader in fiscal and ethical responsibility.

Thomas H. Morsethmorse@uaa.alaska.edu

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

University of Alaska’s House Finance Subcommittee, chaired by Representative Tammie Wil-son of North Pole, has proposed to cut funding toward the Uni-versity of Alaska system. Gov. Bill Walker originally proposed around a $9 million cut from the university system earlier this year. The House Finance Sub-committee is looking to cut up to $26 million more on top of the $9 million Walker plans to cut.

It is important that the stu-dents, staff and faculty of UAA have their voices and opinions heard on the matter. Cuts to the University of Alaska system will have impacts on everyone. UA students are the future of Alaska. Cutting money to the universities lowers the qual-ity of the programs offered and diminishes student’s abilities to be successful, get jobs after col-lege and become leaders of the state. Investing in the UA system invests in the future of the state of Alaska.

Only four students gave pub-lic testimony on behalf of the university Saturday at the leg-islative caucus meeting at the Loussac Library Assembly Chambers. Disappointingly no faculty at UAA gave testimony. It will take much more student,

staff and faculty voice to con-vince the legislators that cuts to the University of Alaska system shouldn’t be made.

People, students especial-ly, have a tendency to not care when they have an opportunity to change something, but will complain excessively when the changes they didn’t voice their opinion on affect them. This is an issue that people should have their opinions heard in so write your legislators and attend public testimony meetings.

The House Finance Commit-tee will hear public testimony at the Legislative Information Offices across the state from March 3-5. The Anchorage office is located at 716 W. Fourth Ave., Suite 100. The public testimony in Anchorage will be taken on Thursday March 5 from 1-4:30 p.m. For the locations, dates and times of these meetings else-where, visit http://akleg.gov/lios.php.

During the week of March 9, the House Finance Commit-tee will debate and decide on the cuts. If the cuts will be made, the Board of Regents hold the power over how these cuts will be dis-tributed across the University of Alaska system.

Don’t let these cuts be made, please write your legislators, attend public testimony meetings and have your opinion heard.

By Kelly Irelandeditor@thenorthernlight.org

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