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Gender-neutral bathrooms are becoming more nor-malized in American culture. An elementary school in San Francisco introduced gender-neutral bathrooms to its students. The University of Missouri recently imple-mented gender-neutral restrooms and housing. Sever-al months ago, Boston City Hall initiated their unisex bathrooms for the public. The question is, is gender-neu-

tral going to impact UAA?Sarah Hyland, a transgender student and electrical

engineering major, started her transition in August of 2012. She believes that the push for all gender bathrooms will reduce stress on current transgender students.

“I think gender neutral bathrooms are great. I don’t see a large impact on my experience at UAA, mainly because I have no issues when I use the women’s rest-room. That being said, early in my transition, the bath-room caused significant anxiety, which would’ve been much less had there been a larger number of gender-neu-tral bathrooms available. It would also help a number of trans people that are currently students at UAA.”

MoHagani Magnetek, a transgender woman and for-mer TNL employee, faced discrimination two years ago when she was kicked out of Humpy’s for using the wom-en’s restroom. Her picture was taken in the restaurant and security told her not to return. However, Magnetek mentions that the UAA campus community has been non-discriminatory.

“I have been here for the last three years and have not had one incident on campus like I’ve had in the greater Anchorage community.”

Hyland agreed that discrimination never affected her on campus, but has in the larger Anchorage area.

“I had an issue at Burlington when I tried to use a fit-ting room in the women’s section of the store. That hap-pened early in my transition. The woman running the fitting room denied me access, despite the fitting rooms being individual stall. I had to try on my clothes in the men’s section. I was terrified to be out shopping before the altercation and even more so after.”

Despite Hyland and Magnetek’s belief that UAA has

been a relatively safe space for them, there has been a push for increased inclusivity of transgender students on campus. Samuel Gonzalez, president of the Resi-dence Hall Association is pushing for gender inclusive housing. He believes it is a way to show support of the LGBTQ+ students and to help provide an inclusive liv-ing environment while at school.

“With the gender inclusive housing pilot, the bath-rooms will certainly have to be gender inclusive as well. We are leaving it up to the residents of the apartments to decide how their bathrooms will work, much like that of any other room in a residence hall or apartment. RHA believes that this pilot, if it is successful, will encourage UAA to be more inclusive in everything that they pro-vide for their students.”

According to Gonzalez, the pilot will begin in fall of 2016.

“RHA and UAA as a whole should make it their top priority to ensure that all students feel safe and at home while they are living here.”

Magnetek agrees that the push forward is needed.“I think we are better off letting people go to the rest-

room of their self-identified gender, that way people have choice and can feel comfortable wherever they choose to go. All the cisgender people who have no affinity for trans people are going to have to take a back seat and let the natural progression of human rights take place and let the world know that UAA is a progressive insti-tution. As a community of students we are better than most of higher learning. Maybe its cause no one really pays attention here, everyone is focused on school and not what people are doing in the restroom.”

By Samantha [email protected]

RED ZONE: The push for a gender-neutral environment

Currently the University of Alaska Anchorage does not offer gender-neutral restrooms. PHOTO BY RYAN JOHNSON

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! About a week ago, Alaskans got an extra two grand stuffed in their bank accounts by means of Alaskan oil eco-nomic wizardry.

In fact, not counting the rebate-driven mass of cash from 2008, it’s the largest dividend ever given out.

“But Klax!” you may ask, “I’m not from here! I’m from out of state! How can I get an extra chunk of money? What is this oil economic wizardry you talk about? Shouldn’t hive-minded brain slugs bemoan the existence of free money

to be spent in a capitalistic way?”The answers to those questions are A)

live here longer, B) it’s a long story that I’ll delve into in the next paragraph and C) my host seems happy enough, so sure, let him spend.

The Alaska Permanent Fund was established right in the Alaskan Consti-tution after Trans-Alaskan oil started flowing in the North Slope. Rather than spending it all now, it was decided to invest about 25 percent of the money into a fund for future Alaskans who would be out of oil. One cool way they decided to spend this money was as an annual divi-dend payout to each Alaskan every year and the way they calculate the payout is through some weird mathematical equa-tion that factors in income from the past

four years. Due to the massive economic downturn about five years ago, the PFD hit a slump, but since last year, the divi-dend has recovered, and Alaskans are getting some pretty impressive money lately.

$2,072 may not seem like much, but the extra money is a huge boost to Alas-ka’s economy. This is the period of time when Alaskans start to buy big things like plane tickets, televisions or other huge investments. Politicians even use it as a talking point, because it’s that powerful. For many people in the state, no PFD means no luxurious purchases around this time of year. That’s not even thinking about the people who need the PFD to help pay bills and not having one hits them even harder.

From the perspective of a slug like me, that’s actually pretty brilliant. It’s a great behavioral influence. The threat of not having a PFD seems incredibly useful in pushing certain agendas. Gotta give the humans props there.

Since George has a pretty great schol-arship, though, he gets a little room to play around with his PFD, and this year he decided to spend a lot of it on future game reviews. Typically, he’d use the money to get expensive electronics or computer parts, but he, oddly, didn’t do that. He usually pays for game reviews out of pocket, so paying for them now means he’ll have more spending money later in the semester for things like... I don’t know. Food? I guess he likes food.

He’s also saving a huge chunk of it,

which is also important, I suppose. The question of “save or spend?” looms over every Alaskan around this time of year, so I guess it’s prudent to stash a chunk of the PFD just in case you need a dose of it later.

Listen to me! I’m talking about it like it’s some kind of drug. As I pointed out earlier, though, to many Alaskans, it kind of is.

Those who have been living here a while (read: the ideal PFD candidate according to the law) have been getting the annual check for a long time. It’s a yearly fix. It’s a little bit of relief from harsh economic times and a chance to treat yourself for once. While many do save it, it’s hard not to spend it all at once because the high is so potent.

That’s why the threat of the PFD dis-appearing is so powerful. No one wants to quit the PFD cold turkey. I don’t know for sure whether or not it’s bad for us, and there sure are worse ways for the state to spend oil revenue, but think about it. I mentioned this around this time last year, but really think about it.

That extra $2,072 gives you a bit more economic control. But is that control an illusion? When that extra $2,072 is at stake in a political argument, which side is really in control?

Man, this is brilliant. I’m definitely taking notes on this. The Empire should be trying this.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. EMBRACE THE SEAWOLF SLUG.

By Klax ZlubzeconTranslated by George Hyde

In the year 2013, an alien brain slug from one of the galaxy’s most feared empires crash-landed on Earth and assumed control of a lowly reporter at this newspaper.

These are his stories.

It’s PFD season again

Back on track and moving forward

It seems to be an immutable law of the universe that upon presenting my ID to the clerk at any liquor store, they will either respond with a quip about my taste in bourbon contrasted with my rela-tive youth, or an uncomfortable comment about my hair which tends to make the down-on-his-luck customer behind me cringe audibly.

How this relates to the topic at hand is unclear, but frankly it’s an off-putting phenomenon that’s been eating away at me and I felt the need to open with a joke.

For those of you invested in this col-umn, or perhaps those few stalkers who still view information gleaned from these weekly updates as a viable stepping stone

towards someday wearing my skin, one thing has been painfully obvious: I’ve been noticeably (or hilariously not) absent for the past few weeks.

Sometimes, life throws you a curve-ball that knocks you on your ass in the form of a family emergency. In my case, it felt more like life crept up behind me, gave a hearty judo chop at the base of my spine and dragged me off only to reawak-en weeks later in an abandoned meta-phorical shed.

Quite frankly, it feels like only last weekend that I was watching a horde of drunken pirates staring blankly at the northern lights during the downtown pub-crawl. Before that, it feels like only a couple days since I was in the middle of nowhere, hoping that just one single caribou would be lazy enough to cross in front of my path so that I could get out of

a soggy marsh and back to prepping for the semester.

It’s an odd feeling, based possibly in pride, to have fallen this far behind on the column. Sure I’ve pushed deadlines due to finals, job interviews and the occa-sional beverage induced headache, but I’ve never found myself in the position of not knowing when I’ll write next. Hell, there were even a couple days that “writ-ing” consisted of slapping at the key-board, running spell check to compile a coherent idea or two and then slapping a joke or two in the midst, but not a com-plete absence. Frankly, I don’t much care for the feeling of not writing and hope to never find myself in the position again.

My point, if ever I have one in mind, is this — given enough time and oppor-tunity, your number is going to come up, it’s just probability. At some point, you or someone you love will suffer a setback that derails life for a while and you’ll find yourself reeling while you watch the train you’d meant to catch pulling out of the station. So you take a moment to col-lect yourself, take a breath and then sprint with reckless abandon after it because the only wrong decision is to stop moving forward.

Keep moving is the only sincere advice I can give in the face of an unpre-dictable existence. Now that I’m back, that’s exactly what I intend to do, and, luckily for you all, I’m going to have just a mess of a time doing it. I’ve managed to get five weeks behind in a capstone course based solely on a group project, which means it’s time yet again to break out “Old Sparky,” the electrically chal-

lenged mini coffee maker I use to refine Red Bull into an Arabica form.

Next up is a trip to Hawai’i that I’ve forgotten to plan the in-between bits for, such as transportation and teaching myself to spear fish. I’ve also managed to neglect the pre-trip nonsense, such as having a job to reimburse myself. These aren’t roadblocks or struggles that I’m dreading, rather hilarious opportunities to fumble a life decision and then be paid to write about them the following week.

For those of you who view me as their rock — and honestly the Student Health Center is taking emergency appoint-ments for those of you using me for life advice — don’t worry. I’ll be here until I graduate, and then quite possibly after, as I’ll be taking classes until I either run out of them or someone decides my skill set is employment worthy.

So stick around as I navigate what I hope to be one of the final chapters in col-lege rife with missed deadlines, confus-ing life choices and complaints of prob-able injustice. Did you know you have to pay to apply to graduate from the college that you paid to attend, so that you can then pay for your cap and gown for a cer-emony with limited guests?

You’ve got a few more months to learn from the mistakes of my friends and I, which, judging from past experience, may just keep you from falling through a lake, living in a flooded mold infested apartment or trying to microwave three birds shoved into one. I’m not done mak-ing mistakes and I’m surely not done writ-ing about them, so savor every moment of it, because I know I will.

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.

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By Jacob Holley-KlineContributor

TITLE“The Five

Obstructions”

DIRECTORSLars von Troer,

Jorgen Leth

RELEASE DATENov. 21, 2003

COUNTRYDenmark

GENREDocumentary

Who would want to play a stealth game, anyway? Why hide from your enemies when you can fight them instead? Well, if you happen to see each scenario as a puzzle to be solved instead of a fight to be won, a stealthier option makes more sense. “Vol-ume” understands this puzzle-stealth link and builds around it.

The story of “Volume” has a simple “Robin Hood in the future” setup. In a world where the divide between haves and have-nots is growing increasingly wide, a young, dashing hacker named Rob sets out to equalize things a bit. He discovers a device known as the Volume, which acts as a heist simulator. Through this, he discovers a sinister government plot and plans to broadcast it to the world.

The game comes from Mike Bithell, the developer of “Thomas Was Alone,” and anybody who has played that game knows that his style is charmingly minimal. “Thomas” used basic shapes as characters, and the differing mechanics between the shapes was what told the story. While “Volume” still keeps things minimalistic, it’s not as adept as telling its story through gameplay.

The gameplay is still wonderfully basic, however. It’s reminiscent of the old VR missions in “Metal Gear Solid,” with clear tools and goals that make navigating each level more of a puzzle than a fight. If a guard spots you, you have a second or two to hide before he shoots and kills you — you cannot fight back. Thus, Rob has to use many tools in his disposal to distract guards and lure them out of their posts in order to slip by and steal the riches.

Unfortunately, while Bithell’s writing is still superb, the story just isn’t as interest-ing. It’s clear that “Volume” was built as an engaging game first and a good story sec-ond. The most story you’ll get out of a level is a brief level description before selecting it, some background narration from Rob and some notes scattered throughout levels, and that’s if you’re lucky. What story there is good, but “Thomas Was Alone” was so great at telling its story through gameplay that it feels disappointing that “Volume” doesn’t do the same as well.

If you’re fresh out of “The Phantom Pain” and want a simpler style of stealth game-play, “Volume” is a great place to start. It’s easy to understand and incredibly deep without being complex. Bithell’s storytelling chops aren’t as strong as they used to be, but when it comes to developing great, straightforward games, he’s still got it.

GAME REVIEW

TITLE“Volume”

DEVELOPERMike Bithell

PLATFORMSPS4, Vita, PC, Mac

GENREStealth

RELEASE DATEAuguest 28, 2015)

‘Volume’ is great, minimalist stealthThe process is the product in ‘The Five Obstructions’ By George Hyde

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For viewers, once a movie is on a screen, it simply is. Whatever process brought it to the screen is veiled by the final product. That’s part of what makes cinema so entic-ing: you get the product without the process behind it. “The Five Obstructions” by Danish auteur Lars von Trier and his mentor, experimental filmmaking pioneer Jorgen Leth, focus so heavily on the process of filmmaking that it becomes the product.

Seeing that his mentor has hit a creative slump, Lars von Trier tasks him with remaking his magnum opus, the 1967 experimental short “The Perfect Human” five times with five different “obstructions,” or restrictions around which he has to work. The obstructions themselves range from extremely difficult to just plain weird, but there is a rhyme and reason to each.

By thematically linking the obstructions to their bodies of work and careers, von Trier and Leth take what could have been a series of loosely assembled vignettes and makes them a cohesive whole.

Before and after every short, von Trier and Leth discuss the process of making the short, i.e. what went wrong and what went right. These conversations are the heart of the film. Not only do the filmmakers expertise shine through, but their affection for one another does as well. Their relationship adds a layer of intimacy to the documen-tary that lifts all the rest up.

With a solid emotional foundation and an intriguing premise, “The Five Obstruc-tions” is likely to engage film buffs the world over. That being said, it’s not for every-one. It can be dry in spots, especially when von Trier and Leth talk about the more technical aspects of filmmaking. But seeing Leth work through each obstruction is enthralling. Knowing, too, that at the time of filming he was at a slump in his career makes each success poignant.

“The Five Obstructions” subverts the notion that the final product is what matters. The process leading it matters even more and, subsequently, is the most spellbinding part of the movie. As dry as it can be at times, the movie has a palpable emotional undercurrent. For everyone, especially film buffs, “The Five Obstructions” is an inti-mate look at not only what makes a film great, but what drives the filmmaker behind it.

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Junior Brad Duwe sent a puck over the left shoulder of goaltender Robert Levin to give UAA a thrilling 3-2 overtime vic-tory over the Arizona State Sun Devils last Friday in the Kendall Hockey Clas-sic. The 4-on-4 overtime period came after the teams skated to a 2-2 tie at the end of regulation.

UAA’s Mason Mitchell and Wyatt Ege each shined in their Seawolf debuts. The two freshmen each recorded their first

NCAA goals. Mitchell’s tally came at the 12:46 mark of the first period while Ege’s came near the halfway point of the third. Ege’s goal tied the game at 2, swing-ing the momentum back in UAA’s favor heading into the overtime period. The Sun Devils’ Jack Rowe and Liam Norris each scored for Arizona State. The Sun Devils put the Seawolves on the power play on 9 separate occasions.

Arizona State recorded their first NCAA victory the next night when they defeated the University of Alaska Fair-banks 2-1.

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No. 17 St. Cloud State beats Seawolves, takes Kendall Hockey Classic crown

The No. 17 St. Cloud State hockey team won both of their battles in last weekend’s Kendall Hockey Classic — plundering the tournament gold pan as the winner of the four-team tournament hosted by UAA.

After wins Friday for both the Sea-wolves and Huskies, the two teams squared off Saturday for the first time in over two years to decide who would win this year’s Classic.

The Huskies showed off early why they have been a regular in the NCAA tournament in the last decade. The team from St. Cloud, Minnesota and member of the National Collegiate Hockey Con-ference connected on passes all over the ice and applied defensive pressure when-ever the Seawolves obtained possession of the puck.

“If you want to be an NCAA tourna-ment team — that’s how good you have to be,” head coach Matt Thomas said fol-lowing the game. “They don’t make mis-takes defensively, and they execute offen-sively.”

Freshman forward for the Huskies Robby Jackson helped several times in the Huskies’ offensive execution in the first period. After a succession of several rapid passes Jackson had possession of the puck near the right UAA goal post, the forward then put home the first goal of the game. It was Jackson’s first ever collegiate goal.

The Huskies scored again several minutes later, converting on their very first power play opportunity. With UAA freshman Luke McColgan watching from the penalty box, senior St. Cloud forward Joey Benik picked up his second pow-

er play goal of the weekend. Teammate Jimmy Murray provided what was likely the “assist of the night” on the play — a no-look, backhand pass across the slot to Benik who sent it in.

Less than three minutes later, the Hus-kies struck again. It was Jackson again who found an opening, scoring in nearly the same spot as he had only five minutes prior.

The game took a sharp turn in the second period. The 2,000-plus Seawolf fans in attendance were jolted back to life when sophomore forward Tad Kozun scored from several feet in front of Husky goaltender, Rasmus Reijola.

UAA struck again less than three min-utes later, capitalizing on the stadium’s renewed energy. This time it was soph-omore forward Matt Anholt who was responsible. The assistant captain shot a puck near the bottom of the face-off cir-

cle that deflected off a St. Cloud defen-seman and into the net. The goal stood following an official review of the play.

The Huskies regained control of the game in the third period. The Seawolves had trouble clearing the puck away from their zone which led to several scoring opportunities for the Huskies.

Mantha did his best to keep the game close, seeking out pucks as they slid through players’ legs. Mantha finished the period with 10 saves. However, St. Cloud State would go on another offen-sive run, scoring three more goals in the third period. St. Cloud senior forward Jimmy Murray got around a Seawolf defenseman and forced a backhand shot past Mantha to extend his team’s lead to two goals.

The Seawolves could not capitalize on a power play in the early part of the peri-od. Husky Jon Lizotte was sent to the pen-

alty box for tripping and game miscon-duct at 4:07 of the period, but St. Cloud was able to kill off the penalty. Only a couple minutes after the penalty expired, senior David Morley provided St. Cloud on a 5-3 power play following penalties to two UAA players, sophomore Dylan Hubbs and freshman Wyatt Ege.

The scoring was rounded out with an empty-net tally at 11:44 in the period by St. Cloud sophomore Judd Peterson.

“We’re always trying to stay posi-tive even after losses,” UAA defenseman Wyatt Ege said after the game. “We’re always taking things from it and ready to get back to work Monday.”

The Seawolves play their next two games in Fairbanks at the Brice Alaska Goal Rush Tournament. The tournament features the Seawolves, UAF Nanooks, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and American International College.

By Nolin [email protected]

The University of St. Cloud hockey team poses with the Kendall Hockey Classic gold pan after defeating the UAA Seawolves 6-2 Saturday Oct. 10, 2015 at the Sullivan Arena

PHOTO BY SAM WASSON/ UAA ATHLETICS

25th annual Kendall Hockey Classic

The Arizona State University Sun Devils became the 60th NCAA Division I hockey team in the country this season. According to USCHO.com, $32 million was put forward to upgrade the hockey program by a Milwaukee businessman with ties to the program and an anony-mous donor.

Previously, the Sun Devils hockey team competed at the club-level in the American Collegiate Hockey Associa-tion. The ACHA is home to club teams from all over the country. That includes schools like Boston College and Michi-gan State that have Division I programs, and others, like University of Utah and University of Oklahoma, that don’t.

Sun Devils won the ACHA National Championship two years ago, going 33-3 on the season.

Arizona State is the first Pac-12 mem-ber to boast a division I college hockey team. Currently, the Pac-12 sanctions 19 different sports.

At a press conference last Novem-ber, ASU Athletic Director Ray Ander-son expressed his optimism for hockey to become a Pac-12 sport in the years to

come.“It will hopefully tip the dominos in

the northern schools in Washington and Oregon and our folks in California, who have many programs and probably don’t want to see Arizona State competing when they are not,” Anderson said.

The Sun Devils retained their head coach Greg Powers for this season. Pow-ers believes Arizona State has been building something special for a long time coming.

“We have proven at the ACHA lev-el with student-athletes turning down scholarship opportunities to come play here that we pushed the most unique col-lege hockey experience in the country. Now we truly are the most unique college hockey experience in the country, and we are going to exploit that,” Powers said at the November 2014 press conference.

The Arizona State Sun Devils will compete as an independent this season, and will face teams from all six confer-ences in college hockey over the course of a 40-game season: the Atlantic (Sacred Heart, RIT), Big 10 (Wisconsin), ECAC (Quinnipiac, Clarkson), Hockey East (Connecticut, Merrimack, UMass-Low-ell), NCHC (St. Cloud State), WCHA (Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Bemidji State, Lake Superior).

Former club hockey team Arizona State enters NCAA Division I hockey ranksBy Nolin [email protected]

All-Tournament Team for 2015Most Outstanding Player: David Morley, St. Cloud State University

Ryan Belonger, Arizona State University

Tyler Morley, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Brad Duwe, University of Alaska Anchorage

Wyatt Ege, University of Alaska Anchorage

Joey Benik, St. Cloud State University

Robby Jackson, St. Cloud State University

UAA downs Arizona State in overtime, 3-2The Seawolves makes Arizona State’s first game as Div. I program a memorable oneBy Nolin [email protected]

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ASU forward, Jordan Masters shoots around UAA freshman forward Wyatt Ege as the Seawolves lead the first period of the Kendall Hockey Classic game on Friday, Oct. 9.

UAA forwards Sean MacTavish, Brad Duwe and Blake Tatchell attempt to get the winning goal late in the third period on Friday, Oct. 9 at the Kendall Hockey Classic.

Forwards Dylan Hubbs and Matt Anholt celebrate as UAA scores the winning overtime goal at the friday night game of the Kendall Hockey Classic.on Oct. 9.

Kendall Hockey Classic 2015

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ASU forward Sean Murphy attempts to tie up the first period as UAA goalie, Olivier Mantha shuts him down at the Kendall Hockey Classic game on Friday, Oct. 9.

Kendall Hockey Classic 2015

UAA Seawolves say last minute words before kicking off their season against ASU at the Kendall Hockey Classic on Friday, Oct. 9.

UAA defensemen Austin Sevalrud battles against ASU forward Sean Murphy during the third period of Friday night’s game of the Kendall Hockey Classic.

UAA’s forward, Blake Tatchell faces off against ASU forward Anthony Croston as the Seawolves lead the first period on Friday, Oct. 9.

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In the Oct. 6, 2015 issue of The Northern Light, athletics’ total budget was misprinted. UAA athletics had a budget of $10,532,000 last fiscal year.

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