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UMDPD director to retire
Scott Drewlo leaves behind a police department that is more
transparent and involved in the community than when he joined
BY SAM STROM
News Editor
The UMDPD’s director is retiring
after spending three years in the position, citing a number of both personal
and professional reasons.
Scott Drewlo, director of the UMDPD since the summer of 2012, found
himself in a unique situation regarding
his retirement. The UMDPD has been
facing budget cuts for the last two years,
and Drewlo said that laying off officers
was in the near future for the department unless something was done.
“That’s where I was in a unique position,” he said. “Being the age I’m at
and the length of the career I’ve had,
I’m able to retire and draw pension,
which saves somebody who is not from
having to support a family on unemployment.”
Another motivating factor was the
recent leadership change at UMD
regarding the VCFO position, who
Drewlo had worked closely with
throughout his time with the UMDPD.
“That had a hand in making me
think that maybe now is the time,” he
said.
Drewlo grew up the oldest boy of
five, raised by his mother in a singleparent household near Forest Lake.
He said that an experience early in life
may have influenced his decision to
pursue law enforcement as a career, but
he didn’t realize it at the time.
When Drewlo was around 13 years
old, a man called his house asking if
Drewlo’s father was home. Drewlo told
the stranger, “No, he doesn’t live here
anymore.”
“And my mother — who was always
a model of equanimity, very level-headed, calm, lived the Serenity Prayer —
freaked out,” he said. “And I remember
to this day, her just losing it.”
As it turned out, the caller was a
man named Joseph Ture, who eventually was tried and convicted of four
counts of murder near Clearwater
in 1978. Ture prowled the neighborhoods around Clearwater and would
call homes to try and scout out his next
victims.
“She knew about this,” Drewlo said.
“None of us kids knew at the time, and
this all came together for me many,
Keeping his
language alive
UMD professor hopes
to educate people
about Ojibwe language
BY RILEY ANDERSON
Statesman Correspondent
driving through the neighborhood will
see something and characterize the
entire neighborhood by what they saw
through their windshield in an unfair
way.”
The City of Duluth is working on
helping people feel safer in the Hillside neighborhood via Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.
CPTED reduces crime by creating
healthier environments and improving
appearances in a neighborhood.
“If you’re walking out into a neighborhood where there is graffiti, a run-
down building, the road is ugly, weeds
are growing in a vacant lot and the
walkways aren’t lit well, the environment feels unsafe,” said Sergeant Gayle Holton of the Duluth Police Department.
Both Holton and Ness made it clear
that random crime is very rare, and
there is usually an underlying reason
as to why a robbery or shooting occurs.
Most of the time, the crimes that
appear in the media involve a drug
The Ojibwe language has been classified as “severely endangered” by the
UNESCO Atlas of World Languages
in Danger. Today the language is predominantly spoken by Ojibwe elders
and comprehensively understood by
very few.
Erik Redix has made it his mission
to educate people about Ojibwe culture
and to keep its language alive. Redix
is an assistant professor of American
Indian Studies at the University of
Minnesota Duluth and a member of
the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
Superior Ojibwe.
“Ojibwe is who we are,” Redix said.
“The language is central to not only
being Ojibwe, but also the interaction
we have with the land. English is a foreign language to this land. It doesn’t
describe a lot of the weather, the lakes,
the rivers and the natural phenomena.
It doesn’t describe it nearly as well as
Ojibwe does.”
Redix hosts a monthly radio show on
KUMD called “Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa.” The radio show, which
has been running for more than two
years, features first speakers — people
who have grown up speaking Ojibwe
— from tribes in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Gaganoonididaa means “let’s have a
conversation,” and that’s exactly what
Redix and his guests do.
“We try to have an elder come in and
speak in Ojibwe, and then I interview
them in English,” Redix said.
The show was set up to go back and
forth between English and Ojibwe in
order to appeal to non-Ojibwe speakers or people who are just beginning to
learn the language.
“Our mission is to help with language learning,” Redix said. “We want
to have something that Ojibwe speakers can listen to and hear different first
speakers.
“We try to center on first speakers,
not so much people who have learned
it later in life, because that’s the generation that we want to preserve how they
speak,” Redix said.
There are very few first speakers left
and that number is dwindling, according to Redix.
“It’s down to maybe just over 100 in
Wisconsin and Minnesota, so we really
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he calls “enough moments.” Enough
moments are when people realize that
what is happening can’t go on any
longer, when people say, “Enough is
enough and I am going to do something.”
Amram emphasized how the righteous and the upstanders are the most
important.
“The bystanders are doing just
as much harm as the perpetrators.”
Amram said.
His message extends to segregation,
as well as all other genocides of the past
70 years, including the Rwandan and
Armenian genocides.
He told the story of his three-yearold cousin, Aaltje Wurm, who died in a
gas chamber in Auschwitz.
“Let my cousin Aaltje be your
enough moment” Amram said.
He included the stories of his aunt,
Carola Stern, and grandmother, Jette
Amram and their forgotten deaths
among the 6 million who died during
the Holocaust.
Amram called the public knowledge
of the Holocaust years the “atrocities.”
These are the years that the majority
of people know about. The atrocities
include the death camps, barbed wire
and executions.
However, Amram remembers the
“good years,” or the years that led up
to the Holocaust. He recalls these good
years, between 1933 when Hitler started his reign in Germany and 1938, as
having a single park bench dedicated
to jews only
“At least we could still go to the
park because a year later we couldn’t,”
Amram said.
Finally, in 1939, he escaped with his
parents, finally making it to New York
City when he was six years old.
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Drive-through misconception
People, businesses in
Hillside say passersby
have wrong attitude
toward community
BY KAHLA STATEMA
Statesman Correspondent
The Duluth Hillside neighborhood
has many benefits, including a central
location, a close proximity to downtown Duluth and incredible views of
Lake Superior. However, the Hillside
continues to spark fear in people who
are unfamiliar with the neighborhood.
“I understand why coming from a
safe, upper income neighborhood and
coming into the Hillside to go to work
brings fear in people,” Duluth Mayor
Don Ness said. “It’s different and people get nervous about the differences
they see.”
While driving through the Hillside,
buildings appear run-down, houses
are clustered together, and the roads
are narrow while covered in potholes.
The Hillside has more to offer as a
community, such as affordable housing, which is ideal for college students.
When looking through a car window
as you drive through a neighborhood,
the full essence of what the neighborhood offers isn’t in sight.
“There are a lot of misperceptions
about the Hillside,” Ness said. “I grew
up in the Hillside and I live in the
Hillside today. I think people who are
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
Whole Foods Co-op is located at the intersection of East Fourth Street and
Sixth Avenue East in Duluth’s hillside. An article in the Duluth News Tribune
stated that 75 percent of Essentia Health employees said they didn’t feel
safe in the hillside. MELISSA PETERSON/STATESMAN
Holocaust survivor shares story
BY HANNAH BROADBENT AND
LAURA GRUHLKE
Statesman Correspondent
Mayor Don Ness declared April 16
a day of remembrance for Holocaust
survivors. Professor and Holocaust survivor, Fred Amram of the University
of Minnesota Twin Cities College of
Education and Human Development
accepted this proclamation at UMD
on Thursday before sharing the powerful story of his childhood to members
of the Duluth community.
Fred Amram was born in a Catholic
Infants Home on September 9, 1933.
Mother Superior’s name was on his
birth certificate because Hitler had
closed public hospitals to all Jews.
Amram wants students to learn from
his story and to “not to be a bystander,
but an upstander.” He wants people
to learn that if they have had enough,
they should stand up and make a difference.
Amram used his family’s stories
during the Holocaust to inspire what
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Correction
Fred Amram did not spend time
in a concentration camp as reported
in the article “Holocaust survivor to
share story at UMD” (April 15, 2015).
The Statesman regrets the error.
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On Thursday at 11:57 a.m., an officer assisted
a student making suicidal threats at 1120 Kirby
Drive. The student was transported to the hospital.
Another report of a possible suicidal student was
reported to the UMDPD at 2:12 p.m. An officer
assisted the student, who was located at 513 Niagara Court. The student was not transported to the
hospital. The officer filed a report.
At 11:42 p.m., a driver was cited for failing to
stop at a stop sign near West St. Marie Street and
Oakland Circle.
At 1:32 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a
report of suspicious activity regarding drug use at
506 Niagara Court. One student was arrested for
possession of a small amount of marijuana.
A report of property damage at 2:54 p.m.
prompted officer response to 1415 University
Drive. The officer requested video footage of the
incident.
A driver was cited for speeding near West College Street and Snelling Avenue at 11:41 p.m.
On Saturday at 1:24 a.m., an officers responded
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to suspicious activity at 509 Niagara Court. One
student was arrested for underage consumption,
the possession of a small amount of marijuana and
possession of drug paraphernalia.
A report of an intoxicated student at 509 Niagara court prompted officer response at 2:39 a.m.
The student was transported to the hospital via
Gold Cross Ambulance and arrested for underage
consumption.
At 3:46 a.m., a student requested medical care
at 506 Niagara Court. The student was arrested
for underage consumption, and did not need to be
brought to the hospital.
A report of an intoxicated student at 506 Niagara Court prompted officer response at 4:22 a.m.
One student was arrested for underage consumption.
A loud party at 1224 Maplewood Court prompted officer response at 10:49 p.m. Five students were
arrested for underage consumption. One student
was transported to detox.
On Sunday at 2:51 a.m., officers assisted a student in need of medical care at 508 Niagara
Court. The student was transported to the hospital
via Gold Cross Ambulance.
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many years later.”
When Drewlo worked at a maximum-security correctional facility in
St. Cloud, Ture was one of the inmates
at the facility, which is when he connected all the dots.
Another influence on his career
was being the oldest of five boys with
no immediate father figure at home.
Drewlo said he took on the role of
guardian growing up with his brothers.
At 17, Drewlo enrolled in the military, eventually becoming a squad
leader in the Marine Corps. He served
a total of seven years, four active.
After his time in the military, Drewlo
enrolled at St. Cloud State University,
where he double majored in sociology
and social work, with a minor in human
relations. He graduated in three years
and began searching for a long-term
career in law enforcement.
He found work at the prison in St.
Cloud, where he began receiving more
law enforcement related training, like
patrol tactics and firearm training —
things that he was comfortable with
given his military background. He
enjoyed this work and started volunteering for more training and duties
and sought more responsibility.
In response to this, Drewlo went to
graduate school for criminal justice
studies at St. Cloud State, after which
he became eligible to become a police
officer. He had to pass a skills test, and
then he could be hired as a police officer.
Drewlo was eventually hired at the
Duluth Police Department in 1995. He
rose to the level of lieutenant by the end
of his time with the DPD, when he was
hired as the director of the UMDPD in
2012.
“I was really lucky when I got here,”
Drewlo said. “This department was
already chock-full of professional,
empathetic, sympathetic cops; really
good, solid cops.”
However, there was one area that
Drewlo knew needed to be addressed.
“One of the things we needed to
work on right away was our response
to sexual assault,” he said. “Not that
anybody was doing anything wrong,
it’s just that we haven’t gotten a lot of
up-to-the-minute, up-to-date training
on it.”
He said that changes to the way
sexual assault is handled by a police
UMDPD Director Scott Drewlo is retiring on April 29. Drewlo
said that he plans to go camping with his daughter more
often once he retires. ALEX GANEEV/STATESMAN
department, such as how to interview
a victim and how to perform a physical examination to find forensic evidence, has changed relatively recently.
Combined with the staffing and budget
shortages the department has faced,
the UMDPD couldn’t keep up, according to Drewlo.
“Sadly, we still haven’t formally
(gotten training),” Drewlo said. Fortunately, he brought his experience from
the DPD and passed on his knowledge
to his officers, but he said that formal
training is still needed for the department. He added that engaging with
PAVSA and WRAC has also helped out
the department regarding the reporting and handling of sexual assault.
“I think it’s helped,” Drewlo said. “In
fact, you’ll probably start seeing our
sexual assault report numbers go up,
which is probably a good thing.” Drewlo clarified by saying that they know
sexual assaults happen and that they
are vastly underreported. This means
that if the reported number of sexual
assaults increases, it will show the victims have become more comfortable
reporting the assaults to the UMDPD.
“I guess we’ll never know how many
sexual assaults we prevent,” Drewlo
added. “I’m okay with the numbers
going up, because we already knew
they were happening.”
Drewlo also wanted to embed a PAVSA advocate in the UMDPD, something that didn’t pan out in his time
here, but he said is still a realistic goal
for the department.
Another area Drewlo thought the
UMDPD could improve was strengthening the relationship between the
community and the department.
“I didn’t accomplish everything I
wanted to accomplish when I came
here,” Drewlo said. “But I accomplished some things . . . we increased
transparency, I think. I think we demonstrated to the campus community
that we are partners in this community,
and not over-bearing thugs, looking to
bust people for any little thing.
“I felt that we were able to establish
that guardianship kind of role for the
community, and as a resource that people can come to us for with questions,”
he added.
Drewlo strengthened relationships
between the UMDPD and community
programs like PAVSA, Better Neighbors and the Tri-Campus Community
Coalition, which he said shows that the
UMDPD are stakeholders and partners within the Duluth community.
Drewlo’s last day is April 29, after
which he isn’t sure what he is going to
do. His sons are grown and out of the
house, but he still has a young daughter
at home. He said they like to go camping and will continue to do so. He said
he will continue to teach law enforcement classes at Fond Du Lac Tribal
Community College.
Lt. Sean Huls of the UMDPD will
take over for Drewlo as interim director. Both Drewlo and Huls said the
timetable for hiring a full-time director depends on when a new VCFO is
hired and that it could take up to a year
before a director is hired.
“Scott was a good director,” Huls
said. “He brought a lot of knowledge
with his years at the Duluth Police
Department.” He added that Drewlo’s
work to enhance relationships between
both the DPD and community programs like PAVSA have benefitted the
department.
Huls has been with the UMDPD
for over 15 years and was the interim
director for a year before Drewlo was
hired.
“That’s not new territory for me,”
Huls said. “I’ve been with this department a long time, and I know there
will be new challenges again, but I’m
comfortable because I’ve had the experience.”
“I would say take care of the officers,”
Drewlo said regarding his advice for
Huls. “Do whatever you can to make
sure they have a life-work balance that
allows them to decompress a little bit on
their days off so they’re not as stressed
when they come back to work.”
As for his time as director, Drewlo
said that he was satisfied with progress
he made, but there is still work to be
done in the future.
“It’s been a whirlwind romance,”
Drewlo said. “I got to do all of those
things that I said I was going to do
when I got here . . . I’m just a little disappointed the dance couldn’t have lasted
a little longer, but I’m happy with time
I had. I hope I brought the image and
accessibility of cops on campus a little
closer to the whole campus community,
and whoever picks up the baton from
me, I hope they keep going in the same
direction.”
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want to preserve that,” Redix said.
Redix felt the radio show could be
used as a language immersion tool for
people who speak Ojibwe or are in the
learning process. He also wants the
radio show to help people learn about
the Ojibwe culture.
“I try to ask questions during the
English portion that are questions that
I may know the answer to, but are
more geared toward non-Native listeners in order to help them understand
a little more about Ojibwe culture,”
Redix said.
Redix himself is not a first speaker.
His great grandparents on his mother’s
side were the last generation of first
speakers in his family.
“I’m not a fluent speaker,” Redix
said. “I’m not a first speaker. I’m a
language learner too. It’s almost kind
of helpful when I’m teaching first year
students, to have gone through some of
these things the students go through.”
“I think that’s my goal in life,” Redix
added. “To be a solid, fluent Ojibwe
speaker. Language is a central part
of being an Ojibwe person, but I also
took it for my work. I think it’s kind of
ridiculous that if you study Native people, you don’t have to know a Native
language. Most scholars don’t, even
Ojibwe scholars.”
Redix has recently launched a collaborative project to help children
learn Ojibwe. He is working alongside
art education major Randi Omdahl
to create a children’s book called
“Aazhaweyaa.” Redix transcribed the
story of Aazhaweyaa, a female Ojibwe
warrior during the mid-1800s, entirely
in Ojibwe.
Omdahl is creating the illustrations
for Redix’s book as a part of an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project. Omdahl was a student in Redix’s
first-year Ojibwe class when Redix
mentioned the opportunity to illustrate
for a children’s story he was working
on.
“It was kind of just an idea that he
just threw out there one day in class,”
Omdahl said. “We started talking
about it more seriously over break, and
decided to apply for a UROP.”
“I was working on the text last year,
and (Omdahl) was in my language
class last year and she had mentioned
that she was an art student, so it was
the perfect kind of thing,” Redix said.
“Someone who would have a basic
understanding of what I was trying
to say linguistically and also had this
artistic ability.”
Redix and Omdahl work together to
ensure that illustrations and text accurately portray the story.
“He’s really laid back, and he’s super
open to my ideas,” Omdahl said. “The
artistic end of things and details he
pretty much leaves up to me. He’s pretty trusting with that. It’s really easy to
work with him.”
Redix wrote this book to provide
material for children who are learning
the Ojibwe language.
“People really need sound curriculum and instruction material, and we
don’t really have those about Ojibwe
history,” Redix said. “So I thought it
was a way to combine that.”
The text has been completed and
Omdahl stated she is about “a third of
the way done with the final drawings”.
Once the illustrations are complete,
the duo hopes to submit the book to
the Minnesota Historical Society for
publication.
In addition to his UROP, Redix has
already written a book and is currently
in the process of writing his second. His
first book, “The Murder of Joe White:
Ojibwe Leadership and Colonialism in
Wisconsin,” focuses on the 1894 murder of Ojibwe Chief Joe White.
His second book, “The Deluge of
Bakweyawaa: Ojibwe Community and
American Colonialism in the Twentieth Century,” will focus on the destruction of wild rice beds and Ojibwe burial grounds near Hayward, Wisconsin
due to the creation of the Chippewa
Flowage in 1923.
Redix hopes to have “The Deluge
of Bakweyawaa” submitted to press by
2017. “The Murder of Joe White” can
be purchased online, and Redix plans
to submit “Aazhaweyaa” to press later
this year.
“Ojibwe Stories” airs on the third
Monday of every month at 6 p.m.
Updates and more information are
also available on the “Ojibwe Stories”
Facebook page.
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deal that didn’t go well.
manager of the Whole Foods Co-Op,
“If you’re not involved in the drug has been a resident of the Hillside for
trade, you’re going to be safe,” Ness 35 years and said that she has a strong
said.
commitment to her neighborhood.
UMD senior Morgan Bretzke has
“We try to make it a better world
lived in the Duluth Hillside neighbor- because there’s nowhere else to go,”
hoods for over three years.
Murphy said.
“I do love how I’m within walkMurphy said that vacant buildings
ing distance of at least three parks, are bad for the neighborhood, and it
including Chester,” Bretzke said. “It makes her happy to see other businessmakes getting outside
es moving in. Sharon
easy.” She decided
Kangas, the owner of
to move to Hillside
The Red Door, the
because few rentals I think there’s some
newest consignment
near UMD allowed
assumption that
store in the Hillside,
pets and she needed a
agrees that the more
this
area
is
more
place that would allow
businesses that move
her to keep her dog.
dangerous. . .but for into the Hillside, the
“I think there’s some
the most part that’s a better everything will
assumption that this
look.
lie.
area is more dangerThe Duluth Hillous or run-down or
-Morgan Bretzke,
side is divided into two
something, but for the
different
neighborlives in hillside
most part that’s a lie,”
hoods: Central HillBretzke said.
side and East Hillside.
Bretzke only recalls
According to the Hillone experience that was frightening.
side Neighborhood Revitalization
“A guy who was strung out decided Plan created by the Local Initiatives
to hang out in our back driveway all of Support Corporation, the Hillside
night. Other than that most people is a “working class neighborhood(s)
stay to themselves.”
prized by its residents for its affordCrime in Duluth has significantly able housing, closeness to jobs, and
decreased since The Last Place on convenient transit service.”
Earth closed in 2013.
“Sometimes a neighborhood can
“It really attracted a lot of people feel unfriendly just because it doesn’t
to that area that wouldn’t have been have the trees, it doesn’t have the
there otherwise — most of them green spaces,” said Pam Kramer,
being criminals,” said Holton. “They executive director of LISC in Duluth.
did their business right there, and “There are some efforts to make peothey got high right there, on the street ple feel like this is a neighborhood, not
corners and in the alleys. They were a drive-by location.”
very aggressive panhandlers.”
At LISC, their mission is to “invest
In a 2013 survey conducted by One in building healthy and sustainable
Roof, a community housing organi- neighborhoods,” Kramer said.
zation located in Central Hillside,
The most recent project that LISC
84 percent of residents in the Hillside has been working on in the Hillside
were satisfied with the neighborhood. neighborhoods is the Steve O’Neil
In the same survey, 75 percent of Apartments, located in the Central
Essentia Health employees who work Hillside. These apartments offer a
on the main campus stated they felt place for those who have suffered
that the surrounding Hillside com- with chronic homelessness or persismunity wasn’t safe.
tent offenders that want to get a fresh
Despite how employees at Essentia start.
Health feel about the Hillside, local
“Neighborhoods evolve all the
business owners admire the commu- time,” Ness said. “The Hillside is connity as much as the residents.
tinuing to grow and evolve as well.”
Sharon Murphy, the general
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Ojibwe
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
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OPINION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
Opinion Editor / Satya Putumbaka / [email protected]
A5
COMMENTARY
BOOBJIGS’ MISGUIDED MARKETING
SEXUALIZING DISEASES IS NOT THE ANSWER
ILLUSTRATION BY MARISA SCHOEN
BY APRILL EMIG
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Breast cancer affects nearly 12 percent of American women, making it the most common form of
cancer among American women, regardless of race,
according to the CDC. It is the second most deadly
form of cancer for all but Hispanic women (for whom
it is the most fatal cancer), the first being lung cancer.
Overall, cancer is the second most common cause of
death for women, with 21.8% of American women
dying from cancer in 2011, according to the most
recent report from the CDC.
In other words, it’s very clear that breast cancer is a
serious issue for women. But why do we have to objectify women to raise awareness of it?
The April 15 issue of the Statesman featured an
article called “Students raise money to battle breast
cancer.” It’s about a marketing class whose group
project was to utilize the internet as a charity platform. This particular group chose breast cancer
research funding as their focus and decided to use
BoobJigs as the selling point. The BoobJigs were not
originally meant for any purpose other than a novel
(though effective) fishing tool. The boobs in question are pink (big shock) with white nipples. Quite
frankly, they look more like zits than any boobs I’ve
seen, but to each their own. The ones the marketing
class are selling to raise money are the B-cup version,
but fear not — the originals come in a range of sizes
from A-cup (⅛ oz) all the way to a D (⅜ oz). Points for
diversity, BoobJigs.
Using the BoobJigs as a selling tool to raise money
is a clever move. They are fairly cheap at $2 each
and there is certainly an audience for it. But couldn’t
there be a more fitting way to promote breast cancer research that doesn’t involve some proud, obvious display of boob loving? I certainly love my boobs
— though, to be fair, they’re fairly useless to me as
a non-parent — but if I were to get breast cancer, I
would be far more worried about the state of my body
as a whole than keeping my boobs intact.
And that’s my primary problem with campaigns
like this to promote breast cancer research: the separation between a woman and her breasts. BoobJigs is
hardly the only culprit in this game: middle school
boys proudly wear “I heart boobies” bracelets, images of women holding their breasts appear in the pages
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
COLUMN
A MIXED MOCK RAPE TRIAL
CONFUSED INTENTIONS BUT IMPORTANT MESSAGE
BY SATYA PUTUMBAKA
Opinion Editor
UMD’s been hosting a mock
rape trial for several years now.
This year, there’s a notable
change: the scenario features
the murkier case of rape/sexual
assault between a hypothetical
couple (now, understandably,
hypothetically broken up). The
witnesses’ scripts have been written
by Geneva Wychor, a junior at
UMD majoring in women’s studies
and an intern at WRAC.
There aren’t very many students
who come in — less than last year
and certainly less than expected.
You can tell (on the unlikely
chance you were there) by all the
lonely seats and the untouched
pamphlets. By the time the trial
begins, there are roughly 33 girls
sitting in the audience — and one
boy. In the jury box, there are 11
more people, two of whom are
male.
Before we start, attorneys
Kristen Swanson and Laura
Zimm banter a while as they set
up. When the trial finally begins,
Judge Sally Tarnowski addresses
the jury and instructs them on
how to approach this trial — the
defendant is presumed innocent
until proven otherwise, and
they must be convinced beyond
reasonable doubt if they wish to
convict.
Then, we get into the story.
The complexity of the situation
presented this year is easy to
appreciate. Jason, the person
accused of rape, has been in a long
term, sexually active relationship
with his girlfriend, Julie. One
night, however, is — debatably —
not consensual. Because this case
is at trial, some points of the night
are of contention.
Everyone agrees on this: the
night starts off at a concert
that Julie’s attending with her
roommate Elaine. At the end of
the night, Julie and Jason return
to her apartment, where they have
sex.
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One major point of contention:
Julie says she said no, she didn’t
want to have sex. But Jason says he
didn’t hear her say no.
This hypothetical was created
by a student this year. It’s not
based on any case that’s been
reported to UMD, but it’s meant
to be a relatable case. Additionally,
I’d say it’s meant to provoke more
conversation and thought. It
presents the idea that consent is not
assumed in a relationship, and that
consent given once doesn’t cover
every future scenario. It’s opening
the talk about sexual assault to go
beyond the standard, obvious cases
that students know are wrong and
constitute rape.
I appreciated the case presented
this year for trying to open the
conversation. But the case is meant
to be a relatable and realistic one
— and that’s partially where the
event disappointed. Because even
if the case is realistic, you get the
sense that the court proceeding
wasn’t totally on point.
The lawyers and judge that argue
this case are real. The lawyers have
no script, they prepare for the case
from the information they’re given
as they would any other. But it’s
clear that some element of realism
is missing here.
The judge would occasionally
remark that an objection is
overruled “for the purposes of
this case,” and told me later that
some behavior she allowed here
she might not in a court room.
The defense attorney, for instance,
emphasized that Julie had dressed
provocatively throughout the
trial. The judge, for the sake of
conversation amongst students,
would let that pass a bit more
than she would’ve in an actual
courtroom.
The prosecuting attorney also
explained later that this is a case
that wouldn’t go to trial — or at
least not with the charge of assault
of the first degree, because that
couldn’t be won.
When I spoke with Judge
Tarnowski, she explained that
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of magazines and people post vague Facebook statuses about the colors of their bras. It’s true that sex sells,
but do we really have to make breast cancer sexy in
order to raise “awareness” (whatever that means) and
research funding?
On the one hand, it’s very difficult to raise money
for research funding. We’ve all seen very depressing videos of children in hospitals who are fighting
cancer — surely tugging at our heartstrings is just as
manipulative a method as selling sex. But the former
at least shows the reality of the disease — the latter
glosses over it in a way that reinforces what women
are supposed to be (sexy and fun) regardless of the
war raging in their bodies.
It’s also important to note that the tactics employed
to promote breast cancer research tend to overshadow the work these organizations are actually doing.
For example, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a very
common supporter for breast cancer research. But
they have a score of 81.96 on Charity Navigator —
a non-profit organization that independently rates
charities based on a number of criteria, such as their
spending. An equally popular charity is Relay For
Life, which is part of the American Cancer Society,
and the organization that the BoobJigs members are
thinking of donating to. With a score of 75.96, this
group is ranked even lower than Susan G. Komen
for the Cure. On the bright side, Relay For Life has
yet to use “boobies” as a selling point for fundraising.
she felt the purpose of this
was to educate students on the
boundaries of consensual sex.
Wychor explained to me that she
wanted this event to show how a
real court proceeding would go.
But if the purpose of the event is to
realistically show how a courtroom
proceeding would go, we need
to start with a pretense that the
lawyers and judge can agree is
realistic.
The slight disconnect here isn’t
a major one, but it did muddle the
event a little bit. It wasn’t satisfying
as a realistic depiction, especially
not at the very end, where the
majority of the jury voted to
convict Jason of first degree assault,
a little absurdly. And if the event
was more geared to educating on
consensual sex, then discussion
should’ve been a bigger part of the
event than it was.
These issues limited the event a
little bit — but this isn’t to say that
it wasn’t worthwhile. Even if the
event was a little bit confused about
its own intentions, it certainly
provided a situation for students
to consider — something to talk
about, which I believe is pretty
integral. I only wish it used the
strengths it had to a greater effect.
And to do that, it needs to reach
more students — not the ones
who are already interested in the
issue — and it needs to execute its
purpose a little more exactly.
Throughout the night, the
lawyers broke from the pretense to
make the occasional crack or oneliner (the word “panties” became a
running joke — and a good one).
There was banter abound from the
judge, the witnesses and especially
the lawyers — which might also
be unrealistic, sure, but I’d call
that the good kind. It breathed
some life into what could’ve been
been a stiff and tiresome event
and made it enjoyable — without
diminishing the topic at hand.
It’s a good event to go to and
with some fine-tuning, could be
one of the more interesting and
valuable events the school hosts.
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Opinion Page Editor___________ SATYA PUTUMBAKA
Editor-in-Chief______________________ JOE FRASER
STUDENTS SHOULD
REACH BEYOND
OUR CAMPUS
Five years ago, an Enbridge oil pipeline spilled heavy crude into Michigan’s
Kalamazoo River in an environmental
disaster that — even after one million gallons have been cleaned up — has yet to
be fully resolved. And while University
of Minnesota Duluth students are busy
with finals, friends and extra-curriculars, the threat of pipelines carrying tar
sands — one of the dirtiest fuel sources
on the planet — continues to loom in
our community. Although these dangers
may feel impossible to take on, youth are
organizing to protect our prized environmental resources, and working to ensure
that dangerous tar sands oil stays in the
ground. I’m proud to say that students at
UMD are taking concrete action steps to
ensure a safe and healthy future for the
Midwest and beyond.
On April 24, the Enbridge Tar Sands
Resistance Tour will stop at UMD to give
students the opportunity to reach outside
of our campus bubble and engage with
the serious environmental issues threatening our community. The tour is making
15 stops across the Great Lakes region,
tracing the route of Enbridge pipelines,
to unite citizens, students, and indigenous
communities in a resistance effort to keep
tar sands in the ground and protect our
climate, communities and ecosystems. I
urge my fellow students to use the valuable skills they’re gaining at UMD and
join the movement to stop the expansion
of Enbridge’s dirty pipeline network.
ANNA SPIELMANN is a junior majoring in
sociology and psychology. She’s a co-chair
of UMD’s MPIRG chapter as well as a
board representative on the State Board of
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SOFTBALL
B1
TENNIS
Tennis season,
senior career
come to a close
No.
Senior Alyssa Brunelli ended her
Bulldog career in Bemidji on Sunday. UMD ATHLETICS/SUBMITTED
Rice earns top spot in
UMD record book
BY NICOLE BRODZIK
Sports Editor
The Bulldogs final match of the 2015
season came to a close on Saturday in
Bemidji. UMD ended the season with
a 2-7 loss, but on the heels of multiple
firsts for the Bulldog tennis program.
According to senior captain Alyssa
Brunelli, it was the first time in memory that UMD sent 12 different athletes
onto the court during a match, and
many in different situations than they
were accustomed to.
With a team of players who are often
used to playing in both singles and doubles in a match, Sunday’s breakdown
saw each athlete competing only once,
giving each a chance on the court.
“We moved our number five and six
singles up to one and two, and then the
other girls who normally don’t get a
chance to play in the lineup filled spots
the rest of the way down. So everyone
got a chance to play,” Brunelli said.
The two wins UMD received during
the match came during doubles play as
sophomore Drew DeCorsey and freshman Shelby Benkofske recorded a 9-2
victory playing at No. 2. The freshman
duo of Katie Baasch and Kelsey Zetah
grinded out an 8-6 win at the No. 3
spot.
BY RYAN DEPAUW
Statesman Correspondent
Starting with their eight-game road
trip against the Minnesota Crookston
Golden Eagles, the Bulldogs looked
to bounce back after splitting two of
four games at home. The pitching and
offense had both struggled, and the
Bulldogs needed to nab a couple of
wins to start off the road trip right and
boost their confidence.
In game one, everything seemed to
click. The pitching, hitting and defense
ran on all four cylinders.
And for senior infielder Jordan Rice,
it was a game she won’t soon forget.
Rice had a great day at the plate,
going 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI’s
and two walks with two home runs.
As impressive as those stats are, they
were overshadowed by an even bigger
accomplishment.
Rice, with her pair of home runs
against Crookston, brought her career
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see TENNIS, B2
FOOTBALL SPRING PRACTICE
BASEBALL
UMD baseball steals third
in NSIC standings
Pitcher Wes Mleziva helped the Bulldogs secure third in
the conference. ALEX GANEEV/ STATESMAN
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Statesman Correspondent
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An offensive power surge
has further elevated Bulldog
baseball’s growing confidence, enabling them to win
all six of their games last
week and take over sole possession of the No. 3 spot in
the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
UMD has risen steadily in
the standings since find
see BASEBALL, B2
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
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B2
Baseball
Continued from B1
ing their footing early on — a
rise similar to that of the baseball’s flight path from any of
the nine home runs UMD hit
last week.
But where gravity pulled
those balls back to earth,
UMD has yet to come back
down, riding high on a sevengame winning streak and a
season of unprecedented success.
“They are as confident as
they have been in three or
four years,” Head Coach Bob
Rients said. “Right now is
a payoff for the lessons that
we’ve learned up to this point,
and I truly believe we’re as
confident as we’ve been in a
long, long time.”
The Bulldogs are riding
high. Not just on their talent,
but also on what they have
learned from two previous
below-.500 finishes.
In contrast to years past,
Rients sees that his team is
“understanding what it takes
to win.”
With 10 games remaining,
the Bulldogs already have
five more wins than they had
in 2014, and nine more than
2013.
UMD defeated Minnesota
Crookston and Bemidji State
last week by executing on all
fronts, giving them a 17-7 conference record: two fewer wins
than NSIC leaders No. 2 St.
Cloud State and No. 8 Minnesota State.
The Bulldogs will continue
their run through the lower
portion of the NSIC with
Upper Iowa and the University of Mary, who have a combined conference record 11-35.
UMD’s victories over last
week’s teams, who hold the
No. 13 and No. 14 places in
the standings, don’t come as a
surprise. But each additional
win has added to their confidence level moving forward.
“No matter who you play
in baseball, it’s hard to sweep
a team in a four-game set,”
Rients said. “If you don’t play
well in every facet of the game
it can affect your approach for
UMD’s Success by the Percentages
.421: on-base percentage:
The Bulldogs are good at getting on base,
and a .320 team-batting average indicates that it’s mostly with their bats, though they have
the second best walks per game (4.4) ratio in the NSIC. Although they rank near the bottom
of the conference in total hits—with about one hundred fewer than Minnesota State and St.
Cloud State—they rank 6th in RBI’s and total runs scored, proving that the Bulldogs are finding ways to get their teammates around the bases.
. 260: opponent batting average:
UMD’s pitchers are also good
at keeping the opponents off of the base paths, and their success extends throughout the
pitching staff: 13 different pitchers have at least one win. A 4.68 team earned run average
ranks 4th in the NSIC. The Bulldog hurlers aren’t overpowering—collectively, they have a
relatively low strikeout total—but they are keeping the bases clean by working fast and giving their defense the best chance to make plays.
. 967: fielding percentage:
Overall, the Bulldog defense has been outstanding. With the best team fielding percentage and fewest total errors in the NSIC, UMD’s
defense has succeeded in minimizing mistakes, and has been an obvious contributor to a
23-11 overall record. UMD’s defense has taken advantage of the 11.6 groundballs per game
that Bulldog pitchers force on average, turning 29 double plays and helping UMD allow the
third fewest runs per game in the NSIC (5.76).
. 708: winning percentage:
The previous statistics shed light on how
the Bulldogs have been able to achieve a 17-7 conference record. Given their recent streak
of 12-4 over the past 16 games, and their current seven game winning streak, it is likely the
Bulldogs will increase this percentage with 10 games left to play in the regular season.
the next game, so I think for
us to go out and play pretty
darn good baseball the last six
games, it makes the next one
more exciting.”
This week’s games will continue to test UMD’s focus, and
while Rients’ emphasis is on
their game, the surging Bulldogs are salivating over next
week’s doubleheader against
top ranked opponent and coleader of the NSIC, St. Cloud
State.
“I think that’s a great situation to be in and one we
haven’t always had in the
recent past,” Rients said. “So
this is a new experience for
us with this group of guys
and it’s important as a coaching staff that we remind them
that there’s growth that needs
to continually take place. If
we don’t take care of business
in the six games before that,
then we may have taken a step
back.”
That task will be easier for
the Bulldogs, who have as
much momentum as any team
in the conference — momentum from not only their winning streak, but also from the
comfort of playing in Duluth.
Their rise to the top of the
NSIC began 16 games ago,
coinciding with their first
home games since 2012. Since
then they have gone 12-4, and
have, for the most part, executed consistently on all fronts.
But games like the one Alex
Wojciechowski had against
Bemidji State Saturday —
seven hits, two home runs
and nine RBIs — warrant a
description beyond just execution. Wojciechowski paces the
Bulldogs in batting average
(.438) and slugging percentage (.702), and is an example
of how UMD’s team development over the past two seasons
has paid off.
“The season he’s having
this year is really indicative
Softball
Tennis
Continued from B1
Brunelli said getting
the younger girls on the
team into different spots
meant they’d become
more
well-rounded
tennis players in the long
run, something that can
only benefit this team
down the road.
“I
think
they’re
going to do really well
next year with all the
freshmen having a year
of experience and a lot of
them playing,” Brunelli
said.
“I think especially
over the next couple
years as that group of six
gets older and older, by
the time they’re seniors
they’ll have so many
years of experience
together and I think
they’re going to have a
great team in the future.”
Brunelli
and
her
doubles partner Kara
Saemann graduate in the
fall, leaving the Bulldogs
with an even younger
team for the coming year.
Brunelli will leave
UMD with a degree in
physical education and
says her time as a leader
for the Bulldogs tennis
program has helped
her prepare for the next
steps.
“Just being active and
athletic this whole time as
I’d be doing the physical
education program, it’s
always helpful,” she said.
Continued from B1
Bulldog senior Kara Saemann played her final doubles match alongside
partner Alyssa Brunelli on Sunday. The pair lost their final match in Bemidji.
UMD ATHLETICS/ SUBMITTED
“I think being on a team
and having that team
atmosphere all the time
is only going to help you
going forward in a real
world job. Especially
working at a school,
working with a lot of
other teachers, it’s kind
of a team effort in a lot of
cases.”
And while the senior
sat out a full year, she
said it wasn’t a waste, but
a lesson in appreciation.
She looks back at the
struggles
she
faced
during
her
season-
ending knee injury and
season off as a motivator
for future success.
“I think it definitely
taught me to not take
playing for granted,”
Brunelli said. “Some
days it’s hard and you
really don’t feel like going
to practice, and there’s
still days like that, but it
taught me to appreciate
being able to play.
There’s so many people
out there who aren’t able
to do that. It really made
me appreciate being able
to play more.”
of the season that the team is
having,” Rients said. “He’s
learned a lot about himself
over the last two years.
“Alex will be one of the first
to tell you our team success is
the most important thing for
him, and I think he’s realizing that he doesn’t need to do
it all himself. It doesn’t hinge
on one pitch, it doesn’t hinge
on one at-bat, and it doesn’t
hinge on one game, so I think
those are the lessons that we’re
learning as a team, right along
with Alex.”
With Kyle Comer riding a
13-game hitting streak and
Jimmy Heck joining the duo
as the only three starters hitting over .400, his fellow
juniors have also been integral
in UMD’s offense this season.
This trio of infielders account
for 43 percent of UMD’s hits.
The Bulldog baseball team
had another new experience
during last Saturday’s games:
senior day. Wes Mleziva,
John Meyer, Michael Stocke
and Beau Goff were honored
before Saturday’s final game.
Rients sees them as a group
of leaders who are essential to
the success of his team, though
it may not always be through
on-field efforts.
“You can see some consistency out of our team, and I
think a decent amount has
to be attributed to the older
guys,” Rients said.
“When you look at the senior
class, those guys have experienced a lot. They’ve maybe
experienced a lot of failure;
we all have to agree that we’re
having the most amount of
success that we’re having in a
while now, so those guys can
speak volumes to the younger
fellows as to what the consequences are if we’re not all on
the same page.”
As their success can be
attributed to widespread
efforts, from underclassmen
and upperclassmen to starters
and bench players alike, it is
clear that unity is at the heart
of their UMD success.
Although
Brunelli
spent five years as a part
of UMD tennis, she said
the time went by faster
than she could have
imagined and she hopes
the young team she leaves
behind understands how
important the time they
have as Bulldogs really is.
“All the time we’re
saying, ‘My gosh, that
was so fast.’ I mean
freshman
year
you
hear that and you’re
like, ‘Yeah, whatever,
probably not,’” Brunelli
said. “I look at it now
though and it’s like, ‘Oh
my gosh, that flew by.’”
total up to 42, passing Kierra Jeffers as the alltime home run leader for UMD.
“The team had good energy and responded
every inning,” Head Coach Jen Banford said,
“We consistently had runners on base and the
score reflects that.” UMD won by a score of
10-3 and had a collective 13 hits.
In game two, the Bulldogs fell behind 0-3
in the first, but came back and made it their
game from then on out. Pitcher Sam Hartmann went on to throw another complete
game. Hartmann struck out eight over seven
innings. The Bulldogs took both games from
the Golden Eagles, winning the second game
9-4 with 14 hits.
With two wins in a row, the Bulldogs
headed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to play
Augustana. In game one, the Bulldogs got on
the board first by a fielders error to go up 1-0.
In the second, they added one more and that
was enough to hold off Augustana. With Cayli
Sadler on the mound throwing a complete
game, UMD went on to win against an exceptional Augustana team 2-1.
The Bulldogs didn’t fare so well in game
two. Even though they only had one strikeout,
the Bulldogs were only able to collect two hits.
Augastana looked like the team that they are
and dominated in the field and at the plate,
going on to beat the Bulldogs 0-9.
In the third series, UMD headed down to
play the Wayne State Wildcats. Winning three
of their last four games, the Bulldogs came to
play. The Wildcats had other plans, showing
off their power in both games. Only able to
scratch together five runs in both games, the
Bulldogs lost the first game by a score of 4-8,
and the second by a score of 1-8.
With six games left before the Northern Sun
Intercollegiate Tournament, it’s time for the
Bulldogs to keep themselves together and play
like the team they are. They’ll finish up their
road trip against Northern State before coming back home for the final four games against
the University of Mary and Minot State.
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MAKE ART NOT WAR
Arts
ntertainment
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
B3
Arts & Entertainment Editor / April Emig / [email protected]
MPIRG hosts
event to
encourage
using art as
activism
Student adds paint to a comunal work of art at the event.
BY APRILL EMIG
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Nineteen artists and performers were featured at
the Art for Social Change event hosted by MPIRG
on Monday.
The performances ranged from dance to spoken
word, but all had one element in common: activism.
As professor Daniel Martin said in his opening
lecture at the event, it’s possible to “use art as a service for social change.”
Junior and MPIRG co-chair Anna Spielmann felt
similarly. “The medium gets across to a lot of people. Even if you’re not realizing it’s for social change,
once you look more into it you can interpret it that
1
way.”
Spielmann performed a spoken word piece for the
first time at the event. Her poetry spoke of the power
and importance of “no,” and the real meaning of
consent.
Another performer was local musician Rachael
Kilgour, who says she uses her music to promote
social justice, even if it’s only at a personal level.
“I mostly write about poverty,” Kilgour said.
“Music is a sneaky way to get through to people who
may normally be turned off by what I’m saying.”
MPIRG has been planning the event for most of
spring semester. It’s the first of its kind put on by
MPRIG, which typically focuses on political issues,
but MPIRG decided they wanted to reach more
people.
“There are so many ways to reach a broader
group, and music and the arts are a way to connect
with people,” said Mariana Glitsos, MPIRG’s campus organizer at UMD. “It speaks to a different level
of humanness.”
Glitsos hopes the event will continue in the future
with more artists and performers featured.
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1) Junior and MPIRG co-chair
Anna Spielmann reads a poem
about consent. It was her first time
performing her own work for an
audience.
2) Local musician Rachael Kilgour
performs “Hypocrisy.” Kilgour
said she uses music as a personal
expression of social justice issues.
3) MPIRG campus organizer peels
tape hidden beneath paint to
reveal the word “Unity.” The painting was created by people who
attended the event. People who
came in were allowed to spray any
color and design onto the canvas.
4) Student Delphin Niyonkuru does
a live painting performance set to
videos playing in the background.
The videos showcased issues of
bullying, racism, depression and
other forms of oppression.
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PHOTOS BY ALEX GANEEV
Staff Photographer
WORKS OF ART THIS WEEK
Arts & Entertainment Editor / April Emig / [email protected]
Student artists featured in Tweed until April 30
BY TAYLOR JENSEN
Arts & Entertainment Reporter
The annual student art exhibit is currently in the
Tweed Museum. Student awards will be announced
on Saturday during the opening reception.
All April long, student art has been showcased in
the middle room of the Tweed Museum of Art. After
months of dedication, students entered their art for a
chance to be showcased.
Elise Diesslin is one of those students. Diesslin, a
senior double majoring in graphic design and political science, had three pieces accepted into this year’s
show.
Her first piece is a piece she created during the
tough last weeks of second semester. We’ve all been
there where you don’t necessarily have the ambition to do your homework, but you push through it
because you need to do it. This was the exact reason
behind Diesslin’s first piece.
Diesslin’s second piece was an assignment for one
of her graphic design classes. Students were assigned
to invent their own company and then make something that represented their store.
Diesslin liked the idea of making an antique store
her business, so she began contemplating. What she
decided on was making an old coin purse into a tiny
book of antiques. She has put old magazine ads and
other antique trinkets into the pages.
After making six different versions, Diesslin
reached her final project.
“It’s all handmade. All stitching and stuff was done
completely by hand,” Diesslin said.
She also talked about how interactive it is as a piece
of art. For example, one of the pages is made of sandpaper with the word “sensory” on it to illustrate what
sensory can mean.
Her third piece is a collaboration with student Jill
Petracek. Together, they put the school slogan on a
piece of wood they found during the Ven Den construction. With the help of other students, Petracek
and Diesslin chewed enough gum to form a piece of
art that showcases “those who can.”
Since the art exhibit contains only art made by students, it gives students a unique chance to get their
work critiqued by outside professionals.
“We are trying to prepare our students for real
world experiences from the start of their education to
when they finish,” Fatih Benzer, an assistant professor in the art program, said.
This year was the first year that students submitted
their entries online. Students’ work was then exhibited by guest drawers who chose what art pieces would
be exhibited.
According to Benzer, jurors came in to look at the
selected works on April 21 to decide what pieces will
be awarded.
Student artist Susanna Gaunt, a junior general studio major, also was selected to have a piece of work
showcased.
Her piece, Danaus Plexippus — which is Latin for
monarch butterfly — is the third piece of art she has
had featured in the student exhibits.
The meaning behind her piece is simple:
“I was interested in looking at the relationship
between man and nature,” Gaunt said.
Saturday will be a day dedicated to both participants and the art program at UMD.
From 1-4 p.m., the public can come in for an art
and design open studio.
“This is a really important opportunity to see what
our students can make, create and design,” Benzer
said.
Then, from 4-6 p.m., the reception will be held.
Winners will be announced at this time.
The student exhibit will close on April 30, so check
it out while you still can.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
B4
in arts and entertainment
Wednesday, April 22
Earth Day Clean-up at Bayfront
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Bayfront
Festival Park
Cost: Free
Join community members from across the city to
help make a difference! Grab a relative, friend
or co-worker and register today! Come for as long
as you can — all are welcome.
Gloves, clean-up supplies and refreshments
provided.
Thursday, April 23
Elise Diesslin’s work was selected to appear in the
student exhibit. This piece, entitled “Fuck Homework” is about the frustration of a semester’s final
weeks. SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN
Vocal Jazz Cabaret
7:30 p.m. | Weber Music Hall
Cost: Adult $15 | Senior $10 | Student $7 |
UMD Faculty/Staff $5 | UMD Student $5
Annual event featuring Lake Effect and Chill
Factor.
Open Studio
Saturday, April 25 Friday, April 24
Whose History? Adding Diverse GLBT
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Voices to the Archive
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Kathryn A.
Various campus
Martin Library Rotunda
Cost: Free
locations
Lisa Vecoli, curator of the Tretter Collection in
GLBT Studies at University of Minnesota
Opening
Libraries, will show a PowerPoint presentation
illustrating facts about the Tretter archive — why
we have one, what’s in it and how to use it.
Reception
Showing what is currently in the collection will
Saturday, April 25 give
people a good idea about what kinds of material
Tweed Museum of Art to contribute.
Hubble Presentation
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Planetarium
Cost: Free
It's the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space
Telescope launch. NASA has shared a fantastic
presentation to celebrate. Marc Seigar, physics
professor, will lead the presentation in the
Planetarium. Viewers will be treated to
spectacular images projected onto the big screen
as well
as learning about the history of the Hubble and
the cosmic discoveries we have made thanks to
this amazing piece of technology.
Saturday, April 25
Diesslin’s favorite piece featured in the Tweed is
this book that was inspired by antique stores. The
pages feature old magazine ads and other antique
trinkets. All of this is folded into an old coin purse.
SARAH STAUNER/STATESMAN
All that vocal jazz
Lake Effect and Chill Factor
to perform circus-themed
cabaret for UMD
BY TAYLOR JENSEN
Arts & Entertainment Reporter
QASU Proud Prom
8:00 p.m. | Kirby Rafters
Cost: $5
Bring your date to UMD’s Proud Prom — the
prom for all genders and sexual orientations.
Tickets are $5 at the door.
Sunday, April 26
Choir Concert
3:00 p.m. | Weber Music Hall
Cost: Adult $10 | Senior $5 | Student $5 |
UMD Faculty/Staff $5 | UMD Student $3
Monday, April 27
Visiting Artist in Music Education: Jay
Broeker
A student vocal jazz cabaret will be hitting the stage
at Weber Music Hall starting Thursday night at 7:30. 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Garden Room
Hit songs such as “Mirrors” by Justin Timberlake, Cost: Free
This year’s cabaret will feature music by Sia and
other top artists. ANNA TORGERSON/SUBMITTED
Cirque du Cabaret
ft. Lake Effect and Chill
Factor
April 23, 24, 25
7:30 p.m.
Weber Music Hall
Student Tickets: $5
“Roar” by Katy Perry and “Chandelier” by Sia will
be just a few of the recognizable songs in the 15-song
set.
The first hour of the night is a vocal jazz concert.
The second hour will be when the cabaret starts.
The cabaret will feature around 30 students singing
and dancing, along with a small storyline.
“Everything is choreographed and there’s a little
story with it,” Kate Dayton, a producer of the show,
said.
The cabaret has been planned since fall semester
and practice began with the start of spring semester. In
addition to vocal jazz classes, the cast meets for three
hours on Tuesday nights and Saturday afternoons.
According to Dayton, not all of the cast are music
majors. Instead, it’s a good mix of majors.
“We sort of all just come together because it’s a great
program,” Dayton said.
Dayton said the main thing she wants people to
know is that the event will be a good time.
“It’s fun for everyone,” Dayton said.
The show will run Thursday through Saturday
night with performances starting at 7:30. The cost for
students is $5.
UMD Faculty and Student Wind Octet
7:30 p.m. | Weber Music Hall
Cost: Adult $10 | Senior $5 | Student $5 |
UMD Faculty/Staff $5 | UMD Student $3
Tuesday, April 28
Global Cafe Duluth
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Griggs Center
Cost: Free
Need some time to de-stress before the end of the
semester? Do you want relaxation tips from
cultures around the world? At Global Café
Duluth, you can pick up some ideas to get you
through to the end of the semester including yoga,
meditation, games and more. There will also
be refreshments and a chance to socialize with
colleagues and friends.
FIESTA ! Connor Nelson
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Arts & Entertainment Editor / April Emig / [email protected]
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT
B5
LCSA event going strong for 26 years
“La vida es un carnival” was the theme phrase for LatinoChicano-Student-Association’s 26th annual Fiesta that took
place Saturday, April 18. The Fiesta was an event to celebrate
Latino and Chicano culture. The event consisted of a silent auction, great food and many dances.
“In my opinion, the annual Fiesta is an opportunity where
our Latino minority group on campus has the spotlight to show
off our colorful culture and demonstrate what we are capable
of,” Jonathan Isla, LCSA executive board member, said.
There were song performances, speed painting, traditional
Aztec dancing and professional dancers
“The entertainment portion of the night was awesome,”
junior Abbie Whitney said. “It kept the night moving and the
music was great.”
LCSA coordinators hired professional dancers from the Minneapolis group Dance With Us America. One of the dancers,
Gene Bersten, was on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance”
two years ago.
“They were here two years ago, as well,” Chris Davila, LCSA
staff coordinator, said. “They were really amazing.”
That wasn’t the only dancing though. UMD’s Delphin
Niyonkuru and Cadence Brunzlick did a speed painting and
dance unit. Niyonkuru alternated between painting and dancing with Brunzlick.
The Fiesta also welcomed, for the 17th year in a row, the Minneapolis-based indigenous group Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue to
perform a couple representations of traditional Aztec dancing.
“I really appreciated the traditional dancing,” junior Samantha Ortiz said. “Part of my family has Mexican roots. I’ve
always wanted to see a performance.”
UMD catering cooked and served some authentic dishes, such
as Chicano chicken mole and Columbian papas chorreadas.
“It was an important opportunity to teach others pivotal
aspects of our proud culture, such as dances, music, delicious
cuisine, native background and traditions,” Isla said.
In a one-word-summary, the night can only be described as
a success.
“Planning and participating in Fiesta is one of the most
rewarding cultural experiences I have ever had the privilege to
help coordinate,” Isla said. “It is incredibly satisfying to see the
joyful passion for our Latino background we can create for all
to see.”
Davila said he is very proud of the students.
“The students really organized and did everything. I played
an advisory role, but it’s really all on them,” Davila said. “The
Fiesta really is a cultural celebration and a chance for students
to show their organization and leadership skills. They really
pulled through.”
At the end of the night, LCSA members thanked audience
members for attending and program coordinators for making
the event possible. They reminded others that LCSA is open to
any and all students, Hispanic/Latino or not.
COMPILED BY APRILL EMIG
BY AISLING DOHENY | Staff Reporter
Digital arts senior Connor Nelson advises art students to “do what you love.” ALYSSA
JUSTICE/SUBMITTED
What is your major?
I’m a Digital Arts Major with
an emphasis in Photography
What is your favorite
medium to work with and
why?
I really liked to work
with both videography and
photography — specifically
film photography.
How did you choose
the pieces you will be
displaying?
Whenever I choose pieces
to display, I have 629 ideas
running through my head
CONNOR
NELSON
Digital arts,
photography
April 21-26
Tweed Museum of
Art
of how to display it. I try to
narrow it down to the one that
I feel gets my point across.
What would you like
people to know about
NEWS
your show?
My show is a look into the
world of skateboarding and
snowboarding and the lifestyle
that goes along with it. It goes
beyond being “extreme” or
“cool,” and shows how myself
and other like-minded people
view the world.
What is one piece of
advice you have for
incoming art students?
Disregard females, acquire
currency. Do what you love
and don’t take yourself too
seriously.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
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