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The occupations listed below are just some examples of the types of work you will find in a consulting engineering firm.

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04 C I CHANGE BEFORE YOUR EYES: A look at movement around Anchorage through a camera's lens.

10 C A EVER CHANGING: Chancellor Lee Gorsuch reflects on changes at Alaska's largest campus.

13 WE''i \,) PLANNING FOR SUDDEN CHANGE: Behind the scenes at Anchorage's Emergency Operations Center.

14 TECHNOLO" ' I .

SOME THINGS NEVER STOP CHANGING: A look at how expanded use of technology on campus changes the way we learn.

16 0 ", CHANGE IS OVERDUE: Cramped quarters at UAA's sports facility are limiting program growth.

18 LJ ~ f E: THINGS HAVE CHANGED: Fraternities and sororities are here, they're growing and they don't like stereotypes.

20 DISC WIZA iJ· THE RULES HAVE CHANGED: Lovers of disc golf are mapping out a course at UAA.

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22 WE E O. iT CHANGING PERSPECTIVE: Awalking tour of artwork you may have overlooked.

261 MC . ui .' IT'S ABOOT CHANGE: Same latitude, new attitude for a not-so-international student.

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28 UNWANTED CHANGE: Jason Chun is graduating. He's never played a game, but the men's basketball team will miss him.

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_ OG~ OUT NEVER ENOUGH CHANGE: When does the multi-task man Paul Stoklos sleep?

_ HOTS NO NEED FOR CHANGE: A veteran of many hockey seasons, scorekeeper George Benson has no plans to change careers.

" ... ' S NO CHICKS CHANGE ON THE HORIZON: UAA's women's hockey team strives to become a part of the intercollegiate circuit.

38 rv R KARAOKE SOME THINGS OUGHTA CHANGE: No one needs an excuse to let loose.

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We spend a lot of time trying to dispel the notion that Alaska is 10 years behind the times. We spend the rest of our time looking 10 years into the future.

Just think how hip UAA's going to be with a new library, developed campus life and enough space and class offerings to keep everyone off the six-year plan.

But will we ever be satisfied? Probably not. And we really shouldn't be. Chancellor Lee Gorsuch knows this. He told True North's Andrea

Kramer that construction at UAA will never be finished, and he's not just talking about the library. UAA is expanding physically and technologically. We've even gone greek-and as True North's Jennifer Jones tells us, that can be a good thing.

We welcome these changes. But it's hard to grow without solid support from the community. UAA aims to be a first-choice institution, but for some, it isn't a choice at all.

Those of us who choose to be here aren't just making do with what we've got. In true north fashion, we're forging ahead.

As True North 2002 shows, change is sweeping UAA and not all of it starts at the top. A student-proposed initiative calls for increased fees to finance a new sports facility. True North's Joe Duray tells us why the ~=========~b.. proposal went to a vote. Good for us.

We're excited about change at UAA and with this issue, you'll get a front-row seat. So just for a moment, stop looking back. Don't consider how much we still need to change. Look where change has gotten us so far.

LESLIE BOYD Editor, True North 2002

T HIS YEA R • S NUMB E RS

Number of pictures taken for the issue (not counting David's): 154 Number of pictures taken by David: 1,260

Number of pictures appearing in the magazine: 90 Number of words you'lI read 14,309

Number of hours listening to karaoke 13.5 Holly couIdn'I lake much more. (See page 38)

Number of pieces of art on campus: who knows there is fI(J inventory. (See page 23)

Number of greek groups on campus: who cares but there is an inventory. (See page 18)

Number of questions Gorsuch answered: 19 Number of answers we published 11

(See page 10)

Number of people forced to wear Canadian paraphernalia at some point: 15

(See page 28)

Number of advertising packets dropped off' 74 Number of ads actually sold: 12

Number of attempts to sell the inside back cover' too many to count

Number of trips to Taco Bell: 5 Number of bacon club chalupas consumed: 6

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626,932: Population of Alaska.

260,283: Population of Anchorage.

1.1:1: Ratio of men to women in Alaska. You're in luck guys; it's not the 30:1 odds we normally hear about.

43: Percent of fatal car accidents in Anchorage in 2000 involving alcohol and drugs.

1,759: Number of DWl arrests in Anchorage in 2000.

31: Percent of homes in rural Alaska without running water and flush toilets.

84: Average percent of Alaska high schoolers who graduated during the 1990s.

92: Average percent of United States high schoolers who graduated during the 1990s.

$404: Amount of the Permanent Fund Dividend in 1985.

$1,850.28: Amount of the PFD in 2001.

6: Percent of per capita income the PFD represents for people living in Anchorage.

15: Percent of per capita income the PFD represents for people living in Wade Hampton census district in western Alaska.

30: Percent the teen birth rate in Alaska dropped during the 1990s. Sources: Unlversity of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research publications: Trends in Alaska's People and Economy. Kids Count 2000: U.S. Census Bureau. 2000 Census of Population and Housing; Anchorage Police Department 2000 annual statistical report.

We've heard these names more than once and rumor has it these professors are some of UAA's best. Get to know them, TEACHERS WHO TOP OUR LIST maybe even take their classes.

David Hayes [TN 2002 Photography Director}, 22, is a senior from South Dakota. He graduates in May 2003 with a degree in business administration and no immediate plans to use it. His desire to be aphotographer/starving artist outweighs his need to become a "thriving cubicle monkey" He plans to be an international photojournalist and work for Magnum.

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jumping. A recent remodel fits the needs of the homework­laden bookworm or the music fanatic searching for a good folk tune. Try their famous Kaladi latte. Comfy chairs and a relaxed atmosphere.

Instead of spending $9 at the local megaplex why not spend $2 on a ticket at the Bear Tooth Theatre Pub? Movies range from recent releases to the classics. And you can drink beer. Then there's the grill. Opened in August 2001, the grill offers a relaxed atmosphere for dining and low lighting at the bar for those looking for a quick drink before the movie. Best sellers include steamer mussels, chocolate mousse and any of one of Bear Tooth's 26 margaritas. Try these staples or burgers and new-style Mexican

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UAA IS EVER CHANGING

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t Q. MORE STUDENTS ARE GETIING A COLLEGE EDUCATION TODAY THAN EVEN 25 YEARS AGO. HOW HAS THAT CHANGED HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL AND UAA IN PARTICULAR? A. Many more people are coming from different walks of life. The older population is the fastest growing population in Alaska. Changing careers is something new and something that we need to prepare students for.

Students just starting out may have seven different careers ahead. How do you build a strong foundation without having to start all over again? I think that is one of the biggest challenges that students and we face. Prepare yourself for an ever-changing world.

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ALASKA? A. The university growth is the demand of the population to have these educational opportunities. The population wants to be smarter, more skilled and valuable in the workplace. For us to respond, that means we have to develop new incentives and programs. Now that we have had some renewed funding over the past two years, we have spent more time thinking about the future. Not just preparing for demands that need to be immediately met but preparing for future opportunity.

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Q. HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHAT'S AHEAD? A. As the (Alaska) population grew, the university grew also. In Anchorage we started out as a community college in the 1950s, once we became a state. Quickly after that the population wanted to have a program. And just 14 years ago we combined the community college and the university.

Q. YOUR TENURE SO FAR IS MARKED BY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH: NEW DORMS, NEW LIBRARY, NEW PARKING GARAGE. WHAT OTHER TYPES OF EXPANSIONS ARE ON THE HORIZON AND WHY IS GROWTH NEEDED IN THESE AREAS? A. The goal that we are working very hard on this year is to get new integrated science facilities for both lab and research space. Space is becoming a real problem for biology, chemistry and physics classes. We are working hard on some immediate solutions such as renovating the Beatrice McDonald BUilding to accommodate more space. An intermediate solution is to look at building an annex. And a five-year solution is to build a new science building that will allow for our growth and expansion. We are also trying to create a face for our community and technical college, so they have a more visible identity that is more accessible to the community.

Q. WHAT KIND OF PRESSURES DO YOU HAVE AS CHANCELLOR AT A TIME WHEN MORE STUDENTS THAN EVER ARE SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION NATIONWIDE? A. More and more students nationwide are going to college. The adults who have already been through school or didn't go to begin with are returning to school to obtain a higher education. Learning is lifelong. One of our country's greatest strengths is that we don't just create educational opportunity for the elite....

At UAA we continue to get money to provide for more and more students who come in the door. That's a challenge. We are trying to be certain that we offer the right courses at the right time and recognize that we are preparing the student for the long term, not just when they graduate. Deciding what schools and programs to offer vs. the others is very difficult.

Q. CONSIDER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, SUCH AS GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND AVIATION TECHNOLOGY. HOW DO THEY FIT UAA'S MISSION? A. Our core mission is to inspire learning and enrich Alaska, the nation and world through our teaching, research and service. One way to enrich the state as well as the nation is to provide it with the skill and educated workers needed to prosper. There are many opportunities coming out of aviation. Increased airport security suggests that the role of air traffic controller is going to increase. We educate 25 percent of the country's air traffic controllers here. We can make a very valuable contribution to Alaska and to the nation through our interest in electronic commerce. Our mission is to enrich the state and to respond to needs, as well as creating opportunity.

Q. WITH ALL OF THE EXPANSION PLANS WILL STUDENT FEE'S INCREASE OR IS THERE OTHER FUNDING? A. My suspicions are that there will be a substantial increase in fees. The economists refer to this as opportunity costs. No one likes to see the price rise, but considering the alternatives it's better to have a program here that costs more but still costs less than it does to attend (university in) Oregon or Washington. Students should expect tuition and fees to increase in the nex1 couple years.

~~ 11 Q. WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR UAA BE FINISHED? A. I never expect the expansion to finish. We are in continuous growth and improvement. It's always a balancing act.

Q. BIG ORGANIZATIONS LIKE UAA ARE ALWAYS RE-EXAMINING LONG-RANGE PLANS AND SETIING GOALS HOW MUCH DO FIVE­YEAR PLANS GOVERN WHAT YOU AND OTHER UAA EXECUTIVES DO DAY TO DAY? A. Planning and strategizing is our primary occupation. Goals are almost always changing based on what changes in the environment. But what doesn't change is our commitment to core values, our commitment to academic excellence, our commitment to service, operating with integrity and honesty. Those are the values of UAA. We are always learning how to do things better. We have adopted an exercise called PAAR (Plan Act Assess and Revise). We are always thinking about what we are doing and how to change plans to be more successful in our actions. We are always looking back to see what we did last year and at the same time looking forward to see what is changing and what we should do differently.

Q. WITH THE STATE'S ECONOMY AND POLITICS ALWAYS CHANGING, HOW USEFUL ARE LONG-RANGE PLANS? A. The plan is not any good if it's rigid. The idea is that every year we should be assessing and changing based on what has happened and what we see as opportunities emerging. In our view a five-year plan isn't good unless it's updated annually. A five-year plan is a compass, more than a rigid, specific set of actions. Here's where we're going, this is what we did. It has to be updated every year.

Q. DO YOU STILL THINK THAT UAA IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR YOU? A. UAA is absolutely the place for me. I know that Alaska has a bright future and I know UAA has an enormously bright future. We have some real strength. When I came to UAA it was a diamond in the rough, and it was my job to polish that diamond so that people could appreciate what we do and represent. We still have more polishing to do, but I think that we are well on our way.

Andrea Kramer [TN 2002 Marketing Director], 21, is a senior from Fairbanks. She graduates in December 2002 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and public communications.

PLANNING FOR SUDDEN CHANGE

MCHANISMANCHORAGE'S INVIS PASSERS-BY MOVING TO THE DAILY GRIND DRIVE BY THIS PLAIN BUILDIN WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. NOTHING DISTINGUISHES THE CAF TURNING INTO THE PARKING LOT AT 1309 E STREET FROM OTHER VEHICLES CONTINUING ON.

But beneath the building's skin and bones, the Emergency Operations Center's internal atmosphere can change from placid to full­throttle action with a single phone call.

"We work 8-to-5 or as required," said Vince McCoy, damage assessment coordinator. Considered the resident earthquake specialist, McCoy was working with the EOC's predecessor, Anchorage Civil Defense, the day of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, among the strongest quakes on record.

The EOC is a watchdog standing by for its call to action. Until an emergency happens, the center is minimally staffed or engaged in training. Not everything that can happen may be predicted, but the center has adopted a basic protocol that is in constant evolution.

When violence erupts, people expect to see police. You expect to see firefighters and ambulances at a fire.

Lesser known, like a hidden master mechanism, the EOC is the integral part that

dispatches, controls and coordinates the response of familiar on-scene crews.

Emergency Director Tracy Matthews says his office has authority to head the Anchorage fire and police departments if need be. The center also provides extra telephones and call takers when 911 lines are flooded. Police phones may even be re­routed so that calls go directly to dispatchers working in the EOC's basement.

Matthews works with the city public information officer to keep municipal offices, such as planning, logistics, finance, and the fire chief and municipal manager up to date.

Such was the leadership at work when a fire consumed half of a Mountain View apartment complex last spring, leaving approximately 150 people homeless.

While the fire department's primary goal was to douse the fire and rescue those in danger, the EOC dealt with resulting complications, such as finding shelter, communicating with the public and government, and organizing relief efforts. Displaced tenants were temporarily housed in the Mountain View Boys and Girls Club. Within three days, all had either returned to the apartments or found new homes.

EOC workers say successfully evacuating people from danger depends on communications and careful resource management. Urgency and short notice can

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WORKERS ARE TRAINED TO ASSUME ABAD SITUATION COULD GET WORSE-FAST.

THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS A WATCHDOG VIGILANTLY STANDING BY.

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Leslie Boyd [TN 2002 Editor], 23, graduated in May with a double major in English rhetoric and journalism and public communications. After moving out of Building K, she plans to make full use of the English degree and its world of career opportunities. Or maybe she'll just be a reporter.

, for each student. He otten places afilm clip from an in-class movie on the CO so students ca always review. .

"It's nothing mysterious," Stephens said. "It's simply a lot cheaper to hand out (discs) instead '. of hanCling Qut Xeroxed copies. Instead of winting them off and wasting a lot of university

money on' paper,1 Hand out eDs that CGst 15 c~nts

The reac~on:' No books to carry br ,papers to lose and minimal whining frQm students. Stephens says he thought .there'd be lots of grumbling !jecause using the CDs was ac ange. He says he also worried about students with limited-or no-access to compu ers. But only two students out of 50 in his classes I,acked a personal computer. On-campus computer labs maae it fairly easy for .any student to use his GOs, Stephens says.

"Only ,one whined," he said, "and only a little bit."

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REMEMBER WHEN OVERHEAD PROJECTORS WERE THE BEST WAY TO DISPLAY NOTES? WHEN A PHONE CALL WAS THE SPEEDIEST WAY TO REACH A PROFESSOR? NOW PRESENTATION SOFTWARE LIKE POWERPOINT IS AN

EVERYDAY ELEMENT OF CLASSROOMS AND PLENTY OF PROFESSORS PREFER AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO A PHONE CALL. IN FACT, MORE AND MORE PROFESSORS AT UAA ARE THROWING AWAY ALL KINDS OF OUTDATED TEACHING TOOLS-IN SOME CASES THE WHOLE CLASSROOM-IN FAVOR OF TECHNO·ENHANCED APPROACHES TO EDUCATION.

n,.s B~ad;bm:lrd dmmfl'1 mmd LnaH'l imd afl eraser Blackboard is an online course management system that allows instructors to teach classes

over the Web. Students log into Blackboard using their student identification numbers. Everyone has a home page with links to classes, a calendar, a task list and more. Students can run their academic world from the keyboard.

Every UAA course has its own Blackboard space. The home page for each class has links to sections organized by topic such as course documents or course assignments.

Teachers may post readings, a syllabus, and links to helpful Web sites in different sections of Blackboard. A tools link takes students to an area where they can turn in homework in the digital drop box, and the communication link allows students to access a class e-mail roster, Still another section offers an online discussion board for out-of-class conversation. Professors may also post announcements, eliminating the need to send mass e-mails to reach every student.

Statistics compiled by UAA's Academic Technology Services show that in the fall 2000, about 1,400 courses used Blackboard in some way.

How a class uses Blackboard is entirely up to the professor. And Blackboard use currently ranges from simply posting a syllabus online to supplementing in-class time with ongoing discussion boards.

Users say Blackboard creates a virtual classroom that has transformed distance education. "It is my classroom space," said Teresa Derrikson, faculty coordinator for Academic

Technology Services who also teaches distance education courses for the English department. Students taking distance education courses communicate entirely through Blackboard, reading postings, participating in discussion boards and dropping assignments to a professor whom they may never see. (Blackboard includes a place to post pictures of students and professors to take away some of the anonymity.)

Other uses for Blackboard are emerging. Derrikson says virtual communities not affiliated with a class are starting to pop up on campus.

"Faculty subcommittees, lab coordinators and other groups on campus that have trouble finding a time to meet set up a community on Blackboard," said Derrikson.

Il[] paper? Il[] pmb~em, fl[] weign1 Dave Stephens broke the mold last semester when he decided to go with an entirely

paperless classroom. "I don't hand out paper, and I don't accept paper," said Stephens, an adjunct professor who

teaches two sections of English 111. Stephens compiles a semester's worth of reading material and stores it on CD ROMs,.()ne

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cryptic, but so is the concept. Understanding the MOO requires abstract thought. "MOOs are hard to imagine without seeing them," said assistant professor Jeff White, who

used the MOO in his English 491 class in fall 2001. "However, the potential for a MOO is incredible."

A MOO is an online environment, similar to a chat room or Blackboard, but it's more versatile. MOOs are different from other environments because they're organized as rooms, not pages. Students "walk" from room to room. The MOO provides a place to describe the room, so people can visualize the space based on a written description. Objects and robots are created and placed in a room. The robots can be programmed with language. Cue words, phrases and questions elicit the robot's programmed responses.

Aprofessor establishes a user identification and password for each student. Students log on whenever and wherever they want. People can be in the MOO at the same time chatting, but they don't have to be to communicate. Messages can be posted, and documents and Web sites attached for perusal at any time.

White describes the MOO as an environment meant for interaction. Instead of attending class on campus for Halloween, White hosted a MOOsquerade. Students had to attend class in the MOO, but in Halloween spirit they also had to dress up. Everyone logged on under an identity they'd established with White earlier. The class could then observe how they communicated when no one knew who anyone was.

Projects in White's class included building an entire suite of rooms, complete with quizzes, games and robots to teach new ideas. White even proposed the idea of creating a suite of rooms to represent the human body. With White's idea, students could follow the circulation of blood, or trace food digestion-suggestions he acknowledges might better fit a biology class. Still ....

White is confident MOOs are the best online teaching environments available. But there's a catch.

"They're not as easy as point-and-c1ick environments," said White. But he's quick to point out the benefits of overcoming the steep learning curve. White says MOOs require reading, analyzing and producing ideas, and building in the MOO involves creative thinking and creative design.

log on l3r1d blog Weblogs, or blogs for short, are online public journals that anyone can access. Regular bloggers add to an unending list of postings. And they write about any1hing-easual observations about Britney Spears to reflections on rhetorical theories and modern technology.

OK, so not everyone writes about rhetoric and technology. Just Jeff White's English classes, again. White added blogs to his syllabus this year. Students were required to set up a blog and write throughout the semester.

Keeping a blog is like keeping a journal, a common enough assignment. But the online environment offered just one more way White could study how his students wrote in a public forum.

"Unlike traditional journaling, the blog has an expanded capacity for immediate and wide public consumption," White said.

White says his students seemed to treat their blogs as private even though writers knew the journals could be read by almost anyone. He compared that to student writing on the Blackboard discussion site, which could be read only by others in the class. Discussion site writings, he said, were composed with a public in mind. Blogs sounded more like diaries by writers who were unconcerned if their thoughts were ever read by others.

"We knew we'd have readers who we'd have to face with the discussion board," he said. "With the blog, we didn't know if or who would read them."

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MOST COLLEGE STUDENTS WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT 6 A.M. LOOKS LIKE. BUT FOR THE GYMNASTICS TEAM, IT'S A DAILY REALITY.

Every weekday morning, coach Paul Stoklos warms up the van, loads equipment and drives his team to practice at a private gymnastics center by 6:30 a.m. His round-trip travel and prep time, he says, is about one hour a day.

A quick glance at the UAA gym schedule explains why the university's gymnastics team has to train off campus. The gym is booked solidly from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. to squeeze in every1hing from Seawolf basketball practice to Kendo classes.

"There is only a two-hour block on Friday that's not scheduled, but actually that's usually picked up by visiting teams," said Dennis Stauffer, who manages the Physical Education Facility.

"The problem with multi-use facilities like this is that they work for everybody, but they're not good for anybody," Stauffer said. Sure, most teams can practice, but not for very long. Students can use the weight room, but only at night. Yes, fitness classes are offered, but they are limited to one 40-foot-by-40 foot room.

"Basically, we've really outgrown ourselves," Stauffer said. "Nobody has anywhere left to go."

When the current building was built, the parking lot south of the Sports Center served the entire campus, Stauffer said. There wasn't an intercollegiate athletic program, and the university had about 3,000 students.

"Well, here we are today," he said, alluding to a student population of about 14,000 and the addition of a three-story parking garage in 2002.

It's not just athletics programs that feel the squeeze: The biggest concern for most people in the athletics department is the lack of time for student recreation. Julie Weber is in charge of intramural and club sports. She said her students are last in line to use the building.

"It's athletics, then academics, then me," she said. "I'm the last person to get rink time or gym time."

"Men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball-that's six hours of the gym floor a day," Stauffer pointed out. "Add a couple PE classes, and you've got no room for recreation."

Intramurals and student clubs, which account for 371 students may only use the gym three nights a week, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m: (a little longer on Wednesdays). But Weber said that visiting teams sometimes need the gym during that time, and student recreation has to give way.

Although student fees permit recreational use exclusively for student recreation. It has a running of the gym, students who just want to work out or track, a weight room, a climbing wall, offices for play basketball say they're not getting much for intramural sports and a soccer field that can be their money. UAA student Shannon Brock says divided into three basketball courts. It even has a she wound up buying a membership to a private dance floor. gym because Sports Center facilities aren't That's only one of three athletics facilities at available when she could use them. UAF, said Sigi Marks, an administrative assistant

"If it fit my schedule, I'd be more apt to use them," she said.

'BASICALLY, WE'VE REALLY The atmosphere can also be a turn-off. "You feel like you're in a little cave," Brock said.

"And another thing is that people walking by can OUTGROWN OURSELVES. watch you. There's a big window above the weight room." NOBODY HAS ANYWHERE

Students Dennis Reutov and Roman Gorkov say that even getting in a game of basketball isn't

LEFT TO GO.'easy. "Sometimes you don't want to come because

there's so many people," Reutov said. "And then DENNIS STAUFFER

the time is too short," Gorkov added. "There's too many people. We need a new gym," he said.

Recreational basketball is scheduled from at the UAF athletics office. The second is an 11 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and arena that includes a hockey rink, coaches' Fridays, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday nights and from 1 offices, locker rooms and a study lounge for the p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. hockey team.

The main problem with the Sports Center is The third building has a gym for athletics and that there's no room left for programs to grow. PE classes, more locker rooms, an athletes' Stauffer said with three groups-athletics, weight room, an athletes' training room, a rifle academics and recreation-all competing for range, more classrooms and office space, among space and time, no program can grow without other amenities. another program losing: "If we add a class, for That's more like what coaches want to see instance, we lose recreation (time)." here. Separate facilities for athletics and student

On many campuses, those three groups don't recreation are key, Stauffer said. "The needs that share a gym. University of Alaska Fairbanks athletes have are a little different than the needs solved the problem in 1994 by building a center of recreation and the needs of academics."

r---~-----"--------~-", til A Seawolf basketball facility, for III instance, needs locker rooms, storage ~ % space, coaches' offices and spectator Cl seating, but only one court. Student ~ Q recreation is best served with multiple ~ courts and less space for offices, III

~ storage and spectator seating. l. An unimpressive athletics building

can hinder UAA as it recruits student athletes, Stauffer said.

"A lot of kids come out of high schools with equal or better facilities, so looking at going to college here isn't wowing anybody," he said.

Help could be on the way: On Jan. 25, the Union of Students passed a referendum throwing student support behind a new building. The referendum suggests increasing the physical education building use fee from $22 astudent to $100 to help pay for construction.

The proposal calls for a new 4,000­seat stadium, an Olympic-size ice rink, a climbing wall, multiple gyms,

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Crunched for space, gymnastics team members work their abs in a sports center hallway as trainer Michael Friess looks on. The volleyball team was using the gym and the only weight room was occupied.

5:30 a.m. Building and maintenance staff warms up the lights and readies the ice rink, gym and locker rooms for use.

6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. The UAA volleyball team has dibs on the gym for practice.

8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. The first physical education class of the day. Spring semester 2002, it's beginning basketball. On the weekends, the time is reserved forLL recreation.

10 a.m.• 11 :30 a.m. o Second physical education class, Kendo, takes over the gym.

11 :30 a.m. - 1 p.m. W Depending on the weekday, this time is reserved for the

LL volleyball class or recreational basketball. On the weekends, general maintenance is - scheduled.

1 p.m.· 3 p.m. The men's basketball team hits the gym for for practice.

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W 3 p.m.· 5 p.m. Time for the women's basketball team to practice.

1+ 5 p.m.· 7 p.m. The gym is rented out for community use.

7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Depending on the day, this slotz is used for intramural sports or recreation. Some Fridays and Saturdays, Seawolf athletic- teams take over for home events.

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o ROARING PARTIES. KEG STANDS. FOOD FIGHTS. WHAT DO YOU TYPICALLY THINK OF WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD "FRATERNITY"? FRESHMAN HOCKEY PLAYER SEAN

OBER SUMS UP HIS THOUGHTS ON FRATERNITIES IN A SINGLE WORD: "BEER."

THINGS HAVE CHANGED

What about sororities? "I generally think sororities are about popularity and cliques," said 19-year-old Kathy Reinhart. This is the attitude greek organizations at University of Alaska Anchorage face. Groups such asAnimal Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, UAA's first sorority and fraternity respectively, confront

resistance from students, faculty and administrators while carving out a place in UAA's campus community.

''The biggest problem we dealt with when getting started was the stereotype that everyone carried," said Nick Steward, a senior criminal justice major and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

''Teachers had it, administration had it, students had it, and even some of us had it," Steward said. 'We still see the stereotype playing in the minds of the administration. They think 'Animal House' and start worrying about insurance costs and lawsuits.

''The student body thinks 'party boys who try to sneak by with lowest possible grades.' High

House.

No house schoolers think the same thing. We have to convince people that that's not what we're all about," Steward said.

Despite greek stereotypes running rampant throughout the UAA community, many students think greek life on campus is beneficial to the university.at all.

Jim Dahl, a 20-year-old hockey player, says that although he's not a member, he thinks greek organizations add to the university's appeal: "It's something else UAA can say they have, something else to offer and advertise to get more students."

UAA went from a community college to becoming part of the state university system a little more than 20 years ago, too recent to have many traditions to call its own. Some students turned to the greek system to define a traditional college experience-and in 1998, Sigma Sigma Sigma began aCAMPUS GREEKS chapter at UAA. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of the nation's oldest and largest fraternities, followed soon after; greek life at UAA has been on a steady increase ever since.

In the past two years, one new sorority and three new fraternities have organized. Present at UAAAREN'T JUST are sororities Sigma Sigma Sigma; Delta Sigma Theta; and Alpha Kappa Alpha; and fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Lambda Chi Alpha; Sigma Phi Epsilon; and Alpha Phi Alpha.

Jim Mohr, UAA's greek system adviser, says sororities and fraternities offer chances for studentsANOTHER CLICHE

SORORITIES Sigma Sigma Sigma www.sigmasigmasigma.org

Delta Sigma Theta www.deltasigmatheta.org

Alpha Kappa Alpha www.aka19GB.com

FRATERNITIES Sigma Alpha Epsilon www.saefraternity.orgLAE Lambda Chi Alpha www.lambdachi.orgAXA

A 'hA Alpha Phi Alpha ~ www.alphaphialpha.net

~ 'hE Sigma .Phi Epsilon ~~ www.slgep.org

to learn leadership skills. Fraternities and sororities sponsor on-campus events open to anyone. An example is the UAA

Children's Miracle Network Dance Marathon, hosted by the Greek Council each spring. Lambda Chi Alpha held fundraisers to refurbish a residence hall basketball court.

"It (greek life) makes many students feel connected with UAA, and that connection helps them to stay in school," Mohr said.

Starting a new organization on campus takes perseverance, says senior SAE member Michael

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon member David Parks (center) plays football with members from the UAF chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Benefits of joining a greek organization, members say, are chances to make friends and be involved in campus life:

Olson, ''There's a lot of red tape you have to get through:' he said,

"Recruiting the first couple of years was difficult because we weren't established on campus, We set up a lot of booths, focused heavily on first-time freshmen, and relied a lot on direct contact:' Olson said,

Sigma Alpha Epsilon hasn't had too much trouble in recent semesters with recruit numbers - during fall 2001 there were about 50 students interested in pledging, and for spring 2002 there were nearly 45 more,

Students say lack of traditional on­campus housing is another recruiting obstacle "Fraternity Row"-an entire

These Sigma Sigma Sigma sisters are taking advantage of greeks seats at a UAA hockey game. Greek life reserved the seats as away to encourage members to get involved in campus activities.block of housing occupied by greek life

students-is a common feature on college campuses nationwide, Sororities and fraternities here say on-campus housing is a long­term goal.

"Living together as brothers is the culmination of the fraternity, the pinnacle of fraternal life:' SAE's Steward said, "There's nothing more beneficial than living together and communicating closely."

Starting in fall 2002, SAE's wish will come true­partly. Steward said it's taken a few years and many housing proposals, but UAA administrators have approved SAE's request to occupy a wing in the dorms, Members who wish to live on campus will receive preference for a wing on the West Hall third floor, which will provide rooms for 22 people.

Junior Hollenbeck, president of Lambda Chi Alpha, says one reason UAA is so attractive to new organizations is that it's the state's largest campus, It's also a clean slate for fraternities and sororities determined to get it right the first time.

"UAA has no track record of binge-drinking frats or terrible hazing incidents linked with greek associations:' said Hollenbeck.

In fact, authorities say there is no known instance of hazing at UAA-and greek groups say that's the way they want it.

''There's no hazing here because we refused to allow it to be a part of something we were affiliated with," said Steward, an SAE founding member.

Defined as humiliating tasks, hazing occurs when students interested in joining a group are forced to undergo emotional or physical trials to prove they're worthy recruits, As recently as spring semester, alleged hazing involving alcohol was under investigation at Alfred University in upstate New York following the death of a fraternity member.

To avoid the risk of hazing during an initiation period, fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha was among the first fraternities in the nation to abolish pledge classes and offer immediate membership.

"One of the reasons I joined Lambda Chi was because of the no-pledge policy," said Hollenbeck,

Another reason the greek system may be gaining

at UAA is the rising enrollment numbers of traditional college-age students. Between 1996 and 2000, enrollment of first-time freshmen has increased by 28.8 percent, according to UAA's Office of Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment.

"A lot of freshmen who are just starting out are looking for something to do, something to be a part of:' said SAE member Jonathan Stout. ''They want to be involved in campus activities. They want to make friends."

Marty Hester, a senior criminal justice major, is the president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He says the greek system at UAA signals a change from its status as a commuter campus.

''There are things for people to do. We help to provide opportunities for everyone:' said Hester,

For instance, the campus now hosts ''Thursday Night Music" and "First Stop Fridays" every week, with help from fraternity members Kyle Billings and Luke Hodges, who work with the student activities office,

Of more than 20 resident advisers assigned to university housing, five are fraternity members in the East, West and North halls. Advisers are responsible for organizing events for residents to join in, such as Black History Movie Night, rock climbing outings, pizza parties or Friday afternoon study sessions.

And greek associations provide members with lasting memories.

"Being in a fraternity has given me experience on how to run an organization, and it has pushed me to be beller as an individual. I have developed so many lifetime friendships," said SAE president Michael Olson.

"SAE has given me people to look up to and the opportunity to be someone for others to look up to."

Jennifer Jones, 20, is a junior from Anchorage, She will graduate with a degree in journalism and public communications in 2003. She's acheerleader, but has no immediate plans to join a sorority. Her three words to live by: All or nothing.

WHAT UAA IS SAYING ABOUT THE GREEKS ON CAMPUS...

"SigEp is like my moral compass --: everything they believe in, everything

they stand for, and it's awesome to be a part of a group where I know the

people share the same values as me." Henry Hartman

Sigma Phi Epsilon, 19

"I nev.er joined a fraternity because I already have friends. My personal

opinion: Fraternities and sororities are something to do for people who have

nothing to do." Aaron Tenge

Aviation majof,21

"At first I thought being in a fraternity would mean justa bunch of guys

drinking every day, but [SAE] actually does awesome stuff like community service and annual Fur Rondy snow

sculptures. I like being in this fraternity because it's kind of like a job, and it's

giving me experience for life." KelseyLuce

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 19

"I'm not in asorority because I have things I'd rather be doing with my life than getting together and doing girly

crap." Stefanie Winters Justice major, 20

"I've learned a lot about people. Before SAE I had my clique. Now I can hang

with anyone because of the people skills I have learned. A lot of people

think that SAE is a clique - I think that SAE is the solution to cliques:' .

Nick Steward Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 24

"I think that if their focus is to build comrnuniiYand relationships with .

people on campus, then they can be helpful. On the whole, though, when I

hear the term 'greek life,' I think mostly of the stereotypes associated along

with them." Chelsa Smith

Psychology major, 21

THE RULES HAVE CHANGED

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BIKERS, TRAIL RUNNERS AND PICNICKERS MAY HAVE TO DUCK AND COVER THIS SUMMER AS DISC GOLF TAKES OFF IN ANCHORAGE.

But don't tell Anchorage's Mark McCoy or James Starzec that flying discs are a late-arriving fad. For McCoy and Starzec, the game of flying disc golf, or folf for short, is simply a way of life.

McCoy is a UAA student computer lab assistant; Starzec is a security guard at the Polaris K-12 school and a lifetime Anchorage resident. They're the first to admit that their everyday lives are pretty unremarkable.

Enter folf. McCoy, a University of Idaho graduate, was introduced to the sport by

his roommates in Idaho. The sport is a big part of campus culture and life in small-town Moscow. That was seven years ago and since then, he's folfed his way across the United States and Germany.

"I was attracted to folf because it is an individual sport:' said McCoy. "You can do it anytime, with anyone."

Compared to sports like inline skating or snowboarding-where new gear can run to thousands of dollars-folf players can get into the game for about $10, the cost of a quality 175-weight disc.

But it's not just the money: Folf is appealing, McCoy says, because it's decidedly not elitist.

"It's a kooky hobby," he said. "No one really takes it too seriously, but it's about personal improvement-to have fun, be outside and hang with friends, as many people as you can get to come out."

"Other sports like baseball and basketball are fun, but they only allow a limited number of players. With my sport, I can play with my baby niece, uncle, grandma and anyone else that wants to come out:' He pauses and smiles. "I just show off my incredible skill after I've gotten everyone to come play."

McCoy cuts down on summer work hours so he can focus on his game. After arriving at UAA only to find a lack of folf courses, McCoy and friend

Starzec quickly realized that the Anchorage campus offered some

potentially challenging folf "holes." "We walked the campus looking for the best lines, open spaces, avoiding

traffic and trees. All the concrete is considered water," said McCoy. "We set up courses at Centennial Park and Kincaid Park, but Centennial gets a lot of tourists in the summer and Kincaid gets really windy and overgrown. You end up having to go bushwhacking to find your disc."

Starzec scoped out the UAA course for almost two years; last year the "holes" were set.

"It is as close to a real golf course as you are going to get with a disc," he said. "We call the UAA course Seawolf Streams because of all the water hazards."

Starzec sought out a house directly across from downtown Anchorage's Westchester Lagoon, home to one of Alaska's newest nine-hole, par-three folf course. Course holes are a metal stand about five feet tall with a chain­link basket attached to the center bar to catch a thrown disc.

But Starzec says his dream of easy-access folf is getting harder to come by as the game becomes more popular. Despite living just steps from the Westchester course, Starzec recalls having to wait 30 minutes for one tee.

"We like playing at UAA and APU (Alaska Pacific University) because everyone there is so friendly," said McCoy. "Folf is really a campus unifier that brings people together. Lots of other colleges have real courses set up. Some even require you to pay to play."

Starzec and McCoy have organized end-of-season tournaments, which they say highlight both camaraderie and competitiveness.

"We get everyone together," said Starzec, "kids to 80-year-old adults, throwing discs. It's a social game, but not really a strict sport. You won't be seeing Olympic flying disc-throwing anytime soon."

Heather Rabinovitch [TN 2002 Advertising Director}, 24, is a senior from Anchorage. She graduated in May with a degree in journalism and pUblic com­munications, emphasizing public relations and advertising. She also studied in Montana and California and hopes to take the advertising world by storm.

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CAMPUS IS FAMILIAR OR FORGOTIEN

BIG ART ON CAMPUS GETS ALL THE ATIENTION: CONSIDER HOW HARD IT IS TO OVERLOOK THOSE MASSIVE SCULPTURES HULKING OUTSIDE THE ARTS BUILDING AND

THE CONSORTIUM LIBRARY. BUT CLUED-IN ART LOVERS ALSO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR UAA'S OTHER COLLECTION-SMALLER TREASURES TO BE FOUND ONLY BY WANDERING THE UNIVERSITY'S HALLWAYS, BREAK ROOMS AND OFFICES.

It may help to think of UAA's art collection as really two collections. One set of work was formally acquired through the state-funded program One Percent for Art in Public Places; it requires 1 percent of capital construction costs of public bUildings be set aside to buy and permanently install artwork. The One Percent program, approved by the Legislature in 1975 and overseen in part by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, is aimed at making more art seen by more Alaskans.

Examples of One Percent artwork at UAA include the most recent Bright Bim Pong installed for the Business Education Building and Bill Kimura's untitled water fountain located across the street near the adjacent spine.

Then there is UAA's other collection: Art that has been mostly donated, left behind by students, or purchased by departments. While the One Percent program requires permanent upkeep of art, no formal policy covers UAA's other art collection. Diana Durst, a design manager with UAA's facilities and campus services unit, says art on campus amounts to bits of UAA history.

"We are an institute of education, and history is what we do," said Durst. "It is part of the culture of the campus."

Durst is not alone in prizing UAA's informal collection: In 1998, graphic artist Wanda Seamster with UAA's Environment and Natural Resources Institute, won an $1,800 grant through the UA President's fund to begin work on a what she hoped would be an inventory of UAA's public art, including pieces at outlying campuses. Seamster planned to also include biographical information about the artists.

But the sum proved too small, and Seamster was only able to compile a partial inventory. She says no piece-by-piece inventory of the university's informal art collection exists besides the one she began three years ago.

"There is no program that really calls upon people to report that the donations have come in or report that a purchase has been made," Seamster said.

The campus facilities board assures that the existing art on campus is maintained, but Seamster says smaller pieces not in the One Percent program could go overlooked if no one knows they exist.

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The metaphoric structure, situated near the Arts Building on the campus's east side, was the product of an Anchorage workshop attended by Oppenheim and several other internationally renowned artists. The metallic structure was donated through the efforts of Oppenhiem and the workshop and installed in 19B4.

"People come to campus just to see (the) Oppenhiem. His work is all over Germany," said art professor Paulette Manson.

UAA's other big sculpture, "Tetradigm," located outside the Consortium Library, is also mistaken as a One Percent acquisition. It's not. Made of pipes left over from the BOO-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline, Tetradigm was a collaborative effort conceived by Alaska artist Ted Jonsson and donated in 1976.

Seamster tried to scratch beyond the surface of big, bold art to locate the many worthwhile pieces idling in offices and hallways. The Arts Building alone boasts a series of Oppenheim sketches, far more than the single sketch owned by the Anchorage Museum of History and Art.

"Some of this stuff is really nice," Seamster said. "It shouldn't be walking out the doors and shouldn't be put in places it can be easily harmed."

The Consortium Library is home . to several notable pieces obtained UAA's 'other; art colleetionincludeli pi~cesby artists whose works also hang in the Anchoragefrom the Alaska Methodist University "Museum of History'arid Art:" .. ." . . collection. After AMU became Alaska Pacific University, a large portion of the AMU collection was donated toARTlsr . the library.

Upstairs in the library staff break room near the archives Seamster found a little painting by Mary Jean Ritchie Sommer that shed light on the larger sculptures titled "Curvilinear Series Ballet Motif I." For

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Seamster, finding the piece was a bit like finding a new title by a favorite author. She was delighted to note that on the back of the painting was an authenticating label.

Hanging on the third floor of the CAS building is the 76-photo collection titled "Motion Kinesis." The project is by a group of Canadian artists on the theme of universality. UM's Canadian Studies Program was given the photos in 1990.

Longtime Alaska painter Wassilly Sommer once taught at the Anchorage Community College and had four or five pieces displayed at the university at one time; today, only one remains in Building K in Room 101 A. This oil painting called "Winter Impressions" or "Landscape," was among the several paintings Seamster had tried to research without luck. Also on her list of missing art is a painting of beloved UAA musician Wendy Williamson.

Seamster says she hopes UAA's other art collection will soon be as carefully tended as pieces acquired through the state's One Percent program: "It really amazes me that the university offers two degrees in art and has no program to take care of its own art collection."

Adam P. Mackie, 21, is a senior from Anchorage. A double major in journalism and public communications and philosophy, he hopes to pursue a career in newspaper and magaZines and go on to write novels.

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HEYl WHAT'S THE CAPITAL OF CANADA? IF YOU THINK

THEY CALL ME ALIEN.

F-1 Student visa non-immigrant status alien to be exact. I just call myself Canadian. It's easier to pronounce.

But I look like you and dress like you. I eat at McDonald's and watch the Superbowllike you. I know who your president is. Were it not for my extensive red and white wardrobe and my occasional utterance of "eh," my true identity would be virtually indiscernible.

I never dreamed I'd go to school in the States. But UAA gave me the chance to realize an old athletic dream. I packed my bags, along with my stereotypes, and­strangely, I didn't head south of the border-I went north, to the land of the free.

You'll likely see me as the same as yourself. Canada: the 51st state, isn't it? You probably also think Toronto is the capital.

Consider this: I have a prime minister, I live in a province and I spoke French in school. I spell things like neighbour and colour, well, like that. A doctor's appointment is free for me. I was on my high school curling team. I get in a lineup and scrape my dishes into the garburator. I put vinegar on my French fries, get my milk in a bag and ask for brown bread at Subway. You might be surprised at my lack of interest in eating turkey the third Thursday in November. My Thanksgiving is a month before.

The list could go on. The differences range from the trivial to the substantial. But the differences are there and they are distinguishing. Are they important? l'Jo doot aboot it.

I expected things would be a bit different. What I didn't expect was to experience culture shock. I have traveled to Europe and spent a month living in the Sahara desert. My friends at home are from virtually every country and every religion. I regularly have conversations in several different languages.

How could a trip across one border be a catapult into another universe?

Maybe it's because distinctions are always pointed out to me. At home it is not a local event when someone says "eh." An accent isn't a comedy festival. And professors don't take off marks for spelling colour with a "U."

Maybe it's because I'm not used to seeing signs that say, "No firearms allowed" or because I don't understand why someone needs a license to carry a concealed weapon.

Maybe it's because people scoff when I can't recite the Pledge of Allegiance or don't know what the Revolutionary War was about.

Maybe it's because I feel as if the majority of Americans don't know anything about Canada, or maybe it's because I feel like they don't really care to. I've spent my whole life immersed in multiculturalism, and all of the sudden I find myself in a land where the most important

IT'S TORONTO, READ ON THE ESSENCE OF BEING CANADIAN IS

EXPLORING AND LEARNING AND II I

UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S OUTSIDE, NOT I I

JUST WHAT'S INSIDE OUR BORDERS.

thing is to be an American. And I'm not. Whereas you celebrate your similarities, we celebrate

our differences. On Independence Day you all have hot dogs and fireworks, fairs and watermelons. On Canada Day (July 1), you'll find Hungarian dancing, Chinese martial arts, Celtic music and a smorgasbord of ethnic foods. Whereas you celebrate America by doing American things, I celebrate Canada by doing everything!

I am a diehard, hot-blooded Canadian and will be until I die. People often wonder why, if I am so pro-Canadian, I'm getting an education in the States. I'm here to become more me. The essence of being Canadian is exploring and learning and understanding what's outside, not just what's inside our borders. And, according to the map, you are outside!

I think it sometimes surprises you to hear that I don't want to be an American. I don't want to be an American anymore than I want to be an Australian or an Israeli or a Brit. I want to be me, exploring the world, learning about you and helping you learn about me. We can do that, eh?

Oh. And the capital of Canada is Ottawa.

Michelle Bartleman [TN 2002 Design Director}, 23, is a junior from Montreal, Quebec. She's a double major in aviation technology and journalism and public communications. But her true interest is infiltrating the system and fulfilling her mission of Canadian world domination. Or maybe she'll just be api/ot.

BASKETBALL'S 13TH WARRIOR

FOR THE LASTTHREE YEARS, JASON CHUN HAS DEVOTED THE BEITER PART OF HIS FREE TIME TO UAA BASKETBALL. AS MANAGER OF THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, CHUN GETS TO FILL PLAYERS' GATORADE

CUPS, TOSS THEM TOWELS AND FILM THEIR GAMES. BUT HE'S NOT COMPLAINING.

"It's what you have to do if you want to be a part of the team," the 21-year-old Oahu, Hawaii, native said. "I don't play or anything. I don't get to travel. But I do my job."

That's a classic Chun understatement. "He's bar-none the best manager we've ever had," head coach Charlie Bruns said. Chun came to UAA to study for a degree in air traffic control, but realized that

major wasn't for him. He switched to journalism and public communications and plans to graduate in May.

"He's just a real quiet guy," roommate and former Seawolf Greg Freeman said. "He's the perfect roommate."

Chun recalls visiting Alaska on fishing vacations with his parents when he was in elementary and high school. Seawolf forward John Madison says that's an incongruous introduction to Alaska; Madison said he often went fishing with Chun, who never caught a thing.

"I never said I was a good fisherman," Chun said before trailing off into a laugh. For the past three years he's had

courtside seats to the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, which draws some of the country's top teams to Anchorage each year in November. But he receives no pay as basketball team manager. And Bruns isn't even sure the 5-foot 5-inch

Chun has ever played basketball (He has, in sixth grade.). "Sure, he's not on the court, he doesn't get a uniform, but he is apart of the team.

Even the guys think he is," said Bruns. He's a quiet guy. Everyone says so. Chun says so. Yet his roommates are devoted

and he's known virtually campus wide. In a world dominated by loud music, loud people, loud cars, loud clothing and loud movies, Chun makes friends and influences people by being just the opposite: "It's just him," Freeman said. "(He's) this unassuming guy who never causes any problems and listens well enough to be able to get along with everyone."

"Being the manager definitely helped me meet people," Chun said. He graduated in May with plans to go fishing and pursue a career in advertising.

"The question isn't will Chun be OK without us," Bruns said. "The question is will we be OK without him?"

Will Vandergriff, 23, is a senior from Anchorage. He graduates in August with a degree in journalism and public communications. His interests include SCUBA diving and controlling the rotation of the earth with his Jedi powers. But he has yet to prove this to anyone on the TN staff.

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HE VOLUNTEERS. HE COACHES. HE WORKS. AND HE STILL FINDS TIME TO SLEEP, BUT NOT FOR VERY LONG. "MY AVERAGE

NIGHT OF SLEEP IS 2:15 A.M. TO 5:30 A.M. I GREW UP ON THREE HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT," STOKLOS SAID. "Now I NEED

FOUR OR FIVE HOURS." OK, THIS PROVES HE'S A MERE MORTAL LIKE YOU AND ME. OR MAYBE NOT.

WHEN: Weekdays, usually starting at 6 a.m.

WHERE: UAA Sports Center and Arctic Gymnastics Association gym.

WHY: Stoklos is head coach for the UAA gymnastics team. He's been the only head coach in the program's 18-year history. Practice starts at 6:30 a.m. He shows up at the sports center a few minutes earlier to get the van warmed up, then he shuttles the women to the AGA gym. The team returns to campus around 10:30 a.m. and Stoklos can usually be found in his office after that. In addition to daily practice, Stoklos has to handle all other duties of a head coach. He plans the trips and travels with the team for competition; he makes sure his athletes are keeping up with classes and study hall; and he's learning the art of the perfect braid and ribbon tie.

WHEN: Weekends

WHERE: Alyeska Ski Resort, Girdwood

WHY: Stoklos is a ski patrol for the resort. He says it's the only job he has where he can bring his dogs, Buck and Kiana, along. "I opened the door for dogs at the resort," Stoklos said. He says the resort understands the value of having the dogs around in an emergency. "It's nice to be able to bring your dogs to work. I wish I could bring my dogs to UAA." Stoklos says he enjoys the social aspect of ski patrol. That's why he's been doing it for 28 years.

WHEN: Three nights a week. The nights vary, but the hours usually range from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

WHERE: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

WHY: Stoklos is part of the ground crew for United Airlines. He started this job 15 years ago as a way to supplement his travel budget. He says he loves it because he's not responsible for anyone else. "I forget about this place (UAA) and can focus on something else." He also likes the workout; it's a way for him to stay fit. And the vests were his idea.

WHEN: On call for emergencies. Trains his dogs when he finds the time.

WHERE: Wherever he's called, but he usually trains at Alyeska.

WHY: Stoklos has been a volunteer for Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs for 11 years. He trains his dogs to find people lost in wilderness or buried in avalanches. They also train for cadaver searches. Stoklos says training his dogs for searches is like a big game of hide and seek. "When the dogs get really good, it's a hard game of hide and seek." He uses hair, teeth, bones, blood and even placentas in his training. Finding a drop of blood or clump of hair in the middle of the woods is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but when these dogs get good they can do it. For body search training, Stoklos will bury people in snow caves or send them out to get "lost." The search and rescue group usually goes on 30 to 35 searches a year. He averages five, but says some years he's been on as many as 16 searches.

NO NEED FOR CHANGE

GEORGE BENSON HASN'T .MISSED AGOAL IN 13 YEARS ·s· INCE SEAW.OLF HOCKEY WENT DIVISION I 13

YEARS AGO UAA HAS WON 191 GAMES AND TIED .42. LOSSES YOU CAN TALLY ON YOUR OWN.

And throughout all those peaks and valleys, one thing has been constant. Ifsnota coach or administrator. Not aseason ticket holder or sports reporter.

That Seawolf stalwart is 64~year-old George Benson, league-mandated official scorer.

It was 1959 when Benson moved to Alaska to follow his college sweetheart and begin a job teaching social studies. A brother-in-law soon introduced Benson to hockey when one of the best places to play was a Fort Richardson rink. "George, he just loves hockey,"recalls Benson's longtime friend, Ken Asplund.

"But it's more than that. He feels a part of something. We need old guys like us to keep the kids in line."

Seated away from fans' gaze next to the bench and across from the penalty boxes at center ice, Benson is the one who lights the lamp to indicate a goal has been scored.

"I feel honored to have the duty," Benson said with asmile and wink. "I haven't missed a goal yet. Check the books."

UAA has belonged to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association only since the 1993 season. But Benson has seen the team grow .from a club in the late 1970sinto a team capable of holding its own in Division I college hockey.

"It's amazing how far they've come," Benson said. "I've seen Brush (Christiansen) take the team from rags to riches. I've seen Tal (Dean Talafous) come and go, and a lot of good young men."

He's not surprised that despite his many nights at the Sullivan Arena, home of UAA hockey, most players and fans have no idea who Benson is.

"It's not like I'm supposed to get recognized," he said. "That means I'm not doing my job."

No. one would argue, except' for an incident during the 2001 ;02 season' where a goal by UAA defenseman Erik Lawson was clearly a non-goal in a 3·2 win over Minnesota State Mankato. .

"I saw the goal," Benson slyly demurs. "It wasn't the game winning goal," he said. "But it was a goaL"

It's his call after all. For the rest of the foreseeable futlJre he'i1 be in the bestseatin the house,next to the bench and across from 1he penalty box at center ice.

"Wouldn't trade this job for the world."

~LL VANDERGRIFF

WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?

" M 0 N E Y AND A SPOT IN THE WCHA

Previous page: The UAA women's club hockey team wants to step up to the intercollegiate level. Front row; Heather Geest; second row (I-r): Anya Jensen, Tracee Reed (captain); third row (I-r): Lacey Wisniewski, Ruthanna Rosner, Darcy Demers, Muzelte Michael, Megan Lowry, Kathryn Ireland (captain), Crystal Vroman. Back row: Sara Hooyer, Crystal Reed. (Not pictured: Melissa Strauss)

'WE HAVE A HISTORY AND WE'LL HAVE A FUTURE AND UAA WILL BE THE

VEHICLE FOR IT.'

Doug Robbins

IN THE WORLD OF HOCKEY THERE'S

THE MEN AND THERE'S THE OTHER

TEAM.••THE WOMEN.

TEN YEARS AGO WOMEN IN HOCKEY GEAR WERE SNICKERED AT. TODAY, THEY'RE CHEERED WHILE STANDING ON THE OLYMPIC MEDAL PODIUM.

Five years ago the University of Alaska Anchorage joined this growing trend by adding women's hockey to its intramural program as a club sport. The team joined the Anchorage Women's Hockey League, competing against local women's teams. The Seawolves grew to be atop competitor, regularly placing first and second in regular and tournament games. The team finished the 2001-2002 season, (14-13-4).

Coach Doug Robbins says it's time to take the program to the next level: intercollegiate play in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Three years ago the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the WCHA, the league in which the Seawolf men's team plays, officially recognized women's hockey.

Seven WCHA schools have women's hockey teams: Bemidji State, Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota State University Mankato, St. Cloud State, Ohio State and Wisconsin.

Robbins has been coach since the team's inception, and says UAA women have proved they're competitive. He wants to see them progress.

"It's not going to happen quickly," said Dennis Stauffer, UAA's recreational sports director. "We don't have the facilities. Right now we don't have funding."

Stauffer, who's seen the men's team grow from a club sport in the early 1970s to joining the WCHA in 1993, says the same can happen for the women, but not overnight.

Stauffer estimates startup costs to make the women's team a WCHA member between $250,000 to $500,000, not including equipment and gear. Compare that to the price tag of $26,000 as a club sport.

"Money is the answer:' he said. "It's not going to happen quickly without some big monetary change. It's not the athletic department, it's institutional funding."

Don Amiot, athletic director for Minnesota State University Mankato, says Stauffer is right. MSU pays for its WCHA women's hockey team through student fees and university funding. The student allocation covers the team's operating budget; the salaries are paid by the university allocation of state dollars, Amiot said. Scholarship money comes from the men's hockey program or self-generated dollars.

Generating those dollars takes skills on the playing field. Amiot says attendance is very low in most of the women's programs. But he says he believes it will grow as teams improve.

Travel costs for UAA is a big factor. The men's WCHA agreement includes covering part of the visiting teams' travel costs. The women would have to do the same.

Where to play these intercollegiate games is another hurdle. Home ice for the UAA men's team is Anchorage's 6,400-seat Sullivan Arena, where average home-game attendance for the 2001-2002 is 4,400 people. The women use the UAA rink and Dempsey Anderson Ice Arena. Whether a women's team would draw 5,000 fans to justify the Sullivan Arena is an important question. If so, the cost goes up. But then UAA has the opportunity to generate income.

Housing the team is another obstacle Unlike the men who have a private locker

Crystal Sherrer, 23, from McGrath, graduated in May with a degree in journalism and public communications She plans to begin a reporting career in Alaska that she hopes will take her around the world.

room, the women have to share with the pUblic. UAA is considering bUilding a new sports facility. But Stauffer says even if the college had the funding this year, it would still be three to four years before the building is finished.

And as long as it's a club sport, UAA women hockey players aren't eligible for scholarships like intercollegiate athletes are. That means some of the Seawolf men receive tuition waivers and on-campus housing while the women pay most of their own way.

"Half of us, we have to pay for rent or mortgage. We have bills to pay. The guys at least get (tuition) paid," said goalie Heather Geest.

But the big question: Are the UAA women ready? Geest says being an intramural sport makes it hard to have aWCHA team because all levels of players are allowed to play. But there are competitive women who play for other Anchorage teams. And the Anchorage School District has begun offering hockey as a female sport, which, Stauffer says, is a feeder for Seawolf players. It's a matter of what comes first: the players to make a competitive team or the league to attract the experienced players.

"When you say, 'I want to be a WCHA team or go NCAA,' the rules change," Stauffer said. A player can no longer take the minimum required credits or be uncommitted. She has to be a full-time student, make academic progress toward a degree and commit to being an athlete.

"Some of those (intramural) people may not want to get involved," he said, but then dedicated athletes will.

And Robbins isn't giving up: "We have a history and we'll have a future and UAA will be the vehicle for it."

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SOME THINGS OUGHTA CHANGE

KARAOKE: GOOD TASTE AN Alaskans love the i r karaoke.

SIX DRINKS OR NO

DRINKS, THERE'S

SOMETHING ABOUT

BEING ON THE SPOT,

ALL EYES ON YOU AS

YOU LAP UP THREE

MINUTES AND 45

SECONDS OF FAME.

IT'S 5 P.M. AND AFTER THE DAILY ROUTINE, ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS GO HOME, PLOP IN FRONT OF THE TV AND

LET IT-OR ANYTHING BUT YOU-BE THE CENTER OF ATIENTION.

Not Gregory Johnson. An Anchorage lawyer and father of three, Johnson wears a suit and tie every day and routinely logs more than 65 hours a week at work. At the end of the day, it would not be unreasonable to assume this man needs a break. A quiet hour alone. A good book. An early bedtime.

All very nice, Johnson says, except that the stage at Anchorage's La Mex restaurant keeps calling his name.

"Behind my rough Alaskan exterior lies a soul with an angel's voice," Johnson said. "I give my lungs a workout every Tuesday:'

Johnson is among Anchorage crooners who love karaoke like Celine Dian loves hearing her own voice. Karaoke-from the Japanese words "kara" for empty and "oke" for orchestra-is the popular bar amenity that involves one person (or many), a microphone, prerecorded background music and a TelePrompTer, which displays the words of songs. The other key ingredient is an audience.

Does this sound like a nightmare? Not to Johnson. And, based on an informal survey of Anchorage bars, not to dozens of people on just about any night of the week.

"At 7 (p.m.), when we start, a surge of people come racing for the (karaoke) books," said bartender Marc Greene. "It's like they've been waiting to do this their whole life."

The "books" are three-ring binders that contain roughly 2,000 songs. There's "Bootylicious." Or ''Tiny Bubbles:' And even "In Heaven There Is No Beer." The books are so popular that the pages are smeared and falling apart.

History tells us that karaoke started 30 years ago in Kobe, Japan. Greene recalls it differently.

"It started herel" he said. "I mean look around town, it's everywhere and everyone's doing it."

Alas, he's right. Of the roughly 70 Anchorage listings in the

Yellow Pages under bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs, nearly half acknowledged karaoke. Not a one sounded sheepish.

''You betcha we have karaoke:' said bar owner Ruth Lewis. "Seven days aweek starting at 8 p.rn."

Steely Dan, Roy Orbison, Elvis and Pink Floyd are but a few of the more than 1,000 artists imitated day in and day out at Anchorage's karaoke havens. Don't forget Jamie O'Neal's "All By Myself," from the Bridget Jones's Diary movie soundtrack.

Speaking from personal experience, we Anchorage women love to belt out that bad boy.

Six drinks or no drinks, there's something about being on the spot, all eyes on you as you lap up three minutes and 45 seconds of fame. Most karaoke songs last anywhere between 2-1/2 minutes to five minutes, but except for a writer on assignment, who's really counting? I am particularly fond of Creed songs. Why? I honestly don't know. But come that witching hour of the night (anytime after 7 p.m. in this karaoke-mad town) you'd better hand me that mic and back off.

Saloons of all kinds-AI's, the Last Frontier, La Mex, Hot Rods, Homestead Sports Lounge and Cusack's Brewpub-all indulge the karaoke crowd, that fun-loving throng that knows good taste is just a state of mind.

Consider local lawyer Greg Johnson. 'When he walks through that door at half past

7 p.m. it's like he becomes someone else," said Greene. "I mean it's really something."

Johnson loosens his tie, unbuttons his shirt (but only to the third button because he's conscious of chest hair). He removes his wire­rimmed glasses and combs back his dirty blond

Holly Evans [TN 2002 Copy Editor}, 21, graduated in May with a degre~ in journalism and public communications with an emphasis in public relations and advertiSing. But shes now pursuing a career In

music. It seems karaoke was Miss Evans'true calling. We anticipate good things to come from thiS little lady

GOOD VOICE OPTIONAL We tried to find out

hair. He is Greg Johnson, superstar. I wouldn't have believed the morph if, sitting

quietly in the noisy bar, I hadn't witnessed it for myself. And then, motioning to me, he spoke mellowly into the mic: ''This one's for the little lady in the back."

While I wouldn't quite compare Greg's voice to that of an angel, I have to admit he's one hell of a performer. Just last week he sang "Nookie," one of Limp Bizkit's most popular tunes. I think the band's front man Fred Durst would have been proud.

"I've been to a lot of karaoke places in the

Lower 48:' says patron John Fisher as he listened to Johnson wail into the night. "But here in Alaska, there's just something special about slapping that mic in someone's hand."

Maybe karaoke appeals to that essential great myth of Alaska, a land so big that its people are free to be whoever we say we are. Maybe we love karaoke because it gets us out of the house on a long winter's night. Or just maybe, as Durst-and Greg Johnson-remind us in "Nookie:' karaoke is achance to make time stand still, if just for 2-1/2 minutes: "I'm just gonna stay here and always be the same."

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outdoor activities. I do own one nice one that I wear J2i~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I finally caved," said floral design student Vera Onagap. "I thought they were the

most hideous things I had ever seen when I first got here. But I want to

find out what the big deal is, so I am actually going to go buy

myself a pair for the summer. Brown ones

to boo!."

a sideline. With his employer's permission, he bought

a couple pieces of denim with a capital budget of $500 and began making what we know as Carhartts.

Today, Alaskans love their Carhartts. Ten minutes at the mall, the airport or even at UAA's Campus Center and you won't have enough fingers to

One fixture well known in many Alaska communities is the brand name Carhartts.

Whether it's an arctic coat, bib overalls, a hat or a regular pair of jeans, durability and protection are built in the name and motor oil and paint are in the stains.

The Carhartt brand was established in 1889 by Hamilton Carhartt, a 20-year-old store clerk. He sold a line of general goods, and one of the most popular items was overalls.

Demand surpassed supply. Carhartt envisioned manufacturing his own overalls and selling them as

add up the number of Carhartt garments you'll see. In the Anchorage area alone, there are 26

locations that sell Carhartts. "I own three Carhartt coats! Doesn't everyone

in Alaska own some? They are so good for the weather here. I use one of them while I am shoveling snow and splitting wood or any other

around town," said journalism student Julia Olivas. "Carhartts are great. I have several pair and I

wear them for every occasion," said Destin Stromberg, an accounting major.

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TORMENTING THOUGHTS AND SECRET RITUALS The hidden epidemic of obsessive-compulsive disorder

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HOW TO EAT LIKE ATREE: Unearthing the moderate eater in you

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At the University of Alaska Anchorage we take great pride in our student-athletes' academic achievements. As a

group, UAA student-athletes have maintained a cumula­tive grade point average of 3.0 or higher in seven of the

past nine years. While producing more than 130 AII­Americans on the field of play, Seawolf Athletics is also proud its more than 60 Academic All-Americans as well.

Please join with us in honoring our 2001-02 Team Scholar Award Winners.

2001-02 Seawan Athletics Team Scholars Name Sport GPA Major Year Tiffany Massey VB 4.00 Nursing Sr. Stephanie Johnson WBB 3.97 Nursing Sr. Tobias Schwoerer MXC 3.94 Economics So. Tobias Schwoerer MSKI 3.94 Economics So. Michelle Bartleman GYM 3.92 JPC/Aviation Jr. Katya Lamskova WXC 3.91 Psychology Jr. Aurore deMaulmont WSKI 3.81 Management Sr. Vladimir Novak HKY 3.73 Economics So. Peter Bullock MBB 3.26 Economics So.

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Leslie Boyd

DESIGN DIRECTOR

Michelle Bartleman

DESIGN ASSISTANT

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PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR

David Hayes

PHOTOGRAPHER

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MARKETING DIRECTOR

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ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

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COPY EDITOR

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Will Vandergriff Joe Duray

Jennifer Jones Sally Carraher

Adam P. Mackie Crystal Sherrer

FACULTY ADVISER

Rosanne Pagano

Started in 1995, True North is the annual magazine of the Department of Journalism and Public Communications, within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage. True North is self-supporting through ad sales and is published each year by JPC's magazine production class. All rights reserved. (c) 2002

True North 2002 is grateful to: Glen Coulson, JPC professor, who attended to our technical needs; Nobu Hata for his last minute help; Robert Meyerowitz, editor, the Anchorage Press, who helped us with early planning; Cynthia Puig, account executive, Derk Inga, production coordinator, and Sandy Ryan, project coordinator, Anchorage Daily News, for their patience with us; and T.L Nelson, UAA Facilities Planning, for supplying the map. Thank you Easter Bunny Airlines and the Frog Factory. Special thanks to Pen Air and Rust's Flying Service for carrying TN 2002 as an in-flight magazine. Special thanks to Rosanne Pagano, faculty adviser, who fed us, clothed us, housed us, disciplined us, patronized us and even laughed with us once. She's the candy corn in our trail, the cherry in our coke, the chocolate cream in our Oreo, the nacho cheese on our Doritos, and the bacon in our chalupas. Without her our world would only be newspaper copy in Times New Roman.

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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER churn out creative solutions.

Some residents of a rural Seward Highway trailer park were appreciative of Matthews' quick thinking in August 2001. When police were called to investigate reports of a pipe bomb being assembled in an alleged methamphetamine lab, Matthews dispatched a People Mover bus to provide a warm place for trailer park residents to wait out the investigation.

Had the situation become dire, Matthews said, the People Mover would be able to transport residents to safety. A partially constructed pipe bomb eventually was found and disposed of, and evacuees were allowed to return home within a few hours.

MOCK DISASTERS ARE ALL PART OF THE DRILL: The center learns from training exercises

that assume the worst The EOC turned Central Middle School into a way station later that

same summer to hold up to the 130 people evacuated during a gas leak from Enstar Natural Gas Co. offices.

"Only 20 people actually came out to the school," Mathews said. "But the potential for it to be bigger was there."

The Enstar building was cleaned and aired out, ending the hazard within a few hours.

All emergency operations workers are trained to assume that any situation could become instantaneously worse.

That idea was on everyone's mind Sept. 11, 2001, after the first reports that hijacked aircraft had crashed into New York's World Trade Center. More than 4,600 miles away in Anchorage, every EOC employee was called in by beeper or phone. The center was fully staffed in less than 30 minutes.

While no terrorism was reported in Alaska, the EOC did have to deal with a problem no one had thought of: Finding shelter for the 370 airline passengers stranded in Anchorage when air traffic was suspended nationwide.

Finding shelter was a top priority, closely followed by locating everyday supplies such as baby diapers and formula.

For the EOC, it's always a learning process. Controlled exercises provide insight that can lead to more effective response while real-life danger and chaos put planning to the test.

For instance, layout of the main office inside the downtown building has been altered more than once to accommodate units that need to communicate directly, instead of traveling back and forth through phones, computer consuls and other staffers.

And when the center is not confronting real emergencies, it makes up a few of its own to hone skills in mock disasters.

Consider last summer's exercise, when crews pretended the Ben Boeke Ice Arena, within blocks of downtown Anchorage, had collapsed.

The EOC made it a full-out exercise with mock damage reports, communication and maneuvering, made-up victims, and even some playing dead. Ambulances, police, firemen and media showed up.

The EOC was at the heart of it all, dispatching professionals, gathering information, organizing efforts and learning-the most important part.

Sally Carraher, 20, is an anthropology major from Cheyenne, Wyo. She came to Alaska to study archaeology, but has decided it isn't where she wants 10 work after all: 'The mud is 100 cold and the creepy crawlies are even bigger than in Wyoming."

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SPORTS CENTER new offices for coaches and a gymnastics area, among other things. Student Troy Hall, who's been working on the proposal for two years, also crafted the plan for the new building. The proposal was sponsored by USUAA Sen. Justin Durling.

Durling says the proposed building would cost about $40 million, but that figure is just an estimate. The athletics department has not officially considered the issue since 1994 and has no current plans to build a new building.

The referendum went before the entire student body for a vote sometime in mid-April.

The building USUAA envisions would incorporate features that coaches dream of. However, many coaches say any new building should serve students first-not athletic programs.

''This would be an upgrade not just for the sports teams here, but also for the students and the community:' said hockey head coach John Hill.

With several gymnasiums and a separate weight room for athletics and students, a new building could be open to students virtually any time of the day.

Stoklos says scheduling tight increments of gym time for student use ignores widely varying class schedules. Few students plan their classes around times when they could get to the gym. Yet, Stoklos says, "fitness is an important part of life, and it just doesn't exist here right now."

In addition to benefiting students, Stauffer and others envision a new building as a center for community involvement. "If we had the right-sized facility, we could be hosting the state high school basketball playoffs or soccer games," Stauffer said. "Look at the number of parents and kids here on Saturdays just for hockey. I don't think there's a building on campus that sees more use by the public."

A new building could also host graduation and concerts, among other events.

'THERE'S NO MORE CUTIING THIS OR ALTERING

THAT. THE SOLUTION IS A NEW BUILDING.' Michael Friess

''The community would eat it up:' said Michael Friess, head coach of the cross-country running team. ''The facilities for indoor sports in Anchorage right now are pitiful. It would be an automatic success."

Stauffer said the department has largely avoided hard feelings that can result when people have to compete for space. For instance, the gymnastics team has practiced off campus since the program began 18 years ago. Faced with cramped quarters, it seems like a logical move. But Stauffer said compromises like that make the problem seem invisible.

Friess said the department can't do its balancing act much longer. "It's hard to juggle all this, and we're not doing it very well," he

said. ''There's no more time management, and there's no more cutting this or altering that. The solution is a new building."

Joe Duray, 21, is a senior from Naknek who graduates in December 2002 with a degree in journalism and pUblic communications. He plans to work as a reporter. ~{/

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