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Section A of The Mining Journal's annual Progress edition.TRANSCRIPT
2012ALSOINSIDE
Al QuaalNMU eyeing more thanjust NCAA regional glory
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NMU WiMax NMU continues with wireless upgrades
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New biomassplant gets the OKNew NMU power plantconstruction starts in April
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American Indianbook released‘Voice on the Water’
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Temaki and Tea& Smoothie KingNew campus favorites
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Skateboardersset world recordOn NMU’s campus
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Gries & JamrichCould be replaced withnew building
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NMU track &field programClimbing national ladder
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NMU close tojournalism majorJust one step away
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NMU’s RipleyHeating PlantReceiving upgrades
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NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY — SECTION AMONDAY, MARCH 26
PROGRESSA SPECIAL SECTION OF THE MINING JOURNAL
By JACKIE STARKJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — The Superior Dome’sroof resurfacing project was completed inearly November, covering the last slice ofgray in favor of a new tan color.
D.C. Taylor Co., the company hired tocomplete the resurfacing, saw severalscheduling setbacks due to rough weath-er throughout the fall.
“The important thing is they got the jobdone, and they did a good job,” saidJames Thams, associate director of engi-neering and planning/grounds at North-ern Michigan University. “We had rain andwind ... a lot in the spring and the fall, andanytime we had a wind 10-12 miles perhour, that kept them off the upper part ofthe Dome. They could work on lower por-tions, do some of the detail work.”
Though the $2.5-million project wasoriginally slated for completion earlier inthe fall, Thams said they knew it was go-ing to take a bit longer, as the originalschedule never factored in weather de-lays.
The 296,000-square-foot-structure hasnot been resurfaced since it was built in
1990. D.C. Taylor Co., has, so far, beenthe only company to work on surfacingthe building.
In addition to the new roof, the projectalso involved modifications to the struc-ture near the southeast entrance. Before,when snow fell off the dome, it was diffi-cult to remove it from that area withoutdamaging the membrane. The goal wasto simplify maintenance, upkeep andsnow removal.
Funding for the project came from thedeferred maintenance reserves, whichare meant for long-term upkeep of cam-pus facilities and come from an annualgeneral fund allocation.
The idea to install NMU insignia on theroof of the Dome has also been dis-cussed, though not yet decided on.
“We are looking at ways to get sometype of signage up on the Dome,” Thamssaid. “Whether it’s something painted, ora sign, there are a couple of different op-tions that we’re evaluating.”
Jackie Stark can be reached at 906-228-
2500, ext. 242. Her email address is js-
Superior Domesheds its skin
Resurfacing project finished in November
Workers cover the Superior Dome with anew membrane, seeing a color change forthe first time since it was built in 1990. Theproject, which was originally slated for $2.3million came in under budget at just over$1.9 million. (Journal photo by Jackie Stark)
By MATT WELLENSJournal Sports Editor
MARQUETTE — Likethe Northern MichiganUniversity Nordic skiteam, organizers of theNCAA Regional NordicSkiing Championships onFeb. 17-18 at Al QuaalRecreation Area hadsomething more than re-gional glory on their mind.
All were seeking na-tional glory.
“One of the reasons
we’ve done this, to hostthe regionals, is to showthe ski community thatwe have challengingtrails, we have peoplewho are knowledgeablein grooming, which is re-ally important,” NMUhead ski coach StenFjeldheim said.
“The most importantthings in ski races arethe course, the groom-ing of the course, andaccurate timing and fa-
cilities. Al Quaal reallyserves all those purpos-es very well.”
NMU and the City ofIshpeming hoped theirjoint effort of hosting anNCAA event will lead tothe U.S. Nationals or Su-perTour events beingheld in Marquette County.
Fjeldheim said he hasbeen working with Ish-peming Parks and Recre-ation Director John Kan-gas and the city’s trail
groomer, Jay Wilder,since the summer inpreparing Al Quaal for theNCAA Regional by get-ting the trails up to inter-national standards.
“The U.S. Nationals,for example, you get fortwo years and it brings alot of people to the com-munity, about 700-800racers for a coupleweeks,” Fjeldheim said.“It would definitely bene-fit the community.”
Because of the unsea-sonably warm weather,the regional only used theTeal Lake Trail, whichwas recently redesignedin preparation for theNCAA Regional.
Organizers originallyplanned to use theOlympic Trail as well, butit required too muchshoveling due to thesnow lost on its rocky,south-facing slopes.
“The Teal Lake loop,
they added two toughclimbs to it and a techni-cal downhill,” Fjeldheimsaid. “All of that is reallygoing to serve its pur-pose just fine for bothraces. It’s a really goodthing we started on thatthis summer.”
Matt Wellens can be
reached at 906-228-2500,
ext. 252. His email ad-
dress is mwellens@min-
ingjournal.net
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NMU, Al Quaal eyeing morethan just NCAA regional glory
Above, Racers take off from the starting line for the women's 10-kilometer classic at the NCAA Central Region Nordic Ski Championships at Al Quaal Recreation Area inIshpeming on Feb. 18. Northern Michigan University hosted the event in conjuction with the city of Ishpeming in hopes of someday landing a larger event at Al Quaal, likethe U.S. National Championships. Below, Northern Michigan University's Kjell-Christian Markset skis in the men's 15-kilometer classic race at the NCAA Central RegionNordic Ski Championships at Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming. (Journal photos by Amanda Monthei)
By ADELLE WHITEFOOTJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — North-ern Michigan Universitycontinues to make addi-tions and improvementsto its WiMAX network.
One of the most recentadditions to the high-speedwireless Internet accessnetwork is coverage inHoughton. BBTelsys, aGrand Rapids company,hired NMU to install aWiMAX network for thembecause NMU has theequipment to do so.
“So basically they arepaying us to manage theirnetwork for them,” saidDavid Maki, chief technol-ogy officer.
WiMAX operates over a2.5 GHz spectrum, whichis monitored by the Fed-eral CommunicationsCommission. BBTelsyshad the spectrum andneeded to use it or theywould have lost their li-cense.
“As part of the agree-ment, NMU gets to usethat spectrum free ofcharge,” Maki said.
Under this agreement,any student, faculty orstaff member can accessWiMAX in Houghton.
NMU-issued ThinkPadlaptops now have a built-in WiMAX card. The uni-versity originally provided
external dongles for olderThinkPads that didn’t al-ready have that capabili-ty. These first dongleswere given out to Mac-Book users too, but thedongles only worked onthe Windows side andwouldn’t work with MacOS, Maki said. Now theservice works with bothApple laptops andThinkPads.
“When students get useof a Mac, they also getuse of a (new) dongle,”Maki said. “So now everystudent, even the oneswith a Mac operating sys-tem, can access WiMAX.”
When students turn in
their MacBook, whetherit’s because of graduationor switching majors, theyalso have to turn in thedongle, Maki said.
Along with these addi-tions and improvementsNMU extended its net-work to Champion andwill be adding anotherWiMAX site to thesmokestack at the univer-sity's Ripley HeatingPlant to support the largedemand for WiMAX nearand around campus.
Adelle Whitefoot can be
reached at 906-228-2500.
Her email address is pho-
The Mining Journal, Monday, March 26 — 3APROGRESS2012
When students getuse of a Mac, they al-so get use of a (new)dongle,” Maki said.“So now every stu-dent, even the oneswith a Mac operatingsystem, can accessWiMAX.
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- DAVID MAKIChief technology officer
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Above, President Barack Obama talks to a chemistry class in Negaunee while heparticipates in an interactive WiMAX demonstration at Northern Michigan Universitybefore his speech at the Vandament Arena last year. (Journal file photo) Right, a newdongle that will allow Mac users to access WiMax. (Journal photo by Adelle Whitefoot)
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By JACKIE STARKJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — A$16.4 million project wasapproved last year whichincludes renovations toNorthern Michigan Uni-versity’s Ripley HeatingPlant and calls for theconstruction of a newbiomass-fueled cogener-ation combined heat andpower plant.
The new plant will pro-vide 87 percent of thethermal needs on cam-pus and 16 percent ofNMU’s electrical load.
“This type of powerplant was developed toprovide a long-term, en-
ergy-saving, and cost-ef-fective solution to NMU'sheating and coolingneeds,” NMU’s GiseleDuehring, associate di-rector of facilities and theheating plant, said in anemail. “Since the newunit will burn locallygrown wood chips andforestry waste, NorthernMichigan University's fu-el dollars will boost thelocal economy. Plus,project construction willcreate local jobs.”
The hands-on environ-ment of the plant can beused as a teaching tool invarious NMU curricula.
Construction on the
new plant is slated to be-gin in April.
The plant would utilizewood chips and wood by-
products of the UpperPeninsula wood productsindustry, including treetops and saw dust.
The biomass plantwould also reduce facilityoperating costs, whileproviding fuel flexibility,utilizing a natural re-source and creating jobs,according to NMU.
Currently, the RipleyHeating Plant is a cen-tral steam plant used forthe majority of the heat-ing needs on campusand is fueled by naturalgas with fuel oil as back-up. The Ripley plant isalso the primary distribu-tion point for the electric-ity purchased by the uni-versity from the Mar-quette Board of Lightand Power.
The new plant wouldprovide the universitywith a greener way toheat its buildings byburning wood chips andother wood byproductsinstead of relying on fos-sil fuels for energy.
The $16.4 million pro-ject will be funded entire-ly by the university andwill also address somelong-term maintenanceissues in the Ripleyplant.
Jackie Stark can be
reached at 906-228-
2500, ext. 242. Her email
address is jstark@min-
ingjournal.net.
New biomass-fueledpower plant gets the OK
Images above and below right show the location of where construction of the new biomass-fueled cogeneration combined heat and power plant will begin this april. Be-low left, Ripley’s current heating and power plant is pictured. The new plant will provide 87 percent of the thermal needs on campus and 16 percent of NMU’s electrical load.
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The Mining Journal, Monday, March 26 — 5APROGRESS2012
By Journal StaffMARQUETTE — An
anthology of creativeworks representing thecontemporary AmericanIndian experience inMichigan was publishedin January.
“Voice on the Water:Great Lakes NativeAmerica Now,” is a 304-page paperback that fea-tures poetry, short sto-ries, essays, full colorphotographs and artwork.It also includes a glos-sary of Anishinaabeterms and contributor bi-ographies.
Northern Michigan Uni-versity’s Center for Na-tive American Studiesand the NMU Press col-laborated on the project,which was made possibleby a $15,000 grant fromthe Michigan HumanitiesCouncil.
More than 200 pieceswere submitted for con-sideration. A committeeof campus scholars,along with a communityelder and author, select-ed the 88 included in thebook.
Local contributors, list-ed by city of residence (orhometown, if an NMUstudent) are:
Baraga — KayleeBrunk; Sally Brunk; CoryFountaine, senior, art anddesign; Margaret Sheli-foe.
Bark River — ClaraCorbett.
Gwinn — Kevin Lowe;Martin Reinhardt; AshleyShelafoe, freshman, gen-eral university studies;Taylor Shelafoe; LacieStanton; Pamella Vin-cent.
Hamilton — CameronWitbeck, master’s candi-
date, creative writing.Iron River — Lois Maki.Ishpeming — Penny Ol-
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senior, English writing.Marquette — Pat An-
thony, senior, history;Teresa Bertossi; ShirleyBrozzo; Grace Chailier;Echoe Deibert; Mike Elli-son; Mary Henson; BillHoule; April Lindala;Kenn Pitawanakwat; AlexRuuska.
Sault Ste. Marie — PhilBellfy, George Tessier.
Skandia — BarbaraBradley; Aimee CreeDunn.
Vulcan — Robelle De-genaer.
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Northern Michigan University head football coach Chris Ostrowsky addresses themedia during his introductory press conference. (Journal photo by Matt Keiser)
By MATT WELLENSJournal Sports Editor
MARQUETTE — North-ern Michigan University’sChris Ostrowsky only hadeight weeks from the dayhe was promoted from of-fensive coordinator tohead coach to land his firstrecruiting class.
Driving through blizzardsand spending countlessnight away from his familyallowed the novelty oflanding his first headcoaching job to wear off.
Now, it’s all about win-ning.
“I just want to do a greatjob,” Ostrowsky said. “I justwant to put a product onthe field that makes thiscommunity proud to say,‘That’s Northern football.’ Ispend nights thinkingabout it. Let’s hope it hap-pens.”
Ostrowsky and his fourassistants signed 26 stu-dent athletes from fourstates — Michigan, Wis-consin, Illinois and New
Jersey — to scholarshipsvia National Letters of In-tent on Feb. 1.
For the former offensivecoordinator, who came toNMU in 2010, it was niceto see his assistants andprospective student-ath-letes embrace his visionwithout it truly being inplace yet.
He had only been headof the program for eightweeks.
“The change from beinga head coach to offensivecoordinator is significantbecause now you arespeaking on behalf of theprogram instead of the of-fense,” Ostrowsky said.“The vision didn’t change.It’s the same vision I had10 years ago, the same vi-sion I had 15 years agowhen I started as a coach.!
“We haven’t proved athing yet. All we are isnothing right now, andthat’s the approach we’regoing to take.”
Among the 26 players
signed February, 1 cameon the offensive side of theball, 12 on the defensiveside and a punter.
Ostrowsky said strength-ening the trenches waskey for this class with fivedefensive linemen andthree offensive linemen.
“I’m going to be cau-tiously optimistic becauserecruiting is projected andyou never know how a kidis going to turn out,” Os-trowsky said. “You canhave the greatest five-star kid in the world, butthere still is no guarantee.
“We did our homework.We checked their atten-dance. We recruited cap-tains. We recruited guysthat played in playoffgames, won champi-onships. Those are theguys we brought in here.”
Matt Wellens can be
reached at 906-228-2500,
ext. 252. His email address
is mwellen@miningjour-
nal.net
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By RENEE PRUSIJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — It’sonly been about eightmonths since Temaki andTea opened in its new lo-cation, but already thelongtime Northern Michi-gan University campusfavorite has won a legionof new fans.
Formerly located in theC.B. Hedgcock buildingon campus, Temaki andTea opened at its 1422Presque Isle Avenue siteon June 4, 2011.
“It’s new and it’s stillevolving,” said PaulSchoonveld, associatedirector of retail opera-tions at NMU. “But it hasgone well so far.”
Sharing the building —on the site of what wasonce a Hardee’s restau-rant — is Smoothie King,the first of that franchisein the Upper Peninsula.
“We knew this new fa-cility was large enough toaccomodate somethinggreat,” Schoonveld said.“There were a lot of differ-ent thoughts and it was agood opportunity to brain-storm. (NMU) President(Les) Wong suggestedmoving Temaki and Teato this great location.When he said that, we allknew it was a good idea.
“As far as SmoothieKing goes, the conceptwas with this building be-ing so close to the Supe-rior Dome and the PEIF,smoothies would be agreat choice,” he said.“This is really somethingwe don’t have on thisside of town.
“For those seeking ahealthy lifestyle, this is agreat pairing.”
Smoothie King offers avariety of beverages, de-signed to help build andmaintain health. It’s a na-tional chain.
Temaki and Tea offersJapanese cuisine, some-thing not readily availablein Marquette.
“We are here for thestudents,” Schoonveldsaid. “But the communitycertainly can join in. It’s aone-stop shop for anyoneon this side of campus. Astudent can grab asmoothie on the way toclass and come back forsushi on the way home.
“Typically, a universitywould have somethinglike this in the heart ofcampus, but with thislarge facility right in ourbackyard, and it is cam-pus because we own it,this was a great, greatopportunity,” he said.“This is the first place ourdining services has hadoutside the main block.There’s a stigma we’retrying to break about din-ing services where peo-ple think the food isn’tfresh or fun. This helps
do that.”The reaction has been
extremely positive.“People are enjoying it,”
Schoonveld said. “Wehave had a lot of positivecomments from the com-munity about both parts.It’s a good pairing and Ithink it has increased traf-fic flow in the area. Ru-mor has it business inthis part of town haveseen an increase be-
cause of this.”As the first anniversary
of the new location ap-proaches, some changesare being made.
“We’re looking to mini-mize the number of
Temaki and Tea items atthe drive through be-cause we want to make itfresh,” Schoonveld said.“Of course, we invite peo-ple to call ahead to placetheir order for pick up.
“Also, we’re going to beadding some espressobeverages as well. We’retesting those right nowand they should be avail-able after spring break,”he said. The university’sspring break was in earlyMarch.
New specials are beingplanned, some weekly andin the summer, some daily.
Temaki and Tea also of-fers classes in sushirolling for the communityand will continue to offerthose into the fall.
“We are trying to letpeople know what sushireally is,” he said. “Thereare only three or fouritems that are raw fish.
The rest is all cooked.“We get our smoked
fish from Thill’s right herein Marquette,”Schoonveld said. “We willhave people say, afterthey’re tried the sushi,that it wasn’t at all whatthey expected.”
A number of senior citi-zens have become regu-lars after trying the fare ateither Temaki or Smooth-ie or both.
“It’s quick but it’s fresh,”Schoonveld said.“There’s a huge differ-ence in quality if the sushiisn’t made fresh. Fresh-ness takes time, butwhen it’s made to order,made by hand, it’s some-thing people really enjoy.”
Renee Prusi can be
contacted at 906-228-
2500, ext. 253. Her email
address is rprusi@min-
ingjournal.net.
We’re looking to mini-mize the number of Tema-ki and Tea items at thedrive through because wewant to make it fresh,”Schoonveld said. “Ofcourse, we invite people tocall ahead to place theirorder for pick up.
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- PAUL SCHOONVELDAssociate director of retail operations at NMU
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Temaki and Tea/Smoothie Kingtake NMU favorites off campus
Top, Temaki & Tea and Smoothie King counters at the new location on Presque Isle Avenue. Left, Jessica Korhonen makes a smoohie shortly after the grand opening.Right, a recent photo of the store front. (Journal photos by Renee Prusi)
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By Journal StaffMARQUETTE —
Skateboarders in Mar-quette set the GuinnessWorld Record for mostpeople in a skateboardparade in April.
The event was hostedby the Northern MichiganUniversity Skate andSnow Club and the Mar-quette Informal Long-boarding Foundation.
The official record afterthe parade stood at 341,easily surpassing theprevious record of 250.However, organizers saidthe actual number of peo-ple who participated inthe parade may havebeen much higher.
Northern Michigan Uni-
versity student JeremyJohnson, who helped or-ganize the event, saidthey used two turnstilesat the beginning of theparade route and two atthe end to count the num-ber of skateboarders. Butit turned out only one ofthe turnstiles worked.
"We didn't realize thatuntil after the parade wasdone ... we think we hadabout 450 people therethat participated," John-son said.
The official count wasdetermined by lining upparticipants still in thearea after the parade andcounting them one byone.
Although it rained the
morning of the skate-board parade, the weath-er cleared up and the suncame out by the time theevent started at 1 p.m.near the corner of Sev-enth Street and ElizabethHarden Drive at NMU.
"I think it turned outawesome. Everybodythere seemed to have alot of fun," Johnson said.
Though the recordstands for now, Johnsonsaid he hopes it is bro-ken.
"We kinda hope some-body succeeds in break-ing it so we can break it asecond time," he said.
Johnson thanked NMUand all the local sponsorsfor their support.
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Skateboardersset worldrecord at NMU
Above and below, skateboarders set the Guinness World Record for most people in a skate-board parade on the campus of Northern Michigan University. The official record now standsat 341, easily beating the previous record of 250. (Journal file photos)
By JACKIE STARKJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — North-ern Michigan UniversityCorporate Executive ChefNathan Mileski won histhird Chef of the Yearaward in August.
The award, which hehas previously won in1997 and 2002, was pre-sented by the AmericanCulinary Federation UpperMichigan Chapter.
Mileski said the award isoffered to chefs who workwith the community pro-moting charity events aswell as the certification ofup-and-coming chefs.
“To be nominated, wemust submit what we’vedone for the communityand our chapter, the thingswe’ve attributed to thegood of the cause,” he
said.Mileski cited his involve-
ment with the UpperPeninsula Children’s Mu-seum, St. Francis Hospitalin Escanaba and his men-toring of younger chefs asexamples of ways hegives back to the commu-nity in which he lives andworks, adding that he wasproud to win the covetedaward for the third time.
“It was pretty unexpect-ed, to be honest,” Miles-ki said. “It feels great.Out of the three, this isprobably the best one forme because, for me, itfeels the most deservedin the fact that ... now I’mat the level of where Iwanted to be with mymentors of this chapter.They’ve really supportedme in my career and to
get where I’m at nowwith their support, thatmeans more than it did acouple of years ago.”
Mileski said he wasnominated along with twoother chefs who used towork for him.
“It was just a great honorto be on the same levelwith them at the sametime,” Mileski said.
Before arriving at NMUfour years ago, Mileskiworked for Master Chef inMinneapolis and spentmore than five years asthe executive chef at theDrummond Island Resortand Conference Center.
Jackie Stark can be
reached at 906-228-2500,
ext. 242. Her email ad-
dress is jstark@min-
ingjournal.net.
NMU chef Mileski wins national award
By JACKIE STARKJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — InNovember, NorthernMichigan University sub-mitted a campus renova-tion plan to the state,calling for the demolitionof both John X. JamrichHall and Gries Hall in fa-vor of a new building.
The university has yetto receive a go-aheadfrom the state to beginconstruction.
Both the classroomsfrom Jamrich Hall andthe faculty offices fromGries Hall would behoused in the new facili-ty, which would attach tothe Learning ResourcesCenter.
Originally, NMU wasapproved under a statecapital outlay bill to de-sign a renovation ofJamrich. However, dur-ing this process, it wasdiscovered that the uni-versity could build an en-tirely new facility forroughly the same cost.
“You can build some-thing more efficientlythan you can renovatean already existing build-
ing,” said James Thams,NMU Associate Directorfor Engineering andPlanning.
The new buildingwould allow the universi-ty to save up to$180,000 in operatingcosts through energy ef-ficiency and better uti-lization of space, Thamssaid, adding that con-struction of a new build-ing would ensure thatJamrich could stay openuntil the new facility wascomplete, disruptingclass schedules as littleas possible.
Another concernprompting a proposedrazing of Jamrich Hallwas the technologicalcapabilities of the facili-ty, or lack thereof, saidCindy Paavola, NMUCommunications andMarketing Director.
“Most rooms in Jam-rich, there’s literally oneoutlet in the room, so weneed to address all thechanges that have hap-pened over the past 40years as it relates towhat makes a very pro-ductive and efficient 21st
century collegiate class-room,” she said.
The bill that would fundthis project was signed byformer Michigan Gov.Jennifer Granholm andwould provide $25.4 mil-lion of the $33.4 million to-ward construction. All de-molition costs would bepaid for by the university
As far as naming thenew building, Paavolasaid the university is notyet ready to make a de-cision.
“Right now JamrichHall is the Jamrich Hallthat’s been here for 40years,” she said. “(Nam-ing the new building) issomething we’ll have tohave a discussion with alot of people on campusand the board oftrustees, and we’re justnot at that stage yet.”
If approved by thestate, construction onthe new building wouldbegin in May.
Jackie Stark can be
reached at 906-228-2500,
ext. 242. Her email ad-
dress is jstark@min-
ingjournal.net.
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Northern Michigan University submitted a campus renovation plan to the state, calling for the demolition of both John X. Jamrich Hall and Gries Hall in favor of a newbuilding. All the classrooms from Jamrich Hall and the faculty offices from Gries Hall would be housed in the new facility, which would attach to the Learning ResourcesCenter. (Journal file photos)
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By MATT WELLENSJournal Sports Editor
MARQUETTE —When Tom Barnes start-ed as an assistant coachon the Northern Michi-gan University track andfield team during its in-augural season in 2003-04, the Wildcats werenothing but a bunch ofwalk-ons.
Now, those walk-onshave developed intoconference championsand national qualifiers,lifting the Wildcat wom-en’s indoor program toas high as No. 17 inNCAA Division II thisseason.
Northern is in its eighthindoor season and ninthof outdoor after startingin November of 2003 —too late to participate inthe full indoor seasonthough the ’Cats did en-ter a couple meets.
“The progress we’vemade now is we’re get-ting athletes that can winconference titles,” saidBarnes, who took overas head coach in 2007.“They’re going to beright up there in the con-ference and we’re get-ting more than one ortwo. We got six or sev-en. Our distance crew iscoming around againand they’re going to bereally strong too.”
Senior Bailey Franklinis one of those GLIACchampions having wonthree indoor triple jumptitles and three outdoortriple jump titles headinginto her senior year. Thisseason she qualified forthe NCAA Division IIchampionship in thehigh jump.
Other standouts thisseason at NMU includefreshman AngelinaHoward, sophomoreJamie Roberts, fresh-man Sherice Hewett, se-nior Melissa Christensenand senior CatherineAngeli of Marquette,who all posted NCAAprovisional times, jumpsor scores.
Barnes credited his
coaching staff, many ofwhom are part time forhelping build the pro-gram.
Jenny Ryan, who alsocoaches cross countryand helps with Nordicskiing, works with thedistance runners; MikeAngeli, a finance man-ager at Frei Chevy,works with polevaulters; Kevin Keanworks with the sprint-ers, hurdlers, jumpersand relay teams; JustinMerckx works with thehigh jumpers; and AndyTysz works with thethrowers.
“We just keep workingsteadily,” Barnes said. “Ithink we’ve improvedsteadily over the years
where we should stay inthat range or get better.You get more support asyou get better. You kindof have to prove your-self.”
The biggest hurdle forBarnes and NMU is thelack of an outdoor facili-ty. When the weather co-operates, NMU prac-tices at Marquette Se-nior High School, but isotherwise confined tothe Superior Dome.
That’s not a bad placeto practice, however, ac-cording to Barnes for in-door or outdoor competi-tion and in fact, theDome’s advantagesmake up for the lack ofan outdoor facility, hesaid.
“The Dome is awe-some,” Barnes said. “Itcould be better. Wecould get more trackthings and have more
track time, but that’ssomething we’ll probablyget over the next fewyears. We’re working onit.”
Matt Wellens can be
reached at 906-228-2500,
ext. 252. His email ad-
dress is mwellens@min-
ingjournal.net
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Northern Michigan University's Jamie Roberts of Iron Mountain clears the bar in the pole vault during the Northern Challenge at the Superior Dome in Marquette. Roberts wonthe event by clearing 3.86 meters or approximately 12 feet, 7 inches. (Journal photos by Matt Keiser)
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By JACKIE STARKJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — A newmedia journalism major isone step away from im-plementation in this fall’scurriculum at NorthernMichigan University.
The proposal for thenew major is awaiting ap-proval by Interim Provostand Vice President ofAcademic Affairs PaulLang.
“We don’t assumethere’ll be any objectionsto it. We’re hoping to getstarted in the fall,” saidEnglish DepartmentHead Ray Ventre.
Ventre said he hasbeen working closely withEnglish Professor JimMccommons, Communi-cations and PerformanceStudies DepartmentHead Jim Cantrill andCommunications andPerformance StudiesProfessor Dwight Brady.
The focus of the newmajor will involve all as-pects of journalism, in-cluding print and broad-cast. New courses on re-porting, ethics and theorywill be included in themajor, which would scrapthe university’s currentbroadcast journalism ma-jor, though the journalismminor would still remain.
As a result of offeringboth a major in broadcastjournalism and a minor ingeneral journalism, boththe English Departmentand the Communicationsand Performance StudiesDepartment already offerseveral journalism cours-es that will be incorporat-ed into the new major.
Part of the media jour-nalism major will requirestudents to complete aninternship in any one of awide variety of organiza-tions, including The NorthWind, Radio X, WNMUradio and TV as well asmedia centers outsidethe university.
Ventre said no new pro-fessors were needed toimplement the major.
“We’re mounting thiswith current faculty andadjunct professors,” Ven-tre said. “We have a num-ber of faculty who aremulti-dimensional andwe’re combining withCommunications andPerformance Studies. It’san interdisciplinary com-bined major between thetwo departments.”
Jackie Stark can be
reached at 906-228-
2500, ext. 242. Her email
address is jstark@min-
ingjournal.net.
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University 1 step awayfrom journalism major
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Top, journalist Jackie Stark takes notes at her desk.(Journal photo by Matthew Keiser) Above, a reportertakes photos at a event. Below, newspaper boxes arepictured. (AP photos)
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Above, a Range Telecommunications tower crew is seen amidst a cloud of steamfrom the Harvey G. Ripley Heating Plant on the NMU campus. Below, a image of theexterior of the Ripley power plant. (Journal file photos)
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By ADELLE WHITEFOOTJournal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE — Along with buildinga new heating plant, Northern MichiganUniversity will be making upgrade to itsexisting Ripley Heating Plant.
The upgrades to the plant are sched-uled to begin at the end of the semesterand will consist of improving the fireprotection system, the building's venti-lation system and hydronic system as-sociated with steam production — suchas storage tanks, pumps and watersofteners. The new plant will sharesome of the equipment in the existingplant, said Gisele Duehring, NMU's as-sociate director of facilities and heatingplant.
“Adding fire sprinklers to the existingplant minimizes risk of fire starting inthe existing plant and spreading to thenew unit,” Duehring said.
With the upgrades of Ripley HeatingPlant and construction of the new one,there may be short periods of timewhere either steam or electrical out-ages will occur.
“All outages will be planned well in ad-vance so all campus personnel are
aware of the time and estimated dura-tion of the outage,” said Jim Thams,NMU's associate director of engineer-ing and planning.
The existing plant currently runs onnatural gas and will continue to do soeven after the new plant is built, Thamssaid.
“This combined with the use of woodat the new facility will provide versatilityof the university and help NMU betterforecast and manage utility costs,” hesaid.
According to Duehring, once the newplant is built, Ripley Heating Plant willfill three basic roles. It will serve as abackup in the event the new unit needsmajor maintenance; it will be the prima-ry unit if gas prices drop below wood fu-el prices. Finally, Duehring said, it willserve "as a supplement to the newunit’s output when steam demand ishigher than one unit alone can provide.”
Upgrades to the Ripley Heating Plantare scheduled to begin in May.
Adelle Whitefoot can be reached at
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