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UMD Parking Services is hoping to ease the hassle of parking on campus by making several changes to the parking system that are set to go into effect next academic year.

A new white parking permit will be offered next year, and is designed to help utilize the available parking spots on the outer edges of campus. The white permits will come at a reduced price of $120, down from the maroon permit price of $195, and will allow permit holders to park in some of the perimeter lots located around the outer edges of campus.

“It’s a matter of looking at how to better utilize the parking that we do have,“ said Patrick Keenan, director of Student Life Operations. “We’re trying to make best use out of a limited space on campus with very high demand.”

200 spaces will be reallocated from the green lots, where on-campus residents park, and changed into maroon and white lots.

All parking permit prices are still subject to change, pending approval from the board of regents.

Drivers looking to reserve permits must fill out an application online. Applications become available May 1. There will no longer be a Labor Day sale.

In addition to parking permits, a variety of other parking changes are set to occur over the next school year.

Parking enforcement will stop at 5:00 p.m. instead of the current 6:30 p.m.

Parking Services hopes that this change will help encourage more community involvement in on-campus evening events.

Credit card enabled parking meters will also be installed throughout the

BY MAEGGIE [email protected]

After collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts, the UMD Police Department (UMDPD) and Facilities Management are planning for the installation of security cameras in Cina Hall, the Humanities Building and A.B. Anderson Hall.

Officer Scott Drewlo says the security updates were in motion last fall, but a sexual assault on campus last summer spurred change forward.

“UMDPD, UMD Facilities Management and crime prevention specialists from the U of M Twin Cities campus did a site security audit last fall on Cina, ABAH, Humanities and a few other areas,” Drewlo said. “This had been in process for some time before my arrival and the reported sexual assault last summer. Events last summer did help move the project along, though, by raising awareness of a myriad of security vulnerabilities.”

After a sweep of the

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With graduation just around the corner, many seniors are getting very excited to walk across the stage and get their diplomas. This year, those seniors will be split between two ceremonies based on college.

“We are now having two undergraduate ceremonies to allow graduates to bring as many family members and friends as they would like to celebrate with them,” said Lucy Kragness, who is in charge of commencement this year.

By splitting up the large ceremony into two smaller ceremonies, students no longer have a limit of four guests. They may invite whomever they wish and don’t have to worry about reserving tickets.

This year there will be a ceremony with about 750 students at 10 a.m. for graduates from the Labovitz School of Business and Economics (LSBE) and the Swenson College of Science and Engineering (SCSE).

The 3 p.m. ceremony will also have about 750 students with graduates from the College of Education and Human Services Professions (CEHSP), the School of Fine Arts (SFA) and the College of Liberal Arts (CLA).

Holding two ceremonies will accommodate the graduating students, as more students from each graduating class are choosing to walk.

According to Kragness, who took into account the number of staff and the amount of time that it takes to help with distributing tickets, it’s also a lot cheaper to hold two ceremonies.

Parking changes coming to UMD

Safety trumps tight budgetUMD adds more security cameras to campus

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Security cameras, like the ones pictured in the Swenson Civil Engineering Building, will be installed in Cina Hall, Humanities Building and A.B. Anderson Hall.

school, there were a couple specific problems noted.

“The assessment showed a number of areas that could use some attention,” Drewlo said. “Most notably the number of blind spots created by building design—small passageways, tight corners, un-defined nooks and crannies. As

we triaged the wish list for updates, those came out as priorities.”

Though plans for newer buildings at UMD included security cameras from the beginning, these older areas of the campus lack security measures. Director of Technology Peter Angelos says changing this is a high priority.

“The College of Liberal Arts, and the university in general, want to maintain and improve the general security for faculty, staff, and students so people can feel safe,” he said.

Angelos described some of the visibility problems that the UMDPD found in their assessment.

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ALEX LEONE/STATESMANStudents wait in line for an open parking spot in the packed pay lot on April 16.

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Commencement split into two ceremonies

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semester. The cost of parking in the pay lots

will go up to $3, but will now include a new carpool incentive. For every time students carpool to campus, they will receive a stamp. Ten stamps will be redeemable for a free day of parking.

“We try to find that sweet spot between adequately and efficiently using the number of parking spaces available, while also trying to

accommodate as many employees and students that we can,” Keenan said.

In previous years, Parking Services oversold maroon permits by an almost 2:1 permits-to-space ratio. They hope to bring that down to around 1.3 permits for every one spot.

“The majority of maroon holders are students,” Keenan explains. “Students come and go. They’re not here the full day.

If we sold those on a one to one basis, we’d have spaces available all day, because students aren’t here all day. And we would be turning away a number of people who want permits.”

These changes come as a result of research done by both Keenan and the Student Association (SA).

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WHO MAKES THE CALL?

Last Friday, UMD students were excited to receive a text early in the morning informing them that classes were canceled due to the weather. This was UMD’s first snow day this year, and one of two over the past two years. The last snow day before that was in 2009, when the school canceled night classes after 5 p.m.

The decision to have a snow day is made by the Chancellor in conjunction with Facilities Management. Some of the factors they take into account when deciding, include whether or not parking lots are clear and accessible, if the DTA busses are running, and whether or not people can get to campus safely. To read more about this process visit http://www.d.umn.edu/umdhr/Policies/emergency.htm.

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The images on the campus’ TV screen are the only movement in the hallway outside of the unusually quiet Northern Shores coffee shop on April 12.

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“The architecture of those buildings leave spots that don’t have public visibility,” Angelos said. “There are alcoves in entrances. The UMDPD recommended installing mirrors in the alcoves so that people can see who’s going in and out.”

Additional cameras will be placed near the entrances and exists of the buildings and near elevators, but won’t be placed in classrooms.

Dan Lackore, information technology professional at UMD, said that the university considered the placement in the most logical way possible.

“There will be cameras in front of the elevator in the basement of Cina and one at the end of each hallway,” he said. “If somebody gets

on (the elevator) and gets off, they’ll be seen from the other floors, as well. It saves money, and it’s logical. It’s good because nobody will be able to enter or leave Cina without being seen.”

There will be ten or eleven cameras in Cina Hall once the installation is complete. According to Ken McMillan, UMD telecommunication and network technician, each camera costs about $1,000. For every 16 cameras, a new server is needed, so the Cina Hall cameras require their own server. McMillan said that each server costs between $5,000 and $6,000.

That brings the grand total to about $16,000. Even though the school is on a tight budget right

now, Angelos believes that safety outweighs cost.

“The budget makes it more challenging, but it’s a seriously high priority,” he said. “Finances would never stop security.”

For those who are in the building every day, the new security measures are comforting.

Geraldine Hughes, executive administrative and office specialist, works on the third floor of Cina Hall in an office area with an alcove that blocks the entrance from view. One of the mirrors suggested by the UMDPD was recently installed.

“I feel safer,” she said. “The mirror helps. Now I can see around the corner and who’s looking at the mailboxes.”

Graduating senior Meghan Tompkins, a communications major, is very happy with the changes made to the ceremony.

“I like it better because graduation is so long and a lot of people don’t walk because of it,” Tompkins said. “Splitting it up just makes it a lot easier. Even though a lot of your friends might not be in the same graduation as you, most of my friends are in my same one so it works out.”

She also likes that there isn’t a limit on how many guests she can invite to the event.

“I have a huge family

so it would’ve been hard to choose who I wanted to be there,” Tompkins said.

Graduating senior Chelsea Chambers, also a communications major, thinks there are advantages to both one large ceremony and two smaller ones.

“(Holding two ceremonies) allows you to bring more of your friends and family without having to worry about reserving tickets,” Chambers said. “But it would be kind of nice to have it all together at once so you could graduate with your friends in other schools. It’s a win-lose situation.”

Chambers thinks the main benefit of having two separate ceremonies is being able to have an unlimited number of guests.

“I know I have seven people coming, so that is a huge benefit,” Chambers said.

However, given the choice, Chambers would have to pick the old way: one large ceremony.

“I think we should just have them together,” Chambers said. “It would be a lot easier. It is just that one day that you have to sit there and watch the whole thing—I want to see my friends graduate.”

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BY KYLE FARRIS [email protected]

A landmark hire, like UMD’s soon-to-be athletic director Josh Berlo, usually brings excitement and optimism to a community, but the university’s judgment is being questioned due to what one instructor is calling a “cruel injustice” to a longtime member of the athletic department.

“The fact that (Karen Stromme) wasn’t given an interview, I think, is a huge slap in the face to someone who’s worked here this long,” said Trista Vucetich, a communication instructor at UMD. “I wouldn’t dare speculate on any decisions that were made, but from anyone’s viewpoint from the university, I think it’s just common sense.”

Stromme, 53, who was away at NCAA meetings this week, is a Duluth native and has been involved with UMD athletics for 30 years as a coach and administrator.

She was chosen to serve as interim athletic director following Bob Nielson’s resignation in December, but was not one of eight finalists selected to interview for the permanent position.

“I don’t believe people earn rights by simply putting in time, but rather by their accomplishments and skills,” Stromme said in an email. “I have enjoyed and embraced the opportunity of interim athletic director.”

In January, Chancellor Lendley Black organized a 14-person search committee chaired by Vince Magnuson, chemistry instructor and former vice chancellor of academic administration. With help from the Parker Executive Search firm based in Atlanta, Ga., the university fielded roughly 60 applicants, including Stromme, for the committee to evaluate.

The list was cut to eight last month in preparation for the first round of interviews, and narrowed to three for the second round, which concluded April 2. Cuts to the field were made through collaborative decisions by the committee, which consisted of seven males and seven females. Black made the final ruling once the interview process was complete.

UMD’s decision not to interview Stromme evoked anger from

some in the Duluth community, and led to several letters being published by the Duluth News Tribune last week in her defense.

“In my humble opinion, she is the most popular staff member in UMD history,” said Scott Hanna, who retired from the athletic department last spring after 44 years of involvement as a player, coach and faculty member. “What the committee did from the top right on down was an awful thing to do to somebody like Karen Stromme. You’re not going to find a nicer person than her.”

Backlash or not, Magnuson holds that the committee entered the search with no predispositions and treated Stromme no differently from the other candidates.

“There’s no guarantee the internal candidate has a parachute into the position,” Magnuson said. “She was evaluated precisely the same way that the other candidates were. A very large majority of the members did not move her candidacy forward.”

Having served as the head women’s basketball coach for 21 years before stepping down in

May of 2005 to become assistant athletic director and senior woman’s administrator, Stromme was called by Black in December “certainly the most qualified person” to replace Nielson in the interim. She holds the most wins in the history of UMD basketball, and was admitted into the school’s athletic hall of fame in 2011.

Still, Stromme, who said she was “honored and humbled” by the community support, had to beat out roughly 50 candidates in order to earn an interview.

“A person with her qualifications and her morals and her personality, absolutely, I would put her against anybody they got,” Hanna said. “I can’t tell you how many phone calls I’ve had, and it’s been literally dozens of phone calls, from former UMD administrators, former professors, former athletes, former civil service people. Every single one of them agreed.”

Though he stressed the search was not a sentimental process and the goal was to find the best man or woman for the job, Magnuson conceded that an interview could have

spared the university this dispute.

“The easy answer, probably, in terms of thinking about potential downsides or backlash, would have been for the committee to take the road that, well, move the internal candidate along,” Magnuson said. “But the committee made a decision, a conscious decision, that

(it) was not the way to move forward.”

Berlo will officially take over the office of athletic director May 1, but Stromme will continue to perform the duties of the capacity in the meantime.

BY ANNE KUNKEL [email protected]

A non-student was convicted of trespassing and shoplifting from the UMD upper-level school store last week. Store workers last Wednesday and Thursday called UMDPD and reported that a male had shoplifted items three separate times. Officers were able to identify the man using security footage.

On Friday, officers responded to a call about a dorm party around 10:30 p.m. in Goldfine Hall. With the help of resident advisers, police were able to identify all the students involved, who were then turned over to UMD’s Housing Department for sanctions. No underage drinking citations were given.

Later the same evening officers again responded to Goldfine Hall after reports of marijuana use were called in. Two residents were cited for drug paraphernalia and possession.

Shortly after midnight on Saturday, a UMDPD officer on patrol noticed

a male fall into a snow bank near Maplewood Ct. and Saint Marie St. After approaching the male, an underage UMD student, the officer found him to be intoxicated with a blood alcohol level of .26. The male was cited for underage drinking and sent to detox.

UMDPD officers also came across a female student who had fallen into a snow bank around 3 a.m. on Saturday. Her blood alcohol level was .256. She was also cited for underage drinking and sent to detox.

Around 2 a.m. Saturday, a UMDPD officer on patrol witnessed a vehicle run a stop sign on campus by Kirby Drive. The officer followed the car toward the UMD library, where the driver attempted to evade pursuit. However, the car was blocked in, giving the officer a chance to pull over the driver. UMDPD identified the driver as an intoxicated UMD student, who had an open can of beer in the vehicle. The student was arrested and now faces a DWI and other traffic charges.

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Back in September, an SA ad hoc committee was assembled to research various ways UMD could improve its parking system.

“We continuously got complaints about parking and how it’s inefficient,” said Ross Cody Burns, vice president of Student Life.

“It’s probably one of top three biggest complaints we hear,” added Kimberly

Newton, student body president-elect. The committee looked at several

universities that were of comparable size to UMD, and focused on how those schools handled parking.

“I think the new structure is going to be beneficial,” Newton said. “This is a great update, and a cleaning up of some of the issues we’ve had in the past.”

ATHLETICS/SUBMITTED

Karen Stromme, who is serving as interim athletic director.

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After 30 years of service to UMD Karen Stromme isn’t promoted

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I’m currently sipping a coffee and sit-ting by a fireplace. I’m trying to warm up. It’s mid-April. There’s a winter storm warning for northeast Minne-sota. Apparently, another snowfall is on its way. Not just snow, but freezing rain and heavy wind warnings. I haven’t left the house for two days. There’s snow everywhere and it’s still going. The entire ground is a white blanket. I’m

having a brief reflective moment on my first winter in the Twin Ports area. This winter, I didn’t have a chance to do all the things I wanted to do here. I wish I had gone skiing.

Then, an idea pops into my head. Maybe there is no such thing as spring or summer here anymore. Maybe it is now winter all year round. My hypoth-esis is starting to make more and more sense. I’m now excited about the end-less possibilities.

This means that I will have a chance to go skiing. I think I’ll try to get some of that done in May. I’ll build a snow-man holding an American flag for the Fourth of July. I’ll give him an Uncle Sam hat. But, being a student of poli-tics, I need to think bigger. How can this change Duluth? Well, simply: Duluth needs to re-brand itself. A com-plete overhaul.

I was thinking that Duluth can become a true beacon of tourism. “Experience Winter Year Round” could be a great city slogan. Year-round ski slopes would guarantee a steady influx of visitors spending money on chalets, equipment, hot chocolates, you

name it. This would provide a steady job market and boost city coffers. We wouldn’t even have to raise taxes.

Think about it. Anyone whose pro-fession or amusement depends on cold weather would have a permanent boomtown. We could host outdoor hockey tournaments in June. There’s some guaranteed tourist money from Canada.

We need to stop complaining about the temperature, the endless snow, the slush. Sure, we don’t get picnics, swim-ming, baseball, summer activities, or even sunlight. But, come on, everyone else has that. Doesn’t Duluth want to be unique? We don’t need summer; that’s an old fad. We’re going to try something new. We’ll only have a single season.

This whole scheme is one option that Duluth can pursue. The other is that it can simply warm up. (At least by June, please.) However, nothing would ruin the humor of this piece more than some warm temperatures next week. Maybe I can jinx our weather back to accept-able levels. So, if it has warmed up by the time this article has been published, you’re welcome.

Throughout my thirteen years of employment at UMD, I have been disappointed with several things: increasing class sizes, limited job security and a salary that is laughable to friends and family outside of higher education—just to name a few. For the most part, I grin and bear it and buy into the idea that I am lucky to have a job here. Perhaps I am.

But nothing has saddened me more than Karen Stromme being denied an interview for the position of Athletic Director. After 30 years of devoting her life to the UMD Athletic Department as both a coach and an administrator, the fact that Karen was not given the opportunity of even an interview for this position is one of the most absurd mistakes this university has made in a long time. I cannot imagine that the backlash of this decision comes as a surprise.

Anyone who knows Karen knows that she lights up a room. That she is an exceptional role model to women and men. That she bleeds Bulldog athletics. That she has worked tirelessly for the program both in the spotlight and behind the scenes. That she is at every athletic event working the crowd, talking with boosters, supporting the athletes. And I don’t think anyone can argue that her genuine concern for the well being and success of student athletes here can be rivaled. To dedicate your entire life to a program—to its people, to a university—only to be treated in this manner is nothing short of a cruel injustice.

I don’t believe anyone is upset Karen was not offered the job. I’m sure the newly appointed athletic director will do an excellent job while he is here. But to suggest she was not qualified enough for an interview? My four-year-old son would tell you she deserved one, regardless of the clear intention to hire externally.

As I teach my students, anger is a secondary emotion behind fear. Perhaps the reason I am so upset by this injustice is because I fear I work at a university where people don’t matter. That, like Karen, I too might work my whole life here and my dedication might not be valued. Not surprisingly, Karen has handled this situation with her usual grace and dignity. She demonstrates everything we hope our university stands for—how ironic.

I believe what we are missing in all of this is that we have taught our students, and student athletes, some very important life lessons through this situation. Some things in life aren’t fair. No matter what your degree, your work ethic, your experience, your passion, your commitment, you might still be overlooked and treated disrespectfully. But I also hope this has taught them that as friends, as co-workers, and as humans, we need to stand up and voice our thoughts and opinions when others are treated so poorly. This is one of those cases.

My husband, a former UMD athlete and honor student, will undoubtedly continue to support the athletic department financially despite his embarrassment and disappointment with what has happened to Karen. The student athletes shouldn’t suffer as a result of the poor decision-making abilities of people who should have know better. I, however, have decided to increase my financial support to my undergraduate and graduate alma maters instead. Last time I checked, they still practiced common sense and human decency.

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BY LISA [email protected]

Hockey season is over for UMD, but I’m still thinking about the chants in the student section at men’s hockey games. In fact, I’ve been thinking about them for over a year, and I have been working with others at UMD to address racist, sexist and homophobic chants in the student section. Honestly, it’s been a difficult process, and I’ve struggled with how to engage students in a conversation about positive chants.

That all changed on February 8, because that’s the day Matt Christians first walked into my office.

Matt is a UMD student, a college hockey blogger, and a passionate UMD Bulldog fan. He and I had a great conversation the first time we met. Matt wanted to understand the reasons for the strategies UMD was using to address negative chants, but more importantly, he wanted to be part of the solution.

The next time I had the chance to meet with Matt, several other equally passionate students joined us: Mike Becker, Erik Doeden, and Jace Romano.

Chancellor Black also attended the meeting. We heard their plans for building a new tradition at UMD and the best student hockey section in the country. They understood the reasons that change was needed, acknowledged the hurtful chanting that had occurred in the past, and had looked at how things are done at other schools. We had a good discussion about what’s acceptable (and what is not!). Chancellor Black and I left the meeting very energized, and in great support of the ideas that the men were formulating.

I had the chance to meet with the group again this past week, and we were joined by Matt Black from the UMD Student Association and the Campus Assembly Student Affairs Committee. The group has made great progress, and has a draft of a proposal for a new student organization and support from UMD Athletics. Brian Nystrom from Athletics will be the organization’s adviser, and he is someone who can help the group make things happen!

Matt C., Mike, Erik, Jace, and Matt B., I wanted to say thank you publically. Thanks for understanding that if UMD is to live the values that we espouse and

make progress on our goal of making the campus an inclusive and welcoming place for all, something needs to change with regard to negative chants. And thank you for demonstrating your leadership and the courage to make things better. To quote Cat Stevens:

Oh very young, what will you leave us this timeThere’ll never be a better chance to change your mindAnd if you want this world to see a better dayWill you carry the words of love with you?

I’m behind this group 100 percent, and I hope, dear reader, that you will be behind them, too. And if you’re someone that sits in the student section, I hope you’ll join them. To find out more about the group, please contact me through Twitter (laerwinMN) or an old-fashioned email ([email protected]) to let me know. You could also contact Matt Christians: [email protected]

*Lisa Erwin is the Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Dean of Students

BY KATIE [email protected]

I transferred to UMD from UMC in fall 2012. When I first arrived, I expe-rienced a bit of a culture shock when I realized that UMD is much different from UMC—in many positive ways. There’s a bigger student population, more school spirit, more ways to get involved, a bigger variety of places to eat, and I am surrounded by my own kind: city dwellers. Another difference that stands out is the fact that UMD does not have a laptop program, while UMC does. UMC is known as the original “Laptop University” because it requires all full-time students to rent a laptop. The laptop program is designed to aid students, but in reality it is more of a burden.

The laptop program is a tremendous burden on students’ pockets. Constant-ly thinking about money and seeking ways to conserve money are two things all college students have in common, and a surefire way to save money is to stay away from universities that have a laptop program. Students who attend UMC might as well walk to the com-puter help desk with their hands up because they are being robbed. UMC incorporates a $500 technology access fee into the cost of tuition every semes-

ter; that is $1,000 every year for a used, run-of-the-mill, HP laptop. That is ridiculous!

Students who are graduating can opt to purchase their laptop at the end of the year for an extra $50 fee. One could argue that $50 is a great price, but after paying thousands of dollars for it throughout the years, it should be free. Attend-ing a university that does not participate in the laptop program saves students an absurd amount of money. For the three years I attended UMC, I paid $3,000 to rent a laptop that I did not think was that great. Whereas, before I came to UMD, I was able to shop around for a new laptop that I actually liked and fulfilled my specific needs. I chose a Lenovo that was roughly only $480 and it should last for at least four years. Is the laptop program beneficial? Do the math.

The lack of intellectual engagement in classes is another burden the laptop program creates. Providing all students with a laptop and allowing laptops to be utilized during class is counterpro-ductive. The laptop program is sup-posed to ensure and aid to the success of students; however, instead of using the laptops for academic purposes and paying attention in class, many students spend class time playing computer

games, looking at Facebook, or chat-ting with friends on Skype to counter-act boredom. When I was enrolled at UMC, I was guilty of doing this, but ever since I transferred to UMD, I have noticed that I, as well as the other stu-dents in my classes, don’t seem to rely on laptops. The diminished source of distractions leads to more participation in classes and more information being retained.

There are many great qualities that UMC possesses but the laptop program is not one of them. The laptop program has good intentions of giving students an equal opportunity for success, but breeds many problems. It’s expensive and a hindrance to the learning process inside the classroom. Ultimately, univer-sities that don’t participate in the laptop program are more beneficial.

Stromme should’ve been

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director

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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 B1Sports Editor / Kyle Farris / [email protected]

Bulldogs drop two tight ones, then return favorBY KYLE [email protected]

Of the 24 games the UMD baseball team had played entering Monday, 14 had been decided by three runs or less. The Bulldogs (6-20, 6-6 NSIC) had won just two of those games, but the ball finally started to bounce their way during crunch time Monday.

Locked in a scoreless

tie in game one Monday against Wayne State with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, UMD was able to slip the winning run home on a called third strike that got away from the Wildcat catcher for a passed ball. Jimmy Heck, who accounted for three of the game’s six hits, came across to seal the walk-off.

Adam Zwak tossed

seven scoreless innings with eight punchouts and only two hits to nab his second win of the season.

For the first time all season, the Bulldogs made it back-to-back wins in game two Monday, this time on the strength of their bats.

A five-run outburst in the third inning turned out to be all the offense UMD needed to secure a sweep of the double dip.

Heck and left fielder John Meyer each notched two hits, and Heck and first baseman Alex Wojciechowski drove in two apiece in support of starter Kyle Fritz, who allowed three runs in 5.1 innings of work in the eventual 6-4 win—his first of the season.

The Bulldogs had been stellar on the mound for the most part Sunday, but couldn’t come away

with the timely hits or critical outs to earn a win.

After a scoreless first inning in the opener, UMD struck for two runs in the second on a sacrifice fly from Kyle Comer and an RBI double from Tommy Bodeker. But the Bulldog offense managed just one hit and no runs the rest of the way.

Ace Jordan Smith

went the distance on the mound for UMD, registering six strikeouts and only one earned run through the first six innings. The senior captain failed to escape a jam in the seventh, however, and surrendered three runs and ultimately game one to the Wildcats.

Where are they now?Catching up with former UMD hockey heroes

Finally healthy, Nealer in dominant form

SPORTS BRIEFS Track and field

Six members of the UMD track and field team walked away with top honors over the weekend. Competing in the Tom Cat Open on the men’s side, Dan Nielson nailed down the squad’s lone victory, taking the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:19.14. The women’s team was in Winona, Minn., for the Warrior Open, where UMD earned five first-place finishes Saturday: Amelia Maher in the 400-meter hurdles and the high jump, Rebecca Lee in the 100-meter hurdles, Han-nah Jocelyn in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and Kayla Wil-trout in the pole vault. On Sun-day, Chanel Miller laid claim to the heptathlon title to round out the meet. Both teams will be in Northfield, Minn., this weekend to partake in the Car-leton Relays.

The UMD tennis team will put a bookend on its 2013 season in Lakeville, Minn., Wednesday against NSIC foe Sioux Falls. After dropping a match to the University of Mary their last time out, the Bulldogs (3-9, 3-7 NSIC) will look to bounce back with help from Kelsey Cunningham and Katie Lincoln, who lead the club with five singles victories apiece on the year. The duo has also teamed up to go 8-4 in doubles competition. First serve is set for 1:30.

Baseball

University of MaryBulldog ParkWednesday, 12 p.m.

Minnesota State-MankatoBulldog ParkSaturday/Sunday, 12 p.m.

Softball

Minnesota, CrookstonSt. Paul, Minn.Wednesday, 11 a.m.

University of MarySt. Cloud, Minn.Saturday, 7 p.m.

Minot StateSt. Cloud, Minn.Sunday, 6 p.m.

Track and field

Carleton RelaysNorthfield, Minn.Saturday, 11 a.m.

Schedule

A look at the week aheadfor UMD Athletics.

All events are subject to change.

Tennis

see BASEBALL, B2

Jack Connolly (2008-12)

2012 graduate Jack Con-nolly is a player many Bulldog fans remember fondly. He not only helped UMD win its first national championship in 2011, but also won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award last year as the NCAA’s best player. Con-nolly was the fifth Bulldog to win the award, making UMD the school with the most Hobey Baker winners in history.

“It meant the world to me to be a Bulldog,” Connolly said. “I enjoyed every minute of my four years at UMD and couldn’t have asked for a better college experience.”

Currently, Connolly is play-ing for Färjestad BK in the Swedish Elite League, where he amassed 19 points in 34 games, including a two-goal outing in his first professional appearance.

Despite the distance and time difference, he still follows his alma mater closely.

“I followed their entire sea-son this year,” Connolly said. “They have some very talented underclassmen that got their feet wet this year in a very diffi-cult college hockey conference. I definitely think the future of the UMD hockey program looks bright.”

Tom Kurvers (1980-84)

The 1984 National Champi-onship game stands as one of the longest in NCAA history and one that left UMD and the Bulldog faithful wanting. Bowling Green scored the win-ner in a fourth overtime peri-od, ending the Bulldogs’ season and any chance of defenseman Tom Kurvers winning a colle-giate championship.

“The success we had at the end of four years there was very close to everything you could ask for,” Kurvers said. “We left a little bit on the table, but in 2011 those guys cleaned up those scraps. That was a good night for me. We got to bury a bunch of demons from 1984 that night.”

Kurvers, who was the first Bulldog to win the Hobey Baker in 1984, went on to play for several NHL teams, includ-ing the Montreal Canadiens, where he won a Stanley Cup in 1986 alongside NHL legends Patrick Roy and Chris Chelios.

After retiring from NHL play, Kurvers took an execu-tive position with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He currently serves as senior adviser to the general manager and controls Tampa Bay’s college free agent recruiting.

Junior Lessard (2000-04)

Junior Lessard is another former player well loved by Bulldog fans after winning himself a Hobey Baker in 2004 and helping propel the team to an appearance in the Frozen Four.

After his time with UMD, Lessard signed with the Dallas Stars and bounced between NHL teams and their affiliates for several years. He then played pro hockey for a brief stint in Europe, before returning home to Quebec to play semi-pro. Injuries began to sideline Lessard a few years ago, and he missed 2013 with knee problems. Unsure if he will try to resume his career on the ice, Lessard is instead focusing on becoming an English as a second language (ESL) teacher in Quebec.

Despite his current distance from the university, Lessard still comes back to visit his alma mater.

“I try to make it at least once a year,” Lessard said. “I’m planning going back this summer. I kept in touch with a lot of people and I think the organization is great. It’s an experience I’m never going to forget.”

Kyle Schmidt (2007-11)

The Bulldogs may have never seen a national championship if it wasn’t for Kyle Schmidt. He flew under the radar for most of his Bulldog career, but etched his name in the record books in 2011 with the win-ning goal 3:22 into overtime against Michigan.

Schmidt was also voted USCHO’s National Unsung Hero of the Year and Bulldog Fan Favorite in 2011. And the love he received from UMD was strongly returned.

“Being a Bulldog meant the world to me,” Schmidt said. “It was the only college team I tru-ly wanted to be a part of. I’m not sure (the national cham-pionship) will ever sink in. To play on the first team to bring a men’s national championship to Duluth is something I’ll nev-er forget.”

After graduating, Schmidt spent a year playing hockey in Europe, but is currently back in Duluth working in the cor-porate office of a retail cloth-ing chain. Being back in town means the former Bulldog can keep close tabs on his old team.

“The future of UMD hockey is very bright,” Schmidt said. “It is certainly an exciting time to be a Bulldog fan.”

BY NICOLE [email protected]

Ever wondered what happened to former Bulldog hockey greats? The Statesman recently caught up with a few fan favorites from years past to check in and have them reflect on their UMD careers. Some responses came in via email, when players could not be reached by any other means. Photos submitted by UMD athletics.

BY EVAN [email protected]

It’s the top of the seventh, two outs and a runner on third in a 1-0 game. What was supposed to be the NSIC home opener at Junction Avenue Field for the Bulldogs has turned into a “home” game three hours away on the visiting team’s turf. The St. Cloud State Huskies are 60 feet away from tying the game.

In the circle stands senior pitcher Julia Nealer.

Staring down at the catcher’s signals, she rotates the ball in her right hand. She takes a quick stare at the batter with glaring eyes. One word pops into the mind of head coach Jen Banford in that moment.

“Determination,” Banford said. EVAN SMEGAL/STATESMAN

see NEALER, B2Senior pitcher Julia Nealer completes her delivery during a game February in St. Paul.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 B2Sports Editor /Kyle Farris / [email protected]

Wayne State took the upper hand early in the nightcap with two runs in the second inning against starter Bo Hellquist, but UMD cut the margin to one in the bottom of the frame and pulled even with a run in the home half of the fifth.

The Wildcats reclaimed the advantage by scratching across single runs in the sixth and seventh against reliever Spencer Diedrich, and held on for a 4-3 win in the bottom of the ninth when the Bulldogs stranded the tying run 90 feet from the plate.

The four-game set was originally scheduled for Bulldog Park, but snowy weather forced the series to be relocated to Omaha, Neb. It marked the second time this spring UMD has seen its home opener moved to a different venue.

Now slotted sixth in the NSIC but still looking for their first series win of the year, the Bulldogs are marked down for home doubleheaders with Minnesota-State-Mankato Saturday and Sunday.

BY EVAN [email protected]

The Bulldogs are at the midway point of NSIC play and are currently tied for fourth in the conference with Concordia-St. Paul.

Even with the changing dates and times and cancellations caused by inclement weather, the NSIC picture is starting to take shape.

Before the season began, head coach Jen Banford forecasted how the NSIC might play out. She pre-dicted a tight battle between the Bull-dogs and four other teams: Winona State, Minnesota State-Mankato, Concordia-St. Paul and Augustana. She was right on, as those five teams rank within the conference’s top six spots, with Wayne State occupying the other. The teams are separated by only 2.5 games.

UMD (29-9, 9-3 NSIC) will need to continue putting up gaudy offen-sive numbers and stellar pitching in order to climb higher up the stand-ings.

“I think we are in a good position,” shortstop Kierra Jeffers said. “All of our losses have been close this season, and we have had a few innings not go our way. We change those around and we could be sitting atop.”

That summed up the week for the Bulldogs, as they settled for 2-2 record. They cruised by Bemidji State, shutting out the Beavers twice on Thursday, but suffered their first sweep of the season Saturday against Augustana.

Five Bulldogs put on a home run clinic against Beaver pitching. Jeffers and Jordan Rice each homered twice in the series, and Tyra Kerr, Sami Schnyder and Ashley Lewis also went yard. UMD used six of those seven home runs in a 12-0 thrashing in the opener, and then won 6-0 in game two of the doubleheader. The pitch-ing staff was also top-notch, allowing no runs on four total hits.

The tables turned Saturday against Augustana. UMD pulled ahead 3-1 in the top of the seventh on RBI

singles by Michaela Goris and Kerr. The Vikings tied it up with two in the bottom half. Lewis put the Bulldogs back up with a two-run home run, but Augustana responded with three in the eighth for the win. The Bull-dogs never regained their momen-tum and fell 3-0 in the back end of the twinbill.

“We played really well all four games,” Jeffers said. “We felt very confident versus Bemidji. I had no doubt we had the first game against Augustana. It just didn’t finish the way we wanted.”

It was also a monumental week for UMD softball. The Bulldogs made a rare showing in the NFCA Top 25 poll last Wednesday. UMD just finished just outside the Top 25, but received votes for the first time in nearly a decade.

“It’s nice to be recognized,” said Jeffers. “I think it speaks to the effort we put into the season and all of the hard work we did to have the success

we had.”UMD will square off with Min-

nesota, Crookston in a doubleheader Wednesday before meeting the Uni-versity of Mary and Minot State this weekend.

Continued from B1

Baseball

“Every game, every pitch—Julia focuses on bringing her best stuff every time. She is going to do anything to win.”

Nealer did just that as she set, wound up and pitched a breaking ball just out of the reach of the St. Cloud State bat to finish off the Huskies in a 1-0 complete-game shutout. And that’s not the only time Nealer has frustrated opposing teams. In fact, she has been doing it all year.

The pitching ace from Lynnwood, Wash., is 18-3 on the year with a 1.54 ERA. Nealer has 129 strikeouts in 132 innings of work and is holding the opposition to a .154 batting average. She has won nine of her past 10 starts for the Bulldogs and had two no-hitters within a three-game span. Nationally, she ranks seventh in hits allowed per seven innings and 26th in earned run average.

Her performance hasn’t gone unnoticed by her teammates.

“Julia has been amazing for us,” outfielder Michaela Goris said. “She has been solid on the mound for us all year. The way she has been pitching, she sets the tone for the team as a whole. We have complete faith in her and we follow her lead.”

Nealer’s counterpart on the mound, Megan Mullen, agrees.

“She has been phenomenal for us, no question,” Mullen said. “We have all the confidence in the world in her. Even if she gives up a hit or two, we know that she is going to bounce back and battle back even harder. We know what she is capable of and she will keep us in the game. We spoke as a team and we know the advantage we have with her pitching in the first game. Then, we have either Cayli (Sadler) or myself pitching in the second game. Not many teams have that luxury of three good pitchers.”

However, that luxury wasn’t an option last year. Mullen was the only returning pitcher for the Bulldogs after the 2011 season. Nealer was new to the rotation

after a two-year stint at Iowa Lakes Community College. Before the season began, Nealer suffered a broken thumb in practice, an incident she still remembers in detail.

“I was in batting cages and I was bunting,” she said. “The machine was set to screwball so it would come inside. I went to go bunt the ball and it was a little too far inside and it was coming at me. I tried to pull back, but I wrapped my hand around the bat and the ball jammed the tip of my thumb with the bat and it shattered the bone.”

Nealer was out for eight weeks and missed roughly a third of the season, leaving the Bulldogs with one pitcher to start the year. Nealer did come back to pitch effectively, going 11-4 with a 1.78 ERA.

“Oddly enough,” Nealer said, “that was the second time in two years that I broke my thumb in my pitching hand. I broke it the first time midway through my sophomore season at Iowa Lakes and missed the rest of the year.”

“Let’s just say coach Banford has banned me from stepping inside the batting cage, let alone looking at it,” she said with a grin.

Nealer has overcome the odds, despite the injuries, with hard work and motivation.

“She has worked extremely hard to bounce back from the two injuries and she has made many sacrifices,” Banford said. “Since I first saw her play as a freshman at Iowa Lakes, we pursued her. She was very successful and she was being recruited by many teams. I’m glad Julia decided to be a Bulldog.”

Nealer has all the qualities you want in a senior. She may not be most vocal on the squad, but she is a leader on the field.

“All the accolades are nice, but I’m here to compete and win a national championship,” Nealer said. “That’s what we set out for as a team in the beginning of the season, and that’s what I’m concentrated on.”

UMD ATHLETICS/SUBMITTED

STATOF THE WEEK

the number of hits the softball team mus-tered in its 3-0 loss to Augustana Saturday. It was the lowest output for the Bulldogs since they were held to three base knocks against St. Cloud State March 28.

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Softball prepares for home stretch

Captain Jordan Smith rounds a bag during a game last year.

Baseball

Continued from B1

Nealer

UMD’s Megan Mullen approaches her teammates at the plate after hitting a home run Feb. 22 against the University of Mary.

EVAN SMEGAL/STATESMAN

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 B3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 B2 OUTDOORS Outdoors Editor / Eric Lemke / [email protected]

2013-14

BY ELLY [email protected]

If April doesn’t seem unbearably wintry enough, imagine being stuck out in the icy waters of Lake Superior. Imagine being a fish.

With the North Shore rivers still frozen, the lake’s hardy steelhead and Kamloops rainbow trout are still waiting to migrate upstream to where they were born in order to keep the cycle going and lay their own eggs.

Only once the rivers thaw and water temperatures reach 42 degrees will their speckled silver bodies be flipping and flopping in the rivers. For now, they’re huddling in harbors and sticking close to shore where the water is warmer.

Local fishermen are eager for the rivers to thaw.Adam Chesney, a UMD senior in the

environmental health and safety master’s program, was one of a handful of fishermen at the McQuade harbor, located just north of Duluth on Lake Superior, Sunday morning.

The small harbor had a thin layer of ice and a few leftover “snow-bergs” from earlier in the winter.

“I was here last night and there were probably about 30 people,” Chesney said. “The ice wasn’t here either, so more people could fit in here and get their lines out.”

Along with the frozen rivers, lake ice is just another hurdle for fishermen to overcome.

To find open water for fishing, Chesney and two of his friends climbed down the boulders that make up the harbor pier and set up their fishing gear near the outlet of the harbor.

The few fishermen that stayed on the inside of the harbor had to break holes in the ice with their fishing nets in order to get their bobbers in the water.

Some fishermen pulled up to the landing of the harbor, saw it was frozen, and then turned back to where they came from.

Despite the cold weather and inconvenient fishing location, Chesney, a first-time rainbow trout fisherman, said he was having a blast.

By 10 a.m. he had already reeled in two large Kamloops. Fishermen call them “loopers.”

“I couldn’t feel them hit because of the wind,” Chesney said. “But I just waited to set the hook and then the battle began.”

He used a bobber to float a looper bug and a wax worm off the bottom of the harbor for bait.

“They do a lot of acrobatics—a lot of flipping and flopping around until they come out of the water,” he said.

June Floods

Another worry for Lake Superior rainbow trout fishermen is the lasting effect of the June 2012 flood on the trout’s spawning abilities.

“The amount of fish that return to each river is dependent on the amount and the quality of its spawning habitat,” said Carl Haensel, the northern Minnesota vice chair for Trout Unlimited.

The flood didn’t so much destroy the spawning habitat of the rivers as it did move the habitat to different spots within the riverbeds.

“When anglers come up to fish this spring, they may find that their favorite pool might not be a pool anymore,” said Josh Blankenheim, the Lake Superior anadromous specialist for the Minnesota DNR. “Instead of being a 3-foot deep pool, it might be a 6-inch riffle.”

The habitat that was demolished, however, will most likely restore itself naturally over time. Gravel will settle back into place and deep pools will scour themselves out.

In the meantime, Haensel and Trout Unlimited are working with the DNR to give the rivers a boost.

Currently they are focusing on in-stream restoration of the Sucker River between Duluth and Two Harbors.

Come May they’ll be planting several thousand coniferous and deciduous trees along the banks of the river to provide shade from the sun in order to keep water temperatures cool.

Trout die at 78 degrees.“A couple degrees make a big difference,” Haensel

said. “If there’s a sunny area next to a stream, plant a tree there.”

Trees not only provide a natural habitat when they’re above the water, but they do just as much, if not more, when they’re in the water.

“The more wood and natural things that are in a stream, the better that stream is going to look,” he said. “It’s going to be better for resisting flood

impacts in the future and provide better habitat for not only trout, but other reptiles and amphibians. It slows the water. It provides a lot of coverage for the fish and it helps keep the banks from eroding.”

Haensel wants to make sure that the babies—or fry—of the spawning rainbow trout have a suitable river environment to live in for two years so they can grow to be eight inches long before venturing out into the big lake.

“The fish should be able to spawn successfully,” he said. “Whether their young have places to live after they hatch is a totally different question.”

So far, the number of fry that survived last year’s flood and hot summer isn’t as catastrophic as it could have been.

Last fall, Blankenheim and the DNR did electrofishing surveys on 14 different rivers between Duluth and Grand Marais to see how many young steelhead remained.

“Their young weren’t all wiped out,” Blankenheim said. “We found in each of those streams that we surveyed young fish that had hatched earlier in the year. In general, I’d say the number of young steelhead we found was average to below average.”

Wintry spring delays steelhead run

ELLY POWER/STATESMAN

Adam Chesney, a senior at UMD, shows off his first ever Kamloop rainbow trout at the McQuade Harbor, just north of Duluth on Lake Superior.

ELLY POWER/STATESMAN

Matt, a senior at Denfeld High School, casts his bobber into the water at McQuade Harbor, just north of Duluth.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 B4STUDENT LIFE Student Life Editor / Kaitlin Lokowich / [email protected]

BY KIM [email protected]

There seems to be a tendency for former Student Association (SA) presidents to take their political leadership from campus into the Duluth community after graduation.

For instance, Duluth City Councilor at Large Dan Hartman was elected as UMD student body president in 2003, as was Duluth’s own dancing, shark-fighting mayor, Don Ness in 1995.

This year’s SA president-elect, Kimberly Newton, will be UMD’s student body president come fall 2013. Many know her as Kimmy, and those especially close to her call her Kitty. But as she prepares to take office, she finds the name Kimberly better suited.

The Statesman met with Newton to discuss her recent victory and her plans for the

next school year. Q: Tell me about

yourself.A: I’m originally from

the Iron Range, by Wabik. I graduated from a really small school, and I was really involved academically and athletically. I love UMD. I’ve wanted to go to UMD since I was 12. My freshman year in college, I didn’t really do anything; I just wanted to be a regular student. But, I decided to be a Rockstar my sophomore year and that got me really interested to go back into student government—I was in student council in high school.

Q: What all are you involved in?

A: I’m a TeamLead Rockstar for Bulldog Welcome Week and the public relations director for SA. I also completed the Legislative Certificate Program last year.

Q: You seem busy. How do you manage your time?

A: I keep my Google calendar pretty up-to-date so I know what meetings I have to be at, especially now that I’m balancing being PR director and president-elect. But I make sure I have time for myself and my academics.

Q: And you’re interning for Senator Al Franken. How is that?

A: I think he’s a character. He’s very passionate about what he does and he’s very serious about it, but he has a very good sense of humor. It’s really a great experience.

Q: What sparked your interest in politics?

A: I went to Washington, D.C., my senior year in high school, and just being there made me interested. And learning how to lobby while I was in the Legislative Certificate Program got

me really passionate about students’ concerns. But I’ve always enjoyed politics; I think they’re fun.

Q: What do you hope to do as SA president?

A: My biggest thing is that I want people to know I’m approachable and visible and they know who I am, and to not be like, “Oh, who’s our leader?” I’m also very passionate about bettering our campus climate and making UMD a place that all students like to be at.

Q: Where do you see yourself after graduation?

A: I love Duluth, and I would love to stay in Duluth. I want to work either on campaigns or in public affairs for a senator or representative. Two people who are still working in politics within our city were both former SA presidents, so it’s very encouraging to know that there are opportunities here as

a student leader.Q: How does it feel being

elected SA president?A: I think this is the highlight

of my career. As someone coming from being student council president in a K-12 school of 900 students, I never pictured myself even being able to run for student body president, let alone winning it.

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Artist: James BlakeAlbum: Overgrown

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Music is a heavy medium. It is filled with the complexity of instrument arrangements, rhythm changes and lyrical eloquence. Doing this with a group of musicians is already hard enough but electronic producer/singer/songwriter James Blake gives us his innovative take on the electronic music scene, and he does it all on his own. His latest record “Overgrown” is in a way a very spiritual/gospel record. Blake truly focuses the tracks

to a specific mood but varies the styles so much you can’t tell if he is electronic, R&B, ambient, soul, or even in the case of one track, hip hop. The opening track “Overgrown” sets the atmosphere with an electronic beat machine backing up ambient piano chords and high pitched strings, the track then grows as the song becomes almost orchestral with low brass and rolling cymbal effects. Giving the listener a ghostly choir of Blake’s soulful baritone/alto voice range. The tracks overall have a bunch of varying styles. “Life Round Here” has a classic R&B vibe mixed with some halloween-esque synths, “Voyeur” uses an almost off tempo measure structure with rising and falling arpeggios from the synths to

make an interesting mix. “Take a Fall For Me” even features rapping from famed hip hop artist RZA. Although it is far from the best track on the album, it really presents Blake as a multi-talented songwriter, being able to take from so many genre’s and create compelling sounds. Some tracks are even conceptual. The catchiest track, “Retrograde”, brings you to Blake’s mantra of soul and electronic music. Although this album isn’t as experimental as his self-titled debut, “Overgrown” really says it all in the title. Although some may call this record overambitious, James Blake has created something substantial for his discography. He has truly grown into a musical force to be reckoned with.

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6. BIRTHDAYS | Keaton Henson7. BIRTHMARKS | Born Ruffians8. COMEDOWN MACHINE | The Strokes9. WONDROUS BUGHOUSE | Youth Lagoon10. MALA | Devendra Banhart

The Duluth Local Show hits the airwavesBY KAITLIN [email protected]

A new weekly radio show on The Current, a St. Paul based radio station, focuses on Duluth and northern Minnesota’s expanding music scene. Hosted by Walt “Dizzo” Raschick, the show looks at the unique sounds familiar across the Northland.

“’We’re more than banjos and beards’ is my motto,” Dizzo said. “Though most of us do have beards.”

Dizzo moved to a few different places in Wisconsin before he started working in radio. In 2004 he started working at KUWS in Superior, where he hosted a radio show and worked as the station’s music director.

“I moved up here, and I obviously liked the local music scene,” Dizzo said. “And (I) started going to some shows and just was going out all the time seeing bands, and I started bringing those bands into my studio at KUWS.”

In 2009 Dizzo got involved with the Homegrown Music Festival in Duluth, which introduced him to even more local bands.

“It was a posting that I saw on Twitter for the Duluth Local Show,” Dizzo said. “Ironically, when I was down there promoting Homegrown, I had met one of the producers and said, ‘You guys should really do some more Duluth music. You should really do a show dedicated to Duluth.’ And then low and behold, like a year later they were able to apply for this Minnesota grant that allowed them to do more coverage outside of the Twin Cities. So I applied (for the job) and I guess they interviewed a handful of people and I was lucky enough to get it.”

Dizzo records the show from his house, making The Duluth Local Show

the only remote segment on the station. “I have an Mbox and mics and a

MacBook, and I just record segments and then mail it down to them and they put it in their system,” Dizzo said. “I’m so used to doing a live show and kind of having that free mentality. Once I say it, no matter how goofy it sounds, I just move on, whereas this I can go back and re-record myself. I try to get away from that, so it doesn’t sound so canned.”

Dizzo says a big challenge so far has been tracking down the local music from the bands he wants to play on his show.

“If you’re doing a local show in the Twin Cities, you have vastly more opportunities,” he said. “Not that they have any better bands or more bands, per se, but they have more bands that have access to recording studios than here.”

Along with his two other radio gigs, Dizzo now works as the director of the Homegrown Music Festival.

“I hope that the show brings more recognition for Duluth artists outside of Duluth,” Dizzo said. “So that when people go out on tour, more people know about the music ahead of time. Or, when they go to set up shows outside of Duluth, they won’t have such a struggle.”

Duluthians might be well aware of the diverse music scene in the city, but a lot of Minnesotans have yet to be introduced.

“That’s the thing, you go to the cities and people are like, ‘Oh you’re from Duluth,’ and the first question is, ‘Oh you must know Trampled by Turtles,’” Dizzo said. “It used to be Bob Dylan, now it’s Trampled by Turtles, which is cool because those guys are super awesome. But the idea is that we’re

more than that; we have a lot of cool electronica artists and a lot of really good deejays in town.”

A lot of the venues across Duluth cater specifically to different genres of music.

“There’s certain venues around town that are known for certain styles of music,” Dizzo said. “The Legacy Glass Shop has been huge in promoting hip-hop and electronica—same with the Twins Bar.”

Social media platforms, like Facebook, have been huge in helping Dizzo discover new bands and find shows.

“Facebook has been huge,” he said. “When I first started doing music and going to shows, social networking didn’t exist. I mean Friendster existed, but MySpace wasn’t really going yet. It was mostly ‘print a flier and hand it out to all your friends’—the old ‘DIY’ way of getting your music out there.”

With Facebook, you can “like” any band and automatically receive updates about when their gigs are.

“You can also find The Transistor and read Perfect Duluth Day to find out what bands are playing where, and you just go,” Dizzo said.

As for what Dizzo is listening too lately, it’s tough to pick a favorite.

“It’s hard to play favorites; they’re all like my children,” he said. “I mean I really love them all. I think Southwire is doing something huge right now—they have a unique sound in Duluth and their record sounds fantastic. I really like it. I’m a personal fan of Cars and Trucks. I think they’re really great pop songwriting. Everyone loves Low and Charlie Parr, and you can’t go wrong with that, and I like some of the more weird electronic stuff.”

The new segment airs on the Local

Current, a streaming channel hosted by the station. Only three segments have been aired so far.

“One of the main reasons I got the job, I think, is because I’m so active in Homegrown,” Dizzo said. “I know the local bands and the local scene, and they wanted a host that knows that stuff. They wanted someone who goes to shows and knows what bands sound like, and who should be promoted.”

It has been a challenge to find quality local recordings, and Dizzo is always on the hunt for new local bands.

“I can make a plea that if you are in a local band and you have a good quality recording, get it to me—let me know your band,” Dizzo said. “Because I can’t be everywhere. Even if you have one good-sounding recording, get it to me, and who knows. No promises that I’ll play it, but I mean, I promise I won’t be able to play it if I don’t have it.”

Each week, Dizzo will be playing tracks from talented artists that make up the distinct Duluth landscape, sharing songs from bands that are active on the scene today. He will also play music that represents the impressive past catalog of Duluth.

“If you think about it, Low is nationally known, Trampled by Turtles is huge, Charlie Parr is internationally known,” he said. “Some the biggest artists in Minnesota right now are Duluth artists.”

The Duluth Local Show airs on The Current’s local stream Wednesdays at noon, Thursdays at 11 p.m. and Saturdays at 6 p.m. If you’re interested in submitting your tunes to Dizzo, you can get in touch with him via email at [email protected].

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Andy GrammerBY KAITLIN [email protected]

Pop musician Andy Grammer played at the College of St. Scholastica Friday, April 12 with opening act Parachute. Grammer is a relatively new name on the charts. He became one to watch in 2011, with two songs that landed in the Top 10 on adult pop radio: “Keep Your Head Up” and “Fine By Me.” Grammer’s sound lies somewhere between Maroon 5 and John Mayer, with vocals influenced by reggae and rap, and a beat-box style he developed when he first started playing. The Statesman caught up with him before his show to talk about his upcoming album and life on the road.

Q: How long have you been in Duluth?

A: We have been here for about an hour. Yeah, we just got here now.

Q: Where was your last stop on the tour?

A: We came from… ah, great question. Last night was St. Louis.

Q: So this is all part of a bigger tour?

A: Well yes, it’s like a mix between a college tour and a club tour, so last night was really really fun and tomorrow’s the show in Chicago. So yeah, so like bigger club shows and then, if we routed it right, I guess Duluth is a part of it. I’m excited.

Q: Have you ever been here before?

A: Yeah! I’ve played here before, I’m pretty sure. I did like a smaller—a very small show—by myself, acoustically.

Q: Do you remember where it was?

A: I don’t remember. I remember there was like couches and it was like me, and like maybe 50 people.

Q: So, you go to Chicago next, but how long will you be in Duluth?

A: Yeah, so the way it usually works is your bus drives through the night. So we played a show last night—get on the bus, sleep, wake up and you’re in a new place. Then the same things happen that night.

Q: That’s got to be a little disorienting?

A: A little bit! It’s fun, though. It’s kind of like a time machine. You get in and you wake up, and it’s snowing here, and this will be fun. And then you wake up in Chicago tomorrow. It’s great, though. The bus is the best. I love it.

Q: When you are on the road, what do you listen to?

A: This morning we went on a rampage of like old rap that we loved. So this morning was like Big Pun, and Joe Budden, Jurassic 5—just like old school rap. That was this morning, but we listen to everything. We go through phases. I’m a big rap guy, though. I love rap.

Q: You were born in L.A. but grew up in New York, so have you seen a snowstorm in April?

A: Have I? Well I went to school in Binghamton, which is upstate New York and it’s very much like this. It’s freezing and super snowy.

What’s it like to play a college campus? Is it different?

A: It’s great; it’s kind of like low risk,

you know? Like everyone is psyched you’re there. It’s really fun. Like at a club show and the room is not full, it’s pretty like depressing, but college just isn’t the same way. Like a lot of times those rooms are too huge anyway. A lot of times at colleges they put you in like the biggest thing they have.

Q: What were some of your influences growing up?

A: Tons, like I said. I love rap and a lot of the like acoustic guitar guys: Mraz, John Mayer, all that stuff. Then like Lauryn Hill. And then piano rock. That’s what I really love: piano rock, acoustic guitar and hip-hop. Somewhere in the middle of there is what I hope to accomplish.

Q: Do you ever get nervous to play anymore?

A: I get nervous when I don’t know what I’m doing. If it’s like a new song that I haven’t recorded, like really rehearsed a lot. Yeah sure, you get nervous if you’re doing something that is recorded, that’s really important and scary too.

Q: Are you going to be playing anything new?

A: Yeah, I’ve got some new songs. I’m working on my second album, so we’ve been trying out different songs.

Q: Have they been well received so far?

A: They have been, which is exciting. Q: How’s the Minnesota

accent?A: I love them. It’s fantastic. It’s just

an accent—it’s like, well, I can’t think of exactly what it is, but I can hear it. I know for sure, having traveled around the country a bunch of times now, when people talk I know exactly where they’re at. It’s like a superpower that’s not that cool.

So your first album came out in 2011, self-titled. How was it working with Steven Greenberg?

A: Really cool. He’s the head of my label; he’s been a cool guy. I mean great label—it’s been awesome.

Q: So you’re thinking like 2013-ish for your new album?

A: Yeah, at the show we’ll be playing some new songs. I got a lot more writing to do. I’ve written about—I’ve written for like a month, and now I’m going to finish up this tour and go back and write a bunch more. Hopefully get some magic in there. Exciting and scary.

Q: How do you write new song? A: A lot of it’s just like get into a room

and go, try to start coming up with some cool stuff. I’ve got a lot of ideas that I write down on my phone. That, hopefully, will spur something. But you just want to try to get something sincere. Get something sincere.

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Singer Andy Grammer warms up his vocal chords by singing his hit single “Fine By Me” on April 12 during his sound check at St. Scholastica.


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