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UAF Professor coauthors study in Science magazine

by Lex Treinen

UAF Professor of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Dr. Matt Wooller’s isotopic analysis of a 9,000-year-old tooth was published in Science, one of the most prestigious journals in the country.

Wooller’s work allowed insight as to the diets of some of the first inhabitants of Alaska based on a nearly-forgotten artifact from a cave on the Seward Peninsula. His work led to a counter-intuitive finding.

“The site is surrounded by ocean and yet what we found chemically in the tooth was signatures that were more consistent with a terrestrial-based sources of food compared with marine sources despite marine resources surrounding the site,” he said.

Wooller said that this finding was particularly puzzling considering that the only other known site of these people, whom archaeologists call the Ancient Beringians, is in Interior Alaska on the Upward Sun site on the Tanana River. Paradoxically, those isotopic analyses showed a strong preponderance of marine food sources.

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Nanook Volleyball back to winning streak with sweep against Saint Martin’s University

by Anthony Annis-Rastaetter

Nanook Volleyball has made another comeback after losing two straight games in which Alaska didn’t win a single set against conference opponents Western Washington University as well as Concordia University. Alaska would win against Western Oregon on the 27th of October in a 3-1 game to break said losing streak.

The Nanooks hosted Saint Martin’s University on the Alaska Airlines Court in the Patty Center which resulted in a 3-0 win for Alaska Friday night. Alaska is now 10-7 in the GNAC conference and 12-12 overall in the standings.

Alaska dominated in all three sets, with a 25-18 win in the first, 25-20 in the second, then an even steeper victory over the Saints with a 25-17 win in the third set, winning the game.

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Nanook Hockey goes one loss-one tie against No.9 Denver Pioneers

by Anthony Annis-Rastaetter

Alaska has been facing tough opponents the past few weeks, previously going up against then No. 5 (now No. 4) in the USCHO Division I hockey ranking poll – St. Cloud State University, with No. 7 Minnesota State next weekend, and No. 9 Denver for this weekend.

Alaska fell short in yet another lose, being outscored 4-1 against the Denver Pioneers in Colorado Friday night. Similar to the previous games, the Nanooks were first on the board, however could not keep the lead. Junior forward Colton Leiter was able to put the Nanooks on the board 8:21 into the game being assisted by sophomore forwards Max Newton and Steven Jandric. The Pioneers would strike back three more times in the third period.

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ASUAF hosts Fairbanks electoral town hall

by Peter Gilbert

With the midterm election just around the corner, ASUAF hosted a town hall on Oct. 24, allowing the Fairbanks community to ask questions of those running for office. However, the town hall lacked the presence of Sen. Mike Dunleavy, Sen. Pete Kelly, Kathryn Dodge, Rep. Steve Thompson, Rep. Tammie Wilson, Jim Sackett, Kevin McKinley, and Rep. David Talerico.

Over the course of 1 ½ hours, various hot-button questions of concern to the residents of Alaska, such as the Permanent Fund Dividend, affordable education, preservation of Native Alaskan culture and the environment were brought up. These questions showed the myriad of concerns that Alaskans have and the responses were just as myriad, some crystal clear, and others more difficult to discern.

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No. 4 Western Washington upsets Alaska’s eight win streak

by Anthony Annis-Rastaetter

The Alaska Nanooks volleyball took on the undefeated no. 4 school in the AVCA Coaches Division II volleyball ranking – Western Washington Vikings Saturday afternoon which resulted in a 3-0 loss for the Nanooks. Alaska suffered a loss to end their eight-game win streak to the Vikings now nineteen game win streak.

The Nanooks played a close back and forth game, sometimes leading in points within a single set.  However, the Vikings would surpass Alaska for the win in each set with the first resulting in a 25-22 loss for Alaska and a 25-20 loss in sets two and three.

Alaska was the only team to score with serving aces, a total of nine for the Nanooks. Redshirt-sophomore Markie Miller led the Nanooks with four service aces, sophomore Emily Moorhead tallied three aces with sophomore Cate Whiting and freshman Makena Overbey both having a single serving ace.

Sophomore Lahra Weber led the way in kills, tallying a total of eleven kills throughout the game. Junior Kim Wong followed suit with nine kills, Miller with eight kills, Whiting with four, and redshirt-sophomore Tatum Upchurch with two kills resulting in a total of 34 kills for the Alaska Nanooks.

Whiting also led the team in assist, with a total of 28 out of the 34 assists for the Nanooks.

Alaska will take on the Concordia University Cavaliers October 25th in Portland, Oregon. The Nanooks will be back in action on the Alaska Airlines Court in the Patty Center on November 1st at 7:00 PM AKDT against Saint Martin’s University.

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Scary Stories by Rebekah Hartman

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Nanooks Volleyball on a seven game win streak

by Anthony Annis-Rastaetter

The Alaska Nanooks have won seven straight games after defeating the Simon Fraser Clan Thursday night 3-2. Winning against the Clan for the first time since 2012 with eleven previous loses against Simon Fraser.

Alaska continues their win streak after suffering a long stretch of a seven game lose streak. The Nanooks would win one game after their lose streak but continued on with losing twice more before beginning their reign of victories. Previously the Nanooks lost 3-0 against Simon Fraser back in September while playing them in Burnaby, British Colombia.

Alaska played a close back and forth game Thursday, winning the first set 28-26. Simon Fraser would outscore Alaska 25-13 for the second set. The Clan would outscore Alaska again with a 25-11 set, however Alaska would come back victorious in the last set with a 15-12 win over Simon Fraser.

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Professor Notoleks by Rebekah Hartman

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Letter to the Editor: Alyse and Bengt

I told my friend Bengt, a long-time Alaskan now living in Minnesota, that people generally say students don’t understand the issues and don’t vote, especially in Mid-term elections. Bengt reminded me that in 1982 students rallied around Niilo Koponen’s campaign with such outstanding support that he was easily elected to the Alaska Legislature, and was re-elected for a decade.

Bengt suggested that the University of Alaska students might rally in the same way around Alyse Galvin’s campaign for the US Congress. If so, they could contribute in a major way finally to provide a term limit for “What’s his Name” who has been in office far too long already. I agree with Bengt; I have to because he has good ideas.

Some students met with Alyse Galvin during her “Town Hall” meeting on 12 October in Wood Center.

Carl S. Benson, Ph.D. Professor of Geology [email protected]

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Nanooks Hockey on four game lose streak

by Anthony Annis-Rastaetter

Your Alaska Nanooks faced off against no. 5 St. Cloud State Saturday night, a close game throughout the first two periods, however the St. Cloud Huskies tallied an additional three goals on top of the already 3-2 lead in the third period against Alaska, making the game a 6-2 loss.

Prior to puck drop, the Carlson Center gave recognition to Grandma Nanook, one of Alaska Nanook hockey’s biggest supporters and season ticket holder for the past few decades, giving flowers and thanks as this game would be her last.

Sophomore forward Brennan Blaszczak scored his first NCAA Division I goal against the Huskies as well as scoring the first goal of the night in the first period. Blaszczak was assisted by alternate captains Kyle Marino and Ryker Leer.

Senior forward Ryker Leer would tally the second goal, assisted by junior forward Kyle Marino, and freshman defenseman Chris Jandric. This goal put Alaska on a short 2-1 lead. The Huskies would score twice in the remainder of the second period, bringing about a familiar game of the night prior with the Huskies holding onto a 3-2 lead.

St. Cloud out shot Alaska 36 to 22, with freshman goalie Gustavs Davis Grigals making 30 saves, giving Grigals a 0.833 save percentage game.

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Critters by Rebekah Hartman

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Nanooks fall one goal short in home opener against No. 5 St. Cloud

by Anthony Annis-Rastaetter

Your Alaska Nanooks played an intense game of hockey Friday night against No. 5 St. Cloud State University out of Minnesota.  A close game yet another loss as UAF trailed by a single goal, losing to the St. Cloud Huskies, 2-3.

Alaska played their opening home game for their 2018-19 regular season against the Huskies. In the first three minutes and 28 seconds saw junior forward and Ontario native Kyle Marino make the first shot on goal of the game as well as scoring the Nanooks first regular season goal this academic year. Marino was assisted by freshmen Chris Jandric and Colin Doyle.

The Huskies scored three straight goals against the Nanooks, one in the first period, and the last two in the second. Nanook junior and defenseman James LaDouce would score the second Alaska goal early in the third period, being assisted by forwards Tyler Cline and Max Newton.

St. Cloud had 29 shots on goal while Alaska had 18. Both teams had eight penalties each. Nanook junior goaltender Anton Martinsson made 26 saves, giving him a 0.897 save percentage while Huskies goaltender and Slovakian native David Hrenak made only 16 saves with a 0.889 save percentage.

Alaska plays the Huskies again for this weekend series Saturday, October 13th. Puck drop is 7:07 PM AKDT at the Carlson Center, or you can listen live at KSUA 91.5 FM or online at ksuaradio.com/stream/

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Voices of Our Ancestors: Documentary film to revitalize the Indigenous languages

by Hansae Som

Yup’ik, Inupiat, Tlingit, Alutiiq, Koyukon, Aleut, Tsimshian, Gwich’in, Haida… Alaska is home to more than 20 Native languages. From the fjords in the Southeast to the northern tundra where it meets the Arctic Ocean, the Alaskan languages have been spoken and sung for tens of thousands of years. Sadly, all of them are facing an imminent risk of extinction.

On this year’s Indigenous Peoples Day (Oct 8), the UAF community had an opportunity to reflect on revitalizing the Indigenous languages. An award-winning documentary short, “Voices of Our Ancestors”, was screened to the public in the Ballroom at Wood Center.

The event started with an introduction to the film by the director, ‘Waats’asdiyei (Joe Yates). Yates is a Haida from Craig, Alaska, majoring in Film here at UAF. “Our mission is to spread awareness on the state of our languages right now, to inspire others to learn their language, and to provoke them to teach what they know,” said Yates to the audience of about 50 people.

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Nanook Hockey Gets Shutdown in Series Against Arizona

by Anthony Annis-Rastaetter

Your Alaska Nanooks took on the Arizona Sun Devils this weekend to officially start their NCAA division I season. Arizona had a shutout against Alaska, leaving the Nanooks with a scoreless season thus far.

Alaska played Arizona for the second and third time in their collegiate ice hockey history, Alaska played against Arizona for the first time with a 1-2 loss back in October of 2015.

Saturday nights game had Alaska trail behind two goals early on in the game with #33 junior goaltender and Sweden native Anton Martinsson making nine saves before letting in two goals, thirty-seconds a part. For the remainder of the game, Martinsson would make an additional 20 saves, giving the goaltender a 0.935 save percentage.

The Nanooks pulled Martinsson with two minutes and fifteen seconds left on the clock in hopes of getting back in the game, and even though the Nanooks were able to keep the puck out of the empty net for a short while, Arizona scored their third goal of the game with an empty netter 41-seconds into the six on five man advantage.

A similar game played out for Sunday afternoon as Arizona scored three goals in the first period. The Nanooks had a goalie change coming into the second period, bringing in #30 freshman goalie Gustavs Davis Grigals of Latvia, playing his first NCAA division I hockey game. Grigals would play a perfect second period, however Arizona would score two mid-period goals against the freshman in the third. Grigals would play a 0.909 save percentage game.

Your Alaska Nanooks lost both games, Saturday night with a 0-3 loss, and Sunday afternoon with a 0-5 loss.

Alaska will play at home in the Carlson Center Friday, October 12th against no. 6 St. Cloud State University at 7:07 PM AKDT, or you can listen to the game live on KSUA 91.5 FM or online at ksuaradio.com/stream/