Students happy with new laundry service

Last November, on-campus students opted for a fixed rate/free-play laundry option in the dorms, choosing to pay $30 per semester rather than a smaller fee per use.

Laundry service provider Mac-Gray installed new washers and dryers over January, and now dorm residents no longer need pocketfuls of quarters for clothes-washing.

Reaction to the decision has been positive. “I think it’s great,” said Manor resident Matthew Edwards. “It’s a big, big improvement. The old washers would retain bleach and ruin my laundry. I’m really glad it was changed.”

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Local Midway ski shop is a Saint Paul secret

The Midway community of Saint Paul has been keeping a secret. Since 1978, Finn Sisu, a local cross-country ski and sauna shop, has been hiding on University Avenue.

A native of Finland, owner Ahvo Taipale opened the shop 26 years ago in the old Iris Park Building, a former school. The store is now 100 yards east of its original location, still on University near the corner of Fairview. In this location since 1987, the store is home to some loyal employees and customers, said Armen Hitzemann, longtime employee and friend of Taipale.

Taipale started the business selling Finnish skis, boots, and poles. He developed his clientele while working as a ski instructor and promoted his business by offering his students deals on skis and equipment.

The store has been successful because of customer loyalty, Hitzemann said.

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Letter to the Editor: Hamline faculty call for university to uphold its non-discrimination policy

I am eagerly awaiting a public response from Hamline’s administration regarding its ability/inability to fully implement its own non-discrimination policy. It has been nearly two months since Hamline University Student Congress approved the “Resolution To Ban the United States Military from Recruiting on Campus.”

This past Wednesday at their monthly meeting, Hamline faculty approved a resolution through voice vote with no dissent, to recommend that all recruiters come into compliance with our nondiscrimination policy.
Prior to these resolutions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in FAIR et al. v. Rumsfeld that universities have constitutionally guaranteed rights to deny access to military recruiters in protest of the military’s discriminatory policies against gays and lesbians.

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Sports Briefs

Men’s basketball holds on to beat St. Olaf 62 - 60 in MIAC play

The men’s basketball team beat St. Olaf 62-60 in a heart-pumping finish that sent the Pipers to their second straight win.

Hamline (7-12, 5-9 in the MIAC) trailed by four at the break, 37-33, but opened the second half on a 17-5 run. Piper senior Brandon Aukes notched up six points and hauled in three rebounds during the run that lasted nearly four minutes. Teammate Ayan Hargrove added all six of his points in that span.

The Pipers were up by as many as 11 points with six minutes left to play before the Oles (7-13, 3-12 MIAC) scored the next eight points to make the score 61-58 with 1:50 left on the clock.

St. Olaf then had a couple of chances to tie the game, but Steve Banick and Andy Grimsrud each missed threes on their next possession. Piper guard Jesse Hendricks scored Hamline’s last point of the game when he went 1 of 2 from the free throw line. St. Olaf added a basket in the final seconds of the game but it wasn’t enough to put them on top.

Aukes finished the game with 20 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead Hamline to the MIAC victory and keep Hamline in contention for the final conference playoff berth. Grimsrud led St. Olaf with 15 points.

St. Olaf dominates Piper women’s basketball in 75 - 55 win

St. Olaf outscored Hamline 32-10 over the last 12 minutes of play to defeat the Pipers 75-55 in MIAC action.

Hamline (6-12, 4-11 in the MIAC) led 45-43 after an Erin Petrich three-pointer with 11:58 remaining but the Oles (5-13, 4-10 MIAC) responded by scoring the next seven points of the game and never looked back.

St.. Olaf’s Molly Simon scored eight points over the last 10 minutes of the game, including back-to-back threes to give the Oles a 72-55 lead with just under a minute remaining.

Hamline was held to 35 percent shooting in the game and were forced into 19 turnovers. St. Olaf shot 46 percent for the game.

Piper Ashley Busch was the only Hamline player in double figures, with 10 points. Petrich, Laurisa Ewert, and Ashlee Senser each tallied nine points in the game. Holly Grimsrud led St. Olaf with 15 points.

Track starts strong indoors

The men’s and women’s track teams opened their indoor season on the right foot. Competing on different days and different meets but in the same location (St. Olaf), the track teams turned in some key performances to start the season.

The Piper women won three individual events to take third place in the St. Olaf Invitational. Hamline scored 67 points n the four-team invite.

Host St. Olaf was first with 161 points, while Carleton took second and Hamline third. St. Kate’s finished fourth.

Junior Keidra Anderson won the 3000-meter run in a time of 10:49.49 and Sara Warnke set a personal best in the same event, finishing fifth with a time of 11:49.15.

First-year Sara Burns won her first collegiate race, placing first in the 800-meter run, crossing the line in a time of 2:32.69.

The men’s team also had a strong outing when they competed the next day in the St. Olaf Triangular.
Senior Ralph Rosario had a toss of 51-3 1/2 to set a new Hamline school record in the weight throw as the Pipers finished second at the meet.

Rosario finished second in the competition behind St. Olaf’s Peter Cathcart, but Rosario broke the record of 50-10 set by Chad Peterson in 1996.

St. Olaf won the meet with 128 points, Hamline was second with 107 and Carleton finished third with 79 points.

The Pipers won four events in the meet and second in 11 others. Hamline athletes set 13 personal-best marks in the first meet.

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Under the covers...with Molly Kirwan

Dear Molly:
I currently have one penis piercing. It’s called a frenum, I believe. For those who don’t know, that is the piercing that goes across the shaft through the outer skin. Usually, this piercing is placed rather close to the tip of the shaft. Mine is placed in the middle of the shaft. I’ve been thinking about getting one closer to the tip, but I’m worried that women don’t really like it. I’ve been told that in the right position, it is supposed to hit the g-spot. I must say that the reason I got the first one was for the ladies, but that is not my only motivation for wanting to get the second. I kind of like the way it looks. What should I do?

Long Unusual Cute Altered Shaft

Genital piercing has supposedly been practiced by different cultures for different reasons for hundreds to thousands of years. However, thanks to the great body modification boom amongst college students and rebellious youths alike in the ’90s, encountering a partner with a piece of metal in their nether regions isn’t that rare of a happening these days. So, LUCAS, I wouldn’t be all that worried about totally freaking out the ladies with a frenum piercing or two. Especially if you remind them that unlike their last boyfriend’s lame eyebrow ring, your piercing may actually have some practical use to it.

As I understand it, frenum piercings near the head of the penis are far more popular than your mid-shaft piercing, LUCAS, probably because they are more likely to heighten sexual pleasure for the piercee and his partner. A frenum piercing at the base of the penis is called a lorum and can supposedly produce some of the same effects as a cock ring. And there are many people who prefer multiple frenums up and down the shaft which is called, oddly enough, a frenum ladder. The ladder can offer stimulation to a female similar to that of an uber ribbed-for-her-pleasure condom.

Now I will do a quick little synopsis of male genital piercing for the rest of my readers who are probably as clueless about the topic as I was a few hours before writing this column. The three most frequently performed penis piercings are the Prince Albert, the frenum, and the guiche.

The Prince Albert, a piercing through the urethra and the underside of the head of the penis, is the most popular male genital piercing and is supposed to offer enhanced sexual pleasure to both males and female partners (through g-spot stimulation). It also is usually the quickest to heal and has the least amount of complications or infections associated with it.

Most of the specifics of the frenum we have already discussed, except that the frenum often takes a little longer to heal.

The guiche is a piercing of the perineum or taint (between the scrotum and anus) and has the highest rate of infection and jewelry migration because of its moist, sensitive location. This piercing offers only male stimulation.

All right, back to your letter, LUCAS. I say, go for your second frenum. But make sure that you obey your piercer’s orders and take proper care, which I want any other readers who might be considering a piercing to know involves no sexual contact at all for at least two weeks. And, of course, remember to use a condom for the entire healing period (as long as six months) to make sure you are practicing proper safe sex.

Disclaimer: Molly Kirwan has aspirations of being a sexpert but no professional training. To submit a comment or question, e-mail it to mkirwan01@gw.hamline.edu or drop it off at the Oracle office (DS 106).

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