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2018 Commencement ceremony speakers

Congrats class of 2018 ‘Word on Campus’

Mike Kenyanya re-elected as student body president

UMD unveils smartphone app for students

Old Nopeming Sanatorium site plans to update for new community spaces

KUMD album review: Dessa’s ‘Chime’

07 Looking back on the team of destiny

12 UMD hosts Faculty, Staff and Years of Service Awards

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2018 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY SPEAKERS By Idun Rasmussen

“Last year, I won one of the Mike Lentz Creative Writing Scholarships for submitting a portfolio with poems,” Jensen said. “The Z Publishing House then contacted me and asked if they could publish one of the poems. They picked a poem and put it in there.”

ANNA JENSEN Political Science and Economics major Anna Jensen was recently selected to be the commencement speaker for the morning graduation ceremony on May 5. Jensen, a Hermantown native, was nominated by her professor in political science, Joe Staats. She believes the reason he did was because of her involvement in a variety of different organizations and departments, including the University Honors Program. “I’m the pre-law club president and I’m involved in the mock-trial team,” Jensen said. “Professor Staats has been very involved with my education and he’s really passionate about my future career.” Jensen is planning to take a year off while she is studying for the LSAT and applying to law schools in the fall of 2018, dreaming of either Yale or Stanford. “Hopefully in the spring I would have picked somewhere to go, and then I’ll be going to law school for three years,” Jensen said. Having spent four years at UMD, Jensen is looking forward to moving on. She said that she originally picked UMD because she liked the campus and because it was cheaper than the Ivy league schools she had applied for. “If I wasn’t going to be in an Ivy league, I wasn’t going to go somewhere else and pay even more money,” Jensen said. Jensen has been busy throughout her years at UMD, spending one year with the track team before committing to academics and a study abroad experience at Augsburg Brooks University in England in the fall of her sophomore year. “It was probably my favorite experience of my entire college career and I wish I could do it again,” Jensen said. “Being emerged in another culture and being somewhere else was amazing. I had never even been outside of the country before, so that was my first time out. I really enjoyed it.”

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Back in Minnesota, Jensen spent her last two years at UMD on the university’s mock trial team. Each year, the American Mock Trial Association puts together a case that different universities and colleges competes on judging. “Each school has one team that breaks off into defense or prosecution,” Jensen said. “When we go to tournaments our team would go against another school. It’s very competitive, you really have to know your stuff and the case law.” Jensen said that the people that put together the case, including evidence and real life scenarios. “It has helped me know that I like doing it,” Jensen said. “I now know that I like to do it and that I can do it.” Jensen has known since seventh grade that she wanted to attend law school. Throughout college she has decided that she want to do either business law or environmental law. This is why Jensen decided to complete a B.A. in Economics in addition to her political science degree. Along with being the secretary of the mock trial team, Jensen is the president of the pre-law club, the secretary of the Political Science Association and has completed a UROP where she studied the effects of immigration on U.S. Economy on GDP in U.S. unemployment. Jensen has even had her own poem in a book called “Best Emerging Poets in Minnesota”, published through the Z Publishing House.

Jensen recently won the Sir Duluth Award, which is the highest honor given to UMD students for being actively involved in campus organizations and the community for three or more years. Jensen has spent the last two years interning with the Department of Transportation in Superior. She has also volunteered at the Benedictine Health Center at St. Scholastica, where she has organized activities for elderly. Reaching the end of her college career, Jensen said that she has enjoyed meeting all the different people she has met at UMD. “The education part is important, but my favorite thing was just being around people that enjoyed a lot of the same things as me and had similar interest,” Jensen said. “Everybody is from all over, so it’s nice that way.” Jensen said that she feels like college was the transformative period in her life. “I came out of high school thinking I knew a lot, then realizing wow, I really don’t know a lot,” Jensen said. “I feel a lot more professional than I did coming out of high school and I’m more independent.” Jensen is excited to give the speech on May 5 and said she is looking forward to writing a funny speech. “It’s pretty scary,” Jensen said. “I’m really honored though. It’s super interesting that they wanted me to do it.”

MICHAELA HESSE

“I think college has taught me a lot about myself, being able to go with the flow, open up and being enlightened about different things,” Hesse said. “Explore life and take it for the reins and go for it.”

Communication Sciences and Disorders major Michaela Hesse has also been selected to be a UMD class of 2018’s commencement ceremony speakers and has been given the task of speaking at the second commencement ceremony on May 5. She was nominated by her professor Dana Collins.

Hesse has big plans for the next year and is marrying her high school sweetheart in June. After a week of honeymoon, Hesse and her husband to be move to North Carolina in July where she will be attending University of North Carolina in the fall. Hesse is planning to complete her masters in Speech Language Pathology before doing a Clinical Fellowship Year.

“She has been my mentor for my UROP project, so I’ve worked with her quite a bit,” Hesse said. “She and the department head nominated me, and they didn’t tell me that they did.” Up until a few weeks ago, Hesse didn’t know that she was nominated to be the student speaker. Not until Collins asked her to come in to the office and said ‘Would you be OK with this? I think you might be in the top two that they are trying to pick from.” “The ironic part was that I had told my Mom that I was nominated for something because I knew I was nominated for something, just not what, and my mom goes, ‘What if it’s for graduation commencement speaker?’,” Hesse said. “I said ‘No, that’s not going to happen.’ Then I got the email and my Mom laughed her butt off.” Hesse says she is excited to give the speech. “It’s a big honor,” Hesse said. “I felt encouraged that someone thought of me and that I would be able to do that.” Hesse believes that she may have been picked because she is a social person and has a strong work ethic. “I’m pretty outgoing and on the other hand my professors have seen my work ethic in the classroom and I think they see me as a good role model overall,” Hesse said. “Why exactly for this speech? I don’t exactly know, but I’m happy about it.” Hesse came in to UMD with enough credits to only spend three years in college. During that time she has completed a UROP study and been both a rockstar and team lead for the Office of Students in Transitions. Hesse

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has also been a part of the track & field team where she made it to nationals and became an all American with her team, placing second in distance medley relay. Her team also currently holds the record in 4x400 relay. She has also been involved with Athletes in Action, American Sign Language (ASL) club and She’s the First. She has even hiked 30 miles on the Superior Hiking Trail in one day with RSOP and other UMD students. In addition to her CSD major, Hesse is also completing a minor in ASL, which is something she said is a big accomplishment as she grew up knowing someone who is deaf. Hesse said she has always wanted to learn the language. “I’m so much more confident in that I have another language to speak,” Hesse said. “I have loved it, especially the visual nature of it. I can communicate with other people and I’m aware of the deaf culture and it’s really cool. I really like it.” Next to her academics, Hesse feels that the three years at UMD has given her many valuable life lessons.

“My goal in the end is to work in a hospital,” Hesse said. “UNC has a very good medical program. There’s a hospital five minutes from the building where I’ll have most of my classes.” Hesse wants to focus her masters on loss of language, which is the cognitive neuroscience part of CSD. She said she is interested in this because she likes to see how the brain works. Other than that, Hesse said that she’ll go with the flow. “I’ll see where life takes me,” Hesse said. “Until I’m done with school here, I’m waiting to see where everything else takes me.” As Hesse shortly finishes up her bachelor’s degree, she is looking forward to commencement day. “I’m excited just to be with all my classmates and celebrate the end of this era,” Hesse said. “It’s going to be sad as we’re all going in different directions. It’ll be a big change, but it’s also really exciting because you finally finished something and you did it!” When it comes to her speech, Hesse is planning to talk about the subject of change after college and the process of accepting change as she has moved a couple of times in her life and had some big life changes. “You kind of have to embrace that change and you never know what’s going to come out of it,” Hesse said. “It’s crazy and I’m in denial. I want it to end, but I don’t want it to end.” THEBARKUMD.COM

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UMD UNVEILS SMARTPHONE APP FOR STUDENTS By Connor Thelemann

Institution of Technology (MIT), and is currently used by over 200 college universities worldwide. “The beauty of the platform we used is that there’s no programming knowledge necessary to be able to add a module into the app itself,” Jersett said. With Modo Labs’ easy-to-use layout, student organizations will eventually be able to create their own modules to be built into Bulldog Mobile. These simple and customizable features allow the app to evolve with the needs of students over time. Bulldog Mobile is here to stay, and all students can now access the app as the spring 2018 semester comes to a close. “I want this app to be the first place students at UMD go to when they navigate the system,” Smyth said. “If it’s not, then we’re not doing our job right.”

UMD information is always available online, and now, everything is accessible through a mobile device. Partnering with Modo Labs, an established tech company that specializes in creating an engaging and user-friendly platform, UMD faculty led a two-year venture to design “Bulldog Mobile,” a student-centered smartphone application. Corbin Smyth, associate vice chancellor for Student Life, and Jodi Jersett, associate director for retention marketing at UMD, were instrumental in getting this app released. “I think Corbin and I were a good team because he has direct access to students and a great knowledge of the campus and all its departments,” Jersett said. “I could talk about what needed to be done and he could say who we could work with to get it done.” Bulldog Mobile is free to download in the App Store now, under the current University logo. The app is set up to connect students to all of UMD resources like their academics, student services, campus life and transportation. “It’s all really exciting,” Smyth said, “Right now we’re focusing on welcome week student and current student profiles. Eventually we might have alumni, parent and family, guest or even perspective student profiles.” April is being used as a feedback month for Bulldog Mobile and all UMD students are encouraged to try it out before the official launch happens in the fall of 2018. Inside the app there is an anonymous “feedback” tool for users to provide their reactions and suggestions. “We want to find out how students envision using the app and what they want to have available,” Jersett said. Feedback from users has already led to features like “Laundry View,” a tool for on-campus students to see which washers and dryers are open in the residence halls. Andrew Yu, CTO and founder of Modo Labs, said the framework that his company provides is designed to benefit college students. “Our mission is to bring the entire library of tools from the University’s perspective to the students,” Yu said. “Students bring most of the ideas to the campus, and our platform helps use their feedback to solve problems and bring new applications to their fingertips.” Modo Labs started in 2010 working with Massachusetts

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LOOKING BACK ON THE TEAM OF DESTINY By Austin Rush Photos by Krista Mathes

Bulldog roster credit the team’s turnaround to the holiday tournament UMD won at the end of December, the Ledyard Classic. The Bulldogs handled Yale University 5-0 the opening night and then took care of Dartmouth College, winning the championship game in a shootout. The quality of opponents might not have been the greatest but it is how the Bulldogs won the weekend that is the remarkable part. Dawning an 18-man roster (17 on the second night as senior defenseman Nick McCormack served a one game suspension earned the night before) with five members of the team away the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior tournament, UMD was able to take care of business and gel together more as a team. The 2017-18 campaign is a perfect example of the age old adage, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.

The 2017-18 University of Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey team endured a lot of ups and downs in route to the programs second National Collegiate Athletic Association Frozen Four national title. Proving many doubters wrong and coming together as a team as the season went on, the Bulldogs were once again the last ‘dogs standing. On March 17, UMD walked out of the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, unsure on whether they would be playing in next 2018 NCAA tournament. The Bulldogs had just lost to the University of North Dakota the first time since 2016 (a streak that last eight games and was a program best) to end their National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff weekend winless. Due to an unordinary year in college hockey and the PairWise rankings, the Bulldogs were pushed to the brink of top 16 teams who get it. Senior forward Blake Young had mentioned at the teams post game press conference after their 4-1 defeat to UND, if given the opportunity to advance to the postseason, it would give UMD new life. It was University of Notre Dame’s overtime goal against Ohio State University in the B1G 10 tournament championship that just barely propelled the Bulldogs into the NCAA tournament. UMD entered the field as the final at large bid and nudged out the University of Minnesota by .0001 PairWise points.

UMD CELEBRATES ITS SECOND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

Now, rewind even further, it is January 11, the Bulldogs sit tied for last in the NCHC conference standings with Omaha. The Bulldogs would go on to rattle of six consecutive conference victories to become relevant again in the possibility of hosting in the first round of NCHC playoffs. UMD head coach Scott Sandelin along with other members of the THEBARKUMD.COM

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CONGRATS CLASS OF 2018 ‘WORD ON CAMPUS’ By Natalie Grant

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WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THOSE STILL FINISHING THEIR DEGREE?

“College is the best and worst four years ever because you have some of your highest highs and lowest lows but you just have to remember that the highs make the lows worth it.”

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“Take advantage of everything! Go to all the events even if it sounds lame.”

SHIKHA KAMBIL

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY FROM YOUR TIME AT UMD?

“Winning the championship because it was really cool to see everyone ignited and happy about something that was about our school.”

ANDREW FISHER

“My first hockey game, because it was one of the first times I got to hang out with my friends outside of our floor freshman year.”

JENNA STEFFL

“Participating on the UMD Women’s Track Team as a thrower and meeting all my teammates.”

MACKENZIE SADLACK

“Loved hanging out with my TKE bros!”

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OLD NOPEMING SANATORIUM SITE PLANS TO UPDATE FOR NEW COMMUNITY SPACES By Zack Benz

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Given the long history of the site, and the amount of people who died there, Nopeming is believed by many to be haunted. The location was even featured on travel channel’s Ghost Adventures.

Ever since its original construction in 1912 to house and care Duluth residents diagnosed with tuberculosis, the Nopeming Sanatorium has gone through many changes in both structure and tenants. Now, under new ownership, it seems the old hospital located on Nopeming Road in south Duluth will be going through yet another change in the next few years. Nopeming is now privately owned by Orison Inc., a non-profit property management group, according to their website. Orison Inc. has owned the site since 2009 and has been working steadily to improve the property in order to keep it safe. According to Tanya Graysmark, Nopeming project director, the plan is to reopen Nopeming to the public complete with a museum depicting the history of the property and a gift shop. They also have a lot of ideas for the repurposing. “We’re thinking shelter for women, housing for disabled, a veteran community building, foster care, a nursing home, or elderly care,” Graysmark said. “The building will be repurposed when it is ready, which may take three years, or it may take eight years.” Graysmark said that the first phase of the renovation will cost approximately $400,000. “We currently have funds for final roof repairs, windows, doors and ongoing small repairs and fixes,” Graysmark said. “We will raise money for water and plumbing once we have the city on board for the waterline.” Graysmark said they hope to open whatever Duluth

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Janet Jacobs started working as a nursing assistant at Nopeming in 1979 when she was only 17 years old. After the Nopeming nursing home closed due to county budget cuts in 2002, she continued practicing at the Chris Jensen Health and Rehabilitation Center. Jacobs said she loved Nopeming. “I grew up there,” Jacobs said. Jacobs worked at Nopeming while it was a nursing home and said she had experienced a couple of spiritual encounters, but none of them really bothered her. One notable spiritual event occurred when numerous residents heard or saw children when none were present, according to Jacobs. “When it was a tuberculosis asylum, there used to be a children’s ward,” Jacobs said. “One time a woman said kids were under her bed. I thought maybe it was dementia and played along telling the kids to leave. Twenty minutes later a man in the next room complained about kids running down the hall.” According to Graysmark, the site does have a lot of spiritual activity. To raise money for future plans, Nopeming gives tours May through October allowing spirit seekers to experience things for themselves. “I haven’t seen any spirits, but I have had a few mediums on tours who’ve sensed a spiritual presence,” Graysmark said. “Our investigation class, late night teams who learn how to ghost hunt, have heard child voices and had their

ghost sensors go off in certain parts of the building.” Even though the place is believed to be haunted, Graysmark still strives to update the location for community use saying the money raised from the tours will be put into the location’s renovation. Jacobs said she was pleased with the idea of opening Nopeming back up as a community center for Duluth. “I think that’ll be a wonderful idea,” Jacobs said. “It’s in the wood. It’s a beautiful spot.” Graysmark said Nopeming has fallen prey to numerous trespassers and vandals over the years. In an effort to

prevent this, they have hired live-in caretakers, boosted security, and asked neighbors to keep watch as well. “Local police do drive-bys and are on call to catch anyone who enters the property, this includes the land,” Graysmark said. “We also have two guard dogs that are inside and outside the building.” Graysmark said the vandalism that usually occurs is property damage, such as broken windows and doors. Some property has been stolen as well. Visit the Nopeming website for more information on tours and how you could help with the renovation. Editors note: This story was originally published in Lake Voice news and has been republished with permission.

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UMD HOSTS FACULTY, STAFF AND YEARS OF SERVICE AWARDS By Tyler Schendel UMD faculty and staff from many different departments gathered together at the Kirby Ballroom on Wednesday, April 18 for the Faculty, Staff and Years of Service Awards Ceremony. Years of Service Awards, the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Public Service were just a few of the honors given out during the event. In addition to those recognitions and awards, the event also honored the winners of various prestigious awards. Tracey Bolen, director of the Labovitz School of Business & Economics (LSBE) Advising and Academic Services, was recognized for receiving the John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising. LSBE Dean Amy Hietapelto spoke to the audience about Bolen’s extensive work at UMD, such as helping implement the Passport to Professional Success Program in LSBE, which is designed to help students develop leadership, problem-solving, motivation, creativity and more. “Tracey exemplifies the epitome of excellence in undergraduate advising,”

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Hietapelto said. “Over the years, Tracey has spent countless hours working with students to help them find their professional goals and creating an appropriate academic plan that leads students to attaining these goals.” The event also recognized both of UMD’s recipients of the Horace T. Morse Award, associate professors Mitra Emad and Geoffrey Bell, for their outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. Emad led efforts to establish the UMD Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning while Bell was instrumental in creating LSBE’s sustainable organization minor. Hietapelto spoke to the audience about Bell’s contributions to the university’s mission, praising him for the impact

that he has had on his students through both teaching and advising. “As best articulated by his students, he excels in the realm of teaching and inspiring the love of learning,” Hietapelto said. Emad, who works in the fields of Anthropology, Sociology and Criminology, has researched students’ naturalized technology practices to help shape college classrooms. Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Olaf Kuhlke gave a speech for Emad, crediting her for having a tremendous impact on the use of technology in CLA. “Mitra has really shown in so many different ways with so many different initiatives that integration of technology in the liberal arts and our curriculum is not just desirable, but it’s absolutely necessary,” Kuhlke said. Among one of the more interesting awards was the Outstanding Staff Team Award, which is awarded to groups who implement special projects to significantly enhance campus objectives. UMD’s web management team, formally called the Drupal Migration Team, was introduced by Chancellor Lendley Black before receiving the award. “This team, comprised of both ITSS and marketing employees, gets a lot of feedback, and that’s an understatement I’m sure,” Black said. “They always act with excellence in mind.”

MIKE KENYANYA RE-ELECTED AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT By Connor Shea

UMD Student Association’s 2018 spring elections resulted in junior Mike Kenyanya winning re-election as Student Body President. “It was awesome to have some great competition this year, it made election day a lot more eventful and showed better student engagement,” Kenyanya said. Kenyanya overcame challenger junior Jake Griffiths to retain the presidency. Kenyanya expects a busy term, filled with new initiatives and greater community involvement. One of his main goals is to improve landlord-tenant relationships. “We spoke to the mayor just last week about forming a student organization committed to advocating tenant’s rights and solving landlord-tenant disputes, it’s a really important issue that we are looking at,” Kenyanya said. Lindsey Girtz, SA director of public relations, spoke of the level of competition being high compared to past years. “Elections were pretty intense this year. Often, our positions run uncontested and candidates do little campaigning,” Girtz said when reached by email. ”Besides our VP of Admin and Finance and CEHSP Senator, all positions ran contested this year including student body president.”

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JUNIOR MIKE KENYANYA WAS ELECTED TO HIS SECOND TERM AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT.

UMD SA also reached their voting turnout goal, according to Girtz, who hopes it can be even better next year. “My goal was to reach 1,000 votes from the student body, we reached with a total of 1,037 votes,” Girtz said. “Next year, we are in hopes of exceeding this goal by even more.” Grote was re-elected vice president of Admin and Finance and Mcdonald was re-elected as vice president of Academic Affairs.

“For me personally, I have been in SA these past years and have watched students show great leadership,” Girtz said. “Mike is the same year as me and I have got to watch him transition into his role as president. He truly cares about this campus and gives 100 percent to help as many students as he can.” A link to the final results can be found at http://d.umn.edu/studentassociation/elections/18results.

Girtz also applauded Kenyanya for the strides he has taken as student body president.

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SEAN GROTE AND MOLLY MCDONALD WERE ALSO RE-ELECTED AS VP OF ADMIN/FINANCE AND VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, RESPECTIVELY.

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KUMD ALBUM REVIEW: DESSA’S ‘CHIME’ By: Benjamin Mandebvu Doomtree member Dessa is here with her fourth album and its timing couldn’t be any better. When she’s not working on her evolving sound in New York or going back to her alma mater helping participate in neuroscience research (which helped influence the album), Dessa can be found at a local venue jamming out. The Minnesota native’s latest album “Chime” blends sounds of classical orchestras, hip-hop instrumentals and soulful pop. Album opener “Ride,” a slower-paced track compared to the rest of the piece, has Dessa singing rather than rapping to introduce us to her newest work. Going along with the album title, chimes ring out on the song along with a spacey instrumental. “I’ve been Wendy/ Living with the Lost Boys” Dessa raps on the third track, “Fire Drills,” tackling gender roles and vocalizing her displeasures with the way women are viewed in society. “We don’t say go out and be brave... It sinks in like stilettos in soft dirt” Dessa doesn’t just sing about the injustices woman face, but the social climate we’ve shaped because of it.

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A gem on the album, “Good Grief,” deals with overcoming adversity and the emotional pain that comes from severed relationships. “Good grief is the one that’s in your past,” Dessa sings this over a softer instrumental; the way she incorporates her rap and singing skills gives the song many layers. By the time you get to the three-minute mark you’ll forget you’re listening to the same song due to its gradual shift, allowing Dessa to dabble back and forth between rapping and singing. Although she is more casual in tone and lyrics on “Boy Crazy,” Dessa’s singing voice is doing anything but taking a break. Gradually, she shows off her skill set as the song progresses. Light production again backs the graceful singer similarly in “Jumprope,” which features a more serious tone while reflecting on relationships: “Never let a broken heart keep you from the dancefloor.” Regardless of the rough period in her life, Dessa understands you still need to have fun. Additional vocals help shape an angelic sound.

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Dessa features a quirky interlude, “Shrimp,” backed up by some drums and funky guitar that bring a folkish feel to the song. Though the song is only 45 seconds long, you’ll have the track on repeat due to the amount she packs into the song lyrically. Those left wanting more Dessa can check her out live, currently on the “Chime: World Tour” with shows going on this spring and summer.

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