https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/0dee03511b42130bb4c939a9aff604f5.pdf f854c606244dac5d94f536dc8753cad9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource University of Wisconsin - Parkside Ranger News Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of UW-Parkside Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Issue Volume 38, issue 17 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Student leader on the road to community leadership Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document ~------------=-~-------------:--:----=-=-:=:-:- fjj;jHiliE~P~OuL.I~C~Eiiii~,------~Th~e~R~an~ge~r~Ne~w~s ~Fe~br~ua~ry~1~2,~2008~ ~==I"J!'7""~. ~ L~alion !! !~s issues 02/0108-184- 2 Underage Drinking/ onsume i/W 18Nandalism. University Cital.ions. Ap~ ents. 12:12am. Officct cleared. " Re dent Advisor request officer for\inell of marijuana. otfi~ers arrive and issue verbal wal'l!!ngs. Officers take-report for ~ism. Slfflcers then cleared. Traffic Accident-Hit and Run. Union Lot. 4:00pm. Complainant reports accident. Officer takes report and cleared. 6:02pm. Complainant reports accident. Officer takes report, then cleared. Traffic Accident - Property Damage. University Apartments lot. 3:28pm. Complainant reports accident. Officer takes report, then cleared. 02105/08 Traffic Reportable. 6:14pm. Officer observes Ticket issued for Registration. Officer cleared. 08-230 Accident - Non OLR @ CTH JR. 02105/08 08-221 Traffic Violation. CTH JR @ CTH E. 9:30am. Ticket issued for speeding, 58mph in a 35mph zone. Officer cleared. 02/02/08 08-194 Alarm - B u ilding/B us iness. Wyllie Hall. 10:06am. uwPPD Alarm Panel reports active alarm. Officer arrives and checks area. Alarm reset, officer cleared. 02/06/08 08-244 Agency Assist. STH 31 @ CTH E.1I:04pm. KSD Unit in ditch. uwPPD assisted, then cleared. accident. Suspended 02/01/08 08-187 Chapter 51. Health Services. 12:oopm. Student Health Services request officer for possible suicidal person. Officer arrives, then transport person to hospital forassessment. Officer cleared. 02/05/08 08-222 Traffic Violation. OLR @ CTH JR. 9:4Dm. Ticket issued for Non- 02/02/08 08-196 Alarm - Build ing/B us i ness. Wyllie Hall. 1:22pm. UWPPD Alarm Panel reports active alarm. Officer arrives and checks area, alarm reset, officer cleared. 02105/08 08-231 Harassment-Phone Calls. University Apartments. 7:05pm. Complainant reports inappropriate phone call. Officer takes report, then cleared. 02/07/08 08-249 Theft-From Building. Tallent Hall. 11:lOam. Ranger Card used on food items without permission. Officer takes report then cleared. Registration of Vehicle and MandatorySeatbeltRequirements, along with Verbal warning for Speeding. Officer cleared. 02/01/08 08-190 Traffic Violation. CTH JR @ OLR. 1O:34pm. Ticket issued for Fail/Stop for stop sign and Verba) Warning for speeding. Officer cleared. 02/07/08 08-257 Agency Assist. Off-Campus Location. 5:06pm. KSD request assistance in locating a Chapter 51 patient. uwPPD officer assisted, then cleared. 02/04/08 08-209 Agency Assist. CTH A @ STH 31. 7:39am. Officers Jesponded to vehicle in ditch. Assisted KSD Unit in removing vehicle from ditch. Officer cleared. 02/05/08 08·232 Agency Assist. STH 31 @ CTH A. 9:15 am. Officer observed traffic 02/05/08 08-223 Traffic Violation. 4100 block of CTH E. 11 :07am. Ticket issued for Passing in No Passing Zone. Officer cleared. accident. KSD Unit enroute, UWPPD officer assisted with traffic control. Officer cleared. 02/01/08 08-191 Traffic Violation. CTH JR @ STH 31. \0:44pm. Ticket issued for illegally Passing Certain Stopped Vehicle. Officer cleared. 02107/08 08-258 Tow. 4300 block of CTH A. 1l:59pm. Officer request Police Tow for vehicle road hazard. Tow Company has vehicle, officer cleared. 02/04/08 08-210 Traffic Accident - Property Damage. Outer Loop Road. 7:50am. Report of vehicle in ditch. Officer takes report, tow company removes vehicle from ditch. Officer cleared. 02105/08 08·227 Theft-From Building. SAC. 4:48pm. Complainant reports stolen wallet. Officer takes report, then cleared. 02106/08 08·236 Alarm-Fire. Wyllie Hall. 1:02pm. uwPPD Alarm Panel reports active alarm. Officers responded and reset alarm, then cleared. 02/01/08 08-192 Suspicious Circumstances. University Apartments. II :29pm. KSD Dispatch reports 911 hang- up coming from University 02/05/08 Traffic Reportable. 08-229 Accident-Non OLR @ CTH JR. 02/04/08 08-216 02106/08. 08-238 News Brief E U ... CONTINUED W shington Park HS, Racine , 0-9:15 p.m. after she was barred from singing in a Washington, D.C. theater. It's inspiring theater! Interdisciplinary Studies degree completion program MJ~utr'a~li:~" Ruby Hinds 'See There In The Distance' Com. Arts Theatre 7:30-9 p.m. Saturday, February 16 their advisors develop a study program on a theme or problem in social and behavioral sciences. A Leadership Certificate also is available. Graduates receive a Bachelor of Arts degree. The free session is held in the Orchard Room of Tallent Hall, located at 900 Wood Rd. For more information, call 262-595-2609. The University of ·Wisconsin-Parkside will be holding an informational session regarding the degree competition of Interdisciplinary Studies on Tuesday Feb. 12 in Tallent Hall at 6:30 at night. Students can choose from three areas of concentration within Interdisciplinary Studies: Organizational Studies on the function of complex groups and institutionswhichmeetsoncampus Friday nights and Saturdays, Women's Studies offered through on-campus and online courses, and Independently Designed Themes in which students and Foreign Film: 'The Cave of the Yellow Dog' Washington Park HS, Racine 5-6:45 p.m. Sunday, February 17 Get lost in this masquerade. Arts Alive! proudly presents Ruby Hinds as Marian Anderson in 'See Therein the Distance. 'The program is actually two distinct shows: Hinds in performance and Hinds portraying Anderson as she prepares to sing at The Met in 1955, becoming the first African-American woman ever to sing at that famed New York venue .• See There in the Distance' uses images from Anderson's life to help tell her story. These images include her famous 1939 performance at the Lincoln Memorial before 75,000 people Friday February 15 Book Club: 'Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant' Orchard Room, Tallent Hall 3:30-5 p.m. Foreign Film: 'The Cave of the Yellow Dog' Washington Park HS, Racine 2-3:45 p.m. Monday, February 18 The Gender, Race and Class Book Club studies the Anne Tyler novel 'Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.' Walter Graffin serves as the discussion leader. 21st Parkside National Small Print Exhibition Com. Arts Gallery II a.m.-5 p.m, Foreign Film: 'The Cave of the Yellow Dog' The Ranger News! with Earn 3 credits with instructor approval .' - Create a contract with The Ranger News to meet your internship needs - Stay on campus and help your university Internships are now a eto Wyllie D139C .. to fill out an appllcatlon. ,II..; February 12, 2 The Ranger News 4 Iraq from front page Near the end of his talk,Harak concluded that there seems to be . be a stronger connection tween the 1)1 ends of oil profits and the mean I' employed by the US' war agains: ~r Iraq than there is between the j\il' end of helping the Iraqi people ~j and the same means. For thet ~ reasons, as well as others from his fl.: talk that are not mentioned here, (III Harak suggested that the war 00 , Iraq is unethical and strongl, ~ argued for the cessation of the I1Jf- US' occupation of Iraq. ¢Oft This talk was one in a series iii' of forums entitled "Perspectives ; ~ on Religious Issues" that take ill' place the first Monday of eve" /iI# month at OW-Parkside. The i<IIl series is organized by Wayne G. .. Johnson and Morris FirebaUgh toll and is free and open to the public .. JIll The next talk in the series is titled ~ "Thomas Hobbes on Civil vs. Religious Authority" and will take place at noon on March 3 in Molinaro 109. nation helps another. After explaining why the means employed by the US in Iraq do not correlate with the end of helping the Iraqi people, Harak then suggested that there might be some other end that is served by these means: oil. To argue this, Harak made several points. The following are a few examples. First, he said that Iraq's Ministry of Oil building was ueither attacked nor damaged despite the rest of Baghdad's buildings suffering heavy damage and looting. He hinted that he believed that this was not simply a coincidence. He also pointed out that Iraq's oil wells .were seized before any city or village was taken. On top of this, he cited Executive Order l3303-an Executive Order signed by George W. Bush that provides legal immunity for US oil companies operating in Iraq-and Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 39- which allows for 100 percent foreign ownership of economic sectors in Iraq - as examples of possible hidden US interests in Iraq. of US troops, Harak also sited a 2007 poll of Iraqis that found that 53 percent were of the belief that the US invasion was wrong; 78 percent that felt the US forces should leave; and 62 percent that felt they were better off under Saddam 'Hussein. Further, Harak pointed out that Kadhim al-Jubouri-the famous man who took a sledge hammer .to the statue of Saddam Hussein on April 9, 2003-had this to say in March 2007: "J really regret bringing down the statue. The Americans are worse than the dictatorship. Every day is worse than the previous day." As an illustration of some of the means-end reasoning suggested by the US military about its purpose in Iraq, Mr. Harak provided the following statement made by US Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman to a New York Times reporter in December 2003: "With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them." Mr. Harak, of course, argued that fear and violence are not the means with which one release, the ICRC stated: "Cluster munitions have had a borrific impact on civilians in most of the conflicts in which they bave been used, including those in Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Laos." It is also a feature of cluster bombs that at least five percent (or as many as twenty percent) of those dropped fail to detonate after they hit tbe ground. These unexploded cluster bombs, which bappen to be painted a similar color yellow to that of food packets also dropped in the area, unfortunately claim many more victims by exploding in the hands of curious or unaware civilians well after they were deployed. After explaining the nature of cluster munitions and their use in Iraq, Harak asked the audience to consider whether the use of these weapons serve to further tbe stated end of belping the people of Iraq. Mr. Harak then carried his talk into the area of depleted uranium (DO) and its use as a type of munitions for tbe US military. DU is a very dense material that is a byproduct of both nuclear weapons production and spent rods from nuclear reactors. DU exists by the hundreds of tbousands of tons in the US and bas the unfortunate side-effect of being radioactive. Many of its properties make it an ideal choice for bullets and other forms of ammunition, and tbe US military has utilized DU weaponry for its war against Iraq. Mr. Harak pointed out tbat the radioactive properties of DU are extremely dangerous for Iraqis and Americans alike. In fact, he said that reproductive defects have exploded in Southern Iraq since DU weapons were used there. Once again, Mr. Harak bad a number of photos on hand to illustrate the gross distortions and defects arising in Iraq and then posed the question: Do these means- the dumping of bazardous radioaeti ve material into Iraq - serve the end of helping the Iraqi people? According to Harak, the Iraqi people themselves do not feel that the means employed by the US are helping them either. In addition to providing photograpbs of Iraqi demonstrators and protesters opposing' tbe presence Community leadership fromfrontpage There were several vendors set up around the {lClimeter Qf \be .fieklhllllSl:< These vendors sold large variety of items - paintings, jewelry, headwork. wood carving, and much more, that are made according to native tradition. Some of these inc!uded objects were of extraordinary bcaurv and representative of the harmony and balance which are traditional to American Indians r r wr an add ional p Cane r to follow in your footsteps? up facing the entry point, and a prayer was said in English and then e in alive Ojibwe an two tradluonal prayer songs were sung. Then the master of cercmonrcs. Mark Denning, introduced the elders who were representing each tribe in attendance. and the flag holders, who represented four branches of military services and four tribal flags. After each representative wa., announced they left the circle. The Pow Wow continued with some open dances. where all people were invited to join at any time. There Were several sacred dances performed which were reserved for registered tribal dancers. This event gave insight to American Indian culture. pan l f the it cus '~n children h•. ..T? was, ~ "r Il and i ~tiVlt} table tor the l'rul 'n to IC,U11 hO\\ t I mukt: ,,0111 traditional \,.r .Ift,. he If tr.idltJonaJ I tl·e A.menLjn "'Iorl . P~d \oi hnahl~ bingo ,1 d gifts wert: . i\ en to .\ cry :1 ild, 111e:t\:. \ ere many edueationnl resources for Ameril'an Indian education: lesson plan" pamphlets, and book. Aware displays lots WIth thi disease, of the Pink Native Am r can a\.,areness grou . dan the Grand Ent . A Native Ame Theresa Seidel, summed it best in a note of thanks sell\: Sacred Circle. "Thank you for working hard to make a start to tile {Pjow l Wjow Tbe countless hours made people happy." CR: No. We have a lot of tax payers tbat contribute to our tax system that do not have children in school. You do not have to have children to care about the state of OUI educational system. CR: Be realistic- Don't try to mold yourself into what our political system expects from you. The Ranger News would like to thank Carly for taking time out of her already busy schedule to talk with me. If anyone voting in the RUSD scbool board election is interested in getting more information from .Carly concerning her stance on the issues, please contact her at www. free we bs .coml ra v n i kar4 rae i ne or Ravnikar4racine@gamiI.com. The University of Wisconsin- Parks ide wishes her luck in the upcoming election and remind everyone to get out and vote. The local level of government is a great place to start in getting your voice heard and your concerns addressed. fr you are interested in possibly pursuing the political arena yourself , student govemment is a great place to start. PSGA meetings are held every Friday at noon in MOLN 0137. These meetings are open to all students. Check it out. DY: On a more personal note, what does your husband think of your running; nothing but support? CR: Yes, he has been supportive but approaches it with the same cautious criticism as I have, so he has been very helpful in forcing me to rethink any presumptions or opinions that I might hold. In ';haw DV: If elected, how do you plan to juggle all your responsibilities: the many organizations that you are invol ved witb, a home and husband to take care of, classes, and jobs? CR: The same as I always do: time management, no social life, and four bours of sleep a night. DY: Last question. What tips can you give to others looking PSGA beat parties, and the rep for PASA announced that during the week that the Kenosha Unified school district has offforspring. PASAi, going to be organizing a childcar e for students who attend the UniverSity of Wisconsin-Parks ide : that currently have children attending scbool. few of the senators wanted some an extra week to look things over and talk to the studen' orgs that they are a part of. Carly.-Anne Ravnikar proposed that they push the vote back a week. A few of the other senators expressed concern that time is already getting shOit for the senate to pass the budget and thought they should go ahead with discussion then. The Speaker ROBERT ROSATI rohertrosati@hotmail.com of the House put Ravnikar's proposal to a vote and it passed by a IlrtlTOW margin. With that they shelved the budget until next week. and moved on to the nexl order of business; a resolution by Ravnikar to lobby the state legislature for a large increase to the finandal aid provided to UW students. There was some discussion about this, with a couple of the senators basically argu i ng that the taxpayers of Wisconsin already pay enough money in support of the OW sY5.tem. but their perspective was 1I0t shared by many and Carly's resolution passed with only two or three votes against it. The meeting then moved on to announcements. There were a couple of student organization JOSH AULOZZI auloz003@rangers.uwp.edu This past week during the PSGA meeting there was supposed to be a vote on the budgets [or all stud~t organizations. However" a / -' BETZY SCHATZMAN ruffiOOZ@uwP·edu Economics degree is available, which includes labor,' money and banking, micro and macro . economics. with the option of concentrating in Quantitative economics. Another change was that a degree in Mathematics now requires an additional 4 classes than it required in 1968. Physics only required 30 credits; today you must have 4Z. Dually notable, in 1968, PHYS 441 was called Atomic Physics, whereas today it is called Quantum Physics. Some have been added, such as, Theatre Arts and International Studies. The focus of Parkside at its inception was to expand knowledge in an industrial society with no concept of research and development for changing times, but the university accreditation committee insisted on expanding the business management and Do you ever wonder what ajors and classes were offered ~hen Parkside was established? In Spring of 1968, the dasses werestill held on the Racine and Kenosha Center campuses. There were 25 undergraduate degrees offered with few concentrations; now there are five additional degrees available with thirteen concentr3tions and fifteen other certificate programs. Many majorsoffered are the same today as they were in 1968, however there are a few that have been eliminated, Iike Engineering Science (Technology) and Labor Economics. Though Engineering Technology isno longer offered as amajorhere, you can take Software Engineering. Additionally a broad E scientific research aspects to meet the growing changes in a professional and scientific society. With reluctance the university complied, offering a Master's degree in Business Administration, and allowing room for growth in research. In 1968, the total number of credits and the OPA scale, completion of 9 credits of natural sciences and foreign language requirements were the same as they are today. Originally all students were required to take a course called The American Language, as well as a Division Seminar in an area of study other than· the student's major. Today we require an additional 3 three credits in humanities and social sciences, and specify that students take at least 36 credits of upper level classes, 300 and above in Sometimes classes have been eliminated to meet the changes in society. Design and Mechanical Engineering merged. as well as adding the old POLS 103, Introduction to Political Analysis, with the old POLS 106, Comparative Politics to create the new POLS 103 Introduction to Comparative Politics. As time and society has changed, academically Parkside has adapted to the needs of the student body and its surrounding community our major. compared to 30 credits (no mention of upper level) in their major . Through researching the old Parks ide catalogs and schedules one finds that there have been an array of courses offered, both in 1968 and now. The chart below shows the number of classes in a given area, in spring of 1968 and 2008. Class/Area 1968 Z008 Anthropology 2 7 Art 9 50 Botany 2 0 Chemistry 6 16 Computer Science I 18 Physical Education 5 45 ".......80 IDr MAYO 2008 City of Kenosha Recycling Calendar Download @ www.keithbosman.com 6 February 12, 2008 See you next Tuesday ~,.....,....,.-:"".--~~--~ ear I t~~liiriY rudidleutary llItl ll\1t1~ so m r-~ 1he iIbo8t at WlI and what we unde land at clilltrent ages llbollllov . When sbe nly thineen. Briony cannot ~Iatld Ihe subtle differences ~ Iu aoll love She IlUstak moment between h r r eeilia played by Keirn th eeper Robbie is conscripted Igbl frQm pnson and we later lind him involved wilh the ill- f d retreat at Dunkirk in one of the greatest long takes committed celluloid. Briony. meanwhile cames her guilt with her mto adulthood. where she is now a young nurse lr)Oing desperately 10 apologi4' to her sister She had walked in on the couple the only lime they made love and confused it fa further evidence that Robbie might be the one ttacked her usin _~ ....... y bappens Iy d the chem "try ie and Cecelia is yon really ple make ourse, the ~~.have • , / 1 The Ranger News ~:E In theaters now: Juno If she gets any better with age we may be looking at the nell Emma Thompson. Juno Temple (daughter of rock videograpby icon. Julien Temple) pUIS in a spectacular turn as Lola. Bnony's cousin. and we will sec more of her later this year in The Other Boleyn Girl. Keira Knightly and James McAvoy also put in stellar performances, the kind that make you forget that you were watching a movie at all. We come 10 the end of their sa tale and care just as deeply f them as Briony docs in her age. See in the end. thi I u rnll"IOi,*", ALEX SCHULTZ maulmail@yahoo.com and you London be so una linger in wine. This Oscar s'Ni£llI' costumes also ea and Ms. Knightley's wardrobe alone i enough to make me pick this up on DVD. The stylish forms and images arc nothin . however. without good actors to flesh them out, and the C3!'.t a phenomenal job. For one misunderstanding year girI.-i.~_"""" emoted by Saoirsc R you can t help ut te when sbe real mistake ha next few see er When dealing with very serious subject matter, films can lend to push a certain point of view down the viewers' throats: this is the way to behave, this is right, this is wrong. Juno deals with teen pregnancy, which is a very sensitive issue. Morality does play into the story, but not in such a way that any real judgment is passed on the characters. Teenage pregnancy happens and people have to deal with it. Juno experiments with her best friend, and ends up becoming pregnant at sixteen. She is a very inteUigent and outspoken young lady. lending the character credibility. Juno knows she won't be able to raise the baby correctly at her age and sets out to find suitable adoptive parents for it. It paints the picture of a girl who has something unplanned happen 10 her, but is smart enough to do her best to make sure things tum out the best they can. It neither admonishes or glorifies what Juno does, it just shows how one girl deals with her circumstances. With such a controversial topic, the film still has a humorous streak to it. The dialog is very clever and endearing. Juno is never at a loss for words and always has a quip. The movie remains light and entertaining, even though it seems like it could become a bit of a downer. It is a very uplifting film and casts a different light on a touchy subject. Juno shows that teenagers may nOI be the impulsive. foolish almost adults that people make Ihem out to be. By being a fun movie and not beating the audience over the head with any lessons, the audience is treated to a slice of life story. Although 1wish my conversations were f lied with such wit and pop culture references, but life is always better in the movies, even for pregnant teenagers. Note: As of the wtiting of this article, Juno was still playing at Tinseltown. It may nol be by the publicalion of tbis pape •• so keep an eye out for the DVD !ben. lMAGE FROM RE£LMOVIENEWS.COM 4RT - CULTUIRE National Small Print Exhibition measures up KAITLYN M. ULMER U1merOOO@uwp.edu Can artistic inspiration be confined to an 18" x 18" square? This feat has been accomplished at least 100 times in the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's 2pl National Small Print Exhibition. Running from Jan. 20 through Feb. 21, the art exhibit, currently housed in the Communication Arts Gallery, features works with no dimension exceeding eighteen inches. Juror Karla Hackenmiller, chair of the Art Department at the University of Ohio. sorted through the nearly one thousand works submitted to select the artwork now on display. A printmaker herself, Hackenmil1er appreciates the challenge of working in smaller dimensions. "When looking at prints of small size, one is able to focus on the smallest details as well as to take in the entire image all at once," said HackenmiUer, as quoted in the exhibition catalog. "This visual interplay is an exciting exchange of technical and conceptual information." In her selections, Hackenmiller worked to include a wide variety of styles and subjects. The diversity of the prints can be seen in the artists' use of black and white or color, traditional portraits and sketches or modern lines, surrealistic scenes, and metallic collages. Without a frame, each piece stands alone under ea thin pane of glass. The exceptions to this set-up are a few small, three- dimensional booklets. which are attached to the wall without a glass covering. Although Hackenmiller claims to have had no theme in mind with her selections, there appears to be a common element to all of the art on one wall of the gallery. Walking in from the East entrance, the wall to the right exhibits a collection of pieces depicting people and animals. Many of the other prints in the exhibition are abstract or not as well defined as these pieces. Here, the subjects can be easily identified. One piece, entitled "Smack My Bitch Up" portrays an abused woman hunching over a desk as her torturer Jeans back in his easy chair, sipping his beer. The drama in this scene is ev.ident and masterfully crafted by artist Richard Peterson from Visalia, California. Some of the animals included in this area include a constellation-studded dog in "Portrait of the Artist's Dog, Zuzu, Canis Major II" by Mark Sisson from Stillwater, Oklahoma; and a whale with a city riding on its back in "lona 's Ark: tbe Leviathan Ascendent" by Christopher Ganz from Fort Wayne, Indiana. One artist, Andrew Kosten from Visalia, California, even depicts a centaur, a half-men half-horse creature, in «They Came from the Country." In its first year, 1987, the Nationa! Small Print EXhibition featured fifty-five artists, including Fred Hagstrom, Wayne Kimball, Brian Paulsen and Robert Schwieger. All four of these artists are featured again this year, each with a new take on small-dimension works. ''This exhibition is certainly a longstanding, important survey of contemporary printmaking that consistently garners wide attention from professionals. viewers 811d supporters of the arts," said Hackenmiller, as quoted in the exhibition catalog. Individuals involved with bringing the print exhibition to UW-Parkside for yet another year include art gallery director Doug Devinny, catalog designer Tao Chen, cataloging and installation manager Glen Larson, cataloging assistant Andy Hendricks. clerical support Jennifer Fillipone, photographer Don Lintner and printing coordinator john Mielke. Assisting Hackenmiller in selecting art were jury assistants Becky Bigalke, Lisa Bilgalke, Stephanie Churas, Josh Fraiser. Mike Hazelton and Andy Hendricks. Through Feb. 21. many of the pieces shown in the exhibition can be purchased, with a ponion of the proceeds going to the UW- Parkside fund for art scholarships. The gallery is open Mondays and Thursdays II a.rn. - 5 p.m. and Tuesdays and Wednesdays I 1 a.m.c-B p.m. Do something productive in college. Do something with The Ranger News. 8 February 12, 2008 The Ranger News Comic spotlight: Lovebunny & Mr. Hell ALEX SCHULTZ maulmai!@yahoo,com Lovebunny & Mr. Hell from Devil's Due Press is the story of Lovebunny, a super cute, yet super ditsy superheroine that acquires a pet/roommate in the form of a skull-faced, tentacled demon when she breaks up a Satanic ritual in someone's basement. Seems like a completely reasonable plot to me. The story is a parody of the superhero genre as the reader is presented with superheroes that have very human characteristics and failings. At one point in the story, there is a convention being held to select a new member for a super team. We find out that some superheroes are super skirt chasers and Lovebunny's own insecurities come up when comparing her self to acurvacious alien android. She even gets Je furious that they would consider hiring an alien robot and makes the remark, "like she even has bills to pay". Lovebunny is just not at a great place in her life: she feels responsible for the death of the superhero she used to be the sidekick for, she's having trouble making ends meet, and on top of that she mortally injures her pet rabbit, Mr- Hoppy. That is until she meets a giant demon, which she so loving names "Mr. Hell", It becomes a surrogate pet and sort of aroommate to her, and the big guy has developed a crush on her, although it never actually says anything as it only makes screeches and groans. What ensues, is crazy odd couple style interactions such as teaching Mr. Hell to use a toilet, brush its teeth, and not eat people. The story is an interesting take on the boy and dog story, except in this case it is super girl and demon. The el of denial MICHAEL RIEDLINGER mriedlinger@dorkgasm.com Romantic Adventure Comedy is not a new genre of film; it's just a difficult one to pull off successfully. The 1980's had a few that worked well, (i.e. Romancing the Stone) hut plenty more that were ju~t ga.rbage. Fool's Gold is more likely to fit in with this latter batch of films than anything else, except that I don't know we can truly apply the comedy portion of that description. The film tries to be funny, exciting, andtouching. but cannot seem to get the chemistry right and falls short of the mark. The story follows Benjamin Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) as he attempts to track down The Queen's Dowry, a sunken Spanish treasure lost somewhere in the Caribbean. Sadly, the treasure becomes a more interesting character than the two-dimensional cast almost from its first mention. The treasure, by the way, is fictional, even though I'm sure there are plenty of lost treasures in that part of the world they could have used if they wanted to, But I digress, because that is the least of this film's problems. art style is typical comic hook style: Lovehunny is a buxom hlond and her costume looks like a cross between a cheer leading uniform and a Playboy bunny. Mr. Hell is rather amorphous, but usually has a skull face and tentacles. The two clash so much that it creates a opposites attract dynamic. The Savage Dragon even makes a guest appearance in one of the stories. The stories were originally produced as one shots. but the version that I read is a black and white digest that collected all of them and added some bonus art. This book is a light, fun look at a superheroine's everyday life and how she deals with an otherworldly housemate. Sharing spaces with someone with a very different way of doing things is something everyone can relate to, especially. if you live in the dorms. Finnegan's wife Tess (Kate Hudson) divorces him in the first fifteen minutes of the film, setting up the requisite "boy-gets-girl- hack" plot that will drive this film ... exceptthal it doesn't. We get a few gushing moments about how good Finnegan is in bed from Tess, and she really doesn't say much else about him to convince us thatshe is a woman in love. but frustrated, and that the divorce was a mistake. Mayhe it's a lack of romantic chemistry; Finnegan touches the heiress, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), with much more promise of sex than he ever does Tess. Whatever the reason, I just couldn't get into the love story, so I tried to focus on the comedy and the action. Comedy was in short supply, as] mentioned before, and quickly came to rely on Jessica Simpson-esque moments from the heiress. Note to screenwriters John Claflin, Daniel Zelman and Aody Tennant (who also directed): what is funny on reality TV is less so when it's scripted. Gemma is essentially reduced to a one-note punch line with a too- skinny body. When a sword lands squarely, and phallicIy, between her way-to-wide-stretched legs, you know she has gone from character to set dressing. That left me with action. The villains in this tripe-fest are appropriately cartoony, hut disappointingly all black as well. Big Bunny (Kevin Hart) and his two sidekicks (Brian Hooks and Malcolm-Jamal Warner) are the epitome of every rap or reggae stereotype committed to film. They, of course, want the treasure themselves and aren't afraid to kill people to gel it. They suck at killing anyone but themselves, however, but that's not the point. We should fear their villainy because they are black, or so it would seem. They are after the treasure because they are greedy bastards, and, well, no that's the only reason. It turnsinto a raceto see who can find the treasure first, except that Finnegan and Tess are the only ones following clues or doing anything really, come to think of it. The bad guys show up from time to time and fail to kill the protagonists and, in the end, everyone lives happily ever after. Avoid the Fool's Gold until you can rent it cheap. Even at "Early Bird" pricing, I felt like I wasted my time and money. Now, if Douglas, Turner, and De Vito get hack together, maybe they can show us how to do this kind of film right again, but until then, I'm going to go back to dreading the inevitable release of something with the words "Crystal Skull" in the title. Spring Break Salel (/ Cantun, Atapulto & Jamaita up to $500 off per room! B"h"m"s, South P"dre "nd florid" ,,'so av"il"ble. Limited Time OHer!. -1-800-648-4849 / www.ststravel.com . , o------------------~==~~=~~~~~~~~~-~~&~·~;;;;::~~~~~~~:::: =- -,:-:- __ -,:-=-:::=:= 9 The Ranger News February 12. 2008 Women's basketball team blasts by Rangers dominate in Quincy win over Quincy field and 6.tumove~s. Kayla Ming and Denise Mannella of UW-Parkside tore up the court in the second half. Kayla was on fire shooting the "J" beyond the arc and broke Ann Schmid's school record of 62 three pointers in one season in the process. WhileMingmade three's, Denise Mannella shot 10/13 from the free throw line had 6 rebounds in the second half to blast by the Quincy Hawks 65-55. Kayla Ming had a total of 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists for the game. However, Denise Mannella recorded a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds (7 defensive and 3 offensive) when the scoreboard displayed double zero. For the game, Quincy University struggled with a 17.9 three-point percentage compared to UW-Parkside's 35.3 percent. With the victory, UW-Parkide's women's basketball next away game is at Lewis University on Feb. 12. Their next home game will be on Valentine's Day in the DeSimone Gym at 5:30 pm. RYAN MONTROSS Ryanmo1988@sbcglobal.net less than 14 minutes on the clock in the first half. She was helped off the floor, resulting in warm applause from the crowd. Parkside had a 20-7 run to end the first half with a halftime score of 36-17. Quincy University shot 1113 from behind the three-point arc in the first half, compared to UW-Parkside's 3/6. The Hawks also shot 22 percent from the field and committed 10 turnovers in the first half, compared to the Rangers' 41.9 percent from the BRENT SCHULTZ Schul083@uwp.edu the Rangers shooting and was unable to muster any kind of late game surge. Parkside made 52.6 percent of their shots from beyond the arc throughout the game. The main highlight of the second half was when Dave Keane got on a hot streak and scored 8 consecutive points. The end result was a 92-68 win. Parkside was lead by junior Dave Keane with a game high 23 points. Three other Rangers were also in double figures: LaVontay Fenderson (19 points), Tyrone Deacon (12 points), and Brad Ferstenou (10 points). The Parks ide men's hasketball team improves to 13-7 overall and 6-6 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The loss drops Quincy to 9-1 I overall and halts their two game win streak. Parkside looks for a crucial win when they lake on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville at home on February 9th. The University of Wisconsin- Parkside women's basketball team tipped off against Division foe Quincy University at 5:30 pm on Feb. 7 in the DeSimone Gym. A travel by Quincy eventually led to a UW-Parkside three-pointer to make the score 8-3 in the first four minutes of the first half. Next, Mackenzie Heise tumbled to the floor with an injury with The University of Wisconsin Parkside men's basketball team rolled over conference foe Quincy University last Thursday night. After losing two games on the road, the Rangers were glad to return to the confines of the borne court on Feb. 7th. The game took place in front of an electric crowd during Parkside's 'spirit week'. The Rangers took the opening tip and struck first with a quick jump shot from La Vontay Fenderson. The Rangers would not relinquish that lead for the rest' of the game. Parkside jumped out to an impressive 16-2 start and culminated in a breakaway slam dunk by Fenderson. By the time Quincy found its shot. seven minutes had already gone by. Parks ide would continue to roll and lead 53-35 at halftime. The two teams primarily traded shots in the second half. A frustrated Quincy team bad no answer for The Ranger News Now Hiring Photographers, Come to our meetings on Fridays at noon in Wyllie DJ 39C for more information. Or. stop by the news office (Wyllie D139C) hJ lill Qui <In application. Call us: 262.595.2187 10 The Ranger News February 12,2008 100 WORDS More or Less Considering that it costs almost $100 a year to park in the commuter lots, you'd think that that money would go toward better maintenance of the lois. Instead, that money is going for more important things-Iuch as a SlUdem UIlion ex~ that is completely lIllneCellllaI'. ~ ICillDlll'd ~$UlI'13_.lIJYa\IOO.com ~=~1dioul: .'maasIve -snowfall _ people ~ Jto hell' ORe 81iOlher. Wednesday evemng ~ Clll'Il were eompIetely anowed in or plowed in. On seYeIaI oecasiona one could see more than four students helping to get other peoples' cars out of the spot they were SIUl:k ilL One such group was four students from Parkside Adult Student Alliance (PASA) who helped unbury four cars that ni~ 1bey were also able to help dig out two more on . It was ~ to see that people lldlIally invigorating." Another, ~ my shou1llel' is hurting .... 14id. "k just P to for to Guest Editorial Weall need somebody to lean on CARL~ANNERAVNUKAR carlyanne.ravnikar@gmail.com During my time at UW- Parkstde, 1 have spoken my mind on a number of issues. Sometimes my opinions are met with hostility, but have. on occasion, been met by receptive parties that are willing to discuss the complaint and point to solutions. I am writing to follow up on one of these successful encounters. Last semester, I hurled a complaint at our university's Police Department for not assisting me in removing my car from a snow-filled lot. Upon issuing the complaint, ] was responded to immediately by the interim Police Chief, James P. Heller, and we were able tt>set up a time to meet face-to-face and discuss my dilemma. I found Chief Heller to be extremely open and willing to listen and discuss, and I really recommend folks get the chance to meet rum ~ he's a very nice guy! He was, however, very concerned with my complaint, but did find his hands tied in the situation. We have since met again, and I am happy to repert that I have found these meetings very helpful in developing my understanding of the department's services. Overall, the UW-System campus police departments generally don't assist in pushing cars from the snow; though, a couple campuses leave it to the discretion of the officer. Our campus, however, has had officers injured doing this in past years, so it has become a worker's safety issue that was addressed by campus risk management. 1 can respect that. They will, in fact, lend a hand in moving vehicles if it is an emergency situation, which is good to know! So if you are in an emergency situation, please do call the police. This past Wednesday afternoon at the height of the snowstorm, Chief HeUer and Officer Bergendahl respended to the Union Lot where a couple of food service employees were stuck in the snow. Due to the seriousness of the weather conditions, they helped push these employees free so they could go home. If your car is incapacitated in a-non-emergency situation. you may call Facilities Management during normal business hours and if a grounds- crew member is available, they may be able to respond and assist. There are, however. a number of resources that the UW-Parkside police department will offer, and it could be really easy to take these for granted. For example, our police will assist in jump-starting cars and lockouts, but UW-Parkside is only one out of five UW-campuses that provide this service - and UW- Superior charges $20! We are one of two campuses that will provide air to tires! Now get this, we are the only campus that will provide you with gas if you run dry! So, they might not always be able to help get my car out of the snow - but at least they can help me get to the gas station! It should be noted that the UW-Parkside police performed 378 motorist assists in 2007. I also speke with Chief Heller about the number of complaints I have heard throughout the hallways about students receiving parking tickets when they cannot see the lines. We discussed this issue, and he did say that they were mindful of weather conditions. 1 also understand that the police need to maintain the parking situation so that folks can get to and from school in a reasonable manner. But I brought up the issue of the $10 that was necessary to appeal a ticket, as this was the bulk of concern 1 had heard from the average college student. I think it is an issue we will continue to discuss and look into, but it was good to find out that the $10 appeal will be refunded if your appeal is granted. The appeals committee is compesed of faculty, staff, and students, and they meet generally once a semester. The $10 appeal charge is to ensure the validity of the claims being pursued. I would like to thank Chief Heller for taking the time to discuss these issues with me in length; ithas helped further my understanding of the services provided by the police here at UW-Parkside. I also would like to give a "shout-out" to the Parkside officer who assisted me in having my car towed from the middle of HWY-E this weekend. I don't know what I would have done with out you! It's also good to note that the police department will only provide services to legal cars and drivers - so keep your legality up to date. If this winter season has taught me anything, it is that you never know when you might be calling the pelice for help! Valentine's day-pile ofcrap RYAN ASHTON ashtoOOl@uwp.edu Yeah, so Valentine's Day is this week. Super. I think this is the perfect time to tell you why this supposed "holiday" is nothing but a bunch of crap. First of all, I'm a male. That means that, statistically, Valentine's Day is designed to frustrate the hell out of me and make my life (a normally smooth sailing enterprise) ten times harder. According to history.corn, about one bilJion Valentine cards are exchanged per year and women purchase about 85 percent of all Valentine's gifts. If you do the math, you'll find that onJy J 5 percent of Valentines sales are due to men. 15 percent What does that tell you about male opinions of Valentine's Day? It tells you that the majority of males out there despise this pinkish, flowery fiasco- for good reason too if you ask me. The mysterious origin of this stupid holiday notwithstanding, there are more than enough reasons to boycott this banal attempt at "love" on February 14 by looking at its incarnation today. Today. Valentine's Day is a Hallmark Holiday if ever there was one. The retail business plans for this "holiday" months in advance by preparing all their "special," mass- produced, and heavily advertised Valentine's Day "goodies" for all those love-birds out there to gobble up. How romantic. I' know how great I would feel if a significant other of mine took time out of her busy schedule to stop in at Walgreen '5, pick up a pretty little $2.95 Valentine's Day card- written by som~ faceless Hallmark employee-sign her name on it. attach a heart shaped box of novelty chocolates- manufactured by some guy named Russell Stover-and then give me the package as if itwere the perfect (not to mention unique!) symbol of her love. Somehow, 1 fail to find enthusiasm for this most "thoughtful" of gestures. Maybe I'm more of a romantic than I thought, but it seems to me that real love is the sort of thing that happens regardless of some arbitrarily chosen and impersonal date of annual roman lie celebration. I'm going to be bold here and say that those who take Valentine's Day most seriously are probably the ones that are the least in love. Anyone who really is in a healthy, loving relationship with another would have no need to make a big fuss over an artificial holiday like Valentine's Day. Instead of doing something to "show they care" on the day everyone else is "showing they care." partners truly in love would be caring for each other virtually every day of the year; and, if they do happen to do something "special" on a particular day, at least that day would be uniquely meaningful to them personally and no one else. This idea of Valentine's Day-the letting "the day define the love" rather than having "the love define the day" -leads to my next complaint. Valentine's Day creates way too much unnecessary anxiety for those not in the relationship "club" when February 14 rolls around. The public commotion stirred up around Valentine's Day leaves those leading the single's life (or those in malfunctioning relationships for that matter) feeling left out of something. Some have started referring to February 14 as "Singles Awareness Day" to illustrate the way Valentine's Day creates a sort of clique that excludes outsiders from a.ll the fun. As a result of this, many people will seek out others to couple up with just to get through the 14 lh without being alone-to "fit in" with the rest of the clique. What a pile of crap. OPIt.I Qp-ed column February 12, 2008 The problem with the torture debate JOSHUA AULOZZI auloz003@uwp.edu In last week's edition of the Ranger News my fellow opinion writer Ryan Ashton wrote an excellent op-ed on the issue of waterboarding. In the article Ryan laid out his argument for why the US should decry the use of the harsh interrogation technique, basing this opinion mainly on moral grounds. In general I tend to agree with Ryan-and most other Americans it seems-on this issue. That being said, there are a couple of problems with Ryan's argument that are worth noting and an even bigger problem with the torture debate in general. .The first issue with Ryan's piece is that it, to a certain extent, misrepresents the position and attitude of the Attorney General Michael Mukasey toward the topic of waterboarding. Mr. Mukasey has' at no point condoned or advocated the use of waterboarding, nor shown what I would consider "chilling indifference" to the practice. What he has said is that, "There are some circumstances where CUITent law would appear c1earl y to prohibit the use of waterboardiug. Other circumstances would' present a far closer question." He also characterized the practice as "repugnant" in a letterhe wrote to congress in October of 2007. . The fact of the matter is that nowhere in the law does it plainly Guest Editorial state that waterboarding is illegal. Congress attempted in 2006 to pass legislation which would draw clearer lines for what is and isn't considered torture, including a ban on waterboarding, but the bill failed to pass. The fact that Congress felt it was necessary to clarify the issue lends credence to the Attorney General's position that-legally speaking-it is not a cut and dry issue. His statements about there being a "continuing debate among reasonable minds" surrounding the issue is also strengthened by the actions of Congress. It seems to me that it is not Mr. Mukasey's lack of moral fiber that leads him to hold the position he does, but rather a desire to keep his stance on the issue within the realistic limits of the law. A second issue with Ryan's article is his assumption that Kant's deontological method of determining morality is the only valid one; and in fact the method that America's leaders should use when making decisions. This is a debate which is much too complex and deep to get too far into in a brief op-ed, but a quick example will hopefully sufficiently demonstrate my point. The ticking time bomb situation is very commonly included in any discussion surrounding torture. As Ryan mentioned, even in the event of an eminent nuclear catastrophe, the deontological view of morality would not allow for harsher Interrogation tactics. This is a position that I, and I suspect many other Americans, are not willing to accept. For a whole host of reasons, [ don't think our country should torture people. However, if torturing one person could save the lives of hundreds of thousands . of people, then I think in this extreme situation, certain tactics which might verge on. or even cross the line into torture, should be used. Furthermore, it seems that taking the Kantian position in this circumstance would in fact be immoral. The final issue that I find with Ryan's piece is his statement tbat torture doesn't work, and in fact produces false information and other problematic results. This is an oft stated fact from those arguing against waterboarding and other forms of harsh interrogation and it is certainly possible that it is a true statement for most forms of torture. However, this belief is demonstrably false when it comes to waterboarding. There are three declassified cases of the CIA using waterboarding as an interrogation technique, those of Kalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged 9/ II mastermind, Abu Zubaydah, and another top level Al Qaeda operati ve. In all three cases the use of waterboarding was extremely successful and brought interrogators extremely valuable intelligence information. This is of course not an endorsement of the practice, but these well documented cases are in direct opposition to the widely held belief that waterboarding isn't a successful method of interrogation. The fact that these three cases are the only documented instances of the 'practice being used brings me. to the main problem I have with the torture debate in generaL It is that there seems to be an assumption among tbe opposition crowd that the use of waterboarding and other forms of torture is widespread throughout our military and intelligence agencies. This is an assumption that is held without any real evidence or support, and in fact the evidence seems to point to exactly the opposite reality. As is stated above, there are only three cases of any US agency or military force using the technique, and the last of those was more than five years ago. As someone who was personally present during the holding and interrogation of high value enemy targets, I have more experience than many on this topic, and I can state that from my personal experience and a fair amount of knowledge on the issue that the use of torture is not condoned by the US and is certainly not the widespread problem that it has been made out to be. ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH BRIONES WYLLIE D139C CHRISTINE JENSEN jense052@uwp.edu This letter is to complain about the wonderful way the Ranger Hall parking lot and the University Apartment parking lot is plowed. I live on campus and feel that the people who live on campus are treated unfairly just because we live on campus. I noticed Feb. 7 that the Communications parking lot and the Molinaro parking lot were plowed very nicely. Yet the students who live on campus had to dig their cars out themselves with shovels. I was told by several students that were digging their cars out that our parking lot was finally going to . be plowed. I was also told that I would have to park elsewhere. I parked in the Molinro parking lot and then I went to my 3:30 class; and, by the time I went back to my apartment around 5:30, the 'University Apartment parking lot and the Ranger Hall parking lot looked exactly the same. This makes me very angry because we have several students :i. • ,#. • • r that are handicapped that live on campus and they rely on having plowed sidewalks and plowed parking lots to get back and forth from class and back to their dorm or apartment. I fell Feb 7 trying to get to my apartment and then back to my car. Thankfully I wasn't hurt but I should be able to walk between my car and my apartment without the thought that I am going to fall because the parking lot is full of snow. Since the University of Wisconsin-Parkside doesn't plow the Ranger Hall parking lot and , , the University Apartment parking lot (and they haven't since it started snowing in December) all the students that live on campus should hire a private snowplow. Then that private snowplow could dump the snow on the Chancellor's parking spot and the rest of the snow in the parking lot of the UW-Parkside Police Department. Thank you very much. 12 The Ranger News February 12, 2008 - Classifieds Charles the Hammer by Zachary J. Keehan [keeha003@uwp.edu] Help Wanted Babysitter Wanted! While mom works from home. $55 per day! 1-2 days per week (you pick). Approximate hours 7:45am-4:15pm. Call Gina at 697-9352 for more information Since you're wearing the "magical kitty hat of hotness" that attracts women, if J wanted to make out with You. that would mean I'ma chick. Volunteers Wanted for 2 psychology studies conducted by Prof. Terry Chi of the Psychology Department. If interested please call 595-2399 or ' email terry.chi@uwp.edu for more details. UW-Parkside Blood Drive Date: Tuesday, Feb. 19 2008 ' Hours: 9am-2pm Where: Wyllie Hajj, Upper Main Place For more information call the Volunteer Center at (262) 595-2011 Bad Apple by Tony Kinnard [Darkstarl3_2001@yahoo.com] Elemental Eye by Dan Wanezek [drwartist@yahoo.com] Super Angela written by Ryan Montross; Illustrated by Brent Schultz [ryanmo 1988@sbcglobal.net] Love is fifie resoundinq thunder ... ---""''''--'''\ II\ I Ii ! I II Ii ! I I I Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ranger News, Volume 38, issue 17, February 12, 2008 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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