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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document Back and Beautimous The staff of the Ranger News would like to invite you to participate in the Bring Sexy Back Campaign of 2013 Our mission is to make the Ranger News the true voice of the student body. Now that the Ranger News is under glorious new management, we want to know what you think! Shoot us an email at rangernews@uwp.edu to give us your opinions or suggestions! March 5, 2013 ews since 1972 University of Wisconsin Parkside's Student Newspaper The Ranger News is written and edited by students of the University of Wisconsin Parkside and they are solely responsible for its editorial policy and content. Parkside closes school; just kidding Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Tuesday, Feb. 26 drew a line in the sand (or should I say snow) between students, staffers, faculty, and the administration. Winter storm warnings, and even blizzard warnings in some areas, kept students and staff on high alert for the day. Whenever I left my work office, I was always ridiculously aware of the increasing quantity of snow outside. Students were drawn to the windows like moths to a flame. There was constant chatter about whether or not school would close, and how the drive home was going to be a white-knuckle test. I refreshed the Parkside homepage constantly, hoping that maybe this time they would announce that school was closing for the evening. After checking Parkside's website, I did what any smart college student would do next and took to social media. It felt like everywhere I looked, places were closing. Not Parkside though, that stick in the mud. "When are you coming home?" came the worried text from my mom. "I can't, I have night class." "Maggie, this weather isn't a joke." "Sorry mom, if Parkside is open I'll be in class." Yeah. Those texts are always fun. That wasn't the end of my conversation either. Far from it. You try explaining to the woman that birthed you that although it is very dangerous, it's "campus policy" to remain open. Right. Campus policy isn't going to do anything when I'm getting my car towed out of a ditch. And don't think I didn't see plenty of that when Parkside finally did cancel classes for the evening and send everyone home. It felt like there was an accident on every street. My brother and I drove together, my car in front, his car following my lead. I'm going to let you in one of the longest 5 seconds of my life. I glanced in my rearview mirror only to see my brother's car do a full 360 degree spin and hit a pile of snow. Was he okay? Yes. Shaken up, but okay. His car was fine, too. But what if he wasn't? What if THAT was the last memory I had of my brother? Once we got home from school, a normal 15-minute drive that took us almost an hour, we were both positive that Parkside would close the next day. The blizzard warning was still going strong, and the snow See Snow Day, page 7 Junior Senator calls out PSG for lack of professionalism James Burns burns029@ uwp .edu The Parkside Student Government Senate meeting opened up again this week to a busy agenda. It featured the election of two new senators to fill seats left vacant from the beginning of the semester. Also, there was extensive discussion to review the PSG Constitutional bylaws. It was during this discussion that Senator Josh Frazier, 23, a junior newly appointed as the Student Organization Representative, was given the floor and took it upon himself to discuss what he saw as a growing lack of professionalism within student government. Senator Frazier professed his observations during a previous S.U.F.A.C. meeting where he noticed many other senators in attendance on their cell phones or tablets, and dressed in street clothes (sweatpants, jeans, t-shirts and the like). Some were very blatantly dividing their attention and generally being very disrespectful to the S.U.F.A.C. committee. "There is nothing in the constitutional bylaws to hold them accountable in terms of conduct at meetings in PSG," said Frazier. "I understand that not all of them are political science or business majors, or whatever, but they represent the school and the student body. They ought to conduct themselves with a little more thought as to the fact that they are Parkside in these proceedings." Senator Frazier went on to say how he noticed a severe lack of responsibility within PSG ranks. "Now, I've just been appointed to Student Organization Representative. I am an exemplar of leadership for other students as a senator, but now as that representative, I feel it is my duty to make my colleagues aware of how they're disrespecting the office. I became a senator because I wanted to see change. I wanted to do something for the students, not just to be there to be there." It would appear that currently there is a distance between the senators and their sense of responsibility and leadership, or a widespread sense of fatigue over the burdens of the office. Either way, something has caused the personal, as well as the professional, standards of our student politicians to waver and become lax to the point that they are not giving important senatorial proceedings the attention and importance they deserve, especially considering S.U.F.A.C.'s precedence over the budgets of many of the student organizations on campus. It is here where Senator Frazier has personally seen flaws in revenue distribution between agencies. "I see stipends for officers in organizational budgets for positions that are essentially volunteered for," he said. "Now, some organizations do elect their leaders, but a lot of the money that is going to pay what is essentially a semester's salary to students could go to fund struggling programs on campus. For example, the theater program, music, and the art department especially are severely underfunded, and with all the cuts, I see this situation as something that should be more deeply considered." With the senate moving to address a reorganization of their constitution, and S.U.F.A.C to meet again soon this semester, Parkside will have to wait and see if this issue will be addressed. 5:00-6:00PM Ranger Wellr Oak Room Stress, Anxiety, Wednesday March Mathis Gallery, the Rita News IJniversity 6t Wisconsin I'arksklc Student Newspaper 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Hailey Foglio fogli001@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Staff Reporters: Copy Editors: Photographers: James Burns burns029@uwp .edu Tyler Comstock comst004@ uwp .edu Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@ u wp .edu Sarah Savage savag016@uwp.edu David Haight haigh003@ uwp .edu Emily Harring harri091@uwp.edu Libby Chernouski chern012@uwp.edu Katlynne Davis davis086@uwp.edu Michael Jensen jense089@uwp.edu Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Raymone Pajarillo pajarOO 1 @ uwp .edu Cartoonists: Designers: Walter Trush trush002@uwp.edu Jim Neu neu00011@uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @ uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RAN GER NEWS STRIVES TO I NFORM, EDUcate, AND EN GAGE TH E UW-PaKKSIDE COMMUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A B I-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. 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The Ranger Letter from the editor This week has been a very busy one. I've been in a battle of wills with Apple Corporation about some laptop problems I've been having. Apparently while I was off sulking in Rotten Apple Land some gigantic blizzard rolled through Wisconsin? Huh, I thought everything looked a little brighter. And I guess that would probably explain my car's constant sliding around on the drive home Tuesday night. I thought the groundhog determined that we were getting an early spring? That just goes to show you kids, fairy tales are not real. On a side note, I'm very excited that Easter is on its way. I hope the Easter Bunny brings me a basket full of goodies... Is it too soon for Easter jokes? I'm sorry. I always used to make fun of the old editor when she complained about not knowing what to write in this very important section of the paper. Deep breaths, let's try again. Live from New York it's Saturday Night! Oh, that's not it. One day I'll get it. Until I do, please enjoy the rest of the content in our beloved Ranger News. As always, have a stellar week Rangers! Tuesday March 5 8:00AM-9:00AM Ranger Wellness: Belly Dancing Class The Den 12:00PM-8:30PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery,, - ^ v 12:00PM-8:00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita 12:00PM-8:00PM Art Exhibition: Robert McCarin/Lisa 'lraux Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita Wednesday March 6 12:00PM- 1:00PM Noon Concert: Anne-Morse Hambrock Bedford Hall, The Rita 12:00PM-6:00PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery 12:00PM-6;00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, Hie Rita 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Robert McCann/Iisa Traux Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita 9:00PM-11:00PM : 1 + \ Foreign Film: "Monsieur Lazhar" student showing Student Center Cinema Thursday March 7 12:00PM-6:00PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Robert McCann/Lisa Traux Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita 7:00PM-8:00PM Friends of the Library: Zofia & Stefan Korbonski: World War if Politcal Ex Overlook Lounge, Library 7:30PM-9:30PM Foreign Film: "Monsiuer Lazhar" Student Center Cinema Monday March U 12:OOPM~4:OOPM Todd Deutsch's "Gamers" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita Tuesday March 12 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Senior Student Exhibition Foundation Gallery, The Rita Thursday March 14 12:0#M-8:00PM Todd Deutsch's "Gamers" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita March 5,2013 The Ranger News 3 Events along the border Events in Kenosha: Lakeside Players Children's Series Presents: James and the Giant Peach Rhode Center for the Arts Mar. 2,2013 - Mar. 10,2013 H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art Exhibit: Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare: As They Like It Carthage College Feb. 6,2013 - Mar. 22,2013 Anderson Arts Center Art Exhibition: Fiber Show Anderson Arts Center Jan. 27,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Kenosha Public Museum Exhibit: Southport Quilters Guild Annual Members Show Kenosha Public Museum Mar. 2,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Civil War Museum Exhibit: Lincoln in Film and Television Civil War Museum Nov. 30,2012 - Mar. 31,2013 Lemon Street Gallery and ArtSpace Exhibit Lemon Street Gallery Feb. 27,2013-Mar. 31,2013 Kenosha Unified School District Art Show Kenosha Public Museum Mar. 15,2013 - Apr. 21,2013 Kenosha Public Museum Exhibit: Peanuts...Naturally Kenosha Public Museum Jan. 26,2013 - Apr. 26,2013 Kenosha History Center Exhibit: Transportation Innovation Kenosha History Center Dec. 8, 2012 - Sep. 29,2013 Events in Racine: Hot Flashes Apple Holler Dec. 27, 2012-Mar. 21,2013 The Frog Prince Racine Theater Guild Mar. 22,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Wisconsin Watercolor 2012 Wustum Museum Dec. 9,2012 - Apr. 27,2013 Shades of Gray: Black and White Graphics from Rams Collection Racine Art Museum Feb. 17,2013-May 12,2013 Events in Milwaukee: Making Connections: A Juried Exhibition of MIAD Printmaking Alumi Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Feb. 26,2013-Mar. 23,2013 In Tandem Theater's BEAST ON THE MOON by Richard Kalinoski TENTH STREET THEATER Mar. 1,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Imagine: Creating Cultures of Respect and Support in School Arts @ Large Jan. 18,2013-Mar.29,2013 Gallery Artists of Wisconsin Katie Gingrass Fine Art Gallery Jan. 7,2013-Mar. 31,2013 Pints for the Planet Whole Foods Market Mar. 1,2013-Mar. 31,2013 San Remy Gallery: Bridges and Branches San Remy Gallery Mar. 1,2013-Mar. 31,2013 Bridges: The Spans of North America Milwaukee School of Engineering Jan. 18,2013 - Apr. 28,2013 Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America Milwaukee Art Museum Feb. 22,2013-May 19,2013 Designing a Celebration Harley-Davidson Museum Jan. 18,2013 - Sep. 1,2013 Events in Northern Illinois: The Art of the Blues Exhibit Greenbelt Cultural Center Sep. 18,2012-Mar. 17,2013 Maple Syrup Hikes Ryerson Woods Mar. 2,2013 - Mar. 17,2013 3rd Annual Barrington Celtic Fest McGonigals Pub and Downtown Barrington Mar. 15, 2013 - Mar. 17, 2013 Irish Fest Port of Blarney and Downtown Chicago Mar. 15,2013 - Mar. 17, 2013 New & Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Marriot Theater in Lincolnshire Jan. 16, 2013 - Mar. 24, 2013 Highland Parks 2013 Winter Mosaics Downtown Highland Park Jan. 15,2013-Mar. 31, 2013 FUSEDChicago: A Group Encaustic Exhibition Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art Mar. 1,2013 - Apr. 7, 2013 OutPOUR Exhibit Artcetera Gallery at CLC Mar. 1,2013-Apr. 17,2013 The Hidden World of Infrared Exhibit Independence Grove Forest Preserve July 20,2012-Apr. 30,2013 The rumors are true: UW-Parkside has officially reached out the todays techies by creating an app for smartphones. The app provides a directory of academic contact information, ways to get in touch with the campus police station, a search option for places of interest around Kenosha and Racine (such as restaurants and movie theaters, a list of Parkside events, and a map of campus and the surrounding area. Mind you, this app is merely a work in progress. That said, we here at The Ranger News encourage you to test it out and send in your feedback. To give said feedback, you can find a section called "Feedback" under the "About" link in the app, or you can simply send your thoughts and suggestions to mobileapp@uwp.edu. March 5,2013 Entertainmen J DVD Pick: Argo deserving of Best Picture at Oscars Photo credit: palyvoice.com Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu Argo is a film about the hostage crisis that occurred in Iran in the 1980s. It details how six United States embassy employees escaped before the building was taken over by rebels. While hidden in the Canadian ambassador s home, the escapees needed to depend on Tony Mendes to come up with an idea to help them escape. Mendes' best bad option was to create a fake film and have the escapees pose as a Canadian film crew on a location scout for a science-fiction Star Wars rip off. The films biggest achievement is that it successfully juggles a very serious situation and also is able to provide the viewer with breaks of ingenious comedic moments. The comedy is very affective but never takes over. There is always a sense of severity, as there should be in this type of movie. Ben Affleck has established himself as one of the top tier directors working in the industry today and there is no difference here. His use of old footage and new footage helped to blend the real with the fictional making the movie feel much more realistic in its own right. It keeps you in the moment and on the edge of your seat as the suspense continues to rise until the final credits role. The film drives an emotional response throughout but really hits home in the end. If you're not cheering and tearing up with relief and joy in the final moments of Argo, you officially have no soul. The script and the actors are what really takes this movie into the upper echelon of films. The acting is great overall, more so from the supporting actors than Affleck himself. Affleck is one of those guys that is always going to deliver a solid performance in most films, but probably will never win an Oscar. Argo has the supporting acting chops of people like John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, and many more fantastic actors. There is a very short section in the second act where it doesn't feel like anything important or essential to the film is really happening. It's the part of the film that you could take a bathroom break and not miss anything essential. There is less of a care (at least for me) for Affleck's character overall than the six escapees. They crowbar in a home life for Afflecks Mendes that really doesn't add to the sympathy for Mendes as a film character. It loses your attention until the third act finally begins. From then on it's a thrilling roller coaster ride. Overall, the film is fantastic and deserved winning Best Picture this year during the Oscars. In Theaters Now: Strong cast with Side Effects of slow story progression Tyler Comstock comst004@ uwp .edu Every time you're sick and prescribed medicine or pick up something at the local drug store to help make you better, that medicine always has a long list of possible side effects plastered on the side of the bottle. Some of the side effects range from indigestion to thoughts of suicide, but what if a drug put you so deep in a trance that you commit murder without ever recalling it happening? Rooney Mara plays Emily Taylor, a troubled, depressed young woman whose husband, played by Channing Tatum, was just released from jail for insider trading. For her depression, she starts to see Psychiatrist John Banks, played by Jude Law. Dr. Banks provides Emily with a new test drug that has proven hopeful in helping depressed individuals. Side Effects takes a wild turn that lands Banks in the middle of mystery, drama, suspense, and violence. Side Effects is directed by Steven Soderbergh, who has directed popular and award winning films like Traffic, Contagion, and the Oceans franchise. He films in a gritty, realistic style that shoves you onto the street with the actors, feeling each intense situation from the edge of your seat. The acting in the film is top notch, even Channing Tatum. It's probably my favorite performance from him in a long time, maybe ever. Jude Law brings it and Rooney Mara, coming off her Academy Award Nomination for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, gives another fantastic performance playing, a very broken, troubled character once again. We first saw Mara play die-girlfriend of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network and she is climbing the leading lady ladder fast. The acting and direction are great but the film is very slow. The film doesn't move at a clip you would expect for a film categorized as a crime, drama, and thriller. Instead, it starts very slow to set up the drug and Mara's character background, as well as Jude Laws home life and taking on her case. As it goes along, there is a great turning point where the film does pick up that begins to unravel the mystery. The movie also ends like a car running out of gas. It runs until it hits the point where it begins to coast losing momentum as the film continues to roll. The film is a great mystery that contains some unseen twists and turns, but not worth more than probably renting from your local video store and watching in the comfort of your own home. Photo credit: iceposter.com Parkside's FfftSMNK showcasing student talent Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @uwp.edu March 5,2013 ~ V7 ~——rt The Ranger News "Our Babies are Dustmites": A reflection on Straylight Literary Magazines open mic Emily Harring harri091 @uwp.edu Straylight Literary Magazine's open mic nights have become rather infamous in the Racine/Kenosha area. On Feb. 22, the organization hosted a much anticipated open mic in the Den after taking a semester-long hiatus. Folks mingled and greeted one another as the sign-up sheet was passed around the tables, including former Straylight interns that traveled back to UW-Parkside for the event. Without fail, a variety of different talents showed up to the event; a mixture of poets, singers, and guitar players graced the stage to share their skills with the community. UW-Parkside student Vincent Bowen, along with his partners Kimberly Wyatt and Crystal Whiteside, opened the night with a vocal rendition of "Men in Tights," complete with a small can-can. From there, Nicholas Ravnikar, a regular patron to Straylight s open mics, performed a series of poems and short prose, including limericks he'd written on Valentines Day. He was followed by Carly Anne Ravnikar, another regular attendee. Eric Hinkle, former poetry editor for Straylight, read a multitude of new poems. He also entertained the audience with a reading from the latest book he was reading by Kurt Vonnegut. Deciding it was time for a musical break, Kimberly Wyatt and Crystal Whiteside took to the stage separately, Wyatt with a rendition of "My Heart Will Go On" and Whiteside singing a verse of "Phantom of the Opera." Then, the trio of Wyatt, Whiteside, and Bowen returned with "Jingle Bells." Web editor David Haight read a fiction story, his decision to emphasis a certain word shocking the audience at times as he yelled into the microphone. He certainly added a dose of energy to the night and gave a taste of something different from what had happened before him. Among the last acts were Michael VanVleet, with a poem written for his father, and Jerod Straszewki, who played the guitar (an instrument always sure to be a crowd favorite!) and sang. To close the night, Nicholas Ravnikar returned to the stage with more poetry and prose, along with Carly Anne. Carly Anne's energy and hilarious readings were a great way to end the event! All in all, it was another successful event for Straylight! The open mic is the first of many events to be hosted by the organization throughout the Spring 2013 semester. Next up is "Straylight on Display," a gallery showing of past Straylight artists accompanied with poetry from Patrick McGuire, Nick Demske, and Nicholas Knebel. The event begins March 18 in the E. Mathis gallery. As the spring semester unfolds, the Parkside campus is teeming with clubs and activities that allow the school and community to come together to have a good time. Last Friday marked the opening night for Parkside's two newest FreshINK productions, "Final Bow" and "Cupid, Stung By A Bee," held in Rita Talent Pickens Studio A. FreshINK plays differ significantly from full-scale theatre productions. The most apparent change is that the actors are encouraged to openly carry their scripts. This eliminates the need for memorization, and results in less stress at rehearsals. This is especially vital when rehearsals typically run no longer than a week. Freshlnk plays also utilize minimal design elements. The stage merely consists of chairs and music stands (for participants to rest their scripts upon), and the costumes are typically simple garments chosen through collaboration between actor and director. Each play is just one act long and only lasts about an hour. These particular Freshlnk plays were unique, however, because both were written by fellow Parksidians. Current student Mike Zimmerman was responsible for the first play, titled "Final Bow, an angsty yet whimsical story recounting the lives of a small group of actors. Cupid, Stung by a Bee, was written by 2012 graduate Annie Walaszek and tells the story of Cupid and Psyche with a charismatic, modern twist. Chair of the theatre department, Lisa Kornetsky, directed both plays and skillfully steered the actors in the right direction. Top: Eric Hinkle in the middle of one of his poems. Photos by: Carl Rollmann Middle: Sarah Towle hosting the event. Bottom: Nicholas Ravnikar reading some custom works. The performances in both were phenomenal. Laura Chartran, Mark Stockton, and Ethan Hall stole the show in "Final Bow" and Mike Sedlar and Robin Feltman's charm in "Cupid" was undeniable. Others, such as Antonio Torrez and Jazmin Medina, could always be counted on for a chuckle, and narrators Kelliann Keeler and Elliott Mahoney enhanced the plays with their engaging personalities. I highly recommend the plays at Parkside and now acknowledge the theatre department as a hidden gem in our school. If you missed this semester's Freshlnk, don't fret! The next upcoming show, "The Book of Days," will hit the Black Box Theatre on March 8 and Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" will be viewable on May 4. 6 The Ranger News New York Times comes to Parkside James Burns burns029@uwp.edu March 5,2013 The University Ballroom was packed on Feb. 26, 2013, when Health and Science reporter for the New York Times, Mr. Donald G. McNeil Jr., came to speak about his work in raising world awareness about global issues of health, wellness, and management of deadly diseases. With a seminar entitled "Albino Murders, Tightwad Superpowers, and the Battle for Global Health," he spoke briefly about his early career at the New York Times and moved into the topic of how wellness is a modern idea. "What we call wellness is a modern concept," McNeil stated. "Most people are trying to live to seventy or eighty and die of something reasonably nice, like pneumonia." However, according to what Mr. McNeil knows and has experienced about disease, this disassociation with disease-related mortality, a growing movement of disinformation, and a general lack of political will from government is largely to blame for the state of affairs in global health. "In the West, disease is viewed to some extent as your fault. You drank, you got fat, you didn't eat organic, etc," said McNeil. Now this view is true if we look at American and, to an extent, Western culture. People are thought to be in control of their own lives, habits, choices, and health, but the predilection for disease makes no distinctions. If we have no genetic predisposition for a disease, does that make us invulnerable right up until the point at which we get it? Mr. McNeil mentioned in his talk three important factors affecting global health today: poverty, political will, and education. Poverty matters for those who need treatments for things such as malaria, AIDs, tuberculosis, and measles, and cannot afford them because many western pharmaceutical companies manufacture these drugs and price them for extreme profit, $25 for a pill that costs 1 cent to make in some cases. McNeil discussed Cipla, an Indian generic drug manufacturer that announced in 2000 to 2001 that it would sell a generic copy of a triple-therapy antiretroviral for $350 per patient per year. This dramatically affected competition and broadened the availability of life saving drugs to low and middle income countries for the next decade. Setting the standard for alternative development and pricing models. Political will remains an obstacle as governments primarily treat serious diseases like AIDs as "..a public relations campaign, espousing political rhetoric and approving of foreign aid, but they really don't care when it comes to the dollars they've spent. Average Americans think the budget spends approximately 24% of it towards foreign aid and doesn't support continuing it. The reality is that it is more like .25% to Global Health. That's less than a percent." That .25% pales in comparison to the recent initiatives to fight obesity, heart disease, and various cancers right now. Wealth, as well as abundantly available medical care, including vaccinations, has largely insulated the people of Western countries and lead to Americans thinking that saving money is more important. "Bureaucracy is awful when it comes to this," exclaimed McNeil, who stressed education as a hedge against any "magical thinking" that had erupted surrounding medical treatments such as vaccinations. "Fear of vaccines prevents them from being used against diseases that cause truly horrible deaths from diphtheria and tetanus for example," said McNeil, who referenced a Pakistani anti-vaccine campaign against polio drugs after the CIA used a Red Cross doctor to take blood samples from alleged relatives of Osama Bin Laden found in Abbottabad. Mr. McNeil did take the last few minutes or so to applaud some accomplishment in the world community, saying, "In the last ten years, the U.S. has done a phenomenal job treating AIDs, TB, and malaria. We offer 58% of what the world donates in foreign aid, and missionary hospitals provide one-third of the care received abroad." This is significant, but, as McNeil's title suggests, "Tightwad" is a somewhat appropriate description of government support of the global health community right now. Ranger Wellness encourages healthier lifestyle for Parkside students Emily Harring harri09l@uwp.edu On Feb. 25, the Spring 2013 semester kick-off for the annual Ranger Wellness Challenge began at 11am. The Ranger Wellness Challenge lasts eight weeks; it is a competition for UW-Parkside students, staff, and faculty who hope to lead a more healthy, balanced lifestyle. Ranger Wellness stresses that it is "not a diet program or extreme fitness routine, but a fun and informative way to learn how to improve overall health and wellness." Those entering the challenge can either enter individually or in teams of four. Individuals then compete over the eight weeks through earning weekly points for activities like exercising and eating well. The form to join the challenge can be found on Ranger Wellness' campus connect; students can also start evaluating their lifestyles earlier to see what they might want to work on. The challenge takes into account the different aspects that make up a person's lifestyle: the intellectual, the physical, the spiritual, the social, the environmental, and the emotional. Changes in one's lifestyle can begin in small ways, from cutting back on caffeine to getting more sleep every night. Learning and applying a healthier and more balanced lifestyle now will help students in the future when they move past JimmyGibbs gibbs0l4@ttwp.edu Majoring in the liberal arts can definitely bec^TTbeast of burden. Four years, if not more, of honing skills in writing, drawing, animating, and so on, and the inevitable student loans that come along with higher education. Being a liberal arts student myself, and knowing many others studying in the liberal arts, 1know a common question is, "What do I do with this?" We're living in a world that is advancing in technology almost faster than we can become acquainted with it. the business world needs tech people, people that can work on their computers, their networks, and whatever comes next. The real world needs its artists. We need the writers to keep us intrigued, we need the painters to keep us guessing, and we need the animators to keep us entertained. Unfortunately, liberal arts students are a dime a dozen, and the work available in the field of liberal aits is extremely limited. So what is life beyond school when it comes to liberal arts? I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with a local artist recently and asked him about his work, a little about his life, and tried to find some kind of answer to this torturing question. Ben Swank is a 20-year-old from Waukegan, Illinois, who manages the difficult tasks of being a father and supporting his child. However, this doesn't stop him from creating art in the form of paintings and drawings. Ben is an up-and-comer in the art-showing world, but he is already doing well for himself and getting his name out there to some well known galleries. Ben got his start at the monthly ART WAUK, which is an art festival held once a month in the downtown area of Waukegan. During the colder months, local shops, bars, restaurants, and galleries open their doors to all appreciators of art. During the warmer months, the streets are filled with patrons and street artists of all kinds, including musicians, painters, and the occasional flaming hulahoop girl, so one can enjoy both the galleries and the street party. The gallery that is held in high regard in Waukegan is the Dandelion Art Gallery. Ben informed me that this is where he tried to get his artwork displayed for the first time. Unfortunately, while they loved his work, he only had six pieces with him, and this wasn't to their professional standards. He was told to develop a portfolio and come jr. He then took his art to 17 North, a local bar and eatery that displays art during the festival, and that's where he was noticed. While his art was being shown at 17 North, local actor Jerod Howard introduced him to intuitive artist, Joan Bates, who runs a gallery in Evanston, Illinois, called Boocoo. Ben informed me that Boocoo is a great opportunity for him because it is located near both Loyola University and Northwestern University. Students from these universities try to get their artwork displayed at the Boocoo gallery. The Chicago art scene holds Boocoo with high regard, so the networking possibilities for Ben at Boocoo are very good. Ben's art will be in Boocoo from March 1-12. Also in March, Ben has a new meeting with the Dandelion Art Gallery. He looks forward to it because he now has a developed portfolio, and welcomes the challenge of having to produce five new pieces of art every month in order to stay in the Dandelion Art Gallery when he is accepted. lOf sion, though, is film. With his art, he wants to establish his name, get it known, and get his abilities known, but with film, he would be able to mix literally all forms of art together, he says. In terms of networking, Ben believes that he will galleries, saying, "I really think I'm better than most. People with talent waste it on doing landscapes. Landscapes are like the romantic comedy of painting. Why do something anyone and everyone can do when you can do something original?" So there it is, an answer to the question many of us liberal arts students find ourselves asking ourselves in the odd hours between painting, reading, writing, and so on. What can you do? Take the wise advice of Ben Swank, and stay away from landscapes and romantic comedies. To check out some of Ben's work, just search Benjamin Arts on Facebook and that will direct you to his page. their undergraduate program to either the workforce or graduate studies. It can also help students make healthier choices from Brickstone (and, perhaps some day, if enough students want healthier options, they will actually start serving more healthy options than just overpriced salad) and learn how to deal with stressful situations such as midterms or finals. The best part of the challenge is that students do not have to go about changing their lifestyles alone; they have the support and encouragement of other students, staff, and faculty that join the challenge along with them! A variety of different Ranger Wellness programs have already taken place, such as belly dancing on Feb. 26, a NY Times talk with Don McNeil on Feb. 11, and "Successful Student Series: Defining Healthy Adulthood." For more information, students can either consult the aforementioned campus connect page for Ranger Wellness or drop by Student Activities for more information. March 5,2013 The Ranger News To protect and serve: My battle with the armed, ticket-issuing force of Parkside Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@ uwp .edu School is not a cheap endeavor to take on. There are books to be purchased that are likely made of a rare tree from a secluded, hard to reach portion of the Amazon Rain Forest. This is what I tell myself when I look at the price, at least. Obviously, there is the tuition we all must pay in order to receive our education. If you're living on campus you must pay for housing. If you're living off campus, you're paying for the gas to get to campus each day. The list goes on. Before you know it, you're making less money than you're spending weekly at school. All of this, while upsetting at times, is accepted. We knew it going in. There were no lies told to us that college would be cheap, and no one hid from us that college can send you to the poor house with a ticket for a block of government cheese. They just said get through it, after a while you won't have to worry about it because you will have the coveted degree and no more government cheese for us. I remember my first day on the Parkside campus, driving around looking for a parking spot, upset because purchasing books had left me with just enough money for gas, and none for the usual stimulants that get me through my day. At some point during the day, someone had said to me I needed to buy a parking pass, which is required to park anywhere on campus. Insanity, I thought. After all the money I've already paid now they want me to pay for parking on the campus of the school I'm attending? I refused. For a while my refusal worked. I had managed to find some areas that I never received any parking tickets in, and like any rule-bender or law-breaker, I stopped really caring about the principles of parking permits and tickets until I started receiving them. Long story short, since my first semester at Parkside, I have paid the meter maid patrol over $200 in parking tickets. This is insane considering that a parking permit would be significantly less. It would seem that my arrogance and lack of belief in the whole system of parking permits on a school campus is getting in the way of my wallet actually retaining any cash. I wonder the point of it all: why are we receiving parking tickets under the guise of safety? The first line of the Police and Public Safety Mission states, "The mission of the UW-Parkside Police Department is to enhance the educational mission of the University." Like poachers they stalk the lots of Parkside, looking for the unsuspecting student who may have had to put gas in their car as opposed to spending the money on a parking pass. Instead of enhancing the educational mission of the university, which is all the student is trying to do by getting to class, the campus police write up a parking ticket, stick in under the windshield wiper, and skip away, laughing an inhumane laugh. I supposed all my anger and contempt towards the parking tickets and parking permits would go away if I just bought a parking permit. I would no longer have to go through the day wondering if I got away without a ticket, or if the poachers found me again. At the same time, though, the little angel of arrogance pops up on my shoulder and says, "Stick to your guns. Don't give in to their crooked ways now!" So I won't. I will keep fighting the fight and do my best to hide from the armed ticket patrol of the cold, rigid parking lots of Parkside. as making its presence known in the driveway. Teachers had already takg to email to tell their students that classes were canceled. I woke up Wednesday morning like a kid with no presents on Christmas, watched the local news as the closed places scrolled across the bottom o te screen. Good old Parkside, open for the day * I even got a text from Parkside telling me to use caution and that the tmpus was open. I wanted to throw my phone. The kig] i ^hool I don ten attend anymore sent me a text that they had dosed. WHY Its been w years, but they still care about my safety. Parkside, telling me to usecauon is n o t g o i n g to do me a n y g o od if t h e p e r s o n d r i v i n g n e x t o me i.:i. udents and faculty feel pressure to come to class if it stays openbecau^ ley're worried about the repercussions that will come to them 1 e • Lo o k , I 'm n o t s a y i n g P a r k si d e s h o u ld c l o s e i ts d o o rs if a s n o wf l a k h rts te pavement, but I think there needs to be more discuss d ays. I know Parkside wants to keep everyone safe, and ®d to abuse the opportunity to skip class. Somewhere, m he vast e call the UW-System, I'm sure we can find a happy me i Campus Landmarks F P L A L I E H O G K W V K Y S M R O D J D C . 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