14 10 1184 https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/1d24012871d038d99f8cb0676e59f8c1.pdf f7e34a1f3d4f4e050d46ca2ce47f8bdd 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 39, issue 25 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Earns to leave chancellor position Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document IF UW-Parkside Student Government election results , >w'P student makes board Page 4 Cup of Hope Page 5 Opinions Page 7 THE RANGER HUn^iv!2erls!iyty. o0'fW Wisci^omnsnicni-nP arkside-5 rS.t ud> enNt NewspEaper W' S April 14, 2009 News Since 1972 Earns chancellor position SAMANTH A CPOSililntr. and content. SAMANTHA SCHMALING schma005@rangers.uwp.edu Lane Earns, who serves as the interim chancellor for University of Wisconsin- Parkside, announced at the end of March that he will no longer be pursuing the permanent position of chancellor. Earns was originally approached by UW System President Reilly to fill the temporary position of interim chancellor at UW-Parkside. Reilly expressed with confidence that Earns was the right person for the job, and Earns felt that he could help the campus in continuing to move fo rward as it looked for a permanent chancellor. When asked by the Ranger News what kind of goals he wanted to fulfill during his temporary position, he replied, " I wanted to: bring a transparent leadership style to the campus; begin a strategic planning process;' develop more effective recruitment and retention strategies; develop quality transfer articulation agreements between Parkside and area educational institutions; and continue administrative support of diversity and inclusive excellence." Earns believes that he has made progress in all of his goals for UW-Parkside, but believes there is still continuous work that can be done. He also expressed that in his time here, the campus had to redirect its focus towards the budget reductions, which were the largest in the University's history. Earns felt that the campus has approached the budget reduction in a proper manner. He is confident that the campus will make it through the budget cuts and remain true to the academic mission, and keep the personnel intact. Earns' words of advice directed towards the students are as follows: "Look around and enjoy your beautiful campus and appreciate the wonderful diversity of people that make up this University. Take advantage of what it has to offer - both inside and outside of the classroom. Parkside's faculty and staff members care not only about your academic success, they care about you as peopl e. UW-Parkside is, indeed, a special place with much to offer you." I can say without hesitation that my time at Parkside was one of the best professional experiences of my life, and that I have enjoyed being here. From my first day, I have received tremendous support from the campus and the community, and I would like to thank everyone for their kindness." After leaving UW-Parkside, Earns will return to his previous position of Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at UW-Oshkosh. UW-Parkside will be continuing the Search and Screen process for a new chancellor. "I can say without hesitation that my time at Parkside was one of the best professional experiences of my life, and that I enjoyed PSG Inauguration MAY 6 various other students as writeins. Zak Smith, current Vice- President of PSG, was re-elected with 220 votes; some of the remaining votes went to other students as write-ins. SUFAC-at-large had two candidates up for election. Ken Horton and Jose Sanchez. Both students were elected with 158 and 150 votes, respectively. Several senators were ru nning for re-election, including Ronnie Beesley, Christina Bieser, Ben Holmes, and Heather Porter. Students could vote for up to 20 Senatorial candidates, including any write-ins. There are 20 Senators-elect for the 2009-2010 school year: Ronnie Beesley, Christina Beeser, Ben Holmes, Heather Porter. Dana Calamia, Jisha Jose, Dennis Orellana, Kasey Pasqualini, Nelson Senda, Johnathan Sword. Marlene Wells, Jason Wolfe, Linda Vang, Matthew Smanski, Mark Baumgartner, Chris Schatzman, Michelle Slabik, David Wilson, David Lynn, and Erin McDermott. The Green Fund is designed to use student mo ney to help make the student life buildings (such as Ranger Hall and the Student Center) more environmentally friendly. It received overwhelming support with 202 votes. There were two constitutions available for voters to reference to guide their decision on the last part of the ballot. The Election Committee's goal was to eliminate the controversy from earlier this year over whether a constitution had been properly ratified by the students in the last election. The options were to go with Constitution A. which is what PSG has been operating under for this current school year; Constitution B. which is the constitution used d uring the last school year; or pick neither and draft a new one. Constitution A passed with 171 votes. Election results will be ratified by the Parliamentarian at the PSG Inauguration, which will be held May 6. "We've got issues" JO KIRST jo@ therangemews .com After two days of open polls last week, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Student Government preliminary election results are in. 284 ballots were cast in this election, compared to roughly 500 ballots in last spring's election. Polls were open later this year, with the addition of night hours for those students with evening classes. The ballot for this year's election consisted of votes for President, Vice-President, SUFAC-at-large, and Senate candidates. Additionally, the ballot asked for students to approve or disapprove a "green fund", as well as askin g students to vote on which constitution they believe the student government should be operating under. Incumbent Theodore (Ted) Ruffalo and challenger Andrew (Drew) Adams were the Presidential candidates; Ruffalo won with 191 votes compared to Adams' 74 votes. A majority of the remaining votes went to 2 The Ranger News April 14/200? Raraer "r^News 900 Wood Road Kenosha, Wl 53141 Phone:(262)595.2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 Ads: ads@therangernews.com E-mail: rangernews@gmall.com Editor in Chief . - Jo Kirst jo@tnerangernews.com Design Manager Ruth Briones ruth@therangernews.com Marketing Director Zak Smith zak@therangernews.com Staff Reporters schma005@uwp.edu Joshua Bra joshuabradiey1 1 @hhoo tmaiuom Jphnathan Jacob jacob015@uwp.edu Adriana Alexandria alexa016@uwp.edu Hof Michael Reii mreeiiddlliiin ger@dorkgasm Adai spiveyadam@ya Adam Spivey ihoo.com Opinienist Copy Editors Illustrators Photographers Ryan Ashton uwp.edu Chep/I Overby overb001@uwp.edu Nick Connor mick2connor@aol.com Cartoonists Brent Schultz oo.com Zak Smith zakssmith@gmail.com Cedric Ray Jr. ray00007@uwp.edu Jeremy Topczewski topcsz001@uwp.edu .eau Designer , Sean Fallon fallo001@uwp.edu Cedric Ray, Jr. Mission Statement The Ranger News strives to inform, educate, and engage the UW-Parkside community by publishing well-written, accurate student journalism on a weekly basis. The Ranger News has meetings every Friday at noon. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome. Please feel free to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@uwp.edu . We are located at Wyllie D139C Each person may take one newspaper per issue date. Extra newspapers can be purchased for $1 apiece. Newspapers can be taken on a first come, first serve basis, meaning that once they are gone, they are gone. We work on the honor system, but violators will be prosecuted for theft. Faculty members and students organizations who wish to use The Ranger News in classrooms should consult the editor-in-chief to reserve however many free copies they wish to use. a? ASSOCIATED And once again, we are rapidly approaching the end of the semester. Three more issues after this one! Then there's summer break, and then we will be online come fall. I'm pretty excited to get the new website up and running over summer so you guys can get news much, much sooner than ever before. Being online will make our lives much easier as well, as we'll be able to update from anyplace at any time. No more sitting in the office all day Sunday laying out the issue...actually, come to think of it, that's kind of sad. It's almost like a tradition. Anyway, luckily the papers arrived on time this week. I was hoping they'd be on time since PSG elections were Wednesday and Thursday, and our front page was cpvering both candidates for President. On Thursday, I came in to the office rather early and found a pipe that had burst overnight, and anything that had been sitting on the common table in the middle of our office was ruined. Thankfully, nothing of value was damaged, and thankfully the issues had gotten distributed on time. I normally stack the papers on that middle table, and they all would have been ruined if they had been late. Registration begins soon for fall, and as always we're offering internships for the upcoming semester. We do not offer summer internships, since " we don't publish over summer break. But starting in fall, we're welcoming anyone who is interesting in interning with us. And even if you want to join us without the internship, we would love to have you! With that in mind, I'll let you continue reading. Have a great week, see you next Tuesday. Jo Kirst Editor in Chief THE 09-829 Misuse Of Handicap Placard, cleared. Com^xts Lot. 3:01pm. Officer conducting paring enforcement. Parking citation placard confiscated, en cleared. BLOTTER for Parole Violation. Officers thtn U 04/01/09 Agency Assist. Off-Campus Location. 9:29pm. UWPPD Officer flagged down, person reports suspicious vehicle/ activity. KSD notified, UWPPD assisted then cleared. 04/01/09 09-831 Liquor Law Violation. Ranger Hall. 11:00pm. While on foot patrol at Ranger Hall officers view intoxicated male. Citation issued for Underage Drinking/Consume. Officers then cleared. \ 4/02/09 09-832 Agency Assist. STH 31 @ CTH A. 1:38am. UWPPD officers assisted KSD unit on traffic stop involving two vehicles involved in stabbing/ shooting in city. UWPPD officers assisted then cleared. 04/02/09 09-833 Fire Drill. Tallent Hall. 9:01am. Staff request fire drill. All evacuated safely. Officers then cleared. 04/02/09 09-934 Tow Vehicle. Com Arts Lot. 9:38am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 04/02/09 09-837 Probation/Parole Violation. Union Lot. 3:28pm. While on patrol officer view suspicious activity. Citation issued to Danny L Carlson for Operating While SUSP/REV. Then transported to Kenosha Jail 04/02/09 09-840 Theft - From Building. Parkside Union. 5:27pm. Complainant reports theft. Officer takes theft report then cleared. 04/02/09 09-841 Theft - From Building. Sports/ Activity Center. 6:12pm. Complainant reports theft. Officer takes report and then cleared. 04/02/09 09-842 Medical Assistance. Sports/ Activity Center. 8:12pm. Male with right hand injury. Officer and Rescue Unit arrive, victim then transported to local hospital. Officer then cleared. 04/03/09 09-843 Traffic Violation. STH 31 @ CTH JR. 5:25am. Bruce A Schreiber was ticketed for Non-Registration of MV. Officer then cleared. 04/06/09 09-861 Medical Assistance. Ranger Hall. 1:41am. Report of male having problems breathing. Officer and Rescue Units arrive, male transported to local hospital. Officer then cleared. 04/06/09 09-864 Suspicious Circumstances. Com Arts Building. 9:44am. Complainant report disruptive subject. Officer arrives, and then took statements. Officer then cleared. 04/06/09 09-872 Agency Assist. CTH G @ 400 Block. 10:39pm. UWPPD Officer assist KSD Unit on Hit & Run, road rage call. UWPPD Officers assisted then cleared. 04/07/09 09-878 UWS/Vandalism. University Apartments Lot. 4:26pm. Complainant reports vandalism to vehicle. Officer takes report, and then cleared. 04/07/09 09-879 Harassment. Ranger Hall. 4:28pm. Complainant reports misuse of computers on UW Lands. Officer issue citation to suspect. Officer then cleared. 04/07/09 09-880 Harassment. Com Arts Building. 4:57pm. Complainant reports harassment. Officer takes report and then cleared. 04/08/09 09-893 Worthless Checks - Less Than $1000. Tallent Hall. 12:29pm. Officer takes worthless checks. Officer then cleared. 04/07/09 09-894 Suspicious Circumstances. Sports/Activity Center. 6:20pm. Complainant reports possible theft. Officer takes report and then cleared. 04/09/09 09-897 Tow Vehicle. University Apartments Lot. 8:21am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citation. Office then cleared. 04/09/09 09-899 Traffic Violation. CTH JR. 10:51am. David S Cooper was ticketed for Non-Registration of M/V. Officer then cleared. 04/09/09 09-901 Warrant Pickup - Other Agency. Tallent Hall. 11:32am. CIB file indicate active warrant. Warrant confirmed by Kenosha Joint Services. Subject taken in-custody then transported to Kenosha Jail. Officer then cleared. 04/09/09 09-905 Suspicious Circumstances. Union Lot. 2:29pm. Complainant reports disk golf threw a disk into a vehicle. Officer takes report and the cleared. 04/09/09 09-906 Suspicious Circumstances. Sports/Activity Center. 2:10pm. Officer respond to suspicious circumstances call, report is taken officer then cleared. 04/09/09 09-909 Traffic Violation. 4300 Block of CTH E. 9:21pm. Timothy J Tribur was ticketed for Speeding 66 mph is a posted 45 mph zone. Officers then cleared. 04/09/09 09-910 Traffic Violation. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 10:23pm. Whitney L Fagen was ticketed for Fail/Stop at Stop Sign & Operating Unregistered Vehicle. Officers then cleared. 04/09/09 09-911 Alarm - Building/Business. Wyllie Hall. 10:44pm. UWPPD Alarm Panel reports active alarm. Officers respond to location and report everything ok. Alarm panel reset, officers then cleared. 04/09/09 09-912 Littering Violation. Com Arts Lot. 11:09pm. Officer issued citation for Littering. Officer then cleared. 04/10/09 09-914 Liquor Violation Law. Ranger Hall. 1:21am. Officers view possible intoxicated male. Citation issued for Underage Drinking-Possess/Consume. Officers then cleared. The Ranger News THINGS TO oo THE U April 14, 2009 TUESDAY, APRIL 14 UWP Juried Student Art Exhibition 11:00am to 8:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery Kpie UW-Parkside Art Department presents the best work by its top students. Works by 50 artists are now showing in the Communication Arts Gallery. You'll see the show's top work ("Cocky, Bounced Dnve," an intaglio print by Rebecca Yelle) along with works by Morgan Andreasen, Jessica Ange, Martin Antaramian, John Bailey, Kollis Branch, Victoria Brey, Alana Cacciotti, Jose Castillo, Tiffany Clark, Tony Crouse, Austin Decker, Jesus Diaz, Joe Diefenbach, Victoria Fait, Mike Fogelberg' Samira Gdisis, Jim Gilards, Kristen Glonek, Bradon Gonzales, Chandra Havenstein, Syed Ali Hossan, Ryan Hunter, Mike Kaukl, Charyl Kobs, Allison Krezinski, Steven Linn, Jusstin Ludeman, Amanda McCann, Meg McClure, Andrea Mercadillo, Kathryn Mergener, Guadalupe Mora, Lisa Mowry, Arturo Ornelas, A.J. Paul, Cando Pierce, Cedric Ray Jr., Travis Reichardt] Justin Reinders, Sam Slezewski, Brittany Smith, Sarah Vakos, Erika Wartchow, Thomas Weber, Amber Weiner, Jeff Wozniak, Yelle, and Micah Zayner. You'll even see the airbrush piece "I want to go on Vacation" that received the Art Club Scholarship for Ashley Oaeth. Don't miss the UW-Parkside Juried Student Art Exhibition! PAO: "Learn 3 Ethnic Dances in 3 Nights" 6:00pm to 7:30pm Den The Parkside Asian Organization invites you to learn the cultures and legends behind ethnic dances while you're learning how to do them. Tonight learn Tahitian and Hawaiian cultural dances. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 UWP Juried Student Art Exhibition 11:00am to 8:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery Workshop: "Building Capacity for Inclusive Excellence" 11:00am to 3:00pm UW-Parkside is entering a new era of diversity work: Inclusive Excellence. This work assumes there is minimally understood agreement that through inclusion in every aspect of the institution, excellence is enhanced. This interactive workshop, featuring Dr. Frances Kendall and Patricia Lowrie, defines inclusion and the intersect of diversity; recognizing the roles of alignment across segmented connections of the institution; how these connections impact the mission and values of the institution; understanding where challenges reduce effectiveness; and, how individuals with their multiple identities ~ working also as collectives, create opportunities for different outcomes. Please join us! For more information call Equity and Diversity at 262-595- 2369 or RSVP to altmeyer@uwp edu or 262-595-2659 PIC Friendship Hour 12:00pm to 1:00pm MOLN D132 Iced Tea and Issues: "The Legalities of Being Queer" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Oak Room Noon Concert 12:00pm Ballroom Asian Heritage Month Speak-Out: "Human Rights" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Main Place The UW-Parkside Office of Multicultural Student Affair presents an Asian Heritage Month Speak Out on Human Rights with "Late Homecoming" author Kao KaliaYang. UWP Baseball vs' tipper Towa University 2:00pm to 6:00pm Oberbruner Field UWP Softball vs. Lewis University 3:00pm to 6:00pm Case Field CORRECTION: i^iJfta-n£:e:r Nous "icorivctly stated that Jacob S t u d e n t G o v e r n m e n t d e c t i n n c T ' T ' " " f " K for any position. The Ranger News PAO Book Homecoming" 4:00pm to 5:30 Main Place Reading: "Late The Parkside Asian Organization presents an Asian Heritage Month book reading of "Late Homecoming" by its author Kao KaliaYang. PAO presents: Learn 3 Ethnic Dances in 3 Nights 6:00pm to 7:30pm MOLN D132 The Parkside Asian Organization invites you to learn the cultures and legends behind ethnic dances while you're learning how to do them. Tonight learn Filipino (country of the Philippines) cultural dances. Foreign Film: "The Counterfeiters" 9:00pm Cinema The Foreign Film series saves its best film for last with 2008 Academy Award-winning Best Foreign Film "The Counterfeiters." This film takes a hard look at one of the most controversial and ethically dubious activities of World War II: Jewish collaboration with the Nazis. The film tells the story of the greatest counterfeiting operation in history, dubbed "Operation Bernhard." Beginning in 1942 and continuing until 1945, the Nazis set up shops in the cell blocks of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp to copy everything from identity papers to securities to currency. Their longterm plan was to supplement their military might with an influx of phony money into world markets that would cripple the economies of the U.S. and Great Britain. The film shows a different side of the war than what we are used to. Director Stefan Ruzowitzky depicts the care and attention to detail that went into the operation. The result was a pound note so authentic it passed inspection by the Bank of England. This represents the backdrop to the struggle of conscience endured by the main characters, and that's where The Counterfeiters' core strength lies. This is a "must see!" THURSDAY, APRIL 16 UWP Juried Student Art Exhibition 11:00am to 5:00pm ComrrTAns PAO presents: Learn 3 Ethnic Dances in 3 Nights 7:30pm to 9:00pm MOLN D132 The Parkside Asian Organization invites you to learn the cultures and legends behind ethnic dances while you're learning how.to do them. Tonight learn Thai cultural dances. Foreign Film: "The Counterfeiters" 7:30pm Cinema FRIDAY, APRIL 17 LGBTQ Center Grand Opening 2:00pm to 5:00pm WYLLD139C The university's gay and lesbian resource center invites you to find out what services are provided to UW-Parkside students. The Center is in the space previously occupied by The Rangers News across from the Career Center. Race, Class & Gender book study: "Never Let Me Go" 3:30pm to 5:30pm Orchard Room Tallent Hall From the Booker-prize winning author of "Remains of the Day," Never Let Me Go" is an unsettling story about innocence, knowledge, and loss. The narrator, Kathy, and her friends Ruth and Tommy grew up at a boarding school secluded in the English countryside where they were constantly told how special they were. Now, as a young woman, Kathy looks back on the past and tries to understand what makes them special—and human. PAB Pageant/Dance 7:00pm to 10:00pm Ballroom/Den Foreign Film: "The Counterfeiters" 7:30pm Cinema SATURDAY, APRIL 18 UWP Baseball vs. Bellarmine University 12:00pm to 5:00pm Oberbruner Field Foreign Film: "The Counterfeiters" 5:00pm and 8:00pm Cinema SUNDAY, APRIL 19 UWP Baseball vs. Bellarmine University 12:00pm to 5:00pm Oberbruner Field Foreign Film: "The Counterfeiters" 2:00pm and 5:00pm 5th Annual "Ceiebrazione Italiana" 4:00pm to 10:00pm Main Place UW-Parkside salutes all' things Italian during the fifth annual Ceiebrazione Italiana.The festivities begin with a social starting at 4 p.m. followed by a sumptuous Italian dinner at 5:30. At 6:30 p.m., Ceiebrazione Italiana honors distinguished guests Michael Falbo and John Antaramian: Falbo will receive the 2009 UW-Parkside's Lifetime Recognition Award; Antaramian will be honored with the 2009 UW-Parkside Excellence in Leadership Award. The evening includes an auction. Tickets can be reserved by calling 262-595-2443. BELLA! MONDAY, APRIL 20 UWP Day of Silence 8:00am to 9:00pm All Campus Locations Nonprofit Development Program presents "Presidents' Primer" 5:00pm to 8:00pm Tallent Hall No, the 2012 presidential primaries have not started just yet (the campaign, however, is already underway). This "president's Primer is for nonprofit organization administrators who want to get a good start on their service. Call 262- 595-2312 for more information. Film: "November Son" 7:00pm to 8:30pm Cinema Jason is back...no, not Jason Vorhees from "Friday the 13th"— Jason Paul Collum! This time he's brought his friends Judith O'Dea. Brinke Stevens, and Sacha Sacket to spin a yarn that proves "Love shows no mercy!" This film is recommended for mature audiences. Final Stretch presents Comedienne Michelle Buteau 8:00pm to 9:30pm Den Fresh from HBO's U.S. Arts Comedy Festival, Michelle Buteau can also be seen on this season's "Last Comic Standing," Comedy Central's "Premium Blend." and Paramount Comedy Network's "The World Stands Up" show. She was a favorite at this year's South Beach Comedy Festival and HGTV's "25 Worst Mistakes" series can't get enough of this hot talent. Michelle has also shared more than her opinions on VHl's "Best Week Ever," MTV's "Walk of Shame." and the Oxygen Network's "Kiss & Tell" series. Check out the latest issue of Glamour magazine where Michelle dispenses "...some hilarious" dating do's and don'ts. When she isn't touring the country performing at colleges, Michelle hosts "Travelzoo Unleashed" for Travelzoo.com. "Buteaupia" is her premiere comedy album available on www.filmbaby.com. Catch her on stage when you can and see comedy's mistress blend her Jamaican-Haitian ' sassiness and girl-next door quality into a show that is anything but routine. TUESDAY, APRIL 21 PAB presents Talent Night Tuesday Showcase 8:00pm to 9:30pm Den Got "it?" Flaunt it, baby! Yeah, don't let "American Idol" hog all the spotlight. This is your turn to shine! Send us your press releases, news tips and opinions! E-mail US at rangernews@gmail.<om The Ranger News Parkside student makes school board KELSEY HOFF Hoff0013@uwp.edu Carl Bryan, a nineteen year old University of Wisconsin- Parkside freshman, has been elected to the Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 District Board of Education. He decided to run for the second time in September of last year and will be sworn in on April 27. T h e p r o c e s s has taken him at least two years. He first decided that he wanted to run during his junior year and was appointed to a spot on the budget and finance committee during his senior year. Based on the results of last year's election, he decided that he had a good chance this year as long as his class schedule would allow it. Bryan's campaign team ranged from fellow students, friends, and family to teachers and elected officials such as other school board members and aldermen. Bryan felt a strong sense of accomplishment from "being able to mobilize kids," and get them involved with the issues, but his favorite part of campaigning was meeting people. He enjoys hearing their concerns, getting to know them, and hearing their encouraging words of support. Campaigning this year was a lot easier because of his experience last year; his biggest challenge has been reading up on the issues, according to Bryan. He has "done his homework" and learned a lot from his term on the budget and finance committee. Bryan feels that the two most important issues this year are the process of searching for a new superintendent and managing the three hundred million dollar budget. Joseph Mangi is the current interim superintendent and Bryan thinks that they need someone with the same leadership qualities. The district is in a budget deficit and is receiving less and less funding from the state, so fiscal accountability is at issue. Bryan would also like to see effort towards student and administrator accountability, with school board policies being more strictly enforced in the classroom. He hopes to change and possibly liquidate certain programs and policies that do not work anymore. April 14, 2009 Ranger "vNews University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Student Newspaper SUFAC changes likely JOHNATHAN JACOB Jacob015@uwp.edu Members of Segregated University Fees Allocation Committee (SUFAC) are working tirelessly to initiate and oversee changes that will benefit all of Parkside's students with consistency and fairness. The main issue at hand is determining a better way to allocate funds that are available for organizations, clubs, events, etc. Currently, these funds are made available because of segregated fees, commonly referred to as "seg fees." Once student tuition is paid, money from that source is put asidesegregated- for other things. The formula for determining the amount of these fees is as follows: The dollar amount that Parkside receives for tuition is divided by the number of students enrolled in school. A common assumption is that the more a student pays for tuition, the greater the amount of money that is available for student activities and organizations, but this is not necessarily the case. Under the present system, clubs and organizations that request money receive funding based on a system of "tiers" and whether or not they have earned "major status." Briefly, "tiers" are the different levels of support (money) that are awarded. If a club or organization is a tier one (1), they are likely to receive more funding than a tier two (2). "Major status" is given to any organization that is determined to be "established." Meeting these criteria creates a significant advantage because requests for funding can be made directly to SUFAC. Otherwise, if major status has not been awarded, the individual or group requesting money must first go to the Student Organization Council (SOC), who then presents the request to SUFAC. According to Carly-Anne Ravnikar, SUFAC director, the elimination of "tiers" and "major status" is among the most significant changes being initiated by SUFAC. The idea is to eliminate any politics that may be involved so that groups are not awarded funding based on the number of members they may have or who they know. The mission is to "put everyone on an even plane," according to Ravnikar. Intern with us! The Ranger News offers an internship opportunity for any continuing students. Earn 3 credits Create a contract with the Ranger News to meet with your internship < • needs Stay on campus and help your University Internships available NOW come to Student Center to fill out an application • . . . • . Ar t s The Ranger News A Cup JOSHUA BRADLEY With imnli^otionr o1 f Hope joshuabradley 11 @hotmail.com §The HOPES Center is hoping' you'll consider before buying another cup of coffee. The typical morning 'cup of joe' is more than an indulgence. In fa ct, it is an industry' worth $80 billion, second only to oil. Americans import 20 percent of the world's coffee beans, making them the world's top consumers. with implications on a global scale and US drinkers are most responsible. Americans drink coffee in the morning to wake up, in the afternoon to stay energized and in the evening to relax with friends. Out of this .coffee obsession, advocates for international responsibility have emerged. Advocates like the FLO and FAO point out the disparity between the prices paid to farmers and the prices paid by American consumers. The United Nations estimates that a farmer earns $.03 from a latte that costs $3 at a specialty coffee shop. Some large-operation coffee employees receive $2.00 a day, less than Starbucks charges for a Grande Latte. The vision of a more equitable coffee exchange developed in 1988, during a global price plunge. Nearly 20 million coffee farmers world-wide were underbidding other farmers, until thev were of economics resulted from overproduction and a devaluation of coffee beans. To resolve the issue, organizations established a 'fairtrade effort, the HOPES Center added a coffee shop, "A Cup of Hope" In downtown Racine, the HOPES Center fills a variety of roles. It offers mentoring, fairly traded goods and coffee and baked foods. Though new to the scene, the Center aspires to become a center for community and University engagement. The connections to the campus are already developing: the logo was designed by a Parkside student and many of the volunteer positions are filled by our campus peers. Tobring together Uni versity the HOPES Center is holding the social. The Parkside International encourage students to join them and other Parkside organizations. "It's a way for students to meet and interact with leaders in the community" said Sidra Syed, President of the International Club. Other organizations will also attend. The event will take place on April 17"'. at 6:00pm at the HOPES Center 506 T* Street, Racine Wl. ADRIANA ALEXANDER alexaOl 6@ uwp.edu It appears as though the Noon incert on Wednesday keeps tting better and better. With s. Cynthia Solfest-Wallis, one ime flutist comes more talent to id from Parkside. Her swell performance rednesday in the Ballroom was eathtaking, refreshing, and full • relaxation, according to the udents. Some songs that were layed were familiar and some ere new and very interesting ) l isten to. Her pieces that she erformed consisted of wellnown musical artists like Bill lolcombe, Jindriche Feld, dexandra Pierce, and others. For 20 years Wallis has been a music, being an instructor and professional musician. She ias also performed in multiple irehestras including the Bel :anto Orchestra, Milwaukee Pallet Orchestra, Milwaukee symphony Orchestra, and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and Woodstock Mozart Festival. Wallis went to Luther College and performed in Europe several times starting in her college orchestra. In the National Flute Association's orchestral and piccolo competitions, Wallis won first place in 1989. Wallis has received a Master's of Music from Michigan State University. She also performed the Lansing Symphony Orchestra there. Wallis has a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management and business as well. Wallis's accompanist, Susan McKeever on the piano, has a very majestic musical background as well. McKeever went to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music receiving a Master of Music degree. McKeever also received two Bachelor's degrees from the University of Redlands. She has been playing the piano in church for twenty years and is currently active in playing today. When you put two very musical inspiring women together in musical harmony, it is a performance that you would not want to miss, for the audience felt that their music collaboration was definitely a way to the heart. Better and better Wednesdays CONCERT SCHEDULE 04-15-09 UW-P Student Scholarship Recital; University Ballroom 04-22-09 UW-Parkside Brass and Flute Ensemble; University a room 04-29-09 UW-Parkside Guitar Ensemble; CART D118 05-06-09 UW-Parkside Percussion Ensemble; CART D118 Tarkside Student government Association Thanks for voting! n 1TO X • . 5S? - ,-g^.T -V-. Inauguration will be held May 6,2009 in Main Place starting at noon. United Council will be holding its next General Assembly meeting here at Parkside April 17-19. Come out and support your student government and get a first hand look at the issues United Council will be dealing with at the state level on your behalf! OPI The Ranger News Terrorism: Another disease April 14, 2009 RYAN ASHTON ashto001@uwp.edu In a well-known paper entitled On Being Sane in Insane Places, psychologist David Rosenhan argued that the use of labels such as "mentally ill" to describe individuals can have unintentional negative side effects. Rosenhan's paper discussed a study he conducted in the early 1970s testing the legitimacy of psychiatric diagnoses made by health care professionals. Rosenhan arranged for eight "normal" individuals to fake symptoms of schizophrenia to gain admission into one of 12 regular hospitals' psychiatric wards. If successfully admitted, each "pseudo-patient" was to immediately cease the faking of any schizophrenic symptoms and attempt to convince the psychiatric staff that they in fact were not "mentally ill." Rosenhan reported that while it was relatively easy for the pseudo-patients to acquire the label "schizophrenic," it was extremely difficult for them to shed that label once it was assigned. Rosenhan stated that the average length of hospitalization for his pseudo-patients was 19 days, and that each pseudopatient was discharged with a diagnosis of schizophrenia "in remission" rather than having the label completely removed. Now consider the implications of Rosenhan's study on the label "terrorist" as often used by U.S. officials and the mainstream media. Ever since George W. Bush dubbed his military campaign in the Middle East the War on Terror," we have been hearing incessantly about how vital it is that we defeat those "terrorists" who "hate our freedoms." I th ink it is fair to say that the diagnosis "terrorist" is mostly a claim about one's psychological make-up, similar to the way the diagnosis "schizophrenic" is psychological. When one labels someone a terrorist, one is saying something about a person's thoughts, beliefs, desires, etc. (e.g. "they hate our freedoms"). Similar to the Rosenhan study, it appears that the label "terrorist" is assigned somewhat easily and liberally: there are apparently a lot of them and we are to believe that there will continue to be a lot of them for a long time. It is not clear who is diagnosing this large population of people as "terrorists," or what criteria they might be using to do so (I don't think Bush or Obama are credentialed psychologists); but, unlike the Rosenhan study, they must be doing their diagnosing outside of a highly controlled inpatient unit since all those terrorists are scattered in hiding places throughout the Mid-East. If it was relatively easy for Rosenhan's pseudo-patients to receive a false diagnosis in a controlled environment, how likely is it that our government officials (or military soldiers and pilots for that matter) have accurately diagnosed the condition of "terrorist" from afar? I can't say I like those odds. Despite the difficulties inherent in the labeling of terrorists, there is the companion problem of figuring out how and when the "disease" of terrorism might be "cured." President Obama's official webpage (whitehouse.gov) boldly asserts that it is his policy to "Defeat Terrorism Worldwide." This without a cure implies that there is a "cure" tor the psychological mindset of "terrorism." If we apply Rosenhan's study here, we are likely to believe that once a person is labeled a "terrorist," there is probably little chance for that person to shed that label. Beyond the realm of mental illnesses like schizophrenia, we tend to see this permanent labeled-ness" when it comes to the label "criminal" (e.g. the ramifications of being a "registered sex offender," etc.). So, it seems fair to say that since there is a population of people now known as "terrorists," there is no realistic chance for these psychologically-afflicted "terrorists" to be "cured," and there is no real chance that these afflicted individuals will be given a clean bill of health and "discharged" back to their normal lives. Once a terrorist, always a terrorist, I suppose. Knowing the implications of such a label kind of makes me wish there was a more rigorous process of diagnosing "terrorism." President Obama appears to understand the ramifications of labeling terrorists as well; however his approach is a little different from mine. Rather than be more careful in the labeling of humans as terrorists to prevent unnecessary hardships for nonafflicted individuals, Obama would rather just eliminate everyone who happens to have been labeled a terrorist. Obama states on his webpage that he intends to "ensure that our military becomes more stealthy, agile, and lethal in its ability to capture or kill terrorists " See. there is no "cure" listed there. Just "capture or kill." This is how we deal with the psychological state of "terrorism." Since the disease cannot be killed, the host cannot shed the label; therefore, we simply must kill or quarantine the host. That is how we "defeat terrorism." It is interesting to note that Rosenham's paper went on to discuss ways in which the label "mentally ill" could lead to the dehumanization of the person carrying that label as well...I wonder if there's a parallel with the label "terrorist" on that front as well? STAFF EDITORIAL GEORGE LASLEY Lasle000@uwp.edu The article on Whites Swim in Racial Preference by Tim Wise is intriguing, and very meaningful. The article was encouraging, courageous and outstanding. These adjectives are not enough to explain the importance of how whites view themselves and the rest of the world. The metaphor that some whites live inside of a fish bowl is outstanding. I find Tim Wise to be particular correct on many issues. For example when Wise says that fishes are not capable of understanding their surroundings that makes them float, live and grow, that is some truth to that. The most significant element of this idea is that, there are some whites who do not recognize their advantages. There is such a thing as racial preferences. The structure of society is bias towards one type of culture, race, or people. These element leaves out many minorities and people of color whom look different. The idea that people are judge from outside in, instead of inside out is difficult to understand as a person that is mixed decent. I am aware that these problems occur all the time that many people have became custom to ignoring people's concerns, problems, and attitudes that suggest that inequality still exist in the society. These people who are affected, may lose jobs or even the opportunity to even get one. This idea is stunting because people without any means to survive will become animalistic. I feel that society as a whole can improve but there are not lhat many people that are willing to stick up and stand up against people that are racist, hurtful, or ignorant to others. If people were to protect each other equal rights, than these problems of discrimination would have been long goon. Instead many people are living within a fish bowl, not realizing that this type of behaviors, actions, and deeds exist. I have heard many people say that Affirmative action isn't necessary because it takes away the notion of treating people fairly. These people are living inside of a fish bowl for sure. Even the former president of the United States of America, which are supposed to represent the land of the free, thinks that affirmative action has no room in our society. Even someone that became the president of the Unites States has overlooked the fact that many minorities are being left out of elite schools and work places. These people seem to forget that our society is still based on images and not intelligence. Our society is also in control by a particular race, who rather hire and trust their own before letting other races get the opportunity to excel and achieve at the goals that they have set for themselves. Yes, I think that many people are stuck believing something only from the perspective that they were taught, which makes this experience of trying to diversify American's even harder. Until people that are in power realize that there are people who are getting left out and forgotten about, we as a country, and as a nation will continue to argue, sweat, and fight over the same issues, that caused many people to die. I stand in the gap for people who must strive harder than others. Racism is something that means more to me than a word that causes ethnicities to divide amongst each other. I f eel that racism is a disease that has affected too many lives. I think this disease and epidemic is being displayed all around the country, the world, and in peoples' lives. There are some people that will not diversify at all. This particular idea, notion, and fact cause me to stand up for equal right in places that may seem taboo. I f eel that the more people try to bring light on an issue that is as powerful as racism the better off minorities will be, because they will learn how to counter act racism. I am no better than any other person of color or monitory, or even the people that are not, but I will not give up as a person, I know that there is a lot in life for people who really work hard. I will not say yes, to people no's. I will not fight with my hands, but with the instruments that God has given me. I will continue to stand in the gap for people that are getting mistreated for standing up for themselves as well as others. I get called a Nigger or a Nigga, even though I dislike both words. But, I understand who I a m, and what I nee d to become. These words are what the enemy uses to try and keep the oppressed from rising up like the sun from the water and becoming bright as can be. I have seen to many people not make it to their professional stage in their life,due to the fact that people have singled them out and hurt their potential of becoming great. The idea that too many people are judge on the bases of their skin instead of the content of their character, gives me the motivation that a young man needs to transpire into a person that can conquer anything with God. The case studies are evidence that people are getting treated wrongly because of he person that they are. These case studies do not strike me at all, I am very aware of how people can feel and think about other people outside their race. All fourteen studies are mindboggling. As a future educator, what can I tell my students that will face racism and discrimination? What should 1 say? The fact is, I am not allowed to speak about certain issues. However, 1 will encourage them to read and write on issues that have been published for people to understand what the world consists of. There will be Latinas in my class, well as African- Americans , well as whites. Middle Eastern people, and Asians. The only thing that 1 can project to them is the facts that occurred in history. I can motivate them to become diverse individuals; by having them work with each other in groups. Hopefully, there will be more people that are not monitories who are mentally fighting for students to respect each other and love one another, but the difficulty about this solution or proposal is that people arc not forced to be fair and equal, even though each occupation states clearly that being racist is foul play. OPINION PAGE M SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions t All opinions must have a point that is b» 2. 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We do not publish during summer, so there are no summer internships. However, come fall (or spring, but we'd love to have you all year!) we'd be more than happy to have you as part of our staff. We offer internships for reporters, photographers, and designers. There is some rather simple paperwork to be done, and that's it! We do ask for samples of your work much like other jobs might, but we don't make you sit through interviews or try and have you be someone you're not. Everyone has ai different perspective on life and something different to bring to The Ranger News, so we try to accept as many interns as we can. Stop by our office in the Student Center or email us THIMfiS TO PQ TUESDAY, APRIL 7 UW-Parkside Juried Student Art Exhibition 11:00am to 8:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery The UW-Parkside Art Department presents the best work by its top students. Works by 50 artists are now showing in the Communication Arts Gallery. You'll see the show's top work ("Cocky; Bounced, Drive," an intaglio print by Rebecca Yelle) along with works-by Morgan Andreasen, Jessica Ange, Martin Antaramian, John Bailey, Kollis Branch, Victoria Brey, Alana Cacciotti, Jose Castillo, Tiffhny Clark, Tony Crouse, Austin Decker, Jesus Diaz, Joe Diefenbach, Victoria Fait, Mike Fogelberg, Samira Gdisis, Tim Gilards, Kristen Glonek, Bradon Gonzales, Chandra • Havenstein, Syed Ali Hossan, Ryan Hunter, Mike Kaukl, Charyl Kobs, Allison Krezinski, Steven Linn, Jusstin Ludeman, Amanda McCann, Meg McClure, Andrea Mercadillo, Kathryn Mergener, Guadalupe Mora, Lisa Mowry, Arturo Ornelas, A.J. Paul, Cando Pierce, Cedric Ray Jr., Travis Reichardt, Justin Reinders, Sam Slezewski, Brittany Smith, Sarah Vakos, Erika Wartchow, Thomas Weber, Amber Weiner, Jeff Wozniak, Yelle, and Micah Zayner. You'll even see the airbrush piece "I want to go on Vacation" that received the Art Club Scholarship for Ashley Gaeth. Don't miss the UW-Parkside Juried Student Art Exhibition! "Three Cups of Tea: A Mother's View" 6:00pm to 8:30pm Ballroom The Kenosha and Racine branches of the American Association of University Women and UWParkside's K12 Education Outreach Office welcome Jerene Mortenson, mother of "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson to campus. She will talk about her son's campaign to build girls' schools in Pakistan. Come prepared to be inspired. 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Donations to the Central Asia Institute will be accepted. For more information, call Peggy Crane at 262-633-7033 or access crane@uwp.edu via email. Grocery Bingo 7:00pm to 8:00pm MOLN D139 BINGO! Who wouldn't like to play a free game of BINGO? Especially when the prizes are food! The Parkside Activities Board welcomes students to this tasty Tuesday treat where you can win tons 'o food. It's free, there's no cost to play, but you must be a UW-Parkside student. BINGO! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 Parkside Student Government spring elections 8:00am to 9:00pm Main Concourse, Molinaro Hall Here's an opportunity for you, the UW-Parkside student, to participate in the most amazing civic exercise known to humanity: the free election of your student government representatives. It's one person, one vote. That simple. Amazing. Biology Club plant sale 10:00am to 2:00pm Bridge It's spring! So celebrate with a new plant from the Biology Club plant sale. A wide variety of good plants are available to brighten your space. UW-Parkside Juried Student Show 11:00am to 8:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery Noon Concert Ballroom Cindy Solfest-Wallis and Susan McKeever present a flute and piano recital. The piano Susan will play is a brand new Hailun 7'2" grand on loan to the university (word is, if the Music Department likes it, they'll buy it). This is the best Chinese piano currently being built because they have brought on board technicians from Bosendorfer and are using European parts. To look at the at rangernews@gmail.com if you'd like more information. Even if you're not looking for an internship, we'd love to have you! If you have good writing skills and enjoy writing about our campus, stop on by for an application. If your skills are stronger in the photography field, same thing! There is never such a thing as too many photographers—sometimes they pick up the work when we're short on reporters. A picture is worth a thousand words, right? 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JO KIRST Editor in Chief The Ranger News specifications visit http://www. hailunusa .com/prod_info_hg218. shtml The works Cindy and Susan are playing include "Swiss Shepherd" by Morlacchi, "Feld Sonata," "Dark Zephyrs" (written by Susan McKeever's mentor Dr. Alexandra Pierce) on flute and piano; two jazzy pieces by Bill Holcombe: "Firefly" and "Blue Flute Funk" on alto flute and piano, and three pieces by Thea Musgrave from "Piccolo Play" on piccolo and piano. Our Memories of Internment: Pearl Harbor & the Consequences for Japanese-Americans 6:00pm to 7:30pm Ballroom Science Night: "Darwin: The True Story" 7:00pm to 8:00pm GRNQ 103 THURSDAY, APRIL 9 UWP Student Government spring elections 8:00am to 9:00pm THE U CONT April 7, 2009 Main Concourse, Molinaro Hall SB&T Executive-In-Residence* Perri Yeatman 9:30am to 10:45am and 11:00am to 12:15pm Cinema UWP Juried Student Art Exhibition 11:00am to 5:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery PAO Video/Animation Workshop 6:00pm to 8:00pm MOLN D136 Rainbow Alliance presents: "Take Me Out" 6:00pm to 9:00pm Cinema RA, UW-Parkside's gay and lesbian student organization, presents the play "Take Me Out". FRIDAY, APRIL 10 UWP Baseball vs. Quincy University 12:00pm to 5:00pm Oberbruner Field Weather-permitting, the UWParkside baseball team hosts the Hawks from Quincy University in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader. GO RANGERS! SATURDAY, APRIL 11 UWP Baseball vs. Quincy University 12:00pm to 5:00pm Oberbruner Field Weather-permitting, the UWParkside baseball team hosts the Hawks from Quincy University in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader GO RANGERS! SUNDAY, APRIL 12 No Events. MONDAY, APRIL 13 UWP Juried Student Show 11:00am to 5:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery Alpha Sigma Lambda induction ceremony 12:00pm to 2:00pm Main Place Everyone is invited to the second annual induction ceremony for Alpha Sigma Lambda's Upsilon Phi chapter. There will be speakers and recognition given during the ceremony and Dean Donald Cress hands out certificates toward the end of the program (if you are only able to attend an hour, the 1-2 p.m. time frame is when you'll be able to see the students receive their certificates.) Coffee and refreshments are served. PAO Fresh Spring Roll workshop 12:00pm to 1:00pm Main Place This is one workshop you'll really enjoy! The Parkside Asian Organization invites you to learn how to make your own dish of spring roll. Yum! Film: "October Moon" 7:00pm to 9:00pm Cinema "Love is not patient; love is not kind." Shock master director Jason Paul Collum presents his horror film "October Moon" for a special showing in the Student Center Cinema. Please note: This film is for mature audiences. TUESDAY, APRIL 14 UWP Juried Student Art Exhibit 11:00am to 8:00pm Gallery PAO: Learn 3 Ethnic Dances in 3 Nights 6:00pm to 7:30pm Den The Parkside Asian Organization invites you to learn the cultures and legends behind ethnic dances while you're learning how to do them. Tonight learn Tahitian and Hawaiian cultural dances. 03/27/09 09-778 BLOTTER IS « \ Agency Assist, 1:27AM. Offcampus location. Kenosha s Department requested assistance with fight in progress. 03/27/09 09-778 Criminal Damage to Personal Property, 3:08AM. Ranger Hall. Resident reported damage to personal computer. Officer arrived, 09-779 resulted. 03/27/09 09-779 Bail Jumping, 3:23AM. Ranger Hall. Officer responded for 09-778. Suspect taken into custody for bail jumping and transported to jail. ; « *x- Misttse Of Handicap Placard, 3:59PM. CommArts Lot. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. Misuse Of Handicap Placard, 8:19PM. Outer Loop & CTH G. Officer conducting traffic stop. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/30/09 09-809 03/30/09 09-814 Misuse Of Handicap Placard, 7:07PM. Union Lot. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. Agency Assist, 11:24PM. STH 31. Kenosha Sheriff's Department requested assistance with traffic stop. Officer stood by during stop and then cleared. 03/31/09 09-818 Misuse Of Handicap Placard, 12:23PM. Outer Loop Road. Officer conducting traffic stop. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/31/09 09-819 Misuse Of Handicap Placard, 3:20PM. CTH G. Officer conducting traffic stop. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. Medical Assistance, 3:44PM. Student Center. Officer responded to call for subject fainting. Medical transport was refused and officer cleared. 04/01/09 09-822 03/31/09 09-820 03/30/09 09-810 03/31/09 09-815 Possession of Marijuana/Drug Paraphernalia, 12:38AM. Ranger Hall. Officers responded to smell of marijuana complaint. William Litza and Kyle Bormann were cited for underage alcohol. Bormann was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. Officer cleared. Misuse Of Handicap Placard, 7:57PM. Union Lot. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/28/09 09-790 03/30/09 09-811 Medical Assistance, 1:27AM. Officer responded to call for subject with stomach pains. Subject transported via ambulance to local hospital, and officer cleared. Disorderly Conduct, 2:40PM. Ranger Lot. Officer conducting parking enforcement was approached by disorderly subject. Richard Keller was cited for DC and officer cleared. 03/30/09 09-799 Theft from Motor Vehicle, 10:04AM. Off-campus location. Student filed report on the theft of parking permit. 03/30/09 09-804 Theft - from Building, 3:27PM. Sports & Activity Center. Officer took report on theft of currency from the Fieldhouse. Officer cleared. tfeed A Summer 3ofc>, or a J°b in fhe fall? Join the Stiy^gnt Life Staff - 03/30/09 09-805 Mm, Wfk ii • • ' Misuse Of Handicap Placard, 3:27PM. Union Lot. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/30/09 09-806 ATOATWWW.UWP.EDU KEYWORD: STUDENT EMPLOYMENT conference Assisf anf s, Suwwer Maintenance, Sfodenf cenfer building Managers, Sef-up Technical Services, and office Assisfanfs Sponsored by Student Life * i Northwestern University Summer Season offer* hundreds of opportunities to get shsed, ceteh up, or try s omething new. Clews we convenent end i with dey end evening offerings in troth • Choose from more then 300 c • Ewn trenster credit • Prepare for graduate study • Immerse yourself in en intensi language sequence • Take advantage of dey and evening two campuses • Explore a new internet scence or NORTHWESTERN UMVEMTTY 2 summer session 2C09 summer session course re^i strati4 The Ranger News April 7, 2009 Tarks id e Student Government JAssociation Parkside Student Government Elections will be held this week Wednesday and Thursday. Please understand that a strong voter turn-out is important. Elections are not only to choose a President and Vice-President, You'll also be voting on the committee that decides how over 6 Million dollars of Student money is spent. Finally, doing your part on election day shows surrounding communities that Parkside Students are serious about the campus we contribute to daily. Please Rember to... f Polls open Wednesday and Thursday THIS WEEK. UJJJJRE SAMANIH ASCHM ALING scma005@rangers.uwp.edu Zeta Sigma Chi, a multicultural sorority here at UW-Parkside, held auditions March 26, 27, and 28 in the Spruce Room for an upcoming event they are hosting. The event they are presenting is called Take It 2 The Stage, which is a talent showcase. The sorority started this Take it to the v/pnt .1 event because they recognized that children need a positive role model, and someone to look up to and inspire to be. They encouraged organizations and groups on campus to come out and audition. The sorority felt that "their presence in the showcase would be an opportunity for younger school students to see what success could look like when a person is determined." The auditions were .^EglLJO—UWiParkside students and community grade school and high school students. The event is an opportunity for "talented individuals and groups to display the phenomena as to what makes them so great." Everyone that attended the auditions will be featured in the showcase. The group CHAOS will also be performing at the intermission of the event. The cost of auditioning was $10, and Zeta Sigma Chi chapter president Re.sha p;w said that there was a great turnout. She also said that there was amazing talent. There will be a cash grand prize for the individual or group that out shines the rest of the talent and takes the spot light. Talent that will be featured includes: gospel, dance, a rap group, poetry, and multiple singers. Riser said that during the auditions they were looking for a lot of diversity and welcomed different talents. -This, is the first year that the talent show is being held at UW-Parkside. Riser said that hopefully the event would keep continuing year after year. She said that its continuance will be based on attendance and popularity of the event. The showcase will be held on Thursday, Apri 19 at 7p.m. in Main Place on campus. It is open to both students and the public. Recession. Recover SAMANTHA SCHMALING scma005@rangers.uwp.edu On Monday, March 30, the Soup and Series presented "Bubble. Recession. Recovery," which featured guest speaker Marcelo Milan, an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department. He presented a slideshow called "The US Economy: Bubble, Crisis, and Recovery." The presentation included information about the stimulus package, the housing problem, "unemployment rates, and declining income and spending. The United States is currently in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The country also had the worst fourth quarter in 2008 since the 1930's and the second worst bear market from 1929-2009. Home appreciation rates also displayed negative numbers in the fourth quarter. Milan defined the bubble as being "a rapid and artificial increase in the price of assets (above reasonable levels)." Milan gave examples of bubbles being the dot com bubble and the housing bubble. Milan explained that bubbles exist because people buy things at increased prices and then hope that others will buy them for a greater amount. The aftermath of the bubble's bursts include depressed asset prices, prolonged periods of joblessness, economic stagnation, increased government debt, and an impaired banking and financial system. A major consequence of the current economy has been job loss. The unemployment rate has climbed from 7.2% to 7.6% in the past month. More than 4 million jobs have been lost since the economic crisis, there have been massive number of layoffs, and jobless claims have soared. Even in the current crisis, hourly wage has increased, and there have also been productivity gains. Other consequences of the current economy have been major increases in loan losses for banks, rapid decline of business loans shrinking (in commercial banks), consumer confidence has plummeted, people aren't spending as much, and they are saving more, there are depressing vehicle sales, and investments are also collapsing. How does the current economy affect us as students? In Milan's terms, "education pays." The correlation between the amount of schooling a person has and the job market is positive. The more education a student has under her belt, and the more degrees she hold shows, the more she will earn more, have more employment opportunities, ana be less likely to be unemployed. Milan assured everyone at the end of the presentation that, as the history record shows, there is good news ahead. Recessions and depressions end at some point. How long they last depends on how the economy will respond to the fiscal stimulus and the FED's monetary policy. 40th" Juried Student Show Underway JOSHUA BRADLEY Joshua Bradlex! 1 a xahoo.com nrninniuiiinryn.mil Village International Living & Learning Community 2009-2010 Does the idea of trying new food, learning a new dance, speaking another language or talking about global issues intrigue you? If so then we have an editing new opportunity for you! Residence Life and the are excited to present you with UW-Parkside's first Living and Learning Community. The Global Village community of students who share a common love for all things International. The Global Village brings together international and domestic students to live and learn in a joint environment. It is an opportunity for students to live and study with students from around the world. The Global Village is ideal for students planning on studying abroad, for international and exchange students, for students studying foreign languages as well as any student who is interested in world affairs. Spots are limited. So sign-up now! PtSRjEffiT SpooMrf b>. baton life ft Celt, for tuemulonal JMdto **£32*^ For more Information and to sign-up go to www.uwp.edu Keyword: Housing and dick on the Global Village link. Marketing Majors Business Majors The Ranger News is now accepting applications for the position of Marketing Director for next year. This is a paid position. Please email for more informaiton or send your resume' to Zak Smith at Zak@TheRangerNews.com This position is open to any UW-Parkside Student. op,moNjs I ALS Let's keep it real JOHNATHAN JACOB j acobOl 5@uwp.edu I can appreciate living in a country where the government has laws and regulations that are designed to keep people safe from harming themselves or others. However, what I cannot accept is how this same establishment is willing to compromise its integrity if there is the potential for significant financial gain. The focus of this assessment is tobacco; a legal consumer good that not only has no health benefits, but can be very harmful. Now, if it's government's objective to keep us safe, someone has some explaining to do. Nicotine is certainly a drug, and tobacco has more chemicals than a science lab. Please forgive my sarcasm. The last time I checked, people in America were dying at an alarming rate every year as a result of complications from lung and other cancers that are a product of cigarette smoke. Many of these individuals never smoked; they are victims of second-hand smoke. My mother died from the effects of lung cancer. Of course, she made the conscious decision to smoke for many years. She knew the dangers of what she was putting into her body. To her credit, she never felt sorry for herself, even as the cancer was taking her life. I must emphasize that this is not an anti-smoking campaign. It is an indictment of politicians for trying to convince us that they have our best interests Is the shoe deadlier than the bomb? RYANASHTON ashton001@uwp.edu Last month Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, well-known for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush last December during a press conference, was sentenced to three years in prison for his "crime." Mr. Zeidi was charged with aggression against a visiting head of state, and there was reportedly heavy protest from the Iraqi public after the verdict was read. According to a New York Times article, there were supporters chanting "hero" outside the Iraqi court house, and a statue of a large shoe was erected north of Baghdad to honor Mr. Zaidi; however the Iraqi Parliament ordered the statue dismantled. I think this case of presidential "shoeing" is a great example of how upside-down some conceptions of "justice" can be; and, given that our President was both the impetus and the target of those volatile projectiles, it tells us something about our country's values as well. On the one hand, you have the President of a nation that had waged, and had continued to wage, an immensely violent war of aggression on another country's land appearing, in person, within that country's borders (albeit in a "green zone" heavily guarded by the president's own soldiers) to speak as if all the resultant death and destruction was ultimately "good" for those living in the war zone. This is a man whose moral code permitted him to authorize the use of military force (including a massive bombing campaign meant to elicit psychological "shock" and "awe") against a sovereign population of people without that population's consent (nor much of the world's consent for that matter). This man, the one who has untold thousands of bodies lying in his wake, is considered, to the present day, to have been acting justly throughout his military campaign and thus has remained free of formal punishment. Yet, on the other hand, you have a man who has lived the reality of a war-tom nation first-hand; who has no army or bodyguards to do his bidding; who has felt the weight of a foreign President's policies on he and his family's psyches; who has utilized his shoes as his means of "shock" and "awe"— it is this man that the Iraqi justice system (which, one might say, is strongly influenced by the U.S.'s "restructuring" efforts) deemed fit for punishment. It is the man whose actions resulted in no death or injury; the man whose actions were motivated by compassion for those harmed by the brutal violence; the man whose actions earned the sanction of the citizens of Iraq, who spoke on their behalf—it is this man who is deemed morally inferior, and thus sentenced to prison by the prevailing moral code. The man who used bombs and guns to negotiate his terms is, in the eyes of this perverse moral system, the moral superior and thus remains free of prison (and worthy of a President's "retirement" package nonetheless). This is the morality of not only the Iraqi "justice" system, but, it is sad to say, also the morality of the government who had recognized George W. Bush as their President—the government who sanctioned his policies. Under this kind of moral system, bombs and guns are benign, whereas rubber and leather are lethal. But, perhaps, it is not a matter of what one actually does that defines the moral correctness of their actions, but rather who one is while doing it—a sort of moral elitism. Since Mr. Zeidi was a civilian, a reporter, a "nobody," his actions, no matter what they happened to be, were simply predisposed to moral wrongness, and thus were easy to punish. Mr. Bush, however, as a President, as a Commander in Chief, as an elite; well, he's simply immune from moral wrongness due to his elevated social status. So long as morality is defined by status, then those of elite social status will always be morally superior to those of negligible social status. This is supposedly "justice." This is also why it is utter bullshit. Proud to be a Ranger TERRY TYNAN tynan001@uwp.edu I've lived in Keposha, off and on, since 1991. Gradually it became more "on" than "off' and for the last several years it is totally "on." My wife gets upset when I refer to her beloved hometown as Chicago's finest North Shore suburb. Believe me, I mean no disrespect. After all, the North Shore is a beautiful place with stately mansions housing some of America's wealthiest and most influential citizens. Regardless, I am very content living in the "City For All Seasons." For anyone who is retired, but doesn't really want to be, this is the place to live.. The enviable advantage of conveniently lying between two major cultural centers is a given. Concerts, church festivals, sports events, museums; and lake activities are here in abundance. I happen to love the trolley rides for a quarter. Friendly people and great Italian food are equally appreciated. Four months ago .1 made a startling, life changing discovery just a five minute ride from our cottage. I have always been aware of the existence of the University of Wisconsin- Parkside. For instance, I knew that the Northwestern University football team held summer camp there and that the foreign film program was an entertainment bargain. What I just learned, though, was that a state resident over 60 years old could audit up to two courses per semester- tuition free. No credits, but, at my age, who cares. I got 120 of those over 50 years ago in Madison. Now, it is solely for the fun of learning. Computer Science 105 and World History 126, taught by Tim Knautz and Nat Godley, respectively, are awesome. (See, 1 am even picking up the lingo) "Thanks, gentlemen for letting me feel like part of the class and for not making me take exams or turn in assignments." Talk about your "having it both ways." Besides attending classes twice a week, I am enjoying an endless parade of activities and entertainment, such as: great music and theater, exciting athletic events, discussion groups, lectures and exhibits, all provided in a state-of theart environment. I am, now a member of PASA (Parkside Adult Student Alliance). I am the most 'adult' person there by decades. I overheard my wife telling one of her friends that I had joined a fraternity. I did, ultimately, in mind. On the contrary, this is more an issue of economics. To put it bluntly, the government makes a ridiculous amount of money from the tobacco industry. Prices tend to fluctuate for a lot of consumer goods, even gasoline. However, any time the cost of cigarettes changes significantly, it is because the price is going up. If the government didn't make so much money tobacco would be illegal. Consequently, we would hear politicians talking about keeping us safe and improving our overall health by reducing the number of tobacco-related cancers However, you will hear none of this any time soon because tobacco will remain legal Have you ever wondered why politicians won't even address this issue? Personally, It doesn't matter to me if it's legal or not. The tobacco farmers admit that the product they grow is a source of profit. Why can't others do the same? Again, let's keep it real. Dear Man ANDREA GLEASON andrearoseg@ hot mail .com Dear Man, No offense intended kind sir, but I do not desire to be you. On the contrary, I am proud to be quite different. This current movement of modeling your clothing and your mannerisms has been pushed upon me by society for far too long. 'Tis a pity that your foul mouth has infested mine, and that it has become acceptable for me to utter such filth in the presence of others. We have strayed from our feminine ways of modesty, reserved nature, and politeness, exchanging these for provocative attire, brashness, and ill manners. Often such motives are to appeal to your unbridled masculine desires, and in doing so I am losing my identity as a unique and respectable sex. I have been fooled-into believing your wants should be mine as well. I have rejected such beautiful and intricate attire for fear of appearing weak or unattractive beside you. My fight for equality has become a fight for the right to imitate and please. In my struggle for equal dignity, confusion has occurred, making it a struggle for your ambitions and manly qualities, or often to appease them, and even you have forgotten who I am. I have received what the so-called "feminists" of my sex have asked for: I open my own door, walk in behind you, pull up my own chair, and pay for my own meal. In our blindness for more power rather than equality, my innate qualities have been underappreciated. Delicacy does not imply a lack of strength, and displaying my emotions does not mean I lack the ability to be logical. In envying your qualities, I have forgotten to value my own such as my nurturing nature, sensitivity, and compassion. In lowering my standards, I have equally lowered yours. For this I apologize and promise to work to regain the respect and dignity those in the past have worked so hard for. I only ask that you help me in this fight by supporting my right to be equal in dignity and rights with a role distinct from your own. I now realize that just because I now have the right to act like you, does not mean I should. I desire, not to be treated like your fellowmen, but rather as your compliment and counterpart, whose qualities although quite different, are just as valued. Sincerely, Woman correct her. When I told her I was considering spending spring break in Key West with my fellow students she said I should stay there. I have a Ranger ID card with my picture on it, a parking permit and a student e-mail address. Someone even suggested I run for a Student Government office, which would be a bit of a stretch. Yesterday, I bought a Parkside cap for 15 bucks from the bookstore. This bustling enterprise has collected quite a little of my discretionary funds because, while the courses are free, the text books and supplies, emphatically, are not. I meet several new people every day, many from distant lands with diverse cultures. I was even invited to join the "International Club—I guess being a native Chicagoan qualifies me. Did I happen to mention that Parkside is absolutely the friendliest place I have ever been in my life? People actually smile at me in passing. Everyone is helpful and friendly, whether they be faculty, administration, service, or, best of all, students. Ah! the students. Like many of my peers I was becoming deeply concerned about our country's future being placed in the hands of pampered, selfish, thoughtless, rude and, yes, poorly educated young people. Now, after observing and conversing with UW-P students on a daily basis, I have to say,' without reservation, I am not only confident about our future... I am truly excited about it. Just one regret, tho'ugh- -I could have started all this fifteen years ago. OPINION PAGE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submission Suggestions. Campus community. state, 61 national news or issues, >5: RTahneg er The Ranger News April 7, 2009 iRv Jahneg er News University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Student Newspaper Internships available now for fall 2009: Internships available for: Reporting Design Photography Copyediting For more information, email rangernews@gmail.com or stop in at The Ranger News Office, Located in the Student Center Internships are available for a maximum of 3 credits 8 The Ranger News April 7, 2009 Track team shines in good and bad weather ROB HANSEN hanse082@uwp.edu The University of Wisconsin-Parkside track team split between two venues this last weekend. Several members competed at the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State University, and the remainder of the squad competed at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee, WI. The distance athletes competed in a 60-degree rainstorm on Friday night. Ben Orvold ran a lifetime best 31:27 10,000m. This time was good enough for 16"' place and 11th among collegiate athletes. Rehan Mahmood followed not too far behind Orvold, also running a lifetime best 32:16. He was the 2lst place finisher, and 16lh among all collegiate athletes. Mahmood ran a very even-tempo race; both 5,000m splits were 16:08. In \ the women's 10,000m, sophomore Heidi Ertl competed for the first time ever at this distance. She ran a time of 38:07, which notched her 14"' overall and 12"' against collegiate competitors. Senior Jessica Monson ran her first-ever outdoor 5,000m event. Monson finished 6lh overall and 3rd among collegiate competition. Her 16:40 finishing time is not only a new school record, but also a 20-second personal best and an NCAA DII Outdoor Nationals automatic qualifying time. On Saturday morning, at NC State, up and coming freshmen star Hope Christie finished 2nd out of 82 competitors in the unseeded section of the 1500M. Her time of 4:39 missed NCAA DII provisional qualifying by just over one second. Her 4:39 1500m time converts to a 4:59 1 Mile time, which is a 16 second In Photos lifetime best. Brittany Glassburn also turned in a big lifetime best mark of 4:56, 11. seconds faster than her best time outdoor last year. Miranda Melville competed in the 5,000m race-walk competition, where she blew away her competition. She competed in a male/female mixed field and came victorious by over 2.5 minutes. Her time of 25:07 is a 35+ second personal best. In the men's 1500m, Dustin Baldwin and LaQuan Fenderson competed in lifetime best form. Baldwin's time of 4:04.5 just misses his lifetime best of 4:04.3 and Fenderson competed in the 1500m for the second time in his young career. He ran eight seconds faster than the week previous, bringing home a 4:11 finishing time. The Ranger runners finished the day with a pair of 4x800m relay events. The women finished 16lh out of 22 teams with a time of 9:36.2. This time ranks top ten all-time at UW-Parkside. Monson had the fastest split of 2:15. On the men's side, the Ranger half-milers turned in a relay time of 8:08, slightly off of the team goal time. Rob Hansen carried the fastest split of the relay notching a season best 1:57.0. At Wisconsin Lutheran, the Rangers' split squad battled tough through the elements. They faced temperatures of 33 degrees and dropping throughout the meet. They were threatened with snow showers, which held off throughout most of the event, yet still endured constant winds of 25 miles per hour and gusts as high as 45 miles per hour. Sophomores Bryan McLoone and Bert Meyers ran season best times of 4:21 and 4:22 in the 1500m. Jennie tpndt and Whitney Olson turned in ,a pair of top* performances, crossing the finish line in 5:12 and 5:15, respectively, in the 1500m. In the 5,000m run, the Rangers each finished near the front of their races, but their times were noticeably affected by the elements. Jacob Buddell and Matt Vidas notched a pair of top five finishes. Buddell finished the 5,000m race in 16:45 and Vidas in 17:15. Angie Adams was the top Parkside women's performer, turning in a time of 19:45. Alex Mena dominated the 800m run scoring a 6 second victory This weekend the Rangers will travel to Elmhurst College, which is located just past O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, 111. The following week several Rangers will be flying out to Bucknell University near Pittsburg, Penn. Womens Runhu 4-4-2009 The Blazing Kattz by Katie Walter fwalter02l@uwp.edul' What is Cool [edenOOOl @ uwp.edu] by Zak Eden Krzcker k i csn't believe you got 3 monkey!! Chimp. An4 how could I NO T?! 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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document Budgets Blast from the Past Improving Health Page 3 Page 4 Pages 7 THE RANGER NEWS University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Student Newspaper 11 n J iul idilul jriudeiiUt ol the University of Wiscomin-Paikside ami they are aolely responable for ii« wtinnai March 31, 2009 News Since 1972 KELSEY HOFF Hoffb013@uwp.edu PSG sees beyond election The school year is slowly drawing to a close, and students are already preparing for next year. They are preparing schedules, selecting classes,and getting ready for the Parkside Student Government elections. So far. the incumbent. President Theodore Ruffalo, and Vice President. Zak Smith, are running unopposed, but election application packets are available to those who wish to run. Election preparations are running late this year because the election bylaw's in Parkside Student Government's constitution were not ratified until \ery recently. The entire constitution was rewritten last summer to resemble the United States Constitution. The current team has plans in the works; their focus is -standing up for students' rights, said President Ruffalo PSG is working to make sure that students have a say in matters concerning them, their student center, and their money. PSG is in the process of getting students in leadership positions in the Student Life Committee instead of paid stall. Ruffalo believes that students should be making the decisions about student assets. Student lee accountability is another issue at hand. Segregated fees are being reduced next year and PSG will make sure that they are spent in ways that will benefit students the most. PSG also wants to further campus identify. They are participating in the process to create a strategic plan to streamline the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's identity. Ruffalo helped draft a new mission statement tor the school, which will also serve as a guideline for school identity. Logos and slogans currently associated with UW-, Parkside are also items under consideration. Some may be changed or eliminated to foster solidarity within the school and channel school spirit. "People love Mean Green ." said Ruffalo. A student-led SIX. student fee accountability, and furthering campus identity are three main points that the current student government is working on. Though Ruffalo and Smith remain unopposed at this late stage, the students have the ultimate decision in this election. The future of camnus-wide wirelp^ olar panels installed on campus JOSHUA BRADLEY Jim Winkle, of the clean energy, this clean thing In response, University WE Energies, FocuT company: of Wisconsin-Madison, warns, You think of [electricity] as this SAMANTHA Schmaiing shntaftb5@rangers.uvvp.edu Do you ever have the feeling that if you shift a few seats over, or take a few, maybe twelve steps to the left, that you could possibly pick up a wireless signal any given place on campus? Maybe vou feel as though if you moved to an entirely different building, you would be able to pick up the wireless signal better? You are not alone. Many students feel as though thev cannot connect to the Interne! in classroom areaand buildings that they should be able to. Wireless ran be helpful in classrooms forstudents to be able to connect to the Internet and access websites or material that is relevant to their class. That is all. hopefully, about to change. The Technology Committee on campus will vote later next month to decide to extend campus-wide coverage of the wireless internet The Communication Arts building currently has no wireless Internet, and the wifeless in Molinaro Hall works better pushing to have wireless access in the outdoor classroom areas, and possibly the parking areas so students can access the wireless on their mobile devices. After the vote is taken, and hopefully passed to have wireless internet campus wide, the Technology Committee is planning to install the wireless throughout the summer, so that it is available by next fall. The Technology committee is also looking to replace the WSYE "dumb terminals" in the computer lab on the D1 level of the libran The Jeehnology Committee is also coming out of your wall outlet but in fact it's the largest source of greenhouse gases." So how can we reduce emissions, while still keeping the lights on? The simple answer; alternative energy. Solar power has become one of the most promising forms of alternative energy in recent years. Long before President Obama announced that America would seek "green" energy solutions, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside was taking steps to harness the power of the sun with photovoltaic cells, what we commonly call solar panels. These PVCs take light energy and convert it to electrical energy using a silicon cell. Historically, PVCs have been expensive and only slightly efficient. But as we move into the 21s' century, prices are going down while panels produce more energy. The cells are still not cheap. Panels can cost thousands of dollars and be difficult to install. The school intended to put a large amount of panels around campus, which meant financial help was necessary. Fortunately kthat help was available. The effort to install the PVCs on campus was a state first for any government institution in Wisconsin. But even a historic effort would require monetary aid. response, WE Energies, on Energy, and an anonymous campus member offered two separate challenge grants designed to compliment UWParkside's fundraising to pay for the cells. A year ago, pleas went out to students, staff and faculty via the Ranger Mail system. The letters asked for donations and provided a clear vision of a green campus. It emphasized that the challenge grants would double the donation twice. If a student donated a single dollar, it would be doubled by the campus grant, and then again by the WE Energies/ Focus on Energy grant to make four dollars. Simply: $1=$4. With a total of 6000 dollars raised from campus members and a quadrupling of that number from the grants, the campus still needed much more cash. But the State of Wisconsin stepped up, excited to see our campus so close. According to Provost Gerald Greenfield, "We benefited from the increased State interest in alternative energy, and that helped produce a pay back schedule that was more favorable." In other words, UWParkside will be making more per watt than originally agreed upon. Energy companies agree to help pay for solar panels as long as the electricity they produce can be purchased by the company to be resold on the grid. This agreement keeps the energy company in business and makes the solar panels more affordable for institutions and individuals. Donald Kolbe, Director of Facilities Management, oversaw the physical installation of the photovoltaic cells. He expects the system to last 50 years, and during the first decade, WE Energies will pay UW-Parkside $.225 per kilowatt. Parkside only pays $.07 per kW, the difference in prices helps the campus pay for the panels. WE Energies will also be putting in a kiosk near Molinaro Joe's. The kiosk will display kW data, Molinaro energy consumption, campus photos and weather information. The entire P V C project is expected to produce 26.1 kW and cost $300,000. UW-Parkside is very proud to be the home of the first PVCs in the Wisconsin system and is eager to add more to the campus. If you are interested in giving to the fund you can visit the UWParkside webpage, keyword: PVC, for more information. The panels can be seen on the roof of Molinaro from the 2nd and 3rd story windows, the 'head house' near the Tallent Hall parking lot, and a soon to be installed mounted tracker close to Facilities Management. "We've got issues » v Jhe i R.N9Dew9.esr Editor In Chlof 900 Wood Road Kenosha, Wl 53141 Phone:(262)595.2287 Ads: ads@therangernews.com E-mail: rangernews@gmall.com . 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Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangemews®uwp.edu . We are located at Wyllie D139C Each person may take one newspaper per issue date. Extra newspapers can be purchased for $1 apiece. Newspapers can be taken on a first come, first serve basis, meaning that once they are gone, they are gone. We work on the honor system, but violators will be prosecuted for theft. Faculty members and students organizations who wish to use The Ranger News in classrooms should consult the editor-in-chief to reserve however many free copies they wish to use. The Ranger News March 31, 2009 Fro TfieEcfifo That budget article was really hard to write, because there was SO MUCH information. It took a long time until I was satisfied with it. I hope it does a good job of relaying the information that was given to us at the budget forums. I haven't had such a tough article in a while. Anyway, enough about me... here's another issue! There's a lot of news in this one, but a fairly distinct lack of everything else. Looks like we're going through another rough patch for articles. A lot of our problems would be solved if we had enough reporters, but on some level it seems like it's too late to get more people involved this semester, because everyone is so busy prepping for the end of the semester. Next year, though, we'll be doing a lot of recruiting and make sure everyone knows about our internship opportunities. I think having a lot of interns will help boost our productivity and get a lot more accomplished. Of course, next year we will also be online-only, which I am extremely excited about! Parkside Student Government elections are coming up fast, so we're doing our best to collaborate with them and get you the information you need to make an informed choice come voting day(s). Next week, we will have a "meet the candidates" article much like we do every spring, so you'll get the scoop on who's running for President and Vice President, and why they think you should vote for them. (You can still pick up an election packet, if you're interested in running for President, Vice President, senate, or SUFAC at large. They're due April 1 by noon in the University Activities office. ) I would like to take a moment on a totally unrelated topic. In our March 10 issue, there was an error in the article about the Worldfest flag ceremony—Chancellor Earns was misquoted. The Ranger News as a whole apologizes to the readers a d to Chancellor Earns for the error. If you find an error in The Ranger News, please let us know! You can email the reporter directly, you can email me, or you can email both of us. Whatever works for you. And with that,I' mout of things to say for this week. Enjoy the issue, and we'll see you on Aprli 7. Jo Kirst Editor in Chief BLOTTER Agenfy Assist. Ce nter Ufiiv Grounds. 1:48am. KSD report 911 hang-up. UWPDD Checking area. &SD called and reports they made contact with caller. UWPPD Officer.jthert cleared. Misuse Of Handicap PMcard. Outer Loop RoacfTt: 5 3am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. takes report and then cleared. 03/23/09 09-735 confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/24/09 09-743 03/23/09 09-728 Traffic Violation. STH 31 @ CTH E. 11:40pm. Nicholas E Delaney was ticketed for Fail/Stop at Stop Sign. Officers then cleared. 03/22/09 09-716 Assist. CTH G @ Inner Loop Road. 7:38pm. KSD request assistance for verbal altercation. Officers report no physical contact. All Units cleared. Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 1:55pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Driver approached by officer. Officer then cleared. 03/23/09 . 09-738 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 8:09pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/23/09 09-729 Traffic Violation. CTH JR. 10:54am. Roberto Mercadillo Jr was ticketed for Non- Registration of a MV. Officer then cleared. 03/24/09 09-744 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Com Arts Lot. 8:55pm. hen cleared. 03/22/09 09-717 Agency Assist. 3700 Block of CTH A. 10:29pm. UWPDD officer out with KSD unit, suspicious juveniles given verbal warning. All Units cleared. Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 1:57pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/24/09 09-739 03/25/09 09-756 03/23/09 09-730 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. CTH G. 12:22pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. Elevator Calls/Rescue. Molinaro Hall. 2:08pm. Report of someone stuck in elevator. Officer arrives, then removed subject safely. Officer then cleared. 03/23/09 09-719 Tow Vehicle. Union Lot. 8:11am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Student vehicle issued previous warning for parking in metered parking stall. Vehicle towed by Tow Company, officer then cleared. Tow Vehicle. University Apartments Lot. 2:52pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 03/24/09 09-740 03/25/09 09-758 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Com Arts Lot. 1:48pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. Tow Vehicle. Ranger Lot. 2:47pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 03/23/09 09-734 03/24/09 09-742 03/25/09 09-7592911 03/23/09 09-723 Theft - From Building. Sports/Activity Center. 11:40pm. Complainant reports property stolenfromlocker. Officer Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Com Arts Lot. 4:47pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard Disconnect (Hang-Up). University Apartments. 2:59pm. KSD reports 911 Hang-Up coming from Campus location. UWPPD officer checked area and found no Tuesday, March 31 Art Exhibition: UW-Parkside Juried Student Show 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery UW-Parkside Baseball vs. Judson 2 p m . Oberbruner Field Wednesday, April 1 Art Exhibition: UW-Parkside Juried Student Show 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery Noon Concert: UW-Parkside Student Recital Noon Ballroom OMSA Asian Heritage Month Kick Off Noon Main Place disturbance. Officer then cleared. 03/25/09 09-760 Elevator Calls/Rescue. Molinaro Hall. 3:20pm. 2911 Call reports 3 students stuck in elevator. Officer arrives; subject already freed from elevator. Officer then cleared. 03/25/09 09-762 Warrant Pickup - Other Agency. Union Lot. 4:48pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement, DOT records show vehicle with suspended plate. CIB THE (I Foreign Film "12:08 East of Bucharest" 9 p.m. Student Center Cinema UW-Parkside students admitted free Thursday, April 2 Art Exhibition: UW-Parkside Juried Student Show 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery Foreign Film "12:08 East of Bucharest" 7:30 p.m. Student Center Cinema Friday, April 3 UW-Parkside K12 Education presents: Women in Science 7:30a.m.-3 p.m. Molinaro Hall Camerata & Woodwind Ensemble Noon Com. Arts D-118 Foreign Film "12:08 East of Bucharest" 7:30 p.m. Student Center Cinema The Beat, UWP student music organization, presents: Original Music Fest 7:30 p.m. Com Arts D118 Saturday, April 4 Softball vs. Missouri S&T (doubleheader) Noon Case Field Foreign Film "12:08 East of Bucharest" 5 p.m. Student Center Cinema Bucharest" 8 p.m. Student Center Cinema Sunday, April 5 Softball vs. Missouri St. Louis (doubleheader) Noon Case Field Foreign Film "12:08 East of Bucharest" 2 p.m. Student Center Cinema Foreign Film "12:08 East of Bucharest" 5 p.m. Student Center Cinema Monday, April 6 Art Exhibition: UW-Parkside Juried Student Show 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery Noon Concert: UW-Parkside Foreign Film " 12-ns Fact 6 Hlm 1208 *** of Perspectives on Religious Issues: indicate active warrant. Confirmed by Kenosha Joint Services. Subject taken incustody, and then transported to Kenosha Jail. Officer then cleared. Sports/Activity Center. 9:10pm. Complainant reports wallet stolen. Officer takes report and then cleared. 03/25/09 09-765 03/26/09 09-768 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 8:39pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 03/25/09 09-766 Agency Assist. CTH G @ CTH A. 12:29am. Out with KSD Unit on a traffic stop, subject has "2" active warrants. Subject Posted Bond at TJWPPD. UWPPD officer assisted then cleared. 03/26/09 09-769 Theft - From Building. Agency Assist. Off-Campus Location. 3:40am. KSD Dispatch request assistance for 911 Hang-Up. UWPPD Officers assisted then cleared. 03/26/09 09-771 Theft - From a Motor Vehicle. RangerLot. 10:56am.Complainant reports smashed window and stereo and GPS stolen. Officer takes report and then cleared. 03/26/09 09-773 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 6:06pm. Officer "Getting Right With God and What Difference Does it Make? Significant Distinctions among Jews, Christians, and Moslems" Noon Molinaro 105 Panel including Rabbi Dena Feingold of Kenosha. Tuesday, April 7 Art Exhibition: UW-Parkside Juried Student Show 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery Parkside Activities Board Grocery Bingo 7 p.m. Location TBA conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. Budget cuts may not be as bad as expected Jo Kirst jo@therangernews.com With the help of Interim Provost Gerald Greenfield and Catherine Jameson, the Director rf Budget and Planning, Interim Chancellor Lane Earns held two budget fo rums this past week to =ive the campus some insight as to low the University of Wisconsin- Parkside will be handling a 1.3 million-dollar budget cut. Earns began by giving a ittle history about the state's ludget deficit, explaining that in t short amount of time, the state >f Wisconsin went from looking it a bu dget surplus to a deficit of > 7 billion dollars. He then went >n to show that despite these ;uts, there are some opportunities nixed in with the challenges. While the 3.3 million-dollar ut presents several challenges to 'arkside, several opportunities re present, including an ncrease in financial aid to help tudents offset the cost of tuition, lomestic partner benefits, and 77,000 to help recruit and etain faculty and academic staff. Unfortunately, due to these uts, the quality of education will lecrease slightly, as the number f class sections offered and the mount of staff to teach them is sduced. The plans for the growth agendas were changed slightly, stunting the growth of the campus. Additionally, employees will be contributing more to health care and retirement plans. Budget Breakdown Catherine Jameson then took the podium to explain the University's budget and its many facets. For the 2008-2009 academic year, Parkside's budget is $72 million. The majority of that $72 million comes from state taxpayer dollars and tuition and fees. These two sections are referred to as the General Purpose Operating funds, or GPO. The rest of the budget consists of funds such as housing and food service, grants and gifts, and segregated fees. These are restricted to a specific purpose, and are known as Program Revenue (PR) funds. The budget does not include money for building projects, but it does include mortgage payments on new buildings. Jameson then went through a graph that showed a breakdown of how funds are used. The breakdown is a way for Parkside to compare its expenses to the expenses of other universities across the country. A large portion of Parkside's budget is spent on instruction and student services. Smaller sections include financial aid, academic support, and research. Budget Reduction Task Force Interim Provost Greenfield stepped up next to speak briefly about the budget reduction task force, which consists of two representatives from every major governance group on campus. The task force was established by Earns, and is co-chaired by Greenfield and Vice Chancellor William Streeter. Jameson is also a part of the task force. The task force is charged with finding ways to make budget cuts without majorly impacting instruction or student services. "We want this to be a collaborative process," said Greenfield, so campus input is a vital asset to the task force. A website will be set up soon for campus to communicate with task force members and suggest ways to save money. Two ways to reduce costs and save money are restricting travel and slowing down hiring. "We would not be making permanent changes until we have the strategic planning process at the point where there are some recommendations that make sense," Greenfield explained. Later in the presentation, he added, "There is a clear relation between the budget issue as we look ahead and the strategic planning." Budget Cuts Jameson returned t o explain the cuts that Parkside faces. Most of the cuts are in the form of cash lapses, which is good, because the University is only losing cash or savings, and not taking a hit to its base budget. The cuts are spread across two years, with most of the cuts occurring during the 2009-2010 academic year. The budget reduction plan consists of four phases, beginning with a 2.5 percentcuttothebasebudgetacross the board. This cut will provide a portion of the '09-'10 cash lapse. The second phase includes the cash that has been collected from the first phase and a determination of the balance of the cash lapse. Phase three will take place in July, with the transfer of auxiliary funds and a one percent cut to PR funds. Segregated fees will not be touched during this process, including the payments on the Student Center building. Phase four is a continuation of a one percent cut to all funds. "As of today, we're gonna be in decent shape, I believe." — Lane Earns After a brief look by Greenfield at the strategic planning process, Chancellor Earns returned t o summarize the presentation. Parkside is doing several things already to help cope with the budget cuts, such as reducing discretionary spending, reducing travel expenses, and holding positions open for longer. Long-term coping mechanisms may include looking at new enrollment revenue resources and expanding the capacity for revenue generation. "Like all state agencies during these difficult economic times, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside must pay its fair share of the deficit and determine how best to cope with reduced state resources." he said. "For now, I want you to know thatthetimesahead will be difficult, but Parkside will pull through with its core values, academic programs, and outstanding faculty and staff intact." IPSS&-&-, '< ' Blast From the Past Alien Problem? Monster Solution. MICHAEL C. RIEDLINGER mrit'dlinger@dorkgasm.com The state of science fiction, is I complained about in my view of Knowing, is abysmal, ollywood keeps churning out :rap they hope seems smart or JQ0l> while failing miserably «cause they keep forgetting that he best science fiction happens hen it actually is smart and cool, e subtext is usually built in, nd the more oveit you get, either hrough hyperbole or through echno-babble, the less effective cience fiction really is. Monsters s. Aliens is a science fiction film irst, and a children's film second, t s weird, because even the heaters are treating it that way, nd theaters are usually clueless, tunning the trailer for Star Trek head of this film is pure marketing enius! There's also the fact hat the movie updates almost :very 50's genre-film cliche in he book, if that isn't enough for ou. The characters are all scistandards, including the Blob, he Mad Scientist, the Creature 'rozen in Ice and Time, and of xiurse, the 50-foot woman. Even kaiju-like creature has a part to lay in this, and it's about alien nvasion! Sure, it's animated, but hat only seems to have helped. rhe story itself is about a young .'Oman named Susan (Reese 'itherspoon) who is nailed by radioactive asteroid from outer space that causes her to grow by eaps and bounds. She is locked tp in a government facility where •he meets the other monsters. When a giant alien robot attacks, the monsters are the best hope we have against it. Pretty simple, and no one spends too much time explaining to the President (Stephen Colbert) what galaxy anyone has come from, how all the flying saucers work, or where in the heck The Missing Link fits in on the evolutionary timeline. Remember, this is supposed to be a kid's movie, so the filmmakers don t dwell on anything that might put the kiddies to"sleep. Then again, those things are also the same culprits that drive normal folks away from science fiction in the first place, so it really is a win-win lor the audience. What it also does is free up more time for both action and humor. The folks at Dreamworks haven't forgotten that adults are also in the audience, but instead of thinly veiled double entendre, the jokes for us are about Star Trek. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Beverly Hills Cop. They also poke fun at relationships, and marriage, but Monsters vs. Aliens never gets preachy. There's too much fun to be had! The monsters are the best part of the film. Hugh Laurie drops the American accent he affects on House as the crazy Dr. Cockroach, Seth Rogan loses a few brain cells for the mindless (but hysterical) B.O.B. the Blob, and Keifer Sutherland embodies every cranky Patton rip-off necessary as General Warren Monger. The comedy bombs drop quick and often, and sometimes in the middle of action, so keep your ears open. The action portion of this film is ultimately very satisfying, refusing to slow down without leaving any of the plot holes so often seen in its "adult" counterparts. Contemporary directors who are looking to make a sci-fi film should take notes on this movie. The number of updated throwbacks is huge, and they are all used wisely. No one leaves the ffSK theater feeling unsatisfied because we don't know how the engines on the spacecraft worked or what precise type of radiation causes a gnib to grow to the size of the Golden Gate Bridge. Not only are these elements left unexplained, but they do not matter to the story. If you're looking for an allegory in the film, you'll find plenty about accepting differences and bonding with friends, like most children's films, but like a good science fiction film, Monsters vs. Aliens doesn't beat you over the head with its message mt mj *ii"*-»"iV M m M A MONSTROUS 3D EVENT. 3D MA RCH 2009 The Ranger News An alternative spring break at SCTTAiFruFD RrEiPiAOiRiTT . .. rangerne ws@ gmail.com Two graduate students from the School of Information Science at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee spent 30 hours in the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Archive and Area Research Center as interns under the supervision of interim archivist Anna M. Stadick from March 16 to 20. Rachel Sperling and Taryn Sauer took part in the Alternative Spring Break program, which is now in its third year at UWMilwaukee. Alternative Spring Break coordinator Katherine Blank, of UW-Milwaukee, placed 17 students at 11 archival repositories in the area including the Harley-Davidson Archives, the Archives of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Marquette University Archives, the Milwaukee Public Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Ward Irish Music Archives, the Newberry Library, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kenosha Public Library and UW-Parkside. Besides studying library and information science, Rachel Sperling enthusiastically reads and writes science fiction. During her alternative spring break, she took on the task of cleaning, rehousing, and relabeling the science fiction magazine collection in UWParkside's Special Collections. The magazines date from 1926 to the 1960's and reflect the writers' understanding of science and its role in current and future events. Sperling especially enjoyed reading letters to the editor from various decades. " It is interesting seeing the attitudes toward women and minorities as they change over the years." She discovered the letters of Marion Zimmer (now Bradley) writing as a teenager, pointing out the unfavorable depiction of women in science fiction. The young Zimmer, a now wellknown feminist author of fantasy works, such as The Mist of Avalon, declared that this would have to change or she would have to start writing her own. Sperling found the Alternative Spring Break interesting and informative. "I had taken only one archive class— Introduction to Archives. This internship has re-kindled my interest in the field." She plans to finish her MLIS degree next year. Taryn Sauer will complete her MLIS in August 2009. Her next educational step takes her to the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, where she will seek her doctoral degree in technical communication. Sauer worked with a costudent in the MLIS program at UW-Milwaukee, Melissa Olson, who is an LTE in the UWParkside Archives. The team surveyed about 300 maps in the archives' collection, repaired March 3172009 UW-F tears and reinforced weak spots created an organizational system and compiled an electronic finding aid to the collection Sauer remarked about her experience: "It's amazing to see what goes into the preservation of local history. Among the most interesting items I saw were three hand-drawn maps chronicling changes in land holdings along the Plank Road in the later half of the 19,h century." Web pages about both projects highlighting the contents of the map collection and science fiction collection should soon be accessible through the UW-P Archive web site. ARTS THE RANGER NEWS OPEN TO WE ARE NOW HIRING Positions Open: -Reporters -Photographers -Graphic Designers -Copy Editors -Advertising Representatives -Photo Manager -News Page Editor -Sports Page Editor Tarkside Student (government Association Election Time is NOW!!! If you are interested in running for an Elected Office (President, Vice President SUFAC At Large, Senate, etc.), then you need to pick up election packets at the Student Activities Office or the Parkside Student Government Office ASAP. Elections are set for April 8th and 9th, so act now if you want to take in active role in student governance! Be part of your own future, today! VOTE NjHWI IM1 WMIIi Coming Soon: ASSASSINS! When they really ARE out to get you, is it still paranoia? Afghanistan: More violence* Of f*r\l!rco r, 1 RYAN ASHTON ashotoOO 1 @ u wp .edu I despise violence. Likewise, I despise those who advocate violence as a "solution" to anything. Those who advocate for violent solutions are amongst the most savage, primitive and malevolent human' beings possible. Further, those who advocate for the most severe and efficient forms of violence - i.e. those who promote military violence—are amongst the most sadistic. Militaries, as agents of mass death, are only considered to be solutions by those who subscribe to a morality that says, 'Tightness is determined by one's ability to kill;" such a moral code contains nothing else—no justice, no freedom, no fairness; simply violence". And, as it has been with many other subjects, our new president Obama is no different from his predecessor when it comes to invoking the military as a "solution." President Obama spoke last Friday about his plan to deal with the ongoing situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan—a situation he described as "increasingly perilous." According to Obama," A1 Qaeda and its allies, the terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks are in Pakistan and Afghanistan...and if the Afghan government falls to the Taliban or allows A1 Qaeda to go unchallenged, that country will again be a base for the terrorists who want to kill as many of our people as they can." Of course, a key piece of Obama s "solution" to this plan is to increase the military forces in the area by some 20,000 troops According to Obama's speech, These soldiers and Marines will take the fight to the Taliban in the south and east...and to go after insurgents along the border." I suppose since these "terrorists" want to "kill as many of our people as they can," we'd better go ahead and kill as many of them as we can first. It can't get any simpler than that, can it? Now, Obama did warn. of some risks to his plan. He said "The sacrifices have been enormous. Nearly 700 Americans have lost their lives. Troops from over 20 countries have also paid the ultimate price." Since military violence is all about who can kill who faster and better, I suppose it is likely that many soldiers will continue to "pay the ultimate price." What is peculiar though is that Obama never mentioned what sorts of risks his plan has in store for those who happen to live in Afghanistan—you know, civilians and such who might also have to "pay the ultimate price." According to some numbers compiled at wikipedia. org under an entry entitled Civilian casualties of the War in Afghanistan (2001-present), the total civilians killed as a direct result of U.Sled military actions since 2001 is between 4,972 and 7,764. These numbers include the blowing up of civilians with bombs from the sky, or the shooting of civilians with bullets from soldiers' rifles, tanks machine guns, etc. Also, the same Wikipedia article estimates that the total number of civilians killed as an result of U.S-led military actions is between 3,200 and 20,000. The article defines "indirect deaths" as Afghans who had died of starvation, exposure, associated illnesses, or injury sustained while in flight from war zones as a result of the U.S. war and airstrikes. I su ppose the range varies so greatly due to the inherent difficulties of measuring displaced peoples. In any case, these numbers tell us that somewhere between 8,172 and 27,764 Afghan civilians have been killed as a result of U.S-led military actions. Now, Obama does remind us that those nasty terrorists have killed civilians too, "Nearly 3,000 of our people were killed on September 11, 2001," Obama said, "for doing nothing other than going about their daily lives. A1 Qaeda and its allies have since killed thousands of people in many countries." Fair enough. But how many people have these A1 Qaeda allies actually killed? Accordingtothe Wikipedia article, the total civilians estimated to have been killed as a result of insurgent actions is between 2399 and 3,949—far fewer than the U.Sled military has accomplished in the same amount of time. I suppose this means our military is better at killing civilians than those terrorist insurgents, eh? And if I understood Obama correctly, he wants to send more death more trained killers (otherwise known as soldiers) into the area. Obama's affection for military violence propels him easily and painlessly into my category of sadistic persons subscribing to the doctrine that lightness is proportional to powerfulness. As such, it is no wonder why he would make the following statement: There is an uncompromising core of the Taliban. They must be met with force, and they must be defeated." In other words, there is no need to talkor i> with the Taliban, because they refuse to compromise;" besides, we can simply settle this by "force" anyway, so why not just use that first? I swear I've heard this before... except it wasn't the Taliban who was "uncompromising." Back in October 2001 former president Bush rejected the Taliban's request to hand Osama bin Laden over for a trial (after the U.S. had begun its devastating bombing campaign) if the U.S. would produce evidence connecting bin Laden to 9/11. As an October 15. 2001 article at independent.co.uk entitled Bush rejects Taliban offer to surrender bin Laden reported: "After a week of debilitating strikes at targets across Afghanistan, the Taliban repeated an offer to hand over Osama bin Laden, only to be rejected by President Bush...Haji Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's deputy prime minister, said: 'If America were to step back from the current policy, then we could negotiate.'...But as American warplanes entered the second week of the bombing campaign, Washington rejected the Taliban offer out of hand When 1 said no negotiations I meant no negotiations,' Mr. Bush said. 'We know he's guilty. 1 urn him over. There's no need to discuss innocence or guilt.'" As we can see, back in 2001 it was the U.S. who was "uncompromising" when it came to non-violent resolutions. It was the Taliban who wanted to negotiate, with respect to the innocence or guilt of the accused, no less—a democratic process, mind you. But, the U.S. preferred the use of force. Now, over seven years later, we have another president trumpeting the use of force and truncating the use of negotiations all over again. And as the numbers attest, it is mostly the Afghan civilians who will pay the "ultimate price" for this use of force. I therefore maintain that president Obama is every bit as sadistic as president Bush was when Bush opted for military violence as a solution in Afghanistan. I care not how fluently Obama can articulate his obsession for violence in Afghanistan with rhetorical luster, it is the same doctrine underneath and I s tringently abhor it. Killing people is not good policy; in fact, it's no "policy" at all. It's savage ruthlessness. Let's hope to improve our health A weapon is only a tool JOHNATHAN JACOB jajcob015@uwp.edu I truly believe that our new president is passionately committed to improving the health- care system in our country. Along with the economic crisis, he has long stated that it is at the top of his agenda. Unfortunately, we have been victimized in the past by promises that were not fulfilled or by presidents who were untruthful. I will refrain from making any individual indictments. It is a very hard pill to swallow, no pun intended, knowing that one has to constantly worry about how to get decent health insurance. I will share some of my experiences, knowing that many others can relate: When I was a kid and had health insurance, the concerns were insignificant compared to what they are today. There was the anxiety associated with getting a shot or going to the dentist, but the ability to receive medical attention was something I took for granted. And there wasn't the worry over how I was going to pay for it. Fastforward many years and it's painful to accept that my attitude, due to various circumstances, has changed drastically. Even when I was fresh out of high school and new to the full-time work force, I didn't take the situation too seriously. If I had insurance, I treated it like a bonus, not a blessing. Oh, how times have changed. As I got older, especially when I became a father, I realized how difficult life could be without adequate insurance. If you've ever been treated at an emergency room without having insurance, I'm sure you understand. And when the bill comes it can be shocking how expensive it is just to be seen by a doctor. You are blessed if this has never happened to you. However, if you have, even once, refused to go to the hospital because you could not afford to, especially when you knew it was in your best interest to get treated, you know exactly what I mean. I have faced this dilemma many times. There are a few aches and pains that I would like to get checked out now, but I won't allow myself to get stuck with another medical bill. I could go into a long diatribe about the politics and greed that are mostly responsible for this appalling condition, but I won't. It is a situation that affects everyone and it needs to change. In a nation that has as many resources as ours, everybody should have some kind of health insurance. The president can' t do it by himself, but I surely hope he remains committed to the caufce. ADAM SPIVEY spiveyadam@yahoo.com Headlines today on the Internet read, "N .C shooi tngd eath toll rises." It seems that yet again another idiot with a gun has popped off and started shooting people. This time our idiotic perpetrator committed this vile act in a nursing home. In a nursing home, are you serious? The shooter is not connected to anyone he shot; he killed eight and wounded even more and he did not even know who they were. In the aftermath of events like this, or others like it such as Columbine. Virginia Tech, NIU and many others we all wonder...why? How could this happen? What caused this? I guess my question is why are we surprised? We live in a world of violence, like it or not the culture of not just the United States, but also the world over, is a violent one. I followed up my reading concerning this most recent shooting with another article about a possible bill in Texas passing that allows concealed carry for registered gun owners over the age of 21 that have passed background checks, and the opposition to this bill. I can understand the hesitation to arm the populace, but at the same time our police are primarily reactionary. How can we ever hope to have response fast enough to stop this seemingly endless stream of disgruntled shooters? Should we not seek a balance? If there is legislation to disarm or prevent legitimate law abiding citizens from protecting themselves then what have we in effect done? We have disarmed the peoples whose intent to carry a weapon was noble and gave the green light to the criminal elements of our nation and the mentally deranged that "hey man. it's ok they are all sitting ducks anyhow". I feel f or every person affected by any tragedy involving guns, but 1 think it is the responsibility of those of us not emotionally involved and scarred by a massacre to decide the best course to protect ourselves from further threat. The opposition to concealed carry laws say that gun are to accessible or thai we need a ban on all firearms. I think it is crucial to remember that the pe ople that commit violent gun crimes that result in mass deaths like the school shootings and the more recent nursing home killings would find a way around any law preventing them from obtaining a gun anyhow, and if not a gun it would be something else, possibly worse. A weapon is only a tool, a gun is not good or evil, it merely becomes an extension of its user's intent. If that intent is murder, then that is what the gun is a tool for, if that intent is to protect others then the gun is just as willing a participant. Our focus should not be on condemning our tools, but examining the society that crea tes people willing to use these tools to murder. 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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 39, issue 22 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. The shuttle solution Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document SUFAC Knowing Review 0? Track Page 3 Page 4 ie 6 THE RANGER NEWS University of Wkrftn,;» D„_I • J , # The Ranger News is written anlclitcd by University of Wisconsin-PqrksidR'. New •n &nd nlii.*i-i k,, March 24, 2009 New» Since 1972 The shuttle solution M°"k" for its editorial policy and content. Te've got issues KELSEY HOFF Hoff0013@uwp.edu The University of Wisconsin- Parkside's shuttle bus is now twelve years old, has about 130,000 miles on it, and has recently needed costly repairs, including engine and suspension work and a cracked axle. Interim Chief of Police, James P. Heller, came before the Student Life Committee (SLC) to present these issues and ask how they wanted to respond. The main questions raised concerned whether the bus service should be continued, whether the same route should be used, and what kind of bus to buy. The SLC decided that the shuttle service is definitely worth keeping, shuttling on campus is more important than the portion of the route running to the Racine McDonald's, and our best option is a compressed natural gas (CNG)- powered bus, or possibly an electric bus. The power options for a new bus are gas, diesel, CNG, and electric. Diesel is slightly more efficient than gas, costing approximately one dollar cheaper per gallon. CNG would leave no carbon footprint, but it would cost about $23,000 to convert it. There used to be two gas stations in the area with a supply of CNG, but they shut down. Now the closest one is west of 194 on Highway 20 in Racine, and that is too far away to depend on for every day. Electric buses only go forty to fifty miles on a charge, and right now the shuttle goes over 100 miles per day. Most electric buses are also not intended for a winter climate. The most plausible option right now for UW- Parkside is a gas or diesel powered bus. Once a new bus is found, UWParkside has to go through a state bid process to buy it, which will take six months to a year. Funds for the bus have been accruing for twelve years since the current bus was bought. This money comes from parking passes bought by students, which will go up in cost next year. Annual ridership on the shuttle has gone down from 30,915 in the 2006 to 2007 school year to 9,657 in 2007 to 2008, and this year's ridership is projected to be around 18,000. Only 3-10 people usually take the ride to Racine, if any at all, but those who do are "very vocal," said Chief Heller, saying that they depend on that run. UW- Parkside used to pay a bus company in Racine to shuttle students for free, but the expense was over $60,000 per year. The Kenosha bus company will not let students ride for free, and their routes do not go in the direction students would need them to. The shuttle no longer makes a 12:00 run on Fridays, and there is a one hour break every day. The twenty passenger **£ bus is only in use on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when the school is most crowded, and a van is used on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Chief Heller advises students to park at Tallent Hall and ride the shuttle to relieve crowded parking, and more students using the shuttle will guarantee them more say in choices concerning the bus. The school will not acknowledge a parking problem until that lot fills up. One possible option is to fix up and make use of the "east lot," a parking lot bigger than the Student Center lot, which lies behind Tallent Hall. The lot is in bad condition, with weeds growing through the pavement and no lighting. The university's original plan was to have "remote parking" and shuttle students to the main campus. Auxiliary sweep to boost financial ai JO KIRST jo@therangernews.com In an effort to offset the potential increase in tuition, Governor Jim Doyle's budget proposes a new approach to funding financial aid in the University of Wisconsin System and the Higher Education Aids Board. The Higher Education Aids Board would receive $25 million for need-based student aid. To produce this money, an "auxiliary sweep" has been suggested. At the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, an auxiliary ranges from parking to the Child Care Center, and it also includes the Student Center and Residence Life. Where Parkside's share of the $25 million will come from has not quite been determined; however, the balance for each auxiliary will be looked at and assessed, according to Steve McLaughlin, Dean of Students. Parkside will be affected by the sweep, because money that will be put toward financial aid won't be sitting in an account generating interest. Additionally, the funds will not be available to offset the costs associated with construction, remodeling, or replacing and repairing equipment. The contributors come from across the UW System, but the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will be hit the hardest, with an auxiliary sweep of $5.3 million. Parkside will only be expected to contribute approximately $500,000, with UW-Superior throwing in only $5,250. The determining factor in who contributes what is based on how much a campus has in oash reserves. In other words, "the biggest contributor would be the campus with the largest reserves", said McLaughlin. The sweep will affect the entire system. Because of this sweep, each campus will have fewer funds available for projects, emergency repairs, etc. P" On March 25 and March 26, Chancellor Lane Earns has scheduled open forums to discuss this and other issues related to the budget cuts. Wednesday's forum will begin at 3:00pm, and Thursday's forum will begin at 12:30pm. Both forums will be held in the Student Center Ballroom. 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We are located at Wyllie D139C Bach person may take one newspaper per issue date. Extra newspapers can be purchased for $1 apiece. Newspapers can be taken on a first come, first serve basis, meaning that once they are gone, they are gone. We work on the honor system, but violators will be prosecuted for theft. Faculty members and students organizations who wish to use The Ranger News in classrooms should consult the editor-in-chief to reserve however many free copies they wish to use. a? ASSOCIATED 03/0p9 09-611 iTrafM Violation. Outer i Roadf 2:05pm. Karina L was tiejeeted for Speeding 46 in a posted 25 mph zone, then cleared. 03/06/09 ^09-613 Fire Drill. Child Care Center. 3:07pm. Staff request fire drill, all evacuated safely. Officer then cleared. 03/06/09 . 09-614 Traffic Violation. CTH G @ CTH E. 3:58pm. Westley W Sherman was ticketed for Speeding 63 mph in a posted 35 mph zone. Officer then cleared. 03/06/09 09-618 Medical Assistance. Ranger Hall. 10:59pm. KSD dispatch reports a 911 call regarding an unresponsive male. Officer & Rescue Units arrive, male then transported to local hospital. Officer then cleared. 03/07/09 09-625 Callbox. Greenquist Dock. 7:28pm. Callbox activated. Officer arrives and reports vehicle stuck in mud. Officer issued parking citation for driving on Sidewalk. Vehicle towed by Tow Company. 1 Officer then cleared. 103/07/09 09-626 Traffic Violation. CTH E @ STH 31.10:30pm. Angela LCurry was | ticketed for Non-Registration of BLOTTER Vehicle. Officer then cleared. 03/09/09 09-633 Theft - From Building. Parkside Union. 12:58pm. Officer takes report for theft of item. Office then cleared. 03/10/09 09-639 Alarm - Fire. Greenquist Hall. 12:06pm. UWPPD Alarm Panel reports active fire alarm. Officer report no fire/no smoke. Alarm reset, officer then cleared. 03/10/09 09-644 Callbox. Union Lot. 9:39pm. CBX was activated, complainant report couple arguing. Officer speaks to all parties, officer then cleared. 03/10/09 09-645 Suspicious Circumstances. Inner Loop Road @ Flag Poles. 9:42pm. Officer takes report. Vehicle towed by Tow Company. Officer then cleared. 03/12/09 09-657 Liquor Law Violation. University Apartments. 12:28am. Resident Advisor respond to noise complaint, then resident advisor request officers for underage chinking. Officers- issue "4" Underage Drinking/Consume. Officers then cleared. 03/12/09 09-658 Medical Assistance. Ranger Hall. 2:57am. Resident Advisor reports male vomiting. Officers and Rescue Unit arrive, male then transported to local hospital. Officers then cleared. 03/12/09 09-659 Agency Assist. CTH KR @ CTH G. 7:58am. MPPD request UWPPD Officers be on look out for Black, 4DR, Sedan that was in accident. Officers check campus grounds reporting no locate of vehicle. Officers then cleared. 03/12/09 09-663 Medical Assistance. University Apartments. 1:11pm. Mother request rescue assistance for son. Officer and Rescue Units arrive, male transported to local hospital. Officer then cleared. 03/12/09 09-665 Theft - From Motor Vehicle. Union Lot. 3:00pm. Complainant reports stolen UWP Parking Permit. Officer takes report and then cleared. 03/13/09 09-676 Traffic Violation. Union Lot. 10:55am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Shawna F Thompson was issued parking citation for Misuse of Disable Placard. Officer then cleared. 03/13/09 09-679 Worthless Checks - Less Than $1000. Tallent Hall. 12:22pm. Officer takes reports for worthless checks. Officer then cleared. 03/13/09 09-680 Worthless Checks - Less Than $1000. Tallent Hall. 12:25pm. Officer takes reports for worthless checks. Officer then cleared. 03/13/09 09-681 Worthless Checks - Less Than $1000. Tallent Hall. 12:41pm. Officer takes reports for worthless checks. Officer then cleared. 03/14/09 09-688 Assaultive Behavior. University Apartments .2:20pm.Complainant reports being assaulted. Officer takes statements then cleared. 03/15/09 09-689 Agency Assist. Off-Campus Location @ Pet's Park. 10:54pm. KSD dispatch request assistance at accident. UWPPD & KSD Units arrived. UWPPD Unit then cleared. 03/16/09 09-692 Alarm - Building/Business. Parkside Union ECU. 9:46am. UWPPD Alarm Panel reports active alarm. Officer report no emergency, possible malfunction. Officer then cleared. 03/17/09 09-694 Assaultive Behavior. Com Arts Lot. 10:35am. Complainant reports fight in progress. Officer arrive, then issued "2" citations for Assaultive Behavior. Officer then cleared. Guast Writers ashtoOOlSwpleSu Copy Editors •JMgsfe . Nick Connor mick2connor@aol.com Vlustrators wolfpack81188%a(ioo!com Photograph«r« zakssmith@gma Zak Smith iil.com Spring break is finally ovei Yay! Okay, maybe not "yay", bt it is nice to be back. I admit, I wa getting kind of restless toward the end of the week. I was als getting anxious that we wouldn have enough stuff for an issu (again), but thankfully everyon came through in the end. While another issue i awesome, we are in sue] desperate need of writers that it' getting a little ridiculous. I don't know what it is that changed from this time last year, but we have next to no staff compared to last spring. It's definitely shown, too, in the number of pages we produce per issue. Quantity isn't everything, but it'd be nice to get back to 12 pages on a weekly basis. I would say "perhaps next semester", but next semester we'll have moved to online publishing! I'm pleased that we're keeping up with our goal of at least three news stories per week. Sometimes it's harder than one might think, but we do our best. If we can finish this semester on a strong, positive note, with the last bunch of issues having a lot of news content, I will be happy and consider the goal achieved. I think we'll leave it at that for this week. I encourage you (like, REALLY encourage you!) to come join us if you have strong writing skills and enjoy writing. The more writers we have, the better we can be! Enjoy the issue and we'll see you next week. Jo Kirst Editor-in-Chief The Ranger News THINGS TO DO TUESDAY, MARCH 24 pAB presents Talent Night Tuesday 7:00pm The Den Arts Alive presents "In The Mood" 7:30pm Comm. Arts Theatre WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 Noon Concert: Ami Bouterse and George Linquist Noon Ballroom Foreign Film: "Live In Maid" 9:00pm Student Center Cinema UW-P Students admitted free! THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Art Field Trip: Edward Munch- Influence, Anxiety, and Myth Chicago Art Institute Softball Vs. Winona State (doubleheader) '| Noon 11 Case Fi eld ; ! i Fo reign Film: "Live In Maid" ; 7:30pm Student Center Cinema FRIDAY, MARCH 27 UWP Professional Research Symposium Race, Class & Gender book study: , "Persuasion"" by Jane Austen 3:30pm Orchard Room, Tallent Hall THE U Studio Theatre * Discussion Kavenik leader: Foreign Film: "Live In Maid" Frances 8:00pm Student Center Cinema SUFAC Budget... What has happened? Parkside Theatre presents the UWP Original New Play Festival 7:30pm Studio Theatre UWP's student music organization, the Beat, presents: Original Music Fest 7:30pm Comm. Arts D118 Foreign Film: "Live In Maid" 7:30pm Student Center Cinema SATURDAY, MARCH 28 Baseball vs. Northern Kentucky (doubleheader) Noon Qberbrunner Field Foreign Film: "Live In Maid" 5:00pm Student Center Cinema SNAP Annual Gala 6:00pm Ballroom UWP Music Department Tribute to Music Excellence Scholarship Benefit Concert 7:00pm Comm. Arts Theatre UWP Original New Play Festival 7:30pm SUNDAY, MARCH 29 Baseball vs. Northern Kentucky (doubleheader) Noon Oberbrunner Field Foreign Film: "Live In Maid" 2:00pm and 5:00pm Student Center Cinema Student Recital: Paul Westfahl 6:00pm Comm. Arts D118 UWP Original New Play Festival 7:30pm Studio Theatre MONDAY, MARCH 30 Art Exhibition: UWP Juried Student Show 11:00am to 5:00pm Opening Reception 5:00pm to 7:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Art Exhibition: UWP Juried Student Show 11:00am to 8:00pm Comm. Arts Gallery UWP Baseball vs. Judson 2:00pm Oberbrunner Field ADRIANA ALEXANDER Alexa016@uwp.edu T h e SUFAC Bu d g e t h a s n o t been stable for the last couple of years. The budget has constantly been increasing like any other tee. These fees were raised partially to pay for the Student Center construction and because of inflation. The SUF Budget, otherwise known as the Segregated University Fee, is a student fee set for and by the students in aiding financial assistance for clubs, organizations, and departments. A student's fee depends on the magnitude of enrollment here at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. If the enrollment increases, a student's fee decreases. This budget changes every year because of necessities based on decisions of those in SUFAC, the Segregated University Fee Allocation Committee. "The SUFAC budget gives students the opportunity to see a small component in the overall functions of this institution," according to Carly-Anne Ravnikar, the SUFAC Director of the Parkside Student Government, "and to have some impact in its growth and development." She believes that this year's committee made every effort to keep student fees at a reasonable cost, while jnaintaining the funding that they provide. Not only does this budget rely on the enrollment of students, but students also have the primary responsibility for the funds through a process of the Parkside Student Government, according to Ravnikar. Parkside Student Government elects and appoints students to the committee. Student Activities, on behalf of PSG, oversee the daily use of Segregated Fees (also known as "Seg Fees"). The Director organizes the committee who sets the initial recommendation for the budget, which is voted 6n by the student government senate, approved by the PSG President, sent to the Chancellor for approval, and eventuality makes its way to the Board of Regents. There are state guidelines for the allocation and expenditure of Seg Fees, but SUFAC also constructs bylaws and guidelines appropriate for UW-Parkside. The organizations and departments are in charge of putting together and administering their part of the budget. This budget assists in providing childcare services, health services (free to low cost), educational, and multiple other requisites for the students' daily needs. More information about Student Segregated Fees can be found online. More information about PSG can be found on the UWParkside website. i • View 2009 summer courses at ' www. northwestern. ed u/su mmer Northwestern University Summer Session offers hundreds of op portunities to get ahead, catch up, or try something new. Classes are convenient and accessible, with day and evening offerings in both Evanston and Chicago. • Choose from more than 300 classes • Earn transfer credit • Prepare for graduate study • Immerse yourself in an intensive science or language sequence • Take advantage of day and evening classes on two campuses • Explore a new interest NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY summer session ?009 summer session course registration opens April I. The Committee on Teaching and Learning is soliciting nominations for the 2008-2009 Stella Gray Teaching Excellence Award. All continuing full-time members of the faculty and teaching academic staff who have taught at UWParkside for at least five years are eligible to receive this award. Please see on-line ballot for non-eligible recipients. Online Ballots go to: www.uwp.edu Keyword: Stella Gray Submit paper ballots to: University Governance Moln D135 Nominate your Instructor in 2008-2009 Awards for outstanding teaching have been given to faculty and academic staff at UW-Parkside since 1969, when the UW System received funds from the Standard Oil Foundation for this purpose. Traditionally, two recipients have been designated each year by a committee made up of faculty, staff, and students. In 1975. the campus' second Chancellor, Alan Guskin, made this a campus Distinguished Service Award for Teaching Excellence. Later, during the 1984- 1985 academic year, it became the Stella C. Gray/Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching award, in part to honor Stella Gray, an extraordinary teacher who was the first recipient 0/ our award in 1969. In 1990, it became the Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award. Deadline Monday, March 30, 2009 ARTS From the Top The Ranger News March 24, 2009 | MICHAEL C.RIEDLINGER 1 mriedlinger@dorkgasm.com 1 am something of a snob when it comes to Harry Dresden. That isn't to say that I hated the television series, I just wish they would have called something else. Anything else, in fact, other than The Dresden Files. It was with some trepidation, then, that I approached the latest adaptation of the first novel, Storm Front, into a graphic novel from Dabel Brothers. I was prepared for large chunks of story to be missing, but I was also excited to see one of my favorite novels rendered visually. Where I ended up was somewhere squarely between misery and satisfaction. 1 know. That seems like such a cop-out. It isn't though, trust me. There are elements of the comic book that really nail it home and bring the words of Jim Butcher to life. Still, there are some that make me want to pull my hair out. Frankly, I haven't been this torn since sophomore year when I had to decide which girl to take to prom. Storm Front grabs its audience because Harry Dresden is ultimately an everyman, and we can identify with something very real in him. We don't need to wade through a metric ton of terminology, and butcher is careful to describe a hero who is more Peter Parker than Wolverine. Somehow^ that gets lost in this project. It isn't just Harry who seems to be simplified into a bad stereotype, Bob and Murphy are more like caricatures here too. The Harry Dresden of the comics is more of a sel f-aware badass than he ever has been in the novels, and though the story follows the same plot, point for point, it. feels like watching a poorly acted remake of a classic film. This may be more the fault of the medium than any other element. Butcher, after all, is working with the creators on this comic, and so has more creative input than on anything else to date. That said, they are cramming a 322-page novel into the space of a fourissue miniseries. Something's got to give, and unfortunately, the characters aren't the only casualty here. Adrian Syaf, who's artwork on another Dabel Brothers book, Take a Chance, has been excellent, seems to have gotten stuck on the idea that these characters are all in Chicago. Everyone has wide shoulders and big noses for some reason, as though they were the cast of extras from a hitherto forgotten Humphrey Bogart movie. Every character has a perpetual scowl, and this might be fine for a typical noir setting, but what many Dresden fans love about the characters, 1 think, is that they aren't noir stereotypes. The fact is, Butcher's characters all love life to the fullest, and the world around them is what's dark, while they stand as beacons of happiness and hope. This is why Dresden always seems to have a witty retort or pithy comeback. It's hard to sell those to an audience when it is delivered with a dour express of gloom every single time. Beyond that, however, I felt that the book was a good representation of what Jim Butcher's books have to offer. It is like an appetizer of sorts, where your appetite will be whetted, but you can't be expected to sustain on this alone. I would offer this book up to anyone hesitant to read a new series, as it lays a lot of the groundwork of the series. It has its moments, but that seems to be because they exist in the novel first and foremost, and longtime fans of the series will get little bang for their buck. Pick it up if you're a collector or a completist, but if you're strictly a fan of the books and couldn't abide by the Sci- Fi Channel series, save your dough for the next novel. WWW, {U6U8IOTNm.COM It's half the battle MICHAEL C. RIEDLINGER mriedIinger@dorkgasm.com Alex Proyas is one strange director. He has a propensity to make dystopian cinema that revels in the dark side of humanity. From the fires of The Crow to the technological terror of I, Robot, Proyas has given us visions of a future that differ from our own only in the degree to which we've screwed up our world. Typically, his films end with the hero defeating the larger menace behind our suffering through perseverance, heroically outsmarting the villain at the last minute. This time, however, Proyas has tried a different approach. 1 here is no villain in Knowing, per se, unless you count the convoluted plot. Nicholas Cage plays an MIT professor who, by sheer chance, winds up in possession of a series of numbers written fifty years prior by a young girl. By total luck, he discovers that the numbers correspond to disasters around the world over the last fifty years. The last couple of sequences seem to denote future events that, coincidently. are set to occur within easy driving distance of him. Getting the picture yet? Each scene in the film unfolds like this, and the acting doesn't help. Nicholas Cage may be an Oscar winner, but his acting is typically hit or miss. 1 think that this is one of those misses. His character is supposed to be a loving, emotional father who has only recently become a widower. In order to cover for Cage's emotional distance, Proyas sticks a bottle in his hands in every other shot, a la Leaving Las Vegas. He never seems drunk, mind you, so we must assume that it is there simply to convey why his lines sound like they're being delivered by a robot. The supporting cast isn't much better, with the two adult females in the cast (real life best friends Rose Byrne and Nadia Townsend) trying desperately to cover their native Australian accents. The children in the cast, sadly, out act everyone around them, and only just barely. As if the coincidences weren't enough, Proyas has a problem selling us on the spookiness of the messengers that start showing up to whisper thoughts into the children's heads. Sure, they wear long black coats and look like albino extras from a Buffy episode, but they seem to be the only characters who might have answers. Not that they actually offer any of those thai the\ .uul uiteih u-iiani upon out W u h,M Is going l«Mvo to saw us from doom. thinks So ask . new genera! i •••'cuts so say,: The cud ot i fid. fiic Yon film tries too hard lolv edg\, .ui \ chance to simultaneously hopctul. le.om nothing but a bad uiMc m ot to HUM fin mot.illv. Oi eoutsa. notion ISc Knowing from llu; over use ! dues ex maehiua. bin noii > a wncfi die ' -no \our mono In not head) hiskIcis issues based out to theater- n wu\ inn t;uN both uttevlx nc\ itabuHN o s ike to ill oik ot ski' h* e fiction, but part of WAY. Hell, i| anythim this mo\ so is a pettect example oi \\h> Americans take oven horroi mom Seriously than science fiction. Go the days o! the powerful, self assured scientists who sweep in and sax c the da\ w ith kno w I and truth. We )W1 The Ranger News The wizard who shot liberty valance MICHAEL C.RIKDLINGKR 1 a sum of j> «« o ncaoArt ricta 1nriccIlinger@dorkgasn1.con1 Jim Butcher has been at this a while. His star character. Harry Dresden, has been running around Chicago solving mysteries on television, in comics, and in the flagship book series tor almost a decade now. Over the course of the first ten books. Butcher has developed his entire cast, not just Dresden, and given readers a solid whodunit every time. In the background of each novel in the series is a grand metaplot. however, just as lull of intrigue and mystery as each novel, but each installment so far has offered only a snippet of what was going on. Until now. Almost as a reward for reading those first ten volumes. Butcher s latest Dresden no'vel, Turn Com. finally coughs up some answers, sort of. The main P'ot of this novel revolves around a traditional murder mystery Irame-job. Harry's; long-time Nemesis, the Warden Morgan, winds up at his doorstep battered and professing innocence to a crime Hairy hasn't been informed of yet- As happens with Harry Dresden, everything goes south with a quickness. Be warned folks, here there be spoilers. After picking up medical supplies for the fallen Morgan. Harry is attacked by a Native American Skinwalker. The monster is the stuff of legend, and kills one of Harry's longtime allies. It is immediately apparent that Hairy is more outmatched than ever, and that someone behind the scenes is [lulling out the big guns'to keep a secret. That secret is plainly the identity of the traitor on the Wizard White Council, a fact we've been building up to for a while. Of course, no one wants to believe it because the easier answer is, well, easier. In the words of Maxwell Scott, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend". The world wants to cover it up, damn Morgan, and build trust and peace on the fact that the killer was caught and punished so quickly, even if it means killing an innocent man. That said, Harry is a stickler lor the truth, no matter how damning it may be. He figures out the clues, tracks down the baddies, and sets up a final showdown on a mysterious island. Butcher has managed to grow as a writer over the course ol this series, and as such, there are no easy answers or solutions in this novel, but there are resolutions. Often, when dealing with metaplot concerns, much of the subtlety a writer has goes to the curb. Not so with the true masters, and Jim Butcher is a true master of his craft. The secrets flow (like why the White Council didn't like his mom), and we find resolutions to story concerns dating all the way back to the first book. Storm Front. Morgan, the Werewolves, and even Toot, all get updates and develop as characters. Oh. there is plenty of new mystery and action in Turn Coat. to be sure, but it is all in service to a larger story. That isn't to say that readers new to the series won't find something to latch on to. Butcher's wit is as sharp as ever, and the last two hundred pages had me reading until dawn. Butcher's talent is such that he had me wrapped around his finger, racing to see how the mess turned out, and disrupted my expectations flawlessly every time I thought I knew enough to solve the crime. Butcher's references to other pop-culture elements are so smtxith. it feels like he wrote them first. In one magical duel, two heavy hitters have a shape-changing war that simultaneously feels viscerally dangerous while reminding us of childhood loves like Disney's Sword in the Stone. The funny thing about this novel is that it is only the halfway point in the series. Butcher has promised some twenty-odd books. Yet, this feels so self>containcd. I have no qualms recommending it to first time readers of the series. Turn Coat is a complete work of fiction unto itself, much like The Hohhit. in that it is utterly enjoyable without knowing the rest of the author's works. Sure, there's a lot more to this book when a reader has all the other information, but without it, this volume is still a treat to read. Intern with us! IK \tw$ oftajntftcmdip opportunity tor any continue Earn 3 credits ! C/ wft I cVjT rrt ; Sacgtf ke»s to ">«! I mAw srtsrsho . A Internships available NOW .••VtUKlUK * Sajflicanpfirdreljw JMOJCJ lot of its success because of it. The subject of the film, the underground "nerdcore" hip-hop scene, is still far enough out on the periphery of the main stream that it will introduce many people to the genre. Those familiar with it already, however, won't be bored. The film covers the scene so thoroughly that even the most ardent forum troll stands to learn a thing or two about the men and women who have been labeled as Nerdcore rappers. Nerdcore rap, you see, comes from the back rooms of internet message /b/oards, the highest echelons of higher education, and the stankiest of soapless conventions across the continent. The artists are folks like you or 1 who, as part of this culture, watch comic book movies and late night cable cartoons. They are the tech savvy "first adopters" that the main stream media always talks abotrtf but seldom identifies. Some, like MC Plus+, are working on computer science PhD's. More often, they are just people who have combined a talent and passion for hip-hop with their personal proclivities for video games, Japanese anime, and Star Wars. Most importantly, these artists all have talent as rappers first and foremost. Nerdcore does its damndest to present its namesake as just another type of rap. The film goes into details about various beefs between the artists, for example, but it n ever forgets that it is talking about a subculture that reveres knowledge over brute force and tech-savvy over sex appeal. Thankfully, it also remembers that the audience may not be as aware of the culture, and SiTavcfids'too many in-references and any leet-speak. One device it uses to great effect is the main search page of Google, familiar to even the most technologically illiterate, in place of title cards. The film, overall, grabs your attention, peppers it with selections of music from the genre, and shows that so-called nerds can rap as well as anyone else. If the film has a failing point at all, its in its condemnation of the main stream while simultaneously trying to appeal to it as well. Admittedly, this is a problem that is as much a part of the genre itself. Some artists like MC Chris, while fond of rapping about video games and comic books, feel that there is a stigma attached to the moniker of "nerd" and have rejected it. These artists want to be acknowledged as rappers first, and nerds second, if at all. Given this turmoil from within, its no wonder the film struggles with, and against, a mainstream media that has yet to embrace the fact that most of our popular culture derives from nerd and dork origins. After all, if there's one group media outlets like Wired and Newsweek can still stereotype and marginalize without fear of reprisal, it's nerds and dorks. Nerdcore for Life is currently screening at film festivals around the world, and you can find more information at hup:// nerdcore for Ii fc. com/. MICHAEL C. RIEDLINGER mriedIinger@dorkgasm.com Hip-hop is great medium for the marginalized. The downtrodden masses of society get to have their say and,, when done well, it is set to some sick beats. The various permutations of hiphop over the years have catered to various minorities and given (' voice to the seldom-heard in our cultural dialogue. These days, it's i hard to find a person who hasn't heard of Jay-Z or Lupe Fiasco, and wordsmiths like MC Chris and Optimus Rhyme may not be far behind if you believe the folks behind the documentary Nerdcore for Life. Nerdcore plays like any other musip documentary, and achieves a Grand Opening lal Event m hhuim MIS llii a FREE llll oftiiwiM! All-American track stars ROB HANSEN hanse082@ uwp.edu The University of Wisconsin- Parkside track team sent four women to the University of Houston, in Houston, Texas last weekend, March 10th - 14th. The fout women, Jessica Monson, Heidi Ertl, Hope Christie and Brittany Glassburn, netted five Ail-American-awards. The four women comprised the seventh place distance medley relay team. Sophomore, Heidi Ertl, led off the relay with a 3:$1 1200-m leg. She handed the baton off to sophomore, Brittany Glassburn, who split 62.0 during the 400-m portion of the relay. Glassburn handed the baton to freshmen, Hope Christie. Christie split a season best 2:19 and handed anchor leg, senior, Jessica Monson, while in tenth place. The relay needed to pick up two positions and get into 8th place to earn their Ail-American award. Soon after the handoff, the . Monson ran the duration of the race with the lead pack, which inched their way through lapped traffic, pulling Monson along with them. With 3 laps remaining, Parkside moved into 9th place. A half a lap later, Monson blew past the 8th place Millersville University relay, and put her relay in position for All-American status. Monson was able to out lean one more team and help capture a 7th place finish and a total time of 11:59.11, the second fastest time these four young ladies ran as a unit. Monson's split was equal to her lifetime best 4:46. Prior to the.distance medley, Monson competed in the 1-mile run preliminary round. She finished second in her heat and automatically qualified for finals with a time of 4:55.61. In finals she found herself in good position from the early going. She moved into the 5th position in the early going, and despite intense, shin pains, she muscled her way into the fourth position with 400 meters remaining. Monson made her move a little early, but found herself crossing the line in 4:49.24, good for fourth place. The men's and women's track teams will be competing at Augustana College this weekend, before heading off to North Caroline State University for the Raleigh Relays on March 26th - 28th. Parkside wrestlers excel nationally ROB HANSEN Hanse082@uwp.edu The University of Wisconsin- Parkside men's wrestling team found lots of success in Houston, Texas last weekend, March 12th - 15th. Six members of the wrestling team, Cody Zimmerman (1251bs), Craig Becker (1491bs), Corey Van Groll (1651bs), Malcolm Briggs (1971bs), Luke Ry nish (1741bs), and Luke Haag (184 lbs), represented UW-Parkside on the nation scene. Three of the men, Becker, Van Groll and Briggs, each won All-American honors. The Rangers finished 12th as a team after remaining unranked throughout the majority of the season. Becker and Van Groll each bagged a 4th place finish, dropping their final matches, competing for the third place crown. Becker lost his first match of the year to Chris Frejie, of Western State, by pinfall in 1:42. This first loss sent him to the third place match, where Esai Dominguesz, of Nebraska-Omaha, defeated him 6-4. Van Groll fought through five matches, three of which he won. His third-place matchup pitted him against Tad Merritt of St. Cloud St. University. Merritt won by decision, 9-2. Briggs lost by pinfall in 3:41 to Luke McPeck of New Mexico Highlands. He battled his way back to defeat Matt Nelson of Minnesota State - Moorehead by 14-4 decision. He lost his last two matchups, including his seventh place match to Tyler Copsey, of Augustana, by default. Zimmerman, Rynish and Haag all saw early exits from the tournament, and, although disappointing, it should be noted that simply qualifying for the NCAA II meet is an amazing accomplishment. The Ranger wrestler's season has finished on a high note. They begin competition again in November. Congratulations to each of the national qualifiers, and the entire team, on another successful season. TELL US What Happened? Do you have an upcoming event you want everyone to attend? Do you have an opinion you want everyone to read? Did something happen to you that you want to write about? Send us your press releases, news tips and opinions! Email us at rangernews@gmaiL<om WllJlt IS Cool byZakEden [edenOOO 1 @ uwp .edu] Just 3 Guys by Sean Fallon [fallon001@uwp.edu] Just 3 Guys So Finn, how did your trip to Cancun go over Spring break? ms OPINIONS 1 L— EDITOR! A The Ranger News f* £ 4 • ~—^ —— March 24, 2009 C±^'aLB_e»u.tiful facil'ty- same high prices TarnhAI > fo) nim n<in .... ^ ^ this recent about that tr\n mnnh _« .. „ JOHNATHAN JACOB Jacob015@uwp.edu I would like to first acknowledge the wonderful job that was done constructing the new student union. It is without question a state-of-the-art-facility. High praise should go to the minds that developed the concept, as well as the laborers who put in many long hours and worked very hcird to make it happen. Unfortunately, there is a bitter-sweet feeling I get every time I walk through this recent addition to our school. That feeling is one of disgust that the cafeteria prices are so high. 1 here have been many instances when I wanted to grab a bite to eat and mingle with my peers, but the outrageous prices have kept me from doing so. Don't get me wrong, there have been times, when my hunger dictated, that I broke down and paid for something to eat. The quality and portions of the food are substandard, but I won't complain about that too much. After all, there s not much deception. You can see what you're getting before you pay for it. An exception is the salad bar, where a student or staff member must pay by the ounce. I made this mistake only once. After shelling out over eight dollars - and that didn't include my drink — I couldn't help but wonder if I had paid for the weight of my plate as well! I must emphasize that I don't have a problem with the staff that Aramark, the company providing Of what use is elastic money? RYANASHTON ashtoOO l@uwp.edu Humans, more than any other species on the planet, are rational creatures. Much of our progress in our lives depends our ability to think and make logical connections between events. Many, if not all of the benefits of scientific discovery have sprung forth from the human ability to connect specific causes to specific effects. Knowing how natural systems work in the world, humans have been able to predict and anticipate what effects would follow from which causes, and thus have managed to avoid unwanted dangers and create wanted conveniences in their lives. One key feature that has made all of this progress possible has been the apparent consistency and objectivity of the natural world—that is, the laws of nature appear to always remain constant without deviating even the slightest bit (well, at least until you consider quantum mechanics, which is unusually erratic and unpredictable compared to classical physics). It stands to reason that the scientific progress humans have made in recent centuries would not have been possible if the laws of nature were found to be erratic and constantly changing from one moment to the next. If bricks were sturdy and solid one day—fit to build shelters with—it would be devastating to the person using the shelter to find those bricks turn to liquid mush the next day. Or if gravity were to behave in unpredictable ways, throwing objects upward or outward on random occasions, how would humans be able to function productively in such a world? It seems pretty obvious that humans have a far better chance of adapting to their environments in productive and constructive ways when they are confronted with objectively consistent rules or laws rather than whimsical, amorphous systems that function without rhyme or reason. If this is so, then why would we ever want our money system to be anything other than objective and consistent? Unfortunately, the leaders of our financial system have decided (at least since we abandoned the gold standard under President Nixon in the late 1960s) against preserving an objective and consistent money supply in the U.S. The money that we save and rely on to purchase essential goods -and services in our economy is not considered objective by our financial leaders, and last week held a shining example of how drastically the rules of our financial market can change. Last week, the Federal Reserve announced that it would basically go forward with the printing of at least one trillion dollars in another emergency effort to catapult our economy into a recovery. By printing this money, the Federal Reserve is essentially creating one trillion dollars out of thin air, thus augmenting the total size of our money supply. As a result of this, the money that you and 1 o wn is basically devalued and will no longer be worth as much as it was when we earned it—that is to say, the money we own loses purchasing power when the Federal Reserve increases the money supply. And, the more they print, the more our money is devalued. For those of us who were perhaps saving money for an extended period of time to pay for something major in the future, our ability to make the payments we intended will now be compromised by this change in the money system. When our money is devalued, it takes more units of money to make purchases. But if you do not know in advance how the money system will change at any given time, it makes it nearly impossible to accurately judge how much money you will need to save. This is especially important for those nearing retirement or who are in retirement already. What once might have lasted a person 20 years may, at any time, only last 12 or 15 since the money supply is neither objective nor consistent. When we compare the progress humans have had in the areas such as scientific discovery, we can appreciate that the objectivity found in natural systems has been useful; there's a good fit between the rationality of the human mind and the objectivity of the human environment. Based on this reasoning, it is most unfortunate that our financial leaders have sought to undermine our attempts to predict and rely on a consistent monetary system. It is difficult to see how an elastic money system can work to the benefit of rational creatures such as you and me. the food service to Parkside, provides. Throughout my years at this school they have all been friendly and courteous. I would especially like to express my sincerest thanks to Liz, whose last name I do not know. She is a long-time Aramark employee who is kind, caring and very hardworking. I know it's stressful having to meet the many demands of college kids, especially during breakfast when you have to deal with, among other things, making eggs and omlettes. For students who live on campus, there is the option of having a meal plan that cuts the cost of each meal in half. I suppose they have less reason to complain. However, commuters such as myself don't have this option. We are forced to pay full price. I generally pack my own lunches, but it would be nice, on those days when I don't, when I could get something to eat at the cafeteria without paying so much. Your tax dollars hard at work ADAM SPIVEY spiveyadam@yahoo.com Why are we surprised that after the government started handing out trillions of American tax dollars to some huge companies that were in danger of failing that these companies just go back to business as usual and hand out in bonuses to employees more than some people make in two, or hell, even five years on the job? Seriously? Wait, you're telling me that these corporate people want to get huge piles of money at someone else's expense? I mean, I know I am not an economist, but this whole AIG thing did not come as much of a shocker to me. I am still failing to find a reason why we did not let these companies implode. Want your company to survive? Offer a good product at reasonable prices and treat your employees responsibly, or at least I guess that is what it should be like in a nice happy perfect world. Nevertheless, the world is not perfect, and that means we are just going to have to deal with companies doing whatever they can get away with to make as much money as possible for as little effort as possible. Not a huge surprise really. You could almost say that it has been the American way for as long as one can remember. Something else I would like to know is, how did the government not know what some of these corporations like AIG where going to do with the money once they got it? Again, I must admit I am not an expert in this field so please excuse my ignorance, but it truly be believed that no one knew what all that money was going to be spent on? Moreover, if so, why in God's name are we writing blank checks to the irresponsible business people that helped run our economy into the ground? President Obama gave a very powerful speech about the bonuses going out and a million other things. What I did not hear him say wds, "Hey, who dropped the ball on this and let these guys get away with it?" I agree that we need to hang some of these greedy types out to dryb, ut I also think we need to dig into the government and see who is making these decisions that lead to this kind of turmoil. I'm sorry but I just don't think it is prudent for people to be making legislation about banks and companies and huge world shaking piles of money unless they are trained super intelligent men and women whose sole purpose in life is to deal with the economy and its effects on this nation and the world. Maybe we have gotten to big for our own good, our fingers in to many pies and now it is coming back to haunt us. I ca nnot tell if we need more regulation or less on business, or if these bonuses are right or not. What I ca n tell is that if something does not happen soon to balance out not just the economy, but also the power struggle between business and government, something a whole hell of a lot worse could crawl out of this mess and I am not just talking another great depression. too WORDS 1 More or Less That nostalgic musk about in the wind. Sure sign that spring and summer arc ahead. Warm breezes brush gently against the skin. I he faint sunlight is everything but dead. Philip C Noinuj uoiunOO 1 @uw p.edu OPINION PAGE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions 1 All opinions must have a point that is backed up by fact. 2 You should be able to verify all the information you include. 3 No swearing, insults, or personal attacks are allowed. 4 A name and email are required for every submission. 5 Submissions should be 100 words or less, or a minimum-of 300 words. Submission Suggestions: Campus, community, state, or national news or issues. The Ranger News reserves the right to refuse publication of any opinion piece Upon request, we will provide a reason for not running your submission. Stafl and guest submissions, as well as 100 Words or Less submissions, represent the opinions of the individual authors. These opinions do not reflect the direct views of The Ranger News as a publication or the newspaper staff as a whole. Send submissions to: opinion@therangernews.com ^. DRTahneg er ~vNews Partradc'fl 5tud" 8 The Ranger News March 24,2009 Tar hide Student government Association Election Time is NOW!!! If you are interested in running for an Elected Office (President, Vice President, SUFAC At Large, Senate, etc.), then you need to pick up election packets at the Student Activities Office or the Parkside Student Government Office ASAP. Elections are set for April 8th and 9th, so act now if you want to take in active role in student governance! Be part of your own future, today! VOTE *•••• Coming Soon: ASSASSINS! When they really ARE out to get you, is it still paranoia? 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 39, issue 22, March 24, 2009 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document ^University of Wisconsin leverage use passed Sports World Fest Page 4 Page 5 Page 6-7 THE RANGER NEWS University of i / . f • • 1 Mar<^ 10, 2009 New» Since 1972 KELSEYHOFF Hoff0013@uwp.edu Students .teachers, and many people from the community see the University of Wisconsin- Parkside logo countless times every school day. What exactly is the school's logo? There are 12 different types of Parkside logos, including the "sticks and leaves," more technically the University Mark, bear claws, Ranger Bear, and different configurations of the letters "UWP." There is about 100 variations all together, with approved color schemes. This year the Marketing and Publications Department has been "cracking down" on the use of school logos, not to control, says John Mielke, director of Marketing and Publications, but "to make sure of consistency." The walls of the school are literally papered over with posters advertising meetings, events, organizations, and almost anything else related to the school. This year, Parkside International Club was called out for distorting the Parkside logo featuring "sticks and leaves," putting only the leaf portion on a picture of a globe. The University Mark has been used in other places, like the Parkside Theater website, but Mielke says that the organization went too far because the context of the logo was not "identitybased." All "legal" uses of the leaf pattern are tied into campus identity. The biggest rule, according to Mielke, is not to take the logos apart. Other concerns are changing the proportions of the logos, stretching them, or using illegal color patterns. For instance, the "sticks and leaves" logo may only appear in any solid color or black and green together. Adding more text or graphics around the logo is legal as long as they are not touching or overlapping. These rules were laid out by an outside firm in 1968 when the school was founded. They put a book together with the geometry of the University Mark, color samples, and type settings for official university fonts. The rules were redone within the school in 2003 by looking at style guides from other UW schools. UW-Parkside's style guide can be viewed by searching for keyword "style guide" on the school website. There is also a CD-ROM disk with all of the approved logos saved as different image files on it. Copies of this disk were distributed to staff and student organizations and departments, and are still available from the Marketing and Publications Department. w I University of Wiscon S1ARKSID Smikeasmn Wisconsin s University M1WM * MiaftJM • MW » SIMMM Parking problems: Metered stalls RESTRICTED METERED AREA Short Term Visitor Parking Only Monday-Friday 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Student, Faculty and Staff Parking Prohibited at meters Violators cited & towed at owners expense Lot closed daily 2:00 am - 6:00 am jo KIRST jo@therangernew.sxom Similar to the crackdown on misusing handicapped parking services, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Police Department is keeping a close eye on the use of metered parking stalls across campus. Under Wisconsin State Statute 18.05, the chief administration * officer for Parkside can set the guidelines for where parking areas will be and the methods allowed for parking on campus. Of course, these guidelines are only allowed if the areas and rules are posted clearly. Metered parking at Parkside is clearly labeled as such. James Heller, Acting Director for the Police and Public Safety department at Parkside,explained that student, staff, and faculty parking is prohibited at all times. "The restriction applies whether or not an individual pulls down their pass, puts money in the meter, or is just on campus for a short time and wants to run into one of the buildings", said Heller. Metered parking stalls are reserved specifically for those visiting the campus, such as families interested in taking a campus tour, or a community member purchasing tickets from the box office for the next Parkside production. If a student. staff, or faculty member forgets their parking pass, they make pick up a free "courtesy pass" at the Parkside Police Department. Persons visiting Parkside are allowed to park in metered stalls after feeding the meter. A quarter (25 cents) allows for 15 minutes of parking time. Handicapped or disabled persons may park in metered spaces as well, but they are not required to feed the meter. A violation of the rules regarding metered parking could result in a $30 fine and the vehicle may be towed at the owner's expense. There are other options than parking illegally and being fined for it. Students, staff, and faculty have five parking lots to choose from, all with ample parking spaces that are not reserved for meters or handicapped or disabled persons Parking can be found in the Student Center lot. Communication Arts lot, Iallent Hall, and there arc two lots near the SAC. A free shuttle bus runs between Tallcnt Hall and the rest of campus approximately every 10 minutes. TT»e shuttle is offroute for about an hour each day, for the driver's lunch break. The shuttle also makes several trips per day to a local McDonald's. •I "We've got issues' The Ranger News MarchJO, 2009 Mission Statement The Ranger News strives toinform, educate, and engage the UW-Parkside community by publishing well-written, accurate student journalism on a weekly basis. The Ranger News hus meetings every Friday at noon. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome. Please feel free to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: nrngemews@uwp.edu . We arc located at Wyllic Dl 39C Each person may take one newspaper per issue date. Extra newspapers can be purchased for $1 apiece. Newspapers can be taken on a lirst come, first serve basis, meaning that once they are gone, they are gone. We work on the honor system, but violators will be prosecuted for theft. 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ASSOCIATED 900 Wood Road Kenosha, Wl 53141 Phone:(262)595.2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 Ads: ads@fherangernews.com E-mail: rangernews@gmall.com Editor In Chief Jo Kirst io@therongemews.com Design Manager Ruth Briones ruth@therangernews.com Marketing Director Zak Smith zok@therangernews.com Staff Reporters Rob Hansen hanse082@uwp.edu Adriana Alexandria alexa016@uwp.edu , „ Keisey Hoff hoff013@uwp.edu Michael Rekjlinger mreidlinger@dorkgasm Christian Schackelford shack002@uwp.edu Kristal Kowalski kristalkowalski@yahoo.com oo.com , Adam Shackelford shack002@uwp.edu Guest Writer Copy Editors Illustrators Ryan Ashton uwp.edu Cheryl Overby overb001@uwp.edu Nick Connor .com Brent Schultz wolfpack81188@yaiii oo.com Photographers zakssmith@gmail.com Cedric Roy Jr. ray00007@uwp.edu Jeremy Topczewski topcsz001@uwp.edu Cartoonists .edu Zak Eden eden0001@uwp.edu Dan Wanezek Drwartist@yahoo.com , „ Sean Fallon falio001@uwp.edu Kalie Walter Designer Cedric Ray, Jr. ray00007@uwp.edu You've probably noticed by now that there was no issue last week. That was a result of reporters missing deadline. By "missing deadline", I mean they either turned articles in after our deadline, or they never turned anything in. I don't baby-sit the reporters (or anyone else on staff for that matter), so I make no excuses. If you want to know why they missed deadline, you'll have to ask them. To the best of my knowledge, this has never happened before. Let me assure you: it will never happen again, either. We had a very serious talk about this at our last meeting, and I believe it's been made quite clear that deadline will not be missed any more without consequences. I am willing to work with staff so that they can participate at The Ranger News while still excelling in their schoolwork and other activities, but I am not willing to skip another issue. It's unfortunate that in order to make this week's issue great, we had to skip last week. However, we tried to combine issues (so to speak) as much as possible, to give you all a chance to read about Parkside events, news, etc. We covered World Fest to the best of our ability, given the circumstances, and I'm quite pleased. Our photographers, especially, came shining through on this one. Completely unrelated to all this, and on a more positive note, our CS4 software package arrived a few weeks ago, and it's all installed and running beautifully. The holes in our countertop finally got drilled as well, so we don't have a mess of cables everywhere, resulting in computers accidentally getting unplugged. Keys finally arrived as well! I think the majority of students who utilize the offices in the Student Center were quite pleased with the arrival of the keys. We love Terri, we really do, but there's just something about having your own key to your own office... I'm gonna keep this short, I and let you star t working your way through the issue. As always, our reporters love feedback, so email them your comments, questions, and concerns. If you're interested in writing for us, we'd love to j have you! Email me and we'll get you set up with everything you need to know to be a successful writer at The Ranger News. Enjoy the issue, have a great spring break, and we'll see you on March 24. Jo Kirst Editor in Chief 02/18/09 09-440 UWS 18/Vandalism. Greenguist Hall. 12:31pm. Complainant reports damage to panel .Officer takes report and theTcIeared. 02/18/0909-447 Agency Assist. Off-Campus Location. 10:20pm. KSD Dispatch reports active burglary. KSD & UWPPD arrive, subject in-custody. UWPPD officer then cleared. 02/19/09 09-451 Suspicious Circumstances. Union Lot. 1:19pm. Complainant reports hit and run accident. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/19/09 09-455 Possession of Marijuana/Drug Paraph. University Apartments. 8:52pm. Resident Advisor request officers for smell of marijuana. Officer arrive then issued "3" Possession of Marijuana citations. Officers then cleared. 02/19/09 09-456 Agency Assist. University Apartments. 9:32pm. Pleasant Prairie Officer request assistance in locating two juvenile runaways. UWPPD officer assisted, juveniles located. Officers then cleared. 02/20/09 09-463 Suspicious Circumstances. •GreenquistHall. 10:41am. Officer takes suspicious circumstances report and then cleared. 02/21/09 09-467 Agency Assist. Off-Campus Location. 5:53am. KSD reports armed burglary at business. UWPPD assisted and then cleared. 02/21/09 09-468 Agency Assist. Off-Campus Location. 9:32am. KSD reports accident. UWPPD officer assist with traffic control and then cleared. 02/21/09 09-469 Theft - From a Motor Vehicle. University Apartment Lot. 10:48am. Complainant reports . items take from vehicle. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/21/09 09-470 Medical Assistance. Sports/ Activity Center. 1:49pm. Report that female passed out. Officer and Rescue Unit arrive. Officer then cleared. 02/23/09 09-478 Agency Assist. University Apartments Lot. 12:05am. KSD dispatch reports anonymous caller reports what sounds like someone fighting near Univ. Apts. Or Pet's Park Area. UWPPD & KSD Unit check area and then cleared. 02/23/09 09-482 Agency Assist. STH 31. 3:55pm. UWPPD officer assist KSD on traffic stop/active warrant. UWPPD officer then cleared. 02/23/09 09-483 Agency Assist. CTH E @ CTH Y. 6:36pm. KSD dispatch request assistance for accident. UWPDD officer assisted and then cleared. 02/24/09 09-488 Traffic Violation. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 7:18am. Jeffrey A Webster was ticketed for Fail/ Stop at Stop Sign. Officers then cleared. 02/24/09 09-489 2911 Disconnect (Hang-Up). University Apartments Lot. 10:16am. KSD dispatcher report 911 (Hang-Up) coming from on-campus location. UWPPD officers checked area, and reports no locate of caller. Officers then cleared. 02/24/09 09-490 Theft - From Building. University Apartments. 1:09pm.Complainant reports stolen text book. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/24/09 09-494 Traffic Violation. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 9:43pm. Jasmine A Utterback was ticketed for Fail/ Stop at Stop Sign. Officers then cleared. 02/24/09 09-495 Traffic Violation. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 9:58pm. Toyia D Vaughn was ticketed for Fail/ Stop at Stop Sign. Officers then cleared. 02/24/09 09-496 Traffic Violation. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 10:20pm. Sunghee Kim was ticketed f°r Fail/Stop at Stop Sign. Office^ then cleared. 02/25/09 09-497 Agency Assist. CTH A @ 22n Ave. 1:24am. KSD request assistance at traffic stop. ^ has one in-custody for OperatmS While Intoxicated. UWPP0 Officer then cleared. The Ranger News ... con't. March 10,200? 02/25/09 09-500 Harassment - Threats. University Apartments.5:15am. Complainant reports threats. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/25/09 09-501 Theft—From B uilding. Greenquist Hall. 9:14am. Complainant reports item being stolen. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/25/09 09-509 Traffic Accident - Property Damage. CTH E @ CTH JR. 2:54pm. Report of accident. Officers arrive to take report, and then issued citations to Aaron J Wilson for Inattentive Driving and Operating While Suspended. Vehicles towed by tow companies. Officers then cleared. 02/25/09 09-511 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 7:17pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 02/25/09 09-513 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 7:57pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 02/25/09 09-514 Misuse Of Handicap Placard. Union Lot. 8:56pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Parking citation issued, placard confiscated. Officer then cleared. 02/26/09 09-517 Tow Vehicle. Com Arts Lot. 9:43am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 02/26/09 09-518 Tow Vehicle. Com Arts Lot. 10:27am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 02/26/09 09-519 Tow Vehicle. University Apartments Lot. 10:52am. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 02/26/09 09-520 Tow Vehicle. University Apartments Lot. 12:43pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 02/26/09 09-521 Tow Vehicle. SAC Lot. 1:31pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed for unpaid parking citations. Officer then cleared. 02/26/09 09-523 Property Damage/State Property. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 5:34pm. Complainant reports stop knocked down. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/26/09 09-525 Traffic Accident — Property Damage. Com Arts Lot. 6:33pm. Complainant reports accident. Officer arrives to take report, and then issued citation to Shanda M Nelson for Inattentive Driving. Officer then cleared. 02/26/09 09-526 Theft - From Building. Sports/ Activity Center. 7:54pm. Complainant reports theft. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/27/09 09-528 Assaultive Behavior. University Apartments. 12:28am. Complainant reports fight in progress. Officer takes report, and then cleared. 02/27/09 09-529 2911 Disconnect (Hang-Up). University Apartments. 1:27am. KSD Dispatcher reports 911 call. This call was Ref: 09-528. Officer arrived, spoke to complainant. Officers then cleared. 02/27/09 09-531 Chapter 5 l.Molnaro Hall. 9:28am. Anonymous caller reports male acting crazy or appears to be on drugs. Officer arrive, male then transported to Health Services. Officer then cleared. 02/27/09 09-539 Theft - From a Motor Vehicle. Ranger Lot. 1:50pm. Report taken tor stolen UWP Parking Permit. Replacement permit issued, case closed. 02/27/09 09-540 Theft - Retail/Shoplifting. Parkside Union. 1:40pm. Complainant reports male took food without paying for. Officer issue citation for Retail Theft, then cleared. 02/27/09 09-543 Traffic Accident - Non- Reportable. Com Arts Lot. 2:50pm. Report of accident. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/27/09 09-544 Traffic Accident - Non- Reportable. Ranger Lot. 3:35pm. Report of accident. Officer takes report and then issued parking citation. Officer cleared. 02/28/09 09-553 Traffic Violation. STH 31 @ CTH A. 5:58pm. Kristine K Mcphaul was ticketed for Operate Unregistrated Vehicle and Written Warning for Defective Headlamp. Officer then cleared. 03/01/09 09-557 Suspicious Circumstances. Ranger Hall. 1:52pm. Complainant reports inappropriate text messages. Officer takes report and then cleared. 03/01/09 09-563 Agency Assist. STH 31 @ CTH E. 11:06pm. KSD dispatch request assistance at traffic stop. UWPPD Officer assisted and then cleared. IHINGSTO DO TUESDAY, MARCH 10 Art Exhibition: Kenosha/Racine K-12 Teacher Invitational Exhibition 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery Parkside Activities Board movie Noon Student Center Cinema UW-Parkside Concert: UW-P Community Band & Racine Concert Band 7:30 p.m. Com. Arts Theatre Parkside Activities Board movie 9 p.m. Student Center Cinema WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Art Exhibition: Kenosha/Racine K-12 Teacher Invitational Exhibition 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery Noon Concert: UW-Parkside Student Scholarship Recital noon Ballroom PIC Friendship Hour Noon Molinaro D-132 Brown Bag Lunch: Universal Design for Assessment with Renee Kirby & Christine Tutlewski Noon Faculty/Staff Lounge, Wyllie 247 Nonprofit Development Program "Taking the Fear out of Fundraising," 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tallent Hall THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Art Exhibition: Kenosha/Racine K-12 Teacher Invitational Exhibition 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Communication Arts Gallery THE U SUNDAY, MARCH 15 Arts Alive presents Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet 2:30pm Comm. Arts Theatre MONDAY, MARCH 16 Spring Break! TUESDAY, MARCH 17 Spring Break! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 Spring Break! THURSDAY, MARCH 19 Spring Break! UWP High School Diversity Conference 8:00am to 2:30pm Student Center FRIDAY, MARCH 20 Spring Break! Mentor Training: Training quality mentors 9:00am to 2:30pm Tallent Hall Running on Empty eating disorder conference 8:00am Student Center SATURDAY, MARCH 21 No Events SUNDAY, MARCH 22 Softball vs. Indianapolis Double header Noon Case Field MONDAY, MARCH 23 Softball vs. St. Joseph's College Double header Noon Case Field UW-Parkside Concert: UW-Parkside Symphony & Community Orchestra with UWParkside Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m. Com. Arts Theatre FRIDAY, MARCH 13 No Events. SATURDAY, MARCH 14 No Events. TUESDAY, MARCH 24 PAB presents Talent Night Tuesday 7:00pm Den Arts Alive presents "In The Mood" 7:30pm Comm. Arts Theatre PAR^i^VS The Ranger News March 10,2009 Beverage Choice Initiative passed KELSEYHOFF HofTD013@uwp.edu The Parkside Student Government Senate passed the Beverage Choice Initiative Resolution at their meeting on Wednesday, March 4. The Student Life Committee passed it in a four to one vote and it was signed only days later by PSG president Ted Ruffalo and Matty Bieser, president pro tempore. The Den in the old Student Union had sold alcohol, but Aramark had a meeting before moving into the new Student Center and decided that since the new space is very large, complicated, and has a multilayered floor plan, it would be harder to supervise students and alcohol should not be served. They believe there is a high risk of alcohol abuse and underage students being supplied with alcohol, especially on nights when events are planned. The University Police Department's biggest concern is the law being followed strictly. In the past, however, events have had a higher rate of attendance if alcohol was available. Selling alcohol brings students from other campuses to UW- Parkside instead of bars. Many students had voiced their opinion that alcohol should be served again. PSG's motive for passing the resolution was "to adequately and accurately represent the wishes of the student body," said senator Heidi Curtis, who wrote the resolution and convinced the senate to pass it. The Student Life Committee updated the guidelines before the resolution was passed. As it stands, any kind of alcohol can be served. For now, Aramark will only be serving beer and wine coolers, but glass bottles are prohibited due to the risk of violence. Anyone who buys alcohol will be carded once and receive a plastic wristband. Once alcohol is purchased, it cannot be taken from the area. Organizations hosting events have the option to tell Aramark not to sell alcohol on the night of their event if they have safety concerns. Misuse of handicapped parking: UWPPD cracking down JOKIRST jo@therangernews.com If you've received a parking citation for parking in a handicapped space without proper identification, or because you borrowed a friend's parking permit, you're not alone. Since the 2008-2009 school year began, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Police Department has issued 13 citations for these violations. UWPPD has been cracking down on the misuse of handicapped identification tags and misuse of handicapped parking spaces after receiving several complaints. To enforce the state statute, the police department has been handing out tickets to violators and confiscating the misused placards. Wisconsin State Statute 343.51(1) allows for disabled persons with proper identification (in the form of a tag or license plate) to park in designated handicapped spaces. Someone who is not handicapped can also utilize these services if and only if the owner of the tag or plate is in the vehicle. Fines for misusing handicapped parking tags range from $375 for the person using the tag illegally to $249 for the person lending out their tag. According to James Heller, Acting Director for the Parkside department of Police and Public Safety, University Police can also issue a $200 ticket for the misuse of a handicapped-parking tag. The placard is then confiscated and sent back to the Department of Transportation. The misuse of these tags and spaces has been an issue at Parkside for years. Citizens often call in and report what they believe to be the fraudulent use of a handicapped tag or parking space, or that there are no spots for "legitimate users". Police then monitor the tag numbers and the cars that may be violators. On occasion, the misuse is obvious, such as when the tag comes back as being registered to a deceased person. If students, staff or faculty feel someone is fraudulently using a handicapped tag to park in the reserved spaces, they are encouraged to report it to the University Police. When reporting misuse, the person calling should be able to give some details, such as the license plate number, a description of the vehicle and/ or driver, or the location of the vehicle in question. Reports can be kept anonymous through a phone call or using the University Police's website located at www.uwp.edu/ departments/university .police. Advertising Rates For UWAbout The Ranger News Students at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside have published The Ranger News as a free, non-profit publication for their community since 1972. The Ranger News aims to provide the local community with relevant, critical, and unbiased information they don't get anywhere else, including campus news, sports, arts and culture, and opinions and editorials. The Ranger News currently prints 2,000 newspapers and distributes them at high-traffic areas around campus each week. Ad Sizes and Prices (4" X 5") $30.00 color: $65 Most Popular Buy 3A.dSjG®t0ne freb Advertising with The Ranger News is easy! Publicize your events Attract attention to your organization Increase community involvement Reach more than 2,000 students and staff members per week Classified Ads Jelling something? firing somebody? Looking for cheap publicity? One free classified ad per week Additional classifieds are $5 for 30 words Run your ad until it sells for $20 e Dates Advertisements are due the Friday before the issue date. 1/2 Page (5" X16") $85.00 T, „ u u , ,. n. , Full Page (10" X16") $165.00 The Ran<>er NeW S Marke,in? P1™!0/ Double Page Spread (10" x 16") (x2) $300.00 . Zak Smith _ . , _ ads@rangernews.com To place an advertisement, please <ontad: ^2) 595-2287 Fenderson finishes coileoiate career with a bang Rangers excel at ROB HANSEN Conference Meet hanse982@ uwp.edu LaVontay Fenderson played his final two games as a UWParkside Ranger. His home finale Thursday at the DeSimone Gymnasium, was a hard-faught loss tor the Rangers against arch rival Lewis University. Fenderson matched his nation leading point average with 25. At the end of the first half, Fenderson did a 360 degree spin on a Lewis defender and nailed a 3 point jump shot to take the lead as the buzzer sounded. Other seniors in action were DeMarcus Bell, who scored 13 points before fouling out, David Keane who made several key shots early in the game, to total 15. Marcus Carter also played his last home game as a Ranger. The women hoopsters won their 18''' game of the season, a nail-biter, over Lewis University. The final .score was 57-56. Leading the way for the Rangers was Brittany Hogen who racked up 20 points and 10 boards. On Saturday night, the Rangers clashed with the Indianapolis Greyhounds. 77-70 was the final score for the ladies, losing their season finale. No worries, however, they will be one of the top seeds in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC). Hogen led the way for the Rangers again, scoring 18 points and 9 rebounds. The Conference tournament tipped off at Quincy University on March 6 when the number two in the eastern division, the Rangers, tangle with the number three in the western division, Missouri S&T Miners. The tournament continued throughout the weekend, and was a single elimination bracket. Saturday evening saw the men s team face off against the Greyhounds. The Ranger men won their season finale 92-83. Fenderson scored 38 points in his final game as a Ranger, and will finish as the nations leading scoring. Fenderson's career 1,818 points is the second most in Parkside's history behind former NBA player Abdul Jeelani. DeMarucs Bell finished his UW-Parkside career leading the GLVC in rebounds. The Ranger men missed the Conference tournament with a final record of 7-20 and 3-15 in the GLVC. ROB HANSEN hansc082@uwp.edu The University of Wisconsin Parkside track team brought home several all-Conference awards last Saturday afternoon. Included in these awards were a few meet champions. The women's distance medley relay won with a time of 11:59. This time is a NCAA provisional qualifying time. The members of the team were Heidi Ertl, Brittany Glassbum, Hope Christie and Jessica Monson. Monson doubled back and ran a season best 2:14.37 800m for the win. Her victory made her one of only a handful of GLVC athletes to win the same indoor event four years in a row. Glassburn ran a season best 2:21.58 en route to her third place finish in the same race. Christie's second race was also a success; she ran her second fastest time ever in the 1 mil e run. crossing the line in 5:19. which was good for 6,h place. Ertl's second race was the 3,000-m run, where she finished fourth in a time of 10:40.18. Angie Adams represented Parkside in the 5,000-m run, finishing in an indoor best time of 19:08. The women's 4x400-m relay brought home a fifth place finish. The first time team of Jennie Kindt. Kim Degener, Melissa Nilles and Heidi Anderson clocked a 4:37.55 finishing time. Nilles also recorded a 3rd place finish in the pole vault. The women recorded 45.50points finishing 6"' overall. The men's team also experienced a Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) all- Conference award in the 1 mile run. Sophomore Dustin Baldwin recorded a 5 second lifetime best 4:22.75 in the event, well enough for second place. He was edged out at the finishing line by Matthew Zielske of the University of Southern Indiana. » His winning time was 4:22.72. LaQuan Fenderson ran a lifetime best 1:58.70 in the 800m run; he won the slow section of the event, but still fast enough to bring in 3rt place overall. Ben Orvold and Rehan Mahmood each ran the 5,000-m/3.000-m double. Rehan Mahmood ran a lifetime great 15:26 for a 4* place finish, followed by teammate Orvold. who crossed the line in 15:26, notching 6* place. In the 3,000-m Mahmood won the slow section of the 3K in 9:05. Orvold finished 8" overall with a time of 9:03 The men's team totaled 33 points, and a 7 place finish. For complete results visit ht tp://glvcsports.com/sports/ mtrack/2009/Resultsday2.htm. The men's and women's teams competed at Carthage College on Friday, March 6.2009. ARTS c U LT U R E The Ranger News March 1072009 bumper stickers, and even containers of butter or Disney movies show Native Americans in a discriminatory fashion. They talked about stereotypes of Native American females, such as the heavy set workhorse, the "squaw," the princess or maiden, the sex object or exotic other, and the simply invisible one, and how all of these dehumanize Native American women. They did not end the presentation without giving the audience hope for change, and ideas for innacting that change. If people are concerned about this cause, they can help by demanding that the government responds to the treaties that they have already signed, establishing centers, and raising awareness. Loopholes Chinese Zodiac review injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA from 2007. The issue of jurisdiction was the main problem that they addressed. Others were funding issues, lack of training, remote location, the inability of tribal prosecutors to prosecute nonnatives, and the small number of female officers. It is usually unclear whether the federal, state, or tribal government is allowed to handle each case involving Native Americans. Lines get fuzzier when the perpetrator is not a Native American and when the crimes occur off of reservation land. Many reservations are so secluded that police take hours to get there, and even more have inadequate medical facilities. Native Americans are often turned away at hospitals during emergencies, because they are not United States citizens. They also spoke about pop cultural stereotypes in the United States that depict Native Americans as inferior. Mascots, logos, video games, t-shirts, GIO VANNA GUTIERREZ gutie017@uwp.edu As part of World Fest, several student organizations had the opportunity to expose a certain topic related to their cultural background. Chi Ho Wong Patrick, vice president of Parkside's International Club, gave a presentation on the Chinese Zodiac. Patrick explained the impact of the Chinese New Year has according to year of birth. This year's animal is the Ox. Patrick explained that each Chinese New year has to be predicted, and, although many people are born in the same month, their future will differ unless they are born on the same year. There were several predictions, but Patrick made it clear that each person holds the key to change their own future. If you were born in any of these years: 1973, 1985, 1997, KELSEYHOFF Hofff0013@uwp.edu Two representatives from Sacred Circle, Patti Jensen and Rita Altmeyer, gave a presentation on Tuesday, March 3 in the Spruce Room of the Student Center as part of World Fest. Loopholes: How Native American Women are Defenseless Against Violence informed those in attendance about violent crimes that still happen today because of United States legislation pertaining to Native American reservations. They made it clear from the beginning that it was not about violence within Native American families, but violence towards Native American women from outsiders. The bottom line was that this is a human rights issue, not just criminal or social. They presented many statistics and stories about the crimes, which consisted largely of rape and murder. Most of their information "came from a report by Amnesty International called Maze of and 2009 your zodiac animal is the Ox. Jf you were born in 1974 1986, and 1998 your zodiac animal is the Tiger. If you were born in 1975,1987, and 1999 you are the Rabbit. If you were born in 1976, 1988, and 2000 you are the Dragon. If you were born in 1978, 1990, and 2002 you are the Horse. If you were born in 1967 1979, 1991, and 2003 then you are the Goat. If you were born in 1980, 1992, and 2004 you are year of the Monkey. If you were born in 1981, 1993,2005 you are year of the Rooster. If you were born in 1982,1994, and 2006 you belong to the year of the Dog. Last but not least if you were born in 1983, 1995, 2007 you are year of the Pig. This year is luck for people born in the year of the dragon; they should take care of themselves if they start coughing because it can get more severe. And people bom in the year of the Rabbit should stay away from sharp objects like Mafioso-Worth the watch and upbringing, and where his parents and siblings still reside, the beautiful island of Sicily! Before he leaves, Nino's boss has a chat with him and asks him to deliver a gift to Don Vincenzo, a prominent Italian figure whom Nino has known since his childhood. Shortly after arriving in Italy and being reunited with his beloved family, Nino meets up with Vincenzo, who welcomes him with open aims. While Nino's parents were skeptical about his wite early on, they soon wanned up to her once they realized how committed she was to keeping their son happy. It could have simply been a relaxing and invigorating vacation for the Badalamenti family, but a favor from and old friend puts Nino in a position where he feels indebted to Vincenzo and declares that he will do anything to return the favor. Unfortunately, anything is taken to the extreme and Nino feels pressured to do something that will have a severe psychological effect on him. 1 will not reveal everything, but Mafioso is an excellent movie that transcends time and accurately depicts organized crime. Again, if you appreciate Italian culture, this is the movie tor you. Another year, another ADRIAN A ALEXANDER AIexa016@uwp.edu I he World Flag Ceremony is the first event to occur every year before other events of the World Fest at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. People from all over the country and the world to come here to Parkside to proudly wave their country's flags and wear their traditional clothes as a way of representing their heritage, culture, or traditions and maintaining their identity here in the United States. Chancellor Earns spoke at the event, sharing with the crowd that he lived in Japan and now goes back there every year. He explained the importance of the international students and faculty on our campus. Earns told the crowd- that he believed in knowing where your family came from, and how you came here. Not only that, but it is also important to know about your fiiends background, because it can lead to a greater understanding of your friends and also makes the friendship more interesting and fun. The procession was led by Native American Drum and Dance. Native Americans were the special guests for the event this year and they demonstrated some very interesting traditional songs from their tribes. They performed some of their traditional dances such as the Hidden Dance of the Jimbuay people and thtrReenactment of War. They also demonstrated a dance A new rhythm at UW-Plarkside CHRISTIAN SHACKELFORD SHACK002@UWP.EDU What started off as a joke has quickly come to reality. Xhilarate Rhythmology is the newest dance group to hit the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's campus with their B-boy style of dancing. Peter Peralta, who is the president of the group, said it all started off with just six people: Mark Gaiera, Vanessa Morrone, Shoua Yang, Aaron Taliaferro, Duane Johnson and Simone Jordan. These are the 0i3pfrWW helped create the style, lor the group. By observing a tryout session, one could see that they were really moving fast and all of the members were energized and ready to begin. All the dances done by Xhilarate Rhythmology are choreographed and then taught to the rest of the dancers. Peralta said that they are very serious about their dancers. He wants them to have fun, but the group needs to be taking things seriously. When Peralta was asked what gave him the idea for the group he said, "we all just like to dance.'-' Peralta said that he and Gaiera both_ kind of made up an imaginary group and they quickly became serious about it. The kind of dancing done by Xhilarate is more of a hip hop style and it is pretty similar to what you might see on America's Next Best Dance Crew. "Everyone is contributing to the group tremendously", Peralta said, "It's a group effort." He really has big plans for the group and to get it jump-started they just needed some more members.. They haven't quite established any places that they will be performing, he said. They had tryouts which lasted for about a week and the people who made the team were notified. Their first performance was at the world fest dinner. Peralta is eager to see what the bufcome'oTtlie group will be. JOHNATHAN JACOB J acobO 15 @ u wp .edu worldfest of struggle during the 1960s and 70s of colonization trying to gain their identity. 'The Ghost Dance was from the 1800s and was also demonstrated at this event. This event occurs at other colleges and universities nationwide also. The audience had the ability to partake in the last two Native American Dances. This event received positive feedback from the audience and it wa-j very entertaining and full of knowledge. Overall this event was informational, positive, and very interesting. Anyone should want to observe this spectacular and eye catching event that could change a life! While it is significantly older than more modern movies that deal with the organized crime, Mafioso is still successful in dramatizing the moral dilemmas one faces when choosing to be a part of the Mafia. Produced in 1962, it differs in some ways from relatively more recent American-made Mafia flicks, such as Goodfellas and Casino, as well as the Sopranos series. While the concept of organized crime is the same, Mafioso takes place in Italy except for a very brief and dramatic stop in the United States, presumably New York. If one has an appreciation for the Italian culture, Mafioso will immerse you in it; the music, food and family ties epitomize everything that is good about Italy. Spoken entirely in» Italian with English subtitles, producer Alberto Luttuada shows how a man who has chosen a noble path as a working- class family man can quickly be sucked back into a life of crime and be emotionally consumed by it. He does this by using Antonio "Nino" Badalamenti, played by Alberto Sordi, as the story's protagonist. The movie begins with Nino at work in Milan preparing to take his family on a long anticipated . vacation to the place of his birth K. > £ • * 1 1 1 Ti l ©F T 8 The Ranger News REVIEWS March 10,2009 Cheese and bacon Old ehosts iiirutci r> Diem MICHAEL C. RIEDLiINvGrmER ti... • m. . • . n . v/ mriedlinger@dorkgasm.com At midnight on March 6, 2009, thousands of comic book fans and blockbuster filmgoers alike filled theaters across the country to see if Zack Snyder's Watchmen could live up to the hype. For some, it was a question of purism. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' seminal work of graphic fiction has become a sort of sacred cow in the last two decades. For others, it didn't matter if the subtleties of the book translated faithfully, this was a chance to see the first high-octane adrenaline film of 2009. In either case, it was a tall order to fill. So how did Snyder do? As far as capturing the small strokes and nuances of the book goes, Snyder couldn't have been more ham-handed if he had been fisting two sows while making this film. From the beginning, he hammers viewers over the head with the themes of Watchmen. For those that might miss it, this is a deconstruction of the American superhero. See, no one is perfect, and the folks that fight crime as masked vigilantes must have bigger problems than the rest of us because they're bigger than life. Actually, that's about as close to the theme of the book as Snyder gets. The book is much more than that. Alan Moore explores ideas like humanity as a state of being, and the ways in which we react to crises individually and as a people. Snyder opts for the simpler, Joel Schumacher style "superheroes are cool" idea. Don't get me wrong; the superheroes really are cool in this movie. The visual element of this film is stunning. That said, Snyder goes hokey with the fight scenes. The jerky movements and bullettime ballet are meant to remind us that "this is a comic book", but all he succeeds in doing is detracting from what could be phenomenal action sequences. Moore's fans will point out that his work was meta-fiction, and thus Snyder doesn't need to remind us that the story is about comic book characters. Those new to Watchmen will ultimately find Snyder's stylization to be distracting, and those that do not, will be browbeaten by Moore fans worldwide. All the style in the world, despite what Bukowski says, can't save the clumsiness that Zack Snyder presents here. What this film truly lacks is a sense of subtlety and grace. How Snyder could think for a second that his film wouldn't be compared to the book when he's spent the last few years adapting other people's work is beyond me. He should have been paying attention to the text as closely as Peter Jackson or Robert Rodriguez would. Up until now, I've been a fan of this director, but on Watchmen, Snyder's sense for kinetic editing and explosive action sequences fails short and feels like immature fantasy. Compare the film to the book, and this sense only doubles. I've seen three-legged dogs with more grace than this film. In light of the $100,000,000+ price tag on Watchmen, Snyder had best hope that it makes a killing opening weekend, or he may not have another chance to make a name for himself adapting the works of more creative people. People Power MICHAEL C. RIEDLINGER mriedlinger@dorkgasm.com Ghost stories never get old. The recent spat of Japanese, horror film remakes in America have mostly been based around retelling old ghost stories, and some of the better psychological horror films in our country have been based on homegrown campfire tales and occult studies. Everything from the Bell Witch to "the white lady" have been fair game in film and television the last few years. The reason these stories keep popping up is because they are usually effective, and Michael Coonce's Lonely Joe is no exception. P r e m i e r i n g at the Lake County Film Festival this past weekend, Lonely Joe is a solid first film from newcomer Coonce. The story follows Michele Connelly (horror alum Erica Leerhsen) as she tries to uncover the truth about several disappearances in her hometown. The local police really don't want another reporter snooping around and seem to know more than they let on. All of the mysterious goings on seem to occur near a farm where Michele's brother was killed a decade earlier by Joe Gainard, the local Ed Gein. As she digs deeper into the case, Michele finds it harder and harder to stay away from the site, but when she visits the farm, even the mail living there now (James Zahn of Fangoria and Death Walks the Streets) tells her that he won't venture out past his own orchard. Now, we as an ' au dience know that this is a ghost problem, but Coonce does a great job of convincing us that it might not be a ghost after all. The sheriff, when finally forced to tell Michele what he thinks is going on, has a surprisingly fresh take on the situation for a character in a horror film. He points out that it doesn't matter what is making people disappear, only that they MICHAEL C. RIEDLINGER mriedlinger @ dorkgasm .com Typically, I steer clear of super-hero comics. I don't trust them because Deus Ex Machina comes into play way too often. Avoiding that is what made Rising Stars great a few years ago, and it's one of the. reasons I still reread Watchmen at least once a ' year. Then along comes Take a Chance from Dabel Brother's Publishing. C. E. Murphy's title character is a hero, but she's far from super. In fact, it was refreshing to see a comic book hero take the same stance as me on the super-powered type of characters. They' re al1 fine and good if you like that sort of thing, but it comes easy to them, so what's to respect? Chance is a normal woman living in a postapocalyptic world where a North Korean super soldier experiment has given some people powers and wiped out others. By day, she works for the mayor's office, and by night, she runs around as a masked vigilante. Murphy's approach to the non-powered vigilante isn't the Batman clicM either. This woman isn't rich, and doesn't like to just rush in and try to bust skulls. Quite often in the pages of Chance, we'll see the hero on a stake out collecting' evidence for the police. She isn't looking to replace the justice system; she's looking to augment it. Of course, the character isn't without her own tortured, vigilante-creating past. Frankie Kemp (Chance's real name) watched her son get shot by a careless crook several years before the start of the series. Afterward, her marriage fell apart, she finished law school, and she started taking kung fu classes. In fact, Frankie is the model of an independent, empowered woman. She reminds me a lot of Anita Blake without the vampires, and she kicks just as much ass. Through the series so far, she puts her son's killer back in jail after he escapes with new found super powers, and she's gotten involved in a major drug investigation. Despite the occasional super character, the series has a lot of the tone of The Wire to it. What the Dabel Brothers have here is a series that is as innovating and refreshing as any title from Vertigo or Wildstorm in the last do so with such regularity when visiting the site that it makes no sense to keep sending anyone out there. His reason for running off reporters is that he doesn't want to popularize what can only be a.guaranteed death trap for thrill seekers who would look to tempt fate. Ah, if only the hero of this film were as wise! Eventually, Michele finds herself out on the railroad tracks behind the farm, and all the red herrings are put to rest with a satisfying, if somewhat typical, explanation. The twists and turns Coonce presents are all deftly handled, and the editing and music combine to provide a few well-timed startles. Toss in some beautiful camera shots of upstate New York and you end up with a very effective and enjoyable thriller. My only complaint about the film is some of the casting. Erica Leerhsen is a treat to watch, and Peter Speach is great as Sheriff Scoggins. That said, Matthew S. Harrison's character, Michele's old boyfriend Ben, just isn't believable. Harrison seems as if he phones in his lines from beyond the grave in some scenes, and he looks twenty years too old to have ever dated Leerhsen in high school. This inevitably detracts from the film a little, but thankfully the guy only has a few scenes. Coonce seems to have recognized this, as the actor receives bottom billing in the final credits. All in all, even the wooden acting of one man can't ruin a film like this. Lonely Joe is doing the festival circuit for now, and should hit DVD sometime in May. IMAGE FROM HORROR-MOVIES .CA five years. Artistically, Adrian Syaf has excellent storytelling skills. His work reminds me of Whilce Portacio, and his attention to detail and emotion really compliment C.E. Murphy's story. In Syaf's hands, Chance manages to be attractive and strong without taking on tire aspects of your typical Marvelpin- up hero. Instead of focusing on skin and breasts, the artist shows us her eyes, or when appropriate, her boot. His sense of action is kinetic, but it doesn't get distracting, striking a balance with the words on the page. Probably my favorite aspect of this book is how grounded in reality it is. Frankie is likeable, but not without her flaws, yet they never threaten to become cliches. C.E. Murphy covers a lot of ground with a character who is just an otherwise normal woman who wants to make a difference. When Superman and Captain America replaced the Lone Ranger, comic writers got lazy in a sense. The only people without powers had to have money or a government agency behind them, and Chance has neither. Frankie maintains her day job, runs into real problems with the police (who haven't been infantilized, thank goodness), and has a social life to think of. She isn't perfect, gets her ass kicked, and as a hero, fights for all the right reasons, not just the typical heroic tropes comics usually feed us about "truth and justice". Finally, her sense of humor is distinctly normal. C.E. Murphy doesn't have to cover bad writing with witty repartee, so Chance's jokes have as much tendency to be humorous and appropriate as yours or mine. What remains to be seen are her limitations. How long can a person keep up a onewoman war on crime before she falls into a downward spiral of exhaustion, frustration, and a relaxing moral code? I'm not sure where Murphy is going to take Take a Chance in the end, but it'll be worth seeing. IMAGE FROM COMICBOX.COM The Ranger News Tarkside Student UW-I government Association UMCHfl Lh-iicn- Adminislrafidn Union Maintenance Linicm Rec CerL«r UhiOft Building & Epuii PSC sub-iotal Uniem Deb! 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We have had huge leaps and bounds in technology as of late, and the changes we have seen due to these advances have changed the way we live our lives. What I have not been able to find, isatruly revolutionary way of thought. What is the next big idea? Who will be the Aristotle or Plato of our lives? I am not sure if we will find him or her. It seems thinking has become overrated. When in our lives are we just encouraged to think for a while? Just take a day off, forget about email, work, or engaging in being pacified with any one of a million distractions that we have created via technology. We have had technical revolutions every few years, just look at how far we have come with hand-held devices! When was the last huge social revolution? Women got the right to vote in 1920, and the 50's began the end of segregation, but still we deny homosexual couples the right to wed, still there is genocide and war, and struggle for resources. To hell with the next wave of gadgets; I want world peace and I want it yesterday damnit! I want rooms full of people doing nothing but thinking about how we are going to figure out at way to stop killing each other; because aside from making a huge mess of the Earth and creating new and exciting technological advancements we still fail to complete the simple task of just getting along. Have we failed as a race so miserably that the world cannot unite under the banner of at least mutual self-preservation? This topic seems to be something we glaze over. Seeing as a species we still manage to be our own worst enemy year after year by waging war and political agendas to not only stifle rival interests but to exploit fellow humans for no reason other than simple spite or greed. This is a call to arms of sorts, to wage the war of introspection and thought, because if there is not some change, some fundamental social revolution in not only America but also the world over, humanity is in for some dark days. This change can only happen by a massive shift in world perspective, a global renaissance of thought with the fearlessness to bring to fruition the ideas of the future. So ask yourself, when the last time you just sat and thought, not just about what is for dinner or your agenda for the night, but started thinking about something bigger than yourself and the trivial machinations of your life. In that one brief moment your attention flickers to something larger, something that many of us never even so much as bothers with because of our instilled sense of irrelevance than you will have won a victory. Every second, every minute, every hour spent in grappling with accepted truths and our own humanity is victory. The Shuttle and You Guidelines Opinion Page Submissions TODD WIERZCHO W SKI wierz004@ uwp.edu We all know there is a problem with parking here at UW-Parkside. While there is little anyone could do to outright fix the problem, there is much that could be done to help with this growing problem. It is obvious there is not enough parking available on campus, and, as a result, many of students must park in Talent Hall parking lot and shuttle over. This problem is compounded by the constant construction on campus and continuingly shrinking parking lots. When the new dorm suites were started near the Student Center, Molinaro parking lot was suppose to expand as well. From what I have heard, the lot has actually shrunk, and rumor is now that no extra parking is planned for the new suites, and part of Molinaro lot is to be used for the residents' only parking. This will cause more people to be forced to park at Talent Hall and rely on the shuttle. While the shuttle should be more convenient than having to walk back onto campus, this is often not the case. The shuttle schedule, as provided from the UW-Parkside website, shows that the last scheduled route is at 5:30pm Monday through Thursday, and the shuttle stops running its normal route at 3:30pm on Fridays. The schedule also shows that there is no shuttle service from 12:00pm until 1:00pm where a lunch break for the driver and run to McDonald's in Racine is scheduled. Since UW-Parkside is seen as a commuters' school by and large, there are a great number of students who rely heavily on the shuttle to get to and from the usually only available parking nearby campus. Many students have a job while in school and getting to work late is often frowned upon by bosses, and not many bosses would understand or accept any type of explanation no matter how true it might be regarding there being no shuttle service at the time and having to walk all the way across campus and then to an out lot to get back to your car. I am part of a group of such students that have class from 11:00am until 11:50am. We all have to park in the Talent Hall lot and shuttle over to CommArts in the morning. Many of us go straight to work after this class and return later in the evening for the remainder of our classes. With usually only an hour to get from the far side of the Communications Arts building all the way back to Talent Hall and then get to work on time, the shuttle is very important. Whether or not we get to work on time depends heavily on the shuttle and when different drivers take their lunch. 1 am not suggesting that the driver should not get a break at all, but how hard would it be to have someone else drive the shuttle for that one hour while they are on break? And for those who enjoy the shuttle trip to McDonald's every day, UWParkside does have two shuttles. The other major complaint I hear most often from people who use the shuttle services is the randomness of the shuttle runtimes. Different drivers keep very different time tables as well as route direction. While the direction change between morning and afternoon does make sense seeing that more people are leaving later in the day, why is it that one driver can make ten minute loops while another sometimes takes upwards of half an hour for each loop around campus? I do not think it would be asking too much for the shuttle to keep a relatively consistent timetable. The Kenosha Area Transit and the Racine bus systems both manage this very well and have a lot more than one bus going in a circle all day. One very simple example would be a fifteen minute loop: leave Talent Hall on the hour, leave Molinaro at five after, leave CommArts at ten after, return to Talent Hall and leave at fifteen after. If this proved too tight of a schedule, it could easily be adjusted to a twenty minute loop for safety or whatever the reason. The point being, a set schedule would allow people to better judge when the shuttle will be at their stop next time around. And if that one hour time period in the middle of the day just can't be covered, at least the people left standing outside the Communication Arts building will know the shuttle won't be back for an hour rather than standing around waiting for more than twenty minutes when they could have started walking. Many students openly complain to other students about the problems with the shuttle bus and various drivers, however, nothing will get done that way. I have spoken to both the President and Vice President of PSG and they have told me to send opinions, concerns or suggestions to the Chair of the Student Life Committee at Smith208@uwp, edu. I was also told the more people who are willing to voice their opinions and suggestions the easier and faster changes can be made. Submissions The Ranger News reserves the right to refuse publication of any opinion piece. Upon request, we will provide a reason for not running your submission. 1. All opinions must have a point that is backed up by *act- , , , . , . Staff and guest editorials, as well as 100 Words submissions, represent the opinions of 2. You should be able to verify the information you the individual authors. These opinions do not reflect the direct views of The Ranger include. . News as a publication or the newspaper staff as a whole. 3.No swearing, insults, or personal attacks are allowed. r-, •, . ~ . email at: opinion@therangernews.com Please include your e-mail with your submission. I I Article suggestions Campus and community news and issues State and national news Reviews: books, music, restaurants, etc. ——- "i v iiews Choosing between food and medicine: How Tier 4 pricing affects patients KAITLYN WIERZCHOWSKI kaitlynmw@yahoo.com When given the choice of buying groceries or paying for prescription drugs, most patients are forced to choose the food. Sadly, this choice has become a reality for many people who have recently experienced dramatic increases in the cost of their medications. Health insurance companies, both in Wisconsin and across the nation, have adopted a new pricing schedule, known as Tier 4, that requires patients to pay a percentage of certain drugs rather than a fixed co-pay. In many cases, patients pay upwards of 20 to 33 percent of the cost for their drugs, which can total $500-700 a month. Medicare first introduced Tier 4 in an effort to cut costs. Currently, Tier 4 pricing has been incorporated into 86 percent of Medicare plans, and some plans even include higher co-payments for certain drugs classified as Tier 5. Private insurance plans have also joined the movement, with 10 percent reclassifying drugs as Tier 4 in the last five years. Among the drugs included in Tier 4 are medications that slow the progression of serious di seases, such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurological disease affecting more than 10,000 Wisconsin residents. Other drugs affected by Tier 4 pricing include those that treat rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, Hepatitis C and some cancers. MS is a disease that attacks the central nervou,s system and manifests in a number of different ways from one individual to the next. Symptoms can include everything from numbness and paralysis oi the body to cognitive and visual complications. Although there is no cure for MS, many medications can alleviate symptoms caused by the disease as well as prevent further progression. The vast majority of these medications cost thousands of dollars a month, and generic alternatives are not yet available. Members of the Wisconsin chapter of the National MS Society paid a visit to the state Capitol on Thursday, March 5, to voice their concerns about this issue. After a morning of guest speakers and informational sessions, attendees scouted out their legislators and spoke with them about the challenges of living with MS and the added concerns of growing prescription costs. If you have been affected by Tier 4 pricing, or know someone who has, you can contact your local representatives and make them aware of the problems this drug classification has caused. Increased awareness may be able to sway them into creating legislation prohibiting health insurance companies from imposing drug tiers based upon expense or disease category. A smokin' hot debate that has people fuming! JOHNATHANJACOB Jacob015@uwp.edu I-381 November's Presidential election was not only a time to debate who was best suited to lead our country, but a time to debate another issue that would, at least locally, have a significant impact on businesses and their patrons. The issue was whether or not restaurants and taverns should be permitted to allow smoking in their establishments. To the delight of business owners, the proposed smoking ban was defeated by a narrow margin. Since it is an issue that will probably resurface, let us reconsider the debate: Non-smokers feel that they should be able to sit down, relax and have a drink without having to deal with the irritation and health effects associated with secondhand smoke. These concerns are legitimate. However, business owners strongly oppose this ban. They argue that because many of their patrons smoke, banning this activity would result in a loss of customers and adversely affect their ability to make a living. Since the dangers of tobacco use are certain, the best solution would be to make it illegal altogether, right? Just think of the money people would save. Lawabiding citizens who previously smoked would quit. As a result, there would be a significant decline in the number of deaths and illnesses resulting from cigarette smoke. People who still chose to "puff" away would surely find a time and place to do so, hoping not to get caught. However, there arc still two major reasons that this will never happen: First; the manufacturing and sale of tobacco are part o f a multi-billion dollar industry. More significantly, the government* reaps enormous rewards by taxing these products heavily. After all, except for gasoline, what consumer good rises in cost more frequently than tobacco? In 1994, the cost of a pack of cigarettes bought at a bar out of a machine was roughly $2.00 per pack. Fourteen years later, the cost has tripled to $6.00 per pack. So with the government in a position to always make money off of it, tobacco will remain legal. Ultimately, it is about choices. In a public place such as a hospital, smoking is prohibited, and rightly so. After all, if a person is faced with an emergency and is in need of urgent medical care, he or she has to get to a hospital. There is not much choice involved. However, having to avoid a tavern because of cigarette smoke is not a crisis. There are way too many bars and restaurants to choose from With the economy in dire straits, why should a business owner suffer? If be or she is willing to allow smoking, the government should not intervene! The power of production and consumption RYANASHTON Ashto001@uwp.edu If you follow what the press has to say about our current economic problem, you might get the impression that the government is the only entity that has the capacity to offer any kind of solution to the problem. Given that the scale of the problem is so large, it is often believed that you need an entity proportionately large to correct the problem. Since the U.S. government is likely the single largest organization in the country, it is therefore appropriate for the government to take action when economic problems, like our current one, arise. 1 would like to challenge this belief and offer that instead it is the actions of the "every-day" person that carries most of the corrective power in circumstances such as these, and suggest that interventions by the massive government actually serve to inhibit, or subjugate, the corrective power of the general citizen. Given that the economy is little more than the organized interactions of producers and consumers, it is easy to consider that the average citizen is actually quite powerful with respect to impacting the state of economic affairs. Each citizen is both a potential producer and a potential consumer in the economy. It is therefore inherent within each person the capacity to make choices that affect the larger economic whole. As a potential producer, one has the option of how to choose to create value in the economy—i.e., one can choose where and how to work. The better one is at producing things of value in their chosen field, the better off the economy as a whole becomes because of this influx of value into the economy that this person's work has provided. Likewise, as a potential consumer, one has the option of how to choose to reward or encourage the creation of value in the economy by others. This consumerist power can determine what sorts of goods or service are considered valuable by the society, and provides an incentive for others in the society to produce them. Both of these powers are intrinsic to the citizens of a freemarket society, but limited in the government. The extent to which a citizen chooses to be a producer of value is largely determined by that individual's personal choice. That is, one has the power to choose whether they will activate their ability to create value or not. One could have all the ability in the world in one productive area, but if they choose not to use it, the economy as a whole derives no benefit. It is therefore up to each of us to choose whether we will exercise our fullest abilities in the production of value in our economy. The government does not have the capacity to activate this potential within each of us at will, nor can it replicate our productive capacities without us. All the government has the power to do is seize the value created by its citizens and redistribute that value according to its own ideals—the government does not have the power to create things of value on its own. The government is simply neither designed n6r equipped for the creation of original value. It is therefore odd to turn to the government when production is declining, as it currently is with respect to the rising unemployment rate. If, somehow, people are choosing not to produce things of value in the economy, the only remedy .to that problem is for people to choose to resume producing things of value—whatever that choice entails. If people find that they are incapable of producing things of value despite their desire to do so, then there may be a serious problem involved, but there is nevertheless nothing the government can do about that. The government cannot invent new ways to produce value—that is not the government's nature or function. It is, as it always has been, up to the ingenuity of the individual to find ways of producing value in a society. This is where we should be putting our focus; not on the government who is utterly impotent in this area. Further, as I mentioned, each individual is also a potential consumer. This means that each of us can impact our economy through the purchasing decisions we make in our daily lives. This again is often overlooked in the mainstream's discussion of the economic situation. Even though there may be limitations to the purchasing options that each of us has in some areas; overall we still have a lot of power in our hands when we make decisions about where to spend our value. The government does have more power to affect this aspect of the economy than it does the productive side because the government has the ability to take your purchasing power away from you and give it to someone else. However, the extent to which the government does not intervene in a citizen's purchasing decisions is the extent to which that citizen can impact the state of the economy. If one were to feel that the manufacturing of goods in America were a valuable thing in the economy, then the more one chooses to buy American products the more American products will likely be produced. If, however, one chooses to buy Chinese products instead, for example, this will consequently diminish the extent to which American products arc likely produced Consumers, therefore, have a significant responsibility in determining the fate of their economic system and thus ought to be considered in times of economic turmoil. The emphasis on government solutions is too simplistic in my opinion to adequately address the nature of our economic situation. We ought to think more carefully about how we spend our disposable incomes and attempt to shoulder much of the responsibility for the state of our economy rather than sluggishly pass the responsibilities off to the government. We are both the producers and consumers of value in or society and nothing will change that. — The Ranger News March 10,2009 Onionkind by Stephen Spahn [spahnOO 1 @rangers.uwp.edu] Just 3 Guys by Sean Fallon [falloOO 1 @uwp.edu] and they're having a great time! Enjoy life, it's too short to waste TS 6 oUJftt jo TWL ffa££>/ His fai-wi up \Ajrytt fo^Tc^+o%ws' What is Cool by Zak Eden [edenOOO 1 @uwp.edu] Jack!! Jack!! HELP!! especially when you're on fire We nee4 help!!! What's the FY problem^!!! J(*~$ There's a huge spider in our room!! The Blazing Kattz [walte021 @uwp.edu] by Katie Walter WHAT'S Fop. [DINNER.? Oh, well in that case I'm gonna go back to sleep where I'm fully clothed and not embarrassed^ AHHHHH!!!! I'm having a nightmare I went to class in my underwear!!!! It's not a nightmare, you did come to class in only •your underwear TASTES W>RSE [THAN IT REEKS! I S GUEST SFARFTTWC? IH I OMCTVKTFVBF Elemental Eye by Dan Wanezek [drwartist@yahoo.com] Do something productive in college What did Ooh geesh. you.... . "•«- X: ^-"T J WITH WHAT - Money; sv THE LOOK VOUft NOTMIM BUT A BROKE AS S 4 STINK1N& HIPPIE! * rv Owi^V look I'll pay for the J 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 39, issue 21, March 10, 2009 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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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 39, issue 20 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Student Government contemplates leaving United Council Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document KELSEYHOFF Hoff0013@uwp.edu On Wednesday, Feb. 11, Parkside Student Government, no longer named Parkside Student Government Association, convened for their weekly General Assembly. They discussed their recent trip to Madison for United Council's General Assembly. Due to recent restructuring and a longer history of disagreements, Student Government is contemplating secession from UC. UC is a non-profit organization that every University of Wisconsin-Parkside student pays $2 per semester as part of the segregated fees for UW-P to maintain membership. UC is a lobbying group that represents UW schools to the state government. "United Council is trying to be everything to everybody," said PSG Vice President Zak Smith on why they may drop out. UC finalized their restructuring at their last meeting and voted to broaden their focus to address issues important to the different campuses in the UW-System. A governor- appointed regent, who received a standing ovation at the end of his speech, advised UC to narrow their focus to issues that affect every student in the system, such as financial aid, access and affordability, and the quality of education. According to the regent, focusing on these issues would bring the most efficient change and bring them together as students. The new structure minimized the role of the general assembly; their executive body has become a board of directors. The oversight comes from the general assembly, but "all the power is given to the board," said PSG President Theodore Ruffalo. UC is also holding fewer meetings, now only three general assemblies every year. PSG drafted a resolution at the last UC but it never made it to the floor. For now, PSG has decided to form a committee to evaluate the situation and form stronger opinions about dropping out of UC. A history of contradictions is driving PSG to reconsider their membership and think of alternatives that would still connect them and other UW campuses with state representation, such as a Southeastern Wisconsin coalition with UW-Whitewater and UW-Milwaukee. Some of their past problems include conflicting views on finance, insisting on a negative budget, and catering to special interests. The UC has consistently pushed for lower tuition and more action. PSG members have accepted that tuition cannot drop until the schools and the economy have improved. The bottom line for now is that The University of Wisconsin-Parkside cannot go without state representation, so the sooner PSG can find an alternative, the better. Other UW schools are considering dropping out of UC, like UW-Milwaukee, and some have already dropped out. The students of UWMilwaukee voted to secede last spring, but they did not give UC due notice and their election was ruled invalid, according to Dr. Stephen McLaughlin, the Vice Chancellor and PSG staff advisor. The next UC general assembly will be held at UWParkside on April 17. During this UC assembly there will be an election and they will be defining the more specific bylaws of the new structure. PSG is hoping to use that to their advantage. February 24, 2009 News Since 1972 dmz Honor Society UWP Track Page 4 THE 5: RANGER NEWS 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"] .. The Ranger News February 24, 2009 900 Wood Road Kenosha, Wl 53141 Phone:(262)595.2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 Ads: ads@therangernews.com' E-mail: rangernews@gmail.com Editor in Chief Jo Kirst jo@tnerangernews.com Design Manager Roth Briones ruth@therangernews.com Marketing Director Zak Smith zak@therangernews.com Staff Reporters Rob Hansen hanse082@uwp.edu Sam Anderson ander253@uwp.edu Adriana Alexandria alexa016@uwp.edu , „ Kelsey Hoff hoff013@uwp.edu Michael Reidlinger mreidlinger@dorkgasm Christian Schackelford shack002@uwp.edu Cartoonists Designer Illustrators Brent Schultz wolf pack81188@yahoo.com |Photographers , Zak Smith zakssmith@gmail.com . Cedric Ray Jr. ray00007@uwp.edu Jeremy Topczewski topcsz001@uwp.edu spahn001@uwp!edu . Jamie Stoehr jamiejobolove@yahoo.com Dan Wanezek Drwartist@yahoo.com Sean Fallon fallo001@uwp.edu Cedric Ray, Jr. ray00007@uwp.edu Mission Statement The Ranger News strives to inform, educate, and engage the UWParkside community by publishing well-written, accurate student journalism on a weekly basis. The Ranger News has meetings every Friday al noon. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome. Please feel free to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@uwp.edu . We are located at Wyllie DI39C Each person may take one newspaper per issue date. Extra newspapers can be purchased for $1 apiece. Newspapers can be taken on a first come, first serve basis, meaning that once they are gone, they are gone. We work on the honor system, but violators will be prosecuted for theft. Faculty members and students organizations who wish to use The Ranger News in classrooms should consult the editor-in-chief to reserve however many free copies they wish to use. a? ASSOCIATED an organization that got the runaround before getting an office suitable for their needs. Unfortunately, PASA wasn't available for comment on their story. That's a shame, because I think having their perspective would have helped the story along quite a bit. Overall, I'm very pleased with this issue. We've had some problems with getting stories in by deadline, but it's clear that the staff has realized the importance of deadlines and as such have worked hard to get things in on time. Deadline is an important day for us, because that allows us to dp a preliminary plan of the issue, copyedit articles, and make sure we have enough space for ads and photos. Working at The Ranger News is a learning process for all, me included, so I will never expect things to run perfectly. Ruth tells me that my letter this week should be short, since we've got so much other stuff to fit in. I suppose 1 should listen to her, and let you guys get on with reading... Have a good week, see you next Tuesday! Jo Kirst Editor in Chief Jail. Officer then cleared. 02/17/09 09-424 UW S 18/Vandal ism. Ranger Hall. 10:16am. Staff request report for Graffiti. Officer takes report and then cleared. 02/17/09 09-429 Misuse of Parking Services. Com Arts Lot. 4:30pm. Officer takes report then issued parking citation for Altered Permit. Officer then cleared. 02/17/09 09-430 Medical Assistance. Molinaro Hall. 4:45pm. Report of male with injury to head. Officer and Rescue Units arrive, male then transported to local hospital. Officers then cleared. 02/17/09 09-432 Worthless Checks - Less Than $1000. Tallent Hall. 6:49pm. Officer takes report for worthless checks. Officer then cleared. 02/17/09 09-436 Traffic Violation. Outer Loop Road. 10:l()pm. Jonathan E Hughes was ticketed for Fail/Stop at Sign. Officers then cleared. Kristal Kowalski krisfalkowalski@yahoo.com Adam Spivey spiveyadam@yahoo.com Gia Gutierrez gia@therangernews.com Joe Diefenbach diefe001@uwp.edu Guest Writers Ryan Ashton ashto001@uwp.edu Copy Editors Cheiyl Overby overb001@uwp.edu Nick Connor mick2connor@aol.com So as previously mentioned, this week's issue is a bit late. Hometown had some new equipment installed earlier this week, which meant that their production schedule was a little behind. While I'm not exactly pleased, this is something that's beyond my control. The news section's looking pretty good, don't you think? Some weeks are slower, that's for sure, but this week we've focused on United Council and BLOTTER 09-389 . . s - Other. Wyllie Hall. 12:22pm. Complainant reports female with knife. Officer issued citation for Possess Dangerous Weapon. Officer tl Ten cleared. Agency Assist. CTH A west of Sheridan Rd. 5:45am. KSD Dispatch request assistances for traffic stop. UWPPD Officers assisted then cleared. Theft - From a Motor Vehicle Union Lot. 7:32am. Repor taken for stolen UWP Parkin" Permit. Permit sold, case closed 02/14/09 09-399 02/16/09 09-419 02/13/09 09-390 UW S 18/Vandalism. University Apartments Lot. 2:52pm. Complainant reports vandalism to vehicle. Officer takes report and then cleared. Agency Assist. STH 31 @ CTH E. 7:36am. UWPPD Officer responds to assist KSD Unit with Injury Accident, Hit & Run. UWPPD Officer then cleared. Traffic Violation. CTH JR (§ Outer Loop Road. 3:49pm Jaime Colon was ticketed foi Speeding 55 mph in a posted 2i mph zone. Officer then cleared 02/14/09 09-402 02/16/09 09-420 02/14/09 09-394 Traffic Accident — Property Damage. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 12:36am. Officer takes accident report and then cleared. Suspicious Circumstances. Com Arts. 12:28pm. Officer takes report for website crime reporting. Officer then cleared. 02/15/09 09-406 Agency Assist. Phy Ed Building on CTH JR. 4:11 pm. KSD Dispatch reports 911 hangup from cell phone. UWPPD Officers check surrounding areas no locate for anyone. KSD notified, officers then cleared. 02/14/09 09-395 Traffic Accident - Property Damage. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. 12:36am. Officer takes accident report and then cleared. 02/14/09 09-396 Traffic Accident - Property Damage. Outer Loop Road @ CTH JR. KSD Dispatch report vehicle in difch. UWPPD Officer takes report. Tow Company removed vehicle. Officer then cleared. 02/14/09 09-398 Suspicious Circumstances. University Apartments. 1:25am. Resident Adviser request officer for loud noise. Officer arrive, officer then issued various Underage Drinking/Consume citations. Officer then cleared. 02/15/09 09-410 Traffic Violation. STH 31 @ CTH E. 10:19pm. Ricky N Raminez was ticketed for Speeding 72 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. Officer then cleared. 02/16/09 09-413 02/16/09 09-421 Tow Vehicle. Ranger Lot. 5:10pm. Officer conducting parking enforcement. Chronic Violator vehicle towed. Officer then cleared. 02/16/09 09-422 Warrant Pickup. Ranger Lot. 5:59pm. Ref: 09-421, CIB files indicate active warrants. Kenosha Joints Services and Racine PD confirmed warrants. Subject unable to post bond, then transported to Kenosha r'\. The Ranger THINGS TO BO WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 Gaza 12:00pm to 1:00pm Oak Room Amnesty International and the Parkside International Club look at the recent fighting between Israel and hamas in the Gaza. AI researchers have first-hand evidence of war crimes and other serious violations of international law by both parties to the conflict, including possible crimes against humanity, as well as abuses of human rights. Join us for a presentation and discussion on this troubled land led by Dr. Laura J. el-Khoury and hear the perspective from Palestinian students at UW-Parkside. Noon Concert: UWP Choirs 12:00pm to 1:00pm Ballroom Comic Sheng Wang 8:00pm to 9:30pm The Den Sheng Wang is a Taiwanese Texan who developed and honed his comedy in the thriving standup community of the San Francisco Bay Area. He performs jokes based on personal experiences with intense honesty and ill logic. His refreshingly affable stage presence combined with a healthy penchant for absurdity and self-deprecation make his act universally accessible and hilarious. "I use humor and laughter to overcome tribulations of the heart and liver," Wang says. "I don't have many friends, but I got people I tend to eat food with." In addition to touring with the Comedians of Comedy and American Eagle's "Campus Comedy Challenge," he has also appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and on the AZN Network. In 2007, Sheng was selected to perform at the prestigious "Just for Laughs" comedy festival in Montreal. THE Foreign Film: 9:00pm 'Lust, Caution' Director Ang Lee ("American Beauty," "Brokeback Mountain") takes us to Shanghai, China, in 1942 where the brutal Japanese occupation continues. Shy youngster Wong Chia Chi meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min. He has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the theater troupe's new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found her calling. Kuang convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee. Each student has a part to play: Wong will be Mrs. Mak, who will gain Yee's trust by befriending his wife and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself and the scenario proceeds as scripted. As she is drawn ever closer to her dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the limit. Aided by the nuanced, forceful performances of his two leads, Ang Lee has made "Lust, Caution" something to be seen and savored. Please note: This film contains scenes of explicit sexuality. THURSDAY, FEB. 26 Women's basketball vs. Lewis University 5:30pm to 7:30 pm DeSimone Gym Men's basketball vs. Lewis University 7:30pm to 9:00pm Foreign Film: "Lust, Caution" 7:30pm Cinema FRIDAY, FEB 27 UWP Theatre presents Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" 7:30pm Studio Theatre {Adults $16, Seniors and UWParkside faculty & staff $12, students $8} Parkside Theatre at the University of WisconsinParkside presents 7 performances of Chekhov's serious comedy "The Seagull." Director Lisa Kornetsky said Chekhov described all of his plays as comedies with the humor coming from irony. In the case of "The Seagull," the irony comes from characters who are looking for love in all the wrong places. "The Seagull" features Amanda Thomm as Arkadina, a famous Russian actress who is unable to play the role of loving mother to her emotionally needy son Treplev, played by Chad Bay. Treplev, a playwright whose first play fails miserably, loves Nina (Cathlyn Melvin) but she is infatuated with Trigorin, played by Chris Baker. Trigorin is about to leave the Russian countryside- -and Nina—to return to Moscow with his lover, Arkadina, but he arranges for Nina to secretly come to Moscow. The cast includes Terrance Barrett at Arkadina's brother Sorin. Dylan Roberts is Ilya, the manager of Sorin's estate with Whitney Darling as Ilya's wife Polina, and Maddie Wakley as their daughter Masha. Karl Gfall plays Dr. Dorn and Ryan Shaw portrays the teacher Semyon Medvedenko with Thomas Moore, Erika Lamp, and Tracy Hoida in supporting roles. Hoida also serves as the production's properties designer. Off stage, Kornetsky is joined by scenic designer Skelly Warren and design advisors Judith Tucker Snider and Darice Damata Geiger. Student Aaron Greenberg serves as costume and make-up designer with lighting and sound by Devin Nee and Phil Wooding, respectively. Julie Middendorf is stage manager, Amy Luebke is dramaturge with Brandon Herr and Mike Sadler as assistant and technical directors. Foreign Film: 7:30pm Cinema 'Lust, Caution' and the UWP Sacred Circle Act 31 Conference: "Cultural Based Learning; New Strategies for Success using Multimedia Experiential Learning in Classroom" with Patty Loew 1:30pm TBA SATURDAY, FEB. 28 ACT Prep Class, Reading 9:00am to 12:00pm MOLN D137 Foreign Film: "Lust, Caution" 5:00pm and 8:00pm Cinema UWP Sacred Circle Act 31 Conference: "Scenic Mind of the Minority Educator" with Pao Lor 9:00am TBA UWP Theatre Presents Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" 7:30pm Studio Theatre SUNDAY, MARCH 1 Art Exhibition: Kenosha/Racine K-12 Teacher Invitational Exhibition Opening Reception 1:00pm to 4:00pm Gallery Foreign Film: "Lust, Caution" 2:00pm and 5:00pm Cinema MONDAY, MARCH 2 Art Exhibition: Kenosha/Racine K-12 Teacher Invitational Exhibition 11:00am to 5:00pm Gallery Perspectives on Religious Issues: "Is there a Moral Instinct?" with UWP Professor Greg Mayer 12:00pm TBA TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Art Exhibition 11:00am to 8:00pm Gallery PAB Presents Isis Speaks 8:00pm The Den ARTS euLidRE The Ranger News February 24, 2009 MICHAEL C. RIEDLINGER mriedIinger@dorkgasm.com The last time The Prodigy really hit it big in the United States, a Democrat was in the Oval Office, and the band consisted of three main members: Liam Howlett, Maxim Reality, and Keith Flint. Now, the stars seem have realigned for something of an American., comeback, and their latest record, Invaders Must Die, is absolutely as fulfilling as their efforts from the late 90s. This record is almost a lesson in the aesthetics of dance music and DJing. It starts out with the digitally released title track "Invaders Must Die", an infectious anthem not unlike the band's song "Firestarter". It is robotic, but hits like a brick, and has a groove of heroic proportions. From there, the first single to come from this album is a track called "Omen". Fans of Brit dance-punk outfit Does It Offend You, Yeah? should fall in love with this track, as will anyone familiar with early Prodigy tracks like "Jericho". Keith and Maxim add their seemingly nonsensical vocal contributions to the mix of bells, synth melodies and distorted beats to create something akin to a banshee directing her attention at today's stale rock scene. Speaking of which, back in the 1990s, I fought listening to The Prodigy when it hit the rotation at the music store I was working at. I was a Nirvana/grunge kid, complete with flannel and long greasy hair. I fell in love with Music for the Jilted Generation back then, and now Dave Grohl makes an appearance on the song "Run with the Wolves". Honestly, it's the drums that really make the song work. This thing kicks you in the face about twelve seconds in, and it's the kind of song you put on a workout mix because it gets your heart racing. The cocky British sneer is loud and clear in the vocals, and Liam Howlett proves he can mix any type of sound into a coherent dance track. For ardent fans of the band, there's a little bit of everything here."Colours"soundslikeitcould have been a b-side to anything off of Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, and sounds like Daft Punk took Liam out on a speed bender before he laid the track. Pure electro tones contrast with dirty guitars and are set to an impossible tempo only the young will be able to keep up with. "Warrior Dance", on the other hand, starts out with a melancholy sax, but quickly twists into hard, distorted beats with a high-octave female backup singer that dares us to sing along without sounding like helium addicts. Bass addicts aren't left out either, as tracks like "Thunder" and "Omen Reprise" deliver the goods, and fans of old school house and new wave rave music will all find this record sating their needs. As much as the contents of this album reminded me of older electronic songs, there's something new to be found in Vote and die coin, and Blood in the Game really brings that idea home. This volume starts with the warring parties attempting to assert some sort of order in the virtually lawless DMZ. Both have their own candidates for the new provisional government, but the people living in Manhattan have the final say come Election Day. In steps Parco Delgado, life long citizen of the island and leader of what he calls "The Delgado Nation". Consisting of former gang bangers and thugs, Delgado's crew are streethardened, but not hard-hearted. It isn't long before Matty's employers start to question his impartiality, and it doesn't get easier when his mother, a political consultant, flies in to help put Delgado on top of the competition. Though it turns into politics as usual after a sniper tries to take out the home-turf candidate, Delgado's message is full of the kind populist rhetoric that we fear coming from the Middle East. That message is tempered, however, with tolerance, and in one small move, Wood shows us exactly the kind of leader we need to find among those governments America currently hand-holds. Parco Delgado isn't an impossibility, no more than journalists with a keen sense of morality like Matty Roth are totally imaginary. Brian Wood seems to be positing that, instead of finding a tool that suits our needs or allowing our enemies to do the same, we really ought to look to the people of opposing nations to present leadership for themselves. Only when a person has lived in the midst of adversity can they both empathize with those who also have, and encourage them to heal constructively. Wood also continues to develop his main character in this volume, and Roth realizes what many readers already seem to know. The cub reporter is not an outsider any longer. Between exposing corrupt government contractors like Trustwell (Wood's stand-in for Halliburton), and seeing both sides of the war effort, Matty, and the readers, can't afford to sit by impartially. Wood wants us to take sides, both on his work and in real life, and we can see that sitting idly by is inexcusable if we really want a happy and peaceful resolution. Accessible to readers both new and old, Blood in the Game should appeal to anyone with even the most remotely curious political mind. IMAGE FROM BR1AKWOOD.COM artistic, are deaf fools. If he's fighting a war, then his weapons are the sounds he wrangles into cohesion over the course of 45 minutes, and trust me when I say the invaders don't stand a chance. This record releases on March 3, 2009 on CD/DVD, Vinyl, and iTunes, and belongs in the collection of any self-respecting DJ or fan of dance music. still one of the most interesting critiques of American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan to date. The latest installment, DMZ Vol. 6: Blood in the Game, examines provincial elections held overseas through a lens of hip-hop panache and old-fashioned American dystopianism. For those unfamiliar with DMZ, the story is set in New York City, on Manhattan Island in the near future. After years of political disaster, America has erupted in a second Civil War and the opposing sides have come to a stalemate in New York. Manhattan has been declared a demilitarized zone, and all but the most poor have been evacuated. Enter Matty Roth, a journalism intern who finds himself trapped in the DMZ and decides to report on the plight of the people living there. When we look at contemporary places like Fallujah or Kandahar, we have no idea how the people there live or what their feelings are concerning American occupation. DMZ allows us to peek at the other side of t h e Invaders Must Die as well. Sure, Liam Howlett sticks to his guns, mixes ballsy beats with standby samples like he always has, but there is a completeness to his work here that just can't be found in a lot of dance music anywhere. Those that criticize that what he has made isn't music, or even MICHAEL C. RIEDLINGER m riedlinger @ dorkgasm .com Brian Wood's DMZ has been running for t h r e e y e a r s now, and is jaa MICHAEL R1EDLINGER mriedlinger@dorkgasm.com Grant Morrison is perhaps one of the most interesting writers to take on the Batman mythos in the modern era since Frank Miller used the Caped Crusader to prove graphic novels were more than just a child's medium in The Dark Knight Returns. This latest effort, Batman: R.I.P.. delves into the realm of psychology to explore what makes a person who they are. More importantly, Morrison tells an intriguing story while doing it. and we reap the benefits. R.l.P. collects eight issues of DC Comics Batman title into one hardcover volume. Though originally presented as a crossover event wherein readers would have to purchase several titles to get the full story, the installments by Morrison cover the main body of the work and present a coherent tale on their own. In this case, it is a new criminal organization calling itself The Black Glove, which sets out to destroy Batman from the inside out. The leader of this group, who goes by Dr. Hurt, implants a post-hypnotic suggestion in Batman that, when activated, essentially causes amnesia. If Batman is relived of the anger and memories that his fueled his revenge-seeking behaviors against crime. Hurt hypothesizes, there's a good chance that the man behind the mask will succumb to the basest of human vices as a coping mechanism. It begs us to ask ourselves if we would still be who we are if we suddenly forgot all of the pain in our lives. This is a gamble, and the villain knows it. so he plans to also destroy everything Bruce Wayne holds dear in Batman's absence. What Dr. Hurt and The Black Glove do not count on. however, is Bruce Wayne's dabbling with Eastern mysticism. Over the years. Batman writers have escalated Bruce Wayne's training to include superior mental faculties to match his physical abilities. Grant Morrison is in his element here, and plays with the idea of thogal as a preventative measure for just such an occurrence. Thogal is a meditative state that he describes as a rehearsal for death while living, and Morrison equates one's loss of a lifetime worth of memories to a kind of personality death. Bruce Wayne uses this training to activate "The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh". a sort of split personality that is solely powered by Wayne's rage and search for vengeance. Needless to say. this leads Dr. Hurt to discover that he is way out of his league. Hurt's plans to have the Joker kill Dick Grayson blow up in his face, and before the end. all of Arkham seems to be coming down around him and the rest of the villains. Thogal. by the way. is a legitimate Buddhist practice, and that alone gives us reason to question everything Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel put on the page. Dr. Hurt might be the Devil, Bat-Mite could really be just part of Bruce Wayne's imagination, and its anyone's guess (until the ending at least) what Zur-En-Arrh means. Grant Morrison forces us to put our critical skills to the test, and lazy readers will be totally lost by this book. That said, there isn't exactly a profound point to this Batman story Yes. it forces the reader to ask questions that a normal story in this series might not. but in the end. Batman is Batman, the Joker is the Joker, and the heroes win the day. Batman doesn't even die in this volume (for that one needs to read Final Crisis, also by Morrison), and some readers may feel let down by that in a sense. Overall, thi is the kind of work that may appeal to long-time fans and heavy readers, but the casual connoisseur won't get much out of this book Honor Society elects spring officers KRISTAL KOWALSKI kristaIkowalski@yahoo.com The Gamma Pi Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, a division of the National Communication Honor Society for Undergraduates, recently named officers for the spring semester. Returning member and former vice president, Star Smith-Hayes, was elected president, and new member Camilla Simon was elected vice president. Continuing in their former positions are Laura Joosse as secretary and Justin Krahn as treasurer. The goal of Lambda Pi Eta is to recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement, stimulate interest in the field of communication, promote and encourage professional development among communication majors, provide an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas about the field, establish and maintain close relationships and understanding between faculty and students, and explore options for further graduate studies. In the fall of 1994, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside was invited to join the National Communication Honor Society for Undergraduates. Dedicated to the cause. Dr. Wendy LeedsHurwitz and Dr. Jonathan Shailor became co-advisors for the Gamma Pi chapter here at UWParkside. While Leeds-Hurwitz is participating in an international institute in Lyons, France this semester. Fay Akindes will be serving as interim advisor for the primarily student-run organization. Members of LPH are recruited by invitation only and must meet specific requirements to obtain such an invitation. This semester's active members are Ashley Bardwell, Ashley Hubers, Laura Joosse, Kristal Kowalski. Justin Krahn, Marcie McGowen. Amanda Miller, Camilla Simon, Star Smith-Hayes. Michael Westbrook, and Paul Zamp. Eligible members who remain inactive are; Maria Farias, Stephanie Gemino, Kim Kwak. Jessica Murphy, Jennifer Nelson. Gina Pierangeli, and Sara Smith. LPH meets approximately once per month. The intention of the group is to provide service as well as networking events. In fall 2008, LPH co-sponsored Key Connections, an opportunity for current communication students to network with UW-Parkside alumni in the Communication field. In spring 2008, LPH participated in the Undergraduate Honors Research Conference as well as the Student Showcase for student research, creative activity, and community engagement. Each spring, this organization assists in the planning 'of the Communication Spring Celebration, which seeks to spotlight graduating seniors in tandem with the initiation of new members to Lambda Pi Eta. Students graduating with a membership in Lambda Pi Eta are designated with a gold cord worn at graduation. All members are also eligible to earn a red and white service cord upon completion of applicable service hours. At initiation, members also receive a pin and certificate of membership. Graduating with these honors is highly.-prestigious, and the resume cfledit alone is worth consideration. It is also important to note that the benefits of membership in LPH extend beyond this campus. For instance, there is a job site specific to LPH members. Networking events are held with LPH members in mind. Professional development opportunities arc also in existence For more information, visit http:// www.uwp.edu/cluba/LPH or contact Star Smith-Hayes at smith 196C4'uwp.edu. GIOVANN A GUTIERREZ Gutie017@uvvp.edu Ken Watanabe, the director of Memoirs of a Geisha and Letters from I wo Jima, develops another remarkable film, Memories of Tomorrow. The story is told from the perspective of a man who suffers from Alzheimer's decease and struggles to overcome the obstacles that he encounters as he ages and his disease develops faster. Saeki is an executive businessman who spends all ot his life in his office and does not pay much attention to his life at home until he starts to notice that he lorgets simple tasks and that the early stages of Alzheimer's have started to kick in. He realizes, with the marriage of his daughter, Rie, how time has passed, and he has missed important moments. He is worried for his daughter and afraid that he will not be present at her wedding, but his loving and supporting wife, Emiko. grows worried as her husband begins to fall into a state of depression because of his disease. She helps him by writing a daily schedule for him to follow at home when he is forced to retire because he can no longer assume his position at work. Emiko leaves her housewife life and ventures out every morning to obtain a salary, while the once important executive is forced to stay home and complete house duties. Essentially, they are forced to switch gender roles, and we are given the chance to see the struggles this causes them. This film is filled with many nostalgic moments in which it was hard to contain the tears! The desperation of Saeki is gorgeously seen as he now depends on his wife to even brush his teeth, and the courageously strong role that Emiko takes is one that nobody would wish to assume. The ending could not have been any more depressing; however, the movie's significance would not have been the same if it had ended in a different way. Anyone who enjoys any ol Ken Watanabe's other films should definitely lookforthisone. Even thostj unfamiliar with Wantanabe's work can find significance in this film. It brilliantly captures the struggles and severity of Alzheimer's disease. ^ i 1 February 24, 2009 6 The Ranger News February 24,2009 While Governor Doyle was planning major budget cuts, this is what United Council, Inc. has been spending your money on: * UW College merger into 4 year campuses * United Council would like to implement a state statute that would link, dollar-for-dollar, an increase in the aver age WHEG award to the average tuition increase at UW schools. * We oppose any bills or constitutional amendments that would require a state identification card with photo in order to vote. * We oppose any efforts that would require the immediate repayment of financial aid if the grade in a course falls below a determined minimum. * We oppose any efforts to link drug-related conviction record to eligibility for state-distributed financial aid. * We support the Education Tax Credit that is part of the Invest Wisconsin 2.0 plan that will allow businesses a tax credit for paying for an employee's college tuition. * We support the right of UW faculty and staff to choose if they want to pursue the option of collective bargaining * We oppose any revision or manufacture of University of Wisconsin segregated fee policy without the expressed input of UW students. Student participation in policy discussion must be consistent with existing statutory and UWSA guidelines. *The unbundling of textbooks * Textbook price disclosure * Fully funded, easily accessible Veterans Tuition Remission AD SPONSORED BY PSGA appropriations As to whether these items match with their stated purpose "to influence legislation and policy affecting University of Wisconsin system students in terms of state budget, tuition, grant aid, and programming" remains to be debated by you. White men don't rule the world ADAM SPIVEY admit there is probably some Because we are all to busy spiveyadam@yahoo.com room high on a mountain with pointing fingers at people that seven old white males smoking do not look like us or think like Recently a customer cigars made out of money and us, we completely miss how our confronted me in my store with laughing madly as they find new government our banks and many an apparent fact of which I was and exciting ways to manipulate other infrastructure institutions unawares. Supposedly I rule the world's economy and socio- have are being hijacked by the world, rather he said, "All political agendas. Well, I am not corporations or organizations you white folks run the world." one of those people. I doubt 1 with so many lobbyists that they Now I know that racism persists ever would be even if I could be. can sway the out come of any even today, and I have no Just because I am white does not vote. understanding of what it could make me somehow privilege to So no, I do not run the possiblybe like to live as another some special club. world. I am white. I am male, race. So please, understand, I T gu ess what I would like I also work very hard for do not know what it is like to people to pay attention to is that everything I have. Like many be a minority and at best, 1 can I think the race divisions in our other Americans of all colors try to educate myself about country are fading away, albeit or creeds. I just wish we as a the struggles of other people, slowly and not without conflict, people would stop worrying Confronted with the statement of What 1 really think divides our about color, and what the mass which almost assumes because nation now is economics. I think media is showing us, and start of my race I was somehow of that the real strain the people following what is going on in the superior social status made me of this nation face is one of the government and paying attention first upset, and then start to think distributions of wealth. You are to the actions of our leaders. The of causes for this kind of belief. not disadvantaged because of true power of our American I believe and understand your race exclusively. You are culture has always been when as that the situations placed on disadvantaged because of the a people we have acted in unison other races, and such things wealth of the area you lived crossing race and party lines, as "driving while black" and in and the economic status of Ultimately, the more we become other discriminatory practices your parents. I think the media fractured by petty things the less are foul and to be honest make keep up the racial tensions in control the people truly have my stomach turn. Nevertheless, America in order to keep people over this nation's fate, for the love of God, how very of different ethnicities fighting frustrating to be told that, "you each other. We keep fighting over folk rule the world." I will things like skin color or religion. Internships available NOW Visit us in the Student Center to fill out an applic ation Rangers fast at Oshkosh ROB HANSEN hansc082@uwp.edu The Rangers men and women track teams competed at UW-Oshkosh's Kolf Sports Center on February 21. 2009. The men's team fielded athletes in only two races, the I mile run and the 3.000-meter run. The men's milers all ran indoor personal bests. Freshman Alex Mena finished 5th overall with a time of 4:30.44. Rehan Mali mood, also a freshman, crossed the line in 6th place with the time of 4:32.77 and just behind him was sophomore Bryan McLoone, who tallied a 4:33.38 7th place finish. The winner was Andrew McGuire of UWOshkosh who ran 4:11.93, a Division III provisional qualifying time. The trio totaled nine of the Rangers 16 points; they finished 6th out of 8 teams. Host UW-Oshkosh won the meet scoring 302 points; head over heels above second place Concordia, who brought home 88 points. In the men's 3,000-m run freshmen Jacob Buddell ran a lifetime best 9:21.5 en route to a 5th place finish. Teammate Bert Meyers ran an indoor best 9:26.23 finishing 6th. Freshmen Matt Vidas brought home 9th place with a time of 9:39.88. The men's team will compete at Wabash College next weekend, site of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Championship meet. The women's track team posted 27 points at the Titan Invite on Saturday afternoon at UW-Oshkosh. Winning team and host. UWOshkosh. tallied 325 points. In the 3,000-m run senior Heidi Andersen finished in 4th place in 11:11, a lifetime best. Sophomore Vanessa Becker brought home a solid 6th place finish, running 12:06.94. This was just her second race for UW-Parkside. A pair of sophomores led the 1 -mile run: Angie Adams and Jennie Kindt finished 2nd and 3rd respectively, with times of 5:28.2 and 5:32.9. Angie was just four seconds behind winner Katie Wondra of UWOshkosh. Miranda Melville rounded out the Parkside finishers in 10th with a 6:20 finishing time. In the 800-m run, Whitney Olson brought home a 6th place finish of 2:28.36. Teammate Jess Enderby managed a 2:35 half mile after being tripped and falling to the ground. The Ranger women will also be competing at the GLVC Championship meet in Crawfordsville, Ind. this weekend. K Ranger Nevffi as a publication o, the newspaper si Human Interaction revisited Submission Suggestions: Campus, community, state, or national news or issues. Send submissions to: opinion@therangemews.com OURLEE Of RUN ourun001@uwp.edu I a m writing in response to last week's opinion article | about human interaction. I have to say. this is by far one of the most interesting articles ,-ve read in the opinion section. When you think about it. the next generation might have lesser human interaction. We are moving in a fast-paced society and technological innovations have taken over communication. It's sad to think that probably someday human interactions are going to be weak or rare. The average worker goes to a job and sits in front of the computer or communicates on the phone, e-mail, or text the whole day . When they come home, they sit in front of a tele\ ision or a video game. Where is the time to spend with a loved one? When I walk in the hallways, some people that I know have an earpiece or cell phone stuck to their ear: therefore. I do not want to bother, chat, or inform them about fun events on campus or off campus. Where is the human interaction there? I'm not obsessed with text messaging, and I CAN live without my cell phone. It's sad that I have to write this on the computer instead ot by hand. Hut just think about it. as college students looking for a career, don't you have to do an interview or two down the road? Have you had enough interactions with people to prepare you when you have that job interview? Like the last week's article stated, try to go a day without interacting with your devices because you might find some interesting people or friends you would never thought of before because you were too busy tcxting. Exercise your voice and human interaction so you could do a good job on that interview. 0PISUBNllssf0N GUIDELINES linions must have a point that is backed up by tact. should be able to verify all the jjifomiaton you include. wearing, insults, or personal attacks are allowed. ne and email are required for every submission. .iccionc ehnulr! be 100 words or less, or a minimum of 300 words. Government rescue packages: Neither moral nor practical OVA RYANM ASiCHHTTOON M i , .... • ashto001@uwp.edu There are at least two ways of critiquing the economic "rescue" packages that have been squirting out of Washington lately— morally and practically. The moral side of it asks "Is it right?" while the practical side asks "Will it work?" Both the Legislative and Executive branches of government want you to believe that the answer to both is "yes," but, I'm here to disagree. I think the answer to both is a resounding "No!" Let's look at the moral question first. What the government is proposing is a redistribution of wealth. That is, after all, the only tool the government really has in the first place. Uncle Sam has the ability to tax those who create things of value on His turf. I.e., those who put their minds or their labor to productive use must submit a portion of the things of value created by their efforts to the government for redistribution. Presumably, this is done under the flags of justice, fairness and security. If each individual were to reap 100 percent of the benefits from his or her efforts, then societies' levels of justice, fairness and security would go down, or so the theory goes. It is, therefore, these flags of justice, fairness and security that make the government's redistributive powers morally valid. The government is right to tax your efforts because it will redistribute your wealth in a way that is fairer, more just and more secure than if you were to spend that wealth yourself. Now, most of us are accustomed to this redistribution of our wealth because we have been taxed since birth. Since we have all accepted it for so long, I suppose we're not as interested in the question of whether the government ought to have this power at all; rather we're generally more interested in the question of how much the government ought to tax us, and for what purposes. This is where we find ourselves when we consider the implications of the trillions of dollars in economic rescue packages. Is it morally right for the government to decide for you that these trillions of your dollars ought to be spent to prop up failing banks, failing automotive companies, indebted consumers, the unemployed, and many other expensive failures? Since the sum of these rescue packages is in the trillions of dollars, we're talking about an enormous redistribution of wealth. I.e., those who are able to produce will have more of their created wealth taken away from them (either through taxation or inflation) in order to give that wealth to those who have not been able to produce for themselves, for whatever reason. This is the moral question: Is such a massive redistribution of wealth right'? It is worth noting that there are two layers to this moral question: A) the event of taking wealth from the one who created it; and B) the event of giving wealth to one who did not create it. Now, few would have a problem with (B) by itself—this is what we might call "charity." I, therefore, do not have a moral problem with (B), so long as the one doing the giving is doing so voluntarily. My moral objection to the government's redistribution of wealth thus lies exclusively within (A). To (forcefully) take wealth away from the one who created it is a moral violation in my opinion, and it is exceedingly immoral when the quantity of wealth taken is inordinately large, as is the case with these rescue packages. I therefore answer "no" to the moral question. The United States, however, is not a particularly "principled" nation these days so moral questions aren't all that important to people anymore. We're more of a consumerist, ego-centric, hedonistic society so all we really care about is whether something will actually "work"—more specifically, we only care whether something will work for us. This where the practical question is comes rescue in: "Will these packages work as advertised?" Having paid fairly close attention to the news reports about the rescue packages, my best estimate is that the only measure of the efficacy of the rescue plans is the avoidance of an economic apocalypse. In other words, in exchange for our trillions of dollars, our lives are expected to get worse—substantially worse according to some estimates— regardless of the rescue spending. This makes the practical question rather difficult to address; instead of measuring improvements in the functioning of society, we're measuring rates of deterioration. It's sort of like treating cancer: there's no such thing as a "cure," but there's plenty of business out there for those who find ways to slow it down. In any case, I think there are ways to estimate the practical value of these rescue packages. One way, and the only one I'm going to consider here, is to look at the human side of the economic equation. Humans are of course central to a functioning economy in that they are the ones doing the producing and consuming of the things of value. Therefore, if you know something about human nature, you know something about whether a rescue plan will work. The aspect of human nature I want to draw on here is the school of thought developed in psychology known as behaviorism. What behaviorist theories propose is that a target human behavior can be escalated or deescalated based, partially, on the nature of the consequences associated with the target behavior. When a target behavior is tied to a desirable consequence, that person is likely to repeat the target behavior. Likewise, when a target behavior is tied to undesirable consequences, that person is likely to abstain from the target behavior. Knowing this, we can estimate what the effects of rescue packages might be on the humans impacted by such policies. On the one hand, those who produce the wealth (the target behavior) in the society will experience a greater loss of their earned wealth (an undesirable consequence). According to the behaviorist model, this scenario, taken by itself, would have the effect of making the person less likely to perform the target behavior; i.e. the person would abstain from producing wealth. On the other hand, those who do not produce wealth (the target behavior) in the society under the rescue plan would then experience an increase in redistributed wealth (a desirable consequence). Therefore, the behaviorist model would predict that the target behavior would be rewarded, and therefore more likely to be repeated. In other words, the rescue plan would encourage people to be unproductive. Now, I think it is safe to say that the rescue packages are advertised as increasing productivity in society. But, if we look at it from this behaviorist model, the rescue packages would be doing the exact opposite. The plans would be rewarding unproductive behaviors while penalizing the productive ones. This fact gives me good reason to answer "no" to the practical question. These rescue plans will not work as advertised. February 24, 2009 OPI 100 ) WORDS A More or Less What Happened? Email us at rangernews@gmail.com Just 3 Guys by Sean Fallon 1 falloOO 1 @uwp.edu J and they're having a great time! Do you have an upcoming event you want everyone to attend? Do you have an opinion you want everyone to read? Did something happen to you that you want to write about? Send us your press releases, news tips and opinions! Hey guys! Wanna play some RISK? Shotgun black! I call zombies! What is Cool by Zak Eden [edenOOOl @ uwp.edu] Alright Jack, if you wanted to break down a wall to make your dorm bigger, what would you use? Let's see... I wouldn't Urn, alright then, say you had to rebuild a wall you already broke down... Jack the R.A., I have a question Ju steal! me Jack Onionkind [spahn001@uwp.edu] m. twioKX bXACAfkAfeXA TO Ti fc rAfcfOCJS OPPXce — 8 The Sanger News February 24,2009 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 39, issue 20, February 24, 2009 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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" T h is w as th e w o rs t e d u c a ti o n a l e x p e ri e n c e I h av e e v e r h ad as a st u d e n t in m y en ti re , li te . E v er ," sa id P e te rs o n . S h e h ad re q u es te d to se e th e st u d e n t e v a lu a ti o n s o f th e 5 fa c il it a to rs of th e s u m m e r in st it u te an d w a s d e n ie d , th o u g h th e e v a lu a ti o n s ar e o p en re c o rd s. P et er so n sp o k e up c o n st a n tl y d u ri n g th e su m m e r in st it u te , a lo n g w it h h er c la ss m a te s. S h e a sk ed fo r in fo rm at io n to be re ad a lo u d . bu t th e fa c il it a to rs n ev er c o m p li e d . A ft e r 1 Vi w ee k s o t b e in g ig no re d an d d e g ra d e d . P et er so n p as se d ou t an d th e re sc u e sq u ad w as ca ll e d . S h e c o n ti n u e d to be si ck an d ha d tr o u b le te a ch in g . P et er so n filed a c o m p la in t in S e p te m b e r re q u es ti n g to se e th e e v a lu a ti o n s of th e fa c il it a to rs an d d id no t he ar a re sp o n se un til D e ce m b e r, w he n he r re q u es t w as d e n ie d . S tu d e n t e v a lu a ti o n s fo r e v e ry te a c h e r ar e re ad by an e x e c u ti v e c o m m it te e a n d a re o p en re c o rd s fo r a n y o n e to re ad . P et er so n re ce iv ed a S te ll a G ra y E x c e ll e n c e in T e a ch in g a w ar d fo r he r g oo d re v ie w s fr o m su c h e v a lu a ti o n s, b ut th e sc h o o l re fu se d to le t h er se e th e e v a lu a ti o n s sh e re q ue st ed fr o m th e su m m e r in st it u te b e c au se th ey ar e se n si ti v e m a te ri al . P et er so n a sk s "h o w m an y cl as se s ta lk ab ou t se n si ti v e m at er ia l? " S o m eo n e is p ai d to re ad th e e v al u at io n s an d sy n th e si z e th em in to a co nd en se d su m m ar y , w hi ch a ls o m ay be ta m p er in g w ith th e ir c o n te n t. G er al d G re en fi el d , th e In te ri m P ro vo st , o ri gi na ll y to ld P et er so n th at sh e co u ld ha ve th e d o c u m en ts , bu t w he n th ey weT e re v ie w ed an d de em ed to o n eg at iv e sh e w as to ld th at sh e co u ld no t se e th em . " T h e s e ar e im p o rt an t. " sh e sa id in re fe re n ce to he r o w n e v a lu a ti o n s. "I im pr ov e m y c la ss e s b ec au se of th e m ." T h e K en os ha N ew s re ce nt ly pr in te d an ar ti cl e ab o u t P e te rs o n 's ca se th at w as vi ew ed a s "b ia se d by so m e o f it s re ad er s d u e to th e la ck of in fo rm at io n ab o ut th e un iv er si ty an d th e C o m m u n ic at io n s D ep ar tm en t. H ow ev er , w he n a p p ro a ch e d . M e "a n M u ll en , th e he ad ol th e d ep ar tm en t, de cl in ed an in te rv ie w w ith T h e R an ge r N ew s, th us re fu si ng th e c h a n ce at ha vi ng he r si de of th e sto ry to ld . "I am no t fa m il ia r w ith an y fo rm al in ve st ig at io n th at is g o in g on th at pr oh ib it s an yo n e fr om te ll in g yo u an y th in g , sa id P et er so n. W ith he r la w su it . P et er so n ho pe s to ch a ll en g e U W -P ar ks id e to ad m it it s m is ta ke an d fix it. It sh e w in s, sh e w ill on ly re ce iv e h er at to rn ey fe es ba ck an d I W - Pa rk si de m ay ha ve to p ay up to S I0 0 0 in fines. " I 'm w il li n g to be pu bl ic ly em b ar ra ss ed . If I m w ro ng , th en yo u pr ov e it to m e. sa id P et er so n, " I 'm p ut ti ng m y w ho le ca re er on th e lin e to lit er al ly ch an ge w ha t I th ink co u ld be th e m os t hi de ou s th in g to ha pp en fo r ed u ca ti on to e v e r h ap p en ." 9 f y -v s. i : . 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Wo rk on th e C om m un ic at io n Ar ts pa rk in g lot w ou ld be gi n an d be co m pl et ed in 20 11 , ar ou nd th e sa m e tim e th at c on st ru ct io n an d re m od el in g wo rk wo uld be co m pl et ed . On Fe br ua ry 18 , th e en ti re $3 8. 6 m ill io n pr oj ec t wil l go ba ck to th e C om m is si on fo r ap pr ov al on th e roa d an d pa rk in g lot pr oj ec ts. S -. 1 A lf re d D e Si m on e d ie s a t 9 0 JO KIR ST jo@ ther ang ern ews .com Al fre d D e S im on e, a Ken osha bu si ne ss m an , d ie d la st Tue sday af te r ba ttl in g pn eu m on ia and ot he r ill ne ss es . D e S im o ne dev oted his tim e an d en er gy to do ze ns of ca us es , es pe ci al ly those rel ati ng to th e U ni ve rs ity o f Wi sco nsin S ys te m . De S im on e is cr ed ite d as on e of the fo un de rs of th e U ni ve rs ity °l W is co ns in -P ar ks id e. la te r serv ing a si x- ye ar te rm o n th e U W Sy ste m Bo ar d of R eg en ts . De Sim on e wa s a s tu de nt le ad er in the 19 80s , a nd w o r k e d o n se ve ra l cam pus ex pa ns io ns , in cl ud in g the fie ld ho us e th at no w be ar s hi s n am e . D e S im o n e w a s bo rn in K e n o sh a in 1 9 1 8 , e ar n in g h is b a c h e lo r' s d e g re e in ed u ca ti o n fr o m th e U n iv er si ty of W is co n si n - M ad is o n in th e ea rl y 19 40 s. H e e a rn ed h is m as te r s d e g ic e in sc h o o l ad m in is tr a ti o n fr om N o rt h w es te rn U ni v er si ty in 19 44 . D e S im o n e w en t on to w or k as a n ag en t of th e A X A E q u it ab le L if e In su ra n ce C o m p an y , g ai n in g c re d e n ti a ls in li fe u n d er w ri ti n g p en si o n an d es ta te p la n n in g , an d fi n an ci al co u n se li n g . T hr ou gh ou t his lir e, He S im on e he ld va rio us po si tio ns in cl ud in g be in g the ch ar te i pr es id en t of th e U W -P ar ks id e fo un da ti on , a bo ar d m em be r of th e U n iv er si ty of W is co ns in F o u n d at io n , an d a na ti on al p re si d en t of th e U ni ve rs ity of W is co ns in A lu m ni A ss o ci at io n. G o v er n o r T om m y T h o m p so n ap p o in te d D e S im o n e to th e B oa rd of R eg en ts in 19 95 . D e S im o n e sp o k e of hi s co m m it m en t to hi g he r ed u ca ti on at a ce le b ra ti o n in hi s h o n o r in 2 0 0 6 a t U W -P ar k si d e. st at in g th at he be li ev ed th at th e be st w ay to g et to a go od ec on o m y in cl ud ed ed u c a ti n g th e c h il d re n . H e li ve d th is ph il os op hy by g u id in g y ou n g p eo p le al l th e w ay in to ad ul th o o d , to en su re fu tu re le ad er sh ip in th e co m m u ni ty . 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Of co ur se , ph ot og ra ph er s, de si gn er s, and co m ic s a re al w ay s w el co m e too ! An d wi th th at , I 'l l lea ve you to the res t o f the iss ue . En joy , le t us kn ow ho w w e' re do in g, joi n us if yo u' re in te re ste d, an d w e' ll se e yo u ne xt we ek . Jo Ki rst Ed ito r in C hi ef De sig ne r a ? T H I N G S T O D O T H E U TUESDAY, FEB. 1 0 Pa rk sid e A cti vi tie s Bo ard : Ra nd om He ar ts St ud en t C en te r Br id ge Ar t E xh ib iti on : 2 2n d Pa rk sid e Na tio na l S m al l Pri nt Ex hib iti on 11 :00 am to 8 :0 0 pm Co mm . 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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document Bo ok sto re Pa ge 3 Wr est lin g Page 4 Tax Pr ep Page 5 T H E R A N G E R N E W S Un ive rsi ty of W i sc on si n- Pa rk si de ' s S tu de nt N ew sp ap er he R an ge r N ew s i s w rit ten a n . i , h ;, . — isc on sm -P ark sid e a nd the y a re so lel y re sp on sib le fo r it s e di to ria l po lic y a nd < February 3, 20 09 N ew s Si nc e 19 72 ^ 4 • Q • son sm -e ar tsK le a nd the> arc so lel y res po ns ibl e f or its ed ito ria l p ol icy an d c on te nt . s t r a t e g i c p la n n in g b e g in s a t UW-Pbrksi de JO KI RS T jo@ the ran ger new s.c om S tr at eg ic pl an ni ng fo r the U ni ve rs ity of W is co ns in - Pa rks ide be ga n M on da y, Ja n . 26 in the S tu de nt C e n te r B al lr o om . St ud en ts, st af f, fa cu lt y, an d ad m in is tra tio n w er e in at te n d an ce as I nt er im C h an ce ll o r L an e E ar ns call ed th e first se ss io n to or de r, stat ing th at th e ca m p u s si m pl y can no lo ng er d el ay in se tt in g its str ate gic p ri o ri ti es . "S o m e of yo u m ay be wo nd er ing w hy w e w ou ld ins titu te a lo ng -t er m st ra te gi c pl an ni ng pr oc es s w ith an in te ri m ch an ce llo r in pl ac e an d a se v e re ec on om ic do w nt ur n fa ci n g us ", sai d Ea rn s. " W e' re d o in g th is no w be ca us e it 's be en a d ec ad e si n ce w e' ve do ne th is le ve l o f pl an n in g , and we c a n 't af fo rd to w ai t an y lon ger . We ne ed to be re ad y to mov e f or w ar d no m at te r w ha t th e ec on om ic co nd it io ns ar e to da y. T h e de ci si on s w e m ak e ov er th e co u rs e of th is se m es te r wi ll he lp gu id e us th ro ug h bo th go od an d ba d ti m es ." A no th er re as on to cr ea te a st ra te gi c pl an is th e up co m in g ac cr ed it at io n pr oc es s fo r th e un iv er si ty , ac co rd in g to E ar ns . A c on su lt an t t o t he U ni ve rs ity of W is co ns in -M ad is on 's O ff ic e o f Q ua li ty Im pr ov em en t, An n Z an zi g fa ci lit at ed th e s es si on . Z an zi g w ill be as si st in g P ar ks id e in cr ea ti ng a ne w st ra te gi c pl an . T h e ul ti m at e go al is to cr ea te a fl ex ib le pla n to gu id e ca m pu s de ci si on s th ro ug h th e ea rl y pa rt of th e ne xt de ca de , ac co rd in g to Z an zi g. D ur in g th is in iti al se ss io n, Z an zi g a sk ed fo r a n o ra l hi st or y o f P ar k si d e, fr om gr ou ps of sta ff an d fa cu lt y th at ar ri ve d at ca m pu s at ro ug hl y th e sa m e t im e. S he st ar te d w ith th e "t ri b al el d er s" , su ch as W al t G ra ff in , an d co nt in ue d on to th os e w ho ar ri ve d as re ce nt ly a s fa ll 20 08 . Pa rt ic ip an ts w er e as ke d to tal k ab ou t ev en ts on ca m pu s an d in th e wo rld th at co in ci de d w ith th ei r ar riv al in K en os ha . C ha nc el lo r Ea rn s sa id th at th es e s to ri es he lp ed fill in hi s kn ow le dg e of th e c am pu s. La te r in th e da y, pa rt ic ip an ts w er e as ke d to loo k ah ea d to th e ye ar 20 12 an d th e re co gn iti on Pa rk si de w ou ld re ce iv e th at ye ar as th e M id w es t's pr em ie r ca m pu s fo r its si ze an d ty pe by th e C hr on ic le of H ig he r E du ca tio n, as a th eo re tic al ex er ci se . Za nz ig as ke d wh at co ul d th e un iv er si ty do , ch an ge , ad d. o r re m ov e to ge t th is re co gn iti on . T ho se in at te nd an ce ha d an ab un da nc e of id ea s, ra ng in g fro m im pr ov in g ac ad em ic st an da rd s of in co m in g st ud en ts an d w ay s th e un iv er sit y co ul d as si st th e lo ca l sc ho ol di st ri ct s in m ak in g th es e im pr ov em en ts a re ali ty to c re at in g gr ea te r flexibility in de liv er in g ed uc at io n to me et st ud en ts ' ne ed s th ro ug h da y, ev en in g, w ee ke nd . an d on lin e cl as se s. A cc or di ng to Z an zi g, th es e id ea s an d m or e ga th er ed du ri ng th e first se ss io n wi ll se rv e as a ba si s fo r U W -P ar ks id e's st ra te gi c pl an . "T h e po in t of stra tegi c- pl an ni ng is tha t yo ur br oa d vis ion is th re e to five ye ar s ou t, bu t yo u d o re la tiv el y de ta ile d pl an ni ng fo r th e first of th os e ye ar s. To wa rd th e en d of th e ye ar , yo u lo ok at yo ur as se ss m en t da ta an d al so loo k m or e br oa dl y at w ha t's ha pp en in g in hi gh er ed uc at io n, an d yo u cr ea te the de ta ile d pla n fo r th e ne xt ye ar . T he id ea is tha t it 's a liv ing do cu m en t" , s aid Je rry G re en fi el d, he ad of th e pl an 's le ad er sh ip te am . G re en fie ld is jo in ed on the le ad er sh ip tea m by Lo ri A lle n. Lu ell en B re ed , F red Eb ei d, T am ie Fa lk -D ay , M ic he le G ee . La ur a G el lo tt, M ark G es ne r, C he ry l G un de rs en , Le nn y K la ve r. Sc ot t M en ke . Su e No rto n. De An n Po ss eh l, D en ni s R om e. Pa rk sid e St ud en t G ov er nm en t As so ci ati on (P SG A ) Pr es id en t Te d Ru ffa lo , an d st ud en ts Jo Ki rst an d M att Bi es er w ho sh ar e a po sit io n on th e te am . Bi es er . a PS GA m em be r w ho ac tiv el y pa rti ci pa te d in th is ini tia l se ss io n, ex pe ct s th e str at eg ic pla n to be w el l-r ec ei ve d by Pa rk sid e st ud en ts . "1 t hi nk th e s tu de nt s ar e g oi ng to rea ct po sit iv el y to the ch an ge s tha t ar e po te nt ia lly co m in g do wn th e pi ke as a res ult of th is ," Bi es er sa id . "I 'm ho pi ng thi s is so m et hi ng th at 's go in g to he lp em po w er the st ud en ts on ca m pu s to wo rk w ith the un iv er sit y to m ak e th e en tir e pl ac e be tte r fo r e ve ry bo dy ." T he st ra te gi c pla nn ing le ad er sh ip tea m m ee ts nex t on M on da y, Fe b. 9 fro m 9: 00 am to 12 :0 0p m . The r e tu r n o f S a fe w a lk JO KI RS T jo@ the ran ger new s.co m On W ed ne sd ay , Ja n . 2 8 , th e Par ksi de S tu de nt G o v er n m en t A ss oc ia tio n's S en at e pa ss ed a res olu tio n, sp on so re d by S en at o r Nat han D ol le , to su pp o rt th e rei nst atin g of th e S af ew al k pro gra m o n c am p u s. T h e pr og ra m was po pu la r in th e ea rl y 19 9 0 s and ev en tu al ly en de d d u e to la ck of p ar tic ip at io n; Sa fe w al k w as or ig in al ly fou nde d by th e R es id en ce H al l As soc iat ion (R H A ), ba se d on 'he U ni ve rsi ty of W is co ns in - M ilw au ke e's Be O n th e S a fe Side (B O SS ) es co rt se rv ic e. A vo lun tee r-r un pr og ra m , S af e w a lk esc orte d st u d en ts , st af f, an d facu lty to th e re si d en ce ha lls or 'he ir ca rs af te r d ar k . E ve ry ni gh t 'h e vo lu nt ee rs w ou ld se t up a 'ab le in M ain Pl ac e to ac t as th ei r he ad qu art ers . Pe rs on s w ho w an te d an es co rt w ou ld ca ll o r st o p by th e he ad q ua rt er s, w he re a r ec ep tio ni st w ou ld ta ke do w n th e p er so n 's na m e, lo ca ti on , an d de st in at io n. E sc or ts w er e su pp li ed w ith br ig ht ye llo w ja ck et s an d red id en tif ic at io n ta gs , an d ke pt in co n st an t co m m un ic at io n w ith th e re ce pt io ni st via tw o- w ay ra di os . T h e ra di os al so en su re d a m or e im m ed ia te re sp on se fr om th e U ni ve rs it y Po lic e, if ne ed ed . T h o se re qu es tin g an es co rt to th e T al le nt Ha ll pa rk in g lot or th e O rc ha rd C ou rt ap ar tm en ts w er e tr an sf er ed ov er to Un iv er sit y Po lic e fo r a n es co rt . V ol un te er s w er e re qu ire d to fill ou t an ap pl ic at io n an d go th ro ug h an in te rv ie w pr oc es s, in cl ud in g a ba ck gr ou nd ch ec k ru n by th e U ni ve rs ity Po lic e. T ho se w ho w er e se le ct ed ha d gu id el in es to fo llo w , s uc h a s kn ow in g w he re all th e em er ge nc y ca ll bo xe s an d co ur te sy ph on es w er e lo ca te d ne ve r at te m pt in g to ap pr eh en d an at ta ck er , ne ve r e sc or t s om eo ne w ho ap pe ar s to be un de r the in flu en ce of dr ug s o r al co ho i, an d ne ve r le av e vo ttr co -s af e wal ke r al on e. Se na to r D ol le . w ho is sp ea rh ea di ng th e pr oj ec t, is us in g th e pa st Sa fe w al k pr og ra m as a ba si s fo r th e ne w pr og ra m . An es ti m at ed 20 vo lu nt ee rs w ou ld be ne ed ed fo r th e p ro gr am , to ke ep it ru nn in g e ve ry n ig h t H ou rs w ou ld be fro m 7: 00 pm to 12 :1 5a m fr om O ct ob er to M ar ch , an d fro m 8: 00 pm to 12 :1 5a m fr om A pr il to S ep te m be r; wi th ho ur s ex te nd ed du ri ng finals w ee k. Pr ev io us ho ur s fo r th e S af ew al k pr og ra m w er e si m ila r to th e on es pr op os ed by D ol le . Se na to r D ol le 's pr op os al al so in cl ud es eq ui pm en t su ch as br ig ht ly co lo re d sa fe ty ja ck et s fo r th e vo lu nt ee rs , flashlights. an d a m ea ns of co m m un ic at io n su ch as re st ri ct ed -a cc es s ce ll ph on es , to ke ep the es co rt s in tou ch wi th th e re ce pt io ni st an d th e U ni ve rs ity Po lic e. Hi s pr el im in ar y pla n bu ild s in fre e sa fe ty tra in in g by U ni ve rs ity Po lic e fo r the es co rt s, an d sc he du lin g fo r a ma le an d a fe m al e es co rt to be on du ty at all tim es . B ot h es co rt s w ou ld ac co m pa ny th e pe rso n to th ei r ve hi cl e. M an y d et ai ls ar e y et t o b e w o rk e d ou t in or de r fo r the Sa fe w al k pr og ra m to be gin se rv ic e. Fo r mo re in fo rm at io n, o r to sh ow yo ur su pp or t, c on ta ct C as ey Jo ne s at 59 5- 20 11 o r S en at or Do lle at doll eOO Ot& uwp .ed u. 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T he Ra ng er Ne ws ha s m ee tin gs ev er y Fr id ay at no on . Al l st ud en ts an d fa cu lty of UW -P ar ks ide ar e w elc om e. Pl ea se fe el fr ee to at te nd . Ha ve an y co m m en ts , c on ce rn s, qu es tio ns , o r s to iy id ea s? Pl ea se e- m ai l us at : ra ng em ew s@ uw p. ed u . We ar e l oc at ed at W yll ie D 13 9C Ea ch pe rso n ma y ta ke on e ne w sp ap er pe r iss ue da te . Ex tra ne w sp ap ers ca n be pu rch as ed fo r $1 ap ie ce . Ne ws pa pe rs ca n be tak en on a first co m e, first se rv e ba sis , m ea ni ng tha t on ce the y ar e go ne , the y tire go ne . We wo rk on the ho no r sy st em , but vio lat or s w ill be pr os ec ute d f or the ft. Fa cu lty m em be rs an d stu de nt s or ga ni za tio ns wh o wi sh to us e T he Ra ng er Ne ws in cl as sr oo m s sh ou ld co ns ul t the ed ito r-i n- ch ief to re se rv e ho we ve r m an y fr ee co pi es the y wi sh to us e. __ __ __ __ __ T h e E d it o ^ : I'm just gon na sta rt off by say ing I apo log ize for cal lin g the new Stu den t Ce nte r the "U ni on " in last we ek 's issu e. I rece ived sev era l co mp lain ts a bou t th is, an d whi le 1 re ali ze it was a mis tak e, 1 di dn 't re aliz e ho w big of a mi stak e it wou ld turn out to be. So , in the fut ure , it 's the S tud ent Cen ter. In oth er new s, w e'v e got a prett y soli d staff this sem est er. I 'm qui te plea sed to se e tha t peop le are stic kin g aro und to help us pu blis h e very wee k. Now that most of our staff ha s b een on boar d for a se me ste r or tw o, thin gs are runn ing muc h mo re s mo oth ly and we 're abl e to wor k mo re a s a team to get the new spa per ou t at its bes t. Of c ou rse , th ere is al wa ys roo m f or im pro vem ent , and w e'r e wo rki ng on sev eral thi ng s, but I hav e t o say tha t th is h as d efin itely been a goo d st art to o ur sem est er. On e of my goa ls for thi s sem est er, asi de fro m hav ing at leas t thr ee new s st ori es per iss ue , is to cov er Pa rks ide Stu den t Go ver nm ent As soc iat ion 's act ivi tie s and hap pen ing s mo re clo sel y. M y p lan , te nta tive ly, is t o try and ma ke on e new s sto ry per wee k abo ut som eth ing rela ted to PSGA—fo r ex am ple , this we ek 's sto ry abo ut Sa few alk . With new fac es both her e and in PS GA , w e' re wo rki ng at rep air ing a rela tion shi p tha t's been rock y for the pas t few yea rs. Ob vio usl y, the mo re we wor k tog eth er with PS GA , th e mo re the stu den t bod y is inf orm ed. And an info rm ed stu den t b ody is a goo d thi ng ! Ple ase be aw are that w e'v e cha nge d som e of our em ail ad dre sse s. 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A ft er P o ss eh P s w el co m e, V ic e C ha nc el lo r S te v e M cL au gh li n an d Pa rk si de S tu d en t G o v er n m en t A ss oc ia tio n (P S G A ) P re si de nt T h eo d o re R uf fa lo ta lk ed ab ou t th e im pa ct of th e pr oj ec t on th e ca m p u s & co m m u n it y . M cL au gh li n sa id th at th e st u d en t un io n w as a lo ng tim e co m in g; R uf fa lo c o m m en te d th at it w as fo r th e c ur re nt st u d en ts as m uc h a s th e al u m n i. Fo llo w in g R uf fa lo an d M cL au g h li n . ar ch ite ct s w ho w o rk ed on th e U ni on pr oj ec t ex pl ai ne d th at w he n th ey pl an a bu il di ng , th ey try to m ak e it fu nc ti on al as wSl I as ag sff iet ipf fiL pl ea si n g to th e co m m un it y A cc or di ng to th e ar ch it ec ts , the U W -P ar ks id e co m m u n it y is th e ju d g e of w he th er th e ar ch it ec ts go t it rig ht or -n o t. C ha nc el lo r L an e E ar ns sa id a fe w w or ds to ro un d ou t th e c er em on y, t ha nk in g ev er y o n e fo r th ei r ha rd w or k an d th an ki ng Jo hn (J ac k) K ea tin g fo r hi s w or k on ge tt in g th e U ni on pr oj ec t un de rw ay . E ar ns an d R uf fa lo cu t th e rib bo n tie d to th e gr an d st ai rc as e of th e U n io n , de cl ar in g it of fi ci al ly op en fo r al l to u se . A ft er th e ri bb on cu tt in g th er e w as c ak e, ch oc ol at e co ve re d st ra w b er ri es an d pu nc h se rv ed fo r al l to e n jo y ; pe op le co ul d ea t th e fo od an d lo ok ar ou nd th e ne w st ud en t un io n. A s pa rt of th e G ra nd O pe ni ng ce le b ra ti o n, th e ba llr oo m w as se t up fo r pe op le to si t an d w at ch th e in au gu ra tio n of Pr es id en t B ar ac k O b am a. By th e tim e th e in au gu ra ti on st ar te d , th e ba llr oo m w as pa ck ed wi th pe op le . 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B ec ke r w as ke pt at K en os ha C ou nt y Ja il be ca us e it w ou ld al lo w R ac in e of fi ci al s to av oi d co nf lic t of in te re st . It is al so a be tt er sa fe ty pr oc ed ur e. H is bo nd ha d be en se t at $1 6 5, 00 0 in c a sh , bu t th e co ur ts re du ce d it to $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 w ith co nd it io ns to ab id e by , si n ce he w as no t a da ng er to th e co m m un ity . T h e co nd it io ns in cl ud e th in gs su ch as no t l ea vi ng th e co un ty of R ac in e, no ac ce ss to co m pu te rs of an y ki nd , an d no un su pe rv is ed co nt ac t w ith fe m al es un de r ag e 18 . At h is in iti al ap pe ar an ce , B ec ke r ag re ed to w ai ve hi s pr el im in ar y h ea ri ng . A pr el im in ar y h ea ri ng is a co ur t pr oc ee di ng w he re th e st at e ca ll s w itn es se s to pr ov e a fe lo ny w as co m m it te d, an d th at th e pe rs on in qu es tio n pr ob ab ly co m m it te d it . B ec ke r s ar ra ig nm en t is se t fo r Fe br ua ry 10 , at w hi ch tim e he wi ll st at e hi s ini tia l pl ea . A cc or di ng to th e cr im in al co m pl ai nt , an in ve st ig at io n be ga n D ec em be r 2 3 , 20 08 , wh en a co m pu te r te ch ni ci an co nt ra ct ed by th e ci ty ca lle d th e Ra ci ne po lic e af te r w or ki ng on B ec ke r' s pe rs on al co m pu te r. T he wo rk is pr oh ib ite d by th e co nt ra ct wi th th e ci ty , an d fo rm s the ba sis ot a m is co nd uc t in pu bl ic of fic e ch ar ge . W hi le se rv ic in g th is co m pu te r, th e te ch ni ci an sa id he fo un d se ve ra l por nog rap hic - im ag es , w hi ch po ss ib ly de pi ct ed un de ra ge fe m al es . T he Ra cin e Po lic e D ep ar tm en t co nt ac te d the W is co ns in D iv isi on of C ri m in al In ve st ig at io ns , a nd an ag en t f ro m th e D CI se ar ch ed th e co m p u te r' s ha rd dr iv e in ea rly Ja nu ar y. T he ag en t fo un d im ag es an d ch at tr an sc ri pt s, an d tha t pr om pt ed him to s et up a n in sta nt m es se ng er pr of ile of a 14 -y ea r-o ld gi rl fo r pu rp os es of pa rti ci pa tin g in ch at s w ith Be ck er . A fte r a len gt hy ch at be tw ee n Be ck er an d the ag en t (t he "1 4- ye ar -o ld ") , the ma yo r had su pp os ed ly se t up a m ee tin g wi th th e gir l at Br oo kf iel d Sq ua re Ma ll in Br oo kf ie ld . W is . Be ck er re fe re nc ed bu yi ng the gir l gi fts fr om V ic to ria 's Se cr et an d go in g to a ho tel ro om to ha ve ' lo ts of fu n" . H e w as ar re ste d o n T ue sd ay . Ja n . 1 3. C ur re nt ly , Al de rm an Da vid M aa ck is ac tin g as ma yo r fo r R ac in e, un til th e ci ty 's ald er m en ap po in t so m eo ne to fill the po si tio n. A cc or di ng to the sta te st at ut es , the Ci ty C ou nc il pr es id en t is to be co m e ";t cti ng m ay or ", ha vin g the po w er s an d du tie s of the m ay or in hi s ab se nc e. But be ca us e Be ck er re si gn ed , it i s u nc le ar if "a bs en ce in cl ud es "v ac an cy . A dif fer en t sta te sta tu te sa ys tha t i1 th er e is a va ca nc y, the Ci ty Co un cil is to ap po in t so m eo ne to fill the po sit ion of m ay or un til ele ct io n tim e. Ac co rd in g to the Ra cin e Jo ur na l T im es , th e C om m itt ee of th e W ho le is sc he du led to d is cu ss the pr oc es s of a pp oi nt in g so m eo ne to the po si tio n. Th e me eti ng is sc he du led fo r 6: 00 pm on Th ur sd ay at the Ci ty H al l, lo ca ted at 73 0 W as hin gt on Av en ue , ro om 20 5. 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T he Ra ng er N ew s ha s m ee tin gs ev er y Fr id ay at no on . Al l st ud en ts an d fa cu lty of UW -P ar ks ide ar e w el co m e. Pl ea se fee l fre e to at te nd . Ha ve an y co m m en ts , co nc er ns , qu es tio ns , o r s to ry ide as' .' Pl ea se e- m ai l us at : ra ng em ew s@ uw p. ed u . We ar e lo ca ted at W yll ie D I3 9 C Ea ch pe rso n ma y tak e on e ne w sp ap er pe r iss ue da te . Ex tra ne w sp ap er s ca n be pu rch as ed fo r $1 ap ie ce . N ew sp ap er s ca n be tak en on a firs t co m e, first se rv e ba si s, m ea ni ng tha t on ce the y ar e go ne , the y ar e go ne . We wo rk on th e ho no r sy ste m , bu t vi ol ato rs wi ll be pr os ec ute d fo r th ef t. F ac ult y m em be rs an d stu de nt s or ga ni za tio ns wh o wi sh to us e T he Ra ng er N ew s i n c la ss ro om s sh ou ld co ns ul t the ed ito r-i n- ch ief to res er ve ho we ve r ma ny fre e c op ie s the y wi sh to us e. The R an ge r N ew s Ja nu ar y 27 , 200 9 ASS OC IAT ED I wa s go in g to be at ar ou nd the bu sh on th is , an d the n I de ci de d to jus t g et str ai gh t to the po in t. W hi le I am a fan of the new Un ion an d St ud en t Ce nt er , m ov ing to thi s new C en te r wa s pre tty mu ch a ni gh tm ar e. T he re wa s nex t to no co m m un ica tio n ab ou t the "d et ai ls " of the m ov e, su ch as wh at we ar e an d ar e not all ow ed to h av e in th e o ffi ce . Ou r co m pu te r eq ui pm en t wa s mo ve d wi tho ut ou r pe rm iss ion and wi tho ut n oti fyi ng us u ntil a fte r th e fa ct . O ur ph on e is not ho ok ed up , no r d o we ha ve ke ys to the of fic e (at the tim e o f thi s be ing w rit te n, an yw ay ). W ith the ex ce pt io n of the co m pu te rs bei ng" m ov ed , 1 fo un d ou t ab ou t all of the se litt le "d et ai ls " AF TE R m ov in g in to the ne w sp ac e. B ec au se of th e utt er lac k of co m m un ic at io n, I am di sa pp oi nt ed be yo nd wo rd s in th os e w ho we re su pp os ed to in fo rm us an d gu id e us in th e m ov in g pr oc es s. M ov in g on (n o pun in te nd ed ... ), I' m gl ad to se e ou r first iss ue ha s so m e g oo d c on te nt . I w as a bit w or ri ed , as I a m at the be gin nin g' of ev er y se m es te r, th at no re po rte rs wil l sh ow up an d co nt in ue to be par t of th e pa pe r, a nd the n I w on 't ha ve an y co nt en t un les s I w rit e the en tir e pa pe r m ys el f. N ow , I k no w th at 's sil ly , bu t the re is al w ay s tha t sm al l mo m en t of pa nic at th e be gi nn in g of the se m es te r. I wa s un ab le to m ak e ou r first m ee tin g du e to my ot he r jo b, bu t Za k did an ex ce lle nt jo b filling in an d ev er yo ne se em s to ha ve tak en th in gs in st ri de . O ur m ee tin g ro om s ar e sw itc he d up a bit th is se m es te r, bu t I kn ow w e' ll ge t in to the ro ut in e q ui ck ly . T hi s se m es te r, my go al is fo r us to ha ve m or e ne ws in ou r ne w sp ap er . I kn ow w e' re do in g pr ett y g oo d, b ut I th ink we ca n d o be tte r. It wi ll tak e tim e fo r su re , bu t by the en d of the se m es te r I ho pe to ha ve at lea st th re e ne w s st or ie s pe r w ee k. T hi s we ek is a go od sta rt fo r tha t go al , in my Jo Ki rst Ed ito r in C hie f op in io n. I ha ve th e fe el in g som e big ch an ge s ar e co in in g up as w el l, so we wi ll ce rta in ly kee p you in fo rm ed . Fo r no w, en jo y th is iss ue . I ho pe th e first fu ll we ek of sch ool is go in g we ll fo r ev er yo ne ! If y o u 'r e lo ok in g fo r so m et hi ng to do thi s se m es te r, w e' re alw ay s lo ok ing fo r re po rte rs . Ch ec k us ou t at th e or ga ni za tio n fai r on W ed ne sd ay , if you wo uld lik e m or e in fo rm at io n. 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