381 10 4375 https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/2d51ae7d027fef06f6eb511132e29da2.pdf 1a86090363df538eb7fcb368fb8ee6cd 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. Text Any textual data included in the document Ranger^NeWs — raonline.org nr University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Student Newspaper The Ranger News is witten and edited by students of the University of WisconsiTp^nnT i .u """TT™™- U1 "'smnsin-rarKside, and they are solely resp™ons ible for its editorial policy and content. Second annual Bilingual Open House deemed successful Alyssa Kay kay00003 @ uwp ,edu On Saturday, 21 January, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside lts 001s f°r ^ts second ever Bilingual Open House. While ar si e s Office of Admissions and New Student Services as a ways dedicated itself to providing student services, such as open ouses, this bilingual event was unique, as it marketed itself towar s Hispanic students and was conducted entirely in Spanish. e event generated a great turnout from both families and high sc ool groups. Badger High School, located in Lake Geneva, bussed in their potential students who wanted to get a slice of college. As the event commenced, Admissions Advisor and Bilingual Open House coordinator Mirella Rivera gave her admissions presentation, where she discussed admissions requirements, high school transcripts, projected costs, athletics, student involvement, and major and minor programs. "We hope to make people well aware of what Parkside has to offer them, the steps to apply to get here and how to achieve success at Parkside," said Rivera. Rivera handed the microphone off to special guest Leonor McCall-Rodriguez, who gave a motivational presentation about opportunity and the importance of education. "I think it is always important for students to remember what differentiates people who succeed from those who don't is that the ones who succeed are willing to do things that the others are not," said McCall- Rodriguez Many of the students and teachers enjoyed both Rivera and McCall- Rodriquez's presentations, and they learned a lot about the college experience. "I loved the motivational speaker," said Badger High School teacher Joe Reed. "It was also really nice to see that your guidance representative was a bilingual graduate of this university, and that she showed her success to the students." "I am getting excited!" said a student attendee from Badger High School. "Today, I found out that Parkside has the Pre-dentistry program that I want to study," "1 understood what [Leonor] was saying and where she was coming from. I think it was a great presentation and it had a good message," said another Badger High School junior. After McCall-Rodriguez gave her presentation, the students were divided into groups, with whom they attended workshops on college preparation and financial aid. The students then regrouped for a catered PricewaterhouseCoopers, John Hawksworth, predicted that China would economically be "way ahead of the US by 2030" with an average economic growth consecutively being over 8% during these recession years, peaking at 10.2% in 2010. With this expanding economy, the United States is thinking ahead to international business agreements and foreign investments. The Business and Technology Department at University of Wisconsin Parkside cannot help but notice this economic opportunity that could arise from international student education opportunities. "Business is not just local, it's not just national, it's global and the education we're providing our students also needs to be global," Dean Fred Ebeid recently noted at a SBT meeting. "Our eyes have been opened to the world and we have moved to significantly increase foreign enrollment." Efforts for foreign education incentives have been spearheaded by the Global Education Board. Its director, Jamie Wang and the university's chancellor, Debbie Ford, have made multiple trips to China and plan on finalizing negotiations for partnership programs for Parkside's students this fall. With such incentives becoming offered in the near future, it is exciting to see that Parkside is now offering a 3-credit (2-credit for MBA students) China study tour in the summer of 2012 from May 15 to May 31 as a stepping stone to future study partnerships. Students on this summer tour will visit three cities (Beijing, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong), visit cultural and tourist attractions (such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City), become immersed in the Chinese language and culture, as well as attend lectures on Chinese trade and commerce with its government. See Global page 5 Dean Ebeid, Chancellor Ford, and Provost Brown at SBT. Photo courtesy of UWP. INDEX Sports Rita Dorm Life ^ lunch in the ballroom, where they participated in raffles and talked with other families. After lunch, special guest speaker and UW-Parkside Alumnae Bryan Lyday told the students about his experience at the university. Latinos Unidos and multicultural Greek life members also spoke to the students about involvement in their respective organizations and showed Shayla Rivera, a speaker at the BOH. Photo courtesy of UWP. potential students the strength in Parkside's Latino network. After group photographs, the students divided themselves into two tour groups. One of the tours was entirely in Spanish, and the other was in English. The program was an effort from Rivera and Assistant Director of Admissions Cassie Vosters. Both Vosters and Rivera stressed the importance of achieving educational and career goals, and their aim was to promote Parkside's diverse campus as a welcoming and supportive atmosphere for students from all walks of life. See BOH page 5 Parkside and the Global Picture Alexandria Binanti binanOOl @ uwp.edu Globalization is the ticket to success in the modern business world. International business trends show that China is an investor's dream. According to the United Kingdom's The Guardian, head of macroeconomics at 2 FEBRUARY 9:30 AM-11:30 AM BUSINESS SERVICES TRAIN ING: PURCHASING 4 FEBRUARY [SEE 31 JANUARY] V 7:00 PM-9:00 PM i|jUni "W-wmiai TER DUAL MEET SPORTS AND ACIWITIES GEN- ( T E R I ^ v NEXT ROOM" LOCATION: TBA 130 PM-9:30 FL ALIVE! PRESENTS? 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Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! Email us at: rangernews@uwp.edu Staff Reporters: Alyssa Kay kay00003 @ u wp .edu 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Emily Harring harri091@uwp.edu Executive Editor: Daniel Lavender laven006@uwp.edu Advertising Director: Andrew Donahoe donah006@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Cedric Ray ray00007@ uwp .edu Trevor Henkel henke020@ uwp .edu How quickly a month ends when you're having fun. Honestly, I'm still shocked that the Spring semester is officially upon us. Can we have another month of break, please? Thanks. After spending my time reading good books and fawning over certain British actors (coughTomHardycough), it's a little difficult to get back into the swing of things. Here's to finding a way to beat procrastination, my most dreaded frenemy. Although I can once again annoy my Executive Editor by playing Bon Iver in the office again. That's always a plus. The Ranger News, however, has started the semester off with a bang! After Org Fair this past week, we are officially out of our old t-shirt designs. Thanks to everyone who picked one up! We hope to see all of our lovely readers sporting a brand In this edition of The Ranger News, we talk about the grand opening of "The Rita," the bilingual open house, and much more. I hope you enjoy this issue and remember to stop by our office in Student Activities if you're interested in joining the team! Let's vow to have an amazing Alexandria Binanti binan001@uwp Bobby Johnson johns376@uwp.edu Laura Ellen Pate Bridges PatebOO 1 @uwp.edu Steven Niemi niemi004@ uwp .edu Copy Editors: Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp .edu James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Kelsey Klink Klink003@uwp.edu Bethany MacDonald macd017@uwp.edu Photographers: Carl Rollman rollm001@uwp.edu Mark Fleming flemi008@uwp.edu Cartoonist: Zak Eden edenOOO 1 @uwp .edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu MISSION STATFMTMT THE RANGER NEWS STR IVES TO INFO RM, EDUCATE, AND ENG AGE THE UW-PARKSIDE COMmunity BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A BI-W EEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. Learn more at: straylightmag.com Designers: 31 JAI&ARY 12:00 PM-6:00 PM Art Exhibition: Catherine Kennedy's "Contemporary Journeys" Rita Tallent Picken Refer Arts and: Humaniti JB 12:00 PM -6:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Kelsey Twigg twigg002@uwp.edu Attention all UW-Parkside Student Organizations . Join the new WIPzl Meetings every Thursday 5pm Looking to advertise upcoming events in an issue of The Ranger News? Email us at rangerne ws .u wp .edu K i • F jvj • i W" i for rates! 0®P^ JSSEEr k0t 4 The Ranger News January 31,2012 UW-Parkside continues slump Andrew Donahoe 7 > 7 • _7 > • i • , 7 Donahoo6@uwp.edu In the midst of a six game losing streak The UW-Parkside men's basketball team looked to bounce back after five straight losses entering Thursday night's tip-off against Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's leads the all-time series against UW-Parkside, 21-11. The last two meetings between the teams came down to the final possessions, with UWParkside pulling ahead in glorious victory. However, it was yet another defeat for the men's basketball team at DeSimone Gymnasium. UW-Parkside went on to drop the home match-up, 85-94. UW-Parkside began the game sloppily. The team started off wth a couple of low percentage shots and communication errors. In the early portions of the contest both teams traded inside the key in a rough and tough elbow match to determine who has the most testosterone. Ten minutes into the game, Saint Joseph lead by a score of 21-17. Neither team looked to have a clear advantage. At the nine-minute mark, UW-Parkside's men's basketball head coach Luke Reigel determined they only want to send three to the boards. In a close game, junior forward Conrad Krutwig nailed a beautiful turn-around jumper tying the game at 27 with seven minutes remaining in the first half. In a close grudge match, between the bottom two teams in the GLVC East Conference, the score rested at 37-37 by the end of the first half. The points in the paint were a huge factor in the first half, capitalized by Saint Joseph's 18 points. Second chance points were equal for both teams at eight a piece. Starting off the second half, both high-powered offenses really start to show. Junior forwards Jeremy Saffold and Konrad Krutwig capitalized by hitting consecutive three-pointers, which gave UW-Parkside a then comfortable seven-point cushion. In desperate hopes of forcing UWParkside into making mistakes, Saint Joseph's started applying full-court pressure. The defensive pressure helped Saint Joseph's pull back within three, and forced a UW-Parkside timeout. Just when UW-Parkside looked its most vulnerable, sophomore guard Colt Grandstaff knocked down a baseline three-pointer to keep UW-Parkside ahead. With eleven minutes remaining in the game, the fast breaks really started to take affect. The change in tempo pushed Saint Joseph's to its first lead of the game, by a score of 60 to 58. Saint Joseph's continued to rally, forcing UW1" Parkside to take yet another timeout. As the game progressed, UW-Parkside's defense was in shambles. The lead for Saint Joseph's leapt to a commanding thirteen-point lead with 2:30 remaining. The rest of the game seemed to be on cruise control for the visitors, Photo by Cedric Ray culminating in the final score of 85-94. be Thursday February 2nd against Bellarmine University. The The next home game for the UW- following game, taking place February 4th against Northerr Parkside s men s basketball team will Kentucky University, will be Alumni Day. Rangers continue to roll with win LutteOO 1 @ uwp .edu Parkside women continue to take the lead The UW- Parkside women's basketball team tipped off against Saint Joseph's College Thursday night in DeSimone Gymnasium. Both teams entered with a GLVC record of 6-3, and was an intense bout that saw UW-Parkside come out on top, 75-71. I caught up with Senior Guard Amy Selk and asked her what her thoughts were on tonight's game against St. Joseph. "Saint Joseph's is one of the hottest teams in the conference," said UW-Parkside senior guard Amy Selk. "They have very athletic guards and containing their penetration is a key to get the victory tonight. Every GLVC game is a battle. I definitely view Saint Joseph's as a top contender in the conference. We just have to stay focused and play Ranger basketball." Whenever these two programs link up it proves to be a tightly fought match up. Coming into this game, UW-Parkside lead the series between the two colleges, 21-20. Their last meeting, on February, 19 2011, UW-Parkside won on the road 67-51. After the first half, Saint Joseph's led 40-35. The field goal percentage for UW-Parkside and Saint Joseph's were both below 50%: UW-Parkside 48.3% and Saint Joseph's 46.9 %. The leading scorer at halftime for UW-Parkside was junior guard Jenna Endisch. For the St. Joseph Puma's their leading scorer was senior guard Montrell Mills. UW-Parkside came out strong in the second half. With 6:06 left in the second half, UW-Parkside trailed 58-65. With 0:28 left in the game, UW-Parkside led the game 73-69. The final score for the game was 75-71. "We made some big plays when we needed it," said UW-Parkside women's head coach Jenny Kenesie. The leading scorer for UW-Parkside was senior forward Brittany Beyer with 21 points and six rebounds. This year's senior class is now four wins away from becoming the most winning group in school history. The UW-Parkside women's basketball team next home game will be Thursday February 2nd against Bellarmine University. The following game, taking place February 4th against Northern Kentucky University, will be Alumni Day. The celebration of Black Heritage Month k History Month Press Release: Come Celebrate Black History Month at UWP! rnmmpnp^ s^ents at UWP will share their talents of song, dance, and spoken word to Our Voices ^ Th^OffT °ff vm Hlf0ry Month' 38 the theme this year is "Living Through • ' , ce °f Multicultural Student Affairs, which spear headed the plan- Student'I iZn1Thntf r °f the pr0grams' co,laborated with The Chancellor's Area, Black Student Union, The Library, The Friends of the UWP Library, and The College of Arts cle^ces 0 s are three wonderful events open to the public. Limited door prizes will e o ere an ee authentic cuisine derived from Africa, where today's food for Africanmericans came om will be catered by Sodexo. The events are the following: Black History Month Kick-Off: Wednesday, February 1,2012 at UWP Main Place 12-lpm, Living Through Our Voices:" UWP students will perform music, dance, and spoken word pertaining to the culture of African-Americans and the significance of Black History Month. J Black History Month Read-In: Wednesday, February 8,2012 at UWP Library Overlook Lounge 12-lpm: Atendees will read book excerpts from African-American authors as part of the National Read-In. Nico Moore will begin event with a spoken word performance! Black History Month Speak Out: Thursday, February 9,2012 7PM Arts and Humanities Picken Center for the Regional Arts and Humanities: Talented Actress Marti Gobel from the Civil War Museum Outreach Theater Program will portray Ida B. Wells, who was born to a slave parents in Mississippi during the Civil War. As a journalist living in Memphis, Tennessee, Wells became committed to ending segregation, lynch mobs, and the destruction of African-American property in the South. ~ry-—rrrr BOH: second annual Bilingual Open House Currently, UW-Parkside is the most diverse institution in the University of Wisconsin system. While events like the bilingual open house promote diversity, expanding Parkside's ethnic range was not the sole intention of the event. Of the roughly 3,700 full time students, approximately 415 identify themselves as Hispanic. While not all of the students who identify themselves as Hispanic consider Spanish their first language, the Bilingual Open House accommodated Hispanic families and students and attempted to expand the general Hispanic community at Parkside. The Bilingual Open House provided students who speak Spanish in their homes with a level of comfortability in a setting that is less than familiar, as it was some of the students' first times visit a college campus. "It is not about promoting that we have Spanish speaking students. It is promoting the idea that we have a family and a network that will support you at UW-Parkside," said Vosters. In addition to comfortability, the aim of the presentations was to help Hispanic high school students set goals and plan adequately depending upon where they were in their high school career. "I think it all goes back to the idea that college is attainable," said Vosters. "When you have a motivational speaker, who talks about the bigger picture of the goals, then the supporting sessions really identify that it is attainable at UW-Parkside," As the second Bilingual Open House was a success, Admissions counselors hope that the students walked away with an enhanced value for education, and a clear ambition to pursue a degree. "Education is possible," said Rivera. "It starts at a young age. It starts with preparation. It starts with setting yourself up with some goals, and setting yourself up to achieve them." . . . Global: The School of Business and Technology looks towards the future The cost of the study tour is $2,995 which includes international and domestic airfare, hotels, ground transportation, tickets to all cultural sites, and most meals. Financial aid is available for those who qualify with a $1,500 study tour grant which will reduce cost to $1,495. Only five spots are left available and whoever is interested should contact the International Studies Office at GRNQ 210 for the deposit or email Dr. Wang with any questions at wangz@uwp.edu. Deadlines are 1 Feb 2012. International student involvement is an amazing opportunity for UWParkside's learning environment. With the advancement of the upcoming Chinese partnership, International business and relations will potentially influence future partnerships around the world, putting UW-Parkside in the global arena. 6 The Ranger News January 31,2012 Dorm life decline Nicole Zizich zizich002@ u wp .edu Are you a dorm devotee or will you be keeping your distance by living off campus? Everybody has different housing preferences and recently with the status of our economy, the declining population of dorm dwellers at University of Wisconsin-Parkside is no surprise. Every semester, many students have to ask themselves if saving money by living off campus is worth sacrificing the experience of dorm life. There is certainly an experience to have, but it comes with a price tag. Why else would so many movies reference the college dorm room environment? It exists and it's real. There is something magical about staying up at 4 a.m. with a group of strangers and watching them turn into your best friends. However, what you have to consider is that another significant purpose of on-campus living exists that isn't catered to by media. Are you there for the suggested experience or are you going there to complete your education? While the close proximity that the dorms have to classrooms is most appealing to an aspiring scholar, some feel that the distractions they promote to students outweigh the location aspect. I think dorms are more distracting to my education than they are beneficial because of all the activities. There's so much to do so it's easy to push aside your studies," says freshman Leah Bauer. However, some feel that managing to live on your own (or at least in a place where you have your own space) is better than the toll on your sleep, study, and sanity that can present itself with life at home. "Living on campus is better because I only have to deal with my own problems and not family problems. I'm just responsible for myself and no one else," explains freshman Brittany Pawlicki. Not all on-campus students have the ease of mere self-responsibility. Resident Advisors are constantly on watch, assuring that the policies of the dormitory are enforced. They have sacrificed weeks of their holiday breaks building leadership skills to prepare for the interactions they will have with the residents and amongst the RAs themselves. In return, UWParkside offers Resident Advisors a free room in their designated section of authority and a free meal plan. "The responsibility I have as an RA isn't just worth a free room, it's worth more. I've met different people. My job has opened doors and opportunities for me I'd never have otherwise had. It's not easy though because sometimes we're up late when we have tests in the morning - it's exhausting," explains junior Erin Ryan. For the rest of the residents that are paying the full cost of living on campus, the question of whether or not the price is worth the ten minute walks from our beds to class is worth it. While Ranger Hall has a lot to offer, it's also lacking in some aspects that other UW campuses are not. "No, I don't think what we pay is worth staying here. In the dorms at UW-Whitewater and UW-Milwaukee, everyone who enters the dorms is carded, RA's make you register guests, and you are limited to three. Anyone can get into UW-Parkside's dorms by knocking. I don't like how some random guy could be in the hall while I'm heading to the bathroom," states junior Jasmine Anderson. There are surely positives of the dorm life experience, including the social life. Unlike commuters, dorm residents get frequent interaction with their peers all hours of the day. Whether it's brushing your teeth next to that guy who sits behind you in Biology, running in the basement weight room with that girl who makes your grande latte at Starbucks, or See Dorm page 7 What is happening to on-campus living? johns376@ uwp!e du Number of resident hall students decreasing since beginning of semester Is it a social trend? Are students wanting to explore more living op- increase, and the cost of residency on campus to increase " portumt.es? Is it a financial road block? More surprising than not, UW- The quality of on-campus living is at a premium, yet students are con Parkside students have been steadily decreasing from the on-campus liv- tinuously disappearing from the premises. Piekarski continues with othe ing rooster. At the beginning the academic year, we see a flourishing philosophies as to why students are becoming more and more scare number of students, first year and returning, arrive in front of Ranger within the residence halls. "You know, it comes down to the social trend Hall hopeful to live on their own terms, routines, and rules. It is a mo- If more students are living on campus, then that will attract more student ment of relief, after living under the rigid constraints and restrictions of to move into one of the three living options on campus. Also, it depend the Home roof. As of late, however, students have been declining this on the particular student, what kind of experience he/she is looking fo: opportunity. As compared to last semester, there are a lot less students and what kind of style of living is preferred. We offer a lot of community Z7"7- S a g 1 t0W" 00 m°St "lghtS" SayS reSideDt adViSOr based livinS here on camPus-and ^me students are not accustomed thi Marx rlemming. style of living " There could be many reasons why students are choosing to vacate the Further developments to on-campus living may attract more student housing opportunities on campus including financial discrepancies, so- to on-campus living. On January 27th, a final decision will be made as t mal trends, personal interests and overall experiences. Residence Hall whether the apartments will be demolished, or refurbished Officials ar Director Amy Piekarski speaks of the reasons why students are choos- still discussing the options. ing other living options "When we talk of financial difficulties among Despite the fresh start to the new semester, the residence halls remai students, it is without a doubt, a viable truth. What we must also realize less filled, but will hopefully gain interest among campus dwellers Resi is that no matter where you go, budgets are being slashed. It actually is dence occupancy is detrimental to the survival of the on-camous'livin becoming a national trend. This unfortunately causes the cost of living to option. January 31,2012 The Ranger News Dorm: times changing for campus living imolv leavino vnur A— nnr> k ^?UF °rm ^00r °Pen t0 see wh° stumbles inside, every- ° ,n ^PPortunities to make friends with familiar faces. , i C? Cre ^ a ot PeoPle that live here you see lot of faces and after ie e usua y nod turns into getting to know each other. Seeing them at resident events helps a lot too," says junior Robert Bhatia. rea y 1 e socializing here and making friends. I definitely wouldn't ave as many if I didn t live in the dorms," says freshman Victoria Musial. Trw'p)t^r^aSS'C c°hege experience students get living on campus at ar si e is having a roommate. While media often portrays the experience as either wildly fun and entertaining {American Pie 2) or incredi y orrid (The Roommate), in reality, it's a life lesson about selflessness and compromise. While some welcome the challenge, others could hardly stand it. Having a roommate gives you someone to talk to and the comfort of avmg at least one friend. It's someone to just hang out with, to go get food with. Not having one is lonely," states junior Sarah Nicewander. According to freshman Aron Yohannes, "My roommates been really good. No problems. Just roommates and that's it, and that's how it's supposed to be." "Well first of all, I [have] weird habits and she did too. We didn't agree, there was no middle ground between us because she wanted it her way and I wanted it my way. It was always awkward tension," says Janiyah Burney. Since you ve lived at home already, I'd encourage you to experience the residence hall lifestyle at UW-R See how you like it. If you do, it may result in a much more convenient education, and while you're there you may just find your roommate who was meant to be lifelong best friends with you. If you don't enjoy it, then you can always move back home or move into an apartment off campus with your friends. You never know how terrible or awesome it's going be until you try it. It's one of those college experiences worth trying for both the positives and negatives. While the expense of a dormitory on top of tuition payments is difficult on all of us, some experiences of growing up are priceless. 1 he Rita opens at UW-Parkside Bobby Johnson johns376@ uwp .edu On Saturday, 28 January, UW-Parkside will host an event unlike any other...The Grand Opening of the Rita Center! This Saturday festivities run high at UW-Parkside as the Rita Center for Arts and Humanities opens officially to students, staff, and community visitors. The University will host a Gala event in the Rita Center featuring presentations and performances from the Theatre Arts Department, Music department, and Art Department. The Theatre Arts department has organized several events including a short fight demonstration, student design presentations, American College Theatre Festival Scene performances, and finally an exclusive preview of the upcoming Drama Club production entitled A Piece of Mind. Each presentation will last twenty minutes and utilize each of the new spaces being highlighted within the evening. Similar events have been organized by neighboring departments, and will be presented throughout the duration of the evening. Student director, Kara Foster, speaks about the upcoming event. "I am excited to reveal a little portion of our Drama Club production. Despite the fact that our performances are not until May, this will be a great opportunity to show people a sneak peek of our material, and hopefully encourage them to attend the production in May." The events of the evening will begin at 6:00 pm and last until about 9:00 pm. The many people involved in this project are anticipating it greatly and cannot wait to share their work with guests within these brand new spaces. 8 Fhe Ranger News January 31,2012 Top 20 reasons you should watch The Walking Dead 1. Zombies! They are awesome. 2. Norman Reedus 3. Because there will be a moment when Lori dies. 4. There is humor... 5. AND there is serious violence. 6. The zombies look legit (Go make up department go!) 7. Shame is a BAMF 8. The kill kids. The show has no rules. 9. Lauren Cohan. 10. Rick vs. Shane will only get better. 11. They wll eventually have the characters Michonne and The Governor from the comics. 12. Romance. Bromance. It's all there. 13. Plot twists that work (take that M. Night) 14. Captures a postzombie apocalypse brilliantly. 15. Glenn can survice any situation. He is a borderline superhero. 16. The character development is extremely wll crafted. 17. The show doesn't mind walking a different direction from the source material. 18. It allows you to prepare our post-zombie apocalypse skills. 19. It is a relentless and unpredibtable show. 20. Norman Reedus. Because he deserves to be on the list twice. What is Cool? 320 Zak Eden Eden001@uwp.edu Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Second annual Bilingual Open House deemed successful Issue Volume 41, issue 7 Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC002 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/. 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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document INDEX V-Day 4 Revew 5 PSG Budget 6 I News Since 1972 #News February 14,2012 University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Student Newspaper The Ranger News is witten and edited by students of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and they are solely responsible for its editorial policy and content. Students Show Concern about Campus Security and Community after Hate Crime James T. Burns Burns029@rangers.uwp.edu NO^ HATE / / On Wednesday, 1 February 2012, the UWParkside campus was turned on its head with news of a hate crime occurring in the Pike River Suites. A noose, made of rubber bands, was found hanging in the open in one of the common areas. It was reported, but the situation quickly escalated with the discovery that the student who initially reported the incident had been targeted. A sign depicting derogatory, racial language in the presence of a second noose was found. The straw that finally broke the camel's back was a "hit-list" that circulated with the names of several AfricanAmerican residents on it. It was then that UW-Parkside took steps to increase security by soliciting the help of additional officers from the UW-Milwaukee police department and police detectives. It was not until that Friday evening that investigators confirmed they had a suspect in custody and that the whole thing had been a hoax. This "delayed" response did not escape the notice of students like junior Kayla Owens, 20, who exclaimed, "I didn't care, at first...! felt like the African-American community was passionate, but they went about it, they responded the wrong way...I can understand that you're angry, and hurting, but don't attack each other [other students] and our staff." When asked about her thoughts on the perpetrator's possible motivations for such an act she had this to say: "They did it to get attention, about the issues of crisis communication, racism underneath the surface on campus, the lack of dialogue. Maybe [they wanted] to raise awareness about how an issue of race, and security, at Parkside, and how the African-American community feels overlooked when something serious happens." However, there were students on campus who saw the incident as an opportunity to show compassion, solidarity, and love towards their follow students. One such student was junior Kevin Coughlin, 29, who was spotted carrying a "Free Hugs" sign for much of the duration of the incidents and continues to carry that sign. He explains it almost as though it were a calling, as much as a conscious decision. Seg Concerns page 7 Are Parkside Students Paying More Than They Should? Emily Harring Harri091@uwp.edu There has been a murmur of discontent around the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus ever since the SUFAC (Segregated University Fee Allocation Committee) allocations for student organizations' budgets for the next fiscal year have been released with one shocking result: the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)'s budget was approved at $0. Given this result, The Ranger News met with the Speaker of the Senate Amanda Barber (who has done expansive research into the matter and was the first to address the issue) to see why OMSA (and others)'s budget had been either cut or decreased. The reason for this is a bit complicated and involves a bit of background explanation. Every student in the UW system pays segregated fees (hereafter Seg Fees). These Seg Fees are defined by the UW system as "charges in addition to instructional fees, assessed to all students for student services, activities, programs, and facilities that support the mission of University of Wisconsin System institutions." In other words, Seg Fees are fees that each student pays in addition to their other charges (tuition, residency, etc) in order to fund the campus' student organizations, athletics, and other Student Life activities that students are involved in outside of the classroom. See Student page 6 The "Fountain of the Future" Ellen Pate-Bridges Pateb001@uwp.edu UW-Parkside recently debuted a new style of soda fountain in the Brickstone Eatery called the Coca-Cola Freestyle. This innovative new Coke machine, nicknamed the "Soda Fountain of the Future," offers more than 100 drink varieties with over 70 diet and low-calorie drink options and more than 90 that are caffeine-free. This new Coke machine is truly modern with a touch-screen display that replaces the standard push-button method of choosing drinks. Instead of using bags of syrup like traditional soda fountains, the Coca-Cola Freestyle uses cartridges and the flavors are loaded into the machine's bottom portion, eliminating the mess that comes along with those traditional soda fountains. The physical design of the machine has a sleek, modern appearance as well. Sodexo, the owner of the Brickstone Grill and Eatery at UW-Parkside, chose to offer the new soda fountain here as part of a plan to place the same fountain in over 100 of its locations throughout the country. According to the company website, Sodexo's Better Tomorrow commitments to reduce water intensity and non-organic waste to its client sites are supported by the Coca-Cola Freestyle. The machine eliminates 30 percent of the packaging and water that comes along with traditional soda machine equipment, making it environmentally responsible. UW-P is one of the premier schools in the UW system to try out the new "Fountain of the Future." Although this new soda fountain has been in use for a short period of time at UW-Parkside it is already well-enjoyed by students and patrons of the school and appears to be a very welcome change. ,A The R ange r ' News University "| Wisconsin I'arksidc Student Newspaper 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu THE RANGER NEWS February 14,2012" Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Emily Hairing harri091 @uwp .edu Daniel Lavender laven006@uwp.edu Advertising Director: Andrew Donahoe donah006@ uwp .edu Lead Photographer: Cedric Ray ray00007@ uwp .edu Staff Reporters: Alyssa Kay kay00003 @uwp.edu Trevor Henkel henke020@uwp.edu Alexandria Binanti binan001@uwp Bobby Johnson johns376@uwp.edu Laura Ellen Pate Bridges PatebOO 1 @uwp.edu Steven Neimi niemi004@uwp.edu Copy Editors: Photographers: Cartoonist: Designers: Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Michael Jensen jense089@uwp.edu Kelley Klinkhammer klink003@uwp.edu Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Mark Fleming flemi008@uwp.edu Zak Eden edenOOOl @uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Charles Reynolds reynoO 18 @uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RANGER NEWS STRI VES TO INFO RM, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE THE UW-PARKSIDE COMMUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A BI-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We are located in the Student Center in room L101A. Letter from the editor What a crazy couple of weeks Parkside has had since the last paper came out. Not only were students on edge because of the hit list hoax and rubber band nooses a couple weeks ago, but now a new array of interesting legality matters have sprung up (more info on that can be found on both the cover page and continued on page six). Parkside, you never cease to amaze me. Let's remember to respect each other, okay? We have such a strong community, as was proven by the recent events. In better news, I recently picked up Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre so 1 could read it before the DVD comes out on 20 March 2012 (which I will be picking up because it's full of amazing British actors), and it makes me want to live in a spy novel. Spies are cool. If, you know, they're on your side, but I digress. They're cool. You know what's not cool? The fact that we had a couple of amazingly warm days and now it has decided to snow again. Not cool, Wisconsin, not cool. Here's to hoping spring decides to come sooner rather than later. Emily Harring harri091@uwp.edu 14 February 12:00 PM-6:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists Rita Tallent Picken 15 February 10:00 AM-3:00 PM Study Abroad Fair Upper Main Place/Wyllie Hall 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Women's Basketball UW-Parkside vs. University of Indianapolis DeSimone Gymnasium 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Men's Basketball UW-Parkside vs. University of Indianapolis DeSimone Gymnasium 12:00 PM-6:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists Rita Tallent Picken 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Business Services Training: Purchasing Tallent 245 22 February UW-Parkside vs. Lewis University DeSimone Gymnasium 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Men's Basketball UW-Parkside vs. Lewis University DeSimone Gymnasium 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Parkside Theatre Presents: Great Expectation: RCAH Theatre 1:00 Business Services -1:30 PM Ptocard Refresher 245 16 February 12:00 PM -8:00 PM '• Art Exhibition:,. x West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Art-" • '• Rita Tallent Picken ...y .17 February 12:00 PM-4:00 PM Art Exhibition: , & \\ West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local ArtiSrtS: ' Rita Thllent Picken 7:00 PM-10:00 PM Straylisht Open Mic The Den 18 February 12:00 PM-4:00 PM j Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists Rita Tallent Picken 12:00 PM -6:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Arthits nt Picken ^ 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Foreign Film: The Bicycle Thief lent Center Cinema . {-25 February * " ;: i ;/12:00 PM - 4:00 PM 'X ' Exhibition: West African Artfrom the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters; Works by Three Local Artists RithTallent Picken 5:00 PM-7:00 PM 12:00 PM-8: Art Exhibition, , West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters. Works by Three Local Artists 7:30 PM Foreign Film:! StudentG Film: The Bicycle Thief x Cinema 10:30 PM its: Great Expectations leatre , PM 1m: The Bicycle Thief Student Center Cinema 2^ February West „ 24 February S 12:00 PM - 4:00 JM 1 Art Exhibit ictto Art from the 'day Matters: Works by Three ists • Rita Tallent Picken 5:30 PM-6:30 PM Women's Basketball ArtCinema 2:00 PM -5:00 PM Parkside Theatre Presents: Great Expectations RCAH Theatre 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Foreign Film: The Bicycle Thief Student Center Cinema f 0^ 27 February 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM BSU Soul Food Social Ballroom Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! Email us at! rangernews@uwp.edu February 14,2012 The Ranger News 3 POLICE BLOTTER 02/03/12 Diso 12-2 rde 93 rly Conduct. Pike River S c uites. 3:25am. While on foot patrol, officer issued Verbal Warning for DC to female yelling loudly in hallway. Female escorted to her room, officer then cleared. it \ £ & 12-295 | fF^ \ Worthless Checks - Less Than $1000. Tallent Hall. 9:27am. Officer takes report for worthless checks and then cleared. « . ! i2- 301 w < ^ Suspicious Circumstances. Tallent Hall. 6:56pm. Complainant reports vandalism to vehicle. Officer takes report, evidence transferred to Kenosha Sheriff Dept. Officer then cleared. 12-302 Emergency Crisis Intervention. Tallent Hall. traffic Violation. CTH G (Wood Road): x 10:52pm. Jeremy McKinney was ticketed for Operating w/o DL 4th Offense. Officer then cleared. 12-304 Drug Possession. University Apartments. 11:51pm. While on foot patrol, officers confiscate drug paraphernalia and two male subjects transported to Kenosha Jail for Probation <S? Parole golds. Officers then cleared. 02/04/12 12-306 Alarm - Building. Wyllie Hall. 12:06pm. Complainant reports alarm going off. Officer dispatched to area, alarm was taken care of. Officer then cleared. ! 12-310 Smoking In Restricted Area. University Apartments. 5:31pm. Resident Advisor reofficer for smell of marijuana. Officer issued various citations, Smoking In A Residence Hall, Possession of Drug Paraph & Possession erous Weapons. Officer then cleared. PI 2-31? % 4 \ \ Suspicious Circumstances. Ranger Hall. 12:10am. Resident Advisor has report that nonresidents climbing through exterior window. Officers escorted two subjects from building and they were also given verbal warnings. Officers then cleared. I | || 12-3i3 j ' I I Alarm - Building. Student Center. 3:22am. Checkpoint reports perimeter alarm. Officer check location area secured. Key Holder arrived and then reset alarm. Officer then cleared. t / J? 12-316 ' /j Agency Assist. Ranger Hall. 5:21pm. KSD request assistance in locating resident/student involved in drive off without paying for gas. UWPPD officer unable to locate resident/student. Officer then cleared. Attention all UW-Parkside Student Organizations Looking to advertise upcoming events in an issue of The Ranger News? Tell us what happened Email us at rangernews.uwp.edu for rates! Do you have an upcoming event you want everyone to attend? W 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! February 14,2012 Why V-Day Isn't So Important Contrary to what Hallmark Tells You Emilly Harring Harri091@uwp.edu I have never understood why so many people get hung up on Valen- If there is one thing Hollywood is good at, it is making people believe tine's Day. A consumer holiday at its finest, there is really no reason to in unattainable things such as trips to Paris and gifts of diamon s on Vrely on one day to give significance to a relationship (or lack thereof). Day. God forbid a man does not act like Prince Charming or uy you all Sure, it is nice to take a day to spend some attention and time with your of the things on this oh so special date of 14 February, he simply is not significant other, but honestly, it does not have to be on Valentine's Day worth your time if he cannot rope you the moon (or afford Iiffany s). If (hereafter V-Day, because it is fun to say). If it is, that is just grand, but if you spend your entire life waiting to have that perfect V-Day as seen in your boyfriend forgets to pick up flowers and candy, don't break up with the movies, you will forever be disappointed. The best moments are the him (unless he is always a jerk; then break up with him). So many women simplest. Grand gestures of love and desire, while nice to dream about, have unrealistic expectations on how V-Day must be spent; I blame Hoi- remain some of Hollywood's most fallacious lies that everyone continues lywood and Hallmark. At the same time, many men presume that if they to believe, do not go above and beyond their regular, day-to-day behaviors on VDay, their women will be disappointed in them. This is not always true, And don't even get me started on those atrociously cheesy Hallmark men. I know, take a moment; this is shocking news. cards full of love, hearts, and rainbows. Hallmark makes everything look like a bad Lifetime movie. But, I digress. The truth is, it is typical of women to justify spending gregarious amounts of money on themselves, particularly on holidays. We deserve The point is that if you're celebrating V-Day, that is fine. Have fun. it, so we buy it. Thus, if you forget to buy us a box of chocolates, never However, if you do not have anyone currently to spend V-Day with, that fear, for we shall go buy a pint of ice cream and all will be well. is fine also. Contrary to popular belief, single ladies and gents everywhere need not be bitter about the fact that they do not have a date. It will Do not fret if you cannot afford to take us to a fancy restaurant because, be fine. You will survive. I promise. as in the case of my best friend, Golden Corral works just fine. Better yet, cook a"hf>me-ifiade meal Of whatever you please; we love home-made So, what can we take away from this article? A) Targeting one day as meals. Or, do not cook us anything on V-Day, because the day really does the epitome of romanticism is stupid and B) while it is easy to get sucked not matter. (Though, you should probably cook home-made meals once into Hollywood's version of romance, the simpler moments matter more, in a while. Just a tip.) POETRY CONTEST!!!! UW-Parkside's Straylight Literary Magazine is hosting its second annual Poetry Contest! With the $10 purchase of a copy of Straylight, entry into the contest is free. Submissions are limited to three poems per person; the deadline for the contest is 19 March 2012. Prizes for the contest are as follows: $125 for 1st place, $50 for 2nd place, and $25 for 2rd place. You can submit your work online at www.straylightmag.com today! Check us out at www.trnonline.org for more information 5 February 14,2012 Fresh Ink Review: Darker and Edgier than Ever Bobby Johnson Johns376@uwp.edu Over the weekend, the Fresh-ink installment, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, by Sarah Rhul brought laughter to audiences through its sexually explicit nature! In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, tells a peculiar tale about the mistreatment of women. The play is set in a spa town in the vicinity of New York in the late 1800s. Electricity has just begun to thrive in the homes of those able to afford it. Dr. Givings, a gynecologist in this time of the late 1800s, has harnessed a bit of this electricity so that he may practice his treatment on patients suffering from "hysteria," using a strange electric-powered box. In modern terminology, this strange box is known as a vibrator. His treatment of patients takes place "in the room next door," or, what he refers to as the doctor's "operating theater." A new patient, Sabrina Daldry (UW-Parkside student Brenna Kempf), suffers from symptoms that alarm her husband. Furthermore, she is sensitive to light and prone to tears. Her treatment with the vibrator begins a strong attachment, and an insatiable curiosity to the vibrator which causes her addiction to the treatment. Actress Brenna Kempf left the audience roaring with laughter as she played numerous orgasms on stage. In the second act, Leo Irving (UW-Parkside Student Antonio Torrez) suffers from a diabolical case of unattainable inspiration. This is a principal cause for hysterical behavior as he is an artist. His treatment with the vibrator produced an even louder reaction from the crowd given the awkward nature of the situation. Having a reputation for the dark and edgy, as Director Gale Childs-Daly announced in opening this production Friday night, the Fresh-ink series commits its material to the new, stylish plays of new and rising playwrights. Sarah Rhul, for instance, is a young, new playwright that likes to experiment with the bizarre aspects of a very real world. Her characters, for instance, live in a suspended reality while inhabiting this one. They speak with a poetic language, but consist of flesh and blood. Overall, the staged reading was a huge success, and produced two nights of roaring comedy! The Fresh-ink series continues its edginess with its last installment of the year, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, in late March. Get ready for a world of video game mayhem as virtual reality collides with the reality we know to be our own! scenes provide plenty of shock value and keep you guessing. These scenes do this so well because there is no precise build up and they happen without warning. In a lot of scary films, there is music that tells you when something is about to happen, and it takes away from the shock. In this film, a lot of the shock does not happen during the music; instead it happens when there is silence. With the Woman in Black killing children for revenge against the village people who killed her son, Kipps must figure out a way to put the spirit to rest before his son is next. Misha Handley, the child actor who plays the son of Radcliffe's character, is his godson in real life. As such, Radcliffe and Handley were able to establish a relationship for the film a lot easier. In a film where the children are the targets, having an established relationship between a father and son is important so that the emotions seem more real and the viewer can have empathy for the character. Even though this film has supernatural elements in it, it is still a perfect post-Potter film for Daniel Radcliffe in the sense that he is not playing a kid anymore, nor is he just an adult, but a parent. The supernatural elements give the viewer a nostalgic feeling of their favorite boy wizard, while showing them that the child actor they grew up with is now a mature actor capable of continuing in the world of film. photo courtesty ofimdb.com Trevor Henkel HenkeO 11 @ u wp .edu The Woman in Black Review Once a role that a lot of actors have been known for has ended, they have the problem of being successful in later films. Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who has . played Harry Potter for more than half of his life has come out with his first post-Potter film, The Woman in Black, and it was thrilling, captivating, and a film you do not want to watch by yourself at night. Radcliffe plays Arthur Kipps, a young lawyer and single dad who travels to a remote village that, unknown to him, is haunted by a vengeful ghost that has been terrorizing the locals and killing their children. While Kipps is the main character, the film focuses on both of the locations at which he stays at, along with the people he interacts with. This helps the viewer get a better feel of what exactly is happening, instead of only focusing on his own struggles. This also helps with the more frightening scenes that take place. The color scheme of the film uses a lot of dark colors and gives the characters a pale skin complexion that not only adds to the dark tone of the film, but is also eerily beautiful. Nothing about this village is welcoming. Aside from two people, everybody glares at him, and the parents drag their children inside when he walks through the town; he is isolated and unwanted. The gloomy atmosphere created by continually cloudy skies and numerous periods of dense fog give this place a chilling and haunting feeling. Even in the mansion he stays at he is alone, the creaking noises and echoing sounds are louder and more nerve racking than if he was with other people. The film's build up to the frightening scenes is done in a way that is not at all cliche, while not over the top either. The 6 A Change in Leadership Emily Harring Harri091@uwp.edu Like semesters in the past, Parkside Student Government (PSG) has had to say hello to a variety of new members as old members have stepped down. Known for its high turnover rate, students can oftentimes see new faces each semester in the PSG office. While the high turnover makes it hard to develop the organization's leadership positions, it also allows new students the chance to join. "We have had very high quality students who have joined PSG lately," said Speaker of the Senate Amanda Barber. "Among many others we have underclassmen Senators Annalee Sepanski and Lauren Bradshaw. The two of these wonderful students have went above and beyond their job requirements as Senators to serve the student body and they have spent a great deal of their time working on sub-committees like SUFAC and Student Life Committee. This is quite a bit of dedication and time commitment, especially from underclassmen." There are many reasons that PSG experiences such a high turnover with students, according to Barber. One of said reasons include the fact that some students have other job opportunities or internships that take up much of their time and they find that they have to vacate their seats; another likely scenario is that many students do not realize the dedication and time commitment necessary in order to be a PSG officer and they vacate their seats in order to work on academics, The Ranger News as well as spend time with their families. One of the most surprising vacations of the semester was the stepping down of Vice-President Corey Bullocks. Bullocks was appointed VP by former VP and current President Nelson Senda JR. after former President Justin Irwin's vacation. "[He] is an [extremely] dedicated student leader here on campus and Parkside is a better place as a result of his enrollment here. He does many different types of work to better the student life experience at Parkside; I can't say enough about his dedication. His heart is definitely with the students," said Barber. Appointed to take his seat, former President Dana Calamia finds herself once again part of PSG. "[She] was the best choice for Vice President for many reasons. With it being so late in the year, we needed to have someone fill the Vice President position who already knew a great deal about the powers, means, and responsibilities not only of the Vice President position, but also PSG generally. Vice President Calamia is a true leader on campus and she has shown her dedication to the students of UW Parkside in more ways than can be counted," stated Barber. While news of the vacation of Bullocks and appointment of Calamia's position was certainly a surprising way to begin the semester, an even more surprising turn was the vacation of SUFAC Director Lauren Axelson shortly after budget hearings for organizations began. In an emergency meeting, former SUFAC Director Jisha Jose was reappointed. Now that all the leadership positions have been secured with strong, dedicated students, PSG hopes to gain February 14,2012 more input on Student Life issues around campus that need to be addressed. Students can meet with Senate members at their weekly meetings on Tuesday at 9PM in the Walnut Room of the Student Center, as well as attend the upcoming event PSG is hosting called Rock the Vote on 29 February 2012 from 7PM to 11PM in the University Ballroom. Rock the Vote is a pre-election concert in which students can get to know their PSG leaders, ask them questions, or bring forward any concerns about the campus community. There will be performances by Above Aurora, Dropping Daisies, Will of Tomorrow, and Thunder Driver, as well as free food. There is a $5 cover, but with a UW-P ID there is no charge. Barber also personally invites any member of the UW-P community to contact her regarding Student Life issues at any time. She can be reached at psg.speakerofthesenate@uwp.edu or at (262) 595-2036 Students and Seg Fees Continued A full-time Parkside student currently pays $960 in Seg Fees for the Fall and Spring semester, or $480 for one semester. There are specific criteria that must be met in order for something to be funded using student Seg Fees. This criteria is set up by the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents is the governing body of the University of Wisconsin system. There are 18 members on the board who review and either approve or disapprove the budgets of each UW University, along with other responsibilities. The Board of Regents also sets policies for the UW system; they have many policies concerning the way Seg Fees can be spent. One particular policy, G15 (which can be found at http://www. wisconsin.edu/fadmin/gapp/gappl5.htm) gives a list of definitions for the specific items Seg Fees can and cannot pay. According to the criteria laid out by G15, UW-P students' Seg Fees are not allowed to pay for a substantial number of things that they are currently paying for, including OMSA. "In G-15 section III. Definitions, the definition for Student Services Administration led SUFAC to cease funding for several positions in the Parkside Student Center, Student Life, and Student Activities. These positions alone cost the student body over $265,000," stated Barber. "In G15 section III. Definitions, the definition of Educational Opportunity led SUFAC to cease funding for OMSA. The total amount between the.. .listed positions and for OMSA is over $300,000." While some may see this as a problem, Barber feels this is a wonderful opportunity for both SUFAC and the UW-P student body for many reasons. Of all four-year UW universities, UW-P has the highest percent of its Title IV federal financial aid recipients in the income level of lower than or equal to $30,000 a year. As many know, UW-P also has the second lowest total enrollment out of all four-year UW universities, which increases the financial burden on the students. By ceasing to fund these programs and positions, the financial burden on the students is lessened. "As a member of SUFAC, I have to keep information like this in mind. That is why SUFAC is adhering to the financial policies, as laid out by the Board of Regents, and ceasing funding on certain positions and programs. This does [not] mean that these things will not be funded, it means that the funding must come from, per G15, GPR [General Purpose Revenue] funding," said Barber. Each specific university receives GPR funding, from the state, via the Board of Regents. Neither Student Activities nor OMSA plan on appealing SUFAC's decision; appeals must be made by 14 February 2012. The final decision on SUFAC's allocations, however, lies with the Chancellor. In the event that SUFAC's allocations are not approved by Administration, SUFAC is able to appeal to the Board of Regents and ask them, as the UW system's governing body, to rule on how these positions and programs must be funded. The deadline for these appeals is 1 April 2012. "OMSA, Student Activities, and [the] Student Life Administration are valuable [and] necessary parts of the Parkside family. We need them! This is why we have such a wonderful opportunity here; SUFAC is making sure that these amazing parts of our University stay with us in a way that respects the financial situation of our student body," explained Barber. That is the important thing for students to bear in mind: the departments and OMSA will be funded, just not through Seg Fees. "By ceasing to fund these programs and position, the financial burden on the students is lessened." February 14,2012 The Ranger News 7 Concern: Students concern with campus safety After everything that happened last week, I went on my radio show and started to talk about how we need more love on campus. How we need to embrace love. That s pretty much where it came from. I made up a sign, and tried to spread the love. I want to do this to re-establish the connections that we think are stronger because of Globalization." These expressions of concern about security and consideration may be justified and are given weight by all the pain, fear, and anguish caused by these events that transpired on our campus. However, despite the fact that these alleged grievances exposed by this hate crime could have been lodged, as Ms. Owens implied, in a better fashion, much less tainted by collateral damage, we all can and should learn a lesson from this. Not only that hate shouldn't be tolerated, but that we should be tolerant of each other, of diversity, and embrace it wholeheartedly Campus Residence. Photo courtesy of UWP. The Ranger News' word of the week: gre-gar-i-ous [gri-gair-ee-uhs] 1. fond of the company of others; sociable. 2. living in flocks or herds, as animals. 3. Botany. Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together. 4. pertaining to a flock or crowd. [courtesy ofwww.dictionary.com] Used in a sentence: Grendel was a gregarious individual, though he showed his love of peo pie through the consumption of their flesh. Level A M G O N I N Interested in video games with an academic twist? If so, NextLevel, UW-Parkside s premier Interested m videogam ^ (^ ^ ^ for you, Reviews Qn ^ Fantasy xm_2 gaming and te dcastSi more can be found at www.nlgo.net. NextLevel can alto be tod on Facebook under NextLevel Gaming. NextLevel airs on WIPZ every Sunday at 7PM. Check them out today! In honor of Valentines Day, Top 20 couples that were never meant to be. 20. Taylor Swift and Kanye West 19. Justin Beiber and Selena Gomez 18. The Parkside Men's Basketball team and a winning record 17. Bloods and Crips 16. Borat and Pamela Anderson 15. Billy Cundiff's Career 14. Bonnie and Clyde 13. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 12. Cathy and Heathcliff 11. Steve Bartman and the Chicago Cubs Organization 10. OJ Simpson and his wife 9. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries 8. Raskolnikov and crime 7. Sid and Nancy 6. Rose and Jack Dawson 5. Conan O Brien and NBC 4. Kobe and Shaq 3. Elaine and The Old Make-Out King from The Graduate 2. Rebecca Black and the music industry 1. Romeo and Juliet What is Cool? 321 Zak Eden Eden001@uwp.edu 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 41, issue 8, February 14, 2012 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 News Since 1972 INDEX Open Mic Night 4 Great Expectations 6 February 28,2012 vjui vcihuy m wiscunsin-raniSKie s Ntuuent iNewspaper I he Ranger News is written and edited by students of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and they are solely responsible for its editorial policy and content. Unleash your time management skills, academia is proclaiming war Bob Bobby by Joh Johnso nson n in some sort of fashion. The only logical option is out-of-class learninej ohns376@ uwp .edu Students are finding it harder and harder to keep up with the growing work load of their classes! After speaking with several students on campus, it has been interesting to find that the workload of classes has been steadily increasing. Students are bewildered by the escalating demand of outside work, versus the demand of work inside the classroom. Some students, such as Eric Harington, even went as far as saying, "It used to be that sixty-five percent of the work and experience was dealt with in the classroom, and the other thirty-five percent was done outside of the class. Now, I feel like we do seventy-five percent of the work outside of class, and twenty-five percent in." Eric is a non-traditional student at UW-Parkside. While other students agree with this claim, there are those who disagree entirely. For example, students like Laura Kang, a communications major at UW-Parkside, and Alecia Annachino, a double Major at UW-Parkside, feel that real world experience is key to a person's education. As a result, there is a common consensus among many students that seventy-five percent of the work should be done outside of class. In any case, what are the reasons for the seemingly massive increase in the workload? Some would say it has always been this way, but a few pieces of conclusive evidence include professors facing pay deductions, and the university facing financial and fiscal budget cuts. Given our current political situation, professors across the state are being faced with the dilemma of having to teach more classes, with less pay. Because professors across campus are being charged with more and more duties, their time for class work is depleting, along with the time of the normal class period. As a result, the student's learning has to be compensated for in some sort of fashion. The only logical option is out-of-class learning— thus, the extra workload. Among the many explanations and reasons for the extra workload, this is one of them. "The extra workload," as Annachino explains, "allows us to practice our time management skills, and gets us ready for our realworld experiences, especially within the job market realm." Voting Rights Changing in Wisconsin Alexandria Binanti BinanOO 1 @ uwp .edu Just one year ago Wisconsin made shocking headlines with Scott Walker's highly contentious "Budget Repair Bill," which threatened unions as well as thousands of public sector employees. The response to this bill was overwhelming. Fourteen Democratic senators fled Wisconsin to try to impede the vote, millions of demonstrators flocked Madison in the subsequent weeks, filling the capitol building day and night, and even democratic revolutionaries in Egypt rallied in support of Wisconsin's demonstrations. Wisconsin democrats lost the fight, and students are now seeing the ramifications of the conservative term. One of these effects in 2012 has been the implementation of new voting changes in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker passed into legislation the "Voter Identification Bill" in May, 2011. Employed this January, the primary elections on the 21st of February, as well as the possible recall election, will be the first elections to be impacted by the statute's new regulations. These new changes have be^n seen by opponents as an effort to disenfranchise thousands of potential voters with its confusing requirements, and potentially diminishes the student vote. Representative Peter Barca noted while visiting UWParkside in December to address the voting bill changes, "In a fiscal year where we have seen nothing done to create jobs, where 1,200 jobs have been lost [in December] alone, and 20,000 since the budget bill started in July, this bill [the voter i.d. bill] seems like a mistake of priorities... These changes seem to limit many democratic constituents [such as students and senior citizens]." The University of Wisconsin System as well as well as campus-dwelling students may find these changes to be an impediment to the voting process. From now on the legislation will allow the following IDs for voting: Wisconsin driver's licenses; state-issued ID cards; military IDs; passports; naturalization certificates; IDs issued by Wisconsin-based tribes; and certain student IDs. Student IDs need to be issued from accredited public and private colleges and universities in Wisconsin, include the student's signature and have a two-year expiration date. Students would have to establish they are currently enrolled in the school if using a student ID. A provision to require addresses on student IDs was removed from the bill by the Assembly. Student residents looking to register to vote on campus will have a new minimum residency requirement of 28 days, opposed to the prior 10 day requirement. UW-System IDs do not currently meet the legislation's requirements, and the changeover could cost the system $1.1 million to reissue IDs. At the University of Wisconsin Parkside, students who qualify are being offered a new college voter ID that fits legislative requirements. Steve Wallner, interim director of student life at UW-Parkside stated, "Most of our students have proper identification since most students drive and are from the immediate area...it would have been cost prohibitive for Parkside to give all its approximate 4,000 students a voter id so they are available free upon request." The cost of making an id each costs the school about $2.00, excluding the cost of the new equipment required to make the IDs. According to some Parkside Student Government officials "The cost of the voter ID is much less than the chance of fraud." Remarking that nine other states have the same voting requirements, along with 19 other state variations of voter ID requirements, Wisconsin is hardly a pioneer in this process. And while the projected cost of the statewide change seems high, Steve Wellner has assured UW-Parkside a more cost effective means can be implemented to give students the optimal access to voting. If any student is seeking further advice or have any questions regarding these voting changes the UW-Parkside Student Affairs office would be happy to answer and questions. ^ Range r News I niversity of Wisconsin Parkside Student Newspaper Copy Editors: 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Emily Harring harri091 @ uwp .edu Daniel Lavender laven006@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Cedric Ray ray00007@uwp.edu Staff Reporters: Alyssa Kay kay00003@ uwp .edu Trevor Henkel henke020@uwp.edu Alexandria Binanti binan001@uwp Bobby Johnson johns376@uwp .edu Laura Ellen Pate Bridges PatebOO 1 @ uwp .edu Steven Niemi niemi004@uwp .edu Photographers: Cartoonist: Designers: Maggie Lawler lawle020@ uwp .edu James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Kelsey Klink Klink003 @ uwp .edu Bethany MacDonald macd017@uwp.edu Carl Rollman roll mOO 1 @ uwp .edu Zak Eden edenOOOl @uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@ uwp .edu Charles Reynolds rey noO 18 @ uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RANGER NEWS STRIVES TO INFOR M, EDUcate, AND ENGAGE THE UW-PARKSIDE COMMUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOU RNALISM ON A BI-W EEKLY BASIS, AS WE LL AS ONLINE. The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews® uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We are located in the Student Center in room L101A. The Ranger iNews - Letter from the editor Hello, Parksidians! I hope you're having a lovely Tuesday (free of snow and icky weather). Is anyone else counting down the days until spring break? While I think I have been counting down the days 'til spring break since the start of the semester, it seems to have gotten especially bad these past couple weeks. I blame the random, amazing nice spring days we will occasionally have before it goes back to being dark, dreary, and altogether completely unpleasant. I just want warm weather, is that too much to ask? In other news, Parkside has been particularly quiet since the hoax a couple weeks back. There have been plenty of events to attend, though! The Chili cook off this past Tuesday seemed like a delicious event, Great Expectations opened this past weekend (a review of which can be found inside this edition), and PSG election packets are available for anyone interested in holding office (yes, it's that time of year again!). The Ranger News will keep you in the know about all the interesting things going on around campus! Remember, you can check out our website (www.trnonline. org) for other information. Before you enjoy the rest of the issue, I will take the opportunity to nudge everyone in the direction of This Means War, the new movie with Tom Hardy. It's cliche and I totally guessed the ending, but oh my, does his face make up for its faults. Plus, it'll make you laugh. So, go see it, love it, and have a wonderful week. 28 February 12:00 PM-6:00 PM Art Exhibition: ' 13^ g West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists "I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Rita Tallent Picken 6:00 PM -7:00 PM Zeta Sigma Chi: "Her Success Story" with Jackeline Herrara 7:00 PM-9:00 PM BSU Gospel Explosion Cinema 29 February 12:00 PM-6:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists 'I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Gindlesbe Rita Tallent Picken 12:00 PM -1:00 PM 1 Zeta Sigma Chi: Let's Play Loteria Student Center Maple Room 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Geography Club: Motivational Speaker Sammy Rangel " v - Mblifiar<>i05 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Noon Conceit: Mark Eichner, trumpet Bedford Concert Hall 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PAMA Presents: Rock the Vote : Student Center Ballroom . 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM -' U W-Parkside Jazz Ensemble Bedford Concert Hall 9:00 PM-11:32 PM Foreign Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo i March ~'V/ 12:00 PM-8:00 PM West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists 'I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Gindlesbe Rita Tallent Piciken 7:00 PM -8:00 PM Zeta Sigma Chi: Dance with the Z-Chis Molinaro D132 The Straylight Poetry Contest is under way! Start ! Learn more at: straylightmag.com Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! Email us at: rangernews@uwp.edu February 28,2012 The Ranger News 3 7:30 PM-10:02 PM Foreign Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Student Center Cinema 7:30 PM-10:30 PM Parkside Theatre Presents: Great Expectations Black Box Theatre 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM Comic: Pat McCurdy The Den Bedford Concert Hall 3 March 12:00 PM-4:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists "I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Gindlesbe Rita Tallent Picken 6 March 12:00 PM -6:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists "I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Gindlesbe Rita Tallent Picken 7 March Do you have an upcoming event you wanf everyone to attend? Do you have an opinion you want everyone to l read? A Tell us what happened v v V • yo sSencf us your press re/eases, news tips> and opinions! 7:30 PM- 10:30 PM Parkside Theatre Presents: Great Expectations Black Box Theatre 8:00 PM-10:32 PM Foreign Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Student Center Cinema 12:00 PM -6:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists "'I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Gindlesbe Rita Tallent Picken 4 March 2:00 PM-4:32 PM Foreign Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Student Center Cinema 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Noon Concert: Student Recital #1 Bedford Concert Hall 8 March 2 March 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Parkside Theatre Presents: Great Expectations Black Box Theatre 12:00 PM-4:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists "'I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Gindlesbe Rita Tallent Picken 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Zeta Sigma Chi: Dance with the Z-Chis Tallent Hall 181 7:30 PM - 10:02 PM Foreign Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Student Center Cinema 7:30 PM-10:30 PM Parkside Theatre Presents: Great Expectations Black Box Theatre 7:30 PM-9:30 PM UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble & UW-Parkside Choirs 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Art Exhibition: West African Art from the Mathis Collection Everyday Matters: Works by Three Local Artists 'I'm in the Wrong Film' and Other Works" by Hans Gindlesbe Rita Tallent Picken 7:30 PM-9:30 PM Foreign Film: Incendies Student Center Cinema 5:00 PM-7:32 PM Foreign Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Student Center Cinema 5 March 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Artist Talk by Hans Gindlesberger Student Center Oak Room 2:00 PM-3:00 PM "Low-tech" animation workshop by Hans Gindlesberger Wyllie Hall D150L The Ranger News February 28,2012 Straylight Open Mic Night Returns for 2012 lamoc T Rnrnc ••••————— James T. Burns Burns029@rangers.uw.edu The University of Wisconsin-Parkside hosted the first Straylight open mic of the new semester in the Den on Friday 17 February 2012. The crowd was buzzing with conversation, and the anticipation was high. The roster was hard to fill with people to sign-up and perform at first, but things picked up quickly after the initial nervousness wore off. The first few performances were A Capella renditions of songs by Beyonce, in particular her song "Halo," performed by Delonte Carter and Jozef Mason, filling the venue with strong voices. It took a little while, but the poets finally started to come on in bursts and waves, followed by long sets from local musicians, and students playing originals, interspersed with covers of popular bands. The poetry was sometimes deep, and exploratory, with the occasional nonsense, causing people to burst into random laughter. William May, a reviewer on the Straylight staff at Parkside, continued the tradition of telling a bad joke before performing their poetry. May's was intelligent, as much as humorous, asking the crowd, "Do you guys want to hear a joke about Potassium?" When the crowd agreed, he responded with a terse, "K." Other times it was quite melancholy, or expressive. One piece of nonsense in particular, which was quite popular with the crowd, was what's called an "exquisite corpse" poem. How it works is that someone starts with a couple lines of poetry, and passes it to their neighbor, who then writes their own couple of lines, and passes it on like this. The catch being that when you get the poem, to add your two lines, you are only allowed to see the two previous lines of the poem. This unique method of composition really engaged the audience, and it really went over well when everybody heard what they wrote. It was complete hysteria; people couldn't believe what others had written. The night was rounded out by various encore performances by several of the musicians from earlier in the night that had more material to play. A set done by Colin Flanigan and Christiana Caronti, of The Aches, was extremely popular. The musical styling of Matt Leptich on guitar was toe tapping and folksy. Paul Braun and his band 10 displayed a smooth, contemplative sound. Soft vocals combined with eclectic guitar riffs held the audience in place. Over all, it was a good start to the Straylight's spring season. There was a great variety of entertainment for everyone. So keep your eyes peeled, and your calendar's open for the next event to be announced. If y our interested, you can follow Straylight literary magazine for event and content on Facebook and on Twitter, at @StraylightMag, and on their website www.straylightmag.com. February 28,2012 The Ranger News New Federal Loan Rules Steven Niemi Niemi004@uwp.edu Many new graduates are discovering that the new federal loan rules for income-based plans are very complicated, especially those trying to pay off their student loans. Ranydy McCready, the director of scholarships and financial aid, says that the new consolidation laws affect some 11,000 past and present students at thf?University of Wisconsin-Parkside. If a student graduates, leaves school, or drops below the required credits to be considered a half-time student, they have a grace period of six to nine months before repayment begins on a federal loan. At UWParkside, half-time enrollment means six credits for undergraduates and four credits for graduate students. It is important to contact your loan servicer if you're struggling making payments, as you might be able to change your repayment plan or request a loan deferment or forbearance. Be aware that unpaid interest can add up when postponing your loans. In some circumstances, forbearances allow you to stop making payments for a certain period of time, temporarily make smaller payments, or give you more time to make payments. If you're not aware of your outstanding loans, you can check your loan history at www.nslds. ed.gov (National Student Loan Data System). The last thing you want to do is default, as it can have very serious consequences, such as: ineligibility for additional federal student aid, payments can be deducted from paychecks, state, federal income tax refunds can be withheld and applied toward what you owe, late fees can be added to what you already owe, and there is even the possibility of being sued. It's important to be aware of your loans, payment plans, and any sources of assistance. If you're on the verge of graduating, start doing research now or you could end up losing thousands of dollars without even knowing if. Coping After Hate Crime and Hoax Alexandria Binanti BinanOO 1 @ uwp ,edu University of Wisconsin Parkside's Ethnic Studies Department offered a meeting to stalf and students to respond to the incidents on campus involving the hate crime hoax. The goal was to organize a conference with the administration to cope with the traumatic events that took place during the kick-off of black history month. Dr Abey Kuruvilla, professor of Business and Technology, noted that during the two meetings the chancellor initiated on Thursday night, "The fear was so real.. .the lights flickered off momentarily and there was terror from students." Realizing the death threats were a hoax did not lesson the fear or minimize the obvious racial strain that arose on campus. And while Chancellor Debra Ford congratulated students on coming together as a community, Vice President of Parkside's NAACP, Whisper Jackson, noted that, "segregation is overwhelmingly affecting our student body." Associate Professor of Communication and Ethnic Studies, Fay Akindes, spoke to the gathering and led the group to express their thoughts and feelings. "Dialogue of race should not be a taboo," one staff member announced, "even though the noose incident was overshadowed in many ways by the hoax, it did not minimize the fact that this blew the cap off already present anxieties." From this, Akindes suggested an option for more ongoing public forums on racial issues. The meetings held regarding the noose incident and death threat hoax seemed to incite a public forum opportunity that was heartening to see with such an immense and diverse turn out. It became a safe place to speak for many. Encouraged by the universal response from all students, the idea for a continued dialogue became imperative. Several suggestions were tossed around to go to the administration for this week, even comparing events and actions to UW-Platteville's initiative against hate crimes. Chancellor Debra Ford encourages this pro-active stance by staff and students. "[The hate crime/hoax] enabled us to respond to the challenges in a positive way and showed us the true value of community. We will continue to learn as we complete afteraction reviews and engage in continuing dialogues." The events of Parkside should be seen a lesson between racism from all cultural groups. As Whisper Jackson stated, "To erad cate segregation whether mental, physical, psychological, spiritual, forma, and/or informal segregation on UW-Parkside's campus, everyone (students, faculty, staff, police) need to work hard together... for everyone here is affected whether you feel its implications or not." Time will only tell how deeply impacted these events will change our student interactions, but the response is hopeful as an affirmative stance against hate and segregation. Next Level GAM ING ONL INE Interested in video games with an academic twist? If so, NextLevel, UW-Parkside's premier gaming and tech website and podcast is the place for you! Reviews on Final Fantasy XIII2, Soul Calibur V, the first podcasts, and more can be found at www.nlgo.net. NextLevel can also be found on Facebook under NextLevel Gaming. NextLevel airs on WIPZ every Sunday at 7PM. Check them out today! 6 The Ranger News February 28,2012 Photo Courtesy of wellmeditated.com The Bicycle Thief James T. Burns Burns029(5) rangers, uw.edu Currently in the throes of economic upheaval, or presently recovering, people are considering their financial situations more closely in the wake of what is now being called the "Great Recession" by many Americans. Movies are rarely able to capture this sense of anxiety, and the keen uncertainty about where the next paycheck will arrive. However, Vittorio De Sica does this masterfully with one of his masterpiece works, The Bicycle Thief. The Bicycle Thief was released in 1948 in post-war Italy to a public all too aware of how bleak life was after such a global conflict, and reflected, in a subtle style, the hopeless paths we walk at times when faced with real adversity. Viewers should be able to easily identify with this story. A father, Antonio Ricci, is struggling to find work in Rome and maintain a livelihood to support his family. He does all this while simultaneously trying to raise his son, Bruno, to be a morally upstanding citizen, but poverty complicates things for him. The gut wrenching begins when Antonio's bicycle is stolen while he is hanging posters his first day on the job. Without the bicycle, which is vital to his work, his family, like so many others, will suffer and starve. The film follows father and son on their dogged quest to recover that which was stolen. While navigating the twists and turns of Roman alleys, ghettos, and searching everywhere for the culprit; a needle in a haystack if ever there was one, Antonio gradually succumbs to desperation. This film resonates so perfectly with the economic trials that face Americans today that it is almost eerie. The Bicycle Thief reaches into the past for proof that people have gone through this before. It has a stark, lingering, visual style that puts you in the character's wellworn shoes, and rumpled hat. Bruno, Antonio's son, makes the film all the more emotional because of that very loyalty in his father He stays right alongside his father through all that they experience. Too young to know how hard life truly is, Bruno believes, "Dad will fix things." It just makes the film all the more heartbreaking and beautiful. It stands as a timeless testament to humanity and our constant struggle If you would like to see the Bicycle Thief it plays in the Student Center Cinema 23-24 February at 7:30 p.m., Saturday 25th February at 5 & 8 p.m., and Sunday 26th February, at 2 & 5 p.m. Great Expectations Exceeds Viewer Expectations Alexandria Binanti BinanOO 1 @ uwp.edu In an era where modern society has experienced the rise and fall of fortunes, and social class is constantly being reexamined, the University of Parkside's play Great Expectations transcends the centuries to deliver a performance that is nostalgic as well as relevant. Based on the Charles Dickens novel, the Barbara Field adaption stays close to the original. The story goes through the life of a young boy, bound by the hardships of society. The audience examines his hopes, his rise, and his fall that teaches the lesson quoted from the character Jaggers, "Never judge by appearances—irrefutable evidence, that's the rule." The evolution of love and compassion is hauntingly poignant for the characters, proving that relationships matter more than status. Bobby Johnson leads the cast, delivering a reserved yet thoughtful portrayal of the Dickens' protagonist, Pip. While the plot is considered a classic drama, newbie Kenjamin Lafayette entertains the audience with playful anecdotes of humor. True to his ComedySportz background, his range of character voices, faces, and antics are perfectly delivered to break up the seriousness of the plot. One theater goer, Tom Webber, claimed, "The show does the book justice... I liked the added humor as well." Utility is something to be praised here. Actors are seen playing multiple roles, convincingly transformed by a costume change, an altered accent, and even different posture. Sound effects are mostly generated from the cast themselves, seen by the audience to give dimension to the performance. Student Sam Crawford noted, "The stage setting and the use of the sound effects were aesthetically pleasing." The idea to show the audience the belt snaps to signify a hand slapping the face, or the tin cans tapping to visualize a horse's clap, seems to add to the mechanical instrumentalism of the late 19th century setting. Debuted on Friday 24th February, the show runs through the next two weekends 24th February-3rd March with performances at 7:30 PM, as well as a 2:00 PM matinee performance on the 26th (no 7:30 showing) and an added performance on the 2nd of March at 10AM. For opening night, the show sold over 110 tickets, with seating room for 125. Ticket cost is low; only $7.50 for students while seniors and adult ticket prices are slightly higher. Please contact the Black Box Theatre box office for purchasing information at 262-595-2373. February 28,2012 The Ranger News 7 UWP Press Release UW-PARKSIDE WIND ENSEMBLE, CHOIR EVENT FEATURES WORLD PREMIERE KENOSHA, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Music Department presents the world premiere of the Good Friday-inspired composition "The Ascension" performed by the university's Wind Ensemble, Chorale, and Masters Singers Friday 2nd March. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Frances Bedford Concert Hall of the new Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for the Arts and Humanities. With music by UW-Parkside Professor James Crowley and lyrics by Senior English Lecturer Patrick McGuire, "The Ascension fulfills the two educators' long-standing wish to collaborate. Crowley selected a portion of a longer poem McGuire penned. "He gave me an extended poem, and I found this section, which is kind of a self-contained, shorter poem called 'The Ascension, Crowley said. "And I thought, with hardly any adjustment, this would work as a choral piece." McGuire said the words were inspired by the Catholic ritual of the Holy Rosary. "The Holy Rosary are prayers and meditations on the life of Jesus," McGuire stated. "So, this is the ascension of Jesus, which is what Good Fn ay is about." . . , Crowley and McGuire's composition will be played for the first time by the UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble and sung by the university s ora e an Master Singers. The vocalists were prepared for this performance by UW-Parkside Music Professor Dr. James B. Kinchen Jr. The Wind Ensem e rehearsed under Professor Mark Eichner who serves as conductor for this performance. Crowley said he wrote one brief soprano solo and a solo for a bass voice into "The Ascension. The program also features performances of Gustav Hoist's "Turn Back, O Man," . "English Dances" by Malcolm Arnold, Aram Khachaturian's "Dances from the Gayneh Ballet," and the Pascual Perez Chovi composition Pepi a GieUV Admission to this world premiere event is $8 for adults and $6 for senior and students. The campus is located at 900 Wood Rd^in Kenosha. For more information about the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Music Department, visit www.uwp.edu keyword music or call 262-595-24. /. UW-PARKSIDE JAZZ ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT 29 FEB. BEDFORD HALL KENOSHA Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Music Department presents an evening of jazz Wednesday 29th Feb. Led by Director of Jazz Studies Russell Johnson, the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Frances Bedford Concert Hall of the new Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities located at 900 Wood Rd. in Kenosha. This is a UW-Parkside Year of the Arts and Humanities event "The Large Jazz Ensemble will be showcased during the concert," Johnson said. "We'll be featuring music by composers like Chick Corea and Fred Sturm as well as a chestnut from George and Ira Gershwin with Julianne Frey providing the vocals „ . Corea's "Tones for Joan's Bones" off an arrangement by Mike Tomaro is among the featured music. What s the Meaning of This by Tom Garline and Sturm's "Street Music" are also on the playlist. Frey joins the band on the Gershwin's "How Long has this been Going On The concert spotlights soloists Nick Simonsen on trumpet, saxophonists Curtis Crump and Paul Cooper, Chase Kilpatnck and Jeremy Baker on tr0mb °^^s^°s^e°oncert ""jg for°adults ^ $6 for senj0r and students. For more information about the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Music Department, visit www.uwp.edu keyword music or call 262-595-2457. Music Review: At The Drive-in Steven Neimi Niemi004@uwp.edu In honor of At the Drive-In ending their 11-year hiatus last month, it seems appropriate to look back at the band's debut album from 1996 Acrobatic Tenement. Despite the low quality of the recording, which was produced for only $600, the top-notch lyrics and music make this album a worthy one. ATDI would go on to create more melodious albums, like In/Casino/Out, and heavier albums with Relationship of Command, but Acrobatic Tenement was a perfect blending of both styles. The album tells incredibly emotional and powerful stories of the band members' experiences growing up in Texas. The lyrics may be nonsensical at times, but they never lack feeling. Cedric Bixler, lead vocals, moves from a very mellow and soft style of singing to an almost straight out yelling throughout the album. Jim Ward's, guitarist and backup vocals, screaming contasted to Cedric's singing worked perfectly. Feelings just poured out of this album, especially in the songs "Ebrogho and Initiation " Though the music isn't very technical, the songs are still very catchy. ATDI has a sound that can't be described, but if you are a fan of The Mars Volta or Sparta I would highly suggest taking a look at where the members of those bands started. I would aNo sugges taking a look at This Station Is Non-Operational ATDI s greatest hits, before listening to Acrobatic Tenement. The band s soundI has changed over th eir 1 1 ye ars together, and ^ woud give the casual listener a better insight to this band TJ lowquaL ity of the album may be off-putting at first, but don t let it push you away from a truly great debut album. Photo Courtesy of flacforthemasses.com 8 The Ranger News February 28,2012 What is Cool? 323 & 324 Zak Eden EdenOO 1 @ uwp ,edu DOWN TART.AN, FORTY MNOTES. TF WE DON'T GET OUT O F HERE SOON X SEE THIS BECOMING A LOT LIKE I OFTD OF- T//£ FZZETS ourtesy of Parksiderangers .com Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Mana Pasifika helps kick of Asian Heritage Month with rhythm Jimmy Gibbs gi bbsO 14 @ u wp .edu The Main Place was the place to be Wed. April 3 at noon. The Mana Pasifika dance group graced Parkside with their presence and their skill to help celebrate Asian Heritage Month. Mana Pasifika specializes in dances from the South Pacific, like Hawaii, Fiji, Tahiti, and so on. The group had five dancers that came to show the students and staff of Parkside several different traditional South Pacific dances, and interestingly enough, while all the girls in the dance group hailed from the South Pacific at one point in their lives, they are now stationed out of Oshkosh, WI. Now, they travel around for special events and any other occasion one could think of that would require some South Pacific dancing. For those that may not have been able to catch ers worked to perfect the dance. They were all some interesting information revealed while they Mana Pasifikas performance, I am sad to report in tune with the music and with each other. Af- taught some of the brave audience members the that you missed out on a truly entertaining dis- ter the dance was complete they explained how standard dance. They did the dance to the song play. Before Mana Pasifika took to the stage, they many dances unique to Tahiti focus primarily on "The Hookie Hookie," and by doing so explained had an opening act that started promptly at noon lower body movement while keeping the upper that every dance they perform, and every motion in the Main Place. The act was an interesting one. straight and still. It was obvious the dance was of the dance, tells a certain story. This is why they There were about 10 performers, all donning a rigorous one given the shortness of breath of keep the tradition of their dances alive, because Power Ranger masks, and they performed a cho- the dancers, but you would never know watching it is a form of storytelling they have been using reographed dance to set the mood. Their practice them, since the dance was so fluid and flawless, on the South Pacific islands for generations. They was obvious, their moves fluid, and the finale of The next dance they performed was a con- demonstrated this with a dance from the island the act was a young man that let loose with some temporary version of a classic Hawaiian hula of Fiji, which tells the story of the western world karate-style aerobatics that I would not dare to dance. They explained the origins of the dance, coming into their world, and how the natives attempt for fear of dislocation, or at least serious mentioning that originally it was dance that stayed together to keep their culture alive, injury as a result. only men could perform. It was to celebrate a Honestly, had I not been told this information, Then, after the Power Ranger masks came off particular goddess of the island. The dance was I don't know if I would have come to the concluand the dancers took their seats, Mana Pasifika taken so seriously, that making a mistake dur- sion that it was telling that story. It did, however, took to the stage and introduced themselves, ing the dance would literally cost one their life, teach me something new, and hopefully you as They explained how they specialize in dance After this dance, Mana Pasifika invited the audi- well. If you'd like to find out more about Mana unique to the islands of the South Pacific, and ence to join them and learn a standard Hawaiian Pasifika they do have a Myspace page with more how the dances are used as forms of celebration, dance. It is always entertaining to watch trained, information, and contact information as well if After, they went right into the dancing. They professional dancers attempt to teach audience you'd be interested in having them dance for your began with a dance from the island of Tahiti, members how to dance, so I stayed to watch. It next big get together, and it was clear right away how hard the danc- was as you would probably expect, yet there was Barnyard goats; no kidding, you wish you could sing like them Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu If you're walking down the street and you hear a scream coming from an alleyway, it's probably not what you think it is. It's probably, a goat. You heard right. A goat, the little barnyard animal with horns and hooves. Unless you live under a rock like everybody's favorite starfish, you've probably seen a video of a goat yelling. One of the more famous videos is the most recent Doritos Super Bowl commercial staring a lovable, yet ticked off goat who's out of Doritos. The commercial ends with a goat kicking the door shut, and trapping the man who hid all of his chips from him in a room. I don't know about any of you, but I feel like an angry goat is not something to mess with. Well, these goats have left the farm and are currently featuring in some of the greatest pop songs out right now. You might not understand what Forget about the bird, I think goat is definitely the new word, at least I'm getting at, so let me break it down for you. Upon realizing that goats as far as the internet is concerned. Do you think you can find something have a very human-like ability to yell, people have taken to the internet to funnier than yelling goats on the internet? I urge you to try. If you find remix some of the country's most popular songs with a touch of goat flare, something great, send us an email and just maybe, your idea will end up in A few of my current favorites are Miley Cyrus' "Party In The USA," a story, too. Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble," and Whitney Houston's classic, Until then, I would encourage all of you to jump on the yelling goat "I Will Always Love You." I actually played it in my office just now, and it bandwagon. Just don't watch a video if you're someplace quiet like the ligets me every single time. brary. Photos of Mana Pasifika taken by: Carl Rollmann Photo credit: content.clearchannel.com The Ranger News April 10,2013 HLetter from the editor 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI 53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Hailey Foglio fogli001@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollraOO 1 @ uwp .edu Staff Reporters: Copy Editors: Photographers: Cartoonists: Designers: James Bums burns029@uwp.edu Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp .edu Jimmy Gibbs gi bbsO 14@ u wp .edu Sarah Savage savagO 16@ uwp .edu Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @uwp .edu David Haight hai gh003 @ uwp .edu Emily Harring harri091 @ uwp .edu Libby Chernouski chem012@uwp.edu Katlynne Davis davis086@ uwp .edu Michael Jensen jense089@uwp.edu Carl Rollmann rollmOO 1 @ uwp .edu Raymone Pajarillo pajar001@uwp.edu Walter Trash trash002@ uwp .edu Jim Neu neuOOO ll@uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@ uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RANGER NEW S STRIVES TO IN FORM, EDUcate, AND EN GAGE THE UW-PARK SIDE COM ­ MUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A B I-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in-MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@ uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We are located in the Student Center in room L101A. Rangers! Long time no see! I hope you all had a really great spring break.If James Franco sang Britney Spears to you on a piano, then you've definitely been living large. We're almost at the home stretch, can you taste it yet? Now is the time in the semester where people have their mental breakdowns. The seniors are stressing about graduation, the lowerclassmen are stressing about their schedules for fall. There are so many papers to write! I almost stopped breathing for a second. If you see a short girl wearing glasses and Vans rocking back and forth on the floor, that's probably me. Send help. Don't worry about the smelling salts, I generally respond best to all things chocolatey. Just kidding about the rocking back and forth thing...sort of. I want to take a second to thank all of you, from the bottom of my technicolored heart, for reading the paper. I can't tell you how awesome it is to watch the issues disappear off the stands. We love putting this bad boy/girl together every week for you guys, and we're glad that you take the time to read it, too. You rule. Have a killer week! Wednesday April 10 Art Exhibition: "Summer Eclipsed" by Kendall McMinimy 12:00PM-6:00PM E.H. Mathis Gallery Art Exhibition: 23 rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition 12:00PM-6:00PM Fine Arts Gallery Film and Discussion: "The Invisible War" 12:00PM-1:30PM Student Center Cinema LGBTQ Resource Center presents Sexual Assault Training 12:00PM-1:00PM Student Center Oak Room Noon Concert: Elaris Duo: Steven andLarisa Elisha 12:00PM-1:00PM Bedford Hall, Rita Art Exhibition: "Students Choose Comics" 12:00PM-6:00PM Foundation Gallery Science Night 7:00PM-8:00PM Greenquist 103 Mini Course: Home Brewing Using Extracts 7:00PM-9:00PM Orchard Room Mini Course: Continuing Guitar 5:30PM-7:00PM Tallent281 Mini Course: Songwriting 7:00PM-8:30PM Tallent 281 Mini Course: Financial Planning and the Digital Age 6:00PM-9:00PM Molinaro 112 Thursday April 11 Ranger Wellness: The Secret to Happiness 5:00PM-6:00PM Oak Room Friends of the Library 7:00PM-8:00PM Overlook Lounge Mini Course: Painting Abstractly 6:00PM-8:30PM Orchard Room Mini Course: German for Travelers 6:00PM-8:00PM Molinaro 212 Mini Course: Medi"Tea"tion 6:00PM-8:00PM Tallent 281 Friday April 12 LGBTQ Resource Center Luncheon & Awards Ceremony 11:30AM-1:00PM Student Center Ballroom Saturday April 13 UW-Parkside Admissions Event 9:00 AM-12:00PM Student Center Monday April 15 Todd Deutschs "Gamers" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita 12:00PM-4:00PM Tuesday April 16 Art Exhibition: Senior Student Exhibition 12:00PM-6:00PM Foundation Gallery, The Rita Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! Email us at: rangernews@uwp.edu April 10,2013 The Ranger News Student Organization Spotlights: find your next favorite club Drama Club Do you like a good night out at the theater? Is acting, play-writing, or set design your thing? Is theater the passion of your soul? If you answered yes to any of these, the Drama Club awaits! The Drama Club meets weekly to discuss current productions and projects underway in the Theater department and to plan events and activities. Members of the Drama Club take an annual trip to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (Region III). Here, students can take workshops from guest artists and lecturers, present their work to receive professional feedback, and meet other student artists from the Midwest! The organization greatly discourages non-theater majors from being shy - stop by and see what it is all about! Requirements: An Interest in Theater Size: About 30 Members Scheduled Meetings: Every Wednesday @ Noon (except the first Wed. of the month) - Theater Arts Lobby Contact: Brenna Kempf, kempf002@rangers.uwp.edu Parkside Association of Wargaming (PAW) It really is as cool as it sounds (as if an organization with "wargaming" in the title could be anything but cool). Members of PAW play all sorts of games! Board games, video games, card games, you name it. The organization has its own room at Parkside tucked away in that little corner off of the main D-level hallway -where there are probably some people playing Settlers of Catan right this moment. The organization is open for drop-ins, so if you are just looking for a g ood game of Scrabble on a dull afternoon, you know where to go! Requirements: None Size: Very Large Scheduled Meetings: Come Hang Anytime! - Moln D131 Contact: Tony Krupp, krupp003@rangers.uwp.edu Parkside Sweatfree Coalition Long hours, low pay, and unhealthy working conditions may be demons largely confined to Americas past, but workers around the world labor in such sweatshops yet today. This student organization is fresh out of the think tank and eager to see others join their cause. The Parkside Sweatfree Coalition seeks to raise awareness about sweatshops all over the world and to stand up for the rights and concerns of exploited workers. Get with like-minded individuals who speak out against ill working environments and make your mark in this new organization. Requirements: None Size: About 5 Members Scheduled Meetings: Every Other Friday (Next Meeting 4/19) @ 2:30 - UW-P Library Contact: Sarah Sallese, salle007@rangers.uwp.edu Don't forget to visit Campus Connect online (campusconnect.uwp. edu) to find out more about these and other organizations at Parkside! If you would like to see your organization in the spotlight, e-mail Libby Chernouski: chern012@rangers.uwp.edu The Ranger News wants YOU! o Do you like photography? Come to our meetings on Fridays at 12:00pm in Nlolinaro 114 for more information! ^tices your flexibility Need an affordable way to earn college credits this summer? Find the flexibility you need with UW Colleges Online. • Less Cost • Fully Online • Flexible Schedule • Real UW Professors • Same UW Degree Register now while space is still available. www.online.uwc.edu • 877-449-1877 The Ranger News Life ofP Tyler Comstock comst004@ uwp .edu What if someone told you that they knew a story that would make you believe in God? That's what a writer, played by Rafe Spall, is told about Pi's adventurous and unbelievable story about a zoo packed into a boat that capsizes at sea. The story starts with a boy named Pi who grows up in his father's zoo in India. As the zoo continues to lose money, Pi's family decides to pick up and move everything. As the ship capsizes in one of the most visually intense scenes going back to Titanic, Pi hitches a ride on a lifeboat with a zebra, and more hidden surprises. Pi finds himself alone, his family dead, on the open sea full of sharks and other dangers. His only hope is to survive on the lifeboat and find refuge. One of the strongest elements to Life of Pi aside from the acting, which will be touched upon later, is the amazing special effects. Ang Lee won the award for Best Director at the Academy Awards for his near perfect treatment of the effects displayed in the film. The biggest technological achievement is how well they were able to integrate the use of a real tiger and an animated tiger. The movements of the creature and how the fur flowed in the wind made the tiger look as if Pi was fighting the actual ferocious beast. Frankly, all of the animals looked great. The waPhoto credit: kootation.com ter scenes were filmed in a gigantic swimming pool surrounded by green screens. It became fun trying to pick out what was real and what was animated. That would make a great and difficult movie trivia game. Like I said earlier, the acting in the film was another thing that really stood out to me. Like Danny Boyle and Slumdog Millionaire, Ang Lee searched for an actor that hadn't been in a feature film and found Suraj Sharma to play Pi. I can't begin to imagine how difficult it would be to act with animals that aren't actually there. Suraj's reactions and emotions are conveyed nicely and it makes you as the viewer really feel for his character and what he is forced to go through. There are moments of sacrifice, tragedy, melancholy, and immense joy. The film ends in a question, possibly the best way to end a film like this. It forces you to think and leaves you wondering. Overall, Life of Pi is a film that does what it needs to do to be successful, given its story, really well. The visuals and the acting, given that there is only one human for most of the film, is incredible. The only one thing that I had wrong with the movie is that some of the transitions from scene to scene are jarring. Actors and backgrounds transition at different times and I'm not sure that that sort of transition really works for this film. Even though the film touches on the topic of religion, it doesn't shove it down your throat. Not being religious myself, I didn't feel like the film was trying to preach to me in any way. It is more about Pi's unbelievable path to survival. «• Tomb Raider, must buy video game Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu Rock climbing, adventuring, ancient relics, and spelunking are all things that sound like tons of fun, in the right circumstance. Now, add that to insane islanders, guns and violence, and a fight to survive, and you have yourself a video game. Lara Croft is back and better than ever as the lead character to Tomb Raider. Much like Life of Pi, Lara is headed to find an ancient treasure on a large ship that becomes ship wrecked after a sudden storm fills the sky with black clouds and rains terror down on the crew. Now it's up to her and other survivors to discover the supernatural forces that are keeping them from leaving the island. Graphics in games continue to get better as we venture further into the life of the current console generation. Tomb Raider is no exception. The character design and environmental work shine with realistic movements and lush vegetation. The creation of the island was intricate with the slightly contained, open world feel filled with ledges to climb and tombs to explore. The gameplay feels a lot like Uncharted if you mix in a little Far Cry 3. It has similar but slightly more realistic climbing elements. Lara finds and improves weapons along the way. The gameplay achievement of Tomb Raider is its upgrade and customization system. It allows you to customize Lara to the way to like to play, whether it's going in quiet and killing with silent takedowns, or its taking the AK 47 and going in guns blazing. The weapon you will gravitate toward is the bow and wow is it fun. The bow mechanics are the best I have played in a video game and later on when you can strap napalm to an arrow, it will not disappoint. Along with the bow, the takedowns in close range combat are also satisfying. When Lara rushes in with a rock, and later an arrow, to finish off a pursuer, you can just about feel the punch. Lets remember now that these men that Lara are attacking are trying to kidnap and kill her and her mates. It's not like Grand Theft Auto. These are not innocent people. The story in the Tomb Raider game is just about the same as most of the Uncharted series. There is a secret force keeping Lara from leaving the island, and she must use her wits and the help of others to figure out the problem. There are bad guys, good guys, and good guys that go bad. It's not very inventive or original but it doesn't lack adventure and action. It's the constant movement and terror that keeps you enthralled. The voice acting of Lara's character is great and at some points heart breaking. There are only a couple of issues to the game that are quite glaring. As you get later into the story, the game starts to reuse environments that you have already experienced. Yes, it is good to have a sense of where you are as the game difficulty gets harder, but it starts to lack the discovery factor that goes into an adventure/spelunking Tomb Raider game. Overall, as a series that has been suffering of needing a reboot, Lara Croft and Tomb Raider got a serious uplift. Developer, Crystal Dynamics, took a dead series and revamped it to contend with award winning games like Uncharted and the other best ofs. It's a game that someone could watch as you play and wouldn't get bored. It's cinematic and exciting and that's what makes Tomb Raider a huge surprise and easily a must buy. P—S L f" : I 3 i # n r v '^\ /"\ // P M tym | r£ # % #J£| T|p J . J. AB R A M S iPit CJ S P I E L B E R G S UP ER 8 iUNf Photo credit April 10,2013 The Ranger News Get ahead this summer! Going home for the summer? Pick up college credits at your local UW Colleges campus: UW-Baraboo/Sauk County UW-Barron County du Lao UW-R>x Valley UW-ManJfowoc UW-Marattion County UW-Maiinette UW-Marshfie!d/Wood County UW-Rlchland WW-Rock County W~SMbotm UW-Washington County ||iSj IMjitflfnirlti Visit uwc.edu/summer13 for more info Students Choose Comics is anything to joke about at UW-Parkside Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @ uwp .edu This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending one of Parksides new galleries: Students Choose Comics. The show, curated by student James Passannante as well as English Professor Jay McRoy, featured a plethora of comics made by local, regional, and national comic artists. Upon entering the gallery, one couldn't help but notice a wall completely enveloped in student works. Juxtaposing the strips next to one another allowed the viewer to truly appreciate the stylistic liberties each artist took. Some were hyper detailed and others were simplistic. Some were inspired by Japanese anime while some were truly traditional and western. Some were action packed while others opted for humor instead. Parkside students were so involved in the show that their pieces would not all fit on one wall. Because of this, two tables were also blanketed in colorful cartoons and storyboards. Aside from student work, the show featured art from two published cartoonists. John Porcellino, a Chicago native, graced the gallery with his entire book "Thoreau at Walden," a series of strips that retell the stories of Henry David Thoreau in a simple and modern manner. Tyler Page is a self-published artist based in Minneapolis. Parksides gallery featured pages from his new comic "Raised on Ritalin" as well as a section of his webcomic "Nothing better." Page is an Eisner-nominated artist, an educator, a freelance artist, and has also received a Xenc Foundation grant, allowing him to publish volume one of Nothing Better. So why the sudden appreciation for comics? Two years ago when the Rita was under construction and hosting these galleries became possib e Maid, CW - v,1 'dom a,.v* Cllnij ryfcrfw* - wiifm m-cm m 4 ; Photos from the "Students Choose Comics" exhibit, located in the Foundation Gallery. Photo credit: Maria DiMauro The Ranger News April 10,2013 The Brain Initiative: the new frontier Jimmy Gibbs gibbs014@uwp.edu There once was a time when people set out to the sea in order to discover new lands, to map areas of the world that they were unfamiliar with in an attempt to establish new trade routes and find new treasures. Many years later, humans decided it was time to move on from Earth and start exploring space. Since the first man on the moon, space exploration has advanced impressively, and we are getting closer and closer to answering questions that we have about our universe, like where we came from or originated from. Now, President Obama is putting into motion the next major exploration in attempt to find a new form of treasure and answers. On Tuesday April 2nd, President Obama announced the The Brain Initiative, a massive undertaking that will start a mapping of the human brain. We will be exploring a new frontier that has not been explored to this extent before in the history of mankind. In order to get it on its feet, the initiative will begin with $100 million of federal funding. The funding is minimal compared to what it will ultimately need. However, the hope is that thousands of jobs will be created in the field and will lead to the extra funding that the program will need to keep it operational, and to accomplish everything the initiative needs to fully map the human brain. The possibilities that could come from the mapping of the human brain are grandiose, but with enough funding and the continued work of scientists and engineers alike, they could be completely possible. Things that are today considered science fiction could become science fact in the coming years. The goal of mapping the human brain is to find the source and cause of certain illnesses that stem from the brain and attempt to reverse them or find a cure. For example, by mapping the brain we could potentially find the cause of diseases such as Parkinsons, Alzheimer's, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Epilepsy and many more. Soon, we could live in a world where no family has to deal with the terrible process of watching a loved one fall into the depths of dementia or lose control of their motor functions. We would also be able to treat veterans or victims of intense trauma and put an end to their PTSD. Some of the other possibilities that could become realities from this brain mapping initiative are truly fascinating. With a complete mapping of the brain and a better understanding of it, it could be possible, according to President Obama, to allow people with artificial limbs to be able to control them just as they would an actual limb. For instance, someone with an artificial arm would be able to use that arm as if it were their actual arm. The brain mapping would allow scientists to learn how to wire the brain to the artificial limb so that the brain would be able to send the messages it is already sending to the artificial limb, allowing someone with an artificial arm to go about life as if they had never lost that arm. An even further possibility of mapping out the human brain is being able to reverse engineer the brain. In other words, scientists could potentially be able to manufacture a replica of the human brain, which would open the doors to a whole new form of artificial intelligence. This means the ability of the human race to create a machine, or a robot, that would have a replica of the human brain inside of it. The possibilities are limitless at this point. Still, the initiative will need to focus on finding ways to keep funds coming in after the initial $100 million because it will be a several year long process to fully map the brain. The potential for job growth, and the growth of knowledge about what makes us tick, think and function is there. Regardless of your feelings toward the current President, he has embarked on our next great exploration as a human race, and it will make a very interesting next several years. Sushi Thai, great for the stomach and wallet David Haight haigh003 @ uwp .edu Sushi Thai at 1742 N Milwaukee Ave in Libertyville is a nice place in a strip mall. It's across the street from a Walgreens, and not far from Wildberry. But what makes Sushi Thai so worth writing about is the incredible sushi they serve and the great people serving it to you. When you walk in, depending on time of day and what day, it might be incredibly packed, as in you better be prepared to stand around for a bit. It is a very popular spot in Libertyville, and when on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays you get halfpriced sushi for a certain time, you can come to expect a crowd. On those days a huge roll that might cost $15.00 will drop drastically, making it affordable to snag another roll to fill your belly beyond reason. The half-price deal can cause some serious over-eating in the Japanese/ Thai fusion joint. The food is outstanding, and the appetizers are no joke. The Chicken Satay is cooked perfectly, and the sauce that goes with it is delicious. The Crab Rangoon was a little cool in the middle, but still very good and made in a way I had never seen before. Usually, they come in a wanton-like wrapper that's deep-fried and have little going on in terms of style. Sushi Thai's Rangoon is beautiful, a ball with four points and a nice creamy center that's sweet and tangy, a nice compliment to the Satay. Enjoy that with a nice, large Sake and you have yourselves the beginning of a great night out. The entree of four rolls is excellent. On a halfpriced day, it's a great way to experience some Photos courtesy of Sushi Thai. awesome rolls for a reasonable, if not cheap price. The Serpentine Roll was outstanding. It was rolled with salmon, tomago (cooked egg) and avocado, and was topped with eel and a sweet unagi sauce. For those afraid of eel, worry not; it's great, and one of my favorites for a roll. It was laid out nicely, curving across the plate like a snake, but very classy and far from over-the-top when it came to plating. The next roll enjoyed was the Orange Dragon Roll: crab meat, cucumber and avocado, with salmon on top with some avocado, and a spicy sauce that brought it all together. It was a nice change up from the other rolls, which had a sweetness to them that, although very good, could use something different. The salmon was fresh, and the spice from the roll isn't too intense for those who can't handle heat. However, if you're cold, don't really like the idea of eating cool sushi but want the flavor and textures, then I would suggest the Playboy Roll. It's a tempura fried roll, so it comes out warm. The inside with the eel, crab, shrimp, caviar, cream cheese and a special sauce on top makes it a huge roll that will give you ail the classic sushi flavors. It's a very nice roll, and holds up really well on the plate, despite being fried, which speaks volumes about the quality of sushi and the experience coming from that bar. But if you want a simple roll, I suggest going with an easy Eel Roll. I know, eel again, but honestly the BBQ eel is very sweet and savory, and the cucumber gives it a nice crunch. Then, you top that with the great ungai sauce and you really can't complain about your visit. Overall, the atmosphere is warm, and the servers kind, helpful and quick. The setting is great, modern and nothing overly generic or cliche that you think of when you imagine a sushi place. It's a stylish place, but not one that makes you feel unwelcome. It's a place for anyone: older folks, college students, workers, high schoolers, anyone. It's a friendly place for all comers, so long as they are respectful and patient. If you want a cool date, go early and tell your date they are always packed. If you get there during half-priced deal, it will definitely be crowded. Just ask what's going on, hear that it's half-price from another person and enjoy a great meal at an incredible place; your date need not be the wiser. You'll look sophisticated, smart and lucky all at the same time. And you'll have Sushi Thai to thank for it. Band Spotlight: The Gallery has fresh sound and tons of potential Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14 @ u wp .edu In todays music world it can be hard to find a new band with music that not only has a decent sound, but also separates themselves from others with their musical talent. With things like open mic nights happening constantly in local bars and galleries, and the internet giving us access to sites like Youtube, Pandora, and Spotify to name a few, music is everywhere and constantly accessible. In the world of college students, this is especially true; it is a crowd made up of young adults that have varying tastes in music, and who also have the ability to access the technology around them to listen to all kinds of music, old and new. We can find ourselves listening to so much of this music that the new bands can get lost in the shuffle. There is one such band that may have been lost in our daily shuffle of music-listening that deserves some mention. The band is called The Gallery and is made up of four members: Brendan Cooney (lead vocals, guitar), Ben Lozano (lead guitar), Dave Mozdzanowski (bass guitar, background vocals) and Ryan Cooney (drums). They recently released a brand new album titled "Restless" with 12 tracks. The album was released on Feb. 26 and was recorded in Los Angeles at Swinghouse Studios, Harmony Studios, and Spitfire Studios with producer Warren Haurt, who has also worked with such bands as Aerosmith, Augustana and The Fray. In 2011, The Gallery came out with the album "Come Alive EP", which really put them on the map among the college scene. With the release of the EP, they started hearing their songs played on several college radio stations, and have developed a large fan base that consists mostly of college students. Recently, I was able to get an interview with the band members to talk to them about their music, their inspirations, and their goals. JG: Let's go back to the very beginning: when did you guys meet, and what made you decide to put together and start a band? TG: Brenclah and I are brothers, so we had both watched each other progress with music for a few years. Once we got to a point where we both had interest in writing songs and playing live, we started working together. We met Dave in high school (he's from a nearby town) and we had a lot of fun and a lot of similar musical influences. Everything just kind of snowballed from there. When opportunities to make more music or play more shows started popping up, we thought it was worth it to see what we could make happen. JG: Who would you consider your influences or inspirations in the music world and why? TG: Some of the greatest inspirations for us are artists who have been doing the recording and touring thing for a long time. We look up to this class of artists because of their dedication to constant improvement and never giving up. A few of these groups include Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, etc. Some other artists we are all influenced by range from 90's bands like Oasis and Third Eye Blind, to more modern bands like Coldplay and John Mayer. Everyone definitely has their own influences besides the ones we all seem to share. JG: Would you say that any of these influences or inspirations show up in your music in any way? TG: Yes. We learn from a lot of artists we grew up listening to. We don't try to sound like them, but I'm sure it comes out as we've learned certain things about songwriting from other, more experienced artists. Photos provided by: The Gallery is its own thing, so we didn't want to make a record that had one mood all way through. We never mind listening to an album like that, but we wanted something with a range of emotion and feel. We all enjoy such a wide range of music, so I think all of those influences and loves come out in our writing. When Brendan presents a lyric idea for a song like "Dream Girl", we all sit around together and jam, and figure out the best way to convey the emotion for that track. We wanted to show that we love song writing in general and are versatile with our writing. We're really happy with the diversity of the songs, and are hopeful that they still fit nicely together on an album. We'll see what others think! JG: You've toured several states thus far. Any plans on making a trip out to the Chicago or Milwaukee areas in the near future? TG: I think we've hit around 35 states so far, but not nearly as often as we'd like! We played Chicago a couple of times, and really love it. We hope to come back to Wisconsin as well. We hope that extensive tour dates will be happening the rest of the year. Touring is a blast and playing live is our favorite part of all this. JG: Who writes the songs? Is it a collaborative effort, or is the song writing done by just one or a few of he t band members? TG: Usually Brendan will come to the group with a lyric and melody on the acoustic guitar. Sometimes the feel he presents sticks and we all work together to orchestrate the instrumentation. Sometimes the songs take a bit more incubating time to mold into a feel we think will work. From the original idea it is usually pretty collaborative, and the songs have a sound that only the four us could make. If you replaced one member, the sound would undoubtedly change. Brendan does a great job of taking an original lyric idea, taking everyone's ideas and parts and making a cohesive story in the end. JG: You guys have an interesting mix of music on this new album. Listening to it I noticed there's a song like "Young and Restless" that has a get-up-and-raiseyour-fists-to-the-air anthem type of feel to it. Then there's a song like "Dream Girl" that goes for a more country-romance type feel. Where's the inspiration for such songs come from? And what do you think makes you able, as a band, to delve into so many different styles on one album? TG: Our goal was to make an album that we enjoyed from start to finish. Each song JG: In the next ten years, where do you guys as a band see yourselves, or where would you like to be? TG: As mentioned earlier, we really look up to the artists who are able to have longevity in a tough industry. We would love the opportunity to still be making records, and touring ten years from now. We will always continue to learn and try to get better as musicians. We love to write, record, and play, so to be able to have those same opportunities ten years from now would be amazing. JG: The $64,000 question: If for just one night, you could party with anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why? TG: Sir Tom Petty. So there you have it, a brand new band with some pretty good music that's worth checking out. There's a few songs currently up on Youtube, but if you decide you have an interest in purchasing the album be sure to visit http://thegallerymusic.bandcamp.com to place an order for the new album. 8 The Ranger News April 10,2013 Goober Quest 3 & 4 Jim Neu neuOOOll 3«*J| Tks> u try itewjWw^^y^ff y»H X T Mpf ^||| jrffttfi! t* eu'ft & 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 42, April 10, 2013 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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I News since 1972 er & N e ws The Ranger News is written and edited by students of the University of Wisconsin Parkside and they are solely responsible for its editorial policy and • Rangers visit Madison for Parksides 10th annual Posters in the Rotunda Libby Chernouski chern0l2@uwp.edu On Wednesday April 17 seven students from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside attended the tenth annual Posters in the Rotunda at the state capitol in Madison, where undergraduate students in the UW System gathered and displayed their research. Each student worked with a faculty advisor from their respective university, many of whom were present at the conference. Kevin Reilly, President of the UW System, spoke to students and faculty advisors, thanking them for all of their hard work and expressing pride in what they accomplished. President Reilly visited students at their respective posters and spoke with them about their projects. Robert Wirch, State Representative of the 22nd District and an alum of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, was present and visited Parkside students at their posters. Students also met Cory Mason, State Representative of the 66th district, who showed real interest in what the students from Parkside had been researching. Also in attendance was Dr. Moreen Carvan from the Institute for Professional Educator Development (IPED). Of special interest to Mason and others, including administrative staff from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, was the research completed by Mark Wideman. Mark worked with Dr. Sandy Moats in the history department to compile a chapter of Wisconsins history that is poorly represented not only across the nation, but in Wisconsin as well. Marks research centered on the 6th Wisconsin regiments critical role in the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg - a role that has been largely forgotten. Parkside was well represented by several administrative faculty including Chancellor Deborah Ford, Assistant Chancellor for University Relations and Advancement John Jaraczewski, Interim Provost Dr. Fred Ebeid, and Director of Marketing and Publications John Mielke. Dr. John M. Spartz, Assistant Professor of English at Parkside, was also present as a faculty advisor for student researcher Libby Chernouski. Student Presenters from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Mark Wideman, Kenosha - A Decisive Moment: The Forgotten Charge of the ~ 6th Wisconsin Regiment at the Railroad Cut on the First Day of the Battle of Get- ^ P ' CtUreS '" '° check tyS^ Ur l „ , , . „ , . , . _ 0 Skylar Minegar, La Crescent; Christie Stockwell. Trevor; JacKeith Krukowskr Kenosha - Analyzing Test Scores in Science Using Weather- queline Niles. Lake Geneva - Interactions between Cationic Bug Achieve as an Aid Drugs and Kaollmte in Primary and Secondary Schools in Racine. Wisconsin Libby chernouski. Racine - Syntactic Position Matters: Armando Ramirez, Racine - Coacervates as Reaction Vessels Clause-final Adjectivization in American English Parkside hosts 23rd National Small Print Exhibition James Burns is prodigious. Small prints pur- in the PNSPE catalogs from competi- Michelle Rozics "Lines in the burns029@uwp.edu chased over two decades of exhibi- tions past, and how honored he was Sand, 2," a Mezzotint Screenprint tions hang throughout campus and to be selected to jury the nationally that won a $250 prize. However, As part of the UWP art schedule are a tribute to the boundless ere- recognized exhibition. many of the honorable mentions! this semester, the Parkside National ativity and energy that printmak- He reported being pleased to see and specifically the top prize winSmall Print Exhibition (PNSPE) is ing engenders in its practitioners." the "abundant evidence that tradi- ner "Sleeping Queen" by Lisette returning after a three year break that Housed in the spacious 2000 tional printmaking is alive and well Chavez, a beautifully realized imbegan back in 2009. Running from square foot Fine Arts Gallery in in 2013". Musing that most artists age of a crowned female skull lying April 1st to July 19,2013 this semes- the Rita Tallent Picken Regional working in college printmaking pro- comfortably on a bouquet, were ter, the exhibit is one of the longest Center for Arts and Humanities, grams are now instructed to focus handmade lithographs. Images continuing competitive showings of the display is subtle and sophisti- on a multitude of formats for their created in the traditional format, printmaking in the Midwest. Previ- cated. The art is an intriguing ar- printmaking rather than focusing on This years exhibition absolutely ously organized by Doug DeVinny, ray of handmade and digital prints, a singular process. "It seems impor- demonstrates the deep aesthetic retired professor of UW-Parksides interspersed with modern hybrids tant today to demonstrate mastery of and diverse talent of local and naArt Department, who first began the that employ elements of both tech- a combination of many techniques tional American print artists and is PNSPE back in 1987 and continued niques to create utterly unique and such as screenprinting, intaglio, li- seriously work a look, to manage it for the next twenty- engaging images. University of thography, relief and digital to ere- The exhibit is free and open to two years, the display is now helmed Wisconsin-Madison's Professor ate unique multiples, monoprints, or the public through April and into by Interim Director Patricia Briggs, John Hitchcock served as the ex- print installations," Hitchcock stated, the summer. Hours of Operation PhD. When speaking of DeVinny in hibitions Juror and remarks in the The gallery features several pieces can be found under the Events the Directors Statement of the event exhibition booklet on the quality that incorporate inkjet, or other digi- Calendar on the University of Wisbooklet Dr. Briggs said, His legacy Qf submissions he saw represented tal printing techniques, for example consin-Parkside website. The Ranger News April 24,2013 Letter from the editor 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Maggie Lawler lawle020@ uwp .edu Hailey Foglio fogli001@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollmOOl @uwp.edu Staff Reporters: James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Tyler Comstock comst004@ uwp .edu Jimmy Gibbs gibbs014@uwp.edu Sarah Savage savag016@uwp.edu Hey you! Long time no see. I missed you. Did you miss me? I hope you did. You're my favorite reader. Now that I've flattered you, I hope you enjoy this issue. I feel like it's very visually appealing. We're trying to use up all our tricks now so when our budget runs out in the fall and we start passing out the newspaper on index cards, you can still remember us fondly. That's mostly a joke...so if anyone who's in charge of the Ranger News budget reads this...I like your shirt! You look really nice today! I'm going to go ahead and give a cute little shout out to my boyfriend, because our three month anniversary was yesterday. Thanks for being awesome, boyfriend. You rule. What else happened recently? Boston. That's a big deal. Stay strong, all of you. Whether you've been personally affected by this tragedy or not, you can do it. We're a resilient people. I was going to compare us to a Twinkie in a nuclear apocalypse, but those went out of business. Guess they're not that mighty after all. Oh how the golden sponge has fallen. Seriously though. Keep your chins up guys. In the wise words of Albus Dumbledore, "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." Wednesday April 24 Maria DiMauro dimau001@uwp.edu Copy Editors: LGBTQ Resource Center Pride Around the World 12:00PM-1:00PM David Haight LGBTQ Resource Center Wyllie D171 haigh003@uwp.edu Art Exhibition: 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition 12:00PM-6:00PM Fine Arts Gallery Libby Chernouski chern012@uwp.edu Katlynne Davis davis086@uwp.edu Michael Jensen jense089@uwp.edu Photographers: Cartoonists: Designers: Carl Rollmann rollmOO 1 @uwp.edu Raymone Pajarillo pajarOO 1 @ uwp .edu Walter Trush trush002@ uwp .edu Jim Neu neuOOOl 1 @uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @uwp.edu Anna Preston apreston@carthage.edu MISSION STATFMI.NTTHE RANGER NEW S STRIVES TO I NFORM, EDUcate, AND EN GAGE THE UW-PARKSIDE COMMUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A BI-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@ uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We are located in the Student Center in room L101A. Exercise Class: chairXercise 12:00PM-1:00PM Sports & Activity Center Dance Studio Noon Concert: UW-Parkside Student Flute, Woodwind, Saxophone Ensembles 12:00PM-1:00PM Bedford Hall, Rita Art Exhibition: "Summer Eclipsed" by Kendall McMinimy 12:00PM-6:00PM E.H. Mathis Gallery Mini Course: Intro to Brewing Using All-Grain 7:00PM-9:00PM Orchard Room Mini Course: Begin to Crochet 7:00PM-9:00PM Tallent 281 Final Stretch: Last Lecture 7:00PM-8:00PM Student Center Cinema Final Stretch: Hot Wing Eating Contest 9:00PM-10:30PM Student Center Den Thursday April 25 Exercise Class: Introduction to Circuit Training 8:30AM-9:30PM Sports and Activity Center Dance Studio Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Lecture: Women's Suffrage 12:30PM-1:30PM Oak Room Business Services Training: Accounts Payable 1:00PM-1:30PM Tallent 245 Student Leadership & Recognition Banquet 6:00PM-8:00PM University Ballroom Mini Course: German for Travelers 6:00PM-8:00PM Molinaro 212 Mini Course: Mixed Martial Arts Training 6:00PM-7:30PM Tallent 281 Science Night: "The Physics of Waves, Sound, and Music" with Dr. Dileep Kar 7:00PM-8:00PM Greenquist 103 Final Stretch: Night of Chaos Rave 10:00PM-12:00AM SAC Field Flouse Friday April 26 Breakf ^ C° mmunity Partnerships Nonprofit Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! 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Mathis Gallery, The Rita Tuesday April 30 Art Exhibition: Senior Student Exhibition 12:00PM-6:00PM Foundation Gallery, The Rita Congratulations to the 2013-2014 Parkside Student Government: Annalee Sepanski President Mila DeChant Vice President Byron Dowse Senator Holly Decker Senator Ashley Jensen Senator Dustin Beth Senator Marybeth Perdomo Senator Alicia Fikejs Senator Keona Thompson Senator Taylor Miller SUFAC at large Danielle Dietz SUFAC at large 4 The Ranger News April 24,2013 mtertainnrien 0 J Vv Doctor Who: wild ride through space and time Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu We are three episodes into the new season of the ever growing in popularity show, "Doctor Who." "Doctor Who" has been around since 1963 in England but just recently hit it big across the pond in the United States. The series centers on The Doctor, a Time Lord, who travels with his trusty companions in his Police Box space ship through time and space saving the world and uncovering the grooviest of mysteries. In this particular season the eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith, meets his new young companion Clara, played by the lovely Jenna-Louise Coleman. She is a complete mystery to him because he has seen her in different times in history and future without a reason for existence in any of those eras. She is described as impossible. They have fought angry snowmen, defeated the evil spoon heads (super cool wi-fi aliens), met the Queen of Years on the planet of Akhaten, and have been trapped in a sinking Russian submarine. Although Matt Smith personally isn't my favorite Doctor, he does a smashing job getting across all of the quirky humor while still being able to bring the serious when the time calls for it. Jenna-Louise is a great companion so far, but has some big shoes to fill after the heart-wrenching story of Amy and Rory, possibly my favorite pair of companions. "Doctor Who" relies on its effects being top notch for TV. I will admit when the series originally came back to TV in 2005, it was definitely low budget and "lacked the effects a show set in space needs to succeed. Quickly after a successful return, the budget picked up and the effects got much better. The show largely uses practical effects, which allows a more realistic feel to the alien races and environments, as realistic they can get with something unreal. The best thing about the show is it has a wide range of emotion. Its not a comedy. Its not a drama. Its not just science fiction. It's more of a comescidramiction. It's a perfect blend of all of the genres and even gets scary at some points. It's a show for adults and children alike, which offers adventure and something new with every new episode. "Doctor Who" bleeds creativity and originality Overall, it's a show that when you start, you can't peel your eyes away I look forward to it every week and you can catch up on all things "Doctor Who" if you are currently subscribed to Netflix streaming. Photo credit: BBC America Hannibal: a tastefully written psychological thriller Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu "Hannibal" is three weeks in, and is the show I never saw coming, especially for a major network. The show centers on Special Agent Will Graham who consults with the FBI on serial killer cases. He was chosen as a consultant for his ability to think like a serial killer. For Will, it's called pure empathy He is able to reenact killings and literally put himself in the shoes of the killer, all in his mind. It helps him understand the motives and the type of killer the FBI is dealing with. The ability haunts him. The FBI quickly issues Will a psychiatrist, named Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The show takes place before Lecter is put in jail for killing and eating his victims, in the films "Hannibal" and "Silence of the Lambs." The greatest achievement of this particular series is the fact that the viewer knows what Hannibal is already and the characters in the show do not. There are multiple scenes in the show where Hannibal is eating dinner and have people as guest in his home and you as the viewer have no idea if what they are eating is actually pork or if it's human flesh. Surprisingly along with the horrific element, this actually adds somewhat of a comedic element to the show. Special Agent Will Graham's pure empathy is purely horrific. The opening to the first episode of the show is one of the most intensely creative introductions to a series I have ever seen. I was hooked from the first ten minutes. The show does not hold back. It deals with murder, cannibalism, and has its fair share of blood. The acting is really great. Hugh Dancy plays Special Agent Will Graham. I haven't seen him do much before this but he is able to convey his character's autism as well as his pure empathy episodes with great emotion. You as the viewer really sympathize with him and quickly begin feeling sad that he has to endure this haunting ability. The creepy Mads Mikkelsen plays Dr. Hannibal Lecter and was the perfect casting choice. He is a manipulative, eerie, and shocking individual. We aren't very far into the show yet, but everything I have seen has set up the series to be something really special. It's crazy that a show about a cannibal can make you laugh but it will. I highly recommend that you watch "Silence of the Lambs" before checking out "Hannibal" the TV series. It adds so much knowing about the character beforehand. If you were on the fence about checking this out, I'm urging you to fall into it as I have. April 24, 2013 The Ranger News Artist Spotlight: like digital art? Pipitone s illustrations may be up your alley Maria diMauro dimau001@uwp.edu Parksides art department is home to some very talented individuals. Some find their passion in sculpture, some in printmaking. Some try to master painting, while some are drawn toward graphic design. Allie Pipitone, a fifth-year senior, finds herself drawn to... well, drawing! Although her abilities stretch across various media, Allies true niche lies in digital illustration. Her style is hard to define but its roots can be traced back to both Western and Japanese animation. This influence is heavily noticeable in her art; every character she draws exudes personality and movement, and each illustration captures a definite emotion and tone. However, unlike simplistic and cell-shaded animation, Allies illustrations strive to go a step further. Her art, although stylized, draws parallels to realism. Her backgrounds are consistantly detailed and her anatomy is generally spot on. So what does Allie do with her skills? For the past eight years, she and her friend Emily London have invested plenty of time into their steampunk fantasy web comic set o t release at the end of this summer. The comic has undergone numerous revisions (roughly eight) and, at one point, over 300,000 words were deleted. The story has been repeatedly reworked to make the final product perfect. But the cartooning industry isn't all fun and games. In preparation for the comic, Allie dedicates her time to mastering her paneling skills and participates in online original character tournaments. Doing so requires Allie to draw roughly 150-200 panels a month from sketch to completion. These comics illustrate her characters battling against those of other artists. She has since made it to the semifinals. Aside from illustration, Allie is also majoring in German. She is set to graduate in the spring of 2014, meaning the campus will only be graced by her art for one more semester before we say "auf wiedershen" to her and her wonderful creations. f|| m <smm All work belongs to Allie Pipitone From top to bottom: Chella, Akai, Untitled Self Portrait, Roland, Alex, Godfather Death, Merman I 1 lie rvaiigci Enten; Sykt lykkelig: Norwegian wonder about relationships David Haight haigh003 @uwp .edu Happy; Happy, or better known as Sykt lykkelig, is an unassuming Norwegian film about relationships. I think when we all ponder what movie we want to see at the cinemas, or on Netflix, or whichever streaming service you desire, we all like to keep the foreign film as an option, but because it is foreign we tend to shy away from it until we are in "the mood" for it. But what does that mean? Do we know what we're in the mood for right now? If it's a quirky dramedy with good-looking leads and a lot of snow and some interesting singing scenes, then foreign ot not, I would suggest you sit down and enjoy Happy, Happy. I say this because films from around the world are just like the films at home: sometimes you get a good one, sometimes you get a dud. Happy, Happy is no dud, and will have you laughing from awkward moments and concerned from dramatic moments just like you would get those effects at home. It's the story of a couple who have had a rocky relationship, even though on the outside they appear to be perfect. Elizabeth, played by Maibritt Saerens, is a complicated woman. She doesn't want to live in the house in the frozen country because it's away from everything, but she won't tell us that. She is a guilty party, an inmate of her own personal prison, which she believes is her marriage. We find her sulking, acting stuck up, and pleasuring herself in bathrooms out of shear boredom. Her husband, Sigve, played by Henrik Rafaelsen, is a tall, handsome man who greatly resembles Liam Neeson. He's got a deep voice, and seems quite manly, but carries with him a sincere gentleness. But he is physical. He likes to run, he enjoys the snow, and he's brought his wife to the countryside to help save his marriage. But these plans go up in smoke when, in a single night, their new neighbors, Kaja and Eirik come over. Kaja, played by Agnes Kittlesen, is a mousy woman living with her husband and son. She is under-appreciated, sex-starved, and lonely. She wants a friend, a companion who will care for her, but her husband, played by Joachim Rafaelsen, is detached from her, vacant, and irritation inducing to be around. When Kaja and Sigve meet in private after an Photo <2redil: comlngsoon.net tionship that complicates both their lives in a fulfilling, yet destructive way. The countryside is beautiful in this film, and helps to tell the story about the cold isolation all the characters feel toward life and their spouses. It's not terribly cold, but the close proximity of each character to one another is made expansive when juxtaposed to the drastic landscape away from the supposed warmth of home and love. Each character feels blocked off from the rest of the world, gone in some metaphorical sense, until the secret of the affair is exposed. We see atempted bonding on all parts, promises made, but until we reveal the hidden secrets of Kaja and Sigve we cannot press forward with the story. Like their sexual and psuedo-romanitc relationship, they can only get so happy before things begin to fall apart. I truly is a film about that new relationship high, that exhilaration we get when we find someone new, someone foreign to us, someone we find exciting in new ways. It's story about building relationships from the ground up, even when you've already built a castle. Throughout the film there is this interplay between Kaja's son and Elizabeth's adopted son. They play master and slave. In this way the two boys mirror how the relationships feel for the adults. But the problem comes from not knowing who is the slave and who is the master. That's the beauty of this film though—no one has vpower. Everyone is vying for a position of dominance, but none of them are capable to taking it. We see a number of romances blossom and wilt instantly, which is hard to capture. Director Anne Sewitsky should be praised for finding that dynamic, that odd middle ground where no one knows what is going on in their lives, that chaotic feeling of growing love and deflating love, that anger, glee, violence, and tenderness. A polarity we unfortunately pass up on our queues or at the cinema because we prefer the familiar film over the foreign. If you see one foreign film this year, I recommend Happy, Happy. Not because it is the best one, but because it is one you will love, and will make you love others episode during dinner between the two couples, they both begin a sexual rela- even more. The Artist paints a beautiful picture for its audience David Haight haigh003 @ uwp .edu Charm. Wit. Style. Beauty. Tragedy. All these elements sum up the whole of The Artist, the Academy Award winner for best picture, best director, best score, best costume design, and best actor. And it did it all with lovely silence. It's a simply complex film about a formerly great actor in the silent era, who falls on hard times. He is witness to the ise r of another star, or rather starlet, who made her fame by kissing his cheek at a premier, which led to starring roles in films. It's a sad tale about how talent can be overlooked after a certain age, and how it is easy to fall from such great heights. It's a film about Hollywood and how it treats its stars after their light fades, and a history lesson about how the introduction of sound destroyed more than a few careers in the early days of cinema. The Artist stars Jean Dujardin, portraying George Valentin, a hugely successful actor in the silent era. Dujardin, for American audiences, is new, and yet he has the grace and believability of a seasoned actor. His work in France has obviously done him well. He does a masterful job of making George playful, while still maintaining a serious visage in key moments of t he film. The way he stands is perfect for someone who refuses to lose pride, and yet telling of a man who has lost everything. His evolution throughout the film is one of the key elements that makes it so worth watching over and over again. We get those fantastic scenes where George is seemingly upbeat, transitioning from acting into acting and directing his own films. But we see the checks go out fast, and the smiles fade, and the hair gets disheveled. He goes up against Peppy Miller, played by the beautiful Berenice Bejo, at the box office, and we see that the new face, and the new technology can't simply lose to the same old dialogue Photo credit: deskolbrian.com cards and familiar faces. George is in ruin. It's one of the more interesting pieces of the film. This professional rivalry between Peppy and George. She owes him her career, but she knows that his ways can't last. It's Darwinism in Hollywood. The young meat has the upper hand. Longevity isn't easy to hold onto, and when we see the stock market crash, and George loses everything, it's a hard to watch as we learn, just as he does, that things like Hollywood fame and glory can only last as long as you can keep reinventing yourself. And although George's films are good, they still can't compete with the films that have characters articulate how they feel. Peppy loves George though, but his pride won't let him see that. It's apparent from the beginning of the film, and the more we watch George disintegrate, the more we yearn for him to succeed. The film's story is something like the film's concept. We know that cinema has silent films; we always have. But what we often forget is how good those films were. We trade explosions and CGI for the genuine glee we often get from old films from Chaplin or Keaton or Lang. The George is the representation of silent film as a whole. It has truly faded from the public's memory. It's like a piece of trivia we all know, but forget until called upon to recall it. When we go to the cinema we don't often think of how far film has come in the last hundred years. The artist is a film that we could have been watching in the 1920's, and that's why it will live on. Because, like the cinematic experience, it will stick with us. We'll be able to feel for the silence of film, the simplicity it brought us, and it will hopefully inspire those who see to watch classics that are often forgotten. The Artist presents one of the best uses silent film in quite some time, and it deserves to be applauded for its risk, and it deserves the standing ovation that so many other silent films have deserved over the years. The black and white cinematography is the best seen in years, and it is a welcome return for the medium. The Artist effectively tells us that the vibrant colors of the many action films, and comedies we've seen over the last few decades are just as stagnant as silent films were eighty years ago. What was once considered gorgeous has been oversaturated, and now those "amazing" movies built around stylish and colorful sets are bland. The story of Peppy and George, however, is, oddly enough, fresher than could have been expected. It's nice not having to sit there listening to dialogue being spewed about in meaningless ways. It's also nice to notice when a glass is being put down on a table, or when a chair is knocked over, because the sound means something. That's one of the great strengths of The Artist. It doesn't over use sound, but when it does pull out a dog barking, it does so in a way that awakens our ears, much like it might have done in the early days of talkies. This is one of the great films of our generation, and it became such by being different and choosing the old over the new. Ranger Wellness talks healthy relationships James Burns burns029@uwp.edu As part of the Student Activities Ranger Wellness program, dubbed the Successful Student Series, a seminar was held April 4,2013 in the Walnut Room. Titled, What Is a Healthy Relationship?" it covered basic topics of interest, including communication, commitment, and conflict resolution, the latter of which generated a lot of discussion among attendees. Particularly when it came to issues of domestic violence, rape, and how poor communication can contribute to misunderstandings that often balloon into open disputes over time. It has been said that it's the little things that matter most in a relationship. Many commonly understand this popular saying as the things couples do for each other, the words and actions they exchange on a regular basis, that make a relationship what it is. That is a rather shallow interpretation of a type of connection that actually contains a lot more depth than that. There is a lot to manage in romantic relationships, under conditions that are rarely always stable. If couples can agree to discuss the primary areas of a relationship, and identify which parts of it they are struggling in, there is a better chance of success. Successful relationships regularly exhibit a high degree of trust and open communication above all other factors, but those are not the only successful indicators. The list below shows, in no particular order, general aspects of relationships and how they can contribute to success or failure. 1. Trust: As mentioned above, trust is extremely important to any relationship. Relying on each other to act in a way that supports the relationship often inspires confidence and feelings of security in each other. When trust is not present, it usually indicates issues in other areas of the relationship that need to be addressed. This is probably the second most important factor in relationships. 2. Managing Conflicts: This includes things like knowing how to fight and being respectful of each other when doing it. Working to understand each others feelings and approaching the problem together. This can reveal the origin of issues that cause consistent arguments, so that you can better respond to them when they come up again. Many relationships have ended due to a mutual misunderstanding. 3. Communication: Probably the number one most important aspect to any relationship is communication. Couples who effectively communicate avoid many of the other pitfalls on this list, but for good reason. Good communication means being completely open with each other, getting rid of distractions, investing in the conversation, being mindful of how you effect how your partner feels, and being willing to feel vulnerable. If you're going to talk, you can't be on your phone, biting each other's heads off screaming at each other, or constantly trying to get the upper hand in conversations. Mastering this goes a long way to managing any conflicts. 4. Self-Identity vs. Couple-Identity: In a healthy relationship you don't identify yourself entirely by being in a relationship. You h ave a sense of self-worth that is independent from, but supported by the relationship. You s houldn't have to worry about being yourself, or what your partner would think if you acted a certain way. That type of mental gymnastics leads to things like codependency and becoming someone you're not, which quickly makes relationships dysfunctional. 5. Security: Couples shouldn't have doubts about the relationship they're in. They should appreciate their partner, be able to rely on one another for emotional support, and feel like they are accepted and loved for who they are despite disagreements. These are just a few things to consider when evaluating the health of a relationship. They are by far not the only things, as every relationship is unique. This list offers a simple gauge by which to judge whether a couple is living in bliss or whether there are some things they really need to work on. The Ranger Wellness: Successful Student Series continues with various events throughout the month of April. Parkside students weigh in on Interracial Dating James Burns burns029@uwp.edu For their organization's featured week, the Parkside chapter of the Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority staged a Ranger Wellness seminar on Interracial Dating. Linda Vang presided over the event, giving a short PowerPoint presentation focused on the history of these relationships. It was filled with little known facts about the topic, such as the earliest recorded interracial relationships in the mid-1500s between Filipinos and the heavy role that families play in the success and prevalence of interracial coupling. As for most cases of interracial dating in today's modern, global society, the general consensus is that personal values, family structure, and culture factor heavily for relationships of this type. After the PowerPoint, Miss Vang led a discussion group focused on questions that were randomly drawn from a fishbowl. Some questions involved concerns about stereotypes when meeting a significant other's parents. Specifically, one African-American student recounted a time when he was dating a Caucasian woman. Her parents cooked him a fried chicken dinner with Kool-Aid to drink, and dessert consisted of watermelons. The group gasped, snickered and was unanimously chagrin. Some other students reported that they had experienced similar things and talk seemed to switch focus to the fact that most people act this way out of ignorance. There were a few allusions to the stereotype of the African-American male as the "deadbeat dad." A few Asian-American women spoke of parental pressure to date and even marry within their own race, or in the case of some, pursue Caucasian westerners. Interestingly, one Asian-American girl stated that her parents preferred she date a Hispanic/Latino man rather than an African-American if she insisted on dating outside the race. Such blatant racism stimulated quite a bit of discussion on common pressures to date within a specific race. The group quickly established a unified rapport on the idea that modern, globalized attitudes on interracial couples were fast becoming at odds with more traditional, draconic, often racially oriented motivations for the dating, relationship and marital mores of the previous generations. Students raised in more traditional households confessed to feeling at odds with themselves. Some agonized over personal romantic preferences that conflicted with the respect of their family elders; they wanted to please their families and not create strife. However, a sense of general disappointment could be felt about the lack of consideration and understanding that was found in many parents. Near the end of the seminar, the group came to the consensus that, although still uncommon, interracial relationship are significantly more accepted than just several decades ago. They fervently supported individuals following what they personally believed was the right path towards love and romantic fulfillment. Ranger Wellness was a great success and Parkside looks forward to its return next year! The Ranger News April 24,2013 Goober Quest 5 Jim Neu neuOOOll rju V3 The Adventures of Bear and Pineapple; Part 7: Path to Showbiz Walter Trush trush002@uwp.edu Get ahead this summer! Going home for the summer? 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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document Parksides 11th Annual Chili Cook-Off boils over with excitement Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14 @ uwp .edu Valentines Day breakdown, how Parkside students handled the holiday • i 1 1 1 T 1 1 t 1 )) 1 A r\e\ / r 1 1 11 - i l Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @uwp .edu At last. It's the day we've all been waiting for: we can sweep up the rose pedals, stop reblogging spiteful "woe is the single life" posts on Tumblr, and breathe a sigh of relief. Valentine's Day is over which means it is officially time to get back to neglecting our loved ones. But before we revert to our careless ways, let's take a look at how Parkside handled Valentines Day as a whole. While the holiday has its own religious and mythical beginnings, Valentines Day is generally regarded as a hokey, pretentious holiday created by evil Hallmark masterminds to weed out singles and guilt couples into appreciating one other. Ladies are known to overreact over gifts (or lack thereof) and guys are notorious for failing to deliver. Because of the range of attitudes toward the holiday, many are left confused by questions such as, "What do I get her? and "How much should I spend on him?" When surveyed, 58% of ladies revealed that if asked what they wanted for Valentine's Day, they would reply, "nothing." Despite this, 50% of women would feel "hurt, unloved, or upset" if their significant other took this answer literally. The rest of the females who were polled insisted that their partner's money "would be spent better elsewhere" or that they would be "glad they didn't waste money on this joke of a holiday." The fellas, on the other hand, were far more deceptive. Although 80% of men would tell their partner that they wanted nothing, a whopping 60% claimed they, too, would feel hurt if their gals failed to get them a small token on the big day. When it came to presents, girls proved to have far more expensive tastes. While 90% of men would expect a gift under ten dollars (assuming they are expecting one at all), only 42% of women would be happy with a gift on that cheap of a benchmark. 50% of ladies expected a gift between ten and thirty dollars, and the remaining 8% wanted to see a gift worth forty to fifty dollars. • In the end, it seemed that men were more likely to bite the bullet and go gift shopping, regardless of what their partners ask. Only 67% of girls would get their date a present even if they did not want one, while 90% of guys would still give presents despite their ladies declining. So there you have it, the true meaning of Valentine's Day. Most of us blatantly rebuff the thought of presents to our partners' faces, while secretly hoping they will read between the lines and still shower us with affection. Next Valentines Day, perhaps err on the side of presents, rather than taking your date's dismissive attitude at face value. It couldn't hurt. It looks like the Hallmark people still have us right where they want us. Ecu Tips It I Tuesday, Feb. 12 marked the beginning of the 11th annual Chili and Soup Cook-Off at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The main square of Wyllie near the library was bustling with a mix of students, chili and soup chefs, and chili enthusiasts alike. The cook-off began promptly at 11:30am and this reporter went to work, questioning those involved in between spoonfuls of chili and soup. The cook-off is sponsored by the Parkside Employee Alumni Group (PEAG) and has been for the last 11 years. The PEAG was asking for $3 for a bowl that you could fill with a chili or soup of your choice, or $5 for five sample cups, which allows you to try a variety of the well-made soups and chilies available. The proceeds from the event are used to benefit a variety of UWParkside scholarships, allowing anyone feasting on the goods to feel positive about stuffing themselves with a delicious mix of chili and soup, which is exactly what this reporter did. Peggy Karls, the chairperson of this event, was present at the cook-off and provided some information on the event for anyone that may not have known the details. When the first cook off took place, it was held on Valentines Day and was given the title, "Sweet Heart Burn." At the time it was only chili that could be entered into the cook off, so the name was fitting. It \^s not until four years ago that the cook off allowed soups into the event, and since the crowds seem to like the mix, they keep soup a part of the cook-off. Since the inaugural cook-off, the day of the event has alternated. Sometimes it will take place on Valentines Day, and other times it will take place during Mardi Gras on Fat Tuesday, as it did this year. So whether you are looking for the sweet heart burn, or just to get fat on chili and soup on Fat Tuesday, you will not be disappointed. Karls also pointed out that the event usually hosts 18 to 20 See Chili Cook-Off, page 3 Photos by: Ray Pajarillo Top photo: Guests line up to enjoy multiple varieties of soup and chili. Bottom photo: A lucky duo got their picture taken with Parksides very own Ranger Bear. 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Robert McCann/'Lisa Truax Fine Arts Gallery, Hie Rita Wednesday February 20 5:30PM-7:30PM Women's Basketball vs. Saint Joseph's De Simone Gymnasium 12:OOPM-6:OOPM Art Exhibition: Robert McCann/Lisa Truax Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita 7:30PM-9:10PM Foreign Film: "Samson & Delilah' Student Center Cinema Friday February 22 7:30PM~9:10PM Foreign Film: "Samson & Delilah' Student Center Cinema February 19, 2013 ^ nThe Rancier News University ol Wisconsin I'nrksiilc Student Newspaper 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI 53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Letter from the editor Editor in Chief: Maggie Lawler lawle020@u wp .edu Executive Editor: Hailey Foglio fogliOO 1 @ uwp .edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollmOO 1 @ uwp .edu Staff Reporters: James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Hey guys! My name is Maggie, and I'm the new Editor-inChief of the Ranger News. I'm so excited to be doing this. Print media is my favorite thing in the world, or second favorite, closely behind burritos. Regardless, it's very important to me. I plan on revamping the paper and making it something completely kick-butt that everyone is excited for every other week. I'm sure we'll all be great friends, and I hope you dig the content! If you see me in the hallway or the office sometime, you should definitely come say hi. It's our first issue of the semester, so right now we're hanging out in the office. We've got some good music going, we're eating some donuts, and the paper is coming along swimmingly. Production days are some of the most fun during the semester. It's very rewarding to see something you work so hard on transform right before your eyes, sort of like child birth. Its a lot less painful though, unless your computer crashes. Then I'd say it's about the same. Anyway, I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day. If you didn't, at least it's over now and you won't have to deal with it for another year. Next year I'll be all of your Valentines. Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@ uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We are located in the Student Center in room L101A. Jimmy Gibbs gibbs014@uwp.edu Sarah Savage savagO 16 @ uwp .edu David Haight haigh003@uwp.edu Emily Harring harri091@uwp.edu Cartoonists: Designers: Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RANGER NEW S STRIVES TO I NFORM, EDUcate, AND EN GAGE THE UW-PA RKSIDE COM ­ MUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A B I-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. 7:00PM-8:30PM Realities of Human Trafficking Molinaro 107 9:00PM-10:40PM Foreign Film: "Samson & Delilah" Student Center Cinema Thursday February 21 Libby Chernouski chemO 12 @ uwp .edu Copy Editors: Michael Jensen jense089@uwp.edu Katlynne Davis da vis086@ uwp .edu Photographers: Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Raymone Pajarillo pajarOOl @uwp.edu Walter Trush trush002@ uwp .edu Maria DiMauro dimau001@uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu 12:00PM-1:00PM Global Lunch Hour: Environmental Sustainability Policy in Thailand Library Overlook Lounge Tuesday February 19 9:00AM-9:30PM Business Services Training: Accounts Payable Tallent 245 10:00 AM-3:00PM Study Abroad Fair Upper Main Place, Wyllie Hall 8:00PM-9:45PM Documentary Film: "Nefarious, Merchants of Souis Student Center Cinema 7:30PM-10:OOPM FreshINK Reading: "Cupid, Stung by a Bee" &"Final Bow Studio A, The Rita 12:00PM-1:00PM Black History Month Speak-Out: "Renaissance to Revival" Student Center Walnut Room 7:30PM-9:30PM Mens Basketball vs. Saint Josephs De Simone Gymnasium 12:00PM-6:00PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery 12:00PM-1:00PM Sport & Fitness Management Club Lecture: Eric Snodgrass SAC LI 53 12:00PM-6:00PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery :00PM-3:00PM business Services Training: Purchasing fallent 245 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita 12:00PM-8:30PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! Email us at: rangernews@uwp.edu February 19,2013 The Ranger News 3 Events along the border Events Even in Kenosha: Civil War Museum Exhibit: Keith Rocco - Civil War Prints Civil War Museum Sep. 29 - April 13 Sun. and Mon. 12p.m. - 5p.m. Tues. - Sat. 9a.m. - 5 p.m. Kenosha Public Museum Exhibit: Peanuts...Naturally Kenosha Public Museum Jan. 26 - April 28 Sun. and Mon. 12p.m. - 5p.m. Tues. - Sat. 9a.m. - 5 p.m. Anderson Arts Center Art Exhibition: Fiber Show Anderson Arts Center Jan. 27 - March 24 Tues. - Sun. 1p.m. - 4 p.m. H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art Exhibit: Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare: As They Like It Carthage College Feb. 6 - March 22 Tues. - Fri. 10a.m. - 3p.m. Thurs. 6p.m. - 8p.m. Sat. 1p.m. - 4 p.m. Lemon Street Gallery and ArtSpace Exhibit Lemon Street Gallery Feb. 27 - March 31 Wed. - Sat. 11a.m. - 6p.m. Sun. 11a.m. - 4p.m. Kenosha Public Museum Exhibit: Southport Quilters Guild Annual Members Show Kenosha Public Museum March 2 - March 24 Sun. and Mon. 12p.m. - 5p.m. Tues. - Sat. 9a.m. - 5 p.m. Kenosha Harbor Market Rhode Center for the Arts March 9, March 16, March 23, March 30 9 a.m. - 1p.m. Events in Racine: Wisconsin Watercolor 2012 Wustum Museum Dec. 9 - April 27 Mon. and Thurs. 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. Tues., Wed., Fri. - Sun. 1 p.m. - 5p.m. Hot Flashes Apple Holler Dec. 27 - March 21 Sim. - Sat. 11:00a.m. and 7:30p.m. Be My Baby Racine Theatre Guild March 1 - March 17 Thurs. - Sun. Times Vary The Frog Prince Racine Children's Theatre March 22 - March 24 Fri. - Sun. Times Vary Events in Milwaukee: Sunday Brunch at the Pfister Pfister Hotel Sundays 10a.m. - 2p.m. Afternoon Tea at Blu Pfister Hotel November - March Fri., Sat., and Sun. 3p.m. - 4:30p.m. Real Pirates Exhibit Milwaukee Public Museum Dec. 14 - May 27 Sun. - Sat. 9a.m. - 5p.m. Rhapsodies in Blu Pfister Hotel March 7 Thurs. 5:30p.m. - 6:30 a.m. Conservatory Nights - Orquesta Tumbao Helen Bader Recital Hall March 7 Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Events in Northern Illinois: Skokie Valley Astronomers - Dark Matter and Dark Energy Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area March 8 Fri. 8p.m. - 9p.m. Ryerson Reads - 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area March 13 Wed. 7:30p.m. - 9:00p.m. Young Artists - Dali and Surrealism Greenbelt Cultural Center March 17 Sun. 2p.m. - 3p.m. Look, Learn, Create - Mucha and Art Nouveau Lake County Discovery Museum March 24 Sun. 2p.m. - 3 a.m. efs that bring their chili or soup in to be devoured td ultimately judged by a panel of trusted taste buds, it this year, due to scheduling conflicts and other ch unfortunate events, there were only 12 contesnts. Curious on how these delicious concoctions are dged? Karls informed me that the panel of judges is ad| up of he t previous year's winners and also some irefully selected staff members. Together they try all r the chilies and soups and decide a first and second .ace winner for each category. The winners of this year's cook-offwere announced ter the judges had their fill, under the chili category, ad place went to John Standard for his Veggie Black ean Chili" and first place to the man with a chili so ficy it should be eaten with caution, Matthew Maarios for his "All Pig Crime Scene Chili." For first lace Makarios walked away with the coveted Ladle nd a seat at the judges table for next year. As for the soup category, Jeannine Brokmeier had a monopoly on it, taking both 1 st and 2nd place with two soups she had at the cook-off. Her "Seafood Chowder" was the 2nd place soup, and her very delicious "Heather s Bailout: Pizza Soup" took the 1st place trophy, the coveted. Soup Bowl, and she will also be joining Makarios on the judges panel next year. Now if you are wondering how to enter your chili or soup masterpiece into this cook-off, don't start buying ingredients and practicing to perfection just yet. Because of liability issues, students cannot enter their chili or soup into the cook off. However, if you're graduating this semester or next, the cook-off is open to aiumni, as well as staff. In that case, feel free to start practicing because this reporter will return next year to, yet again, fill up on what was a truly delicious feast of both chili and soup. • : I Computer Science professor Tim Knautz working on his chili. Photo by: Ray Pajarillo Ranger basketball wrap-up Sarah Savage savag016@uwp.edu Saturday the Parkside Rangers went up against the Bellarmine Knights on the basketball court. First up on the court was the women's team who lost their last game with the Knights 66-60 on January 17. This was not the case this game. The first half was led by the Rangers with Jenna Endisch, number 31, making three threepointers as well as number 22, Tara Knapstein. By halftime, the Rangers were leading with a ten point lead that they did not let go of. The second half was no different with Jaleesa Trussel contributing several points as well as rebounds. The Rangers defense kept the opposing team from beating the shot clock without drawing too many fouls. The closest the Knights came to catching the Ranges was by five points in the second half. At the sound of the final buzzer the Rangers won 70-45. The women's team will end their regular season home slate this Thursday at 5:30 against Saint Joseph's. Next up was the mens team who dominated the court. Jeremy Saffold, number 34, was on fire throughout the game with four three-pointers alone in the first half. Conrad Krutwig brought his top game as well with almost 20 points and three rebounds. At half time the Rangers were up by ten points.The Knights had been on a three game winning streak but the Rangers put an end to that. The Knights did come close to tying up the game near the end of the second half but the Rangers stayed two points ahead at all times with the final score being 74-72. This is the eighth straight victory for the Rangers who will finish their regular home slate on Thursday against Saint Joseph's at 7:30. Photos of the mens basketball game taken by: Ray Pajarillo. The Ranger News February 19,2013 February 19, 2013 The Ranger News 5 ^ • " "SI H . ntertainmrient Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu In theaters and DVD release picks of the week Bond fans get real present in the form of Sky fall On all of these subjects, Skyfall does not disappoint. The movie is grand in scale. It takes the audience to Hong Kong, Macau, the Highlands in Scotland, London, and other highly visual landscapes. The fight scenes are filmed back so that we can fully witness the physical prowess and intense hand-to-hand combat, while not losing who is who in tightly framed shots. Skyfall presents one of the most beautiful fight sequences I have seen, which takes place in the shadows of a Hong Kong skyscraper. The villain, Silva, played by Javier Bardem, is the perfect mixture of cold and calculated while blending in a little mischievousness and flamboyancy. Bardem When Daniel Craig took the role of James Bond over from Pierce Brosnan, directors knew that they needed to take the series in a different direction. Yeah, maybe it was cool in the 90 s to have outlandish sequences involving invisible cars and exploding pens, but the creators and Craig knew that this Bond needed to be different. The Bond that we have today evolved from a silly, suave secret agent into a rugged, visceral killer without a real hint of remorse, only the desire to do what is right for Queen and country. Skyfall is the latest film in the series following a true gem, Casino Royale, and a not so fantastic, Quantum of Solace. The film opens with yet another great chase scene that feels very much like Casino Royale's parkour opening except with motorcycles. Quickly it is made known that Bond is chasing a man holding a hard drive that has a list of secret agent's names and identities on it. The sequence ends on a train where another MI6 operative "takes the shot" and ends up hitting Bond instead of the target. This sequence of events leads to the destruction of MI6 and Bond resurrects himself to take care of business. James Bond films have a history of large set pieces, intense fight scenes, and great villains. See Skyfall, page 6 Django Unchained gets Tarantino back on track Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu Django Unchained centers itself around its main character, Django, played by Jamie Foxx. Django is a recently sold slave when bounty hunter Dr. Schultz, played by the Academy Award-winning Christoph Waltz, finds him. Schultz seeks out Django to gain knowledge about a group of men that Schultz is to kill for bounty. When the doctor acquires Django, he finds out that Django has a wife and he was sold separately away from her for punishment. Dr. Schultz gives Django his freedom and, in exchange, wants help identifying his next bounty and ultimately ends up helping Django to find his wife's whereabouts. The film is written and directed by the great Quentin Tarantino, who also directed films such as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and, more recently, Inglorious Bastards. He really is a director unlike any other who likes to take genres, mix them together, and then turn them on their heads. In Django Unchained, the viewer receives a film in the era of slavery that is a very brutal western. It's action-packed, and it still somehow gets you to crack a smile and possibly even have a chuckle or two. I constantly found myself asking, "Should I be laughing at this?" and consistently cross-referencing the comedic elements with my own moral compass. Nevertheless, the film achieves the ability to focus on horrific, dramatic moments but then cleanses the viewer's pallet with a great comedy bit. Tarantino also has a writing style that is very unique. He builds tension with conversation, long conversation. A perfect example was Inglorious Bastards. There were multiple scenes in that particular film that drag on for close to twenty minutes. Yes, they successfully build tension, but ultimately end in a thirty second gun fight where everyone dies. It's a style that you're either going to love or hate. Django Unchained has much less drawn out conversation and more in the action department. The action is visceral and the amount of blood is a bit over the top, like most other Tarantino movies. Although bloody, the film has some amazing shootouts in which Django thrives as a character with witty oneliners and some fast and fancy gunplay. The film is also not as compartmentalized as some of Tarantino's other films. The director is focused on Django and Dr. Schultz the entire film, instead of leaving to focus on other characters and returning to the main plot, and that is what makes the film thrive. Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz have great chemistry together. Almost all of the actors in the film deliver Oscar worthy performances. Jamie Foxx's characterization of Django really transforms the character from a scared slave to a blood thirsty mercenary out for revenge. Christoph Waltz is possibly the best supporting actor working in the business right now and will probably win another Oscar for his German accented doctor bounty hunter. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Monsieur Candy, the owner of Django's wife. He is severely overshadowed by Christoph Waltz, but gives arguably one of the best performances of his career. One of the best parts of the film is the cameos that lend to the comedic relief. People like Don Johnson and Jonah Hill are in the funniest scene of the film where the Ku Klux Klan are trying to perform a raid on Django and the doctor but no one can see because none of the holes in their hoods are aligne Photo credit: impavrards.com with their eyes. The worst acting in the film comes from the director himself, Quentin Tarantino, who performs possibly the worst Australian accent I have ever heard. Overall, the film is filled with intense action and entertaining adventure that is never spoiled by bad acting or other poor performances. Tarantino is one of those directors that you expect to see something great from. In my opinion, he dropped the ball with Inglorious Bastards, but picked it right back up with Django Unchained. Besides the iffy acting here and there and some of the questionable humor choices, the film is fantastic and Tarantino lovers out there, like myself, are going to love it. Plan to here a lot more about this movie as Oscar season approaches. February 19, 2013 The Ranger News Foreig O n film On x ce Upon a Time in Anatolia is one all audiences should appre . , J T . 1 David Haight haigh003@uwp.edu For American audiences, foreign films likely draw out a lengthy sigh. The thought of a foreign film kills a lot of conversations for general audiences in cinemas because they have the horrid stigma of being dull, overly complex, and let's not forget that they are probably in a completely different language, which means we have to read. So why would we sit through a film like Nuri Bilge Ceylans Once Upon a Time in Anatolia? Because it is a look into the lives we, as general audience members, like to ignore. Anatolia is a film revolving around a single evening and morning in the lives of several police officers and a murderer. But it isn't the chase we think we'll get. No, it's a film about that murderer leading the police to the dumping site of a body. Interested? You shoul d be. It's a film that gives us a glimpse into the lives these men, specifically Naci, the police chief; Doctor Cemal, the medical examiner; and the prosecutor, who functions like a DA. This seemingly ragtag group of men, aided by a number of other law enforcement officers, scour the lands of Anatolia looking for the body of a murdered man in the middle of the night, among hills that look exactly the same no matter where they go. What we see in these men is the great division between our two cultures. They reside on the furthest edge of AsiaTurkey. Their resources are nothing like ours, and we watch as they do their work with all the patience in the world, but with a determination and duty that is endearing. The nighttime camera work is not only stunning, but it helps us understand how impossible the task of finding the body is and how unwavering the men are in their search. It's a look into a culture we don't often see examined. Despite the work they have to do, the men still manage to sneak in conversaPhoto credit: blogspot.com tions about bread, lamb, honey, and their kids moving off in to other countries, leaving them behind. They talk about being broke, wanting to keep to their old customs, simple things like fixing a cemetery wall, and building a nice morgue so family members can pay their respects to their family member's body before they bury them, weighing the pros and cons of it all. It shows a certain hospitality, even among the murderers. Though friendly, gifts of honey, silly arguments about fixing villages, and discussions about how other people think differently but manage to smile and act cordial, are all oddly dramatic elements in Anatolia because it's something so out of the ordinary for us. It's apparent that this Turkish film isn't like the American films we send around the workl It has a dramatic element that we will not find here in the states. The cars are of random makes, the docare ill-equipped to deal with autopsies, and the justice of revenge is still a means of punishment. In terms of social conventions and technologies, this is a vastly different culture. The new generation leaves the old world in hopes of a better, more modern life elsewhere, one where the electricity doesn't die for no reason. The doctor's offices cannot properly perform simple medical tasks. The police cannot properly transport criminals or evidence. It's a 180-degree turn from our own society. It's a completely different culture that relies on religion, community, and tradition. Its wholesome, but foreign all the same. Anatolia is a slow-paced film, which is not necessarily a detraction as it's pace is what makes it work, showing us how they're system works and how haphazard a lot of the procedural activities are. But then we see just how similar we can be: our interpersonal relationships, our love lives, our responsibilities, and our regrets. But the film does drag on. At a two-and-a-half hour run time, it does, in fact, feel like two-and-a-half hours, and even some of the most intense scenes still feel long. Luckily, n othing feels drawn out, but it does, on occasion, feel like a chore getting through certain moments in the film. Contradiction? Yes. But in all honesty, Anatolia is a beautifully shot, craftily made, well-acted film about a different culture incredibly far removed from our own, but still with the same humanity that we come to expect from our best dramatic films. Anatolia deserves our attention, if only because it has beautiful photography and an exposure to a vastly different culture than our own. Photo credit: adventureamigos.net Skyfall: a film to add to your collection shines as one of the best villain actors working today. His character is fueled by torture and betrayal and is on his path to revenge. The mixture of these elements is what helps make Skyfall stand out among the rest of the Bond movies. Among the rest of Craig's Bond movies lies a very odd pacing compared to most other action films. The movie is non-stop excitement with a break in the middle to introduce the main villain of the piece. This normally would not be an issue, but the movie feels like it contains multiple climaxes. It also has maybe one too many near miss scenarios, in which the audience believes that Bond has captured the villain, but the villain is able to nearly escape. When the third act finally comes to a close, though, Skyfall bows out with some western flair and a heart-wrenching last stand. Other than the slight off-putting nature of the pacing, the film is by far one of the best Bond films of all time and a great spy thriller in general. For Bond's 50th birthday, audiences got a present in the form of Skyfall. 7 Baconfest hits Milwaukee for second straight year Sarah Savage sav agO 16 @ u wp .edu Sunday marked the secondannual Baconfest held in The Garage, located at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Mdwaukee. The event was sponsored by the local radio station 102.9 The Hog, and featured over twenty different vendors. Having had the opportunity to attend both last year's fest as well as this years, I had somewhat of an idea what to expect. The fest sold out very quickly as there were only one thousand tickets available during a very short window of time, the whole thing only lasted from noon to 3 p.m. We got there a little after noon (parking was not a problem) and waited a short time in line before actually entering the building. Once inside the place was a mad house. It was bacon overload as soon as you walked through the doors. Not only were there strips of different flavored bacon being offered up as samples, there was so much more. I think the most unusual thing that I tried was a jalapenobacon wrapped fig, served up by Racine's Danny's Meats, located on the corner of Charles and 4 mile. The Chancery was also there featuring their bacon and deviled-egg Bloody Mary's, ID required of course. The Motor Bar and Restaurant that is located inside the Museum had a very unique jalapeno-cheddar biscuit topped with a cranberry chutney and caramelized bacon. The flavors complemented each other surprisingly well. Blue Moon had a taste testing of five different beers, from a gingerbread- to a chocolate mint stout. There was mac&cheese with bacon, pizza with bacon, BLT dip, pulled pork with bacon, fried cheese with bacon and habanero peppers. This was all on the outside of the loop. On the inside of the loop I found homemade potato chips covered with cheese, bacon, green onions and sour cream. Next to that booth was bacon wrapped meatballs and smoked prosciutto and arugula sandwiches. Near the end is where I found the chocolate ice cream with bacon bits, made by Scoop De Ville, something I was leery to try last year but am so very glad I did this year, simply fantastic! The last booth was the only place I bought anything at, Alio Chocolat makes both dark and milk chocolate covered bacon bits and they were so good that I bought a bag of each of them. Once we had had our fill of the samples we walked across the street to the museum to take our free tour that was included in our twenty dollar entrance fee to Baconfest. The food was fantastic and the price was definitely right considering that a normal entrance fee into the Harley-Davidson Museum is sixteen dollars by itself. With that being said there were a few things that I had hoped would be different from last year. Now I know better than to go to Baconfest in Wisconsin and expect it not to be packed, but, the layout of the booths and the lack of tables left the crowd spiraling into chaos. Apparently "cutting in line" is still, a very real problem, even in the adult world. The lack of tables created a bigger issue than one would expect. You can't walk, collect random samples and hold your drink while trying to navigate through a sea of bacon addicts. I counted eight tall round tables that could fit maybe four people around them, for a c rowd of one thousand people. This was something I had hoped would be different than last year. There was also a pretty decent band playing last year. My biggest issue was the limited space and time for a large crowd of people. Being a whole sixty-two inches tall I had a very hard time getting around in the crowd or even being able to see who was cooking what. I would like to be able to tell you who made the delicious bean and bacon tostada that I ate, but I couldn t get close enough to read who was preparing the dish. Hopefully as the years go by it will only improve because all in all, you're getting a pretty good deal for the twenty dollar cover charge that includes over twenty different free samples as well as the pass to the museum. It was certainly an experience and I'm sure I'll be back next year. Inspiration on campus: a look inside Parksides art galleries Sarah Savage savag016@uwp.edu and subject matter, they differ greatly in size, from a small eight by ten to an immense canThe Fine Arts Gallery, located in the Rita, vas that would take up the greater part of a is featuring two artists: Robert McCann is wall. showing his "Precognition Tests; Paintings," Through the use of ceramic, wood, and and Lisa Truax is featuring "Subsumed Rem- sand, Lisa Truax has created pieces of art that nants; Ceramic Installation." Feb. 14 was the at first glance, look like shells that you would opening reception of the show that will be find on the beach or in a tide pool Truax s on display until the 7th of March. The artists pieces are replicas of things created by navary greatly in their mediums and the meth- tore. She accomplishes this by using natural ods used to express their ideas. McCann materials and layering them on top of each uses vibrant and bold colors to reenact so- other to form sculptures that resemble: macial gatherings in busy urban settings. While rine life and conch shelly with her own tmst the colors McCann uses may be vibrant, Truaxsconchshelsaretoll»fn-hr the scenes that are depicted may leave you sand dollars have taken on muted 1 P^°*" with a somewhat somber feeling after study- ors reminiscent of Monet s infamous Water o Lilies." Her focal piece on display is quite 1mmg them. McCann as manag pressive and large. Using what must be more and illustrate what is missing from his c - ^ ^ ^ ated scenes, even thoug t ey are slightly resemble sand dollars, Truax bustling action and energy. Throughl theuse to g y serenity that reaches at of light, shadows, and clever^ placed focal ^ ^ J ^ from ^ points, your eyes are drawn P ^ ceiling. While using different methods to exlucht^enst'ofleLging, cohesiveness, press their ideas, both McCann and Truax such as a sense ot be g g use these mediums to acknowledge things and helping hands. g heme that are missing or on a decline in our compaintings all employ the same colo Eco-Tips Libbv Chernouski chernOI2@uwp.edu ' Each day seems to leave us more technology-saturated than the last. As students, E-books, online databases, and laptops are part of our everyday lives. As a Western society, cell phones, TVs, and gaming systems are just a few of the electronics furnishing our homes. Technology is an everexpanding field, but what happens when our electronics become outdated or broken? In today's technology-centered society, it is necessary that we know how to handle all of our electronic waste, or E-waste. Americans go through electronics like computers every 18-24 months, and 50 million cell-phones are replaced worldwide every month. This staggering amount of electronic goods can only be surpassed by the number of electronics that are not properly refurbished, recycled, or reused. As Americans, we dump 80% of our E-waste in landfills. This is concerning not only because electronics contain many parts and materials that can be reused, but because computers and other electronics contain toxins such as lead, which can cause damage to the blood and nervous systems. E-waste comprises 12% of trash, but represents about 70% of overall toxic waste in landfills. Throwing away electronics is hazardous. It is important that we know how to counteract this current trend of irresponsibility. Reduce - I don't know about you, but my cell phone doesn't break every six months. The upgrade? Keep it until you really need it. Also, avoid leaving electronics running. Powering down and unplugging your laptop instead of leaving it in "standby" mode will make your laptop battery last longer. When you bring your phone to school, turn it off while you are in class. This will lengthen the phone's life and thus the time between phone upgrades. Reuse-* *• JSm'mSm Internet sites like craigslist.com and ebay.com make it easy to find pre-used electronics. If you're hesitant about buying from an individual, refurbished electronics are sold at almost all big retailers with the same return policy as brand-new electronics. Universities and libraries will sometimes have discounted electronics for sale when they get their equipment upgraded, as well. And don't forget to check your local thrift stores! ; Of course, recycling is a must. When you do buy that refurbished electronic, make sure your old one is properly recycled (or reused!). Best Buy stores take any and all of your small electronics for recycling, regardless of where you purchased them. Some Best Buy locations even offer store Credit for recycled goods. For larger items, check e-stewards. org or run an internet search for responsible recyclers. Many electronics are exported to countries with little regulation on E-waste, and so are handled irresponsibly. Always check that your recycling site is dealing with their electronics responsibly. While it is easy to forget about what happens to our old cell phones and printers when we are done with them, it is important to remember the harm that these castaway electronics can do and do our part to ensure that they are dealt with properly. So when you're buying your sixth iPhone, remember that there are many options for recycling and reusing E-waste. Don't be a part of the 80%. munities, as well as in nature. The best part of both of these shows, besides the brilliant talent of the artists, is that this gallery is open to students, as well as the public, free of charge. I strongly urge you to take a couple of minutes and look through there. If these works strike you as they did me, bring a friend or encourage others to wander through these galleries and see what they take away from these creations. And as long as you are down that way, there are two other galleries located in the Rita that are also free of charge, The Foundation Gallery, featuring student artists, and the E.H. Mathis Gallery that is currently showcasing abstract works. The Ranger News Parkside Crossword Puzzle February 19, 2013 Across: 2 A play opening at Parkside in March. 3 Parksides literary arts magazine. 4 Parksides newspaper. 8 Parksides radio station. 9 Online service where you can pay your tu ition. 10 Parksides on campus restaurant. 14 Parksides email system. % 17 Parkside has an outdoor course for this sport. Down: I Parkside's mascot. 5 Newly added section of the SAC. 6 This men's team just won the Pete Willson Invitational. 7 The best campus in the UW system. II Most popular major at Parkside. 12 Best place to get coffee on campus 13 Best way to get from Tallent to the main campus. 14 Newest wing of this campus. 18 Best place to buy an umbrella on campus. 15 City that Parkside resides in. 19 Where students can watch films on campus. 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 42, February 19, 2013 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 42 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Parkside's Child Care Center and Preschool to close Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document March 19, 2013 W I News since 1972 _ _ a&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 and content. 40 years of quality service comes to an end in the beginning of summer Parkside s Child Care Center and Preschool to close Sarah Savage savagO 16@ uwp .edu Like every other Monday morning, I pulled into the parking lot of UW-Parkside's Child Care Center to drop off my four-and-a-half year old son, Parker. We've been doing this eight months out of the year since he was five months old. Going back to school as an older student with a new baby was a hard decision to make and one of my biggest concerns was obviously where Parker would go while I was in class. A fellow student and friend of mine recommended I look into the daycare on campus. She had done her research on the facility and was entrusting them with her newborn, as well. In the fall of 2008, Parker and I went back to school. It was extremely comforting to me that he was only ten minutes away at all times. And the women there, well, I cannot begin to explain to you how wonderful they are. Every single person working in that facility, nineteen in total, know my son's name. Each year as he has grown, he has had the benefit of progressing from room to room at the Child Care Center. He started out in the Flower Patch room with Ms. Anne and Ms. Margaret where he learned to walk and say his first words, and is now in the SunShine Room with Ms. Ida where He is learning how to read and write. The center is run by two amazing women, Ms. Carol and Ms. Patricia. One of them is always on hand to answer any questions or to help make transitions in your child's life easier. They run a tight ship and set a good example of what they expect from their fellow employees by always being right there to help in any situation. What made this Monday morning different than any of the others is that I was met at the door by Ms. Carol who was doing her best to flash me her big energetic smile, but having a little bit of trouble. She asked me if I grabbed the mail from Parkers box yet, and as I walked over to grab the letter sticking out she said, "this is easier to tell you, because he'll be done." Looking at her and reading the letter, my heart sank. Effective June 14. at 5:00 the center will be closing it's doors forever. I was shocked and I immediately understood the look on Children enjoying the original child care center in the early 1970s. Photo Credit: Parkside's Child Care website. Carol's face. This center has been her home since 1986. She has watched countless children grow and thrive over this time. In fact, the majority of the women who work there have been there fifteen plus years. The center opened in 1971 when the student body banded together and organized the center to help the student-parents who were commuters. By 1972, they were licensed by the State of Wisconsin and have provided quality care for the many children that have passed through their doors ever since. The Child Care Center functions as a non-profit organization and with the recent budget cuts over the last couple of years and the change in status of the universities Education and Teaching Certificate programs, they have felt the blow. They aren't being utilized by the University the way they once were. There have also been stricter regulations passed by the state requiring more training and certifications to teach in these facilities, which no one is arguing is a bad thing, but, they come at a price. The classes and the licensing can cost up to three hundred dollars or more, not to mention the time spent in class. Before the change in the Teaching programs on campus, many of those classes offered and required for graduation would meet the state requirements, allowing students to work in the facility while pursuing their degree. In recent years, many other daycare providers have opened up in the surrounding areas giving students other options from which to choose from. I understand why it was easier for Carol to tell me this sad news because Parker will be off to kindergarten in the fall, having successfully completed his pre-school years under the loving care and watch of a great group of people. He is all the luckier because of it. Knowing that he has spent the first years of his life in such a bright, caring and energetic place, with a huge emphasis put on learning and development has eased my mind throughout my semesters. I would be even more devastated than I am now if I had to try and find a better place than the Child Care Center to send him for these impressionable years. I wish these wonderful women who have made a large impact on my life, and more importantly my son's life, all the best in the world. I am sad that his will be the last class that leaves the Child Care Center prepared and ready for their next step in their education. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. A Ranger News Redaction: Junior Senator calls out PSG for lack of professionalism James Burns burns029@ uwp .edu In our last issue, the Ranger News ran an article titled, "Junior Senator calls out PSG for lack of professionalism." The editors were later informed that this article was biased and a misrepresentation of the interview that had been conducted. The staff of the Ranger News is not only sorry that this incident occurred, but embarrassed at our own oversight. The responsible journalist has been reprimanded, and will no longer be covering events related to PSG. While we recognize that this paints the Ranger News in an unsavory light, it is our responsibility to be the voice of the student body. That said, Joshua Frazier, the student who was interviewed for the article, has written a statement concerning the incident. We at the Ranger News would like to make his voice heard. The redaction follows: I have recently seen the article in Ranger News titled "Junior Senator calls out PSG for lack of professionalism." I feel it is a gros misrepresentation of myself, PSG, and what I was trying to accomplish with the interview. My primary goal was solely to give my view as a concerned student who is looking to become more involved on campus and help improve Parkside for future generations. While I am a Senator for PSG and the Student Org Rep, I was not giving the interview in my position as a Senator as, at that time, I was newly appointed. The claims that I make are based on my standing as a concerned student. Information concerning conduct at the SUFAC budget hearing that I provided was not a Senator, but a part of an organization affected by the budget —not in any official titled position. Any views expressed were my personal views. I do not, cannot, and will not speak from an official position regarding any of the organizations as a whole until previously discussed with said organizations. Although I did speak during a senate meeting on behalf of our President Bradley Schmitz regarding professionalism, I was encouraging our senate to be more aware of the organization's appearance and in no way implying and in no way did I state that I was an exemplar of leadership.' I may have more experience in the business world, but we are all here to help each other learn and grow. Assisting in that goal was my only intent in mentioning professionalism in the meeting and interview. Furthermore, I made it abundantly clear not to quote me on what is or is not in the constitutional bylaws. As I stated during the initial interview, I was newly elected and therefore not properly equipped to directly quote our constitution or bylaws accurately. As you can see, the article poorly represents my true intent, casts me in a negative light and it is disconcerting that my words were so incorrectly construed. While PSG struggles to cope with being a commuter campus (and little student government interest), everyone in the organization is working very hard to improve our image on campus and become an exemplar of professionalism. PSG is excited to begin developing a better relationship with the student body to improve the campus experience not only for us, but for the general public, our community, and future UW- Parkside students. Sincerely, Joshua Frazier Vice President - Parkside American Marketing Association Student Org Representative - Parkside Student Government 12:00PM-6:G0PM , M Exhibition: "Stents Choose d Foundation Gallery 5;00PM-6:00PM Employment Preparation Workshop Student Center Hickory Room 5:30PM-7K)0PM :i Mini Course: Continuing Guitar Tallent 281 6:00PM-7:30PM Lecture: Life & Death in a Cretaceous Costal Swamp' Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha 6:00PM~9;00PM How to Manage Your Anxiety Mini Course 6:30PM-8:30PM Add SPRING to Your Step 7:00PM~8:30PM Mini Course: Songwritine Tallent 281 Ranger / News 1 nivctsilN n | U IM.oii.sin I'.irksitlc Siiulciil N ew s|i;i|vr 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Maggie Lawler lawle020@ uwp .edu Executive Editor: Hailey Foglio fogli001@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Staff Reporters: James Burns bums029@ uwp .edu Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@ uwp .edu Sarah Savage savagO 16@ uwp .edu David Haight hai gh003 @ uwp .edu Emily Harring harri091@uwp.edu Libby Cheraouski chem012@uwp.edu Copy Editors: Katlynne Davis davis086@ uwp .edu Michael Jensen jense089@ uwp .edu Photographers: Carl Rollmann rollmOOl @uwp.edu Raymone Pajarillo pajar001@uwp.edu Cartoonists: Walter Trash trush002@uwp.edu Jim Neu neuOOO 11 @ uwp .edu Designers: Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Maria DiMauro dimau001@uwp.edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RANGER NEWS ST RIVES TO IN FORM, EDUcate, AND ENG AGE THE UW -PARKSIDE COM ­ MUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A B I-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangeraews@ uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We a re located in the Student Center in room L101A. Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! Email us at. rfiHgernews@uwp.cdu March 19,2013 Letter from the editor Rangers! Can you believe that Spring Break is almost upon us? Spring Break? More like "doesn't feel anything like spring" break. Our winter break was warmer. I hope you're all going some place warm for break, and that you ail come back with killer tans so that I look even pastier in the hallways. That would really boost my self esteem. I'm going to IKEA over break, that's about as exciting as it'll get for me. I hope a monkey in a little coat is walking around the store when I arrive. I feel like I should leave you all with some wise spring break knowledge, but in case you couldn't tell by my awkward appearance, I'm not much of a partier. I'll drop this bit of knowledge on you, though. Here's some advice that I learned while I was watching movies about other people living their lives while I sat on my couch. Don't accept drinks from random people. Don't tour around Europe chasing after a band, or you will get abducted and you better hope your father is like Liam Neeson or you're screwed. Drink lots of water so you don't feel as sick once you've partied your heart out. Lasdy, have fun! Do something crazy so we can write about it in the next issue of the paper. Photo Credit: Maria DiMauro Tuesday March 19 8:00AM-9:00AM Ranger Wellness: Belly Dancing Class The Den 12:00PM-8:00PM Art Exhibition: "Student Choose Comics" Foundation Gallery 6:00PM-7:30PM Mini Course: Karate Sticks (Nunchaku) Fun Fitness Tallent 201 6:00PM-7:00PM Mini Course: Acoustic Blues Guitar: Techniques and Style 12:00PM-1:00PM Ranger Wellness: Lick Your Salt Habit The Bridge J 7:00PM-8:30PM LGBTQ Resource Center presents " munity and Mental Health" " Student Center Oak Room 7:30PM-9: Concert: UW- Parkside Wind Ensemble & Com munity Band Mr J \ Wednesday March 20 12:00PM -1:00PM Noon Concert, UW-Parkside Choirs Bedford Hall, The Rita on the Equinox - Foot and 12:00PM-1:00PM LGBTQ Resource presents Table Talk: "Lesbian Identity" ^ LGBTQ Resource Center Wyllie D171 9:00PM-11:00PM Foreign Film: "A Separation" Student Center Cinema Thursday March 21 11 :OOAM-12:00PM UW-Parkside Police Safety Education Class Molinaro 112 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: "Students Choose Comics" Foundation Gallery 5:00PM-6:00PM Ranger Wellness: Positively Angry Oak Room 6:00PM-7:30PM Free Money, Free Stuff...Learn How to Find Ways to Get Free Stuff Tallent 281 6:00PM-7:00PM Mini Course: Self-Defense for Women Tallent 201 6:00PM-9:00PM Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement Molinaro 112 6:30PM-8:30PM Mini Course: Meditation, Self-Empowerment and Spirituality Orchard Room 7:00PM-9:00PM Mini Course: Wedding Photography Tips Molinaro 140 7:30PM-9:30PM Foreign Film: "A Separation" Student Center Cinema Noon Concert: Jazz comes to Parkside Sarah Savage savag016@uwp.edu Wednesday I attended a noon concert in Bedford Concert Hall in the Rita. UW-Parksides Jazz Ensemble, directed by Russ Johnson, permum my mom used to Mm to in the car. I was pleasantly surprised with what I heard. Parkside's Jazz ensemble is amazing. Their selection "Lamet," composed by J.J. Johnson and arranged by Mike Tomaro. Its a light and breezy song that utilized the whole band and made the whole plays on campus as well as performing in the community Outside of the obvious talent in the ensemble, the best thing about this noon concert was that it was FREE. Not only this one, but every Wednesday UW-Parkside features different types of music and they are open to the public. It is a great way to spend your lunch hour in a brand new music hall on a beautiful campus. Next week Wednesday March 20, the UWParkside Choir will be performing. I strongly urge you to check them out if you're able, and bring a friend. 7:30PM-9:30PM Arts Alive! presents: Duo Sonidos Main Stage Theatre, Rita Friday March 22 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Business Services Training: Travel Policy Review Tallent 245 5:00PM-11:00PM 2013 SNAP Gala Roma Lodge, 7130 Spring St., Racine 7:30PM-9:30PM Foreign Film: "A Separation" Student Center Cinema Monday March 25 12:00PM-4:00PM Todd Deutschs "Gamers" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita Tuesday March 26 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Senior Student Exhibition Foundation Gallery, The Rita Need an affordable way to earn college credits this summer? Find the flexibility you need with UW Colleges Online. • Less Cost • Fully Online • Flexible Schedule • Real UW Professors • Same UW Degree Register now while space is still available. www.onllne.uwe.edu • 877-449-1877 4 The Ranger News Feeling Parched? Grab a Sapporo Premium Beer Gihhc March 19,2013 Jimmy Gibbs gibbs014@uwp.edu March 13th was an interesting day. That Wednesday a Japanese beer tasting was taking place on campus. Now, for those of you that have not tried a Japanese beer yet in your life, allow me to take you on a little tour of Japanese beer, but before that, I must explain some things. You see, I was going to attend the Japanese beer event on Wednesday, but there was a roadblock in my way; the event started at 3:30pm, and I started class at 3:30pm. 1 had contemplated skipping some class to attend the event, but then actually told the truth to myself, which is that if beer is present; I will not simply leave early. I decided to take the good student approach and actually attend class thinking I would be able to catch the end of the event and try some Japanese beer. Well, as luck would have it, I missed the event. More specifically, I was in a Shakespeare class and by the time it was over and I made it to the event, it was over; an alcohol ghost town. Now, I already have possess an intolerable hatred for Shakespeare, and once again it turned out that my nemesis, a man dead for hundreds of years now, had robbed me, yet again, of imbibing. I had tried a Japanese beer once in my younger days and had not liked it much at all. However, I figured every beer deserves a second chance. I figured that if I could give the bottled skunk juice Heineken a second chance, I could certainly give a Japanese beer a second chance. I had been wandering the darkened halls of Parkside for while now, wondering what to do. How could I make this better? I had missed the Japanese beer event on campus, letting both myself and the readers down. I did the only thing that seemed right; I got into my car and went straight to the bar. If I couldn't get the Japanese beer at the school, the bar would have t be the next best option. My first stop was Captain Mike's, I figured that if I was going to be trying a Japanese beer again, I might need a burger to wash it down with, or at least a variety of other good beers. I was in luck, in the beer menu I stumbled upon a Japanese beer, Sapporo Premium Beer. So I went ahead and ordered one, along with a Dirty Burger. I had some fear when the bartender asked if I was sure I wanted the Sapporo, but I had to stick to my guns on this one; "Absolutely positive" was my response. When all was said and done, I had struggled through the beer. It was comparable to drinking a Miller Light if the Miller Light was fused with the collected sweat of a Biggest Loser contestant. It took the Dirty Burger drenched in horseradish mayo and a fresh Old Chub Scotch Ale to finally wash the flavor out of my mouth. Maybe you're reading this and thinking, "Hey, I really like Japanese beer. I find it refreshing and pleasantly smooth." To that I would say great! Not everyone will like every beer, and positively am confident in saying I do not like Japanese beer, it has had its second chance from me; there will be no more. When it comes to Shakespeare, I still have no love for the man, I won't think of him as having saved me from an entire even for nasty beer, but instead 1 will blame him from preventing me from giving a good, honest second chance to a beer, which is just against my principles, and should be against the principles of any responsible beer drinker. So fellow Parksideans, the next time you're out and contemplating which beer you should purchase, I would strongly recommend against Japanese beer, especially Sapporo Premium Beer. If you feel adventurous and don't mind blowing some money on it, however, give it a shot. Judge it for yourself, but don't say I didn't warn you. % iumi Photo Credit: globalpackagegallery.com Parkside World Bizarre is out of this world The World Bazaar comes to Parkside celebrating diversity and exposing students to various cultures. Sarah Savage savagO 16 @ uwp .edu This week on campus Parkside celebrated world culture with a World Bazaar that was held on Wednesday in the Main Place. The bazaar featured several different vendors selling wares from around the globe. Kenosha's Oriental Wellness Academy was on hand showcasing different relaxation methods and tools as well as offering free samples of green tea, I enjoyed a scalp massage from an interesting looking tool meant to hit pressure points and relieve tensions, I'd have to say I found it pretty soothing. Sphinx had a table set up selling different varieties of incense, silk scarves, and trinkets. The smell of Nag Champa permeated the air while in the background you could hear the Spanish Flamenco dancers snapping their castanets while tapping their feet to the sounds of their accompanying guitar and drums. My next booth was Four Corners of the World Fair Trade Store of Milwaukee table where they had everything from pottery, coffee, teas, and handmade crafts. If you are not familiar with the Fair Trade Act, it is in place to protect consumers by requiring companies full disclosure on their products. This act has helped reduce the number of sweatshops and forced child labor being used by making the public aware of exactly where their products are coming from, and who is actually making them. This act has also taken a stand for safer working conditions and added nondiscrimination and gender equality rules as well. Obviously there is still a problem worldwide, with the aforementioned issues, but support for acts such as the Fair Trade Act really help by spreading the word and educating the public. Mayaworks Journeys had a table set up and an amazing story of women coming together across the globe to support each other. The crafts that were featured on this table were made by women from Guatemala whose husbands had died in violence. Every year MayaWorks, founded by the late Dr. Carroll Behrhorst, goes to Guatemala and brings back several different crafts that they in turn sell here. One hundred percent of the proceeds are sent back to the women who make these items in an effort to end a cycle of poverty. I was really touched by the level of commitment and involvement that these women, technically strangers, dedicate to each other and will definitely support this organization. There were several other booths set up, offering an eclectic array of goodies, including an entire table featuring gorgeous handmade amber jewelry. I wish I would have been able to spend as much time talking to every vendor as I did with the Four Corners World Fair Trade Store and MayaWorks, but they were busy answering questions and selling their products. »2U13 The Ranger News In Theaters Now: Oz Great and Powerful Th Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu Oz: The Great and Powerful is a film prequel to the instant classic The Wizard of Oz from 1939. In the time of Hollywood remaking every classic they can possibly get their hands on, it's nice to see them take a different turn for the Oz universe and focus on the question of how Oz became the great Wizard of Oz. Oz is a bumbling, playboy circus magician played by James Franco. After Oz chooses the Strong Man's woman to be his assistant, he finds himself nearly escaping into a hot air balloon. Little did he know, there was a storm brewing and a tornado rips the hot air balloon apart as Oz crash lands in Oz. Found by Theodora, played here by Mila Kunis, Oz is taken to the Emerald City to fulfill the ancient prophecy and kill the wicked witch. Oz is a film that focuses on recreating the world of Oz that we experience in the original film and uses today's technology to transform and flesh it out to its fullest. Sam Raimi, Director of the Spider Man series, takes on this challenge and knocks it out of the park. The film is absolutely beautiful and might be the best example of 3D in film ever. The colors are vibrant but ass *sass5#i, ^ Photo credit: irene-turner.com not so much as to make things look fake or unrealistic given the parameters of the film. The strongest aspect of the film comes with the written comedy and characters. Frank/Finley and China Girl, played by Zach Braff and Joey King respectively, are easily the two most entertaining characters in the film offering wide ranges of emotion through the voice acting and raw emotion they are able to convey through their animated characters. The introduction of the China Girl is a near perfect scene that offers a perfect blend of tragedy, comedy, and sorrow. With a lot of the prequels and remakes coming out now, the studios have focused on bringing back characters and actors from the original source. Oz brings some of these characters in but not in a way that imposes. They aren't blatant screams but more like silent nods that fans can go crazy over. They happen in split second scenes and Oz even offers the prequels to the original characters as well as the entire first film. The flying monkeys, in this case baboons, are scarier than ever as the wicked witch's army. Oz boasts acting talent from James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and Michelle Williams, as well as many others. These actors are fine for this particular film but the best acting comes from the supporting cast of characters. James Franco, to me, still hasn't proven himself as a leading man. We had a glimpse of his raw talent in 127 Hours but that Franco hasn't emerged since. He does a fine job as Oz, but he just doesn't "bring it" like you want him to. Robert Downey Jr. wa s originally in talks for the role, which I think would have been brilliant but as I said before, Franco does fine. Also, when the Wicked Witch is finally revealed, it's supposed to be a "twist" but unfortunately it falls flat and is very predictable. The acting becomes over-acting and instead of the witch becoming scary and intimidating, she just becomes silly and almost laughable. Oz develops into a fantastic family film that is an awesome example of how prequels should be treated in the future. It calls back to the original source material well, and provides adults as well as children, with jokes and references that will make you laugh all the way through. Oz is from Disney and gives me hope for the Star Wars prequels coming in 2015. DVD Pick of the Week: End of Watch is one to begin watching Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu End of Watch is a film that follows two buddy cops in Los Angeles, Brian and Mike, played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena respectively They are the two hot shots of the precinct that barely follow any sort of rules set about in the world of law enforcement. Brian is a student in college who decides to do his class project by filming their day-today police calls. While documenting, they uncover criminals and organizations much more intimidating and shocking than they could ever imagine. End of Watch opens with a bang, a car chase filmed entirely from the dash camera of their squad car. This opening scene clearly sets the ton&of the film itself; a fast paced, reckless police drama. The film has a lot of good things going on. Brian and Mike as characters are best friends as well as partners on the job. The two actors in the roles sell them as more than just friends but brothers. The script for the film is perfect when it comes to the different interactions and conversations between the two partners. Good chemistry is exactly what a film like this needs as well as fleshing out the characters individually, and in both respects End of Watch hits the nail on the head. The second thing that the film does well is it takes the first-person, handheld style of directing, rips it away from the horror genre, and puts it into a new environment that adds suspense and realism to each call the cops are force to take. The only issue with doing a film this way is the set up of your own rules for each handheld camera your taking shots from in the film and if they make sense. End of Watch can't make up its mind in this respect. The film will go a long time using strictly the handhelds and then will cut to a professional outside shot where there is clearly no camera. The back and forth between these shots is a bit jarring and quite frankly unbelievable. If you set up the film as the character shooting the documentary, you have to stick with that style of filmmaking the entire way through. Also, they stick a camera in the hands of a gang of criminals that commit crimes like drug trafficking and murder and they film the entire thing. If I were a criminal, I wouldn't be stupid enough to film everything that I just did. Free evidence anyone? Maybe she is in the same class as Brian and filming her gang as her final project for class. I don't think so. In some instances the camerawork falls flat and is just silly, but for the majority of the film it adds a gritty realness to each instance of thrilling intensity. End of Watch is not a film for the weak stomached. Through the amount of time that passes and all of the calls that these guys are filming, they come across some really intense stuff that can only be seen to be believed. It's horrifying to know that the things that happen in this film, I have no doubt happen in real life. There are some very shocking scenes but nothing that screams unbelievable. End of Watch takes the cop genre, blends it with action thriller, blends it once more with documentary style camera work, and the result is one of the biggest surprises of last year. It drags emotions of hatred, sorrow, and joyous laughter all at once. I highly recommend renting this film and checking it out for •.com yourself. I only wish I had watched it sooner. The Ranger News March 19,2013 ^ntertainmen Monsieur Lazhar warms hearts, then stops them James Burns burns029@ u wp .edu "Monsieur Lazhar" begins as an unassuming tale about an elementary school in Montreal, Canada that suddenly experiences tragedy at the loss of one of their teachers. As the students process their loss, the parents scramble to provide comfort, and the faculty tries to pick up the pieces. Just when things seem to take an ill turn, fate steps in off of the street in the form of Bachir Lazhar (a brilliant Mohamed Fellag), a 55 year-old Algerian immigrant who read about the incident in the newspaper. He rather unceremoniously offers up his services as a substitute teacher. Left with no choice, and on such short notice, the school takes its chances with Mr. Lazhar. Over the next few weeks, Lazhar and his new class try to navigate the waves of grief that still linger in the classroom and out of it. As well as adjusting to the awkwardness that comes with meeting new people. The cultural gap between them, in particular, takes some getting used to. Coming from his own deep place of grief that stems from events in his past, Lazhar slowly builds a bridge between himself, his students, and the faculty, helping them deal with deal with death. From the start, this movie eases you into to school life in French Canada, so nothing feels forced or contrived. You feel as though you've just walked into the school yard to go pick up a sibling or one of your children. Once the movie introduces Mr. Lazhar, the transition in tone feels natural or familiar even. You've just met this character and you feel like he somehow belongs there. Something about his presence and the way he carries himself in the classroom makes you believe as if it was fate that brought him to this school, instead of his chance look in the newspaper. The children are diverse and bright; a few bring a surprising maturity to the film that is cool, refreshing and unexpected. It's a delightful turn from what's normal, with kids that talk back, but not always out of disrespect. It ends up leaving things turned on their heads. Parents are overly attentive and anxious, whereas class is very focused and reserved. The children know what happened, but they aren't falling into quivering balls of tear-eyed gelatin. They're actually working through their sadness, like Lazhar. Calmly, with a quiet, humble dignity, they have the knowledge that time must pass, and will, for them to start to heal together. Parkside Theatres "Book of Days" is a best-seller James Burns burns029@ uwp .edu "Book of Days," a play written by playwright Lanford Wilson, replaced "Columbinus" as the third production put on by the University of Wisconsin—Parkside theatre department. Unaware of how audience members might react to "Columbinus" after the recent string of school shootings, the department thought it best to switch it entirely for a new play. "Book of Days" opened on March 8. and closed March 17. It was directed by Brian Gill. The play takes place in a small town in Missouri. The main character, Ruth, has just gotten the part of St. Joan in the town's production of "St. Joan" by George Bernard Shaw. Throughout the play, she grapples with trying to understand how to play Joan, and soon gives in to the dangerous side of method acting. The climax of the play occurs when she realizes that a man thought to have been killed in a tornado accident was actually murdered. After this realization, she tries to get those around her to believe her tale, but finds herself completely isolated from the community, much St. Joan. Smaller sub-plots revolve around this central plot point, such as a man's infidelity to his wife and the new director s relationship with his assistant. Plot wise, the play can seem slow going. I would definitely characterize it as a character play; one in which the audience gets to see more of the interaction between characters and how this interaction correlates with the overall community, rather than a play focused on action. That said, there were some profound moments within the play. This has to do, in large part, with the way the actors portrayed the characters. The casting of "Book of Days" was spot-on. Each actor played his or her part well and never seemed too dramatic or overthe-top. More importantly, the actors handled the more emotional moments in a realistic fashion. Their actions never felt out of the realm of the real, which meant that as an audience member, I was kept drawn within the play in these emotional moments. This skill can be quite hard to accomplish, as many acted emotional moments can feel too unrealistic or over-the-top. My favorite part of the experience of seeing the play was probably the fact that it was in the black box theatre. The smaller, more intimate space worked extremely well for this type of play. It allowed closer interaction between the audience and the actors and provided more flexible staging. The setting was as elaborate as it needed to be with, again, most of the attention on the actors themselves. One of the most interesting qualities of attending a black box performance is realizing how much the smaller space can draw the audience members into the play in contrast with the larger standard theatre. Overall, seeing "Book of Days" was a great experience. The theatre department has, once again, produced a wonderful play that showed off the talents of the students. "Twelfth Night" opens on May 4. March 19,2013 The Ranger News Professor Moats goes to Washington—literally Katlynne Davis davis086@ uwp .edu As students, many of us may simply think of our was home to everyone's favorite first American President—George Washington. (Sorry Abraham Lincoln fans). Starting in January of 2014, Moats and others will get a chance to study for a whopping five months in the freshly built Fred W. Smith professors here at Parkside as being'just teacher! *"1 ' he ^ °/ GeOTge WaSh " similar to those we had in high school But are om ZlLarv fll ° f M° Unt ^ ern ° n ' r 1 i • i library is still under construction and wont professors even remotely akin to the one-dimensional a-i i a * ^ , i . , , i , , / ' _ ' uune«sionai be open until late August or September. However high school teachers of our pasts? Definitely not So F . , ^ r.r.^r.1^ tkno « c ^ , inside, Moats will have complete access to the who are these people these professors ? Do they do first president's letters, papers, and general aweanything besides lecture us_ Do they ever have fun? someness. Not only this, bu t Moats and the other « ? t i 111 'u6 myri feCtS hlau g ural feU°ws will be staying on the Mount and dates that we struggle to remember on our ex- Vernon grounds in housing that has been specifiams? Are they even human? caUy built for them. What m ore could a professor Truth is, Parkside professors, and professors in of American history ask for' general are genuine^ interested in the areas that they Each scholar plans to take on a different area teach; believe me, th e decs,on to teach isn't usually of research about George Washington. Moats has made because the pay ,s good. Professors often will- set out to examine the president's role in Ameriingly take on opportunities for further research out- can neutrality during his lifetime-specifically side of their teaching duties. Some write scholarly Washington's Neutrality Proclamation. The Procbooks or articles, and others take on research proj- lamation was issued on April 22, 1793, and was ects. In short, many of us may not be unaware of the designed to keep America out of the raging conaccomplishments of our professors here at Parkside. flicts between Great Britain and France. During In an attempt to convince you that professors are, in this time, some Americans were sympathetic to the fact, extraordinary human beings, I sat down with French because of France's assistance in the RevoProfessor Moats, an associate professor of history, to lutionary War. Others still supported England, talk to her about her recent selection for a competitive George Washington wanted to keep the fledgling reseaich opportunity at Mount Vernon. country together and avoid division among those Some of you may have recently noticed a Journal who had just united in pursuit of their freedoms Sentinel article about professor Moats floating around on the UW—Parkside home page under the "News" section. This is the case because...well, Moats' opportunity is kind of a big deal. She was selected along Moats can't wait to get her hands dirty in the newly with only seven other U.S. scholars to participate in a built library. "There was a Mount Vernon library newly established fellowship that will take on research before, but it wasn't very user-friendly, and wasn't at Mount Vernon in Alexandria, VA. Mount Vernon well-suited for researchers," she remarks. Now the as citizens of an independent nation. "I've come to appreciate his importance and realize his contribution to the presidency," says Moats. Professor Photo Credit: theblaze.com scholars can have direct contact with Washington's letters and papers without having to make appointments to view them. Professor Moats is taking a sabbatical (paid leave to do research) starting in the fall of 2013, and won't return to Parkside until the fall of 2014. "I think to have a break from teaching and grading will be great," Moats said. When asked to rate her level of excitement about this opportunity on a scale from one to ten, Moats laughed. "I'm at an eleven. This is what really excites me." So there you have it, folks. Professors are people too. They teach by day and take on awesome research projects by night. They might get excited about people like George Washington, but staying at Mount Vernon is no small endeavor. And who would have thought that a professor could get just as excited about leaving Parkside as any of us? Next time you're in class groaning under your breath, take a second to consider that your professor might be way more awesome than you think. Art exhibition at Parkside Libby Chernouski chern012@uwp.edu The opening reception for the inaugural exhibition of Art in the UW-Parkside Library took place March 13 from noon until two in the afternoon in the northeastern corner of the library. Hosting a couple dozen pieces, the exhibition consisted of art in a large variety of mediums including pastel, ink, photography and airbrush. Jo Cates, the library director here at UW-P, initiated the Art in the UW-Parkside Library program. The program is based on a similar program she implemented at Columbia College in Chicago and is to be semi-annual, exhibiting new exhibitions each semester. The next exhibition will focus on the works and person of Edgar Allen Poe and will be on display this fall. One of the aims of the program is to better utilize the library area, where the space, wide windows and quiet atmosphere are perfect for artistic contemplation and appreciation. To encourage this creative atmosphere, several tables and shelving units were moved from the northeast corner of the library and replaced by comfy sage armchairs that give the area a warm, homey feel. The current exhibition features a large variety work by students, staff and faculty from the UW-P. Several of the artists attended the opening reception, including Zhivko Kirov, whose beautiful photography of southwestern deserts is on display. Also on display are three stunning portraits in black prisma colored pencil by Rachel Bullis. Her pieces are titled "Unknown Subject" 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Several self-portraits grace the walls as well, with Dan Barbers tapestry in shades o teal and orange standing out as a unique contribution to the exhibit. Most unique of all, however, might be the photographs credited to Joey Steinmar, whose images are surprisingly familiar - for the most part. The pictures feel like they would show up on Facebook; no filtering, editing or lighting techniques make these pictures stand out. Instead, the two college-aged male subjects grab attention with their strange apparel: a gas mask and a large, bug-eyed horse mask, respectively. Entered more for fun than for serious intent, the inclusion of these large photographs in the exhibit came as a surprise to their creator. . Featuring horse masks, pastels of the Root River and colorful ctm^spieces Art in the UW Parkside Library is not an exhibit you want to miss. Submissions for next semesters show will be accepted beginning next month For more informa tion, visit the programs blog at: http://blogs.uwp.e u 1 raryar « Students Choose Comics" Preview Jimmy G ib bs | a new event in the art gallery from March 18-April 20 this semester. The Gallery show will be called "Students Choose Comics" and will be curated by Parkside student James Passannante and English professor Jay McCroy. 'Hie gallery will prove to be an exciting event as it will be Siihst art gallery at Parkside to® exclusively dedicated to comics, a sometimes under-appreciated form of art. This event is coming to us only a month after award-winning comic creator John Porcellino came for a visit to conduct a workshop and give a speech to the staff The gallery will be hosting both comics submitted by Parkside students and other award- winning comic artists so there is sure to: be an eclectic mix of comic artwork available to enjoy. Students will be able to check the comics out at the Parkside art gallery during normal hours of operation: Monday 10am-6pm, Tuesday 12-8pm, Wednesday and Thursday 12-6pm, closed Fridays, Saturday 12- 4pm and closed Sundays. Over the next month there will be plenty of time for students and artist alike to go and enjoy the "Students Choose Comics" gallery. While the gallery starts on March 18, the opening reception will be taking place on April 6. Hopefully, this will be the time when many of the creators will be present, so the opportunity to view a comic and then speak with the creator will be at this time. In terms of what is offered to the artists who have submitted artwork and been selected for display at the gallery, there are great networking opportunities. Artists and writers will have the opportunity to not only have their work displayed, but also see other art and speak with the other artists. Also, any single page submissions that were selected for display will be reviewed and one will be chosen for publication in Parkside's literary magazine Straylight. So be sure to come and check out "Students Choose Comics" to witness a display of a genre of artwork that has been slowly making its way into public recognition for some time now. The show is in the gallery for an entire month, so there is no excuse not to check it out, unless you are a hater of comics. In this case, you should consider reevaluating your life and maybe even look into getting a CAT scan. There may be some hidden tumors negatively affecting your thought and emotions towards comics. 8 The Ranger News March 19,2013 Goober Quest 1 & 2 JimNeu neuOOOll Not Bear and Pineapple In: "PAWNCH" Walter Trash trash002@uwp .edu Not Bear and Pineapple In: "Boxed In" 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 42, March 19, 2013 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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Now that the Ranger News is under glorious new management, we want to know what you think! Shoot us an email at rangernews@uwp.edu to give us your opinions or suggestions! March 5, 2013 ews since 1972 University of Wisconsin Parkside's Student Newspaper The Ranger News is written and edited by students of the University of Wisconsin Parkside and they are solely responsible for its editorial policy and content. Parkside closes school; just kidding Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Tuesday, Feb. 26 drew a line in the sand (or should I say snow) between students, staffers, faculty, and the administration. Winter storm warnings, and even blizzard warnings in some areas, kept students and staff on high alert for the day. Whenever I left my work office, I was always ridiculously aware of the increasing quantity of snow outside. Students were drawn to the windows like moths to a flame. There was constant chatter about whether or not school would close, and how the drive home was going to be a white-knuckle test. I refreshed the Parkside homepage constantly, hoping that maybe this time they would announce that school was closing for the evening. After checking Parkside's website, I did what any smart college student would do next and took to social media. It felt like everywhere I looked, places were closing. Not Parkside though, that stick in the mud. "When are you coming home?" came the worried text from my mom. "I can't, I have night class." "Maggie, this weather isn't a joke." "Sorry mom, if Parkside is open I'll be in class." Yeah. Those texts are always fun. That wasn't the end of my conversation either. Far from it. You try explaining to the woman that birthed you that although it is very dangerous, it's "campus policy" to remain open. Right. Campus policy isn't going to do anything when I'm getting my car towed out of a ditch. And don't think I didn't see plenty of that when Parkside finally did cancel classes for the evening and send everyone home. It felt like there was an accident on every street. My brother and I drove together, my car in front, his car following my lead. I'm going to let you in one of the longest 5 seconds of my life. I glanced in my rearview mirror only to see my brother's car do a full 360 degree spin and hit a pile of snow. Was he okay? Yes. Shaken up, but okay. His car was fine, too. But what if he wasn't? What if THAT was the last memory I had of my brother? Once we got home from school, a normal 15-minute drive that took us almost an hour, we were both positive that Parkside would close the next day. The blizzard warning was still going strong, and the snow See Snow Day, page 7 Junior Senator calls out PSG for lack of professionalism James Burns burns029@ uwp .edu The Parkside Student Government Senate meeting opened up again this week to a busy agenda. It featured the election of two new senators to fill seats left vacant from the beginning of the semester. Also, there was extensive discussion to review the PSG Constitutional bylaws. It was during this discussion that Senator Josh Frazier, 23, a junior newly appointed as the Student Organization Representative, was given the floor and took it upon himself to discuss what he saw as a growing lack of professionalism within student government. Senator Frazier professed his observations during a previous S.U.F.A.C. meeting where he noticed many other senators in attendance on their cell phones or tablets, and dressed in street clothes (sweatpants, jeans, t-shirts and the like). Some were very blatantly dividing their attention and generally being very disrespectful to the S.U.F.A.C. committee. "There is nothing in the constitutional bylaws to hold them accountable in terms of conduct at meetings in PSG," said Frazier. "I understand that not all of them are political science or business majors, or whatever, but they represent the school and the student body. They ought to conduct themselves with a little more thought as to the fact that they are Parkside in these proceedings." Senator Frazier went on to say how he noticed a severe lack of responsibility within PSG ranks. "Now, I've just been appointed to Student Organization Representative. I am an exemplar of leadership for other students as a senator, but now as that representative, I feel it is my duty to make my colleagues aware of how they're disrespecting the office. I became a senator because I wanted to see change. I wanted to do something for the students, not just to be there to be there." It would appear that currently there is a distance between the senators and their sense of responsibility and leadership, or a widespread sense of fatigue over the burdens of the office. Either way, something has caused the personal, as well as the professional, standards of our student politicians to waver and become lax to the point that they are not giving important senatorial proceedings the attention and importance they deserve, especially considering S.U.F.A.C.'s precedence over the budgets of many of the student organizations on campus. It is here where Senator Frazier has personally seen flaws in revenue distribution between agencies. "I see stipends for officers in organizational budgets for positions that are essentially volunteered for," he said. "Now, some organizations do elect their leaders, but a lot of the money that is going to pay what is essentially a semester's salary to students could go to fund struggling programs on campus. For example, the theater program, music, and the art department especially are severely underfunded, and with all the cuts, I see this situation as something that should be more deeply considered." With the senate moving to address a reorganization of their constitution, and S.U.F.A.C to meet again soon this semester, Parkside will have to wait and see if this issue will be addressed. 5:00-6:00PM Ranger Wellr Oak Room Stress, Anxiety, Wednesday March Mathis Gallery, the Rita News IJniversity 6t Wisconsin I'arksklc Student Newspaper 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Hailey Foglio fogli001@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Staff Reporters: Copy Editors: Photographers: James Burns burns029@uwp .edu Tyler Comstock comst004@ uwp .edu Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@ u wp .edu Sarah Savage savag016@uwp.edu David Haight haigh003@ uwp .edu Emily Harring harri091@uwp.edu Libby Chernouski chern012@uwp.edu Katlynne Davis davis086@uwp.edu Michael Jensen jense089@uwp.edu Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Raymone Pajarillo pajarOO 1 @ uwp .edu Cartoonists: Designers: Walter Trush trush002@uwp.edu Jim Neu neu00011@uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @ uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RAN GER NEWS STRIVES TO I NFORM, EDUcate, AND EN GAGE TH E UW-PaKKSIDE COMMUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A B I-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. 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The Ranger Letter from the editor This week has been a very busy one. I've been in a battle of wills with Apple Corporation about some laptop problems I've been having. Apparently while I was off sulking in Rotten Apple Land some gigantic blizzard rolled through Wisconsin? Huh, I thought everything looked a little brighter. And I guess that would probably explain my car's constant sliding around on the drive home Tuesday night. I thought the groundhog determined that we were getting an early spring? That just goes to show you kids, fairy tales are not real. On a side note, I'm very excited that Easter is on its way. I hope the Easter Bunny brings me a basket full of goodies... Is it too soon for Easter jokes? I'm sorry. I always used to make fun of the old editor when she complained about not knowing what to write in this very important section of the paper. Deep breaths, let's try again. Live from New York it's Saturday Night! Oh, that's not it. One day I'll get it. Until I do, please enjoy the rest of the content in our beloved Ranger News. As always, have a stellar week Rangers! Tuesday March 5 8:00AM-9:00AM Ranger Wellness: Belly Dancing Class The Den 12:00PM-8:30PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery,, - ^ v 12:00PM-8:00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita 12:00PM-8:00PM Art Exhibition: Robert McCarin/Lisa 'lraux Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita Wednesday March 6 12:00PM- 1:00PM Noon Concert: Anne-Morse Hambrock Bedford Hall, The Rita 12:00PM-6:00PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery 12:00PM-6;00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, Hie Rita 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Robert McCann/Iisa Traux Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita 9:00PM-11:00PM : 1 + \ Foreign Film: "Monsieur Lazhar" student showing Student Center Cinema Thursday March 7 12:00PM-6:00PM Juried Student Art Exhibition UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: "Why Abstraction" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Robert McCann/Lisa Traux Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita 7:00PM-8:00PM Friends of the Library: Zofia & Stefan Korbonski: World War if Politcal Ex Overlook Lounge, Library 7:30PM-9:30PM Foreign Film: "Monsiuer Lazhar" Student Center Cinema Monday March U 12:OOPM~4:OOPM Todd Deutsch's "Gamers" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita Tuesday March 12 12:00PM-6:00PM Art Exhibition: Senior Student Exhibition Foundation Gallery, The Rita Thursday March 14 12:0#M-8:00PM Todd Deutsch's "Gamers" E.H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita March 5,2013 The Ranger News 3 Events along the border Events in Kenosha: Lakeside Players Children's Series Presents: James and the Giant Peach Rhode Center for the Arts Mar. 2,2013 - Mar. 10,2013 H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art Exhibit: Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare: As They Like It Carthage College Feb. 6,2013 - Mar. 22,2013 Anderson Arts Center Art Exhibition: Fiber Show Anderson Arts Center Jan. 27,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Kenosha Public Museum Exhibit: Southport Quilters Guild Annual Members Show Kenosha Public Museum Mar. 2,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Civil War Museum Exhibit: Lincoln in Film and Television Civil War Museum Nov. 30,2012 - Mar. 31,2013 Lemon Street Gallery and ArtSpace Exhibit Lemon Street Gallery Feb. 27,2013-Mar. 31,2013 Kenosha Unified School District Art Show Kenosha Public Museum Mar. 15,2013 - Apr. 21,2013 Kenosha Public Museum Exhibit: Peanuts...Naturally Kenosha Public Museum Jan. 26,2013 - Apr. 26,2013 Kenosha History Center Exhibit: Transportation Innovation Kenosha History Center Dec. 8, 2012 - Sep. 29,2013 Events in Racine: Hot Flashes Apple Holler Dec. 27, 2012-Mar. 21,2013 The Frog Prince Racine Theater Guild Mar. 22,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Wisconsin Watercolor 2012 Wustum Museum Dec. 9,2012 - Apr. 27,2013 Shades of Gray: Black and White Graphics from Rams Collection Racine Art Museum Feb. 17,2013-May 12,2013 Events in Milwaukee: Making Connections: A Juried Exhibition of MIAD Printmaking Alumi Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Feb. 26,2013-Mar. 23,2013 In Tandem Theater's BEAST ON THE MOON by Richard Kalinoski TENTH STREET THEATER Mar. 1,2013 - Mar. 24,2013 Imagine: Creating Cultures of Respect and Support in School Arts @ Large Jan. 18,2013-Mar.29,2013 Gallery Artists of Wisconsin Katie Gingrass Fine Art Gallery Jan. 7,2013-Mar. 31,2013 Pints for the Planet Whole Foods Market Mar. 1,2013-Mar. 31,2013 San Remy Gallery: Bridges and Branches San Remy Gallery Mar. 1,2013-Mar. 31,2013 Bridges: The Spans of North America Milwaukee School of Engineering Jan. 18,2013 - Apr. 28,2013 Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America Milwaukee Art Museum Feb. 22,2013-May 19,2013 Designing a Celebration Harley-Davidson Museum Jan. 18,2013 - Sep. 1,2013 Events in Northern Illinois: The Art of the Blues Exhibit Greenbelt Cultural Center Sep. 18,2012-Mar. 17,2013 Maple Syrup Hikes Ryerson Woods Mar. 2,2013 - Mar. 17,2013 3rd Annual Barrington Celtic Fest McGonigals Pub and Downtown Barrington Mar. 15, 2013 - Mar. 17, 2013 Irish Fest Port of Blarney and Downtown Chicago Mar. 15,2013 - Mar. 17, 2013 New & Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Marriot Theater in Lincolnshire Jan. 16, 2013 - Mar. 24, 2013 Highland Parks 2013 Winter Mosaics Downtown Highland Park Jan. 15,2013-Mar. 31, 2013 FUSEDChicago: A Group Encaustic Exhibition Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art Mar. 1,2013 - Apr. 7, 2013 OutPOUR Exhibit Artcetera Gallery at CLC Mar. 1,2013-Apr. 17,2013 The Hidden World of Infrared Exhibit Independence Grove Forest Preserve July 20,2012-Apr. 30,2013 The rumors are true: UW-Parkside has officially reached out the todays techies by creating an app for smartphones. The app provides a directory of academic contact information, ways to get in touch with the campus police station, a search option for places of interest around Kenosha and Racine (such as restaurants and movie theaters, a list of Parkside events, and a map of campus and the surrounding area. Mind you, this app is merely a work in progress. That said, we here at The Ranger News encourage you to test it out and send in your feedback. To give said feedback, you can find a section called "Feedback" under the "About" link in the app, or you can simply send your thoughts and suggestions to mobileapp@uwp.edu. March 5,2013 Entertainmen J DVD Pick: Argo deserving of Best Picture at Oscars Photo credit: palyvoice.com Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu Argo is a film about the hostage crisis that occurred in Iran in the 1980s. It details how six United States embassy employees escaped before the building was taken over by rebels. While hidden in the Canadian ambassador s home, the escapees needed to depend on Tony Mendes to come up with an idea to help them escape. Mendes' best bad option was to create a fake film and have the escapees pose as a Canadian film crew on a location scout for a science-fiction Star Wars rip off. The films biggest achievement is that it successfully juggles a very serious situation and also is able to provide the viewer with breaks of ingenious comedic moments. The comedy is very affective but never takes over. There is always a sense of severity, as there should be in this type of movie. Ben Affleck has established himself as one of the top tier directors working in the industry today and there is no difference here. His use of old footage and new footage helped to blend the real with the fictional making the movie feel much more realistic in its own right. It keeps you in the moment and on the edge of your seat as the suspense continues to rise until the final credits role. The film drives an emotional response throughout but really hits home in the end. If you're not cheering and tearing up with relief and joy in the final moments of Argo, you officially have no soul. The script and the actors are what really takes this movie into the upper echelon of films. The acting is great overall, more so from the supporting actors than Affleck himself. Affleck is one of those guys that is always going to deliver a solid performance in most films, but probably will never win an Oscar. Argo has the supporting acting chops of people like John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, and many more fantastic actors. There is a very short section in the second act where it doesn't feel like anything important or essential to the film is really happening. It's the part of the film that you could take a bathroom break and not miss anything essential. There is less of a care (at least for me) for Affleck's character overall than the six escapees. They crowbar in a home life for Afflecks Mendes that really doesn't add to the sympathy for Mendes as a film character. It loses your attention until the third act finally begins. From then on it's a thrilling roller coaster ride. Overall, the film is fantastic and deserved winning Best Picture this year during the Oscars. In Theaters Now: Strong cast with Side Effects of slow story progression Tyler Comstock comst004@ uwp .edu Every time you're sick and prescribed medicine or pick up something at the local drug store to help make you better, that medicine always has a long list of possible side effects plastered on the side of the bottle. Some of the side effects range from indigestion to thoughts of suicide, but what if a drug put you so deep in a trance that you commit murder without ever recalling it happening? Rooney Mara plays Emily Taylor, a troubled, depressed young woman whose husband, played by Channing Tatum, was just released from jail for insider trading. For her depression, she starts to see Psychiatrist John Banks, played by Jude Law. Dr. Banks provides Emily with a new test drug that has proven hopeful in helping depressed individuals. Side Effects takes a wild turn that lands Banks in the middle of mystery, drama, suspense, and violence. Side Effects is directed by Steven Soderbergh, who has directed popular and award winning films like Traffic, Contagion, and the Oceans franchise. He films in a gritty, realistic style that shoves you onto the street with the actors, feeling each intense situation from the edge of your seat. The acting in the film is top notch, even Channing Tatum. It's probably my favorite performance from him in a long time, maybe ever. Jude Law brings it and Rooney Mara, coming off her Academy Award Nomination for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, gives another fantastic performance playing, a very broken, troubled character once again. We first saw Mara play die-girlfriend of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network and she is climbing the leading lady ladder fast. The acting and direction are great but the film is very slow. The film doesn't move at a clip you would expect for a film categorized as a crime, drama, and thriller. Instead, it starts very slow to set up the drug and Mara's character background, as well as Jude Laws home life and taking on her case. As it goes along, there is a great turning point where the film does pick up that begins to unravel the mystery. The movie also ends like a car running out of gas. It runs until it hits the point where it begins to coast losing momentum as the film continues to roll. The film is a great mystery that contains some unseen twists and turns, but not worth more than probably renting from your local video store and watching in the comfort of your own home. Photo credit: iceposter.com Parkside's FfftSMNK showcasing student talent Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @uwp.edu March 5,2013 ~ V7 ~——rt The Ranger News "Our Babies are Dustmites": A reflection on Straylight Literary Magazines open mic Emily Harring harri091 @uwp.edu Straylight Literary Magazine's open mic nights have become rather infamous in the Racine/Kenosha area. On Feb. 22, the organization hosted a much anticipated open mic in the Den after taking a semester-long hiatus. Folks mingled and greeted one another as the sign-up sheet was passed around the tables, including former Straylight interns that traveled back to UW-Parkside for the event. Without fail, a variety of different talents showed up to the event; a mixture of poets, singers, and guitar players graced the stage to share their skills with the community. UW-Parkside student Vincent Bowen, along with his partners Kimberly Wyatt and Crystal Whiteside, opened the night with a vocal rendition of "Men in Tights," complete with a small can-can. From there, Nicholas Ravnikar, a regular patron to Straylight s open mics, performed a series of poems and short prose, including limericks he'd written on Valentines Day. He was followed by Carly Anne Ravnikar, another regular attendee. Eric Hinkle, former poetry editor for Straylight, read a multitude of new poems. He also entertained the audience with a reading from the latest book he was reading by Kurt Vonnegut. Deciding it was time for a musical break, Kimberly Wyatt and Crystal Whiteside took to the stage separately, Wyatt with a rendition of "My Heart Will Go On" and Whiteside singing a verse of "Phantom of the Opera." Then, the trio of Wyatt, Whiteside, and Bowen returned with "Jingle Bells." Web editor David Haight read a fiction story, his decision to emphasis a certain word shocking the audience at times as he yelled into the microphone. He certainly added a dose of energy to the night and gave a taste of something different from what had happened before him. Among the last acts were Michael VanVleet, with a poem written for his father, and Jerod Straszewki, who played the guitar (an instrument always sure to be a crowd favorite!) and sang. To close the night, Nicholas Ravnikar returned to the stage with more poetry and prose, along with Carly Anne. Carly Anne's energy and hilarious readings were a great way to end the event! All in all, it was another successful event for Straylight! The open mic is the first of many events to be hosted by the organization throughout the Spring 2013 semester. Next up is "Straylight on Display," a gallery showing of past Straylight artists accompanied with poetry from Patrick McGuire, Nick Demske, and Nicholas Knebel. The event begins March 18 in the E. Mathis gallery. As the spring semester unfolds, the Parkside campus is teeming with clubs and activities that allow the school and community to come together to have a good time. Last Friday marked the opening night for Parkside's two newest FreshINK productions, "Final Bow" and "Cupid, Stung By A Bee," held in Rita Talent Pickens Studio A. FreshINK plays differ significantly from full-scale theatre productions. The most apparent change is that the actors are encouraged to openly carry their scripts. This eliminates the need for memorization, and results in less stress at rehearsals. This is especially vital when rehearsals typically run no longer than a week. Freshlnk plays also utilize minimal design elements. The stage merely consists of chairs and music stands (for participants to rest their scripts upon), and the costumes are typically simple garments chosen through collaboration between actor and director. Each play is just one act long and only lasts about an hour. These particular Freshlnk plays were unique, however, because both were written by fellow Parksidians. Current student Mike Zimmerman was responsible for the first play, titled "Final Bow, an angsty yet whimsical story recounting the lives of a small group of actors. Cupid, Stung by a Bee, was written by 2012 graduate Annie Walaszek and tells the story of Cupid and Psyche with a charismatic, modern twist. Chair of the theatre department, Lisa Kornetsky, directed both plays and skillfully steered the actors in the right direction. Top: Eric Hinkle in the middle of one of his poems. Photos by: Carl Rollmann Middle: Sarah Towle hosting the event. Bottom: Nicholas Ravnikar reading some custom works. The performances in both were phenomenal. Laura Chartran, Mark Stockton, and Ethan Hall stole the show in "Final Bow" and Mike Sedlar and Robin Feltman's charm in "Cupid" was undeniable. Others, such as Antonio Torrez and Jazmin Medina, could always be counted on for a chuckle, and narrators Kelliann Keeler and Elliott Mahoney enhanced the plays with their engaging personalities. I highly recommend the plays at Parkside and now acknowledge the theatre department as a hidden gem in our school. If you missed this semester's Freshlnk, don't fret! The next upcoming show, "The Book of Days," will hit the Black Box Theatre on March 8 and Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" will be viewable on May 4. 6 The Ranger News New York Times comes to Parkside James Burns burns029@uwp.edu March 5,2013 The University Ballroom was packed on Feb. 26, 2013, when Health and Science reporter for the New York Times, Mr. Donald G. McNeil Jr., came to speak about his work in raising world awareness about global issues of health, wellness, and management of deadly diseases. With a seminar entitled "Albino Murders, Tightwad Superpowers, and the Battle for Global Health," he spoke briefly about his early career at the New York Times and moved into the topic of how wellness is a modern idea. "What we call wellness is a modern concept," McNeil stated. "Most people are trying to live to seventy or eighty and die of something reasonably nice, like pneumonia." However, according to what Mr. McNeil knows and has experienced about disease, this disassociation with disease-related mortality, a growing movement of disinformation, and a general lack of political will from government is largely to blame for the state of affairs in global health. "In the West, disease is viewed to some extent as your fault. You drank, you got fat, you didn't eat organic, etc," said McNeil. Now this view is true if we look at American and, to an extent, Western culture. People are thought to be in control of their own lives, habits, choices, and health, but the predilection for disease makes no distinctions. If we have no genetic predisposition for a disease, does that make us invulnerable right up until the point at which we get it? Mr. McNeil mentioned in his talk three important factors affecting global health today: poverty, political will, and education. Poverty matters for those who need treatments for things such as malaria, AIDs, tuberculosis, and measles, and cannot afford them because many western pharmaceutical companies manufacture these drugs and price them for extreme profit, $25 for a pill that costs 1 cent to make in some cases. McNeil discussed Cipla, an Indian generic drug manufacturer that announced in 2000 to 2001 that it would sell a generic copy of a triple-therapy antiretroviral for $350 per patient per year. This dramatically affected competition and broadened the availability of life saving drugs to low and middle income countries for the next decade. Setting the standard for alternative development and pricing models. Political will remains an obstacle as governments primarily treat serious diseases like AIDs as "..a public relations campaign, espousing political rhetoric and approving of foreign aid, but they really don't care when it comes to the dollars they've spent. Average Americans think the budget spends approximately 24% of it towards foreign aid and doesn't support continuing it. The reality is that it is more like .25% to Global Health. That's less than a percent." That .25% pales in comparison to the recent initiatives to fight obesity, heart disease, and various cancers right now. Wealth, as well as abundantly available medical care, including vaccinations, has largely insulated the people of Western countries and lead to Americans thinking that saving money is more important. "Bureaucracy is awful when it comes to this," exclaimed McNeil, who stressed education as a hedge against any "magical thinking" that had erupted surrounding medical treatments such as vaccinations. "Fear of vaccines prevents them from being used against diseases that cause truly horrible deaths from diphtheria and tetanus for example," said McNeil, who referenced a Pakistani anti-vaccine campaign against polio drugs after the CIA used a Red Cross doctor to take blood samples from alleged relatives of Osama Bin Laden found in Abbottabad. Mr. McNeil did take the last few minutes or so to applaud some accomplishment in the world community, saying, "In the last ten years, the U.S. has done a phenomenal job treating AIDs, TB, and malaria. We offer 58% of what the world donates in foreign aid, and missionary hospitals provide one-third of the care received abroad." This is significant, but, as McNeil's title suggests, "Tightwad" is a somewhat appropriate description of government support of the global health community right now. Ranger Wellness encourages healthier lifestyle for Parkside students Emily Harring harri09l@uwp.edu On Feb. 25, the Spring 2013 semester kick-off for the annual Ranger Wellness Challenge began at 11am. The Ranger Wellness Challenge lasts eight weeks; it is a competition for UW-Parkside students, staff, and faculty who hope to lead a more healthy, balanced lifestyle. Ranger Wellness stresses that it is "not a diet program or extreme fitness routine, but a fun and informative way to learn how to improve overall health and wellness." Those entering the challenge can either enter individually or in teams of four. Individuals then compete over the eight weeks through earning weekly points for activities like exercising and eating well. The form to join the challenge can be found on Ranger Wellness' campus connect; students can also start evaluating their lifestyles earlier to see what they might want to work on. The challenge takes into account the different aspects that make up a person's lifestyle: the intellectual, the physical, the spiritual, the social, the environmental, and the emotional. Changes in one's lifestyle can begin in small ways, from cutting back on caffeine to getting more sleep every night. Learning and applying a healthier and more balanced lifestyle now will help students in the future when they move past JimmyGibbs gibbs0l4@ttwp.edu Majoring in the liberal arts can definitely bec^TTbeast of burden. Four years, if not more, of honing skills in writing, drawing, animating, and so on, and the inevitable student loans that come along with higher education. Being a liberal arts student myself, and knowing many others studying in the liberal arts, 1know a common question is, "What do I do with this?" We're living in a world that is advancing in technology almost faster than we can become acquainted with it. the business world needs tech people, people that can work on their computers, their networks, and whatever comes next. The real world needs its artists. We need the writers to keep us intrigued, we need the painters to keep us guessing, and we need the animators to keep us entertained. Unfortunately, liberal arts students are a dime a dozen, and the work available in the field of liberal aits is extremely limited. So what is life beyond school when it comes to liberal arts? I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with a local artist recently and asked him about his work, a little about his life, and tried to find some kind of answer to this torturing question. Ben Swank is a 20-year-old from Waukegan, Illinois, who manages the difficult tasks of being a father and supporting his child. However, this doesn't stop him from creating art in the form of paintings and drawings. Ben is an up-and-comer in the art-showing world, but he is already doing well for himself and getting his name out there to some well known galleries. Ben got his start at the monthly ART WAUK, which is an art festival held once a month in the downtown area of Waukegan. During the colder months, local shops, bars, restaurants, and galleries open their doors to all appreciators of art. During the warmer months, the streets are filled with patrons and street artists of all kinds, including musicians, painters, and the occasional flaming hulahoop girl, so one can enjoy both the galleries and the street party. The gallery that is held in high regard in Waukegan is the Dandelion Art Gallery. Ben informed me that this is where he tried to get his artwork displayed for the first time. Unfortunately, while they loved his work, he only had six pieces with him, and this wasn't to their professional standards. He was told to develop a portfolio and come jr. He then took his art to 17 North, a local bar and eatery that displays art during the festival, and that's where he was noticed. While his art was being shown at 17 North, local actor Jerod Howard introduced him to intuitive artist, Joan Bates, who runs a gallery in Evanston, Illinois, called Boocoo. Ben informed me that Boocoo is a great opportunity for him because it is located near both Loyola University and Northwestern University. Students from these universities try to get their artwork displayed at the Boocoo gallery. The Chicago art scene holds Boocoo with high regard, so the networking possibilities for Ben at Boocoo are very good. Ben's art will be in Boocoo from March 1-12. Also in March, Ben has a new meeting with the Dandelion Art Gallery. He looks forward to it because he now has a developed portfolio, and welcomes the challenge of having to produce five new pieces of art every month in order to stay in the Dandelion Art Gallery when he is accepted. lOf sion, though, is film. With his art, he wants to establish his name, get it known, and get his abilities known, but with film, he would be able to mix literally all forms of art together, he says. In terms of networking, Ben believes that he will galleries, saying, "I really think I'm better than most. People with talent waste it on doing landscapes. Landscapes are like the romantic comedy of painting. Why do something anyone and everyone can do when you can do something original?" So there it is, an answer to the question many of us liberal arts students find ourselves asking ourselves in the odd hours between painting, reading, writing, and so on. What can you do? Take the wise advice of Ben Swank, and stay away from landscapes and romantic comedies. To check out some of Ben's work, just search Benjamin Arts on Facebook and that will direct you to his page. their undergraduate program to either the workforce or graduate studies. It can also help students make healthier choices from Brickstone (and, perhaps some day, if enough students want healthier options, they will actually start serving more healthy options than just overpriced salad) and learn how to deal with stressful situations such as midterms or finals. The best part of the challenge is that students do not have to go about changing their lifestyles alone; they have the support and encouragement of other students, staff, and faculty that join the challenge along with them! A variety of different Ranger Wellness programs have already taken place, such as belly dancing on Feb. 26, a NY Times talk with Don McNeil on Feb. 11, and "Successful Student Series: Defining Healthy Adulthood." For more information, students can either consult the aforementioned campus connect page for Ranger Wellness or drop by Student Activities for more information. March 5,2013 The Ranger News To protect and serve: My battle with the armed, ticket-issuing force of Parkside Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@ uwp .edu School is not a cheap endeavor to take on. There are books to be purchased that are likely made of a rare tree from a secluded, hard to reach portion of the Amazon Rain Forest. This is what I tell myself when I look at the price, at least. Obviously, there is the tuition we all must pay in order to receive our education. If you're living on campus you must pay for housing. If you're living off campus, you're paying for the gas to get to campus each day. The list goes on. Before you know it, you're making less money than you're spending weekly at school. All of this, while upsetting at times, is accepted. We knew it going in. There were no lies told to us that college would be cheap, and no one hid from us that college can send you to the poor house with a ticket for a block of government cheese. They just said get through it, after a while you won't have to worry about it because you will have the coveted degree and no more government cheese for us. I remember my first day on the Parkside campus, driving around looking for a parking spot, upset because purchasing books had left me with just enough money for gas, and none for the usual stimulants that get me through my day. At some point during the day, someone had said to me I needed to buy a parking pass, which is required to park anywhere on campus. Insanity, I thought. After all the money I've already paid now they want me to pay for parking on the campus of the school I'm attending? I refused. For a while my refusal worked. I had managed to find some areas that I never received any parking tickets in, and like any rule-bender or law-breaker, I stopped really caring about the principles of parking permits and tickets until I started receiving them. Long story short, since my first semester at Parkside, I have paid the meter maid patrol over $200 in parking tickets. This is insane considering that a parking permit would be significantly less. It would seem that my arrogance and lack of belief in the whole system of parking permits on a school campus is getting in the way of my wallet actually retaining any cash. I wonder the point of it all: why are we receiving parking tickets under the guise of safety? The first line of the Police and Public Safety Mission states, "The mission of the UW-Parkside Police Department is to enhance the educational mission of the University." Like poachers they stalk the lots of Parkside, looking for the unsuspecting student who may have had to put gas in their car as opposed to spending the money on a parking pass. Instead of enhancing the educational mission of the university, which is all the student is trying to do by getting to class, the campus police write up a parking ticket, stick in under the windshield wiper, and skip away, laughing an inhumane laugh. I supposed all my anger and contempt towards the parking tickets and parking permits would go away if I just bought a parking permit. I would no longer have to go through the day wondering if I got away without a ticket, or if the poachers found me again. At the same time, though, the little angel of arrogance pops up on my shoulder and says, "Stick to your guns. Don't give in to their crooked ways now!" So I won't. I will keep fighting the fight and do my best to hide from the armed ticket patrol of the cold, rigid parking lots of Parkside. as making its presence known in the driveway. Teachers had already takg to email to tell their students that classes were canceled. I woke up Wednesday morning like a kid with no presents on Christmas, watched the local news as the closed places scrolled across the bottom o te screen. Good old Parkside, open for the day * I even got a text from Parkside telling me to use caution and that the tmpus was open. I wanted to throw my phone. The kig] i ^hool I don ten attend anymore sent me a text that they had dosed. WHY Its been w years, but they still care about my safety. Parkside, telling me to usecauon is n o t g o i n g to do me a n y g o od if t h e p e r s o n d r i v i n g n e x t o me i.:i. udents and faculty feel pressure to come to class if it stays openbecau^ ley're worried about the repercussions that will come to them 1 e • Lo o k , I 'm n o t s a y i n g P a r k si d e s h o u ld c l o s e i ts d o o rs if a s n o wf l a k h rts te pavement, but I think there needs to be more discuss d ays. I know Parkside wants to keep everyone safe, and ®d to abuse the opportunity to skip class. Somewhere, m he vast e call the UW-System, I'm sure we can find a happy me i Campus Landmarks F P L A L I E H O G K W V K Y S M R O D J D C . 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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document May 8, 2013 www.trnonline.org I News since 1972 _ _ 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 and content. Parkside Asian Organization fashion show features global style James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Parkside Asian Organization hosted an Asian-themed fashion show and silent auction titled SASS-IT-UP: Fashion Show Extravaganza and Silent Auction, to benefit The Women's and Children's Horizons Inc, April 26, 2013. Listed on the PAO Campus Connect webpage as, "[those] whose mission [it] is to provide help to domestic and sexual violence victims," it opened at 6 p.m. in the Den at the Student Center and ran until sometime after 9 p.m. There was a lot of activity as Master of Ceremonies, senior Ricardo Wynn, presided over the event. The evening featured clothing from various countries that represented a diverse segment of Asian culture. There was everything from traditional Pakistani formal dress to Hindu wedding attire, as well as colorful and complicated looks from such places as Indonesia, China, Japan and even Hawaii. This international collection reflected the varied assortment of clothing designs that exist across cultures in Asia. It truly took audiences on a journey through the region, using some of its more famous and very exotic attire. Parkside's own music club, The Beat, performed live sets during the fashion show and at the end of the night after the silent auction had concluded, drawing crowds to dance in front of the stage. Students in attendance, along with members of Parkside Asian Organization, joined in the playful chaos of The Beat's final few numbers. Their musical covers and self-produced material brought a raw, soulful sound to the festivities. The mood throughout the evening was of suppressed excitement. With the applause after each model stepped down the runway, the energy that came off of the crowd as each outfit was shown off felt as if it were reserved for a much larger venue. Clearly, the elaborate, decorative and traditional dress drew more interest than some of the more modern adaptations. When it came to clear winners, China, Indonesia, Hmong and the Philippines stood out as the obvious contenders for crowd favorites. The only bad thing about the whole affair was that for three hours PAO crammed so much content into that time window, and still made it seem like the shortest fashion show on earth. It was as if the audience wanted more, something extra. P.A.O has proven to be run by masters, as the group's fashion show turned out to be a big hit. Take notice, Parkside, P.A.O. has style! PAO will also be hosting an "Asian Heritage Month "Behind the Flames" Banquet" on Thursday, May 9th from 6:00PM-9:00PM in the Student Center Oak Photos by: Ray Pajarillo Room. It's sure to be an awesome time! Final Stretch activity "Last Lecture" was powerful and moving Dr. Siegfried Christoph does not disappoint Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@ uwp .edu On April 24 the Student Activities department hosted the Last Lecture in the cinema on the Parkside campus. The event was part of the Final Stretch activities that have been going on around campus in celebration of the final weeks of the school year being upon us. For the Last Lecture, they had a contest among the faculty to see who would be giving the last lecture. The contest required faculty members to think of what they would say if they had to give their final speech, their final words regarding having taught at Parkside. The submissions were then judged and one person was selected to give the honorary last lecture. The event itself was intended to inspire both fellow faculty members and students in the form of a fictitious last lecture. The winner of the competition and the speaker of the last lecture was Dr. Siegfried Christoph, professor of German here at Parkside. His lecture dealt with his last 33 years of teaching experience at UW-Parkside, what he's learned, some of the realizations he's had and the never-ending learning that takes place as an educator. Dr. Christoph began his lecture by commenting on how he finally finished graduate school, got his PhD in the mail and then was considered one of the most highly educated people in the field of his PhD studies, or so he thought. He then went on to speak about teaching and the spreading of knowledge that he acquired. He asked, "Are we really ready for what we are about to get into?" He went on to say that the answer to that question would be no. Dr. Christoph also spoke about his growing relationships with his students over the years. At times, (some of us may even be guilty of it ourselves), he gets tough in order to deal with students, but even with the not so tough to deal with students, he has been asked questions that he was not prepared for. He said, "I have found a bigger respect for questions than their answers." He elaborated by saying that the questions we ask of our teachers and of each other lead to more questions, guiding us to a better understanding of what things are all about. He also went on to say that "If we ask the questions about what makes a good education, a student can get just as good an education at Parkside as at Harvard." The Last Lecture was an interesting event, and did what it had set out to do. There is something inspiring about listening to the thoughts and reflections of an educator that has been with the same school for almost 33 years. Dr. Christoph himself even mentioned how this is becoming a rarity, not only in the teaching industry, but in all working industries. With his mock last lecture, Dr. Siegfried Christoph showed that by asking the right questions, and having high expectations of ourselves and our teachers, we can achieve a great education, even one comparable to a Harvard education, as he pointed out. The Ranger News May 8,2013 ^ The Ranqe r "9 News l)niveisil\ ol VV iscopsin. 1'ark'sitle Student News paper 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI 53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp .edu Hailey Foglio fogli001@uwp.edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollmOO 1 @ uwp .edu Staff Reporters: Copy Editors: Photographers: Cartoonists: Designers: James Burns burns029@uwp .edu Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@uwp .edu Sarah Savage savagO 16@ uwp .edu Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @ uwp .edu David Haight haigh003@uwp.edu Libby Chernouski chern012@uwp.edu Katlynne Davis davis086@uwp.edu Michael Jensen jense089@uwp.edu Carl Rollmann rollmOO 1 @ uwp .edu Raymone Pajarillo pajar001@uwp.edu Walter Trush trush002@uwp.edu Jim Neu neu00011@uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@ uwp .edu Maria DiMauro dimauOO 1 @ uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RANGER NE WS STRIVES TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AN D EN GAGE T HE UW-PAR KSIDE COM ­ munity BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A B I-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@ uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We are located in the Student Center in room L101A. Letter from the editor Well guys, we did it! Here's to another semester that's come and gone. Unfortunately, I'm going to be a junior in the fall, so you're stuck with me for another few years. Everyone that's graduating, congratulations, you re awesome! I'd like to give a special thanks to two of my favorite graduating seniors. Tim Lawler (of no relation) and Hailey Foglio, my executive editor. You guys rule, and Parkside isn't going to be the same without your smiling (sometimes aggressive, Hailey) faces in the hallway. You're both going to go on to do spectacular things. Just don't forget about us little people when you break into the big time. I hope you all have a killer summer. 2013 is going to be the best one yet! Actually that's probably not true, because most of you will be looking for jobs and paying bills (glass half full kinda girl, am I right?) but for those of you with less stress, tear it up for all of us. Rangers, I just want to thank you again for picking up the paper all semesterri" can't wait to make even more improvements for the fall semester. Until we meet again, go live life to the fullest. Bonfires, pool parties, concerts, you worked hard, you deserve it. Stay beautiful. Wednesday May 8 Art Exhibition: Life on Lake Michigan 12:00PM~6:00PM E.H. Mathis Gallery Noon Concert: UW-Parkside Student Ensembles 12:00PM-1:00PM Bedford Hall, Rita Art Exhibition: 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition 12:00PM-6:00PM Fine Arts Gallery Senior Exhibition, Part 2 12:00PM-6:00PM Foundation Gallery Science Night 7:00PM-8:00PM Greenquist 103 Thursday May 9 Art Exhibition: 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition 12:00PM-6:00PM Fine Arts Gallery Senior Exhibition, Part 2 12:00PM-6:00PM Foundation Gallery Art Exhibition: Life on Lake Michigan 12:00PM-6:00PM E.H. Mathis Gallery Asian Heritage Month "Behind the Flames" PAO Banquet 6:00PM-9:00PM Student Center Oak Room Concert: UW-Parkside Jazz Ensemble 7:30PM-9:00PM Bedford Concert Hall, Rita Parkside Theatre Presents "Twelfth Night" 7:30PM-9:30PM Main Stage Theatre, Rita Mini Course: Mixed Martial Arts Training 6:00PM-7:30PM Tallent 281 Mini Course: Drawing from Nature 6:00PM-8:30PM Orchard Room Friday May 10 Parkside Theatre Presents "Twelfth Night" 10:00 AM-12:00PM Main Stage Theatre, Rita Parkside Theatre Presents 'Twelfth Night" 7:30PM-9:30PM Main Stage Theatre, Rita Saturday May 11 Art Exhibition: Life on Lake Michigan 12:00PM-4:00PM E.H. Mathis Gallery Art Exhibition: 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition 12:00PM-6:00PM Fine Arts Gallery Senior Exhibition, Part 2 12:00PM-6:00PM Foundation Gallery Send us your press releases, news tips, and opinions! Email us at: rangernews@uwp.edu May 8,2013 The Ranger News 3 Parkside Alumni share their words of wisdom for the graduating class of 2013 Life after graduation can be a scary time at first. Looking for that first job with your new degree, uncertain if you'll even be able to find one in these times. My advice is just to apply, apply, apply. Most likely you wont get your dream job right out of school, so look for openings that are related to your major(s) and apply to those as well. Don't be afraid to send your resume and info to places that don't have listed job openings. The job I got out of college as a graphic designer was at a place that had no listed openings. I sent my information to the design firm and got called for an interview a few weeks later. Remember the worst thing they can do is say "no" so apply wherever you can! - Zak Eden, Class of 2012 1. Burning bridges is almost never worth it. Unless it's with someone whose favorite book is Mein Kampf or something. Gr there are zombies on the other end of the bridge. Feel free to burn that bridge. 2. Meet as many people as you can, and make sure they know what you do for a living, or what you're trying to do for a living. Even if you're not doing if at that moment, make sure people know that's your goal. That's how connections happen and help later on. 3. Put in the work, and realize that even your "dream job" requires lots of work and sacrifice—probably more because it's a lofty goal. They don't call them dream jobs because they're real common and accessible. 4. Most importantly, become friends with bartenders because you'll get lots of free drinks (still tip well, though). - Andy McDonald, Glass of 2006 Well, I'd say remember that once all the tests and grades are gone it is stil important to keep learning and have skills. Embrace change. Life is change. Graduating is a huge life changing event. Expect to fall down a few times. Things are going to get screwed up. College trains us to think critically and adapt. Remember that, it will serve you well. - Adam Spivey, Class of 2011 First thing is first, when you are ready to apply for a "real job," treat your social media profiles like part of your resume. Assume the hiring manager can see all of your online content, ask yourself, would you hire you? Being able to do five beer bongs in a night might be awesome to your friends, but it isn't likely a skill that will be valued in the work world. The best piece of advice I've gotten with regard to the job search is to acknowledge your greatest weakness--in your case, it will likely be experience. You've never done the job before. Likely though, you have college experiences to highlight your ability to learn, so when you acknowledge your lack of experience, also highlight your adaptability, eagerness to learn the position their way and a lack of bad habits because you are new to the position. Finally, when you do land that job, my number one piece of advice, and it took me several years to learn this, is that average employees pass problems around all day over email. Problem solvers get on the phone and find a solution. Be a problem solver and learn to love the phone. - Nicholas Honeck, Class of 2005 I started my UW-Parkside experience in the fall semester of 2006. As many college going students I had no clue what would be in-store for me en route to my future away from homework, midterms, thesis papers, group projects, and diabolical finals. My career in college came to a close this time last year. I graduated as an English major with a certificate in Sports Management. My aspirations were to work in professional sports and I was fully prepared for a career that is highly difficult to enter. These days this can be applied to so many career fields. However, the same way to start those careers are the same. As a college graduate the ability to apply yourself is key. It's important to extend your freshly christened "college graduate" resume to as many places as possible. You never know who will step up and call back, but you can guarantee you won t get called back if you don't try extending yourself. Another asset to have in the college graduate arsenal is optimism. Sure your resume will be shot down sometimes. Sure it might look difficult to get started sometimes. Yet, you are a college graduate with a wealth to offer the field you hope to enter. Starting small can lead to something big. Never doubt what you will be able to accomplish, Mr. or Ms. Parkside graduate! If you don't believe in yourself no one will. Back to my difficult career to crack into. I previously held a big time leadership role with The Ranger News. I handled the sports beat. I had expectations to be a journalist. Of the many places I applied to I ended up getting a call from the Milwaukee Admirals about a Public Relations and Communications internship. It was something very different from what I expected out of my career, but an offer too good to pass by. This proved to be yet another example of optimism post-graduation. In the same way I flipped from being an Art major to an English major this internship with the Admirals has proved to change my personal career outlook. I feel much more comfortable and happy working public relations than I did whilst working my trade in the field of journalism. You never know what to expect from your new future out of college but always keep your mind open if an opportunity presents itself. You might just find yourself in love with a new profession! So Mr and Ms. Parkside graduate, fear not about your near futures! Remember that this time in your life is exactly what all those homework assignments, midterms, thesis papers, group projects, and diabolical finals were all preparing you for. This isn't a time to fear, stress, or panic. This is the perfect time to rejoice and tell the world, "Here 1 come." Danid Lavender> Qass 0f 2012 The Ranger News May 8,2013 H ^ntertainmen J vv Telltale Games' The Walking Dead worthy of high praise Tyler Comstock comst004@uwp.edu The critically acclaimed and award-winning The Walking Dead is a game that's outcome fully depends on what dialogue options and heart wrenching choices your character makes along the way. It follows the story of an ex-convict named Lee who is on his way to prison when the outbreak happens. When his car crashes, he finds himself a survivor in a place where the dead have risen and are hungry for living flesh. He meets a young girl early on named Clementine and takes on the task of trying to help keep her alive and to heip her find her parents. Ihey meet friends and foes along the way, some stay loyal and some move on, but Lee and Clem always are looking out for each other. The game is conventionally different from most other games that come out nowadays. Most of the time there is a complicated combat system that involves lots of button mashing, and that combat is lined with a story to complement it. The Walking Dead takes a different approach, which takes an immersive storyline, adds in quick time events, dialogue choices, and small spurts of actual shooting mechanics. Essentially the game is a point-andclick, choose your own adventure game where the choices you make along the way create the story and ending specific to the way you have chosen to play. This gameplay helps to get casual gamers or first-time gamers immersed into gaming while still providing hardcore gamers with an amazing experience. It could easily be the gateway drug to gaming. The art style and graphics are much more sketched and simple compared to something like Halo or Call of Duty's realism. It really complements a game thats world and core is based off of a comic book series. 'Ihe writing and voice acting is what really stands above all other games that have come out this year. The choices and situations that Telltale Games forces you into really make you think about the well being of your group. Do you kill the guy that has helped you and Clem or the girl that can hold her own with a gun? Do you help someone that is psychologically breaking down, or do you off him or her for the good of the group? All of the choices are hard because of how greatly the characters are fleshed out and how much you get to know about them along the way. I, personally, have never gone through a whirlwind of emotions quite like this with a video game. Each choice has a consequence and you need to make sure you are ready to live with that consequence before the choice is made. For being a game essentially on rails, its the most unpredictable to date. Its full of plot twists, Photo credit: mcdia.edge-online.com suspense, and moments you will never see coming. It's the surprise of the year in the gaming world and is quite possibly my favorite game of the 2012. At $25, there is no way any gamer shouldn't own this. Being a fan of both the comic book and the show, I cannot wait to see what's next in the world of The Walking Dead. Silver Linings Playbook is pure gold Tyler Comstock comstG04 @ uwp .edu Silver Linings Playbook is directed by David O. Russell and is about one man's life. This one man, Pat (Bradley Cooper), is fresh out of the mental institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pat is obsessed and refuses to believe that his wife left him and is now on a mission to win her back. This mission becomes interrupted when he meets a family friend's sister, Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). Tiffany is a mysterious and sexy woman who falls right into Pat's life at the most inopportune time. Pat refuses to let his desires get the best of him when all Tiffany wants is to be noticed by Pat. The two characters each have their own problems emotionally and mentally and the movie is really about following their evolution from insanity to normality. Silver Linings Playbook is a character piece. There isn't much of a story going on here that doesn't involved deep character development with every character in the film. Pat has an obsession with his ex-wife. His father (Robert De Niro) has a severe superstition problem with the Eagles football team. His mother is really the only normal one in the household but is emotionally affected by the family that surrounds her. Each and every actor in this movie is perfect. This is by far Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence's best performance respectively. Ihey capture the instability and obsession so well that throughout the film they have you scared, sad, happy, and questioning their motivations. Even Chris Tucker makes an appearance in the film and is hilarious. Overall, Silver Linings Playbook is the textbook example of an emotional roller coaster. ThankfhUy there is enough comedy in the movie to keep it from becoming emotionally exhausting. Every actor in the film chews up the screen when they are on It's a movie about a relationship that doesn't focus on the Nicholas Sparks cliche of a perfectly unrealistic life. Instead, it focuses on real elements and problems when two troubled human beings meet each other and ^eTof h ^ ^ ' fi,m that WU1 have laughing and in tears ° f both joy and sadness. From the director of The Fighter, I would have expected nothing less than great acting and incredible character development. A m° re* ^ UningS Playb °° k was one of biggest surprises of 2013 and is a must see if you enjoy any of the actors in the film As a relationship movie the film doesn't ever slow down and keeps you engaged the whole time. This film will not disappoint engaged tne Photo credit: blogspot.com V'i »• J JtU May 8,2013 The Ranger News Holocaust survivor visits Parkside and shares her story Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO 14@ u wp .edu On April 29 Ms. Raye David, a survivor of the Holocaust, spoke to a full auditorium of both students an non-students about her experiences during the Holocaust. When Ms. David entered the auditorium the audience saw an average looking elderly woman heading toward the podium. She was introuced by Professor Carol Vopat, who teaches a class at Parkside on the Holocaust, which was followed y applause and then silent anticipation for the story Ms. David was about to tell. On April 15th, 1945 I was liberated from the concentration camp. It was my 17th birthday, but I wouldn t even realize that it was my birthday until much later that day." Ms. David had drawn in the audience, and then proceeded to tell us of her childhood leading up to the World War II and her time during the Holocaust. She explained to us that she was born in Poland to a father who was a tailor, and a mother who ran a printing shop. She was the first, and for a time, the only grandchild; "I was pampered, but I was not spoiled, she said. Before the war her childhood was pretty normal. She went to a private Yiddish school in Poland, and in the summers her family would rent a farmhouse from a farmer who had two mute daughters. Ms. David explained that while at the farmhouse, she would play with the girls because they could communicate with sign language. They would play in the fields, spend the days picking berries and nuts.- Basically, she had had a good life, she told us. When the Nazis came into Poland, things changed drastically for them. For a time, she explained, Poland was split in half with Hitler controlling one side, and Stalin controlling the other. During the occupation and before being moved into a ghetto, life for Ms. David and the other Jewish residents of Poland became difficult. One of the degrading things that they were put through, Ms. David explained, was that they were no longer allowed to walk on the sidewalks; they were forced to walk only in the gutters. Curfews were also put into effect for the Jews, and Jewish men began getting arrested right off the street and taken away. No one knew what happened to them or where they were taken. She explained that only a month after the occupation, her father was one of the men to be arrested in the streets. About 15 years later, she went back to try and find a record of what had happened to her father. She knew he was dead, but since the Nazis kept such strict records, she wanted to know exactly what had happened to her father. The files were kept by the Lithuanian government, which provided very little help to her in her search. Ms. David explained that she had to learn Lithuanian in order to read through the records. When she found her father s name, it was number 54 out of a few hundred men that had been sent to camps. In 1941, Ms. David and her mother were sent to the ghetto. She explained that the conditions were so terrible, and it all happened so fast, that people were sent to the ghettos not knowing where other family members might be. Her mother had located her father's sister inside the ghetto. There was so much confusion that it wasn't until much later (after the war) that they found out that her uncle, a member of the Polish military, was injured in battle and sent to the ghetto instead of the prisoner of war camps. Unfortunately, he perished while living in the ghetto. For two years they lived in the ghetto in constant fear of the roundups, where the Nazis would select more Jews to be taken and put in the cattle cars. Families were torn apart during these roundups, including Ms. David's. She recalled that one time during a roundup, her four year-old cousin was taken from her mother and put on one of the cattle cars, but her mother was left behind in the ghetto. That particular train was sent to the Treblinka death camp, where her cousin was sent to the gas chambers. Ms. David told us that while her aunt survived the war, she never recovered from knowing that her four year-old daughter was sent alone to the gas chambers. Ms. David and her mother were eventually sent to the cattle cars and to the camps. Her and her mother were first sent to the concentration camps and were put in the barracks for labor. She remembers that when they first got to the barracks the other inmates talked about the showers actually being gas chambers, and after they gassed all those inside, the floor would open and drop the bodies into a pit. Upon hearing this, she and the other inmates would always check the floors of all the buildings they were put in for straight lines, thinking all the floors would open to a pit full of bodies. They feared that if they jumped or had too many people in one place, the floor would accidentally open and they would fall into the pit. One of the many fears she had while in the camps was falling, alive, into a pit of dead bodies. The work they were forced to do was also a constant fear. They would be forced to work in the freezing cold, and an SS officer would take them to a pile of bricks and make them move the pile from one side of a field to the other, saying he didn't like where they were as the reason for them having to move it. The scarce amount of food they were provided was also terrible. Ms. David mentioned that the bread they would eat would be made with flour and saw dust, and sometimes ash. Any food that they received they would eat because it would keep them alive. "Survival becomes your only thought when you always have the inkling that you will be next," she said. As the Russians continued to advance their front lines, Ms. David and her mother would be moved from camp to camp. At one camp she vividly remembers an SS officer, saying she would be able to point him out on the street if she ever saw him again. This particular guard would walk around the camp with a pistol and a stick. He would beat women with the stick, and when he saw two women walking together, he would ask them if they were related. If they were, he would take only one of them and send them to the gas chambers. The last camp she was sent to was Bergen-Belsum, one of the death camps. There the conditions were worse than ever, "a real living hell," as Ms. David referred to it. There she suffered constant vicious beatings from both the female SS guards and the female Russian inmates. She recalls sitting on a bench in the camp after a stay in the infirmary. She noticed things were different; there were no guards in the watch towers or walking around the camp as usual. Then a military truck pulled up next to her, and she just sat there "like an idiot." She wasn't sure what was happening, but knew they weren't Nazis because their uniforms were different. In fact, it was the British military coming to liberate the camp. Despite all the atrocities Ms. David witnessed and experienced, she went on to live a fulfilling life. She met her husband and had several children with him, all of whom grew up to be very successful. She also has several grandchildren and does maintain a positive outlook on life. When asked how she keeps such a positive outlook on life after everything she and her family went through, she simply said, "I don't hate. I've seen what hate does. It consumes everything about a person. So I don't hate." Inspirational words from a truly fascinating woman, Ms. Raye David. Top photo: Ms. Raye David. Photos by: Ray Pajarillo Middle and bottom photos: Two students listening intently. The Ranger News May 8, 2013 Get ahead this summer! Going home for the summer? Pick up college credits at your local UW Colleges campus: I UW-Foml du Lac tfW-Fox Valley UW-Mamtawoc UW-Marathon County UW-Marinette County mm i ' h r ' Jt 3 >:: 'Asm II I if* IPPIIP mm t • mm ©KINECRITICAL™- METROPOLIS Iffl-Parkskk Cimm myimatimm Urtivcooiu ur WISCONSIN Colleges ThcJresJiman/sophomorc UW campuses Visit uwc.edu/summerl3 for more info Coming soon to... UW-PARKSIDE BOOKSTORE and AMAZON KINDLE The Newest Edition of Parkside's very own literary arts magazine STRAYUGHT The Ranger Hews wants YOU! Featuring the work of Parkside students as well as artists around the world, Straylight Issue 7 1 hits stands later this month. Be sure to grab vour copy! y FOR MORE INFORMATION, C HECK OUT STRAYLIGHTMAG.COM Do you like writing? o Do you like photography? 12-nflnnUn ST meelil,9S 011 Frida» s a* 2J0iim m Moimaro 114 for more information! —- May 8,2013 The Ranger News Student art shows hit Parkside galleries Maria diMauro dimau001@uwp.edu With the end of the semester fast approaching, the time has come for senior art majors to show off their finest work in their very own senior shows. All graduating art majors must participate in a one credit class called Senior Seminar. This class aids in bracing students for the real world by making them prepare resumes, cover letters and artist statements It also requires that students put on a gallery show (assuming they have not already fulfilled an internship requirement). Students are put into groups of four and have all semester to prepare for their exhibitions. The theme of the gallery and the amount of pieces is entirely up to the participant, however, students are guided by art professors to make sure that their pieces successfully represent themselves as an artist. The gallery kicked off on April 22nd with a bang when Anna Frederiksen's fine art beautifully lit up the Student Center. A week later on the 29th, the first group of four consisting of Holly Bray, Lauren Kritter, Chida Thao and Michelle Sharp displayed their work in the Foundation Gallery in the Rita. Stylistically, these artists could not have been more different. Bray's fashionable sculptures and pins adorned an entire wall while Thao's adorable, manga inspired comic book pages were arranged directly across from it. Sharp's elaborate hand-drawn tarot cards and children's book pages greeted gallery goers upon entering the room. On an adjacent wall, Kritter demonstrated what Parkside graphic designers are made of and showed off her identity branding project that consisted of posters, t-shirts, business cards, books and even handmade displays for each of her pieceshand . The next group of four students presenting in the Foundatibi Gallery on May 6th through the 11th consists of the equally talented Audrey Lewis, Mallory Olsen-Willing, Katherine Wright and Ryan Zauner. Also showing on May 6th is Jennifer Thompson outside of D106 as well as Alex Linck and Alex Vadenbush, who's art will be shown in the student center. The final group will be showing May 13th through the 18th and will display the art of Colin Campbell, Elmer Golon, Ben Jarosz and Geoffrey Rossmann. The Ranger News May 8,2013 Synchronized swim team takes state by storm Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu The University of Wisconsin Parksides synchronized swim team, the Lady Water Bears, took home the gold medal at their very first state competition last weekend. Parksides finest competed against 12 other colleges and swim-danced their way to the top. One judges comment card read, "Never in my life have I seen such elegant leg kicking." Those swim caps really make them look like they have funny shaped heads," said another. Marco Polo, head coach of the Lady Water Bears, was more than pleased with his teams performance. I ve seen a lot of synchronized swimming in my day," he commented, "but let me tell you something. Never in my life have I seen a group of girls with such buoyancy. They looked like Jesus dancing on that water. They lack the facial hair, have to shave that off for swimming, but otherwise it was a pretty spot on impression." Their performance was in fact, heavenly. The girls swam to a mashup of "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco and Britney Spears' classic "Hit Me, Baby, One More Time." When taken into account that the general population often times forgets synchronized swimming is a sport, the team really did their school proud. A spectator in the crowd named Avid Watchin gave his personal recap of the performance. "Well they started with some spinning," he said. "I thought they were going to get dizzy. Then they dove under the water and shot out like dolphins. It got the whole crowd going. Especially when they did a pyramid on top of the water, and then did the cancan in the pyramid! They deserved that win." His girlfriend Debbie Drowner agreed. "It made me miss my synchronized swimming days; feeling the roar from the four people in the crowd just really gets your heart racing." The Lady Water Bears too felt that this performance was going to live in infamy. Parkside should be proud of their team, considering most The team hard at work practicing. Photo credit: UW-Parkside website. students on campus don't even know the Student Activities Center has a pool. "I'm glad our pool is a secret on campus, it gives us all the extra time we need to practice," said Ima Swimma, senior and captain of the women's team. "It's not going to be a secret once this issue runs," joked her co-captain Flow Rivers. The Lady Water Bears have a few weeks off before they will be competing in Nationals. Parkside, keep your eyes peeled. You're not going to want to miss this wet and wild action. Harry Potters Quidditch making magic in small town Kenosha Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu This past weekend I went back to my old high school to help them referee their fourth annual Quidditch Tournament. That's right muggles, I said quidditch. For the past four years, Indian Trail High School and Academy has been hosting a quidditch tournament to raise money for their school newspaper, The Pulse. What started as a joke among the newspaper staff has turned into a major event for the school. Every year now, instead of hosting a typical sporting event before prom, the Pulse staff organizes a quidditch tournament for the school to partake in. Believe it or not, I was on the winning team that first fateful year the tournament started. Lawler s Lightning we were called. Modest, definitely. Honestly, it was the best night of my high school career. I'm sure you're all a little bit confused as to how this quidditch thing could work. I mean, people can't fly on brooms or anything. Trust me, it's gotten more exciting every year I've seen it. Each team consists of eight players. Four players are the chasers, these are the people that try to score points with the quaffle (normally a volleyball). Two players are beaters that throw dodgeballs at the chasers to make them drop the ball and run laps. One person is the keeper (goalie) that guards the hoops so the chasers can't score. Finally, there's a seeker. The seeker's job is to chase the snitch (a hopefully fast person dressed in yellow) around the field and remove a flag from their belt. This is almost always a guaranteed win. Try and picture all of this happening, and now envision everyone with a broom in between their legs. If this doesn't make sense to you, then you need to just watch the Harry Potter movies, because you're really missing out anyway. Quidditch isn't just an Indian Trail thing either. It's become a very recognizable sport across the globe, and was rumored to even be featured in the Olympics. Quidditch teams are popping up on many college campuses. Will Parkside be next? Fingers crossed. If you're interested in this magical game, feel free to check out www.internationalquidditch.org. That's the website for the International Quidditch Association. Who knows, maybe next year you'll be competing in their World Cup. As I was saying before, the Indian Trail Quidditch Tournament is always a really great time for those playing, volunteering, and spectating. If you get the chance next May to stop by their event, its really worth the three dollar entry fee to come on in and have a blast. Plus, you're supporting their school newspaper. What could be better? image.provided by wikipedia.org May 8,2013 The Ranger News 9 Plans for the Parkside Community Garden Blossom Libby Chernouski chern012@uwp.edu There's a quiet place behind Talent Hall where the soil has been tilled, the compost has been spread and the rain has been failing. The Parkside Community Garden, where students, staff and faculty can procure a plot to grow a variety of edibles, is ready for this years group of enthusiastic gardeners. The Community Garden opened on May 16, 2010 under the guidance of professors Patricia Cleary and David Rogers. Although Patricia Cleary is no longer at Parkside, David Rogers, from the Biology Department here at Parkside, carries on the gardening tradition. Although David insists that he was only looking to do some personal gardening when the Community Garden opened, plans for the Community Garden are - pardon the pun - blossoming. Dr. Rogers, Parkside students and others in the surrounding counties have big plans for the Community Garden, which Dr. Rogers says he would like to connect to the University of Wisconsin-Extension Master Gardener program. The Master Gardener program operates through the UW-Extension office, and Dr. Rogers and student Kevin Rickman have been working together closely to hopefully establish a long-term cooperative between UW-Parkside and the Master Gardening program. Through this cooperative, Master Gardener volunteers at Parkside, both students and faculty, would be able to work together on fully developing the Community Garden. Students would be able to receive credit from working with the garden, and Master Gardeners would have the opportunity to host events on the UW-P campus. Kevin Rickman is enthusiastic about being involved in this cooperative as an on-site and online advisor, where he will undoubtedly be a key asset to the cooperative's success. Once the cooperative is established, people who use the Community Garden at UW-P would have access to education about gardening not only from a Master Gardeners perspective, but from the perspective of a Plant Biologist (Dr. Rogers) and other university educators from similar fields. Through such a cooperative, both the university and the UW-Extension Master Gardener program could build stronger relationships with each other and with the community. Although the Parkside Community Garden has donated excess produce to county food banks in the past, Dr. Rogers would like to see more produce being grown expressly for this purpose. This freshly grown produce would be donated to food banks in the surrounding Racine and Kenosha counties and possibly to a food bank on campus. Part of this process would be to involve the Health, Exercise and Sports Management students by inviting them to host workshops to inform people in the community on how to prepare healthy meals and proper storage techniques, such as canning, drying, or freezing. In addition, poorer neighborhoods could be provided with seedlings for their local community gardens where people don't have access to greenhouses. Eventually, Dr. Rogers and Kevin would like to see the Garden grow and expand into a self-sustainable, student-run farm.. This farm would implement many of the goals of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, as it would provide opportunities for research in a variety of departments across the sciences and humanities, unique opportunities for teaching and valuable services to local communities. The farm would be able to contribute fresh produce to those in the surrounding urban areas where access to organic, home-grown produce is restricted. The farm would not only grow delicious vegetables and herbs, but it would also work on harvesting the maple syrup in the Sugar Maples around campus, and perhaps be home to a few chickens. The Community Garden will also be part of the Environmental Studies major that begins this fall at UW-P. Students enrolled in the major will be able to get hands-on experience with gardening maintenance and be able to educate other plot holders on the process as well. Currently, the Community Garden is tended by not only plot holders, but by the Environmental Studies Seminar students, who have already spent some time this year on cleaning up the leftovers from last year's yields and preparing the soil for planting. Plots in the Community Garden are open to anyone affiliated with UW-Parkside. Two kinds of plots are available: personal and community. Community plots are tended to by several gardeners, who split both the work and the rewards. Personal plots are yours to tend and harvest - Professor Rogers and Kevin will gladly assist you with any of your questions about the process. Some of the plants that have been grown over the past years include garlic, rhubarb, herbs, asparagus, raspberries and squash. There are still many plots open for this season, so grab one and get gardening! Here's what you have to do: Know what you want to grow and how much space it will take. If your plot is not big enough for your intended produce, a second plot may be available. E-mail David Rogers at rogersd@uwp.edu. He will be happy to get you set up with your very own plot. The deadline to reserve a plot is flexible, but it is first come first serve, so don't waste any time! There is a suggested donation of $20 per plot, but operates on a sliding scale For more information on the Master Gardener program, visit: http://wimastergardener.org/ LGBQT resource center hosts table talk on being Intersex vs. Trans definitions if one were curious for more information). One of the main sibbsO 14^uwp Sedu trans terms focused on during the talk was transgender, which has less -2— — to do with sex than it does with gender, because this is someone who may be born with the sex (genitals) of a male, but identify themselves as On April 24 the LGBQT office hosted a table talk dealing with the top- female. In other words they feel they were born the wrong sex. ic of Intersex vs. Trans. The table talk was open to anyone interested in at- The talk brought up interesting questions regarding the two topics, tending and learning some more information on the topics. Not surpris- One of them being that because of the social dichotomy we live with, ingly, there was an abundance of information discussed during the talk, that being that the "training" we give to boys and girls from birth, i.e. and a lot of the information is some that many might not know already or colors, toys they play with, the way we treat them when they're hurt, realize. When thinking about the LGBQT community, some not involved etc., is this why the idea of ambiguous genitalia and identifying with a or experienced with the community might assume it is a community for different gender seems to be such a taboo? With that said, can society gay and lesbian individuals. The fact is that the community encompasses change? Or is it too set in its ways to change and not put so much into more than that, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Queer and Transsexual is what the gender and sex of people? They are hard questions to answer; it is even LGBQT community encompasses and embraces. possible that they are questions without answers at this point. Maybe in This particular table talk dealt with the differences between intersex our lifetimes we will see a change in social norms regarding these topand trans. The main difference is that intersex is when someone is born ics, but it is hard to tell, and unfortunately wouldn't be too surprising with ambiguous genitalia, or is born with genitalia not considered stan- if that change did not occur, which seems to be a common consensus, dard for either male or female. It is considered a congenital anomaly, Anyone looking for more information on these topics, or the LGBQT and falls under the label of a medical condition. When talking about community at Parkside and in Wisconsin should feel free to visit the on trans, the trans-umbrella must be considered, meaning that trans is an campus office, located near the student advising center, or the several umbrella term, and many terms actually fall under the trans umbrella, web sources they have available, uwplgbtqresourcecenter.tumblr.com, such as transgender, cross dressing, and even intersex, just to name a few facebook.com/Pride at Parkside, twitter.com./Pride at Parkside, and (the LQGQT office actually has a trans-umbrella with the terms and their www.lgbtqwisc.org. The Ranger News May 8,2013 Chicago Sexcon: yep, we really said sexcon Jimmy Gibbs gibbsO l4@uwp.edu Maybe you've heard about it, Chicago's Sexcon. It's advertised as the one and only all adult expo and party on the Planet. This is the actual advertisement on the website for Chicago's Sexcon, and it does, indeed, say on the planet. As it would turn out, the internet does not always provide the full truth. But I don't want to get ahead of myself here, so I'll provide you with how I came to be at Sexcon on Wednesday April 24.1 had spent most of the day studying hard at our University of Wisconsin Parkside. I had also received, via first class mail, my honorary degree from the Universal Life Church declaring me a Doctor of Divinity. Class was over, I was a doctor, the weather was nice, and I decided it was a good day to do a little celebrating. Not ten minutes after coming to this conclusion I received a phone call from a good friend asking me if I wanted to go to Sexcon with him and his girlfriend. I had no real idea what Sexcon was, but I assumed it would be some kind of convention focused on the sex industry. I informed him of my recent degree and my decision to celebrate, so my one condition was that there must be a bar or some kind of liquor supply at this function. He assured me there was, and I said ok, Sexcon it is. This was the 6th annual Sexcon, and I write this article for no other reason than to inform anyone and everyone about it, so you have the facts when the 7th year of Sexcon arrives. That way, when you get a phone call from a friend, or the incessant need to celebrate on a Wednesday night, and Sexcon is taking place in Chicago again, you know what you're getting yourself into before you walk through the doors. From the brief research I did on the internet, I had discovered it was pegged as the Planet's biggest adult expo and party, I figured this was an exaggeration, but figured even if it was Chicago's biggest, it wouldn't be half bad. We hit the road that night with high hopes. When we arrived in the city we saw the crowd outside the main entrance of the old Excalibur club, now called Castle, which is where Sexcon was taking place. The crowd looked promising. They charged us $40 to enter, more money than I really wanted to spend just to be allowed to walk into a building, but thought about what awaited us inside, and forked over the cash. We entered to the pulsating blasts of techno music, and a hearty welcome from strippers. The bar was also right next to the main entrance, so I figured I had come to the right place. We grabbed some beers and began to explore. There were five floors packed with patrons, all looking for the crazy display the adult industry had on hand for us. There began the problem, everyone was looking, but very few were finding. Each floor had a stage (and luckily a bar) but the floors surrounding the stage were usually too packed to watch the show taking place on the stage. While there were professionals from the industry walking around the floors passing out free nude playing cards and their business cards, the majority of people in attendance were sweaty men looking for cheap thrills (even though they paid $40 to get in). At one point my friend and I had been separated when trying to avoid several male strippers, who were also trying to find their way out of the madness, since they were there to make money, and they were getting none from the crowded floor of sweaty men. This is when, by some magic, I made my way to the stage, or as close to the stage as I had been all night. I decided to watch the show, which turned out to be pretty fun. It was two burlesque girls doing a pole dance; only one had a power grinder, and would use it to spray sparks all over the other girl while she danced. I was originally worried that one of the sparks would fly out our way and set one of the many surrounding men's hair on fire, since most were wearing more spray and gel in their hair than the dancers were on their entire body, setting off a chain reaction of head fires that would spread like herpes at the after party, but I decided to stay until my beer was empty. When all was said and done, Sexcon wasn't the worst time I've ever had. I had a fun time talking to some of the people I encountered. Some of the shows that I witnessed were creative and fun. The bigger picture was that Sexcon is an over-advertised money pit. It is not the biggest party on the planet, but I knew that going in. I would assume it's not the biggest adult expo period, since it wasn't an expo at all. Sexcon, for the layman, is no more than a one night a year nightclub with strippers rather than go-go dancers, plus all the lights are on, which only adds to the shame. So now you know. Hopefully now you are able to make a more educated decision next year when Sexcon returns. If you have the extra $40 dollars to get in, hey, why not, right? But, if you're not into the nightclub scene, then don't waste the money; don't let the internet fool you, Sexcon only brings the strip club to the nightclub in a seeming attempt to help lessen the after-shame experience one goes through after leaving a strip club in the wee hours of the morning. The bottom line is you're not missing too much if you miss the next Sexcon. The bro tank a comprehensive field study Maggie Lawler lawle020@uwp.edu I asked some of my friends earlier what they thought a fun editorial would be, and my buddy Jack said: "the emergence of the bro tank." Since summer is right around the corner, I feel like it would be an excellent idea to discuss the notorious bro tank, and the bros who wear them, with you all. Since it was summoned out of the depths of Muscle Hell by Jack (Dr. Jack Villaruz, Ph.D. in Psychology and Neurobiology with emphasis on the social and group dynamics of bro behavior and their incessant desire to feed their lust for a viable mate, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison) let's dive right in. The bro tank, for those of you that do not know, is a tight fitting tank top worn by the male species to show off their muscle definition in the hopes of attracting a mate. A recent field study on the bro species showed that in order to attract said mate, the bro will casually walk by ir his bro tank, flex, and then grunt. Often times, this grunt is a signal to the other bros in the p ' t a pretty female is in the vicinity. If you're really lucky, you might even catch them in their ritualistic mating dance, where multiple bros clad in bro tanks will lift pretend weights and discuss going to the gym together. A bro is not dumb, contrary to popular belief. One of his favorite accessories is a cheap pair of sunglasses. These sunglasses allow him to check out his prospective mate's physique without making it blatantly obvious. A common response to this sunglass spectacle, Dr. Villaruz observed, was for the female to respond with a sassy "hmph" before walking away alone. If this does occur, the rejected bro will get ridiculed by the rest of his pack for multiple minutes, sometimes days, unless their focus is redirected by something else. That something else is most often a Muscle Milk, or a new potential mate. The best way to protect yourself from an Photo courtesy of skreened.coir awkward bro encounter is to wear baggy clothinj and to not make direct eye contact with any of th< males while they are in heat (which is hard to d< anyway due to their sunglasses). If the encounte cannot be averted and a conversation happens, jus be sure to use very large words. This will most like ly stun the bro and cause him to flee. 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UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document October 30,2012 News Since 1972 ews University of Wisconsin Parkside's Student Newspaper Which Learn about these white house presidential hopefuls Adrienne Trumbo trumb005 @rangers .uwp .edu With the presidential election fast approaching and it being my civic duty as an American citizen to vote, the question remains: who the heck should get my vote? To be honest, I have no idea who my political leader is. With that said, it is my goal to remain as unbiased as possible when writing this. I have only voted in one other presidential election, so this "voting thing" is still a little new to me. I have regarded my research for a presidential candidate like I would research for a paper—except this paper that could impact the rest of my life, my children's lives, and the entire country. No pressure. Here are the major presidential candidates (in alphabetical order) and what they stand for on a myriad of different issues: Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party): Abortion—The woman's right to choose until fetal viability Economics—No bank bailout; stop incurring debt and balance the budget Civil Rights—Support gay unions; government should stay out of marriage and business Corporation—Eliminate corporate tax; lower tax burden Crime—Opposes the death penalty; legalization of drugs cuts crime Education—Public education needs reform; vouchers for K-12th graders to make schools more competitive Barack Obama (Democratic Party): Abortion—Trust women to make own decision about partial-birth abortion; can find common ground between pro-life and pro-choice Economics—Across the board tax cuts won't stimulate the economy; push mortgage refinancing, banks pay deficit of trust Civil Rights—Supports gay marriage; defend freedom and equality under law Corporation—Lower tax rate to 25% as incentive of investment; end tax breaks on jobs shipped overseas Crime—Death penalty should be enforced fairly and not discriminate by gang membership Education—More education funding in early education through Pell grants; make community colleges community career centers Mitt Romney (Republican Party): Abortion—Pro emergency contraception; prolife; no punishment for women who have partialbirth abortions Economics—Stimulus package is a war on free enterprise; build middle class Civil Rights—Supports women in leadership positions; supports domestic partnership benefits instead of civil unions Corporation—Raising taxes on businesses eliminates jobs; no tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas Crime—Supports death penalty; private companies should run prisons Education—No cuts to college funds; Cap Pell grants so they only increase with the rate of inflation; don't overwhelm college students with loan debt Jill Stein (Green Party): Abortion—Maintain abortion rights; provide free birth control Economics—Stimulus plan was not big enough Civil Rights—Pro gay marriage; economy is not fully inclusive Corporation—Make corporate tax subsidies transparent Crime—Death penalty and mandatory sentencing is ineffective; supports the legalization of marijuana Education—Establish the right to free college; supports tuition free education These are only some of the issues that the election covers. Take an unbiased look for yourself to see which candidate's ideas best fit with your own, and be informed when you vote because these decisions could impact the rest of your life as well as those of future generations. Photos by: Raymone Pajarillo Everyone was all smiles on the Bridge to show their support for breast cancer awareness. Clearly there isn't enough pink. One boob at a time Jennifer Schmidt schmi 157 @ uwp .edu Every shade of pink imaginable decorated the interior of the bridge connecting University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Student Center to Molinaro Hall this past Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sandwiched in with tickets to see Joe Biden, bubble tea, and Brewer's memorabilia raffles, three tables promoting breast cancer awareness took up the center of the bridge. The glowing pink hues could be seen far past the line of students waiting impatiently for their ticket to see Vice President Joe Biden. By 11:30 a.m., an intrigued crowd had gathered. Hosted by a half dozen of enthusiastic members of the Parkside Association of Communicators, they grabbed attention with pleas for breast cancer awareness: "SAVE THE TA-TAS!" The Boobies on the Bridge event had a Wheel of Boobies, complete with candy and trivia questions, $2 pink manicures, a raffle with prizes that included donations from acupuncture clinics to Barnes and Noble gift cards, pin the bra on the boobies, and a Mardi Gras themed game to throw a necklace of beads on a boob. Yes, you read that correctly, beads on a boob. Not only did Parkside Association of Communicators (PAC) hand out brochures of information, but rounds of trivia, hosted by WIPZ program director, Brad Stefani, squashed breast cancer myths. Can men get breast cancer? (They can.) Is wearing an under-wire bra a contributing factor to breast cancer? (No it is not.) Luckily for the students of UW-Parkside, "Captain Boobie" made frequent appearances at the event. Dressed as a masked hero in pink (clad in pink boxers, a cape, and fuchsia bra) Captain Boobie made it his mission to set out and defeat breast cancer one boobie at a time. Even the most stoic cynics grinned at the sight of Captain Boobie and Ranger Bear, fighting together for justice See Boobies page 4 The Ranger News October 30,2012 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI53141 Phone: (262) 595-2287 Fax: (262) 595-2295 E-mail: rangernews@uwp.edu Editor in Chief: Executive Editor: Emily Harring harri091@uwp.edu Maggie Lawler lawle020@ uwp .edu Lead Photographer: Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Staff Reporters: James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Laura Ellen Pate Bridgers patebOOl @ uwp.edu Nick Knebel knebeOO 1 @uwp .edu Adrienne Trumbo trumb005@uwp.edu Jennifer Schmidt schmil57@uwp.edu Ryan Padlo padlo006@uwp.edu Copy Editors: Photographers: Cartoonist: Designers: James Burns burns029@uwp.edu Michael Jensen jense089@ uwp .edu Hailey Foglio fogli001@uwp.edu Nick Knebel knebeOO 1 @uwp.edu Carl Rollmann rollm001@uwp.edu Raymone Pajarillo pajarOO 1 @uwp.edu Zak Eden eden0001@uwp.edu Walter Trush trush002@uwp .edu Maggie Lawler 1 awle020@ uwp .edu MISSION STATEMENT: THE RANGER NEW S STRIVES TO I NFORM, EDUcate, AND EN GAGE TH E UW-PARKSIDE COMMUNITY BY PUBLISHING WELL-WRITTEN, ACCURATE STUDENT JOURNALISM ON A B I-WEEKLY BASIS, AS WELL AS ONLINE. The Ranger News meetings are every Friday at noon in MOLN 107. All students and faculty of UW-Parkside are welcome to attend. Have any comments, concerns, questions, or story ideas? Please e-mail us at: rangernews@ uwp.edu. Like to meet with us? We are located in the Student Center in room L101A. Letter from the editor Dreaded midterms. A period of about two weeks when all my brain wants to do is sleep for about forever. Forever sounds a bit too short, in fact. It's slightly terrifying that we only have six weeks left. When did that happen? There's not enough coffee, tea, and folk music in the world to prepare me for the onslaught of assignments that will be due in the upcoming weeks. My advice to the rest of you that suffer from the same predicament? Don't try to tackle everything at the same time. Organize your time so that you get everything done, but you also get some free time to let your brain rest. You're going to need it. Amazing things have been happening around campus. Vice-President Biden visiting campus was particularly exciting last week. The Theatre Department just wrapped up their first show, Threepenny Opera, and now prepare to wow us with their next fantastic performance. All sorts of awesome Halloween events will take place this week, too! So, join in on the fun. Halloween is the best holiday, after all. Remember in this next week to vote, as well. October 30 AIDS Memorial Quilt 12:00-6:00PM Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita Art Exhibition: Michael Kareken "Salvaged Views" 12:00-6:00PM § UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery, The Rita Art Exhibit: "Steal Like an Artist" 12:00-6:00PM Emile H. Mathis Gallery, The Rita Cultivate Support Group 6:00-8:0OPM LGBT Center of SEWI V f | ~ October 31 AIDS Memorial Quilt 12:00-6:0OPM Fine Arts Gallery, The Rita Art Exhibition: Michael Kareken 12:00-6:00PM UW-Parkside Foundation Gallery, The Rita Art Exhibit: "Steal Like an Artist" 12:00-6:00PM Emile H. 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Email us at: rangernews@uwp.edu October 30,2012 The Ranger News 3 Parkside Rangers dominate University if Illinois-Springfield Women's Team Men's Team Ryan Padlo padlo006@uwp.edu On Friday, October 12th, the lady Rangers soccer team took on University of Illinois-Springfield. The opening whistle blew to start the game. Before I could even bat an eye, the lady Rangers scored the first goal of the game. Madison Pickett bombed a lead pass down field to Ashley Meyer, who shielded off a defender with her body to receive the pass cleanly. Ashley then floated the ball ever so perfectly over the UIS goalkeepers head into the net, while still be harassed by the pesky UIS defender who was hanging around like a nat. The lady Rangers made it known to UIS that their presence on the field was strong, and that UIS had no shot to win. The lady Rangers kept up the pressure on at the offensive end like you would with gauze to an open wound. UIS was struggling to even touch the ball, let alone clear the ball out of their zone. UIS had a few brief moments in the second half where they looked to score, but those moments were quickly taken away by the strong defense of the lady Rangers. Overall the lady Rangers dominated the game from the opening whistle to the final whistle. This 1-0 victory was a defensive masterpiece. Great win, ladies, and best of luck in the GLVC tournament! Image courtesy of UW-Parkside Rangers. Ryan Padlo padlo006@ uwp .edu On Friday, October 12th, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers' men's' soccer team squared off against University of Illinois-Springfield. The Rangers started off the game like bats out of hell. They swarmed around the goal, and there was nothing the UIS defense could do about it. UW- Parkside had two outstanding corner kicks within the first ten minutes. Unfortunately, neither attempt could be converted with a header. The Rangers kept the ball moving with great cuts and timely passes. The Rangers were also doing a great job with communication on the field to help warn teammates when a UIS defender would approach a Ranger player from behind to try and steal the ball away. Somewhere in the middle of the first half, momentum changed to UIS. After the momentum shift, UIS became the aggressors on offense. The Rangers were in a constant back petal on defense trying to defend the goal. With each team taking each other's best shot. The first half ended zero-to-zero. The second half is when the Rangers made their money. The first goal came when the Rangers were pushing the ball downfield on offense with little resistance from the UIS defense. The ball was passed from the middle to the right side of the field. As the ball was passed the UIS goalkeeper slipped and fell. This was a golden opportunity that the Rangers capitalized on. Collin Monahan dropped a dime to Ryan Crane, who wound up and struck the ball so hard that I felt bad for the ball. This goal gave the momentum back to the Rangers. At this point there was no looking back for the Rangers, and the whole team had a renewed sense of self-confidence. The second goal was another golden opportunity offered up by the UIS goalkeeper. The Rangers were back on the attack and took a shot on goal that was saved by the UIS goalkeeper, but the UIS goalkeeper then dropped the ball when he was coming down with the ball. Collin Monahan was the recumbent of the gift given up by the UIS goalkeeper, and chipped in the ball for the goal. It was an exciting match and a great win for the program with this 2-1 victory over University of Illinois-Springfield. uw Ryan Padlo padlo006@ uwp .edu Since I have come to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this fall, I have found out a few things about Wisconsinites and their sports. Wisconsinites love the Packers, the brew crew has a pretty strong following, and no one likes the Bucks unless you are from Milwaukee. The other big thing that I have noticed is that everyone on campus has an abundance of Badger sports gear and are proud to show off the red and white. After talking to a lot of different students here on campus I have found out that there is a bigger following for the Badgers at each individual University of Wisconsin campus, then there is of their own University of Wisconsin sports team. When I started to ask around where to get tickets for a Badgers football game everyone told me to go to Stubhub.com. The cheapest tickets I could find on Stubhub.com were sixty-five dollars. I was kind of blown away that there was nothing cheaper. I was still optimistic that I could still go to a game, and experience the third quarter jump around. That was until I started to do the math for what it would cost, besides the ticket, to go the game. Gas would cost forty dollars, and food and drinks I bring from home would be another twenty dollars. I am a broke college kid that could scrounge up the sixty-five dollars, but I do not have an extra one-hundred twenty dollars laying around. I started to ask students around campus who were wearing Badgers gear when the last time was that they went to a Badgers football game. Junior Brad Schmitz from Fond du lac, Wisconsin said, "I have not been to a Badgers football game in at least five years because I do not have the extra cash to go to the game." I asked Kevin Lewis, a sophomore transfer student from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, said, "I only go to the game when my parents go. I don't have money to spend on a football game right now." Student Nichole Bletsch stated, "I love the Badgers! I always watch the games at home with my boyfriend or dad. I just don't have money to go to a game. I really want to go because I have never been to one." It would ease the total cost of the trip to the game if Madison would give a 15 % to 30% discount to all University of Wisconsin students. If Madison is worried about not having enough tickets for Madison students, they could only allow a certain number of tickets, maybe twenty to thirty, to the two-year University of Wisconsin campuses. Then give fifty to one-hundred tickets to the four-year University of Wisconsin campuses. If there are leftover tickets at one school, they can be used at another University of Wisconsin campus. They would also be able to create a new student section for all the transfer students. This would make the games even rowdier then they already are. I just hope that they adopt this policy sometime while I am up at UW-Parkside so I can attend a Badgers game. Image courtesy of collegebelt.com 4 The Ranger News October 30,2012 College Democrats host congress hopeful Rob Zerban on campus Adrienne Trumbo trumb005@ rangers .uwp .edu I walked into the classroom filled with blue yard signs for Congress hopeful, Rob Zerban. The seat I chose was unassuming and towards the back, behind a guy in a green shirt. Here, I figured, I would not be bothered when taking notes. Democrat Rob Zerban, who is running against Paul Ryan to represent Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, walked in the door sporting a while button up shirt, with sleeves rolled to his elbows, and pleated navy trousers. His gray hair was perfectly coifed. He talked about his life growing up on "government cheese" and starting his own small business that eventually grew into a larger catering business. Zerban spoke of fiscal responsibility and living within a person's means. He also noted that in order to be efficient in office, both parties would have to become more moderate in their standings. In regards to education, Zerban said that "not everybody should have a college education" but rather those who want it should "work hard to earn it," and then the government would pay for the education. He spoke of having a strong military but "not a bloated defense budget," which echoes his idea of being fiscally responsible. I got the chance to ask Zerban what issues he considers important for young voters to pay attention to; his response, "Women's health, student loans and Pell grants, and the economic environment. I also asked him about how he would prevent fraud in state-run health care programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, because he proposed having affordable state healthcare for people. He told me that he would have "to look into specific cases" of fraud in order to give me an answer. I was disappointed in this answer because it had no substance or specificity. Although Zerban did not answer my question, he spoke to the Zerban speaking in the Student Activity Center this past Friday. students and people of the community with ease and confidence. He fully believes in what he says and stands for. Although he gave me a crap answer about health care, he showed appreciation to the University Democrats for letting him speak and to students who showed up to hear him. So, am I now a democrat? No. Am I now a republican? No. But it's still important to learn about local politics because they often affect us more directly than national politics. Do I know who is getting my vote? Certainly not, but at least I know more than I did previously and this will aid in my decision, as I hope it does yours. It's also important to not let a brief, unpleasant encounter with one side or the other alter your perception on what that side stands for. What matters is the information, not the biases. Grad school seminar for English majors Boobies: Parksidians Students learn how to prepare for Master and Doctorate degrees sllOW James Bums burns029@ uwp .edu Wednesday, October 17, 2012 proved to be an interesting day for English majors at an informational seminar about graduate school. Most have heard of it, a few maybe even have thought about it, but how much do students really know? After working so hard to accomplish a milestone that may be a first for many families, students are thinking to themselves, "Could 1, should I, would I go?" That is precisely what students came to find out and the English Department staff did not disappoint. The seminar began with introductions. All professors who spoke at the seminar were new to the UW-Parkside English Department. They consisted of Assistant Professors Dr. John Spartz and Dr. Tara Pederson, as well as Lecturer Nicole Tryling, M.F.A. They presented a series of resources that students could use to do research about different schools, what concentrations they should be focusing on, career paths, and even ways to offset the cost of attendance. Dr. Spartz even went so far as to supply the artfully crafted blog that was created specifically for the seminar. At englishgradschool.wordpress.com, you can find guides to different grad schools, information on how to apply, and many pages about books to read, helpful advice, and even a page titled, "Preparing for Graduate School: 10 tips on successfully applying to a Ph.D. program and 10 definite don'ts." They stressed as a group that there is a distinct difference between going to graduate school for a Master's degree, and going for a Doctorate. First, both are a path into academia, the Doctorate more so for pursuing tenure-track teaching positions. Of course, those are not only competitive, but extremely scarce. This brings to light the importance of looking inward when thinking about advanced education. It is what Dr. Tara Pederson called, "The scary moment when you face the real world." A reality check of sorts, where you start to evaluate your reasons for going, your plans after graduation, your career goals and other aspirations. Nicole Tryling mused when asked about her experience with her own degree in literature, "Graduate school is not for everyone. I look back on my degree with great memories. I occasionally want to go back to that [time], but you should be sure before making a decision." All was not gloom and doom, however. It was repeatedly said that a desire to acquire more refined skills in one's field, a sincere calling to teach, and deep academic passion were all decent reasons to consider higher education. The presentation focused on making an informed, educated decision "Everyone is a winner who fights the evil scourge of breast cancer!" thundered the righteous Captain Boobie. "We're forcing them to be informed!" PAC member, Alyssa Kay, says of die event. "It's a great cause and IW glad everyone's having fun!" No one could have been having more fun than PAC President Mila. Accumulating a pink Santa hat, pink mustache, and a clown nose, she whistled and danced around the bridge, celebrating correctly answered trivia a wild bouquet of pink balloons Cancer does not see gender," asserts the president, fo keep with the trend of information and fun, PAC members encouraged students to attend the upcoming discussion with the Susan G. Komen foundation in the ballroom, hosted by the Latinos Unidos club. After this article alone mentioned boobs at least fifteen times, wouldn't you want to find out more? as opposed to choosing to go to graduate school to give yourself more experience, or some similar response that arose out of confusion and indecisiveness. Instead of chasing more education, your time could be better spent getting job experience, volunteering at internships (yes, even if ey re unpaid), all while cultivating useful skills for employment in your field. Before wrapping up the discussion, Dr. Spartz gave a final bit of advice, centered on self-doubt and instinct, uP on experiences and testimony of friends and colleagues: 'If you can think of a reason not to go, don't." October 30.2012 The Ranger News 5 Seen around campus this week siift'# 'mams stir Studio Tanning Oante We also specialize in Brazilian Blowout smoothing system Frizz Free Straight hair for up to 3 months (Reg. $300.00/ Only $140.00 Special for guests new to the service 1 month unlimited ONLY $25.00 . Spray Tanning 3 Tans—ONLY Visit us at www, ruffoioshairstudio.com #262-654-6154 it -* & | |§ -i'1**' I §1 . 1 9 " i d ! - Kd d a s h a Haircuts ssn* m « Images courtesy of Carl Rollmann and Raymone Pajarillo. 1. The line to get in the Student Activity Center Friday to see VP Biden wrapped around the campus. 2. Biden talking to the crowd at the Democratic rally. 3. UW-Parkside student Brad Stefani entertaining students with a game on the bridge for breast cancer awareness. 4. State Senator Bob Wirch wanning up the crowd for the arrive of the Vice President. , Note: The Ranger News does not affiliate with any political party. The staff is responsible for covering political events specifically in an unbiased manor. SS#m The Ranger News October 30,2012 National archives month After graduation, what's next? Adrienne Trumbo trumb005@uwp.edu October is National Archives Month. This does not just show that old documents are important; rather, it gives historical signifi ­ cance to local buildings and persons. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the network of archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society. In 1962, regional depositories of archives became active area research centers to make use of the spaces that had merely become dead storage for the documents. This allowed for easier access for community members and students. The University of Wisconsin-Farkside signed an archivist agreement in 1972 (only four years after being founded) with the Wisconsin Historical Society to maintain a safe environment to house and preserve these treasured documents. University of Wisconsin-Parkside Archives offers more than just old books and papers. It holds a variety of interesting documents including: Racine and Kenosha county records, court records, and naturalization records and citizen papers. Special collections in the archives include old books—the oldest written in pre-modern English. These can be used to help with genealogy, property records, and for the use of preservation for century home designation. Manuscript records are available for court records as well as business, church, or personal papers of people who have contributed to the city. The archives, for the most part, are intact. This is in thanks to security measures that involve registering—so the Historical Society can keep record of what documents are used while not allowing any food or drink near the documents. The careful handling of the documents helps to maintain their integrity. The U WParkside Archives (located in the basement of the Library) offers the opportunity to learn about local history, personal genealogy, and a breadth of knowledge that is centuries old to both students and community members. in Adrienne Trumbo trumb005 @ uwp .edu Graduating from college is both exciting and scary. Perhaps it is the 4+ years of studying, late nights, and papers that consumed our lives for so long that anything else seems frightening. Or perhaps it is the legitimate concern of not finding a job. Yes, the latter weighs heavily on our minds, but how can it not? We have gone to school, done the work, and have been rewarded with a diploma that says we are capable of being contributing members of society. Is it enough? Some graduates decide going into the workforce right away is not for them, and graduate school is a more appealing option. For that, I commend you. It takes a special person who is fully dedicated to their studies and higher education to be able to do that—as many people have learned from the graduate school lectures that occurred last week. I'm not a part of that group. So my question is: what next? What is out there for us who have little idea what they are up against? With the unemployment rate in Wisconsin at 7.3% and with a projected growth of only 1.7% in 2013, jobs may be hard to come by. This doesn't mean jobs are not available—it just depends on a person's job skill, degree, or area of interest. The fasted growing careers in Wisconsin are in health care. This is encouraging, but only for those who desire to be in health care; but for the rest of us, there is still hope. According to Monster.com, teaching is projected to have a 32% growth rate by 2018, accountants and auditors will have a growth of 22%, and construction laborers will see a growth of 20%. These are hopeful numbers for the future but what about now? Because these are projected growths, it does not mean these increases are not happening yet. It just takes patience to find that right job. Often times the specific degree does dictate the job you will end up with. Just because you have a degree in computer science or biology does not mean that you will end in those fields. The key is to have an open mind. There is a lot of change happening, especially with elections and changes in policies, but it seems that the overarching theme of finding a job is being open to new experiences. It can be scary not knowing exactly what job will be in your future, but know that there are some out there that could be just for you. It may take a few years, or a few jobs but it will happen. & Looking back on the presidential debates James Burns burns029@ u wp .edu With the second Presidential Debate under our belts, students are taking stock of where they stand between the two political tickets. This most recent debate focused on foreign and domestic policy. The candidates touched on such varied issues as the growing economic stare-down between the United States and China, immigration reform, and even the tense situation in Libya involving the assassination of the late U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. There is certainly a lot of talk surrounding the two lambasting each other over trivial sound bites, and tearing each other a new one to make up for what they perceive to be a disadvantage in the polls. Obama hit early and often in the debate, seeking perhaps, to gain lost ground after his underwhelming performance in the first debate. Some with leanings towards Obama were blindsided by this uncharacteristically floundering oratory, especially from someone as allegedly eloquent as he is. Atli Einarsson, 19, an Icelandic national who moved to the United States to go to school in 2003 on a student visa, had this to say about the candidates: "I think Obama's first 10 minutes were to assert himself in this second debate. Maybe he was a bit too eager, I don't know, but I can't speak on it considering I'm not a citizen." He also said of Romney's take on immigration reform that, "... [He] had a good point about illegal immigration. If a person contributed to the economy, they should be given an easier path to citizenship. The green card should be much easier to acquire for those people." Nick Huftalin, 20, a sophomore Biology major is staunchly in the ReVice President Biden flashing some Parkside gear Friday, publican camp. Supporting Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan because he believes them to be better economists. "They run for more of my values. Paul Ryan, to me, is much more connected to the typical middle class. Whether or not they outline their plans. 1 believe in their ideas more than Barack Obama and Biden's." This is a far cry from the rhetoric of 2008, this year's election is shaping up to be a close and bitter contest of attrition. The future president win have h ' s work cut for them. With two wars, an economic crisis not seen since the 1930s (which is perhaps worse) and an increasingly complicated globalized world stage upon which he must lead the country, he is charged with leading us out of what seems like one of the most tumultuous decades in recent memory. October 30,2012 The Ranger News VV Rocky Horror hits Parkside James Burns burns029@ uwp ,edu J ? S T S Organization Council, and Rainbow Alliance°h **** y Coexist ' the Studen t of a staple here on campus. Tc j£Z h narrator of a pair of newlyweds Brad and Tan^t h u criminologist them to search for help at a creepy castle full of' 7 ° SC T ^ d ° Wn leading r proceed to ^ke Brad and Janet down the proverbial rabbit hole into a world of ep^le^her-clad debauchery, scene-stealing craziness, and rock operands This film is still the ongest running "limited" theatrical release of all time having been shown annually in various theaters, domestically and internationally for the past 37 years. It has lived up to its impenetrable reputation as one of the most well-known and financially successful midnight films of all time. Rocky Horror was originally a Kings Road production in London. England. RichardO'Brian I ,h Z? th !, b °° k a " d ' yriCS fM th£ ° riginal Sta§ e version ' Elaborated with Director Jim Sharman to make a film version. Its fame was largely due to its explosion in P°Pulanty as a midnight movie in 1977, when audiences began pa lcipating with the film m theaters by dressing up as characters from the film and causing all sorts of mayhem. Some cinemas showing the film have run it for decades at a time. There are two basic versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, known as the US and UK releases. The UK version contains the original ending with the full version of the musical number "Super Heroes." The US version, created after the film hit the midnight circuit, omits "Super Heroes," as the studio thought it was too depressing. The University of Wisconsin-Parkside carried on that tradition on Friday, October 26,2012. Image courtesy of cf.drafthouse.com heroes Gemil wfy gripping M * very Superb Filmtticikiiig.. pmmM* thrilling " Image courtesy of movierevolt.com Winter in Wartime wows James Burns burns029@ uwp .edu It is not often that we get to see films about war from a perspective other than those we get from those fighting it. Movies like Saving Private Ryan and Rags of Our Fathers show World War II from the military perspective, but what about the civilians who are swept up into the storm? Those many millions who just happened to be living in the towns, on the farms, and in the cities that the armies occupied were exposed to a kind of violence that is so far beyond what is normal experience. People sometimes forget that when war is declared, it has a way of creeping into our homes, and just as easily into our heads. Set in 1945 Holland near the end of the war, Winter in Wartime follows the German occupation and its effects on a young Dutch boy, his family, and their small town. Our hero is 13-year-old Michiel, played brilliantly by Martijn Lakemeier. He is a fairly innocent boy, but he is conflicted. His fear of the Nazis keeps him somewhat silent, but there is a spark of rebellious distrust in him which we see during his interactions with his family, especially his father, the mayor of the town, played by Raymond Thiry. He sees his father as something of a sympathizer despite his assurances that he is merely appeasing the Germans in order to wait out the last few months of the war. The relationship is further strained with Michiel's Uncle Ben (Yorick Van Wageningen) who participates in the underground antiNazi resistance in town. Michiel looks up to both of them for very different reasons and he frequently is torn between the two men when it comes to whose advice he should take, especially now that he is starting to navigate the difficult period of adolescence. Things are further complicated when a British aircraft crashes in the forest outside of town and Michiel is steered inexorably on a course he cannot turn back from. Barring Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, his two HBO television series Band of Brothers, and more recently, The Pacific, I haven't seen a movie with such subtle human themes among all the tension that comes with wartime conflict. This is surprisingly more engaging when you realize none of these characters that you're following are soldiers. They're all just regular civilians, Everyday ordinary people who are reacting to extraordinary circumstances in their own way and trying to live through them, hoping that if they play their cards right, they'll survive. 8 The Ranger News October 30,2012 What is Cool? 311 Zak Eden Eden001@uwp.edu The Adventures of Pineapple and Bear Part 3: Messing with the Owl Walter Trush trush002@ uwp .edu 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 42, October 30, 2012 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. 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