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November 7, 2011
Issue 11, Volume 56
Handcuffs, uniforms and a camera
SA senate has Two UWM students and a photojournalist arrested at march along Oakland Avenue highest senator attendance in six weeks Attendance by over two-thirds of senate allows it to take up bylaws By Aaron Knapp Assistant News Editor news@uwmpost.com
UWM senior Kevin Suemnicht (left) and Kristyna Wentz-Graff (right) photographer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel were among the arrested at Wednesday's protest. Post photo by Paul Freund. By John Parnon Assistant News Editor news@uwmpost.com
Milwaukee police arrested two students and a Journal Sentinel photographer at a march, which began in UW-Milwaukee’s Spaights Plaza, linked to the Occupy Milwaukee movement on Wednesday. A police vehicle following the march down Oakland Avenue told protestors through a megaphone that they were
obstructing traffic and should clear the road immediately. Protestors responded by chanting, “This is what a police state looks like!” Several minutes later, the police arrested UWM student Derek Barnett for not obeying a police order, at which point Kristyna Wentz-Graff, a Journal Sentinel photographer, went into the middle of the road to take photographs of the arrest. She was also cuffed and arrested for not obeying a police order.
Wentz-Graff was released a few hours after the protest along with Barnett and Kevin Suemnicht, another UWM student who was also arrested at the march. Police have not charged the three with any crimes but are still considering issuing citations. The Milwaukee Police Department has been releasing short statements on the issue as status updates on their Facebook page. According to a statement released on
the MPD’s Facebook page, “Important point: No one at MPD had any idea Journal photographer was a journalist until she arrived at the police station. She never identified herself as a journalist to officers. We know there are often many people with cameras at these events and they are not always news people.” Wentz-Graff was wearing a photo ID press badge at the time of her arrest. As she was being handcuffed, the protestors
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UWM astronomer disseminates Mayan prophecy A full house of apocalyptic enthusiasts underneath the stars By Graham Marlowe Assistant Fringe Editor news@uwmpost.com
UW-Milwaukee’s Manfred Olson Planetarium seems like an unlikely place for an event to sell out, but under the banner of “2012: Fact or Fiction,” Planetarium Director professor Dr. Jean Creighton made the news topic hard to evade Friday night. Creighton showed that the Mayan calendar’s original endpoint, Dec. 21, 2012, is no longer just a creative party theme for the end of the world.
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The complex topic was broken into five interrelated parts, the first and most significant being what the mysterious date means to the Mayan calendar. Like author Daniel Pinchbeck, some researchers anticipate a shift in global consciousness, not the apocalypse. Creighton’s presentation did not address such inferences but explained that the Mayans had “no idea” of what this would bring for their civilization’s advanced conception of mathematics and astronomy. With the aid of a pictograph with ancient symbols,
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Creighton highlighted key differences that account for the media’s growing fears. First, the Mayans employed a system based on 20, not 10 like ours. In effect the end of this particular cycle, the 13th baktun, is nothing more than an “odometer change” for their society. “You just start a new cycle,” Creighton said, alluding to ancient Egypt’s own similar shift from the Fifth Sun to the Sixth Sun and explaining how one baktun equates to roughly 394.5 years. The results of such change are
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varied. For Creighton, this has spawned speculation based on improbable celestial dynamics. “Some alignment will happen,” Creighton said. “… But not as much as people think.” For example, although the sun will align with the galactic center, it will not align with the galactic plane. Additionally, this will not coincide with an alignment of the planets, a “once every 180 trillion years occurrence,” said Creighton. To illustrate the planets’ comically
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For the first time in four meetings and the second time this semester, two-thirds of the Student Association senate came to its meeting last Sunday, allowing the senate to discuss its own bylaws, as well as those of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The meeting lasted almost four hours, and the debates on these bylaws, and those of the temporarily defunct Campus Activities Board, took up most of the meeting, despite seven other pieces of legislation and nine speakers addressing the senate. With the senate bylaws, which have been on every agenda since September, the debate centered on whether or not the Speaker of the Senate, Rick Banks, or the Executive Committee should have control over who sets the agenda for each senate meeting. The senate discussed two separately proposed versions of its bylaws: one by Banks, advocating that he have control over the agenda, and another by Senator Jesse Brown, leaving the current system in place, which has the Executive Committee setting the agenda. “[The executive committee] offers transparency, which is something President Kostal campaigned on. It allows students, the Post, you name it, to attend,” Michael Ludwig said, one of Brown’s sponsors. “It also provides a forum where the legislative branch and the executive branch can be seated together and basically provide a check and balance.” Ludwig and others argued that leaving the agenda to the speaker of the senate alone allows him or her to abuse their position by ignoring some legislation. Banks attempted to compromise in his version of the bylaws by proposing an electronic forum that automatically publishes proposed legislation online, also called a “hopper.”
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NEWS BRIEFS Former Governor turns back on America Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura said that he will be seeking dual citizenship in Mexico and that he lost his patriotism following a federal court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit Ventura brought against the Transportation Security Administration over pat-downs and full-body scanners at airports. Ventura, who has a home in Mexico, said the court’s decision was cowardly and that he will never stand for the National Anthem again, instead turning his back to the flag and raising his fist, a la Tommy Smith and John Carlos during the ‘68 Olympics. He said he will not appeal the court’s decision, because he wants a trial by jury and believes it will just be squashed by judges anyway.
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Continued from page 2 With 29 senators present, neither side could get the necessary 26 votes (two-thirds of the seated senate) to approve their version of the bylaws. Instead, they approved specific parts that both sides agreed on, such as including new committees and revamping the system, by which routinely absent senators are removed or “automatically resign.” However, the bylaws for SAC and CAB could not be passed. Several left the meeting to deny the senate the necessary 26 senators necessary to amend SAC’s bylaws, including SAC’s Chair Brent Green, Vice Chair Rachel Falk and member Arrington Stoll. This pitted them against SAC members David Sidhu (also a senator) and Daniel Laughland (SA Communications Director), who called for SAC’s bylaws to be revised. Laughland addressed his first time experiencing last weekend’s SAC large grant hearings and how many barriers exist in the process that prevent students from getting funding. “I have to say it was a profoundly inspiring process, but not in a positive way,” Laughland said. “At the end of the day, we limit how much [student organizations] can do – they don’t have access to nearly the same resources that we do. The senate was able to pass legislation that set up a committee to educate students about voting rights, an act partnering in a food drive with the fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon and others, as well as approving committee appointments and two new executive positions. The senate, SAC and CAB bylaws will all be addressed again at the next senate meeting on Sunday, Nov. 20.
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limited inf luence on this, Creighton showed a video of f lies listlessly circling a bowling ball in an effort to move it, an easy laugh track regarding the planets’ impact on this galactic process. That process also involves electricity. One of the myths debunked by the presentation was a predicted shift in polarity expected to take place in 2012. Creighton dismissed the probability of this as “unlikely,” but pointed out that – like the Carrington Event of 1859, a legendary solar storm – such a “f lip” of polarity has occurred before. In response, a student asked if the magnetic field is visible to us. Creighton answered her with a visual map of the sun’s magnetic field, replete with sunspots that signify knots or kinks in that field, including one the size of 17 Earths.
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Continued from page 1 began shouting in unison, “She’s a reporter! They arrested a reporter!” Journal Sentinel Editor Martin Kaiser was quoted in a JS article as saying that Wentz-Graff never ignored any commands by police officers. The Wisconsin News Photographers Association is condemning Milwaukee police’s arrest of Wentz-Graff, calling it “entirely unacceptable.” According to a statement released by the WNPA on Wednesday, “[WentzGraff] is the epitome of professional, and we will stand with her and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in this manner.” UWM’s Students for a Democratic Society had a part in organizing the demonstration, with help from members of the Occupy Milwaukee movement. Members of the student organization Act Everywhere also participated. Occupy Milwaukee’s Austin Thompson, who was arrested Oct. 20 in front of M&I Bank for a separate
This led to a discussion of solar f lares, which send out bursts of electromagnetic energy that can occasionally disrupt communications and electrical systems, along with a video of a solar eruption. Creighton stressed that the last 13, 11-year solar cycles show nothing unusual about the solar cycle peak set to occur next year. With the use of a comparative graph, she added that this cycle has had fewer storms than usual for the time period it’s in. Approaching the program’s final topic, a crash course for locating the constellations, Creighton made room for one last inquiry. With only a silhouette to signify her face, one middle schooler asked why we couldn’t see our own galaxy, the Milky Way. In front of a detailed photo, Creighton explained that the Milky Way is in the shape of a pancake and showed how its thin, wispy boundary is visible in a series of shots, a view that signaled a starlit batch of oohs and aahs when the screen shifted from
an urban Milwaukee view to a rural perspective. Before most of the audience hustled to the nearby UWM Science Bag lecture, Creighton made one final point: Contrary to the research of Zecharia Sitchin’s book The 12th Planet (1976), there is no mysterious planet hiding behind the sun. “The Earth picks up millions of pound of debris from other planets,” Creighton said, adding that our government is equipped with programs that keep track of asteroids. At the end of the program’s 45 minutes, the audience expressed satisfaction with the information given. “The subject matter of the presentation lends itself to many discussion areas, but Professor Creighton found a way to compact the topic clearly and understandably,” attendee Dan Fetterley said. “And in the process, [she] piqued my interests in the constellations and solar f lares, almost by accident.”
demonstration, was among the crowd at Spaights Plaza on Wednesday. About 30 people turned out for the demonstration, as the organizers urged students to walk out of class to join them in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland movement occurring in California on the same day. Spaights Plaza was only the launching grounds for the demonstration, as it took but 10 minutes before students decided to take to the street. The group then left the plaza and marched down the street, heading along Kenwood Avenue towards Maryland Avenue, chanting “Oakland is Milwaukee, Milwaukee is Oakland!” and “We are the 99 percent!” Police vehicles began following the march shortly before the demonstration reached the corner of Oakland Avenue and Locust Street, at which point they ordered protestors to clear the road. Turning right on to Oakland Avenue from Locust Street, several of the protestors abandoned the street to march along the sidewalk before one protestor shouted, “Come on! We’re occupying the streets, not the sidewalks!” All of the
protestors then returned to marching in the street. When the group reached the corner of Linnwood Avenue and Oakland Avenue, the police made their first arrest. Protestors stood along the sidewalk chanting “Let him go!” in unison while police watched the line between the streets and the sidewalk, ensuring no one else could come back on the road. Suemnicht asked protestors on the sidewalk to let his work know he wouldn’t be able to come in before police pushed his head below the roof of the police car, forcing him into the back seat. Protestors then discussed going to the police station to demand the release of the arrested students and journalist before deciding to return to Spaights Plaza. According to a statement released on MPD’s Facebook page, “There has been mutual respect between police and protestors … we have been very fortunate in Milwaukee that these groups have been so peaceful when things have taken a negative turn elsewhere in the country.”
Catholic Ireland made the decision to close its Vatican Embassy, a move that diplomatic sources said is a huge blow to the Holy See’s prestige and could lead to a series of closures by other countries. Ireland’s decision will further strain relations between the once ironclad allies. Earlier in the year, the Irish Church caught flak for its handling of sexual abuse cases and accused the Vatican of encouraging secrecy during the affair. Ireland will now be the only major country with longstanding Catholic roots without an embassy to the Vatican.
For we are many Hacker group Anonymous released a web video urging voters to disrupt the January caucuses in Iowa. The video ran two minutes long and showed the group’s logo with a computerized voice playing over it. “The Democratic Party has failed us. The Republican Party has failed us. Both parties are desecrating the American democracy and committing crimes against humanity on behalf of American people,” the voice in the video said. Members of Anonymous have had members at Occupy Milwaukee and the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. The video ends with a warning: “We are anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.”
Not without my Prime Minister Greece will be adopting a new government, as Prime Minister George Papandreou agrees to stand down over Greece’s rising debt crisis. The decision came after crisis talks were held in Athens, with the end consensus being to create a new national unity government. Hosting elections could become a part of the plan, pending a government approval of an EU bailout package. Greece’s finance ministry said elections could be held as early as Feb. 19.
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U.S. student debt exceeds $1 trillion
UWM students carry largest debt burden in the UW System By Adam Milich Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com
Amidst news of the global financial crisis and massive worldwide protests, student debt in the United States has hit $1 trillion. This is the first time that U.S. student debt has exceeded the total amount of credit card debt. In Wisconsin, tuition costs have continued to rise, and the UW System faces another series of budget cuts. Unemployment rates are up, and recent college graduates are entering a dismal job market. In Washington D.C., White House officials have unveiled a student debt loan forgiveness program, but as it stands now, the U.S. education system and its recent graduates are standing on uncertain ground. UW-Milwaukee has not been exempt from these problems. In fact, student loan debt at UWM was higher than the average of all UW institutions in 2010, according to the Executive Director of the UWM Department of Financial Aid Dr. Jane Hojan-Clark. Student debt at urban institutions, such as UWM, has gone up nationwide while contributions and measures of family financial strength have gone down. In the 2010-2011 school year, the average expected family contribution or measure of family financial strength was $5,358. In 2003-2004, it was $6,819, a 27 percent decrease in a seven-year period.
All other statistics show that students have been saddled with more debt over the past seven years. In 20102011, UWM students borrowed a total of $181 million, a 105 percent increase from seven years prior. In the same period, 80 percent of enrolled UWM students received financial assistance, a 30 percent increase. The average UWM undergraduate student debt at graduation was $29,019, a 50 percent increase from seven years prior. Last week, President Obama announced that his student debt relief program would take effect in 2012, two years earlier than he previously had stated. Obama’s plan will reduce the maximum required payment on student loans from 15 percent of discretionary annual income to 10 percent. In addition, the remaining debt would be forgiven after 20 years, instead of 25. According to the White House, about 1.6 million borrowers could be affected. President Barack Obama announced his plan in a speech on Oct. 26 at University of Colorado Denver to a crowd filled with young students. “You guys came of age at a time of profound change. Globalization and technology have all made the world much more competitive,” Obama said. “…And other countries are hustling to out-educate us today, so they can outcompete us tomorrow. They want the jobs of the future. I want America to have those jobs… I want us to win the future.”
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When faculty feuds, who loses? University officials emphasize Power struggle resolved between APCC and academic departments
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A power struggle between the UWMilwaukee Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee and members of various departments may have finally been resolved. The faculty senate voted 29-2 on Oct. 6 in favor of directing the APCC to continue authorizing curricular and program business for various departments that were unable or unwilling to comply with self-administered general education reviews over the summer. APCC Chair John Boyland said he will acquiesce to the faculty senate decision at the committee’s Nov. 8 meeting. The APCC made the decision in September to suspend business with several departments, including music, theatre, economics, history, English, math and several others, until the departments complied with APCC directives. History professor Margo Anderson, who filed the resolution with the faculty senate, said that the committee asked the various departments to file reviews too late in the semester, forcing them to do the work during summer hours when they were not contractually employed. In other instances, the committee asked for data that the departments did not have available.
“The point is that this kind of academic service work works on the academic calendar … and we only get paid on those dates,” Anderson said. “The other three months we are not employed.” Anderson’s resolution charges the APCC with unilaterally deciding it has the authority to suspend business from departments, despite not being authorized by UWM Policies and Procedures to take such actions. According to the APCC charter, the committee is responsible for, among many other things, reviewing “undergraduate courses and [approving] all new undergraduate courses, as well as requests for changes or deletions of such courses offered in the UWM departments, schools, colleges and divisions.” The suspension approved on Sept. 13 by the committee meant that departments who continued to be noncompliant would be unable to add, change or delete any undergraduate courses. APCC Chair Boyland said that he does not believe the committee was overstepping its boundaries in refusing to file requests, but they will accept the faculty senate’s decision. In February, the APCC sent a memorandum to Dean of Academic Affairs Johannes Britz requesting that every department that offers two or more GER courses submit a sample list
to be reviewed by May 15. Departments were then asked to submit “self-study materials” by July 31, which must include a GER assessment, course syllabus, paper guidelines and example papers that exceeded, met and fell below outcome goals for the class. According to the memorandum, the APCC argued that departments were not being asked to perform work over the summer, but “work assessments.” Currently, 29 of 32 departments have submitted the GER review material, according to Boyland. History professor Merry WiesnerHanks said that the suspension has limited the kind of classes that could be offered this semester. “It is hard to attract students to you as a teacher or to your department,” because of the inability to adapt or add GER courses, Wiesner-Hanks said. Associate Dean of Letters & Sciences Thomas O’Bryan said during a Sept. 29 L&S faculty meeting that this was not the first time the APCC has “stifled the curricular wishes of a department” but when contacted was unwilling to speak further on the issue. The faculty senate’s resolutions are routed for the chancellor’s notice and/or approval upon passage, and the resolution is now awaiting action in Chapman Hall.
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University Committee members discuss cuts in state aid By Danielle Mackenthun Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com
The UW-Milwaukee University Committee met on the first of the month to discuss how the university will handle another round of state-mandated austerity measures. Members of the seven-person committee discussed concerns over weakened curriculum as a result of Gov. Scott Walker’s administrative request that the UW System shoulder another $65.6 million in cuts. The state’s 20112013 budget already calls for $250 million in cuts to the university over the biennium, with UWM expected to lose approximately $8.8 million in state aid. Committee member and Peck School of the Arts professor Marcia Parsons said protecting education will be a top priority. The committee will “avoid a negative impact on the student body,” Parsons said. The Walker administration began informing state agencies late in October that they can expect to lose another $300 million in state aid, as the shaky economic recovery dampens tax collection. UW System spokesperson David
Giroux argues that the university already has too much skin in the game. Although the university only represents seven percent of the state’s spending, it is being burdened with 38 percent of the cuts. The University Committee meets every Tuesday and is responsible for, among other things, making recommendations when appropriate on “any actions taken respecting the UWM campus by the Board of Regents, the various faculties or faculty committees, or by other bodies or individuals related to the university faculty,” according to its Committee Charter. During the committee’s previous meeting, Dean of Academic Affairs Johannes Britz said he believes the university should be fine with the projected budget cuts, but noted, “It will be a challenge.” Britz suggested that each school take an equal percentage of the budget cuts so that unequal distribution does not leave some universities with an excess of funds and others strapped for cash. Current proposals on how to handle the prospective cuts are still hypothetical. Steve Garrison contributed to this article.
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Panthers top Parkside Panthers dominate Raiders 5-1, headed to NCAA 67-59 in exhibition opener Women’s soccer wins fourth-straight conference tournament By Nick Bornheimer Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com
The No. 15 UW-Milwaukee women’s soccer team scored five unanswered goals and dominated the second half Sunday afternoon at Engelmann Field to beat Wright State 5-1 and take home their fourth-straight Horizon League tournament title. Senior Sarah Hagen finished with two goals and two assists, as the topseeded Panthers (18-2) finished the year without a single loss in conference play and gained an automatic bid into the 2011 Division I women’s soccer tournament. “It takes an awful lot of maturity to go undefeated, and I give them a lot of credit,” Panthers coach Michael Moynihan said. “I think we put together a really positive conference tournament and hopefully we can feed off of it going forward in the NCAA tournament.” Milwaukee was able to take down the Butler Bulldogs Friday night 1-0 to move into the championship game. The fifth-
seeded Raiders (10-8-3) upset secondseeded Detroit Friday to earn a spot in Sunday’s bout. Wright State was able to find the back of the net first when Brittany Persaud finished a cross into the box far post in the 12th minute. Milwaukee answered in the 23rd minute when senior Laurel Regalie perfectly timed a cross immediately after being substituted into the game. After the Panthers were able to get on the board, the floodgates opened. Freshman Kelly Lewers put home a ball that was deflected off of the far post by Hagen right before the end of the half to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead after the first 45 minutes Pure domination ensued as the Panthers controlled the second half. Senior Keara Thompson made an impressive move around the Wright State defense and put a perfect ball into the upper-right 90 for the game’s third goal in the 57th minute. Hagen closed out the contest with two goals of her own, giving her 91 career goals and tying her own school
record for goals in one season with 24. Hagen put in a leaping volley from a free kick into the box by senior Makenzie Gillaspie in the 66th minute and scored again in the 75th to help the Panthers to their four-goal victory. “Wright State was willing to get after it, and they were awarded with an early goal, which put us on our heels a little bit,” Moynihan said. “Our players are a pretty veteran team, though, and they’ve been down before. I thought they responded really well.” The Panthers now await their seeding in the championship tournament. The selection show is Monday at 3:30 p.m. CST, and the squad looks to host their first ever NCAA tournament game. “Hopefully we’ll be right here hosting. We put ourselves in the best possible place we could have,” Moynihan said. “The game that we dropped at Illinois State might drop us a little bit in our ranking, but other than that, we’ve put together a really consistent season, and it looks like we should be able to host a first-round game.”
Senior Sarah Hagen celebrates with teammates after clinching an NCAA Tourney berth. Post photo by Sierra Riesberg
Late surge lifts Milwaukee over Rangers in physical game By Tony Atkins Assistant Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com
The U W-Milwaukee men’s basketball team took to the hardwood for the f irst time this year against the U W-Parkside Rangers. This was a tightly contested, hard fought game until the end as the Panthers went on a late 27-10 surge to pull ahead for a 67-59 win. Junior Ja’Rob McCallum led the Panthers in scoring with 17 points. He was one of two Panthers in double digits alongside forward Kyle Kelm, who f inished with 12. The Panthers, who sat out some of their key contributors due to injury, had a balanced night of scoring with six players scoring at least six points or more. The game wasn’t as clean as it could have been for the Panthers, who found themselves in foul trouble after their red-hot start. This hindered them as they struggled to f ind their rhythm during the f irst half and through a big part of the second half. Freshman point guard Shaquille Boga took the helm of the stagnant offense in the f irst half until he tweaked his knee. After that, he spent most of the game sitting and resting. Boga f inished with three assists, six rebounds and six points on 3-10 shooting in his f irst game as a Panther. He acknowledged the fact that there is work to be done over the season. “The college game is a lot more intense than high school basketball. I felt good out there. We all have some work to do as time goes on. We
have to get better,” Boga said after the game. The game was riddled with turnovers by both teams. There were 16 turnovers by the Rangers and 15 by the Panthers. The difference was that the Panthers managed to convert those turnovers into points, winning in that category 16-8. Ironically, the eight-point margin ended up being the difference in the f inal score. Junior guard Paris Gulley stepped in alongside Evan Richard, and the duo provided a bit of a spark for the Panthers, hitting some big shots late in the game. Milwaukee then seemed to f ind their rhythm both offensively and defensively, as they began to pull away from the Rangers. “It felt good to get out there as a group and get a feel for one another against another team,” Gulley said, who f inished his night with eight points off the bench. Coach Rob Jeter saw the talent in his group of guys, but he knows that there are still kinks to be worked out. Better shot selection, defensive improvements and a stronger inside presence became the emerging problems as the game went on “When we toned down on threepoint attempts, we began to f ind our rhythm. We also had a group out there in the second half that really defended well,” Jeter said. The Panthers will look to carry over that late game play as they begin their regular season against Southwest Minnesota State at the U.S. Cellular Arena Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
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With Prince likely gone, Brewers should focus on shortstop By Mitch Pratt Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com
With the abrupt end to the magical 2011 season for the Milwaukee Brewers, there are more questions than answers in the front off ice. Will fan favorite Nyjer Morgan return? Should they give catcher Jonathan Lucroy a pay raise? Where will Taylor Green f it in the plans for 2012? The biggest goal for the Brewers’ general manager should be f inding a new shortstop to play every day, since the organization decided to decline the option on Yuniesky Betancourt. Brewer fans found themselves rooting for a team that won 96 games in 2011 with a shortstop that was nearly painful to watch play defense. Granted, Betancourt made some really f lashy plays at times, but the overall consensus on him was that he gave solid production offensively out of the shortstop position but had no range in a position that requires it. What is scary is that the Brewers don’t have an heir apparent in the farm system at the position. A young guy like Eric Farris might be able to do it, but he hardly has any experience at the position. The only other possible option within the organization is Jerry Hairston, but he’s not a long-term answer and doesn’t have any more range than that of Betancourt. Obviously, obtaining New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes is a dream scenario, so entertaining the idea is not healthy for fans. Something a little more realistic is getting a guy like St. Louis Cardinals Rafael Furcal, Philadelphia Phillies Jimmy Rollins or Houston Astros Clint Barmes. Furcal and Rollins are aging but are coming off good seasons on winning teams. Rollins is
a former MVP, and the Brewers saw Furcal crush them on the f ield and at the plate during critical times. Getting a guy like Furcal would be a smart move until they can groom another shortstop. Another option would be to go out and see who’d be willing to trade for Shaun Marcum. When that doesn’t work, they could shop one of their young pitchers, like Mike Fiers or Wily Peralta, for a shortstop with a lot of potential, like Ian Desmond of the Washington Nationals. Desmond has shown f lashes of brilliance after two years in the majors and would be expendable to the Nationals if the price is right. The question that nearly everyone who calls themselves a baseball fan is asking is what will happen with Prince Fielder? It’s essentially common knowledge that he’s not coming back to Milwaukee. The fans have to face that fact. As much as he claims to love playing in this great city, he and his agent, Scott Boras, will not accept a hometown discount and will be ready to move to the city with the team that shows them the money. It’s going to be a daunting task for General Manager Doug Melvin to f ind someone to replace Fielder – a guy that has done so much on the f ield for the Brewers’ in the six full years since he joined the team. The production on the f ield has practically been unmatched, with a career batting average of .282, 230 home runs and 656 RBIs. As far as off the f ield importance, many of the 2011 Milwaukee Brewers say he was crucial to their camaraderie. There’s no question that f inding a formidable replacement for Fielder’s contributions is a goal for Melvin, but is it the biggest? I say no. It’s tough to afford a guy who is going to demand roughly $20 million per year.
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Panthers women’s basketball team appears hungry
Young, talented Panthers team shows defensive strength against Lewis By Eric Engelbart Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com
The UW-Milwaukee women’s basketball team looked sharp in their 62-40 exhibition win over Division II Lewis University Friday night at the Klotsche Center. The team’s returning core is strong, and the team looks poised to contend for a Horizon League title this year with the addition of a tough freshmen class. Coming into the first half, it was unclear what to expect from the 201112 edition of the Panthers. With the departure of leading scorer and team captain Lindsay Laur, the team needed to establish a new identity. In the opening minutes of the first half, there were obvious first-game jitters. As the game progressed, the jitters seemed to melt away, and cohesive team chemistry emerged. “[Going into the game] we didn’t know what to expect,” second year guard Angela Rodriguez said. The Panthers set the tone of the game with their tenacious defensive intensity. The Panthers forced half a dozen air balls. Center Courtney Lindfors was dynamic on the defensive end, recording four steals, four blocks and six rebounds. Meanwhile, Rodriguez added four steals of her own. As a whole, the team recorded 15 steals and forced 26 turnovers while outscoring Lewis 23-12
on points off of turnovers. The turnovers led to the Panthers scoring 19 fast-break points. “We were fast in transition,” Rodriguez said. In the first half, Lewis shot a respectable 41 percent. In the second half, as the Panther defense became more cohesive and intense, their shooting percentage dipped to 27 percent. “We were trying to wear them out, and it showed in the second half,” coach Sandy Botham said. The Panthers out-rebounded Lewis 46-32 while pulling down 21 offensive boards. Guard Sami Tucker led the Panthers with eight total rebounds, including five on the offensive end. Freshman guard Kiki Wilson snuck into the land of the giants and pulled down three offensive boards herself. Wilson and freshman Ashley Green both displayed a top-notch pedigree. Green recorded three steals, forced two charges and was found three times for lay-ups leading the break. Wilson recorded five assists without turning the ball over and proved to possess a basketball IQ well beyond her freshman status. “Kiki has made a solid transition from the high school level. She’s a smart kid, tenacious defender and really knows how to get up into people’s shorts,” Botham said. The team won in spite of poor threepoint shooting. They were 4 of 24 from
beyond the arch, including zero of four from sharpshooter Sami Tucker. When the Panthers can win by 22 points without sinking shots that they normally do, it definitely establishes a reason to be optimistic about this season. The Panthers let Lewis stay in the game early. Even with three first-half threes from guard Emily Decorah, the score was 25-22 towards the end of the first half. Near the two-minute mark, the Panthers defense forced three consecutive turnovers and converted those turnovers into fast-break points, widening the margin to 31-22 going into halftime. In the second half, the Panthers emerged from the giant inflatable panther head on the sideline with a better sense of identity, clicking on all cylinders. They started the second half on a 17-3 run. In the blink of an eye, the score was 48-25, and the game was out of reach for Lewis. The Panthers dismal three-point shooting was overshadowed in the second half by their strong inside play, including an impressive array of post moves from Sami Tucker on a highlight lay-in. This young Panthers squad should be a force to be reckoned with this season. Come see for yourself at the regular season opener next Friday night at the Klotsche Center.
Men’s season comes to an end with loss to UIC
Needing a win to stay alive, Panthers couldn’t slow the Flames By Nolan Murphy Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com
The UW-Milwaukee men’s soccer team came into Saturday night’s match against the University of IllinoisChicago with one objective: win. In the season finale, the Panthers fell 3-1 to the Flames on the road and were eliminated from postseason play. The Panthers (6-10-2, 2-4-2 Horizon League) came into the match controlling their own destiny for the sixth and final spot in the Horizon League Conference Tournament next weekend. Falling short
in the win department, the men’s team still fought valiantly in their final match of the season. The game was deadlocked in a scoreless tie after the first half and for much of the second, as the intensity mounted. The Flames also needed a win to help secure a spot in the conference tourney. UIC came out of the gates firing on Saturday at their home field by finding the back of the net first, with a strike by senior reserve Craig Krzyskowski in the 56th minute. Krzyskowski, who found the back of the net twice that night, finished the Panthers off in the 81st
minute to take a commanding 3-1 lead. Sophomore defensemen James Ashcroft scored the only goal for the Panthers during the game in the 76th minute, which set UWM up for a late game run. UWM outshot UIC by a 15 to 9 margin, including a five shot advantage alone in the second half. The Panthers were just not able to turn their opportunities into goals. Five of the team’s 15 shot attempts landed on goal. John Shakon notched two saves on three attempts for the Panthers, who held an advantage on corner kicks as well. The Panthers season came to an abrupt end after a great start in conference play.
Hurt by the context of his performance, Neil Hamburger still delivers Neil Hamburger's act is most suited for an audience that doesn't get the point, but he can still make an audience that does get it laugh pretty hard.
By Steven Franz Fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com
It’s difficult to figure out whether “America’s #1 Funnyman” Neil Hamburger’s set Tuesday night at Cactus Club in Bay View was a success or a failure. On the one hand, Hamburger’s routine, a send-up of the biggest hack comedian you can picture – clutching too many drinks, relying far too much on offensive humor, having a five-yearold grasp of popular culture, coughing uncontrollably into the microphone and berating audience members he doesn’t like because he feels he deserves better treatment – was absolutely hilarious. Hamburger’s routine is a beautiful
bit of postmodern performance art, which explains his multiple appearances on the Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and his particularly cultish fan base. It’s memorably intellectual and sometimes quite subversive, and the comedian’s Twitter shots at the likes of Burger King and Britney Spears (which also featured prominently in his act) are gloriously foul and hysterical. On the other hand, Hamburger’s routine was absolutely hilarious. It’s an interesting problem to have. Hamburger (a stage name for Gregg Turkington) had his audience in stitches on almost every joke (“What do you call the creatures who were found growing in the pile of discarded potato chip wrappers and G-strings behind Britney Spears’ house? Her children”),
most of which were cultivated for use on a crowd that isn’t quite as aware of Hamburger’s point as they are. Hamburger’s absolute best moments come in the comedy clubs and casinos that book him as a joke, performing before audiences that don’t understand what he’s doing. As a result, when an audience is howling as much as the 50 or 60 people in the back of the Cactus Club, his built-in angry responses to those crowds – a function of his hack character – seem more like a man going through the rounds of his routine than anything and are often out-of-place and sometimes unfunny. It would be far different to experience Hamburger in a setting where the hecklers actually mean what they say, rather than the four or five
people at Cactus Club who heckled just because they knew they were supposed to. Then, his lame barbs of revenge and desperate pleas that “We’re all here to have a good time” would have a context, actually prodding at the audience that would sit through a comedian like him instead of only assuming the persona of said comedian. In a setting where everyone’s in on the joke, a subversive act like Neil Hamburger loses half of its effect, when the awkwardness that defines why he does what he does is absent. That was part of the genius of Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!. His interviews with “The Only Married News Team: Jan and Wayne Skylar,” without a laugh track, were allowed to wallow in their own awkwardness,
letting the silence sink in. When people are laughing, that effect is lost. That said, for those who understood what was going on – which was all of them – Hamburger’s Cactus Club routine, which he’s essentially been touring on with minor tweaks for the better part of three years, was sidesplitting. Often his elaborate, random set-ups were as funny as his punch lines, almost all of which were insanely offensive. “What do you call it when a doctor turns off the life support systems of an elderly man who has been officially classified as an imbecile?” he asked at one point. The answer, of course, is, “Eric Clapton: Unplugged.”
N OV E M B E R FRIDAY, NOV 11 RIVERSIDE THEATRE PAUL SIMON
Paul Simon is certainly one of the greatest living American songwriters, if not one of a scant few on a shortlist that can claim the privilege of being one of the greatest to have ever written music. His career dates back to his genre-changing days with pal Art Garfunkel, in which he took the basic outline of the folk revival, simplified it, internalized it, and incorporated songwriting history far more succinctly into the product than those around him. While people might pine for a Simon & Garfunkel reunion every few years, Simon’s best and most voluminous work has been without his wild-haired companion, beginning with 1973’s self-titled Paul Simon and culminating this year with So Beautiful or So What, perhaps his best work since his 1986 magnum opus Graceland. Even so, expect more than a few Simon & Garfunkel classics – “The Boxer,” “Scarborough Fair/Canticle,” “Mrs. Robinson,” and “The Sound of Silence” among them – to be sprinkled in among Simon’s illustrious solo material.
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THE FIRST EVER FRINGE PULL OUT CALEN DAR You're a witness to history. In our newest feature, the editorial staff will highlight a month's worth of Milwaukee events for you on the first Monday of every month. This week is an exception, but forgive us if brilliance can't wait three weeks to implement. So, without further ado, the very first fringe calendar.
Heavy metal has fallen off the cliff since its numetal heyday in the early part of the last decade, fairly rightfully so. But spearheading the genre’s pronounced and sudden revival in the last few years, in which black metal, doom, drone, and djent, and hardcore have overtaken rap-rock and metalcore to emerge at the forefront of the metal scene, has been Mastodon, a band as unpredictable and impossible to compartmentalize as they are wild, intellectual, and brutal. Their recent career has included a string of unmitigated classics, from 2004’s Leviathan, a 47-minute concept album about Meville’s Moby-Dick, to this year’s own The Hunter, a wildly divergent experiment in as many genres as the band could think of, from Queens of the Stone Age-style stoner rock to Mogwai-inspired postrock and beyond. This Saturday’s stop at the Rave will be the band’s first in Milwaukee since its 2009 appearance at the same venue with cartoon metal band extraordinaires Dethklok. And while there will be no self-aware Metalocalypse jokes this time, The Dillinger Escape Plan will do their best to live them out completely cluelessly. FRIDAY, NOV 11- SUNDAY, NOV 13 UHLEIN HALL MARVIN DOES BROADWAY When former Tonight Show with Johnny Carson bandleader Doc Severinsen retired from conducting the Milwaukee Symphony Pops Orchestra in 2007, the search for his replacement wasn’t exactly futile. EGOT (that’s Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner Marvin Hamlisch gladly consented to fill the role – he’s also won a Pulitzer Prize and two Golden Globes – and the Pops have marched on seamlessly since then. This weekend’s performance will be of a nature Hamlisch is quite familiar with: Broadway, for which he composed for many years. The night’s centerpiece will be A Chorus Line, for which Hamlisch won his Pulitzer, but expect many other Broadway classics thrown in.
ALSO NOTABLE THIS WEEK: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents: Tchaikovsky Spectacular (Nov 9, Uhlein Hall) The Loom w/ Surgeons in Heat (Nov 10, Linnemann’s Riverwest Inn) The Nerd (Nov 11-12, 18-19, Soulstice Theatre) Encyclopedia Broadtallica (Nov 11-12, 18-20, Alchemist Theatre) Tune-Yards (Nov 11, Turner Hall) Crooked Fingers, Strand of Oaks, Testa Rosa (Nov 12, Cactus Club)
THURSDAY, NOV 17 UNION THEATRE THE INTERRUPTERS The Interrupters was a firestorm when it premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, selling out most of its showings almost instantaneously. The reaction was just as intense at last months’ Milwaukee Film Festival, where the film made its Milwaukee premiere. The Interrupters is an absolutely gripping documentary about former Chicago gang members who implicate themselves – physically and directly – into ongoing conflicts between current gang members in an effort to stop the quarrels from turning violent and, eventually, deadly. The Union Theatre, by happenstance, is also showing the film, so if you missed it the first time around, now is your opportunity to see a documentary so eminently powerful that a viewing actually inspired Bermuda’s National Security Minister to implement a program in his own country very similar to the one in which The Interrupters’ former gangbangers take part. At this point it’s a shoe-in for a Best Documentary win at the Oscars next year. It’s good enough that it simply will not be touched. FRIDAY. NOV 18 SATURDAY. NOV 19 CACTUS CLUB SEIZURE CHICKEN FALL FEST One of the better developments in Milwaukee in recent years has been SeizureChicken.com, a website that at its inception was dedicated to the digitalization and preservation of the bootlegged sets of literally hundreds of famous musicians who have played Milwaukee at some point. Recently, however, Seizure Chicken has expanded to be the Pitchfork for the local music scene, a well-designed, diverse website with best-of lists, blogs, local calendars (none as good as this one, of course), interviews, and a slew of other content, most of which is entirely centralized around the Milwaukee indie landscape. The website’s emerging dominance extends its reach further with its first ever Seizure Chicken Fall Festival, a two-day event at Bay View’s Cactus Club whose performers on Friday include Castle Thunder, Secret Colours, and Kane Place Record Club, and on Saturday include Canopies, Prophetic, Golden Coins, and Greatest Lakes. Cover charge for each night is just $6 and includes all bands. SATURDAY. NOV 19 LINNEMANNS SONGS FOR THE SOUL: A BENEFIT FOR THE MILWAUKEE WOMEN’S CENTER
WEDNESDAY. NOV 23 TURNER HALL MADE IN MILWAUKEE RAIN CHECK
Made in Milwaukee: Raincheck advertises itself as “an evening of Milwaukee artists, fashion, and music,” which sounds well enough. But then you realize just how many artists, fashion designers, and musicians are actually involved in the sprawling event, which takes place on multiple floors within the historic Turner facility on 3rd. Musical performers include the Ragadors, John the Savage, Friction Dance Company, Group of the Altos, Delta Routine, and more. Designers include Too Much Metal, Dena Nord, Zewing Girl, OMG! Fashion, and others. Live artists include local legend Dwellephant, CM Thiede, Field Lehmann, and Star Cross Studio. All this combines for the biggest night of publicity the local arts and music scene might have all month, if not all year. All tickets are $10. SATURDAY, NOV 26 FRANKS POWER PLANT THE DOWNTOWN STRUTS
The punk rock scene has been going through an absolute renaissance for the last two years, starting with the indie rock scene embracing its structures and tendencies into its own unique culture – think the hardcore of Fucked Up and the retro-Ramones pop punk of the Dum Dum Girls – but now, finally, extending its total revitalization to the actual punk scene itself. As the Millennials take firm control of culture, it makes sense that they’d carry with them some sort of reinvention, which mostly takes the form of sticking to formula, which the Rancid and Social Distortion-emulating Downtown Struts, preeminent in Chicago, love to do. This is pop punk with a country and blues slant and a hell of an attitude, and the fact that they’re playing at Bay View’s Frank’s Power Plant, which also hosts the four-times-yearly Punk Rock Rummage Sale, also suggests something about punk’s growing place and role in Milwaukee music. Punk rock changed music forever, and it’s high time it starts to get its act back into gear.
WEDNESDAY, NOV 30 The lineup for this $5 benefit concert is strong, TURNER HALL diverse, and absolutely enormous. Seven local acts BEIRUT will grace the stage starting at 9:00 pm, including Beirut is not actually from Beirut, nor is the band Trapper Schoepp, Martha Cannon, Ryan Elliot, European in any way, even if some of its influences Hayward Williams, and others, and if anything, in do tend to be drawn from Eastern European folk addition to being the most charitable local event music. Beirut is instead the brainchild of a San to take place this weekend, Songs for the Soul is Diegan named Zachary Condon, a squirrelly little certainly the most jam-packed. It’s also the most white boy with an ear for melody and an eye for rock-and-roll you’ll find in one place maybe all multiculturalism. However, the band’s most recent year. The event is hosted by Robert Hanson and album, The Rip Tide, released in August, has themes Allen Cote, the latter of which is a member of The (and titles, as with lead single “East Harlem”) that Championship, one of Milwaukee’s best-known draw on particularly American themes. Despite a bands. sound that often feels delightfully cluttered with instruments, Beirut is only a six-piece ensemble with a sound that plays much bigger than either their collective whole or their diminutive lead ALSO NOTABLE THIS WEEK: singer. John Mellencamp (Nov 16, Riverside Theatre) Ex Fabula storytelling troupe (Nov 16, ALSO NOTABLE THIS WEEK: Stonefly Brewing Company) Million Dollar Quartet (Nov 16-20, Uhlein 13th Annual Bob Dylan Tribute Show Hall) (Nov 23, Linnemann’s Riverwest Inn) Avett Brothers (Nov 18, Riverside Theatre) Milwaukee Symphony Orchesta Beatallica reunion show (Nov 18, Club presents: “The Planets” Garibaldi) (Nov 25-27, Uhlein Hall) Punk Rock Rummage Sale De La Buena (Nov 26, Club Garibaldi) (Nov 19, Frank’s Power Plant) Think Floyd USA (Nov 26, Shank Hall) Ric Fest drag show (Nov 19, Frank’s Power Ike Willis performs Frank Zappa Plant) (Nov 27, Club Garibaldi)
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A deck of all jokers Lynch being Lynch Umphrey’s gives audience wildcard
Different medium doesn’t restrain the filmmaker and television director By Casey Buchanan Staff writer fringe@uwmpost.com
By Graham Marlowe Assistant Fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com
Now that the majority of jam bands have absorbed and employed electronic inf luences into their sound, Chicago-based prog rockers Umphrey’s McGee have been in a curious place the last few years. This isn’t to say recent tours have not integrated and explored this, but the band just didn’t put much into the blender before the show Saturday night at the Eagles Ballroom. Hearing segments of Keith Jarrett’s improvised Köln Concert (1975) on the drive in to the show definitely set a mood, except the energy level at this concert began much higher – and louder – than Jarrett’s solitary jazz piano. But Jarrett’s loose and repetitive themes sounded a lot like keyboardist Joel Cummins’ opening to “Catshot,” the first in a long, seamless progression of primarily commercially unreleased and early-career, turn-of-themillennium staples the band played in their three-hour sojourn. Without a doubt, Saturday’s show catered to fans with the knowhow to navigate the f luid nature of their classic material, save for a hand-picked few (“Rocker, Pt. II”; “Preamble/Mantis”), the audience reaction proved that one doesn’t need to be a jam band aficionado to appreciate their craft and abilities. And stretch these abilities they did, weaving in and out of their catalogue’s instrumental cores intricately in front of an unobtrusive, sensitive light show behind. This sextet goes (and on Saturday, went) far out, musically speaking – occasionally to the cold, dark edges of outer space – but never so far out that their artistic expression turns self-indulgent. Set one held the fewest of the evening’s all-joker deck, whereas set two was more an homage to their own abilities. A hasty, twin-guitar onslaught from Brendon Bayliss (also vocals) and Jake Cinninger colored
“All in Time” and “The Haunt” with enough interstellar wandering to inspire a low-level space program. Responding in their own charismatic voices, each member found an easy way to integrate themselves in the proceedings with careful precision, before hitting the brakes on that vehicle in time for a faithfully average cover of Snoop Dogg’s “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)”. Truth be told, there wasn’t much that happened inside of a ten-minute interval, yet set two managed to tack an extensive Pink Floyd homage (“In the Flesh,” “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. II”) onto the end of it, as if lifted from thin air. More importantly, the entire 75 minutes that proceeded it were built on the earthy, blues-based snarl of that band’s legendary guitarist, David Gilmour. Thus, their descent into the darkened corners of their repertoire was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as the songs that led them there, not the least of which included “The Linear,” “Hurt Bird Bath” and “Bridgeless,” registered as such to the unacquainted with eyes closed by focus. Shortly after midnight, the band and its audience collectively ran out of Gilmour-isms to stargaze upon and moved into a well-deserved area that was fun only. With no climactic predictability whatsoever, the group dived into a sophisticated mash-up of MGMT’s “Kids” and Nirvana’s “Come as You Are,” trading Cobain riffs with much younger verses (and vice versa) before segueing into a slightly faster, open-ended reading of Dead Or Alive’s mid-‘80s pop smash “You Spin Me ‘Round (Like A Record),” lending a prog rock buoyancy to tired ghosts of radio rock past. After three hours, shows of this length tend to roll together in one slowed-down blur of inspiration and harmony, but as management signaled the impending “adios” around 12:30 a.m., an Eddie Van Halen-ized reading of “Pay The Snucka, Pt. III” perhaps woke the audience once again.
One of the many things that has always separated David Lynch from other Hollywood directors is his utter departure from linear narrative. From his collegiate short film collection to 2006’s Inland Empire, Lynch’s surrealist landscapes and structure in film have set him leaps and bounds apart from any other director. Lynch has never lost his avant-garde style that so many filmmakers shed the moment they leave college. With the album Crazy Clown Time, Lynch utilizes the same style of music that has become just as much a part of his filmography mythos as the films themselves. Technically, this album could be considered a techno release, though each song is its own entity, and none of the songs
bleed into the next like so many techno songs are known to do, proving that Lynch has given himself the creative freedom to give each track its own style and grace. Crazy Clown Time even features some vocals from Lynch, most of which are the filmmaker’s poetry readings or complicated ramblings about the working of the human brain over music. For example, the aptly named track “Strange and Unproductive Thinking,” a deep drum beat with some electronica thrown in for good measure, has Lynch speaking in a robotic voiceover with the phrase: “During the aforementioned dialogues, we discovered the possibility of the curve towards progressive behavior and the ultimate goal of evolution, which grants the benefits of added awareness.” While this particular track seems like a vehicle for the artist’s poetry, the rest of the album stands out in a stand-alone soundtrack for a
film that Lynch has yet to make. Crazy Clown Time is dripping with all the sounds and music that we expect out of one of Lynch’s productions. Many of the lesser electronic tracks seem like they would be more at home in the soundtrack for Eraserhead (1977) or Twin Peaks (1990-91). There are the tracks that give off the dismal and dirty feelings of his early films, which have the urban decay settings. Then there are the tracks that take a more acoustic turn and bring in memories of the rural settings that were prevalent in Lynch’s later films. Then, like the title track, there are the songs that are just pure Lynchian levels of bizarre that even the most educated of artists couldn’t interpret. Fans of the films will find much comfort in Crazy Clown Time knowing that David Lynch is still doing what he is best at.
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Loutallica’s disarrayed Lulu
Lou Reed and Metallica create an unlistenable mess By Kevin Kaber Assistant Fringe Editor Fringe@uwmpost.com
The undesirable collaboration of Lou Reed and Metallica, otherwise known as Loutallica, is an unfortunate combination of already successful but aged musicians at best. At worst, it’s an awful and uncreative mess, along the likes of an elderly crackpot yelling at his neighbor’s boring garage band. Upon first glance at the album’s cover, listeners – only eager to hear its content, had they not heard any leaked snippets floating around the Internet – are greeted by a sad and flushed mannequin, a strange foreshadowing as to the effects of listening to the whole album. The two disc, ten-track album opens with the innocent-enough acoustic guitar of “Brandenburg Gate.” It doesn’t last long, however, as Reed’s shaky but light voice tells us that he will “cut my legs and tits off/when I think of Boris Karloff and Kinski.” Metallica then shreds a mediocre late-‘90s Metallica riff, while vocalist James Hetfield belts out the lyrics with hardly an inkling of
confidence whatsoever. So begins the rest of the album. Lulu’s first single, “The View,” follows the same formula, but has a little more liveliness. Reed’s grumpy old voice tries to catch up to Metallica’s middlerate contribution. In this track, fans of Metallica might enjoy the guitar solo, which, though short, is the most outof-place piece to the album (besides “Mistress Dread,” if you can listen through all seven minutes). Prevalent here, and the rest of the album, is the unprofessional transition between Reed’s spoken word and the Metallica-driven chorus, which, infused with dreadful lyrics (“I am the view/I am the table”) drops any credibility the album could muster. Reed’s admiration of avant-garde poetics is blasted all over Lulu. His croaking spoken-word performance on the album might evoke a sadistic chant practiced by devilish cults, especially over Metallica’s heavy riffs and bass drums. In that sense, Lulu might find itself fitting as an episode in a Heavy Metal movie, but not much else. Hetfield’s vocals take the right cues from his own history, but then fumble
around in a laughable manner. Without reason, he might go from a decent (to his standards) voice to a grumble or from an enraged growl to a cheap scream. His inability to manage his pitch is notably heard on “Cheat on Me,” where his voice cracks in an attempt to reach an impossible falsetto. There’s no reason as to why he does so, which only makes the album more aggravating. The questionable motivation behind anything on the album, or the album itself, for that matter, is an infuriating curiosity. The redeeming qualities on the album are slim to none. The seasoned musicians behind Lulu should have at least realized this before producing this ridiculous, messy compilation. Has Reed just spewed the rest of his avant-garde sentiments on Metallica’s aging music? Is this some kind of experimental noise and sound project revived by Reed? Or is it simply a joke? Either way, audiences are surely not going to receive Lulu very well. It’s an unfortunate, but glaring blip for both Lou Reed and Metallica’s respectable and influential careers. Overall, Lulu will forever be known as an embarrassing and unlistenable effort on their behalf.
The unfortunate pairing of Lou Reed and Metallica is among music's greatest failures.
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EDITORIAL The following piece represents the views of the Editorial Board of THE UWM POST. The editorial board is not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and these views do not represent the views of the university.
Good senses make good neighbors
Students, Murray Hill Neighborhood Association should try harder to love thy neighbor For some time now, there’s been discord among the inhabitants of Milwaukee’s East Side. Though many student renters and homeowners live together in the 58-block radius that comprises Murray Hill, they are anything but united. On one side of the divide resides the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association. A coalition of neighborhood residents, they represent the attitudes of a large swath of property owners near UW-Milwaukee to maintain a desirable quality of life. Long fed up with student noise, they have been creating an uproar of their own as of late. Beginning April 2011, MHNA has been waging a campaign against UWM students and administration and working closely with law enforcement to crackdown on ordinance violations. Through their “Report It, Record It” campaign, MHNA has been the primary driver behind the nearly 200 percent increase in noise complaints reported around the UWM campus since April, a quarter of which are routinely dismissed by the responding officer as “unable to locate complaint.” Additionally, MHNA has opposed efforts by UWM to develop the Northwest Quadrant, even though the area in question lies outside of MHNA’s definition of Murray Hill’s boundaries. Yet, despite the rising acrimony between the neighborhood factions,
there remains an obvious path to achieving harmonious alignment with one another. It’s called respect, or failing that, a mutual appreciation for the community in which both groups live and the individuals who comprise it. As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the other.” For MHNA, this means backing off the anti-UWM rhetoric. There is nothing unreasonable about wanting peace and quiet, and Lord knows there are those who deserve their citations, but the methods used MHNA border on the puritanical. If the people next door are being too loud, the neighborly thing to do would be to ask them to keep it down before involving the authorities. Perhaps the MHNA could counter perceptions of anti-student bias by broadening what seems to be a singleminded focus in their pursuit to improve quality of life. They could, for instance, work towards preventing foreclosures in the Murray Hill neighborhood. There are currently 21 foreclosed properties in Aldermanic District Three, each of which detracts from the quality of life as significantly as student noise. It behooves MHNA to take action against additional foreclosures, though the action needed may not be as satisfying as busting the punk kids next door. In the same vein, MHNA would do well to remember that their proximity
to UWM has substantial benefits in the form of increased property value over time, a bottom line that will only further increase as new additions to UWM are realized. Though God help the MHNA’s genteel sensibilities should current plans to bring football back to UWM come to fruition. For students, this means keeping a handle on drinking and house parties. Yes, the college lifestyle marks a period of transition into adulthood that comes with increased freedom and independence. And yes, it’s reasonable to bristle at heavy-handed attempts to treat the neighborhoods around UWM like just another quiet subdivision or assisted-living community. But neither of these grants anyone the right to be as loud as they want or trash the neighborhood. Frankly, these are common sense things every decent person should know and practice long before coming to college. Some change is inevitable. The residency requirements that go into effect next year should help the standoff by ensuring that the students living off-campus are primarily upperclassmen and, presumably, more fully-realized adults. But like it or not, there will always be mixed neighborhoods surrounding UWM. A turf war will benefit no one. We must take it upon ourselves to learn how to live together.
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All of us at THE UWM POST want to hear what you think and welcome your letters to the Editor. Feel free to comment about articles, opinions or anything you find in our weekly issues. Send your letters in an email to letters@uwmpost.com. In your submission indicate whether or not you wish to remain anonymous. As some of you may have read last week, Brighten the Night occurred. Also, no one showed up. Furthermore, the Post's editorial was very firm in its assertions. First, I'll acknowledge that the Post had legitimate points. The event did suck; no one came except the (very awesome) volunteers and the message was not clear. So, we're taking corrective action. There will be another Brighten the Night on Sat, November 19th at 8:00 p.m., meeting at the same place. This time, marketing will go out weeks in advance in all forms. We will have a webpage, Facebook event with solid marketing and fliers that not only go out to the Union and neighborhood, but also to the dorms. We will be working with CVSL to recruit volunteers. We will bring SAFE Walkers and police, and there will be a shuttle taking people from Sandburg to Oakland and North. The intention of the event will be clearly delineated on all advertising materials. Furthermore, I’d like to extend the offer to the Post to work together on the event. Their criticisms were valid. Instead of simply not hosting again, we’d like to make the event better. Additionally, I’d like to make clear that the intention of Brighten the Night was to raise awareness of the fact that life doesn’t end after dark on the East Side. I do hold firm the notion that the safety reports are unnecessary; however, my goal with the event was not to attack the alerts. No SA official, myself included has ever said or even come close to promoting the idea that there is nothing to fear about living in the neighborhood. There are crimes, and we do believe students need to be wary of their actions. The goal of the event was to promote the exploration of an after-dark urban environment, not to prove that there is no criminal element to Milwaukee. To that end, the SA is going to be cohosting safety and awareness training sessions to students for free. These efforts combined can help combat crime on the East Side and help students become a positive participant in the after-dark community. – Brent Johnson
A peaceful dialogue In response to, "The Vatican and economic oversight," published October 31, 2011 We would like to thank Mr. Bornhoft for a well-researched and relevant article on the Catholic Church’s views on current issues. It definitely merits saying that the Church has a broader scope than the current issues and ideologies in conflict in this country today, and Mr. Bornhoft states this with great clarity, while giving excellent insight into the relevance of the Church’s standpoint on those issues and remaining even-handed with the pros and cons of the ideologies involved. Hopefully an article like this can promote reflection, peaceful dialogue, and much-needed perspective on the issues which face us all. –The Officers of the Aquinas Club Fides Et Ratio Wanker Coaches
In response to,"One up one down for Panthers," published October 31,2011 It is hard to image, how after only 2 years the UWM Men’s soccer program could be headed back to the toilet. The current coaching staff has by-passed quality Jr. and Sr. players to play English kids and their own recruits. Rumors have it that there have been locker room squabbles over team chemistry. Hey coach, if you always play freshmen and kids from England, you better have 20 freshmen from England every year. The irony is almost breath taking…the English kids probably hate the coaching staff more than anyone! –Jenny C.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE COLUMNS Get Involved By Miranda Rosencranz More action from the Panthers 5-1 victory over Wright State. Post photo by Sierra Riesberg
Unattractiveness By Angela Schmitt
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Population: 7 billion
Challenge or opportunity? By Jesse Anderson Staff Writer editorial@uwmpost.edu
On Halloween, of all days, we welcomed the arrival of the world's seven-billionth person. Well, sort of. Gerhard Heilig, a United Nations demographer, explained that estimates involve “guessing” to a degree and that “there is a window of uncertainty of at least six months before and six months after October 31 for the world population to reach seven billion.” Regardless of exactly when and where the seven-billionth person is (or is not) born, 7 billion is a very big number. It would take 200 years just to count to 7 billion. Seven billion steps would take you around the world 133 times. Imagine 7 billion human beings and all of the things that need to happen to meet all of their needs. The news renewed concern about overpopulation and whether the planet can provide for the needs of so many humans. However, population is a complicated topic. Life expectancy and consumption patterns in developed nations compound concerns over world resources, like fresh water, food and oil, because it takes a lot of energy to fuel the lives and activity of 7 billion people. As far as overcrowding, did you know that the world's population standing shoulder-to-shoulder would fit within the city limits of Los Angeles? So it's not space we need – it's finding and sustaining balance in the ways we engage
each other and the finite resources of our planet. To explore such topics, every year the Nobel Conference brings cuttingedge science issues to the attention of the international community and fosters a discussion of the moral and societal impact of these issues. I had the privilege to attend in 2009 for “H20: Uncertain Resource” and 2010 for “Making Food Good.” In such forums, experts and common sense agree: Food and water are precious resources often taken for granted. You need it, I need it, we all need it, but what if there weren't enough to go around next year? In some places, there may not be. Hundreds of thousands of people in northwest Kenya are almost out of food and water already. We've all seen pictures of famine in Ethiopia. In central Asia, irrigating the desert has nearly pumped the Aral Sea dry. In the U.S., however, we have an obesity epidemic, and water flows at the flip of a switch. On top of that, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, industrialized countries waste 222 million tons of food annually. This is a vivid testament to the imbalance between people and the resources available. There is a reason that we hear numerous groups echoing the sentiments of hippie environmentalists. They are on to something that I think we can all sense, and that is that the world is out of balance. The promise of unlimited progress – the promise of domination
of nature, of material abundance, of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, of unimpeded personal freedom – has sustained the hopes and faith of the generations since the beginning of the industrial age, but the jig is up. Unless population growth can be slowed quickly, it is feared that there may not be a practical non-violent or humane solution to the emerging world resource crisis. A population of seven billion presents a challenge. But it’s also an opportunity, depending upon how the international community, including you, prepare for that challenge. Fortunately, people are becoming aware of the issues surrounding population, consumption and resource exhaustion. This is evident in the underlying spirit of the Occupy movement spreading worldwide. Now our focus must be on attaining and sustaining a balance between what 7 billion people need and what the planet has left to give us. This isn’t something to put off until you aren’t busy, because that will never happen. If you want your kids to have the opportunity to live the American dream, you may want to take this seriously. If not, you may want to prepare them for a Malthusian nightmare. To learn what your impact on the global community is visit www.myfootprint. org. For more information on how the world's population affects you, visit www.7billionandme.org.
Strange new world
Nontraditional, returning students changing with the times
By David Rangel Staff Writer
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As I was sitting in a large lecture hall the other day, I couldn't help noticing how many students were off in their own worlds on their laptops and smartphones. Now, I wasn't trying to get into anyone's business, but the images of Facebook, sports websites and even people shopping online were visually unavoidable. This might not seem odd to most of you readers, since this is the norm in lecture halls these days. But to nontraditional or returning students, like myself, that have been absent from the hallowed halls of universities for 10 years or more, this is definitely a new thing. With a depressed economy and massive corporate downsizing in recent years, the nontraditional student is becoming much more common on college campuses. The number of Generation-Xers, and even Baby Boomers, returning to school has increased considerably. The result is an older population under conditions that are far different than their previous stint in university studies. While the basic foundation of higher learning is the same, this is a whole different arena than my first alma mater, circa 1996. Nontraditional students are back in a world that has seen major technological changes in the way people learn, live and
socialize. It still amazes me that I can keep virtually my whole world in a small bag or in my pocket, in the form of an iPad of iPhone. Let me tell you, it beats doing papers on a Brother typewriter, because you don't feel like walking over to the campus computer lab. Or, perhaps you procrastinate doing the paper, because you want to go to Blockbuster and rent a new movie on VHS, of course. We older students are pretty stoked about things like D2L, Skype, iPods and online class registration. (Standing in those UW-Madison registration lines took forever.) But modern conveniences still exist in unison with different kinds of obligations that most traditional undergrads don't have. The carefree student life for many of us won't return. We have real, fulltime jobs that are more involved than the part-time work we did the first time around in college. Some of us may have families – and everything that goes along with that. But being the forward thinkers and adopters that we are, I think we're making it work and assimilating into this atmosphere of immediate gratification. Being a music fanatic, I tend to remember periods of my life by what music was going on at the time. As a student of the grunge and Britpop era, where the battle over which was the better band, Oasis or Blur, was raging, I wouldn't have thought I would be back in school more than a decade later listening to throwbacks to my
youth, like Cults, Passion Pit, The Drums and MGMT. My dad listened to folkies, like Jim Croce and Gordon Lightfoot, as I did later, but now I'm listening to a new breed of younger acoustic crooners, like Iron and Wine, Mason Jennings and Bon Iver. Despite being of different generations and perhaps technological savvy, those of us 30 and over might not be that different from you twentysomethings. Music, fashion and even academic theories all evolve, revolve and come back around in new forms that are very similar to the old ones. Universities are places where all people of different ages, ethnicities and walks of life come together for the sole purpose of learning and growing. To the returning nontraditional student, the playing field and some of the rules of the game may have changed. But the overall goals of knowledge and socialization remain as they always have. I'm not exactly longing for the old days. I had my time in my early 20s, and it was great, but seeing things through more mature eyes can be beneficial and equally enjoyable. Conversely, I say, savor your 20s, kids. Make the crazy, cool memories, and drink life to the dregs. The real world after college can simultaneously be very good and not so good. But you'll never be able to go back to these days and have them be exactly the same. College is a privilege to be enjoyed and looked upon fondly forever.
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In Christian revisionists we trust for marriage inequality
Marriage not inherently religious By Brody Hess Special to the Post editorial@uwmpost.com
“Swiftly and soon, more than a third of Americans will be living under legal same-sex marriage regimes …[National Organization for Marriage] seeks to educate the public about the consequences of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, especially for children and people of faith.” This is a quote taken directly from “The Threat to Marriage” on the National Organization for Marriage’s website. They explain “Why Marriage Matters” in three different ways – for Jews, for Catholics and for Protestants. This group doesn’t care if you believe in Jesus or not, which, ironically, is where Christians draw the line for whether or not you’re going to hell. They simply want you to fight an “attack on the fabric of marriage.” Many claim that marriage is a Christian institution. This couldn’t be more wrong. As far as Christianity goes, marriage is a defect. As Edward Gibbon, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, wrote, “The use of marriage was permitted only to his fallen posterity, as a necessary expedient to continue the human species, and as a restraint … on the natural licentiousness of desire.” The Bible even states that being married can distract one from being able to fully worship God. Paul wrote, “It is good for a man not to marry. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs … But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world – how he can please his wife – and his interests are divided,” (1 Cor 7:32-34). The Bible also states that giving up all carnal pleasures, even between a married couple, is best:“There are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it,” (Matt 19:12). Historically speaking, marriage’s origin can be traced back to the Sumerians, a cradle of civilization primarily existing between the fifth and third millennia. This civilization predates the ancient Israelites,
from which we have Judeo-Christianity, who existed between the 13th and 5th centuries BCE (or Before Common Era) before being referred to as “Jews.” The earliest found “marriage certificate,” however, involves a Jewish man who received a healthy 14-year-old bride for six cows. It wasn’t until the 12th century CE (or Common Era) that the troubadours had the notion of courtship and romance. Furthermore, we don’t belong to a nation founded on Christianity. This belief, and many others, belongs to a group of people referred to as Christian revisionists. The 1796 Treaty with Tripoli, a treaty unanimously approved by the Senate in 1797, says, “the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” Most of the founding fathers were neither Christians nor atheists, but deists who did not believe in Christ’s divinity and believed in a god that did not communicate or interact with humans. The only orthodox Christian of the group was John Jay, who, with his belief that Catholics shouldn’t hold office, among other notions, was not in the majority. The first use of “In God We Trust” in currency was on the two-cent coin in 1864, after an increase in religious sentiment during the period of the Civil War. It wasn’t until the 1950s that “under God” was incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance, and “In God We Trust” began appearing on all coins and currency while becoming our national motto. In fact, Thomas Jefferson’s “unalienable rights” clause originally read as follows, “All men are created equal and independent. From that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable,” without using the word “creator.” So if the concept of marriage predates Christianity and Judaism, was essentially frowned upon by Jesus and Paul for disabling one to fully worship God and we belong to a nation that was founded by deists seeking a separation of church and state, why is religion being used as an argument against gay marriage and marriage equality?
Federal government not thinking about students Changes in financial aid will cause many to suffer By Allesha Gilbert-Ewing Staff Writer editorial@uwmpost.com
A number of stories about college students and their future financial statuses have been circulating around lately. My personal outrage began when I saw a brief article a few weeks ago about drastic increases in college tuition. According to the piece, a number of community colleges increased their tuition costs by five to ten percent, which is unfortunate given that many a student’s decision to attend a community college over a four-year institution indisputably has a lot to do with the lower tuition cost. I was shocked to learn that not only is tuition going up again, but also the Federal Pell Grant program will be out of reach for many students. Recently, a classmate who is in the UW-Milwaukee Student Association informed our class that the new budget in development is considering cutting out the funds from Federal Pell Grants – by adding new eligibility requirements that exclude most graduate students, as well as undergraduate students enrolled less than half-time. In addition to tuition increases, I couldn’t help but notice that many students have lost their work-study positions, which they qualified for and were granted from
the moment they started college. These unfortunate students looked forward to that financial aid in order to maintain a steady income. Where does the government, especially the Republicans, think students will get the money to pay for school without those positions? If the Democrats aren’t allowed to increase the Federal Pell Grant funding, many students who are struggling to attend school will be devastated. The Federal Pell Grant program is supposed to be the government’s way of rewarding and acknowledging students’ efforts to acquire higher education by giving money to help support students’ financial shortcomings. According to a recent New York Times article by Robert Pear, millions of students who are now eligible for the Federal Pell Grant program will no longer receive funding if the bill goes through the way the Republicans plan it to. Raising tuition costs and cutting Federal Pell Grants not only makes the government seem uninterested in higher education, but it also suggests that the government is punishing those who seek it. Sometimes I wish I could enter into those infamous boardrooms while the government is conducting a budget meeting and ask, “Isn’t anyone thinking about the students?”
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COMICS Primal Urges
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PET OF THE WEEK MacGyver is a Cairn Terrier who lives near UWM and loves watching all the students walk by from his favorite window. He is sporting his moustache since they are so popular in Milwaukee. We were moving back to the USA from Austria, I think MacGyver thought we might forget his toys, blankets, and goodies so he secured a box. To see your pet featured, e-mail petoftheweek@uwmpost.com!
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PUZZLES
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INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the squares so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once.
1 “Help!” 4 Jacket type 9 Flexible tube 13 Freshwater fish 14 Atlantic, for example 15 Spoken 16 A continent 17 Southern dish 18 Back to the Future character 19 A wordy conversation partner might do this (4 wds.) 22 Tattoo type 23 Like some home projects (abbr.) 24 Nest egg 26 Superlative suffix 27 Talk 31 Church officer 33 Sunglasses 35 Refuse to believe 36 Someone proven wrong might have to do this (3 wds.) 39 Despot 41 Traps 42 Sushi condiment 45 Junk email 46 Opaque discharge 49 No longer fashionable 50 Type widths 52 Take into one’s family 54 Instruct oneself to get over it (3 wds.) 59 Tonight Show host, once 60 Farewell 61 Right away 62 Fairy tale character 63 “Local” rube 64 Cooking vessels 65 Marries 66 Captivate 67 Compass pt. DOWN 1 Fabric belts 2 Position 3 Bring forth 4 “Uh-uh” (2 wds.)
5 Beige 6 Next in line? 7 Given a ranking 8 Not spoken 9 Vagabond 10 Openings 11 Paella ingredient 12 Claus helper 13 Hiding place 20 Fancy boat 21 Seed bread 25 Some 28 “LOL!” 29 Citrus drinks 30 Marine birds 32 Totals 33 Lee of bakery 34 Switch out 36 In the direction of the sunrise 37 Man-mouse link (2 wds.) 38 Chart again
39 Couple 40 Bratwurst or Polish 43 Prince of ___-Air 44 Decorative furniture patterns 46 “Unskinny Bop” band 47 Make current 48 Stairway features 51 Gomorrah partner 53 Curtain 55 Greek god of war 56 Prefix for pedia or mapia 57 Get together 58 Christas 59 Captured soldier, for short
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INSTRUCTIONS: Fill the squares so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the following letters exactly once: T, R, A, U, F, E, M, O, L. One row or column will reveal a hidden word!
solution found on page 4
solution found on page 4
Five years ago, Frankie’s sister Flo was four times older than Fido. Now she is only three times as old! Father Fred is very anxious to know Fido’s age. Can you help?
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