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The Student-Run Independent Newspaper at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Monday, April 4, 2011

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Volume 55 | Issue 25

A guide to bus manners

Abele, Stone bring platforms to the Union

Sports | page 7 Panthers’ baseball preview

A morning of forums with county executive candidates

Chris Abele

Jeff Stone

By Zach Erdmann and Mike La Count News Editors news@uwmpost.com

Later that morning, WUWM hosted their second Milwaukee county executive forum at UWMilwaukee, this one featuring Republican Jeff Stone. Candidate Jeff Stone entered the Union Wisconsin Room to take questions from Mitch Teich, executive producer for “Lake Effect” on WUWM. A few individuals entered as others exited, but most members of the scant crowd who attended the forum for Chris Abele earlier that morning remained in the Wisconsin Room. Now they would have a chance to hear from Stone.

On Tuesday, March 29, County Executive candidate Chris Abele explained his platform and ﬁelded questions from the audience as part of a forum organized by Milwaukee Public Radio WUWM. The forum was sponsored by the Student Association, the College Democrats, the College Republicans and the Panther Advocates groups on campus and began at 7:30 a.m. in the Wisconsin Room. It was mod-

erated by Mitch Teich, executive producer of Lake Eﬀect on WUWM. The sparse crowd was primarily journalists, including

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Secretive branch of the CIA recruits despite protests NCS operatives discuss what it is like to be the “eyes and ears” of the U.S. government By Steve Garrison Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

Operatives for the National Clandestine Service (NCS) faced accusations of murdering U.S. citizens Wednesday afternoon as they spoke candidly with prospective applicants from UWMilwaukee about the responsibilities and risks faced by the “eyes and ears and, at times, hidden hand of the nation.” The NCS agents, a branch of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), were blunt about what would be expected from prospective applicants interested in working for the secretive organization and discussed in detail what skills and attributes the agency seeks in its employees. Dissenters associated with

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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) attended the open session and disputed the operatives’ claim that the CIA does not target or kill U.S. citizens, arguing that CIA drone strikes have killed U.S. citizens in Pakistan. Because active operatives, selfidentiﬁed as “Phil” and “Zora,” presented the information and because it was intended only for people attending the information session, it was requested that this article not be published, and, if published, that the article ﬁrst be reviewed by the CIA to guarantee that sensitive information is not revealed. The UWM Post denied both requests. The NCS operates worldwide collecting “actionable human intelligence that informs the U.S.

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UWM Baseball takes series 2-1 over Butler

fringe | page 9 Latin American Film Series preview Shortly after 9:30 a.m., WUWM began recording and Teich began dispensing questions from both himself and members of the audience.

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WUWM faces budget cuts

A closer look at Landmark Lanes’ arcade

Editorial | page 19 County Executive candidates Jeff Stone and Chris Abele write in The dirty secrets of the East Side winter

Congress makes a move that threatens public radio

Marti Mikkelson reads the news while working as a producer and reporter for WUWM. Post Photo by Sierra Riesberg

By Michelle Sanchez Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

Milwaukee Public Radio’s (WUWM) $3 million budget is at risk of losing $250,000 if federal funding for public radio is prohibited. The necessary cuts would be far more drastic than cuts seen as a result of the recent economy. The loss of federal

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funding at WUWM would risk cuts in staﬀ, local content and the purchase of national coverage. Dave Edwards, director and general manager at WUWM, said, “Our budget cuts in the past have been things that listeners wouldn’t necessarily notice.”

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Edwards is also the chairman of the board of directors for National Public Radio, of which WUWM is a member station. He said the cuts could mean losing radio stations across the nation and stations located

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Wednesday, April 6

The Golda Meir Library will be holding a usedbook sale on the fourth floor in the Conference Center from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. It will be open to students, faculty and staff who show a valid ID. It will also be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Union Concourse will be holding the 12th-annual Housing Fair starting at 3 p.m. There will be information on housing available in the area, an opportunity to meet with landlords, and leases available to sign.

Tuesday, April 5 Sexpo presents “Skin Hunger: In a world where personal touch is replaced by digital contact.” Skin Hunger explores the emotional effects of a decrease in physical contact in society and how individuals satisfy their needs through cuddle parties and RealDolls.

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Get the lowdown on free and cheap entertainment in the Milwaukee area at the “Broke Student’s Guide to Milwaukee” at 12 p.m. in the Wisconsin Room. The Student Association is holding a forum to discuss the impact of the Wisconsin budget on UWM students at 4 p.m. in Bolton 150. King Solomon’s hybrid reggae band will be playing in the Gasthaus from 9 to 11 p.m.

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ABELE Continued from page 1 cameramen from WISN, TMJ4 and Fox 6. Teich had several prepared questions and also accepted written questions from the audience. The forum kicked off with the question, “Why do you want to be county executive?” Abele responded, “The real joy in my life has come from giving back ... The reason I’m running for county executive is the same thing. I’ve watched, like we all have, for the last 10 years what’s happened as services have been cut. And largely because of the work I do with different constituencies, I see close up what the direct impact is on people’s lives. I’m running because I want to make a difference.” Abele continued by defending his position as a candidate with no political experience. Teich asked him whether he thought county executive should be an entry-level job?” Abele responded that although he didn’t have a political past, he was also not planning a political future. “This isn’t a baby step with the idea of a long career; I want to stay here. I love the county. What I do have experience in though, is changing organizations to help them do more, better,

who they found threatening and did not want in class. On March 30 at 7:44 p.m. a UWM soccer coach reported kids playing on Engelmann Field and asked that they be removed. He saw them from his home while watching the security cameras pointed at the field. Officers went to the field and the kids left. On April 1 at 2:36 p.m. there was a report of a female in the Klotsche Center who was still conscious, lying on the ground, but was drooling and foaming at the mouth. The Milwaukee Fire Department was called and a ladder truck arrived eight minutes later.

for less ... If ever there was a time for the county to be thinking along those lines this is it.” Abele continued to describe his view of the current state of Milwaukee County, including praising the parks system and airport as two of our strongest public assets that seem to be the focus of discussion. He also explained that although we can’t rely on the state to ﬁ x our funding problems in this political climate, he feels that we “sure as heck can go to Madison and say, ‘Stop exacerbating them.’” Abele also addressed the transit system in Milwaukee. He says his primary focus is repairing the transit system that already exists before we can look to expansion or major renovation. His suggestions included looking at middle management for increased accountability, not on the front lines of workers. In response to the question of a residency requirement for county employees, Abele gave a concise summary of his forum. He said, “I think it’s really, really important on the list of culture changes that we need to do at [the entry level] ... if you’re a city taxpayer, you’re also a county taxpayer and you’re also a state taxpayer. All these entities serve the same people. And I think as much as we can we have to get away from this competitive sort of balkanized attitude and start thinking about how we can work together.”

Abele is the founder and C.E.O. of the Milwaukee based Argosy Foundation. Image courtesy of John Jay Ward

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Feds grant $2.5 million for U-Pace Psychology department tests new teaching methods

will provide consistency to the claims. According to Reddy, the program utilizes two aspects: mastery learning and ampliﬁed assistance. Mastery learning means students must “master” the current material before moving on to new material. The ampliﬁed-assistance aspect refers to constant monitoring of students and immediate feedback provided by teachers

through email, phone, or faceto-face sessions. Five years ago, UWM Interim Dean of the College of Letters and Science Rodney Swain saw the need for a personalized teaching method that would increase the academic success of students at UWM, so he wrote an initial proposal for curricular redesign. From there, Swain partnered with Reddy and Fleming who shared an interest in creating updated mastery-learning and ampliﬁedassistance programs. In 2007, Reddy and Fleming – backed by Swain – created U-Pace, a program based on student control, ﬂexibility, personalized support and increased student learning and success. Presently, U-Pace at UWM has reportedly reduced achievement gaps, increased students’ understanding of time-management skills, increased students’ motivation due to the success they experienced, and improved learning and retention abilities. Swain also believes U-Pace could be useful for Milwaukee Public School students who come to UWM, helping them adapt and learn time-management and study skills from the start would add to the university’s ongoing

efforts to reach out to MPS. “Not every student will be successful,” Reddy said. “However, in focus groups, even students who didn’t do well still learned tasks.” “I think the program has an impact on behavior and thinking that goes beyond the course,” Reddy added. Due to the success at UWM, the grant, which was secured by Swain and provided by the Department of Education, will be used to test U-Pace for effectiveness over a four-year period starting on June 1. These official tests will be used to determine if others can benefit from the program. “If it’s proven successful, we’ll bring it to other institutions so we can spread the success,” Reddy said. Reddy says that to test the program, 2,000 students enrolled in introductory psychology, sociology and political sciences courses will be randomly placed into faceto-face lectures or the U-Pace version of the course to be tested in a rigorous way for effectiveness through surveys and analysis. “We will be using the highest scientific standards to randomize the students to best test effectiveness,” Reddy said. In U-Pace, introductory courses like Psychology 101 are broken down into smaller seg-

ments – about half a chapter. Over the course of the semester, students complete 24 quizzes on the segments rather than taking four large exams. They must receive a 90 percent on each quiz before moving on, meaning a student who completes all 24 quizzes will get an A. The U-Pace website is a D2Llike interface with ﬂash cards, review activities, crossword puzzles, quizzes, tips for success and extra readings to teach students how to study and retain information. Those in the program will also receive more feedback, the ampliﬁed-assistance portion of the program. “Students who need help sometimes aren’t likely to ask questions in class,” Reddy said. “This program capitalizes on the use of the technology to tell the instructor when a student is struggling.” She says there is ample opportunity for face-to-face assistance as well, if that is what the student desires. “The whole point is to increase support for students and increase a sense of control for the student,” Reddy said. “Students get control and the opportunity to experience success, which keeps

sion of whether our community was bankrupt,” he said. “I didn’t think it would encourage business to locate here [and] expand. I didn’t think it would be good for people who own property here.” When Stone and his wife moved to Wisconsin over 20 years ago, he started a small printing business. Stone said he wants to take his experience living out what he called “our American dream” and infuse it into the business industry in Milwaukee County. In response to a question submitted by the audience, Teich asked Stone what could be done about unemployment in Milwaukee County.

“Obviously that’s one of the biggest challenges we face in our community,” said Stone. He noted the trends in jobs being created across the country currently are either those which do not require a high school education but do not provide for careers and cannot adequately support a family, or those which require a college degree. “As a community and as someone who is interested in how we develop jobs, obviously we want to create those higher paying jobs that require more education.” He stated there is a need to support the universities, colleges and technical schools in

the county as well as economic development organizations like the Milwaukee 7. In regards to his support for the current state budget, still in the legislature, which includes cuts to UW-Milwaukee, Stone cited a current state budget deﬁcit of $3.6 billion. “We can’t spend money we don’t have,” said Stone. “We have less revenue than we did in 2008 and yet costs have continued to rise.” As a solution, Stone talked about the state government working with the UW System to save money. He expressed support for the ideas outlined in

the UW System’s “Wisconsin Idea Partnership.” This proposal has been presented to the legislature and would grant the system more autonomy over its operations which are currently governed by the state. While talking about the administrative freedoms being considered for UW-Madison, Stone said, “I am going be pursuing that and saying can we apply those principles if not only to Madison but to Milwaukee and maybe the balance of the system. Can we set the whole university system free to be much more innovative and creative in how they fund themselves?”

In addition to U-Pace, Diane Reddy teaches a Freshman seminar and Health Psychology. Post Photo by Sierra Riesberg

By Chris Flood Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

UW-Milwaukee received a $2.5 million grant to study the eﬀectiveness of the mastery learning and the ampliﬁed-assistancebased program called U-Pace. A program conceived by UWM psychology professors Diane Reddy and Ray Fleming has proven successful with UWM students, but further testing

STONE Continued from page 1 As he did in the ﬁrst forum with Abele, Teich started out by asking Stone why it was he wanted to be county supervisor. Stone, who is currently a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, said it was when he began hearing questions about the possibility of Milwaukee County going bankrupt that he became concerned about the future of business in Milwaukee. “I just thought the last thing we wanted to have was a discus-

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Moonstruck Author pursues degree, serves on student government after achieving success in the world of publishing

Katrina “Moondancer” Drake began writing ﬁction after failing to ﬁnd a novel with a character like herself. Post Photo by Sierra Riesberg By Zach Brooke Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

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Like much of the student body at UW-Milwaukee, Moondancer Drake is a non-traditional student. However, that designation barely begins to describe her. For instance, the Peck School of the Arts theater major also has the distinction of having authored two volumes of paranormal lesbian fiction, the second published during her enrollment at UWM. And then there’s her name. As Drake puts it, “I met a woman at a powwow I went to years and years ago, and she said to me, ‘You need to find your name.’” So Moondancer, née Katrina, began a search that found its end in a dream. “I was a young child dancing bare under the moon and it just felt right. I felt I was looking at my little self,” she said. “I’m not one to stand still for any length of time… It always seems I’m in motion, except maybe when I’m sleeping.” That may be an understatement. In addition to her writing, which she admits is hampered by the demands of being a full-time student and mom, Drake also serves as a Student Association (SA) senator, the President of the Pagan Student Fellowship, and as a member of the Student-Parent Association and American-Indian Student Association. While such a parade of titles may seem like blatant résumé padding, they are more likely a reflection of Drake’s passion for activism and community involvement. During the course of an hour-long interview, the 42year-old mother of two reflected on the sense of responsibility and desire for community that comes with maturity. “Age is just a way of gaining more experiences and more knowledge and more tools to be a better servant of your community,” she said. It was this sense of purpose

that led Drake to become involved with the SA. “I would not consider myself a politician; I’m an activist. Unfortunately, you take an activist and you put them in a situation where they see the student government body really heavily messing up and doing things for their own agenda rather than for the students – you can’t help but get mad about it. And it came down to me getting mad,” she said, adding, “That’s when I decided I was going to run.” Among her proudest achievements as a senator is sponsoring a resolution that calls for the university to provide genderinclusive housing for students who have a non-traditional gender identity. “I was really surprised at what I was able to accomplish simply by being vocal, being honest about stuff, and being passionate about it,” she said. No doubt finding her voice in SA was made easier by having already developed it in print, a process that Drake says has been ongoing throughout her lifetime. “I’ve always loved writing, [but] until a few a few years ago it never occurred to me to write anything that was publishable.” An avid reader of fantasy novels, she became encouraged to take the plunge into publication after failing to discover a character that represented women like herself. Drake suggested that race – specifically, its all-too-oftenskewed portrayal in fiction – also played a part in her decision to take up the pen. “You have these urban worlds, but everybody was white … I don’t know any cities that look like that.” So what does becoming a published author get you? According to Drake, “A lot more work.” “I love writing. I don’t like marketing. I really, really dislike having to market to my work. I just want to write it and have somebody else do that, and that’s just not the way smallpress publishing works.” Still, she says, the rewards make the work well worth it. “The good part of it is I have e-mails from people I have never even met that talk about how my work has touched them or has changed their life in some way. That’s awesome. Authors cannot get enough of those emails.” It’s clear that readers are responding to the meaning and purpose inherent in Drake’s fiction, an extension of her assured sense of self. “I am always authentic in who I am. So even though there are different aspects of me that might confuse a lot of people, those are all just part of me. I am very free-form flow into my different roles.” With such confidence and drive, it’s only a matter of time before she includes another role into her pantheon of identities: that of a college graduate.

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CIA Continued from page 1 president, senior policymakers, military and law enforcement,” according to the NCS website. The CIA has been recruiting on campus since the 1960s, but this is only the second information session held by the NCS on campus in as many years, according to Ada Walker, recruiting manager and senior career counselor for the Career Development Center (CDC). An estimated 80 students attended the two information sessions Wednesday afternoon, and the recruitment drive by the NCS is “fairly unique for the campus,” said Angie Visgin, program coordinator for the CDC. NCS Collection Management Officer Zora said that they are not recruiting at other universities in the area. She suggested that the programs offered at UWM make the college particularly attractive to NCS recruiters but would not say what programs specifically were notable. Operatives within the NCS are separated into four individual career tracks based upon the skills employees possess and the interests they express. “Your background, jobs, and experiences are tools you will use in the field,” Phil said. According to Phil, fluency in key languages are of particular interest to the agency, and any applicant who possesses fluency in languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Russian or Korean, among several

others, can expect a lucrative signing bonus, up to $35,000. Active operatives with the agency who need to be fluent in a particular language to fulfill an objective can expect to be trained on the job, according to Phil, spending up to six hours a day, five days a week immersed in language-training programs. Upon completion of a language-training program and passing a fluency test, active operatives can receive “retention bonuses” for retaining fluency in the language, as well as for any other languages in which they remain well-versed. “The more languages you know, the more opportunities you have in the agency,” Phil said. Quick wit and comfort in stressful situations are also valuable assets for hopeful applicants, and Phil warned that maintaining a “cover,” or false identity, often for years at a time, can be particularly challenging. Phil said that when protecting a false identity, an operative always has to be aware of Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. “A cover is a living thing,” Phil said. “You have to work at it and strengthen it.” According to Phil, the NCS strengthens national security and foreign policy through two methods of information gathering: persuasion and manipulation. Because persuasion takes time, a luxury in short supply in the field, manipulation is the main method of obtaining vital information.

Phil warned potential recruits that if they have ethical concerns about manipulating subjects to acquire information, they should reconsider applying. He said the moral ambiguity inherent in such a career choice does not bother him personally, however, because the information is gathered to protect the country. “I am comfortable with my work,” Phil said. “To me, it is black and white. There are not a lot of gray areas.” Dissent from SDS SDS member Jacob Flom clearly disagreed about how many gray areas there were in the operative’s work and expressed his disapproval about the CIA’s involvement in foreign affairs early in the session. While discussing the responsibilities of the CIA, Phil said that the NCS does not target U.S. citizens, at which point Flom interjected from the back of the room, asserting that the CIA had killed U.S. citizens in Pakistan during the Bush administration. Phil told Flom that if the New York Times journalist who published the article alleging murder was present, he would be willing to discuss the issue, but that the NCS had organized the session to discuss job opportunities, not political issues. Flom and another member of SDS then began circulating leaflets titled “What Does the CIA Really Do?” which alleged the CIA’s involvement in assassination, drug trafficking, and aiding in the overthrow of democratically elected

foreign governments. Walker, who was also in attendance, told the students that they could not circulate leaﬂets and asked the agitators to leave, a request with which the agitators refused to comply. He threatened to call security before the agitators left the room and the disagreement was carried on outside the session room. Several students in attendance were clearly frustrated with Flom for disrupting the meeting, with one attendee telling him to shut up. Elana Amarandei, a UWM graduate who attended the session out of curiosity, said that political disagreement is “common in everything.” “I found it exciting,” Amarandei said. Walker told the agitators that the NCS had rented the room and were allowed to do what they wanted to do, and if the agitators want to protest the event they should “rent a room.” Flom was combative with Walker about denying his right to hand out material and express his opinion at a public meeting. “So it is not our right to do what we want to do?” Flom asked. Walker later said that it was not the students’ message that was at issue, it was the method they chose to express it. “If they want to protest and hand out ﬂyers, they should have done it before or after the event,” Walker said. “Not while students are trying to learn about a job opportunity.” Objection to the publication to the article The Post’s responsibility is to inform the community about events and issues happening on campus that impact the student body. In that spirit, the Post decided to reject the NCS’s request that the article not be published, or, if published, that it be submitted

WUWM Continued from page 1 in more rural areas that cannot sustain themselves would suﬀer. “Some stations, and WUWM falls into that category, will need to make decisions on whether to cut local or national coverage,” said Edwards. NPR and WUWM work together for local and national coverage. Local journalists collect news for the station, and national programs are purchased from NPR. “We have a symbiotic relationship with NPR,” Edwards explained. Edwards said that when the protests broke out in Madison, NPR used stories from journalists at WUWM for their coverage. WUWM functioned on a $3,669,712 budget in the 200910 ﬁscal year. Of that, $2.7 million was from community contributions in the form of listener donations and fundraising. On average, roughly 101,100 listeners are tuning in each week. “I do not believe we could make up for the loss of federal funds through fundraising. We would have to make fairly dramatic cuts to our budget,” said Edwards.

for review before publication. The Post consulted several media professors on campus, including David Pritchard, media law professor and chair of the Journalism Department, about the legality of publication. Pritchard said that while anybody can ask that information not be published, the NCS had no legal right to review the article before publication. “[Journalists] have a perfect right to publish anything that happens in a public meeting,” he said. National Clandestine Service Career Tracks: Operations officers “…collect human intelligence of concern to the U.S. president, policymakers, and military by recruiting and handling clandestine human sources in a secure manner,” according to the CIA website. Collection management officers “…guide clandestine human intelligence collection and dissemination by serving as the bridge between Core Collectors and the intelligence consumer.” Specialized skills officers “…a diverse group consisting of Information Resource Officers, Language Officers, Paramilitary Officers, Programs and Plans Officers, and Targeting Officers.” Staff operations officers “…guide and support human intelligence collection and clandestine activities while protecting sources and methods in both the foreign and domestic field. SOOs serve as the primary interface between CIA Headquarters and those serving overseas.” Source: https://www.cia.gov/ offices-of-cia/clandestine-service/ index.html

Edwards said he has received notices that listeners are writing to Congress in hopes to eliminate the threat of defunding the program. The next two biggest contributors are the federal government and UW-Milwaukee. The College of Letters and Sciences at UWM helps fund $200,000 of WUWM’s budget. The station is licensed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and is operated by the UWM College of Letters and Sciences. But the $200,000 is not from student pockets; it comes out of the Dean’s budget for each of the individual departments within the college. WUWM works with the college to allow opportunities for internships in broadcast news, marketing, programming, and with the station’s magazine. WUWM began in 1964 to bring local and national news to southeastern Wisconsin. Listener support has increased since, and there are now two versions of WUWM to accommodate music and program radio in high deﬁnition. Edwards said that covering local issues is the cornerstone of what WUWM does from the Chase Tower downtown. “Public broadcasting is a public service to local communities,” he said.

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Manners on the bus go ’round and ’round By Lauren E. Groh Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

Keeping your elbows off of the dining room table, covering your mouth when you sneeze and chewing with your mouth closed are all examples of good table manners. But what about good manners while riding the bus? What about bus etiquette? For many students at UWMilwaukee, riding the bus is an everyday experience. It requires time management, warm clothes and patience. According to the Milwaukee County Transit System’s (MCTS) Passenger Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, it also requires attention to a few basic rules. “MCTS serves roughly 140,000 riders each weekday,” says Jacqueline Janz, the MCTS marketing director. “With that many people on our buses, we do need to remind people from time to time of certain bus practices.” According to the MCTS Passenger Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, the MCTS works to provide satisfactory buses, operators, schedules and bus stops. They also pledge to consider and respond to comments in a timely fashion, and to treat passengers with respect. In return, they expect riders to pay the correct bus fare, provide identification when needed, respect other passengers and bus operators, and clean up after themselves. They also encourage riders to give up seats for the elderly and disabled, and to be patient during times of heavy traffic or poor weather conditions. In response to a survey, UWM students and other Milwaukee-area residents were able to compile a list of their “biggest pet peeves while riding the bus,” which nearly mimics the list of MCTS “Bus Rules”: – Don’t play music without headphones, and keep the

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them motivated.” Reddy says that with the current economic climate and 80 percent of students using financial aid, students have to work more than ever to finance their schooling. U-Pace understands this new student predicament by providing flexibility that traditional courses don’t. UWM senior Sandy Vue is double-majoring in psychology and biology. She decided to take a U-Pace course last year. Vue said she liked the amplified assistance aspect – professors provide constant feedback. She said the support and feedback she got from professors helped her stay motivated and confident in what she accomplished. Vue also liked that she could

noise at a reasonable level. Have your money or bus pass ready before entering the bus. – Refrain from using offensive language. – Move all the way to the back of the bus to allow other passengers to enter and find a seat or standing position. – Don’t sprawl out across two seats when other people are standing because there are no seats available. “Your purse does not need a seat of its own,” says Jessica Hodkiewics, a UWM student. – If you have excessive luggage or a stroller, sit on the sideways-facing seats in an attempt to keep the aisle clear. “We are currently testing 30 buses in which we created a stroller/cart area,” said Janz. “We took out a row of seats to allow individuals to place themselves, with the stroller, in this area. This allows the aisle to remain clear.” – Be mindful of noise levels when talking on the phone. – Allow elderly/disabled passengers to enter and exit the bus ahead of you. – Don’t eat stinky food, and always put a lid on your beverage to avoid spilling it. (NOTE: According to the official MCTS Bus Rules, smoking, eating and drinking are not allowed on the bus, and are against the law.) – Everything you enter the bus with, you must exit the bus with. There is a trashcan at the front of every bus, and usually a trash can at or near every bus stop. Bus operators go through the Passenger Interaction Program during their initial training, and the MCTS offers a refresher course for senior operators. Drivers deal with each issue accordingly. In rare circumstances, when bus operation or customer safety is in jeopardy, drivers contact the dispatch center, and route supervisors offer assistance. “Since the bus belongs to everyone, we all need to make an effort so everyone can have a pleasant ride,” says Janz.

balance a full credit load and take a U-Pace course on the side, in order to graduate on time. Regardless of why a student takes the course, Reddy explained, U-Pace works for everyone. “I didn’t struggle in school, nor was I a great student,” Vue said. “Still, U-Pace helped me regain control of time-management skills and boosted my conﬁdence.” The Math, English and Economics departments at UWM have shown interest in UPace, as have colleges in Indiana and North Florida. Swain, Reddy and Fleming continue to make progress with U-Pace even though Wisconsin’s education system faces major budget cuts. “The department is planning to make cuts to their budget,” Swain said. “We have to make sure this innovative approach is not damaged.”

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Panthers win home opener Panthers win Friday, split Saturday doubleheader with Bulldogs By Alex Wendland and Nick Bornheimer Staff Writers sports@uwmpost.com

Sophomore Jordan Guth ﬁres a strike on Butler this weekend. The Panthers took the series 2-1 to open conference play. Photo by Sierra Riesberg

Unlikely matchup should make for exciting outcome UCONN will down Butler for National Title By Nick Bornheimer Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com

How many people had Butler and the University of Connecticut playing for the championship on Monday night? No one. I didn’t even get a single Final Four team right. Now that I’m looking at the outcome, it really doesn’t seem that implausible. Connecticut is 13-0 in tournament games on a neutral floor and Butler is riding a 14-game winning streak, but a three seed and an eight seed? Really? Analysts and fans have been saying all year that there isn’t a dominate team in college basketball, but this is the only time since seeding began that no No. 1 or No. 2 seeded teams have reached the Final Four. It will be a battle of experience vs. youth with 38-yearcoach Jim Calhoun of UConn and 33-year-old Brad Stevens of Butler. Calhoun could win his third national title with a victory Monday night, making him only the fifth coach to do so. Stevens relies on something known as statistical analytics to get his team ready for each game. He studies statistics for hours to discover tendencies of certain players and teams. He then uses these tendencies to approach different offensive and

defensive scenarios. This is an extremely uncommon approach to coaching collegian basketball, but Stevens and his Butler Bulldogs are entering the championship game for a second straight year. It looked unlikely enough for a small school from a mid-major conference to reach backto-back title games, but on top of that, the Bulldogs lost star Gordon Hayward to the NBA last year and slumped early on in the season. Butler may not have even made the tournament if it weren’t for a game they won against UWMilwaukee at the U.S. Cellular Arena on the road, giving them an automatic bid. Guards Kemba Walker of UConn and Shelvin Mack of Butler have guided their squads through the 2011 tournament showing extreme poise and leadership. It comes down to 40 more minutes of basketball, and a champion will be crowned. Brad Stevens will win a national title, it just won’t be this year. I like UConn to win 7265, Walker to take the MVP and Calhoun to retire and ride oﬀ into the sunset on top. Butler can no longer be the viewed as proverbial “Cinderella,” reaching backto-back title games. The boys

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As is Milwaukee Panther tradition, the baseball team started the season on a lengthy road trip to wait out the Wisconsin winter. This season’s trip totaled 20 games, included multiple high-profile opponents including No. 16 nationally ranked Arkansas, and left the Panthers with a 5-15 record. The Panthers finally opened both their home and conference season against the Butler Bulldogs this weekend. The Panthers rode a complete game gem from senior Chad Pierce on a rainy Friday afternoon. Pierce threw a four-hit shutout that, combined with a pair of early Butler errors, ended in a 4-0 victory for the Panthers. Saturday brought a doubleheader to the Hank, the first game of which the Bulldogs won 4-1. Bulldogs pitcher Jared Wagoner had a near-complete game, pitching eight-and-twothirds innings including and allowing only one earned run. The Panthers, however, weren’t without offense. “We had 13 hits and only one run. That’s pretty hard to do,” said Panthers coach Scott Doffek. “It’s just a matter of getting some timely hits, some hits that score runs.” If that’s the case, then consider the Panthers (7-16, 21 Horizon) masters of punc-

tuality in the second half of Saturday’s doubleheader. The Panthers started slow again, not scoring until the sixth inning, but from then on both teams put on a show. The tension in the Hank immediately rose when senior Cole Kraft hit an RBI double to the wall to put the Panthers on the board. Both dugouts’ reactions intensified with every pitch. “You get into desperation, those last nine or 12 outs. Whether you’re behind or ahead, the blood pressure rises,” said Doffek. Butler regained the lead in the seventh on a pair of two hits by Michael Letzter and Pat Gelwicks. Milwaukee stormed right back scoring three runs in the bottom of the inning and taking their first lead on a two-run single by Kraft. Butler (11-12, 3-3) would not go down easily, scoring another run in the eighth on a Jack Krause double to tie the game five. The Panthers needed a 6-4-3 double play to escape a jam, keeping the damage at just one run. It was Jonathan Capasso’s RBI single that gave the Panthers the lead and eventually the winning run. While the blood pressure went up, the Panther team rose to the occasion. Pierce had another great game going three for four with one run, and Kraft finished two for three with a game-high three RBIs. Junior pitcher Kaleb Engelke stomped out any potential fires in the last inning and

two-thirds while shutting the Bulldogs out and ensuring the Panthers wouldn’t have to play the second half of the ninth inning. “Kaleb did a great job. He just pounded the bottom half of the zone and got us a victory,” said Doffek. If the Panthers have an Achilles heel, it would have to be their reliance on freshmen. At the end of Friday’s win, the Panthers had five freshmen in the lineup. Saturday’s second game saw freshman pitcher Gunnar Eastman come into a high-pressure situation in the conference opener. Eastman looked promising but ultimately struggled and was relieved by Engelke after facing only three batters. Coach Doffek saw the situation differently. “We’re 20 games into it and he’s pitched in a lot of games like that and has thrown the ball really well,” said Doffek. “We’re going to need those guys down the road so let’s see right now.” The Panthers’ freshmen class is certainly talented and has meshed very well with the team as a whole. Coach Doffek’s philosophy is made clear in one statement: “From freshmen to seniors, we’re Panthers.” As always, the Panthers play their home games at Henry Aaron Field, 4200 N. Green Bay Rd. The next home game will be April 11 at 4 p.m. against St. Norbert’s College and all games are free to attend.

Where do we go from here? NFL lockout leaves players seeking alternatives By Tony Atkins Asst. Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com

It’s spring already and there is no football. Sure, the Packers won the Super Bowl a couple months ago, but NFL football is a year-round business. Free agency, trades, rookie drafting, signing, training camps and game planning are among the many things posted on the “to do” lists in the ofﬁces and facilities of the NFL’s brass. The only problem is that these oﬃces and facilities are now empty and are probably riddled with tumbleweeds and spider webs. So that begs the question: What are the players (the people you care about) going to do if they aren’t able to roam the gridiron in 2011? As the battle between the NFL Players Association and the franchise owners continues, many players are seeking alter-

natives. The most notable move was made by Bengals’ wide receiver Chad Ochocinco who had a four-day tryout for the Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. Other players jumped ship and “took their talents” to the Arena Football League, players such as Cowboys receiver Troy Bergeron and Browns wide out Rod Windsor. The players without the bigtime contracts and salaries will be the most impacted by this lockout because they won’t be making any money, while their living expenses and taxes continue to pile up. Making the most out of the training facilities and practices in the AFL, CFL, or other leagues will be a good way for players to stay in shape and out of trouble while making some money just in case negotiations continue to stall. Other players with more lucrative contracts will be able to relax and not worry about

whether they’ll get to earn a living or not. This includes a Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, who is threatening to retire if he isn’t traded from Cincinnati. Unfortunately, everyone’s issue isn’t money. Some players have to deal with personal issues and family time. Looking at the glass half full, players that are facing prison sentences such as Johnny Jolly, formerly of the Packers, and Aqib Talib of the Buccaneers will have an opportunity to get their prison time out of the way, possibly without missing playing time. Injured players will also have a little more time to nurse their injuries and get back into playing shape for when play resumes. Perhaps the lockout would be an eye-opener for players who have taken the game for granted and make them come back to the game with more hunger and intensity. First, we have to get the game back, one step at a time.

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Spring training on spring break March is a magical time for a sports fan. In addition to the NBA regular season winding down, the NCAA tournament is in full swing and all 30 Major League Baseball clubs are ﬁrmly entrenched in either Arizona or Florida, working their way through the 35-40 game spring training schedule. I had the opportunity to go down to Arizona over spring break and watch the ﬁnal week of games for the Milwaukee Brewers in the Phoenix area, and I must say, it was totally worth it. The Brewers play their home games during spring training at Maryvale Baseball Park on the west side of Phoenix. It’s not in the greatest area of town, but don’t let that prevent you from ever taking a trip to the Valley of the Sun. The stadium is just minutes from interstate 10, making it close to the other West side spring training parks in Goodyear, Surprise, Peoria and Glendale. All of the Cactus League parks in Arizona are in such close proximity to each other that it’s not out of the question for a baseball fan to visit all 10 stadiums during his or her trip. Maryvale Baseball Park certainly isn’t an architectural wonder, but it’s a great place to watch a game. The stadium can hold about 10,000 people: 7,000 in the

seats and another 3,000 on the lawn beyond the outfield fences. There isn’t a bad seat in the house. Tickets range in price from the $8 lawn seats to $22 field, which is right in line with other ticket prices in the area. A great thing about spring training is that players are more accessible than they would be during the regular season. The team’s morning practices are free and open to the public, and most players are willing to sign autographs as they navigate their way from one field to another. For kids and baseball memorabilia junkies alike, spring training offers plenty of opportunities to get up close and personal with their favorite players and even take home a few souvenirs. I saw three games at Maryvale Baseball Park. The atmosphere was fantastic. The stadium served brats and Miller Lite beer, making the park feel like Miller Park in Milwaukee. If that’s not Milwaukee enough for you, even the Klements sausages race during every home game. The only thing missing is Bernie Brewers’ slide. So if you ever get the chance to go down to Phoenix to check out Brewers spring training, do it. There’s no better way to take your mind off the Milwaukee winter than to enjoy a week or two basking in the Arizona sun, watching Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun prepare for another long baseball season.

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Tony Atkins: UCONN MVP: Kemba Walker

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Continued from page 7 from the Horizon League will not go down without a ﬁght. Staﬀ Picks Jeremy Lubus: Butler MVP: Shelvin Mack

Alex Wendland: Butler MVP: Matt Howard John Linn: UCONN MVP: Jeremy Lamb

The Panthers have a younger roster this season but have the talent to make another deep post-season run.

Young roster, big expectations Doffeck has sights on another successful season By Jeremy Lubus Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com

Usually, in all sports, a deep run into postseason success requires a few characteristics like talent, chemistry, luck and experience. That experience can be found with upper classmen who have been through the battles and know what it takes to succeed at the highest level. However, what rarely grabs the headlines is the transition phase. Enter the UW-Milwaukee baseball team. Don’t mistake transition with not good. The Panthers are every bit as good as they were last season, in fact they could be even better. “We are not playing at the level we need to be playing at just yet,” said Panthers coach Scott Doffeck. “We are a young team that is still learning to play at this level but we will keep working at it every day.” Doffeck enters his fifth season as the head coach but is

in his 17th year with the program. That kind of stability has helped the Panthers become a yearly contender in the competitive Horizon League. This season will show why Doffeck is a complete coach in case some were still unsure. The Panthers lost nine seniors from last season including four everyday starters. Turnover was expected coming into this season but the 2010 class was the biggest class Doffeck remembers having in quite some time. “Last year I had five fifth year seniors starting for us,” said Doffeck. “This past weekend I looked out there and realized I had five freshmen in the lineup.” This year’s Panthers squad is young but does not lack in talent. This year’s roster includes 20 student-athletes who are either freshmen or sophomores including last year’s summer player of the year Ryan Solberg from Waukesha West. Solberg was also an all-academic member as well.

“It is a completely different game,” said Doffeck on high school and college baseball. “Actually, it’s more like night and day. For the most part they have not had to deal with adversity. A bad day for them in high school might be going two for five.” The biggest transition the freshmen had to make is the amount of practice and longer season. What has frustrated the new freshmen is playing a total of 23 games and practicing just three days outside. The weather has not done the Panthers any favors this season. “We talk a lot about mental toughness and dealing with adversity,” said Doffeck. “This is a prime example. We have played some tough competition this season. Our first few games were against SEC schools in front of a few thousand people and we haven’t even practiced outside yet.” Yes, the southern states have the multi-million dollar facilities and warm weather. But the seemingly endless winter season does have a benefit for the Panthers. “Our guys play 56 games in a two and a half month span,” said Doffeck. “We play so many of our games away from Wisconsin that we really become a family. We spend so much time together because we have to travel so much unlike the southern schools who can play their games and go home.”

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Art, without the artist Samuel Williams phones it in at Inova By Justin Hamilton Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

Samuel Williams is creating a fast-paced art experience at the Kenilworth Inova gallery where he will send instructions for a new installation to be created each day for 38 days. Post Photo by Sierra Riesberg

Samuel Williams is a unique artist. Most contemporary artists would be on site for their opening receptions, making sure everything looks perfect and gauging viewers’ reactions. Not Williams. His current exhibition at the UW-Milwaukee Inova/Kenilworth gallery, which opened appropriately on April Fools’ Day, was empty when the ﬁrst viewers walked through the gallery doors. Not one piece of art in sight, just an open white room. You see, unlike most exhibitions that feature a static cast of works on display for a set amount of time, Williams seeks to create a viewing event unlike any other by presenting an additional sculpture each day for 38 days. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg. As if presenting an empty showroom on day one wasn’t enough, Williams won’t be making any of the work himself. He won’t even be in the country. Instead, the U.K.-based artist will call the gallery each day and give instructions to volunteers to create pieces based on his descriptions.

Each of the volunteers was selected from the student body at UWM or from the Milwaukee area and have not received prior instructions from Williams, giving the exhibition a uniquely collaborative dimension rarely seen in high-caliber showings. The unorthodox approach gives this particular show more lasting appeal than a typical exhibition. By using volunteers to create his work, Williams is dissolving the barrier between artists and the public, making his work more accessible in the process. In addition, the introduction of a new piece and a new session of art-making each day gives the viewer more incentive to return to the gallery for repeat viewings. This way, the exhibition becomes more of an ongoing event in the community than merely a timeframe to view selected art objects – an admirable approach to sharing one’s creative vision. The exhibition will run through June 19 at UWM’s Inova/Kenilworth gallery, located at 2155 N. Prospect Ave. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Friday-Sunday 12-5 p.m., and Thursdays 12-8 p.m.

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in a campus classroom for the public. Post: What are some of the more significant films on this year’s docket? Kline: We’re pleased with the whole lineup this year; 11 countries are represented among the 15 feature-length narrative and documentary films. We have comedies, drama, and even one experimental film. Post: What are some of the thematic preoccupations of this year’s lineup of films? Kline: The series, seen as a whole, represents the kind of diversity present in the Americas. You can enjoy films that portray both rural and urban settings, a range of social classes, the lives of children, efforts to maintain culture in a global economy.

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The UWM Union Theatre is renowned for its substantial variety of cultural ﬁlm festivals, from the Festival of Films in French to the LGBT Film Festival to the current menu item: the long-running Latin American Film Series. In the past the series has showcased the work of some incredibly important and diverse directors, avant-garde legend Maya Deren and Argentine master Carlos Sorín among a host of others. The 2011 edition of the event is no diﬀerent.

Japanese ﬁlmmaker Toshifumi Matsushita directed The Gift of Pachamama – a peer into the lives of Bolivia’s dominantly rural culture. Image courtesy of blog.nmai.si.edu The UWM Post asked programming director Julie Kline about the history of the event, its most important contributors, and what to look forward to most. The Latin American Film Series runs through April 8. UWM Post: First, give us some information about yourself. What exactly is your role in planning the ﬁlm series? Julie Kline: I’m Outreach and Academic Program Coordinator for the UWM Center for Latin

American & Caribbean Studies. I organize the annual series (together this year with coprogrammer Aaron BethkeShoemaker) as part of our educational outreach programming; the series is a way to help educate about Latin America and the Caribbean. Post: How long has the Latin American ﬁlm series been running? Kline: This is the 33rd year of the series; it started as three to four ﬁlms being screened

Post: The website denotes a special Chicago Latino Film Festival Night. What exactly does that entail? Kline: We’ve collaborated with Chicago since about 1992, bringing up a few new films that are included in the Chicago lineup. [The Chicago Latino Film Festival is among the largest and most outstanding Latin American film festivals in the country.] In addition to the two films we’re showing from Chicago, we expect to also have at least one of the guest directors join us. Post: The films in the series originate from all around the world. One film in particular, The

Gift of Pachamama, is distinct in being directed by Toshifumi Matsushita, a Japanese man. Why is it included? Kline: It’s included because the film is a very sensitive portrayal of the lives of rural Bolivians. Like other films, it is an international co-production, involving multiple countries, including Bolivia. Post: There are a significant number of international collaborations included, from Carancho, Argentina, France, Chile, South Korea, to Antiplano, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands. What is it about Latin American film in particular that makes it so conducive to such internationalism? Kline: Co-productions characterize much of contemporary Latin American cinema. It is as much an economic consideration (it costs money to get films made) as anything. Post: Broadening out from the Latin American film series a bit, who do you see as some of the most important Latin American directors working today? Are any of their works incorporated into the film series? Kline: Pablo Trapero is one example; the director of the film Carancho is part of a boom of recent years in new Argentine cinema. Other directors are well known in Latin America, but have not always had their films distributed in the U.S. The film series showcases films from the well-established film industries of Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and others.

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The American Revolution didn’t have soundboards Railroad Earth at Turner Hall By Graham Marlowe Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

The American Revolution didn’t have soundboards, mixers, or the ability to plug in, but few bands could hold a candle to the resemblance Railroad Earth’s music bears to this special time. The same could be said of the Old American West; however, to say Railroad Earth is just another revival act would not only ignore a reputable community of tapers, it would form a dishonest critical basis for their work. All the frontiers that once covered that vast American expanse show up sooner or later in the music of Railroad Earth. As Saturday night proved, the band is at the height of its powers. By now, the group’s songs are muscle memory, though it’s clear that this Jersey jam band has recently entered a live-show career peak that drifts along the Dead’s late-’60s cosmic-cowboy explorations. The sextet found most of its Turner Hall momentum between the tamer, more elec-

tric first and second sets – the middle of the sandwich, so to speak. Following a mellow, subdued take on “The Forecast,” a newer instrumental “The Man Who Invented Sin” led to an emotive “Mighty River” with the grace of “China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider” from Europe ’72 (The Grateful Dead). From there, it was all about the “head” – literally and figuratively – as five of the six band members (drummer excluded) sprinkled many second-set tunes with banjo, mandolin, and fiddle soloing that took to the distant, faraway lands of modal blues for sometimes 15 minutes a pop. “Warhead Boogie” and “Dandelion Wine” had an especially Celtic inflection, and though there’s nothing explicitly “psychedelic” about this band, its members break enough musical rules to give off a searching, long-form vibe. Todd Schaeffer (vocals/guitar) coyly stepped in whenever he felt like it with acoustic-goneelectric excursions that rang out with the badassery of AC/DC’s Angus Young. Despite the fre-

quency of these instances, they never got in the way of the wellchosen studio cuts. “Lonecroft Ramble,” “Lovin’ You” and “Hard Livin’” (with Andy Goessling on two saxophones) had emotional highlights of their own during their lengthy, doubleset sojourn. It should noted that for most “jam” bands, playing for three hours is a test of stamina for audience and band alike. A sort of closing remark for the show, then, was a mere look into the audience. Few crowds appear happier to be alive than RRE fans. For the same reasons people mock Deadheads, they are truly engaged with the music. And this, if anything, is the only worthwhile Dead comparison in the end. With dry, parched lips and a weary smile, Schaeﬀer thanked the crowd warmly, and implied that – because of their behavior – it makes this whole playing music thing feel less like work and a lot more like pure play. There was no real discussion at this show, as that would have diverted focus from the onstage happenings. Then again, this cyber-spatial jug band didn’t have a lot else to say. Sometimes that’s a good thing.

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Milwaukee band Absolutely spent two years playing gigs around the area at numerous venues like Cactus Club, building up to their debut album Absolutely Learns to Love Mistakes. Image courtesy of matthewedwyer.com

A beautiful mistake Absolutely finds niche in debut album By Justin Hamilton Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

After two years of steadily building a unique sound playing basements, clubs and bars, Milwaukee-based band Absolutely are ﬁnally releasing their debut album, Absolutely Learns to Love Mistakes. Recorded at Bay View’s Howl Street Recordings (recording home of notable Milwaukee acts such as Get Rad, Call Me Lightning, and Cougar Den), the album delivers a distinctive blend of math-rock and post-hardcore, recalling ’90s inﬂuences like Fugazi, Shellac, and Q and Not U while managing to put their own modern spin on things. Absolutely proves to be one of the best local releases this year. Album opener “Boat Punk Crust Chic” is a perfect introduction to the band’s sound, kicking into an upbeat punk track that, at just over a minute and a half, launches you

immediately into the rest of the album’s more complex sound. The next two tracks stand out for their asymmetrical song structure and highlight the band’s ability to switch gears at a moment’s notice, building and breaking suspense in constantly surprising ways. “Circus Lion in a Bathtub” plays oﬀ a back-and-forth dynamic between heavier, distorted punk segments and more melodic guitar runs throughout, and rhythmic switches hint at the band’s diverse inﬂuences. A wall of feedback then leads into the excellent “Yosemite,” which sees the band at its most subdued, working its way toward a crescendo of group vocals before blossoming into a beautiful and serene outro that would be at home on any Explosions In The Sky record. The tranquility is shortlived, however, as the album then moves into a suite of more dissonant, groove-driven tracks, led by long-time live fa-

vorites “Online With Jerry” and “Bummer Nation.” The tone here switches to a slower, more riff-driven sound that owes as much to ’70s stoner rock as it does to modern post-hardcore. These slower tracks really show a different side of the group’s song-writing with particular attention given to repeat listens – something not often seen on a debut album. “Denim on Denim” intentionally grates with its detuned riff and descending bass line, holding out until the last possible measure before breaking into a post-punk groove that showcases the rhythm section’s ability to lock in around an odd rhythm and allow the bass and drums to play off one another. The album then closes with a driving, grungy live staple in “Big Party At Robot House” before bringing it full circle with closer “New Church Smell,” a song that makes it two and a half minutes before seemingly decaying into oddly timed guitar strums that eventually give way into a relaxed variation on the opening track’s chords. It’s an inspired trick, one that again belies the band’s age, serving as one more reminder that these guys really deserve your attention.

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The Dodos turn the color down New album No Color from San Francisco’s Dodos By Steven Franz Asst. fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com

The Dodos are a group that do not make a habit of lowering themselves to expectations; they don’t use a bass drum, their guitar is rough and caustic and their songs long, spacious and aggressive. Predictably, their new album No Color is at its absolute best when it avoids the pitfalls of genre and classification, but the last thing a band like the Dodos should be doing is fitting in, which happens too often. It’s not like their forays into melody and twee folk are not somewhat beautiful in their own right. It’s that they feel half as inspired as when they set their instruments against each other in some terrible, reverberating conflict. No Color exists somewhere in the space between folk, indie rock and heavy metal. It draws on the hugeness of contemporaries like Arcade Fire, the percussive battery of White Rabbits, and the alt rock spirit of the likes of Japandroids without sacrificing its singularly, endearingly grinding assault on the senses. Although frontman Meric

Long bangs out his melodies on an acoustic guitar, the sound emanating from his instrument is something like a piano being slammed with a hammer, and half the time it sounds like he’s playing guitar with a nickel instead of a pick. The discordant eﬀects of this give the album a driving, dark undertone.

No Color exists somewhere in the space between folk, indie rock and heavy metal.

“Good” sets a high, harmonious chorus against the backdrop of a thrashing guitar part, a binary that’s unsettling enough before fading into a tornado siren of amorphous guitar distortion. The album is at its best when it hints at the lighter aspects of its nature – the poppy vo-

cals, the harmonies, the pop sensibilities – without straying too far from the enveloping cacophony of their natural sound. The songs, after all, are not exclusively dark and frightening; they are often beautiful examples of virtuosic songwriting craft but it’s a stylistic choice that fits the album’s title marvelously. The spaces between the lines are rarely filled in, and the album is stark and skeletal and beautiful without too much high-end, lightly-strummed guitar or delicately prodded xylophone. Good things are best in small doses, and when No Color begins to broadly open up its music spectrum to include all the bright little highlights, it begins to sound relatively normal in comparison to a song like “Hunting Season.” The song opens with Keaton Snyder’s beautifully disquieting xylophone before dropping the floor out onto a crevasse of aggressive guitar licks and impossibly huge drums. That’s the Dodos at their best: stark and barren, letting slip glimpses of the lighter side of things before setting them aflame.

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The Strokes make a comeback…sort of

The Strokes’ long-awaited fourth album Angles pleases, but is certainly not their magnum opus. Image courtesy of RCA By Patrice Vnük Asst. fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com

It’s hard to take a wrong turn when you’ve built as strong of a reputation as The Strokes have. And after a ﬁve-year hiatus following 2006’s Room on Fire, most fans of the New York City band probably expected nothing short of a masterpiece for the next album. After releasing two critically acclaimed albums before the lukewarm responses to Room on Fire, coming back with a bang would put The Strokes on top again. A girl can dream. The band’s fourth album, Angles, was hyped on music blogs months prior to its release, and it was available for online streaming several

days before going on the shelves. Diehard supporters claimed it was everything they wanted to hear. Upon ﬁrst listening to the opening track, “Machu Picchu,” that analysis sounded about right. Filled with a nice ’80s reverb and choppy bass, the song presents the talent and ear for a well-crafted, professionalyet-raw sound that makes you think, “They really know what they’re doing.” It seemed The Strokes were moving onward and upward. Expanding their sound was something they were criticized for in earlier years, but this expansion was in the right direction. Starting oﬀ strong was both a wise decision as well as a mistake. Toward the middle of the album one

starts to notice a certain lag in effort. It isn’t that the quality drops or that we hear a standout “bad” song, but a repetitive streak emerges, possibly to just carry out the same sound it began with. Front man Julian Casablancas displays smart songwriting and a decent vocal range, but it’s nothing that hasn’t been heard before. Tracks like “Taken for a Fool” and “Games” are good, but that’s about it. The adjective ‘vanilla’ comes to mind; it’s a thick lull listeners will have to push through to get to the end. Needless to say, these songs won’t compel many to hit “repeat.” Toward the close of the album, we’re graced with an uppity beat in “Gratisfaction,” which sounds like a more polished version of something off Room on Fire, the band’s sophomore record. The final track, “Life is Simple in the Moonlight,” is a throwback to their original sound that will surely satisfy the “is-this-it” craving so many early fans still have. Although the album was underwhelming as a whole, it’s still good enough to spend a little time with and add to a few playlists. Perhaps it’s one of those “grows on you” records; something out of the ordinary compared to the massive amount of buzz band material the public has been listening to in the recent past. But it’s probably safe to say that none of these songs will be featured on any future versions of Guitar Hero.

These slower songs really show a different side to the song writing with particular attention being given to repeat listens – something not often seen in a debut album.

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Rare species rediscovered once thought extinct The Landmark Lanes arcade By Tom Kosiec Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

During the 1980s and ’90s, arcades were a popular destination for gamers to experience the most technologically advanced video games on the market. The arcade scene was also a great place for people to socialize, and it wasn’t uncommon to see groups of people gathered around an arcade cabinet cheering on gamers as they set a new high score. Fast forward to the present day – most arcades have vanished completely. The decline of arcades started in the late ’90s to early 2000s during the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast era. Advances in videogame technology allowed arcade manufactures to bring their games into people’s homes. Since arcade manufactures could make more money on the home versions, many of them stopped putting out new arcade machines. Despite the rise of videogame consoles, one popular arcade destination that remains in Milwaukee is Landmark Lanes. The arcade

has been a part of Landmark for over 30 years and continues to do well today. Below is a brief history of the success and failures of Landmark’s arcades.

“People from all over the world came to [the pinball tournament].” -Randy Romans, service technician

Some of the very first arcade games at Landmark were Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and Ms. Pac-Man. Ms. PacMan is notable for being one of the first video games that women played. Other popular games were Cruis’n USA, “which did phenomenal,” according to Mitchell Novelty Company service technician Randy Romans. Landmark’s also had one of the first Dance Dance Revolution machines in Milwaukee, and it was so popular that a box fan was put in to keep players from sweating

too much. Another successful arcade game was Mortal Kombat, which, despite being incredibly bloody, could be censored so kids could play it. Pinball used to be extremely popular during the golden era of arcades. Milwaukee even held a tournament sponsored by the International Pinball Flippers Association (IFPA) to showcase new pinball machines and give out prizes. “People from all over the world came to [the pinball tournament],” Romans said. Some of the most popular pinball games were High Speed and The Addams Family. All of the arcade games at Landmark receive weekly maintenance to ensure that the machines are clean and everything is working properly. “It looks terrible when you have out-of-order signs on games,” said Romans. “You can tell a bad company by that.” Even though arcades are a former shell of what they used to be, the games won’t be leaving Landmark’s in the foreseeable future. “Landmark is unique … it has bowling, it’s got pool, darts, air hockey – and an arcade is one of the pieces that make it successful,” Romans said.

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A scene from Disaster Report 4 depicting the fallout of a massive earthquake. Image courtesy of Gameaid.org

Videogame companies affected by Japanese disaster By Tom Kosiec Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

The earthquake in Japan last month proved to be one of the greatest natural disasters in recent history, killing thousands of people. Many lost their homes, and the situation continues to worsen with growing concern over how Japan will control radiation from the nuclear power plants. Everyone in Japan has been aﬀected by the earthquake in some way, including the Japanese video game industry. Japan is home to some of the greatest game developers in the world: Nintendo, Sony, Sega and others. The good news is that, according to videogame website IGN, none were near the area destroyed by the earthquake. Famous game developers like Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid) and Fumito Ueda (Shadow of the Colossus) both tweeted that they were okay to concerned fans. Still, even though the Japanese videogame industry escaped the physical impact of the earthquake, several titles have been delayed or outright cancelled for various reasons. Cancelled: Disaster Report 4 Summer Memories (PS3) – This game revolved around a city damaged by an earthquake where characters must escape the wreckage. Delayed: Yakuza 5 of the End (PS3) – Had scenes containing an earthquake and other natural disasters. Motorstorm Apocalypse (PS3) – A racing game that featured natural destruction integrated into its gameplay. Steel Diver (Nintendo 3DS) – The release date has been

pushed back despite the fact that no earthquakes or depictions of natural disasters are featured. Other disruptions Since the earthquake, Apple delayed the release of the iPad 2 in Japan and Microsoft canceled a tour for Kinect. A launch event for Yakuza 5 of the End and the 2011 Monster Hunter Festa (a festival where fans of the franchise can watch skilled players play online) were both canceled. And while the Tokyo Game Show is still on for this year, it will likely suffer some size reductions. Nintendo, Sega, Sony and other game developers’ stocks dropped following the earthquake. Capcom closed many of its arcades in Yohoku and Kanto. Videogame sales went down after the earthquake, including Dynasty Warriors 7, which dropped 75 percent in sales in the second week. With the notable exception of Motorstorm Apocalypse, most Japanese games won’t be delayed in the United States. According to videogame analyst Michael Pachter at Wedbush Morgan, software shortages of Japanese games won’t affect the U.S., but hardware shortages could. Japan produces 70 percent of the anisotropic conductive fi lm used in LCD production, Nintendo DS panels and the iPad. Relief efforts Despite these challenges, many gaming companies have gotten involved in relief efforts. In an attempt to conserve electricity, Konami shut down their servers for Metal Gear Online, and Square Enix did the same for its Final Fantasy online games. Developers like Nintendo, Sony and Tecmo Koei donated to the Red

Cross to aid earthquake victims. Sony has also set up a donation area in the PlayStation Store. If you are interested in contributing to relief efforts in Japan, an obvious route is to donate money directly to the Red Cross. But you can also help by purchasing videogame-related goods. For example, Capcom and Sega are discounting some of their games on the iPhone with 100 percent of the profits going to the Red Cross. If you go to Facebook and “Like” game developer Mastiff (Space Invaders Revolution), the company will donate $100 for every 100 likes they get. If you buy in-game items from Farmville and Cityville, Zynga (the company that produces these games) will donate the profits to Japan. Best of all, if you have some extra cash to throw around, many rare video games and merchandise are being auctioned on eBay. Game Informer journalist Meagan Marie sold her prized Nintendo DS signed by Shigeru Miyamoto (Super Mario Brothers creator), Koji Kondo (Zelda and Mario composer), Eiji Aonuma, (current Zelda director), Charles Martinet (the voice of Mario), and Martin Leung (talented pianist who can play the Super Mario Brothers theme blindfolded), for an astounding $4,050. Other items up for sale are signed copies of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty by Kojima, a 15th-anniversary statue of Sonic the Hedgehog, and Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka’s personal guitar and FX pedals. Many more auctions can be found on playforjapan. org, a game industry relief effort which, as of March 30, has raised over $50,000.

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The last thing you do before you die Biutiful and the psychology of regret By Sean Willey Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

We all play our roles, but, simply put, we’re either one of two things: a creature of magical trickery or one of beautiful wisdom. Biutiful, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor at the 2011 Academy Awards, takes us to the underbelly of Barcelona,

to a world where family, black marketeering and drugs are closely intertwined. From director Alejandro González Iñárritu of Mexico, this Spanish-language ﬁlm (with English subtitles) took three and a half years to ﬁlm and is Javier Bardem’s most compelling performance yet, playing the role of Uxbal, a black-market businessman. Torn between his underground lifestyle and the one

with his family, he must come to terms with it all as death approaches. Uxbal’s yearning for a better world is shaped by the memories of his father and son. The ﬁlm opens in a snowy forest with nothing but an owl, Uxbal and another man. We see nothing but tranquility and sense a slight hint of judgment. Then – BOOM – we ﬂash back to Barcelona. He runs an underground

ring of sweatshop workers and street venders who sell the fake goods, but with a bipolar wife (Maricel Álvarez), a daughter (Hanaa Bouchaib) and a son (Guillermo Estrella), he struggles between the two worlds and also with the thought of the afterlife. To move on with no regrets he will have to undergo a ﬁnal mortal examination of redemption. Uxbal is not bad, but he isn’t good either. He’s simply lost in a world where good and evil do not go hand-inhand. He has sinned, he has killed, and he has loved. The latter is the reasoning for his actions, but the pressures of life sound too strong in his ear. He’s drowning in a pool of his own unworthiness while his attempts at good deeds always fail. We’re not talking death in the literal sense when we talk about Biutiful; we’re talking about death of consciousness. In a way, Bardem’s character is putting to death all the sins since the birth of his career. Iñárittu channels this psychology into every aspect

of Uxbal’s ﬂashback. Before the Reaper knocks, can he sew up his family, can he rid his mind of the evils he’s committed?

To move on with no regrets, he will have to undergo a final mortal examination of redemption.

One flaw, however, is that we almost feel too sad for Uxbal. Surely he’s lead a conflicted life, but Iñárittu almost goes too far in demanding audience sympathy. The wonderful thing about Biutiful is that it gives us a cultured look into a society that is very rarely portrayed realistically in American cinema. Stuff happens, consequences follow, but we have a choice. How do you want to leave? With your sins hidden or with a legacy of atonement?

Javier Bardem stars in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s (Babel, 21 Grams) latest, Biutiful. Image courtesy of Popculturenerd.com

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Melting snow reveals County Executive candidate a ﬁlthy East Side Chris Abele makes his case Litterbug tendencies have got to go Letter to the Editor

By Chris Abele Special to the Post chrisabele.com

Many of you are like me – you’re not originally from here, but you know this is a special place. From our vibrant downtown area to the spectacular Lakefront to our impressive educational institutions across the area, Milwaukee County is a world-class community. But we all look around and see there are serious problems with the county, and the future of our community hangs in the balance. If you’re like me, you know we must do better. And if you’re like me, you know we can. I’m Chris Abele, and I’m running for Milwaukee County Executive on April 5 because I believe in Milwaukee County, and I want to bring it back. And I know, like you do, that it’ll take bold ideas and new leadership that isn’t afraid to break from the status quo to get it done. Now – more than ever – Milwaukee County needs a

leader who isn’t a career politician, and isn’t bound to the old way of doing business. This is why I’m running for County Executive: to help grow our economy, so there are good paying job opportunities available here for people about to enter the workforce. We also have to focus on making this community attractive for people to live after college, and that doesn’t end with job creation. I’ve spent most of the past 15 years working hard to make Milwaukee County a better place. I’ve worked to strengthen key county institutions – like the Mitchell Park Domes, Bradford Beach and the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. I’ve partnered with other civic leaders to study the county’s fiscal problems and advanced ideas that can save the county millions of dollars. I’ve partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee to provide thousands of young people in our community with hope and opportunity. I want to continue the work

of making Milwaukee County a better place to live as your next County Executive. We all know that silly political games too often get in the way of real progress. As your County Executive, I’ll work with anyone willing to put aside partisan divisions to move Milwaukee County toward our goals of change and real reform. Some young people mistakenly think their vote doesn’t matter. This couldn’t be further from the truth – young people like you are the future of Milwaukee County. You have the power to make a true difference, and your voice must be heard. Please take five minutes to learn more about my vision for Milwaukee County – the home of the UW-Milwaukee – at chrisabele.com. And on Tuesday, April 5, please take another five minutes to vote Chris Abele for Milwaukee County Executive. Chris Abele is a candidate for Milwaukee County Executive.

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County Executive candidate Jeff Stone makes his case By Jeff Stone Special to the Post stoneleadership.com

Soon – or at least within several short years – the routine and rigors of college days will be over, and you’ll find yourself settling into the routine and rigors of finding a job, making a living and, for some, raising a family. You’ll be trading making the grade for making a budget – not that students don’t already find themselves stretching a dollar and living within their means. But when you say goodbye to college life and you’re on your own, it will be a whole different world. Student loans won’t be the only bills that have to be paid. The new world will include making sure your elected representatives reflect the same values, concerns and goals as your own. That’s why the April 5 election for Milwaukee County Executive is so important. Milwaukee County is dealing with critical financial issues involving education, transportation, recreation and safety, among others, and now is the time for those to be faced headon. Pushing them to next year, the year after that, or the year after that only means they will worsen and have an even greater

impact on you, your spouse or your family – no matter what path you take. As a Washburn University magna cum laude graduate with degrees in political science and history and as a longtime Milwaukee County homeowner, small-business owner and state legislator, I know what you already are and will be facing.

Milwaukee County is dealing with critical financial issues involving education, transportation, recreation and safety, among others, and now is the time for those to be faced head-on. Unlike my opponent in the election for Milwaukee County Executive, I wasn’t born into wealth. I started a printing business, made that business successful, lived within my means and paid my fair share of taxes along the way. In fact, I received a “Guardian of Small Business Award” from the National

Federation of Independent Business. While I was born in Kansas and lived in Arizona, I have made Wisconsin and Milwaukee County my home because they offer a quality of life hard to find elsewhere. I have a detailed plan to help Milwaukee County retain and enhance its unbeatable quality of life – at the same time saving the county tens of millions of dollars. It includes creating an economic and fiscal atmosphere that will make companies think “Milwaukee” when looking to expand or create jobs. Since being elected to the state legislature in 1998, my focus has been on job creation and reigning in excessive taxes and government waste. When you start your career, or even now as you’re preparing to start your career, I want you to know that you’ll be able to keep and manage more of the money you begin earning. This is what I mean when I say that your elected representatives should reflect your values, concerns and goals. A vote for me as Milwaukee County Executive on April 5 will help all of us make the grade now and in the future. Jeff Stone is a candidate for Milwaukee County Executive.

By Jackie Dreyer Editorial Editor editorial@uwmpost.com

The birds chirping outside our windows (and the sun shining through them before we’re ready to wake up) will soon become nuisances, but UW-Milwaukee students were clearly rejoicing at the warm weather that came just in time for spring break. With bright, cloudless days continuing to sneak in here and there post-break, all must not be lost on skipping class to frolic around outside or staying home to “day drink” on your front porch. Why, you may ask? Because the cranked-up sunshine has melted all the winter weather remnants, and what’s left is one hot mess. Let’s be honest: Many college students have a tendency, at times, to be messy, bordering on dirty, and the proof is what lies beneath. Left behind on the front yards and sidewalks of the neighborhoods surrounding UWM are smashed beer and liquor bottles, a multitude of cigarette butts and empty packs and the remains of various bodily functions. Needless to say, it’s safe to say that it isn’t the elderly folk at the Milwaukee Catholic Home senior living residence taking it to the streets. “Litter is not only unhealthy and unsightly, it causes a reduction in property value and can lead to an increase in crime, rodents and other pests,” says the City of Milwaukee’s Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS) online pamphlet titled “What can be done about litter?” Though students presumably care little about the property value of the flat they’re renting, what they should care about is not letting all hell break loose on heavily utilized streets. For instance, Maryland Avenue is a main thoroughfare for walking to campus, and its current state is revolting: it’s positively trashed. At the 2008 American Society for Public Administration Conference, Steve Spacek, Masters of Public Administration at Texas State University, presented an academic paper titled, “The American State Litter Scorecard: A Sociopolitical Inquiry into Littering and the Response Role of 50 American States,” from which two things stuck out immediately. The first was that Spacek cited Keep America Beautiful research that found “most Americans litter, yet even more admit liking a clean environment.” The second was that Wisconsin sits almost smack dab in the middle when it comes to litter eradication. Okay, so as a state, we’re not the best, and we’re not the worst. But does that mean we should

settle for average? (The answer is no.) The DNS pamphlet offers a progression of steps to take to get local litter cleaned up. Option 1: Clean it up yourself. Option 2: Speak with the tenant or property owner, and ask them to clean it up. Option 3: Organize a neighborhood clean-up effort. Option 4: Report the problem to the DNS. Suffice it to say, options 1 and 3 are, sadly, not likely to occur – typically, people don’t want to burden themselves with the mistakes of others, and organizing anything takes more effort than most people are willing to put in. Option 2 is also highly unlikely, because nobody likes confrontation. And Option 4 feels like an extreme measure for something as simple as picking up litter. Let’s call my suggestion Option 5: Gather up your roomies (or if you live alone, round up some friends) and set a sidewalk- and yard-cleaning date. Tidying up, albeit, isn’t always the most fun of tasks, but it’s time to start caring more about the general state of our university’s neighborhoods. If your mom or dad popped in for an impromptu visit, just think of how embarrassed you would feel considering the state of your property – a lecture would be hitting your ears before they even stepped foot inside.

Needless to say, it’s safe to say that it isn’t the elderly folk at the Milwaukee Catholic Home senior living residence taking it to the streets. You probably do at least some kind of cleaning inside your apartment or house. Hopefully, it’s at least a monthly sweep of your bedroom floor to gather up all the clothes scattered about and decide what’s still wearable and what’s finally in desperate need of a wash. Let’s pretend, though, that you’re going to buckle down and put forth a purposeful cleaning effort of your living space. You dust off all your furniture. You vacuum or mop the floor. You organize every book, dish and scrap of paper. You make your bed properly (for once). Sitting back and surveying the area, I know I get a sense of pride and accomplishment, and it definitely makes me happier to dwell in the space. It’s been said that “the drapes should match the carpet.” Well, let’s take that salacious saying and revamp it for the present situation – the inside of your apartment or house should match the outside. Trust me when I say that a cleaner East Side is a happier East Side.

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UWM’s Aquinas Club ofﬁcers respond to “Catholics and their political afﬁliations” By Joseph Flanigan, Alex Fons and Joseph Smith Special to the Post editorial@uwmpost.com

In the article “Catholics and their political affiliations,” published March 7 in the Post, the writer, William Bornhoft, makes a number of uninformed and denigrating insinuations toward practicing Catholics and the church’s teachings on social and moral issues. As the Aquinas Club, a Catholic organization here at UW-Milwaukee whose purpose is to give the Catholic perspective, we believe it is necessary to provide a response. It is true, as Bornhoft notes, that Catholics are issue-oriented, not party-oriented, in their voting habits. It is not necessarily true that Catholic teaching aligns with the welfare state over fiscal conservatism. The late Pope John Paul II stated the following in his encyclical Centesimus Annus, circa 1991: “By intervening directly and depriving society of its responsibility, the Social Assistance State leads to a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of public agencies, which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients, and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending. In fact, it would appear that needs are best understood and satisfied by people who are closest to them and who act as neighbors to those in need.”

To say that charitable donations and soup kitchens are ineffective is as uninformed as to say they are “rare.”

It should be noted that John Paul II stated in the same document: “The Marxist solution has failed, but the realities of marginalization and exploitation remain in the world, especially the Third World, as does the reality of human alienation, especially in the more advanced countries. Against these phenomena the Church strongly raises her voice.” It is difficult to see exactly what Bornhoft’s point is. He lauds the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and two Popes (when they agree with him) and condemns shadowy groups of Catholics for taking part in the needs of the impoverished in their community. To say that charitable donations and soup kitchens are ineffective is as uninformed as to say they are “rare.” According to the White House Budget for 2008, the total ex-

penditure for “Means Tested Entitlements” by the United States Government (including Medicaid, food stamps, family support assistance, supplemental security income, child nutrition programs, refundable portions of earned income tax credits and child tax credit, welfare contingency fund, childcare entitlement to states, temporary assistance to needy families, foster care and adoption assistance, state children’s health insurance and veterans pensions) was $354.3 billion. A study by Giving USA Foundation found that charitable giving by Americans in 2008 was $307.65 billion – a two percent drop from 2007. In short, private charitable donations very nearly matched government spending on welfare in one of the worst years the American economy has seen in decades. Most of the poor flock to such private charities because the aid they receive from the government is inadequate, inefficient, impersonal and ineffective. Private Christian charities are also renowned not just on a local and national level but on an international level as well – an area the United States government has had limited, politically expedient involvement in. Consider Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity or Food for the Poor, a Catholicsupported charity that puts over 90 percent of its donations into programs that directly benefit the needy across America and the world. In the Gospel of Matthew, Christ is approached by a holy woman who anoints his head with expensive oil. His followers complain that the oil should have been sold and the money given to them to (supposedly) distribute among the poor. Christ rebukes them for insulting the reverence and hospitality of the woman, whereupon Judas leaves in order to seek out someone who will pay him (embezzled charitable funds no longer being available) for giving Christ up for crucifixion. It is the duty of all Christians, Catholic and Protestant alike, to show the same reverence and hospitality to Christ in the form of aid to the poor and impoverished and to not turn control of charity and human compassion over to those who, like Judas, only wish to skim some off the top. It is not surprising that Catholics, and many Americans, feel more at ease deciding the use of their charitable donations themselves, rather than handing over the money in taxes to a bureaucracy seduced by (and in need of) silver – a bureaucracy with no qualms over betraying the people it professes to serve, with a suicidal fiscal noose hanging over its head. Joseph Flanigan, Alex Fons and Joseph Smith are officers of The Aquinas Club, a UWM student organization.

Barry Bonds’ trial casts shadow on American pastime Homerun legend proves an unsavory character, reluctant to deflate ego mony of almost a dozen of his former colleagues and trainers who administered him with the drugs. Last week, the trial opened against Bonds alleging that he committed perjury by falsely denying his steroid use under oath. But the trial is significant beyond the purging of Bonds’ blemish on the face of major league baseball. Other players who have used steroids stepped forth to testify against Bonds after coming clean about their own steroid use. Why can’t Bonds own up to his poor decisions and end the last vestige of an era of rampant steroid use? And now it’s proving difficult to find impartial jurors to use for the trial, because his reputation has an extremely negative light cast on it by the American public. Reach far back into America’s history,

and the popularity of baseball in our country’s culture is clear. In fact, in 1919, philosopher Morris Raphael Cohen went so far as to describe baseball as America’s national religion. Bonds’ trial represents a loss of innocence for American culture. In this time of political turmoil and economic recession, baseball is the light at the end of the tunnel. For many, baseball season is much like an old friend coming back into town, bringing along with it the gift of summer and sunshine – and Bonds is projecting his dastardly shadow over it all. Here’s hoping that the end of his trial signifies his dark clouds being banished from the sky, allowing America to once more revel carefree in the beer, brats and ball game that it knows and loves.

In case you didn’t know, ASAP is the way to go

Johnson and the ASAP party for this year’s election. Alex and Brent have led the charge on many of the issues we’ve focused on this year and truly care about students. Brent has worked with organizations like Vegan Interest Vegan Education (VIVE) to bring those vegan options to campus, and Alex authored legislation supporting the public employees at our university and taking a stand against the budget repair bill. They’ve shown us that they are seeking positions in the SA to help and serve you. They’ve supported diversity, they’ve implemented real transparency with us, they brought fair funding back to the SA, and they advocated with us to local leaders for an on-campus parking lot for students. From our conversations with students, faculty, and administrators, we’re comfortable saying that we’ve succeeded in making the SA a truly representative organization. Brent and Alex will continue what we started. They will lead a non-partisan SA that doesn’t focus on partisan politics, inside or out, but on students and issues that affect them. The SA doesn’t need politicians. The SA needs students who care about UWM. Brent and Alex do. If you want student leaders who are knowledgeable and who have proven that they can succeed in areas that other candidates simply talk about, vote ASAP on April 12-14. For more information on ASAP’s platform, visit ASAP2011.com. To see what we’ve done in the SA this year, visit sa.uwm.edu.

By Eric Engelbart Staff Writer editorial@uwmpost.com

Baseball is an institution in this country associated with the very fabric of our society – so it only makes sense that the national pastime be sullied by the albatross of a fallen giant, Barry Bonds, at the start of a new season. His trial has transcended ESPN and the realm of sports and is receiving national news coverage, as Bonds’ perjury and reluctance to admit to using performance-enhancing drugs has tarnished America’s national pastime. Bonds is the all-time major-league homerun leader, thanks to consistent steroid use throughout his career. He perjured himself last year, stating that he had never used them – contrary to the testi-

A message from Travis and Angela By Angela Lang and Travis Romero-Boeck Special to the Post editorial@uwmpost.com

As you may already know, Student Association elections are quickly approaching. On April 12, you will receive an email allowing you to vote until April 14. Though the SA might not seem important, it does have an impact on your experience here at UW-Milwaukee. The SA allocates funds to things like athletics, your bus pass, the UPARK program and the resource centers in the Union. The more important task of the SA is to represent you. When administration or local leaders propose something, it’s up to the SA to listen to you and make sure your voice is heard in the process. Needless to say, the SA is something you should care about and participate in. Its leaders, whether or not you see them everyday, will have an impact on you. A year ago, we ran for election with the Achieving Student Action Through Progress (ASAP) party. We ran on a platform of advocacy, transparency, diversity and fair funding. Since then, we’ve redirected resources to the Office of Student Life to further support the LGBT and Women’s Centers and created a new Inclusive Excellence Center to assist in the retention of underrepresented minorities and first-generation

college students. We’ve also increased support for student organization grants by increasing the amount of allocable funds by two-thirds. This will give student organizations the support they need to be strong and visible. Finally, we’ve spent the year working on parking issues and advocating for you in that area. When some university officials tried to take away your UPARK lot at the lakefront, we fought against it. After working all year, we are proud to say that you will have an on-campus parking lot at the old hospital site where you can park all day at no out-of-pocket cost. This lot will replace the lakefront UPARK lot. We are writing this because we’ve tried to make the SA a place where students can go to solve problems. We don’t that feel we’re here to govern you. We are here to represent you. When student organizations came to us and said they wanted more vegan options in campus restaurants, we worked with them to get it done. When there are enriching events on campus and we are asked to help sponsor them, we do it. We have been here to help you. At the end of the day, that’s our purpose. We want the SA to continue to solve student problems and listen to student concerns. It’s for this reason that we are endorsing Alex Kostal, Brent

Travis Romero-Boeck is the Student Association President and Angela Lang is the Student Association Vice President.

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Pet of the Week Blackie This is Blackie Sophia, an intelligent poodle mix whom is a Dominican-American pup. She likes to be taken on walks, running, and stealing the attention from the cat. Blackie dislikes the cold and would prefer to stay in doors when snow is falls. Blackie has been part of the family for over 5 years and makes her presence known when people knock on the door – by barking. Blackie is a great dog who barks and whines when she feels she needs to complete digestion – outside.

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Send us photos of your pet, with its name and a little about them to petoftheweek@uwmpost.com.

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The Beehive Collective April 5, 2011, 8am-9am, UWM Union Ballroom West Join the Beehive Design Collective as they tour with their newest graphic "the True cost of coal.” They will take you on a virtual tour of mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia. For more information email kschulz@uwm.edu. Sponsored by Student Labor Action Coalition, a student organization at UWM.

Dr. Masao Suzuki on the economic crisis April 7, 2011, 7:00pm-9:00pm, UWM Union Fireside Lounge Dr. Masao Suzuki is a professor of economics from Skyline College, California. He will speak about the causes and effects of the current economic crisis. Professor Suzuki has published articles and essays on the economics of immigration and national oppression. Also organizing in the immigrant rights movement, Dr. Suzuki will share his knowledge of economics as it relates to the education rights, immigrant rights, and national liberation movements. For more information email raspanti@uwm.edu. Sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society, a student organization at UWM.

PantherSync Feedback Focus Groups (two options) April 6, 6pm, UWM Union 280 April 12, 6pm, UWM Union 280 The Student Activities Office is seeking feedback from students (organization officers, members and others) regarding the PantherSync online system. The Focus Groups will be asked to respond to several questions on specific aspects of the system and the processes related to it. Sessions will be recorded for use by University staff in improving the system. Time permitting a Q&A period will conclude each feedback session. For more information email dake@uwm.edu. Sponsored by the UWM Student Activities Office.

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Student Organizations

The Student Activities Office now offers student organization training upon request. Student organization consultants are ready to attend your organization’s meetings to provide training on a variety of topics. Specifically, organizations are encouraged to request PantherSync training for both officers and members. Training request should be made at least two weeks prior the training date desired. This allows time to manage staff schedules and assign a trainer for your meeting. To make a training request, visit www.activities.uwm.edu and click on Organization Training can complete the Training Request for Registered Student Organization form. You can also access this form in PantherSync through the “Forms” tool. Trainings may also be requested by emailing activities@uwm.edu.

Renewal registration is in progress! Training is required! Choices are becoming limited!

details see Student For Activities Office is hiring! www4.uwm.edu/sao/panthersync/renewal.cfm The Student Activities Office is now accepting applications for two positions: Student Organization Consultants and Web Design/Developer. Student Organization Consultant Sign up for training with OrgSync Inc. (required general responsibilities include providing training and assistance to student organizations, representing the office at various events on campus and assisting students in finding training) involvement opportunities. The Web Design/Developer general responsibilities include You can RSVP from the Panthersync system one-on-one consultations with OSL Centerswithin for the planning/development and launch of departmental websites. Continued responsibilities include general maintenance, updating sign up and ongoing development of additional web site and resources. For the full position descriptions an application visit http://www4.uwm.edu/sao/temp/employment.cfm atand the Student Activities Office, Union 363.

September } 1:00pm, Student Monday, Organization Awards132011 (Deadline 3:00pm Extended!)or 5:00pm Tuesday, September 14

The annual student organization award nomination forms or are 1:00pm now available! The nomina} 10:30am tions deadline has been extended to Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 3:00pm. Categories include: Advisor of the Year, Outstanding Leadership Award, Outstanding Program of the Year, Outstanding Student Organization Award, Outstanding Volunteer Award, and Student Organization Service Award. For more information, contact Tom Dake at 229-5780 or activities@uwm.edu. Forms and more information will be available on the SAO Org Recognition page.

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Sudoku INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the squares so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once.

Solution found on page 4

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5 Bring an accusation against 6 Bobby of hockey 7 Big party 8 Get in the way of 9 Hairy 10 Time period 11 Called 12 Bart’s bus driver 13 Bird’s home 18 Process of degeneration 19 Nest egg abbr. 24 Identical 26 Resulting (from) 27 Aches 28 Make use of without right 29 House of an estate 31 Chest 33 Rent 34 Cutting beam

35 Dark purplish gray 38 Cubs, to some 40 Dueling sword 42 Chowder ingredient 45 Female protagonist, sometimes 47 Crowds 50 End of a sentence 53 Apprehend 55 Egypt city 56 Elliptical marine fish 57 Therefore 58 Make like a lion 60 Don’t leave 62 Russian ruler 63 Mix 65 Towel word 66 Eisenhower 67 Foxy solution found on page 4

Solution found on page 4

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THIS WEEK’S IN-WORD: ABSENCE

INSTRUCTIONS: Find as many words as possible using only the letters from this week’s IN-WORD. Words must be four or more letters long. Slang words, proper nouns, and contractions are not permitted. Only one form of a verb is permitted. Words that become four or more letters by the addition of “s” are not permitted.

Can you find 17 or more words in “ABSENCE?”

Solution found on page 4

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