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Rob Jeter, head men’s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will join the The Bill Michaels Show on WSSP (105.7 FM The Fan) Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 10:35 a.m. CT. The 11th-year head coach of the Panthers will talk about the upcoming 2015-16 season, which promises to be exciting with the return of four starters from last year’s squad that won seven of its final nine contests. Already the winningest head coach in the program’s Division I history, Jeter has guided the Panthers to four postseason berths, including a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, in 10 seasons. Milwaukee hosts Parkside in exhibition action Thursday night (Nov. 5) at 7 p.m. at Klotsche Center. The Panthers officially lift the lid on the 2015-16 season Nov. 13 when they take on Denver at the Cable Car Classic in Santa Clara, Calif.
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New Year’s Eve Dinner at Kil@wat Thu, December 31 | 5pm to 10pm InterContinental Milwaukee – Kil@wat 414.291.4793 | kilawatcuisine.com Ring in the new year with style as you savor a sensational five-course dinner. Upgrade to enjoy delicious wine pairings with each dish. Countdown to Bubbly Thu, December 31 | 9pm to 2am InterContinental Milwaukee – CLEAR 414.276.8686 | intercontinentalmilwaukee.com Get a little bubbly this year with a unique flight of sparkling favorites. Get Champagne, Cava, Asti and Sparkling Wine served with a selection of chocolate truffles. Window to the World New Year’s Eve Thu, December 31 | 5:30pm to 12:30am The Pfister Hotel – Blu 414.273.8222 x2450 | blumilwaukee.com Celebrate NYE with a night of elevated entertainment. VIP packages include a reserved table with premium champagne, party favors, and a dessert and cheese display. New Year’s Eve at Mason Street Grill Thu, December 31 | 5:30pm to 11pm Mason Street Grill 414.298.3131 | opentable.com Swing in the new year with wood-grilled classics, live music in the bar and a champagne toast at midnight. Private dining rooms are also available. New Year’s Day Brunch at Kil@wat Fri, January 1 | 7am to 2pm InterContinental Milwaukee – Kil@wat 414.291.4793 | kilawatcuisine.com Start 2016 off right with brunch at Kil@wat. You do want to have a prosperous and happy year, don’t you? New Year’s Day at CLEAR Fri, January 1 | 10am to 11pm InterContinental Milwaukee – CLEAR 414.276.8686 | intercontinentalmilwaukee.com Clear away the fog from your New Year’s Eve festivities with infused vodka bloody mary concoctions and all the hangover-healing garnishes. Dining options will also be available. New Year’s Day Brunch Fri, January 1 | 10am to 2pm The Pfister Hotel 414.935.5950 | thepfisterhotel.com Celebrate the New Year with friends and family in our elegantly appointed ballroom. Enjoy a spectacular spread of chef-prepared classics and savor a mimosa or bloody mary, or choose from much more. For More info check out /www.milwaukeedowntown.com
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THE PREPPY WAY TO STAY The Graduate is a boutique hotel located by campus right off of State Street, set along side Lake Mendota on historic Langdon Street, and around the way from Memorial Union Terrace. The hotel is nestled between the bustling shops and stops on State Street and majestic Capitol Square – the perfect spot for a campus visit, company meet up or place to pop by for a fresh pressed juice, signature brew or inspired rooftop view. As you walk into the hotel you are definately reminded of the 50’s college flavor with plaid fabrics, retro furniture and decor. Upbeat and modern, the lobby is a great place to hang and grab a quick snack. You will notice the techies on the main table adding to the charm of such a cool space. Checking in was easy breezy. The key card has old characters from different college movies and figures that adds even more charm to an already delightful place. The room is no less then to be desired. Sweet and retro with yes even more plaid and vintage fabrics bringing you back to an era that was fun and preppy. Simon and Garfunkle will be playing in ones head. Updated mod furniture anchors the room with all the amenities a good room has. A separate room with tv and pull out couch is ideal for someone with younger kids. This suite is really a cozy retreat. The rooms are ready for a night like you’ve never had before, where little moments of surprise and discovery will meet you down every corridor and around each corner. Location is key to any great hotel and the Graduate is perfectly located next to restaurants, bars, coffee shops, shopping and much more. So whether you’re dropping in for a show at the Overture Center, in town for a meeting, or gearing up to “Jump Around” at Camp Randall, this is a great place to start. THE BLIND Stunning panoramic views of Lake Mendota and the Capitol building paired with a tasteful and tasty menu of small plates and cocktails. From the roof you can see state street, the Capitol building and Lake Mendota. It’s beautiful. The menu is diverse and affordable. Service was friendly and accommodating. The cheesecurds and hummus were among the favorites to start things off. The portage burger with bacon brussel sprouts and duck fat fries paired with a cucumber martini can be added to my list of favorites here. Please visit graduatemadison.com for more information. 601 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703 | 608.257.4391
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UWM ANNOUNCES STUDENT STARTUP CHALLENGE WINNERS uwm.edu/news From a campus classified ad service similar to Craig’s List to software that tracks patient physical rehabilitation, winning ideas in this year’s Student Startup Challenge at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee span a range of disciplines. UWM students and recent alumni from nine winning teams will receive a total of $70,000 in support and services
in a yearlong quest to learn entrepreneurial skills by turning promising product ideas into prototypes and businesses. The UWM Student Startup Challenge, launched in 2012, provides winning student entrepreneurs a structured program that includes pairing them with students enrolled in various classes at UWM who help develop prototype devices, mobile applications and business plans.
Now in its fourth year, the competition is one component of UWM’s expanding entrepreneurial culture, called the Ideas Challenge, which also includes two major business plan competitions. The Student Startup Challenge has received support from the University of Wisconsin System and has been recognized by VentureWell (formerly the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance). “These teams are part of a growing group of UWM students, faculty and alumni who are embracing entrepreneurship,” Chancellor Mark Mone said, “and these entrepreneurs, along with many more like them, will benefit from the resources offered by the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship.” Recently funded with a $10 million gift from Sheldon and Mariann Lubar, the center will be a place that brings together and helps expand UWM’s strong array of entrepreneurial programs when it opens in 2017. The winning teams include: Joe Kotlan – “University Exchange,” a safe way for university members to buy, sell and trade within the campus community; Rasoul Hosseini and Andrew Eggebeen – “Smart Energy Grid,” a microcontroller system for microgrids; Alexis Nash – “OpenDoors,” a website/app for searching short-term lease options for storefronts in Milwaukee to
help startups get established; Wyatt Tinder and Rebecca Yoshika – “Cheese Maker,” a do-it-yourself machine for making cheese at home; Ke Chen and Julian Ziman – “Notes,” automatic software for musicians for reading music as an alternative to paper sheet music; Silas Petrie – “Ever Lock,” a novel lock that protects your entire bike; Shawn Bohler and Brett Pozolinski – “Rehab Tracker,” software for patients and physical therapists to track and maintain rehabilitation progress; Joseph Pliner – “Smart Sole,” new shoe inserts to help determine when running shoes need changing; Charlene Olive – “Shared Compass,” a social program providing jobs for the mentally disabled to learn to create and sell their art To date, the Student Startup Challenge has attracted more than $135,000 in grant funding in addition to the competition winnings and has involved more than 300 students across various disciplines. “Each year we are amazed by the diversity of ideas that come forward as a result of this program,” said Ilya Avdeev, an associate professor of engineering and co-founder of the Student Startup Challenge. “We’re pleased to help these talented individuals advance their enterprises and learn through the entrepreneurial process.”
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Winston Churchill Jamison was born on November 5th. He was a Scorpio. Even as he lay quietly in his hospital crib, a light seemingly shined on him indicating that he would be a person of interest. Winston’s parents, Peter and Mary, were ecstatic about the addition of their only child to the family. Peter was a factory worker while Mary tended to the house. Their plan was to raise Winston with the same middle class values as they were shown growing up. Almost immediately, Winston proved to be a precocious child. He devoured information and was having adult-like conversations by the time he was four. Peter and Mary were extremely proud of the boy who quickly became the talk of the neighborhood. The neighbors were amazed at the way he acted. He was able to engage in conversations of a boy twice his age. Winston danced through kindergarten, first and second grade like Baryshnikov performing Swan Lake. He always tested the highest of all his classmates and consumed information like a bear in salmon infested waters. His teachers, parents and classmates were more like an audience than instructional figures. He took great joy in showing everyone his academic acumen and enjoyed the scholastic experience immensely. The other kids did not resent Winston because he was very kind and eager to help out wherever necessary. They didn’t think about his great skills much because he handled himself with a great degree of modesty. One kid, Ethan, and Winston formed an early and lasting bond. Ethan was an average kid with a big heart and unending compassion for anyone less fortunate than himself. This compassion impressed Winston to no end and spawned an ongoing respect and admiration. Unfortunately, Winston’s reign of academic greatness was about to come to an end. By third grade, he was already feeling the grind of academic life and could only see pain and redundancy in his scholastic future. His performance began to slide because he focused on other areas of his life including his social situation. He saw the value of having close friends and turned his focus to those relationships. His academic down turn did not go unnoticed by his teachers and parents. Their concern was seemingly unending. To Winston, it seemed as though they were more let down with themselves than Winston. They were wondering what happened to their little prodigy. Around this time, Winston’s dad Peter was forced to take time off of his job because of back problems. The decrease of income put strain on the family that resulted in tension and fighting between the parents. Winston deduced that the lack of money caused a great deal of anxiety and quietly vowed he would never be in that situation. He also saw how his father’s lack of physical activity led to his back problems and also his premature aging. Winston got by third through six grade by being an average student. He needed to see a correlation between academic excellence and quality of life before he would exert that much energy again. By the start of seventh grade, he had serious questions about the curriculum. He saw how utterly unprepared his parents, especially his father, were to deal with adulthood and wondered why school did not address these basic needs. By this time, Peter had been in and out of the labor market for years because of his back. The money situation was so bad that his parents were constantly talking about divorce openly in front of Winston. The situation was compounded by the strain evident on Peter’s face from all the back medication
and his deteriorating physical condition. He was only 38 years old but looked 60. Winston wondered why school had not directly addressed people’s health and financial situation. Surely, with such a large time investment they could take care of these very basic needs in a more direct fashion. He calculated that kids spent about 15,000 hours of their time towards school by the time they finished high school. He was disappointed that every person did not have an, almost guaranteed, shot at financial freedom. He saw what the lack of money was doing to his own family and the helplessness they felt at trying to improve their situation. He heard his father lamenting over the fact that he was much too old to go back to school, not to mention the expense and his deteriorating physical condition. Winston decided that the best course of action was to take matters into his own hands. He could see that his needs as an adult would not be met through the school curriculum and didn’t want to end up in the same predicament as his parents. He remembered reading a list of famous college dropouts that included Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs. Ironically, most of these college dropouts preached the virtues of school but Winston was doubtful that they would change anything if they had to do it all over again. Winston made a big distinction between school and education and felt these people did not when they praised the virtues of school. One day, just as seventh grade was about to begin, Winston approached
his parents with his plan for the future. He was going to drop out of school and focus on getting himself financially independent. His parents would alert the school that he was going to be home schooled to avoid the hassle from the government. His parents were expectedly shocked by this announcement and immediately began their assault on his half baked plan. They were wondering how a twelve year old boy was going to make money along with the many other flaws in his plan. Winston was undeterred by their skepticism and vowed to stick to his plan. He was not normally a kid to make waves, but felt this was too important to let go. He loved his parents above all else, but this had to be done. Winston had been honing his plan for about a year. He was going to design an app that would diagnose car problems so the car owner could either fix the problem themselves or be knowledgeable when they had to take it to the shop. He watched how his father agonized when the car broke about how he was at the mercy of the integrity of the mechanic. Winston knew he had an uphill climb to make this dream happen. He was very adept at problem solving and put his brain to work. He decided to locate local people who were designing apps and ask them to teach him. He figured being an eager youngster would be appealing to someone. He was a twelve year old kid trying to learn a skill that was decidedly above his education and thought this naïve optimism would be endearing to someone.
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Its Spenders vs Savers B.D. Understanding the problems we face in our economy is very simple – we spend more than we have. This problem is not created by government. Government is simply a reflection of how most of us live. Politicians are looking to get re-elected so their motivation is simply to garner votes and they know being a spendthrift is not the way to do this. Promise the world while claiming economic frugality is the magic formula. The political parties like to break it down to the rich versus the poor, but it is really the spenders versus the savers. Unfortunately, the spenders vastly out number the savers in this country so we will have a problem for some time to come. These groups exist in all economic spheres. There are people with very little money who are very responsible savers and people with oodles of money who still manage to spend more than they have. When the political candidates talk about how they are going to tackle the economic issues, they are talking about deficit spending to solve these problems. In other words, they are borrowing money to create a false sense of temporary economic growth. The republicans are for giving the borrowed money to rich folks because they believe they drive the economy, whereas democrats want to give the borrowed money to middle class folks. Either way, it is the equivalent of extending your credit limit from $10,000 to $50,000. It’s great for awhile until the bill comes due. And, then, is not only the $50,000 hard to stomach but the accumulated interest really makes you depressed. Savers always pay for the spenders. That is the tragedy in all of this. Whether it be someone who takes out a home loan they know they can’t afford, a hedge fund manager who is running a ponzi scheme or a low income person scamming the welfare system, the savers pay. The savers pay through higher rates, higher taxes, less services, etc. The debt does not fall into a black hole. It is absorbed by the people who live responsibly within their means. Unfortunately, there are less and less in this group. You know which category you fall in. If you don’t here are some indications that might help. Are you the person who never seems to land on his feet in difficult times? Are you the person that buys the big screen tv instead of saving his tax refund. Are you the person that complains about entitlement spending while running to your parents every time you’re in financial trouble? Are you the person living paycheck to paycheck always paying your bills late? Are you the person who believes that material things will somehow fill the void in your life? Are you the person who always shorts the check when you go out with a group of friends? If you answered yes to one or all of these you probably fall into the spender category. Saving has become a dirty word in our society. Saving is equated with cheap and not smart.
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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s basketball team officially gets the 2015-16 campaign started this week, welcoming UMKC to the Klotsche Center for a rare Monday evening tilt, set to start at 7 p.m. to get the season opener underway. The Panthers are coming off an 84-45 win over Tiffin University in their lone exhibition outing just three days ago, while the Kangaroos are 0-1 to begin the year after falling to North Florida at home by a score of 62-55. LOOKING AT UMKC The Kangaroos are coming off a 6-24 record a season ago, which included a 4-10 mark in Western Athletic play. Fourth-year head coach Marsha Frease welcomes back eight letterwinners from last season, including guard Aries Washington. Washington was named to the WAC All-Newcomer team a season ago after averaging 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. SERIES HISTORY The series dates all the way back to 1991, but the contest played last year - a UWM victory - was the first since the early 90’s. The Kangaroos do lead, 6-3, but the Panthers have claimed wins in three of the past four. LAST GAME Freshman Alyssa Fischer netted a game-high 22 points in just 15 minutes off the bench to lead the way as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s basketball team rolled to an 84-45 victory over Tiffin University Friday night at the Klotsche Center. The Panthers raced out to a 10-2 lead over the Dragons in their exhibition opener and then used an 11-0 run at the end of the first quarter to pull away. Milwaukee led at halftime by 22 points at 45-23 and that was as close as it would be the rest of the way. Fischer made quite the first impression, scoring her 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting, sinking 4-of-6 three-pointers along the way. She took over in the second quarter, pouring in 10 points in a row as UWM took control of the contest. Sophomore Jenny Lindner added 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and was joined in double-figures by freshman Emma Dau, who ended her first game in a Panther uniform with 10 points. Sophomore Steph Kostowicz chipped in with nine points and a team-high five rebounds. All 13 players that were in uniform played, with 11 finishing in the scoring column. Deidre McKay scored 11 points to lead the Dragons. FOR OPENERS The Panthers hold an 8-17 record in season-openers at the NCAA Division I level (dating back to 1990-91). A year ago, Milwaukee rode the hot hand of senior Ashley Green to a 77-73 victory over North Dakota State. Green set career highs with 36 points and 15 rebounds in the narrow win. Head coach Kyle Rechlicz is now 2-1 in openers, as UWM ran away with an 82-58 win over Chicago State in Rechlicz’s debut contest three years ago. BEST EVER Ashley Green’s 36 points against NDSU in that game a season ago represented the most-ever for a Milwaukee player in a season opener, topping the 30 that Traci Edwards netted in the initial game of 2007-08. NEW-LOOK PANTHERS Milwaukee will have a new look to the roster this season after graduating three influential seniors from a year ago. The roster features six players who were on the
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team in 2014-15 and nine newcomers. Among the new faces are a trio of transfers (one will be sitting out, one a JUCO transfer and one ready to play this season after sitting out a year ago due to transfer rules) as well as six true freshmen all looking to make a good first impression. TIME TO STEP UP The situation allows the Panthers an opportunity for new players to step up or returning players to expand their roles from last season. The team will return just under half - 48.6 percent - of its scoring (963 of 1,981 total points) and just over half - 51.5 percent - of rebounding (558 of 1,083 total individual rebounds). When you break it down further, senior Jordyn Swan, who will miss the season due to injury, accounted for returning totals of 201 points and 108 boards. OFF TO A GOOD START Jenny Lindner enjoyed a stellar campaign as a newcomer a season ago, earning Horizon League All-Freshman Team honors after averaging 10.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, starting 28 of the 30 games she appeared in. That marked the first time a UWM player made the league all-freshman squad in four years. She finished 17 games in double-figures - the most for a UWM freshman since Ashley Green also accomplished the feat 17 times back in 2011-12. Among Lindner’s double-digit contests was a 25-point outing against Youngstown State Feb. 19, the thirdhighest scoring output for a freshman in school history. 1. Courtney Lindfors: 35 points (11/16/10) 2. Traci Edwards: 28 (2/25/06) T3. Lindner: 25 (2/19/15) T3. Maria Viall: 25 (12/17/00 & 3/1/01)
Kostowicz also made some noise on defense, leading the way with six blocks against Valparaiso in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament, which was just off the school record of seven. It has been a while since a Panther caused so much commotion in the paint, a span of 109 games having passed since a UWM player had at least five (Courtney Lindfors had six against Chicago State, Dec. 15, 2011). Kostowicz added four more rejections in the season finale against Green Bay in the league quarterfinals. SYD THE KYD Sydney Howard enjoyed a breakthrough junior campaign and her performance in the month of December was noteworthy. In six games (four starts), Howard averaged 7.0 points and 2.5
rebounds per game and reset her careerhigh for points in a game twice, including 14 against IPFW Dec. 28. She shot 51.9 percent from the field (14-27), 55.6 percent on 3’s (5-9), playing 25.7 minutes and had 11 assists compared to four turnovers. She also went for a careerbest 17 points against Detroit March 4. Howard finished the year averaging 5.8 points and 2.7 rebounds to top her former career bests of 2.3 ppg and 1.4 rpg. She had four games of 10 or more points after accomplishing the feat just once over her first two seasons. She also had the best assist-to-turnover ratio on the squad at 64-44, a ratio of 1.45 that finished as the fifth-best in program history for a single-season. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
The Panthers set a record for fewest turnovers per game in 2012-13 at 16.2 - an impressive total considering the record that they broke was the former standard of 17.3 set during the 2001-02 campaign (an improvement of over one per game). The new record did not last long, however, as UWM turned the ball over just 14.9 times per contest in 201314 to shatter the record once again. The team came close again last season and the past three years under Kyle Rechlicz now account for the top three entries in the record book. TEAM TURNOVERS PER GAME 1. 14.9 turnovers per game, 2013-14 2. 15.2 in 2014-15 3. 16.2 in 2012-13
In addition, her .822 free throw percentage topped the team and was the third-best ever for a UWM freshman in program history and her five made 3’s against YSU was one off the school freshman mark of six set by Angela Rodriguez back on 12/1/10 against Bradley. THE KOST OF ADMISSION Steph Kostowicz continued to impress at the end of her first season in a Panther uniform a year ago, earning Horizon League Freshman of the Week honors March 9 after she averaged 14.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game against Detroit and Wright State, posting her first career double-double versus the Titans. She upped the ante against Valpo March 9, equaling her career-high with 18 points and topping her rebound high, finishing with 14. She closed her freshman season strong, scoring in double figures in each of her final four games - the last three in the starting lineup - averaging 14.3 points and 11.0 rebounds in that final four-game stretch, shooting just over 50 percent from the floor. BLOCK PARTY December 2015 the Panther xpress 15
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