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The Best Summer Activities in Milwaukee to Look Forward to

By Leah Mailloux “My hands don’t hurt!” That’s what I said a couple weeks ago when I went outside and realized winter was coming to an end. I feel no remorse for your melted snowmen.

It may be a little soon for beach talk, but it’s definitely not too early to be talking about what we could be doing this summer.

Let’s face it, we live in Milwaukee. There is an astounding amount of things to do and places to see. I could tell you to hit up Bradford beach and the State Fair, but that’s old hat to me. So, I’m going to tell you what I’m excited about and what I think you might enjoy.

One thing my brother and I are stoked for this summer is Slide the City. Just picture a 1,000 foot long slip ‘n slide accompanied by live music and food! You can register online here for as little as $15. This event also accepts volunteers, so there’s a way to get those feel-good hours in too. The date isn’t set in stone yet, but it is set to happen in July, so keep your eyes peeled for it. Remember, it’s a slip n’ slide the length of 3 football fields!

For those 21 and over, I would recommend experiencing Brew City with the Pedaling Pub Crawl Tour. You basically sit at a bar shaped bicycle that fits up to 16 riders with a tour guide that takes you through the historic Third and Fifth Ward. Tours start at Steny’s Tavern with a few stops at other bars along the way. There’s also a gay bar themed tour for all our LGBTQ friends. The tours run every day of the week from March 10th to Nov 6th. I can’t think of a better way to enjoy the scenery and the weather. Plus you get a little workout while drinking.

Cathedral Square Park will once again host Jazz in the Park. This is perfect for enjoying warm summer nights outside and performers from around the country who play jazz, blues, big band, funk, R & B, and more. Considering my boyfriend and I are dirt poor, because, you know, college, this is a flawless date idea with no cost. Concerts are every Summer>>page

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Sam Koenig; The Comeback Kid

By Joe Halley Life is good for Panthers senior outfielder, Sam Koenig. Koenig has been on a tear in his last year as a Panther batting .422, which included a 24 game hitting-streak, the programs fourth longest streak ever. His play so far has earned him back-to-back Horizon League Player of the Week honors, an award he has won three times this year. Along with Horizon League honors, Koenig’s statistics have received national attention after being Kid>>page 1

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Album Review: THE MAINE’S “AMERICAN CANDY” By: Bo Bayerl They’re back. The band that brought you timeless classics like “Girls Do What They Want” and “We’ll All Be” just released their fifth studio album on March 31, 2015. It’s called “American Candy.”

The second I heard “Miles Away,” the first track, I had high expectations for the rest of the album. And those expectations were definitely

met. With the upbeat and happy-go-lucky feel in the sound of “Miles Away,” there is a definite contrast from their past album “Forever Halloween.” The sound more resembles “Pioneer,” the band’s third studio album.

When I heard “English Girls,” the album’s first single, I was caught off-guard at first. But the vibe of the single was a definite indication of what the rest of the record would sound like and it did grow on me. Soon enough, I found myself playing “English Girls” on repeat while walking to class and doing homework in my bedroom in anticipation of the rest of the album being released weeks later.

Another track off the record, “My Hair,” is an ode to John O’Callaghan’s dirty, long mane. The lyrics state that he will do what he wants with his hair, “Nobody’s gonna tell me how to wear my hair.” With a cheery melody and hilarious lyrics, it’s clear the dark and morbid sound from “Forever Halloween” is gone. Although “My Hair” is a playful sly dig at fangirls who think they can dictate what O’Callaghan does with his hair, it is still chock full of catchy melodies that you will find hard to get out of your head.

It would not be an album written by The Maine without a slower ballad. “24 Floors” is that slow ballad. With the help of the piano, this one stands out among the others, as the lyrics address depression and possible suicidal thoughts.

“Diet Soda Society” is one of my favorites off the record. The opening lines – “To be honest, I am full of shit / But that’s alright / Because everyone else that I know is” – stuck out for me. Everyone is trying to live their own authentic life, but it’s a constant struggle in the sweet world and shallow civilization we live in described in the song.

The album’s title track has a slower feel that eventually builds to a powerful chorus. With it being the second-to-last track on the record, it takes almost the whole album to find out that The Maine does not fancy American candy, as the lyrics state in “American Candy.” The cautionary tale warns people of something that appears “sweet” like candy might actually be destructive.

Closing track “Another Night on Mars” is reminiscent of “We’ll All Be” off of their first studio album “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.” Bringing back this old sound offers nostalgia for those die-hard fans who have been following the band since 2008. The all too familiar sounds of a bar, the crowd-sung chorus and the overlapping closing lines bring everything full circle. We’re back home where we belong.

I know I say this every time this band releases a new album and it is probably extremely cliché, but they have outdone themselves yet again. Who knew that five albums down the line they could still produce amazing music and deliver phenomenal shows all over the world?

“American Candy” has a good combination of the good things from past albums.

But what sticks out the most on this record is the band’s return to their pop-rock sound that everyone loves.

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“The Great Divorce” of Heaven and Hell: SPIRITUAL THEATER AT THE PABST By: Analise Pruni Despite technical difficulties with ducer McLean adapted a 1945, strongly the lighting, a system reboot and a ten religiously messaged story into an enminute delay last Friday at The Pabst, gaging present day experience that was the theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s not only thought provoking but comical.

“The Great Divorce” was a hit. Producer Heaven’s newer visitors could barely and artistic director Max McLean called walk on the grass, a large illuminated it “spiritual theater for a secular audi- circle of turf on stage. As they gained ence.” “The Great Divorce” is a visual acceptance and solidity through each and virtual journey from a bus stop in painstaking step through heaven, the Hell to the outskirts of heaven (and sad- grass became easier to walk upon, but ly, sometimes back again). cynics challenged the narrator at every Incredibly the entire play, composed turn. One such exasperated critic said of over a dozen roles, is “Oh, there’s no question performed by just three “The Great Divorce” of staying, (or going) it actors: Michael Freder- is a visual and takes all of your time ick, Joel Rainwater and virtual journey from just to walk on the Christa Scott-Reed. It grass!” opened in the ever rain- a bus stop in Hell Souls with different ing “Grey Town” where to the outskirts of earthly sins and unrerows upon rows of emp- heaven (and sadly, solved fears are conty houses continue on as sometimes back fronted with different people move ever further again). spirits to guide them. away from each other.

Between Lewis and The narrator witnesses McLean, “The Great the quarrels of Grey Town residents and Divorce” manages to enthrall one in the their individual reasons for making the sometimes dry and serious matter of retrip there; money, recognition, or to get ligion and captures the audience through what “they really deserve.” By scene kindred stories and characters. One of three when the bus finally arrives, the Scott-Reed’s conflicted artist characters projected backdrop on stage that had quips to her spirit guide, “Ugh religion? featured the dismal hell street, exploded This is hardly the time.” with psychedelic colors reminiscent of The narrator is finally presented with something out of a 70’s acid trip. the image of his immortal soul and all The narrator encounters a medley of the choices that could’ve been, will be, characters in various states of the journey and simply are. He then wakes to realize between Heaven and Hell. When the bus he can still make humble choices, and reached Heaven, the previously dimly lit begins to write the account of his wild stage was flooded with soft yellow light journey from the apparently unlocked and the backdrop filled with flowing riv- gates of hell to the borders of heaven. ers and far off mountain-scapes of heav- “I saw myself as clearly as I ever had,” en. At points the audience easily forgot he said. “I seemed to be standing by a they were not in a fly-along viewing of bus queue; by the side of a long, mean a soul’s moral dilemmas and grudgingly street.” remembered the tangible theater seats McLean did a short Q and A after the beneath them. The play challenges one show. One of his biggest challenges was to think about, given ultimate free will to cutting characters and scenes out to pick choose between Heaven and Hell, what the most effective ones for the time allotwill we really do? It presents forgiveness ment. He has produced other C.S. Lewis as a journey and your own choice. plays such as “The Screwtape Letters,” Upon entering the outer reaches of and was asked how he became so enHeaven, the souls realize their plight. “I thralled with C.S. Lewis’s work? “I read can see through them,” they say. “I can one page,” McLean replied. see through my feet! I am a ghost!” Pro-

BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK: MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM’S EBONY FASHION FAIR By: Miela Fetaw At a time when black women and blackness are either fetishized or objectified, the “Ebony Fashion Fair” is a reminder that black is (and was) beautiful before it was a coined slogan.

Beginning in 1958, the “Ebony Fashion Fair” toured over 180 cities making 46 stops in Milwaukee out of its 50-year run before ending in 2009. The Inspiring Beauty exhibit installed in the Milwaukee Art Museum features more than 100 ensembles and accessories, along with archival photographs, magazines and video footage.

The exhibit combines stunning and influential fashion with the enchanting story of the late Eunice Walker Johnson, wife of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) owner John Johnson and director-producer of the fair, and the instrumental impact her fair had in black culture around the world. The traveling charity fashion show spanned the United States, Canada and the Caribbean raising over $50 million for different organizations, i.e. universities, hospitals, etc.

Assembled and curated by an all-black production staff, Johnson provided avenues for black designers, stylists, featuring black models of all shades and sizes in a world where blackness was nearly invisible. She brought style and sophistication to black audiences during times where racial discrimination affected every dimension of black life.

The tour showcased work from Valentino to Oscar de la Renta and others on black models. The Fashion Fair provided audiences with the opportunity to see grandeur and elegance projected by African American models. The show helped black women see color as something to be celebrated.

The exhibit is organized into three major thematic sections: vision, innovation, and power. The sections explore Mrs. Johnson’s creative force behind the fair, showcasing the vibrant and dramatic ensembles and examine the experimentation of designers who pushed the accustomed barriers of fashion.

This exhibit comes at perfect timing where magazines like Cosmopolitan use black women as “rogue gallery” figurines and Vogue lighten the Kerry Washingtons of the world on their covers or worse, television critics associate our Viola Davis’ as “less classically beautiful.”

Johnson reminds those that navigate through the exhibit that blackness is something to constantly be celebrated, that a black woman should regularly be seen and associated in the fashion industry. This exhibit is a reminder that we will not tolerate the industry considering us unconventional or not considering us at all. Black will always be beautiful.

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Film Review: Girlhood (Bande de filles) By: Mary Jo Contino “Girlhood”, or its original title, “Bande de filles” is a French coming-of-age film about a teenage Afro-French woman named Marieme, played by Karidja Touré.

We first see corn-rowed Marieme living in outskirts of Paris with her two sisters, full-time working mother, and highly abusive brother. Her “quartier” is run by the boys that live there, and their ideas about how the two genders should act.

Marieme doesn’t have high prospects for a high school education, seeing as the school system in France will hold you back if you fail a single class.

She meets three, long-locked girls who take her to Paris, dance to J Dash’s “WOP” on the metro, and treat her as their equal. In Marieme’s first musically-accompanied “age transition”, she changes her hair, her dress, and her attitude.

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Marieme is thrown into a socially-divided community where girls fight over hair, bras, and boys.

Through the development of Marieme’s story, the audience is given an insight into the social and racial inequalities in France.

The acting in this film is impeccable. Touré is unapologetic and gives Marieme a relatable depth.

Through her frightening experiences to her unspoken hopes, Marieme’s character is real.

Despite the similar names, Celiné Sciamma’s “Girlhood” is nothing like Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood”. Yes, it follows the adolescent trends of a girls life, but it is nowhere near as intricate as the 12-year experience of “Boyhood”. That being said, there’s no use in comparing them.

Sciamma’s choice of music was the sole entity that was bothersome in the film. I loved the use of American hip hop music to tell the story, but the thumping transition music was overbearing and unpleasant to listen to. Although it signaled each transition in Marianne’s life, it was too much.

Ultimately, “Girhood” is a tragically beautiful look into the adolescent trends of a young woman in France. It demands your patience, your laughs, and your tears, but it’s worth it.

boyfriend and I are dirt poor, because, you know, college, this is a flawless date idea with no cost. Concerts are every Thursday evening, 5pm-9pm, lasting from June 4th to Sept 3rd.

If you’re not as into jazz as I am but still dig a good outdoor concert, pack a picnic and enjoy a show at Chill on the Hill. It’s similar to Jazz in the Park but features different types of music every week. Located at the Humboldt Park Band Chalet, the concerts last from 6pm-8:30pm on Tuesday evenings starting in June and going through August.

If you’re a freak like me who also has a sad clown collection, you might like Deadman’s Carnival. It’s not for everyone, but hear me out. It is a nationally touring Milwaukee based live music variety show. I’ve seen jugglers, magicians, mimes, hypnotists, dancers, singers, fire eaters, and other circus acts. The live band is out of this world too. It’s every first Friday at The Miramar Theatre at 8pm. It’s one of my all-time favorite things to do near campus and now I can walk to it without seeing my breath.

I can’t not talk about Summerfest considering it’s the world’s largest music festival and it’s what I’m most excited for. It lasts from June 24-28/June 30-July 5. It’s so close I can taste the dip ‘n dots already. There is a killer line up this summer. I don’t know what my readers listen to but I would highly recommend checking out Flogging Molly, Gaelic Storm, The Flaming Lips, The Doobie Brothers, The Kooks, Dirty Heads, Pat Benatar, Punch Brothers, Kansas, and Whitesnake. I’m also losing my mind about the fact Paris Hilton, Smashmouth, and The Rolling Stones are performing. Guys, it’s going to be rad.

Speaking of Summerfest, I had no idea how many “fests” there were in Milwaukee before I moved here three years ago. I can’t write a little summary for all of these because just this summer alone we have PrideFest, Scottish Fest, Polish Fest, the Cedarburg Strawberry Festival, Bastille Days, Milwaukee IndyFest, German Fest, Brady Street Festival, Irish Fest, Oktoberfest, the Indian Summer Festival, Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival, and more! So don’t tell me or anyone else that you’re bored this summer. For information on all of these and more you can check it out here.

Being the broke college kid I described myself as earlier, there are several Milwaukee attractions that offer us free days. This includes the Milwaukee Art Museum which is free for all every first Thursday of the month, the Milwaukee Public Museum which is free from 9am-8pm every first Thursday, and the Mitchell Park Domes which is free Mondays from 9am-noon.This city is so good to us as long as we don’t have to park anywhere.

Now these are the things I’m excited for. If I’ve done a horrible job and you’re not interested in a single one of these Milwaukee adventures…there’s always the Bronze Fonz.

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Ten years ago American audiences were introduced to the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company and the diverse group of workers managed by their more then eccentric boss.

By: Maddie Gecewicz Ten years ago American audiences were introduced to the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company and the diverse group of workers managed by their more then eccentric boss. With a relatively unknown cast of actors adapting a wildly successful British show, the stakes for this show were relatively low and the pilot episode, a nearly shot for shot remake of the British pilot episode, is not stretching beyond the already conceived ideas of its predecessor. The jokes and char-

acters between the two versions are essentially the same, with the character of Michael Scott being the most prominent change between the two versions. The US version took the pedigree and esteem of its British counterpart and used that to its advantage in establishing its narrative tone.

In isolation, the two episodes are nearly identical but when put into the larger context of the seasons of each show and the series as a whole it begins

to become apparent that where the British version fed off of quintessentially British humor the American version took out all the cynicisms and replaced it with heart. Those differences can only really be seen over the course of the first season and in the evolution of the characters. Michael Scott started off the show as a David Brent copycat but in his evolution as a character the idea that Michael is just as misguided person with a big heart became one of the major differences in the two versions. The secondary characters in the first episode of the show are only slivers of who the characters are at the end of the show and it is a testament to the writers that they could take the sketches of the people from the British version and make them characters independent of their counterparts.

It is in this first season and maybe even by the second episode that the tone and style of the show began to differ from the UK version. In theses changes the heart of the show really began to take shape and set itself up as a show that had the heart and humor to become a favorite for many people. However, where the two season long British version did not get the chance to grown and change, the nine seasons long sitcom allowed the characters in the first episode to grown and change as the season came and gone.

In addition to being a long running show, it also helped to launch the careers of many of the great actors that made the show what it was. Steve Carell was basically unknown when he took on

this role, it was a daunting task to place a network show on the shoulders of a guy whose most famous work included shouting matches with Stephen Colbert.

The first episode of the show may have relied heavily on its predecessor but it is a detriment to the heart and humor of the show to dismiss it as a copycat when it is so much more than that.

Whenever talks of the superiority of the two versions come up there is always an argument of quality over quantity.

Some believe that Gervais’s version is a perfect show in the way it explored the characters of the show to their full extent and subsequently ended the show in its natural place. There are those who also say that over several seasons Steve Carell created a character so iconic and brilliant that only time and growth could create such a character. Whatever your stance on the show there is no denying that at the end of each show’s run the most the shared was the title of the show.

There are too many differences big and small that made each version unique and it is a credit to all the writers on each series that they could shape and craft characters that occupied each of the worlds so brilliantly.

Whether you fall on the British or American side of the fence spend 20 minutes of your day watching the pilot episode of “The Office” just to see the very beginning of the journey that crafted some of our favorite characters and brought us a show with the perfect mixture of heart and humor.

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Student Association Election Results In, Where have you been hiding onall my life?

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By Jordyn Noennig The students of UW-Milwaukee elected Mike Sportiello to be the president of the Student Association at UWM for the 2015-16 school year. The results show that Sportiello won with 20 percent more votes than the incumbent president Ryan Sorenson.

Election Commission.

“I’m am sad that the outcome didn’t come out in our favor,” Sorenson said in a statement to the UWM Post.

“However, I wish president elect Sportiello the best of luck. I know he will be a great representative for UWM Outgoing president and the students.”

Ryan Sorenson.

The voter turnout for this year’s election was around 5 percent of the student body, with 1,336 ballots cast. That number is nearly identical to voter turnout in last year’s SA election.

THE PRESIDENCY WAS THE MOST COMPETITIVE SEAT, AND RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: MIKE SPORTIELLO ELECTED – 56% RYAN SORENSON - 36% FRANCO FERRANTE - 6% Evan Braun, candidate for vice-president of student affairs, and Brandi Hernandez, candidate for vicepresident of academic affairs, both ran unopposed and claimed their seats with over 90 percent of the vote.

Another hot competition was for the 10 seats for the at-large senators, which had 16 candidates on the ballot.

The winners are the following: Biltu Hamda, Michelle Amidzich, Yoselin Colorado, Trevor Jung, Morgan Paradis, Lindsey Wavrunek, Kristen Lango, Morgan Smeaton, Sandra Mendez, and Paul President-elect Garni.

Mike Sportiello.

Maya McCarthy-Neal was the winner of a write in campaign for the uncontended Women’s Advocacy Senator, with 32 percent of the votes .

The race for Peck School of the Arts senator between Brian Erdrich and Molly Keifer was the only competition in the election for a seat in a school or advocacy senate position. Brian Erdrich won with 63 percent of the vote. All other school and advocacy senate positions were elected to unopposed candidates.

The results show that there are 12 seats that still remain open. Those seats are: School of Education Senator, Lubar School of Business Senator (2 seats available), Helen Bader School of Social Welfare Senator, College of Health Sciences Senator, Graduate School Senator (2 positions available), School of Architecture & Urban Planning Senator, College of Nursing Senator, Non-Traditional Student Advocacy Senator, Graduate Student Advocacy Senator, and Students with Disabilities Advocacy Senator.

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THE STATE OF MILWAUKEE: Mayor Tom Barrett gives annual State of the City address

By Sean Cornell And Ariele Vaccaro As Mayor Tom Barrett sees it, Milwaukee is on a roll. The mayor gave the 2015 State of the City Address at Alverno College early March, and the word of day was momentum.

Barrett expressed his resounding support for Gov. Scott Walker’s jock tax to fund a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks as well as his disagreement with the governor’s cuts to both UW-Milwaukee and MPS’s budgets. He recognized the streetcar as a touchy subject, but didn’t hesitate to show his approval for what he feels would be nothing short of a shock to Milwaukee economy and tourism industry.

INTRODUCTIONS: MILWAUKEE RESIDENT, MEET MILWAUKEE MAYOR Alverno College President Dr. Mary Meehan kicked off the address and introduced Kadijiha Jones. The Alverno College junior and MPS graduate said she was grateful to Barrett for his work, especially the Earn and Learn Program, an initiative which connects young Milwaukee residents their first jobs. Since the program’s inception in 2005, it has offered employment to more than 22,000 teens.

Jones opened the microphone to Barrett, who began his address by praising Milwaukee and its residents. Barrett cited his city’s values: hard work, honesty, equal opportunity, and admiration for Milwaukee’s inherent beauty. However, he didn’t forget to mention early on its struggles with crime, housing, education, and public health. Regardless of Milwaukee’s troubles, Barrett still seemed to have high hopes for the city.

“Milwaukee is strong, and this is a year to build on our strengths,” said the mayor.

2015: YEAR OF THE SOCIAL INITIATIVE: A troupe of young men and women in light blue tee shirts sat near the front of the crowd. Barrett recognized them as police ambassadors. They’ve participated in an arm of Compete Milwaukee’s programming that pairs them with police officers and prepares them for transitional jobs.

The mayor hopes to see programs like this better train Milwaukee’s work force and supply employers with thoroughly trained employees.

Barrett highlighted his Compete Milwaukee program as a solution to increase quality of life and job preparedness. He projects that this year there will be 135 additional transitional jobs as a result of the program.

“Make no mistake about it, Milwaukeeans want to work,” said Barrett.

The Mayor’s Manufacturing Partnership is taking steps to better train those interested in working in trades. This past Nov., Milwaukee gear offered a number of the program’s graduates entry-level jobs at rates of $15 per hour.

THE BIG ISSUES: Despite extensive media coverage of Walker’s proposed jock tax, the subject occupied only a minute portion of Barrett’s time behind the podium. He supports it, as he finds a new Bucks arena bring jobs and economic prosperity to the city. If the jock tax is approved, the arena would funded entirely by taxes

accrued from the professional athletes rather than Milwaukee taxpayers As far as the proposed cuts to UWMilwaukee and MPS schools, Barrett is less than supportive.

“Let’s not regress,” said the mayor. He emphasized that Milwaukee’s workforce is rife with UW-Milwaukee graduates.

More than 70 percent of the university’s alumni stay in Wisconsin after graduation.

THE STREET CAR, MASS TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Mayor Barrett also spoke on the recently approved streetcar project for downtown Milwaukee. The mayor acknowledged openly the controversy behind the plan, but was steadfast in its support. “Throughout the debate, my position has remained the same- I want to build on the momentum we’ve had and continue to create jobs and spur economic development. A healthy downtown benefits the entire city,” said Barrett. He also thanked the common council and local business leaders for their support in passing the streetcar.

The streetcar project however was just one topic among a segment of the speech aimed at mass transit in Milwaukee as a whole, what he’s calling a “comprehensive mass transportation plan” which will bring into account cars, busses, bikes and pedestrians. “Good mass transit brings visitors from near and far,” he said.

The mayor commented that since he’s taken office the city has made “significant improvements” on its policy to restoring streets, changing the average time of the street-replacement cycle from 108 years down to 62. He also noted that “pothole season” was up and coming, and that the city will be allocating double the resources this season in restoring affected streets. By the end of this process the mayor hopes to have restored over 21 miles of Milwaukee streets.

The mayor expressed sentiment on strengthening Milwaukee as a bicyclefriendly community stating he has plans to add 10 more miles of bike lanes in 2015 as well as 30 more Bublr bike stations.

Plans were also announced to spend the next six years replacing over 101 miles of water mains.

The city’s public workers, specifically the Milwaukee Fire Department, were honored by the mayor for their rescue of four WE Energies workers who were stranded 400 feet in the air. “Too often, their work is unacknowledged, or worse, wrongly disparaged. I am grateful for city workers’ and their contributions that make Milwaukee a better city,” said Barrett.

URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING: The mayor devoted a significant amount of time talking about urban development, housing and improving neighborhoods across Milwaukee. He iterated this point by referencing $20 million that had been spent in 2014 to build

“stronger and safer neighborhoods.”

He also referenced the foreclosure crisis. The mayor claimed that the city had initially set their goals at selling 350 foreclosed homes and 100 vacant lots, but ended up selling 437 foreclosed homes and over 225 vacant lots. “We want to continue to turn neighborhood eyesores into neighborhood assets,” said Barrett, adding that Milwaukee is among national leaders in transforming vacant city spaces.

Barrett also said he would continue to try to fight against nuisance properties which he called some of “the biggest problems facing our city’s neighborhoods.”

The mayor also dedicated a small portion of his speech on housing and development to speak on implementing more urban-agriculture program alliances with groups such as Growing Power and David Frank Landscaping.

The mayor did not directly take on any of the growing racial tension in Milwaukee spurred by the shooting of Dontre Hamilton. However, he did tell a short anecdote of how the city transformed a vacant lot into an environmentally sustainable park named after African-American civil rights activist and Milwaukeean, Ezekiel Gillespie.

EDUCATION: With the addition of the East Branch Library on the corner of Cramer and North, the mayor also announced that he plans to renovate the entire neighborhood library system by 2020, as well as implement an early literacy program geared towards teaching kids under the age of five to read. “There is an overwhelming amount of research that shows the most critical time to build brain connections is in the first three years of a child’s life,” said Barrett. The new express library at Westlawn Gardens was also praised.

The mayor commended the Bright Ideas program, which was implemented in 2005, stating that 142 high school seniors had gone through the program with a 91 percent graduation rate.

The Governor’s proposed budget cuts and there impacts on Milwaukee Public Schools and the University of Wisconsin System were also brought up. The mayor expressed that moving forward with K12 education will be more difficult if the cuts move forward.

CRIME AND GUN VIOLENCE: The mayor transitioned his urban development achievements into highlighting measures he was taking to reduce crime and gun violence across the city.

Barrett claimed that developments in vacant lots and buildings along west North Avenue and in Milwaukee’s South Side had brought crime down in these areas.

He spoke on a number partnership that community organizations and businesses were making with the Milwaukee Police Department to reduce crime.

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NWQ To Move Toward A Payment System

By Maria Corpus If you drive to campus, chances are you’ve tried to park for free in the Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) or Pavilion.

Starting in the 2015-16 academic year, free parking on campus will be limited to the Pavilion’s fourth and fifth floors.

Northwest Quadrant entrance on Hartford Avenue.

The 700 car parking structure in the NWQ is moving to a payment system in efforts to improve parking for commuters, reduce driving culture and invest in sustainable transportation, among other reasons.

“There’s one big problem on all urban campuses; it’s parking,” said Peter Armstrong, a Student Association At-large Senator. “UWM has a very interesting and unique problem because of the fact that we offered this subsidized version of parking.”

Although labeled as “free,” the NWQ is actually subsidized by student-segregated fees, with each student paying about $15. The change, however, will enact a fee structure at the NWQ, requiring students to pay.

Armstrong, who is a member of the Senate Finance Committee and the Student Transportation Committee, said adjustments to parking were in the works.

However, due to external pressures, parking had to be adjusted earlier than planned.

“Administration came to us and asked us to reconsider the amount that we had approved,” SA Treasurer John Thornton added.

The Senate Finance Committee planned to raise segregated fees about 11 percent for the 2015-16 academic year, but had to reconsider because the Board of Regents was unlikely to approve an increase higher than three percent. The committee had to cut more than $280,000 – $10 per student – of what it originally planned to allocate to 14 the Panther xpress April 27, 2015

different departments on campus.

“We adjusted other things, but unfortunately Parking and Transit took the biggest cut,” Armstrong said.

Parking and Transit received about $168,000 less in the 2015-16 budget, as it has more than $1 million in reserve funds.

The changes in NWQ are expected to make parking more convenient for students who must drive to campus. A payment system could cause students who live near campus to reconsider driving, which would open parking spaces for students with long commutes.

“You have someone that lives three blocks away and that’s driving,” Armstrong said. “If they know that they have to pay — even if it’s a small fee — they may change.”

Adding a fee structure to NWQ can also help reduce UWM’s driving culture, according to Nelson Nygaard, a transportation consultant firm that’s been working with UWM. A UWM Transportation and Parking Study — presented in February 2014 — by Nelson Nygaard and other firms found that 12,000 students and employees drive to campus on an average day.

This brings the average number of cars in need of parking to 5,400 cars a day.

With only 3,148 parking spots on campus, the university does not meet the demand.

The Student Transportation Committee and consultant firms hope students use resources such as UPARK and UPASS as alternatives to driving.

In addition, the SA is looking to invest in Bublr Bikes, a bicycle loan system.

The SA recommended that Parking and Transit use their funds to budget for the bike share, an investment of $360,000.

“This is a great potential investment opportunity for UWM, our neighborhood, the city.” Armstrong said. “This is going to add character to our campus.”

The changes to the NWQ, however, raise concerns among commuters who park there.

Cars pull up to park in the Northwest Quadrant structure.

Shoua Vang, 23, commutes with her friends from the north side and parks in the NWQ, when it’s available.

“We usually get up two hours before our classes even start just to come over and get that free parking,” Vang said.

Vang said taking the bus to campus takes more than an hour. She says she will continue to drive to campus, despite the limited free parking.

“We come from a long distance and we need to take our cars,” Vang added.

Kou Vang, 21, is a fourth-year student at UWM and also parks in the NWQ when it has open spaces. He said free parking is a great convenience for stu-

dents.

“It’s really good for [students who are] here way into the afternoon, from like 9 am to 6 pm,” Kou Vang said. “If we’re here everyday, then that’s a good amount [of money] a week.”

Nursing student Emilee McAdams, 24, often parks in the NWQ because of its proximity to the College of Nursing.

She said parking at UWM needs improvement.

“The way that [UWM] does parking, in general, is kind of silly because they only open it up at certain times,” McAdams said. “There’s been plenty of times where they’ll close [the structure], but there’s still tons of spots.”

McAdams, however, does not agree with the changes in the NWQ. “It sucks that other people want to take up the spots, but it doesn’t mean that other people should have to pay even more for parking,” McAdams said.

Armstrong said the committee understands that the new change is not convenient for everyone, but that it’s necessary for improving transportation on campus.

He said the SA and committees are working with administration to develop a fee structure for NWQ. “We are going to do everything possible to make sure that the parking prices, fee structure is achievable for students,” Armstrong said.

LESS IS MORE FOR 2015-16 SEG. FEES: UNION RESTORATION AND BUBLR BIKES BUDGETED FOR

By Jordyn Noennig The Student Association’s Senate Finance Committee added $20 per student in the 2015-16 segregated fees budget, which plans for new initiatives throughout campus such as Union restoration and Bublr bike stations.

During their meeting in late February, the committee decided that each student will pay $668.60 in segregated fees for each semester in the 2015-16 school year.

The committee originally planned to raise segregated fees about 11 percent, but was thrown a curve ball when they were told the Board of Regents likely would not approve anything more than a 3 percent increase. They were forced to cut over $280,000 ($10 per student) of what they previously planned to allocate between different departments on campus.

The SFC managed to budget around the capitol Student Union Project, which will collect about $364,000 by the end of the fall 2015 semester, and Bublr bikes,which are expected to cost the campus $360,000.

The proposed new student union is still in pre-design stage and has to yet be approved by the state legislature. The Union staff plans to seek approval by summer, but the fee will go towards restoration regardless of the official decision on a new Union building.

“The idea is that if we put a down payment on the Union then the Board of Regents won’t say no,” Senate Finance Chair John Thorton said during their meeting.

The committee worked cuts into the parking & transportation budget. The office received about $168,000 less in this budget than last year’s, due to the fact that the office has over $1 million in reserve funds.

“They’re sitting on a hefty pile of money so we wanted to run down their reserves,” Student Association President Ryan Sorenson said.

The office of parking & transportation may use the funds as they see fit, but the Student Association wrote a memo to the office recommending they use their budget for Bublr bikes.

“We can tell them ‘no we’re doing Bublr.’ We’re not going to pay extra money for parking,” Vice President of Student Affairs Evan Braun said.

The Student Association said they are also looking into changing free parking on campus. The idea is it would no longer be a fee that all students currently pay, and instead be a fee that only students who plan to use parking would pay.

The athletic facilities department is looking to gain approval for a new basketball practice facilitywith a $1 million donation, along with the over $2 million previously allocated to fix the Klotsche center before the panthers moved to their arena location downtown.

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Bublr Bikes To Hit UWM Campus UWM will become a major partner in Bublr Bikes through the allocation of student segregated fees.

By Robert Hullum Bublr Bikes, the City of Milwaukee’s bike share program, is set to come to the UWM campus by the beginning of the 2015 fall semester.

Bublr Bikes launched in 2014 and uses a suite of stations placed throughout the city. The locations of the bike stations are determined by population density and other factors. Bikes are available for short-term rental, and after using the bike the user can return the rented bike to any available station. You can use the mobile app to locate available bikes and stations.

The City of Milwaukee owns the stations and bikes while a non-profit organization operates the system taking care of customer service and maintaining bikes and stations.

UWM will become a major partner in Bublr Bikes through the allocation of student segregated fees. The need for this

program was determined by a few factors. First, survey results from the 2012 Office of Sustainability Transportation Survey indicated many students do not have access to a bike, meaning they may not own a bike. Second, Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates recommended UWM to become a partner with Bublr by investing in the system through student segregated fees in an effort to increase sustainable transportation options at UWM. This recommendation came after the Physical Environment Committee (P.E.C.) and Parking and Transit hired the firm to evaluate UWM’s transportation system.

The program was expected to come to our campus this semester, but the proposed budget cuts delayed the program until an anticipated late summer launch.

“We were hoping to have this done by

this spring, but with the political climate and the budget cuts this has delayed the implementation of bike share,” said Peter Armstrong, member of the Student Association and one of the main students helping to organize Bublr Bikes debut at UWM. “We hope to have the stations on the ground and the bikes in students’ hands by the end of summer.”

Armstrong sees the implementation of bike share on campus as a way to make students less reliant on cars.

“This is a great step forward,” said Armstrong. “We are making progress as a university to say that the automobile is a great option, but it’s not the only option.”Students that do drive to campus have had troubles with parking, citing parking tickets as a big concern.

“I think that this is a good option for students because I know first hand how easy it is to get parking tickets on

campus,” said Kyle Swehla, a senior at UWM. Other students see a bike share program as a way to explore the city.

“A bike share program would be convenient for students who don’t own a car to explore the city outside of campus,” said Olivia Howe, a junior at UWM. “Milwaukee is already a big biking city, and there’s a lot to see, so it feels right to have one on campus.”

Armstrong hopes that by exposing students to alternative transportation options at the university they will continue to use these options in the future.

“We believe that by providing UWM students with the option to bike that they may create a new behavior and new habit,” said Armstrong “If they’re at UWM for four years and use bike share, when they graduate they may move to a city and not be as car dependent.”

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The new facility is projected to cost $11.8 million. The athletic facilities fund will receive just over $400,000 in fall, which is about 40 percent lower than their allocation this semester of $600,000.

The Student Association broke up the Office of Student Life budget, and allocated to each department individually. Many of those offices are currently in debt.

“A lot of the departments that were in the red last year were from the Office of Student Life portion of the budget, and the thing with that was they would just move money around,” Sorenson said. “We decided that probably is not an effective way to manage money.”

The Office of Student Life Administration, Women’s Resource Center, and the LGBT Resource Center are projected to end the year with debts of about $111,000, $53,000, and $9,000 respectively. In next semester’s budget they will receive $179,000, $183,000, and $154,000 respectively The Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership & Research is projected to end this year with a deficit just over $110,000. They requested $228,200 in segregated fees, but the student association allocated them about $28,000 less.

They have the largest increase and they have one of the largest deficits,” Braun said. “I think they need to work on a leaner budget and learn how to manage their books better.”

The Student Association was a little more giving to other organizations on campus. The Inclusive Excellence Center, which is estimated to end this semester with $12,000, requested $112,000 for next semester’s budget and received over $50,000 more than that.

“It doesn’t really make sense for them to have a cut when… they are looking to expand,” Braun said. “We want to encourage them to expand and keep their doors open longer since they’re one of the lower funded offices.”

Centers like Be On the Safe Side (B.O.S.S.) and the Neighborhood Housing Office (NHO) both had better outcomes than expected for their budget this semester.

B.O.S.S., the most expensive student life department, is about $85,000 in debt, but because of low gas prices the budget committee felt they could keep the allocation at the same price for next semester at about $395,000.

NHO is projected to finish this semester with a surplus of about $30,000, and will receive about $23,800 less than their last budget of $107,000.

Sorenson said the SFC budgeted properly that students would not have to trade or lose any aspects of student life in the coming semester.

“I hope not,” Sorenson said. “It’s really up to the departments on how they’re going to manage their budgets, and on our end we’re going to do our best to be sure departments are still providing their services to students.”

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College Democrats at UW-Milwaukee Weigh in on Budget Cuts

By Amber Jorgenson We have all heard the news in recent likely to happen, but it is definitely pos- alumni from UWM stay in the state.

Even though profits for a new arena weeks. From angered tweets by UW stu- sible. After all, millions upon millions of They work, pay their taxes, and give for the Milwaukee Bucks will bring in dents to major publications reporting on dollars has to be cut from somewhere. back to their community. It’s things like money through ticket sales, tourism, and the issue, everyone has heard the recent Layoffs: Not possible layoffs, layoffs. theis that keep the state of Wisconsin go- possible businesses opening within the but unfortunate buzz of the $300 million During a recent budget meeting, UW- ing, but if we put education on the back- proximity, I don’t think it holds a handle budget cut to the UW System.

Madison Chancellor, Rebecca Blank, burner, will people even decide to go to to educating the citizens of Wisconsin.

Countless aspects of UWM and the stated that layoffs could be taking place UWM? Will they take their work, their We are all working hard at UWM; UW System in general will be devastat- as soon as April. tax money, and their generosity to the students, general workers, and espeed by Scott Walker’s choice to cut fundcially professors, in which Scott WalkCuts in Research and Development: community and go elsewhere? ing to the higher education system in the “Research and Development is essential “Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio er recently questioned if they were, in state of Wisconsin. These cuts will not to not only keeping Wisconsin competi- are all investing in higher education. fact, working hard enough. It seems as only affect us as an institution of educa- tive, but keeping the United States com- Back in 2010, Scott Walker gets in of- though Walker might be forgetting one tion, but also the community, the state of petitive in leading the world in technol- fice and really pushes forward with these aspect that goes into being a professor: Wisconsin, and our local economy. ogy and problem solving,” said Jung. budget cuts, and that was with the bud- research. Not only do professors teach To get more perspective of our newFuture tuition rises: “So you have get repair bill back then. The economy their classes, analyze coursework, and found situation, I decided to reach out to a two year freeze in tuition, but if you was slower back then, we were still in keep up with their students, but many the College Democrats at UWalso need to conduct Milwaukee. The College Demo- “Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio are all investing in higher education research, which can crats are a group on campus that take a tremendous raises awareness about state islook at what happened with the budget the midst of a recession, but we were amount of time. And we need this resues, gets involved during any sort of in 2012, when there was the budget re- just getting out of it. Cuts seemed to be search to remain competitive in the inelection, and are often seen in the Union pair bill, you saw tuition go up 5.5%. So across the state and across the country, dustry. spreading their democratic views and re- it only makes sense that when you see a it seemed to be something that a lot of I am willing to take a stab in the dark laying the quality of education. major cut from the state, that money has governors did. But now, what you’re and say that Walker wouldn’t have made I sat down with Trevor Jung, a fresh- to be made up to continue operation. So seeing is the economy doing better, that argument face to face with an actual man at UWM and an active member of who are the people that are going to be bouncing back, you have more revenue professor, or take the time to sit down the College Democrats, to see his take hurt from that; the students. It’s going to coming into each state. Minnesota has a with one, at that. If he did, maybe he on these budget cuts from a democratic be us,” said Jung. $1 billion surplus and the fastest grow- would have a better viewpoint on profesviewpoint.

A slowdown in admission of fresh- ing job growth in the Midwest because sors at the UW System and on education He pointed out that among the $300 man: We are an open enrollment univer- they are investing in education. So you in the state of Wisconsin. million being cut to the entire system, sity and an aspect of that is to make the see our neighbors saying that this is the “Governor Walker is one governor, $20-$40 million is going to be cut from community a priority. If we cut down on wrong direction, and what they’re go- and education has been the cornerstone UWM alone. However, it is difficult to the number of freshman being admitted, ing to do is pass Wisconsin up. We have of the Wisconsin idea. And so we need visualize exactly how much our share of this is going to affect those in the com- something called the Wisconsin idea, to have a conversation about the importhe cut equals out to. munity who want to earn a degree to pro- and that means that we understand the tance of education, the importance of “$40 million is approximately the vide a better life for their family, maybe importance of students and understand economic development and the imporbudget for the Lubar School of Busi- give their kids a better shot than they how that impacts the future of the state, tance of keeping that tradition of higher ness. You could also look at the numbers had. Being a university that has many not only in the next 10 years, but in the education in the state of Wisconsin, and like this: it is the budget for the School Milwaukee residents enrolling at an next 20, 30 years,” said Jung. that, at the end of the day, is going to be of Freshwater Sciences, our entire new older age, rejecting these students could If neighboring states are on the fast the discussion that we are going to be program, combine that with the School be detrimental to the progression of our track to passing up Wisconsin in terms of having 10, 20 years from now. Governor of Public Health and half of the Peck community. On top of that, since the education, one could believe that without Walker is just going to show up in the School of the Arts. So you are cutting year 2000, UWM has built Sandburg’s the priority of education, small business preface, but this is the real deal,” said into either the second largest school that East Tower, Cambridge, Riverview, and could very well decrease in Wisconsin, Jung. we have or you’re decimating three other Kenilworth Resident Halls to accommo- too. It’s kind of ironic considering Scott And this is the real deal. As a result schools,” said Jung. date the growing number of, primarily, Walker’s coined term was “Wisconsin is from the $300 million in budget cuts to It is doubtful that UWM would elimi- freshman. A reduction in the number open for business.” the UW System, Wisconsin is risking nate any of these programs, but these of residents in these buildings could, So if all of this money is being cut losing members of the community, incuts do span out to be a ton of money. presumably, result in cuts to the staff at from education, where is the majority of dustry competitiveness, and our reputaSo where are we going to see these cuts, these locations, which brings us back to it going to be spent? tion as a state that values and invests in exactly? And more importantly, will us the layoffs, again.

“It seems like he wants to invest in a higher education. as students see direct consequences? The “We have an institution that creates Brain Drain: If the accommodations new arena that’s going to be a $220 milanswer to that is yes. aren’t right and education doesn’t seem lion expense and so it seems like that skill and attracts skill, and if we want Jung laid out six main aspects in which like a priority in the state, what will hap- money is not even going to go into debt Wisconsin to be the best version of itwe will directly see these budget cuts. pen? Oh yeah, people will leave and go reduction, which is his entire premise for self, we need to invest in education,” Possible building closures: Although elsewhere. these direct cuts. These are unprecedent- concluded Jung. this is not guaranteed and not necessarily As of now, 80% of graduates and ed,” said Jung.

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I think we can all agree transportation in Milwaukee can be approved. Busses are often late, Lyft and Uber costs can add up, and parking is a nightmare.

As of Tuesday, February 10th, the Milwaukee Common Council allowed us to add one more mode of Milwaukee transportation to our list.

After 25 years of debate, Mayor Tom Barrett has signed legislation to move forward plans for a $124 million Milwaukee streetcar line.

According to milwaukeestreetcar.com, the streetcar would be huge for economic development and would expand the tax base in Milwaukee. However, $124 million is a lot of money to be spending on another mode of public transport. I can’t help but think that there are things money like that can be spent on instead of adding to our list of transportation methods.

There is also the concern about whether it fails While this sounds like a great to create these new jobs, build up interest in Mil- way to go to the hotels, waukee, and make the profit the Common Council theatres, jobs, schools, and homes that we go to so often, hopes it will make to make up for the cost.

One of my first thoughts was that this probably this also means constructing won’t happen for about 25 years. However, accord- a railway on the streets that ing to milwaukeestreetcar.com, it is said that the we use every day for a solid construction of the streetcar rails will begin in late three years.

2015 and should be finished by mid-2018.

Construction sites in Milwaukee are where dreams go to die. The route will connect the Intermodal Station, the Third Ward, East Town, and the lower east side along with extensions into nearby neighborhoods and along the lakefront.

While this sounds like a great way to go to the hotels, theatres, jobs, schools, and homes that we go to so often, this also means constructing a railway on the streets that we use every day for a solid three years.

This construction with also most likely add to the parking inconvenience we already have.

Although there are concerns with every big step a city makes, there are also several advantages to this new streetcar.

Before continuing my education at UWM, I graduated from MATC for dental assistance. One of the main reasons I didn’t start working in a dental office is because I really had no way of getting to work. With the streetcar using routes that don’t interfere with the bus lines, there is a big potential for a higher employment rate in Milwaukee.

Last summer it was a pain spending nearly all my tip money for work on bus and Lyft rides when I didn’t have the transit pass that UWM offers its students during the terms they’re enrolled in classes. One advantage that is has over other Milwaukee transportation is that the introductory fare is only $1 per ride.

Similar to the ones they already have in Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma; the streetcars will provide “low-floor/level boarding, a higher capacity than a bus, electric power operations, bicycle access, multiple doors for fast boarding, a clean and quiet ride, and mixed traffic operations, preserving majority of on-street parking,” according to milwaukeestreetcar.com Based off the pictures of the streetcar design I’ve seen, they look like they have come back in time from the future. They look sleek and according to milwaukeestreetcar.com they are to be “energy-efficient, quiet, clean, comfortable and has the potential to use renewable, locally created, energy sources.”

If you’re anything like me, then the air in Milwaukee makes you sick. Every time a bus or most cars drive by me I want to gag. If the streetcars are as clean and energy efficient as they are said to be, then I am on board.

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Panther Baseball Falls to Brewers In Exhibition Game

By Joe Horning In the finale of their Arizona road trip, the UWM baseball team fell 8-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers in an exhibition matchup Wednesday afternoon. Milwaukee only had one hit on the day, but held the Brewers scoreless until the fourth inning.

Mike Fiers drew the start for the Brewers, while Germantown native, junior Brian Keller, started on the mound for the Panthers. The first three innings was a showing of stout defense by both teams. The second inning featured great pitching by both sides. Fiers started by retiring Sam Koenig, Tell Taylor, and

Nick Unes at the top of the inning. At the bottom, Joe Pavlovich came on to replace Brian Keller and struck out Adam Lind, Khris Davis, and Gerardo Parra.

“I knew I was capable of doing it. I just had to pound the zone. It was fun,” Pavlov-

ich said after the game.

The inning was especially good for Pavlovich, who has given up nine earned runs and seven walks in two starts this season.

“He has had a really hard time mechanically getting over his front side

the first two starts,“ said head coach Scott Doffek after the game. ”Whether it’s just he was off time or he couldn’t relax the beginning part of the season.

But today for whatever reason, he was really in tempo and got over the ball and you could see the ball coming out of his hand with some angle. That was really encouraging. ” The Panthers offense struggled all day The game picked up in the fourth inning. As Milwaukee started rotating out their starters, Derek Peake singled up the middle, and then stole second, but UWM struck out to end the top of the inning.

Sophomore Zach Brenner came onto pitch for the Panthers at the bottom and gave up three consecutive walks to start the inning. Although Matt Clarke hit into a double play, Davis followed it up with a single into left field to score Luis Sardinas and Shane Petersen. From then on, the Panthers struggled at the plate, only advancing on walks and hit-by-pitches.

The score remained 2-0 until the sixth, when Juan Centeno hit a grounder past Mike Porcaro to allow Logan Schafer and Matt Clarke to score. The next inning the Brewers padded their lead as Elian Herrara drove in Yadiel Rivera and Matt Long drove in Nevin Ashley to make it a 6-0 lead.

The Brewers then put the nail in the coffin in the 8th. Adam Weisenberger singled to drive in Bryan Petersen and Herrara drove in Yadiel Rivera again.

The Panthers ended the game with three consecutive outs in the ninth.

Milwaukee did not get any offense going outside of Peake’s hit. Brewers’

pitchers had 17 strikeouts. Porcaro was able to get on base twice by walks, but was left stranded both times.

“We’ve seen some good arms. And good arms at our level are different from good arms at this level. You could see our guys were having problems with 95 to 98,” said Doffek afterward on the lack of hits. “If you get an opportunity to face that every day, you get an opportunity to adjust. But when you show up on one day and have to do it, you can see the ball was moving pretty quick for us.”

The encouraging signs for UWM was all in the first few innings. Although Ryan Braun, Aramis Ramirez, and Jonathan Lucroy all sat out the game, Milwaukee held their own on defense against most of the starting unit for the Brewers.

The Brewers had positives as well.

Jim Henderson returned from injury to get two strikeouts and a walk. Their 17 strikeouts was a great sign for their bullpen.

Earlier this season, Doffek said this game, although it was an exhibition game, was an opportunity for the team to play against great competition. Although the Panthers couldn’t get offense going, they have nine or more runs in five games this season.

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added to the USA baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list, an award that goes to the top amateur baseball player in the country. He is the only player from the Horizon League on that list.

Along with his batting average, Koenig has a slugging percentage of .761 and an on base percentage (OBP) of .519. Those numbers top the Horizon league and rank him in the top half among all NCAA players in the country.

Same Koenig has been added to the USA baseball Golden Spikes award watch list.

It hasn’t been an e​asy road for the Prairie Du Sac, WI native. The senior has dealt with a long list of injuries that date back to his high-school days while playing for Sauk Prairie. In 2010, Koenig suffered a herniated disk in the summer before his freshman year at Milwaukee. In college Koenig has had surgery on his ankle in 2011, his wrist in 2012 and had hip surgery in 2014.

The most devastating of the injuries came last year when Koenig suffered a season-ending hand injury after just nine games into the year in which he was off to a hot start batting .424. That set-back made for a major comeback.

“Whenever you are injured you realize how lucky you are too be playing at this level,” Koenig said.” I mean I have had a lot of set-backs in my career so it gives me more motivation to come back and too come back stronger.”

The seniors strong start to the season has led the Panthers to an overall record of 17-11, (6-8) placing them fourth in the Horizon League conference. Koenig realizes that a conference title is not a sprint but a marathon and knows there is a lot of baseball left to be played.

“The first half of conference has been up and down. We’ve pretty much been in every game. This year we’ve been part of a lot of close losses so just moving forward we have to focus on getting better as a team and we will see where we are at the end of the season. I think it will be a good ending if we keep improving.”

Koenig has been a tough out all season long. Photo by Milwaukee Athletics.

Even with the season he has put together, Koenig is not focused on his individual 18 the Panther xpress April 27, 2015

statistics and is all-in for his team in his last season as a Panther.

“I just like to stick with the process. I don’t like to get too caught up in stats I just try and help the team win and as far as the team goes, we are trying to win the conference title and the Horizon League Tournament. I haven’t been a part of a regional and that would be awesome.”

With an already impressive senior campaign, Koenig also has been able to be a part of one of the most memorable seasons in program history. Earlier this year the Panthers were able to play an exhibition game for the first time in school history against the Milwaukee Brewers.

“It was really, really cool to match yourself up with them because those guys are obviously some of the best in the world,” Koenig said about the experience.

Koenig has also been able to experience an historic week for the program when they no-hit UW- Superior, the programs first no-hitter in school history. The very next day Milwaukee knocked off 15th ranked Iowa 4-3 which was the first time the program beat a ranked opponent since 2009 when they beat No. 25 ranked Michigan.

“I mean obviously those are huge steps for our program. Beating Iowa is something we always like doing because we are in the Horizon league. We always like beating Big Ten teams.”

With all the rehab and set-backs Koenig has suffered over the past five years, it seems to be paying off at the right time. Koenig is still unclear what his future holds for him after this season but he made it clear that baseball is something he wants to pursue.

“We will see about the draft. It’s a goal of mine but I can’t control it. If baseball doesn’t work out I am probably going to teach and coach. Only time will tell.”

For now, keep a close eye on number 19 in the silver and black when he digs into the batters-box. He might just drive a ball over the left field wall on a hanging curveball or even smack a double into the gap. Who knows what will happen when one of the countries toughest outs is at the plate.

Only time will tell.

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The Boys of Summer in the Land of Winter

By Joe Horning Wisconsin’s late winters can always put a damper on sports, especially baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers thought for that when they planned a roof for the construction of Miller Park. Eight miles north at Henry Aaron Field in Lincoln Park, the UW-Milwaukee baseball team starts another season.

Doffek works one-on-one with many of his players.

Leading the way is head coach, Scott Doffek. Doffek is in his ninth season coaching the team, five of which he has led the team to a .500 record or higher.

In his fourth season in 2010, he led the Panthers to the Horizon League tournament title and to the NCAA Tournament.

Three years later, the team captured the regular season Horizon League title.

The Panthers return most of their 2014 roster, losing only three players to graduation. Two of those losses were significant. Outfielder Ryan Solberg was a monster at the plate, batting .368 with 43 RBIs and seven home runs on his way to earning 2014 Horizon League Player of the Year. Also gone is Pat Wilson, their first baseman who batted .302 on the year.

“It’s hard to replace a player of the year like Solberg and then Pat as well had a great year,” says second baseman Mike Porcaro, who was the Horizon League Player of the Year in 2013. “Especially in the middle of our lineup, but we also have a lot of guys here that are ready to go and we have a lot of depth on our bench, so I think they’ll be able to be able to pick it up. Obviously it’s going to have to be a group effort because one guy can’t replace what Solberg did last year.”

Premium on Experience Part of that group effort will include an experienced 14 seniors on the roster in 2014, six of whom are starters. Ryan McShane (SS), Sam Koenig (LF), and Derek Peake (RF) return in their positions from 2014. Last year’s reliable utility man and closer, Tell Taylor, is getting the first crack at first base in his senior year. Tyler Hermann is beginning this

year at short stop while McShane takes over second base as Porcaro recovers from offseason shoulder surgery.

Each senior brings invaluable skills to the lineup: McShane earned Second-Team AllHorizon League team while batting .290 in 2014.

Peake batted .244 with 17 RBIs and returns to right field where he is one of the rising outfielders in the Horizon League.

Koenig returned from a broken hand with a stellar performance against Maine, scoring four runs with five RBIs. Porcaro is their consistent man in the middle at second base, but is working slowly into the lineup as he rehabs his shoulder, one of which required offseason surgery. In 2014, he batted .271 with two home runs and 24 RBIs Hermann hit .280 last year with three home runs as he moved around from third base to designated hitter and finally to left field to take over for Koenig. For the time being he is working at SS while Porcaro gets healthy.

Taylor didn’t put up big stats in 2014, but was the jack-of-all-trades for Milwaukee last year. He already started off his senior year on a hot streak, hitting a home run against Maine.

With so many seniors, leadership is not in short supply in 2015.

“We’ve got some guys that have been here for a while and have been leaders, and unfortunately due to injury, were not able to play last year and I think every year the dynamic is different with your team and I think we’re kind of growing into exactly that question and we’re figuring that out right now,” said UWM head coach Scott Doffek on who would step up as a leader this year.

Behind them is a long list of returning junior starters such as Mitch Ghelfi (C) and Luke Meeteer (CF). Meeteer came back from last year’s injury with a monster performance in the opening series.

He drove in two RBIs, while scoring nine runs of his own, and stealing eight bases. Ghelfi is two years removed from being Horizon League Newcomer of the Year as a freshman. Despite playing injured last year, he batted .276 and drove in 22 RBIs. His defensive contributions were far more outstanding behind the plate. He threw out almost 40% of base stealers and led the Horizon with right pickoffs.

“As far as I am concerned, Mitch is the best catch-and-throw guy in the conference and the coaches around the league would agree with that,” Doffek said.

The one sophomore skill starter this year will be Eric Solberg at third base.

Eric is the younger brother of Ryan and started 13 games down the stretch last year. The team will work Hermann in at third as well throughout the year.

Power of the Bench When it comes to their depth of skill players, Milwaukee is stacked. Behind

Ghelfi at catcher, the Panthers have Aaron Buban, who hit .310 in 16 games last year; along with Sam Kohnke who hit .400 in six games. New to the catchers collective is freshman Daulton Varsho, who made his first collegiate start in the opening series vs. Maine. Doffek said that Varsho is likely to make a big impact early.

Once Porcaro fully returns from rehabbing, Hermann will join a good collection of infielders. Junior Nick Unes is expected to see plenty of time at first base with Taylor and does a good job at the plate, batting .276 with 18 RBIs last year. Redshirt freshman Blake Fleischman will be worked in as well as a depth player.

In the outfield is where the Panthers are stacked. Sam Koenig, Luke Meeteer, and Derek Peake are experienced and talented.

“I think we’ll be real good defensively,” said Koenig. “We got good chemistry out there. Good speed. Pretty good arms all around. Even have good depth, people coming off the bench. It doesn’t really matter who’s out there, we’re going to be pretty good defensively.”

In the event of injury to the three, Hermann can fill in well, as well as senior Sam Hammer and transfers Zach Taylor and Cole Heili. Filling out the outfield is juniors Dan Barwick and Dylan Detert.

Deadly Arms One the mound, the team has great depth, both in starters, and relievers. The team only lost 60 of their 440 innings pitched from last season as Tyler Thicke graduated.

Junior Brian Keller (2-8, 4.26 ERA in 2014) pitched six scoreless innings in game one vs. Maine and is being counted on to return as their primary starter.

Graduate student transfer Joe Pavlovich is eligible to play immediately after being one of the top pitchers for UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC. Milwaukee also has Mike Schneider (8-3, 3.54 ERA) returning to the mound after he sat out 2014 undergoing Tommy John surgery. Schneider isn’t completely healthy yet, but the team expects him back at some point this season.

Another starter for the Panthers will be sophomore Justin Langley (2-1, 3.30 ERA). After impressing in limited action last season, including 12 strikeouts in seven innings vs. Valparaiso last year, the coaching staff is excited to get him on the mound. Junior Jake Tuttle (2-2, 4.09 ERA) and Sophomore Adam Reuss (1-1, 6.48 ERA) round out the starters.

“Our bullpen has been looking really good so far” said Brian Keller on the team’s depth. And I think we will only continue to get better as we find out who is going to be out there in what roles as the season gets on with more experience.”

Part of Milwaukee’s deep depth in the bullpen comes from four seniors. Middle relievers Gunnar Eastman (14 games),

Justin Jaquish (2-2, 4.09 ERA) and Eric King (2.31 ERA in 6 games) all will be playing key roles in the year. Senior Cody Peterson (4-3, 5.23 ERA) was a starter for UWM last year, but is moving into the closer role as last year’s closer, Tell Taylor, moves to first base.

“He is a guy who is going to give us his best effort every game. Very consistent and he has great stuff too.” Keller said of Peterson as a closer.

Other contributors to the bullpen include Junior Jonathan Nick, sophomore Zach Brenner, and freshmen Elijah Goodman, Alex McIntosh, Austin Schulfer, and Chaz Schmidt.

Weather and Stadiums Playing in Wisconsin is no easy task for UW-Milwaukee. The spring college baseball season has 56 games that start in early February. For northern teams like UWM, that means it is still freezing outside with snow on the field.

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Milwaukee neighborhoods, Mayor Barrett spoke passionately about regulating gun control. “Guns in the hands of criminals produce far too much devastation in some of our neighborhoods,” he said, adding, “I will never accept the silent premise that gun violence in Milwaukee is inevitable.”

While citing that although homicides were down 14 percent in 2014, the mayor stated non-fatal shootings were up by 10 percent, and MPD officers had seized over 2000 guns. The mayor expressed that the majority of these guns were bought legally only months before they were used in crimes. He then took a direct stab at Scott Walker and the NRA saying, “Governor Walker and state legislators must give the same attention to the lives of victims as they do to the NRA.” Barrett also explained that the MPD would also continue to take steps in educating officers on crisis intervention training and critical incident training, put in place to help officers understand how to deal with individuals in crisis. The implementation of these programs also seemed to allude to the Dontre Hamilton shooting.

MILWAUKEE FAMILIES: Another topic for the mayor was strengthening the health and family mechanics of Milwaukee residents. “Having a great city means that all residents, regardless of where they live or what their income is, can be healthy throughout their lives,” said Barrett.

He opened up this segment of his speech by talking on the infant mortality rates of Milwaukee and announced a new initiative the city is calling the “Strong Baby Sanctuary Initiative.” The initiative will be the result of a partnership with the United Way and Columbia St. Mary’s. The program seeks to provide secure health options for expecting mothers, fathers and new families.

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