Feb. 22, 2017 Biz & Tech [8]
Helping to offer advice to students and incarcerated individuals are two main focuses for advocate Maximo Anguiano, executive director for the Adelante Education and Leadership Fund. Anguiano spoke at UW-W on Feb. 15 on investing in one’s future.
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Swimmer honored at WIAC finals John Paul Czerwinski Assistant Sports Editor
A sign donning the phrase “Forever STrong” was hung in place of the most missed member of the UW-Whitewater Swimming and Diving team at last weekend’s WIAC Championship. The Warhawks honored former swimmer senior Spencer Twining who died prior to the beginning of the season. The ’Hawks dedicated their season to Twining. The competitors also honored Twining, wearing an ‘STrong’ t-shirt in his honor. “We can’t describe how much that meant to everybody,” senior Grace Devine said. The Warhawk men and women’s swimming and diving teams both placed third at the WIAC Swimming and Diving Championships at the Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer, Wisconsin Feb. 18 to wrap up their 2016-17 seasons. The Warhawk men finished with 656 points, while the women tallied 731. UW-Stevens Point claimed the men’s championship with 971.50 points. UW-La Crosse won the
women’s championship with 864 points. The women had a strong finish to their season, including 16 top three individual finishes at the championships. “I know us seniors really wanted to end our final meet with a championship, but we knew it was going to be a battle between LaCrosse and Eau Claire,” Devine said. “We performed well this weekend. What I am exceptionally proud of is how we rally behind one another. Every race, our team would be on their feet and going crazy.” Devine, along with the team of sophomore Erin Hawker and seniors Sarah Arteaga and Margaret Lotzer placed second in the 800yard freestyle relay with a time of 7:48.10. Devine and Arteaga also claimed third place in the 400-yard freestyle with the help of junior Michaela Matthys and sophomore Vada Williams. The four of them recorded a time of 3:34.81. Although the men’s team only managed a third place conference finish this season, senior Josh Ka-
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Student athletes and members of the community signed a banner at the memorial service for senior swimmer Spencer Twining. Twining, who died in a motorcycle crash in September, was remembered at last weekend’s championship meet.
nute said a lot more can be taken from the season. “I was very happy with how the team finished this season,” Kanute said. “We may have not reached the end goal of a conference championship, but this team powered through a lot of setbacks. We stayed positive at times when many would have given up. Through all of that, we still had exceptional swims and a lot of fast times that exceeded people’s individual goals and to me that’s the most important.” Kanute finished his career with a fifth place finish in the 200-yard
SPRING SPLASH Upcoming event sees uncertainty Shannon Columb Staff Writer
The end-of-semester celebration, Spring Splash, has lost its major sponsor for this year. Marketing company Wisconsin Red backed out after receiving criticism on last year’s event from city officials. In regards to last year’s party, Wisconsin Red stated in a news release published on Feb. 9 that “the event itself was extremely well-controlled – properly managed, secured, and cleaned promptly.” Steve Farina, founder of Wisconsin Red, stated at the city council meeting that what occurred outside of the event was not “representative of the organization’s vision or values.”
Wisconsin Red has been collaborating with the City of Whitewater, City of Whitewater Police and representatives and university representatives to devise a plan for the future of Spring Splash with a goal to “contain the attendees and safely funnel any ancillary parties to the central area.” Not only did Wisconsin Red hope to keep the participants safe, but bring awareness to the consequences they may face if they violate laws, Farina said. This plan was of no interest to the city and after city officials described the amount of negative feedback they received from residents from last year, Pumpers and Mitchell’s dropped out as a local contrib-
utor. With no local sponsor, Wisconsin Red dropped out. “If I was demonized and characterized the same way, I would make the same decision,” Stephanie Goettl, Common Council member and graduate said. James Langnes III, Common Council member and undergraduate senior believes the move was a mistake “I feel like the city missed an opportunity to work together with Wisconsin Red and turn this event into something like Mifflin or Oktoberfest, in which case, gives out exposure to the
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butterfly, sixth place finish in the 200-yard freestyle and seventh in the 500-yard freestyle. “The emotions after the last race were definitely in full-effect, touching the last wall ended my last race of a 17-year swim career,” Kanute said. “It didn’t really set in before that race. But I shook hands with my 200 butterfly competitor Ryan Young of Eau Claire, who I swam next to at conference four years in a row, he made the comment ‘That’s it!’, and it just hit me.”
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Chancellor talks budget Nathan Kober Staff Writer
Chancellor Beverly Kopper addressed concerns about impending changes to funding in the upcoming biennial state budget at Tea with the Chancellor on Wednesday Feb. 15. In his recent budget proposal, Gov. Scott Walker proposed increasing funding to Wisconsin’s public K-12 education system and the UW System, for the first time since he became governor. Walker also introduced a plan to cut tuition
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