November 19, 2014
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Whitewater By Michael Riley Editor In Chief
The recent discovery of the ‘date rape drug’ in Whitewater is one of the only cases UW-Whitewater Chief of Police Matthew Kie- derlen knows of since his start in 2007. The university sent out a campus-wide an- nouncement on Nov. 14 detailing information on the drug gamma hydroxybutrate known as GHB after the arrest of a man three weeks ago. The drug, which is common in sexual assault cases, is often slipped into drinks un- knowingly and digested in social situations. Kiederlen said GHB is not prevalent within the Whitewater community, but the campus-wide email served as a warning to inform students about potential GHB usage. “It is not that we believe that is a large, wide spread issue but of course it exists and it is appropriate to let [students] know that it exists so [students] can take the appropriate precautions in their own life,” Kiederlen said. Police on Oct. 26 arrested Austin W. Schnieder, 20, for operating a vehicle while in- toxicated and was charged with possession of GHB, other drugs and drug paraphernalia ac-
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cording to the city police department release. Since the arrest, two additional people reported they believe they were drugged, according to Kiederlen. He advises students to maintain vigilance on anything they plan to ingest in a social situa- tion. Kiederlen urges students to follow simple precautions: do not leave their drink with an individual they do not know or do not trust, never leave a drink unattended and always watch the drink being poured. “It boils down to common sense,” he said. “We know how [date-rape facilitation type drugs] are utilized and people know the dan- gers. GHB has been around for awhile and I think most people have probably heard of it. We are just trying to say it is around and let’s be careful.” If a student has any questions or concerns contact the UW Whitewater Dean of Students 2I¿ FH DW RU ZLVKHV WR ¿ OH D report contact the UW Whitewater Police Ser- YLFHV DW DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH XQL versity’s announcement. RileyMP30@uww.edu
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New syllabus to encourage involvement By Ethan Hill Staff Writer
In order to encourage student involvement in clubs and organi- zations on campus, the executive board of student government has created an initiative known as the Professor Picks program. Professor Picks asks profes- sors to place three or four organi- zations on campus, which pertain to their class, or major on their syllabus. Former Academic Affairs Di- rector, Lauren Kats, started the program last year and authored legislation that passed Profes- sor Picks unanimously through Whitewater Student Gov. or WSG.
Kats saw that students wanted to get involved on campus, but did not necessarily know how to go about it. “Professor Picks is a chance for students to learn more about what might apply to them via their major in the role of opportunity for involvement,” Kats said. The process of making the pro- gram a reality has not been easy, Kats said. It entailed the creation of a comprehensive list of every student organization and what ma- jor they are associated with. “We broke it down into col- lege, major and then organiza- tions that pertain to those majors,” said Kats. “We wanted to make it pretty easy for professors.”
When Kats’ term as academic affairs director ended, only half of the list had been completed. Brian Carlson was hired to succeed Kats and inherited the responsibility of completing the project. “I have been working mostly on the implementation of [Pro- fessor Picks],” Carlson said. “So I have been making it PDF com- patible as well presenting it to the Faculty Senate.” Carlson stressed the impor- tance of such a program, since students are shy, may not be as likely to approach random strang- ers in order to get involved. Carlson recently presented the initiative to the Faculty Sen-
ate in order to get it back on their agenda, and it will be voted on in December. While the Professor Picks pro- gram cannot require professors to include these clubs and organiza- tions on their syllabi, the work put into the master list has made the initiative as easy as copy and past- ing for professors. The legislation was worded to state that it was ‘expected’ for professors to include these organi- zations on their syllabi. “We hope that professors see this as an opportunity to help their students and that they will want to do it,” Kats said. HillEJ25@uww.edu
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After 30 years of serving UW- Whitewater, Chancellor Richard Telfer announced his retirement on Nov. 17. Telfer said he will retire on June 30, 2015. Telfer announced his retire- ment in an email sent to the en- tire university. His email talked about the success he has been a part of while serving. Telfer also talked about his future plans for retirement. “I will leave UW-Whitewater in excellent shape and in good hands,” Telfer said. “I believe we have exceptionally talented peo- ple in leadership positions who will continue to push for quality in the classroom and beyond.” Telfer talked about the ac- complishments in recent years such as record retention and graduation rates, record enroll- ment in the last IRXU RI ¿ YH \HDUV Telfer and the athletic department accomplishing ex- traordinary feats. :KHQ KH ZDV ¿ UVW LQDXJXUDWHG in 2008, Telfer talked to the Roy- al Purple about his goals for the university. He said he wanted to focus on the university’s growth and improvement and prepare more people with bachelor’s and master’s degrees. “During my tenure, we have developed one of the nation’s top undergraduate research pro- grams, we’ve embraced LEAP and made it a core part of our student experience, we began the New Student Seminar and the highly successful Learning Communities, we have success- ful McNair Scholar and King Chavez programs and we now KDYH RXU ¿ UVW GRFWRUDO SURJUDP LQ place in the College of Business and Economics,” Telfer said. After retirement, Telfer and his wife Roni plan on spending time with their children and their grandchildren and traveling.
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