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Monday, February 14, 2011

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Science Bag offers colorful introduction to chemistry

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Professor Alan Schwabacher likes to play with fire. He’s a chemist by trade but on Friday night his role came closer to that of a magician, challenging the audience’s perception of reality by conjuring up nature unseen.

After mixing calcium acetate and ethanol to form a Sterno-like gel, he ignited the compound and with it the scientific curiosity of a

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roomful of spectators. It was then he demonstrated his occupational expertise.

“I have a box here with a whole bunch of salt shakers in it and here’s where chemists come in,” Schwabacker said. “They call lots of things salts that you wouldn’t call salts on your kitchen table.

This particular one is called copper chloride. And if I sprinkle that in the fire, it looks cool. I think that’s the technical term.”

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Alan Schwabacher mixes up his technicolor dream compounds to set ablaze. Post photo by Sierra Riesberg

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Failed policies Pittsburgh failed students professor puts on diaspora lecture

African Diaspora Focus of UW-Madison Alum’s Lecture

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Diane Ravitch describes the pitfalls and perils of No Child Left Behind and other education policies. Post photo by Sierra Riesberg

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“It takes a village to raise a child, but the village isn’t working together,” said Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University.

Ravitch spoke in the Wisconsin Room Thursday night and addressed the pitfalls of charter and voucher schools and the national education policies No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Race to the Top. “Both policies are destructive in a way that causes teachers to

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narrow the curriculum to only what is tested,” Ravitch said.

“NCLB is based on a utopian goal, to meet 100-percent proficiency. It sets schools up to be delegitimated because they can’t meet this impossible goal,” Ravitch said. “It would be like making the police department get rid of 100 percent of crime before 2014 or we will close them all down. Or what if we shut down all the fire departments if there were too many fires?” Ravitch asked Tuesday.

One community member said

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On Wednesday, Feb. 9, Patrick Manning, professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, gave a keynote speech on the African Diaspora and the perspective of history in the UW-Milwaukee Union.

A number of diverse students, professors, and onlookers packed the small Union meeting room Wednesday, anticipating the lecture from the distinguished professor. Many present had notebooks at the ready.

Before taking the podium, Manning took time to sign multiple copies of his book for attendees and engaging in personal conversation behind a table at the back of the room.

Manning is the author of

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more than 14 books concerning world history. His most recent was the subject of the lecture on Wednesday: “The African Diaspora: A History Through Culture.”

The introduction to the lecture was given by Jeffrey Sommers, an associate professor at UWM and the newest addition to the Africology Department, having joined in August of 2010.

Sommers acknowledged sponsors and those responsible for bringing the professor to the university before Manning took the microphone.

The first thing Manning addressed was the word “modernity.” He explained the origins and evolution of the word and the concept behind it, calling it a definition of “how we got where we are and where we’re going.”

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He claimed that the modern vision of history relies too much on the history of the elite, and not the history of the people. In his eyes, the people that did the actual work itself were left behind by those who came up with the ideas. The new information on the Diaspora needs to be incorporated with the current world history.

While spread out, people in the Diaspora shared common themes, struggles and memories across their culture.

The relationship between a mother and her child was a predominant factor across the course of African history.

Going through the history of Diaspora over thousands of years, Manning cited many instances of influence in culture among the rest of the world. African art was modeled by other artists of the time, and some African people were even used as models for sculpture.

Manning noted various in-

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Bankruptcy spikes claims against Milwaukee church

Walker has warned the legislature that if his new bill does not pass it could mean thousands of layoffs for Wisconsin. His bill establishes changes in the benefits of state employees with the aim of saving the state $330 million over the next three years. The changes would require state employees to pay 5.8 percent of their pension and 12.6 percent of their healthcare premiums. Police and firefighters are exempt from the changes. The bill also removes most of the collective bargaining rights state employee unions have in negotiating their contract. Later this month Walker plans to present another budget plan that cuts aid to local governments.

In anticipation of the possibility for striking, Walker said national guardsmen are prepared to take over operation of Wisconsin prisons if prison guards should take to the picket line.

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has seen 50 new potential claims of sexual abuses since filing for bankruptcy in January. Among the accused are priests which have never previously been charged with any offense of sexual misconduct. It is expected there will be a greater influx of claims against the church so victims can be included in the church’s bankruptcy settlement. By filing bankruptcy, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee has essentially created a deadline for any claims to which the church would be the debtor. A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling has barred the filing such lawsuits for more than 10 years.

New iPhone app angers immigrant activists A new iPhone game set for release next month has created controversy amongst immigrationrights activists. The game, “Smuggle Truck,” challenges players to drive a truck across bumps, potholes and other obstacles without losing any of the U.S.-bound Mexicans in the cargo bay. Developers of the game say it was intended to be a satirical criticism about failing boarder policies and the media avoidance of the issue. Current estimates project there are 11 million illegal immigrants living and working in the U.S., and every year hundreds of thousands are arrested trying to enter. Critics of the game say it makes light of the real dangers immigrants face trying to cross the border. The game is currently planned to be released for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

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Last week on Egyptian state television, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that the tri-decade rule of President Hosni Mubarak has ended. The streets of Cairo, home to the most intense demonstrations, rang out in celebration upon hearing the announcement. Mubarak, in the face of heavy protests and rioting throughout the state of Egypt and among its leadership, resigned as president and handed over control of the country to the military. This essentially puts power in the hands of Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. One report released by Wikileaks said U.S. diplomatic cables have referred to Tantawi as “aged and unchanging.” Last Thursday, Mubarak made a speech during which it was expected he would resign his presidency. Instead, he simply transferred most of his powers to Vice President Suleiman, but the announcement of his forfeiture came within 24 hours. Large protests had been ongoing since Jan. 25.

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after 30year rule

Bridging the Gap: Music Bringing People Together: Local MCs will be bringing their flows to the Gausthaus from 9 to 11 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 18 [zerospace] is a conference/concert about the distance and interaction in music with Stanford University and the Interactive Media Research. Bring your laptop and join in the

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the problem with NCLB is that “the child was kicked under the bus before he even got in line … and that’s straight from the ghetto.”

Ravitch said that both NCLB and Race to the Top are based on the notion that “if we put pressure on teachers, that will make students work harder.” It puts the power in the hands of the children rather than the teacher, she said.

Moreover, states started playing the system by making tests simpler and inflating test scores.

Two such states with schools that were exposed for inflating test scores were Illinois and New York.

Many of the failing schools are concentrated in places of poverty and racial isolation.

“Some children in affluent

interactive conference at 3:30 in Room 175 of Curtin Hall. At 7 p.m. in the Peck School of the Arts Music Recital Hall the Telematic Concert will facilitate simultaneous interaction between stages at UWM, Stanford, the University of Virginia, Indianapolis and Kansas City, Mo.

The Post is starting a new section called “Post-its,” where students can give shout-outs to their peers, professors or pals. Email your Post-its to kraether@uwmpost.com

neighborhoods will not succeed, and some in dire environments will succeed, but the odds favor those with economic advantage,” Ravitch said.

Closing schools, which Ravitch said destroys social capital and social networks, isn’t the answer to fix failing schools.

However, she doesn’t think charter and voucher schools are the answer either. In regards to charter schools, Ravitch said, “They are deregulated, which permits all sorts of abuses,” such as nepotism and unregulated principal salaries.

A 2009 study done by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University revealed that nearly half of the charter schools nationwide had students whose test results were no different from those of the students at the local public schools.

In fact, the study revealed 37 percent of students at the charter schools scored significantly

lower than students at public schools.

Ravitch said researchers now agree that students in voucher schools make no more progress than in public schools. “To pour billions of dollars into vouchers would be fiscally irresponsible,” Ravitch said.

Rather than privatize schools, Ravitch believes more needs to be done to help support the teachers. She went on to emphasize that experienced principals and a balanced curriculum which includes history, science, foreign language and the arts are essential in better educating children.

Peter Blewett, Vice President of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, said we should “base education policy on research into brain capacity.”

Ravitch ended by saying there is a Save Our School teacher march nationwide on July 28-31 to protest NCLB and Race to the Top.

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UWM professor gives a history lesson on himself What leads a prof to UWM

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By Michelle Sanchez Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

Professor Marcus Filippello came to UW-Milwaukee at the end of a long journey in pursuit of knowledge and his love of history.

Recently he accepted a permanent professor position for the next academic year and is excited for a longer stay in Milwaukee.

“The UW system has a long standing legacy of public education and its importance. I am excited to be part of that,” he said.

Filippello started his journey and undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado, majoring in Central and Eastern European history.

“I found out shortly thereafter I couldn’t get a job,” Filippello said. “I shouldn’t say that ... but that was just the time. There are a lot of things you can do with history.”

Filippello wanted to pursue work in the areas he had studied as an undergraduate but could not find work with only a history degree. Next, he earned his master’s in business and worked as a corporate consultant in Romania.

“The people were great, but the corporate culture wasn’t really for me,” said Filippello.

So he came back to the States and applied for the Peace Corps.

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Flicking his wrist the blue flame suddenly burned bright green.

Subsequent chemicals turned the fire purple, dark pink, and the familiar yellowish-orange, while still others made it sparkle and flash with an intensity belying its diminutive size.

As the exclamations subsided, an impressed but possibly hungry audience member asked Schwabacher what color he could get a marshmallow to change into.

“No marshmallows, sorry.

“At the time they were really active in eastern and central Europe so I was thinking I could use my quote-unquote talents. If you want to call them that,” Filippello said.

The Peace Corps accepted Filippello and offered him two positions: a teaching position in Uzbekistan or working with local entrepreneurs in Togo, West Africa. Filippello chose to go to Togo.

“Nothing against Uzbekistan, it would probably have been great, but it would be cold,” he said. “I would be eating a lot of goat and I don’t really like goat.”

Once in West Africa, he met a variety of people and noticed a tension between business development and culture in the area.

Filippello recalled watching a friend of his play a game that resembled speed checkers.

“This was a guy with the equivalent of a seventh grade education, but he was brilliant! He turned to me and said ‘The problem is that you do not get how we operate.

You need to study history in order to understand our situation,’” said Filippello.

Intrigued, he knew he wanted to study African History in the future.

Coming back to the United States, Filippello took a job in Oregon before making his way to Davis, California. In Davis, Filippello enrolled at the

That’s not chemists, that’s girl scouts,” the professor said.

The demonstration was part of the current edition of UWMilwaukee’s Science Bag, a unique series of performances that educates as it entertains. Now in its 38th year, Science Bag offers free hour-long lectures five times a month on a variety of topics which change monthly.

The current lecture is titled “Hidden Colors Exposed!” and used vibrant shades to demonstrate the beauty and power of chemistry.

Along with fire, Schwabacher uses an assortment of liquids and light bulbs to elicit vivid colors from seemingly colorless substances.

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University of California to begin his doctorate degree in African History. He studied in Nigeria and Benin during his doctorate studies. In Nigeria, Filippello spent a summer learning the native language of Yoruba.

“I hear it pretty well, but it’s a tonal language and I’m kind of a monotone guy,” said Filippello.

Soon after, he began his localized thesis in Benin examining the social history of a specific road. “I was looking at the road as a text.

I’m kind of a geek about looking at things as texts.”

After completing six years at UC-Davis, Filippello was offered a visiting assistant professorship at UWM. He considers himself fortunate to have the job. He is also very impressed with the student body.

“The students here are more engaged and seem to like to think about things critically and creatively,” said Filippello.

Filippello received the opportunity to teach in areas he is comfortable and knowledgeable about this school year, including African History, environmental history and world history. “I really enjoy my classes. I get to reread things like this [Africa, the Politics of Independence by Immanuel Wallerstein] and all of the sudden I get it now,” said Filippello.

Milwaukee is a new scene for Filippello. “I was okay with the winter here until the blizzard hit,” he said. He did enjoy that the blizzard brought a communal effort together in snow shoveling. “I met a lot of neighbors that I didn’t even know I had that morning,” he said. He also hopes to return to Benin this summer for more research but is a little worried about the climate change.

When thinking about California weather, he said “It’s spring in Davis, California, right now. I could use a fifty degree day here.

“I really like running along the river. You can walk out your door and feel like you’re not in the city anymore,” said Filippello. He also is very intrigued by the quantity of vegan and vegetarian options in Milwaukee. “It’s great. You can walk into Comet Cafe on a Sunday and see someone drinking a Miller High Life and eating vegan bacon.”

The beer and availability of pubs in the Milwaukee area is also new to Filippello. “I feel like there is a pub on every block,” he said.

and all of the selected volunteers – are young children, the event can be captivating to the intellectually curious of all ages.

One spectator was Gail Prusinski, who attended with her husband and son.

“It brings science down to a level that I can probably understand it. They make it interesting and fun and interactive so it’s fun to learn,” she said. “We have been to many of these yeah, so we enjoy coming here. I just find it really interesting to see how everything is working.”

“Hidden Colors Exposed!” is shown every Friday at 8 p.m. in the Physics building and runs through the end of February.

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Though those were pivotal points in the history of the Diaspora, he described the 19th century as the “century of emancipation.”

While acknowledging the massive progress made in the way of abolishing slavery, Manning admitted that it wasn’t until slavery hit its height in the 1800s that it began to dissipate. Continuing on the path of civil rights, he later examined the multiple views of racial politics across the globe in the 1900s, ranging from nonviolent resistance to revolutionary nationalism.

In the latter half of the 20th century, he continued, there began to be an increase in education among the Diaspora and a decrease in mortality rates.

Also, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a number of Africans across the Diaspora, most recently being President Barack Obama.

Bob Marley and Michael Jackson are members of the Diaspora; he went on, saying that they evolved from the music and dance spread across multiple countries because of the migration. The pop culture innovations brought about by the Diaspora have reorganized the music world on a grand scale.

Pop culture, he finished, will continue to give us a glimpse into a people’s history.

Manning first graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1963, where he received a bachelor’s in chemistry. He later went on to pursue a master’s in history and economics as well as a Ph.D in history, both at the UW-Madison, graduating in 1969.

Until 2004, Manning directed the World History Center at Northeastern University, where he taught for over two decades before relocating to Pittsburgh.

Upon the organization’s disbanding, he became the president of the World History Network, Inc. (WHN), a nonprofit corporation dedicated to researching world history. The WHN has helped to create historical organizations on multiple continents.

Manning currently runs a new World History Center located in Pittsburgh.

Patrick Manning talks about the lesser known Diaspora.

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Fire alarm tripped in the Union Around 3:50 p.m. last Wednesday, a fire alarm went off in the Union. The alarm was followed by a message informing students it was not a drill and to await instructions.

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the refrigerator unit on a soda machine in the Terrace Café and Union Station. The hose was being repaired at the time. There was no real danger posed to anyone in the Union and staff identified the false alarm within five minutes.

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Panthers slip up against Loyola and UIC Women struggle in Illinois

By John Linn Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com

The UW-Milwaukee women’s basketball team spent the weekend in Chicago, first taking on the Loyola Ramblers on Thursday night and then heading over to University of IllinoisChicago. UWM fell to Loyola 8974. The Panthers lost again 7765 to UIC. Saturday the Panthers traveled to the UIC Pavilion to take on the Flames (11-12, 6-6).

The Flames shot well from beyond the arc to wear down the Panthers defense. The Panthers never led in the first half, falling at one point into a 15-5 deficit. However, they began to turn it up as the time wound down towards half. They responded with a 21-12 run which pulled them within two points.

The second half started just as it finished with the Panthers shooting hot and keeping the Flames from heating up. UWM took its first lead at 38-37

and had a 40-39 lead as well.

However, that was the last lead they would claim as the Flames went on a 10-2 run to knock the Panthers down.

UWM tried to fight back, but never made up the defecit. They fell for the second time last weekend 77-65.

Milwaukee finished the game at an even 40 percent and UIC a 44.6 percent. UIC shot an amazing 50 percent from beyond the arc and UWM shot a very respectable 47.1 percent and also won the rebound battle 42-33.

But, again on the road trip UWM lost the turnover battle 19-9.

Senior Lindsay Laur and freshman Angela Rodriguez both had double doubles. Laur had 20 points and 10 rebounds; Rodriguez had 12 points and 10 assists. Anne Breland hit 5 three pointers. Shameia Green led all scorers with 30 points for UIC. Loyola Thursday night the Panthers went down to Gentile Center in Chicago to face the Loyola

Ramblers (11-11, 5-6) but UWM was unable to throw them off of their game. The first half had Loyola shooting a stellar 58.8 percent. There were times when Loyola led by as many as nine in the first half including a 177 run that put Milwaukee in a hole they could not dig out of, as UWM (9-15, 6-7) could never get any closer than nine points in the second half.

The second half was no kinder to the Panthers. They came out as cold as a team could be, missing twelve consecutive attempts.

They managed a few free throws during that stretch but that was it. Eventually they were able to start shooting again, but by that time Loyola had built a seventeen-point lead.

The Panthers lost 89-74.

They shot 44.3 percent for the game and went 12 for 12 from the free-throw line. Loyola greatly won the turnover battle 18-8 but UWM outrebounded Loyola 37-27. Loyola shot 53.2 percent.

Laur had a double double with 25 points and 12 rebounds while Rodriguez added 15 points and Breland chipped in with 13 points. Lisa Samplawski had 23

points for Loyola.

UWM comes home this week to the Klotsche Center where they start a three game home stand starting with against

Post file photo Green Bay on Saturday. This will be the last home stand of the year for the Panthers.

Wrong “Phil”-osophy Panthers we Quick take on the Howard-Simms debate

By Shawn Kumar Staff Writer Sports@uwmpost.com

Before the Packers toppled the Steelers, another small battle occurred Superbowl weekend. Phil Simms vs. Desmond Howard. Howard, a former Super Bowl MVP and current ESPN college football analyst, took a shot at Matt Simms, Phil’s son. Matt is a quarterback at Tennessee and during Howard’s analysis he called Matt “one of the worst quarterbacks in the SEC.” Obviously Simms did not like the comments made against his son. Simms, a former Giants Super Bowl-winning quarter-

back and current CBS analyst, called Howard out during Super Bowl weekend. Apparently, the argument got very heated and almost physical. Howard tweeted, “At NFL-Xperience and Phil Simms just threatened 2 hit me b/c I said his son was 1 of the worse quarterbacks in SEC. I told him “LET’S GO!” and “I am DEAD serious about Phil Simms thing. We all thought he was joking, but he kept going and said he wanted to take a swing at me!!”

In the grand scheme of things, Simms did overreact and approached the situation the wrong way regarding the comments against his son.

However, he was just protect-

ing and standing up for his son.

The only real issue here is the hypocrisy.

Simms, as a great analyst for CBS, rips and crushes someone’s son every week! He analyzes their abilities, tells the audience who is terrible and great at their positions. How is that fair? He seems to get a pass when he analyzes, but when it’s against his own son he resorts to threats of violence. Sure he was being a good dad, but he needs to see the error of his own ways. Perhaps if he gets a taste of his own medicine in the future, his analysis and outlook on how he treats other people’s sons will change.

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By Jeremy Lubus Sports Editor Sports@uwmpost.com

Simply put, it’s our time Panthers fans. That’s right, I am calling you out. Yes, you the students. Your men’s basketball team needs you more than ever. The team has done its part and we all need to come together for what is the next challenge and hopefully reward.

It’s simple really. This Wednesday, get on the FREE shuttle and head on down to the U.S Cellular Arena. Your Milwaukee Panthers host league-leading Valparaiso.

Right now, the Panthers are tied for third place with a serious chance to make the tournament. I am talking about the NCAA tournament people. No, really I am serious.

The shuttle leaves the dorms and you can take it back to the dorms after the game. You can get your tickets at the game if you bring your Panther ID. Best of all, it’s free!

Our team has done its part;

can you step up the plate and do yours? Can you do it for senior Anthony Hill? A guy who no one thought could be a Division 1 player but proved everyone wrong. Can you do it for senior Tone Boyle? The tough-as-nails kid who sat out an entire year with back pains just to play again this season.

We are all together in this, we all are Panthers.

UIC After nearly setting a new career-high for points a week ago, senior Anthony Hill did exactly that while dominating the University of Illinois-Chicago Saturday afternoon, pouring in 32 points as the Panthers cruised to a 70-59 win.

The Panthers (10-5, 15-11) were determined to get the ball into Hill. The 6-foot-7-inch forward ripped off 10-straight points to open the second half as the senior helped swell an eight-point lead to a 16-point lead in the second half. Hill also snatched down six boards

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Five reasons to get excited for baseball

By Kris Gilson Staff Writer Sports@uwmpost.com

Now that our beloved Green Bay Packers have brought the Lombardi trophy back home (bet you haven’t heard that enough in the past week), many of us will turn our focus to the upcoming baseball season. I’m no different, and since the Bucks are so bad, baseball will make the transition all the more easy.

Although the weather here in Milwaukee is still cold and blustery, pitchers and catchers from all Major League Baseball teams will report to their respective spring training destinations on Wednesday. Even though Opening Day isn’t for another six and a half weeks, I’m still stoked, and here are five reasons why.

Reason Five – Baseball signals the beginning of spring.

That means no more of that fluffy white stuff, no more shoveling out your driveway and no more hopping into your frigid car in the morning. All that stuff gets old real fast, and baseball is a great way to say bye-bye to another winter season.

Reason Four – Tailgating is a ton of fun. I can’t think of many things better than lighting up the small charcoal grill, plopping down the lawn chair and enjoying a tall, cool Miller Lite (as long as you’re of age, of course!) in the Miller Park parking lot. Bring a Frisbee, glove, or bean bag toss as you wait for your brat or hamburger to finish grilling. All in all, tailgating is a pretty unique experience that separates Wisconsin from a lot of other places.

Reason Three – The Brewers have a chance to really put the

icing on the cake of a great year in Wisconsin sports.

The Badgers rode their three running backs right into the Rose Bowl, the granddaddy of them all. Even though they lost to Texas Christian University, it was an incredible year for the Badgers. It is clear the arrow is pointing up for Bret Bielema’s bunch. The Packers won the Super Bowl for the first time since 1996, sending Packer nation into a frenzy that might not stop until next season begins.

The Wisconsin and Marquette basketball programs are both playing well and will both have a spot in the NCAA tournament in March, and the Admirals are once again having a great year in the AHL. Hell, we might even make it to the big dance. The only pony holding this sports parade is the Milwaukee Bucks, who can’t seem to figure out how to put the darn ball in the basket. Despite that, the Brewers have a great chance of continuing Wisconsin sports’ current run of excellence.

Reason Two – Do you realize you have a 60 percent chance of seeing Yovani Gallardo, Zack Greinke or Shaun Marcum if you go to a Brewers game this summer? The 2011 Brewers could feature the best group of starting pitchers the franchise has ever seen. That alone should have you excited about baseball season. After struggling badly last season, General Manager Doug Melvin decided to actually do something this offseason about the annual starting pitching problems his teams have had. His mission was incredibly successful – he gave up next to nothing for 2009 AL Cy Young award winner Greinke, and acquired

Marcum who excelled last season in the toughest division in baseball, the AL East. We got Marcum for a player who was stuck behind Rickie Weeks, at second base mind you. And don’t forget about Randy Wolf, who had a tough beginning of the season in 2010 but rebounded very nicely in the second half. Melvin had one of the most successful off seasons in the MLB, and Brewer fans everywhere should be excited for the season to start.

Reason One – The number one reason I’m excited for baseball season is because this has to be the Brewers’ year. Sure, the 2008 playoff appearance was special, but this year’s team has the potential to be so much better. With the elite starting pitching, multiplegame losing streaks should be a thing of the past.

This will likely be Milwaukee’s last season with Prince Fielder, so look for him to have a monster year while playing for a contract. Ryan Braun, Rickie Weeks, Corey Hart, and Casey McGehee will all look to build on strong 2010 seasons, while newcomer Takashi Saito and the return of LaTroy Hawkins should help solidify the back of the bullpen.

A quick examination of the NL Central reveals that the Reds will have a tough time repeating last season’s success, while the St. Louis Cardinals might have a tough year if superstar Albert Pujols is angry with the organization regarding a new contract. The Cubs are too old and the Pirates and Astros are nowhere near contention, so the stars are aligning for 2011 to be the best Milwaukee Brewers season in a long, long while.

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UIC (2-13, 7-20) record may fool you but they are a tough team to beat. They upset then ranked in-state rival University of Illinois at home. First year head coach Howard Moore was a long time assistant at Wisconsin and will quickly reshape that program.

Milwaukee has now won threestraight games on the road.

Junior Kaylon Williams had an awful day shooting the ball but that did not slow him from being extremely effective. Despite missing all eight of his shots from the field, Williams grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out 14 assists to go along with his one point. As a team, the Panthers had 19 assists to just nine turnovers.

Seniors Tone Boyle and Tony Meier picked up the slack for Williams finishing with 14 and 11 points respectively.

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eled to Illinois for the first time in three days and claimed a 6657 win over the Ramblers. The Ramblers had previously beaten Milwaukee at the U.S. Cellular Arena earlier this season.

The Panthers certainly had revenge on their minds with an impressive defensive outing, limiting Loyola (4-10, 13-12) to 33-percent shooting from the field including 15 turnovers.

Milwaukee took full advantage of the Ramblers’ mistakes and turned them into 22 points of their own.

Senior Tony Meier led Milwaukee with 16 points but there was plenty of wealth to go around. Boyle added 14 points and Hill had nine points while

Post file photo playing with foul trouble most of the game.

It was senior Mitchell Carter who may have had the most impressive game, scoring a season-high eight points off the bench. The 7-foot big man filled in greatly for Hill. Carter scored all eight points in just nine minutes of action.

Despite turning the ball over 15 times, the Panthers still shot 46.2 percent from the field and tallied nine steals. Three of the five starters from Loyola are from Wisconsin. Senior Anthony Polka had a team-high 16 points while sophomore Ben Averkamp added 10 for the Ramblers.

Thompson has some tough choices to make Free Agents Jenkins, Jones, Peprah have options

By Jeremy Lubus Sports Editor Sports@uwmpost.com

Yeah, yeah the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl. However, as you look at the roster right now there is no question the Packers are in prime position to return to the biggest Sunday of the year. It will not be easy by any stretch. There is a reason no team has done it since the Patriots in ‘04 and ‘05.

If the Pack wants to be “back” they have to address some key free agents this offseason. An inside look at the critical free agents and what should happen.

DT Cullen Jenkins 2010 Stats: 18 Tackles, 7 Sacks, 11 games played Jenkins proved his worth during the Packers impressive playoff run. Missing the final four regular season games may have helped him be fresher as games went into the fourth quarter, but his presence was definitely missed when he was gone. He has the physical tool set to be a dominant defensive lineman in a 3-4 scheme. Although he hasn’t played out the entirety of two of his three seasons, he is demanding a lot of money.

You have to remember, the Packers are set to get back Mike Neal and Johnny Jolly.

That being said though, I am not banking on Jolly being the same player after being suspended for a year. The Packers need to keep him but only at the right price.

Expect Thompson to use his first round pick on Jenkins’ replacement.

Result: Leaves WR James Jones 2010 Stats: 50 receptions, 679 yards, 5 TDs Jones’ hands were on full display for the country to see during the Packers playoff run. The drop in Philly during the Wildcard Round would have cost a handful of teams if not for Aaron Rodgers. It has been clear Jones has had his fair share of drops but showed he is a legitimate threat. Just ask the Atlanta Falcons. Jones is much easier to replace then

Jenkins because of the return of tight end Jermichael Finley. How many receptions will Jones really get next year with Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, Donald Driver and Finey returning? A team will gamble on Jones like the Denver Broncos did with Brandon Lloyd. Lloyd was a talented player with problems with drops. He was a pro-bowler this season for the first time.

Result: Leaves S Charlie Peprah 2010 Stats: 63 tackles, 2 interceptions Keep in mind when looking at Peprah’s stats he did not start, or play for that matter, until week five of the regular season when he took over for rookie starter Morgan Burnett. But once Peprah settled in, he was not a liability in the secondary and was not afraid to make a big hit. Peprah proved he can start in the NFL, which could lead to slightly overpaying for his services. Two games stand out for me with Peprah, both in the play-offs; against Atlanta he had eight tackles and in the Super Bowl he had 10 tackles. He was vital for a team decimated by injuries and was clearly better then former starter Atari Bigby. Peprah was thankful for the opportunity the Packers gave him when no one else would, which will be key in bringing him back.

Result: Re-signs K Mason Crosby 2010 Stats: 22-28 field goals, 112 points Be honest, when Crosby lines up for a field goal do you watch with your hands covering your eyes? I know I do. How many times have you seen Crosby hit the goalpost? How many gamewinning kicks come to your mind that he has missed?

You may get the impression I am not a Crosby fan, but actually I am, by default.

Consistent kickers are hard to find. He is good for what he does and it is hard to find a kicker that consistently makes 35-plus yard field goals at Lambeau Field.

Result: Re-signs

Bobby Fischer’s Cold War

By Timothy Sienko Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

Biography of a chess icon details tumultuous life

Endgame, Frank Brady’s most recent and complete biography of chess champion Bobby Fischer, argues that Fischer, despite the paranoia and hatred he displayed, should be viewed through his mastery of the game.

Not only did Fischer, the most iconic and confounding chess player in history, single handedly end Russia’s centuries-long dominance of the game with a World Championship victory in 1972, he ignited mainstream interest in a game long seen as existing solely on the intellectual fringe.

After becoming an international celebrity, a symbol of American supremacy in the Cold War, and still being the only chess player to be photographed for the cover of Sports Illustrated, Fischer would spend the next 20 years moving between countries and spewing anti-Semitic rants. He did not play another competitive match in that time.

Despite all of the press coverage and political implications of Fischer’s career, he was still just a chess player. At most, he is a footnote to American history.

“My attempt here was to delineate just one of Fischer’s kaleidoscopic personalities … and within that framework to capture his shifting identities and roles,” writes Brady in the introductory note to the book.

As a long time friend of Fischer’s, Brady had unique access to the life as it unfolded and to the family archives in the years after Bobby’s death.

But it is his experience and renown as a biographer that makes Endgame a successful book and an exciting read.

Brady adds to the documented and oral history of Fischer’s life through vivid descriptions of place and atmo-

sphere. An early tournament in a Greenwich Village park is brought to life through anecdotes about the countercultural personalities that peopled the scene; dialogue is pieced together from newspaper quotes and personal recollection.

These elements combine to give the book a texture of an international crime thriller.

When Fischer finally did return to competitive chess to defend his World Championship in 1992, he did so in violation of a U.S. trade sanction against Yugoslavia. From there, America’s Cold War hero became a fugitive from a country that was trying to quickly forget the past. The story pulses as Fischer irrationally fears murder from Russia, the U.S. and Jewish communities.

Most remarkably, though, Brady is an expert at juggling the complicated narrative of Fischer’s life. Toward the end, as the governments of the U.S., Japan and Iceland become legally entwined, and various individuals from around the globe fight for the chess master’s freedom, Brady presents information with clarity while never letting the story lose the thrust of history or the interest of the reader. He also patiently but quickly provides explanations for the complicated and expert language unique to the game.

The lay reader is never lost in this world of specialists.

Making sense of anyone’s life in retrospect is a difficult task. But when the subject, like Fischer, is an American Hero that hated his country; a Jewish anti-Semite; a Chess player who spent most of his career away from the board; and a celebrity that resented his fame, a biography could easily be a mess.

Endgame, however, centers all of those contradictions and flaws on the young boy, alone in a Manhattan apartment, who wanted nothing but to play the game of chess.

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The cosmos are in our backyard

A photo of one of the first nebulae discovered – the Cat’s Eye nebula – taken by Hubble Space Telescope. Image courtesy of NASA

Hubble at the IMAX

By Dustin Zarnikow fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com

For eons and eons mankind has gazed out at the vast expanse of the cosmos over his head and pondered the curiosities of existence. Through time man has acted upon his eager will to discover, developing incredible technology in pursuit of exploration and life in space.

Yeager broke the sound barrier, Shepard was the first American in space, and Armstrong and Aldrin

were the first to set foot on our moon. But in the age of microtechnology and Apple revolutions, there is a new name floating over our heads and taking the conquest of space exploration to the next level. The name is Hubble, and it belongs to a satellite.

To get a few things straight, the satellite is more importantly a telescope, and Hubble was a title given in respect to Nobel Prize winner Edwin Hubble who introduced the human race to our neighbors – the other millions of

galaxies floating so many billions of light-years away in space that many people assumed they did not even exist. But despite many doubts, these galaxies do exist, and knowledge of their existence wouldn’t be possible without the Hubble Telescope.

The Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater in the Milwaukee Public Museum is currently featuring a 45 minute documentary – a fascinating look at Hubble space telescope, its abilities, and some of the tedious work and precision planning that goes into the maintenance and repair of Hubble.

The short film takes us 350 miles above the Earth into orbit and gives an incredible view of the astronauts at work in a last ditch effort to repair Hubble as financing, faith, and patience begins to run out in Washington.

The film takes things a step further as well, massaging the wandering mind with remarkable images from outerspace as our universe is slowly unfolded before our eyes with the aid of the Hubble telescope. As possibly one of the most awe-inspiring topics to dedicate deep thought to, the existence of matter and life in space proves a worthy candidate for dome-theater footage that one should not miss out on seeing. Take a trip up through the cosmos aboard NASA’s Atlantis space shuttle crew and see for yourself.

Hubble will be showing daily at the Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater through May 30.

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The Tao of the Trail of Dead

By Steven Franz Asst. fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have always had aspirations as big as their name, but roots that fire a little more directly.

Forged in the late ’90s’ fires of prog and post-rock bands like Mogwai and Tool, the band has aimed for the same lush, expansive space-age textures of the groups that preceded them, but their pop-punk tendencies have always been buried just beneath the surface – audible, but slightly out of reach.

But after the wildly ambitious art-rock thunder of 2009’s The Century of Self, the band has seemed to settle into a more streamlined and surprisingly comfortable pop groove that often feels hollow and cuts Tao of the Dead, the band’s new release, off from achieving the lofty goals it seems to have set for itself.

The Dark Side of the Moonlike guitar ambience of past albums is still there – the album opens with the appropriately-titled “Introduction: Let Us Experiment.” The twoand-a-half-minute song is an exercise in wordless atmosphere that, like all the band’s best material, reeks of Spiritualized and Mogwai simultaneously.

The album closes with the 16-minute psychedelic haze dream “Strange News From Another Planet,” a five-part extravaganza that purposefully feels like another EP entirely.

The album is meant to be split in two, with the first eleven tracks split from the twelfth, much in the same way Pink Floyd’s “Echoes”

took up the entire second side of its titular LP. And when Tao of the Dead approaches the bent hallucinatory peaks of previous efforts it more than lives up to the comparison.

But a lot of the time the album feels plastic somehow, as if the streamlining of the band – Trail of Dead is now a quartet, two members lighter than before – has rubbed off significantly on the music. “Pure Radio Cosplay” (and its refrain), an excellent song despite its flaws, features a lick lifted straight from the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and settles for a type of U2esque expansive pop instead of the more complex, experimental, better highlights of the album.

At its most straightforward – “Summer of All Dead Souls,” “The Wasteland,” “How Much Fun” – Tao of the Dead feels like a soulless pop-punk EP trapped inside the aspirations of a much more credible band, as Trail of Dead’s relatively high recent output – four albums in six years – seems to have caught up with them.

But there are moments of overriding awe that nonetheless carry an album with a surprising number of blemishes to a high point that can’t be denied by its weaker moments. The album flows between tempos; takes time to come down from an emotional peak, of which there are many, with a rolling wave of electricity; and ultimately rests its laurels not on its pop intentions.

All this combines to form a worthwhile whole from a band that is still more than capable of satisfying, if not trimming the fat.

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The Man behind Bond leaves his baton

By Sean Willey Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

John Barry, composer of 11 James Bond movies and winner of five Academy Awards and four Grammys, died last month at 77 from a heart attack in Oyster Bay, N.Y., leaving behind an influential and memorable legacy.

The beats are legendary, the harmony unique and the notes world-renowned.

The Bond theme is as much a part of our culture as, “Bond, James Bond,” and it would be hard to come by anyone who doesn’t know it. It’s

the very essence of cool, calm and collected, with a splash of kick-ass. It’s all thanks to John Barry’s blaring trumpets, underlying trombones and his western-style guitar. It premiered in Dr. No, and since could be considered the anthem of Hollywood.

Barry composed the theme after the producers were unsatisfied with the one written

by Monty Norman, and to this day the true author is debated.

However, based on Barry’s over 100 scored films and his extensive use of string and brass instruments, which appear in

the theme, the debate becomes mute fast.

Barry dedicated himself to the advancement of film scores.

In Her Majesty’s Secret Service, he became one of the first composers to rely heavily on a synthesizer. The “Bond sound” even evolved with its maker. In Goldfinger he focused on a more jazzy approach and by his last Bond film, The Living Daylights, moved on to more contemporary lush melodies.

Just like typecasting is dreaded by actors, so is typecomposing. Barry made sure to intermingle.

Born Free gave him two Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Original Movie Score. His scores for Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa each won an Academy Award and a Grammy, and The Lion in Winter won another Academy Award.

He also composed for numerous television shows, including “The Persuaders!” which spent several weeks on the British charts in 1971.

Barry was the son of a pianist and grew up in the theatre. He studied in York

Minster and eventually arranged for military bands.

Living through World War II might be an inspiration for his melancholy sound.

Barry’s unique blend of sounds left us with over 50 years of music arrangements and critics will place Barry’s work with the likes of John Williams. Our generation didn’t live through the golden age of Barry’s composing (1960-90), but it certainly wouldn’t hurt to turn back the clock late at night while we study for inspiration from this musical trendsetter.

John Barry breathed his own musical life into the world of film leaving behind his unforgettable Bond theme legacy.

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3

By Tom Kosiec Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

It’s going to feel like Christmas morning to fighting game aficionados tomorrow when Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of the Two Worlds releases for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

This hotly anticipated fighter is the long awaited sequel to 2000’s Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, one of the most popular fighting games of the last decade. Read on for three reasons why MCV3 may be the best in the series.

Reason 1: Kick-ass character lineup So far 36 characters make up the roster, with classic favorites like Super Street Fighter IV cover boy Ryu, the amazing Spider-Man and XMen’s Wolverine returning.

Newcomers include Chris Redfield from Resident Evil, Dante from Devil May Cry and Phoenix from X-Men. The lineup is smaller than the chaotic 56 fighter mess that was MVC2 to ensure combat remains balanced and fair. However, expect even more characters to arrive when new downloadable content becomes available.

Luckily, MVC3 offers a new simple mode that makes the game more accessible to casual fighting fans, and the hardcore will love that you can now chain aerial combat attacks by swapping out characters. Lastly, the best new feature of MVC3 is undoubtedly online play that will keep fighting game fans playing for a long time.

Reason 2: Same great gameplay, but with a few new tweaks

Reason 3: Sweet new graphic style

If you’ve never played a Marvel vs. Capcom game before, you may feel overwhelmed at first. MVC3 is anything but a typical fighting game. Instead of a mano-a-mano fighting style, MVC3 features threeon-three tag team matches, with combat similar to Street Fighter mixed together with aerial moves, and screen tearing special attacks.

The previous Marvel vs.

Capcom games had primitive graphics that didn’t push the arcade or consoles to their limits. MVC3 doesn’t have that problem. The graphics are now much sharper and presented in 3D, but the core gameplay remains 2D. Thanks to the improved graphics MVC3 shouldn’t have any trouble finding a larger audience this time.

An evening at Borg Ward Collective Peter J. Woods, Conrad Plymouth, Canyons of Static and All Tiny Creatures

By Graham Marlowe Staff Writer fringe@uwm.edu

The Borg Ward isn’t generally a hip place to be, given its usual clientele. It is for serious, open-minded music listeners, and no one else. Cover charges are dirt-cheap, and inebriants are viewed as cop-outs (a rarity for any city). But there’s a common thread: memorable, right-field music. More than any other Milwaukee venue, the Borg Ward stretches that defini-

tion as far as possible, and Peter J Woods – a noise artist-turnedfree-jazz bandleader, who set up Friday night’s show – is one of the best examples in town.

Peter J Woods, like those who frequent the Ward, sits as far off the grid as one can in the digital era. On most nights, it’s anyone’s guess what he’ll play, who will show up, or what personality he’ll decide on. This ambiguity hasn’t hurt his credibility by any means, but unlike other sentient beings, it often creates the selling point.

For this performance he didn’t change roles so much as welcome new guests. As The Peter J Woods Free Jazz Ensemble, Woods employed his “vocals” – a blur of tape loops, voice-changer monologues, and other utterances – in a drums/ bass/sax combo that, although tempos were sometimes glacial, sustained a low-budget horror film vibe. In an experimental setting, this is considered a tired medium by some. However, the

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Rooney eases winter pains at Mad Planet

By Lindsey Hinkel Special to the Post fringe@uwmpost.com

On a cold, quiet Monday night in Milwaukee, Los Angeles band Rooney had fans heating up the dance floor at Mad Planet for their second Milwaukee show in less than six months. Unfortunately, this time around, Rooney was

greeted by a harsher Wisconsin climate than they experienced when they played last August.

Kicking off Monday night’s show were The Chapin Sisters and Eisley. The Chapin Sisters opened with their soothing folkpop songs to a small crowd, one which proliferated for the next act, Eisley. The Texas group’s soulful singing and vocal harmonies captivated the audi-

ence as more attendees found their way to the floor in front of the stage.

Prior to Rooney’s set, fans crowded around the stage, excitement filling the air. When the quintet took the stage the fans cheered and the intimate venue was filled with the energetic brand of pop music Rooney is known for.

Frontman Rob Schwartzman,

perhaps most recognized for his role as love interest Michael in The Princess Diaries, greeted the crowd with a smile as the band opened with “Stay Away” off of their 2003 self-titled release. As the evening continued, the boys brought opening act The Chapin Sisters back on stage with them for a well-received cover of Pilot’s “Magic,” and also covered Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World,” with a great guitar solo by lead guitarist Taylor Locke.

While the band played a number of songs off of Eureka, their 2010 release, long time

fans were pleased to hear old hits like “Daisy Duke.” The band closed with their 2007 hit “When Did Your Heart Go Missing,” and left fans singing and dancing into the night.

Rooney put on an excellent show, bringing the warm summery feel of L.A. to the Midwest through their songs and performance, nearly melting away the frigid Wisconsin winter.

Most concert-goers likely had the band’s upbeat and catchy refrains playing through their minds on repeat for days to come.

What the puck!

NHL star Georges Laraque reveals the facts animal industries don’t want you to know

By Sarah Hanneken Columnist fringe@uwmpost.com

Both on and off the ice, pro hockey star Georges Laraque is not afraid to keep wrongful play in check. Now retired from the NHL, the amicable enforcer is putting some muscle into the fight for animal rights. Recently, Big Georges and his booming voice talked with the Post about animal agriculture, nutritional myths and his unique experience as a vegan playing professional hockey.

The UWM Post: I was reading on your website that you went vegan in 2009 after watching Earthlings. Who introduced you to the idea of animal rights? How did you discover the Earthlings documentary?

Georges Laraque: A friend of mine, a long-time vegetarian, had been telling me that I should watch it. I set it aside for a while because I really didn’t want to watch it – I thought I knew everything already, I thought I knew how the animals were killed – but eventually I sat down and watched it.

When I started watching it, I was in tears and I decided right at that point that not only was I going to turn vegan, I was also going to start being a voice for animals and do everything I can to defend their rights.

Post: Being a professional athlete in as physical a sport as hockey, how did your coaches/trainers respond to your decision to become vegan?

Laraque: Well I was lucky because the GM, Pierre Gauthier, was vegan from birth. So with the boss of the team being vegan, obviously it was easy for the team to have half its menu vegan and have vegan meals on the plane when we’d travel.

And the trainers, half of them were vegetarian, so it was well received. People are more open to this in today’s society. Even guys on my team were trying to eat less and less meat and they said they could actually feel a difference when they didn’t have meat, so that was really good. Of course they made a couple of jokes and asked some dumb questions, but they quickly warmed up to the idea.

Post: So how has your physical health changed since going vegan? What changes have you noticed in your strength, energy level and overall health?

Laraque: I wanted to carefully document my body’s response to the vegan diet, so what I did was I went to a cardiology hospital and had them do a full range of tests on me: physical tests, cardiovascular tests, blood tests, and they monitored my blood pressure. I went vegan right away, and then six months later I did the same tests again to get a “before and after” report – I wanted to know how my body reacted. My high blood pressure was gone, asthma was gone – they actually did a documentary about it. I didn’t want to just tell people, I wanted to show it with facts and prove to them that even as a professional athlete, going vegan was the best thing I’d ever done. You become a bigger, stronger, better athlete once you eat better.

Post: What would you say to people guys especially who think they need to eat meat to build muscle and be “manly”?

Laraque: The problem is that most of the people who advocate vegetarianism and veganism are skinny, hippie types. Because that’s the image most often associated with veganism, people look at them and say, ‘I don’t want to be that small, I don’t want to lose all my muscle.’ So that’s why it’s really interesting for people to see a big guy like me talking about it.

That’s when people realize, ‘Oh, well, I guess it’s not true that I’m going to lose all my muscle.’ They can see that obviously I didn’t lose any.

People who combine amino acids from plant-based foods to create a complete protein instead of eating meat really see a huge difference. People are so misguided with their meat-and-potato diets.

Post: On your website you wrote: “If you can watch the entire Earthlings documentary and still eat animal products, I will respect your decision because at least you know what you’re contributing to, and if you can live with that, then so be it.” I think you’ve hit on the

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personnel involved give hope to the idea that Woods could be working more closely with Jason Wietlispach (woodwinds) and others from The Milwaukee Spectral Chamber Orchestra. A sole release, November’s Like Lions, has made the rounds in its respective circles, even if its direct impact remains restricted to the fifteen or so in attendance.

West Bend shoegazers Canyons of Static – to everyone’s surprise – continued the thread started by Woods.

The group hand-crafted a limited-edition ‘new’ album for Summerfest this year, which sold out quickly. The show’s main imprint consisted of ink from August 2008’s The Disappearance – an endearing album that, for all its instrumental-rock glory, has made it difficult for the combo to branch out beyond the ‘well, if you like Explosions [in the Sky]…’ prefix that follows them everywhere they go.

This is not to say they haven’t evolved, though.

Woodwind specialist Wietisplach joined Canyons for a substantial portion, except the colors he used in this segment embraced late-night programming from Cinemax instead. (There is a scene in Wild Things that could describe this, but people should really hear it.) Ross Severson (guitar) gave a vague prelude to these between-song mergers – “we’re, uh … tryin’ somethin’ new tonight” – but the steamy onstage synergy was obvious.

If that mystery second album ever resurfaces, it damn well

better include some of this.

To be simple about it, Madison-based All Tiny Creatures could be considered an artful appendage to Collections of Colonies of Bees.

Like everything else Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) touches, a collaborative single (“An Iris”) has gathered steam for Harbor, their debut full-length slated for March. Vernon has no doubt left footsteps on their sound – an ambient locomotive of sampling – but it’s evident that, as the theme of the evening proved, they have moved beyond basement-constructed synthscapes and branched out as vocalists. It was hard to tell which track was which, though by this point they make up their own terms for it (“Holography”, “Glass Bubbles”) and let you decipher.

“Can you feel the tension building?!” vocalist Christopher Porterfield shouted jokingly in the middle of a jam. The question he posed could be debated, but few bands have had continual region-wide success with such a brief recorded history (this summer’s self-titled EP, Conrad Plymouth). For a long time now, keyboardist Nick Berg has done little more than frown behind a drummer; he is now in the production chair.

The band’s youthful quest for hope is succinct through headphones, and just as the coldest chill leads to the brightest breaking of spring, the band has entered a new level of playing, digging deep into (and out of) the core of each song by way of Wilco. These songs now feel more like cleansing midtempo workouts as opposed to comforting sing-alongs. No word on new material.

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Continued from page 12 root of the problem – people just don’t want to know what goes on behind the scenes of animal industries. Ignorance is comfortable, so how do you get people to come out from that sanctuary of denial and agree to get informed?

Laraque: People often say, ‘Oh, I don’t want to watch Earthlings because then I’ll stop eating meat,’ to which I respond: ‘Then why are you eating meat in the first place?’

Just to be educated is the least you can do. But you’re right; it’s difficult to get people to agree to hearing the truth. There’s comfort in staying misinformed. I say to people, ‘What do you think would happen if all the slaughterhouses had glass walls and everybody would be able to see how animals are often still alive when they get to the cutters?’

They would see all the violence that goes into what they eat, and all the BGH [bovine growth hormone] that gets injected into the animals – which is why all the seven-year-old girls have tits now and why at 55-60 years old they all have breast cancer – because

of all the chemicals that are injected into the animals, which people are then ingesting.

Obviously the meat industry is not going to tell you these things, because they don’t care. They just think about profit and profit and profit. They’re not going to tell you that animal agriculture is responsible for more than 20 [percent] of all global warming.

That’s more than automobiles!

It’s what you don’t know that often leads you to make the wrong decisions. For instance, when you drive on the highway and you see a sign that says ‘Drink milk,’ people don’t realize that this is just an advertise-

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ment for another billion-dollara-year industry. They’re not going to tell you what happens to your body when you drink milk, they’re not going to tell you that drinking milk can cause cancer, and they don’t tell you that milk is so acidic that not only does it not strengthen your bones, it actually eats away at your bones; they don’t tell you that when you drink milk it leeches iron from your body, which is especially dangerous for women, who often become anemic during their periods. All these things they don’t tell you because then they know you would stop drinking milk.

It’s because of these industries and all the misinformation they put out there that people are so sick. And that in turn feeds another billion-dollar-a-year industry: the pharmaceutical industry. But when you eat a vegan diet, your risk of illness – from things as minor as a cold to as serious as cancer – decreases because plant-based foods make your body more alkaline [the opposite of acidic]. Alkaline bodies are much less prone to diseases.

Also, when you eat a diet full of meat and foods of low nutri-

tional value, your body isn’t going to feel full because it’s not finding the nutrients it needs; you end up eating a lot more food because your body is telling you to go find more nutrients, despite having already taken in a lot of calories. This is why we have such a big obesity problem in America.

Post: So what do you say to people who claim to know all of this but still haven’t made the change to veganism?

Laraque: Sometimes I’ll talk to people, and they’ll agree with everything I’m saying, but when I ask them if they’re vegan, they say, ‘Well I know all of these things, but I’m just not ready yet.’ I hear that so many times and it just doesn’t make sense.

They’re like, ‘Yeah I know it’s bad.

I know, I know. I know I have to change…’ It’s kind of like the guy that smokes and says ‘Yeah I know it’s bad. I’m going to stop next year. I’ll make it my next New Year’s resolution.’ And of course they never actually do it.

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MCTS needs Legal drug dealers to step their game up

Methylphenidates shouldn’t be first plan of attack for ADHD

By Brian Holmes Staff Writer editorial@uwmpost.com

Inefficient services makes for unhappy students

By Jackie Dreyer Editorial Editor editorial@uwmpost.com

Ever since the blizzard hit Wisconsin on the night of Tuesday, Feb. 1 the morning rides on the 30 line of the Milwaukee County Transit System buses have been hardly pulling their weight.

Almost every morning since then, I have tried to catch the bus to campus for my various classes and campus jobs – with emphasis on the word “tried.” Each morning, I’ve waited at the bus stop with anywhere from five to 10 other students at the Maryland Avenue and Park Place bus stop, while noting the same number of students waiting one stop up at Maryland Avenue and Belleview Place, too.

Each one of these mornings, the 30 bus has rolled into view, causing excitement in every one of us, to be sure, because we could finally get out of the frigid weather and onto the warm bus, if only for a few minutes. And each of one these mornings, the

bus has flew past the stop – leaving those who had been waiting with our jaws dropped wide open in disbelief and provoking a few choice expletives.

We’d watch the bus speed past, brimming with people. We’d wonder how we were possibly going to make it to class or work in time – or how to explain our lateness.

We’d curse the weather and MCTS for not only making us stand in the bitter cold for the bus, but also making us walk all the way up to campus in it.

Simply put, MCTS needs to up the number of buses on the 30 line, especially in the winter. The 30 is easily the most widely used bus line for UW-Milwaukee students. For as long as I’ve gone to school here, student ridership notably increases when the weather gets less-than-pleasant.

Many of these students were probably walking or riding their bike to school, but when the roads get snowy and icy and the temperature considerably drops, biking is not a mode of transportation likely to be used. And walking only sounds desirable if you’ve

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In the past 20 years, prescribing methylphenidate drugs (such as Ritalin and Adderall) to children has become a kneejerk reaction to combating Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) in the U.S. As a society, we must consider the implications of prescribing stimulant drugs – which equate to synthetic cocaine – to children.

If taken as prescribed, these drugs have temporary beneficial effects on ADHD, helping the child (or adult, in some cases) better concentrate for four to six hours. Then the child or adult has to pop another pill.

The fact that these drugs are very often the first action taken by doctors and psychiatrists when approached by a client with symptoms of ADHD is disturbing. What is also disturbing is that 90 percent of the world’s ADHD cases are supposedly made up of American children.

(Alternatively, could it be that America just has the world’s most disposable income?)

Instead of mental discipline, children are learning that drugs can solve their problems; meanwhile, our society still has the nerve to play awestruck by the “drug epidemic” sweeping the nation. A recent study by the University of Utah found that

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30-50 percent of adolescents in drug treatment centers have reported abusing Ritalin at one time or another. We cannot overlook this major red flag.

When someone goes to a mental health professional under any type of insurance policy, the patient has to be diagnosed with a mental disease in order to be covered by said insurance.

If they are not, the psychologist or psychiatrist isn’t paid. If you page through the American Psychological Association handbook, it seems possible to diagnose almost anyone with some form of a mental disorder. So are psychiatric decisions truly based on scientific prudence?

Or is it just another example of the great American hustle? It is probably a bit of both.

The long-term effects of drugs like Ritalin and Adderall remain unknown. This is because they are driven not by science but by profits. Truthfully, any drug used extensively carries the risk of the user developing a dependency, especially drugs prescribed for mental health.

Ingesting a prescribed mental health drug consistently creates a dependency in one’s brain function. Suddenly quitting said drug can make the user feel even worse than before they started taking the medication at all. Many have no choice but to get back on the horse. In turn, this creates a lifetime client for mental health professionals and the pharmaceutical companies

that supply them.

According to the Justice Policy Institute, drug offenders in prison have increased by an astounding 550 percent over the last 20 years. Coincidently, this occurs simultaneously with a 500 percent increase in the prescription of methylphenidates to seven to 10 year olds since 1990. It would be specious to assume these go completely hand-in-hand, but if America wants to put drug offenders in prison, why is our society telling children that drugs, as long as they’re prescribed, are the answer to their problems?

It is undeniable that psychology has made great strides in the past century, moving from a pseudo-science to a respected discipline. However, a number of drug companies and mental health professionals are taking advantage of this success to gain profits – since many parents take their word to be as good as gold.

Yes, Ritalin and Adderall do help some children with ADHD, but it should not be the first treatment option. It should only used as a last resort. Start first with other methods proven to be effective, like meditation, counseling and, heck, even good oldfashioned discipline. People in our society prefer to pop pills to treat outward symptoms rather than confront the root of the problem. The longer one can keep their child away from this bad habit, the better.

Only YOU can prevent Egyptian crisis persists despite Obama’s efforts forest fires…and accidents President tries to push change despite Egypt’s resistant dictator

By Eric Engelbart Special to the Post editorial@uwmpost.com

President Barack Obama has been criticized during his presidency of being too tentative when it comes to foreign affairs, but his stance proved to be the correct choice in the Egyptian struggles.

The Egyptian people celebrated Saturday as embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek stepped down, satisfying the fundamental request of Egyptian protesters. President Obama played an integral role in the crisis, as he patiently advocated change.

The protests helped to bring an end to Mubarek’s 30-year dictatorship, as well as the disintegration of Egyptian parliament.

The protests began Jan. 24, and have seen destruction of two ancient mummies, as well as de-

facement of the pyramids.

The Obama administration acted vigilantly and wisely in allowing for the Egyptian people to demand the change themselves, as a use of American force would have only further complicated the matters.

The president has been criticized for being overcautious in the past, but last week his statement that “change must begin now” seemed to demonstrate a position of urgency, which he has not previously taken. Obama’s call for change was made after a speech that Mubarek made on Feb. 1 to the Egyptian people. In the speech, Mubarek stated that he wouldn’t run again for president, but that he intends to stay in office for the remaining eight years of his term.

This statement incensed the

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Working the past two years for University Housing’s shuttle department has provided me the opportunity to witness some strange behavior along Milwaukee’s roadways. A notable offender includes the woman who nearly rear-ended me while too preoccupied by throwing McDonald’s bags out her window to realize I had stopped at a red light. Another time my shuttle was nearly crushed by a tree some landscapers felled across Oakland Avenue.

Most recently I was cut off by a BMW driver on I-43, who then proceeded to squeeze between two other cars and weave across multiple lanes until he was out of sight. Such behavior is only to be expected of Bimmers and wouldn’t be worthy of mention were it not for the “COEXIST” sticker featured

prominently on its back bumper. The irony of that statement got me thinking of all the things we as motorists can do to more peacefully coexist with one another.

I admit that I am a bit of a hypocrite. I used to brag of my ability to execute a turn and shift gears while simultaneously balancing a 44-ounce drink in one hand and holding a cell phone to my ear with the other. I also felt comfortable texting behind the wheel, justifying it as safe since I could select my more familiar contacts and input the text without looking – only glancing down at the end to verify correctness before sending.

But that moment may be the difference between causing an accident and avoiding one. I was nearly killed when a friend looked down at his iPhone, allowing us to drift into the path of an oncoming semi. He barely glanced up in time to avoid colliding at a combined speed of 120 mph. That incident and the purchase of a small car

did much to break those habits and instilled a stronger sense of self-preservation.

Now that I’ve got that confession out in the open, I can comfortably address the sins of other motorists. “Speed kills” was a popular slogan in the ’70s and ’80s. While excessive speed has its dangers, driving at a speed grossly disproportionate to others can pose an even greater threat; I came within a couple feet of rear-ending a Buick on Highway 41 that was traveling 20 mph under the speed limit.

Maintaining a consistent speed is also important as it saves fuel and prevents traffic backups. Nothing is more irritating than being caught behind a cluster of slow-moving cars, only to discover the root cause was the lead car slowing for a speed trap or to rubberneck at an accident. By the time you see that squad car, it’s already too late. And for the love of all things good and wonder-

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In response to “Same old, same old with Wisconsin’s Republicans”

By Nick Smith Special to the Post editorial@uwmpost.com

After reading the article “Same old, same old with Wisconsin’s Republicans” (Feb. 7) criticizing Scott Walker and his administration for not delivering on campaign promises and making it more “difficult” for students to vote, I could only hope that the writers, Jared Bierbach and Shawn Matson, realize the weakness of their arguments.

Scott Walker was elected by the majority of Wisconsin citizens on Nov. 2, 2010. He took office in January, and now, a month into his term, you’re acting as if it’s election time again already. As much as Walker and the unemployed would like, jobs don’t create themselves overnight. I don’t know any other way to say it, but for God’s sake give him some time! People claim Obama inherited a mess, but Walker didn’t exactly receive a prettily wrapped present with a big red bow on top either.

Former Governor Jim Doyle may as well have done nothing for the majority of his time in office. Even if Walker had a plan to create more jobs on his first day in office, you’d only criticize the fact that he rushed his policy through too quickly and that it will inevitably fall apart sooner rather than later.

But were you okay with Pelosi jamming health care down Americans’ throats? If I may remind you, when asked what is

in the bill, she said, “You have to pass it first, then we’ll know what’s in it.” Uh…what? Walker isn’t trying to put a Band-Aid on the situation. A problem of this magnitude – a nationwide problem – must first be fixed on the federal level. Only then can the effects trickle down to the states.

In regards to voter fraud, you were most certainly correct that the number of fraudulent votes being cast is a minuscule amount. But why not make it a nonexistent amount? I found it very hard to understand your argument of passing legislation in Wisconsin to change the way that voters register; making it more difficult for youth voters to vote is ridiculous.

Youth-voter turnout has always been low, and such legislation isn’t restricting that at all. As much of a privilege as it is to be able to vote, it doesn’t mean that it should be as easy as tying your shoes. You don’t give the keys to a Lamborghini to a 16-year-old.

Is it that much of a burden for people to register to vote a week before the election? I don’t think so. Is it extremely convenient to be able to register the same day?

Of course! But it goes back to the need for any sort of fraud to be nonexistent. If you can have such an impact from voting, you should be able to handle the small responsibility of registering before the election. I’m pretty sure the “out-of-touch” GOP isn’t out to stop the youth from voting altogether.

The article states, “…the bottom line is that Republicans want to make it harder for you to vote.

And it just so happens that students are the least likely demographic to vote Republican.”

That statement will only be true if Walker tries to change the voting age from 18 to 35. When the Board of Regents decides to raise tuition, does that mean they want less people to attend university? No. Which reminds me, did the gang of rebels who threw snowballs at the chancellor’s office last year realize he had nothing to do with tuition being raised? (I guess all that anger, and no responsible way to redirect it, can lead people to do some stupid and senseless things.)

I believe if Doyle were in the same situation, trying to pass the same legislation, an article would not have been written. Don’t attack just to attack. Your article was truly unfair, and you’re holding Walker to impossible standards. When Aaron Rodgers makes a bad pass, do you cry and scream that you want Favre back? No, you don’t, because you’re patient, and you know that it’s the first quarter and that there is plenty of time left for great things to happen. I don’t know what you expected to happen a month into Walker’s time in office, but maybe you should be the next governor. With such ambition, I know you’d get my vote.

The editorial Smith refers to can be found online at uwmpost.com

What’s up with SAC Funding?

Increase in org funding to come next academic year

By Travis Romero-Boeck Special to the Post editorial@uwmpost.com

As a new semester begins, student organizations of all types are planning their events, travel and recruitment. These organizations boast memberships in the thousands and offer students a way to find others who share their same interests.

Often, the most difficult part of leading or participating in a student organization is securing funding.

Whether it be soliciting donations or hosting bake sales in the Union, students are finding ways to fund their activities. Anybody who’s in a student organization should also know that they can get funds from the Student Association. For those of us who have attempted this process in the past, however, know that proposing grants to the Student Association can be a frustrating experience.

My first introduction to the SA was at a grant hearing. After making our proposal to the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC), our organization walked away disappointed.

As a result, I knew I wanted to get involved to make the process easier to navigate and understand.

The grant process is rough for everybody involved. Committee members spend 36 hours hearing grants over three days, student-org officers spend a great deal of time completing them, and when things are finally presented, there may be technical problems that prevent an organization from receiving any funding. Student organizations labor over organizing and preparing their grants only to find that, often, they receive little to no support from the SA. Unfortunately, it all comes down to money.

This year, the SAC had $1.2 million in requests and $360,000 to spend. Obviously, this disparity makes things tough for committee members and rough for student organizations. So what’s going to change? For one, the SAC worked with student organizations on their grants this year. This resulted in fewer denials based on technicalities and made it easier for organizations to get funding. On the flip side, it meant more organizations than usual were successfully asking

for money. After struggling for a long time, however, student organizations should have it easier next year.

Seeing the need for a change, the SA increased funding to the SAC by nearly 70 percent for the next academic year. Though the committee will likely never be able to support all grants in their entirety, this increase will give more organizations the support they need to expand their membership, purchase supplies, participate in more events and bring a diverse set of speakers to campus.

Student organizations are at the heart of this campus.

They work hard to make UWM a better place, and for the most part, they succeed. If you’re in a student organization and have questions about the process, talk to an SA officer. It’s about time student organizations start getting some support for their efforts, and the SA is here to help. If you have any questions or suggestions, we’d like to hear them.

Travis Romero-Boeck is the president of UWM’s Student Association.

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Continued from page 15 bundled up enough, have enough time to walk through the snow and ice mountains created by a lack of shoveling, or if the bus blows you off.

I’d love to be able to say that this winter is the first time I’ve ever had any gripes with MCTS, but sadly, that is not the case. As much as the company has tried to stay current and on top of things, they’re just not quite cutting it.

The inefficiency of MCTS has been a point of frustration in numerous conversations I’ve had with friends, family and colleagues.

Milwaukee is a city that needs a well-functioning public transportation system. If MCTS would like to see good models of this, they need to do little more than a Google search for Portland, Oregon or Amsterdam, Netherlands – both of which I visited in the last year. And I am sure that many other prime examples of well-used, well-loved, properly

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Continued from page 15 ful, don’t slow down if you’re already obeying the speed limit.

Driving with the flow of traffic can be taken a step too far when it becomes pacing or following a particular car. I can’t count the number of times I’ve merged right to let a faster car pass, only to have it pull alongside and match my speed. This continues until we catch another car, at which point the offending driver moves ahead to pace the new car, leaving me unable to pass either of the nowslower vehicles.

While pacing is simply annoying, following or targeting a lead car is outright dangerous. Especially common in foul weather, uncertain drivers will mimic the movements of the car ahead of them, confident that the lead driver has X-ray vision to pierce the storm.

As the saying goes, “Nobody is as stupid as everybody.” The results

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Continued from page 15 Egyptian people, as their chief demand was Mubarek’s removal from office. Within 24 hours of Mubarek’s claim that he would keep his position until September, his Vice President Omar Suleiman was announcing his resignation.

The resolution of the crisis played out just as Obama had hoped, as a spokesman from his camp told the New York Times that “we wouldn’t be the ones to call for it.”

Fortunately for Obama, the Egyptian protests had a leader in Wael Ghonim, a young marketing executive for Google. Ghonim has been called “the voice of a generation.” He served as a strong voice of the Egyptian people, and on Jan. 25 via Twitter he stated, “To all Egyptians, silence is a crime now!” Ghonim incensed the protesters to such a point that he was detained by the Egyptian government for 12 days in the midst of the riots.

Ghonim was released shortly after Mubarek’s statement that he would remain in office for the rest of his term, and Ghonim served as a catalyst for an escalation in

functioning public transportation are out there too.

But the first step is letting MCTS know that its customers are not satisfied – at least not those of us who (try to) use the 30 bus line on a daily basis. It’s really lovely that a semester-long bus pass is included in our tuition at UWM, but if we cannot use it to its full advantage because the bus lines are not fully capable, what good is that buss pass to us students?

Before MCTS tries to make any more technological or environmental advances with their bus system, it seems far more prudent for them to buckle down on the service that they are trying to provide. Don’t get me wrong – I’m all for “clean diesel, low-floor buses with near zero emissions,” and I’d love the addition of “Webbased real-time bus information.”

But what I’d like even more is to know that any given morning I decide to take the bus to escape walking in the unpleasant outdoor temperatures, there will actually be room for me onboard to get to campus.

can either be amusing, as was the case when I watched a pack of cars improperly negotiate a construction zone and corner themselves in a wedge of traffic cones; or tragic, like when it has lead to multi-car pileups in thick fog.

This discussion would be incomplete if I ignored the four-way stop. I will say only this: The first car to arrive goes first. If more than one arrives simultaneously, the car to the right goes first, and that order continues counter-clockwise. Don’t be Mr. Nice Guy and wave everyone else through. That just confuses people, and I will sit there until your arm gets tired – just to piss you off. Roundabouts are even simpler: yield to the left, continue the circle ‘til you reach your road, no need to stop.

So y’all take care now – it’s a jungle out there. If you keep your wits about you, you might go unscathed. Let’s not meet by accident.

the protests. Obama knew that the Egyptian people needed to work for the change themselves in order for a healthy transition, and Ghonim served as the leader that Egypt needed.

When speaking with Bill O’Reilly on Fox before the Super Bowl Feb. 6, Obama said, “Egypt is not going to go back to what it was. The Egyptian people want freedom.”

This proved to be an audacious statement, as less than a week later Mubarek and his parliament have been removed from power.

The days of a dictatorship sustained through torture, violence, and greed are on the way out in Egypt. Obama’s handling of the crisis was admirable, as he knew that demanding an immediate change would possibly further complicate the situation.

He was also fully aware that any drastic change might have created more instability in a country already embroiled in turmoil.

Though there is much more to do before the Egyptian government becomes stable again, the events of the past few weeks should inspire hope in Egypt.

Nick Smith is a sophomore majoring in Human Resources and Management Information systems.

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