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Lovell delivers first plenary address

By Zach Erdmann Asst. News Editor news@uwmpost.com

Interim Chancellor Lovell addresses the crowd at his first plenary address. Post photo by Sierra Riesberg

On Thursday, Interim Chancellor Mike Lovell stepped up to the podium to give a plenary address for the first time in his career.

The Wisconsin Room was packed with faculty, administrators and even a few students as Lovell ran through a list of the challenges and blessings facing the university in the coming months.

The chancellor’s plenary address is given every semester.

Last September, former Chancellor Carlos Santiago gave his final address and bid farewell to UW-Milwaukee.

This semester’s lecture was titled “Transitions and Connections,” a theme that ran throughout the speech.

Although his nerves were obvious, the message he delivered rang true. He began with a highlight of some of the more humorous events he had the opportunity to participate in, including his run up St. Mary’s Hill with the men’s basketball team and his ill-fated

free-throw shootout against UWMadison Chancellor Biddy Martin.

Lovell then got serious, explaining that “at each level [national, state and institutional], we face challenges that will require shared sacrifice and clear-minded planning to move toward a secure and productive future. Although interim chancellor is a transitional position, what we do together this year will have more than transitional effects.”

His speech then led into a brief discussion on the budget challenges facing UWM and what he has been doing to countermand them.

“We have met with [Governor Scott Walker’s] transition team, with his new staff and several state legislators to make the case that, with continued state investment, UWM is especially well positioned to advance the economic health of the state in both the near-term and in the future.”

As evidence to this claim, Lovell cited UWM’s campus diversity, the number of Wisconsin residents enrolled, and the fact that 92 per-

Gathered outside bars across the greater Milwaukee area, a new beast inhales fire and breathes smoke in the dead of winter. On sidewalks and in alleys, spilling out onto the street, it’s hard not to notice the smokers that have become a regular fi xture on the weekends since the smoking ban was adopted in the summer of 2010.

The issue of state smoking bans is being dealt with nationwide, with seven states (including Wisconsin) enacting prohibitive smoking laws in the last two years alone, according to USLegal.com. With the ban already enacted in Wisconsin, the issue is none-

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theless still being debated in bars across Milwaukee, and the financial and social ramifications of the ban are still unknown.

Jake Seamens, a non-smoker and bartender for a year and a half at Regano’s, located at the corner of Astor and Brady Streets, has noticed a change in business since the ban was enacted. “In the winter, business [has] rebounded a little, but after the ban, business [initially] dropped.”

Mike Smith, another bartender and non-smoker who has been serving drinks at Y Knot III for four years, agrees.

“There are certain people that smoke and … drink and say, ‘I’ll just grab a bottle and a dude and drink at home.’”

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Payment extension requested for Innovation Park

By Mike La Count News Editor news@uwmpost.com

The Innovation Park LLC has requested an extension for payments on the property slated for UW-Milwaukee’s Innovation Park.

Innovation Park, a business catalyst UWM hopes will forge partnerships with Wisconsin Medical College and other research institutions, is planned to be built off U.S. Highway 45 in Wauwatosa.

Innovation Park LLC, an investment group formed by the UWM Real Estate Foundation,

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has requested a 24-month extension on the payment originally established for the purchase of the land.

The university is scheduled to close on the $13.55-million property on Feb. 15, which requires a down payment of $5 million. Originally, the remaining $8.55 million was to be paid off over six years. A second $5-million payment was scheduled for 2012 with four annual payments of $887,000 to follow.

The request made by the Real Estate Foundation to the Milwaukee County Board was to push back the second $5million payment to 2014 with

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the four annual payments being paid from 2015 to 2018.

The UWM Real Estate Foundation is still undergoing fundraising for the site. Though they are prepared to make the down payment on Feb. 15, they say the stalled economy has made financial backers hard to come by.

“In this economic climate we really thought we needed at little more than 12 months to come up with the next $5 million,” said David Gilbert, UWM senior special assistant to the chancellor.

The request received complete support from the Milwaukee County Committee on Finance and Audit in a 5-0 vote. It was also narrowly approved by the Committee on Economic and Community

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The 2010 criminal report for Milwaukee showed a decrease in the number of crimes reported. This is the third year in a row in which reported crime decreased. Overall, violent crimes dropped 7.1 percent, and those pertaining to the damage or theft of property were 10.5 percent lower than last year. However, the rate of homicides increased 31 percent with 94 cases of homicide in Milwaukee last year. Police Chief Edward Flynn attributes the problem in part to the overabundance of firearms in the hands of those with “violent impulses.” Flynn is working with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on drafting legislation to increase the difficulty for felons to purchase guns as well as increasing the penalty for possession.

Telephone, currier and bodyguard to Adolf Hitler, Rochus Misch, will no longer be responding to the copious amount of fan mail he receives. Misch is thought to be the last living man to have worked with Hitler. He says he receives letters from across the world including Iceland, Finland, Korea, and Knoxville, Tenn., all of which are positive. He frequently sends autographed photos of himself from his days as a Nazi. But now at 93 he needs assistance from a walking frame to move about his house and can no longer continue to reply. His memoirs, which were published in 2008, are in production to be made into a feature film.

Rioting continues in Egypt

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As of Jan. 28, protesting in Egypt has resulted in eight deaths, dozens of injuries and over 1,000 arrests. Heavy civil unrest began Jan. 25 in reaction to high unemployment, the rising cost of food and political corruption.

The number of protestors throughout the country has reached the tens of thousands. The Egyptian government has shut down Internet and phone services (both mobile and landlines) in certain areas. Demonstrators have tried to breach several buildings, including those housing television and radio stations. The headquarters for the current governing political party was set on fire. Though rioting is most prevalent in Cairo, a curfew has been extended to all Egyptian cities.

Events Tuesday, Feb. 1 The Golda Meir Library will host a panel discussion on national and civil rights efforts which will be followed by the opening of the “Riding the Freedom Road” exhibit. The discussion begins at 3 p.m. and the exhibit opens at 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 2 Trick-shot artist Tom “Dr. Cue” Rossman will put his pool skills on display at 11 a.m. in the Union Concourse. At 2 p.m., the doctor will be teaching his game in the Rec. Center. He will accept challengers around 5 p.m.

Director Yoram Honig will present his awardwinning documentary First Lesson in Peace, which provides a view of the Israeli-Arab con-

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Development, passing 4-3. The final decision will be made on Thursday when it is voted on by the entire board.

Among the dissenters for the extension is County Supervisor John Weishan, who also voted against a request made by the Real Estate Foundation last fall when they requested an extension for closing on the property.

He is concerned about the impact the 24month extension will have on the county budget. The county had already figured the second $5 million into the 2011 budget. It planned to use that money to repair the O’Donnell Park parking facility, which has been closed since last summer when a large concrete segment broke off, killing a 15year-old boy walking beneath it.

The Real Estate Foundation has come up with a deal which will benefit the county if the extension is approved. UWM may derive revenue from the property by selling pieces

Digital age exposes horny humans A new survey done by Shape and Men’s Fitness magazines suggests digital communication has led to couples getting jiggy with it faster. Eighty percent of women and 60 percent of men said they believe Facebook, texting and other methods of digital communication have led to individuals copulating at an earlier point in their relationships. However, only 38 percent of women said they had sex sooner because of digital devices. The survey also revealed that texting is the number-one way in which couples connect, with men texting 38 percent more often than calling and women texting 150 percent more often than calling. Texting is also increasing in popularity as a method for asking out and dumping. Though more frequently done by women, the majority of men and women say they use search engines to research a new partner.

flict through the eyes of a little girl, at 7 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Golda Meir Library.

Thursday, Feb. 3 The LGBT monthly film screening will show HEARTBEATS at 7 p.m. in the Union Theatre.

Admission is $5.

Willy Porter brings his Mequonian style of contemporary folk music from 9 to 11 p.m. at the Gasthaus.

Friday, Feb. 4 Speakers from Yale University and UWM will discuss the political, legal and media perspectives of WikiLeaks and Internet security. The forum begins at 2 p.m. in Curtin Hall room 175.

of it to private companies. Instead of using that money for the second $5-million payment, it would be used for the final $887,000 payment.

“What we would be doing is shrinking the amount of time it will take to complete the payments,” said Gilbert. “Even though the second payment will take longer for them to get, the last payment will come sooner.”

Gilbert said this compromise was well received by the county board, and aside from those that voted against the extension, the county is still supportive of the project despite its delays.

“Everybody wants to make this work,” said Gilbert. “It’s an important initiative for the university and it is an important initiative for the region.”

Barring denial from the Milwaukee County Board, the Real Estate Foundation will continue its fundraising to acquire the $8.55 million still needed to pay for the project.

UWM has received a $5.4-million grant for the construction of the first building in Innovation Park, and the university is beginning their search for an architect to design it.

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Kicking the habit

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caine dosage in a specific location chose to spend all of their time in that area, the “place of cocaine,” regardless of whether they were still receiving the drug.

The goal, then, is to create a “new, inhibitory memory.”

Recovering addicts need their environments to “become neutral again, as they are meant to be,” says Mueller.

To disrupt memory retrieval, Mueller and his team began working with a prescription drug used for treating hypertension, known as Propranolol. This blood-pressure medication is fairly common, and it is already FDA approved, making testing with it much easier, Mueller said.

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UWM professor develops new treatment for cocaine addiction

By Erin Nelson Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

It’s common knowledge that cocaine is both an illegal and highly addictive drug. What is less known is that overcoming addiction to the psychoactive stimulant is one of the most difficult and least successful endeavors in drug rehab.

However, a new, innovative treatment developed by UWMilwaukee Assistant Professor of Psychology Devin Mueller and his doctoral student James Otis could change all of this.

According to Mueller, “Treatment programs are largely unsuccessful and fail within about six months.” Roughly 80 percent of all cocaine addicts will eventually fall into relapse.

Most rehabilitation programs focus on detoxifying addicts, followed by therapy sessions.

However, Mueller believes the high level of relapse is due to lingering associations between an addict’s environment and the drug. While environments are meant to be neutral, Mueller’s research indicates that the environments recovering addicts are exposed to bring on memory “cues” or retrievals of their drug usage.

For many addicts, even the simplest of things, such as the stressors of everyday life, can lead them back to drug abuse. Yet no trigger is as powerful as memory association, says Mueller, who has studied memory and specifically memory-retrieval extensively.

This initial discovery came after Mueller and his research team at UWM had found that animals exposed to a medium co-

For many addicts, even the simplest of things, such as the stressors of everyday life, can lead them back to drug abuse.

After being treated with Propranolol, the animals that previously preferred being in the “drug environment” no longer showed a particular preference for that area. They no longer appeared to hold a meaningful memory association with it. Even after cocaine was reinstated, the animals still had no preference for the environment where they previously received the cocaine dosage.

Mueller and his team saw results almost immediately and concluded that the memory association between the environment and the drug was gone after only a few exposures with Propranolol.

After these successful trials with nonhuman subjects, the next step is to begin trials on recovering addicts, seeing if Propranolol will have the same positive effects. Mueller is establishing collaborations with a doctor in Missouri, who has experience treating withdrawal symptoms, and with an expert on exposure therapy.

Patients who participate in the research must first go through the acute withdrawal and detoxification, which usually takes about a week. Mueller believes that due to his results in initial trials with animals, patient memory retrieval could be disrupted and the association gone within four to eight exposure-therapy trials. Along with the necessary therapy session, Mueller believes this could all be done is as few as two to three weeks.

Professor Mueller and his team are currently assembling a patient population and hope to start working with patients by the end of this year.

While he states that this would be a wonderful and “surprisingly simplistic” discovery, Mueller also emphasizes the fact that “trials so far have only been on animals.” In any experiment, results observed in nonhuman animals do not always translate to human subjects, and although the trials conducted thus far appear promising, Mueller said that he is “cautiously optimistic.”

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Close to 90 students, faculty members and members of the community gathered in the Union Ballroom Tuesday night to hear Lorelei Kelly address the changes she believes are needed in national security.

Kelly, director of the New Strategic Security Initiative, stressed the need for more interaction and participation at the local levels as a stepping stone for real change.

She emphasized needed reform in Congress and identified four key elements necessary for national security success: commitment, credible knowledge, relationships and technology.

“We are moving from an era where strength needs to be measured more by our credibility than by our hardware,” she said.

Working on Capitol Hill at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, Kelly is familiar with the goings-on of Congress and has been immersed in the national security discussion for many years.

Recently, she started the Afghanistan Congressional Communications Hub, a public-geared informative website about what the U.S. is doing in Afghanistan outside of military operations.

Kelly started by saying the problems in Afghanistan and the Middle East are not mili-

tary problems but political problems.

“Our strategy needs less Dr. Strangelove and more Dale Carnegie,” she said, alluding to the idea that the strategy needs to veer away from a fixation on building bombs and hardware that destroys lives.

Instead, this metaphor suggests a strategy built upon the foundation of Dale Carnegie’s teachings, which emphasizes a more peaceful approach.

Commitment, by members of Congress and the public alike, was the first element Kelly identified as essential for reform. Kelly said that the second element, credible knowledge on policies and peace building, is also needed in redefining national security. She mentioned that in Congress, there is “not a lack of information but a lack of credible filters” to effectively translate that information to the public.

Relationships, too, are crucial in bridging the gap between the government and the public, according to Kelly.

She said these relationships need to be intergenerational, which will foster multiple perspectives.

Technology, the last element, will aid in building and cultivating these relationships between the government and the people. However, Kelly was quick to add, “technology will never leverage relationships.

Relationships will always

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UWM reports future water markets Soon to be a $600 billion industry

By Jon Gorski Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com

Exploring the current water situations in 12 states ranging from California to Wyoming, a 428-page report produced by the Milwaukee 7 Water Council showed the critical necessity for purified water in America.

In the massive report, the water consumption of 24 countries was detailed as was their subsequent desire for healthy water. Of those 24 countries, 16 were granted a cursory look by the study.

These detailed examinations were spread out over six continents.

Associate Dean and Director of Workforce Development Sammis White is very active in the both Milwaukee 7 Water Council and the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences. White espoused that the project was larger than most water-consumption reports and took considerably more time and effort than most research projects in the field.

A leading proponent of the Water Council’s investigation, White expressed the concern that potable water worldwide has become very limited. As humanity’s population increases and the de-

mand for drinkable water rises, the limited supply of fresh water could become a large concern.

Benefiting from this project, businesses and students of the Milwaukee region could see a relative decrease in water expenses.

The research will likely continue, according to White, as the market for water purification is expected to jump from $483 billion to $600 billion over the course of the next five years. He does admit, however, that the following publications will probably not reach 428 pages, considering that was the most comprehensive report done in recent memory.

Though at the moment the United States occupies the largest portion of the water purification market, China is looking to overtake America’s prominence in the next few years. Japan is also attempting to take control of the market.

If Milwaukee would like to succeed in advancing its water purification studies and services, it is going to have to respect China’s economic policies as a whole.

According to White, “UWM will play an increasing role in the solution of a variety of water problems.”

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Police training from the detective that identified Dahmer Cultural diversity in Patrick Kennedy’s classroom

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Continued from page leverage technology.” She went on to say that “while innovative technology is needed, it can’t substitute policy.”

After identifying these four elements, Kelly offered ways in which the public could become credible filters. She encouraged the idea of creating evidence-based hubs since people are entitled to basic information that many don’t have easy access to. She expressed that a hub on immigration would be a good place to start.

The lecture ended with questions from the audience where Kelly addressed a wide range of topics from the size of the House of Representatives to the role of China plays in the U.S. economy.

Most of those attending were community members, professors, and auditors.

There were only a handful of students present.

“I was pretty well impressed,” said Chuck Baynton, an Institute of World Affairs (IWA) member. For him, Kelly’s most salient comment was: “The tools we are bringing to bear cannot solve this problem.”

Kelly was the first speaker for UW-Milwaukee’s Great Decisions Series 2011, an eight-part series coordinated

by UWM’s IWA. The lectures will be held every Tuesday from now until March 15th in the Union. The speakers are internationally known government officials, scholars and journalists knowledgeable on various aspects of foreign policy. These lectures are free for students, UWM staff and faculty, and IWA members.

The next Great Decisions Lecture, scheduled for Feb. 1, is called “Europe’s Economic Crisis.” The speaker is Pasquale Tridico, a research associate with the Department of Economics at the University of Rome.

Lorelei Kelly spoke about national security as part of UWM’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Post photo by Sierra Riesberg

Patrick Kennedy is teaching a class titled Police Process at UW-Milwaukee this spring as a building block for tomorrow’s criminal justice system.

Kennedy brings with him unique experiences; he was the identifying police detective in the Jefferey Dahmer case in 1991.

Kennedy’s tenure with the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) during the implementation of cultural diversity training opened the door to critical race theory, and his desire to learn about and address omitted historical facts to create a better understanding of the future.

It is his hope that teaching the history of law enforcement will do the same for his students.

Kennedy’s class will teach the history and operation of

police policy through interactive exercises and historical significance. Personal experience allows for Kennedy to integrate cultural diversity as a building block in creating a safer environment for citizens.

“Democracy is messy,” said Kennedy. In a large class setting the students will be broken into squads and then assigned ranks and files to come to understand accountability and chain of command. “We want students to have a well rounded idea ... and it should be entertaining,” he said.

Understanding chain of command and facing ridicule and scorn are building blocks for the structure of policing.

Kennedy said he defines cultural diversity similarly to John F. Kennedy; he believes in the plurality of a liberal democracy and in the protection of diversity as supported by the constitution.

This will be Kennedy’s

fourth semester teaching UWM students. “Students are bright and eager to learn ... I am not afraid to debate with them.” Questions and challenges for Kennedy are also encouraged in class for the coproduction of knowledge.

Critical race theory radiates in Kennedy’s teaching of cultural diversity. “People’s ideas and images of the past can reflect in their attitudes,” said Kennedy. Looking at a topic with fresh eyes or a new perspective is a goal of the course to create new understandings of surroundings.

In 1991, the Milwaukee Police Department integrated cultural diversity training under Chief of Police Philip Arreola. Arreola was the first minority police chief and recognized the mistrust of communities with the police department. By promoting diversity learning within the MPD there was hope for a safer community.

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cent of recent graduates still call Wisconsin home.

Lovell also drew from a recent report by the Goldwater Institute, explaining that UWM ranked 12th in a measure of lowest per-student spending, coming at $13,000 per capita, which is well below the national average of $41,000.

Next, Lovell moved to an assessment of the university’s progress on his three major goals for his time as interim chancellor.

First, to keep the campus moving ahead in capital projects and research investments, second to promote open and inclusive communication on campus, and finally to foster a strong sense of pride and advocacy in the UWM campus community.

On the subject of campus development, Lovell had a lot to report.

He spoke briefly on the progress being made with the new School of Public Health being built at the historic Pabst Brewery; the acquisition of the Colombia St. Mary’s Hospital building and the first steps in utilizing that space; the renovation of the Kunkle Center, which is to become the newly designed Kenwood Integrated Research Complex; the Freshwater Sciences Research Building for the new School of Freshwater Sciences; and the pending purchase by the UWM Real Estate Foundation of the site of the new Innovation Park.

Lovell also highlighted that the research expenditures at UWM have more than tripled from $21 million in 2000 to $68 million in 2010.

Lovell went on to say, “We can all take pride in these accomplish-

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Continued from page 1 However, both bartenders personally believe that despite minor problems such as the issue of glassware being taken outside and the litter caused by carelessly thrown cigarette butts, the ban has been positive.

About smoking inside, Smith said, “I love the fact that you can’t. It has bugged the shit out of me since I quit [smoking] 13 years ago.”

In Riverwest at the Uptowner, Jessica Schlitz, a bartender for 12 years and a casual smoker, is enthusiastic about the ban.

“I love it! Before, it used to be around 3 or 4 o’clock and already you’d have to part the smoke with your hands.

“I have really been smoking a lot less, and the people outside can’t bother me,” she added with a laugh.

Elizabeth McKay, a regular patron of the bar, nods in agreement. “I am a smoker, I love to smoke, and I love that there is no smoking in bars. I don’t mind going outside, and people who don’t want to go outside smoke less.”

Not everybody has been happy with the ban, however, and a few bar owners and patrons bring up several issues that have arisen since it took place, such as lost revenue, more garbage being tossed outside, the legal issue of bringing glassware outdoors

ments to grow UWM’s research and build the facilities and infrastructure for continued growth.”

His second goal for UWM was open and inclusive communication, which he believes can be achieved by “having all of our stakeholders work together with a common purpose – not always agreeing, of course, but communicating candidly, openly and civilly.”

He then read a quote from columnist David Brooks’ piece, “Tree of Failure.” It articulates a need for dialogue among “people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.”

The interim chancellor then mentioned his series of Brown Bag lunches and campus forums, and said, “I have enjoyed the informative exchanges … and I look forward to continuing the conversation.”

His last goal for the coming semester is to foster a sense of pride and advocacy in the campus community about the accomplishments and mission of this institution. He asked the audience to become informed about the things that this university achieves and to allow themselves to be proud of those achievements and advocate for the university with everyone they meet.

To close, he recapped the speech and emphasized the importance of connectivity; “The institutions that will prosper as we transition through this period of austerity are those that have the best internal cohesion and that forge partnerships and collaborations that maximize their assets … We must look beyond narrow self-interest, forge connections, have a vision of the common good, and contribute together to realize that vision.”

and the fact that customers are already participating in activities detrimental to their health.

Bosco’s and Riverwest Tavern, both located in Riverwest on Burleigh Street and Auer Streets respectively, have had several run-ins with law enforcement since the ban was enacted.

John Strege, brother of Riverwest Tavern owner Wayne Strege and a regular bartender himself, says that the bar has had 13 separate incidents with law enforcement involving smoking, including what he called a “bust” on Wednesday, Jan. 24 when six officers arrived at the bar in a police van.

According to him, no arrests have been made and no tickets issued.

Larry Jozwick, who has been tending bar at Bosco’s for 24 years, said that after leaving Riverwest Tavern, the cops then arrived at Bosco’s, where nobody was smoking, and left shortly thereafter.

Later in the evening, John Strege told Jozwick that Riverwest Tavern could no longer afford paying the smoking fines and would consequently be enforcing the ban.

When asked about the incident, Strege said, “We have 13 incidents and with the shooting [of a 24-year-old man outside the bar in March], you think, ‘is this really the issue?’ I personally think that if you paid a fee or something, it should be alright.”

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Hitting their stride

Wins against Detroit and Wright State cap weekend

By Jeremy Lubus Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com

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The UW-Milwaukee men’s basketball season has been a roller coaster ride to say the least. Even head coach Rob Jeter admitted it. The Panthers rallied to edge Detroit 72-67 Friday night and held on late to beat Wright State 54-53 Sunday afternoon on their weekend home stand.

The Panthers held a solid nine-point lead with only six minutes to play against Wright State (7-4, 14-9) when the Raiders found their three point shot. Vaughn Duggins and N’Gai Evans both hit critical back-to-back three pointers to make it a one possession game.

Anthony Hill made just one of two free throws to push the lead to four at 51-47. On their

next possession Evans drained another three to cut it to a one-point game. The defense clamped down and forced two-straight turnovers as free throws by Ja’Rob McCallum, Kaylon Williams and Tone Boyle sealed the game.

Duggins tied his careerhigh with 26 points and didn’t miss from the free-throw line in nine opportunities.

Senior Anthony Hill finished with 22 points and was the only player to score double digits. Boyle was a distant second, scoring only nine points, but his one steal in the final minute helped avoid a major letdown. Wright State is third place in the Horizon League with only four losses in conference.

Hill scored 14 of his 22 points at the line going 14 of 17. This was a major sign of improvement for the 6-foot-7inch forward who has had his issues at the line this season shooting just 66 percent. The

Panthers won despite shooting a dismal 33.4 percent from the field.

Wright State has also now lost 13-straight games in the state of Wisconsin.

Detroit Senior Tony Meier picked a great time to get hot as he scored 10 of his 12 points in the final five minutes of the game in the team’s win over Detroit. He has quietly moved to second on the team in scoring at 12.8 points per game.

Hill still is on top at 15.1 points per game.

The situation was the polar opposite of Friday where the team was up late in the game.

The Titans were up as much as 14 points multiple times.

Detroit held an eight-point lead with five minutes to play.

That’s when Meier took over.

He knocked down back-to-back three pointers to cut the deficit to just two points at 62-60.

He followed that with a pair of free throws and found junior Ryan Allen for the go ahead basket with three minutes to play to win the game 72-67.

The Panthers look to stay hot when they finish up their home stand when the host Green Bay Saturday at 2 p.m.

Cutting Cutler some slack Injured Bears quarterback toughest in the league, according to teammates

By Shawn Kumar Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com

Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler caused an explosion of outrage from many NFL players and fans after his abrupt exit in the third quarter of last week’s game against Green Bay from a supposed knee injury, though at the time, nothing was confirmed. Reports later showed that Cutler indeed had an MCL sprain, preventing him from properly placing weight on his right foot and affecting his throwing motion. Pro Bowl players like Darnell Dockett and Maurice Jones-Drew, along with future hall-of-famer Deion Sanders, prematurely accused Cutler of being a quitter and weak.

Cutler’s teammates obviously supported him and his injury. Longtime Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said, “He is one of the toughest guys on our team.” This is absolutely true. Playing behind what is perhaps the weakest offensive line in the NFL, Cutler was the most-sacked quarterback this

season with 57. As a football player, Cutler has missed just one start in 118 games, which extends back into his college years. While at Vanderbilt, he was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Year. So if a guy like this leaves a conference championship game, you can be sure it’s serious.

However, one thing the general public and other athletes just don’t seem to appreciate is that Cutler is a Type I diabetic. Considering this, it is truly amazing that Cutler can even play professional football at a Pro Bowl level. The disease gradually weakens the body and requires frequent insulin injections, which Cutler often must administer in the middle of games! Constantly having to monitor his food, weight, blood count and body sugar day-in and day-out is an extra encumbrance other NFL players don’t have to deal with.

Players don’t understand and appreciate that an athlete like Cutler has to work significantly harder than his peers due to his disease. The immature bashing that resulted in his early

exit only made the accusers look moronic. Common sense would dictate that any NFL player playing in a Conference Championship game would do anything to stay in and win it.

Just because Cutler’s attitude and demeanor isn’t as emotionally discernable as Tim Tebow’s (Denver) or Phillip Rivers’ (San Diego) doesn’t mean that he doesn’t care as much.

At the end of the day, fans who complain that a team didn’t go “all out” should remember that franchises need to protect their investments too. As a quarterback, Cutler is the Bears’ best prospect; they will be able to embellish and capitalize on his talent for the next six years or so. Making absolutely sure he is healthy for the future should be a priority because, without Cutler, there is no way they’d even get to a Conference Title game. Playing on a weak MCL, even for just five minutes, could permanently ruin a career. The Bears and Cutler made the right decision that Sunday; it’s just a shame that no one else can see and appreciate it.

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Women beat Valpo, fall to Butler on road

By John Linn Staff Writer Sports@uwmpost.com

The UW-Milwaukee women’s basketball team traveled to Indiana this past weekend.

Thursday night the Panthers took on the Valparaiso Crusaders and Saturday afternoon battled the Butler Bulldogs. UWM beat Valpo 7361, but the win did not carry over to the game at Butler as UWM lost 72-64.

The Panthers fell behind early but began to find their rhythm as the game moved on, leading 28-25 going into halftime. The game stayed close into the second half but the Panthers began to heat up behind forward Lindsay Laur and guard Angela Rodriguez. Laur had career highs in points with 27, and assists with seven.

Rodriguez added 16 points and six assists.

Betsy Adams was Valpo’s (416, 1-7) leading scorer with 22 points. But a blistering-hot 16 of 24 shooting performance in the second half gave the Panthers a season high 57.4 percentage from the field, giving them a lead early in the second half that they would hold onto to finish the game.

The Panthers remained on the road and headed over to face the Butler Bulldogs (14-7, 8-1).

A slow start doomed the Panthers (7-13, 4-5) as they shot 38.5 percent from the field in the first half to Butler’s 48.4 percent first half mark. Butler led 38-28 at half, but UWM would not go down easily. The defense responded well in the second half and ended up cutting the lead down to a manage-

able six points at one point in the game.

The Panthers upped their shooting to 44.4 percent in the second half and slowed the Bulldogs down to a 35.7 percentage. However, Butler would not let UWM stay close, pulling away despite good efforts from UWM to stay competitive.

Butler won the turnover battle 19-8, but the Panther’s outrebounded Butler 44-32. Butler shot 68 percent from the free throw line while UWM shot 63.2 percent.

Laur again led the team, playing all 40 minutes of the game and had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Rodriguez added 17 points. Devin Brierly led Butler with 19 points.

UWM returns home to play Youngstown state Thursday at the Klotsche center at 7 p.m.

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TER! T I W T S K N A TH

They may be green, but they’re also gold Emerging stars fill in for injured ones

By Kris Gilson Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com

The Packers have no business being here, do they?

With a jaw-dropping 16 players on Injured Reserve (IR), Green Bay should theoretically be watching the Super Bowl from home this Sunday instead of playing in it.

But here we are, just one game away from being NFL champions. Despite losing an average of one player per game to a season-ending injury, the Packers finished 10-6 and have won their last five must-win games, three coming on the road in the playoffs.

A closer look at the IR list reveals several players who were supposed to play big roles for the team.

Linebacker Nick Barnett, tight end Jermichael Finley, running back Ryan Grant and offensive tackle Mark Tauscher, just to name a few, were expected to lead this team to the Super Bowl.

Now it’s guys like rookie cornerback Sam Shields, rookie running back James Starks and second-year nose tackle B.J. Raji. Even the most criticized cornerback Jarrett Bush, now a special-teams captain, has put himself on the map by helping Green Bay reach its first Super Bowl since the 1997-98 season.

Consider this article a big cheesehead toast to those unexpected surprises.

Perhaps no one has surprised the world more than Starks. He leads the NFL in postseason rushing yards after playing just three regular-season games. Just three games! The all-time rushing leader at the University of Buffalo, Starks missed his senior year because of a shoulder injury. The Packers took a chance on him anyway and he has filled in admirably for Grant.

Raji came into his own towards the end of the season with his strong play.

His interception returned for a touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship game gave

the Packers a two-touchdown cushion, sealing the game. He is becoming affectionately known as “The Freezer,” an homage to former Bears lineman William “The Refrigerator” Perry. Raji recorded 6.5 sacks this season and is quickly becoming one of the league’s most feared nose tackles.

Shields had two interceptions against Chicago in the NFC Championship game, including the interception that essentially ended the game. Having been used in a variety of packages and blitzes, Shields has shown a great ability to cover opposing wide receivers and put pressure on quarterbacks.

An undrafted rookie out of Miami (Fl.), Shields is Charles Woodson’s most likely heir.

Playing alongside fellow defensive back Tramon Williams, Shields and Williams will surely make one of the best cornerback duos in the NFL for years to come.

Although they don’t get much love, players who contribute in special teams can mean the difference between a close loss or a win. The aforementioned Bush has become a special-teams extraordinaire, as has punter Tim Masthay; with these two men, the 2010 Packers were able to improve upon all aspects of their special teams.

Bush recorded 12 tackles this season, making it five consecutive years of doubledigit special-teams tackles.

He and Masthay were integral in keeping Bears’ returner Devin Hester at bay in both the regular season finale and the NFC Championship game.

Coach Mike McCarthy and General Manager Ted Thompson also don’t get nearly enough credit for what they’ve done. It’s hard to imagine other teams having as much success as the Packers have had this season, given all the injuries. So in addition to toasting the unheralded players that made big impacts for your 2010 Green Bay Packers, here’s to you, McCarthy and Thompson.

Now go beat those Steelers!

By Melissa Shaw Special to the Post fringe@uwmpost.com

Making his second stop in Wisconsin for his Lonely Avenue Tour, Ben Folds performed a witty, energetic show that engaged an almost full house at the Riverside Theatre last Friday evening.

When the lights dimmed, Folds, along with fellow band mates, burst onto stage to a circus-sounding track. Doing push-ups, running around and slapping high fives with the front row, the guys prepped the crowd for the upcoming goofiness of the show.

“I once read in a medical magazine that silliness was healthy for musicians,” stated Folds after everyone settled at their respective places on stage.

As the tour title leads on, Folds performed a majority of songs from his most recent album Lonely Avenue, released in September 2010. Thanks to collaboration between Folds and British author Nick Hornby, the album consists of tracks that are told as clever stories with musical backgrounds, which only Folds could deliver.

Opening the show was charming a cappella group from Nashville, Street Corner Symphony. The group caught the attention of Folds where he acted as a judge on NBC’s “The Sing Off.” In a culture that currently loves show choir performances, such as in Fox’s “Glee,” these guys connected with the crowd singing popular hits from the Beatles, Train, and Johnny Cash. Good choice of opener Ben, they were a good lead up to your lively entrance onto the stage.

Folds’ set list included songs both old and new with fresh tracks like “Belinda,” a heartfelt tune about a girl he loved

and the relationship he ruined, “Doc Pomus,” a song about a crippled lyricist, and “Claire’s Ninth,” a sort of sweetly sad tale told by a little girl’s divorced parents, dominated the first half of the show. Sprinkled throughout the show, Folds and crew also played their classic crowd pleasers such as “Zak and Sara,” “Annie Waits,” “We’re Fighting It,” and “Hir oshima.”

After two and a half hours, the guys left the stage for a brief moment and returnedb with just as much energy as the first time to play an encore set that brought the whole crowd to their feet. After individual requests throughout the show, Folds finally satisfied the dying urge to hear “Army” and then ended with highly energized “Rockin’ the Suburbs.”

Because of the brilliant talent of the entire Folds gang, the show proved that you don’t need extravagant light effects or large changing sets to be considered entertainment. Folds’ banging on the piano in ways that only he could make sound like music, along his intensely straddled stance and animated facial expressions, provided a show in itself.

Folds has an uncanny ability to involve the crowd; bringing the house lights up and acting as choral director, he taught parts of a new song “Working Day” to the audience, assigning lyrics by gender and parts of the room.

At the end of the night, Folds left everyone in the theatre humming his songs on the way out. It’s safe to say if he continues to perform with the excitement, wit, and charm he always has, Milwaukee will always welcome him back. After all, who can say no to a musically talented, if not comedic, nerd like Ben Folds?

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Great Job Little New Record!

It’s really good!

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

Sam Beam has a name like a whiskey and a voice like a wine, and in many ways Kiss Each Other Clean is the musical culmination of his well-aged career as Iron & Wine, a decades-spanning magnum opus of cryptic songwriting, electronic minimalism, and acoustic guitar filtered through the screen of some of the most soulful rhythm and blues a white boy’s ever penned.

It’s a dense, multi-instrumental, mystical folk accomplishment – the record that the Jim James/Conor Oberst supergroup, Monsters of Folk, wished they’d made – a synthesis of ’80s instrumentalism, ’70s rock sensibility, country earthiness and modern indie-folk songwriting.

And even though one can’t see through the fog of Beam’s Bob Dylan-like lyrical ciphers, the listening experience itself is enervating enough to carry the record to near-mythic heights anyway.

In a manner of speaking, Beam has managed to bridge the gaps between the greatest folk troubadours of our time – the denseness and impenetrability of Dylan, the creepingly blasphemic religious underpinning of Leonard Cohen, the natural pop inclination of Paul Simon (for whom a comparison might be the most pertinent for Kiss Each Other Clean) – into a perfectly listenable, endlessly edifying mesh of the immediate and the lasting.

Its production is lush and diverse, and lends itself to the quality of folk-movement summary, with slide guitars exist-

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Veganism as the moral bass line Maroon 5 bassist shares his vegan wisdom

By Sarah Hanneken Columnist fringe@uwmpost.com

Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Records ing alongside doo-wop backing vocals, wah-pedal funk, saxophone solos, and deep trip-hop keyboards. Rarely does production so immaculately reflect the unspoken qualities of the singer it aids, but Kiss Each Other Clean is not an ordinary record.

It’s an album that requires thought, and lots of it – “Last I saw mother she covered my ears / When they caught me I offered the captain a beer / ‘Cause a rabbit will run, and a lion has nothing to fear,” Beam intones on “Rabbit Will Run.” This line you can do with what you wish – which on the one hand is a strength and the other a frustrating weakness. While it is true that the poetry of Beam’s literary lyrics is admirable in its blatant refusal of simplicity, and that its unraveling meaning is a highlyrewarding long-term challenge, the layers and layers of obscu-

rity under which he buries the meaning can be both exasperating and somewhat condescending; even Dylan let up on the songwriting labyrinth from time to time.

Still, there’s no refusing the gospel power, no matter how enigmatic, of “Walking Far From Home,” the first and best track on the album, a mythic, densely symbolic narrative of a lonely journey; or of “Tree by the River,” a sad-eyed, nostalgic remembrance of innocent childhood days gone by. Despite the deep opaque complexity of Kiss Each Other Clean, the album nonetheless conveys a deep sense that something is missing. That life, once perfect, is now askew, and the true achievement of Beam’s vision is that such a concept can still carry with it an eminent beauty.

Mickey Madden, the compassionate and articulate bassist of popular alt-rock group Maroon 5, chatted with the Post about his views on animal rights and advocacy and offered up some wisdom regarding the efficacy of music and sex as means of spreading awareness.

The Post: When someone asks why you are a vegan, what do you tell them?

Mickey Madden: All of the reasons that someone would become vegan definitely apply to me. You know, the environmental argument, the health argument – for me personally I feel so much healthier as a vegan. But I guess the main reason I’m vegan is an animal-rights reason. For me it was a consciousness shift, one that I couldn’t come back from. The idea of eating another animal has become really abhorrent to me, and once you make that leap, you can’t go back. It was like a realization. It’s not something I could argue for; it was just a feeling that came over me one day that I could never go back on. You know what I mean?

Post: Yeah, I definitely do. It’s like once you realize what’s going on, you can’t un-know it.

Madden: Exactly, exactly.

And then that of course leads to a certain amount of research and self-education, from which you then learn the horrifying realities. And also if you spend any time around animals at all, you can’t help but realize that they are individuals with personalities.

And they are to be treated as such.

Post: So what initially pushed you towards veganism? Obviously you had to have some sort of impetus to start researching and looking more into some of these issues.

Madden: The straight-edge community was a big factor, I think, for a lot of people my age. The culture around Fugazi and the D.C. straightedge community had a really big influence on me growing up, and that definitely led to an awareness of veganism and eating as a political act.

So that would be the culture from which it came.

Also around the time I became vegan, Fast Food Nation

came out, which I think was a big influence for a lot of people who turned vegan at that age. Even beyond that there’s been a lot of writing about it – good polemical writing about veganism and just eating in general, but veganism in particular.

Post: Now I realize you are the only vegan member of Maroon 5, but do you ever work any animal-rights messages into your songs, or push the group to do so?

Madden: No, songs are a really difficult format for that.

To reduce a complex argument into a three-minute song is very hard. So I just try to use whatever other platforms I have to talk about it as much as I can. We’re a band of pretty strong opinions and political beliefs, but it doesn’t really find its way into the music. And maybe that will change – I mean, I would definitely welcome it if it were artistically viable. But it’s a difficult thing. You really run the risk of reducing complexity by trying to simplify it enough to fit in a song.

Post: I can see that. I mean, you’ve got John Lennon on one hand, where every song he wrote was about something political or whatnot, and yet...

Madden: But honestly, even in a song like “Imagine,” he’s speaking in real generalities. It’s rare that he actually waded into specifics as far as political messaging is concerned – which is fine. It’s a rare song like “Ohio” [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young] that is really specific, but those are few and far between. It’s a very difficult thing to write genuine protest songs. The great ones that are out there are a model to us all.

Post: It makes me think – going back to John Lennon’s songs and songs like “Ohio” – these bands were singing about issues that were pretty front-of-mind and universally agreed-upon, whereas at this point, animal rights isn’t something that everyone thinks about. I suppose lyrics about animal exploitation wouldn’t be as well-received.

Madden: Well, I’m happy to say that I think awareness [of animal exploitation] is increasing a little bit more. It’s more in the mainstream now.

I think even just the growing focus on healthfulness has

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The 2011 UWM Festival of Films in French A sneak peek at the upcoming February event

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

There’s a reason it’s not called the “French Film Festival.” The 2011 incarnation of the UWM Festival of Films in French – in its 14th year of existence – includes the globe-spanning features of filmmakers from France, Canada and Guyana.

It touches on the issues and concerns of still more nations, an illustration of the multiculturalism, diversity and accessibility of cinema in the 21st century and the modern global reach of perhaps the most significant language in the annals of film’s development.

Its submissions range from the works of the monumental silent masters of the early 20th century to the most recent of films, from

the likes of a modern master of the form (namely Michel Gondry) to a young auteur (Xavier Dolan), whose rise is nothing short of meteoric.

In anticipation of the festival’s run (Feb. 3-15), the Post has cobbled together a short, wholly insufficient preview for the event, the popularity and breadth of which are expanding rapidly.

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Channeling the Thomas Mann masterpiece Death in Venice, festival-opener Heartbeats traces the dissolving relationship of a man and woman (the former of which is played by the film’s 21-year-old director Xavier Dolan), best of friends, who both fall in love with the same inscrutable newcomer,

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The largest exhibit of ancient mummies and artifacts is traveling around the world, and it has finally made its debut in our city.

The Milwaukee Public Museum is presenting Mummies of the World from Dec. 17to May 30 before the exhibit moves on to the next location.

The display takes over an hour to experience and the collection is as haunting as it is beautiful.

Upon entering, visitors are encouraged to learn about and respect the ancient remains. The

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curators and Mummyologists who constructed the exhibit emphasize that these mummies were once living people with their own families and customs.

The mummies have roots in every continent besides Antarctica and are borrowed from several museums in Europe.

Assembled for the purpose of teaching the history of the mummification process, the mummies are displayed with respect and reverence and meet the International Council of Museums’ (ICOM) code of ethics.

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Continued from page 11 a young man who they know very little about but to whom both prescribe an ideal that he cannot possibly live up to.

The film debuted in the prestigious “Un Certain Regard” category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was recently nominated for a César, France’s top film award.

The Thorn in the Heart (L’épine dans le coeur) (France, Feb. 5 & 13) The latest film from digital legend Michel Gondry debuted in relative obscurity in 2009 and, unlike its predecessors (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind), had only the lightest of presences in the United States and given but a brief Wisconsin release when it was shown at the Wisconsin Film Festival in April of that year. It’s not what one would term as a

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Continued from page 11 Museum goers have the opportunity to learn the difference between natural and intentional mummification processes, and how the environment effects decomposition. While much can be discovered with the use of CT scans, X-rays and radioactive dating, many mysteries remain about how and why the mummies were preserved in such a way.

The exhibit begins with small mummified remains of animals and artifacts such as pa-

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typical Gondry film, which is telling when one considers how straightforward it actually is: The film is a simple, loving documentary of Gondry’s aunt Suzette at her home in the Cévennes region of the south of France.

Money (L’Argent) (France, Feb. 8) Marcel L’Herbier was one of the master French filmmakers of the 1920s, and Money, his sprawling, gigantic 1928 masterpiece, is the culmination of his illustrious career. A huge production, the movie features over 1,500 extras in an ironic, vicious satire of the economic bureaucracy that L’Herbier saw as a venom to both the film industry in which he worked and the country of France at large. Based on Émile Zola’s 1890 novel of the same name, it is a rather prescient entry into this year’s festival amid the banking trouble and economic calamity of the last few years. The film features

pers, paintings and sculptures.

Egyptian cats and dogs that were buried are also on display, demonstrating the belief that a body must be preserved in order for the spirit to live eternally.

Further along are the full bodies of men and women divided up according to region. The oldest mummy present is a 6,500 yearold naturally preserved infant, which is in such good condition that the facial features are still clearly visible. It is dated 3,000 years before the birth of King Tut and is a tangible window to the past.

Although the exhibit is presented in a respectful fashion and is for scientific and learn-

a brand-new print, and like last year’s showing of The Seashell and the Clergyman, will be accompanied by live orchestration.

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (L’enfer) (France, Feb. 10) Abandoned in 1964 after a series of production disasters – an illness, a key location being declared off-limits, a massive heat wave, and finally the heart attack suffered by its increasingly manic master director HenriGeorges Clouzot – Inferno was left by the wayside to be rediscovered only six years ago. The documentary that resulted from the print’s discovery, a combination of both interviews with the cast and crew and some of the 15 hours of original footage, won the 2010 César Award for Best Documentary and, like all films in this year’s festival, is making its Milwaukee debut.

ing purposes, some of it could be disturbing to certain people.

Children especially should understand that age and the mummification processes affect the appearance of the mummies, and much is still unknown about the lives and deaths of these people. This aside, Mummies of the World is a rare event to come so close to home and should be seen first-hand. Its fascinating appeal promises to interest anyone, even if you’re only going to see how Brendan Fraser felt in The Mummy.

For more information, visit www.mummiesoftheworld.com.

Sorrow painted in a facade of doubt

By Sean Willey Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

A movie about death arouses speculation. Will it be another sentimental story about faith? Will the acting be over the top? Or will it be solely a cathartic journey of healing? Rabbit Hole loses the manipulation that clouds this theme (Titanic comes to mind, as James Cameron wanted the audience to feel pity for the dead and grief for their loved ones).

The audience can swirl in their own emotions, making sense of their fears and feelings through the film’s personas.

Taking the 2010 Toronto Film Festival by surprise, Nicole Kidman rode the film’s success to a nomination at the Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

As a Manhattan Theater Club production gone Hollywood, David Lindsay-Abaire teamed with Kidman’s Blossom Films in the creation of this paradox-

ical cinematic experience.

Grieving eight months after their four-year-old son is hit by a car, Becca (Kidman) and Howie (Aaron Eckhart) heal in different ways, creating a rift between them. Howie chooses faith and a support group to mask his depression until he’s alone watching home movies. Becca denies the mercifulness of God and wants nothing more than to dispose of the memories (the opening scene of her dragging dirt/dead weight is great symbolism of inner conflict).

“Worship me and I’ll treat you like shit,” said Becca, referring to God. Her frustration is perhaps the movie’s most powerful element.

Becca finds Jason (Miles Teller), the kid who hit her son, and in a twist of fate begins to depend on his company. Howie finds a member of the support group, Gabby (Sandra Oh), who is more in tune with him. As these relationships beat on, Becca and Howie must close the widening gap between each other.

Their love rekindles through this search.

Kidman returns to her cultlike status that surrounded her in Eyes Wide Shut, Cold Mountain and The Others. The key to her success in Rabbit Hole is her internal torment that crosses more boundaries than just grief. It embodies, sometimes comically, human nature overall. How do we, as humans, deal with the downturns life frequently delivers us? The answer, quite simply, is the moments, people and partnerships that help us realize how to get back up.

It sounds cliché, but Kidman’s and Eckhart’s acting draws parallels to the spirit’s yearn for release from qualm.

Rabbit Hole’s benefit is that it allows the audience to wallow in their own hesitation.

The story creates no manipulation of how one should feel in times of anguish. In fact, Rabbit Hole promotes the fact that faith never gets easier.

It just asks the question of, “What’s next?”

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Ryan Gosling: Hot as EVER!!!

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By Michael Maniaci Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com

Blue Valentine is an emotional portrait of lovers past and present. It begins on a melancholy note with a young girl calling for her lost dog. She runs inside to her father, Dean (Ryan Gosling), who joins in the search. Finding no dog in sight, the two return home to awaken their mother and wife Cindy (Michelle Williams).

All appears to be well within the marriage as both parents shower affection upon their daughter. Yet this affection towards their daughter shows an underlying tension in the relationship. Dean indulges in his daughter’s childish nature while Cindy acts as the parent and insists on her methods of parenting.

This tension builds across two days in the life of a relationship that shows signs of emotional stress, from having to share responsibilities in raising their daughter to managing their personal and professional lives.

Both Dean and Cindy begin to question what they want out of their marriage as well as each other. Each character relives their lives prior to meeting one another and the subsequent events that led to them falling in love, remembering why it is they chose one another.

The viewer witnesses Cindy’s insecurities and penchant for withholding the truth. Her tendency to take hold of love and run leads to many of her problems.

Dean has trouble expressing himself and his emotions partly because of Cindy’s reluctance to share herself with him. This leads him into situations where he chooses selfsacrifice over personal desires.

His pursuit of love is held up by his belief that love can triumph over all.

The music in the movie also molds this confusing essence of love, assuming a vintage crooning quality that ups the nostalgia of love lost. As one of the songs clearly demonstrates, “You always hurt the one you love / the one you shouldn’t hurt at all.” Valentine takes this notion and jumps back and forth to remind the viewer of the highs and lows that love will inevitably bring as joy and sorrow go hand in hand.

Michelle Williams is charming within her role, just enough to earn her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. It is surprising that Ryan Gosling was passed over, considering he delivers one of his strongest performances since HalfNelson. While Blue Valentine is a woeful tale of love come and gone, it demonstrates that love lost has the potential to be love regained.

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Continued from page 10 caused the public to sour a bit on agribusiness as an entity, which is good. I think people now are more concerned with and more aware of where their food comes from and are concerned with its providence, and that will lead to a lot of people thinking twice about eating meat. It’s sort of a necessary part of that thinking process.

I’ve found that a lot of people, if they just really think about and examine what it is that they’re doing – they get it. It’s really just a consciousness shift. Most people just don’t think about it. I mean, it’s part of our culture; it’s engrained in us.

Post: That’s definitely true.

It’s really a matter of seeing the fallacies in messages that you were brought up with.

Madden: Yeah, exactly.

Post: Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine recently posed naked in full-page ad in Cosmo UK to raise awareness of tes-

ticular cancer in men, which made me think of PETA, an organization that’s been utilizing this sort of shock-value nude advertising for nearly a decade – most notably their “I’d Rather Go Naked” campaign against fur. These kind of ads are effective, no question about it; they certainly catch people’s attention. But sometimes these groups are criticized because people see the ads as pornographic or sexist. What do you think of this advertising strategy, especially as it’s used by PETA? Madden: Well I think that anything that brings attention to the issue is worthwhile. I actually don’t see anything tasteless or pornographic about nudity in and of itself. I think that’s just a really prudish and conservative response.

But you know what? Sex sells.

That’s been a truth throughout the years.

Post: And what about you, personally?

If PETA approached you to do an antifur ad, would you do it? Would you strip down for animals?

Madden: Oh, well, I would definitely be happy to do an anti-fur ad, but I would defi-

nitely want to keep my clothes on. [Laughing] That is not in my nature.

Post: Are there any encouraging words you would like to leave with any of our readers who are considering adopting a vegan lifestyle?

Madden: It’s the easiest time in history as an American to be vegan. Our culture, like I said, as we start to focus on health, these issues are bound to come up. Honestly when I first became vegan [almost a decade ago], touring was difficult. I really had to have patience and seek things out. Now things are so different; it’s much easier to find good vegan food now than it ever has been. It’s to the point where you don’t even have to feel like you’re sacrificing.

And also, I would say that anyone considering a switch to veganism should just start by cutting down the meat you eat. You don’t have to eat meat at every meal. And as soon as you start to make that shift away from animal products, you find that it’s much easier than you believed it would be.

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Nintendo 3DS vs. Sony NGP

By Tom Kosiec Special to the Post fringe@uwmpost.com

Round two of the portable videogame war between Sony and Nintendo is quickly approaching.

Nintendo, the current champ of portable gaming, is releasing the 3DS – successor to the Nintendo DS – on March 27, and Sony recently announced the Next Generation Portable (NGP), the code name for their followup to the PSP. Both systems offer compelling new gameplay experiences and are vastly different from each other. However, only one handheld can come out on top.

Which one will reign supreme, the 3DS or the NGP? Here’s a side-by-side comparison to help you decide which system is right for you.

Nintendo 3DS: Why it’s must-have portable device The Nintendo 3DS is the first portable gaming device to offer 3D gaming without the need for dorky 3D glasses. The system is powerful, most games displaying graphics at levels between Wii and PS3/360 quality.

The design is very similar to the DS, but the handheld is packed

with new features like analog control, motion/gyro support, the ability to watch 3D movies, and even a 3D camera.

Some of the other new features include a virtual console shop similar to the Wii’s where you can buy old Game Boy games in addition to new software, as well as a service called Game Coins that rewards users who carry their 3DS with them as they travel during the day.

Another plus for the 3DS is that support from third-party developers is the strongest Nintendo has ever had. Key franchises like Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, and Assassin’s Creed will all be available for the system. Nintendo’s own strong first-party lineup includes Mario, Zelda and others.

Packaged with each 3DS will be six augmented-reality (AR) cards that show off the 3DS technology in creative ways. Best of all, the 3DS is fully compatible with the DS’s massive library of games.

What’s not to like: The system is pricey: $250 is a lot for a handheld, even if the technology is revolutionary.

Games will be expensive and most likely range from $40 to $60. Also, the launch lineup is

pretty weak, with no killer apps that scream “Buy me!”

Super Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil Mercenaries are graphically impressive, but they’re hardly system sellers.

It’s also disappointing that there’s no support for Game Boy Advance games on the 3DS’s virtual console.

One big concern may be the long-term affects of playing in 3D. Will it cause eye damage?

That question has yet to be answered, but luckily the 3DS has a slider that allows you to turn off the 3D if it bothers you.

Other things to keep in mind are a short battery life (between three to eight hours) and the fact that Nintendo will likely release different colors, as well as revisions to the hardware in a year – a similar approach Apple has taken with its products.

Sony’s NGP: Why it’s a musthave portable device First off, the screen is absolutely gorgeous! It’s twice the resolution of the PSP, and the graphics pack a powerful punch. The NGP version of Uncharted comes close to rivaling its PS3 counterpart in terms of graphics. Even better, Sony has fixed the biggest criticisms of the PSP, including the lack of

a second analog stick and the clunky UMD [Universal Media Disc] format. UMDs have been dropped in favor of flash-based memory cards, which should help reduce load times.

The NGP incorporates new technology absent in the PSP such as touch controls and cameras for the front and back of the unit. Support for 3G, WiFi, GPS, and motion controls are also included. In addition to the new features, a new interface called LiveArea houses all your games, applications and trophies. Software support is strong with big franchises like Uncharted, Call of Duty, LittleBigPlanet and many more on the way.

What’s not to like: All this breakthrough technology comes at a price. No exact cost has been set for the NGP, but expect it to be between $250 and $400. Like the 3DS, games are going to be expensive and will probably cost almost as much as console games.

With development costs so high, game developers are more likely to rely on franchises and avoid taking risks with new intellectual properties. This is true for the 3DS, but it is an even bigger concern for the PSP2.

Hopefully Sony will do away with the endless firmware upgrades that take forever to download and also find a way to extend the battery life. Battery life will be about the same as the PSP, making it shorter than the 3DS. Lastly, the size of the unit is pretty big; it won’t fit in your pocket easily. Hopefully Sony will consider revising it before the launch of the system sometime in winter 2011 or early 2012.

Final thoughts: It’s too early to pick a winner but it’s definitely going to be a portable war unlike any other. Sony and Nintendo may fight battles with each other, but their biggest competitor actually could be Apple. The iPad and iPhone both offer an approach to portable gaming that is very different from the 3DS and NGP. The key advantages Apple has over Sony and Nintendo include the convenience factor (you already bring these devices with you everywhere you go) and game prices (ranging from just 99¢ to $20).

These are all things to consider before committing to a purchase of a new handheld gaming device.

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By Kevin Kaber Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

The tattoo ink never runs dry, all the hot girls wear glasses, and you can put a bird on something and call it art in a place called Portland.

The Independent Film Channel’s new series “Portlandia” explores the possibilities of the Northwestern city through a series of sketches and vignettes with the “Saturday Night Live” resident Obama impersonator Fred Armisen, and riot girl band Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein at the reins.

In the inaugural episode, titled “Farm,” Armisen and Brownstein don outfits and wigs that may have been from the late ’60s, ’90s and/ or Urban Outfitters. The short, but not the least bit lacking, main plot follows the couple in their search for humanelytreated chicken at a restaurant. Asking the waitress, “Is it local?” takes the couple to the polygamist co-op where the waitress’s file on the chicken had noted its origins.

Other skits include the Portland Adult Hide n’ Seek team’s championship round held at a public library, a Mac and Netflix technologicallyoverwhelmed Armisen, and a feminist bookstore’s strict bathroom policy featuring the ever entertaining Steve Buscemi cameo retaining his “ I ’m - m a d - a n d - d o n ’ t- k n ow how-to-handle-it” character.

Subtle hints and mimics of already popular television programs are notable throughout the show. Much like the surreal Adult Swim series, “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job,” “Portlandia” plays around with the video medium by morphing faces and adding unnecessary sound effects here and there. Armisen’s fellow “SNL” cohort, Jason Sudeikis, appears in the program as well.

The series focuses its comedic prowess upon the art of humoring its viewers and subjects. As it is aired on IFC, the audience is likely to be the subjects of the show: independent hipsters on the search for the next new chic text.

Both stars of the show have had their share of the rock n’

roll lifestyle, so the satire just screams irony.

Even if you’ve never been to Portland or studied their culture, it is still easy to appreciate whatever it is “Portlandia” is trying to say. Throughout the series premiere, characters vie for a sense of individuality, try to stay young, and, perhaps most importantly, maintain their own culture, much like the types of people you would see around a college campus.

“Portlandia” only has a six episode season – much shorter than other television series, but not unusual for IFC. At times, the first episode could be laugh-inducing, and at others a skit could fall flat. However, Armisen and Brownstein refresh the show with each wig and piercing they put on.

If the program’s introductory “Dream of the Nineties” song is any indication, “Portlandia” has a lot more ground to cover: clowns, bicyclists, and why the Bush administration never happened in Portland all stand a chance of being satirized.

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A step in the right direction for for-profit college regulation It’s about time for some accountability By: Jackie Dreyer Editorial Editor editorial@uwmpost.com

Back in midOctober of last year, some of you readers may recall my article entitled, “Forprofit college entering downtown Milwaukee,” which discussed my distaste for forprofit colleges and the (at the time) soon-to-be open Everest College Milwaukee. As the article detailed, there are many bones to pick with for-profit colleges – from false promises to lacking transparency – but one of the biggest issues is their cost, as students pay much, much more to ultimately only shorten the time they’re in school.

That’s like saying Little Susie was left out on the playground, because the other girls didn’t tell her that all the cool girls wear pink on Thursdays, and Little Susie didn’t know and wore purple instead.

But hark! Good news is to be had by all on this financial conundrum. The U.S. Department of Education is nearing the finalization of regulations for for-profit colleges – “regulations that would hold [them] accountable for saddling students with debts they cannot repay,” according to The Huffington Post.

What’s more? A number of civil rights, student advocacy and consumer groups have stepped up to urge President Barack Obama “to immediately move forward with the proposed rule,” through a letter given to Obama last week Wednesday.

The regulations, termed “gainful employment” regulations, have the for-profit schools up in arms, of

course, but they are being developed as a type of “consumer protection measure,” as dubbed by The Huffington Post. Ultimately, this is the government stepping in and putting their foot down to protect these students that will not have adequate financial support from whatever low-wage employment they find after graduation to begin to cut down the debt they’ve accrued from the for-profit school they attended.

In the government’s eyes, the for-profit sector not only includes the obvious like the University of Phoenix, Everest College and DeVry University, but leaves room for simply more specialized (yet equally, if not more, expensive) schools such as Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.

One gets the feeling of a political campaign, with advertisements from one side trying to twist the truth about their opponent on the other.

Specifically, the for-profit industry’s attempts to skew the role of the government in the eyes of the public (and hey, potential for-profit college students) is just sad more than anything else. They have spun the whole ordeal to be “that the government is trying to prevent low-income students from getting an education.”

Really? Really. Come on.

That’s like saying Little Susie was left out on the playground, because the other girls didn’t tell her that all the cool girls wear pink on Thursdays, and Little Susie didn’t know and wore purple instead. Let’s just make it a minority issue! No, no, sorry, that actually doesn’t work here. For once the government is trying to save some students some money, so please, let’s not spit in their eye right off the bat!

And truthfully, this doesn’t mean that all of a sudden every single for-profit college will lose all their access to federal student aid dollars; there are ways for everyone to walk away from this generally unharmed. One possible

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All-American energy alternatives Utilizing our natural resources

By Sarah Hanneken Staff Writer editorial@uwmpost.com

It’s 2011.

We have cell phones, we have iPods. We don’t have flying cars, disappointingly, although there really isn’t a need. After all, they say necessity is the mother of invention, and we rely on her useful offspring to get us through each day.

Yet from the looks of things, the good mother is heading into menopause. Her interest in procreation is dwindling – this at a time when the libido of our consumerist society is only getting stronger, and the insatiable desire for new technology and toys is only intensifying.

Partnered with an unimpassioned mistress, the lust is mounting like trash during a garbage strike.

Nowhere are society’s unmet technological needs as apparent or urgent as in the energy sector. Many geologists believe that global oil production has already peaked and that we’re officially on the decline. If you think of the world’s oil reserves as a soft drink, we’re already slurping to get the last drops through the straw.

Even by the most optimistic projections, which forecast the peak around the year 2032, we’re driving dangerously close to “E.” Talk about necessity. But I’m afraid the baby momma of inventions past is more interested in book clubs and Zumba classes these days

than a productive roll in the hay with innovation. For all the scientific potential this country has to make some real progress in the area of alternative energy, we’re sure sitting heavily on our hands.

But maybe this comatose work ethic is just the ticket. Energy independence is all about capitalizing on resources, right? Let’s take a look at America’s greatest assets (ass sets): The answer is right in front of us And in back of us. And on our arms and legs. And under our chins (yes, plural). Why drill for oil miles beneath the surface when we have such vast fuel reserves just millimeters beneath our skin?

Liposuction, baby. Just think of all those tons of wasted lard sucked off the bodies of gelatinous Americans struggling to have it all – the Big Mac and the hot bod.

My suggestion? Open up free lipo clinics – hell, even offer the poor bastards a modest compensatory fee for each pound of pudge they part with. Then save the tubby trimmings and convert it into usable energy. Voilà!

Obesity epidemic? Solved.

Energy crisis? Averted.

Coke-up the cars We put pot in our pop – why not put Coke in our cars?

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Multitasking in the digital generation Fragmented attention is cause for concern

By Brian Holmes Staff Writer editorial@uwmpost.com

Multitasking is a way of life for many. It seems to have become an actual feat these days to have an intimate, face-to-face conversation without the other person texting or checking their e-mail, Facebook or Twitter accounts in the process.

Past generations may have felt this type of behavior is rude, but for the digital generation, it has become a way of life.

We are a generation whose attention is constantly fragmented. The media runs rampant with reports of car accidents occurring while someone is trying to text or watch movies on an iPhone while driving. It’s as if everywhere people go they must escape the boredom of simply being alone. Simply “enjoying the scenery” is quickly

becoming a lost art.

Besides distracting people in potentially life-threatening situations, multitasking has had a dramatic effect on human intimacy. For example, how many of your “Facebook friends” are people you would care to have a prolonged, in-person conversation with? Some users post statuses that give out crucial information and personal business – never mind that many of these “Facebook friends” are glorified strangers.

Technology keeps developing faster than ever. Some of this has been beneficial and made our lives easier, but there is always a tradeoff. Multitasking has blurred the line between reality and fiction. Having movies and games constantly at one’s fingertips, as provided by iPhones, PSPs and laptops, is a major distraction. In the city, this can be down-

right dangerous in the way it diverts one’s attention from their surroundings. In addition, having a fantasy world so accessible arguably distracts one from the real world – the one that ultimately affects us.

As society is gorged with more and more entertainment options, one could fathom the perfect opportunity for a politician or government to seize ultimate control. With a world in constant conflict, withdrawing from reality could be detrimental to our future and freedoms. While this may sound like paranoia to some, if given some thought, it is not inconceivable.

For example, ask an array of average people on the street to tell you whom the new judges on “American Idol” are or if they can name three characters on

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Challenging Obamacare through the courts U.S. District Judge confronts Obamacare’s individual mandate

By Bennett Wolfe Special to the Post editorial@uwmpost.com

Last month, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson of Virginia stood up in opposition to the individual mandate of President Obama’s administration’s new healthcare legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The individual mandate essentially would require people without healthcare coverage to purchase a very generous health insurance package from a private insurance company. Per most legal opinions, some of Hudson’s arguments hold strength, sparking public debate amongst a number of media outlets.

By that logic, the government could justify forcing citizens into buying American cars on the grounds that everyone will eventually use the market for transportation.

His strongest arguments are those that reject the federal government’s arguments under the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause and taxing and spending clause. Part of the commerce clause states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce (or the activity of buying and selling) with all of the nation’s states; in short, the government has the power to regulate economic activity.

This is where it gets interesting. According to the proponents of the individual mandate, the act of purchasing (or not purchasing) health insurance qualifies as economic activity, as the market will eventually be used for healthcare in one way or another by all.

Hudson does a solid job of

pointing out the problem with this sort of reasoning. According to him (and other opponents of the individual mandate), this broad definition of economic activity could then also be easily applied to transportation, entertainment and nutritional decisions – essentially shaping the definition of economic activity to include economic inactivity as well. By that logic, the government could justify forcing citizens into buying American cars on the grounds that everyone will eventually use the market for transportation.

Hudson also points out that it is counter to existing precedents to distinguish taxes from regulatory penalties and claim that this mandate is a tax, as the government is doing. It is clear that the mandate is a regulatory penalty.

In a 1996 case, the Supreme Court’s most recent decision distinguishing between taxes and penalties, the court ruled “a tax is a pecuniary burden laid upon individuals or property for the purpose of supporting the Government” and went on later to say that “if the concept of penalty means anything, it means punishment for an unlawful act or omission.” The individual mandate is clearly a punishment for unlawful omission.

It is important to note that if the individual mandate is struck down through the courts, it doesn’t necessarily mean that other parts of the bill will be struck down with it. That decision will be left to Congress, should they choose to vote for the repeal of Obamacare.

Personally, I don’t very much like the idea of the government forcing me to buy things from private companies – or from any company at all, really. However, it is very likely that this issue will end up in the Supreme Court, where it will either be declared unconstitutional, if our current justices are still present (Justice Anthony Kennedy is the swing vote), or it will be upheld, depending on whichever non-elected, lifetime appointee President Obama gets between now and then.

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FOR PROFIT

Continued from page 15 situation? To keep eligibility for student aid dollars, schools would now have to show that at least 35 percent of former students are paying down the principal (interest, in other words), or that student debt is less than 20 percent of a graduate’s discretionary income.

The main concern is just managing students’ debt-toincome loads, of which graduates of for-profit colleges

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Let’s move the soft drinks from the cup holders to the gas tanks. A true American product, soda comes at a fraction of the cost of gasoline. So c’mon Coca-Cola, how about allocating a smidgen of your 31-billion-dollar revenue toward the development of a vehicle that runs on your syrupy quaff? Also, if it isn’t too much trouble, could you please make bubbles come out of the muffler?

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Continued from page 15 ‘Jersey Shore.” Then ask them to name the three branches of government or the speaker of the House of Representatives. It is a safe bet that more will be famil-

are alarmingly high.

All we can do now is hope that Obama does the right thing and gets on board with these gainful employment regulations. As we sit and wait for the Department of Education to make a final decision supposedly within the next couple of months, keep the good vibes coming towards this effort to monitor the for-profit colleges and their business models.

It all comes down to a push towards accountability for one’s actions – no matter if that “one” is an individual, a group of people, a small

business, a multinational corporation, or what-haveyou. Wait a minute, maybe we’re onto something here…

I can see it now – accountability suddenly sweeping the nation like a positive epidemic! Hey, a girl can dream…

Let’s face reality

useful fixation. If it comes down to it, CBS can throw a bunch of people on an island and offer a million dollars to the team that comes up with the best energy solution. As long as network execs ensure plenty of Snookibooty and sex scandals, the show is a guaranteed hit.

And hey, maybe one of these dysfunctional saps will actually come up with an energy solution that saves all of humanity…

Then again, maybe we should just leave it up to Jack Bauer.

Just for the sake of discussion, let’s say that lardpowered cities and Cokedup cars don’t solve our global energy crisis (though, if you ask me, these ideas are rock-solid). In the unlikely event that these two master plans fall through, we’ll have no choice but to tap into America’s last great resource: reality TV. This country’s obsession with watching others struggle unscripted and embarrass themselves on national TV, whether it be in singing or dancing or dating competitions, could prove to be a

iar with the former than the latter.

This editorial is not to state that technology is bad or that people shouldn’t text or use social media.

But throughout most of history, entertainment was a luxury; today, it seems to have become a necessity.

It’s as if we are looking for

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a constant escape from the drudgery of day-to-day existence. Perhaps it’s time to question why this is and do something about it, instead of looking for ways to escape it. It is best to keep in mind that life is lived in the physical realm, and as with anything else, moderation is key.

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Pet of the Week Tela Kiwi likes long walks with her frisbee, or simply throwing a stick around. She is a petite little lady and feeling young and fresh at nine years of age. She enjoys investigating trails, camping trips or playing in the sand on the beach.

You won’t find her little paws in the water for long though as she’s not one to enjoy getting her pretty coat wet. Or maybe she just doesn’t know how to swim. Kiwi might be a creature of the forest, as she is often mistaken for a wild dog... but she is quite domestic, although she still plays games with the squirrels and faeries.

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