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UWM’s crime report shows increase in some crimes Cats prowl

Growth due in part to increased patrols

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Panther Prowl strides for student scholarships

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By Caitlin PenzeyMoog News Editor news@uwmpost.com UW-Milwaukee’s Annual Security Report shows increases in burglary, liquor law and drug law arrests over the past three years both on and off campus.

The Clery Report gives crime numbers for on campus, UWM buildings

off the main campus, and the dorms.

UWM Police Department Capt.

Gregory Habeck said the increased numbers are due to many different factors.

UWM PD took a more literal interpretation of the state’s statute defining burglaries. Theft is simply removing property, whereas burglary is entering a room or building illegally with the intent to take property or actually

taking property. Burglary is a felony and has more severe consequences than theft.

“We charge people with burglary now, as a deterrent, whereas in the past maybe they had been charged with theft,” Habeck said. “That’s just a philosophical decision for us to try and make it a deterrent for these types of crimes.”

Habeck said a secondary factor is

an increase of reports of things missing from unlocked or closed rooms, also classified as burglaries.

“We’re encouraging students and staff and faculty on campus when they’re not in their spaces to keep their doors locked,” he said.

Considering the size of the campus and the large number of people on it every day, Habeck said the numbers are low.

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Adam Savage

busts into campus Over 900 gather to see TV star

By Justin Jabs Assistant News Editor news@uwmpost.com

“Mythbusters” co-host Adam Savage spoke about self-actualization, excellence and his career last Monday in an event sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. Over 900 students and community members were in attendance.

The afternoon of Oct. 8, Savage spoke at a HighEdWeb conference in Milwaukee. Samir Siddique, chairman of the Adam Savage subcommittee for CAB, said the group got a “really, really good deal … splitting

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the price,” since Savage would be in Milwaukee already.

“There was no way that we thought it would be worth it to bring in Adam Savage alone,” Siddique said. “He [costs] 70 thousand dollars to speak.”

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Services Michael Hostad is the president of HighEdWeb, an organization which helps design higher education websites. Hostad said it was “surreal” watching Savage speak at the convention.

Joseph Nissen, a fifth year senior majoring in information sciences and technology, shared in Hostad’s awe watching Savage, his “personal hero,” ADAM SAVAGE continued on page 3

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By Ciera Sutton Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com A record amount of Panthers prowled through the rain on Sunday to raise money for scholarships in UWMilwaukee’s eighth annual Panther Prowl. The 5K run/walk started on campus, and 1,625 runners laced their way through Lake Park and returned to Downer Avenue and Hartford Avenue.

The number of participants increased by 300 from last year, said event Alumni Association event coordinator Sarah McCalvy.

“I was worried about the rain at first but it turned out to be a really great event,” she said.

McCalvy said it was the best year so far because of the record-breaking numbers.

“I am so proud of the UWM community and all participants for coming together to raise money for our students,” she said.

Panther Prowl was created eight years ago by the Alumni Association as a way to raise money for student scholarships and increase opportunities for UWM students. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to UWM student scholarships.

“This run/walk serves a dual purpose,” Assistant Director of the Alumni Association Amy Tate said. “Not only do we raise money for students; it is a campus and community wide celebration.”

The registered runners and walkers each received student-designed t-shirts and bibs that tracked the runner’s time from start to finish line.

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message of support and love YouTube personality Davey Wavey visits campus

By Aubree Omachinski Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

On Wednesday, Oct. 10 YouTube LGBT personality Davey Wavey celebrated Coming Out Day with a presentation at UW-Milwaukee.

Guests were first welcomed to the presentation by the UWM LGBT Resource Center workers set up outside of the Wisconsin Room. Guests were offered free t-shirts, mouse pads, travel mugs and underwear upon arrival. The gifts displayed supportive messages such as “Say yes to love.”

Davey was out in the audience area welcoming attendees as they filed in early to find good seats. Audience members reacted with excited hugs, handshakes and requests for photos from attendees.

The presentation was open to the public as well as UWM students.

Before the presentation began, audience members were talking about what a great attitude Davey has.

“I came to see Davey Wavey because I think he’s got one of the best attitudes I’ve ever seen in a human being,” UWM freshman Sofia Helm

said.

Davey’s presentation featured clips of some of his YouTube videos as well as his thoughts on the process of coming out, highlighting both the difficult and happy moments that go along with it.

“When you come out of the closet, it’s not really something you do just once…it’s kind of this ongoing process,” Davey said.

Both Davey’s words as well as his YouTube videos provide support for those who are having trouble with coming out.

“I’ve been struggling with coming out for a while,” said UWM freshman Micah Truran, who identifies as transgender. “He just makes me smile.”

Davey’s videos do not only focus on coming out. He uses humor and a positive attitude in face of many hardships LGBT community members face.

“Davey Wavey is a sensational vlogger who has created several funny and inspiring videos,” UWM LGBT Resource Center Director Jennifer Murray said.

Davey’s presentation lasted one

hour, which was followed by a question and answer session. During the question and answer session, Davey touched on how important he believes allies are to the LGBT community.

“We, as a community, are never going to get where we want to be by ourselves,” Davey said. “We need the help of others to step outside of their boundaries and recognize the oppression the LGBT community faces.”

Following the question and answer session, Davey stuck around for a meet and greet opportunity for audience members to ask him questions one-on-one and take photos with him.

Davey grew up in Rhode Island, and came out to his mother as gay when he was 17 years old. Davey still resides in Rhode Island when he isn’t traveling the world spreading his positive outlook on life.

“What I do with my platform is try to share a message of support and love,” Davey said.

Davey is also committed to and promotes a healthy lifestyle, and he posts fitness videos on YouTube.

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NEWS BRIEFS Texas administrators make students disappear

Administrators in El Paso, Texas have been accused of keeping low-scoring students out of the classroom during crucial exams in order to meet state and federal standards. A former school's superintendent has been sentenced to over three years in prison for his role in the scandal, as well as a hefty fine for the bonuses he received due to fraud. Low-performing students were apparently discouraged from enrolling in schools, transferred to charter schools, or told by truant officers not to go to school on test days.

Some students even had their transcripts changed so they no longer qualified as sophomores and did not have to take the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.

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Ellen Eartelt and Amelia King see UW-Milwaukee differently than other students. Both students are blind but they are determined to pursue success at UWM. Eartelt is a first year student studying education while King is in her third year studying social work to be a vocational rehabilitation facilitator.

King said she is determined to graduate college.

“No matter what it takes, I fight for what I believe in in terms of disability rights,” King said.

The Student Accessibility Center is an organization that protects those rights. Its mission is to “promote an increased awareness of the abilities of all students and to ensure they are

regarded on the basis of ability, not disability.”

This is facilitated through work with students, faculty and staff.

Eartelt and King use the SAC to reach their full potential and make UWM more accessible based on their disabilities.

Once a person with a documented disability or medical condition registers with SAC, they will create an accommodation plan with a counselor called the Verified Individual Services and Accommodations, or VISA. SAC Director Laurie B. Petersen explained that the VISA is intended to provide students with disabilities “equal access” to educational programs. This is in accordance with the Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the UWSystem policy on individuals with disabilities, she said.

“It levels the playing field for students,” Petersen said.

Eartelt said that the SAC is “pretty good.”

“They format my textbooks and tests so that they are easy to use,” she said.

Both students believe that faculty and resources at UWM are helpful, but some of the buildings can be confusing. It can be easy to wander in large open spaces, they said, and the physics building does not have braille.

“If you see us walking around aimlessly or if we look lost, feel free to come and ask questions and get to know people,” King said.

Cheryl Orgas is also blind. A UWM alumni in social work, Orgas is the executive director of the Audio & Braille Literacy Enhancement organization.

“Don’t be afraid,” Orgas said.

“People don’t want to do and say the wrong thing, so they hesitate. But act normally.”

Additionally, Orgas’ organization is a member of Connections in Sight, which is a Milwaukee resource working with five member organizations.

They strive to maintain, improve or recover the quality of life of the blind and vision impaired.

Orgas says people who are blind or are losing their vision should contact resources like SAC or Connections in Sight early, before fear builds up. Normal habits like reading the newspaper do not have to be given up. Technology like the National Federation of the Blind Newsline provides audio recordings of newspapers.

Technology is not limited to the blind either. Senior citizens that are having natural vision loss can also access these resources.

King has already facilitated resources of her own. She speaks English and Spanish and has translated for children with braille note after visiting the Institute of Student Learning for volunteer opportunities.

Her future profession involves helping people connect to agencies, find jobs and provide money and technology for education.

She chose UWM because of the good public transportation, the city environment and the friendly people in Milwaukee, she said.

Just like everyone else, Eartelt and King hope to find success at UWM.

Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian daredevil, became to first man to break the sound barrier, using only the help of gravity, on Sunday. Baumgartner dropped from an altitude of 128,100 feet and his maximum speed was measured at 833.9 mph in a region of the stratosphere where the speed of sound is almost 690 mph. Retired Air Force Colonel and previous record holder, Joe Kittinger, guided Baumgartner from mission control during the two hour and 21 minute ascent.

Baumgartner landed on his feet in a desert in New Mexico.

The president has been shot!

A historical re-enactment of the shooting of former president Theodore Roosevelt took place outside the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Hotel on Sunday.

The re-enactment marked the 100th anniversary of the assassination attempt, which occurred when Roosevelt was leaving the hotel, formerly known as Hotel Gilpatrick. Roosevelt was shot by a .38-caliber bullet and then driven to the Milwaukee Auditorium (now the Milwaukee Theatre), where he performed an hour long speech before taking the train to a hospital in Chicago. Roosevelt was played by Scott Paulsen.

Eat chocolate for peace

A study conducted by U.S. researchers has suggested a link between eating chocolate and winning Nobel prizes. The study has not been peer-reviewed and researchers say the results should be taken with "a grain of salt." Switzerland leads the world in Nobel Prize wins, as well as chocolate consumption. The average Swiss person eats 120 3-ounce chocolate bars a year. The U.S. would have to increase its cocoa consumption by 275 million pounds to compete.

Panda-eating man

A Chinese scientist has claimed that prehistoric humans ate panda bears as part of their diet. The scientist came to the conclusion by studying old panda fossils that had been cut by a man.

According to the scientist, years ago, people used pandas as food since they would not kill without reason.

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visit campus.

“He’s just like in the show – funny and carefree,” Nissen said.

Student Association of Milwaukee President Tereza Pelicaric was “thrilled” with the amount of interest Savage generated, she said.

“The best type of marketing is word of mouth, period,” Pelicaric said. “Adam Savage is a really good person to have considering [he] is educational, interesting and motivating. I think that he was a good pick.”

Savage spoke for 20 minutes, comparing self-actualization to the task of a racecar driver before sitting down with Siddique to answer questions. Siddique became the proctor after being unable to find anyone else to do it. He said the experience was “a little nerve wracking.”

“You’ve got 900 of your fellow students staring at you, and you’re sitting on stage with a man that’s admired and looked up to,” Siddique said. “But it was a great experience and it gave me lots of confidence for the future.”

CAB Vice Chairman Steve Heimerl was “very impressed” with the turnout, saying it was well over what the committee thought they were going to get. Heimerl spent the first few minutes of the event consolidating chairs and rows, trying to get every person possible into a seat.

“The event went well overall,” Heimerl said. “It was a learning experience. There are plenty of things we’d like to improve on up front.”

Heimerl cited “clarity on attendance and who’s invited” as one lesson from the event. There was initial confusion amongst some attendees on whether or not Savage’s talk was open to the public based on conflicting advertisement and tweets from UWM. Students needed their ID to attend, which led to some families with children not being allowed in initially. However, once all the students were seated, non-students were let in and a young boy even got to ask Savage a question.

Pelicaric says SAM wants to put on more large events for students, but is struggling with space issues.

“Right now [the Klotsche Center] is the only venue on campus that can hold upwards of 3,000 people,” Pelicaric said. “Since CAB’s mission

is to provide activities for the majority of campus, it’s a struggle to unite a mission with a less than perfect situation on space. That’s a problem that we’ll be tackling.”

A meet and greet session with Savage was scheduled for 5:30 p.m., with room for only the 50 first students. The session reached max capacity before 5 p.m.. Those 50 who showed up early got an autograph and a handshake from Savage.

Senior Matt Proctor-Brown and freshman Reuben Glaser were two of those students. “[The meet and greet] was amazing,” Proctor-Brown said. “His personality goes on screen. He doesn’t have an ego; he’s just an ordinary guy.”

Glaser said he wound up in the session on accident while following a friend.

“He gives a good handshake,” Glaser said of Savage. “And he gets to blow things up for a living.”

Yet Savage declared at the beginning of his talk that he would not be blowing anything up that evening.

“They don’t let me fly with that stuff,” he quipped.

The questions asked by the audience were mostly pertaining to “Mythbusters,” the television show Savage co-hosts on Discovery Channel with Jamie Hyneman.

Savage recounted comical and scary behind-the-scenes moments of the show as well as his relationship working with Hyneman.

“While [Hyneman and I] disagree on all the small things, we don’t disagree about any of the big things,” Savage said. “We’ve never disagreed about turning down large sums of money to bust myths about somebody’s bullshit product. I can only imagine how difficult it would be if that was a point of contention for us.”

Savage said although television money is nice, at the end of the journey, all the pair has is their integrity.

“Neither of us is willing to trade it away,” he said. “It’s great to have someone who’s with me on that.”

The audience greeted Savage with a standing ovation as soon as he was introduced. Savage later remarked it was the “warmest welcome” in his experience.

“Amazing crowd at UWM last night,” Savage tweeted the next day.

“Great time.”

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Parking: There’s an app for that New parking app under construction for the Milwaukee area

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By Kamisha Harris Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com Students in UW-Milwaukee’s product realization course are designing a mobile application for finding parking on campus. The creation is part of the Student Start Up Challenge at UWM. The app is called “WiPark” for Wisconsin parking and is designed to resolve various parking disputes during large events. It can inform drivers about open parking spots by using the WiPark app via Android or iPhone. The software development is called “Titanium Appcelerator” and it is also the brain of the UWMoblie app that many students use.

The technicalities include sensors tracking the amount of cars in each parking lot as the sensors communicate with one another. A wireless base allows the

app to stay up to date on the number of cars per lot and the stats that are tracked can help the lot owners manage their business by determining peak hours.

The product realization course is taught by IIya Avdeev and Nathaniel Stern. Students have the opportunity to create a new product when a company is looking into launching the latest thing.

The work done is for a grade, not for pay, but there is a chance that the students in this course could be future entrepreneurs.

During this course, the UWM Start Up Challenge was offered and development of WiPark began there. The challenge offers a $10,000 grant to the winner.

The designers, including junior Matt Helenka and seniors Nick Wessing and Michael Schulze, said the scariest part was the beginning of the presentation.

It had been prepared and edited roughly a week or two before it was presented.

Helenka, Wessing and Schulze were

required to speak in front of UWM professors, the UWM Foundation and Michael Krauski, Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. After the presentation, the group agreed that the best part was the question and answer session, which followed shortly after the presentation.

The app started off in the Milwaukee area with the aim of creating a more organized atmosphere for events such as Summerfest, the Air-Water Show and the Wisconsin State Fair to name a few.

The team may even consider the “remember me” feature for the app as a reminder of where you parked your car after a long night out. By the end of the fall 2012 semester the prototype must be complete.

The software has a different due date.

The app may not be called “WiPark” once it launches because the team members are aiming for creativity and uniqueness.

Fifth anniversary for tuition installment plan UWM one of three schools that offer staggered payment

By Atheana Albrecht Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com This is the fifth year that UWMilwaukee is offering its Tuition Installment Plan. The installment plan helps students who have difficulty paying their tuition in full by breaking it into smaller chunks.

By using the installment plan, students can pay for the semester’s tuition by making payments in two separate install-

ments later in the semester. For the plan to work, the student must have paid for all previous charges on their PAWS account. They must also pay a $200 fee that goes toward their tuition by the deadline at the beginning of the semester.

The next fall installment payment is due on Nov. 9.

However the installment plan does not cover miscellaneous charges such as loft rental, replacing keys or parking. The installments will adjust depending on if the student has dropped or added classes

accordingly.

An employee in the Bursars office explained that the Tuition Installment Plan does end up saving the student between one and two percent of the late fees that the students would have accumulated before the installment plans were enacted.

“I feel like the tuition installment plan really benefits the students. It makes it a little easier for kids that don’t come from well to do families to pay for college.

I think it’s a really great idea,” UWM freshman Sarah Loew said.

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“But it’s too many for us,” he said.

“We still want to reduce that.”

The increase in liquor law and drug law arrests are also due to multiple factors, said Habeck. In the past, more warnings were issued, but this strategy was deemed ineffective

by UWM PD. Giving a citation is considered an arrest. By giving a citation, students are enrolled in an educational program called Alcohol and your College Experience. This allows students to take classes about alcohol, and by doing so get rid of their tickets.

“I think the success of the program has been demonstrated in the amount of people that come through versus the amount of people you see a second or a third time,” Habeck said about the ACE program. “They’re out there, but it’s not as frequent as you think. That’s part of the philosophy of issuing citations.”

The Clery Report’s numbers include all the citations, regardless of whether a student opted to participate in the ACE program.

Habeck said another reason for the rise in alcohol and drug law arrests is the growth of UWM, including the new dorms on North Avenue and the Northwest Quadrant.

“That naturally expands our patrol areas, and with the expansion of the university, there’s been an expansion of the police department,” Habeck said.

“So if you add the additional territory, and you add the additional officers patrolling, you naturally increase the opportunities for officers to encounter persons that are violating the drug and liquor codes.”

Habeck said personally he doesn’t see a real increase in alcohol and drug problems on campus.

“I’d have to say I think things are pretty level,” he said.

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Top five female times

1. Holly Nearman 17:52 2. Heidi Eitl 19:07 3. Stephanie Perleberg 19:53 4. Carrie Seiberlich 20:09 5. Shannon Kelley 20:17

Top five male times

1. Thomas Wells 15:51 2. Blake Johnson 16:10 3. Joe Giacalone 16:17 4. Geoff Horton 16:56 5. Todd Wienke 17:05

PANTHER PROWL continued from page 1 Information studies major sophomore Brianna Schmitt said she had a lot of fun at the Panther Prowl.

“The course was well set up,” she said.

“I can’t wait for next year.”

Students and faculty had an option to run solo or compete in teams. Some teams included “#1 The Run-Ons,” “Que viene

el toro” and “Lubar Legs.” Most teams represented a university department.

The overall winner was Thomas Wells, with 15 minutes and 51 seconds.

All runners, walkers and pledges were eligible to receive awards, including fastest team, best dressed dog and top three male and female finishers.

The Chancellor’s Challenge added an additional competitive component. The first 100 participants to beat Chancellor Lovell were awarded an “I beat the chancellor” t-shirt and a hand shake from the man himself.

But only 94 t-shirts were handed out; Lovell finished 95th in the race. He is

an avid runner who just last week participated in the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon. His time for running the 26.2 miles was three hours and 19 minutes.

His time for the 5K (3.1 miles) was 21 minutes and 37 seconds.

MATC students to move into campus dorms UWM and MATC form partnership to fill empty rooms

for Safety Most crimes against students happen late at night and involve alcohol. Be smart with alcohol use.

Walk on busy, well-lighted streets.

Walk with other people, especially late at night.

Use UWM’s BOSS vans and University Housing shuttles.

Use UWM’s mobile app to see when the shuttles are coming to avoid sitting outside by yourself at night.

Pay attention to surroundings.

Avoid headphones that block out all sound and giving more attention to cell phone’s than your surroundings.

Notify police of anything suspicious.

Lock doors and don’t leave valuables in unsecure places.

Sign up to the S.A.F.E. Alert program to get a text message or email in case of a campus emergency.

More information and safety tips are available on the UWM Police Department’s website http://www4.uwm.edu/police/

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By Dominique Lambright Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com MATC students will be offered living quarters in UW-Milwaukee’s dorms as part of University Housing’s attempt to fill empty rooms with fees-paying occupants.

This semester RiverView and Cambridge Commons are at 90 percent capacity, with empty rooms spelling a financial problem for University Housing.

The UWM Real Estate Foundation,

which owns RiverView and Cambridge Commons, suggested a partnership with MATC as a means to increase occupancy in these two residence halls.

This suggestion led to a two-year agreement between UWM and MATC, allowing MATC students into UWM’s dorms. After two years the agreement will expire and have to be renewed for the agreement to continue.

University Housing Director Kelly Haag said MATC students would pay the same fees that UWM students pay for the rooms.

“MATC has indicated that parents and students regularly express interest in a traditional on-campus living experience, so they see this as a beneficial agreement,” Haag said.

She said the agreement stipulates that UWM students are the priority, with MATC students only offered occupancy if there is vacancy.

So far 10 MATC students have expressed interest in the UWM dorms, said Haag. She hopes they could move in sometime this year, and thinks that the vacancy problem will persist.

“UWM is predicting that they will probably have lower enrollment for the next few years,” she said. “So they assume they’ll have some space to accommodate MATC students.”

The partnership comes with criteria for the MATC students. They must be 18 or older, enrolled in a degree-seeking program and have a course load of at least six credits.

Transportation from MATC to the dorms will not be provided for them.

However, they can use the UWM shuttles that go to and from campus.

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The kill

Milwaukee takes match to five sets, comes up short

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Olympians make stop in Milwaukee

UW-Milwaukee’s Team Schuh faced U.S. gold medalists in Red Bull Spiked volleyball match

By Tony Atkins Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com It is pretty incredible to say you were in the presence of U.S. Olympic gold medalists – how about competing against them?

Red Bull Spiked annually allows a volleyball squad the opportunity to get some beach volleyball action against 2008 Olympic gold medalist Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers. The catch is the competitors also get a female player to create a three-on-two match-up.

This year, it was Team Schuh who had the honor of playing Dalhausser and Rogers at the Horny Goat Hideaway Saturday night. The name Schuh might sound familiar because UW-Milwaukee’s own Kerri Schuh was part of the team that took on the Olympians.

Team Schuh, which also included Daniele Hintz and Bill Kolinske, battled hard and showed flashes of brilliance but were ultimately swept by Dalhausser and Rogers who are undefeated all time in the

tournament.

The Bar of Appleton held the first qualifier on Sept. 22. The pre-qualifying matches took place at The Bar in Oshkosh and the Horny Goat Hideaway on Sept.

29. Only eight teams advanced to the finals.

“It’s fun for us,” Dalhauser said.

“We’re playing three-on-two, so whenever we play three good players I think they can give us a run for our money.”

There is no question that Team Schuh posed a threat, but Dalhausser and Rogers know a thing or two about winning. The pair have 27 AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) victories all time, five FIVP (Federation International de Volleyball) victories and they won gold in the World Championships, Grand Slam in Austria and, oh yeah, the Olympics in Beijing.

The two have been incredible together since they paired up seven years ago.

“Our first tournament was in 2005,” Rogers said. “My partner at the time, Sean Scott, broke his pinky, so Phil was able to fly out. We ended up getting a

seventh at the World Championships.

Considering that we’d never even touched the ball together that was pretty darn good. I asked him to play in ‘06 and we had a really good year and just kept getting better and better.”

Because Rogers is getting older, you will not see the pair together in the 2016 Olympics.

“It’s highly unlikely that I’ll be in Brazil in 2016,” Rogers said. “I’m 39 right now; I’ll be 42 by the time that rolls around.”

Dalhausser will seek another partner for the 2016 Olympic Games.

“There is a lot of young talent out there,” Dalhausser said. “The level of play is getting pretty high. “Hopefully I can add another medal to my count in 2016.”

Though Rogers may be done, he looks to continue with the sport off of the sand.

“I’ll play for the next couple of years, and I also have some business ventures in the sport itself. There are always going to be opportunities for me out there. It’s just a matter of if something fits well for me, and my lifestyle and my family.”

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By Kyle Zittel Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com The UW-Milwaukee women’s volleyball team took a heart-breaking loss to Valparaiso, three games to two in a match that needed all five sets. The Panthers came back from losing the first two games to get the next two, but ending up losing in the fifth set 18-16.

Milwaukee was led offensively by Julie Kolinske, who had 17 kills. Elizabeth Egerer had 16 kills and Maggie Dunbar had 11. Kolinske also led the Panthers with 24 digs. Rachel Neuburger led the Panther with 18 blocks on the defensive side.

The Panthers were outmatched in the first game, losing 15-25, going back and forth before Valpo took a 10-9 lead and never looked back. The Panthers would dominate the second game, leading 20-

13 at one point, but would slip again 2325. Then the pressure was put on the Crusaders. The Panthers would win the third set 26-24 and the fourth 25-21, led by strong offense by Kolinske.

The Panthers would ultimately force a fifth game. The game was back and forth with no team leading by more than three points. The Crusaders would prove to be too much for the Panthers, surviving the back and forth battle winning 18-16.

The Crusaders were led by Ellen Vanden Burg. Venden Burg lead Valpo with 23 kills. Sarah Dooms had 21 digs for the Crusaders as they improved to 5-2 in Horizon League play and 13-9 overall.

The Panthers are now 3-4 in the Horizon League and 8-12 overall.

The Panthers will take on Cleveland State in Cleveland on Oct. 19 and return home Oct. 30 against Marquette at the Klotsche Center.

Battling against the Badgers

Men’s soccer team member James Ashcroft gives an

insider’s view of their big Madison showdown

By James Ashcroft Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com

Courtesy of James Ashcroft

When it comes to sporting contests, every athlete knows that they should treat each game with as much intensity as every other. However, everyone looks at the schedule to see when the so-called bigger match ups are, and in-state rivalries are one of the most exciting fixtures on the schedule.

Madison has always been a big rival and last Wednesday night was no different. UW-Milwaukee had not beaten the University of Wisconsin since 2005, so to say this was a big game is an understatement. With the financial wealth that Madison has, it is fair to say that travelling to McClimon Soccer Complex is probably one of my favorite trips to make.

The field is one that is truly a pleasure to play on, especially as there are not many

grass pitches in the northern states of America. The surrounding campus also adds to the occasion of playing in the state capitol.

The game itself was a bit of a dogged affair. The Badgers were at times playing some fluid soccer, especially around the edge of our penalty area. However, this is not a game of who has more territory, but more goals. UWM midfielder Jamie Bladen’s second goal in as many games gave us the victory that I would say our gritty performance deserved. The senior from Doncaster, England scored the goal on what could be seen as against the run of play. In the first half, Wisconsin was admittedly the better team; they had a lot of possessions but couldn’t turn it into anything. We managed to get to halftime with the score at 0-0. At the break, Coach Kelderman said that we were doing fine, be patient and we will win. As long as we stay solid at the back, the goals

will come.

There are times when you have to roll up your sleeves and just get on with the job at hand and that was the case this game. At times, we were lucky to keep a clean sheet, but I believe that luck evens itself out over the season and perhaps we were getting some good fortune from previous games where it hadn’t quite gone our way. All the men stepped up to the plate and showed their mettle, so to come away with a 1-0 victory was well-deserved.

Our winning streak is now extended to four games. This is a crucial part in the season, we could both build on this success and accelerate to try and become a potential force in the Horizon League, or we take our foot off the gas and see the potentials of a great season wither and die. It’s in our hands we just have to ask ourselves, how much do we want it as a team?

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Nolan Murphy takes on fantasy football—week seven

Vernon Davis is due for another big outing Clay Matthews and the Packers defense will be the key moving forward

Second opinion

Are the Packers really as good as we think?

By Mitch Pratt Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com Last week, the sports team at the UWM Post went into discussion about Tony Atkins’ rapid reaction to the state of the Packers. Mitch Pratt argues that things aren’t so bad in Titletown.

Offense - The Packers’ offense hasn’t been nearly as good as it was last year, and that really shouldn’t be anything to worry about. One must remember that Aaron Rodgers hardly missed a pass last year.

Also, one has to be realistic and temper expectations of the offense because if you expect an MVP every year, you’re going to be disappointed a lot.

There isn’t much doubt that the passing game can turn it around. Rodgers will end up with 4,000 yards and everything will be fine. What does concern fans somewhat is the fact that running back Cedric Benson is out eight weeks after breaking a bone in his foot last week in Indianapolis. The Packers’ non-existent running game has felt a severe hit with

this news. Alex Green, however, ran for 55 yards on nine carries after Benson left the game. Granted, 41 of that came on one run but that shows that Green has the big play ability that the Packers need out of the backfield.

Defense - The Green Bay defense has been pretty up and down this year.

After week one, every Packer fan from coast to coast was ready to write off the whole defense. Then, week two came and the defense was absolutely incredible. Overall, the secondary has been the most shaky part of the defense. They really need to find a consistent guy to play opposite Tramon Williams. Cornerback Sam Shields has played quite a bit the past few weeks and he’s been serviceable.

One guy that deserves more of a shake is Casey Hayward. He had an interception last week on Andrew Luck and I think he could be a better outside guy than Shields.

Special Teams - The special teams unit has been just about the only facet of the Green Bay Packers that has played winning football throughout the season.

Tim Masthay has done a really good job this year. His net-punting average is up two yards (42.4) and he’s punting the ball inside the 20 yard line 57.7 percent of the time. Mason Crosby missed his first field goal of the year in week five, when he missed two. The return game has been pretty solid and Randall Cobb is emerging as one of the Packers’ biggest playmakers.

Coaching - The coaching of the Green Bay Packers has been pretty decent, all things considered. Penalties are beginning to become an issue once again but if Mike McCarthy can get those corrected, the Packers will be fine. If they can also overcome the officiating in every game, they’ll be fine. It seems there are one or two terrible calls going against the team each week.

While things need to be corrected for the Packers to continue to contend with the elites in the NFL, there isn’t too much worry about here. The Packers were doubted when they won the Super Bowl a few years back. They got it together, this year’s Pack should too.

By Nolan Murphy Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com Week sevenv of the fantasy football season is always a time where struggling owners start to reevaluate their roster and drafts picks. At this time, owners look to buy low and add depth to their championship dream. Our Nolan Murphy gives an insight on whom to start or sit this week in fantasy.

Start ‘em: The Cowboys offense has been nonexistent this year as they stand at the bottom of the league in scoring. With that said, quarterback Tony Romo and company are bound to heat up and look to use the dismal Carolina Panthers secondary to do so. Considering the rough state of Carolina’s secondary, Romo owners should not hesitate to start him.

Vincent Jackson is always one of those boom or bust receivers in fantasy, he will be more than happy to face a New Orleans Saints team whose defense has allowed 9 passing touchdowns almost 1,500 yards in their first five games. The Seattle Seahawks have been one of the fiercest defenses in 2012 against the run and pass; however, look for TE Vernon Davis to have a big game.

Sit ‘Em: Robert Griffin III is off to a great and exciting career in the NFL. Going up against one of the best defensive lines in the New York Giants will be the biggest test so far in his rookie year. I’ll sit

Griffin. The 49ers might have the toughest defense in the league and will be playing at home against the Seahawks.

Marshawn Lynch is bruising back but does not face a favorable matchup versus the stout San Francisco front seven.

Coming into week seven the Packers receivers have not performed up to the gold standard they set in 2011. Jordy Nelson is now the team’s number one receiver with Greg Jennings out and will face a tough matchup against physical and scrappy corner Cortland Finnegan.

Kyle Rudolph has been a fantasy surprise in his second year in the league.

The Vikings will face a tough Arizona defense in week seven, Rudolph and the rest of the Vikings receiving targets can be sat down. .

Waiver Wire: Andre Roberts has jumped on to the fantasy scene in 2012 playing opposite of star Larry Fitzgerald for the Arizona Cardinals. Roberts quietly is in the top 3 in touchdowns in the league with four headed into week six and has been nice weapon for Kevin Kolb in the red zone.

Running back Jahvid Best will return for a concussion in the next few weeks and will look to add another dimension to the Lions explosive offense. It is only a matter of time until “Tebowtime” is unleashed in the Big Apple. Tim Tebow is historically criticized for his play as a traditional quarterback, but during his historic run in 2011 he averaged 16 fantasy points in standard format leagues.

Perhaps it is Tebow’s Time in your fantasy league.

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What’s up Bucks 2012-2013 Bucks roster adds height, keeps endurance at guard

By R.C. Weich III Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com After a disappointing 31-35 record in 2011-2012, the Milwaukee Bucks revamped their roster, most notably getting taller talent on the floor.

A familiar fixture on the team, Andrew Bogut, left last season in a trade that brought Ekpe Udoh and Monta Ellis to Milwaukee. Udoh and newly acquired center Samuel Dalembert should make for nice additions to a Bucks frontcourt that was severely lacking in height last season.

In addition to adding Dalembert and Udoh, the Bucks signed veteran 7’1 Joel Pryzbilla. Another option at center is the 6’11 Larry Sanders; a great shot blocker (1.67 shots blocked per game last season).

By acquiring Dalembert from the Houston Rockets, the Bucks had to move down two spots in the 2012 NBA Draft from No. 12 to No. 14. John Henson, the 6’11, 220 pound forward from North Carolina brings height and size to the defensive back court.

Defense was an issue for the Bucks last season, giving up 98.7 points per game, 22nd in the NBA. With the tall forwards and centers, the Bucks should be able to get that point total down. The new faces will surely help, but many of the 20112012 Bucks remain. Forward Ersan Ilyasova (6-10) shot 45.5 percent from three-point range and played in 60 of 66 games.

The Bucks are expecting Ilyasova to have an excellent season. With a 5-year extension, Ilyasova will make $40 million; $32 million is guaranteed in the new deal signed in July.

At the point guard position, Brandon Jennings returns for his fourth NBA season. Jennings just turned 23 and started all 66 games last year. Jennings had his best scoring season last year averaging 19.1 points per game while playing 35.3 minutes per game.

Alongside Jennings at shooting guard, Monta Ellis started all 21 games after coming over in the trade. Just like Jennings, Ellis brings stamina to each game. He averaged 36 minutes per game last year.

With an improved roster that includes height and two guards that play the majority of the game, every game, this season’s Bucks team looks to have improved greatly.

The Bucks are going to bring this roster on to the court for a full, 82 game season. They begin their regular campaign on the road Nov. 2 against the Boston Celtics.

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A venue for the younger crowd Midwestern Charm had Zelazo’s undivided attention

By Clair Sprenger Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com A small crowd of about 50 showed up last Thursday night at the Zelazo Center to see Midwestern Charm play in the second installment of MKE Unplugged, a new concert series sponsored by Peck School of the Arts. The audience’s unfortunate size at first seemed like an omen.

Lead singer and guitarist/profane poet Conner La Mue refused doom, though, bringing hope back to the scene with horrible (in a good way) humor and serious music.

Dustin DeGolier opened before the main act on a perfectly tuned, nonetheless lackluster (charisma-wise), note. Any music student with eyes or ears could appreciate his precision and expressive and impressive guitar playing. His singing was difficult to appreciate until his last two songs when the (incredible) guitar playing stopped over-powering the vocals. But DeGolier failed to make his opening act come off as anything more than a senior recital. Promising perfor-

mances, though, always leave infinite room for improvement.

Fast-forward 45 minutes (and, figuratively, a few hypothetical years in DeGolier’s promising career), Midwestern Charm revived the night. La Mue, guitarist Steve Sampson and drummer Ryan Gracyalny played a few songs together at the start and end. Most of the show turned into an unexpected solo act by La Mue. His charming profanity, not-so-sly ad-pitches and charisma made it nothing like a recital. La Mue first hooked the crowd with comedy, and at some unidentifiable point the show got serious. How? It was hard to tell – it just happened. The guy who was on stage cracking jokes about himself and the audience put on this deep, troubled, yet relatable character and poured out a disturbed heart of insecurities through song.

The event did not capture the desired bar-feel that creators Randall Holper and Nicole Schanen described. Instead of having tables and chairs, the room had rows of seats that made the set-up appeared too conventional and concert-y for an event trying to capture the East Side experience. At first this seemed problematic. Once Midwestern Charm loos-

ened the atmosphere, the show captured a more valuable intimacy that La Mue appreciated.

MKE Unplugged tries to give students and community members, especially students not old enough to (legally) get into bars and see local bands perform, a convenient, free bridge into Milwaukee’s underrated music scene, according to Schanen, Peck’s marketing specialist. The series runs once a month, Thursday nights 8-10 p.m., giving students a fun alternative to house parties, but still leaving time for the rest of the night. Holper noted that they planned the series to avoid drawing business from bars. Extra funds from the Year of the Arts gave Zelazo chair Holper a chance to finally hold this series, which he’d been planning for four or five years.

Holper wanted to connect the Peck music department with all the niches its classical music orientation tends to overlook.

“My goal would be to become a known all-ages venue for people to come see music. And we have 30,000 students. [That’s] a great audience to pull from,” Holper said. “We have songwriting classes; we have history of rock ’n

roll classes, but we don’t have any public events that really cater to that crowd...

[Students] leave Milwaukee after having been through two, three or four years and just kind of assume that UWM and Milwaukee in general just doesn’t have a very good music scene, because they haven’t been in the clubs where [bands] are.”

Peck junior Christina Mata attended MKE Unplugged for the first time last Thursday night. Mata stood far from alone in her enthusiastic appraise of the show, noting her excitement to see the Directionals in May along with the rest of the series.

“There’s a lot of talent in Milwaukee that isn’t necessarily popular,” Mata said.

“It’s good to see local bands playing or getting the attention they deserve.” “[MKE Unplugged]’s got a killer lineup...” La Mue said. “They like really went after some like really good musicians... that was like enticing for me... I dig their stuff, so I want to be a part of it too.”

The series, though all acoustic this year, features a diverse range of artists.

Holper looks forward to seeing how the Sugar Stems, a local pop-rock group, who will put on an acoustic show.

“[We’re] trying to reach a lot of different notes with this series,” Holper said, noting he’s open to student suggestions.

“It’s cool that the crowd was more diverse than I thought it would be…” Mata said. “There are people of all ages, basically. It seems to appeal to like a younger crowd, but there are people of all ages.”

Even though there were less people there than Schanen and Holper said were at the last MKE Unplugged concert, and the series still has a ways to go before meeting Holper’s eventual goal of 200-225, Schanen said the event was a success. During the show, audience members literally looked entranced by the music. Everyone that stuck around after the show seemed happy with the experience, including La Mue, who liked MKE Unplugged’s unique, “strippeddown” venue.

“At bars, no one’s paying attention…” La Mue said. “People seemed to be really into [the show] and like come out... that’s all you can ask for for an event.”

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Someone wake up the band Beach House is nothing but their light show

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com

Image courtesy of wagz2it.com

Beach House, as a band, is all about aesthetic. There’s a lightness in songs like “Heart of Chambers” and “Myth,” an airy analog softness that seems to float and warble like the flattening distortion of stressed VHS tape audio.

Singer/songwriter Victoria LeGrand focuses mostly on the effervescent topic of love. Guitarist Alex Scally plays lightly and without much energy. There’s a distantiation there, not just from serious or heavy topics, let alone social or political awareness, but from the listener – it’s a cloudy music, veiled by an audio haze.

It’s very pretty, certainly, but the more one listens, the more one realizes there’s nothing else there, nothing below the physical beauty to substantiate it as anything other than simply a cog in a larger indie rock fad of aesthetic obsession.

Superficial.

It’s not surprising then that the band’s set last Thursday at the Pabst Theater, its third show at the theater

in three Milwaukee appearances, was equally obsessed with artifice and appearance. Taking the stage to raucous applause, the band – LeGrand, Scally and drummer Daniel Franz – seemed to be hiding, a stationary trio that veiled themselves (often visually) from the crowd with an absurdly bright light show and a setup that bordered on visual art. Four horizontally-striped panels of black and white, one for each member, were erected at the rear of the stage, which functioned into the larger, literally hazy multicolored light show which was so intense that – and perhaps this is the point – it often made it impossible to see the band actually perform.

And it’s not like Beach House was doing their part, especially at the start.

The band’s idea of an entertaining live music experience was mostly to stand perfectly still and expressionless; I suppose to look super serious and artistic or to demonstrate what a connection they were making with the power of their music, etc etc etc. But mostly the show was just an alternating current that

switched between boring and painful – boring for the total lack of energy being displayed by the musicians, and painful if you happened to be in one of the balconies and therefore in direct line of sight with any of the ten piercing LED spotlights arranged onstage. When the spotlights weren’t on, was it possible to simply watch a show without squinting, shielding one’s eyes, or looking away?

Sure. Did that happen? Not particularly often.

As the concert progressed – and the sheer energy of the crowd seemed to have an influence on the performers, especially LeGrand – the band seemed to pep up, to emerge somewhat out of their lethargic “artistic” funk and come alive.

LeGrand with her headbanging, more forceful as the show leapt from song to song, Scally bouncing around joyously instead of sitting (sitting!) stern-faced on his swivel-stool. A nice light show does not make a good live music show, and even though Beach House seemed to realize this fact, it sure took them long enough. But then again, the aesthetic is really all they have.

Time in motion The poetic brilliance of Samsara

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com Ron Fricke’s Samsara is a film of time and space. It’s a documentary of a sort: it records images of real people and real things in wildly diverse global environments to depict with actuality the states of their existence. In this way it can be considered a travelogue, an ethnographic film and a nature film all in one (Twentyfive countries in all were used as locations for the film). But its techniques are so inventive, its technologies so unique, its poetry so profound, its language so figurative, and its ideology so readily bare that, like Chronos, the pioneering 1985 film that launched Fricke’s career, it exists above and beyond compartmentalization and can (perhaps should) be simply considered an artifact of the movies, a film in the truest sense of the word. Save for somewhat arbi-

trary music that only enhances its regionalism and sense of motion, it is completely silent; the only language it speaks is that of the image. And what images.

Fricke’s style involves time-lapse photography that alternately compresses and extends our sense of time to invoke its progression. He’s also a pioneer of camera design, having constructed many of the rigs he uses in Samsara to capture images from wild, impossible places – such as high atop the spires of a cathedral – to create an outof-body experience that seems almost entirely unreal.

In its essence, Samsara is a film about structures – what we construct, why we construct it, and what relationships a thing possesses to both our bodies and the environment we inhabit. (“Structures” here is used to describe anything that humans make; artificial things both large and small.) The film is divided into three fluid segments: The first involves ancient struc-

tures both natural and manmade, the second depicts modern global societies, and the third portrays places where both ancient and modern coexist, such as modern Egypt, where high-rise apartments are shot.

Environment is always at the forefront.

At one point, as Fricke is investigating the interiors of our massive religious structures (cathedrals, Buddhist temples), he intercuts footage of massive caverns to highlight the similarity and transcendent beauty of the two kinds of interiors. Images of earth and water are distinctly invoked, often one right after the other. Certain structures are associated with the earth, others with water – a cathedral in which baptisms take place is shot against time-lapse photography of a rising tide, Buddhist monks in a temple built against a Tibetan mountain slowly make a painting out of grains of sand – repeated imagery that reinforces both our rituals and our artifices with our

physical environment.

There’s also a heavy emphasis on the human body and its dual relationships with structure – both in the sense of a direct, physical relationship and in the sense that the body itself is a kind of structure, fully modifiable, capable of being both physically altered as well as replicated. These relationships take many forms; in one sequence a heavily-tattooed man cradles his infant child (tattoo and piercing images repeat constantly) and in another, immediately after we are shown the manufacturing of bullets and guns, a heavily-mutilated U.S. combat veteran stands in Arlington National Cemetery against a backdrop of gravestones. In the bizarre sequence leading into the manufacturing scene, an African man is buried in a coffin built to resemble a gun. But more than anything, consumption is invoked – slaughterhouse images, manufacturing images, images of eating, images of refuse and garbage,

which poor populations unable to consume in such volumes pick through to find sustenance. Food images lead into images of plastic surgery, reinforcing the constructed nature of some bodies. Mostly, images of impermanence – as populations grow, our things grow smaller, less permanent, more easily destroyed and thrown aside.

But above all things, and perhaps most importantly in Fricke’s entire career, time controls all. As a bookend to the film, the sand painting that the monks take hours upon hours to construct is brushed aside in mere moments. Following this is a long shot of massive sand dunes, under which lies who knows what, after which the films fades to black and concludes. Always in motion is time – many times, there are images of stars rapidly transgressing the sky – and in the end, nothing is permanent.

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Powers combined Milwaukee rappers Logic & Raze join forces in on what they feel they do best.

By Nic Waldron

“I think of it as a compilation,” Logic

Staff Writer

said. “Every album should show a continu-

fringe@uwmpost.com Raze: “Hey man, wanna do...like a four

ous growth.”

Just a few short years ago, the idea of two

“To be in front of 40,000 people, it was

humbling as fuck” said Logic. “To see so

many people you’ve never seen before grab your music… and grab your dicks (laughs). I

like being a big goddamn fish, but anytime

or six song e.p. or something...just because?”

already well-established Milwaukee rappers

That’s literally how Logic and Raze

full albums together would’ve been nearly

was also my first time ever on a plane… but

ration as a small part of larger, overarching

[Laughs].”

Logic: “Sure...why not?”

Norris, two veterans of the Milwaukee hip

hop scene from opposite ends of the city (South and North, respectively) decided to

put together …STILL untitled, which had mutated into a full ten track album by the time it was released almost a year ago.

putting ego aside long enough to cut two

unthinkable, but both men see their collabotrend in the local hip hop community, which

While it might confound some as to why

“People are starting to grasp the concept

orating the Civil Rights Movement, those

hip hop in Milwaukee.

weaknesses we may or may not have,” says

styles and less concerned with what people

trust his opinions and input, and he obvi-

I’m pretty sure my dick grew three inches

a couple rappers from Milwaukee would be

that they don’t have to be clicked up,” said

Raze about his partnership with Logic. “I

“I was scared shitless,” added Raze. “It

they feel reflect a long-overdue maturation of

“We trust each other and we trust each

other’s strengths to complement whatever

we step out of [Milwaukee], we’re little fish.”

Logic. “They’re a little more free with their are thinking about them.”

“We have a full spectrum of urban music

performing in Atlanta at an event commemwho are familiar with them might argue that

no one would be more appropriate than a pair of artists who have managed to cultivate a

fan base that cuts across racial and sociocul-

tural lines in a city that is so often defined

ously trusts me because does these amazing

in the city now,” says Raze. “It’s not just a

So far, the duo have released one track,

wall them because they don’t want to give

racist, but people have institutionalized

munity is well represented from all ends of

or another,” Raze said. “It has a lot room

songs and drops them in my lap.” an

acoustic

guitar-driven

head-nodder

“Remedy,” off their upcoming sophomore

album (no, they don’t have a name for this one either). Although they describe the new album as more melodic, fans shouldn’t ex-

pect much of a stylistic departure from the

youth movement and older cats who stoneup their media darling images… the comthing and there’s not such a rift in the gen-

erations anymore. Music is just better across the board.”

This past August, Logic & Raze had

old school, crate-dug vibe of …STILL un-

a chance to show the dirty south just how

build on the strengths of their music, a yin

as they performed at Turner Field in Atlanta

titled. Logic & Raze have decided instead to

and yang-ish mix of rapid, aggressive rhymes

over laid-back, mid-tempo beats, and hone

much better music has gotten in Milwaukee, as part of the Atlanta Braves’ Civil Rights Game promotion.

by its divides.

“I don’t think Milwaukee is culturally

mentalities they can’t let go for one reason for improvement like every other city, but I don’t think any problems in Milwaukee are

beyond repair… it’s why I genuinely dig our fan base. You see so many people together

that you probably wouldn’t otherwise see together in the same venue.”

Logic & Raze’s current album, …STILL

untitled and the track “Remedy” are available for free listening at logicandraze.com

The new

Breakfast Club Wallflower shines as

a modern teenage drama

By Colton Dunham Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com

Image courtesy of comedians.about.com

A hilarious return

Louis CK revisits Milwaukee

By Kevin Kaber Fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com Louis CK has had yet another whirlwind of a year. The comic’s FX series, “Louie,” just wrapped its third, critically acclaimed season with an incredible sequence on the lengths one takes to find success and the lengths one takes to combat loneliness when loved ones are away. CK has also found groundbreaking success in self-releasing his own comedy album and standup special (and, more recently, a recording of Tig Notaro’s recent gig after a life-altering doctor’s visit), setting a standard for some established comics and artists.

Last summer, CK announced he’d be going on a five month tour and selling the tickets himself.

Milwaukee is somewhat special for CK, having recorded, edited and directed his Sundance-screened, award winning special, Hilarious, at the Pabst Theater. The acclaimed comic brought the same energy to the Riverside last week. Opening for CK was longtime friend and New York City-based come-

dian, William Stephenson. Stephenson’s set (unlike CK’s opening act, Todd Glass, years previous) had the audience in full fixed on his theories of aging and women. Stephenson was not shy to ask if the crowd was “mostly white folk,” to which the black comic was met with an overzealous cheer from the back of the room and broke down laughing, unprepared for such pride.

Almost immediately after Stephenson wrapped, CK casually walked on stage in his signature black shirt and blue jeans, leaving the lighting and sound crews ill-equipped for the comic’s intro. After a short ovation, the comic launched his hour and a half set with an airport story (an inspiration that CK has used on several occasions) in which he and other travelers debated whether or not to help an elderly immigrant woman – Louis, of course, ended up taking care of the old lady and learned much about himself during the ordeal.

One of CK’s stronger moments on stage was his first time encounter with a snooty neighbor. While sitting outside of his new apartment build-

ing, CK, describing himself as looking homely, noticed a man walking into the building that he knew would ask the building’s staff to have CK vacated from the premises because he looked like a bum. Instead of the joke stopping there, CK took it a little meta and claimed that never happened and that he had just hoped it would when the man stared at him; the whole story had been made up in his head and he’s actually friends with the man. Also, there’s his story about hiding weed in a show for decades.

CK’s Wednesday set may have not been his strongest set (Live at the Beacon Theater definitely tops his list). But given that this is Louis CK, not much else today even comes close to performance.

And also given that this is Louis CK, he’ll have a whole new set next year (something few comics do; especially while writing, directing and starring in his or her own show). However, CK’s fans gave their full uproarious attention on Wednesday, which will be probably the funniest event at the Riverside this year.

In the same vein as a John Hughes teen drama, The Perks of Being a Wallflower pinpoints dramatic real life issues and the emotional treachery of high school.

Take a moment and think back to your high school days. For a lot of you reading this, those days weren’t that long ago.

Sometimes thinking back to those times can be absolutely cringe-worthy. The humiliation, awkwardness, hormones and bouts of loneliness are aspects of those four years that will take a lifetime to forget.

There are aspects of high school that we try to remember, and those aspects are the people we have met and the memories that have changed our lives. Adapted from his own novel, Stephen Chbosky reminds us that the people we meet when we’re young can shape our entire lives. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is as defining and profound as one would hope.

Traumatized by a personal tragedy, Charlie (Logan Lerman) finds himself internally struggling with haunting memories. The memories and emotional pain he endures causes a friction between him and the world. Charlie enters his first day of high school anxiously waiting to see if his personal expectations are met. He’s smart and thoughtful and hopes to implement his thoughtfulness into his writing. Although he is intelligent, he is too shy to speak his mind even during times when it’s most appropriate to do so.

As he tries to stay out of peoples’ way, he attracts negative attention from fellow students who go out of their way to make sure to make his day a little worse. He finds himself walking nervously down the hallways and sitting alone in the cafeteria during his lunch hour. During a high school

football game on a Friday night, everything changes for Charlie when he meets Patrick (Ezra Miller) and his stepsister Sam (Emma Watson). They’re both high school seniors who are cool, intelligent, rebellious and have good taste in music. As they drive around in a pickup truck with the windows down, the three of them find a common interest in vintage tunes. Soon, Charlie is introduced to their close-knit tribe of friends and finds the acceptance he’s been looking for. As he becomes comfortable with his newfound friendship, he inevitably connects with the beautiful Sam on a profound personal level.

Before seeing the film, I had expectations that The Perks of Being a Wallflower was going to be an entertaining teenage comedy/drama but never expected it to be so moving and honest. Due to a solid screenplay and direction by author Stephen Chbosky, the narrative carries a lot of heavy dramatic weight showcasing surprising performances. The three lead actors’ shine in their well-written and developed roles. For being a teenage drama/ comedy there are a lot of dark themes that include death, sex, drugs, and loneliness.

All of these themes make the film stand out from the recent sludge of poor teenage films because these are real life issues that teenagers face head on. The film is very honest in its portrayal of teenage loneliness and the hunger to be accepted by peers.

At some point in our young lives, I’m sure we’ve all felt isolated and desired to be accepted. I feel as if this honesty is going to connect with audience members of any age and will strike an emotional chord.

With solid performances, writing, direction, and a moving narrative that anyone can personally connect to, I declare The Perks of Being a Wallflower as the best film about high school since The Breakfast Club.

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Second Annual 25th Anniversary Edition Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival (Thursday-Sunday | Oriental Theatre & UWM Union Theatre | Various Times) Another film festival for you cinephiles.

This year’s Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival features yet another slew of films from the LGBT community, from comedies to hard-hitting dramas.

Trash Talk and the future of punk 119 as a mission statement of dissatisfaction

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com In a lot of ways, Trash Talk seems like a culmination of things. For the last two or three years, the long-dormant punk genre – at least dormant in the sense of respectability and relevance – has been undergoing a slow renaissance across multiple styles and methods of resistance. For some, this resistance has taken gendered forms – the loud, distorted girl-rock of Vivian Girls, Screaming Females, Dum Dum Girls, White Lung and others that has made a brash intrusion into an eternally-male rock environment. Other forms of resistance have been racial – the hardcore band Cerebral Ballzy is 3/5 composed of black members, unheard-of in rock music with a few exceptions like Bad Brains. Still others are queer, as with Hunx and his Punx.

Of course there’s political resistance – but if there’s one thing that’s been notoriously and bafflingly absent from contemporary alternative music, it’s

been political aggression, anger angst.

Enter Trash Talk, notorious in Los Angeles for its riot-inducing shows (a trait the band shares with the great LA hardcore bands of all time), compounding multiple forms of resistance into one form – a band that makes viciously loud, short hardcore that contains two black members, parades around joyously its love of vandalism (of the 16 photographs that comprise the cover to their new album 119, five involve graffiti), puts on brutal shows in which lead vocalist Lee Spielman beats himself over the face with a microphone, and shrieks atonally about all sorts of dissatisfactions that have gone un-vocalized in any relevant sense by a musical community for the better part of half a decade.

Perhaps the greatest potential of resistance that Trash Talk possesses is the incredible fact that they might become popular. It’s impossible to believe that, even within the disconnected, social media-obsessed youth of today, there’s not some immense form of anger that lingers beneath the surface, waiting to be tapped. Due to the fact that Trash

Talk is supported by the wildly popular (and similarly troublemaking) hip-hop collective Odd Future, two members of which make guest appearances on the song “Blossom & Burn,” a channel exists between the band and a much larger audience than has been afforded to any other punk band in recent memory.

In that way, Trash Talk stands as the standard-bearers of the new punk revival. But there are other ways, too – “Who says the best is yet to come? The future’s blanker than the black of my lungs,” yells Spielman through a cracking bellow on album opener “Eat the Cycle.” In an era when opportunity is being denied to everyone, the idea that the future simply doesn’t exist is a powerful sentiment. On “Fuck Nostalgia,” Spielman says, “The only times I can call my own are the times I’ve left behind,” but as demonstrated by the song’s delicious title, hell if that’s a good thing. And in a world where there’s no future and the past isn’t worth remembering, some resistance might be necessary. Enter Trash Talk.

Bike-In Movie: The Lost Boys (Friday | Media Garden at Marsupial Bridge | 7:45 p.m.)

Though the temperature might be in the high 30’s, the year’s last Bike-In Movie, vampire flick The Lost Boys will surely entertain.

Regina Spektor (w/ Only Son) (Saturday | Riverside Theater | 7:00 p.m.)

The Russian-American singer/songwriter stops in Milwaukee to promote her latest album What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.

Waka Flocka Flame (w/ Wooh Da Kid) (Saturday | The Rave | 8:00 p.m.)

This chubby tattooed man will be taking his shirt off and rapping at the Rave on Saturday.

The xx (w/ John Talabot) (Sunday | Pabst Theater | 7:00 p.m.)

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EDITORIAL The following piece represents the views of the Editorial Board of THE UWM POST. The editorial board is not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and these views do not represent the views of the university.

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All of us at THE UWM POST want to hear what you think and welcome your letters to the Editor. Feel free to comment about articles, opinions or anything you find in our weekly issues. Send your letters in an email to letters@uwmpost.com. In your submission indicate whether or not you wish to remain anonymous.

payment installment plan Tangible newspaper Plan increases accessibility for less-advantaged students

By Editorial Board editorial@uwmpost.com In this climate of higher tuition and rising room and board costs, some students need a little extra help paying for college expenses, but many UWMilwaukee students feel like the university isn’t doing anything to make it easier for them. Think what you want, but through a tuition installment payment plan, UWM is easing the financial burden of many students.

By paying off any previous PAWS charges, along with a $200 down payment toward tuition and fees, UWM students – at the discretion of the university – can enter into an installment plan that allows them to make tuition and fee

payments in two installments later in the semester, rather than having to pay it all before the semester begins.

Students are eligible for the installment plan even if they receive financial aid, as long as the amount of aid offered for one semester is less than tuition and other fee charges. This plan is great for students that applied for financial aid late, therefore pushing aid disbursement until after the start of the semester. As long as the student has paid $200 up front, they won’t face cancellation.

The plan is only available for the fall and spring semesters and excludes such things as Kenilworth rent, study abroad fees and University Housing charges like loft rental, key replacement and parking, but it does cover the most important as-

pect of college, which is education.

Most UWM students don’t have trust-fund money from their parents paying for their education. That means many make their own way through school by working their butts off at multiple jobs and by relying on thousands of dollars in financial aid and students loans. The problem is that students don’t always have access to all of that money at the same time. UWM has done a great job of recognizing the need for relief and is, in fact, one of very few institutions in the state to do so. This move not only saves students money on late fees, but it makes college more accessible to students of all kinds, no matter age, race or gender.

lack transparency

poor communication skills

By Editorial Board editorial@uwmpost.com The Clery Act is a federal statute that requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on or near campus. In compliance with the Clery Act, UW-Milwaukee’s annual campus security report was released on Oct. 1. While it is the UWM Police Department’s job to compile information for the crime report, the department has done an absolutely terrible job of explaining what some of the information actually means.

The report includes statistics from 2009 to 2011, allowing for yearly comparisons. Numbers are broken down with on campus and non-campus designations, but the police were not forthcoming when asked to elaborate on what exactly the designations meant.

The statistics themselves were also confusing. For example, 2011 statistics account for the acquisition of new properties, like the Northwest Quadrant and Cambridge Commons, as well as the additional UWM police officers needed to patrol those areas.

Police also started citing more people upon first contact. On campus liquor law arrests increased from 95 in 2009 to 312 in 2011. That’s obviously a huge jump. The department, though, could

not be bothered to explain if students were simply drinking more, or if the police were catching more perpetrators because of increased patrols and decreased leniency on first offenses.

The UWM Post meant to publish a story about the crime report in last week’s issue. However, following a week of being run around from person to person, with no one being able to clarify the intricacies of the report, our news editor was forced to wait another week to update readers.

UWM students pay the police department to not only keep them safe, but to inform them. The police need to be accountable to students through us at the UWM Post. If the Milwaukee Police Department – who has much more to deal with – took only one day to get the paper information about drinking arrests, it’s ridiculous that that our campus’ own police can’t do better, not only regarding this situation, but in any request for information.

To remedy this problem, the UWM police need to start showing more transparency. The department’s communication skills are terrible.

They need to get their own version of Tom Luljak – UWM’s vice chancellor of university relations – someone to explain and interpret information.

Because, without communication, the police are not fulfilling their duties to the people they vowed to serve and protect.

In response to “WE NEED YOUR HELP”

I’m a junior in the communications department and have read nearly every edition of the Post since I came to this university. Most editions tend to be entertaining and truly have news relevant to the student population here on campus, with few editions lacking meaning. What I love most is that the editorials I or friends of mine have written have been published, which can be hard to accomplish with such a huge student population.

In such a progressive world, it’s hard to see a future where newspapers are still existent. This digital age gives a larger access to a wide variety of stories online for anyone and any interest. However, this does not mean that a tangible newspaper

is irrelevant. I’ve taken upon somewhat of a ritual reading the weekly issues with a cup of coffee in one hand from the 8th Note. Without the Post I can honestly say I would have little interest in actively going online to learn about current happenings around the UWM community.

In response to the three dollars it would take to keep the post up and running, I would be happily willing to pay. I truly hope that this issue is resolved, because I know there are others, like myself, that enjoy reading the witty liberal humor that comes from these papers.

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The future of media in this country is going to be difficult but exciting. I am concerned to see that the UWM Post has been put in a position that doesn’t allow for financial stability, but I am heartened to hear UWM’s only student-run news media is trying to stay afloat in this wave and reinvent them self.

Shortly after starting my first semester at UWM in 2006, I became a contributor to the UWM Post. They were then and have since consistently been a reliable source of news for the second largest university in the UW-System.

In my final year as an undergraduate, I was the president of the Student Association at UWM. Nothing that year was predictable. However, the UWM Post’s reporting of the turbulent year – including impeachments, public bigotry and arrests of elected officials outside of the chancellor’s office – was always reliable and independent.

As most Post readers know, they have always been on the front lines of exposing the unchallenged power of the student government.

That is why it is incredibly troubling to hear that the Post, after more than five decades of independence, are seeking funding from the Student Association of Milwaukee. In order to return to financial stability, the Post is giving up its journalistic independence of telling the tens of thousands of students the unbiased truth.

If the student government begins funding the university’s only news medium, then SA’s power will go unchecked and the UWM Post will become the equivalent to a state-run newspaper.

The Post, last week, rightly reported how problematic the SA’s decision is to have all media outlets submit questions in advance for approval and have all of the student government’s communications go solely through the SA’s communications director. In an act of honest journalism, The Post wrote that this decision was

“anti-democratic.”

Not only does the SA’s financial takeover of the Post mean that these stories will no longer exist, but it means that this time next year, the SA will have a new name for the communications director: The UWM Post.

Further, if the Post continues to try to report any SA news in a fashion that doesn’t support the government’s agenda, then they can depend on their funding getting cut from their largest revenue source.

It’s deeply engrained in the SA’s history to defund or attempt to destroy any SAfunded entity which may counter any narrow ideology and agenda of the student government. If you want to read more about SA’s history of cutting funding, go to www.uwmpost.com while you still can.

The future of the news media is new media, and the Post’s effort to alter their print newspaper into something more in line with the times is necessary and respectable. However, there are more possibilities to generating revenue than ads, government funding or fees. There are several other sources of income that would bring in the funds to maintain autonomy, including the growing wave of media organizations using grant funds to retain their independence.

This new change not only hurts UWM’s students, but it is a nail in the coffin for independent reporting. The future of journalism will be determined by the decisions of journalists today. The UWM Post has the opportunity to help change journalism in Milwaukee and revolutionize news media at UWM, or hand their credentials over to one of the most powerful student governments in the country.

This is not about the Post making it through the academic year. It’s about them making the right decision for the future in the face of the most difficult time for journalism in generations.

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UWM students are more than Contradictions and lies What to expect from second presidential debate “guests” in Milwaukee Comments by Police Chief Flynn fueling homeowner demonization of students

By Nic Waldron Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com

It’s really something to be told you’re a “guest” in a city you’ve lived in for well over a decade, stretching all the way back to your formative years, especially when the person telling you has lived in Milwaukee for a whopping four years.

The characterization of UWMilwaukee students – and by extension, anyone who doesn’t own a home in Milwaukee – as less of a citizen by embattled Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn isn’t all that surprising given the attitudes of many upper-East Side homeowners. For the most part, these are wealthy people whom Flynn needs on his side if he is to have any chance of keeping his job. They are generally unconcerned with pesky, inconvenient facts, like how, after tuition, books and rent, the average student is paying as much on a yearly basis to live in the neighborhood as any homeowner.

If Flynn is ultimately relieved of his duties, he has nothing to blame for it but his decision to act more like a grandstanding politician than someone genuinely concerned with serving the public. Unfortunately, his attempt to get some of the city’s wealthiest residents on his side by furthering the wedge between students and homeowners is likely to yield consequences that will probably last longer than his reign as Milwaukee’s police chief.

Thanks in no small part to Flynn’s self-serving actions, older residents now seem to feel more justified than ever in their demonization of UWM students to the media and general public.

Murray Hill Neighborhood Association President Steve Klebar, despite claim-

ing to not be against the university or its students, seems to have no problem painting over students with a broad brush.

“It’s about community values” he said, “and the community values we have, whether you like it or not, have a certain expectation for civil order and respect.”

Interesting. You almost get the feeling Klebar and other homeowners aren’t interested in a diplomatic dialogue so much as they want to simply control the narrative, all the while expecting students to just shut up and do what their told, which is not very “neighborly” of them.

I wrote a column last month entitled “Milwaukee is not a place for your party habits” that spoke about the ongoing culture-clash between UWM students and older upper-East Side homeowners in the hopes of being something of an ambassador between the increasingly polarized factions. As I mentioned in that column, I have been working as a bouncer and security at an East Side establishment – a job that has me interacting face-to-face with drunken, belligerent kids every weekend.

Despite being disrespected, cursed out, stepped to, swung on, having bottles thrown at me and even puked on during my time on the job, I still find room to recognize that the actions of a handful of jackasses are not indicative of the hundreds of other customers I can expect to see every weekend. This is something Klebar fails to do in implying that all UWM students lack civility and respect.

If Klebar is truly concerned about civility and respect, he may want to start by talking to the other homeowners in his association. Several letters and

emails sent by residents to the UWM Post over the years have been every bit as arrogant and disrespectful as the actions they sought to condemn. Upon reading many of these letters, you can’t help but feel many homeowners will not be satisfied until the UWM campus is airlifted building by building to somewhere west of the Milwaukee River.

Perhaps the largest deck the students have stacked against them is that homeowners tend to judge the quality of life in the neighborhood from an antiquated baseline. Numerous references have been made by homeowners to how great the neighborhood was in the ‘60s and ‘70s – an era before the time of some UWM students’ parents. This might explain the frequency at which these residents curiously still refer to UWM as a commuter campus, despite experiencing problems that indicate the university has grown to become a “real college.”

As much as anything else, this mentality is responsible for the breakdown of communication between they the UWM community, as homeowners present themselves as out-of-touch and unreasonable sticks in the mud. But regardless of what certain residents might believe, the students who have been arrested since the beginning of Flynn’s crackdown account for fewer than one hundredth of one percent of the 15,000 students who live near campus.

In other words, the overwhelming majority of the rest of the students are respectful contributors to the quality of life that makes so many of us want to live on the East Side in the first place.

If Ed Flynn cannot understand that, I will be more than happy to show him the door on the way out of my city.

Passion vs. money

The perils of choosing a major

By Patricia Cole Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com

Finance or journalism? Business or psychology? Colleges today make it relatively hard to decide which major to choose. This could be the reason why so many people choose to double major. I remember when I first got accepted into UWM, I thought I wanted to go into finance. I had this idea that, by the time I graduated, I would have a secure job making well over $45,000 a year. What I did not take into consideration was whether or not I would be satisfied emotionally in a field where I had to analyze numbers and keep track of current stock trends. After all, I was horrible at math and cared nothing for reading the Wall Street Journal. Fortunately for me, after falling in love with writing in English 101, I pursued a few journalism, advertising and media studies (JAMS) courses.

My advisors thought this idea was crazier than that of the skeptics who thought a man would never land on the moon. They would tell me, “Finance and journalism just don’t go together. Why

don’t you choose another business major to complement your current one?”

Despite the warnings, after two semesters of JAMS courses, I completely decided to axe finance and major in advertising and public relations.

To all current students who are unsure about your career path, ask yourself one question. Why did you choose your major? Maybe you Google’d current salary trends and discovered that, upon graduation, you’ll be making $60,000 – I’m speaking to you pre-med, pre-law and chemistry students. Maybe it’s something your friends or family pointed you towards. After all, mom always said you’d make a good lawyer because you had a lying habit as a kid.

But what are you passionate about?

I have a friend named D whose parents thought he’d be good at chemistry, so he picked that major to satisfy his parents.

After discovering his talent for writing and telling stories, I encouraged him to apply for a JAMS major, and although he was reluctant at first, he ended up switching his major to journalism because that was what he was passionate about. D’s story shows it is best to follow your heart,

follow your passion and do what you love, because you’ll never be happy living up to someone else’s expectations.

The best advice I have been given is to get a job or internship in your chosen major. That way you won’t waste money on something you’re not interested in.

Another thing you may discover is that money doesn’t always equal happiness, so if you’re going to school based solely on the expectation of receiving a certain salary, you may want to rethink your career path. I know there are so many factors to think about, like making sure you have enough money to pay off your student loans and being able to support your lifestyle, but will more money be worth the cost of losing your happiness if the job turns out to be nothing like you imagined? Oprah Winfrey once said, “If you can get paid for doing what you love, every paycheck is a bonus.” Her statement should be the motto for college students everywhere. Now I am in no way saying that people who make a lot of money are not satisfied in their field. I’m just saying it’s best to make sure you are absolutely in love with the career you are investing your money, energy, time and life on.

By Brittney Adekola Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com

It’s that time again. The election is right around the corner. Americans need to think and vote smart. Although there is still buzz from the first presidential debate about whether or not Mitt Romney or Barack Obama presented himself better, the second presidential debate quickly approaches.

Here are a few things we should expect to see: During the second presidential debate, Romney needs to avoid cutting off the moderator. We know he will want to quickly attack whatever President Obama says, but if the moderator has to say “excuse me,” that’s a problem. Jim Lehrer looked really irritated when he had to explain to Romney more than once that they had to move on to another segment. So, I hope Romney will show a bit more patience in the future.

In the first debate, Obama was smart to bring up past presidents who used the same tax plan he is currently enforcing. This gives everyone a sense of how well the plan worked for previous administrations. But that was something Romney did not do. Romney said his plan is something that hasn’t been done before. In that case, how do we know if it will work or not? And this is coupled with Romney’s vague explanations about his tax cuts. He has said he would lower taxes for the middle class when, in fact, it could turn out to be the opposite. I want to find out what the deductions are that Romney wants to enforce if he is elected. If we know

that, then we will know if it will really amount to a $5 trillion tax cut.

I also want to see the candidates discuss their take on the environment and energy. Obama has proposed a clean energy standard that will require 80 percent of the country’s energy to come from clean sources by 2035. On the other hand, Romney is encouraging the use of new nuclear energy. He also wants the Clean Air Act to be rewritten in order to bar regulation of carbon emissions.

I want to know what Big Bird has done to Romney. The fact that he wants to stop the subsidy to PBS is a little ridiculous. In not so many words, Romney basically told Lehrer straight to his face that if Romney is elected president, Lehrer will be out of a job.

The good thing is that even if they make PBS cuts, Sesame Street will still make it out alive!

While I have been critical of Romney, I did like that he was very attentive when Obama was speaking during the first debate. That is something I would like to continue to see in the second debate. And while admitting that Romney had his strong points, I also have to acknowledge Obama’s weaknesses. Even though he was clearly note-taking throughout the debate, Obama needs to improve his aggressiveness!

People may feel that Romney won the first debate with his contradictions and lies, but we will see if he can keep that up this time around.

Preparing for the chill

Winterizing can save you money

By Neighborhood Housing/ COAST Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com Whether you live in an older home, a cozy apartment or an efficient studio, cold weather can bring increased utility bills. Even with the magical phrase “heat included,” a chilly draft can make the colder months drearier than need be. Winterizing your rental unit can help when temperatures drop in the coming winter months, especially in avoiding the higher energy and heating bills associated with winter.

For example, a simple window kit available in any hardware or retail store can save money all winter long. Once you apply double sided tape and plastic to the inside of the window, then apply heat from a hair dryer, – borrow from a neighbor if you don’t have one – the tight seal will keep warmer air inside and block the chilly winds we can expect to see in the coming months. Also, block drafty doorways with a weather strip kit or a door stopper. These affordable options are easy to install and will save you money over the winter months, along with keeping your home warmer.

Along with weather proofing your residence, it’s also important to take a look at your electric bill. According to We Energies, there are three major aspects affecting your monthly bill:

the weather, billing periods and energy usage. Quick temperature drops in the winter can increase your bill by up to ten percent with the corresponding heat increases. And did you know your billing period in December is longer than usual? A typical billing cycle is usually 29 to 31 days, but during this holiday month, your billing period could jump to as high as 37 days.

A five day difference in your billing cycle could create up to a 17 percent jump in your monthly bill at the end of each year.

Another major factor in your monthly energy bill is obviously the amount of energy you use each month.

Cold weather, school breaks and holiday celebrations can increase this use because of additional cooking and baking, time at home, cleaning, heating and decorations. The sun also sets earlier during this time, so more energy will be used to light your house in winter than in other seasons.

In addition to window kits and weather strips, there are many other simple and inexpensive ways to save you money and keep your colder months affordable and cozy. For example, do you know how much energy your appliances are using? We Energies hosts a link providing you with the opportunity to gauge how much energy each appliance in your home is using, and also offers tips to reduce the energy usage for each appliance.

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