UWM Post 10/22/12

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October, 22, 2012

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Issue 8, Volume 57

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UWM Greek life on page 1

UWM student denied in-state tuition based on same-sex marriage legalities

Long walk to

graduation

Graduating in four

Student withdraws from UWM as a result

years unlikely at UWM

By Maegan Krause Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com UW-Milwaukee denied in-state tuition to Jorge Quintero, the spouse of a Wisconsin resident, based on the 2006 constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage in Wisconsin. Quintero appealed the decision in August but it was not reversed. Unable to afford the higher tuition costs, he dropped out after attending his first week of classes.

According to the Bursar’s Office, the UWM tuition rate for full-time non-residents is $18,915.12 for the 2012 academic year. That’s $9,728.50 more than it costs for Wisconsin residents to attend the university.

In late July, Quintero received a letter from residency specialist Debbie Freiberg stating he was ineligible to receive in-state tuition. Freiberg sent an email shortly thereafter, asking the exact reasons for his denial.

This was a surprise to Quintero, who had been accepted into several programs at the Peck School of the Arts. He had also recently moved from Chicago into a home just four blocks from the UWM campus to be closer

By Blanca Picasso Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com

Jorge Quintero, right, and his husband Robert Schneidewend.

Photo Courtesy of Jorge Quintero to the university and to his is partner Dr. Robert Schneidewend, a medical resident at a Milwaukee area hospital.

“Right when I got the letter, I read it. Then I called her and said, ‘no, there

has to be a mistake,’” Quintero said. “”I read the law in Wisconsin, and clearly I fall within the parameters of the law.’”

However, Frieberg said on the phone and again in her email that Quintero did not

qualify under any of the state statutes that are used to determine residency.

“You do not qualify for the work exemption as gay marriages are not recognized in the state of Wisconsin as legal,” TUITION continued on page 3

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Greek life at UWM far from stereotypical 11 fraternities and eight sororities few and quiet

By Porscha Johnson Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com

The Triangle House on Oakland Ave.

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Greek life has a reputation for hosting large parties on college campuses, but UW-Milwaukee’s fraternities and sororities are small in number and serve different functions than their counterparts at other universities.

In fact, many students at UWM are either unaware of Greek life or do not know much about it.

“I went to UWM for a semester in 2010 and I was aware that there were frats and sororities but never seen or heard of any,” said Megan Smith, who recently returned to UWM. “I have no idea what UWM’s frats and sororities are like.”

Senior Gennie Kastigar said after four years at UWM, she is aware that some fraternities and sororities exist.

“Sometimes I see groups in the union trying to get people to join,” she said. “Other than that I don’t really know the extent of their involvement on campus.”

UWM’s Triangle Fraternity is one of 11 fraternities at UWM. With only 13

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members, it serves as a gathering ground for engineering, science and architect students with the aim of bridging the gap between students and community.

Triangle Fraternity President Will Washkuhn describes their mission as aimed at “developing balanced men.”

“We take in young students, do a lot of mentoring, and foster their growth in a lot of different ways,” Washkuhn said.

Along with a number of community service projects, the fraternity partnered with Panther Pals and Lionsfest in Oak Creek.

Additionally, they are helping organize RAK-ATHON. “Going out into the community and helping some of the people that necessarily can’t work on their homes on their own fits really well with our purpose as engineers,” Washkuhn said.

Washkuhn recognizes the ease of contributing disturbances in the neighborhood to fraternities and sororities but remains adamant in changing this outlook.

“Oakland has a ton of student housing there and there are only two fraternities on Oakland. I’ve seen a few instances of the police cracking down but never at any of the

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addresses I recognize [as a fraternity house].”

Washkuhn explains that if his fraternity were to host a loud social gathering, they let their neighbors know about it.

“We have a pretty good relationship with them,” he said. “We are committed to risk management.”

Neighbor Doug Douglas agrees. An East Side resident for 35 years, Douglas explains disturbances by students have never really been an issue and they are better now than ever before.

“I’ve seen police react in the area, but it’s never been me that has had to call,” Douglas said.

He does admit that occasionally garbage and trash in the alley after a night’s end is sometimes an irritation.

Washkuhn said that there were a few years in which the fraternity was having some issues but now they are headed on the right track.

“I want to make sure that all of our neighbors know we want to have a nice stable neighborhood where people can call home,” he said. “If there is ever anyone who needs help, we obviously would like to be the first people they can call.”

COMICS PUZZLES

At 14.9 percent, UW-Milwaukee has the second lowest four-year graduation rate in the UW-System. The average UW-System four-year graduation rate is 27.4 percent, with UW-Madison at the highest percentage of 49.7 percent.

The state-mandated accountability report documents how and if UWM is meeting the academic goals decided by the UW-System. The report lists all of the expectations UWM is held to and whether or not the school met those expectations.

According to the report and the College Portraits website, 79 percent of students who started at UWM in 2005 are either still in school or graduated, with only 15 percent of students graduating in four years and 38 percent graduating by the end of their sixth year.

Although some students stick around well beyond the typical four years, the rising cost of tuition coupled with the desire to enter the real world can cause students to want to graduate sooner than later.

“I plan on attending graduate school after this so I plan to finish my undergraduate in four years,” Cassandra Coffey, an anthropology major, said.

“This will allow me to complete my schooling in a shorter period of time and start a career earlier in life.”

Coffey is in her third year at UWM. She says that during her freshman year she researched her intended major on the UWM website to map out all of the required courses she has to enroll in. She also meets with her advisors frequently who aid in her course selection.

“I think the four year graduation rate is low because students are inexperienced when it comes to scheduling classes and they don’t research their major,” Coffey said. “Students need to take advantage of the planning services that universities provide.”

One graduation service UWM provides is the Four Year Guaranty. The Four Year Guaranty is a contract signed by the student during their freshman year. In order to be eligible for the program, students must have specific scores on placement test. UWM then guarantees to provide the students with all the classes necessary for completing their intended degree in four years as long as they maintain their GPA and continue to meet all requirements.

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How to take a class in 16 days Winterim classes are jam-packed and intense

Infograph by Inna Zilberman observed that Winterim courses tend to draw dedicated and capable students, as they have more of a chance to fully delve into the class. “[Winterim has] proportionately more serious and motivated students than one would find in the regular semester,” Porter said.

Winterim is available for students

who want to get closer to graduation.

The courses are available on campus or online in order to remain as accessible as possible for students. Registration began last week and will be available until classes begin on Jan. 2.

Constructive CON-struction Construction around Lapham and throughout campus causing disruption in many classrooms

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Darren Rebar’s research on insect communication was riddled with problematic interruptions due to construction

By Kamisha Harris Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com Distracting construction, starting as early

as 9 a.m., can hinder many researchers, students and teachers when classes are in session.

Devanshi Khokhani, a biosciences teach-

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ing assistant, instructs on the first floor of

Lapham Hall. She teaches between 10 a.m.

and 2 p.m. and deals with the outdoor con-

Milwaukee students, teaching assistants and

the experiment.

day of her elements of biology midterm exam

with the bugs from our lab, but the worst of it

faculty members. Khokhani said that on the there was no construction that took place.

“I was shocked, but I really appreciated it,”

ing problematic mating observations. His ex-

Khokhani believes construction crews

day the demolitions will occur so that teachers can inform the students in advance.

Outside of teachers and students, the noise

Darren Rebar is part of the Graduate

research as well.

important to her students with the loud, dis-

Fellowship at UWM. Rebar does experiments

Several techniques to enhance the delivery

sects communicate through vibrations. With

by Khokhani. She walks between students as

she lectures to a hall of undergrads, however,

Rebar considered trying to conduct his

experiment after 7 p.m. several times.

“You’re on their time and you can’t change

them,” Rebar said of the insects.

Rebar realizes that it would be difficult to

ing skewed results.

window, many complications arose.

ral time of the day for mating without receivThe various construction projects around

Rebar uses a laser vibrometer to moni-

campus are to better the research develop-

treehoppers as he observes their mating calls.

pus. The school’s face-lift is outlined in a six-

Treehoppers are generally most active dur-

background to the daily lives of those UW-

is the cold season.

construction literally right outside of his lab

lecture hall.

week in between lectures, construction is the

periment has ended due the bugs dying, as it

try to conduct such experiments at an unnatu-

tor the vibrations between male and female

With labs being performed three times a

was the peak of the construction hours, caus-

on animal behavior, particularly on how in-

being heard can still be a tough task to battle with the vibrations rumbling throughout the

Rebar explained that treehoppers are very

should let instructors know a specific time and

struggles to deliver the material that is most

of the material have been taken into action

is over,” Rebar said .

active between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., which also

of the construction is interrupting on-campus

ruptive construction, she said.

“There wasn’t really good communication

Khokhani said.

struction noise during three out of four of

her lectures. Khokhani has a soft voice and

of solidarity tabled

SAM does not pass

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Palermo’s resolution

proposal after lone “nay”

By Dominique Lambright Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com UW-Milwaukee offers students the chance to take some extra credits over their winter break. Winterim classes consist of mostly the same concepts as their fall or spring counterparts, but are designed for learning at a much faster rate.

“Classes are so short. The teachers want you in and out, and the exams are made so you pass,” former UWM student Akosua Del-Gado said. “The only way you wouldn’t pass is if you did absolutely nothing.”

Robin Mello, a professor of theater, had a different perspective. He redesigns courses specifically for Winterim in order to make them more intensive.

“I take the teacher job seriously,” Mello said. “Winterim courses allow me to interact with students every day.”

Mello says that students generally take only one course, which gives them to opportunity to explore and learn deeply.

It is similar to block programs that are offered by many private colleges.

“My Winterim courses don’t rely on memorization,” Jessica McBride, a journalism professor, said.

Similar to compressed summer classes, Winterim instructors still have to make sure that students receive quality instruction that is more or less equal to what they would have learned in a regular semester course.

“Winterim students are introduced to the same concepts as the longer version of the courses,” she said.

Classics professor Andrew Porter

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began in August, it made things difficult for

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Construction is here to stay, and students may simply have to get used to it.

The Student Association of Milwaukee tabled a resolution of solidarity with the Palermo’s Pizza workers at their October 21 meeting. The legislation required unanimous approval to pass.

United Council Board of Directors member Brandon Methu was the lone nay vote against the motion. Four others abstained from voting while the rest approved.

“I voted against this resolution for a plethora of reasons,” Methu said. “I believe it was a partisan view; furthermore, I didn’t appreciate the intimidation. I felt we were being intimidated to vote a certain direction.”

Palermo’s Pizza workers have been on strike since June 1, seeking improved working conditions and better pay. UWMilwaukee has a Palermo’s Pizza on the first floor of the student Union.

The resolution, introduced by SAM senator Tiffany Strong, calls on the UWM administration to cut ties with Palermo’s Pizza and stop all sales until the labor dispute is resolved.

Dozens of students and community members attended the public meeting, holding up “BOYCOTT PALERMO’S” signs for hours and snapping their fingers in applause when individuals spoke in support of the boycott. Multiple Palermo’s Pizza workers currently on strike spoke through an interpreter, sharing stories of poor working conditions and pay.

Students were given an opportunity to speak as well, urging their representatives to vote in favor. Methu cited some of these comments as intimidation.

“There were various comments made about how individuals won’t be able to stay involved in the student government if they took a stance in a different direction,” Methu said.

Supporters of the resolution collected over 800 signatures on a petition during the last two weeks. Strong argued this is a student issue that students are supporting.

She said the amount of people she sees buying from the Palermo’s Pizza in the Union is “very low.”

UC member Angela Lang said tabling the resolution is “proof that SA is not doing its job” representing the student body.

“If students overwhelmingly say that they want something, whether you agree with it or not, you need to honor that as an elected official,” Lang said.

Strong’s resolution states the “United Council of UW Students has passed a Resolution of Solidarity with the Palermo Workers Union.” Methu was recently elected to the Board of Directors, replacing Lang’s seat.

“It is unfortunate that somebody did not stand with an organization that they are part of,” Strong said.

The corporate bylaws of United Council states a duty of a member of the Board of Directors is to “uphold the policy platform” of the organization. Lang said Board members are bound by contract to publically support any stances that United Council takes.

“I didn’t view [the SAM resolution] as a decision that had anything to do with my United Council membership,” Methu said.

Strong said her proposal was modeled after the United Council’s Resolution of Solidarity with the Palermo Workers Union.

According to Methu, he received “pretty blatant threats” following his vote.

He says he supports people fighting for their rights, but as a senator did not see the resolution as something that was beneficial to the entire student body.

“I do value my position as a senator, and I will always put the students I represent above any other body,” Methu said.

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Palermo’s Pizza workers on strike Strike begins after 89 immigrant workers fired

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GRADUATION continued from page 1 heavily around campus when first introduced, but interest was just not there.

Students abandoned the contract, did not maintain the requirements, transferred or dropped out of school.

“Not many students are using it now, anecdotal evidence from advisors shows that only a handful of students are enrolled,” Venugopalan said.

Low usage of the Four Year Guaranty might be due to lack of knowledge about the program. Bret Vanden Boogard, a

fifth year criminal justice student, said he had never heard about the option.

Vanden Boogard said that staying in school for five years was not part of his plan, but it was not unexpected either.

Public relations major Rebecca Willer is also in her fifth year. Willer previously attended Mount Mary College in hopes of acquiring a degree in interior design before switching to UWM and public relations. She says switching schools and degree programs is the reason for her

delayed graduation, which should take place in May 2013.

“I had a lot of problems with my credits transferring,” Willer said. “It’s hard knowing that a lot of my good friends are already done. That could have been me.”

Students who have questions about graduating in a timely manner should contact their advisor or go to www.uwm. edu to research their intended major.

paying taxes on their wages.

However, at the end of the hearing, he was told by Laura Lenz-Perkins of UWM’s Enrollment Services that he was defending his marriage when the problem was that his partner was not a full time employee. The decision to deny Quintero of in-state tuition was not reversed at the hearing. Perkins did not respond to the Post’s attempts for a comment.

“I didn’t know that I had been denied by the committee until after rehearsal was done,” Quintero said. “I had to go to every choreographer and voice teacher that had met me and wanted to work with me, and tell them that I would not be working with them. It was the most demeaning thing I had ever done.”

Dr. Valerie Errante, Voice Area Chair for the Peck School of the Arts, said the voice faculty was excited when Jorge auditioned in August.

“He is a very talented man with an exciting voice,” Errand said. “We were so disappointed that in the second week of school, he was forced to withdraw from all of his classes, including the musical.”

Quintero was notified by LenzPerkins two weeks after the hearing that he was eligible for the Midwest-StudentExchange tuition rate of $13,232.40 for the academic year. However, Quintero said he had already been through heavy stress, and that settling wasn’t an option.

“We gave them an opportunity to show the rest of the world that discriminatory statute does not have a place at a higher learning institution,” Quintero said. “The university really fumbled their chance to make a statement.”

Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Laliberte was informed of the situation by the director of the UWM LGBT Center as well as the executive

director of the LGBT group Equality Wisconsin. According to Quintero, the two met last Wednesday. However, due to privacy regulations, Laliberte declined to answer specific questions about the meeting.

Laliberte did say that Quintero contacted the chancellor’s office to request a meeting. He also said that the chancellor thought that Laliberte would be best person to meet with Quintero because the areas of enrollment management who dealt with Quintero’s case report to him as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

“I believe that as a result my meeting with Jorge and Jason Burns [from Equality Wisconsin], we were all able to better understand the situation,” Laliberte said. “[We] were able to work on a path to find a positive resolution.”

Quintero said that during the meeting with Laliberte, he heard words of compassion for the first time since he had begun the application process.

“He was incredibly apologetic and empathetic, and everything we ever wanted to hear from the university, the vice chancellor showed us,” Quintero said. “I mean, it really sort of reinforced my desire to be at the university, because I wasn’t going to go back.”

Quintero said he is hoping to return to UWM in January, since he has already lost one semester. Although he has requested another hearing, Quintero has not yet been granted in-state tuition.

“I’m really hoping that we re-petition the committee based on my 15 years of dance experience and my career as a performer,” Quintero said. “I don’t want to sit out for a whole year. I’m wasting time.”

TUITION continued from page 1 Freiberg’s email said. “Since this is the law and statues are what we use to determine residency for tuition purposes, you do not qualify.”

When the Post called for an interview, Freiberg declined to comment.

In the email, Freiberg also told Quintero that although his partner is a full time medical resident at a Milwaukee area hospital, he was actually considered to be a student. In order for Quintero to receive the spousal exemption, Schneidewend needed to be a full time employee.

“They told us that my partner was a student, and not a full time employee, which is incredibly insulting, because my partner is a doctor,” Quintero said. “He has a doctorate degree, and he is a practicing licensed physician in the state of Wisconsin.”

Quintero said he felt like he and Schneidewend were being lied to.

“We were given the run around,” Quintero said. “It just seemed like they didn’t want to deal with us anymore.”

Frieberg urged him not to appeal, and instead advised him to take the year off and re-apply after a period of 12 months when he would be considered a Wisconsin resident. Quintero said he felt Freiberg was unsympathetic. “[She] basically told me that I have no rights and that I shouldn’t appeal,” Quintero said. “I have the right to appeal, and I’m going to appeal.”

Quintero believed he had prepared for the hearing with documents defending his marriage to Scheidewend, and highlighting his artistic abilities.

Quintero also included documents from the Supreme Court v. Mayo Clinic, a case in which the Supreme Court had ruled that medical residents are considered full time employees when it came to

The company and workers of Palermo’s Pizza are engaged in a standoff. Workers claim the company denied their petition to form the Independent Palermo Workers Union in order to demand better pay and worker safety, resulting in 89 dismissals.

The petition to the Milwaukee-based frozen pizza makers resulted in the firing of 89 immigrant workers. Palermo’s demanded the immigration and legal work status of the workers, leading to all of them being fired immediately. The company hired temporary workers as replacements for the immigrant workers.

Palermo Villa Inc. was required

by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to conduct an audit of their employee work status. Palmero’s gave the immigrant workers 25 days to submit the necessary documentation. Outraged workers who had already submitted a petition for forming unions now called for a national boycott of Palermo’s.

As reported in the New York Times, the company said it was merely responding to warnings it had received from federal immigration. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security entered into a revised Memorandum of Understanding.

The document ensures that the two agencies’ worksite‐based enforcement activities do not conflict, preventing corporations from taking advantage of illegal workers by violating wage and safety laws or otherwise exploiting them. The Post obtained the letter sent

by ICE on June 7, 2012 informing the company on the stay of the audit. The next day all the immigrant workers at Palermo’s were fired.

Four months into the standoff, some workers are now urging UW-Milwaukee to take a stand on the issue. The UWM Union has a Palermo’s Pizza outlet that sells ready-made pizza. UWM endorsed the Global Sullivan Principles under which the university committed itself to the pursuit and protection of human rights. The Global Sullivan Principles represent a succinct embodiment of UWM’s commitment to human rights.

However, the university has a

contract with Reinhart Food Services and does not get the pizza directly from Palermo’s. A letter to UWM by the protesting workers said “any products sold on the UW-Milwaukee campus should be made by businesses that respect worker’s rights.”

“Not participating in this boycott would be inconsistent with UWSystem’s mission to ‘serve and stimulate society by developing in students heightened intellectual, cultural, and humane sensitivities’ and to promote ‘public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition,’” the letter said.

UWM alumni and boycott organizer Brian Rothgery feels there is a strong possibility the university will ultimately support the workers’ rights. A previous example where the university had responded to worker’s rights disputes came in 2004. The UW-System’s Business and Finance Committee passed a motion to “screen [meat packing company Tyson Foods] securities from future investments until a labor dispute at the company’s Jefferson, Wis., plant was settled,” according to the system website.

Protestors have also urged the University of Wisconsin to support the workers’ movement by banning Palermo’s from the Madison campus.

The school’s mascot Bucky the Badger is on the cover of Palermo’s pizza sold by stores near the campus. Thus far neither of the UW schools have responded with an affirmative answer as to whether Palermo’s would be banned from being sold on campus.

“The pizza location in the Union is managed and run by UWM employees.

They are unaffected by the labor dispute,” Director of Restaurant Operations Scott Hoffland said.

Other groups backing the Palermo Workers Union are Voces de la Frontera, a Milwaukee-based immigration rights organization, the Overpass Light Brigade and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association.

Palmermo’s Pizza used to be a family restaurant and bar on the corner of Murray Street and North Avenue.

Founded in 1969 by Jack and Zina Fallucca, the family moved into manufacturing frozen pizza in 1979 and subsequently sold the restaurant.

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Connor Revsbeck has shown potential

during his playing opportunities this season

By James Ashcroft Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com The last time a goalkeeper for the UW-Milwaukee men’s soccer team kept a clean sheet in his first start was in 2003. That was until Connor Revsbeck broke this record on Wednesday night Oct. 10 against the Wisconsin Badgers.

The freshman from Lakeville, Minnesota made a string of saves for the Panthers in helping them to a 1-0 victory over the Badgers. This performance helped Revsbeck pick up the Horizon League’s defensive player of the week

award, the first of his collegiate career.

“I felt honored and really appreciated it,” Revsbeck said. “I was thankful to get the start and luckily enough it seemed to have paid off. I didn’t expect to see plenty of playing time this season but hoped to see the field eventually. I managed to get an award in my first start so I can’t complain.”

Revsbeck is used to success. In high school, he received multiple awards for his performance between the goal posts. Named to the 2011 Minnesota State High School Soccer Coaching Association boys’ all-state team, the two-year captain led his Lakeville

Panthers to their first state appearance in his junior year. The accolades didn’t stop there for the young freshman, he was also a starter for the U-18 Minnesota Thunder Academy as well as having over a 92 percent save average.

Revsbeck then followed up this award with another clean sheet in his second collegiate start against Nebraska-Omaha this Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers go on the road this Saturday to take on Cleveland State in Horizon League play before hosting Detroit Mercy on Wednesday afternoon at Engelmann Stadium.

Photo Courtesy of Emily McClellan Emily McClellan (right) participated in the Olympic trials in 2012 and is one of many standouts under Kyle Clements

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After injuries to personal career,

Clements has taken UW-Milwaukee

swim and dive to new heights

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Midseason form

Men’s soccer working hard to keep

five-game unbeaten streak alive

By Joe Horning Assistant Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com With less than a month left until the Horizon League Tournament, the UWMilwaukee men’s soccer team is riding a five-game winning streak and aiming to finish strong. With only four regular season games left, the Panthers currently rank third in the Horizon League standings.

With their win over Nebraska-Omaha last Tuesday, the team extended both of their streaks; one being their overall unbeaten streak to five games and the other their perfect home record of 5-0. In the past two games against Wisconsin and Nebraska-Omaha, the Panthers outscored their opponents 3-0 combined. This is partially due to the impressive work of fresh-

man goalkeeper Connor Revsbeck. Even more amazing is that these two games are Revsbeck’s first ever collegiate starts.

“I think that the fact that there hasn’t been a change to the starting lineup game after game is helping. The defensive four is constantly the same which is always a solid background for a team. The freshmen that have come in have stepped up to the plate straight away. I think Aaron Horvat and Declan Rodriguez in particular have done well,” junior defender James Ashcroft said.

Another big time player stepping up for the Panthers has been sophomore Laurie Bell. Bell has come on strong in his second year. He is also currently the leading scorer on the team with six goals.

What has helped them remain unbeaten in five straight games is their fluid style of play. The Panthers are a passing

team, where everybody gets a touch on the ball. They are also taking a lot more shots, a category in which they currently lead the Horizon League. They have worked to make sure those shots are converted into goals, which translate into wins.

“The team that are starting the games is practically the same week after week, so we all know the runs each one of us is going to make and what each other’s key strengths and weaknesses are, that along with a strong team chemistry is helping the winning streak,” Ashcroft said.

When looking to future games, the group wants to keep their feet on the ground and concentrate on one game at a time. For now, the Panthers play host to Detroit Oct. 24 and travel to Wright State this Saturday with hopes of keeping the streak alive.

Kyle Clements has led the UWMilwaukee men’s and women’s swim teams to the Horizon League Championships and broken school and league records in the past. Clements was also named Horizon Coach of the Year multiple times. His committed work ethic and training methods have made an impact on the swimming and diving teams and it shows.

Clements grew up in Jamestown, Indiana where he played a lot of sports in high school but excelled in swimming. While in high school, he injured his shoulder, yet still attempted to get back into swimming.

After high school, Clements attended Ball State University in Indiana where he continued to pursue his passion for swimming. Ultimately, his shoulder injury was the opportunity that would ultimately land him in coaching roles.

“After a week, I would get going and then I would need surgery again, but it helped me,” Clements said. “Not being able to get in the water, but watching and learning the coaching side of swimming.”

During his graduate years at Marshall University, he served as a graduate assistant. Clements learned how coaching was different at Marshall University compared to Ball State. His connections from being a Ball State graduate had led him on his way to UWM. Clements is good friends with former head coach Erica Janssen.

“It was at nine or ten ’o clock at night and she [Janssen] had called me and asked me, ‘do you know who this is?’ I guessed wrong,” Clements joked. “She said that she had a proposition, ‘would you be interested in coming up and looking at Milwaukee?’”

Clements was a small fish in a big pond. He didn’t know too much about Milwaukee, but was determined to build the swimming and diving team up and get the program running.

“The team was a little smaller back then. The program wasn’t as nationally known. So as a full time coaching gig that I really wanted to get into it and coaching both men and women it had felt like I was trying to survive,” Clements said.

Clements recalls after his first season how the women finished second and the men third. He was ecstatic over the great season UWM achieved. With that finish at the end of the first season, Clements and his team wanted more out of the next season and were ready to set higher goals to accomplish.

During the 2010 season, Clements was moved up to head coach due to Janssen’s departure. At the time, there wasn’t an assistant coach to fill his spot, and coaching the team became more of a challenge.

“It was November when she left, which was a month and a half through the season. The week she had left was the same week as our first dual meet. I didn’t have time to be nervous,” he said.

Ultimately, Clements would be named the Horizon League’s Coach of the Year, leading the men and women to victory in the Horizon League Championships.

“I think I have been saying it more and more lately, the secret to great coaching is surrounding yourself with great athletes. The recruiting has changed; we aren’t looking for the fastest or the athlete that will score the most points. We are looking for the right person,” he said.

Clements has done an outstanding job surrounding himself with great athletes, such as Emily McClellan, Becky Yokosh, and Jordan Diel, who had the opportunity to compete in the Olympic trials.

McClellan had taken sixth overall in the 100 meter breaststroke, just missing the Olympics by a second.

Clements still coaches even during the off season at Ozaukee Aquatics in Mequon, Wis. Clements also enjoys Milwaukee sports as a season ticket holder for the Milwaukee Bucks and Admirals Hockey.

As far as remaining the swim coach at UWM, he said he has fun here and stays here for a reason.

“I got the job I want right now. It’s too much fun. Every year we are getting better, the recruits are getting better, and we are winning championships. We got everything we need right here. It is such a great time to be a Panther,” he said.

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A league of their own Intramural basketball has arrived

By Adam Taberman Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com As the UW-Milwaukee men’s and women’s basketball teams prepare for their seasons to begin, another basketball activity is in session, getting students hyped for the season. A very large number of students, male and female, participate in intramural basketball to get their basketball fix.

Whether you’re there to play, coach or watch, students are really engaged in the competition. In a way it takes you back to the days when you were playing on some worn out rims in a park with your friends.

Intramural sports like basketball are usually very competitive. At the same time, they maintain a chill and relaxed feel to them. You’re hanging out with friends, winning or losing together. The majority of players playing intramurals are there to either hang out with friends, or have a good time playing the game that they love. Some are there strictly just to taste victory.

“I’m here to win. I’m here to have fun as well. I played in high school, and I just wanted to stay competitive,” said Ryan Bode, a senior.

Many athletes that competed in high school sports are back for more. Whether athletes are looking for team achievement

or playing, all of that can be found in intramurals. It’s very easy to get playing time, and it’s all about the good times you have and the memories that you make.

For some, it’s just a way to release energy that they have in their systems.

Bode and Ben Latendresse do it for other reasons.

“Basically, [I play] to get away from the classroom, hang out with friends,” Latendresse said. “I’ve been playing basketball my whole life and it’s just good to get out there and play one last time. I feel like that after this, I won’t have an opportunity to anymore.”

Intramurals go far beyond basketball. They include volleyball, flag football, and soccer among many other activities. Sports are a golden opportunity.

For some, it provides basic exercise; while for others, it is a cornerstone to their everyday lives.

You don’t have to play NCAA Division I athletics, you don’t even have to be good. As long as you have fun doing the thing that you love, surrounded by the people you love. If this sounds like something that you would like to be a part of, go sign up for intramurals. It is safe to say that you will have a great time doing it.

Start ‘em:

The best choice of who to start is whoever happens to be facing the Panthers, Saints, or the Titans. This week, the Bears, Broncos and Colts respectively get those gems. Forte and Brandon Marshall are must starts against a very leaky Panthers defense.

Manning may not be able to throw, but his receivers Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas will have a field day against the Saints. Andrew Luck may not be a viable fantasy starter, but Reggie Wayne still is. I know Philip Rivers has been spotty lately, but he and Antonio Gates are must starts against the Browns. Redskins may get big with RGIII, but their defense won’t be able to stop Mike Wallace, Heath Miller, and the rest of the Steelers, so start any major Steeler pass catcher. Finally for you Marshawn Lynch owners, he gets a ripe day against an inconsistent Lions front seven, start him.

Sit ‘em: I know some of you owners may think the Steelers defense is getting old and slow, and this weekend looks bountiful for owners of Alfred Morris and RGIII, but start them at your own risk. You all saw what the Packers defense did to Arian Foster and the vaunted Texans running game, and it doesn’t bode well for Maurice Jones-Drew.

Adrian Peterson owners, I know he hasn’t been getting you TDs like you want and you keep starting him, but this week you have to. He won’t even get yards on a hardnosed Tampa run defense. Megatron owners, you’re like AP owners, you constantly start him hoping he will break out. Well not this week. Frank Gore and Vernon Davis owners should really look for replacements or cautiously start them against a violent Arizona defense.

Brewers: moving forward

Arms, not bats key for Crew heading into 2013

By Kyle Zittel Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com

With the Brewers 2012 season over and the result being less than what everyone expected of them, the question is simple: what do they need? If you look at the stats and the way the Crew lost games, the answer is simple. Pitching.

The Brewers finished the 2012 season as the 13th ranked team ERA. Only Chicago, Houston and Colorado were worse. In addition to that, they allowed 733 run and had 29 blown saves, the worst in all of baseball. But even with all the pitching trouble, there was an upside.

The Brewers offense, even with struggling periods of time, dominated the stat books ranking third in scoring offense with 776 runs. They ranked first in the National League in home runs with 202 and were the only team in the NL to go over 200.

Ryan Braun had amazing numbers again, putting to bed the steroid speculation with 41 home runs, 112 RBIs and a .319 batting average. But offense can’t win you every game. We saw that pitching is a premium, and the Brewers know they need it.

With the trading of Zack Greinke in July and injuries to Chris Narveson and Shaun Marcum, the pitching staff was very limited at times and needed some young, inexperienced talent to fill the gaps. Yovani Gallardo had another outstanding year holding down the starting rotation.

With all the problems the rotation saw, young talent came in and earned their stripes. Mike Fiers, Tyler Thornburg, Mark Rodgers, and Wily Peralta all had great performances during their starts.

But the focus needs to be on pitching in the offseason. The bullpen will be losing a few guys who struggled last year.

The likely departure of Francisco Rodriguez will leave the bridge to John Axford open to a free agent or Jim Henderson, who pitched well and even closed a few games. The possibility of getting Zack Greinke back from Anaheim has been floating around as his contract ends.

Whatever it is, the bullpen needs to be fixed up and the rotation needs to be as well. MLB’s winter meetings start Dec. 6, 2012 in Nashville, Ten. To wet your baseball appetite even more, ESPN is reporting that the Brewers could be in the running for Josh Hamilton. Think about that, Brewer fans.

Waiver Wire: I should have told you a few weeks back, but Vick Ballard is very valuable. He took over the Colts running back job after Donald Brown went down. He’s un-owned in the majority of leagues and has a possibly good matchup with the Titans front seven. Need a WR? Kendall Wright of the Titans and Josh Gordon of the Browns are both showing they are stud playmakers, turning in solid performances as of late.

Both are un-owned throughout many fantasy leagues.

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This blows Will blowing up a car send Hollywood a message?

Kevin Kaber Fringe Editor fringe@uwmpost.com My hometown is unbearably small and culturally dead. It has recently lost a thousand residents (or over 15 percent of its population) in the last few years.

In order to combat this trend, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin has launched efforts to promote the city’s current cultural offerings, which include a god-awful amount of flea markets and its New Year’s Eve celebration, which consists of lowering a carp from a crane at midnight.

Unfortunately, these promotional gimmicks are not really enticing to outsiders, not to mention the town’s citizens.

Milwaukee, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. It has so much to offer its residents and visitors that it’s difficult to soak it all in. This is especially true for the local arts scene, which thrives in making Milwaukee a brilliant community to experience. While there’s always room for improvement, it’s probably safe to say that Milwaukee’s artists are happy with the way things are around here.

Well, a Milwaukee marketing/filmmaking team has decided that one aspect of the city’s cultural scene – its film trade – is not taken as seriously as it deserves. This much is true to some extent; there is a trove of talent and ideas for great works of film, take the Milwaukee Film Festival’s local showcase, the Milwaukee Show, for example. Or, just look at MFF’s growth and rising recognition in its short, successful lifetime. Or, look at how UWM’s small film program has been named as the twentieth best film school in the world by The Hollywood Reporter. On the other hand, by no means is Milwaukee home to frequent blockbuster productions.

To prove to Hollywood and other film centers that Milwaukee should be a destination for feature filmmakers everywhere, Flipeleven Creative, a marketing firm that specializes in the development of websites and their subsequent promotion through highly standardized videos, has decided to blow up a car as part of a feature production. The project, aptly named “Love MKE. Blow Up a Car.” has recently raised the $10,000 to fund the

project through Kickstarter, Flipeleven and partner Newaukee, a young professionals’ and visitors’ guide to the city, will blow up a car downtown on Friday, Oct. 26.

As exciting as blowing up cars can be and although this is a large-scale effort on behalf of all parties involved, this is, in essence, a $10,000 gimmick.

But let’s look at this constructively.

Obviously, there’s enough people (96, according to the project’s Kickstarter) excited enough about blowing up a car to contribute. The car explosion will be filmed on a super expensive and high quality camera that Kyle Buckley, the project’s director, and Flipeleven won a day’s use with as part of their winning prize package for last year’s 48-Hour Film Project. The resulting car explosion footage will be used in a feature film, which will be made by local film talent.

Somehow, this single film that 96 people have put just over $10,000 into will then, according to Love MKE. Blow up a Car., “show the world just how explosive Milwaukee can be.”

Overall, the project is about proving

to Hollywood that Milwaukee’s filmmaking resources should be used more frequently for large scale productions.

This could be translated in two ways: the first being our city’s filmmakers should be granted more respect by large Los Angeles studios, which is fair, but it should rely on the filmmaker’s own abilities and not on their hometown or some one-off marketing firm blowing a car up. The second is to promote Milwaukee as a filming location for large productions (like Public Enemies) which in turn, would, in a perfect world, employ Milwaukee talent, although more often than not, these projects would have their own teams for most aspects of production. There’s also the issue of the recently revoked Wisconsin film incentives, which allowed some productions to be shot in the state on the cheap that the car exploders are hoping to raise awareness about.

But I don’t see how blowing up a shitty car in downtown Milwaukee will change the minds of Hollywood studios and the conservative state government about our state and city’s filmmaking scene, because it won’t. It’s also frustrat-

ing that the Love MKE. group believes that their locally-made action movie in which a car explodes will be a sort of benchmark for our local film scene. This is pretty upsetting for our great base of local filmmakers that have worked their asses off to make their own projects – either to mass acclaim or a few screenings locally.

Backtracking to my hometown anecdote, these types of gimmick-y things probably won’t work. Prairie’s war reenactments and carp-themed New Year’s Eve events are quirky and are celebrated, albeit limitedly, locally, but no one’s moving in due to those experiences.

Milwaukee, however, is not a culturally dead community – in fact, it’s incredibly vibrant. Our artistic neighbors should be celebrated for what they’ve accomplished, not left feeling that Milwaukee’s art scene should be more. Blowing up a car as an answer to a question that no one really asked and will solve nothing.

Instead, it will unfortunately embarrass an already accomplished film community that hasn’t warranted the help from this business whose business isn’t film.

Orch-dorks rebel Classical conventions challenged

at Unruly Music Festival

By Clair Sprenger Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com Peck hosted the fall chapter of its biannual Unruly Music Festival this past weekend. The festival featured a set of classical convention-breaking musicians: soprano singer Jamie Jordan, violinist Sarah Plum and the Spektral Quartet. Four select composition students will work with the Spektral Quartet, who will return for spring’s Unruly Music Weekend, to compose a piece the quartet will then perform.

Unruly Music started in 2006, partnering with the Marcus Center in 2009. Students have composed music for the spring each year since its start. Differing from previous years, this fall focuses on Midwest musicians, and spring on local.

“It’s nice to see just how much performing talent there is close to home,” Chris Burns, a composer, Peck composition professor and the Unruly Music director, said.

Burns looks for musicians who, beyond being excellent, charismatic performers, integrate technology into contemporary twists on the classical genre. “It’s classical music, but it’s not classical music,” Burns said. He describes the festival as “boundary breaking” in several ways: its mix of traditional instruments and techy tools, the genretwist and its blurring of improvised and composed music.

“More than any other classical concerts that happen at the Marcus Center, we’re the ones that are using the microphones and speakers and the laptops,” Burns said.

Spring’s set in April will focus more on improvisational groups like the Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra, as the festival usually does, than the fall set did. “What’s composed and what’s improvised, it doesn’t matter really,” Burns said.

Jamie Jordan started the weekend off Thursday night. As a singer, she uses mainly digital accompaniments in performance, Burns said.

These include pre-recorded music and “live-processing” software that composers have designed for her, which basically hears her voice in the microphone and spits out some cool, fitting music.

Plum followed on Friday, playing a violin solo and chamber music, including a piece by Sidney Corbett, who Burns said is a “stellar” American composer barely known in the U.S., but very popular in Europe.

The Spektral Quartet closed the weekend Saturday night. The group performed George Crumb’s “Black Angel,” an anti-war statement that uses shouting, wine glasses and a gong, among other props and theatrical techniques. Listening to the song feels more like watching a play or reading an intense war novel than listening to a quartet.

It’s all for fun

Funfetti at Jackpot Gallery

By Maddy Hughes Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com Last Friday night at Jackpot Gallery in Riverwest, a group of youths gathered to celebrate and share their works with the company of friends and live music for a show called “Funfetti,” the first hosted by FunTV. Local band The Zelda Routine (aka The Delta Routine playing covers from the Legend of Zelda video games) and the complimentary drinks and baked goods did a nice job of ensuring a festive nature, catering courtesy of Nellie’s Cupcakes. Nellie Vance of Nellie’s Cupcakes happens to also be one of the artists whose work was featured in the show, and a member of the group who collaborated to create FunTV in Milwaukee.

Most of the artwork was of the playful sort with many a whimsical scene depicted through zany animal characters, subtle references to interdependence of a modern society, and otherwise peculiar projects where, unless it was an ironic one, there was no message to be told.

Whereas the standard connotations of an event held by an art gallery may include either general quiet, “refined” taste or fancy seeming adults, Funfetti was its own kind of show giving the young artists the benefit of a bit more attention and voice in the room (literally) than they might usually receive.

The small space of the gallery showcased the works of ten artists who all live in the area, nine of whom have gone to school for either art or design. Britta Naslund used mixed media to create somewhat spooky, somewhat silly pieces

featuring animals in party mode surrounded by alcohol and junk food, emerging from clouds or the head of another animal. Though maybe just a skewed perspective, the animals look like modern humans’ suppressed selves, perhaps a discreet commentary on our fundamental bestial nature or if not, just a fun way to personify animals into strange characters. Rachel Saur used pieces of toast (yes, toast) in her display entitled “Breadking Toast” for photo transfers of people indistinctly shown playing guitar, singing, or doing nothing. Of this peculiar collection the viewer may form their own opinion, though it can be said the use of bread as medium took a little gumption. KT Hancock fashioned three large mushroom figures out of wood, steel, and patina, not greatly eye-catching but adding to the show’s mystical tone, and Wilhelmv Schaumberg created a chaotic framed piece using mixed media (paint, magazine cutouts?) to illustrate a grim scene of what looks to be a ravaged landscape with a face in mourning and cutout words subtly placed in the bottom corner. Maggie Schermerhorn and Mark Bavlnka also touched on notions of deteriorating society with their disassembled found electronics and digital prints, respectively, all combining to create a funky collective that resonated with the youth of the evening.

Victor Buell IV, the curator of the event, told me that FunTV is like “Facebook for artists” though the official description on FunTV’s website uses many other words to explain its purpose and vision. Visit FunTV’s webpage at www.funtv.tv for info on more events like this one.

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By Fringe staff fringe@uwmpost.com This past weekend, the UWMilwaukee LGBT Film & Video Festival both began and ended its run.

Dubbed its “second annual 25th anniversary,” the festival kicked off Thursday night at the Oriental Theater and then settled comfortably into its familiar home, the UWM Union Theater. Backed by the support of a variety of institutions and corporations, the festival was an unmitigated success, and the Fringe was present for three of its strongest, most important showings.

Cloudburst Thom Fitzgerald, 2011 The festival’s opening night selection, Cloudburst, is your untraditional raunchy comedy in a nutshell; take that and add the heavy topic of gay rights in the USA, Olympia Dukakis as a main character, and you have a hilarious adventure film somehow better equipped to tackle societal problems with its unique lightweight construction and attitude.

Stella and Dottie (Dukakis and Marlane O’Brien, respectively) are an aged lesbian couple having been together for 31 years and now living together, Stella looking after Dottie due to her blindness and declining health.

One night Dottie takes a fall, triggering the movie’s whole narrative starting with Dottie’s granddaughter Molly forcing Dottie into a nursing home, in-

tentionally separating the two. Stella decides that only dramatic measures can keep Dottie out of Molly’s wrath—they must escape all the way to Canada to get married. Picking up a male dancer along the way in order to curb suspicions of whomever might be searching for them, the whole story falls into a pattern of quirky, if not edgy humor that meanwhile shows the innocuous love between Stella and Dottie: a slap in the face to anyone in the USA who still carries the hideous torch of homophobia. There are only a few well-known lesbian movies today, not many of them with great stylistic means taken to speak to their subject matter.

It is difficult not to sink into the depressing realities of this topic’s background (see: The Hours), yet Cloudburst manages to avoid this with an abundance of charm. Sparing us the overblown twists and turns taken by most rom-coms, the kind that are an assault on our patience, Cloudburst makes a compelling case for gays still barred the right to marriage in many states. And fittingly so, as this kind of oppression continues to be met with resistance.

Keep The Lights On Ira Sachs, 2012 Inspired by real life events, Keep The Lights On is writer/director Ira Sachs attempt to recreate a personal and intimate time in his young life. The film explores love, intimacy, and addiction between two young men through the late

Stella and Dottie, the subjects of Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst 1990s through the early 2000s. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and most recently premiered at UWM’s LGBT Film Festival. Although the film is effectively shot and showcases an impressive performance by lead Danish actor Thure Lindhardt, Keep The Lights On doesn’t provide quite the emotional punch as expected.

The film begins in 1998 as we are first introduced to Erik, a documentary filmmaker who lives on the edge in New York City as he seeks pleasure from a phone sex line or a one-night stand with a random man. After a fling with a closeted publisher named Philip, Erik is immediately drawn to him. It’s easy to understand why Erik is drawn to Philip. He’s intelligent and successful, or at least successful in obtaining a stable career and steady paychecks. Their connection that starts as a string of one-night stands turns into a relationship as the narrative flash-forwards two years later. At this point, Erik and Philip live together and have seemingly formed a relationship together that’s more meaningful than a random onenight stand. As their relationship seems to be stable, Philip forms a reliance on drugs that eventually leads to friction between the two of them.

The most surprising aspect of Keep The Lights On is the performance by Thure Lindhardt. The scene that showcased his acting skills is a scene where he finds out the test results of his HIV test while he’s on the road shooting a documentary. The emotion displayed during this particu-

lar scene is astounding. His character, Erik, is a young man who falls hard for Philip but has a tough time trying to cope with Philip’s addiction to cocaine, which eventually spins their once-grounded relationship out of control. His desires and sexual appetite eventually leaves him at a point where he must choose to remain with Philip or move on with his life. Besides the performance, the film is really effectively shot and gives the film an indie edge (the imagery of the film reminds me of the imagery displayed in Blue Valentine). Keep The Lights On is a solid effort by Ira Sachs as he pinpoints a vulnerable and personal time in his life but I never once felt emotionally impacted by the narrative. The actors aren’t at fault for this. The aspect that’s at fault is the screenplay itself. If only the relationship between the two characters were explored earlier on, the later half of the film would’ve been much more affect on an emotional level.

My Brother the Devil Sally El Hosaini, 2012 Closing out the fest was My Brother the Devil, the debut feature from Egyptian/Welsh filmmaker Sally El Hosaini, an odd little independent film born of the cross-cultural divide that exists on the working-class streets of London’s East End. Here, West meets Mid-East, gangs meet gangs, England meets Americanization, brother meets brother, tradition meets modernity, and the whole thing is underpinned by the

evolving intellect and sexuality of a man held up as a hero by his equally evolving younger brother.

It is the story of Mo (Fady Elsayed) and Rashid (James Floyd), brothers, the children of Egyptian immigrants whose parents’ strict adherence to tradition - in terms of both religion and lifestyle - is a fading morality in the presence of the law of the street. Mo idolizes both Rashid and his gang lifestyle, but when Rashid’s best friend dies in a street confrontation he reevaluates both his adherence to his gang as well as, through his growing friendship with a photographer, Sayyid (Saïd Taghmaoui), his own sexuality.

Though a stark social commentary on racially and religiously divided working class London (it’s hard not to think of the Arab Spring given the first-generation Egyptian characters), the imagery of which comprises the film’s best shots, My Brother the Devil’s heart is in its portrayal of relationships. Especially those between men and women and those between men and men. Friendship and brotherhood are strong bonds in the film, including the growing queer companionship of Rashid and Sayyid. But stronger is the bond between Mo and Rashid, the former of whose own developing sexuality and masculinity is made unstable through the confusion he faces during Rashid’s time of flux. Fittingly, it is also a film without conclusions.

A guide to Halloween in Milwaukee Prepare to be spooked by inappropriate puns!

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com Milwaukee can be a frightful place at night – we’ve all heard crime numbers and know people who have been robbed or knifed or accosted or chased or followed by someone in their slow-moving car, oh wait that’s right never mind this is supposed to be facetious – but don’t be spooked away on Halloween. One of Milwaukee’s busiest times of the year, there are plenty of events worthy of raising your hair for all across the city, from the local to the national. The volume of events to choose from can be somewhat scary, so we at the Fringe threw together a little guide to the best events on All Hallow’s Eve for you to get dressed up for. It’s gonna be a scream!

Insane Clown Posse (Oct. 27, The Rave) What’s scarier than clowns? No really. What the hell is? Nothing, that’s what. John Wayne Gacy was a clown.

Gross. Clowns are especially scary when they wear stupid awful makeup and are wretchedly misogynistic, expecting all of their female fans to bare their breasts for their own amusement, as well as are impossibly stupid and don’t think to Google how magnets work before they embarrass themselves. And double, no, triple the horror when they engender a massive and devoted fan following that functions so much like a cult that it’s creepy and unbelievable all at once. ICP are the scariest clowns in the world. Um, boo!

Made in Milwaukee Halloween Party (Oct. 27, Turner Hall) This show features four bands, 88.9 Radio Milwaukee DJs spinning tunes, a Prince vs. Michael Jackson dance party (M.J.’s gonna win), a performance from the Friction Dance Company, over 60 designers selling their stuff (just put your own costume pun here, I’m lazy and the joke is OLD), art, photobooths, and all kinds of things to keep you occupied while you breathe out slowly in relief over the fact that you’re not at the ICP show.

All bands, artists, and designers are local, making this massive extravaganza the heart of Milwaukee’s Halloween activities, and costumes are very strongly encouraged.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Oct. 26 & 27, Oriental Theater) This one’s got it all! Haunted houses, hunchbacked henchmen, monsters thrown together from naught but dreams, the undead walking the earth, aliens come down from outer space, biker boys in leather jackets, men in drag, incredible sexual tension, rock and roll, swimming pool orgies…I actually think we strayed pretty far from Halloween there, but you get the point. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the kind of event we can’t really run a feature on because it happens so often and has happened for so long, but the special two-night Halloween version of the longest-running screening of any film ever is worth making special mention of. And bring your flashlights, you yokels; this is serious business worth taking seriously. No puns this time, I’m tired.

Haunted Houses There are tons of haunted house attractions in the Milwaukee area. The Fear Grounds at the Waukesha Expo Center is one of the largest and most notable in the country. The Mars Haunted House purports to be a “real” haunted house (BUT GHOSTS AREN’T REAL, SORRY) on Mitchell on the South Side. Hauntfest turns the State Fair grounds into a giant haunted attraction, and now has a simulation of being buried alive called “The Last Ride” that at least sounds somewhat more interesting than having high school drama students jump out at you and pretend their dollies have gone missing or some such lame thing that isn’t scary at all and don’t let them get away with thinking it is. Go to one. It’s fun.

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Chicago's Smoking Popes rock Club Garibaldi.

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It’s more than just nostalgia The Smoking Popes uncork a forgotten classic

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com Okay, so here’s the thing about the Smoking Popes.

The Smoking Popes have been around since the early 1990s, appearing in the midst of the pop punk surge that would give rise to bands like Green Day, NOFX and Blink-182, among others. So they’ve got that going for them. They rose out of the mighty Chicago scene that was fronted by pop punk’s godfathers, Screeching Weasel.

Morrissey, formerly of The Smiths, once declared their 1995 classic Born to Quit to be one of his favorite albums,

a recommendation that carries some weight. The second single from Born to Quit, “Need You Around,” was featured prominently in the great teen movie Clueless (yes, that’s right, GREAT).

Yet chances are you’ve never heard of them. When the band played Summerfest two years ago in an opening slot for Taking Back Sunday, the crowd of teenyboppers, scenesters and hip kids cared more about the fact that one of their songs was covered by the band Bayside than any song the band actually themselves played. (And they also sat down the whole time.

Summerfest needs to get rid of those benches – another matter entirely.) In the annals of Midwestern rock and roll, the Popes are a footnote, a one-

hit wonder without a real hit whose best splash was a 37th place finish on the Heatseekers chart, which is the Billboard way of telling you that you did pretty well for a band nobody gives a shit about.

So here’s the thing about the Smoking Popes: they should be bigger than they are. And pretty much everyone in the shoulder-to-shoulder Club Garibaldi crowd Friday night understood this, as the band joyously ripped through the entirety of Born to Quit in advance of the album’s re-mastered re-release.

The Smoking Popes aren’t a typical pop punk band, and Born to Quit isn’t a typical pop punk release – there’s a twinge of sadness to singer

Josh Caterer’s crooning voice (which is in itself a reason why the self-loving Morrissey would like the band in the first place), and whereas other punk bands turn breakups into either bitterness or quaint heartache, the Popes turn them into legitimate sorrow. Even on a ludicrously simple song like “Just Broke Up,” the chorus of which is literally a repetition of the phrase “just broke up with my girlfriend,” there’s an emptiness that you can really feel. And their greatest song, “Need You Around,” pleads so woefully and constantly to be loved that there’s a real gut-wrenching black hole in there. Whether or not you think breakups constitute hard-hitting rock music is another matter, but the Popes play loud and fast and really well.

The band played other material during their headlining set – more than half the set list was composed of songs from albums other than Born to Quit – but Born to Quit was the centerpiece, the raison d’etre. It opened the set with a ten-song, thirty-minute barrage, and its album cover (redesigned to resemble stained glass in the wake of its re-release) hung from the lights as a banner behind drummer Neil Hennessy during a typically energetic show (their third in Milwaukee in the last two years) that belied the newfound paunch of the brothers Caterer (Josh, Matt and Eli).

So excuse me as I go put Born to Quit into my Walkman, kids. It’s 1995 all over again.

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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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UWM fumbled opportunity

to uphold LGBT rights

University should be responsible for pushing

the state to change gay marriage law

By Editorial Board editorial@uwmpost.com According to Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Laliberte, UWMilwaukee is one of the top 12 LGBT friendly campuses in the whole country.

However, in light of the university’s denial of in-state tuition to student Jorge Quintero because Wisconsin law does not recognize his marriage to Dr. Robert Schneidewend, you wouldn’t know it.

Quintero was planning on attending UWM this fall. He had already been accepted into programs at the Peck School of the Arts. But back in July, Quintero received a letter detailing his ineligibility to receive in-state tuition through spousal exemption. This was despite the fact that he had recently moved from Chicago to Milwaukee and was married to Schneidewend, a Milwaukee-area medical resident that had already been living in Wisconsin. As a medical resident, Schneidewend was deemed a student rather than a full-time employee – a status that is needed for a spouse to qualify for an exemption.

Quintero filed an appeal on the ruling, as he could not afford to pay the extra nearly $10,000 in out-of-state tu-

ition. However, the appeal was unsuccessful, despite Quintero’s evidence of Schneidewend’s full-time employment through the 2011 court case Mayo Foundation v. United States, which ruled that medical residents were in fact fulltime employees because of the taxes on their wages. As a result, Quintero was forced to drop out of school.

Aside from UWM’s deplorable treatment of Quintero, Schneidewend and their relationship, this action could have other lasting consequences for the university. With this ruling, UWM basically told the LGBT community that the university could care less about their rights.

This attitude will not only make future LGBT students wary about UWM, it will also turn away many prospective students in general that are looking to learn in an environment that facilitates equality and compassion. For a university that is constantly bemoaning its lowering enrollment numbers, those are students and tuition dollars it can ill afford to lose.

A lot of peoples’ response to this situation is, “Well, what can the university do? It’s the state’s law.” Well, the university can do a lot.

President Barack Obama once said, “Change will not come if we wait for

some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

UWM should heed this advice. Not everyone at the university agrees with the handling of the situation and many disagree with the state’s ban on gay marriage. But they were unwilling to step up to the plate, choosing instead to be victimized by the state that already ties UWM’s hands financially. It’s the university’s job to push the state to make a social change. UWM cannot sit back and hope that, some day, someone else will come forward and step up to the plate.

There just isn’t time for that. UWM needs to choose now whether it wants to be a leader or a follower, whether it’s going to back down when the decisions get tough, or whether it’s going to fight for the students it represents.

“We gave them an opportunity to show the rest of the world that that discriminatory statute does not have a place at a higher learning institution,” Quintero said. “The university really fumbled their chance to make a statement.”

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SA should focus on the positive things UWM students are doing

In response to the Student Association’s letter to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

I am writing in response to the article published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and addressed to the East Side community and Police Chief Edward Flynn. Before I begin, I would like to say that I am a senior at UW-Milwaukee, 21-years-old and an active part of the UWM community. I was an RA in the residence halls for two years and worked closely with UWM and the Milwaukee Police Department. I also have plenty of experience dealing with students under the influence. In that time, the residents I dealt with were the ones who acted inappropriately when drinking, going beyond the accepted noise level and behaving in ways that disturbed the community. I appreciate the defense the Student Association has for students living in the Milwaukee community; however, I would like to express my displeasure at how the article was written.

It was stated that many students who get into trouble over underage drinking and noise represent less than half of one percent of UWM students, but then proceeded to defend their actions. While there are far more serious crimes in Milwaukee, noise and underage drinking are still crimes. Students will take part in these activities, as is part of the social customs in Milwaukee and a way to blow off steam, but students should show responsible actions when they choose to drink. Urinating, defecating, vomiting and creating unnecessary noise is not acceptable. The Milwaukee community should not have to accept these things if they choose to live close to our campus. If the Milwaukee community does not feel our students are respecting them, there is no reason for them to support our school, and UWM will find that it could go somewhere – out of business. Without the support of the community, our school will fail.

The article states three false facts: 1) “UWM is not going anywhere.” – Hopefully not, but if the greater Milwaukee community is being disrespected, it will find a way to get rid of UWM. 2) “UWM students will always live in the neighborhood surrounding one of the most compacted campuses in the country.” – While some will continue to create revenue off UWM student rent, many will close their doors if it means they can get a good night’s sleep without drunken interruptions.

I would also add that the area where our neighbors from Marquette live is just as densely populated, yet that university does not seem to have the same negative connotations that UWM has developed.

3) “Real crime is a problem in Milwaukee – noise violations around UWM are not real crimes” – This is outrageously inaccurate. Noise violations and underage drinking are real crimes and are against the law. While they are not the most serious, they are the most common, and are the ones that give UWM students a bad name.

This article claims to want to create a positive relationship with the Milwaukee community and the Milwaukee Police Department, but yet over half their page space is spent defending the delinquent students. Residents of Milwaukee County – student or not – have a right to their peace and should not be bombarded by raucous noise and inappropriate behavior just so students can “enjoy not having to work the next day.” Surrounding community members may have to work or attend to important affairs that could be interrupted by student’s activities.

I would hope that the Student Association, claiming to represent the views and opinions of UWM students, would actually try to show the positive things students are doing for the community instead of defending the small percentage of students that ruin a good name. Our school does so much for the community and, like stated, the majority of us are good students who mind our manners. This is what we should be putting into text and getting into the newspaper, not whining like a child about a police chief who is doing his job.

I would hope that the Student Association would strive to show better representation for our school and put student money to better use than a poorly written article.

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Uprising of underpaid workers Walmart strikes prove American spirit is alive and well

Getting your money’s worth?

Latest consumer technology doesn’t always give you quality

By Sandra Padilla Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com

By Brian Holmes Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com Walmart is the largest private employer in the United States. Unfortunately, many of those employees are paid just above minimum wage, which is ridiculous for a corporation that makes $15 billion in profit each year. This is the problem currently facing many American workers.

As politicians blather on about growing the middle class by creating more jobs, they forget that nowadays the largest employers are in retail and fast food and tend to pay at or near minimum wage.

But across the country, workers are saying enough is enough. They feel they deserve a fair wage for their work. That is not too much to ask of one of the wealthiest companies in the world. The recent Walmart strikes do not appear to be going away anytime soon. The leaders of the movement have threatened that if Walmart doesn’t begin taking their demands seriously, many workers will join an organized walk-out on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year.

This is America. For every right that we enjoy and take for granted, someone in the past has fought to make it so.

When manufacturing jobs were plentiful in the United States, unskilled workers were paid fair living wages, but this didn’t come automatically. Manufacturing workers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were getting paid pennies for dangerous, back-breaking work. Because they banded together and started unions, they were able to change this.

Now, Walmart workers are demand-

ing fair wages and the right to organize as their forefathers did a century ago.

They should be commended for standing up and fighting back in a time when so many are willing to bow down. What these workers want is a right all American workers should have – a right to organize.

It is a shame that much of the populace in a country that once prided itself on liberty for its workers is slowly becoming brainwashed by extreme right wing rhetoric.

Somehow, many have forgotten the injustice that inspired the worker uprisings of a century ago.

Many on the right are insinuating that people aren’t born with rights, that people, especially those on the bottom rung, should take what their employers give them and be happy. This is not what America’s about. We’re a country of fighters. We want what’s fair and just.

Despite what some right-wing politicians and corporate fat cats would have us believe, workers deserve a fair wage for a day’s work.

While Forbes Magazine rates Walmart as one of the top 100 companies to work for, the average employee brings home less than $250 per week. Most fulltime employees get paid roughly $7.50 per hour, which is a far cry from a wage an adult can live off of in 2012, especially if one has a family.

Many of these full-time employees have children who qualify for the free lunch programs. Some workers even qualify for food stamps. This is blatant corporate welfare since tax payers are footing the bill for full-time employees that work for a multi-billion dollar company, yet still need aid from the govern-

ment to make ends meet.

To make matters worse, most of the products sold at Walmart are made by men, women and children working in close to slavery conditions in overseas sweat shops. Still feel good about saving a couple bucks at the major discount chain?

As President Obama correctly stated in the last presidential debate, many manufacturing jobs are simply not going to come back to the U.S. This unfortunate factor is because American corporations find it easier to hire workers in countries that do not have any laws to protect employees, thus allowing them to grossly underpay and mistreat those workers.

Unless American workers are willing to work for fifteen cents an hour, these jobs are gone forever. Looking at the exploitation of workers across the globe should be enough motivation for employees here to keep their employers on the up and up.

In order for America to maintain its status as a beacon of freedom, individuals must continuously fight for their rights, or else they will lose them. Freedom is a continuous battle, especially for those of us born without money and influence.

Our only chance to maintain our rights is to band together and demand them.

Common citizens make day-today operations run across the country.

Without them, billion dollar enterprises wouldn’t exist. It is time for these workers to get the respect they deserve. Bravo to the Walmart employees who have finally said enough is enough. They serve as an example for us all that the American spirit is still alive and well.

that I used to know

There’s no such thing as being friends with your ex Whether you like it or not, I can tell you right now it’s not going to work, and these are the reasons why

The other day I was driving in my car and that Gotye song, “Somebody That I Used to Know” came on. If by some crazy chance you’ve been living under a rock and you haven’t heard the song, it is about a couple that broke up, and the male – Gotye – is lamenting about how his ex shut him out of her life. It made me think about the last person I was in a long-term relationship with, because, as the song goes, now he’s just somebody that I used to know.

When my ex and I first stopped being friends I kind of felt bad about it because it seemed weird to go from being in a relationship with someone to not knowing them anymore. I realized, though, that it isn’t possible for two exes to be friends. It’s actually healthy that we’re not close anymore because it means that we aren’t being held back by the past.

At first, the idea of moving on is a hard pill to swallow. When you’re in a relationship and it falls apart, no matter what, there are always residual feelings. It’s hard to just cut yourself off cold turkey from someone whom you once loved, so maintaining a friendship after the breakup sounds like the perfect solution. Unfortunately, as they say, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Too much has happened.

You two have had good times and, obviously, some pretty bad ones too if you broke up. You’ll spend the entire “friendship” fighting about the breakup and getting jealous any time the other person tries to move on. When I tried to be friends with my ex it just turned into a dramatic roller coaster. One minute we would be happy together and it would feel like it did when we were good, but the next we would be fighting again. It’s just too hard to move past the hurting and anger that goes along with a breakup. You just can’t have a friendship when you have all of that baggage.

You need to move on… without them.

Eventually you’ll want to start dating other people, which I guarantee will create a hurricane of drama. No one likes hearing that their ex has moved on because that means it’s truly over. If you’re still “friends,” having to be right there watching your ex date someone else is only going to hurt you more. Plus, it makes you look pathetic if you are the ex who is still around and couldn’t move on. Even if you do meet someone new and you and your ex try to have some new age, “everything’s cool” re-

As Americans, we strongly rely on tech-

nology to get us through the day. We are constantly listening to our MP3 players and using

our laptops and phones for literally everything.

Since we live in a society that constantly

needs these devices, there are always “improvements” for them. While the latest technology

in a song that you wouldn’t have noticed with the latest MP3.

Headphones also make a difference in

sound quality, but today they’re made for a

very specific reason. Companies know that an MP3 player’s battery life is consumed faster with higher sound quality since more energy is spent. As a result, headphones are specifically

designed to prolong the battery life of your device. But in return, audio quality is sacrificed.

Perhaps our economy has impacted the

is exciting, it’s also expensive. Is it worth it?

quality of technology. Maybe companies just

that many devices have declined in quality.

als. Maybe they think they know what their

During the last few years, I have noticed

Smart phones, for example, are not as durable

as phones that were made even four years ago.

Every time I get a phone upgrade, I don’t get

choose not to invest as much in good matericonsumers prefer since we are becoming a more revolutionized, technological society.

How does poor quality affect our well-be-

as excited as I used to because they tend to go

ing? If you listen to music with recently manu-

get insurance, but need it for my plan. It seems

bad hearing in the long run. Notice that you

bad in less than a year. I don’t want to have to technology is becoming more and more dispos-

able… all because these phones were designed for businesses to make a higher profit.

When you go to your phone store, you will

be bombarded with the latest deals. You are

factured headphones, you are destined to have

may catch yourself increasing the volume be-

cause you want to hear that bass or third guitar in the background, something you used to hear in your dad’s old stereo system.

If you would like to amp up your mu-

told that if you get a contract with them, then

sic quality, visit www.headphones.com/head-

as a consumer, in the long run, I end up pay-

not only hertz, decibels, clipping, transducers,

the phone is a small amount or even “free.” But

ing it back anyway in monthly bills. Perhaps Androids, iPhones and anything “smart” are

too ambitious. Now, phones are for calls, email,

phone-guide.html. You will be educated on but also how they all affect your headphones, MP3 quality and hearing.

Technology should be able to make our

texting, video chatting, gaming and so forth

experiences with music devices and smart

gets to the point where technological advances

more stress in our lives when we think about

with all the apps you can add. It eventually

overload the device and you need to get another one.

Phones aren’t the only issue. Personally,

I can’t live without music, but I have become

aware that the audio quality in devices is also

declining. Take one of today’s MP3 downloads and compare it to an older CD player with a

good synthesizer system. You will hear details

phones more enjoyable. It shouldn’t cause buying another MP3 player or smart phone

within six months because the quality keeps getting worse. Why are we wasting our time

and money on technology that is no longer worth it?

ogy that is no longer worth it?

Barack vs. Mitt – Round 3

Now you’re just somebody

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lationship, there is no way that you two will both be okay watching each other with new people, so save yourself the drama and move on without them.

It just prolongs the break up.

When you try to stay friends, you’re essentially just prolonging the breakup. This was the big mistake I made. I once drug out a breakup for months, and it just ended up being a hot mess of up and down emotions.

Once it’s over, it’s done, so why draw things out when you can just stop talking, move on and be done with it? Having a friendship sounds like a nice way to cop out of the break up, but you’re just making it last, and in the end you’re better off just ripping off the band aid and cutting it off.

It might seem hard to imagine not having that person in your life, and the thought of letting go of them may sound terrible, but you’ll get over it. Like I said, I went from spending all my free time with someone to not even seeing or talking to him for months on end, and it’s much better that way. Even Gotye figured it out in the end. As the lyrics say, “So when we found that we could not make sense. Well you said that we would still be friends. But I’ll admit that I was glad it was over.” Trust me, you will be too.

Obama was able to keep hope alive… for now

By Nick Smith Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com Did anybody come out a loser after the town hall-style debate last Tuesday? Mitt Romney stayed on the offensive, Barack Obama finally woke up and the audience got quite the viewing spectacle. A lot of people were eager to say Obama “won” this debate.

If that’s the case, then Romney had to have lost. Unfortunately for the left, Romney didn’t lose. Go ahead and call it a draw if you’d like, but common sense and national polls will tell you that Obama didn’t gain any ground on his challenger. CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and CBS, either through focus groups or public polls immediately following the debate, showed that Americans thought Romney was the stronger candidate when it came to the most important topic to them: the economy.

Overall, Romney had a very good performance. In my opinion, his few stumbling blocks were when, upon receiving a question, he went back to a previous topic to expand on it. The biggest miss for Romney was never bringing up the Obama administration’s “YouTube video” excuse that was used for two weeks as the cause of the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi.

Some of you might be thinking I missed a few of Romney’s mistakes. Let me fill in the blanks: First, his “binders full of women” statement is a whole lot of nothing.

Unless you weren’t watching it, everyone knows what he was referencing. It’s just a phantom gaffe the left is attempting to use to bring a non-existent war on women back to the forefront, even though Obama is losing favor among women voters.

Second, when rogue moderator Candy Crowley erroneously said that Obama did indeed call the Benghazi attacks terrorism on Sept. 12, that wasn’t a “gotchya” mo-

ment for Obama. The transcript of Obama’s speech that day isn’t as decisive as Crowley made it out to be. You can argue that Obama was referencing the Libya attacks as terrorism in his speech, but even if he was, for the next thirteen days, why blame it on a YouTube video?

In terms of Obama, he was all over the map when answering questions. The president claimed low gas prices resulted from a bad economy. I’m sorry, but if he really thinks that, that alone is enough to question his economic competency. When young Jeremy asked how the candidates could reassure him that he’ll be able to support himself upon graduating, Romney stated he’ll make college more affordable and keep growing the Pell grant program. In addition to creating well paying jobs and enhancing the educational system, Obama said he wanted to ask the wealthy to pay more and invest in new energy like solar, wind and bio-fuel.

Just like the rest of us, I’m sure Jeremy was just as confused with the president’s answer.

To Obama’s delight, Romney was asked how he’s different from George W. Bush.

Unfortunately for Romney, he couldn’t respond by asking “Are you being serious?”

Not only did he actually have to answer such a deplorable question, Obama nearly sprinted to the front of the stage to regurgitate arguments about the previous administration.

What makes the second presidential debate unique is this: The third debate is just a few days afterward. Obama will have to start all over again from any momentum he may have been able to slow from Romney’s first debate performance. That should be easy though, as Obama doesn’t have to defend his economy and he gets to boast about how he got Bin Laden. Game over then, right? Not so when there’ll be more questions awaiting him on Libya and certainly Iran.

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