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2006
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Preparations for 1}C renovation beginning
to take place
Ever-wanted to have your
pet dinosaur? Now you can!
Read all about it on
page 1~.
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Couldn't make it to Saturday
hockey game? Find out what
~ !Dissed on page 8.
Brandi Pettit
THE POINTER
BPETI318@uwsP.Eou
Don't bother taking your text. books back to the Dreyfus University
Center (UC). after final exams. No
one will be there.
By 2008, the Allen Health and
Center the DebotResidential
Dining Center, and the UC, collectively known as The Centers, will all
have undergone complete updating
and r~novation.
Starting in May, it's the University
Center's turn.
"See those boxes in our windows," asked Emily Thousand, the
graphic design and promotions
coordinator for the University Store,
"It's not just for show."
Thousand said that the store has
been sporting a moving theme with
stacked boxes dominating space in
the store to inform everyone of the
upcoming move.
The store is also having a mov- Four sketches above detail the planned design of the new University Center.
ing sale, _which has attracted a lot of
attention from students.
of our progtams," Ketchum-Cifti said. and out.
"After all, who doesn't love 50 or "All of .our programs will continue,
"The oldest parts of the building
70 percent off," said Thousand.
even if we don't have a building." _
are 50 years old," said Ketchum-Cifti.
Lara Ketchum-Cifti, director for The
The UC is not up to state buildThe renovation was approved by
Centers, is excited about the $22.7 mil- a collective representation of member-s ing code in various areas. The popular ·
lion dollar project, which calls for the from the student body, The Centers,and student gathering location has a worn
last of the UC operations and Residence alumni.
out internal structure, old pipes, and
Hall Association to desert the building
According to Ketchum-Cifti, the
by May 22.
UC is past due for a facelift, both inside
see Renovation pg. 2
"We're closing a building, not any
International pr~gram headlining,
talks of budget cuts for campus
.
Matthew lnda
The budget cut recommendation process is led by
the budget review commitA budget review meeting tee, a group _put together to
was held yesterday, Feb. 15, help advise Chancellor Linda
in the Legacy Room of the Bunnell in her final decision.
The group has met.sev.Dreyfus University Center
eral
times to create ideas
to discuss UW-SP' s budget
on
how
to help solve the
issues, mainly that of future .
situation. One recomiJlencuts.
In an open discussion dation ·of emph~sis was to
leq by Greg Diemer, co-chair chang~ the funding source
of the budget committee, on the position of director of
issues were raised on how International Programs.
Dave Staszal5, the dire£the school is going to bring
tor
of
tnternational Programs,
iil new revenue.
Currently, UW-SPis look- holds a half-time position
ing to cut $426,000 of base and is retiring at semester's
funding as well as $263,000 ends. With the decision to·
of its one-time funding. The keep the position arolm.d, the
$689,000 projected cut is a committee recommended to
figure _lower than initially change the funding source
anticipated, but UW-SP is from the UW-SP's general
still searching to cut an addi- purpose revenue (CPR) to
program revenue only. This
tional $35,000.
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would in effect, clear up tional resources for this to
$77,000.
happen, rather than cutting
their
GPR. '
The CPR program
"International study pro_.
is an 'o peration of UW-SP
which funds areas around vides numerous benefits to
.the school such as instruc- students including an edge
tional programs and admin- in employment opportuniistrational operations. This ties," SGA released in a stateincludes areas like career ment on resolving the interservices, student advising, national program's support
Currently UW-SP is a top_and groundskeeping. The
GPR receives some state tax 20 school in fhe nation for
support that is steadily drop- sending students abroad and
ping, thus a partial reason in is also near the top of that list
tuition increases.
in program revenue spendHowever, Bunnell has ing. Bylosing the CPR fundset a vision for the UW~SP ing for the director position,
to increase students who the program would have to
study abroad by 30 percent. find and depend even more
The Student Government upon other r~sources, most
Association (SGA) has . notable would be a student
shown support in retaining cost increase for those w ho
the programs CPR fqnding wish to travel abroad. - ·. .
noting that the international
programs wouJd need addi- see Budget pg. 2
• February 16, 2006
UW-SP The Pointer
from Renovation pg. 1
no building-wide sprinkler
~ystem.
Student services normally housed inside the UC will
temporarily be moving to
'various locations both on and
off campus. Several services,
including text rental and the
Point Card Office, will be
moving · to the old County
Market building at 200
Division Street near Family
Video. Other services, such
as Student Employment,
UC Administration and
Centertainment, will be moving to Nelson Hall. Campus
Information will be relocating to the LRC main desk.
While the BrE:whaus is
iff ofa v~hiele running into H~ Hal vehicle~
the only area not being mainad left the scene. Skid m$ lead from the a.ircle
tained during the rebuilding
doo£ with no damage to the Wilding.
process, Ketchum-Cifti said
students still won't need to
Genter
go far for their coffee fix.
Feb. 9,
7:41 p.m.
"We're openingllp a little
Type: BAUSSJIINT
. cafe in the Library Resource
Center (LRC) to offset the
Awf~ma.le.called.in to report that on her way home from cam(temporary) Brewhaus clos- ,
}'tl~~· $he was fQUowed by an unknown male. No description •
ing," said :t:<etchum-Cifti.
of'·the individual was made available.
She says the cafe will
serve bagels and soup and
Steiner .Hall
even sandwiches and subs
during the summer. The food
Feb. l 0, ~006 2:25 a.m.
will be allowed into the first
:rype: lln'OXICATION
floor library area.
"In fact, the library staff
;&~port of amale individual passed out on the third floor
encouraging
that," she
is
tei~t Salt; south wing men•s bathroom. He was found
said. "It's a group study area,
s; but breathing with a steady pulse.
anyway."
The dust will begin to
settle in September of 2007 ,
when some services will
more than likely move back
into the new University
CA inPtayiSims Hall caJled to report an individual locked in Center.
the third floor bathroom, possibly passed outlnot responding.
"Not everyone's going to
Underage ~ng citation was issued.
be back in the building right
away," said Ketchum-Cifti.
Bal
Hall
She added that the food
Feb. 5 2006 12:11 a.m.
court will more th~ likely
iYJ,e: INTOXIf~ATION
From Budget pg. 1
do not.
Staszak said the program
Baldwin Half called to report having an intoxicated
If this route was taken, is receiving some state suptlal in the second floor kitchen.
Staszak said · that each stu- port just short of $75,000.
·dent in the program would
"It is in no way signifiQ
have to pay about $85 more cant enough to go around,"'
10:23 p.m.
to travel to make up for this Staszak said.
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possible cut. However, this
However, another reason
figure would only be accu- for the central focus on the
Report ~fa vehicle in parking lot Q that was broken into.
rate if the number of students program is because the uniin the program remains con- versity evaluates programs
stant, which could fluctuate when office members retire
with the program funding to determine whether or not
cut. SGA states in their res- changes can be made to benolution plan that program efit the university.
revenue will come through
Chancellor
Bunnell's
Newsroom
increased student fees on final decision on all budtop of already significant get issues will be made on
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tuition
increases.
Monday, Feb. 20.
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up and running. No infor.,
Editorial
mation is available yet as
to what new or continuing
Editorin Chief
chain restaurants would be .................................. Liz Bolton
on contract.
Managing Editor
.
Once the UC is compJete- .................................Joel Borski
ly up and running again, stu- News Editor
dents can expect most of the ................................Adam Wise
Outdoors Editor
same shops and services.
..............................Adam Eader
The Haircraft salon,
Co-Pointlife Editors
the ·copy center, a bank, a ................................Aaron Hull
larger computer lab and ............................Jen Masterson
the Information Center are Sports Editor among the services that will ........................... .Steve Roeland
be found at the front of the Science Editor
building in the main con- ...............................Joe Pisciotta ,
Arts & Review Editor
course.
................. :.. ~.......Jacob Eggener
Text ;ental will remain Comics Editor
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in its usual location, though ............................Joy ·Ratchman .it will look completely dif- Head Copy Editor
ferent, and will be slightly ............................... Erica Schulz
·
Copy Editors
larger.
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:
...................
Sa,ra Jensen
The UC will also be home
...................... Megan Hablewitz
to a brand new 250-seat Reporters
theatre, suitable for movie ..... ~.......................·..... Matt lnda
showings and small-scale .. ........: ............ Melissa Dyszelski
.. .................. Rebecca Buchanan ·
theatrical productions.
Funding for projects ........ :..................... Brandi Pettit
like this come directly from ........................ Scott Butterfield
Faculty Adviser
student's segmented fees,
................................. Liz Fakazis
which are put solely towards
student services. Segmented
Photography and Design
fees for The Centers have
risen $239 per student over a Photo and Graphics Editor
three-year period specifically ........................... Mae Wernicke
for funding the UC renova- Photographers
.................................. Eva Heule
tion.
................................... Lue Yang
"It's like building a ............. :.......... Stephen Hit;tner
house," Ketchum-Cifti said.
Page Designers
"Once you're done building .......................... Pamela Bernau
it, you have· to start paying .. ............................ Ka.tie.Gumtz
it off."
Business
Further updates, including where to purchase gradBusiness Manager
uation caps, gowns and tas- .......................: ..... Steven Heller
sels, will be made available Advertising Manager
soon.
....................... .Jason Mansavage
For further information Asst. Advertising ·Manager
on the construction and relo- ...............................Jill Krimmer'
cation of various student ser- Sales Associate
vices, visit ·www.uwsp.edu/ . .. ......................... Laura Farah'zad
centers/ construction.
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Letters & Opinion
-Because I said so. • •
•
thought, hey, I don't
Liz Bolton '
need
fancy stuff, just
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
me
a few baby
give
POINTER@UWSP.EDU
squirrels to nurse
back to health, and
I'll die happy.
Now I want- to
ptill in the big bucks,
and am vaguely
thinking about the
Peace Corps because
it looks good on a
grad school application, not, as a friend
pointed out, to actually help people.
When I first carne to colPeople ask me
lege, I had a few assumptions
what I want to do
about how my life would
after I graduate, and
change. I assumed I would
do you know what I
become smarter and more
tell them? I want to
confident. I thought I would
own a nice entertainment cenmake a lot of friends, and I
ter. Not to cure cancer, write a
thought that I wol;lld mature
novel, or even have a family; I
into.a more polished self. All
want an entertainment center.
that has seemed to happen,
And matching furniture. And
arguably.
fancy kitchen utensils.
The one thing that I didn't
It gets worse. I was raised
expect, however, is that I
by civil servants, and taught
would become shallower.
to believe in community and
This newfound practicalcompassion for others. Once
ity has invaded me like a bit- ·
I appreciated this, now every
fer, yet lustful disease. When
time I go horne I accuse my
I first entered college, I was
dad of being a communist and
-going to become a wildlife
completely out-of-date. It's
- ecologist or rehabilitator, pullkind of funny, but jeez, what
ing in $20,000 if I was lucky. 1
the hell happened?!
- thought it was my calling. I
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a
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Gennany: Magdeburg --- ~ith a tour to Berlin.
aNd .... AlJStraua -- with entry and exit tours to New
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Apply and you'll never-regret it. Yes, you can
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Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors from all
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SGA Update
From the editor's Desk
-- with
February 16, 2006 •
I. think my transformation
is due partially to the current
political environment we live
in. We, as new members of
the work-force, don't really
have the same security that
our parents had.
For example, take health
insurance. I feel I have two
options. Either make a lot of
money, or have 'a lot of kids.
If I pump out enough, one of
them is bound to take me in
when I am old and frail, right?
(Secretly I wait for the day
when the government pro~
claims this as the solution to
the social security problem.)
Unfortunately, relying
on my un-born children just
doesn't sit well with me, so
I figure I just have to have
a ton of money to take .care
of any issues I may have in
the future. I figure I have a
good chance of getting cancer twice, and at least one
hip replacement. I think that
would set me back about !J_alf
a million dollars. So after that,
I'm total~y in the clear!
Looking for a:r\ excit- &
ing event for the weekend? Join us for the 14th
Annual Building Unity
Confere:p.ce, right het~ at
UW-SP! ''Learning froJ;n
the Past, Present to Build
the Future" is the theme
of the year. Buildi);lg Uuity
is presented by United
Council for a three day ,
event with a diverse group
of over 350 students. It
will include over 50 workshops with a wide- vari~
ety ·of topics on diversity
issues to skill building.
We · ttlso have two
reputable
speakers ·
from NYC and LA
I just want to avoid the
"Faces of America" a:p.d
fate that thousands are going
Bobby Gonzalez. Bobby
through right now, with all of
Gonzalez, a known lecthe big companies defaulting
turer, story teller. and poet"
on their pensions and benefits.
born and. raised in. Na'wv'll
Like the Polaroid company.
York City. For his, perfor-'y
· They refused to let their
rnances, he draws on his
employees sell their stock in
childhood experiences
the company when it was
in a bicultural environgoing under. Everyone lost
ment, be!ng hal( Native- ,
their entire savings.
The
American and half Latino. !I
employees sued, and each
"Faces of America" is a
received, $20. One woman in
solo-performance depictNebraska had lost $500,000 in
ing the extraordinarily
the debacle, and now spends
truthful and sometimes v
her days collecting cans at 78. ,
shocking portrayal of
There is no way I am going
American society Meals
to be a can-collector at 78. No
are
provided and the co,t);;;
thank J'OU. If that means I
ference
starts on Friday;
have to sell my soul to the
March
10. Workshops,
corporate world for 50 years,
performances
and enterso be it: I'll toil away in that
tainment
continue
until
stupid cubicle, the one I made
Sunday
at
1:15
p.m.
a pact with myself promising
One more piece of
I would never enter. Forgoing
good
news is: IT'S FREE!!!
what ever higher purpose· I
That's
right! UW-SP is a
was destined in life, I'll live
United
Council member,
out my_ retirement quietly in
therefore the entire confex,7 • ·Barbados. Or become the
ence is free for stude:nts!
~orld' s first blue-haired ter~
That's a savings of $35
rorist.
• per student! Time is running, out. You must reg-' · ·
ister before Feb. 17 or it i.
will be $50. For non-stu:- ·
dents, registration , . .costs
$50 before Feb. 17, and
will be $75 after. If you
we need to start making a
are interested . or know
serious commitment to clean,
of an awesome faculty
renewable sources of energy,
who would be interested ] .
not only for our planet, but for
in giving a workshop on -~
our health as well. A 10 perdiversity for the confer- '
cent increase on our campus
ence, you are welcome to
is a great first step and will
register for workshop subshow the administration that
mission too!
students care not only about
You can visit www.
a good education, but also
uwsp.edu/
stuorg/ ;;ga;
decreasing the impact that we
that
will
direct
you to the
have on the Earth.
registration
forms
online,
This referendum w<;>uld
or
if
you
are
having
lunch ,
cost students less than two
at
the
UC,
just
fill
a
forn1
dollars a semester, a more than
out
locat~d
at
the
office
reasonable price considering
of SGA in lower level of
the effect that it will have.
theUC.
Please help our campus set
Building Unity 2006 is
an example for the rest o£ the
going to be an unbeli~v­
country by voting "YES" next
able time, so grab JOt1T
week to 10 percent renewable
friends. Open your ~d 1
energy on campus.
and have an ll}tellectually ~
mind~blowing weekend!
Andy Janicki
Hope to see you aU there!
Student
Renewable Energy
on Campus!
An important vote is taking place next week and your
voice is needed. Every morning next week you will be
receiving an email regarding
three referendum items that
you can, at that time, vote
on. One of these is whether
· students would like a por~
tion of their tuition fe~s to be
put towards 10 percent renewable energy on campus and I
would like to encourage you
to vote "YES" on this item.
Our university is nationally recognized for its_ College
of Natural Resources_ and
strong environmental studies.
Despite this fact, our efforts
toward making UW-SP a sustainable, environmentallyfriendly campus have been
meager, to say the least. In
an era of dwindling resources
and polluted. air and waters,
/
4 • February 16, 2006
Letters &
Opinion~
• UW-SP The Poil)ter
Your College
Survival Guide:
Living the dream ...
By: Pat "pervert" Rothfuss
WITH HELP FROM: THE MISSION
COFFEE HOUSE.
and "I hope she's not in my lab."
Apparently, he absolutely hates
me.
What can I do to stop the disrupting whispering, and possibly
alleviate the lab situation? Note:
I can't avoid it/him, and dating
him as a solution isn't an option.
As open minded as I am, I know
for a fact it wouldn't work.
1 Thank you for your time,
. because I know you're busy
dealing out your form of justice
throughout the campus (if not
the world).
TML
Dear Pat,
Last semester I took a class
that required lab work. I had
three wonderful partners whom
I enjoyed lenrning with and
respected very much. ·one lab
partner was a little arrogant
about how smart he . was compared to me~ but it was not without good reason, and I learned a
lot from him. Without his help, I
wou.ld probably have not passed
the course, and I hold him in high
Do you think it's a little
regard for that.
I had serious doubts about odd that when confronted
taking the next course in line, but with a guy who feels hate and
when I found I had a B, I thought contempt for you, you con- .
to myself, "Why not take the next sider dating him as a coping
mechanism?
Wow. Just Wow. I
. one? You only live once."
I
SO, I went into the lecture cou~d do a whole C()lumn just
room the first day of class, and on that...
Your letter made me think
found that I was the butt of some
people's jokes. Okay, I can take of something that happened
that in stride, and most of it a couple weeks ago. I was at
-stopped when the professor start- the grocery store picking up .
ed his leCture. Unfortunately, I something to eat. At the checkheard my name being uttered out line, I ended up behind. a
more than once by the Slightly- mom and her little boy. 'She
Arrogant-Lab-Partner, followed was buying hamburge:r:, miJk,
by "I can't believe she's taking celery, saltines, green peppers,
this course,-" "I can't stand her," tomatoes ....
--Pointer
I was buying some Doritos;
Mountain Dew, and a
box of Fruity Pebbles.'
I watched as the boy
looked at his mom's grocer
ies, then at my groceries. Back
and forth. J could see his mind
spinning, putting together
the pieces. His mom's groceries were going to make some
manner of grown-up, nutritio.us food, probably. meatloaf.
My groceries ....
That's when I realized the
som~
Poll-ph-otos-byEv-aHe-ule·___..___
ARE. YOU WILLING TO PAY 1 6
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MORE FOR A CUP OF C:OFFE .E IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT FAIR-TRADE, WHICH GUARANTEES WORKERS A LIVING WAGE AND SAFE WORKING
COND~TIONS,
AMONG
OTHER FAIR BENEFITS?
Jessica Liszewski, Sr. General Studies
"Most definitely."
Andy Janicki, Sr. Aquatic"Biology
"Yes, because I like to know
where my products come .
from. I'm only sassafied
by sustainability. Dick
Cheney is a liar!"
Dhany Sbehartono
"Yeah, of course!"
Skater Matt, Sr. English
"Most definitely, anything to
stick it to the man."
. Jesse Maas, Jr. Communication
"F*ck yeah."
Sarah Kleinschmidt, So. Graphic Design
"Yeah; if they sold it at the
Brew Haus that'd be nice
because that's where I
usually get my coffee."
truth. I am living every child's
dream. My life is awesome .
I looked at him and pointed at the Doritos. "When I get
home, I'm going to eat all of
those." I said. "It's going to
completely spoil my dinner." I
smiled and pointed to the box
of Fruity Pebbles. "That's my
dinner."
He didn't say anything. He
was only about six or seven,
and I'm guessing that he was
too stu~ed with my untrammeled glory to put together a
full sentence. But he looked
up at me with eyes that said,
"I want to be like you. How
can I do these things which
you have shown me?"
"Go to college," I told
him.
I was just about to tell him
that I was going to put the
Mountain Dew on the cereai
instead of milk when his mom
hustled him away, probably
because she thought I was
some kind of pervert.
Which is fair enough,
really. From her perspective, I
probably ar:n.
_ What's the point? Here's
the point: sometimes we can't
really appreciate how good we
have it until we compare our
situation with someone else's.
That night my Fruity Pebbles
wen~ extra-tasty because I
knew that somewhere out
there a little kid was eating
meatloaf.
·
It's human nature, and
for the most part it's harmless, but there's a dark side.
Some people only feel good
when they're making other
people feel bad about themselves. They only feel good by
comparison. These people are
assholes, and there's a good
chance that your ex-lab partner is one of them.
What should you do when
confronted with assholes? First
off, don't date them.
Other than that, ignoring
them is probably the best way
to go. I know it lacks the visceral joy of a brick through a
window, but it's the best way.
In my experience, the road to
happiness is paved with not
giving a f*ck about what other
people think about you.
Huh... That's not nearly
as poetic as I'd hoped. Let me
illustrate this another way.
.
If I'd overheard that little.
boy's mom say: "He's going
to eat cereal fur dimrer! And
he's proba.b ly a pervert too!"
I wouldn't care. Why should
I give a damn what some
stranger thinks of me? Why
should you care what some
dickhole science guy's opinion is? If you care too much
about what other people think
of you, you give them control
over your life. That's not a
good way to live your life.
Trust me on this. The quality of my life vastly improved
as soon as I stopped giving a
damn what people·thought of
me. Yours will do the same.
It's delightfully liberating not
giving a damn.
But if you still need approval
from an outside source, rest
assured tha't I like you. And
you'~e got a $10 gift certificate coming from the mission.
. j
Remember, Pat Rothfuss is your
source for coffee, advice and unconditional positive regard. E-mail him
at proth@wsunix.wsu.edu.
This weekend at the Mission
you've got a hardcore smorgas- ·
bard. Friday)here's. White Knuckle
Trip with Movement to June
and others. On Saturday there's ·
Dead Hands Rising, 715, and
ForTomorrowWeDie. Those who
are about to rock, we salute you.
Remember, all shows = all ages.
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Pointlife
February 16, 2006
From the Wire: the latest
riews from Tahiti
Sara Rae
Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire
de L'Environment) provided most of
I am serving as an intern and one our accommodations while on the
of the fourteen student participants island. Mountains with hiking trails,
in the spring 2006 semester abroad to a bay with extensive beaches, main
Tahiti and N~w Zealand. We began our and less travelled roads that revealed
journey from Chicago's O'Hare nation- the depth of Tahitian culture if one
al airport .Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. with tem- ventured in the right direction were
peralures near 20 degrees Fahrenheit. all near our station' s.location.
The students qnickly became
Approximately 10 flight hours later,
we arrived in Papeete (pa-peh-eh-teh), aware of a few interesting cultural dif- ·
Taniti where our group had to adjust ferences between home and our short
to 80 degree Fahrenheit temperatures time on the islands. Mosquitoes are
with near 100 . percent humidity in plentiful, but there were no screens
a matter of a few hours travel. The on windows and ·doors. Dogs that
scenery was drastically different from' appeared to be mutts roam the streets.
where 'we had come from. Eroding Chickens also roam extensively and
giant oceanic volcanoes make up the the rbosters replace the usefulness
French Polynesian i~ands of Tahiti of an alarm clock. Many Tahitians
·and Moorea (inoor-eh-ah) with lus- greet each stranger with "Bonjour"
cious green vegetation covering every and a smile. In general, dress is very
mountain and valley. We spent most of casual and their lives appeared quite
the first 10 days of our semester abroad content without numerous material
in the South Pacific island of Moorea. items that we have become accusThe station of CRIOBE (Centre de tomed to rely on. The flip-flop sandal
NEW ZEALAND CORRESPONDENT
Pictured from left to right. Shelley Samet, Logan Anderson, Drew Carlson ar)d
other students swim with stingrays off the coast of Moorea (French Polynesia). ·
is an all-purpose shoe; however, a few
Tahitians proved that bare feet could
be equally as effective while hiking
and going about daily business. We
learned about island culture, vegeta-
tion and marine life through lectures ·
that involved field trips with snorkelling, tours and hikes.
Campus organizatiOn spotlight: College Feminists
l'
treated with equal value, politically, Feminists of UWSP want to change.
This month the College Feminists
economically, socially and culturally," Rothfuss said that the purpose 'o f the are planning a fundraiser for the World
THE POINTER
AMARZ925@UWSP.EDU
said Busara Melrose, co-president of organization is to raise awareness of on Fire charities, including Heifer
feminist issues both on campus and International. Heifer International
One evening Pat Rothfuss stuck the College Feminists.
Rothfuss, a UW-SP graduate and off. These issues include a woman's provides livestock to malnourished
his head into a room full of students
at the University Center and asked if assistant lecturer in English, defines ability to be in control of her own families and communities in hopes to
the College Feminists of UWSP, the feminism as "knowing there is some- body, the sexual discrimination many equip them with the ability to escape
·
organization he advises, was meeting thing wrong with the way our cul- women face within corporations, and poverty and hunger. ·
there:. · . ' ,
ture-perceives and treats women, and the treatment of women in other counRothfuss said it was like ' the
"Do we look like f-eminists?" one wanting to do something to make it tries, he said.
Chinese proverb "Give a man a fish .
better."
woman said.
Rothfuss said that it all stems from and you will feed him for a day. Teach
"I don't think feminism is only a a cultural be1ief that women aren't as a man to fish and you will feed him
"Do I look like a Feminist?" he
· said, laughing.
woman's issue," said Melrose. "It's good as men and that . women need for a lifetime." Instead of just giving
men to make decisions for them and food, Heifer International teaches how
Others in the room laughed, but everybody's issue."
The idea that it's only a woman's the rest of society.
the woman didnt get the joke. What
livestock can be used to provide a con"Most people are sexist through tinuous food supply.
Rothfuss meant was that you can't issue comes from the stereotypes feminists still face, such as the belief that no fault of their oWn," he said. "When
define a feminist by appearance.
One of Heifer International's iniwe're children we learn that men are tiatives is gender equity. According
"Feminism is the belief that all they think they are superior to men.
"The common misconception is doctors and' women are nurses. Men to www.heifer.org, gender issues are
people, of any gender, should be
that feminists are pilots and women are steward- crucial to sustainable development.
are a bunch esses. We absorb those cultural beliefs Improving people's livelihoods .is
of man-hating before we can think for ourselves, dependent on participation from both
lesbians," said before we know any better."
men and women. According to the
· To combat this, the College website, 70 percent of the world's poor
Rothfuss. "It's
just silly."
·
Feminists, now in their third semester are female.
Consider participating in these
This ste- as ·an organization, strive to promote
Heifer
International
outlines
incredible study abroad opportunities:
reotype espe- social, political, and economical equal- four major principles to understanding
cially bothers ity of the genders through education gender equity. First, gender equity can
I. The Nazis and the Holoca,ust in Germany,
and activism.
lead to the end of poverty and hunger.
Melrose. ·
- Austria. Poland and the Czech Republic
"We're
The educational aspect includes an Second, it requires the recognition ~hat
for
gender open forum led by Rothfuss called the men and women face poverty differ11. ART, ARCHITECTURE lc DESIGN In Germanp,
equality, not Inappropriate Question Hour. Rothfuss . ently. Third, gender equity requires
· Fr•nce lc Switzerland
dominance said the idea for it came from a phi- women's participation to ·move from
one way or losophy club he attended when he was passive to active at all levels and in all
another," she a student at UW-SP. It' s a chance for fields. Finally, gender equity can only
-Ill. Theatr-e in L()Ud()U ·
said. "People people to come and ask questions they be achieved by promoting the sharing
think women have always been curious about and of resources, benefits, workloads· and
!V. Business !nterns~ips in C~ina _
are so liberat- get answ~rs from people who have no decision-making between men and
_
women.
ed
today that reason to lie, he said.
v.· Teach English in Japan
it's like we're
"It's a safe arena where anyone
Both Rothfuss and Melrose
complaining. can ask or say anything and nothing said the· College Feminists would
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w e live in ~ think it's important for people to have lar." Though the Feminists are activesexist society, a place to discuss things we aren't sup- ly promoting groups such as l'Ieifer
VTT. fossll Resources 1n Ch1na
feminism is posed to talk about. The most impor- International, people ·will be able to
VIII. Int:ensJ.'ve $pan:ish 2'n Nexico
. always going tan-t things in our culture are the things donate to whichever World on Fire
to have a bad we aren't supposed to talk about."
charity they prefer.
name."
Topics include sex, dating experiThe College Feminists of UWFinancial Aid A lies . All credits count!
That stig- .ences and gender roles, but discussion SP meet Thursday evenings. Meeting;>
ma associated . is not limited to those areas. Whatever . include the Inappropriate Question .
with the word anyone wants to talk about can be dis- Hour. For more information on the
"feminism" is cussed. Melrose refers to it as a theri;lpy fundraiser organizations check · out
exactly what group and said that it' s very popular VI;',WW.Worldonfire.ca and www.heifer.
the College · with the organization's members.
org.
Ashleigh Marzynski
wa.
6 • February 16, 2006
Rudy's Redeye adds some class
.
Rebecca Buchanan
THE POINTER
RBUCH723@UWSP.EDU
Looking for a place for
date night, happy hour, or
girl's night out?
Rudy's Redeye Grill is
the perfect choice for any
of the occasions. Rudy's
Redey.e Grill, located on
Hwy 10 at the Holiday Inn
Convention Center, opened
in mid-December of 2005.
Stevens Point desperately needed a classy,
upscale, modem restaurant
and Rudy's Red eye Grill fits
the profile. The inside of
the restaurant ·upon walking in feels very warm and
inviting. Dimly lit inside,
wood shiny floors, panel.ing and oversized booths
all help add to the ambiance of a northern lodge
tucked deep in the wintry
woods. Watercolor paintings in golden frames line
the walls and the chandelier hanging in the middle
of the restaurant brings the
~r
Pointlife • UW-SP The Pointer
. t
UW-SP faculty inember
opens Gyro House
and southern fried chicken.
room together.
Aaron Hull and Jen Masterson
Rudy's Redeye Grill If you want ~ lighter meal THE. POINTER
also boasts of a full bar and order the Rudy's burger AHULL 192@UWSP.EDU
they're not joking. The bar or Beer-battered Walleye JMAST959@UWSP.EDU
takes up half the restaurant, Sandwich served with steak
The new Gyros and Kabob
complete with bar seating, . fries. For whatever you're House, located at the comer of
numerous tables and televi- craving, Rudy's Red eye Main Street and Strong Avenue,
sions. It's similar to a sports Grill offers a selection to specializes in Mediterranean
bar but maintains the style satisfy your taste buds.
cuisine, including favorites like
Expect a wait when gyros and kabobs, as well as such
of a sophisticated cocktail
you go during peak dinner diverse delights as falafel, chicken
restaurant.
~ The decor of the restauhours, sometimes the wait tandoori, and baklava.
rant suggests the food to be on a Thursday is thirty minAccording
to
Babak
on the pricey end, and that utes; the weekend possibly Vaezzac;ieh, owner of Gyros and
is no understatement.
more, but you can always Kabob House, most people think
If you want to enjoy the eat in the bar.
of Greek and Italian food when
bar atmosphere, you can
Though Rudy's Redeye they hear "Mediterranean," but
order drinks and appetizers Grill seems expensive for tend to overlook the cuisines of
such as the spinach arti- college students, this venue such diverse regions and cultures
chok~ dip, coconut shrimp
is a nice alternative to the as Lebanon, Syria, North Africa,
or the monster buffalo other high priced restau- and Israel.
wings. For a more substan- rants in Stevens · Point.
"The gyros will appeal to
tial meal, try any one of Rudy's Redeye Grill is great everyone. The rest of the menu
their steak options, after all for romantic dates, dinner should attract vegans, vegetarians,
it is a steak housef Rudy's with the parents (because and others who are health-conRedeye Grill also offers a they pick up the tab) or cel- scious. Mediterranean cooking,
variety of pastas (fettuccini ebrating birthday parties. which is very grain and vegetable
alfredo, chicken marsala).
Rudy's Redeye Grill takes · oriented, is of one of the healthiest
The Rudy's classics on the flavor of a night on diets in the world."
include BBQ baby back ribs the town in the city.
Vaezzadeh, who was born
in Tehran, Iran and is an associate lecturer in Education at UWStevens Point, said he doesn't
want to limit himself to serving
only Mediterranean dishes.
"I want to bring in a different
food each week," he said.
spent' three
·Vaezzadeh
months and $30,000 renovating
the space formerly occupied by
Willy's Chicago Hot Dogs. Tpe
new restaurant hosts an array of
Mediterranean decor as well as a
section where customers can' sit
on colorful and plush cushions in
front of short ,tables while eatirig
their meals cross-legged.
''I'm really into diversity. I
want to bring a little more variety
to town; a different ambiance."
The restaurant opens this
Thursday and will be open for
lunch from 11:00 a.m. until 2:30
p.m., then re-open for dinner at
4:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Vaezzadeh
said he would consider staying
open Friday and Saturday nights
so long as things don't get "too
rowdy."
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8 • february 16, 2006
Sports
UW-SP The Pointer
.res men
lioopsters
prove clutch
in• comeback
w1n-over
UW-StoutI
I
Robert Lucas
SPORTS REPORTER
Down 18 with 13 minutes
to play, on · the . road against
the top team in the conference _a nd without one of their
star players, it seemed like
the UW-SP men's basketball
team was out for the count
Saturday night. Too bad no
one tol~ them the game was
over. Drew Jackson hit a shot
wit}11.2 seconds remaining to
lift Point over the Blue Devils
- and keep their chances at a
. - league title alive.
, "I couldn't be prouder
of what these guys accom- .
plished," Pointers' coach Bob
Sernling said. "We could have
easily folded in the second
half, but they hung with it."
The l?ointers shot an abysmal 29 percent in the first
half and were lucky to only
be down eight to begin the
second half. Stout's lead was
·extended to 53-35· in the second /half. However, it was
then that UW-SP' s freshmen
began to play like seniors.
Bryan Beamish hit two big
three-pointers and Jackson
made four from the charity
stripe to bring the Pointers
closer.
However, the biggest shot
during the comeback might
have been a three-pointer by
Khalifa El-Amin, who was
starting in place of Bauer. El-Amin hit a 35-footer with two
minute~ to play to bring UW-
SP within two points.
Photo by Mae Wernicke
"It was one of UW- Stevens Point took part in the Eastbay Invitational, held last Saturday at the fvh.ilti-Activity Center.
those shots where The Pointer men's and women's teams finished the meef in second place in each of their divisions. ·
you say, 'No no no!'
until he makes it," said assistant coach Kyle Grusczynski.
"Then you say, 'Good shot,
good shot."'
· ·
Jackson converted a three
poin~ play with under a minPress Release .
ute left to give Point a short- UNIVERSITY
The Pointers totaled 985 points in the win after
RELATIONS AND COMMUNICCATIONS
lived one point lead. Stout hit
finishing second by less than 51 points in each
a shot on their .end, which set
of the past four years. _ For the third time in school history, UWup Jackson for the winner. -Jon
was
named
the
a'utSenior
Alex
Anderson
Krull was double-teamed and Stevens Point captured both the men's and standing swimmer of the .men' S · meet for the
found Jackson for one of his women' s·WIAC swimming and diving titles.on first time in his career, helping the 400-yard
Saturday in Minneapolis.
team-high five assists.
The Pointer men cruised t~ their seventh freestyle relay team with Matt Grunwatd, Tyler
Point's three bench playEloranta and Chase Gross to a conference
ers who received playing time straight title, while the women's team avenged · record time of 3-:04.98. It was the 12th career
were all freshmen and out- four straight close losses to UW-La Crosse with winning relay for Anderson, who also comscored the Blue Devil bench a narrow win of its own, outscoring the Eagles pleted his. career with eight individual titles.
by 46.5 points to earn the championship.
25-6.
The Pointers added two other conference
Al! 15 of UW-SP' s women's swimmers
"bur freshmen came up
records
as Gross posted a time of 45.98 seconqp
huge," saidGrusczynski. "Our in Saturday's preliminaries qualified f.or the ' in the 100-yard freestyle and Ben Gensler won
finals and the team's distance squad put the
kids grew up a lot today."
_the 200-yard breaststroke in· 2:03.97, nudging ·
With Brian Bau,er out and Pointers in position to win as Alissa Colbert, Anderson by a half-secop.d. Rob Donisch post- 1
leading scorer Krull not having Stepft. Boehme ·and Lindsey Googins opened ed a win in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:53.41.
. his shooting day, other players the night by finishing second through fourth in
The men's team amassed 1,017.5 points
for UW-SP were forced to step the 1,650-yard freestyle.
with
UW-L placing second with 781.5 points. It
Abby Strobel followed with her second
up. Jackson's 11 points were a
was
the
Pointers' lOth men's title, having also ·
career high along with Jerome victory of the meet, winning the 200-yard back- won in 1977, 1997, 1998 and the previous six
Wotathek and Beamish who stroke in 2:09.06 and Jennie Roskopf added her years.
·
each chipped in seven. Steve second title with her third straight 200-yard
breaststroke title in 2:24.69. Meghan Walsh
Hick~in led the Pointers with
16 and Krull added 10 points also won her second event, taking
the 200-ya:J;d. butterfly crown in
and nine boards.
2:11.70.
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UW-SP must win-out and
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hope for a Whitewater loss
more good than you know ...
in order to gain piece of the team of ,Caitlin Hake, Beth Bard,
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with
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victory
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winning
time
o£.3:33.04.
It
marked
aga~t UW-Superior at 5 p.m.
your community.
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in th~ Quandt Fieldhouse.
having also won in 2000 and 2001.
Pointers sweep men's and
women's WIAC titles
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Sports • February 16, 2006 •
Senior on the Spot
, Alex Anderson - Swimming and Diving
Career Highlights:
- Conference champion 14 times and runnerup five times during career.
-Eight-time Alland 11-time honorable
Pointer women
without Schultz,
lose to Blue Devils
Melissa Dyszelski
THE POINTER
MDYZ026@UWSP.EDU
Tombstone.
What Will YOU LCJJllCLU'
Deep sea
What ar.e the three biggest influences in your life?
Family, the swim team (which is like a family) and my coaches.
9
It was a mirror image
Saturday, as the UW-SP wom-en's basketball team played
without _,their leading scorer,
just as UW-Stout had done in
January in their first meeting of
the year.
The top two teams in
the WIAC battled it out in
Menomonee Saturday, but
the Blue Devils dominated in
the first half ana defeated the
Pointers 80-54.
Jan. 7' s Stout-Pointer game ,
- ended in victory due to the
loss of the Blue Devil's leading scorer, Kelsey Duoss. This
time around, the Pointers were
without their leading scorer,
Cassandra Schultz.
UW-Stout came off .strong
to hold a 14-11 lead midway
through the first half. Stout continued to score, shooting 63.3
percent, while the Pointers only
maintained 37.5 percent.
UW-SP was the first to score in the second half, but continued to trail behind Stout the ,
remainder of the game.
.
Chelsea Kranz was the Pointers lone double digit scorer as she led with 16 points and
four rebounds for the evening.
Haley Houghton split those in
half and scored eight points
with four total rebounds.
The top three leading scorers for the Blue Devils were
Molly Hendricks with 15 points,
Lindsey Geissler with 11, and
Joanna Bird with 10. This time
around, Duoss scored a total of
eight points.
UW-SP is now 16-7 overall, .
and 9-5 in the WIAC, a game
and a half behind UW-Stout,
who is now 16-7 bveralland 114 in the WIAC.
- The Pointers will face UWSuperiorin the Berg Gymnasium
-for Senior Day at 3 p.m. on Feb. '
18.
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Pointers take their America's ''best team ever';
shOW-onothe road in sturriOles' out of the blocks
·the NCHA playoffs
Steve Roela-n d -
ing events, which were not from a nasty spill with a severe
even Olympic competitions back contusion, forcing her to
Robert Lucas
until the 1998 Nagano games. be subjected to CAT scans andjumped ahead early as Brett
SPORTS REPORTER
The games of the twenWhile there is plenty of a myriad of tests. Retrosi was
Coburn scored his sixth goal
With a home and home of the year off assists from tieth- Winter Olympiad were time ·for the American dele- also sent to the h9spital and
series against the _UW-Eau NickZebroandMattStendahl. supposed to be dominated by gation to rekindle their early was diagnosed with a concusClaire Blugolds, the Pointers Point held the lead until Chip the United States. According mistakes, some Torino trou- sion ~fter coming in contact
had a chance to assure them- Dunleavy scored his 13th of to the multitude of promos bles have left competitors with the wall two-thirds of ·
selves home ice in the first the year on a two-man advan- on NBC, flagship network-of . from the U.S. red, white, black the way through her run in
the second heat of Monday's
round of the NCHA with a tage for the Blugolds in the Olympic coverage, the group and blue.
of American Olympians sent
Two American athletes, competition.
sweep. They came up just a second period.
Crashes and falls happen
little bit short. The Pointers
The game remained tied to Torino, Italy this month was Lindsey Kildow in downhill
won 4-2 Friday night in Eau until ·the third when Russel the best ever assembled in the skiing and Samanth(l Retrosi during the fast-pac~d competiin the luge, were taken to hos- tion at the Olympics. However, -_
Claire and tied the Blugolds - Law struck again, scoring his history of the games.
Too bad foresight isn't pitals for injuries sustained the seasoned Olympic veter2-2 Saturday night at Willett team leading 13th goal. Fish
during runs in their respective ans are failing to provide a
and Nate Sorenson assisted on 20/20.
Arena.
In less than a week, prom- events. Kildow came away
After a scorefess' first peri- the goal, which tied Fish for
see Olympics pg. 15
inent ath_od; .each team picked up the the team lead at is. '
offense in the second. Point's
The Pointers lead was letes from
U.S.
Shane Foster scored his fourth short-lived, however, as UW- the
have
stumgoal of the year at the 1:33 EC scored eight minutes later
mark. UW-EC came back . as Andy Klapperick picked bled, fallen
with tWo quick goals near the the most opportune time in and faltered
midpoint of the period, -one the Blugolds' season to score their way
to an unimby . Chip Dunleavy to tie the his second goal of the year.
The Pointers weren't able pressive
game and another by Jeremiah
Weber to put the Blugolds to muster another goal and, third place
ahead. The lead would be with a surprising win by Lake in the overshort liveci, however.
Forest over conference-lead- all medal
UW-Sts top three scorers ing St. Norberts, the Pointers standings.
on the year, Rolf Ulvin, Sean _ dropped into a tie for fourth Third place
may sound
Fish and Russel Law, knew ·- with the Foresters. ,
what this game -meant. Law
However, since Lake good
to
scored the next two goals for Forest swept the Pointers most casual
the Pointers off assists from in the regular season, the observers,
Ulvin and Fish each time, -Foresters receive the. home- but four of
putting the _Pointers ah~ad 3- ice advantage. Now UW-SP , the
eight
2. Brett Beckfeld scored an must travel to Lake Forest for total U.S.
empty netter to seal it for the a two game series stcirting this
Pointers:
Friday and Saturday to keep
On Saturday, the Pointers their season alive.
THE POINTER
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Haunted Wisconsin
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Beneath the. tides of 1sleep and time
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Scott Butterfield
THE POINTER
SBUTTI96@UWSP.EDU
Call themapparitions,spirits, spooks, shades, wraiths,
specters, phantoms, poltergeists, visions, nightshades or
just plain ghosts. Names do
not matter. The very presence
of these metaphysical bodies
in our material world is what
curious i11dividuals have been
searching for long before you
and I and our great-greatgreat grandparents ever lived.
Before recorded history(we're
talking thousands and thou. sands of years ago) numerous
cultures and peoples throughout the world have shared the
belief that the human soul, or
some variation of it, continues
on after the death of the body.
/ Some Native American tribes
believed you could converse
with the dead spirits of your
deceased relatives and win
their favor so _thaf they may
endow you with a good harvest, a good hunt or ward off
other, more malevolent spirits.
People of ancient Assyria and
. Babylonia. believed in · three
different kinds of spirits, each
with their own special powers to influence the environ-
ment of living human beings.
Whatever time period you
wish to ·study and observe it
will be clear that the problem
of life after death, of what
happens to a person once they
dje, is of paramount importa;nce.
And so, in this present
day of scientific superiority, of
~assailable empirical truth,
we find that much of the
supernatural can be explained
away by those researchers who
love to debunk the unusual.
Mystery is taken away from
us. But we can get it back. You
jt1!st need to develop that trait
common to all but used only
by some: curiosity. Right here
i~ Wisconsin, in fact right here
in Stevens Point, are chances
for you to test your curiosity.
1 The
famous folklorist
Robert Gard has said> that'
Wisconsin has the most ghosts
p€r square mile than any other
sthte in the nation: While this
'
cannot be proven concretely,
a cursory glance at any Web
site dedicated to hauntings of
Wisconsin will give one an
endless stream of stories al;:loi,J.t
ghouls, goblins .and assorted
bE?ings ot the "other persuasion." In fact, Stevens Point
sled on winter camping trips can
correctly. Putting some weight
some weight
ur back and
the weight.
a harness ou
to your backpack's hip
Add a short section of
with each step, especially
ough to tra
r own footprints,
dry bag in
with verticalcirfO'tAT'~ tl
aps or bung
to secure
slopes, walking over ogs, etc, c
learn more about this tric·k,. c~011lgWi1h
ffi<JIUe~s to improve your outdoor experienc~$.
has some hauntings that are
known around the state.
For instance, travel northeast.
on Highway 66 near Jordan
and you'll cross a bridge
called "Bloody Bride Road"
where a young bride was
killed on her wedding night.
Her ghost haunt~ the bridge
where her life ended. There is
also a place called Boy Scout
Lane which is rumored to be
haunted by dead Boy Scouts~
After dark, along the road, it
is said that a swinging light,
w~ll
'
a lanterh, is seen on the road
as the dead Boy &outs search
for their troop. The cemeteries
at Plainfield in which Ed Gein
and some of his victims are
buried is also, not surprisingly, supposed to be haunted.
Many other stories exist
and can be found in.the excellent "Wisconsin Road Guide
to Haunted Locations" by
Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk,
both professional paranormal
investigators. This book gives
directions ar].d exact locations
of the best haunted sites in
Wisconsin. Another good
book is "TheW-Files: Reports
of Wisconsin's Unexplained
Phenomena" by Jay Rath.
This bool< has some fascinating stories of Chupacabras
right here in Wisconsin, and
also presents the theory that
people from Atlantis .settled
in Wisconsin and mined copper\. by Lake Mills in Jefferson
County. Lots of strange hapsee Haunted pg. 11
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of the most enjoyable aspects While I journey through win- step in cleaning my bikes is
of bike ownership. With prop- ter, keeping busy with other to remove both wheels. Once
. er cleaning and care, bikes will outdoor activities, my bikes they are removed I apply a
stpl hang heavy ·in the back of degreasing liquid to the chain,
run smoothly and last longer.
During the winter, dreams my thoughts like they do in crankset, front and rear derailleurs and cassette. A degreasof cruising along country roads m,y garage.
er -gets rid of old lubricants,
which collect dirt and grime
that cause bike parts to run
roughly. After 5-10 minutes of
letting the degreaser set in, I
take the chain off. Most newer
model . chains have a master
link, which provides an easy
way to detach as well as attach
the chain together. · If your
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The North Star: ·Wiscollsin Legislators discuss
A constant guide lowering the hunting age
throughout time
of legislation," said Jennifer
Esser, Lasee' s aide.
While one reason fo~ lowThere has been an incredi- ering the legal hunting age
ble stink within the media and _ would be to expose children to
liberal-environmental groups h~ting sooner, the bill itself
lately. Everybody has their seems altruistic. It's no ~ecret
shoelaces in triple knots over that few crowbars can match
the idea that an 8-year-old the rigidity of Wisconsin's
may be allowed to hunt under wallet during the past several
the newly proposed Assembly years, and the Department of
Natural Resources has been
Bill-586 (AB 586).
The problem i~ that 8-year- suffering right along with the
olds aren't mentioned once in rest of us.
Despite selling l)lillions
the legislation's eight pages.
I can't help but wonder how of hunting and fishing licensmany opponents of AB 586 es annually, _the Wisconsin
have even read the bill. . - DNR is forced to make pain-How bad would it really ful cuts that will affect our
be to allow 8-year-olds to hunt state's outdoors programs. In
within an arm's reach of their order to offset negative proparent or guardian? This is gram changes and account for
how children learn to hl!nUo inflation, license fees should
begin with, and muscle mem- be increased yearly, but many
ory for safe hunting can never haven't been in nearly a
decade.
start too early.
The budget cuts within the
The 200? Hunting Season
DNR
have created vacancies
Incident Report for Wisconsin
in
Conservation
Warden and
shows muy one shooting incident with a child under 12, and Wildlife Biologist positions,
that involved a 10-year-old caused a 70 percent reducwho hadn't graduated from a tion in operating funds for
public land management and
hunter's education: course.
At one point in the legisla- · strongly influenced an overall
tion' s history, 8-year-plds were decrease in the quality of our
included in the proposal's lakes and streams.
- Legislators knew somelanguage. Afte.r completing a
Hunter's Education course, thing had to be done to fix
children at this age would be the problem. Lowering the
allowed to bow or gun hunt hunting age seemed to be
with their parent or guardian, the most logical way to boost
provided that the child and income. With the number of
adult share the same weapon. baby boomers soon retiring
Unfortunately,
some from the hu!lting lifestyle, it
state senators felt that ty_pe of seemeg prudent to engage
responsibility was too much younger people into outdoor
for a -young child to handle, activities.
"It's important to get
including Rockland's Senator
kids involved in hunting at
Alan Lasee.
"We feel that there are a a younger age. If they're not
variety of amendments that engaged ln hunting by 12 or
would make this a bet;ter piece 13, they probably won't ever
from Haunted pg. 10
once said, "the most beautifu
penings have been reported thing we can experience is th
here. There are a great many mysterious. It is the source o
Web sites that are devoted to · all true art and science. H
these areas, some rnore reli- to whom this emotion is
a~le than others. So use good
stranger, who can no Ionge
judgment. ·
pause to wonder and stan
Do ghosts exists?· Who rapt in awe, is as good a
knows? They may or may dead: his eyes are closed." S
not, but nobody should take get up off the couch, shut of
another's word for it one ·way the video games, stop com
or the other. That question· of plaining of boredom and jour
life after death has plagued ney tolhe haunts of Wisconsin
humankind since we have that just might freak you out
been able to think 'abstractly and disturb your gentle inteland philosophically, and it ligence with what you may
cannot be answered by any- see. Remember, eyes are made
body but- oneself. Einstein for seeing. Open yours.
!
Brandi Pettit
THE PoTNTER
BPETT318@UWSP.EDU
father came looking for him,
he found Na-Gah stuck high
above. Not wanting his- son
"Twipkle, twinkle, little to suffer for his bravery, he
star, how I wonder what you turned Na-Gah into a star that
are ... "
can be s~en and honored by
I've often wondered about all things.
There are many other stothe North Star. Why is itthere?
Why is it so significant? Now ries to explain how the North
that it is ·colder outside and Star came about. One of my
the night sky is more visi- favorites is about a girl with
_ble on clear nights, it is often seven fathers who was kidfairly easy to spot the famous napped by. a monster, but
star that is a part of the Little eventually returned home
Dipper.
with the help of a man who
Here are some facts and could turn into an eagle. Her
maybe even answers to your seven fathers dedicated ·the
questions about the North North Star to her in honor of
Star.
her return and became the
According
to www. seven stars of the Little Dipper
ms.essortment.com, the North so that they would always be
Star, also· called the Pole Star , there to guide her.
or Polaris, is the star that the
Over the course of tjme,
earth's axis points toward in the North Star changes. Right
the Northern Sky. Some say now, the current North Staris
that it seems like the. star Polaris, which is the brightest
doesn't move and some ha~e star in the constellation Ursa
· created legends about why Minor (also known~ as the
the star
there and why ·it Little Dipper). The North Star
doesn't move. But w_hat is so changes over time because the
important about it?
direction of the earth's axis
Well, for many years, the ~lowly changes over time.
North Star has been used as
Hmm ... very interesting.
a navigation ·aid and to chart
To find Polaris 'in the sky,
!1-avigational maps. It has also locate the Big Dipper and folbeen used to me~sure astro- low the two stars at the end of
· nomical latitude since ·
we generally map
latitudes to
the equivalent
sky
positions.
(Ex.
The
North Pole
equates to
+
90
de g'r e e s
latitude
on Earth
as ,does its
proje<;tion
into
the L~ok up and fathom the one constant star: Polaris Photo provided by
sky.)
Ooogk :com
Pretty neat, huh?
, Over time, many cul- the basin upward. Following
tures, without any knowledge this should. lead you directly
or interest in mapmaking or to Polaris, which is the last
astronomy, have created sto- star in the tail of the Little
ries explaining why it seem- Dipper.
If you'd like to learn more,
ingly never moves.
As I have learned, the most the UW-SP Observatory offers
famous story about the North public viewing thiee nights
Star is the Native American a week, with the exception
myth explaining why the of cloudy skies. If the skies
North Star stands still. In this are clear, the observatory is
story, 'a brave son named Na-' open on Monday, Tuesday
Gah tried to impress his father and Wednesday nights, from.
by .climbing the tallest cliff he 8:30 - 10 p.m.
could find. Even through difI encourage you to check
ficult weather conditions, he . out the night sky with some
persisted until he found him- - knowledgeable guides, who
self at the top of a very high will be more than happy to
mountain. The mountain was answer any questions you
so tall that Na-Gah looked have. Maybe bring a sigrmidown· on all the other moun- cant other if possible. It could
tains. Unfortunately, there - be a date that may brighten
was no way down. When his up your night!
Melissa Dyszelski
THE PorNTER
MDYSZ026@UWSP.EDU
is
be," said Scott Gunderson,
a Republican Senator from
Waterford and one of AB 586' s '
authors.
With 8-year-olds in the
bill's language, it was sent to
the Senate with a strong bipartisan vote of 74 in favor ·
and 19 against.
But some influential
Wisconsin Legislators· have a
way of making children seein
like poor quivering victims in
society. Seeing that Governor
Doyle recently made a law
sticking kids back into car
seats until they are eight years
old, caterwauling about AB
586 surely abounded at the
state capital until a compromise was reached.
And so, the majority of
legislators in favor of the bill
as it was, had to agree on new
terms.
"Rather than rush into
a vote, we should decid_e to
work on a compromise to
address some of the concern,"
said Mike Prentice, a spokesman for Republican Senator
Scott Fitzgerald from Juneau.
The bill was amended to
include that 10~year-olds, not
8-year-olds, would be allowed
to obtain a huntinglicense
discharge weapons botl). while
hunting and during target
practice, as long as they were
within arm's distance of a parent or guardian. Completion of
a Hunter's Education course
is still part of the package.
With these new changes in
place, t_h e )lew bill }s expected
to go back to the floor for a
vote this week.
To read this bill in its
entirety, go to www.legis.state.
wi.us.
aucl
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Reiki heals their pain when nothing else can
Joe Pisdotto
THE POINTER
JPISC779@UWSP.EDU
Jason Lund used to have
severe neck pains. His pain
·was so debilitating . that, on
certain days he could do nothing but sleep it off. Pain killers
were largely ineffective, chiropractor visits and acupuncture
offered only temporary relief
and no one could tell Lund
what the cause was. Then he
discovered Reiki.
Lund, a 26-year-old ice
delivery driver and massage
therapy student in Chicago
recalled his pain intensifying
in 2001 after he lost control of
his car on the highway and
slammed into the concrete
median. He'- described the
As Jaren began to work on
chronic pain that would begin him by placing his hands just
to plague him as horrible. above the crown of Lund's
When ri.o one could diagnose head, Lund said his whole
him, Lund took the diagnosis spinal column felt like a lightning rod. "The energy was
into his own hands.
In 2002 Lund moved to pouring out of · my ears and
Salt Lake City to begin his everywJ;lere," he said. "There
studies at the Utah School of was no explanation for it." He
Massage Therapy. "I had seen felt like he had been healed on
-a chiropractor for a couple of a deep level.
The Reiki practitioner acts
things/' he said. "Then I got
into massage and, you know, as a conduit to help channel ambient universal energy
you start looking things up."
i'It was the second or third called "Rei" to replenish and
week of school and my friend balan~e an individual's "Ki,"
Jare1,1., a Reiki Master, asked me or fundamental life force,
·if I'd like some Reiki. At first I which is bodily energy that
said no, but then I changed .the individual uses up normy mind/' said Lund. He was mally on a daily basis.
According to Tanmaya
gla~he did.
Honervogt, author of the book
,;The Power of Reiki," Reiki
is an ancient healing form
that originated in· Buddhist
doctrine 2,500 years ago, and
at some point was lQst. A
Japanese monk, Mikao Usui,
rediscovered it in the 19th century in an old Sanskrit text.
Since then, Usui's interpreta- ing the illness," said Gavrill.
tion of Reiki has been passed "Medicine treats the 1>YIDPdown from teacher to student, tom, which isn't bad - you
mostly in an oral _manner.
need that- but if you don't get
Not everyone can get on to the root cause often times
board with all this talk of some the symptoms will just come
amorphous life. energy.'
back."
• Said Lund: "People are
Gavrill, who has been
like, 'what a~e you even talk- tpracticing Reiki for nearly 20
ing about with the energy?' years, will be teaching a Reiki
Most people don't understand Level I class here on feb. 24it, but that's because they 25. "You are taught a selfdon't feel it normally.
It's understandable."
Indeed,
little
hardcore scientific
evidence has been
conducted to test
the validity of Rei).<i, ·
even though there
are many people out
there who swear by
it. According to the
1gg,t~§"'l Ohio State University
Medical Center Web
site, substantial anecdotal evidence suggests that Reiki is effective for energy treatment so that you
many people.
can do self-healing, and you
pj,rn,
"After my first Reiki are taught to do an energy
mediately· treatment I felt high. It last- treatment on another person,"
when p~
with. When ed two days/' said Meagan she said.
Pleo finally gets tired .it
McGoldrick; a student at UWGavrill wili als~ be offerbe put tq. ~leap in itsieget!. SP "I was totally skeptical, but ing a Level II class on April21eratic.>n bed to recharge.
I had t-qis pain in my neck for 22. "It takes you more in'to a
weeks and I tried everything. practitioner mode," she said.
Pleo is filled with s
ot""ite~art technology inclu
I even went to physical ther"The class provides you
~n,g: eight microptocessors apy with no results. The pain an opportunity to get away,
an upgradeable operat- didn't disappear immediately relax and learn something
W.g system. :(?leo's ..tnemoxy· afte;r Reiki, but . a· few days new. What you learn is that
can also beexpandeo.
later it was gone and hasn't you really are in control of
Ugob~ plans to hav;€)
come back since."
who you are a,nd your own
Pleo in stores time for this '
According to Pam Gavrill, self-health. When you ·have
Christmas shopping ~as?.tl· ·a Certified Holistic Nurse and that _good foundation then
The price: a rather ~ord!i~-ble local Reiki Master-Teacher, you really can offer that up to ·
someone else," said Gavrill.
200
$ tuckily tl;le$e creatures
Each session will be
don't have teeth. But we Western medicine.
offered to UW-SP students for
to . bt? weary
"You're not trying to cure $110. Sign up at the Cardia
mi!Jht still
if these self-lea1':11.j.ng social• a person, you're trying to heal Center front desk.
robots evet get. .reaUy pissed. them.· There is a difference.
Students who just want
Will it be the ted.P~llt or tl:le [Reikn is basically ·getting to get a treatment can get 45blue pill?
to the root of what's caus- minute sessions at Mind &
Rarrrr,
BI'J: .Mr. Andersa11I"
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ended last
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Body Connections in the Allen
Cen.ter fgr $45.
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During a R~iki session the
healer will place their hands
·over certain points . of _ the
patient's body (mo~t · p~ople '
don:t touch the "!Jody, b.vt SO!ll~.
do), sometimes corresponding
to Chakras, or central energy
centers. The treatment can be
general or focused on particular parts of . the body _to
heal specific ailments, whether
physicat emotional or mental.
Evidence from
small studies
suggests that
Reiki is an anti- ·
inflammatory,
can relieve stress
and boo~t the
'immune system.
"When I'm
giving
Reiki
sometimes I can
feel something, and the client _
can feel nothing," said Lund.
"Sometimes I feel nothing,
but the client feels something.
Sometimes both." Some people report feeling a slight heat
sensation during the process.
Most report feeling relaxed
afterwards.
Lund, who currently has
a Level II certification, plans
to go on tQ the next level and
become a Master~Teacher. He
sees Reiki as a way of being
and as a prerequisite for holistic healing.
. As for his chronic neck
pain, Lund has it under con- ,
trol now.
"I feel a lot better, I'm
feeling really good because of
Reiki, my own IJlental pr.~J?a­
ration and othefthings." , ·
"Reiki is basically ·
getting to the root
of what's causing the illness.
Medicine treats the .,_
symplom
... "
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Birth ~control opt~ons plentiful UW-SP renewable
at University Health Service energy supply in the
At the University. Health
Service, options are plentiful.
They offer condoms and dia~
phragms as well as hormonal
contraceptives such as the
pill, Ortho Evra patch, vagi~
nal Nuvaring, Depo~Provera
shot and intra~uterine devices
(IUD).
One of the newer pills on
Sara Suchy
SCIENCE REPORTER
are not limited to, routine
reproductive health exams
and tests, pregnancy testing
and counseling, emergency
contraceptives, and screening
and treatment for sexually
_transmitted infections. and
urinary tract infections. In
the past University Health
Service had to charge at least
$20 a mohth for birth control pills. "Some students
would get their prescriptions written through
us and then go over
Family Planning to get tb~
pills because they w~re
free. Now we can
b
hands of students
Referendum up for vote next week
According to a study done
by the U.S. D~partment of
Sara .Suchy
Health and Human Services
renewable sources, which are SCIENCE R EPORTER
more than 48 percent of col~
much better for the environOn Feb. 20-24 students ment and will last much lonlege~age females and almost
will
have the opportunity to ger than fossil fuels.
59 percent of college~age males
vote
on a referendum proposare sexually active, . while
Why the added cost,
al
to
add approximately $1.75 though?
50 percent of college~age
Engel-DiMg.uro
to student fees in order to explains that the infrastructure
women are on birth control
acquire 10 percent of campus to support renewable energy
pills. It's no secret that col~
energy from renewable sourc- (i.e. wind turbines, solar panlege students tend to have
This ipea~was brought to els) is not well established yet.
an active libido, so it is
las~ year by executive
important that students are
We need to be willing to invest
Justin Gleicher and in the program so it can be fureducated ~bout the risks of
Senator Michelle Law.
sex and go about it in a safe
ther developed and become
and responsible manner.
The tel\ewable ener~;? more widls"' read:
.
come from wind turUniversity Health Service
the. UW-SP camand biomass. According
has .all the resources any
Wisconsin Public Works,
student could need to prac~
tice safer sex.
Sandra Ruston~ a
women's health nurse
practitioner at Delzell Hall,
explained some of the
options students have· for
birth control. ."All of our
staff members are committed to providmg students
with safe, confidential access the market is called Seasonale.
to birth control. We are respect- It is a pill packet that allows
ful of our patient's wishes and women to have only four perinever judgmental... we want . ods a year. A current trend is
to make sure that students are for a woman to take one pill
comfortable ·coming to us."
daily for as long as three conThe University Health secutive months. This continuService offers .·all major types ous option is especially popuof contraceptive fuefhods thaf lar among athletes and women
a sop
are on the market. If a stu- who experience lots of cramptry major, said,
dent, male or female, ~hes ing, menstrual migraines, acne
energy lis very important for .
to obtain or inquire about or heavy bleeding associated
ths fut-ure f the environment;
birth control, the student sim- with their period.
$1.75
ll price to pay
ply needs to make that' request
"Seasonale improves their
Finally, let's
for pea
ind for future
by ·calling or - visiting the overall
menstrual-related using your birth
generatio
reception desk on first floor quality of life," said Ruston, ·od and it, .fails
condom
'Stacey Lilla, a freshman
Delzell. An appointment with adding that "other brands of breaks, diaphragm slips, for011 campus agrees with Tucker.
a nurse practitioner, physician pills can be used in the same got to take that damn pill).
"[t' s a good idea. [The money]
assistant or physiCian will be manner."
The University Health Service,
is not that big a deal since we
scheduled to discuss options
A government-sponsored offers, free of charge, "Plan· than ever to s
our resourc- are saving our natural resourcin detail. For a female student program is now beihg offered B" emergency contracep- es from fossil fuels, which will
es and it's not thaf expensive
requesting a contraceptive at University Health Service
run out sooner than most scientists originally thought, to see Energy pg. 15 _ ·
method the decision is based called the Family Pl'!.nning se·e Birth Control pg. 15
on her own medical history · Waiver Program. The purpose
as well as h~r family's medi- is to provide contraceptive
cal history and her personal services and related reproducwishes.
- tive health care to eligible lowI'
"We are always respect- income women at no cost. If a
ful of a student's birth con- single woman's income (not
trol preferences .including including herfamily's inc;:ome)
complete abstinence," Ruston is less than $1,435 a month
said. "If she wants to be put . ($1;926 a month for a married
Chelsey Ross
on the pill but won't be able to student), she is eligible. The
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UW-SP The Pointer
Arts & Review
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Wingmen ·land successfully at the El)cQie
·Aaron Schulz
they sang together. Their Howie Day's "Collide," and sive since most singers ing the plug out ,bf the amp
vocal . harmonies are very Dispatch's "Two Coins." All - that cover that song try .to while Galaszewsl,<i was
A new band landed at reminiscent of Dispatch were sung by Galaszewski. sound like Clapton. The set playing hi~ g{ritar. 111~ band
the Encore in Stevens Point wHh one . sjnging melody Kropidlowski sang a very included two more_ strong stopped for a little, pit to fix
last Thursday night, a self- and the other two singing soothing original called songs, "Girl L Wanna Lay the problem and t]lep went
You Down," a blues rocker, right back at it. Santy had
described acoustic rock jam over in a complex round,- :'The Innocence."
and
nG-String." "G-String" a minor .accident asr well.
band namep_ Waiting for : but it all fits together just
All three musicians sang
Wingmen.
right. The Wingmen are a rousing original party got the people up and out While playfng ana singing
The band· consists obviously paying tribute to number, "Drunk Girls," dancing.
he knocked his iliouth on
The highlight of the the mic ·a little too hard and
of thre_e multi-talented their musical heroes: John which ended the first set
evening
came
when chipped· a.tooth. '" ""Looks
musicians that combine Mayer,JackJolmson,Howie with a bang:
rock, folk, blues and rap. D&y and Dispatch. But
For their second set the Kropidlowski made a like I ·need a little 'dentalMembers are John Santy they are not mere copyists. band plugged in and rocked friendly bet with his band work," h~ joked ~o the audi(guitar/bassjvoc~ls), Chad They manage to put their out. And, _ according to mates and the audience. He ence.
Waitip.g for Wingmen ·
Galsazewski (guitar/bass/ unique sound to the music - Santy, it was their "electric said that if enbugh people
_ drums/vocals) and Jared and make if their own.
debut." Before Thursday would dance in front of the was a ·.treat to see . and -I
- Kropidlowski (drums/ guiThey played two sets, night the band played at stage, he would stand on highly recopunend them to ,
tar/vocals). They delivered the first of which was acous- . open mics as an acous- top of his drum stool and anyone who Jikes all the
artists mentioned above. If
in a big way to an apprecia- tic. The set-list was a mix of tic act. Among the songs try !O play.
tive audience.
co-trers and originals: All they played was Robert
Enough people came . you like feel-good music,
All three band members three displayed their vocal Johnson's heavily covered and he stood on his stool as well as music th11t has a
are accomplished musi- talents. Some highlights of blues classic "Crossroads," and played with his knees message, · then check them
cians, each playing several the first set were an excel- made popular by Cream. bent. To his credit he played out.
instruments.
However, lent cover sung by Santy of Santydidagreatjobvocally, well for the few seconds he
Yo~ will have a wingmost notable was their Third . Eye Blind's "Semi- choosing to sing at a lower had his balance. He. lost his ing good time.
singing, especially when Charmed Kind of Life," pitch which was impres- balance and fell off knockARTS AND REVI EW REPORTER
Ford channels formulaic "reluctant hero" for role
Blair Nelson
ARTS AND REVIEW REPORTER
HarrisonFordreturnsinhis latest
action film, "Firewall." After a three. year acting hiatus, he is directed by
Richard Loncraine ("Wimbleton")
in this traditional action.,thriller.
The film's synopsis: Jack
Stanfield (Ford), the head of network security for a global bank,
is blackmailed into stealing from
his own depository by the film's
nemesis, Bill Cox (Paul Bettany, "A
Beautiful Mip.d"), ~ and his __gang.
What starts as Jack being the
victim··of identity theft turns into
a far greater dilerruna, as Cox's
grand intentions are manifested- all while Jack's family is held
hostage. But-after discovering his
opponent is losing the high ground,
this ordinary computer specialist decides I).Ot to take it, in the
Harrison-Ford -action-hero-way.
Fans of Ford are very familiar
with this personification over many
films. The audience will recognize
the blend of traits from his characters in "Patriot Games," "Air Force
One," and "The Devil's Own."
Many bad guys have found out
that if they mess with any of these
Ford archetypes - and .especially
his family - their doom is sealed.
These Ford facades have no
dou.bt been fun to watch over the
years. The drawback is, action movies with this specific type of protagonist are rarely made anymm;e.
"Firewall" is trying to resurrect that action hero; unfortunately, it shows that the character is like a well-worn sweater:
aged and essentially dying. Ford
"-· is physically getting old, and
pretty soon he won't be able to many others) gone to?
ment when you think he's the steThe opening of "Firewall" reotypical villain, but he changes
play these reluctant hero roles.
It's not baffling that after a begins well enough. Soon, though, all thoughts of that later.
He's nowhere near the monfairly long absence of acting, he it's off-kilter and unsure what to do
would stick to his guns and choose with itself. At one point it resem- ster he portrayed in .the indepena typical character type he's made bles "The Fugitive" (a Ford movie), dent film "Gangster No. 1." Only,
famous. But as he's been script- _ and at other times a cheesy, by-the- sad to say, just when you're going
shopping, why not land the old- books thriller. Joe Forte's script is to get · insidre his head, ~d he~r
often weak, what makes him __,t ick, the chance
and the dia- is gone.
Likewise, Ford does have
logue is just
plain silly · moments · of subtlety, even if they
at
times. are scarce. The utter nervousness in
Jacl<'s countenance as the situation
paralyzes him comes through in
There are
few scenes Ford's performance well.
There are also some key sup- ·
with good
writing. But porting performances, such as Jad< s
the catch- wife, played by Virginia ·Madsen
phrases ("Sideways"). She does deliver a
grow . tire- few powe.~;,fullines that show coursome,
as · age, even if she is a hosfage and
does Ford's has little to do. But she isn't stuck ·
h u s k y in the rut of the typical "defensevoice. This less" woman that Hollywood has
is one of oftentimes placed women in. She
those for- embodies tidbits of Ripley (from
mulaic, the" Alien" movies), and plenty of
no-think- Holly McClane from "Die Hard," ·
ing action both excellent and strong fe~ale
movies. roles.
Some of us
nonetheless, in the end
enjoy them; "Firewall" is brought down . by
some of us action movie _cliches and unorigiare tired of nality, and the character Ford them.
helped create from others before
The film him that has become exhausted:
"Face/Off," a 1997 film, if even
does have
its strong more far-fetched, demonstrated that ..
founda - the action film geme can always be
style HarrisonFord personas, such tions. Camera angles are interest- tweaked and refined. "Firewall"
as ones similar to the charisma and ing and creative, as is the look of doesn't try hard el).ough to follow
ingenuity of Indtana Jones, or the the film, drenched heavily in rain. that lin~ of thinking, and many
wit and charm of Han Solo.-Where Paul Bettany's Cox makes a pretty may find that the film ultimately
have those Ford characters (and good baddie here. There is a seg- suffers as a resul.t.
a
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http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/pointer
from Energy pg. 13
froni Olympics pg. 9
from Birth Control pg. 13
per person."
Senior Steve Xiong said,
"Yes, it's a good idea. We
spend so much money [on
stud,ent fees] anyway; it's nice
to spend it on something that
will save the environment."
In addition to the lOt
percent that SGA hopes to
get from student fees, they
are also · asking 'Chancellor
Linda Bunnell and the UWSP administration to .. fund a
matching 10 percent. "If that
happens, that's 20 percent
of our -energy coming from
renewable sources, which is
a great start. Hopefully we
will gain more and more support for this program and be
able to increase. our usage of
renewable energy in the com.ing years," said Cohen.
For more information on
the renewable energy P!Ogram, visit www.wisconsinpublicworks.com or visit SGA
in room 026,of the UC.
tives for just such an emergency. According to Planned
Parenthood, if taken within 72
hours of unprotected sexual
intercourse, it reduces the risk
of pregnancy by 75-89 percent,
depending on how long the
woman waits after unprotected sexual contact.
"We offer Plan B in the
case of an emergency and
we also give it out to women
as a standby if she should
ever need it," said Ruston. If
a student needs Plan B all
she needs to do is come in
or call Health Service and an
appointment will be made for
her to get a prescription. Plan
B is available at the Health
Service Pharmacy.
· For more information on
the services University Health
Service provides, contraceptive related or otherwise, or
to ·make an appointment, eall
346-4646.
Many critics of Miller
were hoping to fry the twotime silver medalist if he
performed poorly at this
year's games. The critics
can begin to pFactice their
tongue lashings, as Miller
failed to medal in the men's
downhill event, placing
fifth. He was also disqualified from the men's Alpine
combined event on Tuesday
for straddling a gate after
leading the competition following his run. Miller can
still defy the jeers, as he will
compete ih several more
events at the Torino games.
Another
decorated
American athlete in Winter
·Olympics XX is Apolo
Anton Ohno, short track
speed skater who won sil. ver and gold in 2002 and is
a three-time overall World
output at the games, allowing the spotlight to be shone
·on the inablilities of the team
rather than the triumphs.
Ice skater Michelle
Kwan has been hampered
by injury for most of the
recent past. Her nagging
grqin' injury has forced her
to forgo her chance at finally
winning a gold in Olympic
competition. Kwan may
never get that chance again
as an Olympian.
Even before the games
began, American skier Bode
Miller made waves with his
remarks about skiing while
drunk and his accusations
that Barry Bonds and Lance
Armstrong were "cheating"
by taking st~roids or other
illegal subst<;mces.
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Cup champion. Ohno' s first
event in these Olympics
was the 1500m, the event
he won in Salt Lake. Ohno
qualified for the finals in
the 1500m,-but nea:dy fell in
the finals themselves.
Oh, no!
tJis slip-up cost him a
. spot and the medal stand as
he finished a distant eighth.
Ohno will again compete in
Torino in the 1000m, 500m
and the 500m relay.
It may be too early to
call the U.S. team completely out of contention for
respectability at the 2006
Winter Olympics. But to see
such decorated athletes like
Miller and Ohno fail to finish on the podium in events
they have excelled at makes
one wonder. Is this. really .·
America's best team?
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