. Thursday
May 3,
2007
Volume 5 I Issue 27
of communicaand the urgent
connect with others.
Image$ of community, struggle an&teverent searching fil.ter tll.@Qgh the work, staged
electronic violin score by
Ke~ An original cosdesagn by senior theatre
Rebekah Eske enhances
its visual richness.
Andrew Cao, a 2004 alumnus now working in New York
Ci!y, returns as a guest cho~apher to present a new
episodic work that features
hip hop, jazz and theatrical
scep.es.
Pamela Luedtke, an asso-
'The:Sht1W brought in a full
house, with many students
vtstfing from neighboring UW
schools, high schools and even
members of the community.
The show began at 7:30p.m.
in the Quandt Fieldhouse and
left the crowd screaming for
singer,
and his wife, Lauren encores. .
Reverb has toured with
part of their
created the many other groups as advocates in protecting the enviro:pment. Sheryl Crow and
an individual .and a member of a crowd and is staged
to Phillip Glass' score of the
same name. Stephen Radtke, a
senior music major, will play
the piano score at each performance.
Professor Joan Karlen,
dance program coordinator, choreographed the ballet
"Handel Variations/' highlighting the Baroque elegance
of George Frederick Handel's
"Water Music." Througl10ut
four distinct movements, 12
dancers interpret Handel's
score as they. glide and jump
through curv
geometric
patterns. The
premiered
at UW-SP in . 199'4 and has
been restaged for Danstage
2007 wi~ cast that includes
dance majors from every
level.
Karlen is alSo presenting
a new work, "Watching Your
Beat," in which six dancers
delve into the complex terrain
of the human heart. Moved
by the visual of an electrocardiogram, Karlen began
creating images connected to
the beauty and function of
the human heart and created
Laurie David are current-· , a landscape in which dancly touring with the help of ers navigate relationship and
Reverb promoting an end to solitude. Guest designer Jason
global warming. UW-SP was Anderson's lighting patterns
honored to have a band in and projected images of DNA
correspondence with Reverb frame the choreowaphy' s
play on campus, because as a quiet interactions and athletic
university the environm~nt is partnering. The sound score
crucial for many majors and includes compositions by
Bang on a Can, the Canadian
recreational activity.
StudentsofUW-SPenjoyed electro acoustic group I8U,
a great night of music with This the British group Lamb and
World Fair and Guster through
Centertainment Productions.
Although the year is coming '
to a dose, look for more great
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entertamment opportunities
through Centertainment.
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Anthem,
Shimmy. Sec!tio:tt:~
music of
his take on McJza)ff'$" "'F
Inside This Week
web site.
This is the fifth semester that the WRC has put on
Re-Energize Night, said Holly
McKee-Clark, the Outreach
Coordinator for the organization. She said that the event
is one in a "Design Series,"
which are promotions to get
more people familiar with the
organization.
McKee-Clarka1sosaid that
Re-Energize Night is a way
of "getting men more comfortable" with the Women's
Resource Center, since most of
the other events and services
are dire(:ted toward women.
Re-Energize Night is one
of several events that the
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semester. Earlier in the year, fo~ ways to ·get involved on
the Center hosted Take Back campus," McKee-Clark said.
the Night 2007, which raised
Another end-of-semes-".
awareness of sexual assault ter event coming up is the
and domestic violence on the Copper Fountain Festival, put
UW-SP "campus and in the on by Centertainment, which
community. _The goal of the is May 11 from 4-11 p.m. WRC
occasion was to let people will be setting up a booth
know that everyone has the and selling baked goods as a
right to feel safe regardless of fundraiser from 5-8 p.m., said
their gender, 'race or appear- McKee-Clark.
ance, according to the Center's
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Pointlife
May 3, 2007
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Portage County needs you
Katie Leb
THE POINTER
KLEB524@UWSP.EDU
Somewhere there are
children in need of a
friend, tutor or good listener. Am<;>ng these children there ate also many
college students wanting
to lend their services and
be of any assistance they
can. The University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point is
fortunate enough to have
Big -Brothers Big Sisters of
Portage County work with
its stude:J;lts to help children in the Stevens Point
' area and have a lot of fun
along the way.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
(BBBS) works to help children improve in different
. areas of their life including
confidence, social skills
a.nd, in some instances,
academic performance. In
:Portage County, st.udents
at UW-SP are matched
up with either a "little"
· brother or sister to assist
in these areas.
DustinEngevold, a2004
UW-SP sociology graduate
began working with BBBS
shortly after graduation
and now works as a match
specialist for the organization. He has seen firsthand
how much impact, can be
done by simply helping a
young child.
.
"I have seen what ;:t
couple hours a week can
do for a child, and it is
amazing how much I also
gained from the experience!" said Engevold. "I
cannot say enough about
how rewarding it is to see
matches come together
and grow · into a fun and
long-lasting friendship."
While it may be a great
resume builder for the college students, many of the
students do it ·because they
want to help and have a
couple hours of fun each
week where they can be a
bit of a kid again.
·
''[It] can be a great
learning experience for the
student or Big," explained
Engevold. "Many Littlesor children in our program
truly look up to coll'ege
students."
The benefits gained by
both the Little and the
Big can only increase as
the program develops.
BBBS has many goals of
expansion for the upcoming years and hopes. that
by participating in the
program students at UWSP can help accomplish
them.
BBBS is committed to
reaching more children
with mentors. A specific
goal for BBBS is to serve
one-half of the 2,000 children estimated to need a
mentor by the year 2016.
Since the end of 2005, BBBS
has grown 36 percent, well .
on their way io reaching
that goal. As. of the end
of March 2007, 337 oneto-one matches have been
facilitated by the organization.
However, there
are still 134 children in
need of a big brother or
big sister.
. ·
The children are looking for some stability in
their life, and by being
a consistent role model,
the children have a little
something to look forward
to. Local BBBS outcome
surveys have shown great
i~provements 'in children after being matched
with a mentor. In 2006,
80 percent of· the children
matched with a big oroth~r or big sister have, had
an increase in self-esteem
and self-confidence. Also,
64 percent of children have
improved relationships
with others, while 54 percent have improved their
performance in school.
As Engevold said, "'little'" things make · a 'big'
impact in a child's life and
Cou rrc~y of Big Brothers Rig Sisters
they talk about it years
later."
Big Brothers and Big Sisters provides college ~tudents the
It is easy to get opportunity to be a kid again, while helping Stevens Point area
involved. Simply call youth.
BBBS at 715-341-0661 or email bbbs@bigimpact.org
for more information.
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Pointlife • UW-SP The Pointer
Dan Barker shares his journey fro_m Christian to Atheist
Ashley Schlosser
POINTLIFE REPORTER
Dan Barker, co-president
of the Freedom From Religion
Foundation (FFRF), spoke
to students and locals about
his journey from a Christian
minister to an active atheist on Thursday, ·April 26, at
the University of WisconsinSt-evens Point. Students For
Freethought (SFF) hosted this
presentation, called "Losing
Faith in Faith".
Barker's parents raised
their family ?IS extreme evangelical Christians. When
he was. fifteen years old, he
accepted Jesus Christ as his
personal savior by confessing
his sins. As an energetic and
young Christian, his religious
involvement increased rapidly.. Each day he would try to
_.save souls' arid convert nonbelievers. One day at church
he heard a call from God, telling him to preach the gospel.
He began to preach by playing
gospel m:usic, doing missionary work in Mexico and creatmg children's musicals.
"Ibelievedit[Christianity].
• I put my life on the line. I loved
Jesus, God, and my Christian
life. I would have given my life
for this Lord I loved and talked
to. People would come to me to
get saved. I had proof," Barker
said. He proceeded to get a
degr~e in.religion and a minor
in biblical Greek. Over time,
he was ordained in ministry
by the Standard Community
Church in California. He was
the associate pastor in three
different California churches,
belonged to the Assemblies of
God and did an eight year tour
to preach in the United States
while only living on what God
gave him.
While touring, Barker
discovered different .types of
Christian§. "As a consequence,
I started to bump into differ-ent flavors of Christians ...
Christians that were not strictly as narrow fundamentalists
as I was. The fundamentalist
mindset is absolutistic. There is
no grey area. It's either right or
it's wrong. It is a very comfortable way of thinking because
you do not have to wrestle
with degrees. You just know
what's true. The Christians I
ran into had slightly different
theologies from mine, which ·
made me uncomfortable."
The first step he took into
the "grey area" was accepti~g
Christians with slightly different theologies than himself.
"To me . that was a big step.
It was a huge step towards
liberalizing by saying that I
don't have to be right about
everything." He admitted to
himself that the grey area did
exist. This began his five-year
journey of slowly integrating
into an Atheist.
The
questioning
of
Christianity increased when
Jesus kept not showing up
to take all His followers to
Heaven. "After awhile I
stopped looking over my
shoulder wondering if He was
going to come tonight."
He realized he had. to start
taking thought for the morrow, contrary to what the Bible
said. No longer wa~ saving
souls a priority, but raising his
kids and thinking about the
future became first in line.
After studying philosophy,
science, theology and humanism on his own, he began to
study the Bible, looking for
the core Christianity. Using
the metaphor of peeling an
onion, Barker said "I thought
that if I kept peeling away the
onion of all the stuff that's not
essential, there would be a core
Christianity. I kept peeling and
pretty soon it was all just gone.
The summer of 1983, I became
this brand new baby atheist in •
my own mind."
• After being raised in the Christian faith, Dan Barker became
Barkerfinallysentlettersto an Atheist and co-president of Freedom From Religion
his Christian friends, co-minis- Foundation.
ters, co-missionaries, publl.sh"Something happened .in of grew· out of religion from its
ers, relatives and everyone he
could think of explaining that Europe after centuries of bit- past history. And a lot of peon.e- was no longer a believer. ter religious divisiveness and ple think, and I think that, we
He found out who his true fighting with Protestants and ·are. starting to see the beginfriends were by the responses ' Catholics killing each other for nings of that in the United
he received back. He became many -years. Look at Europe States of America."
If you'd like to hear more
a staff representative for the today. They're almost thorabout
Barker's life, you can
FFRF in 1987 and now is co- oughly non-theistic. Most
read
his
book "Losing Faith
president. He also is extremely Europeans are either agnosin
Faith"
or
visit www.ffrf.org
tic
or
indifferent
or
atheistic
...
active in separating the state
where
And
it
wasn't
because
some
you
can
also listen to
from church.
movement
like
ours
Barker
went
over
on
Freethought
Radio.
When it comes to ·the
and
said
we're
going
to
CQange
future of religion in America,
Barker's thoughts leave an you into atheists. It was a social
thing that happened. They sort
interesting hypothesis.
WRC takes back the night
Avra Juhnke
POINTLIFE REPORTE~
Empowerment,
Enlightenment and Education
was this year's theme for
"Take Back the Night," the
annual event sponsored by
the ~omen's Resource Center.
Tli.is year's even~ took place
on Wednesday, April 25, from
4-8 p.m. on the Sundial.
University of WisconsinStevens
Point's
10-plus
piece improvisational band
Reaching Clarity, headed by
Bart Kuhlman, emceed this
year's event and also filled
the night with music between
speakers and skits. The skits
and speakers were people
from the university and members of community. All qf this
is to peacefully rally against
sexual assault.
"The goal was to raise
awareness and empowerment
through' in-your-face' tactics,'"
said Holly McKee Cliuk of the·
Women's Resource Center.
This year, Hyer hall direc~
tor Alisa Garbish spoke in
regards to sexual violence and
safety in co-ed dorms. A variety of skits were presented
including an informational skit .
put on by CAP services, which
houses Sexuai Assault Victim
Services and the Family Crisis
Center for the Stevens Point
· area. Valerie Barske, a women
studies professor, was another
speaker. She discussed international sexual violence to show
that rape is not something
exclusive to Caucasian, middle-class Americans. Professor
Barske and her Women's
Peace Studies class presented
a· history and testimonials of
abused Asian women, as well
as showcasing their artwork to
create awareness.
The night · ended with
a candle-light vigil and the
pleasant sounds of Reaching
Clarity's sitar to honor those
who have been affected by
sexual violence and domestic
abuse and also to remember
those who never spoke · out
against their oppressors and
bore the heavy weight of those
crimes committed . against
them alone.
On Thursday there was
a follow-up question and
answer forum led by- trained ·
counselo.rs and was geared
towards anY.one who has been
personally affect~d by sexual
violence.
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Outdoors
5
Locals eager to keep loons at Sunset Lake
Volunteers bujld nesting platform to aid breeding loons at Central Wisconsin Environmental St~tion
Anne Frie
THE POINTER
AFRIE I 40@UWSP.EDU
Looking through the dining hall window at the Central
Wisconsin
Environmental
Station (CWES) · in Amherst
Junction, Wis., Scott Johnson
- directed the .volunteers' attention to a pair of common loons
resting on Sunset Lake a few
hundred meters from the'hall.
-For the past two years
since he's served as director of
CWES, Johnson has seen n:'lany
loons stop at Sunset Lake, but
there have been no records of
loons nesting on the lake.
On Wednesday, May 2,
a gro'up of volunteers that
~ included CWES staff members,
students fromthe University of
Wisconsin ..,. Stevens Point and
- area neighbors helped build
an Artificial Nesting Platform
(ANP) to help attract breeding
loon pairs on Sunset Lake.
"We are building the loon
nesting platform because there
is a lack of nesting areas for
the loons that are here," said
Johnson. "We have a deep lake
here with relatively undisturbed habitat, so I thought
this would be a good opportunity to help."
·
Johnson received funding through a grant from the
Central Wisconsin chapter of
Safari Club International.
The design of the ANP
comes from the Loon Watch
program, which originated from the Sigurd Olson
Environmental Institute located in Ashland, Wis.
The Loon Watch program
involves volunteers that educate and monitor the behavior
How much does a loon eat?
and population
status of common loons in
Wisconsin and
throughout the
Upper
Great
Lakes region.
idea
Tlie
behind ANPs
is to create a
"mock" nesting area for
loons. But it's
courrcsy
"''' "''-nucau·llln>.wm
not as easy as it Volunteers worked to build an artificial nesting platform for loons on Sunset
Lake in Amherst' Junction, Wis. The platform looks similar to this one.
sounds. The legs of a loon are the platform, but many were ing platform," said_ Johnson.
"We plan on educating everyplaced far back on its lower eager to help.
"I like watching the loons _o ne that comes here about
body (near its rear), which
makes it great at diving, but out on the lake. It's very excit- the loons. We want them to .
extremely clumsy on land. For ing that we get to see them," respect the wildlife and keep
this reason, loons tend to nest said Jenny Pomeroy, a local their distance from them."
on the edges of islands· or on resident who lives on Sunset
Rkk Wilke, a UW-SP profloating vegetation where they Lake. "I think this is a good fessor who also served as first
thing," she said.
director of CWES in 1975,
move around easier.
But there are a few con- agreed.
A variety of materials, such
as piping, insulation boards, cerns about the high level of
"It will be a great chalmesh, anchors and snow fenc- activity on the lake and how lenge with the high level of
ing are used to make sure the it will affect a pair of nesting activity on this lake,", said
Wilke. "But I hope this works.
nesting platform stays afloat, loons.
while still providing protecEach year the 63-acre It doesn't hurt to try. With the
tion from predators.
Sunset Lake attracts around lcick of nesting areas on the
"Eagles and snapping 8,000 campers and visitors. lake, it would certainly help."
The platform is · expected
turtles are the main preda- Motorized boats are allowed
tors of the COillD1.0n loon on on the lake (with a no-wake to be out on the lake on Friday,
this lake, so we've added an . policy enforced) and evening May 4. For more informa'eagle guard' to the platform fishing is a popular hobby for tion about ANPs, visit www.
northland.edu, or e-mail Scott
as well," said Johnson.
many lakeside residents.
"What we don't want is Johnson at sjohnson@uwsp.
It · took the volunteers
- ·
several hours to assemble too much attention to the nest- edu.
Loons eat approximately two pounds of fish each
day.
How small of a lake will a loon use?
Minimum lake size tor nesting loons is reportedly 10
acres, but on rare occasions loon nests have been
found on smaller lakes.
When do loons arrive in Wisconsin?
------.-r·Ed Vent
As soon as the ice leaves in mid-to-late April. Most
loons in Wisconsin are nesting by mid-to-late May,
with eggs beginning to hatsh one mont~ later in midto-late June._Loons typically lay only two eggs per
nesting attempt.
:-,?·
Where do the loons go during the winter?
In the fall, loons migrate south to spend the winter
on the ocean along the Atlantic coast and the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Are loons protected by the law?
Yes. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects loons and
all migratory non-game birds from harassment. In
Wisconsin, please report intentional loon harassment
to the Department of Natural Resources at 1-800TIP-WDNR.
How many loons live in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin lakes are the sumrl!er home to approxi·
mately 3,100 ady,lt loons.
Information attained from the Sigurd Olson
E11vironmental Institute, a part of Northland College
in Ashland, Wis. For more information visit
www.northland.edu/.
This expaqsiou .and
contractiou. of air ''is what
·causes thunder:' Smce we
know . tl:-le §'peed 'o-f sound
travels oue::fiftb
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•May, 3 2007
Science, Health & Tech.
UW-SP The Pointer
UW-SP Strength Center to renovate t_his summer
The renovations are to keep their
machin~s up to date with changing fitness trends and technology.
"We are getting new strength equip- .
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens ment with · newer designs and modPoint Strength Center will be dosing its els that are more efficient," said Chad
doors on May 10 at 2:30 p.m. to begin Adamovich, assistant student manager
of the strength center.
·
renovations
that
.
. are slated to be com.
"When this is done we'll be able to
pleted in July of 2007.
During the renovation, the Strength have more sports teams using the facility
Center will be housed in the balcony of · at one time as well as community members working out at the same time," said
the Quandt gym.
"Our attendance goes down during Adamovich.
In the past, only one Pointer aththe . summer so the move shouldn't be
too much of an issue for our members," letic team could use the Strength Center
said Lee Olson, student manager of the at a time due to the limited space and
machines available.
Strength Cente1:
The Strength Center will dose on
When the Strength Center members
come back to school in the fall, they will Thursday May 10 and re-open at 6 a.m.
i:,.otite many improvements in their old on May 11 with most of the equipment
and machines moved to the temporary
facility.
Photo by Drew Smalley
"We are updating almost all our location overnight.
The Strength Center dumbells will have to find a new home during renovation ..
"We have most of our staff helping
equipment. We're g~tting new cardia
equipment fdr the carqio balcony, new out as well as some of the football playincluding the televisions and air condi- smooth transition," said Olson. ·
flooring, stretching mats and new strength ers," said Olson.
The newly renovated Strength Center
The temporary room will have all tioning.
equipment," said Olson. "We have about
"We're all hoping that it will be a will re-open in mid to late July.
$150,000 inyested in this project."
the amenities of the old Strength Center
Sara Suchy
THE POINTER
SSUCH489@UWSP-.EDU
.
.
.
GEM aids Oaxacan residents - Microsoft brings gaming to
the-"Elite"
Sara Suchy
THE POINTER
SSUCH489@UWSP.EDU
This time of year, it's hard for most
students to think beyond the next test
or paper due, but outside our little
bubble that is college life, there are
people on campus trying to make a
difference whose day to day worries
are if they will have food on the table
that night.
The
Global
Environmental
Management (GEM) center is working
toward alleviating these worries in one
of the poorest indigenous populations
in the world: Oaxaca, Mexico.
Dr. Emesto Castefiada, gave a talk
Tuesday, May 1 about the extreme
poverty in. the state of Oaxaca and
what is being done to help, as part of
the GEM critical issues seminar series.
"Two point five million people in
.
the state are living with food insecurity," said Castenada. "They are living
on a basic diet of com, beans, chilies,
sugar, coffee, tomatoes and onion."
· · Forty-one and one half percent
of the population lives in extreme
poverty and 26.5 percent of all infants
struggle with malnutrition.
"Our goal is to · build
able communities for the
Oaxaca," said Castenada.
With help from the UW-SP GEM
department, Castenada has been able
to create several community projects
to help the people of Oaxaca. · Some
of the programs are home and community gardens that provide nourishment for each family and community.
Chicken and eggs programs provide
chickens that give the communities
eggs and meat. There are also projects that teach the community how to
build microwaves and ovens so they
can cook, teach the community how to
harvest water and build and maintain
greenhouses.
"We are training the people in sustainability [which will] improve their
skills and capacity for food security,"
said Castenada.
The state of Oaxaca has also ·
plagued political unrest due to the dire
poverty and the lack of local government response.
"These are some of the poorest
people in the world. The goverllinent
offers no solutions, they only send the
police and the army to deal with the
people/' said Castenada. "There are
no jobs and no food, so there are a lot
of hungry and angry people."
This makes the Premium's 20 gigabyte
hard drive pale in comparison. The Core
version of the 360 fai~s to even provide a
storage unit for game saves.
The Elite's huge storage ca:pacTechnology giant Microsoft released
their newest iteration of the Xbox 360 ity makes it easier for garners to save
videogame console last Sunday, April downloadable movies, 'television shows
29. The-Xbox 360 Elite hit store shelves and other game content to the sy~tem,
with several new ·components that pre- while leaving enough room for game
saves.
vious versions were lacking.
Another
thing sure to
make
highend technology
enthusiasts salivate over the Elite
is the inclusion
of
high-definition multimedia
interface (HDMl)
output. HDMI
allows
both
audio and video
to be sent over
one cable. HDMl
also allows for
the highest available high-definition video formats, including
1080p, which is
one of the highMicrosoft releases their newest waste of time, the Xbox
est resolution for~
360 Elite.
mats available.
l;)irected at those garners who have Of course, this all depends on what
yet to jump on the next-generation vid- television set a gamer has. Even HDMl
e.ogame bandwagon, the Elite boasts . won't supply any real advantages on a
some of the most advanced technology 20-inch standard-definition set.
available on game systems today.
Out of the box, the Elite includes
One of the most noticeable differ- everything a gamer needs to enjoy their
ences between the Elite and the other system. The Elite comes with the conXbox 360 consoles is the color. The Core sole, the hard drive, a black wireless
and Premium versions of the system
are gray, while the Elite shows off its se~ "X-box" pg. 7
shelf appeal with a matte black casing.
Microsoft is also releasing accessories
1
STOR-IT Minh
to match their new .f:Onsole, including
•
· Warehouse •
controllers and hard drives.
IL ow prices,
.
. to campus, I
c1ose
Speaking of the Elite's hard drive,
1
1
the brand-new version of the 360 comes
I
$15 off 1st month rent. I
with a massive 120 gigabyte hard drive.
Steve Roeland
THE POINTER
.
SROEL908@UWSP.EDU
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Photo hy GEM Ocpartmcnt
UW-SP students· in the GEM department work with developing states to promote sustainable living.
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· Science • May 3, 2007
http://pointer.uwsp.edu
from "X-box1' pg. 6
controller, a matching
wired headset for communicating online over
Xbox Live (Microsoft's
online gaming network),
component/ composite
audio/visual cables for
use on standard- · and
high-definition TVs, an
HDMI - cable, an optical
and component audio
dongle and an Ethernet
cord.
Despite including
some the newest teclillology available, the Elite
has drawn criticism for
what it fails to include.
All Xbox 360s are'capable
of playing high-definition
DVDs, so long as the 360
owner purchases an HQDVD add-on player for
$199.99. Most critics feel
that, in order for the Elite
to live up to its name, it
' should include an HDDVD drive or add-on
player.
Another criticism
comes from Microsoft's
tise of the 1.2 version of
HDMI output instead
of the newer and more
advanced 1.3 version,
which is supported by the
360's rival system, Sony's
PlcwStation 3. The PS3
also has a built-in Blu-Ray
disc player, the main competition for HD-DVD.
The Xbox 360 Elite
retails for $479.99, an $80
increase in price over
the Premium system
($39~.99) and an even
larger increase over the
Core ($299.99).
U.W-SP's Dombeck
to receive
Haverforc;l College
honorary deg~ee
A member of the ,
UW-SP faculty since 2001,
Dombeck is a nationally
University
of renowned conservationWisconsin System Fellow ist with over 25 years
· and Professor of Global •experience in managing
CSohservation at the federal lands and natuUniversity of Wisconsin- ral resources. Dombeck
Stevens Point (UWSP), has focused much of
as _well as former chief his efforts on sustainof the US. Forest Service able forest ecosystem
and former director management, watershed
of the Bureau of Land health and restoration,
Management, Michael fisheries management
Dombeck, will be receiv- and countless public
ing an honorary degree speaking engagements
from Haverford College both nationally Glnd
in Pennsylvania. A native internationally. He is the
of_-Wisconsin, Dombeck's recipient of the prestihonorary ·degree will gious Lady Bird Johnson
be conferred during _ Conservation Award, the
Haverford's commence- Audubon Medal and the
ment exercises on May Distinguished Executive
20.
Award, the highest award
Dombeck received in federal service.
his bachelor's degree
· - A prolific author
in biology and master's - Dombeck has authored,
degree in biology and co-authored, and edited
education from UW-SP. over 200 scholarly and
He also received a mas- popularpublications.Two
ter's in zoology from the of his personal works are
T}niversity of Minnesota "Watershed Restoration:
and a doctorate in fish- Principles and Practices/'
eries biology from Iowa and "From Conquest to
Conservation: Our Public
State University.
Traditionally, Lands Legacy." He led
Haverford awards four the US. Department of
Forest
honorary degrees annu- Agriculture's
ally to individuals who Service from 1997 to April
have distinguished them- 2001 and the Department
of the Interior's Bureau of
selv~s in the sciences, letters or the arts.
Land Management from
"I am delighted to 1994 to 1997. Dombeck
receive such an honor is the only person ever
from one of America's to have led the two largmost prestigious liberal est land management
arts institutions," said agencies in the United
Dombeck. "My hope is States. involving nearly
· to live up to this honor 500 million acres of puband to the high ideals of lic lands.
Haverford."'
Biochemistry degree on track to be
offered .at UW-Stevens Point
Press Release
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS
At the recent UW System
Board of Regents meeting at OWOshkosh, the full board . authorized an undergraduate, bachelor of scisnce degree program
in_biochemistry at the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Poin~ This
four-year interdisciplinary program of study will be part of the
College of Letters and Sciences
and administered jointly by the
chemistry and biology departments.
According to James Brummer,
professor and chair of chemistry, a
biochemistry major will combine
the knowledge of chemistry and
biology to explain life processes
in terms of chemical and molecular structure within living cells.
The facilities, equipment, staff
and budget necessary to offer the
major alr~ady exist in the departments and no additional taxpayer
resources are being requested at
this time.
"A biochemistry major will
prepare students for graduate
studies that serve as the gateway to careers in research areas
that deal with some of society's
most pressing problems," said
Brummer. "Graduates from this
program will be well prepared
for jobs in Wisconsin's emerging
bioscience laboratories and biotechnology-driven businesses."
· According to the Wisconsin
Association for Biotechnology ·
Research and Education, in 2003
Wis<:onsin had 338 bioscience
companies employing over 22,000
workers, and 193 biotech manufacturing companies employing .
over 17,000 workers. Since 2003 ·
biotechnology employment in
Wisconsin has grown at a rate of
_16. percent annually. Graduating
biochemistry majors from Point
will likely ·have employment
opportunities at the . Marshfield
Clinic and Wisconsin's other
research hospitals. They will q.lso ·
be well prepared to apply to dep.tal, veterinary, pharmacology and ·
medical professional schools and
biochemistry graduate programs.
There is a significant demand
for a biochemistry degree a!fiong
students. There are typically more
thaR 650 biology majors at UW-SP.
Approximately 60 of these students graduate with a biology
major and a minor in chemistry,
according to Brummer. "We anticipate that the program will- grow
to 90 - 100 majors with a graduation rate of 20-24 students per
year," said Brummer.
UW-Madison,
UWMilwaukee, UW-La Crosse and
UW-Eau Claire are the four UW
System campuses that currently
offer a biochemistry major.
Press Release
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UW-SP The Pointer
Sports
Pointers split with weeken_d se.ries with UW-Oshkosh
Baseball
Nick Gerritsen
THE POINTER
NGERR519@UWSP.EDU
With the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens
·Point
baseball team'.s four-game
split against first place UWOshkosh on April 28 and 29,
the Pointers were unable to
gain any ground in the season's most crucial series.
·
Realistically, the Pointers
would have needed to
sweep all four games against
Oshkosh for any chance at
the Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference regular
season title. But with their
two wins over Point, Oshkosh
clinched its first WIAC title
since 1999 and has now won
a league record 28 conference
titles.·
In the opener, Point earned
a 6-5 win thanks to ace Jordan
Zimmerman, who recorded his
fifth win of the season without a loss. Zimmerman went
seven innings and gave up
four earned run& on eight hits runs before Oshkosh finally
shut the doo~ and escaped ·
to get the win:
Point's offense did most of . with a one-run victory.
its damage early, scoring three
Brad Archambeau led all .
runs with two out in the first hitters with four hits while
inning. Six of the Pointers' Zimmerman and Justin
eight hits came in the first two Bushong each added three
innings. Adam Evanoff went hits. Evanoff added two hits,
2-3 with an RBI and a run each home ruus, and had four
scored. Brandon Scheidler had RBis.
three RBI and a run scored.
Sunday's first game was
In Saturday's second a low scoring pitchers' duel
game, Oshkosh clinch~d the that turned into a 9-3 win for
league title in dramatic £ash- the Pointers. Starter Brandon
ion, holding off UW-SP 14-13 Hemstead went eight strong
in 11 innings, Point held a 5-1 innings, allowing three runs
advantage into the sixth inning (all earned) while scattering
when Oshkosh's offense got eight hits.
started. The Titans put up four
The game went into the
runs in the sixth.
bottom of the eighth tied at
Point rallied with three in "three when Point's offense ralthe seventh before Oshkosh
scored four more in the
eighth for a one-run lead.
Zimmerman pulled through
with a dramatic solo home run
in the bottom of the ninth to
force extra innings.
The game went into
the eleventh inning where
Oshkosh tallied five runs in
the top half, only to see the
Pointers answer with four
lied for six runs to open up and seven RBis. Zimmerman
the game. Jeremy Dunnihon and Scheidler also homered
pitChed a scoreless ninth to for Point, who now has 42
home runs as a team, 17 more
secure the victory.
Evanoff homered for the than they have allowed.
Despite losing their chance
eighth time this year, taking
starter Adam Roos deep to at a regular season title, the
lead off the sixth inning. As a Pointers remain in second
team the Pointers banged out place. They have four games
14 hits.
·
left in the regular season, all
/
In the .series finale, Point against UW-La Crosse. They
fell behind 9-1 by the fourth are already almost assured a
inning en route to a 14-11loss. spot in the four-team confer. They cut the lead to 10-7 after . ence tournament in Wisconsiri
eight innings before surren- Rapids on M~y 11-12. A sucdering four more Oshkosh cessful weekend against La
runs in the top of the ninth.
Crosse will secure one of the
· The Pointer's biggest three remaining openings in
bright spot came from second the tourney and provide a litbaseman Tim Schlosser, who tle momentum heading into
went 4-5 with three home runs the postseason.
PhDt<> by Drew Smalley
UW-Oshkosh first baseman -Brad Demmin holds a UW-Stevens Point runner close on a pickoff
attempt during a four game split on April 28 arid 29 at University Field .
.Senio_r on the Spot
Ryan Byrnes- Baseball
Major ·- Wildlife Ecology, Biology.
Hometown - Beaver Dam.
-Byrnes, By:J;nesy,
Phntn by Drew Smalley
UW-Stevens Point ctacher Ben Warwick fires the ball back to
the pitcher on Saturday's opening game, in which the Pointers
squeezed out a win over the WIAC regular season champion
UW-Oshkosh Titans, 6-5.
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10
Sports • UW-SP The Pointer
•May, 3 2007
Four victories punch Pointers' ticket .t o .the tourney Softball
Rochelle Nechuta
SPORTS REPORTER
The last four regular
season games ended in victory for the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens
Point
softball team resulted in ·
sweeps of UW-Whitewater
and St. Norbert College in
doubleheaders.
Achieving an overall record of 30-6, and
Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference record
of 13-3, this is the first year
since 1999 that the softball
team has had 30 wins in a
season.
The opening game on
April 25 against Whitewater
started off quickly with the
Pointers leading 4-2 before
and then shutting out the
Warhawks completely in the
last three innings. The second game exhibited strong
defense from UW-SP. The
Pointers did not allow a
Warhawk run until the top
of the fifth, and the winning
score for the Pointers was
7-4.
UW-SP
played
St. and 36 RBis, and Mandy
Norbert College in a non- Jellish with 34 runs and 49
conference doubleheader hits.
UW-SP pitcher Stephanie
las.t Saturday, April 28, and
pulled into a strong lead· in Anderson also helped to
the fifth inning of the first pave the way with a 1.15
game for a 9-5 win. The-sec- ERA and 17 wins, while
ond game was a bit closer pitcher Hope Krause recordwith teams tied 1-1 until ed 13 wins and a 2.72 ERA.
the sixth when the Pointers
In their next game, the
·pulleq. ahead with one run, Pointers take the second
and then with three more seed spot of the WIAC tourin the se~enth. Though St. nament held in Eau Claire.
Norberts tried to rally back The first matchup begins
at the bpttom of the seventh, May 4 at 11 a.m. against
they still fell short two runs UW-La Crosse as UW-SP
with a 5-3 score in fav or of battles for the WIAC 2007
the Po-inters.
title: UW-SP was victorious
The month of April held in both games in a doublea strenuous schedule for the header against La Crosse
Pointers, especially in the earlier in the season.
last t.wo weeks when the
The most challenging
team pounded out 12 games team that .the Pointers could
in six doubleheaders. Out of face in the WIAC tournament
those twelve match-ups, ten would be UW-Oshkosh. The
were WIAC games. The team Titans are the top seed in the
had an additional double- nine team conference. UWheader against Edgewood SP fell to the Titans twice
College scheduled for April this year and have .yet to
29 that was cancelled.
beat them in 2007.
Leading the team to
"We have to take it one
success this season were ga;ne at a time in the tourPointers' batting leaders nament series," said Brooks.
Laura Van Abel with 40 "You need to win the first
runs, a .432 batting average · one to get to the second
and 37 RBis, Korryn Brooks one."
with a .422 batting average
Photo by Drew Smollcy
Mandy. Jellish is one of the impact players in the UW-Stevens
Point lineup, as she scored 34 runs and collected 49 hits during the 2007 regular season.
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May 3, 2007
Arts & Review
COmposition duo: .students to premiere origi·nal
songs at recita.l
with their lessons, studio
classes and recitals. Stillwell, a
music major who studies composition, is Suchy's accompaSara Suchy and Joseph nist. During their. practices
Stillwell have prepared a together, Suchy and Stillwell
recital's worth -of music by began . to work on music
American composers. Many Stillwell had written. The pair
students. In the voice depart- began to discuss the possibility
ment sing songs by American of a recital and began to gather
Composers for their recitals, music about a year ago.
but this one has a twist"We said, 'When are . we
Stillwell himself is one of the going to ·have another opporfeatured composers, and he· tunity to do something like
wrote two of. the songs for this,' so we started to put it
Suchy to sing.
together," said Suchy.
Voke majors and minors
Juniors and seniors in
in the music department hire the voice department give
accompanists to assist tli.em required recitals as part of
Joy Ratchman
THE POINTER
JRATC567@UWSP.EDU
Bright Eyes: Cassadaga
he gets political and ho hum
chemical dependence issues
when he gets personal. He's
evolved from the artist ·who
created the heartbreaking
Connor Oberst of Bright "Poison Oak" into the loser
Eyes is one of the best song- older brother figure who has
writers working today. On all kinds of good advice about
his . last album, 2005's 'T m all the wrong things. In the
Wide Awake, It's Mornmg," end, his so-called "depth" is
he churned out instant classic just annoying and a little sad.
Obersts' lyrics would
after instant classic. Not since •
Beck's "Ode lay" had there · be more tol~rable if played
been an album with such for jokes. He's serious when
memorable lyrics from begin- he says, ''I've been loved I
ning to end. The songs were I've been f***ed I So what".
catchy, poignant and haven't The ef{ect is akin to putting
gotten old after two years on Matthew McConaughey's
the shelf.
''I'm in my mid-twenties but
·As a follow up to ''I'm still hanging out with highWide Awake," "Cassadaga" schoolers" character from
· makes sense. Its songs boast "Dazed and Confused" into
Oberst's trademark solid "American Beauty."
construction, but the producThe lyrical weakness is
tion has been beefed up a · a shame, since "Cassadaga"
bit. · Oberst has also added a ~ounds so good. The album's
few vocal tricks. Rather than musical sound is at the same
an increase of volume during time classic and fresh. It's at
emotional parts, it has a bit its best when it breaks from
more nuance than previous the Americana mold, but even
efforts. This works fantastical- the countrified songs work
ly on "If the Brakemai1 Turns 'well. Sometimes even the
My Way," a rollicking song ridiculous lyrics fit the song
that recalls Billy Joel at his perfectly, like in "Soul Singer
in a Session Band." Yes, its
strongest.
This daring pays off · as about a musician that's forced
well on "Make a Plan to Love · to sell out. But before the lisMe," where Oberst mines a tener can get around to vomsoft rock sound to great effect. iting, the song soars majestiHowever, Brigfi.t Eyes has cally and reveals itself as a
always been a band that lives great character sketch.
"Cas?adaga" is a rolon the edge, always threatening to careen off of its new licking good time musically,
• nuances. The extra gloss on just try to ignore the lyrics.
·"Cassadaga" unfortunately Hopefully, Oberst will discov- .
exists to allow Oberst to cover er how to marry the evocaup mistakes that crop up upon tive nature of his music with
great lyrics, or least lyrics
repeated listens.
The most glaring weak- that aren't flat oqt embarrassness of this album is its lyrics, ing. He did it with ''I'm Wide
which boarder on inane. This Awake, It's Monung," and he
is a bit surprising, given 'T m even managed on the "Four
Wide Awake, It's Morning's" Wrnds" EP, released this year.
Oberst "Cassadaga" proves he's got
poetic strength.
seems obsessed with typi<;al to get over this loser older
left wing complaints when brother phase to truly shine.
Zachary Krogman
ARTS AND REVIEW REPORTER
their grade. Stillwell and
Suchy's recital, however, was
an ·independent project. The
pair talked to voice professor Susan Bender and piano
professor Michael Keller,
their respective il).strumental
instructors. They also enlisted the help of Dr. Charles
Young, professor of composition. These three instructors
helped Suchy and Stillwell
to obtain the .music department's approval for the recital.
Stillwell wrote two art
songs for Suchy to sing. The .
songs are typical of 20th
Century music. One is very
atonal, and the other is very
melodic. In addition to these
vocal works, _S tillwell will
also premiere one of his piano
pieces, a work in three movements. The recital will feaSu.rul.ay, Mar6
ture works by other American
Leotu.te lia.1l 291
composers, including John
Photo courtesy of S;-~ra Suchy
Corigliano, Samuel Barber
Sara Suchy and Joe Stillwell willl star in an upcoming recital.
and John Musto.
Suchy's favorite pieces are
those written by Stillwell.
May 6. The event will begin at won't have to worry about
"He's one of the most 7 p.m. in room 221 of the Noel understanding a foreign lansensitive musicians I've ever Fine Arts Center. Suchy and guage," said Suchy._."lt's probworked with. He's brilliant," Stillwell would like to encour- ably music unlike what you've
she said.
age their fellow students to heard before, so it will b~ a
Suchy and Stillwell'srecit- attend the recital.
very interesting experience."
al will take place on Sunday,
"It's· all in English, so you
a.
Phase Three return-s to the New
Mission Cafe
Brian Bednarczyk
ARTS AND REVIEW REPORTER
Phase Three will play at
The New Mission Cafe on
May 4 at 10:30 p.m. They
will b~ one of five bands performing that night. Captain
Moonlight will start the show
at 6:30 p.m., followed by The
Gunship at 7, Rendered at 8
and Shattered ·Red at 9:30.
Phase Three's musicians
are Elliot Niesl on lead vocals
and guitar, Jon Tomcek on
.bass, and. Brandon Aarrestad
on drums. N~esl and Tomcek
are current University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point students and Aarrestad is a UWSP alumni.
The members pf Phase
Three have been friends since
their years at D.C. Everest .
Senior High Schoo_l. · After
high school, they all went
their separate way~, but were
brought together when a
mutual friend asked them if
they would like to help make
a demo tape. Their friend
moved back to California,
after making the demo tape,
but the three .fcl.t that some-
thing clicked when they
played together and decided
to become a band.
Niesl had already written
a number of songs over the
years, and Aarrestad played
drums.
"I just had all these ideas
lying arouri.d and it seemed
wrong to just let them fade
away," said Niesl.
Niesl and Aarrestad created a demo tape and gave it to
Tomcek, who then added his
bass guitar to the mix. After
they made their demo they
started playing live shows.
They played at the fall 2004
and the spring_2005 Battle of
the Bands at UW-SP. They
came in second at the fall
show and were• winners of
the spring 2005 contest. They
· also played at such venues as ·
_The (old) Mission Cafe, Clark .
Place and various others in
the Wausau area.
By May of 2005, Phase
Three had to put everything ·
on hold. Niesl was deployed
in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. He would be gone .
for about a year and a half.
Before Niesl left, . the band
made a studio demo, but
th.ey decided it didn't -represent their music the way they
wanted it to.
"It was more like a marker
of progress," said Aarrestad.
Since Niesl' s return in
November the band has been
workinghard on·a newdemo
and they are back in shape for
performance. Their last show
was a brief performance at
the Faux-Core,in February.
Phase Three is influenced by such bands as
Jimmy Hendrix, Pearl Jam,
Rage Against .the Machine,
Red Hot Chilli Peppers and
Jalniroquai. Niesl has always
enjoyed rock music, Aarrestad
enjoys funk ·and jazz and
Tomcek likes Rap an:d R&B
music. They have mixed their
musical backgrounds to come
up with a unique and original
sound.
The sho'Y at The New
Mission Cafe on May 4 will
start at 6 p.m. It is open
to all . ages ai_ld will have a
$6 cover fee. Go to www. NewMissionCafe.com for
more information and a $2
discount coupon.
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12.-•May, 3 2007
Arts & Review • UW-SP The Pointer
CINEMA CRITlQUE CORNER
with ·NELSON CARVAJAL~ "NEXT"
Nelson Carvajal
AR\S AND REVIEW REPORTER
._,_
Philip K. Dick's novels
have been adapted into some
masterful films, sueh as Ridley
Scott's "Blade Runner" , and
Stevens Spielberg's "Minority
Report." In an unfortunate
turn for the worse, director
Lee Tamahori ("Die Another
Day") has adapted Dick's
novel "The Golden Man"
into the film "Next," a mjld,
flat, wannabe summer blockbuster. To think that this film
hau a production cost of $70
million is an insult to aspiring filmmakers everywhereincluding myself-who seek
their own modest break at a
career debut.
"Next" stars Nicolas Cage
as Cris Johnson, a. Vegas
magician (Frank Cadillac is
his handle), who was born
with the ability to always see
two minutes into his future. If
by now you're already pointing out some faulty logistkal
issues of such a setup, I'll beg
you to stop. The real problem
with the film isn't its science;
the problem lies in its execu- ·
tion of the screenplay.
I'll stop here to talk about
.Cage. Cage is an Oscar-winning actor. He comes from a
. Hollywood family. This guy
can act, as seen in "Leaving
Las Vegas," "Adaptation,"
and "Matchstick Men." He
can bomb too, as shown by
''National . Treasure," "Gone
in Sixty Seconds," and "Con
Air." Sadly, he can be as terrible as he is in "Next" ·while
still ·convincing himself ·that
he is actually doing a good
job. Poor guy.
Back to the screenplay:
the grouping of scenes, from
the opening dream montage
to the flaccid third act sur- •
prise is doggedly assembled.
It's-like watching a story written by an angry bully during ·detention. :rhe story has
Julianne Moore, who plays
Callie Ferris, as a two-dimensional agent.· Ferris is rigidly
convinced that Johnson is the
sole key to locati:t:J.g a sto-
len nuclear device in the Los · character at a cabin. These
Angeles area. Since he can see scenes are just plain creepy
two minutes into the future, and weird. But there's got to
he is, of course, the best can- be action right? Yes and no.
didate to find out where and The action scenes are so over
when the device will deto- the top (Cage dodges a bulnate! I .know-I'm shaking let aimed at his h~ad at one
point) and so fake-looking,
my head right now too.
The film would have that I wonder where the overworked fine if it had played blown budget went. It may
itself straight, as a silly sci- have gone to food catering or,
fi romp ("Total Recall" for more likely, Cage's hairstyle.
example), but it is deterIt is imposs.ible to capture
mined to stage itself like a just how terrible this. film is.
cataclysmic Michael Bay In fact the only time the audiepic, and that's never a good ence had any sort of emotionthing. More alarming, much . al response during the screenof the running time is given ing was when a father sitting
to a wasteful romantic sub-· behind me chuckled when I
plot involving Jessica Biel' s . made_a disparaging comment
about the root beer smoothie I
was drinking at the time.
Late in the film, Cage's
character says to himself, "I
made a mi~take," and coincidentally I found myself muttering the exact same P.hrase
to myself. During the car ride
home I caught myself thinking about the power of seeing
into the future, and I realized .
how much I envied it. If I
could have seen how stupid
"Next" was really going to
be, I could have prevented the
cataclysm J)f viewing it from
ever happening.
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Letters & Opinion
Arts & Review • UW-SP The Pointer
Your College Survival Guide
~
letter. How old are you?
ERKED; I'm not going to tell you my
birthday. ·
·
'ME: Are you afraid I'm going to send
Dear Eatflowers or something?
ERKED: You could steal my identity.
So, I have this wonderful boyfriend -- he's
ME: Yes. That's what I want. Your identity.
cute, junny, puts up with my shit and is very .
commztted. Sounds perfect, right? Yeah, he is. You've discovered my insidious plot. I am
But that's a big part of the problem. I have this hoist on my own retard.
ERKED: Ha. I thought so. Wait. Is that a
great guy, whom I love, but I have a crush on
another guy. Now ·I don't kn_ow if I should ignore typo, or did you just make a pun?
. ME: Listen, I don't want your i-dentity. I
the.other so that I don't mess up my relationship
or if I should start hanging out with him so I can hke bemg Pat Rothfuss. If I were you, things
would be too confusing. I wouldn't know how
see how I really feel about him.
Oh yeah, and I was thinking about experi- to deal with the underwear for one thing.
ERKED: What?
menting with girls before I settle down. But if I ·
ME: I'm saying if I were you, I wouldn't
fo?l around.with a girl, doesn't that give my boyfnend the nght to fool around with another girl? know how ·to put on your underwear. As I'm a
bo_r-type and you are not. It's a joke, you see.
yYith the humor stemming from the implica-Each Relationship Kindles Equal Doubt
tion of gender confusion.
ERKED: I've never had sex with anot
ERKED: Hciw do you know I'm wearing
- Alright, before we. delve into this letter
woman.
But there. have been a few . partie
for real, I need to clear up a misconception. underwear?
where
a
few
girls have compared boobs an
ME: Well, either I've plan,ted a camera in
ERKED, if you make out with another girl,
stuff like that. And I've kissed - other. girl
your boyfriend has the right to fool around your room, or I have superior inductive rea- a couple times. Once at a bar and once at
with another guy. That's how it balances out. soning. Take your pick.
ERKED: No~ I'm serious. Why would party. But I've thought about it. That's why
So if you're feeling experimental AND you've
want to experiment a little.
.
got a bit of a yaoi fantasy, then you might be you assume I wear underwear? Why are you
ME:
_
M
an.
How
come
I
never·
get
invi
attempting to tie ~e down to your outmoded
in a position to score a twofer.
to the boob comparing parties? Do you th
. But seriously, everyone who has read this patriarchal morality system?
about
sex with women a lot?
ME: I would like to state for the record
column more than once knows that what I
ERKED:
Some.
dispense here at the College Survival Guide that I have never attempted to tie you down:
ME:
You're
being dodgy. Give me so
is anything but actual advice. In fact, our figuratively, ' literally, or morally. Can we . specifics. When you're walking down th
lab technicians recently discovered that the please get back on topic? I don: t want your street, do you check out other
. College Survival Guide is composed primar- identity. I can barely handle. th~ one I've got. sexual way?
ily ~f brok~n .glass, sarcasm, Aristotelian syl- All I want to know is.how old you are.
ERKED: Yes. Sometimes.
ERKED: Okay. Fine. I'm 21.
logisms, and mdustrial-grade bullshit.
ME: Ever had sex dreams
ME: How long have you been in-your relaThat said, I do occasionally get a letter
women?
where I feel the person is genuinely asking tionship with Mr. Perfect? ·
ERKED: Urn ... Pass.
ERKED: Two and a half years.
for advice. And in those cases, I try to add a
ME: Huh. I'll take that as a yes too. Wha
ME: How's the sex?
sprinkle of trut1t to the mix, with a garnish
are
you wearing right now?
ERKED: What?
of genuine concern for my fellow human
ERKED: O __ o
ME: Please. Let's not be coy. You're an
beings.
.
. ME: Did you just send me a smiley in ·
However, to give good advice, I usually adult, possibly sans · underwear, in a long attempt to convey a complicated emotion?
need to gather more information than the ini- term relationship. You're mature enough to Let's see, I'm guessing- that it indicate~ ...
consider cheating and "experimenting" with
ti,al letter provides, such as in this case.
oriented perplexion?
This week, I thought I would give you a women. Now unless you suddenly got a Dr.
ERKED: No, it's a picture of what
behind-the-scenes glimpse of how exactly I go Science chemistry set and we're engaged in a wearing.
about gathering this delicate information. The nexa-level misunderstanding here, then you
ME: Hrnrnrnm ... a set of mismatched
foll9wing is several dozen e-mail exchanges ~now what sex is and you've probably had acles? I understand. Someone has chai
collected and edited down for your viewing It once or twice with Mr. Perfect. I'm asking you in your room. If you're in danger use t
you how it is with him. Dra\v me a picture if
pleasure.
word "banana" in your next e-mail.
ME: Hello there. This is Pat from the you need to.
ERKED: You are the strangest guy ever.
ERKED: The sex is good. It'sfun.
College Survival Guide. I need to ask some folPlus I suspect you're a pervert.
ME: _Is he managing to ring the bell, to use
low-lip questions before I write up a response
ME: Says the girl without underpants. I'll
the parlance of our times?
t
to your letter.
assume
you're safe unless I hear otherwise.
ERKED: The bell gets rung. If he doesn't
ERKED: Why?
Anyway, I think I have everything I need now.
ME: There are I things I need to know if manage it, I-d9.
ME: Good for you. Rate the sex overall Thanks much.
I'm going' to do a good job_ answering your
ERKED: Thanks Pat. You're a freak, bu
with Mr. Perf-ect on a scale from 1-10.
you're fun.
ERKED: Seven.
ME: Likewise. Thanks for the letter by the
ME: Where do you ·live?
way.
ERKED: None of your business.
ME: If .you llve in the dorms or an apartment it's a different situation than if you live
with your parents or in a house with friends.
I need to kn:ow.
Now that you know all the sordid d~tails, do
ERKED: Oh. XXXXX Fourth Ave here in
you
have any advice for ERKED? I' d ·especially
Point.
Actual
appreciate
word from women who have "experiadvice
.
ME; Okay. 'I l_ied. That question was actumented"
with
other women, and.are willing to
ally to judge your gullibility. You should
_?hare
the
results
with your less experience'd sisnever give out your address to a stranger over
ter.
·
e-mail.
.Uvula
ERKED: You dick:
Send the messages aloYJ,.g to proth@wsunix.
ME: Sorry, but I needed to know. Have
wsu.ed'LI;.
If I get good ones, I'll post them up
yo.u ever been with_another woman?
with
my
own
reply next week. Stay tuned ....
BuHythe
ERKED: Emmm .... no . .
Sweet, sweet
Vampire
ME: Now is that a real no, or drawn-out
methadone
Slayer
portentous no? Specifically, are you lying to
me?
By Pat Rothfuss
WITH HELP FROM THE MISSION COFFEE BAR
http://poi~ter.uwsp.edu
Letters & Opinion • May 3, 2007 •
Point of Vi.ew:
Packers make little progress
in 2007 draft, off-season
Steve Roeland
THE POINTER
SROEL908@UWSP.EDU
helped the Green and Gold to
an 8-8 record and the Packers
dominated divisional play
in the NFC North. Against
the Detroit Lions, Minnesota
Vikings and Chicago · Bears
(the NFC representative in
the Super Bowl), the Packers
were 5-1.
Green Bay's 8-8 record
was a four-game improvement over 'l:he Packers' 4-12
campaign in 2005. The team
Last season, the Green ~ showed signs of success late
Bay Packers were the young- in the season; enough for
est team in the National quarterback Brett Favre to
Football
League.
The return to the team for his
Packers started five rook- 17th NFL season - 16th as
ies for the majority of the the leader of the Pack.
season, with linebacker A.J.
This off-season may
Hawk, offensive linemen interrupt Favre's hope in the
Barren Colledge, Jason Spitz future, as the Packers signed
and. Tony Moll and wide only one notable free agent
receiver Greg Jennings start- (cornerback Frank Walker)
ing at least 10 games each. and apparently sleepwalked
Last year's youth movement their way through the 2007
NFL Draft, held April 28-29.
In the first round of tl\e
seven-round selection meeting, the Packers took defensive tackle Justin Harrell
from the University of
Tennessee. If you responded
to this with a "Huh?" you are
not alone. ESPN, who covers
the NFL Draft with the saine
intensity that draft guru Mel
Kiper uses when he slicks
back his hair every morning, showed the Packer faithful at Lambeau Field. The
fans eagerly anticipated the
Packers' first selection of the
draft, but their high ·hopes
were soon to be deflated.
When Harrell (who
missed 10 games last season
duetoinjury) was announced
as Green Bay's selection, the
fans stood wide-eyed. People
began to look around for an
answer. Then came the most
poignant visual of the draft;
the enthusiastic booing that
erupted. Even young children chimed in, vigorously
giving the ESPN cameras .
thumbs-down.
Welcome to Green Bay,
Mr. Harrell.
Ted Thompson, Green
Bay's general manager,
had to deal with criticism
all weekend. But the issue
that may make or break
Thompson's entire career as
a GM was his alleged decision to not pull off a trade
with the Oakland Raiders ,for
veteran receiver Randy Moss.
Sending a fourth-round pick
would have sealed the deal,
allowing Moss to become a
playmaker in the Packers'
offense. Instead, Thompson
held on to the pick, drafted Allen Barbre, an offensive lineman from Division
II Mi~souri Southern, and
allowed the New England
Patriots to steal Moss, trading away their fourth-round
selection.
·
In Thompson's defense,
the · Packers did make some
moves to bring in more prospects. Thompson's wheeling
and dealing gave Green Bay
11 picks in total. Also, the
Packers filled holes at running back with Nebraska's
Brandon Jackson, at safety
What: Religion and Politics
· When: Sunday May 6th, 2007
1 to .5 pm
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with Virginia Tech's Aaron
Rouse, at tight end with
Rutgers' Clark Harri.s and at
wideout with San Jose State's
James Jones.
Even with some talented
additions, the Packers could
still use another offensive
threat. When the Carolina
Pa~thers released aging possession receiver Keyshawn
Johnson last Tuesday, another option for Green Bay
became available. With a big
frame and Super Bowl experience, Johnson could add
_significant production to the
Packers' offense. Despite his age, Johnson hauled iri .70
catches last year for Carolina,
gaining 815 yards and reaching the end zone four times. ·
SigningtheformerUniversity
of Southern California stand~
out could give fans a sign that
Thompson has soine concern
about winning sooner than
later.
·
Packers' fans came into
this off-season with hope
for a playoff run in 2007, A
lackluster free agency period
and less-than-stellar draft
weekend has made 8-8 look
like a stretch.
Unless another move is
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Beautiful, quiet location with large yaFd. Next to Mead Park .
and WI River. $200 per .
person. I will pay the Gas &
Water. 29a.0265 Jeffrey@
Bilbrey. com
Nice 2 Bdr Apartment
Available June 1st $500/mo +
utilities. Located at 225 Second
St. near Final Score.
Please call 630-6222.
Rooms (3) for rent in a Cape
Cod-style house. $300 per
month per room + utilities.
Shared kitchen and common
rooms. Walking distance to •
UWSP. Tel. 715-344-5994
email: sorokayaul@yahoo.com
3 bedroom apartment with 2
full bathrooms available. $1000
per person/semester Parking,
Washer/dryer in basement. Call
John at.341-6352.
2 bedroom lower
2700 Stanley St. Avaliable June
I st. Partners VIP Privliges call .
341-1852
Summer Housing Available
1200 Reserve St.
$385 + Utilities for Entire
Summer
715-344-1426
2 & 3 bdrm apts near downtown
& riverfront Call for rates &
availability 341-0289
Crossroads Mental Health
Services, Inc. is a nonprofit
organization -dedicated to assisting the mentally-ill adult client
population. For nearly 25 years
our services have solely been
targeted to offer these men and
women supportive community
living environments. In this
regard, we have entry Jeyel shiftwork position openmgs witbin
our Stevens Pomt {;Ommunity
based residential facility. These ,
openings consist of 8 hour shift
increments primarily available
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clients; Monitoring their self
administration of medications;
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preparation and housekeeping
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Division St. Stevens Point, WI.
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until the positions have been
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