Thursday A Student Publication March 13, 2008_ Volume· 52 Issue 21 U N I V E R S I T Y 0 F W I S C O.N S· I N - S T E V E N S P 0 I N T GDRs undergoing overhaul at UW-SP provost that he would not be in favor of a program that was less than 40 credits or more than 45," ·said Letson. The current GDR program stands On Thursday, March 13, an at approximately 55 credits. Letson explau;_ec\ tnat the open forum will be held to discuss the future of the general current program while longer, does not take into account degree requirement program. Last spring, representa- GDR credits that are earned tives from other universities through major required coursreviewed how the University es. "No students are out there of Wisconsin-Stevens Point organized its curriculum. The taking 55 credits of Strictly review was the first step in GDRs," said Letson. After the review was the re-accreditation process for UW-SP."filed, the Academic Affairs "The report told the Committee, headed by faculty university what the Higher . and senate members, created Learning Co~mission [the the General Education Review accrediting council for UW- Committee to undertake the SP] may hav e concerns about," task of assessing theprogram. said Academic Issues Director The GERC' s goal is to have the Andrew Letson. One of those GDR changes in effect for the concerns was the GDR pro~ freshmen class of 2009. gram. The GERC is made "We were notified by the up of eight faculty memRick LaRoche THE POINTER RLAR0831 @UWSP.EDU - - --- bers, Student Government "Once . we understand President Justin Glodowski what students and faculty and Letson. think the program should con'~Right nqw we are in the tain we will develop the speprocess of gathering feedback cific objectives of the program. . from faculty, staff and stu- From there we will go through dents," said Letson. the curriculum.. . as · of now, . Information is being gath- we have not decided on any ered through surveys, e-mail, courses," said Letson. Letson stressed the imporResidential Living ·questionnaires and two open forums. tance for student feedback. The forums are scheduled for "The system we have in this Thursday, March 13 and place now is from the late Wednesday, March 26. Both 1970s, and it could be anothwill be held at noon in the er 20 to 30 years before. the _ Dreyfus University c;enter university revisits the issue. . Theater. Students are urged ·what we don't want is to to attend. come up with a new system In feedback gathered by and then have students say, SGA earlier in the year, a far 'This isn't what we· wanted,"' majority of students wanted to said Letson. see less GDRs and complained Students who want about the lack of availability to make sure their ·opinion · of writing emphasis courses. is heard are urged to e-mail All the feedback gathered by Andrew Letson at alets410@ the GERC will help shape the uwsp.edu or sgaexec@uwsp. objective of the GDR program. edu. -----··-·····-·--··-···-·-·-···--··-·------------------------·-···-··--···---·-····--···············--.....--------------···· ·········--·······-····- ----·------------·-····-······-·········-···--·--------·------------·-·· ··············-·-·····----------------------..------·-···-·-······--·---~-·· / UNSO gets budget after going through appeals process Katie Leb THE P OINTER KLEB524 @UWSP.EDU After being held in tandem for over two weeks the United Nations Student Organization on the University of WisconsinStevens Point has next year's budget approved. Start wearing your wellie_s 3-0-2 to zero. fund the student organization. President Chance Whitby was shocked and dismayed at the decision of the finance committee. "I believe that the Finance Committee made an arbitrary decision in deciding .to zerofund UNSO, while other partisan, faith based organizations Photo by Katie Leb When you get back from spring break make sure you bring your wellies (rain boots). With all of the snow we've received this year, flooding is sure to occur. Photo courtesy of Adam Lehman n Members of UNSO attend the annual National Model United Nations last year. The group will be attending this year's NMUN during spring break. Newsroom • 346 - 2249 Business • 346 - 3800 Advertising • _346 - 3707 UNSO was denied all funding from the Student Government Association Finance Committee after . annual budget minutes were released. The committee voted received a rather large budget," said Whitby. The decision for z~ro funding came from Wisconsin State Statue 36.09(5) that states that if a student organization is part of a class, it is not eligible for funding from SGA or· state m oney. "The SGA was more than w illing to hear the UNSO' s appeal at public forum and many _Senators and Executive Committee' staff initiated contact with ine regarding the UNSO budget," said Whitby. "The Finance Committee however has a maze of red tape around it and strict deadlines · that.must be followed." Some of- the "red tape" includes the process of appeals. According to Adam · Lehmann, vice president of SGA and finance committee member, appeals can be of two kinds: administrative error and viewpoint neutrality. "Administrative- error is where you can appeal on the fact that with the information you presented, the finance committee misinterpreted it," said Lehmann. "Viewpoint neutrality is where you are obviously bias one way." Student organizations wishing to appeal must also follow strict deadlines. "They have 30 business See UNSO on pg. 2 2• News • UW-SP The Pointer March 13, 2008 the · money they needed for their trip next year," said Lehmann. days from the release, and "This issue demonstrates that does not include spring . that issues can be resolved break, to appeal their budget by involving all parties and decisions," said Lehmann. giving _them a voice," said After lobbying and maneuWhitby. "In the manner the vering for UNSO, Whitby is budget issue was resolved, is glad that both sides were able closely resembles some of the to solve the situation amicably principles and values of the and by students. The finance United Nations." committee cut some parts, but The educatiorial group of .. the ov.erall agreement satisUNSO began ··on the UW-SP fied both parties. campus in 1997, focusing on "It's great that we finalinternational affairs, focusing ly cleared up any confusion on the goals and functions of · that we ·had, and they got the United Nations. From UNSO on pg. 1 SGA Update: ·March _13 Voice Your Opinion on GDR's! The G~neral Educati<;>n Policy Review Committee is holding open forums to discuss 'the purpose of GDRs. Come voice your opinion! Dates: March 13 and 26, 2008 When: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Place: The DUC Theatre SGA is currently seeking sen~ ators. Help make a difference on campus! No experience necessary - 'our staff will train you. For more information or for an application, contact Jenn Boyd at jboyd394@uwsp. edu. ' Multicultural Film Festival! Come enjoy movies that explore · a variety of multicultural issues. ·Examples of movies to be shown include "The Color Pu:rple" and "Motorcycle Diaries." When: March 24 to 28,2008 Where: The DUC Theatre Time: 7:00 p.m. daily For more information, contact Xixi Meng at xnv;ng556@ uwsp.edu. THE POINTER Editorial Editor in Chief ...............................~.Sara Suchy Managing Editor ......................._... Laura Farahzad News Editor ................................... Katie Leb Outdoors Editor • ........................ Steve Seamandel Pointlife Editor ............................Angela F~ome Sports E-ditor ...................... Rochelle Nechuta Science Editor ....... ,........................ 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The Pointer is printed Thursdays during the academic year with a circulation of 4,000 copies. The paper is free to all tuition-paying students. Nonstudent subscription price is $10 per acadeinic year. Letters to the editor can be mailed or delivered to The Pointer, 104 CAC, Uni:.ersity of Wisconsin - Stevens Point,· Stevens Point, WI 54481, or sent by e-mail to pointer@uwsp. edu. We reserve the right to deny publication for any' letter for any reason. We also reserve the right to edit letters for inappropriate length or content. Names will be withheld from publication only if an appropriate reason is given. Letters to the editor and all other material subrnitt~d to The Pointer becomes the property of The Pointer. • http://pointer.uwsp.edu Pointlife March 13, 2008 • 3 Ask the lawyer: learning the legalities of leases fmm the prospective tenant. If you don't understand it, don't sign it. Once it is signed, the landlord must give the tenant a copy at the time the agreeIn the rush for student ment is entered. I have spahousing, many University of ken with a number of students Wisconsin-Stevens Point stu- who· were never furnished dents feel pressured into sign- with their leases. If earnest money or a secuing a lease. They don't want what looks like a great house rity deposit is given to the to fall through their fingers. landlord by a tenant in the But remember this: the hous- form of cash, a receipt must be ing market is a buyer's mar- given bearing a notation idenket. You, as a student in search tifying the nature and amount ' of quality off-campus student of the payment. A receipt is not necessary if a check is housing, are the buyer. Qnce your name goes given bearing a notation with onto the line at the bottom the purpose of the payment of a lease, as the tenant, you unless the tenant requests a are hooked into a series of -_receipt. mutual responsibilities and Leases also have many obligations. It is important to di!?closur.e requirements . know what those obligations For example, there must be and responsibilities are prior a phone number for the perto signing. Unless you have son authorized to collect rent bought a vehicle or a house on and manage and maintain the credit, prior to signing a lease, premises. The tenant should this will probably be the most be able to contact them. significant financial contract The tenant should also be that you have signed thus far able to contact the owner of the premises or another person in your lifetime. No one is putting a gun · authorized to accept service of to your head to sign, so edu- legal process on behalf of the cate yourself and think about owner. This is included so that what you are doing before you the tenant can sue the landlord sign on the dotted line. I have if necessary. Legal documents spoken to many students who that initiate a lawsuit have rushed into signing a docu- to be served on the opposment they later regretted. ing party, and this is included Back in the 1960s, when to protect that right of a tenyour parents were kids, a ten- ant. As staff attorney for the ant rented a piece of property Student Legal Society, I am '~as is." It didn't matter if there amazed at how. many leases was no heat, or the ceiling fell fail to specifically identify the down or the toilet didn't work. person authqrized to accept But the old fogies who later service along with his or her became lawyers, judges, legis- address. Conditions affecting habillators and consumer advocates changed much of that. itability must also be disclosed. Through a series of All uncorrected housing code Wisconsin cases from the violations must be specified. courts of appeal, and legisla- Things like lacking hot or cold tive and administtative advo- running water, unsafe heating cacy, residential rental prac- units or heating units not capatices have become a subject of ble of maintaining a temp of 67 consumer regulation. Chapter degrees are examples. If the ATCP 134 of the Wisconsin unit is not served by electricAdministrative Code and ity, or the electrical wiring and chapter 704 of the Wisconsin fixtures are not in safe operatStatutes, set many legal require- ing conditions, this must also ments of leases and define the be disclosed. Any structural or other respective responsibilities ·of conditions which constitute landlords and tenants. Leases have to be fur- a substantial hazard to the nished to a prospective tenant health or safety of the tenant before a rental agreement is must also be specified. entered into and before any . If utilities are not separatesecurity deposit is accepted ly metered, the landlord must Jan-Roberts STAFF ATTORNEY FOR THE STUDENT LEGAL SOCIETY - -· · --------------------- - ----;~··------- --- -------- - -- - - -- ------------.----------- ------------·-------------------------------- disclose-this fact to the tenant informed verbally and in writ- claims statute. Leases should also state and shall disclose the basis ing of all maintenance related that the landlord is not relieved on which charges for utility problems. services are allocated between As an aside, there are from liability for property many good responsible Iand- damage or personal injury rental units. I have reviewed many lords out there renting to stu- caused by the negligent act leases that landlords have _ dents. I inevitably see the or omissiolils of the landlord. made with students. I have problem cases, and of course, · Liabilities cannot be imposed never seen any of the above do not hear about- the many on the tenant for persomil injudisclosure requirements relat- good landlord-tenant relation- ry or property damage caused by natural disasters or the tening to the conditions of the ships. premises identified in a lease. Chapter ATCP 134 also ant's guests. The signing of a lease could I am sure that the reason ' is contains a number of prohibthat no one would rent an ited provisions in rental agree- obligate you to pay several apartment where the lease said ments. A lease may not autho- thousand dollars over a period the electricity or the plumb- rize a "self-help" eviction by of time. Think before you sign. ing was not in good operating the landlord, which does not Learn what your obligations condition, or that the furnace go through the eviction pro- and responsibilities as a tenant was unreliable. cess in small claims court. are. Look around and shop for A lease also may not pro- the best situation for yourself. Landlords have a ·responsibility to inspect the premises vide for accelerated rent pay- Help and legal advice is avail-. between tenants ' and deter- ments in the event that a ten- able. If you are a student who mine whether or not the sys- ant defaults in payment of rent terns within a unit (plumbing, or waive the landlord's . obli- is considering-signing a lease, electric, heat, etc.) are in good gation to mitigate damages and would like it reviewed operating condition. by making reasonable efforts by the staff attorney ·of the . There is an issue when a to re-rent the premises in the Student Legal Society, appointtenant walks into . an apart- event of the tenant's default in ment times are available. I ment at the beginning of the payment of rent. hold office hours on Thursday The tenant is not required evenings, and am willing to lease period, and it looks like a hurricane has just struck. to pay the landlord's reason- meet with students at alterStudents need to adequately able attorney's fees in any legal nate times if necessary. Visit inspect units for these condi- action or dispute arising under the Student Legal Society Web tions prior to signing a lease the rental agreement, except site at http:/ jwww.uwsp. and at the move-in date. for nominal attorney's fees edu/ stuorg/ sis/ index.htm for Landlords need to be promptly authorized under the small more information. 4 ·• UW-SP The Pointer March 13, 2008 Grey Squirrel Project observes -white-tailed deer behavior Greggory Jennings 01JTDOORS REPORTER Members of the Grey Squirrel Project assisted graduate student Ryan W.alrath from the University of WisconsinMadison with his white-tailed deer study at Sandhill Wildlife Area this past weekend. The Grey Squirrel crew was shut~ ting down their traps for the day when they saw Walrath and his assistants with the captured deer near the rocket nets. . The gro:up moved the doe and her sedated deer, two fawns to an enclosure in Sandhill to be processed. The sleeping deer were fitted with a proximity collar, a pit tag inserted just under the skin oli top of their heads and a small tissue sample was taken for DNA testing for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The deer are marked with different color inks so the researchers can tell the animals apart. The deer have different a colored collars for identification also. While the animals were asleep, the UW-SP students checked the deer's body temperature, heart rate and respiration every 10 minutes. The deer were wrapped in blankets to protect them from the cold until they get up and walk away. To wake up the deer, Mike Watt, assistant to Walrath, injected the deer with tolazine to reverse the affect of telozol, the sedative. The deer are observed for responsiveness, and the times are recorded at certain differ~ ent points, like when the deer raises its head, or it rested on its chest and could control . body balance and the time it stands. However, they usually bolt up and run a short distance away almost bowling over unwary volunteers. The purpose of the study is two fold. First is a baiting regime study looking at the contact rates between related and unrelated maternal pair of deer. This is accomplished by . watching the deer in an enclosure from an elevated blind about 1U feet off the ground. The visual observation occurs at one hour before and after sunrise and sunset. · The second part of the study is fo test the proximity logger collars for reliability, a new research product. The collars are supposed to collect data every 15 seconds as tt> when the two maternal groups of deer interact. The data collected are the date of interaction, the other deer the individual deer interacted with and the start and length of time of the encounter. When it's knqwn that the. collars are working properly, a single reading will be used exclusively. The researchers want to see if there is a change in behavior from when deer feed in natural diffuse . fqrage to feedirig over bait piles. It is already known -that deer home ranges shift to center around bait piles, that there is more deer use of areas around bait piles ------------····-····- ----- and deer home ranges overlap more near bait piles. Therefore, there is a potential for disease transmission. After the trials are over, the deer are darted, collars are removed and the deer are placed outside the enclosure. They are observed as they recover from the drug. The deer are not taken back to where . they were captured, because Sandhill Wildlife Area is only twelve square miles in size. The deer will find their way back to their "home" ranges that are about two miles apart. Ryan and Mike can be ·contacted at walrath2@wisc.edu and ecomwatt@yahoo.coll)., respectively. Photo by Gregg Jennings Grad student Ryan Walrath, UW-Madison Research Assistant, ····---~-?ll_i_t_~!i. n~ - ~~~--~i_t~~~ ?!_a~-- ~?~-~~ -~~-~-~~~ -~~~~:--------------------------------··-············-····· And the winner is ... Where the F were you all win- Steve Seamandel ter? For once, we would have gladly welcomed global warming with the .red carpet treatESPN has the ESPYS; ment, but it skipped practice, The Office had The Dundies. couldn't make a shot to save And now, Outdoors has The its life and basically was a noWinties. I decided that this show all winter long. With all year, winter deserved its own the hub-bub it garnered after Al set gf awards. The winners are Gore Hollywood'd the crap outreminded to keep thank yous of global warming, we were all to a reasonable length so as to expecting huge thfugs from you keep the show moving. this winter. I'm talking "shorts Undisputed champ of and Coronas in January" huge the winter: Snow. Move over, things. Now we're looking at New England Patriots and ice fishing in May. Thanks a lot move over, New York Giants. for the horrible showing this The sheer amount of snow winter, global warming. that we received this year Sixth Man Award: Any was staggering, and it's safe weather p~rson in Northern to say that the snow would Wisconsin. Let's face it: winter have handily defeate<;i either is your World Series up here. the 18-1 Patriots (even with- I've always found the lack of out the use of videotaping modernism in the local news up practices) and the Super Bowl here pretty laughable, and even champion New York Giants more so was the stem arid prowith a barrage of blizzard-like fessional gusto of all the weathconditions coupled with sub- er reporters. Old or young, zero temperatures. skinny or fat, they all were able Season MVP: The snow- to accurately predict the same blower. Anyone with a snow- thing: "It's gonna snow." Well, blower on their starting roster congratulations. What else, it's definitely had a leg up on the gonna be cold? Nevertheless, perils of winter this year. I got the weather people did provide so accustomed to my shovel me with an adequate reason this winter that I now enjoy a why not to go to class. quiet romantic dinner with it Loser of the Year: Any twice a week, and if its lucky, home-owner who refused to it gets to spend the night. I'm shovel. Mr. Pat Rothfuss comall for cranking the tunes and mented on the sheer laziness hitting the sidewalks with my of some a few weeks ago; how trusty and beloved shovel, some people actually went as but enough is enough. I was far to shovel or plow their driveluring my neighbor's snow- ways but not the sidewalks. A blower closer and closer to big old middle finger to all you my portion of the sidewalk lazy bastards and bastardettes by using estrus scents and who made me choose between making snowblower mating skating down yofu sidewalk on calls ... four inches of pure ice or walkDisappointment of the ing in the street. Street wal}.<ing Season: Global Warming. reigned supreme. THE POINTER SSEAM113@UWSP.EDU -UWSP Semester Abroad in Australia is for you. -Great classes. -Your financial ' ·aid app_liesl -Fiji and New Zealand ·entryI exit tours. -Live without Regrets: Study Abroad Now Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors from all disciplines- everyone benefits from studying over-seas. ~~TERNATIONALPROGRAMs ~ Room 108 Collins Classroom Center UW - Stevens Point - USA www .uwsp.edu/studyabroad 715-346-2717 .edu http:/I pointer. uwsp.edu March 13, 2008 Sports- Men'~ track team .fini.shes season indoors, looks forward to competition.outdoors Jessica Spengler THE POINTER JSPEN826@UWSP.EDU The 11th-ranked University of WisconsinStevens Point men's track and field team competed in its final indoor meet before the Nationals this Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15 at the Last Chance Meet at the Multi-Activity Center. Nicholas Ver Duin had the fastest time in the 400meter dash, posting a provisional qualifying time of 48.57 seconds, his fastest all season and the third fastest time in the country. Van Duin was recently named Performer of Photo by Mae Wernicke The Pointers start their outdoor season on March 29 at the North Central Invitational. Wrestlers ,complete season to accomplish ·everything I did." RNECH J42@UWSP.EDU The Pointer wrestling team finished second as a whole in · the WIAC Tournament with Seniors · Eric Bath and 131.5 points. They fell behind Craig Bollig were the two University of Wisconsin-La Pointers left standing this Crosse, who won the title past weekend in the NCAA with 147.5 points and seven Division III wrestling chamfirst-place finishes for their pionships. They both earned squad. As a result, UW-SP All-American honors while sent six wrestlers to the NCAA Bath wrestled to fifth place Division III Tournament. and Bollig rose through the "I felt like we had a very ranks for third. good start and we put ourAs Wisconsin selves in a situation to win Intercollegiate Athletic the tournament. But, we we:~:e Conference 197-pound tournot able to close the deal and nament champion, Bollig once we lost the momentum went into the national tournawe struggled," Head Coach me~t with a 32-1 record this Johnny Johnson said about year. _H e wrestled - after a first the WIAC tourney. round bye for a win. Senior Jake Calhoun made ~ath scored second place an appearance at nationals in the WIAC tournament after after a second place finish a loss in the championship for WIAC in the 125-pound game and was catapulted into bracket and fell to the no. the NCAA tournament for the 1 seed Chris Heilman in the second year in a row as an atfirst round of the NCAA. The large qualifier. senior's season ended with a "Johnny's a great coach second 6-3 defeat in the tourand will get the best out nament. of every one," said Bath. The Pointers made a "Coming in as a freshman I strong showing at the WIAC never thought . I'd be 'a two tournament Junior Jered Kern time All-American, and lost the championship Johnny taught me to expect more and taught me what I needed to know to allow me See Wrestling on pg. 6 Rochelle N.echuta THE POINTER the Meet at the WIAC indoor track and field championship after taking two events and being part of the first plc;tce 4x400 meter relay team. Van Duin' s .performance throughout his career at UWSP has earned him many other honors including Outstanding Freshman for Track Events, and MVP for track events as well as being named Team Captain. "Receiving this award is a great honor, especially coming from one of the best track and field conferences in the nation. There are a lot of great athletes who had many great performances at the meet, so receiving this award is truly an amazing feeling," said Van Duin. At the L~st Chance Meet, Cory Baumann was first in the one-mile run with a time of 4:23.01 seconds, and the 4x400-meter relay team ran the second fastest time today with a time -of 3:17.21 seconds. Looking back on the season, the team is happy · with tl).e results and understands the improvements that need . to be made. "We had a great season/' , said Van Duin. "We had a lot Photo by Mae Wernicke ' The Pointers earned second out of 18 teams at the Last Chance Meet on March 8 in the Multi-Activity Center. of fun competing throughout the season. We won every meet up until the Conference Championships, which hasn't happened in a while. At the conference.meet, we had some good things happen and some· bad things. I believe we are just as good as a team as the teams that beat us, although I think what we need to work on· is preparing for big meets. The ability is definitely there." The track team outdoor season begins March 29, at the North Central Invitational ·in Naperville, Ill. at 12::?0 p.m. "The team is a great group of guys, and I enjoyed· competiii.g side by side with them throughout t~ indoor season," said Ver Dui:R. "I'm really looking forward to finishing it up, and continuing on into the outdoor season." 6• Sports • UW-SP .The Point~r March 13, 2008 - From Wrestling on pg. 5 game with a 9-5 result, as did Chase DeCleene at 141pounds with an 11-3 defeat. Ben Engelland was another Pointer to travel t9 the top of the tournament and fall short" in the final hour. Chad Gregory was in the championship as the team's heavyweight wrestler, but would be pinned. • Also finishing in the top five for the Pointers were Jake Wozniak in third for the 165-pound bracket, while seniors Chris Brown and Kyle Mueller took fourth during the WIAC weel<end. Pointers Calhoun, Wozniak, DeCleene, Bollig, Bath an,d Engelland traveled to the NCAA tournament to compete in the last contest of the year, but only Bollig and Bath would survive to finiSh as All-American wrestlers. Now that the season has · expired, the Pointers are thinking about the future and the long months ahead. !'Always, we want to look at all the technical areas we can improve and start on that. And, of course, recruiting is a priority now," ~aid h ' f Jo nson. 'I eel ~trongly that we have a tremendous school and wrestling p· rogram. We are ~losing a lot of -seniors so we have many shoes to fill." ! - Pointers slowed .to a stop in ·NCAA Tournament , Rochelle Nechuta ! i THE POINTER . RNECH142@UWSP.EDU I ! At University of ! Wisconsin-Stevens Point there ! ! was a disappointed group of women's basketball players i on Friday, March 6. i I The Pointers faced ! St. Norbert College in the · round of the NCAA l first Tournament at Berg Gym at I UW-SP. It was a rare occasion j this year when the Pointer I women's basketball team · had difficulty playing to their I expected potential. i They had a heartbreaking I 57-71loss the Gr~en Knights l on Fridaytonight their first I home court loss ofinthe i The game marked the season. of ! the 2007-2008 season forend UW1 I SP who completed their run l· with an 24-5 overall record. i "It's always tough when , your season comes to an end, i regardless of when it comes; j you're never prepared," said i Head Coach Shirley Egner. ! "and ·when you're in the j ~CAA, Tournamel}t, yo';!'ve ' got that one and .done or _surl vive and advance [mentalihr]~ i l j l ~1 however, you want to look at it." .' : With an eight-point run to start off, the Green Knights li took the l~ad while_ the ! l'ofuters workecr to meet therr I f 1 1 ee strong Y I stride and met them at 21that we have a tre- l 21 with six minutes left, but · d h l L would end the firs~ half lagmen OUS SC 00 l ging 27~31 against St. Norberts and wrestling pro- l at the buzzer. gram. we· are los- l ing a·lot of seniors l I SO We have many j Aimee Freston •11 II . THE POINTER S h. oes t 0 £1 • AFRES25l@UWSP.EDU . II l Though he is not eligible ! The University of to wrestle next season, Bath l Wisconsin-Stevens Point softis eagerly looking forward l ball team ·is coming off with a · to next season as _a n assis- ,i record beating season. ,! · tantcoach.. Last year, the team ended "I think that the team as the season with its best a whole is going to just keep I single-season winn-ing pergetting better and I'm excit- ! centage with a 33-10 record ed to see what they have in j and advanced to the NCAA store for us in the years to I Division III Tournament I come. . ' Regional. They hit a singleJohnson says he is sad !, season record 37 home runs to see the seniors go, but l and batted a .342 batting perbelieves they have done their j centage. pa:r:t in maintaining a strong 1 This year, the Pointers UW-SP wrestling legacy. l plan on continuing their suc"I think this is a great /; cess. The squa:d welcomes group of guys who have a ~ back 11 returning players, very positive future in front i four of which were position of them. I'm especially il starters. proud of the group of seniors !' . "I have high goals and we had this year. I put a !i expectations for 'this year's heavy burden on those guys !i team," said Head Coach Ann to create a positive environ- i Munzenmaier. "We have. thent for the. future of this !I great senior leadership and program and each and every ;, a talented freshmen class. one of them stepped up to :! I think we will continue to the challenge. I will miss all ;, progress throughout the seaof them." ' son as our younger players become more experienced I II The second half of the game saw a flat Pointer team that allowed the Green Knights a 15-2 run and 52.2 percent shooting. The game ended 5771 for the Pointer loss, while St. Norberts would ride on into the second round-against University of Chicago. Coach Egner admitted that the team allowed its opponent too many easy shots during the gfl.me. "We didn't defend; our gaps weren't good, we didn't have goo~ vision- though I think we out-rebounded them," Egner admitted. · "Going down the stretch, we needed to get some quick threes but the bottom line is we just didn't defend." That failure to defend cost the Pointers advapcement in. the NCAA Tournament. "The season's -over, and that's pairrfut but we didn't play our best basketball out there tonight; that's not to take anything · away from St. Norbert's, because St. Norbert's beat us," Egner said in a press conference after the gam~. "But we did not play 'Pointer Basketball' out there/' The consensus between coach· and senior Laura Neuenfeldt was that the team did not play together like they had previously during the season. "We didn't play 'Pointer Basketball,' at times I don't think we played as a team and a lot of girls were trying to hike it ·on their own shoulders," ·said Neuenfeldt with a disap- earned the first team award. pointed demeanor over the "I've got six seniors in loss. "It's a great way to end. there that were loyal and dedI'd never been here before." icated to our program and As a -senior, Neuenfeldt raised the bar in their four finished her career with 21 _years," said Egner. "We conpoints in the first round of cluded the season at 24-5 and the NCAA Tournament, that's nothing to hang your earned a conference tourna- head about ... We'll have long ment title and was given an months to figure this· baby All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate out, and I guarantee we'll get · Athletic Conference first team back at it in the fall." spot this season. Another senior, Haley Houghton, also and our pitchers settle in." Leading the Pointers are seniors Korryn Brooks and Laura Van -Abel. · ~rooks caught every inning last season and threw out 17 of 30 . potential base stealers and · picked off seven runners. She had a .404 batting average with eight home runs, the second highest in schaol history. Shortstop Van Abel had 65 ·hits last season and 103 total · bases. She finished the year with a 20-game hitting streak and has been a first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection the last two years. Adding strength to the outfield are seniors Danielle Ashbeek and Niki Schomer. Ashbeck had a .238 batting average with a .405 slugging percentage in 40 starts last season. Schomer scored nine runs for the Pointers and had a .333 on base percentage. Ori the mound, Pointers will need to replace powerhouse pitcher Stephanie Anderson. Anderson finished the season 19-7 with a 1.66 ERA and set a single- tough mindset on_the mound season school record with 160 will be a determining factor strikeouts in 181.2 innings in every game we play." pitched. The Pointers are ranked But Munzenmaier is con- ·17th in the NFCA Division III fident that this year's pitch- preseason poll. ing staff will go the distance. "The WIAC will be very Senior Hope Krause had 17 tough again this year as three starts last season with a 14-2 teams are already ranked in record. She had 47 strikeouts, the top 25 in the counfry, but a 2.71 ERA and · opponents I think this team will rise batted .289 against her. to the challenge. It's going The only other returning to be an exciting year," said · player with pitching experi- Munzenmaier. ence is junior Allison Darn The softball team lived with six career starts and a 2- up to their high expectations 2 record. Sophomore transfer of a successful season when Kayla Kastenmeier will · add they opened the season at the depth to the pitching staff as Auggie Dome Tournament she transferred from Division with a 4-0 record. . · II Winona State. She had a 3They had a combined 2 record and 1.13 ERA in five score of 35-4, sweeping stiuts las.t season. both Ausburg College and "We have an excel- Concordia-Moorhead. lent pitching staff this year Krause was name ·the in Hope Krause; Kayla WIAC Softball Pitcher Athlete Kastenmeier and Allie Dorn," . of the ·Week based upon her said Munzenmaier. "I expect perfomance at the opening more great things -from this games. group of ladies. The team The Pointers will travel to has high expectations for Tu.c son over spring break to what they hope to accqmplish play in the Tucson Invitational this year and that includes Games in Arizona. our pitching staff. Having a I Pointer Chelsea Kranz rising above the rest in a shot attempt. -------~-, - -~ http://pointer.uwsp.edu Science, Health & Tech Happy birthday Einstein Jessica· Spengler Tl;IE POINTER JSPEN826@UWSP.EDU With Albert Einstein's birthday coming up on Friday, March 14, it is important to recognize the achievements of such a great man. The theory of relativity, E=mc2, is one of the most widely recognized equations on the planet. But no need to bore you with that. Einstein was known for his quirky habits and beliefs. In honor of his 129th birthday, here are some interesting Einstein facts. 1. He liked his feet naked. "When I was young, I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in · the sock," he once said. ''So I stopped wearing socks." Einstein was also a fanatical slob, refusing to March 13, 2008 "dress properly" for anyone. 5. He smoked like a chimEither people knew him or ney. they didd t, he reasoned - so A life member of the it didn't 'matter either way. Montreal· Pipe Smokers Club, 2. He hated Scrabble. Einstein was quoted as sayAside from his favorite ing: "Pipe smoking contribpast-time sailing ("the sport utes to a somewhat calm and which demands the least objective judgment of human energy"), Einstein shunned affairs." He once fell- intG the any recreational activity that water during a boating experequired mental agility. As · dition but managed heroicalhe told the New York Times, ly to hold on to his pipe. · "When I get through with 6. He failed his' university work I don't want anything entrance exam. that requires t~e working of In 1895, at the age of 17, the mind." Albert Einstein applied for 3. He was a rotten spell- early admission into the Swiss er. Federal Polytechnical School Although he lived for (Eidgenossische Technische many years in the United Hochschule or ETH). He States and was fully bilin- passed the math and science gual, Einstein claimed never sections of the entrance exam, to be able to write in English but failed the rest (history, because of "the treacherous languages, geography, etc.)! spelling." He never lost his Einstein had to go to a trade distinctive German accent school before l:te retook the either, summed up by his exam and was finally admitcatch-phrase, "I vill a little ted to ETH a year later. . t'ink". 7. Alcohol was not his 4. He loathed science fic- preferred drug. . tion. At a press . conference Lest it distort ptire sci- upon his arrival to New York ence and give people the false in 1930, he said jokingly of illusion of scientific under- · Prohibition: "I don't drink, standing, he recommended so it's all the same to me." In complete abstinence from fact, Einstein had been an outany type of science fiction. "I spoken critic of "passing laws never think of the future. It which cannot be enforced". comes soon enough." He also 8. He equated monogamy thought people who claimed with monotony. . to have seen flying saucers "All marriages should keep it to themselves. gerous," he once interviewer. "Marriage is the unsuccessful attempt to make something lasting out of an incident." He was notoriously unfaithful as a husband, prone to falling in love with somebody else directly after the exchaflging of vows. 9. His memory was shot. Believing that birthdays were for children, his attitude is· summed up in a letter he · wrote to his girlfriend Mileva Marie: "My dear little sweet...., heart... first,-my b~lated eardial congratulations on your birthday yesterday, which I forgot once again." 10. Einstein had speech difficulty as a chil'd. / A~ a child, Einstein sel-dom spoke. When he did, he spoke very slowly - indeed, he tried out entire sentences in his head (or muttered them up.der his breath) until he got them right before h~ spoke aloud. According to accounts, Einstein did this until he was n_ine years old. Einstein's parents were fearful that he was retarded - of course, their fear was completely unfounded! *Information from Netorama and Albert Einstein Online. Celebrate the infinitesimal greatness that is_pi Explorator-i um, began Pi Day in 1988. Known as tbe "Prince of Pi," Shaw inaugurated Pi Day with fellow staff members by marching around' one of the Exploratorium' s circular spaces. They then went on -to eat a few fruit pies. There are a variety of ways in which people celebrate Pi Day. One can of course. eat a piece of pie, the desert or pizza variety. Or you could really get into the spirit of things and see to how many decimal places you can memorize pi. On 2004's Pi Day, Daniel Tammert recited pi to the 22514 decimal place from memory. On Friday, March 14, math At the Massachusetts Institute enthusiasts everywhere will of Technology, the campus be celebrating what is known ·has been known to send out as Pi Day. This is the day when acceptance letters to potential people can pay tribute to the students on Pi Day. never-ending number 3.14. The reason pi is so much There are several days _ more popular than most other which pi celebrations could numbers is that it's an irrafall on, depending on date-for-· tional number, which meahs matting. In America, because it goes on infinitely without we tend to write our dates repeating. with the month preceding the It was first "discovered" date, Pi Day falls-on 3/14. But by Pythagarus to show the in European countries, Pi Day relationship between the would fall on July 22, written diameter and circumference out cis 22/7. of a circle. He did so by dividFor the true pi fans, there is ing the circumference by the even a precise pi hour, minute diameter, which gives you pi. and second. When pi is taken So this Pi Day, what out to seven decimal places, Pi you do to celebrate? If you Second, as it is known, occurs need a little inspiration, check at 1:59:26 p.m. out the numerous pi songs on Larry Shaw, an employYouTube. ee of the San Francisco Sara Jensen THE POINTER SJE~236@UWSP .EDU will Why move your furniture, when you can STOR-IT! Stor-lt Mini Warehousing Less Than 2 miles from campus We LOVE Pointer Students! UWSP students present this ad and recieve $10 off any size for the fir~t month! Get your summer storage unit soon ... They go fast! (715) 498-4335 OR (715)592-4472 -· 8• March 13, 2008· Arts & Culture UW-SP The Pointer Reporter gets "extra"-ordinary opportunity with Johnny·Depp a few appearance specifications. Jesse Cyr, another UWSP student, and I woke up at dawn to ready ourselves for this opportu-nity. We For many, appearing in a arrived at a middie school in Johnny Depp movie would be Oshkosh, where the auditions a dream come true. For some were being held, about an Wisconsinites, this dream may· hour and a ·half early. Security, .become a :reality. Over the past two weeks, the casting ' was apparent. The place was surronnded by the Oshkosh director for the upcoming film "Public Enemies," Joan Philo, Police Department. After waiting 20 minutes in the freezing scouted the Wisconsin and cold for the hnndreds of other Illinois areas for background enthusiasts in line to move, extras. Auditions were held in we were funneled into a maze Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison of caution tape to wait in the and Oshkosh for all ages with gymnasium. · Ashley Schlosser THE POINTER ASCHL33?@UWSP.EDU . The · talent pool was strongly encouraged to arrive in 1930s attire, complete with hair and makeup: Men were advised to wear a dark suit with an overcoat and women to wear a dark dress or skirt and a curly hairstyle. This type of dress will be used in the film, which is set during the Depression Era. Dark clothing reflected the .spirit of the time. · The film focuses atonnd the historical bank robbers John Dillinger Oohnny Depp), Pretty· Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum) and Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham). Criminals in the United States were of Wisconsin's stereotypes by termed "public enemies" dur- sporting camouflage baseball ing the 1930s because of the caps and snowmobile jackets damage they did to society. while spitting their chewing The film's title derives from tobacce into a Monster energy this catchphrase. drink can. Priceless. Once in the gymnaGroups of 30 people at sium, everyone was handed a time were let through to an information card to pro- the casting director. She spoke vide the cas~ing director with briefly about the process of basic physical and personal casting and shooting the film. information. After that excite- . We then gave our information ment had withered away, we cards to 9ne of several phohad much time to size up our tographers in exchange' for a competition. · Extremes on number used with our mug both ends were present. Some shot. This was the erid of our went all out with the 1930s exciting journey ... <:>r was it? loo.k. Our · favorite group of Now, we hope for a phone c;:all oblivions encouraged some from the casting company. http://pointer:uwsp.edu Arts & Culture March 13, 2008· • 9 "Battlestar Galactica:" characters; cliffhangers and the DVD release of the third season fiction occasionally- I've never cared for "Star Trek," but I enjoy the quirky, off-beat "Firefly" and grew up with the original "Star Wars." I figured it couldn't hurt to give "What I really want to "Battlestar Galactica" a try. rent is this, but I don't know "We can rent it if you want if you~ like it," said Andy. to. I don't care," I replied. "I don't care," has since He pointed to the first disc of "Battlestar Galactica, Season become, "I've got to see the I," where it sat on the shelf of third season before the fourth Family Video. We had gone season starts on television in to Family Video in search of April. Why isn't it released on something to watch.as we hun- DVDyet?" kered down for an impending The show's premise is snowstorll(, and we had been simple, by science fiction stansearching for a DVD to rent for dards. Twelve human colonies exist somewhere in distant the past half hour. I picked up the disc, rais- space. They created robotic ing an eyebrow at the blonde assistants, called Cylons, which bombshell on the cover. I rebelled and declared war on expected stereotypical science them. Both sides reached a fiction, but we hadn't come up peace treaty, and the Cylons with anything to rent and the virtually disappeared for 40 snow was beginning to come · years. They make a sudden, down heavily. I enjoy science aggressive reappearance and Joy Ratchman THE POINTER JRATC567@UWSP.EDU Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos) must call his battlestar (space warship) back into action. The tables tum on humanity, and the series follows their ensuing fight for survival. "Battlestar' s" worldbuilding is skillful and .believable. The technology has been well thought-out. It updates but draws allusions to the original 1978 series and frequently quotes it too: "All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again." The action is very character-driven and, as a result, engaging. Desp_ite. the first-rate special effects, technology takes a back seat to the series' human aspect. "Battlestar Galactica" is fairly progressive b,y science fiction standards. The 21st century update features a multitude of strong female lead roles and a multi-ethnic cast. SOme of these characters, then tum everything upside notably Starbuck and Admiral down with an unexpected Cain, were originally male. plot twist. Each season ends When I read that the series with an intense cliffhanger. incorporates abortion, torture Although I didn't see the pilot interrogation and other modem miniseries, the first two seaissues, I rolled my eyes. When sons or the "Razor" miniseries I saw the episodes, however, on television (and therefore these elements didn't seem didn't have to wait very' long out of place in the scheme of for the first few cliffhangers the Battlestar Galactica world. to be resolved), the final minMany of the episodes make utes of the second season left tongue-in-cheek nods to cur- · just as much in the air as any rent politics, but they don't of the others and promised get preachy. Closer examina- more drama. Thankfully, seation reveals that the suppos- son three will be released on edly modem themes, espe- March 18, 2008, and season cially the governmental ones, four will begin in April. are fairly universal to science "Battlestar Galactica" is a fiction. The viewer is invited series worth watching, even to wonder what kind of com- if you aren't a major science mentary is being made, but the fiction fan. Intense, characprogression of the story is the ter-driven action, cast diverreal point. sity and skillful worldbuilding The series has a tenden- make it a series not to miss. cy to build up expectations, Eroica Trio to play Sentry Theater Rick LaRoche THE POINTER RLAR0831 @UWSP.EDU The Eroica Trio, an American chamber music trio, will play the Sentry Theater onMarch29. The trio consists of Erika Nickrenz, pl.ano; Susie Park, violin; and Sara Sant' Ambrogio, cello. They have toured extensively, released six recordings for Angel/EM! Classics Records and have garnered multiple Grammy Award nominations. Each of the founding members of the trio hained at the Juilliard School of Music. The group took their name from Beethoven's "Eroica Symphony." 'In 1991 the trio took first place in the Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Competition. Their first com- pact disc recording, "Eroica and last until 9:30 Trio," won National Public p.m. Radio's 1997 Performance Tickets 'are at Today award for "Debut available Recording of the Year." . the University As one of the first all- Information and female chamber ensembles to Ticket Desk by reach the top of their field, the phone at (715) group performs everything 346-4100 and toll from classical Beethoven to fre~ at 1-(800)-838contemporary work and are 3378. Ticket prices one of the most sought-after are $18 for adults, $14 for seniors, $6 trios in the world. According to the trio's for highschool or Web site, "[The Eroica Trio] younger and $4.50 has established a unique iden- for UW-SP · stutity by creating innovative dents in advance. programs that span 300 years UW-SP students of music. A typical Eroica can also receive Tiio concert might include free tickets at the the Baroque symmetries of door the day of Vivaldi, the passion of Brahms the show if seats and Paul Schoenfield' s con- are available. More informatemporary Cafe Music with its echoes of jazz, spiritual and tion on the Eroica theatre music." Trio can be found The show will start at at http://www. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29 eroicatrio.com/. Coming up •.. from (entertainment Producdons · Avra J. 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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS * UW-STEVENS POINT* Room 108 Collins Classroom Center 2100 Main St.* Stevens Point, WI 54481, U.S.A. *TEL: (715) 346-2717 intlprog@uwsp.edu " www.uwsp.edu/studyabroad ·- 10 • UW-SP The Pointer Letters & Opinion March 13, 2008 Your College Survival Guide: Writerly Advice Pat Rothfuss WITH HELP FROM: THE AFTERDARK COFFEE HOUSE Hi Pat, to say, "WOW, this is awesome! I can sell this for sure!" or is he going to·say, "Hmmmm, this looks pretty rough." _ I'm guessing if you-just finished the first draft of your novel, it's going to be the -latter. I need some writing advice, and I thought thp.t since you're a big, internationally famous novelist now, you might be able to help me out. I've just finished the first draft of my novel. Now I need to get an agent. The problem is that I don't know the first thing about how to track one down or get them to read my book. I don't really know what I should do now. I mean, what is the thing that will help me get to the next step? Your fan, Dave Honestly Dave, my advice is to work on the book before you even start hunting for an agent. I know that's -not what you want to hear. But it's the best advice I can give you. Now believe me. I understand how you feel. You don't want to wait, revise, tinker and edit. You've finally finished your huge project. You feel ~wesome. You've worked for months or years to get to this point. It's finally done. Now you can sell it and get rich and famous: Or you can at least take the first step toward becoming moderately less poor and obscure. . I'm guessing that's how you feel because that's how I felt back in 1999 when I "finished" · my trilogy. I say "finished" because it wasn't. My story had an ending, sure. I'd written the trilogy all the way through. But was it finished? Good lord, no. Nowhere close. Let's approach this from another angle. Let's say your query letter catches someone' s attention. A high-powered hypothetical agent named Larry. · If you're lucky, Larry will read your querry letter and will want to see the first 30 pages of your book. When he reads those pages is he going When that happens, the agent either has the option of putting a ton of time and effort into you and your rough manuscript. OR they can toss it aside and read one of the dozens still sitting on their slushpile, hoping for something that's clean, tight, polished, and ready to sell right now. Which option do you think they're more likely to pick? · It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it's as absolutely as good as you can make it. Until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years. I'm actually glad the book was rejected during those years. Sure it was frustrating, but it forced me to go back, revise my novel, and improve myself as a writer. I learned things about plot and character, abput structure and brevity, about scene and story. If that early version of my novel had made it into print, odds are it would have been been read by a handful of people, then quickly remaindered and forgotten. That early version of the book wouldn't have recieved gushy reviews and author quotes. The publisher wouldn't have ponied up money for advertizing and a website. But I was lucky, because I was rejected for all that time, i got seven extra years to work on my story. My book is worlds better now. And as a result, people are really enjoying it. - You say you want to take things to the next step, Dave. Here's the next step. Revision. The first step is the draft. The second step is. the revision. The third and fourth steps are probably revision too. The fifth step: crying and.cursing the name of god. Sixth step well maybe revision. Am I saying you. should spend ten years working on your novel? No. Of course not. I'm just saying that first you need to work on your craft as a writer. THEN you should focus on your product. LASTLY comes the selling of it. Leave that for later. But when that book shines like a diamond, and it really is time to get that agent. F~el free to drop me an e-mail, Dave. I can give you some pointers. I spent tWo years doing it wrong, I can help you avoid my mistakes. Pat E-mail Pat for advice at proth@wsunix.wsu.edu. If your letter is selected, then you, like Dave, will recieve a fabulous gift certificate from our generous sponsors. If you're looking for a place to drink coffee and revise your novel, why not stop by the Afterdark Coffee House? Located.in scenic downtown Stevens Point, the Afterdark is open until3:00 a.m. That's right kids, it's open until three in the morning. Whether you're studying for midterms or just getting out of the house while your roommates have noisy sex, the Afterdark Coffee house is the placefor you. A Woman's Intuition: Half Way Sara Suchy THE POINTER SS0CH48~@UWSP.EDU Well you've made it; you're half way through the semester! Isn't it exciting? To be honest, the second half of second semester is the hardest part of the school year for me. It's right around this time that daylight saving time robs me of an hour of needed sleep, the temperature is slowly morphing into something less and less resembling a frozen wasteland and every once in a while I hear the sweet sound of birds singing <;m my way to class. It's like a little scene from Mary Poppins, if only I could snap my fingers and my homework would . be done, my bills would be paid and Showtime would magically appear on my TV. How can I be expected to get 'anything done when such beauty waits just outside my doorstep? Well, I guess it's not quite beautiful yet, more icy and muddy, but soon it will be beautiful. If you happen to be reading this before 4:00 p.m. _on Thursday, March 13, remember to vote for your SGA president and vice president as well as on the two referendums. Local elections are always the most important. If you're looking for something to ponder while your wiling away the hours doing a whole lot of nothing (like I plan to be doing next week), ponder this: The Pointer will be hiring soon after you come back! All of our positions-will be open to applicants, and if you're a registered student, you can apply. We need everything from graphic designers, business savvy minds, photographers, editors, gods of the AP stylebook (copy editors) and, of course, a brand new editor-in-chief. I'll be riding off into the sunset in May, and this paper will need a fearless leader to saddle up and guide it through the 2008-09 school year. It looks great on a resume, it's practical experience working for a real newspaper and a whole lot of fun. The applications will be outside the Pointer office soon after break as well as print.e d in the paper. You'll have our annual April Fools issue of the Pointer to look forward to when you come back along with your regular serving of campus news to peruse in these pages. Have a fun and relatively safe spring break and remember it's always better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission. SUMMER IN MAINE Qandu Meet new friends! Travel! Teach y.our favorite activity! *Tennis *Canoe *Water Ski *Gymnastics *Silver jewelry *English Riding *Copper Enameling *Basketball *Feild Hockey *Art *Swim *Sail *Kayak *Archery *Rocks *Ropes *Pottery *Office *And Much More* June to August. Residential. TRIPP LAKE CAMP for girls 1-800-997-43'47 Enjoy our website: www.tripplakecamp.com http://pointer.mysp.edu Comics · Resident's Evil · March 13, 2008 • Joy Ratchman FIRE@WILL 11 Paul Johnson ITS OKAY IAndre and 1have been frien~ :j ! . ! for vears. but we aren't ! a co~le. 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C Q T B A WS T T R R U WT E E L N E T I A 0 E E L T D WT N T I R G S N G N I MM I WS E Q~ E I E EESQLEYADILOHEOTDMHHOCNTA DC R R S I CV P P R L KT 0 N L DANQ0 I N 0 ZYNFOQFEWDQLWNEAHNGFJNQDC S Y I S T R E L HE C J T K DR L S , E L W Z 0 CA . Vacation Family Travel Party Holiday Sun ' Swimming Tour Music Laughter Memories · Frien_d s ~ Alltel Authorized Agent in Stevens Point is OPENING SOON and looking for full-time and ' part-time ·retail sales specia lists. Excellent communication and organizational skills required. Prior cellular sa les experien ce is a plus. However, w e will train the right individuals. . Please send resume to: Alltel Authorized Agent P.O. Box95 Marshfield, WI. 54449 12 • March 13, 2008 HOUSING ANCHOR APARTMENTS One to Five bedroom newer and remod- elled units 1 block from campus and YMCA. Professional man~gement. Rent inc1udes heat and water. Free internet provided in some units. QUIET Haese for rent, near the river, parks, downtown. 3 bedroom, partially furnished, laundry, more. Reasonable rent. ~andlord on campus. FOR RENT - 2008-2009: Group of 4 OR 7-8. Great Location! Free Parking! New Appliances! Call Brian for details at 498-9933! Available September 2008. 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Very nice, spacious, close to campuswith park- University Lake Apartments 200812009 . 3 Bedroom Apartments For groups of 3-5. l+Bath., appliances, AIC Extra Storage, On-site laundry .On-site maintenance, _Responsive managers, Starting at $2~0lmonthl person ·c lassified HOUSING HOUSING FOR RENT 2008-2009 3-4 Student. Great Location. Clean, cozy bottom unit. Free Internet. Call 2000 McCulloch Ave. HUGE 4 Bedroom I 2 Bath $1100 per semester I student + utili~ies Housing Available for 2008-2009. Close to Campus. Some with garages. Can accommodate 1 - 10 peo. ple. Contact Pat at Andra Properties 715-343-1798 SANDHILL APTS Newly constructed with 3 to 5 bdrms large livingroom and internet and cable in all rooms. Includes all appliances, blinds and FREE washer & dryer in each apartment. Your choice of balcony or patio! Security entranc~ and FREE parkin_g 9 to 12 month leases available. Located next Now renting for '08-'09 Many units available for 1-4 students www.mrmproperties.com 342-9982 3 blr 2 bath Dishwasher Included Near Campus With-in walking distance 1316 Portage St. Free Parking! Call Marilyn between 5-7 References Required! 715-344-7353 For Rent: 7 bedroom house 2 bathroom kitc~en good location many additions Also three 3,4,5,bedroom apartments and townhouses. 2501 4th Ave 3 bedroom apartments for the 08109 school year. Summers Available. Stove, refridgerator, microwave, dishwasher, onsight laundry, and AIC call 715-341-0826 or QUALITY CLEAN HOUSING Close to campus, reasonable priced 2008 I 2009, for groups of 2-~ and 5 ( 715) 341-2461 Available June '08 216 West St. Cozy - 1 BR duplex $460 - I month Heat /' H20 included www.mrmproperties.com SPRING SEMESTER SUBLEASER WANTED. Spacous 3 blr apt. only 1 rlmate $230 I mo. · summer optional. Available - June 1, 2008 1233 Franklin St. One bedroom furnished apt. $4B5Imo. Includes heat, AIC, water, garage with remote, rndividual basement storage~ The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity: Catholic women religious in service to the orld. Our ministries include education~ health care and communitylpa.r!sh services in a di ·ersity of rewarding envirOnments. CaD Sr. Julie Ann Sheahan, OSF at 92Q..6~2..:ms. Or visit www~obe..org • ! \ ' UW-SP ·The Pointer HOUSING Mise. Just 2 left for '08-09 2 Bdrl2 bath 1 block from campus on Main 4 Bdrl2 bath 5 blocks from campus on Brawley Call Mark @ 3~1-1132 or Sue @ LOST Black glasses case wl glasses inside. Available June lst 1 bedroom apts. Close to UWSP Call 715-341-0412 1633 Main St liscenced for 8. 5 bedroom - Call· Mike. Available Sept. '08 1209A Franklin St. 3BR upper I close to campus $3000 per semester + utilities 4-5 person house available for rent. Near campus. Call Dan 715-340-3147 SUMMER 08 SUBLEASER 3 bedroom duplex, 1608 College. Subleasing for June lst - August 31st. $200 I month SUBLEASER WANTED FOR SUMMER 2008 Available June 1 1 Block from Campus 1 BR apartment, 1-2 roomates $440 I month 3 bedroom duplex, subleasing, 1 bedroom, big bathroom and living room, wireless internet and cable, right next to the CCC. Subleasing for W!fiiE roF? IY/E POIIIIE~.' hnd oLd how. EMail as at: ?o;nter@jUt-USfJ.edu