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Commencement Ceremony
Moved IndOors
for families and friends who planned
on bringing an unlimited amount of
guests, and then had limited tickets for ap. indoor ceremony. With a
The University of Wisconsin .Stevens Point has recently decided
planned indoor ceremony, graduates
and families receive consistent inforto move .its Spring Commencement
mation and may plan for the ceremoceremony from the Sundial to the
nies in advance," Worster said.
Multi-Activities Center, in the Health
Students will be charged a fee of
Enhancement Center.
$35 to cover the cost of commence~
Commencement will take place
on Saturday, May 19,
ment, a!2cording to an
at 10 a.m. for College
email from Rossman
of Letters and Science "The decision to move indoors to the
to the graduating
and College of Natural
students. This does
Resources students, Multi-Activity Center is based on
not include the cost
and at 2 p.m. for
of caps and gowns,
safety and security of graduates, faculty, which
College of Professional
can be pur- ~ Studies and College staff, families and friends" :..Kate Worster
chased online or at
of Fine Arts and
the University Store.
Commurlications stuGraduates must
dents. According to university Event vious years, when Commencement RSVP for Commencement by Friday,
Coordinator Brittany Rossman, grad- was moved indoors due to weather, Mayll.
uates must present themselves at the students were allowed 4 tickets per
A Countdown to Commencement
Quandt Fieldhouse an hour before student. However, graduates this meeting will be held· for students
.-their respective ceremony.
Spring will be allotted six comple- on Tuesday, April 3, from 10 a.m.
~~
"The decision to move ~doors to mentary general admission tickets. until1 p.m. in the Dreyfus University
'·the Multi-Acti"Yity Center is based on Seating will be assigned on a first- Center Concourse. Students will have
the safety and security of graduates, come, first-served basis.
the chance to meet with the officfaculty, _staff, families and friends,"
All parking lots on campus will. es of Admissions, Alumni Mfairs,
said University Relations and be open to guests, except for Lot F Career Services, Registration and
Coinmunications Executive Director West.
Records, University Relations and
' Kate Worster. "The surface on the "In !}le past, the rain call fqr Communi~ations and the University
Specht Memoricil Foium has dete- an outdoor ceremony in the Specht Store.
riorated and may cause a problem for Memorial Forum caused challenges MICHAEL WILSON
mwils24'9@uwsp .edu
...
some of our guests. Also, variability
of weather conditions impacts the
health of many of our guests."
"In addition, . we want commencement to be a pleasant, inClusive experience for .all participants,"
Worster said.
Worster believes this change
won't be too disruptive to the graduation proceedings. She said that, in pre-
the
After Eleven Months of Ca:m.paigning,
Wisconsin Vote~s Voice Opinion
LOGAN T. CARLSON
lcarl555@uwsp.edu
The citizens of Wisconsin will
finally be able to voice their opinion
•t in the Republican Party presidential
nominating contest this Tuesday during the April primary ·elections held
across the state.
-The field has been narrowed
down to four candidates from an
initialll that sought the nomination.
Currently Mitt Romney, the for... mer governor of Massachusetts and
runner up to Senator John McCain in
the 2008 . nomination race, leads the
race to the 1,144 delegates needed
to secure the nomination with 5{)8,
according to the Associated Press del·egate count.
Former Pennsylvania Senator
Rick Santorum currently has 273 delegates, while former Speaker of the
House Newt Gingrich and current
Texas Congressman Ron Paul have
135 and 50 delegates, respectively.
Wisconsin has a total of 42
delegates that are up for grabs on
·Tuesday, with 18 going to the winner
. ef the statewide popular vote while
)I.-, the remaining 24 votes will be awarded to the winner of each of the state's
eight congressional districts.
The nomination process this year
has been considerably longer than the
....
one four years ago, as the Republican
National Committee altered the way
tJte majority of states allocate their
delegates. In 2008, John McCain
effectively secured the nomination
by March 4 after Mick Huckabee
dropped out of the race.
In 2008 many states allocated.
their delegates to the statewide winner in a winner take all form,at. This
year only ten states allocate their
delegates in a winner take all format,
with the vast majority· following a
process identical to Wisconsin.
The way the nomination process
has played out during the early parts
of the campaign had led some politi- .
cal analysts to believe there was a
slight chance of a brokered convention where another candidate could
step in and become the nominee.
However that possibility seems
to be fading away as Romney. only
needs 46 percent of the remaining
delegates to secure the nomination,
according to Nate Silver who writes
the FiveThirtyEight blog for the New
York Times. The earliest Romney
could mathematically secure the
nomination would be late :May, but
would require him to win 95 percent
of the remaining delegates.
Voters in Wisconsin will not have
to bring a valid Wisconsin ID card
to the polls on Tuesday as two Dane
County judges have prevented the
voter ID law ·passed last summer
from taking effect.
Attorney General J.B. van Hollen
has appealed both judges' decisions
asking the appeals court to overturn
the injunction before the election next
Tuesday.
Two separate appeals courts seht
both cases straight to the Wisconsin
Supreme Court on Wednesday. Fotir
of the seven justices would have to
vote to hear the case.
The Government Accountability
Board, _the nonpartisan committee
that oversees all elections in the state,
and who was charged with instituting
an educational campaign to inform
voters of the new requirements has
stopped airing television and radio
ads about the new law, but have told
local election officials to be prepared
in case the court order is overturned:
State election officials estimate
that voter turnout will be around 35
percent for the primary, in which a
~umber of local elections are also on
the ballot. ·
Most notably for ·the Stevens
Point area is an election to fill a seat
on the Portage County Circuit Court
and for the Stevens Point Area Public
School Board.
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Brazil to Build World~s Thir~ Largest
Hydroelectric Dant
BRIAN LUEDTKE
blued692@uwsp.edu
The Brazilian governi:nent is to
construct a massive hydroelectric
dam complex in the stat~ of Para, to
reduce its dependence on fossil fuels
and achieve a more consistent energy supply. The Xing\1 River, a tributary to the Amazon River and home
to several Ainazoniari. indigenous
groups, will be the site of the dam,
known as the Belo Monte Dam. The
dam will have a generating capacity of 11,233 Mega Watts, or nearly
40 percent of the United States' total
energy consumption in 2010.
The Dam
The Belo Monte darri.' s impressive
1,233 Mega Watt capacity appears
to be exactly that - impressive - but
realistic production and efficiency are
much more important factors to consider. In the area of the world where
the dam is planned, there is typically
a three to five month-long dry season.
During this dry season the dam will
only by able to operate at 10 percent
of its capacity. Throughout the rest of
the year the dam will operate at an
average of 39 percent of its capacity,
approximately 15 percent less than
the average for other Brazilian hydroelectric dams.
Of the electricity ·g enerated, 70
percent will be sold for public consumption, and according to a study
human communities and ecological
processes.
Controversy
IBAMA, the Brazilian Institute
of Environmental and Renewable
performed by the dam's developer, migrants would be forced to move Natural Resources, has had two
the company Eltrobras, even during into-population centers or into illegal senior technicians and their presithe dry season the dam will provide · and unsustainable logging and cat-. dent resign in protest, due to the
the entire state of Para with elec- tle ranching, leading to more defor- incomplete Environmental Impact
tricity. The other 30 percent will be estation. In population centers, the Assessment (EIA) and strong politi- .;;sold for industrial mining and other rapidly expanded population would cai pressure to approve the project.
similar operations. Additionally, the increase competition for already Issues with the EIA include missing
Brazilian government has planned a scarce jobs and stress social services water quality, socioeconomic indica$40 billion (US) investment into min- and an already crumbling infrastruc- tors and fish populations data, and
ing expansion of the Amazon region ture.
poor evaluation criteria. In February
through 2014.
The dam would directly displace 2010 the plru::t was approved by the
Up to 80 percent of the Xingu over 20,000 indigenous people who IBAMA, pending a six-year trial periRiver would be diverted to new canals had previously lived and made their od of operation.
and reservoirs leading to permanent livelihood off of the forest and river.
Often overlooked is the impact of
drought in some areas. The canals
According to an AmazonWatch. stagnant waters rich in organic mateand reservoirs would total some 258 org article, "Considered an 'obsfa- rials on greenhouse gas emissions. Of ; _
square miles, of which 150 square cle' to business interests, indigenous note, one 1990 study of a Brazilian
miles is forestland. Two canals, each peoples are particularly vulnerable. dam, th~ Curua-Una Dam, found that ·
1,640 feet wide and 46 miles long, Mega-projects typically ·confront it pollutes the equivalent of three and
would be created, requiring removal indigenous · communities with dis- a half times more carbon dioxide than
of more soil than that removed dur- ease, loss of food and clean water an oil power plant would pollute.
ing the construction of the Panama· sources, cultural disintegration and
Canal.
human rights abuses'."
Alternatives
A 2007 World Wide Fund for
People and the environment
The Economics
Nature report 1?tated that Brazil could -~­
This $17 billion (US) dam is but
The Belo Monte dam was found to cut its expected demand for electric-.
one of 60 planned for the Amazon, be economically not viable by a 2006 ity by 40 percent by 2020 through
and is thought to be one of the most economic analysis performed by the investment in energy efficiency. The
biologically diverse regions on the Conservation Strategy Fund. In order electricity saved would be equivalent
planet. One section of the river, the for the dam to become economically to 14 Belo Monte hydroelectric dams
Volte Grande, would be altered to sound, more upstream dams would lUld w:ould save Brazil $19 billion
_the point of threatening extinction of be required to increase productivity (US). While appearing complex, the
hundreds of species, according to a during the dry season. These dams improved energy efficiency would
2009 report by several experts.
would directly and indirectly affect stem from improved energy transConstruction of the dams and another 25,000 indie;enous people; mission, replacement of energy-ineffiinfrastructure would create 40,000 one of these new dams would flood cient household products and updattemporary jobs and only 2,000 long- 2,370 , square miles, according to ing old and failing generators.
,~
term jobs. It is estimated that 100,000 its original design, thus disruptiri.g
SG.A P'residentjal Debate Held Tuesday Night
pace us is the November elections,"
Hoffmeister said. "We've talked
about student apathy and the feelIn the' final week of SGA candi- ing of powerlessness that goes along
date campaigning, a debate was held with being a college student and we
Tuesday night in the Encore Theater need to debunk that rumor and get
for the two opposing parties to dis- students out to vote."
"I had the privilege to see the
cuss their stances and answer quesvoting effort my freshman year in the
tions presented by the student body.
Moderated by Crystal Laabs, the 2008 Presidential Elections, I loved
debate revealed that both Presidential everything that was going on there.
and Vice Presidential candidates The fact that we had people helping
share many of the same goals and us to register and vote was so helpfut
outlooks on what needs to be done I would have been totally lost then,"
.on campus next year_ but differ in · Hucek said.
Similarly, Hernandez and .Hucek
approach and style.
.For student voters their decision take a fluid adaptable leadership
really boils down to preference of method while Hoffmiester and Pai
lean more towards a "lead by examstyle.
For example, while both share the ple" public servicemin style, but both
goal of increasing the voter turnout sides hold strongly that accessibility
for the 2012 Presidential primaries, and approachability are vital to sucSeth Hoffmeister and Shantanu Pai cessful leadership.
"We have a saying in (the Unit~d
take a more formaJ and traditional
juggernaut approach and Juan-Diego States Student Association), 'step up
Hernandez and Vince Bucek have a step back,' " Hoffmiester said. "As a
more social "word-of-mouth" blitz- leader it's important to step up~but
also recognizing that it's our job to
krieg approach.
." The first thing that we have to develop other leaders and recognize
NATHANAEL ENWALD
nenwa 128@uwsp.ed u
/
the potential of younger students so
when we graduate they can take our
place."
"It's important to be on top of the
issues, on top of both the facts of the
matter and the opinions of the students," Hu.cek said. "Obviously you
can't be in touch with every one of the
9,000 students but do the best you can
to be in close contact with as many of
them as possible."
"I tend to be reasonable, I tend
to be articulate, and the last thing I
think leadership should be is comprehensive, you want to make sure every
voice is heard and heard in a way
everyone can understand it," Pai said.
"Leadership_to me is pretty simple, you are the kind of face of the
group you represent and if you fail
you aren't just failing yourself, you're
failing the entire group," Hernandez
said. "I mean, it happens but that's
part of being a leader, and the most
important thing is doing what's best
for the group and what the gr<?up
wants."
Neither side is for tuition increases, of course, but both recognize that
there will be some tough decisions t<X,,
face as well, such as what to do about
differential tuition.
"We pay a very low tuition by
the standards of the rest of our state,
I believe we are in the bottom 25 percent of four year universities. If we .
could stay there that would be awesome," Hucek said. "Unfortunately, ·
the reality is we will eventually have~
to raise tuition, the good news is it
won't throw us into the top half." .
"Given the political climate in
Madison, it's unlikely that this ·will
be an issue that we'll have to directly·
face if elected; however, we definitely
need to make sure we are paying
close attention to it when it comes "
up--there are tough decisions to be
made but we have to make them/'
Hoffmiester said.
_
Students are reminded that the
polls open this Friday, March 30, at
8:00a.m. and close AprilS at 4:00 p.JJ;l.
Students will be receiving an email
to cast their ballot online; the process . ~­
will take on average five minutes.
Pointers Finish Strong after
_'-Tough Star·t in Florida
from lllinois. The Pointers would fall
in this game, 1-4.
@willrossmiller
On Monday; the Pointers would
lose to both of their opponents,
The University of Wiscop.sin - Allegheny College, Pennsylvania,
-"'- _Stevens Point softball team traveled and Western New England College,
to Florida over spring break to partie: by scores of 1-7, and 2-4.
ipate in the NTC games, and finished
Tuesday started with a win over
with a 4-8 record.
Lawrence University by a score of
The Pointers played in Clermont, 6-0. The day fillished with a 5-8 loss to
Florida, and faced tough competition Western Connecticut State University.
from around the U.S. throughout the
UWSP would get back in action
week.
on Thursday, but did not fare well.
The first 10 games were a chal- The team dropped both of its games,
Jenge for Stevens Point, losing 8 of losing to Elmhurst College again, 1-9,
their first 10, but the team had a good and falling to Frostburg State College
end .to the week, winning their last from Maryland, 0-2.
two games over the break.
The Pointers played anoth"It was a great test for our play- er two games on Friday but once
ers," said head coach Jill Millis. "It again fell short in both, losing to
isn't easy playing 12 games in eight Bethel University, 4-6, and Eastern
days in 85 d,e gree weather, and it gets Connecticut State University, 2-3. ·
them ready .for the rigorous regular .
The bright spot of the week came
season and conference play."
on Saturday when the Pointers defeatUWSP started the. week of ed Manchester College from Indiana,
- ~-games on Sunday, March 15, against 7-6, and Massachusetts Institute of
Washington and Jefferson College of Technology, 3-2.
'Pennsylvania. The Pointers won 7-3.
Although it may have been a .
Later on Sunday Stevens Point tough week overall for the ·Pointers,
. went up against Elmhurst College there were some bright spots.
WILL ROSSMILLER
.wros~460@uwsp.edu
"We had many instances where - in eight.
players stepped up big in key
Krueger now leads the team in
situations and either came through RBis with 14. At week's end; her batwith a big hit or defensive stop," ting average was up to .360.
Millis said.
The Pointers also had some strong ·
One of the good surprises of the performances from two of their pitchweek came from freshman outfielder ers, junior Michelle Jones and sophoSam Raddant, who did not disap- more Sara Babbitts.
point in her first big starts during the
Jones pitched 36 innings in
season.
Florida and struck out 18 batters. She
Ra~dant went 12-for-32 during
also went the distance in two games,
the week, adding six runs, three RBis pitching all seven innings.
and 16 total bases on the week. She
Babbitts made her season debut
now has a .375 batting average.
down in Florida, and had some strong
"Our talented freshman class showings. She pitched a team high 43
showed they can compete at this 1/3 innings during the break_ and
level, and they really stepped up in totaled 21 strike outs. Babbitts also
key situations throughout the week," pitched two complete games.
"Overall our pitching was solid,"
Millis said.
Sophomore utility player Bekah Millis said. "Michelle Jones and Sara
Rennicke continued her strong start Babbitts Q.id a great job against some
to the 2012 season, going 7-21 dur- very tough opponents thioughout the
ing the week, also tallying two runs week."
The Pointers start their reguscored, and two RBis. Her batting
average now stands at a team high lar season with a doubleheader at
.419. She also hit her first homerun as Marion College this Wednesday, fola Pointer.
lowed by a doubleheader at UW-Eau
Junior first baseman Katie Claire on Saturday. ·
Krueger also had a good week, going
13-36, scoring two runs and driving
sever~
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Questions to the Lawyer
I live in an apartment with three other UWSP
students. We have a lease which was signed by
all four of us which lasts until May 25, 2012.
We have paid one·haif of our rent and the last
half is due by Dec. 1, 2011 for the balance of the
lease. One of the roommates just announced
that he ~ill be transferring to a different school
next semester, and has stated that he will not be
making his last payment on the lease. What do
·we (the rest of us) do?
Jan Roberts, Staff Attorney for Student Legal
Society: Your best bet is to look for a subletter
that t ••~ rest of you can live with to take the
place of the departing roommate. It sounds like
you have a lease that provides for "joint and
several liability': of the tenants to the landlord.
That means that the landlord can sue any or all
or some of you for any amounts outstanding
under the lease. The remaining three tenants are
responsible for the rent. However, the
remaining three would have standing to sue the
departing roommate for his share if he refuses to
pay, and the remaining tenants pick up his share
for the last semester. If the remaining three
tenants stay, and the last tenant's share is not
paid, the landlord can sue for eviction, and/or
unpaid rent. Some words to the departing
tenant: this is not a good way to treat your
friends. You should pay your share, and try to ·
find a subletter so that your friends dOn't have to
pay for your flights of fancy and decision to not
uphold your legal resP.onsibilities.
Students should feel free-to set up an
appointment with Jan Roberts, staff attorney for
the Student Legal Society, with any questions
related to landlord-tenant issues, or any other
legal issues (tickets, criminal cases, family law
issues, auto accidents, conswner issues, etc.).
There is a $5 administrative fee (paid to Ticket
and Information), and appointments are 30
minutes. Follow-up appointments are free.
To submit a question for the attorney please
email Student Legal at: slegal(iiiuwsp.edu
You Could Be t.h e Match
and willing to donate to a patient of that is setiously it," Much said.
As a cancer survivor, Wargowski
any need.
When registering, a health ques- is unable to be on the registry but
You have the power to save a life, tionnaire must be completed to make remains involved in the bone marso why not?
sure you meet the medical guidelines. · row drive to make a difference in the
Ellen Wargowski, a University These protect your health as a po~en­ world of cancer.
of Wisconsin - Stevens Point soph- tial donor, as well as the health of
,"Ellen ended up finding us last
omore, was diagnosed with Acute transplant patients.
semester and was curious about helpLymphocytic Leukemia when she
Doctors search the Be The Match ing out. This semester she agreed to
was just three years old. She went Registry to find donors for their help us promote the · drive with her
through ·chemotherapy and radiation patients. Once you've joined, Be The touching story," Much said.
and was lucky to survive. However, Match will contact you if a doctor
Today Wargowski is fully recovshe relapsed when she was six years selects you as a match for a patient irl ered and healthy, while spreading
old and eventually needed a bone need of a transplant.
the word about the Bone Marrow
marrow transplant to save her life.
"You might not get a call to . Registry to heip those whose lives
. Luckily enough, hey older sister was donate immediately. It could be a depend on a bone marrow transplant.
a good match, and Ellen was able to · couple years, a decade, or even lon- For them, finding a match depends
· receive the transplant.
ger, but being in the registry will entirely on the number of people who
Many people looking for. a bone · give someone hope and maybe even ·have generously agreed to join the
marrow transplant aren't as lucky as another chance at life," said Cody · Registry.
Wargowski, and often rely on finding Much, a senior Biochemistry major
"I was given a second chance
a donor in the Be The Match Registry. and the Treasurer of the PreMed and at life, and I wish that others who
The more people that join the registry, Allied Health Society.
are fighting for their lives could be
the chances of them finding a donor
Throughout the weeks leading given that same opportunity. What if
increases.
up to the drive, PMAHS will be sell~ a patient's match was out there some"Ever ~ince I began to realize how ing raffle tickets for prizes that local where, and not on the registry? They
lucky I am to have survived, I have businesses have donated in the DUC would have no way of knowing that
been very passionate about wanting to help raise money for the ,Be The there is someone who could help,"
to give back and make a difference Match Foundation. Tickets are a dol- Wargowski said.
in the lives of other cancer patients,". lar a piece or six for $5.00.
By join_ing the registry you could
Wargowski said.
· The process of actually getting be the match a patient needs. You
The Dreyfus University Center into the registry is very quick and could be the person to make this
· will be holding a bone marrow drive painless. All it takes is a few mouth treatment possible. You could give
for the Be The Match Registry on swabs and some paper work.
them hope.
Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April
"A lot of people think it involves
6, at 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. To join, you needles and pain when actually it is
must ~e within the ages of 18 and 60 just a few swabs of the mouth, and
EMMA ST. AUBIN
estau2SS@uwsp.edu
Ra111.part
Fil~
OWEN STEVENS
ostev724@uwsp.edu
Building .off the success of his
debut film, The Messenger, director Oren Moverman plunges into a
world of corruption with his newest effort Rampart, which looks at
the LAPD in the 1990's and its long
history of excessive violence, seedy
corruption and racial discrin.Unation.
Woody Harrelson stars as misogynistic, hedonistic, alcoholic, quasisociopathic, racist (though he maintains that h e hates all people equally)
police officer Dave Brown. ·Brown
finds himself embroiled in a scandal
after he beats a black motorist senseless and is caught on tape doing so,
a la Rodney King. Brash, abrasive
and downright offensive, Harrelson's
Officer Brown follows his own moral
code by doing "the people's dirty
work/ ' ·In other words, he's a loose
cannon.
Embracing the crime he seeks to
thwart, Brown more closely resembles the criminals he cuffs than the
badge that sits upon his chest. Yet
his family life is even more wayward
than his career. Brown is divorced
and still living with his two exes, who
happen to be sisters (played admirably by Cynthia Nixon and Anne
Heche). Yeah, you read that right.
Also, he has fathered a daughter with
both sisters. His oldest daughter
Revie\Y
Helen, in high school and very aware
of her father's checkered familial and
occupational history, doesn't hide her
contempt for her father. His youngest
daughter Margaret, still a tad aloof to
her father's past, engages somewhat
hesitantly with her father, but even
she begins to pull away - and they all
live together.
· While Brown is as predictable as
an injured, cornered animal, there's
always a certain amount of tact ·in his
methods. He's a really smart guy. In
another life, he'd probably be a successful ·business · man or politician.
But he's living his own life in the rotting Rampart division of the LAPD.
His personal vices that plague him.
also fulfill him in some self-destructive way. The conflict he incites comforts him.
Harrelson is electric, like a
livewire in a puddle of water.
Resembling the cigarettes his character chain-smokes, Harrelson is a
muted ember color that lies nearly
dormant and then explodes to a full
glowing blaze with each exhale. His .
character's rage simmers below the
surface, seeping through his pores,
incessantly forming beads of sweat
on his ruddy brow, and boils over in
fits of unbridled violence and spats
of vulgarities. It is extremely talented work from an underrated actor.
Harrelson alone makes Rampart wor- ·
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VladimirYuraslob is a resident of Stevens Point, found dumpster diving. Freeganism- a word
· _mixing of "free" and "vegan," is an anti-consumerism lifestyle. Freegans usually go dumpster
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That natural progression drew
partially from an example set by
Vladimir's father.
Dumpster diving, sometimes
"[He] was an example of frugalreferred to as "freeganism," is a con- ity for me as well; he wore those cut-'$.:_;: cept and lifestyle many Americans
off jean shorts until they ·were damn
. ate turning to in the face of both near rags (he opted ~o use hi~:j money
economic hardship and an unequal to give his three children opportuninational system of food and materials ties) ... it was evident to me that matedistribution.
rial objects had-a much longer life if
I met with Vladimir Yuraslob, a you were willing to ignore the social
resident of Stevens Point and avid stigma of looking 'poor,"' Yuraslohdumpster diver, to help me better said.
understand the lifestyle of a diver,
According to a 2010 USDA report,
and hopef~lly learn a few tricks of the 48.8 million Americans are live in
trade for future use.
food-insecure households. That num. Vladimir learned quickly in life . ber grows when you include the
that too many usable materials were homeless ·population of US citiZens,
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going to waste in the world around .w hich is about 700,000. Yet, even with
him.
staggering numbers of people unsure
"Growing up as a child I enjoyed whether or not they will eat tonight,
collecting .old things ... I remem- we are wasting more than ever before.
ber finding something in the trash Jonathan Bloom, author of the 2010
while walking home from elemen- book "American Wasteland," says
tary school. I suppose you could say that over half of the food produced in
. dumpster diving is a natural progres- America is thrown away.
~s~on for me," Yuraslob said.
rhans632@uwsp.edu
"Somewhere between 160 and
· 295 billion pounds o£ food is thrown
away every single year," Bloom
writes. "Which is the equivalent of
filling a 90,000 seat football stadium
. to the brim at least once every single
day."
Freeganism as a whole is an
attempt to ·combat waste trends in
America and includes much more
than just dumpster diving. From
squatting (living rent-free in foreclosed or vacant homes) to free markets (where items are set out for free
instead of for sale) to eco-friendly
forms of transportation, the freegan
lifestyle promotes living on what is
already here, as opposed to producing more materials and thus_produc. ing more waste.
People m the United States have
been reclaiming food and discarded ·
objects for centuries. Vladimir identifies with one example in particular.
"Nineteenth century American
history shows the 'Rag man' or 'Ragand-bone man' who traveled_around,
often with a covered wagon, collecting all manner of discarded items
that he could reinvent and resell,"
Yuraslob said.
Though reclamation of trash has
existed as long as trash itself, it still
carries a heavy social stigma.
"Propaganda turns the masses .
· against each other, at the benefit of
the rich elite," Vladimir said. "They
tell us dumpster diving is bad. Thus,
there is such a social stigma attached
to reclaiming good and usable foods
ans:l other materials. It creates ?- picture of a low income person, which
is an undesirable in consumer-capitalistic society ... has been for many"
many years."
Just about anything that cim be
tossed out can be reclaimed. Vladimir
has found food, household items and
· clothing, building materials, artwork, ·
and a little bit of just about everything else.
"Dumpster diving is a life project whereby I am able to reduce the
amovnt of edible foods and usable
material items that would otherwise
rot away in a landfill," \ryadimir said.
"It gives me a great amount of pride
to know that I am helping to meet·my
own needs, and the needs of friends,
family and strangers."
Vladimir left me with a quote
from E.F. Schumacher's A Guide for
the Perplexed: "The art of living is
always to mcike a good thing out of a
bad thing."
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Artists Come Toge-t her
~MONICA LENIUS
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Contributing artists from all over
the Midwest are coming together for
a prestigious event that will be celebrating 40 years of quality artwork.
The Stevens Point Festival of the
~- Arts will be held in the Noel Fine Arts
~ Festival 'on Sunday, April 1, from 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Because this festival is so
early in the season, artists are eager to
be a part of it.
·
"Like many artists, we hear about
shows and art festivals through the
grapevine. The time of year, place in
your show schedule, and possibility
....... of making money determine a show's
importance," said Bill Kaufmann, a
porcelain maker from Hudson, WI.
"Every show is like a job application
that has direct ramifications to our
mcome.
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This festival brings artists in
areas from woodworking_ and jew.:
elry to glass and pamting. Each artist
comes from a different background
and therefore not only uses different
mediums of. art, but different themes
as well.
·
"My theme is to tell stories
through images that evoke the feel
of paintings and w~tercolors," said
David E. Mullikin, whose photography will be displayed at booth number 2. "I have had many interesting
conversations with people ·viewing
my work and often their stories about
how an image appeals . to them is
fascinati,ng and creates a connection
betWeen us."
Art is the kind of word that can
have many definitions. It is more of
an opinion-filled word. Each of these
artists ·has .a different meaning for
themselves as to wha_t-art is. ~.
"Art allows us to e~press a hid- common ground but are different in
den spirit that can only be seen in many ways. The diversity in artists
what we create. It comes from deep is what makes this festival one of the
inside us and gives others an insight best in the show season.
that is special to that person," said
"Among artists, this is a very
Lou Williams, who has submitted well:known venue. It is talked about
woodwork art for the show.
as one of t!:le best and the first really
"Art can portray many facets, big, important show of the year. My
from the absurd to the glorious. We daughter,_who has done this show for
are interested in objects that have years, has always said I should get
.a presence beyond their function. into it. I've tried for three years and
Perhaps it is the way beauty touches was ftnally ·selected; I'm. thrilled," . . ___
our lives and motivates or compels us Williams said:
to look again, to break us out of the
This event will include free
rut of the everyday," Kaufmann said. admission and free children's activi· "We all depend on art for inspiration, ties. There will also be a silent aucentertainment, and for many of us tion of the artists' works that help
.self-expression. Ai-.t is fundamental . suppo~t student scholars~ps that are
to action, whether it is mechanical, awarded to UWSP students.
political, or in the studio."
These meanings make the artists
· who they are today. By making their
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Every team has a ·story of a once in a
generation player that by all accounts is a
"9an't miss" prospect that tragically. does.
They're brought up with all the potential,
all the promise in the world. They're given
every opportunity to succeed, but they don't
pan out. They get hurt, they hit an endless
slump, they break down.
He gets. bitter and angry. He toils in a
self-sentenced exile. Never able to reach his
peak, the ballplayer spends th~ rest of his life
dwelling on what could have been, but never
was.
This is not that story.
Esteban de Ia Cruz was not a rookie
phenom. He never won a golden glove or
a siiver slugger award. He was not highly
touted, he didn't even create a semi-mild buzz
of excitement.
Esteban "Stumpy" de Ia Cruz was god
awful.
As a weak hitting first baseman in the
Pirates' and Brewers' minor league system;
de Ia Cruz accumulated a .091 career batting
average with six RBis and two homeruns over
the span of six seasons. In 2002 he set a
minor league record when he hit an unprecedented 643 groundoutsin a single season,
- accounting for over half of the groundouts on
the team. · But where he truly outshined the competition in terms of pure terribleness was in the field.
• "I remember the first
time l-ever saw Esteban
play was when he was
- in college ;:~t UC-Davis,"
said·fo•
- scout
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Winters and it just so happened Esteban was could hardly walk, let alone
at first that day. In the third inning he let three field a hot shot down the line.
consecutive grounders go between his legs Plus when it rained he had to
and had six throwing errors as a first base- sit in the dugout otherwise his
man. I called my mom that night and wept on leg would warp.
the phone for an
Maybe the only thing more legendary
hour and a half. It
than his proverbial peg 1eg was his temper.
was horrid."
De Ia Cruz once merited an invitation
De Ia Cruz .
to spring training with the Pirates. B_y all
led all minor
accounts it was nothing more than a joke to
leaguers in errors
keep morale up. One day de Ia Cruz was
between 2001
inserted as a pinch hitter with runners at the
and 2006, accrucorners and two outs in a one run exhibiing a total of 613
tion game. Former teammate Rob Schmidt
errors over that time.
remembers the incident vividly.
In one game against the Red Sox Triple-A
''Wheri I saw Stumpy saunter out of
affiliate Pawtucket, de Ia Cruz accomplished the dugout I just lowered my head and used
the rare error cycle. He was charged with a words that would get me expelled from most
throwing, catching and fielding error. In that churches and grocery stores. After he whiffed
order. Twice. ~n four innings.
on three straight curveballs he broke his bat
"Oh yeah, I remember him," said former over his knee and chased the pitcher
Brewer first baseman Prince Fielder. "He around the diamond for 20 minutes. It
sucked."
took five groundskeepers and the Pirates
De Ia Cruz earned the nickname S_tumpy - mascot to restrain him. Three men went
from his teammates, partially due to his 5'4" to the hospital-that day," Schmidt said.
stature, but mainly because his left leg was
De Ia Cruz once tried to poison for70 percent wood.
mer teammate Ryan Braun after Braun
During a horrible butter churning acci- criticized his effort on the field during a
dent as a child, de Ia Cruz's grandfather press conference.
splinted his leg with some spare boards he
"Stumpy was easily the worst prospect
had in the barn. The nearest doctor was I have ever seen. Maybe the worst prospect
four hundred yards away and the only mule . ever," said former Milwaukee manager Ned
the family had had been put down when it Yost.
_ The title of worst prospect ever has gone
contracted chlamydia. De Ia Cruz had to wait
three days for a specialist to arrive, but that from stigma to full blown fact. He is a seven
night the boards became infused with his leg, time winner of the Worst Baseball Player in
the World award, his seventh time coming one
forming a literal stump.
His stump hind.ered him throughout his full year after his official retirement.
career. One of the biggest reasons why de Ia
Why was someone so damn terrible
Cruz never pa
:ay in organized baseball? Why
wasn't someone as disturbed as.
Stumpy de Ia Cruz ripped away from
the diamond and thrust into the nearest mental institution?
Because he is the bastard son of Miami
Marlins manager and former White Sox great,
Ozzie Guillen, that's why. The organization tolerated Stumpy hoping he would soon blossom
into the kind of player his father was. Alas, he
never did.
After his retirement following the 2006
season, he utilized his father's contacts to
get a job as the JV baseball coach at St.
Dominguez South Central High School in
Gnome, Alaska. In his six seasons at the
helm for Los Lobos he has .led his team to a
12-94 record, the highest winning percentage
in school history.
"I don't get to talk to him very often
because of both our busy schedules;" Guillen
said. "But I'll send him
a text every couple of
days just to say . 'Hey,
you still suck,' or 'Hey,
you're still an embarrassment that's why you don't
have my last name,' just
something like that to,
you know, keep him in
his place."
Th~ saga of Esteban "Stumpy" de Ia Cruz
is the stuff of legend. It's not an underdog
story, nor is it a story of redemption. It is a
story of utter failure, and it should be treated
as such. De Ia Cruz was an awful player and
remains an awful human being.
But through his struggles De Ia 'Cruz has
demonstrated oRe immensely important life
lesson for society as a whole: If you suck, find
something else to do.'
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Photo Coutesy of the seattlemet.com
The University of Wisconsin - Stevens
Point baseball team shocked the baseball
world this week, defeating the Milwaukee
Brewers in an exhibition game.
The final score was 10-0, with the
Ppinters collecting 20 hits during the game
and the Brewers only accounting for two hits.
"This is a great team," said Brewers
Head Coach Ron Roenicke. "I just hope that
we don't have to play them in the playoffs
this year."
Brewers ace Zack Greinke was given
the loss on the game, giving up seven earned
runs in just four innings of work.
·:It was a tough day, I hope that the
teams we play during the regular season are
not as good as these guys," Greinke said
after the game.
~
Stevens Point senior relief pitcher Ryan
Iverson started the exhibition game only
expecting to throw two or three innings, but
ended up pitching a near perfect game for
the Pointers.
"That's the most innings I have pitched
since little league," Iverson said. "It felt like
my arm was going to fall off, but somehow I
got the job done."
· Iverson certainly did get the job done,
striking out 22 Brewer batters and not allowing a single walk.
Stevens Point got on the board in the
first inning when Greinke allowed three consecutive hits to the first three players in the
order.
Then freshman Cody Hanke drilled a
grand slam home run over the fence, making
the score 4-0.
-Greinke got in trouble again in the
second inning when the Pointers hit three
doubles in a row, scoring two more runs and
bringing the score to 6-0.
The Pointers would finally finish off
Greinke when he went out to pitch in the fifth
inning.
Sophomore outfielder Casey Barnes
hit a towering home run over the fence, and
Greinke was pulled from the game; the score
now read 7-0.
The Pointers would add 3 more runs
in the next 5 innings, getting to some of the
Brewers ·relief . pitching, while Iverson was
continuing to have a strong performance.
. "That was a nice performance by
Iverson," . said Pointer Head Coach Pat
Bloom, "but we need to improve for our next . .
games."
The lone bright spot for the Brewers on
the day was Ryan Braun, who collected both
of Milwauk~e·s hits, and ended up going 2-4
on the day. ·
One of the low lights for Milwaukee had
to be the play of centerfielder Nyjer Morgan,
also ·known as Tony · Plush. Tony Gumbo,
Tony Tombstone and Tony Hush.
Morgan went 0-4, striking out on all four
of his plate appearances. After Morgan's
fourth and final strikeout, he flipped off the
umpires, Pointer team and all fans watching the game. He was then tossed from the
game.
"AAAHHHHHH!" Morgan said after the
game. "I don't care about the loss; the
Pointers will be watching us in the playoffs
anyway, gotta go!"
·
The Pointers were led by Cody Hanke,
who ended the day going 4-5 including three
runs scored and six runs batted in.
"I can tell you one thing," Roenicke said.
"We will be scouting and drafting a lot of the
members of that Stevens Point team in this
year's draft."
The Brewers will put this embarrassing
loss behind them as they prepare for the start
of the regular season.
Stevens Point will start their conference
schedule on Saturday when they play at
UW-Stout in a double header.
4
Athletic Depart~nent
to OHer New Sport
· First year Athletic Director Daron
Montgomery held a press conference
Tuesday morning announcing the addition of
a new sport being offered at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
_
"I am pleased to announce that UWSP
will be co~peting as an inaugural member of
the WIAC's newly formed beer pong league,"
said Montgomery. "After days of deliberation,
my colleagues and I have decided that participating in the WIAC's newest sport was too
lucrative an offer to pass up."
The announcement comes a week after
the WIAC made the decision to make beer
pong an officially sanctioned sport.
"Statistically speaking the UW-System
has more non-student athletes than studentathletes," said WIAC Commissioner Gary
Karner. "We felt as though we weren't providing enough opportunities for those students to
succeed athletically."
.
UWSP will be joined by UW-Stout,
UW-Oshkosh, UW-Piatteville, and UW-Eau
Claire next year as the initial members of the
league. UW-River Falls, UW-Superior, and
UW-Whitewater have not yet made a decision
whether they would participate or not.
"It's a great opportunity," said
Montgomery. "Not many _people know what
it feels like to succeed on a grand stage, and
since our students are probably going to hate
life once they graduate we felt this would be a
perfect opportunity for them to do something
. meaningful."
The beer pong program will reportedly
have an annual budget of $250,000, most
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"Not everyone can play this game, it
of which will be spent on beer and team colorfu1 history. A rumor had arisen when word
uniforms.
was leaked that Garrett would be hired that takes. a special talent. And I don't li~e the·
"We are currently reviewing offers from when the athletic department finally tracked term 'open tryouts' because that makes it
high profile companies such as Nike and him down he was at a brothel in Bangladesh. sound like everyone can come. Everyone
Solo regarding equipment rights," said Sports Garrett vehemently denied the allegations.
can't come. If you've ever said the phrase,
"I have heard the claims that you speak "I'm so good at beer pong, I've never lost a
Information Director Mitch Capelle.
When asked if the university would agree of and I can tell you now that they .are a game," you definitely can't come because
on a hometown discount with Point Brewery complete fabrication. The building that I had you're probably full of shit," Garrett said. "I
to be the team's official beer provider, Capelle taken residency in was former brothel, and l don't want any sissies, lightweights, or table
said the university was still fielding offers from was away on business when AD Montgomery bumpers out here. And the answer is no, this
isn't a gentleman's game."
other companies but he did not rule out an made his initial attempts to contact me."
The "business" that Garrett was allegedly
A complete rulebook had yet to be draftexclusive deal with the local brewery.
Montgomery also said during .his press away on has also been met with suspicion. ed,.however Commissioner Karner said there
conference that the university has chosen a According to sources, Garrett is well known had been progress made.
"There will be a standard 1o.ctJp, two-ball
coach for the upcoming season, UWSP alum in that area as the leader of a criminal orgaRichie Garrett. In his eight years as a Pointer nization specializing in the supply of illegal format to each match. There will be absolutely
Garrett racked up a career record of 983-7 fireworks and synthetic opium. Even more no celeb-shots, that is something myself and
during house parties and informal ho.liday peculiar was the fact that when UWSP officials the other members of the conference had
tournaments. The 43-year-old brings a wealth finally found him he was eating at a Hardees strongly stressed. Other than that we are leanof knowledge to the' program that he accumu- in Marrakech.
ing towards allowing schools to implement
"I know I've had a lot of ups and downs - hoose rules regarding re-racks and fingering/
lated during his 30 years of organized play,
both here and overseas.
in my life, but I've grown from every experi- blowing.
"This is a very exciting time for us," said
"When we decided we wanted to join the ence," said Garrett. "I may not be the straightleague some friends of the program imme- laced guy that people want associated with Montgomery. "It is my firm belief that a beer _
diately brought Richie to my attention," said the program, but the school came to me for a pong team will be nothing short of an overMontgomery. "It took us a while to find him, reason. If there's one thing I know how to do, whelming success for this institution."
but once we did he seemed like he was all in." it's play beer pong."
.
When asked .if he thought the drinking
"I was definitely excited to come back
An assistant coach has yet to be hired culture of Wisconsin coupled with the impleto Point and coach pong," said G~rrett dur- but word is the early favorite is Rabbi Adam mentation of a beer pong league would only
ing a phone interview. "When the program Goldberg. Goldberg is the most respected increase the negative stigma against the
finally g_ot in to.uch with me I was in a bit of a rabbi in the Chicago area and has performed UW-System, Montgomery simply said, "Sucks
transitional phase in my life. This opportunity over 2,000 circumcisions. No one is quite sure to SU9k."
was just the thing I needed to get myself back 'how that will help kids play beer pong.
When asked to elaborate Montgomery
on track."
Coach Garrett will b~ holding open try- tweeted, "#SorryNotSorry."
The university has faced quite a bit of outs beginning Monday April 2 at 5 p.m. in
scrutiny regarding the hiring due to Garrett's the MAC.
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"ONE'IPAD PER STUDENT"
SUSTAINABILITY FUNDS
REQUEST APPROVED BY SGA
MICHAEL WILSON
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the world on oil-intensive mega-tankers)," wrote Editor-in-Chief Aaron
Osowski in The Pointer's request to
the Sustainability Committee and the
SUFAC.
.
"However, all the paper used to
print The Pointer, which distributes
2,200 copies throughout· the campus
community, is a far greater cost to
the world's forests," wrote Osowski
in his justification for the $350 per
student increase in segregated fees.
"And you can't deny it, this might
encourage students to read it every
once in a while."
Samuel
Dvorak,
Sustainability Committee approved
the earlier request for only the two
iPads for the Student Government,
said that was probably true, and "The
funds request does make more sense
if, instead of only saving paper for
two people who use their iPads as
dinner trays, we were saving all the
paper used to print the newspaper."
The proposal was met with some
criticism at the meeting, mainly
from several members of the local
Students for a Democratic Society
branch. These students expressed dissent ·t o ~A's decision, stating "This
is unjust, because many students
already own iPads."
The vote was originally tallied
with two times more No's than Aye's,
roughly by a 2:1 margin; luckily
for The Pointer, the staff of whom
anticipated the decision with furor
and excitement, Vice President Liz
Westberg counted all of the "Maybe"
votes as Ayes.
"We got majority support,"
Rutledge said in an interview to the
Stevens Point Journal soon alter the
Last week, The Pointer was successful in its Sustainability Reserve
request, approved by a vote of 21-3 in
the S.h ident Government, to provide
an iPad for every student in order to
save paper.
Starting in the coming Fall semester, students will pay an extra $350
total, spread throughout their six
years at UWSP, for this shift to iPad. based, digital distribution of the campus newspaper. It is estimated that
't his move will save invaluable paper
for UWSP's student populace of voracious Pointer readers.
Last semester, SGA approved a
SustainabilityFund request to provide
iPads to two members of the organization, President Ryan Rutledge and
Vice President Liz Westberg. Around
this time, The l'ointer decided to
propose its own sustainability initiative to the Segregated University Fee
Allocations Committee (SUFAC).
"We heard the SGA iPads were a
'sustainable initiative' because Ryan
and Liz wanted to save paper," said
Adam Malooly, ~d Manager for The
·Pointer. "So we were like, 'We use a
bunch of paper. Why don't we provide the UWSP student body with an
iPad, just like SGA did?' 'Then I took a
spiritual journey throughout campus,
talking to everyone I . saw, and they
all agreed. Pretty soon, we got our
request approved."
"To be sure, it could be argued
that all the paper SGA uses in a year
is not worth the unsustainable process used to manufacture two iPads
(which are made from conflict minerals extracted untraceably throughout me~ting.
Africa, assembled by slave laborers
Everybody celebrated the night
in China and finally transported for as a victory for· democracy, including
mass consumption to all corn&s of
members
of
WWSP 90 FM, who are always incidentally' around, looking very cool.
The Pointer's spokesperson,
Kaitlyn Luckow, said, "Hey, SGA did
it first. Besides, they voted to raise
tuition by $648 annually last semes- ·
ter-we were just asking for roughly
$60 annually for their iPads, including the cost of the iPointer app."
Looking _at the ceiling, La¥out
Editor Amanda Hays said she will
be designing the app today, although
she only has four hours to dojt.
Centertainment has annoUn.ced
it will look into a proposal to provide entertainment directly to the
student body this semester. "We are
also interested in this 'sustainability'
business," the organization posted on
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