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Tuition and housing costs are not the only dollar figures steadily rising; the cost of textbooks continues to grow as well.

Marc Sanders, the manager of the course book department at the UWM Bookstore, said textbook prices are “shocking.”

“Textbooks have always been higher than what students would like them to be,” Sanders said. “Bottom line, if the book helps you pass the class, which helps you graduate and get a better job, then it’s worth it. If you don’t use the book, or graduate, then it probably is not.”

College Board, a non-profit educa-tion advocacy group, puts out a yearly estimation of college costs. One study explores the books and supplies cate-gory. For the 2003/2004 academic year the College Board told students that their textbook budget should be $898; eight years later in 2011, the budget reads $1,168 for books and supplies.

“Now though more than ever, when you buy a book, you are paying for more than just the book itself,” Sanders said. “It often comes with additional soft-ware… a CD, DVD or access code….Also, especially for books adapted for the large lectures, publishers provide the instructors many free materials to help teach the course, including PowerPoints, instructors manuals, tests, etc. That all gets included in the price the publisher must charge for the book.”

Sanders said that the UWM Bookstore took in $7 million during the 2010/2011 school year, a dollar figure that does not account for the hundreds of students who buy their books elsewhere, such as online or at used bookstores.

UWM senior Jacqlyn Pellmann, an international studies major, bought the majority of her books through Amazon.

“I still have to get two more [books], but so far I’ve spent a little under $500,” Pellmann said. “When I’m done I’ll be just over $600…[my books] would prob-ably have been way more expensive if I

went to the bookstore.”Pellmann attended UW-Waukesha

before coming to UWM and said that she spends more money now than she did then.

“Every UW bookstore is different,” Sanders said. “There is no system co-ordination of the bookstores. We are owned and operated by UWM. Green Bay, Oshkosh both also operate their own store, as do some others. Other UW campuses have outsourced or privatized their bookstores to out of state chain stores such as Follett or Barnes & Noble. Waukesha and Parkside are examples of this.”

Sanders said that some the perks to buying from the UWM bookstore are accuracy and convenience, even if it can be cheaper to buy online.

“[It’s] supporting your school,” Sanders said. “When you purchase or rent books from us you can be assured it is the correct item your instructor re-quested. If for some reason it’s not, we will take it back. Even if it is correct, but you just decide you don’t need it we will take it back, no questions asked, during the first two weeks of class. The other reason is that we are owned and oper-ated by UWM. We employ local people, mostly UWM students and alumni – like me. Any money the bookstore makes stays on campus.”

The bookstore does have return poli-cies though, which are handed out when students purchase their books. Shrink-wrapped books must still be shrink-wrapped and students need their receipts.

According to CBS, America’s high-est priced college textbook is the Acta Philosophorum, which costs $1,450. UWM’s most expensive book for the 2012/2013 school year costs less that a quarter of that at $332. The book in question is Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, which is required for the Pediatric Echocardiography class. The least expen-sive book is a $0.65 pocket Constitution.

“Fuck textbook prices,” UWM fresh-man Nastasia Ralien said. Ralien spent a total of $762.17 on her schoolbooks this semester.

Support your school or save your wallet?Textbook prices higher than ever

Text Books on The Rise

By Justin JabsAssistant News Editornews@uwmpost.com

The average price for a student to live in a UW-Milwaukee residence hall has increased by 7.5 percent from last year. Additionally, this is the first year in which freshmen are required to live on campus.

To live in Sandburg Hall, RiverView, Cambridge Commons or Purin Hall for an academic year, the average cost

is $5,928.30, an increase of $447.30 from the 2011-12 school year. The mean price of a meal plan has also increased by $84.33.

These increases stem from decreased occupancy of various halls and rising op-erating costs for the department.

“The overall expenses are only get-ting greater, and fewer people are car-rying the weight,” University Housing Director Kelly Haag said.

University Housing receives no money from tuition fees or the state of

Wisconsin, said Haag, and is completely self-supported. Residence hall expenses are paid for through room rates.

Total hall occupancy reached a low in the fall of 2010, when only 84 percent of the rooms were filled. Preliminary estimates for 2012 occupancy are at 93 percent, but are still below Haag’s goal, despite the freshman living requirement. The housing budget is put together as-suming a five percent vacancy.

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Decreased occupancy and rising operating costs contribute

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Twenty-six students were arrested on Milwaukee’s East Side Friday night, the second week in a month-long push by police to curtail noise violations and

underage drinking in the surrounding campus neighborhoods.

Forty people were arrested alto-gether in the bust, with 49 individual charges brought against them. The vast majority, 32, were for underage posses-sion of alcohol. Individuals were also charged with excessive noise, disorderly

conduct, public drinking, obstruction of justice and vandalism.

Another member of the UWM men’s basketball team, Mark J. Williams, se-nior, was arrested Friday. Last week, five members were arrested for charges rang-ing from underage possession to disor-derly conduct.

Twenty-six student arrests in MPD’s second East Side crackdownThe Post rides along with officers to evaluate “zero tolerance” initiative

A student gets cuffed and arrested for the second week in a row in MPD’s crackdown.Photo courtesy of Zak Wosewick

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With less than two months until the presidential election on Nov. 2, UW-Milwaukee’s population is the target of several combined efforts to register students.

Registration began as soon as stu-dents started the new semester. The United Council of UW Students, Student Association and Center for Volunteerism and Student Leadership are all working together to register students.

Director of the Center for Volunteerism and Student Leadership Laurie Marks said, “It can be confusing for a lot of students because for many of them, it’s their first time voting and it’s also their first time away from their homes.”

Students may have noticed the voting registration table in the Union next to

the transit office where students get their U-Pass. In two weeks, over 450 students have registered.

“UWM has the most voter registra-tion in the whole state compared to other UW schools,” said Nneka Akubeze, UC’s Southeast Regional Field Organizer. “I think it’ll continue because a lot of peo-ple here are really concerned about the election.”

Akubeze will continue efforts on campus until Oct. 17, which is the last day Special Registration Deputies (the people with clipboards asking if you’ve registered to vote) can register people.

Last Wednesday, the coalition of groups hosted an event that deputized 34 new Special Registration Deputies, who will be registering as many students as they can before the cutoff date.

The UC has a goal number of 3,400 students registering at UWM; SA’s Student Voting Rights Committee Chair Vince Rolbiecki said he is trying to reg-

ister as many people as he possibly can. “You have a right to vote,” Rolbiecki

said. “ Don’t brush it off. As students it’s really important for you to vote.”

After Oct. 17, students must register on their own. They can do this by going to their municipal clerk’s office or at a polling location on Election Day.

To register to vote, proof of residence is required. Proof of residence can be a driver’s license, but it has to have a cur-rent address listed. Since most students do not update their driver’s license, other forms of residency should be brought to the polling place. A gas, electric or tele-phone bill with the name and address are acceptable. Also allowed this year are bills shown on smartphones and tablets. It must be from within 90 days prior to voting. To see a full list of proof of resi-dence options, go to gab.wi.gov. A voter kickoff even will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 18 in Union E240

Voter registration starts on campusPresidential election right around the corner

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The UWM Post spent Friday night riding along with officers from the Milwaukee Police Department’s 1st District to evaluate the problems one local resident described last week as the worst she has seen in 20 years.

Overall, students were cordial to-ward arresting officers, but resented the overwhelming police presence in the neighborhood.

“To say we’re a menace for having fun is bullshit,” an arrested student, who only identified himself as “Eric,” said. “The only reason there are any businesses at all here is because of us. Students aren’t a menace.”

District 1 police Capt. Stephen Basting said the first week was intended to be educational, despite 25 student ar-rests, but this weekend officers enforced a “zero tolerance policy.”

“We’re trying to send the message,” said Basting. “Drinking is part of col-lege, but you have to know when to tone it down.”

The MPD set up a mobile com-mand post on the East Side, parking a large trailer in the median of Newberry Boulevard and Cramer Street. Outside the trailer was a row of chairs for arrested people to sit on and long tables set end-to-end with a computer dock and pa-perwork for the police officers to process arrestees. The scene was framed by doz-ens of cop cars parked along Newberry Boulevard and several police vans to shuttle arrestees to the police station downtown.

The first arrests of the night wit-nessed by reporters were just after 8:00 p.m. A noise complaint was called in on two 20-year-old students playing loud music. Both were cooperative with po-lice, apologizing for the noise and ad-mitting they had consumed five or six beers apiece.

The police cuffed them in their liv-ing room. Before they left they made sure the students had their house keys, phones and wallets. An officer locked the back and front door and turned off the television set before leaving. The stu-

dents and officers exchanged courteous, even friendly, banter with each other.

“This is a nice place you guys have here,” said one officer.

“Yeah it’s really nice and spacious,” replied one of the cuffed students.

Later he asked the officer if they would be in this situation on a normal weekend.

“Probably not,” the officer responded. “It was just a noise violation.”

After the police drove them to the command post on Newberry Boulevard the two young men sat on the chairs in the grass and went through questions and processing with the officers. One of the students who did not wish to give his name told the Post he believes there are much worse problems the MPD should be focusing on than college kids having a good time.

“I’m two weeks away from turning 21,” he said, his head bowed. “This is just not fun.”

The Milwaukee noise ordinance states that “intermittent” noise (such as parties and music) is measured by the po-lice. If they can hear it 50 feet away from the property, they can issue a citation.

By 8:30 p.m. a few more students had been arrested and taken to the command post for processing. At this point, they were all respectful and courteous and not obviously drunk. Most had drawn police attention because of noise.

Another 20-year-old who identified himself as “Paul” said he got arrested because of a noise complaint from a set of drums and a guitar. “We weren’t re-ally drinking, just making a lot of noise,” he said. “If I get taken down for a noise complaint, I don’t think that’s fair.”

At 10:05 p.m. the Post was riding in a police car when the officer responded to a robbery on Downer Avenue. The officer raced down Kenwood Boulevard. and ran into the apartment. The thieves got away before the officer arrived, drop-ping a television set, Wii and laptop on the floor in their haste to leave.

“The cops were here in like 30 sec-onds,” said John Broadfoot, who lives in the apartment. “It was literally like 30 seconds.”

Later, the officer allowed young men

and women drinking on the roof of their house to go back inside without arrest.

“This is one for the Neighborhood Task Force,” the officer said.

The NTF, he explained, will return to the house later in the week, not to ticket the residents but to track housing violations and make sure the landlord puts proper safety in place on the roof.

“We see a lot of these things,” the of-ficer said. “We may go in to a house party and notice all sorts of safety hazards the landlord is responsible for and not doing. We’ll tell NTF and they will get on the landlords about it. We’re trying to help the students here.”

By midnight, the evening had gone from balmy to cold and every chair back at the Newberry Boulevard command post was occupied by sullen young peo-ple, more obviously drunk than before, their faces illuminated in blinking blue and red lights.

Twenty or so students gathered on the sidewalk to watch the proceedings. Many called the police crackdown un-necessary and heavy-handed.

“They are taking away the college experience from us,” said one. Another person, who identified himself as an un-derage drinker, said he felt the setup on the street was intentionally humiliating for students. “It’s like they’re just making a big show of it,” he said.

A third student watching from the sidewalk was senior business ma-jor Adam Van Asten. He said he didn’t remember it like this when he was a freshman.

“I don’t think it was this bad,” he said. “I mean, now you see things like kids knocking over trashcans and it’s re-ally ridiculous. If this proves the point, maybe the students won’t be so stupid about it.”

By 1 a.m. the command post was a hub of activity. Officers swarmed the median, breathalyzing people, filling out paperwork, patting down students and going through questionnaires to expe-dite the booking process.

A few students shouted and refused to be breathalyzed but for the most part they were cooperative and respectful.

A young woman sobbed in her chair

and two male students sat cuffed side-by-side, consoling each other. Another young woman told the Post she was cel-ebrating her 20th birthday. “I’ve never even gotten a speeding ticket before,” she said, her eyes tearing up. “I’m really freaking out.”

A pile of confiscated alcohol from backpacks piled up, with officers peri-odically pouring out beer and vodka on the grass.

Across the street another group of onlookers formed. One was sophomore Cassidy Gotsfried, an occupational ther-apy major.

“I understand that students need to tone it down, but this seems excessive,” she said. “It’s important to get control of things but they’re going too far.”

Her friend Karley Krawze, a sopho-more education major, agreed. “If you’re not in college, you probably shouldn’t live here,” she said. “I’m sorry, but this is part of college.”

Gotsfried added that she thinks the crackdown will ultimately have a nega-tive impact on UWM’s enrollment.

“I feel like people will hear about this and not come to school here,” she said. “If I was a freshman I’d want to transfer at semester. I think they’ll lose students from this.”

Arrestees were shuttled to the MPD station downtown, where they spent the night and were released Saturday morning.

Basting and many other officers said the problem has gotten worse in the past few years.

In the past, officers would ticket and release students. Basting said that proved ineffective.

“We know drinking is going to hap-pen,” he said. “But hopefully, after this, students will understand that at a certain point they have to rein it in and quiet it down.”

This is part two of a multi-story report by the Post. Next week we will provide an in-depth investigation of the events

Reporters struggle to reconcile what they experience and feel with journalistic demands of objectivity and balance. This subject is dif-ficult because it is not a strictly black-and-white students vs. cops kind of subject. On Friday night I spoke to students who were both vehemently opposed to the police’s actions, and to students sympa-thetic to the resident’s noise com-plaints and property destruction. The police are also operating in a context that is not easily explained in a one-sentence stance. They are responding to an on-going prob-lem, a problem the police and residents claim has gotten signifi-cantly worse in the past two years. From what I saw on Friday night, MPD’s goal was not to condemn and stop any and all student par-tying and drinking. They are re-sponding to the chronic noise and destruction that happens along-side the drinking. Next week’s story will attempt to place these events in the larger context of drinking culture and a neighbor-hood that finds itself in the mid-dle of it.

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Construction is underway on Maryland Avenue for the new Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center. The center will consist of several buildings connected by a “spine,” and will house the physics department and space for inte-grated research among UW-Milwaukee’s science departments.

Right now the construction is in the excavating and utilities phase, said Geoff

Hurtado, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facility Services, in an email. The con-struction will expand around winter time, when the Kunkle building will be demolished and the Children’s Center moved to the North West Quadrant to make way for the Kenwood IRC.

The center is slated for completion in early 2015, with projections of occupancy starting in January or February of that year, said Kurt Young Binter, a facilities architect with Campus Planning.

The old physics building cannot house the equipment needed for much of the

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scientific research the departments want to do on campus. The master plan de-scribes it as being “in poor condition.” The new facility will be a step forward for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research goals at UWM.

“These new spaces will accommodate existing research much better,” Young Binter said. “One of the big goals of the new building is to provide space for core facilities and core functions – basic pieces of equipment we didn’t have room for and that are vital for current research and vital

for future grants.”The Kenwood IRC will provide the

space and equipment needed for national science grants.

The facility will be approximately 150,000 gross square feet and house the physics department, research labs, office and support space, core facilities and in-structional seminar space. According to the master plan, the IRC will be a series of new buildings connected by a spine which will provide “the opportunity for informal collaboration among students, faculty and staff in an environment that

is protected from the outdoor elements.” Three new quads are planned for the

area, which the master plan describes as “intimately scaled,” with southern expo-sure to maximize sunlight.

The old physics building will be de-molished, as per the master plan.

The funding comes from a variety of sources, including state tax dollars, campus grant research funds and pri-vate gifts, including the Helen Bader Foundation. The total amount spent will come to $75 million dollars, according to UWM’s master plan.

By Caitlin PenzeyMoogNews Editornews@uwmpost.com

UW-Milwaukee Vice Chancellor Joan M. Prince has been nominated by President Barack Obama to a position in the United Nations.

The White House released a press release on its website last Thursday,

announcing Prince’s appointment to serve as an Alternate Representative of the United States to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Prince served as UWM’s Vice Chancellor for Partnerships and Innovation since 2000. According to her biography, she handled external relations by connecting UWM to broader private

and public sectors. She was also the lead strategist and

implementer for the Health Professions Partnership Initiative Collaborative at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

Prince is a Milwaukee native who earned a bachelor’s in Medical Technology, a masters in Clinical Laboratory Sciences and a doctorate in

Urban Education. She has recieved nu-merous awards from civic and profes-sional organizations.

Chancellor Michael Lovell said in an email statement that Prince “will continue to be a vital and contributing member of the UWM family during her appointment and is sure to open more doors for international opportunities for our students, faculty and staff.”

UWM Vice Chancellor nominated for United Nations post Joan Prince chosen by President Obama

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“The occupancy for our buildings has not been where it used to be,” Haag said. “I’ve been here since 2003, and at that time we were turning away thousands of people.”

To deal with the demand for hous-ing the university built Cambridge and RiverView to accommodate students upon reaching capacity earlier in the de-cade. At the same time, enrollment fig-ures started to fall, said Haag.

Renovations and repairs to halls are paid for through room fees. Over the summer, the original windows from Sandburg Hall’s construction in 1970 were replaced. Haag says the windows “would have to be replaced anyway,” and will help reduce the $1.3 million spent on utilities that housing experienced last year.

When University Housing wants to carry out big projects, it needs to spread the cost over many years through debt service, which is “like our credit card bill,” Haag said. Sixteen percent of the current year’s budget goes to debt service.

“We’re still paying off [Sandburg] East Tower,” Haag said, referring to a

project from 2000. “There’s always going to be some level of debt because that’s the only way we can fund large projects.”

Debt service, supplies, utilities and employee salaries make up the majority of University Housing’s budget. Haag is “very happy to report” that the residence halls employ over 300 students and 60 professional staff.

Milwaukee’s housing rates are second highest in the UW-System, Madison be-ing the first. The Division of University Housing website for the University of Wisconsin states their average housing cost is $8,103.15.

However, Haag says Milwaukee’s housing is unique. University Housing pays for the shuttle system between resi-dence halls, and UWM is the only de-partment in the system with all suite style living, she said. A handful of rooms share a private bathroom in suites, whereas other colleges have individual rooms and a large bathroom for the entire floor.

“It’s hard to compare apples and or-anges,” Haag said.

Student Success Center Director Ericca Rolland said the statistics show

that living in residence halls has a posi-tive impact on students, despite the cost. A 2010 study through the Access to Success program looked at academic suc-cess and retention among groups of stu-dents commuting and living in the halls.

“Those are the major measures [for success] we use in regards to students liv-ing in the residence halls,” Rolland said.

The study showed that 75.1 percent of students living on campus achieved satis-factory performance, or a 2.0 grade point average, as opposed to only 64.2 percent of commuters. Of campus residents, 71.6 percent were enrolled to UWM the fol-lowing fall, whereas 67 percent of com-muters were retained.

Haag does not foresee a day when room rate increases will stop – “there’s just no money anywhere,” she said. Yet she and her staff are committed to pro-viding a quality experience in exchange for all those dollars.

“Students need to feel satisfied,” Haag said. “They need to feel like they’re getting what they paid for.”

By John LeowSpecial to the Postnews@uwmpost.com

The College Republicans at UW-Milwaukee paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 last Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attack. Hundreds of mini flags in the grass on Spaights Plaza sym-bolized the victims, College Republican Chairman Taylor Thompson said.

“It’s something that we’ve been doing every year since 9/11,” Thompson said. “[It’s for students] to see the display and take a moment to stop and think about the significance of that day for America and the world.”

Early Tuesday morning, students stopped to help the College Republicans

place flags in the ground. Later that day, many paused to take photos. Kylea Geiss, a freshman studying architecture, said she was happy to see the display.

“I feel like the most important thing to remember is all the people who tried to help to get everybody out,” Geiss said.

Kesha Pernell walked past with her four year old son Thaddeaus. Attracted to the flags, he veered off course and Pernell expressed concern about explaining the events of 9/11 to him.

“One day we will talk more about it,” Pernell said. “I’m still not 100 percent clear as to why 9/11 really happened, but I do know how 9/12 happened because we all shared mutual feelings of togetherness and acted upon it.”

9/11 tribute on campusCollege Republicans symbolize victims with American flags

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By Nick BornheimerStaff Writer sports@uwmpost.com

It is pretty safe to say that not ev-eryone in the UW-Milwaukee student body is on a full ride athletic scholar-ship. We are not all Division 1 athletes

by any stretch, but that is why we have intramural sports. UWM offers differ-ent sports throughout the course of the year that everyone at the university with access to the Klotsche Center is welcome and encouraged to join.

Intramural Coordinator Jim Baker said some sports are a bit lopsided in registration. This might due to a lack of

knowledge about registration require-ments, or about the sports in general.

For those of you who aren’t very fa-miliar with intramural sports, the con-cept is simple and the options are vast. The sports available and registration dates for this semester, taken directly from the university website, are as follows:

Work hard. Play hard.Intramurals present students with a plethora of options

Sport Leagues Registration Deadline Captains Meeting Date Fee

Indoor Soccer Mens, Womens Tuesday, September 18 Wednesday, September 19 $25.00

Badminton Open Singles Tuesday, September 18 Wednesday, September 19 $10.00

Racquetball Open Monday, September 24 Tuesday, September 25 $10.00

Basketball Mens, Womens Friday, October 5 Tuesday, October 9 $25.00

Coed Volleyball Coed Friday, October 5 Wednesday, October10 $25.00

Coed Dodgeball Coed Friday, October 5 Wednesday, October 10 $25.00

*The registration dates for indoor flag football and coed soccer have passed but captains meet on Monday, September 17. Both fees are $25.*

Why join an intramural sport? If the love of the game and team comradery aren’t enough, there are multiple reasons to join.

Registration is simple and money is returned upon each sport’s season con-clusion. Forms are available online under intramurals on the university website, or

at the intramural desk at the information center in the Klotsche Center/Pavillion

It’s a great way to stay physically ac-tive and in good shape while battling ev-erything that comes with a college stu-dent’s diet.

It’s a great way to relieve stress, and it doesn’t consume a great deal of time (only requires participation once a week for an hour or two depending on the sport).

There is no limit on the amount of sports you can play.

It’s fun! It’s a great way to spend time with old and new friends while playing the games you love.

If you’re interested in some light-hearted competition, or just taking your mind off of a rigorous schedule – intra-murals are for you. For more informa-tion on how to sign-up or for FAQs, see the university website, email rsf-intra-murals@uwm.edu or call 414-229-6433. Get out there and try to win a ring or an IM championship T-Shirt.

By Mitch Pratt Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com

The UW-Milwaukee women’s vol-leyball team has had a turbulent begin-ning to their season. For as many times that the squad has been successful and played well, they have had just as many failures and hiccups.

That trend continued this weekend as the team participated in the Marquette Invitational at the Al McGuire Center.

First up for the Panthers were the Iowa Hawkeyes Friday afternoon. Following a quick start by the Hawkeyes in the first two sets, the Panthers were able to come back and dominate the third and fourth sets, winning them 25-12 and 25-17 respectively. In the fifth and fi-nal set, the two teams were neck and neck. Ultimately, the Hawkeyes proved to be too much to handle for Milwaukee late in the final stanza. The Panthers tied the fifth set at 12 on a kill from Sammi Herron, then Iowa rattled off three straight points to win the set 15-12.

Saturday morning, the Panthers took on a very strong University of Pacific team that came in with a 10-1 record.

After they won the first set, the Panthers ceased to lead another set on their way to a three to one defeat. Sophomore Julie Kolinske led the Panthers with 18 kills and 12 digs against the Tigers.

The Panthers took on the host Marquette squad that came in with an 8-3 record late Saturday. Milwaukee would lose the match three sets to one but got another huge game out of Kolinske, who had 22 kills against the Golden Eagles.

With only two seniors on the team this season, the expectations were not nearly as high as they were last year. However, with strong talent returning, a Horizon League title is not out of the picture even after not doing so well this weekend.

The Horizon League schedule be-gins this coming week as Youngstown State and Cleveland State visit the Klotsche Center to take on Kolinske and the Panthers. Youngstown State and Cleveland State come in boasting two of the best overall records in the Horizon League this season. These matches can be seen as both an opportunity for a clean slate and a tough test for the young Panthers.

Panthers trounced at Marquette InviteThe women’s volleyball team dropped all three of its matches in the crosstown invitational

Sophomore Julie Kolinske is showing promise despite the team’s struggles.

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Panthers solid in singles, look to improve in doubles following Minnesota Invitational Shannon shines in Minnesota Invite

By Tony Atkins Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com

Following the best season in school history, the UW-Milwaukee tennis pro-gram showcased its promise this past weekend at the Minnesota Invitational. The Panthers took crucial matches on each of their three days in the Twin Cities with freshman Dana Shannon capturing the singles flight title in her first colle-giate action.

On the singles front, the Panthers tallied up eighteen victories over the course of the weekend. The strong team performance was powered by seniors Brittney Skemp and Maddy Soule along-side Shannon and junior Kristen Kurer

amongst others. Friday, the Panthers would jump

out to a quick start, winning 10 singles matches on the first day of the invita-tional. The Panthers would claim those victories over Iowa, Minnesota, Air Force and Northern Iowa. Senior Brittney Skemp won two of those matches, as Shannon won two matches as well.

Doubles didn’t go quite as well for Milwaukee after they stumbled out of the blocks with a 1-3 record on Friday. They would rebound however, winning four contests on Saturday. Sunday, Soule and sophomore Christina Colarossi would top Minnesota 8-6 in their final match.

The main story for the Panthers was the coming out party for freshman Dana Shannon, who won the singles title in

the Gopher Flight on Sunday. After go-ing 2-0 Friday, Shannon looks like she will be a major asset to the Panthers this season.

While it wasn’t a perfect Minnesota outing for the Panthers last weekend, it certainly was a productive one. It was also one that may have shed light on the fu-ture of this program. While Milwaukee boasts a talented group of underclass-men, they also have the reigning All-Conference senior Maddy Soule and a host of talent in between.

The Panthers will look forward to testing the waters again next Friday as they head to Chicago to participate in the DePaul Invite.

The Fall 2011 Screamin’ Beagles intramural volleyball champs

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By Zack GarhartAssistant Sports Editorsports@uwmpost.com

Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams squared off against familiar opponents this week and contested in tough matches.

The men (4-3) traveled to Evanston for the Northwestern Lakeside Classic and re-tained possession of the LeWang Trophy with a 1-0 victory over Northern Illinois (1-3-2) on Friday, but lost 0-2 to an 18th ranked Northwestern squad on Sunday afternoon. Milwaukee’s lone goal of the weekend came from freshman Stuart McBain in the 33rd minute to put the Panthers ahead of NIU while their defense proved impenetrable by shutting down the Huskies. Senior goal-keeper John Shakon had four saves in the defensive effort to keep NIU off the board as the win kept Milwaukee above .500 on the season.

Their trip concluded with the tough loss to the reigning Big Ten Champion, Northwestern, as Milwaukee was kept scoreless by a stern Wildcat defense. Shakon turned in another stellar defensive perfor-mance with a number of key saves, despite surrendering two second half goals, which came within five minutes of each other.

The men will travel to Ohio with a match against Bowling Green on Sept. 25 as a finale to their formidable non-conference schedule. Conference play kicks off four days later with a showdown at Loyola on Sept. 29.

The women’s team (1-5-1) faced 13th ranked Wisconsin (6-2) at home on Wednesday, Sept. 12 in front of a crowd of 1,116 people for the non-conference rivalry and lost 1-2 in overtime. Both teams scored once in the regular period which extended the defensive orientated game into overtime. Sammy Vovos scored Milwaukee’s single goal, which came in the 57th minute and it provided a spark to the Panthers. Wisconsin bounced back with a goal in the 78th minute to keep the game within reach. Milwaukee contained the potent Badger offense, which averages three goals a game, with solid de-fense and a number of key saves from goal-keeper Jamie Forbes. Yet the Badgers carried momentum from their late goal into overtime and struck on a corner kick in the 98th minute to send them home with a victory.

After the loss to the Badgers, the women traveled to Ames, Iowa to take on the Cyclones of Iowa State (7-3) on Sunday, Sept. 16. The match ended with a similar 1-2 score for Milwaukee, capping their non-conference schedule with a loss. Iowa State also finished their slate of tough non-conference oppo-nents and emerged with a win after scoring a goal in both halves. Milwaukee had trouble offensively against the stubborn Cyclone de-fense with their lone goal coming in the clos-ing seconds of the contest. Defensively, the Panthers put on a strong showing and Forbes displayed a handful of impressive saves in the loss.

Milwaukee opens their conference sched-ule at home against Wright State on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Engelmann Stadium.

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A different type of plagueUWM author’s Dead Yellow reaches for originality

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It’s the mid-2000’s and the United States has seen better times. There’s a plague of sorts infecting countless hu-mans, turning them into yellow-skinned, maniacally hungry monsters. Unfazed by the yellow sickness, Drake Stevens sur-vives in his Milwaukee apartment building, hiding from the cannibals he once called his neighbors. UW-Milwaukee gradu-ate writer Dana Heitman’s (with Hansem Castillo) Dead Yellow series explores this dystopian future in a series of chapter-long episodes distributed through Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle Direct Publishing.

Drake is a writer, recording his thoughts on a “Kerouac-style” scroll that’s become his only friend. Since Year Zero (the media’s term for when the yellow sick-ness, among other things, began striking the United States), Drake has survived off Chex Mix and other snack foods. Between being holed up in his apartment building and the yellow people’s hunger taking out Milwaukee’s entire food supply, survival is tough. On one of few occasions, Drake leaves his apartment, runs into a wild sur-vivor and former film student named Lee. Despite a slight altercation between them-selves and with three yellows whom Drake and Lee go on to kill with brass knuckles and bats, the two find trust in one another and decide to search for food and supplies at an urban farm located west of Bayshore Mall.

Yes, this seems very similar to count-less zombie movies, TV shows and video games. But, within the first three chap-ters now available, the yellow people are, in fact, not zombies. As Drake describes in his records, “it’s not the Hollywood, pop-culture, Dawn of the Night of the 28 Days Walking Sprinting Stumbling Dead zombie thing” that society was incautiously working its way towards. The yellow people still talk and walk and “their motor skills are doing just fine, thank you very much,” Drake reports (and/or explicitly ensures us that this is not a zombie story).

Quickly though, Dead Yellow’s first epi-sode (and subsequent promotional materi-als on Amazon and Twitter), become po-liticized, whether you wanted it to or not. We learn that the South has seceded from the North. Lee argues with Drake over the society’s actions before Year Zero – gov-ernment ownership of the Internet, money in politics, Julian Assange’s (among other activists) assassination and the cost of can-cer drugs. The story’s first episode doesn’t mention it, but according to its descrip-tion on Amazon, a group of scientists cre-ated Project Nullify, which contaminated the country’s water supply with a sedative to pacify its citizens. Ultimately, this be-comes a failure, leading to the zomb-, er, yellow plague.

Dead Yellow may be a bit more sprawling than it set out to be; the first episode’s story could be improved with a few more pages and stricter use of story and summary. The jabs at pop culture humor often fall flat (al-lusions to Chappelle’s Show and Inception are oddly placed and just strange, because it’s 50 years in the future, remember?). There’s one too many fucks throughout the story that don’t help anything. There’s also a typo in the second sentence.

The problemwith problemsField Report’s debut album drips with neutered melodrama

By Steven FranzFringe Media Editorfringe@uwmpost.com

The imprint of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is indelible on Field Report’s debut full-length album; singer Chris Porterfield was a one-time bandmate of Vernon in the band DeYarmond Edison, and the record was put to wax in part at Vernon’s own studio, April Base, in Fall Creek, Wisconsin. But the connection runs deeper than even that, seeping into the music it-self; Field Report is an album of de-pressive regret (“I drink at home most days now / and sometimes sleep with my wife” Porterfield pathetically sings on “The Year of the Get You Alone”) set to quiet, droning synths, plucked acoustic guitars, and bitter-sweet, uplifting, soaring vocal melo-dies that often seems like it sprung from Vernon’s own mind.

But while the album comes close to sharing Bon Iver’s true strengths, it also shares Vernon’s greatest weak-nesses. Unfortunately, the latter are apparent in much greater magnitude here due to Field Report’s true in-ability to approach musical excel-lence, even if there’s subtle inspira-tion lingering below the surfaces of Porterfield’s minimalist folk/pop/indie atmosphere. The album is dripping in First World Problems, started with Porterfield’s dynami-cally melodramatic aforementioned ruminations about his absent love life, through sometimes bafflingly entitled non-complaints about every-thing from self-loathingly bad deci-sions and abstract images of sad lone-liness (poor fella) to, somewhat hilari-ously, a rejected screenplay (luckily, on “I Am Not Waiting Anymore,” Porterfield sings about having recov-ered from such soul-wrenching disap-pointments. Incidentally, the screen-play was going to be a teen movie).

I’m fairly certain the CD book-let contains a variety of photos taken with Instagram (you can even see the pixels on one), of things like a tele-phone, a light bulb and another light bulb that looks like a candle. In ad-dition to being somewhat lazy (and lame) it’s a fair metaphor for the al-bum as a whole: terribly over-the-top in its attempt to convince you how artistic it is.

Herein lies a promising sonic de-but handicapped by undeserved whin-ing and a penchant for the melodra-matic that would have made Douglas Sirk blush. The music itself, emotive enough on its own to communicate ef-fective ideas of grief and anguish, isn’t atmospheric or transcendent enough to hide the songwriting flaws, some-what drowned out by a layer of per-formative angst that borders on camp. But who knows; one day Porterfield may actually be happy. What would become of Field Report?!

By Madeline HughesSpecial to the Postfringe@uwmpost.com

Veteran local band Catacombz has recently issued a new album entitled Mother Tongue 2. The group, now on their sixth album re-lease from Organalog Records, has a firm handle on their funky style laced with pop and psychedelic in-fluences. The album offers multi-layered landscapes of the mind, a va-riety of sounds wrapped into clever titles delivered together in a unique package of goodness. Milwaukee is home to a wonderful collection of bands that perhaps don’t receive the kind of attention that they should, or likely would if they were located within a city where the “buzz factor” is more prominent.

The group has been known to release their albums in the form of cassette tapes, which is exactly what they did for $5 a pop at their August 9 Linneman’s show, before kicking off their Midwest and East Coast tour (the album is also available for digital download).

The music is suited for a week-end bar crowd, happy to be in party mode with the help of a keyboard, bass guitar, drums, digitally en-hanced microphone and synth ma-chine. This particular album’s sound ranges from the lightweight and easy-listening variety (“External Head-Drive”), to the more cryptic style (“Pony’s Paradox”) that can typically be expected from the psy-chedelic genre. Somehow it all re-verts back to a basic, honest aes-thetic, an accomplishment of the diligence that only a band releas-ing its sixth finished product can achieve.

Mother Tongue 2 exhibits a fun, dance-y kind of music to lift you through the doldrums of a work week, or give you easy release from stress at the end of it. Their ambi-tious ambient sounds successfully incorporate enough rhythm to make the edgy ride enjoyable.

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Cream City Soundcheck’s launch celebration went off without a hitch Thursday night – okay, maybe aside from some minor mic trouble (“Now you see why I belong behind the scenes,” quipped Ryan Sarnowski, doc|UWM instructor, as his techni-cal problems reared themselves) – oc-cupying Turner Hall’s beautiful fire-ravaged ballroom to the delight of an energetic crowd of students and non-students alike. The group, an offshoot of the UWM film department, has been producing short, professional-caliber documentaries about national touring bands on behalf of the Pabst Theater Group for over a year, and with last week’s three-hour-plus con-cert extravaganza, the videos can now officially be viewed at CCS’s website (www.creamcitysoundcheck.com) and on YouTube as well.

UWM Peck School of the Arts Interim Dean Scott Emmons and film department instructor Jenny Plevin gave opening remarks, and Sarnowski interviewed several doc|UWM students at one point about the process of the videos.

Later, the three musical artists who were selected to perform be-came the centerpiece. Kane Place Record Club, the Fatty Acids and RAS Movement (featuring American Idol contestant Naimi Adedapo), all of which included Peck School of the Arts alumni, drove the proceedings forward and made the academically-focused Peck School celebration seem anything other than academic.

The videos themselves are very straightforward and somewhat re-petitive in their structure, merging incredibly well-shot concert footage (mostly at Turner Hall itself) with interviews and sequences of the fea-tured bands exploring Milwaukee. Three videos were slated for expo-sition on the evening – indie rock-ers Generationals (one of the few to be available to the public lead-ing up to the event), the post-punk and Milwaukee-based Maritime and electro/avant-pop outfit Yacht, the longest of the set. The videos fea-tured some famed Milwaukee hang-out spots – Maritime got frozen cus-tard (in subzero weather for some reason) at Leon’s, and Generationals went mini-bowling at Koz’s. The films were constructed to be as much advertisements for the city as they were endearing and creative concert documentaries.

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electric opening nightA grand gala for doc|UWM

MKE Unplugged: Trapper Schoepp (w/ Macyn Taylor)(Thursday | Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts | 8:00 p.m.)

The first MKE Unplugged show ever, the free event will feature acclaimed local art-ist Trapper Schoepp of Trapper Schoepp and the Shades.

Live Music Thursday: King Solomon(Thursday | Gasthaus | 9:00 p.m.)

Another first of the year – the UWM Union’s Gasthaus will kick off its music series with the region’s most celebrated reggae act, King Solomon.

MAM After Dark: Live!(Friday | Milwaukee Art Museum | 5:00 p.m.)

Milwaukee Art Museum’s popular After Dark series continues this Friday with Live! – join local musicians and artists as they create works live.

Nite-Glow Golf (Friday | Lake Park | 8:30 p.m.)

Apparently it’s never too late to golf when the balls glow in the dark. It’s near campus and cheap, so whack some glow-ing balls, will ya?

Natasha Leggero(Friday | Turner Hall Ballroom | 7:00 p.m.)

Natasha Leggero is easily one of the most championed female comics out there today. Leggero has appeared in numer-ous television series and once opened for Jell-O wrestling at a Christian college.

The crowd seemed halfway split between young, hip UWM students who got most excited for Kane Place Record Club’s pop/soul pastiche and, predictably, the Fatty Acids, whose shows always seem to involve a sponta-neous mosh pit (notably, many attend-ees were under 21 and unable to at-tend most Fatties shows); and an older crowd who filled the vacant dance floor when RAS Movement’s boisterous reg-gae closed out the night. All three acts featured a comparable level of charisma, between KPRC’s Jon Scott’s immovable smile, the Fatty Acids’ electric energy and Adedapo’s show-stealing vocal abilities.

The night resolved itself as a tre-mendous event for the Peck School of the Arts, for both current students and potently creative alumni.

Sophistication in Mother Tongue 2Catacombz’ simple expression

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By Colton DunhamSpecial to the PostFringe@uwmpost.com

It’s a truth that when we go to the movies, we want to experience something extraordinary rather than ordinary. The characters, story, music and images are what ultimately draw us to believe that this is why we bought the ticket and the expensive concessions. In recent years however, that experience is quickly fad-ing in mainstream cinema.

As a film enthusiast, it splits my heart into two when I admit that the studio controlled, mainstream cinema is on a vast creative decline. As times change, movies have become more of a financial bet than a work of passion and creativ-ity. Taking risks with an original story concept has become a risk that not many are willing to take. This has caused a once glamorous Hollywood to hash out a galore of sequels, remakes, reboots and adaptations. This past summer alone we saw a number of high budget sequels, remakes, and a reboot of a young decade old franchise. The all-too-familiar big budget blockbusters may tire the audi-ence who are hungry for originality. As Hollywood fails to flex its “creative” bi-ceps, television is a medium that is taking the world by storm. Year round, there are a variety of shows that premiere on net-work and cable television that have been engaging audiences.

Programming has evolved over the last few decades due to the ever-growing number of channels. If you look past all the ridiculous reality television shows, you can find shows with astounding quality. Premium cable television chan-nels such as HBO and Showtime have changed the way we perceive what televi-sion shows are capable of. Classic drama shows such as The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and The Wire serve as great exam-ples of how television has slowly evolved into cinematic territory in the last decade. Due to their success and critical acclaim, shows with well-written characters, com-plex plots, and heart stopping episodes started airing.

These cable shows have inspired not only HBO and Showtime to air bet-ter-produced shows such as Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Californication, Shameless and The Big C, but also inspired other network channels on television. For example, currently on AMC’s schedule are groundbreaking shows such as Mad Men, The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. This proves that you don’t need to pay for HBO or Showtime for high qual-ity shows. Even networks such as NBC, CBS, Syfy, Fox and FX are airing shows that are similarly groundbreaking. The drama is more emotional, the tension is more enticing and the humor is more intelligent.

There is a reason why these shows are successful with audiences, and that is the willingness to take a risk. According to a New York Times article written by A.O. Scott, “The traditional relationship between film and television has reversed, as American movies have become conser-vative and cautious, while scripted series,

on both broadcast networks and cable, are often more daring, topical and will-ing to risk giving offense.”

Many years ago, it was considered a step down in Hollywood if an actor chose to transition into television. This is simply not true by today’s standards. The pro-duction of more cinematic shows have turned heads in the entertainment in-dustry, eventually leading the industry’s most talented writers, directors, and ac-tors to take the step into the world of the small screen. Martin Scorsese, a master of cinema, provided his talents to produce and direct the pilot episode of HBO’s ac-claimed Boardwalk Empire. Many famous actors have taken on roles in a variety of shows because it allowed them to show-case their talents to a wider audience. Actors are allowed to portray characters they would not have had a chance to por-tray in movies. Not only is the actor al-lowed the opportunity to work more, but also more time to explore the character so that the character truly stands out.

Once unknown actors are now very well-known because of the televi-sion shows they are in. Lena Dunham, writer and director of the indie film Tiny Furniture, has gained popularity due to her HBO breakout hit Girls. Another example would be comedian Louis CK. Devoted fans of comedy are likely famil-iar with CK and his stand up, but now because of his show Louie, CK is gaining well deserved popularity. In mainstream cinema, the comedies tend to be dumbed down as if the audience is a bunch of thumb sucking toddlers. In truth, there’s a hunger for smart comedy and that is why comedic television is succeeding.

Although television has the disad-vantage of not being shown on a large screen with an audience, it has more ad-vantages than what multiplexes can offer. With the increasing ticket prices and the lack of quality, it appears as if the audi-ence would rather stay at home to watch television than spend money on a block-buster or comedy that could end up dis-appointing. The second advantage tele-vision has is the fact that shows have the opportunity to spend more time develop-ing characters and story lines. Television has the power to introduce us to a wide range of characters that we grow to like. As an audience, we can experience these character’s journeys for a dozen hours rather than 120 minutes in the movies.

With the continuous rise in televi-sion, the hope is that the film industry will take more risks in films that are released to larger markets. The truth is that as people are growing tired of the Hollywood recycling process, they will keep turning to more dynamic television shows. If Hollywood takes note of how television networks handle their shows, then perhaps we will see Hollywood make a creative comeback. In the mean-time, we all can sit comfortably in our own homes knowing that when we surf through the channels we will stumble upon something extraordinary, rather than ordinary.

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Odd Future (Wolf Gang Kill Them All) might have the most diverse crowd of any hip hop group. Internally, Odd Future’s members cover tons of mu-sical ground – from leader Tyler, the Creator’s lo-fi and violent tracks to Frank Ocean’s R&B to Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martian’s group The Internet’s electronic neo-soul songs, Odd Future is really a force to be reckoned with in the music world.

Though a little late to appear on the Rave’s stage, the crowd of outcasts, teenage suburban punks and alterna-tive hip hop fans occupied their time by screaming “Fuck Steve Harvey” and “Taco,” a favorite member of OF. Answering everyone’s prayers, Taco took the stage first, revving up the crowd by playing such songs as DMX’s “Up in Here” and Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz’ “Get Low.”

Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis joined Taco shortly after and preformed “Bitches” in front of the handsome kitty on the Camp Flog Gnaw banner: “Bitch what the fuck is you talking about if you ain’t getting no money huh / Broke nig-gas is talking loud I swear you niggas is funny bruh.” Tyler soon jumped on stage, dancing awkwardly and sporadi-cally to the crazed fans now forming mosh pits and crowd surfing.

In his tie-dye shirt, Tyler went on to “French” with Hodgy to the astonish-ment of middle-schooler-heavy crowd: “Pornos and hormones and boxes of

DiGiornos / You homos is loco you’re probably drinking Cuervo / with some vatos with the door closed watchin’ Zorro you homos.”

Tyler was clearly the most coveted of members by the fans at the show. His rambunctious onstage banter kept everyone satisfied between songs. From arguing and play fighting with Domo over whether or not Domo was in fact Tyler’s best friend to pointing and laughing at a few kids that got in fights and hauled off by security, much of the crowd waited intently on what was next out of him. His popularity was con-firmed when he performed “Yonkers.”

Though the venue’s sound made it difficult to discern much of the per-formers’ lyrics, it’s safe to say that every song was recognizable by its own beat, to which everyone went crazy over. Like many rock concerts, the crowd became sopping wet with sweat and beer being spilt in the mosh pits. There was plenty of smoke too – both in the crowd and onstage.

Before leaving the stage that night, the collective dropped a few new songs, and favorites “Sam (Is Dead)” and “Bitch Suck Dick.” It’s weird watching preteens reciting “Is that a 100 dollar bill? I’ll shit on it / I bought a fucking whale, ‘cause I’m ballin’ // Your bitch work for me, she’s my dishwasher / Swag on my dick, thirty thousand mil-lion, nigga.”

Even without an encore, everyone left happy – even those that could’ve been horrifically offended (no femi-nists were there) – because that’s Odd Future.

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By Madeline HughesStaff WriterFringe@uwmpost.com

While attending university, students can have difficulty getting past the price of it all.

Once graduated, it won’t be unusual to peer longingly into our pasts of having so much included in the price of tuition. Discounted doctor visits, career plan-ning, recreational use, entertainment discounts, etc. will no longer be a real-ity. However, there is no use in dreading that fateful day, as long as we students take advantage of our privileged bevy of resources while they last.

For this reason, no free product or service should ever go unnoticed or un-used. We’re not just talking free energy drinks handed out as a marketing strat-egy while walking to class – there are far more interesting and superior accommo-dations at UW-Milwaukee. The Studio Arts & Crafts Centre, located just east of the Union concourse, radiates warmth and intrigue from its cozy nook and is one

such resource. It would be interesting to know what

fraction of students make use of this se-rious gem, though I am told by a stu-dent employee that as the semester goes on, more curious wanderers frequent the lovely space. I feel confident that if ev-eryone were informed, the traffic would at least double. Many of the supplies and instructional help are inevitable expenses in “the real world,” including access to a dark room, equipment for screen print-ing, a sewing machine, donated cloth to be fashioned into whatever vision you may possess, materials for metal smith work and jewelry-making, glaze room and throwing wheels, three kilns and soon even a printing press.

If you are interested in trying your hand at a new creative outlet but still need to learn the basics, classes and workshops are offered regularly. Prices for these vary and are sometimes taught by alumni or community members. Also, in case there is some obscure type of craft missing, stu-dents are welcome to suggest the center incorporate support for their desired me-

dium. The center is mostly staffed by stu-dents from the Peck School of the Arts, a fact that legitimizes the assistance and care that make the facility feel personable and welcoming.

Among the bells and whistles are piles of fashion and nature magazines, an area to purchase others’ completed projects, colored construction paper and aprons, plenty of arts & science books, potted plants, buckets of yarn, and dec-orations galore. My favorites being the magazine cut-outs of cats perched above the crafters heads in unexpected places, and the chalkboard doors with their elab-orate drawings.

This is the perfect spot to fill large gaps between classes or apply yourself to a little self-made piece of beauty. For comprehensive info regarding sched-ules, prices, and events, you can visit the Centre to grab a fall 2012 brochure or check out their UWM website. Once again, don’t let the weight of books and work steal a lovely opportunity like this. Happy crafting!

The Union Arts & Crafts Centre is Your OysterThe Fringe peers into UWM’s most creative resource

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I probably shouldn’t be surprised at the way things played out this past weekend. The phenomena of the Milwaukee community acting independently and against one another goes all the way back to the days of Solomon Juneau, Byron Kilbourn and George Walker.

Here in 2012, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is desperately clinging to relevance by pandering to the fears and impulses of conservative, middle-aged suburbanites, one of the few demographics who still read newspapers. They are carving a niche by engaging in blatant smear campaigns against a number of prominent Milwaukee institutions. One target the Journal Sentinel has set its sights on recently is the Milwaukee Police Department and its Chief Ed Flynn.

I've never been a big fan of Flynn, but a number of citizens and elected officials – including Alderman Nik Kovac of the 3rd district, which includes UW-Milwaukee and the surrounding area – have rightfully criticized the pa-per for causing an unnecessary panic over misreported police statistics, statistics that follow subjective standards and do not affect the actual quality of life in Milwaukee one way or another.

Unfortunately for Flynn, the damage had already been done. Thanks to the Journal Sentinel’s lax ethics, he found himself in need of some quick and easy PR, for which he shamefully chose to exploit the ongoing town and gown ten-sions on Milwaukee’s Upper East Side.

In a carefully crafted, media-friendly ceremony, Flynn announced a crack-down on rowdy and belligerent behavior, such as underage drinking and noise disturbances, and held roll-call of MPD officers on an east side street. At the risk of “Godwinning” my own column, I dare say this roll-call was eerily remi-niscent of much grainy film shot in Third Reich-era Germany.

By the end of the weekend, 39 arrests were made, 25 of which were UWM students.

As an East Side native, a UWM student, and having worked for the past years as a bouncer/security guard at a pair of Upper East Side establishments – thus someone who has to deal with such behavior on a regular basis – I find myself as one of the few people on multiple sides of this issue and feel a respon-sibility to offer my perspective.

To my non-student neighbors, I won’t deny that we are often and unfairly asked to shoulder the burden of a lot of things we did not ask for. In fact, it is literally my job to engage young people displaying the very behavior you’re so rightfully fed up with. Given the nature of my job, I am disrespected, cursed at, swung on and even puked on at least as frequently as you or your property.

Just as I would be doing a tremendous disservice to base how I interact with the other 100-300 customers I see on a typical night on how I am treated by a handful of jerks, it is not realistic to look at the 25 arrests of UWM students and apply their actions to the nearly 15,000 students who live near campus.

To students, I understand how Milwaukee is viewed from out-of-state, where many of you are from. It seems that, at best, we’re a place for people to get blacked-out drunk at Summerfest or Miller Park. This is why it’s not shock-ing to me that many UWM students seem to think Milwaukee is a playground for their party habits, which far too often means drinking or pilling themselves into belligerent asshole-ishness.

Nothing is wrong with partying, and anyone who knows me knows I defi-nitely do my share. But not only do you owe it to the people around you to not be a belligerent asshole – be they neighbors, other students or whoever – you owe it to yourself and your own safety. That outbreak of robberies around cam-pus that happens almost every fall? It happens because people who are falling down drunk make perfect victims.

I believe the East Side offers one of the best urban experiences in the Midwest, and certainly the best in Wisconsin. This experience is something we owe to the presence of a large university and to those who've spent significant portions of their lives in the neighborhood making it what it is. It behooves us all to start acknowledging this.

By Nic Waldron

Milwaukee isn’t a playground for party habitsReaction to MPD crackdown

Imagine you are a UW-Milwaukee senior set on graduating this upcoming spring. Think back, way back, to your freshman year. Life was good. You had more free time, easier classes and there was still money in your savings account. But before you start griping about how easy the freshmen have it or about how naïve they can be, consider this: They are going to end up paying more for their undergraduate college experience than you will.

The cost of staying in the residence halls and buying a meal plan may seem minimal considering the other expenses accrued over four or five years of college, but it’s still a good chunk of change, es-pecially when it’s mandatory and increas-ing every year.

The average housing rate at UW-Milwaukee increased by 7.5 percent this school year, bringing the average cost to live in either Sandburg Hall, RiverView, Cambridge Commons or Purin Hall to nearly $6,000.

For that four-year senior graduating this spring, it cost $4,100 to live in a regular double room at Sandburg dur-ing the 2009-10 school year. For this year’s freshmen, a regular double room in Sandburg will cost $4,983, an increase of nearly $900.

University Housing Director Kelly Haag cited decreased occupancy and higher operating costs as the reasons for the increase. And since University

Housing is not funded through student tuition or state aid, it is completely sup-ported by room rates.

With housing expected to be at only 93 percent capacity and freshmen enroll-ment continuing to decline, University Housing was left with little choice but to raise housing rates. However, since it is now mandatory for freshmen to live in the dorms, it seems amazing that the resi-dence halls still face an occupancy issue.

But the mandatory housing require-ment can’t take care of the debt and space acquired over a decade of new construc-tion. The Sandburg Hall East Tower opened in 2000, RiverView in 2008 and Cambridge Commons in 2010. When the decision to build these residence halls was made, dorms were at capacity level and Haag said students were being turned away. Like the rest of the coun-try, UWM was living on a false sense of prosperity. The university should have foreseen the problems associated with building new residence halls, and been less quick to spend money. Instead, Fall 2010 saw 84 percent and fall 2011 only 91 percent capacity in all residence halls.

The UWM housing website says, “4,000 students isn’t a crowd. It’s a com-munity big enough to welcome every in-coming freshman.”

Well, they’re right, it isn’t a crowd. Freshman enrollment has not reached 4,000 students in a few years. But it is too accommodating, and students are

paying the price. The university should be picking up

some of the extra slack. After all, they are forcing students to live on campus, forc-ing them to spend money on housing they may not have wanted and forcing them to purchase a meal plan they may rarely use.

UWM students should be thank-ful they do not attend the University of Wisconsin, where the average housing cost is just over $8,000, but UWM still ranks second in the entire UW-System.

And UWM does offer a unique liv-ing situation in that students stay in suites with their own bathrooms, rather than having to share one communal bathroom with an entire floor.

Residence halls also give students a chance to integrate into college life, meet new friends and participate in fun, free activities.

UWM needs to play up these attri-butes. The university needs to do a better job of letting prospective students know that the housing, the academic programs, the campus location and surrounding neighborhoods are going to provide the most fulfilling college experience, along with the best chance to succeed in life after college. More incoming freshmen will lessen the financial burden on not only housing, but on the entire university, therefore helping more students get their money’s worth.

There is such a thing as being too accommodating Students paying the price for under-capacity residence halls

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By Sandra PadillaColumnisteditorial@uwmpost.com

Going to see the doctor for an annual checkup is often not the most exciting event on anyones “to do” list. The expe-rience can be awkward and uncomfort-able. Worries about cost can linger in our minds both before and after the visit.

As if all of that isn’t enough, most clinics are usually in a hurry to see their patients. Based on past experiences of my own, as well as those of friends, most rou-tine check-ups are time consuming for patients. We wait up to 45 minutes, only to have a maximum time of 10 minutes with the doctor.

First, we get checked out by a nurse, who covers all the basic health tests. Our thought process through this first step could go something like: “Yes! My vi-sion is still as good as it was last time” or

“Damn, after pulling those all-nighters, I still have 20/20 vision.” We also learn if we can still hear those low test frequen-cies. And, if you are still under 21, you might get excited about being told that you grew another inch.

After the nurse, we move on to the doctor, where we are welcomed to the “express” consultation. We speak of con-cerns and ask questions, as well as get prescriptions if we have any issues like acne (which can be cured by not stressing out so much, getting better sleep, exercis-ing or simply just washing your face every day, just to name a few).

The point is, the medical and phar-maceutical fields are doing a great job of providing fast service and passing out drugs like it’s nothing. Is this a good or bad thing? Of course, these appoint-ments are essential for our health and well-being. But if the doctor gives out medication without asking, for instance,

how you feel about taking that drug, then are we really in good hands?

Doctor visits can become an even greater hassle when you hear from the doctor, “We need a follow up, so come back in a month.” That simply means, if the medicine failed to do what it was sup-posed to do in the first place, then you are likely to be switched to another one. This is not great news, especially if you had a negative reaction to the prior medicine. At this point, as a patient, you are just waiting for the next surprise.

Even though many clinics’ services are comparable to the speed at which burgers are served at McDonald’s, it is good to have at least one check-up ev-ery year at a clinic you are comfortable with. Don’t be the 45-year-old who has no knowledge of his or her own health and is not yet familiar with what a yearly check-up entails.

Is your annual health check-up faster than a trip to McDonalds?A fast doctor appointment is not beneficial to patients

By Patricia ColeColumnisteditorial@uwmpost.com

How do you make friends at a big college? This question has intrigued me semester after semester, but I have yet to find the perfect answer. I know firsthand just how hard making new friends on campus can be. I worked for University Housing for two semesters and the only reason I knew anybody on campus was because they lived in the residence halls where I worked. So what do you do when you find yourself sitting alone at a table in The Grind, right across from people who seem to be updating each other like a Facebook status (Yes, we all have that one person who seems to post something new every 2 to 3 minutes). I mean, when’s the last time you found yourself sitting alone at the Union, laughing at one of your jokes over a taco? Maybe there is something wrong with me. After all, I was home schooled all through high school, so I did not get the opportunity to socialize among peers my own age. Or maybe the friendless just suffer from the sociological aspect of being introverts. Whatever the case may be, I have a few suggestions to help the friendless become friendly.

One idea is to join the Greek life. I know entering into secret initiations and reciting by-laws might sound pretty ri-diculous, but isn’t trying new things what college is all about? Even though sorori-ties and fraternities are stereotyped as party-going students who ditch studying for a night of fun, the relationships you form with these people will last way be-yond your college years. The benefits of joining can include, but are not limited to, study groups, community service, fun get-together’s and a cool new nickname (I’m thinking something like snorkeling Sam, or Peppermint Patti). And if join-ing a Greek org is not your cup of tea, there are many other organizations you can be a part of that relate to your ma-jor, like The Ad Club for JAMS majors. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and sign up.

The second idea is to live on campus. Resident life is underrated. There are so many activities out there for people who live in the residence halls, but not many students take advantage of them. When I worked at Cambridge Commons, I would always hear the resident assis-tants talk about events they had planned for the residents on their floor, and how they were so excited for everyone to get to know each other. For example, last year there was a football tournament be-

tween residence halls, and let’s just say Cambridge was the college version of the Green Bay Packers!

Did I forget to mention that everyone has a suite-mate? Get to know the people you will be living with for the next school year. Use that community room in the dorm to throw functions to get to know one other. Take advantage of everything around you.

The last idea is to use class participa-tion to your advantage. I know big lecture halls aren’t always friendly environments. I mean, nobody really sits in the same place every day and classes are usually jam-packed with over 100 students. The trick is to make yourself approachable by speaking up in class, as well as tak-ing the initiative and talking to the peo-ple around you, even if they are different people every day. But most important of all, just relax and be yourself.

If you really want to make friends, you have to put yourself out there by get-ting more involved in campus activities and talking to the people you see around you every day. Going to school with 30,000 students can be intimidating, but going through this journey alone can be empty, so break out of your shell, say a few hellos and start small talk with the people around you. You will have friends in no time.

Making new friendsA few ways to break out of your shell

By Zoe LakeThe Heights, Boston CollegeVia UWire

In September of 2011, two unpaid interns for Fox Searchlight filed suit against the major filmmaking corpo-ration for breaking labor laws con-cerning the work they did for the film Black Swan, which grossed over $300 million worldwide in 2010. This year, their lawsuit was expanded to include anyone who has ever worked as an unpaid intern for Fox Searchlight.

As I returned to Boston College this fall as a senior, I have found my-self, like many, discussing my sum-mer, and the conversations I have with my friends inevitably turn to the myriad of unpaid internships we took to bolster our resumes, and get “a foot in the door” of the working world. From banks to news and radio stations, in both creative and more conventional fields, thousands of stu-dents, as well as the newly graduated, do unpaid work every year, with most never thinking twice about what this means to themselves and the job mar-ket. A quick poll of my friends found that 90 percent of them had at one point taken on an unpaid internship, whether during the school year or during the summer, and many had worked two or three in the course of their college career. An obvious catch-22, most don’t see an alterna-tive. We do work for free so that we might land a paying job in the future.

One senior I spoke to took an un-paid internship from the same popu-lar Internet retail site two summers in a row, even though it meant no stipend even for housing or com-mute, and working up to 50 hours a week. “It was a step up [this year] from last summer, when I would go stand in line at Shake Shack for ev-eryone, and I don’t regret it, but a paycheck is something I am looking forward to with a real job,” she told me over lunch. Those around us nod-ded in agreement recalling our own internships, coffee and lunch runs, copy making, and package pick-ups. “I’ll feel a lot better when I’m doing meaningful paid work,” chimed in another girl. “I mean, my internship was useful in that it was a working ex-perience, but I didn’t really learn any-thing.” Most people I spoke to agree that the overall internship experience is more about resume building than anything, and while office experi-ences can be meaningful and are not especially tolling, doing work for free still feels exactly as it sounds: like free labor. At ages 21 and 22, clocking hours in offices while doing the same jobs as full-time paid employees can

feel a bit degrading. Thirty years ago, our parents would have never worked for free, to get a leg up or otherwise, and if others’ parents are anything like my own, they likely think it’s crazy that we do so now.

The biggest hang-up for many, I’ve found, is not in the internships at start-ups or non-profits who prob-ably couldn’t afford the extra staff that is needed and give their interns meaningful responsibilities, but rather with the bigger corporations like banks and investment firms who could easily afford to pay interns at least minimum wage. Massachusetts labor laws state that an unpaid in-tern must receive the same training that would be provided in an educa-tional environment, but may not do any work that advances the company in any way.

To me, it sounds like many companies have no problem taking on un-paid interns to do menial office tasks that do not necessarily advance them as a company, but at the end of the day provide little to no educational advancement for the in-tern, creating a lose-lose situation for interns who are not getting paid, or learning anything.

To me, it sounds like many com-panies have no problem taking on un-paid interns to do menial office tasks that do not necessarily advance them as a company, but at the end of the day provide little to no educational advancement for the intern, creat-ing a lose-lose situation for interns who are not getting paid, or learning anything. Is the resume boost worth it? I often asked myself this question while working a perfectly comfort-able, but trivial, unpaid internship in Milwaukee this summer, especially as it meant fending off high-paying nannying jobs. At BC, where gradu-ation is dependent on classes rather than credits, taking an internship for the latter is no real solution to a sticky modern problem. What is the solution then? While I don’t really have an answer to this loaded ques-tion, I know I can’t be the only one who thinks there has to be a better way.

Unpaid Interns

By Justin Kane WelchColumnisteditorial@uwmpost.com

America has now heard the two ma-jor political parties’ conventions. But does anyone know who the over two dozen Federal Elections Commission-recognized third party and independent

candidates for office are? My guess is that not many people know all of them, let alone one. I lay the blame for this directly at the feet of the establishment media, advertisers and finally, the complacent voters.

The two-party system has been dete-riorating for decades, with most people still believing there’s a major difference

Caught in an electoral loopIt is time to consider third party and independent candidates

between the two parties. However, this system is just the same old coin with the same two sides. What we need is a new coin, or better yet, no coin. We need a paradigm-shifting leader, not a leader who uses rhetoric and semantics to make him or herself seem like a change.

How long will it continue, this sensa-tion of discontent, this blindness that has led to human disconnect? I now see that we think it’s easier to cope than create, because the path of least resistance has led us to this point of paralysis.

We are caught in this electoral loop of doing the same thing with the same re-sults. Why are we not amazed at our col-lective indifference? How can we not be disgusted by our subconscious ignorance?

We are all different, and yet all the same. We all want the same basic things, but find different paths to follow our dreams. We make alternate decisions, only to ar-rive at the same final destination. We may not see them, we may not accept them, we may be afraid they don’t lead to the end, but other paths are there. We’re all on the road, so please take care to walk in peace; it’s for us all to share.

The appointed time is near, and there is more than just the left and the right. We are more than just two-dimensional pawns. The options are many, so it’s okay to take a chance. Why are we not shamed by our own stagnation? Please don’t com-plain, please don’t point fingers. If you’re afraid, know we all are. Change is scary,

but familiarity has led us to our current complacency. Eventually the few grow strong, and the multitude disintegrates.

Let us join in a revolution of peace. Change minds by teaching, change hearts by giving, change the spirit of the community by lighting the lanterns of hope. It will be easier to enter the un-known with others at your side. So when you read the paper, when you talk to your neighbor, remember that there are always more than two options, there are always more than two opinions. Accepting, tolerating, and respecting them all will make us one.

Vote. Run for office. Volunteer. Community service will give birth to a greater sense of community.

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