Tipoff has just been set for about 7:30 p.m. CST Saturday (March 18) for the Phoenix women's basketball game at national power Old Dominion University in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The game will be aired on WECB-FM 104.3; the game will not be televised. The Phoenix women (21-8) are making their third consecutive trip to the Big Dance and fourth in school history. They earned a 13th seed, their highest ever, with their come-from-behind win over Cleveland State in the MCC tournament. Old Dominion (27-4, seeded fourth, and ranked No. 13 in the country by ESPN/USA) is coming off its ninth consecutive Colonial Athletic Association championship. The Lady Monarchs are led by Hamchetou Maiga, a junior forward from Mali, and forward/center Lucienne Berthieu, a junior center from France who has been out with injuries but is expected back for tournament play. The game will be played at the ODU Fieldhouse in Norfolk, Va., as the second game of a doubleheader.

The UW System Board of Regents met Friday and approved executive salary levels for the leadership of UW System institutions, as well for UW System officers and System President Katharine Lyall. The Regents said they are moving toward making the System more competitive nationally. "While the salaries we approved fall short of what peer institutions in other states are paying their executives, we have taken a step toward investing in the kind of leadership we need to keep the university strong," said Regent President San W. Orr. The Regents set Lyall's annual salary for 1999-2000 at $199,000, or still only about 70 percent of the market midpoint. Chancellors' compensation, varying from the $136,000 range at the smaller comprehensives to the $190,000 range at the two doctoral institutions, was generally within a few percentage points of what the Regents identified as their target midpoint (the average of peer positions nationwide, less 5 percent). The state began to address the executive-salary issue in 1998 after a DER study requested by the governor found the System was "at a disadvantage in recruiting and retaining senior executives."

AB 654, the bill that would make improvements to the EdVest college savings program and create additional college savings options, has now passed both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature. The bill has been forwarded to Gov. Thompson for his signature.

Josh Tesch, a senior from Wausau, finished 13th in the last week's finals of the 10K Nordic freestyle race at the NCAA Ski Championships in Park City, Utah. In the women's 5K race, senior Laura Anderson was 28th.

Career Services asks you to RSVP by March 31 if you're interested in attending a national teleconference on service learning. The downlink here in the Union takes place from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 6.

Kevin Borseth, coach of the Phoenix women's basketball team, has been named coach of the year in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. He led the team to its second regular-season and conference tournament titles in his second season with the program. Also earning all-conference recognition were first-team selections Trisha Ebel and Amanda Leonhard, both sophomores.

Dean Carol Pollis was honored as the Faculty/Staff Woman of the Year and student Angie Olson was honored as Student Woman of the Year at last week's luncheon marking Women's History Month.

Kevin Roeder, chairman of the Northeast Wisconsin Ryan White Consortium and assistant professor of Social Work, was a recipient of a community service award for efforts on behalf of fighting AIDS. The presentation was made last month in Kimberly at the ninth annual Have a Heart fundraiser organized by the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin.

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