The lights are back on. You knew that, of course, unless you weren't here Monday but returned today to see your clocks blinking "12:00." The twenty-minute power outage at 3:30 p.m. that affected most of the University (Residence Life is on a different "feeder") was caused by a failure north of campus. Electricity was soon re-routed. With high winds and severe weather Monday in the Wisconsin Public Service Corp. service area, scattered outages were reported elsewhere, as well.

The Public and Environmental Affairs Council and Round River Alliance pooled their resources and purchased one ton of sulfur dioxide emission allowance in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2001 sulfur dioxide allowance auction, reports PEAC president Mercede Verbsky. The student groups will retire the allowance so that it won't be emitted into the earth's atmosphere. Allowance trading is the centerpiece of the E.P.A. Acid Rain Program. Utilities that emit sulfur dioxide may trade allowances with other units in their system, sell them to other utilities on the open market or through E.P.A. auctions or bank them to cover future emissions. The students won their emission allowance with a $225 bid.

Call right now if you'd like to take advantage of the "Kids Night Out" fundraiser this Friday for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Student athletes will supervise your children's recreational activity at the Phoenix Sports Center. The date: Friday, April 27, from 6 to 10 p.m. Kids ages 5-12. $15 for first child, and $5 for each additional child. RSVP with Amanda Braun in Athletics at ext. 2145 by this Friday.

You can't believe everything you read, not even here. That campus recording session that was to bring together Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart and the Menominee (not Oneida) tribal drummers? It didn't happen. Postponed because of a scheduling conflict, it may or may not be rescheduled for a later date.

Interested in selected Weidner Center Act Two Season shows but not enough to buy a package? Individual events are now on sale. Act Two includes a variety of Broadway musicals, cultural and modern dance, family entertainment and much more. Popular artists like Ann-Margret making her theatrical stage debut in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; redneck comedian Jeff Foxworthy; country legend Willie Nelson; and international dance and cultural phenomenon Riverdance are included in Act Two's offerings. Other Broadway titles include Leader of the Pack, Swing!, and The Music Man; family shows include dance/aerobatics troupe Diavolo and the Salzburg Marionettes. Weekday ticket office hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The African American Community Choir's final concert of the season will be at 5 p.m. this Saturday (April 28) at Preble Park Presbyterian Church, 607 Ravenswood Dr. (Ravenswood intersects Finger Road in the East Town Mall area). The choir will be under the direction of Yarvelle Draper-King from Student Services.The repertoire will be contemporary African American Gospel. The performance is free to the public although donations are welcomed. This concert precedes the African Sanctus concert on the same evening at the Weidner Center.

Students are nominated for the Wingspread Fellows program at the campus level and are selected by representatives of the Johnson Foundation. The Wingspread complex near Racine was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as the family residence of H.F. Johnson, who headed the Johnson Wax Company from 1928 to 1966. The building later became the site of conferences. UW-Green Bay is among 13 Midwest institutions participating in the Wingspread Fellowship program which began in 1968.

Dana Eng, Hartland, Molly Ernst, Kewaunee, and James Kinsella, Niagara, juniors in Human Biology, are recipients of 2000-2001 Dr. Donel Sullivan Scholarships in Health Sciences and Health Professions at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Eng, who transferred to UW-Green Bay from UW-Madison, plans to attend optometry school after graduation. Ernst, who is completing an internship in a small-town medical clinic where she is "shadowing" a physician, plans a career in medicine. Kinsella also plans to become a physician. He is president of the student BioScience Connection organization. The scholarship fund was created by Dr. Sullivan's sister, Maeve Sullivan, St. Paul, Minn., in honor of his commitment to family medicine and community service in more than 40 years of practice in Green Bay. Dr. Sullivan died in 1989.

The UW-Green Bay Jazz Combo, directed by Prof. Thomas Pfotenhauer, will perform at 8 p.m. this Thursday (April 26) at the Top Hat, 1139 Main St. The group will perform standards, an early jazz-rock fusion piece, an eclectic waltz, and an original composition that is so new it's still untitled. Pfotenhauer says he began scheduling the end-of-semester concerts off campus to give students a realistic, "club-like" performing experience.

Five UW-Green Bay seniors in art are exhibiting their work in the Lawton Gallery as "Senior Art II." The artists and their media are Sara Houwers, Sheboygan, mixed media on paper; Kristy Konitzer, Green Bay, charcoal and wax drawings; Rebecca Pearson, Kimberly, beaded works; Kevin Rondou, Green Bay, silver gelatin prints; and RaeAnn Sersch, metalwork necklaces. Senior Exhibit II continues through May 5 and opens again for two hours following commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 19. Lawton Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

The student group Tribeta sends word it is hosting a program this evening (Tuesday, April 24) to address Fox River issues and related water-quality concerns. Guest speaker is Rebecca Katers of the Clean Water Action Council will talk about her organization and current events of interest. The program begins at 6 p.m. in Phoenix Room C. Questions? Contact Laura Maar at maarlj09 or 406-0082.

A bill that would create a tax credit for businesses that pay tuition for employees received the support of the UW System when the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee held a public hearing on AB 320 last week. With educational costs rising and financial aid often not available to students enrolled in fewer than six credits, the System says the bill might help the private sector fill this gap. Proponents project the tax-credit program would reduce state revenue by $11.8 million annually but be offset by tax payments from individuals with higher incomes.

Faculty and staff are asked to remind students that preferred deals exist on the software typically used at school. It's available to all UW students though the WISC program. Examples include:

Sara Gorton, Operations Department supervisor for the campus since 1996, has earned the "Certified Executive Housekeeper" designation through the International Executive Housekeepers Association. IEHA is a professional association for persons employed in facility housekeeping at the management level. Gorton attained her CEH status by completing the required 330-hour certification program. The IEHA, founded in 1930 and headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, is online at www.ieha.org

Prof. Harvey Kaye, Social Change and Development, has contracted with the publishers Farrar, Strauss & Giroux to write The Sun Never Shined on a Cause of Greater Worth: Thomas Paine and the Promise of America. In the work, Kaye will offer a biography of the radical Paine, the history of Paine's memory in America, and a discussion of Paine's continuing legacy.

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